Winter games over state sponsored clean athletes will only be allowed to compete and they will do that under a neutral flak also coming up president palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas that he intends to move the u. S. Embassy in israel to jerusalem palestinian groups are calling for a day of rage tomorrow in protest well get the latest from jerusalem and police in kiev arrest former georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili but theyre forced to free by angry supporters will have an exclusive interview with. Im going to have you with us the news is just broken that the International Olympic committee has banned russia from competing in the two thousand and eighteen Winter Olympics some clean athletes however will be able to compete as neutrals but under strict conditions with just ten weeks before the games begin in south korea i. O. C. President thomas bach and the executive board found the evidence of systematic doping presented to them today which possibly we will see was enough to stop athletes from competing under the russian flag at the games. Now this is the second time in a row that russian athletes will miss out on an olympics because of doping after also missing out on the two thousand and sixteen summer games in rio the i. O. C. President held a press conference in luzon a little while ago explaining that it must kind of go through what we said to do that im joined here in the studio now by matt herman from our sports desk a lot going on today matt so talk me through this for people just joining us right now. Whats the evidence that was so compelling that the i. O. C. Said russia is out well basically their former anti doping head agree watching golf gave some pretty comprehensive evidence to the Mclaren Report which came up before the summer olympics saying that there was a system in place through which russian antidoping officials were able to ensure that russian urine samples would always show up as negative even when they were positive it was it was so there was fake russian fake urine samples that were basically in the refrigerator was really urine they just switch them in but with you know the athletes we gave up samples when they were clean then they entered another cycle of doping and those dirty samples were swapped for them clean ones i think if you got him and i just went and we got a sound bite from the head of the i. O. C. Right now its almost back im explaining why this decision was made today lets go to that first second. The high is the executive support after following grosss has issued proportional sanctions for these a systemic money palatial. Protecting clean athletes. And. So what happens now what happens now is russia will probably try and appeal this decision in some way theyre certainly going to feel very aggrieved they said that this eventuality of neutral flag competition would be humiliating to them and if that doesnt work then there is probably going to be an effort on the part of Russian Media russian government officials to sort of dissuade athletes from participating under a neutral neutral flag i mean well you know i mean this the question now the the clean athletes if they want to compete are they going to jeopardize their futures as russians russian athletes by doing that that is the proverbial sixty four thousand dollars question brant there is quite a lot of headwind that these athletes are going to feel i think that obviously theyve invested a lot of time money effort they have basically centered the entire lives for preparing this for this game so they have a lot invested but at the same time its part of their participation was to do so as proud russians and now that chance has been taken away from them and their what recourse then does russia have them does it have any chance at all of getting this decision overturned or are changed well there is still about two months before the olympics start and there is precedent for the court of arbitration for sport to step in situations like this and to act fairly swiftly but i dont think that their chances are very good with the results of the most clear import having come out twenty sixteen and now being sort of backed up by this new report. I dont know on what basis they could really make an argument and they deserve to be there as a russian writes in her words with the latest here on this breaking news russia has been banned from the Winter Olympics because of doping thank you. Are going to be vulnerable to other news u. S. President donald trump has told egypt jordan and the palestinian leadership that he will move the u. S. Embassy in israel to jerusalem its a move that would be tantamount to recognizing the disputed city as israels capital something trump promised during his president ial campaign now reiterating statements made earlier this week that was did he and president abbas mourned trump that moving the embassy would endanger the middle east process and provoke unrest in the region germanys Foreign Ministers ignore gabriele had this to say about the announced and so i have from me. A lot of Member States including us have expressed their concerns that the recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel will not calm the conflict but rather escalate it and hides its in everyones interest that that doesnt happen. Yet therefore we as germans among others in the e. U. Are firmly convinced that we must maintain the two state solution as a goal and if that means a secure israel but also an independent and viable palestinian state and gets there for unilateral steps to recognize jerusalem as israels capital and that includes East Jerusalem i believe that would be a very dangerous move. And is it a fairly significant all right weve got Team Coverage on the story now im joined from jerusalem by my colleague tanya kramer and in washington a corresponded carsten phenomena good evening to both of you talk you let me start with you how are palestinian authorities how are they reacting to this phone call from u. S. President donald trump. Yeah we understand that mr tom had these conversations with the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas also the king and they issued a statement afterwards saying that they were in town informed about the intentions of mr trump to move the u. S. Embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem its not clear when this will happen theres no time to give not you know the framework in which is will be done there no details given in that but the statement by president and all the details you can hear in the over the past couple of hours stressing you know