if you want to get in touch with me, i m on twitter @bbckarishma. i m looking forward to hearing from you. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: fireworks marks the official beginning of the paralympic games in tokyo, with the opening ceremony taking place in an almost empty stadium. he s the first african american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, i have a dream. as darkness falls tonight, and unfamiliar light will appear in the southeastern sky an orange glowing disc that s brighter than anything save the moon
that is nice. good news. a friend of the programme. i am sure they will not be on for a while now. the paralympic games will officially get under way in tokyo today with the opening ceremony taking place in just a few hours. double paralympic champion steve bate is one of the 227 competitors from great britain despite being registered blind steve s won a host of medals for cycling and climbed the legendary el capitan rock in california. let s take a look at his incredible story. if you want to be the best in the world, you ve got to work harder than everyone else. paralympic champion steve bate is chasing after one thing gold in tokyo. ten years ago, steve was diagnosed with a rare eye disorder. my eyesight is getting narrower and narrower,
and the most stylish of men. and nile rodgers, guitarist and songwriterfrom the band chic, posted a him, tweeting rest in power, charlie watts. if you want to get in touch with me on anything you ve seen on newsday, your messages or condolences, or the situation in afghanistan, do reach me on twitter at @bbckarishma. i m looking forward to hearing your thoughts. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. fireworks mark the official begining of the paralympic games in tokyo, with the opening ceremony taking place in an almost empty stadium. he s the first african american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, i have a dream.
they beat leicester city 4 1 at the london stadium with antonio scoring two of the goals. he s now passed paulo dicanio s club record. known for his creative celebrations, antonio had a cardboard cut out of himself ready and waiting by the side of the pitch so he could re create the lift from the film dirty dancing. that s all the sport for now. the tokyo paralympics is getting underway, with the opening ceremony taking place under strict covid rules. the paralympics feature athletes with disabilities competing in 539 events, across 22 different sports. each sport has different physical demands, so each has its own set of classifications to decide which athletes can compete in each event. we can speak now to jan burns, who is professor of clinical psychology at canterbury christ church university. she has been working
and human rights abuses. coming up on the bbc news channel. dancing to the top of the table michail antonio breaks a west ham premier league goalscoring record as he scores a brace to maintain their fine start to the season against leicester. the tokyo paralympics is getting under way, with the opening ceremony taking place under strict covid rules. nearly 11,500 athletes from 162 countries will be competing, with paralympics gb our sports correspondent andy swiss has more. 364 days after it was meant to start, the waiting was finally over. despite the delay, despite the pandemic, at last, the paralympics had come to tokyo. the title for the opening ceremony is we have wings. it s set in an imaginary airport.