arsenal thieves brace themselves with the world anti-doping agency to decide on whether to slam the door to international sports on them for the next 4 years. it will be offered 1st just the but others truly are called. by the. noble work of the stars the to be on the. russian bronze the proposed can function as a logical and inappropriate for some athletes say they are politicized. times the f.b.i. is working on the assumption that friday's deadly naval base shooting in florida was an act of terrorism.

a very good morning to you you're watching r.t. international with me niki airing now a top story this hour russian athletes are holding their breath with the world anti doping agency or wanda deciding on monday whether their national team will be disqualified from international sports for the next 4 years russia was accused of tampering with a doping test database they handed over to the body earlier this year russian sport is facing a number of possible sanctions including a ban on participation in international tournament among them next is tokyo some a games as the beijing winter olympics in 2022 is officials could also be barred from sporting executive bodies additionally the country could be banned from hosting or attempting to host any major sporting event on top of it all the russian flag might not be seen at any competitions any time soon. well the russian olympic committee says warders recommendations are low to call and inadequate the scandal

broke when want to analysts found irregularities in the doping test database from the moscow laboratory there were discrepancies with data that obtained earlier from a whistleblower relating to the salt she 2014 olympics tunnel vulcan's picks up the story. russian fleet saw in limbo once again many of them are just taken the 1st steps of their sporting careers when this whole doping saga began 5 years ago and back then the world anti-doping agency accused the rush of a huge cover up they slammed risotto the russian anti doping body as being unfit for purpose and things escalated quickly i said is this a good job in scandal lane isn't by a vote won't be going for gold at next month's rio olympics that's due to a landmark legal judgment which sided with athletics world governing body the. russia has reacted angrily after a ban on its paralympic athletes was upheld blocking the entire team from taking

part in the upcoming rio paralympic games 15 of the 33 russian medal winners were part of a state when doping program the banned the harshest in olympic history hits officials hardest because the russian olympic committee is suspended me no flag and them. but things seem to blow over moscow denied they had a state run doping program but admitted they had a problem the russian olympic committee was reinstated and even are now reformed resolder was given the green light subject to strict conditions. as we actively cooperate with wada requirements the. to russia are fully implemented but there was no happy ending water required for access the russian of 3 data related to the field of doping testing after a brief deadline delay this was provided in generate 2019 fast forward to autumn and things have gone wrong again this time water accused russia of tampering with

the data while the 29 team copy of the laboratory information management system alone is database matches in many respects the 2015 copy of the alarmist database provided to wander by a whistle blower in 20. 17 hundreds of presumptive adverse analytical findings that appear in the 2015 copy of the l i.m.s. database have been removed from the 2019 copy and the related underlying rule data and p.d.f. files have been deleted altered or water haven't named the mysterious whistleblower but one the key witness at the very center of this doping scandal is going to go to rot in coffee before fleeing to the united states where he's now in a witness protection program he was head of the moscow to borrow a tree for 10 years and it turns out his reputation is far from spotless. the icy further find that at the heart of the positive drug test coverup is

director rod ching cough he not only accepted brutha requested money in order to execute the concealment of positive test results which makes him equally responsible for incidents where coaches or officials extorted athletes even if he was not personally made aware of the extortion no wonder independent russian experts have doubts about the consistency and reliability of the data. since november 28th 15 when the informant left our country until 2017 when the informants data set was handed over to the water intelligence and investigations department says data bank was at the informants disposal he could do anything to it but they allege the system was accessed hundreds of times from abroad and that rod chen cough who is wanted in russia for abuse of office and drug charges may have been complicit in tampering with the messages in the system independent forensic examination suggests that ruching comes form or staff member of staff ysabel of ski

and let me get you off remotely logged into limbs in moscow on numerous occasions after they had defected abroad so they could have changed the zeros to ones both in their database copy and the one that remained in russia. so federal student daughter sasha but i'm in my thirty's to sort of cross you know here from a good job as a federal student body shop for the men my daughter dared to cross a new monies may need new ways upshaw. but russia cut off access to its data base in 2016 while water claims data was being tampered with as late as january 29th team blaming russia further significant deletions and alterations were made in december 28th seen and generally 2019 i.e. after the war the exco imposed a day to requirement these activities were concealed by backdating of computer systems and data files in an attempt to make it appear that the morse code data had been in their current state since 2015 furthermore the commands issued to execute

