Wildfires in northern California Force thousands into Evacuation Centres while a Covid Outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. British mps have warned that taxpayers will bear the cost of the Governments Coronavirus Spending for decades. A parliamentary report says the Uk Military is failing to protect female recruits with almost two thirds of women experiencing bullying, Sexual Harassment and discrimination. And the Uk Army safely detonates a World War ii bomb on the site of a new Housing Estate. A warm welcome to tokyo, its day 2 of the olympics and the Sporting Action has brought us just the sort of excitement weve been looking for in the games. There were major shocks in the swimming pool, a World Record was broken and for some big names their Olympic Dream has come to an end. A couple of sports have made their debut too. Lets cross to the Bbc Sport Centre and speak to our reporter jane dougall, whos been watching the action. What an exciting Road Race for the women a
Hello and welcome to bbc world news. Day two of the olympics in tokyo has brought us all what we have come to expect from the games. There were major shocks in the swimming pool, a World Record was broken, and for some big names their Olympic Dream has come to an end. And a couple of sports made their debut too. The bbc s Sarah Mulkerrins has been following the action so far on day 2. What a story we have had as we have seen the first Gold Medal given out in one of the four new spots here at the olympic games. Skateboarding took Centre Stage with the Street Event final for the men taking place and i can tell you that the Host Japan have one at with a 22 year old michael from tokyo, yuto horigome, winning gold in that. It sees the skateboarders make some runs and pull up some great picks and skills on rails and ramps and also steps. A wonderful win for the hostjapan. Wonderful win for the Host Japan. Also wonderful win for the hostjapan. Also a big win in the pool with a gold in the wom
Hello, welcome to tokyo, day two of the olympics. The Sporting Action has brought us just the sort of Unpredictability And Excitement only these games can bring. In the last few minutes, Team Gb has won its first Silver Medal, with Bradley Sinden narrowly missing out on winning the first ever gold in mens taekwondo. Earlier, there were some major shocks in the Swimming Pool a World Record was broken and today has brought something of a Gold Rush forjapan s olympians. Mariko oi has the details. What an exciting evening for teamjapan but in particular for one Family Judo Siblings Uta and Hifumi Abe winning double Gold Medals within an hour of each other, and now the hashtag the most powerful siblings is trending on social media. Also, earlier in the day, we had Yuto Horigome winning the first ever Gold Medalfor skateboarding. We went out to find out how people made of his achievements. Lets take a listen. Translation | used to do skateboarding and i knew horigome, so congratulations to h
The Uk Military is failing to protect female recruits, with almost two thirds of women experiencing bullying, Sexual Harassment and discrimination. Thousands take to the streets across brazil for the fourth weekend in a row, calling for a faster Vaccination Programme and the impeachment of President Bolsonaro. 0h and the Uk Army safely detonates a World War ii bomb on the site of a new Housing Estate. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Day 2 of the olympics in tokyo has brought us all what we have come to expect from the games. There were major shocks in the Swimming Pool a World Record was broken and for some big names, their Olympic Dream has come to an end. And a couple of sports have made their debut too. The bbc s Sarah Mulkerrins has been following the action. Well, what a story we had as we have seen the first Gold Medal given out in one of the four new sports here at the olympic games. Skateboarding took Centre Stage this Sunday Morning with this
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