river in south wales. how a british surgeon who travelled to aleppo to treat victims of the syrian civil war nine years ago inspired a syrian boy to become a doctor we ve a special report. also coming up this hour..with three months until the un climate change conference in glasgow the world wildlife fund joins forces with leading international artists to inspire global action. team gb are looking to add to their medal haul at the tokyo olympics with 22 gold medals up for grabs in today s events. the first of the track cycling events are underway and there are high hopes for the team in three day eventing this morning. meanwhile, the sprinterfrom belarus who says she was being forced to return home from the games against her will is seeking asylum in europe. more on that in a moment, but first for a full round up of the action at the olympics, let s cross to jane dougall at the bbc sport centre. good morning. qualifying for the women s team pursuit is under way with team
to wear electronic tags on release from prison, under a government plan to cut crime in england and wales. borisjohnson launched the programme on his first day out of covid isolation. it includes removing rules introduced by the former prime minister theresa may, which made it harderfor police to stop and search suspects and having a named officer for each local area. but the police federation, the union which represents rank and file officers, says it s more money that s needed to fight crime. here s our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. if you want to know about the impact of crime, talk to darren awol, who was shot in the spine by people trying to rob him and still walks with crutches ten years on. his attackers have never been found and he thinks those who are caught are treated too leniently. with the stuff that s going on, there s not enough punishment for them. there s not enough. not enoughjustice. there s no way. some of them are coming out in two, three m