:00:00. > :00:07.More medals for Team GB in Rio after Adam Peaty leads
:00:08. > :00:22.His victory ended a 28-year wait for a British man
:00:23. > :00:25.to truimph in the pool and set a new word record.
:00:26. > :00:28.I can't actually believe it's happened.
:00:29. > :00:38.I'm going to have to slap myself, I think, a few times!
:00:39. > :00:40.Tonight, it's Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow's turn
:00:41. > :00:42.to celebrate their synchronised diving bronze, taking the British
:00:43. > :00:48.And with the focus now on the men's gymnastics,
:00:49. > :00:54.The pictures that prove British special forces
:00:55. > :00:56.are on the ground inside Syria, supporting rebels
:00:57. > :01:04.A court ruling that could boost Jeremy Corbyn as he faces Owen Smith
:01:05. > :01:09.And hinting at what was once unthinkable -
:01:10. > :01:14.Japan's Emperor Akihito suggests that he may want to retire.
:01:15. > :01:16.And coming up in Olympic Sportsday on BBC News:
:01:17. > :01:18.Ed Ling takes Great Britain's third medal
:01:19. > :01:20.at the Olympics - winning shooting bronze
:01:21. > :01:44.with the prospect of more to come in diving and gymnastics.
:01:45. > :01:49.For nearly 30 years, no British man had won
:01:50. > :01:56.The 21-year-old from Uttoxeter smashed his own world record to win
:01:57. > :02:01.the 100m breaststroke in the early hours of this morning.
:02:02. > :02:04.It was Team GB's first medal, followed within minutes by a silver
:02:05. > :02:13.Our Sports Editor Dan Roan has our first report from Rio.
:02:14. > :02:16.As a boy, Adam Peaty was afraid of the water, he certainly has
:02:17. > :02:24.No one in history has ever swum faster, not in the 100
:02:25. > :02:30.As he closed in on Olympic glory, the battle was not with his rivals,
:02:31. > :02:36.The gold line represents Peaty's own world record.
:02:37. > :02:41.Like his opponents, it did not stand a chance.
:02:42. > :02:46.COMMENTATOR: This is brilliant, fantastic, Adam Peaty takes the gold
:02:47. > :02:49.medal by an absolute street, wonderful world record.
:02:50. > :03:03.History will show Peaty won in 57.13 seconds, but this is
:03:04. > :03:05.a triumph which has taken much longer than that.
:03:06. > :03:08.It is surreal, to get Team GB's first gold but this is the product
:03:09. > :03:12.I came out tonight, took the first 50 easy and then came back
:03:13. > :03:16.Everything that has got it down in the last few years,
:03:17. > :03:19.but more importantly I've done this for my country and it
:03:20. > :03:23.Back home, it may have been the early hours but this
:03:24. > :03:25.was a moment not to be missed, not at Peaty's swimming
:03:26. > :03:29.And certainly not here in Uttoxeter, where from her living room
:03:30. > :03:36.Mavis Williams urged her grandson on.
:03:37. > :03:41.Back in Rio today, Peaty's parents left to wonder at how
:03:42. > :03:45.It really came to me when he was on the podium
:03:46. > :03:50.That really brought tears to my eyes, I thought, "oh,
:03:51. > :03:52.my goodness, my son is up there," because we have watched
:03:53. > :03:54.the Olympics before, but I never really imagined,
:03:55. > :03:57.even though I knew this was his dream and I thought
:03:58. > :04:02.he would achieve it at some point, but not this soon.
:04:03. > :04:05.This was the last time a British man won an Olympic swimming gold,
:04:06. > :04:11.Today he told me that Peaty was in a class of his own.
:04:12. > :04:14.To be that much ahead, what it means is he's
:04:15. > :04:26.You search for the perfect swim, I swam so many times in 15 years
:04:27. > :04:30.He had the perfect swim, the perfect race, and what he did
:04:31. > :04:32.last night, he managed to string it altogether.
:04:33. > :04:34.In just the second day of competition, Team GB managed
:04:35. > :04:37.what proved beyond them at London 2012, a gold medal in the pool.
