Ukraine as the russian and ukrainian leaders prepare to meet for the 1st time to talk about ending the fighting. And the prodemocracy rallies in hong kong draw the biggest crowds in months organizers say some 800000 people took part to show the citys pro beijing government it had a last chance to meet their demand. Was. The as. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the World Antidoping Agency wada has banned russia from taking part in International Sports competitions for 4 years and that includes the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and 2020 and the beijing games in 2022 now what a role that russia should be punished for manipulating Laboratory Data planting fake evidence and to lead in files linked to positive doping tests that could have helped identify drug cheats. All right lets get the latest on the story now we have a limited talkie of sports with us here on studio and the perspective from russia as well we have our correspondent and really sure when standing by for us in mos
Betray them on brexit. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Police in new zealand say they dont expect to find any more survivors after a volcano in new zealand erupted without warning. At least five people have died and several more are missing. The volcano on on white island to the north of the country is a popular tourist attraction. The sudden eruption happened just after 2pm local time. Its feared passengers from a cruise ship were looking at the volcanos crater when it started spewing ash thousands of feet into the air. Police say more than 20 people are still unaccounted for and Officials Say it is currently too dangerous for Emergency Services to travel to the island to establish exactly what happened. Our news correspondent Richard Lister has been following developements and has this report. A boiling ash cloud fills the sky. These day trippers had a lucky escape. They had been on that island just minutes before. They left behind a sightseeing helicopter, destroyed by t
Along with the recommended ation the executive committee in dos the cds of strong country currencies and conditions of reinstatement in accordance with International Standard for code compliance by signatories the i asked yes which to fake in april 28th to. The consequences include the binding of russia from the olympics paralympics and World Championships run by all code signatories for 4 years and a binding the russian host of russia hosting any of these major events within that time frame. This is a ban against russia that protects the rights of russia not seats by allowing the re entry for major events to those that are able to demonstrate that they are not implicated in any way. By the noncompliance. The decision is designed to punish the guilty parties and send a message that it will not be tolerated it stands strong against those who cheated this system well protecting those who did not. To dish out communist sanction to the agencys robust investigative lee kept a privileged thi
Being caught. One persons case unraveled years of large scale cheating a trove of documents suggesting Kenyas National Anti Doping Agency was helping the countrys team get away with it more than a 100 athletes caught red handed no not russia kenya but the punishment wasnt sweeping it was specific individual to each test and case or how wide a call did not institutionalised drug taking another scandal that snowballed olympic skiing it looked like parts pulled from the American Horror story script. So a doping cartel with the now infamous german magic has their ringleader a whole network concocting mechanisms to fool the agency keeping sport clean youd be shocked to know the sport you play all watch is swarming with drug cheats but the focus remains tight on russia those other scandals cost into the media archive and forgotten so reports of institutional conspiracy check and undercover doping Network Check what about implicating one of the giants of sport coat with its name in lights for
There good evening and thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. Rusher is being kicked out of all International Sporting events for the next 4 years punishment so says the World Antidoping Agency for moscow tampering with a key database of test results from russian athletes duplicate was that water press conference in those up. What are officials announcing a unilateral decision over a 4 year ban on russia taking part in major sporting events during that period meaning that russian athletes wont be able to compete and the ban over russia nor will they be able to fly the russian flag at those major events those major events could include tokyo 2020 and also the world athletics championships is also suggestion that this could impact the football world cup in 2022 now those sanctions go much further than that it means that russia wont be able to host nor be able to bid for any major sporting events during that 4 year period russian officials wont be able to go in an official cap