mohamed: yes, sir. david: and so dubai and abu dhabi have attracted a lot of attention in recent years because they have a fair amount of wealth and a lot of tourism attractions. let's just talk about at the beginning what is your main mission is as the minister of culture and tourism. what are you supposed to be doing in your role? mohamed: what makes this job interesting is the passion it instills. in myself and all of my colleagues. we have something quite special here in abu dhabi. and the united arab emirates. what is special is that the continuous pursuit of the enhancement of quality of life. that is not just for tourists. it is for the residents. it is for the minorities living here. we work with partners to create experiences to cater to their needs. as you can see, almost every single year there is addition of experiences, addition of institutions, addition of new concepts that come in and create these fantastic curated experiences for people to really cherish and enjoy. david: what is the pop

mohamed: yes, sir. david: they have attracted a lot of attention because they have a fair amount of wealth and tourism attractions. what are you supposed to be doing in your role? mohamed: what makes this job interesting is the passion it instills. and myself and all of my colleagues. we have something quite special in abu dhabi. the continuous pursuit of the enhancement of quality of life. that is not just for tourists. it is about residents. we work with partners to create experiences to keep up with needs. as you can see, almost every single year there is addition of experiences, institutions, new concepts that come in and create these fantastic curated experiences for people to cherish and enjoy. david: what is the population of abu dhabi? mohamed: the population of the uae is 11 million people. david: and abu dhabi is a fraction? mohamed: a little over 3.5 million people. david: your position is to make sure people come here and understand the attractions. you are building a lot of things. how long

mohamed: yes. david: who will go to these because the population is not that big, do you have enough people to fill these museums and performing arts arenas and so forth? mohamed: first and foremost is the why, why are we building these? when it comes to cultural institutions, we truly believe culture is the backbone of any forward thinking society. culture has to be embedded in our dna like always. institutions were not built for tourists, they were built for residents and future generations of residents. then you have the tourism story. last year we had a little over 3.5 million tourists and we are looking this year to target over 6 million. david: where are they princely coming from? mohamed: all over the world but if i look at my top five destinations, the indian market, china, russia, u.k. and of course the western european arctic, whether germany or france. david: what about americans? mohamed: absolutely, we've seen double digit growth the last few years with american tourists. david: i was

mohamed: all over the world.ut mainly the indian, chinese, russian, u.k., a western european market whether it is germany or france. they are really coming from everywhere. david: what about americans? mohamed: we have seen a double-digit growth with american tourists coming from the u.s. david: i was chairman of the smithsonian for a number of years and very often we get calls, people wanting free tickets, they wanted access. do you ever get the kind of request? mohamed: yeah. these museums are educational institutions. all kids go in for free. all military personnel go in for free. everybody over the age of 60 goes in for free. and then anybody who is doing research that is heavily subsidized aspect of their ticket. they also get the right to basically enter all our research labs. so like i said, educational and communicative some of these. david: what about private equity people, go in for free? mohamed: if they sponsor. ♪ ♪ david: as we talk there is a fair amount of turmoil in some parts of the middle east o

where is mohammed? there are many unanswered questions and there is no clarity my question why he kept on the oil on the fence and he's missing where he was. in 10 months time. what happened was him after the pushing back after the video of the border fence emerged in the fall of 2022. the family finding new hope. finding him is this the same of the month. i bought these new things back down at b o. b. that's good about that was about 10 months ago a bit. so we were hoping that he would come back and where they knew the clothes and then them is adam just yeah. but he didn't wear any of them around the scanner . must always is i'm going to do as mohammed his dad. i accepted. just tell me he's dead. i want to know that lam uh i like to have a lovely. i thought we will not let go of our boy and as long as we're alive, we'll wait for him to come home as a whole month. them of the well i am that's all we can do to him on the pain that i guys, the rico rashid has been to poland 4 times since his nephew disapp