the manipulations deletions and backdating what also deleted in the attempt to avoid detection of what had been done russian experts challenge the pause ability of the investigations findings claiming that such large scale tampering is simply impossible it was like and we can't get a text we cannot deny that there were occurrences of copies of files being destroyed and other fast created but there were no deliberate manipulations this is the working condition of the database when every year the operator begins to work with this database change delete and free memory there was a complaint to us the descent and disk was reset but the entry was exactly 17 seconds it was impossible to completely delete information on the disk during this time yes so how do things stand now or fortunately very much where they left off accusations of lies and yet another coverup by water counter allegations by russian officials questioning the credibility of findings based on the testimony of

a controversial informant while the fate of hundreds of athletes supposed to be innocent until proven guilty hangs in the balance. meanwhile some voices in wind are calling for even tougher sanctions a blow. long old russian olympic athletes but even in that eventuality there are grounds for hope on an individual basis alexander try chunk of who's just won bronze at the skeleton was cut managed to get his lifetime a live band overturned by sports highest scores. mean overall but it's other good to see the good at the moment you can get your chicken on the little ball better than the other cheek on the ropes. not on the email to. the commuter. the beauty of this is. that the it's that i knew we couldn't get mine you know.

just began. yeah you know also with that we also. just but other centrally acoma sic that's part of the trial of. the us to look you know below them if that's the. style of them but you. know that actually and they give. us an idea discipline that might be somewhat but we do look at the podium of support other still should be treated just like any family but with a little sneer going us i'm a sleaze i might see images when you push the mush of a car to get people over the. go really worship the ability to just. come from boom all of the film is called in the optical and yeah people still the

scheme i was a few of. the people stays put on the porch and it's. still seen yeah. i mean any estimate. the main day of the agencies calling for the toughest sanctions against russia are those of the u.k. and the u.s. they want a complete olympic ban on all russian athletes the u.k. agency though has its own controversies it cleared heavyweight boxer dillion wants despite the presence of steroids in his sample and justification is that the levels were very low and not caused by any fault on white's parts donna looks at how double standards of pace arrayed in the sphere of anti doping. for years you know national sports competitions have. been hijacked by the russians for decades it

seems that russian olympic athletes have been secretly doping to gain a competitive advantage labrat doping system secret labs double agents helping russian athletes cheat their way to the medal stand at the olympics this is now pointing the finger at a whole range of sports in a former what a staffer told us today you know this isn't a bombshell this is a nuclear warhead the russia doping investigation has become the leviathan of sports scandals it's towering so high above everything else in fact it's hard to notice other violations in its shadow bribery a secret doping society medics and coaches going rogue this year alone has seen plenty staggering revelations none of which could compete with russia the when it comes to the fallout and case one a kenyan olympic champion was caught at greasing anti doping offices palms to avoid being caught.

one person's case unraveled years of large scale cheating a trove of documents suggesting kenya's national anti doping agency was helping the country's team get away with it more than a 100 athletes caught red handed no not russia kenya but the punishment wasn't sweeping it was specific individual to each test and case or how wide a call did not institutionalised drug taking another scandal that snowballed olympic skiing it looked like parts pulled from the american horror story script.

so a doping cartel with the now infamous german magic has their ringleader a whole network concocting mechanisms to fool the agency keeping sport clean you'd be shocked to know the sport you play all watch is swarming with drug cheats but the focus remain tight on russia those other scandals cast into the media archive and forgotten so reports of institutional conspiracy check and undercover doping that were check what about implicating one of the giants of sport coat with its name in lights for promoting a group spearheading american long distance running with performance enhancing drugs.

with the c.e.o. apparently on top of the medical experiments within the company's brainchild it's as close to institutionalize drug taking as it gets in the realms of business but you wouldn't expect anyone to band nike and it's billions of dollars from sports now we're here because otherwise who is going to tailor team u.s.a.'s olympic outfit. i think we have to look at the why that your political context anybody who has studied this in depth this whole. story i'm afraid would come to the objective conclusion that double standards are being applied here we are seeing a campaign to deal just to my eyes to russia on a number of fronts what people are saying quite rightly in russia and elsewhere is

