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the jet exhibition focused on fuel efficient cars and provided a team of sales women to help this burgeoning customer base choose the right model . let's get more on this from the saudi human rights activist daria team welcome to the saudi man now allow saudi women to drive by their own cars out go to football matches what can't they do well and. there is the guardianship system. is an obstacle to. traveling choosing to get married too and other rights that are given to us through sharia which is this comic you know and we need dad to get abolished how big is the appetite for saudi women to go to four matches will they be flocking to watch games. i'm sure that any woman who has the money time and energy and interest in football of course will go into the stadium it's a passion for what is the biggest sport for saudis women as well as men. and these latest moves are a part of reforms that have been introduced by crown prince mohammad. where is he looking to go with this what's his end game when he said it in his speech on work two or twenty twenty fifth of october two thousand and seventeen he wants to put saudi arabia on bring to national will it tick economically so

we're bringing you the highlights from the historic future investment initiative in riyadh, saudi arabia. the united states is teamingp with the saudis to combat the financing of terrorism. an issue that is one of treasury secretary steven mnuchin's most important priorities. he gave me an update on the progress of this important fight. >> we're here to open the terrorist financing targeting center, which this is something we sign a memoranda of understanding when the president was here. it's one of my single most important priorities, as you know, to fight terrorist financing and thrilled to be here in saudi. i looked at the three buildings today, they're ready to be open, and launching center the here with saudi co-chairing it with us. we'll be coming out with new sanctions this afternoon on a joint basis and something we're very proud of moving forward with. maria: how do you do that, secretary? we were talking earlier with people in the crown prince's office and he is apparently looking to, right now, apparently extremists represent 20% of saudi, he said, and they want to get that down to 5% in the next two to th

inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our hand there is a j inside saudi from the house and the whole team here by phone now. am. in two thousand and eight al-jazeera documented a groundbreaking skiing. preparing some of india's poorest children for entry into its toughest universities. ten years on we return to see how the students and the scheme a helping change the face of india. super thirty at this time on al-jazeera. al jazeera. where every year. on counting the cost we'll look at the economic reasons behind the rest in the middle east's second largest economy plus new year new rules for european finance but that's not all lost the chief global economist at u.b.s. what's his dangerous idea counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera it's impossible to underestimate the size and scale of the economic crisis it's not just about the billion trillion dollars of debt it's not just about the banks it's not just about the government it's about real people. valued as a gem of africa nairobi has gone through many changes over the past decades. to al-jazeera travels to the kenyan capital to h

the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan. all remaining members of the u.s. gymnastics board have agreed to step down after former team doctor larry nasser was jailed for sexually abusing female athletes the ethics director at michigan state university where nasa works is also quizzed the university is now the focus of a federal investigation dial estabrook reports. one day after the u.s. olympic committee sent this letter demanding the resignation of the full usa gymnastics board all remaining members stepped down the u.s.o.c. threatened to strip the group of its power following wednesday sentence of dr larry nasser i just find you get boring the physician for the u.s. women's gymnastics team and michigan state university pleaded guilty to sexually abusing seven women athletes to be easy on the campus of michigan university friday evening outrage students demonstrated over nasser and the school's potential complicity in the case just hours earlier michigan state's athletic director announced his retirement i don't want anyone to perceive that i'm walking away i'm walking forward. and walking forward in a way that bas

determined to return to oman with the cop the a team event has also had the political dimension because of the blockade imposed on qatar by four arab countries the u.a.e. saudi arabia and bahrain only agreed to take part when the event was moved from qatar to kuwait the m.r.i. team refused to answer questions from al jazeera journalists covering the competition during their pre-match news conference to. the group for promotions for the two thousand and. with the two countries do have in common is a desire to build competitive teams for home tournaments. while qatar is building up for the twenty twenty two world cup the u.a.e. will host the asian cup next here you can look at the future the team is made a lot of progress ahead of the gulf cup they have been one of the best teams in the tournament and have played at a strong level or ambitions are very high the players embrace the responsibility of delivering success ahead of the asia cup the third gulf cup title could be the perfect launch pad for the crew and he and his team. all just zero kuwait the tennis career of former world number one andy murray appears to be in limbo with the britain has withdrawn fr

