this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: more gold for team gb in tokyo — magnificent max whitlock retains his olympic pommel horse title. i can't even describe the feeling. i feel completely overwhelmed and it feels very, very surreal. you cannot put into words how i feel about him and ijust want to give him a hug and just tell him that we are just so proud of him. and charlotte worthington claims another gold medal for britain in a dramatic bmx park freestyle final. it's kind of unreal. i am waiting to wake up, mate. i have been dreaming about this for four years, i am waiting to wake up. it still feels like i am dreaming four years ago.

and more olympic drama at tokyo airport, as a belarussian athlete claims officials from her country tried to forcibly repatriate her. the uk has accused iran of being behind an attack on an oil tanker off the coast of oman in which a british national was killed. young people in england will be offered incentives to have their first covid jab — like discounts for takeaway food and taxi journeys. and coming up at 8.30pm, the travel show explore their favourite memories of new york city. good evening. welcome to bbc news. it's been another triumphant day for team gb at the olympics. a spectacular display from charlotte worthington saw her take gold in the women's bmx freestyle. while the gymnast,

max whitlock, successfully defended his olympic title, winning gold on the pommel horse. and the swimmer duncan scott made history, winning a fourth medal at the games, a record for any british athlete. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, has all the very latest, from tokyo. a warning — her report contains flashing images. commentator: now it is the turn of charlotte worthington. - they say "go big or go home". charlotte worthington opted to defy gravity instead. she's got it, she's got it, ed! she's smashed it! that was the first time any woman had landed the 360 backflip in competition but the tricks didn't end there. the flair to finish! they knew the score would be big. 97.5. oh, my god! it's a huge score! worthington had backflipped her way to gold and moments later, team—mate declan brooks won bronze in the men's event, just weeks after he was knocked unconscious at the world championships. in 2017, worthington was still a chef in a mexican restaurant. she's now the first—ever

freestyle olympic champion. how is this medal going to change your life, do you think? i have no idea. i'd like to think that i'll never be working in a kitchen again! and i'm just going to embrace being a full—time athlete because i've absolutely loved this journey so far and i just want it to continue. a hugely successful games for bmx, then. four events, four first time olympians, four medals. it's clear new stars are emerging here but what about the established ones? here at the gymnastics, max whitlock was flying the flag for the old guard. five years to wait, just a0 seconds to execute. he's got to extend the body... the reigning pommel horse champion hadn't looked his usual self in qualifying. he was also up first. that builds the difficulty. but when it mattered, whitlock pulled out his toughest routine, turned on the style and piled the pressure on everyone else. into the dismount with the pirouette. well, max whitlock, you could not have performed

that routine any better! it's almost in the hands of the gods. it's a huge score! seven others came and went, no one could get close to him. max whitlock is still the olympic champion! his sixth olympic medal, his third gold and the first british gymnast to defend an olympic title. back home, wife leah, daughter willow and his family could finally celebrate. wild cheers. say, "well done, dad." well done, dad! this was probably the most pressured environment that i've ever been in. team gb have been doing absolutely incredible. the gold medals have been flowing in and, you know, ijust wanted to do the same thing and to come out here and get my own. ifeel very proud. and there was also success again in the pool. silver in the men's axioo metre medley relay capped british swimming's most successful olympics

in history, with eight medals. duncan scott brought the team home to become the first british athlete in any sport to win four medals at a single games. "god save the queen" plays. injapan, we've met the new stars of team gb but we still cherish the old. both have delivered, both have gold. natalie pirks, bbc news, tokyo. well, you heard some of the reaction back home to max whitlock�*s victory in natalie's report — let's hear a little more of that now. his mum, madeleine, his wife, leah, daughterwillow, and the rest of the family were watching from hertfordshire. afterwards they spoke to melissa sharman so proud. you cannot put it into words. it was just really emotional to watch, but yeah, so proud and so happy for him. what were the nerves like watching him doing that first performance, leah? we were all on the edge of our seats. we just wanted him to do a good job.

