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Vaccination strategy. it has been relatively slow, and it does feel a little unfair, doesnt it, as rupert said. ., , ., , unfair, doesnt it, as rupert said. ., , ., said. young people are encouraged _ said. young people are encouraged to - said. young people are encouraged to get - said. young people are - encouraged to get vaccinated even though there isnt enough to go around. young people have been somewhat blamed for not listening to the state of emergency and staying at home, although i have...

Im joined now by mariko oi who is in tokyo. mariko, how effective has the vaccination strategy been injapan? it has been relatively slow, and it does feel a little unfair, as rupert said, young people are encouraged to get vaccinated, even though there isnt enough jab is to go around. young people have also been somewhat blamed for not listening to the state of emergency and staying at home, although i have seen every age group out. this is the fourth time of the state of emergency, so people ar...

Tennis third round. thats just coming into us in the last few minutes. also following events for us there, our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes. hes at choshi beach near tokyo. all eyes today have been on the weather, rupert? from where you are, we can certainly see why. thats right, ben. the last few days in tokyo, particularly sunday and monday, everybody was talking about the heat and how it was affecting tennis players and triathletes in particular, he were really suffering. now we are...

Morning, here? well, as rupert mentioned in his report, we felt that excitement here as well outside the liberty stadium. several 100 people gathered to watch it. they were very excited to see that roving globe made by several 100 drones here as well. i also managed to grab some newspapers for you. i managed to grab some newspapers for you this morning. this is a delayed by a year, no cheers. but it also says that lets hope sport bring some joy. it wishes the athletes good luck but to stay safe ...

Arriving each day. it is now clear that some of them will be carrying covid. the ioc�*s assertion that the games represent zero risk to public health is already starting to look flimsy. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. and a short time ago, i asked rupert for more on those positive cases among team gb. since last night, we have learned that eight members of team gb were in close contact with someone on board theirflight from london to tokyo — someone who tested positive for covi...

Down on trump. >> because i think there are two worlds going on here. there is rupert murdochs world, which is all powerful, but he doesnt -- its actually not quite all powerful because you have the fox -- the fox network has moved its business model or the fox news network to an all trump model. thats where the money comes from. does rupert -- would rupert murdoch have an alternative to that that would supply that much money? rupert hates donald trump, hates him, but rupert loves money. those a...

Is not calling almost every shot. this is the day of all days for rupert. >> again, i did read the fox statement so people know what fox says about it. you say bill hemmer called the trump campaign to tell them that fox was about to call arizona for biden and hemmer says that never happened. its completely untrue. >> right. and the person he called, jason miller, says, oh, yes, that happened, and there were many people around who heard it happen. theres no question here. i mean, theyre just dise...

Called by fox for joe biden. you suggest that it was rupert murdoch who ultimately made the decision, the final decision to make that call. you write he got his father on the phone to ask if he wanted to make the early call. his father with a signature grunt added f him. fox disputes this. they say the account is false. fox news media president jay wallace was called into the control room. any other version of the story is wildly inaccurate. >> they just lie. i am rupert murdochs biographer. i h...

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Of the virus. you know, it is very different from the spectators side, because all the athletes will be tested daily, but the spectators will not. ~ ., ., will not. what about the paralympics? _ will not. what about the paralympics? they - will not. what about the paralympics? they say l will not. what about the . paralympics? they say they will not. what about the _ paralympics? they say they havent decided finally _ paralympics? they say they havent decided finally on _ paralympics? they say t...