maria: what is also incredible to me is to see the u.s. , saudi and israel. >> right. maria: teaming up to make sure to stomp out the extremists and terrorism. i know i've said this before but i had an incredible reaction to my interview with the crown prince, mohammed one of the security guards came over me me and said to me maria my mother was crying all night because this is the first time they heard the new incoming leader of saudi arabia saying we want to live like normal people, mary. >> that's right what president trump has done is recognize the islamic republic is a revolutionary islamic regime that does not share our interest or our values or the interest of their own people and so we said we're going to push back on iranian influence throughout the middle east because we don't want a crescent of power from tehran to the mediterranean and we'll partner with countries that share our interest that's saudi arabia, israel that's egypt. maria: and that's the reason that the president said no we're not going to continue this aid to pakistan. >> if we don't do the path we're on tod

inspection of the facilities that its athletes will use the two koreas will march as one team at the opening ceremony of the winter games. saudi billionaire prince says that he'll be cleared of corruption charges within days he gave an interview to the reuters news agency inside the ritz carlton hotel in riyadh ways been held since november along with many others these are some of the first images from inside the complex the saudi attorney general says that many people have already been released after paying settlements while one is director of policy analysis of the doha institute he joins us here in the studio so. says that he's going to be cleared of corruption but has he had to pay for his freedom like the other absolutely i think he has to be a good part of his world actually before he's released because this was actually at the case of all these princes and officials who have been detained from the very beginning. i think i think. the whole can be in was controversial from the very beginning because i mean this is something important for anyone to say because it was very selective i mean the. man he went after specific p

marwijk as the new head coach of their world cup bound football team the dutchman had actually cost australia automatic qualification for russia twenty eight team by guiding his former team saudi arabia to finish ahead of them in the final group stage australia were in need of a new coach after the resignation of pasta called glue to gain them qualification via the playoffs also former world number one tiger woods is preparing for his first p.g.a. tour appearance in almost a year the fourteen time major champion has been practicing at torrey pines in san diego ahead of the farmers insurance open on thursday woods has been dealing with both back any injuries and some personal problems as well the forty two year old is a record setting seven time champion at this event. playing well. seasoned and all this early in the. season already. to some terms on my bill. the eastern conference is top team of the boston celtics bounced back from a four game slide on wednesday beat the l.a. clippers one hundred and thirteen to hundred and two it was also a win for the portland trailblazers damian lillard had a big game he scored thirty one points and they beat the minnesota timberwolves one

the saudi crown prince mohammed bin selma. the u.s. gymnastics board has agreed to resign after a former team doctor was jailed for sexually abusing female gymnasts the u.s. olympic committee told the board to go after it was criticized for the way it handled decades of abuse allegations larry nasa has been sentenced to up to one hundred seventy five years in prison for assaulting young gymnasts in his camp. and those the headlines we'll have more news for you here on al-jazeera right after inside story next. stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. the parting shot to me and more as leader from a veteran u.s. diplomat bill richardson says on some suit she lacks moral leadership and resigns from an international advisory panel of the door hinge or crisis while they bicker what about the plight of hundreds of thousands of refugees this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm homage and frustration over me and mars handling of the or hinder crisis has boiled over into an argument between on song suchi and her friend now critic bill richardson the former u.s. ambassador to the un resigned from

the asian champions league it's a discussion that's going to happen in the coming weeks teams from the united arab emirates and saudi arabia will have to play games in cats are and will have to house gets her it seems as well that's despite the saudi led blockade which has been in effect since june asian football's governing body the f c rule that there will be no neutral venue for this season's competition the u.a.e. and saudi didn't want their clubs that comes to cats are the football federations of both countries have no accepted the ruling amorality side are what are hosting cattles to hail on february the nineteenth that will be the first game involving teams from the affected countries get in touch with me using the hash tag a.j. news grid or tweet me directly at and they are underscore sports more for me in the eight hundred g.m.t. news hour let's get back to come up thank you andy and that will do it for our newsgroup as they go to be on twitter facebook or what set up we'll see you back yesterday or fourteen fifteen hundred hours g.m.t. . it was auriol upon which modern day venezuela was a stop. for over a

