thanks so much for joining us from tokyo. thank you. my pleasure. now the select committee is holding it says public hearing into january's attack on the capital building. the panel will 1st hear from for police officers will testify on the verbal and physical abuse that they suffered during the insurrection. the committee was set up by the house speaker, nancy pelosi, after efforts for a bipartisan commission failed for president. donald trump, who is accused, been citing the riotous, remain suspended from major social media platforms. $200.00 is that capitol hill and it's following event for us. so john, just talk us through the choreography of what's going to happen. well, this wasn't the forum that either side one, and you mentioned that one democrats originally wanted was an independent commission. that would report back to congress along the lines of what happened after that $911.00 commission formed that didn't work because republicans opposed it in. so democrats came up with this process and it's been complex. but what's happening right now

what about tokyo itself or tokyo? 2020, the organizing committee there. i guess the pressure is on them to deliver something because if they've got no fans attending and they've had to refund all that money money which is probably already been spent has in it and then they don't gonna get the, you know, the influx of tourism money either so i guess the pressures on them as well. absolutely. the total cost at this point are up around $35000000000.00. and you know, the tokyo has put in place to state of emergency, which means that bars and restaurants and other entertainment values are closed. that is also a tremendous hit on, on the local economy and also on surrounding prefecture. so that's on one side of the ledger. $35000000000.00 plus on the other side of the ledger, they're going to come in with about $4000000004.00 and a half $1000000000.00 of revenue. mr. very good economic investment, which is just make straightforward loss of roughly $30000000000.00 plus everything you carry out. well, i'm just going to say that, you know, to tokyo is under contra

take their toll on athletes at the tokyo olympics. the and rushes military might take to the water, but as president person need more joined up thinking she wants to wave the news. hello, nice to see right off the bat will show the impact that typhoon info is having as it makes its landfall. so these are the scenes we're seeing, the winds, where bob trees stop like twigs. and this is equivalent to about a category one hurricane over the next few days. for shanghai, we're projecting about a $160.00 millimeters of rain. winds will also be part of the story as well. got seem pretty close to a 100 kilometers per hour. rails ports both international airports in shanghai, all flights are canceled. remember, this is a city of more than 25000000 people. the disturbance will track toward the west along the gangster river valley, but it will throw heavy rain toward the yellow river valley. but young joe, an area that his still recovering from that devastating flooding. it doesn't look based on this computer model that you will get the worst of

and that number's been hitting 30 and 31 in tokyo. the japanese environments agency naturally issued a heat stroke warning, telling the public not to exercise during the middle of the day. that is not an option for many olympic athletes. competitors did know they were heading into extreme conditions and many have spent time preparing in heat chambers like this one. when somebody is closing in the heat, davy, after one to 2 weeks. so we've already made some very clear changes. if an ascii do not prepare for the heat before the q on before any competition in the heat. so the same thing you would experience must dick remind in his performance of the heat, isn't the only weather related concern at these games. a typhoon is approaching, and some events have already been rescheduled. as a precaution on the richardson al jazeera, tokyo, well fella had hail news or protest is involved in cuba, anti government demonstrations earlier this month, and now facing charges. and so thing and skateboarding makes you be to pick action coming up with jo

and they'll be no spectators at limping events in tokyo. the organizing committee made that decision off to japan declared the state of emergency in the capital because of a growing number of corona virus cases. well elsewhere. the locked down in malaysia is having a major impact on people that they've been living day to day and then also the suicide rates has jumped community lead campaigns or encouraging people to help neighbors that might be struggling while the government could pay high political costs for that foreign louis reports from the capital quantum par traditionally a symbol of surrender. but in malaysia, a white flag has come to signify a cry for help. the campaign started on social media after stories emerged of people experiencing hardship because of the continuing, locked down. police recorded nearly 473 sides in the 1st 5 months of this year, compared to an average of 620. in the past 2 years, michael adams tang worked in the hotel until he lost his job last year. he then started delivering food, but his finding it increas

i'm representing senegal in the 2020 paralympic games in tokyo. is a movie when i for the spear, all i want to do is when i was 10, when one day i woke up and couldn't walk anymore. i had polio. i'm in for me, my disability is no obstacle. i believe in god. this is what i got. i started javelin only some months ago and already won some competitions. it takes a lot of effort. i have to wake up early in the morning, get the kids ready for school, go to train and take care of the household. my coach had to me a lot and he motivated me to continue training after the death of my mother. it is thanks to him and all the people who supported me that i am going to tell you what i believe in myself. i don't let my disability get in the way you see me speaking softly now, but after competitions, i become another person. i take pride in representing my country abroad, and i want to tell others like me not to hide behind their disability, go out there, do whatever sport you like, it will be good for you and your house. when i 1st started sports, my friends wer

