welcome back to khalifa stadium where the 1st world athletics championships to be held in the middle east are off and running the man's 100 meter feeds brought some big names to the track on the opening night america's christian coleman who holds the fastest time in the world so far this year stop the timings across the 6 heats defending champion just to gatland and 2011 champion jamaica as you know had blake also ease to victories in their heats it was a busy opening day at the stadium as andy richardson reports. track and field fans in doha have every right to be happy cats host capital city is the setting for the middle east 1st ever world athletics championships it's a 1st for qatar. and it's just just nice to see all the nationalities together in one place i'm so excited. to. see the my federal kids here i come to will celebrate too with them is beautiful you know to have this is the 1st thing you always watch until your government watches. these championships and normally held in august but on this occasion i've been shifted to the end of september in order to avoid the higher

but he had fun in the meantime did they time view sport wear off his khalifa stadium with far a smile. welcome back to the collegiate stadium where we're getting close to one of the big events at the championships the man's 100 meters is always one of the standout finals in the semifinals earlier it was the favorite christine coleman who taught the timing's in a time of 9.8 seconds the defending champion justin gatlin was only 3rd in his heat behind the 2011 winner yohann blake but still qualified for the final we also got our 1st look at the top women sprinters in their 100 meter heats shelley and fraser prize top the times their winning and 10.80 seconds the jamaican is looking to win this title for the 4th time and there was a new world champion in the women's hammer and their candy at a price taking gold with her throw of 77.54 meters it's her 1st battle at international level after winning the continental title last year our sports correspondent andy richardson is with me now in the studios of the 100 a finals just about half an hour away who's your money on we want to mention ch

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welcome to the khalifa international stadium here in doha where we're getting ready for 10 days of top quality competition with 2000 athletes gathering for the world championships but one individual will be notable by his absence for the 1st time since 2003 the event won't involve the arguably its greatest ever star andy richardson reports on how track and field is facing up to life after you saying bolt. the stage where the hopes and ambitions of the world's best athletes will soon be played out. and for the 1st time in more than a decade the sport's biggest star won't be the center of attention. this will be a world championships without you sign bolts on the start line an individual whose appeal went far beyond the running track. time then for a new generation to step up well was he's a he's the go you know but the sport has to continue on it's like when michael jordan was done with basketball. they had to move on to other players you know i mean and that's what we have to do in this or now you've got abroad saying you guys different heard you have other athletes and you have compet

i must demand the right time for sport let's cross to the doors khalifa stadium. thank you very much a.j. and welcome to early for international stadium where we're all set for day 2 of the world athletics championships it follows what was a dramatic 1st day of action until her in which the 1st champion of the games always crowned but it's the weather that's stealing the headlines so malik has the action. the world athletics championships in doha have only just begun but qatar's heat has already become a major talking point day one came to a climax with the women's marathon along doha's waterfront to beat the heat organizers opted to stage the race at midnight but even that proved to be too much for many. a temperature of 32 degrees combined with 73 percent humidity took its toll and nearly a 3rd of the 70 starters had to drop out one woman the conditions didn't get the better of with kenya's ruth chip in get each she survived to take home gold was and one her time of 2 hours 32 minutes and 43 seconds is the slowest to ever win the title it was probably the hardes

welcome to the khalifa international stadium here in doha where we're getting ready for 10 days of top quality competition with 2000 athletes gathering for the world championships but one individual will be notable by his absence for the 1st time since 2003 the event won't involve the arguably its greatest ever star and he richard said reports on how track and field is facing up to life after you sing boards. the stage where the hopes and ambitions of the world's best athletes will soon be played out. and for the 1st time in more than a decade the sport's biggest star won't be the center of attention. this will be a world championships without you saying bolt on the startline an individual whose appeal went far beyond the running track. time then for a new generation to step up both was he's a he's the go you know but the sport has to continue on it's like when michael jordan was done with basketball. they had to move on to other players you know i mean and that's what we have to do in this or now you've got a broad saying you guys different heard you have other athletes and you have c

