united arab emirates the futuristic oasis in the middle of the desert. with fast cars and fancy skyscrapers. where money is plentiful and living lavish is the standard way of life. a small nation with big ambition. we never say that we have to reach just like somewhere in the middle i want that should be always number one the same goes for sport but not just any sport football but even hosting the two thousand nine hundred eighteen cup there are still some things that money can't buy. his mother at the. thought they would all. the guys if need then yeah and this time i have a little something different for you we're here and the united arab emirates in dubai now we think of football and the emirates usually the first thing that comes to mind is the only limited bank behind the european football in giant man city anyone but on the verge of the big east asian cup in history what we want to know is is it just another one with sure he has passed through or is there a real passion for this. sports in the land of riches let's go find out. as a part of the cont

oh plenty more ahead there on the news out of the united arab emirates sic used to have using spyware to hack the i phones of rival leaders and activists. a campus crackdown and harsh to me but it's not the students who are being targeted. and in sport asian football's governing body is investigating crowd trouble at qatar semifinal victory in the u.a.e. details coming up later. told us they have a first the united arab emirates says the saudi led coalition in yemen has struck ten training camps outside the key port city of data on wednesday there's been more fighting there of the past few days threatening a cease fire deal struck in sweden last month the u.n. special envoy is in one day to try to preserve the truce back in the u.s. some republican and democratic politicians are trying once again to stop the trumpet ministration from supporting the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen they have resubmitted a draft resolution that was passed by the senate in december but blocked in the house of representatives one of those supporting the measure is former presidential hopeful bernie s

in the united arab emirates in dubai now when we think of. the emirates usually the first thing that comes to mind is the only limited thing behind european football in giant city anyone but on the verge of the biggest asian cup in history what we want to know is is just another path or is there a real passion for the sport in the land of riches let's go find out. as a part of the continent with the false fastest growing community the u.a.e. has struggled to bridge the gap between football as a sport and football as a culture however even though they haven't been around long they have already seen their fair share of growth since playing their first competitive match in one nine hundred seventy two you. could choose to be just like. most of the people out here like practicing especially maybe in schools and you can find it in the neighborhoods and they are really into football has a passion for this let me tell you first of all maybe we have to think about that population on the different nationalities of the people living in the country mayb

also, there was a gold bowl and .andle sixth -- candlesticks presented -- the emir mrs. the president's percent the staircase to pose for the official photo. that's descended the staircase to pose for the official photo. ♪ the receiving line was formed in the east room, first by protocol and then enough medical order. at the head of the line, president and mrs. johnson, who have had long experience in receiving guests and making them feel at home. they are presenting to the guest of honor a rich mixture of the leading citizens of the united states. dignitaries, friends of the first family, and persons having a strong interest in the home country. all gathered together in the most refined and pleasing side of diplomacy. and now dinner is about to be served in the state dining room. mrs. johnson was seated with the of kuwait, and across the room, the president was joined of these senator from indiana. the seating arrangement is carefully worked out by the first lady, the social secretary, and the chief of protocol. 60 state dinners and 40 state lunches where chancellors, p

the united arab emirates is accused of using spider web to hide the i phones of rival leaders and not to the. size of some quasi whether coming into the middle east over the mix. if you die still a little more cloud over towards afghanistan just around that western side of the himalayas some bits and pieces of rain sleet and snow for a time bankable struggling to get to around four celsius as a result of that but to start quieting down here we've had some rather lively showers longer spells of right and some snow recently but have been pretty chilly winter that's going to easter as we go on into friday further west where we have got some more the wet weather just spilling out to turkey for a top cyprus in the mix will be some wet weather coming in here it will make its way a little further east was fizzling out in the process more snow the over the turkish mountains but a rounds that eastern side of the med generally fine and dry by friday eighteen celsius the full beirut. warmer that's culture we say full kabul around six degrees celsius which is started to pick up in baghdad and als

