this is al jazeera ah hello. it's great to have you with us. i'm 0 venue. this is the news, our life from doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes, a religious school comes under attack in northern afghanistan, at least 15 people have been killed. china's former leader jags, the men who led the communist party after the gentlemen square crackdown, has died at the age of 96, a change of democratic leadership in the u. s. a. came jeffries is poised to succeed. nancy pelosi and the house of representatives. and researchers hail a breakthrough in the treatment of the early stages of alzheimer's. ah, at least 15 people been killed in a bombing in northern afghanistan. this happened that a religious school in a back, the capital of the mangan province, at least 20 others were wounded. the inferior affairs ministry says students are among the dead. no group have claimed responsibility for this place. deland is a professor of political science that cobble university and he joins us now from its stumble. who has the ability to carry out attacks against the taliban at the moment? unfortunately it is not the 1st time the mother of taliban post been i've been blast or blown out for the attack and bus 15 months since the taliban took overpowered and cobble in such last have become almost common each week or within 10 days. the last note that no gun is done again and passed one year. there were several such big tags happened on mobile phones like in mazata shoes by law handles and those. but then there's someone going to the fullest time, usually such attacks isis keeping. they are taken responsibility. but this time, you know, there is no official lead responsibility from any site. what is the purpose of these attacks such a touch? somehow again, it's in me civilizing the country talking taliban stronghold though for security, taliban and ninety's, they were known but they brought security with themselves while they were so many other things going wrong. but people who are happy, ordinary people this time, facing most of location and security aspect brought us away from and the job listeners and other problems take sanction. so no one exemptions on telephone is government. they have been increasing the difficulties for the valley by so many on mothers, which are the main areas of recruitment and stronghold of taliban leadership on prevention level. it should be affiliated with the governor's office or the police chief of tyler by now. that is to go into attacking such kind of centers. again, it shows that the talent but not been challenged on this important area of improvement, which is bringing security to i've got it done after the fall of the problem, right? i was going to ask you, why would they target this school? why would anyone target a school as opposed to a more specifically taliban affiliated target? actually my mother says pretty much known for taliban. like in a just printing please. also somehow, a stronghold of taliban in recruitment center for caliber and such kind of centers are mother says, really to tell me about leadership d m, i was the attend such school. so it's not merely a school lead attended by affiliated stronghold and the recruitment and the study center where usually in, for example, in capital, in such a talk up on the account. one of the prominent taliban shake scarlet by the name of the socket. been in many other areas like what happened in the moscow for head out when the talk was happening, would you be saudi, which was very prominent scholar in west of a gun is done and close the affiliated with the leadership of taliban. so such attacks bring a collateral damage to tyler, but on many abs. alright, thank you very much for your insights today. i think a key figure in china is transformation to global power status has died for president young's men with 96. he came to office just after the 1989, chatham in square protests and in suing crackdown katrina, you looks back on life. rare among chinese leaders, joncelyn seemed to enjoy the spotlight. he stepped into the top job during a turbulent period. he was appointed communist party general secretary in june, 1989 following the military crackdown on student led protests in tenement square. his predecessor delta young had been removed from power for openly sympathizing with the demonstrators. john was a former mayor of shanghai, a city then at the forefront of ambitious, economical forms, slowly spreading across the country. those reforms would eventually allow china to grow into the worlds 2nd largest economy and shanghai into global financial hub. although china presents itself as a communist country, an increasing number of party members are becoming millionaires. and some billionaires. as economic growth surged under junk, foreign investment poured in. in 1997 patriotic pride sought when britain returned hong kong in 1999, john initiated a ruthless campaign against the spiritual practice of fallen. ha, human rights groups said hundreds of thousands of people were imprisoned or sent to labor camps. under his rule, china became a member of the world trade organization and was also awarded the 2008 olympics. but some things remained unchanged. the leadership continued to crack down on descent. china's market as ation of its centrally planned economy brought dangers. the gap between rich and poor widened and corruption worsened a legacy junk successive huge and pow inherited in 2002 in chinese history only mounted on dung, shall ping and the current president. she didn't ping larger than jung. it remains to be seen whether he will receive the same reverence as china builds its position on the global stage. staying with china and 2 major cities, one joe and john king have eased cove at 19 restrictions. this comes a day after violent protests as frustration, mounts against the government. strict 0 co policy. patrick falk reports protest taking a violent turn of the southern city of gong. jo, one video posted on social media. people tear down a cove at 19 testing tense. in another protest as whole glass bottles and police officers. moments later security forces dress and has met, suits advance information, holding protective shields. the reuters and air p news agencies of verified the videos were filmed and high jew district, but are unable to confirm when they were taken or the sequence of events high jew is where the bulk of china's recent infections have been reported. much of the area's been under locked and since october, the unrest mark's an escalation and a movement that spread to several large cities from shanghai in beijing. to chung do and will hom, i would say that a la commute party actually under estimated the anger at a cross level. i will, i will not think early are a well prepare or a protests ah, a curry over the past weekend. the latest developments come despite stern warnings against taking part and demonstrations in a statement, john, as top security agency, is called for a crackdown on what it says, a hostile forces. it's not clear who or what the government is referring to, and as yet to provide evidence of any external interference, it's also reiterated confidence in its approach to the virus. 