and hejoins us now live. thank you for being with us on bbc news. there are reports already of wildfires breaking out. what is the status of your firefighting teams at this stage? are you watching and assessing where you begin actively trying to control the outbreaks? absolutely. we are actively monitoring right now. right now we have numerous sensors, but none of them have exceeded our capabilities, so as of right now we are keeping everything in check, but we are cautiously optimistic that no new incidents will start. [30 cautiously optimistic that no new incidents will start.— incidents will start. do you have modelling _ incidents will start. do you have modelling ongoing _ incidents will start. do you have modelling ongoing to _ incidents will start. do you have modelling ongoing to train - incidents will start. do you have modelling ongoing to train and l modelling ongoing to train and typically the areas are likely to be most intense —— try and predict? reasonably you have quite a lot of extremes with this already? yeah, we monitor u- e

us — why are they coming? tea and treats in the city centre. sweet moments for afghans who can afford them. the kind of life many young afghans here, men and women, want to live. growing insecurity already threatens it. we are hurrying just coming to the restaurant, coming . to a cafe, meeting our friends, just go home _ the taliban say this is a western lifestyle. maybe they say we are acting like europeans i or american people. but i think it's not true. we have the right| to choose our life. a lot is being knocked out of afghan lives. at this popular bowling alley, we hear notjust worry about the taliban. the government is failing them too, even in promoting sports like this. munir ahmad assafi is a national champion. translation: fewer people are coming here now. - before we used to gather about a0 people, we would divide into teens and hold competitions, but that doesn't happen any more. the changes over the past 20 years in afghanistan have brought new measures of freedom to many living in kabul. it's a

~ ~ the relationship between the us? . ~ ., , us? well, i think it has - it has certainly _ us? well, i think it has - it has certainly gotten - us? well, i think it has - it has certainly gotten the - has certainly gotten the attention of the united states, whereas they were sort of hoping that they could just get jovenel moise through to an election that would look like a real election that might actually be one, although most of us doubted that. they hoped that that could happen, even with this guy who was really not an effective executive or leader of his country. but now of course they cannot rely on jovenel moise to sort of shepherd through a seeming election and now they're stuck and they don't know what to do so that will be hard for the us and the international community in general does make the un, the organisation of american states, et cetera.— states, et cetera. you mentioned _ states, et cetera. you mentioned the - states, et cetera. you mentioned the un, i states, et cetera. you | mentioned the un, this states, et cetera. you mentioned the un, this request is go

would be better off, all of us would be better off, all of us would be better off, if we used that vaccine to get more people vaccinated in other parts of the world. john swartzberg, professor— the world. john swartzberg, professor emeritus - the world. john swartzberg, professor emeritus at - professor emeritus at university of california, berkeley, thank you very much, fascinating to talk to you. thank you. this is bbc news: the headlines: following the assassination of haiti's president — and the unrest that followed — the country's senate nominates an interim successor. the taliban are rapidly retaking land across afghanistan as the us—led mission withdraws the last of its troops. residents of california are bracing for a weekend of record—setting temperatures as heat continues to build on the west coast. the us national weather service has issued an excessive heat alert, with meteorologists warning that some of southern california's inland areas could reach temperatures of 49 celsius — that is 120 farenheit. earlier i spoke to eric schoening and asked him what things were

the us has declined the request, and the un may also be reluctant to get involved. ithinkthe un is- thoroughly sick of haiti. they had a 13—year peacekeeping force there that got in a lot - of trouble in a lot of ways. i the last thing being the cholera i epidemic which the peacekeeping forces brought into haiti. so, i think they don't really. want to get entangled again. i think most outside forces don't |want to get militarily entangled| again in haiti if they can avoid it. adding to the uncertainty is the political situation. there's no working parliament, two men are claiming to be the prime minister, and a third of the senate has just nominated another man to lead as interim president. courtney bembridge, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... the islamist militant group al shabab says it carried out a car bombing in somalia which eyewitnesses say killed at least five people. a vehicle laden with explosives rammed into a police convoy at a busy intersection in the capital mogadishu. the blast targeted the city's police chi

