i'm lucy hockings in tokyo — today's headlines from the olympics. team usa's sydney mclaughlin smashes her own world record and gets gold in the 400 metre hurdles. and a gold medalfor team gb's hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre in the women's a70 sailing class, making hannah mills the most successful female sailing olympian of all time. japan's kokona hiraki and great britain's sky brown become their countries youngest ever medallists — taking gold and bronze in the skateboarding experts are set to recommend all 16 and 17—year—olds in the uk should be offered a covid vaccine —

with the aim of driving down infections. anything we can do to improve vaccination rates, including going to below the age of18, 16, 17—year—olds, clearly will be a good thing, to get as many people vaccinated as possible, with both doses of the vaccine. if you want to get in touch with your views on any of today's stories — including the idea of giving vaccines to children — i'm... lebanon is holding a day of national mourning to mark the first anniversary of a massive warehouse explosion that killed over 200 people and injured thousands. the belarusian 0lympic sprinter who sought sanctuary in a foreign embassy in tokyo has now left japan, boarding a flight to vienna this morning. and coming up this hour, professor barbie. the scientist who designed the oxford coronavirus, vaccine has been honoured

with her very own doll. a warm welcome to tokyo and it's been another incredible day on the athletics track, with another extraordinary 400 metres hurdles final and another dizzying world record. the usa's sydney mclaughlin smashed her own world record with a sensational run. the 21—year—old powered down the home straight to finish in 51.46 seconds — shaving almost half a second off her old time to beat her fellow american dalilah muhammad — who took silver in 51.58 seconds. it means that for the second day in a row, the top two finishers in the olympic a00m hurdles final

have destroyed the world record — while femke bol of the netherlands, who took bronze in 52.01 seconds would have been under the world record as of six weeks ago. that gives you a sense of the achievement. that gives you a sense of the achievement. and we can discuss it all with sally gunnell, who is a british former track and field athlete who won the 1992 olympic gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles. sadly, great to see you. what did you make of the performance today? unbelievable. i knew it was going to be some rice out there, especially after the american trials, but a run that sort of time, 51.46 is astounding. those sorts of towns happen when you are being pushed by someone as good as delilah. she went someone as good as delilah. she went so hard and she really, really changed sydney to see what she had of that final hurdle. it was just,

technically, both were absolutely brilliant and adjust the speed and movement they put into that race. you have to talk about the bronze medal still being in the 52.03. unbelievable times we are seeing there. fin unbelievable times we are seeing there. . , ., there. on that, sadly, for people who don't _ there. on that, sadly, for people who don't follow _ there. on that, sadly, for people who don't follow athletics, - there. on that, sadly, for people who don't follow athletics, how l who don't follow athletics, how unusual is it to take almost half a second of the best time? in something of the 400 metre hurdles, it's not unusual. we saw in the men's yesterday. when i broke the world record, i was far off that, what happens is with the 400 hurdles it's so technical and it's about conserving your energy, it's like a battery almost. and the smoother you can run over that hurdles without going too high over them and the economical side of it, it means that you can stretch and get your stride pattern and you can get itjust right and that's what those girls are doing. they arejust right and that's what those girls are doing. they are just technically at the peak of what they are doing

and getting that speed endurance side of it, you have got the speed and you've got the strength and that's what they are looking at. people are saying, is at the track? is it sparks? yes, it is a fast track but you still have to be able to run that fast it will not make much of a difference.— to run that fast it will not make much of a difference. sadly, how did those athletes _ much of a difference. sadly, how did those athletes today _ much of a difference. sadly, how did those athletes today mentally - those athletes today mentally prepare for their own decline? it is -- sall . prepare for their own decline? it is -- sally- it — prepare for their own decline? it is -- sally- it is— prepare for their own decline? it is -- sally. it is really— prepare for their own decline? it 3 —— sally. it is really tough. there's a massive rivalry between them. that is what all the preparation is about, that is why some train harder than others if you think somebody has an edge over you and that is why rivalry is good, it pushes you on. i think mentally, it's about who can be the toughest and who wants it. both of them, you can see that both of them were some mentally strong out there. there was hardly anything in it. sometimes, i almost say as much as 70% in those

finals is around the mental strength. i think that was probably the mental strength but also, physically, you couldn't separate those two. they were so close and so hungry and that is why we have produced this astonishing race. 50. produced this astonishing race. so, sall , 70% produced this astonishing race. so, sally. 70% is _ produced this astonishing race. so, sally, 70% is mental, what have you made then of those twins doing well in the skateboarding?— in the skateboarding? tweens. astounding- — in the skateboarding? tweens. astounding. 13 _ in the skateboarding? tweens. astounding. 13 years _ in the skateboarding? tweens. astounding. 13 years old. - in the skateboarding? tweens. astounding. 13 years old. i - in the skateboarding? tweens. | astounding. 13 years old. i look in the skateboarding? tweens. i astounding. 13 years old. i look at the women's 800 and the two that of the women's 800 and the two that of the gold and silver they were only 19 and they haven't had experience. and do something is quite nice. they have gone in and it will be the same of the skateboarding, they will be relaxed, no pressure and i think sometimes pressure is something we put on ourselves, isn't it? that when you haven't quite succeeded and there is something quite nice going in when you are so raw and it's not

that you don't care, is that you're just taking it all in and you're enjoying the experience and your loving what you do because you haven't almost had those life experiences and that is what's happened there and that's what happened there and that's what happened in those 800 yesterday with the women in the final and it's so refreshing to see, isn't it?- refreshing to see, isn't it? sally, yesterday. _ refreshing to see, isn't it? sally, yesterday, listening _ refreshing to see, isn't it? sally, yesterday, listening to _ refreshing to see, isn't it? sally, yesterday, listening to the - refreshing to see, isn't it? sally, | yesterday, listening to the winner of the 400 metre hurdles, he basically said he worked his entire life that one moment. what would your advice be to these athletes after the olympics? after they won their middle and go home? is there an inevitable come—down? mil. their middle and go home? is there an inevitable come-down?- their middle and go home? is there an inevitable come-down? all, it is, it takes quite _ an inevitable come-down? all, it is, it takes quite a _ an inevitable come-down? all, it is, it takes quite a while. _ an inevitable come-down? all, it is, it takes quite a while. it's _ an inevitable come-down? all, it is, it takes quite a while. it's an - it takes quite a while. it's an interesting process. people are very individual but you are in such a high, you are in shock almost, for a little while, it doesn't sing again and i think it will be a good two weeks before it has some gain and of course, then you have to come back down somehow. you are being stretched everywhere to all different events and to different people and try to see family that

you haven't seen for months and so you haven't seen for months and so you haven't seen for months and so you have to give yourself time. we went away and i used to take myself off for six weeks and for a break and i think that was really importantjust for your mental important just for your mental health and importantjust for your mental health and your well—being and it's great that we are talking about this. you can'tjust keep going and think that next year we have a world championships in whatever, you have to come back down, you have to allow the body to recover and that takes a couple of months. and it's important to do it. i would say to enjoy this moment. i look back and i was always onto the next thing and the world is next year and i never really enjoyed that moment and i would possibly say to them to enjoy it, try and take in as much as you can before you move onto the next one.— onto the next one. great advice, sall . onto the next one. great advice, sally- great _ onto the next one. great advice, sally. great to _ onto the next one. great advice, sally. great to get _ onto the next one. great advice, sally. great to get your - onto the next one. great advice, l sally. great to get your thoughts. such an impressive performance on the track today as well. this talk a

bit more impressive performances. all eyes were on the skateboarding event. two of the youngest competitors had success in the event. a twelve year old japanese girl, kokona hiraki, became the youngest medal winner in over a century by winning the silver. ina in a cool ina cooland in a cool and collected manner she said she was only worried about her performance. she says she will treasure the experience for the rest of her life. the thirteen—year—old british skater sky brown won the bronze medal. they were beaten to the gold by a japanese nineteen year old, sa kura yosozumi. lovely to see them and they were so supportive of each other. let's speak to my colleague injapan. two more medals forjapan. but they are so young, what is it about these young skateboarders? they are really taking over. i

young skateboarders? they are really takin: over. ~ ., ., , taking over. i know, it was incredible, _ taking over. i know, it was incredible, wasn't - taking over. i know, it was incredible, wasn't it? - taking over. i know, it was incredible, wasn't it? and| taking over. i know, it was - incredible, wasn't it? and that podium was so adorable. as you said the gold medal winner and then mac one being the silver medal winner. and even though sky brown represented great britain, we feel she represented japan because her mother is japanese. and we had another person winning the gold medal winning a gold medal last week. so it has been an incredible performance by those young athletes and i think what i have been enjoying the most is their post—match interviews during which they all seem unaware of what they managed to accomplish. some of the comments have been so adorable about how heavy the medal is and what they want to do when they get home. it's been incredible to see. the? want to do when they get home. it's been incredible to see.— been incredible to see. they all seem to talk — been incredible to see. they all seem to talk about _ been incredible to see. they all seem to talk about what - been incredible to see. they all seem to talk about what they i been incredible to see. they all. seem to talk about what they like been incredible to see. they all- seem to talk about what they like to eat and work and hope their parents will take them out to dinner. i think the whole nation would take them out for dinner if they could.

