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russian president jovenel moise laid to rest at his family home, patient president jovenel moise laid to rest, -- hatiitian president jovenel moise laid to rest and his widow talks. economic and financial crisis. a 3d printer. ♪ billed as the greatest show on earth, the 2020 summer olympics have started in tokyo after being delayed for a year because of the pandemic. only a handful of dignitaries were at the ceremony because of covid restrictions, but plenty of the usual fireworks and fanfare. this included a surprise choice of athlete to light the cauldron.

this report now from tokyo. >> sends the modern olympics began in 1896, an opening ceremony to showcase the identity of the host nation has been part of the games, but rarely has a city half -- had to pull off a balancing act like this. the creative director said the aim was to produce a spectacle but also in sync with a country going through pandemic. the ceremony was a made-for-tv event. all fans were banned from attending just as they will be for the games. a scaled-down athlete parade was socially distanced and subdued, but athletes from cooker stem -- cooker stan -- and pakistan did not wear masks. a headache for the olympic president. he has had sleepless nights and daily doubts in the build-up but

he believes it was the right decision to push on and give athletes the chance to fill their olympic missions. >> this is for our journey together. >> much of the local population is to be convinced this is the event their city needs in a pandemic. tennis star naomi osaka had the job of letting the olympic cauldron. organizers hope splitting exploits like hers will help turn public opinion around. when tokyo glossed host of the olympics in 1964, it showcased the country's reemergence after world war ii. foreign visitors and athletes were welcomed in what became known as the inclusion games. this time around the world is having to be kept at arms length. al jazeera, tokyo. >> this is the scene now in tokyo where you can see the

olympic flame burning after andy was saying in his report, a smaller scale ceremony. there were celebrations and performances you would see, but on a much smaller scale. somewhat subdued as well. more than 11,000 athletes from over 200 teams will be competing without spectators. olympic organizers are grappling with a shortage of covid-19 testing kits. athletes are meant to be tested every day but reportedly none were tested monday. three more athletes have tested positive, bringing the total to 11. all olympic related cases including officials and media rose to 106. the city of tokyo announced over 1000 infections friday despite being in a state of emergency for 12 days. another concern, the impact of

the extreme heat and humidity. today's temperature is a high of 34 degrees celsius, humidity at 76%. a silver medalist for great britain was in the 2016 real olympics, a ron's medalist in london -- bronze medalist in london in 2012, he says it will affect how they perform so this is a setback. >> it's impossible to overlook the impact that having a roaring crowd, it lifts you. the historic performances we are used to at the olympics, the grout has a major role to play, especially for -- crowd has a major role to play, especially for sports like mine, tae kwon do. this is the only time, once every four years most of these athletes get to compete in a packed arena full of crowds cheering for them.

it will be strange, probably like the moscow 1980 or late 1984 games where there were boycotts -- l.a. 1984 games where there were workouts, some athletes were there. it's unfortunate but it's positive it is happening so the athletes get the opportunity to go and compete for the nation and themselves. london was absolutely epic, james bond, the clean, it was memorable. very british occasion. -- the queen, it was memorable. i watched the opening ceremony, i was hoping to see pikachu and a samurai and karate. i thought they were going to lean in to the elements of japanese culture, but spread across the world. but they went for an artistic, more somber approach. >> haiti's murdered president

has been laid to rest as tensions over his assassination summer. jovenel moise was killed at his home july 7. dignitaries across the americas attended the ceremony in cap-haitien. violence erupted outside of the funeral but no one was reportedly injured. gallagher has more. >> even before the funeral a 53-year-old jovenel moise was underway, tensions ran high. protesters seek unanswered questions and anger at the ruling class took to the streets. many hoped the funeral would help mend a fractured nation but instead of unity, there is suspicion over who killed him and why. >> we the haitian people are demanding justice for the president, we do not agree with burying the president because they did not arrest the real culprit. >> we are blocking the entire

northern department since the death of the president. i have not made any money. >> despite concert -- so he can -- security concerns, dignitaries across the americas gathered. dignitaries including from the u.s. and the u.n. were rushed to safety of their vehicles after shots. the assassination of jovenel moise has left the fragile nation reeling. friday, those closest to him pay tribute. a visibly shaken martine moise spoke, wanting justice. >> why is wanting to democratize a sin? how is fighting for equal opportunities to enter civil service condemn a bowl? if you -- condemnable ? today it is jovenel moise, tomorrow who? tim, me, us. >> in the wake of the

