>> welcome to live in paris. world news and analysis from france 24. these are the headlines. controversy off the pitch. banning of the rainbow arm bantered action on it the latest from the world cup with gareth -- where gareth bale scored the penalty turn wells a 1-1 draw against the usa. simon harding a lucky man watching the action. ukraine says there is evidence torture took place in russian occupied her son. the un's nuclear watchdog warns avenue -- winds of an impending nuclear catastrophe.

turkeys airstrikes on kurdish sites in syria and iraq in retaliation. kurdish shells hit a turkish border town hitting a school. this is live from paris. thank you very much for being with us. we start with the world cup all the controversy off the pitch and all the action. wales back in the world cup for the first time since 1958 versus the usa. i know for a fact -- simon harding with the result of the game. no coincidence i am wearing a red tie. tell us what happened.

>> as the cliche goes, a game of two halves is the best way to describe it. usa unstoppable in the first half. wendy of chances for them. wales perhaps lucky not to go in at halftime trailing more than one goal. the 36th minute to give the u.s. the le. a deserved lead at halftime. a feisty game at times. couple of yellow cards for either sides. some big tackles pretty got the feeling with england in a comfortable victory against iran there was a lot riding on the game. the welsh came back well in the second half. the substitution by rob page who took off danl james and brought on bournemouth striker keith are more upfront. much more of a threat with gareth bale on his preferred right wing. able to cut in on his left foot and dictate play. it is gareth bale who scored the equalizing goal via the penalty. zimmerman with a file in the box. gareth bale as you would expect

it as the welsh talisman getting the draw for wales. a result that certainly sets the world cup and a motion for either side but of course the united states are up against england on friday. wells will take on iran before a clash against their favorite neighbors in the last game of the match. >> can i ask you briefly about the armband controversy? there were many captains who intended to wear a kind of lgbtq friendly armband. have gone back on that. there seems to be some kind of message on one of the armbands we saw tonight. can you throw any light on that? >> the armband was the one love armband pair the campaign started in the netherlands which was all-inclusive about the lgbtq community. that is absolutely spot on. what happened was the seven federations who had decided to wear it including the

netherlands, germany, denmark and france was one of the nations that opted out of wearing the armband had to pull out at the last minute because fifa threatened the captains who wore it would receive a yellow card which means the federation said we cannot take the risk of a player starting a game already on a booking. you can imagine in england's case if harry kane were to receive a yellow card and of the game having already received one they would be without their star stryker. the controversy surrounds that because it is the first time fifa have decided to threaten on a sporting fine. usually it would be a fincial fine or a fine at a federation level. this time it was very much impacting the teams on a sporting level. taking things out of the players hands. has caused controversy. i am sure there will be a lot of questions aimed at the sports governing body in the next couple of days on that decision but for now what is for certain is some of the seams are receiving criticism for backing up.

others are saying they did not have a choice. it seems that debate and controversy is never far away in the qatar world cup. >> most players never play in a world cup. we know messi is competing in his fifth. kicks off probably his final world cup campaign on tuesday. his argentina team will face tunisia. a last chance to write his name alongside the great footballers of our time and lift the most coveted trophy in the game. >> in the city of rosario it is impossible to miss the hometown hero. 300 kilometers from the capital this is the birthplace of football legend we know missy. -- lionell messy. >> this is the first mural done in 2014. >> victoria lopez has been organizing tours for four years in the strikers childhood neighborhood. >> he inspires sympathy around

the world and even more so here where residents are proud to have been around for and contribute it to the creation of this legend. this god that is lionel messi. >> on the reet where messi grew up his neighbors are getting ready for this year's world cup. >> some people are painting a portrait of the greatest in the world in argentina. we have hung banners. we have painted everything sky blue and white because this year the world cup is ours. we have to bring home the trophy. >> while messi has taken him seven belle and dori trophies, four champions league trophies, the title of world cup champion has eluded him. >>e all hope messi will score the greatest goal in history. >> in souvenir shops his captain is often found alongside

big romero donna. >> here we have t-shirts with messi and diego. if messi wins the world cup, they will done history for life. > argentina's first match will be broadcast at 7:00 a.m. in the capital. >> we are opening at 5:00 a.m. we are already fully booked. we believe in him. >> at 35 years old with an entire nation behind him, he will pursue the one tournament he has yet to conquer. >> the football world cup well underway in qatar. wales and the usa drawing one each. the latest game just finished. more on the world cup throughout the program. speaking of the main world news stories, evidence of war crimes in her son. ukrainian police and prosecutors have identified four places they

suspect russian forces tortured people before abandoning the city. russia has not yet responded to the latest allegations. the ukrainian prosecutor says russian forces had set up pseudo-loan iceman agencies and detention centers in pice building. the region was annexed illegally by russia in sham referendum in september. a vote condemned by the united nations. eyewitnesses saying it took place at gunpoint. france 24's reporter is in header son. >> over a week since ukraine reclaimed control of the city. we definitely have seen russians keeping up the pressure on the ukrainians here. the city was shelled again. infrastructure was hit. that follows a previous strike over the weekend that hit a humanitarian aid point. evidently shows russia has been successful and is definitely keeping up its pressure on ukrainians in terms of hitting energy infrastructure across the

