absolutely, a great day i for them, ariarne titmus in the pool for them, ariarne titmus in the pool,ell in the rowing. remember, these results were rescheduled because of the tropical storm and typhoon that was approaching forjapan, so we had ourfirst medals approaching forjapan, so we had our first medals awarded approaching forjapan, so we had ourfirst medals awarded in the rowing today, and for australia it was double success, in the women's under the men's fours. an interesting matchup between the australians and the dutch in the women's race, that was nip and tuck all the way along. it was the australians who are just about on the line, the dutch second and ireland winning the bronze medal in the stock but in the men's fours, this was really something spectacular when you consider that great britain have won gold in this event since 2000, they are so dominant in this event, they were going for gold again, in second place, with 500 metres to go, but then the boat, they stared into the wrong lane and threw themselves off course. the aussies were able to keep going and keep their h

ariarne titmus. she is so dominant and full of energy in the pool. ago in the 400 metres freestyle and was on the celebrations on the sideline from her coach and today she has added another gold to her tally winning the 200 metres freestyle and, as you say, with an olympic record. she is a slow starter so she was behind in the field but in the last 50 metres she powered through to win. a really good result for her and i can tell you some of the other races there was gold for a hungarian swimmer, so far ahead of the field he finished one second beyond everyone else and so much so that he also —— almost looked disappointed. he and his team were going for a world record and they did not quite get that time and i can tell you as well that japan swimmer has won the women's 200 metre individual medley, a second gold for yui ohashi. and you could see the smiles on her face as she is fast becoming one of the faces and names of these games. one of the faces and names of these games-_ one of the faces and names of these games-— one of the faces and names of th

ariarne titmus has been edging into her, such an icon in swimming. also see tom daley in the diving. potentially his final olympic games. that elusive olympic gold still missing for him, can he get it? going in the men's ten metre synchro event. he won a bronze in rio in that. this time he is aiming for the gold. lots to look forward to. thank you for the round—up. mps have described as "wholly inadequate" the complaints process for women in the armed forces who are sexually assaulted or harassed at work. the defence select committee found that 60% of female personnel had faced bullying, harassment and discrimination during their careers. the ministry of defence says many improvements have been made, but admits women's experience isn't yet equal to men's. what's it like being a female soldier, i'm often asked. this is the army's latest recruitment campaign, aimed at women. i'm the one stitching them up! i'm not a miss or a mrs, i'm a sergeant. - it suggests gender is not an issue in today's armed forces. but this report by mps paints a very different

katie ledecky is stronger at the longer distances, ariarne titmus better at the shorter so this was thee meeting in the middle of the 400 metres and katie ledecky went out hard and katie ledecky went out hard and fast, trying to pull the sting out of ariarne titmus's legs in it but the australian powered through with a final two lengths to go to steal the victory. she is a world champion and now the olympic champion and now the olympic champion and now the olympic champion and if you've been anywhere near social media you would have seen her coach celebrating in some style in the stands in tokyo and is just a quick note, to other minerals today, canada got theirfirst of the games with maggie mcneil in the 100m butterfly. she no doubt one from lane seven, the outer lane, so a surprise there. and the american men dominant is always in the four x100 dominant is always in the four x 100 metre freestyle relay, they won there. x100 metre freestyle relay, they won there.— x100 metre freestyle relay, they won there. 0k, well, let's discuss other _ they won there. 0k, well, let's discuss other s

>> katy kaye was edged out in her first event by aussie star ariarne titmus. >> i can't be too disappointed with it. it's my second fastest time ever. i got caught and put up the best effort i could.r: while titmus' coach may have won the medal for the >> a close second on the 18-year-old becoming the first american woman to win a gold medal in tae kwon do. >> it's everything everybody looked up to. i want to be like her, she won the first gold medal. i'm that person now. it's pretty unreal. >> reporter: another first, 13-year-old momiji nishia. >> japan owns the street! >> reporter: winning the first women's skateboarding medal for japan. and more good news for the host country in tennis with naomi osaka notching another win. while the u.s. picked up two more golds in skeet shooting. but in gymnastics, the men failing to medal in the team event. >> here it is right here. >> reporter: the women are up tomorrow after a shaky start in qualifiers. simone biles admitting she is feeling the pressure, sharing on instagram i truly do feel like i have the weight of the world on my shoulders at time