so with a postpone tokyo games. but he insist cancellation was never an option o the past 15 months. we had to take daily decisions on very uncertain grounds. we had doubts every day we deliberated and we discussed there were sleepless nights. like every one else in the world. we did not know. i did not know what the future would hold. it was either cancelling the games or postponing the gains. cancellation would have been the easy way for us. we could have drawn on the insurance that we had at the time and moved on to paris 2024. but in fact, consolation was never an option for us. the u. c. never abandoned the athletes. the 1st major corona virus has for organizers kind of come as soon as thursday, when the olympic football competition gets underway with japan playing south africa . but there are concerns south africa could struggle to feel the team after 21 members of their delegation were designated close contacts. those people now need to return daily negative p c r test, including 6 hours before the game settl

and she joins us from tokyo. it may be troubled waters but your backdrop looks lovely. what is the mood like right now? you have covered the olympics in rio. how does it compare? >> they are poles apart in terms of two events. and real, -- in rio, we had a real celebration. everybody mixing from all over the world. that is the biggest thing we have come up against. it is so restrictive because we are in the global pandemic, of what you can and cannot do. you can only go to certain venues and you have to keep your distance from everybody else. it is very hard to get a sense of what these games mean for the athletes, what they mean for the locals and what they mean for everody who is going to be watching over the next couple of weeks. because of the opinions and the beliefs of the japanese public who are overwhelmingly not in favor of these games going ahead, there is a sense of anxiety. they have seen an influx of people arriving as cases rise. there is a heightened sense of anxiety around these games. maybe perha

and that number's been hitting 30 and 31 in tokyo. the japanese environments agency actually issued a heat stroke warning, telling the public not to exercise during the middle of the day. that is not an option for many olympic athletes. competitors did know they were heading into extreme conditions and many have spent time preparing in heat chambers like this one. when somebody is phasing in the heat. davey after one to 2 weeks. so we really need some very clear changes, if enough to do not prepare for the heat before the kill or before any competition . and so the same thing you will experience, must dick remind you, step 4 months of the heat, isn't the only weather related concern at these games. a typhoon is approaching, and some events have already been rescheduled. as a precaution on the richardson, al jazeera, tokyo, ah, let's take you through some of the headlines here now, just here, now, typhoon in far is getting heavily populated regions of east in china. it comes days after flooding 4000000 people from their homes and kille

and the wrist was here in tokyo. once we stay home and watch on television movie in our bubble and you know, hopefully the bubbles. what kind of question burst upon each other now to an athlete preparing to compete in the paralympics in tokyo, which dalton late august for 2 can india got polio with age 5 developed bo legs considered an outstanding jazlyn trauma. she's just entered the international stage this year. now she's cynical hope for a gentleman middle, his, her story and her words. well, my name is far too can n g i. i am representing senegal in the 2020 paralympic games in tokyo. when i for this spear, all i want to do is when i was 10, when one day i woke up and couldn't walk anymore. i had polio in for me. my disability is no obstacle, i believe in god. this is what i got. i started javelin only some months ago and already won some competitions. it takes a lot of effort. i have to wake up early in the morning, get the kids ready for school, go to train and take care of the household. my coach helped me a

so john rom, forcing him out of the tokyo infix. and on day 2 of the games, a shop result in men's basketball with favorites, the usa and losing to from ah, typhoon has been heating, heavily populated areas in east, in china, with thousands of people already displaced from severe flooding. infer has made landfall in the coastal province of jet young, but it's already effecting shanghai. china is busy commercial hub. sarah brooks has this report. it's been a difficult week for people in many regions of china. fast a years worth of rain in just 3 days to get floods that killed at least 63 people and hen on providence, and displace more than a 1000000 others. and now a tie soon has hit the eastern coastal province of jos young, bringing more rain and high speed when more than 300000 people have left their homes. also offshore. wind speeds reached a 100 kilometers an hour and an emergency was issued at its highest level. we've got a kind of a psychological trauma going on here as well as disruption. but there's also political significan

andy richardson, al jazeera tokyo, the head of the world health organization is in tokyo, and he says the games after the world's hope and unity. the world needs now more than ever a celebration of hope. the celebrations may be more muted this year. but the message of hope is all the more important may this games be the moment that unites the world and ignite the solely daddy t teramy nation. we need to end the pandemic together by vaccinating 70 percent of the population of every country by the middle of next year. may the message of hope. we sound the sound from tokyo around the world in every nation, every village and every heart. the international olympic committee has announced the house city for the 20 of 32 summer olympics. brisbin will now be the 3rd australian city to host again. melvin 1st had it in 1956 and sydney played host in 2000. the i see gave brisbin exclusive bidding rights in an effort to reduce the cost of campaigns and to minimize the risk of the buying and the milwaukee box would be in the phoenix funds when they're 1st n b a championship in 50 years. buck saria

