allegations in the mclaren report well investigations into individuals are continuing the international olympic committee says it will release the evidence against the banned athletes into course my colleague and reformer discuss that aspect with jacqueline bouvier. well the problems really circle around the fact that ever since the mclaren report came out in two thousand and sixteen with allegations of state sponsored doping in russia different monitoring organizations have looked into that searching for some sort of evidence to back up those claims but all we've seen is a noticeable lack of proof to back them up that we spoke with the water president

evening which just turned eight o'clock here in moscow now our top story this hour the international olympics committee has dismissed reports that the russian national anthem could be banned from the twenty eighteen winter olympics the claim was made in the new york times ahead of the i.o.c. to sit in on what action to take against russia for alleged state sponsored doping charlotte dubinsky reports now from the limbic headquarters in switzerland. well the article by the new york times suggests unnamed sources from the international olympic committee have said that they are discussing a possible ban on the russian national anthem at the winter games in twenty eighteen there also it says in the article discussing a menu of other possible penalties against russia including not allowing delicate and athletes to take part in the opening ceremony now we are asked the i.o.c. for a response to that report and whether those suggestions of those possible sanctions being discussed was actually true this is all premature speculation before the old world and schmidt commissions have even completed their work and b

trouble for russian saatchi olympians keep piling up the international olympic committee has just punished for more people and as a result never again will be able to take part in the olympics in any capacity here we're talking about two bobsledders and two speed skaters among them is the man who got russia to saatchi gold medals and bobsled that is alexander's soup called he was also the flag bearer for team russia at the saatchi twenty fourteen opening ceremony so that is of course additional disappointment for the fans all go who won silver in the fifty meter speedskating event will also lose her silver medal with these two golds and one silver taken away russia is no longer at the top of the medal table when it comes to the audio feed did this i cannot give you the exact reason in the i.o.c. statement it says quote unquote for committing anti-doping rule violations and then for the specific reasoning and says that's another quote the reasoning for these decisions will be communicated and due course and of quote and this brings us to the issue of transparency and how well those who wore

the international olympic committee could be about to extend its ban on russian athletes based on the results of more than twenty competitors who are facing doping allegations their fate will be decided on the fifth of december in what's been a lengthy doping scandal for team russia last year's mclaren report claimed moscow was running a state sponsored doping scheme russia denies those allegations and the world anti-doping agency seemingly backed that up when it cleared a one thousand five after me due to insufficient proof yet water still requires russia to publicly admit the findings of the mclaren report based on the same data six outlets were given lifetime bans from all take a vent since then new information is reportedly being put forward it said to prove systematic cheating by a lab in moscow and has renewed calls for team russia to be given a blanket ban from the twenty eighteen winter olympics peter all of us being quizzing athletics chiefs and the head of the world anti-doping agency about the allegations and russia's chances of competing. here the play the game conference

and the international olympic committee makes another ruling in the russian doping scandal russian skeleton athletes for life. you're watching out international live from our moscow studio with me in a day or two to welcome to the program with the tide turned against islamic state in syria there's renewed hope that a political solution can finally bring peace speaking at a summit on syria attended by the leaders of iran turkey and russia vladimir putin said that syria now has a real chance to end its six year civil war at the summit in sochi it was also agreed to hold inclusive all syrian talks he has been following the tried battle talks. with syria becoming almost completely terrorist free or eyesore free i should say we were all curious what is going to be decided and what was going to be said when the key regional players the leaders of turkey and iran type word on the house or on e arrive and saw archie we saw happy faces as they were meeting the russian president vladimir putin all three leaders looked quite determined and when the cameramen were asked active fighting is over and time

well the article by the new york times suggests unnamed sources from the international olympic committee have said that they are discussing a possible ban on the russian national anthem at the winter games in twenty eighteen there also it says in the article discussing a menu of other possible penalties against russia including not allowing delicate and athletes to take part in the opening ceremony now we are asked the i.o.c. for a response to that report and whether those suggestions of those possible sanctions being discussed was actually true this is all premature speculation before the world and schmidt commissions have even completed their work and before due process to which any individual or organization is and try to hold has been followed what it all comes amid allegations of widespread doping following the sort she games in twenty fourteen against russian athletes that led to the the russian track and field team being disqualified and barred from the rio twenty sixteen olympics and the entire team being barred from the rio paralympics in the same year now the i.o.c. is currentl

