jakey's, so called western allies have turned a very good blind eye to when it comes to their activities within 2 european borders. so, i mean, are we shipping for a 2nd thing? oh, what interests are? whose interests could something like this serve? well, i think, i think, you know, when, when you, when you squeeze, i mean when you corner a cat, a cat that is corner to did you end up attacking you. so these meaning all these successful, all these successful operations against a peak, it makes it makes and leaves it no room but to carry out such attacks to make its propaganda 2 or $22.00, in a way to show that turkey is weak when he comes to fight against terrorism, which is not the case at this moment. and, you know, many can confirm this success against terrorist organizations. you know, we're nowhere near how we, to a key to get used to be in the previous years. be it before, you know,

in the early, 2, thousands or in the 90. so we have come a long way when it comes to fight against terrorism. but of course we still are fighting terrorist groups every single late be it in northern iraq. it in northern syria or beat within turkey as border beat and you know, in cross border operations or in terms of a rating, some of the, some of their locations be in an in metropolitan places or in the rural areas. so this fight is still continuing, but of course when some are slipping through, they're able to carry out such a bloody attacks again civilians, mehmet, so it, so you know what we're gonna take? we're just going to reset because it's 1500 g m t, and i'm mindful that some of our viewers may be joining us just now. so we are just about over an hour removed now from a blast that has rocked central is stumble. it's been an explosion,

and it happened in one of a stumbles. most popular tourist spots is thick law street. the mayor says there are multiple fatalities and injured, although he hasn't given a number, is give you an idea of where it happen. you are looking at the map right now is bringing our correspondent simco. so glue, she's on the line from his stumble, sent him, can you hear me? all right, we'll go back to it. we'll go back to send him in a moment. we know that she is scrambling her team and they're working their sources to get us all the information a latest information on what's going on. we're going to take a look at the latest pictures as well. now that we established where this has occurred, ah, these are among the 1st pictures that we got moments after the blast in is the cloud street, which we have now established is one of the multiple commercial, as well as cultural hubs of istanbul. you're seeing the armored vehicle moments

after the blast, and you're seeing security personnel establish a security perimeter as they worked to clear the area of civilians in the early pictures, we also saw civilians fleeing the area as we told you, multiple injured multiple fatalities, as well as go to our met, we sell who joins us from ankara on skype for more on this. i'm it, as you see these pictures. um, this is taking us back. this is taking us back several years to a time, a dark time for turkey. when it was a regular i understand the turkish president, wretched time or no one is speaking, listlessness. we've taken to new hospitals and clicking on your lesson biggest journals, not intellectual. jacqueline, i mean by shredded, i'm be today ruffian. but one of the that a 30 people have been injured in the incident.

a watch too much harder to identify that there are detailed inspections being carried out. again at the sight of the incidents on a tool and got ready to let you live with health professionals have reached the incident sites using their own means. i have a question about a, the number of injured has been determined as 38 at this current time on what's going on with that. there's

a lot of activity taking place at the site of the incident at present. but if you don't mind, i'm gonna give you a we're going to continue following double the price on the site. 1 all right, you just heard the turkish president, wretched, ply, bird, one who told us at least 38 people had been injured in the blast. that rock central is stumble just over an hour ago to speak to v by son. he's a political analyst. he joins us live from a stumble, maybe something actually i should have asked you earlier, or you were anywhere near the blast site. is this something that you heard or that affected you in any way? mono, fortunately not, i mean the asian side. what in fact i'm looking to go out, the power is just for the few. i didn't get anything saw a but almost immediately the news reached because they loved ones are searching

dollars just to make sure that they're doing. all right. as i said, these are some of the destination and pedestrian zone, and very, very crowded. you cannot imagine, especially we chance them in the evenings. so therefore everyone is worried because you think that either your friend, brother, or sister, whoever you did there, no doubt. that's why we should have a christmas new stumble, paragraph, one of them on it, am very angry, and as the fatalities are reported, a novice personnel a 2nd. if i, if i can, if i can get you to elaborate on that, what's it like to live in a city? and, you know, as someone who's lived through not a stumble, but in a city that was also targeted by multiple terror attacks in the past. i know what it's like described to us. what happens is, even if you're not in the vicinity of the attack, when you her hear that a blast has occurred, what do you do? you look at your phone, you make calls. what?