:04:38. > :04:40.Adam Peaty's astonishing performance last night establishing him as one
:04:41. > :04:43.of his country's top sports stars, and the success did not end there.
:04:44. > :04:45.Just minutes after Peaty claimed his country's first medal
:04:46. > :04:51.Denied a chance to compete in 2012 because of illness,
:04:52. > :04:54.Jazz Carlin, winning silver in the 400 metres freestyle.
:04:55. > :04:56.Obviously I was sitting watching Adam break the world
:04:57. > :05:00.record and win the gold and that was a special feeling.
:05:01. > :05:04.I had goose bumps before I swam so I knew I had to stay relaxed
:05:05. > :05:15.Meanwhile the most decorated Olympian of them all,
:05:16. > :05:18.Michael Phelps, was at it again, winning his 19th gold medal
:05:19. > :05:20.after helping the United States clinch the men's 4x100 metre
:05:21. > :05:24.freestyle relay, but it was the one which Adam Peaty held that set
:05:25. > :05:25.swimming alight and ignited Britain's medal charge
:05:26. > :05:33.In the last hour, Tom Daley and his synchronised
:05:34. > :05:36.diving partner, Dan Goodfellow, have been competing in the men's 10m
:05:37. > :05:42.It was the fourth British medal of the Games,
:05:43. > :05:45.coming soon after Ed Ling took a bronze in the shooting.
:05:46. > :06:01.He is the farmer from Somerset taking on the best in the world. Ed
:06:02. > :06:06.Ling, his third Olympics but his first major impact. After losing his
:06:07. > :06:11.semifinal, the shoot off for bronze and he took his chance with both
:06:12. > :06:16.hands. The 33-year-old, coached by his father, will now head home to
:06:17. > :06:20.oversee the harvest but for now he can celebrate the moment of his
:06:21. > :06:26.career. And there are more hopes of British success in the diving. One
:06:27. > :06:30.of the stars of London 2012, Tom Daley, looking to add another medal
:06:31. > :06:35.to his collection. He was competing in the synchronised event with Dan
:06:36. > :06:38.Goodfellow, with one dive left in bronze medal spot their rivals could
:06:39. > :06:49.only look on as they counted down for glory. It was good, but would it
:06:50. > :06:58.be good enough? An agonising wait for the judges, before finally...
:06:59. > :07:03.That's what it meant, another medal, another celebration, another moment
:07:04. > :07:07.for Tom Daley to treasure. We are over the moon, and I pounced on him
:07:08. > :07:14.at the end and I didn't realise we were going backwards until we were
:07:15. > :07:18.in the water! After individual bronze in London, then, another
:07:19. > :07:21.bronze for Tom Daley alongside the 19-year-old Dan Goodfellow. They
:07:22. > :07:23.only started training less than a year ago but already Olympic
:07:24. > :07:25.medallists. Well, this evening Team GB's men
:07:26. > :07:27.gymnasts are in action in the all-round team
:07:28. > :07:29.gymnastics final. Four years ago in London,
:07:30. > :07:32.they won a bronze and Natalie Pirks has been watching them
:07:33. > :07:46.in Rio's Olympic Arena If bronze in London was a watershed
:07:47. > :07:50.moment for British gymnastics, its rise since has been stratospheric.
