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china's yang qian took gold in the women's ten metre air—rifle event. on day one of the games. the men's cycling road race is under way, with crowds lining the street in contradiction of official coronavirus advice. japanese spectators have defied coronavirus advise to watch the men's cycling road race, one of the few events during which they can see the competitors in action. but the international tennis stars had to play before empty stands in a cavernous arena. hello, everyone. i hope you're doing all right. we're turning a page weather—wise at present. some of us are seeing much less settled conditions with some thunderstorms around. now, they've been rattling around overnight and this morning and will tend to continue for a time as we head through today, and even into tomorrow. but it's also turning cooler, so if the hot weather isn't for you, we will get a relief as far as that is concerned. now, where we see those thunderstorms, we could see some travel disruption with a risk of flooding. really, the areas of main concern are in southern england

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a funeral was held for the haitian president qian yang ——jovenal moise for the haitian president qiang —— jovenal moise after he was shot dead at his home two weeks ago. more than 100 people have died in western india. landslide and flooding triggered by torrential monsoon rain. and what is in a name? cleveland's baseball team change there is to avoid offending native americans. the delayed 2020 tokyo olympics are finally under way. following months of uncertainty and a buildup marred by protests and the resignation of seniorjapanese officials. but senior japanese officials. but for the seniorjapanese officials. but for the athletes, the day is finally here. 11 gold medals are up for grabs on saturday. and the first has been won in the last hour. china's yang qian won the women's ten metre air rifle event with an olympic record score of 251.8. it was a dramatic finish, as russian anastasia galashina was in the lead, until she scuppered her final shot, and yang qian was able to take advantage. switzerland's nina christen won bronze. so the start of a busy day with plenty to keep an eye

china's yang qian took gold in the women's ten metre air—rifle event.dals up for grabs on day one of the games. the funeral of the assassinated haitian president — jovenel moise — has taken place amid heavy security near cap—haitien — the main city of his native northern region. outside the moise family compound police fired shots and tear gas at protesters voicing anger at the president's murder. more than a hundred people have been killed after torrential monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooding in western india. officials say that dozens of bodies have been recovered from a landslide in the district of raigad.

china's yang qian took gold in the women's ten metre air—rifle event.s warned that the united states is facing a "pandemic of the unvaccinated" as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads rapidly in areas where the uptake ofjabs has been low. mr biden said virtually all hospitalisations and deaths were among people who had not been vaccinated. the funeral of the assassinated haitian presidentjovenel moise has taken place amid heavy security near cap—haitien,

china's yang qian took gold in the women's ten metre air—rifle event.ussia's anastasia galashina came second — and switzerland's nina christen won bronze. there are another ten gold medals up for grabs on day one of the games. president biden has warned that the united states is facing a "pandemic of the unvaccinated" as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads rapidly in areas where the uptake ofjabs has been low. mr biden said virtually all hospitalisations and deaths were among people who had not been vaccinated. tackling britain's "pingdemic", hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential staff can keep working. a government scheme for the food and supermarket sector is being extended to some transport and emergency services. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. this might sound like the plot of a hollywood spy movie, and indeed in the future it might get made into one, but this week, something called the pegasus project is news. a group of news outlets from ten countries has banded together to expose the a

china's yang qian took gold in the women's ten metre air—rifle event.ussia's anastasia galashina came second — and switzerland's nina christen won bronze. there are another ten gold medals up for grabs on day one of the games. the funeral of the assassinated haitian president — jovenel moise — has taken place amid heavy security near cap—haitien — the main city of his native northern region. outside the moise family compound — police fired shots and tear gas at protesters voicing anger at the president's murder. more than a hundred people have been killed after torrential monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooding in western india. officials say that dozens of bodies have been recovered from a landslide in the district of raigad. hundreds of villages and towns are said to be the british medical association has criticised changes to the self isolation rules and warned that exempting healthcare staff is potentially unsafe. the head of the newly—formed uk health security agency, jenny harries, said the nhs covid app was essential and it was inevitable

yang qian winning the opening gold in the air rifle.e usual ceremony. but while the presentation may be different, the elation is just the same. andy swiss, bbc news. in budapest in hungary it is the annual pride march taking place. it is a very interesting time because the government has just passed legislation in parliament which has got it into some hot water with the european commission, this is over the ban on what it calls, promoting, teaching or talking about, either homosexuality, or transgender issues, to those under the age of 18, in any context, including sex education. what is interesting is the prime minister has responded by saying he will have a referendum on the subject. our correspondent was saying during the course of this week that is a suspicion in hungary that supporters of lgbt rights and the transgender community in particular is that this will be where only transgender issues will be talked about, and that will get him the yes vote he wants. big turnout for the pride event in budapest. and almost a statement of d

