for many years and it's been quite difficult for the u.s. trained somali forces in that part of the country to remove them from the range the mountain range on the outskirts of course also town which is their hideout now and today for most the multis national working for dubai ports world was heading to work in the morning when he was targeted by two gunmen who were disguised themselves as fisherman was passing through the fish market when he was hit in the head by bullets will tenuously by the two a gunman one of them was gunned down by security stuff at the port another one has been arrested and is in police custody according to the governor of the body region of somalia. port saying that from nairobi thanks very much mohammed. still ahead hair on al-jazeera affair a peace deal afghan women worry about their future if the u.s. settles for the taliban and withdraw its troops. and how artists in doha drawing

inspiration from russia. how i was saying somewhat milder weather pushing into central parts of japan so the north the told with are set to continue big area cloud here still some snow in that little area of low pressure associated with that all of this weather system that cold front that's going to continue making its way further south which in these was cold air to get in behind when the north or the northwest and in sapporo as helps to keep things cold enough for this five. ice skate that we have coming on the situation has just been set up and it could be more that as we go on through the next couple of days with that cold air very much staying in place for support

modestly the top temperatures there on tuesday largely dry further south ten celsius in tokyo and don't see that over the next couple of days and support you can see hanging on to that modestly but further south that the weather system we have that will produce a few spots of rather heavy rain from time to time into q.c. maybe into southern parts of honshu as well not so much wet weather across china at present some central areas will see some heavy downpours but down towards the east and the southeast dry as we make our way to the chinese new year well as he tries to go on into wednesday shanghai with a top temperature of seventy. again

you're watching. top stories this hour. a number of european allies have announced they recognize venezuelan opposition leader. as the nation's interim president. announced a four and. a bomb blast.

eleven people and injured dozens more. killed the head of a port operations company in the semi autonomous somali. sponsibility for a time. he's president says saudi arabia's crown prince and the kingdom's former foreign minister lied about the murder of jamal khashoggi but also reiterated his. inaction over the killing of the saudi journalist in istanbul four months ago stephanie. well turkey's president reza type speaking to the state roll call star mentioning. his ration i suppose about how there's been no real movement also referred to the

united states disappointment in how they are tackling it and this is what he had to say. i cannot understand america's silence been such a horrific attack took place and even after members of the cia listened to the recordings we provided. but he had harsher words going back to when it all began. the saudi foreign minister of course he was saying that there was a collaboration there was a collaborator to dispose of the body. this is the saudi version of course the body of mr hersh has still not been found who said well if there is a collaborator who is he where is he what is his name if you know that he also mentioned the saudi crown prince mohammed bin some man saying that initially his version was that he had left the consulate he said now we know that those two things were a lot so he also called for those fifteen men the fifteen saudi nationals that flew in to is stamboul on the day of the murder he said these are the perpetrators we

need to know who they are and of course turkey has already requested their extradition but the saudis are conducting their own investigation nobody knows who the men are that they have indicted eleven men have been indicted five of those facing the death penalty but it is a very opaque process now all of this comes just as. the u.n. special. has wrapped up her visit here in turkey she's really the first independent person looking at this because of course it is such a politically loaded story all the countries yes they want to put pressure on saudi arabia but the same time no one really seems to be willing to go that extra mile to break relationships with the kingdom so for months still no body and certainly a big question as well as to who ordered the killing of a high profile journalist in the saudi diplomatic mission here in istanbul. is a professor of history at i.b.m. the holding university he says the need for more international cooperation on the

case but how that would happen remains unclear. we want to keep our hope on but what can this un do and how much they pressure saudi government to come up with answers is i don't know i mean probably we need a maybe trans person involvement and us in this case as a as an ally both for saudi arabia and for turkey because this is the issue always remain between the two countries in a really delicate time. middle east needs a syria need some cooperation to sort out their problems accept to solve them took a corporation but this issue remains always a delicate dance all they want so i don't know where it would go how much un can pressure it can go through un general assembly maybe security council well done no guarantee if the u.s. wouldn't really veto it so but i mean overall this is