so do stay with us for that. next, ethiopia's prime minister abiy ahmed has won a landslide parliamentary victory to secure a further five—year term. his prosperity party won more than 400 seats out of the 425 for which results were announced. no voting took place in the tigray region, which is in the grip of an eight—month war. meamwhile, the un world food programme is moving aid into tigray for the first time in two weeks. a convoy of 50 lorries had to find an alternative route after a bridge was destroyed. the ethiopian government and tigrayan rebels have accused each other of sabotaging the delivery of aid. police in bangladesh have arrested the owner of a food and drinks processing factory where more than 50 people died in a fire. the blaze broke out late on thursday. shahan shah azad, the owner of hashem foods, is one of eight people arrested so far. he's expected to face murder charges. most of those who died were trapped inside the building. children were among the dead — and this has led to an inve

thank you so much forjoining us and taking us through that.— much forjoining us and taking us through that. thank you very much for having _ us through that. thank you very much for having me. _ us through that. thank you very much for having me. i - much for having me. i appreciate it. this is bbc news — our main headlines. the widow of haiti's president, jovenel moise, has made herfirst public remarks since he was assassinated. more than 30 million people in the southwestern united states are experiencing another brutal heatwave. now, the final of the euro 2020 tournament is just hours away, but the final of south america's mens football championship, the copa america, has just kicked off. two of the sports biggest rivals, brazil and argentina are playing in rio. no goals so far. the pandemic has meant only a limited number of fans are allowed in the stadium. whereas in london, more than 60 thousand are expected at wembley where england take on italy on sunday night. gareth southgate's squad arrived in london after their final training session. the england manager praised the home

one thing i they're in the western us of the future. one thing - they're in the western us is trying to bring in more prescribed for fires. we are also going in and reducing the shrubs and the fuels around in the forest and if we can treat the forest and if we can treat the forest and if we can treat the forest we can reduce the fuels because it is a build—up of fuel that is helping to drive these big fires. there's nothing we can really do about the climate change in terms of how it is affecting the fires. but it is the fuels that we can actually manage. thank you so much for taking us do that. let s get some of the day's other news in brief. on the sixtieth anniversary of a friendship treaty between china and north korea, kim jong—un and president xi jinping have exchanged messages, promising greater co—operation. according to the north korean news agency, mr kim said their relationship was vital in the face of hostile foreign forces. china is north korea's only major ally. the statues of two confederate generals have been remov

steve, thank you very much for joining us, who was in that squad at euro 96. your remember the three lions, football's coming home. that was a song they sang then, sweet caroline they are chanting now, the neil diamond classic, that seems to have become something of a classic year. yes, they are singing it again. let's stay with the theme of italy. england four, italy one. that's not a score prediction but a handy way to summarise the population of bedford. one in five bedfordians are of italian descent — after thousands moved there during the 1950s to manufacture bricks. tonight, their descendants will be making a wall of sound. apologies for that! jon ironmonger has been to the town which will be celebrating tonight, whatever the result. there is a possibility the final here in bedford will be civilised, quiet celebrations. but it is unlikely. if the previous games are anything to go by, there will be huge crowds of england fans in the centre of town... and italy fans on the river embankment, because bedford is like the little italy of england, around one

so, this is what it looks like for most of us through the morning. it's dry, but then in the afternoon, very quickly, heavy showers will develop across parts of northern england and scotland. some of them could be thundery. also in the southwest, a weather front is approaching at the same time. so, wet weather for the west country, parts of wales too. and this weather front will move slowly eastwards through the course of the day, so areas looking dry for the afternoon it may turn a little cloudy and then wet, and that does mean thatjust around kick—off time, we're expecting some rain at wembley. but the good news is it should be mostly light and fleeting. so, the forecast into the week ahead, a different extreme here, indicating further showers in the cards and we do get a dip in thejet stream, low pressure over us and the ingredients of further showers and so lots of showers on the way once again on monday and some of them heavy. if you squint, you can make up some lime green colours there, and that indicates a downpour or two. temperatures in th

have also asked for help from the un and us, l for help from the un and us, some trips to help protect key infrastructure, you say, is under threat. infrastructure, you say, is underthreat. have infrastructure, you say, is under threat. have any of those trips arrived or have you heard when they might arrive? actually, the letter was signed by the prime minister on the seventh. on the day of the assassination. what we take was to assassinate the president then the people would get in then the people would get in the street and other mercenaries may have been in the country to destroy key infrastructure. but for now i think the country is calm, there is no response yet —— response yet but we do believe there is a threat for the elections to come in and we still believe haiti would need some kind of assistance, human resources and materials for the poorest to be able to help stabilise the country, for the security of the elections that will be coming on september 26. you are backing a candidate, an interim prime minister, that was actually meant to change based on the late president'