assassination on july 7, foreign nations backed him as new prime minister. they are pushing for elections which have not successfully taken place in more than four years. with a barely functioning senate and dissolved parliament, that won't be easy. they haitian community in miami art paying attention to the on -- are paying attention to the unfolding political crisis. they are shocked to was assassinated but they are concerned about the immediate security of the nation they left hind. -- behind. at this church and little haiti, paid respects to the fallen president. they have more questions than answers. with the nation's future in the balance, thoughts turn to those they left behind. >> having all of these rumors, some any questions, none of which were answered, let a lot of people to fear for the

security of the country as a whole. and of course to fear for their security of their own families who are in haiti. >> haiti is at a precarious moment as at least its president to rest. the investigation into who was behind the incessant nation -- assassination give no answers. a date for elections has not been set. security and stability are more pressing issues in this nation. miami, florida. >> more ahead on this news hour london. looking at floods and landslides in india, dozens dead, thousands stranded. iran's driest year in five decades has led to violent protests. and with the olympic games underway, the temperature was too hot to handle for one competitor in tokyo. that will be later with gemma in sports. ♪

>> cleanup operations have started in a central chinese city which was hit by the worst flooding the region has experienced in recent history. nearby cities are on a red alert as rescue teams scrambled to search or survivors. katrina reports. >> the rain may have eased, but floodwaters are still submerging major highways. one reminder of the devastating storm which struck central china this week. teams work hard to pump in clearwater from low-lying areas. residents are struggling to resume a normal life. many neighborhoods lack access to running water. authorities have set up outdoor water stations. he says he is grateful he was safe at home when torrential rain lashed the city. >> in this whether it is safer

to stay indoors. that is the lesson i learned. things happen unexpectedly. people need to be more cautious. this kind of tragedy could been -- have been avoided. >> people are coming to terms with the loss of life and livelihood, described as the worst storm in 3000 years. many businesses are closed, internet and phone connection unstable. their clock tower is present at 5:00 p.m., electricity was cut off during the height of the storm tuesday. getting around the city is difficult. the subway system is closed, tunnels boulevard. taking the subway during rush full of water. taking the subway during the -- so of water. hundreds of people were trapped as flash floods filled the underground system. offerings have been burned at the entrance of the station to honor the 12 people who died underground. commuters share details of their

experiences waiting for rescue teams. many believed they would not survive. enroll areas, some were rescued after three days of being stranded. they are reinforcing dams and reservoirs. the worst weather has passed and many are waiting patiently. the government disasters really -- for government disaster relief, floodwaters to receive -- proceed and the sun to return. >> 44 people died when monsoon rains triggered landslides in low-lying areas in western india. thousands stranded with rescue workers trying to evaluate people from vulnerable areas. at least 32 houses have collapsed in one district. they are now releasing water from dams at risk of overflowing. elizabeth has the story from the capital, new delhi. >> the national disaster

response force has been having difficulty reaching some of the worst affected areas because of the damage to roads and bridges. because the floodwaters are now starting to reseed, and that heavy rain has slowed down, they are hopeful everyone involved in rescue efforts, the army, the navy, coast guard are going to be able to get to the people who remain stranded. more than 1000 people have been rescued in different parts, many from rooftops and the tops of buses on highways. the coastal town which is home to about 17,000 people is where rescue efforts are focused now. half of that is flooded. that is in this district, which has seen its heaviest rainfall in july and 40 euros. we're are also seeing -- years. were also seeing flooding in the southern state, meteorologists

saying already set of maters of -- centimeters of rain, the highest in 10 years, the floodgates of the main reservoir have had to be released for the first time in a decade. the damage we are seeing, instruction due to flooding and landslides is common during monsoon season when the flooding effects the foundations of structures which are poorly built. we are also hearing from scientists that the frequency and intensity of the monsoon rains is increasing because of climate change. >> to lebanon, the country facing its worst crisis in modern history. shortages of food and continuing electricity blackouts, unemployment and the currency crash have decimated living standards and on top of severe

medicine shortages, hospitals are running out of fuel. economic collapse has led to power cuts that can last up to 20 hours a day and that is putting lives at risk. reporting on the story now from beirut. >> these generators are a lifeline for hospitals in a country where state electricity cuts last most of the day, but they are running low on diesel fuel. lebanon is in economic and political turmoil and the state is nearly bankrupt. doctors warn the health sector is close to collapse. >> with all that is going on, shortages in human resources, medications, supplies, and on top of that fuel, electricity and more covid cases coming in, it is unbelievable that the hospitals are still able to cope. >> it is not just hospitals. bakeries say they will have to close. the state electricity company