it has been a long—time training, from training in the garden and everything else that has been on with the year of covid, i think the fact he was even at the olympics, we were just happy that he had the opportunity to still compete, so we just wanted him to do a good job for him, really. when he did that landing, what went through your mind? i think we all screamed. yeah. we were jumping up and down. just so happy that he had done it and we could see as well by his reaction of how he finished it that he was happy with it as well. for you to be with all the family and for your children to see their uncle, being olympic champion again, what was it like to be all together? it was just amazing. we loved it. it was just really, really good. really good. what do you want to say to uncle max? well done, well... ..done. we are so proud of you, max. what about you ?

what would you like to say to him? we are so proud of you, can't wait to see you. i that's lovely. the fact he had gone through such a difficult time when he went there as defending champion, obviously he was quite emotional and it looked like there was a bit of a relief because that was such an enormous amount of pressure to carry. the fact he was able to do that, to be able to cope with the pressure... what are your thoughts about how he has overcome all of that to then go out there and defend the title? i think it is, what he did was amazing, because the preparation was not a normal preparation. but with being able to do about it home last year through lockdown and then when he went back into the gym, i think it has worked, timing has actually worked quite well for him and for him to go and do that routine just shows that he is my champion. not just. ..

that's it. you have produced the greatest british gymnast of all time. that must feel, you and your husband and the whole family mustjust be beaming with pride? so proud. yeah. you cannot put into words how i feel about him and ijust want to give him a hug and tell him that we are so proud of him. that moment when he comes back and he has got that medal and he comes to you all and shows it, that will be quite... special. very special. see you soon, dad. say see you soon. see you soon! say, "well done, dad." well done, dad! that is as good as a gold medal in its own right! it wasn'tjust britain that had a good day in tokyo — italy won two gold medals in the olympic stadium within the space of five minutes.

that included a suprise victory for lamont marcelljacobs in the men's 100 metres final. but the race proved to be frustrating for team gb's zharnel hughes. he was disqualifed, after a false start. here's our sports editor, dan roan. empty seats, but one of the most watched events in world sport. the men's 100 metre final remains among the biggest moments of any olympics. for the last three games, one man dominated. the champion becomes a legend! but after usain bolt�*s retirement, who would now follow in the fastest of footsteps? zharnel hughes... britain had theirfirst finalist since sydney 2000. starter gun oh, no, zharnel hughes, no... 0h! but zharnel hughes' race was over before it began, disqualified for a false start. at the second attempt, however, the most open men's final in years could begin. starter gun kerley gets a very good start. su bingtian gets left in the blocks this time and also jacobs is going very well. but it's jacobs over on the far side, this could well be italy's gold medal. it is!

italy take the gold! lamont marcelljacobs' shock victory the first by a european in this event since 1992. the most unlikely of successors to bolt had been crowned. well, what a moment this is. in a sport dominated by one man for so long, track and field tonight finally has a new star. jacobs' remarkable victory representing a tearing up of the established order in olympic sprinting. it's amazing, fantastic. it's a gold medal, it's forever. a gold medal is forever in my home and i'm very happy. a devastated hughes, meanwhile, telling me what happened. my left calf cramped up on me. when i went in my set position, itjust cramped and i couldn't hold back. ijust ended up moving. i know for a fact if i was in that race, i would have got a medal, there's no doubt about it. as recently as three years ago, jacobs was a long jumper. his switch proving to be one of the most inspired in sporting history. dan roan, bbc news, tokyo.

let's see how the medals table is looking. china are leading the way with 2a gold medals — with the united states close behind on 20. great britain are sixth in the medal table with ten golds — and 32 medals overall. a belarussian sprinter is under police protection in tokyo, after claiming sports officials from her country were forcibly repatriating herfor criticising her team managers. the international olympic committee and tokyo game organisers say they have spoken to christina simanuskaya directly. they said she has told them that she is safe and with the authorities at haneda airport. here's our correspondent, matt graveling, with the latest. the important thing to say is tomorrow morning was meant to be the dream for christina simanuskaya, she was racing 3am uk time —