0n them out for dinner if they could. on another note, ciders and covid figures run the country?— on another note, ciders and covid figures run the country? indeed, it is one tonic _ figures run the country? indeed, it is one topic for _ figures run the country? indeed, it is one topic for another _ figures run the country? indeed, it is one topic for another that - figures run the country? indeed, it is one topic for another that we - is one topic for another that we keep talking about. covid numbers for tokyo coming in at 4166 today. that is yet another record high, but also according to the tokyo metropolitan government, 14,000 metropolitan government, 14, 000 people metropolitan government, 14,000 people are now treating themselves at mild symptoms at home. but as we are saying yesterday, it's very important to emphasise, when we say mild symptoms they could still be having real difficulties and there have been a lot of concerns, especially in social media about what if their conditions deteriorate, how would they get themselves into the hospital. also, we have heard about the first ever cluster within the other big village and also games —related infections surpassing 320. at least one good news is that 31% of the japanese

population are now fully vaccinated and saw that bit of good news is encouraging, but there has been quite a lot of criticism about this government's latest policy in which they have asked the people to stay at home with mild symptoms of covid—19, instead of putting pressure on the hospital beds, especially when the chief medical adviser wasn't even consulted when the government made an announcement. and now we are hearing that the ruling party itself, that the policy themselves said the government needs to withdraw the policy.— to withdraw the policy. mariko, thank ou to withdraw the policy. mariko, thank you for— to withdraw the policy. mariko, thank you for the _ to withdraw the policy. mariko, thank you for the update. - team gb�*s sailors have claimed another gold medal at the olympics. hannah mills and eilidh (pron: ay—lee mcintyre won

the women's 470 class. their victory takes the overall gold tally for great britain to 14. 3secs)hannah mills' parents, chris and fiona were watching on , this was their reaction when the duo won gold. there have also been two medals in the boxing for team gb. ben whittaker won a silver in the light heavyweight division while frazer clarke took bronze in the super heavyweight this was a reaction when they won gold. lovely to see the celebrations there as they took gold. two medals as well in the boxing for team gb. ben whittaker won a silver in the light heavyweight division while frazer clarke took bronze in the super heavyweight competition. in the women's hockey, defending champions team gb were beaten 5—1 by the netherlands in the semi—final. and greece have withdrawn from the tokyo 0lympics artistic swimming competitions after five members of the team tested positive for coronavirus. seven others have been designated as close contacts. a very busy day here. lots of records being broken. what about the skateboarders? i think their combined ages might even come to be younger than you and i. it makes me

feel very old indeed, lucy. lucy with the very latest from tokyo. the government's vaccination committee is set to recommend that all 16 and 17—year—olds should be given a covid jab. thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation stopped short of making the move last month because it said it was still assessing the benefits and risks for that age group. about 1.4 million teenagers would be included in the new roll—out. some countries — including the united states, canada and france, are already routinely vaccinating those aged 12 and over. tim muffett reports. it began with the elderly and most vulnerable. since last december, the ages of those receiving covid jabs in the uk has got lower and lower. but generally, it hasn't included those under 18. in some countries, including france,

israel and america, many teenagers are already receiving covid vaccinations. covid is a tonne worse than getting the vaccine. in the uk, the official guidance until now has been thatjabs should only be given to those children aged 12 and above with serious underlying health conditions, or who live with someone at a greater risk from covid. thejoint committee on vaccinations and immunisation says it has been assessing potential risks, including reports of very rare adverse effects, such as the inflammation of heart muscles amongst young adults. today though the committee is expected to recommend 16 and 17—year—olds in the uk are vaccinated against covid, which would affect around 1.5 million teenagers. yesterday, scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, said she would welcome such a move by the vaccine committee. i am hoping it will recommend going further

with the vaccination of young people. i am particularly concerned, if possible, to get vaccination to 16 and 17—year—olds, which is important for those going to college and university. the only covid jab currently authorised in the uk for under 18s is the pfizer vaccine. whitehall sources say ministers in england are expected to accept the new recommendations, though it's not yet clear when the expansion of the vaccination programme would start. tim muffett, bbc news. michelle donelan is the universities minister... she has been talking about the idea of vaccinating young people. the jcvi will be updating on their recommendations imminently and then the government will respond. throughout the pandemic, we've listened to the jcvi, we have adopted their recommendations because they are the experts. so all i can say at this stage i'm afraid is that it is imminent

and people will get clarity very soon. let's speak now to professor peter 0penshaw. he's a professor of experimental medicine at imperial college london. he's also a member of the uk government's vaccine network. peter, good to have you with us once again. does this make sense to vaccinate 16 and 17 euros?- again. does this make sense to vaccinate 16 and 17 euros? yes, i think it does. — vaccinate 16 and 17 euros? yes, i think it does. some _ vaccinate 16 and 17 euros? yes, i think it does. some have - vaccinate 16 and 17 euros? yes, i think it does. some have been . think it does. some have been calling for wider vaccination amongst younger children, but it is very contentious. and i think thejc vi is quite right to move gradually, if that is what they're going to do, we're still waiting for the announcement. but i think is the right thing to start extending vaccination down into older teenagers. we know that they have very high of infection. if you're not aware infection is raising in

society, it is in those age groups. there is a balance between potential side—effects and the damage that covid can do, but this age group hasn't had the benefit of being infected in very early childhood as with other common coronaviruses, so the best way to get this particular age group immunised is to give them vaccinating, i think. age group immunised is to give them vaccinating, ithink. you age group immunised is to give them vaccinating, ithink.— vaccinating, i think. you say it is contentious. _ vaccinating, i think. you say it is contentious, and _ vaccinating, i think. you say it is contentious, and it _ vaccinating, i think. you say it is contentious, and it is _ vaccinating, i think. you say it is| contentious, and it is contentious and some people say it with the risks and rewards and actually, younger people, the risks of getting younger people, the risks of getting younger —— coronavirus, as it is not very highly of lung covid, for example in younger people. but this is about preventing community transmission. —— long covid. i is about preventing community transmission. -- long covid. ithink it's both. transmission. -- long covid. ithink it's both- the _ transmission. -- long covid. ithink it's both. the way _ transmission. -- long covid. ithink it's both. the way in _ transmission. -- long covid. ithink it's both. the way in which - transmission. -- long covid. ithink it's both. the way in which the - transmission. -- long covid. ithink it's both. the way in which the data j it's both. the way in which the data was gathered for that study which is based on the so —— information from

kings, was criticised for not being sort of unbiased. it may be that their gathering data from those who are less likely to get illness and we do obviously know about stories of children who have had quite severe disease and have had prolonged effects. i think, severe disease and have had prolonged effects. ithink, i severe disease and have had prolonged effects. i think, i think it is a real thing this so—called long covid, and it is much better to be vaccinated than it is to catch the virus. i think that is, in my mind, no doubt.— the virus. i think that is, in my mind, no doubt. �* , ., ., ,, mind, no doubt. and 'ust to reassure arents mind, no doubt. and 'ust to reassure parents and _ mind, no doubt. and 'ust to reassure parents and young — mind, no doubt. and just to reassure parents and young people _ mind, no doubt. and just to reassure parents and young people that - mind, no doubt. and just to reassure parents and young people that you i parents and young people that you are saying the risks of the vaccine are saying the risks of the vaccine are very, very minute.— are saying the risks of the vaccine are very, very minute. yes, they are very small — are very, very minute. yes, they are very small indeed, _ are very, very minute. yes, they are very small indeed, compared - are very, very minute. yes, they are very small indeed, compared to - are very, very minute. yes, they are very small indeed, compared to the | very small indeed, compared to the risks of being infected. and also the unknown effects of the virus. this is a very, it has a very long

sting in its tail, this virus. it's quite complex in the way in which the virus works and the vaccine is very straightforward. it induces a natural immune response by telling your immune system that this is what your immune system that this is what you need to respond to and they are very, very highly protective. ii you need to respond to and they are very, very highly protective. if you are that confident, _ very, very highly protective. if you are that confident, would - very, very highly protective. if you are that confident, would you - very, very highly protective. if you are that confident, would you go l are that confident, would you go further to say we should be vaccinating all children over the age of 12, which countries are doing? age of 12, which countries are doinu ? ~ ., g age of 12, which countries are doinu ? ,, ., g , doing? so, ithink that jcvi needs to look doing? so, i think that jcvi needs to look at the _ doing? so, i think that jcvi needs to look at the data _ doing? so, i think that jcvi needs to look at the data and _ doing? so, i think that jcvi needs to look at the data and needs - doing? so, i think that jcvi needs to look at the data and needs to l to look at the data and needs to make the decision about whether to extend further down. i think there are good arguments for extending further down the age groups, but i really do think that the jcvi further down the age groups, but i really do think that thejcvi should really do think that the jcvi should be left to make the decision in their own time, when the new data becomes available. but if they are going to recommend extension to these older teen —— younger teenagers, i would welcome that. make the decision in the wrong time.

but time is short, some people would say, especially when we have school and university terms in september. there is a risk of reigniting coronavirus in this country, isn't there? , ., ., ., ., there? yes, i do agree with that and we have to — there? yes, i do agree with that and we have to remember _ there? yes, i do agree with that and we have to remember that _ there? yes, i do agree with that and we have to remember that in - there? yes, i do agree with that and we have to remember that in order i there? yes, i do agree with that and l we have to remember that in order to get a really good vaccine response you do need a decent interval between the first and second dose. and the evidence is pretty firm now that leaving a proper interval is necessary in order to sustain the vaccine response. i think the other thing to point out is that the academy of medical scientists report that we published not long ago did highlight that the chances of a major return of covid in this coming winter is increased if we don't vaccinate that younger age group and that they are major sources of circulation of the virus at the moment and that there is a big benefit to society in vaccinating those younger age groups. essen

benefit to society in vaccinating those younger age groups. even if this nets those younger age groups. even if this gets the _ those younger age groups. even if this gets the go-ahead _ those younger age groups. even if this gets the go-ahead for - those younger age groups. even if this gets the go-ahead for 16 - those younger age groups. even if this gets the go-ahead for 16 and | those younger age groups. even if. this gets the go-ahead for 16 and 17 this gets the go—ahead for 16 and 17 euros and potentially further down road for younger age groups, the question is, will they take it up? the evidence so far is that a lot of people who are eligible for the vaccine in their 20s, for example, are not taking it up. the prime minister is said to be raging about that. that is a problem, isn't it? yes, but on the other hand, i think there is a lot of vaccine enthusiasm amongst sectors of society. i think the difficulty is how to really communicate effectively with people who are not listening to the bbc and not really receiving proper communications about the benefits of vaccination. we know that there is a very strong gradient in society, the least advantaged people in society are the least likely to get vaccinated and the most likely to suffer from severe disease if they

contract covid. so, i think we really do need to redouble our efforts to reach those under vaccinated parts of the community. how do we do that? we have seen all sorts of tantalising offers of uber deals and pizzas and so on, what else can we do on to encourage more people to have the vaccine, especially younger people? i think caettin especially younger people? i think getting information _ especially younger people? i think getting information out _ especially younger people? i think getting information out there - especially younger people? i think getting information out there is i especially younger people? i think getting information out there is so important. i don't think we are in the business of coercion, but getting good information to people is so important and information through trusted sources. so, opinion leaders within the communities that have a low vaccination rates can be highly influential and i think it's also hard to overestimate the impact of fairly small rewards in terms of badges or pens, they can be powerful inducements, but other more palpable

rewards like the award of $100 which is being given in some part of united states, these do seem to have a big effect. but i think the availability of vaccines is another problem. making sure that in community centres, masks or at those places where people go, —— mosques. making sure that access to vaccine is important. making sure that access to vaccine is important-— is important. always good to have ou on is important. always good to have you on the — is important. always good to have you on the show— is important. always good to have you on the show and _ is important. always good to have you on the show and thank- is important. always good to have you on the show and thank you i is important. always good to have | you on the show and thank you for joining us. well, we've been asking for your views on vaccinating younger people — laura langton says �*i cannot wait for my nearly 16—year—old daughter to have her covid vaccine — she had covid in march last year and has just recently been diagnosed with long covid — she had no health issues befre...

