and qatar actually the f.a. haven't actually commented on these allegations but like i say is slightly suspicious and would be interesting to find out what comes of this ok so that's the controversy surrounding qatar what about japan you see them as the clear clear favorite here what going into the tournament they were certainly among the favorites they have a scored absolutely bursting with talent some internationally known names as well but they haven't really hit form in this tournament just yet but it just just goes to show you that even without hitting top form they've managed to drag themselves this far and all and i think a lot of mutuals looking at this are going to think that japan are going to add another asian cup victory they've already won four and i think of the favorites for this one as well they're edge of pond taking on a qatar in the asian cup final and mccrae and cambridge friendly to the sports thank you so much and you. now bahraini footballer and refugee hakim is facing extradition proceedi

qatar a surprise everyone to reach the final they are facing controversy though about some of their star players to head up the big showdown. i'm serious so much got to thank you for joining us washington is expected to announce its withdrawal from a cheap arms control treaty the u.s. and the soviet union signed the intermediate range nuclear forces or ins treaty in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven the agreement aimed to eliminate a whole category of nuclear missiles now the americans say a new generation of russian cruise missiles violates the pact an accusation moscow denies. this is the russian cruise me. sa that the u.s. sends by late said joint on's treaty the s.s.e. eight is said to have a range of more than five hundred kilometers which would break the i.n.f. treaty just last week parts of the system are on display near moscow u.s. president donald trump has been threatening to pull out of the pact since the end of last year. russia has not heard orchard way out of the agreement so we're going to terminate it agree but we're going to pull out the u.s. lead ons control n

based company group was offering to spread negative news about qatar in a bid to strip the gulf kingdom of the twenty twenty two feet for a world cup. in the u.s. north dakota senate approves a bill to restrict access to public records relate to place police operations that softer the media are exposed to law enforcement to pieces. from the russian capital this is international. top story syria is demanding action from the united nations security council damascus accuses the u.s. led coalition of killing sixteen civilians and injuring dozens in a bombing raids over the border with iraq. video wait and see rapley film for the aftermath of what appears to have been a combination of air strikes and shelling more i'd have to take a closer look at. syria again is accusing the united states of war crimes february twenty ninth in the u.s. led coalition committed a new crime against innocent syrian civilians is we're playing targeted a civilian camp in the village of who's in the countryside of the governor it is all sixteen civilians including seven children were killed and seventy civilians m

based campaign offered to spread negative news about qatar in a bid to strip the gulf kingdom of the twenty twenty two football world cup. and syria demands action from the un security council after accusing the u.s. led coalition of killing sixteen civilians and informing raids over the border with iraq. live from the russian capital welcome to r.t. and national. top story its needs prime minister has fired back at senior european officials that softer he was accused of being a puppet of his euro skeptic governments during it. tense exchange in the parliament just epic on tape eleven descaling assessment of brussels saying it's no longer in touch with its citizens well we can cross now to our keith europe correspondent. peter say things have been getting a bit heated what exactly happened it was quite the debut speech from the italian prime minister in the european parliament in strasburg just can't take a set out the way italy sees the future of the european union and also highlighted the challenges to the goals that rome wants to achieve well this was seized upon by saw him in par

leaks documents reveal that he took a base campaign offered to spread negative news about qatar in a bid to strip the gulf kingdom of the twenty twenty two football world cup. and syria demands action from the un security council after accusing me us led coalition of killing sixteen civilians in the bombing raids on the truth that with iraq. this is aussie international welcome to the program. the top story it's really it's prime minister has fired back at senior european officials that softer he was accused of being a puppet surface you're a skeptic governments during a tense exchange in the parliament just have become paid to live as a scathing assessment of brussels saying it's no longer in touch with the citizens . the european project seems to have lost its momentum but we have seen the transfer of power is increasingly from the countries to the union my question for you mr conti is how much longer will you continue to be the puppet on salvini and in my own strings. europe faced with an economic crisis without precedent is withdrawing fifa legal procedures and when it is progres

