hello, i'm maryam moshiri, this is outside source. in afghanistan the capital comes under attack with a series of blasts outside the home of the defence minister. fighting of the defence minister. is continuing with arm detectors fighting is continuing with arm detectors reported to be inside the residence. will be live on the latest on that on the tele— bands advances later. later on in the programme... later on in the programme... an investigation into new york govenor andrew cuomo says he sexually harrassed several women — including employees at his office. the investigation found that governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed current and former new york state employees by engaging in unwelcome

and nonconsensual touching. records are broken at the olympics are super shoes giving athletes and unfair advantage at the track? we will speak to an expert. we start in afghanistan where the capital kabul has come under attack. a series of blasts have been heard near the defence minister's home. the explosion occurred near the diplomatic quarters and a busy market square where there are many government buildings. you can see the smoke here following the attack targeting the home of the country's defence minister. no militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack. we're also hearing of a second blast and sporadic gunfire. syed anwar works for the bbc�*s afghan service is in kabul. what more do we know about the blast?

well about the blast? there was a very loud explosion this well there was a very loud explosion this evening, after an hour it is clear that the carb warm targeted the guesthouse of acting government defence minister. the gun men entered inside the guest house and or a wall that was a clash on going. now some reports emerging that two attackers have been killed. so far they did not commit armed casualty of the attack emergency hospital crews to this area said that six patients arrived in hospital. do we know who was responsible for the blast in kabul? so far no whaen claimed responsibility for this attack. usually in the past when such attacks happen in kabul one of the

claims responsibility. but this evening attack no one so far claimed responsibility. the threat in other regions clear — how worried in kabul? soon after the car explosion which was very loud people came out to the streets on top of roof houses shouting a campaign to say no to the ongoing war and say no to the caliban fighting. the life is normal in kabul, usually. even the shouting was 20 or 30 minutes ago life in kabul is normal but life is not good in some areas for example the

capital city in kandahar. they are fighting on gone for the past three orfour days. thank you. lashkar gah is the provincial capital of helmand province, bass guitar has sent a bleak warning get out while you can. taliban fighters trying to take the city just after weeks of most foreign troops. we are hearing that they would put people pushed back two houses. i have to make a call and ask the people particularly in some areas that the enemy is taking shelter in the houses, i asked the secretary leave their houses and the surrounding area. i apologise for the action if they may feel bad for being displays. i am with them that they... this is good for them that

they... this is good for them that they are safe and they can come back to the houses when the outskirts are cleared from the terrace.— cleared from the terrace. caliban has made significant _ cleared from the terrace. caliban has made significant gains - cleared from the terrace. caliban has made significant gains since | cleared from the terrace. caliban i has made significant gains since the withdrawal of the american troops. the red on this map here are the areas the caliban controlled back in 2017. this is five days ago. the red is the area, the taliban now control and the orange are contested areas. the caliban is now trying to combat do not capture three areas. the taliban haven't captured a provincial capital in five years. the taliban haven't captured a provincial capital in five years. lashkar gah is the provincial capital of helmand province, the tele— band now control large part of the province and is taken for governments tv and radio building. you can see here how close thatis building. you can see here how close that is to the provincial governors office. it is for hundred metres

away from there. taliban fighters replace normal broadcast with religious songs. these pictures are of taliban fighters in the centre just a few days ago. at this roundabout you can see here is actually called the piece roundabout. here are afghan special forces on the ground. the us and afg ha n forces have afghan forces have been carrying out air strikes in the city. here's lyse doucet on that battle for lashkar gah. the taliban now control most of the districts in the capital lashkar gar and today we are seeing images of the taliban closing in on the police headquarters, besieging the prison. yesterday there was a report that they have now taken over the premises of the state broadcaster. so there is huge pressure on forces, reinforcements have been flown in, special forces. afghan airforces in the skies, they are bombing. backed up by us air strikes, the fewer us

air strikes and afghan but this is really, are fighting for their lives in helmand. as they are in many other parts of afghanistan. the general was making a point that they can't sustain this fight, he says we are killing up to 90 some times 100 taliban today. so it's not over yet but is the fight of all fights in helmand. let's go live to her. i know that you've been hearing gunfire in last few seconds. you've been hearing gunfire in last few seconde— you've been hearing gunfire in last few seconds. , , , ., few seconds. yes, there is repeating small arms — few seconds. yes, there is repeating small arms fire _ few seconds. yes, there is repeating small arms fire just _ few seconds. yes, there is repeating small arms fire just behind - few seconds. yes, there is repeating small arms fire just behind me. - few seconds. yes, there is repeating small arms fire just behind me. i'm. small arms firejust behind me. i'm in a highly protected green zone which is where most of the embassies are located. many of the top government institutions just outside of the green zone just behind me where that attack took place of the defence ministers compound here in the centre of kabul. it's in again a

