this is bbc news with the latest headlines. gold medal number 20 for team gb — asjoe choong takes top spot in the men's modern pentathlon. there's a bronze forjosh kerr in the men's 1,500 metres — britain's first medal in the event since 1988. boxing gold for galal yafai — as he wins in the flyweight division. success in the pool, too. tom daley earning bronze in the 10 metre platform diving — his second medal of the games. in afghanistan, the taliban say they've captured a second provinincial capital in 2a hours. britain and the us warn their citizens to leave the country immediately. we are extremely concerned about the safety and security

of people in cities under taliban attacks and what brutality would await them. a volunteer firefighter has died as wildfires spread across greece, with thousands being moved from their homes to the north of athens. and the tiny bat who beat records by flying more than 1,200 miles across europe. hello and welcome to bbc news. team gb have taken its gold medal tally to 20 with two more golds on day 15 of the olympic games. joe choong won gold in the men's modern pentathlon, giving britain a clean sweep in the discipline after kate french's gold

in the women's event on friday. britain has won a sixth medal on the track with a bronze forjosh kerr in the men's 1,500 metres — it's britain's first medal in the event since the 1988 olympics in seoul. galal yafai won gold in the flyweight division — britain's first in the weight class since 1956. he beat carlo paalam of the philippines. and tom daley has won a second medal in the diving, taking bronze in the men's ten metre platform to add to his gold from earlier in the games. with four medals, the 27—year—old becomes britain's most successful 0lympic diver. so, 20 golds and 63 medals so far in tokyo for team gb, making it their second best performance at an overseas 0lympics. let's get the latest

from the bbc sport centre. here's gavin ramjaun. it's now 20 gold medals for british athletes afterjoe chung made history, in the men's modern pentathlon. he's the first british man, to become the individual olympic champion in this multi format competition. he had a healthy lead going into the final event, the laser run, in which you shoot lasers at targets and run 800 metres in laps. and remember team gb won the women's modern pentathlon, yesterday with kate french taking gold in that one. ever since i can remember, watching the olympics in sydney, i have always wanted to be the best in the world at something, i have been world at something, i have been world number one, but this is the olympics, it is a dream come true. what a journey it's been for british boxer galal yafai.

from being told off by his mum, forfighting with his brothers at home while growing up, in birmingham, to olympic gold in tokyo. it's team gb�*s first gold medal, in the boxing at these games, and yafai, came flying out of the traps to dominate the final, from the start, before beating carlo paalam, of the philippines, 4—1 in the points decision to become the flyweight 0lympic champion. his brothers, who are professional boxers now, tweeted saying they were so proud, they were lost for words. luckily the new champion had plenty to say. iamso i am so determined to win. a lot of people have said on social media, about having heart. what a debut olympics, this has been for british cyclist, matt walls. after winning a gold medal, in the men's omnium, he's now won a silver medal, in the men's madison alongside ethan hayter. the madison is a 50 kilometre, in which points are awarded for 20 intermediate sprints. and the british pair held the gold medal spot after 10 sprints,

having made a strong and consistent start. then they faded in an open race, before a breathless final sprint secured silver. it wasn't quite enough to overhaul reigning world champions denmark, who won gold. josh kerr has won a bronze medal, in the 1500 metres. he almost beat world champion timothy cheruiyot on the line to silver, while the clear winner was norway's jakob ingebrigtsen. josh kerr only scraped through qualification, he ran a personal best and it was almost a new british record. 0nly mo farah has run faster than him. great britain's tom daley has another olympic medal after winning bronze in the men's 10 metre, platform diving, in an absorbing final at tokyo 2020. daley was in a three—way tussle for gold, but chinese pair, cao yuan, and yangjian, werejust about flawless, and took the top two spots. daley says a second medal

was beyond his own wildest dreams having already ended a long wait for olympics gold, in the synchronised 10 metres, platform final last week. daley looked relaxed and focused throughout this final and celebrated poolside after securing a fourth olympic medal overall, in his fourth games. iamso i am so happy that this 0lympics has gone the way it has. i feel like a different athlete. i feel like gone the way it has. i feel like a different athlete. ifeel like i have been through so many things over the years. if somebody had told me i would win a gold and a bronze i probably would have laughed in their face. i know this to so many people, my coach, my physios, support staff, my coach, my physios, support staff, my mum, friends watching at home. although i am the one standing on the podium there are so many people behind the medals. people behind the medals. if there was an event for knitting, tom daley would also win gold for that, the knitting he has been doing

