the u.a.e. and saudi arabia are yet to respond to the allegations let's bring our guests into the show we have joining us from santa nasser arabi a political commentator in london patrick will can a researcher on the arms trade security and human rights for amnesty international and in the us by skype lawrence korb a former assistant secretary of defense and senior fellow at the center for american progress welcome to you all if i could start with patrick it's a fairly detailed report some would say quite shocking how did you reach these sorts of conclusions. we examined open source material visual material looking at the arsenals of particular militia groups including the security belt and the elite forces and the giants that have been recently engaged in the a date if offensive and we matched the types of weapons that we were seeing with transfer data that is of published data that states. register on their arms transfers and we source certain patterns while much of the weapons that are curren

out first of all let's get this straight the u.a.e. is not qatar the emirates are more liberal and cosmopolitan still here too football was given its wings mostly by money is that enough to bring asia together. i drove to abu dhabi to attend the opening game now i have also been at the world cup in russia. where moscow looked like this with iceland fans cheering on the subway or drinking a bottle of rum don't grow our border guards. colombians dancing with their arms around girls hips mexicans going out of control. and iranian women partying in the streets. and. most of these things are not welcome in public. the u.s. so i was a bit skeptical as to how the city of dobby would feel on the opening game to. sell far i haven't seen any sign of the asian cup taking place here actually. but. let's keep on looking. there is something over there i can play. i found the fans own would it be packed well not quite. close again let's be real the asian cup is not the world cup i'm well aware of this but this fan zone did not look as if the asian cu

the most conservative emirate of the u.a.e. . she wrote flags were checked and banners even proof read having strict editorial control seems to be standard here. that will. add to this a helicopter above a stadium again not really sold out and i felt a bit too much under surveillance that day. i can't be with my friends unfortunately although they put huge fan are behind me but to everybody has to stay on stage here. the indians enjoyed themselves even though they were eliminated that night. now look at the scenes between both fan groups after to get . it seems wherever a tournament takes place it also matters what people make i want a fair was i was. also good news for the world cup in qatar. thank you oh thank god and look i don't. you know. he warmed. up and you know that happens this time i also have been there is it that simple i guess in a way yes true in the u.a.e. little is left to chance that impresses and feels restrictive alike. and they say qatar is even stricter. i still wonder how such a country will handle football

as far as the u.a.e. is concerned it's very very tolerant in fact i keep saying all the time that tolerance is the wrong word to use because we are welcome to it in this country which i dished. leadership looks after us very well can do residents agree the iraqi government has approved the construction of an impressive temple and this is what it's expected to look like religion here regardless where it comes from does not have to be practiced in private. many different countries. and i've never come across where you have almost two hundred different nationalities living harmoniously together with defeat into practice their religion freely and. the pope is visiting the emirates for three days religious tolerance aside the country's track record on political freedom is the darkest side of the story anyone who questions the u.a.e. some felt meant in the human war winds up in prison. and now we have the pope giving the first mass on the arabian peninsula as we are currently witnessing a massive turnout i mean

the u.a.e. of course being one of the countries that are blockading qatar. yes u.a.e. along with the trip to saudi arabia and bahrain imposed the air land and sea blockade on qatar in june of two thousand and seventeen accusing the country of its political ambitions in the region and sponsoring terrorism something qatar has minimal denied that being said this game in this championship game. and all the games getting here has been seen as somewhat of a political side event because many of the fans could not make the trip to the u.a.e. to support their team we spoke to people who were here today saying they wish they could be in the wings to support has hard but given the political climate they just chose to stay here and support them from here knowing that the team's coach also felix sanchez said that the team is very well aware of the environment that they're playing in they don't have any fans in the stadium according to how. you. look so i. looks like qatar was just for a one zero against japan and that's just awful. but stay with us because for.