the standards must be applied equally that's what this is about it's about standards being applied equally yes when there is evidence of individual athletes who may have consciously taken drugs in an attempt to get advantages over their rivals then any athlete that does that should be subject to the rules no one is disputing that but where this goes way beyond that is this call for a blanket ban and which is unfair because it punishes the innocent as well as the guilty. but the allied split designs ational to match was not the only criticism coming ahead of the possible ban sports personalities from all over the well believe if implemented it will do you motivate a generation of future athletes. how can you. not only team that entire support for a country for 4 years it's absolutely ridiculous it's an overkill this. should do

its job and do with claims concerning individual athletes not with the country as a whole to have dreams like the so there was 18 years old to go to a little sort of world to. compete for their country for the love of the sport for the love of their country and try to be number one the poor they. don't want to do . what. school is being dragged down by politics in a place where politics should be completely absent sport is becoming costly. influence of politics is intensely valid in this desire to disqualify the whole national team why does decision to ban russia will affect everybody and will cause a great shock. i would say the decisions either politicized or just incorrect. what kind of message is out.

to our children and we always talk about. our mission because that is tomorrow where will you be in the whole country from participating to kill all out of you. i think that 1st and foremost this will affect children and their interest in sport. our children have taken their future away with they want to do what they love away because of what a couple individuals did in the past it's just i mean it's ludicrous it doesn't make any sense at all. if b. i is working on the assumption that the pen pen skirts of pensacola naval base shooting was an act of terrorism the attack which took place on friday left 3 people dead and 8 injured investigators are looking at whether the saudi gunman and there was a trainee at the base or acted alone or as part of a group we are as we do most active shooter investigations

work with the presumption that this was an act of terrorism this allows us to take advantage of investigative techniques that can help us more quickly identify and then eliminate any additional potential threats to the rest of our community the gunman was shot dead at the scene by a sheriff's deputy 21 year old mohammad rami was there at the base to study aviation it's not be revealed that he bought his weapon legally in the u.s. some reports suggest that he played a mass shooting videos to other students at a dinner just days before the attack. or prior to the deadly shooting a twitter account which allegedly belonged to the saudi air force officer posted anti u.s. messages condemning washington's policies in the middle east analyst gregory copley says the shooting throws a wrench into whether it's to boost the u.s. saudi alliance. it's very hard to get into the minds of individuals and i think

we're and then at an age where we see people radicalized online to a large extent so that they can turn at any moment clearly this young officer was personally motivated to undertake this anti american act and very hard to stop people prom that kind of allegiance we've even seen it as you know in the past some u.s. officers undertake acts of terrorism of the american acts of terrorism within their own military units so this is not surprising it does however actually cause a problem for the saudi government and the u.s. government because saudi arabia and the united states were busily trying to repair the fences between them because it beat a breakdown in their strategic relationship over the past few months the pentagon chief has announced america's new military focus but if in the wake of the pensacola attack you thought it might be on countering terrorism you've been wrong

his mind downstairs. the best explanation i've come up with crude as it is is that the pentagon chiefs have sinked this cycle's all asleep at the flaw is reasonable explanation the next most plausible explanation is that there's some sort of a cult initiation ceremony every ua so they come out each successive defense secretary and say exactly the same thing like they're the 1st ever to say it we're working to reallocate our forces 'd and equipment the priority theatres that enable us to better compete with china and russia. there seems to be an event a regular event at the pentagon that affects their whole modes their brain activity and makes them act bizarrely the strangeness manifest itself in them shifting their attention to russia and china year after year after year as if they had their

attention and something else we face growing threats from revisionist powers is different as china and russia or from each other the 1st to describe how we're approaching 5 strategic challenges russia. china north korea iran and terrorism over the long term we should expect russia to test our alliances purpose stamina and commitment the irony in all of this is that a recent poll found that half of american military families see russia as an ally television back and the us bases that they somehow missed the years long tidal wave of ansi russian propaganda almost every major us network russia definitely had involvement in the american election russia was meddling in our election russia harvested american rage to reshape u.s.