very highly secure diplomatic compound. the latest we had heard is that there were still attackers inside the home of the dispense minister. and we have been hearing sounds of explosions, sounds a suicide vest being excluded. so the fighting is still ongoing in the defence ministers house. it's gone a bit quiet now but for the last few hours here in the green zone we've heard repeated crackle of small gunfire, mortars were also fire just outside the green zone. this it seems has been a very complex attack tonight here in the heart of kabul. it started with what they call in military terms vv it started with what they call in military terms w b i d which is a vehicle borne improvised expense blum explosive device in other words

a car barn. that was then followed up a car barn. that was then followed up with the attackers going into —— farm. he and the family were not home at the time. the attackers were still in the house, special forces were brought in and after that it seemed as though there was a lot of resources being put in this because we were hearing more tonight mortars being fired and suicide vest being exploded. i think you can hear now behind me the sound of explosions, there have been helicopters in the air as well. this is a very troubling attack at a time when kabul, much of afghanistan is on edge. as with the reporting provincial capitals are under a salt as are the cities in the west although afghan forces appear to push back the caliban there. kandahar is well there's been lots of fighting. —— caliban. a very significant moment in a war that's

worsening every day. lets turn to the us. the governor of new york has been accused of sexually harassing multiple women in a report released by the city's attorney general earlier today. the five—month investigation found that governor cuomo has violated federal and state laws while creating what was described as a "climate of fear" in the workplace. here's the new york state attorney. specifically the investigation found that governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed current and former new york state employees by engaging in unwelcome in nonconsensual touching and making numerous offensive comments of a suggestive and sexual nature that created a hostile work environment for women. this is what mr cuomo had to say

in response to the report. i want you to know directly from me that i_ i want you to know directly from me that i never— i want you to know directly from me that i never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances. i am 63 years— inappropriate sexual advances. i am 63 years old, i've lived my entire adult _ 63 years old, i've lived my entire adult life — 63 years old, i've lived my entire adult life in— 63 years old, i've lived my entire adult life in public view, that is 'ust adult life in public view, that is just not— adult life in public view, that is just not who i am. and that's not who i_ just not who i am. and that's not who i have — just not who i am. and that's not who i have ever been. today we are living _ who i have ever been. today we are living in _ who i have ever been. today we are living in a _ who i have ever been. today we are living in a superheated if not toxic political _ living in a superheated if not toxic political environment. that shouldn't be lost on anyone. politics _ shouldn't be lost on anyone. politics and bias are interwoven throughout every aspect of this situatioh — throughout every aspect of this situation. one would be naive to think— situation. one would be naive to think otherwise. fellow democrats have issued a

statement calling on mr cuomo to resign. today's report for the new york state attorney substantiated and cooperated the allegation of the brave women who came forward to share their stories and we commend the women for doing so, they said. in i'm joined now by the bbc�*s samira hussain in new york. give us more detail to what mr cuomo has been saying in response. it’s a has been saying in response. it's a 165 -a~e has been saying in response. it's a 165 page report — has been saying in response. it's a 165 page report in _ has been saying in response. it's a 165 page report in which _ has been saying in response. it's a 165 page report in which in - 165 page report in which in painful detail outlines the kinds of actions that mr cuomo and barked on to create this toxic work environment in which this kind of harassment could continue. it also went on to say that look, mr cuomo actually violated both state and federal laws and that there was retaliation against some of the women when they become forward and say that they inappropriately approached by the

governor himself. there was a lot of detail in terms of the kinds of things that these women experience. being forced to sit on the governors lab, being forced to withstand the sexual comments, unwanted sexual comments and unwanted sexual groping and touching. it was really, there were some pretty disturbing things that were corroborated through this report in this investigation. hora that were corroborated through this report in this investigation.- report in this investigation. how is this auoin report in this investigation. how is this going to _ report in this investigation. how is this going to play _ report in this investigation. how is this going to play out? _ report in this investigation. how is this going to play out? are - report in this investigation. how is this going to play out? are we - this going to play out? are we looking at criminal charges moving forward or civil action? 50 looking at criminal charges moving forward or civil action?— looking at criminal charges moving forward or civil action? so now that it is art forward or civil action? so now that it is part of — forward or civil action? so now that it is part of the _ forward or civil action? so now that it is part of the public _ forward or civil action? so now that it is part of the public domain - forward or civil action? so now that it is part of the public domain and i it is part of the public domain and it is part of the public domain and it is part of the public domain and it is available to the police if they want to pursue any kind of action. there is really part of one person who has made a formal complaint to the police. whether or not that actually mounts into charges is a little bit hard to decipher. some of these political

pendants or rather pendants within the law theme have said that they are not sure if it would actually mounts or amount to any kind of legal, any legal findings or any legal, any legal findings or any legal action, legal, any legal findings or any legalaction, rather. now it's whether or not there will be a civil suit and there is already one woman who said that she's going to be filing for emotional damages. the bigger question is about mr cuomo was politicalfuture. based on that press conference it is very clear he is going to fight any kinds of requests for him to resign, to step down and of course, any impeachment proceedings that may happen against him through the new york legislature. there is going to be a lot of pushback against that as well. two big stories surrounding belarus. in a moment we'll turn to the belarusian olympian seeking refuge in poland who has been

