thank you thank god. thank you kay on to doping agency refuses to hand over to the global drugs watchdog samples from trucks superstar far as part of the ongoing investigation into just grates nike oregon project. to. the belgian doctors face criminal charges for approving of euthanasia of a woman with a psychiatric disorder is the 1st such trial since the procedure was legalized legalized almost 2 decades ago. kirsten's looks to oppose briggs in britain as he hosts the 1st ever u.k. africa investment summit that is bypassed comments about the continent that were far from glowing.

to. a very warm welcome to you watching r.t. international with me. now the u.k. anti doping agency has said it's refusing to provide the global doping watchdog wada with key samples from british runners a request for the materials came as part of an ongoing drugs investigation into the nike oregon projects earlier neil harvey discussed the issue with. talking about a 4 time olympic gold champion a 6 time world champion in athletics a runner from great britain and he's one of the biggest athletes of the modern generation now there has been speculation for quite some time that such a success story may have been somehow tainted by the use of performance in the hands and hands and drugs of b.d.s. as we know them but obviously that was speculation until last year one of the coaches of more fire the former coach of more alberto salazar part of the oregon

project was slapped with a 4 year ban by the u.s. anti-doping agency for allegedly doping his athletes and we're talking about al carnitine. drug which is not really outlawed by water but in the doses that salazar allegedly used with his athletes that is against the waters code so he was. creating a whole storm of controversy regarding more fire and maybe that salazar used the same techniques on the british athlete but now the world anti-doping agency asked again the u.k. anti-doping agency to hand over more existing doping samples for additional testing which is obviously in the authority of water which is does you know in many countries across the world but here is what the u.k. anti-doping agency had to say to that there has never been any ill feeling a lack of willingness or assistance in part but when you open the sample up every time you freeze it and thaw it and freeze it again you had agreed in the sample you

need to be able to give me credible evidence about what it is you want to look for rather than this just being truly an expedition and on top of that responding to a question from the journalist the head of you said you know whether these the weather what has the authority to pick up those samples and walk into the lab and just grab them upon request she said no it will stay with you on that has the authority over keeping those samples so you know considering the timing considering the latest news in the world of anti-doping fight this creates a lot of controversy. something's been dragging on for several years it is nothing new why all of a sudden want to get their hands on these samples from. on the side of what it may be you know the willingness to assert their power especially in the wake of what they did to russia just fortnight ago on the side of we could speculate a lot but you know the fact that more far is going to the olympics in tokyo this summer you know that could be also the timing because you being so protective with

their star athlete but fair play to more foreign himself he always denied all the accusations of using b.d.s. he's always said you know come get me and if you want to test me again that's what he said again let's listen i'm happy to be tested anytime and anywhere and for my samples to be used for whatever they need to do keep it and freeze it there is not much more i can do from a fascinating. free samples to be tested but. russia knows all about the power of water reacted to this story surely i assume that the heads of the russian anti-doping agency are scratching their heads right now having read the news that you know we could have done the same we could have just kept the samples to ourselves because as we know russia provided all the samples to water and after that water decided that russia should be banned from major competitions for 4 years and that is something which is now being contested in the court of arbitration for sport as we speak a very sort of long going battle we are expecting to seal russia sporting fate but

nonetheless we have a reaction from one side and i believe we can listen to that now i believe that you can it should not obstruct any transfer of samples any a passage on either side and this is not just about you can't create the role of mistrust in the countries anti-doping system and accordingly its athletes as part of the system you know the most ironic angle to this whole story is the fact that it was the u.k. anti-doping agency and the u.s. anti-doping agency which were the vocal the most vocal critics of russia and back in the day they were calling for transparency they were calling for. the world anti-doping fight being equal for everyone and this is exactly what you get have to say we all have a genuine interest in ensuring absolute wealth and family stayed the heart of the sports movement regardless of nationality so as we can see this is the case of potentially double standards when you know some rules apply to ones and does not apply to the others in the case of you know to providing the samples it looks a little bizarre we discussed the issue with sports journalist alan moore on sports

