the international olympic committee. from the twenty eighteen winter games after a two year long dumping scandal that is this a lack of concrete evidence to support the claims of a state sponsored drug program. these. would. be to the individual or team competitions. the name olympic from russia. this may clear on the faces of russian athletes as the i.o.c. announces the headquarters in switzerland. to decide whether it's sportsmen and women will boycott the games in time. also ahead this hour the u.s. president prepares to recognize jerusalem as the company. a move likely to provoke

fury among many in the middle east. live from moscow every hour of the day this is r.t. international my names you know neil welcome to the program this hour's top story the international olympic committee has banned team russia from the twenty eight winter games inside korea the body made to the sit in on tuesday night resorting to what it had earlier described as the nuclear option individual athletes who can prove their clean however will be allowed to participate under a neutral fly a limb pick up from russia. these you know i did elsley so will participate between individual or team competitions under the name olympic else lead from russia. they will compete with

a uniform bearing this label and under the olympic flag. the olympic anslem will be played in really. no one thought about what it actually means for the athletes to go to the olympics under a neutral flag it's simply the murder of our national sport. russian athletes won't give up on their country or their flag as this is always in their hearts. for the decision to ban russian athletes follows an investigation by an i.o.c. by a commission headed by the former head of the swiss department of sport samuel schmidt to discuss the issue further and i joined live in the studio by kate partridge hi kate you've been following developments for quite some time now it all came to a head last night isn't needed i mean as we were listening to on the clip that

thomas moore who's the president of the i.o.c. effectively banned russia from the winter olympics but did give an outlet for clean athletes who could prove that they were clean to be able to compete as a r's olympic athletes from russia but not under the russian flag just give some background to this how it led to this point this is a story that is going on a while is that we've been covering it for many a year now basically this goes back to break it into a chink of who is the head of the of the lamp in moscow and he effectively became a whistleblower for what he said was systematic doping a state sponsored system and said that there had been a system in place that had allowed russia's athletes to effectively tamper with their samples for their samples for there that the human samples blood samples that would allow the men to go undetected and therefore this then led. the whole escalation of other events and investigations it meant initially while this was being investigation that russia's track and field team couldn't go to the rio olympics there were again a few exceptions people who could prove that you're working awfully it's going

through and then of course you have the mclaren report coming through and saying that we've looked at roche encodes claims that we do believe the state sponsored doping and now we're going to go inside how they did it and after that the i.o.c. was an incumbent on them to have their own investigation so that's we had this report and this is what's been coming out recently is that they've looked at my tire and interactive you said mclaren is right they say that they found scratches on the sample bottles they said that they found elevated levels of salt in some of the bottles as well and it's a it's all missed that basically they then said ok on the balance of probability all those factors taken into account we're going to look at russia and say they can't take part exactly on the broad sweep of athletes who can part despite the majority the vast majority because you're talking about thousands of our three tier never having a field adopting test despite having to run the world in many events as well that's one of the biggest issues the fallout from this well it is an issue in mclaren he was saying that this implicates a thousand athletes across thirty different sports but then you're looking through

going through this whole process even when you go through the i.o.c. analyses themselves some of these athletes they haven't they haven't actually tested positive this is a case of going on balance of probability of looking through all these different all the different analysis all the different samples if you boil it down there are probably even a few that they can definitively think that even then they saying this looks more likely and this is obviously this look this is to two issues one is their own limited time as to how they can prove their innocence they can appeal against it or they can actually prove they're clean athletes the games get underway on the ninth of february but also because of the nature of the of the allegations saying that the scratches on bottles you have athletes they will what about the transparency how do they prove that the i.o.c. say they can replicate the so-called system that how they how the russians they have managed to sort of fiddle the system so some. these are saying we need more transparency here and i'm also a bit fearful it's based on a few scratches and i could be banned let's say for. the we will be able to see some evidence for what they're being punished and that is not that there are some

