champions of europe! that's who we are! champions of europe? brilliant, absolutely... look, it's brought us all back together. covid has gone out the window. it's just been amazing. amazing. well, that's not quite true. coronavirus meant only a limited crowd was allowed into the stadium in porto. witnessing a game where the rich boys of europe would play the even richer boys. and in the end, only a single goal would separate them. kai havertz doing the honours just before half—time. what a night for thomas tuchel. he only took over at chelsea injanuary, and now he's a champions league—winning manager. it's a huge step to arrive in the final. it's an even bigger one to fight your way through and make it all the way to the cup. it's a fantastic achievement, congratulations to everybody. some commiserations for manchester city. they've spent fortunes reaching their first champions league final, but still the big prize eludes them. for now, the european cup is heading back to england and to chelsea. blue really is the colour. 0ur sport correspondent 0lly foster is in p

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europe. we have long been concerned about russia using energy as a tool of coercion and a political weapon. we've seen it happen before and we see it happen again. us senators agree to extend the country's ceiling for two months, avoiding a possible default on the country's national debt. the un secretary general called vaccine in equity immoral and stupid and calls for a 40% of people in all countries to be vaccinated by the end of the year. newcastle united fans celebrate a takeover by a saudi lead consortium in a deal worth more than $400 million. and after ten novels and praise for his uncompromising work on the effects of colonialism, tanzania's abdul razat gurnah is shocked to win the 2021 nobel prize for literature. you know, these days you get these cold calls, i thought, this is another one of them. and i picked it up and this guy said, "hello, you have won the nobel prize for literature." and i said, "come on, get out of here!" hello, a very warm welcome in america and around the gl

. 50. pressure on health care systems across europe.— across europe. so, do you think government _ across europe. so, do you think government messaging - across europe. so, do you think government messaging shouldl across europe. so, do you think- government messaging should change, when it comes to wearing facemasks? because any body who goes out and about at the moment, we'll see decreasing number of people wearing facemasks, certainly on public transport here in the south—east of england, what is your view of that? i think we should do as much as possible to encourage people. it is difficult because when you release restrictions, the genie is out of the bottle and getting people to comply is tricky. we have seen real—world evidence in a study looking at 30 different studies around the world showing that facemasks are really effective and can reduce infection and the spread of infection by over 50%, so they do work. i think it is encouraging people to think about themselves and others in the way that facemasks can help along with the vaccines. va

lip similar results, the uk is no longer a standout in europe.— a standout in europe. up while we look at these _ a standout in europe. up while we look at these numbers, _ a standout in europe. up while we look at these numbers, we - a standout in europe. up while we look at these numbers, we are - look at these numbers, we are talking about rates rather than absolute numbers? this talking about rates rather than absolute numbers? this business of comarin: absolute numbers? this business of comparing countries _ absolute numbers? this business of comparing countries has _ absolute numbers? this business of comparing countries has been - comparing countries has been difficult but this is the analysis you were to comet since the start of the epidemic, experts have said look at age—adjusted all caused mortality rates, and this is that analysis. so you would pay more attention to that rather than the daily numbers and going on websites and comparing one country against another. but doesn't tell the whole story because 2020 is at the whole epidemic. authority the covid d

we causing a shortage of gas across europe.— causing a shortage of gas across europe. we have long been concerned _ across europe. we have long been concerned about - across europe. we have long| been concerned about russia using energy as a tool of coercion and a political weapon. we've seen it happen before and we see it happen again. l115 before and we see it happen aain, ., ., , before and we see it happen aaain. ., ., , ., before and we see it happen aaain. ,, , ., ., , ., ., again. us senators agreed to extend the — again. us senators agreed to extend the country's - again. us senators agreed to extend the country's ceiling i extend the country's ceiling for two months, avoiding a possible default on the country's national debt. the un secretary general calls a vaccine in equity immoral and stupid, and calls for 40% of all countries to be vaccinated by the end of the year. newcastle united fans celebrate a takeover by a saudi—led consortium in a deal worth more than $400 million. and after ten novels and praise for his uncompromising work on the effects of co

