yoshiro mori wanted to guide the coronavirus delayed tokyo summer games all the way through a closing ceremony but his tenure ended in controversy. the important thing is for the olympic games to be held in july and in order to hold the olympics if my presence is a hindrance to the preparations this cannot be allowed to nominate at least mori was leading an olympic board meeting last week when he was quoted as saying women talk too much something he called annoying the former japanese prime minister later apologized but it was too late his comments true sharp criticism in the parliament and on social media. and some $400.00 would be volunteers for the summer games quit in protest. i think more he should have resigned when he apologized but he didn't correct so i thought he was tone deaf he should have thought about the impact of his comments being reported overseas i know people in other countries have a stricter view on issues of equality than the japanese. mores strongly supported the effort to bring the 2020 olympics to tokyo and some officials fear that his resignation could spell

volunteers from the summer games have resigned following sexist remarks by tokyo 2020 president yoshiro mori some already covered the fall for disparaging remarks he made about female board members last week the international olympic committee said it has accepted the 83 year old's apology to consider the matter closed the following the exodus of hundreds of volunteers think a little bit older guys this now plan to meet this week to discuss them on some sort of. a search in your updates more of the top of the hour i'm going to. call. norman winning issue. for defeating. the competitors. the fight for the top spot is in full. 60. percent drama competition for the marketing numbers here by the time and traditional. money 1000000 fans primed for spam and. because we put. 2 calls on you tube. my 1st vice like most sewing machine. where i come from women are balanced by the social influence something as simple as learning how to write them by cycles isn't. since i was a little girl i wanted to have a bicycle off my home and it took me miss them until. finally the game bob invention by me on bicyc

yoshiro mori wanted to guide the coronavirus delayed tokyo summer games all the way through a closing ceremony but his tenure ended in controversy with. morrie was leading an olympic board meeting last week when he was quoted as saying women talk too much something he called annoying the former japanese prime minister later apologized but it was too late his comments true sharp criticism in the parliament and on social media and some $400.00 would be volunteers for the summer games quit in protest. yes and if you don't look i think maury should have resigned when he apologize but he didn't quit so i thought he was tone deaf maurice should have thought about the impact of this issue being reported overseas i know people in other countries have a stricter view on issues of equality than the japanese. mores strongly supported the effort to bring the 2020 olympics to tokyo and some officials fear that his resignation could spell doom for the games now set for this july. still his downfall to some represents an opportunity. for him and i think this is a good chance for change for japan's c

some sports news now out of japan yoshiro mori president of the tokyo 2020 olympics organizing committee is set to step down on friday 83 year old morant made sexist remarks about female board members during a meeting which set off a firestorm in the media initially mori refused to step down but after nearly 400 volunteers quit from the games earlier this week to who organizers revisited morris position as president according to sources replacement has already been found. downhill skiing a great ted ligety says his giant slalom race next week at the world championships will be his last 2 time olympic gold medalist and 5 time world champion will retire at the age of 36 because he was the forefront of pushing change in his career but spoke out against the trend of straight of course settings he can paint for more curbs and heads and steady is many victories mark him as one of the great his american skiers of all time. the tampa bay buccaneers football team have celebrated their victory in sunday's super bowl with a boat parade in their hometown fans and players took to the water and boat s

yoshiro mori wanted to guide the coronavirus delayed tokyo summer games all the way through a closing ceremony but his tenure ended in controversy. the important thing is for the olympic games to be held in july and in order to hold the olympics if my presence is a hindrance to the preparations this cannot be allowed to nominate at least mori was leading an olympic board meeting last week when he was quoted as saying women talk too much something he called annoying the former japanese prime minister later apologized but it was too late his comments through sharp criticism in the parliament and on social media. and some $400.00 would be volunteers for the summer games quit in protest. i think mori should have resigned when he apologized but he didn't correct so i thought he was tone deaf he should have thought about the impact of his comments being reported overseas i know people in other countries have a stricter view on issues of equality than the japanese. mores strongly supported the effort to bring the 2020 olympics to tokyo and some officials fear that his resignation could spell