that's the case with mohammed. somebody mohammed is one of those missing migrant still being searched for years after his disappearance. his uncle recount rashid and london is in close contact with active as p. o truck charge on these one pita i. he's made a present. they did, i told the police, and then he, they signed me say if any news you kind of contacting we are like find me, you know, i never forget because they done the thing for us. with the interest help re co travel to poland and july 2022 to search for traces of his nephew 9 days who was wilton tries will avery, when we go to the board, the date is league did when these guys are missing was the flu. is met and then at that time i last called photo. and maybe he's died on his journey rico did receive one important piece of information building to a police station to make a statement. police told me we are, is this guy when they will, they push him a few days before the missing i understand this guy. he came to illegal, but why? you didn't put it back to

feels a bit of general mohammed the i asked mohammed's family to provide it in a sample. and send it to the polish police at their own expense, the goals, the post on the polar side will unidentified bodies and skeletons have been and a still being found, shotwell, but so far the police have not been able to identify any of the bodies using the dna sample from a home, its family, and an outage in the home of the of the, to be honest, the search for him is that a dead end drug. there is no trace of the boy thoughtful for michael's rico and field trip. take me near the last new location of mohammad. yeah. show me here. i know i think when the, when the last location of mohammed was the one to you know, 3 picking them a freaking on that there was something in the russian site site. he received it from uh, from warehouse. it'd be, yeah, no problem. the smuggler from the people who was here also. oh yeah. a sup or the smuggler and the he to just people to said, yeah, i got all of the piece for that. you have to, in the price, you said the kind one of them, the fast one from th

these days he spends most of his time searching for mohammed. this guy is a must have a, he's my nephew. these one, me and him this one, the 2000 and penny, when i was about quitting this time, you get to visa, comfortable those as wash. uh, as was then november 2020. when these, when, when you went to men sick or wow. so not a lot of no the the, the people. 5 didn't know where the com i or an evening full of hope for the day and 22. you read mohammed. he informed his uncle in london about his every move. when did you hear from your left over the last time, april to me 2 days before the 29th of november, 2021 to 3 days before the missing days voice which is next on december 1st 2021 mohammed central for the border. the humanitarian situation there had continued to worse than does it the, the doing this in videos on the board? the visit was why he was stuck in was no man's land. yeah. and photo score and but the rest yeah. right. to 2000 people come to more and what they believe was a pleasure to be able to open the gate for them. and then the si

but what is your stance mohammed on this? i guess there's an interim government that's essentially led by members of the high out today. and i'll sean group that is listed by the united nations as a terrorist group, including a $10000000.00 balance on the head all of july. and yeah you how do you, how do you read in between those lines mohammed as well? what we did between the, those lines is that we were hoping that the to see and again, i don't, i'm not a cd. and so i don't want to interfere in a city and 1st, but from a human rights perspective, from a democracy perspective, we would hoping but to see about even of in the interim government, there will be a paper from all the sections. and so you're not the, just the main military uh faction, but the got them to damascus. but what, what could be built on is that this coming into them. government is only supposed to be inverse for the beginning of march, hopefully by then to the political transition into a diversified system will take place or at least be initiated to inclu

basheer, who abu mohammed basheer, who abu mohammed al—jolani met with alongside the former assad regime of the civilian and technocratic sides of it but he has this broader role beyond just an official role because he's the leader of everything that he doesn't have an position within the government. we will be watching this space and we know you will as well. thank you very much, aaron. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's take a look at some other news in the uk stop energy companies say the vast majority of people who lost power during storm darragh have been reconnected but thousands are still cut off. in york, the river burst its banks and a number of railway lines are closed in wales in the southwest of england due to fallen trees and debris. premier league referee david coote has been sacked following allegations about his conduct. he was suspended after a video was circulated allegedly showing him making derogatory comments about liverpool and the club 's former manager. the governing body say coote 's actions were in serious breach of his employment and hi

