austria wakes up to a new lockdown the first country in europe to re impose the measure as covid cases rise. the missing chinese tennis star peng shuai has told the international olympic committee she is safe and well during a video call with its president, thomas bach. the athlete hasn t been seen in public since she made accusations of sexual assault against a senior chinese politician several weeks ago. our china correspondent jon sudworth reports. this appears to be the first solid evidence of peng shuai s whereabouts since she made her allegation. released by chinese state media operatives, you can hear her name being announced. and then a smile and a wave, seemingly sent to send a message, all is well. but there are few allegations more sensitive in china than the one of sexual assault levelled against a man
the winter olympics, the ioc has been under pressure to allay widespread international concern about ms peng. western countries are considering diplomatic boycotts of the games on human rights grounds. the bbc s china correspondent, john sudworth reports. this appears to be the first solid evidence of peng shuai s whereabouts since she made her allegation. released by chinese state media operatives, you can hear her name being announced. and then a smile and a wave, seemingly meant to send a message, all is well. but there are few allegations more sensitive in china than one of sexual assault levelled against a man a senior than one of sexual assault levelled against a man as senior as the former vice premier. and previous material released by state media meant to show that peng shuai is not being held under duress has only fuelled further speculation. peng shuai is also reported to have held a video conference with the president of the international olympic committee saying she is saf
we ll have more on this developing story as we get it and bring you that news conference live in about 20 minutes do stay with us for that. in other news: the chinese tennis star peng shuai has told officials from the international olympic committee that she is safe and well . she disappeared earlier this month shortly after making sexual assault allegations against a former senior communist party official. with less than three months until beijing hosts the winter olympics, the ioc has been under pressure to allay widespread international concern about ms peng. western countries are considering diplomatic boycotts of the games on human rights grounds. the bbc s china correspondent, john sudworth reports. this appears to be the first solid evidence of peng shuai s whereabouts since she made her allegation. released by chinese state media operatives, you can hear her name being announced.
the missing chinese tennis star peng shuai has told the international olympic committee she is safe and well during a video call with its president, thomas bach. the athlete hasn t been seen in public since she made accusations of sexual assault against a senior chinese politician several weeks ago. 0ur china correspondent jon sudworth reports. this appears to be the first solid evidence of peng shuai s whereabouts since she made her allegation. released by chinese state media operatives, you can hear her name being announced. and then a smile and a wave, seemingly sent to send a message, all is well. but there are few allegations more sensitive in china than the one of sexual assault levelled against a man as senior as former vice premier zhang gaoli. and previous material released by state media meant to show that peng shuai is not being held under duress has
say in a very brief appearance before the press a moment ago. the missing chinese tennis star peng shuai has told the international olympic committee she is safe and well during a video call with its president, thomas bach. the athlete hasn t been seen in public since she made accusations of sexual assault against this senior chinese politician several weeks ago. 0ur china correspondent jon sudworth reports. this appears to be the first solid evidence of peng shuai s whereabouts since she made her allegation. released by chinese state media operatives, you can hear her name being announced. and then a smile and a wave, seemingly meant to send a message, all is well. but there are few allegations more sensitive in china than one of sexual assault levelled against a man as senior as the former vice premier. and previous material released