speaking to the bbc. but first, ukraine has opened a murder inquiry into the death of a belarusian activist in ukraine. this is vitaly shishov. he was found hanged in a park in kyiv. in the autumn of 2020 he fled belarus and went into exile in ukraine. on monday morning he left where he was staying in kyiv to go for a jog. but he never came back. this is the crime scene in the kyiv park where his body was found. ukrainian police have now opened a murder inquiry into his death. here's some of the police press conference from earlier. translation: we are currently trying to establish the circumstances of the victims death. all video cameras are being investigated were looking for possible witnesses. investigators are checking possible leads in particular if it's a suicide or a murder or a murder disguised as a suicide. murder or a murder disguised as a suicide. as you just heard, ukraine's

police are keeping open various lines of inquiry. but many people view the idea that shishov died by suicide with considerable scepticism. on that here's yana looshnevskaya from bbc monitoring in kyiv. there is not much that we know for sure at the moment but we do know that the police are investigating various theories behind this, behind the death. they are saying that it could be a suicide or it could be a suicide disguised as a premeditated murder. vitaly shishov associates have been speaking to the media this morning and they actually have no doubt that it was a murder for up they do not believe that he could have committed suicide. shishov was head of the belarusian house group — an organisation which helps exiles who have fled repression in their homeland. their public statement is unequivocal. they said that "there is no doubt that this is an operation meanwhile, in london, the exiled belarusian opposition leader,

svetlana tikhanovskaya today met with the british prime minister borisjohnson in downing street. here she is on mr shishov�*s death. i know i prefer to wait for results of the investigation because i can't, i understand the background of this death. i would say it was crime but i can't say it without results of the investigation. ms tikhanovskaya and mr shishov are among thousands of belarusians who have fled the country in recent months, taking refuge in neighbouring countries like poland, ukraine and lithuania. on that here's a belarusian journalist based in warsaw. the number has already reached tens of thousands because the is on the precedented. —— this kind of oppression is unprecedented. as of yesterday i think over four thousand

criminal cases have been opened against belarusian activities. over 600 people in our recognises political prisoners was up over 35,000, just over 35,000 people have spent some time in jail over the past year. lots have decided it would be better and safer to leave the country for now. depending on the outcome of the investigation into mr shishov�*s death — there will be questions aboutjust how safe those who have left the country really are. opposition voices in belarus have faced a brutal crackdown since the disputed re—election of president alexander lukashenko a year ago. in august last year, mass protests erupted after long—time leader alexander lukashenko claimed victory in a presidential election widely condemned as rigged. two days after the vote the opposition leader svetlana tikhanovskaya — who we heard from a little earlier — left belarus for lithuania, citing her children's safety. in may, an opposition belarusianjournalist — roman protasevich —

and his girlfriend, were arrested after their ryanair flight to lithuania was forced to divert to minsk. and on monday, a sprinter from belarus refused orders to fly home early from the tokyo olympics after criticising her coaches. krystina timanovskaya has now been granted a humanitarian visa by poland and today gave an exclusive interview to the bbc. here she is on the decision to send her home. translation: i was very surprised, i didn't under stand because i didn't say anything political. ijust said that my trainers decision behind my back. i was very surprised. i was very surprised. you heard miss timanovskaya there explaing that her argument was not political. in fact her original complaint was about being entered into a relay race at short notice. but many fear she would have been punished anyway. on that, here's the polish deputy foreign minister.

the head of the belarusian olympic commitee is the son of mr lukashenko, so criticising the coaches she also criticised the belarusian political systme. but for us this wasn't that important. she was forced to leave tokyo and against her will she was forced to go to belarus. it was against her will so it was quite natural for us to help her. the risks which she may have faced on her return to belarus is what concerns her. we were trying to keep the athletes and ms tikhanovskaya, put her on a plane and she might face the same fate. spend a few days in kgb prison and later to give the interview to

state television saying she was wrong. in spite of the precarious _ she was wrong. in spite of the precarious situation _ she was wrong. in spite of the precarious situation ms - precarious situation ms tikhanovskaya now finds herself and she stands by to speak out. i tikhanovskaya now finds herself and she stands by to speak out.- she stands by to speak out. i want --eole she stands by to speak out. i want eo - le to she stands by to speak out. i want people to stop _ she stands by to speak out. i want people to stop being _ she stands by to speak out. i want people to stop being afraid, - she stands by to speak out. i want people to stop being afraid, i - she stands by to speak out. i wantj people to stop being afraid, i want them to speak up because when there's pressure is really important not to keep silent. the murder inquiry into mr shishov and the challenges facing ms timanovskaya have put a renewed spotlight on the situation in belarus and the ruthless regime of mr lukashenko. here's our world affairs correspondent, paul adams on the measures which the international community could take. we've seen several ways now of concerted sanctions imposed by the eu but are in tandem with that uk and the us and canada after the incident involving the plane, we saw sanctions imposed against a number

