hello and welcome to focus on europe i'm michel henery all of europe is watching pyong chang as athletes gather from all over the world to compete in the twenty eighteen olympic games all perhaps except for many russians who refused to watch and protest at thirteen being banned because of doping practices. some russian athletes with a clean track record are allowed to take part under the olympic flag but many people in russia are outraged here in moscow they are demonstrating against the decision. some athletes prepare their entire lives for the olympics so it comes as no surprise that some of russia's top competitors were left frustrated and angry by being excluded while many critics hope the ban would force the country to tackle the doping issue people across russia complain that this is all part of a conspiracy against them a feeling shared by some of the suspended athletes. it was an unexpected twist for even broke in but being barred from the olympics hasn't stopped him training he and his partner alexandra steele have been skating together since they were children and working towar

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vice president mike pence while he was attending the opening ceremony of the pyong chang olympics it was slated to take place in seoul the following day at the presidential blue house the south koreans would act as an intermediary but only the united states and north koreans would be present two hours before that scheduled meeting the north koreans backed out they were apparently angry because earlier that week pence had said that the toughest round of economic sanctions has yet to come and that the united states would continue exerting maximum pressure on north korea to denuclearize he also said that he wouldn't allow quote north korean propaganda to conceal its human rights abuses north korea was also said to be angry because pence met with north korean defectors now the intent by the united states in having this meeting was not to negotiate or deescalate in fact it was to send it face to face a message to the north koreans that the united states plan to continue its policy of maximum pressure this comes as the north korean leader has invited the south korean president in to come t

the doping testing in sanctioning the olympic winter games pyong chang twenty eighteen is independent from the i.o.c. therefore the i.o.c. cannot communicate on individual cases while the procedure is ongoing on the one hand it is extremely disappointing when prohibited substances may have been used but on the other hand it shows the effectiveness of the anti doping system at the games which protects the rights of all the clean athletes police in south australia have revealed the biggest seizure of the drug methamphetamine in the state's history the three hundred thirty kilograms of drugs have a street value of more than two hundred million dollars they were found hidden in a container on a cargo ship last month it's thought they came from southeast asia three men have been arrested. an internal report released by oxfam has revealed that three of its workers threatened witnesses during an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct during an aid mission in haiti the charity released the report after being criticized for a lack of transparency over allegations its director in haiti us

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to pyong chang via moscow and sydney a pair proving that there's many ways to the top elites homan al-jazeera. during previous winter olympics the national hockey league would usually be suspended to allow players to take part but league officials refused a similar agreement for the n.h.l. continues as normal and that's not a bad thing if you're a fan of minnesota wild off the falling behind early against the st louis blues the wild part of six straight goals six different wild players are on the scoresheet for resoundingly six two when. the debiting continued on wednesday with italy's ellie have jani claiming victory in stage two stage one when a dillon get in of a can carry to for second overall lead in to stage two which saw riders travel one hundred eighty kilometers outside of dubai but despite a late surge from the dutchman physiology powered to the front inside the final half a kilometer to seal the win on what was his twenty nine. right now moves into second place in the standings just two seconds behind going on. four time olympic champion laura kenny is to make her return to the tra

hello and welcome to focus on europe i'm michelle henery all of europe is watching pyong chang as athletes gather from all over the world to compete in the twenty eighteen olympic games all perhaps except for many russians who with used to watch and protest at thirteen being banned because of doping practices. some russian athletes with a clean trucks.

hello and welcome to focus on europe i'm michelle henery all of europe is watching pyong chang as athens gathered from all over the world to compete in the twenty eighteen olympic games all perhaps except for many.

