Of controversial president jair bolsonaro, who has launched attacks on congress and the Supreme Court. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsday. Its 6am in the morning in singapore and 2 30am in the morning in kabul, where the taliban have announced an interim government. It comes more than three weeks after they ousted the afghan president and took control of most of the country. The head of the interim cabinet is this man, Mohammad Hasan Akhund, who also happens to be on a united Nations Terror Sanctions List. Today, hundreds of protesters, many of them women, took to the streets of the capital, kabul. They were met with Warning Shots from the taliban. The bbc s Secunder Kermani reports from kabul. Death to pakistan, the crowd chant. Theyre furious at what they believe is the countrys support for the taliban, including, they allege, in taking over panjshir, the last province to be captured by the group. Translation pakistan has directly attacked our country. W
And the Uk Army safely detonates a World War ii bomb on the site of a new Housing Estate. Hello and welcome. Day 2 of the olympics in tokyo has brought us all what we have come to expect from the games. There were major shocks in the Swimming Pool a World Record was broken and for some big names, their Olympic Dream has come to an end. And a couple of sports made their debut, too. The bbc s Sarah Mulkerrins has been following the action so far. Well, what a story we had as we have seen the first Gold Medal given out in one of the four new sports here at the olympic games. Skateboarding took Centre Stage this Sunday Morning with this Street Event final. For the man taking place. And i can tell you that the hosts, japan, have won it with the 22 year old local boy from tokyo, Yuto Horigome, winning gold in that. Now, the Street Event sees the skateboarders make some runs and pull off great tricks and skills on rails and ramps and also steps in that event. A wonderful win for the hosts, ja
Coming up in sport, more than one of the bigger shocks of the olympics so far as austrias Ana Kiesenhofer upsets the odds to win the womens cycling Road Race. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Its day two of the olympics, and the Sporting Action has brought us just the sort of Unpredictability And Excitement only these games can bring. An unexpected Gold Medalfor Tunisia in the pool and the first medals for Team Gb with a silver in taekwondo for Bradly Sinden and a Judo Bronze for chelsie giles. The womens Road Race resulted in a huge shock earlier in the day. Lucy hockings is in tokyo for us. Day two has produced some extraordinary performances and some real upsets as well. The day started with a big upset in the Womens Road Cycling race the austrian Mathematician Anna Kiesenhofer took gold, she has not had a professional contract since 2017, she raced ahead with more than a0 kilometres remaining, it was an amazing race, and in fact she has a phd in ma
Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. Saturday saw the first full day of action in the tokyo 0lympics. Eleven Gold Medals have been up for grabs on day one, including in cycling, weightlifting and fencing. But, it was in thejudo competition, where the host nation, japan, won its first medals. Earlier, japanese spectators defied Coronavirus Advice to watch the mens cycling Road Race one of the few events where they could see the competitors in action. It was won by richard carapaz, who timed to perfection a tactical final descent after a tough 234 Kilometre Course to give ecuador only its second ever Gold Medal in an olympics. Some of the leading Tennis Players are calling on the organisers to delay the start times of the matches, after a number of competitors struggled in the Tokyo Heat and humidity on the Opening Day of the tournament. World number one, Novak Djokovic, eased through his first round in straight sets but said the playing conditions were par
Hello and welcome to bbc world news. Day two of the olympics in tokyo has brought us all what we have come to expect from the games. There were major shocks in the swimming pool, a World Record was broken, and for some big names their Olympic Dream has come to an end. And a couple of sports made their debut too. The bbc s Sarah Mulkerrins has been following the action so far on day 2. What a story we have had as we have seen the first Gold Medal given out in one of the four new spots here at the olympic games. Skateboarding took Centre Stage with the Street Event final for the men taking place and i can tell you that the Host Japan have one at with a 22 year old michael from tokyo, yuto horigome, winning gold in that. It sees the skateboarders make some runs and pull up some great picks and skills on rails and ramps and also steps. A wonderful win for the hostjapan. Wonderful win for the Host Japan. Also wonderful win for the hostjapan. Also a big win in the pool with a gold in the wom