a deal which is the opening a stadium full for the old cup. this to the stadium provides lots of green, eddie for, for the north and bottom to our pots of about. and this scenario is as replicated throughout our stadium. so we are pretty sure that there will be a, you know, some sort of a daily usage for these facilities at beyond 2020, to the middle east. first ever wealth camp has taken more than a decade in the making. a game changer for cats are, as it aims to establish itself as a cultural hub in the region certified at al jazeera, doha. ah, hello, there. this is al jazeera, these are the headlines. nature has warned russia that it doesn't have a veto over ukraine joining the alliance security generally insulted by warner that moscow would pay dearly for any incursions in the region in the future, russian aggression would come at the high price and how serious political

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nigerian health officials say they'll put measures in place to slow the spread of the new variant africans most populous country has registered at 214000 cove 19 cases. since the start of this pandemic on the army con variant was active in europe before south africa. a lot of the world health organization last week in the netherlands health authorities say they've detected the variant and 2 samples from the 19th and 23rd of november. the u. s. and the taliban had ended 2 days of meetings here in cattle where they discussed the humanitarian crisis and afghanistan, the taliban asked the us to release financial assets and to remove sanctions. while those are the headlines, rob, we'll have more news for you here. on our da, 0 after the stream, stay with us. war in afghanistan now will non polar bond figures make up for

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with helping us unpack the arab cup we have has an a we have lee, we have rob as an ain't i? i cannot think what team you could possibly be repping for, but please introduce yourself to our it's not audience. tell them who you are. what you do 1st, so thank you so much for him. on the show i side my page, my website, my, my pod costa rockville pot, cause basically to get awareness out there about their occupational team, especially in english. because unfortunately, when you put into google, iraq, iraq trouble everything which is negative. so i try to fix that. i'm bring news to

to the well, about iraq, people looking forward to hearing from you in just a moment. lee wellings might as well just moving to the stream office. hello lee, welcome back to the stream. and i know audience who you are, what you day saw bit o journalist and a bold cost and specializing in school for 30 years. and, and also to my, from our 1st book at the delete although, which is about sports in society is coming out early next year. and it shows how i concentrate on lot of matters off the page. not just what's happening on the picture. we have so many big gets on the day, shall i rob, tell everybody who you are, what you do. yeah, i'm surprised. he's not got all his books ready behind him, so you were to advertise the world. a global sports correspond the associated press cover and a lot of sickly for all matters all and off the page. so that means a lot of the football politics, how things all intersect with the geo politics. the world will also the fun as well . the world cups the olympics and particularly the last accuracy, the bidding process for the welcome and the preparation for the work up in

katherine next year. all right, 3 excellent experts and you audience as well. if you're on youtube right now, the comment section is open for your ponder tree, jump into the comment section, and hopefully i'll be out to bring you into today's show. the, our comp has quite a patchy history. saudi back in the 196, the ease. and it pops up every now and again, not regularly, but let's, let's do some posting has a name for that for the team that you love and wreck our iraq has, has one more arab cups than any of a nation. yeah, absolutely. i weather though, we can extend our victories to 5 cops. i don't know. seems on like at the moment given how we played today. oh, my mom penalty. yes. yeah. for sure. yeah. yeah. it was lucky that very i was used and the result or to when our way, but i mean, we hold the record in terms of the most winds we want to are 4 times the cup has

a special place for all the rockies. so it's exciting times for all of our i'm just thinking of the out of campus as a tune and then me, how important is it? well, is creating huge excitement. there's no doubt about that in the middle east and north african region. the big challenge for the tournament i'm then leading into next year is to increasing excitement globally. this is obviously a tournament that's a very important test event in many ways for, for you. used to be able to compare to why she's caught that test. but now they're using this tournament, there's a lot invested in a i and i think a will k is the standard of football. and for the excitement that's produced to actually get people to gauge beyond the region, this is what makes the stopper. it's not being shipped to ukiah, have to tell you, or at least a few days i'm outside looking. so there needs to be things that happened,

you know, great clips on social media. get people excited about it because i think the high standards that could be found in this football need to to get a wider audience than, than just the mean of aging. well, i'm going to play a tape until cut out respects him a little bit early on the stream. how to listen to what he has to say. they bounce immediately off the back of him with your thoughts. his the arrow comes back and ought to be recognized and organized by people. this has brought on presented attention to the tournament. many sponsors are involved, which means you could have prize money for the nations involved 60 nations and will be a chance for the world to see that the news will be used for the walk next year. with regards to the favorites, i think algio due to the 33 unbeaten street are probably the favorites for the tournament with honorable mentions for egypt. morocco and of course, hopes are who have a chance of fighting for the tournament. on a personal note,

