its covid lockdown. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 9am in tokyo where the czech republic and poland have offered to help a belarusian sprinter who was ordered home from the games by her country s 0lympic officials. this is her krystsina tsimanouskaya. she had been due to compete in the women s 200m event on monday. but after posting a video complaining about being entered into another race at short notice, she says she was told to pack and taken to the airport. she then contacted police, and uploaded this video on social media, appealing for help. the flight took off without her on board. tsimanouskaya has said she believes she s now safe i m joined now by sarah mulkerrins in tokyo. the international olympic committee says it has asked the belarus authorities to clarify what happened. it comes of course against a backdrop of ongoing protests against president lukashenko of belarus who the opposition accuse of stealing the election, and repressing any dissent
showers will be across northern areas and northern ireland, northern england and scotland could see the downpours on wednesday, there were a shower is possible just about anywhere. pleasantly warm where you get to see some sunny spells. thursday onwards into the weekend, the weather dominated by low pressure. windy again to the south, though not as windy as it was last week, bands of heavy rain or showers moving through with brighter spells in between. and with weather like this and temperatures like this, you may be forgiven for thinking that august is doing a good job of dressing up as autumn in disguise. iam sure dressing up as autumn in disguise. i am sure we are all thinking that, thanks. that s all from the bbc news at six, so it s goodbye from me. and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m chetan pathak, coming up on tonight s programme: for the first time in 49 years gold for great britain in the olympic event
hello, this is bbc news with ben boulos. the headlines: success for team gb in tokyo. gold for gymnast max whitlock, who retains the olympic pommel horse title. another gold for team gb charlotte worthington wins a dramatic bmx park freestyle final. a belarusian sprinter says olympic officials from her country have tried to forcibly repatriate her after she publicly criticised the national team. the uk has accused iran of being behind an attack on an oil tanker off the coast of oman in which a british national was killed. young people in england will be offered incentives to have their first covid jab, like discounts for takeaway food and taxi journeys. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello, i m marc edwards. world class whitlock wins again. he takes gold in the men s pommel horse. charlotte worthington turns the bmx world upside down with her gold medal winning moves. he s the fastest man on earth lamont marcelljacobs wins italy s first 100 metres olympic medal
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