Halima aden made Catwalk History when she became the worlds 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 over time, 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 i felt great pressure 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. Ive 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 Fashion Industry. Theres been a lot of abuse and a lot of
Wildfires in nortHern California Force thousands into Evacuation Centres while a Covid Outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. Its 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. Lets take a listen. Translation | used to do skateboarding and i knew horigome, so congratulations to him for winning the Gold Medal. Esp
Hello. This might sound like the plot of a hollywood spy movie, and indeed in the future it might get made into one, but this week, something called the Pegasus Project is news. A group of News Outlets from ten countries has banded together to expose the alleged use of Phone Hacking to spy on leading journalists, politicians and Human Rights Activists across the world. Among them are Heads Of State emmanuel macron s Phone Number appears on the list of alleged targets. The spyware used is called pegasus and it is made by an israeli surveillance firm. The revelations have been dropping all week, so how do you pull off a series of global scoops like this . We are joined by some of thejournalists behind it. Also today, the role that specialist Fact Checkers play in journalism. In the last 18 months, this has been a story of what is and is not true. Some stories, of course, are easy to disprove. The vaccine does not contain a microchip from bill gates, but how do we navigate the grey areas
And Sister Both Win gold. Britains Brandley Sinden takes silver after a defeat in the taekwondo final, the uks first Silver Medal in tokyo. And africa wins its first gold medal, as a Tunisian Teenager stuns The Field to win the mens 400 metre freestyle. Thousands of people in the western united states, are spending the weekend in evacuation centers, as wildfires continue to burn across the region. More than 80 large wildfires in 13 us states have burnt around 1. 3 million acres in recent weeks. British mps have warned that taxpayers will bear the cost of the Governments Coronavirus Spending for decades. A report found £372 billion has already been spent, pushing Government Debt to a rate not seen since the early 1960. Now on Bbc News the week in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament, your irreplaceable guide to the world of westminster and beyond. In this programme, labour delivers the prime Ministers End of term report. Last week, A Million kids were off scho