thank you, sarah mulkerrins, - there's on that.discovered that a mix of agricultural pesticides is more harmful to bees than was previously thought. the researchers from royal holloway, university of london, found that a cocktail of chemicals reacted with each other to kill larger numbers of bees. precious pollinators and decline. 0ur beers face multiple threats to survival — loss of food, and dozens of chemical pesticides used in agriculture. this new study set out to quantify each of those threats and to work out how they combine to affect the insects�* l90 studies measured the effects on beers from pesticides or environmental challenges. the combinations of several chemicals killed many more beers than expected. this is because researchers say that pesticides interact. each chemical enhances the damage caused by another.— caused by another. what we found is really _ caused by another. what we found is really important - caused by another. what we i found is really important when you consider how agrochemicals are sold. commercia

time to concentrate on what's been happening in the sport at the games, live to tokyo and sarah mulkerrinse 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 biles, as you say, a really emotional return for her after what she has been through over the last week. a case of the twisties in gymnastics, and stepping away to protect her mental health. she ended up doing the beam, she was able to take part and won a bronze medal in that. there was much delight and support for her in the arena. she has been there supporting her teammates over the last week or so. simone biles saying she was really proud of herself for that moment, and then on the track a short time later we had elaine thompson—herah ofjamaica thompson—herah of jamaica making history thompson—herah ofjamaica making history because she did the sprint double four the second time — a double double, we call it. she won at the 100 metre and 200 metre. we know that she won the 100 metre a few days ago in that gr

live now to tokyoand sarah mulkerrins. live now to tokyo and sarah mulkerrins.audiences about, belarus. what have the ioc said? this has been really interesting. we saw this play out on social media around the time of the men's 100 metres 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 toky

let's return now to the olympics and sarah mulkerrins in tokyo.cs now and talk to mariko 0i who's in tokyo for us. i understand quarter past the hour this morning marks that the us dropped the atomic bomb on mishima and there would have been pleased to have the ioc market with a moment of silence but that is not happening, is it? ., ., ., , but that is not happening, is it? ., ., but that is not happening, is it? no, and as you said that at 8:15am local _ it? no, and as you said that at 8:15am localtime, _ it? no, and as you said that at 8:15am local time, exactly - it? no, and as you said that at 8:15am local time, exactly 76| 8:15am local time, exactly 76 years ago, the world's first—ever atomic bomb was dropped on on mishima, killing about 1a0,000 people but of course many others also suffered from side effects and so on. now thomas bach visited hiroshima before the games started and the mayor asked the ioc to pause the competition for a minute of silence but the ioc turned to that request, though it said that it will make a mention of hiroshim

time to concentrate on what's been happening in the sport at the games, live to tokyo and sarah mulkerrinsghts and what is happening right now on day 12? me and what is happening right now on da 12? ~ ., and what is happening right now on da 12? ~ . ., and what is happening right now on da 12? ~ . . ., and what is happening right now onda12? . . ., _ on day 12? we have had a busy mornin: on day 12? we have had a busy morning here, _ on day 12? we have had a busy morning here, particularly - on day 12? we have had a busy| morning here, particularly here at tokyo bay because just right behind us we have the women's marathon swimming, open water event, ten kilometres, very tough conditions. it was off at 638 and local time in order to counteract the conditions —— 6:30am. it was 30 degrees. 85% humidity as well but when it did go to was ill, she won the gold medal, she was the one that was able to emerge victorious after that two—hour swim, they do seven laps and they have a station where they were able to pick hydration from their teams. it was almost up from their teams. it was almost up to

and, i'm sarah mulkerrins in tokyo, on day 13 of the olympics where more medals will be up for grabs, i've been talking to a five time gold medallist former australian swimmer ian thorpe. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the un says it's deeply concerned about the safety of tens of thousands of civilians in the afghan city of lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province. taliban militants and government forces are waging an intense battle for control of the city. a un spokesman said there were reports of increased civilian casualties, and of homes and hospitals being destroyed. afghan and us airstrikes on taliban positions continued throughout wednesday. mark lobel reports. several provincial capitals under taliban attacks. at least two reportedly breached, and security is forcing many afghan residents from their homes. we see a lot of schools are being destroyed, a lot of water plants, hospitals which are essential. we see that access to care and healthcare is extremely difficult. displaced in kandahar, these families were separated from loved ones and a

