so we're here at the u.a.e. football association so we're everything football is planned and organized and what we've noticed is that they're actually very dedicated to the growth and development of football in this country from walking around we've seen the attention to detail dedicated to all aspects of football from beach football to youth football and even the women's game so not just the most profitable aspects so how do you actually measure passion for the sport there's no number there's no value that you can give it from my. experience oftentimes the individuals with the most passion are the one to make little to no money at all from the sport. who are young alcohol really is a former you eat football player who is now a thief an expert a board member on the women's football committee and the technical director and head coach of the women's national team which until recently didn't exist. what is the support like for the women's program here they have a good support from the government especially for the

now the u.a.e. has been at the end of some sharp criticism on social media over some awards given out for gender equality in the workplace remember that gender equality rayleigh take us through this one welcome all it's part of a drive in the u.a.e. intended to promote gender equality in the workplace the united arab emirates gender balance index awards were handed out by shaikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum the ruler of dubai to various government bodies but there was ridicule on social media offers emerged that all the women is one men now while there was some praise for the initiative the tweets actually focused mainly on the total absence of women from the awards nicolas mcginn a human rights researcher called this the best gender balance awards ever and the middle east erect campaigns aniston's national asked if this is a joke meanwhile dot's jonas rand may is says i'm sorry to have to tell you but you have forgotten to invite women now it's important to point out though that the u.a.e. gender

so we're here at the u.a.e. football association so we're everything the ball is planned and organized and what we've noticed is that they're actually very dedicated to the growth and development of football in this country from walking around we see attention to detail dedicated to all aspects of football from beach football to use football and even the women's game so not just the most profitable aspects so how do you actually measure passion for the sport there's no number there's no value that you can give it from my. experience oftentimes the individuals with the most passion are the ones who make little to no money at all from the sport. who are young alcohol really is a former you eat football player who is now a thief a board member on the women's football committee and the technical director and head coach of the women's national team which until recently didn't exist. what is the support like for the women's program here they have a good support from the government especially for women who talk about f

so we're here at the u.a.e. football association so we're everything football is planned and organized and what we've noticed is that they're actually very dedicated to the growth and development of football in this country from walking around we've seen the attention to detail dedicated to all aspects of football from beach football to use football and even the women's game so not just the most profitable aspects so how do you actually measure passion for the sport there's no number there's no value that you can give it from my. experience oftentimes the individuals with the most passion are the ones who make little to no money at all from the sport. who really are alcohol really is a former u.n. chief football player who is now a thief a board member on the women's football committee and the technical director and head coach of the women's national team which until recently didn't exist. what is the support like for the women's program here they have a good support from the government especially for women who

ready to use what the u.a.e. at least is described as calibrated force to push the movies out of the city as part of the u.n. sponsored cease fire deal. well now the saudi royal court says it's ended a major crackdown on corruption that's gone on for more than a year ordered by the crown prince mohammed bin selman public prosecutors says it's reached settlements with eighty seven people who confessed to charges against them around one hundred seven billion dollars in assets have been recovered they include real estate commercial entities securities and cash but the court says it's refused to settle the cases of fifty six people jus to existing criminal charges against them they remain in custody another eight people refused to reach settlements and still stand accused of corruption well in other news the u.a.e. has been accused of using spy software to hack the i phones of activists diplomats and rival foreign leaders a reuters news agency investigation found the u.a.e. used a tool known as comet to monitor hundr

the u.a.e. has used spying software to hack the i phones of rival foreign leaders diplomats and activists that's according to the reuters news agency was investigation found the u.a.e. use the tool known as karma to monitor hundreds of people in twenty sixteen and twenty seventeen among the targets qatar's amir a senior turkish official and human rights activists who has been awarded the nobel peace prize. well two of the reuters journalists involved in the probe christopher being shechtman i've spoken to al jazeera they gave more details on how the hacking took place and the tools that allow the u.a.e. to spy. what you finding was the existence of project raven which is a cyber mercenary unit in the united arab emirates that was largely staffed by former us intelligence operatives country hired these people over to a contractor to essentially run their own office of cyber program so this included surveillance of dissidents journalists rivals in the region and as we found out in our story it als

