ah ah, the international olympic committee rules there won't be any awards ceremony for russian figure skater camila leave off following the investigation by the court arbitration . or she has been clear to for the complete at the beijing winter olympics resident put in, approves, a draw of response to us and an on going back and forth on secure to proposals in the crisis and ukraine, while russia defense minister says large scale military exercises are coming to an end what's not coming to an end is the stereo, the situation with the western media going all out on a photo of an elderly woman being trying to fight and frank. while fighting to mention a neo nazi extremist group is a boils

with anger of freedom, global approaches, from across the rolling of the heart of europe to make their feelings felt over covered with midnight. here in the russian campus. alexa, joining us on our team international. i'm daniel hawkins, or if you are the so welcome to the program. now the call to publish ration for sport has lifted the suspension of russian figure skater camila label or office. she tested positive for a band substance at an earlier event. that means she's now allowed to continue competing at the beijing winter olympics. meanwhile, the international olympic committee says there won't be any award 74 people of oliva went to games. if she goes on to win another mental alexia chef skis in the house city project. this is something rather unprecedented that the olympic games now, ah, the i o. c came up with

a statement that relating to this morning's decision by the court of arbitration was forced to allow camille on eva to perform in bay. jing saying that of course it had to abide by the law because in such cases the see the cast decision cannot be reversed. its final and camille of on eva cannot be stopped now from participating in tomorrow's individual figure skating event for females. but at the same time, i yo see said that not only the medal ceremony for the team figure skating event which russia, which the r o c team won gold at, will not be held. but even if camille oliva ends up on the podium that would happen on thursday, because it's a 2 pots competition here for the metals, an individual female. i stick a skating competition. the metal ceremony in that case shall not be conducted. i've never seen anything like that in the history of olympic games in a way. the i o. c has the right to do that by the books considering it's the

official investigation which is still continuing into the doping allegations against value. and it will continue for some time as when the stand off of the mimics is over even up to a year as some experts have been suggesting, but still even before the competition kicked offs coming up with such a statement that is something really, really wild. i have to say there is a lot of an infuriated reactions from russian athletes and russian journalists. and obviously we are waiting for any kind of reaction from the russian olympic committee. now i'd like to remind that all this comes after this morning. the court of arbitration for sports after meeting a debating hotel, decided to let camille of a leave of 15 year old russian's gates to continue her participation in the games. and citing 3 main reasons for that. first of all, her status as a protected bus and she is a minor and what is called different sets of rule applied to athletes like that. secondly, because keeping her away from the competition would do irreparable damage at the

secretary general of costs called it. and 3rd, and also important reasoning is the timing of the probe, which cost deemed as inappropriate, and not sufficient enough for that level. even hold on to ross to come up with any kind of legal defense. i believe we can listen to that reasoning from cough. the c panel also emphasized that there were serious issues of untimely notification of the results of the athletes. and i'd open test that was performed in december 2021 which impinge upon the athletes ability to establish certain legal requirements for her benefit. while such late notification was not her fault in the middle of the olympic winter games, beijing, 2020, to the russian side. here, the sports ministry, the r o c, and all those involved have been maintaining valuable to innocent for quite a while. now they welcome to the decision by cost to allow the athlete to perform, but a clear understanding here among everyone involved, that this is just the beginning of the story that we might be in for

a roller coaster ride over investigation regarding volleyball. also there is a possibility that her b sample might be cracked open to see whether there was actual doping in the a sample. and that is something also confirmed by the russian anti doping agency which early and the statement said that the litigation and the investigation into that matter will continue. of course, i will keep you updated on all the details as we get in that developing story here in beijing. although the believe a case has got the all clear and believe i have got the permission to complete russia antidote, the agency says it will delve further into the issue. it wants to look into any possible testing irregularity of the world on who to have. the agency meanwhile, has accused the russian bronx are failing to label a believe a sample property or expedited pre games processing. while the russian agency response of the foot chrome lab did place to give us test priority status, the us olympic committee is also weighed in saying they were expecting a different version regarding the 15 year old. we are disappointed by the message

