welcome to bbc news. i'm arunoday mukharji. our top stories: fifa's president hits back at western critics of qatar's human rights record, accusing them of hypocrisy. for what we europeans have been doing in the last 3000 years around the world, we should be apologising for the next 3000 years before starting to give moral lessons. negotiators at the un climate talks in egypt have signed a major agreement to help the poorest countries worst affected by climate change malaysia's general election results are in, but for the first time ever there's no outright winner. donald trump's twitter account is reinstated after a public poll

but the former us president doesn't seem too fussed. i hear we're getting a big vote to go back on twitter. i don't see it because i don't see any reason for it. welcome to the programme. the president of fifa has called western countries hypocrites for criticising qatar's record on human rights. gianni infantino was speaking ahead of the men's football world cup, which kicks off on sunday, and it comes after intense scrutiny from the west in the build up to the tournament, over issues including the country's treatment of women, gay rights and conditions for migrant workers. here's our sports editor dan roan. despite everything, qatar's determined to put on a show — a celebration to mark

the opening of the fan park, in doha, tonight on the eve of the world cup. but fifa's come under fire for bringing the event here amid human rights concerns and today, the game's most powerful figure turned on his critics in an extraordinary speech. today, i feel gay. today, i feel disabled. today, ifeel a migrant worker because i know what it means to be discriminated. but that was just the start, infantino then appearing to liken his own experience as a red—headed child of immigrants in switzerland to the plight of gay people in the middle east. as a foreigner in a foreign country, as a child at school, i was bullied because i had red hair. qatar's been under mounting scrutiny, especially in europe,

over its treatment of migrant workers and the lgbt community. and infantino then turned on the critics. i think for what we europeans have been doing in the last 3000 years around the world, we should be apologising for the next 3,000 years before starting to give moral lessons. it's just hypocrisy. isn't it hypocritical to, on the one hand, say that fifa stands for equality and non—discrimination while, at the same time, supporting an event in a country which has discriminatory laws? the only weapon that we have is this — is the ball. and we have to try, with this, to engage. infantino praised qatar for recent labour reforms and said europe was in no position to criticize on migrant rights. but his comments have been condemned. ifound itjaw—dropping to listen to. it really felt like it was a way to try and dismiss very legitimate human rights criticisms, to try and treat them as culture war issues rather than universal

values that fifa has committed to uphold. as for fifa's late u—turn with beer banned at world cup stadia, infantino was no less defiant. i think, personally, if for three hours a day you cannot drink a beer, you will survive. well, gianni infantino intended just then to hit back against this tournament's critics amid a barrage of negative headlines in the build—up. but after that remarkable i.5—hour—long press conference on the eve of this tournament, once again, the focus is away from the football. 0rganisers hope tonight's festivities will kick—start the excitement. but right now, this world cup seems more divisive than ever. dan roan, bbc news, doha. earlier i spoke to the former australian footballer craig foster, who's now a human rights and refugee ambassador. i began by asking his thoughts

on infantino�*s remarks. his comments are very dangerous in trying to reference history. issues which have nothing to do with the human rights transgressions that we've seen related to this world cup and, in fact, becoming a figure who wants to be seen to pit west against east. absolutely horrendous comments, bizarre, from the fifa president, but the question that dan put to him to say, well, isn't it hypocritical for fifa to stand with their own statutes on human rights and also non—discrimination statutes and principles which they speak so endlessly about but as soon as economics are involved — or politics, in infantino�*s case — they dispense with so very, very quickly, was the right question and there is no response. in fact, infantino said well, the real power is through the ball. that's exactly the point — the ball should represent human rights,

notwithstanding you actually have your own human rights policy and therefore, you're obligated to bring that to life, but let's put that aside for the moment. you know, these comments, to say that let's just get on with football and don't worry about humans are so ridiculous that they're bordering on being dangerous but it does show, i think, perhaps the political nature of the game. i can only imagine that he's trying to shore up some of the votes in certain parts of the world. he's trying to gain support — of course, he's about to be elected unopposed again — and no doubt he's looking further forward in the future. so much and has been said in the run—up to the tournament. do you feel the spotting event has been overshadowed? it definitely has but it is a really powerful moment i guess in the sports rights movement but in global spot, this next month is an opportunity for us all to have a conversation about what the power of that

