ofjamaica thompson—herah of jamaica making history thompson—herah ofjamaica making history because shend time — a double double, we call it. she won at the 100 metre and 200 metre. we know that she won the 100 metre a few days ago in that great final on saturday and was able to storm to victory in at the 200 metres final as well. she was well clear of the rest of the field. second fastest time ever run by a woman, and that was elaine thompson—herah, so she is having a wonderful games here at the big. i can tell you as well this morning, just down below me, we had the open water swimming, the swimming marathons. that is a ten kilometres swim, it was the turn of the women at this morning. we had a gold medal awarded to brazil's anama, never quite been able to do it at limit level, so she did that. and also the netherlands was the defending champion. they finished in silver. it was very tough conditions, it was 6:30 a.m., the water temperature about 30 degrees, and then it is 30 degrees outside and about 85% humidity, so they were really battling the head. every so often when they came ar

elaine thompson—herah is the first woman ever to do that, in two successive games.self an three—time olympic gold medallist. elaine had actually struggled with these injuries for a while. hercules is not better, her confidence is boosted as a result of doing so well in the 100 metres. and shejust boosted as a result of doing so well in the 100 metres. and she just took that momentum over to 200 metres. but it all comes back to preparation and mentalfocus but it all comes back to preparation and mental focus that really leads her to believe in herself and go out there with a lot of pressure, and we are able to just deliver. elaine executed that race so smoothly, i'm very happy for her that she was able to not only defend her title, but also to run a very fast time. and now, the second—fastest time in history. one of the talking points in the run—up to these games was whether new shoes worn by track athletes would lead to faster times. elaine thompson—herah was among those wearing nike's so—called "super spikes", which have layers of stiff carbon and foam which togeth

and jamaica's elaine thompson—herah becomes the first woman in history to win gold medals for the 100 and 200—metre races at back—to—back olympics. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 6am in the morning in singapore and 6pm in washington, where president biden has said that andrew cuomo should stand down as governor of new york after an investigation found that he had sexually harassed women while in office. mr cuomo has denied allegations that he harassed 11 women, many of them young, by engaging in what the investigation described as unwanted groping, kisses, hugging and inappropriate comments. mr biden said he had not read the details of the investigation, but he said he stood by his comments from earlier this year that if the investigation found against mr cuomo, then the governor should go. back in march, you said if the investigation confirmed the allegations against governor cuomo, then he should resign. so, will you now call on him to resign given the investigator said the 11 women were credible? i stand by that statement. are you now callin

thompson-herah, gold again. 21.53. incredible.s. look at gabby thomas still looking up, celebrating now, realizing that she has that bronze. >> i think she's looking at the screen saying, is it real? is it real? it's no photo finish? my name is up there next to the bronze medal. >> from harvard to a bronze medal at the olympic games. and she ran the race of a lifetime. she wasn't looking this good through the rounds. she ran 21.87 and held on for the bronze medal. you can see the excitement for her. this is her first olympic games and she's standing on the podium for team usa. >> here is elaine thompson-herah. and what she has done is only something usain bolt has done. tell us that, otto. >> yep. what she just did, and to put herself in remarkable company, she's the only woman to win the 100 and the 200 in back to back olympic games. >> wow. >> congratulations. >> wow. >> go, gabby. >> wait a minute. did you see gabby's face, y'all? when you win the bronze -- that just happened. that was a live event that happened. when she won t

it means that thompson—herah completes the "double—double" after achieving golds in the same events at with silver in boxing's welterweight division, complete the medal haul on day 11. mccormack was beaten in the gold—medal fight by cuba's ron—eel iglesias. mccormack�*s silver means team gb has secured a record six medals in the boxing events at tokyo. and this is how the medal table looks tonight — great britain sixth with 13 golds, 43 medals overall. it is down on both rio 2016 and london 2012. and the 13 golds won so far falls well short of london's 22 and rio's 19 at this stage. but day 12 could offer more medal hopes for team gb — and, in a few hours' time, team gb�*s youngest olympian since 1928. the 13—year—old sky brown will compete in skateboarding's park contest. sarah mulkerrins is in tokyo and joins us now. sarah — what a story this could be for sky brown. this has been building, hasn't it, for so long, ever since everybody realised that sky brown had qualified for the olympics, and then obviously the olympics were delayed by a year. that has helped her potentially as well