has stopped providing power. the sector was crumbling from neglect but in recent weeks, rationing is severe. >> we rely on candles, there is no electricity and i can't afford to pay the generator owners. >> many can no longer afford basic food since the local currency crash. prices have increased by 50% this month. >> the prices are driven by many factors, the exchange for a dollar and depending on the black market prices for fuel and diesel. we have to have electricity 20 47. >> the black market has taken advantage of many industries like medicine. many blame us for the crisis. -- best for the crisis. >> the government does not have money for subsidies. even if they paid for the

subsidies -- >> merchants blamed for hoarding goods or smuggling them to neighboring syria or other countries. >> we can't find any medicines. as no electricity, food is so expensive. >> every aspect of life has been affected by the unprecedented economic and financial crisis. water supplies like to dust likely to be affected, it could -- likely to be affected. the country is falling apart, blamed on corruption and political class still in power. it requires a government ready to fight. >> more than 4 million people in lebanon, including one million refugees are at risk of using -- losing after says -- access to

safe water. water will stop pumping in four to six weeks with shortages of funding, fuel and supplies including chlorine. the agency says it needs at least $40 million a year to keep water flowing across the country. >> more than 4 million people, including refugees, are at a immediate risk of losing access to safe water in lebanon. that is according to unicef. with the echo -- escalating economic crisis, most water pumping will cease across the country in the next four to six weeks. if the public water supply system collapses, it is an estimate that water costs could skyrocket by 200% a month. >> water shortages as well in iran leading to weeklong protests in this province.

at least one person shot dead, two others injured. security forces say unknown men opened fire at protesters. police blamed people be described as counterrevolutionaries. and has been worsened by the national shortage. the leader is calling on officials to stop blaming citizens and step up. >> if you ask about the water in chris extend -- we would not have been faced with the problems we have now. the people have always been dissatisfied and they cannot be blamed. the problem with water supply is not a minor issue, especially in the extreme. >> climatologists warned that iran will soon be facing severe scarcity. 2021 is the driest year and five

decades with a 50 to 85% reduction in precipitation in the southern and eastern region. another factor driving drought is a temperature rise of two to three degrees celsius, depleting snowpacks and drying rivers. many are angry at the way the water has been managed. 90% of the water is used for farming, and agriculture is essential to government policy and economic independence. water consumption in big cities is on the rise in recent years with insufficient hydropower meeting to cuts. a professor and member of the global institute for water security joins us via skype from montreal. how serious is the threat to iran's water supply? >> thank you for having me. it is very severe. the issue has come to the streets.

they have had water scarcity in different places, two years ago there was an issue of flooding and that is a time when the country was dealing with the flooding issue across the country, what we are seeing is a severe issue of our security. >> right. the government seems to echo that sentiment. the energy minister warns of water shortages the summer, one of the driest years in five decades. what are the factors or catalysts behind this water shortage? >> let's try to open up the problem. a natural source of water they are using is the petition. one of the national -- natural losses is from that, increasing of temperature. you are seeing a commendation of

natural and anthropogenic processes, water consumption, water management and water governance. colleagues of mine in iran and across the world say this water oppression is not sustainable in iran and at time there are issues of -- the vulnerabilities are starting to show. what you are seeing now is not a new problem. it is a problem that has revealed itself in different parts of iran and with the effect of climate change it is more severe in intensity and frequency. >> iran uses 90% of its water agriculture, that puts a strain on supply. you were mentioning other factors such as the fall in the level of rain precipitation, that is a contributive factor.

what else should be -- should we look at as a possible cause? >> we have to look at the issue of water security. we need to look at other elements. some issue of the water security is the territory of water and natural variables and science and things we know, but some part of that is going toward the other elements beyond the water science itself. such as economy, politics. this is making it massively intertwined in iran environmental and political. they sell a lot of oil and bring the money back to iran, the money goes to subsidize the water and energy so people can start working and doing. this is not going to be the way they can run the country into the 21st century. with looming effects of climate