well, i mean, because we experienced us in the past, and i'm like, you know, i was born and raised in istanbul after living many years abroad. i came back to live in this model. beautiful city and of course, very alert and, you know, any kind of incident occurs immediately to reach the one people we know that possibly could be there. i mean, the police that anyone can go and see like my, my kid today would have gone down much all the going could, i could have been there possibly because i always go there because you have the newspapers and also nice cafes and musical instruments. other soul, nice, beautiful cafeteria restaurants. you just, you work enough and you have the car truck on it. and if you want to ride on, it's like a beautiful city, a beautiful street beaufort, lo and many, many tourists. and they just come to visit, the 1st thing they do is to go to the istic land and just to visit and haven't have

a good time. therefore it's quite alarming. and his talk before the bishop terror attack, i don't confront officially about having jury on except incredible. and as i said, man women, children, you have with the problems babies walk. and so is that kind of a place? yeah, i don't believe i don't have the information that this has been confirmed as a terror attack, so we can't say that now we can't establish that yet. for the latest reporting. let's go to or a correspondent in a symbol, sit and conceal glue. she's been with us since this occurred in him. i know you have scrambled your team. you've worked the phones, you've worked your sources. what can you tell us at this stage? her. then there is a broadcast band serial the government, the presidencies, communications director, aid issued a broadcast band for responsible reporting on the incident and, and just

a couple of minutes ago, we received a fax from the turkish presidencies and communications director. it warning journalists to be careful about their reporting on the incidence and not to be grasped by what is being shared on social media without having a basis. so that's my from novel every journalist is true. going to try to be more careful about their reporting, but of course this is also to prevent any kind of speculation about the incident. so far. we know that there are 4 casualties and there are more than a dozen injured. and the area has been told the list field of my colleague in the field is trying to reach to the explosion site right now. but and none of the press members are being go out. so the press members are waiting in line in texas square to have access to the pedestrian road is sick not street. and the security measures have been tightened. there is a helicopter right now, rolling around rowing up

a bow, a sick lie street to check the a to, to check the details in the streets. because the area has very narrow streets and buildings that are leaning, leaning on each other. so the, the, the, the building system is actually tied in the area. that's why the security, my, a, the security office officials are now searching for more evidence or any, any people who can been related to the incident. this is what we know so far. and if there is no more official statements asked them, what is some old governor has said about the casualties. saying that 4 people have been killed in the incident. but the area, the area is a right now, a very busy. there is traffic inside a stumble even for me to,

to reach. so the row was difficult as it is also sunday, a busy day and an early evening. everybody's trying to reach new homes or trying to go to dinner. so a mobility in the city is very high right now. that's why it is going to be difficult for the civilians who are around the area and for the security officials to provide a security and as seal the area in order to a stop. and the leaks air to the exposure side. this is what we know so far, sir. sim, something we to establish, i don't know whether we can say this for sure or not at the moment. but is there a manhunt going on? and i know that there are several assumptions implied within this question. a man, hon would mean that potentially this was an attack. we don't know if that's the case. we cannot report that certainly the turkish authorities are staying away from calling it an attack at the moment. but, you know, when, when an attack occurs, again, hypothesis when an attack occurs, this,

these man hunts are things that happen when, when law enforcement is looking for anybody who might be responsible. do you have any indication whether this might be the case? hi, pathetically. the manhunt goes on in every incident, is similar to this one. but as i said, we don't know, we have no indication on whether this was perpetrated by any of the terrorist organizations that have committed similar attacks earlier or whether it is a long walls incident or, or are you who dropped the it or who left the, an explosive device out there, so definitely while they are trying to secure the area and to prevent any more losses in case of a consecutive a explosion around the same area, it thinking from the security or offices perspective,

a men hahn is always on their agenda because even if they can't find the person who has perpetrated they can, they would think they would find some links. that person, if there is this person who profess rates at their take from which building he enters or from which street he came to the period of pedestrian road. all these kinds of details, the camera and the c. c. a cameras are probably a being investigated or by the police right now. so all these kinds of details are always on the table when it comes to such incidence. especially thinking that is thumb will experience similar incidents before 6 years ago. and in what sense did you get from speaking to your security sources? well, they avoid saying ha, anything critical, but they say that this is, this is