the saudis would just kind of that's when the prime minister and . i should use your article i thought i must restore. true but i'm always. team russia was banned from participating in the winter games almost two months ago over allegations of state sponsored doping clean athletes are being given the chance to compete as neutrals dozens of russian athletes have already been banned for life from participating in i.o.c. events on thursday the committee published its criteria for deciding whether to suspend athletes. trenker investigates the report weeks after russia had come to terms with no team russia in korea anyone with even the slightest interest in sport in this country was baffled dozens of clean washing star athletes never got their olympic invitations those who'd never been under any suspicion by the sporting federations or even the i.o.c. when they had everyone with a russian passport under the microscope forget about your dream end of story no explanation that could have been the case but the international olympic committee then let us know the seventeen criteria they used if you don't match at least one or rather if

the opposition was very fragmented we had. saudi. and they all come together under one umbrella and will they be in sochi or we talking about two different negotiating teams i mean. you can see that the people who are going to be invited are many more than those actually while attending in geneva in geneva we are having mainly the syrian regime on the one hand we are having the high and high commission of negotiation on the other hand but the high commission of negotiation includes in fact people from from what is called the we are the group. we have so many groups anyway but they are they presented in this begin talks anyway but why we are not expecting much to come out of this talks actually because we don't have the major powers actually putting bush i was on their clients in order to give something special we're talking here about the russians and the iranians i don't think that russians and the iranians want to see progress in in vienna or in geneva they want to see it in fact in a stand in so this is where despite the fact that the russians are denying what the opposition is actually charging that the russians are trying to create some sort of a lit

the coming year of negotiations will be critical . saudi arabia's fate has decided the world's petrol pumps high prices for oil and gas mean strong state revenue but a drop in oil prices and mitt's twenty four team increased the kingdom's budget deficit prompting it to introduce a starting measures the latest one doubling gas prices for its citizens and that's not all. one last fill up before gas prices go up now even saudi drivers are concerned about prices gasoline is rising in cost from twenty cents a liter to forty five cents most drivers aren't happy with. the increase will affect people whose lives depend on using a car most of the time i work in a medical equipment company and on a normal day i drive between three hundred and four hundred kilometers so it will affect me strongly people's more which not you can see the hundred percent ok people ignored we do accept opinion but it is too cheap cheaper than the other can ever say that. low oil prices mean saudi arabia is scrambling for more income the price of a barrel stabilized last year around sixty dollars yet the international monetary fund calculates that saudi arabia needs an oil price of at least seventy dollars a barrel to balance i

we're the fans and we're cheering for a team i wasn't disappointed the result was a thumping five nil win for the home side. afterwards there were selfies to cut to the moment one which many saudi women feel is long overdue so now has this decision should have been made a long time ago but thank god that it came at the right time and hopefully what's to come is even better for women with the lifting of the football bond following a similar one on driving it looks like saudi women are on route to a more liberal era and just a reminder now the top story we're following for you german chancellor i'm going to moscow has said she hopes a new government will be in place by easter was also a major breakthrough in exploratory talks between how conservatives and the social democrats channel has been without a government since the elections in september. more news coming up at the top of the hour here than. you. meet the germans new and surprising aspect of muslims culture in germany. u.s. american kate moos takes a look at germany a distinct.

the saudis. alone barbara sara this is al jazeera live from london also coming up on the program. turkey takes control of a team out there in northern syria as it steps up its offensive against kurdish fighters. opposition leader alexina valmy is released without charge after being arrested during anti-government protests in russia last. i'm lawrence lee with the second of all reports on the overall three where refugees have accused the greek police of using violence and intimidation to illegally push them back over the river into turkey. yemen's government has accused southern separatists of an attempted coup after they took over its headquarters in fierce clashes in the city of aden at least ten people have been killed one hundred others wounded that man airport was also shut down the government has called on arab countries to intervene well the separatists want control of yemen's southern region which was an independent country up until the one nine hundred ninety the civil war has already torn the country apart after who the rebels seized control of the capital sanaa in two thousand and fourteen president h

