The Olympic Games gets under way this week in cities across Japan. But this year’s sporting event is like no other, because it’s being held in the middle of a global pandemic.
People travelling to Tokyo to participate in or work on the Games are having to go through meticulous procedures.
BBC reporter Mariko Oi travelled from Singapore back home to Tokyo and shared this insight into the journey.
The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg reports as Polish forces fire water cannon at migrants throwing rocks.
There is no end in sight to the violent crackdown by the military against protesters in Myanmar, political analyst and journalist Annie Zaman has said. “What we are witnessing is that people are standing alone, they don’t have weapons, they are not as strong as the military,” she told BBC World News. Following the 1…
Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has spoken about the trial of her husband Sergei Tikhanovsky which is taking place in a closed court. He is accused of inciting violence ahead of the election and she rejects the charges. “It is fake trial of course and fake judges, fake prosecutors, because they made this process closed…
India’s opposition Congress party is calling for a full lockdown in order for the country to get on top of the current wave of coronavirus. Spokesman Pawan Khera said the government had ignored the warnings of experts and been too slow to react to the scale of the current epidemic. He told BBC World News:…
From a smart sock which monitors a baby’s oxygen and heart rate to data-tracking devices which could help with breast feeding, Lara Lewington looks at some of the latest gadgets and asks if they can help new parents feel less stressed. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick
Medecins sans Frontieres is calling for the cessation of violence between Israel and Palestinian militants because it is affecting the organisation’s ability to provide care, one of its medical coordinators has said. Every day more and more people were dying from the violence, Dr Natalie Thurtle told BBC World News. “The border to Gaza is…