country. we have seen without heat in the city itself there is no heat, electricity and there is no water. that has led to a massive effort to get humanitarian in to the people who are still there. trains have been running. they are only carrying humanitarian aid for the time being. they have been delayed in terms of being able to get it running because of the sheer number of minds. efforts to clear those minds and explosives is still continuing. the population itself, they are coming to terms with eight and a half months of brutal russian occupation. investigations are continuing in the city into allegations of war crimes. monday, authorities declared they had found four more torture chambers that had been used to set up in civilian buildings. all feeding into this situation of absolute cruelty and brutality under the occupation itself.

we visited a village not too far from the city. we were told by residents the russians had had a presence from day one. people have been trying to evacuate during their early stages of the war. those evacuations the russians put a stop too quickly. there was a prison nearby that was turned into another detention center. we heard these stories again of people being arbitrarily arrested, taking in, detained and later on removed from the area, sent back to the city. it goes to show to what extent the occupation has spread throughout the area painting this picture of cruelty across not just the city but the entire region. >> our reporter the world health organization is whining at the upcoming winter will be life-threatening for millions of ukrainians after a series of devastating russian attacks on the energy grid.

>> this winter will be life-threatening for millions of people in ukraine. the devastating energy crisis, the deepening mental health emergency put a strain on humanitarian access and the risk of viral infections will make this winter a formidable test for the ukraine health system and the ukraine people. >> at least two people have been killed and at least 10 others wounded in a small town on the turkish side of the border with syria. a shelled landing near a school. suspected kurdish militants of firing this across the border. france 24 with this. >> with the sound of shattered glass underfoot, local turkish

officials assess the damage. according to the governor this school is one of the buildings hit by rocket fire from suspected kurdish militants in syria. residents in the turkish border town say they fear for their safety. >> we are not safe here anymore. we don't know what to do. we don't even have a car. we have no option but to stay. >> monday's attack comes after turkey launched its own strikes in syria and iraq over the weekend. they targeted kurdish groups that anchor -- that and kara holds multiple foyer bomb attack that killed six people in istanbul a week ago. officials say the strikes destroyed 89 targets. on monday, ankara found a further response. >> the attacks against us will be answered in the strongest possible way. all necessary steps will be

taken. the terrorist oanization will not be given any chance to exist both inside and outside our border. >> authorities blame the bomb attack on the kurdish workers party or pkk and its syrian affiliate, syrian democratic forces. since 1984 the pkk has fought an armed insurgency in turkey. the conflict has killed tens of thousands of people. >> bob iger is back as boss of disney. this follows the tumultuous time motive over by his hand-picked successor. let's take a look. >> bob iger is to return to walt disney as chief executive. a surprise comeback which coincides with the company attempt to boost investor confidence and profits. the announcement was made late on sunday via a statement by the

disney board of directors. >> board has concluded as disney embarks on a increasingly complex periods of industry transformation, bob iger is uniquely situated to lead this company. >> age 71, he was chief executive for 15 years and retired as chairman last year. he will replace bob jpeg who took over as disney ceo in february 2020 just as the covid-19 pandemic hit. leading to park closures and restrictions on visitors globally. bob iger inherits a complex situation. disney profits have fallen by nearly 40% this year including a loss of 1.5 early in dollars for the company's streaming service disney plus. nevertheless, he has agreed to serve as ceo for two years starting with immediate effect

and has also been expected to help the company choose a successor. >> from disney back to the news. time for truth or fake paired fact checking is the name of the game. people convert to religions all the time but there are claims they are doing it especially during the fifa world cup. catalina. >> this video right here circulating on twitter where people claim it shows these four people right here who went to qatar for the fifa world cup and after listening to the call of allah they converted to islam. this video right here has been retweeted over 960 times on twitter and it has been viewed over 75 thousand times posted on november 20. this post on twitter. it has been circulating even more on facebook with this post

that has reached over 158,000 views on facebook with the post that reads four people accepted islam after listening to lecture in qatar. it has been circulating in french social media accounts as well with this post that reads a few minutes ago four people announce their conversion to islam during the first lecture at qatar. so let's take a look at the video that has been circulating with the post right here where we do see this man right here reciting in arabic and his disciples repeat what he says. this affirmation that has to be pronounced by those in blazing -- those embracing the muslim faith. alleging people at the world cup that have converted to the muslim faith. >> what is the origin of this video? anyway >> the video is

from a conference in 2016. entering these contra keywords right here on the google search, we find this search that yields these results right here. notably the first video. this one right here where we seem lots of the same elements. we see lots of the same elements as the one in false claims. there is this other video on youtube we found with the same google search titled these four people accepting islam in qatar with the date confirming this video took place on may 5 -- may 26 2016. this facebook post also where you can find a publication by the doctor himself dated once again on may 25 2016.

