. >> qatar >>>..a source close to f.i.f.a. tells al jazeera that qatar will avoid punishment over the 2022 world cup bid after a report is made public on thursday. >>> the top story - iraq's prime minister sacked more than 30 military commanders. many are accused of corruption and not supporting the army. this is hassan rouhani's dramatic decision. it was announced as the government tries to drive fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant out of the country. the government has been investigating military failings that allowed i.s.i.l. fighters to seize a large part of iraq's territory. many abandoned their positions and left behind weapons when i.s.i.l. stormed cities in an offensive in june. imran khan has more from baghdad. >> what a senior source inside the ministry of defense told us is that he was close. and that prime minister shawki al-badani -- prime minister haider al-abadi wanted to send a message, that the bad old days of sectarianism had disappeared, that this was about bringing in it wases from all of ira

is qatar prepared to lose a lot of friends because of its active role. >> qatar is making friends. it is not making enemies. that's why it is playing a good mediating role. qatar has said that it will continue the most important role, which is mediation to have our region very stable. >> thank you very much, indeed. thanks for talking to us. >> now to libya where four people are dead and ten injured as militias battle with fighters of the recognized government. >> reporter: the battle over the future of libya has left bengahzi a war-stricken city. that's the assessment of omar al hasi, he has declared himself the prime minister of the government based in tripoli. fighters loyal to his conservative militia control libya's second-largest city. but forces affiliated with the elected government continue their mission to reclaim bengahzi. the fighting has continued for months and turned the city into a war zone. on sunday al hasi pleaded for international assistance to help people struggling to survive. >> we can't salvage the city. to put an end to the raging war around the city. >> th

in terms of whether the 2022 world cup will be played in qatar, jerk it will. >> so qatar has been exonerated from corruption allegations. it must be a real relief foam them. >> reporter: there will be leaf they have been desperate to get on with this and have a positive feel around what will be the first world cup in the middle east. we don't know whether the tournament will be played in winter soar summer, there there will be lots of arguments about whether it will be played likely in the winter. but, yes, of course the pressure, we have seen on al jazerra before when i have spoken to the heads of the supreme committee fa qatar 2022. they have really felt the negativity has been unfair, some of at games around them. and the key thing was that the sunday times were alleged a link to mohamed buena man. it shows that he was acting, now banned from football, of course, for his own presidential ambitions, that link between him and qatar 2022 which some thing dismissed by the he had ticks committee. >> lee reporting for us on the key finings from fifa on the 2018 and 2022 world cup bids. >>> in m

we talked about the charity law that qatar has in place. i think the undersecretary privacy made his statements about qatar and kuwait being permissive jurisdictions for terrorist financing. what could they be doing that they're not doing today? >> a lot. mostly is a country that has fantastic laws on the books when you look at the black on white on paper. i've gone to the middle east many times, sat with individual to the given the enough copies i can wallpaper my house with them. when you get them privately and ask them this is a great law, 3.1, have implemented it? no. have used this? no. there's very few cases come especially in kuwait and qatar of any type of implementation. even the case the sector was able to point you were qatar to deport someone, they didn't prosecute or hold the individual accountable. the individual was deported and discontinued activity. i get into qatar in great detail iin my report with concern the financial action task force for international monetary fund and others including people go into qatar fsk like my

we're waiting for a report that is expected to get fifa into qatar in 2022. that record was due at 9:00 a.m. this report is from the fifa head judge. it is not the report a few months ago by michael. >> yusef, we're still waiting forethat report. it is expected to clear the way for qatar to host the 2022 cup. >> this is a huge deal. remember, this will be a summary, as you mentioned. it will contain recommendations. it will contain conclusions. and all of this is based on the 18 months' work of michael garcia, the former american attorney who has led this campaign and these interviews to basically get the facts straight and help the committee make its recommendation. now, this was anything but a given, the publication of this report or this summary. remember, back in august/september, you had the fifa president who said there's no way the outcome of this investigation is going to make it to the public domain. so we are expecting the report to come out imminently. what will it say? this report looked at your 2018 and your 2022 world cup bid. the winning widz,

