Transcripts For KQED BBC World News America 20160617

Cooling tradewinds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news america. Laura reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. The russian track and field team will not be heading for real. It is banned over doping allegations. Moscow is firing back. The killing of a british parliamentarian shot the country. As tributes for in the search continues into why it happened. Topshe is pakistans ranking female squash player but the journey was not easy. How she beat the odds on and off the court. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe are you the russian attack track and field team should not compete at this summers olympics says the olympic federation. The ban was imposed in november after the World Antidoping Agency found evidence of statesponsored cheating. Russia condemned the decision saying the games would be diminished without its athletes. Heres ours boards correspondent. Willrd the only big games begin in a few weeks time but any hope that russian athletes held of competing in brazil was today dealt a major blow. Today, the suspension was upheld after russia failed to comply with the demands made of it. It rules athletes out in theory. Although good drug rest has been made the council was unanimous that it had not met the reinstatement conditions and russian athletes could not credibly returned to international competition. Without undermining the confidence of their competitors in the public. Collusion wasyear uncovered and this week a report from the World Antidoping Agency confirmed not enough has changed. Many believe that was a critical factor for todays vote but russias president believe the ban is unfair. President putin the team cannot be held responsible for offenses committed by individual athletes and i think is absolutely natural and the right approach. Richard they needed a show of strength and that is because he is under scrutiny over what he knew and when about the rushing russian doping cover have. Panorama alleged he received an email outlining concerns for months before the doping scandal became public knowledge. He said he forwarded the email to the Ethics Committee without opening the attachment. It is claimed he received advice over his campaign for election from an official now indicted. Some of this is useful. Some of it is less so. The stakes are incredibly high. The russian coal valter said she is considering legal action. Theytes that can prove were outside the russian testing system and are clean may be able to compete under a neutral flag. The International Olympic committee will meet with senior officials believed to be against any collective form of punishment. Time agospoke brief with a sportswriter for the wall street journal and also author of players, the story of sports and money. Is this ever happened in the history of International Sport that athletes from one country are singled out by the governing body and band from from the olympics because of doping question mark it was unprecedented that he would have to do with doping. There have been times when countries have been banned and their athletes have been banned but usually those are for human rights violations. We saw that with south africa for years when it was under it the apartheid government and in 1992 with yugoslavia during the civil war in the balkans. This sort of collective violations,or these this does not really happen that much. Laura well the International Olympic committee uphold this ban when it meets next week . If they do not uphold the ban they are doing to come under an fromse amount of criticism their Athletes Commission which of very strongly in favor banning the russian athletes certainly in the sport. A lot of them are in favor of otherg the athletes in sports, too. There is an Ongoing Investigation of the corruption of the sochi lab and a lot of them say they have known for years about this widespread doping within russia or they have suspected it and they think it is not just a track and field athletes that should get banned by the athletes from other sports as well. Laura how is it that russia has got away from this for so long . With collusion from others in the sport . There was drives the russianid from officials up through the track and field officials to keep these performanceenhancing drugs quiet. In terms of how the system allows this kind of corruption to happen you have the World Antidoping Agency but they are not an enforcement authority. They are in Oversight Authority gives the through and Good Housekeeping seal of approval to national and regional antidoping organizations that are supposed to be in charge of the testing and enforcement. If you are a country like russia or as we seem to realize you are a country like russia and you are willing to corrupt your antidoping organization the new can get away with this stuff. Laura what will it do to the quality of track and field events if the russian athletes who are so good are not there . They are pretty good. They were great in the 2013 will championships but that was held in moscow and there is nothing to suggest that that lab and the testing there was not corrupted during this championships. They were projected to win seven track and field medals and that is what the experts say at this game which is quite good but without them the athletes want to have a clean competition. It has gotten to the point where when russian athletes win medals most of the competitors do not take it all that seriously