The governments handling of the covid pandemic. Hello and a warm welcome to the programme. Its day three of the olympics and we have all the latest from japan. Sarah mulkerrins is Live In Tokyo for us, where the first medal of the day has gone to norway. Tell us all about it. It certainly tell us all about it. It certainly has. Welcome to Tokyo Bay early on Monday Morning in the japanese capital and the behind me is where the triathlon took place. It is also where we saw that False Start occur. What happened is that all triathletes were on the pontoon and ready to dive in, half went in but there was a big Lack Boat covering one half of them so they were blocked from entering into the bay here and they had to pull the swimmers already in the water back onto the pontoon and then they finally got under way. They had a 1500 metres swim around the bay here and then on their bikes for a0 Kilometres Cycle around the streets of tokyo and then they transitioned into that ten kilometre run. And
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
High level support. Well hear from our correspondent in kabul. 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 studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Welcome to Bbc News, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around The World. Its eight in the morning in singapore, and nine in the morning in tokyo where day three of the olympics is underway. And we already have our first result. Norways Kristian Blummenfelt has taken gold in the mens triathlon. He finished well ahead of great Britains Alex yee who takes silver. And that is just the beginning another twenty medals are up for grabs. Lets go live now to tokyo and Sarah Mulkerrins has the latest. Sarah, fill us in on the mens triathlon. It has certainly been an entertaining morning here in tokyo because the t
Hello and welcome. A huge success forjapan, which has topped the table for the country with the most Gold Medals in its olympic games. Its one of the most controversial. But after today the mood may have changed. Japan has now won eight Gold Medals, which put it ahead of the us and china. Momiji nishiya made history by winning the first ever olympic Gold Medal in womens Street Skateboarding, atjust 13 years old. Japan defeated china to win gold in the mixed doubles Table Tennis final, and defeated georgia in the mens 73 kilojudo final. Our Correspondent Mariko oi, is in shimbashi, tokyo. We now have a new star, Momiji Nishiya becoming the youngest athletes ever at the age of 13 in japan to be winning a Gold Medal. She looked so relaxed, when she was asked how heavy her Gold Medal was, and she said it feels like it weighs and she said it feels like it weighs a tonne. Meanwhile, we havejudo bringing us the seventh Gold Medal, and weve seen spectacular performances by those judo class, in
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 6am in singapore, and 2. 30am across afghanistan Where A Visiting Senior American General has said the us will continue to carry out Air Strikes in support of afghan government troops who are Fighting A growing taliban insurgency. The taliban have made rapid and widespread territorial gains since The American led mission began to withdraw last Month Fears are growing the next wave of attacks could target the countrys biggest cities. Our Correspondent Secunder kermani sent this report from kabul. General mckenzie s visit to afghanistan comes amidst heightened concern over the countrys future. With the taliban closing i