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he is from neighbouring armenia and the two countries have a long history of conflict.ch in baku earlier in the campaign for the same reasons although uefa say that his safety would have been guaranteed. we cannot do anything about this issue, it is a very personal decision. and we need to respect him. ido decision. and we need to respect him. i do not understand these political problems but i must respect his decision. earlier i spoke to our sports correspondent david 0rnstein. the background to this is the political problems between azerbaijan and henrik mikhitaryan's home country of armenia, there are no diplomatic relations between them because of a long running dispute over one region for that azerbaijan does not allow for nationals of armenian descent to enter the country normally. we've also seen some british armenian citizens who are arsenal supporters who have struggled to gain entry for this match so that is where this issue is going from a wider level. in the top of this uefa have been underfire for the finaljust being where it is, with limited tickets for ch

shows are currently airing in three countries armenia kenya and bolivia they offer young reporters the practical training their studies may lock and they remind viewers at a time when trust in the media is that an all time low of the importance of investigative journalism in any democracy the listening posts johannah who's now in journalism reality t.v. . he'll be so. don't be too. uncertain. they'll be drawn kenya's top story by cut a host on my head i can put a hard hit other going on meaning ask journalistic capitals what if we got a gust of oh it was but i doubt that it was in the report but it was dead but it livia's primera plan a. reality t.v. or heart hitting investigative journalism in the beginning i think there was a lot of why you tried to bring us a reality t.v. show and dilute what journalism actually is really asking questions but when you think about it the reality to leave it goes behind the scenes and unpacks what it takes to put together a broadcaster. and she's given a salute and i think that's the excitement you're putting in a bit of color your you're making it a

he is from neighbouring armenia and the two countries have a long history of conflict.rrespodnent david ornstein is with me. david, the club had sought assurances from uefa regarding security but these haven't been forthcoming. it's not been the result arsenal wanted. and deeply concerning story that the player can play in the europa league final because of his nationality. he's played in 11 of their europa league games this season, no other one of their players has been on the pitch in the competition for more minutes. at the political tensions between azerbaijan and armenia that you mention, they have a long—standing conflict over a disputed region, means he won't be travelling. he missed out on the trip there with marussia dortmund. — marussia dortmund. arsenal say they are very disappointed, that they have thoroughly explored all options. after discussing it with the player and his family, they have collectively agreed he will be going. they have written to uefa saying of their deep concern. the player himself is that he has had to ta ke player himself is that he ha

he's the captain of armenia, and their are no diplomatic relations between the bordering countries.say a "comprehensive security plan" was in place and the azerebaijan football authorities say there was no reason why the player shouldn't travel. well arsenal and chelsea haven't sold their full allocation of tickets with travel to baku proving difficult and expensive. neither club are expected to take up their allocation of six thousand each. for everybody it's better to play with 30,000 fans cheering and you do thisjob, these matches and it's better for everybody that, didn't to have the fans with the team. raheem sterling has been a strong voice in the fight against racism in football but he's calling for more action to be taken. he says t—shirt campaigns and social media blackouts aren't enough. the manchester city player says if the authorities are serious about combating racism then points deductions and expulsion from tournaments should be considered. after the situation that i had a chelsea, they came to me with an idea and it was about a premier league associate media —— soci

he is from armenia and there are long—standing political tensions between the two countries.d enough according to senior mps. uefa's inclusion and diversity policy says the following. "everyone has the right to enjoy football no matter who you are, where you are from, or how you play." but next week, henrikh mkhitaryan will miss the match of a lifetime because he's from armenia and arsenal fans with armenian names have been denied visas to travel to baku. this is a scandal, it's a deeply ugly side to the beautiful game, and if i were secretary of state, i would make it clear to uefa that it's completely unacceptable. so, will the minister demand that uefa ensures that countries that force players to choose between their sport and their safety and discriminate against travelling fans will never be allowed to host future events? mr speaker, the honourable gentleman is right. if football is to be for everyone and we all believe that it should be, then that should apply to football in our own country and it should apply to football where we want our fans to be able to travel. and

