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that scars me and _ on a place at the tokyo games.at scars me and will do _ on a place at the tokyo games. twat scars me and will do until the day i die, but i think that would have made us stronger, and it also made us, it gives us a perspective, because that happened and it was really hard and difficult. but life goes on. hopefully matt and emily qualify for the olympics after trials. ~ . . , qualify for the olympics after trials. ~. . , ., qualify for the olympics after trials. ., , , , trials. then matt has to pursue his dream of olympic _ trials. then matt has to pursue his dream of olympic gold. _ trials. then matt has to pursue his dream of olympic gold. felicity . dream of olympic gold. felicity kvesic, bbc news. a reminder of our top story. rob page wants to stay in the wales job, despite watching his side miss out on qualification for the european championships. there's more reaction to that, and reflections on defeat for scotland to northern ireland as they prepare for the summer's euros on the bbc sport website and app. bu

annabelle: i'm annabelle droulers in tokyo. we are coming down to asia's major trading opens and the top stories. traders await jay powell's congressional testimony and the u.s. jobs report. elon musk using the world's richest person crown to jeff bezos as tesla slumps. paul: also ahead, -- haidi: also ahead, the supreme court puts an end to attempts to keep donald trump off state ballots. >> i'm stephen engle in snowy beijing for the opening of the national people's congress. an openin -- a warning not to invest in china underscores the leaders. haidi: we have breaking news to kick off the hour. south korea gdp numbers coming through on the bloomberg. we are seeing when it comes to the revised fourth quarter number, the preliminary number when it comes to seasonally adjusted quarter on quarter coming in line with expectations. 6/10 of 1% higher. the year on year number in line with expectations. the annual gdp for 2023 at 1.4 percent. all of those readings are in line with expectations. we did see the preliminary numbers showi

are asia stocks reporter joins us from tokyo.sumably wage increases leads to improved household spending investors are looking to trade around this somatic -- this thematic. >> exactly. the surprisingly strong wage negotiation involves putting a fresh focus on japanese small-cap shares. they have been underperforming the overall market very sharply this year. if you look at the small-cap index, the gains is about half of the largest companies like the topics core 30. if you look at sectors like food companies, transportation, air travel, the share has risen somewhere between two to 5% compared to 20% gains in bigger companies. obviously investors are now looking at whether they are going to catch up with the markets rally now that it is becoming more certain the real wages is going to rise from april. annabelle: not quite the gains we have seen in small caps for some of the bigger names on the topix index. are they still considered cheap? tell us about their valuation? >> this is an interesting point. historically, small caps ten

i think you've asked me before rio or tokyo, - and only big mettle?the scale, it was all i was really thinking about, it was 100% my priority. of course, winning a gold medal is life—changing and such an incredible moment, but it is a moment, whereas the idea of being a mum to a little boy for the rest of my life is also just as incredible for me and something that i'm really, really excited to prioritise. regaining strength in her core and having enough sleep to aid reaction speeds will be crucial to helping her be at the calibre to win a medal. and she's done it! juggling that with a newborn won't be easy and could be impacted by the type of birth she has, but she said her team have planned for every eventuality. despite feeling well—supported by those around her, she expects there will still be some who don't understand her choices. i know people are going to think i'm stupid for what i'm doing in the timeframe that i've given myself. i know people may not understand the idea that i'm an 0lympian and winning a gold medal isn't everything to me now,

tokyo data could be a catalyst for moving the currency. one of the key things is it is all down to the expectations on when the fed is going to cut rates. we had hawkish comments overnight which has not help the situation. if you look at swaps, we are looking at a january cut a month ago looking odds on for that to happen. that is looking less likely now. we have got talk of just one cut this year. surprise, a month ago dollar-yet was about 149.9, so that shows the extent of those expectations shaping the dynamics of the currency market. tom: you can almost picture officials in tokyo with their heads in their hands when they see these lines crossing. you have illustrated the tension , the gravitational pull back to the fed and what it means and outline for us to we have one of the most hawkish members of the bank of japan striking that dovish tone this week. with all of the context of the fed and the importance of that role plays a patent that they will take at this very slowly in terms of the further rate increases? >> this is always been

