today, its government said ozil had been deceived by fake news.around. as long as he has a conscience, can tell right from wrong and hold objective and impartial principles, he will see a different xinjiang. premier league clubs benefit from a record half a billion pounds tv rights deal with china. arsenal are among those to have also gone on pre—season tours there, in pursuit of new fans and sponsors. back in february, the club, sending a special new year message to their chinese supporters. we enjoyed our tour to china. some fear the row could put revenue at risk. there is the very real threat of tv viewing audiences declining, of sponsorship contracts being reviewed. of fan engagement generally, and the previous position of fans towards arsenal and english football, possibly suffering as a consequence of this. arsenal will hope the dispute between the highest played player and most important overseas market will not escalate further. sport's uneasy relationship with politics, exposed yet again. dan roan, bbc news. more on the day's main news, t

arsenal's football club start player mesut ozil has become involved in an argument with china after hesed the treat of uighur muslims. there is evidence more than a million people were detained in the north—western reason —— the north—western region of xinjiang but china says these camps we re xinjiang but china says these camps were voluntary. beijing says he's been deceived by fake news. translation: i don't know if mr mesut ozil has ever visited xinjiang before but i can sell here is deceived by false news report and misled by unfounded statements. arsenal released a statement saying: it is his personal opinion and arsenal has always not involved itself in politics. chinese state tv pulled a live broadcast on sunday and there is as well a broader context of this. after the manager showed support for hong kong protesters. the babies's asia—pacific editor has more. protesters. the babies's asia—pacific editor has morelj mean, asia—pacific editor has more.” mean, really money talks here. china is the premier league's most lucrative market. people are saying, look, that's what's going t

today, its government said ozil had been deceived by fake news.nslation: we welcome mr ozil to visit xinjiang to look around. as long as he has a conscience, can distinguish right from wrong and hold objective and impartial principles, he will see a different xinjiang. premier league clubs benefit from a record half a billion pounds tv rights deal with china. arsenal are among those to have also gone on pre—season tours there, in pursuit of new fans and sponsors. back in february, the club, sending a special new year message to their chinese supporters. we enjoyed our tour to china. two months ago, us basketball coach upset many in china by treating support for pro—democracy protesters in hong kong. the nba said it suffered substantial losses and now the nba could suffer similar losses. there is the very real threat of tv viewing audiences declining, of sponsorship contracts being reviewed. of fan engagement generally, and the pre—disposition of fans towards arsenal and english football, possibly suffering as a consequence of this. arsenal will ho

in this post, mesut ozil road "ca rrazzo in this post, mesut ozil road "carrazzo being burnt, mosquesims are silent, their voice is not heard." it's a message which 200 protesters took to the chinese consul in turkey earlier this week. they asked "who was my going to say stop to chinese cruelty?" and called on the muslim world to save their fellow believers. in china, rights groups say about 1 million fellow believers. in china, rights groups say about1 million people are thought to have been detained without try —— trial in high security prison camps. dating says they are being educated in what is called vocational training centres to combat violent religious extremism. in response to this row, the club said "arsenal was always a political as an organisation" and went out that these are mesut ozil's personal views. on chinese media his comments about muslims are not fully reported and were limited to references to the fight against terrorism. it is not diverse only time the footballer has spoken about matters of the field. he was criticised for showing support for president erdogan,

arsenal insisted the comments were just ozil's personal opinion.ere have been plenty of examples in the past of sportsmen falling foul of china's own approach to its domestic policies, and foreign. what particularly well have annoyed them about these comments by mesut ozil? a couple of things, firstly, xinjiang, the topic that mesut ozil was talking about, very critical about what china has been doing there, up to perhapsi million people put in detention centres, re—education centres as china tries to crack down on what it says is terrorism in the region. it does not make any comment on that, particularly recently, there has been international criticism on this issue. it has pushed against that, it does not want anyone commenting on it. why is it getting annoyed about the footballer? it is because it does not like anybody commenting on politics, not just it does not like anybody commenting on politics, notjust politicians or nations, or even companies. it does not want anyone commenting on what it does on its own country. it does not seem to have b