yoshiro mori wanted to guide the coronavirus delayed tokyo summer games all the way through a closing ceremony but his tenure ended in controversy. the important thing is for the olympic games to be held in july and in order to hold the olympics if my presence is a hindrance to the preparations this cannot be allowed to nominate believes mori was leading an olympic board meeting last week when he was quoted as saying women talked too much something he called annoying the former japanese prime minister later apologized but it was too late his comments through sharp criticism in the parliament and on social media and some $400.00 would be volunteers for the summer games quit in protest. and i think more he should have resigned when he apologized but he didn't correct so i thought he was tone deaf he should have thought about the impact of his comments being reported overseas i know people in other countries have a stricter view on issues of equality than the japanese. mores strongly supported the effort to bring the 2020 olympics to tokyo and some officials fear that his resignation cou

yoshiro mori said women talk too much and that meetings with many female board directors would "takerespondent laura scott has more. japan's former prime minister yoshiro mori said women "talk too much" and that meetings with many female board members would "take a lot of time". it took ten days of backlash building at home and abroad until today, he resigned, acknowledging his comments might interfere with the delivery of the games. translation: my inappropriate l remarks caused a lot of confusion. i feel extremely sorry for causing so much trouble for the executives, the board of councillors and so many others. so, today, i'm offering my resignation as president of the tokyo organising committee. the international olympic committee — which had previously described his comments as "absolutely inappropriate" — thanked mori for his outstanding contribution to organising the postponed games. the controversy has given fresh impetus to campaigns against the event and could hinder chances of getting an already scepticaljapanese public onside. many are looking down under for how a major sp

yoshiro mori's replacement has not been decided. but is expected to be chosen soon.t laura scott reports: japan's former prime minister said women talk too much and that meetings of many female board members would take a lot of time. it took ten days of backlash building at home and abroad until today he resigned, acknowledging his comments might interfere with the delivery of the games. it might interfere with the delivery of the names. u, , might interfere with the delivery of the names. , ., ., might interfere with the delivery of theuames. , ., ., ., the games. it caused a lot of confusion. _ the games. it caused a lot of confusion. i— the games. it caused a lot of confusion. ifeel_ the games. it caused a lot of confusion. i feel extremely l the games. it caused a lot of- confusion. i feel extremely sorry for causing so much trouble for the executives, the board of councils and so many others. so today, i am offering my resignation at the tokyo organising committee. the international _ organising committee. the international olympic committee which i previously d

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 tournament has been severely disrupted but it is the 1st grand slam to welcome large numbers of fans since the pentagon the start. coming up ne

africa and in brazil so this is a really big question but maybe we can put mr yoshiro mori who is the head of any sort of big committee in its prospects maybe he was mentioning that they were going to hold the olympics but regardless of the scale the scale of the olympics because he has been all been a key to the idea of holding some of the games without spectator spectators and at the same time the committee has settled in several times and locations in the bust few months mentioned that they had also been to done the scaling the size of the games but within 30 minutes we're going to hear from. him is that press conference about the extension of the state of emergency in tokyo under that 9 perfect shows and. actually highlights how difficult the squid in this situation eats and how the government is going to face the ban dimmick the chad with the mic this is all to be seen in doing is press conference tomorrow to q. and a because we're going to be going to make committee they're going to hold a press conference and they're going to announce that late book the so-called about seizures

with less than six months to go until the tokyo olympics, the head of the organising committee, yoshiro moriticians and the public injapan for making sexist comments. disappointment forjofra archer who has been ruled out of the second test against india which starts in chennai tomorrow. the england fast bowler�*s suffered an elbow injury. the ecb says its hopeful he'll be back for the third test in ahmedabad. and great britain's charlotte bankes has won the women's snowboard cross at the freestyle ski and snowboarding world championships in sweden — going one better than the silver medal she won in the us two years ago. and she couldn't believe it! now what do elland road, newmarket racecourse and lord's all have in common? as well as being top level sports venues, they're also vaccination centres. as more than ia million people in the uk have received their firstjab, grassroots clubs have opened their doors and offered volunteers. professional sport has also had a key role in the inoculation campaign as ben croucher reports. welcoming the public back for the first time since the start of th