understood the midfielder feared for his safety on the pitch in baku due to political tensions between armeniand the host country. the azerbaijan fa says sport and political should stay separate. we are very disappointed to see the statement about the player because we have tried to do our best and on behalf of the government as well as local organisations, we had given all the guarantees to the cloud but they think it was a personal decision at the player again for his family, this is a great final, of course everything was observed and analysed in details, and require from us all a recommendation to be provided and that is what we did, with the state authorities as well, and all accommodations have been provided as well as to our snow cloud as well, they had been here the last week for the site visit and it's really disappointing the announcement of their cloud. new scotland manager steve clarke insists he only wants players who are 100% committeed to playing for their country. his predecessor alex mcleish‘s reign was marked by withdrawals and retirements clarke faced the media for the first

as a result of political tensions between azerbaijan and armenia, mkhitaryan has missed club matches

as a result of political tensions between azerbaijan and armenia, mkhitaryan has missed club matchesyed in azerbaijan in the past. it is bad news. but i cannot do anything for this issue. it is very, very personal, the decision, a personal decision. and we need to respect him. and they don't understand now the political problems, but i must respect —— i don't understand. it is big news for us because he is a very important player. but we understand his decision, because it's dangerous for him. so for us it isa it's dangerous for him. so for us it is a big mess. yeah, he has contributed a lot for us to get where we are so far into the vinyl. he is very upset. we wanted him to come. “— he is very upset. we wanted him to come. —— final. we want to get the trophy notjust for us, come. —— final. we want to get the trophy not just for us, but for him. earlier, i spoke to the general secretary of the azerbaijan fa who told me that it's an unfortunate situation. yes, actually, we are very disappointed to see this statement from arsenal about the armenian player. because we have tried to do o

over in armenia it's worse journalistic battles currently airing on the public broadcaster hasn't yet been censored by editorial overseers but three contestants from season one are currently facing criminal charges over a story they investigated about hospital corruption. harder to not interview of the nationals goes to drum and on the last month about. two hundred other young professionals found out about huge corruption scheme and there was an immediate change in the management in this hospital in their services and in their payment system so we showed not only the problem but whole the problem was solved during our show on our entertainment kind of form of. the show's producer saying they're doing all they can to support the journalists in question and if anything rather than back off incidents like these have actually emboldened to programme makers to keep fighting their journalistic battles it's a crucial part of society what we're trying to do is journalist why not show that we have a bit of fun doing it the audience figures prove each year they get and bigger and bigger and mor

armenia is in dispute with host nation azerbaijan.khitaryan on the pitch. he's also thinks the location of the final is far from ideal. for everybody, it is better to play with 30,000 fans from chelsea and 30,000 fans from arsenal. you do thisjob for these 30,000 fans from arsenal. you do this job for these matches, 30,000 fans from arsenal. you do thisjob for these matches, and 30,000 fans from arsenal. you do this job for these matches, and so, it is better for everybody to have the fans with the team. staying with chelsea, christian pulisic says he wants to reach the same levels of success at the club as eden hazard. pulisic was signed for £50 million from borussia dortmund. the usa international could be chelsea's only signing of this summer transfer window as the club is subject to a transfer ban, however they secured his signature back in immediately loaning him back to the bundesliga club. speaking to our football reporter simon stone, the midfielder says that hasn't affected his approach in the last five months, and now he's r

the type of plane is popular in armenia and mexico but not in the united states. >> meanwhile, there is a growing concern about boeing's management of the 737 max design. the company is releasing a statement that dates how it knew for months that a safety alert in the cockpit was not working as intended. yet it did not disclose that fact to airlines or federal regulators until after one of those planes crashed. the feature was designed to warn pilots when a key sensor might be providing incorrect information about the plane's nose. engineers realize the warning light only worked when they purchased a separate add-on feature. >>> a sting of attacks on a south bay highway. drivers say they have been terrified to drive in an area where someone has been throwing rocks at cars. >> now i just don't want to go back. as long as that man is not caught, i won't go back. >> reporter: he has been reliving a nightmare since last august when someone hurled a rock through his vehicle's window. he pulled over and discovered other families had been hit, too. >> we are lucky. five people. like, none o

shows are currently airing in three countries armenia kenya and bolivia they offer young reporters the practical training their studies may lack and they remind viewers at a time when trust in the media is at an all time low of the importance of investigative journalism in any democracy the listening posts johannah who's now on journalism reality t.v. . still beasts with needs to fill b.t.s. . inserts in the they'll be drawn kenya's top story. on my head ok you can put a hearty another when i'm a nasty journalistic afterwards but if we get a gust of oh it was but i doubt that most of it before that it was dead but that livia primera planet. reality t.v. or hard hitting investigative journalism in the beginning i think there was a lot of why you tried to bring us a reality t.v. show and the new to what journalism actually is really asking questions but when you think about it the reality to leave it behind the scenes and unpacks what it takes to put together a broadcast. and she's given a salute and i think that's the excitement you're putting in a bit of color your you're making it a l

