The Tokyo Olympics get under way this week but there is already a growing number of athletes and officials testing covid positive or being forced to self isolate. In the Olympic Village, two players and a coach for the south africa Mens Football Team have the virus. Eight members of Team Gb Athletics team are also in isolation after being in close contact with positive cases. And us Tennis Player Coco gauff has announced she is not going to tokyo after testing positive. Despite the worsening Covid Situation and strong public opposition to the games, the governor of tokyo has told the bbc it would have been worse to cancel. From tokyo, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. With five days to go, the anti olympic protests are not going away. This one is outside the hotel where Ioc President Thomas Bach is staying. Their message to him is pretty blunt. Over at the Olympic Village, Three Covid cases have now been confirmed. Across the city, 1,400 new cases on saturday. Despite this, when i sat do
The Tokyo Olympics get under way this week, but there is already a growing number of athletes and officials testing covid positive or being forced to self isolate. In the olympic village, two players and a coach for the south africa Mens Football Team have the virus. Eight members of Team Gb Athletics team are also in isolation after being in close contact with positive cases. And us Tennis Player Coco gauff has announced she is not going to tokyo after testing positive. Despite the worsening Covid Situation and strong public opposition to the games, the governor of tokyo has told the bbc it would have been worse to cancel. From tokyo, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. With five days to go, the anti olympic protests are not going away. This one is outside the hotel where Ioc President Thomas Bach is staying. Their message to him is pretty blunt. Over at the olympic village, Three Covid cases have now been confirmed. Across the city, 1,400 new cases on saturday. Despite this, when i sat d
Democracy have failed using the pretext of a political grievance, those behind these acts have sought to provoke a popular insurrection amongst our people. Hello and welcome to the programme. We start in Western Europe where hundreds of people remain unaccounted for after some of the worst flooding in decades. 120 people are so far known to have died as Record Rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks. In germany, chancellor Angela Merkel described The Floods there as a catastrophe. Torrential rain has also devastated parts of belgium, the netherlands and luxembourg. Swollen rivers, including the rhine, the meuse and the arr have filled towns and villages, destroying homes and leaving many stranded. In the town of erftstadt in germany, whole houses have been submerged and a landslide has demolished parts of the town. 0ur Correspondent, jenny hill, spent the day there. The ground just fell away. This is the town of erftstadt, where overnight houses collapsed as the water gushed in. An
More than 120 people have been confirmed dead after parts of NortHern Europe were devastated by some of the worst flooding in decades. Hundreds more are injured and otHers unaccounted for. The work of the Emergency Services is being severely hampered by the difficult conditions. The german president has called for a more determined battle against Climate Change. The german states of Rhineland Pulatinate and North Rhine westphalia were worst hit. Over 100 people have died tHere. In belgium, wHere at least 20 people have been killed, July The 20th has been declared a national day of mourning. The netHerlands is also badly affected. The power of the water has been immense. Here you can see what the village of Baat Noyunar Arvieler looked like before The Floods. And Here it is afterwards. The Flood Water gushed through the town causing major disruption. You can see Here it had such power it has destroyed this bridge. 0ur Correspondentjenny Hill has just sent this report from the german tow