all eyes you're watching bbc news, broadcasting in the uk and around the world. i'm lucy hockings live from tokyo. the olympic host nationjapan has picked up its first medals — winning a gold and a silver injudo. that was after ecuador�*s richard carapaz won the gold in the men's olympic cycling road race, making it the country's second ever top medal at a summer olympics. there are still lots of medals up for grabs on the first full day of action including in fencing. i'll have all the latest. i'm shaun ley. in other news from the uk and around the world... tackling britain's "pingdemic" — hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential workers can avoid self—isolation

and keep working. president biden warns that the us is facing a "pandemic of the unvaccinated" as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads. a warm welcome to tokyo, where the first gold medals of the tokyo olympics have been awarded. 11 medals are up for grabs on day one including in cycling, weightlifting and fencing. but it was in the judo where the host nation — japan — won its first medals. mariko oi has the details. well, japan winning its first gold medal and naohisa takato giving a very emotional interviewjust now,

following funa tonaki, also ofjudo, winning silver and according to the japanese olympic committee her silver medal was the 500th medal for team japan in olympic history, so quite an exciting moment for her as well. a bit of disappointment in gymnastics with kohei uchimura not qualifying for the finals, but a lot of people will be watching rikako ikee in swimming. of course, she was diagnosed with leukaemia two years ago. she inspired many by qualifying for this year's olympic games. and let's not forget japan's women's football team, nadeshiko, up against team gb as well. and i think it is fair to say that the japanese government officials have been hoping that once the games are under way and once japanese athletes start winning medals, as we saw this evening, the public opinion may start to change. of course, we have been reporting strong public opposition, even last night during the opening ceremony, with a lot of protests going on, but at the same time i was outside the olympic stadium earlier

and there was a long queue of people waiting for their turn to take a picture with the olympic rings, so some people are definitely getting excited that the games are finally under way. every olympics welcomes new sports. this year, skateboarding is one. long thought of as a counter—culture pursuit it's now come in to the mainstream. the men's event begins tomorrow. while the women's event will see the games�* youngest competitor. team gb�*s sky brown who is just 13. let's go to the uk and speak to skateboard coach rob bannister. is skateboarding now mainstream? it has been mainstream for a while, to be honest. does that upset the purists in

anyway? some people are happy for us to be in the mainstream arena, some people are not. you do not have to be involved in the mainstream if you do not want to. our young skateboarders excited to see their sport represented at the olympics? see their sport represented at the ol mics? , . see their sport represented at the olmics? , . ,~ olympics? very much so. they are lookin: olympics? very much so. they are looking forward _ olympics? very much so. they are looking forward to _ olympics? very much so. they are looking forward to it. _ looking forward to it. tell us about sky brown. she is only 13. that is incredibly young to be competing at this level. how 13. that is incredibly young to be competing at this level.- competing at this level. how will she cape? _ competing at this level. how will she cape? she — competing at this level. how will she cope? she will— competing at this level. how will she cope? she will cope - competing at this level. how will she cope? she will cope well. i competing at this level. how will i she cope? she will cope well. last weekend she beat people way her senior. watching her progression has been ridiculous. it is getting to the point where we do not know where she is going to go next. she is getting better every month.

it sounds like she is such an exciting talent. what is it about the way she skates that makes her so special? her style. usually when people start skating, they look sketchy and horrible, as you get older, you look better, she has her style. quite incredible for someone her age. she is remarkable. there are two disciplines, street and park. people who have not watched skateboarding at this level before, take as do the differences. the park discipline kind of imitates street furniture, steps, gaps, rails. it is run over three 45 second runs. those scores are added

together, that is how you get the final score. together, that is how you get the finalscore. park together, that is how you get the final score. park is traditional swimming pool stuff that started in the 1970s. three 45 seconds runs, only the best of which counts. 24 only the best of which counts. 2a competitors into the heats, it counterfeit. it is shaping up to be an exciting event. thank you for sharing those insights with as. one of the most poignant moments in last nights opening ceremony was the moment's silence that commemorated the 11 israeli athletes killed by palestinian gunmen at the munich olympics in 1972. it was the first time

in nearly half a century. the widow of one of the victims of that attack was at the ceremony and gave me her reaction a short while ago. overwhelming. unexpected. we did not know this was going to happen. one of the happiest moments in my life. it finally happened. we had a lonesome road finally getting recognition of the 11 israelis that were killed. they were members of the olympic family and we wanted them to be recognised as such, and it's finally happened last night. why do you believe it finally happens at these olympics? we had to face all kinds of

different presidents of the international olympic committee. the current president had a totally different approach. he said, my door is open, my heart is open. it came out as such. he was the one that was courageous enough and could withstand a lot of pressure from inside the international olympic committee to do the right thing. because we wanted justice to be done. i remember the enormous dreams they had in 1972 to participate. and they all came home in coffins. i was in the room where they were held hostage, and two of them were murdered. i was a 26—year—old girl with a two—month—old baby and i

