Tens of thousands of Rohingya Refugees demand justice two years after fleeing myanmars brutal military offensive. And adventurers with driving ambition, starting a four month road trip from singapore to london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7am in hong kong where protesters and police are recovering from another weekend of violent clashes. Its understood a Police Officer fired a warning shot during clashes with demonstrators, marking an escalation in the unrest. Earlier, police used water cannon to disperse crowds and clear barricades for the First Time Since the demonstrations began in june. John sudworth has the latest from hong kong. Hong kong was once celebrated for its stability. Not any more. Onlookers gazed down on the political crisis being lived out in running street battles. By nightfall, it was at times almost medieval. This rain of sticks and clubs, brought to an end only by the sound of a gunshot, as one off
Archer Matt Stutzman, of Fairfield, Iowa, stopped at a Paris school Wednesday before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week. While there, he wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills.
The archer with no arms asked the children to pick a target in the clump of three balloons. Which ballon did they want white, purple or pink? Purple, a kid replied. Holding his bow with his right foot and pulling back its string with a tiny hook tucked under his chin, Matt Stutzman let…
Armless archer Matt Stutzman is reshaping thinking about people with disabilities one arrow at a time. Before he won a silver medal at the Paralympic Games in 2012, prospective employers wouldn t hire him because he has no arms. Now the American is targeting his fourth Paralympics in Paris next year. Visiting France s capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. His message about changing perceptions will hit a far larger audience when 4,400 athletes flock to Paris from Aug. 28-Sept. 8, 2024.
Matt Stutzman, of Fairfield, said changing thinking about disability is more important to him than the medal he hopes to win at next year’s Paris Paralympics.