that means athletes will have to be flown to tokyo for the closing ceremony. there has been a lot of discussion regarding start times across the game which led to some reviews. the move to sapporo and knowing that it was done to protect the welfare and the athletes and knowing that sapporo is significantly cooler generally at the time of year than tokyo, that allowed us a little bit more flexibility, so in terms of the actual start times that were confirmed with tokyo and world athletics, the marathons are both at 7pm. this was the original planned start time before they were brought forward to six ams. it allowed us to go back to that originally planned time of seven am. and all the sports news is available on our website, but we are totally out of time, so from me and all of the team, goodbye. some of us have got quite murky conditions to come over the next few hours. the fog patch is to the south—east of this weather front but if we zoom out of the uk and look at what is upstream of us we can see the next area of low pressure showing its hand and this wil

pictures from tokyo. we showed you what happened one hour ago in hong kong, a more low—key celebration because the annual firework display did not happen because of security concerns. there was instead a light show. but now the scenes in bangkok and i think you will probably agree that they are pretty good. plenty more capital is to visit, of course, in the coming hours, and we will show you some of the preparations going on in this country as midnight approaches a little bit later on this evening as well. to the menus down —— to the menus now... thousands of people in south—eastern australia have been forced to seek refuge on beaches and boats after becoming trapped by advancing bush fires. in the state of victoria, 4000 people, locals and tourists alike, prepared to flee into the ocean as a last resort. military aircraft and naval ships are being deployed to carry out evacuations and support firefighters. in new south wales, two more people have been killed and dozens of properties destroyed alo

has been 20 of snow in tokyo tonight. —— plenty of snow. in moscow they have had to quietly lay artificial snow around red square and other landmarks because it has been the mildest winter in russia since about the 18805. winter in russia since about the 1880s. they have not had snow at all and people were failing to get worried, the authorities were worried, the authorities were worried what it might mean for the moscow citizens. we will see the effects in moscow in about a couple of hours. about ten o'clock this evening. we will have all the fireworks and bbc news. let's go back to look at the north korea and japan approaches. a contrast. near neighbours was not that friendly relations. japan is nervous where north korea may fire a missile onto its territory. the floor show for north korea and we have singers from the army singing in unison with a spectacular display behind. i love the snowman in affairs. —— a fez. everybody is waving like sex. i don't know if we get to see kim jong—un. the new king. —— waving light sticks. a ne

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. new year celebrations have been taking place across the world. australia and new zealand fireworks launched us into the new decade. this now from tolu adeoye on the celebrations so far.... auckland was the first major city to welcome 2020 with a bang. the sky tower at the centre of celebrations. in sydney, the traditional display went ahead, despite some calls for it to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis. there was singing, dancing and fireworks in pyongyang, as north korea saw in the new decade. whilst a traditional buddhist ceremony was the focus injapan. the fireworks show was scaled back in hong kong because of the recent unrest. protesters formed human chains in the city. so, not the usual big display in the middle of victoria harbour on this occasion. but still, there was quite some show. and this in bangkok... 2020 making quite the entrance. tolu adeoye, bbc news. london's new year fireworks is organised by mayor of london's office. i'm joined now by the mayor, sadiq k

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0lympics. that could take us right up until the tokyo olympics. the final decision will be with them and it will then go to the individual governing bodies, fifa, the ioc, to implement sanctions, but there is possibly a long way to go and this could still get very messy. the president of wada, sir craig reedie, says the decision shows its "determination to act in the face of the russian doping crisis". some people have said the sanctions don't go far enough and are calling for a blanket ban. you can say this is not enough, but what i would say is this. every world championship for the last four years, not just any other games, but every world championship, there won't be a russian president there, no government officials, no team. neutral athletes only, no russian flag. that is a significant sign and message that says you, by your conduct, have forfeited your place at the top of world sport. if that's not enough we may have to go next time. but yes, we want to try and get a message across without punishing innocent athletes. arsenal have their fir

looking ahead to tokyo 2020, what is a realistic expectation? what are you hoping for? i am not really putting any expectations on myself. it is my first 0lympic putting any expectations on myself. it is my first olympic games so to go there and swim and god knows how will they? it is just about... taking it all in and experience, experiencing it. now, it is a question that many sportspeople grapple with, what to do when you're career ends? a boxer is now using his skills with the brush is to stay involved in the sport and heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua is sport and heavyweight champion anthony joshua is amongst sport and heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua is amongst his fans. we went to meet him before saturday's fight. it probably started with doing pieces of tyson, and then a local hero. and it hasjust grew pieces of tyson, and then a local hero. and it has just grew and pieces of tyson, and then a local hero. and it hasjust grew and grew and grew. my and grew. my name is pat killian, i am best known for painting boxers. welcome to my studio. it has happened if y