live to tokyo and sarah mulkerrins. alk us through the emotional return to competition of simone biles. yes, everybody was waiting for that moment after it simone biles confirmed that she would take part in the being final. that was on last night here in tokyo, and we know everything that she has talked about over the last week about mental health issues and also struggling with what we call the twisties in the sport of gymnastics. but she was able to feel comfortable enough to take part in this being final, and she was able to walk away with a metal, a bronze medalfor simone biles. she said afterwards she was so proud of her cell. she said she put no expectation on herself going in if she did not know but she would get a medal or not and this was one of the proudest days for her that she was able to come for the last week that she has and be able to walk away with a medal and also hold her head up high and be able to kind of work your way through the things that she has been dealing with. there was a much more for her i

cerebral currents, joining us from tokyo, thank you. —— sarah mulkerrins.won silverfor team usa in the women's bmx freestyle event in tokyo. it was a bit crazy. the whole fact that the olympics happened, and being there was a surreal experience, and obviously you have to get used to it pretty fast because you were in, and it wasjust amazing to be able to go and be with my friends and just feel normal again after the year and a half of the world kind of shutting down. how did you celebrate when you were out in tokyo winning your silver? were you able to celebrate? yeah, i'm 19, so either way, i celebrated, there's nothing i can do, but ijust hung out with my friends, and i ate a lot of sweets afterwards, and i wasjust excited, i talked to all my family and i was super excited to come home so i could show them the medal, and show them videos that i wasn't able to post while i was there. obviously your friends and family won't have been able to join you out in tokyo. but what was the reception like when you got back to north carolina? most of my family lives i

i'm sarah mulkerrins with all the latest from the games in tokyo. the first medals of the day have been decided, but we are all waiting the reappearance of us gymnast simone biles to the competition. palestinian families facing eviction from their homes in a neighbourhood in eastjerusalem say they will reject a suggestion but they —— that they rent their properties from a jewish settler organisation. and there are concerns that patellar banner on the verge of taking the capital of helmand province in afghanistan. —— the taliban are on the verge. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the belarussian sprinter krystsina tsimanouskaya has been granted a humanitarian visa by poland. she sought refuge in the polish embassy in tokyo after saying she'd been ordered to return home from the olympic games in tokyo against her will. her apparent offence was criticising her coaches on social media after they'd entered herfor a race she hadn't been expecting to run. our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports. this was the mome

i'm sarah mulkerrins with all the latest from the games in tokyo, where we have had a new world record in the men's 400 metres as norway's karsten warholm wins gold. wildfires fuelled by high temperatures and strong winds are sweeping parts of greece, turkey and lebanon, forcing the evacuation of thousands. the travel industry welcomes a decision by the uk government to abandon plans for a further change to its traffic light system for international travel. there are fears the taliban are on the verge of taking control of lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province in afghanistan. hello and welcome. a sprinter from belarus who refused her team's order to fly home early from the olympics has been granted a humanitarian visa by poland. krystina timanovskaya is at the polish embassy in tokyo, and it's believed she plans to go to poland on wednesday. the athlete says she was forcibly taken to the airport for criticising coaches, but belarus says she was removed from the team because of her emotional state. the spokesperson for the international olympic committee, mark adams, hasjust spoke

i'm joined now by sarah mulkerrins in tokyo. great to have you on the programme.s the latest on the fate of this athlete? this was around _ the fate of this athlete? this was around the _ the fate of this athlete? this was around the time - the fate of this athlete? this was around the time of - was around the time of the men's 100 metres final. men's100 metres final. suddenly this story started emerging through social media, and within a couple of hours, the ioc and tokyo 2020, the organisers, issued a brief update through social media. they said they had spoken to the athlete that she was with the athlete that she was with the authorities at canada airport, and she was being accompanied by a member of the tokyo 2020 staff at the time. importantly, they said she had told them that she felt safe at that moment. they then went on to say that they would continue their conversations with the athletes and the authorities to determine the steps in the upcoming days. we know she had run in the 100 metres, she was due to run a little later in the 200 metres, but she crit

for more on this, we can now cross live to tokyo and sarah mulkerrins.s basketball. we a nailbiting finish in the men's basketball. ~ ., ., men's basketball. we are down to the final _ men's basketball. we are down to the final seconds, _ men's basketball. we are down to the final seconds, i - men's basketball. we are down to the final seconds, i can - men's basketball. we are down to the final seconds, i can see l to the final seconds, i can see it on the screen below me, ten seconds to go and it looks like the usa are going to take the gold medal in that match against france. just when you think about all the talking points with the dream team coming into this olympic tournament, they lost their two warmup games to australia and nigeria, lost their opener to this side of france, there were so much talk and conjecture over what was happening, they have so many players from the nba in the team, they were going for the fourth consecutive gold medal, everyone was wondering where their form was but they have ground their way through this olympic competition