the u.a.e. and saudi arabia are yet to respond to the allegations let's bring our guests into the show we have joining us from santa nasser arabi a political commentator in london patrick will can a researcher on the arms trade security and human rights for amnesty international and in the us by skype lawrence korb a former assistant secretary of defense and senior fellow at the center for american progress welcome to you all if i could start with patrick it's a fairly detailed report some would say quite shocking how did you reach these sorts of conclusions. we examined open source material visual material looking at the arsenals of particular militia groups including the security belt and the elite forces and the giants that have been recently engaged in the a date of offensive and we matched the types of weapons that we were seeing with transfer data that is a published day show that states. register on their arms transfers and we source and patents while much of the weapons that are currentl

travelled to the u.a.e. for a holiday in january whilst i was there he went to watch a match between cats are in the wrong where he wore cattle shit the game is reported he did not know he committed an offense which is punishable with a fine and a prison sentence rather sterling is the founder and c.e.o. of detained in dubai a u.k. based organization that focuses on the detention of foreign nationals in the u.a.e. and other gulf states she spoke to us about what the u.s. may have been trying to prove with our rights arrest. it seems that he was detained simply for wearing a. qatar football surface and this is now crime in the u.a.e. any sort of sympathy towards qatar and this has been a major and ongoing issue that has disrupted the lives of many in the u.a.e. but i think in at least case of course he would be aware having attended a football match where qatar is actually playing that it would be wrong to show support for the team that you are obviously supporting so he was arrested and he claims that he was

as far as the u.a.e. has been so it's a very what he told and in fact i keep saying all the time that tolerance is a wrong would be used because we all will come to that in this country which i dished. leadership looks off to us very well can do residents agree the government has approved the construction of an impressive temple and this is what it's expected to look like religion here regardless where it comes from does not have to be practiced in private in many different countries all over the world and i've never come across where you have almost two hundred different nationalities living harmoniously together we have to feed into practice a religion freely and. the pope is visiting the emirates for three days religious tolerance assigned the country's track record on political freedom is the darkest side of the story anyone who questions the u.e.s. involvement in the yemen war winds up in prison. or here is some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a footballer from bah

i think there is another maybe political side of the story the u.a.e. wants to show itself to the world as religiously tolerant and open and they want to propagate this there's you know this. picture of a modern muslim country so it has two sides as i said and it's also building on what you're saying there the u.a.e. could come out of this visit actually looking more progressive to the international audience than saudi arabia is for example some how they are in religiously speaking but the problem is also that there is also the the yemen war and that's what the pope today condoms and he said it's the war has to stop this is your human catastrophe that we know for three years. i don't not expect that the iraqis hear what they what the pope has to say or even in from what they have what he has to say but it's a kind of a gesture he's also under pressure to mention this this war this him and these atrocities he's also been criticized by human rights are going to organizations because we know as we know. the united arab emirates have not really a great reco

qatar football surface and this is now crime in the u.a.e. show any sort of sympathy towards qatar and this has been a major and ongoing issue that has disrupted the lives of many in the u.a.e. but i think in elise case of course he wouldn't be aware having attended a football match where qatar is actually playing that it would be wrong to show support for the team that you are obviously supporting so he was arrested and he claims that he was mistreated by the author of these shorter he later then returned to the play station to make a report about the mistreatment and was then apparently charged with slandering the u.a.l. thoughts he is in making such a report so i think you know problem here is obviously the u.a.e. is using. the dispute between qatar and the u.a.e. and other gulf nations as a way to. perhaps show qatar that the upcoming twenty twenty two match is going to be a coin to have disputes between the countries. the united nations children's agency says iraq's future could be at risk if more wasn't done to protect its children unic

for the u.a.e. and its participation but the question of war has been actually at the forefront of the entire conversation so i think it's quite clear that this is actually one of. a big part of this agenda and that the way the old is approaching it essentially house to do with crying george bush the government injured change of policy in yemen and we're watching now we have to mention live pictures of the pope making his way through. as we mentioned he's about to give this historic event where you have the largest gathering of christians ever there on the arabian peninsula i mean one of his big goals though martin we know is really to to sort of bridge the gap between muslims and christians in the region to increase understanding. you know is this trip likely to make a difference you think i think in the sense that it does have an impact on sort of the public understanding or the way in which the public itself in the region since it's only their ship and bracing and holding hands and walking along