200 me. don't go back over the years, have fully proven the china covered protocols have protected the security and help of the chinese people to the greatest extent, genuine and minimized impact on socio economic development. some countries have made remarks on china. recently. these nations have enough issues to deal with at home. we hope they would hit the weiss's interests of their own people, instead of pointing fingers at others. meanwhile, authorities have begun easing restrictions in some areas including junk, jo, home to the biggest i phone factory and china, reduced mass testing requirements, and allowed more businesses to reopen, still demonstrate as fear possible retribution, beijing, some people have voiced support for the protest. her daughter or i can still work from home, so the lockdown hasn't affected me too much. but seeing them fighting for freedom, i think, is very inspiring her anger about the 0 coven policies, more to people speaking out against censorship. and what they say is an overbearing government. patrick, fog, al jazeera, hong kong, and nato has discussed sending more air defense systems to ukraine. this was part of a meeting in romania where the alliance also pledged support to russia's neighbors . the foreign ministers reassured moldova, georgia and bosnia and herzegovina, which all fear being destabilized by moscow. i think if there's one the lesson learned from ukraine is that we need to support them. now, the more support you're able to provide to these countries being the front, but under russian pressure in france in different ways. and it is much better to support them. now, does that done to when we have seen her developments in going the absolutely wrong direction as we saw with the invasion of ukraine or earlier this year in the u. s. democratic members of the house of representatives are holding a vote to choose their next leader. nancy pelosi announced last week that she is standing aside. after 19 years and her came, jeffries is running unopposed, so he will likely replace her and become the 1st black american. they had a major political party in congress. let's go to heidi show castro, she joins me from capitol hill. let's start with this. it is a foregone conclusion. right? or am i wrong on this the at came jeffries will be the next house democratic leader a yes you are correct on that 0 because as you mentioned, jeffrey's is running unopposed. not only bad, but he has the endorsement of the out going leader. nancy pelosi and jeffries 2 lieutenants is number 2, number 3 in the house are also running unopposed. so this is a formality vote that we'll expect later today. but it is a history making one given that and that jeffries would be the 1st person of color to lead a major political party in either chamber of congress. so tell us more about him that and more importantly, what the democrats could look like under his leadership. right, well, jeffrey's is a self described progressive, and he is a full 30 years younger than nancy pelosi, which is the major difference. he and that his number 2, number 3, are all significantly younger than the outgoing leadership team. so this was really a generational change, but it has been described by one of the outgoing democratic leaders as a evolution, not a revolution. this is something that had long been seen coming, and after the democrats lost the majority in the house in the last mid term election, they saw this as the opportune moment for that next generation leaders to step up. and it will be a difficult task when this new congress is sworn in on january 3rd, because jeffrey's is not going to have the title of how speaker that's going to go to the republican sense. they now have control of the house starting in january. so jeffries, his major job will be, is essentially to play defense as the minority leader in the house. he says that he will be against any extremist and far right. policies that republicans are planning to introduce. and republicans have already said they're going to launch investigations into president joe biden into his son hunter and other senior administrative staff. so this will be a tough job for the incoming leadership team among the democrats. but jeffrey has also said that another major role will be looking forward to the next election 2024, in which he hoped democrats can recapture the house. majority, heidi ho, castro. thank you very much for reporting and staying in the us to leader is of a far right group. have been convicted of seditious conspiracy for a plot to overturn jo biden's 2020 election victory that resulted in the capitol hill attack in january last year. she had tons of reports from washington dc. since january the 62021, when trump supported storms, the u. s. congress and successfully interrupted the certification of jo biden's victory. a debate has ranged where the shocking scenes simply the result of a demonstration by enraged trumps of orders that grew out of control. or was it a concern to attempt to stop the peaceful transition of presidential power through violence? up to now, many of the hundreds who been prosecuted have faced charges ranging from low level offenses relating to trespassing and disorderly conduct to felonies relating to violence and interrupting congressional proceedings. but with this successful prosecution of right wing earth keepers militia leader stewart rhodes and his deputy on seditious conspiracy, prosecutors convinced a jury that at least some involve, that they did have a plan to oppose the transfer of presidential