ruling comes before the winter olympics in south korea and will test the resolve of the international olympic committee, which has resisted calls to ban russian athletes. our sports correspondent reports now. it was russia's moment to shine, but evidence of state-sponsored doping at the sochi winter olympics continues to leave the state on the country's sporting character. russia's hopes of covering its name suffered a blow today. the world anti-doping agency thinks not enough has been done something wants access to the moscow lab suspected of being the hub of its doping operation, weres said senior figures involved in a cover-up. mainly political rather than normal procedure. i'm not sure that either of them are, but that's a different argument. but they haven't been fulfilled. reporter: but russian authorities insist they are continuing their anti-doping reforms. >> we're doing all of our best to progress among the whole of russia. intervention, education, result management. just under three months to go until the winter games begin in south korea, russia's have are ruled out of taking part. the fina

the international olympic committee makes another ruling in the russian doping scandal and banning for russian skeleton athletes for life. it. was a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international broadcasting to you live from moscow i'm neki arun good to have you with us and with the tide now turned against islamic state in syria there is renewed hope that a political solution could finally bring peace water on syria has now got over real chance to stop the six year long civil war in the country that's the message from vladimir putin speaking at a summit in sochi attended by russia iran turkey well our correspondent in trying to is there or is he joins us live from sochi ilya keeping us up to speed on the latest. good afternoon well i can tell you that the russian president vladimir putin. along with his counterparts from iran house on rouhani and turkey typer daughter are sitting at one big around table inside the building that you can see behind me here and saw chief so it's begun and they're accompanied by their foreign ministers and also ministers of defense so really a big g

well as a pressure gets higher for the international olympic committee because if the russian anti-doping agency is not cold cold compliant that means that. and then doping work in russia doesn't work. good way let's also suspend it in moscow so there are many reasons to believe that it's a constant of us russia and russia is flawed doesn't allow them to compete at the olympics but to most bosses drama is he president has a different take on that he is against a collective punishment so i believe there is still a chance that russia will compete actually that the olympics intention two thousand eight hundred ok there's some wiggle room the i.o.c. will have the final word on this in december how do you think it's going to play out. different possibilities one is that there were no band at all for the russians to be allowed to compete in a very malta way that meet with their own slack with their own national m time they will be allowed to be participants at their opening sterile and that is one option the other option is that the i.o.c. is enormous pressure and will tell the russians ok you

the international olympic committee could be about to extend its ban on russian athletes based on the results of more than twenty competitors who are facing doping allegations their fate said to be decided on the fifth of december in what's been a lengthy doping scandal for team russia back in twenty sixteen the mclaren report claimed that moscow was running a state sponsored doping scheme russia's admitted that it did have problems with doping but firmly denies the large scale government control violations it claims dr richard mclaren's report also lacks conclusive evidence but despite those objections team russia has already faced a number of setbacks of course in the last month only six russian skiers were banned for life from competing at international events with new information being put forward claiming to prove systematic cheating in russia there's been renewed calls know for the whole team russia to be given a blanket ban from the forthcoming twenty eighteen winter olympics peter oliver has been quizzing athletics chiefs and the head of the world anti-doping agency about thes

the international olympic committee makes another ruling in the russian doping scandal banning four russian skeleton athletes for life. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international broadcasting to you live from the russian capital only care and good to have you with us. with the tide it now turned against islamic state in syria there's renewed hope that a political solution can finally bring peace war torn syria has now got a real chance to stop the six year long civil war in the country that's the message from vladimir putin speaking at a summit in sochi attended by russia iran and turkey our correspondent in the trunk is there for is what have the leaders said. nagy hello again well we've seen the president's vladimir putin type aired on and has saw me at one big negotiating table smiling and looking quite determined the foreign ministers were there the heads of the military as well so there you have it we got to the point when i saw almost got completely erased from the map of syria and serious to biggest regional neighbors as well as russia whose air strikes were a really big

