this is bbc news. the headlines at seven... �*super saturday�* comes round again for team gb in the olympics, with a gold and a world record in the axioom mixed medley final team work makes dream work — another gold in the triathlon mixed relay event, and finally a first gold medal forjonny brownlee at his third and final olympic games. and victory for the fastest woman in the world, elaine thompson—herah ofjamaica, in the women's 100m. we'll have a full round—up of olympics news from tokyo on sportsday at quarter to eight afghan security forces are battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban. reports say militants have breached

front lines in herat. medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called a pulse oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. borisjohnson and his wife carrie have announced they are expecting a second child. their first child, wilfred, was born in april last year. good evening. team gb have won two more gold medals at the tokyo olympics, both in new events where men and women compete together. there was further success for the swimming team, who took gold in the axioom mixed—medley relay. our sports editor dan roan was watching the action. a first for the olympics but a familiar feeling for team gb.

a third triathlon medal today in the inaugural mixed team event — but, this time, gold. with each athlete facing a 300 metres swim, 6.8 kilometre bike ride and two kilometre run, jessica learmonth got britain's bid off to a great start before jonny brownlee then extended the lead in this, his third and final olympics. team gb still had their two silver medallists from the individual events to come — first georgia taylor—brown and, for the final leg, alex yee, who powered home to seal a fourteen—second victory. after a bronze and silver in his previous two games, brownlee finally emulating brother alistair and claiming olympic gold. it's something that i've wanted to do for a long time. i've chased that dream for a long time. i've seen my brother, obviously, achieve it twice, and now i've done it and it feels amazing. introduced to try and improve gender balance, the new mixed team events

have been one of the features of the games here in tokyo and britain are certainly enjoying them. team gb swimmers have already had a remarkable olympics, but it got even better in the ax100m mixed medley relay. great britain are going| to win their fourth gold in the swimming pool! anna hopkin sealing a stunning win and new world record after kathleen dawson, adam peaty and james guy had established a lead. this a seventh medal for the team here — one more tomorrow and it will be british swimming's best ever games. dan roan, bbc news, tokyo. who would bet against them? britain's fastest ever woman, dina asher—smith, has pulled out of the olympic 200m after revealing she tore her hamstring earlier this summer. the 25—year—old failed to make the 100m final in tokyo — her team—mate daryll neita finished eighth in the race. asher—smith spoke of her devastation. this report from our sports correspondent natalie pirks. obviously, the competitors... this is for the start, we'll let it go. we'll let the start go and let me cry! the customary smile replaced with tears.

the fastest woman in british history had been hiding a secret. dina asher—smith! just five weeks ago, she'd been told there was only a 2% chance she would make it to the start line after a torn hamstring. elaine thompson—herah there is going to win it. | it's going to be del ponte who takes second place. i and dina...she'sjust not finishing. she gets out well - and couldn't hang on. out of the final and minutes later, the reigning world 200m champion confirmed she was out of that too, but would still run the relay. my idea for this olympic cycle was complete dominance and obviously, ha! didn't manage it this time but, obviously, we have three more years till the next olympics and i know the kind of shape i'm in, i know the calibre of athlete i am and i know how talented i am. so it's frustrating to not be able to put it out when it matters, but, at the end of the day, with the cards that i've been given i did very, very well and in no way

does this change anything that's going to happen in the future. well, daryll neita might not have been the name on everyone's lips but making the 100m final is a huge achievement. she's the first british woman to do so since 2008. but this would be a tough ask from a field stacked with talent and speed. elaine thompson—herah's just got the lead at the minute. i and it is going to be the defending champion makes it two in a row! . 10.60 — it's an olympic record! a jamaican 1—2—3. the pace was blistering, the celebrations between them somewhat frosty — not that elaine thompson—herah cared. my chest is tight because i'm over—happy. i'm so...but god it's amazing. heartbreak, then, for the queen of british sprinting but the jamaican dynasty continues its reign. natalie pirks, bbc news, tokyo. in other olympic news... three team gb athletes have qualified for the final of the women's 800 metres, for the first time ever, after impressive displays in the semi finals.