surrounding the games will fade into the background once the action is fully underway freezing host city pyong chang is ready for its moment in the sun for the next two and a half weeks it will be at the center of the sporting world. well european leaders are welcoming the deal reached by germany's two biggest parties to form a coalition government it's been more than four months now since germany held elections european council president all of those who travelled straight to berlin for talks with angela merkel today he called of the deal good new coalition agreement reached on wednesday would see berlin contributing more to e.u. budget something brussels sees as a welcome change merkel is also due to meet with the commission president john told you later today. let's find out what this would be government could mean for europe i'm joined now by our political correspondent thomas ferrer he is here in berlin on the story for us tonight good evening to you joe must so the united we saw there not wasting any time to high profile e.u. leaders in berlin today meeting with the chancellor and this is just

seven people died and many more were injured and music for the games the latest arrivals at the pyong change the winter olympics not athletes but an orchestra from north korea sent over the border to perform at the opening ceremony. i bring golf it's good to have you with us after a final twenty hours of marathon talks germany's biggest political parties have announced an agreement to form a new government chancellor angela merkel praised the deal that her conservatives struck with the social democrats as the basis for good government social democrat leader martin scholtz said that the new grand coalition will bring fundamental change for both germany and europe. here's part of what chancellor angela merkel had to say about the breakthrough. fund google goggles i know millions of our citizens have been scrutinizing the negotiations. they have to justifiable requirements of us. just films government and seconds to remember the needs and the desires of the people. and even listen to . this dimension i am convinced remains both parties reached can do just that be the foundation of a good and st

just around the corner the olympic flame took a spectacular right elizabeth while on its way to pyong chang. this stop is one of the more daring stages of its two thousand eight hundred kilometer journey around south korea not a feat for the faint hearted. at least the next leg was far easier for those watching to stomach. at the olympic village there were some unexpected visitors russian athletes who've been banned from the games by the i.o.c. who are presenting their case of the course of arbitration for sport in the hope of having the decision overturned at the last minute the hearing concluded we presented the arguments and the fifteen athletes were here last week but had to cast ballots and thirty two hundred athletes were not invited by you see a final decision for all the athletes expected on friday with only hours left to spare before the games open but the i.o.c. aren't the only ones with a close eye on the court's decision the world and you tube and huge n c's president craig reedie made his go with respect to russia's doping scandal very clear. but from my point of you much of th

their individual results achieved in such reinstated those athletes could now take part in the pyong chang winter games which start next week but they will have to be cleared to do so by the i.o.c. first the remaining eleven athletes however. for the olympic games in south korea the sports court found they did commit. but their lifetime bans have been revoked. well those allegations of systematic doping by russian or thora this came to light because of an investigation by german journalist heigho so what did he think of this ruling. because of the crazed declaration of bankruptcy of the anti-doping fight globally because you see that we have here is a really big cover up scheme running for years in russia and it is not disputed by the international court of arbitration of sports but at the end the message is this is not sanctionable which means at the bottom line we are. facing the olympic games is the message is you can do what you want you can cover up was a secret service you can dope. and present unprecedented scale for years but at the end you cannot prove it on the level of individua

is a part of the olympics this year journalists chasing the structure of reporting from outside pyong chang jason thank you thank you all right we have some breaking news a coming in the transition to a new government is proving bumpy for the social democrats now according to german media reports martin shuls the party leader who negotiated the coalition agreement with angle america's conservatives is being ousted from his role andreea analysis is set to take over with immediate effect oh we'll bring you more details on that story as they come in to us for now though moving on to some other stories making news around the world a brief u.s. government shutdown is set to end after the house of representatives passed a bill to fund the federal government through march twenty third the senate passed it a few hours earlier the bill also increases overall spending limits over two years the president on trump is expected to sign the bill into law rescue operations in taiwan have started to wind down after a devastating six point four magnitude earthquake rocked an area around the eastern city of f