in the upcoming tokyo some olympic games last week tokyo 2020 president former prime minister yoshiro mori said that women talk for too long in meetings mores comments set off a social media frenzy nearly 400 in the big volunteers have resigned and the 83 year old has apologized but the issue hasn't died down. i think that someone that makes comments like they need to be. or they need to have more knowledge on the thing that they're talking about. so i feel like there was a really ignorant statement to make this sort of attitude and so the call this is the one behind the scenes all year is decadence this is going to say well it is not right for him to make such sexist remarks and for everyone to let it go by saying oh well he's a grandpa. now a more i whistle to experience the excitement i felt for japan's last olympics but now i wouldn't be proud to work as a volunteer. now that outrage is the latest in a series of growing problems for ghanaians as of the summer debates the organizing committee insists the games we'll go ahead despite public support and the continuing pandemic questions a

sports news now out of japan yoshiro mori president of the tokyo 2020 alum pics organizing committee is set to step down on friday 83 year old maureen made sexist remarks about female board members during a meeting that shut off a firestorm in the media and michelle the more he refused to step down but after nearly 400 volunteers quit from the games earlier this week tokyo organizers revisited more his position as president according to sources a replacement has already been found. well that's half of a buccaneers football team have celebrated their victory in sunday's super bowl with a boat parade in their hometown fans and players took to the water and a flotilla of boats sailing down the hillsborough river in tampa thousands of supporters aligned to the riverbank to cheer on their heroes city officials asked to wear masks and socially distance but their request was largely ignored. you're watching news from berlin coming up it is true that these business with my colleague christophe over my name is sarah kelly there's always more on our website www dot com you can also follow us o

some sports news out of japan yoshiro mori president of the tokyo 2020 olympics organizing committee is set to step down on friday it is 3 year old mori made sexist remarks about female board members during a meeting which set off a firestorm in the media initially mori refused to step down but after nearly 400 volunteers quit from the games earlier this week so cool that we visited more his position as president according to sources replacement has already been found. in football news by a munich prepare for today's final of the club world cup in qatar the team has confirmed that a top player jerome boateng has taken leave for personal reasons german media are reporting that his form a pop has died or tang is a defendable by and was a starter on monday semifinal win over egypt inside the now bidding to make football history has more on that match up in the final with mexican club to wish for. the flick has almost done it all by the number one club in the world one a handful of titles in 2020 everything from the bundesliga to the champions league the venture early became part of byro

has said the event will go ahead this year regardless of the state of the coronavirus pandemic yoshiro mori told reporters on tuesday that the games would not be postponed again following similar comments made by the head of the international olympic committee the games were postponed from last year due to the pandemic a recent spike in coven intentions in japan has fueled speculation the games would be rescheduled again. now for many of us living under a pandemic a law down life has begun to feel a lot like groundhog day if you remember that movie but tuesday actually was groundhog day the 134 year old american tradition of predicting the coming of spring with the help of an oversized rodent took place as always in flux of tony pennsylvania but this time without the spectators the famous furry meteorologist apparently did see his shadow during the ceremony that means 6 more weeks of winter according to folklore not great news for the snowed in east coast of the u.s. but the groundhogs handlers promised a beautiful spring once the season changed its. streamliner the top story we're followin

yoshiro mori says he thinks women talk too much during meetings and said they would have to regulate speaking time and they'll never finish appointments. despite criticism, he's refusing to resign. >>> two kayakers whale watching in maui were interrupted by a nasty shark. daniel sullivan and his son say they were checking out a pod of whales when they heard a large thump and saw a shark biting through their kayak. >> the whole mouth of the shark came up and bit into the side and pushed the entire boat up and then pulled us back down into the water. at this point we were both in the water. the shark was beside us, and i pushed it with the paddle. i was pushing it away from us. >> the shark broke up the kayak forcing the pair to swim a mile back to shore. >>> coming up, tom brady's job in college scrubbing toilets. what he learned. >>> but first one of the hottest country music stars is caught on camera using a racial slur. the fallout this morning. who've got their eczema under control. with less eczema, you can show more skin. so roll up those sleeves. and help heal your skin from wi

the head of the tokyo 0lympics committee, yoshiro mori, is expected to resign after making widely criticisedafter mr mori complained that women were annoying and spoke too much in meetings. 0ur tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, said there's pressure on him to go. i think initially, when mr mori made his initial policy for his very clearly successor mark stirring in the living board meeting, there was a sense he might write this out. politicians and the japanese a limit committee and the international olympic committee came behind him, and the japanese government said, look, he has apologised, he has withdrawn his comments, this matter is now closed. and since then, the public outreach as early grown and grown. there's been an online position with 150,000 signatures. 0ther position with 150,000 signatures. other things that happen as often as we've seen hundreds of volunteers, limit and paralytic volunteers, saying they would not take part, they would quit their positions as volunteers if mr mori remained —— 0lympic volunteers if mr mori remained —— olympic and paralympic for high—

