Rio Olympics Ends, What to Expect from Tokyo 2020

A carnival-inspired ceremony drew a close to the 2016 Games, while the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe took a starring role when he appeared as computer game character Super Mario for the official handover to the Olympics 2020 hosts, Tokyo. We hear what else to expect from those games in four years.

An Islamic State militant has apologised and admitted destroying cultural sites in Timbuktu, Mali, in a landmark trial at the International Criminal Court. We speak to our correspondent at the court.

And the designer of the burkini weighs in on the debate surrounding her invention.

( Image: Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe on stage at the Rio Olympics 2016 closing ceremony. Credit: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)