This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and iam in lausanne, where earlier the International Olympic committee announced that it was banning russia from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Some russian athletes who can prove they are clean will be allowed to compete in south korea under a neutralflag. It follows an investigation into allegations of state sponsored doping at the 2014 games hosted by russia in sochi. The president of the International Olympic committee, thomas bach, delivered the decision. The russian Olympic Committee has suspended with immediate effect is. In the meantime, clean russian athletes will be able to participate under strict conditions at the olympic winter games pyeongchang 2018. These athletes will be able to participate, participate in individual or Team Campaigns under the name olympic athlete from russia with the acronym oar. They will compete with the uniform bearing this name and under the olympic flag. The oly
In lausanne, where earlier the International Olympic committee announced that it was banning russia from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Some russian athletes who can prove they are clean will be allowed to compete in south korea under a neutralflag. It follows an investigation into allegations of state sponsored doping at the 2014 games hosted by russia in sochi. The president of the International Olympic committee, thomas bach, delivered the decision. The russian Olympic Committee is suspended with immediate effect individual clean russian athletes will be able to participate under strict conditions at the olympic winter games pyeongchang 2018. These invited athletes will participate, be it in individual or team competitions, under the name olympic athlete from russia with the acronym oar. They will compete with the uniform bearing this name and under the olympic flag. The olympic and some will be played in any ceremony. No official of the Russian Ministry of sport will be acc
Out at sea, and blizzards with all of that cloud and wind driving its way northwards, with the greatest fault of snow north of new york, 12 to 18 inches. I said we were not going to get that cold air for that we have had some snow today over the higher ground, not just in we have had some snow today over the higher ground, notjust in Northern Ireland but also scotland and perhaps the far north of england. Some big waves after the winds eased overnight, and they have started to pick up again across england and wales, and blowing in a lot of broken cloud, so maybe a hint of sunshine in the south, but gusty winds around those Western Hills and coasts. Further north, its going to be quite a bit colder. The winds are light and weve got persistent rain, maybe some sleet and hill snow in there, and its sort of slow moving across scotland. It maybe eases in the far north. Further south, another dose of gales after the winds dropped, and that is where we will see most of the showers towards the
And andy murray heads home after pulling out of the Australian Open with an ongoing hip injury. And coming up in the sport on bbc news england let slip their advantage over australia in the final ashes test, as they lose late wickets in sydney. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A Record Number of people called the nhs 111 number during the festive period, according to figures published this morning. There were nearly half a million calls to the advice line in the last week of december in england. There was also a sharp increase in the number of ambulances being held outside hospitals. Heres our health correspondent, Catherine Burns the Prime Minister today in Frimley Park Hospital in surrey, thanking staff personally for their hard work over christmas, and now we know just how hard it was. The National Health service continues to do a fantasticjob for people. Yes, it has pressures overwinter. Yes, it has particular pressures in the christmas and new year period. The st
As they move from primary to secondary school, englands childrens commissioner says. The leader of the council in windsor calls for police to take action against what he called aggressive begging before the Royal Wedding in may. And Britains Andy Murray withdraws from the Australian Open after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury. He hasnt played a competitive match since wimbledon. Donald trumps lawyers have threatened his former chief of staff steve bannon with legal action for speaking about his time on the Election Campaign to the author of an explosive new book about the president. The book by the journalist Michael Wolff makes many bold claims including that donald trump was unprepared for the job and his wife melania cried when he won the race to the white house. Mr bannon was quoted as describing the president s son donald junior as treasonous and unpatriotic for meeting russians during the campaign. Mr trump hit back, accusing his former strategist of losing his mind,