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. well, our correspondent, quentin sommerville, is in beirut now. quentin, what are the authorities there saying about all of this? they are saying very little. as you heard in rupert's report, he arrived by private jet, heard in rupert's report, he arrived by privatejet, on heard in rupert's report, he arrived by private jet, on sunday evening. carlos ghosn was born in brazil but is of lebanese heritage and is one of lebanon's favourite sons. he's extremely well regarded in this country, to such an extent that they even issued a postage stamp with his face on it. he owns one of the big vineyards in the country. he is a super well connected to the political elite here in lebanon. he has many high ranking friends who will doubtless offer him protection. so lebanon will hold on very tightly, despite the factjapan gives hundreds of millions of dollars in aid of this country, lebanon will hold on very tightly to carlos ghosn. all the while, while he has been locked up injapan, there has bee

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. well, here with the latest is our economics correspondent andrew walker. this is quite extraordinary. absolutely. it's hard to... i can't think of any precedent for a major international business figure, and let's be clear, i don't think there isa let's be clear, i don't think there is a bigger name in the global motor industry, one of the biggest industries on the planet, there is no precedent for someone being arrested in this way, and then fleeing the country... one couldn't say exactly like a common criminal, firstly because he protests his innocence, but also it must have taken considerable innocence, but also it must have ta ken considerable resources innocence, but also it must have taken considerable resources to organise this kind of flight from the country, from under the noses of the country, from under the noses of the japanese authorities. without a passport because they'd been taken away. taken away but it's possible to have more than one passport for a particular countr

well that's the story that all the journalists in tokyo are pursuing right now and the answers have not become clear he was as far as we knew under house arrest including cameras monitoring his movements inside the house so how did he suddenly show up in lebanon this is something nobody expected and nobody has been able to explain yet this is this is the big question how did he get out and who helped him get out because it's impossible to believe that he did this all as one individual obviously he either paid people or people from outside came into to help him escape he says he's escaped justice and political persecution in japan what's likely to be the reaction to that. well probably if the past is any guide the japanese government will just dismiss those allegations and and try to ignore them to as much as they can it is a view that many observers will sympathize with because there are deep flaws in the japanese legal system and the way that go in was being handled was very much a kind of a railroad job but on the other hand there is also a large stream of thought that even if the jap

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. we can speak to a former nissan executive who knows carlos ghosn well. she's carla bailo, president and ceo of the center for automotive research whojoins me from michigan. great to have you with us. you know him well, are you surprised by his appearance in lebanon?” him well, are you surprised by his appearance in lebanon? i think the whole case surprises me, from the very beginning, from the arrest through the amount of entering men in jail through the amount of entering men injailand now the through the amount of entering men in jail and now the escape. through the amount of entering men injail and now the escape. and through the amount of entering men in jail and now the escape. and the whole thing is a surprise. and unexpected event that happened in the automotive industry this year and all the countries that had supported him throughout the entire time has been lebanon. the people had supported him the government has come out and supported him sale of all the places to return

