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i ask the ioc to intervene.manouskaya was due to compete in the women's 200 metres on monday but had complained on social media about being entered into another race at short notice. she claims on sunday officials came to her room and gave her an hour to pack her bags before being escorted to tokyo's hameda airport. on the way to the terminal she contacted the belarusian sports solidarity foundation, a group that supports athletes jailed or sidelined for their political views. translation: this whole situation began when - pro—government and propaganda channels started a negative campaign against her. the campaign was quite serious and that was a clear signal that her life would be in danger in belarus. after that she began to worry and then today she was told she would leave tokyo immediately and deported to belarus, she understood her life was in danger. last year, protests against the current belarus president, alexander lukashenko and his disputed re—election in august were brutally cracked down on. he is ba

i asked the ioc to intervene. consent. i asked the ioc to intervene-— consent.ed the ioc to intervene. , ., ., intervene. tsimanouskaya was due to compete _ intervene. tsimanouskaya was due to compete in _ intervene. tsimanouskaya was due to compete in the - intervene. tsimanouskaya wasl due to compete in the women's 200 metres on monday but had complained on social media about being entered into another race at short notice. she claims on sunday officials came to her room and gave her one hour to pack her bags before being escorted to tokyo's and either airport. on the way to the terminal, she contracted the television —— belarusian spot solidarity commission, a group who support athletes jailed or sidelined for their views. translation: this whole situation began when pro—government and propaganda channel started a negative campaign against her. this campaign against her. this campaign was very serious. and that was a clear signal that her life would be in danger in belarus. after this, she began to worry and today was told she would be leaving tokyo immediate

we understand the ioc plans to release new policies. _ the ioc plans to release new policies, but i guess— concerning is last week, we heard the chief medical science adviser— heard the chief medical science adviser say everyone agrees that— adviser say everyone agrees that trans women are women. not only is— that trans women are women. not only is that _ that trans women are women. not only is that statement demonstrably false because there — demonstrably false because there are many people who otwenty— there are many people who openly disagree, but the concern _ openly disagree, but the concern is how can the ioc promote _ concern is how can the ioc promote fairness and safety if they— promote fairness and safety if they believe adult human females... the fastest woman in the wortd's— females... the fastest woman in the world's only beaten by 15,000 _ the world's only beaten by 15,000 men and boys, and they usually— 15,000 men and boys, and they usually don't come within the top10% — usually don't come within the top 10% about the best thousand mates _ top 10% about the best thousand ma

now the ioc died because of that bomb. now the ioc has— died because of that bomb.ine _ request, which has prompted an online petition which has been gathering tens of thousands of integers, but as far as i can tell the ioc— integers, but as far as i can tell the ioc will continue the games without— the ioc will continue the games without that move —— moment of silence _ without that move —— moment of silence which of course as you can imagine _ silence which of course as you can imagine has— silence which of course as you can imagine has caused quite a bit of his woman — imagine has caused quite a bit of his woman among the japanese public because _ his woman among the japanese public because of— his woman among the japanese public because of what the olympics are supposed — because of what the olympics are supposed to symbolise. absolutely. was a hugely _ supposed to symbolise. absolutely. was a hugely important _ supposed to symbolise. absolutely. was a hugely important moment. supposed to symbolise. absolutely. | was a hugely important moment for japan. it is al

the ioc did this to give an opportunity to tokyo and japan. the japanese public, but still a lot of excitement about the japanese athletes. lucy and i were talking earlier about those young skateboarders, but also duty making a big comeback. we saw so many medals, including a brother and sister team winning gold medals. we also had wrestling doing really well. also, swimming, double gold medals for the first time for one of ourjapanese swimmers. a lot of athletic achievements here injapan, despite all the controversies. to athletes. many of them told me that they were conflicted about the public opposition, but they have really achieved something amazing. they have been tweeting to thank all the staff and volunteers on social media, with a specific hashtag which is very japanese. thank you for joining us on the bbc.- is very japanese. thank you for joining us on the bbc. marika oi, outside at the _ joining us on the bbc. marika oi, outside at the olympic _ joining us on the bbc. marika oi, outside at the olympic stadium l joining us on the bbc