i'm joined by sarah mulkerrins in tokyo.mone biles is back after a breakfrom competing last week, tell us about that. absolutely, i think a lot of gymnastic fans all around the world will be excited by the news that broke yesterday evening here in tokyo. we had known that simone biles last week pulled out of the team event and had missed some of the other final she was due to take part in. this was the final event she could have taken our and final event she could have taken ourand in final event she could have taken our and in tokyo. she has announced she will be there, the beam final a little bit later, so lots of people are interested. there will be attention on her to see how she goes. let's get a little bit more on the story and speak to gina pongetti, a former gymnast and now physiotherapist. she is reporting on the games, gymnastics. why do you think simone feels like this is one that she can compete in, bearing in mind all we have heard about she had as battling the thing called twisties, where she is not sure how sh

for more on this, we can now cross live to tokyo and sarah mulkerrins., but i have to tell you it was so warm down here. the last couple of days we had the women's event. it was just below us at tokyo bay. the water is about 29 degrees. the temperature outside of the water is about 31—32. the humidity is about 80%. very tough for them, nearly two hours in the water. they were needing refreshment stop somewhere. people would use fishing rods to give them to them. tough conditions in the water. the german won the gold medal but there is plenty more to come. there are 27 medal events coming up for day 13 of the olympics in tokyo. let's start off by looking ahead to some of the action. canada's damian warner will see if he can maintain his lead in the mens decathlin as the final 5 events are played outanouk vetter of the netherlands is the overnight leader in the women's heptathlon. world champion katerina johnson thompson has withdrew after getting injured. australia and belgium will clash in the mens hockey final, with the world champions belgium looking t

for more on this, we can now cross live to tokyo and sarah mulkerrins.'s basketball is under way. i umbrella. the men's basketball is under way-— is under way. i lost the umbrella _ is under way. i lost the umbrella but _ is under way. i lost the umbrella but the - is under way. i lost the umbrella but the rain l is under way. i lost the i umbrella but the rain has started to fall. usa, they are looking to add another gold medal to their medal table hall we were looking at there because there they are in action in the basketball final, up action in the basketball final, up against france who is just approaching half time, they are leading at the moment, but there has been so much focus on this dream team that we call the us basketball is because they have so many of the big stars from the nba playing for them, they were first able to do that back in barcelona in 92, and they have been dominant ever since, 92, and they have been dominant eversince, going 92, and they have been dominant ever since, going for their fourth consecutive gold medal in this, the

iam sarah i am sarah mulkerrins, live in tokyo, day 15 of the olympic games where tanya has won gold in the women's marathon. —— kenya. and the remarkable spectacle of south africa's sardine run and the predators it attacks. —— attracts. hello and welcome to the programme. let's begin in afghanistan, where in a major escalation of the taliban's offensive, the militants have captured a provincial capital, zaranj, close to the border with afghanistan, and assassinated a close aide of the president's. they've made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. the united nations�* special envoy has warned the country is facing a possible catastrophe, and called on the taliban to halt the violence and take part in meaningful peace talks. our world affiars correspondent richard galpin has more. in the heart of the afghan capital, another assassination. taliban gunmen opening fire on this car, killing the head of the government's media information centre, dawa khan menapal. they'd warned officials would be targeted in response to air strikes by afghan and us forc

it's been a busy day of sporting events at the games, live to sarah mulkerrins. have, this track is producing some sensational times, yesterday we were speaking about the world record that came in the men's 400 metres hurdles, norway setting that one and today we have the women's event, the 400 metres hurdles and another world record, this time set by the american sydney maclachlan, a brilliant run from her she was the current world record holder, she said those on the olympic trials in the lead up to these other brigades and she set a even better time. very close behind it was herfellow american, delilah mohammed, she was the defending champion but she had to settle for silver and then the dutch runner, a youngster, really good, promising talent was able to finish in the bronze medal position, we are seeing so many fast times on this track, lots of people wondering what is leading to it all, the track themselves, they are saying, themselves, they are saying, the runners are saying it is a really bouncy, springy surface, they find it quick to run on. potentially t