plan on going to russia or qatar in 2022.heater where the american classic fiddler on the roof has a new twist. 50 years after the musical, centered on a jewish dairy man and his daughters, the report -- the production is getting a revival here in washington dc. we discussed the plays impact. >> even if you have never seen fiddler on the roof you probably know the tune. man ♪ i were a rich >> now celebrating its 50th anniversary, the fiddler tells the story of a jewish community in russia. tevye tries to hold onto tradition while his daughter's embrace progress by choosing their own husbands. >> one of his daughters wants to marry a man outside of the faith and he says, no, i cannot bend any further. i will break. for many families sitting in the audience, each one of us has a moment where we believe our families can break because of changes within the family. when the theater obtained the license to produce the show it usually comes with strict instructions to use the original choreography. >> they send a choreographers manu

now we are at a stage where saudi arabia and ab bu dashi is on hand, versing qatar. notably egypt sporting different sides and libya supporting different militias. in syria and iraq, which are becoming a serious thorn in the side of saudi arabia's security and stability, they are on the same side and whether we like it or not, qatar controversially seems to have a channel of access with the islamic state and other groups. that cooperation could become pivotal. >> fighting in libya between militias and pro government forces killed four in the capital tripoli. the gun battle near the airport forced it to close. airlines moved flights after the main airport was damaged during fighting in july. the political upheaval in yemen damaged a week economy. the u.n. warned the company could collapse if the government is not operational soon. services such as health, electricity and water may come to a halt by the end of the year. >> we have more from the capital. >> the father of nine children - he lives in a single room where there is no electricity most of time. it's winter he

those include the arab bank and the doha bank from qatar. i think we can be doing a much better job in that area. >> thank you. >> time of the gentleman has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. sherman. >> isis rules territory and extracts money from the territory that's probably the biggest source of revenue. the lights are on in mosul, but okay not all the time. but electric -- electricity continuity is shoddy in much of iraq. before this outbreak, a lot of the electricity for mosul came from the mosul dam. is that dam still providing electricity to those living under isis? does anyone have an answer? is isis collecting money from the people who receive that electricity? >> my understanding is that the dam is not under their control. they're not -- from any of it. >> they don't control the dam. but how are they getting the electricity from mosul? >> the government that controls the dam is allowing electricity to go into the city because there are citizens who live there. isis collects for that electricity. >> i

those include the arab bank and the doha bank from qatar. i think we can do -- treasury can do a better job in that area. >> thank you. >> time of the gentleman has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. >> isis rules territory and extracts money from the territory that's probably the biggest source of revenue. the lights are on in mosul, but electric -- electricity continuity is shoddy in many of iraq. before there outbreak, a lot of the electricity for mosul came from the mosul dam. is that still providing electricity to those living under isis? does anyone have an answer? is isis collecting money from the people who receive that electricity? >> my understanding is that the dam is not under their control. not money from any of it. >> they couldn't control the dam. how are they getting the electricity in. >> the government that controls the dam is allowing electricity to go into the city because there are citizens who live there. >> that's basically the point. the electricity goes into mosul, isis collects for that ele

. >> for -- russia and qatar are capturing the world cup it's but the man investigating says not so fast. videos from space made him an internet sensation. tonight commander hatfield joins us with some incredible photographs. welcome to our viewers on public television. today is a mixed state released an audio tape it says was recorded by its leader just days after reports that he had been killed or injured. he said iis forces will never stop fighting, even if only one soldier remains. reports of his survival come among the bad news for syrian opposition forces. the bbc's international correspondent has coverage. >> they are the youngest victims of syria's war. it young children having to live as refugees in turkey. their smiling faces belie the horror they see. they still saying about freedom. the uprising -- >> there was a lot of shelling in the situation. it was becoming worse and we became more afraid. >> their teacher -- we first met him inside syria three years ago when he was a rebel fighter. a moderate group of civilians and army defectors, like many he was afraid to be identifie

