but borisjohnson has declined an invitation to meet the first minister, nicola sturgeon, for talks. nicola sturgeon had invited borisjohnson to her official residence to discuss covid recovery . in a letter to ms sturgeon, mrjohnson has suggested a meeting with other first ministers at a later date. the belarusian sprinter who refused her team s orders to fly home from the olympic games, is now on her way to vienna. krystina timanovskaya is expected to travel on to poland where she s been granted a humanitarian visa. she had been given refuge at the polish embassy in tokyo after belarusian team officials had tried to get her to board a flight home against her will because she criticised her coaches on social media. the change of destination for krystina timanovskaya is just the latest twist in the troubled last 12 months for belarus and the president alexander lukashenko. his regime has drawn worldwide criticism for its human rights abuses.
country is exposed to huge amounts of funding, it needs more money. it ll be an incentive to start the climate finance issue which one of the big roadblocks to progress later this year. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is. a day of mourning and protests in lebanon to mark the first anniversary of the massive warehouse explosion that killed over 200 people. the belarusian sprinter, krystina timanovskaya, has flown from tokyo to warsaw. she ll be able to stay in poland on a humanitarian visa having refused to return from the olympics to belarus, fearing for her safety. he tweeted this.
love me but that was wrong. the bbc has attempted to contact vincent s wife but she has refused to speak to us. he said he will carry on his hunger strike through the olympics to show the world how japan is denying thousands of children their basic right to both their parents. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, tokyo. in afghanistan, ferocious fighting is taking place in lashkar gah in helmand province there are real fears it could be the first provincial capital to fall to the taliban. it looks like things are going to get worse with the departure of american, british and coalition forces. in the past 20 years, many afghan families have supported british and american troops as translators, guides and more. here s our diplomatic editor mark urban. in recent months, the insurgents have taken over large amounts
hello and welcome. a sprinter from belarus who refused her team s order to fly home early from the olympics has been granted a humanitarian visa by poland. krystina tsimanouskaya is at the polish embassy in tokyo, and it s believed she plans to go to warsaw on wednesday. the athlete says she was forcibly taken to the airport for criticising coaches, but belarus says she was removed from the team because of her emotional state. mark adams from the international olympic committee has just spoken about the incident at a press briefing. we spoke yesterday twice to krystina tsimanouskaya, we spoke to her twice, she reassured us once again
is new technology and the shoes, in the spikes that they are wearing that helps propel them forward. so it is interesting to see what sort of impact that may be having. but for karsten warholm, that was just a super performance from him. no doubt it will take all the headlines around the world. there was also one other medal awarded in that early session in the track and field and that was in the women s long jump, with malaika mihambo of germany taking gold in that one. she was the only one of those long jumpers to jump past seven metres, for her, late on in that competition. the american brittney reese had been in the lead, but she had to settle for second. and then ese brume of nigeria won the bronze, and that is nigeria s first athletics medal since 2008, so just remarkable scenes, really, at the track and field stadium this morning here in tokyo. let s take a look at the updated medal table then and see how it stands.