throughout the games has been fantastic. yes, it has. also, a real sense of how rounded this young man has become. i rememberwatching him how rounded this young man has become. i remember watching him on a local bbc news, and policies progress, they are very proud of him in devon. he projects broader 0lympic values, he is the entire package, you get the athletes, but you get the grounded human being, and the person who can also unwind in what is quite an unconventional way for men, but if anybody can make knitting popular, it is tom daley. i interviewed him in 2009. a genuine and humble kid at that point. the way he has progressed through his journey so far has been an absolute example. a lot has happened to him over the last couple of years. losing his dad at such a young age.

having done so well now. he said he was looking down on him today. delighted for him. it is nice to know that he still has his dad's spirit, inspiring him afterall these years. not to mention his partner, his little boy, and his mum. i am sure there will be yet another big party in plymouth for tom daley. congratulations to him. dealing with the other medallists... later in the programme. a german coach has been thrown out of the olympics for appearing to punch a horse who was refusing to jump or trot during the modern pentathlon. the coach, kim raisner, was heard on german tv urging

the athlete, annika schleu, to "really hit" the horse, which she was struggling to control during the showjumping round of friday's women's event. athletes are given just 20 minutes to bond with a horse they have never ridden. modern pentathlon�*s governing body, the uipm, said it had reviewed video footage that then appeared to show raisner striking the horse with her fist. now the latest from joe choong in the men's modern pentathlon. i've been speaking tojoe�*s parents beverley and michael about their son's success. it has been a roller—coaster. a fabulous roller—coaster. that is pentathlon. asjoseph said two days ago, after a good fence, that is only one sport down.

you do well in one sport, you are on a high, but then you can see what can happen, unfortunately yesterday, suddenly you are right at the bottom. we have done this roller—coaster many times now. this one, we came through. we knew he had it in him because he had been performing so well. talk us through the different challenges joe has faced. as your wife has said, these are five different events, some of them are totally different. absolutely. lots of nerves. we knowjoseph can do it. as a family we want to thank and praise god for all his blessings. the glory is all his. anything can happen in pentathlon. luckily— anything can happen in pentathlon. luckily today everything went well.

what event did he get into first? you do notjust become a modern pentathlete? he always liked all sports and never wanted to concentrate on just one, but swimming was the big one. then he was a naturally good runner, so they spotted that and it progressed from there when he went to secondary school and somebody spotted he could swim and run and added in defence. —— added in fencing. but it must have been a strange year because of coronavirus, it would have affected his training schedule, and last year as their games were cancelled.

we were concerned that he was short of competition experience. but it worked out well. have you spoken tojoe since his success? about five minutes ago. he had just finished doping control and is on the way back. that always takes a while. delighted, exhausted, emotional. in afghanistan, the taliban have seized a second provincial capital within 2a hours. the deputy governor of sheberghan injawzjan province says government forces have retreated to the airport

on the outskirts of the city, where they're preparing to defend themselves. shebhergan — in northern afghanistan — is the stronghold of former afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum whose supporters fight against the taliban. the militants earlier captured zaranj in nimroz, close to the border with iran, in a major escalation of their offensive. they've made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. in both cities, the taliban freed hundreds of inmates from prisons they'd captured. the us and the uk have asked their citizens in afghanistan to leave the country immediately because of the worsening security situation in the country. earlier i spoke to our south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan — he said it's a very disturbing situation for the government in kabul. the government must be worried at this point because the change in situation is fast. the first provincial capital was

captured by the taliban in recent years yesterday. within 2a hours they have reached out to a different part of afghanistan, also the stronghold of former vice president abdul rashid dostum. this will be the second major provincial capital to be captured by insurgents. they are also stretching the afghan forces. look at what is happening in lashkar gah in the south, and in the north, as we speak heavy clashes are going on there. 0fficials there see at least 11 civilians have been killed in the fighting so far. they are also making a big push in the biggest city in north—east afghanistan. it is fair to say that abdul rashid dostum is one of the strongmen of afghan politics, he has been fighting the taliban for years and

years. he has effectively his own military forces, as is true in all parts of afghanistan, is this now turning into a regionalfight rather than monitors directed from kabul? many people would see that history is repeating itself because these warlords, the strongmen, abdul rashid dostum, they were leading the fight. they were fighting against the taliban. the president wanted to strengthen the institution of the afghan national army. that is why he wanted to sideline these warlords for a while. he wanted a national institution including every ethnic community. so that it would be a national institution. but now, many soldiers have left the army, or they have surrendered to the taliban.

