Its sunday on r. T. And that means were taking you through some of the biggest stories as covered right here over the past a 7 day 1st of all the big prospects for athletes in this part of the world russia is being kicked out of all Major International sporting events for the next 4 years punishment says the World Antidoping Agency for moscow tampering with a key database of test results from russian athlete. This is a bond against russia that protects the rights of russian seats but allowing the re entry for major events to those such are able to demonstrate that they are not implicated in any way he doesnt comply what is important thing to these decisions is that we are really sanctioning those for responsible for this many pollutions and leave those open for those who had nothing to do is with the big scandal in russia clean. Our experts have provided convincing on says unfortunately they havent heard us reseller has time to appeal initially when we handed over the database we said lets investigate the database together so that we can make a full decision we wanted to have a kind of mechanism if we dont want an objective decision lets do it like this where saddam has all the necessary opportunities they could have taken a different approach its a blow for sure but as you heard water says the clean athletes will be able to compete under a neutral flag but russian officials are now prohibited from attending a major sports event or the country wont be allowed to host any tournament either and the list of events that russia is now being excluded from is extensive it includes the olympic and Paralympic Games coming up in tokyo next summer also footballs fifa world cup in cattle are 2 years after that russia of course was the last host of that event one event it was too but its players will now have to go as neutrals if they qualify what are insists that the onus is on clean players to prove that they are clean next our Sports Correspondent alexy irish if he breaks down the water ruling for us. It is quite unclear how exactly stripping a nation of its flag in a major sports competitions across the planet can actually solve the problem of fighting against doping youre not innocent until Proven Guilty and im in and you dont think its who youre guilty until you can prove youre innocent a complete reversal of Justice System but its always been that way youve got to think about whats on the World Antidoping Agency has jurisdiction but it doesnt act years dictionary to the russian authorities become sanction Russian Politicians and all it can do is censure resign and take actions relative to sport so its come up with this International Standard to code compliance signatories which is used to sanction russia this time round. On top of everything it seems that waters decision from monday was made in such a haste that they have no clue how to actually navigate in that decision the biggest example of that is probably the situation with your wife and fee for tournament where were you where you quite expect to. These sanctions will not affect in any way russian part of the upcoming your. First of all its a continental tournament not of world qualification or for compartmented to. Is again within the competence of us should it make it to the 2022 world cup in qatar it may be stripped of its flag of its anthem and it may be participating as a neutral country. And if youre not yet confused enough they already said directly that should russia deal to cast the court for arbitration of sports and this process takes longer than the official preparation for next summers olympics russia will go to next summers olympics in tokyo as a full fledged nation but then if the band is implemented late it might miss out on the 2020 for some big games in paris from whichever side you look at it mondays decision by water looks like a vocal and very harsh indictment of Russian Sports it might send shock waves and reverberations in the country sport for many years to come but it might actually be the beginning of a new struggle of a new battle the legal one when russia takes its case to cast the court of arbitration for sports in switzerland and we are expecting this to be made quite quickly before the end of this year this is a punitive action against the law including begin to shoot once a month combatants more than just a few. Garage incidents nothing to particular with theres no evidence of this against them this may be raising a human rights issue whether. Theyre going to raise this before the court of retaliation or im not entirely certain we have to accept that there is a when we become a member involved. I think there are actually applying a very ambiguous moral and motive crusaded. There once was in terms of. The russian the english and russian roots of expect with great anticipation to see what. Point in thats what its doing its like saying im going to come into your state because somebody from you know decide who comes and goes no. Further down the line there are fears here in russia that the ban could be motivated generation of future athletes. How can you. Not only ban team an entire sports from a country for 4 years its absolutely ridiculous its an overkill this. Should do its job and deal with claims concerning individual athletes not with the country as a whole they have a dream like god the it so there was 18 years old to go to the little sort of world to. Compete for their country for the love of their sport for the love of their country and try to be them one of the best dont point to deal. With. Sports because being dragged down by politics in a place where politics should be completely absent sport is becoming costly. Influence of politics intensely in this desire to disqualify the whole National Team why does decision to ban russia will affect everybody and it will cause great shock. Concerning weightlifting i would say the decisions either politicize or just incorrect. What kind of message is that suddenly mean to our children and we always talk about. Our mission because that is tomorrow well when you ban the whole culture from participating you kill all out of you. I think that 1st and foremost this will affect children and their interest in sport. Our children