ariarne titmus in the pool. they have done ever so well in the rowing.eduled because of the tropical storm and typing up was approaching japan. we had our first medal is awarded in the rowing today. australia double success in the women's and men's fours. a really interesting matchup between the australians and the dutch in the women's race. that was nip and tuck all the way along. it was the australians that were just about on the line, it was the australians with the dutch in second and ireland won the bronze medal in that. but in the men's. this was really something spectacular really when you consider that rate written have won gold in this event since 2000. they are so dominant in this event. they were going for gold again, they were in second place with 500 metres to go, but then the boat, they steered into the wrong lane and threw themselves totally off course so it was the aussies who are able to keep going, keep their heads together and across the line to win gold in that in a remarkable upset really. they couldn't quite believe it. great succes

at the aquatics centre, ariarne titmus of australia has won her second gold medal, in the women's 200 metres swimming freestyle. away from the pool, there's also due to be more cycling, hockey and rowing. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm sarah montague. it's a year since lazarus chakwera became president of malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. the preacher turned politician won power promising to create a millionjobs and to clear the rubble of corruption. but a year on, the economy is being hit hard by the effects of covid. his government admits it has no idea how many jobs have been created, and he's been criticised for nepotism, including giving jobs to his family. he's about to take on the presidency of the southern african development community, but can malawi's president even honour the promises he made to his own country? thank you very much. now, let's start with the situation as regards covid, because there are currently 11,000 active cases reported in your country. there've been 1500 deaths, but that will be underreported. what's your assessme

at the aquatics centre, ariarne titmus wins her second gold medal, in the women's 200 metres swimmingple to wear masks indoors again, even if they're been vaccinated. the uk economy will grow faster than expected this year as it recovers from the covid pandemic, according to the latest forecast from the international monetary fund. they now predict the uk economy will grow by 7 percent in 2021. however the picture was much bleaker for developing countries, with imf warning of slower growth due to a limited vaccine roll—out. joining me now is maike currie, who's the investment director at fidelity international. economic growth of 7% for the uk! that is quite economic growth of 7% for the uk! that is quite impressive, isn't it? it uk! that is quite impressive, isn't it? , uk! that is quite impressive, isn'tit? , , ,, uk! that is quite impressive, isn'tit? , , isn't it? it is impressive but we have — isn't it? it is impressive but we have to _ isn't it? it is impressive but we have to look _ isn't it? it is impressive but we have to look at - isn't it? it is impressive but we have to lo

also usa's katie ledecky has dominated for nearly a decade, ariarne titmus of australia has her eyesey go head—to—head in the 400 metres freestyle final. she beat katie ledecky in the 2019 world championships, this is not katie ledecky�*s signature event, which is the 800 metres, so it may be ariarne titmus's best chance. tom daley in the diving pool, looking for his first gold medal in his fourth olympics. the best chance, in the men's ten metre synchro event in which he won bronze in rio five years ago. which he won bronze in rio five years age-— years ago. can he get the gold this time? thank _ years ago. can he get the gold this time? thank you _ years ago. can he get the gold this time? thank you very _ years ago. can he get the gold this time? thank you very much. - the head of the us central command, general kenneth mackenzie, has said in kabul that the us will continue airstrikes in support of afghan troops if the taliban continue their offensive. the taliban have made rapid territorial gains in recent months after international troops started withdrawing from the country. th

she tried her best to take the sting out of ariarne titmus�*s max. had a strong start, open the lead, but the australian hung tough. and the final two lengths of the eight length race, the australian was able to pull clear and win. she has won olympic gold to go along with her world title. we saw the pictures of her coach celebrating wildly up on the stands. you may be able to see them on social media. they were certainly entertaining. another word on the first final. we had another win for a canadian, their first another win for a canadian, theirfirst gold medal of another win for a canadian, their first gold medal of the games. she won in the 100 metres butterfly. stay there, because i want to discuss the swimming. tunisian media, loss of pan— arab media are celebrating the win of swimmer ahmed hafnaoui. he won the first gold medal for an arab or african nation. many have reported that the president, kais saied, who faces political problems at home, has passed on his thanks from himself and the nation. this was a surprise to much of the media as he