the international olympic committee on the fifth of december but for now russian officials are angry having performed and the a miracle to meet nearly all the road map criteria in a short space of time to them this latest decision would likely come as a bit of a slap in the face. altie. allies in the euro mention team russia have been dealt a number of blows this november. six russian skiers were banned for life for doping violations while the former head of the moscow anti doping lab who was the first to allege a state sponsored doping program has put forward new information on the claims a nazi led to some officials calling for russia to be completely banned for the twenty eighteen winter olympics. so lots to discuss and let's try and get through some of it now because we can cross live to attorney dr lucy in vallone you're very welcome to the program the consequences of this decision by what it what do you think they are. well i see especially the timing makes me a little bit believe water wants to put pressure on i.o.c. because we all know. i.o.c. will decide and i seeing with th

to get a mix it will be a boycott that will be he really had dramatic development the international olympic committee will have the final say in december. i have on of poland now mr richard mclaren he joins me from toronto canada he author of that of a lot of reports into allegations of state sponsored to be in russia it's good to have you on the show mr mclaren so give us some context here i mean what were your report's findings about what russia did with its athletes. well there were serious findings but this three cute ones were first many people a should not be control procedures in the field when they are actually doing a urine sample for quite sample. then there was what was going on in the accredited lab in moscow covering up the tension of the positive samples that it arrived at the lab right now is this then finally when it comes to the rear olympic games so she. force more treats were provided samples at the offenses are a year and that was provided. with their use and. that's one reason why mr mclaren i want to ask you about what we heard today want to decline to lift the suspension on rus

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trouble for russians olympians keep piling up the international olympic committee has just punished for more people as a result never again will be able to take part in the olympics in any capacity here we're talking about bobsledders to speed skaters among them is the man who got russia to saatchi gold medals in bobsled that is alexander's who called he was also the flag bearer for team russia at the saatchi twenty fourteen opening ceremony so that is of course additional disappointment for the fans all go for the cool enough who won silver in the fifty meters speedskating event will also silver medal with these two golds in one silver taken away russia is no longer at the top of the medal table when it comes to why we are you see did this i cannot give you the exact reason on law in the i.o.c. statement it says quote unquote for committing. anti-doping rule violations and then for the specific reasoning and says that's another quote the reasoning for these decisions will be communicated in due course and of quote and this brings us to the issue of transparency and how well those who w

trouble for russian saatchi olympians keep piling up the international olympic committee has just punished for more people and as a result never again will be able to take part in the olympics in any capacity here we're talking about two bobsledders and two speed skaters among them is the man who got russia to saatchi gold medals and bobsled that is alexander's who called he was also the flag bearer for team russia at the tsotsi twenty fourteen opening ceremony so that is of course additional disappointment for.

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and the international olympic committee makes another ruling in the russian doping scandal banning former russian skeleton athletes for life.

essentially a start of an eye for an eye reaction and that's made possible by the fact that the international olympic committee is really dependent on sponsors and those buying advertisements for the games themselves and the bulk of that cash is in fact coming from within the united states so that's all the connection there with the u.s. and couldn't also called for the anti-doping system in the world of sports to be improved in general because obviously he sees a lot of inconsistency is there ok it's interesting stuff many thanks jackie. but sport is not the only field where russia is under pressure the u.s. justice department has ordered r.t. america to register as a foreign agent in dubai on monday and broadcast the fails to do so as bank accounts will be frozen is possible i should say the controversial legislation was adopted more than seventy years ago that was before world war two to counter nancy propaganda in america the russian embassy in the us said in a facebook post the measures against russian media could be in breach of international freedom of press principles. pressure put on russian media sho

the international olympic committee is highly dependent on sponsors and those buying ads and of course the bulk of that cash is in fact coming from the u.s. according to putin who also under that with calling for improvement to the anti-doping system in the sports world world clearly he sees a number of inconsistency is there sports not the only field where russia is on the pressure the u.s. justice department has ordered auntie america to register as a foreign agent and do so by monday if the broadcaster fails to do so its bank accounts could be frozen the controversial legislation used was adopted seventy years ago that was way back before world war two and it was used to counter the nazi propaganda in america the russian embassy in the u.s. said in a facebook post the measures against russian media could be in breach of international freedom of press principles. harsh pressure put on russian media shows that the us keeps moving along the path of deliberate worsening of relations between russia and america and we see the latest demands as an effort to quell all sorts of alternative i