politics how the russians are trying to turn the tragedy to their advantage to target almost every major american social movement what the hell's the point at the target audience the troops that are supposed to protect america from that imminent russian invasion n.b.c. promises is coming any hour now if they american troops don't buy it but of course the brass has an excuse merican troops refusing propaganda shoveled down their throats for years actually get this the victims of russian machinations ha. there is an effort on the part of russia to flood the media with disinformation to sow doubt and confusion this is not only through discordant and implement torrie dialogue but through false narrative designed to elicit sympathetic views and here i thought it larry clinton calling half a countryman deplorable those was discordant or democrats calling republicans

traitors was inflammatory i said this before and i'll say it again russia even if it wanted to could never have done a 100th of the damage and division done to america by its own media and politicians who refused to compromise refused to accept their own countryman's opinions and views but no matter what you say to these people they will squirm they will twist they will speak and always always turn it into someone else's fault just not there . more and more republicans have changed their views on russia because of president trump's positive statements about russia and russian president vladimir putin and again asking the atlantic council what it thinks of russia is like asking the flu virus what it things about vaccines i mean they're literally paid to say this by arms companies whose sales depend on everyone being afraid of russia it's

a tough sport what is a defense secretary to do his rhetorical what they're going to do is shift their attention to russia perhaps this star a different. the hong kong police have announced they arrested 11 people and seized a handgun along with over 100 live rounds during a raid over the weekend the law enforcers contends they arrested people were planning to use the firearm during a mass demonstration on sunday to sow panic and frame the police this is the 1st time the hong kong police have seized a firearm in connection with the months long protests on display along with a glock pistol where knives expandable batons and pepper sprays the police say the group has been involved in acts of violence over the last few months. the radical group had taken part in an unlawful assembly on october 20th when they used

a lot of petrol bombs to attack manchaca police station their plan was to use the gun to create chaos during the march on sunday hong kong saw the largest demonstration in months with hundreds of thousands of people flooding the city's streets and 7 straight as marks the 6 month anniversary of the mass protest movement warning the city authorities this was quote the last chance to meet their demands benjamin chalo associate professor of economics at the shanghai university of finance and economics told us the hong kong protest suffering the same pattern as regime change efforts in various other countries. more violent ones before christmas these months or years whatever means they could to achieve their goals which have never formally approval in the home people using it due process such as election in a proper work the main goal is to use hong kong as a trip to bargain try their. progress is very similar to are the. first

or whatever by the look up and that some citizens will be. started with some so-called peaceful protests there is some question very engaging radicals would charge at the police or he's killed some people in some villages new york or in abroad he started their stories and put all the blame to the police and then more people took you to it. france is pushing ahead with its controversial pension reform despite it triggering a national strike and 5 days of protests and on rest on wednesday prime minister edward philippe will present the plans to the economic council. if we don't make serious profound and progressive reform to date someone else will make much needed brooky reform to morrow i hope that we can convince the majority of french people that our reform is fair it is universal it makes the special pension plans gradually disappear and is financially balanced most of demonstrations started across the country on thursday when around $1500000.00 people took to the street to

voice their discontent the protestors say the reform will mean they have to work longer for smaller pension offices use tear gas to disperse the crowds in various cities including leon law seance and aunt for the most violent rallies took place in the french capital where blocked roads and disrupted transport services also cause headaches. disruptions are set to go on and the french press says monday will be a black day the traffic problems that are expected trade unions meanwhile are calling if they get more strike action on tuesday french publisher and journalist and marriage morning deal it says the government should listen to the people. when you have those 60 percent of the structures in the services were 70 percent strikers in the schools and the 2 chose. people who are really concerned

about the cuts on their wages all while there's this sort of pseudo reform to big problem way we used to sort of fronts that when it's more than 1000000 for the streets the government has to go away but then wonder why because there is more than 1000000 is sure but if france will be blocked in december there will actually change to the prime minister. which i think religion wants the president to go away. with on other stories making headlines globally in brief 1st in new zealand where a powerful vocal can a corruption and white islanders left a number of people injured one of them critically or say others are unaccounted for they believe as many as 50 people were on the island at the time of the eruption including a group of tourists walking near the disaster site. thousands of people in the

maltese capital are demanding justice for an investigative journalist killed by a car bomb in 2017 thank you the government and being implicated in the assassination of daphne carolina the lead singer the country's prime minister has promised to step down in january over the scandal but people want him gone now. and environmental activists from the extinction rebellion group staged a lion in the middle of a road outside london's heathrow airport they were protesting against the plans construction of a 3rd rail runway police were present at the stunt but did not intervene. i thank you for joining us here on r.t. international this monday we're back in 30 minutes with all the latest headlines with you that. survival guide book state. of the stars.

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