know it either, herself. plenty of sporting action as well, and much more to come today. live now to tokyoand sarah mulkerrins. live now to tokyo and sarah mulkerrins. bright and early for us. let s start with the story we were just telling audiences about, belarus. what have the ioc said? this has been really interesting. we saw this play out on social media around the time of the men s 100 metres around the time of the men s100 metres final last night here in tokyo. a couple of hours later, we got an update from the ioc and tokyo 2020, the organisers, concerned about what they were hearing. the allegations on social media from the athlete. they said they had spoken to the athlete directly last night,
sporting action. sarah mulkerrins is let s start with a new world record broken in the pool. absolutely. great excitement here this morning, absolutely. great excitement l here this morning, particularly for south african sport bands because tatyana schoenmaker because tatya na schoenmaker broke because tatyana schoenmaker broke a record in the 200m breaststroke, she has been in brilliant form, she won silver in the 100m. and you can see her surprise, when she touched the wall, she realised she had one gold and a couple of seconds later she looked up at the time and couldn t believe it. there was a quick time in the women s 100m freestyle with
interview between a doctor, one of the top medical advisors to ligament, and also a popular singer, and the singer told him that a lot of young people don t even know that the state of emergency is in place. the shock that was on his face was quite something. in reality, young people don t watch television. they look at instagram and twitter for news. the fact that the premise to hasn t said anything has been criticised, because if you wanted to send a message to young people, they need to change the method of communication. thank you very much. we ll have all the latest on the sporting action in tokyo a little later in the programme with our sports presenter sarah mulkerrins. the uk has warned the united nations security council that half of myanmar s population of 5a million people could be infected with covid within the next two weeks. earlier in yangon, people
age group is out and about despite the stated emergency. we went to see how young people found their new lives for the government. i haven t even received lives for the government. i haven t even received a lives for the government. i haven t even received a ticket lives for the government. i haven t even received a ticket to lives for the government. i haven t even received a ticket to get - even received a ticket to get vaccinated. my parents onlyjust got there vaccinated. my parents onlyjust got there jabs vaccinated. my parents onlyjust got there jabs. we are getting too used to the there jabs. we are getting too used to the state of emergency and it is not stopping people to go out. she had her first shot yesterday and i have had her first shot yesterday and i have made had her first shot yesterday and i have made my had her first shot yesterday and i have made my appointment. - had her first shot yesterday and i have made my appointment. we| had her first shot
we ll have all the latest on the sporting action in tokyo a little later in the programme we ll hear from our sports presenter sarah mulkerrins. and a reminder that you can find much more about tokyo olympics on our website, including this day by day guide to all the key events. just go to bbc.com/news and follow the links. let s take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. international charities say they re disappointed that a pledge by world leaders to provide five billion dollars to boost global education has come up short. britain and kenya, joint hosts of this week s education summit in london, say the figure is currently just over $4 billion. nobel prize winner malala yousafzai told the summit girls in particular faced an education crisis . if we want a stronger, fairer world, we must keep girls learning. girls education improves public health, mitigates climate change, improves peace and promotes economic growth.