liz says: "more teens please — i personally think all secondary school age children should be offered the vaccine" ...and someone else says �*so pleased and relieved about vaccine for over 16s — my 17—year—old son can now get the same protection as his older siblings. that's just a flavour of the views and vaccinating younger people. if you have any questions about vaccines for the under 18 is, the roll—out and how it might work, we'd love to hear from you because at 2:30pm we are going to put a question to our health correspondent jim reed. you can get in touch with twitter using the hashtag... and you can e—mail us. the uk prime minister is setting off on a two—day visit to scotland today.

but borisjohnson has declined an invitation to meet the first minister, nicola sturgeon, for talks. nicola sturgeon had invited borisjohnson to her official residence to discuss "covid recovery". in a letter to ms sturgeon, mrjohnson has suggested a meeting with other first ministers at a later date. the belarusian sprinter who refused her team's orders to fly home from the olympic games, is now on her way to vienna. krystina timanovskaya is expected to travel on to poland where she's been granted a humanitarian visa. she had been given refuge at the polish embassy in tokyo after belarusian team officials had tried to get her to board a flight home against her will because she criticised her coaches on social media. the change of destination for krystina timanovskaya is just the latest twist in the troubled last 12 months for belarus and the president alexander lukashenko. his regime has drawn worldwide criticism for its human rights abuses.

sarah rainsford has this report from the belarusian capital minsk. she's a young athlete thrust into a political row she never sought. when krystsina tsimanouskaya publicly criticised her coaches at the olympics, they tried to force her back to belarus. she refused. speaking to the bbc from tokyo, she said she was now scared for herself and for her family. translation: i can't go back to belarus now, of course. - it's definitely not safe for me. i have no idea when i can go back, it may be five or ten years. and came another reminder of danger for dissidents. in kyiv, a young belarusian activist was found hanging in a park. his friends don't believe it was suicide. vitaly shishov fled to ukraine last year to avoid arrest. he'd been helping a flood of other

opposition supporters, who followed. the opposition leader, sviatlana tsikhanouskaya, is in forced exile herself. she's been in london, part of a tour seeking international support. she wants tougher measures, more sanctions against alexander lukashenko, the man she tried to topple as president. this is our pain, belarusian pain. we think that much more can be done. much more pressure, much more assistance. braver decisions and stronger actions. since the disputed elections, the mood in minsk has changed dramatically. alexander lukashenko now firmly back in control. a year ago, this entire square and all the streets around it were crammed full of protesters. it was opposition to president alexander lukashenko on a scale like he'd never seen before. now there is no public sign at all of that challenge because so many people have been

arrested since and that the others have been scared into silence. maria kalesnikava was one of the faces of the protests. touring the country, rallying mass crowds. she goes on trial accused of trying to overthrow the authorities. i met maria's father outside her old flat. alexander hasn't been allowed to see her since her arrest last september. maria writes from her cell every day, to reassure him. translation: i know my daughter is not guilty and she's _ so brave that i can't be anything but positive. she told me, whatever sentence i get, i am ready for that. she writes to me all the time that we'll meet again soon, that everything will be ok. belarus feels anything but 0k. even our meeting is being monitored from the shadows. sarah rainsford, bbc news, minsk.

families of victims of the croydon train cash are asking for a new inquest, citing new irregularities with the conduct of the original inquest. let's bring you some breaking news now — reports are just coming in that two passenger trains have collided in the czech republic. local police say the two trains crashed into each other near a village in the pilsen region, in western bohemia — shortly after 8am local time. at least two people have died. nearly 40 people were injured, seven are in critical condition. rescue units, including helicopters, are at the scene. we'll bring you more

updates as they come in. the crew of an oil tanker — that was targeted in an suspected hijacking in the gulf of oman — is believed to be safe. the uk's maritime 0rganisation says armed men who boarded the panama—flagged mv asphalt princess have now left the ship. iran has denied it was behind the seizure. meanwhile, a british security guard who was killed in a separate oil tanker attack has been named as adrian underwood. mr underwood was one of two guards killed in a drone attack on the mv mercer street, operated by an israeli—owned company, off 0man six days ago. fierce fighting between afghan government forces and the taliban is continuing in the southern city of lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province. there are reports of an intense battle close to police headquarters. meanwhile, the taliban have now claimed responsibility for a car bomb and gun attack in a high—security district in kabul.

militants were apparently targeting the home of the acting defence minister who wasn't there at the time of the attack. at least eight people were killed and more than 20 injured. 0ur correspondent, secunder kermani, is in kabul. he told us more about this latest bombing. yes, this was an attack that happened last night in a central area of the city. it began with a car bomb that exploded outside the gates of the defence minister's home. four attackers, four gunmen fought their way inside the home, engaged in an hours—long battle with security forces. the defence minister was not there at the time. his family were safely evacuated. of course, this is raising concerns about the militants' ability to strike really at the centre of the government. kabul, whilst over the years it's seen unfortunately huge numbers of suicide bombings, in recent months, really for the last year, it's

seen less of these big, complex attacks, suspected to be carried out by the taliban. many fear this is yet another escalation in the violence. first we saw the taliban taking over more rural areas, then we saw them launching assaults on provincial capitals. now we've had this attack at the centre of government. one thing to note that is more positive for afghan security forces, last night also saw ordinary residents in kabul and other cities across the country coming onto rooftops and balconies, chanting, "god is great," in support of the security forces, in defiance of the taliban, celebrating the resistance the afghan security forces have been putting up against the taliban. that's going to be a key boost to the morale of the security forces, who are fighting the taliban on a number of fronts at the moment. let's get more now on one of our stories from earlier this

hour as new research shows that children who become ill with coronavirus are unlikely to suffer with long term effects. scientists at king's college london, found illness from covid lasted, on average, no more than a week in people aged between five and 17. they describe the findings as reassuring. emma duncan is a professor of clinical endocrinology at king's college london who worked on the research. i spoke to her a little earlier. what we were able to do through the king's college london covid symptom study in collaboration with zoe is look at the quarter of a million children who were proxy reported through the app. about 75,000 of them were tested for sars—cov—2. about 10%, just under 7000, were positive. we could look at those children's

symptoms related to the time of when they had those tests, so we could see how long symptoms lasted for. we could also look at a control group of children who tested negative. to have a look at how they symptoms went. we found on average children who had symptoms were only ill for six days. slightly longer in older children between 12 and 17, seven days, and slightly younger in primary school children, 5—11, five days. only 4% of children had symptoms by the time they got to day 28 and reassuringly the burden of symptoms did not get worse over time, in fact by day 28 on average these children only had two symptoms and fewer than 2% had symptoms by the time we got to eight weeks. we also looked at children who tested negative for sars—cov—2 to see how they tracked. only a handful of them still had symptoms at day 28 however they had

quite burdensome disease at that point and i think one of the things our study says is that it is reassuring firstly that children can get prolonged symptoms, validating the experience of those who have experienced this, but it is uncommon and most children get better over time, however other children can have illnesses which can also have a protracted course. in terms of health planning we have to look after all children with burdensome and protracted illness during the pandemic, whether it is due to covid or not. the fear for young people that they could get long covid, that is pretty unlikely in children? i think that is a fair comment. what are the implications for the idea of vaccinating younger people? it is in the news today, we are likely to have a recommendation on vaccinating 16 and 17—year—olds but also other countries are vaccinating

children over the age of 12. some people are worried about the risk reward benefit, if the concerns about covid in young people are as you have just indicated not that great. our study did not look directly at vaccination but our data has been looked at by those who are considering vaccination in children and they are using it to help inform decision—making and recommendations. exactly a year ago, lebanon witnessed a blast now considered one of the biggest non—nuclear explosions in history. the scene on the day was catastrophic in beirut where a port's warehouse storing ammonium nitrate exploded, leaving over 200 people dead and thousands injured. this is what beirut�*s port looks like today — the destruction still visible. a year on, the families

of the victims are still looking for closure, and for those responsible to be held to account. the explosion plunged lebanon into a deeper crisis, but the small mediterranean country had been on the brink for years due to the dire economy and political instability. carine torbey has more from beirut. it's a day of reflection, a day to go back to that moment that changed the city completely and turned many lives upside down. it is a day that it's going to be marked with lots of events, mainly in the afternoon. there will be several marches from several points in the city, mainly through the devastated streets, and from the houses of the victims, for people to show sympathy and solidarity with the relatives of those who lost their lives in that apocalyptic blast one year ago.

there will also be a moment of silence and there will be prayers for those who died, for those who survived, and those who are still painfully dealing with whatever this blast made them endure, whether physically, emotionally, psychologically or those who have lost their houses in the blast. so it is a long day, a national day for mourning in the country and one way or another everyone today in lebanon feels this is a day for them to reflect on what happened and also to show a lot of anger about the way things have proceeded one year till today. one year has passed since

the apocalypse and beirut is still assessing the impact. the port area where an unknown quantity of ammonium nitrate exploded stands in ruins. one year after the explosion, all the debris is swept to a corner and it is kept here at the port. names of the victims fill the walls surrounding the area that some here call the crime scene. their families still don't have answers for what happened that day and why. thejudge investigating the port explosion wants to summon high—ranking politicians and security officers for interrogation. so far he hasn't been able to do so. most of them have legal immunity. this protest is part of a movement

by relatives of the victims of the blast to press the authorities to allow the judge to interrogate politicians and security officials. they say they will fight to the end for those responsible to be held to account. annie lost her 29—year—old daughter, gaya, in the blast. if they are innocent, they can go to the court and say, these are my, you know, and since they are hiding themselves and hiding, covering on each other, it means they all of them, they have a kind of responsibility in this. for some of the victims, the pain of that day lingers. this man almost lost his leg in the explosion. he has been undergoing one surgery after another since then. translation: sometimes my kids ask . me to play with them and i cannot. i

it is very hard. but i try to not let them feel my pain. i try my best. i stand on one leg and go and play with them. i try to make them not hate lebanon for what happened to me. the port explosion has been another painful symbol of the decay in the system. the country was already facing its deepest financial and economic crisis. more than half the population is living in poverty, amid crippling shortages of medicine, fuel and electricity. the destruction of huge parts of the port and neighbouring areas plunged the country into misery. —— compounded the national plunge into misery.