ah, we begin with the tokyo olympics up to a year long delay. they're set to officially open later on friday. but the pandemic is still overshadowing the games. cases are spiking in tokyo with 2000 infections reported in the past day. and dozens of people involved a 1000000 pix, including athletes, officials, and journalists. i've also tested positive for covert 19. well, despite this, officials have been adamant about continuing the event usually given by millions around the world. but the richardson is all correspondent covering the games he's been taking a look at why organizes so determined to push ahead. athletes will have to get used to the sound of their own efforts in tokyo. these olympic have already cost the host nation, at least $15000000000.00. much of the money spent on venue, the fans, and now bound from attending you to rise in cases of covey. 19, the cost is being shouldered for the great part by the people and not really by the government. and so people are really getting sick and tired of having to make so much sacrifice. so yo

this, despite tokyo being under a state of emergency for the past 11 days. and the games have already been delayed by a year handy. richardson is in tokyo, who has been taking a look at why organizes have been so determined to push ahead with the event. athletes will have to get used to the sound of their own efforts in tokyo. these olympic have already cost the host nation, at least $15000000000.00. much of the money spent on venue that fans and now banned from attending you to rise in cases of cobit $19.00. the cost, you know, being shouldered for the great part by the people and not really by the government . and so people are really getting sick and tired of having to make so much 5. so you really do have, you know, very well divided and maybe i honestly, you know, united in opposition against the olympics. this is about as close to the sporting action as tokyo residents will get in a city where cove at 19 infection levels hitting heights. not seen since january, then animal united, comalla. here it is. i don't know what to say, considering how much the

and that number's been hitting 30 and 31 in tokyo. the japanese environments agency actually issued a heat stroke warning, telling the public not to exercise during the middle of the day. that is not an option for many olympic athletes. competitors did know they were heading into extreme conditions and many have spent time preparing and he chambers like this one, when somebody is phasing in the heat. davey after one to 2 weeks. so we've already made some very clear changes if an ascii not prepare for the heat before the kill all before any competition interface. so the same thing you would expect on a massive victory monday in your performance isn't the only weather related concern at these games. a typhoon is approaching, and some events have already been rescheduled. as a precaution on the richardson, al jazeera tokyo, 2 weeks after they were taken, a group of nigerian children who are abducted by armed kidnappers has been reunited with that parents who fear they never see them again. the there were highly emotional scenes is a 20 a

and b. richardson reports from tokyo . this was a day when fans should have been keeping up at so close national stadium to watch the 1st track and field events. instead, a view of the olympic rings outside the venue is the best they can hopeful due to concerns over the spread of corona virus, the japanese public is being kept away from the athletes organizes in 5th. these competitors attested more often to koby 19 than any other community in the world and say there is no link between the gangs taking place and infection rates hitting record levels in this city. but olympic officials have the 1st time admitted not everyone connected to the games is following the rules about minimizing contacts with the wider population. there had been some cases that the, those accreditations were temporary suspended. we are not keeping their specific numbers today, but there has been a certain number of cases we have addressed. tokyo is officially under a state of emergency, as dramatic as that sounds. it's a request rather than a law or

how female athletes already breaking records at the tokyo and ah, hello, welcome to the program. we begin with the protest been taking place around the world against corona virus restrictions elise in the french capital powers of use tear gas to dispose protest as they are opposed to virus passes. clashes broke out following demonstrations against the plan for people to prove that the virus will vaccination faces in order to enter restaurants or cultural venues. far i, politicians, and members of the yellow, vast movements were also involved. similar protests have been held in cities across the country, which were 40. another 25000 cases on saturday. parliament is use of vote on the virus past policy. this weekend. if you go to the bus, but we are here mainly protest against the health paths against the obligation of the health class everywhere because it's discriminatory. it divides the citizen to 5 people. that's why we hear what i think systematic vaccination is to extreme and too risky. and i'm also very shocked by the extension of this to children. i think they have nothing

