The day started wIth those traIn delays, wIth those attacks on varIous TraIn LInes around france, but It ended wIth a real bang. The OpenIng Ceremony that was promIsed to be a joyful event, an event that would be beautIful theatre In the heart of one of the most beautIful cItIes In the world, and It really dId delIver. We had the french celebratIng theIr culture, theIr art, theIrfashIon, theIr musIc, but also celebratIng a global sense of unIty, a global sense of belongIng together, and that really Is what the olympIcs are about. The flame, that was also an amazIng addItIon to the ceremony. It was lIt on a hot AIr Balloon then and flew up Into the sky and Is now hoverIng over the parIs skylIne. You can stIll see the EIffel Tower Is beautIfully sparklIng behInd me. The ceremony has been somethIng to behold and It ended wIth an Icon on an Icon CelIne DIon sIngIng the most beautIful song on the fIrst floor of the EIffel Tower. Everyone went crazy. You could hear the screamIng crowd from h
You some live pictures from the guard to nord in paris. This is the station where the eurostar arrives from the uk. 25 of their trains have been cancelled today, the eurostar, with delays on the trains that are running. We can show you the live page on the Bbc Website. This gives you an overview of where the acts of sabotage where. To the north, south, East And West to paris. The Red Squares shows you where to Arson Attacks took place. The Blue Square is one attack that failed. Meanwhile, Rail Engineers are obviously incredibly busy trying to repair the damage. These shots from Northern France where engineers will be working here and indeed throughout the day and perhaps for longer. 0r Correspond and Andrew Harding sent this report. This is the scene inside the gare du nord. The authorities here are insisting that they are having some success in diverting those high speed trains onto other lines and is even without the timetable is extremely disrupted. This is a time of course where it
This is Bbc News, the headlines former us President Barack Obama endorses Kamala Harris in the race for the white house. The leader of mexicos Sinaloa Cartel One of the worlds s most powerful Drug Lords is arrested in texas. A remote stretch of Uk Bogland gets World Heritage Status after an almost a0 year campaign. Former us president , Barack Obama, has endorsed the Vice President Kamala Harris in the race for the white house. In a Phone Call Mr obama and his wife, michelle, said they would do everything to get her into the oval office. Kamala 0h, hi, youre both together oh, its good to hear you both. I cant have this Phone Call without saying to my girl, i kamala, i am proud of you. This is going to be historic. | we called to say michelle and i couldnt be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the oval office. Oh, my goodness. Michelle, barack, this means so much to me. I am looking forward to doing this with the two of you, doug
displacing tens of thousands of people. and the team of therapy dogs working to relieve stress at a chilean hospital overwhelmed by cases of coronavirus. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe, wherever in the world you rejoining us from. the white house says us border agents in parts of texas will no longer ride horses after videos of officers corralling haitian migrants towards a river were widely criticised. the us special envoy for haiti, daniel foote, has resigned in protest at the deportation of haitians, describing the biden administration s policy as inhumane . now, the former us deputy chief of mission in haiti, vicki huddlestone, has added her voice to those calling for urgent governmental action. 0ur correspondent will grant has this report from the us mexico border. us mexico border. in the dead of night, immigration agents in northern mexico drag haitian families from their hotels as they sleep. just miles from their destination, they c