Earlier. This is R T International im sean thomas glad to have you with us as we recap the weeks top stories this week russia was barred from all major supporting sporting events for the next 4 years the World Antidoping Agency says the country is being punished for tampering with a key database of athletes test results. This is about against russia the protect the rights of russian seats. The reentry for major events. To demonstrate that they are not implicated in any way by the non compliance what is important thing todays decision. That we are really sanctioning those who are responsible for this many politicians and leave those open for those who had nothing to do with we dipping scandal in russia clean. Plates being able to experts have provided convincing on says unfortunately they havent heard us responder has time to appeal initially when we handed over the database we said lets investigate the database together so that we can make a full decision we wanted to have a kind of mechanism if we want some objective decision lets do it like this with saddam has all the necessary opportunities they could have taken a different approach despite the ban clean athletes will be able to compete but only under a neutral flag but russian officials are prohibited from attending major sporting events and the country cannot host any tournaments. And then includes the 2020 olympics and paralympics in tokyo and the football world cup in qatar and 2022 it also covers the world hockey and volleyball championships are his likes here shows he breaks down the ruling for us. It is quite unclear how exactly stripping a nation of its flag in a major sports competitions across the planet can actually solve d the problem of fighting against doping youre not on innocent until Proven Guilty and im in it to you guilty as he can prove youre innocent a complete reversal of Justice System on but its always been that way youve got to think about whats on the World Antidoping Agency has jurisdiction it doesnt at yours dictionary to the russian authorities become sanction Russian Politicians and all it can do is sanction resettling and take actions relative to schools so its come up with this International Standard to code compliance where signatories which is used to sanction russia this time round. On top of everything it seems that what his decision from monday was made in such a haste that they have no clue how to actually navigate in that decision the biggest example of that is probably the situation with your way for anthy for tournaments well where you are where you quite expected that. These sanctions will not affect in any way russian part of the upcoming euro are 1st of all its a continental tournament not of world qualification for or for compartmented 2. Is again within the competence so you have a should it make it to that 2022 world cup in qatar it may be stripped of its flag of its anthem and it may be participating as a neutral country. And if youre not yet confused enough they already said directly that should russia appeal to cas the Court Forbids ration of sports and this process takes longer than the official preparation for next summers olympics russia will go to next summers olympics in tokyo as a full fledged nation but then if the ban is implemented late it might miss out on the 2020 for some big games in paris from whichever side you look at it mondays decision by water looks like a vocal and very harsh indictment of Russian Sports it might send shock waves and reverberations in the country sport for many years to come but it might actually be the beginning of a new struggle of a new battle the legal one when russia takes its case to the court of arbitration for sports in switzerland and we are expecting this to be made quite quickly before the end of this year this is a punitive action against the law including the insured ones im not convinced many more. Garage offense is not going to particularly with this new evidence with this against them this may be raising a human rights issue whether. Theyre going to raise this before the court of protection board that im not entirely certain we have to accept but there is a political element involved. I think theyre actually applying a very ambiguous more motive crusade here there once was in terms of Collateral Damage that are the russian the english and russian expect with great anticipation to see what the i. O. C. Point in the lesson is doing its like saying im going to come into you from you and i will decide who comes and. Some of the big names in Russian Sports have been sharing their reactions with us on the ban. Lasted for a few years i expected Something Like this after rio. To be on. It was expected its a pity that athletes have to suffer its terrible its terrible for all rational sports thats what i feel about it. Its just i dont want to make a link between sports and politics but it looks like good for those sanctions imposed by the west for the last few years. Someone just wanted to punish our country but this is without reason a country is not a 3 year old child. Allow us to compete under the neutral flag somehow they dont want to see the russian colors. Maybe our flag is something irritating and someone doesnt want to see us compete in our old flag in our own anthem. As i visit here i have already hired a lawyer and even if they dont allow me to participate while im already a grandmother sports maybe this is our fate was more like a begin you will somehow unite us and those below to participate and additional boost but it does the doping issue im sure more than 90 percent of all athletes are. That i guess but if. We support you and im sure you have enough patience together we will do it. Boris Johnsons Conservative Party won a resulting majority in the u. K. General election on thursday and it was the worst result for the labor party in more than 80 years