looking forward to the town. yanks this is what happens to pensions in britain. as a report. from . the world anti-doping agency reinstates a russian anti drugs body giving a fresh start for russian athletics after three years in the cold. us imposes new sanctions on china buying the russian military hardware. a leaked memo reveals the plans with the u.k. prime minister's party to oust her and who is in the running to fill her shoes.

and obtains video from the cupids joining us on she made just before his internet was cut off at the ecuadorian embassy in london in which he discusses a very broad range of topics. you're going to freak out a little bit because yes are you bringing this possible. hillary was a call about as a result of blood. but saying absolutely we are in the market. for broadcast. this is our team international and sometimes from england to have you with us. now the world anti-doping agency has voted to reinstate russia's anti-drug agency the body was suspended in two thousand and fifteen over an alleged state sponsored doping scandal earlier my colleague collin bray got more details from our course by. going back after twenty fifteen november when the allegations of state

sponsored doping campaign kicked off. after that water basically told there are thirty one things rosado has to do in order to be reinstated there's been no problem whatsoever with the twenty nine of them which included inviting the u.k. and i don't think agency experts to hold training for the personnel change the entire staff of the assad hold monthly ordered by the world anti-doping agency no problem whatsoever the two things that remained on the compliance list were public admittance of the findings of the mclaren report and here is what the sports minister mr cole of course we caught up with him earlier had to say about that the decision is crucial for russia we've worked for a long time together with the international anti doping agency or the sports community we have reformed our anti doping system we never denied the existence of anti doping violations we will fully contribute to fulfilling the demands left on

the rushes legislation and in fact what a splendid in detail in that statement which was published earlier today saying that on september thirteenth the russian minister of sport sent a letter to water which amounts to an acceptance of all the findings of the international report which itself indorse the core findings of the water commission the mclaren investigation report including that and number of individuals within the ministry of sport and it subordinate entities were involved in the manipulations of the anti-doping system in russia you can see that this was enough to persuade wada to reinstate restart and the second point very important one was granting access to samples kept in the moscow board story under federal investigation that hasn't happened yet but what it was very clear that there has only until december thirty first which is less than four months from now to give access to that the board sorry if that doesn't happen. goes back into the

wilderness of noncompliance so you know people are saying that russia hasn't comply and. you know they're they're wrong basically because we can see by the statement that it's in the works but it couldn't just been about ticking boxes on the checklist must've been a difficult decision after everything everybody's been through and that it's definitely been a very difficult decision for water and even in that statement. that the decision would be unpopular and would be met with a lot of criticism and in fact for the past week or so the criticism coming towards was way you know everywhere on social media in the in the articles on television. not only that number of and i don't think agencies in the world including the u.k. the united states new zealand australia poland canada they were all urging the president of water not to take the step to reconsider but eventually nine members of the executive board off the wealth voted for him and two of them were against it one of them clearly is the vice president of water who said that she would never vote for him statement and one person abstained but even now the amount of

criticism on water is going through the roof namely the u.s. anti-doping agency chief. he went as far as saying that water needs to be completely reformed after that decision it's a blow to clean sport which you know is surprising because how would you expect the country to purify it sport if you're saying that it's agency which is destiny which is tasked to purify that's a board should not be operational again the decision that it made was a hard one but it made the decision and now the hard work begins that's a good news tentatively that unfold risotto what about the sport side of things international expend aeration the russian athletes themselves what's next for them you know i would say people who are criticizing why they're heavily now are wrong and people who are celebrating this on this side are wrong as well it's not about when it's not a last minute goal that russia scored to win the game it's a chance that wada gave to the russian anti-doping agency to have a few. clean sport in the country this will change nothing for those athletes who

have been accused of doping are serving their bans this is all about clean athletes the door is not shut open for them it's only they've been given a chance to open the door into the sport because one of the main conditions of the international association of athletics federations to reinstate the russian athletes was that it should be operational meaning that you know athletes have to be checked for doping in order to be clean and in order to be participating international competitions flying the russian flag so essentially this happened now but a lot of work is ahead and make no mistake about it now risotto will be heavily scrutinized and will be heavily checked by water so it's definitely a long road ahead. the deputy head of russia's anti-doping agency says the organization has gone to great lengths to ensure compliance with the blood of what it's been a lot of work this saga has lasted for almost three years a lot of things have been done the russian anti-doping agency now has a completely knee team it's been hard work for russia sports ministry as well as