speaking about the misery and about the collapse in the country, france will be organising today as well an international conference for the support of lebanon. this will be politically very closely followed but on the ground this is mainly a day for the victims and for their call forjustice and accountability. president biden has said the democratic governor of the state of new york, andrew cuomo, should resign. it's after an investigation found he had sexually harassed women while in office. the five—month inquiry described a "toxic" workplace where people were too scared to complain. barbara plett usher reports. new york's ambitious, combative governor had been banking on a run for a fourth term in office and now he is plotting furiously to salvage his job. just a year ago, he was arguably the most popular governor in the us, leading the fight against covid, a darling of the democrats. more like a pariah now, deserted at the party's highest

level after the damning results of an investigation found he sexually harassed nearly a dozen employees. i think he should resign. what i said was if the investigation of the attorney general concluded that the allegations were correct, that, back in march, i would recommend he resigned. that is what i'm doing today. the report was five months in the making. investigators revealed a disturbing pattern of abusive behaviour that they said violated state and federal law. the investigation found that governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed current and former new york state employees by engaging in unwelcome and nonconsensual touching and making numerous offensive comments of a suggestive and sexual nature. they described a climate of fear that long prevented women from coming forward with complaints. the most serious was the governor's unwelcome physical contact with women, including touching intimate body parts.

mr cuomo has remained defiant. he called the report politically biased and defended his hands—on style as a harmless tradition of showing warmth through touch. i never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances. that isjust not who i am. and that is not who i have ever been. even so, the governor could face civil and criminal prosecution and his political career is imperilled. there is talk of impeachment. i thought he should have resigned a long time ago. i hope he has the decency to resign today. the #metoo movement has been slow to come for new york's irrepressible political survivor but now he stands on very shaky ground. barbara plett usher, bbc news, los angeles. when the ever given ran aground and blocked the suez canal for a week in march,

it halted roughly 15% of global trade in the process — it was the culmination of a perfect storm for global supply chains. the ship finally made it into port in felixstowe yesterday to the relief of businesses whose precious cargo has been trapped for four months. the ever given saga highlighted our reliance on global supply chains for just about everything and exposed the weaknesses in seaborne transport. here's our business correspondent theo leggett. four months late, and still bearing the scars of her encounter with the sandy banks of the suez canal, the ever given finally limped into felixstowe, her last port of call. this giant of the seas became stranded after negotiating one of the narrowest parts of the canal. she was stuck fast and the waterway was blocked for six days. hundreds of ships were unable to pass through, causing havoc in a global container industry already under pressure because of the covid outbreak.

the saga of the ever given itself may be over but what it has shown is how much impact a single event involving one giant vessel can have on the entire global supply chain and just how vulnerable the systems we rely on for imports every day really are. and those supply chains are still under strain, thanks to other factors, such as covid outbreaks in key chinese ports and severe weather. it means freight rates are continuing to soar. this has won awards for us all over the world.... gavin ucko runs the happy puzzle company, which imports toys and games from china to be sold in britain. he's ordering supplies for the busy christmas period but he says the costs are becoming insurmountable. prior to this year, we'd never paid more than £2,700 for a 40 foot container coming to us from china. this morning i was quoted over £15,000 for a similar container. prices have gone through the roof

and it is becoming unworkable. and it is notjust prices that are the problem. some traders are simply struggling to find space on vessels coming from east asia at any price, such is the level of demand. if you manage to get a container loaded at the suppliers and book it on a vessel sailing next week, the line may not load it on that vessel and they may not load on the next vessel, and the next vessel after that. in other words, your container is stuck in shanghai port for three additional weeks before it is actually shipped on the vessel. some businesses are happy. with space on their services so scare and cargo rates so high, the shipping lines themselves are making record profits although they argue this is simply compensation for the many lean years they have suffered in the past. but they are the only happy ones. for importers, retailers and consumers in europe and north america as well as suppliers

in east asia, this is a crisis they could certainly do without and the ever given remains a potent symbol of a troubled year they would like to forget. theo leggett, bbc news. more than 40,000 uk students will be able to study and work abroad from this september as part of the government's post—brexit replacement of the erasmus exchange programme. more than 120 universities, as well as over 200 schools and further education colleges across the uk, will be awarded grants from the £110 million turing scheme. but labour says it doesn't do enough to target disadvantaged students. michelle donelan is the minister of state for universities. it replaces the eu scheme, erasmus, and what's different about it is it's going to be global in nature, so those placements you just referenced, they are across 150 different countries across the globe, notjust confined to the eu,

and almost 50% of the students that will be participating are from disadvantaged backgrounds. worlds apart from erasmus — this will be open and inclusive to those from deprived backgrounds and from all parts of the uk, parts which didn't tend to really engage with erasmus and send students abroad, they will now be doing that. banks are still not reimbursing scam victims as they should, according to the uk's payments watchdog, the psr. last year alone, around one in 450 people in the uk lost money to so—called authorised push payment scams, where fraudsters trick people to transfer money to them. last month, our reporter jon ironmonger recorded a conversation with a scam caller, which revealed the lengths that some were prepared to go to. he's been speaking to two of their many victims. since my little chat with the now infamous mr richard jones, loads of people have told us that they have been hit by the same sort of scam that starts with a text or an e—mail asking

for your personal details, follow—up call from a spoof number and a man who claims to be calling from the fraud department your bank. these scammers trick people like georgia to move their money to another account. thought this could be a scam. they were so convincing. and ifind myself now, every time my phone goes off with a number i don't recognise, i pick it up like i am expecting them. remember, we will never ask you to transfer money to another account for safekeeping. so—called authorised push payment scams are the bane of banks and their customers, now staggeringly common, with around 145,000 reported victims last year. a scammer told mike his card had been compromised and took all of his money.

i know what to look out for, but i never knew that these scams are so prolific and easy to fall into. all of the big—name banks are obligated to reimburse customers who have been deceived by app fraud under a voluntary new code. first direct bank is officially number one for overall service. but of the £388 million that was lost to the scams in 2020, less than 45% of it was returned to people. georgia got a partial refund from lloyds, which left her £300 in debt. i will be honest, i had a complete breakdown. i don't think it helped that the second gentleman i spoke to about the overdraft kept on telling me to calm down. and he told me that he'd refuse to talk to me if i didn't stop crying. i just thought to myself, i'm sorry, but i've literally just lost all my money. how dare you tell me to calm down? lloyds told us they were very sorry

the service ms pilgrim received fell short of the level she expected. after we contacted them, they refunded her a further £340 as a gesture of goodwill. mike didn't get a penny from nationwide of the near £11,000 he lost. all they did was give me a case number. two days before this happened, i was diagnosed with leukaemia. so i didn't pursue it. i should have done. ijust lived on my credit cards at the time, which are now full. you are on your own now. you lost your wife 23 years ago, is it? yes. you have got leukaemia and all of this debt hanging over you. to be honest, when this happened, i have got a big pile of pills there, i almost took them. almost. nationwide told us mike's loss wasn't refunded because, based on the information they had at the time, no error had been made by them. however, since we got in touch with nationwide, mike has been fully reimbursed.

jon ironmonger, bbc news. the oxford coronavirus vaccine co—creator, professor dame sarah gilbert, has been honoured with a barbie doll, from the toy company mattel. vaccinologist dame sarah began designing a coronavirus vaccine in early 2020. the oxford astrazeneca vaccine is now the most widely used around the world, with doses sent to more than 170 countries. ramzan karmali reports. a barbie doll with a difference. this one is modelled on the scientist professor dame sarah gilbert. she's the co—designer of the oxford coronavirus vaccine. although she finds the concept of a barbie doll created in her likeness strange, she hopes it will inspire girls to think about a career in science. i hope that my barbie doll, as well as others of women who work in science and medicine willjust keep reminding them there are many careers open to them, so when they are playing they're also thinking about what they might like to do in the future.

in total, mattel has created six new models based on women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. mattel said the aim of creating these dolls was to help shine a light on the efforts of all front line workers during the pandemic. dame sarah joins the likes of beyonce and marilyn monroe with this new honour. where will she keep the doll? probably in my office at work, along with other trophies from 2020 and 2021. mattel also agreed with dame sarah to make a financial donation to a non—profit organisation dedicated to inspire young girls considering a career in science. now, it turns out it's notjust humans who can stage a pitch invasion. this was the moment a cat interrupted play at the new york yankees stadium. the cat, who is yet to be identified, deftly weaved its way across the field, much to the amusement of the crowd, and the players.

