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Britains paralympians have added three more golds to an already impressive tally of medals, at the games in tokyo. success for the cyclists and swimmers have put great britain in second place behind china in the medals table. from tokyo, heres andy swiss. rarely has british sport seen a more versatile or a more victorious athlete. for kadeena cox, just the start of what could be another golden games. cox is a cyclist, but also a runner. at the last paralympics, she won golds at both. and, in her...

Border—long country with afghanistan. both of these countries are... ..could be targets for terrorists. leon panetta, a former cia director, says he has no doubt that the taliban remain terrorists. they are going to continue to support terrorists and he, of course, is talking about al-qaeda and various different other radical islamist groups, including islamic state. does russia take the same view? well, we have seen that director of cia has just met with leaders of taliban and he was talking ...

With leaders of taliban and he was talking to them. i do not know about what, but its a fact of life. and what i do understand, although im not a big specialist in the middle east, in the middle east, but i can say that taliban is different. they have different wings in it, and very political wings, radicalwings, islamist wings, and so on. what will be the outcome? but it does not represent the whole people of afghanistan. we have other fractions and other people, not only pashtuns, who are lead...

But it does not represent the whole people of afghanistan. we have other fractions and other people, not only pashtuns, who are leading over there. a final thought on afghanistan. the un high commissioner for human rights, michelle bachelet, she wants the united nations security council and the member nations to focus like a laser beam on human rights in afghanistan. she says there are credible reports of serious violations of human rights. she even mentioned summary executions, new restrictions...

Pakistani president, who has told us that they have used the taliban as part of the proxy war. he said i did it, it was part of the policy, it is what we needed. we needed a week afghanistan and it was part of our national security policy. i afghanistan and it was part of our national security policy.— national security policy. i think he was referring _ national security policy. i think he was referring to _ national security policy. i think he was referring to what _ national security policy...

She is most proud of of. dan roan, bbc news, tokyo. the athlete karsten warholm of norway had has a stunning day — he won gold in the 400 metre hurdles and in the process destroyed his previous world record. he said after the race that it hadnt sunk in yet but he still felt ecstatic. with more on that and some of the days other achievements — heres our correspondent andy swiss. commentator: i cannot believe what weve just seen. _ not so much rewriting the record books as ripping them to piec...

Destroyed his previous world record. he said after the race that it hadnt sunk in yet, but he still felt rather ecstatic. with more on that and some of the days other achievements, heres our correspondent andy swiss. commentator: i cannot believe what weve just seen. not so much rewriting the record books, as ripping them to pieces. the olympics have seen some remarkable feats over the years, but nothing like karsten warholm. the norwegian was favourite to win the 400 metres hurdles, but somethi...

At the same time theyre reassuring the vccinated saying their risk of a breakthrough infection is low. but also telling everyone they should wear a mask. it is a data problem theyre up against. there is limited data out of the u.s. on the cases of breakthrough infections on these are vaccinated. it is difficult to make a case. >> fractions of percentage points when you talk about low risks. morgan youre down in louisiana where theyre investigating the surges right now. there is new cases up, som...

Suspect your enquiries into the murder of daniel morgan back in 1987 has denied corruption hampered the police investigation. daniel morgan, the business partner ofjonathan rees was found dead with an axe wound in a pub car park and an independent panel found evidence mr rees drank in pubs with police officers on the case even after he became a suspect. but mr rees told the bbc he did not see exchanging information with officers is corrupt. he was acquitted of charges in 2011 and denies being in...

Realistic. im only talking about some fractions of degrees here because were in a confrontational state. but putin himself has got to get through the next several years as well. he isnt out of the pandemic. they have very low vaccination rates. only about 10% of their population fully vaccinated now. the russian economy isnt doing great. theyve signaled very clearly they want to have investment. in fact, putin was crowing about the fact that there were more american businesspeople at the recent ...