of senior belarusian officials in a couple of state entities including one involved in the export of oil. we see in posed against mr lukashenko himself and against his son and other entities. there has been a steady ratcheting up of pressure. we could see more of the same kind of thing in an effort to try and curb this kind of behaviour. but in one shape or another belarus has been under some sanctions on and off for a couple of decades now. we've not seen any change in mr lukashenko his behaviour and indeed if anything we are seeing activity thatis if anything we are seeing activity that is even more in defiance of international law in international well. so it's questionable how effective those sanctions are. clearly belarus is paying something of a price for its activities. vitaliy shevchenko is russia editor at bbc monitoring and joins me now. very different stories being put out

there by the athlete and what more do we know about what would happen to vitaly shishov? the would happen to vitaly shishov? tie: discussion falls would happen to vitaly shishov? tue: discussion falls around but points to his death being so silent for murder. earliertoday to his death being so silent for murder. earlier today police in kyiv presented initialfindings murder. earlier today police in kyiv presented initial findings and they said that on his body vitaly shishov had bruises and cuts consistent with a fall. and before that his associate spoke to ukrainian tv and they said they have also seen cuts and bruises on his body. another take away from the news conference by the police is that according to the please vitaly shishov had not complained of being followed to them previous to his death. the key reasons behind his death are being

investigated are suicide and murder that's made to look like suicide. like suicide. how are the belarussion media covering this story? i watched a news bulletin on the russian state tv and they presented vitaly shishov as an individual of very little significance who is very likely a victim of crime, possibly over money. and it's preposterous to suggest that belarusian government is in any way involved in his death. i think it's important to note that state tv and belarus did not even mentioned the possibility that he died by suicide. if we listen to the more independent or opposition minded voices in belarus such as social media there's a lot of concern being expressed that what happened to vitaly shishov is actually a message to all opposition

activists and fugitives from belarus and the message is that that you can run but you cannot hide. and in ukraine there's a lot of concern that the cases seen as a major test for security services and lots of worry about the possibility that foreign secret services from belarus or even russia are active in ukraine. reminder of our top story the afghan capital kabul is under attack. a series of blasts have been heard near the defence ministers office of the explosion occurred near the diplomatic quarters in a busy market square where there are many government buildings. no militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack for the world so hearing of a second blast and hearing sporadic gunfire in and around the area. also regarding the andrew cuomo story, the new york governor was accused of sexual harassment,

the white house says that president biden will address the cuomo investigation later on tuesday. more on that in a few minutes. do join us then. hello, there is no heat wave, temperatures are a degree or so either side of average for the time of year but it undeniably feels warm when you get to see some sunshine. and most places did at some stage today, here's a view this afternoon. there weren't that any showers but in kent one of our weather watchers caught a view of the rain bouncing off the ground for a time. and there were more showers in scotland today compared with recent days. there will be a few continuing overnight to affect the far north, northwest into the western aisles. but elsewhere, most places will lose the showers, become dry with clear spells, some patchy mist and fog around. and temperatures will be lower than this in the countryside where it will be dipping down into single figures. a lot of fine weather to start the day tomorrow. though the showers still around northwest scotland from the word go.

a few more will pop up in scotland, northern ireland and also in northern england tomorrow compared with the recent days. again, the chance of catching a heavy downpour that may be thundery. elsewhere in england and wales the showers will be very well scattered, most places will avoid them and stay dry. again, get to see some pleasantly warm sunny spells with temperatures creeping into the low 20s. most of the downpours will die way on through wednesday evening. a few showers overnight and into thursday will continue in northern ireland and western scotland. and then from thursday onwards our weather dominated by a low pressure will begin which will take a full four days to come in and then clear away from the uk as our weather as our turns windier and more widely weather again across the uk. it will come in this area of low pressure with bands of rain and showers initially across western areas on thursday. many eastern areas will stay largely dry but they will be a few showers pushing in here as well as we get deeper on through the day. the winds picking up initially in the west, gusting around ia mph or so.

but it will turn windy across the uk and temperatures will be heading down slightly. that area of low pressure will be very much with us friday into the weekend, it's moving its way slowly northeastwards but it won't be until the start of next week when it clears away. there will still be a few showers around, our weather will be rather more settled again for a time. a selection of places with a longer forecast taking us through the weekend. many locations will look like this. that means there will be some heavy even thundery downpours, could be disruptive on friday, showers easing later sunday.