wada they're provided international experts to rebuild the capability of russia's anti-doping agency from my viewpoint it's a well earned a victory and it's not a victory of just one and it is the logical result of all the hard work of those involved the reinstatement of result of that i mean this is a turning point in the in this whole story and i see it get we all hope the russian blitz to get back to. championships and seeing this is a day to celebrate a lot of restructuring the result has been maimed and all the points that. request that. don't fly seemed easy is what makes these decision very important it shows that there is a willingness to change seeing. this is what harms. the us has impose new sanctions on china for buying russian fighter jets and

surface to air missiles arjun's kilmartin picks up the story for us. china slapped with sanctions in response to their purchase of s. thirty five su thirty five fighter jets as well as an s. four hundred missile system now heather nauert the spokesperson for the u.s. state department says this is about deterring countries around the world from doing business with russia's defense industry a let's take a listen to what heather nauert said explaining these new sanctions on china in response to their purchases we will continue to vigorously implement america's adding service through sanctions act and urge all countries to curtail relationships with russians defense and intelligence sectors both of which to malign activities worldwide now china is not the only country in the world to have purchased the s four hundred missile system from russia it's important to note that turkey which is a member of nato and a longtime u.s.

ally has also purchased the ass four hundred missile system now heather nauert was pressed on that and this is what she said you know it goes against our policy to have a nato ally such as turkey use an asse four hundred system part of the problem with that it is that it is not in iraq will with other nato systems and so we are against the having some of our partners and allies around the world potentially purchase that's for hundreds and it would trigger cat society and i'm not going to get into that but we have made very clear what could trigger sanctions for other countries and entities around the world but it's not just turkey in fact india is currently in the final stages of purchasing an s. four hundred missile system of its own and there are a number of us allies around the world that are also planning to buy as four hundred missile systems we will look at it saudi arabia a very key ally of the united states in the middle east is in the process of buying us four hundred missiles so is tahrir and iraq the question must be raised why is

it that shi'a. it is being slapped with sanctions for its purchasing not just of the s four hundred but also the su thirty five jet fighter but the question is why are these other countries not being subject to sanctions is the united states actually prepared to enforce these sanctions across the board against anyone who would buy these missile systems or is it being enforced selectively. it lead to a memo from within the u.k. conservative party has revealed a plot to oust of the prime minister it was first published by the telegraph newspaper and lists possible successors for theresa may or his would work was more 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 that have whatsapp conversations that seems to be where all the political posturing takes place nowadays and the list has been leaked to the press and it goes through all

the potential candidates to succeed to resume a and that says i believe we can go through some of the candidates now let's take a look at the fast ones which. bookies 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 strange leeson 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 jump it once it trying to recover from referendum position and well the current home secretary now of course is sajid javid does the post that to reason may have 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 convince the hardcore leavers so let's go to the next politician that is the current foreign secretary take a look at what the list said about him jeremy hunt course near the front 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 to succeed isn't seen as very big to me i have to say this all reads a bit like the burn 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 added that it appears that once this quite frankly task is over once the poison chalice of briggs 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. if you are has been released which is the last to have been produced by wiki leaks founder julian assange before his internet access was cut off during the embassy in london where you has been holed up since two thousand and twelve now in the video a song that covers the range of topics from the future of artificial intelligence to modern cyber threats. you're going to freak out a little bit because yes i'm bringing the aliens into this part of the talk all establishment are in some sense hypocritical and rely on. keeping a different interior world to exterior presentation i don't think it's really possible for when i say sions to come up with borders. that are predictable and

often stable enough to eliminate conflict before there will be more conflict is something very unstable about technologically advanced civilization that means it doesn't go on for long for the most human was have come about as a result of lies and that seems absolutely clear in democracy i'm a fan of the idea of intelligence agencies because it has the word intelligence in it to limit the notion that there's a place that powerful people can hide from or skilled people can hide from this phenomena and that's the way to get. all those people who have an ability to make a difference to make a difference julian assad's enter the embassy building to avoid extradition to sweden where he was accused of rape a u.n. panel later described a situation as arbitrary detention in two thousand and seventeen rape allegations against science were suspended but he still faces arrest if he leaves the embassy for breaching his bail conditions in the u.k.