a bomb and they suspect it is at terrorist attack. this is an air. when it comes, they stumble and other big cities of turkey, a in general, they are 1st suspicion is l always a point starts add to the though to kurdish fighter group, the p k k. but as i said, it stumble has it has been targeted by i saw as well, or by some other it all through a left, this groups as well. and local left his group. so they avoid say anything that would be binding the journalist right now they are saying that they are close, they are deeply investigating this situation. and they, they want to be loyal to the broadcast span as well. of course, of course, to them because certainly we understand all this context or you're putting us or putting around this for us at the moment and we'll let you continue to news gather

. thank you very much. i want to go now to so halo de mirror who heard the explosion when it happened. she works for hover, global, a news channel, and she joined us on the phone. can you describe the moment when it happened, what you saw, and what you heard really, really charged find going on for ups for every people. and it's your class streets . i was about to go to a museum district rate and on the hard of last a very long find. and we couldn't understand what happens. and maybe we told maybe it's the gothic social because any stumble know those we can solve this times. blast relate to rich gas explosion. done real part of the be so people screaming and started to run away with the package that it's hard to find and i am running to shops. i mean

somebody just later for a while, i try to speak with polio because we couldn't understand what was going on because the street is a very, very childish place. all right, and even tom days, it's really heavy. the lights burn trish to go mystic district and also home to my foreign residential. mike a hard stumble and it's really hard to imagine this trash trick. then employees confirmed that it's an explosion to the total risk attack or notch. so there is no confirmation about this, but it was really scary to have. respectfully, i'm going to have to interrupt you because the turkish yes and the threat of piper to one is speaking. and we want to listen into that for people who have lost their lives and to

i have lost the lives in the hospitals. 53 persons are wounded and some of them are simply wounded. probably this, sir, figure my tries, but these are the figures that i have obtained from the east and blue governor hospitals right now are taking care of the citizens. so i wondered, and they're very, very shortly i will move to bowie to attend their d 20 meeting. and as you all know,

the meeting will be held on the 15th and 16th of her, the month in bailey and her. for now, we are trying as an international community to face the consequences of a covered 19. there are a lot of discussions about their food safety. we will deal with all these files in our meetings the russian ukrainian war also will be on the agenda. and we will discuss this war. also the inflation wave that hits the world for the time being will be also discussed earlier. all right, you were listening to the turkish president richard pipe or the one who confirmed

that 4 people have been killed in the glass that occurred in stumble about an hour and a half ago that several people are still being treated, that several wounded are still being treated in the hospital, i want to go back to the hailey to me that i was speaking to just before we dipped into this halo. where were you when the blast occurred? how close, how far it's really close actually to the skin. and i couldn't see a due area right. plus a kerchief. and then i go on what else? and so the police team arrived just i'd love to i have to skin please hold on. so we couldn't go further and be try to stay safe area for our own safety,

but no strict and all the pedal. those teachers are really caught on the whole. i mean you people are referring to stay at home. i am shoulders. jill. some kind of fear because we still don't know it cause objects, lotion, maybe it's the terrorist attack, maybe the older misers checkers are new. are still in this in this city. so there are so many things which are on known for now. but after to motion arch, i'm sorry, but straight open for pedestrian. i suppose that quite interesting because your soul does something very big happen is very big exposure still because we canceled the people voting over the streets and now

it's closed. and so halo, i assume this brought back memories because of course, explosions, blasts like this, especially in crowded areas, have already happened in turkey. granted, they haven't happened in, in recent years, but there was a time not that long ago when they were pretty regular occurrence. yeah, i can remember after 5 or 6 years ago. yeah. server so many blocks in tumble or an ontario, but you do experience those kinds explosions for years. so averaging was normal and safe for us is street if you can do also curious people every day, every hour. so it's like hard to stumble. it's