it is used in armenia and mexico, but not here in the united states. we are continuing to follow this fiery plane crash in russia and will have much more during this newscast at 5:00, as well as on "nightly news," which follows us tonight. >>> the white house says it is monitoring the situation after north korea conducted two days of what its calling strike drills on the korean peninsula. photos show kim jong-un overseeing tests of rocket launchers and what appears to be a new short range ballistic missile. the trump administration says its keeping a close eye on the activity but is not really that concerned. >> we have high confidence they were not long-range missiles. we are continuing to evaluate that data set. but we want to put it in the larger context. >> president trump in reference to kim jong-un tweeted he also knows that i am with imand does not want to break his promise to me. deal will happen! leaders failed for a second time to reach an agreement. kim refused to denuclearize in exchange for the end of sanctions. >>> the white house is stil

but in the long term, we want to export coffee to armenia, georgia, azerbaijan, turkey, and iraq.eporter: but the e valuef iran's rial continues to fall, making it unlikely that behzad's latest business idea will succeed. it seems he'll have no choice but to follow in his brother's footsteps, who has been living abroad for years. [translated] >> my brother says he becomes homesick as soon as he sees a map of iran. he misses his homeland. living abroad isn't easy for him. it will probably be the same for me, but i have to think about ty future and i'm responsible for my child. reporter: 40 years after the revolution, many iranians don't believe in a future in the islamic republic. people like behzad, his wife bahar, and their son diako. the young family now wants to try its luck elsewhere. ♪ host: we're depleting our planet's resources at a startling rate. since 1970, the amount of raw materials extracted has tripled. in 2017 it was 92 billion tons per year. over the next 40 years, that's set to doublble, to 190 billin tons. large stretches of land have already become desert. and i

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over in armenia it's worse journalistic battles currently airing on the public broadcaster hasn't yet been censored by editorial overseers but three contestants from season one are currently facing criminal charges over a story they investigated about hospital corruption. harder to not interview with the nationals those two ramadan last month about. two hundred other young professionals for. out of both huge corruption scheme and there was an immediate change in the management in this hospital in their services and in their payment system so we showed not only the problem but whole the problem was solved during our show our entertainment kind of for a month. the show's producers say they're doing all they can to support the journalists in question and if anything rather than back off incidents like these actually important to program makers to keep fighting their journalistic battles it's a crucial part of society what we're trying to do as journalists why not show that we have a bit of fun doing it the audience figures prove each year they can include more and more people want to be

the associated press reports it is also used in other countries including armenia and mexico, but not the united states. >>> the white house says it is monitoring the situation after north korea conducted two days of strike drills in the korean peninsula, including what appeared to be a new short range ballistic missile as democrats turn up the heat on william barr over the russia investigation. the latest from washington. >> reporter: photos from north korean state media sunday show kim jong-un overseeing drills of long range rocket launchers and what appear to be a new short range ballistic missile. kim has put his troops on high alert. the trump administration is monitoring the situation. >> we have high confidence they were not intermediate range or long range missiles. we are continuing to evaluate that data set. but we want to put it in the larger context. >> president trump tweeted, he also knows i am with him and does not want to break his promise to me. deal will happen. but late february, the two leaders again failed to reach an agreement after kim refused to denuclearize af

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it's used in other countries like armenia and mexico but not in the united states. >>> the white house situation after north korea conducted two days of what it is calling strike drills. photos show kim jong-un overseeing drills of rocket launchers and what would appear to be new short-range ballistic missiles. the dictator has put his troops on high alert. all this activity, the trump administration it is keeping a close eye on activity but is not really concerned. >> we have high confidence they were not intermediate range or long range. we are continuing to evaluate the . larger to kim jong-un tweeted, he also knows that i am with him and does not want to break his promise to me. the deal will happen. they failed for a second time to reach an agreement. kim refused to denuclearize in exchange for the end of punishing economic sanctions. >>> the white house has a lot on its plate. fallout from the russia investigation. the judiciary committee has give given william barr until tomorrow morning to hand over the mueller report. if he doesn't, he could be in contempt of congress. democra

