been found guilty of murder. saudi arabia is set to play host for the 2034 men's world cup, despite strong criticism from human rights groups. rebel fighters in syria have set fire to the tomb of the ousted president bashar al assad's father. we are awaiting saudi arabia to be confirmed as the 2034 men's world cup hosts today. we are eminently awaiting that. we have been waiting for about 40 minutes, we are a little bit delayed but different countries are making presentations and we

are making presentations and we are waiting for acclamation from member nations, effectively giving approval to spain, morocco and portugal to be hosting that with latin america in 2030 and that automatically give approval to saudi arabia to host in 2034. now with all the latest sport here's.... as you have been following events from zurich, a particularly significant day when it comes to awarding the host nations for the next two world cups. yet to have those nations who have been given the opportunity to stage it. while wednesday brings to an end of the bidding process one leading human rights lawyer says a legal fight could now begin with saudi arabia about to be announced as the host for the latter tournament. the kingdom has faced years of scrutiny for its human rights and environmental record but well

when the process with the world's governing body facing potential legal action if they refuse to insist that saudi arabia improves its human rights record in the decade before the tournament. in rights record in the decade before the tournament. in order to promote _ before the tournament. in order to promote the _ before the tournament. in order to promote the sport _ before the tournament. in order to promote the sport in - before the tournament. in order to promote the sport in the - to promote the sport in the country as a whole, and also to ensure that when it is held there it will be a safe environment where everyone can come. these problems have a habit of coming back to haunt international bodies like fifa. you can hide the problems for only so long but because at the core they are wrong they can become much bigger problems for the future, rather than sorting them out now when you have the chance rather than pushing them off and hoping it will be fine because it will have to be change in saudi arabia. fifa's evaluation — change in saudi arabia. fifa's evaluation report _ change in saudi arabia. fifa's evaluation report of- change in saudi arabia. fifa's evaluation report of the - change in saudi arabia. fifa's|

evaluation report of the saudi arabia bed, the video of which you havejust arabia bed, the video of which you have just seen arabia bed, the video of which you havejust seen parts arabia bed, the video of which you have just seen parts of, arabia bed, the video of which you havejust seen parts of, it received the highest risk ever and was deemed medium risk for human rights and low risk for environmental protection, drawing criticism from campaigners. it is expected in the next few minutes there will not be an official vote but rather an acclamation with a round of applause for the victorious hosts. the bed has support from those outside of fever as well. i think they will be an incredible custodian of the world cup, an exciting world cup. qatar was extraordinary, i loved being part of it. saudi arabia is the most beautiful country with the warmest kindest people so i am really excited to see the world cup go on its next gen the i am excited to see the world cup in

the gulf states. it will be beautiful and i can't wait to visit. elsewhere in football and liverpool still the only team with a 100% record in the champions league and their position at the top of the table will not be challenged. still plenty of teams trying to break into the top eight and arsenal will move into an automatic spot if they win against monaco later for manchester city have a little more work to do, setting 20th out of 36 teams in this new format. ahead of their match at juventus on wednesday. drop points in three of their five games so far but the players have not lost their manager's admiration. i have not lost their manager's admiration.— have not lost their manager's admiration. i love them. they can do better. _

admiration. i love them. they can do better. we _ admiration. i love them. they can do better. we have - admiration. i love them. they can do better. we have to - admiration. i love them. they| can do better. we have to find something inside of all of us to get— something inside of all of us to get the results but i am not the right— to get the results but i am not the right person to see any wrong _ the right person to see any wrong words about the team about — wrong words about the team about what they have experienced for many years but we have — experienced for many years but we have to perform well again and it— we have to perform well again and it is— we have to perform well again and it is really important. a bil and it is really important. big day of club football but international football very much on the agenda today and with all the bed videos and presentations made the fifa congress is moving on to the vital announcement of the world cup in 2030 and 2034. continuing coverage from zurich right here on bbc news but that's it for now. you can scan the qr code, we are streaming that announcement, still waiting for that announcement, but the moment that does get confirmed we will bring that to you. we have been waiting for a while and have had all those

