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Landslide and flooding triggered by torrential monsoon rain. And what is in a name . Clevelands Baseball Team Change there is to avoid offending native americans. The delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics are finally under way. Following months of uncertainty and a buildup marred by protests and the resignation of seniorjapanese officials. But senior japanese officials. But for the seniorjapanese officials. But for the athletes, the day is finally here. 11 Gold Medals are up for grabs on saturday. And the first has been won in the last hour. Chinas Yang Qian won the womens ten Metre Air Rifle event with an olympic Record Score of 251. 8. It was a dramatic finish, as russian Anastasia Galashina was in the lead, until she scuppered her final shot, and Yang Qian was able to take advantage. Switzerlands Nina Christen won bronze. So the start of a busy day with plenty to keep an eye on in the coming hours including cycling. The Mens Road Race is under way, starting at Mount Fuji and is expected to take around seven hours. Slovenias Tadej Pogacar goes in this fresh from winning the tour de france. Tennis just two weeks after wimbledon, the competition for Olympic Gold begins with Novak Djokovic on court. After lighting the flame at the Opening Ceremony Home favourite Naomi Osaka plays sunday. Japanese support will also be high for the womens� football. The 2012 silver medallists play team gb. Meanwhile Team Usa will hope to overcome their disappointing defeat to sweden when they play new zealand. And theres a debut for a new form of basketball a three a side event. Japans women opened the tournament against the russian team competed under a neutralflag but lost 21 18. But the threat posed by Covid Hasnt gone away. There have been 127 positive cases around the games so far, and one of them for the czech Beach Volleyball Player Marketa Slukova meant that their Opening Match on Friday Againstjapan was cancelled and a win was awarded to the hosts. These games have been a long time in the making. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield Hayes was with a family as they watched the opening ceremony. For the uno family, it has been a long, anxious wait to get to this moment. The unos are serious olympic fans. Dad has spent over £3000 on olympic tickets, so you can imagine the mixed emotions theyre feeling tonight. Yeah, we think about, you know, the kids. Its their very first time to hold their olympics injapan, so we were excited. I am very disappointed, Masato Uno says, if they were not going to have spectators, they should have postponed again until next year, then we could have welcomed people from abroad properly. Chanting. Those who think the whole Show Shouldve been scrapped long ago were out on the streets again this evening. Cheering. But they were vastly outnumbered by the crowds that have turned out to try and get a glimpse of the action. This was Shinjuku Park at lunchtime as Japans Air Force Display Team painted the olympic Rings across the sky. The olympics is very. I mean, its a once in a lifetime kind of event, right . So, ijust wanted to have my kids have experience to see those athletes at least. But, i mean, due to this Covid 19, i guess things have gotta be the way it is. For months, weve heard that japan doesnt want the games, that people are afraid. It didnt look like it tonight. The contrast between whats going on inside the olympic Stadium Tonight and whats going on outside in tokyo could not be more stark. Because of covid, because of the state of emergency, the stadium seats are empty, and yet here we are right outside, Tens Of Thousands of people gathered in public squares and public parks to try and glimpse a bit of the action. And if you go in the streets round here, the restaurants are all full, life is going on as normal. Theres some pretty strange logic going on here. Translation i am sure the government is taking measures to prevent the spread of the virus by separating the athletes from the public, so im not worried. For some, these scenes show the ban on olympic spectators is unnecessary, but with covid cases in tokyo climbing rapidly, others will say this demonstrates exactly why the Spectator Ban is needed. From Tokyo Bay here in the south of the japanese capital, lets head to the Heart Of The City and find mariko oi. Mariko, afternoon to you now. This saturday lunchtime, i wonder what you make of the feeling now that the games are under way from the japanese public . Under way from the japanese ublic . ,. , under way from the japanese ublic . ,. ,. , public . Rupert was here last Niuht Public . Rupert was here last Night And Public . Rupert was here last night and this public . Rupert was here last night and this is public . Rupert was here last night and this is where public . Rupert was here last night and this is where It Public . Rupert was here last| night and this is where it was jampacked with not a lot of social distancing, i have to wait. And this morning and now at lunchtime as well we see quite a lot of people queueing up quite a lot of people queueing up and waiting for their turn to take a picture with the olympic Rings. Last