wildfires in northern california force thousands into evacuation centres while a covid outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. british mps have warned that taxpayers will bear the cost of the government s coronavirus spending for decades. a parliamentary report says the uk military is failing to protect female recruits with almost two thirds of women experiencing bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination. and the uk army safely detonates a world war ii bomb on the site of a new housing estate. a warm welcome to tokyo, it s day 2 of the olympics and the sporting action has brought us just the sort of excitement we ve been looking for in the games. there were major shocks in the swimming pool, a world record was broken and for some big names their olympic dream has come to an end. a couple of sports have made their debut too. let s cross to the bbc sport centre and speak to our reporter jane dougall, who s been watching the action. what an exciting road rac
and the uk army safely detonates a world war ii bomb on the site of a new housing estate. hello and welcome. day 2 of the olympics in tokyo has brought us all what we have come to expect from the games. there were major shocks in the swimming pool a world record was broken and for some big names, their olympic dream has come to an end. and a couple of sports made their debut, too. the bbc s sarah mulkerrins has been following the action so far. well, what a story we had as we have seen the first gold medal given out in one of the four new sports here at the olympic games. skateboarding took centre stage this sunday morning with this street event final. for the man taking place. and i can tell you that the hosts, japan, have won it with the 22 year old local boy from tokyo, yuto horigome, winning gold in that. now, the street event sees the skateboarders make some runs and pull off great tricks and skills on rails and ramps and also steps in that event. a wonderful win for
hello and welcome to bbc world news. day two of the olympics in tokyo has brought us all what we have come to expect from the games. there were major shocks in the swimming pool, a world record was broken, and for some big names their olympic dream has come to an end. and a couple of sports made their debut too. the bbc s sarah mulkerrins has been following the action so far on day 2. what a story we have had as we have seen the first gold medal given out in one of the four new spots here at the olympic games. skateboarding took centre stage with the street event final for the men taking place and i can tell you that the host japan have one at with a 22 year old michael from tokyo, yuto horigome, winning gold in that. it sees the skateboarders make some runs and pull up some great picks and skills on rails and ramps and also steps. a wonderful win for the hostjapan. wonderful win for the host japan. also wonderful win for the hostjapan. also a big win in the pool with a gold
hello and welcome to bbc news. day two of the olympics in tokyo has brought us all what we have come to expect from the games. there were major shocks in the swimming pool a world record was broken and for some big names their olympic dream has come to an end. and a couple of sports made their debut too. sarah mulkerrins takes us through some of the highs and the lows. what a story we have had. we have seen the first gold medal given out in one of the four new sports at the olympic games. skateboarding centre stage this sunday morning with the street event final for the men taken place and i can tell you that japan have wanted with a 22 year old local by from tokyo winning gold in that. they pull off some great tricks on ramps and rails and also stems. a wonderful win for the host and a big win in the pool as well as gold in the women s 400 metres individual medley. also a great win for pelissier as a 28 year old means the first gold of the game for them and their fifth fir