Involving former team doctor, larry nassar. On wednesday, he was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing more than 150 female gymnasts. The Olympic Committee threatened to strip its status if directors didnt stand down. Larry nassar was jailed forup to stand down. Larry nassar was jailed for up to 175 years for sexually abusing young athletes. More now from the bbcs peter bowes. The entire board of usa gymnastics has gone and there have been other resignations too. Mark horace was the Athletic Director at Michigan State university when larry nassar worked their. He and another official have decided to quit. Its been an absolute honour to guide the Athletic Department for the last decade. That being said, today im announcing my retirement. Im not running away from anything, im running away from anything, im running towards something. Comfort, compassion and understanding for the survivors in our community. Togetherness, time and love for my family. Theres been report
Murdered in a targeted killing. And paris braces itself for more flooding as water levels are set to peak this weekend. Hello, welcome to the program. President trump has told business and political leaders that his policy of putting America First does not mean the United States will reject free trade agreements with other countries, but speaking at the World Economic forum in switzerland, he attacked what he described as unfair Global Trading practices. Heres our north america editor. Reporter wherever donald trump has gone in davos, the crowds have gone with him and wherever the cameras have been, the president has been pleased to oblige. I hope to bring back many billions of dollars into the u. S. Its already happening and i think that will just continue. How much today . Probably a lot. And that was the theme of his speech. America first, yes, but an America Welcoming the world. President transfer trump i will always put America First, just like the leaders of other countries shoul
Spelledout refugee protection safeguards in keeping with international obligations. Brent also on the show, the meticulous bureaucracy of the socalled Islamic State. What these documents reveal about the feared jihadists will stop we have an exclusive report. And volkswagens workers here from management as the german carmaker faces a widening examination into its omissions scandal and potentially disastrous fines. Good to have you with us. Here in europe, some political leaders are calling it a game changer. The European Union and turkey have agreed on a framework of how to begin dealing with and hope the ending the migration crisis. In brussels, turkish and european leaders agreed economic migrants arriving in greece from turkey will be returned. For each syrian sent back, a syrian will be settled in the European Union. The goal is to reduce a number of people trying to make the dangerous sea crossing from turkey to greece, but human Rights Groups say the deal is legally and morally f
Annualized, thats minus 1. 1 . That is a 0. 3 percentage point upgrade from the preliminary figure announced last month. But this still means the economy contracted for the first time in two quarters. In particular, growth in Corporate Investment was revised up from the initial 1. 4 , to 1. 5 . And exports also improved to minus 0. 8 . But Consumer Spending worsened slightly to minus 0. 9 . Housing investment was unchanged from the initial minus 1. 2 . Separately japans current account balance, that measures how much money goes in and out of the country, in january the index stayed in the black for the 19th consecutive month. Finance Ministry Officials say the surplus totaled 4. 6 billion. The trade account was negative. The deficit stood at 3. 6 billion. But the amount was narrowed as Falling Crude oil prices reduced Energy Imports in value terms. The surplus for the primary income account which measures earnings from overseas investments was about 11. 7 billion. Now, lets see whats h
Annualized, thats minus 1. 1 . That is a 0. 3 percentage point upgrade from the preliminary figure announced last month. But this still means the economy contracted for the first time in two quarters. In particular, growth in Corporate Investment was revised up from the initial 1. 4 , to 1. 5 . And exports also improved to minus 0. 8 . But Consumer Spending worsened slightly to minus 0. 9 . Housing investment was unchanged from the initial minus 1. 2 . Separately japans current account balance, that measures how much money goes in and out of the country, in january the index stayed in the black for the 19th consecutive month. Finance Ministry Officials say the surplus totaled 4. 6 billion. The trade account was negative. The deficit stood at 3. 6 billion. But the amount was narrowed as Falling Crude oil prices reduced Energy Imports in value terms. The surplus for the primary income account which measures earnings from overseas investments was about 11. 7 billion. Now, lets see whats h