ball is as infantino tried to say and the power it has to bring positive change to people. we should amend qatar —— recommend qatar on some of the reforms. the minimum wage implemented is disgracefully small in one of the richest country in the world but at least there is one for the first time and through the power of football, they have become the most progressive nation in the gulf but the question for all of us, and it has to be put to infantino, when are you going to stand up to your human rights policies and stop deflecting from the issues where people have been deeply harmed and stop talking about your public school education and conflating that with people who have lost their lives and families are that an destitute or the lgbt qa community who are still being

oppressed. for positive human progress and we have seen some of that in relation to qatar but nonetheless we must still continue to raise these throughout the tournament. i will switch focus on the focus on the fact that we are a few hours away from the kick—off of the first match and ultimately we want to focus on the match as well. how do you feel about the teams going in? any favourites?— the teams going in? any favourites? �* ~ favourites? ah, well, i think it is a difficult _ favourites? ah, well, i think it is a difficult tournament . favourites? ah, well, i think| it is a difficult tournament to goal and it is my 10th world cup both male and female. it is in the middle of the european season. we have seen bad news with benzema. we have sent people arrive in poor condition. fatigue will play a part. the lineups in the first

two games will be unpredictable. for example in the australian context, playing against france, who will be out for france? countries will have to make interesting decisions. they have previously had a number of weeks to recuperate. the zeal are obviously in great form but the problem is we could see some of the elder players, the legends, lionel messi and others may be struggling given the pack schedule. —— brazil. iam mixed affecting an unpredictable genre. affecting an unpredictable uenre. ., . ., ., genre. how much of the factor will be for _ genre. how much of the factor will be for the _ genre. how much of the factor will be for the players? - genre. how much of the factor will be for the players? we - will be for the players? we have seen _ will be for the players? we have seen all— will be for the players? we have seen all the _ will be for the players? - have seen all the pictures about england team training and they had the best machine and they had the best machine and the lights and getting used to it. those playing later in the afternoon, it will be a challenge coming out of europe. however, those playing in the evening should be fine. this

was i was going to be an issue. i think people are thinking it would be a greaterfactor than what we anticipated, nevertheless i think temperatures are not extreme at this time of year so it should not be as much of the fatigue, the packed playing a schedule we are seeing the top players in the world playing through and how they manage that lineups, the amount of times the top players in the world able to play in this world cup and in actualfact able to play in this world cup and in actual fact whether we get a final with the two best teams, notjust the two best squads. delegates meeting through the night at the un climate summit in egypt have approved a deal to help poorer countries suffering loss and damage caused by global warming. the breakthrough has come after lengthy talks which meant the summit stretched way past its orginally planned end time. there are still one or two more issues to resolve — before an expected final announcement by egypt's cop27

president sameh shoukry. well earlier i spoke to the climate scientist and author peter kalmus. i asked whether he was still optimistic a climate deal will be done. one day or one year in the future, if not this time, absolutely, because that is what is causing global heating, that is what is causing all of these catastrophes, it's burning fossil fuels. it's also animal agriculture too — which i don't think gets nearly enough attention — but 80% of these catastrophes, these floods and heatwaves and, you know, massive hurricanes, like hurricane ian, 80% caused by burning fossil fuels, the fossil fuel industry, about 15% from animal agriculture. so we have no choice. it's inconvenient to a lot of people, especially to the rich people who control these industries, but we will eventually all realise we have no choice but to phase them out. you've also expressed concern in the past that there is a growing disconnect between climate activists and the decision—makers

at these summits. a little more on that? it is hard for me to see how this process can really start bringing the meaningful action that we need for our collective future until they put up a firewall to keep out the fossil fuel industry. there have been reports in the guardian that fossil fuel advocates outnumber delegates from any nation. you see saudi arabia being a bad actor, over and over, year after year, a fossilfuel nation and now they are trying to push carbon capture which is a form of distraction, so that they can keep raking in profits from fossil fuels. i think because the climate movement, the grassroots movement is getting much stronger, it is harder for the fossil fuel nations and the fossil fuel industry to pull these kinds of, you know, just sleight of hand and distraction, and i think hopefully, that activism, you know, against the fossil