ariarne titmus was in the silver medal spot, and wonderful to see their rivalry continuing throughout of them being the triathlon a mixed relay. this was another won by team gb. they have done well on super saturday. we know the triathlon is normally an incredible test of individual insurance across three disciplines. this time it is more fast paced. two men, two women are lining up for each team. team gb getting over the line first in that an oral event for the olympics which was fantastic. the french placed third. finally, what other events to look for this weekend? figs finally, what other events to look for this weekend? as you said, look for this weekend? as you said. suner— look for this weekend? as you said, super and _ look for this weekend? as you said, super and this _ look for this weekend? as you said, super and this part - look for this weekend? as you said, super and this part of. said, super and this part of the olympics is renowned for action in the athletics. the heats are under way, so we watch the mckinlay, but we have the final of the women's100 metre sprint — poten

australia's ariarne titmus claim silver in that race, adding to that wonderful rivalry that those whoteam gb came away with gold. a wonderful race, team gb claiming the gold they are, it was alex yee bringing it home in the final leg. normally we see this wonderful test of individual individual endurance, mastering three disciplines, this time more fast placed in a teams event, two men and two women taking part, they each had to complete a 300 metre swim, a 6.8 kilometres bike ride and then finish off with a two kilometre run. just wonderful to see another event making its olympic debut, rounding out the medals with the us in silver and france in bronze. and we've just had news, us gymnast simone biles has withdrawn from further events? she has, it is really sad, we think of all the preparation and lead up that goes into this but there is just part and parcel of sport. she has become the face of gymnastics and definitely would have carried the weight of the world and expectation on her shoulders going into this games, we have had a statement from the us gymnastics squad and it says to

four gold medals in 2016 settled for silver in the 400- meter free style losing to australia's ariarne titmus. >> it's never an easy journey to the podium so it's not something i take for granted being up there. >> reporter: even u.s.a. gymnastics is feeling the pressure, finishing second to the russians in the qualifying round for the first time in more than a decade. simone biles writing, "i truly feel like i have the weight of simone biles writing i truly feel like i have the weight of the world on my shoulders." when you look at team u.s.a., do we have a problem? >> we'll have to see as we go along. it's still very, very early in this process. >> the italians are going to be left behind by the united states who are going to put away another gold medal! >> reporter: but there were some bright spots, among them gold for the relay, keeping caeleb dressel's dream of seven medals alive. a tropical storm tracking north of tokyo postponed several events while covid cases mount covid cases mount with at least 1523 positive tests connected to the games now, including spain's golf superstar jon rah

the recordholder losing by less than a second, coming in after australia's ariarne titmus. >> i knew it was just going to be a battle until the end. it's just an honor to race someone like ariarne, and for us to go two really, really fast times. you can't be disappointed with silver. >> reporter: but some of team usa not up to their usual level. upset in men's basketball. and women's gymnastics losing some of their invincible aura after finishing second in the qualifying round. even simone biles facing some stumbles. posting on instagram, "it wasn't an easy day or my best, but i got through it. i truly do feel like i have the weight of the world on my shoulders at times." biles has advanced to all finals and the chance to win six golds. overall you japan is leading in the number of gold medals. the united states falling just behind. 13-year-old shredder, momiji nishiya of japan, winning in the first ever street skateboarding competition. and emotions high for british diver tom daley who won his first gold at this his fourth olympics. he's one of a record number of out lgbtq athletes a

australia's ariarne titmus beat the defending champion and five—time olympic gold medallist katie ledeckyis is dean boxall, titmus' coach, going absolutely nuts. and now he's gone viral for this celebration following titmus's thrilling 400—metres freestyle gold. onto the tennis now, and disappointment for british doubles pairjamie murray and neal skupski. they were knocked out in the second round in tokyo, losing 6—3, 6—4 to japan's kei nishikori and ben mclachlan. novak djokovic is through after beating germany's jan—lennard struff in straight sets. the world number one is bidding for a first olympic gold medal after winning bronze in beijing 13 years ago. japan's naomi osaka cruised into the third round of the women's singles with a win that only took 65 minutes over viktorija golubich. the second seed is favourite to win gold after ashleigh barty�*s exit yesterday. away from the olympics, there was a thrilling finish in the hundred as the trent rockets made it two wins from two, but only just. they beat the northern superchargers, who batted first. rashid khan and marchant de lange wit

