The champs elysees to the place de la concorde. The first of 11 days of sporting action takes place on thursday as france hosts a summer paralympic games for the first time. So the opening ceremony is complete. And after tokyo had no fans due to covid, and rio was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on the french capital to rival or even better london 2012. Beyond the sport, however, those involved say they re mindful of a secondary purpose for the games. It is always important, we are here winning at least four medals but we are part of the incredible global movement, the paralympic movement which on and off the field want disabled people to be recognised in society. Those performances on the field can only help us in that cause. Now to the us open tennis, where the wimbledon champion barbora krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second round by the romanian qualifier elena gabriela ruse ruse, beating the czech player 6 4, 7 5 to reach the third round of a grand slam fo
Also painted the skies above with the french flag. A,500 athletes made up the parade from the champs elysees to the place de la concorde. The first of 11 days of sporting action takes place on thursday as france hosts a summer paralympic games for the first time. So the opening ceremony is complete. And after tokyo had no fans due to covid, and rio was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on the french capital to rival or even better london 2012. Beyond the sport, however, those involved say they re mindful of a secondary purpose for the games. It is always important, we are here in elite sport. Winning medals is what we re about, but we are also part of an incredible global movement, the paralympic movement, which on and off the field of play wants disabled people to be recognised wholly in society. Those performances on the field can only help us in that cause. Now to the us open tennis, where the wimbledon champion barbora krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second r
White and red fireworks. The patrouille de france also painted the skies above with the french flags, 4,500 athletes made up the parade from the champs elysees to the place de la concorde. The first of 11 days of sporting action takes place on thursday as france hosts a summer paralympic games for the first time. So the opening ceremony is complete, and after tokyo had no fans due to covid and rio was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on the french capital to rival, or even better, london 2012. Beyond the sport however, those involved say they re mindful of a secondary purpose for the games. It is always important, we are here winning at least four medals but we are part of the incredible global movement, the paralympic movement which on and off the field want disabled people to be realised in society. Those performances on the field can only help us in that cause. Now to the us open tennis where the wimbledon champion barbora krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second r
Having nothing would please me more than having paris as the best paralympics ever because it would mean 12 years later we ever because it would mean 12 years later we have moved on. Around about a third later we have moved on. Around about a third of later we have moved on. Around about a third of our team are debutants this time a third of our team are debutants this time which is so exciting and i can t this time which is so exciting and i can t wait this time which is so exciting and i can t wait to this time which is so exciting and i can t wait to see them perform along with some can t wait to see them perform along with some of the household names you already with some of the household names you already know who have produced time again. already know who have produced time again. And already know who have produced time again, and we look forward to seeing them again, and we look forward to seeing them succeed as well. them succeed as well. Sport starts
The competence of national governments to do with visas, length of stay, for instance, where certain things can be negotiated. But you are right, overall in terms of the big barriers to access to the european market, including the german market, that will require a negotiation with the european union. So there are certain things they can do on the economic side with the germans today but the big picture is a european picture and that trade agreement that borisjohnson signed with the european union back in 2020. In terms of that conversation with the european union, is that what the labour government want to do, or is this just a softly softly approach and just a realignment of what was a rather turbulent relationship when the conservatives were in power? to be honest, i don t know any more than you do about what they intend to do. It s clear they want to improve bilateral levers with key european statesmen. Today in germany with olaf scholz. Keir starmer will be visiting emmanuel macro