life might change q four pm here now the big headline this hour the world doping agency has voted to reinstate russia's own anti drugs body in the water ahead craig just confirming that to the media information the decision signaling when a fresh start for russian athletics after three years in the cold a sports correspondent take us through the rough occasions that also coming up this . explosive leaked memo circulating the british press reveals plans for the prime minister's own party to webster and who crucially is in running to fill her shoes will tell all class new in french court urges right wing leader marine le pen now

they want to go a psychiatric examination after she published photos of i still think. they're very good afternoon your project had the pink mobile device you can see the red take on the screen near the breaking news this hour then is that russia's anti doping agency has been reinstated it was after the body was suspended back in twenty fifteen over alleged state sponsored doping scandal. across the southeast correspondent it was kind of expected but nothing was taken for granted to bring us up to speed on what's happened that meeting in the seychelles happened was just an hour ago then there was a vote we got the vote through what we know about it i wouldn't say it was completely expected i mean last week we did have a statement from wired relating to its. compliance review committee which

recommended to the executive board to reinstate was silent but ever since then it's been a nonstop protest from several anti-doping agencies worldwide thirteen of them in fact many athletes were voicing their opposition to this potential decision so up until last moment was all in the limbo just about half an hour ago we can find with our sources within the sports ministry that restarted the russian sports the russian anti-doping agency was indeed reinstated by the world anti-doping agency but now it's officially confirmed the statement just literally came out from water citing its president craig radio who said that today the great majority of white house executive committee decided to reinstate asked complied with the code subject to strict conditions upon recommendation by the c.r.c. which i mentioned before now we don't know the exact number of how many members of the board voted the unconfirmed reports suggest that nine members seventy voted for the reinstatement of russia we are almost absolutely sure that the vice president

of the agency voted against because she made no secret about it she said before that she would vote against the reinstatement but clearly it's a big turnaround it's something that even a few of us in russia expect it would happen this quick now crucial to all this was a road map that had been sent for russia to adhere to it when issued by water that had been a sticking point remind our viewers the two basic points the and how russia reacted to it must happen now to be able to get past it so obviously after the bombshell allegations against russia the state sponsored doping campaign in two thousand and fifteen with the side of suspended with scores of athletes banned with russia not allowed to represent itself at the. winter games earlier this year. why essentially put out a roadmap of thirty one things that a must do in order to be reinstated in order to be welcomed back into the world of sports. and up until basically last week twenty nine of those had been completed

those included you know the close cooperation with the u.k. anti-doping agency allowing its experts into the russian labs for training the personnel changing the entire staff. and things like that even ordered by water every month so all those have been completed the two things remained. the public acceptance of the findings in the highly controversial mclaren report which basically created this whole situation the allegations of state sponsored doping campaign and also the access to labs and urine samples in russia which were under federal investigation. clearly there was a letter from the russian sports minister apparently it was leaked by some of the press and he said i agreed to all the conditions which was the final straw in persuading water that saddam must be given another chance but let us quickly take our viewers through the whole thing how it happened in this clip we can watch now. the damning mclaren reports on alleged state sponsored doping in russia has led to

many athletes being stripped of their meadows and others prevented from taking part in major events including the olympics however a few things in the report just don't add up before we break them down it's worth noting that the international olympic committee itself was not satisfied with the evidence in a letter to richard mclaren the i.o.c. ostrom more conclusive proof the document was covered with the phrase how to demonstrate almost every athlete's name moreover it was admitted by wada but in many cases the evidence provided may not be sufficient to bring successful cases dr richard mclaren's findings were issued into pogs they claim that over one thousand russian athletes were involved in a state sponsored doping program let's meet the reports star witness. the former head of a moscow anti doping lab he's facing charges over destroying test samples. and the

e-mails presented as proof of state involvement come from his own computer russian sports officials deny the allegations but did richard mclaren consider to get their side of the story i'd made a decision that for fifty seven days to do my work i didn't have the time and they didn't seem to have the interest so i didn't do that that came after the first part of the report issued in july twenty sixth. the second came six months later so the investigative team did eventually meet with some russian officials but not batali. the sports minister at the time of the alleged undercover doping scheme. the central allegation of mclaren's report is that positive urine samples were systematically swapped for clean ones on top of that it describes how salt unless cafe granules were added to clean samples to make the match dirty ones and trick

