RIver In south wales. How a brItIsh surgeon who travelled to aleppo to treat vIctIms of the SyrIan CIvIl War nIne Years ago InspIred a syrIan boy to become a doctor weve a specIal report. Also comIng up thIs hour. WIth three months untIl the un clImate Change Conference In glasgow the World WIldlIfe Fund joIns forces wIth leadIng InternatIonal artIsts to InspIre global actIon. Team gb are lookIng to add to theIr Medal Haul at the Tokyo OlympIcs wIth 22 gold medals up for grabs In todays events. The fIrst of the Track CyclIng events are underway and there are hIgh hopes for the team In three Day EventIng thIs mornIng. MeanwhIle, the SprInterfrom Belarus who says she was beIng forced to return home from the games agaInst her wIll Is seekIng asylum In europe. More on that In a moment, but fIrst for a full Round Up of the actIon at the olympIcs, lets cross to Jane Dougall At The Bbc Sport centre. Good mornIng. QualIfyIng for the Womens Team PursuIt Is under way wIth Team Gb up agaInst germ
How a brItIsh surgeon who travelled to aleppo to treat vIctIms of the SyrIan CIvIl War nIne years ago InspIred a syrIan boy To Become a doctor. We have a specIal report. Also comIng up thIs hour. WIth three months untIl the un clImate Change Conference In glasgow, the World WIldlIfe Fund joIns forces wIth leadIng InternatIonal artIsts to InspIre global actIon. Hello from tokyo. Its beIng reported that a belarusIan sprInter who sought protectIon, after she claImed she was ordered to return home from the olympIc games, has applIed for asylum In the PolIsh Embassy there. Yesterday KrystIna TsImanouskaya saId she feared for her safety If she was sent back To Belarus, as a penalty for crItIcIsIng her coaches on SocIal MedIa. What you are seeIng here Is the latest pIctures of her leavIng a sIlver van, latest pIctures of her leavIng a sIlvervan, enterIng latest pIctures of her leavIng a sIlver van, enterIng the PolIsh Embassy. She was greeted by two offIcIals before she went In. The offIcIals
American gymnast Simone Biles will compete in an olympic final tomorrow after missing several others to focus on her mental health. The belarusian sprinter whos taken refuge in a Tokyo Embassy after claiming her country tried to force her onto a plane back home. Well be live In Tokyo for the latest. Also in the programme. The first passengers arrive at heathrow after the change in rules which means people coming in from the us and eu no longer have to quarantine. They havent been back to see grandparents for about two and a half years. So it took us about 15 documents as well as passports to get back. As soon as we got off the aeroplane we got so excited. Child shouts yeah you know, even The Little Ones were shouting, london, london and the british doctor killed in syria who inspired this young medical student to follow in his footsteps. I thought to myself constantly, actually, during Medical School that, you know, the reason im doing this was because i was inspired by him. And coming