and richardson reports from tokyo. it's not just limpy and stealing the heat in tokyo, the locals make sure they get up early for their sunday morning game of tennis. on friday, a russian archer fainted. an intense heat midway through her event and tennis willed number. one of the joke of ich, said the sweltering conditions during his opening match with a toughest it ever experienced. i think some people from other color country is not good for playing outside in such a you know, very hot weather or singles is it takes over 3 hours or more so it's too hard to play. i agree with him. organizes insist athlete help is paramount, but the daytime events are sometimes necessary for you. a lot of the competition schedule has been built were possible depending on the, on the sport to, to accommodate that. they will avoid the hardest part of the day, but that's not possible with every sport. and on top of that, there's really extensive heat counter measures across all of the training and all of the competition. the 1964 to caro

the female athletes, 49 percent of all competitors, all women compare that to the tokyo games in $964.00. when the figure stood it just 13 percent. it's a huge shop window and just promoting capabilities of women and gowns, which often of course get get hidden terribly balanced representation of men and women and media generally on high school sense media coverage is, is wondering girls when they, more than elin picks began in $1896.00, they found that he had a cubit so made a pretty blunt assessments on the prospect of women taking part. he said it was impractical. uncouth in proper and uninteresting. but women did go on to take part at the 1900 games and barriers have been getting broken down ever since. 9 additional mixed gender events are only tokyo schedule. and a big reason, new sports like surfing, sport, climbing, and skateboarding have been included is because of their appeal to both sexes. will get a new, a new audience. you know, they'll be a lot of maybe millions of people around the world that have never seen something before and they'll get to watch it for the 1st time and,

and that number's been hitting 30 and 31 in tokyo. the japanese environments agency actually issued a heat stroke warning, telling the public not to exercise during the middle of the day. that is not an option for many olympic athletes. competitors did know they were heading into extreme conditions and many have spent time preparing in heat chambers like this one. when somebody is closing in the heat. davey after one to 2 weeks. so we've already be some very clear changes. if an ascii cannot prepare for the heat before the kill all before any competition is so the same, think you will experience a massive dig, reminding in his performance of the heat isn't the only weather related concern at these games a typhoon is approaching and some events have already been rescheduled as a precaution on the richardson, al jazeera tokyo. while the death toll from monsoon floods in india has now risen to 127, dozens of people are still missing. many of the victims in her austria states were killed when land sides destroyed their homes. the west coa

and richardson al jazeera, tokyo, well thought he selim a joint of live now from outside the tokyo metropolitan building, where the olympic torch ceremony will be held for the. so what's the mood there in tokyo, given the sharp rise in cases and how that is affecting the gains? the very mixed emotions regarding the game. people here and i've been waiting for you since 2013 when it was announced that the whole city for the limbic 2020. so people were very anxious to see the limbic and their city. but as you can see behind me, this is an event that's without being attended by thousands. now, there is on the thousands of people, and most of them are relatives of the years for the people who are going to hold the thought. 40 holders, when we get to each other that can take about 40 minutes and then i'm not going to ignite because we're on on the stage that would be taken to the national jump about 80 kilometer from here. people who are hoping to be all of these runners going through the cities. i'll talk you about this. it never happened . okay, nope. i think another another res, in a number of the

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they're unable to watch in tokyo because phone support is aren't allowed in japan. but the biggest chunk of the day in the pool came in the $400.00 me to free stokes, and it made a half now we taking goals despite being slowest in qualifying i did the gate to all but you know, people i say to them, then you've got to get to the champ, now i'm so happy to get a gold middle of that performance caught the attention of the most decorated olympian of old time. so michael felt unbelievable. so i'm just almost 4 and a half 2nd, 5 2nd, se tv severely from that and i don't want it to me. that's what i've been talking about it. i think pretty much all morning the difference in this, these are lympics compared to ones in the past. in my opinion is every single person in the finals had a chance to want to go about. well, let's just bring you up to speed on how the tokyo 2020 metal table is looking china astride out in front with 6 goals out of host japan who have 5 couples football is have reached the semifinals of the coast calf gold cup. the asian champions, the el salvador a

they were hoping for the tokyo olympics to get underway, also ahead device. you know, ben and jerry, the ice cream, gets frozen out of israel after the company stopped sales and occupied palestinian territory economic terrorism for support for human rights. we debate the issue, but american company caving in to, to, to a mob demand, they can take a moral stand and say, well i'm, i don't want to do anything with that product. so much for rules or atanya questions are raised over the decline of what was one of the most powerful navy in the world. as it turns out, only one naval destroyer. it's fully operational now. ah, the 2 pm here in the russian capital and you're watching r t enter national. i'm your host donald quarter. welcome to the program. now the opening ceremony for the long anticipated tokyo 2020 olympic games is now underway . the atmosphere isn't as celebratory as people might have been hoping for. cobra cases have risen to 106 with 12 abysses athletes infected living in the olympic village. now right here, you're going to see you're seeing some l

