Winter olympics, which start exactly one year from today. The ioc president thomas bach says its almost a miracle china has managed to prepare for a winter games through the pandemic, but Sophie Richardson of human rights watch, says the Olympic Movement needs to rethink. This would be a miracle. Ending mass arbitrary detention, ending the devastation of cultural property, ensuring that decent human rights environments exist before a warning that government, really the propaganda of posting. This is not a rights friendly of environment, and i think commitments of the con john of the Chinese Government made is clearly not worth the paper they were written on. Its certainly going to be a controversial games those allegations and questions over the Environmental Impact of the games but preparations are continuing. Among those hoping to compete are british mogul skiers the gerken schofields. Tom and leonie could become the first british twins to compete at a winter olympics, and younger si
Militaryjuntas in neighbouring burkina faso and mali warned that any Foreign Military intervention in niger, would be considered a Declaration Of War on them. A french mp for emmanuel macron s Renaissance Party spoke to the bbc about the countrys Evacuation Mission and said paris was left with no other choice. Translation we estimate that a few hundred people french people wish to leave, and have clearly expressed this intention, since we know that the tradition between European Countries is to show solidarity. If other European Countries decide to organise your evacuations, which is possible, we would Work Together to evacuate those who want to leave. Niger is a key part of africas sahel region which stretches from the atlantic to the red sea. Burkina faso and mali, have also seen recent military coups, and say, they would come to the defence of their neighbour. On sunday, the Regional Bloc ecowas made up of 15 west african countries, gave the coup leaders in niger one week to restore
Welcome to the first ever Bbc Green Sport Awards. I ella al shamahi, explorer, Standup Comic and paleoanthropologists. And i have no idea what that means. I mark watson, also a comedian, a writer, huge sports fan and we both care about the environment, thats what this programme is all about. Youve just seen recycled footage from the bbc Sports Programme from 30 years ago. And even the awards are made from recycled material, which is all part of the ethos of this program. And its why weve occupied the bbc sport Match Of The Day studio. Former International Footballers and now pundits alan shearer and ian wright have been locked out. They think its temporary but its a dream for me to be and this place all dressed up, especially for it, there is absolutely no way im leaving without a fight. By the end of this ill be the official new Match Of The Day host, theyjust dont know it yet. And with the click of the fingers we can make ourselves feel even more at home. Were going to be highlightin
welcome to the first ever bbc green sport awards. i ella al shamahi, explorer, standup comic and paleoanthropologists. and i have no idea what that means. i mark watson, also a comedian, a writer, huge sports fan and we both care about the environment, that s what this programme is all about. you ve just seen recycled footage from the bbc sports programme from 30 years ago. and even the awards are made from recycled material, which is all part of the ethos of this program. and it s why we ve occupied the bbc sport match of the day studio. former international footballers and now pundits alan shearer and ian wright have been locked out. they think it s temporary but it s a dream for me to be and this place all dressed up, especially for it, there is absolutely no way i m leaving without a fight. by the end of this i ll be the official new match of the day host, theyjust don t know it yet. and with the click of the fingers we can make ourselves feel even more at home. we re goi
good afternoon. israel says its troops in gaza are engaged in face to face combat with fighters from hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. israel says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city, here in the north of the territory. meanwhile, 92 british nationals are on a list which means they could escape the fighting and leave gaza today through the rafah crossing into egypt. jon donnison reports from jerusalem. israel says it s at the height of its battle with hamas. its ground offensive in northern gaza is pushing forward, with the military claiming gaza city is now completely encircled. translation: we discovered encircled. translation: - discovered today a recording call with a health official in gaza who spoke with our forces and described how hamas controls fuel supplies and a hospital. while supplies are running out, they are stealing from sick patients for terror aims. we will continue to expose to the world the act of hamas and h