i am sarah live in tokyo where the 32nd modern olympics begins in three days time. the international olympic committee as international olympic committee more athletes ari are as more athletes arrive there are more positive tests. we will also take you through the athletes to keep your eye on and some of the new sports you will be able to watch during the tokyo olympics. and i am david in london. in other news the british prime minister �*s former chief adviser dominic cummings accuses borisjohnson of putting politics ahead of people's lives during the pandemic. also president biden and dozens of western allies accused china of overseeing a

massive cyber attack earlier in the year. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. after eight year long delay the olympic games are nowjust three days away. welcome to tokyo bay in the south of the japanese capital. we will be here to bring you the very latest on what is arguably the most controversial olympics for a generation with tokyo hosting the games in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. the olympic village that hosts the athletes has been hit by an fourth coronavirus case. two south african footballers were the first to test positive there followed by a czech beach volleyball player and now an american gymnast. 62 cases in

total have been reported among the athletes media and other personnel. the city of tokyo has entered its fourth state of emergency as cases continue to arise however the international olympic committee insist that these positive cases do not pose a wider threat to the population. let's speak to our reporter mariko oi, close to the olympic stadium where the opening ceremony will be held on friday. mariko, firstly, give us a flavour of what the general public are saying to you about what they feel about these games taking place? indeed. those confirmed cases inside the olympic village definitely raises concern among the japanese public and it feels like one trouble after another. the latest scandal was about the composer of the opening ceremony�*s music having

to step down after apologising for bullying or rather abusing disabled classmates when he was back at school. also he somehow boasted about it in a magazine interview back in the 1990s so about four minutes of his music now must be replaced. it was notjust now must be replaced. it was not just the composer now must be replaced. it was notjust the composer himself came under criticism. it was also the organising committee because if you remember over the last few years we had the president of tokyo 2020 having to resign after making a sexist remark. we also had the creative director wanting to dress up a plus size model as a pig and call it the olympic. so many people in the japanese capital here have been feeling quite negative about the olympics which is quite a stark contrast to the excitement that people had about eight years ago when it was announced that the city won the rights to host the city won the rights to host the games. i wanted to find out how people feel about it now with less than one week to go. let's hear what they have to

say. translation: i am a nurse in the hospitals _ translation: i am a nurse in the hospitals are _ translation: i am a nurse in| the hospitals are overwhelmed so it does not make sense to go ahead. i think we must live with covid. major league baseball had a game so i think we should go ahead with the olympics. we should go ahead with the olympia-— we should go ahead with the gi mics. , ., olympics. the number of new infections _ olympics. the number of new infections is _ olympics. the number of new infections is rising _ olympics. the number of new infections is rising so - olympics. the number of new infections is rising so it - olympics. the number of new infections is rising so it is - infections is rising so it is worrying _ infections is rising so it is worrying to— infections is rising so it is worrying to have - infections is rising so it is worrying to have many i infections is rising so it is - worrying to have many people arrive — worrying to have many people arrive from _ worrying to have many people arrive from overseas. - worrying to have many people arrive from overseas. i- worrying to have many people arrive from overseas. i know. arrive from overseas. i know they— arrive from overseas. i know they have _ arrive from overseas. i know they have to— arrive from overseas. i know they have to quarantine - arrive from overseas. i know they have to quarantine butl arrive from overseas. i know| they have to quarantine but i do not — they have to quarantine but i do not think— they have to quarantine but i do not think the _ they have to quarantine but i do not think the rules - they have to quarantine but i do not think the rules are - they have to quarantine but i. do not think the rules are that strict — do not think the rules are that strict. , , . , ., ., , strict. the olympics are only worthy with _ strict. the olympics are only worthy with spectators. - strict. the olympics are onlyl worthy with spectators. there was a baseball game without any fans and it was a bit lame. it would have been much more fun if it was— would have been much more fun if it was not— would have been much more fun if it was not for covid but instead _ if it was not for covid but instead of more people getting ill i think it is best to have the — ill i think it is best to have the games without any spectators.

