this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the olympic host nation, japan, has picked up its first medals, winning a gold and a silver injudo. that was after ecuador�*s richard carapaz won the gold in the men's olympic cycling road race, making it the country's second ever top medal at a summer olympics. great britain's adam yates finished ninth. but it was bad news for geraint thomas, who retired from the race for a second successive games after a crash. the uk government attempts to tackle disruption to key services in england, as hundreds of thousands of people are told to self—isolate by the nhs covid app. afghanistan imposes a curfew across almost the entire country,

in an attempt to stop the taliban infiltrating its cities. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. saturday saw the first full day of action in the tokyo olympics. 11 gold medals have been up for grabs on day one, including in cycling, weightlifting, and fencing. but it was in thejudo competition where the host nation, japan, won its first medals. mariko oi has the details. well, japan winning its first gold medal and naohisa takato injudo giving a very emotional interview just now, following funa tonaki,

also ofjudo, winning silver and according to the japanese olympic committee, her silver medal was the 500th medal for team japan in olympic history, so quite an exciting moment for her as well. a bit of disappointment in gymnastics with kohei uchimura not qualifying for the finals, but a lot of people will be watching rikako ikee in swimming. of course, she was diagnosed with leukaemia two years ago. she inspired many by qualifying for this year's olympic games. and let's not forget japan's women's football team, nadeshiko, up against team gb as well. and i think it is fair to say that the japanese government officials have been hoping that once the games are under way and once japanese athletes start winning medals, as we saw this evening, the public opinion may start to change. of course, we have been reporting strong public opposition, even last night during the opening ceremony, with a lot of protests going on, but at the same time,

i was outside the olympic stadium earlier, and there was a long queue of people waiting for their turn to take a picture with the olympic rings, so some people are definitely getting excited that the games are finally under way. let's cross to the bbc sports centre and speak to chetan pathak, who's been watching the action in tokyo. hi there, cycling has really taken the eyes on day one proper? it really has, this was an eventful men's road race, and you heard what it means to win a gold medal for a host nation like japan, the importance of that to get the support, but also for richard carra pass, who's made his history for ecuador, winning only their second gold medal in history. he won by one minute, seven seconds from belgium's competitor. we saw the 2018... he

suffered a fall involving his team—mate. he won the silver sprint for silver, team—mate. he won the silver sprint forsilver, but team—mate. he won the silver sprint for silver, but it really was all about carra pads and the way it was able to drive home in that key moment. he has since tweeted to say that his gold is for whoever really believed in him and for his wife, children, and parents, and he thinks the people of ecuador, a proud man tonight. i the people of ecuador, a proud man toniaht. , ., ., tonight. i understand the heat has really gotten _ tonight. i understand the heat has really gotten to — tonight. i understand the heat has really gotten to a _ tonight. i understand the heat has really gotten to a few _ tonight. i understand the heat has really gotten to a few of _ tonight. i understand the heat has really gotten to a few of our - really gotten to a few of our athletes, particularly the tennis players? athletes, particularly the tennis -la ers? , ., athletes, particularly the tennis -la ers? , . , athletes, particularly the tennis laers? ,. , players? yes, and the tennis players are not the — players? yes, and the tennis players are not the first _ players? yes, and the tennis players are not the first to _ players? yes, and the tennis players are not the first to talk _ players? yes, and the tennis players are not the first to talk about - are not the first to talk about this, but it was interesting to hear the language the world number one, novak djokovic, was using. he's calling for organisers to change the tennis schedule because of those conditions. way past the 30s celsius, but the humidity making it

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story for her, she's a syrian table tennis player, beaten in the first round but you can understand what she's had to overcome to be at these games. she talked in the build—up about the war and the challenges that she faced in her country. she says this is one of the great experiences of her very young life so far. i also like her fighting talk at the end that she was the female flag bearer for syria at the opening ceremony. she says she's absolutely determined at the next games to make sure she gets past the opening round you wouldn't put it past her. opening round you wouldn't put it ast her. m , opening round you wouldn't put it ast her. a, , ., ., past her. absently not, good for her. past her. absently not, good for her- thank _ past her. absently not, good for her. thank you _ past her. absently not, good for her. thank you very _ past her. absently not, good for her. thank you very much - past her. absently not, good for. her. thank you very much indeed. past her. absently not, good for- her. thank you very much indeed. -- her. thank you very much indeed. —— absolutely not. a curfew has been imposed across nearly the whole of afghanistan in an attempt to prevent taliban infiltration into the country's cities. fighting has escalated over the past two months, with the insurgents capturing around half of all territory as international troops are withdrawn. secunder kermani has