based campaign offer to spread negative news about qatar in a bid to strip the gulf came them after twenty twenty two football world cup. and syria demands action from the un security council after accusing the u.s. led coalition of killing sixteen civilians in a bombing raid on the border with iraq. is just ten seven pm here in moscow you're watching aussie ends national. our top story italy's prime minister has fired back at feeney european officials that's after he was accused of being a puppet of his euro skeptic government during a tense exchange in the parliament just happy content to live in a scathing assessment of brussels saying it's no longer in touch with its citizens . of the european project seems to have lost its momentum but we have seen the transfer of power is increasingly from the countries to the union my question for you mr conti is how much longer will you continue to be the puppet on salvini and in my eyes strings. europe faced with an economic crisis without precedent is withdrawing fifa legal procedure it isn't and it is progressively lost contact with its people i

leaks documents reveal that based campaign group was offering to spread its negative news about qatar and it gets to strip the gulf kingdom of the twenty twenty two world cup. europe faced with an economic crisis without precedent this progressive continent it's people my question for you mr conti is how much longer will you continue to be the puppet. strong words exchanged in the european parliament with italy's prime minister puppets after he accuses you of being out of touch. is just ten three pm here in moscow welcome to r.t. international. syria is demanding action from the united nations security council damascus accuses the u.s. led coalition of killing sixteen civilians and injuring dozens in a bombing raids over the border with iraq. video agency raptly filmed the aftermath of what appears to have been a combination of strikes and shelling mark gasnier takes a closer look. syria again is accusing the united states of war crimes february twenty ninth in the u.s. led coalition committed a new crime against innocent syrian civilians is were playing targeted a civilian camp in th

but qatar claim that they are allowed to play in this tournament because their mothers were born in qatar now you are a claim at least that this is force they say that they have documents which prove that their mothers were born in iraq and sudan as well and not in qatar which would would cause the horrible shadow of a guitar going into this final because like i said if surprised everybody was there for all and this is slightly concerning those stories broken by an australian journalist called scott's macintyre and he also claims to be in possession of these documents so while nothing has been proved yet. yet to respond to the allegations it does look as if you know something something files in a play here oakley each other a lot about beefy tell me what are you expecting from japan or japan or what among the pre-tournament favorite so they've won the tournament four times and now their form has been a little bit shaky going into this final but i think a lot neutrals at least are expecting them to go on to win another one here ok ed mckay mission leader of the sports desk thank you very m

country of qatar may have won the right to host it due to a secret. pain to sabotage rival begins sunday times newspaper is alleging that those involved in katter's world cup bid team ran a kind of secret black ops campaign designed to sabotage its main rivals bits this time however it may have gone beyond just bad headlines newly documents seen only by the guardian newspaper and the spin watch comparing groups suggest that a famous political strategist company c.d.f. partners was speech to a contract to make sure qatar's dream of welcoming the world's best footballers collapsed how by spreading negative stories about qatar in the mainstream media associating dollar with terrorism running fake grassroots campaigns and social media and lobbying friendly politicians journalists and academics we have a chance to talk to professor david miller from the spin watch group to initially this is the other techniques of the p.r. world isn't this deception as many puting social media trying to propose the problem with the qatari government is it to support terror

partners was speech to a contract to make sure qatar's dream of welcoming the world's best footballers collapsed how by spreading negative stories about qatar in the mainstream media associating dollar with terrorism running fake grassroots campaigns and social media and lobbying friendly politicians journalists and academics we have a chance to talk to professor david miller from the spin washed. group so initially this is the other techniques of the p.r. world isn't this deception as many puting social media trying to propose the problem with the qatari government has had to support terrorism and extremists in the muslim world now of course this is a set of techniques which they've used before to try and suggest that the country should isolate which are based on nothing very much the c.t.f. partners company both a major success in political campaigning it led the u.k.'s conservative party to an unexpected general election victory in twenty fifteen it's found they he is sir lynton crosby was awarded night hood from the van prime minister david cameron so there is little surprise that