this decision. since athletes have right to know they are competing on a level playing field. unfortunately, today that right is being denied. this appears to be another chapter in the systemic, and pervasive disregard for clean sport by russia. let's go live down to daniela's, journalist and author. daniel, thanks for joining us on the program today. over think what a negative reaction from the us olympic committee criticize in that decision by cast to allow believers participation. why do you think that's the case? well, i mean people are very upset. the abbey, the, it's a very complicated issue. i was a tangled ruling by the ca. yes. i and a lot of other athletes are resentful that she is being allowed to compete. even if she doesn't, doesn't, can collect her metal despite testing positive. so there's a good deal of resentment, anger, confusion, all around. in this case,

do you expect some of the reactions we've seen in response to cause the decision to somehow influence any future decision as they make what they feel perhaps undermines their authority? well the, the u. s. is going the actions the u. s. busy has a lot of influence, a lot of cloud so, so the u. s. will make that cloud felt, i am sure, but yes, i think the authorities, the sports authorities is sort of put on notice that this, this kind of confusion is extremely undesirable. and that things should be done differently in the future. we had earlier you assigned to doping x, but said the skaters on for raj could face trouble on the relatively new us law. believe the, the dr. watson of law. and do you think this is right, even though open case hasn't been resolved effectively, a case and process?

yes, i think that i think that that, that everything that, that due process should be followed very carefully and deliberately. but there is, there is an important question. i mean, she's a 15 year old girl who apparently, apparently has taken a, a forbidden substance. so the question arises whether to get access to the substance who provided it, did someone encourage her or pressure her to do that? these are all legitimate questions that should be pursued, but pursued in a neutral objective, deliberate fashion. and the i see actually question why us athletes are exempt from this law from this criminalization of doping. is that perhaps an argument that it should be applied equally across all nationalities? absolutely. totally, completely. yes, there should be no exception for,

for the us. there should not be one law for the us at a different law. everybody else? unfortunately, this is the, the former is all too common these days. do you think, i mean, we probably haven't the end of this, of course, but do you expect the us to bring in these measures that the threatened the us courts? and i guess the key question and believe us cases should some consideration of her age be taken into account the potential harm that really chiles psychological health, psychological well being is going to be put through by this case hanging over her while there are a lot of issues here, which one is you know, what is the role of the u. s. why should the us have a special role at all? i mean, that strikes me as highly dubious. the question of child welfare is a very important one. i mean, she was in the care of adults and if she did indeed,

adjuster forbidden substance, then it suggests it implies that she, that others cause her to had a role in her and her so doing, i don't know, but these are certainly important areas to look into in terms of the media coverage of this case. obviously it is, as you mentioned rightly a sensitive issue, a complex case. but the western media headlines were very damning of. busy value, but even before the case was resolved, do you think the fact she's rushing to that connection ality led to being perhaps treated differently in the case of another athlete box being the same situation without question. i mean, i think it's, i, it's that clear that we look at there's, that, there's a, there's a in the west, there's war fever, swift sweeping through. western capitals, where supposedly russia is planning to invade the ukraine. any moment

these are the headlines were bombarded with, you know, every day. so in this kind of atmosphere is impossible to imagine that this case would be treated in a neutral objective fashion. so certainly as affected by the very powerful political currents that are making themselves felt in washington, london, paris, berlin, etc. yes, certainly is a 10th few weeks since few days. indeed, eliza journalist and all her thanks for your time, you with us. we appreciate it. thank you. all the latest reaction and analysis surrounding the body of a case much will be sent to all t dot com. or you can also share your view in the comments. another putin has approved the draft response to washington and ongoing back and forth over russia, security the month. the 10 page document was presented to the president by a foreign minister sagal. well, during the main thing, lot of stress that moscow wasn't happy with most of the us bombing,