. >> qatar! >> why fifa's own investigator is caused of a cover up after qatar and russia are cleared of corruption. >> king abdullah has called on the u.s. to help fight zionist extremism in israel. he made comments with a meeting with secretary of state john kerry over gun rest in the occupied territories. secretary of state john kerry's visit comes as israel announces building 200 more settlements. they are considered illegal under international law. relations between israel and the palestinian have been tense lately. violence flared two weeks ago when israel closed the mosque for the first time since 1967. it's a significant holy site for muslims and jews. jordan recalled its ambassador in protest against what it described as israeli violations at the compound. palestinians are blaming jewish settlers for an attack on the mosque near ramallah wednesday. it follows several attacks, targeting israelis in recent weeks. we have more from aman. >> john kerry's visit to jordan shows just how import

kw qatar was referenced earlier. we have been engaged over the years to both better understand the financing networks in the gulf and to take action to cut those funding networks off. so we are working very closely with the intelligence community and other members of the intelligence community so we have the information we need in order to execute the policy. >> i don't want to cut you off, by my time is running out. let me just say that to date, many of us are uncomfortable with the fact that isis has gotten as far as it's gotten, raised as much money as it has raised and is reeking havoc without us having known r more about them. we invest a lot of money in our intelligence operation here many this country and we don't expect to be this far behind because of it. i yield back the balance of my time. >> as ae reminder to state the obvious, this is an open hearing. a side bar conversation between myself and the ranking member, we anticipate a classified hearing very early in the next congress. the chair recognizes the

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we've talked about the charity law that qatar has in place. i think the undersecretary had previously made statements about qatar and kuwait being permissive jurisdictions for terrorist financing. what kind of things could these countries be doing now that they're not doing today? >> a lot. mostly these are countries that have passed fantastic laws on the books when you look at them on paper. i've sat and i've gone to the middle east many times, sat with some of these individuals, that have given me enough hard copies, soft copies, i could wallpaper my house with them. but when you get them privately, and you ask them, this is a great law, 3.1, have you ever implemented it? no. have you ever used this? no. there's very few cases, especially in kuwait and qatar of any kind of implementation. even the case that the undersecretary pointed to you earlier, qatar did not prosecute the individual, didn't hold the individual accountable, he's deported and presumably continuing that activity from someplace else. i get into qatar in great detail in my w

congressman sherman referenced qatar earlier. we have been engaged over the years to both better understand the financing networks in the gulf and to take action to cut those funding networks off. so we are working very closely with the intelligence community and other members of the intelligence community so we have the information we need in order to execute the policy. >> i don't want to cut you off, by my time is running out. let me just say that to date, many of us are uncomfortable with the fact that isis has gotten as far as it's gotten, raised as much money as it has raised and is wreaking havoc without us having known r more about them. we invest a lot of money in our intelligence operation here many this country and we don't expect to be this far behind because of it. i yield back the balance of my time. >> as ae reminder to state the obvious, this is an open hearing. a side bar conversation between myself and the ranking member, we anticipate a classified hearing very early in the next congress. the chair recognizes th

in a statement garcia said: >> the secretary general of the qatar committee joins us on the line.hat is your reaction to today's fifa report? >> i'm sorry, the line is very bad over here. so i apologize. can you repeat that question, please. >> what is your reaction to today's knee fa's report exonerating qatar of any wrongdoing. >> well we have always [ inaudible ] and integrity of our bid. and we basically -- you know, any -- any neutral investigation into [ inaudible ] balanced investigation into the matter will exonerate us, and we have been very confident about it. the result today is just a confirmation of what we have always believed. we have been transparent in terms of dealing with the investigation and the overall process that looks into the 2018 and 2022 bidding process, and our focus has [ inaudible ] in terms of preparing, hosting and delivering an amazing world cup that leaves a positive sustainable impact. >> with this question hanging over the bid for the 2022 world cup, how are your preparations right now going? i mean -- have you actually begun to prepare for 202

we've talked about the charity law that qatar has in place. i think the undersecretary had previously made statements about qatar and kuwait being permissive jurisdictions for terrorist financing. what kind of things could these countries be doing now that they're not doing today? >> a lot. mostly these are countries that have passed fantastic laws on the books when you look at them on paper. i've gone to the middle east many times, sat with some of these individuals that give me enough hard copies, soft copies, i could wallpaper my house with them. but when you get them privately, and you ask them, this is a great law, 3.1, have you ever implemented it? no. have you ever used this? no. there's very few cases, especially in kuwait and qatar of any kind of implementation. even the case that the undersecretary pointed to you earlier, qatar did not prosecute the individual, didn't hold the individual accountable, he's deported and presumably continuing that activity from someplace else. i get into qatar in great detail in my written report with t