fuel industry, the power of activists is going to continue to increase. peter kalmus. we are tracking details of that deal right here on bbc news. results from the general election in malaysia indicate that, for the first time, the country has no outright winner. the former ruling party umno suffered its worst ever performance, but a breakaway coalition, which includes a conservative islamist party, did better than expected. 0ur south east asia correspondent, jonathan head explained what we can expect to happen next. a great deal of bargaining, and to the two leading coalitions, both claiming they have enough seats to form a government. well, the reformist coalition led by veteran opposition politician anwar ibrahim has the most seats, but is 30 short of a majority. the next coalition is a breakaway from unmo, an ethnic malay coalition,

perikatan nasional, they have about nine or ten seats fewer than mr anwar ibrahim's coalition, but if they get enough parties on their side they too could also from government. so there will be a huge amount of bargaining, today could be very intense. what we need to look at in this election is what it indicates. it has been quite striking, what we have seen from it. the last election was in 2018 and ended years of unbroken unmo rule, but that happened because a breakaway faction joined the reformists and got enough seats to throw them out. that coalition broke up. what we saw this time was ethnic malays, 60% of the population, moving from unmo, but not towards the reformists and anwar ibrahim, but towards this breakaway coalition of perikatan nasional and in particular to a conservative islamic party. the basic preferences have not changed that much, the reformist wing in malaysia which includes the ethnic chinese minority, can't really break into majority territory. they seem to be stuck

at a sort of ceiling. we don't know which of those top two coalitions is going to be able to form a government. i think it will be challenging for mr anwar even though he has more seats, simply because it is harderfor him to pull other parties around malaysia into coalition with him. jonathan, what does this mean, what does this political uncertainty mean for malaysia in the days ahead? well, a couple of things. we have seen some striking exits from politics, most notably of all, 97—year—old mahatir mohamad, the dominant figure in malaysian history, he came back at the age of 92 as prime minister five years ago. he stood for parliament and has lost his seat, he's finally, at that incredible age, it looks like his political career is over. some other big names went as well. but most of all malaysian politics is going to be very fluid from now on. people are not satisfied with any of the coalitions and we are going to see constant jostling, and they will have to get used

to coalitions that might not last long, that remake themselves with different partners. also, clearly, the conservative ethnic malay vote stays conservative, it is not going over to the reformist wing. that has split malaysia between urban, ethnic chinese reformist malays and rural malays who are conservative and very muslim, but split remains right down the middle. in that sense it is quite a polarised country. you are watching bbc news. the headlines: fifa's president has hit back at western critics of qatar's human rights record and accused them of hypocrisy. negotiators at the un climate talks in egypt have signed an agreement to help the poorest countries worst affected by climate change. to the war in ukraine, where rishi sunak has made a surprise trip, his first since becoming the uk prime minister. during his visit to kyiv, he held talks with president zelensky and promised the uk would continue to support ukraine as they face further attacks from russia. he also announced $60 millon in defence aid. 0ur political correspondent ione wells reports.

a warm reception on a snowy day in kyiv. very good to see you. there we go — i've got my coat for later. in footage released by the ukrainian government and number10, rishi sunak can be seen laying flowers at a memorialfor victims of the war. bugle call. he met with emergency responders and announced a new package of air defence to help protect ukrainian civilians and infrastructure from russian air strikes. ukraine has faced months of intense russian aerial attacks. forces there say there have been 148 missile strikes on critical services, leaving 10 million people without power. the prime minister's main message was to confirm the uk's support for the country would continue. as prime minister of the united kingdom, i'm proud of how we stood with you from the very beginning. and i am here today to say

that the united kingdom will continue to stand with you. we will stand with you until ukraine has won the peace and security it needs and deserves. and then we will stand with you as you rebuild your great country. thank you so much, rishi. president zelensky thanked the prime ministerfor supporting his country and the dialogue they had. his visit comes after a difficult week for him and the chancellor, who announced a range of tax rises and public spending squeezes. the uk's foreign aid and defence budgets won't go up as planned yet, until the economic situation improves. ministers blame the war in ukraine for the dire economic situation in the uk. 0pposition parties argue political decisions played a role too. there is a clear desire to avoid public fatigue with the conflict and demonstrate the positives of supporting ukraine — an easier message to sell, perhaps, than the economic headlines they face back home.