a very international place. maybe i can say i can call that. so it's really, it's had, i'm sure you're flying. what happened today? i'm maybe we can figure out the reason after after a while, but now we have very limited information because you guys shall still go wrong. so people are really curious to reason extra me because we have elections of your years. so the strikes to the biggest for are you were to for people for the parties. so it's a little bit how can i stay concerning the moment now as to halo de mir? thank you very much for giving us your eye, witness accounts of what happened and how you coped to the explosion in the moments that followed this give you an idea now of where this blast happen is declared

street is a thoroughfare this lined with shops and restaurants and popular with tourists as well as locals. street is also famous for its heritage tram system. i want to bring back in murat as land in anchor. he's the security analyst, murat. it is notable that the turkish authorities are not going out on a limb right now. not trying to establish a cause for this, they are not calling this even an attack at the moment. in fact, they're saying very little, we heard the president address the nation. he said there were 4 dead. that is the extent of what he said where you don't know if you just call it so quality use and also read you to just who could think i think it's something clear and presence is really well informed. i believe. the 1st thing there is a lady dropping it back. and a few minutes later there's an explosion most fully said

a remote control improvised explosive device. that means somebody would just eat night explosion by a several condo. this act reminded me another x p k, k. the previous long as you remember they had, you are a troopers that put important from each league to internet and attacked tele, a city which is famous for tourism to destination, or most tourists, either russia granger video of the u. k. so it's clear that this is somehow an indication he came, he started this at deck and the basic strategies to target good touristic places in order to deliver a message to novel needed trucks only bottles of global public. well, there are reasons for that. first, they are really on the pressure in the rocket via so they won't attract what they

are expensive right now. and they are pressing a lot, especially to the government. so she went in or germany or the others just because of their membership. and you know, demands of it and, and fiddle. and so it's a message, it's a message. but i believe that this sort of attack is ability for kids because they die, it targets of the civilians. just because of that, you know, somebody is called on has to truly find them, but they're picking them not to dish. but peggy, that ms. tara step, that's crystal clear. i murat al. so thank you very much security and list a standby. you've been with us for more than our since this occurred, giving us precious analysis. i want to speak to vb by saying he's a political analyst. we want to bring him back a, you're in istanbul, you told us a little earlier. thankfully, you're nowhere near the blast. that's good news for you and your relatives. i want

to go back to this point that the president of turkey spoke an hour and a half after what appears to be a major explosion in a, in an economic and cultural hub of is stumble. and he only spent a minute or 2 on this, and he really gave us very little information apart from confirming that there are 4 fatalities. and as a result of this blast, how to interpret that because the turkish official did not confirm it as a terror attack. i think that our little possibilities, a gas explosion, your name as a resident of stumble and turkey in general. and therefore, when, like, although i mean the asian side and i was just looking with a fly towards that direction in doing the view by start getting several calls. asking me if i'm all right, because there was a major explosion. the 1st and constant was mine is terror attack. and whenever we

have explosion, we, you know, look instantly kit with terror until it has been confront. this is because, as i try to say, there are multiple reasons for this. you know, serial is on. iraq is like that iran and ukraine. and also we will see so many or see a 4 to 5 medium duty and will sit in georgia now also people coming from africa, people from ukraine. it's like a multicultural society, which shouldn't be stumble. and especially that particular st. the sick last 3 talks him square area. and as i said, you would take a family and go there like a newborn babies, a newlywed every like just recently, my teenage daughter went by herself having, having fun with her friends. imagine the multicultural and live on environment. they're very, very crowded at me on the line this and i'm sure if it's a terror attack,

she'll probably already getting the links on trying to collect evidence as much as possible and try to find gesture, catch. these are those who are responsible to just that this is what we expect and but i mean, beloved as you can see, the floor facilities as well. there's a 38 injured wish them all. i mean they got recover soon and also passed away. but i'm sure they're taking it better very seriously, and do their best to find the attackers. again, this is if, if it's an attack, as i'm saying, the business attack, because this is the, the place the crowd. and this is a multi national message. whatever it is to create havoc in the city and terrorize people so they cannot go off with anything. that's the nature of these kinds of attacks. if again, it's a total. so we have seen this 560 years ago when we had the elections again,

and there were a range right explosion for real life. so we just wish and hope that would be the case that be thank you very much for all your contributions. we're going to come back to you a little later in this program, but right now we're going to go to a quick break before we return to our continuing coverage of this blast in central is stumble. now if you are just joining us, let's quickly bring you up to date on our top story this hour. there's been an explosion in turkey is biggest city. it happened in one of its most popular top spots in the cloud. st. are case president says 6 people have been killed and 53 injured. while the news continues here on all to 0. have to this break. ah