the tea m in the united arab emirates. sven—goran eriksson, but they forced a good save from the keeper. eventually a goal did come and it was the koreans who went in front. this effort was enough to take all three points, with their one tottenham star killed —— sung min to add the cutting edge. people know his talent, his quality. we know as well the influenced that he has in our way of playing. of course that we need in our style, we need players that, in the last metres create and balance the other teams. in the other group game, china had to come from behind to beat kurdistan — are real howler from the goalkeeper allowing the equaliser. and he didn't do much better for the second — equaliser. and he didn't do much betterfor the second — china finishing the game as 2—1 winners. thailand's newly—appointed head coach sirisak yodyardthai got down to the task of lifting the spirit of the players after they suffered a shock 4—1 defeat at the hands of india in their opening match at the afc asian cup. serbian milovan rajevac

the united arab emirates says the saudi led coalition in yemen has struck ten training camps outside to keep the city of the data on wednesday renewed fighting there is threatening a cease fire deal struck in sweden last month. donald trump has lashed out at his own intelligence chiefs calling them naive and wrong of the threat posed by iran the u.s. president suggested they go back to school after officials contradicted his claims on key national security. the united nations is warning that refugees and migrants crossing the mediterranean sea losing their lives alarming rate new figures released by the un's refugee agency shows six people died on average every day last year it estimates more than two thousand two hundred migrants died or went missing one attempting the crossing the routes was particularly deadly for boats leaving from libya where one pilot hasn't died at sea for every fourteen there arrived in europe that's despite a major drop in the number of refugees reaching europe one hundred thirty nine thousand arrived in two thousand and eighteen which is the lowest number i

specifically they went after a lot of members of the royal family including the emir of qatar himself they were able to hack into his i phone and or at least an i phone at least we know it to be an i phone that was used by him and the i phones of many of his family members and you know people associated with the royal court the taliban says it's not seeking a monopoly on power in a future administration in afghanistan the group says it's looking for ways to co-exist with others earlier this week the u.s. envoy said there'd been agreements in principle towards a framework for peace with the taliban but that from what was drawn up without input from the afghan government was the town about the gods as illegitimate. but a report on u.s. operations in afghanistan shows that government's influence has declined controls around sixty three percent that's down almost two percent from previous quarter whereas the taliban has slightly increased its influence controlling nearly eleven percent well the report also reveals the u.s. dropped five times more munitions in afghanistan last year compare

on the outskirts of yemen's main port city further north government troops backed by the saudi and emirate he led military coalition are on the move took up areas near the who think controlled capital sana'a u.n. envoy martin griffiths met who think him and to plead with them to maintain the whole day the cease fire which began six weeks ago the hand of the rebels political council told the u.n. envoy that saudi arabia is undermining the truce no economic now and our focus is to consolidate the front lines our success will depend on what we will achieve militarily. this is the retired dutch general who was given the job of ensuring the delicate ceasefire doesn't fall apart patrick comer met leaders of the yemeni government in exile in the city of aden. and he's due in her day it may be his last official mission his being replaced by a danish general who led a peacekeeping mission in mali. the day the cease fire agreed during talks in sweden in december calls for her theory rebels to withdraw from the city and port it's the main gateway for much needed aid and food into the country the figh

specifically they went after a lot of members of the royal family including the emir of qatar himself they were able to hack into his i phone and for at least an i phone at least we know it to be an i phone that was used by him and the i phones of many of his family members and you know people associated with the royal court of the united nations is warning that refugees and migrants crossing the mediterranean sea are losing their lives at an alarming rate new figures released by the un's refugee. agency shows six people died on average every day last year it estimates more than two thousand two hundred migrants died or went missing while attempting the crossing it was particularly dangerous for boats leaving from libya where one person died at sea for every fourteen who arrived in europe that's the spot a major drop in the number of refugees reaching europe hundred thirty nine thousand arrived in twenty eighteen that's the lowest number in five years and the u.n. high commissioner for refugees is blaming politicians for the crisis it's a race between countries not to peak the people

rats the wrath of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates with the support of the united states is yemen so really a process has started in stockholm and think it can continue and i think the united states at this point in time need to be putting. sure on abu dhabi and riyadh to end the war in yemen a good point and well made i will go back to my third question and that was about qatar itself you know. it feels like what are we about eighteen months into this crisis here and certainly it just feels like this is the new normal here that the crisis could in tomorrow and yes they would be changes they would be easy to fly out of the region out of the country and around the region but otherwise. what changes well absolutely because originally the idea was is that saudi arabia and united arab emirates were going to basically take over qatar that failed and then as i said qatar broke out of isolation and at this point in time you could tell from every aspect of the relationship with the united states that both washington and doha have moved on they don't care at this point in time what i