or this australian coach dancing uncontrollably when swimmer ariarne titmus won gold. >> he's going crazy, my goodness. >> reporter: titmus narrowly beat american and three-time olympian katie ledecky in a nail-biting race. >> this is an olympics unlike any other. holding the olympics in the middle of a pandemic it's so difficult. it just looks so different and so weird. and yet sports can save these olympics. even with all the issues at the olympic games it still is the greatest thing going. when it's good, it's great. >> reporter: this already unprecedented olympics continues to make history with athletes like anastasija zoltic becoming first american woman to win a gold medal in taekwondo. >> i felt like everything was lining up. my training before-hand, my warm-up and everything was going perfectly and i had no doubt in my mind i was going to win the olympics yesterday. >> before each match the colorado native always releases a primal scream. >> i do it to calm nerves and then i kind of see it intimidates people. so i was like maybe if i scream even louder it will intimidate them a li

after australia's ariarne titmus won the 400 m freestyle, her coach dean boxall produced an even moreit would surely be his! andy swiss, bbc news. it has been a remarkable day especially for team gb. we can talk to our sports editor dan roan in tokyo. what are your impressions now? it seems that monday mornings are not so bad after all. that was a performance by team gb that reminds everyone how special the olympics can be despite all the challenges the tokyo games have faced. very little in sport can compare when it is like that and is it evoked memories of the remarkable performance at london 2012 on super saturday when three of the six gold medals that they came in a remarkable hour at the olympic stadium. of course going into these olympics there was a sense perhaps that they could be a correction when it came to the number of medals that britain won 67,27 it came to the number of medals that britain won 67, 27 gold medals in rio, a remarkable second—place finish but because of a shift from a win at all costs approach, the conditions here strengthening rivals there had been assump

ariarne titmus within the silver medal spot there and wonderful to see their rivalry throughout these., ., , games. various sports making their debut. _ the triathlon mixed relay. we know that triathlon is an incredible test of endurance across the three systems and this time it was more fast paced in that action. two men and two women lining up for each team, team gb getting over the line first in that inaugural event for the olympics which was fantastic for them. the us in second and the french placing third for the french placing third for the bronze. and what other highlights can we look out for today? as you said, super saturday and we know that this week is renowned for the athletics and all eyes will be trackside later today. the heats are already under way so of course we are watching them keenly but we are watching them keenly but we have the final of the women's 100 we have the final of the women's100 metres sprint, potentially history to be made with jamaica's shelly—ann fraser—pryce who is vying to become the first woman in history to win three olympic athletics events, an

they laid out with their star swimmer of the games, ariarne titmus, australia did, they have alreadyere has been action and the rowing. we had ourfirst gold medal and rowing for ireland, where the paul o'donovan and mccarthy. that was the lightweight men's double skulls. paul won silver in rio five years ago along with his brother, but they upgraded that to gold today. also, a great story, another pairing of brothers of sorts, the stink of its brothers from croatia winning gold in 2016. here they were able to win gold as well and the pairs. — make in the pairs. when we talk about the big names, they are so many people. you ask people who they are looking forward to seeing it was going to be a simone biles in over the last few days things haven't gone to plan. she removed herself from the team event and has removed herself from the final this evening in the all—around event. she may be in the individualfinals event. she may be in the individual finals late in the week. let's speak to gina pongetti, a former gymnast and now physical therapist. she is also a correspondence. —— correspon

there was an upset in the women's 400 metres freestyle final with australia's ariarne titmus beating this is dean boxall — who's gone viral for this celebration. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. working on today as well. the women's match is ongoing, the records are chasing 152 when that one and that's over on the bbc sport website. a speech at a protest rally that likened nhs nurses and doctors to nazis executed after world war two has been widely condemned. former nurse kate shemirani made the remarks at the event in trafalgar square — which was billed as a "live debate" on covid—19. the mayor of london is among those urging the police to look at what she said — and the royal college of nursing said it could put nurses at risk. the metropolitan police says it is investigating. our specialist disinformation reporter mariana spring joins me now. tell us more about this and about the protest stopper that they have been happening for over a year now. they began as antilock temperatures do not turn their attention to opposing

