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Valieva has failed a drug test. she failed a drugs test in december, that has been confirmed by the international testing agency. she tested positive for a drug used to treat angina but one that has been proven to have performance enhancing benefits. the test was taken on christmas day but the result was only reported on february the 8th, the day after she helped the russian team win the team event. now, she was provisionally suspended but the russian anti doping agency lifted that suspension, enabling her to continue at the games. but the international olympic committee have now appealed against that decision. the court of arbitration for sport will hear the case before she is due to compete in her individual event, which is on tuesday. but clearly this is a huge controversy, physically bearing in mind russia s recent history of doping in sport, gavin. , ,, ,, recent history of doping in sport, gavin. , ,, ,, ., ~ recent history of doping in sport, gavin. , ,, ,, ., , gavin. andy sw ....
Been on doctor s orders to rest since mid 0ctober. you may remember previous concern about her health after she cancelled a run of engagements and she did, you might recall, spend a night in hospital. that was towards the end of last year. she spent a night in hospital undergoing preliminary tests. then, if wejust fast undergoing preliminary tests. then, if we just fast forward to this month, she is believed to have spent time with prince charles, as i mentioned, on february the 8th. he hosted an investiture at windsor castle and then a few days later he tested positive for covid but he did make a very quick recovery to full health. there was concern that charles had been in proximity to the queen when he had covid. let s talk to our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, who can join us now on the ....
What you want. john: you talked to the president a lot in december heading into the christmas holiday just before the shutdown. what were you telling him then? well, basically, i didn t think this would ever happen. i said, for the first time, mr. president, you ve got six bills ready to go that we all voted on. the breakdown came, basically, the request for the fiscal year 2019 budget for the homeland security was 1.6 billion. that was appropriated. then it went to the house, and the house bumped it up to 5. then it become in contention. so they were going to put that one on a 30-day or let s say to february the 8th or put that at 1.3 continuing resolution and fight that one out. i thought that s exactly where the president would go. he got pushed from the base, jumped up and says, no, we re not going to never before have i ever seen when we all agreed unanimously on six bills that would have kept 96% of the ....
What you want. john: you talked to the president a lot in december heading into the christmas holiday just before the shutdown. what were you telling him then? well, basically, i didn t think this would ever happen. i said, for the first time, mr. president, you ve got six bills ready to go that we all voted on. the breakdown came, basically, the request for the fiscal year 2019 budget for the homeland security was 1.6 billion. that was appropriated. then it went to the house, and the house bumped it up to 5. then it become in contention. so they were going to put that one on a 30-day or let s say to february the 8th or put that at 1.3 continuing resolution and fight that one out. i thought that s exactly where the president would go. he got pushed from the base, jumped up and says, no, we re not going to never before have i ever seen when we all agreed unanimously on six bills that would have kept 96% of the ....
What you want. john: you talked to the president a lot in december heading into the christmas holiday just before the shutdown. what were you telling him then? well, basically, i didn t think this would ever happen. i said, for the first time, mr. president, you ve got six bills ready to go that we all voted on. the breakdown came, basically, the request for the fiscal year 2019 budget for the homeland security was 1.6 billion. that was appropriated. then it went to the house, and the house bumped it up to 5. then it become in contention. so they were going to put that one on a 30-day or let s say to february the 8th or put that at 1.3 continuing resolution and fight that one out. i thought that s exactly where the president would go. he got pushed from the base, jumped up and says, no, we re not going to never before have i ever seen when we all agreed unanimously on six bills that would have kept 96% of the ....