that this so much concern and theyre warning about the impact for the region and theyre also stressing that the palestinians will not give up on their claim on these two same as the capital of their future state according to International Resolutions so i mean this is a cause many of the concerns of for many leaders individual have to stress that came from egypt from jordan from turkey from saudi arabia everybody is saying this is a dangerous move and it could establish the beach and president trouble also called the Jordans King Abdullah talk here and we know that abdulla has in the past said that this type of move would in danger stability in jordan why is he so worried. I mean jordan has a lot at stake here jordan is traditionally the custodian of the holy sites and the other marks are compared to us and everything that concerns East Jerusalem also concerns jordan and you should not forget theres also a lot of Palestinian Refugees living in jordan so what he also expressed again today in that statement is he also warned about the danger to go ahead with this move without having the framework of negotiations and hes also you know this is concern you know many variables from people i talked to today on the palestinian side at least you know that this is setting new paramita to assume such a sensitive subject so symbolic for a lot of people and i think it leaves a lot of people here with a lot of uncertainty now how this will play out and carsten moving the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem it has been u. S. Policy or gold of the u. S. For decades but its never been implemented right. Basically all the president s and the clinton have been kicking this can down the road every six months because twenty two years ago the u. S. Congress passed a law the Jerusalem Embassy act which says that jerusalem is the capital of israel and that the u. S. Embassy should move there now that gives the president of United States the chance to postpone the implementation of that law by a six months at a time if it is in the National Interest of the security of the United States and that has happened again and again bill clinton and george w. Bush and then barack obama have all postponed the implementation of this again and again donald trump also did it one day in the summer this year but only grudgingly after he was. Supported in this by his advisors and allies of the United States but now he seems to have changed his mind it could be that he declares he wants to the embassy in jerusalem but still postponed the move for six months so legally not much would change but it would still be a game changer politically and diplomatically in person is there any sense there in the u. S. That the timing of this being suspicious that that trump is doing this now to divert attention from the f. B. I. Investigation into his campaigns connections to russia. There is a sense certainly but its difficult to prove and to be fair donald trump seems to really believe that the u. S. Embassy should be in jerusalem he has promised that during his Election Campaign now he has broken some of his promises but hes also kept some when you look at the issue of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change on the travel ban against some majority muslim countries and now maybe also in this case the point is that donald trump needs his core supporters his base if he wants to control the republican establishment and part of that base is the conservative pro israel lobby and their christian conservative. Evangelist. Partners and supports us so he wants to keep that base and he will proceed with that apparently no matter what all right kirsten phenomena in washington and tanya kramer in jerusalem to both of you thank you here in europe Spains Supreme Court has withdrawn an International Arrest warrant for catalonia his former leader. In four of his cabinet members now which the mom has been in brussels in self imposed exile since october as a legal referendum the court says it withdrew the warrants because the politicians have shown a willingness to return to spain. The red cross says at least two hundred thirty people have been killed hundreds more wounded in yemen during nearly a week of finding saw the Coalition Warplanes led at least twenty five year strikes in the capital sanaa overnight on monday the countrys former president Ali Abdullah Saleh was also killed. The us Supreme Court has allowed president Donald Trumps travel ban on six muslim majority nations to go into full force the courts decision lives injunctions issued by lower courts the ban prevents most travelers from iran libya syria yemen somalia and chad from entering the u. S. As well as some from north korea and then its way though. Four chaotic scenes on the streets of kiev today that is after police tried to arrest macao saakashvili he is the former georgian leader whos become and anticorruption campaigner in ukraine and a thorn in the side of the president Petro PoroshenkoPolice Detained at saakashvili but were forced to free him again when his supporters surrounded a van holding him our correspondent Nick Connelly was there well have an update from him in just a moment but first here is what he saw. Early morning hide and seek on the roofs above kievs my town square except the man being detained by unmarked special forces is a former president and one of ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko most vocal opponents. As news of the rate spread on facebook within minutes a crowd had gathered on the streets below but still there was no word from the police as to why he was being detained. His arms tied behind his back second really had one last chance to address his supporters calling for president pershing to face impeachment. But it was once he was bundled into a car that the confrontation between police and his supporters really got going. Street rubbish bins even park police cars were all fair game as the crowd tried to prevent his forcible departure. In the meantime ukraines prosecutor general finally got around to answering the question on everyones lips why such a big operation and why now. He said they colluded with exiled ukrainian oligarchs was preparing the countrys government. And a recap of our top story the sea has banned russia from the upcoming winter Olympic Games over state sponsored doping clean athletes however will be allowed to compete but under a neutral flag. You have to think with the news ill be back at the top of the hour with more bold news followed by the day and to see it at. The. Center. Of it. Discovery. 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