hello, i'm maryam moshiri, this is outside source. a belarusian athlete , at the centre of an olympic standoff with her country — is granted a humanitarian visa by poland. krystina tima—nov—skaya sought asylum at poland's embassy injapan after refusing to board a plane she said she was being forced to take for criticising her coaches. every person who wants to can count on our support. belarus says she was removed from the team because of her �*emotional state'.

she has been granted a humanitarian visa now by poland. the athlete raised fears for her safety, after an attempt to force her to return from tokyo to belarus for criticising her coaches. here's the message she posted on instagram. translation: i asked the ioc to intervene. the international olympic committee

is now deciding what action to take. the ioc in tokyo 2020 will continue their conversations with her and the japanese _ their conversations with her and the japanese authorities to determine the next _ japanese authorities to determine the next step in the upcoming days. the belarus olympic committee released its own statement in response. they claim that "coaches decided to withdraw her from the games on doctors' advice about her emotional and psychological state." this is ms timanovskaya filmed entering the polish embassy earlier today — after arriving in an unmarked silver van. she's likely to leave for poland in the coming days. here's poland's deputy foreign minister. translation: every person who cannot return to belarus for political _ reasons and wants to come to poland can count on our support. miss tsimanouskaya is under the care of the polish state. she wants to come to poland — we will grant her all support. here's our tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes outside the polish embassy in tokyo. yesterday it looked like she was effectively being marched back to the airport

in disgrace, to be put on a plane back to minsk and an uncertain future. now she's holed up in the polish embassy behind me apparently on her way to a new life in europe. this whole story in tokyo has very much the whiff of history about it, because back in the cold war, this sort of defection was a regular event. the last one i can find was in los angles back in 1984. now we have someone defecting from a country called "the last dictatorship in europe". now she's going to poland, a country that was once part of the soviet bloc but now a part of the western alliance. deeply opposed to the regime in belarus and its sponsor in moscow. the incident has once again put the spotlight on belarus, a country where, in recent years, there has been a growing effort to silence opposition. the country has been ruled by this man, president alexander lukashenko, since 1994. last year, nationwide protests over his disputed re—election were violently put down

by the security forces and the leader of the opposition was forced to flee the country. some of those who joined the demonstrations were also national—level athletes, who were punished by the authorities. on that, here's our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford. some very prominent athletes were involved in supporting the protest at the time and some of them ended up at the time and some of them ended up being detained. others were stripped of their state funding, sport is state supported and state backed as is so much in the economy there so athletes lost their funding, kicked out of teams, remove from the national squad so they paid a heavy price for supporting the protest. an audio recording said to be a conversation between krystina timanovskaya and her coach has also been circulating on social media — here's sarah rainsford again with more details. it does appear to contain the voices

of krystina tsimanouskaya and her coach and another belarusian olympic official and from that conversation it is quite clear that the athlete is in tears and she is under extreme pressure to return to belarus. the voices can be heard telling her she needs to stop, she needs to calm down, she needs to stop talking, she is told several times. it is a long conversation, some 20 minutes long and the message is essentially you are like a fly caught in a spider's web. if you keep struggling, you will get entangled. earlier i spoke to vitaliy schevchenko, russia editorfor bbc monitoring and i asked him what details could be verified about the athlete's case. well, at this point it is one person's word against somebody else's. krystina tsimanouskaya was supposed to compete in the women's 200 metre event today but then

yesterday she complained on social media that she was unexpectedly entered in the 400 metre relay race which upset her. she made some strong statements on social media criticising her coaches and her coaches responded by saying, well, we assessed her and it appeared that she was in no fit emotional state to compete. she was in no fit emotional state to com ete. ., . she was in no fit emotional state to comete. ., ., �* ., , ., compete. how are the belarusian media covering _ compete. how are the belarusian media covering the _ compete. how are the belarusian media covering the story - compete. how are the belarusian media covering the story right - compete. how are the belarusian i media covering the story right now? the government is aware that this whole story reflects pretty badly on them and this is the last thing they wanted to get out of the tokyo olympics. so what we are seeing on belarusian state tv right now can best be described as a damage limitation exercise. they are trying to achieve their objective by trying to achieve their objective by trying