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. ♪ >>> horrible, unseasonably nasty weather conditions here in armenia.s were riding with are still trying to push through. they try getting through this weather for two days straight. so you know what's at the end of the so-called rainbow must be good. but finally, on day three, they get to where they want to be. check out this. abandoned, russian relic. this is an old radio optical tell le scope built between the years, 1975 and 1985. our guys from exploring the unbeaten path are there to take us inside -- >> this communications was like spy satellite or that kind of thing. >> i don't know if they want you to know, ollie. but you could probably draw some conclusions here. the first structure they come across is an unfinished mirrorus that were starting to be applied but they never finished it much off in the distance, another massive telescope. every room is full of these mirrors. these guys are very respectful of what they come across. they do not take anything. they do not break anything. they're there to merely observe and document and marvel at days

a key player for arsenal and such is the conflict between azerbaijan and armenia, and ongoing diplomatic personal safety and so they had to leave him behind for this important match. and that is a scandal in its own rightjust match. and that is a scandal in its own right just so match. and that is a scandal in its own rightjust so badly on match. and that is a scandal in its own right just so badly on the authorities, the european football body in this case who chosen their wisdom, and we still don't know why, to rather than have the europa league final in europe as you would expect it, they are having it in azerbaijan where no fans can reach, where they will play in a half empty stadium and where it is so unsafe that one of the star players cannot play. it is odd. worse than odd. it is scandalous that a sport so important to so many people, people live list of yet they cannot go watch the biggest game of the season that their team is in because of a decision made somewhere else about having it in a far—off land. decision made somewhere else about having it in a far-off land. and they co

doesn't have close contact with mr putin already remember last year spring when we pretended to be armenia's pm and you call pushing this man had come out of nowhere he came to power as a result of a peaceful revolution and had an established contacts with other world leaders at that moment we didn't have an office and he could use to get in touch with them quickly if needed we used a story and called officials in europe dr john claude juncker. and boris johnson pretend to. be pushing. the same kind of story is needed for a break with putin or trump or any other world leader this is the way to go but even this evening they're going to put on the religious the still ability gets to mention champ have you ever tried to get through to him. here's who try it for example and probably. would try to reach his of ministration. but we didn't find a person who would be best for that conversation because when we tried to reach him from ukrainian authorities his administration wouldn't talk to them because ukraine is knots i can't say that maybe ukraine is not so important for trumps of ministration so

transformation in post of its side is and we all know that it's far more complicated than it seems look at armenia for example they had a peaceful transition of power last year and i think it's clear that the new prime minister is facing a lot of difficulties reforming the system getting rid of corruption etc i just wonder if people on their ass have made how difficult it is to change things in our countries and if they perhaps expect too much from their leaders and too little from themselves nor of course it is very difficult and ukraine is a large country. 45000000 people so with just one 3rd or for the size. russia so valley the size do 1st look like 10 times a 100 times. like small georgia with 4000000 people with well he's reforms or what 3000000 people mean you know with pushing out of course we are talking about a country which has them times larger. death and of course the fact that often their share is very large but still it starts from the feeder off than either eve of the neither is clean if the leader is moten good. deals if they neither one. has a priority. to making his own prospero

doesn't have close contact with mr putin already remember last year's brink when we pretended to be armenia's pm nicole pushing this man had come out of nowhere he came to power as a result of a peaceful revolution and had an established contacts with other world leaders at the moment we didn't have an office and he could use to get in touch with them quickly if needed we used a story and called officials in europe dr john claude juncker. and boris johnson pretend. to be pushing. the same kind of story is needed for a break with putin or trump or any other world leader this is the way to go but even this evening they're going to put on the religious the still ability gets to mention champ have you ever tried to get through to him. yes we try it for example one probably. would try to reach his of ministration. but we didn't find a person who would be best for that conversation because when we tried to reach him from ukrainian authorities his administration wouldn't talk to them because ukraine is knots i can't say that maybe ukraine is not so important for trumps of ministration so it's enough

arsenal fans are also upset that their midfielder from armenia won't be travelling here. back to the war that forced this theatre group to flee their homes three decades ago. they are from a part of azerbaijan that is now under armenian control. it is an emotional issue for many, even now. the region's football team is still going too, in exile, and they say henrikh mkhitaryan would have been safe in the final. may be the maximum pressure with some screaming something, but it is enough, nothing else. azerbaijan wants this final to project its best face to the world, but this is also a country where government critics, activists and bloggers are behind bars, and that is aside the football fans want to see. the government firmly denies it is trying to whitewash its image through sport. for the fans who have made it, the talk of cost and controversy has already faded, drowned out by the sound of hope. people are calling it a once—in—a—lifetimejourney. on the 130th birthday of the eiffel tower, there's a chance to go on a hair—raising trip. as gail maclellan reports, it's not