and media lecture ellis cashmore. i think clean sport and fair sports is not i'd play here from you card. they were one of the ones who wanted to have some russian athletes at the olympics and usada didn't want anybody at all and you card their fear for their own athletes because remember disses does is not about sport this is not a fair play to simply vote money and power and so long as you can don't have to turn over samples to your solder then they have error and they keep keep making money and this is all it's down to because it's you know it was never about fairness they don't care about you pay out these you don't care about russian athletes or ours to athletes all they care about is money and power it is double standard there's no question about that in my mind and i think the rest of the world will stand as the jury on this and say hang on a 2nd a few years ago britain was screaming for for

punishment to be doled out to russia because they refused to cooperate now they're doing exactly the same thing themselves so they invited punishment. probably also you know because if they refuse and they can they reckon refuse to hand over the stop was to water then they are risking the punishment full british athletes we presume if water is going to be consistent and go we get these punishments don't forget the punishment against russia was tibet and russia as a nation so that meant that every single athlete in russia was punished. a landmark test case for euthanasia rules is unfolding in belgium where for the 1st time since the practice was legalized 3 doctors face criminal charges prosecutors allege they illegally ended the life of a 38 year old woman the woman's family says they've been broken by her death r.t. saskia taylor looked into the issue. on christmas eve in 2937 year old

teen nased told her family she wanted to be euthanized but while teen suffering might have ended several months later of in a clinic in the flemish city of get and that of her family is still ongoing because the 3 doctors who were involved are now on trial for her murder this will be belgium's fust criminal case concerning euthanasia since the practice was legalized back in 2002 which accounts for an average of 6 deaths of 3 day the doctors insist they acted in good faith and are unfairly being painted as murderers but the hiring account teen says does give of that fateful day raises questions over the competence and motives of the medical professionals. who likened her death to that of a pattern that is in pain and is having a shot. when

she died he asked our parents if they wanted to listen through the stone scope to check her heart had actually stopped beating. belgium is only one of 2 countries which allows for euthanasia on psychiatric grounds and sees people suffering from depression gender identity issues and an erect resort to this so-called must see killing 2 months before her death as is required by your teen went to the psychiatry list dr point who diagnosed her with a mild form of autism teen's family protests this diagnosis adamant she was simply suffering heartbreak and distress after a failed relationship. she knew that if she wasn't diagnosed with autism or

asperger's she would have no chance of being euthanized as such they say the key legal requirement that a patient be incurably ill was not met and so by injecting her with that lethal dose she was poisoned really confused by the diagnosis and in this particular psychiatrists solution of suicide it just doesn't it doesn't fit together for me i think that there is a danger especially from a mental health perspective when people play god is so to speak when we're making decisions now about life and death or when other people are making decisions about when to in their life based on things that can be fixed pretty easily in some cases mental illnesses autism is certainly very treatable one of my child has some mild autistic manifestations and we get through those you know it's certainly not a reason to kill someone or to commit suicide but this was far from the only

irregularity they noted and when they launched a complaint the doctors allegedly tried to block the investigation with the psychiatry even hitting back at the grieving family. we must try to stop these people. it is a seriously dysfunctional one did traumatize family with very little empathy and respect for others this is not the fust time psychiatry to diagnose teen has come under scrutiny but in 27000 documents revealed the head of belgium's euthanasia review commission was concerned dr 10 point wasn't fulfilling all necessary equal conditions relations soured so much that he refused to accept and he thought the patients referred by doc to temp aren't her colleagues are also worried that she's allegedly approved around a 3rd of all euthanasia cases for psychiatric reasons in the whole country she is not really a great person to go to in terms of her judgment for this kind of medical procedure

she has a personal and are for looking at euthanasia as a as a solution for these patients so perhaps patients seek her out when for the like this happens it just happens to be too much of this about one particular physician and that's why she's being called into question by 9 other psychiatrist in her own field in belgium that she's doing something wrong so clearly there's some more investigation we need to learn more about this particular psychiatrist and this particular event others have said dr 10 point doesn't expel treatment options available before granting euthanasia an allegation backed by teen sistas. instead of trying to go team to a better life team was deliberately led to death and pushed without the reasonable treatment options being exhausted and consequently without suffering being relieved the question is whose interest was paramount in this process the interest of team