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hello and thanks forjoining us. let's start in london, where there was an epic battle for the wimbledon title, but despite an early scare, world number one novak djokovic took the trophy for a sixth time. he beat italian matteo berrettini in four sets and equals the record of roger federer and rafa nadal with 20 grand slam titles. chetan pathak was watching. this has been a wimbledon like no other, played in a pandemic, and on the final sunday and the result was one that many were predicting, novak djkovic is wimbledon champion again, a sixth title for him, but the number that matters most will be 20 — he is now level on the number of grand slams with roger federer and rafael nadal, extraordinary to think that when djokovic won his first at the australian open in 2008, federer was already on 12, nadal on four. he has been playing catch—up his whole career, and now he has done it. matteo berrettini was standing in his way, the italian has lit up this tournament, 11 wins in a row on grass, if you include this fant

low pressure with us for the start of the week, hence that flooding rain in places. the low transfers out into continental europe, most of the thundery downpours are away the other side of the channel. but the low is close enough by to bring the threat of heavy showers towards the south east but generally, we have fewer, lighter showers, turning drier from the west, bit more sunshine coming through, so temperatures a little higher on tuesday. and it continues to dry out during wednesday as that rain pushes away. yes, we'll find a weak weather front arriving in the northwest, bringing more cloud, but otherwise dry and decent spells of sunshine. as a result, those temperatures up to 25 degrees. it won't get hot just yet, we have the high pressure building in towards the uk but this is where the air is coming from, more of a northerly breeze. but certainly an improvement as the week goes on. starting wet with flooding rains in places. from midweek onwards, much drier with sunshine and looks as though summer is coming home at last. welcome to bbc news. our top stories: t

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but on the whole, it's a fine day for most of us. and then from thursday onwards, we are expecting that high pressure to build right across the country. the winds will fall light. and given some sunshine, we'll see those temperatures recovering. in fact, we're expecting the mid—20s quite widely across the uk, but it really does depend where the winds going to be blowing from. for example, if it's coming in from the north, the north sea coasts could be a little bit chilly, but further inland, certainly around 25 or so. so here's the outlook, with monday and those showers there, maybe even one or two thunderstorms in the southeast, and then a steady climb in the temperatures as we head towards the weekend. that's it from me. bye—bye. this is bbc news, the headlines: footballs fans across italy are celebrating in the streets after the team won the euro 2020 championship in a hard—fought match against england in london. the game finished 1—1 after extra time but england crumbled during the penalties as their last three penalty ta

stay with us for that. strategistjoe tanner. stay with us forthat. now, before that, let's go to the bbc sports centre. good evening. as we've been hearing the news,. england manager gareth southgate has hit out at the racist abuse suffered by some of the england players after last night's defeat to italy, in the european championship final. southgate was speaking to the media this morning — after his side lost on penalties — three black players — marcus rashford, jadon sancho, and bukayo saka were targeted online over missing penalties. he said the players should hold their heads high — and the abuse cannot be tolerated. for some of them to be abused is unforgivable, really. i know a lot of that has come from abroad, people that track those things have been able to explain that. but not all of it. it is just not what we stand for, we, i think, have been a beacon of light in bringing people together and people being able to relate to the national team, and the national teams stands for everybody. the fa will conduct a full review after a larg

let us talk about the fans. throughout the tournament gareth southgate has said so much about the energy of the fans, how the team have fed off that energy and support and translated it into what they have been doing on the pitch. it has been a vital part of the chemistry of this tournament for england. so many of the games played here at wembley, a big home advantage in many senses for the england team. while the night ultimately ended in disappointment for the fans, i think there is this sense of overwhelming pride as well and how far the england team got, many of them very young players. and hope for the future. the agony of losing in a penalty shoot—out. gutted. it's heartbreaking. i've never been more heartbroken. commentator: rashford has missed. to lose on penalties again isjust devastating. absolutely devastating. the night started with hope, expectation even. this is the kirby estate in bermondsey in london. in trafalgar square, fans were desperate for an all—night party. we've made it, we're here,

