joe choong made history, in the men's modern pentathlon.ish 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 phil

today, joe choong was determined not to be outdone. fencing and with only two fences down in the showjumping, the world number one took a 12 second lead into the final run and shoot. in the high—stakes game of laser tag, choong showed composure, endurance and speed to beat egyptian ahmed elgendy in the last 200 metres and complete a glorious double for team gb. this was britain's first male gold in history. new olympic champion for great britain! i've always said i wanted to be the best in the world at something and i've been world number one but it's not the same as winning a world champs or an olympics. this is literally a dream come true. in the olympic final for great britain's tom daley... after the joy of synchronised gold, today tom daley was flying solo. as his son robbie watched on from home with his husband, there was no knitting to alleviate the nerves this time, just six dives between him and the individual gold he so craved. yes, get in! he got off to a cracking start but his remarkable chinese rivals soon turned the screw

gold medal number 20 for team gb asjoe choong takes top spot in the men's modern pentathlon. bronze on the track asjosh kerr runs a personal best in the men's 1,500m for his medal. 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 ten metres platform diving — his second medal of the games. britain's matt walls and ethan hayter took olympic men's madison silver — behind denmark in first. in other news, the united states and britain warns their remaining citizens in afghanistan to leave immediately as the taliban continue their advance. 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. the end of most coronavirus restrictions in wales — no more limits on meeting indoors, plus an end to rules on social distancing. hello and welcome to bbc news. gb have taken their gold medal t

today, joe choong was determined not to be outdone.om the very start of the fencing, and with only two fences down on the show jumping, the world number one took a 12 second lead into the final run and shoot. in a high—stakes game of laser tag, and shoot. in a high—stakes game of lasertag, he and shoot. in a high—stakes game of laser tag, he showed composure, endurance and speed. he beat the egyptian in the last 200 metres and completed a glorious double for team gb. this was written's first male gold in history. i gb. this was written's first male gold in history-— gold in history. i always said i wanted to _ gold in history. i always said i wanted to be _ gold in history. i always said i wanted to be the _ gold in history. i always said i wanted to be the best - gold in history. i always said i wanted to be the best in - gold in history. i always said i wanted to be the best in the l gold in history. i always said i- wanted to be the best in the world at something. i've been world number one, but is not the same as winning the world

it's gold medal number 20 for team gb — asjoe choong takes top spot in the men's modern pentathlon.hile india's have got theirfirst ever athletics gold medal at the olympics — neeraj chopra winning the javelin. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. britain's first gold of the games in boxing — galal yafai wins in style in the men's flyweight. another day, another gold in the modern pentathlon for team gb — thanks to history makerjoe choong. and tom daley adds a bronze to his collection as the medals keep coming on the penultimate day of tokyo 2020. also coming up in the programme... it's the deciding test, we'll have the latest from the lions against south africa in cape town. and a maginficent century from joe root gives england a chance against india. hello and welcome to sportsday. team gb have theirfirst boxing gold of the tokyo olympics. galal yafai won the flyweight olympic title to add to his family's honours — his brothers are both professional boxers, something the younger yafai might now be considering. craig templet

now the latest from joe choong in the men's modern pentathlon.e�*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

and joe choong won the men's modern pentathlon. andy swiss has this report. olympic gold has rarely tasted sweeter. british boxing hadn't had a champion at these games. but galal yafai soon sorted that. oh, and he's down! oh, there you go! it took him barely a minute to put his opponent on the canvas. and, from there, victory was gloriously inevitable. before the last games, yafai was working in a car factory. now the 28—year—old, whose two brothers are also boxers, had achieved the ultimate. and so has this man — after swimming, fencing, and shooting, joe choong sprinted to gold in the modern pentathlon. and there is the new olympic champion for great britain. delight for the 26—year—old from kent. and, after kate french's victory in the women's event yesterday, a dazzling double for team gb. there was more british success in the cycling. matt walls and ethan hayter are housemates back in manchester, and they teamed up to take silver in the madison. and there was another medalfor tom daley. oh, tom daley, you superhero! a bronze in the individual event to go

gold medal number 20 for team gb asjoe choong takes top spot in the men's modern pentathlon.nze on the track asjosh kerr runs a personal best in the men's 1,500 metres for his medal. 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. while britain's matt walls and ethan hayter took olympic men's madison silver — behind denmark in first. in other news, the united states and the uk warn their remaining citizens in afghanistan to leave immediately as the taliban continue their advance. a volunteer firefighter has died as wildfires spread across greece, with thousands being moved from their homes to the north of athens. the end of most coronavirus restrictions in wales — no more limits on meeting indoors, plus an end to rules on social distancing. now on bbc news... it is zeinab badawi's afternoon. earlier we saw her interviewing the president of barbados. now she meets two sublime young opera stars who are grappling with a new world of op