19—year—old keely hodgkinson timed her run well to finish second in her heat. she'lljoin alex bell and jemma reekie in the final on tuesday. on her olympic debut, emma wilson has won bronze in the women's windsurfing. the 22—year—old's mother, penny way, is a former world champion, who narrowly missed out on a medal in the 1992 and 1996 olympics. the four—time olympic champion simone biles has withdrawn from two more gymnastics events — sunday's vault and uneven bars finals. she withdrew from tuesday's women's team final as well as thursday's individual all—around final, saying she had to focus on her mental health. as we've been saying, it was an historic win for team gb in the pool. great britain claimed a fourth swimming gold at an olympics for the first time in 113 years. the quartet of kathleen dawson, adam peaty, james guy and anna hopkin won the inaugural axioom mixed medley relay in a world—record time — three minutes 37.58 seconds.

well, let's speak now with mark skimming, who coached anna hopkin at bath university. how lovely we? i was trying to be really quiet _ how lovely we? i was trying to be really quiet and _ how lovely we? i was trying to be really quiet and not _ how lovely we? i was trying to be really quiet and not wake - how lovely we? i was trying to be really quiet and not wake up - how lovely we? i was trying to be | really quiet and not wake up other people in the house i was cheering loudly in my head but not in the actual room. it loudly in my head but not in the actual room-— loudly in my head but not in the actual room. it was a mixed event which means _ actual room. it was a mixed event which means if _ actual room. it was a mixed event which means if i _ actual room. it was a mixed event which means if i got _ actual room. it was a mixed event which means if i got this - actual room. it was a mixed event which means if i got this right - actual room. it was a mixed event. which means if i got this right anna hopkin on the final leg was up against the fastest male swimmer in the world. what must that have been like for her? find the world. what must that have been like for her?— like for her? and she won! i don't think they — like for her? and she won! i don't think they take _ like for her? and she won! i don't think they take into _ like for her? and she won! i don't think they take into account - like for her? and she won! i don't think they take into account while i think they take into account while they doing the getting and do their job. each country races in a different order. mean we swam to mail them to men than a female

weather as the americans swam male to female is and then a male so it's about getting in and doing the best job you can but, yeah, i'm pretty sure if he was a little bit closer he would have maybe caused her a few worries. ~ , ., . ., he would have maybe caused her a few worries. ~ , w, w. . worries. when you coached and did ou worries. when you coached and did you suspect — worries. when you coached and did you suspect that — worries. when you coached and did you suspect that she _ worries. when you coached and did you suspect that she had _ worries. when you coached and did you suspect that she had not - worries. when you coached and did you suspect that she had notjust i you suspect that she had notjust the physical talent for the mental temperament to be able to get gold? and it is a lovely person. she's so nice. she worked really hard. she just wants to get better. she wants to enjoy it. she loves racing. she is very talented both physically and mentally and when she came back into swimming when she came to university to study all she wanted to do was swing and have a bit of fun and we did that and she swam quite fast and seven years later she is just steadily up to what she is doing

and, yep, she's gone on and created and, yep, she's gone on and created a pretty good record for herself in the individual 100 final relay gold medallist world record—holder. do medallist world record-holder. do ou medallist world record—holder. do you get a sense from her that the relays must bring out something particularly special above and beyond those individual events? find beyond those individual events? and has alwa s beyond those individual events? fific has always loved the beyond those individual events? fific has always loved the relay as beyond those individual events? e"ic has always loved the relay as long as i've known her. she has always run faster and she loves being part of the team. she enjoys the camaraderie and she likes to race and she likes to win and i've seen her go fast in relays for seven, eight years now and it's great to watch. you can put her on the back end of a relay and she will perform every time. end of a relay and she will perform every time-— every time. have you been able to send messages — every time. have you been able to send messages at _ every time. have you been able to send messages at all _ every time. have you been able to send messages at all get - every time. have you been able to send messages at all get through | every time. have you been able to i send messages at all get through to her in the olympic village? ida. send messages at all get through to her in the olympic village?- her in the olympic village? no, i'll wait until she _ her in the olympic village? no, i'll wait until she comes _ her in the olympic village? no, i'll wait until she comes back. - her in the olympic village? no, i'll wait until she comes back. she's . her in the olympic village? no, i'll. wait until she comes back. she's got a lot going on. she is pretty busy so i will send her a message when she gets back!—

