this is the w. newsletter from the twenty twenty six football world cup is going to north america canada mexico and usa have been selected by the fever congruous two holes at twenty eight twenty six. world cup thank you and fifth base morocco at a photo of the fee for congress in moscow the day before this year's tournament begins the twenty sixth event will be the first to have forty eight teams and three host nations also on the program humanitarian the the young egeland says

a new attack by saudi arabia on the yemen to cut off supplies to the whole country speaking exclusively to d.w.p. accuses saudi arabia's international allies of bearing joint responsibility for the violence and suffering. germany's new foreign minister calls for a new strategy to counter america first policy. welcome to the program. united states canada and mexico will host the twenty twenty six football world cup beat beat morocco's in a vote at the feet for congress in moscow twenty twenty six will be the first time three countries have hosted a world cup told and it also featured a record forty eight teams and a poll of fee for members the north america bit beat the north africans one hundred thirty four to sixty five the presence of u.s.

soccer. was overjoyed on behalf of our united bid canada mexico and my country the united states thank you so so very much for this incredible honor thank you for entrusting us with this privilege the privilege of hosting the fee for world cup in twenty twenty six let us also salute our friends from morocco at the end of the day we are all united in football that's the spirit of the world cup the beautiful game and game transcends borders and cultures. they don't expose correspondent jonathan crane and joins us from the fee for congress meeting in moscow welcome jonathan. what was it about the north america bed that many successful. specifically fail there are a couple of things one being revenue united is promising eleven billion dollars in profits for fee fair which obviously speaks volumes and talks

a lot to what fee for a. fee for the most money generating tournament the second thing was really infrastructure and stadiums are already in place and when you compare that to the morocco which still had a lot of stadiums to build if not the fee for a task force that was back in that very high risk in terms of the infrastructure and i think those were the two things that really convinced the for members to vote in favor for the united states so how do those three nations not nice around this given. recent actions against to canada and mexico. isn't it to think that these countries are going to host a tournament together now given what we've heard from our president trump in recent months but that is what they have to do they play out their words unites in that promotional video they were saying that people from all over the world will be able to come in and watch the world cup geopolitics is obviously a big thing that russia and north korea you might have to wouldn't have voted for

united states united states lead normal circumstances do that in the end i'm sure at the moment they're just reveling in the success of the united states was disappointed everyone to the host a twenty twenty two tournament that went to we saw the reaction from college almost in tears on the stage that's what it meant to them and i think that's what they'll be focusing on now and hopefully all three hosts will get automatic qualification to the tournament i told him stay with us if you would with. this which begins tomorrow spade may be one of the favorites to lift the world cup campaign is going to be stuff the country's football federation has just signed a national team coach two days before. he was dismissed after he had agreed to join. despite signing a deal last month to stay on as national coach until twenty twenty. directed.

at his right. to coach the two thousand and ten. russia back. on how big a shot. this is a just talk about. with this really came out of the blue and the head of the spanish football federation stormed out so if the fee for congress to confront he only found out apparently five minutes before and now it's. really kind of was left with no choice he fired and you might say that perhaps he should just give him a slap on the wrist and said ok for the interests of the team stay on for the end of the tournament but now he has been five and often on the hero who was sporting director would take over now the area was cut many times to spain eighty nine insights very legendary defender for them but he has very little coaching experience anyone the year in charge of second division so this really is a band-aid solution i think until after the world cup and then spain will have to

have a rethink right so. they recover from this. it's going to be very difficult for them it is a massive blow this is unprecedented this is never happens for a major team before it meant tell you he had really ten things around for spain they were unbeaten under him i think they've won sixteen of the last twenty games they're off to a disappointing tournament twenty sixteen in the twenty four to twenty fourteen world cup by that stands as it stands at least they were considered one of the favorites for this tournament alongside the likes of brazil and germany now i think bookmakers will be looking at that price and maybe bumping it up a bit because i think this is really a massive blow to the spanish sides. a saudi like coalition has launched an assault on yemen's main port city of data it says seen as a key battlefront and possible turning point in yemen's three year civil war between the country's saudi backed government and iran backed rebels an estimated

six hundred thousand people live in the area and aid groups are warning that the new offensive risks causing massive civilian civilian casualties and exacerbating the country's already severe humanitarian crisis. and i spoke to young egeland former u.n. undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs he's currently secretary general of the norwegian refugee council i started by asking him about the situation on the ground. that has now nearly been surrounded by forces that have been fighting up the coast from the south yemen is divided now in with two. good defacto governments fighting each other in aden in the south is the hot d. or original government backed by saudi arabia and united arab emirates in the north there is a rebel group called that out calmly named as who they control the sun

