but university culture anna hopkin, i university culture anna hopkin, thank you so much.pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in patents. ——pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are the journalist james lewer and sunday times education editor sian griffiths. fighting has been raging around three major cities in southern and western afghanistan as the taliban try to seize more ground from government forces. at one point, taliban militants werejust 300 metres from the governor's office in lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province, but they have now been pushed back. our correspondent, secunder kermani, has the latest from the afghan capital kabul. this has certainly been the most serious moment, i would say, in the weeks of intensified fighting that we've been seeing in afghanistan. the taliban already control vast swathes of rural territory. they've captured that in the last couple of months, but now they're trying to take their first city and early this evening they announced right into the heart of lashkar gah city — tha

anna hopkins sealing a stunnin: in pool. anna hopkins sealing a stunning when _ in pool.record after her team—mates established a lead. this seventh medalfor the team here, one more tomorrow it will be british swimming's best ever games. today's other main news, nhs england in the body which regulates health care products is issuing new guidance on pulse ox metres after they found they can overestimate readings on those with darker skin tones. they were advising people to speak to health care deficient. american military forces are set to have boarded an israeli operated oil tanker after a british and romanian member of its crew were killed by a reported drone strike. an israeli government minister has accused iran of exporting terrorism in the wake of exporting terrorism in the wake of the alleged attack. let's return to the olympics, nathalie perks is at this athletic stadium. big news in the last hour or so and hundred metres events. yes, the world 100 metres silver medallist dean asher smith did not make it through to the final of the women's100 metres and she's just

earlier, i spoke to mark skimming, who coached anna hopkin at bath university. in the house... so i was cheering loudly in my head but not so much in the actual room. it's a mixed event, this. we've been talking about that a lot today. that meant that, if i've got this right, anna hopkin on the final leg was up against the fastest male swimmer in the world. what must that have been like for her? and she won! yeah, she won. i don't think they take into account what they're doing. they get in and do theirjob. each country races in a different order. i mean, we swam female, then two men, then a female, whereas the americans swam in a male, two females and then a male. so it's about getting in and doing the bestjob you can. but, yeah, i'm pretty sure if he was a little bit closer, he would've maybe caused them a few worries. and when you coached anna, did you suspect that she had not just the physical talent but their mental temperament to be able to get gold? anna is a lovely person. she's so nice, she works really hard. she just wants to get better. she wants to e

and here was anna hopkin in the final leg.s who believe we can win, champions who believe and get world records and if you've got one belief, you build everything around that. two team relays, two olympic team titles, another golden day for team gb. emma wilson has taken windsurfing bronze on her olympic debut. she was already guaranteed a medal going into the final after winning four of her 12 races and she crossed the finish line in second place. but with cumulative scores counting, that gave her bronze behind china's lu yunxiu and the rio champion, charline picon of france. lauren price made sure of at least a bronze medal, after a dominant display in her middleweight quarterfinal. she won 5—0 against panama's athena bylon, to set up a meeting with her great rival nouchka fontijn of the netherlands on friday. price is the number one seed, having won gold at the 2018

the quartet of kathleen dawson, adam peaty, james guy and anna hopkin also smashed the world record ony, with china taking silver and australia bronze. it was a seventh swimming medal overall for britain, equalling their best ever tally, from 1908. i tried not to think about how far ahead because it's irrelevant when you are in the water. when i turned i saw i still had a good bit of water in front of me and i went for it. an amazing feeling, so privileged. what is making the - british swimming team so special? one word has changed the whole team. belief. we have champions who believe we can win, who believe we can get world records, if you have belief you can build everything around that and we have shown it tonight, second under the world record, nearly. and the medals didn't stop there. emma wilson took windsurfing bronze on her olympic debut, 25 years after her mum just missed out, in herfinal olympic regatta. wilson was already guaranteed a medal going into the final, after winning four of her 12 races and she crossed the finish line in second place but with cumulative scores coun