have taken their future away with they want to do what they love away because of what a couple individuals did in the past its just i mean its ludicrous theres a make any sense at all. Since conservative policy want to resoundingly offer a strong showing in britains historic general election on thursday as for the opposition labor and liberal Democrat Party is the. Theyre both looking for new leaders north of the border it was a decisive win for the Scottish National party which is regretted their calls for another independent referendum from the u. K. Heres how the Party Leaders reacted to a dramatic night in westminster as the result came in. A proud to say that members of our new one nation government a peoples government will sit out from constituencies that have never returned a conservative m. P. For 100 years and yes they will have an overwhelming mandate from this election to get it done and we will all know that mandate by general the 31st will not lead the party in any future general Election Campaign i will discuss with our party to ensure there is a process now of reflection on this result and on the policies that the party will take Going Forward the stunning election win last night for the s. N. P. Renew is reinforces and strengthens the mandate we have from previous elections to offer the people of scotland a choice over their future that mandate says that it is for the Scottish Parliament nor a westminster government to the saide whether and when this should be a new referendum on independence just a quick look at the numbers there are currently 650 seats in the house of commons so party needed 326 in order to command a majority the conservatives swept past that to get 365 seats or the labor party got 203. 00 and that is the lowest result since 1930 s. Saskia taylor takes a look at how we got to that point. Thursday saw the 3rd general election in just 4 years so how did we end up on this roller coaster again last well my friends its the usual suspect yeah you guessed it. Sits to play it turns out that decision taken by those 17400000 people in june 26th exit the e. U. Set off a Chain Reaction thats led to this moment but im guessing ahead of myself lets start from the beginning the british people have made a very clear decision to take a different part of my view we should aim to have a new Prime Minister in place ok so now were down one Prime Minister lets see how the next one fat a couple of weeks later to resume a took on the and then doable role of finding a way through the brics that wilderness and she was very clear about her goal bricks it means bricks it rex it means bricks it and were going to make a success of the original deadline was set for march 29th teen oh those early days of optimism but this is possibly the most Divisive Political issue the u. K. Has faced in recent memory m. P. s have never felt so important all powerful so its unsurprising that may was thwarted at every turn by those less willing to cut ties with our european friends fed up she decided to go in and call a snap election in june 2017 we need a general election and we need one now but it was a gamble that just didnt pay off the conservatives lost the majority theyd been counting on tide already me to also taught at this point every single british citizen your charge of the infighting your charge of the political games and the arcane procedural rounds but disappointment in the polls was really the least of mays problems. The opposition tried to get rid of her own m. P. s tried to get rid of her and then she said shed get rid of herself if only theyd back deal which they didnt and it just ended up being too much from a who decided to finally hang up put heels i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love ok so now were down to Prime Ministers whose our lucky introducing Boris Johnson former mayor of london a bit of a gaffe. Just like his predecessor he was absolutely adamant that hed be the one to get it done can you make a promise today to the British Public that you would not go back to brussels and ask for another delay to practice it yet and so you can and would you learn. To his credit hes really gone for it he was sick of parliament blocking his ideas so dissolved that. Dissolved so then he went to the e. U. And negotiated a new deal which parliament defeated and then they forced to quest and not the extension which really really really didnt want to do but to do anyway and then she just decided enough so not so wasnt she taunted the Opposition Party into facing off at a general election in order to quote get it done which my friends i think brings you up today as. Well we sent out a few experts and politicians from around the u. K. From the Election Results consequences. Now boris can go into a meeting to negotiate and the you can be certain that whats agreed in that meeting will actually get through parliament the big problem that weve had so far is really any suggestion that was made seem to run into this blocking wall in parliament who were determined to vote against just about everything the labor party used to say they were voting against against Different Solutions in the terms of general election then they voted against an election as well as a small force i think is the sentiment of the people of scotland that is not based on the views of any one politician that spirit to the center but the people of scotland has been moving gradually and no rapidly towards independence but at least an overwhelming view that scotland should have the right to determine its own future that is the chain suck and stance that is the better system will force the a movable object is bought as johnson though it may well be that. Bought us jobs and can put these things out and that they can hold back the floods generally speaking that sort of politics gives out eventual it and i would refer my money is on the other system will force as opposed to the movable object in terms of standing the test of time in the course of the last 2 years the unionist political electoral majority was ended as a result of this election unionist Political Representation in the north has been reduced to a main are at the end not quite safe to make and the context not only