football surface and this is now crime in the u.a.e. any sort of sympathy towards qatar and this has been a major and ongoing issue that has disrupted the lives of many in the u.a.e. but i think in elise case of course he would be aware having attended a football match where qatar is actually playing that it would be wrong to show support for the team that you are. obviously supporting so he was arrested and he claims that he was mistreated by the author it's shorter he later then returned to the police station to make a report about the mistreatment and was in apparently charged with slandering the usa your thoughts is in making such a report so i think you know problem here is obviously the u.a.e. is using. the dispute between qatar and the u.a.e. and other gulf nations as a way to. perhaps show qatar that the upcoming twenty twenty two match is going to be a point of dispute between the countries and we've seen with football as well. tyree people have not been able to attend various matches and it has been a point of contention the f

is government to end violations in yemen part of it reads the u.a.e. plays a prominent role in the saudi led coalition's military operations in yemen since march twenty fifth the coalition has indiscriminately bombed homes markets and schools impeded the livery of humanitarian aid and used widely banned cluster munitions human rights watch has documented nearly ninety apparently unlawful coalition attacks some of them likely war crimes the signing of a peace deal that would end six years of fighting in the central african republic has been postponed the deal between fourteen armed groups and the government was expected to be signed within hours government leaders reach an agreement with fourteen armed groups after a week of talks in suits on backed by the united nations and the african union the fighting there has killed thousands of people israel has begun building a new barrier along its border with gaza when finished the fence will be sixty five kilometers long and six meters high prime minister benjamin netanyahu says it's designed to stop what he

i was trying so because you know u.a.e. is a country where more than two hundred nationalities listen. to you know two hundred nationalities for these people to do these kind of event which is all the night by the government and promoted by the government to sell out a strong message to all the communities living in the u.a.e. and i'm sure that for people who are outside of the u.a.e. the message is very clear that it has an open door policy it's welcome people of all nationalities color creed religion that is a message that has gone out and i think this kind of reinforces you know the idea of safety and security and peace and harmony that people feel here so i think that is very important especially for the rest of the country but angela to what extent does this message reflect the reality for christians living in the u.a.e. and more generally on the arabian peninsula. i would say that. as a journalist was well in this country you know there are. various churches that are built in the u.a.e. even during this visit you know

the best example of religious tolerance in the u.a.e. is the buddhist temple in dubai. according to buddhists here it's the only one in the entire middle east. buddhists are not always welcome in the islamic world this scene is infidels and therefore often can't practice their religion in public. as far as you we've been so it's very very tolerant in fact i keep saying all the time that tolerance is the wrong word to use because we're welcomed here in this country we're cherished the u.a.e. leadership looks after us very well can do residents agree the iraqi government has approved the construction of an impressive temple and this is what it's expected to look like religion here regardless where it comes from does not have to be practiced in private in many different countries all over the world and i've never come across where you have almost two hundred different nationalities living harmoniously together with defeat him to practice their religion freely and openly the pope is visiting the emirates for three days religious tolerance aside the country's track record on

involvement and yemen washington began supporting this saudi u.a.e. coalition back in two thousand and fifteen and until recently much of that assistance was in the form of and flight refueling for saudi jets which ended in november by mutual agreement but the u.s. still provides intelligence and is the top arms supplier to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. it says its officers advise on potential targets to minimize civilian civilian that is casualties yet saudi strikes have killed thousands of civilians including dozens of children on a school bus and saddam province last august. let's bring in our guests in london adam baron visiting fellow at the european council on foreign relations adam is also a journalist formerly based and yemen's capital saana joining us via skype from birmingham scott lucas professor of international politics at the university of birmingham and editor of the a world view a website specializing in news coverage and analysis of the middle east and then berlin catherine shacked m. who has consulted the un security council on yemen a

it seems very much is that the u.a.e. in this particular instance is offering some sort of rescue plan to nicolas maduro does this mean that the government the state of of the united arab emirates if siding with nicolas maduro because of course the world is divided between the the self declared interim president and indeed this to mature. well i think it's pretty hard to tell exactly what the longer term diplomatic interest in this might be but you could certainly imagine that they would be hesitant to recognize a. sort of a claimant to the throne to speak that there are lots of reasons why they would be standing up for international principles of sovereignty and nonintervention and why they might see that system in principle as being in their interests that said i'm not sure that this is a long term lifeline for mother would oh i think he is looking to get a little bit of breathing room from this purchase again to have some assets that allow him to reconfigure. oil production in oil exports in venice well in a way that m