dr hans kluge, the who's regional director for europe, spoke to the bbc earlier. we are definitely worried. but the good news is that we know what to do. let's look to the positive side — portugal, spain, where i have been recently, they are implementing what i call a vaccination plus path. they are vaccinating, now they are boosting but also implementing the basic measures like masks. average 48% of the european population is wearing a mask indoors. any percentage above that will have an immediate effect. much more attention to be paid to ventilation. and, finally, two new treatment protocols which have to be standardised. the women's tennis association says photos and video footage of chinese tennis star peng shuai released on sunday are insufficient and do not address the wta's concerns. it comes after chinese state media released material showing the 35—year—old standing alongside other dignatories and waving as her name is announced. the clip follows two other short videos offered as evidence that peng is not under any form of duress; one that claims to

the trade with europe dropped off a cliff. if it is epidemic effect why does it only apply to europe? if we want to operate in that market and we are going to have to open up somewhere on the continent and you had the same trading arrangement as last year? absolutely. that could have happened in birmingham. that would have happened in birmingham. after a year, particularly for small business expo to europe global britton remains a work in progress. half a million fake delivery texts are expected to be sent by fraudsters in the uk this week. the public�*s being advised to take extra care when clicking on links and inputting information — in what's predicted to be the busiest ever week for anti—fraud agencies. last christmas saw a record number of parcel delivery scams being reported, and this year has already seen ten times that amount. our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith, has the story. tis the season for gifts, last—minute purchases and late deliveries. morecambe and wise, october 1970. and what would b

in gas pipeline in europe gets to go ahead or not?— go ahead or not? in actual fact, go ahead or not? in actual fact. ben. _ go ahead or not? in actual fact, ben, the _ go ahead or not? in actual fact, ben, the last- go ahead or not? in actual fact, ben, the last three l fact, ben, the last three american administrations have all expressed their dislike of the nord stream two gas pipeline. they believed it potentially gives russia too much leverage and control over european energy supplies the simple reason that it will take gas directly from russia to germany, bypassing the ukraine and poland. now, in an act of pragmatism, i think you could say, president biden has said that he is willing to waive sanctions that have been imposed on the people, on the german company constructing this pipeline because it is virtually built. 98% of it has already been constructed and the biden administration believes there is nothing that they can do now to prevent it from coming into use. so it is better to leverage its relationship with germany, the biggest ally in eu

a record number of infections across much of europe. austria will return to a national lockdown and become one of the first countries in the world to make covid vaccination compulsory, although only from february. germany�*s health minister has called the situation a national emergency and told lockdown could it be ruled out. much tighter restrictions for on vaccinations are being the uk could be on a different path. hugh pam reports. looking ahead to christmas, but before then, the austrian people are facing bleak winter weeks with a 20 day lockdown from monday. they will only be allowed to leave home for work, exercise and shopping for essentials. vaccination will become compulsory in february. translation: despite months of persuasive efforts and campaign, despite all discussions, we did not manage to convince enough people to get vaccinated. fist convince enough people to get vaccinated.— vaccinated. at the start of the week, austria _ vaccinated. at the start of the week, austria planned - vaccinated. at the start of the - wee

that was exported to europe because europe also has the same flawed quarantine policy, so these policies are entirely possible within the uk, we just decided it is ok for these variants to come in because we think they can contain them after they come in but unfortunately we have not been successful for doing that. the so—called south african variant, the spike testing has been despite surge testing, has been increasing week on week and given our primary vaccine strategy, it is really worrying we are letting potentially vaccine evading variants to grow within the uk. the headlines on bbc news... as concern grows over the health of kremlin critic alexei navalny , russia's ambassador to london says he won't die behind bars. as india imposes new covid measures — there's concern over cases of a variant now growing in the uk. uefa, the football association, and the premier league have reacted angrily tonight to reports that 12 major european clubs, including the �*big six' from england, have signed up to a breakaway european super league. arsenal, chelsea, liverpool, manchester city, ma

this report is from our europe correspondent anna holligan. rotterdam. the netherlands�* second city. scarred by a night of rage. riot police came from across the country to try to quell the uprising. they fired warning shots than live rounds in response to scenes condemned by rotterdam's mayor as an orgy of violence. translation: on several. occasions police officers had to draw their weapons to defend themselves. some aimed shots were fired. at least seven were injured. restrictions in the netherlands began last saturday and will be in place for another two weeks at least. tonight, they are being extra vigilant here, checking ids and still looking for suspects. the streets here are peaceful right now but pockets of discontent exist around the country and the atmosphere remains volatile. the netherlands is among several european countries battling record infection rates and many governments are considering or implementing tougher measures targeting the unvaccinated. in austria today supporters of the far right freedom party marched against mandatory c