always seems to do, before james guy powered britain into the narrowest of leads, and here was anna hopkinthe swimming pool! one word that has changed the whole team is belief. we've got champions who believe we can win, we've got champions who believe we can get world records, and if you've got one belief, you can build everything around that. two team relays, two olympic team titles — another golden day for team gb. karriss artingstall claimed another boxing medalfor team gb in tokyo. she was guaranteed a medal on tuesday by reaching the women's featherweight semi—finals. but she was denied the chance to fight for gold, narrowly losing to japan's sena irie, by a 3—2 split—decision. lewis hamilton will start on pole position as he chases a record ninth victory at the hungarian grand prix. he set the fastest time, on his first, flying lap — in the final part of qualifying, with his main championship rival max verstappen in third. hamilton trails the dutchman by 8 points in the standings and after qualifying hamilton was booed by dutch fans... something he says only insprires him more. that

always seems to do, before james guy powered britain into the narrowest of leads, and here was anna hopkinmming pool! one word that has changed the whole team is belief. we've got champions who believe we can win, champions who believe we can get world records, and if you've got one belief, you can build everything around that. two team relays, two olympic team titles — another golden day for team gb. emma wilson took windsurfing bronze on her 0lympic debut. she was already guaranteed a medal going into the final, after winning four of her 12 races, and she crossed the finish line in second place — but with cumulative scores counting, that gave her bronze, behind china's lu yunxiu and the rio champion, charline picon of france. and in the women's hockey — great britain completed their pool matches with a 2—0 victory over ireland at the hockey stadium. the reigning 0lympic champions had already secured a place in monday's quarterfinals. goals from susannah townsend and hannah martin confirmed their third—placed finish in pool a behind group winners holland and runners—up germany. ireland, t

kathleen dawson, adam peaty, james guy and anna hopkin were so dominant that they smashed the world record83 of a second. it continued a remarkable competition for british swimmers, who now have four goals in their cabinet, the most for team gb since 19 awaits. they could potentially get another in the men's medley on sunday. that means adam peaty has a second goal at these games. when i mentioned the other water, that was the water in the triathlon because they claim their first ever medals in the olympics in the mixed relay triathlon, the first time this event has been held. they finished 1a seconds ahead of the united states, while france claimed the bronze medal. that is the first olympic title forjonny brownlee, who had won bronze before, and silver of previous games. after it is set to finally get a gold medal, he was very emotional, it is capped off his olympic career quite brilliantly. finally, he has a gold medal to go the others he got already. she's a four—time olympic champion, but this may be the games simone biles is remembered for most? it has been one of the more emotional

how you put on which light, where the strengths are and it was interesting that anna hopkin, who swamut in front and had the great caleb drexel, the american star doing ever so well at these games, chasing her but able to hold him off. i these games, chasing her but able to hold him off-— hold him off. i was worn out 'ust watching. — some other good stories happening on day eight —— the women's 7s has finished in the last hour. it has an delight for new zealand. we know they are a rugby powerhouse but they have their first ever 0lympic but they have their first ever olympic gold medal in rugby sevens, with the women winning the final there. they outclassed france 26—12. big smiles on their faces there. they won silver last time out, the men lost to fiji a couple of days ago, so the women are bringing home ago, so the women are bringing home a gold medal to new zealand. heartbreakfor great a gold medal to new zealand. heartbreak for great britain in the bronze medal match, they finished fourth in five years ago, finished fourth in five years ago, finished fourth again to stop fiji, a g