glossy videos but still if you moments away. while we await for that, we will turn to the situation in syria. while syrians slowly adjust to life without bashir al—assad there are many minority and marginalised groups wondering what this new syria will look like 7 and how inclusive it will be? khaled ales—mael is a syrian writer and journalist. kaled, you've lived under the assad regime. you left syria in 2012. give us an insight into what it was like. . ., , like. that time, when i was born i always _ like. that time, when i was born i always felt _ like. that time, when i was born i always felt like, - like. that time, when i was born i always felt like, how| born i always felt like, how can they survive in this country? when the first information came to me that in the syrian constitution, it sentenced queer people to jail

and my main fear actually was as a journalist and a writer and a person who works in media was the law. some people say syrians can be homophobic or rejecting sexual identities, but we didn't know as queer people that they lasted against us, so queer people themselves couldn't stand for themselves because of the law didn't protect them. that is the main fear of me personally in that time in syria. is fear of me personally in that time in syria.— time in syria. is it that the law didn't _ time in syria. is it that the law didn't recognise - time in syria. is it that the i law didn't recognise minority groups or was it that it was illegal? it groups or was it that it was illeual? . , illegal? it was the constitution, - illegal? it was the constitution, it. illegal? it was the l constitution, it was illegal? it was the - constitution, it was against us, you go to jailfor two constitution, it was against us, you go to jail for two to three years if you are found guilty of having regular sex. fix, guilty of having regular sex. a regular sex. —— irregular sex.

you regularsex. —— irregularsex. you are watching now from the uk. do you think you will go back to syria?— back to syria? what is the situation _ back to syria? what is the situation now? _ back to syria? what is the situation now? we - back to syria? what is the situation now? we can't i back to syria? what is the | situation now? we can't go back to syria? what is the - situation now? we can't go back to syria tomorrow or next week or maybe next year. he left behind a lot of destruction, the economy is so bad, the currency went from 50 lead up to 24,000 lire, so the people who left syria, much of their houses and homes are doomed. they sold them in order to pay people to smuggle them outside the country. it is a big question we cannot answer today. on the other hand actions can tell is if the new government are tolerant, how much they are tolerant and accepting marginalised people as you say before. the whole

world today is watching the footage of sydney are present, all those people, we try to take them out and liberate them and myself i wonder how many prisoners there are who are lgbt q r queer people are projected tojoin the lgbt q r queer people are projected to join the army and ended up injail. this ended up in “ail. this notorious _ ended up injail. this notorious brutal- ended up injail. this notorious brutaljail. | ended up in jail. this - notorious brutaljail. but watching the live scenes from damascus we know there is footage of people returning to syria. the prime minister asking syrians to come back but also those worried about what syria will look like under hts, this grouping that has swept across syria and overthrown bashar al assad. what do you understand about them? have you

looked at what they were like when they ruled ed lebel, the area that they were in control of? what kind of lgbt rights that people have under them? invisible, they couldn't come out. it is like if we want to trust hts, trust is broken in syria because they don't trust international communities, they didn't trust bashar al assad. the executed people ten years ago, all this footage really broke the trust, trust in power. we trust people who continued evolution until bashar al assad fled the country. i would say building

trust really needs time for syrians to gain it again for people in power. and their actions will tell us what will happen. and as a person in contact, lgbtq were invisible. a big question mark over whether you will ever feel comfortable enough to return. thank you very much for sharing your story. we really appreciate that and you have written extensively about that. four days after the fall of the assad regime in syria, the implications are still being worked out. one question is what it will mean for russia s military presence in the country. the kremlin has key strategic bases in syria — and there is now some evidence it is moving warships out of syrian waters. nick eardley from bbc verify

has been taking a look. the fall of the assad regime in syria will have significant consequences not least for russia. these two were allies. russia. these two were allies. russia helped assad stay in power after the arab spring when he brutally suppressed protests and that allowed russia to expand its sphere of influence in the middle east and africa. i want to look at to russian military bases in syria to see the impact the fall of the assad regime might be having. we have this air base but first tartarus where moscow has an important naval base. this has been moscow's only port in the mediterranean making it an important logistical hub for the kremlin. it can move people, goods and weapons around the region but it is in question and there are signs russia is moving military

assets at least temporarily. let me show you some satellite images we've been looking at. this is from yesterday, and if you focus on that red dot it is a russian frigate miles out at sea. we showed this satellite image to an expert, an analyst who specialises in the russian navy and his conclusion is that shows russian vessels have left the port and are keeping their distance outside syrian waters to 1526 00:13:31,689 --> 00:13:31