the u.a.e. saudi arabia and bahrain only agreed to take part when the event was moved from qatar to kuwait the m.r.i. team refused to answer questions from al jazeera journalists covering the competition during their pre-match news conference. for. the two thousand. with the two countries do have in common is a desire to build competitive teams for home tournaments while qatar is building up for the twenty twenty two world cup the u.a.e. will host the asian cup next here. the team of made a lot of progress ahead of the gulf cup they have been one of the best teams in the tournament and have played at a strong level or ambitions are very high the players embrace the responsibility of delivering success ahead of the asia cup third golf cup title could be the perfect launch pad for as a crew and he and his team son home wash all just zero kuwait. you're watching out of there these are our top stories north korea has accepted a south korean proposal for official talks on chairs say the first between the countries in two years meeting will be held in the demilitarized zone that's set to focus on next month's w

stadium home fans hoping they'll be back at the same stadium in early february to see their team play in the final fun of al-jazeera has a blanka morrocco now saudi women who love their football is celebrating a historic moment in their country female fans have been allowed to watch a local match for the first time in the city of jeddah albeit from a segregated section of the stands reserved for women and families the saudi government government also said that women will be able to watch two more much as this week is one of the first of the country's social reforms to ease restrictions on women from june they'll be allowed to drive. but i have honestly this decision should have happened a long time ago but thank god that it came at the right time and hopefully what's to come is even more beautiful for women in. chelsea's manager antonio come to isn't ruling out leaving the premier league club in the summer he has another year and a half to go on his contract but has been frustrated by the club's transfers and what he called their all star treat austerity programme as you know very well that difficult to pull everything is possible. in one moment

the photo >> cute. >>> and first women only car show. coming just months after saudi ab the showroom featured fuel efficient cars and a team of >>> presidentews has learned the walter reed national military medical center in maryland for a checkup with the white house position. our chief medical correspondent dr. john lepuft spoke with a former head of the white house medical unit. john good morning. >> good morning, john. when he stepped into office last year, president trump was the oldest person ever to become commander in chief. now at 71 years of age, he's defending his fitness for office and it's unclear what, if anything the public might learn from today's checkup. >> i think it's going to go very well. i'd be very surprised if it doesn't. >> the president yesterday predicted a clean bill of health. after his last known exam in 2016 his long time physician, dr. harold bornstein, wrote a one-page letter declaring him in excellent physical health. then candidate trump shared the results on the dr. oz show. >> your doctors and family are giving you a hard time about your weight. >> i think i could lose a little weight. i've always been

the u.a.e. saudi arabia and bahrain only agreed to take part when the event was moved from qatar to kuwait the m.r.i. team refused to answer questions from al jazeera journalists covering the competition during their pre-match news conference. for. the two thousand. with the two countries do have in common is a desire to build competitive teams for home tournaments while qatar is building up for the twenty twenty two world cup the u.a.e. will host the asian cup next here. the team of made a lot of progress ahead of the gulf cup they have been one of the best teams in the tournament and have played at a strong level or ambitions are very high the players embrace the responsibility of delivering success ahead of the asia cup third golf cup title could be the perfect launch pad first and his team son how much al-jazeera kuwait in the n.b.a. the current champions golden state warriors defeated the used in rockets one hundred twenty four one hundred fourteen to a very opening line to feed where they were actually leading in the fourth quarter elsewhere the oklahoma city thunder crossed the los angeles clippers

the u.a.e. saudi arabia and bahrain only agreed to take part when the event was moved from qatar to kuwait the m.r.i. team refused to answer questions from al jazeera journalists covering the competition during their pre-match news conference. for. two thousand and. the two countries do have in common is a desire to build competitive teams for home tournaments while qatar is building up for the twenty twenty two world cup the u.a.e. will host the asian cup next here. the team of made a lot of progress ahead of the gulf cup they have been one of the best teams in the tournament and have played at a strong level or ambitions are very high the players embrace the responsibility of delivering success ahead of the asia cup. golf cup title could be the perfect launch pad for security and his team sun how much al-jazeera kuwait egyptian storm the home of law has been awarded one of the most prestigious awards in football and. explains it's a sure reward for long awaited success for the liverpool man. mohamed salah cutoff a memorable year in the best way possible the twenty five year old liverpool star enjoying t