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let us go out to our asia senior editor joining us from tokyo. we were discussing this yesterday, brian. about this retreat, what i'm curious about is the boj only about etf's three times last year, why do they need to actually formally abandon this? >> good morning. but is a great question. i think they have have already sent a single they are moving that direction. the only bought three times last year and earlier this week we saw the nikkei plunge in the morning session 2%. the boj refrain from buying etf's on that day, probably a single that it is thinking about cutting off all new purchases. the next question is going to be what they do with the massive holdings that they built up since launching the program in 2010. those holdings now valued at about ¥70 trillion which is equivalent to one year's worth of national tax income. that will be something the boj will be talking about. we have heard that they are not going to worry so much about coming up with a solution for handling existing assets immediately. they will think more about other pa

and the olympics beyond that is tokyo gold medallist matt richards.w wants an individual olympic gold medal. felicity felicity kvesic met up with him at his training camp in somerset. winning olympic gold is a dream only a few people can achieve, but matt richards from worcestershire has already made it a reality, winning gold in tokyo at the last olympic games three years ago. the british championships take place next week, the qualification for paris is simple but brutal. matt needs to finish in the top two. it is scary, because if it goes wrong, then you are not going, and it is that difficult. but i can't wait, i will be really excited that morning. it is all about then just keeping your call and esteem composed for the race. growing up in droitwich, he hopes he can inspire local children to take up the sport from an early age. i think five years old when i started my lessons, and ijoined the swimming club at about eight years old, i think it was. from a young age, i really liked the sport, and from nine or ten, i was saying i wanted to be an olym

tom: stephen engle in tokyo.n chu, rate strategist for bloomberg intelligence, let's get into the market reaction from the boj and live pictures. your take on the market. >> they are not happy with what they are getting. he tell fish hike. that anchored expectation. we saw japanese equities and the yen drop. that is understandable. it's not like they hyped by 100 pips in one go. the yen will be under pressure. the fed will matter more than the boj. tom: the fed will matter more on the back of this from the central bank of japan. the fed decision will come through tomorrow with the updates in focus. ueda saying they will use short-term policy is the tool and in terms of the policy will remain for a while. this is an exit from policy, not an abrupt shift. japanese 10 years, a bid in the session, yields are down. the yen is weaker past 150. how do you expect that to evolve? >> straightforward, it does not care about the outcome. one of the reasons the bank of japan is scrapping control is the stability of the 10 yea

what in said tokyo will stay the course do our diplomats see this statement?ifying confrontation or is it still some kind of proposal for compromise or that they are ready not to make this issue a fundamental one in their policy? you know, here we see neither a hint of confrontation, nor a hint of some new hopes, much less compromises, but this is the standard. a formulation that any japanese leadership is actually forced to repeat, a kind of mantra about relations with russia, but here it is fundamentally important that your viewers are included understood that even before the current period, and the sharp cooling of relations with japan, the russian side was not talking about a peace treaty, yes, which is objectively aimed at resolving certain problems of the past, the russian side consistently... japan just signed an agreement on the creation sixth generation fighters, it turns out that japan will also participate in this project, but is it known to what extent japan will participate, does this mean that this is a country that proclaimed a policy after worl

because in tokyo, dolores and hook on the catalina mendoza, which is non points away from winning bronze mexico. even though the conditions were far from ideal. seeing that the but i don't feel i feel like touch there was a little more complicated due to the pandemic in a menu of the year before i had spinal surgery and the rest on your 3 years before my brother died. and so they were a lot of emotions going on, but when i was there, i said, you hear, you have to do it right. there's no other way. and i think it was a good result. he perform. one of us went out. mexico has a long tradition in diving, looking to pay a is still a legend of to winning for olympic metals. next can drive as have stood a top of the podium, a total of 14 times, making it the nation's most successful olympic sport. and that legacy has set the tone for many future athletes, including delores or roman things that i know if they were normally i try and 7 hours a day in the in the morning it's all about technique and dining in upside of and in the afternoon it's strength training, some of the stuff of mason very clo

we have the governor appearing in tokyo later this morning so we will see if we get a sense on his reaction to that decision. japan markets were shut yesterday for a public holiday so this is a big catch up. i mentioned the trade figures, we just had trade figures from korea as well. the numbers so far for the month of february, this is the first 20 days numbers, we saw exports rising 11.2%. chip exports, once to track in particular, up 8.8%. so contraction and outbound from china, down the first 20 days of march. a oma said february, the year is flying along. market reaction we are seeing, the kospi up 1.5%, it's that story around the fed and we do have korean officials commenting, saying the decision will be something that contributes to market stability certainly we are looking for quite a bit of green today. haidi: quite a bit of green already when it comes to trading in sydney as well. this is a figure of asx, about 8/10 of 1%. huge gains in the u.s. session. most industry groups in the green, we also have a report at 1130 and we should see a rebound in job gains in february. in new ze