let's cross live to the khalifa stadium now and speak to our reporter ade adedoyin., ade. what a day, receiving her first good evening to you, ade. what a day, receiving herfirst major gold medal and then still on track for her first medal and then still on track for herfirst gold. medal and then still on track for her first gold. it was a big turnaround for the athletes involved in the 100 metres last night and they came out to give you earlier today. the 100 metre champion actually pulled out, but dina asher—smith received that metal they wa nted asher—smith received that metal they wanted the stadium last night in the stadium today. before that, dina asher—smith qualified for the next round of the 200 metres. just cruised into the final, and you have to start talking about her as a favour to win the gold medal because fraser price, as i say, is out. the defending champion has pulled out because of injury. the silver medallist from london also pulled out. she was a bronze medallist on the 100 metres last night. the only real challenge for dina asher—smith is elaine

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coming here in nov 2022 in terms of readiness to with the 8 stadiums are now finished one of them the khalifa stadium will be on show to the world later on this month when it hosts the world athletics championships and then in december we have the club world cup here in cats are the 1st big day for events be hosted by the country effectively a test event ahead of the world cup as cats already 6 to establish itself as a global hub for elite sports. so again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera britain's prime minister is threatening to seek an early election after losing a crucial vote which takes m.p.'s one step closer to block rocking and no deal breaks it 21 members avoids johnson's own party voted with the opposition a 2nd vote will take place on wednesday hurricane dorian is moving closer to the united states after leaving a trail of destruction in the bahamas 7 people have been killed there and the prime minister warns the death toll is likely to rise and gallagher has more from florida where the hurricane is scheduled to strike next. overcame dorrans about 170 kilometer

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the burj khalifa at the time of construction the world's tallest building was built with sand from half a world away. we have a saying in english which is selling sand to the arabs which is obviously a joke. that that's actually come true in the case of the by. $3500.00 australian companies exports into the arabian peninsula their profits of tripled in 20 years accounting for a $5000000000.00 jackpot. and australia is just one small part of a global trend that reliant on importing sand from other areas and so what you see is this huge trade around the world moving from one another for different purposes such construction and land reclamation. singapore is another city at the heart of the sand wars. in 30 years the country known as the switzerland of asia has become one of the richest in the region during this time the population has more than doubled and the 63 islands that make up the city state are bursting at the seams singapore its were lying on the import. for its very existence in the land masses literally increased 20 percent over the last foresee it is and that's largely been re

her silver in the 100 metres final, she was in the heats of the 200 metres, let's cross live to the khalifaow and speak to our reporter ade adedoyin. good to see some of those seats are for this evening. we will get to that in just for this evening. we will get to that injust a for this evening. we will get to that in just a moment. for this evening. we will get to that injust a moment. she is doubling up, was superb in the 100 metres behind a great champion. how does she look in the 200 metres? she look superb in qualification but she has been one of the most dominant athlete on the diamond league circuit. she cruised into the next round and had no ill effects after the 100 metres yesterday when she won a silver medal. you have to think of her as a potential favourite to win gold because of the four athletes who got the top places in london, she is the only one left. the defending champion is out. marie—josee ta lou is not here in the final because she has picked up an injury and shaunae miller—uibo, is the fastest woman in the world in the 200 metres, elected to do the 400 metres instead.

welcome back to the khalifa stadium where the action on day 2 is underway it's all taking place in the air conditioned stadium but the question marks continue after the women's marathon last night and even with the midnight local start time the race took place in $32.00 degree temperatures and humidity was around 70 percent 28 of the $68.00 stars withdrew during the race kenya's roots chapnick it should go on to win the 1st gold medal of the championships. so plenty of gold medals are on offer later on saturday the pick of the finals as the men's 100 meters justin gatlin looking to defend his title the day will again wrap up on doha's waterfront with the 50 kilometer walk race. that's right the world cup warehouse japan had pulled off another huge upset they beat one of the world's best teams ireland by 19 points to 12 so has the action of a o.n.t. of support for the host nation but this was not a match japan was supposed to win against an island side recently ranked as world number one and it was the irish who struck the 1st blow carty high kicked claimed by garry ringrose he touched