cup in the u.a.e. off to thumping them in the semi's jury of the blockade you cannot write a more significant scenario and on cheese they are moralities lined up to get free tickets to the semifinal nuts because they are at youth or teams have got a majority of the seas to report to ensure cats are supporters couldn't get those tickets which have been mentioning earlier and also this person tweeted we were banned from entering and supporting them in the games so they brought it home to us but it didn't end there because this video you're about to see that has been very popular show over a million times and it shows shoes being held at the cattery team and action considered to be an insult in the arab culture now it's prompted an investigation by the asian cup itself. and it didn't go unnoticed on social media the absence of high ranking officials at the closing ceremony to hand over the trophy to the winning team and also the lack of coverage of the cattery team win in the local amorality media was als

involvement in yemen washington began supporting this saudi u.a.e. coalition back in two thousand and fifteen and until recently much of that assistance was in the form of and flight refueling for saudi jets which ended in november by mutual agreement but the u.s. still provides intelligence and is the top arms supplier to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. it says its officers advise on potential targets to minimize civilian civilian that is casualties yet saudi strikes have killed thousands of civilians including dozens of children on a school bus and sought a province last august. let's bring in our guests in london adam baron visiting fellow at the european council on foreign relations adam is also a journalist formerly based and yemen's capital saana joining us via skype from birmingham scott lucas professor of international politics at university of birmingham an editor of a world view a website specializing in news coverage and analysis of the middle east and in berlin catherine shacked m. who has consulted the un security council on yemen as a resea

is you is the u.a.e. in any danger do you think then of being imposed or being slapped with sanctions as threatened by marco rubio the republican senator. well martin that was what marco rubio threatened but i think the reality is is something else really because he is is a key element in the donald trump strategy to really make the toughest sanctions ever against iran. and so i don't think that it would pave the us any good to slap any sanctions i really look upon this as a kind of a shot across the bow perhaps it's a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing we have this new order capital in abu dhabi apparently allegedly being part of this major shipment of gold from from venezuela but but equally you have a situation where the united arab emirates and if you go back in history has been very active in in gold issues involving sanctions and involving iran and indeed to turkey it was it was part of that that deal as well and turkey is as we know venezuela has been selling cold turkey

is government to end violations in yemen part of it reads the u.a.e. plays a prominent role in the saudi led coalition's military operations in yemen since march twenty fifteen the coalition has indiscriminately bombed homes markets and schools impeded the delivery of humanitarian aid and used widely banned cluster munitions human rights watch has documented nearly ninety apparently coalition attacks some of them likely war crimes were earlier we spoke to our correspondent who's covered the war in yemen extensively we're seeing some. both of these of the government tracing accusations about how to sort of this whole dispute about the who did the who things are saying that there are military attacks targeting of them on the outskirts of the city of her data. which they consider to be a sign that the government and the saudi u.a.e. coalition are not genuine about any political settlement for same time the government is saying that this meeting is about one crucial point which is the whole thesis must implement the deal that was signed in sweden in decemb

the organization by the initiative has responded to the story the u.a.e. gender balance council says that women in the u.a.e. hold important roles in society from m.p.'s to firefighters and adds that women will continue to be a driving force in establishing the nation as a global role model agenda balance. separation of church and state something paramount to the founding fathers of america without division is now being tested proposed by a bold literacy classes for public schools a sparking controversy in parts of the country secular activists warn that it would set a dangerous precedent for donald trump has already endorsed the plan support which was quickly criticized online numerous states introducing bible literacy classes giving students the option of studying the bible starting to make it turn back great. bible literature classes in public schools really violate the first amendment which seeks to ensure our government does not support and will stop additional national religion i propose that we also have hindus and buddhists egyptian book of the deb