while tokyo bronze medalist alejandro roscoe and gabriella, goodness even considered auctioning, that precious metals annual. but so last year we didn't have any competition because they've had problems with the federation but who are parole? emma, on the, on the left. some training is important, but i didn't competition so you can see your mistakes for us at all. what can i change? what can i do for the next competition to reach 100 percent? i feel confident. i think that has been the most difficult thing for me using that rhythm of competition, sensitive, and in order to cope with the reduced financial support from the government. delores found her own solution just in front of him for the for as long as i can remember, i've always had to console all i know it was just the now and i had an older brother and since he was little, he also really liked video games so he invited me to play and from there i found a love for video games, of course, before he lost it, but it was still a kind of quality time or was it kind of that? no. so after training, she switch his roles, the olympic typ

olympic champion tokyo ivan letvinovich. the news does not cause optimism, we received good experience for thought and move on. the belarusian national football team was defeated by montenegro in a friendly match, but let’s not sprinkle ashes on our heads. we should not mark time in one place, this is but it pisses me off. local successes instead of global ones minsk dynamo sums up the season. the main question: will dmitry kvartalny remain at the helm? zone, a corresponding letter came from the icf a week ago; by the way, on the official website of the federation, there is not a single news about the return of the belarusians. as for the summer games in paris, so far our boys and girls have not won a single quota, and this is logical, since the departures were not allowed to participate in the licensed world championship in duisburg in august last year, then, let us remind you, the organizers of the planetary forum declared that they would not be able to ensure security. this leaves the only chance to get tickets to france. therefore, everyone who signed this paper, everyone is admitt

he's a senior associate professor at the international christian university in tokyo. i begin by asking him how modern and competitive time is military forces are right now. let me think about the chinese military. we can think about it in terms of its maritime capabilities. is this information capabilities as cyber security capabilities? and i think importantly in the context of the end of a civic is grace on hybrid topics. it's invested heavily in the capabilities to reunify with taiwan by force is necessary. but at the same time, invest and the kinds of resources, coast guard vessels and merchant vessels to be used in the south, tennessee. we also see investment heavily in a, in, in this information and cyber security. and these are key areas that i think china is investing in to try and we're there a way or a road away. the tourette's capabilities, the time when these are trying to develop. but also influenced our society in elections. so that the time these themselves make the decision to return to a was a chinese understands the motherland without a fight. and i

tokyo time. the longer it extends depends on the difference in policy changes. haidi: historically it has been really interesting looking at the timing. the later the decision comes, the more exciting it could be. we are watching the rba on rba decision day. we are not expecting any change or easing from them yet but let's get to the markets on what could be a momentous day for japanese markets. annabelle: it is the focus on what the boj does later in terms of the key rate. there are a lot of different things and the messaging we get in the presser later this afternoon is it a one and done scenario or changing of the back and setting a new course for the direction of rates? the strength of the wage negotiation has been heralded by the government and economists and caught a lot of people by surprise and the question is if it trickles down to the smaller enterprises but today this is what we see the japanese yen holding steady and we expect it to stay like that ahead of the boj decision but equities a notch under pressure so far, they were benefiting from a weaker

did that perspective really shift because of what happened in tokyo?st wake—up call for me because when i looked at the actions that i was taking and what i was doing and what my schedule was, i definitely wasn't prioritising myself and my dreams and things i wanted to do outside my sport. your brain just revolves around the olympics, but with the disappointment of tokyo, ijust was, like... i was ready to quit shooting altogether. i thought that was it for me and i resented the sport and what happened so, so much, that i was, like, you know what? i'm just going to focus on myself and how much — how that changed my life in terms of how happy i am now, i am really content, and the thing is i know that not everybody�*s going to understand it. i know people are going to think i'm stupid for what i'm doing and the time frame that i've given myself. i know people may not understand the idea that i'm an 0lympian and winning a gold medal isn't everything to me now. but at the end of the day, it's my life and ijust want to be happy with the choices that i make.