you know they are going to europe. yeah. by now, idris and his friends have reached the bela rusian capital, minsk. the airport is jammed with people making the same journey. the group has been told to go to a hotel and wait for instructions. are you worried about the journey? translation: of course we are. we are crossing the border illegally, we don't know what will happen. we don't trust anyone, not even our smuggler. in may the president of belarus, alexander lukashenko threatened to flood the eu with drugs and migrants. revenge, it seems, for eu sanctions. soon, thousands were crossing into lithuania. we went there to see the border. the guards here still catching dozens of migrants every day. lithuania says belarus is actively helping them to cross illegally. in some cases the border is little more than a gap in the forest. we can see some belarusian border guards coming right now. until the crisis began, there was regular communication between the two sides but after president lukashenko threatened to allow migrants i

the power lies with russia rather than europe-— than europe. yes. russia is very aood at than europe. yes. russia is very good at extracting _ than europe. yes. russia is very good at extracting concessions l than europe. yes. russia is very - good at extracting concessions from those who are economically dependent on it. there are things that europe and the us can do. if the sections go forward at the eu is proposing notjust on individuals but if they really started targeting some of the state companies that certainly lukashenko enters i'll two allies benefit from. things like the oil company, the refinery belarus produces 20% of the worlds potash. things like that. these are money generating entities that if russell's are serious about really trying to bring lucas shook it down, they will consider such measures. the headlines on bbc news... chelsea win the biggest prize in european football for a second time, beating manchester city 1—0 in the champions league final. army troops are deployed across colombia in an attempt to restore order af

the hottest air in europe gets steered and trapped in the south of europe, so no heatwave on the way but there will be an improvement. in that it will become drier and sunnier as well. he was the chance for monday. a lot of dry weather, sunshine, temperatures still, in the august sunshine, highs of 22 in glasgow, 2a belfast and 23 in glasgow. these temperatures will be kind of typicalfor much of in glasgow. these temperatures will be kind of typical for much of next week. high confidence in the forecast, a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine and for the most part, temperatures in the low 20s. it may turn cloudier towards the end of the week and into the following weekend. dry, sunny, not bad but no heatwave on the way. that is your latest weather. goodbye. tonight at ten, the desperate scramble to escape afghanistan, and life, under taliban rule. the militants beat back the crowds at kabul aiport, tonight at ten, the desperate scramble to escape afghanistan, and life, under taliban rule. the militants beat back the crowds at kabul aiport, as afghans beg western embassies, for trave

europe. on twitter you said to your followers, europe. on twitter you said to your followers. you _ europe. on twitter you said to your followers, you are _ europe. on twitter you said to your followers, you are off— europe. on twitter you said to your followers, you are off on _ europe. on twitter you said to your followers, you are off on an - followers, you are off on an adventure, basically. is that all the keys that you are travelling outside the uk or this clash that is taking place later today. it is outside the uk or this clash that is taking place later today.— taking place later today. it is the whole thing. _ taking place later today. it is the whole thing, actually. _ taking place later today. it is the whole thing, actually. because l taking place later today. it is the whole thing, actually. because i| whole thing, actually. because i travel a lot for myjob covering football and during normal times i travelled to places like porto once every two months. maybe once every month. i'm travelling all the time but it has been

i've seen flooding on this scale in europe but not... not wild land fires. so it's immense, the land is burned right across. another fire sparks in the undergrowth. the team's greek liaison officer rushes to put it out. a firefighting helicopter carrying water flies past the house where yorgos and stella live. their family has lost 700 olive trees. translation: others | have lost more than us. my main worry is about the environment. the trees that have been burned are more than 50 years old. the situation is volatile. when we drove down this road this morning, there was no smoke. now there's fire. with the wind rising, there are fears this will be a long and difficult night. bethany bell, bbc news, in the peloponnese. stay with us on bbc news, still to come. a british man working at the embassy in berlin's arrested on suspicion of spying for russia. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a huge job of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutal former dictator, has died at

elsewhere, the us and europe continue to experience very high levels of new infections. president biden has spoken on the phone with russia's vladimir putin for the second time this month. the white house said mr biden urged russia to de—escalate tensions over the concentration of thousands of russian troops on the border with ukraine, but made it clear that the united states and its allies would respond decisively if russia further invades ukraine.