and the richardson has more from tokyo. the people might think them quite different if the lighting, the olympic holderness. friday's opening ceremony, japanese tennis, thought the army or socket is fast becoming the face of the tokyo olympics. and these games will set the new height, the female athletes 49 percent of all competitors or women. compare that to the tokyo games in 964. when the figure stood just 13 percent. it's a huge shop window, just promoting capabilities of women and girls. justin, of course get, get hidden terribly and balanced representation. you know, men and women in the media generally on high school sense media coverage is, is a woman else. when they more than ellen picks began in $1896.00, they found at pierre to keep it. so made a pretty blunt assessments on the prospect of women taking part. he said it was impractical. uncouth in proper and uninteresting, but women did go on to take part at the 1900 games and barriers have been getting broken down ever since. 9 additional mixed gender events are

on the day tokyo won the bid back in 2013, people were delirious with joy. tokyo! today, the atmosphere couldn't be more different. the stadium where the opening ceremony will happen is surrounded by high fences — spectators kept far away. first, there was the enormous cost of the main stadium, then there were problems with the olympic logo, then there were allegations of corruption, and then covid hit. the whole games had to be moved by a year. this year, japan's olympic chief had to step down over a sexism 1’0w. then the composer of music for the opening ceremony was forced out because of bullying allegations. finally, one day before the games were due to open, the director of the whole opening ceremony has been fired because it turns out he made jokes about the holocaust. it's no wonder some people here think these games are cursed. newsreel: the world's biggest city, more than | 10 million population and still growing, tokyo prepares... it was all so different the last time tokyo held the games back in 1964. author robert whiting had arrived injapan two yea

since we remain in quarantine for another week, we can't enjoy the cuisine from tokyo. 7-11 in tokyo, look at this. wow. this one right across the street from our hotel. we're allowed to go out for 15 minutes to get our essentials. it's amazing. sushi, sandwiches, beer, sakes, liquor, anything you need. this is essential living right now. jenelle and terry, i'm not afraid to say it, this is one of our main sources for a quick snack because we're one more week in quarantine. >> but it looks gourmet. >> what about the answer to jenelle's question? no hot dogs rolling on the -- >> they do have doughnuts. just sake, which is just fine for me. >> cheers to you. thanks to you, raj. >> we got it all. thanks very much. anthony flores joining us now for sports. and, yeah, really good news for usa. >> that's right. and some drama on the diamond. the u.s. softball team has to rally. sports is next. every one of us is connected. everyone. everywhere. where everyone is included. where everyone has access to information, education, opportunity. ♪ ♪ ♪ when everyone and everything is connected.

on the day tokyo won the bid back in 2013, people were delirious with joy. tokyo! today, the atmosphere couldn't be more different. the stadium where the opening ceremony will happen is surrounded by high fences — spectators kept far away. first, there was the enormous cost of the main stadium, this then there were problems with the olympic logo, then there were allegations of corruption, and then covid hit. the whole games had to be moved by a year. this year, japan's olympic chief had to step down over a sexism 1’0w. then the composer of music for the opening ceremony was forced out because of bullying allegations. finally, one day before the games were due to open, the director of the whole opening ceremony has been fired because it turns out he made jokes about the holocaust. it's no wonder some people here think these games are cursed. newsreel: the world's biggest city, more than | 10 million population and still growing, tokyo prepares... it was all so different the last time tokyo held the games back in 1964. author robert whiting had arrived injapan tw

on the day tokyo won the bid back in 2013, people were delirious with joy. tokyo! today, the atmosphere couldn't be more different. the stadium where the opening ceremony will happen is surrounded by high fences — spectators kept far away. first, there was the enormous cost of the main stadium, then there were problems with the olympic logo, then there were allegations of corruption, and then covid hit. the whole games had to be moved by a year. this year, japan's olympic chief had to step down over a sexism 1’0w. then the composer of music for the opening ceremony was forced out because of bullying allegations. finally, one day before the games were due to open, the director of the whole opening ceremony has been fired because it turns out he made jokes about the holocaust. it's no wonder some people here think these games are cursed. newsreel: the worlds biggest city, more than 10 million - population and still growing, tokyo prepares... it was all so different the last time tokyo held the games back in 1964. author robert whiting had arrived injapan two year