power by force. evidence was provided shown rhodes railing at the election result. i'm calling for a revolution and the chaos of january. the 6th presented an opportunity. prosecutors argued, even if raise was simply being opportunistic amid the chaos. it's a very substantial victory for the justice department. and it bodes well for future cases. another seditious conspiracy case against other oath keepers is scheduled to start on monday. it is a very rare charge. the last time we had a successful prosecution for seditious conspiracy was in 1995 over i attempted bombing in new york city by an islamic militants. o 5 defendants were found guilty of obstructing an official proceeding, but 3 were found not guilty of seditious conspiracy. and defense lawyers pointed out that rhodes himself did not into the capitol, nor have prosecutors alleged at the plot to do so. miss rose did not commit the crime of seditious conspiracy. there was no evidence introduce the indicate that there was a plan to attack the capital roads faced up to 20 years in prison. his lawyer say he will appeal the verdict. she ever turn see al jazeera washington. all right, there's plenty more head on this news. our, including the un calling for international help to contain haiti's color outbreak made worse by gang violence and political instability. also, we will be speaking to the former creation presidents, football, super fan. she is here and do her to support the national side. that's coming up in just a few moments. ah, the u. s. and his forces in northern syria have reduced the number of joint patrols with syrian democratic forces. a group mostly made up of kurdish fighters. the pentagon announcement comes ahead of a possible turkish ground operation. anchor aims to clear its border area of kurdish fighters, which it considers part of the outlawed p k. k group or keys carrying out air and artillery strikes against curtis forces in the area after a bomb attack. and his stumble earlier this month. a court in mozambique is delivering its verdict and a $2000000000.00 corruption case. 19 people are standing trial accused of a wide range of financial crimes connected to elicit state back loans. the defendants are mostly former government officials, including the son of a former president. the full verdict is expected to take 5 days. japanese and american pharmaceutical companies have published results of a trial which show a new drug can slow down cognitive decline in alzheimer's patients. the drug called the lic cannon, mab with tested on about 1800 people with early stage alzheimer's. it is the 1st drug shown to slow the progress of this degenerate degenerative disease, but it can also cause serious side effects, including a higher risk of brain hemorrhage. we believe this provides hope to patients, caregivers and physicians stimulates further research into all timers than or degenerative diseases and provide evidence that it is possible to treat these devastating conditions at bart dis, trooper as the director of the u. k. dementia research institute. and he has more on the potential of this treatment, like fantasy finding it was coming already for a while, but now it's proven that is drug and so down to disease and basically validate dictates of heart hoping to seem to find the goals and, and to treat the cause of the disease. so i think also that this is only the beginning of the end now needed to find out where druck will work best to find the right balance between side effects and treatment. and we certainly need to find other drugs. but i think that's what's proven here is that outside the disease can be treated in the brain, you have from alzheimer's patients, you have to keep it, go legions. recall that i'm a lot black and the remote channels. and what this does is boosting those lesions, remove them from the brain. this is a heavily underfunded research area. i think you have 15 tantalus less budgets than atrophied of 2. there are more patients, dementia that and gaster. so that the 1st thing that's the main thing is that this is a disease of the brain, and that's for organ and deducting is that it's extremely difficult to get drugs into the brain. the brain is protected by a blood brain barrier. and so that's an additional so in a nutshell, truly difficult. a former house trillion prime minister scott morrison has been reprimanded by m. p. 's for secretly appointing himself to several senior ministries during the pandemic. it's the 1st time parliament to officially censored, a former lawmaker, they said morrison's actions had shattered democratic norms and made accountability impossible. the former conservative leader is still an m p. i acknowledge that the non disclosure of arrangements is cause unintentional offense and extended apology to those who were offended. but mister speaker, i do not apologize for taking action, especially prudent redundancy action in a national crisis in order to save lives and decide livelihoods. palla should never be abused. this was an abuse of power and attraction. i'll bear democracy. more than 13000 wild birds have died and flew up where he can peru in the last 2 weeks. biologists confirmed that the birds mostly pelicans, were infected with the h. 5, n one avian flu virus health authorities are concerned. it could spread to domestic poultry. they've issued an alert, requiring farmers to colder stock. if a single case is identified. the united nations has appealed for international help to stop a deadly outbreak of cholera in haiti. more than 11000 suspected cases have been recorded since it started in october, a doctor's se, armed gangs, or preventing patients from accessing life saving treatment. trula worn reports from pole past the epicenter of his outbreak. it is but a tint open to the weather. yet for those stricken by cholera, this is century infants, adults color is not fussy, and it kills when it comes quickly. could i rise always an emergency and this is extremely contagious, especially when it gets in the crop leave the city like hearing bottle. prince cholera caught early is easily treatable, but this is haiti where nothing is simple. fanny dover watches lovingly over her son mickelson regis. that is an day compared to the way he was. he's getting better because of the nurses and doctors. if it wasn't for them, i probably would have lost my baby. fanny has more than