and as a young girl summed up i think it is fairto and as a young girl summed up i think it is fair to say that people are now starting to feel that the games are going ahead regardless of how people have felt about it a few months ago and people are hoping that it will go ahead smoothly and safely but obviously those confirmed cases inside the village are not making people feel easy about this. mariko, it is interesting. both of us have come through the steps and stages. there has been so much paperwork for us as media and journalists to get into the country and the same for all the athletes. ia days isolation before we got on board. the checking along the way the daily test, the daily quarantine when we are here. do you think many of these measures are resonating with the japanese public? silence

quarantining for ia days but the athletes and journalists only had to quarantine for a shorter period but at the same time they must go through a lot of covid tests, more than a japanese national returning to japanese national returning to japan and at the airport there was a long queue waiting to be tested and finding out the result as well. so measures are in place but it has not really made the japanese people feel eager about these games going ahead. we spoke to people who said that even though those quarantine rules are in place there will be a loophole and thatis there will be a loophole and that is the concern that many people have, that this could become a super spreader event and athletes and staff going back home and possibly this could become a big disaster.

obviously the organising committee has been saying that all strict measures are in place so let's hope that it will go ahead safely. thank you very much _ will go ahead safely. thank you very much for— will go ahead safely. thank you very much forjoining _ will go ahead safely. thank you very much forjoining us - will go ahead safely. thank you very much forjoining us for - very much forjoining us for the moment. well, away from a lot of the news lines we know that there will be 11,000 athletes taking part in these games across 33 different sports in order to attempt to win that precious gold medal that they will have spent their live streaming about. lydia takes a look at the ones for us all to watch. the countdown to the greatest show on earth is nearly 80. over the next few weeks the eyes of the world will be on tokyo where over 11,000 athletes are going for glory. simone biles is already one of the greatest lists of all time and is expected to add

five medals at tokyo. i five medals at tokyo. am excited to go out there and represent again but my goals right now arejust represent again but my goals right now are just to hit the floor and hit every one of the highly anticipated mood —— events is a 100 metre finals and we should be able to find to make an superstarjulianne fraser. , , ., fraser. this will be her fourth olympics _ fraser. this will be her fourth olympics after _ fraser. this will be her fourth olympics after bursting - fraser. this will be her fourth olympics after bursting onto l olympics after bursting onto the scene in beijing and she is aiming for a record—breaking third 100 metre olympic gold. another track start to out for is no way�*s karsten. last month he broke the 28—year—old world record in the a00 metres hurdles. he is not always superhero and is sure to light up superhero and is sure to light up the track again in tokyo. and here at the tokyo aquatics centre the usa's tayla russell will make a splash. he already has two olympic gold medals and a number of world records to

his name. drizzle could win up to seven medals in tokyo which is why he is one of the standout attractions of the pool standout attractions of the pool. there are also a number of new events taking place in tokyo. we will welcome climbing, skateboarding and surfing to the olympic programme. the games this year will be different. but while they will be no fans, there will be plenty of sporting drama. many of those star athletes will be staying in the athletes will be staying in the athletes olympic village which is just over my left shoulder along the right of your screen, right across tokyo bay are. let's talk a little bit more now with a localjournalist. urie is a correspondent for the associated press. thank you for joining us, urie. from your perspective, having been right across the japanese media here, we are seeing various reports of those surveys coming out

about whether the japanese public are in support and we see those numbers around 60— 80% of the public not wanting the games to be held right now. is consistent with the reporting that you are seeing? i think people are worried. only 22% of the population was fully vaccinated. japan is totally dependent on imported vaccine. pfizerand totally dependent on imported vaccine. pfizer and the donor and it started a little late and it started a little late and it started a little late and it is stalling. so people are worried and so little is known about this virus. are worried and so little is known about 1 and irus. are worried and so little is known about 1 and more but i to know more and more but i think people games affiliated with the games from 200 countries around supposed converging when we are supposed to be working from home and

converging when we are supposed to be working from hor is and converging when we are supposed to be working from hor is a 1d converging when we are supposed to be working from hor is a lot avoiding crowds. there is a lot of discrepancy here that people avoiding crowds. there is a lot of di the )ancy here that people avoiding crowds. there is a lot of di the internationalat people avoiding crowds. there is a lot of di the international olympic have the international olympic committee saying that the are measures they have put in, are there essentially to keep the olympic personnel without interacting at all with any of raider japanese public to the widerjapanese public to keep them tested daily, to keep them within a bubble so that nothing will transmit. do you think that is enough for the japanese public to feel like they will not have a massive effect on them? i they will not have a massive effect on them?— they will not have a massive effect on them? i think opinion is divided- _ effect on them? i think opinion is divided. some _ effect on them? i think opinion is divided. some people - effect on them? i think opinion is divided. some people are . is divided. some people are really looking forward to the games, let's not forget that. but as i said before there are many people who are worried and i don't think you could blame them when you consider that we are in the middle of a pandemic and tens of thousands of people are converging in one place. most people here are not

