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Cap every three months, rather than the current six. a court orders checks on food and agricultural goods from britain to northern ireland must continue for now. the winter olympics are officially under way. the opening ceremony has been taking place inside beijing's birds nest stadium. we'll be speaking to a team gb gold medallist. rescuers are still desperately trying to reach a five—year—old boy who fell into a well near in morocco on tuesday. sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. as well as the opening ceremony at the beijing winter olympics, a number of even...

Into the centre of a giant snowflake, which was then illuminated to become the cauldron. few global leaders have journeyed to beijing to be at the opening, but the russian president vladimir putin is there, and he's held a meeting with his chinese counterpart, xi jinping. the two countries have put out a long joint statement, describing the talks as "very warm" and agreeing on a raft of policies. it warned against what they called nato's cold war ideology. many in the west fear the russian leader is planning to invade ukraine, which wasn't mentioned directly. 0ur china correspondent stephen mc...

In a few hours' time. almost 3,000 athletes from 91 nations will compete, across seven sports. but the run—up to the games has been fraught with controversy. many countries have announced a diplomatic boycott of the event, citing human rights abuses in china. added to that, cases of coronavirus have bbeen found inside beijing's olympic bubble. our china correspondent robin brant has the very latest. she is one of china's olympians of tomorrow — maybe. she hadn't even been born the first time the olympics came to town. but now, the six—year—old skater is inspired by the games. translati...

The 24th edition of the winter olympics have officially been inaugurated after the olympic cauldron was lit in a restrained opening ceremony in beijing. almost 3,000 athletes from 91 nations will compete across the games. the ceremony included the olympic torch which was placed into the centre of a giant snowflake, which was then illuminated to become the cauldron. few global leaders have journeyed to beijing to be at the opening because of western diplomatic boycott of the games. but the russian president vladimir putin is there. and he's held a meeting with his chinese counterpart xi jinping...

Today at 5pm: pressure continues to build for the prime minister as another conservative mp submits a letter of no confidence. the bbc understands around 17 have now been put forward. it comes afterfive of the prime ministers aides resign within 2a hours. a cabinet minister denies the government is in disarray, the prime minister wanted change and he said there would be change, and we are seeing that change now. a former labour peer lord ahmed is jailed for sexually abusing two children in the 1970s. a court orders checks on food and agricultural goods from britain to northern ireland must con...