united arab emirates the futuristic oasis in the middle of the desert. with fast cars and fancy skyscrapers. where money is plentiful and living lavish is the standard way of life. a small nation with big ambition. we never say that we have to reach just like somewhere in the middle i want to be always number one the same goes for sport but not just any sport football but even hosting in two thousand nine hundred eighteen course there are still some things that money can't buy. you some of. the guys it's me and danielle and this time i have a little something different for you we're here in the united arab emirates in dubai now when we think of football and the emirates usually the first thing that comes to mind is the own limited bank behind european football in giant man city anyone but on the verge of the biggest. asian cup history what we want to know is is just another luxurious pastime or is there real action for the sport in the land of riches let's go find out. as a part of the continent with the post fastest growing community you if you will str

the united arab emirates we re theirfans.re ready to spark their tournament into life against early lead as india and those of supporters didn't have too long to wait. they poach the ball home. it all seemed a bit too easy. india had thrashed thailand 4—1 in their opening match but even in this match they were often decide playing the better foot all but the blue tigers struggled to convert. in the end it was the uae who brought. they got a second goal just minutes from time taking the hosts top of their group. in international football, there hosts top of their group. in internationalfootball, there is often no time for sentiments. dramatic scorelines bringing about drastic decisions. thailand sacked their manager after that heavy defeat against india and in their second,it defeat against india and in their second, it looked like it wouldn't pay off. bahrain dominant, only wide of the mark. the second half brought a fresh start. thailand the team in control and eventually the team in front. a perfectly timed volley. enough t

an i phone used by the emir of qatar shave time in vain her model funny was half also targeted was a human rights activist known as the iron woman of yemen toko carmen became a prominent figure of yemen's arab spring and was awarded the two thousand and eleven nobel peace prize it's unclear what information was obtained the cyber tool cannot intercept phone calls unlike similar software kharma can hack into i phones fairly quickly getting access to documents location information passwords and other sensitive material here what was really unusual is that all you needed was the person's phone number or email address and it would automatically send a text message to that person and have to click on it they need to interact with it at all he would just automatically begin to infiltrate the person's i phone spying on rivals isn't new sophisticated cyber weapons however were usually limited to global superpowers the high tech era has broken that mold with foreign governments now competing for the most sophisticated hacking tools and personnel new international regulations to monitor digita

landed in qatar from the united arab emirates after visiting egyptian and behave in his flying to sandy arabia which have all imposed their eighteen month long land and sea blockade on qatar the accused the title funding extremism allegations strongly dismissed by a qatari leader as america's top diplomat has also visited jordan and is due in a man and kuwait on his middle east tour it's being seen as an attempt to rally support among key players in the region to counterbalance the growing influence of iran and i don't think that the administration plans for dealing with iran by virtue of trying to organize a larger coalition are going to work simply because most states do not agree with us in our policies canceling the joint comprehensive plan of action that would have prevented iran if implemented from ever attending a nuclear weapon the u.s. is due to host a conference in poland next month to discuss ways to curb iran's activities in the region and ensure middle east stability the u.s. is keen of building a bridge an alliance to counter what it considers to be a growing iranian influ

it was a tight quarter final match in our lane the emirates got a lucky break in the second half. terrible back toss from the last stage iniquitous picked up by early at the edge of the box easily went around keeper matthew ryan the goal was the only one of the game and put the u.a.e. into the semifinals l. now play regional rivals qatar for a place in the final cut of we're up against asian power south korea abilities our team at the breakthrough in a one win. i think one of the keys of this team is that as a group. they're outstanding and they know what it means to win the game in this competition show that they shall read every game because we need to celebrate the big reason to the of course is one step forward more and everyone was celebrating congratulating each other the milwaukee bucks continue to have the best record in the n.b.a. thanks to another powerful performance from gianni assented to compo the great star has just been named captain of the eastern conference all-star team he did the bucs again on friday night scoring thirty four points in a one hundred eight ninet