it's also inviting mesut ozil to visit the region.s deceived by false news reports, misled by unfounded and false statements. arsenal released this statement saying... but already it knows the stakes. chinese state tv pulled a live broadcast of arsenal's match on sunday. that's a lot of people not watching. and some chinese fans have turned on ozil. translation: i think it is absolutely inappropriate. if you are absolutely inappropriate. if you are a football star, you should comment only about football. if you don't understand this matter, then there is no need for you to comments about politics. there's a broader context here. in october, the nba team the houston rockets lost sponsorship and televised games after its manager showed support for hong kong protesters. china evidently is not going to let these interventions pass. simon chadwick is a professor of sports enterprise at the university of salford. we've seen this many times before, most recently with the nba incident. i even going back years ago, there was an incident during

we start with the developing story involving arsenal's mesut ozil and his criticism of china.al have distanced themselves from his comments condeming the country's treatment of uighur muslims. the chinese state broadcaster refused to show arsenal's game against manchester city after ozil used social media to call uighurs "warriors who resist persecution". china's foreign ministry said he had been "deceived by fake news". our sports editor dan roan is here with more. what more can you tell us? deceived by fa ke what more can you tell us? deceived by fake news, the chinese foreign ministry has also invited him to come to china to see for himself. this dispute really centres on two versions of events. human rights groups, the united nations panels and they've all said that the population, the muslim community within china has been persecuted that they are being detained without trial, and high security prisons. chain vehemently denies the saying that rather they are simply being educated in vocational training centres, they are not being mistreated and this is all because ofan mi

arsenal have distanced themselves from their player mesut ozil over comments he made on social mediauighur muslims in xinjiang province. arsenal issued a statement on the chinese social media platform weibo saying it does not get involved in political issues. according to chinese state media — the country's football association has also responded, calling ozil comments unnacceptable. and some chinese fans have called for a ban on arsenal games being broadcast in the country. our news correspondentjohn mcmanus explains that for clubs like arsenal, the chinese market is too valuable to lose. there are millions of football fans in china who follow the uk premier league and the teams in the premier league extremely closely. arsenal, like other clubs, is always trying to expand its presence there. for example, the club has a mandarin language website which, by the way, featured mesut ozil and other players in a video celebrating chinese new year, not so long ago. it has a chain of restaurants. it has sponsorship deals with chinese companies, and it has tie—ins with state media. it offers

us secretary of state mike pompeo has backed mesut ozil over his criticism of china.minorities prompted china‘s state broadcaster to drop arsenal‘s match with manchester city from its schedule at the weekend. in a tweet, pompeo said: "china‘s communist party propaganda outlets can censor mesut ozil and arsenal‘s games all season long, but the truth will prevail. the ccp can‘t hide its gross #humanrights violations perpetrated against uighurs and other religious faiths from the world." to the usa, and major league soccer have awarded an expansion team to charlotte in north carolina, as they become the 30th franchise in the north american league. in a city known for its nascar, the club will play their games at the bank of america stadium, home of the nfl side the carolina panthers. their first games won‘t be until the 2021 season, but they can start to sign players immediately and the name of the team will be announced in the spring. i want to say that this franchise is another opportunity for our city to come together as one. men, women, children, families of all race

just completed 5 months playing in a chinese 2nd tier club the 36 year old says his fellow muslim ozil should just stick to playing football the world cup winners criticism of beijing's crackdown on muslims and changing lead to arsenal's match being pulled from chinese t.v. i was a part of them is. i think. my point of view for boys something of a new photo thing food bought off to sleep with food and pollution to pollution because he cannot be involved with these kind of things because it's going to truck a lot of problems in the offing since to get into this sort of. as a move that is complicated to be honest. is choice he's been doing is committed but i think it was a form to say that. and why ozil may not have the support from his fellow professionals he does seem to have friends in high places u.s. secretary of state mark pompei o added his voice to the german protest over the detention of the weak years pompei 0 tweeted that china could quote censor measure ozil an arsenal all season long but the truth will prevail china's foreign ministry said that this week that ozil was deceiv