elaine thompson—herah is the first woman ever to do that in two successive games.with the injury for a while and her achilles is now better and her confidence is boosted and she is doing so well in the 100 metre and she took the momentum over to do the 200 metres but it all comes back to her preparation but her focus and comes back to her preparation but herfocus and her comes back to her preparation but her focus and her belief in herself and got out there with a lot of pressure and was able to just deliver. elaine executed that race so smoothly and i'm happy for her that she was able to not only defend her title but also to run a very fast time and now, that's his time —— the fastest times. one of the talking points in the run up to these games was whether new shoes worn by track athletes would lead to faster times. elaine thompson—herah was among those wearing nike's so—called 'super spikes', which have layers of stiff carbon and bouncy foam which together act as a spring. the american rai benjamin wore them too for his silver medal in the 400m hurdles. the winn

within the last hour, elaine thompson—herah has completed the women's sprint double.ong standing world record held by florence griffithjoyner. it means that thompson—herah completes the "double—double" after achieving golds in the same events at rio in 2016. namibia's christine mboma and usa's gabrielle thomas took silver and bronze respectively. there were three medals for team gb in the sailing earlier today. including two golds — the first from dylan fletcher and stuart bithell getting first place in the men's 49er. then giles scott successfully defended his 0lympic finn title. and there was a silver for anna burnet and john gimson in the mixed nacra 17 class. jess softley was watching. team gb has never won gold in the men's 49er class until now. british pair dylan fletcher and stuart bithell were well placed for a medal but would need to get ahead of new zealand to keep their points up. it came down to a thrilling end with the kiwis back in third it was a dramatic race to the finish with germany. mere centimetres between them. right on the line! great britain win

olympic champion elaine thompson—herah was first with fellow jamaican shericka jackson in second. reporter rachel latham is there for us. tomorrow will be the busiest day of these paralympic games in tokyo, with 63 medals on offer in ii sports. let's start by looking at the athletics. great britain's hannah cockroft will be going for gold in the 100 metres. she already won gold in london and in rio, and she will be hoping to defend that title. we will see maria lyle go again in the 200 metres. she has already picked up a bronze medal in the 100 metres here in tokyo and she will be hoping to get another tomorrow. the triathlon for the women also starts tomorrow. and great britain's claire cashmore and lauren steadman will be going head—to—head, battling it out for gold. lauren steadman won a silver medal in rio in the triathlon and claire cashmore is the current world champion. it's going to be a very close race between those two. and great britain is also looking to make a bit of history in the wheelchair rugby. they have never won a medal at the paralympic games before, but tomor

it means that thompson—herah completes the "double—double" after achieving golds in the same events ats overall. it is down on both rio 2016 and london 2012. and the 13 golds won so far falls well short of london's 22 and rio's 19 at this stage. but day 12 could offer more medal hopes for team gb — and, in a few hours' time, team gb�*s youngest olympian since 1928 — the 13 year old sky brown will compete in skateboarding's park contest. sarah mulkerrins is in tokyo and joins us now. sarah — what a story this could be for sky brown. this has been building, hasn't it, for so long, ever since everybody realised that sky brown had qualified for the olympics, and then obviously the olympics were delayed by a year. that has helped her potentially as well because she suffered a really bad crash last year. she has recovered since from that and is here in tokyo to take part in the park events. we have the street event in the opening weekend of the olympics. now it is the turn of the park skaters. sky brown is such a talent in that's going for uk. a world bronze medallist. also a 15—year—old as