the testers. that information came courtesy of or a chunk of. another question this raises how do you swap the samples of a high security which is swiss manufacture it guarantees can't be tampered with richard mclaren doesn't have an answer on how the russians did he just says it can be done and that's enough to have seen it i've seen it done and i've inspected it and it can be done and can be reinserted we don't know how the russians did it but we know that it can be done but despite all the questions and doubts over mclaren's evidence russian athletes are being punished on an unprecedented scale i have the we will be able to see some evidence for what they are being punished and it is not that there are some marks on the bottles because then i would be terribly afraid of giving samples. so for now for so many of those clean athletes where nothing was ever provan against them the way out of the wilderness but it's still there still hurdles to go on there obviously i mean case of the

after it's been proved nothing changes there will be banned but for clean athletes this is a way back this is not a major victory of sorts because for instance if we take the international association of athletics federation their main condition for reinstating the russian athletics federation was still have to restart a back to its normal operations so if they can return to its normal operations which is taking dope samples and dropping samples and checking athletes that means the afghan actually consider getting athletes back into the game but whether they will do so it's unclear because only just last night they published a letter of their own urging wada not. so not to reinstate at this moment until every single point has been that in compliance with still are still a fair few internal battles going on with there will be a lot of zation given the protest and the outcry before this decision i'm not expecting things to be very quiet alright like to keep the gun that i'm much more reaction to this over the coming hours we came across a come back tell us here let's get some more thoughts on it now and the browns from

sports integrity initiative in games to bring the sporting governance issues to the lighting great debate on big issues it says they love it over the program that what is this reinstatement mean for russia and its athletes given that it ends a three year long suspension big sigh of relief a lot of people this and i suppose in russia well absolutely i mean i think your report there illustrated what it means to russia in it gives the russian seats a sort of route to some of the allegations and mclaren reports. i mean what it means for russian athletes is hard to say yet the article i asked still has to it still requires an appropriate response to the mclaren report from the russian athletics federation before reinstatement now where do restart is back sorry what is backtracking on this because. your report mentioned a power call occult had basically agreed for what his demands he didn't want to change the difference it offered a watered down version to the ministry of schools which were not what it originally

non-school and so for example it was she asked that the access be provided to all of the samples held in moscow and of poetry under russian government protection since november two thousand and fifteen now russia has held on to those and when it's not provided access. other independent experts been agree to go in there now yes my understanding. under the supervision of the russian investigative committee which is churching reject rig chain call with supply deliberately information management system. to water so an independent supervision remains to be seen very well obviously what a thinks it's enough for the time being what do you think vote of why the voted for this reinstatement other reasons there that they were that they saw as a positive thing. they do see as a positive thing but i suspect as we're going on in the now that i mean we've now had a nonfunctioning russian anti doping agency and russia is one of the largest countries

in the world on certain terms of and i think it's up there in centers of populations well. we've had in an nonfunctional nancy doping federation now for three years and over sydney's personnel to go into russia which you can see doping and been supplying and test should athletes now freshen athletes on being tested and none of the ration is got any confidence that those athletes can be clean so it's in what his interests have a function russian unstable and see whether or not it's met the conditions that erosion is specified and it isn't just punishment going on for nigh on three years was simply it time to move on to try to move forward to something more positive anyway i think what it did think it was time to move forward but the reason the athletes feel so great is if they do anything wrong and centers around the doping they're published with a four year plan now what they see what it is backtracking on its original demands

and they know that what it would never do that if they were confronted with a date in case involving an athlete that's why they're angry. so internationally what separate reaction you're expecting here now what's next what's what's russell been a say about this today. so what's internationally what's the rest the world going to say about this today there was a lot of pressure initially to get russia bad now that bans being lifted the result a ban what's rest the world going to say about it you think i think will be a lot of anger ferments you doping organizations that basically want to his back tracks when it suits your demands as i said. what the russian anti doping agency and specifically the russian government agencies are not acknowledged the findings of mclaren they've acknowledged the findings of international olympic committee should report so they have. been transforming which is one of what his initial demands the other demands was that it provides access to the samples in the laboratory information management system and it hasn't done that so i think anti doping agency is will be very angry about this you know but it letter that you

catholics wrote to water asking to reinstate rosado what was the purpose of that letter do you think. they asked them to reinstate the u.k. . and i asked them not to rate. the net my understanding was so you can't lead to wrote a letter asking to reinstate the agassi maybe i got that wrong maybe you know more than me and i think i wrote a letter asking the agency not to be reinstated in the k well that obviously didn't go their way that well check that out either way and they brought listen for now thanks have a smudge come on the program pre-shared and the prayer for sports integrity initiative and so having me. the show could smother news in the u.k. . while britain's the trees of may tries to lay the bricks at lorton informal eve summit in austria the british press is pouring over an explosive leak memo the unconfirmed dossier originally published by the telegraph newspaper the new reveals plans of may's own party that would also list possible successes polly boyd has got