now i have to say when thomas bach, the boss of the ioc, when he was asked about the cost, the ioc actuallyhe said. that didn't go down too well, the ioc hasn't been too popular here injapan. lot of schizophrenic reaction among the japanese public, but still a lot of excitement about the japanese athletes. the young skateboarders have done extremely well, but also judo really making a comeback. we saw so many medals, including from a brother and sister team winning gold medals. we also had a wrestling doing really well. swimming also, a japanese swimmer winning double gold medals for the first time as well. we have had a lot of exciting moments, athletic achievements here injapan despite all the in japan despite all the controversies. injapan despite all the controversies. many of the athletes to me they felt really conflicted about the public opposition, but they have really achieved something amazing. they had been tweeting to thank all the staff and volunteers on social media with a specific hashtag, which is very, very japanese. reports from northern afghanistan say there's heavy fighti

translation: ., n' ., , translation: i ask the ioc for help, i was ut translation: i ask the ioc for was put under _ translation: i ask the ioc for help, i was put under pressure, _ translation: i ask the ioc for help, i was put under pressure, they - translation: i ask the ioc for help, i was put under pressure, they are i i was put under pressure, they are trying to forcibly take me out of the country without my consent, i ask the ioc to intervene.- ask the ioc to intervene. krystina tsimanouskaya — ask the ioc to intervene. krystina tsimanouskaya due _ ask the ioc to intervene. krystina tsimanouskaya due to _ ask the ioc to intervene. krystina tsimanouskaya due to compete i ask the ioc to intervene. krystina| tsimanouskaya due to compete in ask the ioc to intervene. krystina - tsimanouskaya due to compete in the 200 metres on monday but had complained about being entered into another race at short notice. she claimed on sunday officials came to her room and gave her an hour to pack her bags before being escorted to tokyo's airport. on her way to the terminal she contacted the bela

what have the ioc said? this has been really interesting.res around the time of the men's100 metres final last night here in tokyo. a couple of hours later, we got an update from the ioc and tokyo 2020, the organisers, concerned about what they were hearing. the allegations on social media from the athlete. they said they had spoken to the athlete directly last night, that she was with the authorities at canada airport, and she was being accompanied by a member of staff with tokyo 2020, the organisers, and they said she feels safe. that was what she had told them. they said they would continue their conversations with krystsina tsimanouskaya and the authorities would determine the next step in the upcoming days. the ioc generally have a media briefing about midday here in tokyo, so no doubt there will be a lot of questions asked and potentially an update provided on what the ioc and tokyo 2020 are doing in relation to this athlete. lots of questions. moving away from that story... we also saw the first protests at the podium by an athlete —

indeed and also the ioc — by those in tokyo? indeed and also the ioc has _ by those in tokyo? ioc has also - by those in tokyo? indeed and also the ioc has also started l by those in tokyo? indeed and also the ioc has also started a j also the ioc has also started a formal investigation. the national olympic committee belarus was asked to submit a report by the end of yesterday and ioc has received that and so the official investigation will begin but they have said this kind of investigation will take a while. the ioc has also banned the countries president and his son from attending the olympic games in tokyo for failing to protect athletes who had attended or participated in demonstrations against the administration. as you say, this story has been overtaking news headlines from other sporting events but i have to say japan it was interesting earlier today when i was researching about the story, many were giggling belarus —— doing a google search on belarus and i noticed a local programme also researching the country so a lot of interest here at about this story. thank ou f

i asked the ioc to intervene-— without my consent. i asked the ioc to intervene. intervene. yesterday she said she had been taken into the _ to intervene. yesterday she said she had been taken into the airport - had been taken into the airport forcibly after criticising the team's coaches. she then moved to a hotel, escorted by airport security staff. the international olympic committee is now deciding what to do. ., ., ., i: i: do. the ioc and tokyo 2020 will continue their— do. the ioc and tokyo 2020 will continue their conversations - do. the m and tokyo 2020 will| continue their conversations with her and japanese authorities to determine the next step in the upcoming days. determine the next step in the upcoming dayc— determine the next step in the upcoming days. meanwhile, the belarus olympic _ upcoming days. meanwhile, the belarus olympic committee - upcoming days. meanwhile, the belarus olympic committee has upcoming days. meanwhile, the - belarus olympic committee has made a statement saying the coaches had decided to withdraw her from the games on doctor

