2020 a limp dicks organizing committee has named japan's olympic minister as its new president seiko hashimoto will leave government to take up the role as a 7 time a limp in who competed in speed skating and cycling she replaces yoshiro morrow who resigned after making sexist comments she'll be tasked with regaining support for the games which are scheduled for july but have faced widespread public skepticism because of the pandemic. you're watching t.w. news coming up next a new edition of our documentary series dog film and course you get all the latest information anytime you want to our website t w dot com i'm terry martin thanks for watching. can you hear me now yes we can you and i love to dance and so on so that when i'm going to man and the time to have surprise yourself with what is possible who is mad cool really what it means to them want. to talk to people full time on the way maurice.

seiko hashimoto has been appointed the new president of the tokyo olympics organising committee, withped down after making sexist comments. hashimoto has herself competed in both the winter and summer olympics as a cyclist and a speed skater. cricket now and the auction for this year's ipl has taken place today with millions of pounds changing hands, as the big franchises look to boost their squads ahead of the money—spinning tournament which begins in april. those who earned big money deals included england all—rounder moeen ali, who was signed by the chennai super kings for £700,000. there were a host of big names who weren't selected though, inlcuding alex hales and jason roy. but the most expensive signing today was this man, south african chris morris. he'll earn £1.6 million at the rajasthan royals. i've been finding out more on moeen ali's move from rohan gavaskar, who played in the ipl for kolkata knight riders. i think he's going to be a great buy. obviously he's a fantastic phenomenal with steam heat what he can do in cricket. even gave us a bit of a glimpse in the chennai t

tokyo 2020 lympics organizing committee has named japan's olympic minister as its new president seiko hashimoto will leave the government to take up the world is a 7 time olympian who competed in speed skating and cycling and she workplaces yoshiro mori who resigned after making sexist comments she will be tasked with regaining support for the games they're scheduled for july but have faced widespread public skepticism because of the pandemic. in tennis naomi osaka is through to the final of the australian open after ending serina williams hopes of a record equalling 24th grand slam title osaka powered past williams and straight sets in a repeat of the 20 $8000.00 u.s. open final which osaka also want the japanese player old face another american jennifer brady in the australian final she'll be going for her 4th grand slam title . well spectators got to watch the action that the australian open for the 1st time in 5 days 7 and a half 1000 fans were allowed back into melbourne park after coronavirus restrictions were lifted they were imposed after an outbreak of the infectious u.k. variant the t

seiko hashimoto took over the past yesterday and today gave an address to all of her staff, calling onm to, quote, work as one. the biggest challenge will be putting coronavirus safety measures in place to make sure people feel comfortable competing and watching those games. >>> all right. that kind of takes us right into sports with anthony flores. what's going on, anthony? >> well, not-so-good news for the warriors. steph curry was a late scratch before tonight's game, so what spoiled his charlotte homecoming? stick around, sports is next. to defend against dark forces attacking your organization, you need to see in the dark. to have the wisdom to understand multiple cyber threats. the precision focus to end attacks instantly. on computers, mobile devices, servers and the cloud. join the world's leading companies in our mission to defend. cybereason. end cyber attacks. from endpoints to everywhere. >>> welcome back. i'm anthony flores. the warriors taking the court tonight without all-star steph curry. steph back in his hometown of charlotte, but the homecoming was cut short. moments

seiko hashimoto says she believes the games can be held safely despite the ongoing covid pandemic.her foreigners be able to travel to japan. from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. south sudan anthem plays. lucia and atkin are a very long way from home. the south sudan olympic team arrived here in japan long before any of us had heard of covid—19. for a year and a half, they've been stuck here, training and hoping — hoping that the olympics will happen. for this year, i hope 0lympic to be held because we are waiting for it for so long, one year and something, and we are farfrom ourfamily so we hope that it will be held onjuly. the good news is that despitejust losing its controversial chief, the tokyo olympic committee is adamant rumours the games will be cancelled are not true. no—one has ever discussed such options among us. ioc, ipc tokyo 2020, the national tokyo government, all the municipalities, all of us are absolutely focused on delivering the games this summer. so, it really does seem that the japanese government and the olympic committee are now determined to go ahead

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seiko hashimoto, who competed in four winter and three summer games., a formerjapanese prime minister, was forced to resign last week after making sexist comments about women. i'll have more for you in the next hour. you're watching bbc news. to take to the next few hours of our coronavirus coverage and more besides. let's start to that speech a little bit earlier today by the labour leader, keir starmer, who's been setting out his vision for the uk can bounce back from the pandemic. he's proposed intoducing a "recovery bond" so people who've saved money in the past year, can invest in rebuilding the country. let's hear more of what he had to say. there is an opportunity here to think creatively, to build on this spirit of solidarity we have seen the last year. and to forge a new contract with the british people. the british people invest in building an economy that is more secure, and the government provides financial security for millions of people, many of whom have saved for the first time. if i were prime minister, i would the first time. if i wer

seiko hashimoto says she believes the games can be held safely despite the ongoing covid pandemic. plays. lucia and atkin are a very long way from home. the south sudan olympic team arrived here in japan long before any of us had heard of covid—19. for a year and a half, they've been stuck here, training and hoping — hoping that the olympics will happen. for this year, i hope olympic to be held because we are waiting for it for so long, one year and something, and we are farfrom ourfamily so we hope that it will be held onjuly. the good news is that despitejust losing its controversial chief, the tokyo olympic committee is adamant rumours the games will be cancelled are not true. no—one has ever discussed such options among us. ioc, ipc tokyo 2020, the national tokyo government, all the municipalities, all of us are absolutely focused on delivering the games this summer. so, it really does seem that the japanese government and the olympic committee are now determined to go ahead with the olympics in some form this year, almost regardless of what happens now with the covid pandemic.