dr. stephen now get senior associated professor at the international christian university. tokyo, thank you so much. thank you. latasha sydney, australia now where women of the bonded beach surf be there is life saving club. are training the next generation of rescuers. they also race rescue boats to hone their skills and ahead of international women's day on march. 8th, the volunteers of the pink patrol are raising awareness about how women contribute to safety on the water. it's a sunday morning on sydney's iconic bondai beach veteran live savers. next he cried, and christy smith, sprint through the surf and leap into their inflatable rescue boat, or i r b as quick as they can, that they were passing on their experience to the next generation of women. rescuers. in the case of christie and her daughter shar, quite literally it's a really lovely experience. so what she keeps, what she and mental you'll keep. and then she said to me one day, oh and i want to do it and i love it. and she recently told me that the feeling is like no other. i mean it means everything really established you

the bulk of that's finally thousands of taken pos, innocent patrick's day parade in central tokyo to celebrate irish heritage. the people dance and much on the streets with cavities, bands, pain, irish music with bagpipes. hope all is done green out fits and shamrock, st. wasted spectators lining the streets and waving irish flags. tokyo parade is depends by us and patrick's day celebration holiday commemorates islands, patron saints, and is famous, both white among the irish. this for the no, just the origin, the straight it will be all these joint in he's a reminder of our top story. government transfer old sholtes has helped folks with his is way the counterpart in jerusalem. he said there must be a long term peace solutions that includes palestinian governance and gaza. and the west bank. schultz also called for more a to reach palestinian civilians. coming up out extra shift takes a look at how artificial intelligence is changing the advertising industry. i made visible and say with us the imagine that you're eating a hamburger and as you're biting into this juicy bird or your d

in 2021 , russia sent 335 athletes to the tokyo olympics and won 20 out of 71 medals.en will participate this summer, since russia was banned from participating in team competitions. at the moment , it was cleared for the games in paris. answer: the us department of energy, as part of the fight against climate change, they are now doing everything for the sake of the climate, is going to feed the whole world with mold, and this is in all seriousness. berkeley science center labs have figured out how to make hojo yeast patties, which are used in asia to make sake, soy sauce and misa sauce. scientists. geneticists rebuilt the structure of the fungal colony at the molecular level so that the mold could produce hemoglobin, which supplies the blood with oxygen in animals. it is thanks to this protein that meat has its red color and its taste. in addition, an element was added to the genome that increases the production of mushroom antioxidants, useful for... it looks quite like a cutlet, the cutlet is edible, but the taste is not very good yet, so scientists will continue t

joining us from tokyo is managing director at michael page japan. interested because as i said, over the course of this week we have been reporting these company by company and some wage gains have been as high as 15%. does that square with what you are seeing in the market at the moment? >> it certainly does. positive sentiment coming through in the market as a result of those wage increases. we have been in an environment for a long time where we have seen cost-of-living, and the average person working in a role sees their organization is actually agreeing to these wage increases, it sends a positive sentiment into the market. as people look out into that market as well they will be seeing other organizations doing this thing. a really positive thing for us in the market. >> what markets are seeing the best gains? which work is most in demand at the moment? >> there are a few sectors in demand. the technology sector, there's been quite a lot of investment over the last couple of years. the entire sector i would say is massively understaffed, areas

having narrowly missed out on selection for tokyo, jack went on to win two world titles, and last yeart get the silver. yes! but in 2024, there's only one thing on his mind. it would make my career. it would be absolutely overwhelming experience. it would be...creme de la creme of everything i've ever put into it. it would be the pinnacle to call myself a paralympian. you're no longer civilian. you've really made it. lots more onjack�*s story on the bbc sport website, keep on top of those late championship scores as well but for me and the rest of the team, goodbye for now. welcome back, you're watching bbc news. actorjohn boy—ega has spoken publicly for the first actorjohn boyega has spoken publicly for the first time about the impact of childhood friend damilola taylor's killing, calling it �*life—changing'. he's told the bbc, that the recent death of damilola's father, campaigner richard taylor, had �*motivated' him to speak about his experience. the star wars actor says the tragedy has �*shaped me through the years'. he was one of the last people to see 10—year—old damilola alive b

tokyo olympic champion ivan letvinovich won bronze at the fifth and final stage of the season of ther our athlete at the previous start in baku, our belarus was also third. and here is another representative of this sport, maria makharinskaya the other day for... in one of the romantic shows on the russian entertainment channel, this is arena, hello, and today in the program we will tell you about the most interesting things in the world of sports over the past week. we treat this calmly; even, i think, no one had a smile on their face from this news. the most medal-rich sport for belarus is returning to the world stage. our kayakers and canalists have been admitted to international competitions, but why does this news not cause optimism? we gained good experience, food for thought and let's move on. the belarusian national football team lost to chernogoye in a friendly match, but let’s not sprinkle ashes on our heads. rowing kayaks and canoeing in its entirety have been admitted by the international federation of the sport to world competitions in a neutral status. this exclusive in