i'm sarah mulkerrins with all the latest from the games in tokyo, where this morning's athletics is setor a aoo—metres hurdles battle between norway's world record holder karsten warholm and the usa's rai benjamin. as the delta variant leads to higher covid infection rates across the world, rich countries are urged to share their excess vaccine doses. vaccines are critical. they are inequitably being rolled out. africa, in the last month according to who, has had an 80% spike in deaths. this is completely unacceptable and unethical. and scaling the heights of physical endurance — we meet the teenager championing the new olympic event of sport climbing. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in the morning in singapore and 8am in tokyo, where a sprinter from belarus who refused her team's order to fly home early from the olympics has been granted a humanitarian visa by poland. krystsina tsimanouskaya sought refuge in the polish embassy in tokyo after claiming she was taken to the airport against her will. she had criticised her coaches on social media

we can now cross live to tokyo with sarah mulkerrins, who is there for us. be all eyes on the track a little bit later because we have the american runner allison felix going for an unprecedented tenth olympic medal. she has won six gold already. she is going to go in the 400 metres. the bahamas runner will be up against her and is a defending champion but there is some injury concerns for her. and also in the 1500 metres on the track, we are going to have the dutch runner in that. she has already won gold in the 5000 metres. she is going for gold in the 1500 metres, and she is also entered into the 10,000 metres will set that's an unprecedented travel that she is going for so that is the action on the track and then we have had one shift in the schedule because the women's football final between sweden and canada was due to be played here at 11am local time. however because of the heat, the organisers have moved that into the evening to 9pm local time and as you can see there, the usa, they won the bronze medal match against australia yesterday. i against a

for more on this, we can now cross live to tokyo and sarah mulkerrins.f the day already. we we have had our first gold of the day already.— the day already. we have. it has gone — the day already. we have. it has gone to _ the day already. we have. it has gone to kenya _ the day already. we have. it has gone to kenya in - the day already. we have. it has gone to kenya in the - has gone to kenya in the women's marathon early this morning here injapan. not in tokyo, it is in sapporo in the north ofjapan. they tokyo, it is in sapporo in the north of japan. they moved the marathon in the race walks up there to try and counteract the extreme heat in tokyo that it has at this time of year however they had bad luck because it is as hot in sapporo at the moment as it is here in tokyo. so much so that they actually brought forward the start of that women's marathon by one hours so they began at 6am local time. they battled the conditions and it was can you's peresjepchirchir who won the gold ahead of the fancied winner, brigid kosgei, also from kenya. she settled

sarah mulkerrins in tokyo.ntine restrictions for fully vaccinated travellers from the united states and most of the eu. until now, only people who received theirjabs in the uk could avoid quarantine when arriving from so called amber list countries. the travel and tourism industries have described the move as a fantastic step forward, but warn both sectors are still in urgent need of government support. katy austin reports. limits on international travel affect more than holidays, gemma is looking forward to finally bringing her baby from los angeles to the uk to meet his grandparents. the los angeles to the uk to meet his grandparents.— los angeles to the uk to meet his grandparents. the idea that the quarantine _ his grandparents. the idea that the quarantine has _ his grandparents. the idea that the quarantine has now- his grandparents. the idea that the quarantine has now gone i the quarantine has now gone means that we're going to have a whole trip where we can be with our family and friends. previously, o

i'm sarah mulkerrins live in tokyo, on day 15 of the olympic games — where kenya's peresjepchirchir hasthe charts to the stage — after making her name as a pop star,

let's speak to our reporter sarah mulkerrins. ey going in that madison for great britain. laura kenny after his silver earlier in the action in the dome, she could potentially win her third olympic gold medal, three olympic games potentially for her to do that. she britain. if she gets any medal at all, she would equal the record of charlotte with six olympic medals. so no doubt it will be all eyes on laura kenny bear and the great story that she provides, and then on the track, we have got another laura and laura mira, she's going in the 1500 metres final. she has been there or thereabouts, hasn't she come in most of the spine is that the outdoors and the olympics and at the recent past, but she is never quite got on the podium. she has taken the 800 metres away from herself and this eventin metres away from herself and this event in order to focus on the 1500 metres. however, she will have some stiff opposition from the dutch runner. she has already won gold in the 5000 metres. she's going in the 1500 metres as well, and she is

i'm sarah mulkerrins live in toyko, where day ten of the olympics is under way after a historic nighttaliban fighters continue to advance in afghanistan — attacking cities and threatening to overrun the capital of helmand province. unarmed troops begin to patrol the streets of sydney as australia ramps up its covid lockdown.