ione wells, bbc news. nearly 100 young lebanese men are reported to havejoined the so—called islamic state terror group in the last year, but rather than simply being drawn in by the extreme ideology, they're trying to find a way to escape the country's financial crisis. with the vast majority of lebanese people living in poverty, the terror group is using deprived areas as a recruiting ground to fuel its insurgency in iraq. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster reports. in the back streets of tripoli, hope is in short supply. so is food, electricity and water — the very basics of life. the struggle for survival makes many people desperate. but some have taken extreme measures, joining a terror group responsible for murdering thousands. translation: i wanted to join the islamic state | and be a mujahid because of the poverty here.

then i would get close to my god and live comfortably, not worried about the cost of living. achmed, not his real name, was only 17 when he tried to join the so—called islamic state online, with hopes of going to iraq. within hours he was arrested. he said he did it because he was desperate. translation: it makes me want to kill myself. - i owe people money, but i can't afford to give it back. this is one of the poorest places in lebanon. life here is hard and opportunities are scarce, and that is one reason why these young men are leaving. without money, they rely on the terror group to smuggle them out. mohammed represents several of their families. translation: here is i separated from the state. look at these poor areas. nobody cares about it, and this poor class will be used to be recruited to isis. a year ago, this man vanished, killed fighting for is according to

this voice message, though the language is far less sophisticated than the group would normally use. translation: he told us - he was going to see his fiancee and would be back at noon. he went out and never came back. bakr�*s family don't understand why a young man preparing for his wedding would leave. they believe he could still be alive, but the army in iraq says he travelled there and attacked a military base. shortly afterwards, they killed him and five other lebanese is members in an airstrike. what will happen if you find them carrying out attacks in your country? translation: if you go to fight | with them, you will face either| being arrested or being killed by the iraqi armed forces. don't be the fuel for their wars. it is a stark message to a struggling country. there is little hope on the horizon, only painful

memories. and if its youth see joining a terror organisation as their brightest hope, it is a damning indictment of what lebanon has become. donald trump is now back on twitter. people got used to his often—fiery tweets when he was in the oval office, but he was banned by the social media network following the 6january riots. now the new owner of twitter, elon musk, confirmed he will be able to rejoin, and it's all down to people power after mr musk held a poll on the subject. where else but on twitter? earlier i spoke to our reporter tom brada about elon musk�*s latest decision. it has been to mulch was first three weeks since he has been in charge, and this is probably the most controversial thing of his reign. 0n the most controversial thing of his reign. on friday he posted a poll asking should the former president, donald trump, be allowed to rejoin twitter, should his account be

reinstated? the result has come through. we should be able to see it now. 51.8% of people voted yes, 48.2% no, which means the majority of people voted in favour to reinstate his account. we should also... we have reaction from elon musk in the past hour or so and he has already treated. he specifically tweeted, i will get it on my phone for you. i am not a latin expert, but that means the voice of the people is god, which means he will act on what that popular decision is. he seems to have been true to his word. if you go and search for donald trump's account, you can now see that it has been activated again. in the most recent tweets you can see is from back in 2021, eighth january, see is from back in 2021, eighthjanuary, i see is from back in 2021, eighth january, i believe, see is from back in 2021, eighthjanuary, i believe, is that last tweet, and you will remember the original reason he was kicked off the platform was for inciting the capital attack. �* , ., , �* ., attack. but trump doesn't want