more from kabul. this curfew is coming into place across the country, except for kabul and two other provinces. everywhere else, there will be no movement between 10pm and 4am. the idea is to try and get a grip on the deteriorating security situation, in particular to prevent infiltration into afghan cities of taliban operatives. militants have already encircled a number of cities. they are already on the outskirts of some. whilst they have managed to capture around half of all territory in afghanistan, they have not been able to take hold of any major urban centre. the last few days over the muslim festival of eid had seen a lull in fighting, but now the festival is over, fighting is picking up, and it seems that until we get to the colder winter, fighting will keep increasing. there is also concern about what is going on inside those territories the taliban have taken hold.

human rights watch watch, reporting around 100 civilians executed by the taliban. the taliban has denied those allegations. what that you're watching bbc news. earlier, i spoke to mariam solaimankhil, a member of parliament in afghanistan representing the kuchis — or nomads. she told me more about why the government was implementing a curfew. the main purpose of having the curfew implemented is to basically stop the mobilisation of taliban, their weapons and troops, and the attacks. it was also to help forces mobilise

at night and to help keep citizens of afg ha nista n safe. if you haven't noticed, there will be a huge exodus of refugees because of the fear that the taliban bring to us. does afghanistan have enough troops? we have more than enough, we have over 300,000 troops, but we need the international community support, we need our air force built back up, notjust fighting terrorism and taliban for afghanistan, for the entire world. which territories are officials like yourself most concerned about? the most significant would be the taliban taking kabul, i presume? i'm not concerned about that — it has been a propaganda war by the taliban and their backers. they are basically claiming to have a certain percentage of the country, but these are the least populated and most remote areas and, when you actually see the population amount, it's around less than 20%

of the population live in the areas the taliban claim to have. we know the us withdrawal of troops is not 100% complete, that comes in august. you represent kuchis, as i introduced for our viewers, the taliban are renowned for mistreating minorities. how are you feeling about what's going on in the moments? it's absolutely terrifying. watching the legitimisation of a terrorist group, a group that had women killed in football fields, oppressed minorities, who are as of today, we have reports of the taliban taking women. wives, sisters and daughters today, so we don't know what they actually want.

we know they want full control of afghanistan but we have worked very, very hard. here in the uk, key services are struggling to cope with staff shortages caused by covid infections. hundreds of thousands of people have been told to self—isolate. the latest official covid figures show 31,795 new cases on saturday. the number of deaths has not yet been released. meanwhile, a scheme allowing key workers to avoid ten days covid self—isolation in england — by committing to daily testing — has been significantly expanded. our business correspondent simon browning reports. as the days pass, the list grows of key workers who qualify for exemption from covid isolation in england. police, fire, border force, transport and freight staff will now be able to join some food workers who can return to work

if they test negative after being told to isolate — whether they are vaccinated or not. industry leaders are frustrated by rising staff shortages. it is inadequate and it's late. what we need is the government to realise that we have major problems occurring across all industrial sectors hundreds of rail services have been cancelled because of staff absences, some rail workers will now qualify for the new testing scheme. heathrow welcomed the new testing programme but newquay airport is worried. we are seeing a real change in the number of staff we have been losing all over the airport that we've been losing for several days at a time to track and trace. and the exemption, will they qualify for that? so, the guidance we've been given is we should expect very small numbers indeed being eligible for exemption. we've been told to expect one or two and be realistic about not expecting large numbers of staff to receive those exemptions.

the home secretary said daily testing will keep our front line teams safe while they continue to serve the public. but public health leaders say there is a balance between self isolation and economic damage. clearly having over 600,000 people in england pinged is very disruptive. week is very disruptive, with the covid—19 app. so the business concerns are absolutely real, and i think there needs to be a solution, and if you look around the world at other countries that are doing well in their vaccine programmes — singapore, for example — they are also moving to a system of not requiring self—isolation for people who have had both doses of the vaccine. this evening, some of those who are now exempt way to find out how it will work. —— wait to find out. as the smooth flow of business gets held up by staff isolating, the government maintains the app is doing itsjob and is needed to stem the tide of coronavirus infections and protect the public. simon browning, bbc news.