we have been hearing a little bitith usain bolt, but now we have another jamaican, elaine thompson heraho won the 100 meters. last night, she won the 200 meters, doing it and a fast and comfortable time, way ahead of her competitors. so she has won the 100 and 200 meters. if you think back to rio, she also did the double there. that is why we are calling it the double-double. usain bolt had went on to do a triple triple. you never know, elaine might be back to do that. she did in the second fastest in history as well. she was delighted and she is the first female track and field athlete to win four olympic gold medals, a phenomenal achievement from her. laura: world records are being smashed all over the place in track and field. what has been happening? reporter: this track i think has been getting good reviews from the athletes. they are enjoying running on it. we are seeing so many national records, personal bests, season best. . we had a world record yesterday with norway's karsten warholm. on the 400 meters hurdles, everyone had been looking into him because he was in such good form

elaine thompson—herah has been crowned the sprint queen of the tokyo games.g golds in the same events at rio in 2016. namibia's christine mboma and usa's gabrielle thomas took silver and bronze. and finally there was another boxing medalfor team gb, with a silver for pat mccormack in the welterweight division. he was beaten in the gold—medal fight by cuba's ron—eel iglesias. mccormack had been ranked as the top seed, but lost by a unanamous decision after an impressive performance from iglesias, who's now won three olympic medals. mccormack�*s silver means team gb has secured a record six medals in the boxing events at tokyo. two more british medals came in the track cycling, with golden couple jason and laura kenny, both adding to their already impressive hauls. a silver in the team sprint forjason means he draws level with bradley wiggins on eight medals, as britian's most decorated olympian. going into the final against the netherlands, team gb had far too much work to do in the final lap. kenny, along with ryan owens and jack carlin, battled but had to se

but he was not the only history maker, as the women's 100 metres champion elaine thompson—herah took beginning to come away! she is going to make it a double. it is the second games in a row she has won both sprints. the jamaican becoming the first woman to clinch the so—called double double. the first woman to clinch and there was more success for britain. in the boxing, pat mccormack had to settle for silver after losing his welterweight final. while in the diving there was a bronze forjack laugher. laugher later revealed he had considered retiring earlier this year because of mental health issues. this, he said, was redemption. andy swiss, bbc news. let's take a look at the medal table after 11 days of competiton. after all those medals today, in the sailing, cycling, boxing, diving and on the track, team gb are currently in sixth place with a total of 43 medals. in scotland, the first minister nicola sturgeon has announced that most covid restrictions will be lifted next monday. the picture across the uk, according to the latest official figures, shows there were 21,691 new cases

the tokyo 0lympics, it was a clean sweep forjamaica in the women's 100m final with elaine thompson—herahaking the title. it's her second successive olympic gold in the event. and belinda bencic became the first swiss woman to win an olympic tennis gold medal. nhs england and the body that regulates healthcare products are issuing new guidance on pulse oxygen meters, also known as oximeters, after it was found that the devices can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin. with more, here's our health correspondent, amara sophia elahi. ranjit senghera marwaha caught coronavirus in december last year and eventually ended up in hospital with seriously low oxygen levels. so basically, flip the lid, put yourfinger in... she had been monitoring her levels at home with a pulse oximeter, but the meter consistently told her she was in safe levels, even as she increasingly struggled to breathe. when i went into hospital, the first thing they said was, "you really did leave it too late". had you left it any longer, i would have been straight into icu. there is growing evidence that such

and in the track and field competition, jamaica's elaine thompson-herah broke the olympic 100-meter dashord set by florence griffith-joyner more than 30 years ago. she defended her gold medal th a finishing time of 10.61 seconds. it was a jamaican sweep of the race, with shelly-ann fraser- pryce taking silver and shericka jackson winning bronze. >> sreenivasan: for more national and international news, visit www.pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: the federal ban on evictions is set to expire tonight. a last-minute effort by house democrats to extend the moratorium failed late yesterday. missouri democratic representative cori bush, who previously struggled with homelessness, spent the night on the capitol steps in a push for the senate to extend the ban. the moratorium was put in place to prevent the spread of covid-19, with nearly $47 billion allocated for landlords and renters. so far, about $3 billion of that has been spent. the u.s. supreme court ruled that the moratorium could not be extended without new legislation fr congress. a census bureau pulse survey found that as of july 5, r