it is all in the hands of the us government, they are blaming it all on the us government. obviously, i think it's not entirely true, i think it's not entirely true, i think there's a tremendous amount of popular anger and frustration is boiled through here, although we know that the cuban government, the us government, does support pro—democracy activities in cuba, and has probably spent millions of dollars on it over the years, but there is certainly a sign that people's own feelings are boiling over, frustration and anger against the cuban government.— over, frustration and anger against the cuban government. thank you for that. let's talk _ the cuban government. thank you for that. let's talk to — the cuban government. thank you for that. let's talk to a _ the cuban government. thank you for that. let's talk to a republican - that. let's talk to a republican congressman from new york. her own mother is from cuba, she left cuba in 1959. i'm guessing, from a family perspective, you are taking great interest in this.— interest in this. yes, i'm very ha - interest i

thank you very much forjoining us. i want to start with the point made byjon there, do you think this is going to run on or is it likely to be dealt with fairly comfortably now? well, it appears from reports today on television, diaz—canel government has been able control the protests, an image of the capital building which had been surrounded by protesters yesterday, today it was cordoned off, withjust police on the streets. so it appears it was quite quickly controlled by the government. in which case, president diaz—canel makes the point, not for the first time, that this is the fault of the united states. given the nature of the embargo and given the biden administration's lack of movement, let's say, in terms of the embargo, does he have a point? i of the embargo, does he have a oint? ~' ., , , point? i think he does. it is the traditional— point? i think he does. it is the traditional kneejerk - the traditional kneejerk reaction to the internal problems of cuba. any time there is a political or economic pro

thanks very much forjoining us. we have such a list here, the looting and violence is going on day by day at the moment. obviously the damage being inflicted through the covid pandemic. and the sense of corruption on top of which are the splits within the anc. is there one part of this you can tackle that might improve the state of play of the rest of the country?— of the country? well, it's a very complicated _ of the country? well, it's aj very complicated situation. what you effectively have is a set of social discontent in south africa which is related to sky what again —— to skyrocketing unemployment, over 40%, skyrocketing unemployment, over a0%, austerity and cuts to social grants, full of social tensions. it only needed something to like the match, and in this case it was the campaign by pro—zuma forces to unleash social discontent. so while the country have to deal with the fact part of the ruling party is prepared to launch an insurrection to release a former president, there a wider of social disc

across the western us. after months of talks and missed deadlines, a deal has been struck to keep greece within the eurozone. the immediate prospect of greece going bust in the worst crisis to hit the eurozone has been averted. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans but tonight, it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the energy crisis has brought to them. leaders meet in paris- fora summit on pollution, inflation and third world debt. this morning, theyjoinedl the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the champs—elysees. i wildlife officials in australia have been coping with a penguin problem. fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on a huge shoal of their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much, they could bar

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more than 80 major fires are now raging across 13 us states. in oregon, the nation's largest active wildfire has burned about 600 square miles — or 1500 square kilometres, prompting thousands of evacuations. over 2,000 firefighters are tackling the so—called bootleg fire — one of the largest blazes in the state's history. here you can see a time—lapse from a nasa satellite, which shows the smoke moving from the west coast travelling across the country. the smoke is grey, while the clouds are white. the fires are so intense that health agencies on the us east coast are now warning that poor air quality from the smoke poses a health hazard. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the effect of fires burning more than 4,000 kilometres away. hazy skies in new york city caused by smoke from the western wildfires. public health experts have warned that people with breathing problems should avoid being outside during the middle of the day. this monstrous fire is partly to blame. spreading rapidly through forest land about 500 kilo

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it's going nowhere fast — it's likely to stay with us through much of next week. so, the main focus for thunderstorms through tomorrow will initially be across parts of southeast england, maybe east anglia and then working their way slowly westwards through the day into parts of the midlands, wales, southwest england. always hit and miss, not everyone will see them. by and large, the further north and west you are, the drier and sunnier it will be once the morning cloud starts to break up. not quite as warm tomorrow across scotland and northern ireland, but for most, we'll still see temperatures in the low to mid 20s celsius. so, we start the new week with this area of low pressure. as i mentioned earlier, it's going to be with us for much of next week, so really quite a messy picture on monday. by this stage, it looks like the showers will push their way further northwards into parts of northern england, scotland and northern ireland. again, hit and miss. not everyone will see them, but where we do, they could bring a lot of rain injust a short amount of time. mo