you watching artie international, not even pick flame is burning on the wrong way to tokyo. some a games have officially begun. however, the atmosphere is far from being as festive as the organizes had hoped for. because while opening fireworks did light up the stadium, there was a protest over concerns about the spread of cove. it infections already linked to the event have jumped to $110.00, seen of them among athlete. however, the president of the international limpid committee does say that the games can be held safely with restrictions, meaning that for the very 1st time in history, no spectators will be to attend the city of frank and i report the can promise he doesn't stop that the whole world is talking about how the pandemic has taken its toll on the olympics. and it's clear the games will be the oddest, most unusual, weird. choose whichever word you like in history. it looks as if the number one, elliptic official just wanted to go with the flow of weirdness when he got the nation that's hosting the big event wrong. and our common target is safe and secure games f

now the opening ceremony for the long anticipated tokyo 2020 olympic games is now underway. the atmosphere isn't as celebratory as many people might have hoped for. covert cases have risen to 106 with 12 infected athletes. living in the olympic village is also public outrage and the strike in spite of new daily infections with people in tokyo, urging authorities to cancel the event. what you're seeing here on your screen right now is life pictures of one such protest. still, the pro, the president of the international olympic committee insist that the games can be held safely. restrictions mean that for the 1st time in history, no domestic or overseas spectators will be allowed to attend as artillio, patricia reports. so the controversy doesn't end with the pandemic. the whole world is talking about how the pandemic has taken its toll on the lympics. and it's clear the games will be the oddest, most unusual, weird choose which ever word you like in history. it looks as if the number one on the confessional just wanted to go with the flow of weirdness when he got the nation t

as it always is, i never got to see the 1960 for tokyo olympics. i thought, well, this time i definitely have to see it too bad back. tate is a band. there's been a rush of feel good stories involving japanese athletes, including a gold for 13 year old skateboarder major nysha. and that's helping to lift online support for the games. the day before yesterday was the best day in the history of this the platform of the olympics. the day after was 20 percent more than the day after he was 20 percent more hired than what we had expected. so clearly the interest in the games is he's a, he's, he's booming. there were 16 new games related, copied 19 cases on monday, but organizes insist the athletes village is the most tested community in the world . the conflict in sentiments felt by many japanese people was reflected in a survey taken at the start of the games. nearly 90 percent were worried that the olympics would cause a search and infections, but more than 70 percent said, they were looking forward to watching it. this is a city with a rich sporting

government, blaine's washington for the unrest plus 10 days from the start of the olympic games in tokyo. the 1st of 11000 that li, again moving into the olympic village amid tight corona virus. ah, i'm sorry, kelly walked into the program. friends in greece are introducing mandatory vaccinations for health care workers and a bid to tackle increasing corona virus infection rates. on monday, great prime minister, curiosity, mid so talkies on it all staff and hospitals and retirement homes to book an appointment before mid august saying the country is not going to close down because of the attitude of some people. and in france, presidents manual macross has announced a september deadline for medical workers to be inoculated. he says the option of a compulsory vaccination for every citizen is also on the table. you do live, we must move towards the vaccination of every one in france. because it's the only way to return to normal life. initially for nursing and non nursing staff in retirement homes, clinics in the hospitals, establishments for people with disabilities. for volunteers who wo

even worse, i'm andy richardson at the tokyo olympics. find out why we decided to turn a shoe that looks like this into issue. looks like this. ah, well, heavy fighting is continuing and southern parts of a dentist on this se, taking place around kandahar city with 20 people have been injured. while the strikes have been reported in neighboring hellman province as well. also, us secretary of state antony blink and we saw him before. he was also discussing canister on his trip to kuwait. he says they're negotiating with the gulf states and other countries could host afghans who supported the american war effort. as international troops completes their withdrawal, the binding ministration is under pressure to evacuate interpreters and others who at risk of taliban retribution. alan fisher at the white house for this thursday. hi ellen. any update on what's happening with those interpretive? well, the understanding is that the 1st flights of actually left from off campus time, one on its way to london. the other one heading here to washingto

about our swim is our friends is winning gold medals and killed the meadow in tokyo. but the people are very, very worried. they don't know when they will step on the red line and get arrested and may be sent to jail. how many, many years? in the news, the head, a fenced off, the fans, but just a we can feel and picks a corona of honors emergencies being expanded around japan, host 50 running dry iraq. find the stuff short of water the iran diverts what were once reliable supplies. ah, ah hello, good to see you here and update on the southwest monsoon are danger zones on saturday will be as we head toward east roger stand, was much of pradesh east, not the protest rate through into westbank. all. that's where the heavy it's rain will be falling and certainly in the indian state of westbank, all these clouds have just unleashed a torrent of rain. so calcutta, $160.00 millimeters of rain over the past 24 hours. zoom in and we take you toward bangladesh. in particular, the southern portion of the country, you know, over the last 24 hours here, 300 millimeters of rain, an