marks on the bottles because then i would be terribly afraid of giving samples. well i mean fear of giving samples and also that's one particular aspects that they're looking out the other side is perhaps does this not maybe smack of double standards i mean the i.o.c. the whole sense the olympic belief that we were very much sort of brought up with was a case of if you cheats then you're never allowed to take part it goes against the olympic spirit or kind of thing but let's look back over some athletes who have been banned and have taken part in this justin gatlin jurors or so tyson gay that you know we can very much remember that they were actually bang to rights there wasn't just to get some years ago and then you embark on the one silver last year in the olympics just a little bit later and this wasn't a presumption of guilt either it was assisted right was killed in the end that was it he was a bit he also came back here but this is a different system altogether what they're looking at there are some russian athletes who have been banned and they're looking at the medals that they want to search here but the overall sweep the overall ban for russia is based on a presumption on garth's the key here is that. the actual samples the husband being

said to be one hundred percent proof that this is actual guilt explain that part i know your package coming up here the story that you do yes to experience that more detail but just some of the up basically the whole idea is that the i.o.c. have a different sort of standard this isn't a legal definitive yes we have rory this is what happened we've got photos we've got cameras we can see people doing their bit this is all about exactly the idea is that effectively all different layers where they've looked at the balance of probability and started to go and put it together and that's where they say the presumption of guilt is the point here and that's what we are going to explain here . four years ago there was skepticism that russia's first winter olympics would go without a hitch due mongers predicted not enough flights not enough hotels and not enough snow concerns about socially squaller in sochi double toilets and missing door handles the water came out of the tower problem with the door of the house skaters

went so well even critics had to admit they were it we think of an amazing it's running like clockwork and everything's just going really really well as i'm been really impressed and everything rush is on so far so much to care about. so far well organized and the people are really friendly here and having a good time through our accommodation or for almost four years later and russians who triumphed in sochi and now being stripped of their medals and given life a live picture why twenty sixty in the metro report explosively claimed russia used an elaborate system of state sponsored doping athletes officials and ministers were implicated like the plots of a cold war novel the attitude to russia a return to skepticism then retribution as its track and field team and entire paralympic team what damage from the rio gave which left the clean athletes wondering why. we know about how the russians completing it

so they got it the right policy but sure they are a clean nation never mind cleaned out they are to be a clean nation. the i.o.c. and i p c have now definitively backed up mclaren supporting the claims of former lover boss cricketing don't think of who's under criminal investigation in russia and saying that infamous sample swapping system has finally been replicated but questions remain the i.o.c. standard of proof is not beyond any reasonable doubt but rather the balance of probability the presumption of guilt is enough it was rajan called who was the original and only source of so-called proof against russian fleets this evidence has been grossly overvalued we can see we are seeing the result of a proper legal process it's a question of faith to believe broaching court or not it looks more like

a religious inquisition is less than full bottles had no visible scratches they were presumed tempered with the russians must have perfected their technique and left no marks and no argument basis for an on mass ban to clean condemned without any guilt no presumption of innocence for team russia what we see here is actually a violation of the olympic charter which is. which stands against political national racial discrimination so it appears that in the name of protecting clean athletes they are actually taking away the rights of russian clean athletes and in my opinion the mclaren accusations are unfounded and they are very politically biased. surely any athlete should be denied a medal and banned from competition if he or she cheats it undermines others' lifetime's work as does abound slapped on the innocent who are simply presumed

guilty. ok partridge well some western athletes have heartfelt messages for their russian counterparts who are now set to miss out on the games and that was in contrast to some of the counting that almost gloating headlines in parts of the media's news of the broke a number of international athletes expressed sympathy on twitter with some pointing out that the scandal has become a political symbol and not the move likely ignores punishments for those who have actually doped what is said in complicated situation i feel seek for the clean effective deathless and truly sympathize with whatever emotions they may feel this decision by the i.o.c. is just a political symbol but really does nothing to punish the actual cheaters there is still a large number of dirty athletes competing this is opens the door for them to continue through the olympics it's a victory that only officially cleared and clean athletes will be able to compete in chang but it's so sad that russian athletes weren't be able to compete under the

flag of the country that raised them. the international olympic committee itself say it is unclear who was behind the doping efforts the i.o.c. is report also mentioned it was unable to find evidence to suggest the russian government was responsible it's side of the sports ministry nevertheless the independent and impartial evidence do not allow the i.o.c. d.c. to establish with certitude either who initiated or who headed this scheme on many occasions reference was made on the involvement at the minister of sports level but no indication independent or impartial evidence appeared to cooperate any involvement or knowledge at a higher level of the state earlier we spoke to alan moore host of moscow's capital f.m. sports he believes the i.o.c. has find a profitable strategy in demonizing russia. this sport on

