this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm sally bundock. the belarusian athlete who defied her team's orders to fly home from the olympics has left tokyo on a flight to austria. president biden says the govenor of new york andrew cuomo should resign after an investigation found he'd sexually harassed women while in office. an oil tanker�*s hijacked in the gulf of oman — britain and the us express concern after armed men order the ship to sail to iran. i am sarah mulkerrins, in tokyo, where we have had another world record on the track as america's sydney mclaughlin wins gold in the 400 metres hurdles and sky brown becomes

the youngest british olympian. she is in action in the skateboard park final. hello and welcome. krystina timanovskaya the belarusian sprinter who refused her team's orders to fly home from the olympic games is on her way to vienna. it's not clear why the 24—year—old has taken the flight to vienna and not to warsaw — her original planned destination after she was granted a humanitarian visa by poland. she arrived at narita airport from the polish embassy, where she had been helped following events on sunday when she had been taken

to the airport against her will by belarusian officials because she had criticised her coaches on social media. mariko oi is in tokyo. we were just watching their the pictures of the flurry at the airport. the media and the press tried to figure out where she was headed?— press tried to figure out where she was headed? indeed, sally, there was a _ she was headed? indeed, sally, there was a bit _ she was headed? indeed, sally, there was a bit of— she was headed? indeed, sally, there was a bit of confusion... l there was a bit of confusion... as you said, she is currently on a flight to vienna, austria. originally, she was scheduled to board a direct flight from tokyo to warsaw, leaving at 10:20 a.m., localtime tokyo to warsaw, leaving at 10:20 a.m., local time but because of security concerns, they had decided to change a flight and now she is on her way to vienna. a few months ago that was an opposition

journalist and her girlfriend forced down... and now they are taking a cautious approach to herjourney until she lands in poland... technical difficulties. they are offering her a humanitarian visa which you can change to as an athlete and a husband has also left belarus and currently in ukraine. technical difficulties. the rest of her family back home.— family back home. you and i were talking _ family back home. you and i were talking about _ family back home. you and i were talking about this - were talking about this yesterday and to the extent that it yesterday and to the extent thatitis yesterday and to the extent that it is overshadowing the olympics but being talked about by those in tokyo?— by those in tokyo? indeed and also the ioc — by those in tokyo? indeed and also the ioc has _ by those in tokyo? indeed and also the ioc has also - by those in tokyo? indeed and also the ioc has also started l by those in tokyo? indeed and also the ioc has also started a j also the ioc has also started a formal investigation. the national olympic committee belarus was asked to submit a report by the end of yesterday and ioc has received that and so the official investigation will begin but they have said this kind of investigation will take a while. the ioc has also

banned the countries president and his son from attending the olympic games in tokyo for failing to protect athletes who had attended or participated in demonstrations against the administration. as you say, this story has been overtaking news headlines from other sporting events but i have to say japan it was interesting earlier today when i was researching about the story, many were giggling belarus —— doing a google search on belarus and i noticed a local programme also researching the country so a lot of interest here at about this story. thank ou for here at about this story. thank you for that — here at about this story. thank you for that update _ here at about this story. thank you for that update and - here at about this story. thank you for that update and we - here at about this story. thankj you for that update and we will return to the olympic games later. well, the sudden change of destination for krystina timanovskaya is just the latest twist in the troubled last 12 months for belarus and the president alexander lukashenko, whose regime has drawn worldwide criticism for its human rights abuses

sarah rainsford has this report from the belarusian capital minsk. she is a young athlete, thrust into a political row she never thought. when sprinter krystina timanovskaya publicly criticised her coaches at the olympics, they tried to force her back to belarus. she refused. speaking to the bbc from tokyo, she said she was now scared for herself and for her family. translation: i can't go back to belarus now, of course. - it's definitely not safe for me. i have no idea when i can go back. it may be five or ten years. and came another reminder of the danger for dissidents. in kyiv, a young belarusian activist was found hanging in a park, but his friends don't believe it was suicide. vitaly shishov fled to ukraine last year to avoid arrest. he'd been helping a flood of other opposition supporters

who followed. the opposition leader, svetla na tsikhanovskaya, is in forced exile herself. she's been in london, part of a tour seeking international support. she wants tougher measures, more sanctions against alexander lukashenko, the man she tried to topple as president. this is our pain, belarusian pain. we think that much more can be done, much more pressure, much more assistance, braver decisions, stronger actions. since the disputed elections, the mood in minsk has changed dramatically. alexander lukashenko now firmly back in control. a year ago, this entire square and all the streets around it were crammed full of protesters. it was opposition to president alexander lukashenko on a scale like he'd never seen before. but now there's no public sign at all of that challenge

