plus free to protest on the international stage the united states olympic and paralympic committee says it won't sanction its athletes for peaceful demonstrations in support of racial and social justice. as welcome to the program and we begin here in germany where the latest coronavirus numbers show a dramatic spike in new cases over the past day the country has hit a new high of nearly 30000 cases and $598.00 people have died that's the highest daily total yes weeks of partial lockdown have been slow the spread of infection enough much tougher restrictions see almost inevitable now with political momentum building for a harder lock down over the holidays. with only 2 weeks to go until christmas the looming question across germany is will a hard lock down come before or after the holidays. at its weekly briefing on wednesday germany's robert costa institute said it was alarmed and that it was bracing for a significant increase in case numbers. but if it's always going to ensure that we typically end before it's a meeting to rush an exponential growth put into our story. the situation is

frito protests on the international stage the united states olympic and paralympic committee says it won't sanction its athletes to peaceful demonstrations in support of racial and social justice. as welcome to the program e.u. leaders have set an ambitious target of reducing carbon emissions by 55 percent by the end of this decade compared to emission levels in 1990 it followed a night of intense talks in brussels with eastern european nations who are more dependent on fossil fuels seeking clarity on how to fund the transition to clean energy germany is the current holder of the e.u. presidency and chancellor angela merkel welcomed the new commitment. judging by their faces there was no doubt it had been a long night here in brussels. after hungary and poland had finally agreed to drop their veto on the entire budget leaders could get on with tackling what was the commission's most pressing issue before the pandemic struck the climate crisis. stuff you had to see you can achieve in this was worth a sleepless night i can't imagine what would have happened if we weren't able to reach

a bit more freedom when competing on the international stage the united states olympic and paralympic committee says it will not sanction athletes for peacefully and respectfully demonstrate in support of racial and social justice movements the olympic and paralympic games in the past u.s. athletes were banned from competition for protesting in mexico 68 olympics the so-called black power salute by tommy smith and john carlos resulted in both being expelled from the u.s. track team the gesture was rebuked as a patriotic. today that same protest would be permitted by the u.s. under the new policy handed down by the country's olympic committee team usa athletes are encouraged to advocate for racial and social justice and be a positive force for change some u.s. athletes were proactive in already using their platform in november of the u.s. men's soccer team don jackets with socially conscious messages ranging from. tallahassee to unity before a match the u.s. olympic committee has called on the international olympic committee to recognize that protests focused on human rights and social justice s

a bit more freedom when competing on the international stage the united states olympic and paralympic committee says it will not sanction athletes for peacefully and respectfully demonstrate in support of racial and social justice movements at the olympic and paralympic games in the past u.s. athletes were banned from competitor for competition for protesting in mexico 68 olympics the so-called black power salute by tommy smith and john carlos resulted in both been expelled from the u.s. track team the gesture was rebuked as a patriotic. today that same protest would be permitted by the u.s. under the new policy handed down by the country's olympic committee team usa athletes are encouraged to advocate for racial and social justice and be a positive force for change some u.s. athletes were proactive in already using their platform in november the u.s. men's soccer team don jackets with socially conscious messages ranging from n.p.c. brutality to unity before a match the u.s. olympic committee has called on the international olympic committee to recognize that protests focused on human rights in

paralympics will get grants worth an unprecedented $2200000.00 to help support the international paralympic committee announced the package to compensate losses suffered by more than $200.00 federations and national olympic committees from the coronavirus the 2020 games was postponed until next year because of the pandemic is the biggest source of income for paralympic federations women's golf legend has been elected president of the international go federation the i.d.f. is the gulf body recognized within the olympic and paralympic movement so instead of what 2 of them as an ambassador to get the sport back into the infix in 2016 as a player the swede won 72 times on the hill and 10 major championships she starts her new role on january the 1st on the men's european so english player andy sullivan leads the way at the dubai championship after 2 rounds he's already 17 under par that's the lowest half way total on the tour this season he's 3 shots clear of the field as he chases his 2nd victory of the season and that is all you will sport for now to me thank you very much indeed. surprised stopford ho

will get grants with an unprecedented 2200000 dollars to help support them the international paralympic committee announced the package to compensate losses suffered by more than $200.00 federations and national limpy committees from the coronavirus to turkey 2020 games was postponed until next year because of the pandemic it's the biggest source of income for paralympic federations baseball's world series champions the los angeles dodgers missed out on a street parade with a fans when they won the championship 6 weeks ago but the fans are making up for it with a drive through experience at dodger stadium 30 minute route features video displays a light show live performances and fake snow fans have to remain in the cause and way face masks if windows are rolled out. at all sports is more coming up again later hala thank you very much indeed peter what i'll say for this new sergey keep it here on al-jazeera then i'll be back with here in just a moment after this very short break c.n.n. . jump into the stream and julian on global community bio diversity is bio security it is that essential for our

paralympics will get grants with an unprecedented $2200000.00 to help support them the international paralympic committee announced a package to compensate losses suffered by more than $200.00 federations and national olympic committees from the coronavirus the tokyo 2020 games was postponed until next year because of the pandemic it's the biggest source of income for paralympic federations the grants will be awarded from next month. argentina's rugby skipper has been reinstated just a day off to being stripped of the captaincy for offensive social media posts on wednesday problem out there and 2 of his teammates were dropped off the tweets deemed racist and xenophobic win from nearly a decade ago resurfaced however and his team mates will now only sort out the saturdays trying to asian states against australia. knowledge. they really. should. japanese club have reached the knockout stage of the asian champions league the tournament is being held in a bubble in cutter perth glory 10 on thursday to seal 2nd place in group a half brazilian player delton with the only goal of the game in the 8th minute they

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