all they meant well but they failed miserably the united arab emirates has become a laughing stock on social media after announcing the winners of its annual gender balance index the emirates bills the award as a celebration of the role of women in quote shaping the future of the country medals were awarded in the categories best government entities supporting gender balance best federal authorities supporting general gender balance and best gender balance initiative but you may notice something missing something oh little off yeah so to twitter. writing the following i'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you but you forgot to invite women commented just journalist another twitter user joked wow really nailed the diversity there one of those dudes was wearing gray now the emirates they did post a picture including women just a little later it just so happens that none of them were actually holding an award or even named in. the photo credits but even the updated picture is unlikely to silence critics last year at the u.n. slams the emirates human rights record sounding the alarm on

an i phone used by the emir of qatar shave time in vain her model funny was half also targeted was a human rights activist known as the iron woman of yemen toko carmen became a prominent figure of yemen's arab spring and was awarded the two thousand and eleven nobel peace prize it's unclear what information was obtained the cyber tool cannot intercept phone calls unlike similar software kharma can hack into i phones fairly quickly getting access to documents location information passwords and other sensitive material here what was really unusual is that all you needed was the person's phone number or email address and it would automatically send a text message to that person they'd have to click on that they need to interact with it all it would just automatically begin to infiltrate the person's i phone spying on rivals isn't new sophisticated cyber weapons however were usually limited to global superpowers the high tech era has broken that mold with foreign governments now competing for the most sophisticated hacking tools and personnel new international regulations to monitor digi

scott well they meant well but they failed miserably in the united arab emirates has become a laughing stock on social media after announcing the winners of its annual gender balance index now the emirates bills the award as a celebration of the role of women in quote shaping the future of the country medals were awarded in the categories best government entity supporting gender balance best federal authorities supporting gender balance and best gender balance initiative but you may notice something here what's missing yes. use student not seeing it on money there but twitter they realize that i'm sorry to have to tell you but you forgot to invite women commented the dutch journalist urrea and meyer another twitter user joked wow really nailed the diversity there one of those dude's was wearing gray at the emirates did post a picture including a women a little later just none of the women were holding an award or they were even named in the photo credit but even the updated picture is unlikely to silence critics last year the u.n. slammed the emirates human rights record sounding the a

and in sports qatar is going to the asian cup final after crushing the united arab emirates for nearly in what was dubbed the blockade darby. a lot of the british parliament has given the go ahead for theresa may to return to brussels and try to secure a better brakes a deal but one of the u.k. prime ministers most important ago she eighteen tools was ripped from her hands as m.p.'s also voted to block a no deal brags that the dean barbara explains what it means for the u.k. and how the e.u. has reacted. oh. outside the u.k. parliament the debate was fierce that is jesus bricks it is still as divisive as ever and as the prime minister opened the debate on plan b. she referenced the enormous defeat the commons gave her withdrawal agreement two weeks ago the vote was decisive and i listened so the world knows what this house does not want today we need to send an emphatic message about what we do want to hear the opposition labor party back to an amendment ensuring parliament would get time to vote on ways to prevent a no deal breaks it that plan was defeated but another simply rejecting

arab states some arab countries imposing a boycott blockade on on other arab countries the qatari emir one of the one of the heads of state to present at this summit the lebanese media it has been described as a country qatar of course under siege or under a blockade by a saudi alliance comes to lebanon to break the blockade imposed by by the same countries so there is no cooperation real cooperation you talked about sudan earlier the protests there the dire living conditions levanon there is a protest taking place not very far from here lebanon was hoping that this summit would be an economic lifeline that the arab world would pump in more money but they are not going to do that as long as this country stays allied with iran and the syrian government the death is high unemployment rate is high so really these divisions in the arab world means that these summits these arab league summit do not come up with any meaningful results they say no thank you. of the u.s. military says it's killed fifty two. in a mass strike in somalia the strike in the middle juba region was in response to a g

this his first full fledged trip to the middle east he has visited saudi arabia the united arab emirates and jordan before in his first year but this is first full trip to the region certainly the secretary is going to find himself answering a lot of questions about what kind of posture the u.s. is going to have in the region once the president's desire to pull u.s. forces out of syria takes place he's also going to have to answer questions about the u.s. plans to withdraw half of its troops from afghanistan country leaders in the region have a lot of questions about whether this means that the u.s. is going to be changing its security relationship with them relationships that have been built up over the better part of forty in some cases fifty years and so he will be having a lot of discussions with regional leaders about how the military draw downs are going to affect the security posture and really affect what the expectations can be not just from the united states but from countries in the region as well very much a key part of his travels the discussions about syria and afghanistan.

