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Global News Podcast

Opening ceremony of Olympic Games takes place in Paris

Global News Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.27.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In spectacular style, bridges and riverbanks were used as catwalks, stages and grandstands, with performances by Lady Gaga in French and the French-Malian singer, Aya Nakamura. The culmination of the show included Celine Dion standing on an illuminated Eiffel Tower. Also: Bangladesh police detain protest leaders at a hospital, and a Scottish peat bog gets UNESCO world heritage status.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:04.0

I'm Jackie Leonard and in the early hours of Saturday, the 27th of July,

0:09.0

these are our main stories.

0:11.0

The Olympic flag has been raised in Central Paris during a spectacular rain-soaked opening ceremony for the 2024 games in the French capital.

0:21.0

A flotilla of boats transported the athletes down the river Sen,

0:24.8

watched by an audience of hundreds of thousands on the city's keys and bridges.

0:30.0

In other news, Mexico is demanding a full report from Washington about the arrest of two notorious drug lords.

0:37.0

Also in this podcast a vastet Pete Bog achieves UNESCO World Heritage status.

0:46.2

The ecosystem supports a huge range of rare plants, insects, birds and animals.

0:58.0

We begin in France. The 2024 Olympic Games in the French capital Paris

1:02.0

have opened with a stunning display of French culture,

1:05.2

architecture and heritage and the pageantry of the world's top athletes

1:09.7

sailing down the river Seerne on boats, a procession lined by fireworks and water jets.

1:15.6

In the initial stages, musicians including Lady Gaga and Ia Nakamura performed alongside teams of dancers, high kicking the can can or perching perilously on poles.

1:27.0

Others danced on the roofs of nearby buildings.

1:30.0

Hundreds of thousands of people were on the rivers, bridges and keys.

1:33.8

The ceremony was closed by Saline Dion singing on the Eiffel Tower.

1:38.0

These people were in the crowd.

1:40.0

It's been my dream to be here since I was a child. I am having so much fun. There is no way to describe this. I'm really nervous because this is what I've been waiting for all my life.

1:56.0

I feel excited. I'm so happy that I can be here in Paris and I can watch the Olympics and

2:01.3

help the tourists are coming.

2:03.0

Team USA, I am going, I love all sports.

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