to assassinate krystina tsimanouskaya's character. one tv channel said that she doesn't know what team spirit is, she is a poor athlete who is wiping her feet on belarus and belarusian people. there are statements about a cheap farce in tokyo and delivering a disgusting performance. that is a kind of we are getting belarusian tv. lets turn to turkey. huge wildfires are burning for a sixth day — threatening villages and resorts in the tourist regions along its southern coasts. eight have died in the worst blazes in the country in a decade. the pictures are dramatic. this is popular tourist spot bodrum — where fires have been burning since wednesday. a huge firefighting operation is under way —, help has come from azerbaijan, iran, russia, ukraine and the eu. you can see plumes of orange smoke

filling the skyline as people flee in their cars. over 100 wildfires are burning. all but ten have been brought under control. the flames are threatening homes, hotels and boats. 35—star hotels have reportedly been evacuated. this is a resort town along the turkish riviera. you can see from these pictures just how close those flames are to the hotels stop according to reuters, residents and tourists later evacuated this area to go to a safer one. here is the head of the chamber of commerce. the middle of a nightmare for the last four days and six hours it is still not under control. i can say now 12,550 hectares of pine forests are burnt. five of the villagers are evacuated and i can talk about

11,000 people already for the last four days and still one of the villagers are in evacuation process. now i'm in the centre and one of the fires keeps going onjust 15 kilometres distance away. we also have this dramatic footage from the province of moola. this video was released by the mayor of milas —, you can see a huge wall of flames behind him. and he had this message. translation: helicopters are here but we are awaiting _ translation: helicopters are here but we are awaiting planes. - translation: helicopters are here but we are awaiting planes. if - translation: helicopters are here but we are awaiting planes. if the l but we are awaiting planes. if the blaze comes down the ridge, the coast will suffer great damage. that is why we have started evacuating. we are helping those who don't have any vehicles. there's been widespread devastation. this is bodrum. homes in this village are completely destroyed. hundreds of tourists and residents have been forced to flee.

one of them is scottish woman amy hutchinson — who works in a resort town. she has been describing her experience. in been describing her experience. in about ten minutes we were completely surrounded by red fire. i have never been so scared. there was a big army truck coming down the road. when you look back, it looked like a war zone. that is what i can describe it as. this guy was just completely red, the ash was like snow falling on to the ground.— red, the ash was like snow falling on to the ground. next, let's hear from the bbc's _ reporter in a holiday destination hard hit. we reporter in a holiday destination hard hit. ~ . ., ., hard hit. we are here in one of the relief centres _ hard hit. we are here in one of the relief centres operated _ hard hit. we are here in one of the relief centres operated solely - hard hit. we are here in one of the relief centres operated solely by i relief centres operated solely by volunteers. you can see lots of clothing that is going to be sent to the villagers that have been burnt down. there is dry goods that are

going to be used by people who have lost their homes, who have lost their housing. there is refreshments, medicine. the firefighters are working on the ground and one of the most important thing is that they need is, of course, water. it is very high heat and very dry at the moment. they are using lots of ice to transfer the water so it is still cool when they get there. here you can see people breaking the ice and supplying the water. here you can see the trucks which are the cooling trucks donated by various firms. they are used to cool down the supplies that are going to be sent to the mountains. temperatures along turkey's southern coast hit 40 degrees today and are forecast to hit 41 on tuesday. these are the latest pictures.