he was not the only history maker, as the women's 100 metres champion elaine thompson—herah took theinning to come away! she is going to make it a double. it is the second games in a row she has won both sprints. the jamaican becoming the first woman to clinch the so—called double double. and there was more success for britain. in the boxing, pat mccormack had to settle for silver after losing his welterweight final. while in the diving there was a bronze for jack law. law later revealed he had considered retiring earlier this year because of mental health issues. this, he said, was redemption. let's take a look at the medal table after 11 days of competiton. after all those medals today, in the sailing, cycling, boxing, diving and on the track, team gb are currently in sixth place, with a total of 43 medals. let's turn to the day's other main news, and the latest on the pandemic. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has confirmed that most of the country's remaining coronavirus restrictions will be lifted from next monday. our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie joins us

the tokyo 0lympics, it was a clean sweep forjamaica in the women's 100m final with elaine thompson—herahaking the title. it's her second successive olympic gold in the event. and belinda bencic became the first swiss woman to win an olympic tennis gold medal. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading commentators in the uk with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline: london. this week — the unvaccinated become the unloved, and is democracy bound to wither in the arid lands of north africa and the middle east? let me introduce our dateline panel. mina al—0raibi's family originated in iraq. she's editor—in—chief of the national in abu dhabi. ned temko, from the christian science monitor, was born in the united states but has spent much of his career reporting from the uk. with me in the studio, the british political commentator steve richards, who hosts the podcast rock �*n�* roll politics. welcome to you all. lovely to have you with us this evening. now, "a pandemic of the

phenomenal world record in the men's, and a quicktime in the women's 200 metres final with elaine thompson—herahy interesting to see how this one goes, lots of people wondering who is the new usain bolt after he has left the sport and it seems there is going to be a bit of a battle. we have this youngster, this 17—year—old from the usa, and he is the youngest man to ever qualify for an olympic final in this event and he looked really comfortable yesterday. he is a tall, rangy athletes. he has broke some of usain bolt�*s junior records previous to this so he is going to be in there, canada's andre de grasse has been questionable in terms of its format what he has produced so far in terms of these olympic medals in the semi—final yesterday he had a really fast finished, he won a semi—final in some style. very tough, though, for the man lots of people were talking about in the build up to this, noah liles of the usa, will champion and lots of people were tipping him but perhaps messed up that semi—final, slow down a bit too much and finished third so he is one of the inside lanes for that. that's b

women's 200m and 800m track finals are coming up in the evening session. 100m champion elaine thompson herahn fraser price also going. the first boxing medals will be handed out today, with the men's welterweight division and the women's featherweight coming up. in the velodrome, it could be a good day for britain's golden couple laura and jason kenny. laura kenny has won the team pursuit at two olympics in a row. and jason kenny has won the team sprint at every games since beijing 2008. and another event makes its olympic debut — sports climbing, which promises to be one of the toughest gold medals to win in tokyo so, lots to look forward to today, rich. let's ta ke let's take a look at the metal table. this is how it is shaping up early on day 11. you will be able to see that the united states has the most overall medals, with 64 all up, but it is china that has more gold medals, with a whopping 29 of those. interesting to know, one interesting note as we look ahead to sport climbing, we have seen other sports with surfing and skateboarding here at the olympics, the ioc have actually said

the tokyo 0lympics, it was a clean sweep forjamaica in the women's 100m final with elaine thompson—herahwiss woman to win an olympic tennis gold medal. now on bbc news, dateline london.