mohammed al-jolani has presided _ news agency. mohammed al-jolani has presided over _ news agency.med al-jolani has presided over a _ news agency. mohammed al-jolani has presided over a disciplined - has presided over a disciplined fighting force which has moved through syria at lightning speed to take the capital, damascus, and he has arrived there and the capital. that is just coming into us. the israeli defence minister, israeli defence minister, israel katz said the israel defense force has deployed forces in the buffer zone to ensure the security of israeli communities in the golan heights. our correspondent in jerusalem said there had not been a huge amount of commentary from the israeli government yet, but we are hearing now from the defence minister, israel katz saying that israeli forces have been deployed to that buffer zone with syria, the golan heights, to protect israeli communities there. paul conroy, was the sunday times photographer working in syria with marie colvin — the journalist who was killed by syrian government forces while reporting in homs. paul was also s

go ahead mohammed. yes, this dirty war has ultimately, or, or fruits and the united states has been able to, along with mr. add on and met in, yahoo has been able to create a country controlled by. okay to we have to remember that giovanni was a deputy of a couple of act back though the, the head of isis, when it was the stomach say to be rock. he was in charge of syria under the name of the most up front. and he was the head of alibi, then siri until that in a public relations a fact he separated from al qaeda in the presence of our senior, all kinds of figures and they were nodding their heads. yes he's, he's no longer with us. so the united states has a past succeeded in, and now we're seeing the devastation we're seeing. those riley is destroyed the infrastructure of the military infrastructure of the country, the security infrastructure. we're seeing the looting of the central bank. we're seeing, they, they were, they were saying that the syrian government kills people. murderous people, takes peop

let me uh we'll try and reconnect see mohammed in a 2nd. george, may we say i could. uh while we're waiting for mohammed, i don't have to to you. oh, my next question. vibes yes. all right. and joy series series rich diversity village includes sunni and shiite muslims, christians, andrews, what is necessary? so false the collaboration among these groups, but national stuff, but at the george to leave them alone spare and let them decide for themselves the future as a box for their country. he started before essentially they live there together as i make it v as that a brothers and sisters are neighbors or i'm 10. busy all sorts of fathers i started making get in there. she area. but the actually the, the vist stone video on people accept their for the last phase was nice me this division. and honestly, i doubt that that wasn't bowers, who are interviewing and right now, release them the people that are on the phone country together on nephew and at least him on respect on thought out as see any of that there we have known for centuries might indeed say just leave them

a new prime minister mohammed overseer will lead an interim authority until march 1st of 2025 of siri, and celebrate the end of the half century and repressive rule. w is in the west coast or bringing the story. and we take a look at turkey's role in the fall, the syrian regime and how it benefits from the allister of us are on the side the article for at least welcome to the program, a syrians to celebrate the fall of the outside regime. the country. now has a new interim prime minister mohammed oversee or previously govern the small revel controlled area. on serious northwest it takes over from the previous prime minister, who has been working with the rebels to coordinate the transfer of power. since the fall, the government of a share is tasked with forming a transitional government and says it's time for stability to come and come and move on your, you know, w correspondence mohammed tre to and stella may not have arrived in damascus. they have the latest on the abrupt end of a house, entry of a press, a rule under the bush are all a side and his father here in the center of the

mohammed is a5, but looks older because he has no teeth. soldiers broke them because he belonged to a rebel militia. they also cut off part of his tongue and gave him mice to eat in prison. "we are the people of damascus," he says, "though they accused us of being terrorists. thank god, i can't believe what's happened." hayat tahrir al—sham's fighters, heroes for those here for liberating them. but can a group that has a jihadist past deliver the democratic rule that hani told us he wants? i think, based on the last 13 years, hayat tahrir al—sham has changed a lot. they started maybe as part of al-qaeda, but now they are syrians, purely they are syrians. i think in the coming days, we will see good things from these guys. noor is a nurse. she believes hts won't impose hardline rule, especially on women. "they are from our country, they are not islamic state. "we're not afraid of them. "i don't think they will force us to cover ourselves from head to toe." today, the man at the centre of it all, dressed in his usual military attire, hts lead