staff had a tough time catching the animal, who seemed to enjoy evading them. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. the unsettled weather that we've been seeing recently is set to continue for another few days yet. today we are looking at that mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers, like yesterday. some of the showers will be heavy and thundery and slow—moving but they are showers so we won't all catch one. you can see where we have got clear skies across the uk, we have also got a line of cloud coming in across scotland and northern ireland. that's a weather front and it's already been producing some rain and will continue to do so as we go through the rest of the day. some of the rain will be heavy. elsewhere a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, but seeing more showers develop, especially through the afternoon, and those could be heavy

and thundery and slow—moving. but there is a lot of dry weather around them and temperatures could get up to 22—23 today and that will feel quite pleasant in the sunshine. tonight there will be a few showers around, moving out of northern ireland across scotland, and then another system comes in from the atlantic, bringing some more rain into some western areas, accompanied by gusty winds, especially for northern ireland and the south—west. so it's not going to be a cold night tonight. this is why. we've got low pressure and its attendant fronts coming in from the south—west. this is today's front across scotland, moving eastwards. a look at the isobars tells you that it's going to be windy in western areas. as this system pushes eastwards through the day, with the cloud are building ahead of it, you'll notice the wind picking up elsewhere as well. behind the rain we see a return to some showers. again, those could be heavy and thundery but temperatures are still potentially getting up to 23. as we head through friday, our low pressure drifts further north so it is centred right across the uk. we have weather fronts rotating

around it with rain or showers, and you can see there are more isobars on the charts so it is going to be a wetter and windier day for most. the met office actually has a yellow weather warning out for northern ireland, north wales, northern england and scotland because we could see some torrential downpours in a small amount of time, which could lead to some issues with flooding. temperatures about 16—21. then the outlook beyond that remains unsettled but, as we head through saturday, but more especially sunday, one thing you will notice is that the wind at least is going to ease.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11am... 13—year—old sky brown becomes britain's youngest medallist of all time, after winning bronze in the women's park skateboarding final. and a gold medalfor team gb�*s hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre in the women's 470 sailing class, making hannah mills the most successful female sailing olympian of all time. experts are set to recommend all 16 and 17—year—olds in the uk should be offered a covid vaccine with the aim of driving down infections. anything that we can do to improve vaccination rates, including going to below the age of 18, 16 or 17—year—olds, clearly would be a good thing to get as many people vaccinated as possible with both

doses of the vaccine. the head of the uk's armed forces has acknowledged the situation in afghanistan is "pretty grim", with half the country's rural districts now in the hands of the taliban. today eight people died following a taliban attack on the home of the acting defence minister there. the belarusian olympic sprinter, who sought sanctuary in a foreign embassy in tokyo has now left japan, heading to warsaw after a stopover in vienna. and coming up this hour, professor barbie, the scientist who designed the oxford coronavirus vaccine has been honoured with her very own doll, alongside five other women working in science, technology, engineering and maths.

it's day 12 of the olympics in tokyo and there's more success for team gb with more gold, silver and bronze, including one medalist who's only 13. first, hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre won the women's 470 class. their victory takes the overall gold tally for great britain to 14. there have also been two medals in the boxing. ben whittaker won a silver in the light heavyweight division while frazer clarke took bronze in the super heavyweight competition. and a new record by 13—year—old sky brown — she's become team gb�*s youngest ever medal winner at the olympics, taking bronze in the skateboarding. gold and silver went to 19—year—old sakura yosozumi and 12—year old kokona hiraki, making an average podium

age ofjust 15 years. makes you feel quite old... let's get a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougal. good morning. history continues to be made in tokyo for team gb, we have the most successful female olympic sailor after hannah mills took gold in the 470 class, along with eildgh mcintyre. britain has also impressed in the boxing and there's been the youngest ever british medalist in the skateboarding as ben croucher reports. kick flipping history on its head. that was insane. so, so good. sky brown, a 13—year—old with the coolest piece of what the kids might call, "bling". herjourney to becoming great britain's youngest olympic medallist wasn't plain skating. she impressed in qualification but had to pull out all the tricks in the final. in herfirst two runs, she could not

land the kick flip indie, meaning it was all or nothing for the final effort. third times a charm. that's what we needed! the world number three backed it up in the minutes packed with difficulty, she came of age. hands in the air. yes, sky! brown wasn't even the youngest on the podium. kokona hiraki, who won silver is 12. gold medallist sakura yosozumi a comparative veteran and 19. it's incredible. i mean, it feels unreal! i'm so happy to be here. with sakura and kokona, i'm blessed. brown was just five when hannah mills won an olympic medal. she is now the most successful female sailor in games history. her and eilidh mcintyre only needed to finish seventh in the medal race. they had to fight hard in that race but it is gold for great britain.

fifth was enough. for mcintyre, she emulates dad mike, who won gold in seoul in 1988. if britain rules the waves, cuba are king of the ring, which meant bad news for ben whittaker. he was guaranteed a boxing medal but had a punch's chance against arlen lopez, already an olympic champion from 2016. in the end, the hardest of hits were delivered by the cuban, leaving a gutted whittaker with silver. well, earlier, frazer clarke added another medal in the boxing with bronze in the super heavyweight. he lost his semifinal match after the referee stopped the fight because a deep cut above frazers eye opened up again by his opponant, but the loss does mean clarke walks away with a bronze medal. afterwards he said, "it was not the fairy tale i wanted but i'm proud of myself". after winning silver in the mens team sprint, jason kenny and jack carlin are through to the quarterfinals of the individual sprint.

kenny, who's the defending champion and going for a seventh gold medal, beat yuka wakamoto of japan to reach the last 8. and carlinjoined him there soon afterwards, outpacing mohammed sahrom of malaysia. the quarterfinals get under wayjust before eight o'clock tomorrow morning. in the women's keirin, team gb�*s katy marchant made it through to the quarterfinals at the second time of asking. she had to race again in the repechage, after being relegated from her first round heat for a technical infringement. and italy have beaten denmark to take the mens team pursuit gold. filippo ganna, who races on the road for ineos grenadiers, was their key man as they smashed the world record. what a run for the usa's sydney mclaughlin! she broke her own world record in the women's 400m hurdles, taking gold in the process. the defending champion, fellow american dalilah muhammad got away fastest but mclaughlin powered down the home straight to win gold in 51.46 seconds,

and take almost half a second off the world record. muhamed getting silver. the new women's best follows norway's karsten warholm breaking his own world record in the men's 400m hurdles on tuesday. the first test between england and india is under way at trent bridge. england won the toss and elected to bat — they are without ben stokes. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport as we've been talking about this morning, hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre won the women's 470 class sailing. hannah's family were watching as the duo brought home the gold. let's hear what hannah's mum, fiona had to say a little earlier this morning. i think everybody breathed a sigh of relief.

i was just so relieved for them both. they have worked so hard, they have tried every different approach to tactics, communication and anything else they possibly could to give them that extra little edge and it was just amazing. absolutely amazing. so pleased for them. it is lovely to have had family and friends and members of the yacht club here supporting the girls and doing their bit. i miss not being able to hug her, i so enjoyed that. i should have taken copyright out, i think, on that bit of video footage, but hey, it was just different and i cannot wait to have her home so i can give her a hug. we will of course keep you updated with all of the olympic action over the course of the morning. in the meantime, on to other news now. the government's vaccination committee is set to recommend that all 16 and 17—year—olds should be given a covid jab. thejoint committee on vaccination

and immunisation stopped short of making the move last month because it said it was still assessing the benefits and risks for that age group. about 1.4 million teenagers would be included in the new roll—out. some countries — including the united states, canada and france, are already routinely vaccinating those aged 12 and over. tim muffett reports. it began with the elderly and most vulnerable. since last december, the ages of those receiving covid jabs in the uk has got lower and lower. but generally, it hasn't included those under 18. in some countries, including france, israel and america, many teenagers are already receiving covid vaccinations. covid is a tonne worse than getting the vaccine. in the uk, the official guidance until now has been thatjabs should only be given to those children aged 12 and above with serious

underlying health conditions, or who live with someone at a greater risk from covid. thejoint committee on vaccinations and immunisation says it has been assessing potential risks, including reports of very rare adverse effects, such as the inflammation of heart muscles amongst young adults. today though the committee is expected to recommend 16 and 17—year—olds in the uk are vaccinated against covid, which would affect around 1.5 million teenagers. yesterday, scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, said she would welcome such a move by the vaccine committee. i am hoping it will recommend going further with the vaccination of young people. i am particularly concerned, if possible, to get vaccination to 16 and 17—year—olds, which is important for those going to college and university. the only covid jab currently

authorised in the uk for under 18s is the pfizer vaccine. whitehall sources say ministers in england are expected to accept the new recommendations, though it's not yet clear when the expansion of the vaccination programme would start. tim muffett, bbc news. michelle donelan is the universities minister. thejcvi will be updating our recommendations imminently and then the government will respond. throughout the pandemic, we have listened to thejcvi and we have adopted their recommendations because they are the experts, so all i can say at this stage, i'm afraid, is that it is imminent that people will get clarity very soon. ollie lodmore is a 17—year—old volunteer he's had the jab and wants others to have it.... 16 and 17—year—olds have had such a big social life and a lot of us have been going out a lot. there are a lot of

people as well that are wearing mask at the moment because i think it's important that they have jobs. if you get covid—19, you don't know how badly you're going to get it and you wouldn't want to be one of the ones who are really badly affected. i think it will be a good demand. loads of my friends have already had it, when they did the search vaccines. since they died down, there hasn't been much opportunity for them to get them. people are wanting them and they are willing to drive very far for them or get their parents to take them, so i think there will be a demand. obviously, there will be a demand. obviously, there is still some scepticism about it but i do think the majority are willing to take it with open arms. with me is dr simon williams who's a senior lecturer and researcher in public health at swansea university — he has been researching public opinion around teen vaccincations. good morning to you. i would love to

know, do you think, does your research suggest that these young people will welcome this with open arms? , ., . people will welcome this with open arms? , ., , ., , arms? our research actually does. it's arms? our research actually does. it's pointed _ arms? our research actually does. it's pointed us _ arms? our research actually does. it's pointed us in _ arms? our research actually does. it's pointed us in these _ arms? our research actually does. it's pointed us in these large - it's pointed us in these large opinion polls that have been run on this topic that it's as high as about two thirds of parents intended on having the children have the option of vaccination. this is particularly high among parents of 16 to 17—year—olds. eight out of ten said they would be willing or favourable towards the children being vaccinated. with that said, we and our research still find a lot of hesitance actually around this topic for various reasons. the main one being that people have a lower risk tolerance around the idea of vaccination. a lot of people themselves are very supportive of

and very willing of accepting the vaccine in themselves but would like to wait a little bit more time until there is more evidence or certainty around the potential safety and efficacy for under 18. i think that is why thejcvi announcement and is why the jcvi announcement and presumably the decision based on that today will be really important in encouraging uptake further amongst this age group. haifa in encouraging uptake further amongst this age group. how do you convince those _ amongst this age group. how do you convince those that _ amongst this age group. how do you convince those that are _ amongst this age group. how do you convince those that are a _ amongst this age group. how do you convince those that are a little - amongst this age group. how do you convince those that are a little bit i convince those that are a little bit reticent that it is safe, in the longer term as much as anything? i think that is the big concern. i think that is the big concern. i think a lot of people are seeing... when we speak to parents in our research some are saying that they want to wait until more than other people's children are vaccinated, so that we do see it say. we are seeing this globally now as the united states recently for example have approximately half of that age group being single vaccinated and deferred our double vaccinated. we are seeing

