winter olympics, which start exactly one year from today. the ioc president thomas bach says it s almost a miracle china has managed to prepare for a winter games through the pandemic, but sophie richardson of human rights watch, says the olympic movement needs to rethink. this would be a miracle. ending mass arbitrary detention, ending the devastation of cultural property, ensuring that decent human rights environments exist before a warning that government, really the propaganda of posting. this is not a rights friendly of environment, and i think commitments of the con john of the chinese government made is clearly not worth the paper they were written on. it s certainly going to be a controversial games those allegations and questions over the environmental impact of the games but preparations are continuing. among those hoping to compete are british mogul skiers the gerken schofields. tom and leonie could become the first british twins to compete at a winter olymp
the uk on saturday as well, the temperature is continuing to rise, reaching 21 celsius. things start to change on sunday, particularly in the north west because the weather front is moving in. it will push aside the area of high pressure and we will see rain coming into scotland and northern ireland. that could eventually push across the irish sea, but of it for england and wales, apart some showers, it could be dry. there will be sunshine across eastern parts of england and it will be a warm day again on sunday, temperatures once again 21 celsius. but with the rain in the north west it will be cooler for scotland and northern ireland. darren, thank you. that is it from the bbc news at six, and i will be back with the latest at not ten o clock but 10.10 blame your for that. now it is time for the news where where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. on the verge of safety in the premier league, a season of scrutiny for david m
let s hand it over to kasie hunt and cnn tonight. you re right. we don t talk about grief enough. i m very much looking forward to listening to that podcast. thank you very much. i am casey hunt, and this is knight. we re in the midst of another general election season that will test donald trump s impact across the board. independents turned away from him in 2020. and as criminal investigations widen by the day, those independents are being reminded why they still don t like him. two third of independents say in a new poll that they don t want the ex-president to run for office again. and though he is not on the ballot this november, democrats, led by president biden, have tried to frame the midterms as a choice between democracy and trumpism, which the president defines as a threat to democracy. democracy voters, meanwhile are energized over abortion rights, trump, and more 62 days before the final votes are cast. where does that leave republicans who are on the ballot?
not a lot. donald trump wasn t going to honor his predecessor when he launched his car spreading the racist birther lie at the 44th president of the united states duly elected twice was not born in this country. that was far from normal but what we saw today said a lot about the office of the presidency, the people we elect to hold it and the peaceful transfer of power to one president to the next. i ve always described the presidency as a relay race. you take the baton from someone. you run your leg as hard and as well as you can and then you hand it off to someone else. knowing that your work will be incomplete. the portraits hanging in the white house chronicle the runners in that race. each of us tasked with trying to bring the country we love closer to its highest aspirations. now, just imagine someone else speaking in that manner. let s be honest. can t. that s what a normal presidency is supposed to be about and today we saw a former president not afraid to make fu
hello this is bbc news. the headlines: novak djokovic wins the wimbledon men s final, beating nick kyrgios in four sets his 20 first grand slam victory and his seventh wimbledon title. every single time, it gets more and more meaningful and special, so i am very blessed and very thankful to be standing here with the trophy. trade minister penny mordaunt becomes the ninth candidate to join the conservative leadership race with former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, also declaring in the last 2a hours. in eastern ukraine 15 people died when an apartment block was shelled in the donestk region. sri lanka s deepening economic crisis: the president says he ll step down after huge demonstrations, the us appeals to politicians to act swiftly. and, temperatures rise around the uk, with scotland recording its warmest day of the year so far. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. in wimbledon the jabbing tips have come to an end wi