had political connotations to the tournament hosts have been involved in a blockade of qatar. and the result sparked fury inside the stadium guitar players were pelted with shoes and plastic bottles after they scored and the end of the game. i think we manage quite well the. the emotions get in the game and on the players the. hormones and in the game that was the most important u.e.a. have since lodged an official complaint alleging two of kids are players are ineligible for the national team that include star striker imo as alley he's the top scorer at the tournament with eight goals already but he and his team mates face their toughest challenge yet in the final. japan have won the trophy four times more than any other country and while their form has been unspectacular they have been efficient enough to deal with every opponent they face so far. we're going to have to play an excellent and excellent game who want to compete against them but we are right at this point the players are confident and we're going to try to arrive well they've overcome hostile crowds and beaten

how did they take the title so the qatar was a no one's radar pretty turn i meant and. you never expected them to be in the final yet alone the need one of the tournaments favorites japan by a score line off three to one but this is football this says this is the stuff that dreams are made off the top get their fairy tale ending the asian cup champions for the first time ever they be powerhouses south korea and japan and qatar only conceded one goal all tournaments and you know the saying it's the fence that wins the championship which does hold true for qatar but at the same time it was the attacking flair that we really caught the imagination of a lot of heads and let's also mention both fact a bit because at the last asian cup qatar lost all three of the games so they really they've set the stage. for qatar twenty twenty two when they'll be hosting the world cup i mean you mentioned the office we have to talk about. this was the first goal really stunning he was really the star he stole the limelight he's twenty two years old and his goal in the twelfth minute set th

in less than an hour qatar will face four time asian cup football champions japan in the final qatar was cleared to play after the asian football confederation rejected a protest from the united arab emirates about possible knowledgeable players this is the first time the gulf nation has made it to the asian cup final on tuesday qatar beat the u.a.e. for no in the semifinal dubbed the blockade darby let's go to our use that a fan zone here in doha forty five minutes until kick off how are the fans preparing for this match. well the reason they are preparing by celebrating before this game has even begun they think that just the fact that qatar has made it this far is a celebration in itself and regardless of the outcome of today's game they are very very proud of their national team some of the locals we spoke to here said that they can't believe qatar has made it to the finals and that despite all the obstacles they face referring to of course the blockade that's imposed on qatar by four nations in the neighborhood that is saudi arabia u.a.e. and egypt since june of two thousand and

have imposed a land air and sea blockade on qatar accusing of sponsoring terrorist groups a charge qatar has denied. since then travel to those countries has also been restricted. the spike the politics surrounding this asian cup games qatar fans are simply proud. 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 beat 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 era every one without discriminating between them. it was a great game a very exciting game and thank god that the qatari team won i want to thank our boys what they've achieved from the start of the tournaments to the end. once the trophies were handed out in abu dhabi the real celebrations began in doha. the new champions are expected to return home on saturday where they will receive a royal welcome. as these asian games. to an end qatar's

to show their support for their team because of the blockade that's imposed on qatar by the u.a.e. saudi arabia. and egypt something. here so their support you're seeing. the fighter jets going along here in the national colors the flag colors and many friends here gathered hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite players on the national scene in the next little while all right doris i will speak to later on for the time being thank you giving us that update from the doha qatar as wayne has been trending. around the world and sarah highroads is here with more on the online reaction sarah well the online traffic has actually been huge especially in the gulf region with some of the highest social media is in use in the world and celebrates three messages are being shared online with the emir of qatar turning to twitter to congratulate his country calling it an arab success and a victory for the team despite the difficulties that have come with the blockades in fact this person his cats are win the a.f.c. cup in the u.a.e. off to thumping them in the semi's jury of the blockade you

you know for in and also in terms of elite sport development and though we have now in qatar a system in place where you have you know the all the in all the. kind of the stakeholders working together in or you have aspire academy that are in or providing the the coaching and the techniques and you know helping developing the kind of the skills and also you have a script for him or providing the health and in all science provisions and you have other stakeholders in a working together and developing this system. well and now we see the in all the products of the system with this national team but not only in football or also in other sports as well and. games you are sort of alluding to the fact that this is more about more than just football which i accept but are you suggesting that katter's participation in the asian cup and its eventual success is actually changed anything in the in terms of the geopolitical situation. well i think what you're going to see years that got us victory is going to escalate the opposition by primarily united arab emirates and saudi arabia to go to host