it seems very much is that the u.a.e. in this particular instance is offering some sort of rescue plan to nicolas maduro does this mean that the government the state of of the united arab emirates if siding with nicolas maduro because of course the world is divided between the the self declared interim president and indeed this to mature. well i think it's pretty hard to tell exactly what the longer term diplomatic interest in this might be but you could certainly imagine that they would be hesitant to recognize a. sort of a claimant to the throne so to speak that there are lots of reasons why they would be standing up for international principles of sovereignty and nonintervention and why they might see that system in principle as being in their interests that said i'm not sure that this is a long term lifeline for mother would oh i think he is looking to get a little bit of breathing room from this purchase again to have some assets that allow him to reconfigure. oil production in oil exports in venice well in a way tha

they could only watch the action from afar off to the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt seven ties with could talk and imposed a blockade in twenty seventeen i know it's a great feeling thank goodness we got here after a lot of hard work and perseverance. i can't describe my feeling today i feel as happy as any arab especially when my country achieved something like this it was a great game too and to be such a great team like japan makes it an even bigger achievement it's a win for the amir the amir father and everyone who lives in qatar and every arab everyone without discriminating between them. the team faced a hostile reception throughout the tournament crowds through shoes and bottles at the players when they defeated the u.a.e. in the semifinal. and no qatari fans were allowed in the stands so supporters from oman stepped in to cheer albeit with discretion. but despite the political tension overcame the odds to win its first major football trophy showing perhaps that sport can triumph over politics. well let's have a look at a few ot

is you is the u.a.e. in any danger do you think then of being imposed or being slapped with sanctions as threatened by marco rubio the republican senator. well martin that was what marco rubio threatened but i think the reality is is something else really because he is is a key element in the donald trump strategy to really make the toughest sanctions ever against iran. and so i don't think that it would pay. us any good to slap any sanctions i really look upon this as a kind of a shot across the bow perhaps it's a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing we have this new order capital in abu dhabi apparently allegedly being part of this major shipment of gold from from venezuela but but equally you have a situation where the united arab emirates and if you go back in history has been very active in in gold issues involving sanctions and involving iran and indeed turkey is it was it was part of that that deal as well and turkey is as we know venezuela has been selling cold turkey but

is you is the u.a.e. in any danger do you think then of being imposed or being slapped with sanctions as threatened by marco rubio the republican senator. well martin that was what marco rubio threatened but i think the reality is is something else really because he is is a key element in the dollar term strategy to really make the toughest sanctions ever against iran. and so i don't think that it would pay the us any good to slap any sanctions i really look upon this as a kind of a shot across the bow perhaps it's a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing we have this new order capital in that with dobby apparently allegedly being part of this major shipment of gold from from venezuela but but equally you have a situation where the united arab emirates and if you go back in history has been very active in in gold issues involving sanctions and involving iran and indeed turkey is it was it was part of that that deal as well and turkey is as we know venezuela has been selling cold tu

it says the u.a.e. diverts millions of dollars worth of arms off to buying them from the west many of the groups they supply a been accused of war crimes the rest military as expressed concerns over allegations american weapons have fallen into the hands of yemeni armed groups. but divestment is a senior research at the stockholm international peace research institute he says the report's findings are worrying but nothing new the u.a.e. and saudi arabia have been supplying weapons to different militias in yemen after for that matter also in syria and in libya so that we now find very clear evidence that weapons also and in the hands of all or more extreme militias including those related to al-qaeda is not surprising at all surprising thing is more that the united states department of defense only now seems to make an issue of that i think if you supply weapons to militia groups you should assume that they go to loose somebody even many of them and these militia groups are more want organized and traine

in any way in terms of trying to mediate unmodulated the conflict in yemen in the position of the u.a.e. as weeks and months continue to continue to lapse mustn't go thank you very much for that my pleasure. they've not been up to date but some of the stories making news around the world in el salvador former mayor anigh bikini has easily won the country's presidential election the anticorruption campaign a secured a majority off to the first round of voting picking up low votes then history rivals combined mccain is a victory ends the two party system that had governed as salvador for three decades . a light aircraft has crashed into a house in southern california killing the pilot and four people inside witnesses said the train engine cessna fire broke up in mid-flight and crashed into a house southeast of los angeles. a footballer from bob dean hakim is facing two more months in prison after a court in thailand denied him bail the former national team player and australian visitant is fighting extradition to his native country for allegedly vandalizing a police station and i believe