investigators are trying to establish whether some of the fires were started deliberately —, amid reports that one suspected arsonist has been detained. right now we are in the downtown area in one of the relief coordination centres set up by the municipality. there are lots of people coordinating the relief that came from all around turkey, and different destinations around the world. they are carrying them to trucks, to destinations in the mountains where there are villages who have been burnt down in the previous couple of days. this is six days so far so there are tens of religions that have been burnt down. there is talk of locals who are still waiting and using the help that comes from downtown. find

still waiting and using the help that comes from downtown. and there has been some — that comes from downtown. and there has been some criticism, _ that comes from downtown. and there has been some criticism, hasn't - has been some criticism, hasn't there, of the government response to what has been going on. is there a lot of international help at the moment? �* ~ . , lot of international help at the moment? ~ . . , , lot of international help at the moment? a . , moment? actually, it is a mountainous _ moment? actually, it is a mountainous region - moment? actually, it is a mountainous region full. moment? actually, it is al mountainous region full of moment? actually, it is a - mountainous region full of forest and most of the ways to attack the wildfires in the region is by plane. turkey has helicopters which have been working since the start of the wildfires. there were planes from russia, ukraine, azerbaijan and iran were also operating in the area. the european union also offered planes. the croatian plane arrived today and spain will send its plane tomorrow. and also greece has said that it will send its planes if necessary. stay with us on outside source — still to come... government forces in afghanistan are defending three major cities against a taliban advance.

a highly—anticipated court case in israel over the possible eviction of palestinians in eastjerusalem , which helped trigger communal violence and conflict with hamas in may , has ended inconclusively. four palestinian families are appealing a lower court order to leave their homes in sheikh jarrah , to make way forjewish settlers. tom bateman was outside the court injerusalem as it concluded. thejudges the judges haven't ruled thejudges haven't ruled either way on whether they can appeal but they have tried to offer a compromise between the palestinian families and the jewish settler group that between the palestinian families and thejewish settler group that has been trying to displace them. that compromise would effectively mean that the palestinians could stay in those homes for some years to come but they would have to recognise jewish ownership of their properties. now, the families didn't say they would do that, they want to come up with a list of names of people that get that so—called protected tenancy status and things have been knocked back for another week or so and then i think more

legal proceedings will take a little bit further beyond then. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... belarussian athlete krystina tikhanovskaya — at the centre of an olympic standoff with her country — is granted a humanitarian visa by poland. the british rapper dizzee rascal has been charged with assault. the metropolitan police confirmed that an incident took place injune with a woman reporting minor injuries. she didn't need any hospital treatment. the rapper, whose real name is dylan mills, is due to appear in 5 court in september. let's update you now on the coronavirus pandemic in the uk. the nhs covid—19 app is to be modified so that fewer contacts are required to self—isolate. it comes after criticism from businesses hit by large number of staff being forced into isolation

having been "pinged" by the app. last week more than 689,000 people in england and wales were sent alerts on their phones advising them to self—isolate — a record number. our health correspdent naomi grimely explains the change the government intends will ease the so—called "pingdemic". it relates to a particular subgroup, this is the close contacts of people who have tested positive, but crucially who are asymptomatic. previously the app has been looking for their contacts five days prior to them taking a test, the test that turned out to be positive. this time from now on it's going to only be looking at the two days prior to that positive test. the government has previously said it will not make changes to the app and now says progress on vaccination means it can reverse that position in order to obtain what it says is the right balance. jenny harries is ahead of the health

agency. we jenny harries is ahead of the health auen . ~ . , jenny harries is ahead of the health aien _ ~ ., , ., jenny harries is ahead of the health auen .~ . , ., , agency. we are trying to open up, we are t in: agency. we are trying to open up, we are trying to _ agency. we are trying to open up, we are trying to balance. _ agency. we are trying to open up, we are trying to balance. we _ agency. we are trying to open up, we are trying to balance. we have - agency. we are trying to open up, we are trying to balance. we have our. are trying to balance. we have our most _ are trying to balance. we have our most vulnerable people protected with the _ most vulnerable people protected with the vaccine and hopefully we are starting to see a plateauing and are starting to see a plateauing and a bit of— are starting to see a plateauing and a bit of a _ are starting to see a plateauing and a bit of a decline in the cases and h0pefutty— a bit of a decline in the cases and hopefully the hospitalisations as welt _ hopefully the hospitalisations as well. very different context which is why the balance for public health impact and impact on individuals lives than their working — on individuals lives than their working lives is where we think we should _ working lives is where we think we should hit— working lives is where we think we should hit now. another reason for introducing the change is that if people get pinged less often, they may be more willing to keep the app running on their phones. that would hopefully reverse a rise in the numbers of people opting not to use it. let's get more from naomi grimley. yougov did a survey, they found that one in ten of the people they asked deleted it. one in five had disabled it by turning the bluetooth off. also the department of health admitted that injuly, or by the end ofjuly about 10% fewer people were using it to check into venues. so i guess we can see this move as a bit of a grand