certainly a historic day for fans in qatar and for the qatar national football team as they went on to win the championship but the asian cup held in the u.a.e. of course many of the founders i spoke to here said they wished they could have supported their national team in the u.a.e. but given the current political situation they felt it was best for them not to attend and of course tickets were also very hard to come by for qatari france now one of the highlights of the final game was a penalty shot one of the qatari team member sports in the eighty second minute in the second half the fans in the sona were still quiet nobody made a sound as the penalty shot was taken but also one of the other most important things that the players mean to man is that she was player number nineteen twenty two year old qatari who broke all kinds o. records during this entire championship as well as they gave he managed to score nine goals in the tournaments eating record releasing held by iranian football legends. with eight goals he had. received the most valuable player on the asian cup this year so

attend they couldn't really get tickets either they said that they were supporting their team from qatar and they knew that this team was ready for this of course qatar is hosting the world cup in twenty twenty two this was seen as a great test for them to show what their people of this is a fairly strong team they've been together a very long time and just a few minutes ago the trophies are handed out the most valuable player of the entire tournament was named was a lead he has shattered all kinds of records in this entire tournament and scored nine goals in total in the seven games that qatar play and that record was held previously by iranian player with eight goals in an asian cup game so it's a very very big day for qatar and the players are coming back on saturday certainly champions and the france could now. i'll be more happy about that thank you very much with overnight as from the fan zone in doha dosage of bari. there's a quick look at the top stories this hour now you know i did states is withdrawing from one of its main nuclear weapons agreements with russia the one nine hun

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 mistreated by the author of these shores he later then returned to the playstation to make a report about the mistreatment and was an apparently charged with slandering the u.a.e. also over seas 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 equated disputes between the countries the u.k.'s prime minister says she has an unshakable commitment to prevent a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of irel

qatar will be the focus of the footballing world in twenty twenty two it's now becoming a serious player in the sport of kings son humble al-jazeera doha. austria's king of scheme marcel her share has won the overall giant slalom tattles by finishing second in bulgaria a day after the opening run in a world cup event and vanstone her sure made a costly mistake in a second attempt but a solver was enough for the austrian to lock up the season long title and allowed newly crowned world champion henrik christofferson to clinch the gold medal by just point zero four seconds it's the seventeenth world cup win for the no wages. and that's why you support more coming up later but for now it's back that's it for me has i'm sick and for this news out thanks for being with us. he was sent to jail but under two different prime minister as. now he is set to become the next prime minister of malaysia. and why abraham and discusses what direction his country will take on talk to our jazeera. the most memorable moments with al-jazeera was when i was on air as hosni mubarak fell with the crowds in tahri

was this is as big as football gets in asia qatar were going for their first major trophy but standing in their way with a four time champions japan forty three places above them in the world rankings they may have been underdogs but qatar struck the first blow and a spectacular one to us was i was. had eight goals in the tournament already but number nine was his best yet the twenty two year old with an overhead kick breaking the competition's goal scoring record set back in one thousand nine hundred ninety six when a simple tony kushner's a fantastic start for qatar and soon it got even better i another stunning goal this time from abdel-aziz had term they were two no up at half time who would you see. things started to go against them after the break though first they lost to eleven hookey to a nasty looking head injury and then for the first time in the competition they finally conceded a goal to meet mina mino giving japan hope and it promised to be a nervous finish because. that was until an intervention from the referee and v.a.r. japan were judged to have one pulled in the area

sports now and the asian football confederation has dismissed protests over the eligibility of two qatar players ahead of the team's final against japan that's taking place right now a united arab emirates a loss to qatar in the semifinals complained that i was ali and we should not have been allowed to play they claim to have proof that the qatar lied about the players and just ancestry they are born in sudan and iraq respectively the governing body rejected the complaint without giving any further details. the january football transfer window has closed meaning that clubs can no longer sign players for the rest of the season most teams around europe kept the purse strings tight throughout the window but some big names have made moves over the last month including to the point of. a low key arrival that summed up the january transfer window gone thought the equine joined english side chelsea on loan the london club can make the move permanent for thirty five million euros a type of deal that has been common over the last month. so they're reluctant to spend in england and italy and just