a murder inquiry is under way in greater manchester after a 31—year—old woman suffered severe burns. police were called to an address in east street, bury, at about 7.30pm last night to reports a woman had been badly burned. the victim was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead a short time later. three men have been arrested in connection with the incident. greater manchester police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them. a number of people have been injured following the collapse of a fairground ride in county antrim. the northern ireland ambulance service says it was called to the fair in carrickfergus just before 6pm this evening. six people, including one child, have been taken to hospital — none with life—threatening injuries. an 11—year—old girl from bolton in greater manchester who went missing on thursday night has been found safe and well. police appealed for help infinding fatuma kadir after she travelled to london by train without her

parents' knowledge. lightning has partially destroyed two properties in hampshire, as the heatwave comes to an end in some parts of the country. weather warnings are in place across southern england and wales forflooding, hail, and strong winds. duncan kennedy's report contains some flashing images from the storms. this is how the week—long heat wave came to an end for the two houses in hampshire. the lightning struck one of the rooves causing a fire, which then spread to the property next door. neighbours say they were woken up by a huge noise. we heard an almighty bang, and i mean a really loud bang. and slowly, starting on this side, as you can imagine, where it got hit, and then slowly but surely then it worked its way across both of them. so we watched the roof catch fire, we watched the whole thing collapse. and then the fire tenders turned up and they did a greatjob at putting the fire out. two women escaped unharmed, but this is what the destructive

power of lightning can lead to. it is purely random, very unlucky. fortunately, they were woken up by the storm and they knew how to get out of their houses, they prepared, so they managed to safely make their way out. the storms became a spectacle right across southern counties. with the lightning came torrential rain. the met office issued a yellow alert, and says high gusts of winds and some flooding are possible in southern england over the next 48 hours. duncan kennedy, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the olympics host nationjapan picks up its first medals, a gold and a silver in thejudo competition. the uk government attempts to tackle disruption to key services in england as hundreds of thousands of people are told to self—isolate by the nhs covid app. afghanistan imposes a curfew across almost the entire country

in an attempt to stop the taliban infiltrating its cities. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan. good evening. the action from tokyo has been coming thick and fast on day one. no medals for team gb so far, but there's been plenty of brits in action to bring you up to date on. adam peaty is one of the best hopes for gold. and the world record holder and defending champion topped the time sheets, easing his way into the semifinals of the 100m breaststroke. peaty�*s looking to become the first british swimmer to retain an olympic title, and he said it was strange competing in an empty arena. it's a bit weird, it's very weird. one of the weirdest competitions i've been to going to be honest. but you know, it doesn't really matter.

for me, it'sjust you know, it doesn't really matter. for me, it's just getting out there, seeing where my body's at. but we've got things to build on, we are quite delayed to that, but it's looking good for tomorrow. one of the day's main events was the men's cycling road race. it was won by ecuador�*s richard carapaz, just days after he finished third in the tour de france. carapaz broke away from a group that included tour champion tadej pogacar with six kilometres to go and stayed clear all the way to the finish line. it's only the second olympic gold that ecuador have won, their last coming in 1996. pogacar took the bronze medal behind belgium's wout van art. but former tour de france champion geraint thomas saw his medal hopes dashed after crashing for a second successive games. his teammmate tao geoghegan hart hit something in the road and took thomas down with him. they did continue but eventually withdrew from the race.

basically, there was a little metal ridge in the middle—of—the—road, and he had that — his front wheel went. so his bike went there with nowhere to go. i hit the floor myself and landed on my right side, the same shoulder that i did on the tour. but luckily it stayed in. that was one positive. helen glover is aiming to win her third gold medal, 1a months after giving birth to twins. she's the first british mother to compete at an olympics in rowing. the good news is that she and polly swann are through to the semifinals of the women's pairs, but they could only finish third in their heat. that's glover's first defeat in more than a decade and she admitted they have a fight on their hands. well, things were a bit more positive in the gymnastics centre for max whitlock. he said he was relieved to get through qualifying, after he safely reached the pommel horse final. he's defending the title he won in rio. and he was in third place, with the top eight progressing.

