A difficult day for the organisers of the Paris Olympics and, indeed, the ceremony. The day started with those train delays, with those attacks on various Train Lines around france, but it ended with a real bang. The Opening Ceremony that was promised to be a joyful event, an event that would be beautiful theatre in the heart of one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and it really did deliver. We had the french celebrating their culture, their art, theirfashion, their music, but also celebrating a global sense of unity, a global sense of belonging together, and that really is what the olympics are about. The flame, that was also an amazing addition to the ceremony. It was lit on a hot Air Balloon then and flew up into the sky and is now hovering over the paris skyline. You can still see the Eiffel Tower is beautifully sparkling behind me. The ceremony has been something to behold and it ended with an icon on an Icon Celine Dion singing the most beautiful song on the first floor
Disrupted the journey to the ceremony for many travellers. More on that in a moment, but first, Maryam Moshiri has more on the spectacle on the seine. What a culmination, what an end to what has been at times a difficult day for the organisers of the Paris Olympics and, indeed, the ceremony. The day started with those train delays, with those attacks on various Train Lines around france, but it ended with a real bang. The Opening Ceremony was promised to be a joyful event, an event that would be beautiful theatre in the heart of one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and it really did deliver. We had the french celebrating their culture, their art, theirfashion, their music, but also celebrating a global sense of unity, a global sense of belonging together, and that really is what the olympics are about. The flame, well, that was also an amazing addition to the ceremony. It was lit on a hot air balloon, which then and flew up into the sky, and is now hovering over the paris sky
The ceremony went ahead without disruption, despite a string of apparently Co Ordinated Sabotage Attacks on frances high Speed Rail Network early on friday, the motive for which remains unclear. More on that in a moment, but first Maryam Moshiri on the dazzling show from the city of light. What a culmination, what an end to what has been at times a difficult day for the organisers of the Paris Olympics and, indeed, the ceremony. The day started with those train delays, with those attacks on various Train Lines around france, but it ended with a real bang. The Opening Ceremony was promised to be a joyful event, an event that would be beautiful theatre in the heart of one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and it really did deliver. We had the french celebrating their culture, their art, theirfashion, their music, but also celebrating a global sense of unity, a global sense of belonging together, and that really is what the olympics are about. The flame, well, that was also an am
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And that gust of heat hits you in the face. Hello and welcome. Opponents of cubas communist government say dozens of activists have been arrested after thousands of people joined the biggest protests in decades. Some were detained at the demonstrations, others were arrested at their homes. The protests called for democratic freedoms and criticised the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. President Miguel Diaz Canel has blamed the United States embargo for the unrest. He said it was aimed at encouraging dissent and social unrest. Our North America Editor Jon Sopel has more. Libertad libertad, the crowd in havana shouts, orfreedom. But while many cubans feel this in their hearts, its extremely rare for protesters to take to the streets to give vent to their anger in this one party communist state. Translation we are here because of the Repression L against the people. They are starving us to death. Havana is collapsing. We have no house, nothing, but they have the money to build hotels