they beat japan in the final and a limo talkie is here from sports to talk more about that alema look qatar they'd never even been in a final before so how surprised were you to see them take on the title like you said no one no one expected this let alone win by a scoreline of three to one against pre-tournament favorite japan so that you know what i have to remind people this is football and football sometimes this is the stuff that you know dreams are made of and could talk get their fairy tale ending huge celebrations in doha right now they expect they expect it to last the entire weekend and you know what it wasn't an easy journey for qatar they'd be powerhouses south korea then japan and they conceded just one goal tournaments and you know the st defense wins championships but i have to point out it was could toss in attack that caught the imagination of all of these football fans now apparently the first goal from. it was a pretty stunning so he was kind of the star of the show a jaw dropper i'm telling you it was and there's a reason why he stole the limelight in the twelfth minute

they expect it to last the entire weekend and it was not an easy journey for qatar. they beat powerhouses south korea, then japan, and they conceded just one goal in the tournament. you know the saying defense wins championships, but i have to point out that it was their flair and attack that caught the attention of all these fans. >> apparently the first goal was pretty stunning. >> a job dropper. i'm telling you. there is a reason why he stole the limelight in the 12 minute. when that goal came, it was an acrobatic overhead kick. it was a beauty for him. those pictures do not even do it justice, but it was a beauty. it makes him the tournament's top goal scorer of all time. he broke the previous record that was set in 1996, and it's ghlight reels of the top goals of 2019 and beyond. >> the asian cup does not get as much coverage as some of the other regional cups, right? how would you rate the success of the tournament overall? >> it was for runs a lot more -- it was for once a lot more inclusive. that means smaller teams like the likes of vietnam, the philippines,

following their agent cup victory qatar's national football team has skyrocketed up the fifo world rankings moving nearly forty fleeces to fifty fifth they were considered a dark horse by many at the continental championship but had a remarkable run they'd been star eurabia iraq and south korea on their way to the final where they stand for time champions japan three one well it's quite the boost ahead of qatar's next two major tournaments by copa america this june followed of course by the twenty twenty two world cup which host for the first first time. right that does it for me as if you can always get out of meetings on the go just download our app from google play or from the apple story they'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as a push out of occasions for any breaking news you can also use the d to be app to send us your photos and videos of business africa is coming up for next year and i hope to see you tomorrow. we make up oh but we watch as a polka for that and that's because we are the seven seven percent. team want to shape the continent's fu

in fact deeply islamophobia the idea of targeting qatar has been some cousins national it was a miss is a similar sort of strategy that we've seen in recent years we will publish reports separately in this last year on the kind of campaigns which is a myth meant that the qatari. government people have been targeted by the year e. indeed and because it was the israel will beat joins the jest. but that will. well more on this i'm joined now by middle east analyst bill lloyd thanks very much for coming in to speak to us so this report comes in the backdrop of a very interesting complicated political climate and a media environment for that matter in iraq of misinformation and propaganda does it come as any surprise to you you know not at all i think it's all part of this long campaign that the iraqis in particular have waged to go to saudis and the bahraini is and to some extent the egyptians it's all part of this blockade and you look at new think you know it really is time that they sorted this out there's a lot of pressure certainly from our government and from washington trying to g

has started talks in qatar with the afghan taliban co-founder political chief ghani baradar is among several senior taliban members who are attending the four day meeting aimed at ending the seventeen year war by the us presence is seen as a significant boost for the discussions in the tweeds. tweeted this arrives in doha to meet with a more. taliban delegation this could be a significant moment appreciate qatar for hosting and pakistan and facilitating travel now the work begins in earnest stephanie tucker has more. the u.s. envoy tweeting that he had met with mullah baradar over lunch the first time the two men met in that the real work woods now begin now this is a senior delegation here in boulevard are of course one of the founding members of the taliban difficult issues will be discussed one is a nationwide cease fire to a timetable for the withdrawal of those u.s. troops around fourteen thousand remain in afghanistan another thing trying to get the taliban to talk to the afghan government something they've refused to do so far and last but not least the u.s. wants a taleban to