>> well, of course, the ioc's athletes' commission has gotten more powerful.st voted some new members on, as they change them around. so they've definitely increased their profile. the whole olympic issue, with respect to politics, has changed. of course, boycotts. we haven't seen a boycott since 1984, when it was the tit for tat, when the soviet and lead nations didn't come to l.a., and that was in sort of punishment for the americans and their boycott supporters, not going to moscow. so boycotts haven't occurred. so when we got to 1988 in seoul, they were boycott free, and everyone went, wow, this is great no boycotts, normal -- everyone went, wow, this is great, no boycotts, normal olympics, and i think, as you've identified, it's gone back to more of an athlete focus now. i was noticed the other day there was a chinese competitor in one of the sports, and another athlete was treating that competitor, you know, just as if they were any other athlete around the world. and there could have been some animosity there, because issues are going on in beijing, wit

. >> formal investigation into the case of krystina timanovskaya, led by the ioc administration.eived the written report, which is now being evaluated. further development today is that the ioc is opening a disciplinary commission to establish the facts in the case, in the case of krystina timanovskaya, and to hear the two officials who have been allegedly involved in this incident. that is the new update i can give you today. >> the two people mentioned there specifically by the ioc are the deputy director of belarus' national track and field training center, and the head coach the belarusian olympic track and field ■team there are already sanction from the olympic committee on belarus. >> the ioc has also started an official formal investigation into the matter. it received a report from the bella russ -- belarus all of the committee this morning and will continue thenvestigation, although the say it will take time before they can come to a conclusion. several months ago, the ioc band the country's president and his son from attending the games in tokyo for failing to protect t

as you say, the ioc is supposed to be non— political, but the ioc has emphasised that the most importanter safety, and also for all athletes to feel safe, and that is why the ioc has investigated — is investigating the issue, but also started helping her out in terms of getting japanese police to protect her, and also she spent a few nights at the polish embassy here in tokyo. what sort of reaction has there been to the senate tokyo? have people been taking an interest? i have to say, it has been covered by some local news programmes but it was definitely not the top news story. it was quite interesting when i was looking for the other stories on google, for example, terms like belarus, why. all of those terms have come up in english and japanese, people researching why she decided it was too dangerous for her to go home. and there have been reports and japan by japanese media and there have been reports and japan byjapanese media about what the country has been going through, because there hasn't been that much coverage about belarusian japan been that much coverage about belarusianjapa

— is at this point in time with the ioc blanket policy, we know that the — the ioc blanket policy, weule does not actually apply or does not apply— does not actually apply or does not apply effectively for all different sporting codes. and the reason for that is because we look— the reason for that is because we look at _ the reason for that is because we look at the different dynamics that sports are played in the _ dynamics that sports are played in the reality with these in policy— in the reality with these in policy is _ in the reality with these in policy is the exact same for rugby— policy is the exact same for rugby union for example as it is for— rugby union for example as it is for table tennis. and those are two— is for table tennis. and those are two very unique and dynamic sports _ are two very unique and dynamic sports in — are two very unique and dynamic sports in the way that they are played — sports in the way that they are played. so i think it's understandable and actually hope — understandable and actually hope it _ understandable and actually hope it does on the pa

the ioc has asked that belarus international impact committee to submit a report by the ioc has saidgation will take time. —— international olympic committee. it has revealed it banned some officials from the committee, including the president's son for failing to protect athletes who participated in the protests against the administration. the ioc has emphasised that the most important thing is her safety, and also her concern is now her family, safety, and also her concern is now herfamily, with her husband having since left belarus and is now in ukraine. also, the rest of her family is still in it belarus, so her concern as the safety of her family back home. mariko oi therefore is with the latest on this story and tokyo. thank you for giving us your time on tuesday. time to concentrate on what's been happening in the sport at the games, live to tokyo and sarah mulkerrins, sarah, on tuesday we had some history on the track and talk us through the emotional return to competition of simone biles. absolutely, we had two really big stories here yesterday evening and tokyo. simone bile

a lot of people were just disappointed the japanese government didn't actually stand up against the iocormous amount of money in preparation for this games are now relieved that it went ahead and has gone quite well in terms of sporting activities but at the same time a lot of people are still very angry at the japanese government to how it's been handling the situation with the pandemic, including the fact the government is now asking people, covid—19 patients with mild symptoms to stay at home and when we say mild, people could still be having breathing difficulties and so on, so a lot of concerns their condition deteriorates, whether they can get a hospital bed. this two weeks ago, japan open the tokyo limb with a ceremony that featured two mixed—race japanese athletes in very high—profile roads roles. rui hachimura and naomi osaka. there has been intense debate if this has been a watershed moment in the wayjapan visits growing multi—ethnic population. it was the crowning moment of the opening ceremony and a big surprise — two of japan's most famous mixed—race athletes given the hono

