oh, a quarter of arbitration for sport publishes a document blaming anti doping bodies for the chaos surrounding the delay in delivering the result of camilla reliable december drug test. it also confirm say prohibited substance. she tested positive for could have entered her body through her grandfather's medicine bill them symbolizes on law. paul operates on law order. they cannot act on that. they are acting lawfully. the leader of the ottawa freedom convoy is cuffed and taken away along with some other protesters just hours after the interim chief of police says a crackdown on unlawful protest is imminent. meanwhile, the canadian prime minister is branded a dictator by opposition. lawmakers as fury amounts of the use of emergency powers against protecting truckers and russia says it has no intention of invading ukraine

in a written security response to the us. well, also urging nato to pull its military advisors out of the country and, and joint military drills. meanwhile, diplomat clash at the un with moscow urging world powers to stop shifting blame for ukraine. internal conflict on to russia. with broadcasting live direct, more studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas, and certainly glad to have you with the court of arbitration for sports has published a document explaining its reasons for allowing figure skater camila lava to compete at the winter olympics despite the failed drug test. back in december, the document blames anti doping bodies for not processing test results in time, which in turn 100 the athlete as well as other competitors. it also states the

reason given by valet of representatives for the presence of tremendous dean in december's blood sample flavor was apparently in physical contact with her grandfather who was prescribed the medicine after a hard operation. we've discussed the issue with international lawyer, lucien velocity. it was very important, the decision itself, they did not want to harm these minor more than necessary. it was clear based on the fact that it was a very, very low concentration that just to 1st on which is very important to mention. and that makes it likely, and they, they were clearing that it makes, makes very likely that something that was not intentional happens. there are a lot of mistakes, but the i o. c, of course,

made the biggest mistake of all of them because they d like say, reschedule or, or animals, can't you? so when you, for t me went and that was that rumors came out of the case. and then the 2nd stage, they re reads the name and what is also to be said, these that bother who should protect correct application of the code of the water code. these try to support that these while the code was not correctly applied and disease also have very bad behavioral law got to not have at least even leave the code is not correctly applied ruler. the russian olympic committee team won gold in the women's figure. skating competition at the beijing winter olympics. shut about cova, wiling. the judges with

a flawless performance in the free skate. while camilla, the value of a failed to make the winners, podium, or cheese electric shasky has more. everything happening on ice today in bay jane's resemble some sort of hollywood movie, probably is going to become a hollywood movie at some point because it went completely unexpected for all of us that 1st of all, alexander, to select a ginger had russian figures cakes. i came on, i said, absolutely demolished, it become becoming the 1st ever woman on, on the ice figure skater to perform 5 quads in one performance. that is absolutely astonishing. results then she was followed by i'm not sure to back over who was only 2nd after the 1st round of the performance here in beijing. and she had an absolutely faultless performance. and this was rounded up by camille about even under so much russia. and she did indeed crumble under all that pressure . her performance was arguably the worst in the last 3 or 4 years,

which led her to eventually becoming 4th not making the better. still. last week i me leave a found herself in the middle of a doping scandal with allegations that she may have taken try meant as a d i a substance which is prohibited by the world anti doping agency that happened allegedly on the 25th of december, the prob, with a positive result, came back only on february 8th, during the olympics when the team stating event already took place. and obviously this will cause a serious investigation after that. but let's not forget about is a minor, she is 15 years of age. so under what is own code, she is rendered as a protected bus. and so that basically, in an ideal world should have been the case where no details of the case should have been revealed, but that never stop to some mainstream media outlets. and even if it shows in the u . s, pointing finger at what do you buy in many journalists where even claiming that she should not be able to compete,

but the court of arbitration for support decided otherwise. now it let camila perform late, the i o. c. said would not hold a metal ceremony if one even made the podium which did not happen tonight. but everything happening in the media in regards to a lever, on, especially on the us side, has been nothing less than a witch front. even been saying that the entire r o c team or russia team should be disqualified from the next 2 olympics. that is, despite nothing has been proven yet especially when the sample be, will be opened. there's also been a lots of questions about as to why the broke took so long it was taken on december 25th, but the positive result came back on the february 8. that's been also adding fuel to the fire, but it has been clear for some time that this case will drag on after the olympics and still the metal for steam rush of the team gold that it one almost 2 weeks ago . it's still in the balance. there's been no metal ceremony and of course the fate

of that metal relies solely on the investigation of camille, when he was doping allegations. russia has published its response to the u. s. in an on going back and forth on security guarantees. moscow says it's not going to invade ukraine despite all the rumors emanating from the west, and it wants nato to end its military involvement. there are these don quarter registered document. finally, we have seen rushes response to the u. s. as rejection of the proposals for security guarantees that moscow put forward back in mid december, the, the russian foreign ministry is basically giving the west and ultimatum at this point if it wants to de escalate without excluding ukraine from nato. it has to stop shipping weapons to the country pullets military advisors from eastern and southern europe and put an end to military exercises near russia border. the foreign ministry document did also say, though, that washington has shown willingness to work on arms controls and risk reduction