qatar will host the 2022 world cup. the hosting usual time of the year, june or july, not a great idea in qatar where temperatures get above 50 degrees celsius. >> that is a fair point. the ruling so far, you may be didn't do what you should have done as you should have, but it is not bad enough to reinvent -- to reopen the investigation. >> let's talk about music wars now. youtube is preparing to battle with itunes. ae google-owned site unveiled new streaming service yesterday, giving the company another tool to compete with apple. hans nichols has the story. what is different? thatat is different is youtube is going to be offering streaming services for your mobile device, video and music. here is another crucial difference, they are going to charge. youtube is going to offer $10 per month as a sticker price. they are calling this music key. you need to be invited for it. youtube has secured rights with some big record labels. that is how spotify has been a challenge for companies like soundcloud, pandora. they signed

the qatar's and the emirate recently promulgated a new laws regarding charitable activity and qatar as a way to try and assure that the charitable sector is not used as a mechanism to fund terrorist organizations. but there are u.s. and u.n. designated terrorist financiers and qatar that have not been acted against under qatari law. khalifa also buy and more recently al-rahman who was redesignated in august. they are both residents and qatar. with respect to kuwait they are also home to a number of u.s. and u.n. designated terrorist financiers. they also have the laws and the institutions in place to combat terrorist financing and kuwait. one of the things that we are particularly concerned about and to the recent designees sharif outlaws me were raising funds through social media and twitter appeals in particular. they are raising funds not necessarily but also reaching out to others, including in saudi arabia to make appeals to raise funds. so one of the areas where we are quite concerned is ensuring that an particular people who have been designated by the u.s. and by the u.n. are d

the firm worked on a media push against qatar, at odds with many of its neighbours in the gulf.cruited american journalists to write about qatar's funding of the egypt muslim brotherhood, and i.s.i.l., and syria and iraq. they met with c.n.n., "new york times", reuters and "the washington post" among others. it was considered a success, and the confirm was paid million. qatar has consultants, portland communications manages the public image from its base in london. in 2011 as uprisings took place across the world, the government hired a d.c. company called policy impact group. it created a think tank, the bahrain-american counsel, placing glowing articles in papers about the royal family. this is grassroots activism, and this is the opposite. it's called astro turk. -- astroturfing. >> i don't agree with the tactics. when you work for a government or client, you want a long term approach, and that is authenticity. look at how damaging it is that everyone nose about the tactics, it's damaging to the client. i'd advocate against those tag ticks. >> it's an argument every governmen

>> there is a political banter between egypt and qatar because egypt accused qatar of supporting actively the muslim brotherhood. so i think saudi arabia is pushing for qatar and egypt to have an agreement that it could ease the situation. there is definitely pressure from certain parts, and some egyptian diplomats know that definitely this would be a great sign if this is made. >> when is the appeal scheduled to be heard? >> so the appeal is set for the first of january. the families of the journalists hope that they could be released before the end of the year. we have a sense that they really want to respect the process, and then in the next month cooperation improves with qatar, we could have one or two, and then there could be an eventual pardon. i think it would be hard before the first of january, but it could be after that. >> a decision out of texas could determine how history is remembered. the out come could impact students across the country. al jazeera america gives you the total news experience anytime, anywhere. more on every screen. digital, mobile, social. visit aljazeera

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so they're not relying on principally on qatar and saudi arabia. so we have to get at the oil revenue. i understand, professor, in your report that you indicate the second largest source of revenue for isis is the selling of antiquities. but that's -- i think they will exhaust that at some point. it's the oil that is going to be -- if they are going to have a sustainable system here, an

there's very few cases, especially in kuwait and qatar of any kind of implementation. even the case that the undersecretary pointed to you earlier, qatar did not prosecute the individual, didn't hold the individual accountable, he's deported and presumably continuing that activity from someplace else. i get into qatar in great detail in my written report with the concerns, the financial action task force, the international monetary fund, and others who have gone to qatar and investigated like i have with their ability to implement. similar concerns about kuwait. on the question of the sgdts. what we should not be asking treasury designate as many people as possible. we want them to designate as many people as possible that would have an impact. there are people around the world relied to isis and other groups. you could designate them. but they don't have assets here, or around the world. they're doing things domestically in iraq. it would not make a difference to add them to the list. what we want to do ultimately is make a difference. what we need to do in particular