night when people were here there were at least several hundred people here as well and that roving display created by some 2000 drones created excitement. Some of the newspapers this morning. This onceis newspapers this morning. This once is delayed by a year, no cheers but lets hope it can bring some joy. Cheers but lets hope it can bring somejoy. The newspaper wishes all the athletes the best of luck but also hoping that they would stay safe and healthy. This newspaper here has a picture of the emperor declaring the opening of the olympics here in tokyo, just as his grandfather did for the 1964 games as well. There were some people on Social Media comparing the Emperors Speech which was not that long, compared to the speech from Thomas Barker which went on for over ten minutes. But it is fair to say that overall there was quite a positive reaction from the japanese public to the opening ceremony. It from the japanese public to the opening ceremony. Opening ceremony. It was interesting opening ceremony. It was interesting watching opening ceremony. It was interesting watching the l interesting watching the cycling which is under way now, it began at Mount Fuji and is winding its way around some of the streets of tokyo full there were many people out and watching. We know they have been discouraged from doing that but i wonder what it says about the mood of the people here now . I about the mood of the people here now . About the mood of the people here now . I think the opinions have long here now . I think the opinions have long been here now . I think the opinions have long been polarised. Here now . I think the opinionsj have long been polarised. Way before the games got under way i remember that the before the games got underway i remember that the anti olympic sentiment got almost too strong, that some people who felt supportive of the games going ahead amid the pandemic almost felt like they could not speak out. I received a couple of messages on Social Media, saying that the olympics are about watching those super humans, the extraordinary performance and they were very much looking forward to it. Yet, when i asked can i quote you in my article they said, no, maybe not because i do not want my colleagues or my company to be troubled by those who are against. So the opinions of the japanese public have long been rather divided. There were some people still protesting against the games last night but there are others who think they are excited about it and out and about and trying to get a picture with the olympic Rings. Trying to get a picture with the olympic Rings. Lovely to have you the olympic Rings. Lovely to have you with the olympic Rings. Lovely to have you with us the olympic Rings. Lovely to have you with us live the olympic Rings. Lovely to l have you with us live outside the olympic stadium. Before i hand back to london, it is well and truly under way, i have to write Down everything ongoing right now because we have a dimension, beach volleyball, boxing, cycling, hockey, judo, table tennis, Tae Kwon do all taking place right now. Of course we will bring you up to date with all the latest developments but the sport is about to take over. I can see a smile on yourface about to take over. I can see a smile on your face there because you were talking about what rather than everything else and that is great. Thank you. President biden has warned that the united states is facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated, as the Delta Variant of Coronavirus Spreads rapidly in areas where the Uptake Ofjabs has been low. Speaking in virginia, Mr Biden praised the governor of Alabama Kay Ivey who said it was time to start blaming the unvaccinated for the rise in infections. Heres our North America Correspondent david willis. With less than 34 of its population fully vaccinated, alabama is the least vaccinated state in this country. And the remarks on thursday by its republican governor were well received by the white house. They are supposed to have common sense. But it is time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regularfolks because unvaccinated folks are letting us Down. In because unvaccinated folks are letting us Down. Letting us Down. In a speech, the president letting us Down. In a speech, the president echoed letting us Down. In a speech, the president echoed the the president echoed the assertion that the recent rise in Covid 19 cases was the fault of those who have refused to be vaccinated. Of those who have refused to be vaccinated of those who have refused to be vaccinated. What we have now is a pandemic vaccinated. What we have now is a pandemic beyond vaccinated. What we have now is a pandemic beyond vaccinating. | a pandemic beyond vaccinating. Here is the point. All the Covid 19 deaths and Hospitalisations Today are among the unvaccinated. And i know, i know it should not be politicised but i hope that is starting to change. Aha, politicised but i hope that is starting to change. A Growing Number of starting to change. A Growing Number of republicans starting to change. A Growing Number of republicans and L Number of republicans and conservative leaders have called on people to get vaccinated in recent days following nearly a three fold increase in coronavirus cases increase in coronavirus cases in the last two weeks. Most of them involving people who have not been vaccinated. 