co-host in the region and would there be the need for them to sort of make some of the changes that katter has had to to abide by fee first request and that would be another layer of complexity in terms of spreading the co-hosting and spreading the hosting of the tournament and the games clearly you can see where they go and please continue james. i just wanted to take this one step further with just if that indeed the economic and diplomatic boycott of got that were to continue at the time of the world cup in qatar this is going to be a real problem for for the saudis the button a nice the end the rowdies because they're set and citizens at this point run a risk if they were to travel to gattaca so you will have for the first time a world cup in them in the arab world and in the gulf of which citizens of major countries would be barred and that probably is going to force a situation in which the south but he's the governor he's the best raise would have to breach their own boycott because otherwise this would create domestic issues. alright and coming back to my food all of this. politica

have good strikers and very fast play is we'll have to be very careful about this this is already katter's best ever performance at the tournaments but it's something the country has been planning for doha's aspire academy was founded in two thousand and four an ambitious project to identify and develop young athletes in numerous olympic sports including football most of katter's players at the asian cup of comes through the system aspires deputy director general elisa lim a fee for a fee for believes the schooling they've received has prepared them for the challenges they faced in the u.a.e. he's been talking to a reporter david stokes. these boys have been competing since they were twelve we. exposed to the challenge. we try to make them mentally strong having a winning mentality is exposed to different spectator one different atmosphere and i think thus. you know help them to you know overcome the situation there stand without fines get in. carrying no negative messages from the people of the other team supporters and no i think they have shown a very very good behavior during last matc

house in the region and would there be the need for them to sort of make some of the changes that katter has had to to abide by fief as requests and that would be another layer of complexity in terms of spreading the co-hosting and spreading the hosting of the tournament and games clearly you can see where they go and please continue james. i just wanted to take this one step further with just if that indeed the economic and diplomatic boycott of got that were to continue at the time of the world cup in qatar this is going to be a real problem for for the saudis the button a nice the end the rowdies because they're set and citizens at this point run a risk if they were to travel to gattaca so you will have for the first time a world cup in them in the arab world and in the gulf of which citizens of major countries would be barred and that probably is going to force a situation in which the south but he's the governor he's about raise would have to breach their own boycott because otherwise this would create domestic issues. alright and coming back to my food all of this. political tensio

fact that this is more about more than just football which i accept but are you suggesting that katter's participation in the asian cup and its eventual success is actually changed anything in the in terms of the geopolitical situation. well i think what you're going to see the years that got us victory is going to escalate the opposition by primarily united arab emirates and saudi arabia to go to hosting the world cup and we've seen a lot of that already over the last several years. but at the same time of course it is in there and enhanced got just position because what got out of the way got to will play this is to say that it as before and despite that it has the resilience to reform. to perform despite the diplomatic and economic boycott that has been opposed on it and that it didn't need has the sort of football culture of the for performance dos to world cup indeed let's look forward ten to twenty twenty two rob and as has already been mentioned it it does put castro in a very good position doesn't it. deals with a lot of the criticism which suggested that cattle was not particula

secret campaign to sabotage rival bid sunday times newspaper is alleging that those involved in katter's world cup bid team ran a kind of secret black ops campaign designed to sabotage its main rivals bits this time however it may have gone beyond just bad headlines newly documents seen only by the guardian newspaper and the spin watch competing groups suggest that a famous political strategist company c.d.f. partners was speech to a contract to make sure qatar's dream of welcoming the world's best footballers collapsed how by spreading negative stories about qatar in the mainstream media associating dollar with terrorism running fake grassroots campaigns and social media and lobbying friendly politicians journalists and academics we have a chance to talk to professor david miller from the spin watch group seriously this is the other techniques of the p.r. world isn't this deception as many puting social media trying to propose the problem with the qatari government is here to support terrorism and extremists in the muslim world now of course this is a set of techniques which they've use