now, is afghanistan looking back to the warlords? that is what we saw last week. supporters were galvanised to stop the taliban entering a city. now supporters are fighting in the north. that is a worry for many people, because of the warlords are going to be there, and even civilians are going to be armed, that can lead to more of a civilian battle, like what happened in the 1990s, intense fighting, it could become more ethnic, that is what has people worried. let's get more sporting action, away from tokyo — here's with a round—up. rangers have been defeated by dundee

united. the first time rangers have been beaten in the league in 17 months. lionel messi's is in talks with paris st germain. the players camp contacted psg as soon as it was clear barcelona could not honour his contract. chelsea are closing in on sealing the return of lukaku, the deal could be worth £97 million, just short of the £100 million record paid forjack grealish on thursday. england, in the third day of the test, both openers fail early.

captain joe root test, both openers fail early. captainjoe root is approaching a century at the moment. british and irish lions decisive third test has implications for the future of rugby sees a three times champion. the second test did not offer much flowing rugby. lines are determined to bounce back. when you put it in context of the last eight weeks and the challenges we have gone through, and south africa, but obviously we are a long way from our families for a long period of time, it would be a massive achievement. it is about

what happens on the field. the players focus this week has looked really sharp. last week, in that second half, it was not the performance i would have liked. all set to be an exciting test. firefighters are continuing to battle an unprecedented outbreak of wildfires in greece. blazes are raging accross the country including in the capital athens. where one volunteer firefighter has died after being hit by a falling electricity pole. thousands of people have been evacuated from areas surrounding the capital. in the villiage of limni more than a thousand people fled on ferry boats as the fires closed in. the greek prime minister said the people are his priority.

translation: all the people affected by the fires are the first priority. we will change the way fire prevention works. bethany bell is in athens for us today and she sent us this update. this motorway has been closed for two days because of the fires that keep breaking out here. helicopters coming back here time and time again, trying to put out blazes on these mountainsides. but it is not working yet. the strong scorching winds are making things for kilts for the emergency services. international help is on its way. people trying to do as much as they can. this is what the authorities are seeing is an unprecedented

situation. the wildfires have been exacerbated by the hot and dry conditions across southeast europe. matt taylor is at the bbc weather centre for us today, and he sent us the latest forecast for the fire—hit areas. rain would be welcome in wildfire hit regions now. none in prospect as we speak. the only chance of rain is to eastern parts of turkey. gusty winds. existing wildfires could be found. —— fanned. temperatures have reduced from mid 40s to mid 30s, closer to where they should be for the time of year. blue on this chart is colder than average, but notice how 0range starts to build. an indication that temperatures are set to soar again. not quite to the levels of last week but we could see

a0 celsius in albania. mid 30s in greece. temperatures also soaring in italy, sardinia. conditions are ripe for further fires. in wales covid restrictions have all but been eliminated by the government there. our correspondent explained what has changed. no longer legal requirement to socially distance, changes which happened over the border in england three weeks ago. but the welsh government has urged people to be

cautious, saying if they can meet outdoors and keep their distance and work from home, to carry on doing so for now. also, rules on facemasks largely stay the same. 0nly for now. also, rules on facemasks largely stay the same. only in hospitality venues can people be mask free. bart service also resumes in those venues. 0ne mask free. bart service also resumes in those venues. one of the key changes here, people who are doubly vaccinated and under 18 is no longer need to self—isolate if they have beenin need to self—isolate if they have been in close contact with somebody who has tested positive for covid. to northern ireland, where a 32—year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after the death of a two year old girl in dungannon, county tyrone. it's understood the child died in hospital after an ambulance attended an address at park avenue in the town yesterday afternoon. the 32—year—old man remains in custody. families of the victims of the september 11 attacks in america are among those calling on president biden not to attend this year's memorial events unless he declassifies files that they contend

