secunder kermani, bbc news, lahore. has insisted the olympic games can go ahead safely. opposition to the games, though, is intensifying with the country facing a growing numbers of coronavirus cases and a slow—moving vaccination programme. from tokyo, our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports. never before has the summer 0lympics face such overwhelming opposition from the people of the host nation. as japan's covid pandemic continues to get worse, the opposition is growing louder and more prominent. this double page spread has appeared in several newspapers. it's an old photo from world war ii of japanese children training to fight the americans with bamboo spares. except now the enemy is covid. no vaccines, no drugs... are we supposed to fight the virus with bamboo spears? are we supposed to fight the virus with bamboo spears? the head of japanese online retailer rakutan is also making headlines. he described holding the olympics now as a suicide mission. even those who have signed up as 0lympic volunteers are

secunder kermani reports from lahore. friday prayers in lahore.ial distancing. throughout the holy month of ramadan, congregational prayers have continued. beds for critically ill patients in the city have been filling up. in public hospitals, around 75% are occupied. 0utside, families wait anxiously. a few weeks ago, it seems the health care system was about to be overwhelmed. since then, admissions have actually fallen but the danger of another, bigger spike after eid is very real. we do believe that there is some level of fear in the mind of the people, now, about the disease. seeing the horrific pictures from india and from elsewhere. obviously we have limited resources, we have a limited number of beds. if the number of cases overwhelm the availability of the hospital that's going to be a very, very painful situation. at this market last week, shoppers with masks, but out in force. the lead up to the eid festival is usually the busiest time of the year for retailers. but now a partial lockdown is in place to try and reduce transmission rates.

secunder kermani, bbc news, lahore. football now and chelsea have made it an all—english champions league final, after beating real madrid 3—1 on aggregate over the two legs of their semi—final. they'll face manchester city in turkey in just over three weeks�* time. our sports correspondent natalie pirks was watching. he's been here before — just last season, in fact. but to reach the champions league final with chelsea, thomas tuchel would have to beat a european powerhouse. the cagey affair caught fire when timo werner got in front of real�*s defence — a little too in front. a let—off for the 13 times champions soon turned into a let—off for chelsea. commentator: that'sl a fine save from mendy. that was the warning chelsea needed when midfield dynamo ka nte powered through. havertz troubled the crossbar, and werner made sure. and there's the follow—up and this time, it does count! benzema was a constant threat — as chelsea defenders flailed, mendy flew to the rescue once more. chelsea almost made the perfect start to

secunder kermani reports from lahore. friday prayers in lahore. ramadan, congregational prayers have continued. beds for critically ill patients in the city have been filling up. in public hospitals, around 75% are occupied. 0utside, families wait anxiously. a few weeks ago, it seems the health care system was about to be overwhelmed. since then, admissions have actually fallen but the danger of another, bigger spike after eid is very real. we do believe that there is some level of fear in the mind of the people, now, about the disease. seeing the horrific pictures from india and from elsewhere. obviously we have limited resources, we have a limited number of beds. if the number of cases overwhelm the availability of the hospital that's going to be a very, very painful situation. at this market last week, shoppers with masks, but out in force. the lead up to the eid festival is usually the busiest time of the year for retailers. but now a partial lockdown is in place to try and reduce transmission rates. all nonessential businesses are closed unti

secunder kermani, bbc news, lahore.ll, say it was started deliberately. mr lawwell and his family were forced to flee the property when the incident happened on the outskirts of glasgow early this morning. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon has this report. 0n lorna gordon has this report. the outskirts of glasg started 0n the outskirts of glasgow, a fire started delivery at the home of one of scottish football's most significant figures. this footage filmed by a passer—by. i significant figures. this footage filmed by a passer-by.- significant figures. this footage filmed by a passer-by. i 'ust came round the cornerh filmed by a passer-by. i 'ust came round the corner and _ filmed by a passer-by. i 'ust came round the corner and i _ filmed by a passer-by. ijust came round the corner and i seem - filmed by a passer-by. ijust came round the corner and i seem like l filmed by a passer-by. ijust came round the corner and i seem like a massive ball of fire. it was really orange, it lit up the night sky there was a lot

today, in the eastern city of lahore, herfuneral.ned to the uk, but she remained in lahore. mayra lived in a rented house in this upmarket neighbourhood. it was here that she was attacked in the early hours of monday morning. police say she was shot twice. mayra's uncle told police that before she was killed, she came to him saying she was being threatened by two men who wanted to marry her, but whom she had turned down. neighbours have told me that they've seen men brandishing knives pull up outside her house and that mayra had been to the police in the past. officials say they are yet to make any formal arrest.