the kingdom's plan. saudi aramco ceo told francine lacqua the decision on where to list the company is still being made. ready toompany, we are be listed in the second half of 2018. the transaction teamhat will carry that is currently waiting for the decision from the the venues that will be listed, because there is work that needs to be done in preparation for listing on the stock exchange, definitely in saudi arabia, but outside saudi arabia. as a company, we are ready. are hopeful we will be listed by the second half of 2018, but it is all depending on the decision. >> do think the government is nearing an agreement? what kind of things are they looking at to make a decision? >> where we are going to list of -- list saudi aramco is a major contributor to the gdp of saudi arabia. the decision is not like listing in the company. the government committees are ,ooking at listing saudi aramco different stock exchange decisions, and each need to be evaluated, then ultimately somebody needs to come up with a decision on the pros and cons on each listing venue. that is a lot of work considering the size of saudi aramco and what it means for saudi arabia. between two choice things internat

were cheering for a team they weren't disappointed the result was a thumping five nil win for the home side. afterwards there were selfies to capture the moment one which many saudi women feel is long overdue but i had this decision should have been made a long time ago but thank god that it came at the right time and hopefully what's to come is even better for women with the lifting of the following a similar one on driving it looks like saudi women are on route to a more liberal era. of the first baby panda to be born in france has made his public to period a very safe of paris the quickly five month old is named one may which means making a dream come true they cope with already sensation. seems like that's a young one still has to practice this kind of skills. maybe it's better to stay on the ground for the time being. the five year old bells debuted francis attracted a lot of attention. he was never has an animal gotten as much media coverage and never has and won him open followed as much on social media. and front of the big audience he has absolutely no feel. if. it. were in both if he didn't she won't is a touching huge one it's a joy it's even better th

we're cheering for our team they weren't disappointed the result was a thumping five nil when for the home side afterwards there were selfies to capture the moment one which many saudi women feel is long overdue that has out with this decision should have been made a long time ago but thank god that it came at the right time and hopefully what's to come is even better for women with the lifting of the football bond following a similar one on driving it looks like saudi women are on route to a more liberal era. that's your world news update for now more from us at the top of the hour in the meantime of course you can always get the latest updates from a website. don't call me you can also follow us on facebook and on twitter up next new business. but endorsement shell to leipzig playing educated seamlessly got all the best goals we've got all the action the double is the whole german football share the experience everybody if someone does leave the weekend here on t.w. .

we're cheering for our team they weren't disappointed the result was a thumping five nil when for the home side afterwards there were selfies to capture the moment one which many saudi women feel is long overdue that our hands out with this decision should have been made a long time ago but thank god that it came at the right time and hopefully what's to come is even better for women with the lifting of the football bond following a similar one on driving it looks like saudi women are on route to a more liberal era. before we go quick reminder for you of all the top story of the moment german chancellor angela merkel who says she hopes a new government will be in place by easter that's all for a major breakthrough in exploratory talks between her conservatives and the social democrats germany has been without a government since elections back in september. and that's your world news update for now more from us at the top of the hour helen humphrey taking over from me at his desk up next here on t.v. news we're going to take you to ecuador as highest mountain for a special report on the seventy four year old who call these ice that stay with us for that. mission magg

we're cheering for a team they weren't disappointed the result was a thumping five mill win for the home site. afterwards there were selfies to capture the moment one which many saudi women feel is long overdue said i has this decision should have been made a long time ago but thank god that it came at the right time and hopefully what's to come is even better for women with the lifting of the football bond following a similar one on driving it looks like saudi women are on route to a more liberal era. all right now the first baby panda to be born in frogs has made his public debut at a zoo south of paris the cuddly five month old is named yuan menke which means the realisation of a wish or accomplishment all the drawing you on may will be sent to a chinese panda reserve when he's winning so in two or three years and of us a closely watched because i read ernie around two thousand pounds as well why. more news coming up at the top of the hour here on d w in the meantime check out our website and our. story so that people for information provide. the means they want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter and up to date in touch follow us. and. i mention there is no

