Tonight decision time for the International Olympic committee, will russia be banned from the winter games . Well be live in lausanne shortly. England are right back in the ashes root is leading the run chase in adelaide as they look to square the series. We are delighted to have any sort of chance of winning the game which we did not think we would have after the first couple of days. And its a Champions League night in europe, Manchester United need a point at home to cska to reach the knock out stages. Good evening, the International Olympic committee have been meeting at their headquarters in lausanne ahead of one of the most important decisions in their history. Whether or not to ban russia from the winter games in pyongchang next february. They are a super power in winter sport and topped the medal table when they hosted the games in sochi in 2014. The ioc stopped short of a blanket ban on russia at the summer game in rio last year. But two separate investigations coimissioned by
Decision of the 10c executive board and you have received the full report of the commission presided by mr schmidt and this is exactly the report which the 10c executive board had this afternoon when taking the decisions. So please allow me to summarise these decisions. The russian 0lympic summarise these decisions. 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 in john chiang strict conditions at the olympic winter games injohn chiang 2018. These invited athletes will participate be it in individual or tea m participate be it in individual or Team Competitions under the name 0lympic athlete from russia. With the acronym 0 paea. They will compete with the uniform bearing this name and under the olympic flag. The olympic anthem will be played in any ceremony. No official of the Russian Ministry of sport will be accredited for the olympic winter gamesjohn w
Is accorded World Heritage status by the Cultural Agency unesco. F s. e traditional allies of the United States, including saudi arabia and france, have condemned President Trumps decision, but israel says its a welcome step forward, in gaza, hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group, called for another uprising. In arabic it is intifada, a word synonymous with more troubled times. Israels Prime Minister is now claiming others will follow suit. Translation i have no doubt that once the American Embassy moves to jerusalem or even before, there will be a movement of many other embassies to jerusalem. The time has come. But the International Reaction so far suggests otherwise. In istanbul, anger directed at washington outside the us consulate last night. And americas allies, like france, also disagree. President macron was today at an airbase in qatar. A peace deal between the palestinians and israelis he says is only possible ifjerusalem has an international status. Translation the status of
Tell the story of the weather. This has been the story this morning in the Northern Isles but for scotland tomorrow i suspect we will have seems like this with blizzard like conditions and frequent snow showers tonight but how far south will they go . Stay watching and i will tell you in half an hour. Thank you. Well be talking to tvs nick hewer about why 80 of the worlds orphans arent actually orphans and what hes doing to help them. We might talk about that other apprentice presenter, dondald trump, as well. Hello. The leader of hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group, has called for an uprising or intifada in response to President Trumps decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. Palestinians in the west bank and gaza strip are holding a day of strikes and protests and israels military has used water cannon against protesters in bethlehem. Traditional allies of the United States, including saudi arabia and france, have condemned President Trumps decision but israel has
I made a worker lalique champions for the 33rd time. Ronaldo played his part, with 25 league goals in 25 games. Couple of weeks later came a record extending 12 Champion League titles. He found the back of the net twice in the final againstjuventus, enough to give him man of the match. As if that wasnt enough, Cristiano Ronaldo did his bit to help portugal qualify for the world cup. This is its been more of a struggle. He has only scored twice in the league is so only scored twice in the league is so far, but continues to break records. He scored in all Six Champions League group games. So all in all not a bad time for the player regarded as one of the greatest of all time. I still have the motivation to be cristiano, to play with happiness, so cristiano, to play with happiness, so the main word is happy. Enjoy myself. I am still motivated and playing in a fantastic club and a fantastic nationality, so lets see what the future brings. At this moment im very happy. Uefa have confirmed t