and part of it was a constructive. so he had it, there was always a chance to negotiate. also at the meeting, the defense minister reported some of russia's large scale military bills that have been proven. considerable concern in the west are now wrapping up patrols on large scale. they include almost all the troops from all of the military districts. some of these drills are coming to an end, others will be ending. so. meanwhile, the procession of european leaders having to care continue to install the german shops as held a meeting with the ukrainian president where he played down the dispute of ukraine's potential later membership. the fargo force, with the question of membership and alliances in practice, it isn't an issue. so it is somewhat odd to families. russian government is making something of that. and practices were not unlike joliet of all the object of great political disability at 1st was parked mission of to the title. your are your correspondence, peter, all about. all this more about the meeting between the german and ukrainian leaders

and broke down the key issues at stake. always starts off with what was really the elephant in the room between the 2, the nod stream to gas pipeline that runs between russia and germany. it hasn't opened yet, doesn't look like it's going to open anytime soon. both the, the ukranian president said the t and the german chancellor had different views on the president lindsey, saying that he viewed it would crane views it as a geo political weapon. prior to that, we have heard very little from all our show about the old stream to pipeline that isn't much needed here in germany. the has been a lot of pressure on the chancellor over that particular infrastructure project, staying with president lensky. he was also asked the question about his country's ambitions to join nato and whether they were still at the forefront of what they intended to be doing. he said that not everything was dependent upon what ukraine wanted when it came to joining nato at the moment. that was what he had to say about. but when it comes to the german chancellor,

he was asked about weapons coming from germany to ukraine. germany hasn't said well enough to lethal ages, it's sometimes called to ukraine. he did again, points out that germany has rules about doing that and that he wasn't foreseeing that happening anytime soon. he did point out the amounts of financial support that has been sent from berlin towards key as somewhere in the region of $2000000000.00 worth of financial support has been said. he said that would continue, and there would be more going down that route. thought before that meeting got underway. there was another big story doing the rounds from barton barton to boston, and just about everywhere in between. you turned on a tv set, picked up a newspaper logged on to an online new source. you probably saw images from the ukrainian city of mario full on monday at seen of civilians of all ages. learning how to fire a soul trifle. this was a training that was taking place that was had to being carried out by national

guardsmen. in some news outlets, we saw a particular one particular star that was 79 year old valentina learning to defend her country against russia if it was to invade. now it later turned out that those national guardsmen were actually from the far right, neo nazi organization, the as of battalion. they are part of the national guard and ukraine. they will remain committed in the national guard back in 2014. but they all right, and the not few organisation in their own rights. in fact, here in germany, what we saw in the newspapers was a different picture than what we got in most around the world. we didn't see valentina in this picture. instead, a younger woman learning to shoot an a k 47 and not particular snap the, the soldier facing, or the member of the of battalion facing a different way. so you don't see the, the runic, both angles insignia on his left shoulder. now that particular emblem is bond

here in germany because it was used by the nazis. so he was the battalion and why did people go out to fair way? news organizations go out of their way to not mention that it was then they were carrying out these trainings the the, the will have shoals, the german chancellor moves all known his diplomatic to on tuesday. he's going to moscow, well, be meeting with vladimir putin as he's to continue. he's under a lot of pressure from here in germany to come back with something tangible from the trip. a lot of pressure to show that he is the leader. when it comes to this particular crisis. washington has an outfits temporarily relocating and embassy

from ukraine's capital t f to live in the west of the country. the u. s. warnings of a possible war have sewn widespread confusion and one quiz by journalist outside the white house president biden avoided the question. ah, a while let joe blinds enjoying valentine's day. the ukrainian leader has an even bigger occasion plants letting me zalinski. he said he's not expecting a russian invasion. nevertheless, he's promising a day of ukrainian unity to counter that supposed threat of coverage. we are told that the 16th of february will be the day of the attack now, but we will make it a day of unity. the subsequent decree has already been signed, like on that day we will raise national flags on the blue and yellow ribbons and show our unity in the world. levy let y'all know anybody the canadian province of