:07:51. > :07:55.Strickler come dancing winner Louis Smith is the elder statesman of this
:07:56. > :07:59.talented team, and in Max Whitlock they possess Britain's first ever
:08:00. > :08:02.gymnastics champion. No longer plucky contenders, this team is
:08:03. > :08:07.world-class. But after winning silver in this event at last year 's
:08:08. > :08:11.World Championships, this team is facing something it has never
:08:12. > :08:18.experienced at an Olympic Games before - expectation. Bryn Bevan,
:08:19. > :08:22.competing months after a double leg break, got Britain off to a good
:08:23. > :08:27.start on the rings. The team in fourth place going on to the second
:08:28. > :08:32.piece of apparatus. The higher the difficulty, the better the score but
:08:33. > :08:38.only if you mail your landing. Max Whitlock slightly out of alignment
:08:39. > :08:44.on the vault. But Christian Thomist' execution was superb and the team
:08:45. > :08:49.knew it -- Kristian Thomas. Britain jumping into bronze medal position
:08:50. > :08:55.after two rotations. Russia were the ones to watch, with Japan and
:08:56. > :08:59.Britain left trailing their wake. Past the halfway stage, Britain were
:09:00. > :09:07.a picture of concentration, knowing they were in touch of a medal. Nile
:09:08. > :09:10.Wilson's high bar routine was high in difficulty and beautifully
:09:11. > :09:14.executed. The perfect dismount prompting screams of joy so Britain
:09:15. > :09:20.were still looking good for a medal with their best piece of apparatus
:09:21. > :09:24.to come. Britain are still in that bronze medal position after five
:09:25. > :09:29.rotations, as I said they are now on to their final bit of kit, the
:09:30. > :09:33.pommel horse. That's their best one, Max Whitlock is the world champion,
:09:34. > :09:37.Louis Smith is the silver medallist from the world, so if they nail
:09:38. > :09:39.their routines and Britain should win a medal here to match the bronze
:09:40. > :09:48.medal they won in London. Let's have a very quick look at the
:09:49. > :09:52.medal table. China are top with four golds,
:09:53. > :09:55.followed by the USA Just out of the top ten
:09:56. > :10:00.are host nation Brazil, who picked up their first
:10:01. > :10:02.gold tonight too. BBC News has obtained exclusive
:10:03. > :10:04.photographs which confirm that British special forces are operating
:10:05. > :10:06.on the ground inside Syria. They've been alongside moderate
:10:07. > :10:09.rebels of the New Syrian Army in the battle against
:10:10. > :10:11.the so-called Islamic State just across from the border
:10:12. > :10:16.with Jordan and Iraq. The rebels are based
:10:17. > :10:19.at Al Tanaf camp, as our Middle East Correspondent,
:10:20. > :10:34.Quentin Sommerville reports. This is the first glimpse
:10:35. > :10:38.of Britain's secretive British special forces hoping
:10:39. > :10:41.to defend a Syrian rebel base They are a small but lethal
:10:42. > :10:47.force, only a dozen men. The threat here is grave,
:10:48. > :10:49.they have come laden with weaponry to fight their way
:10:50. > :10:53.out of any trouble. These exclusive pictures obtained
:10:54. > :10:56.by the BBC are from June, immediately after an IS attack
:10:57. > :10:59.killed around nine of the moderate An IS suicide attack
:11:00. > :11:08.on Al Tanaf just yesterday. It once belonged to IS militants
:11:09. > :11:12.and they are determined to take it back but the New Syrian Army
:11:13. > :11:18.again fought them off. Their spokesman, who doesn't
:11:19. > :11:20.want to be identified, won't comment on the pictures
:11:21. > :11:22.of British special forces We are receiving special forces
:11:23. > :11:30.training from British We are also getting weapons
:11:31. > :11:35.and equipment from the Pentagon And here is that air
:11:36. > :11:46.support in action. An American fighter taking out
:11:47. > :11:53.another IS car bomb at Al Tanaf. On more than one occasion,
:11:54. > :12:01.British special forces have crossed the border here in Jordan,
:12:02. > :12:04.but further east than here, into Few groups have received such close
:12:05. > :12:08.and personal support That closeness has led to ridicule
:12:09. > :12:11.from the Islamic State and there have been setbacks
:12:12. > :12:14.on the battlefield, but still this small band of fighters continues