by iran and yemen's government supported by a coalition led by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates also agreed to uphold a cease fire in the city that. aid workers had hoped humanitarian corridors could soon be opened and much needed aid might be delivered a scenario whose success relies on mutual trust and one whose achievement seems more difficult with each new accusation mohammed and his ear. bangladesh's prime minister shaikh hasina has dismissed calls for a new vote after being declared the winner in sunday's election the opposition has rejected the results accusing the government of vote rigging police say at least one thousand people have been killed in election related violence charles traffic reports from the capital dhaka. bangladeshis ruling party planning is still hanging by the thousands in this dark and neighborhood. opposition candidates and their supporters tell us when they try to hang their banners many were threatened beaten by pro-government supporters and often detained by the police. people are nervous to comment about the election all those we spoke to in pub

an i phone used by the emir of qatar shave time in vain how model tawny was half also targeted was a human rights activist known as the iron woman of yemen toko carmen became a prominent figure of yemen's arab spring and was awarded the two thousand and eleven nobel peace prize it's unclear what information was obtained this cyber tool cannot intercept phone calls unlike similar software kharma can hack into i phones fairly quickly getting access to documents location information passwords and other sensitive material here what was really unusual is that all you needed was the person's phone number or email address and it would automatically send a text message to that person and have to click on it they need to interact with it all he would just automatically begin to infiltrate the person's i phone spying on rivals isn't new sophisticated cyber weapons however were usually limited to global super powers the digital era has broken that mold with foreign leaders now competing for the most sophisticated hacking tools and personnel. these revelations could further damage in our body st

is set to visit count on the united arab emirates and saudi arabia from tuesday the u.s. state department says riyadh for an update on the investigation into the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi in october he said there was no direct evidence connecting the saudi crown prince mohammed bin so none to. roselyn jordan is following these developments and joins us live from the state joins us live now and so what we'll be trying to accomplish on this trip. well he has a very full agenda mario me his schooling to be holding a couple of strategic dialogues while he is in kuwait and in qatar he's going to be talking about security issues namely syria iraq the situation regarding iran and the ongoing efforts to try to broker peace between the israelis and the palestinians and he is going to be looking at more local issues and as well areas where of the u.s. and might be able to provide some help we know for example that he will be raising the question of the ongoing rift within the gulf cooperation council or g.c.c. while he is meeting with officials in qatar during his trip e

united arab emirates the futuristic oasis in the middle of the desert. with fast cars and the skyscrapers. where money is plentiful and living lavish is the standard way of life. a small nation with big ambition. we never say that we have to reach just like somewhere in the middle i want to be always number one the same goes for sport but not just any sport football but even hosting the two thousand nine hundred eighteen course there are still some things that money can't buy. guys if needed then yeah and this time i have a little something different for you we're here and the united arab emirates in dubai now we think of football and the emirates usually the first thing that comes to mind is the only limited bank behind european football in giant man city anyone but on the verge of the biggest. couple history what we want to know is is just another luxurious path or is there a real passion for the sport in the land of riches let's go find out. as a part of the continent was supposed fastest growing community be you if you will struggle to bridge the gap

was a tight quarter final match in a lane but the emirates scored a lucky break in the second half. a terrible back pass for a little lost taken there was picked up by alley put at the edge of the box easily went around keeper matthew ryan the goal was the only one of the game and put the u.a.e. into the seventy five. so they are now playing for a place in the final the next world cup hosts were up against asian powerhouse south korea who have won the tournament twice before but later in the second half carter's abdulaziz hatem got the breakthrough curling in a low strike almost immediately south korea hit back but they go with roof side even after the winter v a r one will result in abu dhabi was enough to put carter into their first asian cup semifinal no qatari fans were able to attend the game because of the ongoing diplomatic blockade of the country by hosts the united arab emirates and saudi arabia but a handful of omani fans were there to celebrate with the qatar eating. so is cut a march on in the asian cup preparations for the a world cup also continue despite the blockade