said for the ioc would have been easierjust to cancel the games, but instead he said they decided tonot going down too well because of course the pandemic is causing a lot of concerns here, we are continuing to see that surge in covid—19 cases. he said there is no link between the olympics and the covid cases numbers, but a lot of people here disagree and that is why his name and his comments are going a bit viral on social media.— viral on social media. mariko oi, treat to viral on social media. mariko oi, great to see _ viral on social media. mariko oi, great to see you, _ viral on social media. mariko oi, great to see you, thanks - viral on social media. mariko oi, great to see you, thanks for - viral on social media. mariko oi, i great to see you, thanks forjoining us from ginza there in central tokyo. ben, just out of the corner of my eye and i am keeping a close eye on the showjumping team event final. team gb have five medals already in the question, can they get a sixth? but a lot of people looking out for team usa, the most successful team in this event, over the course of t

i am sarah mulkerinns. live in tokyo on day 14 of the game, where the ioc says its ordered two coachesave the olympic village in order to protect the well being of the belarusian athletes still in tokyo. the virtual you—tubers earning millions by using 3d character models to influence their audiences — we have a special report. hello and welcome to the programme. the greek prime minister says days of heatwaves have turned the country into a powder keg. days of heatwaves. he predicts the worst is yet to come with strong westerly winds expected to fan the flames of wildfires on friday. villagers are coming under pressure to abandon their homes, as mark lobel reports. as villages like these in the peloponnese burned, extreme caution is age. houses can be rebuilt, trees can grow, but human life cannot be replaced. but, abandoning your home is never easy and your 70s. translation: never easy and your 705. translation:— never easy and your 705. translation: leave and go where? let _ translation: leave and go where? let my _ translation: leave and go where? let my house - translation: leave a

thomas bach, president of the ioc, called her treatment deplorable. is true for this case and many other issues. what our responsibility and our remit is is to protect the athletes as much and as far as we can and then to sanction those or to keep those out of the games who are infringing there on our values. the ioc�*s thomas bach there, ending that round—up from tokyo by lucy hockings. he is the president of the ioc, he was there at a committee, and lucy hawking is rounded up before. let's see how that leaves the medals table with just one day to go — china are top with 36 golds, ahead of the usa, the hosts japan, and — in fourth place with 18 golds — team gb. downing street says there are no plans to cancel a decision to put down an alpaca on a farm in gloucestershire that's twice tested positive for the infectious disease bovine tb. tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for a reprieve for the animal, called geronimo. with more, here's andrew plant. geronimo, in quarantine at this gloucestershire farm for the past four years, s

yesterday we were talking about the ioc turning down the request to hold a minute of silence to markise the japanese government at the organising committee, saying that the games are going well above his expectations. on better because controversy is when he was asked about the cost. the japanese government spent an enormous amount of money to host the games and yet it will not see any financial benefit. that is when he said, it would have been easierfor the ioc to cancel the summer games, but instead he said that the ioc decided to invest to give an opportunity to japan and tokyo, was his direct quote. that hasn't gone too well how much the japanese public because of course we are seeing this surge in covid—19 cases. he ruled out any links between the olympics and the covid numbers, but a lot of people here disagree. the very fact that the games are dear green place may have contributed to the surge we are seeing today. have contributed to the surge we are seeing today-— seeing today. great to see you, thanks so _ seeing today. great to see you, thanks so much _ seeing today. great

the ioc has started an official investigation into the matter.take some time. of course, the ioc has banned the country's president and his son from attending the games here. for failing to protect those athletes who attended the demonstrations against the administration. kristina timanovskaya has been criticised by some who are still within the belrussian sporting establishment. fellow olympian and bronze medallist, maxim nedosekov, said... the reaction of the state controlled media in the country has also been scathing. this headline in belarus today says "escape from belarus — the fastest sprint in the career of kristina timanovskaya." and this one says, "hundred metres of shame". but stay in belarus now but turned to the trial in minsk. it's a latest move by the countries autocratic government to try to suppress its opponents. maria is the most prominent opposition leader in the country. you could see her hair addressing reporters last year. she has spent the last ten months in custody awaiting trial along with a lawyer from the opposition. y