in the 15th of the 200 metres. the female 200 metres. the dreams turned into a nightmare because it does not look like she will be in that race because she is at an airport injapan with officials. let's rewind a tiny bit and see how we got there. a few days ago, she criticised some of her coaches for the decision to put her in a relay team without asking her, the women's 4x4 relay on thursday. she went on instagram and criticised her coaches, this did not go down very well in belarus. she was criticised by state media. today, she has told the media that people from her team, her coaches, came into her room and basically said "that's it, "you are off the team, pack your bags, you are going home. the team, pack your bags, you are going home." they took her to the airport where you can see these pictures. she was seen speaking to japanese police and told a belarus radio station she was very afraid to return and she was appealing to the international

olympic committee for help. she posted on the bssf group channel a video and i will tell you what that is in a minute because it's very important. she said, i'm asking for the international olympic committee for help. i have been pressured and they are trying to take me out of the country without my consent. i am asking the ioc to intervene. the belarusian sport solidarity foundation is a group that was set up last year to support athletes jailed or sidelined for their political views and this was in the protests against the president alexander lukashenko. the latest, it keeps moving, this story, what, bring us up—to—date. it does, i'm frantically scouring all the sources we have here to try and find out what's happening. i can tell you that her team have come out and say she has been taken off the team because of her emotional and psychological condition, that is what they are saying. there has been a tweet

from the minister of foreign affairs for the czech republic. i translated it and that say, we consider this situation to be scandalous. the czech republic is ready to help. we offer her a visa so she can apply for international protection with us. our tokyo embassy is ready to help. we have a little bit more from the international olympic committee, who have spoken to her directly tonight. they have said she is with authorities at the airport and that she has told the ioc she feels safe, but they will continue the conversations with her and determine the steps in the coming days. and we'll find out how the olympics — and many other stories — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10.30pm and 11.30pm this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are the editor of yorkshire women's life, dawn—maria france, and the former pensions minister ros altmann. the headlines on bbc news... gold for gb gymnast max whitlock — taking the team's tally to ten at the tokyo olympics. the uk has accused iran of being behind an attack on an oil

tanker off the coast of oman in which a british national was killed. young people in england will be offered incentives to have their first covid jab — like discounts for takeaway food and taxi journeys. foreign secretary dominic raab has condemned the attack on an oil tanker off the coast of oman in which two crew members, including a british national, were killed. mr raab accused iran of being behind the reported managed by an israeli company, and said it was a clear violation of international law. iran has denied any involvement. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams explained what happened. details have been coming out since friday. this incident occurred late on thursday night. both american and israeli officials have talked about the involvement of drones, including what's known as a suicide drone, effectively a drone that flies into its target

and is destroyed, but possibly also involving other drones swarming around the target. and this is something the british also seem to have picked up on, there has been an investigation by the british authorities. that appears to have reached some initial conclusions leading the government to say that it is highly likely that iran was involved in the attack on the merchant vessel and indeed that drones were involved. i think it's worth stepping back for a moment and realising this does appear to be the latest in a series of, a pattern of a kind of shadow war between iran and israel. two countries at loggerheads over a number of issues, including iran's nuclear programme, something that israel has taken military measures to try and interfere with. there has been attacks on iranian and israeli—owned shipping over the last year or so. quite a number of attacks,

a lot of it going on unreported and both sides apparently also using drones. this appears to be the latest in that series of attacks. but this is the first attack allegedly by the iranians, which has led to fatalities. one of them a british national. what response has there been from israel? israel has warned darkly and the israeli prime minister has spoken about this in the last day or so — that israel will respond in the way israel can respond, he did not give any clues as to what that might be, but you can expect israel's military campaign which has involved attacks on targets inside iran, including nuclear personnel and mysterious disruptions of activity at nuclear facilities and attacks on iranians vessels and of course attacks on targets inside syria, something which has been going on since the start

of iran's involvement in the start of the syrian civil war. there was attacks, thought to be by the israelis within the last month, which is, one of the targets was a base where members of iran's revolutionary guard were stationed and it's thought perhaps one senior commander was killed. all of that is part of the panoply of israeli action and it's very likely that we are going to see more of that. the briton who was killed in this was not a member of the ship's crew, but a member of the british maritime security firm ambrey, which offers a number of services to vessels, security services, and this appears to have been one of their personnel stationed on board that vessel. are a diplomatic correspondent, paul adams.