promoting this conversion event so this video right here does indeed show these four people converting to islam in qatar. that is true. as detailed in the false claim but this video is out of context from 2016 and not during the current fifa world cup. >> what about the doctor? can you tell us any more about him? no i >> the doctor is from india up here he is a controversial figure in islam. he is the creator of the islamic research foundation and he is also the founder of this controversial tv channel called peace tv with over 200 million viewers. this tv channel is banned in many countries including india, pakistan, the u.k. and canada because of the content, inciting hatred and terrorism. controversial enough, this doctor has notably been

controversial for displaying his public support to al qaeda leader osama bin laden in the past and as cited by these news reports, an indian fugitive from money laundering since 2016 and there are many news reports that do claim the doctor is in qatar at the moment expected to give many religious lectures throughout this world cup so perhaps we will have to -- we will have an update on these videos from 2016. >> yet another layer of controversy surrounding the world cup taking place in qatar. time for focus now. thousands have died in qatar since the construction of the football sites. temperatures often reach beyond 50 degrees.

because of the high unemployment rate and low salary rates, half a million nepalese to work in the gulf countries and malaysia getting entrapped in what is called modern-day slavery. t's watch our focus report. >> at the kathmandu international airport and this man is returning from qatar with the coffin of his colleague and friend. both of them were working on world cup sites as construction workers. a 25-year-old died after falling from a scaffold. >> he was working on the construction site. i also worked in qatar for the same company. we were working where the accident happened. i did as much as i could. he has a wife and children, parents and younger brother. >> he does not want to share his name but he tells us he will return to the construction site in a week. many of the workers went to qatar -- many of the workers went to qatar to earn a better living returned in coffins.

thousands have been returning since they were awarded the world cup in 2010. everyday 500 people queue up here at the visa center. he found a job as a baggage handler with a salary of 300 euros per month which is three times the average salary in nepal. >> i have to take this kind of job because i have to feed the nine members of my family. >> nepalese are the main group of workers employed at the world cup sites. to them traveled from this iva cultural belt in the himalayas. the extreme poverty of the region forces the people to take this drastic step even at the risk of never returning. that leaves families in greater distress. six months ago, her husband died in doha at the construction site of one of the world cup stadiums. he was 31 years old.

he had been working there for three years. the couple had hoped for a better future for their daughter and son. >> he went abroad so we could build our own house but after four months he died. they got what they wanted. it will be happy playing football but all that happiness has been taken from us. we are left with nothing. just a paper saying my husband died of a heart attack. >> whenever a nepalese worker dies in qatar the cause death given is a must always the same, a heart attack cegorized as a natural death. this exempt the companies from paying compensation to the victims families. such a high mortality rate is very alarming for this doctor. >> the government does not allow any workers to travel abroad without first clearing a thorough medical examination. heart attacks primarily affect people over the age of 50. those who go abroad are mostly

young people which is the main concern. the net believe government should do something about it. it is difficult to know the exact number of deaths. according to the net believe government over 30,000 worked on the sites including stadiums, hotels and airports. a must 2000 lost their lives according to the official data. for human rights organizations the government death is hugely underestimated. in addition to thousands of deaths many more lives have been shattered. this man worked as a bricklayer on the construction site of the stadium where the world cup final will be played. at the age of 43 he suffers from kidney failure. >> here is my medication. here, here and there. i take insulin. here are the injections. i have to take seven of these

tablets daily. i have kidneys -- i had kidney failure when i was 42. i am alive. >> to save his life his mother donated her kidney. everything he owned was spent on the treatment. >> i spent everything i'd earned. almost 20,000 euros. >> for him there is no doubt there is -- they reversible damage to his health was a result of the poor working conditions. > we worked from 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. it was hot as hell. sometimes there was no air conditioning. after a tiring day's work we went back to our crowded rooms. for the toilets, when i queue for one toilet. we are like their slaves. >> along with his wife the former worker is visiting a

association of lawyers fighting for the rights of the migrants. they help workers fight for compensation. since 2011, they have entered over 5000 claims on behalf of workers who returned from qatar and other gulf countries. >> it should not take more than seven to eight months to process your application. >> if the claim is excepted he could get over 5000 euros from the nip illegal government. -- the nepalese government. the money sent by citizens working abroad forms one part of nepal's gdp. the emirates has rejected calls for a compensation front from workers. now ready to fly to doha but still waiting for his visa at his hotel with two of his village friends. they will have a two your walking period.

>> there is nothing in it. the bag is completely empty. i've taken two or three sets of clothes. i've planned to work and fill this back with money and then returne. >> they decided to go in the hope of giving their children a better future. >> i tolmy son with a good education you can make our country a better place, make better roles. he could create jobs for people like us and maybe then we would not need to gto oth countries to make a living. this is my only dream. >> tourists had started pouring into qatar and are outnumbering foreign workers. now heading to saudi arabia which will host the asian winter games in 2029. >> our special focus feature. stay with us. more news to come.

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