mohammed still has 10 more difficult surgeries ahead of him.heckpoints carving up syria are gone. he can stay at home and undergo his operations at a nearby hospital in aleppo. >> he tells me: "mom, the doctor will transplant my hair and eyebrows and fix my hands." he became happy, and i was happy too, because before he would tell me how kids were making fun of him. but it's not the same with his siblings. he loves playing with them. leila: where that home will be is the next question. their house in aleppo was destroyed in the airstrike that burned mohammed five years ago. so, like so many here who fled, the road is finally open, but there's nowhere to go. the family has a mountain to climb to restore mohammed's health and build a new life. but now they will climb it together. for the "pbs news hour," i'm leila molana-allen in azaz, northern syria. geoff: shifting our focus now to capitol hill, congressional leaders should be ready to go home for the holidays. but they are staring at yet another government funding deadline and scrambling to ma

abu mohammed al—jawlani here for the first time in the great mosque.d girl. he's named with sean �*diddy�* combs in a civil lawsuit. both deny the claim. hello, i m lucy grey welcome to bbc news now. we start with the extraordinary events in syria over

earlier i asked him to tell us more about the new intern prime minister mohammed over here. yeah, this man was there's multiple for b administration of the did with the governor age where it h t, as was located before the they march to demoss schools. and he was a man who, who was known for administrating efficiently and in a, in a professional way. so that this region could establish the structure is needed in order to um, the total assets. and then he is no appointed and he showed and strengths and feelings between even the going to say just to the cabinet, the ministers in the regions and the new government and damascus in order to establish in damascus and who is similar to that of h t s and eat live and yeah, i think many people expect from here's the abilities and the goods and stay but transition. but not all of the syrians are, are happy or, or, or are we looking for it to be into it towards this new, a administration which will last and at least i'm to 1st of march because some of them see him as a religious and popular religious figure and personally, and it left t

abu mohamed al—jawlani, head of the islamist group hayat tahrir al—sham. the word a.he word. abu mohamed al—jawlani here for the first time in the great place —— —— umayyad mosque. he has been playing down links to al-qaeda saying that he wants to build a syria for all its people. from the syrian prime minister, also a message of calm. translation: we are all concerned about. his country and its institutions and facilities. i'm here in my home and do not intend to leave it except in a peaceful manner to ensure the continuation of the work of public institutions. the president fled as the rebels closed in and reports in russia say that he has turned up russia say that he has turned up in moscow. it is of his father pulled down shortly before he flew out of the country. his damascus residents, now a tourist attraction, stripped bare of anything valuable or anything at all. we saw people carrying out furniture with no one trying to stop them. the rebels may have brought freedom but not security. the country is hoping for peace and to fearing chaos. this is without a gove

dalia produced photos of her husband for mohamed to hand over to the hitman.eover): dalia brought something else the hitman had requested-- cash to buy the gun that would be used. she turns the money over. yes. is that a crime, detective, at that moment? it's not enough yet. we don't have enough yet. we want to go a little bit further with this case. the police were about to test dalia to see if she was determined to have her new husband killed. andrea canning (voiceover): coming up. our undercover agent tells her, hey, i'm going to put two shots to the head and doesn't even phase her. no remorse. andrea canning (voiceover): another undercover sting and a plan is set in motion for a deadly house call. when "dateline" continues. z's bakery is looking to add a pizza oven, arissa's hair salon wants to expand their space, and steve's t-shirt shop wants to bring on more help. with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee, they can think more about possibilities for their business and not the cost of their internet. it's five years of gig-speeds and advanced

we meet mohammed again at the end. you cannot check to find as announce. he's packed his bags. his excitements comes with a tinge of sadness. with the case, i'm turning my back in turkey here, glancing at my life so far like memories are in here on the right time. are welcome, sneed, charlotte, as everybody here knows, once you've left, there's no easy return to turkey. the residency status is revoked. no matter what happens in syria with them to in his homelands, mohammed is a ready making his arrival noon. his anticipation is growing. low, far below i have met with the syria isn't an easy place for young man on his future job, but i want to fight a work and construction and help rebuild my country. i saw on the other side has gone to things and syria, just have to get better for them as well. that's what i thought i saw a lot. and with that, made sense self into an understand the future. it's. it's one of the deadliest natural disasters to hit spain. in decades, record rain fall in slash flood, struck in late october, killing more than 200 people in some places. a years worth