. >> and the for clears russia and cutter -- and qatar till the next world cup, but a controversy is brewing. >> the european space agency's pro has started sending back images from the comment where it is anchored. >> the mission is supposed to give us clues into the origin of life, but not all that perfectly -- it did not latch onto the comment happily and that might impact some future experiments. >> still, scientists are enthusiastic about what they have been able to see so far. >> this is what the comment looks like up close. in the center, you can see one of the feet. this is the first picture the probe sent back to earth from some 500 million kilometers away. the first ever to be taken from the surface of a comet. and this is what the comet sounds like. researchers are evaluating the sounds beamed back to earth. they are likely caused by magnetic waves. but the landing did not go as the scientists planned will stop after the probe initially touched down on the surface of the comments, it bounced back out into space. >> a two hours jump, probably up to one kilometer, probably a

. >> now, three of qatar's neighbours agreed to send their ambassadors back to doha, ending a diplomatic dispute. saudi arabia, bahrain and the united arab emirates withdrew their envoys, claiming that qatar was interfg, and were critical of doha's support of the muslim brotherhood. christopher davison was the author of after the sheikh, the coming and collapse of economies. >> we have had several of these events over there, almost every month there has been an announcement. it seems more serious than the recent ones. i'm not holding my breath. now we are at a statement where although saudi arabia and abu dhabi are on hand. sporting different sides, libya supporting different militias et cetera. in syria and iraq, which have becoming a serious thorn in the side of saudi arabia's security and stability. they are on the same side, and whether we like it or not. qatar controversially seems to have a channel of communication and access with islamic state and various other groups. and that cooperation could be pivotal. >> fighting in libya between militias and pro-government forces killed fou

in september, qatar expelled several officials wanted in egypt for inciting violence. despite the positive signs the parents of australian journalist peter gress welcomed the news, but remained cautious. >> various indications and messages have been given over the last six months which did build autopsy lot of hope and expectations. regrettably so far just about all of those expectations ended up in disappointment. >> last week, there was a decree granted granting the power to deport foreigners in egypt, a move seen as providing a legal instrument to free the journalists. >> the video had shocked france after authorities announced that two of the jihadists seen on the latest islamic state video shown beheading syrian soldiers were french. one of them has now denied being in the video at all. the 22-year-old has reported his origin, made his comments on his twitter account, contradicting the announcement that is made by paris -- by the paris prosecutor's office. >> the grisly images that led authorities to identify a second frenchman among the executioners of 18 syrian

if the aircraft has to fly long to go from qatar or other countries in the gulf. fuel and those f expensive. again, about 7.9 million per day. >> how much more would cost if the strategy were to be expanded to see bits on the ground? and how much more right now is a president requested from congress? >> right now, the president has requested just extra of $6 billion. that primarily would be for continue the current pace. if you put boots on the ground the dynamic completely changes, are talking about billions depending on how many actually went. security and the cost of getting the equipment on the ground and securing everything once you are the. talking about the security ur national threats including isil, there are others like ebola and other situations in the world. so, the impact of sequestration and this isil strategy. >> sequestration should not on the y kind of impact isil strategy, the pentagon-based budget which finds the training and military and the the training, that doesn't go through the base budget. the wall but it something called overseas continu

he looked into qatar. qatar had been subject to lots of allegations of vote buying, influence buying. but he said there wasn't enough evidence to prove that, and therefore the vote should stand. qatar should go ahead and plan for the 2022 world cup and there was no evidence of wrong doing connected to russia's bid for 2018, although as was said before, russia didn't give them all the documents they're requesting. in fact, the computers used for russia's bid have been destroyed. >> well, that might bring a full stop to some of the proceedings, too. andy, thanks very much. >>> police in india have arrested the doctor who's accused of botching operations on more than 100 women during a government sterilization campaign. 15 of those women have died of complications. many others are in hospital in the central indian state. >> reporter: dozens of the women are still here and the man in charge of this hospital has told me that some of them are in a serious condition. they're being very tight-lipped about what exa

