conservatives? robert generic and victoria atkins are here. more of you voted for the other parties than ever before. one of the victors, ed davey, leader of the liberal democrats, joins us this morning. conservative lord michael howard. morning, morning. let s start by looking at the papers. the observer as the new prime minister on the front page saying, it is time to deliver. the conservative rule and the scheme is dead and buried. the sunday times said the government needs a plan for emigration. the suella braverman tells the telegraph the tories deserved to lose. on the other big contest, the football. england reach the euro semis, beating switzerland last night. asa as a historian, something like this is real history, it happened so real rarely, real change? it is is real history, it happened so real rarely, real change? rarely, real change? it is true, landslides rarely, real change? it is true, landslides however rarely, real change? it is true, landslides however
to ensure essential workers can avoid self isolation and keep working. president biden warns that the us is facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated, as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads. police make arrests in sydney as thousands of anti lockdown protesters breach covid 19 restrictions in australia s biggest city. a warm welcome to tokyo, where the first gold medals of the tokyo olympics have been awarded. 11 medals are up for grabs on the first full day of action, including in fencing, judo and weightlifting. but perhaps the most eagerly awaited event of the day was the men s road cycling race. let s cross to the bbc sports centre and speak to our sports reporter, mike bushell, who s been watching the action in tokyo. mike, the road race. gruelling at the best of times, but i have to tell you in this heat it must have been so challenging. and richard carapaz, it was a fantastic race for him, winning gold. figs carapaz, it was a fantastic race for him, winning gold.
is facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads. and pandemic what pandemic? a major music festival gets underway in the north of england. a warm welcome to tokyo, where the first gold medals of the olympics have been awarded. 11 medals are up for grabs on the first full day of action, including in fencing, judo and weightlifting. but perhaps the most eagerly awaited event of the day was the men s road cycling race. ecuador s richard carapaz has just won that, with a thrilling race on the outskirts of tokyo. carapaz started out strong, with a a0 second lead. great britain s adam yates missed out on medal, while geraint thomas was out after earlier crash. japanese spectators have defied coronavirus restrictions to watch the race. it s one of the few events during which they can see the competitors in action. china has gone straight to the top of the medals table winning two of today s events. 21 year old yang qian took the first gold
protesters breach covid 19 restrictions in australia s biggest city. president biden warns that the us is facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated, as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it s the first day of action in the tokyo olympics. 11 medals are up for grabs, including in fencing, weightlifting and judo the sport has givenjapan its first gold medal in the men sjudo. but perhaps the most eagerly awaited event of the day was the men s road cycling race. it was won in sweltering heat by richard carapaz from ecuador. let s cross to the bbc sports centre and speak to our sports reporter, mike bushell, who s there and has been watching the action in tokyo. good to see you, mike. so medals and the competition or gets going on day one? , ., the competition or gets going on day one? , . ., ., ., , one? yes, and what an exhausting watch it was. one? yes, and what an exhausting watch it was, let one? y
and around the world. tackling britain s pingdemic hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential workers can avoid self isolation and keep working. president biden warns that the us is facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads. a warm welcome to tokyo, where the first gold medals of the tokyo olympics have been awarded. 11 medals are up for grabs on day one including in cycling, weightlifting and fencing. but it was in the judo where the host nation japan won its first medals. mariko oi has the details. well, japan winning its first gold medal and naohisa takato giving a very emotional interviewjust now, following funa tonaki, also ofjudo, winning silver and according to the japanese olympic committee her silver medal was the 500th medal for team japan in olympic history, so quite an exciting moment for her as well. a bit of disappointment in gymnastics with kohei uchimura not qualifyi