RT News - February 09, 2018 (17:00 MSK)

But as people in Pyeongchang celebrate the event, protesters take to the streets angered at the participation of the North Koreans in the games. But for dozens of Russian athletes, the opening of the Games is overshadowed by Friday's decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. At the last moment, CAS dismissed their appeals against a doping-related ban. UNICEF's representative in Iraq speaks to RT as the humanitarian group raises the alarm over three-quarters of a million children struggling to get basic medical services in the city of Mosul, seven months after the US-led coalition's victory over Islamic State there.