during my time we work very closely with the ioc for the sports. and for those that will instantly mobilize power and passion and energy so we are thinking how we can get this power generated by the sport that is why i have been working very closely with the ioc commission and the former president to participate and with a torch bearing because every april 6 was designated as international sports day. so on that day we went organize a meaningful event for the spirit and corporation and mutual respect and compassion and energy would also be used for peace and harmony so i'm happy to report this type of initiative. >> looking at your legacy of secretary-general is there a challenge you wish you could make a different decision on? >> there are many. looking back i thought it could be reformed so we could behave much better but when people talk about the united nations with the five most powerful people in on many occasions they could not have been able to deliver timely and powerful messages because of the security council members but with syria in 20

so i am encourage the japanese government and the ioc decided to carry on. during my time with the ioc to work very closely and have peace through sports. those which can instantly mobilize that energy. we are thinking how we can mobilize to be generated by sports that's my working very closely with the ioc leadership in that every april 6 was generated by international human sports day so on that day to have a meaningful event so the corporation and energy would be used to bring peace and harmony. 's i'm happy to do this with your initiative. >> going back to look at your legacy can you make a different decision on? >> there are many so i felt that could be reformed much better. when people say that the five most powerful people the most powerful members united nations with those powerful messages and with those veto power countries. a lot of people had been killed. and those that have become refugees and more than 5 million people and this is a tragedy and not even those humanitarian issues. that there should be the first jurisdictions with humanitarian su

does a governing body — in this case, the ioc — prefer to deal with individual markets? unusual. . with really big rights — so the likes of fifa - or premier league, _ they sometimes do it territory by territory because you are - able to get more rights revenue by doing it like that. but actually, we've seen a slight shift even - from the likes of uefa i who sold their women's champions league rightsl globally because they saw an opportunity there. so what we might end up seeing is rights holders shifting - a little more towards regional| sales, just for their own ease, i guess, as they're only- dealing with one person instead of several different companies within the territories. - andrew, i know that it sort of seemed to take people in the uk a bit by surprise, that discovery and eurosport had the olympics — did discovery undercook it slightly in terms of promotion and advertising in the uk? i don't think so. i think, obviously discovery+ is a new service in the uk, so i think people are still getting familiar with that service. and up until this month, in fact, sport

i'm asking the ioc to get involved.orter: the ioc did intervene. >> i spoke to the belarus athlete directly last night. she was with the airport authorities and was accompanied by a staff member. she assured us that she feels safe and secure. reporter:reporter: the problem began after the athlete was drafted into the race, after her team members were ruled ineligible. the belarus national olympic committee has not followed protocol in its drug testing, but her head coach and some team members say she left the competition because she suffered from mental health issues. >> she sipped -- stood out for her behavior. we have known her for a long time. we have a young team who worked very hard. we are getting some signals that something was happening. >> we have seen her anxiety, something was bothering her. in the beginning of the games, she was keeping quiet. then there were actions the disappointed all of us and our country. reporter: the government has not commented. rights groups say many athletes in belarus have been de

emphasising this kind of investigation will take some time but on monday the ioc has also confirmedsome of its officials from the national and public committee of belarus, including the president's son, for failing to protect the athletes who participated in the demonstrations against the administration.— demonstrations against the administration. thank you very much. police in ukraine have opened a murder inquiry after a belarusian opposition activist was found hanged in kyiv, amid suspicions that he was targeted by agents from belarus. the exiles group mr shishov worked for said ukrainian security services had warned that belarusian agents had been sent to kill opponents. we can now speak to peter zalmayev who's director of the eurasia democracy initiative. peter was a friend of vitaly shishov and was due to interview him later this week. it's good to have you with us. when did you last hear from it's good to have you with us. when did you last hearfrom him and speak to him and what sort of exchanges did you have? i spoke with him last week, and we were actually planning to have h

the ioc walked a close lead and established a sort of peace through sports. this, you cannot find anything that can instantly popularize power and passion and energy than sports. how we can, how we can energize power generated by the sport. that is why i'm working closely with the ioc leadership, the current president and a former president and have been participating in the olympic games and every april 6th designated by the general assembly as international sports so on that day we have organized meaningful events so that the spirit and harmony and cooperation and mutual respect and passion and energy used to bring peace and harmony among people so i'm happy to report this kind of initiative. >> looking at your legacy as secretary general is there a challenge you wish you could change or make a different decision on? >> there are many. looking back, the united nations could be reformed so that we can deliver much better. when people say, people spoke about the united nations, to the united nations, a particular moment, the 5 most powerful people, on many oc

