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The first gold medal of the olympic games has been won, with chinas qing yang winning the womens ten metre air rifle. a funeral has been held for haitis presidentjovenal moise after he was shot dead at his home two weeks ago. now we could soon be paying more for our cappuccinos and lattes, because the price of coffee beans has gone through the roof. arabica coffee futures have risen around 25% in a week, to their highest in more than six and a half years. so whats behind the record spike? there ...

Tolerance policies that go beyond the towns mask advisory. theyre saying that if you want to come on their property or stay at their hotel, you absolutely need to show proof of vaccination, no exceptions. alex? >> can i just say, im really glad as i watched the interview that you were wearing your mask. im sure you noticed, michael was not wearing his. just voting. thank you, my friend. lets go to monica alba at the white house. you have the president, who is back on the campaign trail sending a...

Vaccinated. >> yeah. the agenda is to get you vaccinated to save more people from dying. joining me now is catherine oneill, chief medical officer at our lady of the lake regional medical center in baton rouge. thank you so much. im very familiar with our lady of the lake, my nieces were born there. we know it, its a great hospital. thank you, doctor, i appreciate it. yesterday, coronavirus hospitalizations in louisiana rose to 844 patients, the highest since mid-february. an additional 3,264 co...

The vaccine. >> before you got sick, if you would have had a chance to get the vaccine and prevent this, would you have taken the vaccine? >> nope. >> so you would have gone through this? >> i would have gone through this, yes, sir. dont shove it down my throat. thats whats local, state, federally administration is trying to do is shove it down your throat. >> what are they shoving, the science? >> no. theyre shoving the fact that thats their agenda. their agenda is to get you vaccinated. >> yea...

Communities, violent acts are also things acceptable. are they acceptable? and its whatever you say is acceptable, it is my responsibility to enforce that. that is my job to respond to those things at the community is saying this is what is standard. if some people knew what standard was, what the outcome was in some of these cases, it will blow your mind. why is it that a guy who murdered somebody is out in a community after having been arrested two or three months later, two or three months pr...

Play the olympics, to take it, so yeah, im happy to be here. in rio, great britain _ yeah, im happy to be here. in rio, great britain won _ yeah, im happy to be here. in rio, great britain won 67 _ yeah, im happy to be here. in rio, great britain won 67 medals, - yeah, im happy to be here. in rio, great britain won 67 medals, the i great britain won 67 medals, the first country in history to improve its medal tally in a games straight after hosting. this time the target is 45-70 after hosting. t...

Staying drier for longer, but it will turn cooler for all of us. still one more day though of this amber warning from the met office, an extreme heat warning which covers northern ireland throughout friday. thats where well see some of the highest of the temperatures. a lot of sunshine through the day but notice all of this cloud across eastern parts of scotland down the eastern side of england, some mist and murk, too, tending to retreat towards the north sea coast through the day. one or two i...

Or disrupt live broadcasts-- but said there has been no specific threat. with tokyo covid cases the highest since january, the head of the world health organization today called the games a celebration of hope. >> may the message of hope resound from tokyo around the world. >> reporter: with games beginning ahead of opening ceremonies on friday, the focus is turning to competition, which officials hope will not get overshadowed by covid. norah. >> odonnell: jamie yuccas, thank you. tonight, a la...

Of welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. or the bbc news channel in the uk or on bbc world news. its the eve of the official start of the olympic games in tokyo. delayed by a year because of the pandemic, and being held in unique circumstances, without spectators. new infections have been edging up again acrossjapan — and among athletes. in tokyo itself, coronavirus cases are now the highest theyve been since the middle ofjanuary. on thursday, tokyo reported close to 2...

Guidance remains unchanged now but there are new concerns over a new variant called lambda, the world health organization calls it a variant of interest that they are looking at about 700 reported cases in the u.s., none in california so far. our test positivity rate increased to 4.9%, and that is the highest its been since february . >> in the meantime, three bay area counties are giving a strong recommendation to employers, suggesting that they require their employees be vaccinated. laura? >> ...