globetrotters steve hamish sent his regards from austria. first i want to get up this building to get a panoramic view of parts i'm up lots of. europe's fastest elevator takes you up to the twenty fourth floor in twenty seconds flacks. one hundred meters up you can see that potsdamer platz is at the hard just sitting there you got the right start building the brandenburg gate the philharmonic. that you're gonna slide secure plucks and you can close recognize the t.v. tower. and the patio ramat cafe is the perfect place to take a little break and enjoy the view. during the golden twenty's this was the place to be there are luxury hotels fashionable restaurants movie houses and theaters but during world war two parts a month that's was almost entirely destroyed and it took close to half a century to rebuild it. this is part some of the plots as we now know it. was. back in the one nine hundred twenty s. this intersection was already a high that activity until bombs pounded into rubble in the second world war. then it became a wasteland in the

targeting hospitals in rebel areas in the last ten days so we can discuss this and more now with hamish to brighton gordon who is an advisor to a coalition of medical charities in syria thanks very much for speaking to us how would you describe the level and the intensity of s. strikes in rebel held areas but also well particularly in and around the eastern ghouta area of syria. good evening the last ten days it's been horrific the about attacks particularly. christmas and new year period we've seen over ten hospitals attacked and put out of commission in both. the damascus suburbs but also in live in the charity voice and you mentioned it's been promised that hospitals that have been hit both these areas are supposed to be the deescalation zones at the start talks agreed some seven months ago and all supposed to be protected we were fortunate on the twenty seventh of december that we managed to evacuate twenty one very seriously injured people and there was a short cease far which the russians and the syrians agreed however since then the attacks seem to have intensified markedly and w

talking about cinematography our globe trotters steve hamish regularly supplies us with amazing images from his travels and this time he and his travel companion kristen addison aren't even that far away from here there and austria is winter wonderland. so for example here in austria i'm here with chris and others for the my travel muse who will be skiing for the past. i mean i and what better place where not the largest series are in austria but we're also going to be showing you things to do with the season and without ok let's check it out. so let's see how kristen is performing. it's looking good so far. it was a cool thing about seeing you getting on top of all these beautiful mountains and you have this view. kristie that's just don't mean. much. pressure so how you doing swell so well. all right next thing on our list is that flooding. from our real. feelings sleep. begins today we are in a whole fierce and this is a big one hotspot we're going to get this one to track. if you're on. your own. and that severe fine but the most fun part is the shooting. the most awesome thing of

after a social media campaign was launched in sweden let's try and understand this here's artie's hamish us happy. well from sounds like an innocent enough question doesn't it but it could land you in trouble here's what i actually had to explain that i first need to tell you about an online campaign launched in sweden to help expose racism hash tag no stranger we hope to raise awareness regarding the extensive issue of racism that actually does exist in sweden although many want to believe that we live in the world's most tolerant country there dearest shakespearean says of being subjected to racism and tens out asking why are you from rep some people up the wrong way even though i was born here people always ask me where i'm from i hate it when they do that nobody put on a decide where my home is where i come from doesn't concern you and it shouldn't matter i say shouldn't we ever ask people about their country of origin to be on the safe side. well here's some advice from a man behind the hash tag no stranger campaign you can also question just make sure you do it right it's ok to won

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of the united arab emirates in the final of the gulf cup after a dramatic night in kuwait city to hamish reports. the action started in the stands long the full kickoff in this gold cup final between a mine and u.a.e. more than twenty planes had carried supporters and journalists from the two nations as they packed the sixty thousand capacity all jobber stadium in kuwait this a team event may not resonate globally but in this region it's like a world cup and the omanis were determined to take the trophy home the. game in their mind we came all the way from oman to take the trophy back and there's no doubt that it's coming home this week a little oh my god we're likely to do it because the cup is very important for us otherwise we wouldn't be here champions were in real danger of losing this final omar abdel-rahman had the chance to seal a third title for his team but all money goalkeeper phase at the sheedy rose to the ok jand saving the penalty and sending the omani fans into a frenzy things got worse for the u.a.e. as the game was heading to extra time and their hopes of clinching the

the united arab emirates in the final of the gulf cup after a dramatic night in kuwait city center hamish reports. the action started in the stands long the full kickoff in this gold cup final between oman and u.a.e. more than twenty planes had carried supporters and journalists from the two nations as they packed the sixty thousand capacity all jobber stadium in kuwait this a team event may not resonate globally but in this region it's like a world cup and the omanis were determined to take the trophy home the. game in their mind we came all the way from oman to take the trophy back and there's no doubt that it's coming home minister has got a little like a little like a little to it because cup is very important for us otherwise we wouldn't be here we're not here as tourists we came here to win the title. on the pitch it was all manned up pose the biggest threat but it wasn't until the eighty ninth minute when the immoralities were awarded the penalty that it looked as though the two thousand and nine champions were in real danger of losing this final. omar abdel-rahman had the chance t

hamish de bretton—gordon, an adviser to the union of medical and relief organisations, gave us this updatelready said, although the past ten days, we have seen a vast increase in the air attacks, particularly in ghouta, and particularly in places which were supposed to be safe, which was agreed a while ago. but we have seen great intensity, and as your report says, it's now focused on the hospitals, focused, as you say, on ten hospitals that were put out of commission in the last ten days, and only today, again, major attacks entered ghouta. 400,000 people are trapped there, including 125 children who desperately need life—saving surgery. we, with the un and the international red cross, managed to get 29 people out on the 27th of december who needed desperate, life—saving surgery, and at this moment, i understand 25% of the children in ghouta are dying of malnutrition. they have had no food or medicine is delivered to them for the last four months, and in fact no real proper aid for a couple of years. so, it is an absolute desperate situation in ghouta at the moment. the department store h

