and i expect that most the decision we taken to expel the belarus national olympic committee from the internationallympic committee, and the belarus team will continue to participate under the new flag -- under the neutral flag. host: given what belarus has given to previous dissenters, did this surprise you at all? >> no, not at all. it is totally in-line with expectations of what the lukashenko government is doing. sometimes lukashenko and has government are even sometimes ahead of the other states. they called back the and better because the latvian embassy put on a flag of the opposition. i mean, the eu was late to reacted that. it was only may 24 there was the plan incidente -- the plane incident. but the eu could do much more. recall all of the diplomats and freeze diplomatic relations entirely with belarus. one of the things we can do, extending a group of people to which sanctions apply. at the moment it is about 166 persons. you could say that is a lot. these people have money in bank accounts in european countries. the assets are present. but i think we can do much more than that, to be m

and that's because they were given the olympics by the international olympic committee. but a group of people across the ideological spectrum from fiscal conservatives. 2 more left of center environmentalist came together and said we don't want to host the olympics and pay for that big party for all these people to come only play without the roar of the crowd in tourism driving revenue. it may seem not worth it to press forward in boycotts. paycheck speaks louder than the pandemic with around 4 billion dollars to be made by the ioc to broadcasting rights alone in a way a made for tv event is just fine for them because they will still have all that money from broadcasters and corporate sponsors rolling into their coffers and they can keep the olympic machine despite polls seeing over half of japanese residents are against hosting the olympics in a pandemic. >> not even japanese prime minister suga could pull the plug. >> and he has stated publicly that he actually is not able to cancel the olympics. according to the host contract that was signed long before he got into off

told a belarus radio station she was very afraid to return and she was appealing to the international olympic committee bssf group channel a video and i will tell you what that is in a minute because it's very important. she said, i'm asking for the international olympic committee for help. i have been pressured and they are trying to take me out of the country without my consent. i am asking the ioc to intervene. the belarusian sport solidarity foundation is a group that was set up last year to support athletes jailed or sidelined for their political views and this was in the protests against the president alexander lukashenko. the latest, it keeps moving, this story, what, bring us up—to—date. it does, i'm frantically scouring all the sources we have here to try and find out what's happening. i can tell you that her team have come out and say she has been taken off the team because of her emotional and psychological condition, that is what they are saying. there has been a tweet from the minister of foreign affairs for the czech republic. i translated it and that say, we consider this situation to be

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mister, i'm asking the international olympic committee for help. there's pressure against me and they're trying to get me out of the country without my permission. so i'm asking the i o. c to get involved in this. now 6 months off to seizing power and a co me and my military ginger is naming itself can take a government lead a min on lie will become prime minister. he has promised left the state of emergency by late 2023 and hold multi policy elections. but to protest is in need more continuing for the military to get out of politics and the u. i says it's now confident that iran was behind an attack last week on in his writing, manage tanker off the coast of amman. but ron is denied any role in the strike on the m. v must the street can co which kill 2 people. the u. k. government also condemned the attack over the headlines lc for the news hour in half an hour time. the, the health of humanity is at stake. a global pandemic requires a global response. w h o is the guardian of global health. delivering life saving tools, supplies, and training to

this our, the international olympic committee has spoken with an athlete who is trying to stay in japan of falling out with that teams, officials. and this is bad, a russian sprinter. christina schumann of sky, who's seen at tokyo airport on sunday and was asking japanese police officers to help her. she told a journalist that she was taken there against her will often making a public complaint about her coaches. mister, i'm asking the international olympic committee for help, there's pressure against me and they're trying to get me out of the country without my permission. so i'm asking the i o. c to get involved in this. well now to me, in my 6 months off to seizing power and to the military, ginger is naming itself a can take a government. the lead a mean on lie will become prime minister, is promised to lift the state of emergency by late 2023 and hold. multiparty elections. protest isn't me, and mar, continuing that calls for the military to stay out of politics. the us is saying it's now confident that iran was behind an attack last week on an israeli managed tanker off the coast

