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
Hello. A brexit deal to get us to the next phase of talks didnt happen yesterday, and today theres been more drama. Theresa may is now trapped between brexiteer mps desire to stop making concessions, the taoiseachs veto over the next round of talks, and the dups hold over her government. Is it like the end of reservoir dogs . Feels like it. But at the heart of it is a trilemma. The uk government is looking for three things from which the eu says we can only have two. Britain wants no land border between Northern Ireland and the republic. It wants no sea border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the uk. But it wants no eu control at home independence from eu rules which implies a border between britain and the eu. The irish say theyll not accept a breach of number one. The dup will not tolerate a breach of number two. So does that mean we have no choice but to breach number three . Well, thats not what Iain Duncan Smith and his fellow brexiteers want. Brexit secretary david davis
Now an embarrassment. Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. Canada tries to salvage free trade talks with the chinese before the Prime Minister, justin trudeau, wraps up this trip to the mainland. And the chief of air france launches an Airline Catering to minelli and millennials. Will be id take off . Idea. Good morning. Hello, world. It is wednesday. Glad you could join us it is wednesday. Glad you could join us for another action packed edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. We start of canada and the Prime Minister, justin trudeau, has left beijing for the Industrial City of gwangju on his men they too. He met the countrys leader xi jinping on tuesday for a state dinner. China is currently canadas second largest trading partner with annual bilateral trade worth around 70 billion us dollars. The two sides had expected to launch formal negotiations for a free trade pact during mr trudeaus visit, but progress is proving to be slow. China has had si
Following a few processors, has issued proportional sanctions for this systemic manipulation while protecting clean athletes. So those clean athletes from russia will still be able to compete in south korea next year. The ioc stopped short of banning all russian athletes. Our Sports Editor dan roan is in lausanne. The punishment meted out to russia here today in lausanne is unprecedented in olympic history. Never before has a country being banned from an Olympic Games due to cheating, doping, on the scale that russia is alleged to have benefited from. It has taken several years for this gavel to fully unfold. But this really was the most important moment to date. The commission has been working away for 17 months as a result of the remarkable allegations from the former head of the moscow anti doping lab. He turned whistleblower and made extraordinary claims about a state sponsored doping scandal that benefit at about 1000 athletes over many sports, and saw the sochi games in 2014, sab
Hearing in ways to improve the National Antidoping system. Ton heels of the summer games in rio and less than a year away from pyeongchang. Fitting we are holding this hearing on february 28, a champion thats won gold medals and wasnt referring to you mr. Referring to Michael Phelps. Squl it ultimately i hope this hearing hopes to highlight ways which we can strengthen confidence in International Sport. Within the antidoping community there are concerns regarding organizational structure and how the Current System creates an environment where they are both policing and promoting the sport. Wada currently exists, they simultaneously hold policy making decision, they can have real and perceived affects on rigorous possible violations as well as enforcement of antidoping measures, several have stated that wada lacks support itself, recent proposals suggested removing it from governance structures to improve independence and operation today we want to evaluate those concerns and discuss th