a volunteer marshall has died after being hit by a car during a race meeting at brands hatch. competition at the circuit — near dartford in kent — was suspended, but is expected to resume today. an investigation is under way. formula 1 world chamion lewis hamilton said he was "devastated" to hear of the incident. he said "these volunteer marshals are what makes racing possible, they are heroes. my heart is with his family". a former diplomat, who was sentenced to eight months in jail, over blogs he wrote about the high court trial of alex salmond in 2020, has handed himself into the police. this comes after supreme courtjudges refused 62—year—old craig murray, the former british ambassador to uzbekistan, permission to appeal his conviction for breaching a court order. prosecutors said mr murray deliberately risked jigsaw identification of women, who had made complaints against mr salmond. scotland's former first minister was acquitted of all 13 sexual assault charges. young people in england are to be offered incentives, including discounts from uber and deliveroo, to get their covid—19 vaccinations. further inducements could involve

restaurants and cafes. just over two thirds of 18—29 year olds have had a firstjab. with more, here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. his report contains some flashing images. would a free one of these encourage you to get a covid jab? ministers hope so, announcing today incentives for people to get vaccinated — money off cab trips, discounts on takeaways. in east london, at what was billed as a vaccine festival, organisers were hoping free meals and music would encourage people along. everybody loves a freebie, don't they?! by all means, you can come on down and get the vaccination, you don't have to pick up any free food, but we just want to make you feel at home. and the incentives did encourage a few people along. when i got a text message and also a leaflet that said that they were doing this and even gave a token for free food — why not?! it was, like, a really good idea. i think more people will come across when they see the tent just outside their house and, of course, the free food is always a bonus as well!

governments across the world have been trying out ways to encourage uptake. american presidentjoe biden wants states to offer $100 to people who get the jab. welcome back, everyone! but we've also seen warnings that people won't be able to get into nightclubs in england without a vaccine certificate from the end of september. the government is increasingly adopting a carrot and stick approach to getting young people vaccinated. ministers have made clear that getting back to something like normal life will be easier if you have had the vaccine — from going on holiday to going clubbing. but these schemes are supposed to provide encouragement too, and the government is hoping that many other incentives can be announced in the coming weeks. here's one of the reasons why. these lines show uptake among older people in england, but these lines show it among people under 30 and it's much lower. ministers want it to be considerably higher by the end of summer.

one government adviser says there needs to be more focus on the health benefits of vaccines. so giving people incentives is not the answer. i mean, it can increase the rates, but i think the thing that we're lacking at the moment is a very, very clear public information campaign, so that young people see the benefits and can compare those with the risks. the success of the vaccine roll—out has been key to reopening society. ministers want to keep it going and are willing to try different ways to make that happen. nick eardley, bbc news. the latest government figures show there were 24,1170 new coronavirus cases in the latest 24—hour period, a slight fall on the previous day. that means on average there were 26,793 new infections a day, in the last seven days. 65 deaths were recorded in the latest 2a hours, that's an average of 75 deaths a day in the past week. and the most recent

figures showjust under 6,000 people are in hospital with covid—19. thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes in southern turkey, as huge wildfires continue to burn. at least six people have died and hundreds have been injured. parts of the tourist city of bodrum have had to be evacuated. with more, here's angus crawford. clouds of smoke and flame behind them... ..the sea their only escape. locals and holiday—makers queued for boats to take them away from parts of the holiday resort of bodrum, in the south—west of turkey. wildfires, which started five days ago, burned their way through hillsides towards the city. in less than a week, more than 100 forest fires have broken out across the country. local teams, but also those from iran, russia and ukraine deployed to tackle them, fighting on the ground and from the air.