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. thousands of mixed—sex couples in england and wales are expected to enter into civil partnerships from today. it comes after a long battle against a law that had previously only permitted same—sex couples to become civil partners. daniela relph's report contains flash photography. cheering. finally, civil partners. something they had always wanted, but until today, had been legally impossible. rebecca steinfeld, charles keidan, and their two young daughters, mark the occasion at chelsea registry office in london. i love you. this wasn't a wedding. they didn't even call it a ceremony. it was the registration of a civil partnership. giving the family the legal and financial protection that a marriage provides. there are lots of reasons why people don't want to get married. they might have had a previous bad experience of marriage, their own parents marriage, they might have feminist objections like we do. and we feel thrilled and honoured that we have opened up the institution of ci

this woman wins damages in a tokyo courtroom after accusing a prominent journalist of rape. taiwan's foreign minister tells the bbc the free world should stand with the island democracy — in the face of growing pressure from china. and anger in ukraine — protesters say new land reform proposals will benefit oligarchs and foreign investors. president trump has lashed out over his imminent impeachment in a 6—page letter to top democrat nancy pelosi, accusing her of declaring "open war on american democracy". on the eve of the crucial vote in the house of representatives, which is dominated by the democrats, he's claimed he's been denied his most fundamental rights — even though he's turned down an offer to give evidence himself, and have his legal team question witnesses. in his letter to the house majority leader mr trump claims the charges he faces are "completely disingenuous, meritless, and a baseless invention of your imagination" and also claims the impeachment process, which is set out under the us constitution, is "nothing more than an illegal, partisan attempt

this woman wins damages in a tokyo courtroom after accusing a prominent journalist of rape. as mps return to parliament after the uk‘s prime minister says there‘ll be a new law to finish brexit trade talks by the end of next year.

still to come: talking pictures, tutankhamen and tokyo. we look ahead to 2020's cultural highlights. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we're going to use money we picked up in belgium today. and then we'll be in france and again, it will be the same money. it's just got to be the way to go. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. reporter: it was just good? no, fantastic! that's better! big ben strikes the hour this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: the former head of renault— nissan, carlos ghosn, has fled japan, where he was awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct. in a statement, mr ghosn confirmed that he was now in lebanon. blazes continue to rage across australia. weather conditions, already described as catastrophic, are exp

tokyo's olympic national stadium is offically opened. violent storms bring floods and mudslides to large parts of western europe, as they brace for even more heavy rain. and liverpool are crowned champions of the world, with an extra—time goal against brazilian side flamengo. the australian prime minister, scott morrison, has acknowledged public anger at his decision to go on holiday while his country faces a bushfire crisis. mr morrison said if he could go back he would have made a different choice. the fires are expected to worsen with more hot dry weather expected. mr morrison did acknowledge the role of climate change, but said warming temperatures couldn't be connected to any single fire. gareth barlow reports. this is the remarkable, almost apocalyptic scene facing firefighters tackling australia's deadly and devastating wildfires. fire chiefs described saturday as an awful day. as thousands of personnel tackle raging infernos, the country's prime minister, scott morrison, has been heavily criticised for being on holiday in hawai

gareth barlow, bbc news. 60,000 people have packed into tokyo's new national stadium to celebrate its opening ahead of next year's olympics and paralympics. they cheered the retired jamaican sprinter usain bolt as hejogged around the track. mark eames reports. expect a few more drums when they do this for real next year. in just over seven months time, the tokyo 0lympics get under way and the stadium that will be the centrepiece for the games and also the paralympics has officially been opened. the success of the recent rugby world cup, aided by the host nation's run to the quarter—finals, has given sport injapan a big boost. the stadium, which cost nearly $1.5 billion, will hold 68,000 for the olympics. those lucky enough to get tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies will see more of this nextjuly but on a far bigger scale. if you are celebrating the opening of your olympic stadium you need a highly decorated 0lympian. they don't come much bigger and better than this man, usain bolt certainly knows a thing or two about winning 0lympic titles. the crowd delighted to welcome

this woman wins damages in a tokyo courtroom after accusing a prominent journalist of rape. scientists say they've developed a new theory president trump has lashed out over his imminent impeachment in a 6—page letter to top democrat nancy pelosi, accusing her of declaring "open war on american democracy". on the eve of the crucial vote in the house of representatives, which is dominated by the democrats, he's claimed he's been denied his most fundamental rights — even though he's turned down an offer to give evidence himself, and have his legal team question witnesses. in his letter to the house majority leader mr trump claims the charges he faces are "completely disingenuous, meritless, and a baseless invention of your imagination" and also claims the impeachment process, which is set out under the us constitution, is "nothing more than an illegal, partisan attempted coup that will, based on recent sentiment, badly fail at the voting booth. now the fear that impeachment could backfire, politically, on democrats is in the minds of some members of congress, as our north

