In an elaborate but rain soaked ceremony. In a world first, the olympic opening ceremony was held outside of the stadium with thousands of athletes sailing down the river seine. Our sports correspondent patrick gearey reports. Paris, never more spectacularly the city of lights. An evening drenched in sound, colour and city of lights. An evening drenched in sound, colourand rain. This city of lights. An evening drenched in sound, colour and rain. This was always going to be a more watery opening ceremony than ever before. The river seine but you can t play the plan the weather. Team gb s flag bearers were a rower and a diver. They are used to water. Yeah, definitely hasn t diver. They are used to water. Yeah, definitely hasn t dampened diver. They are used to water. Yeah, definitely hasn t dampened the definitely hasn t dampened the spirits. Team gb are definitely out in full force and the fans on the bank arejust amazing. In full force and the fans on the bank are just amazing.
and now the heavy rain moves from the southeast right up the east coast. the carolinas, washington, d.c., the northeast next. rob marciano standing by. news tonight on the emergency in california, that major oil spill. authorities now opening a criminal investigation. matt gutman on the reasons why tonight. averting economic catastrophe for now. senate democrats and republicans and this short-term deal. terry moran standing by. the sweeping senate report tonight finding former president trump pressured the department of justice in the final weeks of his presidency to overturn the election. jon karl reporting. news tonight in the manhunt for brian laundrie. laundrie s own father now helping authorities in that search. the powerful earthquake rocking japan. the images coming in tonight. and made in america is back. the one thing you can buy tonight, they re handy, and it will put dinner on the table for another family. good evening and it s great to have you with us
pacific. martha raddatz standing by with late reporting. the deadly fd now the heavy from the southeast right up the east coast. the carolinas, washington, d.c., te northeast next. rob marciano standing by. news tonight on the emergency in california, that major oil spill. authorities now opening a criminal investigation. matt gutman on the reasons why tonight. averting economic catastrophe for now. senate democrats and republicans and this short-term deal. terry moran standing by. the sweeping senate report tonight finding former president trump pressured the department of justice in the final weeks of his presidency to overturn the election. jon karl reporting. news tonight in the manhunt for brian laundrie. laundrie s own father now helping authorities in that search. the powerful earthquake rocking japan. the images coming in tonight. and made in america is back. the one thing you can buy tonight, they re handy, and it will put dinner on the table for anothe
which has been under lockdown for more than three weeks, has reported its first official covid deaths in two years. to have them here is extraordinary. and prince harry speaks to the bbc about the invictus games, and what ukraine s presence there means. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. russia has expanded its bombardment, hitting sites right across the country over the past 2a hours. in a televised address, president volodymyr zelensky said he could confirm that the battle for the donbas region had begun. translation: we can assess now that russian military has| begun the battle for donbas, for which they have been preparing a long time. a very large part of the russian army is now concentrated for this offensive. no matter how many of the russian troops are there, we will be fighting. we will defend ourselves and do everything that we must to keep what s ukrainian. what is not, we simply don t need it. th
aus a us federaljudge throws out the mandate forcing people to wear masks on aeroplanes and public transport. prince harry speaks to the bbc about the invictus games, and how ukrainian soldiers are taking part against the odds. so they remove the uniforms, took the team strips on, jumped on the coach, came here and try to sleep for a couple of days and then try to decompress in they got to go back. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. ukraine says that russian forces have now embarked on the large scale offensive in the east of the country that has been aniticpated for the past week. indeed, theyappear to have expanded their bombardments, with sites right across the country being hit over the past 2a hours. in a televised address, president volodymyr zelensky laid out the scale of the attack and the challenge for his forces in the donbas. translation: we can assess now that russian military has| begun the battle for donbas, for which they have been p