anyway. Laura thank you for joining us from new york. Thanks for having me. Laura there are links being investigated in the killing of jo cox. Her constituents and others are gathering near the place were she was attacked. Reporter in bristol, a realization of what has been taken. Flowersry hour, more for jo cox. Messages from those she never met. Alongside. Worked in the words of the people she helped. She were approachable, she were caring. It is such an inhumane act. Reporter campaigns on hold. David cameron and Jeremy Corbyn united in their respect for a local mp. Parliament has lost one of its most passionate and brilliant campaigners, someone who epitomize the fact that politics was about serving others. Was an exceptional and talented woman, taking taken from us when she had so much to give. Friends talk of that smile. A sense of fun and a speaker from the heart. I am proud i was made in yorkshire and i am proud of the things we make in yorkshire. Proud ofin should be that too. I look forward to representing the great people that have been here for over the next five years. Left, a townt is patrolled by armed officers. Detectives spoke to this man arrested on this street 24 hours ago. Miniature veer she had been shot and stabbed. He rang 999. People stood all around. It were just chaos. Putting in his knife into her continuously. Reporter now he cannot forget. When you ring the police what did you say . I told them to basically get here as quick as they can. And bring the firearms, ambulance, everything. Reporter in just a few minutes of many lives were changed. Here was somebody who believed in things. Was meant to see jo yesterday. She was killed in our before. It did not matter if you were a single parent who wanted support or you were a refugee in syria. Reporter how will you remember her . Somebody who stood up for what she believed in. But did it with a smile. Was jo cox, a passionater, and campaigner. In other news now. The International Aid Agency Medicine without frontiers has announced it will no longer take funds from the European Union or member states. In a response of what they called damaging policies. The british astronaut tim pea staying on the iss. Soyuz capsule is expected to land in keswick a few hours time. American rock star meatloaf has been taken to hospital after collapsing on stage during a concert in canada. Video footage captures the moment the 68yearold singer fell to the ground during his performance of the hit song i would do anything for love. He is said to be in stable condition. A crater on mars has in named after the village where 200 people died in last years earthquake. It will be called [indiscernible] 215 were killed after the quake tripled triggered an avalanche. Iraqi forces fighting socalled Islamic State in falluja say they have recaptured the main government buildings after reaching the center of the city. Fallujah which is 30 miles from the capital of baghdad has been held iis longer than any other city in iraq. To 50,000 civilians are trapped there in the battle to take the city is not over yet. Our defense correspondent said this report. Worksan more than three weeks after the assault began and socalled Islamic State is now losing ground. The fighting has reached the city itself. We joined the Quick Reaction forces the advanced. Still meeting stiff resistance. A tank has moved forward and fired a shell. Islamic state positions are two the rear in the side of us. They are moving slowly because this round is littered with ieds. Their commander is using everything and his disposal. Aboutyou have any update the enemys movement . Here talking to Coalition Warplanes above. They released their bombs when they get a rare glimpse of the enemy that they call daesh. Civilians are also trapped in the city. To us . Se are daesh daesh k you can defeat in falluja . Was the first city captured by i. S. They had two years to begin but some for some, this will be their own armageddon. And the Iraqi Security forces are not taking casualties. Stock s strength is thought to be in the hundreds but the u. S. Is this drone footage shows some have been throwing away their agreement equipment and trying to escape. The emmys morale is starting to break. We have video of them throwing their weapons down, all their kit, throwing it down and and burning it. Jonathan their forces are tearing down the Islamic State flag. But there is still resistance and much of the city has been left in ruins. Watching bbc world news america. Speaking out on u. S. Policy in syria. State Department Diplomats are voicing their concern. Found at in germany former guard in auschwitz accessory to murder. The judge said the process would give the survivors at least a semblance of justice. Jenny germany is facing its past. A dairy shop until he retired but before that he wasnt as this target auschwitz. There is no evidence he killed anyone but the court ruled he was part of the nazi machine which did. Hereps just for people truly understand the significance of the verdict. Standard, and survived auschwitz. Today they saw him then sentenced to five years in prison. And for leon schwartzbaum it is enough. Can you forgive him for his part in a clinic in it . He should tell the truth of our shreds auschwitz. I do not feel i have the right to forgive for having my ander and father killed thousands of children and babies. Who am i to forgive in their name, i do not that is right. Reporter in the words of the judge this trial is something we can do to get the victims of the holocaust