bargain by the government. they are saying to the public stick with the app because we think it's really useful, but in return we will make sure you only get told to self—isolate if you really are at high risk of having caught covid. one more thing to bear in mind, which is that after the 16th of august in england, if you do get notified by the app you willjust be encouraged to take a laboratory assessed test, you won't actually be told to self—isolate, because that rule, crucially, is about to go. in afghanistan, heavy fighting continues as the taliban push hard to gain control of three key cities. they've made rapid gains since the united states started to withdraw its forces from the country. 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. on monday they pushed

deeper into lashkar gah — the main city in helmand province — and closed in on government buildings. they were beaten back by military forces later in the day after suffering heavy casulaties from us and afghan aircraft strikes. in the west, they were pushed back from the gates of herat city as a clearance operation was launched. hundreds of commandos were deployed to help the struggling government forces keep the taliban at bay. this is one of them. translation: by using residential houses and by wearing normal- clothes, they cross the front line to enter areas and when faced with resistance, they leave. the taliban are not a great power, they are just fighting in a scattered way, they make people worry and lower their spirits. in kandahar, a former taliban stronghold, thousands of families have fled their homes to escape fighting. conditions for them are dire. one afghan campaigner for women's

rights has accused the taliban of carrying out widespread crimes against civilians. the way the attacks of the taliban, it can have the same pattern. and the other day when they attacked which was like 20 minutes away from the city, they would go home to home and they would ambush, they would break down anything inside the house, they would take away the man and force the woman to cook for them and this woman was telling me that they had potato curry for them but they actually started beating the husband and said we want meat and rice and they wanted for 50 to 60 of their fighters. they would take away the boys to be fighting with them on the battle. the taliban is already thought to have captured up to half of all afghanistan's territory, including border crossings with iran and pakistan, but it has yet to take a provincial capital. have a look at this map

from the bbc afghan service. the red parts show areas under taliban control, orange shows contested areas, and blue is where the government has control. the taliban now has more territory than at any time since they were removed from power in 2001. what's to blame, president ghani says, is the abrupt withdrawal of the us troops in the past few weeks. translation: the reason | for today's security situation is the sudden withdrawal of international troops. i said this to the united states president and i respect his decision to leave, but any action as such will have great consequences for afghans. my my prediction was right. the southern pull—out has created confusion and today we are dealing with those consequences and it is our responsibility to deal with the dangers. i would like to point out that we have a very clear vision and plan for taking the control. our security forces are ready

and they have reassembled and are getting stronger by the day. we are planning to implement our security plan in six months and take back control and return to normality. the us has said it would take in hundreds of afghan interpreters and their families whose links with us military forces may put them at risk. since 2008, some 70,000 afghans have moved to the us under a special immigrant visa awarded for their service. but some 20,000 are still seeking a way out. earlier, the us had announced details of its new afghan refugee programme. today the state department is releasing a new settlement programme for afghans who assisted the united states but do not qualify for special immigrant visas. we have created a priority two designation, creating access for many of these afghans and family members. our correspondent gary o'donoghue has more details on the programme.