so i will send her a message when she gets back! max, could you resist the temptation _ she gets back! max, could you resist the temptation of— she gets back! max, could you resist the temptation of coaching - she gets back! max, could you resist the temptation of coaching from - the temptation of coaching from jailing herface? were you the temptation of coaching from jailing her face? were you shouting out or whispering out given that you didn't want to wake anyone up to do this or that a little differently? no. when they race it is just more about go, go faster, go now, go, go! it is not about what they are doing right and wrong when it is in the heat of the moment. i do that afterwards when they come back and i talk to them. she afterwards when they come back and i talk to them-— talk to them. she did it right. but university culture _ talk to them. she did it right. but university culture anna _ talk to them. she did it right. but university culture anna hopkin, i university culture anna hopkin, thank you so much. we will find out how team gb�*s medal success and many other stories are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in patents. ——pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are the journalist james lewer and sunday times education editor

sian griffiths. fighting has been raging around three major cities in southern and western afghanistan as the taliban try to seize more ground from government forces. at one point, taliban militants werejust 300 metres from the governor's office in lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province, but they have now been pushed back. our correspondent, secunder kermani, has the latest from the afghan capital kabul. this has certainly been the most serious moment, i would say, in the weeks of intensified fighting that we've been seeing in afghanistan. the taliban already control vast swathes of rural territory. they've captured that in the last couple of months, but now they're trying to take their first city and early this evening they announced right into the heart of lashkar gah city — that's the the capital of helmand province

but following the arrival of afghan special forces there were heavy clashes and we understand that fairly recently the taliban were forced back from the centre of the city. i was just talking to one local resident from lashkar gah and he was saying, look, even if the taliban don't manage to capture the city on this occasion this has been a powerful assertion of their strength and he also said that militants had taken up the tarmac positions inside the homes of the number of ordinary families which is, of course, going to make it harder for the security forces to dislodge them. as you say, fighting has been raging elsewhere too in and around the citys of notably herat in the west of the country and kandahar in the south. us air strikes had to be deployed last night to support government efforts in herat despite the fact around 95% of american forces have now been withdrawn from afghanistan. secunder kermani in kabul. to the pandemic now,

and the latest government figures show there were just over 26,000 new cases, in the latest 24—hour period, meaning an average of 27,464 new cases per day in the past seven days. 71 deaths were recorded in the last 2a hours, that's an average of 70 deaths a day in the past week. the latest figure for the number of people in hospital with covid is just below 6,000 — it hasn't been updated, though, from yesterday. onto vaccinations now, more than 88% of uk adults have now had their firstjab and more than 72% are now fully vaccinated. nhs england and the body that regulates health care products are issuing new guidance on pulse oxygen meters — also known as oximeters — after it was found that the devices can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin. with more here's amara sophia elahi. ranjit senghera marwaha caught coronavirus in december last year and eventually ended up in hospital with seriously low oxygen levels. so, basically, flip the lid, put yourfinger in... she had been monitoring her levels at home with a pulse oximeter, but the meter consistently told her she was in safe levels even as she increasingly

struggled to breathe. when i went into hospital, the first thing they said was, "you really did leave it too late." had you left it any longer, i would have been straight into icu. there is growing evidence that such monitors can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin tones by 2%. that's led to nhs england and the body that regulates the use of medical devices, the mhra, issuing new advice. they say people shouldn't use the devices at home without speaking to a medical professional and to monitor oxygen levels over time. low oxygen levels are a primary indicator of a serious covid infection and those treating patients in hospital say they've expressed concerns about the use of the technology on minority ethnic individuals. it is something i would pick up on at least once a day with maybe two or three patients on a daily basis. it is quite possible that someone's oxygen levels were measured and they seemed normal when, actually, they were truly low,

