31/07/2016 BBC Weekend News

With just five days to go before the Olympics,

now a new body will decide which Russians can compete.

As British athletes arrive in Rio, Olympics chiefs

defend their handling of the Moscow doping scandal.

We did our best to address the situation in a way that allows us to

protect all clean athletes all over the world.

We'll be reporting from Rio, on the country's overrall

A 12-year-old boy has been arrested in Greater Manchester,

Theresa May, pledges to fight modern slavery in Britain.

And it's four wins in a row for Lewis Hamilton, as he dominates

the German Grand Prix from start to finish.

The President of the International Olympic Committee,

says the credibility of the organisation hasn't been

damaged, over it's handling of the state-sponsored doping

The comments come after the IOC reversed a decision,

to allow the governing bodies of individual sports,

to decide which Russian competitors would be allowed to go to Rio.

Now a special review panel will make the final choice.

All this just days to go before the opening ceremony in Brazil.

Our sports editor Dan Roan reports now from Rio de Janeiro.

Russia's fencing squad may already be here in Rio, today collecting

their accreditation at the athlete's village but they do not know they

will be allowed to take part in the games.

These are among 250 athletes cleared to take part amid the doping

scandal. The Olympic committee said they would have the final say. The

president remained defiant. How damaging to the credibility of the

games is this chaos and confusion? I don't think this will be damaging

because people will realise we have to take this decision now. And

imagine the situation if we would not have taken a decision, then the

limbo would be. I trust the people that they realise the difficulties

we are in. Despite a damning report in Tuesday sponsor doping that

sabotaged events such as these such you Winter games, the IOC resisted

demands of a blanket ban of Russia's entire team. More than 100 athletes

have been banned under the new eligibility criteria, but now a

summer has appealed against the decision adding to the uncertainty.

This is the Russian handball team, and despite the fact we're just five

days away now from the start of these Rio games, they are in limbo

like so many of their colleagues. They don't yet know if the IOC will

allow them to compete. Of course it is confusion. There is -- they don't

know if they can compete or not. Meanwhile, the British athletes are

continuing their training at Belo Horizonte it. It is not unsettling

for us. It is a shame the whole thing was not sorted out our lot

earlier before the games started. We strongly support the strongest

sanctions for athletes who are cheating. But now it is about

focusing on our games. These games have had a troubled build-up but the

IOC's handling of the crisis has ensured the controversy will

continue even once the action begins.

Well, it's not just the doping scandal that's dogging the Games,

with the opening ceremony just five days away.

Some in Rio believe the organisers have failed to honour commitments

Our South America Correspondent Wyre Davies reports.

Rio is a city transformed, and Olympic organisers say it is now

ready for Friday's opening ceremony. Billions has been spent on

investment in new sports venues, museums and public transport. But

critics say it is money that has been diverted from other more

important priorities. We have 22% of the city's residents living in the

Vals which have received no significant upgrades. -- the money

should have been directed to the residents. Few competitors will have

lost as much as this woman. She was bloodied in the battle to save her

home in a favela next to the Olympic Park. Dozens of houses were

bulldozed by the city, and intolerable eyesore for a global

mega event. There is nothing left, says Donna Maria, separated by a

fence from the Olympic car park where the homes of 600 families used

to be. They promised we could stay but are just a few of us left now.

Putting on this showpiece has almost bankrupted the local government. The

impact can be seen and smells everywhere. Cleaning up the

chronically polluted waters is another key promise Rio made when it

was chosen to host the Olympic Games and it is very pledge which has not

been kept. This bay is full of solid waste, sewage and chemical

pollution. A commitment to treat the sewage entering this bay has long

been abandoned. The very waters where Olympic sailing events are

taking place. But officials say in other areas there has been real

progress. We spent less public money to do 20 venues than London has

spent to do one venue. There are things for the legacy of the city.

These games will be unique because Rio is a unique city, rich and poor

living cheek by jowl, but not all reaping the same benefit from

hosting the games. A 12-year-old boy has been arrested

on suspicion of murder, Three teenage youths

are also being questioned, after a man in his 40's died

following an assault outside Police were called here to Ashton

town centre just before 11 o'clock on Wednesday evening, after reports

of an assault outside the McDonald's restaurant behind me. When they got

here, they found a man in his 40s lying in the street. He suffered

injuries to his head and stomach and later died in hospital. Yesterday,

police in Manchester arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of

murder. Today, they arrested a 12-year-old boy alongside a

16-year-old and a 17-year-old. Police hope to identify the man

officially tomorrow. Here, cards left at the scene tell us he was a

father. People say they are thinking of him and he is in their thoughts.

Police continued to appeal for witnesses, anyone who has seen

anything at Ashton underline, to get in touch

with them as they continue with this murder investigation. Thank you.