she's asked the international olympic committee for some sort of assistance. are they likely to help her? i'm sure that what happened is outrageous and it goes along with the ryan their flight hijacking. oh, of course the question because regime was trying to take revenge in order for criticizing lucas and personally and management of olympic team. it's sarah bench and we should call it as a revenge opposition leaders of had to flee the country because it's not safe for them. meanwhile, the crackdown continues. we've seen unprecedented wave of searches, detentions on civil society organizations. do you fear that this is? this is the end of the opposition movement that it's just not sustainable anymore. i don't agree. i think it's sustainable, but of course it's very risky. it's very dangerous. all the people who remain in better is they're receiving constant threats today alive to their house, to their children. there are 1000 so those who laugh, but there are millions who still in the country and continue their peaceful on the ground, non violent resistance m

and it's again because of the international olympic committee, just a few weeks back, i had the good fortune of debating. mano a mano with the longest serving member of the international olympic committee, a gentleman by the name of richard pound, and this very idea came up. it is circulating out there, and mr. pound just blew it off, had 0 interest in it whatsoever. the international committee believes it's spreading the gospel of olympics around the world and that locating the games in a single city would undermine that. so if you want to abolish the i o c 1st, which was kind of be original, suggested that i made, that might get you on the path to perhaps putting them in one city. but like you said, it's not even clear athens would want them after the debacle. last time. some people have suggested allows on switzerland, where the international committee is based. that might be a possibility, but still it's a long shot. it's interesting to see have rich a pound on the stream a couple of weeks ago and he was telling us how safe the olympics were going to be, particularly when we're ta

i'm asking the international olympic committee for help. there's pressure against me and they're trying to get me out of the country without my permission. so i'm asking the i o c to get involved in this . and some news from me and my web 6 month after seizing power in a qu, the military inter is naming itself a can take a government name on lie will become the prime minister. he has pledged to lift the states emergency by late 2023 and hold multi party elections. i was the headlines risking it all is the program coming out next. after a one year delay the tokyo lympics. finally, despite growing opposition and spiraling costs, fountains of athletes are completing an empty stadium. amid the corona virus endemic algae, here it will be inside the olympic bubble. bringing you the latest from again, right? no other. ah, yes. ah, i use use who i latin american country, rich and precious minerals, ion copper and gold. it has seemed steady economic development in the last decade. while the number who live under the poverty line has half to 20 perce

for the international olympic committee this is a very difficult situation because it explodes one ofng myths, which is that the olympics are not political. this is obviously an emerging political situation here and if they want to stand by their slogan of putting athletes first, that means they may have to violate their stated policy of not engaging in politics. so they are very much on the hot seat. the ioc�*s supposed political neutrality is very much being put to the test here so it will be fascinating to see how they react. in terms of the action here. we've had two gold medals on the track. puerto rica's jasmine camacho quin won the womens 100m final — a dominant performace. usa's kendra harrison took the silver with jamaca's megan tapper winning the bronze. in the long jump for men — it was gold for greece and miltiadis tentoglou. let's take a look at what else is to come up on day ten of the olympics in tokyo. laurel hubbard is set to make history by becoming the first openly transgender athlete to compete in a different gender category at an olympic games to that which they w

because whereabouts we just had a briefing from the international olympic committee right now. so you should have been competing in the 200 meters at these top care games. instead, we have whole, she's at a hotel near the airports here in tokyo, olympic officials saying guys i spoke to her last night, said that you speak to her again this morning and they showed her, she does feel safe and secure. what appears to have happened is that a, a group of other, other risk athletes were leaving the athletes village last night have a complaint to havens hope care. and she was amongst grade. and the 1st of the she became aware that she was leaving against a will. i was when she arrived at the airport and immediately went out to see can help from took care police. let's say now for the odyssey spokesmen, marketers spoke to the mattress athlete. christina simon simon, new sky, directly last night. she was with the apple store. it is a to airport and was time accompanied by a staff member of tokyo 2020. she assured us and has assured us that she feels safe and secure. she spent the night at