cherie and her son to be chop same hamish to brighton gordon is an adviser to a coalition of medical charities working in syria he says at least one hundred twenty children in eastern guta urgently needed medical treatment. the last. record. tax particular. christmas and new year period we see ten hospitals. commission in. damascus say in their lives we currently have one hundred twenty five children and . we really need is a season seriously injured children. meanwhile in southern syria refugees who fled the fighting are facing a battle of a different kind surviving the bitterly cold winter parka has a story. in syria's southern province of daraa those displaced by war face a new threat whether. this is a company one of the largest in the region. robin and her grandchildren arrived here after escaping fierce fighting between serious opposition groups and i saw a water logged field is now home if the rain continues they'll be forced to leave where can they go i'm going to let my mom and i when i left on homes without any possessions you can see the rain water around us you can see fo

hamish, in talking o f the russia investigation, there was a big break by the new york times over the weekend, a story about george papadopoulos and how this investigation started, the information that mr. papadopoulos gave to the australians answer one of the lingering mysteries of the past year. what's so alarming to vote the fbi, it was not as mr. trump and other politicians allege a dossier and said it was first information from one of america's closest intelligence allies. big chunk of the article i just read there, essentially, what started this was a bar conversation between george papadopoulos, remember the coffee boy of the campaign and an australian diplomats where he told them russia had a lot of e-mails about the hillary clinton's campaign. this was before the public knew about these e-mails. how did this affect the narrative that the republicans put forward that the russians started with the dossier. >> it put as big crack in the republicans narrative that this was all politically motivated investigation that pointed to president trump and want apart of this plan to use t

upset the united arab emirates in the final of the gulf cup after a dramatic night in kuwait city san hamish reports. the action started in the stands long the full kickoff in this gold cup final between amman and u.a.e. more than twenty planes had carried supporters and journalists from the two nations as they packed the sixty thousand capacity all jobber stadium in kuwait this a team event may not resonate globally but in this region it's like a world cup and the omanis were determined to take the trophy home the. game in our mind we came all the way from oman to take the trophy back and there's no doubt that it's coming home in a circle little oh my god we're likely to do it because cup is very important for us otherwise we wouldn't be here we're not here as tourists we came here to win the title. on the pitch it was all man that pose the biggest threat but it wasn't until the eighty ninth minute when the immoralities were awarded the penalty that it looked as though the two thousand and nine champions were in real danger of losing this final. abdurrahman had the chance to seal a third ti

with morocco its only rival right now the countries hosting the african nations championship asuna hamish reports from casablanca. these were the scenes eight years ago when south africa hosted the world cup and in eight years the continent could once again welcome football's biggest showpiece. morrocco has surprised everyone no with their last minute bid to organize the twenty twenty six edition and the man in charge of african football has given the country his full backing. synagogue and this is our hope and dreams and has it is unfair that a great continent like africa has only been allowed to organize one world cup in a century i think it is legitimate for us to want one of our countries to make this commitment and i'm myself as a president and committed to join in this bid and will be the twenty twenty sixth edition there is the first expanded the world cup consisting of forty eight countries this newly renovated one hundred the fifth stadium here in cousin blanka could be a showpiece venue but morocco has to prove it can handle such a big event it's building a good track record rig

rockers football fortunes are on the rise off to qualifying for this year's world cup and as santa hamish reports the country is hoping that this tournament will be a stepping stone to bigger things in the future this is where many moroccan youngsters learn their football the beach doubles as an improvised training ground fans here i have a lot to look forward to oracle has qualified for the world cup for the first time in twenty years and the country is about to welcome many of africa's best players the city of gaza blunk is due to host the african nations championship the country hasn't hosted the c.d.o. continental competition since the africa cup of nations in nineteen eighty eight moral codes due to stage the twenty fifteen cup of nations but pulled out due to concerns about the spread of the ebola virus the african nations championship set has been around for a decade but is still trying to establish itself the sixteen team event is solely for players based in their domestic league but with the decision to expand the flagship a cup of nations to twenty four teams and extra world cup

play for club teams on the continent so mauritania get hammered for new in the opening game santa hamish reports from casablanca. well the fifth edition of the african nations championship is now well on the way there is no doubt is a big day for morocco the country hasn't hosted a senior continental competition since nine hundred eighty eight. mohammed the fifth stadium in casablanca opened four hours before kickoff to make sure fans getting on time to watch the host open their campaign against for a tiny little are going to actually be out of it's a very important tournament and you hope to win the title close to thirty six thousand spectators have attended the game and some of the supporters who is still pushing to get in even after half time on the pitch it was a perfect start for morocco after goalless first half the host finally broke the deadlock in the sixty six minutes a uber cabbie with the goal of things got worse from return here is my head dad doubled their lead before the cabbie added his second goal on the night to make it three nil up. the. russian official capitalizing o

hamish asking if it was indeed your son who suffered the abuse that i referred to at the opening of theshow would you tell us a little bit about what happened there. yeah he was new at the school and at the end of the first week teach oscar what kind of walled religions do you guys know and what kind of houses of worship so the students. mosque and it was my son's turn and he said cynical to teach us are you jewish and he said yes and that is when everything started the tech started and what exactly was everything. started with verbal abuse and bullying and then also physical attacks he was beaten very badly hands of the students at this and he was also there was a mock execution and that was the point when we took him out of the school roughly three months later other students according to many newspaper reports especially arab and turkish fellow students is that correct in this case it is correct mostly turkish also arabs and he was not the only one who was bullied kurdish black gay students and girls well also. badly abused and the school did nothing but in this case because it was j