qatar will host the next world cup in 2022. so qatar lift their maiden title. and our reporter mani djazmi has followed their progress throughout the tournament in the united arab emirates. catarrh have been the only consistent team in this competition. they have won all their games, scored 19 goals and conceded just one and have the goal in boot and the highest assist provider and of course more importantly, they have the trophy. there were they deserve to win this match and the tournament and they have been a revelation. the bright technical ability has shown through what has been a pretty drab competition to be —itis. now come at their years out, almost four years out from the next world cup, they are going home for the first time in their 49 year history as the champions of asia. and the only conceded the one goal. deontay wilder says a heavyweight rematch with tyson fury is ‘100 percent on'. the pair fought out a controversial draw last december and the american says an agreement is in place for the rematch to take place in april or may this year in ei

officials in qatar last month members of the taliban and the afghan opposition and reaching for talks in russia at the moment to any berkley in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad tony this is a big claim if it proves to be true what else do we know. well the taliban are saying that this was put on the table in doha arguing the toss of the americans it's strange that this is the first time it has been mentioned as first time we've heard this date of april but this is not totally new because this came in a leaked document from the pentagon in december that's before the talks happened when the americans were talking about withdrawing seven thousand of its personnel which represents half of its force now that sounds quite significant and it could be a a brokering tactic by the taliban it could be a carrot that's being offered by the americans to get these talks further along but it's causing a little bit of concern here here and there but it doesn't do anything to the overall capability of the americans if the seven thousand personnel left because that capability is coming from the air

home to doha moments after the plane touched down they were greeted by qatar. three one in the final on friday it is their first ever major title they scored nineteen goals and conceded just one all the more impressive because the tournament was held in the united arab emirates one of four countries that's imposed a blockade on twenty seventeen and that meant qatari fans couldn't travel to support their team. headed down to doha as waterfront where thousands of fans turned out to greet them including al jazeera. nineteen champions of the asian cup i finally arrived in java the fans here i've been waiting to catch a glimpse of these players for hours i spoke to see the problem was he not only of the results. winning the championship but also. under very difficult circumstances that forced the blockade that is taking place between you and qatar and three other countries. to not attend any of the games that were taking place in. spite of all that. is made them it's. the world cup in two thousand and twenty two. and finally if you've ever had any travel delays rece

despite a recent memorandum of understanding with doha that would have meant a massive investment by qatar to develop the historic port of swac and now that deal looks unlikely. and now has said that the most serious part of this agreement is that it gave the philippines company an exclusive right and prevented sudan from having partnership with other countries especially qatar which are located four billion dollars to develop the port who work in port sudan or refused to comment on the agreement and denied access to the port the port workers themselves are worried of the total control by dubai which had entered similarly unpopular poor takeovers in somalia and djibouti before being expelled from those countries having already blocked access to the container terminal last week the port workers say they will continue to demand their rights be protected have advised our dizzier khartoum. the troubled ministrations efforts to strike a peace deal with the taliban and withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan have left many afghans worried while some were encouraged by talk of the war ending others

are in qatar to compete for the outcast international cup and for the first time it's just women making the calls. this comes as an all female roster of referees and assistance was announced for the women's world cup in france this summer. the referees are using the tournaments to hone their skills on video assistant referee technology v.a.r. it was used at the men's world cup in russia and there's a good chance it'll be introduced to the women's tournaments to our first goal is just to continue to improve the official so when we get to france that they are in top condition that we have support the tournament in a way that it deserves really the best referees and the best performances and i really expect nothing less and this tournament and seminar here that we're in qatar is really the way that we can fine tune but with only a few months to go until the world cup fever has yet to make up its mind on using v a r and that's raising concerns that the women's tournament won't have the same level of refereeing persuasion as their male counterparts perhaps one day will see a woman take charg