governor koike concedes ifjapan had moved faster on vaccines, things might have been different. translation: | agree, i it would have been better. if we had a faster vaccination rollout, we may have been able to have spectators at the olympics. but the speed of vaccine rollout has now increased immensely. not fast enough. this is kyoto, japan s ancient capital and number one tourist site. by now, this place should have been thronged with hordes of tourists from all over the world. forjapan, that was to be the big payoff. invest billions and billions in hosting the olympics and then millions of travellers will come from all over the world to your great cultural institutions, spending lots of money. as you can see, there is nobody here. shop owners here have seen sales fall by more than 90%.
presence of this industry. but we at citizen lab released a report a few weeks ago looking at another very concerning company, also based in israel, and we found evidence that there spyware was being used to targetjournalists, activists and civil society all around the world. so it is not that there are just one or a small number of bad apples in this industry. the problem is with the industry and the lack of regulation. untilthat the industry and the lack of regulation. until that changes may be nso group goes away but they will be ten other nso to take its place. they will be ten other n50 to take its place. they will be ten other n50 to take its place. thank you very much indeed take its place. thank you very much indeed for take its place. thank you very much indeed for that. - stay with us on bbc news. still to come: as anti games protests continue, more olympic athletes and officials are either infected with coronavirus or are in quarantine, just five days before the games
indoor settings that they re going to spend time in. now, one of the world s most vaccinated populations finds itself a testing ground again. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. so many different challenges and so many different countries. thai police have used force to break up large protests calling for the resignation of prime minister prayuth chan ocha. hundreds of people were defying covid restrictions to take to the streets. cases have been rising sharply in thailand as in other parts of asia as well. the main story, the tokyo olympics get under way next week but there is already a growing number of athletes testing covid positive or being
households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children vary their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. this is bbc world news. i m david eades. the latest headline: as anti games protests continue, more olympic athletes and officials are either infected with coronavirus or are in quarantine, just five days before the games officially begin. the german leader, angela merkel, has visited the region worst affected by devastating floods. she says the world must act faster in its battle against global warming here in england, as most covid restrictions have been lifted at midnight, the prime minister is self isolating following contact with the health secretary sajid javid who has coronavirus. downing street initially said both borisjohnson