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and we're cheering for a team we weren't disappointed the result was a thumping five nil win for the home side afterwards there were selfies to cut to the moment one which many saudi women feel is long overdue so now has out with this decision should have been made a long time ago but thank god that it came at the right time and hopefully what's to come is even better for women with the lifting of the football bun following a similar one on driving it looks like saudi women are on route to a more liberal era the first baby panda to be born in france has made his public debut at a zoo south all paris. this cuddly five months old is named one met that means the realisation of a wish. it also translate as accomplishment of a dream. and this little water one man will be sent to a chinese condors when his will say that's in two or three years time. and best closely watched because they course remain rather only around two thousand and around the world. more news coming up at the top of the hour here on a d.w.i. in the meantime be sure to check out our web site that's w dot com i'm heading home for violating the thanks of a few companies and a quarter say again very soo

we're cheering for a team we weren't disappointed the result was a thumping five mill one for the home side afterwards there were selfies to capture the moment one which many saudi women feel is long overdue said i has out with this decision should have been made a long time ago but thank god that it came at the right time and hopefully what's to come is even better for women with the lifting of the football bond following a similar one on driving it looks like saudi women are on route to a more liberal era. all right now heavy snow has brought chaos to western japan as much as fifty centimeters is in need of prefecture for cost as a warning motorists to drive kathleen hundreds of commuters well stranded on a cross and check train in the region where the measures the service is taking how was to rescue them now there's little response expected with more snow for cost over the weekend. now just a reminder the top story that we're following for you hit on day donald trump has decided to stick to the international nuclear deal with the wrongs and now the u.s. president must now renew the agreement every few months and he says he won't do it again unless he unless w

capital some or the escaping strikes and attacks by a coalition of countries like by saudi arabia two million yemenis have been displaced since fighting began in september twenty four team. should be left the homes because of the war we found ourselves here without anything we have nothing here but. we don't have food the weather is very cold. four hundred sixty thousand displaced people are in camps like these in mara province they don't get any humanitarian assistance. we leave here in despair we have kidney problems my kids are also sick i have nothing and i can do nothing we are all countries and international organizations to pay attention to us. disease is rife as well as the world's worst cholera epidemic deeply area is on the increase and following the killing of ten thousand people in the fighting the un says eight million yemenis are on the verge of famine bird smith al-jazeera and i'll just say one has condemned the closure of its bureau in yemen the office is based in the southern city of ties which is show security authorizes entering the building on his own recalls on ties authorities to reverse a decision and allow its journalists to carry out their profe

saudi aramco's m&s are -- amin nasser spoke with bloomberg. amin: stronger in the second half of 2018, and my transaction team is currently waiting for the decisionthe shareholders. there is work that needs to be exchange,e stock definitely in saudi arabia, which we are here for, but we are open in saudi arabia, so as a company, we are ready, hopefully we will be listed by the second half of 2018, but we are on the second venue. francine: to you think that the government is in agreement?? what kind of things are they looking at? amin: we also have an issue with this decision. is a majoro contributor to the gdp of saudi arabia. so a lot of information with that, the government committees have been looking at listing saudi aramco different, exchange decisions. each need to be evaluated. ultimately, needing to come up with a decision on pros and cons in each venue. way,is metaphoric, by the considering the size of saudi aramco. francine: so this could be postponed to 2019? amin: we don't know. it is all depending on how soon we would hear about the second we arebut currently, ready for the second half of this canvided that continue to list what we w

saudi arabia and a lot of women are eager to see it through. this is. you can always find out more about these and other stories on our website. for now though from the entire news team thanks so much for being with us. for information.

lot of lonely men al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring the award winning documentaries and live news on air and online. a united nations report condemns a wrong saudi arabia and the united arab emirates for their roles in the war in the yemen with devastating impact on the people of the country.