and because they seemed normal they might have been sent home, and denied the steroids and oxygen which we would normally have been been giving to patients, and it's possible that that therefore may have led to them becoming more unwell and potentially even dying. oxygen is one of the most common treatments given in medical emergencies, and doctors stress accurate readings are vital when assessing patients. nhs england say they are keeping the situation under review and have commissioned further research into the issue. amara sophia elahi, bbc news. police are investigating after the body of a five—year—old boy was found in a bridgend river. officers made the discovery in the early hours of this morning, as liz clements reports. it was at 5:a5am this morning when south wales police were called to a report of concern for a missing five—year—old child in an area of bridgend. in this statement they say officers attended and found the body of the child in the ogmore river

near where i am in pandy park. he was taken to the princess of wales hospital where it was confirmed the child had died. an investigation is ongoing into the circumstances of the incident and the police are keen to hearfrom anyone who was around the area at 5:45 this morning who may have information about how the child ended up in the water. not to speculate on social media as this is an active investigation. the family is being supported by specially trained officers. the headlines on bbc news... elaine thompson—herah ofjamaica has won the women's 100m final at the tokyo games — in a new olympic record time of 10.61 seconds medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called a pulse oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. borisjohnson and his wife carrie have announced they're expecting a second child. their son, wilfred,

was born in april last year. as we just said, the prime minister's wife, carriejohnson, has announced that she is pregnant. this will be the couple's second child together. announcing the news on instagram, carriejohnson also revealed that she had a miscarriage at the start of the year. she wrote: "i feel incredibly blessed to be pregnant again "but i've also felt like a bag of nerves." i can now speak to zoe clark—coates who the chief executive of the mariposa trust — an organisation which offers support following the loss of a baby during pregnancy or infancy. so we can thank so much forjoining so we can thank so much forjoining us. how difficult is this for people to talk about openly? it us. how difficult is this for people to talk about openly?— to talk about openly? it can be extremely _ to talk about openly? it can be extremely difficult. _ to talk about openly? it can be extremely difficult. i— to talk about openly? it can be extremely difficult. i think - to talk about openly? it can be extremely difficult. i think it i to talk about openly? it can be extremely difficult. i think it is| extremely difficult. i think it is being conventionally for many years a taboo topic to talk about any kind of baby loss and that is one of the things we are trying to do as a charity to break down that kind of to be because people need to talk and have gone through loss. it's how they process grey. haifa

and have gone through loss. it's how they process grey-— they process grey. how would you advise respond _ they process grey. how would you advise respond when _ they process grey. how would you advise respond when the - they process grey. how would you advise respond when the subject i they process grey. how would you | advise respond when the subject is raised by people who talk of this loss? i raised by people who talk of this loss? ~ , . raised by people who talk of this loss? ~ , w, , , raised by people who talk of this loss? ~ w , , . loss? i think you 'ust listen and don'tt loss? i think you 'ust listen and am try to _ loss? i think you 'ust listen and am try to give _ loss? i think you just listen and don't try to give platitudes - loss? i think you just listen and don't try to give platitudes or . loss? i think you just listen and - don't try to give platitudes or make people think that their not significant, especially if it is early on in pregnancy. a loss is a loss and we need to give people the time and space to talk about that, to process the trauma of their loss and to really come to terms with what they've go through and so the best thing you can do is to open up the subject and then listen. you don't need to say anything other than i'm here and i want to listen to you tell your story. haifa than i'm here and i want to listen to you tell your story.— to you tell your story. how much difference _ to you tell your story. how much difference does _ to you tell your story. how much difference does it _ to you tell your story. how much difference does it make - to you tell your story. how much difference does it make that - to you tell your story. how much difference does it make that thisj to you tell your story. how much l difference does it make that this is the prime minister's wife and we know that other significant public figures have also shared their own experiences of deep pain. does that make any pact for other people across the country? it make any pact for other people across the country?— across the country? it certainly does. i mean, _ across the country? it certainly does. i mean, we _ across the country? it certainly does. i mean, we see - across the country? it certainly does. i mean, we see a - across the country? it certainly. does. i mean, we see a massive influence of people asking for support. if anybody of note or even a tv show covers the story of baby