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and one of the samples most popular tourist spots to key as president says at least 6 people have been killed in 43 have been injured. let's give you an idea of when the blast happens is to cloth street as a thoroughfare that's lined with shops and restaurants and is very popular with tourists and locals. the street is also famous for its heritage tram system to key as president chris of tie up go to one head to this updates just a short time ago, serve to 3 persons ah wounded. and some of them are simply wounded. probably this, sir. figure my tries, but these are the figures that i have obtained from based on blue governor hospitals right now are taking care of the citizens. so i wondered, ah,

well, it's bring you some other news now. you as president, your biden's democratic party has defied predictions and retained power in the senate. that was confirmed after the democratic incumbent in nevada. and as a catherine caught his master, narrowly defeated, her republican challenger had m like salt had been endorsed by a former president donald trump. sh as mike hannah reports from washington, d. c. the results cast doubt on trump's influence in the party. ah, the democrats seize control of the senate. catherine cortez musto, winston nevada, giving the democratic party, 50 seats, and with the casting boats at the vice president, a majority in the chamber. i'm not surprised by the, you know, i'm incredibly clear. i think it's a reflection of quality. we're killers in the they're all running on the same

program or anybody wouldn't run in on what we did wrong, staying sticky with. so i feel good. i'm looking forward to that couple years. republican adam black sat becomes yet another trump supported candidate to lose. earlier the democratic party, one in the state of arizona, where former astronaut mark kelly defeated republican blake masters. i think the democrats have faced the central dilemma. in this campaign. it became more and more obvious than inflation was going to dominate the elections. but it's hard to campaign on fighting inflation when the problem has spiraled out of control under your watch and to clear lose in the midterm elections. his former president, donald trump, whose endorsement of so many losing candidates, will call into question his outsized influence in the republican party, and maybe another of his choices. herschel walker is likely to place an uphill

battle in a runoff election in georgia next month. the counting of votes is continuing in the house of representatives. elections. republicans still hold a slight lead, but the democrats have close the gap with some surprising winds in the past 24 hours. but even if republicans do take control of the house, it will be by the slimmest of margins and with control of the senate, president biden will still have a lot of leeway to press forward with his legislative agenda. of all these midterm elections have cemented his stature. as a leader, which in turn will give him a greater degree of control over his party. my kind of, i'll just hear a washington this is what a senate victory looks like for the democrats who have kept 50 seats to the republicans, 49. the swing state of georgia will hold a runoff election in december, but regardless of the bent result,

democrats will control the senate because even if the seats end up being split, 5050 democrats hold the tie. breaking vote with vice president kamala harris. well, onto the house of representatives. now that is still undecided, but leaning republican, they have $211.00 seats. that's just 7 short of the 218 needed for a majority. democrats expecting more winds and western states like california was why the news in ukraine's military is assessing damage in the her son region. after russian troops fled. president vladimir zalinski says critical infrastructure was destroyed. work is underway to restore power and water supplies. people who have lived under russian occupation as sharing their stories. emma, who is lava did forecast, came and they told us it is because of your pro ukrainian possession. i feel you can shoot us down because we are ukrainians. we could not say

a word. we could not say glory to ukraine. will you in climate talks in egypt of reaching the half way mark that negotiate is still trying to address big issues. the 2 week meeting and chamalle shake started with warnings and appeals from world leaders. calling for greater efforts to curb emissions. us climate emvoy john kerry says his country is ready to discuss, moves to address loss and damage compensation, but emphasizes all nations have a responsibility to find solutions. i've said again and again that the climate crisis is not a bilateral issue. and no country should, you know, so do a ship come to the table to help us solve a global crisis? an existential issue that involves every nation in the world, including an inquiry, our friends, china. so i mean, we need to make this happen and we're just sitting tight. and we'll see where we go . with the u. s. president says lines of communication with china will stay open to