secunder kermani, bbc news, lahore.re police saying at this stage, lorna? police scotland have said they were called to reports of vehicles on fire outside a house in an upmarket area on the outskirts of glasgow at around one o'clock this morning. we know that the fire spread to part of the detached two—storey house and at its height eight appliances were at the scene for the pictures taken just a couple of hours ago showed the charred remains of what looks to be a converted garage connected to the main house and some burnt out vehicles in the driveway in front of the house as well. no one was injured but celtic football club confirmed there was significant damage following what they said was an explosion and fire forcing peter lawwell and his family to leave the property. they went on to say that peter lawwell and his family are extremely shaken and shocked by what happened overnight and are receiving the full support of the club. the police and fire service remain at the house and they are working to establish what ca

for a big city as big as lahore is, it is a gigantic task, even for the army.needs to vaccinate more people. so far, the rollout is slow. only 2 million people have been vaccinated, 218 million still need to be. the government is resisting calls for a total lockdown. i resisting calls for a total lockdown.— resisting calls for a total lockdown. . lockdown. i agree with the advice of _ lockdown. i agree with the advice of the _ lockdown. i agree with the advice of the doctors - lockdown. i agree with the advice of the doctors but l lockdown. i agree with the - advice of the doctors but when you look at it from a ballistic point of view, you must understand this is a developing country and there are many economic problems that you have and a0 and 50% of the people are on daily wages and when you go into a lockdown like that, the most effective people are the most effective people are the daily wages —— holistic point of view. the daily wages -- holistic point of view.— point of view. night-time raids, sending _ point of view. night-time raids, sending the - point

what has the - reaction been like in lahore? for a while here — reaction been like in lahore?e here in pakistan yesterday mayra _ while here in pakistan yesterday mayra was trending on twitter. it is a case _ mayra was trending on twitter. it is a case that— mayra was trending on twitter. it is a case that has resonated among women — a case that has resonated among women. there has been an increasingly vocal movement here in pakistan, _ increasingly vocal movement here in pakistan, in— increasingly vocal movement here in pakistan, in lahore as well, i should — pakistan, in lahore as well, i should say, of particularly young women — should say, of particularly young women calling for the rights to be respected, calling for more access to public— respected, calling for more access to public spaces and calling for threats— to public spaces and calling for threats against them to come to an end. threats against them to come to an end cases— threats against them to come to an end. cases like this feeling into that and — end. cases like this feeling into that and augment that. it is

. >> lahore is one of the city most affected by covid-19.speaking non-english language]. >> during the holy month of ramadan, mosques respect social distancing. pakistan is in the midst of a third wave. the country faces a shortage of vaccines. in this vaccination center, only those older than 50 are vaccinated. >>[speaking non-english language]. >> up to 3000 people are vaccinated per day in this center, the largest in pakistan. >>[speaking non-english language]. >> it is difficult to provide everybody this vaccine. our demand is more than our supply. >> overwhelmed by demand, authorities have allowed private companies to sell the vaccine at a price equal to 80 u.s. dollars in a country where the average monthly income is 100 u.s. dollars. the vaccine is only for the privileged. >> it is not the best solution, but it might be the only solution for many people not getting it through the government. it is better than eating sick. -- getting sick. >> only 1.6 million people have been vaccinated in the country. at the current rate, it will take

secunder kermani, bbc news, lahore.eet them. john teggart, whose father daniel was one of those who died, has called borisjohnson's apology "totally unacceptable", and said mrjohnson's apology should have focused on "our loved ones who were murdered" and not how the investigation was handled. last week an inquest found daniel taggart, joseph murphy, edward doherty, john laverty, joseph, and john the care, who were killed in valley murphy in august 1971, entirely innocent. 0n valley murphy in august 1971, entirely innocent. on behalf of successive governments and to put on the record, i would like to say sorry to their families for how the investigations were handled and for the pain they have enjoyed since there campaign began almost five decades ago. —— have endured. this has renewed the government was like determination to ensure other families can find answers with less distress and delay. the attorney generals office in new york state has informed the trump 0rganization that an investigation into its business dealin

mayra's father and brother have travelled to lahore from london to be closer to the investigation.d of mayra's, zahirjadoon, also denies any role in her death. both men have been granted pre—arrest bail. mayra's family say they'll do all they can to ensure justice is done. listen to this. "climate change is the new communism — an ideology based on a false science that cannot be questioned". it's a statement you could have easily read on twitter by a climate change sceptic, though that wasn't written by a real person but rather a text generator — known as gpt 3 — that has learnt to write human—like messages, messages that could easily find themselves spread far and wide, across many different social media platforms. that's one of the findings of a new report out today by the georgetown's center for security and emerging technologies, which looks at how ai might be used to turbo—charge disinformation campaigns like the ones carried out by russia's internet research agency during the 2016 presidential election. joining us is katerina sedova, one of the report's co—authors. nice to hav

today at a mosque in lahore, funeral prayers were held for mayra zulfiqar. in so many countries, activists say more needs to be done to prevent violence against women. 0ur correspondent there secunder kermani. the israeli president has asked the leader of the centrist yesh atid party, yair lapid, to try to form a coalition government. it could mean an end to 12 consecutive years in power for benjamin netanyahu — who was unable to form a coalition of his own after the elections in march. israel has held four elections in the past two years. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell has more. israel has held four elections in the past two years. donald trump's suspension from facebook has been upheld by the company's oversight board, but it also said the ban must be reviewed in six months�* time. the former us president was suspended after posts he made when his supporters attacked the us congress injanuary. mr trump attacked the board�*s decision — and bans from the main tech platforms — saying it was "a total disgrace and an embarrassment to our country".