my nations to that will be participating. i hope to please can give the nation something to share about of the recent political events in the country. got so much a reflection of the hope left football can bring to and the region for cats. i think it's a great chance for them to try to prove that to ensure that on the page they had that really amazing run to win the asian cop in 2019 that not really hadn't competitive game since then. because of course qualifying for the world cup automatically as high. and of course incredibly, but i will cut the ab when they are the house, say they've been playing games in europe recently. cancer like some island to they last say say there's been the struggles, but this is a chance to be able to show that credentials for the players to get a flavor of what it's like to perform a torment on a home soil like that. so they're actually ready for the next year because it's going to be a huge moment for them in a year's time. and that was the same message on their, of what i achieve,

what they achieved in winning they asian confederation tournament. that that's something that the word hasn't been spread everywhere about how good the council and say maze. and of course the part of the house next year we'll give them a chance of doing really well and it's 11. yeah, i think the not really heard that much in the players. there's probably a bit of a reticence for the players. and i say to build a profile to speak to the why the media because they will perhaps fear getting questions beyond their remake. whether it's on human rights or about cats, i was a country rather than demos, as football as yet. it is a challenge perhaps in the next year to actually start to see cats. i was a football team because these perception was around the bait a decade or so ago and sent that not. so if cats are no vocal heritage, we're actually that has been lead going back many decades. there is history of football that they're just not big country physically just like iceland and only qualified for major told me that the 1st time at your 2016. so countries do have to take that time off them to get the chance to be at told them, but you know,

we saw in 2019 the asian cop just what they can do. that was a tallman nearby, obviously in the, in the u. a. and that this is a, it's a chance for the players. they need as much gain time as possible. and this can offer, i sent a not, i'm just looking at the drivers out for the fee for our cop 2021. you are in the same group as gotta a mang moraine as well. how do you think you're going to do english pay? it really can go any way. i think that will be favorites. obviously they're, they're very good team. they won the asian cup and 1019 they've played a lot of competitive games recently against big european size like to watch to an island. and it's going to be interesting to see how they cope without having played a real competitive match in a long time. but they've got a very experience squad, and they will be favorites for the whole cup, not just quantifying, from group 8 or the other 3 teams that we saw today on organized team. there

they are good in terms of make, maintain in good shape defensively. it's i can tell you the pain that you're having to say look like right now. that's time, right. let me move. imagine i should my, to my, missing out on some players. most notably, my salad. yes. if i feel there is a bit cheeky using my mo salus image right when he's not actually playing in the fee for our cup. and not reason for that is because this cup of this torment comes when the lots of other european leaks playing. some of the biggest stars are playing in those leaks and they're not going to release their players. there was a chaotic football calendar anyway at the moment with some toners being she whole didn't like the a couple of coverage which is going to take place in a couple of months talking about the africa cup of nations, which is coming up in january and some of the notions here of course will be

playing in, but i think usually way we used to morocco and egypt and jerry, as mentioned, and i'm being really powerful with some big styles being missing because of the reasons you mentioned there is going to be more of a chance for, you know, and i should like you back. i know you got to put it back in the tournament for pops. no, absolutely. at the top of your form at the moment. so actually, you know how you saw thoughts of how you finish? yeah, i believe that we actually, we're missing a large number of players. we have a lot of players based in sweden. we have a few players based on the u. k. ready in denmark, unfortunately, to further these plays one able to be released public ups actually impacted us in the same way, i'd say seems like al jerry up. so it's a bit of a confusing situation because, i mean, obviously fee $5.00 kind of taking control of this tournament. in other organizes and yet the play still haven't been released and it's seen as a friendly. let me one of the reasons all this is,

is how the play of hands rarely because not to doubt to attend to. the complaint stays by the annual football calendar is set out every year in terms of agreement between clubs and leagues, all round the world and they set out through the year. these are the windows. when the clubs who pay the players have to release them to international tournaments or qualified, so it states, well there's a well cut baron. european championship or an asian cup clubs have to release the players all. they'll get punish. potentially. this is an extra solomon, so it didn't exist even when this calendar was being formed. so there was no way of mandating liverpool to release my salary sickly when they're already going to lose him for the i asked on in a few weeks time as well. it's also january, so i wanted to play with is around the hands i suggest. so let me move on a bit because to explain why this tournament is happening is because in a year's time, we are going to be talking about the fees that well come. this basically is a dress rehearsal be our company is addressing, has all the next year,