loss in their shows we see a real influx of people because i think it just means to a lot of people that it is ok to talk about the subject and sadly for generations people have been told to not talk about loss, to not talk about miscarriage, especially when you are told don't tell anyone you are pregnant till after 12 weeks just in case you go through loss which just reinforces that message of staying silent so when people of note and people in the public eye talk about their own personal losses i think it gives, generally, a lot of people the confidence to start thinking about it and sharing their own personal stories. ~ . . . . it and sharing their own personal stories. . . . , , w, stories. what has been the impact on other generations _ stories. what has been the impact on other generations of _ stories. what has been the impact on other generations of not _ stories. what has been the impact on other generations of not talking? - other generations of not talking? well, i think a compounding of grey. i think we see a lot of people as an organisation who seek support who have lost babies 20, 30, 40 years ago who have never had the opportunity to talk and for a lot of people it is affected marriages, it has affected their lives going

forward and there is a statistic that around 70% of relationships break down after going to baby loss and so much of that is down to people not being able to access the support when they need it and so couples and not being able to process their loss and sometimes that can mean a breakdown of relationships so great support offered immediately after a loss is really vital. w, . ~' immediately after a loss is really vital. w, . ,, . , , immediately after a loss is really vital. w, . «e . , ,w, ~ vital. you talk about support. are there sufficient _ vital. you talk about support. are there sufficient resources - vital. you talk about support. are there sufficient resources out - vital. you talk about support. are i there sufficient resources out there for couples who might need time off work, he might need counselling? well, like you say, is there enough support? i think for many people they will stay low. there are over 258,000 losses every single year just in the uk and that is a lot of grieving people and the support that is available is great and i know that from oz is an organisation our support reaches over 50,000 people a week but that shows you the scale that people are trying to access that people are trying to access that support and there are many

people who don't speak out and, like you mention, people don't get time off work when they go through a baby loss. sadly, there are even leave it extended to those who have early miscarriage, it is only extended to those who have a loss over 24 weeks so for many people they are false to go back to work before they have even had a chance to come to terms with what they've gone through. thank you so much as speaking to us. american military forces have boarded an israeli—operated oil national — were killed in a reported drone strike. the us navy has said experts boarded the tanker to "ensure there is no additional danger to the crew, and are prepared to support an investigation into the attack". israel has accused iran of being behind the attack, which occured off oman's coast in the arabian sea on thursday. iran has not yet responded to the allegations, but it appears to be a serious escalation in tensions in the region.

our correspondent tom bateman is injerusalem. he explained more from there. the foreign minister yair lapid who has quite firmly put this at the feet at the very means and said that he has spoken to the uk foreign secretary dominic raab about this because one of the two people killed on board was a british security guard on the other was a senior member of the crew, a romanian national. mr lapid said he expected the need for what he described as a severe response following that attack. that was in a phone call to that uk official, to mr rab on friday night, and in terms of the details we have now about this attack as you say, us navy for explosive experts have been on board and the maritime security industry is saying that they understand this to be a drone attack by a so—called

attack drone. now, these are explosive laden phones that are flown by remote control into objects and it is believed this was flown directly into the bridge of the ship and that is when the fatalities occurred say there is an investigation going on. the ship is continuing north past muscat at the moment under its own power, officials say, but it is under us naval escort but what this does is to really ramp up tensions into what is often seen as a shadow war between the iranians and the israelis across parts of the middle east but this in terms of what happens at sea as far as those confrontations are concerned max a serious escalation. tom bateman injerusalem. bbc news has been told that the government is no longer considering making it compulsory for students to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus in order to attend lectures in england. ministers had previously refused to rule out a requirement to be double—jabbed on university campuses, and said the decision would be taken in september.