not the capital and most of the country most of the population they have some backing from iran now that war has been waged on and mongst the civilian population what's special about data is that it is the lifeline to most of the population who lives in the north if that is becoming. is now destroyed and that fighting we will loose the life one to millions and millions of people that are already on the brink of starvation so what are you calling for at this point what we're calling for today i will be speaking to two fisher from the united arab emirates that is leading this attack it seems we are reaching out to the united kingdom the united states france who are close to saudi arabia that is also at war in part here and a message is the following we need

a ceasefire this attack should not happen this is like attacking a lot of them and and you know what that is what would be for the for the dutch you cannot have a lifeline destroyed so we need ceasefire we need talks we need to make this port city and into nationally administers so the united nations to take over running the place so that they will can also make sure. that no weapons missiles comes from iran a war ever to the who decide and thereby threaten saudi arabia so what do you get forgive me for interrupting you there but clearly that it's a vital mission but they knew this the saudi backus knew this they also know that if they take it they pretty much won so what can you give them what can you tell of how do you change their minds when it's not easy because in a way we failed because we've been we as human

a terrence on the ground struggling we have one interest in that have to civilian population of women and children that in the millions suffer in this senseless war well what i can give them is. less international condemnation and i'm actually very surprised and disappointed that the united states united kingdom france and all these powers that have fingerprints all over this brocade against. yemen very close close to saudi and the rocky led military coalition have not been able to avert this attack or we can give them is some international praise instead of now you know some international law i would say critique against this attack we wish you well with your efforts eglinton secretary general of the new regime if you can counsel thank you so much jill. take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the european

union and the united nations have welcomed a decision by greece's northern neighbor to change its name macedonia is to become the republic of north macedonia the country has been in a decades long dispute with greece over the name athens objected because greece has a northern province of that. a month after iraq's elections shia cleric. and iran backed militia chief the al a myriad of agree to form a political alliance two blocks came first and second in may's vote which was marked by historically low turnout and allegations of fraud. a brushfire in the hills of a beverly hills california has threatened houses and forced evacuations the no immediate reports of injuries more than two hundred fifty firefighters are working to contain the blaze moving up even in relatively light winds or france is committed to cooperation with italy on the issue of migration to europe

the statement from the country's foreign ministry comes amid a dispute between the two countries with france criticizing italy for closing its ports to a rescue boat which was carrying hundreds of migrants over the weekend today however italy allowed a vessel carrying more than nine hundred migrants to dock in sicily they'd been rescued off libya's coast and brought to shore by the italian coast guard in a wide ranging speech on european union policy germany's foreign minister heiko moss has been discussing europe's differences over migration policy. we must men's the rift that has appeared within our union in recent years this applies to the rift between north and south as well as to the rift between east and west. this must be our german offer to europe. we want to overcome differences. we want to be a guarantee of europe's an inner unity and string first of it so that europe can better fulfill the europeans hopes and the world's expectations.

i hope must deliver that speech of the post bob. because from the top in the form the mark is that welcome been talking to the german foreign minister the key points . well i painted a picture of europe which is under threat by populism nationalism chauvinism and a triumph particularly and his answer was europe has to act united europe united a great europe a big europe which let's not itself be tied it from the outside and from within that should be any divisions between north and south or east and west and that would be also the work of germany to overcome these divisions and then europe could act as a global player and maybe to give you one detail he is in favor of a majority vote in the u. in order to be more flexible to act on the global stage a lot of european reforms that the french president announced his proposals on

a uniform nearly a year ago everyone's been waiting for some answer from german chancellor angela merkel ever since i did have foreign minister's speech contain any hints. yes. the answer from germany can only be allowed clear yes to a man who in my call but he also criticized that it's only about money and the whole discussion about the e.u. reform he said germany would be willing to give more money and he think it should be even more than what america has already suggested but then you also said foreign policy security defense policy and migration are a lot more important topics for the people in europe and also for the german french decision which will come probably next week in a government meeting of the two governments and he's quite confident that they will find a compromise there. so to come here d.w.

britain's parliament forces the government to soften its oppressive position germany's sense is growing worries about the present situation a better position to take a closer look in the business of those on the way out of the top of the. not proud and they will not succeed in dividing us around not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of mystics like this ship. taking a stand global news that matters. made for mines.