japan's 0lympics minister seiko hashimoto is the preferred candidate to take over as president of thelows the resignation of yoshiro mori after he made sexist comments. hashimoto was born in 1964, the last time tokyo hosted the games, and she was named after the olympic flame. she competed in four winter olympics as a speed skater and three summer games as a cyclist. she's also been minister for women's empowerment since 2019. the two—time 0lympic triathlon champion alistair brownlee says it'll take a bit of luck for the delayed tokyo games to go ahead this summer but he believes the organisers are right to continue with their preparations. it was terrible when the pandemic really— it was terrible when the pandemic really started _ it was terrible when the pandemic really started in _ it was terrible when the pandemic really started in earnest. - really started in earnest. midsummer, _ really started in earnest. | midsummer, premiership really started in earnest. - midsummer, premiership football really started in earnest. _ midsummer, premiership football was back on. _ midsummer, pr

this is seiko hashimoto, who's a former olympic speed skater and currently minister for the games.rld, and today we had some good news — japan has finally started covid vaccinations. the first 40,000 doses have arrived and started to be put into people's arms today. those are all medical workers. that will be completed over the next two weeks. but i have to sayjapan is way, way behind many other countries on this, the last of the g7 countries to start vaccinating. and the minister in charge of this programme admitted yesterday that they now have no hope of achieving a significant majority ofjapanese people being vaccinated before the july opening of the olympic games. so japan really has no hope of achieving herd immunity before the olympic games opens, and of course that would be the thing that they want to achieve if they're going to hold the olympics in a more open, more inclusive way. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @rosatkins. hello there. the rest of the week may well be dominated by clouds, wind and rain, but we've had a little

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2021 picks organizing committee has named it japan's a limp it minister as its new president seiko hashimoto will leave the government to take up the world is a 7 time olympian who competed in speed skating and cycling she workplaces yoshida morty who resigned after making sexist comments she'll be tasked with regaining support for the games they're scheduled for july but a face widespread public skepticism because of the pandemic. in tennis naomi osaka is through to the final of the australian open after ending serina williams hopes of a record equalling 24th the grand slam title osaka powered past williams in straight sets and a repeat of the 2018 u.s. open final which osaka also won the japanese player will face another american jennifer brady in the australian final she'll be going for her 4th grand slam title . up next our show focus on europe looks at the fight for equal rights for the roma people stay chip to. commit. means. to. me. me. me. me. me me ringback. there has been nothing but sadness and anger for the past year to come on. she was their son brother. satyananda terrorist att

and coming up on bbc news, the new president in charge of the tokyo olympic games, seiko hashimoto, takesr following a sexism row, five months before they are due to start. good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news at one. there's been a strong decline in levels of coronavirus infections in england since january, say scientists tracking the epidemic. a study by imperial college london found infections have fallen by two—thirds across england since the current lockdown began, with an 80% fall in the capital — but it warns that levels are still high, particularly among primary school age children and young adults — with 1 in 200 testing positive between 4th and 13th february, which is similar to levels seen in september. katharine da costa has the details. friends and family kept apart. many businesses kept on hold. lockdown has taken its toll on all of us, but researchers say it has helped to take levels in england down to those last seen in september. imperial college's react survey looked at 85,000 random swab samples taken between the 4—13 february. researchers suggest one in 200 had the

2021 thanks organizing committee has named it japan's alone pick minister as its new president seiko hashimoto will leave the government to take up the role hashimoto is herself a 7 time olympian who competed in speed skating and cycling she workplaces yoshiro mori who resigned after making sexist comments i shall be tasked with regaining support for the games they are scheduled for july but a face widespread public skepticism because of the pandemic. let's get a reminder now of our top story facebook has blocked all news content from its platform in australia in response to a government proposal to force tech companies to pay for journalistic content critics are calling the social media giants most arrogant and unconscionable. coming up next our show conflicts sound tim sebastian interviews the vice president of the european commission by that it is showing us. entering the conflict zone to sebastian. this year didn't stop well for the european commission its rollout of the coded lines in the backseat has been widely sometimes too little too late my guess is we from brussels or the great comm

seiko hashimoto, who competed in four winter and three summer games, takes over after yoshiri mori, aindoor 800m in history, also breaking the british record held by sebastian coe since 1983. the 26—year—old clocked 1.43.63 to beat compatriot jamie webb in poland for a third victory of the series. that bodes well for one may move back outside leading up to the olympics of course. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much for that. getting children back to school as soon as possible is something the prime minister has indicated he wants to see as a priority. but how will this happen practically? the head of the association of school and college leaders, geoff barton, says that the government has accepted this should happen in a phased way. let's hear more from geoff barton. good to see you. before we talk about a phased return in more detail, i want your reaction to the report out in several places that there are plans for parents to test children twice a week at home as a method for getting more kids back to school. schools of course have been open throughout the pandemic for

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seiko hashimoto, who competed in four winter and three summer games.icies, which the conservative party is already looking at. no substance, it was just attack, attack, attack. sir keir starmer talks about her wants to recover it like the second world war, but during the second world war there was bipartisanship. it is war, but during the second world war there was bipartisanship.— there was bipartisanship. it is very bizarre. there was bipartisanship. it is very bizarre- he — there was bipartisanship. it is very bizarre. he did _ there was bipartisanship. it is very bizarre. he did talk _ there was bipartisanship. it is very bizarre. he did talk about - bizarre. he did talk about re—examining furlough, and the think tank has called for the furlough scheme to remain in place for several months after the lockdown is eased. ~ . , several months after the lockdown is eased. ~ ., , , ., ., eased. with a budget coming up and a few weeks' time. _ eased. with a budget coming up and a few weeks' time, we _ eased. with a budget coming up and a few weeks' time,