Hello, and welcome to sportsday. We start with russia, and a significant ban thats been handed to them by the world anti doping agency. Theyre barred from all major sporting events for the next four years, so there will be no russian flag or anthem at next years Olympic Games in tokyo. Itll be the same at the Winter Olympics in beijing in 2022, and also at the world cup in qatar later that same year. Our reporter Alex Capstick has been in lausanne where wadas executive committee made their decision today. Leading members of while thes executive committee have explained to us in this hotel in central notts and the reason they came to this decision to ban russia for four yea rs decision to ban russia for four years is because russia are repeat offenders. They have found to be covering our positive drug tests. As to the punishment, they think they have the balance right, that ape like ban and the world calls for ape like ban and the world calls for a total ban on athletes and officials, t
Guided to get out of control. And im appreciative for the quick and appropriate response of the iranian authorities. All indications suggest or tell us that our sailors were welltaken care of, provided with blankets and food, and assisted with their return to the fleet earlier today. Iran accusing those boats of trespassing. The pentagon saying the boat experienced mechanical failure, and iran appears to have accepted that explanation. We did know as of late on tuesday evening, the secretary of state john kerry had spoken with the Iranian Foreign minister and directly appealed for the Quick Release of the ten sailors, nine men and one woman who were on two patrol boats. They were headed from kuwait south to bahrain, when apparently they had some sort of mechanical problem, and ended up landing at an island which is controlled by iran. Now as you noted, there were suspicions voiced by the Iranian Military that the u. S. Sailors were up to no good. Apparently the secretary of state made
Indicating a warm front is a warmer air following indicating a warm front is a warmer airfollowing in behind from the atlantic and pushing, squeezing the cold air a little bit towards the east. It will start icy and frosty in the east of britain on tuesday but in the west, in the morning, it will already be cloudy, mild and raining. There is the possibility there will be some snow across the pennines and also parts of scotland, the hills, the mountains, but generally, i think for tomorrow, and overcast and unpleasant, rainy sort of day. That rate will reach more eastern parts of the country later in the afternoon and into the evening and then it will peter out. We have another one front heading our way so this is the next one, you see the semicircles, and these lines pointing out of the south west, that is where the air is coming from so it means the weather is coming from the south west, that is a one direction so it means warmer air is going to spread eventually across the uk but bef
Against threats to election infrastructure and voter confidence. The chair is authorized to end the committee to recess. I would like to thank the panel of witnesses systems as well as efforts to undermine voter confidence and faith in democratic institution. So much has changed since this Committee Held its first hearing in 2019, which was two years to really too late. In 2017, as though rest of us was waking up to Great Security threats close to the nation, underfunded and outdated Voting Systems, republicans controlled the house and despite multiple requests to hold hearings on Election Security, the republican chairman largely declined to do so except for a single hearing on threats to elections. Democrats got to work. The Democratic Task force on Election Security work to find solutions. When democrats regained control of the house in 2019, the work accelerated. [indiscernible] at the state levels and building capacity at the federal levels. And other stakeholders to harden floati