whitlock said qualification was the hardest and most nerve—racking stage, because everything rides on it. he also reached the team final alongsidejoe fraser, james hall, and giarnni regini—moran. ellen white scored her third goal in two games, as great britain beat japan to make it through to the knock—out stage of the women's football competition. hers was the only goal of the game against the hosts in the sapporo dome. gb are top of their group with a game against canada to come. and sam ward made a dream return to olympic action in the men's hockey, scoring their opening goal in a 3—1 win over south africa. ward suffered a career—threatening injury 20 months ago when he was hit in the face by a ball. he was left with impaired vision when he suffered a shattered eye socket, torn retina, and numerous other facial injuries which required 31 screws, and he now plays in a mask. so a jam—packed first day

from tokyo, but the action doesn't stop there, as the british and irish lions got off to a winning start in the first test against south africa in cape town. the home side completely dominated the first half, leading 12—3 at half time, but the lions improved after the break. luke cowan—dickie going over to reduce the deficit to just two points. south africa soon extended their lead though — faf de klerk with their first try. but four unaswered penalties, including three from dan biggar, saw the lions win 22—17. the second test is next saturday. a delight for the lions there. that's all your support for now, back to you. more now on the news that borisjohnson is facing growing pressure to speed up the relaxation of quarantine rules for fully—vaccinated adults in england, as staff shortages hit public services and businesses. until 16 august, most people identified as close contacts

of someone with coronavirus are expected to self—isolate for ten days. the government is expanding schemes allowing some key workers to take daily tests instead, but councils and manufacturers have backed calls for the wider easing to be brought forward. the rules are being relaxed in scotland a week earlier — and in wales, nine days earlier. let's speak to councillor peter fleming from the local government association. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news, counsellor. so you're not happy, just explain to us as far as the exemption goes at the moment, how is it impacting services? good evenina , how is it impacting services? good evening. and _ how is it impacting services? good evening, and thank— how is it impacting services? good evening, and thank you. _ how is it impacting services? (limo. evening, and thank you. councils are continuing to work hard to try and keep services running whilst protecting the health and well—being of our workforce and the residents we serve. however, a large number of

close contacts being required to self—isolate is having an impact on some council services up and down the country. some council services up and down the country-— some council services up and down the country-_ so i some council services up and down| the country._ so we the country. which services? so we are seeinu the country. which services? so we are seeing it _ the country. which services? so we are seeing it across _ the country. which services? so we are seeing it across the _ the country. which services? so we are seeing it across the board. - the country. which services? so we are seeing it across the board. it i are seeing it across the board. it can be everything, from your refuse and recycling collection, street cleaning, all the way to if you've got a planning application in. so sometimes, you know, we don't often see all of those services which require council offices to go out and about. but actually, there are a lot, including things like environmental health officers going out to check out that restaurants are safe. , . . ., are safe. understand central bedfordshire _ are safe. understand central bedfordshire counsellor - are safe. understand central bedfordshire counsellor has | are safe. understand central. bedfordshire counsellor has -- bedfordshire counsellor has —— council has suspended their green been collections. the one that really bothers people is a hygiene risk is the black bin. could we be seeing that suspension? we risk is the black bin. could we be seeing that suspension?- seeing that suspension? we are seeinu seeing that suspension? we are seeing councils _ seeing that suspension? we are seeing councils up _ seeing that suspension? we are seeing councils up and - seeing that suspension? we are seeing councils up and down -

seeing that suspension? we are j seeing councils up and down the country moving staff down that are not self isolating to other crucial services. but of course, you know, at some point even those might be affected, and that's why we are calling upon the government to make sure that councils can take that risk assessment and make sure that we can keep those crucial services running. we can keep those crucial services runninu. �* , u we can keep those crucial services runninu.�* we can keep those crucial services runnina.�* ,.,' ., , _ ., we can keep those crucial services runninu.�* ,.' . , ,, ., ., running. are staff happy, or would the be running. are staff happy, or would they be happy _ running. are staff happy, or would they be happy to _ running. are staff happy, or would they be happy to be _ running. are staff happy, or would they be happy to be included - running. are staff happy, or would | they be happy to be included within that exemption? would they feel safe at work? ~ ,,., , ., ., ~' at work? absolutely, look, we need to look at the _ at work? absolutely, look, we need to look at the last _ at work? absolutely, look, we need to look at the last 18 _ at work? absolutely, look, we need to look at the last 18 months, - to look at the last 18 months, councils have kept those crucial services running throughout the pandemic. and our staff are public servants, they want to serve the public. but this self isolation, the pinging of the app has led to lots of staff who have not tested positive being sent home, unable to work. we are saying to the government that they'll have to intervene before that august date to make sure that we can keep those

