BBCNEWS BBC News at Six March 4, 2022 18:26:00
Hoping to showcase the positive power of sport and the strength and resilience of para—athletes. but eight years since the sochi winter paralympics began under the cloud of russia's invasion of crimea, these games in beijing open amid another conflict, another crisis, russia's invasion of ukraine. i am horrified at what is taking place in the world right now. the 21st century is a time for dialogue and diplomacy, not war and hate! but this was a message the state broadcaster in china didn't let chinese audiences hear. more than 600 athletes will compete on the snow and ice for 78 gold medals...