change, and obviously the decisions of the government to increase the population. the other issue is the environmental crisis is not the first priority in the country. as a scientist, i believe the most important of the problem in iran is the next decades are going to be environmental problems. i hope people can hear that. >> is there anything that can be done to alter that? is the damage irreversible? >> there is never late. we might not be able to bring the environment to some of its past estate unfortunately -- state unfortunately, but i believe we are able to do much better than this. wherever you take the fish from the water is fresh. i believe now what can be done in the short-term, they need to

change the official management of the water system in iran. they need to move to a better understanding of the water system as well as working with the different players come out the different companies -- i hope these issues can bring more attention to the crisis. >> how is this going to affect people? could the strain on water resources result in migration to larger cities such as tehran, people coming from provinces where this crisis is playing out? >> migration in iran has been a long tradition. back in the time, we had a mass immigration from the same province to other places because they were getting attacked by

saddam hussein. now we don't have a mass migration because of the environmental crisis. however, the issue is not only about the issue of water scarcity. it's about the issue of water quality, how people want to live in places where it is dried out. all of this contributes to mass immigration and what is the consequence of mass migration? instability. you are bringing more people into places that are already own a ball and people are competing for resources, bringing more people is worsening the situation. i hope we don't get to that stage. >> thank you for joining us for joining us for montreal. appreciate it. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> days after thousands of firefighters battled wildfires in siberia, russia is dealing

with flooding in multiple regions of the country. in this village, video is captured the moment a suspension bridge collapsed as a truck tried to cross. the driver survived, flooding has wiped out at least five other bridges across the country, including one in the trans-siberian railway. food shortages in south africa in areas hit by days of looting and writing. violence broke out after the jailing of the former president. rural areas in the two most populous provinces have been hard-hit with entire town centers ransacked and set on fire. reporting now in the province. >> he surveys what is left of his parade of shops. >> next-door we have a group of doctors.

>> in under 48 hours, every shop in this town was stripped and torched. a community of 35,000 people left with no commercial center. >> we suspect there were two -- with organizes and riled up people, as soon as people heard there was stuff for free they came in. >> the looting was sparked by the jailing of former president jacob zuma, given momentum by chronic poverty and inequality in south africa made worse by the pandemic. a couple of hours drive outside, when you leave the city it gets -- you get an idea of the scale of the looting. not a town or village seems to have been left untouched. outside the furniture store, people called taxis to help them carry home the bulky beds and sofas they had stolen. the store owner watched from his

home across the street, powerless to save his business. >> they were right next to our house looting and we are not able to do anything. lives are on the line. we don't even feel safe. >> like many business owners, he is not insured. the local police, overwhelmed, stood by and watched. it took a week for the south african government to restore order in jacob zuma's province. here, many people buy what they needed today. >> -- it is going to affect them for years. >> with no shops and no post office to withdraw allowances and distribution centers also hit by looting, people will likely go hungry. it will take weeks at best for

this town to be able to offer even basis for basic services again. >> ahead, exposed from above, it project -- a project, israel trying to hide. australia's great barrier reef has been ruled to not be in danger for now. an impressive drone display above the olympic stadium in tokyo, more from japan as the games officially began. ♪ c1 ♪ >> nice to see you. from an abundance of sunshine and high temperatures now, rain, storms and low temperatures. we have a weather maker moving

into the british isles, impacting southern united kingdom and moving into the low countries. not good news for already-waterlogged areas from belgium to germany, where we saw devastating flooding. there is now more rain on tap read we are hanging on to heat for spain. ardo buck, 39 -- cordoba, 39. instability in northern spain saturday. continuous rain from the black sea regi of turkey has led to scenes like this. 200 people have been forced from their homes, and some rescues are underway here in the black sea region. in the forecast is calling for more rain in this corner of turkey toward the southeast black sea. showers in the forecast for beirut, a high of 30 on saturday. next, africa, temperatures coming down in merrick cassia 39 but shooting up in algiers, 41, 10 degrees above average. bouts of wet weather will be

found toward ivory coast, liberia and sierra leone, a high of 26 degrees for freetown on saturday. ♪ >> becoming a living legend that young age was simply not enough. he transformed his influence on the pitch into political clout that brought peace to the ivory coast. hosted by air, "-- eric, "football rebels." on al jazeera. ♪ >> a new generation of young people are making demands to rebalance society. >> welcome to generation change, a global series that attempts to challenge the idea of globalized use around the world. >> in london, activists tackling the root causes of youth