the international olympic committee this is a very difficult situation because it explodes one of their is that the olympics are not political. this is obviously an emerging political situation and if they want to stand by their slogan of putting athletes first, that means they may have to violate their stated policy of not engaging in politics. so they are very much on the hot seat. the ioc suppose a political neutrality is being put to the test here and it will be fascinating to see how they react. ~ fascinating to see how they react. . ,, .. fascinating to see how they react. . .. react. we appreciate your time on that story- _ react. we appreciate your time on that story. plenty _ react. we appreciate your time on that story. plenty more - on that story. plenty more developments no doubt to come over the coming hours with that ioc media conference and a couple of hours time. let's have a look at what is coming up on day ten of the olympic games here in tokyo. laurel hubbard is set to make history by becoming the first openly each handstand athlete to compete in a different gender ca

mister, i'm asking the international olympic committee for help. there's pressure against me and they're trying to get me out of the country without my permission. so i'm asking the i o. c to get involved in this. a full battery should limping swimmer and opposition activists. his voice to support for he's been the guy, i'm scottish, that w b. i would say this is a blatant injustice and i'm president and violation of human rights and through. they tried to take an athlete out of the olympic village and bought them from the country just because of their opinion and position, correspondent and directions and hyphenated from take care. right now, semen oscar should have been competing in the 200 meters, at least took care games. instead, we have whole, she's at a hotel near the airports here in tokyo, olympic officials saying guys, i spoke to her last night saying that you speak to her again this morning and they showed her, she does feel safe and secure what a pace to have happened. is that a, a group of other, other risk athletes were leaving the at

the international olympic committee announces an investigation. we need to establish the full facts, we need to hear everyone involved. that obviously can take time. in the meantime obviously ourfirst take time. in the meantime obviously our first concern is for the athlete. i'm sarah mulkerrins with all the latest from the games in tokyo, where we have had a new world record in the men's 400 metres as norway's karsten warholm wins gold. wildfires fuelled by high temperatures and strong winds are sweeping parts of greece, turkey and lebanon, forcing the evacuation of thousands. the travel industry welcomes a decision by the uk government to abandon plans for a further change to its traffic light system for international travel. there are fears the taliban are on the verge of taking control of lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province in afghanistan. hello and welcome. a sprinter from belarus who refused her team's order to fly home early from the olympics has been granted a humanitarian visa by poland. krystina timanovskaya is at the polish emb

and that's because they were given the olympics by the international olympic committee. but a group of people across the ideological spectrum from fiscal conservatives. 2 more left of center environmentalist came together and said we don't want to host the olympics and pay for that big party for all these people to come only to need to play our without the roar of the crowd in tourism driving revenue in may seem not worth it to press forward in boycotts paycheck speaks louder than the pandemic with around 4 billion dollars to be made by the ioc to broadcasting rights alone in a way a made for tv event is just fine for them because they will still have all that money from broadcasters and corporate sponsors rolling into their coffers and they can keep the olympic machine revving despite polls seeing over half of japanese residents are against hosting the olympics in the pandemic. >> not even japanese prime minister suga could pull the plug. >> and he has stated publicly that he actually is not able to cancel the olympics. according to the host contract that was signed long

here is the message to the international olympic committee. take a listen. >> translator: i asked the international olympic committee for help. i was put under pressure and they're trying to forcibly take me out of the country without my content. i asked the international olympic committee to intervene. >> reporter: japan's government, in the meantime, said they're, quote, "confirming her intention to confirm asylum." the ioc is determining the next steps. they won't reveal all the details. >> i can tell you she is being looked after and she's safe and secure. >> you told us she's in the hands of authorities and she's safe. but you're unable to tell us which authorities and who is keeping her safe. we're taking your word she's in the hands of -- >> okay that's fine. you'll have to take my word for it. thank you. >> as mentioned at the top, this story is fast developing. we are staying across it for you and kwooem you updated through the day and beyond. >> we most definitely shall. patrick snell, many thanks. >>> at least eight people are dead f

not surprisingly, the international olympic committee now launching their own investigation. and that is starting with a request to the valerie simply, committee for their official version of events. 1300 people are now known to have died in recent floods in china. it's 3 times the number of sources originally reported. the hand of provincial government says a further 50 people remain missing. the majority, on jingo, the provincial capital, which saw years worth of rain in just 3 days last month. those that up stories to stay with us once upon a time in punch bowl is up next out of more use for you to the bye for now. mm. ah, i came to us from live on to get away from the war that was happening at the time. and they came to restart a life as a migraine, when i was trying to i, i struggled. it was very difficult. i wanted to give us every data that was at the beginning. i'm like my parents for the last 2 decades. lebanese families come to australia to build a better life and escape the destruction of war. but many a demonized in the new land, only live beneath it, rid of this m