a murder case and we need to find answers. and outbreak of swine flu is the latest emergency and yemen virus follows the world's worst cholera outbreak as millions of yemenis are weakened by salvation gupta reports. another rival in this hospital in the capital sanaa another victim of the consequences of the war in yemen fatima is suffering from each one n one influenza also known as swine flu it's known to break down the immune system and cause lung problems among other complaints but the saudi u.a.e. coalition's repeated targeting of hospitals means the flu which is best treated of detected early has been diagnosed late or. she suffered from coughing for about twenty days we have seen several doctors and several hospitals but it is here where she has finally been properly diagnosed the virus is spreading graphically mostly in the hooty controlled areas of sanaa souther and abe

for hundreds of cases reported so far there's only one type of medicine available most hospitals are running out and pharmacies that do stalk the medicine are charging forty dollars for it the life saving drugs are simply out of reach for the families of the patients because they live out of who are now looking for the medicine that deals with such a virus we were shocked to know that the hospital only gave us some of the needed tablets and not all of them because of a medicine shortage. that we and other patients need more meds so we urge the united nations and the ministry of health to do whatever it takes to make this medicine available. that's a tall order for more than fifty percent of the people don't have access to regular health care less than half of hospitals are working and the risk of an edge one and one epidemic is increased in crowded cities and towns teeming with yemenis

displaced by war when to shut up because you don't want to. we are talking about a massive spread of disease the ministry of health has registered in its latest statistics four hundred one thousand cases of swine flu this is the number we've managed to register but there are dozens of patients that have not been registered because of the inability of those patients to access health centers due to the war and the siege the death toll has so far reached. the u.n. is trying to rescue those who. did sweden in december to stop fighting in the city of. renewed fighting around the port is making it almost impossible for critical to reach patients needing medicine for the x one n one flu virus. from afghanistan and what has become america's longest war.

the war ending let me also. once again. need a reason owns a coffee shop in the afghan capital kabul she's one of millions of women whose lives have been transformed since the u.s. led coalition removed the taliban from power that was i think freedom for women post taliban is a big achievement and if we once again go backwards that will be a big step back and a very heavy price for us many afghan women are worried about a peace deal between the united states and the taliban they don't want to go back to a time when their rights were limited come at a guess i won't accept a pace that asks me to go back and sit at home i will raise my voice and never be ready to accept a peace that costs me my freedom restricts me and makes me wear a burka and puts me in a cage. it's been nearly two decades since the taliban was toppled from power since

then of the eight million schoolchildren in afghanistan more than two point five million are girls in two thousand and four women were able to vote for the first time in decades more than a quarter of the seats in parliament are reserved for women and they make up nearly a fifth of the workforce but rights campaigners say all that progress is at risk obviously we all want peace afghan women part want peace the afghan people want peace we have heard it war but i think when it happens this trashed and when we are not included and we are not being talked to we are not being consulted in terms of what we are worried about what we want from this group that's going to come back and giant joined the government then we are worried that we are going to lose strides the taliban say they've moderated their approach to women's rights but there are no women involved in the peace negotiations and many say they have too much to lose to take the taliban at its word victoria gayton be there or.

troops are being sent in to help deal with catastrophic flooding in northeast australia thousands of homes are submerged in queensland about curation senses open in the city of townsville floodgates have been opened to ease the pressure on overflowing reservoirs or in record breaking rain it will have to contend with landslides power outages and even crocodiles and their neighborhood game levels have stabilized but the potential for the right things cane change last night was rough but everyone pulled together a. footballer who came to be faces another sixty days and that's high praise in the sci fi is bahrain's attempts to extradite him. who is a refugee in a strain here has appeared at a hearing in bangkok to formally lodge his refusal to be sent back to the country he's fled he was arrested in thailand on november walsall holiday aryans government wants him to serve a ten year prison sentence for vandalism human rights groups say you could be

