Releasing it in cinemas. Hello and welcome to the programme. After hitting a new record for the number of confirmed daily cases of more than 10,000 injapan, a State Of Emergency already in place In Tokyo has been extended to more regions. Theres increasing concern that enthusiasm for the olympics has contributed to a spike in coronavirus cases. Im joined now by Mariko 0i who is In Tokyo for us. Mariko what do we know about the expansion of the State Of Emergency . As you said, the government has proposed to State Of Emergency to include the prefectures of Tokyo And Osaka which should be confirmed later today and the State Of Emergency in place but Tokyo And Osaka and yokohama extended by ten days to the end of august. How effective this will be to control the pandemic, that remains to be seen, because it has been under a State Of Emergency for two weeks now but we continue to see that spike. I think the question is, what can the government do, what else can the government do to control
A new anti lgbt law. And the Uk Army safely detOnates a World War ii bomb On the site of a new Housing Estate. Hello. Day two of the olympics is getting underway and were expecting the medals to start arriving thick and fast, with 18 Gold Medals up for grabs. The first Swimming Medals will be handed out. Theres more actiOn On the tennis court. And for the first time at an olympics, well be following the actiOn at the skatepark. Lets Take A Look at some of the highlights expected in the coming hours in cycling, the Womens Road Race takes place On sunday, although, after complaints about the heat, the route has been changed, to avoid Mount Fuji and mount mikuni. One of the biggest names in the World Of Sport will be Making Herfirst appearance at the tokyo games. SimOne biles, the most decorated us gymnast of all time, will lead her team in womens qualifying. Local favourite, naomi osaka, who lit the olympic cauldrOn at fridays opening ceremOny, begins her bid for a medal. Its osakas firs
A shortage of truckers hits Uk Milk deliveries, the Industry Calls for urgent action. Hello. Sorry, i was busy reading my script we start with amazon the E Commerce Giant has been one of the business worlds biggest winners during the pandemic, as people Around The World were forced to shop online. But is that boom coming to an end . Amazon made sales of a vast 113 Billion in the three months to june. But that was less than Wall Street was expecting. And its warned of a further slowdown in the coming months. Samira hussain reports from New York. Amazon is the on Line Shopping Titan but what happens when consumers who have spent most of the last 1. 5 years stuck inside are finally allowed to go out shopping in actual physical stores . They do it. That was certainly reflected in amazons quarterly earnings report. The company had a block last year in 2020 is the pandemic forced many to shop on line. But not only did amazon miss investor expectations the revenue in the last three months of
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Inevitably, we associate artists with the times in which they emerge and the work which brings them widespread acclaim. So it is with my guest today, michael stipe, Lead Singer of The American band rem, who were pioneers of an indie Rock Sound which emerged from a Georgia College Campus in the 80s and won worldwide acclaim in the 1990s. Now, hes a Visual Artist who records new music sparingly. He says the best art is about bravery, confronting fear. So what has he been frightened of . Thank you. How are you, stephen . Michael stipe in berlin, welcome to hardtalk. I am very well, delighted to see you. I think its fair to say that we all think of you, first and foremost, as a musician, but these days, your primary focus seems to be Visual Art and im just wondering whether that visual sense was with you from the very beginning. Yeah, i actually started as an art student, but prior to that, i took up photography at 1a. It was when i was 15 years old