56 of americans including children have now received at least one jab at a new poll suggests that the majority of those who are yet to be vaccinated still say they are unlikely to do so. A funeral has been held in haiti for president jovenal moise, who was shot dead in his home two weeks ago. There was a heavy Security Presence at the funeral but outside, angry supporters of Mr Moise clashed with police. Courtney bembridge has more. The president s widow told the crowd she wanted justice, not revenge. She speaks french. She was injured in the attack which killed her husband a fortnight ago. Translation the family is living in dark days. To make the journey here to support us, to say goodbye to my president , my husband, my friend, the father of my children, is a form of sympathy that bRings Strength And Courage to the whole family. And from the president s son, a message to the killers. This translation our tearfilled eyes are still desperately searching for a sign of life in this body that heartless men have made nothing. These are some of the men accused of carrying out the killing 26 colombians and two haitian americans. Three were killed by police, and five are still on the run. The assassination and subsequent political turmoil has prompted widespread protests and that Anger Wasnt far away when the funeral began. Beyond the compound walls, gunshots rang out, and foreign media who were caught up in the Chaos Filmed Piles of burning tires and gutted cars. A delegation from the us and other dignitaries left the funeral early. Its still not clear who was behind the plot and how the killers were able to walk unchallenged into the president s home. The calls for answers will likely only grow louder. Courtney bembridge, Bbc News. In western india, more than A Hundred people have been killed after torrential monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooding in the state of maharashtra. Officials say dozens of bodies have been recovered from a landslide in the district of raigad, with more feared trapped. Hundreds of villages and towns are without Electricity And Drinking water. Our correspondent Sarah Campbell reports. Whole areas of the state of maharashtra are underwater, the result of torrential rain triggering devastating landslides. Battling fast flowing currents and submerged dangers, the countrys national disaster response force. 32 houses have collapsed in the landslide because of The Rain, and the Rescue Operation is there going on and the relief is there. As per their latest report, we have recovered 32 bodies, and some more are said to be trapped there. Residents are now counting the cost of their losses, their homes and possessions lost or destroyed. Translation i had three vehicles. All of them got submerged in the floodwater. They are all damaged. The furniture in my House And Outside also got damaged. This is monsoon season, but The Rain has been too much for many areas to cope with. Its thought that more than half a metre of rain fell in parts of indias West Coast in just 24 hours. The authorities were forced to evacuate people from low lying areas as water was released from dams which were threatening to overflow. Translation if the watersj released from the Dam Today and The Rainfall continues, floodwater could enter our homes. And the situation is set to worsen. Indias Meteorological Department has issued red alerts, indicating the torrential rainfall is expected to continue. Sarah campbell, Bbc News. Youre watching Bbc News, our main headline the first Gold Medal of the Olympic Games has been won, with chinas qing yang winning the womens 10 Metre Air Rifle. The american Baseball Team the Cleveland Indians have announced they are changing their name. From the end of this season they will be known as the cleveland guardians. Theyre the latest us Sports Franchise to change their name, after criticism some found it offensive. The bbc� s Tim Allman has the story. Tucson, arizona, the Cleveland Indians. For more than a century, they have been known as the Cleveland Indians. The illustrious and ever so often successful Baseball Team. But, in recent years, that name has become increasingly controversial, so its out with the old and in with the new. Were excited to usher in the next era of Professional Baseball in cleveland, as the cleveland guardians. Adding to our teams deep and rich history in our community. After being known, amongst other things, as the rustlers, the bluebirds, and the naps, they were first called the indians back in 1915. The nickname and others like it is seen by many as racially insensitive, particularly to native americans. We ask ourselves why we are the only race that are subjected to that. If this were truly an honour, then why wouldnt other races be subjected to it . It is racially offensive, and we dont want to be the only group that is singled out for such an honour. Not everybody is in favour former President Donald Trump issued a statement, saying and its notjust baseball. Last year, washingtons american Football Team retired the name the redskins, and will announce a new name in 2022. The relationship between sport and politics can be difficult, but the owner of the team that will soon no longer be known as the Cleveland Indians says that, while the transition will be difficult for many, he hopes to unite the community. Tim allman, Bbc News. Now, we could soon be paying more for our cappuccinos and lattes, because the price of Coffee Beans has gone through the roof. Arabica coffee futures have risen around 25 in a week, to their highest in more than 6. 