it's the second time the london team has been crowned the best club in europe. over 16,000 supporters were allowed into the stadium in portugal to watch the match. environment officials in sri lanka have warned the country is facing one of the worst ecological crises in its history, following a naval container fire off the country's coast. thousands of military personnel have been deployed to clean up micro plastic pollution washed ashore since the fire last week. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, i'm shaun ley. welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk columnists, bbc specialists, and the foreign correspondents who write, broadcast and blog from abroad for audiences back home with the dateline, london. this week, pandemic panic, as borisjohnson�*s former top adviserjustified his damning indictment of britain's prime minister as unfit for the job. and a year after george floyd was murdered by an officer sworn to protect, what does congressional deadlock on police reform tell us about american politics and president biden? joining us, one

the rate looking at europe might be one in 100,000, looking at europe might be one in100,000, may looking at europe might be one in 100,000, may be one in 250,000, in the us, may be one ina 250,000, in the us, may be one in a million, and we have to be very careful about the messaging. the us is in a different position. if tomorrow the us never authorised the astrazeneca oxford vaccine and shelved the johnson astrazeneca oxford vaccine and shelved thejohnson & astrazeneca oxford vaccine and shelved the johnson & johnson vaccine, shelved thejohnson &johnson vaccine, it may shelved the johnson & johnson vaccine, it may not have that much impact on the us programme because they have other options, they have procured so much of the mrna vaccines and the particle vaccine may still be there. but the problem when you look at sub—saharan africa and latin america, they are all adenovirus vector vaccines, and if somebody signals a problem oran if somebody signals a problem or an alarm, that could have a devastating effect on the ability of africa and latin america to fight this pandemic. so it is

if you cast your— europe? that's absolutely right. if you cast your mind _ europe? that's absolutely right. if you cast your mind back— europe? that's absolutely right. if you cast your mind back to - europe? that's absolutely right. if you cast your mind back to the - europe? that's absolutely right. if. you cast your mind back to the days when we were talking about the big queues at dover over christmas, when we had the kent variant, and the french were very worried about that, so they imposed these tests on lorry drivers returning from france, and there was chaos to begin with because we didn't have an infrastructure yet. we have now got an infrastructure, those tests have continued up to now and it works well. what has happened is it is the french now that have got the problem, and, as a result, the british wanted to track all lorry drivers coming in. we are going to use the same infrastructure that is used the other way round, if you like. foryouraverage used the other way round, if you like. for your average lorry driver who is doing international work, this

—— midan amaq. countries in europe -- midan amau. , , ., , countries in europe -- midan amau. , , , , amaq. the g7 still has plenty of opportunity _ amaq. the g7 still has plenty of opportunity to _ amaq. the g7 still has plenty of opportunity to catch - amaq. the g7 still has plenty of opportunity to catch up - of opportunity to catch up because the vast majority of the developing world is, as yet, unvaccinated. there are issues with the efficacy of the chinese vaccine and, of course, questions about what beating once in return. —— beating. but until now most countries haven't had the luxury of choosing a way out of this pandemic. aleem maqbool there. the american reality tv show keeping up with the kardashians is airing its final episode on thursday, after 1a years and 20 series. it has made stars of the kardashian—jennerfamily and had an influence on fashion, beauty and social media. kim kardashian and kyliejenner are in the ten most followed accounts on instagram. all five sisters feature in the top twenty. it seems there aren't many who can keep up with the kardashians. i

the world health organisation says it is very worried about the number of cases in europe, as the virus once again becomes the continent's biggest killer. success today does not mean success tomorrow because no country is an island. in other news, the us secretary of state warns of "real concerns" about russian activities at the border with ukraine. we don't know what president putin's intentions are but we do know what's happened in the past. we do know the playbook. record numbers of migrants crossing the english channel prompt a review by the british government. and hundreds of tesla drivers are locked out of their vehicles, after the carmaker�*s app stopped working. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we begin in the netherlands — and a second night of violent unrest over the dutch government's coronavirus measures. these are the latest pictures from the hague — where there is a heavy police presence and reports of rioters throwing stones and fireworks at officers. the police say four people are being treated in a rotterdam hospital after friday nigh