the head of the tokyo olympics organising committee, yoshiro mori, is set to step down, according toexist comments. his remarks have drawn widespread condemnation from the ioc, sponsors, politicians and the public injapan. it comes less than six months before the delayed games are due to take place. i'll have more for you in the next hour. good afternoon, you are watching bbc news. we start with scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, who says scotland has seen a drop in coronavirus cases and admissions. she said they had vaccinated a record number of people in the 2a hours. record number of people in the 24 hours. . . , hours. the sacrifices we unfortunately _ hours. the sacrifices we unfortunately need - hours. the sacrifices we unfortunately need to l hours. the sacrifices we - unfortunately need to continue to make are slowing the virus down, looked on back is working. to win the race, ultimately, we need to get people vaccinated as quickly as we can, so i also want to give you an update on the vaccination programme. obviously, the bad weather has been a real concern for us t

the former speed skater takes over after yoshiro mori, a formerjapanese prime minister, was forced toomen. 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 were prime minister, iwould introduce the first time. if i were prime minister, i would introduce a new b

it follows the resignation of yoshiro mori after he made sexist comments.okyo 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, premiership football was back on. so _ midsummer, premiership football was back on, so things _ midsummer, premie

yoshiro mori said women talk too much and that meetings involving female board members took a lot ofabsolutely inappropriate" and in contradiction to their reforms to the olympic agenda. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport more now on the health secretary matt hancock's announcement of strict new border measures for england, to attempt to prevent people bringing new variants of the virus into the country. they include fines of up to £10,000 for those who fail to quarantine in hotels, and up to ten years in prison for anyone hiding the fact they've been to any of the 33 �*red list�* countries. mr hancock also said people arriving here will be required to take two tests. let me set out the three elements of the strength and end—to—end system for international arrivals coming into force on the 15th of february. this new system is for england and we are working on similarly tough schemes with the devolved administrations and working with the irish government to put in place a similar system that works acros

in the upcoming tokyo summer olympic games last week tokyo 2020 president former prime minister yoshiro mori said that women talk for too long in meetings mores comments set off a social media frenzy nearly 400 olympic volunteers have resigned and the 83 year old has apologized but the issue hasn't died down. i think that someone that makes comments like they need to be. or they need to have more knowledge on the things that they're talking about. so i feel like there was a really ignorant statement to me this sort of attitude and so the color thing behind the scenes all years decades he's going to say well it's not right for him to make such sexist remarks and for everyone to let it go by saying oh well he's a grandpa. not a more i would resort to experience the excitement i felt for japan's last olympics but now i wouldn't be proud to work as a volunteer. now that outrage is the latest in a series of growing problems for ghanaians as of the summer olympics the organizing committee insists the games we'll go ahead despite public support and a continuing pandemic questions also remain over w

she said in the wake of derogatory comments about women made by tokyo 2020 president yoshiro mori, she outcome. mori has apologised after saying women talk too much because they're driven by a strong sense of rivalry, but there are still calls for him to resign. 97 volunteers have stood down in protest and the government has received over 11100 complaints. koike said she found it regrettable that he'd made so many people feel uncomfortable. facebook says it is "horrified" at the continued online abuse of footballers. it's announced tougher measures to tackle the issue, including disabling the accounts of anyone found to have repeatedly sent abusive private messages on instagram, which it also owns. lam i am horrified at the type of abuse that people, especially these footballers have to deal with on the basis _ footballers have to deal with on the basis of— footballers have to deal with on the basis of who they are whether the race, _ basis of who they are whether the race, religion or gender. as a company— race, religion or gender. as a company we are disappointed to see that sort_ co