ahmed months who are in the united arab emirates and to be a raja in bahrain will now be spending years in prison for criticizing their government's policies on social media was a prominent opposition figure during behind's protest movement during the arab spring he's been in and out of prison for this activism and his tweets on monday the supreme court upheld a five year jail term for a tweet deemed offensive to the state wars bring hatred destruction and horrors he tweeted as the saudi led coalition began bombing yemen in twenty fifteen the bahraini court agreed he disseminated what he calls false news in a time of war and defended the foreign country rights groups say the timing of the verdict is important. when and. i mean the reason why they chose to have it during the holy days in the west where they are expecting the minimal commission attention over devoted. as the peace advocate states that he won he won't remain silent. decided to bomb the children in yemen that war will only bring misery and would never bring the notions for those between the bearded sentiment these five year

witnessed or were complicit in torture in yemeni secret prisons overseen by its ally the united arab emirates the u.n. and a number of human rights groups voiced their concerns over the issue after the a.p. news agency uncovered gruesome details of the abuse. initially prisoners were having sheep in containers which were smeared with excrement each container and held up to fifty men who were blindfolded shackled and sometimes forced to relieve themselves in corners after guards shifted to were freed today. we could hear the screams the inter places greet by fear almost everyone is sick the rest are near death anyone who complaints has directly to the torture chamber. courts highlighting torture and scandalous practices the associated press and human rights groups say that prisons in yemen operated by the united arab emirates a long time u.s. ally have been run in total degradation and that u.s. military personnel may have been involved with or even witnessed the torture but the united states department of defense has fired back with its own report saying nope we found nothing. the department

diplomat has landed in the united arab emirates on the latest leg of his middle east and tall mike on players aiming to reassure arab allies of continuing u.s. support for the fight against i sell extremism despite donald trump's order to withdraw troops from syria president jordan has more from washington. one thing is clear the u.s. military may be ending its direct mission in syria but it's not going to stop the fight against eisel on thursday the secretary of state mike pompei o said that u.s. aircraft would be for paired to target and to kill eisel fighters if they try to retake any territory either in syria or in iraq meantime the pentagon is confirming that some equipment that the u.s. military had been relying on while deployed in syria is now being moved out of the country but for security reasons they are not saying how quickly this some two thousand u.s. troops in syria are going to be leaving where they will be based after they leave

and in sport we'll have more on castles in the united arab emirates details coming up. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places to get the. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places to get the. welcome back a team of turkish scientists is bound to. days that studying climate change in the world's future officials hope the expedition will pave the way for a pumpkin and turkish presence on the continent so i spoke to the scientists before they set off from istanbul. turkey has been conducting an emissions for impulse in international arena this time to become a major player in the scientific fields these brutal truth is scientists are having to untie arctica to establish a temporary base a station which is called to this national scientific base as part of a national all of the program this is the third expedition scientific expedition to the coldest continent on earth and these scientists are going to be studying on climate change which is a major global problem and they will be collecting data on the dynamics of this global probl

used a special tool to hide spy on hundreds of people including the emir of qatar and a human rightsactivist has been awarded the nobel peace prize not this of course makes us think about how safe anyone's phone is quite frankly we're going to talk more about that shortly first this report from catherine opposite a young. the software is called karma a sophisticated cyber tool they can hack into i phones the united arab emirates reportedly hired former us intelligence operatives in two thousand and sixteen to use the tool against its rivals and political enemies a reuters investigation revealed hundreds of people were targeted so this included surveillance of dissidents journalists rivals in the region and as we found out in our story it also eventually included the americans. an i phone used by the emir of qatar shave time in vain her model funny was half also targeted was a human rights activist known as the iron woman of yemen toko carmen became a prominent figure of yemen's arab spring and was awarded the two thousand and eleven nobel peace prize it's unclear what information was

