mark eames reports. expect a few more drums when they do this for real next year.n just over seven months time, the tokyo olympics get under way and the stadium that will be the centrepiece for the games and also the paralympics has officially been opened. the success of the recent rugby world cup, aided by the host nation's run to the quarter—finals, has given sport injapan a big boost. the stadium, which cost nearly $1.5 billion, will hold 68,000 for the olympics. those lucky enough to get tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies will see more of this nextjuly but on a far bigger scale. if you are celebrating the opening of your olympic stadium you need a highly decorated 0lympian. they don't come much bigger and better than this man, usain bolt certainly knows a thing or two about winning 0lympic titles. the crowd delighted to welcome the eight time gold—medallist and he was persuaded to take part in a relay race which used the olympic rings instead of batons. even though the jamaican has been out of the spotlight since his retirement he was impressed with

mark eames, bbc news let's get some of the day's other news.es have been killed in an outbreak of gang violence at a prison in honduras. officials say 16 people were injured in the northern port city of tela on friday. the fight was one of the worst recent outbreaks in the country where prisons are notoriously overcrowded. the cuban president has appointed the country's first prime minister in more than a0 years — the tourism minister, manuel marrero cruz. the post of prime minister was scrapped by the late leader of the cuban revolution, fidel castro, in 1976. it has now been reinstated and awarded to mr marrero, who has overseen a major boost in tourism to the island over the past 16 years. the american secretary of state, mike pompeo, has condemned russia and china for blocking a un resolution that would have kept humanitarian aid flowing to millions of syrians. the resolution would have extended an arrangement that by—passes the government in damascus. the groundbreaking model and activist, mama cax, has died at the age of 30. the haitian—a

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