. _ written and song lyrics by edith piaf. as— written and song lyrics by edith piaf, as the cauldrone peut bien s'ecrouler # peu m'importe si tu m'aimes #je me fous du monde entier the inimitable voice of celine dion, and we had been talking about the possibility of celine singing this evening. she had been seen in paris, and there she is, the only pic rings have turned white, her dress is white, and a moment or two ago, we saw the flame rise above the city. what a moment. i've never seen an olympic cauldron lit in that way. it was incredible. # j'irais jusqu'au bout du monde # je me ferais teindre en blonde # si tu me le demandais j'irais decrocher la lune # j'irais voler la fortune # si tu me le demandais #je renierais ma patrie # je renierais mes amis # si tu me le demandais # on peut bien rire de moi # je ferais n'importe quoi # si tu me le demandais the absolutely beautiful voice of celine dion they and moments like this really one forgets about everything that's come before, it's been a difficult day for the organisers, been tough with those attacks on the train lines around fr

la vie en rose by edith piaf plays. hello there.n. through —— the afternoon got a bit better — sunny spells came through but we also had quite widespread showers, like this shower cloud working across the horizon in the scottish borders. now, the wettest place in the whole of the uk was rothamsted, in hertfordshire, near luton and here, we had 37mm of rain — that compares with the monthly average of 52. so, in other words, we had, well, nearly three—quarters of a month's worth of rain in just the space of 2a hours. now, showers have continued to affect eastern areas of scotland, northeast england into the first part of the night but over the next few hours, many of the showers will tend to fade away but i think we'll see another clump working into wales and southwest england as we head into the first part of sunday. now, sunday is overall the better of the two days of the weekend. many of us will start off with some sunshine first thing in the morning but we'll have those showers from the word go across wales and western england and

edith piaf is like a goddess here in france, she was singing l'amour de l'amour.y interesting is that this is the singer's first performance since disclosing that she suffers from stiff person syndrome. she was stunning, okay, and that was a magical close to those olympics. but officially the games have now begun and it is game time to go win some hardware. so who's on top for the games now? we're going to be talking about former stanford star gold medal swimmer katie ledecky. she's preparing to chase more gold in the pool. this could be the kick start to a historic summer games for ledecky. listen to this. if she's able to win at least three gold medals in these games, she will join michael phelps as the only olympians to ever win at least ten gold medals. also skateboarding. it's going to make its return to the olympic stage. it's going to happen in just a few hours. we're going to be tracking davis native nyjah huston. he is a favorite in the men's street event. he is the most successful competition skateboarder of all time. okay, other notable competitions we'

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balloon was lit, rising 30 metres into the parisian night... ..before celine dion paid homage to edith piafry after the city last played host, paris' games were under way. just hours before the opening ceremony, there was chaos on the rail network in and around paris. it was after a series of acts of deliberate sabotage. signal boxes and fibre optic cables on the high speed rail system were vandalised, causing fires and affecting around 800,000 people including on eurostar, where one in four services between london and paris were cancelled until monday. 0ur paris correspondent andrew harding reports. french engineers gathered beside one of the sabotaged railways. this is north of paris on the high—speed line heading to london. the french system relies on these sensitive fibre—optic cables, something the attackers clearly understood when they set fire to three separate sites in a coordinated attack, the impact immediately felt across northern france, passengers forced to abandon this train stuck on the outskirts of paris. and in the capital itself, confusion at the gare du nord, the busiest

but this iconic french singer called zizi jeanmaire or celine dion who's doing edith piaf, so there's night, even from here, i could hear the roar of the crowd. it was such an amazing moment to have an icon like her on an iconic monument like the eiffel tower singing in that way. did you get chills in that moment as well? yes. obviously yes. and i want to thank her so, so much because she was really nice. she was really professional. she was perfect, in every sense of the word. and when we worked together on this, she really opened the door to my musical vision. we worked with orchestre national de france. i did an arrangement with the choir and all the orchestra and it's amazing. it's amazing to see that because when you conceive it, you know, it's something. but seeing it live in front of everybody and, as you said, like i was at trocadero, you know, and everybody, half of the people were crying, the other half were singing and sometimes, they were doing both at the same time. but, yeah, that was really good, totally, totally chills. yeah, of course. that was the director of the mus