been helping exactly the same country in the same stadiums. i want to bring up joe gasha raska, she has been looking at some of the most fascinating stadia across kata. and this one is stadium 974. take a look. ah, the 1st thing times will notice when they arrive at stadium $954.00 is that it looks a bit like it was constructed using childrens building blocks. and that's highly too far from the truth just on a much bigger scale. this stadium has been put together with 974 shipping containers, 40000 seats, and a metal structure. they cool is a modulus stadium. it has this advantages. it keeps costs slow. in low as the number of building materials they need to use, and it can be put up relatively quickly. and i know that you have been in casa quite recently. how ready? do you think cutaways for not just the outcome that's on the way already,

but the next year, a year out for the fee for welcome. i'm sure is very close to where it needs to be when i write because i was shocked to how amazing the infrastructure is, how i think there was. but there was still some little deficiencies in terms of administration things. so for example, it took me a just actually the up and running. so a lot of issues related to code. we don't, i think this is an important run for pop up to kind of identify where the problems are and, and sold in time for all the hundreds of thousands of funds, all medically make their way to put on a couple of questions here on you. cheap overseas that people are going to be asking about the situation with labor rights, human rights, li on you should. people are asking that right now. i know a lot of work is being done in that area. tell us more. hello. covered this extensively over the years, and actually i saw a quote i haven't seen before from the head of the international labor organization

in doha, who said, we've been into office 3 and a half years obviously, you know, not happen before that. but that tell them that, that and we've seen reading progress and change during this period the same time we recognize there's a lot of work to be done. now if that same comment as it come from the organizes, you can imagine it being portable. so actually what we've got here is there isn't that much of a difference between those who are widely looking into the situation, sorry commission to improve and what you'd hear from those are actually going to be told him. and what i'd like to see from the, i'd like to see the engaging with people around the world on this and not being defensive about it. the truth is, the truth, the truth. so if there were issues there were there, addressed them, be open about them, talk about the open because we know the progress is being made in the middle east. but we also know that is an extremely difficult situation for welcome from the poll

bangladesh pockets. tom is coming in a dating with these conditions. we know that improved, but most that needs to be done. and i think that's where we are. and i think that actually it's time to make sure that there isn't this kind of always philip, the journalist around the world are picking on capital by actually bringing up these issues. these issues need to be discussed openly. i'm yes, go ahead. is about how much as well that the changes are enforced. so cats are often lumped together in terms of assessments of working conditions. whereas the work of organizes themselves put in more stringent labor conditions and regulations before the why the country did. then there were changes the labor laws across cats out now there are still issues with one of the companies build the infrastructure, making sure work is a paid that they're not going to pay for the right to go to work in the country. they do get that past calls back, they can switch jobs, and those are the things that are highlighted. but undoubtably cats are, has changed in

a way on imagine all the time that the world cup was awarded. does not say that the reason to give a tournament to a country, but the pressure from human rights groups and from the media has actually accelerated a pace of change. so the organized the work up to acknowledge the fact that has been criticism. but on the other hand, they point to that criticism lights the foreign rights group, say it has delivered some meaningful change to actually improve working conditions . but it's going to be massively in the spotlight over the next year or so i'd say to building up the tournament. typically when the so many projects as well from smaller companies that are distant removed from the work of organize themselves that everything does get characterized. because as the well cut preparation, i saying, and i'm looking here on my laptop, the new minimum wages come into effect today. the 1st of its kind in the middle east. and then if i go into a government website, i can also see in focus, labor reform. do you think that the issue with labor rights is going to want to

impact the our cap and then impact the welcome next year. inevitably. well, because there has been a systematic attack on pop up, but what people failed to mention is that there is a country in its infancy, and they will inevitably be issues and problems within how the country operates. this is normal, but it was a problem for me is that we have all these western countries in western media. i'm talking about when these countries themselves are built on slave trades. they have there and i know i don't need to come in there because when i've been had the privilege of covering this from the stall in 2010, it's actually 11 years. an unprecedented situation with a warning to weld cops at the same time, one in russia 2018, and want to catch our controversially, the whole process with a face for executive committee, of course that we know the issues of corruption around them. i think what's happened is cats, i was found itself in a position where from the start it has to be understandably cautious and defensive