said, if this is what people can do to each other, i cannot be quiet, i must talk and tell the world, so that this can never happen again. you have never given up. 49 years of struggle, does it now feel that finally there is justice? absolutely. finally there is justice. we have been supported by a lot of people, but we have also been worked against by many people. there has been a lot of humiliations on the way. all kinds of lame excuses why they were not going to do the silence. that is finally over. we can close this part. i do not have to burden my next generation, my children, and the other children, with trying to fight the same fight. i am so happy that this happens in my lifetime, and we can finally say, justice was done. thank you for sharing with us, that

fight she has had for decades, and a very emotional moment last night. the organising committee and the government will be hoping that now that the games are under way and japan has its first gold is in the judo, and a silver as well, that everyone starts talking about the sport, ratherthan everyone starts talking about the sport, rather than the controversies, and the fact that tokyois controversies, and the fact that tokyo is still in a state of emergency, and daily infection rate continues to rise. another remarkable vote today, the men's road race. every time you looked at the television to watch it, you saw hundreds of japanese people at the side of the road cheering on the cyclists. one of the only events they feel they can go and see safely stop the enthusiasm was infectious. as they got into the home straight,

literally hundreds of japanese spectators were there with the children as well. those are some of the pictures that we are seeing on domestic tv at the moment. more to come throughout the evening here in tokyo. for now, back to the studio. more on the olympics during the course of this news. president biden has warned that the united states is facing a "pandemic of the unvaccinated", as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads rapidly in areas where the uptake ofjabs has been low. speaking in virginia, mr biden praised the governor of alabama — kay ivey — who said it was time to start blaming the unvaccinated for the rise in infections. here's our north america correspondent david willis. with less than 34% of its population fully vaccinated, alabama is the least vaccinated state in this country. and thursday's remarks by its republican governor were well received by the white house.

they are supposed to have common sense. but it is time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks because it's the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down. in a speech, president biden echoed governor kay ivey�*s assertion that the recent rise in covid—19 cases was the fault of those who have refused to get vaccinated. what we have now is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. here is the point. first of all, the covid—19 deaths and hospitalisations today are among the unvaccinated people. and i know, i know this has gotten a bit politicised, but i hope it is starting to change. a growing number of republicans and conservative leaders have called on people to get vaccinated in recent days following nearly a three—fold increase in coronavirus cases in the last two weeks, most of them involving people who have not been vaccinated. 56% of americans, including

children, have now received at least one jab, but a new poll suggests that the majority of those who are yet to be vaccinated still say they are unlikely to do so. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. a scheme allowing key workers to avoid covid self—isolation in england has been significantly expanded following criticism it did not go far enough. currently, most people identified as close contacts of someone with coronavirus have to self—isolate for 10 days — which the government says is "crucial" in controlling the spread of the virus. our business correspondent simon browning reports. as the days pass, the list grows of key workers who qualify for exemption from covid isolation in england. police, fire, border force, transport and freight staff will now be able to join some food workers who can return to work if they test negative after being told to isolate,

whether they are vaccinated or not. industry leaders are frustrated by rising staff shortages. it is inadequate and it is late. what we need is the government to realise that we have major problems occurring across all industrial sectors, because people are being pinged and are having to self—isolate and the vast, vast majority of them it happens unnecessarily. hundreds of rail services have been cancelled because of staff absences, with new timetables published to cope with the gaps. some rail workers will now qualify for the new testing scheme. newquay airport will have its busiest day in a year today, with around 2a flights, but the boss there is worried all his workers will not qualify. we have been told to expect exemptions in very small numbers, in ones and twos, rather than large numbers of staff. when we have between a quarter and a third in some cases of our individual teams being pinged by the system in one go and as soon as you get people back, you are often losing others

to fresh notifications, we do not believe the scheme is going to cater for that. home secretary priti patel has said that daily testing will keep our front line teams safe while they continue to serve the public, but leading figures in public health acknowledge the balance between transmission and economic damage being caused by staff shortages. clearly, having over 600,000 people in england pinged i think in the last week is very, very disruptive with the covid—19 app, so the business concerns are absolutely real and i think there needs to be a solution and if you look around the world at other countries that are doing well in their vaccine programme, singapore for example, they are also moving to a system of not requiring self—isolation for people who have had both doses of the vaccine. as industries step forward requesting exemption, the government maintains the app is doing itsjob and is needed to stem the tide of coronavirus infections and protect the public. simon browning, bbc news.