our political correspondent pete saull says this comes in the context of the controversial decision to consider from the end of september, if you want to get into a nightclub, it will be a question of if you're notjabbed — or double—jabbed — you're not coming in. but ministers have been floating other settings where that might be the case, too. already, for example, it's started to open up international travel for people who have had both jabs, and the idea was that once university students return from their summer break in the autumn, they'll have to have both jabs in order to go to lectures or even stay in halls of residence. that was something they were looking at but i do understand that that has been shelved, that particular proposal. meanwhile, of course, the conversation about lots of other things — premier league football, for example — continues. why did they row back, then, on that proposal, that suggestion? i think there were two key reasons.

the first being logistics, how could universities police this? and there were potentially some legal questions, too, because when you get an offer of an university place, that is considered to be legally binding. but also i think ministers are keenly aware that unease is growing on the conservative backbenches about this wider issue of vaccine passports. the leader of the house of commons, jacob rees—mogg said last night, for example, that it wouldn't be the end of the world to have to show proof of vaccination to gain entry to venues, but he also said we should protect our ancient freedoms. and i think that sentiment about freedom is one that is shared very widely across the conservative party, and a sense that a lot of people out there might be uneasy about having to show papers to get into anywhere, whether it be the pub, the restaurant, the nightclub, wherever. so i think the government really feeling the heat on this issue now and may well decide that ultimately the use of vaccine passports won't be as widespread as perhaps it might have been a couple of months ago. have they laid an alternative for the return to university for students? have they said anything on that yet?

nothing on that specifically. initially, they said that decisions would be made about covid certifications in september. testing will clearly be a part of the mix as well. but the hope is by that stage, the case numbers will be down and hopefully things will start to return to normal. the uk telecommunications industry hopes a satellite that has gone into orbit will help maintain its global leadership in the sector. a quarter of the world's big telecoms spacecraft are manufactured in britain, and the new quantum platform is billed as the market's next—generation product. quantum was launched on an ariane rocket here's our science correspondentjonathan amos. another rocket climbs skyward to bolster a sector that europe, and the uk in particular, has come to dominate — the business of telecommunications satellites. there are hundreds of these spacecraft overhead, bouncing tv, phone calls, broadband and other data services around the planet.

but the new satellite going into orbit, called quantum, represents a big step forward in technology. while traditional telecom spacecraft are configured before launch to do very specific tasks, quantum has been built for flexibility. it is the sector's first fully reprogrammable spacecraft. it's able to rapidly change the coverage, bandwidth, power and frequency of its signals. one of its uses will be for disaster response, providing emergency communications to the teams that are sent to help people in places hit by catastrophic floods or earthquakes. quantum's manufacturers in the uk — that's airbus surrey satellite technology ltd — will incorporate the prototype's technology into their future spacecraft, hoping to maintain their world—leading status in what has become a highly competitive field.

jonathan amos, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise. showers really became quite frequent into the afternoon across central and southern wales, central and southern england and a line to the east of the pennines as well. these showers will fade away as we go through the evening and overnight and into tomorrow we could continue to see the threat of showers as this week weather front door its way steadily southwards. behind it, cool no small difference to the feel of the weather in comparison to northern ireland and northern england but it will be largely fine and dry here showers morph under the south of the m4 corridor. 21 degrees here but only 12—17 further north. it looks likely that it will be a relatively quiet statements we lose early morning rain into the

south—east. more wet weather arrives later the week. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... it's known as super saturday and there was a great start for team gb in the tokyo olympics, with a gold and a world record in the four—by—100 metres mixed medley final. teamwork makes dream work. another gold, in the triathlon mixed relay event and finally a first gold medal forjonny brownlee, at his third olympic games. victory for elaine thompson—herah ofjamaica in the women's 100—metres final in tokyo. but before that there was heartbreak for team gb sprinter, dina asher—smith, who had to withdraw from the games through injury. afghan security forces have been battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban. medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device called a pulse oximeter works less well for people with darker skin tones. and borisjohnson and his wife carrie have announced they're expecting a second child. their son wilfred was born

in april last year. in a few minutes' time, it's sportsday, but before that it's time to click.