well as a pressure gets higher for the international olympic committee because if you. don't big engines it's not cold cold compliant that means that. and then doping work in russia doesn't work and good way let's also. spend it in moscow so there are many reasons to believe that it's a constant of us russia and russian sports doesn't allow them to compete at the olympics but to must pass a dramatic is he president has a different take on that he is against a collective punishment so i believe there is still a chance that russia will be testy that the olympics intention two thousand eight hundred. several to get your minder now the top stories we're following for you zimbabwe remains under military control a day after the army seized key institutions presently gobby is under house arrest this official seek a peaceful solution to the army's intervention. i'm brian thomas from the the entire news team thanks so much for being with us. in just a tad this is the one hundred and i think it's really important to give a bit of time and look back to the families who make so muc

news from the world of sport on the international olympic committee has banned five more competitors for the two thousand and fourteen saatchi winter olympics for life over anti doping violations the bans include dhimmitude and carver and alexei lego dialo two gold medalist on the four man bobsled team as well as by apple and really a silver medalist yanna roman over and all of. the latest bans bring the total number of russian athletes handed lifetime bans to nineteen the i.o.c. has said it will decide next week on the participation of russian competitors at the upcoming young chang winter olympics. to run a marathon is not the most demanding achievements in sport but for the fanatics the streets are not enough anymore real marathon addicts are no longer aiming for a simple city marathons like those in berlin boston or tokyo for them a new challenge is always a good thing such as a gruelling run in the antarctic. no these guys did not forget their skis these are the competitors in this year's antarctic ice marathon the world's southernmost long distance run i'm really looking for th

the international olympic committee is highly dependent on sponsors and those buying ads and of course the bulk of that cash is in fact coming from the u.s. according to putin who also under that with calling for improvement to the anti-doping system in the sports world world clearly he sees a number of inconsistency is there. sports not the only field where russia is under pressure the u.s. justice department has ordered r.t. america to register as a foreign agent by monday and if the broadcaster fails to do so as bank accounts could be frozen the controversial legislation was adopted more than seventy years ago before world war two to counter a nazi propaganda in america the russian embassy in the u.s. said in a facebook post the measures against russian media could be in breach of international press freedom principles post pressure put on russian media shows that the us keeps moving along the path of deliberate worsening of relations between russia and america and we see the latest demands as an effort to quote of alternative information and then acceptable breach of international

the international olympic committee is highly dependent on sponsors and. those buying ads and of course the bulk of that cash is intact coming from the u.s. according to putin who an author ended up with calling for improvement to the anti-doping system in the sportswear or world clearly he sees a number of inconsistency as their. sports not the only field where russia is under pressure the u.s. justice department has ordered r.t. america to register as a foreign agent by monday and if the broadcaster fails to do so its bank accounts could be frozen the controversial legislation was adopted more than seventy years ago prior to world war two to counter a nazi propaganda in america the russian embassy in the us said in a facebook post the measures against russian media could be in breach of international freedom of press principles. pressure put on russian media shows that the us keeps moving along the path of deliberate worsening of relations between russia and america with you the latest demands as an effort to quote a source of alternative information and

the international olympic committee are really relies on its sponsors and advertisements and the majority of those sponsors and all that money is actually coming from the united states itself and that is just very suspicious that this this next wave is coming just one hundred days before the russian presidential election he went on to point out the fact that a lot of the accusations that are coming out right now in the past week more russian athletes have been stripped of their medals and of their standings from the two thousand and fourteen olympics and you pointed out a lot of the evidence that in meddled with and that they were there for two years and there's no telling russian with those samples inst so anything could have happened and it's just not clear at all so that was another sort of this news just broke in the past an hour or so and very much so and of course that's nothing new right now the russian. the justice department in america has demanded that america register as a foreign ange agent and that came down a little while ago but the deadline is now by next monday and it's a

