The champs elysees to the place de la concorde. The first of 11 days of sporting action takes place on thursday as france hosts a summer paralympic games for the first time. So the opening ceremony is complete. And after tokyo had no fans due to covid, and rio was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on the french capital to rival or even better london 2012. Beyond the sport, however, those involved say they re mindful of a secondary purpose for the games. It is always important, we are here winning at least four medals but we are part of the incredible global movement, the paralympic movement which on and off the field want disabled people to be recognised in society. Those performances on the field can only help us in that cause. Now to the us open tennis, where the wimbledon champion barbora krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second round by the romanian qualifier elena gabriela ruse ruse, beating the czech player 6 4, 7 5 to reach the third round of a grand slam fo
Also painted the skies above with the french flag. A,500 athletes made up the parade from the champs elysees to the place de la concorde. The first of 11 days of sporting action takes place on thursday as france hosts a summer paralympic games for the first time. So the opening ceremony is complete. And after tokyo had no fans due to covid, and rio was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on the french capital to rival or even better london 2012. Beyond the sport, however, those involved say they re mindful of a secondary purpose for the games. It is always important, we are here in elite sport. Winning medals is what we re about, but we are also part of an incredible global movement, the paralympic movement, which on and off the field of play wants disabled people to be recognised wholly in society. Those performances on the field can only help us in that cause. Now to the us open tennis, where the wimbledon champion barbora krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second r
From jenin, lucy williamson sent this report. It was a message of force, delivered quietly at first. Israeli soldiers seeking their targets, street by palestinian street. By morning, hundreds of troops backed by armoured bulldozers had arrived in the refugee camps of tulkarem, nablus, tubas, jenin. Home to armed palestinian groups and unarmed civilians. At least ten palestinians have been killed. Hamas says six of them were its fighters. Masoud najjar said he was injured when he opened the door of his house to young men asking for water. Translation: we felt like something came down on us from the sky and there was an explosion. I was unaware of what was going on. When i put my hand on my chest, it was all shrapnel and blood. Injenin, army vehicles surrounded the city s two main hospitals. Ambulances stopped and checked by militaryjeeps. Israel s foreign minister has urged his government to use gaza as a model for dealing with armed groups, here saying that iran was backing them and th
Though, and incredible tonight on 362 campaigns. Kamala harris in georgia on the trail and donald trump trolling online, spreading qanon catchphrases and amplifying a vulgar sexual slur against vice president harris. Also tonight, new details about what happened when the former president and visited arlington national cemetery. What we re learning about the alleged incident between the cemetery official on the campaign and parents? no, it s certainly a stressful job now, a new advisory from the surgeon general calls that stress a serious public health concern for the country. Surgeon general joins us tonight to talk about it. Good evening. Thanks for joining us vice president harris and running mate tim walz, or closing out day one of a two campaign through georgia. The state that new polling just put out tonight suggests may be winnable for her in november, her opponent was not on the trail today, though. It was just two days ago that the foreign president s campaign was saying, we d