andy richardson reporting live for us from the i'm had been ally stadium. thanks for now. on sunday, we'll see palestine play their 1st game of the asian cop. they play around in groups see against the backdrop of the war on gaza. i'm with the fate of fact friends and family on their minds. joanna, i guess you're off, scott reports for use palestine. football is have overcome adversity to play for the country. but the build up to this asian cop has been even honda because of the war and garza, the challenges are getting the team together. because some players live in the spring summer from guys who are living abroad somewhere in europe and asia as we were just all over the place. many of the players in the team are playing in the policy in league. and they haven't played a match since just the week before the war started unable to train in palestine. this quote has been preparing for the tournament in algeria and saudi arabia. but there's a constant feeling of anxiety about what is happening back home. israel's attacks have left members of palestine football family dead, i

andy richardson will be here with that story later. this out, the ballistic seek immediate shelter. it feels like something is wrong. the closest it has ever been to midnight. they will be met with fire and security rise anxiety. are you doing sterling radio tape or i'd be that deluxe. like exploring how makes this central switch to life impact the human psyche apocalypse made coming soon on outsourcing? hearing the facts, have you had any links that he has the support of 15 implement the shop economic plan? asking questions, what do you expect this particular for to translate when it comes to the us selection, refusing for the action? not just give us a sense of what is the target this places out as it was teams across the world. when you closer to the fox of the story, the the, [000:00:00;00] the, you're watching else 0 reminder of our headlines this hour for members and around the revolution regard have been killed in, in the air. a striking, damascus. syrian state media are reporting the attack was launched by israel. the strike hit the residential building in the miss a neighbo

all right, so uh, andy richardson, thank you so much for that as well. it's a full month of international football because the africa cup of nations also kicks off later on saturday and i for the coast with how much manage the house are considered one of the favorites to lift the trophy for a 3rd time. they take things off against guinea besides, when the opening matching group, a football broadcaster usher kamicia gives us the low down on what to expect from this tournament. is really essential. probably do you know, the national team, they know that the, the whole, the last of expectations from the country and you're talking about a country that's spent at least almost $1000000000.00, you know, building stadiums and building infrastructure. and really just trying to make sure that this can happen and efficiently because you can think about, you know, they've pulled in generation that had, you know, the likes of ideas to a color to a by the media dropped, but they didn't get a chance to play at home, so now the situation know that you have very lucky to

well let's go live now to out is there is andy richardson who's covering this game at least sales stadium for us. andy, it's been a long wait for this tournament, which is a tournament, but wasn't even supposed to be held in katara. tell us more. yeah, that's right, china, which is always the solution. if the asian come, i pulled out in 2020 the service event. so one of the many schools in the victims of the car, with 9 se pandemic, diana 0 kindly, 19 policy at that time decided to withdraw from the heart of the major sporting events. cats are as well kept house in white sink at that time id. any advice to step in at pretty show nights as i think back. so it's a one cap. so hosted the the eyes and cup in 2011, which was a year off to bed. one of the welcome page on the country has been completely transformed since then. at that sign was any one of the well kept stadiums that said that would be, it was in place. i was to complete the stadium that was used in 2011 village to them on the go, my save refurbishment and signs for the 2022. well come and i'm just looking around now in terms of t