the headlines: gold medal number 20 for team gb — asjoe choong takes top spot in the men's modern pentathlonhere'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 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. and the tiny bat who beat records by flying more than 1200 miles across europe. now on bbc news, the media show with clive myrie. hello. no, don't adjust your set — this is the media show on the bbc. but that theme tune to news at ten and the famous bongs are part of our popular culture, along with the high angle sweep across london over the rooftops along the thames to meet the face of big ben

and it's gold medal number 20 for team gb — asjoe choong takes top spot in the men's modern pentathlonw on bbc news, across america, dna testing is uncovering a disturbing side to the largely unregulated fertility industry. angelica casas reports. i see you, evie! cheering across america, dna testing is uncovering a disturbing side to the largely unregulated fertility industry. i had prayed for 15 years to have another child. i was given this referral to see a fertility doctor, and i agreed to do the artificial insemination and that we knew that it would be an anonymous donor that would be used. families have found out decades—old secrets, turning their lives upside—down. i took 23andme. i had no idea what i was about to stumble upon when those results came in. hundreds of women who believed they were being artificially inseminated by anonymous donors say they were duped by their fertility doctors. cases of doctor daddies, where fertility docs - use their own sperm i to impregnate patients. her biological father was actually her mom's fertility doctor. it didn't make sense. like, how?

gold medal number 20 for team gb asjoe choong takes top spot in the men's modern pentathlon.'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 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 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. and the tiny bat who beat records by flying more than 1,200 miles across europe. now on bbc news. click looks at how artificial intelligence could be used to help health services around the world. this week: a special programme. can artificial intelligence make healthcare better for all of us, and save the nhs? here in the uk the national health service has been in crisis for many years, looking

gold medal number 20 for team gb at the tokyo olympics — asjoe choong takes top spot in the men's modernlon hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. more than 200 taliban fighters have been killed in strikes by us long—range bombers, according to afghanistan's defence ministry. the ministry says it's called in american b—52 aircraft in the battle against the militants in the city of sheberghan. earlier, the taliban said they had taken control of the city. shebhergan — in northern afghanistan — is the stronghold of former afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum whose supporters fight against the taliban. the militants had 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. 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. richard galpin reports. in this fast—moving offence of the taliban are claiming a second province i

rebecca choong wilkins is here. what is the latest?it of relief, people thinking they can make a quick back, yeah? rebecca: yes, ultimately, evergrande used to raise cash. in the overall thinking and its various equities is going to make a dent in its ability to do that. we're also seeing signs of a potential fire sale. the hong kong residential project. in the latest news, guangdong officials in disagreement of how much port it might offer evergrande after the central government has asked it to take a market oriented approach. there is a barrage of headlines on evergrande. david: the equity markets are caring today, the bond markets are still under pressure. what does that mean, a market oriented approach? rebecca: beijing has talked about "a market oriented approach" to the various crises over the last few years. what we have to really look at is what we are seeing in practice, and in practice, this year we have seen a cramp down on the property sector. china opened the year with a hefty default for offshore and onshore investors. th

gold medal number 20 for team gb asjoe choong takes top spot in the men's modern pentathlon.0m for his medal. 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 ten metres platform diving — his second medal of the games. britain's matt walls and ethan hayter took olympic men's madison silver — behind denmark in first. in other news, the united states and britain warns their remaining citizens in afghanistan to leave immediately as the taliban continue their advance.

gold medal number 20 for team gb at the tokyo olympics — asjoe choong takes top spot in the men's moderntathlon meanwhile, india gets its first ever athletics gold medal at the olympics — neeraj chopra winning the javelin to end the country's 100—year wait for glory. the situation in afghanistan is becoming increasingly perilous, after the taliban 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 had 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 th

and it's gold medal number 20 for team gb — asjoe choong takes top spot in the men's modern pentathlon of an hour, we'll have a full round—up of all the day's sport — including the details of more medal success for team gb at the olympics, and the outcome of the crucial deciding test between the british lions and south africa. but first — it's click. this week on a special programme. can artificial intelligence make health care better for all of us and save the nhs? in the uk, the national health service has been in crisis for many years, looking after an increasingly ageing population. fighting for resources, it has been at breaking point. and then... the pandemic hit. there will come a moment when no health service in the world could possibly cope. health service in the world could possibly cape-— health service in the world could ossibl coe. ., possibly cope. many country's health s stems possibly cope. many country's health systems have _ possibly cope. many country's health systems have struggled _ possibly cope. many country's health systems have struggled with - possibly cope. m