the event was the women's ten metre rifle, so china's yang qian wins the first gold, in the ten metreis bbc news. goodbye. hello. after another fairly warm and mostly dry day on friday, things are now changing with the weather. we've got some heavy showers and some thunderstorms moving their way in from the south—west and through the course of the weekend, it's going to turn cooler and fresher with some downpours for some places, particularly towards the south. that's down to the fact that this area of low pressure is pushing its way in, and that's going to generate some really heavy downpours at times, some showers, some thunderstorms as well. and if you do catch some of those thunderstorms, they could bring some disruption to travel — particularly across parts of southern england and south wales, there is a risk of some localised flooding. so as we head through saturday morning then, initially the heaviest of the downpours will be close to the south coast and they'll slowly work their way northwards across the southern half of england and wales as we head through the day. some of th

shooter yang qian taking first place in the women's 10-meter air rifle event. 21-year-old putting the medal on herself because of covid protocols. >> those medal ceremonies very different this time around. james longman with us from tokyo and, james, it's not just the pandemic, but we've been watching an approaching tropical storm, and now it's expected to actually impact some of the events? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, whit. the rowing has actually been rescheduled and now we've just heard the surfing too. it is a brand-new olympic sport that some surfers welcome the possibility of bigger waves. whit. >> all right. james, thank you. >>> meantime, back here at home extreme weather threatening millions of people bringing flash flooding to the southwest. take a look at this helicopter rescue. that's in maricopa county, arizona. and the other big concern, exploding wildfires in the west. more than 80 large fires in 11 states, most of them uncontained. and stunning images here on the nevada/california border. firefighters you see right there driving through the

china's yang qian took gold in the women's ten metres our rifle event. russia's anastacia galazcina came second. another ten medals are up for grabs on day one of the games. president biden has warned the united states is facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated, as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads rapidly in areas where the uptake ofjabs has been low. mr biden said virtually all hospitalisations and deaths were among people who haven't been vaccinated. the funeral of the assassinated haitian president jovenal moise has taken place in heavy security in his native northern region. outside the family compound, police fired shots and tear gas at protesters voicing anger at the president's murder. now on bbc news, three engineers leading the field in clean energy solutions come together for a special event presented by kevin fong at the victoria and albert museum, london. hello, i'm kevin fong, and welcome to the engineers' mclean energy. we are here at the victoria and albert museum in london with a socially distance to public audience, and a virtual a

china's yang qian took gold in the women's ten metre air—rifle event.ussia's anastasia galashina came second, and switzerland's nina christen won bronze. there are another 10 gold medals up for grabs on day one of the games. president biden has warned that the united states is facing a "pandemic of the unvaccinated" as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads rapidly in areas where the uptake ofjabs has been low. mr biden said virtually all hospitalisations and deaths were among people who had not been vaccinated. the funeral of the assassinated haitian presidentjovenel moise has taken place amid heavy security near cap—haitien, the main city of his native northern region. outside the moise family compound, police fired shots and tear gas at protesters voicing anger at the president's murder. a high courtjudge in northern ireland has ruled there should be a new investigation into whether the security services could have prevented the omagh bombing in 1998. 29 people were killed in the attack, including nine children and three generations of the same fam

china has gone straight to the top of the medals table winning two of today's events. 21—year—old yang qianld of the games in the women's 10—metre rifle final. yang says she learnt to perform under pressure, with coaches purposely creating a nerve—wracking atmosphere. but a sad end forjapanese gymnast, kohei uchimura, known as the "king". he failed to qualify for a gymnastics apparatus final. in 2016, he became the first man in 44 years to win back—to—back olympic all—around golds in rio. but his failure to qualify has ended his olympic career. a moment of sadness for fans of his. let's get a sense of that incredible race. i'm joined by triple olympic medallist and former double world champion rob hayles. it was a remarkable race. what did you make of it? it it was a remarkable race. what did you make of it?— you make of it? it was incredible, it was absolutely _ you make of it? it was incredible, it was absolutely brutal. - you make of it? it was incredible, | it was absolutely brutal. conditions really did start to play a part. in the final, there were ten separate nations crossing the li