initially at least refused entry to the u.a.e. so it does it does smack of some kind of geopolitical. shenanigans look it's very important that the usa could on a good show at this event it's asia's trying to intimate it's at the same time of year as the world cup will be it's roughly the same temperature as the world cup will be in qatar and all eyes are going to be on asian football in all things asia as far as this is concerned over the next four years this idea of sharing has got issues it's got problems number one who are could talk at a share if extended neighbors then we're fully aware as all of us are of the geopolitical tensions in the area who else could they share with if not saudi arabia if not you eat well possibly they could share with omar and maybe turkey but that's really a long shot or yemen of qualified for the tournament for the first time in their history the lowest ranked team in the competition are great with iran iraq and vietnam the security situation in yemen means to domestically there is suspended and t

yes i knew but then again you're comparing the u.a.e. to saudi arabia which is the business when it comes through women's rights where women actually are treated as commodities so that we go yes but at the same time you know when women are still treated as children and they don't have the rights you know the most basic questions of choosing who they want to marry and i don't think there's real progress i mean because exactly just tell them well done when all they do is actually promote the idea of gentle equality but they don't do anything that manifest on the ground in terms of change for women it's one thing to speak reform it's another traction in them and i think that so far even though the you it smash much better than the rest of the board for one reason is that it has opened up its borders to a lot of foreigners and that therefore changes had to be done and the hatchets you can catch up with the rest of the world i don't think it's near enough because the deep sea to what i would say the you know the deep society within the u.a.e.

the saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen says it will release seven hooty prisoners after these release the saudi prisoner on tuesday the international committee of the red cross health bring him back to riyadh the u.n. envoy to yemen martin griffiths says he wants to make prisoner swaps more common in an attempt to preserve the ceasefire this is a very positive step today and. we really hope that more of that would be done to alleviate. the suffering and bring calm through to. many many families who have been affected by the conflict in yemen. in terms this is not related to today. release based on purely humanitarian and medical basis. we didi hooper also in the future the operation to transfer. detainees will materialize it's been revealed the united arab emirates took advantage of spying software to hack the i phones of activists diplomats and rival foreign leaders reuters news agency investigation found the u.a.e. use the tool known as karma to monitor hundreds of people in two thousand and sixteen an

the host from salisbury kicking things off on the field the u.a.e. will take on the gulf rivals bahrain in abu dhabi later on saturday the amorality as head into the match not in their best of form they've only won one of their last four games they did however come the third at the last asian cup in two thousand and fifteen and they've been given quite a kind draw with india and thailand also making up their group. but i caved. in our last participation in the asian cup we came out of it positively we came third in australia now with this tournament in the u.a.e. we have the support of the public and the learnable i hope we can benefit from the thanked is. bahrain are looking to make the knockout rounds for the first time since two thousand and four having exit at the group stage for the last three editions they have some real momentum going into their game with the u.a.e. bahrain have won their last three matches in which they scored ten goals and conceded none but they accept their rely on their dogs in the tournament opener we have a lot of inform

denies is say they have now offered the return to return them to the u.a.e. however they claim their proposal was declined this isn't follows the problems faced by a cutter e.a.s.a. vice president soden one hundred who had his entry into the united arab emirates delayed by twenty four hours qatar is still under a blockade imposed by you esau the arabia bahrain and egypt well the football gets underway later this saturday host u.a.e. will take all gulf rivals and. india and thailand to all the other sizes and the home nations group marty has reached the semifinals at the last asian cup in twenty fifteen. but i kid. in our last participation in the asian cup we came out of it positively we came third in australia now with this tournament in the u.a.e. we have the support of the public and the line and i hope we can benefit from the fact is that you and i looking to make the knockout rounds out for the first time since two thousand and four having exited in the group stage at the last three tournaments of the home have won their last three matches in which they

it was dubbed the blockade dobbin qatar taking on asian cup hosts the u.a.e. which one of the four arab nations imposing a blockade on them since two thousand and seventeen but despite the political tension there was plenty of goodwill on show before kickoff to the fact that he. wants the action started though it didn't take long for things to heat up. that will do it a little so we were told to qatar despite playing in the stadium with little support it would be the ones to go ahead. while in kuki gave them the lead just twenty two minutes in but it got better for the qataris before the break. to their standout player of the tournament early making it to nil with his eighth goal of the campaign series seven the home crowd however didn't take what they were seeing very well and bottles and shoes were among the things targeting the tare team from the stands had a spin to do so after the break the referee's patience is really tested as on field tensions continue to grow kurdish. pm iraqis tried their best to get back into the game but had little success. eightee