at least a semblance was anice and it opportunity for this country to reexamine its darkest hour perhaps for the last time. Few wartime nazi still alive and he is appealing his sentence. It is possible he will never serve his time. Laura a number of state Department Diplomats have been critical, calling for targeted military strikes against assaults government. P. J. Crowley a brief time ago. This is unprecedented, is that, more than 50 state Department Officials oppose their own governments policy on syria. Pj i do not think it is necessarily unprecedented. What is unprecedented is that it channel hasrdiac become public. It speaks to the frustration that everyone has about the situation in syria, everyone but the share also, what they are proposing is not necessarily a straight as straightforward as they believe in it probably will not work. Eric they know everything any of us that president obama does not want airstrikes so what do they hope to achieve with this . See changes ono the ground that leads to a political solution. Their main point is not wrong. Assad does not feel enough pressure and he is getting protected by russia and iran. That is not to say that using standoff airpower is going to achieve the objectives they laid out. They spoke of three potential benefits. One is forcing assad to accept a Transitional Government but that nub of the problem for five years now. They want him to stop using barrel bombs and they want him to respect the ceasefire. The dilemma is that to do those last two things you need to establish a nofly zone in syria and that is not necessarily using air power, that is taking control. Lord and the remaining seven months that president obama has an office do you see any new thinking or will be the status quote . Pj the process is saying i will not get the u. S. In the middle of a conflict. He is generally right although i do nothing he has managed the politics properly but notwithstanding what these diplomats are suggesting the see syria, the want to defeat the Islamic State but they do not want to go to war with bashar alassad. Laura do you see republicans using it to push for harder line is to mark pj we can all right talking points for him. Donald trump will try to make hay with this. Notwithstanding the sharp rhetoric, the commanding narrative has been nobly its on the ground. In that position is largely supported by the american people. About hillary clinton, do you see her picking up this idea and running with it . Pj you need to make the Syrian Opposition more effective. This is a little bit of a dilemma, how to support the good guys without and directly supporting the bad guys. That is the issue that we will get revisited in the next administration is what kind of lethal support can you supply the opposition and let them put the pressure on assad. Laura thank you for joining us. In rural parts of pakistan, young girls face a very different future from the boys. Some ink the countries number one female squash player is determined to change. Maria grew up in a home where girls and boys were treated equally but as her fame led to threats from the taliban she left and now trains and canada. I spoke to her in new york. What was it like growing up in South Waziristan and being so sporty . I was a tomboy at age four. I decided to earn all my girly dresses and start dressing up might like my brother so i would be able to play outside like any other boy. Being a girl, the rights are different, the future is different. You have to live dependent on someone else, on the men in your family and you have no opinion and you have no voice. Laura you started laying squash when you were 12. What attracted you to the game . You have to deal with the opponent, with the crowd, and your emotions at the same time. It is just like society but you have to do with everything and you have to keep calm. That is like life. Laura you quickly became a target of the taliban. The president gave me the youth award and many awards. That was a time he got threats from the taliban and a few phone calls to my dad. Saying that it is very disrespectful. There were checkpoints around the house and from our house to the squash court. Nor you played in your bedroom for three years. Doing that time i realized i cannot stop playing squash, it is so much important to me, it is part of me. I realized i have to get out of pakistan and i started sending emails all over to the clubs, academies, schools, where i could find squash courts and asking them for lace i could play with peace of mind. More than three years later i got a response from jonathan power. I could not believe he was a World Champion and he is saying he is going to claim me. I do tootel been what stop playing squash. What is your message now . They will never win. Todaysringing broadcast to a close. You can find all the days news in our website. Thanks for watching and have a great weekend area weekend. Make sense of International News at bbc. Com news. Funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newmans own foundation, giving all profits from newmans own to charity and pursuing the common good, Kovler Foundation pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs, and aruba tourism authority. Planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. You can find it here, in aruba. Families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with warm sunny days, cooling tradewinds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. 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