fact that this is more about more than just football which i accept but are you suggesting that katter's participation in the asian cup and its eventual success is actually changed anything in the in terms of the geopolitical situation. well i think what you're going to see years that got us victory is going to escalate the opposition by primarily united arab emirates and saudi arabia to go to hosting the world cup and we've seen a lot of that already over the last several years. but at the same time of course it isn't and enhanced got just position because what got out of the way got a will play this is to say that it as before and despite that it has the resilience to reform. to perform despite the diplomatic and economic boycott that has been opposed on it and that it didn't it has the sort of football culture of the for the performance to host the world cup indeed let's look forward ten to twenty twenty two rob and as has already been mentioned it it does put castro in a very good position doesn't it. deals with a lot of the criticism which suggested that castle was not particular fo

three time grand slam champion actually kerber has reached the semifinals of the katter open the german survived a scare to advance coburn made a final set tie break to overcome her check opponent robert strike over truth since congress first something since she won at wimbledon. and she'll be joined in the last four by twenty fourteen champion simona halep the world number three was a straight sets winner against germany's julia churches. japan's kind to corey has continued his fine early season form at the rotterdam open ease into the quarter finals after being earnest opus in straight sets the world number seven is looking for a second title this year having won the brisbane international. and that's all your sport for now will have more later but for now it's back to you very much for and thank you for joining me for the news hour to keep it here and tossed a part of me will be here on the other side of the break with more of the day's news. rewind returns a pair brainier people back to life i'm sorry with brian you updates on the best of al-jazeera documentaries in libya was the fl

project to identify and develop young athletes in numerous olympic sports including football most of katter's players at the asian cup of come through this system aspires deputy director general. ali selim believes the schooling they've received has prepared them for the challenges they face in the u.a.e. he's been talking to our reporter david stokes. these boys have been competing since they were twelve we. exposed to the to the challenge. we try to make them mentally strong having a winning mentality is exposed to different spectator and different atmosphere and i think the notion of a you know how to them to you know overcome the situation the stand without lines get in. caring. for messages from the people of the other team supporters you know i think about sean a very very good behavior during last much against your will on talent you know if you see the. team here know that the presenting qatar contents of all the boys from qatar and for them that i didn't have blessed the experience if you experience boys who've been in the national team before this team would be the code for the nati

is being held in katter on monday and he's not against the reports. after almost two decades of war war stops being special it becomes normal like a habit and you know how hard it is to kick the habit same thing here fifth round of talks between the taliban and the us lots of hope and lots of pessimism the movie peace but the peace will not hold for long if the taliban bypasses local commanders and fighters ideas and views it would be much better that the taliban include some important and effective local taliban commanders in the negotiating team there's history to these talks when the doha meet she couldn't hush hush all the united states and the taliban they had gold and they bartered and apparently agreed on a u.s. troop withdrawal and then it all collapsed when the united states demanded that the afghan government which the taliban despisers also participate there's a discussion but this discussion needs to be shared back to discussion that does not involve the region we will not trust if we don't get all the pieces right one piece alone doesn't

all katter is pushing to become a global power in course racing the country's premier international race the mirror sort festival took place on saturday in doha event brings together some of the world's best horses and trainers reports from. their own anytime you see a new day race this is the crown jewel of carter's horse racing season the emyr seward festival now comes the dads line it will now engage it is yet to become an event that's recognized the round the world but with the prize fund in excess of a million dollars it's attracting some of the schools best riders and trainers it's been going from strength to strength of a sort i think coming for six or seven years. the number of international runners that. the meeting attracts is really impressive and it means a lot to us the stable it's the pinnacle of the race racing year out here so it's very important cutter's love of racing is nothing new there arabian horse is one of the world's oldest and most valuable breeds qatar has already had success in taken on this little horse racing powerhouses with its horses winning major races i

