pop up vaccination centres have opened across england this this is bbc news. our main headlines: protests have been taking place in brazil against the president s handling of the pandemic as the country passes 500,000 covid deaths. the us says it will continue negotiating with iran to revive the international nuclear deal following the election of the hardline cleric ebrahim raisi as the next iranian president. the legendary indian athlete milkha singh has died at the age of 91. popularly known as the flying sikh because of how fast he ran, mr singh had a remarkable life, from being a refugee after the partition of india to being an olympic sprinter. from mumbai, the bbc s india correspondent yogita limaye reports. with each run, milkha singh pushed a newborn india to dream bigger.
i presume, in the white house, and going back such a long way? i think it is just the fact that americans are very dog loving people. i ve seen studies that as high as two thirds of american homes have dogs and i think, you know, it is a way to connect with the voters but it s also partially because our presidents come from our society and then, they are just common people well, you know, to a certain extent like the rest of us, so if two thirds of american homes have dogs, it makes sense that the majority of american presidents would have dogs. 0ur our thanks to andrew hagger. the legendary indian athlete milkha singh has died at the age of 91. popularly known as the flying sikh because of how fast he ran, mr singh had a remarkable life, from being a refugee after the partition of india, to being an olympic sprinter. from mumbai, the bbc s india correspondent yogita limaye reports. with each run, milkha singh pushed a newborn india to dream bigger.
italy are already through to the last 16. good luck to them later on. very exciting. tributes have been paid to one of india s greatest athletes, milkha singh, who has died at the age of 91. known as the flying sikh , he won four gold medals at the asian games, and finished fourth at the 1960 rome 0lympics. 0ur india correspondent, yogita limaye, takes a look back at his life. with each run, milkha singh pushed a newborn india to dream bigger. his own journey rooted in his nation s tragedy his family was killed in religious violence, during the partition of british india in 1947. he escaped on a train, hiding in the women s compartment. a refugee, an orphan. and in 1958, at the commonwealth games in cardiff, a sprinter seen here as he stunned record holders.
tensions will continue in iran s relations with the west. iran may turn more to china and russia to bail it out of the current desperate economic mess. tributes have been paid to one of india s greatest athletes, milkha singh, who has died at the age of 91. known as the flying sikh, he won four gold medals at the asian games, and finished fourth at the 1960 rome olympics. our india correspondent, yogita limaye, takes a look back at his life. with each run, milkha singh pushed a newborn india to dream bigger. his own journey rooted in his nation s tragedy. his family was killed in religious violence, in religious violence during the partition of british india in 1947. he escaped on a train, hiding in the women s compartment. a refugee, an orphan. and in 1958, at the commonwealth games in cardiff, a sprinter seen here as he stunned record
back on his life. with each run, milkha singh pushed a newborn india to dream bigger. his ownjourney, rooted in his nation s tragedy. his family was killed in religious violence during the partition of british india in191t7. he escaped on a train, hiding in the women s compartment. a refugee, an orphan. and in 1958, at the commonwealth games in cardiff, a sprinter seen here as he stunned record holders. commentator: and milkha singh, milkha singh of india. translation: | could feell the closest runner was right behind me so i pushed as hard as i could. after that, the indian anthem played and 100,000 people in the uk stood up for it.