ensure the 2 countries don't veer into conflict. joe biden will meet china's shooting ping in barley on monday. were leaders from the g 20 a gathering for a summit. aside from tensions between the world's 2 biggest economic rivals, the war and ukraine will also be high on the agenda. our diplomatic. it is a james bay's reports from bali. a hectic week of diplomacy in asia continues with a meeting between the world's 2 most powerful men. president biden has been in cambodia for a summit with south asian leaders. is boyd by better than expected results for his party in the midterm elections? china, she june ping has also been strengthened back home after being confirmed as his nation's leader. for another 5 years. tensions had been running high. the chinese side, still angered by this summer's trip to taiwan by the u. s. speaker nancy pelosi on north korea, the u. s, police,

china is not bringing all of its influence to bear to rein in kim john own, who's been conducting a provocative series of missile tests. you know, of course, perhaps the most important of issue a wall that will be discussed is the war in ukraine. china has not condemned russia, but it's clearly uncomfortable about the way it's ally has been behaving nursery and more timely of a rural leer. i knew him well, he knows me. no, we ever misunderstand. red lines are most important. when all countries of the g 20 gather here on tuesday, russia's president putin will not be in barley and instead will be represented by his foreign minister. so gay lover off the un secretary general antonio good terrace, who's also on his way to barley told me before he left new york. he didn't think there was any possibility of a major diplomatic breakthrough. i believe still a certain way to go or pieces. of course,

the objective of us all busy in line with international law and with un charter but her, i think that we are still relatively away from its the u. s. and its european allies will want to use this gee 20 to try and persuade countries like china, india, brazil, and south africa to further isolate moscow. the war in europe costs a long shadow on the diplomacy taking place here on the other side of the world. james bay's al jazeera barley classified the u. s. intelligence reports is said to expose the efforts by the united arab emirates to manipulate the american political system. 3 people who read the report told the washington post. it outlines immorality attempts to steer u. s. foreign policy by both legal and illegal mains. the use middling, has allegedly spanned multiple whitehouse administrations. it reportedly involved

bids to exploit us politicians, reliance on campaign contributions and susceptibility to lobbying of israel's president has given benjamin netanyahu. the mandate to form a government, the former prime minister made a strong come back in a general election at the beginning of the month. well that gave netanyahu's party and it's far right allies, a clear majority in parliament. the civilians are voting in the 2nd round of the presidential election. the post is largely ceremonial. the run offers between a renowned lawyer natasha perk. massage, who's the favorite to win? and former conservative minister and say laga, if she wins miss, i will be the country's 1st female head of state. the congolese army and rebels are battling for control of the town of camber. in north cave cave, you province. as 25 kilometers from the regional capital goma. well that's the closest the rebel group. im 23 has come to the city since it began it's offensive

in march, malcolm webb is an coma on a road many take to flee the conflict. been a steady flow of people walking down the road, carrying whatever they could drive before they left their homes. everyone spoke and he says, has been heavy fighting between the congress, the army, and the $23.00 rebel group, which is widely understood to be a proxy of neighboring rwanda. they were wonder, denies it. military sources say the 2 sides have been fighting heavily with artillery, which is very dangerous for the civilian people. responding to here, say almost the entire civilian population of the town of cuba has fled, lo, cooler, one assume was with we were asked by soldiers to leave all of us. the soldiers were pursuing the rebels and told us to go the other way. we heard a lot of bombs and there are many people coming down this road. you cannot have

been not in your. there was a lot of gunfire. we walked through the night and then slept on the roadside. we have carried almost nothing with us. i left everything behind and we were very hungry. i'm not. military. sophie's told us. m 20 three's attack began with a barrage of dozens of rockets and bonds and sustained heavy machine gun fire. went on for a couple of hours. you saw a truck that con, alea's presidential god driving toward the front that one of the best trained and equipped units in co, guys army this is where the people who fled and up in shelters in camps for displaced people. this was made of amaskita. next, it's not going to keep out the rain. neither is this scrap of plastic. she thing the people from here. so shell throughout where they were trying to cook some food february. it says there isn't enough food. there isn't much clean water this time a week ago. the u. n said nearly 200000 people have been displaced by the conflict and that was before the population of cuba fled. for years iraq's music