measures. us even recognize the justification for several russian initiatives in that sphere over the past several years. and of course, one of the main points of the foreign ministries document, though it's something that moscow has reiterated for months. now, russia has no plans to invade ukraine. there is no russian invasion of ukraine, which the united states and its allies have been declaring at the official level since on last year. and there are no such plans. so statements about the responsibility of russia for the escalation cannot be regarded as anything other than an attempt to exert pressure, and the value rushes proposals for security guarantees. it's important to note though, that russia issued its proposal for security guarantees as a package deal. moscow, of course, is ready to discuss the details of what it proposed, but when it comes to what measures need to be actually taken for regional security, it's all or nothing to de escalate the situation around ukraine. it's fundamentally important to take the following steps to force key of to comply with the complex of measures to stop the supply of weapons

d crane to withdraw western advisors and instructors from there to refrain from many join nato exercises with the armed forces of ukraine and to withdraw foreign weapons previously delivered to key from outside ukraine territory. now the russian foreign ministry also wants to bring attention to the anxiety being caused by the growing military activity of the u. s. and nato near russia's borders. the document says that rushes red lines, its core interests when it comes to security, and the countries to defend itself have all been ignored by washington. and that now moscow may be faced to take measures of a quote, military character. it's definitely a scary possibility to consider and with the u. s. promising to respond to moscow's expulsion of its deputy ambassador to russia. we're going to soon see if diplomacy really is able to fix the situation. on thursday, moscow expelled the deputy us ambassador to moscow in response to a russian diplomat being forced out of washington amid the prices over ukraine. and earlier russia's foreign minister marked american media predictions of when russia

could invade ukraine, some journalists are saying it could happen later. this week when the olympics and after previous beth failed to materialize. let's shoot the rules as to whether the escalation will end on february. the 20th. i don't know because we are not the ones who are escalating late. we're not doing this with the police, it's a well known news out reporting about what is happening on the russian ukrainian border. notice you citing supposedly reliable sources can begin on february, june 25th will be an invasion. talk about changing goalpost february. the 5th came and went no invasion. so what did the western political establishment and mainstream need you to on thursday, the 17th, i apologize and say, our intelligence wasn't, was the paper it was written on. no, of course not. instead, they started back paddling. if something doesn't come to pass, it doesn't necessarily mean that what we've been warning of is wrong. i don't think

you've heard us from any podium i point to a specific day of an invasion. i think what you've heard from us from some time now is to make the point that what the russian federation has put in place or the capabilities that would need to order an attack at any time. and that price has lot his lesson because this time he was more cautious. and he said that i'm not going to put a specific date on it. others. unfortunately, katie was humiliated enough by all that full of prophecies and did start pacing new bets and what exactly it was going to be. the 20th of february was suddenly plucked . now, one with fossil explanation given for why that's the constant postponement of the eminent russian invasion was that president putin was absolutely furious that every single time they have foiled his plans. so on principle, he keeps changing it because he will not invade ukraine according to the schedule. on tuesday, the washing defense minister came out and said, we all withdrawing

a considerable chunk of those forces that were along the border, new ukraine. and not is because they wrapped up the drilled fast. going back to that guy was upon all along. and in order to convince people that that is exactly why was going on, they even published footage, a pretty heavy duty weapon reloaded off one train sense of this impending russian invasion. this video footage called white was not convincing. what we haven't seen is evidence of withdrawal being claimed by the criminal and in fact we've seen continued build off of things like field hospital. what we're seeing is no meaningful pullback. present hooton's put in place the capacity to act on very short notice. he can pull the trigger, he could pull it today, he could pull tomorrow, he could pull it next week. the forces are there if he wants to renew aggression against ukraine. so russia keeps his troops at the border and it's seen as an aggressive dog, withdrawing its troops from the border. and it's still an aggressive, it really just can't win. but that is not all. now even more outlandish claims are coming out from an unnamed senior official in d. c,

which alleged that this withdrawal is in fact a huge loss. and in fact, the kremlin is fortifying its forces to the tune of 7000 troops and even some brand new field hospital. the media seems quite keen to go along with this winter. it's coming rhetoric. but there are a few skeptical voices out that for one that the checks president has made quite an interesting observation that this wouldn't be the 1st time that us intelligence best proved to be totally useless, was fabricated. the russians are not foolish enough to embark on an operation that will do them more harm than good. as for the u. s. secret services, this is their 3rd bluff. the 1st was with iraq. the 2nd was with afghan, a stand. well, the 3rd is now was talking to ukraine is not benefiting from this instability. in recent days, the former us ambassador to germany, that's richard cornell. he came out, he made quite an interesting insight. he said, that's just bear in mind. he isn't inside to see he is someone who was so well

