Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Day two of the olympics saw some high drama, most notably in the Swimming Pool but also in cycling and tennis. Theere was an unexpected Gold Medal Fortunisia in swimming and the first medals for team gb, with a silver in taekwondo and a bronze injudo. The Womens Road Race resulted in a huge Shock And Ash Barty Couldnt Replicate her wimbledon success. Lucy hockings is in tokyo for us. Day two here in tokyo 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 of the peloton with more than a0 kilometres still remaining, it was an amazing race, and in fact she has a phd in maths from cambridge so very clearly made the right calculations in todays race, a great victory for austria and for anna kiesenhofer. And then we
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
If the taliban continue their attacks. Well hear from our correspondents in kabul and the us. Also ahead. The terrifying Force Of Nature in india, as a landslide unleashes boulders which destroy a bridge. And with his time in office nearing its end, well look back on the controversial presidency of the philippine s Rodrigo Duterte. Live from our studio in singapore. This is Bbc News. Its newsday. Welcome to Bbc News, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. Its 7am in singapore and 8am in tokyo where day two of the olympics saw plenty of drama, and a few shocks and surprises. And while some of the competitions, like the tennis, are still in their early stages others, including swimming and events like Tae Kwon do, judo and cycling, have already awarded their gold medals. Lets go live now to tokyo and Sarah Mulkerrins has the latest. Sarah, a dramatic day two with some suprises . Tell us more. Weve certainly had a brilliant tell us more. Weve certainly had a brilliant sta
In about ten minutes well have the Film Review, but first On Bbc News click. As the world tries to emerge from the pandemic, the way we go about our lives is bound to be different but exactly how is hard to say. On this weeks show, well be seeing the buildings that are hoping to get to know us a bit better. But first, we will be finding out how the world of search is changing right before our eyes. The idea of Visual Search is nothing new. Its something we looked at a few years ago, where you search for something online by using a picture rather than words. But the idea does seem to be gaining ground, now. Toys, animals, food no need to type, just take a snap instead, and youll get a result. And thats thanks to something called Visual Search. You must have seen it popping up in your amazon shopping app, perhaps pinterest, even snapchat helping you find and buy products online. And there are also more useful applications like aipoly vision, which describes objects to its visually impair