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Roles, looking at the guidance from the government, if they were not able to do theirjobs would significantly impact on security or cause a loss of life.— very much for that. we are going to be talking to george eustice, environment secretary at half past. other news this morning... the 2020 tokyo olympic games will officially start today — a year later than expected. more than 11,000 athletes from 207 countries will compete over the next few weeks, but spectators have been banned from almost all events, as japan deals with its highest surge in coronavirus infections for six months. our sp...

Included in the olympic family all the time. a beautiful view right now of tokyo, a gorgeous shot of the skyline, the backdrop of the skyscrapers with the olympic stadium gleaming in the sunshine. you can watch the opening ceremony live on bbc one at midday. the olympic rings sitting there. it will look very different, no crowds, a fraction of the usual number of athletes inside the stadium at today. but the hope from the international olympic committee is that lighting the flame officially, the start of the games will offer hope and light at the end of the tunnel for the world. two gold medal...

Then there were problems with the olympic logo. then there were allegations of corruption. and then covid hit and the whole games had to be moved by a year. and then this year, japan's olympic chief had to step down over a sexism row. then the composer of music for the opening ceremony was forced out because of bullying allegations. and finally, one day before the games were due to open, the director of the whole opening ceremony has been fired because it turns out he made jokes about the holocaust. it's no wonder some people here think these games are cursed. newsreel: the world's biggest cit...

A tour of the bbc olympics studio which will be their home for the next few weeks. former gold medallist rower matthew pinsent is in tokyo and will take us through what we can expect from the games. and we'll be talking to linford christie about his memories of the olympics and why he's trying out new sports — fishing and wild swimming. people will be thinking, why is fishing not an olympic sport? but there are a number of new sport in this olympics. skateboarding, surfing, climbing, and you have new ones coming on like break dancing in 2024, so new sports are being

Accountable and holding a failed state accountable. even though, yes, people are calling for it, also people in miami are calling for different things. many of us are calling for peaceful humanitarian international intervention and you have those who are calling violence for violence and i think president biden is doing the right thing by amplifying the right thing by amplifying the message of the cuban people, getting out through their cellphones or videos, showing world leaders and actors what is actually happening in cuba and trying to create the network to hold the regime, the regime switc...