richard harrow is the chief executive of the british frozen food federation. what you make of the latest news on this scheme? it is what you make of the latest news on this scheme?— this scheme? it is very confusing. the government _ this scheme? it is very confusing. the government is _ this scheme? it is very confusing. the government is telling - this scheme? it is very confusing. the government is telling as - this scheme? it is very confusing. | the government is telling as there will be 500 locations that will be approved. as yet, despite as asking many times, we do not know what those locations are, whether they are the right locations. it is very confusing for members and the food industry in general. what is happening at the moment in industry? we are seeing in certain areas, large pockets of employees are being pinged and been told to self—isolate which is impacting on production in factories and distribution. when it hits a company it can be quite

devastating. if you are running packaging machinery and suddenly find you have lost all your engineers, even if you have more employees there, if you do not have the energy is to run the machinery, it effectively stops you. is it less of a problem for the frozen food industry almost by definition than it would be for fresh food industry? absolutely. i do understand _ fresh food industry? absolutely. i do understand that, _ fresh food industry? absolutely. i do understand that, though - fresh food industry? absolutely. i do understand that, though we i fresh food industry? absolutely. i | do understand that, though we do have some members that use that both frozen and fresh products. but if you are in a fresh food industry you have short self life, packed for five days, if you lose one or two that can be quite catastrophic for availability on shelf, and more importantly, forfood availability on shelf, and more importantly, for food wastage, availability on shelf, and more importantly, forfood wastage, a key topic for the entire food industry at the moment. have you been given any exhalation from the governments for why it is

said to be essential now if you are fully vaccinated, but it will not be essential in two and have each time? no. the industry raised with government way back when we were first talking about designing a track and trace app, and we talked about the potential problem is that this would throw up, of taking staff out. that was several months ago. it is very frustrating that something we have talked about potentially happening, is now happening. the reason i raise that is, would one way of taking some of the immediate pressure off your industry and others be if the government said they will move that 16th of august date? anyone who has been double faxed it no longer have to self—isolate if they are to provided they continue to take daily lateral flow tests? would that these some pressure in the food industry?

absolutely, it would. do not forget, the food industry and many of our members kept theirfactories running right through the dark days of the pandemic, before we had the vaccinations. we were really good at keeping our employees safe, through the adoption of lateral flow testing. in fairness, the adoption of lateral flow testing. infairness, in the adoption of lateral flow testing. in fairness, in support by the government, who were helpful. we want to protect our employees, without our employees, we cannot manufacture product. what is your fear? the fear is more disruption and more complexity for our members. we are already reeling from the fact there is a large shortage of hgv drivers which has been well reported. this isjust another added complication into our members, of just making life difficult for us.

i do not think you will see food shortages. you might see some restrictions on range, but i don't think you will see shortages. that will be reassuring _ think you will see shortages. that will be reassuring to people watching. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... the olympics host nationjapan picks up its first medals — a gold and a silver in thejudo competition. that was after ecuador�*s richard carapaz won the men's cycling road race and a golden run for china — with its team picking up two golds in shooting and weightlifting. tackling britain's "pingdemic" — hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential workers can avoid self—isolation and keep working.

let's get more on the olympics now and one of team gb�*s medal hopes — the cyclist geraint thomas — has crashed out of the men's road race for the second successive games. elsewhere, it was a mixed picture for great britain's athletes. rowers helen glover and polly swann came third in their women's pairs heat. in tennis andy murray and joe salisbury knocked out the second seeds. our sports correspondent andy swiss has been watching today's action. five, four, three... the waiting was finally over. the first full day of competition in tokyo, and high hopes for britain in the men's road race, but one of them soon came tumbling down. geraint thomas involved in a crash and he later had to retire. after a gruelling 145 miles, ecuador�*s richard carapaz broke clear to win gold. but behind him on the far left of screen, britain's adam yates led the charge for the other medals. he was ultimately squeezed out though and finished ninth. in the tennis, there was a good start for another big british hope. it is a brilliant win.

andy murray and his partner joe salisbury winning their first round doubles match. but it was a tougher day for helen glover in the rowing. the double olympic champion has only recently returned after having children and she and partner polly swann could only finish third in their heat, enough to make the semifinals but they know they will need to improve. we agreed afterwards that that is not kind of reflective of where we have been at in training, but i mean it is the first race of the olympics, it is a good kind of marker for us to step up from. other british stars though have already found their feet. well done, max! max is through. double champion at the last games, max whitlock through to the pommel horse final while adam peaty looked as impressive as ever as he cruised through to the semifinals of the 100 metres breaststroke.