not surprisingly, the international olympic committee now launching their own investigation. and that is starting with a request to the valerie simply, committee for their official version of events. in 3 neighborhoods in china's capital have been locked down and transport in and out of aging is suspended. it's the latest response to china's largest corona virus outbreak in month. overall, only a handful of new infections are reported on monday, but officials are worried about the foss spreading. delta vary and driving the new cases, katrina, you report from beijing? well, this represents a huge challenge of the chinese government. this is the worst outbreak that the country has seen and months, and it's taking place during the peak travel period of the summer holidays. now the authorities have said that there have been more than 370 positive cases identified over the last 2 weeks. 7 of the cases are critical. now the prior, she at the mormon seems to be preventing the outbreak through growing in the capital of beijing. there been only 6 cases identified here so far, but sort

the ioc has asked that belarus international impact committee to submit a report by the ioc has said that this kind of investigation will take time. —— international olympic banned some officials from the committee, including the president's son for failing to protect athletes who participated in the protests against the administration. the ioc has emphasised that the most important thing is her safety, and also her concern is now her family, safety, and also her concern is now herfamily, with her husband having since left belarus and is now in ukraine. also, the rest of her family is still in it belarus, so her concern as the safety of her family back home. mariko oi therefore is with the latest on this story and tokyo. thank you for giving us your time on tuesday. time to concentrate on what's been happening in the sport at the games, live to tokyo and sarah mulkerrins, sarah, on tuesday we had some history on the track and talk us through the emotional return to competition of simone biles. absolutely, we had two really big stories here yesterday evening and tokyo. simone biles, as you say, a really emotional return for her after what she has been thro

i therefore ask the international olympic committee to intervene. she claims that despite what looks like an organizational conflict, she can not return to bell was because as she claims, she will be immediately put in to prison. now the international olympic committee say that to my last guy is on that protection. she is staying in tokyo and several countries, including the czech republic and poland, are offering her a political asylum. he assured us and has assured us that she feels safe and secure . she spend the night at an airport hotel in the safe and secure environment of the i see in tokyo, 2020 will continue the conversations with her on the japanese. well thought is to understand what those next steps could be, what she wants to pursue. and we will give her support in that decision, as i say, she is in the hands of the authorities at the moment. we have also asked the better us and i see for a full written report, as you can see in the past year, we've taken quite a little of action against the veteran and i see. so we need to look at what

i'm asking the international olympic committee for help. there's pressure against me and they're trying to get me out of the country without my permission. so i'm asking the i o c to get involved in this the head of belarus is sport solidarity foundation says chris, stay night is safe and police officers looking into her case. she also explained why the action was taken. either there was a specimen going because a lot because christina showed indignation that she was put in a really something that is absolutely not in her program. and because the leadership of the federation, let's say, screwed up. she spoke about this openly, that they should have at least given some warning to allow them to pretend an athlete not competing and her discipline in her distance can get injured. anything can happen. and he richardson has the latest on these from tokyo. christina team and oscar was, was due to compete here in tokyo on monday in the 200 meters. according to the reuters news agency. she was taken to the airport from the athletes village against h

mister, i'm asking the international olympic committee for help. there's pressure against me and they're trying to get me out of the country without my permission. so i'm asking the i o. c to get involved in this type of better resist sport, solidarity foundations as christina is safe and police officers looking into her case. she also explained why the action was taken. either there was the bathroom got going because a lot because christina showed indignation that she was put in a really something that is absolutely not in her program. and because the leadership of the federation, let's say, screwed up. she spoke about this openly, that they should have at least given some warning to allow them to prepare an athlete not competing and her discipline in her distance can get injured. anything can happen. are now 6 months off to seizing power and a qu, me, and mars military chin to his name itself. a can take a government. eda ming own lie will become the prime minister. his promise to lift the statement urgency by late 2023, and hold multi party elec

