Winter olympics, which start exactly one year from today. The ioc president thomas bach says its almost a miracle china has managed to prepare for a winter games through the pandemic, but Sophie Richardson of human rights watch, says the Olympic Movement needs to rethink. This would be a miracle. Ending mass arbitrary detention, ending the devastation of cultural property, ensuring that decent human rights environments exist before a warning that government, really the propaganda of posting. This is not a rights friendly of environment, and i think commitments of the con john of the Chinese Government made is clearly not worth the paper they were written on. Its certainly going to be a controversial games those allegations and questions over the Environmental Impact of the games but preparations are continuing. Among those hoping to compete are british mogul skiers the gerken schofields. Tom and leonie could become the first british twins to compete at a winter olympics, and younger si
He leads the open by four shots, on the final day at royal portrush. Englands dreams of netball world cup gold are over after defeat to new zealand. Thats one small step for mild, one giant leap for mankind. Thats one small step for mild, one giant leap for mankind. 50 years on, the world remembers as events are held to mark the anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing. Good morning. Its a fine, warm sunday for many of us, but for many of us expected to turn wetter during the day. I have the forecast for that, and the heat, thats what its all about for the week ahead. Join me later on. Its sunday, zistjuly. Our top story British Airways has cancelled all flights to and from the egyptian capital, cairo, for seven days. The airline has described the move as a safety precaution. The german carrier lufthansa also announced it was suspending flights, but later confirmed its scheduled services will resume today. Our correspondent andy moore is at heathrow for us with the latest. There is no
mostly graze, but a sharp contrast between the blackness of space and the horizon but the moon. i will neverforget it. it was so dramatic. and after two years of zero social events, parties and going out have returned, and it seems sky high heels are back in fashion. i feel like a ifeel like a million bucks. i feel like a million bucks. i love high heels. hello and welcome to the programme. ukraine s president has claimed the world narrowly avoided a radiation disaster at europe s largest nuclear plant, which is held by russian forces. power to the final two working reactors at the zaporizhzhia complex has now been restored, but for several hours on thursday, electricity needed for cooling was cut off, apparently by fire damage to overhead cables. international inspectors have demanded they be allowed to visit, as gareth barlow reports. zaporizhzhia, europe s biggest health plan and the current focal point of the war. on wednesday, for the first time in its history, the plan
james anderson and stuart broad take three wickets each on the first day of the second test at old trafford. space as you ve never seen it we ll speak to the man who s remastered these amazing images of the apollo missions. good morning. some mist and fog to watch out for this morning, some quite dense across the southeast. some starting with sunshine but generally we will see cloud build and some splashes of rain in parts of the west. i will have all the details later on the programme. it s friday august 26th. millions of households in england, scotland and wales will find out at 7am what they could be paying for gas and electricity in october, as the energy regulator ofgem announces a new price cap. this is the maximum amount companies can charge consumers for each unit of energy. it s expected to mean that the average household bill will rise to more than £3,500 a year. jo black reports. the waterfront at ipswich. but behind the attractive facade and expensive boats, so
of wholesale gas driven by russia s invasion of ukraine. also this lunchtime. police in liverpool have arrested a man on suspicion of the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. letters won t be delivered today and some parcels could be delayed as royal mail workers go on strike. # hold me closer tiny dancer. and, oops, he s done it again eltonjohn re records some of his most famous music with britney spears. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, the british sides find out who they ll be playing in the group stages of the europa league and europa conference league. good afternoon. millions of households in england, scotland and wales will see their energy bills soar by 80% after the regulator ofgem raised its price cap that s the maximum amount consumers on a standard variable tariff can be charged per unit. at the moment the average household is paying an annual bill of £1,971. in october that will jump to £3,519 a year and almost £60 more if you