government to end violations in yemen part of it read the u.a.e. plays a prominent role in the saudi led coalition's military operations in yemen since march twenty fifteen the coalition has indiscriminately bombed homes markets and schools impeded the delivery of humanitarian aid and used widely banned cluster munitions human rights watch has documented nearly ninety apparent unlawful coalition attacks some of them lightly war crimes israeli workers have begun building a new steel fence along the border with gaza israel's prime minister says it's designed to keep out what he called policy and terrorists this will be sixty five kilometers long and six meters high when completed almost three hundred palestinians have been killed and thousands injured in months of protests along the border between gaza and israel on israel's blockade harry foster has more from jerusalem. well this is confirmation that work has now begun on what has been a longstanding plan by the israelis to build a much more substantial much higher much stronger border fence along t

the u.a.e. and saudi arabia haven't been supplying weapons to the different militias in yemen for that matter also in syria and in libya so that we now find very clear evidence that weapons also and in the hands of all or more extreme militias including those related to al qaida it's not surprising at all surprising thing is more that the united states department of defense only now seems to make an issue of that i think if you supply weapons to militia groups you should assume that they go too loose some are even many of them and these militia groups are more want organized and trained in the same way as the more professional armies of the united states itself and of course we have to remember that also the united states at times has lost weapons itself already so if you if you go further down that kind kind of the hierarchy you could say you are the risk but you're actually going to lose those weapons to to your real opponents and it's very significant i don't think that the united states is g

cup in the u.a.e. off to thumping them in the semi's during the blockade he says you cannot. commit sin or is that just gives you no idea of how people are thinking their own cheese day immoralities lined up to get free tickets to the semifinal that's because you foreign teams have brought a majority of the seats reportedly ensure castle supporters couldn't get hold of them. and this person hates sweets and we were banned from entering and supporting them in the games so they brought it home to us but it didn't end there because this video went viral and it's been viewed over a million times showing shoes being held at the courts reteam and actually considered to be an insult in arab culture and it's prompted an investigation by the asian cup womanizing. and that didn't go unnoticed on social media because the absence of high ranking you're at your fish was at the closing ceremony so hand over the trophy and also the lack of coverage on the caps routine even in local and razzi media was picked up by those people online and choosing instead to focus on japan's losses seem cats

they could only watch the action from afar off to the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt serve it ties with could talk and imposed a blockade in twenty seventeen. it's a great feeling thank goodness we got here after a lot of hard work and perseverance. i can't describe my feeling today i feel as happy as any arab especially when my country achieved something like this it was a great game too and to be such a great team like japan makes it an even bigger achievement it's a win for the amir the amir father and everyone who lives in qatar and every arab everyone without discriminating between them. the team faced a hostile reception throughout the tournament crowds through shoes and bottles at the players when they defeated the u.a.e. in the semifinal. and no qatari fans were allowed in the stands so supporters from oman stepped in to cheer albeit with discretion. but despite the political tension overcame the odds to win its first major football trophy showing perhaps that sport can triumph over politics. well let's have a look at a few other

involvement and yemen washington began supporting this saudi u.a.e. coalition back in two thousand and fifteen and until recently much of that assistance was in the form of and flight refueling for saudi jets which ended in november by mutual agreement but the u.s. still provides intelligence and is the top arms supplier to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. it says its officers advise on potential targets to minimize civilian civilian that is casualties yet saudi strikes have killed thousands of civilians including dozens of children on a school bus and saddam province last august. let's bring in our guests in london adam baron visiting fellow at the european council on foreign relations adam is also a journalist formerly based and yemen's capital saana joining us via skype from birmingham scott lucas professor of international politics at the university of birmingham and editor of e a worldview a website specializing in news coverage and analysis of the middle east and in berlin catherine shacked m. who has consulted the un security council on yemen as a r

