kamila valieva , the teenage russian skater who earlier failed a drugs test , has failed to win a medal in the individual women s figure skating at the winter olympics. valieva was beaten into fourth place after numerous misrakes in herfree skate routine. she d been expected to win gold but her failure to make the podium means a medal ceremony can now take place. the games come to an end on sunday, but international activists are continuing their calls for countries and athletes to take protest action. their chief concern is beijing s mis treatment of millions of muslim uyghur people in xin jiang. in the last 24hrs, a games official dismissed claims of human rights violations against them as zumretay arkin is a uyghur activist and head
broadcasters and sponsors, so. apologies, zumretay arkin, thank you forjoining us on newsday. storm eunice is bearing down on the uk. and all indications are this will be a dangerous, disruptive, and damaging storm. in fact, a met office red warning is in force that means there s a danger to life. the storm system has been developing you can see it here on the earlier satellite picture, this hook of cloud indicative of a storm that s been deepening and strengthening rapidly. this area of low pressure passing across the uk and on its southern flank with all the isobars, the white line squeezing together that is where we have the potential for damaging winds. especially across coastal parts of southwest england and south wales met office red warning here, gusts of up to 90mph, very rough seas and coastal flooding are likely. and then, we also have this much bigger amber warning area. and still the potential for some really disruptive
for political propaganda after getting a weaker athlete to light the olympic torch. and china has been accused of using the winter olympics for political propaganda, after getting a uyghur athlete to light the olympic cauldron. zumretay arkin is a uyghur activist and head of advocacy for the world uyghur congress shejoins me from geneva. a lot of controversy in the lead up to the games, what do you make of the ioc s position of staying politically neutral as the games come to an end? politically neutral as the games come to an end? ~ ., ~ ., come to an end? well, thank you for havin: me come to an end? well, thank you for having me filter come to an end? well, thank you for having me filter the come to an end? well, thank you for having me filter the ioc s having me filter the ioc s politically neutral position is, they are hypocritical because they have been very political in the past, aligned with belarus, and when it comes to china they have always been very silent and chose