a simple simply is there is no fair play in sport i mean at this level the simple truth is that in order to compete at the highest level you have to do something to stay there and when you have a very well paying job at the level of mr packer and mr reedy and travers target and so on they need to do to kind of stay on top and us are doing and you rush is very useful to keep this it's very very unfair in russia under doing this there is of course a political drive behind us to want to take a question that i have my mind is ok so russia's bond and so on is it was completely beyond what next who else will go after like my my money would go nobody because they want to keep beating or she keep beating the drums a russia is bad russia is bad because if russia is the only bad one in order at least are clean and then as my athletes from our indirectly your artists nuclear clean so we can sleep well at night thinking are we ok the russians are the bad guys in the case we are not of the case that there's a lot of bad guys there who are. you know it's just it won't change and now with

this it will change even for the. the world anti-doping agency laid out a roadmap for russia to become compliant after the initial allegations with moscow taking unprecedented measures to help any possible doping among russian athletes let's take a look at what was implemented the structure of russia's only anti drugs agency who sound it was reformed allowing international experts to take control of its tests doping in this country has also been made a criminal offense punishable with a jail sentence a law only currently imposed by a handful of european nations. eighteen of twenty criteria saying it couldn't meet the final two as it denies any government run doping program was ever in existence but last month while i still find the russian agency non-compliant the head of want to deny the decision was political but did say sport cannot exist without politics . it's just sort of. impossible dream isn't it because to fail.

to go on sport is such an important to people like. you i was speaking to us earlier some comments that he mentioned there may be at odds with perhaps the most important document in sports the olympic charter it clearly states that there can be no political or commercial abuse of sports athletes well thomas bach the president of the international olympic committee gave his assurance the decision was not politically motivated. the i you see is a politically absolutely neutral we would not allow her to be influenced by any kind of political considerations in. such a sporting matters just listening to the press conference and they fielded exactly

that question and they said this isn't a political decision but of course the world knows that it's exactly that this has been a controversy that has been clouded in political judgment and it's impossible to separate this particular decision from what's going on in the rest of the world regarding fake news and the allegedly intervention of russia into britain's briggs's vote and even the american presidential elections there is a lot of this kind of stuff swirling around the world at the moment a lot of it is beyond belief frankly about people are accepting some of it i don't think you can disentangle the two things. before the i.o.c. decision twenty five russian athletes hell are ready been banned from participating in the games and many of them were stripped of their medals that they want the sortie twenty fourteen winter of it.

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significant that. the salesman did you. watching if you. donald trump is expected to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital later on witness they in a major policy overhaul we will look at the potential ramifications of the move after this.

but politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. somehow i want to. let you go right to be close this is like a book for three of the more people. interested in the logs. to. get back with our to international senior u.s. officials say president trump is going to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel he's also set to kick start the process of moving the american

embassy to the city from tel aviv the white house say to the stations which are expected to be announced at some stage on a wednesday will be in america's best interests. i'm not going to get ahead of the president's remarks that he'll make tomorrow he did speak with a number of leaders this morning and he's going to continue to have conversations with relevant stakeholders but ultimately he'll make what he feels is the best decision for the united states well jerusalem which is considered holy by christians muslims and jews is not recognized as the is really capital by most of the international community that's despite the country's government being based there claiming the ancient city as its capital comes announcement when made will be a landmark decision will likely inflame tension in the middle east. let me just have already emerged in fact of several men burning pictures of trump in bethlehem the e.u.'s diplomatic chief as old responded she say's the initiative needs to be

discussed with the palestinians and also claim jerusalem as their capital. a way must be found through negotiations to resole the status of jerusalem as the future of the states so that the escalation of both can be fulfilled donald trump is once again at the center of controversy he is now talking about moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem president of the palestinian authority has already denounced the move saying that it could have dangerous consequences for the peace process we've also heard from hamas which has talked about the possibility that they would revive the intifada a longstanding u.s. allies in the region such as turkey and saudi arabia have also criticized the move turkey has even talked about the possibility of cutting off diplomatic ties with israel the u.s. state department has sent out