their foreign ministry said today ozil was deceived by "fake news".al distanced themselves from ozil‘s comments. china remains a highly lucrative market for both the premier league and the clubs who compete in it. simon chadwick is a football finance expert. i think arsenal miss read the situation somewhat because, when you do business in china there is no middle ground, you are either with china against china does make them misread was by trying to position themselves in the middle, they were never going to win without one. as far as arsenal is concerned, now it is really a case of hold your breath if you want to continue doing business in china. do lots of things that the market sees positively, represent yourself in a way that seems positive to chinese fans, and maybe in the medium— long the damage will be repaired. off the field, the search for a new manager continues. arsenal held talks with former player, mikel arteta, who's currently the assistant coach at manchester city. officials from arsenal were pictured leaving arteta's house in the early

and arsenal distance themselves from comments made by mesut ozil. their star player criticised china over treatment of uighur muslims. hello and welcome to bbc news. as negotiations continue through the night at the un climate talks in madrid, the minister leading them has appealed for flexibility as delegates struggle to reach agreement on crucial measures to tackle global warming. the european union and many small island states, vulnerable to climate change, are pushing for more ambitious action from all countries but some of the biggest polluters, including the us, brazil and india, have objected. carolina schmidt said a deal was almost there but the outcome needed to be ambitious. this is the call for action and no action if it is not ambitious so we need to get a concession on that. ambition is a central driving force but i am sure that all of you, based on the feedback, i received this morning, in the meeting at 9am, we have been consulting with parties non—stop in this issue to resolve theissues non—stop in this issue to resolve the issues of

arsenal have distanced themselves from their player mesut ozil over comments he made on social mediatern xinjiang region. arsenal issued a statement on the chinese social media platform weibo saying it does not get involved in political issues. according to chinese state media, the country's football association has also responded, calling ozil's comments "unacceptable". and some chinese fans have called for a ban on arsenal games being broadcast in the country. our news correspondentjohn mcmanus explains that for clubs like arsenal, the chinese market is too valuable to lose. there are millions of football fans in china who follow the uk premier league and the teams in the premier league extremely closely. and arsenal, like other clubs, is always trying to expand its presence there. so the club has a mandarin language website, which by the way, featured mesut ozil and other plays in a video celebrating chinese new year not so long ago. it has a chain of restaurants and sponsorship with chinese companies, and it has ties with state media. it offers coaching carried out by arsenal coa

a very interesting story involving arsenal's mesut ozil? that's right, ben.r league game between arsenal and manchester city as planned following comments made by arsenal midfielder mesut ozil. ozil posted on social media about the treatment of uyghur muslims in china, calling them "warriors who resist "persecution" and criticising both china and the silence of muslims in response. arsenal had distanced the club from their german player's views, saying the club itself was "apolitical". china has consistently denied mistreating the uyghur muslims. besides the arsenal — manchester city match, there are two other games in the premier league today — with manchester united in action against everton at old trafford. ole gunnar solskjaer‘s side could move up to fifth with a win today. it's the 4,000th united game to feature a player from the academy in the squad. while caretaker manager duncan ferguson takes charge of everton who are still struggling, just two points off the relegation zone. for league—leaders liverpool, though, they have a packed schedule this week

fans burning mesut ozil's shirts are one thing but a boycott by the state broadcaster and even otherand video game companies, that means a lot of lost reve nu es companies, that means a lot of lost revenues for arsenal. which, like many other sports club these days, they do have a very sizable business inside of china. this is, of course, not the first time china is using economic threat to suppress political views. it does not agree with. the chinese government did ask the nba, the national basketball association, to fire player darryl murray, after he expressed his support for hong kong's protesters on twitter a couple of months back if you remember. unfortunately, with all the kind of nationalistic fervour brought up by this us — china trade war and trump's strong arming of china, this is a new reality that businesses all over the world have to deal with. the balance between commercial reality and the protection of its own interests. we are keeping a close eye on how that develops going forward. thanks. now let's turn to the us, where markets await clues about how manufacturers ar