more under 18 is being vaccinated with no significant reports of issues or side effects different to that that we hear occasionally amongst adults. i think that will definitely help. i think with the younger age groups as well, there is an additional burden of misinformation. we see a lot of misinformation. we see a lot of misinformation among younger age groups, who are perhaps more adverse to getting information from social reasons. vaccination isn't a traditional active cores. many parents will point to the fact that there aren't the same kind of risks as there are two adults, so you could suggest that there are the same individual benefits. you could frame this is something that will continue to protect the vulnerable in society as time goes by and contribute to that overall population immunity. as an important message to get across. did population immunity. as an important message to get across.— message to get across. did you get a ma look message to get across. did you get a map look at — message to get across. did you get a map look at whether _ message to get across. did you get a map look at whether incentives i message to get across. did you get a

map look at whether incentives like l map look at whether incentives like pizza vouchers codes help with uptake? i also wanted about the issue of coercion? we uptake? i also wanted about the issue of coercion?— uptake? i also wanted about the issue of coercion? we did look at particularly _ issue of coercion? we did look at particularly the — issue of coercion? we did look at particularly the kind _ issue of coercion? we did look at particularly the kind of _ issue of coercion? we did look at particularly the kind of coercive l issue of coercion? we did look at| particularly the kind of coercive or the more negative incentive around vaccine passports and international travel and, of course, looking at vaccine passports domestically in nightclubs. forsome vaccine passports domestically in nightclubs. for some hesitant young people, over 18 is but in that kind of 18 to 29 age group, some woods report, we are not going to get the vaccine unless we absolutely have to do some of the reasons that we have spoken about. i think those negative or coercive incentives will nudge some people. of course, they are controversial and without debate —— not without debate there. we looked less positive incentives, although there is a lot of research out there just on vaccine uptake that other health reasons. incentives can work.

of health reasons. incentives can work. of course, not all incentives are created equally. we see in the united states where everything from $100 payments directly from a vaccine through to entering a lottery, which are likely to have more substantial impacts on uptake. when we look at what is happening in the uk ran discounts, if for some who are on the fence, it might help edge them towards it but certainly those who are more strongly concerned about side effects may be more towards the anti—vaccination spectrum, more towards the anti-vaccination spectrum. ...— spectrum, one finalthought, i think i'm spectrum, one finalthought, i think i'm right _ spectrum, one finalthought, i think i'm right that _ spectrum, one finalthought, i think i'm right that children i spectrum, one finalthought, i think i'm right that children over l think i'm right that children over 16 have the right to decide for themselves? can you see a situation where this could lead to potential conflict between parents, who

perhaps want to encourage their children to have the vaccine and the children to have the vaccine and the children who are resistant? we definitel children who are resistant? - definitely can. actually, the converse is well, where perhaps the young people themselves... as much as we've all spoken about lower uptake among young people, many were very eager and patiently waiting for their turn. very eager and patiently waiting for theirturn. so, very eager and patiently waiting for their turn. so, there certainly is a proportion of young people, which will include 16 to 17—year—olds who are more reluctant and may disagree with their parents but equally we could find at the other way around. in our research, we see some parents who are saying, i really want my vaccination and i want to wait and see what the sign says about safety in children. i think that is why todayis in children. i think that is why today is an important announcement. i think it will be slower and i think it will take a little bit longer to build a social norm around vaccination in under 18 is then it did in adults, even though again, we could look back to a year ago, where it did quite quickly develop. a lot

of people were initially hesitant and then when a lot of people came forward, support builds. tries that was really good to hear your thoughts. if you've got any questions about vaccines for under 18s, the roll—out, and how it might work, we'd love to hear from you. at 2.30pm, we'll put them to our health correspondentjim reed. you can get in touch on twitter using the hashtag bbcyourquestions and you can email us on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk new research suggests children who become ill with coronavirus rarely experience long—term symptoms, with most recovering in less than a week. king's college london scientists say that while a small group may experience prolonged illness, they were "reassured" that the number was low.headaches and tiredness were the most common symptoms seen.

with me now is dr michael absoud, a consultant in paediatric neurodisability at evelina london children's hospital and a senior author of the study. good to have you with this doctor. can you give us a sense of the fieldwork that you did, where you got your data from.— fieldwork that you did, where you got your data from. yes, so this was art of got your data from. yes, so this was part of the — got your data from. yes, so this was part of the covid-19 _ got your data from. yes, so this was part of the covid-19 symptom i got your data from. yes, so this was part of the covid-19 symptom app i part of the covid—19 symptom app that many people know. there is over 4 million people registered on the app. we had over a quarter million families, where 75,000 parents had the children tested for covid—19. eventually, we had a cohort of over 1700 children who had tested positive. we compared that you what

happened for the over 1700 children who tested negative for covid—19. it is a daily symptom app, where parents record daily symptoms. and any complications that have arisen going forward. so real—life input into the data. it is quite valuable to have the information and we were able to use that to look at the symptoms in children and compare it to the children who have tested negative and other respiratory illnesses and how it progresses with time. , ., , illnesses and how it progresses with time. , . , ., time. tell us a little bit more about what — time. tell us a little bit more about what you _ time. tell us a little bit more about what you found - time. tell us a little bit more about what you found then. l time. tell us a little bit more i about what you found then. so, overall, about what you found then. so, overall. it _ about what you found then. so, overall, it was, _ about what you found then. so, overall, it was, the _ about what you found then. if, overall, it was, the findings about what you found then. 5r, overall, it was, the findings were quite reassuring for children and theirfamilies. the quite reassuring for children and their families. the average duration of the illness was six days. that compares to 11 days, using similar methodology for adults. it was low in those who tested negative for about three days. the most common

symptoms were headaches and fatigue for those who tested positive. the next most common symptoms were fever and a sore throat. in older children, the next most common symptoms were sore throat and less of sense of smell —— loss of sense of sense of smell —— loss of sense of smell. 4.4% of children had symptoms beyond four weeks that dropped which means that children are recovering. that compares to 3.3% of adults with the same methodology. the other aspect is the symptoms. if we compare that to our control group who tested negative for covid—19, they had a higher

symptom... it was useful to compare how it compares to other respiratory illnesses. we know that other respiratory illnesses can also have persistent symptoms in children this talk today about vaccines being given to 16 and 17—year—olds, could this kind of research feed into these discussions? i wonder whether you would go further and vaccinate all children over the age of 12 like so many other countries are doing. yes, i am aware that thejcvi, the joint committee for vaccination and immunisation are looking at this. what they publish just over two weeks ago, i thought was incredibly thoughtful. they publish all of the things that they are looking for. the most important point is the benefit versus risk to the individual child. that is the centre

of the decision—making. and because other countries have been vaccinating, the data keeps on coming. we know with the pandemic, every day there is new data. they are constantly reviewing it. about how to balance the benefits versus risk. i look forward to thejcvi statement in due course and i have faith in the scientists that have been very thoughtful in their decisions. —wise very good to have you with us. thank you. exactly a year ago, lebanon witnessed a blast which experts say was one of the biggest non—nuclear explosions in history. over 200 people died and thousands were injured, after a port's warehouse storing ammonium nitrate exploded. a year on, the families of the victims are still looking for closure, and for those responsible to be held to account.

bbc arabic�*s carine torbey reports. one year has passed since the apocalypse and beirut is still assessing the impact. the port area where an unknown quantity of ammonium nitrate exploded stands in ruins. one year after the explosion, all the debris is swept to a corner and it is kept here at the port. names of the victims fill the walls surrounding the area that some here call the crime scene. their families still don't have answers for what happened that day and why. thejudge investigating the port explosion wants to summon high—ranking politicians

and security officers for interrogation. so far, he hasn't been able to do so. most of them have legal immunity. this protest is part of a movement by relatives of the victims of the blast to press the authorities to allow the judge to interrogate politicians and security officials. they say they will fight to the end for those responsible to be held to account. annie lost her 29—year—old daughter, gaya, in the blast. if they are innocent, they can go to the court and say, these are my, you know, and since they are hiding themselves and hiding the covering on each other, it means they all of them, they have a kind of responsibility in this. for some of the victims, the pain of that day lingers.

this man almost lost his leg in the explosion. he has been undergoing one surgery after another since then. translation: sometimes my kids ask i me to play with them and i cannot. i it is very hard. but i try to not let them feel my pain. i try my best. i stand on one leg and go and play with them. i try to make them not hate lebanon for what happened to me. the port explosion has been another painful symbol of the decay in the system. the country was already facing its deepest financial and economic crisis. more than half the population is living in poverty, amid crippling shortages of medicine, fuel and electricity. the destruction of huge parts of the port and neighbouring areas plunged the country into misery.