it is for anybody coming from continental europe, so it will - continental europe, so it will mainly beat road transport drivers, but also aircrew and maritime will have testing regime for them as well. ., ~ have testing regime for them as well. . ,, , ., have testing regime for them as well. ., ~' , ., , have testing regime for them as well. . ,, i. , . have testing regime for them as well. ., ~ , ., , . ., well. thank you very much indeed for “oininr us well. thank you very much indeed for joining us here _ well. thank you very much indeed for joining us here on _ well. thank you very much indeed for joining us here on bbc— well. thank you very much indeed for joining us here on bbc news. - there's been widespread international condemnation of myanmar after the military there shot and killed more than 100 of its own civilians. defence chiefs from 12 countries, including the us, britain and japan, have issued a joint statement saying armed forces should protect, rather than harm, the people they serve. yesterday was the deadliest since the military coup in myanmar eight weeks ag

ste ed in. , and the rest of europe have already steed in. , g. and the rest of europe have already steed in. , �* stepped in. president joe biden urues stepped in. president joe biden urges companies _ stepped in. president joe biden urges companies to _ stepped in. president joe biden urges companies to fire - stepped in. president joe biden| urges companies to fire workers stepped in. president joe biden - urges companies to fire workers who have not been vaccinated against coronavirus. there is a lot of opposition. the most significant overhaul of the international tax system in the generation was announced friday night after negotiations headed by the finally ended in agreement. there will be corporation tax that an agreement, all nations and the planet will be a blast to play. — advise to pay. higher than some examples, ireland's rate which at present is one of the last countries to agree to the deal. under 36 of them have signed up and only kenya, nigeria, pakistan and sri lanka are refusing. they brokered the dealings of the countries will collect and $150,000,000,000 a

according to a new climate report, last year was the warmest on record across europe. temperatures across the region were more than 1.9 degrees celcius above the long—term average between 1981 and 2010. the state of the climate 2020 report from the american meteorological society says temperatures in the arctic are also rising rapidly, with temperatures over land — the highest since records began in 1900. well for more on this, i'm joined now by one of the co—editors of the state of the climate report — professor tim boyer, from the national centre for environmental information, in washington. what the us, the key findings of the report?— of the report? thank you for havin: of the report? thank you for having me- _ of the report? thank you for having me. some _ of the report? thank you for having me. some of - of the report? thank you for having me. some of the - of the report? thank you for having me. some of the keyj having me. some of the key findings of the report are, as you said, in europe, the temperature, average temperature, average temperature was 1

painting europe blue — chelsea celebrates winning europe's champions league, beating manchester city 1—0. solidarity with the people of belarus — the message from dozens of protests around the world. more than 100 macaque monkeys are rescued from a smuggling gang operating in the jungles of thailand. and a secret ceremony in which british prime minister borisjohnson married his fiancee carrie symonds. chelsea fans are celebrating after their team won the champions league final in porto. they beat fellow english side and premier league champions manchester city in a 1—0 victory, after seven tense minutes of extra time, to pick up their second european cup. more than 16,000 supporters were allowed into the stadium in portugal after the venue was switched from turkey because of covid—19. the bbc�*s tim allman watched the action. champions, champions of europe! victory is always sweet, even when there's a pandemic on. only a few thousand chelsea fans were able to savour their team's win first—hand, but not one was complaining. wonderful. fantastic, fantastic. we just can't be

for years, europe has depended on russia for much of its energy supplies. in all, the eu gets 40% of its natural gas from there, and about a quarter of its crude oil. that means the kremlin has a big say in the price of our energy, and one ofjoe biden�*s closest advisers told me that influence could be exploited. we have long been concerned about russia using energy as a tool of coercion and a political weapon. we've seen it happen before and we could see it happen again. but do you think that russia are going to try and exploit this? i think it would be a mistake for russia to try to exploit this. i think that would ultimately backfire on them and i believe that they should respond to the market demands for increased energy supplies to europe. the fear is that moscow is not supplying as much gas as it could to put pressure on the eu to start using this, russia's new pipeline called nord stream 2. this would massively increase the amount of gas coming direct from russia, through the baltic sea, to germany, bypassing the other main route through ukraine. s