over a dozen leads have received on pre-set dented life time bombs in the past month the international olympic committee says it will release the evidence against them in due course my colleague andrew farber discussed with jacqueline bouvier all the problems really circle around the fact that ever since the mclaren report came out in two thousand and sixteen with allegations of state sponsored doping in russia different monitoring organizations have looked into that searching for some sort of evidence to back up those claims but all we've seen is a noticeable lack of proof to back them up that we spoke with the water president who says well it hasn't been found yet it's just a matter of time let's take a listen because keep saying it was news to each phone should bill ping and the other most of the other evidence. clearly. with the new teams it doesn't prove they don't want to. give them some time so there we have him conceding that it's just been hinted at the idea that a state sponsor scheme was in place and saying just give us time but the question is how much time do they pay him for life from the

the sports news this morning the olympic international committee could be a bird to extend its ban on russian athletes based on the results of more than twenty of leads facing doping allegations their fate is going to be decided on the fifth of december in what's been a lengthy doping scandal for team russia back in twenty sixteen the mclaren report claimed that moscow was running a state sponsored doping scheme something that russians firmly denied now in the last month six russian skiers have been banned for life from competing at those international forthcoming events with new information being put forward claiming to prove systematic cheating here in russia there's been renewed teams calls for the whole team russia to be given a blanket ban from the twenty eighteen winter olympics next peter all of a speaks to the athletics chiefs and also the head of the world anti-doping agency about the allegations and russia's chances now of indy competing. here up the play the game conference in the netherlands the great and good from sports administration and was tackled with stopping drug c

the international olympic committee believes as much as 1,000 russian olympics were don dopingful notsnoop dogg kind. the olympic committee is considering a number of penalties. apparently they got suspicious when they saw one of them pulling a water skier behind this might be controversial. i always knew the russians were doping. no one should be able to fit that many dolls inside of each ooflt it's not natural. this is a strange scientific finding -- [ applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. according to studies, researchers in england found the small amount of alcohol can actually improve your ability to speak a foreign language. alcohol helps people speak more -- at the very least it makes they will think they are speaking more fluently. guillermo, i feel like you're living proof this study is wrong. >>> no, jimmy, when i drink, my english is good. i even dance better, too. >> jimmy: you even dance better? >> yeah. >> jimmy: he even dances better. [ cheers and applause ] and not only does alcohol help, developers of a learning software believe medical marijuana may have similar benefits,

russian athletes are facing more extensive bans based on an earlier suspension by the international olympic committee the international skeleton federation has now also handed out temporary bans for all competitions not just the olympics the i.o.c. has already imposed lifetime bans on the four libyans after it said they were part of an alleged state sponsoring doping scheme in russia two of them were also stripped of the medals their one of the twenty fourteen sochi winter olympics one of the disqualified athletes told us she feels her ban is politically motivated because the new news is just another day i got a call from an unknown number caused me to comment on the i.o.c. decision i told him that i knew nothing about this no one told me i was completely shocked by this news it's very painful i just wanted to shout it's trying to prove that i'm not guilty i still can't believe it this is very sad and you just imagine a lifetime ban. so you have those who don't intentionally get pork and found guilty and disqualified come back later to the sport and i'm disqualified from life and for nothing i don't

and the international olympic committee makes another ruling in the russian doping scandal banning former russian skeleton athletes from line. to lie from our moscow studio with me in a day or two to welcome to the program with the tide turned against islamic state in syria there's renewed hope that a political solution can finally bring peace speaking at a summit on syria attended by the leaders of iran turkey and russia vladimir putin said that syria now has a real chance to and its six year civil war at the summit in sochi it was also agreed to hold inclusive all syrian talks going across live now to head trying to insult the for us he's been following the trial lateral talks it's been quite busy at what's the significance of this meeting. good evening to you from saw it she with syria now almost becoming completely terrorist free or ice or free i should say was the syrian president bashar al assad suddenly showing up here and saw on monday we were all curious to find out what was going to be decided and what was going to be said when the likes of assad rouhani aired on a ride today on