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. andrew walker. it certainly was unexpected and the reports coming from lebanon as he arrived in a privatejet reports coming from lebanon as he arrived in a private jet coming from turkey and got into the country using a french passport despite the fa ct using a french passport despite the fact his lawyer injapan body had all fact his lawyer injapan body had aler fact his lawyer injapan body had all mr ghosn passports. is a possibility if you international traveller —like ears you may have another one to travel. he has an lebanese identity card the lebanon government position as he is very welcome. the senses he has got very strong support within the establishment of lebanon. i remember when he was head of the car company one point he wanted to be interviewed for hard talk and the interviewed for hard talk and the interview didn't get done but he wa nted interview didn't get done but he wanted it done there. i think it will be very difficult for him to resume any major career in the international m

this woman wins damages in a tokyo courtroom after accusing a prominent journalist of rape. as mps return to parliament after the uk's prime minister says there'll be a new law to finish brexit trade talks by the end of next year. president trump has lashed out over his imminent impeachment in a 6—page letter to top democrat nancy pelosi, accusing her of declaring "open war on american democracy". on the eve of the crucial vote in the house of representatives, which is dominated by the democrats, he's claimed he's been denied his most fundamental rights — even though he's turned down an offer to give evidence himself, and have his legal team question witnesses. in his letter to the house majority leader mr trump claims the charges he faces are "completely disingenuous, meritless, and a baseless invention of your imagination" and also claims the impeachment process, which is set out under the us constitution, is "nothing more than an illegal, partisan attempted coup that will, based on recent sentiment, badly fail at the voting booth."(biv) now the fear that —— badly

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officials in tokyo say they're trying to confirm the reports. american news sources have quoted his friends as saying he'd left japan without permission after deciding he wouldn't get a fair trial. mr ghosn, who's awaiting trial for financial crimes denies enriching himself at his company's expense and mis—stating his income. gareth barlow has more. carlos ghosn was one of the great tycoons of the car industry, known for turning around the fortunes of some of the world's biggest brands. at one point, nissan, renault and mitsubishi were all under his control. a citizen of brazil, france and lebanon, ghosn established himself injapan where he was considered a hero for transforming nissan. he was a very powerful car executive who was particularly known for his efficient cost—cutting, which saved nissan, in essence, yeah. so, a hard—nosed businessman who seemed to have a very good touch in turning companies around. following accusations of significant acts of misconduct, including under—reporting his pay and the personal use of company asset

rupert, in tokyo, just under six hours to go but a very happy new year to you there. made him happy... he could have said something back to me but he didn't. there you go. you are watching bbc news. let's bring you our headlines this hour. thousands of people seek refuge on the beach and in the sea to escape bushfires in australia — military helicopters and the navy are deployed to help them. former nissan boss carlos ghosn flees to lebanon, despite being under house arrest in tokyo on financial misconduct charges. the national living wage is to rise in april by 6.2%, four times the rate of inflation. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good morning, john. good morning, john. good morning, john. good morning, simon. it is a good morning this morning, i wonder if it will be tomorrow morning with that early start to come. we begin with football. football's rule makers have suggested the video assistant referee is being used too forenscially in the premier league. a number of contested offside calls has led fifa to consider a ru

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. a mother was taken to hospital after she was stabbed three times in front of her child, according to police in london. officers were called yesterday afternoon to a report of a stabbing in in streatham, south london. the 36—year—old was attacked from behind while pushing her child in a pushchair. the man did not speak when he stabbed the victim, who was was taken to hospital but her injuries are not considered life—threatening or life—changing. the lone suspect is described as a black man, who was around 6ft and wearing dark clothing. there have been no arrests and police officers are appealing to witnesses to come forward. the headlines on bbc news... thousands of people in south—eastern australia have been forced to seek refuge on the coast after becoming trapped by advancing bushfires. thousands of iraqi militiamen have attacked the american embassy in baghdad, angry at us air strikes on theirforces. lebanon says the former nissan boss carlos ghosn entered the country leg