dubai the emirate continues to build and import sand even if 90 percent of the apartments in the burj khalifa are bacon. but sadly real estate speculation doesn't hold the monopoly on the wasting of sand governments are also to blame. i would construction uses inexpensive c. said the strips of asphalt we've built snaking around the world have swallowed up massive amounts of the world's beaches. think about the number of roads that governments across the way have to beat it's the public sector why the largest can do most of sad. how the sand wars even registered on our political leaders radars. access to energy and the development of the forestay on climate change on the reform of the agricultural common policy on the cullen fisheries policy on land grab on not traversal seas and on access. without burial for you find that you need a program to get a lot was before it's going to get on the agenda. we talk about water because we know there's a major problem is that it's right now in europe and we have had the debates and that we've had the policy we're implementing a policy and soil we're still

acknowledge it all malign activity in the region as well as ability and that isn't that that will khalifa look at the ad on today we announced for the 1st time that we have tens of targets on our list of targets inside the emirates some in abu dhabi and dubai and they could be targeted at any moment that the i you know there was that latest warning there coming from the who the rebels in yemen would help us read what is happening in saudi arabia the u.s. and iran i'm joined tonight by bradley bowman senior director of the foundation for defense of democracies he's been a national security advisor in the u.s. senate and he served in the u.s. army tonight bradley joins me from washington burley's good to have you on the show maybe you could let me know what you think about what we heard today from saudi arabia did the that saudi colonel did he deliver a compelling case today or did he just simply fall in line with the u.s. i think it's important to view this attack for what it was not was a direct unprovoked attack on global energy markets i think now's the time for and for gathering facts

and that's all useful for now we'll have more from you from khalifa stadium later on but for now it's back to sue in london thank you for a now it's one of the most dangerous and exhilarating sports in the world almost 100 devils from around the world are gathered in malaysia for the annual base jumping competition they're risking life and limb diving off the 300 metre high deck at the top of the kuala lumpur tower with just seconds to open their parachutes floor and join them talk. leaping off a building free falling for a few quick seconds. and then it's time to deploy the parachute no room for mistakes or 2nd guesses this is base jumping plunging from a fixed object it's considered more dangerous and more technically difficult than skydiving skydivers typically exit a plane at around 4000 meters but at the calle tower annual base jump divers only have 300 metres before they reach the ground that intense feeling that i get them pleasure that i get from it for me i always risk right away we understand the risk you know it's there it's present every time that we jump and it's kind of

ade adedoyin is in the khalifa stadium and ade — starting with the 100 semi finals. has been the quickest here in all of the pulmonary rounds. the only one to run under ten seconds of the first round and an semi finals hejogged, i kid you not, did 9.88. i really easy and sensational performance. it was talk about a possible whereabouts failure. defending champion also through to the final but only as the fastest loser. 30 his semi finals that had to wait for that fast is loser place. not impressive but you can never write him off. remember that he was an olympic champion way back into thousand four. surprised everyone when he won the world title and london 2017. the heavy favour for me is christian coleman. he just wonder how fast he can run tonight. that would start looking at the 100 metres. dina asher smith has real metal prospects in her, how did she fa re metal prospects in her, how did she fare in the heats? really well. one of her heats from about 30 metres out up to 10.96 seconds. she says the fact that she competed with the best of the world on the elite cir

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the burj khalifa at the time of construction the world's tallest building was built with sand from half a world away. we have a saying in english which is selling sand to the arabs which is obviously a joke. that that's actually come true in the case of the by. $3500.00 australian companies exports into the arabian peninsula their profits of tripled in 20 years accounting for a $5000000000.00 jackpot. and australia is just one small part of a global trend that reliant on importing sand from other areas and so what you see is this huge trade around the world moving from one another for different purposes such construction and land reclamation. singapore is another city at the heart of the sand wars. in 30 years the country known as the switzerland of asia has become one of the richest in the region during this time the population has more than doubled and the 63 islands that make up this city state are bursting at the seams singapore it's sort of lying on the import. for its very existence in the land masses literally increased 20 percent over the last 40 years and that's largely been re

decade outside the country and that's a sport for now will have more from our studio here at the khalifa stadium again later but for now it's back to come all for a thank you for that it has been another extraordinary day on capitol hill in the united states we had the director of national intelligence joseph maguire being sworn in in front of the house intelligence committee hearing the beginning you could say in one way or the other of the start of impeachment inquiries into president donald trump and particular his dealings with the ukrainian president this is what the president had to say. it's a disgrace to our country it's another which on here we go again it's at every ship it is crew making up stories and sitting there like hi is whatever you want to call i'm a just a really is this race it's a terrible thing for our country they can't do any work they're frozen the democrats are going to lose the election they know it that's why they're doing it and it should never be allowed what's happened to this president and this fight that i think i've done just about more than any preside

