Hello, welcome to tokyo, day two of the olympics. The Sporting Action has brought us just the sort of Unpredictability And Excitement only these games can bring. In the last few minutes, Team Gb has won its first Silver Medal, with Bradley Sinden narrowly missing out on winning the first ever gold in mens taekwondo. Earlier, there were some major shocks in the Swimming Pool a World Record was broken and today has brought something of a Gold Rush forjapan s olympians. Mariko oi has the details. What an exciting evening for teamjapan but in particular for one Family Judo Siblings Uta and Hifumi Abe winning double Gold Medals within an hour of each other, and now the hashtag the most powerful siblings is trending on social media. Also, earlier in the day, we had Yuto Horigome winning the first ever Gold Medalfor skateboarding. We went out to find out how people made of his achievements. Lets take a listen. Translation | used to do skateboarding and i knew horigome, so congratulations to h
Hello and welcome. More than 70 people have now died after a week of unrest in South Africa sparked by the jailing of former president jacob zuma. Shops and warehouses have been looted and set on fire, with the worst violence in years centred on durban and johannesburg. The government says it plans to deploy 25,000 soldiers on the streets to try to quell the violence. Heres our South Africa correspondent, nomsa maseko. Factory after factory after factory, ransacked and burned by looters. Two young men lying dead beside a railway line, 48 hours after they died. This is what six days of Looting And Rioting in Kwazulu Natal and Gauteng Provinces in South Africa looks like. Violent protests began just hours after South Africas former president , jacob zuma, was jailed for failing to comply with a Court Order to give evidence at a corruption inquiry. However, speculation is rife that even though this may have started out as a pro zuma protest, it was a well orchestrated plan designed to emb
Hello and welcome to bbc 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. Sarah mulkerrins takes us through some of the highs and the lows. What a story we have had. We have seen the first Gold Medal given out in one of the four new sports at the olympic games. Skateboarding Centre Stage this Sunday Morning with the Street Event final for the men taken place and i can tell you that japan have wanted with a 22 year old local by from tokyo winning gold in that. They pull off some great tricks on ramps and rails and also stems. A wonderful win for the host and a big win in the pool as well as gold in the womens 400 metres individual medley. Also a great win for pelissier as a 28 year old means the first gold of the game for them and their fifth first gold of th
The Uk Military is failing to protect female recruits, with almost two thirds of women experiencing bullying, Sexual Harassment and discrimination. Thousands take to the streets across brazil for the fourth weekend in a row, calling for a faster Vaccination Programme and the impeachment of President Bolsonaro. 0h and the Uk Army safely detonates a World War ii bomb on the site of a new Housing Estate. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. 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 have made their debut too. The bbc s Sarah Mulkerrins has been following the action. 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
Welcome to tokyo. 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. About an hour ago, Team Gb won its first Silver Medal in the taekwondo, with Bradly Sinden narrowly missing out on gold after defeat in the final. Nestor mcgregor is with bradly s mum in stainforth in south yorkshire. They must be celebrating tHere . Yes, aood they must be celebrating tHere . Yes, good afternoon they must be celebrating tHere . Yes, good afternoon. This they must be celebrating tHere . 133 good afternoon. This is they must be celebrating tHere . 1 1 good afternoon. This is doncaster. It is worth saying, up and down the uk, tHere are probably many many homes that look like this one, but this garden is the garden that Bradly Sinden practised that tHere was a Tae Kwon do moves that we saw Her earn him a silver olympic medal. His mum has also planted these amazing flowers which are white, red and blue, Team Gb col