2015 there was a european games, a very similar concept bringing sports together, that happened in bakuonships in glasgow and also berlin have a bigger buy in from some of the biggest sports, athletics, cycling and swimming. they hope to host another champ in chips in 2022, but before we can think about anything like that, this event needs to be a success “— like that, this event needs to be a success —— championships. the finals of the first of 128 medal events will begin on friday. the best women's golfers in the world are at royal lytham and st anne's this week for the fourth major of the year, the 42nd women's british open. the event boasts the most international field of the year in women's golf, and it is south korea's in—kyung kim who starts thursday's first round as the defending champion. ariya ju—tanu—garn, who is looking to make it back—to—back majors having won the us open, is also looking to make it consecutive wins on the lpga tour after winning last week's scottish open, and comes into the event as world number one. andy murray is through to the third round of the open an

union are keen to diversify their sources of energy and find alternatives to russian gas visit to baku is the last stop on the three day tour of the region. and then afghanistan at least two people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the city of july. the device exploded outside an electoral commission authors where a group of protesters have gathered and afghanistan has seen a surge recently in taliban attacks ahead of october's parliamentary elections. time sport now germany's bonus league up and running again kicking off last night with the reigning champions by munich facing another top team hoffenheim the bavarians are gunning for the seventh title in a row and were keen to start their campaign with a good result and while hoffenheim they finished third last season qualifying for the champions league so the same was set for a tight contest. about to exit the tunnel two of the bundesliga is hot shot coaches on the left me coco in his first league game with bae in munich and you're not bill's man of hoffenheim. it was covert his men who drew first blood to my smother headin

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cricklewood's nekoda smythe—davis has been selected for the judo world championships in baku next montht two years. i always had tokyo in mind. i was really ha p py i always had tokyo in mind. i was really happy that i qualified for rio and obviously devastated that i couldn't have gone further in the competition, but that has been pushing, fuelling me on for this cycle. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. there is that industrial action affecting railway services at. traffic is building on black paul lane northbound at. on the camera it is starting to get quite. —— white is starting to get quite. —— white is the. the traffic lights are not working at when victoria street in kanin street. and in norbury, lane one is closed at the junction with colm road. lets have a check on the weather now with georgina burnett. good morning, it was a fairly wild —— mild night last night and it is almost as if september is not prepared to welcome in autumn. for today, we are seeing a few showers around later on the. but a good deal of sunny s

performing arts festival that anyone can perform at this three week celebration in the scottish capital baku went along to meet one group has been drawing the crowds. it's one of the biggest festivals of its kind anywhere in the world bringing together thousands of performers and performances in hundreds of very unique locations from dozens of countries where the stars of the future shoulders with today's stars it's also a place to come and experiment just what this is all about it's called the piano drome and it's made from dozens of up cycle pianos some of them beautifully and here it's been turned into a one hundred seater auditorium deconstructing our ideas of what the theater is and what it can be or this is matt is one of the brains behind it when people think theater they think four walls they think velvet seats they possibly even think popcorn during the intermission but what we have here is something completely new completely different is that what this festival was all about the evolution of theater you think yeah i mean what is really exciting for us is breaking down the the long

stay in place for much of the area but we are seeing some clouds here pushing across the caspian from baku that doesn't really mean much today we don't expect to see much in terms of rain maybe temps are there about twenty nine degrees a little further to the south still quite hot for many areas across parts of iraq down through kuwait city forty seven degrees for you the humidity maybe starting to creep in just slightly as we go towards saturday with attempted there of about forty six for baghdad remains quite hot as well forty six degrees there well across the middle east in down towards rayburn but in so we are watching temperatures really staying average for this time of year but the military is quite oppressive in this area we're going to be seeing that stay in forty over the next few days with doha about forty degrees here on friday maybe making its way to forty three were clouds in the forecast across parts of oman that could be seen and saliva you could be seeing a temperature there of about twenty six degrees then very quickly across parts of south africa well we are watching one