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expert. track? we will be speaking to an expert. wildfires continue to burn out of control in southern turkey, where months of dry weather, a heatwave and strong winds have fuelled the worst fire outbreak in a decade. firefighters are continuing to tackle blazes in the southern coastal cities marmaris, manavgat and bodrum. more than 130 thousand hectares of land have been ravaged by fire since last wednesday. that's almost three times the area burnt on average in an entire year, according to data from the european forest fire information service. marmaris and bodrum are popular sites for both local and foreign tourists and thousands have had to flee by whatever means necessary. this is the scene today in marmaris. helicopters have been dropping water on the flames ripping through trees and undergrowth but with limited success as one local volunteer explains.

we have received reinforcements from firefighters for many regions but because of the height of the mountains which is steep and with very thick forests, the firefighters cannot intervene. the enforcements are too weak. their fires into cannot intervene. the enforcements are too weak. theirfires into many places in turkey at the moment we cannot respond to them. officials say that while more than 120 fires have been brought under control, nine continue to burn. seven of the eight people who have been killed so far in the fires have been in the city magnavat and here you can see the sort of situation both locals and firefighters are facing. strong winds continue to hamper efforts to get the situation under control. translation: the fire came all of a sudden, l it turned everything into ashes. we barely saved our lives; the children went one way, we went the other, everyone

tried to escape. it's devastating, it's absolutely devastating. we are finished. there are also concerns in the city of milas that the fires could reach a local thermal plant. the mayor there, muhammet tokat, has been posting an increasingly urgent series of messages on twitter showing the blazes spreading up a hill toward the presumed location of the plant. he writes. turkey has had to ask help from neighbours and russia, iran, azerbaijan and ukraine have already sent firefighting aircraft to assist. the european union has also sent a water bomber from croatia and two from spain and on monday said that it a message designed to show goodwill after more than a year of heated disputes. the turkish government initially blamed the fires on arsonists — and investigations are ongoing. but even if they were started deliberately, scientists tell us that it doesn't fully explain the staggering number of fires the country has seen recently. according to european union figures, turkey has been hit by 133

wildfires so far in 2021. compare that with the average annual number between 2008 and 2020 — which was only a3. turkey isn't the only part of the mediterranean dealing with fires and intense heat. officials in greece are blaming two fires — one on the island of rhodes and another near the city of patras, west of athens, on a record heatwave linked to climate change. on monday, the country recorded its highest ever temperature of 46.3 degrees celsius. as in turkey, the dramatic increase in the number of fires is being highlighted. according to the deputy civil protection minister — there were more than one thousand, five hunded fires across greece injuly. that's compared to 953 in the same month two years ago. here's what the minister had to say about the situation.

we are in the face of absolute climate deregulation. we were for years concerned about the climate change that is coming. we are no longer talking about climate change, but of the climate threat. but what is happening all around the world. look at what is happening in austria, the us, russia, in countries with more advanced systems compared to ours where a titanic battle was fought against the new conditions. drjacob ains—cough is a climate change specialist at lancaster university. how boring are these events that we keep singing areas around the southern mediterranean right now? well, they are incredibly worrying and the reason is they confirm what scientists have been telling us for decades. if you look at the report from the governmental panel on climate change, one of the consistent findings for decades now has been that we can expect more

frequent, more extinct time to make intense extreme weather events like flooding events that we have seen in the uk and so, these are consenting in their own right but what is really concerning is that it's not just the new normal, but increasingly over the past few years. increasingly over the past few ears. , ., ~' increasingly over the past few ears. , ., ~ ., , years. there is talk about these temperatures — years. there is talk about these temperatures in _ years. there is talk about these temperatures in areas - years. there is talk about these temperatures in areas like - years. there is talk about these - temperatures in areas like southern europe rising over the next decade orso europe rising over the next decade or so to match those temperatures we currently see in the middle eastern deserts. ., �* , deserts. that's right. in the climate scientists _ deserts. that's right. in the climate scientists have - deserts. that's right. in the | climate scientists have been deserts. that's right. in the - climate scientists have been talking about for time this coming true now and temperatures are being pushed to where the human body literally cannot survive. literally the human body will not be able to survive and the areas where we see this too shall start to appear is growing and spreading, it's notjust it's in population centres are people living taking place or people have built their lives. the

taking place or people have built their lives. . ., taking place or people have built their lives-— their lives. the climate threat is clear, their lives. the climate threat is clear. what _ their lives. the climate threat is clear, what do _ their lives. the climate threat is clear, what do you _ their lives. the climate threat is clear, what do you think- their lives. the climate threat is clear, what do you think needs l their lives. the climate threat is | clear, what do you think needs to happen in terms of climate policy to make the changes to prevent more of this happening in the future? i think there are two things to say about this. one of this is indebted and how you say the question which is we are fighting two different flights. we have 26 coming towards the end of this year were a global leader will get together in an attempt to make pledges to keep the global temperature low at 1.5 degrees and we are currently at 1.2 and that is one fight that we need to carry on that we have lacked on. but the report from the met office just last week about these increasingly frequent extreme weather cases demonstrate that we also need to get serious about our adaptation policy and that's making sure that the buildings that we are building in the infrastructures were putting in place are resilient to