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. here, the national living wage is set to rise by more than four times the rate of inflation. the increase takes hourly pay for people over the age of 25 to £8.72 from april. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. it's been promoted by the new government as the biggest cash increase ever for those on the lowest pay, an extra £930 a year, if they're full—time. for the employers that have to pay it, though, their income isn't going up anything like as fast. many low—paying industries like restaurants and hotels don't dare raise their prices to cover the extra costs for fear of losing customers. the chancellor set out a plan for raising the wage to 66% of average earnings, or about £10.50 by 202a. i think politicians need to understand that that kind of rise doesn't come for free and they'll need to be looking at the kind of supportive policies around that that will help businesses. in the past decade, boosting wages for the lowest paid has reduced income inequality, the

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russia will appeal against their doping ban — that will prevent athletes competing under their flag at tokyo 2020. and arteta to arsenal? the new manager at the emirates looks set to be confirmed on friday. cricket‘s most lucrative league in the world has been redistributing some of its rupees into the pockets of the players at the indian premier league auction. australia's pat cummins will take home the largest ever salary for an overseas player, as the spending on new recruits for the 2020 competition stretched into the millions. austin halewood has been crunching the numbers. 338 players went in with millions of dollars spent by the teams. who were the standout buys? the kolkata buyers made the biggest purchase of all, pat cummins, the number one test builder in the world for a massive $2.2 million —— bowler, that makes him the most expensive overseas player in the league does make history. but that still doesn't make history. but that still doesn't make the most expensive player in the history of the rbl, it was just short of the $2.3 million paid for yuvraj. read and was delighted

tokyo's olympic stadium has officially been opened. sixty thousand people were given a glimpse of how the 2020 opening ceremony might look, with traditional drummers and a parade of dancers in vivid colours. the first sporting event to be held at the national stadium will be the emperor's cup soccer final on new years day. now on bbc news, it's the clickmas special with bags of seasonal tech fun. we hear from tim peake on the year in space and pitch man against robot to see who's the fastest driver around an f1 circuit. ohohoh merry clickmas! anyway, this festive week we have cars, dogs, astronauts, and lots and lots of singing furbies. # oh christmas tree... # your leaves are so unchanging...#

he's joining us now from tokyo to tell us about what exactly prime minister shinzo army has said. when we got so much information about that position. that was they could be going to go to a meeting but it's very clear that. it is that i need to. give you the. help that they had over from the. get on certain measures to reduce its obligations. to one so. like. the one thing. the one other thing. that i've been discussing with the money just behind me in that i. didn't. is it runs it like that the but i think if the sending. some of its naval hospital with the gun for. that we should put surveillance for making guns. if so. but i'm starbase explaining the details of the nature of this mission as you know you've been specific to the situation for the beats you up on from sending. forces to go but missions to japan so it's very good if you go and did it for instance at the mission japan would like to be sure one of the percent that. would not be there would not be caught in the middle then you go for the station between us sort of union troops if something happens here one more thing

did nations to lift sanctions on pla want to help break the deadlock but it's unclear whether so or tokyo worth u.s. allies would support that routes. on monday one day and she met separately the chinese president xi jinping in beijing. china the summit is an opportunity to expand its regional influence but the 3 countries have currently embroiled in territorial disputes miss south china sea. south korea and japan are allies with the u.s. so if china can develop and improve the relations with these 2 countries crees u.s. influence in this region and the weakened china's pressure from the u.s. the leaders have signed a 10 year corporation plan which includes tackling shared challenges such as climate change and aging populations. but the biggest challenge perhaps his political future they would trust rather than risk threats. at least 8 people have been killed after a syrian government test trying to target a school province tens of thousands of civilians have been fleeing towards the border with turkey to escape the escalation in violence there government forces and their russian allies a

being sent to the gulf to protect japanese oil imports the deployment from his last week's visit to tokyo by iran's president 90 percent of japan's crude oil comes from gulf arab countries and iran denies links to several recent attacks on oil tankers well alan i spoke to jeff kingston who's a professor of asian studies at temple university in tokyo and he says japan's prime minister shinzo abbay is trying to balance various interests. he said in an awkward position he's trying to thread the needle he's got basically 3 audiences he's dressy one is a trump administration that asked to join the coalition the other is president rouhani of iran is key to maintain good relations and the 3rd audience is domestic keen to revise the constitution and remove the pacifist article so. calling this intelligence gathering not joining the u.s. coalition is meant to placate trump you know to avoid the accusation of being a free rider but not undermine iranian relations and not cause a domestic backlash because there's deep money at the security alliance with the united states and only about 3537 percent

