Hello and welcome. Team gb is celebrating after winning olympic gold and silver in the men s swimming 200 metres freestyle. Tom dean, who contracted covid 19 twice, won the final, with duncan scott completing the one two. It s the first time since 1908 that two british male swimmers have shared the podium. And a bermudan athlete has made history in tokyo, winning the tiny island s first ever olympic gold medal. The bbc s sarah mulkerrins is in tokyo. It is going so well, isn t it, ben, for team gb in the pool. We had the gold yesterday for adam peaty. A phenomenal performance from the duo of tom dean and duncan scott in the 200 metres freestyle today. A wonderful result for them. As you mentioned, tom dean, he won gold. He was a surprise gold medal winner in that because he finished off, he had been second to duncan scott for most of the season because duncan scott came in as the favourite. He has been the fastest man over the distance in that. However it was his team mate, tom dean wh
debates. plus, two of the richest people in the world engaging in a salacious twitter war over the lunar lander. nasa has now suspended its contract offer until it can resolve the protests. we begin tonight with john kerry back in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. white house correspondent kevin corke has the latest tonight, good evening. great to be with you, happy friday, the argument that kerry may have lost some money on some energy sector investments prior to becoming the envoy shouldn t disabuse anyone of the notion that the investments themselves by their very nature may be seen as dubious by some especially given his position and his possible influence and how that might shake u.s. energy policy. financial disclosure forms which were obtained by fox news show the former secretary of state was financially invested in numerous oil companies including duke energy, dominion energy, and valero energy. the financial forms show that his investments were somewhere be
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a third wave of coronavirus is beginning to sweep across the european union. france and switzerland are extending restrictions from saturday, while polish health officials say the british variant of the virus is so rampant, a 3 week lockdown is necessary. infections have surged, as europe s vaccine rollout has continued to lag behind the pace ofjabs in the us and the uk. our correspondent lucy williamson has more from paris. never mind the prime minister. in france, it was the astrazeneca jab that needed a shot in the arm today. after weeks of shifting guidelines, the message was meant to be clear it s safe and it works. but only an hour before he received it, france s health authority said a possible link to blood clots in younger patients meant the jab should only be used for those over 55. last month, it said only those under 65 should take it. lucky for mr castex that he turned 55 last year. but only 20% of
a third wave of coronavirus is beginning to sweep across the european union. france and switzerland are extending restrictions from saturday, while polish health officials say the british variant of the virus is so rampant a three week lockdown is necessary. infections have surged as europe s vaccine roll out has continued to lag behind the pace ofjabs in the us and the uk. here s simonjones. facing a third wave fuelled by a faltering vaccine programme with delays in supplies and scepticism about the jab. much of europe is seeing a rise in infections. in germany there is a warning it is likely the country will have to apply an emergency brake and reapply lockdown measures. just 8% of the german population has had a first dose of vaccine. translation: ., ., translation: there are not get enou:h translation: there are not get enough vaccines translation: there are not get enough vaccines in translation: there are not get enough vaccines in europe - translation: there are no