there was an upset in the women's 400 metres freestyle final with australia's ariarne titmus beating uary. there were just over 29 thousand cases yesterday — compared to more than 48 thousand last week. i'm joined now by dr deepti gurdasani, a clinical epidemiologist at queen mary university of london. thank you for your time to date. what are your thoughts on what is going on with the figures here? there is a level of inconsistency between these figures and figures from other sources, there is a covid—19 simpson tracker which says there are over 60,000 cases. we need to understand whether this is a change in testing behaviour or a backlog intestine, and that should come clear in the next few days to weeks because essentially we usually see a decline in hospitalisation after a decline in cases after about ten days. if we see that, we can be clear that the trend is real. the office for national statistics last week up to the 17th ofjuly told us that until then we know that cases are rising as a national service which does not depend on people coming forward. the trains are not clear. i

freestyle, particularly after we had the 400 metres event a couple of days ago, the australian ariarne titmusecky was only able to finish in silver medal position in that event so that will be the one to watch out for, see how she goes, how she is feeling, can she bounce back and what sort of form she is in. ., back and what sort of form she is in. . ., , back and what sort of form she is in. . is in. the medaltable racking u . , is in. the medaltable racking u-, all is in. the medaltable racking up. all the — is in. the medaltable racking up, all the victories, - is in. the medaltable racking up, all the victories, we - is in. the medaltable racking up, all the victories, we can l up, all the victories, we can see on our screens, i think, if we have that graphic, japan racing to the top of the list, at the top of the list with all those medals, both gold and silver. what's the reaction like in the host country? they've had a wonderful few days. ten gold medals for japan. i'm not sure they expected to start off as well as they have, top of the medal table, heading into the fifth day. the late

there was an upset in the women's 400 metres freestyle final with australia's ariarne titmus beating een getting some reaction from adam peaty�*s girlfriend and baby son. i can't even find the words to describe it, because i don't think i have felt this kind of pride before. obviously, with george there is a lot of pride, but it's so different, isn't it? he recognises the swimming now, as well, because we all get so excited when it comes on. so he sees the lanes and the blue water and he starts to get excited. then he sees his daddy. not necessarily when he's swimming does he recognise him, but when he's celebrating, he definitely saw him, didn't you? if he was here with you now, what would you say to him? first of all, i would give him a huge hug, because that isjust what i'm dying to do. and then i would tell him that we are so proud of him and we love him so much and that i didn't expect anything less from him. and bbc sport's nester mcgregor has been speaking to his parents. there is a lot hanging on this one, he has worked so hard. all the athletes trained for the last year for t

centre, but the action didn't stop there because the race everyone wanted to see was australia's ariarne titmus 400 metres freestyle. and it was titmus that beat the defending champion ledecky, to win her first—ever olympic gold, after swimming the best time of her career. america's ledecky had dominated the pool over the last 5 years, winning 4 golds and one silver in rio. and just look what that victory meant to titmus's coach dean boxall — wil celebrations from him after that win. and his passion sparked a big reaction on social media, with many saying he represented "all of australia right now". and one of the world's very best — caeleb dressel — got his games off to the perfect start helping the usa to gold in the men's 4—by—100 meter freestyle relay. he set the pace in the opening leg with zach apple securing the win. italy took the silver with australia in third for the bronze. now, to team gb�*s third medal of the day and this one came from an unlikely source you'd be forgiven for not having heard of cyclist tom pidcock before, but the 21—year—old from leeds blew away the rest of the fi

after australia's ariarne titmus won the 400 m freestyle, her coach dean boxall produced an even morerest of the news now. there's been another fall in the daily number of coronavirus cases in the uk, for the sixth day in a row. new infections have now more than halved since the recent peak nine days ago. among the possible explanations, schools breaking up for the holidays, the end of the euros football tournament and the warmer weather. what's not clear yet is the impact of lifting england's restrictions last monday. here's our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. another vaccines push in london's chinatown today. 88% of adults in the uk have now had at least one shot of the vaccine, and some believe early signs are emerging that the latest wave may be slowing. it was the start of the summer when things began to change. onjune1st, you can see there were around 3,000 coronavirus infections reported. they continued to rise sharply, until mid—july, when there were almost 55,000 infections a day. but, since then, you can see something unexpected has happened. and cases seem to be fal