one reason to keep mickelson close, whose son will grow up without a father. after fanny's husband was shot dead by gang members, a routine occurrence in puerto prince simba and i don't have anybody to help me, so most likely i'll be on the street. that's what the gang's wanted for me to be out on the street. gangs are also stopping cholera patients to looting their territory to get urgent care. haiti has a recent painful experience with cholera. an outbreak here in 2010 took the lives of some 10000 people. now that outbreak was later traced back to the activities of united nations peace cases, the you and apologized in 2016, but has yet to accept any legal responsibility. harvard human rights lawyer, beatrice lindstrom, advocates for the victims who remain uncompensated by the u. n. and i think that that has had devastating effects for haiti because it's meant that the u. s. commitment to actually right it's wrong. and haiti has been dependent on voluntary contributions has been am, it's mounted to a charitable effort that has gone largely unfunded. more than 3000000 people have no access to clean drinking water. mickelson is recovery, but the future is tenuous. bagginger a limb by gear bon, i have no help, no body love, but also great hurt. in the time of game and color, prove one al jazeera, put a prince. ah, and we were just over 20 minutes into the action to decide who joins france and qualifying from group d at the football world. cup. france engine is you're currently playing the r scoreless right now at education city, while it's also nil, nil between australia and denmark, and allison new stadium. later it will be group sees deciders with argentina facing poland. that is at stadium 974, and saudi arabia playing mexico at la salle stadium. the former president of croatia will be watching her country take on belgium. that's on thursday. oh, colinda grabber kit to ru, which is here in doha. she's been meeting football fans as they gather to support the team. now she was on every tv in the world at the last world cup file where she hugged all the players, including the french team, who had just defeated her croatia. and clearly she will be looking for a different result the result this time but, but, but i am pleased to say that we can speak to colinda grabber petrovitch. now she joins us live ahead of tomorrow's do or die game for croatia. madam president, such a pleasure. to have you on the show. thanks for coming on. how was the world cup treating you so far? thank you. hello from those are serial and it's been a, an intense week with a lot of activities and a lot of games, but also a wonderful week. a lots of football fans from all over the world, recognize me. they come up to me. you know, we all fight in the field of play, but we celebrate friendship. and the, this is of what says, what should be all about. i'm grateful to everyone because i feel cell. welcome. so safe and so wonderful here at the world cup. so let's talk football to morris crucial belgium. if parisha lou, this will be their last game, right? this is a do or die game or you in touch with the team or the players at all in this tournament . well, yes, of course i do send them messages of encouragement, but also i take care that i don't disturb them before the games. they are theoretical options on know what will happen about i am quite confident that croatia, well when i bought tickets to come back for the semi finals and finals, so i obviously have a huge expectations on my team and no pressure whatsoever. but i have invested in them, do you feel a feel they are playing up to their potential so far? i think that the 1st game they were a lead, a bit intimidated because of all the focus on them as a vice champions of the world from russia. but the, came out with canada was actually quite good. and in canada, fought bravely as well. you know, you got so much attention that the last woke up because you seemed so passionate, so genuine, a genuine in your fandom. where is it all coming from? how long you've been a football fan? absolutely. out was this forever. i grew up with voice my actually play football or half played football. and if for me it's genuinely a passion. i love sports i. i grew up in a rural area in croatia. so i was very athletic and i followed sports in croatia in particular football. ever since i can remember, you know, being a my, being in this world. and at the age of 12, i actually joined for the 1st time, the fan club of my favorite club in croatia. i wouldn't ask you about a specific moment from the last final in 2018. the way you comforted your team, just after they lost on the biggest stage, do you remember and there's this, this now iconic, almost picture of you hugging moderate. she was bellow door. i believe that you're, if i'm not mistaken. what did you say to him? do you remember i can't remember what i said to him, but i remember very distinctly the expression on his face when it was announced that he was the best player of the cup. and that was the moment that actually broke down and started crying because he could see in his face that he would the much rather tre, then that personal award for the big cup for the team because it was really about the team. the reason why croatia was not just the quality of the individual players, it was the team spirit that they truly played as a team. it was motivation. it was support for him. every one in croatia and around the world. because after tell you that after the world cup, i received a letters and messages from all over the world. we did not win the gold at the time, but we want to heart at hearts of the world. i think. yeah, i think the absolutely bed is fair to say. you said earlier that you bought tickets to i think you said the quarter finals semifinals, so you're coming here as a quote unquote normal fan of your own accord with no. you don't have crow issues. officials stay you supposed to come here. oh yeah, of course there will be the president of croatia. my successor is coming to see the game tomorrow. however, you know, being a huge football fan. and sports fan in general. i used to and i still attend a lot of games by team croatia. i have to go back to europe to do some work on the 2nd of december. but i coming back on the 16th of december for the semi finals and the finals are 2 quick questions before we leave your favorite non