the afghan government withdraws its diplomatic staff from the pakistani capital islamabad following anriday on the ambassador�*s daughter. two athletes and an official at the tokyo olympic village have tested positive for coronavirus — five days before the start of the games. lewis hamilton wins the british grand prix in a dramatic and controversial race at silverstone. we will have all the latest on the story and many others from the bbc sport centre later in the hour. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. i'm martine croxall. the german chancellor says the world must hurry in the battle against global warming and promised financial aid after the floods in germany and parts of western europe killed more than 180 people. angela merkel has expressed shock at what she called "surreal destruction" caused by flash flooding on a visit to one of the worst—hit towns, schuld in the west of germany. more heavy rain has caused further flooding in southern germany and austria. with more, here's our europe correspondentjenny hill. "we really need help here," she says. and

the border in the past month, do you think islamabad could have stopped them? that you can stop the advance of the taliban, but if you are to gain control again, you need to get the supply routes and retake border crossings like that in spin boldak, don't you? absolutely. do you need pakistan's help to do that? well, the help pakistan can provide is not to support the taliban. and that would be the help we need. it doesn't require the military to get engaged. but when your vice president said that pakistan threatened to shoot down afghan jets if they attacked taliban fighters... ..who seized that border crossing, pakistan completely denied that they had done that and they denied that there had been any communication at all with the afghan air force. there are some well intentioned leaders in pakistan, prime minister khan may be one of those, who want to see better relations with afghanistan, and perhaps their chief of army staff, who always says that he likes to see good relations between afghanistan and pakistan. but where we see problem is that the rank and f

took place on friday afternoon, when the afghan ambassador to pakistan's daughter in the capital islamabad when another passenger got into the vehicle, started beating her and calling her father a communist. she lost consciousness. when she came to, she was lying in a residential area of the city, her hands and feet had been tied and she was quite badly injured. now, this incident has sparked anger here in afghanistan, feeding into, as you say, an already tense relationship with the two countries. in the last few hours, the afghan foreign ministry has announced that it's recalling all senior afghan diplomats from pakistan, it says, until their security concerns are addressed, including putting on trial those responsible for this incident. the pakistani foreign ministry has responded, saying that that decision is regrettable. it points out that prime minister imran khan has ordered all resources be utilised to apprehend those who are responsible and also ordered security for afghan diplomats in pakistan to be beefed up. just want to bring you right on covid issues. —— right up to date on. i

took place on friday afternoon, when the afghan ambassador to pakistan's daughter in the capital islamabadarted beating her and calling herfather a communist. she lost consciousness. when she came to, she was lying in a residential area of the city, her hands and feet had been tied and she was quite badly injured. now, this incident has sparked anger in afghanistan, feeding into, as you say, an already tense relationship with the two countries. in the last few hours, the afghan foreign ministry has announced that it's recalling all senior afghan diplomats from pakistan, it says, until their security concerns are addressed, including putting on trial those responsible for this incident. the pakistani foreign ministry has responded, saying that that decision is regrettable. it points out that prime minister imran khan has ordered all resources be utilised to apprehend those who are responsible and also ordered security for afghan diplomats in pakistan to be beefed up. secunder kermani in kabul. let's get some of the day's other news now. thai police have used force to break up a protest agai

the afghan government withdraws its staff from islamabad after an attack on friday on the ambassador'swo athletes and an official at the tokyo 0lympic official at the tokyo olympic village have tested positive for coronavirus. this five days before the beginning of the olympic games. now we go behind the scenes as adam prepares for the tokyo 0lympics. legacy is something that you can't create. it creates itself. i just want to be the best. come on! come on, daddy! adam peaty takes olympic gold for great britain! ijust had mad dreams last night. i haven't raced in, like, so long. i had dreams of getting beat. a year in, it's like a siege. delete that bit! two seconds. there's been news about the olympics being on and then off and then on and then off. it doesn't really change anything for us. keep building, keep getting faster, fitter. just two lengths, isn't it? when you are best in the world, you do think of people beating you. it's natural. i have a target on my back, i've had a target on my back for the last six years, seven years now. and you've just got to be one step ahead of the