services running. d0 make sure that we can keep those services running.— make sure that we can keep those services running. do you understand wh it's services running. do you understand why it's only — services running. do you understand why it's only groups _ services running. do you understand why it's only groups of _ services running. do you understand why it's only groups of employees i why it's only groups of employees like social care staff that are included within that exemption list, and not wider services? what has the government told you, and how much time are you having to spend signing off individuals?— off individuals? look, so there's two arts off individuals? look, so there's two parts to _ off individuals? look, so there's two parts to that. _ off individuals? look, so there's two parts to that. one _ off individuals? look, so there's two parts to that. one is - off individuals? look, so there's two parts to that. one is the - two parts to that. one is the ongoing conversations we are having with government about the implications to services such as the ones that you just talked about, refuse collection in particular. second is the pressure on the public health officials, making sure that we can keep those critical services, as you say, running. but also looking at other departments and seeing what the critical services in those departments are gone as well. so there's a huge amount of pressure

on public health officials at a time when we've seen almost 18 months worth of incredible pressure as well. so we need to find a solution to this that comes before that 16 august date. to this that comes before that 16 august date-— to this that comes before that 16 au:ust date. ., , ., . ~' ,, august date. counsellor, thank you ve much august date. counsellor, thank you very much for— august date. counsellor, thank you very much for updating _ august date. counsellor, thank you very much for updating us. - army bomb disposal experts have safely detonated a second world war bomb, which was found during the construction of a new housing estate in east yorkshire. part of the m62 has had to be shut near goole for a controlled explosion to be carried out. jake zuckerman reports. there you go. the moment a live world war ii bomb was detonated on the outskirts of goole. this was the device dug up by workers building a new housing estate in the town. bomb disposal experts spent yesterday and much of today preparing for the controlled explosion and for motorists, it was the cause of much frustration.

the m62 which passes right next to the site was closed in both directions, as police cordoned off the area. it led to traffic chaos across large parts of east yorkshire. i live in doncaster, i'm working today in hull royal infirmary doing on—call when i'm stuck in traffic. i'm absolutely frustrated. but what else can we do? i have told the on—call person to hold on because i think i'm going to be very late today. the village near goole came to a standstill due to diverted traffic. east yorkshire buses were stuck on the humber bridge and kick—off at hull city's game against scunthorpe united was delayed of traffic. this was only a village it was never meant for big traffic like this ever. we have never seen. so manyjams, never. meanwhile, in goole, local people watched and waited, and tried to find a good vantage point. meant to be inside watching phones, got my head down the road thinking what's happening, try to catch a little glimpse. i've just snuck through

the edge onto the field to see if we can see it. and it's a good viewpoint. spectators had to wait until 4:30pm, but when the moment finally came, it was dramatic. there you go! it has been a diversion _ from all the covid and everything, so yeah, it has been exciting. something quite different for goole, put it on the map today. jake zukerman, bbc look north. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. the weather across the uk is becoming a little more volatile over the next few days. a risk of more thundery showers developing through the night tonight and into the early hours of sunday morning, particularly for southern england and south wales. clear skies for much of scotland and northern ireland, low cloud further east of the north sea but showers are more of a risk along those channel with east anglia as we go

through the night. relatively mild start with overnight lows of 11—16 celsius. some showers could be intense through the morning and mayjust drift further west through the day. the best of the sunshine and warmth likely to be in western scotland with highs of 26. but the story is set to change into monday with further showers drifting steadily north. hello, this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. the headlines. at the tokyo olympics, the defending champion team gb's adam peaty is through to the semifinal of the 100 metres breast stroke, while max whitlock advanced to the final of the pommel horse, the event in which he won gold four years ago.

a daily testing scheme allowing key workers to avoid covid self—isolation in england has been expanded. essential services have been disrupted after hundreds of thousands of people have come into contact with infected people. a 11—year—old girl who sparked a nationwide search when she went missing in england has been found safe and well. fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, greater manchester, on thursday. army explosives experts have safely detonated a second world war bomb which was found during the construction of a new housing estate in east yorkshire. part of the m62 had to be shut near goole for a controlled explosion to be carried out. now on bbc news, three engineers leading the field in clean energy solutions come together for a special event presented by kevin fong, at the victoria and albert museum in london.

hello, i'm kevin fong, and welcome to the engineers: clean energy.