To meet his polish counterpart. Mr lammy stressed that the two countries share the same strategic vision on ukraine and nato with british troops and air defence systems helping to defend poland. It s part of a wider trip which saw the foreign secretary in germany yesterday and sweden later today. Our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has been travelling with the foreign secretary and has more on what he s been saying. Asa as a whistle stop tour, in fact he has moved on and i m still here, he is already in sweden. He has gone to three countries in a matter of 2a hours, why these countries? well, if you think about it, france was not an option this weekend. Brussels, the prime minister, keir starmer, has said the uk will not be rejoining the eu in his lifetime so perhaps brussels would not have been the stop. Germany, a key partner in any relation uk will have with europe in general, and poland, a country on the front line of the confrontation with russia, a key player of assistance
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Good afternoon. The cyclist laura kenny has become britain s most decorated female olympic athlete, after she and team mate katie archibald won the women s madison event in the velodrome. The pair dominated the 120 lap race, winning 10 of the 12 sprints. It means kenny has won gold in three consecutive olympic games, and archibald in two. Elsewhere after their gold in rio, britain s hockey women have taken bronze in tokyo, with a narrow victory over india. And team gb s 18th gold medal of the games came from kate french in the women s moden pentathlon. And in the last few minutes, team gb s laura muir has won silver in the 1500m final. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. Two more golds on day 1a of tokyo 2020 have taken team gb up to fourth in the overall medals table. The first of the two was a historic one for laura kenny. She has become the most decorated female olympian in british history. She and katie archibald were crowned the inaugral women s madison cha
Thousands sign a petition to save an alpaca who faces being put down after testing positive twice for bovine tb. Hello and welcome if you are watching us in the uk or around the world. It is 8pm in london, but where you re watching your very welcome to bbc news. The taliban have captured their first provincial capital in afghanistan since 2016. An official said zaranj in nimruz province, close to the border with iran, fell because of a lack of government reinforcements. The taliban have made widespread advances in recent months as nato forces complete their withdrawal. But had previously failed to seize previously, the taliban had failed to seize. In the capital, the president tv spokesperson said that shooting him dead in his car. Un security council has been meeting a special session to discuss the deteriorating situation the country. An envoy to afghanistan because of the taliban to cease its attacks among major cities immediately, as she warned the conflict torn country is heading
The hour on the bbc news channel. A twist in the harry kane saga. He says he s never refused to train for tottenham this week and will return to the club tomorrow as planned. Good evening. Team gb have been enjoying more success at the tokyo olympics, winning two golds on one of their most successful days of the games, taking seven medals in all. The cyclist laura kenny became britain s most successful woman olympian ever, winning the madison event in the velodrome with her partner katie archibald. Kenny has now taken gold in three consecutive olympic games. Our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, reports on her historic achievement. Commentator: two special athletes who complemented | each other beautifully. When nine years of brilliance culminates in one record breaking moment. Joy for katie archibald, history for laura kenny, the first british woman to win gold at three successive olympics. The madison was a new olympic event for women, requiring tactics, endurance and speed some