this man said his home was almost overwhelmed. translation: the fire started 400 | metres from here and it took onlyl five minutes to reach us. everybody here was crying and screaming for help. we haven't slept the past three days. the country's been hit by record high temperatures and numbers of wildfires this summer. president erdogan, here visiting one affected area, criticised for not doing enough. and the hot weather is set to continue, tomorrow in the south hitting a0 celsius. with bone dry forests and no prospect of rain, this summer of fire may not yet to be over. this summer of fire may not yet be over. angus crawford, bbc news. in afghanistan, taliban militants are threatening to seize control of the main city in helmand province, where british troops spent years providing security. almost all foreign forces are due to leave the country by next

month after two decades fighting the taliban. 455 british troops lost their lives. the militants are now on the verge of overrunning the city of lashkar gar in the south, and there's fierce fighting in kandahar and herat in the west. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, reports from the capital kabul. lashkar gar, helmand, the peace roundabout, now overrun by taliban. they say this square is theirs. gunfire the centre of a city once patrolled for years by british troops. afghan special forces, trained by britain and other nato armies, are rushing in. this video's from the afghan ministry of defence. explosion the battle intensifies on the ground and on social media. 35—year—old general sami sadat is the commanding officer

in this southern area. he says the taliban have suffered hundreds and hundreds of losses, but his forces have lost most rural areas. it's much the same across afghanistan. now the taliban are bent on seizing the cities. all the beds are full at this hospital in helmand, run by the emergency ngo. more beds being brought in. hundreds of thousands are on the run. look at the way these children are moving across the fields in the western province of herat. the crackle of gunfire all too close. but civilians are also standing their ground. this man is said to be the head of herat�*s provincial council. "don't waste your bullets", he says. "take careful aim."

and old warlords are back too, to take on the taliban. white bearded commander ismail khan fought soviet forces in the �*80s, taliban in the �*90s. "we're doing our best to suppress the enemy, "so they can't enter the city", he says. "i call on the people to support us, especially those who are armed, "to resist the terrorists." but the taliban are at their strongest since their defeat nearly two decades ago, after the us—led invasion. it's a moment of reckoning for afghan forces. a moment of risk for the very future of afghanistan. lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul. new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, has formally apologised for police raids which disproportionately targeted pacific communities in the 1970s. hundreds of people attended a special ceremony at the town hall in the city of auckland to hear this significant statement.

the so—called "dawn raids" were carried out to find, convict and deport people from the pacific islands suspected of overstaying their visas — but never those from the uk or the us or south africa. from today, businesses are having to pay more of their workers' wages, as the government continues to wind down it's furlough scheme. but there are fears the increased costs could see some firms struggling to survive. the furlough programme, in place since april last year, will finish at the end of next month. here's our business correspondent, katy austin. it's been credited with preventing unemployment rising sharply. now, we're in the final two months of thejob retention scheme. the economy has been reopening, but nearly 2 million people were still furloughed at the end ofjune. receptionist ruby, who's 65... hi, ruby. hiya. ..has been on full or part—time furlough since march last year. she's grateful for it, but the future is unclear. i think there's every possibility

that come october 1st, when the furlough scheme ends completely, then, yes, i will possibly have to start looking for anotherjob. the highest rates of people on furlough used to be among the under 25s. but in the most recent data, we've seen that it's over 60s who are now more likely to be furloughed. we know that when older people lose theirjobs, they are more likely to leave the labour force entirely. any workers who are kind of left on furlough are more likely to become unemployed. in its final stage, the scheme is changing. previously, the government paid 80% of wages for hours not worked. injuly, that contribution fell to 70%, with the employer picking up 10%. from today, the government will pay 60% and the employer 20% until furlough stops at the end of september. the british chambers of commerce thinks a fifth of firms still using it are now considering redundancies. the extra cost is a strain for businesses which are still struggling, like travel agents.

there are still lots of destinations we can't sell. it's comes to the point where the money is going to run out and obviously with the furlough scheme, we've been able to keep the staff on, we kept 50% of the staff on and it's going to drain the money even faster. furlough winding down will mean tough decisions for some. in a statement, the government told us it's helping people of all ages find the skills to get back into work. katy austin, bbc news. two sumatran tigers are recovering at a zoo in the indonesian capital, jakarta, after being infected with coronavirus. nine—year—old tino and 12—year—old hari tested positive in mid—july after they experienced flu—like symptoms, trouble breathing and appetite loss. officials at the zoo say the tigers are healthy now. scientists are trying to find the source of the infection. the zoo has been closed sincejune, as covid—19 cases have soared nationwide. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. it's a quiet start to the month

of august, but nothing