hot water this morning over some sexist comments that were made earlier this week. 83-year-old yoshiro moriid that women talk too much during meetings, making them run too long. mori called that annoying, and added that women want to speak up when they see others speaking. the former prime minister was responding to a question about increasing the number of female members of the organizing committee. mori has since apologized. >> trevor: oh, man, this dude is going to wish he did resign, because now he's going to have to go back into meetings, and it's going to be hella awkward. "how is your department doing, sharon?" "i don't know. do i have enough time to tell you, bitch?" and i'm not excusing this guy's sexism, but at the same time, he is 83. i mean, put your grandparents in front of a microphone for two minutes and see how many are still allowed to host the oscars. and, look, he's not totally wrong. he's not totally wrong. meetings can go longer when women are in them. i know, i know, but hear me out. because every time a woman gives an idea, a man repeats the idea a minute later, so it

leader and several others involved including the chief of the tokyo olympic games is resigning yoshiro mori has been facing growing calls to quit for making sexist remarks the former japanese prime minister sparked outrage after saying women board members talk too much b.b.c. world news has been banned from airing in china it comes a week after british authorities canceled the broadcast and license of the chinese network c g t and they argued that c g t ends license was held by a different company which wasn't controlling its editorial content chinese authorities say the b.b.c. violated requirements to offer fair reporting china which the b.b.c. denies those are the headlines coming up next it's al-jazeera world goodbye. it's. a look at a look at those 2 of myself and. then a little bit into the visit of what an investment was and i for my 1st infant and a little bit just measured does seem odd. because our love for bob we've done model you can form and measure the owners of the cinema and it is sent. in digital had that. little finger like any kid said the man i now look at will come altho

yoshiro mori "that women talk too much in meetings."refused to go but he gave way today under pressure from the public and from olympic sponsors. >> my inapproiate remarks caused turmoil. i'm sincerely for causing trouble for the committees an everyone involved in this. as has been reported i will resign today. i have no intention to demean women. >> the tokyo games are due to open in july amid public opposition and the ongoing pandemic. back in the country, a white house press aid was suspended for threatening a journalist. press secretary t.j. ducklo confronted a staff at politico in sexist profane terms. she had written about ducklo's relationship with a reporter who covered the biden campaign and transition. the senate unanimously voted tonight to present capitol police officer eugene goodman for his valor on january 6th. the full senate stood to recognize him with a standing ovation. [applause] nation's across asian marked the lunar new year welcoming in the year of the ox with muted festivities due to covid-19. but china was criti

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 commission moderators she asked him a new initiative minoff to silence the criticism of the commission on the challenges of incumbency conflicts are. next on t

yoshiro mori had complained that women "talk too much" in meetings.itially refused to go, but he gave way today, under pressure from the public and from olympic sponsors. >> ( translated ): my inappropriate remarks caused turmoil. i'm sincerely sorry for causing troubles to many, including organizing committees and everyone involved in this. as it has been already reported, i will resign today. i have no intention to demean women. >> woodruff: the tokyo games are due to open in july, amid public opposition and the ongoing pandemic. back in this country, a white house press aide was suspended for a week without pay for threatening a journalist. deputy press secretary t.j. ducklo reportedly confronted a female staffer at "politico" in sexist, profane terms. she had written about ducklo's relationship with another reporter who covered the biden campaign and transition. and on wall street, a modest advance put the three major indexes at record closes again. the dow jones industrial average gained 27 points to close at 31,458. the nasdaq rose 69 points, an

cyclist and speed skater she resigned from her ministerial post to take up the new role she replaces yoshiro mori who resigned last week after making sexist comments now after 7 months and 470000000 kilometers nasser's perseverance rover is set to touch down on mars the car sized rover is expected to land in the vast jazzer a crater that was once a lake bed they tore collect samples in a search for signs of microbial organisms that may have lived 3000000000 years ago if successfully brought back to earth they'll be the 1st ever retrieved from another planet. still ahead on i'll just 0 in spalls a massive match to mock the return of fans at least raby an open all the details in just about. the all the only. right sports fan so that's how we know that means thank you very much sammy while defending champion novak djokovic has just booked a spot in the men's australian open final by beating asked land that. well before that the all male sack eliminated serena williams to advance to the women's final so how malik. has more on the action from the women's semi's. serena williams taking on naomi osaka f