acquainted with the ins and outs of dirty politics. and how, of course, politically thinks and was not even he has accused washington of being, quote, alarmist and state that the walk rhetoric coming from the white house at the moment is, again, isn't verifiable intelligence. so even in p c, no one is buying it. the intelligence clearly isn't that, and so, guess it is a complete into just a question. why the continued hype, potentially the nato chief, might have given the game away. moscow has made it clear that it is prepared to contest the fundamental principles that have underpinned our security for decades. and to do so by using force. i regret to say that this is the new normal in europe. a new normal that involves of course, new nato combat units and boasted defense is close to rush. it all turned out to be

very convenient if we're being cynical. the epa imminent fabled russian invasion provided the perfect excuse for the greater militarization of europe. and it also managed to silence all those people who need just a couple of months ago. well, austin, how's it nato? alice its purpose. it managed to resurrect the military lines. give it a new breath of life. and of course not would exist to keep russia bay. it almost is like a 2nd cold war. so yes, so nice has been given the green light to expand. meanwhile, state side, what we've got is president biden. he's apparently looking to get over $770000000000.00 to 2023. the defense budget, which by the way, something you know, no one talks about is 8 times what russia buttons on defense. but still it's a power washer. that's the aggressor or to assess gear taylor and andrew farmer earlier there. now the un security council has just held a meeting on the ukraine crisis, specifically on the midst agreements aimed at ending the conflict in the countries

east. and the u. s. kept up its claim of an impending russian invasion of ukraine or to kill them up and was following the session for us. all the meeting of the 15 member body that leads the united nations opened at the un headquarters in manhattan. the focus of the meeting was supposed to be the men's agreement. however, when the us secretary of state took the floor, he immediately started continuing to make very big allegations against russia. he said he wasn't there to start a war, but rather to prevent one. he went ahead to accuse russia applauding to invade ukraine, some very colorful allegations. let's take a listen to some of what he said. russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack. we don't know exactly the formal take. it could be a fabricated so called terrorist bombing inside russia. the invented discovery of the mass, great. a stage drawn strike against civilians, or a fake, even

a real attack using chemical weapons. nobody seeks any excuses for the elections. we said, we do not have an intention to do this. in addition to that, russia made very clear. they have no intention of invading ukraine. and this rhetoric coming from the united states is a bit dangerous to the world. and the russian representative pointed out of the government of ukraine has not fulfilled its obligations under the men's agreement. i, in many ways, here's what we heard from the russian representative was similar attribute 7 years later. none of the provisions of the package of measures have been fully implemented by ukraine starting from the 1st point the ceasefire. because the root of the problem is the systematic unwillingness of kiev to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized representatives of don. yes, can look at the guns, attempts to shift responsibility to russia to make it a party to the congress or untenable and have no basis. now the meeting opens with

the security council hearing testimony about how the rights of ukrainians and the eastern regions have been violated. they are not represented in the political process. they talked about some of the violence that has gone on and political repression being carried out by the government in kiev. now, at this meeting that was supposed to focus on the men's agreement, we had the united states, yet again laying out these unproven hypothetical allegations about a possible russian invasion of ukraine. russian officials are pointed out that these allegations are not leading to peace in the world. tension is rise in downtown ottawa hours after canada's intern, chief of police as a crackdown on unlawful protests, is eminent. there are sporadic arrests happening, including the leader of the freedom convoy movement. here you can see the moment protesters are readily taken away by police. many tended to the ground before being cast, protested leader chris barbara was also arrested earlier. the interm ottawa police

chief insisted the protesters were not peaceful, and the crackdown was imminent. the we've been bolstering our resources, developing clear plans and preparing to take action. the action is in imminent. in the past few days, we've been communicating directly with the unlawful protestors. we've told them they must leave and we have warned them the consequences of disobeying these rules . we saw 4 or 4 boxes are load all the, all the we've got the bucket. why not get ready? morning. there's over a 150 last police guard prisoners transport wagon. there's 6 boxes getting ready to load guys up, build up symbolizes unlawful. operates, and unlawful order. because this is not an emergency. i know there's not a place that i have to do more levels of parliament. they cannot act on that. they are acting lawfully,

