Debates a citizenship bill that many say discriminates against muslims. Now the World Anti Doping Agency has banned russia from the next olympics and football world cup the committee met in switzerland to impose a 4 year ban on russia using its flag and team names from a range of sporting events that means some athletes could compete under a neutral flag a government sponsored doping scheme was revealed 5 years ago lets get more on this now and bring in our Sports Correspondent lee wellings he joins us from london so. How. Is this ban towards sporting events. Well its significant and its important it covers all sporting events however it doesnt change that much about the situation weve already been in for the past 5 years after russia effectively poisoned its own Winter Olympics in sochi the widescale state sponsored corruption was of course uncovered from that position on words its been about the politics of the situation there are very few if anybody who believes that russia isnt dop
To hand the country a 4 year ban on from all sporting events. We begin with new zealand where a volcano has erupted killing at least 5 people many more are still missing a webcam set up to monitor a white island called the moment of the eruption a number of people thought to be a tall group can be seen moving towards the crater up to 50 people including visitors from a cruise ship were on the island when the volcano sent a plume of smoke and ash thousands of metres into the edges. As the latest. Thick smoke and ash rises thousands of meters into the air as the white island volcano also known by its indigenous madi name as for caare erupts 50 kilometers off the coast of new zealand releasing toxic fumes of sulfur and chlorine dozens of tourists were on the island some seen walking on the crates of floor moments before the eruption police said more than 20 people managed to get off the island some in boats others including some of the injured by helicopter volcanic ash is now hampering r
A 4 year ban of from all major sporting events including the tokyo lympics and football world cup in qatar. Paulo we begin in syria where russian and Syrian Government forces are escalating their assault on the last rebel held province and strikes have caused a mass exodus in observers say 18000 people have been displaced by the ongoing bombardment in just 24 hours dozens of civilians have been killed with mostly small villages in the countryside targeted so far this is all happening despite a truce being in place since august it was announced by russia but it has been continually violated in recent weeks but to smith begins our coverage now with this report on a live look there was a market here in the southern italy village when the strikes began. Did you know they were russian jet. Its according to the syrian observatory for human rights. Volunteer white helmet how medics are there within minutes to do what theyve done thousands of times during the civil war trying to save the lives
Continuing coverage on aljazeera the latest stage of the impeachment hearings in the House Judiciary Committee the 1st time in todays proceedings that we have had questions for both republican and democrat lawyers 2017 or 2080 iole did it the year before his lection in 2020 when both he and Vice President joe biden were leading candidates is that true sir i think what happened is the president saw this video of the former v. P. And i think it. Coalesced in his mind or please answer my question he didnt raise any of these issues in 2017 or 20 i dont know that he did he did or he did i mean that is not something that weve looked at you know evidence that he did or you did you know i would have no evidence he did not i mean this video is pretty a let me ask of the let me ask you this you talked about Lieutenant Colonel then and it was a highly decorated purple heart recipient and worked in the Trump Administration correct. Its or he had a reaction to the called an e. He did he was listeni
We have a quorum. Commissioners, before you, we have the minutes of november 12. Are there any additions or corrections . I would like to move the item. Second. Is there any Public Comment on this item . All those in favor. Aye. Opposed . The motion carries. Next item. Item 4 is general Public Comment. Members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commissions jurisdiction and are not on todays agenda. Mr. Decosta. Commissioners, today i want to give you my subjective opinion on some very important matters linked to the river. So any way you look at it, you have to go back years, thousands of years, to the tribes that preserved and protected and performed their sacred rituals. Very important when we talk about cultural competency. We talk about cultural competency, equity and resiliency but we dont know the meaning of those words. If we did, we would be more serious. So at times, there are some individuals, and im one of those, i like to talk about thos