ecuador cut his internet office back in march saying a song was jeopardizing their international relations we spoke to the whistleblowers lawyer about the status of his case. we have been making a number of appeals both to the british government through the ecuadorian government and more broadly about his health situation he has been inside a building for the past six years without access to sunlight or outdoor area to exercise his health is deteriorating we're worried about permanent impact on his health as a result of the situation if he was in prison he would being required to have an hour outside every day that is a un standard he's not had that he's had a number of health conditions including a shoulder which is if he's in incredible pain he needs an m.r.i. that is not the sort of thing that you can bring into into the embassy there's been an appeal by doctors to the british medical association appealing to them to allow him the health care that he needs and the british government continues to say he

will not get that kind of medical treatment he must come out of the embassy and in order to get that medical treatment he must give up the right to asylum that he's been granted by the ecuadorian government. he has spent more than six years. under some forms of restriction on his liberty as a result of that investigation that has now been dropped he has already spent far more time in prison and he would ever have been required to for having entered the embassy conditions we say he has served time and he has he had a reasonable excuse and that this is this is a minor offense the fact the real issue is and has always been the concern about u.s. extradition we are concerned about the prospect that he may well be sent to the u.s. and what treatment he would suffer once he's there we know that chelsea manning the alleged source of wiki leaks material was subjected to inhuman degrading treatment according to the un special rapporteur and we're concerned that if he is sent to the united states will face

a long and drawn out process and it will take many years before we are able to make the arguments that we know should and should win which is the constitutional argument that he has the right to the first amendment for his publishing activities no publisher should have to face this join us i just always said that he's happy to face british justice but not at the risk of facing american injustice we entirely accept that he can and will face any process within the u.k. related to potential bio proceedings but he should be able to do that with the assurance that he will not be extradited to the united states to face prosecution for having exercise internationally protect the rights of free speech to publish material in the public interest. ukrainian president petro poroshenko is suing the b.b.c. for libel or allegations you paid to meet donald trump or you don't know how concerned store for getting that one on one meeting with the leader of the free world himself is a priority for many world leaders as it was for ukraine's president poroshenko last

summer russia and ukraine remain firmly in global headlines so get in that chat. photo opportunity with trump early some say before vladimir putin was crucial. as new sanctions against russia were announced and the president spoke of how productive discussions had been some officials behind the scenes may have breathed a sigh of relief mission accomplished but reports emerged at the meeting that may have been arranged unconventionally according to the b.b.c. diplomatic routes would have given poroshenko little more than a photo opportunity so ukrainian officials opened a back channel through a chain of contacts including trump's lawyer michael cohen now facing numerous federal charges to secure that tete a tete and the latter would take a handsome cut for penciling a meeting into trump's story allegedly around four hundred thousand dollars now the

story citing top official sources in ukraine featured on the b.b.c. back in may this year but it seems the ukrainian president's office wasn't happy with the revelations the head of state's office is apparently suing the broadcast the for libel since low correction or apology was issued the allegation that the claimant was guilty of serious corruption is self evidently an extremely grave and serious one it has also caused him considerable distress and embarrassment since yeah the geishas strikes at the core of his personal dignity and integrity. understandably all parties involved have denied any such shady dealings ever took place the b.b.c. couldn't offer any more details on the allegations although the ukrainian side house confirmed the high court case whatever the outcome it's sure to add to a cocktail of intrigue growing areas and speculation already surrounding trump's

first term in office. french court has ordered national front of leader marine le pen to undergo a psychiatric term it is connected to twitter posts she made three years ago which show victims of islamic state control dubinsky is in paris with more well those photos were published towards the end of two thousand and fifteen just weeks after the paris attacks in the november of that year and it came of a criticism from a t.v. journalist who tried to say that le pen's party which was then called the national front was essentially the same thing as the terror group isis over so no. fronts she tweeted those pictures along with a statement saying this is trying to distance her party away from that group well since her immunity as an m.e.p. was lifted earlier this year she is now facing those charges of circulating violent messages that could incite terrorism or seriously harm human dignity and as

