Caused by the pandemic. As hundreds of thouands are told to self isolate, medical leaders insist the app is essential. But Theres Confusion and delays over Government Plans to exempt some Key Workers, like those in food depots, from Self Isolation. And coming up in the sport on the Bbc News channel. A record equalling round for south koreasjeongeun lee. She storms the evian leaderboard with one of the lowest scores ever at a major. Good evening. The tokyo Olympic Games have officially opened injapan, a year late and beset by unprecedented challenges because of the covid pandemic. The Opening Ceremony took place in an almost empty stadium In Tokyo, a city that has been placed under its fourth State Of Emergency as it struggles with its highest covid numbers in six months. More than 11,000 athletes will be competing over the next two weeks. The president of the international olympic committee, thomas bach, said that today was a moment of hope as he paid tribute to the japanese for hostin
Plans to exempt some key workers like those in Food Depots from Self Isolation. And from Beauty Hall to Race Track how our High Streets are being forced to think differently to bring back business. Im taking a spin what used to be the Beauty Hall. This isjust one example of how landlords are having to rethink our empty shops. And Coming Up on the News Channel, the action is under way at the olympics where team gbs football is prepared to take on the Hosts Japan after making a winning start. Good evening, and welcome to the Bbc News at six. The Tokyo Olympics games have officially opened Injapan A Year late and beset by unprecedented challenges because of the covid pandemic. The Opening Ceremony took place in an almost empty stadium In Tokyo a city that has been placed under its fourth State Of Emergency as it struggles with its highest covid numbers in six months. More than 11,000 athletes will be competing over the next two weeks. The president of the international olympic committee,
is knighted at windsor castle. hello and welcome to the programme. the uk has recorded its highest ever number of confirmed covid infections. more than 78,500 people have tested positive for the virus with the omicron strain causing considerable concern. south africa, where the variant was first identified last month, has also reported a record number of daily infections. italy and france also say they ve seen record numbers too. the us has confirmed cases in 36 states, while the philippines and cambodia have detected their first omicron cases. our health editor hugh pym has this report. with the rapid spread of the new variant, the booster programme has been given new urgency. here, a gp in oxford visits elderly patients in their homes to give them the top up jab. but it will give you a very good protection and boost your immunity. with evidence of that good protection against omicron infection, the booster roll out will continue. but according to recent research, there s mu
up their babies for adoption in the 19505, 60s and 70s are among those due to give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry, which got under way today. the hearing follows a series of bbc reports and will examine why thousands of pregnant, unmarried women were pressured into giving up their babies. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy has the full story. these are some of the women who lost their babies through forced adoption, simply because they broke the taboo of getting pregnant out of wedlock. today, they welcomed the news that a parliamentary committee has begun to examine their traumatic experience. a great relief, as much as anything, and gratitude that it s going ahead despite being long overdue. newsreel: it s a wrench to part from your baby, but this mother has decided it would be better. hundreds of thousands of babies were taken from unmarried mothers for adoption in the 30 years after world war ii. today, following the bbc s reports, parliament s human rights committee
now on bbc news, it s time for click. this week, what will it take to keep us all safe? will machines lead us into war? how do we stop killer robots from becoming a reality? and can the victims speak louder than the survivors? theme music plays has there ever been a time when we haven t been at war? battles have been raging down through the ages over lands, religion and resources. and every so often a new technology comes along, which gives one side a massive advantage and changes the shape of war forever. throughout the history of warfare, there has been one common thread, and that it s been people who have made the decisions on who and how to fight. but now we re having to ask the question what would happen if you took the human out of the loop? weapons, guided and driven by artificial intelligence, are no longer science fiction. and next week, the un will discuss whether the development and deployment of this kind of tech should be left unrestricted, should be regulated