Theresa May has pledged to tackle modern-day slavery. She called it a

modern-day evil. Behind closed doors, on our streets

and in the workplace, modern slavery But the new Prime Minister

is promising to do more to help. Theresa May led the government's

campaign to tackle slavery Now as Prime Minister she is keeping

it a personal focus. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph

she said: "This is the great human rights issue of our time

and as Prime Minister I am determined that we will make it

a national and international mission to rid our world

of this barbaric evil." Police need to have a better

understanding of what is going on in relation to modern slavery

and what their responsibilities This is an issue that needs to be

dealt with in much broader terms, in terms of both national

immigration policy, our national crime policy, but also international

trade and development policies. Now ?33 million will be spent

in countries like Nigeria to help tackle the roots

of the people trafficking trade. The government has ordered an

investigation into how police forces in England and Wales deal with the

crime. But it warns against cuts

to the Border Force and local authorities if the Prime Minister

is serious about tackling the crime. More than 100 Muslims joined

Roman Catholics for a service The gesture of solidarity comes five

days after the murder of a local was killed while celebrating mass

in his church by two men who had pledged allegiance to the so-called

Islamic State group. The former owner of BHS, Sir Philip

Green, could be asked to appear again before MPs. It comes as Frank

Field who chaired a cross-party investigation, told the BBC he will

meet the pensions regulator to discuss the Philip's claims about

filling the shortfall in the pensions fund.

Senate Democrats have called for Congress to end its recess

and immediately approve emergency funds for combating

The calls come after Florida reported its first cases

Here, Public Health England has advised pregnant women to consider

postponing non-essential travel to Florida and also

suggested the 50,000 British holidaymakers currently in Florida

It was always a question of when, not if, and now Zika has arrived on

mainland USA. Health officials are going from house to house in

downtown Miami, taking samples and warning people about how to avoid

being bitten. The main concern is for pregnant women because of the

danger of brain damage. We are going door-to-door to point out that this

is happening in this area. When I was in Puerto Rico earlier this

year, there has been a huge flare-up in cases, health officials said the

US mainland would see local infections and they would probably

start in Florida. They have so far been more than 1600 cases of Zika on

mainland US, but almost all those people were infected abroad. There

have been a handful of sexually transmitted cases as well. A

significant number of those had travelled back to Florida, with more

than 300 travel associated cases there. These warmer southern states

are most at risk of seeing locally transmitted cases, because the

mosquito which spreads the car already lives here. Investigations

into how Zika arrived in Florida is underway, but it is likely to come

in with a traveller who returned to the state from an area badly hit by

the virus. A bloodsucking mosquito like one of these, probably infected

a person or a few people, and they brought it back with them. Then they

were bitten by a local mosquito in Florida, and that creature managed

to start spreading the virus locally. US health officials don't

expect widespread cases in mainland US, but the advice for British

people heading for the Sunshine State is to take precautions to

avoid being bitten white mosquitoes. Read the women are advised to

consider postponing their travel plans. -- pregnant women.

A lynx that escaped from Dartmoor Zoo in Devon

more than three weeks ago, has been captured.

The police had warned that the cat, named Flaviu,

He'd walked into a humane trap, and is now back at the zoo.

And with all the sport now, here is Lizzie Greenwood Hughes at the BBC

sports centre. Lewis Hamilton dominated the German

Grand Prix to win his fourth consecutive race and move 19 points

clear at the top of In recent weeks, Nico Rosberg has

seen the drivers Championship turn on its head. His Mercedes team-mate

Lewis Hamilton had overtaken him in the standings, but here he was an

old with a chance to reclaim the lead. In Formula 1, the start is

all-important. Rosberg's was a disaster. Bogged down, when he

emerged from the first corner, he slipped back to fourth. Already,

this was Hamilton's race to lose. He was at the front and when Rosberg

tried to regain ground he was penalised for forcing max Verstappen

off the track. Hamilton kept his cool, bruising around the Hockenheim

circuit to finish ahead of the Red Bulls of Ben Ricardo and Max

Verstappen. -- Daniel Ricardo. Hamilton is now running away from

his rival and with four weeks until the next race, it is clear who will

enjoy the race the most. Thailand's Arriya Jutanugarn held-on

to win The overnight leader

survived a patchy final round to take her first major title by two

shots, finishing on 16 Scotland's Catriona Matthew,

the last British woman to win a major, finished

joint 5th on 9 under. Over at the USPGA, the last

men's major of the year, they're still playing catch up

after bad weather in Baltusrol Leader Jimmy Walker is one of many

having to play 36 holes today. The American will tee off his final

round on 11 under par, a shot clear of defending

champion Jason Day. Carl Frampton is being hailed as one

of Northern Ireland's greatest ever The 29-year-old beat

Leo Santa Cruz in New York to win the WBA featherweight belt,

becoming the first Northern Irishman to win world titles

in different weight categories. I'm in the driving seat now. I can

get the money fights which will change my life, my family's life.

I'm looking forward to the future and it is still going. I am

approaching 30 that I feel like I am getting better. I feel like I have a

new lease of life and there is plenty more to come.

The Ride London Surrey Classic was won by Belgium's Tom Boonen

after a dramatic sprint finish in the Mall.

Welshman Geraint Thomas had looked like taking the title before heading

off to the Rio Olympics - after leading for most of the 200km

race but he was caught by the peloton in the final stages

Tens of thousands of amateur riders also took part in the event

Two cyclists had to be air-lifted to hospital.

An American skydiver has entered the record books,

by jumping from a plane at 25,000 feet, without a parachute.

Luke Akins was free falling for two minutes as he zeroed in on

a giant safety net suspended 20 storeys off the ground.

And to his relief and that of a live television audience, he landed

safely, later saying that was "awesome."

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