the russian team, which took fourth place at the paralympics in tokyo , showed its best result theres, will not be invited to the opening ceremony and closing ceremony of the competition. the russian team, which, let me remind you, took fourth place at the tokyo paralympics and showed its best result in history there, will be left without the opening and closing ceremony of the competition. the awards of russians and belarusians will not be taken into account in the overall medal standings. and the display of state symbols of russia and belarus will be prohibited. athletes will compete under a white flag with black letters "npa", which stands for neutral paralympic athletes. the preliminary composition of the russian delegation for the 24th paralympic games in paris is 225 people, of which 125 are athletes. russian tennis players were allowed to participate in the olympics in paris in a neutral status. neutral athletes will be required to meet the eligibility and eligibility requirements set out in the rules. itf international tennis federation. the atf confirms that russian and bela

you remember, the russian olympic committee in tokyo used a composition composed by tchaikovsky, whichd a lot of negative feedback, so in this case we decided to produce the music ourselves, it does not have those. the olympic committee decided to play a one-man show, bad and good cop, there is no longer a need to sign additional documents condemning the svo to participate in the games, but the very fact of creating strict discriminatory admission criteria for our athletes remains unfair. of course this is of course, well, this is the destruction of ideas. olympism is an infringement of the interests of athletes, olympians. of course, this absolutely contradicts the entire ideology of the olympic movement. maximum 83 people. mok has already calculated how many russian and belarusian athletes will be able to take part in the olympic games; this is more than five times less than at the tokyo olympics. true, there are only 19 athletes who have already qualified for the paris games, 12 russians and seven belarusians, but... the ioc call the russian friendship games politicized and demand f

south koreans demonstrating his soul opposed the government's policy of patching up relations with tokyo. press tv's frank smith reports. amid cheers of hurray, south korean president yunsuk marked independence movement day to honor the past struggle to free the country from japanese rule, he called for south koreans to look forward. south korea and japan are marching toward the new world as we overcome the painful past. we share values such as freedom, human rights and law. we seek common good and have become partners that work together for peace and stability of the world. president. has sought to improve relations with japan and develop a trilateral alliance with the us, against the democratic people's republic of korea and china. on this day, 105 years ago, south koreans gathered at hundreds of locations across the country to proclaim independence. japanese colonial forces killed thousands, tens of thousands were jailed, including here at sode moon prison. japan would rule until the end of world war ii, an era of south korea. japan relations not easily overcome. many south koreans su

let's bring in a senior editor joining us from tokyo. had some pretty strong economic data coming in and we have had a signaling from bank of japan officials. >> it is extremely live. the breakdown right now is almost 50-50. the number looking for april has come down to 54% and those looking for a decision to move next week are now about dirty 8%. those numbers could increase. we are at the peak of the annual wage negotiations. those will culminate on friday with an announcement but we will get ribs and drives. every day we will have a hunch of unions giving us details. last night coda reported that softbank has agreed to give salary increases of 5.5% on average to its staff which is a new record. we are seeing a lot of anecdotal evidence pointing to strong wage increases this year. haidi: there is a lot more data that will be available before the april meeting. what are the expectations in terms of a move this month or next month? is their argument that if the market is prepared for it, maybe that is the window they want to take provide

in tokyo.ese markets heading to the lunch break period looks like there's an appetite japanese as we kick off the month of march. we are close to 2% for your nikkei 225. continuing to see those record highs and new fresh eyes being reached. topix is doing well. we are seeing 1% gains. dollar-yen, we have come up a little bit this week on the back of some of the comments we have heard. jgb yields are taking one basis point higher. >> tapia expectations, the subtle banks price target is not yet in sight. that's tempering speculation since 2007 is just around the corner. as the three scenarios for the boj's expected pivot. take us through those possible -- possibilities. >> thank you. what i wanted to say in my report was, the jury is still out for the boj's pivot. though the markets are appearing in april or march. my baseline scenario, the first scenario is that she'll live to vick which is my long-held they sign. as an economist i will say, the bank of japan underscores the importance of the ne