let's cross to tokyo now and speak to our reporter sarah mulkerrins. ne up until that point. this is one of her stronger events, and she started off, she was going well around the bend, and then suddenly, she just pulled up. you can see there was a serious injury for her there. so she got to the bend can and you could just see her there just hoppinh, and it turned out not to be the achilles injury which she has been dealing with over the last year, but actually her right calf. she did fall down. she was getting attention, but as you can see there, she refused the assistance, and she went on to finish that 200 metres. unfortunately, though, she was disqualified from the race because she had gone outside of her lane. she has subsequently withdrawn from the race. a lot of people disappointed no doubt katerina johnson—thompson will be very disappointed. she is the world champion back in 2019, and we know that she as this great rivalry with belgium, the defending olympic champion, so she is going to see how she goes. she didn't want to speak to any media aft

i'm sarah mulkerrins, live in tokyo, where day 10 of the olympics is underway after a historic night for italy on the track — gold in the men's 100 metres and a shared gold in the men's highjump. taliban fighters continue to advance in afghanistan — attacking cities, and threatening to over—run the capital of helmand province. unarmed troops begin to patrol the streets of sydney as australia ramps up its covid lockdown. it's eight in the morning in singapore, and 9am in tokyo where the czech republic and poland have offered to help a belarusian sprinter who was ordered home from the games by her country's 0lympic officials. this is her — krystsina tsimanouskaya. she had been due to compete in the women's 200m event on monday. but after posting a video complaining about being entered into another race at short notice, she says she was told to pack and taken to the airport. she then contacted police, and uploaded this video on social media, appealing for help. the flight took off without her on board. tsimanouskaya has said she believes she's now safe i'm joined now by sarah mulkerrins

let's speak to our reporter sarah mulkerrins. tentially for her to do that. she would be the first female to do that from great britain. if she gets any medal at all, she would equal the record of charlotte with six 0lympic medals. so no doubt it will be all eyes on laura kenny bear and the great story that she provides, and then on the track, we have got another laura and laura mira, she's going in the 1500 metres final. she has been there or thereabouts, hasn't she, in most of the spine is that the outdoors and the olympics and at the recent past, but she is never quite got on the podium. she has taken the 800 metres away from herself and this event in order to focus on the 1500 metres. however, she will have some stiff opposition from the dutch runner. she has already won gold in the 5000 metres. she's going in the 1500 metres as well, and she is also trying to get an unprecedented treble she's also going to go for gold in the women's 10,000 metres. a great story but deena asher—smith. we have seen the injury concerns for her e

let's cross to tokyo now and speak to our reporter sarah mulkerrins. ay night at the olympic stadium and the track and field. she was going in the 200 metres. she had been placed at the 200 metres. she had been placed for fendi habitat to line up until that point. this is one of her stronger events, and she started off, she was going well around the bend, and then suddenly, shejust pulled up. you can see there was a serious injury for her there. so she got to the band can and you could just see her there just typing, and it turned out not to be the achilles injury which she has been dealing with over the last year, but actually her right calf. she did fall down. she was getting attention, but as you can see that, she refused the assistance, and she went on to finish that 200 metres. unfortunately, though, she was disqualified from the race because she had gone outside of her lane. she has subsequently went... withdrawn from the race. a lot of people disappointed no doubt katerina johnson—thompson will be very disappointed. she is the world champion back

sarah mulkerrins is in tokyo and joins us now. sarah — what a story this could be for sky brown.for the olympics, and then obviously the olympics were delayed by a year. that has helped her potentially as well because she suffered a really bad crash last year. she has recovered since from that and is here in tokyo to take part in the park events. we have discrete event in the opening weekend of the olympics. now it is the turn of the park skaters. sky brown is such a talent in that's going for uk. i world bronze medallist. also a 15—year—old as well going for team gb. however, look out for the japanese 15—year—old. she is the highly fancied skateboarder to win gold in this. we know that they were relegated in the street events, winning gold there. so they are looking for another gold medal there, but it is such a brilliant story, and i know there will be so much attention on sky brown when she competes a little bit later. apart from that. _ competes a little bit later. apart from that, sarah, _ competes a little bit later. apart from that, sarah, what - competes a little bit late

