victory for elaine thompson—herah ofjamaica in the women's 100 metres final in tokyo.ore that there was heartbreakfor team gb sprinter, dina asher—smith — who had to withdraw from the games through injury. i'll have all the latest news on that and more, including another medal for team gb from emma wilson afghan security forces are battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban — reports say militants have breached front lines in herat. medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called an oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. bbc news understands the government is no longer considering making it compulsory for students to be fully—vaccinated to attend lectures in england. and, borisjohnson and his wife carrie have announced they are expecting a second child. their first child, wilfred, was born in april last year. and coming up later this hour — the media show. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. adding two more gold medals to their tally — in new events involving both men and women. the first came in the

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elaine thompson—herah's just got the lead at the minute.hampion makes it two in a row! . 10.60 — it's an olympic record! a jamaican 1—2—3. the pace was blistering, the celebrations between them somewhat frosty — not that elaine thompson—herah cared. my chest is tight because i'm over—happy. i'm so...but god it's amazing. heartbreak, then, for the queen of british sprinting but the jamaican dynasty continues its reign. natalie pirks, bbc news, tokyo. in other olympic news... three team gb athletes have qualified for the final of the women's 800 metres, for the first time ever, after impressive displays in the semi finals. 19—year—old keely hodgkinson timed her run well to finish second in her heat. she'lljoin alex bell and jemma reekie in the final on tuesday. on her olympic debut, emma wilson has won bronze in the women's windsurfing. the 22—year—old's mother, penny way, is a former world champion, who narrowly missed out on a medal in the 1992 and 1996 olympics. the four—time olympic champion simone biles has withdrawn from two more gymnas

elaine thompson—herah is going to win it. it's going to be del ponte take second place! well and couldn't hang on. out the final and minutes later, the reigning world 200 metres champion confirmed she was out of that too, but would still run the relay. my idea for this olympic cycle was complete dominance and obviously, ha! didn't manage it this time but obviously, we have three more years till the next olympics and i know the kind of shape i'm in, i know the calibre of athlete i am and i know how talented i am, so it's frustrating to not be able to put it out when it matters, but, at the end of the day, with the cards that i've been given, i did very, very well and in no way does this change anything that's going to happen in the future. well, daryll neita might not have been the name everyone's lips but making the 100 metre final is a huge achievement. she's the first british woman to do so since 2008. but this would be a tough ask from a field stacked with talent and speed. and it is going to be the defending champion makes it two in a row! . 10.60, it is an olympic r

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elaine thompson—herah is going to win it. and dina, she'sjust not finishing.metres champion confirmed she was out of that too, but would still run the relay. my idea for this olympic cycle was complete dominance and obviously, didn't manage it this time but obviously we have three more years until the next olympics. and i know the kind of shape i'm in, i know the calibre of athlete i am and i know how talented i am, so it's frustrating to not be able to put it out when it matters, but at the end of the day, with the cards i have been given, i did very, very well. in no way does this change anything that's going to happen in the future. well, daryll neita might not have been the name on everyone�*s lips but making the 100 metre final is a huge achievement. she is the first british woman to do so since 2008. but this would be a tough ask from a field stacked with talent and speed. elaine thompson—herah hasjust got the lead and it's going to be the defending champion makes it two in a row! _ 10.60. it's an olympic record. ajamaican one, two, three. the pace was b

victory for elaine thompson—herah of jamaica in the women's100—metres final in tokyo.that there was heartbreakfor team gb sprinter, dina asher—smith, who had to withdraw from the games through injury. afghan security forces have bben battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban. reports say militants have breached front lines in herat medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called a pulse oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. and borisjohnson and his wife carrie have announced they're expecting a second child. their son wilfred was born in april last year. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello, welcome to sportsday, after another special saturday for team gb at the olympics. i'm austin halewood, here's what's coming up in the programme... the fastest woman in the world. elaine thompson—herah succesfully defends her olympic title with one of the quickest times in history. but it's heartbreak for dina asher—smith, who failed to make the final and then pulled out of the 200 meters. this is for the s

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the headlines: elaine thompson—herah ofjamaica has won the women's 100—metres final in tokyo.er, there was heartbreak for team gb sprinter, dina asher—smith, who had to withdraw from the games through injury. before that, there was gold and a world record for team gb in the 4x100 metres mixed medley final. team work makes dream work — and another gold in the triathlon mixed relay event, and finally a first gold medal forjonny brownlee at his third olympic games. and, this is austin halewood at the bbc sports desk — i'll have all the news on the medals, the records and the upsets in tokyo. afghan security forces are battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban — reports say militants have breached front lines in herat. medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called an oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. bbc news understands the government is no longer considering making it compulsory for students to be fully—vaccinated to attend lectures in england. and coming up later this hour — click takes a trip to iceland.

