An inquiry into the murder of a maltese anti Corruption Journalist says the state must bear responsibility for her death. Its day 7 at the Tokyo Olympics where all eyes will turn to the track, as the women 100 metres heats begins the athletics programme. We start in tokyo, where theres increasing concern that enthusiasm for the olympics has contributed to a spike in coronavirus cases. For the first time since the pandemic began, the number of new daily infections there has passed ten thousand. The japanese authorities say the dramatic rise will not affect the olympic action, but experts are warning if something isnt done to control the spread, the Citys Healthcare System could soon be overwhelmed. From tokyo, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. This is tokyo in the middle of a State Of Emergency, in the middle of a pandemic. These bars are not supposed to be serving alcohol and should be closed by 8pm, but no one is taking any notice. Im not worried at all, this young man says. I want to g
As the world tries to emerge from the pandemic, the way we go about our lives is bound to be different but exactly how is hard to say. On this weeks show, well be seeing the buildings that are hoping to get to know us a bit better. And looking at how online shopping could be getting social. But first, well be Finding Out how the world of search is changing right before our eyes. The idea of Visual Search is nothing new. Its something we looked at a few years ago, where you search for something online by using a picture rather than words. But the idea does seem to be gaining ground now, as 0mar Mehtab has been Finding Out. Omar toys, animals, food no need to type, just take a snap instead, and you will get a result, and thats thanks to something called Visual Search. You must have seen it popping up in your amazon shopping app, perhaps pinterest, even snapchat helping you find and buy products online. And there are also more useful applications like aipoly vision, which recognises and d
Of a maltese anti Corruption Journalist says the state must bear responsibility for her death. And im Sarah Mulkerrins Live In Tokyo on day seven of the olympics, where there was a World Record for South Africa in the pool with Tatjana Schoenmaker winning gold in the 200m breaststroke. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. We start in tokyo, where theres increasing concern that enthusiasm for the olympics has contributed to a spike in coronavirus cases. For the first time since the pandemic began, the number of new daily infections there has passed 10,000. The japanese authorities say the dramatic rise will not affect the olympic action but experts are warning if something isnt done to control the spread, the Citys Healthcare System could soon be overwhelmed. From tokyo, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. This is tokyo in the middle of a State Of Emergency, in the middle of a pandemic. These bars are not supposed to be serving alcohol and should be closed by 8pm,
Englands deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van tam, says he hopes the worst of the Coronavirus Pandemic is behind us but he has warned there could be one or two bumpy periods ahead as autumn approaches. He has urged people whove not yet been vaccinated to come forward. The latest data from public Health England suggests that covid vaccines have prevented an estimated 22 Million infections and 60,000 deaths in england alone. Heres our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson. After the misery of many months with the pandemic, the thrill of the holidays. The nhs in england went to Thorpe Park today to encourage its younger visitors to get vaccinated. Hi, guys were doing covid vaccines today. Ijust want to be more safe and know that im 0k and also when everythings open now i can have more freedom. Did you see that . Theres something about being fearless when youre young and perhaps thats whats being played out with the vaccinations. Unlike with the older generation, who went Full Thro
hallowe en on record, that was nearly 2a degrees but 18 is still round five degrees above where we should be. it is warmer there this evening but there will be be many a hallowe en costume needing waterproof. heavy shower, pushing northwards, that could give minor flooding, that will continue to work northwards but on the southern edge we could sigh strong winds, tighter s bars through the english channel. it will be a wild night there. but another mild night, nine to round 13 celsius as we start tomorrow morning. so into tuesday we go. start with cloud, rain, scotland, northern, eastern england, thenit scotland, northern, eastern england, then it will be a case of ever changing skies through wales, the midlands and southern england, a blustery day with a mixture of sunshine and shower, northern ireland a better day, a lot for in the way of drier weather. some of the way of drier weather. some of the driest conditions through the afternoon, temperatures down on today, but sti