the world health organisation says it is very worried about the number of cases in europe, as the virus once again becomes the continent's biggest killer. success today does not mean success tomorrow because no country is an island. the missing tennis player peng shuai. new videos chinese media says were filmed this weekend fail to allay the fears of the international community. bad news for hong kong's wild boars — attacks on the public prompt authorities to launch a cull of the creatures in urban areas. hello and welcome to bbc news. rioting has broken out for a second night in the netherlands over lockdown restrictions. these are the latest pictures from the hague, where there is a heavy police presence. reports from a working class district say hundreds of people lit fires and pelted the police with rocks and fireworks. it follows friday night's violence in rotterdam, when at least 50 people were arrested. four of those demonstrators are receiving hospital treatment for gunshot wounds. the dutchjustice minister, ferd grapperhaus, has called the violence criminal and repulsive. the

the russians are saying that this is a benefit both to europe, to germany and to other parts of europe, but that is not likely to be something that the americans agree with. as i say, they believe that this is potentially linking with germany the supply of energy to europe in general more vulnerable to political pressure. david willis there for us. four companies accused of fuelling the opiate crisis that makes smoke from wild fires burning on the west coast of america has drifted all the way across the continent to cathy hayes over the east coast that make officials in new york issued warnings for pregnant women and the elderly due to poor air quality. cities as far apart as washington and toronto are also affected. the disgraced former hollywood movie producer, harvey weinstein, has appeared in court in los angeles where he pled not guilty to 11 charges of sexual assault. he had been extradited to california, from new york, where he is serving a 23 year prison sentence for rape. america's top general has acknowledged the strategic momentum in afghanistan. the general said the afghan

this was, once again, direct act of aggression against europe. this was a plane that was playing make flying from greece to lithuania on ryanair, an irish company that was high get to belarus so we saw a swift reaction in the european council the next day with direct sanctions that were being announced. it is important to remember that in august it took three months for europeans to impose sanctions on belarus after the election because of internal divisions within the european union, so this time was much quicker but it's important to keep the pressure and notjust makes it one shot, to make sure that these people are released and we see a change in behaviour in minsk. trier? change in behaviour in minsk. very briefl , change in behaviour in minsk. very briefly, benjamin, _ change in behaviour in minsk. very briefly, benjamin, what is the state of the opposition movement in belarus? , , of the opposition movement in belarus? , ., ., belarus? first, loss of opposition ou have belarus? first, loss of opposition you have it _ belarus? first, loss of

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in recent years, america's footprint in europe has been shrinking. and, although president biden scrapped plans to withdraw 12,000 american troops from germany, the approximate figures, which amount to some 70,000 troops, is far smaller than the 400,000 that were spread across europe at the height of the cold war. so will it work. i'm joined by lt col alexander vindman, a decorated us officer. he fled ukraine with his family at the age of three and later became a soldier in the us army. you may recall that in 2019 he was star witness in the impeachment inquiry into president trump. good to have you on the programme. i wonder if i could get your thoughts on what you have just heard from jake other than the national security advisor. do this sort of things he is talking about do they suggest to you that they might have changed the minds of the russians? i am skeptical about whether there is really all that much that can change the minds of the russians. i think their largest calculus is going to be based on the probability of success inside ukraine. ca

it�*s the first measure of its kind in western europe. it�*ll be enforced with regular spot checks before a review in ten days. three men in their 20s have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences after a car exploded outside a maternity hospital in liverpool. one person died and another was injured. it happened at the same time the nation fell silent to mark remembrance sunday.