the afghan government withdraws its diplomatic staff from the pakistani capital islamabad after an attackthe ambassador's doctor. we will be live in kabul —— the ambassador's daughter. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we in the uk and around the world. will start in germa chancellor we will start in germany, where the chancellor angela merkel has called for the world to speed up its battle against global warming. she also promised financial aid after the floods in germany and parts of western europe which have killed more than 180 people. mrs merkel has been visiting some of the worsted areas in germany today. —— worst hit areas. more heavy rain has caused further flooding in southern germany and austria overnight. let's cross to my colleague kasia madera, who's in the german town of sinzig. sinzig is one of those hounds in this area that caught the full force of the floods. all of this was underwater. residents telling me that the water levels reached at one point that first balcony, so everything on the ground floor completely submerged, basements completel

this recent development that occurred with the afghan ambassadors' daughter in islamabad, pakistan, youit happened on saturday as the daughter, she's in her 20s, she got into a taxi and it was in the taxi where other men jumped in. she was taken away. she was beaten, assaulted, and then after several hours, she was returned. we don't know who were the perpetrators. we don't know what the message was, but we know that shortly after the afghan government announced that the ambassador, his family, and all diplomatic staff will be returning to afghanistan. we understand they are due to land in kabul in the next few hours. certainly, you know, as i said, at lo of question marks. but the pakistani ministry of foreign affairs described it as unfortunate and regrettable that not only the incident took place but that afghanistan was recalling its diplomatic staff. an investigation has been launched. the minister of the interior in pakistan saying it's an international conspiracy that india is behind it. we know that india and pakistan, you know, are not friends. that relations between afghanista

the daughter of god fans, ambassador to pakistan has been abducted and assaulted in islamabad. the gun foreign ministry says 26 year old c. c. u was severely tortured and suffered blows to her head. she was held for more than 5 hours. nobody's been arrested in the incidents. as have africans in parts of the country have begun cleaning up st. smalls, and shops after a week of the was fine. and since the end of apartheid present serial ro, my pulse says the right way, coordinated and well planned attack on south africa. democracy. when 200 people had been killed, the unrest was parked by the jailing of former president, jacob's luma, and quickly developed into demonstrations against poverty and then equality. bennet smith re for some debit and they just looted and looted and durbin has been quieter . these last couple of days, but it's a calm sometimes and forced at gunpoint redwine jets. i'm managed to protect his business, but so many others looted and burned. it was the, the more themselves that called all the destruction and called home to themselves because we, we attacked a

that donavon got his sons and bassett, or to pakistan has been abducted and assaulted in islamabad. the afghan foreign ministry says 26 year old concealer. ali kale was severely tortured and suffered close to her head before being taken to hospital. she was held for more than 5 hours. nobody has been arrested in the case. now, south africans, in parts of a country, have begun cleaning up streets, malls and shops after a week of the war's finance. since the end of apartheid, present fear, or my pulse i says, device way, coordinated and well planned attack on south africa. democracy, more than 200 people have been killed. the andre was parked by the jailing of former president jacob's duma and quickly developed into demonstrations against poverty and inequality. then as smith 3 for some durbin and they just looted and looted and do, the durbin has been quieter these last couple of days. but it's a come sometimes and forced at gunpoint redwine jets. i'm managed to protect his business, but so many others looted and burned. it was the, the mob themselves that called all the destruction

why can the civilian government in islamabad not control its own secret service and its own military? when it comes to dealing with the taliban? i think ways, steadily, over the last 2 years, be seen the military dominate, or policy. the military, all sounds, nuclear weapons it's. it's, it's regarding the strategic interests of box. i'm the only pause in the country that can stand up to india for all these reasons. i'm also calling because of the weakness of the civilian government and the constant interruptions in the, in the political process by opposition parties really party and then by the military. and so it's the, all the countries foreign policy has become extremely weak and over extended. and so it is particularly the, at the moment, affordability to control, gone. so does the televisions, philosophy, politics, why the ology is it's seen as a threat to some parts of the populace in pakistan because surely everybody across bach is done is happy to see the taliban next door where exactly. i mean, junk b o d u. so division of guns done is equally division in boxes of a lead libe

neighbouring pakistan, following an attack on friday on the ambassador�*s daughter in the capital, islamabadhen the ambassador to pakistan�*s daughter in the capital was kidnapped and assaulted. she was travelling in a taxi when another passenger got into the vehicle, started beating her and calling her father a communist. she lost consciousness. when she came to her, she was lying in a residential area of the city, her hands and feet had been tied and she was quite badly injured. this incident has sparked anger here in afghanistan feeding into an already tense relationship at the two countries. in the last few hours, the afghan foreign ministry has announced that its recalling all senior afghan diplomats from pakistan it says until their security concerns are addressed, including putting on trial those responsible for this incident. the pakistani foreign ministry has responded saying that that decision is regrettable. it points out that the prime minister has ordered all resources be utilised, apprehend those who are responsible, and also ordered security for afghan diplomats in pakistan to