it was dubbed the blockade darby qatar taking on asian cup hosts the u.a.e. one of the four arab nations imposing a blockade on them since two thousand and seventeen but despite the political tension there was plenty of goodwill on show before kick off good at the thirty year old could once the action started though it didn't take long for things to heat up that the michigan or the dear little so we were told to qatar despite playing in the stadium with little support would be the ones to go ahead. while in kuki gave them the lead just twenty two minutes in but it got better for the qataris before the break. to their standout player of the tournament early making it to nil with his eighth goal of the campaign for the same of the home crowd however didn't take what they were seeing very well the bottles and shoes were among the things targeting the qatari team from the stands had a scan of the days after the break the referee's patience was really tested as on field tensions continue to grow kurdish. pm iraqis tried their best to get back into the game but had

the u.a.e. has been accused of using spying software tax the i phones of activists diplomats and rival foreign leaders voices news agency investigation found the u.a.e. used a tool known as comets and want to see hundreds of people in two thousand and sixteen and seventeen among the targets castle's amir a senior turkish official and human rights activists the hackers stole photos emails text messages location information and pos words well two of the reuters journalists involved in the investigation christopher ping and joel shechtman have been speaking to al-jazeera about what they on covet they gave more details of how the hacking happened and the tools that we used. q. finding was the existence of project raven which is a cyber mercenary unit in the united arab emirates that was largely staffed by former us intelligence operatives country hired these people over to a contractor to essentially run their own office of cyber program so this included surveillance of dissidents journalists rivals

but i think last year with big expectations of winning the asian cup at home the u.a.e. went shopping in italy and came back with only city as a winner with italian giants land and asian cup winner with japan in two thousand and eleven ok i'm a little bit nervous because this is the coach of a ninety eight ninety nine year on t.v. that literally made me dream as a child but. i got to be professional but. in order. to be a mirror. i always put a quiet little joining. a majority in. the movie one of. the l.c.d. battle of the first. i went on the squad. of it will believe it pretty calm. coie check was cause. or put it on pop you friend oh yeah the study emotional. the russians the sinecure of me that teeny normally. i'd look out.

now confirmed that the hannity is in the country cats or is still under a blockade imposed by the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt all despite that blockade the man in charge of world football says he still opens the idea of cattle twenty twenty two world cup being shared with saudi arabia and asian cup hosts the u.a.e. the for president gianni and francine and wants to expand cuts all tournament from thirty to forty eight teams while earlier on we spoke to football writer andrew was sure about how likely that expansion is in how the hannity's delayed entry reflects on the organizers. you know seldom have a how to eat. is not only the the organizing. director of the competition but he's also an a.f.c. vice president which only increases the embarrassment as far as the organizers are concerned because it's asia's showpiece international tournament but what would like to think that this is a one off incident and the tournament can progress smoothly though i understand he wasn't the only person who was. initially at least refused entry to the us so it does it it does smack of some kin

used by project reve in to infiltrate and to hack into the i phones of opponents are enemies of the u.a.e. and what made it really unusual was that like with most of these types of exploits or hacking tools you know it will send somebody an e-mail or send somebody a text message and they have to kind of trick them into clicking on that link right and that's usually the trick here what was really unusual is that all you needed was the person's phone number or email address and it would automatically send a text message to that person they'd have to click on that they need to interact with it all he would just automatically begin to infiltrate the person's i phone all they need to do was receive the message and then from there or the the tool could begin to just download all the person's photographs all of their e-mails all their location data. and you know all their i messages there is a great interesting to tar obviously because that is a kind of a regional rival of the u.a.e. specifically they went after a lot of members of the royal family including the emir of qatar himself they were a

it was dubbed the blockade darby in qatar taking on asian cup hosts the u.a.e. which one of the four arab nations imposing a blockade on them since two thousand and seventeen but despite the political tension there was plenty of goodwill on show before kick off to the top the euro much and once the action started though it didn't take long for things to heat up that the regime of the will do little so we were told to qatar despite playing in the stadium with little support it would be the ones to go ahead. while in kuki gave them the lead just twenty two minutes in but it got better for the qataris before the break. to their standout player of the tournament early making it to nil with his eighth goal of the campaign to serve in the home crowd however he didn't take what they were seeing very well bottles and shoes were among the things targeting the qatari team from the stands had a spin to do so after the break the referee's patience was really tested as on field tensions continue to grow the kurdish. pm rockies try their best to get back into the game but had