a result of this ongoing investigation the court has ordered her to have psychiatric assessment to see if she can understand remarks and respond to questions she's furious as are many people on twitter. 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 u.s.s.r. until one thousand 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 in twenty nineteen where parties like the national rally are hoping to make big gains but of course if she is found guilty of 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 to supply tension a very serious offense here in falls into with. this is political persecution. nothing else her parody was groups really insulted by someone who said it was just a scene there was a scene kind of thing. so she say you know we're not terrorists use with terrorists and we're not like that these pictures have been all over the public she

wasn't revealing anything i mean children go on the internet these pictures have been all over the internet she was instantly throwing at children pictures that they couldn't have seen otherwise the whole system is charmingly prejudiced against hers i think. it's a good argument of the look for her in the next elections because you know the european elections don't matter that much but freedom of expression does matter and so now it's become really a question of whether a political opponent can can exist so i mean this is nothing that political theater it's absolutely disgusting. israeli and russian armed forces have agreed to improve coordination following the downing of a russian military aircraft off the syrian coast representatives from both sides met in moscow on thursday russian defense ministry previously said it held israel partially responsible for the incident. the meetings were held in good spirits and

the representatives shared a professional open and transparent discussion on various issues both sides emphasized the importance of the state's interests and the continued implementation of the de confliction system. on monday evening syrian air defenses shot down the russian plane killing all fifteen people on board while responding to an airstrike by israeli fighter jets it happened around thirty five kilometers off the syrian coast jerusalem based a political analyst mitchell barak says the efforts by russia and israel to prevent a repeat of the tragedy are already producing results israelis have expressed condolences to the russian people and to the russian president of course but i think that one of the positives that have come out of this incident this terrible incident is that there is more coordination and there is an understanding that bush russia and israel have to coordinate better on the professional level on the military level i mean you know even israel in general prime minister netanyahu is

probably has the best relationship with president putin of any western leader i think that will continue i think he's in a very unique position prime minister netanyahu both of because of his relationship to president putin with president putin and with president trump and he is able to manage those relationships where very well and over the last decade he has really worked very hard in russia and with the russian president to establish a very strong relationship which is both representing russian israelis but also israeli interests in the region in coordination with russian interests as well. the much touted promote program that was supposed to be the biggest women's support initiative in afghanistan but according to a report by u.s. watchdog it's been a complete failure hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars were spent but in reality only a few dozen women were held. i'm

. since two thousand and one the door has been reopened for afghan women they joined the police the army and entered politics and together we can help women and girls across afghanistan develop their talents raise their voices and strengthen their communities and their country and. then i didn't know if this money was spent properly there would have been changes in women's lives but we don't know how they spun it or who they gave it so you think they haven't done so much for afghan women there's an exhibit in hell's in india a man is representing afghan women in this program in afghanistan is for women and we still get replaced by mad why don't we have the capacity.

personally requested us say to support us by providing a smush scenery incompetently going to modernize the handcraft section their response was negative this said they were huge to train as i have ten years experience i don't need the training i need the machinery. plus i thought until i filled in forms last year and again six months ago they told us that they would let us know but there was no response even when we called them they never called back hundreds of thousands of women across afghanistan ready to work pretty work. the chair of russia's federation council says she believes that reunification

between the two koreas is looking increasingly possible valentino spoke to our two during the second year asian women's forum and in petersburg. what those that hear one year ago it was hard to imagine the such positive changes could be possible the threat of armed conflict was in the air i had been to north korea before and this is true that things are very different now the war like rathore it has been dropped and now we are here and talk of a peaceful outcome i believe that kim jong un wants peace now there is cool that the process will continue in the same productive manner agreements have been reached on specific economic projects united railways engross and modernization it feels possible that north and south korea can become united again as one nation but it will take time and patience and the right steps and grantees from all sides i think the process should continue in the current direction you are right that does

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