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for more let's bring in our senior editor, brian joining us from tokyo. gdp revisions are curious. what was missing the first time around that will lead to such a big revision this time? >> it is exciting. the key thing to watch is business investment. the finance ministry released data a week ago for thoth quarter that were stronger than consensus and we ask -- and we expect that data to be reflected in the revised data. the preliminary data, capital investment fell a little bit. economists believe the capex part will advance. that is expected to lift the overall gdp to an annualized growth rate of about 1.1. we escape technical recession. does all of this set up for expectations from the bank of japan or is there more they want to see when it comes to wage negotiations? >> the wage negotiations are going to culminate this week. on friday we got the results from a collection of unions. for reference, we learned last week that the average demand from all of the unions this year was at 5.85%. a year ago they asked about 4.85%. the result was about 3.6%. if they are asking for 5.85%,

let's bring in our bloomberg senior reporter who standing by in tokyo. what are we seeing from toyota and other companies in japan ahead of that policy decision next week? >> as you know, there is a steady drumbeat of wage data coming out this week ahead of the policy board meeting on monday and tuesday of next week. we are effectively seeing a lot of companies agreeing to union demands for higher wages, which of course as a result of higher living costs for workers across the country. toyota, in this specific case is a bellwether for more than 5 million workers of all the suppliers and affiliated companies. we know that toyota has agreed to all of its units demands, and we are seeing rises of honda and nissan than other japanese companies, which is essentially giving the bank of japan a certain amount of comfort or justification as it seeks to end its decades long experiment with negative interest rates. tom: is it enough talking to investors and people on the ground in tokyo and japan as to whether or not this will be enough to shift the needle for the

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equity futures in tokyo pointing higher.rket open is next, and this is bloomberg. ♪ annabelle: this is "bloomberg daybreak: asia." we are calling this week is central bank blitz and it is nothing short of that when you got the fed, boj, rba, so many central banks decisions to over the couple of days. haidi: bonanza frenzy, it is a treat if you are a policy aficionado, not to mention indonesia as australia with the rba as well perhaps overshadowed by the big three especially when it comes to the boj, and as we've been talking about corporate japan have been positioning even if it is not this week it is a case of visit march or is it april? annabelle: when you have got possibly the first like a move away from negative rates we have seen in japan since 2007, it is no surprise we are going to be focusing in on what happens in tokyo over the coming two days. boj meeting is going often local media are reporting this is a fre

with great difficulty, on the other hand, we are simultaneously told that tokyo would like to countl steps of ours on the most important ones. for myself, including on issues around the island, it seems to me that any expert who is familiar with modern international relations will understand that it is simply impossible to conduct relations with us in line with such logic, i think, and the japanese leadership itself is not enough clearly imagines how such a contradictory scheme could be used in the russian direction, therefore, in our understanding, such statements are more likely... the level of the terrorist threat in the republic has been raised to the maximum. joe biden was invited to congress to testify in the impeachment trial. congressmen intend to understand the origin of the $24 million that came from foreign sources, the us president personally, as well as his business partner. denis davidov will tell more details. biden's presidency is not called obama's third term for nothing. he shadows the current owner of the white house. the day before, we flew to new york on the sam

everything changes when another tokyo olympic champion, denis oblyazin, enters the picture vault. surgery on his shoulder, will not compete here at his favorite rings, and his knee also began to bother him, but he came out and jumped so much that the muscovites soared from third place to first. russian gymnastics is still amazing. news from sochi. russian air defense systems today shot down eight air targets in the skies over the belgorod region. operational services are now clarifying data on the consequences, the governor reports. according to his preliminary information, as a result of the attack on the ukrainian side, one civilian was killed and three were injured. another casualty. there is also a private sector and medical facilities here, several shells exploded next to a busy highway, it was rush hour, one of the shells hit this car while driving, fortunately the driver was not injured, the man was born miraculously, another shell exploded nearby - with the car, unfortunately a local resident died, several more shells exploded in the private sector - they exploded next to

our tokyo correspondent shaima khalol reports from tokyo. >> the first atomic bomb exploded almost directlyhis building here in hiroshima. the city was flattened and this tome stands as a reminder of the devastation and carnage. oppenheimer might be this year's most celebrated film, but for the people here, the story cuts much deeper. >> you are the man that gave them the power to destroy. the world is not prepared. >> biopic based on the life, world, and moral dilemma of the animatic scientist being shown in japan more than a year after its initial release. some criticized the film for not portraying the terror his invention unleashed on the city and its people. >> i was almost offended in some scenes. they are talking about hiroshima again and again. in a meeting room, not thinking about the people. >> we were often educated from the perspective of the japanese victims. but in this film, they say the use of atomic bombs saved lives. when i heard this, i felt as if i had learned something new from an american point of view and from the world's point of view. >> what struck me was the sense