joe choong created history by becoming the first british man to win modern pentathlon gold.h various covid restrictions over the last few months, he was looking forward to the simple things. oh, it feels absolutely amazing. i haven't seen my family in nearly four months now, so i'm just really looking forward to getting home, getting my mum to cook something and just sitting in front of the tv and relaxing. i didn't expect there to be such a huge reception. obviously, i was looking forward to seeing my family, but i don't think i understood how much it would mean to me seeing them again after so long. so, ijust don't think i could be happier right now. following on from his success in tokyo, tom pidcock has been selected to race at the vuelta a espana for ineos grenadiers. the 22—year—old won gold in the men's cross—country mountain bike at the olympics, but the all—terrain rider will now switch his focus to the road and feature in the the first grand tour of his career, which starts on saturday. the youngest and oldest player in the men's hundred combined to sensational eff

and it's gold medal number 20 for team gb — asjoe choong takes top spot in the men's modern pentathlonrom the charts to the stage. pop star, lily allen makes her acting debut in the west end. it isa it is a completely different experience. it is much scarierfor me anyway. it is much scarier for me anyway. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. now to afghanistan, where 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

gold medal number 20 for team gb at the tokyo olympics — asjoe choong takes top spot in the men's modernlon. i'm mariko oi in tokyo. we are hit by a time if you buy will bring _ we are hit by a time if you buy will bring all_ we are hit by a time if you buy will bring all the latest on what to expect— bring all the latest on what to expect at the final day of the tokyo olympics — hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. more than 150 wildfires are burning across the country, some close to the northern suburbs of athens. two people are known to have died, and at least 20 others have been injured. greece, like many parts of europe, has been grappling with extreme weather this summer. widespread flooding and colder than average temperatures in central europe and now baking hot weather in the south. our europe correspondent, bethany bell, reports from athens... greece is in the grip of an greece is in the grip of an emergency. wildfires have been blazing out of control for days. the extreme heat means these forests near athens are like a tinderbox. helicopters keep

and joe choong won the men's modern pentathlon. andy swiss has this report.

rebecca choong wilkins joins us now on the latest.f with the boarded -- this falls very much in line with what the government priorities are. rebecca: absolutely. it very much fits into this broader crackdown that we have seen, but also trying to curb all these risks that have built up in china's property market. as borrower is have had -- as borrowers have had unfettered access to credit. retail investors have also been able to add to their exposure in various different ways. shery: this of course comes at a time when we continue to talk about evergrande, the property developer with massive amounts of debt. they seem to be getting a little bit of relief, though. rebecca: yesterday was extraordinary for evergrande. we saw multiple headlines. ultimately it closed lower. what we're hearing is evergrande has been able to get some extensions on loans from banks, but at the same time we have also heard a missed payment on projects have been halted. it's a lot of really mixed news for evergrande. haidi: what are we seeing when it comes to t

we have also gotjoe choong, joe was of course won gold in the modern pentathlon, they are being sprayed on bbc news during course of the weekend at their delight. and possibly that is grandma. not sure. and then we have also got frazer clark the bronze superheavyweight boxer, who has also arrived, with somebody who has really missed him. lots more arrivals, we will bring you the best of those here on bbc news. let us look at the weather that will greet them back home. here is darren. we are seeing more ever i have thundery showers, particularly in parts of scotland, northern ireland, southern england too. some showers elsewhere, developing, some sunshine around as well and the winds are not as strong today but temperatures aren't as high as they would normally be at this time of the year. so we still have the heavy thundery drown pours into this evening, they will gradually fade away overnight. we will see clearer spells developing. and temperatures are likely to remain in double figures overnight so typically 12 or 13 in towns and cities. tomorrow looks like it will be a drier day for

yvonne: rebecca choong wilkins, china credit editor.e are watching one stock right now here in hong kong, alibaba. this stock has reached a record low. falling as much as 3% here in hong kong. i don't really see a reason behind it today, but we did see yesterday, u.s. shares fell 80 yards on this crackdown story. a little bit more pain for alibaba today. david: also when you look at the current streak of losses, seven straight days, also the longest streak of losses for alibaba as it hong kong-listed company. yvonne: we were thinking that perhaps with tencent, that would have been a better indication that tech stocks could recover, but it is not quite the case. tencent is up. let's get to the headlines, tencent warns investors to brace for more -- from the tech sector in china. china's largest company reported the slowest pace of revenue growth since early 2019, underscoring the impact of regulations on the tech sector, a major source of ad revenue and gaming. the crackdown has seen tencent lose more than 40% since its january peak. >>

