29 Jul 2024

Europe: Paris Olympic fever, Russia warning over missiles

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 29 July 2024
Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, at the Passerelle Debilly, in Paris, France, on July 26, 2024, Photo Jean-Marie Hervio / KMSP (Photo by HERVIO Jean-Marie / KMSP / KMSP via AFP)

Photo: HERVIO JEAN-MARIE

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about the reaction to a sodden opening ceremony in Paris, which has had widespread praise - but also left the IOC having to apologise to the Catholic Church and others offended by drag queen scenes.

There were also some embarrassing glitches.

And Vladimir Putin has used a speech today in St Petersburg to warn the west of a Cold War-style missile crisis.