but the games�* first shot at glory belonged to china. yang qian winning the opening gold in the air rifle. because of covid, it is up to athletes to put their own medals on, not quite the usual ceremony. but while the presentation may be different, the elation is just the same. andy swiss, bbc news. in budapest in hungary it is the annual pride march taking place. it is a very interesting time because the government has just passed legislation in parliament which has got it into some hot water with the european commission, this is over the ban on what it calls, promoting, teaching or talking about, either homosexuality, or transgender issues, to those under the age of 18, in any context, including sex education. what is

interesting is the prime minister has responded by saying he will have a referendum on the subject. our correspondent was saying during the course of this week that is a suspicion in hungary that supporters of lgbt rights and the transgender community in particular is that this will be where only transgender issues will be talked about, and that will get him the yes vote he wants. big turnout for the pride event in budapest. and almost a statement of defiance from people there over the government ban which some people say is an attempt to equate paedophilia and homosexuality. the government denies that. nonetheless, it is a highly controversial subjects, not

just in hungary, but abroad. several people have been arrested in sydney as thousands of anti—lockdown protesters breached covid—19 restrictions in the centre of australia's biggest city. thousands joined the protests after authorities suggested covid—19 restrictions could remain in place until october. a number of them clashed with the police and were arrested. demonstrations have also taken place in melbourne and brisbane. 1a million australians are under strict stay—at—home orders as the authorities struggle to contain a surge in delta variant infections. phil mercer has more from sydney. police minister david elliot, he has described about 3,500 protesters here in sydney as "selfish boofheads" — that's an australian colloquialism for idiots — and i think many australians will agree with his sentiments. health officials say that the actions of these protesters could well cost lives and senior police officers say the consequences could be catastrophic, given that

only about 15% of australians are fully vaccinated against covid—19. the authorities here are livid at the behaviour of these individuals. and of course, when you think more broadly about the lockdowns, notjust here in sydney and the surrounding areas, but also in the state of victoria and south australia, clearly no—one — or very few people — are happy being in lockdown. people are questioning the government's approach to this, especially vaccinations, but i suspect that the vast majority of australians trying to do the right thing. yes, clearly they don't like the lockdowns and they will be looking at the actions of these protesters and thinking, "what were they doing?" we don't know yet, but the indications are that certainly sydney's delta variant crisis is getting worse. today, we've had 163 new infections reported in the past 2a hours. that is a new daily record for this city that's been in lockdown now for a month.

it is notjust the city of sydney and its 5 million residents, also regions to the north, south and west and also the entire state of victoria and south australia too, so the situation is far worse here in sydney than it is anywhere else. the lockdown is due to end on friday, but no—one is really thinking that will happen. how long it is extended for, no—one really knows. there is speculation it could well be months rather than weeks and no doubt that has fuelled these protests today. but as i say, most australians are pretty compliant. they know the score, they know they have to stay home and do the right thing, but the authorities are setting up a special task force of detectives to investigate those people who are demonstrating here in sydney and in two other cities. the parents of a missing 11—year—old girl said they are in a "state of shock"

as police stepped up their search for her. fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, on thursday, and arrived in london in the early hours of friday morning. sanchia berg has been following the story. police are keen to trace a couple —— the police have issued an appeal and they are particularly keen to try to track down a couple who fatuma spoke to, according to the cctv, on the train between bolton and manchester. they are not suggesting this couple have anything to do with her disappearance. they just think that fatuma might have given them some indication of where she was going and what her plans are. family and friends have told the police that in the past she talked about wanting to set up her own clothes business, perhaps in the london bridge, tower bridge area, but of course

she is only 11. one of the largest music festivals in europe — to be staged since the start of the pandemic is taking place this weekend in sheffield. around 40,000 people are expected to attend tramline which is one of the government's test events. there'll be no masks or social distancing but concert—goers will need to prove they're fully vaccinated or can show a negative covid test. corinne wheatley reports. it's a scene we used to take for granted during the festival season. now it seems a little unfamiliar. the main thing that's changed this year is how you get in. if you're not double vaccinated, you have to do a lateral flow test, i did mine last night, for example, and then log the results on the government website, and then use the nhs app to bring up your covid pass and show this along with the results of a health questionnaire at the entry points. it's extra hoops to jump through, but most people we spoke to say it's worth it.

i'm quite happy to go along with everything — if it means getting back into gigs and festivals and everything, i'lljust go along with whatever the organisers want to do. it just feels good to be actually doing something after two years of not doing anything. it just feels great to actually get out. the entry requirements mean a bit of extra organisation forfestival—goers, but a huge amount of extra work for festival organisers. they had less than eight weeks from being giving the green light to go ahead, to opening the gates, but it all comes at a time of rising covid rates. we've got to balance what we're doing, the positives against the risk. you know, we're hugely important culturally, supportive of local businesses, and we're trying to do it in a way that minimises the risk for everyone. tramlines is part of the government's events research programme which also included things like wimbledon and a concert in liverpool's sefton park. while there are strict guidelines to follow, the covid risk at these events can't

be eliminated entirely.