. and in a position where it's defending, it's right to house to tournament when now, 11 years on. and it's the time to actually start embracing or why bother with told to start actually showing some of the joy and spirits and what's happening in tone and the construction of it and the guidance i find that we haven't really seen over the, over the past few years when the tournament kicks off and i mean the welcome, what i pay for our cup, it will be a success because that's what happened with well cuts. and this is a compact to limit the agenda as well. i think appreciate 32 teams there before the expansion to 48. but the next few months there will be a lot of turbulence. there'll be a big spotlight and there's no agenda around the globe. it's only right in scandinavia, in germany, of the u. k. australia aware of that, they're all questions asked about this tournament and i think those questions have to be accepted and also don't i know,

been answered in many parts. we've had all of football is obviously protesting from march, almost with vague human rights teachers. but the government themselves and they are having to come out to really tell their story necessarily to sort of talk through or forms the fact you're showing tweets and websites. the announcements can be quite dry. i mean, not let's say get in the substance of detail. i'm just picking up on that previous calling about cats of in a young country can't be expected in essay to meet perhaps other standards. well, we're not so not some complex matters. some of the issues i, the last few years about a work is being made to be out in the heat too long. that has got new rules around that, particularly in the face. i'm a hate all day being paid properly and on time. these are basic standards and yes, there is always some christians, the west, just even overnight and last 24 hours. prince charles, out in barbados, apologizing for britain's past rolling right away and back to carter. if it's ok, i want to bring a muffet a mara. i here to put you making a rough,

but i want to be is that muffin of mine because he's heading on something that has a name. i think that you're going in the same direction, which is the 1st, the 3rd well cup in the middle east. hey, that is exceptional. are we missing that story? his method. when you hear the end of the video please response is going to be also an occasion for communities while even hearing car accuracy. great. and there are versity identity and also to a national teams who are going to come here, come to a stop this event actually for power to use for the whole region. and this is really, would be an interesting, you know, our goal them opportunity to see brain yeah, i think is absolutely spot on. i think this is a torment that needs to happen in terms of it not only being organized by fi for, by being a games that will be broadcasted internationally on. our football needs this. we

have a lot of talented players across the world and we need the, the games to be broadcasted we need coverage to encourage scouts and other countries actually see the tenants. we have hopefully giving a chance to some of our better players from ad are both going into different leagues expanding, improving, improving clubs, and that will lead to the gradual development and proven of our football what they think i'm going to get you all of them a guest to actually come in italy who you for take will predict will win the arab cough for i'll give you a moment. i don't have a thought about that. well, thank you. thank. let me go ahead. yeah. that one of things is told me, it won't get to. there is a stress test, fully lots of fans coming in from slightly different parts of the world. it will test fullest stadiums, but that's going to be a huge thing. that's gonna be a culture shock. attacker in a years time, what is good is a middle east celebration. it should be the lifting of the boycott of tax. how does

actually enable travel across the region in a year, which looked in doubt even up to a year ago. and what i do take issue a, some of those from around the world who complained about having to move the torments in the band to december when the world's guy needs to accommodate the world by the agent told that they are going to be able to accommodate different climatic conditions, so the media gets a child excited to welcome when it's such a hot bed of passion and fans. it's just all the process behind it was i was making the time consuming in the family voices right. fans are never afraid to put date who is gonna win a tournament. all right, so we spoke to some fans about the our cop. this is what they told us that immediately has an ann lee rob. i want you to predictions as well as getting fans fest macos m a hard rock is in my dna marcos, my team, marcos, my niece and i'm proud of it. let me explain. you guys why moral kaluan this? erica will show moral class recently have won the african cup of nations for

localized players. those players are the same players that will put this a bit at the arrow. those plays know how to win this tournament. i wouldn't mean shooting my home country live on, on the games versus asia julia and so on. and the, and i can go in and talk yolanda then they are looking forward to the most as if our cup is to see how palestine gets on in a pretty difficult group. in my opinion. were victims of our own success. we have player score in croatia, portugal and switzerland over the weekend because the erica isn't we didn't see those international match the calendar. we weren't able to call up all these players into our squad as such. i think the team most likely to win is turner is one that can navigate these types of problems. one with a good amount of deaf, probably one of the north african sizes from push to pick a winner. i go with tenicia. ah, that signs of bone that are the guess ball. he can only say one country. iceland ain go ahead. a city tunis. i think they're the only the ones i they they,

they one to day had november the 30th fest down all right comfortably. all right, denise, me name the county name a team to these, nero's well, i want to be different thought i think katha alton is your current counselor without us and easy. our advantage hunting advantage, rob dive, he's i one, i'm the guy with castle because i've done this had to him school to die in the when against bob board and the asian car finer when i for japan in 2019. so i think the conditions a world place for cathy and another trophy chance i love your bonus. hassan ain leave rob. thank you for talking to us about the fee for our of cop and also what it means for the fee for well cup in 12 months time. have a look here on my laptop. this is from a j plus. it's beautiful. everything you need to know about the 2021 fif a arab cup, and it's from a j labs at a j labs on twitter. you find this,

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