olympics organising committee has resigned after making sexist remarks about women. 83—year—old yoshiro moriday. there are fragments to go into the delayed games start again. the uk chairman of the accountancy firm kpmg has resigned after reportedly telling staff to stop moaning about concerns over possible cuts to pensions and pay during the covid—19 pandemic. in a statement, bell michael said, i love the firm and i am truly sorry my words have caused hurt among my colleagues. in light of that... archaeologists say they found evidence that part of stonehenge second—hand. and was orginally put together in wales. a team from university college london believe there are key elements linking stonehenge to the remains of a welsh ancient stone circle. they say it could give the answer to one of the great mysteries about the monument — why its stones came from so far away, rather than a local quarry. the main story is so far today. the uk economy shrank by nearly 10% last year — the biggest drop ever recorded. the chancellor says the economy has experienced a serious shock as a result of the pandem

. _ the president of the tokyo olympic games organising commitee, yoshiro mori, has apologised for what". he said these comments were against the olympic spirit. mr mori told journalists he was not thinking of resigning over the matter. for many families the biggest struggle during the pandemic has been the huge impact on their personal finances. the government has boosted the amount of universal credit available, but with this extra support due to come to an end many are worried about what this will mean for them. our political correspondent alex forsyth has more. let'sjust double—check so we see what we need to do to read your poem. like many parents, jess is embroiled in the home—school struggle. sometimes we have to do things we don't like. she is a single mum to eight—year—old oliver. money has always been tight but through the pandemic she says it's been worse. being at home has pushed bills up and without a car, shopping locally can be pricey. although our cupboards are full, our fridge is a bit empty and this is the week where we don't really have much free stuff because it's bi

yoshiro mori did admit, though, that they were looking at new ways of hosting the event.ritain's katie boulter has claimed one of the biggest wins of her career in the run—up to the australian open. she came from a set down to beat coco gauff in melbourne — her second win in a row against a player ranked far higher. gauff is a8, to boulter�*s 371. she'll play the us open champion naomi osaka next. and after emerging from quarantine, novak djokovic has made a good start to his season — he's leading serbia's title defence in the atp cup — and he kicked off with victory over denis shapovalov in the rod laver arena at melbourne park, before winning the doubles as his team beat canada. england's cricketers will train as an entire group today for the first time since they arrived in india for the four—test series. the players, who travelled from sri lanka, all tested negative for coronavirus. ben stokes, joffra archer and rory burns were already there when the rest of the squad joined them. and they could be playing in front of fans in the second test in chennai, with reports s

the head of the tokyo olympics organising committee, yoshiro mori, is set to step down, according tomes are due to take place. that's all the sport for now. thank you. alongside vaccines, a number of drugs are being tested as possible treatments for covid—19 for people who already have the disease. effective treatments for the virus could help change the course of this pandemic from saving lives to reducing the pressure on the nhs. more from our health correspondent katharine da costa. research into treatments for covid is moving at incredible speed with more than 1000 studies around the world. most of the treatments being trialed for covid are existing drugs. they fall into three broad areas — antiviral drugs that directly target the virus and make it harmless. these include monoclonal antibodies that can be created in a lab to mimic natural antibodies. they're being studied to see if they could be used as treatments after exposure to the virus or as a way to prevent an infection. then there are anti—inflammatory drugs. these include several used to treat arthritis. scientists think

she said in the wake of derogatory comments about women made by tokyo 2020 president yoshiro mori, sheill calls for him to resign. 97 volunteers have stood down in protest and the government has received over 11100 complaints. koike said she found it regrettable that he'd made so many people feel uncomfortable. facebook says it is "horrified" at the continued online abuse of footballers. it's announced tougher measures to tackle the issue, including disabling the accounts of anyone found to have repeatedly sent abusive private messages on instagram, which it also owns. i am horrified at the type of abuse that people, especially these footballers have to deal with on the basis of who they are whether the _ race, religion or gender. as a company we are disappointed to see that sort of behaviour that are played out offline. that is why we are taking tougher measures to go after accounts that are violating our community standards and goals with direct messages. the brain injury charity headway says the handling of issa diop's clash of heads during west ham's fa cup defeat to manchester uni

this is japan's former olympic president, yoshiro mori, for more on the challenges that lie ahead for 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 midweek window of sunny spells for many of us today. just take a look at this amazing weather watcher picture earlier on today. and you can see where the window has been of the brighter weather, sunny spells for many. more persistent rain now starting t