croatia game so far and your favorite non crucial player of this tournament just before you go well, i can't really single out any teens, i love everyone, i cheer for everyone. i love the atmosphere. as i sat that we all mingled together . we talked to each other, we support each other. i was, i'm delighted to walk the streets of doha and be with everyone. so i want to single out any other team croatia and of course for me the croatian players are so close to my heart and they are the maluka is definitely still the best that we have many young talent to their madam president, thank you so much for making time and coming on the show here on l 0. appreciate talking to you or have plenty more head from the world cup the head on al jazeera. we will keep you up to date with progress to the austrian denmark and france, tennessee matches in our special coverage with roku and just a mom. ah hello, we've got a good scattering of showers across but shelves, south america, lydia cloud, that poke cold cloud, has erupted line a cloud to into northern parts valentina. so went to weather coming in here over the next couple days. we can see if a point of service temperatures touching 30 celsius somewhere to stay after them, tad told us to go on into was thursday, winds coming in from more of a sudden direction, but plenty of showers to the north that to cross at western side of the amazon still some live we shall go said eastern side of brazil as well, where to weather there to up towards going our french gun, assuring them where to where the 2 still in 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greek society system. there's no promote the interest of working class people. there is a difference between being able to participate in the system and actually being presented in the system generation change on al jazeera lou. with welcome to walk up to die on wrong topic. i will lie that i'll studio and go ha wooten, trunk in the house nation, cut off, grow the business, end of group c and d with 3 more pricing. got grabbed in the law 16th. did i, australia have that bike in there and had the wit again. denmark will see the suckers into the knockout stages. defending champions frogs already in the last date. but if you need the golden up that they could progress in the competition. i was the class of the titans of nato messy all to tina, to take a robot. never doubted. poland at stadium 97 paul and can saudi arabia reach to law 16 for the 1st time in 20 years. they go up against a cody mean for the show. it's football alice choir around. got we'll get your thoughts won in just a moment, but 1st the action as well on the wire di 11 dion evan of cut off 2022. we're deciding games in group day taking place right now. australia will progress with a win against denmark can the times, cattle, sorry, get through, but i have to wait in heart the other. the other result goes in their favor. it's currently goal is that the other game has the defending champions, france up against janisa, france of course, already a showed of a place in the law 16 but she needs it could progress. they can cause an upset here for me, just the draw to be sure, finishing top of the group. i'm not guy. well, currently nil nil as well. okay, let's talk about the state to play in both matches the way that juan around says to france she needs yes, probably of course already through defending champions of broken discuss it ever keeps banging on about, but they will want to keep this winning one of those going one nice. yeah, well this point there is no choice but to keep the run. if you want to be able to be the repeat champions. if you're in the case of friends today, they go with and what can i use? the word alternate line up. we got, sorry, yeah, i guess you can call if we can see my using. yeah. i mean, if you are looking at some of the names that are starting in the starting 11, you're saying, well, it's a team that can at least get to a semi final cup to be quite honest. but again, facing tenicia. so that need to win that loss against australia really kind of derailed them a little bit in terms of their aspirations. and the only way to do it is to win and hope. yeah, i mean, and the going for it as well. i mean, they've had most of the pressure in the early stages and i feel, i feel weird saying this, but could i take advantage of the weekend french lineup? no. so that's what that's, i mean, that's basically what you can say. because when, even when you have a week inside the level of competition within a team such as france such as brazil, we're talking about teams that are, are amongst the deeper sides. in this competition. there is a, a sense of, of having to position yourself as best as possible to be a starter eventually, or to be able to turn to say, to the started, hey, you know what, your position is in your set in stone. you, you can, if you form start to drop me, be able to possible you for possibly going to dropping in and being a sub and a bunch, or if i will catch up with you rather at a friend of yours a little bit later. all right, let's move on sir. matters from a group see, and the savior lost a table top. those are poland or would see arbiter, argentina eliminated from the world couplets get more on this picture. which amount to johnson. it was the worst of games. it was the best of games, both poland and argentine will want to forget their 1st outings in face of wildcat, 2nd timeouts, and they were a lot, lots better, largely, but not entirely down to their 2 captains. welcome to a tale of 2 strikers. i answer that bit. johnson, this is woke up one o one. never say never, but this is likely to be lena massey's last wells up. he's 35 years old after all, and he didn't want to leave it in the group stages. argentina hadn't lost a game in 3 years before taking on saudi arabia. that 36 games. their fans knew they were capable of more and against mexico. they made it happen a ground out, a bad tempered when, when a, when, nevertheless, and a lot of that was down to messy. he scored the 1st goal. he's night 3rd for his country potent. it grew against mexico in their 1st game. not a good start, but then they went on to beat. saudi arabia there, captain robert leben dusky helped make that happen. what's remarkable is that it was his very 1st wealth cup goal remarkable. because apart from the world, kathy is pretty