this is bbc news — the headlines at four. 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 1500 metres — britain's first medal in the event since 1988. boxing gold for galal yafai — as he wins in the flyweight division for team gb. 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 their second provincial 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 1200 miles across europe. hello and welcome to bbc news. team gb has 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 1500 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. when did we do better than that? rio. look at the preparations, how the athletes have been preparing for this, with coronavirus and the protocols in place. no one would have expected them to do this well. they have had an exceptional games. london 2012 was where the bar was set, but rio and this man have been phenomenal.

joe choong 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. choong said he was in shock as he crossed the line, holding off a late challenge by his nearest competitor. it adds to team gb's succes in modern pentathlon — with kate french, taking gold in the women's yesterday. 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 number one, but this is the 0lympics, 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.

i am so determined to win. a lot of people have said about the heart that i have. i want to thank them all for giving compliments. i have the heart and desire to win. what a debut 0lympics 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 race, 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 great britain's first medal in the 1500 metres for 33 years — after taking bronze on the track.

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. and britain's tom daley has another olympic medal after winning bronze in the men's 10 metre platform diving. it was a cracking final too. daley, was in a three—way tussle for gold, but chinese pair, cao yuan, and yangjian, were just about flawless and took the top two spots. daley, says a second medal was beyond his wildest dreams having already ended a long wait for olympics gold, in the synchronised 10 metre 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 have been through so many different things over the years, and you finally get here, if someone had told me i would

win a gold and a bronze, i probably would have laughed in theirface. i owe this to so many people, my coach, physios, support staff, my mum, my friends. although i am the one standing on the podium, there are so many people behind the medals that you see these athletes winning. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. iam i am interested by this. it's maybe something we can talk about later. 0ne something we can talk about later. one of the things we heard about with funding back in london 2012 was how funding was focused on events that were likely to be made winning events. we have one goals in all these events, surely there will be huge pressure now to increase

funding for, for example skateboarding, that was not really getting any kind of subsidy from public funds. good question. look at the success of some of the sports at these games, a lot of sports will be making a case. a lot of the fans has been allocated for paris. there are cases to be made for allocating money. some of the potential failures, the rowing team had most in terms of allocation, did not do as well as they would have liked, track cycling would have liked to have done better although there was a success, athletics would have liked to have done better, maybe more medals, but still a lot to celebrate. you can always make a case for certain sports having a bit

more than others but there is a lot more than others but there is a lot more behind—the—scenes lobbying and machinations that go into this. it is a very good question and one that will be debated in months and years to come. it is interesting, joe choong mentioned the support of friends and family. for many athletes, early mornings, late nights, then somebody locally in the community has pitched many here and there, and suddenly at the top, if you put in £20 ten years ago for a young talent, and you see them win gold, it makes everything worthwhile. that is what it is all about. determination, spirit, the sacrifice you make, as a family of an 0lympian, friend of an 0lympian,

early sessions, halfway across the country. swimmers had a to say about this. —— had a lot to see. and you can see this, the way they celebrate, it is totally deserved. all those years leading up to this one thing. that gold medal, silver, bronze, it is something to celebrate. congratulations to all those who have won medals, and to those, whether they have only narrowly missed, or missed by a mile. 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.

you can see how stressed she was by what was happening. 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 appeared to show raisner striking the horse with her fist. let's get more now on that men's modern penthathlon gold forjoe choong. i've been speaking to his 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 today everything went well. what event did he get into first? you do notjust become

a modern pentathlete? running initially. 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 fencing. but it must have been a strange year because of coronavirus, it would have affected his training schedule, and last year as the games were cancelled.

we we re we were concerned, because britain could _ we were concerned, because britain could not— we were concerned, because britain could not go to the world championship. 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, every emotion. in afghanistan, the taliban has 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 nimruz, 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 say 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 yea rs. he has effectively his own military forces, as is true in many parts of afghanistan, is this now turning into a regionalfight rather than one directed from kabul? many people would say 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, 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 if 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. the headlines on bbc news... gold medal number 20 for team gb —

asjoe choong takes top spot in the men's modern pentathlon. in afghanistan, the taliban say they've captured their second provinincial capital in 2a hours. britain and the us warn their citizens to leave the country immediately. a volunteer firefighter has died as wildfires spread across greece, with thousands being moved from their homes to the north of athens. let's get more sporting action, away from tokyo — here's gavin ramjaun with a round—up. chelsea are closing in on the signing — chelsea are closing in on the signing lukaku for million.