5 years. So whats behind the Record Spike . There has been a big frost in the Minas Gerais region, the prime coffee growing region of brazil. Well, for more of an explanation on whats been happening to this Years Coffee crops, ive been speaking to pedro dias, a Coffee Farmer in the region. I tried to pick a few branches in our Coffee Crop to try to show you this damage. Its not the same thing as being here and looking with your own eyes at the damage, and how heartbreaking it is to see and to predict that our next crop will be affected. The only thing is its too early to figure out how much its going to affect because theres more frost coming on the forecast. Just a few examples. This is a branch that got bit by the frost. You can see the leaves are falling Down, the top of the branches are just breaking and its pretty dry. Its not really good. This is how it should be looking right now, with the buds here for the next seasons crop, you know, all beautiful, all coming out ready for the spring blooming in a couple of months. But not, its all dry and toasted. Crosstalk. I see, we can really see the difference. The coffee. We can really see the difference in what you just showed us there. How much of your crop is affected . Well, its a bit too early to say how much in percentage, brazil wise, but for example on my farm, from what weve seen and the stories that weve been marking Down from what my parents passed to me, we are afraid that it could go up to about 50 breakage for the next year. But this is my case, according to what the frost hit me. So this happened this past tuesday, from monday to tuesday evening, and in another week with the forecast showing another one coming, so we have to see then it all go by and after the winter season, we can tell more exactly on that percentage but its still going to be a lot, thats for sure. Pedro dias there. When the Supermodel Halima Aden announced she was quitting modelling in november last year, because it was incompatible with her muslim faith, her exit sent shockwaves through the fashion industry. Now halima, who became a trailblazer for wearing her hijab on the catwalk and in photoshoots, has told the bbc in a new documentary that towards the end of her Modelling Career she felt she had lost control of her identity. Heres what she had to say. You know, its not that i was made to do things that i didnt want, but i think like many models, you start off very young, i was 19 when i started modelling and i remember bringing a suitcase to sets of full of hijabs and fabrics and leggings and sweaters and turtlenecks and all these things that i would bring and work with the stylist on set to achieve the shoot. And then the last two years of my career, i kind of trusted the stylist on set to style me. And thats when i saw that my image was changing, my Hijab Style was changing, it kept getting smaller and smaller. And in a way, i had almost lost my true identity as a hijab wearing muslim woman because the styles that they were dressing me in didnt really make it a hijab. It was hats and accessories and jeans and versace this and that. In place of a traditional hijab, is my point. When i, along with a lot of people when Covid 19 happened, i had a chance to stay off and reflect and like many people, i decided that i wanted to make career changes. Back now to our top story as the olympics starts its first full day in tokyo, Chinas Qian Yang has won the Gold Medal in the womens 10 Metre Air Rifle. One new sport for this games is skateboarding. One of the oldest debutantes will be the american alexis sablone. At 34 years old, this Street Skater is a Role Model for many of the younger competitors. Shes been talking to the bbc. When i started skating, i felt like it wasnt cool, you know . It was, like, punks and kids that didnt fit in. And the olympics does feel like this point of no return. And maybe its already reached that, but skateboarding will look dramatically different. It gives it this different kind of status. You know, when i was ten in, like, the mid � 90s in a small town in connecticut, i was the only one in my town that even skateboarded. If you saw someone with certain shoes on, you knew for a fact that was a skateboarder. You know, it was exciting to see another one because it felt, like, rare. I think its kind of fitting. I get one shot. Its going to be the first time for skateboarding, and ive seen it change so much and it doesnt get much bigger than this, you know . I make sculptures and i have a studio space. I made, like, a large scale skateable Sculpture In Malmo in sweden. Its in a public square and its open to the skaters for them to use, but it can be shared