ontario is rolling back to money. that's covered restrictions in an apparent concession to the nationwide freedom cannibal movement. the regional premier has announced the compulsory vaccine checks will be dropped from the 1st of march. over the weekend, i received recommendations from doctor more on a plan to safely reopen our economy and remove ontario's vaccine passport system. i've accepted these recommendations and so today i can announce that beginning on february 17th, we will remove all capacity limits except for sporting events, concert venues and theaters, which will be cap of 50 percent. or despite the partial easing in ontario, prime minister just intruder, always maintaining his tough line on the freedom convoy, is expected to invoke the emergencies act, given the government extra powers, to quote the unrest. this comes after police arrested 11 people at a protest in alberta and forcefully removed activists from border crossing in

ontario. we spoke to a church pastor in ottawa who's been involved in the protests. he thinks there's no justification for cracking down on the movement. so he's going to invoke the emergency act for the greatest winter festival and canadian history, or what's he talking about? well, i think we can look out at that, the majority of canadians are on the side of the moving freedom movement. because at this point to go has 16 percent support in the polls, which we all know isn't a lot. it's going to, it keeps on diminishing as he forcefully acts against his own citizens, against the people that voted him in it is it, i don't think much will change because the more the more he presses to people, the more it confirms that they are standing up for what they should be stand up for, which is our god given freedom, we can keep up any more. we don't know as a closing, closing is opening up right now is when we were removing this by keeping out he said he's keeping the math. he's people cannot go to the sports hall so which one

is that we can keep track us how speak and nancy pelosi has listened to cell phone calls within our own party to fund the police. it was a routing cry of the black lives matter movement. in recent years, the california democrat, though in the se, sit, was never supported by the party. that is not the position of the democratic party . community safety to protect and defend in every way is our oath of office. hello. so you will be running for reelection in the mid terms in november hoping to extend her 30 year running congress and falling to us. it's going to be rough, right? with support for the democrats in free for the idea of slashing police funding. just one of many issues where prominent democrats, i've been at odds with the majority of voters. here's what some of them have said in the past. when we say define police, what we mean as people are dying and we need to invest in people's livelihoods.

instead example, detroit spent $294000000.00 on police last year and $9000000.00 on health. this a systemic oppression in numbers. we're going to defend the police and refund our social services. don't like this idea. well, we don't like dead black and brown bodies and broken families at the hands of those sworn to protect us. the police have failed at fixing themselves, so we're going to do it too many police in our country are more concerned with protecting white supremacy than serving the communities that pay their salaries defined the police became a popular slogan after the murder of jose floyd at the hands of a police officer in may 2020, or the height of the unrest more than 20 major us cities including new york, chicago, and seattle slash the lower for some buzzers. those cuts, they were late to reversed off the spikes and von and crime and near record homicide. right. so meanwhile, the licensed us paul was put support for the democrats at 42 percent with 47

percent leading towards republicans. unless say that could point to a landslide defeat for jerry barton's party at the upcoming midterm. we can now speak with dominic. he's a retired police officer. dominic, thanks for joining us on the line that i could be with. and nancy pelosi there now really contradicting members of her own party who supported that said the find the police campaign in recent years. it's a little too late since you have done that earlier? no, i think he's just given a greg case for age restrictions in the office where she can't remember that her own party has been constantly vilifying for law enforcement. i don't know if she's going senile or she doesn't remember that the rhetoric against law enforcement the last several years has been completely, well, it's the worst i've ever seen it. and in my time, in law enforcement. so i think that's the democrats right there. there's backtracking, or in a mid term election year, and all of a sudden you're going to need, you need to have the balance between the police in the communities. so this is, it's just their same tactic every single year and it's, i don't know how people see through it by now. what was some of the,

