12 people have lost their lives. and here, the rescue operation is still on. mayooresh konnoor, bbc news, mumbai. devastating images they are out of the state of maharashtra. if you want to get in touch with me, i m on twitter at @bbckarishma. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we re back live in tokyo for our special olympics correspondent mariko oi s unique view of the games. a lot of excitement about japan s gold rush. it can you see the temperature behind me? it s been brutally hot. we will have more on that shortly. later today, president duterte is due to deliver the last state of the nation address of his term of office, after leading one of the most controversial administrations in the history of the philippines.
reporter: a new projection from covid researchers suggests the u.s. will hit a peak in october with daily rates triple what they are now. it will vary a lot by state, but those with low vaccine are really at risk for seeing their healthcare systems overwhelmed. reporter: officials in tennessee say they are resuming vaccines for teens and children, just weeks after it was halted under pressure from senate republicans. in st. louis, indoor mask mandates are back, but missouri s attorney general will be in court monday to fight them. and here in new york, mayor bill deblasio is urging private employers to require workers to be vaccinated. he suggested he will do the same for hundreds of thousands of city employees as well. adriana. diaz: michael george, thanks. to tokyo now, where the olympic games are finally opened. today, the soccer team rebounded from its opening loss to sweden
triathlon i understand will be under way in the next few hours. absolutely, i don t know if you can hear those helicopters overhead at the moment, they re following the action in the men s triathlon right now. we had them swimming in the bay just down below us they are out of the swim, there was a false start in that swim, how the swimmers went in but there was a boat blocking the rest of them on the pontoon, so they had to pull back and restart them a couple minutes later. but i can tell you now they are on the roads of tokyo, they ll be doing that for 40 km before they start the ten km run, so we might have that result in the next couple hours for you here on newsday. men s rugby sevens are also on the way. it was a debut event in 2016 for rio, fiji one, i was there and i watched those wonderful scenes. they loved it they ll be in action defending their title, they have their first game against they have their first game against the hosts, japan. we also saw
the english channel in small boats after 378 migrants arrived in england today. the french authorities said they d intercepted a further five boats. so far this year, a record 8,500 migrants have made the sea crossing to the uk. thunderstorms moving across the south east of england have caused flash flooding in many parts of london deluging train stations, shops and homes. a yellow weather warning for more storms remains in place until midnight for a large area stretching from plymouth to norwich. still to come a bit later in the programme: our special report on how rodrigo duterte has changed the philippines during his controversial time as president. to tokyo now, where day two of the olympics saw plenty of drama, and a few shocks and surprises.
djokovic in tennis especially complaining about it. but this has been an issue every year ever since i was a kid if you are a playing a sport outside. it s been getting hotter and hotter every year because of climate change, meaning schools have to be extra careful. under the scorching sun of tokyo, girls from this high school carry on with their extracurricular activities. but every year, around 3000 children suffer from activities. but every year, around 3000 children sufferfrom heat stroke during club activities like this. there have even been deaths in the past. this man has been the school s tennis coach for seven years, and he says the hottest summers mean they have to be extra careful. translation: ~ ., , ., translation: we measure the heat stress index every translation: we measure the heat stress index every hour translation: we measure the heat stress index every hour to translation: we measure the heat stress index every hour to make - translation: we measure the heatj