Refugee family making the precarious crossing from turkey to the greek islands. Well have all the days sport including. [applause] the new president as the sports struggles in its wake of doping allegations. Hello, we start this news hour in yemen. A country described by the u. N. s Children Agency one of the most terrifying places in the world to be a child. In the latest alert unicef say that children are dying every day. Those who survive live in constant fear of being killed. Since the war escalated in march, 398 children have died, and 605 have been injured. Children are also being forced to fight in the war with unicef confirming that 377 have been recruited as child soldiers. Children are going hungry with 1. 8 million expected to suffer malnutrition. The worlds food program said that a fifth of yemens population is severely food insecure, and fending on urgent help to survive. Once their playground these streets are now a battleground. For the children of yemen, war means being
It was literally a putrid soup of body parts and rain and mud and everything. It was just awful, i think. And your father also spoke about the horses he went into battle with. One of his horses was fatally wounded in shrapnel or something. And, this particular horse, i think he was probably quite fond of or something and he sat with it for a few minutes until it died. They werent allowed to put them out of their misery, they werent allowed to use any ammunition. Because the ammunition was all supposed to be kept for the enemy. So, your mother is believed to be the oldest surviving world war i widow. Shes coming up to 97. There was a 25 year age gap between my father and her. Obviously not well enough to be here today. So, it was quite nice to be here for her. Very poignant. Its amazing really. And ijust feel so grateful that my father survived. I wouldnt be here otherwise. It is wonderful really and i think hed be very proud. Good evening, youre watching bbc news, im 0lly Foster At The
It was literally a putrid soup of body parts and rain and mud and everything. It was just awful, i think. And your father also spoke about the horses he went into battle with. One of his horses was fatally wounded in shrapnel or something. And, this particular horse, i think he was probably quite fond of or something and he sat with it for a few minutes until it died. They werent allowed to put them out of their misery, they werent allowed to use any ammunition. Because the ammunition was all supposed to be kept for the enemy. So, your mother is believed to be the oldest surviving world war i widow. Shes coming up to 97. There was a 25 year age gap between my father and her. Obviously not well enough to be here today. So, it was quite nice to be here for her. Very poignant. Its amazing really. And ijust feel so grateful that my father survived. I wouldnt be here otherwise. It is wonderful really and i think hed be very proud. Good evening, youre watching bbc news, im 0lly Foster At The
And we are very excited. How have you come to this deal is the question many people will want to know . Two years ago the words olympic were not even in angelenos vocabulary at that point in time so i think weve come a long way from when we first indicated there was an outside shot that wed be given the opportunity to even compete. So here we are today saying we are down to the dotting of the is and crossing of the ts, and in a short period of time you will be hearing the olympian theme music rolling through the city of a lay. Obviously paris has been bidding for 2024, and you have bid for 2028, what convinced you do go for 2028 . Two years ago no one even thought we were in the game and now here we are at the table. We believe in going for 2028 we might get some additional perks that we could use to help benefit the city of los angeles, but i think the most important thing is that this is like a once in a lifetime thing. We have the opportunity to be a government in la that for all of
The u. S. Antidopin antidopinge World Antidoping Agency ando Tn International Olympic Committee. Stick the subcommittee convenes to examine the current state of the system that challenges faces in areas for reform. On the heels of the summer games when less than a year away from winter games, theres no better time to value progress made thus far and performed in russia at the doping system. How fitting where holding this hearing on for every 28, as with the greatest olympic athlete of all times wh was 128 metals befe us today. Won i wasnt referring to you, mr. Griffis. I was referring to Michael Phelps. Every two years nations areeri filled with excitement and pride is a cheer on their summer and winter games. As they longstanding tradition thatir should not be tarnished by those that choose to cheat. Ultimately i hope this hearing helps to highlight ways in which we can strengthen clean competition to restore Public Confidence in International Sports. Within the at the doping committe