and china says arsenal football a message ozil was deceived by fake news when he criticized the treatment of weak a muslim. a top democrat in the u.s. senate has accused the president donald trump of orchestrating a cover up chuck schumer has called for the current and former white house aides to testify trump's expected impeachment trial he says republicans have no reason to keep witnesses from testifying unless the president has something to hide those aides include acting chief of salt stuff make mulvaney and the former national security adviser john bolton a vote in the democrat led house to impeach trump is expected to take place on wednesday if it passes he will then be tried in the republican controlled senate. i haven't seen a single good argument about why these witnesses shouldn't testify what these documents be produced unless the president has something to hide and his supporters want that information hidden. the trial structure i outlined in my letter to leader mcconnell will ensure that all the relevant facts come out without dilatory action. on mike hanna joins us live now

translation: we welcome mr ozil to visit xinjiang to look around.ish right from wrong and hold objective and impartial principles, he will see a different xinjiang. premier league clubs benefit from a record half a billion pounds tv rights deal with china. arsenal are among those to have also gone on pre—season tours there, in pursuit of new fans and sponsors. back in february, the club, sending a special new year message to their chinese supporters. we enjoyed our tour to china. the nba has also suffered substantial losses and now the premier league may suffer the same. there is the very real threat of tv viewing audiences declining, of sponsorship contracts being reviewed. of fan engagement generally, and the pre—disposition of fans towards arsenal and english football, possibly suffering as a consequence of this. arsenal will hope the dispute between the highest played player and most important overseas market will not escalate further. sport's uneasy relationship with politics, exposed yet again. dan roan, bbc news. thieves have reportedly stole

mesut ozil has been invited to china, after criticising the country's treatment of uighur muslims. broadcaster refused to show arsenal's game against manchester city after ozil used social media to call uighurs "warriors who resist persecution". china's foreign ministry said he had been "deceived by fake news". the former wales assistant coach rob howley has been suspended from all involvement with rugby for 18 months for breaching betting regulations. howley was sent home from the rugby world cup injapan after the welsh rugby union became aware of a possible breach. nine months of the ban has been suspended, and it's back—dated, meaning howley can start working in rugby again injune. ben stokes thanked his team—mates and family after being named bbc sport personality of the year last night. it topped off a great 12 months for ben stokes who single—handedly won the ashes at headingley with a brilliant innings and helped england win the cricket world cup. the more experience i have under my belt, especially when i'm batting, it sounds silly but i envisage myself in a bubble. everyth

ozil posted on social media about the treatment of uyghur muslims in china, calling them "warriors whoilence of muslims in response. arsenal had distanced the club from their german player's views, saying the club itself was "apolitical". china has consistently denied mistreating the uyghur muslims. well, before arsenal host manchester city — spurs are at wolves and manchester united host everton at old trafford. for league leaders liverpool, though,a packed schedule this week sees them playing at the club world cup in doha and the league cup quarterfinal in the space ofjust 24 hours. and withjurgen klopp's men already dealing with injuries — he's raised concern the pitch in qatar could lead to further problems. obviously, i think it is raining there. that doesn't help the pitch. the one pitch we are playing all on. sensationally organised. all of the games on one pitch and it is raining. i'm not sure if people in qatar are really used to a lot of rain. we will see what the pitch is like but that could be a bit of a problem. back home, both celtic and rangers are in action today in the

signs of dissent from a country where at different opinion can be a crime austin football star mesut ozil is at the center of a political storm after posting comments critical of china social media also hit out of china's policies against its we good muslim minority and called. on muslims around the world to speak out the methods of serious reaction in china chinese government documents show that we are being forcibly held. in the region where they undergo political indoctrination and for job. training centers and says they are part of a drive to terrorism. for more. rich what exactly did. so he posted quite a lengthy statement on his social media camp some facebook twitter instagram and those accounts he has over 76000000 followers so a very wide reach and in his statement he accuses china of serious abuses against its we are muslim minority when in qur'an killing muslim clerics forcing we women to marry ethnic chinese men so a very strong political statement directed at china and there are also other parts of the post that beijing could view as a provocation. is the name. referred to ch

arsenal distance themselves from comments made by mesut ozil, their star player, who criticised chinaver treatment of uighur muslims. and tens of thousands take to the streets of rome to protest against the italian far right league party. as negotiations continue through the night at the un climate talks in madrid, the minister leading them has appealed for flexibility as delegates struggle to reach agreement on crucial measures to tackle global warming. the european union and many small island states, vulnerable to climate change, are pushing for more ambitious action from all countries, but some of the biggest polluters, including the us, brazil and india, have objected. gareth barlow reports. international delegates are struggling to agree how to react to and combat climate change. to and limit climate change. the eu small island states they more needs to be done, but countries including the us, india, and brazilsay current plans are adequate. we are sorry to inform you that we are not comfortable with th etax at icp25. it is not only brazil, several other partners have expressed o

and arsenal distance themselves from comments made by mesut ozil.

