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bradley wiggins may have retired yesterday but but mps on the culture sport and select committee say that the package that the was not enough evidence that it did not contain a legal decongestant. one of his former team mates says his achievements in cycling won t be repeated. he agrees his use of performance enhancing drugs from medical reasons have cast a shadow. it is a real shame that all this has come right at the end of his career and there is a cloud and it is understandable. in terms of the rules of the sport he has broken none. the world governing body have said there is nothing to answer for. but there is still obviously a question of has it been ethical and i think that is a separate issue, but it is certainly not the ideal way that bradley wiggins would have wanted to retire. has that been potentially a little bit of a push into him making this decision now? potentially. will we see him back in six months racing? who knows? former world champion ricky hat ....
food and nesting places as a result. first pictures of a rare giraffe born at chester zoo, discovered by staff when they arrived on boxing day morning. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. the russian president, vladimir putin, says the syrian army and opposition have agreed to a nationwide ceasefire which will come into effect at midnight. there ll also be fresh peace talks. the deal was brokered by russia and turkey, who are on opposing sides in the conflict in syria. mr putin said they had signed a number of documents outlining the details of the deal. translation: three documents have been signed. the first document between the syrian government and armed opposition on a cessation of fire on the territory of the syrian arab republic. the second document is a set of measures on control over the ceasefire regime. the third document is a statement on readiness for the start of peace talks on the syrian settlement. turkish foreign minister said turkey and russia will se ....
the clock is ticking in one of the largest currency experiments in the world. yep today is the last day to exchange those bank notes abruptly scrapped by the indian govt last month. the prime minister calls it a success but what do ordinary indians think about it all? and the big boss of the world s 3rd largest pension fund looks set to be arrested for abuse of power and giving false testimony. it s just another sth korean corruption scandal we re going live to seoul to get the latest. welcome to world business report i m aaron heslehurst. if you are walking past the telly, stay where you are fought little bite of finance. today is the last chance for indians to deposit, in banks, any of the cash, those 500 & 1000 rupee notes the government abruptly scrapped last month. it s an unprecedented experiment in a society where cash is king. 85% of the bank notes in circulation have been withdrawn. the government s aim is to crack down fake notes and corruption. but as y ....
the russian foreign ministry has announced it intends to expel 31 american diplomats from its embassy in moscow and four from its consulate in st petersburg. the measure is in response to president obama s decision to kick out 35 diplomats because of allegations that russia interfered in the american presidential election. the kremlin denies trying to discredit hillary clinton during the campaign by publishing hacked emails. our correspondent laura bicker reports from washington. russia stands accused of trying to help donald trump become president. moscow had been warned but now it s being punished for interfering in us elections. america s top intelligence agencies believe a cyber attack on the e mails of hillary clinton s closest aides was orchestrated by the highest levels of russian government. but mr trump has always questioned the evidence. once they hack, if you don t catch them in the act, you re not gonna catch them. you don t know if it is russia or china or ....
the russian president, vladimir putin has said that he won t expel any us diplomats from the country, in a surprise response to president obama s decision to order russian diplomats out of the united states. mr obama, who s also imposing sanctions, had accused russia of interfering in the us presidential election. despite advice from his foreign minister, mr putin has decided not to retaliate for now. steve rosenberg reports from moscow. following accusations of cyber attacks on america, the us had expelled 35 russian diplomats. so, how would moscow respond? well, today, russia s foreign minister proposed tit for tat. he said he had asked president putin to expel 35 american diplomats. but the kremlin leader said no no americans would be expelled. he would wait to see what kind of policies donald trump pursued in the white house. that doesn t change what america s top intelligence agencies believe to be true; that state sponsored hackers, backed by the highest level ....