the practical consequences, the facts on the ground, those police caught seen in 2020 had the number one police there i want infection to happen, his morale. why should any police officer and citizens start thinking about this? when you vilify them non stop when you're constantly moving a bar for what their responsibility is. why should any cop was still a human being during a time of a pandemic where people were losing their jobs left and right? why should they do their job? police should be just doing the bare minimum according to every politician out there turning corners, driving around, responding only when necessary, collecting, you know, $100000.00 a year to just do nothing. and just, just to very minimum skate through. i don't think that these politicians think things through that well, and i always find it very curious any time they wind up having a board or they have some kind of new project that comes by to sit there and solve the police, the community issues. it's never made up of police officers, it's always made up of community representatives what they need. you never bring the men and women who are on the street,

who know the firsthand problems to the table to kind of solve these problems. so one of the biggest things you're seeing is morale issues, which turns into cups really not want to do their jobs and a thoughtful morale and what effects that it have in times of, of crime. right. so i mean, is it fall to say that it potentially cost lives through the roof? primaries and crime rates are through the roof and that sets the system, the system as police arrest your district or state attorney prosecutes your judge overseas. a sentence is, is, is, as given or what not, you've seen recidivism discouraged, increased the group because of the lack of the district unsafe tourneys doing their job. this bail reform, garbage releasing people back on the street for gun crimes, for violent crimes. and again, what is the point and it all comes back down if we're going to make police the pawns, we have to go back and look at it. why should a cop do their job? if they're going to do their job? the lawyers aren't going to do. there's judges, aren't you? there is politicians are going to do there's and then you're throwing his helmet right back on the street from the police to do it again. i honestly think for all the attention we're giving the american police officer,

we're not giving them enough attention to where it needs to be, which is how is this affecting them? no one is talking about that, and that's a big conversation that needs to be had just in terms of the what a picture here. i mean, 12 cities in the u. s. soul, the reco homicide rights loss fear. aside from the other types of crime as well, why is that happening? is it just amount of lack of police funds like a police results is or are there some deeper issues here where to go home? i think it's doable. i think honestly, if you look at, i'm number one, we're all afraid to talk about the, the elf in the room, which is culture, culture, race and violence. nobody wants to put those things together. go to just look at any statistic out there and look at the number of whites are committing crimes versus blacks for history. spanish, it speaks for itself. and then you're also talking about the, the brazen ness of today's criminal fee. i don't think people understand this thing, they know what they get away with murder literally, but that's not i personally, they get away with murder. and then you have law enforcement who's not allowed to do their jobs. i. this is, this doesn't need any further explanation. politicians aren't doing their jobs,

they're instilling fear. they're calling for police had the role criminals know they can get away with it. they're not going to jail or not being sentence or being released on the streets, cops and a lot of do their jobs. it's cyclical. this is a big, synergistic go back and forth between the cops who are not allowed to do their jobs . criminals, you could do whatever they want. and politicians who are blaming the cops. so it's, it's, it's black and white and a story. yeah, i mean, certainly a lot of people would say it goes, you know, beyond race into polity and deprivation and the lack of opportunity as well. but just getting back to the, the political issue here, how badly do you think the decline in long old could hurt the democrats at the upcoming in terms? i don't know. i don't know, to be honest because you know what? it's, i've never seen it fail like an hour here in chicago. the last time we had a democrat or a republican mayor was in the twenty's. so it's a 100 years. it does not it. i don't know if they've got these, this voodoo over the voters, or the voters are just brain dead when it comes down to seeing the reality of it.

or if they're just great snake oil salesmen going out there to get their vote. i don't think it will have any sway. i really don't show police are always going to be vilified, no matter what. there's always going to be a race issue. come up and there's always going to be, you know, your politician steps in a place and says, i've got a solution for this problem. they never saw the problem and it just continues on. so i honestly don't think is going to cause any issue for the democrats at all, and that's the, that's the scariest part. i guess we will see in 10 months time. dominic is over time, please of the thanks for your insight here today and on t appreciate. thank you. up next, a documentary explores the cobalt mines in a democratic republic of congo on that impacts on the locals health and environment, said jonas again. in half an hour, ah ah ah ah,

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