the weather events because we know they are just going to keep happening. mitigation terms, we also need to start thinking about the way that we design our railways, roads and houses. we still building housing in the uk and making sure it's not the highest possible standards to the type of heat wave and the depths as a result. and it's and the depths as a result. and its will have to be doing, notjust omissions, it is thinking about how we deal with these increasing things that are not as disruptive at the moment. lets get the latest on the global pandemic. first — scotland. nicola sturgeon has confirmed that almost all covid—19 restrictions will end on august 9th. here's the first minister earlier. beyond level zero, up until the lifting of most of the remaining

legally imposed restrictions, most notably our physical distancing and the social gatherings. it also means that from august, no place is the legally required to close. this means that it is hard earned, the sacrifices everyone has made over the past year and a half can never be overstated and while this move will restore a substantial degree of normality, it is important to be clear that it does not signal the end of the pandemic or a return to life exactly as we knew it before covid—19 struck. lets turn to the us. and new york is to become the first city in the united states to mandate proof of vaccination to allow people to enter indoor venues such as theatres, restaurants and gyms. it is the latest move to get more people vaccinated as the highly—contagious delta variant takes hold in the city. mayor bill de blasio said this

was the time to convince more new yorkers to get vaccinated, if the threat was to be overcome. the proof of at least one jab will be phased in over the next few weeks. lets turn to china. the entire population of wuhan, where covid—19 was first detected in 2019 — will be tested for the virus as china battles its worst outbreak in months. mass testing is now underway in wuhan. just a handful of locally transmitted cases — 7 in total, have been recorded in wuhan for the first time in more than a year. the announcement came as china reported 90 new coronavirus cases on tuesday. and over 300 in the past 10 days. the cases were first detected at nanjing's airport in the east of china, officials say airport workers who cleaned a plane arriving from russia possibly helped spread the virus. more cases have been detected in multiple provinces and cities — including the capital beijing. officials are blaming the more contagious delta variant and the domestic tourism season. here's china correspondent stephen mcdonell in beijing. imagine living in wuhan, the place

that the first coronavirus lockdown. a very tough lockdown which eliminated the virus from that city. they have gone for 12 months without any cases at all going about their daily lives, without covid—19 restrictions. now, thanks to the delta variant, it is back. officials are telling people do not panic. that despite the fact that there only a few cases, they should not leave the province and that all citizens and that city of 11 million people going to be tested. this is not the first chinese city to have mass testing in this current outbreak. nanjing, where it all started at three rounds of testing in recent weeks. overall in china, the numbers are not huge, but what is really bothering the authorities is really bothering the authorities is the spread of the cases. so, highway links and to the area have been cut. train connections with beijing from high—risk areas

cancelled and a popular tourist area, people have been told, do not leave. and anywhere where people are found to have been infected, their local housing estate in community is going into lockdown. still local housing estate in community is going into lockdown.— going into lockdown. still to come. cases of coronavirus there at 70% capacity. the latest uk government data on the pandemic show that there were more than 21,000 new cases of coronavirus in the latest 24—hour period. remember this? nightclubs opening up in england onjuly 19th, along with the ending of remaining legal restrictions. scientists have predicted this would fuel the spread of the virus with more cases, but it hasn't happened. in fact, they have gone the other way. now one of the experts who expected

case increases says it has come as a surprise. all the indications now are that there were a real reduction in cases, particularly in adults between 20—40 years old. covid's had a habit of surprising us and this is a good surprise, for a change. daily reported cases did go above 50,000 in mid july, though not as high as the january peak, and have fallen back to 26,000 on the seven day rolling average. the decline in cases actually started soon after the opening up in england onjuly 19th. health officials acknowledge gatherings of people to watch the euros football caused some spikes in infection, which might have pushed up case rates more than expected before july 19th. since then, it seems even with new freedoms people remained cautious, for example with mask wearing, and that was a factor in curbing the spread of the virus. so what does all this mean for the nhs? there were fears that hospitals would come under intensifying

pressure this month, as infections continued rising. here's what has been happening with daily covid hospital admissions, they started rising sharply in late june, and right throuthuly, though they do appear recently to have levelled off a bit, and are not accelerating at the rate which some experts had predicted. the vaccination roll out has played a major part. nearly 89% of adults have had a first dose and 73% have had both jabs. there was a reminder of the tragic covid toll today, identified a few weeks ago. but there is a growing consensus that there won't be another surge as a result of the result of the opening up in england last month. hugh pym, bbc news. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story. afghanistan officials say attack on the defence minister in kabul involving a suicide car bombing and for government has ended with all attempters

