And we get the story behind the soaring price of the beans in your coffee. The delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics are finally under way. It follows months of uncertainty, and a Build Up marred by protests and the resignations of senior japanese officials. But for the athletes, the day is here. 11 Gold Medals are up for grabs on saturday, and Day One of the official Olympics Schedule is packed, with plenty of key events to keep an eye on in the coming hours, including the first Gold Medal its expected to go to the winner of the 10 Metre Air Rifle for women. We will also keep an eye on cycling. The 234km Mens Road Race starts in about two hours time and is expected to take around seven hours. Slovenias Tadej Pogacar goes in this, fresh from winning the tour de france. Also, look out for the tennis. Just two weeks after wimbledon, the competition for Olympic Gold begins with Novak Djokovic on court. Hes going for the golden slam which would be gold here along with four Grand Slam titles. And hom
Emergency, police, please. Smashing. Oh my god, quick. Theres hundreds of people here. You need to come quick or theres going to be something bad happening. Cheering. At some point i expected to see Riot Police walking up that hill but they never came. The riot on a Swansea Estate shocked us all. A mob Out Of Control the police under attack. Two months on, and questions are being asked why did this happen and could it have been prevented . Weve reached a point where things are starting to bubble over and the overwhelming response was just anger. Tonight, there are calls for action. It needs to be exposed so that lessons can be learnt. Were not protected here. Thats how we feel. Things can go on and we wouldnt be protected in the worst case scenarios. Adam romain has decided to move his family away from the Mayhill Estate in swansea. You just think how many times more can i allow my children to be exposed to this kind of thing. Its not been an easy decision to think weve got to move on,
And whats in a name . Clevelands Baseball Team changes their s to try and avoid offending native americans. Hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics are finally underway. It follows months of uncertainty, and a Build Up marred by protests and the resignations of senior japanese officials. But for the athletes, the day is here. 11 gold medals are up for grabs on saturday. And Day One of the official Olympics Schedule is packed, with plenty of key events to keep an eye on in the coming hours, including the first gold medal. Its expected to go to the winner of the 10 Metre Air Rifle for women. And the final is due to start in the next hour. Then we look to the cycling, because the 234km Mens Road Race starts in about an hours time and is expected to take around seven hours. Slovenias Tadej Pogacar goes in this fresh from winning the tour de france. Of course, there is tennis just two weeks after wimbledon, the competition for
Hello, and welcome. The first full day of competition is under way at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. 11 gold medals will be decided on saturday with the first likely to come in the womens ten metre air rifle. The Opening Ceremony took place despite the japanese capital being under a State Of Emergency because of covid pandemic. And another athlete, the dutch rower finn florijn, has pulled out following a positive test. The ceremony itself was watched by millions of people Around The World on television. Heres our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes. For the uno family, it has been a long, anxious wait to get to this moment. The Unos Are Serious Olympic fans. Dad has spent over £3000 on olympic tickets, so you can imagine the mixed emotions theyre feeling tonight. Yes, we think about, you know, the kids. Its the very first time to hold their olympics injapan, so we were excited. I am very disappointed, Masato Uno says. If they were not going to have spectators, they should have postponed ag
The headlines. emperor naruhito ofjapan has formally opened the olympic games at a ceremony in tokyo. it took place in an empty stadium with fewer than a thousand spectators because of the pandemic. the ioc president said preparing for the games had been a difficultjourney with unprecedented challenges. there s confusion and growing criticism over the uk government s plans to allow some key workers in england from transport workers and police to those controlling the power network to take daily covid tests instead of self isolating. business leaders says the scheme needs to be significantly expanded. more than 100 people have been killed after torrential monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooding in western india. officials say that dozens of bodies have been recovered from a landslide in the district of raigad.