Welcome to The National Today, which takes a closer look at what's happening around the day's most important stories. Ukrainian National Guard officers escort a van carrying Saakashvili through a crowd of his supporters in Kiev. In Ukraine, Saakashvili and Poroshenko soon fell out over the pace and scope of reforms, and he resigned his governorship in 2016. The Olympic torch is carried into the stadium during the opening ceremonies of the XI Olympic Games in Berlin on Aug. 1, 1936. That dishonour goes to Swedish modern pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, who tested positive for alcohol at the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City.

Source: CBC News December 05, 2017 18:00 UTC