Hello, and welcome to sportsday. We start with russia, and a significant ban thats been handed to them by the world anti doping agency. Theyre barred from all major sporting events for the next four years, so there will be no russian flag or anthem at next years Olympic Games in tokyo. Itll be the same at the Winter Olympics in beijing in 2022, and also at the world cup in qatar later that same year. Our reporter Alex Capstick has been in lausanne where wadas executive committee made their decision today. Leading members of while thes executive committee have explained to us in this hotel in central notts and the reason they came to this decision to ban russia for four yea rs decision to ban russia for four years is because russia are repeat offenders. They have found to be covering our positive drug tests. As to the punishment, they think they have the balance right, that ape like ban and the world calls for ape like ban and the world calls for a total ban on athletes and officials, t
Votes. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on ordering the previous question on House Resolution 708, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 54. House resolution 708. Resolution providing for consideration of the Senate Amendment to the bill, h. R. 3055 making appropriations for the departments of commerce and justice, science and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2020, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on ordering the previous question. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the sp
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Hello and welcome. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington where President Trump has fiercely defended his shock decision to pull us troops out of northern syria. Critics fear it opens the way for turkey to attack kurdish fighters there, who are regarded by the turkish government as terrorists. Mister trump has threatened to totally destroy and obliterate turkeys economy if ankara takes advantage of his decision, but said it was time to get out of what he called these ridiculous, endless wars. The bbcs orla guerin reports from the turkey syria border. A pull out at dawn. Us troops, leaving observation posts along the syrian border. Washington says only a small number of troops were moved a short distance. But Kurdish Forces fear they are clearing the way for a turkish invasion. Turkeys president was viewing serbian troops today, an honour guard on a state visit, as concerns grow intern
With the most natural satellites. President trump has been angrily defending his decision to pull american troops out of northern syria, a move that opens the way for an attack by turkey on kurdish fighters, long time American Allies in the fight against the Extremist Group the Islamic State, but regarded by the turks as terrorists. Mr trump has repeated his warning to turkey not to take advantage of the withdrawal, threatening to decimate the turkish economy if they go what he called off limits. The kurds have been leading the Syrian Democratic forces and have been key to defeating the Islamic State extremists in syria. The kurds have reduced areas under is control to virtually nothing, and now hold thousands of is prisoners and their families. President trump and the government in ankara have proposed a 20 mile so called safe zone on the border to help the return of millions of Syrian Refugees currently in turkey. The kurds see the american withdrawal, which has already begun, as a s
President trump has been angrily defending his decision to pull american troops out of Northern Syria, a move that opens the way for an attack by turkey on kurdish fighters, long time American Allies in the fight against the Extremist Group the Islamic State, but regarded by the turks as terrorists. Mr trump has repeated his warning to turkey not to take advantage of the withdrawal, threatening to decimate the turkish economy if they go what he called off limits. The kurds have been leading the Syrian Democratic forces and have been key to defeating the Islamic State extremists in syria. The kurds have reduced areas under is control to virtually nothing, and now hold thousands of is prisoners and their families. President trump and the government in ankara have proposed a 20 mile so called safe zone on the border to help the return of millions of Syrian Refugees currently in turkey. The kurds see the american withdrawal, which has already begun, as a stab in the back. Our International