the united arab emirates says the saudi led coalition in yemen has struck ten training camps outside the people city data wednesday. is threatening a cease fire deal struck in sweden last month. that his own intelligence chiefs calling them naive and wrong over the threat posed by iran u.s. president suggest they go back to school after officials contradicted its claims on the national security issue. well trump is facing criticism for contradicting his intelligence chiefs but his press secretary was full of praise for her boss in an interview huckabee sondos went on to suggest that it was divine intervention which ensured that trump got the top job in the first place i think calls all of us to. fill different roles at different times and. he wanted donald trump to become president and that's why he's there and i think he. has done a tremendous job supporting a lot of the things that people of faith really care about well even before he moved into the white house donald trump was known for using language against opponents that no president has ever uttered at least publicly and that

are advising the carrying out all the doing of things in this particular way now the united arab emirates says that these prisons are operated by yemenis they've got nothing to do with it and the department of defense is echoing their statement that it's all a big facade they found nothing however if you look at congressional reports they indicate that u.s. personnel have been involved interrogations. u.s. forces do not conduct detention operations in yemen rather u.s. forces conduct intelligence interrogations of detainees held in part in a custody but the department of defense is sticking to its story saying we know nothing and i guess the world just has to decide who it wants to believe but r.t. new york the policy director at the just foreign policy campaign organization believes the pentagon has always been insincere about u.s. activities in yemen. pentagon has been lying for years about what the us is doing in yemen claim that it wasn't supporting the saudi war with direct military assistance with three fueling. claim that it was doing something to reduce the saudi bombing of civili

an i phone used by the emir of qatar shake time in vain how model funny was half to also targeted was a human rights activist known as the iron woman of yemen toko carmen became a prominent figure of yemen's arab spring and was awarded the two thousand and eleven nobel peace prize it's unclear what information was obtained this cyber tool cannot intercept phone calls unlike similar software kharma can hack into i phones fairly quickly getting access to documents location information passwords and other sensitive material here what was really unusual is that all you needed was the person's phone number or email address and it would automatically send a text message to that person and have to click on it they need to interact with it at all he would just automatically begin to infiltrate the person's i phone spying on rivals isn't new sophisticated cyber weapons however were usually limited to global superpowers the high tech era has broken that mold with foreign governments now competing for the most sophisticated hacking tools and personnel new international regulations to monitor dig

the associated press and human rights groups say that prisons in yemen operated by the united arab emirates a longtime u.s. ally have been run in total degradation and that u.s. military personnel may have been involved with or even witnessed the torture but the united states department of defense has fired back with its own report saying nope we found nothing. the department of defense has not developed any independent credible information indicating that u.s. allies or partners have abused detainees in yemen now the key word is independent they basically just ignored reports that painted horrific pictures of the facilities top of the human rights group we've also got an acknowledgement of the problem from the united nations investigations by the group of experts confirm widespread aba tree detention throughout the country and ill treatment and torture in some facilities in most cases detainees were not informed of the reasons for their arrest were not charged and were denied access to lawyers or a judge. there is some kind of medical experimentation going on in these tensions answers whic

the united arab emirates the fused of spying on the regional leaders by locking into their phones. a brutal chill slips through parts of the u.s. midwest and what's being called the region's worst freeze in a generation. in new countries have launched a new payment system with iran which bypasses u.s. sanctions the hope is to save the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal that president trump pulled out of last year the mechanism would allow e.u. companies to trade with iran through a european payment channel created by france germany and britain is expected to be formally endorsed by all twenty eight e.u. members president trumpery impose tough sanctions on iran last year and washington has warned the e.u. against trying to sidestep its tungsten will attach a butler joins us live now from paris so it seems that even leaders have found a way to bypass u.s. sanctions on iran. that's right leaders are meeting in book arrest and they are expected to give more details of a transaction channel a new payment mechanism that they have set up to bypass the sanctions on iran and try and keep the

well the united arab emirates has become a laughing stock on social media after announcing the winners of its annual gender balance index now to celebrate the role of women in shaping the future of the country medals were awarded in the categories best government entities supporting gender balance you had best federal authorities supporting gender balance and best gender balance initiative but you may notice something missing twitter noticed as well i'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you but you forgot to invite women commented this dutch journalist another twitter user joke wow really nailed the diversity there one of those duties was wearing gray now the emirates did post a picture including women a little later but none of them is holding an actual award and they didn't even name the woman in the credits a last year of the u.n. slammed the emirates human rights record sounding the alarm on the discrimination of women in the gulf state men are still allowed for example to prohibit their wives from working but you know gender inequality is not limited to the gulf states in two th