yoshiro mori was quoted as saying women talk too much, and that meetings with many female board directors 95 days at sea, non—stop for 28,000 miles. she's also done it in a boat that is 21 years old — the oldest vessel to cross the finish line, in this year's race. one of the things that i'm really kind ofjust only coming to terms with is how well i've done and against all the other campaigns, as you said, i started in 2019 with nothing. i took out a personal loan to cover the first couple months charter. i guess the whole thing has been incredible but that back story helped me get through the race, for sure. . , .,. helped me get through the race, for sure. . , .. ., , sure. incredible achievement and she still has to get _ sure. incredible achievement and she still has to get back _ sure. incredible achievement and she still has to get back on _ sure. incredible achievement and she still has to get back on the _ sure. incredible achievement and she still has to get back on the boat - still has to get back on the boat and sailed back to poole in the coming weeks. that's all the sport for

the organizing committee for the tokyo games is officially looking for a new president after mori yoshiroesigned over his demeaning comments about women. >> translator: my inappropriate remarks have caused a lot of confusion. i'm tendering my resignati as president of e tokyo organizing committee. >> the trouble began last week when the 83-year-old said meetings with women take too long because they ta too much. he later apologized, but that failed to quell the criticism both in japan and abroad. hundreds of olympic volunteers quit in protest. the committee's director general says a ten-member panel will be set up to find a replacement. he says it will be made up of an equal number of men and women and will include some athletes. >> translator: the selection process for mori's successor needs to be transparent so that we can be accountable. >> the president of the international olympic committee said in a statement his organization respects mori's decision and understands his reasons. thomas bach added the ioc will continue to work hand-in-hand with mori's successor. tokyo governor koike

we begin in japan with the latest on the process to decide who will replace mori yoshiro as the yotokyo organizing panel is meeting after narrowing to

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hashi—moto, who competed in four winter and three summer games the former speed skater takes over after yoshiro moriit's emerged that a technical manager at a company which made the tower�*s cladding, told colleagues that poor fire test results needed to be kept "very confidential". the request was made in an email sent in 2010 — which was revelaed this morning at the inquiry. 72 people died in the fire in west london in 2017. we can speak now to our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. tell us more, tom. you will remember the background to some of the evidence we are hearing at the enquiry is that this company made the cladding for grenfell tower and lots of other towers but had some fire tests in 2004 which does not come out very well for this product, effectively one sort of cladding where the cladding was folded into boxes scored very poorly in this fire test and today the enquiry was shown an e—mail discussion in 2010. the client in spain where there was a restriction on the use of flammable cladding was asking whether he could use this one product that had been tested and an e—mail sent by

yoshiro mori has admitted, though, that they are looking at new ways of hosting the event.urne — her second win in a row against a player ranked far higher. gauff is number 48 to boulter�*s 371. next for boulter it's the 2019 australian open champion naomi osaka, who brushed aside france's alize cornet, dropping just four games. it was osaka's first competitive match since she won the us open in september. world number one ash barty was also back after an 11—month lay—off. she chose to stay at home in queensland during the pandemic. she showed no signs of rustiness as she beat ana bogdan in straight sets. barty is hoping to break australia's 43—year run without a singles winner at their home grand slam. australia have pulled out of their cricket tour to south africa next month due to safety concerns with a new strain of coronavirus spreading in the country. they were due to play three tests as part of the world test championship, but cricket australia say it's become clear that travelling to south africa at this time posed an unacceptable level of health and safety risk to

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the head of the tokyo olympics committee, yoshiro mori, is expected to resign after making widely criticisedpecial committee meeting on friday. there's been growing anger injapan and abroad after mr mori complained last that women were annoying and spoke too much in meetings. when he made his initial apology for his clearly sexist remarks during an olympic board meeting, there was a sense he might ride this out, politicians and the japanese olympic committee and indeed the national olympic committee came behind him and the japanese government said he's apologised, he has withdrawn his comments, this is now closed. but since then, the public outrage has really grown and grown. there's been an online petition with 150,000 signatures, other things have happened as well. we have seen hundreds of volunteers, olympic and paralympic volunteers, saying they would not take part, they would quit their positions as volunteers if he remained. high profile people in japan and around the world criticising him, including sports stars like naomi osaka, japan's most famous tennis player. but i think, what we