by, you know, all different user groups. Skateboardings always going to be a part of my life in one way or another. Even when youre old, it makes you feel young. Its just so nostalgic. Its, like, this is the same thing ive been doing since i was ten years old. I cant imagine my life without it because its just so woven in there. For women in skateboarding, i think its been, like, a really positive thing. I think its given us way more, like, visibility. Theres going to be a World Stage and theres going be men and women on it with skateboards. Suddenly, everyone started to care more. We cant be ignored now. Competition its, like, when i win, ifeel great, and when i lose, i dont, you know . And then i say, like, why am i doing this to myself . But, you know, i do it all over again because there must be some part of me that really wants that. Good luck to her. And, before we go, a Record Number of people acquired pets during lockDown and might be wondering what to do with them now restrictions in many places are being lifted. One London Bar called the after bark is serving up cocktails for dogs. The owner says theyre trying to help people who became Dog Owners during the pandemic get back into the swing of after work pub life. There is of course no alcohol in the drinks at least, not the ones the dogs are enjoying. Thats it from me. This is Bbc News. Hello. After another fairly warm and mostly dry day on friday, things are now changing with the weather. Weve got some heavy showers and some thunderstorms moving their way in from the South West and through the course of the weekend, its going to turn cooler and fresher with some Downpours for some places, particularly towards the south. Thats Down to the fact that this area of low pressure is pushing its way in, and thats going to generate some really heavy Downpours at times, some showers, some thunderstorms as well. And if you do catch some of those thunderstorms, they could bring some disruption to travel particularly across parts of southern England And South wales, there is a risk of some localised flooding. So as we head through Saturday Morning then, initially the heaviest of the Downpours will be close to the south Coast And Theyll slowly work their way northwards across the southern half of england and wales as we head through the day. Some of them bringing some thunderstorms, some hail and some gusty winds mixed in with some of those heavy showers. Further north across the uk, most places staying dry with some warm sunshine. Temperatures around 26, possibly 27 degrees in the warmest spots towards the north west. Weve got more cloud just lurking around those eastern coasts of Scotland And North East England as well. Into saturday evening, we keep that threat of heavy showers and thunderstorms going on across some southern and south Eastern Parts of england. They should ease a little bit overnight. Many places starting Sunday Morning on a dry note and temperatures a little bit fresher overnight than theyve been recently, between about 12 to perhaps 16 degrees or so. Now, through the second half of the weekend, then, low pressure still not far away. Its just starting to drift its way a little bit further eastwards, so thats going to bring another day of fairly heavy showers and thunderstorms. But i think the focus of most of them during sunday will be across southern and south Eastern Parts of england, perhaps one or two into south wales, too. But for the rest of the uk, once again, some dry and some warm weather with fairly light winds and long spells of sunshine. Temperatures Down a notch on recent days, so by the time we get to sunday, highs typically about 20 24 degrees for most of us. Again, watch out for localised flooding with those torrential hit and miss heavy showers. Into monday, and another day of a few showers around across southern parts of england and wales and if you do catch one, it could be heavy and thundery as well. But i think much of the uk seeing again some spells of sunshine and largely dry conditions with temperatures about 20 24 degrees on monday. Into the working week, it does remain pretty unsettled. More showers in the outlook, as you can see, but turning a little Bit Drierfurther south across the uk. Bye bye. This is Bbc News the headlines the first medals of the Tokyo Olympics have been won. Chinas Yang Qian took gold in the womens ten Metre Air Rifle event. Russias Anastasia Galashina came second and Switzerlands Nina Christen won bronze. There are another ten Gold Medals up for grabs on Day One of the games. The funeral of the assassinated haitian President Jovenel Moise has taken place amid heavy security near Cap Haitien the main city of his native northern region. Outside the Moise Family Compound police fired shots and Tear Gas at protesters voicing anger at the president s murder. More than A Hundred people have been killed after torrential monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooding in western india. Officials say that dozens of bodies have been recovered from a landslide in the district of raigad. Hundreds of villages and towns are said to be the British Medical Association has criticised

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