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ok i'm out as all your support for now will have more from our studio at the khalifa international stadium later now it's back to marry i'm in london lovely looking forward to that thank you for. now young people have been demonstrating around the world as part of the anti climate change movement started by swedish teenager gratitude in moscow greenpeace activists took over a stadium. calling for action on climate change wrong was one of 180 cities and towns in se when mass protests took place with many schools letting students out safely in order to take part will turn back as self addressed half a 1000000 people at a rally in the canadian city of montreal a 16 year old activist told the crowd the fight against climate change won't stop until while latest take the problem seriously canadian prime minister justin trudeau was among those who marched at the rally but even he was criticized by 10 back for not doing enough at it the news out but i'll be back in just a couple of minutes with another full bulletin for you in a bit. on the streets of greece anti immigrant violence is on the rise

ade adedoyin is in the khalifa stadium and ade — starting with the 100 semi finals. in the final. he finished second after the south african, will champion. of all the qualifiers if s is bent in the world was the fastest and has been throughout the championship. he ran 9.88 and looked like he wasjogging from 30 metres out. the defending champion also through but did impress, he finished third had to go through the fastest qualifier. he has been there and done it for so many years and way back into as of four and two of them drawn side by side before my money christian is the man to beat. tipped by many to pick up the metals, how does she look in the heat? look very co mforta ble look in the heat? look very comfortable and controlled it from about 30 metres out. she said she has grown in confidence by competing with some of the big names on the circuit. she said she is no longer just happy to be there and she is ready to compete. but the most impressive though was fraser. former libya champion and i kid you not she looked like she wasjogging from 70 metres out. i set

in the khalifa stadium air conditioning keeps athletes and fans are cool but there has been a distinctthe record crowds in london two years ago when major names took to the track. double olympic 800 metre champion caster semenya is not here to defend her world title but even in her absence britain's lyndsey sharp was a shock non—qualifier from the heats. with usain bolt now retired, who will now step into his considerable shoes? the fastest man in the world this year arrives under a cloud, christian coleman has just avoided a potentially lengthy ban for missing three drugs tests and that could damage his legacy. being touted as the next big face of the sport after bolt, that will no longer happen for him because there is this situation and there is zero tolerance for any form of this. yes, athletics is crying out for a star. step forward britain's sprint queen, dina asher—smith. commentator: she's done it again! she is the european champion in the 100 metres, 200 metres and the sprint relay. there is definitely a little bit of expectation. i think it is something that is refreshing as

we can take live pictures from doha and the khalifa stadium.emili and british champion 0jie edoburun, were eliminated in the semifinals. the usa's christian coleman was the fastest qualifier in 9.88 seconds, and he was cruising for the last part of it too. justin gatlin, who won this title two years ago, yohan blake of jamaica are also in the race. we have got air—conditioning in the stadium. temperatures of 33 degrees, and intense humidity as well, but the stadium is air—conditioned so it is 20 degrees for the athletes, very good running conditions, probably 30 seconds away from the start of the men 100 metre final at the world athletics championships. we will hand you over to our commentators. all sorts of injury problems now behind him. now we meet the favourite. the man who was head and shoulders above the rest, christian coleman, second best to get land in london two years ago. can he deliver when all the pressure and expectation is for him to win? so hughes is well. the fastest reaction time in the semifinal and after that not a great sta

coming here in nov 2022 in terms of readiness to with the 8 stadiums are now finished one of them the khalifa stadium will be on show to the world later on this month when it hosts the world athletics championships and then in december we have the club world cup here in cats are the 1st big day for events be hosted by the country effectively a test event ahead of the world cup as cats already seeks to establish itself as a global hub for elite sports. headlines on al jazeera this hour british prime minister boris johnson is threatening to call for a snap election if m.p.'s go against him on wednesday parliament is voting on emotion which would block the no deal broke set on october 31st and delay britain's new divorce state by 3 months lawrence lee has more from london. everybody is dissecting. how it came to be that if she will do so to them please good folks against their own governments and the answer seems to be that they were so absolutely disgusted by the threats that the bullying tactics from downing street say to them if you vote against the government in this bill then you're out of