today, we have decided to launch, not surprisingly, a formal investigation which will be led by the ioc administration and we need to establish the full facts, we need to hear everyone involved, that obviously can take time, and in the meantime obviously ourfirst take time, and in the meantime obviously our first concern is for the athlete. mairko, has there been much news coverage injapan on this story and what's the reaction been? i saw the story being covered by several news programmes this morning but it's definitely not the top story. the main headline still here is the surging covid cases, but also how the government is now asking covid—i9 patients to stay at home unless their symptoms are really severe, and there the i there are reports that over 10,000 people are resting at home with mild symptoms of covid—19, and there is quite a lot of criticism that if their conditions turn worse, is there a possibility for them to seek help. about half of them are trying to call an ambulance, and get admitted to hospital, but they couldn't get that done, so we are starting to see signs that

of course, the ioc has banned — take some time. attended the demonstrations against the administration. kristina timanovskaya has been criticised by some who are still within the belarusian sporting establishment. fellow olympian and bronze medallist maxim nedosekov, said "she is not that good as a person. and many will be relieved that she left". the reaction of the state controlled media in the country has also been scathing. this headline in belarus today says "escape from belarus — the fastest sprint in the career of kristina timanovskaya". and this one says "hundred metres of shame". ms timanovskaya has said her life is in danger and she might not be able to return home for many years. here's alesia rudnik with what could happen to her. i suspect it's a different scenario for her— i suspect it's a different scenario for her being stranded, and we don't know— for her being stranded, and we don't know how— for her being stranded, and we don't know how strict they will be. but it can be _ know how strict they will be. but it can

that they really got down a treat and these new sports coming in like skateboarding and surfing, the ioc legacy, to bring young audiences through to create more impact on social media and i think the ioc said there was five from the top ten stream defence so far from the olympics all came from those new sports so it has been a success for the ioc and i think many fans around the world have enjoyed watching it as well. i could not agree more. it has been fantastic to watch. he is hoping the weather dries up for you there in tokyo. now to south africa where a truly phenomenal event occurs each year — the sardine run. from may tojuly, millions of sardines move northward along the east coast of south africa with thousands of ocean predators and birds in their trail. clarisse fortune tells us more. deep under south africa's east coast, a beautiful and intriguing ballet�*s being performed, a choreographed dance of nature. it's the annual migration of millions of sardines, the so—called sardine run, in this part of the indian ocean. but behind the beautiful sight looms danger. it attracts a hos

was belarusian olympic committee was asked to submit an olympic report yesterday and as he said the iocthe report and said it was start an official investigation, revisiting all sides of the story at the ioc has said it will probably take quite a while to come to that conclusion but of course the ioc has also banned the country's president and his son attending olympics in tokyo for failing to protect the athletes in demonstrations against them. thank you for that update, in tokyo. president biden has said the democratic governor of the state of new york, andrew cuomo, should resign. it's after an investigation found he had sexually harassed women while in office. the five—month inquiry described a "toxic" workplace where people were too scared to complain. backin back in march he said that if investigations confirms allegations against andrew cuomo, he should resign so will you now— cuomo, he should resign so will you now belong him to resign, given— you now belong him to resign, given investigated their the 11 women — given investigated their the 11 women were credible? i stand by tha

but the ioc has a gender equality report. anybody can download it online.'s 24 recommendations. some of them i think we did pretty good on an many of them, we did not. shery: what are those places that we have really come short? nicole: the ones we have come short on our many more than the ones we did well on. gender balanced coaching staff and officials, uniforms, scheduling, i think the facilities in tokyo seem to be great so i would give us work on that one. in terms of leadership and governance of the ioc and national organizing communities, we fall short in terms of meeting gender equality. paul: it is interesting that some of the events are male only, in terms of the decathlon, for example. do you see any improvements being made on these areas where the ioc has fallen short before we get to paris? nicole: i certainly hope so. in terms of having a comprehensive report with recommendations and then not following them, that does not seem to be a really good roadmap to gender equality so i certainly would hope so. when it comes to the u.s. and l.a. olympi