if signing lukaku for million. if this _ signing lukaku for million. if this deal goes ahead it will be just short of the £100 million paid by manchester city two aston villa fourjack grealish on thursday. psg are in talks with barcelona, it has become clear that barcelona are unable to honour of the reduced contracts they have agreed with lionel messi. a big shock in scotland, premiership champions rangers have been beaten in the first time in 17 months, they lost 1—0 to dundee united. they held on to claim all three points at tannadice. england captain joe root tannadice. england captainjoe root was leading by example on day three of the test at trent bridge. england started the day still 70 behind india. the two openers were disappointing. captain joe root hasjust openers were disappointing. captain joe root has just been bowled while

approaching his century, on 96 there. the british and irish lions decisive third test in south africa has huge implications for the future of rugby, according to a former player. controversy has stolen the focus, and the slow paced second test did not offer much. lines are determined to bounce back. gregor townsend says the team needs to show what they are capable of. the team needs to show what they are ca able of. ~ i. the team needs to show what they are caable of. ~ i. , capable of. when you put it in context of— capable of. when you put it in context of the last _ capable of. when you put it in context of the last eight - capable of. when you put it in l context of the last eight weeks, capable of. when you put it in - context of the last eight weeks, and the challenges we have been through, and south africa, but obviously we are a long way from our families for are a long way from our families for a huge period of time, it would be a massive achievement. but the game is about what happens on the field. the players are focused this week. they look sharp. last week, in that

second half, the performance did not show what they were capable of doing. kick off in that decisive match is just over 30 minutes away. also, the signing by manchester city of jack also, the signing by manchester city ofjack grealish, also, the signing by manchester city of jack grealish, the also, the signing by manchester city ofjack grealish, the biggest in british transfer history, he is on the bench for the community shield final against leicester city. kick off at quarter past five. they know how to keep us interested, putting jack grealish on the bench. international government experts and scientists are preparing to deliver their strongest statement yet on the dangers of global warming. the intergovernmental panel on climate change is expected to warn of the urgent need to tackle rising sea levels, increasing temperatures and extreme weather events. joining me now is arthur petersen, professor of science, technology and public policy at university college london. hejoins us from

he joins us from the netherlands. thank you for being with us. two questions to kick as off. how do you get to a situation where both the scientists and the politicians, who have different kind of priorities in this, can agree on something as controversial, even today, as that science and the consequences, predictions if you like, of climate change? you can compare it to a sports match. a two—week marathon, the scientists have written report, worked on it for many years, then governments, legitimately come from different points of view on what to summarise, what is important for them. then there are rules of the game. the play that game for two weeks, then they come out with the most solid and usable summary of the

climate science. this intergovernmental conference on climate change, has the process overall works? you are a scientist, but you were adviser to the dutch government for many years so you understand a bit about the interplay between science and politics. yes. i have seen its work. it is one of those functional elements of the un. the chair is one of the top scientists. governments can only speak the language of science as well as what they think is clear, understandable and useful for policy. you can imagine the tensions, and in the end, compromise. that is the beauty of it. let us see if it happens as well. the text is better

scientifically and more readable. that matters to people like me. i do not have a science background. what is it you would be looking out for in this summary when it is published on monday? what would you want people to tune into and think, that is the thing i need to concentrate on? a lot of things have come out in terms of results every day. this is the approval of the scientific community as a whole. how much influence as there? 1.5 degrees, 2 degrees, what is a difference in terms of consequences? how much more can we emit? these are very important issues. not every answer has been given yet by the ipcc. that is one of the things everybody will be looking for on monday.

see limits, they have not talked about this before. which limits? rise in sea level. we always try to get plausible upper estimate. they were never willing to give a number. we have our models but we do not know exactly how that melting is accelerating. i am sorry we can't give you a number. but numbers have been published in literature. i look to monday. thank you. around 200 people have gathered to pay tribute to a five—year—old boy who was found dead in a river in wales. logan mwangi — also known as logan williamson — was discovered in the river 0gmore near bridgend last weekend. the community gathered to release balloons and bubbles near the scene earlier today.

the boy's mother and step—father appeared in court on friday charged in connection with his death. the university of sussex is trying to incentivise students to get vaccinated against covid—19. campus authorities have introduced a raffle with the main prize being a cheque for £5,000. anyone who can prove they've been fullyjabbed or are exempt from a shot can be entered into a draw for the money. 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 nathusius' 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. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello. not much change for today and tomorrow. a lot of cloud, gusty winds in places. scattered downpours across the uk, particularly northern parts of the country, they are likely to continue into the evening hours, through to sunday and into monday as well. quite a cool picture across the uk. low pressure on top of us is slow—moving, gradually moving to the east and the north—east. the weather that it brings sits on top of the country for a considerable amount of time. through the afternoon, showers continue, particularly heavy

across northern parts of the uk, maybe fewer for a time for the south of wales and devon, could be decent sunshine in plymouth.

hello. this is bbc news with shaun ley. the 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's1500 metres — britain's first medal in the event since 1988 boxing gold for galal yafai — as he wins in the flyweight division for team gb. 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 their second provinincial capital in 2a hours. britain and the us warn their citizens to leave