tortured if he's sent back the case has been adjourned until april scott hired the has more from bangkok. the extradition hearing at the criminal court here in bangkok on monday morning heard directly from hakim the judge asked him specifically directly do you want to be sent back to bahrain he said no because if he goes back he said he faced severe punishment we also found out out of this hearing that the legal team for hakim will have sixty days to get together documents and evidence fighting this extradition the next session will be on april twenty second out front of the courthouse there were representatives from the story an embassy he has refugee status in the story he was given that in two thousand and seventeen human rights groups were out front as well as a sporting groups in particular football associations out front of this courthouse here in bangkok on monday now they have all been gathered and pushing forward a global initiative to free hakim now this is something that's been going on for weeks because he's been here held here in thailand for seventy days now obviously

that international effort really hasn't had much impact on tight officials because they're pushing forward with this process and again the next hearing will be on april twenty second the new president develops salvagable is of palestinian descent . upset the two party system which has ruled the central american country since one thousand nine hundred two the seven year old former mayor of the capital campaigned as an anti-establishment outside a promising to stamp out corruption. russian god is proving to be an inspiration for offices here in castle benefiting from a cultural exchange program with russia where mohammed went to take a look. provocative chromatic colors and abstract shapes experimental arts in the form of architecture technology and science all on show here in a former fire station now and in the country capital eighty one masterpieces from

some of the most influential figures in russian art history the director of the exhibition says it's one of many aiming to inspire young artists qatar isn't a moment in time where it is looking at technology looking at creation science are really when you see that across the country you see with the different institutions that are happening and we are part of this and it has to start somewhere it's part of a year long cultural exchange between the two countries russian art in the twentieth century challenge traditional concepts embedding art with science astronomy and mathematics ought experimentation was interrupted in the one nine hundred thirty s. would come in this leaders or did artists to present an optimistic future to the masses but revived in the fifty's and sixty's. this is always been more if paintings which. one thousand sixty eight this was the time when i learnt about.

whom i never. decided to devote to him. from sharp linear lines geometric objects and spatial dimensions evoking futuristic ideas as oneness connected god this inspired by floating pieces of fact in a bowl of chicken broth soup. this piece by vladimir tatton is called happens tower the architect an artist designed this meant to be four hundred meter tower of iron glass and steel now each of the structure. it was meant to revolve at different speeds it was so ahead of its time but never built a symbol of what could be achieved in the form of modern architecture. working with water the country artist in residence says he's inspired by the works. explores different mechanisms and takes on the idea of moving or coincidentally enough of always found it also linked in very strongly towards my work as i also have worked

with kinetic architecture and also three d. modeling based art as well this idea of a moving object. would be placed in the middle of the room and consistently moving as world remains dynamic to me. artistic exchanges between countries and generations sends the message that radical innovations are a sign of forward thinking mohammed al jazeera. was billed as the walls largest religious gathering is in full flow in india organizers of the cumberland festival say twenty million hindus have taken a dip in sacred rivers since midnight monday's new moon is regarded as the main bathing day of the seven week festival and is believed that a chilly swim in the ganges. rivers cleanses of seven. now without zero these are our top stories the e.u.

says it's back in one day as venezuela's interim president but the caveat european union statement said this will be the official position if none of its member states raise a formal objection by twelve g.m.t. that's in thirty minutes time. follows a growing chorus of support from allies including britain spain and germany according to free and fair elections as an act as mature has so far ignored growing pressure to resign twelve years ago spend today february fourth it is eight days since been along with other european partners urged regime to call free democratic and transparent elections this day has come a new steps have been taken in any such direction by mid-year is regime therefore the government of spain and nouns it officially recognizes the president of the venezuelan assembly mr quite as acting president of venezuela. we consider that today the president of the national assembly was legitimacy is perfect acknowledged

