15 year old russian figure skater, kamila valieva, will be allowed to carry on competing at the winter olympics in beijing despite failing a drugs test in december. the mum of british tv presenter, caroline flack, says she still has questions for police over the treatment of her daughter in the weeks before her death. it s now two years and i ve still not got an answer. it leaves us really. really sad and really angry. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a spokesman for ukraine s president has insisted that the country s ambition tojoin nato, as set out in its constitution, remains an absolute priority.
hull. saintjohnston of taking the lead, kellan henry scoring after six minutes. the russian figure skater who failed a drugs test in december returned this afternoon and the individual programme. the field test was due to contamination from her grandfathers heart medicine. sport ruled yesterday that she could carry on competing she s a ready run gold for the russian team, but they have been withheld as well as any should she make it onto the podium as investigations into the circumstances of her positive test continue. she fought back tears at the end of her routine as she was cheered on by fellow russians in the stand. the mentor through to the semifinals after a morale boosting
hello, i m nuala mcgovern. you re watching context on bbc news. the evidence is clear, a warning from the british prime minister that russia plans to invade ukraine and it could be imminent. in ukraine, the president calls on the nation to stand together as the invasion could come as soon as wednesday. the crisis in ukraine has put even more pressure on petrol prices which are now at their highest ever levels in the uk. the 15 year old russian sensation of the winter olympics is controversially allowed to continue competing despite failing a drugs test. tonight with the context, ron christie
medal of the games. what a breathtaking talent eileen gu is, and what delight for the host nation. and with her second gold medal here in beijing, she s proving to be perhaps the star of these games. but the name of these games is surely kamila valieva, the russian teenager who failed a drugs test, was cleared to compete, but whose hopes last night ended in tears. today, the lack of sympathy shown by her entourage was criticised at the highest level. it was chilling to see this rather than to try to to help her. you could feel this chilling atmosphere. thomas bach added he was very disturbed by valieva s performance. the pressure is beyond my imagination, he said, especially for a girl of 15 years old. andy swiss, bbc news, beijing. back to our main story storm eunice. as the worst of the storm
final, qualified in fourth place, looked really impressive, gus kenworthy is through to the main vinyl in the half pipe. two excellent performances from the skiers in britain. it has been a pretty good day for team gb. plenty of otential pretty good day for team gb. plenty of potential for pretty good day for team gb. plenty of potential for medals pretty good day for team gb. plenty of potential for medals in pretty good day for team gb. plenty of potential for medals in the - pretty good day for team gb. plenty of potential for medals in the next i of potential for medals in the next couple of days. a lot of guys on the ice skating and the russian teenager at centre of the doping controversy. in the next few hours, kamila valieva will be on the ice. she leads the women s figure skating going into the free programme. she is competing here despite having failed a drugs test, she has been allowed to carry on competing at these games. her presence has divided what has been going on