where is mohammed stop? the fled from northern iraq and became one of hundreds of migrants who vanish every year. somewhere in the no man's land, the lines between batteries and clear refugees become pools in a cru see or political config. missouri this i'm afraid i'll never see him again. when, oh, you lost on the run. starts the send, the a c d w. the welcome to the 7th service for spanish. i am victory wilson and broadcast journalist times i need them. see i am to hook up to sticky is simply too severe. we're asking the question to influenza carries social responsibilities, or is it just evicted? well, i receive all of the business. i am in favor of the social responsibility. i make a living of journalism, but i also believe that would great risk comes great responsibility. that means creating content that informs child.

that is from the same family, salad and rethink and his adopted son mohammed. that'd be me living in the to a peach board, a city of guys he on to for 7 years in syria, rebec spent many years in prison in turkey, he works in construction. he was happy to hear of the full of the dictator, but at home he's lost everything. an acquaintance and timid footage of his house. and this with this man that will help me. there's no electricity or water there anymore. he. i think the house is in ruins. study i need to even stall the still building frame for that and it had the only the walls are standing, right? i thought maybe i'd have to rebuild everything, but i don't have the money for that type in what the, how to solve. so if we returned under these conditions again, we'd have to sleep and attempt to your best most. okay. i don't want that to love him and i'm really any. the family of 7 lives in a pull, a neighborhood in guessing, and some of the children grew up into okay. they never got to know that hometown. and that time over the past days, resent cas told to not

where is mohammed the sled from northern iraq? and he became one of hundreds of migrants who vanished every year. somewhere in the no matter the lines between banners. and i'm afraid i'll never see him again. i went, oh you in 75 minutes on d. w. the easiest on the rounded oak trees. and they use by day, by night and over the full season. natures, great, adaptive, and living see to europe, oak trees, dogs, jenny reset on dw disruption is the goal. chaos is the goal. it's a wrecking crew. radically. they want to bring the system rights come. so the donald trump will be the next president of the united states. recognize in some ways, divisions, and american society division works for him. he wants to increase polarization, have to wait for trumps. rise to power. these were the foot soldiers among the success for the rest of the us say of the also rise starts january 18th on dw, the, the, this is the, the, the in years life of the friends, the wides verdicts. and these just as pending, co mass right trial, crowds gather outside the c

the rebel leader abu mohammed al—jolani has named an interim prime minister. cabinet so that public services can resume. aru na ayengar reports. scenes of joy as scenes ofjoy as people point to damascus for a second day. women, children and families joined with rebel soldiers... gunfire. ..to celebrate freedom from the regime of former president bashar al—assad. syrian communities around the world are celebrating. these were the ecstatic crowds in london. look at all these people, how happy they are! now we should be able to go back home, see ourfamilies, visit the graves of our loved ones which were murdered by assad and his gang. back in damascus, stories of horror are not hard to find. this man is a5. he has no teeth — he says bashar al—assad soldiers broke them because he belonged to a rebel militia. they also cut off part of his tongue, and gave him mice to eat in prison. the sednaya prison has become a symbol of the atrocities committed by syria's former government. desperate relatives have been heading there, seeking loved ones — some of whom disappeare

the new prime minister mohammed associate has met with the transitional government about charging the pub fluid. russel sir, there has more from serious capital about the new administration. as the prime minister of the intent of government mohammed this year, say that it has the meetings between the elements of the origin, the officers and the new commerce. so, but still there are some of the concerns. when we talk about the position, we're not talking about the single entity is a coalition of people inspections. but the dominance one is h t s the, the heart of the shop and, and had to tell you to show. and they hope be the domain is military force, but by a point the mohammed, but she's a close ally of, i'm not shut off or as he's, he is no name of that. would you like any of the july any? no, he was seen that is, this is more and more poor thing also being the most prominent force. and now that of the questions whether the new syria is going to be a democratic one is going to be inclusive enough. what does it protects up to a position where the different segments of society are goi

