Distinguished leaders in the field of athletes rights and representation who can speak to a number of current challenges facing athletes across the movement. As we do, i want to take a moment to remind our witnesses and to all those who are here with us and listening on the live stream, that this commission is not just focused on olympic sports, but paralympic sports as well and i hope we will all be mindful of that. Id like to introduce our witnesses. First we have donald. Until last year he served as executive director of the National Hockey League Players association and he was previously the executive director of the Players Association for major league baseball. He has spent nearly half a century as an advocate for athletes and in doing so, not only help make our favorite pastimes more equitable and fair, but stronger and more commercially successful as well. We are also joined by a former prosecutor, champion athlete, pastor of the u. S. Opc, a longtime advocate for athletes Due
The mission is complete. A twenty Year Prison Sentence on corruption charges for a confidant of the impeached south korean president. A former aide to egypt exmilitary chief of staff says that if his old boss is homed top secret files will be released to the public and under way the trial of a palestinian teenager who made global headlines after slapping an israeli soldier. And for the teenage snowboarder taking all the. Big. Hits the heights when called in the women. The u. S. Secretary of state is warning that ending combat operations against eisel will not guarantee the armed groups defeat Rex Tillerson has been the draw. A meeting of the Global Coalition to defeat i saw in kuwait to listen says the u. S. Will provide a further two hundred Million Dollars to help stabilize areas in syria that used to be under eisel control get the latest on the ground in syria in just a moment with aljazeera as jamal as well as in go see enter but first lets go live to saudis a dan whos abt that mee
Top it off they have the gall to blame the media. The United Nations steps up the pressure on me and maurice government to deal with their hands or crisis. Israels Prime Minister faces corruption charges and what could be the biggest challenge to his leadership. And other political figures but arrested for corruption adding to the deepening oxfam scandal. And now the case of an indigenous man killed by a white farmer could change canadas criminal Justice System. As government has been accused to handing henge of muslims a death sentence damning or its come from the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations nikki haley a group of u. S. Senators is intent on introducing sanctions against me and maurice military leaders and that those employees hated and abuses against her head and Rakhine State. Mike hanna reports from washington d. C. The plight of the writing is highlighted in this exhibition on capitol hill around the table discussion on the crisis is joined by some of the senators who a
Jacob zuma to step down as south africas president but hes staying on for now. Iraqs Prime Minister says the war against. The battle for reconstruction must begin. Facing a lengthy jail term if shes convicted in an Israeli Military court. Competition for new yorkers some to europe instead. And im far as. Other star has burst on to the scene at the Winter Olympics seventeen year old american snowboarder chloe can win gold in the Womens Health i will have that and more from china. South africas ruling a. N. C. Party has formally asked president jacob zuma to step down the partys sector general says he expects zuma to respond on wednesday if zuma refuses to go it could face a vote of no confidence in parliament the secretary general says must now become president after taking over as leader of the party in december. The president of the a. N. C. Must be come to kind of the day. For the presidency overcome. Their own liberal havent we i didnt wish is this kind of this where we saw a light
Cruel and barbaric to top it off they have the gall to blame the media the United Nations puts more pressure on the inmarsat government to deal with their bare hands are crisis. Oxfam international chief faces corruption charges as the charity confronts a deepening abuse scandal. Confronting racism in canada how the case of an indigenous man killed by a white farmer could change the countrys criminal Justice System. A defiant israeli Prime Minister says hell keep a lady in the country despite police recommending he be charged for corruption and bribery Benjamin Netanyahu is accused of accepting nearly three hundred thousand dollars in gifts from billionaire benefactors hes also suspected of backroom deals with the publisher of an israeli newspaper for favorable coverage Harry Fawcett reports on mr islam. The Corruption Scandal has swirled around him for months but never at this intensity addressing the nation Benjamin Netanyahu was determined to project resilience and confidence im sur