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fraser—pryce, who ran a personal best of 10.60 seconds, the third—fastest time ever after thompson—herahas emerged as last year's finalists manchester city will face paris saint—germain — who've recently signed arguably the best player in the world, lionel messi. but, could one of his biggest rivals for that title — cristiano ronaldo — be involved too? ronaldo's current club, juventus are willing to sell him during this transfer window. manchester city are said to be considering a deal to bring the former manchester united player back to britain. that would be interesting. the full champions league draw is on the bbc sport website. rangers have gone through to the europa league group stages after drawing 0—0 in armenia to alashkert, to go through on aggregate. their old firm rivals celtic were very lucky to qualify. they scored first against az alkmaar, but conceded two terrible goals. joe hart failed to clear the ball and allowed the dutch side to equalise. then an own goal from their swedish defender carl starfelt put celtic 2—1 behind on the night, but they hung on to win 3—2 on aggre

jamaican women who swept the 100 meters in tokyo, including a first-time matchup with elaine thompson herahquay from my talent that doesn't take away from who i am >> so true and she is so honest and brave. peacock. coverage begins at 4:00 p.m. this is the race we did >> sha'carri will run alongside allyson felix from team usa. you can watch the pre-fontaine classic here on nbc and peacock. coverage begins at 4:00 p.m. this is the race we didn't get to see in tokyo but could be so much fun tomorrow. >> tokyo 2.0 sthoo olympics withdrawal. we're watching that. it's going be good >>> we have 16 minutes past the hour time for a check of the weather. hey, dylan been. >> good morning again, everybody. we have a lot going on this weekend watching henri as it continues to strengthen over the atlantic in the meantime, we have heavy rain to start off the day through the mid-atlantic severe storms possible across the northern plains up through north and south dakota and still continuing with that fire risk but the dry conditions out west. going into saturday, we are going to most likely see that hurr

she is up against staying with athletics, and olympic 100 metres champion elaine thompson—herah was beatencord holder florence griffith—joyner. england's cricketers will start the day with a huge lead in the third test against india at headingley. joe root, once again, had an impressive performance as he made his third century in a row. our sports correspondentjoe wilson was there, where the day began with tributes to former england captain ted dexter, who died at the age of 86. england's players at headingley wore black armbands in tribute to one of cricket's most stylish batsmen. look back about 60 years. they say no—one hit the ball harder than ted dexter. he's died aged 86 after a life as full as any and an influence still felt. he was kind enough to e—mail me on a few occasions, when i wasn't playing so well. trying to get me back in form, and was very helpful in that regard. he'll be sorely missed and hopefully we can put on a performance in his memory. england's captain was as good as his word. a yorkshire man's runs in yorkshire, nothing better. dawid malan, also a yorkshire player

women's we'll also have the women's 800 metres final there, the 100 metres champion, elaine thompson—herahdoubt will be pushed on by shelly—ann fraser—pryce, also ofjamaica going in that. we're also going to have the first boxing medals handed out today with the men's welterweight division and also the women's featherweight coming up. then in the velodrome for cycling, it could be a good day for britain's golden couple, laura and jason kenny. they are both competing. laura won the team pursuit at two olympics in a row and jason kenny has won the team sprint at every games since beijing in 2008. another event makes its olympic debut in sport climbing, which promises to be one of the toughest gold medals to win in tokyo. you have to take part in three events in that. and of course gymnastics fans around the world will be very pleased to see america's star gymnast, simone biles, returning to action. she is going to be taking part in the beam final. remember she had missed some of the events here, saying she needed to prioritise her mental health. plenty of action to come, sally, but i think e

tokyo 0lympics it was a clean sweep forjamaica in the women's 100 metres final, with elaine thompson—herahing the title. it's her second successive olympic gold in the event. and belinda bencic became the first swiss woman to win an olympic tennis gold medal. nhs england and the body that regulates healthcare products are issuing new guidance on pulse oxygen meters, also known as 0ximeters, after it was found that the devices can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin. with more here's our health correspondent, amara sophia elahi. ranjit senghera—marwaha caught coronavirus in december last year and eventually ended up in hospital with seriously low oxygen levels. so basically, flip the lid, put yourfinger in... she'd been monitoring her levels at home with a pulse oximeter, but the meter consistently told her she was in safe levels, even as she increasingly struggled to breathe. when i went into hospital, the first thing they said was "you really did leave it too late". had you left it any longer, i would have been straight into icu. there is growing evidence that such monit