has the ability to call for presidential elections this is the issue. russia has taken a different perspective it says the u.k. and its allies are meddling and venezuela's affairs by legitimizing the opposition moscow as an ally of necklace and the door and has previously offered to mediate negotiations between. the door reject. a bomb blast outside a busy shopping center in the somali capital mogadishu has killed at least eleven people and injured dozens more it happened until the head of a port operations company in the semi autonomous somali region of puntland. responsible for that attack. takis president is accused of action over the murder of. months ago. and also says saudi arabia's crown prince and its former foreign minister have told lies about the killing troops are being sent in to help deal

with catastrophic flooding in northeast australia thousands of submerged and queensland evacuation centers are open in the city of townsville. headlines more news. after story. cattle wins the asian cup victory for the world cup the smallest host nation put it on course for twenty twenty two big win in the united arab emirates or exacerbate tensions in the county this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program dennis cattles football team started the asian cup ranked a lowly ninety third in the world but after an always flawless month long torn amid cattery players brought home their first major trophy all the more remarkable because the matches were played in the united arab emirates is one of the four countries imposing a twenty month long blockade on qatar so cattery fans were banned from going to cheer the team on and the players endured outright hostility on the pitch. a full report. a triumphant return for the asian cup football champions the mirror of qatar welcomed home the winning team after they beat japan three one zero. then it was off to

a victory parade on doha's waterfront many of these fans couldn't attend the tournament in the united arab emirates. they could only watch the action from afar off to the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt seven ties with could talk and imposed a blockade in twenty seventeen i know it's a great feeling thank goodness we got here after a lot of hard work and perseverance. i can't describe my feeling today i feel as happy as any arab especially when my country achieved something like this it was a great game too and to be such a great team like japan makes it an even bigger achievement it's a win for the amir the amir father and everyone who lives in qatar and every arab everyone without discriminating between them. the team faced a hostile reception throughout the tournament crowds through shoes and bottles at the players when they defeated the u.a.e. in the semifinal. and no qatari fans were allowed in the stands so supporters from

oman stepped in to cheer albeit with discretion. but despite the political tension overcame the odds to win its first major football trophy showing perhaps that sport can triumph over politics. well let's have a look at a few other examples of how politics and sport of merged in history african american athlete jesse owens won four gold medals at the nine hundred thirty six olympic games in berlin presenting a huge challenge to nazi leader adult hitler's ideas of arion supremacy the mexico city olympics in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight is perhaps best remembered for. sprinters tommie smith and john carlos giving the black power salute as a u.s. national anthem was played at the munich olympics in one hundred seventy two eleven israeli teen members were killed by the palestinian group black september and the

winter olympics just a year ago brought the two koreas together marching under one flag and the first combined women's eisel t. team in decades. all right let's introduce our panel now here in doha we have mahfood ammara head of the sports science program at cafe university is also the author of sport politics and society in the arab world in amsterdam via skype we have james dorsey he's a senior fellow at the rajaratnam school of international studies and hazing author of turbulent world of middle east soccer joining us from london is rob paris an international football writer welcome to you all but mahfood can i start with you because of course everybody loves a champion everyone loves success but how significant is this victory for cattles footballing prowess. thank you for having me this is very important because

catherine from number one the won the bid to host the world cup they received many criticism one of the criticism was not doesn't have the affordable culture i mean this victory but in all this is a football culture year and there is a system which is in place in terms of football development and the victoria is in with literacy of this system and rob coming to you in london i mean how big a surprise was the seventy you cover international football the time this is their first major international tracy what will you completely go up slant by it. i mean it was an astonishing feat that run to a first ever semi final then the final winning it and only conceding once on the way well winning all seven games scoring one hundred goals is an incredible performance and one that will also bring renewed scrutiny on the team the interest in terms of how the team is being put together how it's progressing towards

