The Tokyo Olympics get under way this week but there is already a growing number of athletes and officials testing covid positive or being forced to self isolate. In the Olympic Village, two players and a coach for the south africa Mens Football Team have the virus. Eight members of Team Gb Athletics team are also in isolation after being in close contact with positive cases. And us Tennis Player Coco gauff has announced she is not going to tokyo after testing positive. Despite the worsening Covid Situation and strong public opposition to the games, the governor of tokyo has told the bbc it would have been worse to cancel. From tokyo, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. With five days to go, the anti olympic protests are not going away. This one is outside the hotel where Ioc President Thomas Bach is staying. Their message to him is pretty blunt. Over at the Olympic Village, Three Covid cases have now been confirmed. Across the city, 1,400 new cases on saturday. Despite this, when i sat down with the governor of tokyo, she told me the games must go ahead. Translation i believe that not holding the olympics is even sadder than holding it during these dire times. I do not want to show The World that we have lost to covid i9. There is still meaning in holding the olympics in tokyo, despite the current situation. This was Wembley Stadium In London a week ago. But, with just 20 of japanese vaccinated, there will be no scenes like this in tokyos olympic stadium. Governor koike concedes ifjapan had moved faster on vaccines, things might have been different. Translation | agree, i it would have been better. If we had a faster vaccination rollout, we may have been able to have spectators at the olympics. But the speed of Vaccine Rollout has now increased immensely. Not fast enough. This is kyoto, japans ancient Capital And Number one tourist site. By now, this Place should have been thronged with hordes of tourists from All Over The World. Forjapan, that was to be the big payoff. Invest billions and billions in hosting the olympics and then millions of travellers will come from All Over The World to your great cultural institutions, spending lots of money. As you can see, there is nobody here. Shop owners here have seen Sales Fall by more than 90 . Translation it is the governments fault. Look at the other countries, like the uk and taiwan. They seem to be doing well. But look at japan. I cannot believe we call ourselves a developed country. Back in tokyo, hundreds of athletes are now arriving each day. It is now clear that some of them will be carrying covid. The ioc� s assertion that the games represent zero risk to public health is already starting to look flimsy. Lets get more from our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes in tokyo. I think that point you make there at the end, rupert, is going to be critical in terms of how many come in, whether they are athletes or officials, and then prove to be tested positive. Just as an example, can you explain a little more about the Team Gb Situation . There are quite a lot of people affected, at least. Affected, at least. Thats ri. Ht, affected, at least. Thats right, david. Affected, at least. Thats right, david. Since affected, at least. Thats right, david. Since last. Affected, at least. Thats right, david. Since last night we have learned that eight members of Team Gb were in close contact with someone on board their flight from london to tokyo, someone who tested positive for covid. These are not members of the team who have tested positive, but they were sitting on the Plane Close to someone who is not related to someone who is not related to the Team Gb members at all but who later on arrival in japan tested positive. And because of that, they have been isolated as well and they will have to have two negative Pcr Tests before they are allowed to return to training. So that is very disruptive. And we understand The Times newspaper is reporting that among those eight there are a number of Team Gb metal hopes. So this is tremendously disruptive to those athletes as they arrive in tokyo, and it shows just how really complicated and difficult this situation is, trying to negotiate the regulations, the quarantine. These athletes will want to get adjusted, acclimatised and training as soon as possible, but when they are associated like this with someone on an aircraft, they have to go into isolation. That is very, very disruptive. An overall in the last few days we have seen that Notjust On Arrivals but inside the so called bubble, there are dozens of people who have tested positive. According to japanese media, 55 people inside the olympic bubble have tested positive for covid since first ofjuly. So this is a very, very complicated and difficult situation for the japanese authorities in the olympic authorities to manage, to keep anybody who is suspected of having covid separate from Everybody Else in isolation, to make sure that we dont have a spreader event, to make sure that we dont have a cluster developing inside the olympic bubble. I cluster developing inside the olympic bubble. Cluster developing inside the olympic bubble. I wonder where that leaves olympic bubble. I wonder where that leaves thomas olympic bubble. I wonder where that leaves Thomas Bachs that leaves Thomas Bachs statement that these games will be safe and secure, even if it is a perception, the perception at the moment is that these games are anything but. Certainly that is the perception among many people watching here injapan, who have been deeply sceptical for months that this was a good idea to go ahead with the games. Also, you know, we havent started the games yet. It doesnt start until friday. This is all happening in the pre games period, when the activity in the Olympic Village is not as intense as it will be starting from friday onwards. And so it does not bode well for controlling things. On the other hand, the olympic authorities say that they have got this under control, that this Testing Programme is working and that is why they are finding out about these cases, and