With the aim of driving down infections. Anything we can do to improve vaccination rates, including going to below the age of18, 16, 17 year olds, clearly will be a good thing, to get as many people vaccinated as possible, with both doses of the vaccine. If you want to get in touch with your views on any of today s stories including the idea of giving vaccines to children i m. Lebanon is holding a day of national mourning to mark the first anniversary of a massive warehouse explosion that killed over 200 people and injured thousands. The belarusian 0lympic sprinter who sought sanctuary in a foreign embassy in tokyo has now left japan, boarding a flight to vienna this morning. And coming up this hour, professor barbie. The scientist who designed the oxford coronavirus, vaccine has been honoured with her very own doll. A warm welcome to tokyo and it s been another incredible day on the athletics track, with another extraordinary 400 metres hurdles final and another dizzying world rec
Embassy in tokyo has now left japan, heading to warsaw after a stopover in vienna. Wildfires fuelled by high temperatures and strong winds continue to sweep parts of turkey, with eight people dead and thousands forced to leave their homes. Borisjohnson is expected to visit renewable energy projects and meet police officers on a two day visit to scotland. But he s not meeting nicola sturgeon, which she says she would have welcomed. And at 2:30, your questions answered. We ll be putting your questions on vaccinations for teenagers to the experts. More than a million teenagers could soon be offered a covid vaccine. It s understood that this afternoon, thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation will recommend that 16 and 17 year olds are given the jab. At the moment, only under 18s with underlying health conditions or living with someone vulnerable, qualify for the vaccine. Here sjim reed. 46 million adults have already received a covid vaccine. Now the jab is set to be routinely o
The youngest british olympian. She is in action in the skateboard park final. Hello and welcome. Krystina timanovskaya the belarusian sprinter who refused her team s orders to fly home from the olympic games is on her way to vienna. It s not clear why the 24 year old has taken the flight to vienna and not to warsaw her original planned destination after she was granted a humanitarian visa by poland. She arrived at narita airport from the polish embassy, where she had been helped following events on sunday when she had been taken to the airport against her will by belarusian officials because she had criticised her coaches on social media. Mariko oi is in tokyo. We were just watching their the pictures of the flurry at the airport. The media and the press tried to figure out where she was headed? press tried to figure out where she was headed? indeed, sally, there was a she was headed? indeed, sally, there was a bit she was headed? indeed, sally, there was a bit of she was heade
In lashkar gah in helmand province. And large cruise ships have been banned from the centre of venice, after years of environmental protests. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. A warm welcome to day 9 of the olympic games. A day in which team gb s charlotte worthington has taken a sensational gold medal in the bmx freestyle. The 25 year old, former chef from manchester who only took up bmx seriously at the age of 20 after switching from her main love of scooters, fell on her first run but then landed a backflip 360 a trick never before completed in a women s competition. On the final day in the pool, us swimmer caeleb dressel took his gold medal tally to five. Winning the men s 50 metres freestyle in an olympic record time then going on to break the world record as part of the men s 4x100 medley relay team. And there was record breaking success for team gb swimmers too. American xander schauffele clinched the men s golf gold medal in a nail biting fin