because so many people have been arrested since then that the others have been scared into silence. maria kolesnikova was one of the faces of the protests. touring the country, rallying mass crowds. tomorrow, she goes on trial accused of trying to overthrow the authorities. i met maria's father outside her old flat. alexander hasn't been allowed to see her since her arrest last september, but maria writes from her cell every day to reassure him. translation: i know my daughter is not guilty, and she's _ so brave that i can't be anything but positive. she told me, "whatever sentence i get, i'm ready for that". she writes to me all the time that we'll meet against soon, that everything will be ok. but belarus today feels anything but ok. even our meeting is being monitored from the shadows.

sarah rainsford, bbc news, minsk. let's get some of the day's other news: the australian state of victoria has recorded its first day without a new locally acquired case of covid—19 in more than three weeks. both new south wales and south east queensland are currently in lockdown and the prime minister has said the country needs to get around three quarters of the country vaccinated before they can come out of recurring lockdowns. australia's current vaccination rates are under a fifth of the population at the moment. children who become ill with coronavirus are unlikely to suffer with the long—term effects of the virus. researchers at king's college london, found illness from the covid lasted, on average, no more than a week in people aged between five and 17. scientists say the news is reassuring. the premier league has confirmed that players

will continue to take the knee before matches during the upcoming season. england stars, marcus rashford and raheem sterling were amongst the players abused on social media during this summers european championships following england's penalty shoot out loss in the final. president biden has said the democratic governor of the state of new york, andrew cuomo, should resign. it's after an investigation found he had sexually harassed women while in office. the five—month inquiry described a "toxic" workplace where people were too scared to complain. barbara plett usher reports. new york's ambitious, combative governor had been banking on a run for a fourth term in office and now he is plotting furiously to salvage his job. just a year ago it was arguably the most popular governor in the most popular governor in the us, leading the fight against covid, a darling of the democrats. more like a pariah

now, deserted at the parties highest level, after the damning results of an investigation found he sexually harassed nearly a dozen employees. i harassed nearly a dozen employees-_ harassed nearly a dozen emlo ees. ~ , ., employees. i think he should resin. employees. i think he should resign. what _ employees. i think he should resign. what i _ employees. i think he should resign. what i said _ employees. i think he should resign. what i said was - employees. i think he should resign. what i said was it - resign. what i said was it investigation of the attorney general concluded that the allegations were correct, that, backin allegations were correct, that, back in march, i would recommend he resigned. that is what i'm meant doing today. the re ort what i'm meant doing today. the report was _ what i'm meant doing today. the report was five _ what i'm meant doing today. the report was five months in the making. investigators revealed a disturbing pattern of abusive behaviour they said violated state and federal law. investigation found that governor cuomo sexually harassed current and former new york_ harassed current and former new york state — harassed current and former new york state employees by engaging in unwelcome, and nonconsensual touching and making _ nonconsensual touching and making numerous offensive comments of a suggestive and sexual— comments of a suggestive and sexual nature.— comments of a suggestive and sexual nature. they described a climate of _ sexual nature. they described a climate of fear _ sexual nature. they described a climate of fear that _ sexual nature. they described a climate of fear that long - climate of fear that long prevented women from coming forward with complaints. the most serious _ forward with complaints. the most serious with _ forward with complaints. tia: most serious with the governors most serious with the governors

most unwelcome physical contact with women, including touching intimate body parts.— intimate body parts. andrew cuomo has _ intimate body parts. andrew cuomo has remained - intimate body parts. andrew cuomo has remained defiant intimate body parts. andrew - cuomo has remained defiant and called the report politically biased and defended his hands on stop harmless tradition of showing warmth through touch. i showing warmth through touch. 1 never touched anyone inappropriately, or made inappropriately, or made inappropriate sexual advances. that is just not who i am. and thatis that is just not who i am. and that is not who i have ever been. ,., ., ., been. even so, the governor could face — been. even so, the governor could face civil _ been. even so, the governor could face civil and - been. even so, the governor could face civil and criminall could face civil and criminal prosecution and his political career is imperilled. there is talk of impeachment. eli career is imperilled. there is talk of impeachment.- talk of impeachment. of the addition a — talk of impeachment. of the addition a long _ talk of impeachment. of the addition a long time - talk of impeachment. of the addition a long time ago. i l addition a long time ago. i hope — addition a long time ago. i houe you _ addition a long time ago. i hope you have the decency to resign— hope you have the decency to resign today. hope you have the decency to resign today-— resign today. the me too movement _ resign today. the me too movement has _ resign today. the me too movement has been - resign today. the me too j movement has been slow resign today. the me too i movement has been slow to resign today. the me too - movement has been slow to come from new york's irrepressible political survivor but now he stands on very shaky ground. barbara plett usher, bbc news. the british maritime intelligence agency lloyds list says an oil tanker