or the interest of others euthanasia is legal in just 5 countries and is one of the most controversial practices globally stories like teens reveal just how difficult it is to ensure that people's desire for personal freedom isn't tragically misinterpreted and abused wealth leave on the psychiatry standing trial in the euthanasia case for response she told us that she cannot comment at this time or 3 doctors deny the charges. first prosecutors have launched an inquiry after footage of a riot officer beating a protester went viral. good citizens are still going to show this you. know that. i took a look at the other 2 doctors do you think that he could just live a good cause if it was just. like oh. i see france also filmed the aftermath of the incident at

a yellow vest rally in paris on saturday please try to stop protesters getting closer as the officer was punching the man on the ground it's the latest in a line of accusations against police at the protests with another case already probing claims that the bullets were fired at point blank range at the latest march in the french capital people expressed fear we at the government's pension reform plans with clashes erupting between police and demonstrators a strike by public transport workers over the reform has brought chaos to paris for almost 2 months now that's despite the government's promise to compromise agreeing to drop some of the most controversial aspects of its plans political analyst nicole america vege told us that much of the media ignores the violence by police at the demonstrations. of different demonstrations that we've had this past years have always been tearing up with violence there's extreme violence in the mainstream media we only see the violence of the demonstrators and very rarely the

violence of the police forces and this is has this has become a very big issue in france where people from the left out from the right just don't understand what's going on we've seen this practically every weekend through the you know best demonstrations this is one of the methods this is one of the main methods police are using today and it's quite paradoxical because french police was known in the past for being one of the police in europe in the world using violence it was a french method of controlling demonstrations and then you can even when demonstrations were getting out of hand and this clearly shows that this is part of the past and the new with this mean police using extreme violence against demonstrators. we broke that in our certainty the british prime minister barak's johnson is looking to find the country new friends and his themes his focus is turning to africa the 1st ever u.k. africa investment summit is now underway in london live to the british capital and our host funded study at woodstock state study good to see so what's being said at

the summit so far. while prime minister boris johnson is on his latest charm offensive to try and reestablish and boost post breck's it business relations so in his 1st attempt to woo he's hosting the u.k. africa summit right to in london addressing several african nation leaders but interestingly it was on a much smaller scale than the counterparts like similar events hosted by russia or china boris johnson's affair was slightly more intimate hosting just $21.00 african nations being represented here at the summit in london that kid to his pitch though was yes acknowledging various other competitors when it comes to investing in africa and economy of the continent but actually saying that there was no match quite like britain in his quote they have being the breadth and depth of expertise so while presenting the u.k. as africa's best partner and friendship one of his key and tyson messages was all about the change to the immigration system here in the united kingdom suggesting

that he hopes that it would attract africa's best talent. in the u.k. have a very to jordan continuing to convince people across the continent that we're not just a great friend and ally reliable ally but also the people you should be doing business with you'll be pleased to hear my friends the one thing is changing. our immigration system by putting people before possibles we will be able to attract the best talent from around the world wherever they may be. so there you hear boris johnson the prime minister saying he will put people before passports but those comments are miles apart from the rhetoric he was starting just before the general election way back in december in fact such comments might come to haunt him like the fact he said back then that he referred to africa as a blot and even refused to acknowledge the role of britain's colonial past when it comes to the economic problems and crisis in africa and the problems on. the

continent may be a blowout but it is not a broad support conscience the problem is not that we once in charge but that we are not in charge anymore we're at the summit boris johnson also made yet another beneficial prop promise to the african continent what he was saying is his calling for an immediate and to the fact that u.k. taxpayers will be funding anything to do with coal mining industries in the subcontinent as part of the drive of course to limit climate change and so from today the british government will no longer provide any new direct official development assistance investment it's been critical to pollution. for thermal coal mining or coal power plants overseas put it simply not another penny of u.k. taxpayers' money will be directly invested in digging up coal or burning it for electricity rather attractive but despite the absence of direct investment in

africa's call mining industry there's a company called anglo american and that's key to the coal mine problem finding industry in the region and it's based right here in london so while there are attempts to sort of curb this coal mining establishment hair overseas some of those involved might actually be a slightly more closer to home which leads me to the final question can bars johnson's pitches today really manage to convince african leaders despite all of these controversies not to mention of course the competition of other global powers . saudi i thank you for that update when we discuss the issue with host of artie's going underground often returns the pay says there may be pitfalls ahead in johnson's bid to strike trade deals with africa. of course this is down to break said british boris johnson thinks that quick trade deals can be made with african countries he may have another thing coming to him of course china is notable for