league game against manchester city from its broadcast schedule, following messages from player mesut ozilcy towards its muslim uighur minority. and finally, howzat! is the telegraph's congratulatory note to ben stokes for winning sports personality of the year. almost every front page has been celebrating the world cup winning cricketer. with me is david buik, who's a market commentator at core spreads. let's get stuck in, i want to get to and stokes, i know you are a cricket fan. financial times, the and stokes, i know you are a cricket fan. financialtimes, the un and stokes, i know you are a cricket fan. financial times, the un climate stalemate is the headline, frustration and all sides? frustration, but also the wrong model. it was great when it was 2500, 5000 people rock up to madrid, absolutely desperate to do something about climate change, which is really important. foot soldiers are important but you want the film marshal and major general there. u nless marshal and major general there. unless you have the united states of

you have to have some sympathy with mesut ozil, he is a turkish muslim who plays for germany, and het of uighur muslims, and you can understand that. but if you go very public on these things, in an area where it is very sensitive, this is the problem, and it happened in the united states, in american football, and people keep going on and they will react. it is a highly charged political statement. and they will react. it is a highly charged political statementm and they will react. it is a highly charged political statement. it is really interesting to have this match pulled from the television as you mentioned, the national football league et cetera, there has been a lot going on, even some very popular tiktok influences who have said things about this in the us, their sites have been closed down. and the hong kong situation, if you start mouthing off and saying you won't like it... now was ben stokes the right winner of sports personality of the year? the two lady athletes we re of the year? the two lady athletes were superb, lewis hamilton amazing, but that's your man. whoever c

on friday, ozil, who is turkish-german and muslim, called uighurs "warriors who resist persecution." chinese authorities have been accused of systematically separating muslim children from their families in the far western region of xinjiang. an estimated 1 million adults from the uyghur community are being imprisoned in camps without trial. boeing is temporarily suspending production of the troubled 737 jet after t the airplalane was grounded worldwie following two crashes in ethiopia and indonesia that killed all 346 people on board. last week, a former boeing manager testified to the house transportation committee that he tried one boeing executivess about safety concerns before both deadly crashes, but hisis warnings were ignored. to see our full interview with consumer advocate ralph nader on the 737 max passenger jet, go to democracynow.org. the nader family has sued over the death of his grandniece e wo died on ethiopian airlines flight 302. a new audit has revealed how the sackler family withdrew more than $10 billion from their company, purdue pharma, as scrutiny mounted ove

broadcaster has cancelled the screening of an arsenal match after one of clubs star players, mesut ozil comments online criticising the chinese government's treatment of uighur muslims. at 10 o'clock, martine croxall will be here with a full round—up of the day's news. first, our world is in finland to see how a small place in northern finland managed to become europe s most eco—friendly town. ii has slashed its co2 emissions by 80% and is producing ten times more renewable energy than it consumes. this community project could be an inspiration for us all, but such rapid change is not without opposition. as the push to save the planet gets even more urgent, one town has already cut its carbon emissions by 80%. we have been not waiting for the world to tackle climate change. we want to do it ourselves. ii, in northern finland, is one of the greenest towns in europe. powered by 100% renewable energy. the town's children already play a role in energy—saving ways of living. people still hunt and fish as part of their everyday lives. we have a trap there. we hope they are big pikes, but we w