industry has been underfunded because of conflict and political instability. but as a birthright report from baghdad, some artist and now trying to make it come back. why stop someone's heart with a bullet? when you can win it over with some fed up of violence in iraq, music teacher much adopted nor turned his rifle into a far better says to serenade than tissue. because your model that the coalition coffee is a tool of war. we are the country of the heart. iraq has too many widows and orphans. this is a message for politicians to invest music and other arts because arts are the face of a country. music is the language of peace and love. there isn't a musician who is a killer he uses music to help students who need speech therapy and

says religious conservatives wanting to place bands on the industry, fail to see its ability to heal all who it was. aspiring artists and iraq struggled to make us stop, especially when israel quit her dream job, a fronting for a local band within a year, paid half as much as men are sometimes not at all. harassed online and assaulted in person. she says swimming against the tide and iraq is to be washed away by the from a long time ago, this country only with a war zone. people don't really understand that there can be a chance. there's something different. joy. so the struggle is when you really try to break the cycle, old, you are people, the typical ones. they really have

a cycle. this is yes, this is no, this is ok. this is not ok. this is wrong, this is right young here work you. people are trying to break this cycle. she is still singing, but nervous about stepping back into the light. live shows are rare. in fact, days you could count the number of local rock bands on one hand, but there is a growing demand for taffy's like that novel as a venue for local musician book dots, blues brothers, have been at the heart of the local music scene for years, surviving decades of war and turmoil, they say that bringing people a little joy at the end of their day is as good a job as a person can do. the music she in is the liberal opening and growing growing growing. we play a role, we played lose replay methods. sometimes i'm also has wrote the diffusion of famous

songs with western song iraqi song news from was from the, from the response. it was so good instruction to, through encouraging for me. i see it is encouraging. i see, you know, i feel like and the end of the promo, usually. and shot through music. yes. ah, iraqi stacy had earned the right to have a little scene basra, the ultra 0 of ah well this time the sport now here is andy. i stuff. thank you so much. so my with a weeks ago now and so kick off the world cup trophy has landed in castle has been on a tour around the world. including stop. pope is an old $32.00 nations that have qualified for the tournaments, his li, harding,

but the story of one of sports most famous trophies. ah, ah, ah, creating greatness runs in his family. the famous world cup trophy was made in this workshop in italy, in 1971. by sylvia got soniega, the artist beat more than 50 other designers to be chosen to replace 5th as original trophy got the negus son says the current world cup trophy design is special because it can be photographed from all angles. giving a full worldview, yours also thinking how the windex as to what use it in front of the camera and saw a washed out think a way that they can leave it keeping the hand. andros, like i said, i,

the cup was 1st awarded to what was then west germany in 1974. it's made of 18 carrick gold, with bands of malakai on its base, depicting to humans holding up the earth. it's nearly $37.00 centimeters tall and weighs more than 6 kilograms. lot of the your but i'm trembling with anticipation to see the trophy. because i'm shot excited to work here that i called wait to see it on television body and feel much emotion that my colleagues have felt over the years when they produced the well call. got soniega, who died in 2016, originally worked as a sculptor under business owner, giorgio. but tony, his firm still holds the rights to making the iconic trophy and others, including the way for tramp ian's league and the african cup of nations. to day it's c e o is the grand daughter of the man who hired godson he got many years ago when we you love talking so much and you worked so harder to receive isa. you just

love it. after the final games won, the trophy comes back to italy for a little cosmetic touch up before being returned to see his headquarters in switzerland. the winning country gets a gold plated replica to keep. while italy did not qualify for the world cup the country, it will still be represented at the finals and guitars just in a different way. are very emotional about their high now and ah, and guess we are the only tie downs that we will be like a trying to during the find out a mazda, because the, we, we have no way beyond the body. ah, a family tradition, elevated to global icon status. ah leo harding al jazeera, our laura burton money, is that the world cup countdown clock on bo hall's waterfront? laura would go close to being exactly $1.00 weeks ago and so kick off on that clock