of the bracks issue but also with respect to the unfolding constitutional debate in ireland north and so. On tuesday a suicide bomber detonated his car outside one of americas main military outposts in afghanistan the bag field the attack came not long after a surprise thanksgiving visit by President Trump local media reported a powerful blast hitting a medical facility. Located in the immediate vicinity of the base is a main gate its back reportedly claimed at least one life with as many as 62 others injured initial reports suggested the suicide bomber targeted a u. S. Military convoy american officials deny that during president visits to the back room base he struck a rather upbeat tone. With the help in the devotion everyone has given here tonight america is winning again we are winning like we have not won in a long time. And you know what were respected like we havent been respected in a long time america is winning again and america is respected again and respected at the highest level it is im not out of the big lie of. War monger stuff and in fact just so little get off the socalled caught on tape itself have been proved that it is the biggest lie of the century it was predicted change so going off to war on innocent Afghan People asked them to post it in yes they changed my tent tree. Of the situation like hell for our feet well especially for men and a suicide attack. Talks their life off hand and a sense of value and daily bases and different cities off afghanistan not only in kabul its and now there is a heartbreaking reports in afghanistan that the only person in afghanistan who is satisfied off the job is that coffin seller and also about the almost all of you out in a couple of pulled well get this backdrop of revealing news articles appeared in the us which details is a deliberate misinformation disinformation on the part of top american officials who it transpired to be putting on a brave face despite knowing them palatable truth about the afghan war hundreds of thousands dead trillions of dollars lost generations traumatized but you know what nothing good comes easy nothing in afghanistan we helped liberate an oppressed people. And we will continue helping them secure their country rebuild their society and educate all their children boys and girls. All that i set to defeat al qaeda and denied a chance to rebuild is within reach and were doing a tremendous job. And as you know a big part of the job is isis certainly the biggest alqaeda and we. Weve got. Down very low numbers you didnt need to be nostradamus or clairvoyant to know that someone was telling bull its just logical fallacy you cant keep fighting the same guys for 20 years and claim that your winning but then appearances must be kept up its important that everyone thinks youre winning right up to the moment you admit youre lost why well its obvious no one has the remotest clue we were trying to do here we didnt have the focus notion what we were undertaking there is a fundamental gap of understanding of the front and over stated objectives. In the military and the lack of understanding of the resources necessary and wed never have known if it hadnt been thousands of secret and classified documents on afghanistan and stuff from the white house from the pentagon the un and the various n. G. O. S well we would have known its pretty damn obvious that the war is going terribly but who says mouth and all that it is worth considering what the president the deficient said and what they actually believed when i called our troops in action i did so with complete confidence in their courage and skill and tonight. Thanks to them. We are winning the war on terror. And. Today we lack metrics to know if we are winning or losing the global war on terror are we capturing killing or deterring a dissuading more terrorists every day done them addresses on the radical clerics are recruiting training and deploying against us does the us need to fashion a broad integrated plan to stop the next generation of terrorists the us is putting relatively little effort into a long range plan but we are putting a great deal of effort into trying to stop terrorists the cost benefit ratio is against us see when youre in your 2nd term and you started a really messy war that you just realized you cant hope to win there only so many ways to save your own but heres a list of words you should use courage democracy kids schools and hospitals and for the people that dont buy your baloney get a hope in there as well thanks to the courage of these military and civilian personnel a nation that was once a safe haven for al qaeda is now a young democracy where boys and girls are going to school new roads and hospitals are being built and people are looking to the future with new hope also poor in money into huge Infrastructure Projects to obligate money that was appropriated to so we could spend it through Building Infrastructure in ways that have again instant could never sustain or even the use in some cases if youre a nato country taxpayer i honestly dont believe you can comprehend how much of your money was poured into this adventure you 1st need to understand the sheer degree of incompetence that these leaked documents show imagine for example someones putting together a crew for a bank heist they invite a bunch of people give them a time and place and tell no one what their role is no plan so everyone shows up thinking that. Everyone outs knows what to do and things go as you would expect now is the time to save your own heidi lets add a few more words difficult days human rights confidence success we will reward Good Governance work to reduce corruption and support the rights of all afghans men and women alike. There will be difficult days ahead but i am absolutely confident we will succeed. You just cannot put those amounts of money into a very fragile state and society and not have if you corruption you just cant a legacy of mass corrupt trip thats putting it lightly what else did you expect the guys on the ground they saw disaster they were reported back to washington washington with its countless the partment didnt have the courage to stand up and say they screwed up so they put up appearances everyone was