that the u.a.e. were heading for a humiliating defeat even before kickoff there were there was an angry atmosphere with fans booing during qatar's national anthem and also remain a harmony a country journalist shared these pictures saying the u.a.e. didn't only you'd lose the game to qatar they also lost ethics this is the country that wanted to co-host carter's world cup twenty twenty two hence the g.c.c. refs and they are celebrating twenty nine hundred as the year of tolerance on a lighter note i wonder how it feels to go home barefoot. while some online are calling for action from football's governing body levy his says fee for and the asian football confederation should reconsider allowing the u.a.e. to host some of the matches and our says that we demand is for disrespectful and also uncivilized action from the u.a.e. fans towards the country team what happened to our team is not acceptable and there were some reports of some of the fans not being able to buy tickets at the stadium those that w

decided earlier its bow to enter a war shock inside world football that the kind of punishment the u.a.e. could be facing. it's inevitable that the asian football confederation has to take some sort of action but i suspect there will be wrestling with whether to take a sort of soft diplomatic stance because if you're a big host nation or whether they'll deliver a strong message in terms of either flying or playing behind closed doors well maybe even stronger but of what's what's so ironic is that lead to a catchphrase of this tournament was going asia together well this game sure as hell did not do that at least not on the glitz good fun and you could if you could say not a little fun earlier given the displaced loosies we saw in terms of shoes a big baby pelted it at the guitar we is not of the team and certainly in the stands the same with bottles but one has to say that the football itself was was super old reports i've read suggest this was a highly competitive match and you know just like the rest of the tournament the football on the pitch the crowds may not have been up up to scra

and the u.a.e. has used spying software to hack the i phones of rival foreign leaders diplomats and activists an investigation by reuters news agency found the targets included the emir of qatar and a human rights activist. sudan's president omar bashir has announced the reopening of the border with eritrea it's been closed for a year after the eritrean government accused. of supporting rebel groups in. both countries deployed troops to the eastern border town of during the dispute of course this announcement at a time when there are growing protests demanding president omar bashir step down. at least twenty nine children and babies have died in a refugee camp in northeastern syria over the past two months and hypothermia is being blamed for most of the deaths of twenty three thousand people mostly women and children escaping the fighting in neighboring areas have arrived at the. since the end of november the world health organization says many families made the journey on foot in freezing condition

a deal the head of the european parliament says it will be very difficult to renegotiate the saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen says it will release seven who the prisoners after the who these released a saudi prisoner on tuesday the international committee of the red cross facilitated the transfer of the prisoner back to riyadh he's suffering from advanced hepatitis c. the u.n. envoy to yemen martin griffith says he wants to make prisoner swaps more common. police and sit down the rest of us see the member of the opposition party which says security forces surrounded the home of. the detained along with others on tuesday's around security chief ordered the release of protesters who were previously detained protests are continuing in several cities demanding an end to bash is thirty year rule the demonstration started over cuts to bread and fuel subsidies last december. well those were the headlines and news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story stage and that's a lot. pressure is mounting on nicolas maduro the u.s. imposes tough sanctions on venezuela's oil industry and a move ai

are not giving up on their it's time to end support for the saudi u.a.e. warding yemen bipartisan group rian announced plans to resubmit a draft resolution that was possible in the senate in december but blocks in the house of representatives late last year i had the opportunity to meet with several very brave human rights activists from yemen urging congress to put a stop to this war and they told me very clearly when yemenis see made in usa on the bombs that are killing them it tells them that the united states of america is responsible for this war this is not a message the united states should be sending to the world the united states should not be supporting a catastrophic war led by a despotic saudi regime with a dangerous and irresponsible military policy well still ahead on al-jazeera. why the british government is paying a one point three million dollars pouty to a group of people in cyprus plus why trump's battle over a border wall could allow immigrants to stay in the u.s. a lot longer. hello the weather slushy set fair now across a good part of

fox a ruler of the u.a.e. he seemed to be referring to form a british soldier will tricks but then m i six does not comment on its former agents let alone those who serve tony blair perhaps a question for the u.a.e. maybe why it appears to be copying the us democrats trying to destroy donald trump employing former u.k. spies given sergei script and then exile deliver thinker they certainly take on considerable personal risk but that's it for this show will be back on monday when we investigate the future of everything why it wasn't the russians on facebook that was to blame for breaks the deal that you could just buy social media with your mother forty two years to the day of the release of that mickey in the u.k. by the sex pistols. you know like the e.k.g. for countries is their ten year bond rate you look at that he say oh that country southie that country is not healthy well looks like the health of the chinese economy based on that their interest rates are better than america. u.s. veterans who come back