that is why they are getting people into isolation, that this does not represent a threat to the olympics at this stage. And i think that is a fair comment, but i certainly mr Thomas Bachs statement that there is zero risk, i dont think anyone agrees with that. Even the governor i spoke to in my interview, she says no one thinks there is zero risk. It isjust a shame that thinks there is zero risk. It is just a shame that the Anticipation Building is about numbers of covid cases possible rather than the games at this point. Thank you very much, the very latest from rupert in tokyo. The german chancellor says The World must hurry in the battle against climate change. After visiting some of the areas worst hit by last weeks deadly flash floods, she expressed her shock at what she called surreal destruction. More Heavy Rain has caused further flooding in Southern Germany and austria. Our Europe Correspondent Jenny Hill reports we really need help here, she says. And outside the village shop, you can see why. As in so many other parts of Western Germany, people in the town of Bad Munstereifel still cant quite believe what happened. We met gertrude here. Volunteers have brought food, water. She told us she spent the night alone, upstairs, as water flooded into her house. Translation ive never seen anything like it, never. It leaves you speechless. Gertrude, he says, The Two Of Us will never see this Place come back to what it was. We will never see it again. Its no longer my home. Its terrible. Earlier, Angela Merkel came to see for herself. This is the town of schuld, where whole houses were destroyed. Translation its shocking. Im tempted to say the german language has no words to describe the destruction thats occured here. But i could also see huge comfort in the way that people have come together to help each other. The water is subsiding in Western Germany, but overnight, more flooding in other parts of the country. High water in bavaria, saxony. In austria, too, towns and cities deluged. In Bad Munstereifel, theyre doing their best to clear up. Translation people have | lost their lives, their houses. There are no more roads. But there is huge solidarity. Theyre going to need it in the weeks to come. Were seeing this kind of destruction all over west germany, and what is particularly hard for people in Places like this to bear is that it could be weeks, maybe months, before they get back electricity, connection. In one part of the region, the authorities are saying that gas for heating and hot Water Wont be back until well into the autumn. Germany is mourning its dead. For the survivors, this ordeal is far from over. Jenny hill, bbc news, Bad Munstereifel. Activists, journalists and politicians Around The World may have been spied on using mobile Phone Malware that is intended to be used against criminals and terrorists, according to a massive data leak. Reports suggest widespread misuse of spyware sold and developed by an israeli surveillance company. The company in question have strongly denied the allegations against them and say their technology is only sold to the Law Enforcement and intelligence agencies of vetted governments. We can now speak to bill marczak, who is senior Research Fellow at Citizen Lab. Bill was the first person to discover an Iphone Hack used by the israeli cyber Warfare Company Nso group which was used to infect targets with Pegasus Spyware through links in Sms Text messages. Thank you very much indeed for joining us, bill. Can you just explain how readily this can be done, first of all . Done, first of all . Well, Nso Grou done, first of all . Well, Nso Grow sells done, first of all . Well, Nso Group sells the done, first of all . Well, Nso Group sells the pegasus done, first of all . Well, Nso Group sells the Pegasus Spyware to dozens of governments all Around The World, and originally it required the target to click on a link to facilitate the hacking of the phone. But nowadays the Spyware System uses what is called a zero click technique, meaning that the government can hack the phone without the target having to take any action. Your phone can be sitting on the table, one minute it is fine, the next minute it is compromised. The next minute it is comromised. �. , compromised. Bright, and this would appear compromised. Bright, and this would appear to compromised. Bright, and this would appear to have compromised. Bright, and this would appear to have already. Would appear to have already affected a number of journalists and, as you say, activists, running well into 100 certainly and may be many more besides. In a sense it raises partly the question of as to whose responsibility it is. We have nso saying that our contract stipulates it can only be used for a serious crime and terrorism. Be used for a serious crime and terrorism terrorism. Yes. Well, ultimately terrorism. Yes. Well, ultimately it terrorism. Yes. Well, ultimately it is terrorism. Yes. Well, ultimately it is the i ultimately it is the responsibility of the company, Nso Group, and the responsibility of israels government, the Ministry Of Defence, which is regulating the export of these tools. It is their responsibility to sit Nso Down and say look, if you sell this to Saudi Arabia, if you sell this to the Uae Or Bahrain or these other repressive governments, what do you think they are going to do with that . Well, maybe they will go after some criminals and terrorists, but the main concern with these governments like Saudi Arabia is trying to figure out what their critics up figure out what their critics up to, trying to ensure the survival of the monarchy. He is speaking truth to power, what are they planning next and how can we subvert them . You mention can we subvert them . You mention some can we subvert them . You mention some of can we subvert them . You mention some of the can we subvert them . You j mention some of the other countries there, some of the others that have been alleged to be doing the same things are india, morocco, mexico, rwanda even, hungary as well. It is quite a list, isnt it . We shouldnt be too