
Russia Lose Rio Paralympics Ban Appeal
Russia will not be allowed to compete in the Paralympics in Rio, after a court upholds a ban imposed over state-sponsored doping.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed a Russian appeal against a ban on its athletes competing in the Paralympics in Rio next month. We go to Moscow for reaction, and ask the head of Russia's anti-doping agency how Russian sport can be cleaned up. Also, the Syrian town of Jarablus is the focus of the battle against Islamic State militants. Nigeria's military says they have killed Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau - again. The hand claps and drum bass at the heart of a lawsuit for Demi Lovato. And, the funniest joke of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
(Photo: Russian paralympic swimmer Alexander Makarov in training. Credit: Vasily Maximov/AFP/Getty Images)
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