to win in the olympic career in the 200 and 400-meter freestyles at the hands ohand hands of ariarne titmuse ledecky winning three straight golds. on top of that, with this win, she now has six individual golds in her career, ahead of any female swimmer in history. >> coy wire, you're a champ, thanks so much, live in tokyo. >>> we're going to stick with tokyo, it's not only olympics setting records, sadly, tokyo's wave of the virus. blake essig joins me live from tokyo. just talk us through what the situation is, healthwise. >> reporter: yeah, robyn, it's not good. the fifth wave of infection continues to swell here in tokyo and across japan. just in the past hour or so, we learned that tokyo has once again for a fourth time this week set a new record for the most cases reported in a single day since the pandemic began. japan's prime minister said infections are increasing and spreading faster than ever before. as a result, a state of emergency was declared for osaka and several other prefectures. here, the governor also extended a state of emergency here in the capital until the end of aug

american katie ledecky, a five- time olympic gold medalist, was beaten by australian ariarne titmus in the women's 400 meter freestyle. ledecky took silver. still to come on the newshour: fears of a return to dictatorship abound in tunisia after the president suspends parliament. the greek government targets migrant advocates as the refugee crisis continues. a manufacturing training program offers an economic lifeline to disadvantaged teens. plus much more. >> woodruff: on capitol hill, bipartisan infrastructure talks have run into a little washington gridlo. to help us understand where negotiations stand, our congressional correspondent lisa desjardins. so lisa, tell us where does everything stand, what is the latest hangup. >> well, in this up and down quest for a giant infrastructure bill for the country, i have to say this is the largest speed bump that these bipartisan negotiators have run into. over the weekend as thee negotiators are working around the clock and with the white house to see if they can just finish that final, i guess, five percent that is left to negotiate, they

australia's ariarne titmus beat the defending champion and five—time olympic gold medallist katie ledeckynd in tokyo, losing 6—3, 6—4 to japan's kei nishikori and ben mclachlan. novak djokovic is through after beating germany's jan—lennard struff in straight sets. the world number one is bidding for a first olympic gold medal after winning bronze in beijing 13 years ago. japan's naomi osaka cruised into the third round of the women's singles with a win that only took 65 minutes over viktorija golubich. the second seed is favourite to win gold after ashleigh barty�*s exit yesterday. away from the olympics, there was a thrilling finish in the hundred as the trent rockets made it two wins from two, but only just. they beat the northern superchargers, who batted first. rashid khan and marchant de lange with three wickets each as the superchargers, with ben stokes in their ranks, were bowled out for 132. but despite that, the rockets struggled, losing wickets regularly. they couldn't get rid of alex hales, though. he thumped david willey for a towering six to seal the win with six balls to spa

also celebrating is australia's ariarne titmus, because she beat the american sensation, katie ledeckymmers got in too early and part of the pontoon was being blocked by a boat so others could not start. they all came back, they restarted, did the 1500 metres swim, the cycle around the streets of tokyo and then the 10k run. victory in that went to norway's kristian blummenfelt for the first of the games. also a quick note on the men's rugby 7s. fiji won that when it made its debut back in rio in 2016, their first ever olympic gold medal in the got their title defence —— and they got their title defence after a successful start with victory over the hosts, japan. adam peaty has secured team gb's first gold medal of the tokyo olympics, defending his title in the one hundred metres breast—stroke. this morning we're back where it all began in uttoxeter, at the pool where he first learnt to swim. our reporter dan pallett is there. good morning and welcome. lots of swimming training happens early—morning. you need motivation and swimming training happens early—morning. you need motivation an

also stunning is this young woman from australia, ariarne titmus picking up a second gold medal and settingt her in the freestyle final on monday, touched home in one minute, 53.50 seconds. the toast of australia right now. let's take a look at where things stand on the medals table. it's been up and down a little bit today, but as the host country, japan, back in the lead with 13 gold medals after that gold in the past hour or so in gymnastics. china close behind them, as well, with 12, and because of some of the golds in the pool for australia, also the women's four rowing events, that's lifted their overall olympics tally, you can see they are sixth and have moved up the table as you can see to fifth. lucy reporting there from tokyo. the us secretary of state has warned that afghanistan would become a "pariah state" if the taliban failed to respect the rights of its people and committed atrocities. speaking in india, anthony blinken said that if the rebels wanted international recognition, they needed to resume negotiations and resolve the conflict peacefully. and getting that recognitio