surprised, though, should we . I mean, this is frankly what many governments will do. Well, i think there governments will do. Well, i think there are governments will do. Well, i think there are two governments will do. Well, i think there are two main think there are two main takeaways from this report here. The first one is, you know, i think people are quite surprised by the scale of this. Some of the leaked data has around 50,000 Phone Numbers on there, which may have been selected for targeting. So that level of scale is really, i think, beyond what many people think, beyond what many people think and envision. Nso group says from time to time, oh, a very small number of targets, this is for the Osama Bin ladens of The World. So i think this sheer scale and just the number of countries in which this is being abused, for Example India represent itself as a democracy. Yet we see cases where politicians, judges, journalists and others are being spied on by the government. 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I think it is probably not an exaggeration to say that it is quite embarrassing for the israeli government and the Ministry Of Defence to have this huge deluge of information, showing very, very damning abuse of surveillance tools, coming up and reflecting badly on the state of israel and on the Ministry Of Defence. So i hope that this avalanche of publicity around this report will spur them to take stronger action in raining these companies in. Action in raining these companies in. Action in raining these comanies in. , i. Companies in. Right, and you mentioned companies in. Right, and you mentioned these companies in. Right, and you mentioned these companies. J companies in. Right, and you l mentioned these companies. Is nso seen as the elite of the elite in this regard for other plenty of other Places that governments and countries might turn to . ,. , governments and countries might turn to . ,. ,. , governments and countries might turn to . ,. ,. , turn to . 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The latest headline as anti games protests continue, more olympic athletes and officials are either infected with coronavirus or are in quarantine, just five days before the games officially begin. The german leader, Angela Merkel, has visited the region worst affected by devastating floods. She says The World must act faster in its Battle Against Global Warming here in england, as most Covid Restrictions have been lifted at midnight, the Prime Minister is self isolating following contact with the Health Secretary Sajid Javid who has coronavirus. Downing street initially said both borisjohnson and the Uk Chancellor rishi sunak, would be part of a Pilot Scheme allowing them to keep working. But a barrage of criticism was followed by a rapid u turn, and now Downing Street has pulled out of the Pilot Scheme entirely. This report from our political corresponent nick eardley. Life might be feeling a bit more normal, but the impact of the pandemic is farfrom over. Hundreds of thousands of people have been told to self isolate in recent days. And now Track And Trace has hit the heart of government. The prime Minister And Chancellor are self isolating after the Health Secretary tested positive for covid yesterday. Boris johnson posted this video on twitter. We did look briefly at the idea of us taking part in the Pilot Scheme which allows people to test daily, but i think its far more important that everybody sticks to the same rules. The Prime Minister will now spend the next week here, his Country Retreat at chequers. That wasnt always the plan, though. This morning, number ten said the prime Minister Wouldnt have to self isolate because Downing Street was part of a trial to allow people to keep working if they provided a daily negative test. A Cabinet Minister was sent out to defend the plan. It ensures that the pm, the chancellor, can conduct the most Essential Business but at other times of the day, they wont be mixing with people outside of their own households. About an hour after this, amid accusations of double standards, Downing Street changed its mind. In york today, sympathy was in short supply. Everyones been getting pinged the last few weeks. Everyones sticking to it. Theyre just writing the law for themselves, isnt it . Which hasjust been, itjust sums it up, the whole thing, doesnt it . Weve all done everything we should have done, and we have done, but i do feel they should have done the same as us. If were all in this together, they have to be leading by example, dont they . Labours leader unimpressed too. The only reason that hes u turned on this is because he has been busted. Its like Bank Robbers who got caught and now theyre offering the money back. One rule for them, another for Everybody Else. Its contemptuous of the british public. This has been a pretty messy start to a week where Government Communication is going to be key. Most legal restrictions will be lifted in england tomorrow, but ministers dont want this to be a free for all. They will still be urging caution and for people to behave responsibly. The Vaccine Roll Out has given Ministers Confidence to open up. But theres an expectation that cases will rise. I think its almost certain we will get to 1,000 hospitalisations per day. Itll almost certainly get to 100,000 cases a day. The real question is, do we get to double that, or even higher . And thats where the Crystal Ball starts to fail. As england prepares to take a big step, as some warn about becoming too relaxed too soon, a reminder that opening up isnt without risk. Nick eardley, bbc news. We have a similar story but perhaps not on the same scale. Israel has recorded a four month high in new daily coronavirus cases, going from almost none at all a few weeks ago to more than 800 a day although the number of serious cases remains low. The country vaccinated its Adult Population at The Worlds fastest rate, and theres now a rush to immunise the young, with no Firm Decision yet on whether to bring back major restrictions. Heres our middle East Correspondent tom bateman. There