that sure weather update the ah, the pandemic shadow of the tokyo olympics. japan registers a 6 month high and, and fiction day before the opening ceremony that says a new karone of our wave grips the world fiction spike in the us vaccination to bump into museum. and indonesia becomes a new epi center. uh ah, other kimbell, elders there live from doha, also coming up, 1000 struggle in central china to cope with the world flooding in decades will have a live update from one of the worst hit areas. i'm the liverpool where plans to build a gleaming, 60000 seater football stadium or among several reasons why the city has now lost it . coveted unesco world heritage status. ah, a new girl of ours wave has gripped the world with the highly contagious delta there and driving a spike infections that's causing huge concern in japan. with the opening ceremony will begin in tokyo in less than 12 hours. trans capital reported a 6 month high in cases on thursday. that's almost 2000 positive tests, the highest figures since mid january. these include athletes and officials in the us, the average num

. >> reporter: here we are along the tokyo bay. it's beautiful! i can't get over how beautiful the city is. today we're talking about skateboarding. it's the new sport in the olympics. one of the cool things about skateboarding, you can do it anywhere. in fact, mikey panned out quick. the stairs here, it's a possible skate ramp. they get crazy. among the rock stars of the sport is a guy from dayton. >> reporter: nija houston is a big deal. the 26-year-old is the new face of skateboarding. it's not just his face, it's his body! covered in ink. he's good are the sport. he knows tokyo is a launching point. >> i think it has an opportunity to help the sport grow a lot. i think we're going to see a lot more skate parks pop up in places around the world, which is going to be great to see. >> nyjah's road to tokyo started in dais. he was skateboarding at the age of 5. since then a meet or call rise. 4.7 instagram followers and a four-time world champion but the olympics is a first. >> it's bigger than any x games or anything like that. i've never skated

but by tuesday we see it moving to the north of tokyo. so tokyo should be spared the worst of it. it will still see rain and some pretty gusty condition, so here's a closer look. you can really get an idea of just how far north it is of tokyo, but so it's still going to happen impacts. so we'll continue to track this one out in the hours ahead into thanks very much. just got it. no typhoon involve forcing the shutdown of transport and east and china ortiz of council flights in the chinese commercial hub of shanghai and neighboring coastal areas. they've also suspended railways of large containers. ships have been removed from the engine force, one of the busiest shipping centers. well sorry ronnie, his head to explain to us in more detail the impact on trade and supply lines caused by the storm. he's a ship captain and the managing director of the shipping time. coal constellation marine services and joints you know, from to buy could help you with the, from the program. so i mean ships in the region can be given sort of weather warning through official shipping channels. but what

someone else who's already made tokyo? 2020. i. e 2021. hold standing is laurel hubbard. the 1st ever transgender olympic athlete. she was born male and will compete among female weight lifters. this caused quite a stir with some into sports community. going as far as saying that the i o c betrayed women by allowing this while the transgender are celebrating this historic milestone for them. the whole thing feels like a bad joke. less change in opportunities, missed for some athletes, meadows and the limpid qualifications. and we are powerless. i do believe that everyone should have access to sports, but not at the expense of others. policies including transgender assets have been in place in the olympics and par lympics since 2004 laurel hubbard is the 1st to qualify. and 154000 olympians and barling bins over the last 17 years. trans people believe in sports. and finally in tokyo, it's become official. athletes will be allowed to make political gestures and statements, but only before the competition begins. nothing like that is still allowed at the podium. so some team

now there have been almost $3000.00 new infections in tokyo process have been held against the games with concerns that will become a super spread or event. the prime minister says he's not worried about the games, but his urged people to watch them from home. speaking of the games, raining us olympic gymnastics champion, and one of the best known faces of the games that simone biles pulled out of the team finals event in tokyo, due to stress the 24 year old is considered to be the greatest female gymnast of all time and she left the floor with a team doctor after landing her 1st bolt. she later said that she needed to focus on her mental health. the american team won a silver medal in the event. well, balls is not yet decided whether or not she will continue to compete in the gymnastics events still to come out there is and the richardson is in tokyo and is more what's been difficult. gains is so far for the american. now when the builder to this final things haven't gone absolutely personally for bias, she's made some uncharacteristic mistakes during qualifying. she posted on insta

