this is bbc news. the headlines: at the olympics, there has been more success for team gb. charlotte worthington has won britain s ninth gold of the games in the bmx freestyle. the british win their eighth medal in the swimming pool with silver in the medley relay. fighting is raging around three major cities in afghanistan as the taliban try to seize them from government forces. militants have made rapid gains since it was announced almost all foreign troops would leave by september. rockets have been fired at kandahar airport, which has been closed to all traffic. the head of the burmese military government has promised to hold multi party elections and work with fellow asean states, six months after seizing power. myanmar has been engulfed by violence since the army took control. nationwide street demonstrations in favour of aung san suu kyi have been suppressed with violence.
the head of the burmese military government has promised to hold multi party elections and work with fellow asean states, six months after seizing power. myanmar has been engulfed by violence since the army took control. nationwide street demonstrations in favour of aung san suu kyi have been suppressed with violence. fighting is raging around three major cities in afghanistan as the taliban try to seize them from government forces. militants have made rapid gains since it was announced almost all foreign troops would leave by september. rockets have been fired at kandahar airport, which has been closed to all traffic. at the olympics, the american caeleb dressel has won the men s 50 metres freestyle and 4 by 100 medley relay with a new world record time. australian emma mckeon has becomed the most decorated swimmer from her country ever. she won four golds and seven medals in total in tokyo.
the immune syndrome. it will give them some protection after that first dose, but we will need to wait until they have had their second doses, which will need to be eight weeks after that first dose. so we re really looking towards this protection being in place for them into the autumn and through the winter months as well. the head of the burmese military government has promised to hold multi party elections and work with fellow asean states, six months after seizing power. but general min aung hlaing, speaking in a television address, described the party he forced from office as terrorists. that is the national league for democracy of aung san suu kyi. myanmar has been engulfed by violence since the army took control on 1 february. nationwide street demonstrations in favour of aung san suu kyi have been suppressed with violence.
actors in the united states, not just because of what the effect might be in the united states, but because that is, as i was saying, is part of his overall strategy, which is to prove to russians that democracy doesn t work, that american democracy is chaotic, that it leads to violence, that it s not something russians should want or desire or aim for. remember, this is a leader for whom his worst nightmare was something he s already seen unfold in ukraine in 2014 when there are mass street demonstrations calling for democracy and opposing corruption. and those street demonstrations successfully overthrew an autocratic president and substituted brought a new wave of democratic elections to ukraine. that is what he is afraid of. so any way in which he can show russians that democracy is a failure helps him. and that s why, by the way, russian television repeatedly shows the demonstrations on january 6th, focuses on them,
was throw away disaster in almost 15 years but it s just the latest in a series of accidents and lack of investment has caused the system to fall into disrepair. some survivors have questioned whether the fire was caused by a cooking accident they believe a short circuit in the train s electrical system might have been to plane as questions mount rescue workers have begun the grim task of recovering bodies. of police have fired tear gas to clear protesters from hong kong party district hundreds of demonstrators wearing masks had filled the area to coincide with halloween parties on is usually buzzing with people in costumes celebrating halloween but this year protesters wanted to make a political point by defying a city wide ban on safe coverings it s just the latest episode to send a shiver through hong kong. street demonstrations in hong kong hitting hard