encima del auto mientras se alejaba de la multitud, la cantante interpretÓ el himno del amor de edith piafialmente ya comenzÓ la acciÓn y la emociÓn de esta fiesta olÍmpica en donde los nuestros ya estÁn dando mucho de quÉ hablar. arrancamos con tenis y el estreno de la pareja mÁs esperada, rafael nadal y carlos alcaraz avanzaron a la segunda ronda del torneo de dobles tras vencer a los argentinos mÁximo gonzÁlez y andrÉs molteni, con un marcador de siete, seis y seis cuatro. esta fue la segunda victoria del dÍa para alcaraz, que no tuvo problema para derrotar al libanÉs javi aviv en single temprano en la maÑana en nataciÓn, el mexicano miguel de lara fue descalificado en los 100 metros pecho a pesar de haber terminado segundo en su hit eliminatorio. los jueces detectaron una patada al final de la prueba que no estÁ permitida en el estilo pecho bajo la lluvia. y contra todo pronÓstico, la pareja de voleibol de playa de cuba, noslen dÍaz y jorge luis alayo, venciÓ a estados unidos en sets seguidos. el equipo de las barras y las estrellas tendrÁn que reponerse frente a brasil el jueves, mien

the culmination of the show included celine dion singing an emotional rendition of edith piaf�*s hymne. the day got off to a difficult start, after several acts of sabotage on france's high—speed railway network disrupted the journey to the ceremony for many travellers. more on that in a moment, but first, maryam moshiri has more on the spectacle on the seine. what a culmination, what an end to what has been at times a difficult day for the organisers of the paris olympics and, indeed, the ceremony. the day started with those train delays, with those attacks on various train lines around france, but it ended with a real bang. the opening ceremony was promised to be a joyful event, an event that would be beautiful theatre in the heart of one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and it really did deliver. we had the french celebrating their culture, their art, theirfashion, their music, but also celebrating a global sense of unity, a global sense of belonging together, and that really is what the olympics are about. the flame, well, that was also an amazing addition to the ceremony

the culmination of the show included celine dion singing an emotional rendition of edith piaf's hymned the journey to the ceremony for many travellers.

before celine dion paid homage to edith piaf in a performance full of meaning to the french nation.ear more from dan shortly. just hours before the opening ceremony, there was chaos on the rail network in and around paris after a series of acts of deliberate sabotage. signal boxes and fibre optic cables on the high—speed rail system were vandalised, causing fires and affecting around 800,000 people, including on eurostar, where one in four services between london and paris were cancelled until monday. four attacks, in what the french government called "coordinated, malicious acts", targeted links to the east, north and west of paris, taking out huge swathes of the network. a fifth attack to the south—east was foiled. the french prime minister gabriel attal has said that police and intelligence services are working hard to find and punish those responsible. our paris correspondent andrew harding reports. french engineers gathered beside one of the sabotaged railways. this is north of paris on the high—speed line heading to london. the french system relies on these sensitive fibre—opt

music: non, je ne regrette rien by edith piaf the first gold for france, dupont�*s greatest gamble. our sports correspondent, katie gornall, is at the bercy arena as excitment builds ahead of the women's gymnastics qualifying and further possible medals for team gb. well, there was excitement in the air here at the bercy arena as these fans gathering in the arena here get ready to get their first glimpse of simone biles in competition here in paris. she is, of course, a global superstar, the most decorated gymnast in history with seven 0lympic medals to her name, four of them gold. but remember, there was a time when we didn't know if we would see simone biles at an 0lympics again. after the trauma that she experienced in tokyo, she withdrew from the team events at those games, most of the individual events after developing a mental block called the twisties that affected her spatial awareness mid—air. she took two years off competition after those games to focus on her mental health, but she is now here, back competing. she's calling this her redemption tour, and she will certainly

crowds weathered the pouring rain as the french canadian celine dion sang the iconic french bam lad edith piaf'sc "l'hymme a l'amour." celine not making the only performance of the night. lady gaga singing zizi jeanmaire's "mon truc en plumes." [ singing in a non-english language ] and french artist aya nakamura taking the global stage. ♪ these moments joined by the parade of olympic athletes floating down the river seine. the ceremony held outside a stadium for the first time in olympic history. hundreds of athletes from team usa including lebron james and cocoa goff as flag bearers, along with star athletes like steph curry and sha'carri richardson all cheered on by more than 300,000 fans along the riverside. and, yes, i was one of those fans wearing basically a garbage bag, and i didn't care one bit, because it was worth every moment watching the athletes from over 200 countries in that flotilla. they did not seem to mind the rain, so happy to represent their countries. and then when i got home to the hotel, soaking wet and happy, i witnessed this. check out these stills i sent you guys. an i