so the withdrawal of support from the muslim brotherhood from qatar or by qatar, and the second thing is fighting extremist groups or groups that are affiliated to the muslim brotherhood. >> what do you make of the timing of all this? why reconcile now? we know that bahrain, kuwait, they have all joined the u.s. airstrikes against isil in syria. does it have anything to do with that, an issue of security in the region? >> well, there are multiple challenges facing the gulf states. if you look at the neighborhood around us, you'll see in yemen n iraq, in syria, we're surrounded by troubled spots. the closer we are, the more we cooperate, the better we're able to deal with these trouble spots. they're hosting on the eighth and ninth of september. and there wan agreement. >> egyptian security forces have raided the university using tear gas at its first anti-coup demonstrators. the police arrested 30 students. anti-government demonstrations took place at several other universities. ten people were killed after a house was bombed by the egyptian army in the southern sinai peninsula. milit

the man who investigated qatar and russia's winning world cup bids has accused fifa of a cover up. examined claims of corruption surrounding the 2018 and 2022 bid process, his put report was then summarized by the ethic committee chief. who cleared both of corruption. but garcia says the summary misses out major marts of the finding. today's decision of the chamber continued numerous repping of facts and conclusions detailed in the investigatory report. i intend to appeal the decision he says to the fifa appeal committee. lee, it seems that fifa is in chaos again, is this typical that there's another twist in the story. >> it is typical, we had around four hours of respite, four hours where fifa thought finally, this is settled. some individuals might be punished in the future, but that's that, and then michael garcia dropped his bomb shell. and now everything us up in the air again. we shouldn't assume that they got everything wrong. and they should go ahead as plans. i think that mr. garcia may have more of a problem, i think garcia has criticisms of the way that face that has do

under fire, a week after the corruption cases against russia and qatar were closed, they are facing morecrutiny. the issue stems from a report by the head investigator michael garcia on the process in which russia won the bid to host the 2018 world cup. today, justin karstadt, and the top judge agreed that a third independent party should review the report. it will be determined whether some or all will be released to f.i.f.a.'s executive committee. the compromise is a small step to making it public. >> what we do know about garcia's report is it clears russia and qatar of violations. there may be violations from individuals that we don't know about. carsia initial -- garcia initiated the process. turning over the report or most of it to the executive committee let's them make a decision with better information. a number of people within the support are critical of responses to allegations of corruption. three whistle blowers, including this man, said publicly they provided first-hand information about pay for vote schemes. another of the three, who worked on the qatar bid before losing

a ransom qatar allegedly paid for peter theo curtis. tools of negotiations that other countries don't have. he is an associate fellow of the royal united services institute a security and defense thpg thin thinktank in london. thanks for being with us. >> good evening. >> tom, what are the instruments, the tools that the u.s. has that can prevent it from paying ransoms where others don't have those options? >> well, i think it's interesting to look at some of the news over the summer, obviously we became aware that there was an attempt to find james foley and to release him from northern syria. i think the smaller, albeit rich, but smaller european countries don't have those option he. they don't have many of the capabilities that the u.s. have. so inevitably i would say they tend to default to using money as a way of freeing their hostages. >> when we talked to david cohen, he said that i.s.i.l. had taken in $20 million in ransoms this year. al qaeda had brought in about $125 million since 2008. which accounts for about half of their o

>> there is a political banter between egypt and qatar because egypt accused qatar of supporting theuslim brotherhood. so i think saudi ayyub is pushing for qatar and egypt to have the hope that this could ease the situation. there is definitely some pressure from different parts, and certain from egyptian diplomats to have som. this would be a great sign. >> when is the appeal scheduled to be heard? >> so the appeal is set for the first of january. the families hope that i they could be released before the end of the year. we have a sense that they want to respect the process of the appeal. and then in the next month, it could be a good sign that we'll have one or two of the appeals, and then there could be a presidential pardon. i think its hard, it seems hard that they would be pardoned before, but it would definitely be very, very soon after that. >> coming up on al jazeera america. social media reacts to president obama's executive action on immigration. sparks are flying. then it is real money with ali velshi at the top of the hour. >> america and russia aren't the only countri