victory for elaine thompson—herah ofjamaica in the women's 100—metres final in tokyo.fghan security forces have been battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban. medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called a pulse oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. and borisjohnson and his wife carrie have announced they're expecting a second child. their son wilfred was born in april last year.

elaine thompson—herah took lold planet. elaine thompson—herah took gold and _ planet. stride, mouth open with 'oy. there mid stride, mouth open with joy~ an _ there mid stride, mouth open with joy. an olympic record, 10.61 seconds — joy. an olympic record, 10.61 seconds and a really exciting race. sadly— seconds and a really exciting race. sadly for— seconds and a really exciting race. sadly for us, dean asher—smith —— dina _ sadly for us, dean asher—smith —— dina asher—smith has a hamstring injury— dina asher—smith has a hamstring injury and — dina asher—smith has a hamstring injury and didn't make the final. jumping — injury and didn't make the final. jumping intojust so james gets a jumping into just so james gets a point, elaine is a very happy when she wins. look at shelly—ann fraser—pryce map face. they didn't really embrace at the end. sport sometimes brings people together but in this case it couldn't even bring team—mates together, very briefly? absolutely. a 1— to — three. very competitive. i think they have different training regimes going on. getting that g

the pace was blistering, the celebrations between them somewhat frosty, not that elaine thompson—herahmy chest is tight, because i'm over—happy, i'm so lost for words right now, but god it is amazing. heartbreak, then, for the queen of british sprinting, but the jamaican dynasty continues its reign. but i told you it was a pretty special saturday for team gb and the day got off to the perfect start with a gold medal in the mixed triathlon relay. it's the first time the event's taken place at an olympic games, but it didn't take the brits long to adjust, as they led from the front and secured another gold. adam wild watched the race. triathlon will be golden for great britain! super saturday had barely begun, but team gb was already looking at four new olympic champions. jessica learmonth, georgia taylor brown, alex yee and finallyjonny brownlee. finishing first is some achievement, but being the first to finish first is how olympic history is made. this, the inaugural triathlon relay. a 300—metre swim, 6.8 kilometres on the bike, followed by a two—kilometre run, before handing over to

and as jamaica's elaine thompson—herah takes gold in the olympic hundred—metre final, we'll look aheadne of the tokyo games. hello and welcome. there is heavy fighting in the southern afghan city of lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province. security forces in two other key cities — kandahar in the south and herat in the west — are also battling to try to halt the taliban offensive. thousands of people have been fleeing their homes to other parts of afghanistan and neighbouring countries. our correspondent secunder kermani is in the capital, kabul. this is the most serious fighting we've seen since this latest taliban offensive began. the group already had captured vast swathes of rural territory. now, they're trying to take their first city and earlier this evening, they made their way right to the centre of lashkar gah before being pushed back by afghan special forces. in the last few hours, a number of air strikes have been launched against taliban positions there, too. the fighting, as you say, has also been taking place around herat in the west of afghanistan and kandahar in th

the headlines: elaine thompson—herah ofjamaica has won the women's 100 metres final in tokyo. earlier there was heartbreak for team gb sprinter dina asher—smith, who had to withdraw from the games through injury. before that, there were golds for team gb in the 4x100 metres mixed medley final and in the mixed triathlon. afghan security forces are battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban. reports say militants have breached front lines in herat. medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called an oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. now on bbc news click looks at how electric charging points may be susceptible to hacking and visits a coal fired power station that has this week, we are in iceland to fly over a red—hot volcano. and then chill out with some beautiful scenery. we're also at a gas—powered bitcoin mine in the us. and how safe is your electric car charger from hackers? it is the land of fire and ice. where the earth is literally splitting apart. this is iceland, home to so much amazing scenery created

victory for elaine thompson—herah ofjamaica in the women's 100 metres final in tokyo.ut before that, there was heartbreak for team gb sprinter dina asher—smith who had to withdraw from the games through injury. afghan security forces are battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban. reports say militants have breached front lines in herat. medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device called an oximeter works less well for people with darker skin tones. and borisjohnson and his wife carrie have announced they're expecting a second child. their son wilfred was born in april last year. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. what a summer of sport this is. sport is all over tv, and coverage of sports events is what we are focusing on today. the olympics is on, we've just had the euros, and there's a new cricket competition called the hundred on primetime bbc, as well as sky. but in this age of infinite choice, live sport has to compete to hold our attention. does sport need to be more attractive than an hour of fortnite or netflix, or t

