With Showjumping Champions joining top winners in trampolining and Double Sculls rowing. The biggest Art Festivals while in the world is on display the edinburgh fringe. More on the olympics now and as the Paris Games approaches its half Way Mark this weekend. Its been a great day so far for great britain, whove taken their Gold Medal Haul to nine. The latest from a near faultless performance in the team showjumping. Scott brash onjefferson sealed victory with a clear run after his team mates ben Maher And Harry charles only incurred two time penalties. Emily craig and Imogen Grant won a Gold Medal in rowing with a dominant performance in the womens lightweight Double Sculls, and a little earlier Bryony Page won great britains first trampoline olympic gold to complete her set of a medal of every colour. Meanwhile in the Mens Tennis Carlos alcaraz Beats Felix Auger Aliassime in Singles Semi Finals and remains on course to pick up olympic gold. Our reporter Ellyn Duncan has been soaking
With Shun Wang of china in third. But it really was all about marchand, the Home Support again treated to another spectacular showing. Australias Cameron Mcevoy took his first olympic Gold Medal, when he won the mens 50m freestyle. Mcevoy is the first australian man to win the shortest distance on the swimming programme, while britains ben proud took the silver medal. Frances Florent Manaudou got the bronze 12 years after he won gold at london 2012. The current olympic champion, Caeleb Dressel of the United States, finished sixth. Now to the track. The United States set a new World Record in the heats of the mixed four by a00m relay. The team of four comprising of vernon norwood, shamier little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown smashed the previous Record Set at the World Championships in budapest last year. There were also national records for france, belgium and jamaica. Home favourite Teddy Riner became the firstjudoka to win four olympic Gold Medals after defeating South Koreas kim M
A national day of mourning is taking place in israel after friday s Deadly Crush at a jewish pilgrimage. 45 men and boys died after being trapped in a narrow walkway during the festival at mount meron, attended by Up To 100,000 mostly ultra orthodoxjews. Mark lobel reports. Mourning a Tragedy One that has shone uncomfortable light on israeli society amid the search for how one of israels worst Peacetime Disasters unfolded. For now, grief overtakes the demand for answers. The dead includes a rabbi, foreign nationals reportedly from america, canada and the uk, and at least 12 children and teenagers. During the stampede, many young lives were suddenly at risk. We received several dozen injured people, among them two children who died. And anotHer three orfour children who were severely injured. The crush happened late at night in a passageway in the Mens Section during a religious festival attended by ultra orthodox jews. This man says he saw people screaming in fear on a Steep Ramp tryin
little amal , and her marathon journey across europe. live from our a studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am here in singapore 8am in pyongyang where north korea has confirmed it test fired a new submarine launched ballistic missile for the first time in two yea rs. we ve received this image which we are unable to independently verify. north korean state media spoke of the pride and honour of having succeeded. earlier the south korean military reported that one missile had landed in waters off the coast of japan. the un security council are thought to be meeting later on wednesday a move prompted by britain and the united states with the us in particular reacting angrily to the launch labelling the move as a threat to the region. here s what the white house press secretary jen psaki had to say. we condemned the dprk s ballistic missile launch. these launches violate multiple un security council resolutions and our threat to the region. a call on
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