, a collapse of the gulf and says changes in the region conflict may be driving car shaktar and -- qatarghbors closer. >> reporter: and in the months there has been an announcement and seems serious than the resent ones and still not holding my breath and we are at the stage that although saudi arabia on one hand and qatar on the other and they are in egypt with different sides and militias, et cetera. syria and iraq which are quickly becoming a serious thorn in the side of saudi arabia security and stability they are actually on the same side and whether we like it or not qatar just seems to have at least some sort of channels of communication and access with islamic state and various other groups and that cooperation could become typical. >> reporter: the former foreign minister has been appointed as interim president, military lewder colonel isaac signed agreement paving the way for an interim government. civilian government. and appointed by the civilian military and religious leaders and the new president to leave the country and expected by 2015 and we are live with harry and tell

it looks into how these games were awarded to qatar.f fifa has having two constituencies. one, they have the players, the leagues. two, they have the sponsors. over the weekend, they took shots from both. we've talked about coca-cola. perhaps just as important, if not more important, the head of the german football league. this is a league, the umbrella group for the league. he had comments that were pretty strong and pretty critical and pretty scalding about fifa. here's what he said. he said "credibility of football's world governing body is in free-fall. the action was needed with support of many countries." here's what he's getting at. he's essentially saying that if you're going to have a boycott, it's only going to work if everyone in your -- 75% of the world cup players play in european football league. it's only going to work if the boycott is european-wide. here's the challenge. while there may somebody support for a boycott in germany, maybe even the u.k., france seems pretty squarely behind, at least the qatar bid. but we may

this was is excellent news for qatar.here have been lots of allegations, lots of insinuation, also for russia. russia still in a position to host the world cup is how it stands at the moment, except the dramatic twist, mr. garcia is not happy with how the he got things committee has represented his investigation. i could sense there was tension between the two men with their words and statements before this came out. also, the third part of this is a mess, it's farcical to be in this situation where mr. garcia now has to appeal its own committee. >> will this affect qatar and russia's bid to host the world cups? >> well, we don't know that for sure. one thing we shouldn't rush to a conclusion, mr. garcia was unhappy with how you this eckert represented qatar and russia. i feel mr. garcia hat criticisms for the way offensive if a was run and these weren't represented properly by eckert. the question mark has come back. there will be further drama, further twists. >> thank you very much. aljazeera america is owned by caqata

world cup bid and they were judged to be for his own benefit and not benefit of qatar 2022. one of the losing bid nations criticized in the report along with australia, korea and the united states. england fa concluded to the improper demands of the fifa vice president jack warner and fifa rejected it but the spotlight not on them long but for them garcia was a reality check against stability. >> it's sad the two chairmen of the committee have a different opinion when it comes out and when we are talking about such important things as futbol. >> reporter: fifa released a statement in the day welcoming a degree of soldier but this means closure is illusive as ever, lee weldings, al jazeera london. >>> nba the memphis group came from 26 points down with the sack sackro -- sacramento kings and squandered the league and back in the fourth quarter to tie the game up and then capped with the winning shot right at the buzzer and beat the kings 111-110. and there is more sport stories on the website and check out al jazeera/sport. that is it for me. i'll have more later on. >>> than

both russia 2018 and qatar 2022 cleared of wrongdoing overall, but as so often in this saga, a twist.he summary presented because challenged by investigator michael garcia. who said the decision contains numerous materially incomplete ander remember nows representations of the facts and conclusions. the american loyal will appeal in how the report has been represented. at being cleared of wrongdoing. >> the result today, is a confirmation of what we have all believed. we have been transparent in term of the investigation, and cooperative in terms oif overall process that looks into the 2018 bidding process. >> the bidding did not escape venturing the report. we complied what more can we do. >> encountering probables with russia, but the other -- praised in the oathics report, garcia is understood to have been more critical of the leadership, so it lasted hours. >> earlier this year, the sunday times newspaper print add significant amount of documents that formed allegations against the qatar world cup bid. but crucially the prescribes were judged to have been for his own benefit and n

