Wildfires in northern california force thousands into evacuation centres while a covid outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. It s day two of the olympics and the sporting action has brought us just the sort of unpredictability and excitement only these games can bring. There have been 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 thejudo 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. Let s take a listen. Translation: | used to do skateboarding and i knew horigome, so congratulations to him for winning the gold m
Designer tommy hilfiger to talk diversity, and how to go beyond tokenism to see real change. Halima aden made catwalk history when she became the world s first hijab wearing supermodel. Featuring in campaigns for some of the biggest names in the fashion industry. I had never got to experience flipping through a magazine and seeing somebody in a hijab, somebody i could relate to. So to be that person for other girls was just a dream come true. But, overtime, halima felt the industry was clashing with her muslim faith, and in november 2020 she announced on instagram that she was quitting. I felt great pleasure being the first muslim, hijab wearing model. It got to a place where i was so far removed from my own image. I ran into problems likejeans being placed on my head in the place of a regular scarf. I ve arranged for halima to meet with an industry leader, fashion designer tommy hilfiger, to talk for the first time face to face about the need for change. I understand why you left the
Need to cower from coronavirus. Now on bbc news, click looks at how online shopping has exploded in the pandemic and how social media companies want a piece of the action. 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 week s show, we ll be seeing the buildings that are hoping to get to know us a bit better. And looking at how online shopping could be getting social. But first, we ll be finding out how the world of search is changing right before our eyes. The idea of visual search is nothing new. It s 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, as omar mehtab has been finding out. Omar: toys, animals, food no need to type, just take a snap instead, and you will get a result, and that s thanks to something called visual search. You must have seen it popping up in your
Afghanistan, iran, and lebanon. The dateline panel trying to put your mind at rest or not are the sudanese author and journalist, nesrine malik, bronwen maddox, director of the institute for government, and before that, foreign editor at the times. And with me in the studio, the middle east editor for the bbc world service, sebastian usher. Welcome to you, sebastian and welcome to both of you, thanks so much forjoining us. Now, the sound of an english summer. No, not leather on willow, nor the clink of ice against glass but the electronic ping of an alert on your mobile phone advising you to self isolate because you ve recently been in contact with someone who s developed covid. In just one week this month, 600,000 people were notified by the health service app. What effect might monday s ending of restrictions have on that pingdemic? one which has affected borisjohnson, his chancellor, the secretary of state for health oh, and don t forget the leader of the opposition. Bronw