a cable warning people at american embassies around the country about the heightened the need for heightened security furthermore we've also heard that the u.s. consulate that is already in jerusalem is at this point warning u.s. citizens living in the city this seems like a dramatic move and it seems to fly in the face of an earlier statement that we heard from donald trump let's take a listen to what he said so i'm looking at a two state and one state and i like the one that both parties like and i'm very happy with that one that both parties look like one party the palestinians and their allies is already deeply offended and there's a possibility of retaliation and if that retaliation materializes then the other party could also be suffering it seems that there is indeed many people that are far from happy with this decision from the white house. r.t. new york. trump has said in the past he believes he has

a good shot bringing peace to the region but journalist mark brzezinski told us he doesn't think that's really on the president's agenda the bigger picture is not a peace process that doesn't even really exist nobody really expects that to happen what's really happening is the region is being flooded with arms trump laughs when he talks about the tens of billions that we're selling are around the world not only in the middle east but now in asia let's not take trump at his word this is a tremendous mistake and it's even a waste of time the real policies are needs to keep himself in office and needs to pretend that he's president different constituencies should not oppose. this thing with the u.s. leader presidents have the power to influence millions we know but few if any are as adept at using social media to get their message out as donald trump mckellar

front to santiago looks at the u.s. leaders unique form of twitter diplomacy now on the stir it's causing in the news media. after days of binge watching t.v. i think i finally discovered one thing that keeps the media buzzing from tweeting the president from trading the president trump tweeting in part there's a new saying gaining prominence there's a trump tweet for everything the president tweeting president trying to but it's hard to keep up with a president who uses twitter to make its public statements trump rarely misses an opportunity to tweet so here's your usual day in the american media starting with some trump tweets you might think that several reposed in the middle of the night is no biggie but it got thousands of the tweets and became one of the first things americans saw after turning on the t.v. in the morning president has been busy this morning on social media re tweeting in quick succession a series of alarming videos are such a volume of tweets from the president we can't lose our ability to be shot in fact

the media got so caught up that towards the evening the whole world knew every detail about an organization that had previously been known only to a small audience in britain this string of incidents from the president now includes the president reach waiting three videos from the far right anti muslim fringe political party but don't you worry that's not the only news that made headlines that day there was also a heated debate about the murder of a former trump inturn that in fact took place years ago president trump has said and done things that are not only unpresidential they're really out of control the president the united states has used the firing of matt lauer to advance his false claims of fake news and to spread wildly inappropriate accusations against media figures including joe scarborough wonder why that story received so much attention both online and on t.v. well that's right because it came straight from the president's twitter feed of

course it might be surprising to see how much airtime is being given to trump's tweets and it seems well either like a perfect way around for the media not to talk about things that matter or just the perfect scheme used by trump to get a grip on the news cycle. donald trump is a genius or insane or both i don't know or yes we're insane and when i say we the mainstream media are i because they keep following and hanging on every word of what they do is they don't even have an agenda and let me also tell you they should thank god for him because they have nothing to say he does all the work for them think about this you're news producer you take what trump tweets did make a graphic out of it you put it up you have somebody read it and talk about it and there are new short stories no reporters no research no scouring the world nothing about honduras think about syria think about anything no no no just trumps tweets

he's a genius they are the cat he is the beam of light and they're running into the wall . live from russia's capital city are to international more programs right. i. i. i i. am not. i am that. others are not.

if you trust the mainstream media well then you're in the minority sadly a great deal of media today is not designed to inform but rather confirm political biases this approach of the news is not only polarizing but it's also lowering journalistic stand this is why readers and viewers seek their news elsewhere. elliston is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos a member of the commission to look before you like you know. this isn't my cup of tea is going out on sunday i'll be a bit. old john. the only palestinians who gets the most help from its jerusalem counterparts i don't think there's some of those ruined. over bush didn't know who could do this. and that is a lot at that age the heart of this lady the most of the i know if you continue in the doesn't seem to do more in the middle sauce don't put this off.

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the headlines we reveal the deadly game of backing middle east militants on the desperate cost of life on british benefits well the simple coming up in today's going underground first nato nation media loves nothing better than downing the government of venezuela the world's largest known source of oil they echo u.k. prime minister drazen may when she condemns jeremy corbyn whose labor party is now leading by eight points according to the most accurate pollsters at this summer's general election savation this is a politician who thinks we should take the economics of venezuela as a role model here is one typical state mandated b.b.c. version of what is happening in venezuela. hugo chavez looking over caracas. but now he's. the poor living there in the barrios historically his political base have turned against the movement he created.