let's catch up with the world athletics championships in doha across live to us for studio at the khalifa stadium. thank you very much a.j. and yes the very aware gearing up for day 2 of the championships coming up and i'll put it in at 1045 g.m.t. feeling the heat the women's marathon goes ahead but the 3rd of the runners off forced to pull out. and no problems that for the main contenders in the 100 meters so all of the big names are still in the mix as head of the men's final later and the 5000 meter run out who won his race despite losing his shoes all of that coming up in our sports bulletin so please join us at around 1045 g.m.t. . saturday thanks next all that is our journeys here with a weather forecast for a stem. trained abused and tortured nigerian police for at least $300.00 imprisoned boys. running from tear gas and the addition of the police response to escalating violence in haiti. had there just about every so often whether it is to be found across united states at the moment we have got some haunts sunshine in place we've got snow and we have got some severe thunderstorms

stadiums are now completed one of them stadium will be on show to the world later on this month the khalifa stadium will be hosting the world athletics championships then in december we have the cup world cup that's the 1st major change for events to be hosted here in caps already at test events ahead of world cup preparations and a sign the cats are is becoming a real sense for a global sense the top level sport ok hold on for a 2nd there i just want to see if we can actually get a shot of the logo because i'm just reading off. social media at the moment to actually explain what the logo means so here it is i'm told here that the curves of the emblems represent the desert do you also if that looks a little bit like a number 8 to you it is intentional because that is a reminder of the 8 stadiums which you mentioned and it's also sort of meant to represent the infinity symbol the interconnected nature of the event is what fief is says and also saying that it takes its inspiration from a tradition will will ensure which is worn during the winter months and of course that is a reference to the

2nd consecutive day senegal's president macky sall has pardoned one of his main political rivals khalifasaal who is not related to the president had been in jail since early 2017 he was accused of misusing public funds and wasn't due for release until 2023 he denies the charges and says they were intended to stop him from standing in the presidential election earlier this year and now to sports news piece a statement has the round up of action from day 3 at the world athletics championships . here at the international stadium cherian fraser prize is the sprint queen of doha the jamaican stormed the way of the women's 100 meters final at a time of 10.71 seconds to win a world title for the 4th time britain's the national smith came home sick and with major say 3rd at 32 fraser price is the oldest woman to win this title the usa were the winners of the new 4 by 400 meters mixed relay events the cultivates of london allyson felix courtney 0 kolo and michael cherry took gold in a world record time to make a woman sober with bahrain getting the broad us in the main strobel jump christian tayl

world athletics championships are underway here in doha so let's go live to our sports studio at khalifa international studies joined farai smiled yes the world's best track and field athletes are hearing catherine competing in the stadium behind me coming up and hours later this hour the heavyweights in men's sprinting have already been in action while have all the details the crowds enjoy new firsts for the middle east and the biggest sporting event to come to catch terrorists so far and we'll be live to dell has waterfront where the 1st ever night marathon is taking place that's all coming up in our bulletin at around 1845. but before that there's still more news family breakdowns and fears of detention we're looking at the impact of the security crackdown in india then been is to kashmir violent protests over a mexican mystery $43.00 missing students. supporters are still demanding justice. however small rain gathering in turkey and in the caucasus it will take a day or so to come across the last lot how he disappeared just as basically planted so the immediate future they will see t

and for the fans that do make it here tonight to the air—conditioned khalifa stadium, there will be someya won't be here to defend her world title. star draw usain bolt has now retired. and the man expected to take his mantle, christian coleman, arrives here under a cloud. he's just avoided a potentially lengthy ban for missing three drug tests on a technicality. athletics is undeniably crying out for some star power and, for britain, that could come in the form of dina asher—smith. commentator: she's done it again! fans hope she will get honours in the 100m, 200 and the sprint relay. and she appears to be peaking at the perfect time. there is definitely a little bit of expectation, but it's something that's nice and i think it's something that's refreshing as a british sprinter, that somebody... a british female sprinter, i should say, that they are going out there and we expect you to do x, yand z. i think it's nice. i think it's nice to see in gb there is hopefully someone in the finals, smiling. pressure? what pressure? natalie pirks, bbc news, doha. baking hot there, not quite as wa