has been hijacked in the gulf of oman, and has been instructed to sail to iran. the mv asphalt princess was boarded by armed men as it neared the strait of hormuz. it's the second time in just a few days that a tanker has been attacked in the region the first reports are deeply concerning. we are fully engaged and will be as a situation is developing. i would say that as it relates to whether we can work with, in our view, as i mentioned yesterday, is that every single challenge and threat we face from iran will be made more pronounced and dangerous within unconstrained nuclear programme that continues. we would anticipate that would serve all concerns about the behaviour in the world but we believe that having greater visibility into their nuclear capacity and capabilities would be in the national interests and international interests of many of our partners and certainly we hope we can build from there. ~ ., ., ., there. we may have more detail on that in _

there. we may have more detail on that in our— there. we may have more detail on that in our business - on that in our business coverage in 20 minutes. you are with bbc news. also to come, like to tokyo shortly with the very latest on how the olympic games is progressing. guy brown is competing right now. the question was whether we wanted to save our people — and japanese as well — and win the war or whether we wanted to take a chance on being able to win the war by killing all our young men. the invasion began at two o'clock this morning. mr bush, like most other people, was clearly- caught by surprise. we call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all iraqi forces. 100 years old and still full of vigour, vitality and enjoyment of life — no other king or queen in british history has lived so long, and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that she has achieved this

landmark anniversary. this is a pivotal moment for the church as an international movement. the question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the belarusian athlete who defied her team's orders to fly home from the olympics has left tokyo on a flight to austria. president biden says the govenor of new york andrew cuomo should resign after an investigation found he'd sexually harassed women while in office. it was one year ago that lebanon witnessed a blast that experts say with one of the

biggest non—nuclear explosions in history. over 200 people died and thousands were injured after a port warehouse storing ammonium nitrate exploded. yet plunged lebanon into a deeper crisis but the country had been on the brink for years due to the dire economy and political instability. a year on, the families of the victims are still looking for closure, and for those responsible to be held to account. bbc arabic�*s carine torbey reports. one year has passed since the collapse, and they root is still assessing the impact. —— beirut. the port area where the explosion happened stands in ruins. one year after the

explosion, all the debris is swept to a corner and it is kept here, at the port. names of the limbs fill the walls surrounding the area that some here call the crime scene. —— names of the victims. the families still do not have answers for what happened that day and why stopping the judge investigating the port explosion wants to summon high—ranking politicians and security officers for interrogation, but so far he hasn't been able to do so. most of them have legal immunities. this protest as part of a movement by relatives of the victims of the blast to press the operators to allow the judge to interrogate politicians and security officials. they say they will fight to the end for those responsible to be held to account. and lost her

29—year—old daughter in the blast. iiii 29-year-old daughter in the blast. , ., blast. if they are innocent, they can — blast. if they are innocent, they can go _ blast. if they are innocent, they can go and _ blast. if they are innocent, they can go and say - blast. if they are innocent, they can go and say this i blast. if they are innocent, they can go and say this is| they can go and say this is what happened. but instead they are hiding themselves and it means all of them, they have a kind of responsibility stop the for some of the vic terms, the pain of that day lingers. this man almost lost his leg in the explosion. he has been undergoing one surgery after another since then. translation: , , translation: sometimes my kids asked me to _ translation: sometimes my kids asked me to play — translation: sometimes my kids asked me to play with _ translation: sometimes my kids asked me to play with them - translation: sometimes my kids asked me to play with them and i asked me to play with them and i can't. this is very hard. but i can't. this is very hard. but i try not to let them feel my pain. a try my best, i stand on one leg and a go and play with them. hi try not to let them hate lebanon on for what happened to me.-