and i'm far as small have all the day's sporting including china says arsenal's mesut ozil has been deceived by fake news over his comments about week or mostly. their warm welcome to this hour the u.n. security council is meeting to discuss peace and security in west africa just days after fighting. 7. from the sheriff's army near the border with mali earlier leaders in the sun halo region also hold an emergency meeting in asia to discuss the escalating attacks we'll go live to kristen salumi at the united nations for the latest on those talks shortly we'll also be live in mali's capital bamako where but address is standing by for us but 1st he has this report. these are desperate times to africa have we jim armed groups are inflicting heavy losses to armies and forcing thousands of civilians from their homes. leaders of the countries affected nor does g 5 scrambled this meeting in yemi to urgently find a solution almost president mohamed use of force says the frequency of sophistication of recent attacks is wars of. the scale of terrorist attacks are getting larger day after day terrorists

xinjiang, the topic mesut ozil was talking about, very critical about what china has been doing there centres and re—education centres as china tries to crack down on what it says is terrorism in the region. so, it doesn't like any comment on that, particularly recently, it has raised a lot of international criticism on this issue. china have pushed back against that, it doesn't want anyone commenting upon it. you might say, why is it getting annoyed about a footballer? it is because they don't like anyone commenting on politics, it is notjust politicians or nations or even companies, they don't want anyone commenting on what it does in its own country. that is why it has got so annoyed. it doesn't seem to have been enough for the chinese that arsenal really hastily distanced themselves from these comments.

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sunday's english premier league game involving arsenal follows comments made by ourselves player mesut ozil where he criticised the chinese government's treatment of. the longest un climate conference has come to a close in madrid with a partial agreement but the world's biggest polluters couldn't agree on some of the most contentious issues after talks dragged on 2 days past the deadline countries at the cop $25.00 summit will improve their current pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the paris agreement those new commitments that will be presented at next year's summit but the whole issue of global carbon markets has been put off until next year that concept allows those who exceed the pollution levels to buy credits from those who don't the u.s. brazil australia india and china have been blamed for stalling talks on that issue for the past 2 weeks that in march.

plan to show arsenal's match against manchester city this afternoon in the wake of comments by mesut ozilising the country's treatment of the uighurs. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week: tiktok‘s troubled, wechat‘s winning, and can robots high—five? high—five! no, maybe not. theme music. silicon valley — the home of google, facebook, twitter and all those other big social media companies that dominate our lives. world—changing in their day, but more recently it's all getting a bit samey, don't you think? some say social media silicon valley—style has stopped innovating. but new rival companies are emerging that are starting to shake things up, and they're coming from china. tiktok is the is—second looping video app that's captured the hearts of teenagers across the world. and with i billion users, it's firmly on the radar of big tech. and while silicon valley may be worried about its huge number of users, it also argues that the company's home country should also give the west cause for concern. in china, things are happening — and happening fast. innovation is rife and silic

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and china says arsenal footballer, mesut ozil has been deceived by fake news, after he criticised theon of muslim uighurs. voiceover: live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and 6pm in chicago, where the aircraft manufacturer boeing has announced it will temporarily halt production of its 737 max aircraft, which has been the subject of intense scrutiny following two fatal crashes. the move — which will cost the company billions of dollars — was made by the company at a board meeting in chicago in the last few hours. the best—selling boeing aircraft has been grounded since march after two crashes in indonesia and ethiopia, which killed 346 people, costing the plane manufacturer more than $8 billion in charges so far. our business reporter samira hussain has the latest on boeing's decision. well, it was not a decision that anyone was expecting a few weeks ago. but certainly there were rumours swirling for the last few days that perhaps the plane maker would ultimately have to make this

translation: we welcome mr ozil to visit to look around. can uphold objective and impartial principles, he will see a differentjiniang. premier league clubs benefit from a record half £1 billion television rights deal with china. arsenal, among those who have gone on pre—season tours there, in pursuit of new fans and sponsors. back in february, the club sending a special new year message to their chinese supporters. two months ago, a us basketball coach upset many in china by tweeting support for pro—democracy protesters in hong kong. the nba said it suffered substantial losses as a result, and now the premier league could face a similar risk. there's the very real threat of tv audiences declining, or sponsorship contracts being reviewed, and fan engagement generally, and the predisposition of fans towards arsenal and english football possibly suffering as a consequence of this. arsenal will hope that a dispute between their highest—paid player and most important overseas market will not escalate further. sport's uneasy relationship with po

