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
and now it s time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. england s women edge a tough match against india, on theirjourney to securing a spot in the semi finals of the t20 world cup. stuart broad s on fire for england in new zealand, as they look set to clinch the first test match. and arsenal are back on top after a thiller at aston villa, with two late goal. also coming up in the programme, the ownership race hots up for manchester united. sirjim ratcliffe s officially in the running, along with a bid from qatar. and a moment to remember for st helens with a famous victory in australia, to claim rugby league s world club challenge. hello and welcome to sportsday, hello there, and welcome along to the programme, a busy day of football on the way. but we start with cricket first and it was billed as a crucial group encounter, between england and india at the women s t20 world cup. and england s11 run win earlier see them stay top of the grou
and a half hours. border force staff at several ports, including calais, are on the second day of a 4 day strike about pay. you re watching bbc news. now, its time for sportsday england s women edge a tough match against india. on theirjourney to securing a spot in the semi finals of the t20 world cup. stuart broad s on fire for england in new zealand, as they look set to clinch the first test match. and arsenal are back on top after a thiller at aston villa with two late goal. also coming up in the programme. the ownership race hots up for manchester united. sirjim ratcliffe s officially in the running, along with a bid from qatar. and a moment to remember for st helens with a famous victory in australia, to claim rugby league s world club challenge. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. a busy day of football on the way. but we start with cricket first and it was billed as a crucial group encounter, between england and india at the women s t20 world cup. an
the next general election. he ll be live on the sofa at 7:30am. the country s largest supermarket tesco is the latest to impose limits on certain fruit and vegetables, as shortages on the shelves continue. i ll have the latest. england s lionesses roar once more. they thrash belgium to retain the arnold clark cup and are now unbeaten in 29 matches. the cloud and rain across england and wales. all the details here on brick dust. breakfast. it s thursday, 23rd february. our main story. an off duty police officer is in a critical but stable condition after being shot at a sports complex in omagh in county tyrone. the police federation for northern ireland said the shooting happened at around 8 o clock last night while the officer coached young people playing football. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy reports. the shooting happened in front of young players, training at a football coaching session. it s thought the off duty officer was shot multiple times at around 8 o cl
at london s hyde park delighted. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president biden has promised that the federal government will act to protect women s rights if us states seek to prevent them travelling to get an abortion. speaking at a virtual meeting with democratic state governors, if mr biden said he believed some states would attempt to arrest women who crossed state lines for abortion access. he went on to say that only democratic victories in the mid term elections would give congress the power to restore federal abortion rights. i think people are going to be shocked when the first state, the first state that tries to arrest a woman for crossing a state line to get health services. and i don t think people believe that s going to happen. but it s going to happen and it s going to it s going to telegraph to the whole country that this is, this is a gigantic deal that goes beyond i mean, it affects all your basic rights. if extremist g