in a place that it's not their house their home and all of the supporters are u.a.e. and there's not that there is or it's a very important game for us and they know that we are always behind them most of what to do in order to go there where would you have liked to go gone to abu dhabi to show your support for your national team would be amazing early but the opportunity for us to go and support the national team from the beginning to the end why didn't you we couldn't go for several political issues which led us to come here outside with all of the residents in doha in qatar to support a deal together because we are all one thank you very much mohamed it so sami there you have it every eventful few minutes since qatar just called. and the excitement continues here for now. looks like there's more excitement to come those jabari there thanks so much the main opposition leader in cameroon has been arrested following weekend protests about the disputed presidential election results maurice canto says he won october's election not president paul the government describes

fox a ruler of the u.a.e. he seemed to be referring to form a british soldier will tricks but then and my six does not comment on its former agents let alone those who serve tony blair perhaps a question for the u.a.e. maybe why it appears to be copying the us democrats trying to destroy donald trump employing former u.k. spies givens i guess cripple and then exiled to live i think oh they certainly take on considerable personal risk but that's it for this show will be back on monday when we investigate the future of everything and why it wasn't the russians on facebook that was to blame for breakfast until then people just by social media will see all of the forty two years to the day of the release that make the in the u.k. by the sex pistols. desperate for a single purpose. they have a superman. they start training very young. eight months of intensive school. rats. and they save lives. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm

saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen says it will release seven who the prisoners after the who these released a saudi prisoner on tuesday international committee of the red cross facilitated the transfer of the prisoners back to riyadh he's suffering from advanced hepatitis c. the u.n. envoy to yemen martin griffiths says he wants to make prisoner swaps more common in an attempt to preserve a shaky cease fire sudan security chief has ordered the release of people detained during weeks of anti-government protests but that's failed to dampen demonstrations calling for an end to the thirty year rule of president omar al bashir and head of u.s. intelligence says north korea is unlikely to give up all its nuclear weapons the assessment of the odds with donald trump who is planning a second summit with kim jong il of all those are the headlines the news continues after science in a golden age stage of dance watching by fire. from sunrise to sunset across asia. the pacific explore untold fascinating stories

fox i rule over the u.a.e. you seem to be referring to film a british soldier will tricks but then m i six does not comment on its former agents let alone those who serve tony blair perhaps a question for the u.a.e. maybe why it appears to be coping the us democrats trying to destroy donald trump employing form a u.k. spies given surrogate script and then exiled to live i think oh they certainly take on considerable personal risk but that's it for this show will be back on monday when we investigate the future of everything and why it wasn't the russians or facebook that was to blame for breaks in the building you just by social media with your mother forty two years to the day of the release about mickey in the u.k. by the sex pistols. nobody could see coming that false confessions would be that profile in the small place before the conviction. had any interest a shoot out there what you'll see is threat promise threat promise threat lie a lie a lie the process of interrogation is designed to put people in jus

so we're here at the u.a.e. football association so we're everything football is planned and organized and what we've noticed is that they're actually very dedicated to the growth and development of football in this country from walking around we see the attention to detail dedicated to all aspects of football from beach football to use football and even the women's game so not just the most profitable aspects so how do you actually measure passion for the sport there's no number there's no value that you can give it from my. experience oftentimes the individuals with the most passion are the ones who make little to no money at all from the sport. who are young also harley is a former un the football player who is now a thief. a board member on the women's football committee and the technical director and head coach of the women's national team which until recently didn't exist. what is the support like for the women's program here they have a good support from the government especially for women who talk about

and the peace process in the middle east and america's top diplomat also visited jordan behind the u.a.e. egypt oh man will be his last destination after canceling a visit to kuwait to attend a family funeral coates' emir has played a crucial role in trying to mediate and to the blockade of qatar in june two thousand and seventeen saudi arabia u.a.e. barrin and egypt cut off relations with doha accusing it of supporting armed groups a charge carter has strongly denied. mattson is live from muscat now where pump air has been meeting with the omani officials so rob will pompei and be taking the same messages to him on. i think we can be pretty certain that he will be has from the first message of course that the u.s. is still in the fight against extremism and the fight against eisold alongside its arab allies the second one is hashem was just mentioning there in his report this needs to have cohesion within the gulf cooperation council despite the fact of course that qatar is currently under all located by some members of the g.c.c. but it's the third element iran that is going to attract