belarus's border with poland transformed into a camp for those desperate to get to europe. tonight, for the first time, belarusian border guards agreed to take us into the camp, right up to the border. behind the barbed wire, the european union, just metres away. many here are kurds from the middle east. the eu believes that belarus helped them get here, that the country is facilitating illegal migration into europe — revenge for sanctions. but poland won't let them in. we are like homeless, we don't have any place to stay there. it is about whether it's too cold, we just collect fire and burning trees to make our bodies heat. but still we hope, we never give up. we've been told there are more than 2000 people in this camp, living in pretty basic conditions. this story is a very human drama, but the backdrop, that's geopolitics. the migrant crisis is ratcheting up east—west tension. near the border, paratroopers from belarus and russia held joint exercises, signalling whose side the kremlin's on. increasing, too, is alexander lukashenko's rhetoric. this week he threaten

for europe. a phrase that kept on being repeated throughout the meetings today. and what that means in concrete terms is quite a lot of radical reform for europe, more control for brussels, less control for national leaders, and that is something that, actually, angela merkel always pushed back against. so, this phrase, a sovereign europe, is actually a new german coalition agreement, something the new minister is apparently key on, so this could mean more power is going to the eu in terms of security, in terms of migration, certainly something that french president, emmanuel macron, wants, now you have that in berlin as well. so, you are quite right, the sense of continuity certainly in style, but actually under the surface, we could see some big changes in the eu over the next few years if their plans come to fruition. michael nesmith, singer and guitarist with 1960s pop group the monkees, has died at the age of 78. the quartet rose to fame with a string of hit songs and starred in their own po

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much of southern europe continues to bake. bone dry, after one of the hottest summers, ever recorded. and in antarctica — a colossal iceberg almost as big as london is being monitored carefully by scientists. the united nations has urged afghanistan's neighbours to keep their borders open, potentially allowing tens of thousands of people fleeing fighting against the taliban, to reach safety. aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe, as the militants continue their sweeping advance across the country. the taliban have made rapid gains sincejuly, the red areas show where they had control a month later more and more districts have fallen under their control leaving the map looking like this. latest reports suggest they now control another provincial capital, pali alam, just 45 miles south of the capital kabul, from where our correspondent, yogita limye, has the very latest.. from where our correspondent, yogita limye, has the very latest. the biggest taliban victory so far in their rapid march across the country.

we have proven this in europe by allowing vaccinated americans to come and visit europe for months now. i think if it became — visit europe for months now. i think if it became increasingly untenable in the _ if it became increasingly untenable in the us— if it became increasingly untenable in the us context to be able to justify— in the us context to be able to justify banning hundreds of millions of europeans, businesspeople, famiiies— of europeans, businesspeople, families from coming this country. if families from coming this country. if you _ families from coming this country. if you look— families from coming this country. if you look at the way that the european _ if you look at the way that the european ambassadors approach this in the _ european ambassadors approach this in the last— european ambassadors approach this in the last few weeks, you'll see that the — in the last few weeks, you'll see that the pressure increased quite dramatically, certainly from brussels, the constant contact on this issue — brussels, the constant contact on this issue at all differ

any meeting of the organisation of security cooperation in europe with all european countries and having a serious discussion about the future of european security is something that the biden administration and our allies in europe are more than willing to do, but not at the point of a un. ,, to do, but not at the point of a un. ., to do, but not at the point of a iun. ., to do, but not at the point of a iun. . ., a gun. say that if we took that as that's what _ a gun. say that if we took that as that's what happened, - a gun. say that if we took that as that's what happened, that | as that's what happened, that kind of deterrence message in diplomacy message, what do you think vita may put an's response would've been? well, my sense _ response would've been? well, my sense is _ response would've been? well, my sense is that _ response would've been? well, my sense is that he _ response would've been? well, my sense is that he would've i my sense is that he would've set them all and deflate —— in favour of diplomacy, but we need results immediately and here are my demands, which as i

dr hans kluge, the who's regional director for europe, spoke to the bbc earlier. we are definitely worried. but the good news is that we know what to do. let's look to the positive side — portugal, spain, where i have been recently, they are implementing what i call a vaccination plus path. they are vaccinating, now they are boosting but also implementing the basic measures like masks. average 48% of the european population is wearing a mask indoors. any percentage above that will have an immediate effect. much more attention to be paid to ventilation. and, finally, two new treatment protocols which have to be standardised. chinese state media has posted three videos which it says shows the missing chinese tennis player, peng shuai. the editor of the global times newspaper posted the videos, saying they were taken this weekend. the former world number one disappeared earlier this month, after she alleged she was sexually exploited by a former vice premier of china. our china correspondent, john sudworth, joins me live now from taipei. what are we to make of this