and here was anna hopkin in the final leg.one word that has changed the whole team is belief. we've got champions who believe we can win, champions who believe we can get world records, and if you've got one belief, you can build everything around that. two team relays, two olympic team titles — another golden day for team gb. emma wilson has taken windsurfing bronze on her 0lympic debut. she was already guaranteed a medal going into the final, after winning four of her 12 races, and she crossed the finish line in second place — but with cumulative scores counting, that gave her bronze, behind china's lu yunxiu and the rio champion, charline picon of france. that's all the sport for now, but there's lots more on the bbc sport website, including the start of the football league season in scotland and the build—up to the second lions test against south africa this afternoon. well, our reporter, eleanor roper, is at the lee valley athletics centre in north london. she says this is really disappointing news for dina. not what she

the british team of lucy hope, anna hopkin, abbie wood and freya anderson won their heat ahead of thelmott is another briton who's swum her way through to a final. she was second in her heat in the women's aoo—metre individual medley, qualifying fifth fastest overall. max litchfield has also made it into the final of the men's event. now from the pool to the gymnastics centre, where britain's max whitlock made a solid start to the defence of his pommel horse title. he's safely into the final, along with the rest of the team. john watson has more from tokyo for us. hello from the arena, where there is huge relief here for max whitlock, who has booked his place. that was his intention, and after a five—year wait from the olympics in rio, he has to wait a little while longer. he duly performed and goes on to qualify for the final next week. he was doing his bit for the team. impressive performance on the parallel bars, just as there was for joe frazier, who qualifies for the final of the parallel bars. a former world champion. he set himself coming into this olympics, he wanted to try an

and here was anna hopkin in the final leg.eir fourth gold in the swimming pool! one word that has changed the whole team is belief. we've got champions who believe we can win, champions who believe we can get world records, and if you've got one belief, you can build everything around that. two team relays, two olympic team titles, another golden day for team gb. let's get more now on the women's 100 metre result. we are going to cross to lea valley athletics centre in north london. disappointing news then for it dina asher—smith? flat then for it dina asher-smith? not what she then for it dina asher—smith? iirrt what she wanted or anyone expected. we have been watching here on the big screen, really exciting. desiree henry is here, she raced with dean asher smith at rio. {flare henry is here, she raced with dean asher smith at rio.— asher smith at rio. give us your reaction. asher smith at rio. give us your reaction- i'm _ asher smith at rio. give us your reaction. i'm kind _ asher smith at rio. give us your reaction. i'm kind

anna hopkin sealing a stunning win and new world record after kathleen dawson, adam peaty and james guy lead. this a seventh medal for the team here — one more tomorrow and it will be british swimming's best ever games. dan roan, bbc news, tokyo. britain's fastest ever woman, dina asher—smith, has pulled out of the olympic 200m after revealing she tore her hamstring earlier this month. the 25—year—old failed to make the 100m final in tokyo — her team mate daryll neita finished eighth in the race. asher—smith spoke of her upset to our sports correspondent natalie pirks. obviously, the competitors... this is for the start, we'll let it go. we'll let the start go and let me cry! the customary smile replaced with tears. the fastest woman in british history had been hiding a secret. dina asher—smith! just five weeks ago, she'd been told there was only a 2% chance she would make it to the start line after a torn hamstring. elaine thompson—herah there is going to win it. elaine thompson—herah there is going to win it. | and dina, she'sjust not finishing. she gets out well - and couldn't hang o

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anna: laura wright in london. joshua, from the johns hopkinsssing with us the risks around the covid-19 delta variant and the urgency to vaccinate or people. let's get an update. >> there are parts of america that are 40% vaccinated or 35% vaccinated and those are the parts that are not only seeing an increase in cases but also hospitalizations due to the delta variant. it is like, here we go again in those places. it is important to be vaccinated but more generally it reflects a big problem we are having. >> i get that but what we do the parts of the country that are 60%, 70% or more vaccinated? do we have to amend our lives because another part of america is down at 38%? >> as long as there are places at 38%, the places at 70% or 80% will be at risk. what about people that have conditions where the vaccine does not work so well for them? they are immunocompromised or children or older adults. >> i apologize for interrupting but this is a crucial point that i have not heard before. the vaccine does not work for certain individuals. how many pe