initially at least refused entry to the u.a.e. so it does it it does smack of some kind of geopolitical. shenanigans look it's very important that the usa could on a good show at this event it's asia's trying to intimate it's at the same time of year as the world cup will be it's roughly the same temperature as the world cup will be in qatar and all eyes are going to be on asian football in all things asia as far as this is concerned over the next four years this idea of sharing has got issues it's got problems number one who are could not get a share if extend their neighbors then we're fully aware as all of us are of the geopolitical tensions in the area who else could they share with if not saudi arabia if not the u.a.e. well possibly they could share with omar and maybe even turkey but that's really a long shot or yemen of qualified for the tournament for the first time in their history the lowest ranked team in the competition are great with iran iraq and viet nam the security situation in yemen means that domestically there

decided earlier which vote to enter war shot inside world football that the kind of punishment the u.a.e. could be facing. it's inevitable that the asian football confederation has to take some sort of action and i suspect there will be wrestling with whether to take a sort of soft diplomatic stance because if you're a big host nation or whether they'll deliver a strong message in terms of either flying or playing behind closed doors well maybe even stronger but of it what's so ironic is that lead to a catch phrase of this tournament was a bringing asia together well this game show as hell did not do that at least not on the glitz good fun and you could if you could say not a little fun earlier given the displaced loosies we saw in some of shoes that a big baby pelted it at the ghetto he is not of the team and certainly in the stands same with bottles but one has to say that the football itself was it was super old reports i've read suggest this was a highly competitive match and you know just like the rest of the tournament the football on the pitch the crowds may not have been up up to

the hannity vice president says the asian football confederation had his arrival delayed by u.a.e. officials and a group of journalists were refused entry into the country and very few fans have been able to support cats are during the tournament it's now a criminal offense to show public sympathy for cats are in the u.a.e. our reporter david stocks a small. talk about maximizing home advantage the united arab emirates has bought all the remaining tickets for the semifinal get scatter and handed them out for free but crucially only to their fans effectively blocking away support so not for the first time this tournament catalyst players will largely be alone when they take to the pitch in abu dhabi but despite the prospect of a hostile crowd of forty two thousand they fancy their chances they are the form team after all with five wins from five and no goals conceded so far they think they deal very good with it. of course all of us we know that that is the pressure readers is a semifinal but they think we are more costly than them under pressure to play this game cats are entitled

senators have launched a new bid to end support for the saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen they've submitted a draft resolution that passed the senate in december but was blocked in the house of representatives sudan's president omar al bashir is announce the reopening of the border with eritrea was closed for about a year after he accused the eritrean government of supporting rebel groups in sudan the announcement comes as a time of growing protests demanding president bashir steps down he says the only way to resolve the situation is through elections. at least nine people have died in extreme cold weather in the us in some parts of the midwest the northeastern states deep freeze is plunged to minus thirty degrees celsius the record low temperatures are result of cold air that's the thing southward from the arctic zero zero headlines it's witnessed now stay with us. not. only that in the last days i mean the first of a. lot of. news on the telly telling him it will be our oil. is that the. sun. missed a lot of new kids in political would only. get out o

was it was a tight contest right until two minutes from the end when ali sealed a victory for the u.a.e. with his forty seventh gold in seventy five internationals. thank god three points a very important to us we want to be top in the group and i hope we may take protections of the fans and give the fans the same lovely tag giving out exactly. i don't think . you deserve to lose two zero and you respect the view you played but some of the chances we should have taken in the first half you know one of us is one of my head we should have converted them because in this kind of big game you get half a chance as you go to take them that's what they did they got half a chance in the forty first minute they took it again they got a half a chance and they did that they took it on and that's where they want thailand where thumped four one by india in their first match they responded by second the head coach and have now reignited their hopes of making the last sixteen by beating bahrain there was only one goal in fi at home by some going to sing in the fifty first. we learn from our mistakes fr