much one. everything there is to when he was fif as to men's play twice as a trophy message or so one neither though have been a part of a world cup winning team. that's the prize. they both have it who, if either a cheese it will make an amazing story, ah, or big gary with plenty riding all the outcomes or her. molly, kids are lucky enough to be watching this one. this class with the titans at stadium 974 for harold. this is one of the biggest snorts of the tournament so far, especially for argentina. well, her, who welcome to her stadium 974. and you just said it clash of the titans, our colleagues anaheim, you should be thought smiling somewhere when she hear that one of her favorite things, the big match like this. well, what can i tell you? what needs to be said about this much too heavy weight strikers. you've got the leonor messy argentina's, maestro up against robert levin. doff b, 2 guys desperate to get that woke up trophy that they cover so much. so much pressure. but for most people, the real talk is about leonor messy every to every bit of talk, every bit of chat before the swell cup is whether messy can do it can emulate what merit donna can he finally win? the big one. you know, when madonna got to the world cup finals, when he got there, he always has some dance partners around him to help him do it. little message just the same. it's not just him argentine as a team packed full of quality. we know that we see the players playing some of the top leagues in the world. there guys, his partner allowed to martinez a hit man up front. so it's not just messy. it's a cold group of players that have got a lot of quality. will they be able to do it? well, this feels like a real big night and possibly if it's like the biggest night of the world cup so far, is still not too much happening here to state met fans trickling in staff way here they are getting ready for the much. but you can really feel a sense of tension and a sense of drama, an anticipation for this big match that we're going to have here. it's gonna, it's gonna be a massive game, or i can't wait. how well good, good for, for. that's our joy. the got guy will have to leave it after now, because joining me, i'm one in the al jazeera studio. is homie c as an expert in all things south american football harvey, argentina. well, one of the favorites ahead of this well cut very well. they were mario pre, totally picked to win the well cut bad say 6 match on beat and run. dig it out. they had all forgot to get saudi arabia. i went gray gets back even though they want. what happened? well, how did i, when they'd be on be 6 matches? and thanks for the, for the introduction, i should be in here with you guys. i believe that every time deserve a context. right. and because of depend mckayden tina a in those 36 games basically 30 to 34 of those games were against south american teams. they didn't play the game against brazil qualifies a way that we don't know yet what's gonna happen with that game. and then the real big game that they want on that on those qualifiers out was when in that period was when they want to capa become america, brazil, and proceed. and so, so i believe that's a context. it did bit teams that they usually bid. it has a big married to consistently be bidding those teams. but i think we're, we're not finding very surprising result on this thursday game period. i'm going to bring both of you both of you and here. i mean, you know, i miss you. i was always, always on him. we saw little have of the talent that all gina possess throughout the squad. is that tallow good enough to help less he covered cuz betsy called carrie to see what his own. i don't know. jake's coming into a certain extent married on it, didn't cover, didn't carry the entire team and he had had many that also helped out. but that being said, messy does need help. messy does need someone to assist it. we thought against saudi arabia when he doesn't get the ball, he's just out in space and trying to find that will of weight or, or, or space to be able to find the ball out for the ball to find him. so yeah, you do have players like, like rodeo, the boy like lando bailey's a bit like lot. that'll martinez up top even now. julio, not about his who's now beginning toto. big be very present. so that's also important, as well as into fernandez without the aspect to jaime in particular, i mean, although younger plays in that same a bit intimidated by the fact, they've got this legend in a team. a legend, it's trying to win the well cut. it is final attempt and as far as i can it be a bit, you know, i believe that that's always say for example, i was talking about probably versus going to perform better, would earning more. no, because the one isn't a bench is better, but because doubt that the stars sometimes poorer i saw and you see how put to always looking for chris al ronald on sometimes guitars did best option. sometimes his not and. and how frances, playing with our bands him are for example, we have to leave it there. hardly will catch up with you and find a little bit later on. now argentina has already produced to the most work, what 2 of the world's most talented players, message marijuana, but also some of footballs. most unusual superstitions and customs are latin american editor, lucy newman reports. and what is aries on the widespread use of what is known as the kabbalah? oh, good. all players are notoriously superstitious. former french striker long blown used to kiss the bald head at his team's goalkeeper before every match. your name miss, he can't cut his beard until after the world cup. i continued. national team seems to believe it's there. good luck. chime ah, i can't. speaking of argentina. no. where is football more associated with superstition chimes and rituals. mm. mm. 31 year old musician quantify, linkedin considers himself a rational person qualifies except when it comes to catalyse. because on the will word refers to objects, rituals, words or habits. it football fan, maddox used before and during the game to help their team. when it telecoms, the bigger bizarre veto i, pruitt does jersey of my club in 2014, it brought us to national championship. after 41 years. i used to weird every game, but after we won that was it. now, i need a new cabala, like, especially for this world car, and i saw, and it's a part of you had a