The headlines. emperor naruhito ofjapan has formally opened the olympic games at a ceremony in tokyo. it took place in an empty stadium with fewer than a thousand spectators because of the pandemic. the ioc president said preparing for the games had been a difficultjourney with unprecedented challenges. there s confusion and growing criticism over the uk government s plans to allow some key workers in england from transport workers and police to those controlling the power network to take daily covid tests instead of self isolating. business leaders says the scheme needs to be significantly expanded. more than 100 people have been killed after torrential monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooding in western india. officials say that dozens of bodies have been recovered from a landslide in the district of raigad.
Morning, here? well, as rupert mentioned in his report, we felt that excitement here as well outside the liberty stadium. several 100 people gathered to watch it. they were very excited to see that roving globe made by several 100 drones here as well. i also managed to grab some newspapers for you. i managed to grab some newspapers for you this morning. this is a delayed by a year, no cheers. but it also says that let s hope sport bring some joy. it wishes the athletes good luck but to stay safe and healthy. and i want to show you this picture of the emperor naruhito, who declared the opening of the tokyo olympics just like his grandfather for the 1964 games. there were some people on twitter who were comparing the duration of the emperor s speech,
The headlines. emperor naruhito ofjapan has formally opened the olympic games at a ceremony in tokyo. it took place in an empty stadium with fewer than a thousand spectators because of the pandemic. the ioc president said preparing for the games had been a difficultjourney with unprecedented challenges. there s confusion and growing criticism over the uk government s plans to allow some key workers in england from transport workers and police to those controlling the power network to take daily covid tests instead of self isolating. business leaders says the scheme needs to be significantly expanded. more than a hundred people have been killed after torrential monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooding in western india. officials say that dozens of bodies have been recovered from a landslide in the district of ryegad. hundreds of villages and towns are said to be without electricity and drinking water. now on it s time for bbc wales investigates.
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