impose harsh sanctions and try to work diplomatically to resolve the issues and i clearly you know tokyo they want a revival the nuclear agreement that trump has pulled the plug on but the he only goes so far and he doesn't want to further alienate trump because trump is making noises about getting japan to pay a lot more for the safety of u.s. troops and for bases in japan so it's a delicate situation a very delicate balance indeed jeff kingston there professor of studies at temple university and take care thank you for joining us on al-jazeera. thank you. in breaking news a passenger plane with 100 people on board has crashed in kazakstan the royces news agency says it happened now almaty airport and the country's south well bring you more on this as soon as we have those how the united nations has condemned an artillery attack on a market in northern yemen near the border with saudi arabia 17 people were killed including 12 ethiopian migrants who the rebels say the market inside a province has been targeted 3 times and just a month while the war in yemen has created what the u.n. call

so here i am, a year out of tokyo. and i am just so excited to step up and race, and that is something i am good at. standing on top the podium injapan, i think i will go back to that little russian girl who truly believed she could do anything, and here i am. being in tokyo, standing up there, just thinking that, i hope i made her proud. i always give 110%. i thinking that, i hope i made her proud. ialways give 110%. i know that in this next year i will have to make sacrifices. i don't think i can fail. and we'll leave you with this as cristiano ronaldo has received plenty of praise for an impressive towering headerforjuventus. and thatjump hasn't gone unnoticed by the 16—time grand slam champion novak djokovic, who decided to get some tips as the pair trained together in the gym. looks like ronaldo narrowly won that one. that's all from sportsday. there's more on the bbc sport website, including coverage of wolves v manchester city in the premier league. have a lovely evening, and coming up next it's the travel sho

former nissan boss carlos ghosn flees to lebanon, despite being under house arrest in tokyo on financial misconduct charges. the national living wage is to rise in april by 6.2% — four times the rate of inflation. heterosexual couples in england and wales will be able to enter into civil partnerships from today, giving them similar rights to people who are married. meet the seal that commutes between the isle of man and cornwall — as record sightings of whales, dolphins and seals are reported in british waters. coming up in half an hour, we bring you some of the highlights of the victoria derbyshire programme from the last year, including our exclusive film on the burning of plastic waste in indonesia. and the ii—year—old liverpool fan who knocked himself unconscious on a bmp knocked himself unconscious on a lamp post after running out after his hero, mo salah. devastating bushfires across large parts of australia have claimed two more lives. the latest victims, a 63—year—old man and his 29—year—old son, died in new south wales. in the neighbouring state of victoria, thou

our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in tokyo. what more can you tell us about this statement he has released? this has come within the last hour or so, released by mr ghosn's agent or advisers in lebanon. it is, as you said in your introduction, quite a dramatic declaration that mr ghosn has said, entity said" eye and fleeing a rigged japanese justice system" he said guilty is presumed, discrimination rampant, and human rights are denied. he said he was not fleeing just as part escaping injustice and political persecution. he is essentially saying what he has said before and what his defence tea m said before and what his defence team has said before, that the case against him was politically motivated by nissan and that they had conspired with the japanese prosecutors' office to trumped up charges against him in order to get him out of his position as the chairman of nissan and mitsubishi motor corp. that has been the allegation all along by mr ghosn and his defence team. now he has taken this very, very dramatic step to flee ja

for the next four years, so there will be no russian flag or anthem at next year's olympic games in tokyo. it'll be the same at the winter olympics in beijing in 2022, and also at the world cup in qatar later that same year. our reporter alex capstick has been in lausanne where wada's executive committee made their decision today. leading members of while the‘s executive committee have explained to us in this hotel in central notts and the reason they came to this decision to ban russia for four yea rs decision to ban russia for four years is because russia are repeat offenders. they have found to be covering our positive drug tests. as to the punishment, they think they have the balance right, that ape—like ban and the world calls for ape—like ban and the world calls for a total ban on athletes and officials, that would have been unfairon the officials, that would have been unfair on the competitors who were untainted by the doping conspiracy. so they have banned the russian flag, russian anthem, leading sports official, leading government officials from next year's olympics, and o