well let's speak to rami mortada, lebanon's ambassador to the uk who joins me now in london. very good to have you with us and thank you forjoining us. 12 months on, the families of victims are still waiting for those responsible to be held to account. why has it taken so long? i to be held to account. why has it taken so long?— to be held to account. why has it taken so long? i totally understand the anrer taken so long? i totally understand the anger and _ taken so long? i totally understand the anger and the _ taken so long? i totally understand the anger and the frustration i taken so long? i totally understand the anger and the frustration of- taken so long? i totally understand j the anger and the frustration of the victims. the citizen in me and the official in me is also frustrated and angered. i think, having said this, we need to take three elements. one, it is a very complex investigation that has both domestic and international elements, so it might take some time to unveil

everything. secondly, it happens and against the backdrop of an acute trust gap between the population and the establishment and this gap is being filled with speculations and assumptions. the third element is that thejudge, the prosecutor assumptions. the third element is that the judge, the prosecutor is bound by and in disclosure obligation, so he cannot and neither can the authorities disclose the progress of the investigation but it is progressing. soon, we will come to the public sphere of the investigation. when the judge decides to publish his indictment documents. untilthen, sense, documents. until then, sense, communication documents. untilthen, sense, communication is impossible due to this, to what the law dictates. we will keep on hearing these uncertainties and this heated atmosphere around the investigation,

but beyond that, i think what we saw in the beirut seaport, this tragic explosion, before and after, all of this is a combination of flaws in the system. this is an irrefutable truth that everybody needs to recognise and hope that in the immediate future, we will be able to form a reform focused government that attacks these issues and with the investigation, which i think, the investigation, which i think, the full truth is unveiled and the fulljustice is served, the country will not be able to stop the healing process. i would like to come on to that point, but in terms of the kind ability of the investigation, we do know the currentjudge has been blocked from lifting the immunity of some government ministers but we do know his predecessor was removed from his position at the request of

two ministers, so how can people have confidence that this is a fair and credible investigation if politicians keep interfering? i think they need to judge politicians keep interfering? i think they need tojudge by politicians keep interfering? i think they need to judge by the politicians keep interfering? i think they need tojudge by the end think they need to judge by the end result. they need to judge by the substance of the investigation —— before the substance becomes public. i do understand there is disturbances and possibly some resistance. this is a process within the establishment and there are different legal ways and legal jurisprudence which are being laid out, but i think regardless of that, all this would remain to the core issue which is the need to irreversibly seek the full truth behind this explosion. i am

confident that this strategic destination is set and there is no way to know that the victims or the lebanese population at large would accept any derail or tampering of the investigation. we have a professional prosecutor in the highest criminal court of the country. although silently, because of the work the law dictates, but he has been progressing on the investigation and i think people would be surprised once he comes public on the progress that he was able to achieve in this case. you touched on _ able to achieve in this case. you touched on this, _ able to achieve in this case. you touched on this, i _ able to achieve in this case. you touched on this, i would like to just explore it a little more. why is it taking so long to form a government? we note the new minister has held power twice before. i guess i wonder how can lebanon engage in these structural reforms demanded by these structural reforms demanded by the eu for example in order to unlock billions of dollars in aid when the same political figures stay

in place at the top?— in place at the top? lebanon will need to tackle _ in place at the top? lebanon will need to tackle these _ in place at the top? lebanon will need to tackle these overdue i in place at the top? lebanon will i need to tackle these overdue reforms simply at this time because that is really the only way to put the country again on the path towards economic stabilisation and economic recovery. the business as usual modus operandi does not help any more. we have a business model and until we tackle reforms that there is no way we would be able to put it again on track. as for the ruling elite, i think is the democracy, the only way to change their mystery elections. we do have elections in eight or nine months, so this would be an opportunity for the lebanese people to stand up and channel their grievances and there are grievances, i do recognise acute confidence gap

between the large segments of the population and the establishment. but the only way i can see in order to address that is through elections.— to address that is through elections. ~ , ., elections. we must leave it there, but thank you _ elections. we must leave it there, but thank you very _ elections. we must leave it there, but thank you very much - elections. we must leave it there, but thank you very much for i elections. we must leave it there, | but thank you very much forjoining us on a bbc news. but thank you very much for “oining us on a bbc news.i you| but thank you very much for “oining i us on a bbc news.i you are us on a bbc news. thank you. you are watchin: us on a bbc news. thank you. you are watching bbc— us on a bbc news. thank you. you are watching bbc news. _ sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane. what is happening? lots and lots. celebrations for team gb after wining four medals on day 12 of the olympics. hannah mills becomes the most successful female olympic sailor of all time after she won gold along with eilidh mcintyre in the 470 class. the pairfinished fifth in the medal race, but their earlier performances were enough to secures mills' third gold in three games. gb now have five sailing medals

in tokyo, including three golds. it is mad, absolutely mad. growing up, obviously a lot of olympians are dreams of being here one day and standing on top of the podium and to do it twice with saskia before and eilidh this time, i have had two incredible cruise to work with and the support has been incredible, thank you everyone. sky brown has made history of her own too, becoming team gb's youngest ever olympic medal winner of all time, aged 13 and 28 days. brown produced a composed final run to finish third in the women's park skateboarding final and claim bronze. hosts japan got the gold and silver as the sport made its olympic debut. it is incredible! it feels unreal and i'm so happy to be here. it was

insane, it was a super sick vinyl and qualifier, semifinals, it was insane. —— finaland and qualifier, semifinals, it was insane. —— final and qualifier. ben whittiker said he was disappointed after losing in the gold medal light heavyweight match, but the british boxer walked away with a silver medal. cuba's arlen lopez was the winner in the gold medal match. landing more punches than whittaker. the brit is from wolverhampton and had said if he had won gold he wanted to become the new mayor — that won't be happening now unfortunately. but a silver medal none the less gb. well, earlier frazer clarke added another medal in the boxing with bronze in the super heavyweight. he lost his semifinal match after the referee stopped the fight because a deep cut above frazer's eye opened up again by his opponant, the uzbekistan six foot eight giant. but the loss does mean clarke walks away with a bronze medal. after winning silver in the mens team sprint, jason kenny and jack carlin are through to the quarter—finals of the individual sprint.

kenny, who's the defending champion and going for a seventh gold medal, beat yuka wakamoto of japan to reach the last eight. and carlinjoined him there soon afterwards, outpacing mohammed sahrom of malaysia. the quarter—finals get under wayjust before eight o'clock tomorrow morning. in the women's, team gb's katy marchant made it through to the quarter—finals at the second time of asking. she had to race again in the repechage, after being relegated from her first round heat for a technical infringement. what a run for the usa's sydney mclaughlin — she broke her own world record in the women's 400m hurdles, taking gold in the process. the defending champion, fellow american dalilah muhammad, got away fastest but mclaughlin powered down the home straight to win gold in 51.46 seconds, and taking almost

half a second off the world record. the new women's best follows norway's karsten warholm breaking his own world record in the men's 400m hurdles on tuesday. away from the olympics — the first test between england and india is underway this morning at trent bridge. england are notably without ben stokes. india have made a very good start — rory burns has gone for a duck, bowled byjasprit bumrah in the first over. england are 16—1. players from all 20 premier league clubs say they'll continue to take the knee next season as a symbol of their "unity against all forms of racism". a "no room for racism" sleeve badge will also be worn by players and match officials. the premier league say they "wholeheartedly support" the decision. the opening game of the new season takes place next friday, with newly promoted brentford hosting arsenal. louis van gaal has been named as the new coach of the nethlands, taking charge of the national team

for a third time. van gaal has signed a deal through to next year's world cup in qatar. he takes over from frank de boer, who stepped down after the netherlands failed to make it past the final 16 in euro 2020. the 69—year—old previously led the side for a year in 2000 and then again from 2012 to 2014. katarina johnson—thomposon is competing in the heptathlon — she was lying in third place after the 100 metres hurdles and the highjump and the shot putt is ongoing. you can keep up to date with that on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. thank you for that. we are going to stay with the olympics. now, after a new record by 13—year—old gb skateboarder sky brown, who took bronze, nesta mcgregor has been at the xc skateboarding park in hemel hempstead. these olympics are not over yet, but all eyes are already in paris in 2024. like you said, sky brown,

13 years of age, britain's youngest ever athlete and youngest ever medallist as well at 13 years of age. looking to replicate and follow in her footsteps are two 13—year—olds who are very, very highly rated, miriam and lola who finished second and third in the uk nationals as well and will be looking to make it to paris in a few years. miriam, you stayed up all night to watch sky's performance. firstly, how tired are you and what did you make of the performance? i'm not that tired, but the performance was amazing. it was so exciting. watching sky fail her first two runs was very scary but then in the end she landed it perfectly. and you could have chosen many sports to participate in. what is it about skateboarding that you love so much? just the freedom and it is so fun and there is creativity and the community is amazing. and lola, yourself, you came second in the national championships and does seeing sky brown achieve

what she achieved, a bronze medal, make your dream a bit more realistic? yes, definitely. it makes me want to do the olympics, watching her, and it is really cool. and we saw sky fall over twice and there was a lot of pressure on that third run. it may be a position that you would have been in yourself, how difficult it is knowing you have fallen twice and you and you have one more shot. it is quite a lot of pressure and i know her feeling, it is quite scary, but she managed to put it all together and land it and it was really cool and we were all, like, cheering for her and it was such a relief. ok, and you are watching sky now in awe, but in paris you want to be competing against her, don't you? yes, hopefully. no worries, we will leave you guys to go and have a practice. also with us is alex. alex, you are part of team gb, narrowly missed out on qualifying for the olympics. just how high is the

standard in the uk? the standard in the uk is very high. as the facilities are getting better, it keeps going up and up, so hopefully for the next olympics we will see more uk skaters in there. there was a lot of controversy about skateboarding becoming an olympic sport. there were the purists who didn't want it to happen because it might lose its sense of community and that it is not about competition. do you think that might have changed now? well, i think it has definitely changed a little bit, it is getting more accepted and first skateboarders love... change is always is a bit scary, but skateboarding is not really about medals and that kind of thing, like you say, but if it brings more awareness to the sport, better facilities and more acceptance of skateboarding in the wider public, then it is all positive things. and we have seen some really young people in the competition. does that mean if you are old you cannot skateboard? no, but as you get bigger, gets

a bit further to fall, as it were. but yes, young people do have an advantage size wise i guess and not as easy to hurt yourself and you heal quicker and stuff, but you are still seeing people like rune glifberg in the men's park tonight. he is in his 405, still absolutely top of his game, so it is not the younger skaters necessarily winning the men's park and stuff, so it is going to be exciting to watch it tonight. yes, and sky brown, the next superstar? someone who can really take skating to the next level? yes, she is doing her thing and she is very talented, so hopefully she's going to keep improving and keep getting better and she is so young, so there is a lot of time for her which is awesome. yes, we spoke to lola and miriam about paris 2024, is that the dream as well? yes, it would be nice. as you said before, narrowly missed the cut this time,

which was a bit disappointing, but the next one is only three years away, so if i'm still on top of my game then, hopefully i will get another chance. the crew of an oil tanker that was targeted in an suspected hijacking in the gulf of oman is believed to be safe. the uk's maritime organisation says armed men who boarded the panama—flagged mv asphalt princess have now left the ship. iran has denied it was behind the seizure. meanwhile, a british security guard who was killed in a separate oil tanker attack has been named as adrian underwood. mr underwood was one of two guards killed in a drone attack on the mv mercer street, operated by an israeli—owned company, off oman six days ago.