doing what made them look best rather than what worked best interesting enough many of the documents were published with the name Lessons Learned perhaps an effort to extract something anything of value from this unmitigated disaster but you know as it has got a star not long ago and after seeing what i saw there i can tell you all asli i can guarantee you that while they may have learned their lessons they sure as heck are putting them to use. Peace efforts for Eastern Ukraine showed signs of progress this week the leaders of Russia Ukraine france and germany held 6 hours of talks in paris aimed at resolving the violence the conflict broke out back in 2014 with eastern regions seeking independence from here of the normandy for format of talks has been in hiatus for the past 3 years of president putin and ukraines leader Vladimir Zelinsky both describe the meeting as positive. Is there a thaw in our relations i think yes of course we have discussed a broad range of issues and made progress on many of them all of that gives grounds to believe that the process is moving in the right direction. Which shook us. With regards to our peace efforts we have met and i think its a great step towards peace is the meaning was long and difficult but the mood of the meeting was positive. In a written statement all parties committed to a comprehensive cease fire by the end of this year and a complete all for all prisoner swap as well they also pledged to withdraw troops from certain conflict zones before next april and to ensure that the areas were deemed mind russias foreign minister went directly from that summit to washington in a rabbit to the us a gale of rob held talks with President Trump and secretary of state mike pompei i called truck described the talks as very good and said he wants more dialogue with moscow. Just had a very good meeting with foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and representatives of russia discussed many items including trade iran north korea i n f treaty Nuclear Arms Control and election meddling look forward to continuing the dialogue in the near future from the outset it became clear how much room for improvement there is in the relations between russia and the United States for instance one of the cases election meddling the secretary of state might pompei as being very adamant that any interference in americas relations is unacceptable by a foreign power to which russias foreign minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that all such accusations still exist in the realm of speculation. It was for meddling or not is suggested to simply read the moon report we read it there is no proof of any collusion so also has repeatedly said that russia is ready to release full transcripts as to what was said by the russians and by the members of the trump team via a special communication channel that had been established back in 2618 but according to the Russian Foreign minister those attempts to make those transcripts see the light of day have so far been stopped by the trumpet ministration. To do the ration of donald trump which suggested our colleagues to dispel all baseless suspicions let us publish that close channel correspondent starting from october 26th seen to november 27th seen so it would become all very clear to people unfortunately the Current Administration refused to do so. We all ready to publish that correspondence and over he talked about that. Nationalism and our suggestion is to publish i repeated for a 4th time to publish that data that would show how russia responded through the special channel which was designed for reviewing threats also ive been it was. Now the bone of contention between russia and the United States is the i. N. F. Or rather the absence of the deal now and both parties of both ministers have kind of clashed as to how they see the moving forward for instance the Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has again said that we could use that the countries could use the start treaty that had been signed back in 2010 but my pump a. O. L. Has voiced his concerns and has made it clear what the United States dont like about that deal it cant be the case that that can be the sole focus thats agreement that was entered into many years ago when powers were very different on a relative basis around the globe. It was at a time that the Weapons Systems the threats were very different than they are today to the risks to strategic instability today are different its no longer just missiles just bombers just submarines just warheads there are many other tools which can create strategic instability so we believe not only do the conversations need to be broadened to include the Chinese Communist party as you russian president spoke again about russias preparedness to run them agree on its extension to alleviate the tension for the Global Community instrument of loans control between the u. S. And russia will not be destroyed but simply not enforced were prepared to do that even today on the other hand serbia labrum has reiterated that russia has been making unilateral steps of good faith for instance the russian president had previously said that russia wasnt going to deploy any weapons that had been found under the i. N. F. Treaty in europe unless washington or its allies decide to do that 1st but it wasnt all negative there are some points where russia and the United States do see eye to eye on where they do see each other as valuable partners syria afghanistan north korea all those aspects all those political crises see russia and the United States working together. Both countries it seemed did their best both ministers the trees did their best to try and move the train forward as much as they could ok thats the weekly for the south thanks for looking in this sunday up next imprisoned as the story of a man who spent decades on death row including 13 execution dates only to eventually be freed of the evidence against him was proved to be false it is next on the international. Seemed wrong wrong just dont. Get to shape our. Answer. And it. Equals betrayal. Find themselves worlds apart. Choose to look for common ground. Is this a realistic prospect in 10 years and you understand