vaccinated. there are drivers in vehicles. we know that already several athletes have tested positive and when you count the staff it is dozens of people who have dusted positive. the problem with this virus is that many people will be asymptomatic and some people who will be fully vaccinated can still be, can still test positive. it is not that easy. and you are telling everybody that this is going to be safe and secure and you say that till you are blue in the face but most people will not be that convinced.— but most people will not be that convinced. thank you so much for _ that convinced. thank you so much forjoining _ that convinced. thank you so much forjoining us _ that convinced. thank you so much forjoining us there. i that convinced. thank you so l much forjoining us there. our correspondent from the associated press. thank you for joining us here and we appreciate your time here on bbc world news. from here on tokyo bay let's get right back to david in the studio. thank

you, very much sarah. obviously we will keep close tabs on the buildup to the start of those games. the first events begin on wednesday. after living with the coronavirus pandemic for well over a year, almost all covert restrictions in england have been lifted. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, who minister, boris johnson, who are minister, borisjohnson, who are self isolating at the moment has urged people to exercise great caution. he also encouraged young people to be vaccinated as infections continue to rise sharply. but there has been fierce criticism of the policy coming from opposition parties.- of the policy coming from opposition parties. 96% and 8396 of opposition parties. 9696 and 8396 of 30-50 -year-olds _ opposition parties. 9696 and 8396 of 30-50 -year-olds have - opposition parties. 9696 and 8396 of 30-50 -year-olds have taken | of 30—50 —year—olds have taken up of 30—50 —year—olds have taken up the offer in england but there are still 35% of 18—30 —year—olds who are at the moment completely unvaccinated. and we can all see the enthusiasm of millions of young people to get theirjabs, we

need even more young adults to receive a protection that is of immense benefit to your family and friends and to yourselves. borisjohnson there. opposition boris johnson there. opposition parties, borisjohnson there. opposition parties, the labour party in particular describing the government's decision to essentially lift a raft of restrictions as reckless. you are watching bbc world news. stay with us. coming up in a moment, president biden along with dozens of western allies criticises china over a major cyber attack that took place earlier in the year. we will have the details for you. coming down the ladder now. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30 year history of concorde,

the world's only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred to that tore apart the state of yugoslavia. but now a decade later, it has been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there's been a 50% decrease in sperm quantity, and an increase in malfunctioning sperm unable to swim properly. thousands of households across the country are suspiciously- quiet this lunchtime - as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. - this is bbc news, the latest headlines: athletes are arriving for the tokyo olympic games but they

have been more positive coronavirus cases. the international olympic committee acknowledges these games are the most complex ever held. let's have a look at the situation in the uk. dominic cummins, the former chief adviser to the prime minister has claimed that borisjohnson resisted tightening up coronavirus restrictions last autumn because the buyer is mainly affected only the elderly. in a series of what's at messages seen by the bbc borisjohnson appears to say the people who are dying of covid were essentially all over 80, and he didn't buy the idea of the national health service being overwhelmed. number ten has said the government has always taken the necessary action to protect lives, guided by the best scientific advice. he has given his first broadcast interview since he left downing street last november. her report does contain some flashing images. putting on to record, guys.

yeah, is everybody happy? no one was closer to the prime minister in government. since their bitter fallout, no one has been more vicious than him. architect of the brexit campaign, agitator in number 10, and top adviser in the pandemic. looking back to last autumn when coronavirus crept back, what does he now claim went wrong? the prime minister's attitude was that, essentially, the first lockdown was a disaster, we should never have done it. he thought we should never have done the first lockdown? he said we should never have done the first lockdown. he said that repeatedly in meetings at number 10. by the middle of october, then... yeah. ..this debate is still going on. his attitude at that point was a weird mix of, partly, it's all nonsense and lockdowns don't work anyway, and partly, well, this is terrible, but the people who are dying are essentially all over 80, and we can't kill the economyjust because of people dying over 80.

