the tokyo olympics get under way this week, but there is already a growing number of athletes and officials testing covid positive or being forced to self isolate. in the olympic village, two players and a coach for the south africa men s football team have the virus. eight members of team gb athletics team are also in isolation after being in close contact with positive cases. and us tennis player coco gauff has announced she is not going to tokyo after testing positive. despite the worsening covid situation and strong public opposition to the games, the governor of tokyo has told the bbc it would have been worse to cancel. from tokyo, rupert wingfield hayes reports. with five days to go, the anti olympic protests are not going away. this one is outside the hotel where ioc president thomas bach is staying. their message to him is pretty blunt. over at the olympic village, three covid cases have now been confirmed. across the city, 1,400 new cases on saturday. despite this, w
smell of the exhaust are what formula i is all about for many fans. so how does a sport born out of the awesome explosive power of fossil fuels go green? that s the challenge taken on. the enders engineer says he s determined to put sustainability at the heart of f1, and electric engines are a nonstarter, he told me. there is no electric solution nonstarter, he told me. there is no electric solution today. nonstarter, he told me. there is no electric solution today. we - nonstarter, he told me. there is no electric solution today. we don t i electric solution today. we don t want them looking at power conservation and trying to make the battery lasts long enough to get to the end of the race or saving the battery up so the last five laps, they can really go. that doesn t seem to engage the fans of. your instinct is that seem to engage the fans of. your instinct is that possibly seem to engage the fans of. your instinct is that possibly hydrogen is maybe the solution y
they re now looking to make films with children with other conditions, like diabetes, epilepsy and cystic fibrosis. for the european final! ..reassuring those who have just been diagnosed that things will get better. it s gone over the neighbours! richard wescott, bbc news, ipswich. oh, dear! time for a look at the weather. here s helen willetts. we have a storm bearing down on us, the met we have a storm bearing down on us, the met office issued a amber warning the met office issued a amber warning or storm evert in the south west, expecting and seasonal rough south west, expecting and seasonal rough conditions over the sea and some rough conditions over the sea and some large rough conditions over the sea and some large waves coming in. so this is the low pressure some large waves coming in. so this is the low pressure that some large waves coming in. so this is the low pressure that has - some large waves coming in. so this is the low pressure that has brough
the cost of severe covid new research shows that half of patients admitted to hospitals during the first wave developed at least one extra complication. the five main parties in northern ireland make clear their opposition to the uk government s plan to end all prosecutions for crimes committed during the troubles. the police and the cps are involved in a blame game over a drop in rape prosecutions, a new report finds. and four time 0lympic medallist sir mo farah tells us he believes online racism against sportsmen and women is getting worse. he says social media companies must do more. the social media companies need to do a lot more. they have to be held accountable to what people get up to. even myself, i have had some shocking ones. hello, good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. more than 100 people are confirmed dead after some of the worst flooding in decades devastated parts of northern europe. many hundreds more are injured or unaccounted for across germany, belgium