probably a very different feel for the majority of events and any cooling system inside the main khalifa stadium will ensure the temperature hovers at around 25 degrees celsius and i know there was a lot of talk before coming here whether or not it was smart to do that i mean if it was great i think it's just going to make for the fact that they can control the temperature in the stadium which is unbelievable i had the privilege of racing here before and i've got the cooling system and i actually loved it another sprint i don't think it a bit of actors as much but i'm definitely happy that my parents were. heated to paint that won't be repeated at the football world cup the 2022 tournament will be held in the 4 cool months of november and december and the richardson al-jazeera. italy's prime minister giuseppe content has called for action to tackle global warming after revelations that the glacier in europe's highest mountain as at risk of collapse roads in the vicinity of my blog has been have been closed and our plan hymowitz evacuated the mayor says a section of the glacier containing

coming here in nov 2022 in terms of readiness to with the 8 stadiums are now finished one of them the khalifa stadium will be on show to the world later on this month when it hosts the world athletics championships and then it december we have the club world cup here in cats are the 1st big day for events be hosted by the country effectively a test event ahead of the world cup as cats are in 6 to establish itself as a global hub for elite sports. hello again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera britain's prime minister has threatened to seek a snap election after losing a crucial vote which takes these one step closer to blocking a mill deal breaks it 21 members a voice johnson's own party voted with the opposition a 2nd vote will take place on wednesday here's how the votes played out on the floor of parliament. yards to the right 328 the notion that 301. is not a good start maurice hinchey and so i refuse to go along with that plan we are going to have to make a choice to speak i don't want to lecture to the public or. i don't believe there was one action but if the house

and i'm sorry a smile with the score of a live from khalifa stadium in doha the world that likes championships begin here on friday for the 1st time in the middle east we'll look at how organizers and athletes are preparing for the want and he met whether. explosive allegations against donald trump have been revealed in a whistle blower's complaint the last details how the u.s. president tried to persuade his ukrainian counterpart to investigate his rival joe biden the on named intelligence officer just triumph was using the power. hour of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in next year's election the whistleblower says white house officials then tried to lock down politically sensitive information about trump's phone call with law to me is that an skied by moving the full call transcript it's one of the government's most sensitive and highly classified computer systems where the document was released shortly before trans top intelligence official appeared before congress and what amounts to the 1st steps of an impeachment inquiry the acting director of national intellig

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start on friday with qatar hosting for the 1st time organizers say everything is ready to go the khalifainternational stadium will host most of the track and field events while the doha cornice seaside prominent will host the midnight marathon nearly 2000 athletes for more than 200 countries will ban qatar for the world championships and that'll last for 10 days. can feel to see them win an award the organization has introduced a number of innovative aspects to the upcoming world championships it will be the 1st time the championships will be held in an open stadium alongside an environmentally friendly air conditioning system secondly after agreement with the audibility if all of the said to the vents will take place during one afternoon and evening period this will give the competitors athletics fans all over the world and also a new generation of supposes the opportunity to enjoy and make the most of these championships that's all your sport for now we'll have more for you later and that's it for me tonight starts here today for this news that i'll be back in just a couple of minutes

our fighting in libya has killed at least 14 people warlord khalifa haftar forces battled with soldiers from the un recognized government of national accord in serbia southwest of tripoli. those are the headlines the listening post is next. 0. where every. question of china will prescribe taking place. region is no reason to get. caught or tell you champ the story of this space possibly the story of china's efforts to cover. hello i'm richard gives birth you're watching a special edition of the listening toast it is not clear how many people are currently being held against their will by the state in the chinese province of sindh jack however conservative estimates put the number of ethnic weekers and other muslim minorities held under some form of detention since 2017 at between one and 1500000 the apparent goal of the authorities to assimilate aggressively the minority wigger population with the majority han chinese beijing calls this its response to the threat of the quote 3 evils extremism terrorism and separatism the tools at the state's disposal a combination of word of mouth and