seems to become a real focal point for funds in the city. ah, well absolutely. it's now 5 to 10 minutes until 7 days before the world cup. the press take off, begin at the moment it faith is relatively so that there's a few fans coming in. now. people are surrounding the clock, just behind me. you can see it's actually gone. i don't even if it's got the countdown on there, but people are really surrounding it. they're waiting for that moment where it's one week before kick off. but just to give you an idea where i am, this is going to be the central hub for entertainment in kata. it's going to be, it's along a thick clump to strip that, going from the museum of islamic this side along a crescent shape all the way to share its in park. and this is going to pack around $70000.00 people every single day. it's going to have for life stated growth in

performance for so really the site is going to be completely transformed. and you can already hear people celebrate things behind me. or expecting over a 1000000 people to come in to cancel any signs of international funds arriving in the city. yet there really are many finds out today i spoke to people from am to nicea morocco, algeria, they're just very excited. the 1st world cup being held in the out world in the middle east. they say they're incredibly proud. i've also spoken to people from really all over the world on man from tr lanka, saying he's just come, spoke in the atmosphere. he's not going to what to games guys, watch on tv. he works here. so really that's people coming from around the globe. what are they working? cut or found beginning to feel. okay. and but really, but looking forward to seeing the place hopefully transformed and whether or not they go into games,

the certainly be entertained. fantastic stuff. laura burton manley, it's the world cup countdown clock in the hall. thank you for. thank you for that, laura. now many of europe's big leagues are either a nor about to enter the 6 week world cup break. price range, amount of fund of install with a 5 know when over the french world cup stock in buffet, setting them on their way. and a man who carry a lot of morocco hopes in castle. that's the key. me he school the 3rd p. s g. hold a folly point. lead over loans. the top of the table. ok, so 2022 will break new ground as the 1st mens world cup with female referees taking charge of matches out of the $36.00 match referees 3 women the most experienced is stephanie from far from france. she's been for listed for 13 years now. joining her . japan's yashimi yamashita, who is the for listed in 2015. she's described her selection for the tournament as

a dream, and the 3rd is rwanda. selina can sango, he's been refereeing the top level since 2012. now for many women in the african country, just playing the game has been a challenge. one woman who is determined to succeed shares her story with us. i'm proud to be our one who is the 1st to quote in rwanda akita. my name is addressing you, no more, no technical data of but essentially a can. what copies are big competition. everyone who like football need to see the friends that can be on the tactics that will be in there. what couple i made during the cleaning. i you pool. i divided my kids bought a much as a quote as a, as a fund they have poor to much like someone who is the in the class. we are

planning, go our new didn't it is a debbie for being a big player, whole cut and bred in the different cob, stating the euro pool will bid. there wouldn't be any theater does the we have our national team, men and women, perfect. it knew what cup on the applicant, no. for no competition. i can say for my kids who i used to play with boys are natural to be beaten by their parents because they was saying that is not a word to have such god like me to play with big boy i think for more the beginning work my cardio for the prayer on the coaching. first, the law is the contract with our kind of technical end up from

the beginning. they said that women, i love the book to do the same as men, and women cannot do. both. women is the death to pay at home to prepare everything for peck care, a nip when on the lot they have right? they have right. with that theme, my summer i'm supporting transport for for this week and then i can take the car and be there. we now for the white cup. oh is it bled? i'm proud to be cool. i yeah. read i got away from the football, england's cricket as of one the see it's one seat will cut for a 2nd time. just put the same beating paxton by 5 o'clock. it's in the final exam, patsy 1st and melvin scored a 100 and 37th eighths,

ben stokes and guided england to victory with an am beats and half century england . privacy. one is title, back in 2010. is team also the reigning 50 over world champions. okay, that is how your sports is looking for now. thanks very much and i appreciate that . well, just before we go and if you are just joining us, let's just recap our top story for you. these a live pictures from a stand bowl. we are a large explosion has rocked the city. ascend bull's most popular tourist spot. i took, he is president, since at least 6 people have been killed and 43 have been injured. but i will be back in just a moment with more of the day's news up next. ah ah

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