ban or not russian olympic gym that are training for gold their target the olympics in tokyo next year among them silver medalist and the 2016 olympics in rio de janeiro events threat of which he also won the world title in stuttgart 2 months ago. too strong as a country therefore there will always be talks of some sort because we are strong competitors let them say whatever they want we will move forward and keep preparing . the world anti-doping agency wada recommended imposing a ban on russia after the sas the results of athletes blood and you read samples found in a moscow laboratory were incomplete or fabricated the scandal follows the international outrage after the sochi olympics in 2014 when a government sponsored doping scheme was revealed russian athletes continue to be banned from international track and field competitions because the world athletics body sass russia hasn't done enough to tackle doping but government and sports administrators in russia reject the latest findings as being politically motivated they continue to count the days towards the tokyo olympics. what i

tokyo's olympic stadium has officially been opened. sixty thousand people were given a glimpse of how the 2020 opening ceremony might look, with traditional drummers and a parade of dancers in vivid colours. the first sporting event to be held at the national stadium will be the emperor's cup soccer final on new years day. the death toll from a storm that battered spain, portugal and france has risen to eight people, with the affected areas bracing for the arrival of more violent weather. a strengthening storm, given the name fabien, is expected to bring downpours and strong winds to parts of western europe. now as we've been reporting, martin peters who scored england's second goal in the 1966 world cup final against west germany, has died aged 76. he'd been diagnosed with alzheimer's disease. he spent a large part of his career at west ham. the club saying the 1966 world cup winner passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of saturday morning following a long and courageous battle with illness. tributes have been paid. o

oil tankers in the region well jeff kingston is a professor of asian studies at temple university in tokyo he says japan's prime minister shinzo is trying to balance various interests. he's in an awkward position he's trying to thread the needle he's got basically 3 audiences he's dressy one is the trump administration that asked to join the coalition the other is president rouhani and iran abbie's keen to maintain good relations and the 3rd audience is domestic abbie's keen to revise the constitution and remove the pacifist article so. calling this intelligence gathering not joining the u.s. coalition is meant to placate trump you know to avoid the accusation of being a free rider but not undermine iranian relations and not cause domestic backlash because there's deep money about the security alliance with united states and only about 3537 percent of people support the dispatch vessels to the mid east clearly about japan and skin in the game last june when are they was just being tehran the recent attack on a japanese owned vessel so there is clearly japanese interests involved but they d

our undercover team had met the fisheries minister in tokyo now they were. back in namibia our neighbor sakic adela is on the phone to johnny sack he had just met the minister bernard a sour. taste are you. think you're. going to mislead is that a meeting we discussed that. expressed should be. ok we were good at one to the 75 thought. ok so for the donation the minister need to be definitely full because it we know where this is this is the framework for the future business of the 2 all of the real. absolutely. with the bank relationship with him in the business and. experience of you this. is what it is with. us. with the $200000.00 figure agreed on the cover of automate sakhi to finalize details. exactly i want to ask you about the payments and it must stop. there. sakhi explains how they intend to keep the transfer didn't. they ask for the money to be placed in a trust account managed by the president's personal lawyer see sentiment. you would take it from the south. and then you want to give it to the minister occasion and the minister or felicity. we w

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looks like we've lost our connection to a generic apologies for that let's bring in steve saying in tokyo via skype he is the director of the china institute at so as university of london thanks very much for being with us let me ask you that question then if they are they hoping are the chinese authorities in beijing simply hoping that that these protests will that the momentum will eventually die away yes i think beijing is very much hoping for that and it is actually a bit more then just hoping they are actively trying to root in morocco or. they ringback are also trying to law allow hong kong economies to get into difficulties which you are that people's livelihood in hong kong and all these unmanned. and to bring people in hong kong to stop the protests so what do you think the i mean as far as front from the protesters point of view there doesn't seem to me i mean they they got it they made a huge accomplishment in in getting that extradition or put aside permanently and that was that was seen as a huge success from that but since then they they haven't really achieved much tangible