to show arsenal's match against manchester city this afternoon — in the wake of comments by mesut ozilg the country's treatment of the uighurs. and coming up at 16:30 — bloodhound: chasing the land speed record. how 22 years on, a british driver is trying to break his own world record. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. jeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell have apologised over labour's defeat in thursday's election, which saw them lose 59 seats. mr corbyn said he was sorry that they "came up short", while mr mcdonnell told the bbc he "owns this disaster". speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr — he said it was unfortunate the party hadn't been able to articulate its message more effectively. he also blamed the media's portrayal ofjeremy corbyn — insisting that he'd been demonised "for four years solid". here's our political correspondent tony bonsignore. three days on and labour is still trying to work out what went so catastrophically wrong. i'm just sorry that we've let some people down. in today's observer, jeremy corbyn offered an apology. but the labour leader remains convinced that t

so the stories are getting out that i don't hear that there's not remain mesut ozil he's been tweeting about was a really good situation. leaves us with the national team he says how does china expect the world to believe its claim of graduation if that we can't talk to our family members for year so this one will post to the government there i'm not done bethany maggie thank you so much for joining us on the street today they could i will see you next time take africa. from the ancient emperors to come mislead us. age old philosophies and the rule of order remains central to the world's oldest living civilization in the 2nd to the 2 part series the big picture charts the rise of a 21st century superpower i think some of the challenges it now faces from the outside and from within the china complex are 2 on al-jazeera after years of overgrazing the damage caused to the precious grasslands of chile is being reversed with one of the world's biggest ever conservation projects. they're pretty emblematic of the patagonians out if they're plentiful and they're calm like this one is then you

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league football match following involving asshole it follows comments made by an asshole player mesut ozil he's recently criticized the chinese government's treatment of weaker muslims asshole distance itself from his old opinions by maintaining that the club was always a political. it is good to have you with us hello adrian fenty going to here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera the un secretary general antonio says that he's disappointed by the outcome of this year's climate summit it ended with a partial deal despite marathon negotiations countries at the cop $25.00 meeting agreed to improve their current pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but the new commitments from only prisons be presented at next year's meeting nick clarke is in madrid and says that the in the end the world leaders decided to take whatever they could for now given the. national difference in these talks with very much of the threat of collapse that many people will take what we have right now remember this is all about building ambition for 2020 the paris agreement mechanism takes full flight theory. natio

coverage of sunday's match between arsenal and manchester city after arce until's midfielder, mesut ozil posted social media messages criticizing china's persecution of the ethnic minority group. the club has already begun distancing itself from the player's comments. cnn's david culver joins me now from beijing with more about china's actions and what was behind it. hello, david. >> reporter: hi there, natalie. this is yet another example of sports perhaps widening the divide, the ideological and political divide between china and the west. as you pointed out, this also started with a tweet that has really hit at the core of one of the most sensitive issues here in china. that has to do with the detention of uighurs. they're prom dominantly ethnic minority, and this is something the chinese have been felt has been mischaracterized by the west. they have considered this to be deraad calization, counterterrorism, and quite frankly their business, no one els. so when outside forces, namely the u.s., has made mention of this mass detention, they've been very, very quick to respond. the same

sunday's premier league match between arsenal and manchester city after arsenal's midfielder, mesut ozilosted social media messages criticizing china's treatment of muslim uighurs. the club has already started distancing itself from the player's comments. david culver is live from beijing. i guess this is more evidence, david, that china just doesn't respect free speech. >> reporter: that's certainly what's going to be portrayed by a lot of folks on the western side of things. interesting to look at social media here in china, natalie, where they're very critical of the comment, saying people need to know there are ramifications for that freedom of expression and perhaps losing one of the most prized sports here, soccer, football, is one of those impacts. what's interesting is the time line here because all this may sound familiar because of what happened just two months ago, right, with the nba facing a similar situation with china. now, the time line on the days are concerned, you know, it was a friday. it played out over the weekend. state media responded. in this case, they likewise