joining from islamabad, pakistan. thank you so much for being with us. even before the u. s. troops left, attacks were increasing. tell us what you're seeing. >> yeah. i think the deterioration and situation has been much faster than any of us have anticipated and faster than afghans anticipated. as you say, that's included a series of intentional targeted attacks against civilians and those civilians have sometimes been women and girls who seem to be targeted because of their gender, sometimes it's been against ethnic and religious minorities, against journalists, aide workers. so i think there's a very alarming picture developing. >> and your organization has called for a u.n. fact finding mission precisely on this issue, which would be a pretty big challenge given the insecurity in the country. i saw you wrote the u.n. should clearly communicate to perpetrators that attack and killing civilians has consequences. what would those consequences actually be? how would anybody be held accountable exactly? >> well, war crimes and crimes against humanity are illegal and people sh

he's due to fly back later this afternoon with his daughter cecila who was in a taxi saturday in islamabadp of men jumped in the taxi. she was abducted and severely beaten. she's been in hospital, but according to her father, she is fit enough to fly. he has described this as an in human attack. pakistan has obviously regretted that this incident took place. they said it's unfortunate and regrettable. there is a high-level investigation going on as we speak, but the perpetrators are yet to be found. it's a rather mysterious situation. there are few details about this. but from what we understand, cecila who is in her 20s is in stable condition and is being brought home to kabul, kim. >> now, i want to go back to something you said moments ago about the peace talks. there had been some optimism about a cease-fire. but from what you just said, it sounds as though hope is fading. >> reporter: well, yes. you have the u.s. ambassador, or acting u.s. ambassador and nato and all these other countries calling for a permanent cease-fire. but the peace talks taking place in doha over the weekend wer

he was in islamabad, pakistan's capital, when we spoke this morning.k you for joining us. let me start by asking you your assessment of the situation in afghanistan right now with u.s. troops almost completely out after 20 years. >> well, judy, i think the u.s. has really messed it up in afghanistan. you see, first of all, they try to look for a military solution in afghanistan when there never was one. and people like me who kept saying that there's no military solution, who know, the history of afghanistan, we will call people like we will call anti-american. i was called taliban khan. for anyone who objected to this way of i don't know what the objective was in afghanistan, whether it was to have some nation building or democracy or liberate the women, whatever the cause was, the way they went about it was never going to be the solution. so when they finally decided that there is no military solution, unfortunately, they the the bargaining power of the americans or the nato forces had gone. when there were 150000 nato troops in afghanistan that was

government reacted very quickly and that they said that diplomatic staff will not be returning to islamabadications for the entire region. anna coren, thank you very much. ♪ >>> we have breaking news, a u.s. olympic gymnast testing positive for coronavirus in tokyo as organizers struggle to contain the virus while the world's biggest sports event plays out. >>> hundreds of people in western europe have lost their lives in devastating floods following days of historic rain fall. cnn is live in one of the worst ravaged towns. ♪ sometimes you gotta refresh ...to be fresh. welcome to the eat fresh refresh. refresh where there is so much new, some say that it can't fit in one ad. i say... ...we're talking a new all-american club, deli-style oven-roasted turkey and... oh, that's the new steak & cheese. oh yeah, i knew that. that's the one with the new... ...seasoning. and that was the new mvp parmesan vinaigrette . right. which makes a next level foot... hold up. the subway logo? wait i'm out of time? nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard. you get advice like: try hypnosis... or... q

at most they will be able to hold the cities for a little while, main cities, kabul, jalalabad, islamabadl not be, no forces ever controlled the outskirts of the afghanistan and that will be the taliban and warlords, that will remain that way. it's a very tribal society. ashley: it is interesting that the taliban claims to have 85% of the territory now. they're known to exaggerate but they say they do want a part in the ruling of the country going forward and they want to do it peacefully. can we trust them? >> can you trust the taliban? absolutely not. the problem you have as well though, can you trust the afghani national government that sis in place? it's a very corrupt and weak central government system. so our withdrawal is a good thing. let the afghanis determine where their country is going to go, and let them fight for what they want to become. ashley: that is interesting. i was going to ask you whether you supported this withdrawal. you have been a part of the action there. in 20 years has the u.s. accomplished what it wanted to? >> i think there was so much mission creep that we