down as more dust comes into the atmosphere up towards baghdad item to there of about forty five in baku felt really looking too bad you had some rain showers push through with the temperature going from twenty nine to about thirty two degrees as we go towards wednesday down here across really down towards doha we are looking at some more humidity coming into the forecast when fortunately it is going to be feeling a little bit more uncomfortable over the next few days so a high temperature on tuesday about forty one degrees but the trend is temperature coming down humidity is beginning to come up as well with a high temperature there of about forty four down from scott all the way down across parts of coastal oman we are seeing those clouds hovering there so low up a temperature for you about twenty seven and then very quickly making our way down here towards the southern regions of africa we are watching one from a boundary that has pushed through a lot of clouds pushing into the area i keep telling with the temperature view of about fifteen degrees and partly cloudy skies there with sp

down as more dust comes into the atmosphere up towards baghdad item to there of about forty five in bakunot really looking too bad you had some rain showers push through with the temperature going from twenty nine to about thirty two degrees as we go towards wednesday down here across really down towards doha we are looking at some more humidity coming into the forecast unfortunately it is going to be feeling a little bit more uncomfortable over the next few days so a high temperature on tuesday about forty one degrees but the trend is temperatures coming down humanity is beginning to come up as well with a high temperature there of about forty four down from scott all the way down across parts of coastal oman we are seeing those clouds hovering there so low of a temperature for you about twenty seven and then very quickly making our way down here towards the southern regions of africa we are watching one from a boundary that has pushed through a lot of clouds pushing into the area i keep them with the temperature view of about fifteen degrees and partly cloudy skies. you stand the diffe

stay in place for much of the area but we are seeing some clouds here pushing across the caspian for baku that doesn't really mean much today we don't expect to see much in terms of rain maybe temps are there about twenty nine degrees a little further to the south still quite hot for many areas across parts of iraq down through kuwait city forty seven degrees for you the humidity maybe starting to creep in just slightly as we go towards saturday with attempted there of about forty six but baghdad remains quite hot as well forty six degrees there well across the middle east in down towards rayburn but in so we are watching temperatures really staying average for this time of year but the immunity is quite oppressive in this area we're going to be seeing that stay in forty over the next few days with doha about forty degrees here on friday maybe making its way to forty three were clouds in the forecast across parts of oman that could be seen and saliva you could be seeing a temperature there of about twenty six degrees then very quickly across parts of south africa well we are watching one

embassy in beijing, ca kabul and baku, and he was also detailed twice the national security council. so let's begin our discussion, gentlemen, and my first question to the ambassador is 17 years, people who just count time or measure everything by time would say that's a long time. it's one of america's longest overseas engagements, involvements. especially involving large numbers of troops. what has been accomplished in these 17 years, if anything? >> thank you very much. happy to be here. thank you for the invite and for everybody showing up. seventeen years on,word, i think that there is a positive sight, and there are some negative aspects to it. .. the reason why the united stateo pakistan and the reason we are discussing it if you look back and ask questions how we have been failing i would say on that score we are very successful. but the job is not completed and it continues. i think that we have a huge challenge with new brands and new names that are on the scene. they are shifting at the regional level and maybe even locally we have seen great rivalries and what is happenin

official death toll now stands at two hundred fifty nine the humanitarian crisis is also living in la baku where the magnitude seven earthquake hit on sunday there have been at least three hundred aftershocks in the area since thousands have been left homeless and in desperate need of clean water food medicine and shelter. the u.s. e.u. and the african union have praised his decision to not seek a third term as president of the democratic republic of congo kabir is instead supporting his close ally and there are concerns that he'll still remain a political force behind the scenes from can. report. when president joseph kabila finally made it clear that he will not be seeking reelection in handed over the baton to man. it ended two years of speculation and anxiety characterized by partisan violent confrontations between police and demonstrators some of his critics like martin for you lou who wants to be president legacy is tainted. and his security. is a big issue there is no precise. skip to the contrary or legacy is a poverty. we became. the president inherited a country that was just get