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surrounding the games will fade into the background once the action is fully underway freezing host city pyong chang is ready for its moment in the sun for the next two and a half weeks it will be at the center of the sporting world. all right want to tell you now why some of the other stories making news around the world. than we are has rejoined the british com. in wealth that's after all a fifty two member states approved the move a flag raising ceremony marking the change has been held in london this west african nation withdrew from the group back in two thousand and thirteen but new president adama barrow signaled he reverse the decision. the european parliament has expressed deep concern about the human rights situation in turkey in a resolution on thursday e.u. lawmakers urged president rich of tyburn to want to lift the state of emergency imposed after the failed military coup in twenty sixty while they say it's being used to stifle legitimate opposition in the country. european leaders are welcoming the deal reached by germany's two biggest parties to form a coalition government it's been

korea have officially begun the games kicked off for the grand opening ceremony in the host region pyong chang nearly three thousand athletes from ninety two countries took part in the opening ceremony of the fifty third winter games to try and go reports from south korea. chairing is flashing on with why it's i've heard it war a few times it is happening at the opening ceremony of the winter olympic games are you seeing all the koreans these guys definitely know out of put up a show. and stun the audience just take the famous rapper sy who wants to rock the world with his hand on the dial but to this opening ceremony is special for many other reasons so let me just name a few that as the north and the south korean team was marching under the same flag then the oh a our team or the olympic athletes.

eight russians due to doping claims one hundred sixty nine competitors were cleared to competing pyong chang in a neutral elim pick athlete from russia team and the issue was same tool at a meeting of the international olympic committee on tuesday. mr president we are in trouble now we need to make it clear to the world that our decisions and actions are based on principles that distinguish the olympic movement from entertainment sports we're not talking about politics no matter what anyone says we're talking about how we respond to attacks on the most fundamental values by a country that voluntarily agreed to or specters values and which then deliberately attempted to destroy them when the winter olympics get underway in pyung chang one of those stranger sports to look out for is curling where giant stones are swept along the ice britain is strong in men and women's curling and the secret of their success is in the sport's history in scotland as only willing reports. while some prepare for a winter olympics by hurtling down a ski slope others give a gentle throttle and watch a giant slab of

more & less - that's the power of &. cluster in pyong chang ... >>> okay. it's about to happen. we'll take you live so you can get a look at pyeongchang. we're 45 minutes away from the opening ceremony of the winter olympics. you can see them here. don't turn away. nbc continues our coverage from south korea where everyone, garvins gearing up for the festivities. >> reporter: the town is alive now with things like snow sculptures. there's fun stuff like that. there's also some stuff that is pretty serious. you see everywhere these flags. it's the one korea flag that symbolizes unification. with the combined north and korea teams will be marching under. as they enter the stadium. we'll have more tonight after the opening ceremony. >> looking forward to it. thank you. >>> flags is a big part of the olympic tradition. it's fitting that the bay area veteran is about to embark on a mission to pay tribute to the importance of the flag from another country. he's returning a japanese flag that his father took from a dead soldier during world war ii. the vietnam veteran spoke with us. >>

grabs on day five of the winter olympics while another teenager has been taking over the slopes in pyong chang seventeen year old american chloe kim won gold in the women's halfpipe on choose day her success follows the slope style win on sunday for teammate and fellow teen red gerard kim endured herself to founds by tweeting about wanting an ice cream during the event she'd already been a big hit and kyung chang parents coming from south korea. i think you know having my family could be there through the whole process was so helpful and i've surrounded myself with such amazing people that they definitely made it much easier for me. yeah i mean i feel like i got to represent both the u.s. and korea today and i'm very honored to have been able to do that. king was a success is the kind of story organizers had been hoping for while the winter olympics are a huge global event there have been concerns about how many young people are watching a survey in south korea before the games showed people under twenty were largely indifferent about them only welling's has more. if summer olympics are the bi

