This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and iam in lausanne, where earlier the International Olympic committee announced that it was banning russia from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Some russian athletes who can prove they are clean will be allowed to compete in south korea under a neutralflag. It follows an investigation into allegations of state sponsored doping at the 2014 games hosted by russia in sochi. The president of the International Olympic committee, thomas bach, delivered the decision. The russian Olympic Committee has suspended with immediate effect is. In the meantime, clean russian athletes will be able to participate under strict conditions at the olympic winter games pyeongchang 2018. These athletes will be able to participate, participate in individual or Team Campaigns under the name olympic athlete from russia with the acronym oar. They will compete with the uniform bearing this name and under the olympic flag. The oly
In lausanne, where earlier the International Olympic committee announced that it was banning russia from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Some russian athletes who can prove they are clean will be allowed to compete in south korea under a neutralflag. It follows an investigation into allegations of state sponsored doping at the 2014 games hosted by russia in sochi. The president of the International Olympic committee, thomas bach, delivered the decision. The russian Olympic Committee is suspended with immediate effect individual clean russian athletes will be able to participate under strict conditions at the olympic winter games pyeongchang 2018. These invited athletes will participate, be it in individual or team competitions, under the name olympic athlete from russia with the acronym oar. They will compete with the uniform bearing this name and under the olympic flag. The olympic and some will be played in any ceremony. No official of the Russian Ministry of sport will be acc
Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 6. 30am in myanmar where the countrys leaders could face charges of genocide over the persecution of the rohingya ethnic group. Thats the warning from uns high commissionerfor human rights. Its estimated that more than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from myanmar to neighbouring bangladesh since august, when attacks on police posts prompted a military crackdown. 0ur south asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports. This boy is 11 years old. He draws pictures of the horrors he has witnessed. Translation older women were stamped on, and then the military grabbed them by the hair and slaughtered them. Because i saw that, i am drawing this. He is one of 650,000 Rohingya Refugees who fled myanmar after a military assault that began in late august. They are coming to kill us, says the man, they are coming to kill us. The widespread and systematic nature of the violence has persuaded the un chief to say that it could am
Rohingya ethnic group. Thats the warning from uns high commissionerfor human rights. Its estimated that more than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled myanmar to neighbouring bangladesh since august, when attacks on police posts prompted a military crackdown. 0ur south asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports. This boy is 11 years old. He draws pictures of the horrors he has witnessed. Translation older women were stamped on, and then the military grabbed them by the hair and slaughtered them. Because i saw that, i am drawing this. He is one of 650,000 Rohingya Refugees who fled myanmar after a military assault that began in late august. They are coming to kill us, says the man, they are coming to kill us. The widespread and systematic nature of the violence has persuaded the un human rights chief to say that the crimes could amount to genocide, acts intended to destroy a group of people. Can anyone rule out that elements of genocide may be present . He wants a criminal investigation to
The United Nations says the leaders of myanmar could face charges of genocide over the persecution of the rohingya ethnic group. It is estimated that more than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to bangladesh since august, when attacks on police posts prompted a military crackdown. 0ur south asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports. This boy is 11 years old. He draws pictures of the horrors he has witnessed. Translation older women were stamped on, and then the military grabbed them by the hair and slaughtered them. Because i saw that, i am drawing this. He is one of 650,000 Rohingya Refugees who fled myanmar after a military assault that began in late august. They are coming to kill us, says the man, they are coming to kill us. The widespread and systematic nature of the violence has persuaded the un chief to say that it could amount to genocide, acts intended to destroy a group of people. Can anyone rule out that elements of genocide may be present . He wants a criminal investigatio