to come back — attack. but trump doesn't want to come back to _ attack. but trump doesn't want to come back to twitter, - attack. but trump doesn't want to come back to twitter, does i to come back to twitter, does he? ., �* , , he? so that's the interesting thin. he? so that's the interesting thing- we — he? so that's the interesting thing. we haven't _ he? so that's the interesting thing. we haven't yet - he? so that's the interesting thing. we haven't yet had i he? so that's the interesting thing. we haven't yet had an official statement from donald trump, but he has been very hesitant to commit to rejoining the platform in the past. but in the past couple of hours he has been asked about the situation on twitter, the pole, and he did give this response. i hear we're getting a big vote to go— i hear we're getting a big vote to go back on twitter. i don't see _ to go back on twitter. i don't see it. — to go back on twitter. i don't see it, because i don't see any reason — see it, because i don't see any reason for— see it, because i don't see any reason for it. so see it, because i don't see any reason for it.— reason for it. so when he says he doesn't _ reason for it. so when he says he doesn't see _ reason for it. so when he says he doesn't see any _ reason for it. so when he says he doesn't see any reason - reason for it. so when he says he doesn't see any reason for| he doesn't see any reason for it, he has actually been quite specific about why he won't be rejoining twitter. in specific about why he won't be rejoining twitter.— rejoining twitter. in the past, and i would — rejoining twitter. in the past, and i would like _ rejoining twitter. in the past, and i would like to _ rejoining twitter. in the past, and i would like to direct - rejoining twitter. in the past, and i would like to direct you | and i would like to direct you to a statement he made on fox news back in april, he has specifically said he won't be rejoining. when he spoke to abby fox back then, and this was before elon had bought twitter, he said i hope elon musk buys twitter, so clearly a fan of elon himself, but he has said i am going to be staying on truth, and he is talking about truth social, the social

media at which he owns and runs and is on. the point is that if he tweets, which is what a lot of his fans want him to be doing, he won't actually see any money come directly his way, whereas if he stays on truth social, the app that he runs, he will hope to draw more people onto that platform, and he will potentially make the calculation he can make more money by exclusively staying there. but don't forget he recently announced that he will be running for the presidency again. when he was originally kicked off twitter, he had around 80 million followers. so this is a man who we know enjoys the limelight. it may be difficult for him to resist the temptation to rejoin. and let's take you to where a final climate deal is being finalised at the cop, the details of that agreement. we are waiting for the official confirmation, but the loss and damage agreement has been signed. but there is still no

agreement on fossilfuel signed. but there is still no agreement on fossil fuel use. you will get more details on that as well. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @arunodaym. hello there. weather headlines in recent days have been dominated by the relentless heavy rainfall that we've seen across eastern scotland. in aboyne in aberdeenshire, we had 1.5 months of rain since last wednesday, and there is more wet weather to come. but it looks likely over the next five days that the heaviest of the rain will be further south and west. the darker the blues, the heavier the rain. and you can see across the far north—east, hopefully not quite as much. there's still some wet weather to come, though, on sunday from this frontal system. around an inch of rain before it clears through. it will clear quite quickly, though, on sunday morning,

easing away from eastern scotland and south—east england, allowing for some sunshine to come through. but a brisk westerly wind will quickly driving some sharp, squally showers, some of these heavy, with some hail and some thunder. but most of the showers will be out to the west. so with the sunshine, we're likely to see temperatures about where they should be for this time of year — 7—12 degrees. now, the showers will start to fade away through the evening, and we keep some clear skies potentially in the far north—east of scotland. but at the same time, the next system moves in — yet more wet and windy weather on its way, accompanied by gale force gusts of winds in the strongest and heaviest of the rain. but ahead of it, under the clear skies, perhaps temperatures here low enough for a touch of light frost. now, some of that wet weather will gradually push its way steadily north—east on monday. a level of uncertainty as to just where that rain is likely to gather, but keep abreast of the forecast. rain is likely through northern ireland, parts

of wales, south—west england, and eventually into north—west england. scattered showers following on behind. drier but cooler conditions in the far north of scotland. and that colder air potentially sitting in scotland for a couple of days, tapping into the cold air sitting across scandinavia. that means that these weather fronts potentially could enhance the risk of some wintry showers to higher ground as they drift out of aberdeenshire into the northern isles. but on the whole on tuesday, there'll be some sunny spells coming through and again a similar kind of feel to the weather — 7—11 degrees. the remainder of the week stays unsettled, a real autumnal flavour. there will be showers, longer spells of rain. it will be windy with it. the best of the drier weather, however, into the far north—east.

this is bbc news. the headlines: fifa's president, gianni infantino, has accused critics of qatar's human rights record of hypocrisy, saying europe should apologise for its historic actions. concerns were raised about qatar's policies on homosexuality and how it treats migrant workers from asia and africa. negotiators at the un climate conference in egypt have signed a deal to provide aid for developing countries that have suffered loss and damage due to global warming. but there's been disagreement on whether to include stronger pledges on cutting the use of fossil fuels. donald trump's twitter account has been reinstated after the firm's new boss,

elon musk, let users decide