gunshot pelligrini the watch, the next game, with the same group of equally superstitious friends in the same place, sitting in the same order and wearing the same clothes, but that's nothing compared to this football shop called t v. cordial. it's named after a man who became famous in 1982. we're putting a curse on rival teams, argent time football coach, catalyst be louder, law incorporated, dd colacho into his team. dia k, through under, who are going through on a keyboard each time a student has de la casa, played. he would make kit a coach or greet the rider team, but each time a student has would win or draw, i'm sure. except for the one time that kid a caught show mr. game the other since then the cursive kid a caught show has become famous. one is also on the kidney coach, a spray the aroma called aroma of a goal. and a lot of parents buy this for their kids and doesn't smell that actually what my favorite of all is, the d, the caught your revenge t shirt. you where this and you don't have to say a word, you just send out the vibes of d v gottshal. it's even crossed the atlantic from argentina, italian captain, georgia coline admits he put the key the coach of course on the english team. so it would miss a penalty that cost at the 20200 come total madness. so with that as soon as that we consulted psychoanalyst marcella had flung amended dinner now raised it has ancient read what it has to do with richer while magical thinking that occupies our rational mind, the more you suffer more the more intentionally in it. a woman thought, he adds that in argentina, football is a religion for and like all religions here in argentina, football and it's cavellas. however irrational, our sink got to see a newman al jazeera when a site is where the other gaming group see will see. saudi arabia tried to reach the knockout for the 1st time since 1994. they play mexico. we have only one point so far. pull race is at the south side for this one. pulse. 20 of saudi fans are hoping or in cats are hoping to see their side makes a knockout stages some other hopes justified we're all we've, we've seen that they can be one of the most dangerous themes on this tournament with that to one wind over argentina. obviously that be a bit disappointed after that to have to have lost the poland. but i think from what we've seen with the other reports is around the doha. there's plenty of belief among the saudi fans not been having kind of waking nightmares. thinking about how to give you all the permutations, but basically saudi arabia, if they, when they'll go through, if they draw, they want poland to be origin, tina there's other permutations as well. involving goal difference. on the other hand, mexico absolutely have to, when i won't necessarily go through, even if they do depending on what happens with that, with their goals and with goals in the or the game. mexico happens. i have reached the last 167 times in a row. that's a record equal with brazil, not since they were banned for italian 90. if they failed to reach that round, as you say, 28 long years since saudi arabia last reach the knockouts on that occasion here. i say 94, they were knocked out by the eventual semi finalists sweden. no swedes in cat 2020 to say without that nemesis who knows if saudi arabia when this much, maybe they can go all the way to the final to show that we can that we can utilize your sweet speaking skills, but we'll have to leave that for now, or would it be over the top to suggest this match against mexico is the biggest game in saudi arabia's football history. it could be, i mean, why not? because of what is at stake. and i mean, we've seen them here throughout the coordination of the past couple of days even when they beat argentine. i mean, seeing how big that victory was. imagine for them to win and be able to advance and continue and do something. they haven't done nearly 20 years, it's something that's very important for them. but it doesn't seem impossible with this site and everything on. and how may i shoot you a quick call for you? how, how was the surprise of saudi arabia gone down in south america? and essentially when i got of i all going, oh my goodness, what i kind of, you know, what they were trying to do. a very surprised and i had to do a lot of explanations. he just send on the preview. i've been saying what type of asian teams, because they are coming. i believe that the best league and asian confederation is between the saudi illegal, the korea league. i think those are the 2 best links. so for me, my party didn't caught me as a surprise, but i had to dollars. i don't explanation because there was a big surprise on how the team performance again sergeant, you know, what's been a big surprise for me and my so football watching life is the fact that a great foot boarding nation like mexico. sorry, the country, it's obsessed with it. never seems to go past the court far those. i mean, that's not good enough for mexico. yeah. kind of, it's connected with saudi arabia. for example. i said you are, you had positioned themselves have grown to be one of the top 3 best leaks on there . on the continent. mexico was that leak, but they never put themselves to that be connected to the national team building started keep growing, but i saw league would for employers would, for, in coach is not developed in their place. mexico, a superpower. they have one the under 17 war company, but the path for those players to became professionals is not dirt. so mexico, every time he's losing us national team, i'm a big fan of mine. what you offer a template and he's doing his 5th world cup. but having to ti, 2 players on your squad, or on what though, who are playing their face will come, is not a good sign on what's coming behind him, right? it's a great achievement for them, but it doesn't speak great off the whole structure of bringing new players would it would. i mean, we always better play, such as back in the mid eighties, but it's kind of surprising to me as an english, but i'm not saying moments complies playing in the european legs. is that the problem over there is that the mexican league economically so power that to sell players to europe, the numbers are from 20 or 10 millions up. yeah, we know those numbers from the big european superpowers. but usually those teams are by employers from older european based