a sprinter from belarus who refused her team s order to fly home early from the olympics has been granted a humanitarian visa by poland. it s believed krystsina tsimanouskaya plans to go to warsaw tomorrow. and the head of an organisation helping belarussians who have fled abroad has been found dead in kiev. vitaly shiskov ran the belarusian house in ukraine. fighting is raging in helmand province as taliban militants and afghan government forces battle for control of the southern city of lashka ga. criticism from uk s opposition labour party, but praise from within the travel industry, as the uk government abandons plans for an amber watchlist of countries for international travel. and firefighters in helicopters are battling wildfires raging for a seventh day near southern coastal resorts in turkey. a warm welcome to tokyo and what a momentous day it s been. one of the greatest races in olympics history took place this morning. norway s karston warholm won the gold in the
we ll have to wait until the effects of climate change become really tangible before the world recognises that it needs to take action. i think we ve got to that point. even back at the start of this year, the problem that weighed most heavily on ukraine s president zelensky was will his western allies stay the course? i remember how frank he was about the need for ukraine s counteroffensive to go well. well, it certainly hasn t gone badly but it s never produced the major victory that ukraine needed and that its supporters prayed for. explosion now, hungary is deeply sceptical about backing ukraine. an openly pro russian politician has just topped the poll in the elections in slovakia. the polish government, with an election coming up, has chosen to criticise ukraine. and most serious of all, the political infighting in washington means that its hugely valuable aid to ukraine can t be funded as before at least for the time being. so, what does all this add up to? well, vla
anger and uncertainty had buyer s annual meeting putting the german chemical giant on the defensive the legal troubles of its recent acquisition monsanto have shareholders up in arms. and u.s. first quarter economic growth beats all expectations but investors were missed in their response the financial correspondent tells us why. also on the show japan has a notorious work till you drop business culture or the country s labor shortage is now giving workers in one sector some leverage to challenge those expectations to give the details. and student peers in berlin thanks for joining us german chemical multinational buyer faces shareholders at the group s annual meeting friday in bonn and as expected it was a tense affair the company s share price has lost nearly half its value following last year s takeover of u.s. agra tech for months and in particular after two american court cases linked that
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The result is still pending the danes say they d got the catch and had won the heat. but britain aren t happy having been denied the chance to set a fast time to qualify for the bronze medal race. and all eyes were on the gymastics a short while ago as we saw the return of us gymnast simone biles and she secured a bronze medal in the beam final. there was no hint of hesitation from the american four time gold medalist. she had withdrawn from several events after saying she wanted to protect her mental health and that she was suffering from the twisties a phenomenon that means a gymnast becomes disorintated whilst mid air. so a bronze for biles, gold went to the 16 year old guan chen chen from china. some nailbiting finishes, but team gb won three medals in the sailing earlier.
The danes say they d got the catch and had won the heat. but britain aren t happy having been denied the chance to set a fast time to qualify for the bronze medal race. and all eyes were on the gymastics a short while ago as we saw the return of us gymnast simone biles and she secured a bronze medal in the beam final. there was no hint of hesitation from the american four time gold medalist. she had withdrawn from several events after saying she wanted to protect her mental health and that she was suffering from the twisties a phenomenon that means a gymnast becomes disorintated whilst mid air. so a bronze for biles, gold went to the 16 year old guan chen chen from china. some nail biting finishes, but within the space of an hour, team gb won two gold medals in the sailing. dylan fletcher and stuart bithell