Doping, match-fixing and corruption, can the world of sport recover from its year from hell?
2015 was not a good year for sport, and this year hasn't got off to a much better start. It started last summer, when football's governing body FIFA was embroiled in a scandal of epic proportions. Then it was the turn of athletics - as bosses at the IAAF were accused of ''embedded corruption'' in November. Russia was accused of the ''state sponsored doping'' of athletes and the country remains banned from international competition. The new year brought new revelations - this time it was tennis under the spotlight as investigators served up allegations of match fixing. Today's Newsmaker is, - sport! - as we ask how many more blows the world can take before it can no longer recover...

Are Turkey and Israel getting closer to restoring diplomatic ties?
Relations between Turkey and Israel have been on ice ever since Israeli Commandos stormed a peace flotilla near the Gaza coast, killing Turkish activists. That was in 2010 and the two countries haven't had formal diplomatic ties since then. But, despite recent provocative comments made by Israel's defence minister, there are signs that Turkey-Israel relations could be about to change. The Newsmakers Ashraf Helmi looks at how relations between the two may finally be thawing...

Taiwan holds military drills as tensions with China bubble to the surface.
Taiwan has staged new military drills near the coast of mainland China. The exercises come as tensions grow with Beijing following the election of President, Tsai Ing-wen in Taiwan.

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