we know that there will be the usual addresses from the international olympic committee and also — internationalames are going to take place injust three years time — take place injust three years time in — take place injust three years time in paris, so they will be that— time in paris, so they will be that ceremonial passing of the olympic— that ceremonial passing of the olympic flame onto them, and we will wait to— olympic flame onto them, and we will wait to see what thomas bach — will wait to see what thomas bach says, usually these olympic games go down as the greatest — olympic games go down as the greatest olympics yet, and we wonder— greatest olympics yet, and we wonder what that message may well come from the international and that the committee later, but it will definitely be significantly different to all the previous closing _ different to all the previous closing ceremonies we will have seen _ closing ceremonies we will have seen. , , , ., seen. just briefly, what has been your— seen. just briefly, what has been your personal - seen. just briefly, what has| been your personal cove

not surprisingly, the international olympic committee now launching their own investigation. and that is starting with a request to the bell aris limping committee for their official version of events. and the u. s. star, gymnast simone bowels has confirmed. she'll go for gold on the balance beam on tuesday after previously pulling out of all 5 of her other. and the big finals balls withdrew from her previous events to focus on her mental health. the american has previously talked about becoming just orientated during her performance and mexicans have voted in a referendum on whether to prosecute 5 former presidents, president to undress my love as a door has been promising to fight corruption. he encouraged her supporters to take part, but criticise election officials for a fewer pulling stations. more than 40 percent of registered voters must have part for the result to be binding. but the turn not recorded so far has been far lower. you can get, the important thing is ending impunity in this country. it's been going on for far too long. there has to be justice. there has to

not surprisingly, the international olympic committee now launching their own investigation. and that is starting with a request to the beller rece olympic committee for their official version of events for bodies had been fined in sedans, to teach river, according to military sources, that the remains of people believe to have been executed were discovered in the eastern states of casala, however, morgan's and called to him with more. the bodies were found overnight by the residence of content. that's where more than 220000, if you've been refugees, are currently residing waiting to be relocated to proper united nations camp. now we spoke to camp officials as well as military resources who say at least 30 refugees were able to cross from ethiopia, tegra region into ham dates, reception center, which is the refugee camp for if you're in refugees in the past few days. now those refugees say that at least 50 people were waiting on the other side to cross into sedan. to escape the conflict into gray, military sources say that the 4 bodies who were discovered had their hand side a

not surprisingly, the international olympic committee now launching their own investigation. and that is starting with a request to the valerie selim pick committee for their official version of events . ah, this is andre 0. these are the tell stories, at least 8 people have know died and 5 that have burned across turkey for the past 5 days. crews are still battling several wildfires in the popular twos and areas of until yes and more gun sorta has more from men of god. i'm telling you i promise. there has been several reports of the fire wrapped in in many provinces across the country. so far that has been defy, years for fire is going.

the international olympic committee says, russian olympian christina, just mental sky. it is safe in the hands of japanese authorities. she says her olympic team tried to force her to leave token after she publicly criticized her coach in washington. her down to the appropriate response to an attack on israeli operated tank off the coast of oman, u. s. and you have joined israel in blaming iran for thursday strike to ron has denied any involvement. 2 people were killed all the in the massive streets when it was hit by what appears to have been a drone strike. us secretary state antony blink and said it follows a pattern of belligerence from iran. hillary man leverett, tis a football whitehouse national security official. she thinks, relations in the region. and let me go to get worse. i'm afraid we're in for a period of a glitch or a tension, especially in bobbing iran and israel. there is no real diplomatic channel or framework to discuss or handle these tensions as, as there was when we had the j. c, p o, a before president trump pulled the united states out of it. tha

not surprisingly, the international olympic committee now launching their own investigation. and that is starting with a request to the valerie olympic committee for their official version of events still ahead on our leaving. it's late in the greek long job for secure golden is more action against me. ah, brought to you by accenture, that there be change the use me duties by extension. let there be change. oh i we haven't seen the last of the main biles at the take your limb takes, the u. s. to master will go for gold on the balance beam on tuesday after previously putting out of all 5 of her other finals to focus on her mental health. one of the events she missed was the flow exercise final, and that was won by her americans. teammates and jade carried the time to produce an incredible tumbling routine to claim her 1st elim pick metal. it means everything to me to have my dad here. we've been working so hard for this together . so i'm really glad that i was able to do that for us tonight. and having simone being back tomorrow is great. i'm really proud of her. she's been thr

