BBC News with Sue Montgomery.
Tokyo has been chosen to host the 2020 Olympic Games, beating bids from Istanbul and Madrid. The decision was announced in Argentina after secret ballot of members of the International Olympic Committee. The head of the committee, Jacques Rogge, made the announcement.
“The International Olympic Committee has the honour of announcing that the games of the 32nd Olympiad in 2020 are awarded to the city of Tokyo.”
The final vote was 60 to Tokyo and 36 to Istanbul. The BBC’s Alex Capstick was in Argentina to hear the result.
Tokyo have won the right to stage the games in 2020. They were considered the favourites in the build-up to this vote and they put in a very strong performance their presentation today. They dispelled those doubts about Fukushima-- the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe certainly helped with that. The Princess Takamado must have also been a factor in that victory. But the Tokyo delegation leaping to their feet, giving each other hugs. It was-- they are in tears, some of them. It was a passionate, passionate performance from them today.
The Australian Liberal National Coalition has swept victory in the country’s general election. In his victory speech, its leader Tony Abbott told supporters he would deliver a competent new government.
“A government that says what it means, and means what it says; a government of no surprises and no excuses; a government that understands the limits of power as well as its potential; and a government that accepts, that will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words.”