botched truce and courts in bahrain and the u.a.e. have upheld the prison sentences handed down to activists in the bill read job and act like one saw both men who were appealing that jail terms were imprisoned for being critical of the government's. now to mexico where some two thousand the central american asylum seekers are still waiting in tijuana in the hopes of making it across the border to the united states from forced family separations to a partial government shutdown the immigration debate has deep defined president donald trump's agenda in twenty eighteen but despite his zero tolerance approach on tough language many are still persisting where. american dream. has more from. this is an average day and it better that one of the one is busiest migrant shelters there's a clothing drive a medical tent and free haircuts for anyone and i was. in we have a population of one thousand four hundred people although that census changes every day as many people are leaving some of normalize their immigration status in mexico or have fo

was it was a tight contest right until two minutes from the end when ali sealed a victory for the u.a.e. with his forty seventh gold in seventy five internationals. thank god three points a very important to us we want to be top in the group and i hope we meet expectational of the fans and give the fans the same lovely tag giving out exactly. i don't think . you deserve to lose two zero and you respect the view you played but some of the chances we should have taken in the first half you know one was one of my head we should have converted them because in this kind of big game you get half a chance as you go to take them that's what they did they got half a chance in the forty first minute they took it are going to go to half a dozen they did that they took it on that's where they want thailand were thumped four one by india in their first match they responded by second day head coach and have now reignited their hopes of making the last sixteen by beating bahrain there was only one goal in fired home by song to sing in the fifty first. we learn from our mistakes from the first match an

decided earlier its vote to enter a war shot inside world football that the kind of punishment the u.a.e. could be facing. it's inevitable that the asian football confederation has to take some sort of action but i suspect there will be wrestling with whether to take a sort of soft diplomatic stance because if you're a big host nation or whether they'll deliver a strong message in terms of either flying or playing behind closed doors well maybe even stronger but of what's what's so ironic is that lead to a catchphrase of this tournament was a growing asia together well this game sure as hell did not do that at least not on the glitz good fun and you could if you could say not a little fun earlier given the displaced loosies we saw in some of shoes a big big pelted it at the guitar we to is not of the team and certainly in the stands the same with bottles but one has to say that the football itself was was super old reports i've read suggest this was a highly competitive match and you know just like the rest of the tournament the football on the pitch the crowds may not have been up up to

the u.a.e. grabbed a late equaliser after controversial penalty aboard the referee deciding mohammad omar horne had handled the ball. stepped up to score the spot kick as the game finished one. defending champions australia take on drawled in their opening game on sunday both teams are favored to progress from this group which also includes syria and paul sun. but earlier we spoke to him football writer martin know about which teams are likely to talent for the trophy. is certainly going to be one of the big four it expects the teams that usually gets the woke up so you go kind of iran and south korea japan australia in the last four years iran have been very dominant at the very last wants competitively and ups to spain other woke up so you can see what kind of pedigree they bring to that so i mean the question mark is surround in the style of play they very much play on the docks and how to counter teams rather than dictating play which that the talent for and not regarded to say that south ko

was it was a tight contest right until two minutes from the end when ali sealed a victory for the u.a.e. with his forty seventh gold in seventy five internationals. thank god three points a very important to us we want to be top in the group and i hope we may take protections of the fans and give the fans the same lovely tag giving out exactly. i don't think . you deserve to lose two zero and you respect the view you played but some of the chances we should have taken in the first half you know i should koreans one was one of my head we should have converted them because in this kind of big game you get half a chance as you go to take them that's what they did they got half a chance in the forty first minute they took it again to going to have a chance and they did that they took it on that's where they want thailand with four one by india in their first match they responded by second the head coach and have now reignited their hopes of making the last sixteen by beating bahrain there was only one goal in fired home by song to sing in the fifty first. we learn from our mistakes from the

state my pompei was in the united arab emirates as part of his six nation tour of the regions the u.a.e. as one of four arab nations imposing a blockade on cata both are america's close allies in its fight against armed groups and then there's iran the u.a.e. along with saudi arabia considers terror on a regional rival curbing iran's influence in the region has been a top priority for the trumpet ministration in yemen the u.a.e. is backing several pro-government armed groups and is part of the saudi coalition fighting against the huth is president trump is facing significant pressure from congress to end u.s. support for the coalition well the u.s. president has backed away from his threat to declare a national emergency to fund his controversial border wall during a meeting on border security donald trump told reporters he wants congress to do its job and approve more than five billion dollars for the war he called on the democrats many of whom have now left washington for the weekend to come back and vote a standoff over funding for the war has led to a partial government shutdown whi