hate lebanon on for what happened to me. the port exolosion _ happened to me. the port explosion has _ happened to me. the port explosion has been - happened to me. the port. explosion has been another painful symbol of the decay in the system. was already facing its deepest financial and economic crisis. more than half the population is living in poverty amid crippling shortages of medicine, fuel, and electricity. the destruction of huge parts of the port and the neighbouring areas compounded the national plunge into misery. carine torbey, bbc news, beirut. let's return to tokyo and the olympics. it's been a busy day of sporting events at the games, live to sarah mulkerrins. sarah, we've already had already had a world record on the track? we absolutely have, this track

is producing some sensational times, yesterday we were speaking about the world record that came in the men's 400 metres hurdles, norway setting that one and today we have the women's event, the 400 metres hurdles and another world record, this time set by the american sydney maclachlan, a brilliant run from her she was the current world record holder, she said those on the olympic trials in the lead up to these other brigades and she set a even better time. very close behind it was herfellow american, delilah mohammed, she was the defending champion but she had to settle for silver and then the dutch runner, a youngster, really good, promising talent was able to finish in the bronze medal position, we are seeing so many fast times on this track, lots of people wondering what is

leading to it all, the track themselves, they are saying, themselves, they are saying, the runners are saying it is a really bouncy, springy surface, they find it quick to run on. potentially the heat is helping with faster times and increased technology in the shoes and spikes that they are all wearing so the world record today in the track going to the american sydney mclaughlin. irate american sydney mclaughlin. we have all been transfixed with some of the young athletes competing in these games this year and particularly of course the skateboarding, do fill us in. it the skateboarding, do fill us in. , ., the skateboarding, do fill us in. it is so good to watch! we have been — in. it is so good to watch! we have been watching - in. it is so good to watch! we have been watching at - in. it is so good to watch! we have been watching at here l in. it is so good to watch! we l have been watching at here all morning, we've had the park event, that is sort of like the half pipe and snowboarding where they go off into a bowl and pull off some brilliant tracks and they are also young. we have just been watching the final and it has resulted in a one to four the host nation.

sakura won the gold medal and her 12—year—old japanese competitor won the silver and then everybody watching and great britain would have been watching sky brown, she had fallen on herfirst watching sky brown, she had fallen on her first two watching sky brown, she had fallen on herfirst two runs but she pulled off a great final run to secure the bronze medal position. it has been so hot down there, we saw the early pace being set by our eventual gold medal winner in herfirst run and eventual gold medal winner in her first run and all the skaters were then trying to catch up and it was sky brown who went away with the gold medal. it was interesting seeing the relationships between all of the athletes there, they are always very quick to run over and hugged each other when they pull off a great track or a move on it and even at the start line there was this 16—year—old from the usa, as they were doing the announcements, she had her ukulele out and was even singing and strumming the ukulele there so it is

certainly a really different atmosphere and i think it has been quite a popular addition to the olympics lineup. mr; to the olympics lineup. my children who _ to the olympics lineup. my children who are all skateboarders have been loving it, that's for sure. what is still to come?— it, that's for sure. what is still to come? later on i think we are going _ still to come? later on i think we are going to _ still to come? later on i think we are going to be _ still to come? later on i think we are going to be drawing i still to come? later on i thinkl we are going to be drawing our attention back onto the track in the evening session because we are going to have the men's 200 metre final. everybody looking to see who is the new usain bolt since he has left the sport and there is a really interesting mixup this evening interesting mixup this evening in that final, noah liles from the usa is the world champion, kind of slipped up a little bit in the semi—final last night, he slowed down a little bit too much so he is one of the inside lanes and he wouldn't have wanted that. the 17—year—old as well from the usa, he has been breaking some of usain bolt�*s junior records, a really prodigious talent, and then we have the canadian andre de grasse who look superb so i

think the eyes will be on that final later. 50 think the eyes will be on that final later-— final later. so many fantastic events still _ final later. so many fantastic events still to _ final later. so many fantastic events still to come. - final later. so many fantastic events still to come. thank. final later. so many fantastic. events still to come. thank you so much, we will speak to you again soon! an annual street art festival, nuart, is back on in the scottish city of aberdeen after a year hiatus. artists from around the world come to the granite city to add public works of art to the grey walls. four new works have popped up this year and our reporter india grant went out hunting to see if she could find them. stroke by stroke, splash by splash, the cityscape around aberdeen has been changing. the art festival invites a street artists from across the globe to paint errors on the city streets, bringing pops of colour to the granite city. the artists added to the artwork of the previous four festivals. this piece has gone up next to a building that is due to be demolished and it mirrors one thatis demolished and it mirrors one that is up in norway where the

