Day 1a News Today

From our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good afternoon from lviv, on day 1a of the war here in ukraine where a fresh ceasefire is expected to allow more civilians to flee to relative safety via humanitarian corridors out of besieged cities. this map shows the areas — here in solid red — which are under russian military control. the striped areas show russian advances. some 7,000 people were evacuated from the city of sumy in the north—east yesterday. the city has se...

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A warm welcome to tokyo where the olympics has entered day 1a. in the last few minutes, laura kenny has become team gb�*s joint most decorated female olympians as she and team—mate katie archibald win a cycling gold in the womens madison final. team gb has also added another medal with the womens hockey team beating india 4—3 to take the bronze. the 2016 champions took an early 2—0 lead but fell 3—2 down in the third quarter. they came back to draw level before grace balsdon struck the...

And at the end of day 1a, great britain has moved into fourth position in the medals table, with 18 golds. tomorrow is the penultimate day of the games, with 3a medals up for grabs, including the womens marathon. the number of daily coronavirus cases has gone up slightly again. there were nearly 32,000 new infections in the latest 24—hour period, but that makes an average of 26,500 new cases per day over the last seven days, so the longer term trend is still down. 92 deaths were recorded in th...

Effort by the last man there for italy. lucy hockings has this update from tokyo. a warm welcome to tokyo. lets bring you right up to date on what has been happening in day 1a of these 0lympics. kenyas faith kipyegon has retained the olympic womens 1500—metre title to put an end to dutch athlete sifan hassan�*s bid for an unprecedented track treble. kipyegon broke the 33—year—old 0lympic record set by romanian paula ivan at the seoul games as she clocked three minutes 53.11 seconds. josh...

Two more golds on day 1a of tokyo 2020 have taken team gb up to fourth in the overall medals table. the first of the two was a historic one for laura kenny. she has become the most decorated female olympian in british history. she and katie archibald were crowned the inaugral womens madison champions in the velodrome. kenny is also the first british woman to win golds at three consecutive games. reaching five overall now in her career. extraordinary performance. the british pair dominated the 12...

Where the olympic torch is lit every two years and tourists flock there. the message from the prime minister is if you are asked to evacuate in many areas are put on red alert, do it. you will be compensated as businesses and households were the cyclone two years ago. your houses and props will be compensated. take the advice and move on if you have to. mark lobel on the greek wildfires. now lets get an update from the olympics in tokyo and its day 1a. which means theres only a few days of compe...

Festivals in the world, the edinburgh fringe, finally gets underway today — after its cancellation last summer because of the pandemic. sport now, and for a full round up of all the olympic action, heres hugh. good afternoon. in the last few minutes, in the womens 4x100metre relay. two more golds on day 1a of tokyo 2020 have taken team gb up to fourth in the overall medals table. the first of the two was a historic one for laura kenny, who has become the most decorated female olympian. she and...

To have some space before heading to her nearby home town of spring. following a historic four golds in rio, she pulled out of all but one individual event in tokyo, to focus on her mental health. she won a bronze on the beam and a team silver. the sports desk podcast this week asks the question "has simone biles changed the game on mental health?" you can listen and subscribe every friday via bbc sounds. heres how the medal table looks after day 1a. china leading the way from the usa and japan....

Now lets get an update from the olympics in tokyo and its day 1a, which means theres only a few days of competition left before the big closing ceremony. the first gold of the day was won earlier with polands dawid tomala in the mens 50 kilometres race walk on friday. tomala powered through the 33 degree celsius heat in sapporo, finishing 36 seconds ahead of germanysjonathan hilbert. for more on this, we can now cross live to tokyo and sarah mulkerrins. thank you. welcome to tokyo where it is pr...