and as jamaica's elaine thompson—herah takes gold in the olympic hundred—metre final, we'll look aheadnine of the tokyo games. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. we begin in afghanistan, where the taliban look close to be capturing their first key city. there's heavy fighting between the afghan military and the taliban in the centre lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province. afghan security forces in two other cities — kandahar in the south, and herat in the west — are also trying to push back the taliban offensive. the taliban already control large parts of the rural areas, but have been pushing to capture cities as foreign forces pull out of the country. meanwhile, hundreds of people have been fleeing their homes amid the fighting. our correspondent secunder kermani is in the capital, kabul. this is the most serious fighting we've seen since this latest taliban offensive began. the group already had captured vast swathes of rural territory. now, they're trying to take their first city and earlier this evening, they made their way right to the centr

the headlines: elaine thompson—herah ofjamaica has won the women's 100—metres final in tokyo.m gb sprinter, dina asher—smith, who had to withdraw from the games through injury. before that, there was gold and a world record for team gb in the 4x100 metres mixed medley final. team work makes dream work — and another gold in the triathlon mixed relay event, and finally a first gold medal forjonny brownlee at his third olympic games. and, this is austin halewood at the bbc sports desk — i'll have all the news on the medals, the records and the upsets in tokyo.

and as jamaica's elaine thompson—herah takes gold in the olympic hundred—metre final, we'll look ahead

her team—mate and reigning olympic champion elaine thompson herah also won her heat as well, with a timendividual world record in the pool at these games. the commonwealth champion, south africa's tatjana schoenmacher, made history, in the 200 metres breaststroke, with a new world record time of 2:18.95, pipping america's golden girl, lilly king, to the title. she had also won silver in the 100m and now has a gold to take back tojohannesberg. she came to swimming having been a netball star. and all those stories and all the olympic updates and action. the chief midwife for england, jacqueline dunkley—bent, has written to gp practices, obstetricians and midwives, stressing the need to encourage pregnant women to be vaccinated against coronavirus. estimates suggest that about nine out of ten have not had the jab, as the bbc�*s ellie price reports. it is a message that could not be clearer. expectant mothers should take action to protect themselves and their babies by getting the covid vaccine. any midwife not encouraging pregnant women to do so will now be going against official advice. at

this is bbc news — with the latest headlines: in the last few minutes, jamaica's elaine thompson—herahfor team gb sprinter dina asher—smith — who had to withdraw from the games through injury. before that, there was gold and a world record for team gb in the 4x100 metres mixed medley final. team work makes the dream work — another gold in the triathlon mixed relay event, and the first gold medal forjonny brownlee at his third olympic games. afghan security forces are battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban — reports say militants have breached front lines in herat.

the tokyo 0lympics, it was a clean sweep forjamaica in the women's 100 metres final, with elaine thompson—herahaking the title. it's her second successive olympic gold in the event. nhs england and the body that regulates healthcare products are issuing new guidance on pulse oxygen meters — also known as 0ximeters — after it was found that the devices can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin. with more here's our health correspondent, amara sophia elahi. this women caught coronavirus in december last year and eventually ended up in hospital with seriously low oxygen levels. so, basically, you flip the lid, put yourfinger in... she had been monitoring her levels at home with the pulse oximeter, but the meter consistently told her she was in safe levels. even as she increasingly struggled to breathe. when i went into hospital, the first thing they said was you really did leave it too late. had you left it any longer, iwould have been straight into icu. there is growing evidence that such monitors can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin tones by 2%. that has led

victory for elaine thompson—herah of jamaica in the women's 100—metres final in tokyo and heartbreakasher—smith from the uk who missed the final through injury. in other news — afghan security forces have been battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban. medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called a pulse oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. and borisjohnson and his wife carrie have announced they're expecting a second child. their son wilfred was born in april last year. now on bbc news, ali official is one of the uk's top british—bangladeshi comedians. in this film, he has some difficult, insightful and hilarious conversations about being british—bangladeshi. i'm ali shahalom, also known as ali official, and i'm a comedian. no, no, man, just chilling. just filming this thing for the bbc. yeah, bangali british corporation and that. white people get degrees to getjobs, right? asian people get degrees to get married. laughter. one of the easiest ways for me to show love is just by bringing mangoes home. yeah, just b