australia's ariarne titmus securing the first place victory. some rare early struggles for the u.s.mone biles still coming through, nailing first in the individual qualifiers with her teammate finishing third. women taking center stage in skateboarding. including some of the youngest competitors in the games. at just 13 years old japan's skateboarder taking home gold. in the street category. while on the basketball court team usa left reeling from a major upset, usa basketball falling to france. snapping a 16-year olympic game winning streak. they'll have to win games against iran and the czech republic. to advance to the medal round. >> we'll figure it out. >> reporter: america clinching a spot in the gold medal round for softball. before topping off their win over japan with a walkoff homer. the u.s. adding two more golds. to its medal count just a short while ago. amber english and vincent hancock both taking home wins in skeet shooting. let's take a look at the medal could want. the u.s. has seven golds. china leads in overall medals, robin. >> thank you, amy. >>> back here at h

there was an upset in the women's 400 metres freestyle final with australia's ariarne titmus, beatingeath in january this year. we can have more on this from duncan kennedy. he wasjust 13 we can have more on this from duncan kennedy. he was just 13 years old, but in the words of his dad, olly stevens was a precious gift whose death became the stuff of nightmares. this was olly injanuary walking past the neighbour's door bell at 3:34pm. by 5pm he was dead, not at the hands of an adult, but by other children. those children who olly knew included a 13—year—old girl who lured him into this park so he could be confronted by a two other boys aged 13 and 14. he was in effect does make it was in effect an ambush and simply because olly had posted a message on a social media. he was later stabbed during the fight. the girl and the two other boys cannot be identified because they are children. the court was shown at this phone footage of the younger boy playing with a knife in his bedroom. the older boy also had pictures of knives. this his bedroom. the older boy also had pictures of knives.—

hour american swimmer katie ledecky said she fought tooth and nail but could not beat australian ariarne titmus 400 meter freestyle final. silver is her first, but she is taking it in stride. >> disappointed. it was my second fastest time ever i felt like i fought put up the best effort i had she had that tremendous race i think we delivered a great race >> and the u.s. did win gold in the men's 4x100 freestyle relay. zach apple in just under 47 seconds to beat italy. and a surprise victory, russia won gold in the men's gymnastics team final narrowly defeating japan. the 2016 olympic champions by 0. 0.10 of one point. china with 18 medals the u.s. second with 14. japan has 13 still, however, a very long way to go. morgan, back to you. >> oh, we will be keeping our eye on that. thank you. >>> meantime, l.a. county's seeing a rise in covid cases our next guess is forecasting strong growth ahead. and rick caruso joins us next. as we head to break, watch liucd motors today you can see the shares up about 15%. stay with us ♪ someone once told me, that i should get used to people staring. so i did. i

australia's ariarne titmus picked up a second gold medal in her latest battle with american katie ledeckyecky in the aoom freestyle final on monday, touched home in one minute and 53.50 seconds. and there's been more glory in the swimming pool for team gb. they took gold in the men's four by 200 metre freestyle relay. the quartet, made up of of 200 metre champion tom dean, silver medallist duncan scott, james guy and matthew richards came within 0.03 seconds of the world record, in a stunning performance. the win makes it the first time in 113 years that great britain have won three swimming gold medals at an olympics. britain's rowers have also won silver in the men's quadruple sculls, but there was disappointment in the men's four as a run of golds stretching back over the previous five olympics, ended with a fourth—place finish. let's take a look at where things stand on the medals table. china and japan are leading the way with 11 gold medals each. australia also won gold medals in the men's four and women's four rowing events to lift their overall olympic tally to six, moving them up

and australia's ariarne titmus picked up a second gold medal and set a games record in her latest battleled in staffordshire, this afternoon. prince charles revealed a plaque at the monument, which commemorates almost 5,000 police officers and staff who have died in the line of duty. i would particularly - like to express my profound gratitude for the valour _ and sacrifice of those who have laid down their lives to keep us safe. to remember their families who mourn and to recognise those _ who continue to serve in order to safeguard our freedoms. i whilst our expressions- of appreciation will always be hopelessly inadequate, | and unfortunately make the anguish no easier to bear, i do pray that this memorial. will not only provide a hallowed place for us all to pay— tribute to each of them, _ but also the reassurance that those who have given their lives - so selflessly will leave a lasting legacy and will never be forgotten. that was prince charles speaking earlier in staffordshire. now the weather with ben rich. hello. it feels like summer is on hold at the moment, not least in parts