this, let s have a look at a map stopping there are three main bubble areas. one in downtown beijing. one in beijing s mountains and another in the mountains of neighbouring hubei province with double transport in between. but it s even more collocated than you might think because there are also these little satellite bubbles attached to the main ones are stopping this 5 star hotel for example is its own isolation bubble. those staying there won t meet anyone out here in street, they willjust won t meet anyone out here in street, they will just shuttle from the hotel to the olympic events then after that leave china. thousands of university students will help to make the olympics run smoothly. some inside the bubbles, some outside. this woman was a volunteer at the 2008 beijing olympics and this year she is volunteering again. translation:- volunteering again. translation: ~ ., , translation: we are ust ordinary people i translation: we are just ordinary people working i
lanes, 0lympic vehicles move between zones. special high speed trains also connect to the city and the mountain venues. to get an idea of the scale of this, let s have a look ata map. there are three main bubble areas one in downtown beijing, one in beijing s mountains and another in the mountains of neighbouring hubei province, with bubble transport in between. but it s even more complicated than you might think because there are also these little satellite bubbles attached to the main ones. this 5 star hotel, for example, is its own isolation bubble. those staying there won t meet anyone out here in the street they will just shuttle from the hotel to the olympic events and then, after that, leave china. thousands of university students will help to make the olympics run smoothly, some inside the bubbles, some outside. zhang junying was a volunteer
in beijing, olympic athletes and the public are not in beijing, olympic athletes and the public are not allowed to mix. from arrival at the airport, visiting teams are in their own bubble. people will recognise the nest olympic stadium and this is one of the main bubble areas, without special olympic accreditation or without permission from officials you can t go past those gates there to enter the bubble. even though it is a huge area with venues and the like, a small village effectively, even within their, there are discrete bubbles so that athletes don t mix with the media or invite and spectators. using dedicated driving lanes, olympic vehicles moved between zones. special high speed trains connect the city and the mountain venues. to get an idea of the scale of
the prime minister, antonio costa, said they had secured an absolute majority in parliament. the election was called in november after parliament rejected the minority government s budget. a survey by an afghan news agency says the number of women working as journalists in the country has halved since the taliban seized power in august. the pajhwok news agency said one television channel which used to employ 15 women now has none. many female reporters say they left their jobs for their own safety. later this week, beijing will become the first city ever to host both the summer and winter olympics. putting on one of the world s biggest sporting events in a country still committed to zero covid, and with the omicron variant spreading, has presented a massive logistical challenge. the solution has been to enforce enormous, strict, separation bubbles, as our china correspondent stephen mcdonell explains.
i m karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: russia s foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow wants equal, mutually respectful relations with the united states and its allies, as tensions continue over ukraine. north korea confirms it tested an intermediate range ballistic missile on sunday, the us offers pyongyang direct talks without preconditions. later this week, beijing will become the first city ever to host both the summer and winter olympics. putting on one of the world s biggest sporting events in a country still committed to zero covid, and with the omicron variant spreading, has presented a massive logistical challenge. the solution has been to enforce enormous, strict, separation bubbles, as our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, explains.