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Runny and officials feared most, that the country is now facing its deadliest surge of the covid-i9 facing its deadliest surge of the covid—i9 virus. iran reported more than 500 daily covid deaths on sunday and 2000 positive cases. it is all—time high which is the total number of cases to four million and deaths to more than 94,000. iran remains the hardest—hit country and all of the middle east. cases have been spiking since latejune and officials are warning the delta variant is causing ...

By a fifth wave of the virus. hello and welcome to bbc news. the taliban has captured three more provincial capitals, this time in northern afghanistan, as they intensify their offensive to seize power, following the withdrawal of western troops. the three cities appear to have largely fallen to the islamist militants within hours of each other. the biggest is kunduz, a city of more than a quarter of a million. the provincial capitals sar—e pul and taloqan are also largely in militant hands. b...

It began itsjourney off the coast of canada ending three hours later when the sun set over the bay of bengal. you are watching bbc news. the main headlines. the taliban seized three more provincial capitals in afghanistan in the course of one day. they reject calls for a ceasefire. wildfires continue to burn on the greek island of avia, dozens of villagers have been evacuated, ferries on standby to take more people to safety. iran �*s latest covid—i9 figures show the country is in the grip o...

And 40,000 positive cases. the delta variant and low vaccine uptake are thought to be behind the surge, and we have this report. record infections and record deaths. newly released figures confirm what iranian officials feared most. that the country is now facing its deadliest surge of the covid—i9 virus. iran reported more than 500 daily covid deaths on sunday and almost 40,000 positive cases. this all—time high pushes the total number of cases to more than 4 million and deaths to more than...

Serious side effects. like multisystemñi inflammatory syndrome and in children that i know that yourxd hospitali] dea with thosew3 cases very often. you know, these cases could have been prevented in the young people if the parents had been vaccinated. and we heard on this program from parents who wished theyd acted before it was too late.1b to see that sense of regret for parents to feel bguilty for wha their child is going through for something that could have been avoided? >> yeah, it is wor...

Batch comes through. thank you. and the coronavirus delta variant raging across asia. thailand warns no matter how many beds are added it will not be enough for the current outbreak. h more than 40,000 are on lockdown and a record number of new covid cases reported in tokyo making japan a sitting duck. blake essig is live in tokyo. obviously this is all going on with the olympics happening. is there a sense of urgency about this right now in japan? >> reporter: absolutely not ideal right now. ...

Japan has avoided the devastated covid outbreak suffered by other nations on the continent, but this fifth wave thats being fuelled by the delta variant is putting real pressure now on hospitals here in tokyo. theyve been told to prepare more beds, they are expecting more hospitalisations. mariko oi is in a district here in tokyo, she gave us the latest on those covid numbers. we have to remember that this is the fourth state of emergency that tokyo is under. and, with the latest declaration, th...

On the olympics from the pacific university of oregon. thank you very much forjoining us. five days out from the opening ceremony, we have got covid cases, people isolating. how concerned should athletes be?— people isolating. how concerned should athletes be? went on the big oruanisers should athletes be? went on the big organisers said _ should athletes be? went on the big organisers said they _ should athletes be? went on the big organisers said they wanted - should athletes be? went on the...

Which is still struggling to get back on its feet. guy hedgecoe reports from spains mediterranean coast. the youngsters who went to this concert in majorca injune had believed the end was in sight. but after weeks of relative normality, spain is once again struggling with covid. this fifth wave of the virus is different to previous ones. the so—called delta variant is becoming more widespread. also, young people are at the centre of this latest surge in cases. its a little bit stupid to go out...

Guy hedgecoe reports from spain s mediterranean coast. the youngsters who went to this concert in majorca injune had believed the end was in sight. but after weeks of relative normality, spain is once again struggling with covid. this fifth wave of the virus is different to previous ones. the so—called delta variant is becoming more widespread. also, young people are at the centre of this latest surge in cases. its a little bit stupid to go out without a mask and go to parties. im still waitin...