violence. >> they have also been victims multiple times. >> my generation can try to redesign a reshape the system. >> generation change come on al jazeera. ♪ ♪ >> welcome back. our main stories now. the delayed 2020 olympic games have kicked off with fireworks and fanfare but no fans as host nation japan battles a new wave of the coronavirus pandemic. police fire tear gas as violence erupts at side the funeral of haiti's assassinated president

jovenel moise. he was buried in his hometown. he was shot dead july 7. ♪ at least 44 people died when on soon rains triggered landslides and floods in western india. thousands have been left stranded, rescue workers trying to evacuate people from vulnerable areas. now, the taliban has warned there will be no peace in afghanistan until a new government is formed. a spokesman said they don't want to monopolize power, they want stop fighting either until the president is removed. the west rim of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark l.a., estimates the group now controls half of afghanistan' is district centers. the u.s. has been carrying out airstrikes to help the afghan government. the u.s. military and its role in iraq is going to be the future of a meeting between the leaders of both nations of the next few days. secretary of state antony

blinken met with iraq's foreign minister in washington, a precursor to talks between president joe biden and the iraqi prime minister. our correspondent patty culhane has more in washington. patty: the iraq foreign minister came here to the state department to meet with the secretary of state. they spoke to the media, but didn't make news. that is expected monday when iraq a posthumous prime minister heads to the white house to meet with president biden. they are expected to announce that will take all u.s. troops out of iraq by the end of this year. but the foreign minister has been telling the pressing needs the u.s. military to do intelligence, surveillance, to do training, for airpower. and while airpower is combat, that is pretty much u.s. troops are doing in combat right now. sources in the pentagon say they don't expect numbers are going to change much. right now, they have 2500 troops in iraq. but they are not only supporting the mission in iraq, the are supporting 900 or so u.s. troops

in syria. we don't expect that mission is quick to change much. this is being seen widely as a political move to try and help iraq's prime minister in the run-up to the next election. >> in ecuador, prisons remain in a state of emergency after gang fights in two overcrowded jails left at least 22 people dead and 57 injured on wednesday. the president vowed to mobilize all necessary human and economic resources to reestablish order. they say they have gained control. dozens of prisoners try to escape. there have been to other deadly riots and would door's presence just this year. turkey's defense ministry is searching for survivors after boat carrying 45 migrants sank in the southeastern 80 and c, 260 kilometers off the coast -- ag aean sea, 260 kilometers

off the coast. many immigrants traveled there on overcrowded and dangerous boats. eu regulators say the modernity should be approved for teenagers. -- moderna jab should be approved for teenagers. it would be the second. it could be administered the same way as teens and adults, despite findings this month that the met derrida and pfizer jabs can carlos -- can cause heart inflammation in rare cases. testers -- protesters have descended on slovakia's government building, unhappy about covert restrictions. they pelted the building with alex. inside, politicians were debating whether to give more rights to the vaccinated. demonstrators chanted, stop corona fascism. they are annoyed by restrictions and a proposed law. riot police fired your gas to calm the protesters -- teargas

to calm the protesters are the international body overseeing the peace deal that ended the bosnian conflict in the 1990's has banned the denial of genocide. many bosnian serb officials refused to accept the 1995 massacre of more than 8000 was a genocide. genocide deniers now face up to five years in prison. the new law also for bids glorification of -- also forbids glorification of war criminals. one source says the uni representative has no right to improve the law and will move for republican dependence. we have more from sarajevo. capreporter: we have been witnessing a campaign of open genocide, and i'll and dent -- and a denial by bosnian serb sent the republic. it was pushed by the office of a high representative to bring into power that -- bring into

power a law that criminalizes genocide. two factors probably played an important role in this happening this day. first, there is in recent years a more, a stronger u.s. presence in the region. especially since the inauguration of the biden administration. biden was very involved in the bosnian war in the 1990's when he was a u.s. senator. on the other hand, the incumbent high representative is leaving office at the end of this month. and in bosnia, this move, the bringing into power of this law, is seen as a legacy move of his term as the high representative in bosnia. >> samoa has its first female prime minister after receiving court approval. her party won the election in april by a slim majority, but the caretaker government locked her ministers out of government.