more on the. big question is who comes next that appears to be the question that the conservative party is mulling over privately and rather actively on whatsapp conversations that seems to be where all the political processing takes place nowadays and the list has been leaked to the press and it goes through all the potential candidates to succeed to reason may and their chances i believe we can go through some of the candidates now let's take a look at the first ones which boris johnson. book is fruit after a jury could bruce morgue but the front runner never wins that's really interesting because as you heard boris johnson is the bookmakers favorite but he's controversial within the party but he's got sort of this strangely ceaseless. heal but as you saw there they're saying the favorite never wins so let's take

a look at the next person on the list job that was trying to recover from referendum positioning well the current home secretary now of course is sajid javid that is the post that to resign may help for six years before she became prime minister so it is seen as a doorway to the premiership he's young he's made some welcome changes in the home office he's kind of emerged as a real possibility to succeed although he has one thing going against him and that is that he is a lever that someone who voted to remain but is now committed to leaving which doesn't sometimes doesn't. vince the hardcore lever's so let's go to the next politician that is the current foreign secretary take a look at what the list said about him. knew the from some of the park coming up on the roof so that's the current foreign secretary but he was formally the health

secretary and he's seen as a bit of a political survivor despite the fact that he presided over the junior doctors scandal here so he is not likely to have many fans amongst the medical profession but as the list goes on to point out he is a real dark horse in this potential race to succeed to reason may and then last but not least we have the current defense secretary take a look at what the list says about him. in full campaign mode but very reliant on controlling her own departure point yet given williamson is very much treasonous favorite but the likelihood of her having a say in who succeed her succeed isn't seen as very big to me i have to say this all reads a bit like the byrne book from the movie mean girls but the list is important because it appears to confirm that regardless of the mechanics of it and how it happens britain is leaving the e.u.

in march twenty nineteen and it it appears that once this quite frankly task is over once the poison chalice of bragg's it can at least be pushed a little bit to the side the party is going to want a fresh face to take it forward now downing street in the conservative party never normally comment on leaks we've approached them about it we've asked them about it downing street have said asked the conservative party the conservative party have said speak to downing street about it so it doesn't look like there's much desire to talk about it and i think the list pretty much speaks for itself. one of france's top politicians really depends been ordered a consultant psychiatrist to tell you that when we come back. all of these innovations like the like button is

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others so it's international is coming up to nineteen minutes past four o'clock on next story a french court sort of marine le pen the leader from says national rally to undergo a psychiatric evaluation the orders apparently to photos she posted on twitter would show victims of islamic state show the across this is go to here in paris charlotte was tell us more. where those. images of people having being executed by members of the diaspora of the terrorist group. well tweeted a few weeks after the paris attacks in november two thousand and fifteen and they were in response to a t.v. journalist to criticize le pen the party which was then called the national front and say that they were basically akin to each other that the national front and die

at the same she tweeted those pictures with a comment that said this is basically stating that we are not the same now at the time there were calls for her to be prosecuted under law here in france that bans the circulation of images that could constitute as being so promoting terrorism or could seriously harm the dignity but she was a mean from such a prosecution and her rights as an m.e.p. will since then she's had her immunity removed after a vote in the european parliament and now this investigation is underway as part of that investigation the court has ordered that she undergoes this psychiatric assessment to see whether she understands room looks and can respond to questions now as you can imagine marina penn herself is absolutely feel about this but she's also receiving quite a lot of support on twitter people absolutely dumbfounded that a woman who is the leader of a political party here in france and a trained lawyer could need to undergo that assessment to understand whether she

can understand remarks and respond to questions take a look at what people have been saying. we learned that justice is ordering a psychiatric examination of marine le pen for tweets targeting isis and after that we're giving lessons on democracy to poland and hungary subject political rivals to psychiatric treatment that's more like brushing your attorney orders a psychologist for marine le pen i have no words solidarity with her and the french who love freedom a judge orders a psychiatric assessment of marine le pen i thought it was fake it's incredible psychiatric zation of political opponents is an old communist practiced practiced in the us. ceasar until the one nine hundred seventy s. . well during the pain is said that she will refuse point blank to go along to that court mandated psychiatric assessment and she's

