. >> hashim: yeah. how'd you enjoy that road? >> anthony: uh -- white knuckles. meet hashim.aveling almost a thousand, a thousand five hundred kilometers a trip. it's so unbelievably beautiful and diverse. >> anthony: so what we got here, vegetable curry? >> hashim: yogurt-based uh curry, quite typical in these parts. >> anthony: vegetables again? surprisingly, not a problem. it's good. this is one of the few places in the world that i could eat vegetarian every day and still be happy. most of these people in this community farmers? farming? agricultural? >> hashim: farming, yeah. >> anthony: what are they growing? >> hashim: uh, they're doing a lot of corn, potatoes, peas -- >> anthony: and weed. people growing marijuana here. >> hashim: yes. loads of -- >> anthony: as an export product or for personal use for uh -- >> hashim: oh everything. mix of everything. so you think you wanna go check out the fair a little bit? cool. >> anthony: yeah, let's take a walk through town, see what's going on. >> hashim: predominantly located for all these mountain villagers to come together

hashim. is our correspondent who's been with.fanny during his trip to london and behind you his horse guards parade hashim say the emir has had his meeting with theresa may the british prime minister and now moved on presumably heading towards the ministry of defense. indeed he's holding now meetings with the. with the british defense been a minister and senior military officers expecting him to arrive here at this particular which is the horse cause parade this is where the emir is going to present the colors of the squadron which is a unit of british and qatari pilots who are going to protect the skies above qatar in two thousand and twenty two when the gulf nation will host the football world cup and this looks very serious maurya however this is quite symbolic and quite important for the qatari government because it wants to send this message that what its neighbors insist on and taining the blockade qatar has been able to reach out and rally international support with key political and military heavyweights to be able to mov

i hope he's there for us and hashim what do we expect them to be discussing first and foremost. basically this is going to be an opportunity to talk about the boosting economic military cooperation with the united kingdom the emir of qatar is going to have a meeting with the prime minister now and then have lunch and then go to the ministry of defense where they will talk about of fortunate is like the joint squadron which is going to protect the skies above qatar during the two thousand and twenty two football world cup which is going to be hosted by. qatar is quite an interesting moment for qatar which has been under located this is almost all fourteen months from now and this is an opportunity for the emir of qatar and for the qatari government to send a message to the to its neighbors and to the international community that it's breaking the blockade reaching key particularly america is the french and the british with the aim to turn that chapter and move forward martine over the last few months has been beefing up its military capabilities signing multi billion dollar arms

hashim amla bawled for just africa crumbled yet again. hashim amla bawled forjust six.late on as captain faf du plessis fell four seven. south africa need another 351. world cup fever continues in london with the second day of the women's hockey world cup were italy have beaten china 3—0. a brilliant first—half strike from one of ten argentinian born players in the italian squad. 0ne argentinian born players in the italian squad. one of italy's greatest wins. the last world campaign came all the way back in 1976. that's all the sport for now. thank you. until the age of 12 martin pistorius had an unremarkable childhood but then he fell ill with whats' known as locked—in syndrome. for over a decade he could see and hear everything around him but no—one knew he was conscious. eventually a carer spotted ‘life' in his eyes — setting him on the road to a remarkable recovery. this is his amazing story. i was trapped inside my body for more than a decade. doctors said i was unaware that i could see and hear everything. asa as a child growing up, i was perhaps a little quieter

in reply, south africa crumbled again, hashim amla bowled by rangana herath for six, and things continuedte on as captain faf du plessis fell for seven. south africa were 139—5 at stumps and need another 351 runs. meanwhile, bangladesh have beaten west indies by 48 runs in their first one day international in guyana. a record double century partnership between tamin iqbal and shakib al hasan built the platform for a bangladesh win. captain mashrafe mortaza then led the way with the ball taking 4—37 as west indies made 231—9 in reply. 50 years ago, around 100 people gathered to watch the sister of the us presidentjohn f kennedy launch a sporting event designed to celebrate people with intellectual disabilities. nowadays, the special olympics as it's become known attracts almost five million athletes from 170 countries. stuart pollitt joined the celebrations in chicago. celebrating half a century of shunning the sporting spotlight on people who had been in society's shadow. this event at chicago's soldier field marks 50 years since the stadium hosted the first special olympics. i actually h

grain and egypt has been meeting the prime minister to resume a at downing street hashim a hobart has been following that meeting in london. the emir's meetings today with the british prime minister and the minister of defense are part of a qatari charm offensive that has been in full swing over the last few months we've seen the emir of qatar traveling to different capitals meeting with world leaders rally international support for his country as he continues to face a blockade imposed by its neighbors saudi arabia u.a.e. . and egypt the meeting centered around the boosting you cannot make and military cooperation between britain and qatar the british government has in the past been expressing its desire to see an immediate and to the crisis in the gulf region the highlight of the event was basically the ceremony of the ministry of defense where the emir of qatar percent of the colors of the squadron which is going to be a unit of qatari and british pilots were going to protect the skies above qatar in what in two thousand and twenty two when the government. will host that were the f