an ongoing conflict between the host country azerbaijan and the country of his birth armenia has raisedd uefa, mkhitaryan and his family have decided not travel to the final next week. it is bad news. but i cannot do anything for this issue. it is very, very personal, the decision, a personal decision. and we need to respect him. and i don't understand the political problems, but i must respect his decision. barbados—born fast bowler joffra archer has been named in england's 15 man squad for the icc world cup starting next week. the 24—year—old only qualified to play for his new country in march and has featured in just three one day internationals with his selection meaning david willey is the man to miss out. south africa's caster semenya will run in the 3000 metres at a diamond league meeting in america next month. which is an event she doesn't need to take hormone suppressants to compete in. the 800—metres olympic champion lost her legal battle against the iaaf who have changed their rules so that female athletes with naturally high levels of testosterone, must artificially reduce t

mkhitaryan, who decided he didn't feel safe enough because of political tension between his country, armenia, is attracting the wrong kind of attention. the sports minister is keen to promote the positives and told me there was no truth in accusations that events like these are being used to sanitise the nation's human rights record. so we are looking for the future, we see our future as a democratic state, one of the democratic states of europe. it's not a sport washing system working here for my country, it's a system to be a sport country and to promote sport inside society. 0n the pitch it's all about the football. chelsea have enjoyed their fair share of european success but this game is particularly important to their manager who has never won a major trophy. and perhaps the pressure was beginning to show. maurizio sarri storming away from training just a short time after lavishing his players with affection. in this moment, i love them. because i have 22 wonderful men. and wonderful players. so now i'm really very happy with them. he looks cool and focused. it's hazard. chelsea's lead

he is the captain of armenia, and there are no diplomatic relations between the bordering countries.t the player's decision is unwarranted. arsenal and chelsea have not been able to sell their full allocation of tickets, with travel to baku proving difficult and expensive. neither club are expected to take up their allocation of 6,000 each. everybody is better to play with 30,000 fans, you do this job for these matches. so it's betterfor everybody to have the fans with the team. fifa have abandoned plans to expand the world cup in qatar in 2022 from 32 to 48 teams. football's world governing body had explored bringing the expansion, which would have meant neighbouring countries stepping in to share hosting duties, forward. but, following a consultation with stakeholders, it said the change could not happen now, with the expansion expected four years later, when the usa, canada and mexico host the tournament. gloucester‘s danny cipriani has been named the premiership's player of the season. he has been instrumental in leading his club side to the premiership play—offs where they'll pl

across the caucuses georgia armenia azerbaijan could see some wet weather then pushing across towards the caspian sea south of that is generally dry just not just a little bit of cloud there just around that the eastern side of iran pushing over towards afghanistan for sunday to catch wanted to share was it was couple so in parts of the caspian little chain of storms you can see just run up towards the black sea is out of the med fine and dry $24.00 celsius for beirut with plenty of sunshine is the plenty of sunshine across the arabian peninsula but somewhat the cloud there into central parts of saudi arabia might just squeeze out one of 2 spots of right 38 in doha 40 back to around 36 on sunday i think by sunday that when starting to pick out so the possibility little bit will lift that dust and sand by and large pretty much dry for the most part dry for the most part too across southern africa we have got one of 2 showers just pushing up towards the northeast of mozambique southern areas of tanzania the heaviest rain will be into tanzania and the designs to the south of that is fine

for azerbaijan and armenia it‘s a very sensitive issue.port. beyond that, there is the issue of human rights. amnesty international has warned that the zaria authorities are trying to showcase themselves and use events to whitewash what they refer to as a repressive regime. there are problems here with freedom of speech, the freedom to demonstrate, there are many activists behind bars. i put those things to a minister and spokesperson for the foreign ministry, they said there are no political prisoners in azerbaijan and this is not about whitewashing an image but about sport. there are some serious questions that remain about baku as a host venue for such an important picture. that game kicks off at 8pm, 11pm local time and could go on till 2am if there are extra penalties. people selling their homes are having to drop prices more steeply than at any time for four years. the average difference between asking and selling prices, now stands at £8,500. here‘s simon gompertz. so it‘s the third one right up there. one, two, three, the black doo