his mother shama, has come to rely on him. >> mohammed yanni mohammed does really a good job, especially is difficult for me to do sometimes. he carries 20l in each hand. there are six of us and we need a lot of water, so sometimes he carries 10 or 12 containers a day he also does the shopping because the market is so far away into the big blue barrel and out through a pipe in the kitchen, which is a tiny room that they have only just managed to add to their main room, sharma says she's trying to recreate a proper family life for her kids it's so hard, i cannot tell you. i try to make it comfortable by moving things around and i try to find spaces for their belongings and make it look like home. we eat, watch tv and sleep here now at last we have a kitchen. i can cook in like before back in syria, she says she was the queen of her castle and i couldn't say it is hard to lose your husband. i used to be the lady of the house and i was spoiled i had everything i needed all i had to do is ask my husband and he would get anything for me. >> she keeps her memories on her phone he's a handsome

the 30th the, our corresponded mohammed tre to is in damascus. and upon his arrival here in calendar jubilant scenes in the streets of the syrian capital. here in the centre, welcome of stuff in the oh my, yeah, the square. as you can see, neither of these young men are spending on a syrian army to inside the army left here in the middle of the 3. they are just tempting for freedom of the the we are still happy. i don't have any want to to talk about. it just doesn't have, you know, we can, we can do everything. we transfer the return or show up today because we can do whatever we want. we can do the i can so i'm in damascus and defend throughout the city for the 1st time in my life. my 1st impression is it's a bit k o, k o fall over to phase, but my point is treating everyone is, is happy. people are approaching us due to the rest of the gunfire. so everyone is watching the chic about their emotions. they just want to express their popping us about the downfall of the regime. you can see, you know, everyone's fighting tensing for freedom. celebr

talk democracy mohammed some as well. ricks highlighted clarity and clinical era policies. the very much it in the spotlight of the moment, particularly as the entire immigration asylum seeker debate as being turbo charged . the head of, of elections that i mean tough with measures i understand were announced in august following a knife attack allegedly carried out by suing asylum seeker. is it your view? oh, certainly. how many bits, jeremy's traditional sense of ground is inevitably having to stay, take big steps to the right to preserve support as so as mentioned, like a really good many talk to a good steps towards the welcoming richard g and people lean war. but also it was that kind of political action for america, and it was a win win game because we know that germany is a kind of an old country needs as human resources, it needs work or the economy, the german economy need this people as so demographically at germany, yes. is it changing as there is a diversity? but at the same time, we cannot deny and blake our eyes from the rays of the right wings and in the run o

and good to see you. mohammed incredibly emotional. what we've been hearing from those people that you spoke with, what are they hoping for now that a sons' rule is over? yes it's, it's indeed a very emotional exception and time for a thousands of syrians here, never known, but also for many, many, many, to support the syrian uprising and the tests the thoughts day. you know what, what i see people going to talk to all of them express very emotional feelings off, you know, happiness and, and joyful and wishful thinking that they will, that will go back to syria. now they will go back to rebuild their country. and as they said, they want to rebuild and used to a new country that is not corrupt. and that that is not ruled by a dictator. that's what i've heard from them today. well, how much is you've been speaking to us? we've been watching some more of the footage that you filmed during your journey from beverage to syria. what else can you tell us about what you saw? yeah, so in, in the world it, of course it's the same exceptional day

and i asked mohamed about the chances of success of syria's reconciliation process as well. i think it's either this or another cycle of dictatorships and maybe civil war. there's no doubt that a lot needs to be done in this process. but we've been speaking to a lot of people here in damascus and they've been that keen on, you know, reconciliation. they once week us in the ation, basically bought, this is condition that because they want us to see some sort of comfortability, they want to see those who are important and crying throughout the studios for 2 years to be what you want to see them through a fair trial, that's us and they want to see what's important. see, they want to know the, the face of their funds and loved ones before any sort of you can ask for the that you authorities where we've been spending some time in reconciliation, essentially like the one who visited the muskets. and it's, you know, we, we could see that work is underway, model x, the officers are coming and they're offering their expertise. they want to work. they said they are ready to work with