the head of the british military says iran is risking an escalation of hostilities in the middle east. that we need to be doing fundamentally is calling out iran for its very reckless behaviour. they made a big mistake on the attack they did against the mercer street vessel last week, because of course that is very much internationalised, the state of play internationalised, the state of play in the gulf. i think we will work out with our allies what is the best way of providing protection and convoys may not necessarily be the right method and we will keep reviewing, but ultimately we have to restore deterrence because it is behaviour like that that leads to escalation and that could very easily lead to miscarriage relation and that would be very disastrous for all peoples of the gulf and the international community. there are two incidents to discuss

here, first the potential hijacking of this tanker that has happened off the coast of oman. the mystery seems to surround it, iran have denied their involvement.— to surround it, iran have denied their involvement. what more can you tell us? it their involvement. what more can you tell us? it is — their involvement. what more can you tell us? it is announced _ their involvement. what more can you tell us? it is announced all _ their involvement. what more can you tell us? it is announced all the - tell us? it is announced all the crew are safe but up to nine men boarded the ship yesterday off the coast of amman golf and they said they had been ordered to sail towards iran. do not forget, this ship is a panama ship and it is based in the united arab emirates. two years ago another ship of this company was seized by iranian revolutionaries guards. but what we are hearing is that this is a suspicious plan, they want to use as a pretext for a hostile attack against iran. so iranian officials denying any involvement, but people

believe, most people watching this incident, blame iran and possibly thought there might be groups in the region linked to iran at boarding the ship. region linked to iran at boarding the shi -. ., region linked to iran at boarding the shi -. . , ., the ship. then we have this drone attack on july _ the ship. then we have this drone attack on july the _ the ship. then we have this drone attack on july the 29th _ the ship. then we have this drone attack on july the 29th in - the ship. then we have this drone attack on july the 29th in a - the ship. then we have this drone | attack on july the 29th in a similar attack onjuly the 29th in a similar area but which we know killed two people, including one in britain, the diplomatic follows from that incident continues. what more can you tell us about that? what incident continues. what more can you tell us about that?— incident continues. what more can you tell us about that? what we know is israeli, united _ you tell us about that? what we know is israeli, united states _ you tell us about that? what we know is israeli, united states and _ you tell us about that? what we know is israeli, united states and united i is israeli, united states and united kingdom believe it was grouped linked to iranian revolutionary guards carried out this attack. and israeli officials had a meeting with the ambassador to the un and they want to ask the security council to impose sanctions on iran and also israeli prime minister warned iran yesterday the time that iranian fire in the middle east is over. many

believe there is a shadow war between the state of israel and iran, but right now, what we are witnessing it seems to me is out in the open and the war from syria, lebanon has spilled over to the sea. we must leave it there, but thank you for that update. 19 men have been arrested in the bradford area in connection with allegations of historic child sexual abuse, against one female victim. our north of england correspondent fiona trott has more. i cannot say that the men arrested are between 36 and 55 years old and they were arrested at a number of addresses in the bradford area between june and addresses in the bradford area betweenjune and july addresses in the bradford area between june and july and they were arrested on a number of, arrested on suspicion of a number of offences including rape, sexual assault and indecent assault. west yorkshire

police say the alleged offences took place in the district between 2000 and 2005 and that means that the one female victim would have been aged just 13 and also 18 years old. all 19 men had been interviewed, released pending further enquiries and to date west yorkshire police are repeating that message that if anyone has been a victim of sexual assault, whether that is recent or historic, they must contact the force and allegations will be taken seriously and you will be fully supported. seriously and you will be fully supported-— seriously and you will be fully supported. seriously and you will be fully su--orted. ., . . ., . seriously and you will be fully suuorted. ., , , ., , ., supported. that news 'ust into us at the bbc.

when the ever given ran aground and blocked the suez for a week in march, it halted roughly 15% of global trade in the process — it was the culmination of a perfect storm for global supply chains. the ship finally made it into port in felixstowe yesterday to the relief of businesses, whose precious cargo has been trapped for four months. the ever given saga highlighted our reliance on global supply chains for just about everything and exposed the weaknesses in seaborne transport. here's our business correspondent theo leggett. four months late, and still bearing the scars of her encounter with the sandy banks of the suez canal, the ever given finally limped into felixstowe, her last port of call. this giant of the seas became stranded after negotiating one of the narrowest parts of the canal. she was stuck fast and the waterway was blocked for six days. hundreds of ships were unable to pass through, causing havoc in a global container industry already under pressure because of the covid outbreak. the saga of the ever given itself may be over but what it has shown is how much impact a single event involving one giant vessel can have on the entire global supply chain and just how vulnerable the systems

we rely on for imports every day really are. and those supply chains are still under strain, thanks to other factors, such as covid outbreaks in key chinese ports and severe weather. it means freight rates are continuing to soar. this has won awards for us all over the world.... gavin ucko runs the happy puzzle company, which imports toys and games from china to be sold in britain. he's ordering supplies for the busy christmas period but he says the costs are becoming insurmountable. prior to this year, we'd never paid more than £2,700 for a 40 foot container coming to us from china. this morning i was quoted over £15,000 for a similar container. prices have gone through the roof and it is becoming unworkable. and it is notjust prices that are the problem. some traders are simply struggling to find space on vessels coming from east asia at any price, such is the level of demand. if you manage to get a container loaded at the suppliers and book it

on a vessel sailing next week, the line may not load it on that vessel and they may not load on the next vessel, and the next vessel after that. in other words, your container is stuck in shanghai port for three additional weeks before it is actually shipped on the vessel. some businesses are happy. with space on their services so scare and cargo rates so high, the shipping lines themselves are making record profits although they argue this is simply compensation for the many lean years they have suffered in the past. but they are the only happy ones. for importers, retailers and consumers in europe and north america as well as suppliers in east asia, this is a crisis they could certainly do without and the ever given remains a potent symbol of a troubled year they would like to forget. theo leggett, bbc news.

two passenger trains have collided. at least three people have died, nearly 40 people were injured. seven are in a critical condition. rescue units, including helicopters, are at the scene. families of some of the victims of the croydon tram crash have submitted a formal request to attorney general for a fresh inquest. seven people died when the tram tipped over and spun off the tracks in november 2016. the original inquest found they were accidentally killed. but families of five of the victims are asking for a new inquest, citing multiple irregularities with the conduct of the original inquest. more than 40,000 uk students will be able to study and work abroad from this september as part of the government's post—brexit replacement of the erasmus exchange programme. more than 120 universities, as well as over 200 schools

and further education colleges across the uk, will be awarded grants from the £110 million turing scheme. but labour says it doesn't do enough to target disadvantaged students. michelle donelan is the minister of state for universities. it replaces the eu scheme, erasmus, and what's different about it is it's going to be global in nature, so those placements you just referenced, they are across 150 different countries across the globe, notjust confined to the eu, and almost 50% of the students that will be participating are from disadvantaged backgrounds. worlds apart from erasmus — this will be open and inclusive to those from deprived backgrounds and from all parts of the uk, parts which didn't tend to really engage with erasmus and send students abroad, they will now be doing that. the oxford coronavirus vaccine co—creator, professor dame sarah gilbert, has been honoured with a barbie doll from the toy company mattel.

the oxford astrazeneca vaccine is now the most widely used around the world, with doses sent to more than 170 countries. ramzan karmali has the details. a barbie doll with a difference. this one is modelled on the scientist professor dame sarah gilbert. she's the co—designer of the oxford coronavirus vaccine. although she finds the concept of a barbie doll created in her likeness strange, she hopes it will inspire girls to think about a career in science. i hope that my barbie doll, as well as others of women who work in science and medicine willjust keep reminding them there are many careers open to them, so when they are playing they're also thinking about what they might like to do in the future. in total, mattel has created six new models based on women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. mattel said the aim of creating these dolls was to help shine a light on the efforts of all front line workers during the pandemic. dame sarah joins the likes of beyonce and marilyn monroe with this new honour.

where will she keep the doll? probably in my office at work, along with other trophies from 2020 and 2021. mattel also agreed with dame sarah to make a financial donation to a non—profit organisation dedicated to inspire young girls considering a career in science. now, it turns out it's notjust humans who can stage a pitch invasion. this was the moment a cat interrupted play at the new york yankees stadium — the cat who is yet to be identified deftly weaved its way across the field, much to the amusement of the crowd and the players. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. the unsettled weather that we've been seeing recently is set to continue for another few days yet. today we are looking at that mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers, like yesterday. some of the showers will be heavy and thundery and slow—moving but they are showers so we won't all catch one. you can see where we have got clear skies across the uk,

we have also got a line of cloud coming in across scotland and northern ireland. that's a weather front and it's already been producing some rain and will continue to do so as we go through the rest of the day. some of the rain will be heavy. elsewhere a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, but seeing more showers develop, especially through the afternoon, and those could be heavy and thundery and slow—moving. but there is a lot of dry weather around them and temperatures could get up to 22—23 today and that will feel quite pleasant in the sunshine. tonight there will be a few showers around, moving out of northern ireland across scotland, and then another system comes in from the atlantic, bringing some more rain into some western areas, accompanied by gusty winds, especially for northern ireland and the south—west. so it's not going to be a cold night tonight. this is why. we've got low pressure and its attendant fronts coming in from the south—west. this is today's front across scotland, moving eastwards. a look at the isobars tells you that it's going to be windy in western areas. as this system pushes eastwards through the day,

with the cloud are building ahead of it, you'll notice the wind picking up elsewhere as well. behind the rain we see a return to some showers. again, those could be heavy and thundery but temperatures are still potentially getting up to 23. as we head through friday, our low pressure drifts further north so it is centred right across the uk. we have weather fronts rotating around it with rain or showers, and you can see there are more isobars on the charts so it is going to be a wetter and windier day for most. the met office actually has a yellow weather warning out for northern ireland, north wales, northern england and scotland because we could see some torrential downpours in a small amount of time, which could lead to some issues with flooding. temperatures about 16—21. then the outlook beyond that remains unsettled but, as we head through saturday, but more especially sunday, one thing you will notice is that the wind at least is going to ease.

in tokyo, team gb's sky brown, who's just 13 years old, becomes britain's youngest ever olympic medallist. that's what we needed. this place has erupted for her. she took bronze, the first ever medal in the skatepark for great britain at any olympic games. it's incredible. i mean, it feels unreal. i'm so happy to be here. it was a super sickl final and qualifiers.