us. does afghanistan have enough heaps? we _ us. does afghanistan have enough troops? we have _ us. does afghanistan have enough troops? we have more _ us. does afghanistan have enough troops? we have more than - us. does afghanistan have enough i troops? we have more than enough, us. does afghanistan have enough - troops? we have more than enough, we have over 300,000 _ troops? we have more than enough, we have over 300,000 troops _ troops? we have more than enough, we have over 300,000 troops but - troops? we have more than enough, we have over 300,000 troops but we - troops? we have more than enough, we have over 300,000 troops but we need | have over 300,000 troops but we need more than, we need the international community support, we need our air force built back up, notjust fighting terrorism and taliban for afghanistan, for the entire world. which territories are officials like yourself most concerned about. the most significant would be the taliban taking kabul, i presume? i’m taliban taking kabul, i presume? i'm not taliban taking kabul, i presume? i“n not concerned abo

we know the us withdrawal of troops is not 100% complete, that comes in august. you represent kuchis, as i introduced for our viewers, the taliban are renowned for mistreating minorities. how are you feeling about what's going on in the moments? it's absolutely terrifying. watching the legitimisation of a terrorist group, a group that had women killed in football fields, oppressed minorities, who are as of today, we have reports of the taliban taking women. wives, sisters and daughters today, so we don't know what they actually want. we know they want full control of afghanistan but we have worked for 20 years very hard. thousands of people in the western united states are spending the weekend in evacuation centres, as dozens of wildfires continue to burn across the region. our correspondent, peter bowes, is in los angeles and has more. already this season, certainly in california, we have seen many more fires than in recent years, and many more of these what they are describing as megafires and they determine a fire as a megafire when it has burned more than 100

thank you forjoining us, dame meg - you forjoining us, dame meg hillier, on bbc news. a covid victims�* group has accused the health secretary, sajid javid, of "flippancy and carelessness" after he said that people should no longer "cower" from the infection. mrjavid made the comment in a tweet confirming he'd recovered from the virus, a week after testing positive. labour claimed he'd denugrated those who followed the rules, while the liberal democrats called on him to apologise. mps have described as "wholly inadequate" the complaints process for women in the armed forces who are sexually assaulted or harassed at work. the defence select committee found that 60% of female personnel had faced bullying, harassment and discrimination during their careers. the ministry of defence says many improvements have been made, but admits women's experience isn't yet equal to men's. jonathan beale reports: what's it like being a female soldier i'm often asked. i wouldn't know. this is the army's latest recruitment campaign, aimed at women. i'm the one stitching them up! i'm not

so if it's not good for medical use it can't be wasted, it needs to be used elsewhere. and the government likewise needs to have a plan. that is effectively taxpayer's money sitting in those shipping containers. that that's not wasted. thousands of people in the western united states are spending the weekend in evacuation centers as wildfires continue to burn across the region. more than 80 large wildfires in 13 states have destroyed around 1.3 million acres in recent weeks. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. the dixie wildfire, california's biggest blaze to the north of the state, is growing rapidly. firefighters are battling day and night to try to bring it under control, but it's spreading with such ferocity that it's making its own weather, creating huge clouds that are generating lightning strikes across the region. about a fifth of the fire's perimeter has been contained, but officials say the extreme nature of the fire, along with low humidity, is hampering efforts to quell the flames. people have been evacuated from their homes in several nea

didn't think we had it left in us. - no. public events like this have been allowed since monday when nearly all legal covid restrictions were lifted in england. parkruns resumed in northern ireland last month. in scotland and wales, organisers hope they can restart next month. phil mccann, bbc news. five different types of cycling events are taking place at this year's tokyo olympics. while the sight of all those athletes on bikes might inspire some of us to hop on the saddle, not all of our local streets are suitable for cycling — unlike the netherlands, where a huge portion ofjourneys are made by bike. anna holligan has been collecting some tips from the dutch bike lanes. here in the netherlands, bikes rule. a0 years ago, the government created the dutch cycling embassy as there was so much interest in how cities transform themselves into this paradise for people on bikes. and here's their first tip. well, you need to make it really comfortable, and i think what we're doing right now is a perfect example of that. chris b

she joins us from sydney. thank you very much for coming on the programme.— thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you for havin: on the programme. thank you for having me- _ on the programme. thank you for having me- a _ on the programme. thank you for having me. a big _ on the programme. thank you for having me. a big problem - on the programme. thank you for having me. a big problem this, i having me. a big problem this, let's focus _ having me. a big problem this, let's focus specifically - having me. a big problem this, let's focus specifically on - having me. a big problem this, let's focus specifically on the i let's focus specifically on the olympic games host cities. what more do you think these cities can do? when a bed for the games, they always boast this will have huge benefits for people in their countries, and increase the health benefits. are you saying thatjust doesn't happen is yes. we examine _ doesn't happen is yes. we examine data _ doesn't happen is yes. - examine data f