that's a very serious claim to make. what evidence do you have of that? well, lots of people heard the prime minister say that. the prime minister texted that to me and other people. in a series of whatsapps to aides, shared with the bbc, from the 15th of october, borisjohnson appears to say, the age of covid patients dying was above life expectancy, so get covid and live longer, going on to say, "i no longer buy all this nhs overwhelmed stuff." a lot of people listening to you today mightjust think, this is revenge. you lost the argument. you lost yourjob. and now you're angry and so you're attacking. it's revenge, isn't it? no, it's not about revenge. it's about... and also, it doesn't matter if it's personal. it doesn't matter if people are upset. a lot of people

have a pop at me. you don't see me crying about it. the reason i am speaking out is, i want people to be thinking about these questions. how are we governed? how is power actually exercised in number 10? what sort of things should be more transparent? at the end of october, national lockdown returned, and downing street told us... "since the start of the pandemic, the prime minister has taken the necessary action to protect lives and livelihoods, guided by the best scientific advice, and prevented the nhs from being overwhelmed through three national lockdowns." yet mr cummings claims at the very start, in march, borisjohnson was slow to take covid seriously. on the evening of wednesday the 18th, he was... the normal thing on a wednesday evening is to go and see the queen. and therefore, he was going to go and see the queen. but what happened then? because obviously, the health advice was already, especially for the very elderly,

you know, people should take every precaution. he said, well, that is what i do every wednesday, sod this, i'm going to go and see her. so i said to him, there's people in this office who are isolating. you might have coronavirus. i might have coronavirus. you can't go and see the queen. what if you give...? what if you go and see her and then give the queen coronavirus? like, obviously, you can't go. did the possibility go through your head at that moment that the prime minister might pass coronavirus to the queen? yes. how did you persuade him not to do it? ijust said, if you go and you give her coronavirus and she dies, what...? what are you going to...? you can't do that. you can't risk that. it is completely insane. and he said, he basicallyjust hadn't thought it through. and he said, yeah, holy...i can't go. downing street says that didn't happen. what do you say to that? did they?

well... they've officially said that that didn't happen? well... i know it happened and other people who were there know it happened. dominic cummins, the uk prime minister's formative advisor talking to our political editor. ., , talking to our political editor. ., . ., , ., editor. iraqi officials say at least 34 — editor. iraqi officials say at least 34 people _ editor. iraqi officials say at least 34 people have - editor. iraqi officials say at least 34 people have been | least 3a people have been killed and at least 60 others injured in a bomb attack in the capital. the home—made device exploded in a busy market in the mainly shi'ite muslim district. people shopping on the eve of the muslim festival would have been caught up in that last, women and children were among the dead, some shops were among the dead, some shops were set on fire, the islamic state group says it carried out the attack. the united states, the attack. the united states, the uk and eu have all accused china of carrying out a major cyber attack earlier in the year. the attack targeted microsoft exchange servers, and affected at least 30,000

organisations across the globe. china has previously denied allegations of packing and says it opposes all forms of cybercrime. we can speak now to brian cunningham, an executive directorfor brian cunningham, an executive director for cyber security policy and research at the university of california, as well as a former cyber security strategist for the white house. thank you very much indeed for joining us. ijust struck thank you very much indeed for joining us. i just struck the first of all, given your background, you will know the answer, how do they know that this is in any way a state—sponsored action, albeit by a private organisation? hopefully we have classified intelligence, both in the united states and with our nato allies that confirms this, in ways that we can never discuss publicly, but on a more public basis, there are essentially tradecraft that these groups employ that is repeated. the privateers, as i call them, the

hackers that work sometimes for themselves and sometimes for themselves and sometimes for the government �*s, they are great, talented, but lazy essentially and do the same things over and over again, so each hacker group has a profile or a fingerprint that you can identify. i don't believe our government or the uk government would be so public in accusing these groups of chinese government complicity unless we had more sensitive intelligence to back that up, but it's not a very difficult thing to figure out. , ., very difficult thing to figure out. , . ., ., ., , , out. the privateer analogy is very striking _ out. the privateer analogy is very striking isn't _ out. the privateer analogy is very striking isn't it, - out. the privateer analogy is very striking isn't it, that - very striking isn't it, that there are almost privateers, or pirates out there who can be used and manipulated by the state, effectively.— state, effectively. yes, literally _ state, effectively. yes, literally it _ state, effectively. yes, literally it is _ state, effectively. yes, literally it is back - state, effectively. yes, literally it is back to . state, effectively. yes, | literally it is back to the future of reform a00 years ago. to cyber attackers by day are out for their own personal gain, money, greed, extortion, whatever, and then when the government needs them, they essentially make the privateers by sanctioning and in some