not surprisingly, the international olympic committee now launching their own investigation about starting with a request to the bell. aris olympic committee for their official version of events . ok, thank you so much. and richardson reporting from tell you still had on the i'll just renew our the asia pacific region. titans restrictions, once again with 1000 cases there continue just by ro. meanwhile, the u. k. reluctant rules for travelers from several countries will have the latest from london and the athlete who fell over with a lunch to go, but still found the ways to win more action from the socio lympics coming up with joe. ah hello, good to see. you know, that storm system that was plugging the parent nice rate through to the else. well, it's now raised to the northwest and this has become a story for the baltic states. so we go in for a closer look. and we see particularly toward the eastern portion of these countries, some intense rain spilling into st. petersburg, russia, and then eventually, this will be on its way to finland. ok further south, we still got those red weather a

not surprisingly, the international olympic committee now launching their own investigation, and that is starting with a request to the beller rece olympic committee for their official version of events . eurostar, gymnast simone biles has confirmed, she'll go for gold on the balance beam. she previously pulled out of all 5 of her other events to focus on her mental health. now the news, new zealand laurel hubbard made elliptic history is the 1st ever opened the transgender athlete to compete. unfortunately for her, she made an early exit from the women's weight lifting. and despite falling in the heat for the 1500 meters dutch well champions, if on her son went on to win the race to qualify for the semifinals, she also won gold in the 5000 meters. the amount of stories and 0, high winds, and temperatures above 40 degrees celsius are finding deadly wildfires along turkeys southern coast. at least 8 people have now died with homes in gulf by the slain, firefighters are battling several bases. were the main concern now on 7 separate fires in the provinces, antalya and mueller, as well a

there are already sanctions from the international olympics committee on belarus. al olympic committee. they're going to continue the investigation. they said it will take some time. of course, the ioc has banned the country's president and his son from attending the games here. for failing to protect those athletes who attended the demonstrations against the administration. kristina timanovskaya has been criticised by some who are still within the belrussian sporting establishment. fellow olympian and bronze medallist, maxim nedosekov, said... the reaction of the state controlled media in the country has also been scathing. this headline in belarus today says "escape from belarus — the fastest sprint in the career of kristina timanovskaya." and this one says, "hundred metres of shame". but stay in belarus now but turned to the trial in minsk. it's a latest move by the countries autocratic government to try to suppress its opponents. maria is the most prominent opposition leader in the country. you could see her hair addressing reporters last year. she has spent the

international olympic committee says about a rational, impotent who elim peon, who says she was taken to take his hand to add port against her will, is safe in the hands of japanese authorities sprinter, christina to spun, whose guy alleged her limping team. tried to remove her from japan after she criticized her coaches. she was used to compete on thursday and 4 by 4 truck event she had been trained for. but she says she was ordered to pack her bags on sunday after she had publicly complained. and former, better russian olympic swimmer and opposition activists has voiced her support a teaspoon gaia scotched at w b, i would say this is a blatant injustice and precedent and violation of human rights and through. they tried to take an athlete out of the olympic village and bought them from the country just because of their opinions and position and directions and has worn out from take care right now. no. because should have been competing in the 200 meters, at least care games. instead, we have whole, she's at a hotel near the airports here in tokyo, olympic officials saying, as i spok

but despite this, despite that commitment to the very rules that the international olympic committee has set up, and despite the fact that they are the most tested, one of the most tested delegations that they are still daily faced with this wave of bitterness and malice. yeah, new and fair comments, direct or otherwise, as you're saying, indirectly the last number of there, including the swimmers. what's the media? how to say? well, unfortunately, the hostility towards the r a c team, it's really tenfold in western media. some of the headlines are actually pretty shocking. many of them fairly can disguise that discuss the russians have been allowed to learn with actually winning metals, beautiful music. and although window dressing such as calling itself the russian limbic committee to suggest an appearance of neutrality cannot mask the stench of corruption and appeasement. the eye sees entire plan completely backfired. it certainly didn't keep the russians. 2 out, and it certainly didn't shame russia were putting, has used the band to pump up nationalistic pride. and that was us, g