they'll be a very different feel for the majority of events an air cooling system inside the main khalifa stadium will ensure the temperature hovers around 25 degrees celsius and i know there's a lot of talk before coming here whether or not it was smart to do that i mean if it was great in then i think it's just going to make for the fact that they can control the temperature in the stadiums it's unbelievable i had the privilege of racing here before and i felt the cooling system and i actually loved it. but i'm only happy that my parents. i hated to paint that won't be repeated at the football world cup the 2022 tournament will be held in the 4 cool months of november and december and the richardson al-jazeera. they watch out is there and these are top stories the u.s. intelligence chief all testified before politicians regarding the whistleblower case that has prompted calls for impeachment president has been criticized for his ukrainian counterpart to investigate its political rival joe biden it's summary of a phone call has been released by the white house the so-called whistleblower

and i'm far is small with this for a live from doha as khalifa stadium for the world athletics championships the big names take to the track and there's a 1st ever night marathon along has water for. welcome to the news hour our top story demonstrators in egypt of again ben al calling for the resignation of president sisi cafes and shops were closed football matches but officials tightened security across the country the protests began initially a week ago in response to corruption allegations since then human rights groups say more than 2000 people have been arrested stephanie decker reports. they took a risk to come out to the streets in protest for a 2nd friday that's despite warnings from egyptian security forces that they would face a harsh response al-jazeera cannot independently verify these videos but they are said to be in kenya the city and are pretty gypped and also in l.a. want to clear the capital cairo other reports suggest a large security presence in central cairo with the streets virtually deserted the roads the higher square which has been the heart of previous protests ove

it is time for a look at sport on the news hour for that we are going live to doha khalifa stadium to join for a smile. welcome back to cali for stadium where the world athletics championships are underway the men's 100 meter heats have been taking. placed with america's christian coleman setting the pace now there's no use saying bolton this time but one man who might fill the gap as star sprinter is america's no ally he's from the fastest 200 meters time this year and his favorite for gold i don't see myself as the next you say. really seeing myself as filling a vacuum you know i'm just here doing me if you like it cool all witty thanks for the support and don't like it i'm pretty sure this of this one out there everybody's going to absorb you the way i would like you to support us the thing that run in 18 seconds is possible and i don't plan if i obtain that i don't plan to stop there now i want to push the boundaries as far as i can so whoever is next after me has a long way to go to reach it it's better to go into the olympics in 2020 with having a gold medal you want to be known

coming here in nov 2022 in terms of readiness to with the 8 stadiums now finished one of them the khalifa stadium will be on show to the world later on this month when it hosts the world athletics championships and then in december we have the club world cup here in qatar the 1st big day for events be hosted by the country effectively a test event ahead of the world cup as katz already seeks to establish itself as a global hub for elite sports. david harding is a former counter bureau chief for the a.f.p. news agency he says the country still has work to do in selling the positive aspects of the tournaments to the rest of the world. i think it still has to convince many many skitt skeptics obviously the u.k. is one of them but there are many people in europe that don't believe that qatar should have the world cup because of the various control the seas i think what's a night. those in the supreme committee in doha to do is to say right this is the emblem and now we can concentrate on the message of what we want to tell you about how the world cup will be different in qatar. the only stadi

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fighting in libya has killed at least 14 people warlord khalifa haftar as forces battle of the soldiers from the un recognized government of national accord to help those forces died along with 6 soldiers in subideas west of tripoli at least a 1000 libyans have been killed for the soft almost an offensive to capture the capital 5 months ago. thousands of islanders in the bahamas and abandoning their homes destroyed by how they can dorian the strongest storm ever recorded there is known to have killed 43 people that total is likely to climb significantly as recovery crews which more remote and devastated islands now go up on over points from 3 ports the main city on grand bahama island. floodwaters have finally receded on the island of grand bahama. for residents of this part of the country this means coming to terms with the devastation left over from hurricane dorian on the eastern end of the island more than 80 percent of homes were destroyed. this high school near free ports tourist district has been transformed into a shelter for the displaced many here have lost everything to the h