i watched out for the truckie hashim river, but i didn't expect the river to colla pse but i didn't expecterienced the flood of the river —— tokuhashi river. ichiro, you study at a tokyo university, you returned with your mother on thursday, tell us about the state of your health and what use always knew arrived at okayama? both of my parents, my parents and grandparents' both of my parents, my parents and grandpa re nts' house both of my parents, my parents and grandparents' house was heavily damaged. we can no longer live there. the water level reached up to there. the water level reached up to the ceiling of my grandparents' house. it flew over to the second floor of my mother's flat. all the stuff in the house was soaked, it was all wet. we cannot use it so it was all wet. we cannot use it so it was devastating. it must be tough, ichiro, having lived in that home in okayama of your parents for many, many years and now you can't even return to it because of the devastation in the area. yeah. yes. it is... it is a bit... pretty sad that i cannot... i'm not going back to my grandparents'.

union is struggling to solve regional crises including conflicts in south sudan somalia and libya hashim her daughter has more from new york it's. the african union is under-funded and beset by divisions meeting in the mauritanian carpets and watch will they say they're willing to be tough decisions to restore stability across the continent. but thousands of kilometers away in south sudan a ceasefire that was agreed just days ago has collapsed raising concerns of further violence in the country will see divonne axillary we must beat up the pace of institutional reform with our union reform as an extension condition of our union is significant progress has been made especially on the financial side of the reforms and we need to build on this momentum south sudan isn't the only conflict leaders here are trying to deal with libya divided so malia still faces attacks from. and the political deadlock in western sahara has taken longer than expected but there were hopes and wash or it would be the place where if the opium and iraq trio leaders would meet face to face and start talks about it b

>> hashim: voila. end of the road. ♪ ♪ ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la la ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> anthony: it's morning in the arabian desert. the place explorer, bertram thomas called "the abode of death." but it's a beautiful place, the kind of place i look for more and more these days. stark, empty, clean sand that stretches out, seemingly forever. ♪ ♪ >> anthony: oman defies expectations. it shouldn't, according to the cool logic of the world, exist. but it does, and it's incredible. the sultanate of oman is an absolute monarchy. a predominantly islamic state and a vital strategic choke point in the world's oil supply. it is surrounded by some of the trickiest and most contentious powers in the region. and yet here it is, relatively small, tolerant, welcoming to outsiders, peaceful and stunningly beauti

as our correspondent joins me outside the button downing street it hashim what do we expect of the visit between the amir and the prime minister. so hale the gulf crisis is definitely going to chop the edge and of the meeting which is still underway with the british prime minister and the emir of qatar the british government has expressed in the past hopes that all the parties would set aside their differences and negotiate a political settlement that would and the quite as many fear could drag the region into further instability the americans in particular were hoping to have all their lies in the region come on board to move forward because the americans were hoping to be able to get all the parties to help contain the influence of iran in the region or to defeat ice in different parts of the world particularly places like syria and iraq qatar has been over the few past few months multiplying efforts to try to reach out to key allies but typically have a political whites we're talking about the americans the french and the british to send a clear message to its neighbors in the region

russia invaded syria with the goal of popping up there assad hashim andrea, and warm water in the mediterranean. >> as we discussed in length, the crisis in syria is a complex one. cooperation between our two countries has the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives. i also made clear that the united states will not allow iran to benefit from our successful campaign against isi isis. we have just about eradicated isis. in the area. >> there was no mention that russia, russian warplanes bombed a human mary terrien eight complex they suggested that russia could work together to stop he ran from filling the vacuum in syria. they had both to the israeli prime minister to that effect. or from the u.s. military perspective, it is not clear that russia has any control over the irani in general who are operating freely inside of syri syria. they took three more towns in southern syria near the goal. civilians are fleeting that are area. they could not have done so without russian military help. >> jennifer, thank you for all of that. there is much reaction coming in from capitol hill. we have

the latest on that from the summit in mauritania thanks hashim. expert scuba divers a swimming deeper into a flooded cave system in northern thailand hoping to find a football team has been missing now for nine days and thousands thais have joined the search operation for the twelve teenagers and their coach scott had a report from chiang rai on how the crisis is bring people closer together. tucked away throughout the entrance of the cave in the bustle of the search and rescue effort shrines in offerings have been appearing thais from near and far have been coming to make the offering their part they feel in making sure the twelve boys and their football coach are found alive yes a lot as a christian church leader in chiang rai province and one thing corn and his community have been praying for the missing since the very first day and part of the effort to find them is right out the front door of one of his churches although thailand is overwhelmingly buddhist he feels this is a time for all faiths to work together. well it is very important in t