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BBC News-20210803-05:01:00

hello and welcome. a sprinter from belarus who refused her team's order to fly home early from the olympics has been granted a humanitarian visa by poland. krystina tsimanouskaya is at the polish embassy in tokyo, and it's believed she plans to go to warsaw on wednesday. the athlete says she was forcibly taken to the airport for criticising coaches, but belarus says she was removed from the team because of her emotional state. mark adams from the international olympic committee has just spoken about the incident at a press briefing. we spoke yesterday twice to krystina tsimanouskaya, we spoke to her twice, she reassured us once again

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BBC News-20210803-06:35:00

love me but that was wrong. the bbc has attempted to contact vincent�s wife but she has refused to speak to us. he said he will carry on his hunger strike through the olympics to show the world how japan is denying thousands of children their basic right to both their parents. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, tokyo. in afghanistan, ferocious fighting is taking place in lashkar gah in helmand province — there are real fears it could be the first provincial capital to fall to the taliban. it looks like things are going to get worse with the departure of american, british and coalition forces. in the past 20 years, many afghan families have supported british and american troops as translators, guides and more. here�s our diplomatic editor mark urban. in recent months, the insurgents have taken over large amounts

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BBC News-20210803-05:15:00

is new technology and the shoes, in the spikes that they are wearing that helps propel them forward. so it is interesting to see what sort of impact that may be having. but for karsten warholm, that was just a super performance from him. no doubt it will take all the headlines around the world. there was also one other medal awarded in that early session in the track and field and that was in the women's long jump, with malaika mihambo of germany taking gold in that one. she was the only one of those long jumpers to jump past seven metres, for her, late on in that competition. the american brittney reese had been in the lead, but she had to settle for second. and then ese brume of nigeria won the bronze, and that is nigeria's first athletics medal since 2008, so just remarkable scenes, really, at the track and field stadium this morning here in tokyo. let's take a look at the updated medal table then and see how it stands.

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BBC News-20210803-06:32:00

rupert wingfield—hayes reports all of these parents are being prevented from seeing their children by their former japanese spouses. outside the olympic stadium in tokyo, this french man has been on hunger strike sincejuly the 10th. he said he is hoping to bring the world�*s attention to what is happening to him and many other parents injapan. it was on friday the 10th of august, 2018. i woke up in the morning, the house felt totally normal. i had breakfast. when i came back at 6pm, i walked inside the house and everything is gone. like, furniture, belongings, the car and a course my children. so i called up my lawyer and i said, "look,

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BBC News-20210803-05:17:00

they are both competing. laura won the team pursuit at two olympics in a row and jason kenny has won the team sprint at every games since beijing in 2008. another event makes its olympic debut in sport climbing, which promises to be one of the toughest gold medals to win in tokyo. you have to take part in three events in that. and of course gymnastics fans around the world will be very pleased to see america's star gymnast, simone biles, returning to action. she is going to be taking part in the beam final. remember she had missed some of the events here, saying she needed to prioritise her mental health. plenty of action to come, sally, but i think everybody who has been watching the olympics and particularly interested in the track and field are going to take a little bit of time to just process that world record we saw, the phenomenal performance from norway's karsten warholm

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BBC News-20210803-05:21:00

is here at this chimp sanctuary. right. good, you made it. so, you can see what has been protected, what has been preserved. this is 26 years of work, to make sure that nothing is damaged in this area. this canopy at the sanctuary is one to behold. not a common sight these days on the freetown peninsula. if urgent measures are not taken, this place will cease being home for these primates. with a combination of lead climbing, speed climbing and bouldering, the new olympic sport of sport climbing will be one of the toughest gold medals to win in tokyo.

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BBC News-20210803-06:01:00

the entire city of wuhan — 11 million people — will be tested. the travel industry welcomes a decision by the uk government to abandon plans for a further change to its traffic light system for international travel, but labour says it's in "total chaos." hello and welcome to bbc world news. a sprinter from belarus, who refused her team's order to fly home early from the olympics, has been granted a humanitarian visa by poland. krystina tsimanouskaya is at the polish embassy in tokyo, and it's believed she plans to go to warsaw on wednesday. the athlete says she was forcibly taken to the airport for criticising coaches, but belarus says she was removed from the team because of her emotional state. mark adams from the international

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BBC News-20210803-05:14:00

and he pulled out one of the most phenomenal performances in track and field — and indeed sport — in the last hour because he won in a world record of 45.94 seconds. you can see the shock on his face. he ripped open his shirt after he crossed the line, his previous record was almost a second slower. rai benjamin, the american, who finished in second, also broke that previous world record mark. it was just a phenomenal performance from an athlete who has promised so much over the years. he's a double world champion, he has now broken his own world record by nearly a second and, well, he has that olympic gold medal to go along with it. this track here that we have been seeing in tokyo, they call it potentially the trampoline, the maker calls it a trampoline. it's produced some very fast times, we have seen national records being broken as well, and also one interesting point as well is there

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Outside Source-20210804-19:20:00

i'm sure this case is first in history and it's absolutely disastrous for the image of belarusian regime. krystina probably will not lose her athlete status and probably join another team. as we've just heard there are many belarusians who now live in poland. the two countries are neighbours. polish journalist marcin makowski explains why poland has offered this humanitarian visa. the relationship is difficult - because belarus is our neighbour and a lot of polish people are... we have a lot of connections, but |the political ones are very tough. j lukashenko is being seen in poland as an enemy, .

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BBC News-20210804-09:26:00

but borisjohnson has declined an invitation to meet the first minister, nicola sturgeon, for talks. nicola sturgeon had invited borisjohnson to her official residence to discuss "covid recovery". in a letter to ms sturgeon, mrjohnson has suggested a meeting with other first ministers at a later date. the belarusian sprinter who refused her team's orders to fly home from the olympic games, is now on her way to vienna. krystina timanovskaya is expected to travel on to poland where she's been granted a humanitarian visa. she had been given refuge at the polish embassy in tokyo after belarusian team officials had tried to get her to board a flight home against her will because she criticised her coaches on social media. the change of destination for krystina timanovskaya is just the latest twist in the troubled last 12 months for belarus and the president alexander lukashenko. his regime has drawn worldwide criticism for its human rights abuses.

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