live to sarah mulkerrins. sarah, we've already have already had a world record on the track?y day. yesterday, we had karsten warholm in the hurdles. today, the same event for women, another world record. this was such a phenomenal race. we had sidney maclachlan from the usa. she was coming and as the world record holder. she has this battle up against another fellow american. muhammad is the olympic champion. they went head—to—head at the trials. when mclaughlin won and set the record. she won again today, getting to the line just in 51.46 seconds. phenomenal time. really good effort for the second bouncy and springy. some people are saying that he is helping the performances, and we also have shoe technology that many are using. we are seeing that impacting the times that we are getting. below me this morning about 6:30am local time we had the open water swimming as well. ten kilometre swim. american. about two hours in total it takes place in tough conditions as well. it was about 30 degrees in the water. about 85% humidity. it was the brilliant, anna marcel acuna who won t

iam sarah i am sarah mulkerrins, live in tokyo, day 15 of the olympic games where tanya has won

i'm sarah mulkerrins with all the latest from the games in tokyo. are all waiting the reappearance of us gymnast simone biles to the competition. palestinian families facing eviction from their homes in a neighbourhood in eastjerusalem say they will reject a suggestion but they —— that they rent their properties from a jewish settler organisation. and there are concerns that patellar banner on the verge of taking the capital of helmand province in afghanistan.

i'm sarah mulkerrins with all the latest from the games in tokyo, where this morning's athletics is setlder karsten warholm, and the usa's rai benjamin. as the delta variant leads to higher covid infection rates across the world rich countries are urged to share their excess vaccine doses. vaccines are critical. they

i'm sarah mulkerrins — live in tokyo — on day 10 of the olympics.ls tried to put her on a plane home against her will. the against her will. first openly transgender athlete the first openly transgender athlete to compete in an olympics is due to make history today when she competes in the women's weightlifting competition. i'm rich preston in london. also in the programme: taliban fighters continue to advance in afghanistan — attacking cities, and threatening to over—run the capital of helmand province. unarmed troops begin to patrol the streets of sydney — as australia ramps up its covid lockdown.

and, i'm sarah mulkerrins in tokyo on day 13 of the olympic,

i'm sarah mulkerrins, live in tokyo, where day 10 of the olympics is underway after a historic nighte men's highjump. taliban fighters continue to advance in afghanistan — attacking cities, and threatening to over—run the capital of helmand province. unarmed troops begin to patrol the streets of sydney as australia ramps up its covid lockdown.

for more on this, we can now cross live to tokyo and sarah mulkerrins. anged a bit since we spoke to you last time, sarah. but we have already had our first gold medal of the day! we have already had our first gold medal of the day!— medal of the day! we have indeed. the _ medal of the day! we have indeed. the rain _ medal of the day! we have indeed. the rain is - medal of the day! we have indeed. the rain is pouringj indeed. the rain is pouring down here however in sapporo which is north, in the north of japan where the refund was on they were sweltering the hot conditions there this morning for that marathon. they had to set off one hour earlier at 6am in order to try and counteract that for the athletes but it was the kenyan, peres jepchirchir who won gold after a great run from her to win gold. two hours and 27 minutes, 20 seconds. she finished ahead of her compatriot, brigid kosgei who was the world record holder. she was a fancied athlete going into the marathon for the gold medal but she took silver medal and then the american, marlee seidelman on

i'm sarah mulkerrins with all the latest from the games in tokyo, where we have had a new world recorduelled by high temperatures and strong winds

let's get an update on all the action — we can now cross live to tokyo with sarah mulkerrins who is theree be looking forward to today on day 1a? already under way, the third round for women's gold. they are battling that heat as well. also the 50 kilometres walk is also battling the heat and they are coming to the closing stages. so much action elsewhere this friday at the olympics. we look at the track, athletics dominating the second week and the likes of alison felix, the great american athlete. she will go later in that final and bidding to become the most successful and decorated track and field athlete later if she was to win athlete later if she was to win a medal. she has competed at every game since 200a. netherland continues to continue to chase history. hassan looking for victory in the 1500m. the women football, sweden and canada, that has been rescheduled moved to the evening to try to counteract the extreme heat. later on, argentina will take on the netherlands in the final of women? hockey. the netherlands losing out last time. a fifth final appearance at the world and eur

i'm sarah mulkerrins with all the latest from the games in tokyo, where there are 26 gold medals up forkar gar — the capital of helmand province in afghanistan. and emotional reunions as the uk lifts immigration restrictions on those fully vaccinated.

