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The 2016 Olympics have opened in Rio de Janeiro with a ceremony to mark

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the first such Games to be held on South American soil.

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Amid a backdrop of civil unrest over the cost of the Games -

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From Rio, our Sports Editor Dan Roan reports.

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One of sport's most iconic settings for the start of what

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The evening's key themes of world peace and sustainability immediately

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First, a vivid portrayal of Brazil's history.

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The stadium floor transformed into an ocean,

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then a rainforest, as the people of the country's native tribes put

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Next came the arrival of the Europeans and a

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reminder slavery lasted 400 years in Brazil.

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Before a change in pace and

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Ingenious 3-D projections capturing the rise of

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Many Brazilians believe they were the real inventors

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of the aeroplane, aviator Santos Dumont taking us on a journey

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The Maracana then turned into a giant catwalk.

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Supermodel Gisele Bundchen becoming The Girl From Ipanema.

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If that was a moment for one of Brazil's

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best-known faces, the next belonged to the favelas.

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Soon it was carnival time, 1500 dancers filling the

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The tone became serious, the voice of Dame Judi Dench helping get

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That continuing with the parade of nations.

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Each athlete handed a seed that will be planted to create part

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Their bid for a best ever away games underway.

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The build-up to these games has been among the most troubled

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uncontroversial in Olympic history but after a vibrant, energetic and

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memorable show, it's now time for the focus to shift towards the

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competitors themselves. Russia

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received a mixed reception after the doping scandal that jeopardised

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their place in this games. The loudest cheers

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of the night reserved for the Olympics first

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ever refugee team. And of course Brazil,

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hosts bringing the parade to its conclusion.

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The Olympic rings made up of trees finally revealed as

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With that, it was time for the traditional speeches.

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We welcome you in Rio. The Olympic city.

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The jeers greeting him a sign of the country's

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With football legend Pele ruled out through ill-health, Marathon runner

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Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima lit the Olympic flame.

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A small environmentally friendly cauldron

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With nothing like the budget lavished on London's opening

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ceremony four years ago, Rio's will still be remembered

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A reflection of the tough times Brazil is facing, but

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For the billions watching. Dan Roan, BBC News, Rio.

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Well the first gold of the games goes to an American teenager.

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Virginia Thrasher, who's 19, triumphed in a surprise

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victory in the women's 10 metre air rifle event.

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There are 11 more gold medals up for grabs today.

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With a round up of today's events, here's our Sports

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Underway at last. The rubbing among Rio's early starters as Britain's

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Katherine Grainger set out in search of glory. At 40 she is chasing a

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fifth consecutive medal. Against a dazzling backdrop, how she and

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partner Vicky Thornley had to battle. Looking at the line commits

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Lithuania, Great Britain and France. Safely into the semis but room for

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improvement. It's where we want to be, middle of the field. We're going

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to be head of the field obviously. That's a grey start but we're not

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going to be happy with that in a few days' time. Elsewhere a moment in

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Olympic history, the debut for rugby sevens. And Britain's women also

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made a decent first impression, comfortably beating hosts Brazil in

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their opening game. Here at the Olympic Park the fans have been

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flocking in their thousands. But they've had plenty to enjoy,

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including here at the judo Britain's Ashley McKenzie was among

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those in action but after an early win his chances took a tumble. His

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Olympic hopes sadly ending in tears. But for USA's Virginia thrash out

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the tears were of joy as she won the first gold medal of Rio 2016. And

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Olympic champion at just 19 years of age, not a bad way to start.

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Well the British Tour de France winner - Chris Froome -

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is right now taking part in the road race.

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For the latest, let's go live to our Sports Correspondent,

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How is he doing? There's about 50 kilometres to go. They've just

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completed one climb of the tallest mountain on this course. They must

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do it three times before descending into a flat sprint finish down here

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on Copacabana. As you said Chris Froome was the favourite for Britain

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at least. He had high hopes at the start of emulating Bradley Wiggins

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and winning an Olympic gold in the same year as he won the Tour de

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France. There's currently a breakaway group then 30 seconds a

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chase group led by Britain's Geraint Thomas. Chris Froome is plugging

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away in the ballot on. Still a way to go in this one. There was drama

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here earlier around 25 minutes ago when a bomb went off. It was a

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controlled explosion we understand of an unattended bag full of clothes

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but an early reminder on day one security are leaving nothing to

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chance as we wait to see whether Team GB can emerge victorious from

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the mountains. A man wielding a machete

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and shouting God is great in Arabic has injured two women police

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officers in the Belgian Police said the attacker was shot

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and later died of his wounds. In March, Islamist bombers killed

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32 people in suicide A fire in a bar in France

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which killed 13 people - many of them teenagers -

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is believed to have been started Officials described the blaze

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which swept through the party venue Police say the fire broke out around

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midnight in the basement of the bar. It had been packed with young people

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who'd come here for a birthday Someone carrying the cake apparently

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tripped down the stairs and The candles and sparklers then set

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off the deadliest fire there's Neighbours heard the

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shattering of glass and thought, at first,

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it was TRANSLATION: There was panic

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in the bar, everybody was trying to But unfortunately those who were in

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the basement didn't have the I think some of those

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downstairs didn't burn, but Police say the ceiling

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of the basement had been soundproofed with material that is

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reported to have caught fire with terrifying speed,

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releasing poisonous fumes. We came here to have

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a good time together. It's impossible to believe

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that this has happened. 13 people in their late teens

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and early 20s are dead, and one is fighting

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for their life, in a city still mourning

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the death of an elderly priest murdered

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by extremists last month. The investigation

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will focus on whether the bar had flouted

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safety regulations. Police in Devon are appealing for

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information about a missing teenage boy who was last seen

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near the River Dart in Totnes. The 16-year-old -

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who has been named by police as Nathan Wood -

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was reportedly in a distressed state, after possibly taking

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a substance that was formerly He was last seen by the river

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on Friday evening. South Africa's governing party

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the ANC has suffered its worst election defeat since the end

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of apartheid, in the country's which held only Cape Town before

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the municipal and regional elections, won the highest number

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of votes in the capital Pretoria, and gained significant

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support in Johannesburg. There's more throughout the evening

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on the BBC News Channel,

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