who are these guys and what is the ioc doing about this?y the ioc announced that it has stripped the accreditations of two coaches for their role in the forced removal of krystsina tsimanouskaya. it happened when the sprinter was supposed to be preparing to make her olympic debut the following day. instead the 24-year-old posted a video to social media pleading for help, she said that she was removed from competition given one hour to pack her things in order to fly back to minsk immediately. this is after she criticized coaches a few days earlier on social media for being included on a list to run an event which she hasn't prepared for. while at the airport the sprinter asked the japanese police for protection and has since been flown to poland and offered humanitarian visa. she did that because she fears if she returned to bella rurks s belarus, she had likely be arrested. her grandmother had told her not to return because it is not safe for you. the imen mentioc has set up a c to look into the incident. the coaches will have an opportuni

the president of the ioc called her trip deplorable. >> the ioc is not in a position to change the politicaltem in a country. it is also not our mission. this is true in this case and many other issues. at our responsibility and our remedies is to protect the athletes as much and as far as we can. and then, toanction those, or to keep those out of the games who are infringing on our values. >> that is the president of the international olympic commission at a news conference in tokyo. let's see how that leaves the medals with one day to go. china is first, followed by u.s. and japan, and team gb. there are no plans to cancel a decision to put down an alpaca who lives on a farm. twice tested positive for an infectious disease. >> geronimo, in quarantine at this farm for the past four years since he was imported from new zealand. the owner foster fight against his positive tests for tb. >> it is frustrating. anxiety. trauma. constant legal options. what do we do? all of this was avoidable. we had four years of trying to sit down and rationally discuss the science. the science is not there. >>

haidi: thank you, the ioc olympic games director joining us from tokyo. see more of olympic coverage and keep track of the results on bloomberg's metal tracker on the terminal and at bloomberg.com. we have an alert. we're hearing from the new york times that the fda is aiming for final approval of the pfizer shot by early september. the fda was removing the application for full approval of the shot given the u.s. is experiencing a new wave. now we are hearing this could come by early next month given that we now continue to see this new surge of covid-19 infections. president biden said we fully expect in new vaccine in early fall. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: bloomberg has learned that softbank has built a $5 million state in roche. we have also learned that and videos deal to buy arm may be at risk. -- nvidia's deal to buy arm may happy -- may be at risk. >> we are learning that roche's largest investor is softbank. we also know that their sales really took off during the pandemic in large part because of the testing business. the diagnostic division rea

in the ioc president -- and the ioc president. it is time for business.cdonald's has run out of know shakes in the u.k. this will make me unhappy. reporter: the hamburger chain took shakes and other bottled drinks off its menu in england, scotland, and wales, claiming supply issues. donald's is the latest to be affected by ongoing supply disruptions. -- mcdonald's is theatest to be affected by ongoing supply disruptions. the problem stems in part from the massive shortage of truck drivers caused by brexit in the coronavirus pandemic. >> we are 10% to 15% short of drivers. on sundays days, 20%. we have lost a lot of drivers due to brexit, a lot of drivers because of covid, self-isolating , or have gone back to their native lands and now can't get across. reporter: meanwhile, unemployment in south africa has climbed to a new record high with 8 million people out of work. the jobless rate stood at 34.4% in april to june, up on was 2% from the first quarter of this year. this is businesses laid off people admitted to slow down caused by the pandemic. the figu

lukashenko and his son, who heads up the olympic committee, have been banned by the ioc from attendingand becomes for the first time, the first openly trans—gender athlete to compete in a gender category different to that from which she was born and in doing so she will find yourself at the centre of what has become a very divisive trans—gender debate in sport. become a very divisive trans-gender debate in sport-— debate in sport. thank you for that. dan roan, debate in sport. thank you for that. dan roan. live _ debate in sport. thank you for that. dan roan, live in _ debate in sport. thank you for that. dan roan, live in tokyo. _ the latest government covid figures show there were 24,1170 new coronavirus cases in the latest 24—hour period, a slight fall on the previous day. that means on average there were 26,793 new infections a day, in the last seven days. 65 deaths were recorded in the latest 2a hours, that's an average of 75 deaths a day in the past week. the most recent figures show just under 6,000 people are in hospital with covid—19. more than 88% of uk adults have now had th

i think that's where the ioc is coming from but we haven't seen anything like that.ression. >> yeah. a great point. the back and forth. i don't know that people are paying attention to it. between athletes and the ioc and the committees, it was complicated over the last couple months, all the questions going into the olympics. this story is really chilling. we talked about it last hour. a sprinter from belarus is in limbo at a tokyo airport. she said she's being forced to return them to belarus against her will. what is the latest on this? >> reporter: it is a really interesting story. because the reason why belarus says they told her to pack her bags and go home and yanked her from the event she was supposed to compete in is because they say she threw an absolute tantrum when she was reassigned from the 200 meter to the 4 x 400 meter relay that she hadn't been practicing for. olympians are training for months and years to get to the fitness for their specific event. she was angry because she said the belarus committee was so disordinary, they didn't have enough covi