is a tight quarterfinal match an hour i know but they emirates got a lucky break in the second half terrible back pass from the last leg and that is picked up by alley of coots at the edge of the box easily one around keeper matthew ryan the goal is the only one of the game and put the u.a.e. into the semifinals where they'll now play at regional rivals qatar for a place in the final count up against asian powerhouse south korea abdulaziz how team got the breakthrough in a one nil when they think one of the keys of the group their outstanding. they know what it means to win the game in this competition. so they celebrate every game because we need to celebrate the big reason to the of course is one step forward more and everyone was celebrating reading each other. the west indies are cruising towards a huge win over england in the first cricket test in barbados after the tourists failed to take a single wickets on day three the host set england an impossible victory targets of six hundred twenty eight that's after jason holder scored a double hundred the windy second innings of four

hour with sana and i just biggest international football tournament has begun in the united arab emirates that and the rest of the sport a moment. by a major dish every leaking news cycle going to see a nice of breaking stories and then of course there's donald trump told through the eyes of the welts janin ace that's right out of a hamas script that calls for the annihilation of israel that is not what that phrase means at all he joined the listening post as we turned the cameras on the media focused on how they were told on the stories that matter the most in bad news a free palestine a listening post on al-jazeera. where every. short films of the hope and inspiration. stories of three young women challenging the world around them. al-jazeera selects. thank. you stan the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the. al-jazeera i've . thank you turkey has introduced a charge on single use plastic bags as it tries to clean up the mediterranean sea what is the polluted the thousands of tons of plastic every year the manufacturers are also saying tens of thousands of jobs could

it was a tight quarter final match in ain but the emirates got a lucky break in the second half. but terrible back tossed from the last day going to a close picked up by early of course as the edge of the box easily went around matthew ryan the goal was the only one of the game and put the u.a.e. into the semifinals. they'll now play qatar for a place in the final the next world cup hosts were up against asian powerhouse south korea who have won the tournament twice but later in the second half cottle's abdulaziz outen got the breakthrough curling in a low strike almost immediately after a hit back but they go was ruled offside even after going to v.a. are the one zero result in abu dhabi was enough support into their first asian cup semifinal the qatari fans were able to attend the game because of the ongoing diplomatic blockade of the country by hosts the united arab emirates and saudi arabia but a handful of omani fans were there to celebrate with the qatari team. and i think one of the keys of this team is that as a group. they are outstanding and they know what it means to w

it was a tight quarter final match in pain but the emirates got a lucky break in the second half. but terrible back pass from last a gimmick was picked up by alley of course as the edge of the box easily went around matthew ryan the goal was the only one of the game and put the u.a.e. into the semifinals. they'll now play qatar for a place in the final the next world cup hosts were up against asian powerhouse south korea who have won the tournament twice but later in the second half cottle's abdulaziz outen got the breakthrough curling in a low strike almost immediately south korea hit back but they go was ruled offside even after the winter v.a. are the one zero result in abu dhabi was enough support into their first asian cup semifinal tare fans were able to attend the game because of the ongoing diplomatic blockade of the country by hosts the united arab emirates and saudi arabia but a handful of omani fans were there to celebrate with the qatari team. and i think one of the keys of this team is that as a group. they are outstanding and they know what it means to win the game i

landed in qatar from the united arab emirates after visiting egyptian and behave in his flying to sandy arabia which have all imposed their eighteen month long land and sea blockade on qatar the accused the title funding extremism allegations strongly dismissed by the qatari leaders. america's top diplomat has also visited jordan and is due in amman and kuwait on his middle east tour it's being seen as a time to rally support among key players in the region to counterbalance the growing influence of iran and i don't think that the administration plans for dealing with iran by virtue of trying to organize a larger coalition are going to work simply because most states do not agree with us in our policies canceling the joint comprehensive plan of action that would have prevented iran if implemented from ever attending a nuclear weapon the u.s. is due to host a conference in poland next month to discuss ways to curb iran's activities in the region and ensure middle east stability the u.s. is keen of building a bridge an alliance to counter what it considers to be a growing iranian influenc

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