where the u.a.e. prime minister has stressed in a statement on line of it women are playing a central role in shaping the country's future he also says that getting more women into positions of power is a priority for the government now despite that the vote the women's rights are still severely being restricted in the country for instance women require the permission of a male guardian to get married they also cannot get a job without their husband's consent and a divorce is rarely granted now we spoke to a political analyst catherine sharp damn about the award ceremony she told us that it is easy to pay lip service to equality but concrete steps need to be taken. i think that the u.a.e. with least its leadership should have actually you know made good and actually present at least in a would you want women i mean to at least pretend pretend that you are promoting gender equality is not even trying they're not even doing good p.r. promoting their gender equality either also and the question what was

and other dappy the match came at a time and serious political tensions between both countries the u.a.e. is one of the four arab nations that have been staging a blockade on catarrh since twenty seventeen their c. told al-jazeera that want to complete its investigation the next steps will be decided early respect and worship in southwell football about the kind of punishment the u.a.e. could be facing. it's inevitable that the asian football confederation has to take some sort of action but i suspect there will be wrestling with whether to take a sort of soft diplomatic stance because of you know even the host nation or whether they'll deliver a strong message in terms of either flying or playing behind closed doors or maybe even stronger but of what's what's so ironic is that they need to catch phrase and this tournament was a bringing asia together well this game sure as hell did not do that at least not on the political front and you could have you could say not on the football fun earlier given the displaced loosies we saw in the shoes a big big pelted it at the guitar we to is not

there's also the regional implications to the story convincing the saudi arabia saudi arabia and the u.a.e. to stop the military campaign in the western part of the country or does this mean for the tarion situation because as we know her data is a vital port. there's an all to record swine flu in india but about eighty six people were killed talking about a country where the health infrastructure has been severely. undermined over the last few years we're talking about thousands of people who were killed in the fighting we're talking about nutrition we're talking about more than forty million people who are civilian affected by the war in yemen so this is definitely going to further exacerbate the situation and the biggest concern if the whole day the cease fire collapses we should brace for. a massive military particularly the northern part of the country all right thanks so much for bringing in coming in and bringing us all your perspective on that. at least thirty thousand people have fled the town in nigeria because they wrongly feared boko haram fighters were about to attack the u.n.

save the u.a.e. are held by highly experienced italian coach alberto zucker oni who already has an asian cup to his name soccer only guided japan to the title in two thousand and eleven but bahrain will be hoping to start off on the right foot against the hosts they'll also have opponents thailand and india to contend with i feel the. moment and of course. this is bahrain's fifth straight appearance a musician cup but they've only ever advanced once from the group stooge. the dakar rally is one of the world's most arduous racing event it gets underway on sunday with competitors from across the globe battling it out in the unforgiving peruvian desert conditions are tough for every competitor in a grueling ten stage event but this year one homegrown bracer faces a bigger test than most. are on is about to make history the twenty five year old is set to become the first person with down syndrome to compete in one of motor racing is most demanding events to tackle rarely if a five thousand kilometer ten

the u.a.e. have never won the cup but they've come close in one thousand nine hundred six they were runners up and they were hosts back then too they're hoping to top their performance and build on their showing in the last tournament in two thousand and fifteen when they finished third for the kid that was before to open for we'll have the support of the fans and people in the stadium. and we hope that we can show them a good game. and will be better than what we did in the last competition we hosted in the united arab emirates in one thousand nine hundred ninety six. for both feet of the. save the u.a.e. are helped by a highly experienced italian coach alberto zucker oni who already has an asian cup to his name soccer only guided japan to the title in two thousand and eleven bahrain will be hoping to start off on the right foot against the hosts they'll also have opponents thailand and india to contend with i feel that we are ready for this tournament and of course. this is bahrain's fifth str

the u.a.e. are held by a highly experienced italian coach alberto zucker oni who already has an asian cup to his name soccer only guided japan to the title in two thousand and eleven. bahrain will be hoping to start off on the right foot against the hosts they'll also have opponents thailand and india to contend with i feel that we are due for dues to them and and of course we will do all the best for doing what i would result if this is bahrain's fifth straight appearance amusing cup but they've only ever advanced once from the group stage. thanks for watching news you can get all the latest news and information around the clock at our website at every dot com you can also follow us on twitter our handle there at w news we'll be back at the top of the hour.