thomas bach, president of the ioc, called her treatment deplorable.ot our aim. and this is true for this case and many other issues. what our responsibility and our remit is is to protect the athletes as much and as far as we can and then to sanction those or to keep those out of the games who are infringing there on our values. a new kind of content creator is emerging on youtube. so—called virtual youtubers are people who use 3d character models to engage with their audience anonymously on the video—sharing site. these "v—tubers", as they're called, are becoming more and more popular with some reportedly earning millions. 0ur reporter miles emmanuel spoke to two of them using their online personas. hello. you are watching the bbc. meet veepaii and apricot — two british women, aged 22 and 23, who work as online content creators and use animated avatars to replace their identity. some virtual youtubers, �*vtubers', use body tracking technology, like this, to animate their characters, while others have a much simpler set up. but the industry only start

. >> to try to prevent and cancel the olympics just one host city has ever been able to sway the ioc is mind and reversed course olympics in denver in 76 they never happened. and that's because they were given the olympics by the international olympic committee. but a group of people across the ideological spectrum from fiscal conservatives. 2 more left of center environmentalist came together and said we don't want to host the olympics and pay for that big party for all these people to come only play without the roar of the crowd in tourism driving revenue. it may seem not worth it to press forward in boycotts. paycheck speaks louder than the pandemic with around 4 billion dollars to be made by the ioc to broadcasting rights alone in a way a made for tv event is just fine for them because they will still have all that money from broadcasters and corporate sponsors rolling into their coffers and they can keep the olympic machine despite polls seeing over half of japanese residents are against hosting the olympics in a pandemic. >> not even japanese prime minister suga could pull the

shery: we have seen a lot of controversy about the rules of the ioc. a few examples of the lived experiences that women have faced that really do not live up to the promise. michelle: just thinking about japan as a host nation as well, the world economic forum, their global gender equity report placed them as 121 out of 153 nations in terms of gender equity so one of the really big issues with these games has been the organizing committee and while women have been sitting at the table, their voices have not necessarily been adequately enabled and certainly not valued. when you have got -- what we are seeing in the ioc is men making decisions. things like the inability for the beginning stages of women not being able to be accompanied by their children and family members. there is a problem with that when we have women that are lactating and they have to feed their baby. so when you have only got, as i said, one lens, one voice being heard, we see some impractical decisions and we have also seen in respect to canada, 2018, 20 19, and she was rendered in

i am asking the ioc to intervene.sport solidarity foundation is a group that was set up last year to support athletes jailed are sidelined for their political views and this was in the protests against the president alexander lukashenko. the latest, it keeps moving, what, bring us up—to—date. i’m latest, it keeps moving, what, bring us up-to-date-_ us up-to-date. i'm frantically scouring _ us up-to-date. i'm frantically scouring all — us up-to-date. i'm frantically scouring all the _ us up-to-date. i'm frantically scouring all the sources - us up-to-date. i'm frantically scouring all the sources we i us up-to-date. i'm frantically i scouring all the sources we have here to try and find out what's happening. i can tell you that her team have come out and says she has been taken of the team because of her emotional and psychological condition, that is what they are saying. there has been a tweet from the minister of foreign affairs for the minister of foreign affairs for the czech republic. i translated it and she says

it was the hope of the sport when it was included as an olympic sport, and the ioc did that to reachn sport have achieved what they were hoping for about what they are doing. hoping for about what they are doinu. , ., . ., doing. trying to convince a skateboarding _ doing. trying to convince a skateboarding park - doing. trying to convince a skateboarding park and - doing. trying to convince a l skateboarding park and even found some moves that we could try. we could try to kick flick 360 stand. we could have so much fun when you get back in tokyo. thank you very much. thank you so much. there is much more to tell you about certainly on bbc news as well. including this story from the united states, barack obama had to cancel his birthday party that he had originally planned to have because of the rising coronavirus cases in the united states, one of the reasons of course that we have seen the delta variant surging in the us, he faced criticism for throwing such a massive bash. the party on martha's vineyard will now only include family and close friends. that is it for newsday, thank