after a to mulch was journey, the long-delayed olympic games are kicking up in tokyo. japan's emperor has officially open the games, which were postponed a year because of the pandemic. also coming up. >> this is what many roads in the area look like and many of the worst hit areas are still not accessible. >> china takestock after vastating floods. we are in hewn and province, where the real death toll is likely much higher than the official number. haiti pays final respects to their assassinated presidents. the funeral held with heavy security after violent protests stoked fears of political volatility. plus, after catastrophic flooding in western germany, a day lose of information -- of disinformation. known conspiracy theorists a ronavirus deniers are raising fears that some are looking to capitalize on disaster. ♪ anchor: it is nice to have you with us. the long-awaited tokyo 2020 summer olympics have been officially opened by japan's emperor. the ceremony, which took place without a live audience, because spectators are banned. one of the highligs, when jones f

the olympics is helping for the tokyo games get underway. and so much for rule britannia, for tiny a rule, the wave questions are raised over the decline of what was one of the most powerful navy in the world. as it turns out, just one naval destroyer is fully operational. now, following a recent wave of protests in cuba, us imposes a new round of sanctions against the caribbean island nation, showing that even under its new administration, the u. s. is not backing down on its long time rival anytime soon. you know. and ben and jerry's ice cream gets frozen out of israel after the companies stop the sales and occupied palestinian territory economic terrorism or support for human rights. we debate the issue an american company caving in to, to, to a mob and demand. they can take a moral stand and say, well, i don't want to do anything with that product ah, for pm here in the russian capital and you're watching r t international. i'm your host donald quarter. welcome to the program. or the opening ceremony for the long awaited tokyo summer gam

tokyo. now, the u.s. men's basketball team is getting in the groove and putting up points. they join italy, france and australia in the quarterfinals. >> middleton in the corner. perfectly done. >> reporter: the men's basketball team are into the knockout round. they broke open a four-point game with 72 points, beating the czech republic. >> we got our rotation down, the guys understand what they need to do in order for this team to win and i feel great moving forward. >> not moving forward is djokovic. he l opponent. he later withdrew from team lost jordan thompson to injury and then dropped its first match in straight sets to russia. but medal hopes remain. in the pool, caeleb dressel broke his own record, touching for gold. >> i had two guys go two of the fastest times in history, it's amazing. >> and the fastest qualifying time in the u.s. semis. >> of course i want the gold but i'm going to have to fight for it. >> just a week of competition left in the games. the final round of the men

as you say, i mean there are massive economic implications when it comes to the tokyo games here. allen, in the day, you know, when it comes to whole cove, it issues pandemic, worries, virus phase, and all that it's, it's the athletes themselves that are potentially gonna pay the price. they spend years getting ready for an event like this. odds are you think the games will go ahead at this point? i. i just lost you, but now i've got you back. what do you think the game's going to go ahead? what? yes they have. they have to. i mean when, when, when do would be our commentators were really negative about it. we're talking to cancel, cancel, cancel, and what did he took to get it? correct? it's better law he's going for this of us me, mrs. bergen. because we know last year when we were told nobody this trade or this year, you know, no retaining as well, solely remote up and trying to calm down a lot of people. he lives in every sense for you. so it has to go ahead, go ahead. i mean, i, this is probably the least in the real blue. i think i actually watch for the event because this i

all of the country in the attempt to curb the recent violence shooting to go the 1st champion at the tokyo olympics, but there are more cases, a could be 19 in the athletes village. and we look at my c life me, the world's largest cold water reef is turning up dead on the beach. ah, begin with the devastating floods in india. it's military, there is reinforcing rescue operations in the western regions where the heaviest rain for july and decades has caused a huge amount of damage. more than 100 people and known to have died or the half of them killed by landslides. dozens more are still missing. the prime minister, not remote, he says he's anguished by the loss of life. gillian wolf picks up the story. wading through water is the only way to and from home for these residents. but for many home has lost. all meetings. didn't got for the letter, i had 3 vehicles. all of them got some most in flood water. they are all damaged in the furniture inside my house and outside also got damage. i have suffered a loss of around $10000.00. financial loss like that will have a severe impact on the daily

lock you go to tokyo, starts july 19th on w, the ah, the fax vaccines need police escorts is assign a value of the hot commodity. that also goes to waste me as much as 30 percent of vaccines are thrown away in some countries. the reasons, very storage and logistical challenges, as well as the type of files and syringes used. innovations could in the waste and it was all nice to have you on some countries have had to throw away thousands of jobs. others like finland, a fine shooting the vaccine campaigns to ensure every last drop counts. it's putting the nation way ahead of others. at this vaccination center, around 3000 doses are prepared and administered every day. it's around 40 percent more than should be possible with the supplies available. that is because a finish invention makes it possible to make a little bit effect seen go a long way. the person behind the creation is nurse sorry, rose, who was among those starting colbert vaccinations in december last year on 180. and to see if that if that we don't want to throw away any viable vaccine. if it's been, it has become paramoun