teams. so be around, for example, a team that is bringing a lot of talent to the or, or brighten. yeah. how much is bright to pay him for the push or bringing from south america? playing, you know, there are no pain. even 5, you know, going to take up a player 20 year mexican player playing in a mexican team from the next, you know, lean league for me. 20 from $5000000.00. very fast. great. talking to hard me. why, what we'll be trying to catch up with you a little bit later on, but now this total has been drawing loyal football support right across the globe. members of mexico's, i stack heart, sam club have been going to well cups for decades. they're using this tournament to show case the best of their culture. the me number is a and i will, i don't be a to the so you find the election, he can, i have your nose, he was going to with all of it. i got a notice that all people in the come in now will see on the bus you on the portable, practical report, the most bitter meat they got and you know, want to keep us get them in the bus. you only get looked at what footboard. yeah. the mother apple. yeah, that's what people need to go on a little. can somebody call us electron at, you know, let me know. so this one was the one that i feature. now let's get, i mean, it will stop. well yeah, that's what i'll pick you up to let him know to do. the muslim on the vicki knows, i knew it was how they rid of those are, those are the on the but it but almost what you sent this the when and also just come with people they make you can find team is in your knowledge. come with what comes out of the journey they buy. you says the 1000 to so yeah, we'll do that. i mean if i was to call no step by step josh says, you know they love them. i will give you and then i come back and pick the loan. i'm if we are going to be a counselor 2022 has many unique features. one of them is football fashion. natasha mary, more to donhauser suit walker where firms are sharing their teen spirit category styles. this football garb is unique to the 1st world cup in the middle east. the hot draw, the male head dress and the thorbe an equal length white robe warned primarily by air of men in the gulf. now feature team jerseys, and country flags. it's surprisingly cool. of the 1st thing that i wanna put this on is i was gonna, you know, start sweating. it was hard, but it's odd. it's keeping the breeze gone. so it's nice. the more than century old souk walk, it has become a runway for football fashion. when i go to back to san diego, that's where i'm from. i'm going to where this going for every mexican a match that goes on there might start a trend. exactly. this is the only place on the planet where you can buy a hot truck or a thaw. but you see there's a jersey here with the flag on the bottom. the latter costs about $20.00. the thought of about 30 in one of the unexpected cultural exchanges taking place. country men are stopping to give fans of fashion primer showing their favorite take on how to where the hot drop each man has his preference. so you're good. yeah, yes, good here. number one, think brianna more, go on a month to animal cut. animal. yeah. we are really very happy and we are proud that this people is wearing this our, that additional threats even there as not warning, exactly like house we are wearing. but really at the we are, we are so, so happy, whatever, doctor federal income. so the locals just stop lean in, make the adjustment with a smile and continue on their way. it's a prime example of the countries under stated hospitality. clearly it's also a source of pride. the world is celebrating country attire and learning just how cool and comfortable it is, especially in the desert heat. natasha name al jazeera del ha. let's get that. the latest from the, the match is currently going on at a merriment. are both games are dollars as it stands, australia will be joining france, saw in the round of 16, just wanted to have a quick chat with you. while i mean a site both guides, godless, france, janese, australia, denmark, the fact that our any goals yet is reflecting that the heart of tension there is at the moment specially for the spot around the group is the high amount of tension in because of that the lack of opportunities in front of both goals. you're gonna have to see one side or the other begin to open up a bit more, especially in the australia match against denmark. there's a lot more at stake there compared to the other match. so, so when you start looking at that, the nerves setting in those 1st 40 fire, if alia, exactly, well, that's exactly, you're exactly right. yeah, i mean, but there's also said the teams that, that straight site from a of the things that go for it, there aren't passive, they're the ones that found success in this well cuts. yeah. there's going to be he who blinks 1st kind of thing. exactly. now, and in the case, so of france into nisha, if you're going to go for you better be aware that you have a very formidable side. there's going to be able to kind of right back and punch in the mouth. yeah. yeah, yeah. i just really, really quick her on argentina, argentina, as a blockbuster game against poland. um yes. art for me its one of the big guy lives, the walk outside fall. i can't wait for that way it's. it's gonna be big and it's even bigger. so we'll see how that into playing out article on thanks very much for joining. we will be speaking to you throughout the evening, but we're going to have a look for thank you. i work during the mix of this shout. lots more to come to us on al jazeera for welk up to that 30 champion, throws all ready in the law. 6 faith. but if she needs, yeah, cause and upset, i could progress in the competition class just to beg of stars as narrow that she's all to tell you that psycho robert never doubts getting pollard at sight. i'm not that involved. i can saudi arabia make the last thing for the, for the fact probably 28. if i go off against mexico, woke up specially the 1830 gmc join you from that are still, that wasn't fun here in norfolk i see that like with with a whole scope. she's paintings and other unique needs. nissan capital contracts are people taking, indonesia, visual arts scene was hit hard by the pandemic galleries were closed and had to exhibit their collections online for many celebrate 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