also suggested that they could be some political motivations for that call that assessment because let's not forget we are leading up to the european parliament scene twenty nine thousand with parties like the national rally are hoping to make big gains but of course if she is found guilty all of that offense which is circulating violent messages that incite terrorism or seriously harming human dignity then she could face three years in jail up to three years in jail and a fine of seventy five thousand euros this is deemed as a potentially very serious offense here in france yeah ok thanks for the update from paris appreciate it charlotte. the states that the senate confirmation hearing for donald trump supreme court nominees been perspire sure are sold to allegations brett kavanaugh did not use those accusations or the president has been encouraged to restrict lee careful when speaking about the case trump though insists that the alleged victim should testify before the senate head of any

judgment being made when i first decided to run everybody said the single most important thing you do is the supreme court just forget we've all heard that be done without a break. i would say this i think you should extraordinary man i think he's a man of great is do like this i've been telling you if you show judge that would be wonderful if she doesn't show up. that would be a fortune well kaleb opens got more nodong terms contentious pick for the lifetime political position. the hearings surrounding the appointment of a new supreme court justice by the president has turned into arguably the most burgeoning political issue in the united states at this time as the nomination process continues for brett kavanaugh we're seeing a circus of anger and accusations. brick kavanaugh mr chairman. mr chairman.

we cannot possibly move forward mr chairman a very warm welcome not they are giving their unity. for here. we cannot be recognized i move to adjourn america. here's why the issue is so diverse to the u.s. supreme court has the final legal say on crucial issues and justices are appointed for life no wonder both sides want to put the balance in their favor so the gloves come off the accusations are now flying first a woman who is sitting behind kavanagh was accused of giving secret fascist hand signals it turns out she is the descendant of holocaust survivors then some mis attributed quotes about birth control started flying around the internet hillary clinton herself was spreading this false information. hidden for to birth control

pills as abortion inducing drunks the such a fool to me an issue for you too i want to be sure will clear this didn't happen you were spanked chicks to prove this false then cavanagh's habit of buying baseball tickets became breaking news investigative reporters. scoured his financial disclosure. and learned that he had a tickets to a baseball game so as you can see there's still plenty of showing us to go around but then things got serious accusations of attempted rape which is career ending stuff in the age of me two came up christine blasi forward accuses brett kavanaugh the tempting to rape her back in the one nine hundred eighty s. when they were both teenagers at a party now she wants an f.b.i. investigation if the senators who have come forward and said they want to treat the seriously mean that then they'll they'll have an investigation of these allegations

so that we all go into this more informed so twenty four women who went to high school with brett kavanaugh signed a letter saying that they support the accuser then sixty five women signed another letter saying that they defend brett kavanaugh his character now those who support the democrats generally believe the accuser those is support the republicans think she is lying and have been calling her names not surprisingly the media is now taking sides this was intended. and i believe offensive forward judge cabinet has lied multiple times she's not sure when it happened where it happened who else was president she never reported it to anybody this is nothing if they get away with this there is then you have c.n.n. running the country because this allegation could be made against anyone at any time now the u.s. department of justice says that it's not a federal case but it seems like proving guilt or innocence isn't exactly the issue here i think the nomination should be withdrawn the bar here is not. whether you

have not criminally assaulted someone it's credibility trust integrity so who is brett kavanaugh now to some he's a well respected adjudicator who happens to have some republican ties to others he's a sexual predator now supreme court justice nominations often turn into political confrontations but rarely do they expose. deeply divided america. archie in new york. since not just your nations see the red breaking news on the screen to recap the world anti-doping watchdog was voted in the last in favor of reinstating russia's anti drugs body now i was talking to andy prone earlier on from sports integrity initiative one of the questions i put to him was maybe the u.k. six hundred british athletes they had written to water urging them not to reinstate rosado we got that the wrong way round as he pointed out so that's why we're correcting it now they demanded the body protect and strengthen the sport as they said it saying awfully thinks we're under threat you can follow all the

developments from what is meeting in the seychelles today. what politicians do. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president as you. want to be that's. actually going to be this is what the four. people are. interested in why. they should. join me every day on the alex

salmond show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see that. welcome to worlds apart among the recent regime change experiments lidia's stands out as no one's liability in western powers have never publicly accepted breaking it let alone owning damascus and as some of them now try to mediate among the various militia groups running what's left of the country what should guide the

process but to discuss that i'm now joined by cloud xeni a senior analyst at the international crisis group thank you very much for coming over it's good to have you with us in the studio it's a pleasure to be with you now first of all let me ask you what brings you to moscow because. the international crisis group is viewed in this capital as a western based institution i know you stress your nonprofit non-governmental status but i think there are a lot of people who see it as an organization that was created to facilitate western policies in conflict zones policies are often at odds with how moscow perceives the events so what is the purpose of your being in this country i mean first of all crisis group very firmly in the dialogue and with all parties of the conflict and in this sense if russia is.