i'm asking the international olympic committee for help. there's pressure against me and they're trying to get me out of the country without my permission. so i'm asking the i o. c. to get involved in this. i mean richardson has the latest from tokyo, christina team and oscar was, was due to compete here in tokyo, on monday in the 200 meters. according to the reuters news agency, she was taken to the airport from the athletes village against her wishes by team officials and said to them, quotes, i will not return to bella ruth. now she's been critical of her team coach. she's during her time here in tokyo saying that she's also been asked to compete in the 4 by 400 me to relay an event she's not prepared for or trained for. and that was because other athletes in belarus had not been put through the necessary anti doping tests prior to that, rosalind okay, with that full ineligible. so g to she described the incompetence of the officials in bella. ruth, she was being forced to compete in an event she didn't want to. i've also had a statement

i'm asking the international olympic committee for help. there's pressure against me and they're trying to get me out of the country without my permission. so i'm asking the i o. c to get involved in this. and took it is under richardson right now. semen oscar should have been competing in the 200 meters, at least took care of games. instead. we have whole, she's at a hotel near the airports here in tokyo, olympic officials saying guys, i spoke to her last night saying that you speak to her again this morning and they showed her, she does feel safe and secure what a pace to have happened is that a, a group of other, other risk athletes were leaving the athletes. phil age last night had competed here in tokyo. and she was amongst that group on the 1st of the, she became aware that she was leaving against a will. i was when she arrived at the airport and immediately went out to seek out help from took care of police. let's say now for a minute the rti spokesman marketers spoke to the mattress athlete. christina simon simon, new sky, directly

krystsina says she is afraid to return to her home country and has asked the international olympic committeetervene. our correspondent matt graveling explained what happened. we will bring you that a little later. time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. it's a quiet start to the month of august, but nothing particularly outstanding, i'm afraid. in fact, today summarises it quite nicely. we have seen some breaks in the cloud out to the west, a lot of cloud generally elsewhere and some nuisance showers from a weather front that's drifting its way steadily south and east. some of these may well turn quite heavy and thundery before the day is through, but as that cold front clears away, it then allows this ridge of high pressure to build from the west and quieten things down. but the wind direction's still coming from a northerly source, so it's a cool start to monday. some early morning sunshine will quickly be spoilt by quite a lot of cloud developing into the afternoon, and a few sharp showers as well could break out across south wales and southwest england. temperatures

olympic and paraolympic committee said it is okay. the internationalmpic committee might say something different. we could see everyone at loggerheads if the international olympic committee disagrees with the u.s., the u.s. saying it was okay what she did and was not disrespectful. we will see how that plays out in the next few hours. >> a lot of games behind us already and still a lot of competition ahead. that is countries are teen brennan from "u.s.a. today" joining us from tokyo covering these olympic games, thank you so much for making the time. >> my pleasure. thank you >> woodruff: and on the newshour online, high-profile decisions by black women like simone biles, naomi osaka and nikole hannah jones have opened up conversations about advocating for one's mental health, as well as the toxic work conditions faced by black women in many industries. find what others who are grappling with these same issues say about what this moment means for them on our website, that's: pbs.org/newshour. and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join

the international olympic committee has spoken with an athlete who is trying to stay in japan after falling out with officials on the team, the bellagio sprinter, christina sherman, or sky, or was to compete in the women's 200 meters on monday. but instead she was seen at the airport in tokyo on sunday, asking japanese police to help her told her reuters john less that she was taken to the airport against her will. after making a public complaint about the people training on mister, i'm asking the international olympic committee for help. there's pressure against me and they're trying to get me out of the country without my permission. so i'm asking the i see to get involved in this overhead is better assist sports on a. darcy foundation says that christina is safe and that police officers are looking into a case. she also explained why the action was taken ease that there were some of them going to wiggle up because christina showed indignation, but she was put in a really something that is absolutely not in her program. and because the leadership of the federation, let's say, screwed up,