and they're acting under the law order. the newly enacted emergencies act allows the canadian government to ban the rallies and fries. protesters bank accounts for up to 30 days is designed to only be invoked in the time of the national crisis, but not against peaceful demonstrations. opposition lawmakers in canada have branded the prime minister as a dictator. they are furious at justin trudeau for triggering emergency powers to deal with truckers resisting a coven vaccine mandate. let's remind the prime minister this is canada. this is not a dictator. 3 gasoline on embers, things are de escalating as we speak. so why is the prime minister using this hammer on canadians? isn't it true? he's doing it just to save his own political skin. the threshold was meant for the emergency. zach and now across the country releases of jurisdiction have the tools

necessary to keep people say he has politicize his pandemic and divided canadians at a time when we should be working together. when we should be supporting one another . his lack of leadership has divided stigmatized and traumatized canadians. yes, there have been people who've been harassing and intimidating frontline worker. yes . there are people involved in frontline, illegal blockades. but the vast majority of canadians continue to stand alongside each other and support each other. 2 thirds of canadians are united because they want an end to mandates and walk down. this pi minister said their racist misogynist, a fringe, who quote, take up space and he said, shouldn't be tolerated. isn't this really about the prime minister taking a sledge hammer to canadians and he thinks are unacceptable. trudeau has accused protesters of threats of violence and hatred and waving racist flags. and the media

has mostly followed the official line, few exceptions. one of them being kid, carson, a radio host in vancouver, who has quit his job after expressing support for the truckers, he thinks the racism claims are a fabrication aimed at dividing the movement. for the 1st time, canadian people are afraid to speak the truth because we will be labeled as someone who supports hate so. so if you attend a peaceful protest with thousands of people, you go home, you watch the news, and then you see there were hundreds of protesters harassing people in springdale, spreading racist hateful messages. this is very strange divide has happened between us where relationships are being destroyed, between co workers and family members and, and friendships. so i think most people have felt like the government went too far a very long time ago. and i think that this is actually helping to wake people up to some of the corruption and quite frankly, the craziness that's happening right now. the idea that our bank accounts could be

frozen is such a crazy overreach of government power. i think it's working in the opposite way that adjusting trudeau hopes and it's not. i'm going to have us back down. it's actually waking us up to fight even harder. thousands of nurses in the australian state of new south wales have gone on strike over poor working conditions and low wages, claiming the health care system was ill prepared for the latest covered wave. it had to situations where there was 2 nurses on the board where they should be i to one midwife where they should be many of our nurses and meet wives, having overloaded, wards and scenes like this. and during that time period, the premier resign seems like our system is strong, our system has capacity. and our system is kirby. a message from the nurses and it was during the strike was very clear that they were not cutting. and so it was that

disconnect the premier's desire to show that the okay system was strong versus the reality of you is that the government's ill preparation for army kong was far worse than any impact al strike will have had this is the 1st time the health care workers in the region have gone on strike in more than a decade demonstrated say more action will follow if the government fails to meet their demands for pay rises and compensation. if they fall sick, the state premier has agreed to look into the matter, but no deal has been reached to health care workers want a 2.5 percent increase in pain. a limit of for patients per nurse and the government to ensure that staff are reimbursed for sick leave. like a weight goes on to say who is of the nursing association says that wages do not correspond with the conditions they are forced to work under. because of the state

of wages policy gave, why do they have not kept pace with inflation and so many starting to see their working condition not being reflected in the pay the cyber security. i think for many years the government has assumed that the workforce was adequate. and what we know is that the workforce numbers were not as good as i should've said. that is a for me, this are, i will be back your headlines in about 34 and a half minutes. this is our international stay with us. i ah,

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but to prevent one. that is the line the united states keeps repeating and get the accusations of aggression. and the exact opposite are going to bring you the latest, including the demand from russia for the us to plot all truth from central and eastern europe. meanwhile, over the past 2 years, and most americans have taken a coven test. but what happened to the q tip used to collect the sample? well, one would hope it was properly disposed up. and yet now we're finding out some we're actually collected and sent off to a lab for analysis. who is collecting and what exactly are they looking for? plus, do we now have a bigger problem regarding the lack of privacy, all because of this virus thinking of privacy, you consider a text message regarding a case sent you an entire jury. during their deliberation, an invasion of privacy, or we're going to look at what one jury with told and if it had any influence on their decision. and the defamation case against the new york times. and a phoenix priest has resigned over one word and now thousands of catholics. a

baptism are being invalidated. why is could mean major trouble for couples as their marriage is now not even recognized. we're going to bring the details. i'm sky no huge. you're watching news of use huge a broadcasting from r t, america's headquarters in washington dc. let's get to today's a tell stories. ah, you as secretary of state antony blinkin has urged russia to abandon the path of war against ukraine. and yet time and time again, president putin has said he has no plans for invasion. now, antony blinking addressed the un thursday, saying the us would be relieved if russia proved them wrong. with the hope that by sharing what we know with the.