there's been a funeral in the pakistani city of lahore for a young woman from london who was murdered two local men after turning down their marriage proposals. donald trump's suspension from facebook has been upheld by the company's oversight board, but it also said the ban must be reviewed in six month's time. the former us president was suspended after posts he made when his supporters attacked the us congress. mr trump attacked the board's decision and bans from the main tech platforms — saying it was "a total disgrace and an embarrassment to our country." kent police have made a fresh appeal to the public for help in catching the killer of police community support 0fficerjulia james. she was found dead in akholt wood near snowdown eight days ago after taking her dog for a walk. detectives have released a new picture of her in the same clothes she was wearing on the day she was murdered. helena wilkinson reports. this new image, released by kent police, shows julia james walking her dog, police, showsjulia james walking her dog, just as she had been on the day she was killed. she

right politician it's a my ben via who said he's going to go to one of the hot spots the city of lahore or lid in arabic himself he's been injecting himself into this racial tension into this political tension throughout and he's someone that their own self has brought into the israeli parliament the knesset by engineering an alliance with another right wing party so people are looking at netanyahu for having stoked this in several ways but not least through is tacit support of a far right seen as racist politicians are a force that thank you very much indeed. now this there has released the following statement about the destruction of the building in gaza in the strongest terms the condemning the strongest terms the bombing and destruction of its offices by the israeli military in gaza and saying it views this as a clear act to stop journalists from conducting their sacred duty to inform the world and report events on the ground the statement went on to say the assault aims to silence the truth by killing the messenger and that journalism is not a crime he says he press released this v

. >> reporter: this was the scene in the pakistani city of lahore this week as thousands of shia muslimsle not wearing masks and gathered close together despite the skf contracting covid-19. quite different from what the city lked like a little more th a week ago when the country's military was seen patrolling the steitz enforcing covid restrictions. it's part of the balance between tradition and caution in some of south asia's muslim-majority countries. sometimes that balance tipping towards tradition like these people shopping ahead of the id al fitr festival mark the end of ramadan in a few days. >> translator: half of the people don't even understand covid-19. nor do they consider it a pandemic. if they considered it, we wouldn't be going through this situation. >> reporter: crowded hindu religious festivals are one factor behind neighboring india's massive second covid wave. and the fear is that the same could happen with the end of ramadan in pakistan and bangladesh. pakistan has issued a number of restrictions such as banning intercity travel and shutting down all but essential ma

lahore john franÇois contraige fought in distance naval forces and witnessed the courage of the chasseurolunteer and other men of color at engagements such as the siege of savannah of 1779. he later became the naval minister three gay during the directory and worked to enforce the abolition of slavery in san domeng as well as to establish a school near paris for black and mixed race children. he also became the most courageous and vehement voice in favor of maintaining the policy of abolition when napoleon wanted to reinstate slavery in 1802. he combated napoleon's unabashed racism on the basis of humanity and human equality but to no avail rereading the memoirs by french officers in light of the military enlightenment also allows us to have a more nuanced and complete picture of the foreignness and clumsiness of the earliest days of french and american allegiance. this image which you may have seen on the website advertising. this talk is a really marvelous example. and i'll give you a closer. view let me see if i can use my pointer. yes, okay. so here we have a stone inscription americ

country for a wedding two months ago. 0ur pakistan correspondent secunder kermani sent this report from lahore again return to the crime scene today to carry out further searches. as of yet, though, still no formal arrests. searches. as of yet, though, still the headlines on bbc news... french fishing vessels have left jersey and returned to port — after demonstrating over their post—brexit rights. talks were held earlier between jersey and french fishermen. the bank of england predicts the uk economy will enjoy its strongest growth since world war two as lockdown restrictions are lifted. police in essex are continuing to question two teenagers on suspicion of murder after a father—of—four was stabbed to death — having spent the day celebrating his two—year—old twin daughters�* birthday. some news coming through in the last few moments, concerning the murder ofjulia james, the pcso, who was found dead near her home in kent on tuesday of last week. we are just hearing that a reward is being offered by crimestoppers for any information that can be given that will help track down whoever was resp