festival started. that is up in norway where the festivalstarted. it that is up in norway where the festival started. it might not be here next year but it is a way to beautify the city. unlike the unexpected nature of what the city has become because really if you sort of picked scotland you would say definitely glasgow or edinburgh. you probably wouldn't go to aberdeen, that, for me, is such a great thing because it really helps to engage a city that might not have the same opportunities that lascaux and edinburgh does. ~ . that lascaux and edinburgh does. ~ , that lascaux and edinburgh does. . ., , ., does. we asked people and aberdeen — does. we asked people and aberdeen what _ does. we asked people and aberdeen what they - does. we asked people and| aberdeen what they thought does. we asked people and i aberdeen what they thought of the new pieces. it aberdeen what they thought of the new pieces.— the new pieces. it looks nice. obviously _ the new pieces. it looks nice. obviously aberdeen - the new pieces. it looks nice. obviously aberdeen has i the new pieces. it looks nice. obviously aberdeen has just l obviously aberdeen has just declined since covid—19 and all that and a lot of places are shutting down but it is nice that people are making improvements and making it more of a nice destination to come to. it of a nice destination to come to. , , , to. it is stunning, it is really. _ to. it is stunning, it is really, really - to. it is stunning, it is really, really nice. i. to. it is stunning, it is i really, really nice. ithink really, really nice. i think brings— really, really nice. i think brings out a lot of visitors to the city _ brings out a lot of visitors to the city it— brings out a lot of visitors to the ci . , . ., , the city. it is nice to 'ust come across i the city. it is nice to 'ust come across them i the city. it is nice to just come across them when | the city. it is nice to just i come across them when you the city. it is nice to just - come across them when you are not expect— come across them when you are not expect it _ come across them when you are not expect it stop _ come across them when you are not expect it stop like _ come across them when you are not expect it stop like these i not expect it stop like these little — not expect it stop like these little hidden _ not expect it stop like these little hidden secret. - not expect it stop like these little hidden secret.- little hidden secret. some ieces little hidden secret. some pieces of— little hidden secret. some

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brian chesky who created airbnb, that is in our ceo secrets series which is in the programme today so you can hear from him. iwill see programme today so you can hear from him. i will see you programme today so you can hear from him. iwill see you in programme today so you can hear from him. i will see you in a moment. hello. the weather midweek isn't looking too bad at all for most of us. wednesday is going to bring lengthy sunny spells, skies will probably look a little bit like this. but we're expecting heavy showers, too. let's have a look at the big picture first, and here's the jet stream. everywhere south of that is warm. everywhere north of that is generally cool and quiet showery. and you can see a large chunk of the continent experiencing this relatively cool and showery summertime weather. so, at the moment, it's quiet on the weatherfront. clearfirst thing in the morning with lots of sunshine. temperatures around ten in glasgow, 13 in liverpool, 12 in london. notice a bit more cloud in the morning here out towards the north west, and actually it will be quite cloudy through the day. in the western isles and northern ireland,

showers here. but showers also breaking out across parts of the highlands, the pennines and a few scattered around the midlands and the south, too. but coastal areas probably staying dry and sunny all through the course of the afternoon. winds'll be light. it'll feel warm enough, too, 22 degrees quite widely. even on the north sea coast, in excess of 20 celsius. you'll notice that some of these showers, some heavy and maybe thundery ones, will last through the afternoon and into the evening hours as well on wednesday. now, here's the weather map for thursday. this current of wind, that's the jet stream pushing a low pressure towards us for the end of the week, so that means the weather is turning u nsettled. and here's thursday. out towards the west comes the low pressure. you can see the increasing winds, up to near gale—force around some coasts. outbreaks of rain, too. for a time at least, eastern parts of the country shouldn't be too bad at all on thursday. i think that rain and wind

will probably reach you later in the day, and temperatures hence getting up to around 22 in the afternoon in hull. but the low pressure is slap bang over us on friday, and it'll be a slow—mover. so, that means all the heavy showers that'll be churning away, they'll be sitting on top of us for quite some time. i think on friday particularly heavy. the met office is highlighting across scotland, northern ireland and the north of england heavy and thundery and prolonged. in the south, there'll be showers too. and remember, very breezy weather as well, so brollies at the ready.

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