A very warm welcome to the programme. The Tokyo Olympics get under way this week but theres already a growing number of athletes and officials testing covid positive or being forced to self isolate. In the Olympic Village, two players and a coach for the south africa Mens Football Team have the virus. Eight members of Team Gb Athletics team are also in isolation after being in close contact with positive cases. And us Tennis Player Coco gauff has announced shes not going to tokyo after Testing Positive. From tokyo, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. With five days to go, the anti olympic protests are not going away. This one is outside the hotel where Ioc President Thomas Bach is staying. Their message to him is pretty blunt. Over at the Olympic Village, Three Covid cases have now been confirmed. Across the city, 1,400 new cases on saturday. Despite this, when i sat down with the governor Of Tokyo, she told me the games must go ahead. Translation i believe that not holding the olympics is
The Tokyo Olympics get under way this week but there is already a growing number of athletes and officials testing covid positive or being forced to self isolate. In the Olympic Village, two players and a coach for the south africa Mens Football Team have the virus. Eight members of Team Gb Athletics team are also in isolation after being in close contact with positive cases. And us Tennis Player Coco gauff has announced she is not going to tokyo after testing positive. Despite the worsening Covid Situation and strong public opposition to the games, the governor of tokyo has told the bbc it would have been worse to cancel. From tokyo, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. With five days to go, the anti olympic protests are not going away. This one is outside the hotel where Ioc President Thomas Bach is staying. Their message to him is pretty blunt. Over at the Olympic Village, Three Covid cases have now been confirmed. Across the city, 1,400 new cases on saturday. Despite this, when i sat do
The Tokyo Olympics get under way this week, but there is already a growing number of athletes and officials testing covid positive or being forced to self isolate. In the olympic village, two players and a coach for the south africa Mens Football Team have the virus. Eight members of Team Gb Athletics team are also in isolation after being in close contact with positive cases. And us Tennis Player Coco gauff has announced she is not going to tokyo after testing positive. Despite the worsening Covid Situation and strong public opposition to the games, the governor of tokyo has told the bbc it would have been worse to cancel. From tokyo, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. With five days to go, the anti olympic protests are not going away. This one is outside the hotel where Ioc President Thomas Bach is staying. Their message to him is pretty blunt. Over at the olympic village, Three Covid cases have now been confirmed. Across the city, 1,400 new cases on saturday. Despite this, when i sat d
Hello and welcome. Today, monday the 19th, has been called Freedom Day in england. As of today, most covid restrictions here have come to an end. Prime Minister Borisjohnson says now is the right time to unlock, but hes urging people to remain cautious. The unlocking comes as the uk is seeing a big surge of infections, driven by the delta variant. Lets Take A Look at the main changes in england. Some scientists are predicting a could reach 200,000 each day by the end of the year. Businesses have been preparing for this reopening, with many companies having to understand how to interpret the changes and keep their staff save, and those kinds of details. This report contains flashing images. The moment they have been waiting for for over a year. Three, two, one cheering and applause. The final stage of onlooking and england, with Social Distancing rules dropped. 1000 people packed into this club in central london, with many more lining up outside. Cheering and applause. They have waited
Scheme which allows people to test daily, but i think its far more important that everybody sticks to the same rules. And feelings run high In Tokyo, with protests against the Olympic Games as athletes and Staff Test positive for covid. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and Around The World. Im martine croxall. The german chancellor says the world must hurry in the battle against global warming. After visiting some of the areas worst hit by last weeks deadly flash floods, she also expressed shock at what she called surreal destruction. More Heavy Rain has caused further flooding in Southern Germany and austria. Our Europe Correspondent Jenny Hill reports. We really need help here, she says. And outside the village shop, you can see why. As in so many other parts of western germany, people in Bad Munstereifel still cant quite believe what happened. We met gertrude here. Volunteers have brought food, water. She told us she spent the night alone, upstairs, as water flooded into her