japanese doctors call for the tokyo olympics to be cancelled, warning the games could risk the creation of a new olympic variant. china has denounced the united states after president biden ordered an intelligence investigation into claims that the coronavirus pandemic originated as a leak from a chinese laboratory. beijing said us intelligence had a dark history of spreading misinformation. president biden says he s likely to release the report when it s ready detailing it s findings. here s our china correspondentjohn sudworth. for more than a year, the theory that the virus leaked from this wuhan laboratory has largely been dismissed as a conspiracy. the invisible enemy, the china virus. the theory s association with donald trump made it for manyjust one more piece of disinformation. but in the mouth of president biden, well, that feels different, and suddenly the world s media are taking it seriously. well, i think it s very important because it will feed into. a welcome
hello, and thanks forjoining us. president biden has ordered a review of intelligence about where the covid 19 outbreak originated from. it follows renewed speculation in america that the virus leaked from a laboratory in the city of wuhan. the world health organization is preparing further studies into its origins having previously said it was highly improbable to have come from a lab. but china has accused the us of playing politics with coronavirus. here s our china correspondentjohn sudworth. for more than a year, the theory that the virus leaked from this wuhan laboratory has largely been dismissed as a conspiracy. the invisible enemy, the china virus. the theory s association with donald trump made it for manyjust one more piece of disinformation. but in the mouth of president biden, well, that feels different, and suddenly the world s media are taking it seriously. well, i think it s very important because it will feed into. a welcome change for those long trying to
gets a new state of the art housing in belgium. hello and welcome to the programme. we will start in myanmar. the leader of myanmar s militaryjunta, min aung hlaing reinterated a pledge to hold elections at large military parade, marking armed forces day. the leader of the regime accused some politcal party leaders of corruption, saying legal action will be taken. we will come back to some of those pacific announcements and words that we heard at a speech at this parade that you are watching right now. these are live pictures, that has been going on for the last couple of hours. we have seen hundreds, thousands of troops information. this is all too mark armed forces day and there is an extraordinary historical parallel here because this day celebrates myanmar s resistance to japanese occupation back in 1945, that was led by aung san suu kyi s father, the defector leader of myanmar until february this year when the military that we can see these pictures had detained her and
one of the most significant artworks of the 15th century gets a new state of the art home in belgium. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. first, the leader of myanmar s militaryjunta has repeated a promise to hold elections, following february s coup. general min aung hlaing was speaking at a large parade in the capital, naypyidaw, to mark armed forces day. the display of strength comes almost two months after the army seized power. anti coup activists have called for a huge show of defiance, but the authorities have warned that protests will be met with deadly force. the annual military exercise involved hundreds of soldiers, marching in formation with large flags, as well as tanks and other military hardware. the event marks the anniversary of burmese military resistance to japanese occupation in 1945, led by the country s independence leader aung san, the father of aung san suu kyi. our correspondent nick marsh says much of the military general s
significant artworks of the 15th century gets a new state of the art housing in belgium. the leader of myanmar s military has repeated a promise to hold elections following february s coup. general min aung hlaing was speaking at a large parade in the capital, naypyidaw, to mark armed forces day. the display of strength comes almost two months after the army seized power. anti coup activists have called for a huge show of defiance, but the authorities have warned that protests will be met with deadly force. the annual military exercise involved hundreds of soldiers, as well as tanks and other military hardware. the event marks the anniverary of burmese military resistance to japanese occupation in 1945 led by the country s independence leader aung san the father of aung san suu kyi. our correspondent nick marsh says much of the military general s speech was him repeating the lines he s been saying to justify the military takeover. yeah, general min aung hlaing came out w