challenging in twenty twenty two but as we saw when the u.a.e. lodged a yet complaint with the asian cup organizers after losing the semifinal about the eligibility of two players there will be then that focus and questions that will have to be addressed and they'll be that is natural as a team progress they get more successful at what it does show to the world i think for cats are is the fact that many thought that the team might be embarrassed on home soil in twenty twenty two now there's a different narrative and no be a sense of just what can the team achieve i'm dead janes and answer them much of the tournament seventy one for the cattery games was played in a real sense of toxicity i mean it was hostile hughes bottles thrown on the pitch to the team did exceptionally well given that it was a role of faith in all of this given that these matches were played in such unsportsmanlike conditions well i think the role of faith is far more cut complex

and goes far beyond what happened during the asian cup what the country victor is just has done this really is as much a sporting achievement as it is a political achievement in the narrow band of soccer of football politics but also in the broader band of geopolitics and feet first role in that has been on both levels because it in a sense what you have is that sports and politics are inextricably interlinked and that has become nowhere more clear then in the gulf over the last twenty months because of the rift among the various gulf states. to which they increasingly play right muffet coming back to you in because you've got firsthand knowledge haven't you of the system that's been put in place here in cata because this this successful team hasn't come about through accident has it there's been a lot of investment made over time starting not even with this amir but with his

father you know i think of the asian games i think that will host the young two thousand and six where i think the key moments for the strategy of qatar using sport for development and for. you know for in and also in terms of elite sport development and though we have now in qatar a system in place where you have you know the all the in all the. kind of the stakeholders working together in or you have aspire academy that are in or providing the the coaching and the techniques and you know helping developing the kind of the skills and also you have a script for him or providing the health and in all science provisions and you have other stakeholders in a working together and developing this system. well and now we see the in all the products of the system with this national team but not only in

football or also in other sports as well and. games you are sort of alluding to the fact that this is more about more than just football which i accept but are you suggesting that katter's participation in the asian cup and its eventual success is actually changed anything in the in terms of the geopolitical situation. well i think what you're going to see years that got us victory is going to escalate the opposition by primarily united arab emirates and saudi arabia to go to hosting the world cup and we've seen a lot of that already over the last several years. but at the same time of course it isn't and enhanced got just position because what got out of the way got to will play this is to say that it as before and despite that it has the resilience to reform. to perform despite the diplomatic and economic boycott that has been

opposed on it and that it didn't it has the sort of football culture of the for performance dos two world cup indeed let's look forward ten to twenty twenty two rob and as has already been mentioned it it does put castro in a very good position doesn't it. deals with a lot of the criticism which suggested that cattle was not particular footballing nation and this is a victory that is being celebrated around the arab world which of course twenty twenty two is meant to be as well well perhaps not in all part of the arab world some of the newspapers in dubai and headlines such as unlucky japan loses the final no reference even sick to catherine those headlines so just shows how the diplomatic and political discord actually spills over into the sports pages and i think just when we thought and reviewed the organization is quite stable for the twenty to twenty two world cup fever and its president johnny fanciness seem to

term into metal with it to try to tart of self in this role as peacemaker he said he wants to try to ensure other countries in the region have games at the world cup even though cats are one that vote in two thousand and ten i think he's looked at what the i.o.c. president thomas barker achieved with the winter olympics last year bring in the careers together and seize a role himself to be something more than just a sport. ministre say he sees himself as having this ability to bring countries together where perhaps the politicians have not succeeded so far so i think that is going to be that the big issue in the coming months does in favor and in francine of try to force games in twenty twenty two on other countries in terms of certainly going against what cattle right in the eyes of the tournament want then that's an interesting point rob put it to james because currently pfieffer is is looking at a feasibility study as to whether or not to expand twenty twenty two from the

thirty odd of the thirty two teams to forty eight in if that were to be the case that would involve the participation of other countries in the region i those countries who are currently blockading cata how complex how how plausible is this as an idea given the current situation if i can take what rob said a step further i think the notion that forcing the suit a situation which got there would have to share the hosting rights with other states in the region is and that that would sure to bridge build bridges and. spark every conciliation process is pie in the sky now whether johnny infantry you know the face of president consciously or unconsciously is doing so in effect he is trying is serving the agenda of both united arab emirates.