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Eventin get it. turning now to the big event in asia here today, the official opening ceremony of the beijing winter olympics. they are, of course, years in the making. so how does it all come together and how will covid shape the way events are managed? ric birch has directed and produced five different olympic opening ceremonies including beijing in 2008. i asked him how he thought this ceremony would pan out. well, you can't make any changes to the show for politics, or it would be just impossible to do it. you have to think in terms of creativity and the cultural icons of the society that ...

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. translation: it's very - exhausting, but she presses on. she w...

Turnout is just over 24% in a seat that should be held by the conservatives. that's the third—lowest turnout for a uk by election since 1945 no other main party took part in the poll — a mark of respect because the previous mp, david amess, was stabbed during a constituency surgery last october. a result is expected in the next couple of hours. the winter olympics are getting fully under way in beijing, with the opening ceremony in a few hours�* time. almost 3,000 athletes from 91 nations will compete, with over 100 gold medals to be won. but the run—up to the games has been fraught wi...

Was killed while meeting with constituents last october. out of respect, none of the other main parties put forward any candidates. turnout was less than 25%, the third lowest since the war, and many ballot papers were spoiled. the winter olympics are getting underway in beijing, with the opening ceremony 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 coronav...

They denied suppression of free speech, they denied running re-education camps for uighurs and the whole long list of questions that reporters want to ask china, but couldn't actually explore these topics, because they were kept inside this hermetically sealed olympic bubble. the bubble, by the way, contained covid. and it didn't allow covid to go from inside the bubble and outside, vice versa. from the chinese perspective, not to mention paris figure skating, a resounding success. freestyle skiing, they had eileen gust from the u.s. or from california competing. she's a darling now of china. ...