—— attackers killed. let's turn to the olympics now and some true stars of the track have emerged in this the second week of the games as the athletics takes centre stage. tuesday saw a women's sprint double forjamaica in the 100 and 200 metres, we'll get to that in a moment but the big story of the day was an incredible world record for norway in the a00m hurdles. karston warholm won gold with a time of 45.94 seconds. it's the first time anyone has run the event in less than 46 seconds. what made the race all the more remarkable was that second—placed rai benjamin's time also broke the previous world record. karston warholm tweeted this picture of his world record time — saying "my biggest dream has become reality". back home in norway his family and friends gathered to watch him, including his mum, this was the reaction there. cheering. translation: yes, what can i say,

a totally indescribable experience. i it was one thing to hope that it would go well, but i never expected that it would be with such margin. karsten warholm's achievement puts him up there, among the greatest of track athletes. here's another former record holder, the us sprinter michaeljohnson. karston's been on fire all season. he broke the world record which had stood since 1992, at the barcelona olympics. he broke that at his first race of the season which was pretty unprecedented. we knew then that would be in for great things in tokyo because benjamin came very close to that world record also at the us olympic trials. and karston actually said if he broke the world record in may it's gonna take another world record to win the tokyo gold. and of course it did. to put it in perspective, he broke that world record by seven tenths of a second, seven tenths.

that's unheard of. world records are typically broken by hundreds of a second. so it was an impressive, impressive performance. in the womens�* competitionm jamaican sprinter elaine thompson—herah also sealed her place among the immortals — winning the 200m. it's her second gold of the games, she also won the 100m — making it a 'double'. she peformed the same feat five year ago in rio which makes it a double—double. elaine thompson—herah is the first woman ever to do that in two successive games. the bbc spoke earlier to veronica campbell brown — a jamaican sprinter who is herself an eight—time olympic medalist. elaine had struggled with the injury for a while and her achilles is now better and her confidence is boosted and she is doing so well in the 100 metre and she took the momentum over to do the 200 metres but it all comes back to her preparation but

her focus and comes back to her preparation but herfocus and her comes back to her preparation but her focus and her belief in herself and got out there with a lot of pressure and was able to just deliver. elaine executed that race so smoothly and i'm happy for her that she was able to not only defend her title but also to run a very fast time and now, that's his time —— the fastest times. one of the talking points in the run up to these games was whether new shoes worn by track athletes would lead to faster times. elaine thompson—herah was among those wearing nike's so—called 'super spikes', which have layers of stiff carbon and bouncy foam which together act as a spring. the american rai benjamin wore them too for his silver medal in the 400m hurdles. the winner of that event karsten warholm said of his competitor. "he had those things in his shoes, which i hate." "i think it takes credibility away from our sport." here's the verdict of another former record holder on the track,

the us sprinter michaeljohnson. if we ever get to a point where the shoes are now allowing the athletes to be superhuman, they're allowing them to do something that not naturally capable of, then that would be a problem. i don't think we're there yet. i think we are allowing the athletes to be as good as they are and the tracks may be actually, this should be a new, this is designed specifically to reduce the frictions when the athlete step on the track, that's making a lot of these times faster as well. jonathan taylor is a sports science expert from teesside university he the science behind this? that technology _ he the science behind this? that technology -- — he the science behind this? that technology -- explain. _ he the science behind this? tngt technology —— explain. the rolling

shoes and there's been a lot of research carried out on it. it's all to do the components of the shoes and as you stated earlier on, the form of the shoe and the carbon plate and all of these things combine to essentially prevent energy loss and so your endurance races and so, the fuel the athletes needs to keep going and the sprint is the reaction of the foot with the ground and the direction. and is the reaction of the foot with the ground and the direction.- ground and the direction. and the limitin: of ground and the direction. and the limiting of energy _ ground and the direction. and the limiting of energy losses, - ground and the direction. and the limiting of energy losses, do - ground and the direction. and the. limiting of energy losses, do either of those things make an athlete run faster than ones that do not wear the shoes? qt faster than ones that do not wear the shoes?— faster than ones that do not wear the shoes? _, , , ., , ., the shoes? of course, yeah. if you can use energy _ the shoes? of course, yeah. if you can use energy more _ the shoes? of course, yeah. if you can use energy more effectively i the shoes? of course, yeah. if you. can use energy more effectively and put it in the right direction to the ground, it's going to improve performance and the research on the shoes to do with the marathon racing, that was found around about

2% improvement in performance wearing those types of shoes. and wearing those types of shoes. and use of completed internationally for gb in northern ireland —— competed. you think it's unfair for runners to wear the shoes of others don't? i think a few years ago it was unfair. in 2019 when the shoe started to emerge, it wasn't available to all and it was unbelievably fast times the world championships and people didn't really know what was going on then. but everyone now has a rival shoe to the original. you then. but everyone now has a rival shoe to the original.— shoe to the original. you talk about what world —— world records being smashed. it

has to deal with the absorption of friction and essentially you're getting more force returned so you're not losing reaction by the track. ., ., you're not losing reaction by the track. ., ~' , ., you're not losing reaction by the track. . ,, , ., ., ., you're not losing reaction by the track. . ~' , ., ., ., , away from the sport, injapan obviously coronavirus is the other thing on people's minds. there are reports that hospitals in tokyo are now at 70 per cent capacity following a sharp rise in cases. japan is recording more than ten thousand new infections every day. mariko oi has the latest. the number of covid—19 cases in tokyo hitting just over 3700 today and that is the third highest for the japanese capital and also across japan, the numbers passing 12000 and the surrounding prefectures of tokyo, some of them are single record high number as well. the