three olympic sprint golds, however she will have difficult competition from her compatriot elaine thompson—herah a silver world medallist from last year and she will be running. we will see how they fare in the heats and then there will be one medal up for grabs on day one of the athletics meet. a little later we will have the men's 10,000 metres with the ugandan runnerjoshua cheptegei going for gold. he will also compete in the five kilometre race as well. so if he were to win gold in both those he would become the eighth man to do that. the bbc has confirmed that jodie whittaker will step down from her role as the current doctor who next year. she took over as the 13th doctor in 2017 — the first woman to play the famous time lord. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba talks about her legacy and who might be in the running to replace her. some will have liked her, some will have liked other particular doctors that have come in the past and for those of us who grew up in the 1990s, the fact that doctor who was still on air means that it has been a success and the programme going. when herf

wasn't her usual self in the semis of the 100 — she finished third, behind defending champion, elaine thompson—herahwasn't quick enough to make it through as a fastest loser. she was emotional as she explained what she'd been going through. iam going i am going to pull out. johnjust had that conversation with me and that's the one that... because as the reigning world champion, you just cut and i was in such good shape, you know that the olympic champion is not too much of a further step. champion is not too much of a furtherstep. i champion is not too much of a further step. i am champion is not too much of a further step. iam really champion is not too much of a further step. i am really proud to have been able to execute my races here today and i really proud of everything that i have done until this point, but when you're talking about the standard that want to be at and the line capable of, sometimes... you know there's plenty more championships for me to come and kill. asha philip is also out, afterfinishing last in hersemifinal but britain's daryll neita has made the final — she ran 11 second

her teammate and reigning olympic champion elaine thompson—herah also won her heat as well with a timeat's on bbc sounds. the dream of a �*golden slam' is over for novak djokovic, having already won the australian open, french open and wimbledon this year. the olympics and us open were what he needed to match steffi graf�*s achievement in 1988. but it was another german, alexander zverev, who has ended djokovic's hopes. despite losing the first set 6—1, zverev fought back to win in three to reach the final, where he'll face the russian karen khachanov. zverev could barely believe what he'd done. for djokovic, the wait for an olympic gold medal goes on, but he can still win the calendar slam if he lifts the us open title in september. time now for a look at some of the other stories from the olympics today. simone biles has raised fresh doubts over her participation in her remaining olympic finals. the us gymnast is due to compete in all four individual apparatus finals, but in a social media q&a said she's still struggling with the �*twisties' — which has been described as a kind of me

qualify for the final, coming third in her heat which was won by reigning olympic champion, elaine thompson—herah quick enough. she says she's still struggling with a hamstring issue and there's speculation she might pull out of the 200 metres. asha philip is also out, but britain's daryll neita has made the 110—metres final — she ran 11 seconds exactly, to go through as one of the fastest losers. it was, predictably, the two—time olympic champion shelly—ann fraser—pryce who won that race in the fastest time of the semis — but absolute delight for neita. and zharnel hughes ran a season's best to reach the semi—finals of the men's100—metres. those heats are still going on. it has already been a golden saturday for team gb at the tokyo olympics. and it's been a day when team work has been the key, in new relay olympic events, in triathlon and the swimming pool, where the brits are enjoying their most successful games, in over a century, as adam wild reports. the triathlon will be golden for great britain. it's the mixed medley relay, great britain win the gold by miles. for all the individual brill

is chasing a historic third olympic gold, and her team—mate, the reigning olympic champion elaine thompson—herahince the pandemic began, the number of new daily infections there has passed 10,000. the japanese authorities say the dramatic rise will not affect the olympics, but experts are warning if something isn�*t done to control the spread, the city�*s healthcare system could soon be overwhelmed. from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. this is tokyo in the middle of a state of emergency, in the middle of a pandemic. these bars are not supposed to be serving alcohol and should be closed by eight o�*clock. but nobody is taking any notice. i�*m not worried at all, this young man says, i want to go drinking, i want to go out drinking. lots of people want to stay at home, his girlfriend says, but we all have our limits. the japanese government says this behaviour has nothing to do with the olympics. even its own advisers disagree. olympics. even its own advisers disauree. ~ . ., , olympics. even its own advisers disauree. ~ . . , ., disagree. what we really need to have his leadership _ disagr

victory for elaine thompson—herah ofjamaica in the women's 100—metres final in tokyo.that there was heartbreakfor team gb sprinter, dina asher—smith, who had to withdraw from the games through injury. afghan security forces have been battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban. medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called a pulse oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. and borisjohnson and his wife carrie have announced they're expecting a second child. their son wilfred was born in april last year. now on bbc news — living with arina. nina is experiencing an independence that had always been out of reach for her in the past, but can she make the transition into assisted living? hello there. july 2021 has been very changeable, hasn't it? one week, we've had extreme heat. the next, very windy, damaging gusts of winds or heavy rain and it's going to stay changeable for our week ahead, i'm afraid. this weather front here, well, it's the dividing line between a northerly flow and some cooler air that's start