are some nerves, a bit of comfort, and lots of relief, too. Israel is racing to vaccinate its teenagers. This boy is only 12 and getting his second dose. I am here today to go back to regular life and to say enough to coronavirus. The Gold Family children are here with their mum. My dad told me he would never do anything that could hurt me, so i have nothing to worry about, says 12 year old noah. A third of israelis are under 16. And the Age Group is a big part of the new covid caseload, due to the Delta Variant brought in from abroad. Well, there is no way that anyone could be completely sure that travellers arent taking the virus with them when they fly. But here, theyve been trying to crack down as hard as they can at the airport. It has been controversial and difficult, though, as this country struggles with the surge of the new variant. Its israels delta dilemma. He is very excited about going to see his grandparents and friends, and were also excited. When was the last time you left the country . Christmas in germany. In israel, lifes been back to near normal for months, but then came the delta surge. Some blamed loopholes in Air Travel rules for it getting in. Officials say thats now fixed. But in the face of the variant, the government so far is bringing back only modest restrictions. Well, if youve landed at ben gurion, you cant actually leave the airport now until youve done this. So, could more restrictions return here . The top Government Adviser tells me the vaccines work, but theyre not bulletproof. Have you changed your own behaviours from, say, four weeks ago . Oh, yeah, im much more cautious. Im much more reluctant to go into mass gatherings, in general enclosed, confined spaces. And im much more careful with my unvaccinated kids about selecting the confined indoor settings that theyre going to spend time in. Now, one of The Worlds most vaccinated populations finds itself a Testing Ground again. Tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. So many different challenges and so many different countries. Thai police have used force to break up large protests calling for the resignation of prime Minister Prayuth chan ocha. Hundreds of people were defying Covid Restrictions to take to the streets. Cases have been rising sharply in thailand as in other parts of asia as well. The main story, The Tokyo Olympics get under way next week but there is already a growing number of athletes testing covid positive or being forced to isolate. Many of them still arriving in the next few days into tokyo and the governor of the city has told the bbc it would be worth to cancel the games. Hello again. Sunday was the hottest day of the year so far in both england and wales. Cardiff saw a maximum temperature of 30. 2 degrees celsius, the new highest temperature of the year for wales. But it was a bit hotter at londons Heathrow Airport at 31. 6, and thats the highest Temperature Weve seen in both england and the uk as a whole in 2021 so far. Now, if youre heading outside over the next few hours, chances are youll come across clear skies. The exception northern scotland, where we could see an Odd Spot of rain for the Western Isles and the highlands, but otherwise its dry. The other thing im sure Youll Notice is just how warm a start to the day its going to be. Now, looking at the week ahead, high pressures going to stay dominating the weather picture, and that means lots more of this hot and sunny weather, like it or not. Now, there will be one or two isolated thundery showers building through the latter part of the Afternoon And Evening time, and after hot weather by day, it will stay very warm overnight as well. Monday morning, then, sunny, warm start to the day. The exception northern scotland, where well see some patchy cloud, but even here there will be some sunny spells. One or two thunderstorms popping up during the afternoon, not many of these. Youll be able to see the clouds from a mile away. But if youre unlucky, you could see a downpour. The highest temperatures england and wales, high 20s to low 30s. And looking at the jet stream pattern, well, this explains why our weathers not going to change. Weve got this blocked pattern. The uks underneath this ridge, and that is whats causing us the fine weather. This kind of Pattern Isnt going to change very much day to day. And that means tuesday, well see more of that fine, sunny, very warm if not hot weather. But again, there could be one or two isolated storms popping up as we go through the afternoon. Temperatures again high 20s to the low 30s, the Heat Wave continues. But its starting to get a bit hotter again in Northern Ireland and also into parts of scotland. And that Warming Trend across these northern areas will continue into the middle part of the week again. So, plenty of sunshine around, one or two Afternoon Storms just about possible. Most of you, though, will have another dry day on wednesday. And those temperatures, high 20s to low 30s, cardiff this time seeing some of the hotter weather. 26 in belfast, and 27 there in glasgow. As i say, this weather patterns not going to change very quickly, but eventually low pressure will likely move in to bring some thundery rain. But theres a lot of uncertainty when exactly those cooler conditions will arrive. This is bbc news. The headlines The Tokyo Olympics get under way this week but there is already a growing number of athletes testing covid positive or being forced to self isolate. Despite the strong public opposition to the games, the governor of tokyo has told the bbc it would have been worse to cancel the games. The german chancellor, Angela Merkel, has visited the region of Western Germany hit by devastating floods. She says The World must hurry in its fight against Global Warming and Pledges Aid for rebuilding the area quickly. More Heavy Rain has caused further flooding in Southern Germany and austria. Nearly all of the coronavirus restrictions in england have been lifted for the first time since march last year. Most social distancing rules are relaxed and face coverings are no longer required by law