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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20210808 14:14:00

Then be recreated inside the olympic stadium tonight scenes of tokyo, so we saw a park scene, bmx riders, a dj and what they were trying to do was give the athletes a sense of what this incredibly vibrant, creative amazing city is all about because they haven t been able to see it! they ve only been in the olympic village or at their venues and they wanted to give them a little taste of that at the closing ceremony so moments like that for me actually felt a little bit poignant. yes, very much so, but at least the world has been watching. thank you so much, lucy in tokyo. the taliban in afghanistan say they have captured the northern cities of kunduz and sar e pol, as they continue to make sweeping territorial gains. a spokesman for the group said theirfighters had taken most government buildings in kunduz, but a defence ministry official said special forces were still inside the city battling the insurgents. if the miltants can hold kunduz, ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20210808 15:14:00

Thousands more people have had their first taste of the covid 19 vaccine, more have had their second dose, and that means the total number of people who have had a first dose is 47,036,796 and the total number of people who have had a second dose is 39,429,468. another afghan provincial capital , taluqan in takhar province in the north of the country, fell to the taliban this afternoon. it comes as the taliban in afghanistan say they have captured the northern cities of kunduz and sar e pul, as they continue to make sweeping territorial gains. a spokesman for the group said theirfighters had taken most government buildings in kunduz, but a defence ministry official said special forces were still inside the city battling the insurgents. if the miltants can hold kunduz, considered a gateway to central asia, it will be a big setback for the government. a local official in sar e pul said most government officials had moved to an army base outside the city. ....

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