i think it's really no i would not for all the muslims and christians in the u.a.e. and in the vatican city it's like you know it's a global event but francis is facing criticism over the visit because of the emirates role in the war in yemen a saudi led coalition of which the emirates is part of has been accused of carrying out human rights abuses in its battle against hutu rebels francis will likely avoid publicly raising the topic of yemen when he meets with the emirates leaders for now the goal is a smooth first time visit by a pope to the arabian peninsula the home of his. heavy rains have flooded communities across northern australia and forced thousands to flee their homes one town half a meter of rain come down in a twenty four hour period forecasters say rain and possible tornadoes are expected the city of townsville is largely submerged and the water there is set to rise even higher authorities in townsville northern australia a warning residents to move to higher ground by nightfall. that preparing to fully open these flood gates the ross river dam close t

as far as the u.a.e. is concerned it's very very tolerant in fact i keep saying all the time that tolerance is the wrong word to use because we are welcomed in this country which i dished. leadership looks after us very well can do residents agree the government has approved the construction of an impressive temple and this is what it's expected to look like religion here regardless where it comes from does not have to be practiced in private in many different countries. and i've never come across where you have almost two hundred different nationalities living harmoniously together with defeat into practice their religion freely and. the pope is visiting the emirates for three days religious tolerance aside the country's track record on political freedom is the darkest side of the story anyone who questions the u.e.s. involvement in the human war winds up in prison. once a day is world cancer day dedicated to the fight against one of the world's biggest killers in two thousand and eighteen the disease cl

one gender and two by the u.a.e. as prime minister how stressed in a statement online that iraqi 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 despite that though women's rights are still severely restricted in the country and they require the permission of a male guardian to get married for instance they also cannot get a job without their husband's consent and divorce is rarely granted we spoke to political analyst catherine shutdown about the award ceremony she told us that it's easy to pay lip service to equality but concrete steps must be taken i think that the leadership should have actually you know made good and actually present at least in a what you want women i mean to at least pretend pretend that you from which in gender equality is not even trying they're not even doing good p.r. for pointing that gender equality you go also another question what was the point of the exercise that's all it wa

monarchy the u.a.e. ministry of foreign affairs in the n.s.a. both declined to comment but hackers reuters spoke to say project raven went even further putting some americans under surveillance correspondents joel shechtman and christopher big uncovered the story project raven hired people with deep backgrounds from the n.s.a. and other american intelligence services to serve as contracts by my thinking of them as mercenaries by mercenary spies will take a closer look at the investigation and the implications of cyber surveillance on journalists help us do that with us is courtney rad she's the advocacy director at the committee to protect journalists thanks for being with us today courtney i want to start with this tweet tweet me scary actually kim tweets and a security researcher once told me it's not a matter of if you will be breached but a matter of when that is a safe if dystopian assumption to work with as a journalist anywhere in the world and this is a reminder of how journalists should carefully watch where they tread online so keeping

for believes the schooling they've received has prepared them for the challenges they faced in the u.a.e. he's been talking to a reporter david stokes. these boys have been competing since they were twelve we. exposed to the challenge. we try to make them mentally strong having a winning mentality is exposed to different spectator one different atmosphere and i think thus. you know help them to you know overcome the situation there stand without fines get in. carrying no negative messages from the people of the other team supporters and no i think they have shown a very very good behavior during last match against we have all our own talent you know if you see the. team here now that the present in qatar the contents of all the boys from qatar and from that had been a blessed experience a few experience boys have been in the national team before this team would be the call for action or to me to visit in qatar in the west cup the twenty twenty two and it's motivating the others here in the sky and now yesterday we we had a gathering with our students boys here and we we send a message th

are in their great pressure i mean in the middle of several different conflicts of which both the u.a.e. and saudi arabia in particular are part off and of course the yemen the war in yemen and which on which the pope has been actually expressly very interested in sort of has been trying essentially to help along either sort of a peace process or minimally a dialogue so i mean there are several issues at hand one of them an important one is actually into really just conversations and. the pope wants to start a new chapter in relations between the christians and muslims what does he mean by that and how does he plan to achieve it well in general i mean i think that we have seen over the last i would say twenty years or so an increase discussion on the idea of essentially a war off a war of civilizations and this has been x. and tweeted by the emergence of different types of nationalist something different types of. you know need to be somewhere around europe and the us at the very same time we have seen parallel to the emergence of more radicalized. that have taken a more central role in