, thank you so much for “oining us. ., ,, , 2, ., ., good us. thank you for having me. good luck, us. thank you for having me. good luck. emily- _ that's all for now here in tokyo. back to you in the studio, tim. plans to require football fans to be fully vaccinated if they want to go to premier league matches are being considered by the british government. it's understood clubs in england's top flight are keen to become early adopters of proof of vaccination so they can keep full capacity crowds. our political correspondent, helen catt, has the story. football fans have already been part of testing ways to keep big events going when coronavirus is very much still here. the fa cup final at wembley was a pilot event. and this weekend, the government has also turned to football to try to boost uptake of the vaccine among young people with a message from the england manager. i know oldies like me have had both jabs so we can crack on with our lives. but for you younger ones especially with the chance for everything to open up. concerns about the nu

good use forjapanese fans? —— mariko oi. indeed. i managed to grab one newspaper with a picture of takato naohisa winning his gold medal. his picture was on every newspaper in the morning. not just about getting the gold but how he overcame the disappointment and pressure of rio where he got a bronze medal. sporting news overtaking the scandal and controversy which is what the government had been hoping for. i was also going to mention do bouquet from the bouquet he and other medallist are holding. it comes from namie, the town which had to be evacuated after the fukushima nuclear accident. so not just takato fukushima nuclear accident. so notjust takato naohisa not just takato naohisa achieving notjust takato naohisa achieving his olympic dream but also namie farmers also having also namie farmers also having a victory as well.— a victory as well. you mention sot a victory as well. you mention spot taking — a victory as well. you mention spot taking over _ a victory as well. you mention spot taking over from - a victory as well

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mariko oi, thank you forjoining us for the moment. all of the action in the swimming pool and plenty of medals there but there are two new sports that have got under way today, we've been very excited to see how skateboarding will go and also surfing, so let's get a little bit more on the sport of surfing. earlier, i spoke to to the surfing journalist keith plocek, who has been following all the action currently happening on tsurigasaki surfing beach. i asked him how special a day it was to see surfing make its olympic debut. i think it is a monumental milestone. i think for more than 100 years, some people in the surfing community have been trying to make surfing part an olympic sport. duke kahanamoku, a native hawaiian who many consider the father of modern surfing — he was a 5—time medallist in swimming — and as early as 1912, he was pushing for it to be an olympic sport, so it has been a long time coming, it's exciting to see. who will we look out for, then? you've been watching some of the men's heats this morning. who has

didn't think we had it left in us. - no. public events like this have been allowed since monday when nearly all legal covid restrictions were lifted in england. parkruns resumed in northern ireland last month. in scotland and wales, organisers hope they can restart next month. phil mccann, bbc news. uk army bomb disposal experts have safely detonated a world war ii bomb, which was found during the construction of a new housing estate in east yorkshire. it's thought an raf lancaster bomber ditched the bomb when it was attempting to crash land. jake zuckerman reports. explosion. oooohhh! 0h! the moment a live world war ii bomb was detonated on the outskirts of goole. this was the device dug up by workers building a new housing estate in the town. bomb disposal experts spent much of today preparing for the controlled explosion, and for motorists, it was the cause of much frustration. the m62, which passes right next to the site, was closed in both directions as police cordoned off the area. meanwhile in goole, local people watc

lucy hockings is in tokyo for us. day two has produced some extraordinary performances and some real upsets as well. the day started with a big upset in the women's road cycling race, the austrian mathematician anna kiesenhofer took gold, she has not had a professional contract since 2017, she raced in the 40 contract since 2017, she raced in the a0 kilometres, it was an amazing race, and infact the a0 kilometres, it was an amazing race, and in fact she has a phd in maths from cambridge so she made the right calculations and today's race, a great victory for austria and the kiesenhofer. and when it came to the swimming, the men's a00 metre freestyle gold, it was the outsider 18—year—old tunisian swimmer ahmed hafnaoui pulling off a stunning victory in that race, he qualified in the slowest time, he was on the outside lane, he went on to win, it was such an extraordinary moment, he was such an extraordinary moment, he was in shock and so was his coach. bbc�*s africa because respondent told us what this means for