this is really a significant expansion of the refugee programme. that they have already had in place for some time, as you pointed out. really it is answering some of the pressure that has come from members of congress and some of the refugee and human rights groups here in the us that the americans weren't doing enough for those people that put themselves in harms way in afghanistan on behalf of the us government, the us military. they are expanding the original programme which was really limited to those who had worked for the us government or the military directly and for two years or so, to include those who have worked for perhaps less time, more recently, and indeed more significantly for those who have worked for ngos and media organisations, for example. it is not as straightforward as it might seem, though, because they will require those afghans will require those companies and organisations to nominate them for this process and they will have to leave the country in order to go through the vetting process that could take 12 to 14

months. so they and their families would have to find a way out of the country and then support themselves are a pretty lengthy process of vetting before they have got anywhere near the united states. that is quite a significant caveat, isn't it? these people have to find their own way out of the country and their own way out of the country and their own way out of the country and their own means of support before they get into the united states. i think that is right and that is something that the administration was asked about the day and it recognises that this is very hard, as a secretary of state put it, particularly at a time where the taliban forces are controlling more and more of the communication routes inside afghanistan and also their border crossings. people will be fearful about coming across taliban roadblocks, being asked to say who they are, to present their papers, all of that kind of thing because the taliban will be on the lookout for those who they would see as collaborators with the us forces. there are a number of barriers here to cross for those who feel they have to leave and for their own

safety and the safety of their families. the us hasn't completely closed the door, i don't think on some kind of support outside the country. at the moment it is saying they won't pay any of the relocation fees but i think there will be some pressure to give some sort of help to those who do have a case. history has been made at the tokyo olympics today. her bed crashed out in the final after three failed lives but her participation has sparked heated debate. some see this as a landmark moment for inclusivity whilst others argue she has an unfair physiological advantage. before we 90, physiological advantage. before we go, it has been reported that the divorce between bill gates and melinda gates was finalised today. three months after the couple announced their split, they had been married for a total of 27 years.

that is it from me. thank you for watching. goodbye. last month's heatwave cut the uk to its joint fifth warmestjuly on record. wales, northern ireland and scotland, according to the met office were drier than average, another dry day across much of scotland but england was wetter than average last month. whilst many have stay dry today, there have been reports of over 100 millilitres on the isle of wight with some flooding. and we downpours have developed a after rumbling around for the evening will die away as we get into the night. by by morning, most places are dry with clear spells and away from the town city centres. many spots dipping down into single figures. there will be plenty of sunshine around.

there are still showers to contend with. evening before fading. the frontal system to our west makes further progress in for wednesday, the clouds towards westernmost areas seeing some early rain. then it sunny spells and showers breaking out again — if anything on wednesday, more focus on these downpours and western areas, northern england, northern ireland, and scotland with the chance of a shower possible just about and the bbc has learnt the uk anywhere. if you do get a sunshine, and many will at times, it will feel pleasantly warm. and then for thursday onwards into the weekend, or whether dominated by an area of low pressure stopped turning windier towards the south, but nowhere near as windy as it was last week. really from this area of low pressure, there'll be bands of rain heavy showers moving through — some places will see very wet weather at times, but there will be drier, brighter moments in between these bands of showers. certainly not raining all the time, but temperatures still below par for the time of year.

many will see sunshine but it will feel pleasantly warm. there is a unwed and into the weekend, whether dominated by an area of low pressure, turning windy it was a sad but nowhere near as windy as it was last week. really from this area of low pressure they will be bands of rain and heavy showers moving through. some places will see some very wet weather at times but there will be drier, brighter moments in between the bands of showers so certainly not raining all the time but temperatures still below par for the time of year.

on that, here's our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford.

this is bbc world news, the headlines... a proposal to create an amber watch list of countries at risk christina teen up in gaia has been granted a humanitarian visa by poland —— tikhanovskaya. she sought help as belarusian officials tried to force her on a plane home after she criticised the team's coaches on social media. wildfires in turkey have killed eight people and destroyed large swathes of the southwest. the eu has sent assistance and several other countries have sent firefighting aircraft in order to help. uk government is scrapping proposals to create a so—called amber watch list of countries at risk of being to the most... some travel industry figures had warned that an overly complex system might deter people from travelling. the news comes on the day that the requirement for those

having to self—isolate coming from