will show saudi leaders —— saudi involvement. this year marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks in new york, virginia and pennsylvania, which killed nearly 3000 people. 0ur north america correspondent, barbara plett usher, explained more about what the group is asking of the president. 1700 people have signed this letter, including survivors and first responders. they have been asking for access to classified government documents on whether the saudi arabian government was implicated in the al-qaeda plot, whether saudi officials helped or funded the hijackers in any way. the saudi government says they were not involved. previous us administrations have refused to declassify the documents, seeing it as a national security issue. this letter says, is is 20

years since this has happened, no reason why it should be kept secret. joe biden made a campaign pledge to try to resolve this issue. if he does not do so, people who signed this petition say they will be obliged to stand against him partcipating in any memorial services in september. they are basically drawing a line in the sand. the white house has responded, the white house spokesperson has said thatjoe biden was still committed to that pledge. also that white house officials had met family members a number of times. but it is not clear how this is going to play out. poland says it's willing to abolish a controversial chamber of its supreme court which the european union says threatens the independence of the polish judiciary. the chamber was set up in 2018 to disciplinejudges for their behaviour and the content of their rulings. tens of thousands of health workers

in bangladesh are leading a major drive to increase the number of people being vaccinated against covid 19. the country hopes to vaccinate 3.2 million people in a just week, as it battles the latest surge in cases. bangladesh's national lockdown has been extended until august 10. 0ur south asia correspondent danjohnson is in delhi, and he said that the spread of the delta variant is a huge challenge. that variant is sweeping across the country, particularly in the last few weeks. there have been 22,000 covid deaths in bangladesh since the start of the pandemic, but one quarter of those happened injuly, things have been getting bad in the last few weeks, intense pressure on hospitals and emergency services. that is why the authorities have taken the step to ramp up the vaccination programme. 0riginally vaccination programme. originally the aim was to vaccinate 10 million more people this week. they have

scaled that back to 3.2 million, but it is their intention to roll out vaccinations, particularly to some of these remote communities that are difficult to reach, especially at this time of year when monsoon rains are hitting hard. about 4 million people in buying the dish are already fully vaccinated. but the population —— people in bangladesh. the combination of the risk of flooding, and monsoon weather, add to those, two major health emergencies, how is its infrastructure being up?

pretty badly in the last few weeks. to some degree bangladesh had been coping. the delta variant has had a delayed effect. having its impact through june delayed effect. having its impact throuthune and delayed effect. having its impact through june and july. the delayed effect. having its impact throuthune and july. the pressure is now on. intensive care beds are running out. emergency services are overstretched. 30 ambulances, the first of 100 that have been donated by india, arrived this week to start to help. they are trying to vaccinate as many people as they can in the next week, offering that to anybody over the age of 25. there are teams going into refugee camps as well to spread vaccines there also. pressure is on the. health services in some parts of the country are not coping. bangladesh is reliant on vaccines being imported. the government wants to produce its own but it is not able to do that yet. it hopes to have

facilities available in two months but at the moment bangladesh is at the mercy of what vaccinations can be bought and then how many hits can distribute across the country that faces significant logistical challenges. —— how many it can distribute. a tiny bat has been nicknamed the �*0lympic bat�* by scientists after she beat all known british records by flying more than 1200 miles across europe. the tiny female pipistrelle bat, like the one pictured here, was discovered in a small russian village by a resident who noticed it had a ring with �*london zoo' written on. remarkably, the bat had been ringed in 2016 near heathrow airport. unfortunately, the bat later died after an attack — but its epicjourney is of huge interest to scientists studying the creatures in the uk. broadcaster and wildlife expert tom hird said that bats are small — but mighty creatures, and there's a huge amount we can learn from them. you're talking about an animal that really, a chunky one might

be five centimetres. it's a long way, and across the north sea as well. it's an incredible effort from such a small mammal. bats are pretty hardy creatures. here in the uk we have 18 species of bats, and apart from taking a bit of a break overwinter, they've got to get out there, they've got to get out there and feed. so they can withstand a bit of wind. they can withstand a bit of rain, because they're just, they're so tough. they really are 0lympians. if you watch bats in the wild, they are just going, going, going, fighting for it, really, really tough competitors. so i'm sure that this particular bat just thought, "what, heathrow to moscow? no problem, sunshine." and off it went. there is a huge amount that bats can teach us. for starters, it's only relatively recently that we recognised the nathusius is a different type of pipistrelle. we used to think that they only came to the uk to feed,