japanese government is now asking covid—19 patients with mild symptoms to stay—at—home so that they can secure the beds for those with severe symptoms will have to emphasise when they face severe symptoms, we are talking about those who need to be in intensive care and as you can imagine, a lot of people are asking what if they have mild symptoms but still have breathing difficulties and if they can, if it worsens, will they be able to get a hospital bed? a lot of people still remember vividly what happened in osaka back in may when some 20 people died at home of coronavirus and they could not get a hospital bed. so, a lot of anger, a lot of concerns about how the government is tackling the situation and as we continue to see the search in the covid—19 cases this week, there is a lot of anger towards the government. team gb's youngest summer olympian will be competing on wednesday, skateboarder turns 13 just last

month. last year, she suffered a skull fracture and broken limbs and a skateboarding accident, but she has made a remarkable recovery as natalie reports. we first met a long time ago we talked about this dream and now you are here. what is the file? it and now you are here. what is the file? , , file? it is insane. it is unbelievable. - file? it is insane. it is unbelievable. it's - file? it is insane. it is unbelievable. it's so l file? it is insane. it is- unbelievable. it's so cool to be here and at the village, they're all different kinds of people that are super tall and super—strong people. the olympics, did you ever believe it was going to happen was yellow i thought maybe it won't happen, was a little bummed. but peoples lives are more important and so, i got through it. we talked after a serious accident you had. yeah, that is definitely a heavy time for my parents, my family, but i think the

accident maybe want to go harder and, you know, but doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. we have seen you in some big offence since we last saw you. how much confidence as they give you? it saw you. how much confidence as they rive ou? , ., ., give you? it will get you on the odium, give you? it will get you on the podium. get — give you? it will get you on the podium. get a _ give you? it will get you on the podium, get a medal, - give you? it will get you on the podium, get a medal, get- give you? it will get you on the podium, get a medal, get the. give you? it will get you on the - podium, get a medal, get the board, hopefully and ijust podium, get a medal, get the board, hopefully and i just want to inspire girls and hopefully, they will see this little girl here, though believe that they can do it too. that's why i want to be in the olympics. a reminder of our top story. an attack on the home defence minister involving a suicide car bombing infour minister involving a suicide car bombing in four gunmen has ended with all attackers killed. the minister was noted home at the time, but at least three people were killed and seven injured. outside of kabul, the biggest city has sent a

bleak warning to residents. get out while you can. more in a few minutes. bye—bye. hello, there is no heat wave, temperatures are a degree or so either side of average for the time of year but it undeniably feels warm when you get to see some sunshine. and most places did at some stage today, here's a view this afternoon. there weren't that any showers but in kent one of our weather watchers caught a view of the rain bouncing off the ground for a time. and there will be more showers in scotland today compared with recent days. there will be a few continuing overnight to affect the far north, northwest into the western aisles. but elsewhere, most places will lose the showers, become dry with clear spells, some patchy mist and fog around. and temperatures will be lower than this in the countryside where it will be dipping down into single figures. a lot of fine weather to start the day tomorrow. though the showers still around

northwest scotland from the word go. a few more will pop up in scotland, northern ireland and also in northern england tomorrow compared with the recent days. again, the chance of catching a heavy downpour that may be thundery. elsewhere in england and wales the showers will be very well scattered, most places will avoid them and stay dry. again, get to see some pleasantly warm sunny spells with temperatures creeping into the low 20s. most of the downpours will die way on through wednesday evening. a few showers overnight and into thursday will continue in northern ireland and western scotland. and then from thursday onwards our weather dominated by a low pressure will begin which will take a full four days to come in and then clear away from the uk as our weather as our turns windier and more widely weather again across the uk. it will come in this area of low pressure with bands of rain and showers initially across western areas on thursday. many eastern areas will stay largely dry but they will be a few showers pushing in here as well as we get deeper on through the day. the winds picking up

initially in the west, gusting around 14 mph or so. but it will turn windy across the uk and temperatures will be heading down slightly. that area of low pressure will be very much with us friday into the weekend, it's moving its way slowly northeastwards but it won't be until the start of next week when it clears away. they will still be a few showers around, our weather will be rather more settled again for a time. a selection of places with a longer forecast taking us through the weekend. many locations will look like this. that means will be some heavy even thundery downpours, could be disruptive on friday, showers easing later sunday.

hello, i'm maryam moshiri, this is outside source. afg hanistan's capital comes under attack. a car bomb exploded near the home of the defence minister in kabul. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet told us armed attackers fought their way inside. there are mortars being fired, and still suicide vests being exploded. so this is a continu... i think you can hear now behind me the sound of explosions. the afghan government says all the attackers have now been killed. we'll get the latest on the situation. the governor of new york, andrew cuomo, defends himself after an official investigation finds he sexually harrassed several women — including employees at his office.

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