on friday, the court of appeal ruled the ceremony was legally valid. nearly 69,000 chevy volt electric vehicles have been recalled worldwide because of the risk of fire. chevrolet owner general motors says it will replace any battery modules due to a manufacturing defect that has caused at least two fires so far. the recall comes a week after u.s. regulators urged owners of the car to park the vehicles outside and away from homes or structures after they have been charged. israel's high court has asked the government to clarify its position on the -- on a bedouin village by september, one of dozens threatened with the structure and in israel and the west bank. they are not recognized by the state and their people are facing forced displacement. a new exhibition tel aviv is

highlighting the scale of the issue. reporter: it has been destroyed and rebuilt 190 times since 2010 , this village, home to a bedouin tribe in the desert, one of the so-called illegally recognized villages in israel. there are barely any standing constructions left, but people still live here in vans and trucks among their ancestors. >> they don't acknowledge anything bedouin. the villages have been recognized since the days of the ottomans, and the british. the tribes have been here since before the creation of the state of israel. or do they think the tribes came down the sky a week ago? reporter: you can see the marks from bulldozers that took down the homes and will be replaced i trees. these pictures are from

photographers and are called anti-mapping. >> to create an alternative way of talking about maps. we believe the state doesn't want us to see or understand where the palestinian village is, and the greenline. and those days of what happened daily in the unrecognized bedouin villages. reporter: they took thousands of pictures by drone and superimposed them to vied high resolution images that show a reality that is uncomfortable for many israelis. like palestinian villages, dark spots on this picture were razed to the ground in 1948 when israel was created. this is the spot where the picture was taken. somewhere, that used to be a village. we can't figure out where exactly, from this vantage point.

it is all covered with agricultural land, one of the many ways to erase palestinian heritage from inside the borders of israel. land confiscated, and covered. here, there used to be a village, now a training base for the military. >> i was surprised by how much, even though there was such an effort to remove those places, not only from apps, but also from reality iny. in each place, there was something that we could find. a cemetery, walls, stones that would indicate something was there in the past. also, we made discoveries through the connecting of those cases. reporter: it is what the people of the town could face at any moment. plans are in the works for it to be replaced by newly-built israeli town -- by a newly-built israeli town with the same name. other places are under threat of disappearing, these pictures

now irrefutable proof of their existence. al jazeera, southern israel. sa-- >> and advisor to former president donald trump in the u.s. has been released from jail. tom barrack has been charged as being an unregistered foreign agent for the united arab emirates. he was president of donald trump's fundraising campaign. he will wear an ankle bracelet while awaiting trial. here is more. reporter: barrack is charged with illegally trying to influence and lobby the u.s. president. he was working allegedly on behalf of united arab emirates. he was chairman of president trump's and doctoral committee at the same time in 2017. this was a substantial, unexpected step taking place today. he is due to appear in person in a new york courtroom monday. but his lawyer is attempting to

secure his freedom pending trial. prosecutors's were nervous about this because he is a very wealthy man, a businessman with a private jet and citizenship in lebanon. they wanted to make sure that his attendance in new york monday would be assured before letting him leave this federal detention facility while the investigation into his alleged, attempting influencing of the president continues. he is also charged with lying to investigators in 2019, who are looking into this. president trump is not in any indicted with these charges, he is not name in these charges. prosecutors do allege that the defendant, barrack, hadn't influence on president trump's foreign policy, however. i'd also, that he was attempting to get a position as a middle east advisor in the trump administration went all this was

happening. he was informally advising trump officials. >> australia' is great area reef will not be placed on a list of world heritage sites considered in danger, after the government lobbied against the proposed listing. the world heritage committee ignored the unesco scientific assessment that the world's largest coral thr -- coral reef was under threat. unesco will now study the reef and australia will have to send a report by next year. meanwhile, the world heritage committee has warned stone hedges at risk of being placed on the risk if the u.k. goes ahead with a nearby road tunnel. the chinese space agency has releas pictures of theoute taken by its marror that laed on the redanded imay. it h traveled 5 meters, capturing these pictures of sand. china is hoping it will spend 19

marsha stays -- 19 martian days analyzing the surface. we have sports coming up very shortly, and a recap of highlights and controversy at the opening ceremony at the tokyo olympics. ♪

♪ >> a group of scientists in england are using 3d printing technology to tailor pills for those who need certain doses.