i am sarah mulkerrins, in tokyo, where we have had another world record on the track as america's sydney the youngest british olympian.

i'm sarah mulkerrins, live in tokyo on day 10 of the olympics. the ioc say they're in regular touch with 3 belarus athlete under police protection in tokyo, after her team officials tried to put her on a plane home against her will. the first openly transgender athlete to compete in an olympics is due to make history today when she competes in the women's weightlifting competition. i'm rich preston in london. also in the programme: taliban fighters continue to advance in afghanistan, attacking cities, and threatening to over—run the capital of helmand province. unarmed troops begin to patrol the streets of sydney as australia ramps up its covid lockdown. hello and welcome to the programme, i am live in tokyo for day ten of the olympic games. we start our coverage today with news that the czech republic and poland have offered to help a belarusian sprinter who was ordered home from the games by her country's olympic officials. krystsina tsimanouskaya was due to compete in the women's 200m event on monday. but after posting a video complaining abou

let's take a look now at what else has ben happening at the games with sarah mulkerrins in tokyo.at to have you bright and early. i just want to start by asking you, we have talked about this for the last couple of days, the transgender athlete laurel hubbard made olympic history by entering. but it did not go her way. what happened? yes. history by entering. but it did not go her way. what happened? yes, we know there has _ go her way. what happened? yes, we know there has been _ go her way. what happened? yes, we know there has been so _ go her way. what happened? yes, we know there has been so much - go her way. what happened? yes, we know there has been so much media i know there has been so much media attention on this story in the build up attention on this story in the build up and you can even see it with the amount of journalists who up and you can even see it with the amount ofjournalists who were present at the weightlifting yesterday evening here in tokyo as laurel hubbard made history becoming the first transgender athlete to compete at the olympic games in a differen

a short time ago, my colleague sarah mulkerrins in tokyo spoke to the academic and former athlete julesho's research focuses on the politics of the olympic games after all, athletes have been involved in opposition struggles against lukashenko in the past. a star basketball player who played in the wnba here in the united states was jailed for her efforts for 15 days. the sprinter has good reason to be concerned at this moment, no doubt about that. and in terms of the development here, do we expect other athletes to potentially come out and speak up? what impact will this have? it will be interesting to see what happens here in regard to the international olympic committee. they issued a statement today on twitter saying they were monitoring the conversation and looking forward to dealing with it in the coming days. they have a slogan at the ioc that athletes come first, putting athletes first. and they have come under a lot of fire for that in tokyo, with the coronavirus raging across tokyo and japan, athletes are very concerned about living in the olympic bubble and this gives them a

i'm sarah mulkerrins live in tokyo on day 10 of the olympics.n in tokyo after belarusian officials tried to fly her home against her will. history will be made when weightlifter laurel hubbard becomes the first openly transgender athlete to compete in a different gender category to which she was born. i'm ben boulos in london. also in the programme: unarmed troops begin to patrol the streets of sydney as australia ramps up its covid lockdown. and fully vaccinated travellers from the united states and most of the eu can now enter britain without quarantining.

for more on this, we can now cross live to tokyo and sarah mulkerrins. thank you. had a race walk in the north of japan in order to try and counteract the heat but it was as hot up there. you saw the picture and the images of those race walkers as they were competing in that 50 kilometre race. they had to take on a lot of waterfor race. they had to take on a lot of water for hydration and energy drinks. they had ice scarves around their neck as the athletes battle the extreme heat here at the moment. but it was gold for poland, as you say. and just another great start from that race walk because we had the spanish race walkerjesus garcia, 51 years old and his eighth 0lympics. he competed at every 0lympics since 1992 in barcelona and thatis since 1992 in barcelona and that is another record in athletics. well done to him. i can also tell in the last few moments we have had two more medals handled out. the beach volleyball final just finished between the women and the usa have clinched that two sets— love against the australians. gold for the us they that make usa th

i'm sarah mulkerrins, live in tokyo on day 10 of the olympics.home against her will. the first openly transgender athlete to compete in an olympics is due to make history today when she competes in the women's weightlifting competition. i'm rich preston in london. also in the programme: taliban fighters continue to advance in afghanistan, attacking cities, and threatening to over—run the capital of helmand province. unarmed troops begin to patrol the streets of sydney as australia ramps up its covid lockdown.