its massive trade investment strategies in africa they've been going on for more than a decade actually they've been going on for centuries but of course in the new chinese error they have been continuing where the british companies with their colonial reputations with their reputations for linkages between themselves an arms deals and appalling mining mining scandals are regarding british companies is another matter similarly there are british troops in mali there's a strong british military presence so how the military presence the scandals over mining over the colonial inheritance how these will feature in a sudden easy quick fix to brics it problems as regards britain's trade deficit will have to wonder about that beyond the arguable bluster of today's meetings.

still to come a wrong and threatens to quit a key global nuclear arms treaty if countries pressure to wrong over its commitments to the full swing 2050 nuclear deal or tell you more about thoughts after the break.

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europeans continue their improper behavior or send the runs file to the security council we will withdraw from the nonproliferation treaty. if these statements by europeans continue the islamic republic of iran is designing a final and more effective step in reducing our commitments under the j c p. a 2015 deal was designed to limit iran's nuclear activities in exchange for the easing of sanctions 2018 washington withdrew from that and to wrong has gradually been reducing its compliance to threatening to quit the deal completely wrong says it will also review its cooperation with the u.n. nuclear watchdog after pulling out of the nuclear deal the u.s. imposed sanctions on iran and urged its european allies to follow suit but then earlier confirms that donald trump threatened to slap huge tariffs on european carmakers if it didn't move away from the iran nuclear deal. trio of berlin

london and paris claim the wrongs noncompliance with the nuclear deal is forcing them to trigger the dispute mechanism iran that now has 30 days to return to compliance fading away it will be referred to the un security council which could win state sanctions however iran says the door of negotiations is still open well let's cross live to the ideal dawlish now that there are always political editor at the middle east magazine welcome to the program now most go cold that runs through it counterproductive i think that it will only embolden those against the deal and what do you think. actually to get this. measure what the. first gulf war was. far too splits that already. existed. as you know the other european can see the president about and he said that 2050

and due to their view that the best was. going to camp who are suspicious of iran. don't see that. at the 1st camp see morrison hublot. this you that you're wrong. to. get the bomb in order to block me in the gulf region and they do not want to separate the. parts of the deal from the police. so if they. wanted to split this kind of order to weaken the negotiation perhaps a smart move perhaps just to see what it actually would be so long as it's open to negotiations on a new kid deal with european countries but do you expect to have the talks to take place. from what i understood from the

prime minister blair was johnson telephone conversation with friendship and the german counterpart that the european powers actually going around to see the anglo-american point of view there are political activities should not be separated. then you've got this new good deal however the european union as far as i understand this to put it further that the don't forget that. look at a recent poll is like the out of countries were excluded from the. part of the written before your agreement was reached that there was such a system that iran should really get it and which. from russia and russia and so they were happy to supply that so i think a real opening. of how to benefit everybody and they would always political editor

of the middle east magazine thank you for your time thank you. a pro gun rally is underway in the center of richmond virginia and the u.s. have announced a state of emergency and firearms ban ahead of the rally monday's event has been described as a credible threat with thousands of and people plans to attend the rally comes off the state senate announced 3 new bills restricting gun ownership. ana other news from around the world now 5 people including a child have died while hot water ice exploded in their hotel in the central russian city of perm 6 others suffered burn injuries on monday one is in a serious condition in hospital. at least term people have reportedly been injured in

a new round of anti-government protests in the iraqi capital baghdad demonstrators tried to block major roads and disrupt traffic on the eve of the deadline given to the government to make progress on reforms protestors waved iraqi flags as they threw projectiles police responded with tear gas latest spate of unrest in iraq began in october over corruption and inequality more than $400.00 protesters have since been killed and found as more injured in the rallies. wins produced by thunderstorms across central new south wales and australia have whipped up huge dust storms local weather forecasters say wind speeds reach 100 kilometers per hour new in new south wales is still reeling from devastating bushfires these of rabbits more than 10000000 hectares of land since december. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international we're back in 30 minutes with all the latest. you

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