ok thank you very much arsenal's inter-marriage are has had to deflect questions about mesut ozil is criticism of the chinese government it follows arsenal's 3 nil loss to manchester city and the english premier league the german was substitute in the 2nd half of the match which had been pulled from chinese television a little recently criticize china's treatment of wigger muslims on social media arsenal distance itself from his comments maintaining the club was always apolitical the chinese football association branded as old comments as unacceptable and the word. was. not the biggest. today and we haven't had discussion with the club what they should and shouldn't do been trying to concentrate on the game my opinion about it is of course all speak to the club what they think but what i've been told is they will deal with those discussions and i'll leave that to the well man city's when doesn't move them from 3rd in the e.p.l. but they do cut their gap behind leaders liverpool to 14 points manchester united drew against everton to sit 6 then the table top number one place above them

arsenal player mesut ozil support for muslim minorities in china has been having an impact away from social media is instagram post about the treatment of muslim leaders in changing province was praised by demonstrators in turkey on friday they marched in solidarity for those detained by authorities in the province which we call east turkistan is of turkish origin and it was backed by protesters in istanbul for helping keep the spotlight on the situation trying to ban the broadcasts of awesome matches in response to criticism. visit oceans honorable behavior inspired us we thank. god we want everybody to raise their voice like he did we are a handful of muslims hear our voice is not loud enough but on his own message alarmed all of china pakistan's cricketers have given themselves a great chance of winning the 1st test series on home soil for a decade they lead sri lanka by 315 runs after the 3rd day's play in karachi a bit early with 174. contributing 135 to hand the home team control their partnership of 278 helping pakistan reach 395 to 2 in their 2nd innings at the close in the d

that the artwork is inappropriate for a time africa player of the year yeah yeah touré was says mesut ozilwas wrong to speak out against the chinese government over its treatment of weaker muslims and china a former manchester city and ivory coast international has just completed 5 months playing in a chinese 2nd tier club the 36 year old says his fellow muslim she just stick to playing football the world cup winners criticism of beijing's crackdown engine zhang led to arsenal's match being pulled from chinese t.v. i was for them is. i think. point of view for boys solving a video for a little thing food off to sleep with food and pollution to pollution because you cannot be involved with just kind of things because it's going to truck a lot of problems and grow things and to get us to sort of. the most risk complicated surveillance. is choice he's been doing is committed but i think it was about to say that pakistan had coach miss ball hockey has blasted star fastball or one of the mare or walking away from the country's test team at just 27 years old america quit the longer format to foc

arsenal interim manager freddie ljungberg says he "will deal with" mesut ozil after the midfielder reacted. and the champions league draw for the last 16 takes place later with all four english sides still in the competition including reigning champions liverpool. i'll be back with more on those stories later. back to politics now, and northern ireland's political parties are to resume talks aimed at restoring devolved government at stormont. the general election saw a fall in vote share for both the dup and sinn fein, with the dup losing its deputy leader, nigel dodds, and for the first time unionist parties being overtaken by nationalist parties in the number of westminster seats. is in belfast for us. is this electoral outcome concentrating minds? that's one reading off it. the dup and sinn fein, they both suffered a drop in their vote in the general election, those two parties made up the power—sharing devolved government at stormont that collapsed nearly three yea rs stormont that collapsed nearly three years ago now, injanuary of 2017. since then hospital waiting lists have grown, si

the chinese state broadcaster refused to show arsenal's game against manchester city after ozil useden stokes thanked his team mates and his family as he was named bbc sports personality of the year. it topped off a brilliant year for stokes, who won the cricket world cup with england and single handedly won the third ashes test at headingley with a brilliant innings. he's the first cricketer since andrew flintoff in 2005 to win the prize. the more experience i got under my belt, becoming a more senior player, especially when i bat, it sounds silly but ijust envisaging myself ina bubble, silly but ijust envisaging myself in a bubble, and everything else in so outside that bubble, just went up, stay in there, while i'm out, andi up, stay in there, while i'm out, and i know what myjob is, which is to score runs, and that bubble pops when i get out, which is obviously the worst thing to do. there was almost a bit of history at the darts last night. japan's mikuru suzuki came agonisingly close to becoming the first woman to win a pdc world championship match. she lost 3—2 to james richar