they have been in qatar support. they say that dohar was interfering in their internal affairs. >>> the mother and sister of two jailed egyptian pro democracy activists have ended a six-day hunger strike. human rights groups have spoken concerns about the wellbeing of many of them. here's what it looks like inside of one of the prisons. >> video said to be smuggled inside of one of egypt's prisons showed men with barely an inch to move inside of their packed cell. for months, inmates have complained about torture and waiting too long for their day in court. egyptian actives group alleges more than 19,000 political prisoners went on a hunger strike on tuesday. on social media, their supporters spoke out as well. we will go on hunger strike. >> from prison cells to the streets of egypt and europe, people have held hunger strikes over the last few months, drawing attention to the misery inmates say that they're enduring. >> i'm on a hunger strike with solidarity with an inmate who has been kept since august. >> reports

london rents are rising and qatar once to add another landmark to its string of trophy assets.essful, the tiny energy rich state would own buildings that make up some of the most famous parts of the london skyline. the shopping institution, was bought in 2008 4 $2.4 million. that was the starting gun. to thate gone on to add the chelsea barracks and the olympic village and recently, .sbc's global headquarters that reportedly cost just over $1.7 billion. are already the biggest single shareholders of canary wharf, and with the area a specter to benefit from rail links and property demands, -- expected to benefit from rail links and property demands, they may be holding out for more. and hispanic, bloomberg. -- angus bennett, bloomberg. >> welcome to the stock exchange. but check in with our reporters. the trading is underway. how is a sex running -- asics running? 7%.t rose as much as tripling sales, rising. very good shoes. very comfortable, a nice cushion. the shares are really taking off. though.is doing well, >> 7.1%. 2.5% after they raised their full-year net income forecas

. >> joining us now in the news remain is a professor of international affairs at qatar university. the russians are denying the recent reports by nato, but nato say they see russian troops and tanks. where do you think they're heading? there has been a lot of fighting in donetsk, is that their destination? >> it might be donets where there is intense firing around the airport. but most likely the objective is mariyapol. >> you do have a power plan that supplies the region in eastern ukraine. you also have the capacity to export because of the harbor in mariyapol. >> the ukrainians are saying they're preparing to respond. we've seen in the last few days a build up of ukrainian troops, as well as separatest forces in donetsk. are we going to see a major showdown in the coming days. >> it's possible. the time something very interesting. ten days ago there were elections in eastern ukraine that led to the power of the military commanders in ukraine. there is no way to reinforce power without providing equipment. maybe there is a have a couple of power that putin is trying to take benef

continue to be trapped >>> acquitted of their daughter's death, an american couple still cannot leave qatar>> working to bring changes to ferguson, missouri. the mayor and town >>> and the bitter realities of the trip to mars and life on the red planet >>> dozens of arrests and injuries in hong kong after pro-democracy protesters clashed with police. these are live pictures of the confrontation between the police and protesters. the protesters are demanding greater autonomy. the demonstrations have been going on for two months, and has been impacting business. as you imagine when we see this. the reason is to report a drop in protests. the protests have kept tourists away. >> so far neither the government nor the protesters showed signs of compromise. rob mcbride has more from hong kong. >> there was a big flare-up this evening in hong kong, beginning as a rally. student organizers told protesters to turn up and be prepared with their face masks and goggles. it seems that they had a plan in mind. they have been looking for something to do since, you remember, a few days ago, where they were

. >>> an american couple in qatar cleared on the death of their daughter. the american father speaking to america's news headquarters today details what happened after a qatari quarter allowed them to return home until the government seized their passport, b saying this will appeal the ruling. >> a very unexpected and then agonizing outcome for matt and grace, from here in los angeles. they were jubilant after the judge discredited all the charges against them. they had been held in jail and then on limited release for killing their 8-year-old african born daughter, who they say died of an eating disorder. but when they got to the airport this morning, officials stopped them from flying out. >> we do not know why we are not allowed to leave. we don't understand why the u.s. embassy, the state department cannot get our government allow us to leave the country and that we remain stuck here. we are requesting for president obama to step in and call the amir to clear us of the situation. >> in a statement to the media in the past few minutes, john kerr ki says