fact that this is more about more than just football which i accept but are you suggesting that katter's participation in the asian cup and its eventual success is actually changed anything in the in terms of the geopolitical situation. well i think what you're going to see years that got us victory is going to escalate the opposition by primarily united arab emirates and saudi arabia to go to hosting the world cup and we've seen a lot of that already over the last several years. but at the same time of course it isn't and enhanced got just position because what got out of the way got to will play this is to say that it as before and despite that it has the resilience to reform. to perform despite the diplomatic and economic boycott that has been opposed on it and that it didn't it has the sort of football culture of the for performance dos two world cup indeed let's look forward ten to twenty twenty two rob and as has already been mentioned it it does put castro in a very good position doesn't it. deals with a lot of the criticism which suggested that cattle was not particular footballi

. >> yeah, look, that -- again, that's his m.o., he did it to katter heller at mar-a-lago and miss usa candidate on camera. so, yes,s that sea lktly what he did and consistent with his behavior in the past. >> she -- did she sign an nda as the condition of her employment in that campaign? >> she signed an nda purportedly as a condition of her employment and intend to fight that. we believe it's unconscionable and unenforceable. >> why? >> it's so overbroad. not just the president, his entire family, his grandchildren. >> really? >> yes. it stifles all kinds of speech. it's so broad. i'll provide a copy if you'd like to see it. you can see how he's tried to abuse it and shut down people working in the white house. he's tried to shut down people who have made other complaints about him and in the line of work that i'm involved in where i fight corporations every day that try to shut people down and shut people up, that's what we do. we fight these sorts of abusive agreements. >> there is another aspect to the lawsuit aside from this allegation of unwanted sexual contact by the president

efficiency in a statement favre said they'll hold a fifty one percent share of the venture with the katter organizing committee the remaining forty nine percent we are here today because the we think that the by joining forces we can be a better team to deliver the world cup and it means also that does the trick is getting closer to got that and that now that the world cup in russia is completed the whole focus for free for is under the living of the qatar world cup in four years defending english premier league champions manchester city have the chance to go back to the top of the table for the first time in two months if they win and on wednesday but city on currently does little poor drop points in recent matches and city manager pep guardiola expects plenty more twists and turns between now and the end of the season. three four days ago we had already done. the champion was liverpool and we are the favorite in marion three days we are leading or we are seven points behind. so if you try to be calm in that situation i said my feeling in the last week show will be a lot of surprises and

people fleeing war in harsh winter conditions can get life saving eight well in other news today katter is celebrating football history the world cup hosts have won their first major trophy beating favorites japan three one in the asian cup final the match took place against an uneasy background the tournament was held in the united arab emirates one of four countries imposing a blockade on castle those are the headlines will have much more on all the stories we're covering in the news hour that's in twenty five minutes time do join me then i found. the kingdom is home to the most important religious sites for muslims but saudi arabia is a real source of power is its oil wealth and the remco converts that black gold into dollars and real. many academics experts and oil economist are the refused all riffling from speaking to us as soon as they heard it's about a whim co the kingdom's most potent economic firepower. the saudis can use oil as a weapon. opec did it in one nine hundred seventy three. they put an embargo and what happened to the price of oil. it shot up over one hundred dolla

leader as well as other regional leaders the afghan taliban is co-founder and political head is in katter for talks aimed at ending the country's seventeen year war will abdul ghani baradar is among several senior taliban members who will meet the u.s. special envoy. for four days of talks. a residence in india that when the so kashmir say there's a shortage of fuel and gas as a military continues its crackdown on separatists shops and businesses will close over the weekend in protest against the government. now president trump says he will delay an increase on tire of on chinese exports the word supposed to come into effect on saturday he says there's been substantial progress during talks with beijing over the weekend to resolve the on going trade war gabriel is on the ripples out from washington. trade negotiators from the world's two biggest economies were locked in talks all weekend in washington to meet a march first deadline for a deal to avoid an escalation of a trade war they weren't talking much about their progress but president donald trump was at least on twitter a deal might