meanwhile north of the border the Scottish National party won by a landslide reigniting calls for independence from the u. K. Heres how the Party Leaders reacted to the dramatic night. Proud to say that members of our new one nation government a peoples government will sit tight from constituencies that have never returned a conservative m. P. For 100 years and yes they will have an overwhelming mandate from this election to get it done and we will honor that mandate by general the 31st will not lead the party in any future general Election Campaign i will discuss with our party to ensure there is a process now of reflection on this result and on the policies that the party will take Going Forward the stunning election win last night for the s. N. P. Is reinforces and strengthens the mandate we have from previous elections to offer the people of scotland a choice over their future that monday it says that it is for the Scottish Parliament nort a westminster government to decide whether and when the should be a new referendum on independence. Well of the numbers there are 650 seats in the house of commons so the party needs 326 to hold a majority of the conservatives took 365 seats while the labor party got 203 breaks down how it all happened. Thursday saw the 3rd general election in just 4 years so how did we end up on this rollercoaster again wost wel my friends its the usual suspect yeah you guessed it. Works its too late it turns out but decision taken by those 17400000 people in june 26th exit the e. U. Set off a Chain Reaction thats led to this moment but im guessing ahead of myself lets start from the beginning the british people have made a very clear decision to take a different part of my view we should aim to have a new Prime Minister in place ok so now were down one Prime Minister lets see how the next one fat a couple of weeks later to resume a tick on the and then the ball roll of finding a way through the process that wilderness and she was very clear about her goal bricks it means bricks it rex it means bricks it and were going to make a success of it the original deadline was set for march 29th teen oh those early days of optimism but this is possibly the most Divisive Political issue the u. K. Has faced in recent memory m. P. s have never felt so important all powerful so its unsurprising that may was thwarted at every turn by those less willing to cut ties with our european friends fed up she decided to go in and call a snap election in june 2017 we need a general election and we need one now but it was a gamble that just didnt pay off the conservatives lost the majority they counting on tide already me. To also taught at this point every single. You are tired of the infighting your charge of the political games and the arcane procedural rounds but disappointment in the polls was really the least of mays problems the opposition tried to get rid of her own m. P. s tried to get rid of her and then she said shed get rid of herself if only theyd back deal which they didnt and it just ended up being too much for may who decided to finally hang up put heels i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love ok so now were down to Prime Ministers whos our lucky introducing Boris Johnson former mayor of london a bit of a daft man just like his predecessor he was absolutely adamant that he be the one to get it done can you make a promise today to the British Public that you will not go back to brussels and ask for another delay to practice it yet and so you can and would you lying. To his credit hes really gone for it he was sick of parliament blocking his ideas so dissolved that got trouble for to solve so then he went to the e. U. And negotiated a new deal which parliament defeated and then they forced to try qwest yet and not that extension which really where he really didnt want to do but to do anyway and then he just decided enough so not so wasnt she taunted the Opposition Party into facing off at a general election in order to quote get it done which my friends i think brings you up today. We ask your analysts and politicians from around the u. K. For their views on the Election Results and the possible repercussions. Now boris can go into a meeting to negotiate and the you can be certain that whats agreed in that meeting will actually get through parliament the big problem that weve had so far is really any suggestion that was made seem to run into this blocking wall in parliament who were determined to vote against just about everything the labor party used to say they were voting against against Different Solutions called in the times the general election then they voted against an election as well as a small force i think is the sentiment of the people of scotland the business not based on the views of any one politician this period to the center but the people of scotland has been moving gradually and no rapidly towards independence but at least an overwhelming view that scotland should have the right to determine its own future that is the chain suck constat that is the better system will force the a movable object is bought us johnson though it may well be that. Bought us jobs and can put these things out and that they can hold back the floods generally speaking that sort of politics gives out eventually and i would have my moneys on the other system will force as opposed to the a movable object in terms of standing the test of time and of course of the last 2 years the unionist political electoral majority was ended as a result of this election unionist Political Representation in the north has been reduced to a minority and not quite safe to make and the context not only of the bracks issue but also with respect to the unfolding constitutional debate and ireland north and south east. Washington has frozen talks with the Afghan Taliban after a suicide bombing thats right much more still to come in that we please stay with us. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Let it be an arms race and. Spearing dramatic is probably the only personally im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. The world is driven by shaped by the one person. Who dares thinks. We dare to ask. For. Mass on rest is gripping india over a new citizenship law which critics say discriminates against muslims on sunday shots were reportedly fired at a University Campus in new delhi earlier police a storm the campus with tear gas following violent scenes this is video of the reporters shooting scene that was posted online in one of the classrooms. I. Thought. As mentioned it comes as protests have been tense in fide nationwide over a new law which could grant millions of migrants in india citizenship status but excludes muslims and one demonstration in the north east coast to neighboring nepal people were seen burning an effigy of the countrys home minister protesters claim the law is not only discriminatory but also unconstitutional and the countrys opposition has threatened to take the case to the Supreme Court hundreds have joined a Hunger Strike in Indias North East where troops have been deployed and the internet shut down earlier we heard from a new delhi journalist who told us fear in the confusion is gripping the country. Well what we have now is the police into the university sometime earlier this evening which in itself is a huge violation you you the police do know and the University Grounds the matter what the provocation and the police used an outrageous amount of force the police claim that this was in response to violence that the group that protesters at done earlier but you know theres really no confirmation to now who did that violence because this is a fundamental change 7 to how india is as a country you know its a constitutional change this act makes it a point to single out movement its a very concerted attempt to leave islam out of that matrix the sort of the official reason given for this act has been is is to give shelter to religious minorities you know this bill is really playing to the ruling party so we dont know right now you know its all up in the air thats the big 5 you know the story right now that is there is confusion within the government there is no clear messaging on what the aims of this bill are other than to polarize and. On tuesday a suicide bomber detonated his car outside one of americas main military outposts in afghanistan the bob graham airfield came not long after a surprise thanksgiving visit by president the president to that place. You. Know local media reported a powerful blast hitting a medical facility located in the immediate vicinity of the bases main gate the attack reportedly claimed at least one life with many a 62 others injured an actual report suggested the suicide bomber had targeted a u. S. Military convoy through the washington tonight that night during president trumps a visit to the Bagram Air Base he struck a rather upbeat tone despite afghanistan continually being close to or topping the worlds most dangerous country 1st with the help from the diversion everyone. Has given here tonight america is winning again we are winning like we have not won in a long time. And you know what were respected like we havent been respected in a long time america is winning again and america is respected again and respected at the highest level against that backdrop then a revealing news article has appeared in the us which details the years of deliberate misinformation on the part of top american officials who it transpires have been putting on a brave face despite knowing the unpalatable truth about the afghan war. Hundreds of thousands dead trillions of dollars lost generations traumatized but you know what nothing good comes easy nothing in afghanistan we helped liberate an oppressed people. And we will continue helping them secure their country rebuild their society and educate all their children boys and girls. All that i set to defeat al qaeda and deny it a chance to rebuild is within reach and were doing a tremendous job. And as you know a big part of the job is isis certainly the biggest and al qaeda and we. Weve got them down very low numbers you didnt need to be nostradamus or clairvoyant to know that someone was telling bull its just logical fallacy you cant keep fighting the same guys for 20 years and claim the jewel winning but then appearances must be kept up its important that everyone thinks youre winning right up to the moment you admit you lost why well its obvious no one has the remotest clue we were trying to do here we didnt have the focus notion of what we were undertaking there is a fundamental gap of understanding of the front and over stated objectives grew lines in the military and the lack of understanding of the resources necessary and wed never have known if it hadnt been thousands of secret and classified documents on afghanistan stuff from the white house from the pentagon the un and the various n. G. O. S well we would have known its pretty damn obvious that the war is going terribly but who says mouth and all that it is worth considering what the president the deficient said and what they actually believed when i called our troops in action i did so with complete confidence in their courage and skill and tonight thanks to them we are winning the war on terror. Today we lack metrics to know if we are winning or losing the global war on terror are we capturing killing or deterring a dissuading more terrorists every day than the mage asses on the radical clerics are recruiting training and deploying against us does the us need to fashion a broad integrated plan to stop the next generation of terrorists the us is putting relatively little effort into a long range plan but we are putting a great deal of effort into