controversy too after a documentary published a list of drugs that norway's team doctor brought to pyong chang a remarkable amount of assman medication was noted. in question six thousand doses containing banned substances that is ten times more assman drugs than for example neighboring finland brought to south korea now the quantity of asthma medicine it's raised a lot of concerns most of these drugs contain substances that are banned by wider the doping watchdog argues that they can enhance an athlete's performance by expanding lung capacity the norwegian anti-doping agency itself has also admitted the country has a problem with the over use of asthma medication it is common practice in norway to occasionally use asthma medicine in major elements in the respiratory system even with the diagnosis vastly is not specific the latest revelation comes after the release of a documentary that alleges the existence of an organized doping system at norway's ski federation we spoke to one of the journalists behind the film the riggin ski federation is very angry about this and they don't want to talk a

ban meant no one was welcome this february a team of almost eighty people will have a shot at the pyong chang golds as so-called neutral athletes not great but it's something russian foreign are regularly tested and they're amongst the most scrutinized that it's in the world and the discipline vision of while we now have a greater confidence that the anti doping system in russia is no longer a compromise and corrupt and given the latest winning streak for russia those athletes who have cleared their names in all likelihood will up their game eager zone of r.t. . well was an emotional day for the russian athletes involved as you could imagine and this is the reaction of one cross country skier cleared of doping after the verdict was heard many more russian athletes were in high spirits as only the head of the in a spent their careers how to essentially been left hanging in the balance. loyalists and when i found out about the decision during my training c.a.'s decided to overturn my disqualification my ban i had only positive thoughts in my head about that and i've been ready to ski for a long

controversy as well after a documentary published a list of drugs that norway's team doctor brought to pyong chang a remarkable amount of ass medication was noted six thousand doses in turning banned substances that's ten times more asthma drugs than for example neighboring finland took to south korea. the quantity of us medicine obviously has raised a lot of concern and most of these drugs contain substances that are banned by wada the doping watchdog argues they can enhance an athlete's performance by expanding lung capacity the norwegian anti doping agencies also admitting that the country has a problem with the over use of asthma medication it is common practice in norway to occasionally use asthma medicine in major elements in the respiratory system even with a diagnosis vastly is not specific. on the latest revelation comes after the release of a documentary that alleges the existence of an organized doping system no way ski federation we spoke to one of the journalist behind. the reagan ski federation is very angry about this and they don't want to talk about this problem and that's very sa

ban meant no one was welcome this february a team of almost eighty people will have a shot at the pyong chang golds as so-called neutral athletes not great but it's something russian are regularly tested and they are amongst the most scrutinized after it's in the world under the supervision of while we now have greater confidence that the anti doping system in russia is no longer a compromise and corrupt and given the latest winning streak for russia those athletes who have cleared their names in all likelihood will up their game eager zone of r.t. it was an emotional day as you can imagine for the russian athletes involved you can see here the reaction of one cross-country skier cleared of doping of the verdict was announced many more russian athletes were in high spirits previously of course they thought their dreams in careers had been shattered. meulensteen in the north i found out about the decision during my training c.s. decided to overturn my disqualification my ban i had only positive thoughts in my head about that i've been ready to ski for a long long time keeping up my training bu

korea played together on an olympics for the first time a unified women's hockey team begin their pyong chang campaign. out of their very warm welcome to the news hour we begin with one of the biggest confrontations between israel and the ron in years and that's ended with the dining of an israeli f. sixteen fighter jet well the jet crashed after coming under fire during a mission inside syria but it landed in israeli territory it all began when israel says it supports a draw in flying in its ear space into set to hit israel says the drone originated from syria and it launched a major air raid in syrian territory in response with its warplanes targeting at least a dozen syrian and iranian basis well syria responded with a barrel of aircraft far that's where the f. sixteen was done and well among khan has more now from western. in the early hours of saturday morning syria's war escalated to a new level for the first time in thirty years israel lost a fighter jet to anybody. the crush full at the shooting down of the drug israeli army video shows what it says is an iranian drone fly. towards th