neighboring saudi arabia is allowed in the town women can play football in public women's football has been an official sport since two thousand and nine since then a women's national team was founded but it's not recognised in the fisa ranking it's the. it's not the government that makes things difficult for the women of qatar but public perception. of course the national team doesn't train in the desert in a women's sporting facility away from the eyes of men. only a few of the players were born here many come from she musea algeria or europe daughters of ex-pats qatar it's hardly any. sad actually because we have too many we saw too many players become political and their families just don't love them traditionally they don't wonder. if they want to play with and want and those games was easy for them but this is a good one as well boys and the idea hasn't changed that much. women who play football lose their femininity they can't get a husband or have children or that's the stereotype that these people are putting their faith in the big event the hope is that the world cup will give women's football a boost i am very very sure if if i will come to develop any champi

the saudi premier league. they had to enter via a special gate and sit in seats reserved for familes, separated by a glass partition. spero thought for the fans of al—batin. they saw their team their tailfins to the uk ahead of the merlympics, taking place here for the first time this summer. i've been to claysmore school in dorset to find out why this new sport is causing such waves. in the glow of the winter sun something associated with warmer climate is causing a splash. from fairy tales and fantasy and disney movies to reality. mermaids and murder men getting fit and even competing in one of the uk's new sports, thanks to cheaper and more accessible design of cables —— mermen. up until now we have learn to swim using ourfeet, but ourfeet are now replaced by these mono fins, our tails. so no walking around the pool our tails. so no walking around the pool. it's a very strange feeling. as yet i feel like i have a new part of my body. if you get it right it can make you 33% faster through the water. it's definitely a different feeling. i'm looking forward to actually seeing how it works with the thin. i'm not sure about the old lycra sensation. it smashes through all stere

lonely man al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring the model award winning documentaries and live news on air and online. a united nations report condemns the wrong saudi arabia and the united arab emirates for their roles in the war in the yemen with devastating impact on the people of the country. so robin you're watching al-jazeera like what headquarters here and there are coming up in the next thirty minutes african members of the united nations demand president trump or a trunk says reported vulgar description of that country's accusing him of racism and xenophobia. also the u.s. extends the iran nuclear deal but for the last time says president trump unless he gets changes to the international court. rules as he does you're against the government's austerity measures at least eight hundred people have been arrested. welcome to the program a report by un experts on the war in yemen shows the extent to which saudi arabia and iran have been intervening in the conflict the unpublished assessment presented to the security council is sharply critical of saudi led coalition airstrikes which of course the majority of civilian deaths in the war the findin

we're the only team that entered this tournament without any pressure possibly because the group is young no one expected to play to this level we were in a difficult group with kuwait the u.a.e. and saudi arabia yet we managed to qualify and i hope we will all for a good performance in the final. it was a bumpy start for the united arab emirates and their semifinal against a rock the omani national anthem played by mistake and i missed a chance to clinch the game in the end he nine minutes has headed to extra time. was one and then it went on to penalties where iraq missed two of their shots. to the us then prevailing to repeat their victory from the twenty third cup final and booked their spot in the twenty seven tane edition on friday homan just era with tennis his first grand slam of the year the australian open less than two weeks away many of the top players are struggling to be fit and that includes former world number one andy murray who has withdrawn from the brisbane international the thirty year old britain says he may require surgery on an hip problem he hasn't played in a competitive match since losing at wimbledon last july and has slipped to sixteen in the world rankings

the team here for tonight my partners will be with you next hour with more global headlines. power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely and the fellow they match up with their heads up saudi arabia these days is as corrupt as the day is long and he's just stealing money from folks and with us right to be had but america is like that free for meanwhile ok already there actually are in the process of reform but that somehow evil. welcome to sophie and co i'm sophie shevardnadze as the wall transitions from a mechanical to digital the way society functions is rapidly changing. what will the technical revolution bring by i ask economist innovative speaker and bestselling author shel north strong. the rise of digital technologies bringing the whole world closer together distances disappearing nations and borders begin to disappear to where will this rapid progress take a spin the coming decades how will our influence future technologies and i will groundbreaking inventions shaped the humans who use them. shall know our strong welcome to the show it's really great to have you on our program today so show us to cannot. nation states are withering away and we'll have citizen stea