:12:15. > :12:17.to endure and continues to receive After viewing these pictures,
:12:18. > :12:22.the Ministry of Defence said it wouldn't comment on special
:12:23. > :12:26.forces operations. Generally, conventional
:12:27. > :12:27.troops need Parliamentary That doesn't apply
:12:28. > :12:33.to special forces. The numbers may be small
:12:34. > :12:36.but on the front lines in the fight against Islamic State,
:12:37. > :12:44.they are making a difference. At least 70 people have been killed
:12:45. > :12:46.in a suicide bombing More than 100 people
:12:47. > :12:52.were wounded in the explosion Many of the victims
:12:53. > :12:55.were lawyers and journalists. It's unclear who carried out
:12:56. > :12:58.the attack a faction of the Pakistani Taliban
:12:59. > :13:01.and so-called Islamic State have The Labour leadership contest has
:13:02. > :13:09.taken a new twist after a High Court ruling which could give tens
:13:10. > :13:11.of thousands of new members A judge found in favour of five
:13:12. > :13:17.new members who had accused Labour's National Executive Committee
:13:18. > :13:19.of excluding them from voting The ruling is thought to be likely
:13:20. > :13:26.to benefit Jeremy Corbyn - the Labour Party says it
:13:27. > :13:28.will appeal against it. Our Political Correspondent,
:13:29. > :13:31.Alex Forsyth reports. As he campaigns
:13:32. > :13:36.across the country the momentum behind
:13:37. > :13:39.Jeremy Corbyn is clear. And today while campaigning
:13:40. > :13:42.in Bristol, another boost for his The High Court's ruled
:13:43. > :13:48.thousands of new Labour members can vote
:13:49. > :13:52.for the party's next leader. It's not clear but most are thought
:13:53. > :13:54.to back this From the judgment that was given
:13:55. > :13:59.today the judge seemed very clear that his decision
:14:00. > :14:01.was that all members of the party should
:14:02. > :14:03.have the right to vote in the
:14:04. > :14:04.leadership contest. Surely that has to be
:14:05. > :14:07.the right decision. Labour's ruling committee had
:14:08. > :14:10.said those who joined the party after January
:14:11. > :14:12.12 wouldn't get a vote unless they paid ?25
:14:13. > :14:13.to about a quarter of the current
:14:14. > :14:24.membership. Now the court said the new joiners
:14:25. > :14:31.can automatically vote, of five people who took the case to
:14:32. > :14:34.court. She joined Labour in June
:14:35. > :14:36.because of its current leader. And you know that what he says
:14:37. > :14:41.he's going to actually So how do you feel that
:14:42. > :14:45.you can now vote for him what we all joined up
:14:46. > :14:50.for. But the challenger's
:14:51. > :14:54.still upbeat, convinced he has support, and calling for a longer
:14:55. > :14:57.contest to prove it. At our best we're always
:14:58. > :15:01.a mass movement so we should be nothing other than pleased
:15:02. > :15:04.that there are so many people taking part in what is an incredible
:15:05. > :15:08.democratic exercise. I'm just going to carry
:15:09. > :15:12.on doing what I'm doing. The fact a court has had to rule
:15:13. > :15:15.on an internal matter is a sign The party's National
:15:16. > :15:18.Executive Committee says it The party leader's allies
:15:19. > :15:21.have condemned that as a If the ruling stands it's likely
:15:22. > :15:25.it will bolster Jeremy Corbyn's chance of victory and that
:15:26. > :15:30.would only deepen divisions. For all of his support,
:15:31. > :15:34.many MPs feel Labour's unelectable
:15:35. > :15:37.under his leadership. Some fear this contest
:15:38. > :15:39.could cause a split. There's tough times
:15:40. > :15:40.ahead for the party. The BBC has seen a leaked copy
:15:41. > :15:47.of a highly critical report about a ?400 million Government
:15:48. > :15:49.scheme to help troubled families. It was introduced by David Cameron
:15:50. > :15:52.in response to the 2011 riots But the independent report has
:15:53. > :15:58.questioned whether the intervention had any impact on unemployment,
:15:59. > :16:10.truancy or criminality. The Government says a final report
:16:11. > :16:15.has yet to be completed. Thousands of rail commuters suffered
:16:16. > :16:17.major disruption today at the beginning of a five-day
:16:18. > :16:19.strike by Southern, which runs services between London