. —— joe choong. and we also have the british acid as well.eally good to see and i feel so proud. medals is really good to see and i feel so proud-— feel so proud. thanks very much indeed. still no gold for great britain at the athletics, but they came so close. the 4x100 mens relay team pushed into silver by 100th of a second by the italians. the women took bronze in their relay and laura muir secured herfirst global outdoor medal with silver in the 1500 metres. lydia campbell reports. this is the face of determination and then elation. laura muir crossing the line, finally on a podium position. she has been on a quest for a global medal for nearly a decade. this was the race of her life, and approaching the final 200 metres, it was no longer a question of whether she would medal, it was a question of which one. past sifan hassan and in the second, but unable to chase down kenya's faith kipyegon, muir crossed the line with the silver medal.— the silver medal. laura muir, smashing _ the silver medal. laura muir, smashing her _ the silver medal

joe choong created history by becoming the first british man to win a modern pentathlon gold.d just sitting in front of the tv and relaxing. i didn't expect there to be such a huge reception. obviously, i was looking forward to seeing my family, but i don't think i understood how much it would mean to me seeing them again after so long. so, ijust don't think i could be happier right now. following on from his success in tokyo, tom pidcock has been selected to race at the vuelta a espana for ineos grenadiers. the 22—year—old won gold in the men's cross—country mountain bike at the olympics, but the all—terrain rider will now switch his focus to the road and feature in the the first switch his focus to the road and feature in the first grand tour of his career, which starts on saturday. the youngest and oldest player in the men's hundred combined to sensational effect as birmingham phoenix went top of the table courtesy of an emphatic 93—run victory over welsh fire at edgbaston. moeen ali made a blistering 28—ball 59, which included three successive sixes. but even the captain w

shery: china editor rebecca choong wilkins. coming up, more of the latest withdrawal of u.s.hanistan dead remaining americans in the country. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> we were clear eyed going and when we made this decision, that it was possible the taliban would end up in control of afghanistan. we were clear eyed about that. as the president said yesterday, we did not anticipate it would happen at this speed, though we were landing for these potential contingencies. >> ending our military mission was not easy. we were faced with a serious dilemma -- either leave and risk seeing the taliban regain control or stay and risk renewed attacks and an open-ended conflict. we never intended to stay in afghanistan forever. >> we at captain touch -- had cap in touch -- we had kept in touch with kabul, wherever they are. the taliban won the war. shery: key leaders commenting on afghanistan. to get more, joining us for the latest is asia government managing editor dan kincaid. and, how secure is kabul airport? dan: it appears u.s. troops appear to have a handle on the crowd. so, the cha

laura kenny is also onboard, she is also involved in cycling, joseph choong from the modern pent long people at home listening, because there is a lot of political talk, break it down so people can follow what you�*re saying and say, ok, i can do that. we all need to do steps to decarbonise our own lives and that means moving from using transport, that is based on petrol and diesel to one based on electric vehicles, the problem with that is we haven�*t got enough charging infrastructure at the moment, and the subsidy cut the government�*s brought in round electric vehicles is not making them as affordable as i would like them to be. but we also need to be taking steps to make sure that we are decarbonising our homes, as well. now each of us can take those steps about making sure we replacing single glazing with double glazing, making sure that our lofts are well insulated. making sure we are using the most efficient boilers but we do need government to be leading by example here and when i talk about the heavy lifting, the vast majority of the carbon emissions we have cut as a country

joe choong created history, becoming the first british man to win modern pentathlon gold. think i understood how much it would mean to me seeing them again after so long. so ijust don't me seeing them again after so long. so i just don't think me seeing them again after so long. so ijust don't think i could be happier right now. also, lauren price won britain's 22nd and final gold of the games yesterday morning. she's already looking ahead to paris in three years time. looking at the likes of obviously nicola _ looking at the likes of obviously nicola adams and katie taylor, they inspired _ nicola adams and katie taylor, they inspired a _ nicola adams and katie taylor, they inspired a lot of people after london _ inspired a lot of people after london 2012, when women's boxing was introduced. _ london 2012, when women's boxing was introduced, and from there i think it has— introduced, and from there i think it has come — introduced, and from there i think it has come on leaps and bounds, so 'ust it has come on leaps and bounds, so just keeps— it has come on leaps and bounds

and it's gold medal number 20 for team gb — asjoe choong takes top spot in the men's modern pentathlon bbc news... being intersex in russia— the united nations estimates up to 1.7% of the world's population is intersex: born with sex characteristics that don't fit typical definitions of male and female. hello. well, the uk currently is experiencing a spell of unsettled weather. let's see how long it's going to last. and the unsettled weather is thanks to the position of the jet stream. you can see a very big dip here across western parts of europe and within this dip is the unsettled weather — a lot of cloud, there's a low pressure lurking here, it's been bringing breezy conditions and frequent showers and you can see that low pressure is slow—moving sitting on top of the uk during the course of the weekend. so, in the short term, not much is going to change. we can expect heavy showers, some of them thundery and downpours in places as well. the forecast for sunday, then, and our low pressure�*s right on top of us centred around the central lowlands. it's a very slow moving area of low