you could improve lives for millions. we have the story from -- it could improve lives for millions. we have the story from nottingham. reporter: at this lab in central england, they are leading a revolution in health care. experts at nottingham university are working to perfect the poly pill, a tablet that can deliver multiple medications to the body at the exact correct dose and time. >> using 3d printing techniques, we can have different print heads, each containing a different drug. the drug will go on to a structure, a droplet the size of here. reporter: as the team highlights, only one in 10 people gets headache pain relief if they take paris sent them all -- if they take a certain drug. the problem is the right dosage. these researchers foresee

doctors providing a customized pill with drugs released in sequence. >> in the future, the doctor will be able to tell the specific dose the patient needs and they will be printed for that does using different materials, different medicines and printing technology. everything will be put into one pill together. reporter: chris properties 60, as well as suffering from next dimension, he also has emphysema and arthritis. he has to take eight tablets a day, on top of painkillers. it can leave him and his wife jane exhausted. >> if he doesn't take his tablet in the morning, it takes the whole evening. the difficulty is that he can become discombobulated. as his carer, it is my job to

make sure he takes his tablets, but i am only human. >> i am getting a bit difficult to manage. one tablet would be much better than jane trying to do a date, 10 times a day. reporter: every day in britain, almost 600 people developed dementia, according to a research organization. so the research in this lab could improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. the 3d printing has a wide range of applications, but at the heart of it is a simple idea -- how to tailor a product, whether medication or a device, to be individual. if a poly pill becomes a reality, the idea is for it to be produced locally, possibly other area pharmacy, with a cheap renter to cut costs for low income countries and saving more lives. al jazeera, nottingham. >> and now, sport. >> thank you.

it has been five years in the making end in the shadow of a pandemic but the tokyo games have started. japanese tennis star naomi otago was given the honor -- naomi osaka was given the honor of lighting the torch, first asian player rank number-one in the world. the opening ceremony not without controversy, athletes walking out without face masks. for more, here andy richardson. anti-: at least we now know why naomi osaka's first mismatch of the olympics was pushed back, the star given the honor of letting the olympic cauldron. we also heard from the international olympic committee president thomas brack. he said the feeling of togetherness is the light at the end of the dark tunnel of this pandemic. that sentiment may not be shared entirely by the rest of the japanese population, who perhaps have to be convinced about the

wisdom of these gains going ahead. the athletes parade was scaled down, somewhat nude and several athletes from kurdistan, pakistan and that you can stand entering without facial masks in clear contravention of strict rules and regulations of these games. athletes were warned that if they didn't follow all the safety protocols, they could is being kicked out. as for the ceremony, opening ceremonies have always been part of the games ever since they came back in 1896, a chance for the host nation to showcase their culture and national identity. but rarely has a host nation had such a tough balancing act to pull off like tokyo has, and to get public opinion to turn and shift in favor of these olympics. maryam: there is still work to do on that front, with protests against the games showing no sign of letting up. while the opening ceremony went

to had come outside, anti-olympics protesters marched , chanting canceled the only fix. they criticized the japanese government for prioritizing the games over health. only 23% of the population of more than 120 million has been fully vaccinated, and tokyo remains under a state of emergency because of acer income at night -- because of a search in covid cases. the american olympics gymnastics team couldn't take part in the ceremony, so they held their own ceremony. they marched behind a u.s. flag in tokyo. the team is staying outside at the elliptic village over covid concerns. while there are more than 11,000 athletes set to compete in the games from all around the world, 206 teams altogether, over the next couple weeks, we are going to see 339 events across 33 sports. they include four new lip exports, climbing, skateboarding, surfing and karate. nearly 50% of those competing

are women, which is a new record. competition is underway in some sports, football and softball earlier in the week. friday, there was an olympic record in archery. a south korean scored 680 and the women's qualifying round, breaking the previous best set in atlanta 1996. but there were worrying scenes is a russian archer fainted in the heat of that qualifying round. she collapsed and needed ice applied to her head to cool down but is reportedly recovering well and will resume competition. novak djokovic debated not coming to the games after it was announced no spectators would attend, but says he is glad he decided to come. novak djokovic open to become the first man to achieve the golden slam, which is to win all four tennis majors and olympic singles gold in the same calendar year. he secured the austrian open, french open and wimbledon and out needs to win the title in

tokyo and wimbledon next month to smash steffi graff's 1998 feet. he isn't allowing himself to look too far ahead. >> in the past, i wasn't probably fully experiencing that approach. and that has backfired on me. and i started to feel there was a lot of destruction around that was influencing my performance. i know there is a lot on the line, there is history on the line. i am privileged and motivated to be in this position. maryam: let's leave you with stunning pictures from the opening ceremony, displaying technology japan is famous for. 1824 trains were used to form the olympic symbol about the stadium before forming into the shake of the globe. >> the latest to collapse

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