golden start in tokyo — china has picked up two gold medals on the first day of the olympics, with yang qianinning the first in the women's ten metre air rifle. president biden has warned that the us is facing a "pandemic of the unvaccinated", as cases of the delta variant of coronavirus spreads across the country. several people have been arrested in sydney as thousands of anti—lockdown protesters breached covid—19 restrictions after authorities suggested measures could remain in place until october. hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential staff can avoid self—isolation and keep working. here in the uk, a number of airlines and some airport operators have told the bbc this weekend could be the busiest for international travel since the start of the pandemic. jet2 says it's operating 170 flights to more than a0 destinations, with fully vaccinated travellers to amber list countries no longer having to quarantine on return. simon browning has more. finally, the suitcases are packed... ..the hand luggage sorted... ..sunglasses at the ready. the last

earlier this day, yang qian winning gold in the women's ten meter air rifle. tally of 251.8 points is actually an olympic record for a final too. a terrific achievement for a competitor who at just 21 years of age is really excelling now in her field. russia taking silver and the bronze going to switzerland. and how about this? within the last few minutes, we can tell you china now with a second gold, michael, on this day in the tokyo games, winning the women's weightlifting 49 kilogram final with an olympic record as well. a total of 210 kilograms. she holds the world record she actually set back in april. this day saturday, she set the olympic record in the snatch round. that was at 94 kilos. the clean and jerk, she set another olympic record with 116 kilograms. a really special day so far for china. what an impact. what else have we got on tap for saturday? a quick glance, we can tell you we've got the 3 x 3 basketball. that's going to be in the men's and the women's and they're in the pool as well for a whole batch of swimming heats. we'll be keeping a clo

china's yang qian won the first gold medal of the tokyo olympics in the women's 10—meter rifle competitionaiwan's yang yung—wei in the final of the men's 60kg judo. the latest official covid figures show that britain recorded 31,795 new cases on saturday. the number of deaths has not yet been released. meanwhile, a scheme allowing key workers to avoid covid self—isolation in england by committing to daily testing has been significantly expanded. our business correspondent simon browning reports. as the days pass, the list grows of key workers who qualify for exemption from covid isolation in england. police, fire, border force, transport and freight staff will now be able to join some food workers who can return to work if they test negative after being told to isolate — whether they are vaccinated or not. industry leaders are frustrated by rising staff shortages. it is inadequate and it's late. what we need is the government to realise that we have major problems occurring across all industrial sectors hundreds of rail services have been cancelled because of staff absences, some rail work

china's golden start — qian yang wins the first gold medal of the delayed 2020 games by winning the women's vaughan jones in london. the rest of the day's headlines: a funeral�*s held for haiti's presidentjovenal moise after he was shot dead at his home two weeks ago. more than 100 people have died in western india in landslides and flooding triggered by torrential monsoon rains.

yang qian winning the opening gold in the air rifle. bbc news. and our sports correspondent natalie pirks in in tokyo for us now. how has day one been for the hosts? there were some lovely scenes, tiers of joy there were some lovely scenes, tiers ofjoy because there were some lovely scenes, tiers of joy because japan there were some lovely scenes, tiers ofjoy because japan won their first gold in the men'sjudo, but there was shock here when gymnastics legend widely considered to be the best male gymnast of all time, fell from the horizontal bar during qualifying. it meant he failed to make the final in what is his last ever olympics. japan have also just lost to great britain in the football, 1—0, ellen white scoring her third goal in two games. the briton, tomorrow could be a good day, we have a silver medallist in the road race, and a competitor in the road race, and a competitor in the tae kwon do. she says anything less than adult will be a fail for her. a win would also make at the first british woman to win gold at three separate

qian set a new record. because of covid protocols, yang receiving her gold medal on a tray.a great start to these games for china. they won a gold in women's weight lifting. let's go to the most dominant team on the planet, usa women's water polo. they came out of the guest strong here in tokyo unleashing an offensive flury of 25 goals set agnew olympic record. the americans are heavy favorites to win their third straight olympic title as they've won every major tournament since 2013. they have a big match-up with china on monday and in a few hours we'll see one of the four new sports, skateboarding. sport climbing, surfing and how fitting karate here in the birth place of the sport. >> i love the surfing and the skateboarding. i'm going to be watching. coy wire in tokyo. thank you. >>> one group of athletes endured enormous hardships and hope to turn that into glory. that group is refugee olympic team and providing a vision of hope and inclusion. 29 threat from syria, congress jobs south sudan, venezuela are under the same flag. >> the important thing about the games is not

a funeral was held for the haitian president qian yang ——jovenal moise for the haitian president qianead at his home two weeks ago. more than 100 people have died in western india. landslide and flooding triggered by torrential monsoon rain.