cooperate with north korea they've gathered summit in chengdu it's a rare agreement between seoul and tokyo after months of worsening relations. india's main opposition congress party is accusing the prime minister narendra modi of silencing the voice of the people their anger is growing against a controversial new citizenship law now it grant citizenship to religious minorities from 3 neighboring countries but excludes muslims at least 25 people have been killed in protests elizabeth iran is in new delhi. thank you and now the crackdown in the heart of the capitol hill. police detaining protesters outside the federal headquarters of alter pradesh state. that the people condemned the killing of 1000 demonstrators there in the past few days the delhi protesters said they wanted to give a voice to people. where the internet remains cut off in many parts and large gatherings a bag i else where in the capital a similar outcry was. the and a defiant mood on display at jamia millia islamia university the university is a muslim institution the demonstrations are attracting people from all walks of

to come all the sports news including why the tokyo power lines won't be on the. the foreign ministry. welcome back to china now where the desired to have a brand new home is being partly blamed for an increase in air pollution steel and cement factories are producing smaug as they meet demand for new infrastructure and housing rob matheson has a story from beijing. china produces about 20 percent of the world's carbon emissions coal makes up around 59 percent of china's energy consumption and thick smog can still hang over beijing in winter as people light relatively cheaper coal fires to ward off the bitter chill. but in recent years coal mines have been closed and the building of new power plants has been restricted near heavily polluted areas to our natures real in the last couple of years you see smog almost every day in winter the pollution was very serious but since last year it's getting much better the number of electric vehicles in china has been booming the amount of investment that china's been making over the last 7 years in renewable energy has been

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referendum next year and in sport a 1st look at the venue that will take center stage at next year's tokyo olympics. hello again or welcome back to your international weather forecast what we are going to be seeing a mix of weather coming into play here across much of the levant we have a system that has made its way in from the mediterranean now on monday that system pushes in towards the southeast so we're going to see a mix of rain and in the higher elevations it will be snow baghdad in $1000.00 coat city it is going to be rain and thunderstorms potentially and you notice that line of snow right there along the higher elevations of parts of iraq and well as into iran for tehran though it is going to be a mix of weather a few of the next few days we do expect to see monday a cloudy day for you by the time we get towards tuesday temps has come down to about 10 a lot of rain in the forecast but by the time we get towards wednesday things are improving with attempt a few of about 11 degrees here across the gulf expect much of the same we're going to be seeing widespread rain across the regi

has a talk radio group are joining us from tokyo talking about shinzo are both thank you so much thank you. ok let's talk climate change now the general consensus is that to say about planet from overheating we need to cut our fossil fuel consumption and carbon emissions but what do we do with the emissions that already exist and will inevitably continue to be created well some scientists in california are working on for this genetically modifying plants so that they soak up greenhouse gases more effectively sounds like a plan doesn't it our reynolds want to find out. for planet earth and for dr joe ensure it's a race against time jury is a multiple award winning plant biologist at the salt institute in california she's also been battling parkinson's disease for more than a decade her old idea is to genetically modify existing crop plants to reduce the planet warming chemical carbon dioxide we knew that plants really were good at sucking up c o 2 from the air they've had 450000000 years or more. evolution and that makes the plant really efficient plants can get that c o 2 out of the at

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yes actually it wasn't just longevity and it will be seen as a talk radio group by joining us from tokyo talking about shinzo are both thank you so much thank you ok let's talk climate change now the general consensus is that to save our planet from overheating we need to cut our fossil fuel consumption and our carbon emissions right but what do we do with the emissions that already exist and will inevitably continue to be created well some scientists in california are working on way for this genetically modifying plants so that they soak up greenhouse gases more effectively sounds like a plan doesn't it reynolds want to find out more. for planet earth and for dr joe and shorey it's a race against time jury is a multiple award winning plant biologist at the salt institute in california she's also been battling parkinson's disease for more than a decade her old idea is to genetically modify existing crop plants to reduce the planet warming chemical carbon dioxide we knew that plants really were good at sucking up c o 2 from the air they've had 450000000 years or more. evolution and that m