:16:20. > :16:22.and Sussex and Surrey. The operator, Govia Thameslink,
:16:23. > :16:24.is embroiled in a row with the RMT union over plans to remove
:16:25. > :16:26.conductors from trains. I've been doing this
:16:27. > :16:42.for nearly 20 years and this They are cancelled and delayed every
:16:43. > :16:47.single day, it is ridiculous. Maybe they'll run,
:16:48. > :16:51.maybe they won't run. Maybe I'll get to see the kids
:16:52. > :16:53.before they go to bed And it's all down to people who are,
:16:54. > :16:59.at best, incompetent. This is what the dispute is all
:17:00. > :17:10.about, who should close the doors. Southern wants the drivers to do it
:17:11. > :17:13.so the guards can But the guards' union is worried
:17:14. > :17:17.that will mean a cut Their main concern,
:17:18. > :17:22.though, is safety. There were similar strikes
:17:23. > :17:24.on ScotRail trains that ended Even though Southern and other
:17:25. > :17:29.companies do run some trains without them,
:17:30. > :17:31.them, they say this We want to make a change to improve
:17:32. > :17:38.services to customers, to get staff on board to be able
:17:39. > :17:41.to better look after our customers and give them better service
:17:42. > :17:44.and the RMT are finding that Last month, Southern cut 350
:17:45. > :17:50.trains from its timetable because of persistent problems,
:17:51. > :17:52.and today they reckon 60% But outside Victoria station,
:17:53. > :17:59.passengers' frustration There's people losing their jobs
:18:00. > :18:04.and getting disciplined at work because they can't
:18:05. > :18:08.get in to work on time. RMT has done everything it possibly
:18:09. > :18:15.can to minimise the inconvenience for customers who have to endure
:18:16. > :18:18.lies being told by the company They have had to endure
:18:19. > :18:25.a horrendous service provided Commuters trudged home
:18:26. > :18:28.through more uncertainty. Four more days of this,
:18:29. > :18:31.and other strikes could follow. Dan Johnson, BBC News,
:18:32. > :18:39.at London Victoria Station. His father was treated by many
:18:40. > :18:42.in Japan as a living god. But now Emperor Akihito has done
:18:43. > :18:45.what would have been unthinkable just a generation ago -
:18:46. > :18:47.addressed the nation hinting that But the 82 year-old, who has been
:18:48. > :18:52.treated for cancer, did not explicitly say he wanted
:18:53. > :18:54.to abdicate, because Japanese Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield
:18:55. > :18:58.Hayes reports from Tokyo. Never before has the Japanese
:18:59. > :19:05.emperor gone on television like this TRANSLATION: In coping
:19:06. > :19:16.with the ageing of the emperor, I think it is not possible
:19:17. > :19:19.to continue reducing perpetually the Emperor's acts
:19:20. > :19:21.in matters of state. The language is vague
:19:22. > :19:23.but the message is clear. The 82-year-old Emperor wants
:19:24. > :19:26.to step down. The trouble is there is no
:19:27. > :19:36.way for him to do so. Akihito's father, Emperor Hirohito,
:19:37. > :19:39.was the last to be After World War II, he was forced
:19:40. > :19:49.to declare himself a human being. But Japan's right wing has never
:19:50. > :19:53.accepted that being And so, when Akihito ascended
:19:54. > :19:59.the Chrysanthemum throne, there was no provision
:20:00. > :20:03.for him to ever retire. Unlike other monarchs,
:20:04. > :20:10.Emperor Akihito is not allowed to say he wants to abdicate
:20:11. > :20:13.or demand a change in the law. Instead, he has appealed directly
:20:14. > :20:15.to the Japanese people, telling them "I'm getting older and
:20:16. > :20:19.weaker and I cannot go on forever". Outside the palace today,
:20:20. > :20:20.there was widespread TRANSLATION: If the Emperor needs
:20:21. > :20:24.to abdicate, then we feel I'm sure we all consent,
:20:25. > :20:31.we all feel he is loved But some here say the 82 year-old
:20:32. > :20:45.monarch may have a larger objective He is well aware that once
:20:46. > :20:49.they get to revising the Imperial Household law,
:20:50. > :20:51.if they do, that there for the ability for women
:20:52. > :20:55.to succeed the Emperor. Emperor Akihito's son has just one
:20:56. > :21:00.child, Princess Aiko. Does her grandfather hope that
:21:01. > :21:03.one day she will ascend Rupert Wingfield Hayes,
:21:04. > :21:12.BBC News, in Tokyo.