entertainers performed, including canada's celine dion, with a love song by france's late superstar edith piaf cnn's world sports. amanda davis joins us now, live from paris. i watch a lot of it. i thought it was pretty amazing. i know there were complaints on the ground because the rain, but on tv looked amazing and we've really got saline ringing in our ears today yeah. i mean, the organizers were not dana favor by the weather, were they it is still pouring with rain here. this morning, a very wet and grey starts to the official starter of competition here at the olympic games. but the organizers had promised something unique from that opening ceremony and unique. it certainly was the scale of the number of boats we had the dancers, we had the history, we had the fashion the athletes did get very far sorry, when there was a lot of ponchos on display, we're judging by what they've been posting on social media. they were all really excited to be part we had the great sporting legends. we have zinedine zidane down carrying the olympic torch. we had rafah nadal and serena williams course this is

but there are rumours that celine dion and lady gaga will be performing a duet of edith piaf's la viel indeed. >> amazing. i should say. sophie, we're looking now at athletes arriving at the olympic village, so a sneak preview of some of the people that we'll see aboard those boats tonight. it's a very unusual opening ceremony in that respect, because of course, we're used to seeing opening ceremonies limited to a stadium. this is going to be a pretty wide and long stretch of river. >> absolutely. and i think on one side of things, it really does open doors to the french olympic committee with how they can, how they can express themselves in this. this is always the thing i think everyone will remember. london 2012, when they did that big, the big display about agriculture, something that's really, truly british at heart and that's something that's always conveyed in a country's opening ceremony. they really try to push their sense of themselves. and here tonight in paris , the options really the paris, the options really the sky is the limit for them because they're not, as you say,

thank god for the closing performance, which was a rendition of edith piaf's hymn to love performed byntly battling health issues. though i think god probably would have checked out by now after the woke parody of the last supper, which included a blue coloured character which could have easily been mistaken for iggle piggle from the night garden, who i thought was meant to be jesus. but that actually turned out to be dionysus , the greek out to be dionysus, the greek god of the theatre. around the table were dancers, models, fashion icons and drag queen nicky doll from the french version of rupaul's drag race. one of them even looks like me on there . i think this was meant on there. i think this was meant to be some sort of fashion show with a female dj. many called it a woke parody of leonardo da vinci's last supper. it was shocking. on x, elon musk claimed the performance was extremely disrespectful to christians and i'm inclined to agree. remember what happened with charlie hebdo ? i can't with charlie hebdo? i can't imagine any other faith taking this lying down. the whole thing

there's rumours that she and lady gaga will perform a duet of edith piaf's la vie en rose, which .nd how fitting would that be? as a start to the paris olympic games ? an incredible atmosphere games? an incredible atmosphere and i'm sure it's going to get even better despite the rain. what a place to be here in paris. >> yeah , sophie reaper lady >> yeah, sophie reaper lady gaga, that renowned french singer. and obviously the reason that you've got a ringside seat there, sophie, is because gb news always says such nice things about emmanuel macron. they've given you the golden ticket. but on a serious point, back to the sport . sophie 327 back to the sport. sophie 327 athletes in team gb taking part across 24 sports. we haven't talked an awful lot about the sport. we've been talking about the politics, about the disruption, but we've got some great sports to look forward to. who do you think we should be keeping an eye on in team gb? >> oh martin, i have been waiting for that question all day. i'm a little bit of an olympics buff. well tomorrow, for example, the men's gymnastics al

it's rumoured that they could do a version of edith piaf's la vie en rose, which could be absolutelyg confirmed this. it's all been very hush hush. the aya nakamura, who is the most streamed french speaking artist that they could be performing here, but again, nothing confirmed. it's all a big secret as far as it stands in terms of who's going to be lighting the olympic torch as well, that's always a big secret going into an opening ceremony , so we don't an opening ceremony, so we don't know who that's going to be yet, we also know we know a bit of the order. so as is tradition, the order. so as is tradition, the first athletes will see will be the greek athletes. that's obviously because of the ancient greeks . we'll then see the greeks. we'll then see the refugee athletes and then the last people to appear will be the french athletes, because of course, here we are in paris. >> thanks very much indeed, sophie. we'll be back to sophie throughout the day of course, from her vantage point in paris. although i do admit, stephen, when i see the eiffel tower, i still think blackpool . w