cases enabling what they are doing, so this makes a lot of sense from the chinese are russian point of view because you can have thousands or tens of thousands of hackers at your disposal without having to put them on the payroll, and you get a certain level of deniability to say that maybe these criminal groups did this but we didn't know anything about it. in but we didn't know anything about it. , about it. in the bigger picture. _ about it. in the bigger picture. as _ about it. in the bigger picture, as part - about it. in the bigger picture, as part of - about it. in the bigger| picture, as part of this ongoing antagonism between the west and broadly speaking china, is there a way forjoe biden, for example, to lead the charge in bringing this sort of thing to an end? i charge in bringing this sort of thing to an end?— thing to an end? i think we have to do. _ thing to an end? i think we have to do, i _ thing to an end? i think we have to do, i have - thing to an end? i think we have to do, i have been - thing to an end? i think we - have to do, i have been saying this for quite a few years and i think we have to do get to a consensus amongst cyber security experts, we have now essentially drawn lines in the sand and said to vladimir putin and china and said publicly, that if you don't knock it off and if you don't get these groups under control, we're going to take matters into our own hands and this point, in order to have credibility, we

have to do it. the united states with our allies have to hit back, and either china or russia or both, in a proportionate and appropriate way. i'm not sure it matters who we had first because like a school schoolyard bully, i hope that once we shall be willing create consequences, that the others will back off, but i think i credibility is right on the line now and we have to head back. the line now and we have to head back-— head back. however that it comes- -- _ head back. however that it comes... thank _ head back. however that it comes... thank you - head back. however that it comes... thank you very i head back. however that it - comes. .. thank you very much comes... thank you very much indeed. just have time to take you to peru, to lima, the capital where the election authorities announced it will declare the socialist pedro because delia the country's next president, so these are his supporters waiting on expectation outside his campaign headquarters, they effectively know that he has beaten his right wing rival, the daughter of the former president who is now serving a jail term.

president who is now serving a jailterm. it president who is now serving a jail term. it was very close, aa,000 votes the difference in what was a highly divisive run—off election. they await their moment of triumph. this is bbc news. hello again. monday was another hot and sunny day for the majority of us, but there were a few storms that popped up. one or two affecting sussex and kent, there were a few storms in south wales for a time and there was one in the veil of york but otherwise we have skies like these can be the majority of us having dry, sunny and hot day. and talking of heat, the met office have issued their first extreme heat warning. why now? well, these warnings only started being issued injune and this is just the first hot spell we have seen. but this area, it represents an area of concern to the met office where we could see some impacts from the heat whether that be impacts to health or indeed infrastructure, things like trains might need to go slightly slower due to the tracks heating up in this hot weather. that kind of thing. at the moment there's not too much going on, it's a clear start to the day

tuesday and of course it has been very warm overnight, those temperatures starting off tuesday morning at around 16 degrees across parts of england and wales. a little bit fresher for scotland and northern ireland. but it's going to be another hot and sunny day. high pressure firmly in charge, however into the afternoon some thunderstorms will break out and i think this is the kind of area we are most likely to see the downpours. they are likely to be bigger storms, so want to hear reports of some localised surface water flooding in one or two of the biggest storms that do pop up. otherwise, it's another hot and sunny one. temperatures widely mid to high 20s, the low 30s in the very hardest parts of the country. and we are used to this, aren't we? after such a hot day those temperatures slow to come down, this is 11 o'clock at night and you can see those temperatures are still up at 23 there in birmingham and london. again, a little bit lower than that for scotland and northern ireland, but still plenty warm enough. now our area of high pressure hangs around to wednesday, the only real change is it reorientation slightly to push that hotter air a little bit further northwards.

so one thing you will notice as temperatures tending to rise in northern ireland and scotland into more generally the high 20s i think as we go into wednesday. again there could be an odd shower popping outcome of but for the majority it will continue with that dry run of whether with temperatures in the high 20s to low 30s in the hottest areas. beyond that thursday and friday we keep the hot and sunny weather for the most part, there will be a change eventually coming, it looks look at might come through on the weekend. with heavy rain for some.

hello. is bbc news. these are the headlines. _ hello. is bbc news. these are the headlines. the _ the headlines. the international olympic committee has described the delayed tokyo olympics as the most complex games ever held with just three days to go before the opening ceremony there are are more positive coronas virus cases as athletes have arrived forcing some to self isolate and others to withdraw. the british prime minister �*s former chief adviser dominic cummings has accused borisjohnson of putting politics ahead of the lives of people during the pandemic. in response downing street said that mrjohnson had taken the necessary action to protect lives and livelihoods, guided by the best scientific advice. and president biden has accused china of providing protection to hackers who carried out a massive cyber attack against microsoft. the us joined a list of western countries have accused the chinese government of allowing and encouraging cyber attacks.