pipped in the show good denio to the line for a twenty second career win the final race before pyong changtwenty two year old mckayla while the italy won the women's race underlying her status as a gold medal favorite in what will be her second olympic games. and that's all your sport for now it's now back to see you in london. thank you fire research as in guatemala have discovered new buildings and structures dating from the mayan civilization the discoveries include launch agricultural fields and arrogating can owls and tens of thousands of homes and buildings and mayans control huge swathes of central and north america until the spanish took over starting in the sixteenth century scientists used high tech area lapping techniques to find the remains in the middle of the dense jungle of quarter mile and a ten region. that's it for me for this news hour but i'll be back and i will with more of the day's. conservation ease helping kyrgyzstan to recover its snow leopard population to see the results i traveled up to the remote nature reserve of saudi chat at touch camera traps have identifi

governments involved have taken olympic politics to another level or a starting point this week is pyong chang so. not every picture tells the story not every image is worth a thousand words but the right one in the right place time and context can pack a bigger punch than one hundred soundbites for a million tweets and images like this with athletes from two countries entering the olympic stage under one flag. it's a great photo op it makes for some good pictures it does bring a sense of potential and the sense of optimism at least briefly for that sports event but it doesn't necessarily mean unification is around the corner of course there's an element of spectacle to it but it was also meaningful. and i think it demonstrated that the two koreas are trying to work something out at this moment one in which the north koreans have developed a nuclear program now there's a lot of tension between them and the international community and just having that group walking together doesn't erase all of that so you know it is a moment that suggests hopefulness and a lot has been said about the u.s. vice

we state run broadcaster and published a list of drugs of the norwegian team doctor brought to pyong chang and noted a suspicious amount of assman medicaid. which contains banned substances some six thousand doses that is ten times more ask my drugs than for example what finland has brought to south korea now are norway's anti doping agency has an alcohol didn't investigate into the possible over use of i asked my medication but actually concluded there was no evidence of any wrong doing however the head of the agency admitted that the use of asmer drugs is common practice in norway even when there is no specific diagnosis of asmer the latest revelation comes after the release of a documentary that alleges the existence of an organized doping system of norway's ski federation we spoke to one of the journalists behind the film. the ski federation is very angry about this and they don't want to talk about this problem and that's very sad in the region it's more. than a ski federation doping program we can see that forty one percent of the middle east have abnormal blood it means i don't thin

published a list of drugs the norwegian team doctor brought to pyong chang and r.k. noted a suspicious amount of asmer medication which contains banned substances we're talking about six thousand doses that's ten times more asmer drugs than for example finland brought to south korea now the head over norway's anti doping agency has admitted that the use of asimo drugs is very common in norway even when it's actually not even diagnosed the latest revelation comes after the release of a documentary that alleges the existence of an organized doping system at norway's ski federation and here in r.t. we spoke to one of the journalists behind this film. the ski federation is very angry about this and they don't want to talk about this problem and that's very sad in oregon it's more. than ski federation doping program we can see that forty one percent of the middle east have abnormal blood it means i don't think this is clean competitions we will see there are. doping also in this competitions we've asked of the international olympic committee whether it will investigate th

ban meant no one was welcome this february a team of almost eighty people will have a shot at the pyong chang golds as so-called neutral athletes not great but it's something russians are regularly tested and they're amongst the most scrutinized by rafa it's in the world. and the discipline vision of while we now have a greater confidence that the anti doping system in russia is no longer a compromise and corrupt and given the latest winning streak for russia those athletes who have cleared their names in all likelihood will up their game bigger than of. we discussed the issue with philip birch a lawyer at the center for law and justice he told us he welcomes the decision. of first of all it's a great victory for those twenty cleats fart over a year to claim their innocence and. this isn't confirmed that they have not committed any wrongdoing and the i.o.c. had wrongly sanctioned them for something they had not done theoretically. could challenge those this isn't the grounds on which you can charan's this isn't some before this resupply in court are very limited and i don't see how they could