pep guardiola has really been building up the importance of this tournament as his european champions manchester city get ready to face the south american champions fluminense from brazil. both are playing in the final for the first time. city are looking to become the fourth english club to win the trophy after manchester united, liverpool and chelsea. it is so difficult to come here, so difficult. you have to win and champions league. both competitions are really tough. that s why it s a unique gift, all we have. when you re in this competition, you are in it forever. all six premier league sides that originally backed the breakaway european super league in 2021 have now re affirmed their committment to playing in uefa s european competitions. this follows yesterday s ruling by the european court ofjustice that the ban by uefa and fifa on clubs from joining the european superleague was unlawful and the two governing bodies had abused a dominant position . liverpool were
that fighting is focused further down the strip now on the southern city of khan younis, where israeli military leaders believe that some of the senior members of hamas are still hiding out and they are moving more closely into that city of khan younis. we ve also heard from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu overnight saying that some members of hamas are now starting to surrender. you will remember there was a vote at the un security counciljust was a vote at the un security council just a was a vote at the un security counciljust a couple of days ago and diplomats at the united nations now say that the general assembly is likely to vote on tuesday on another call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. according to the qatari prime minister. remember, they were the key broker who helped to negotiate that weak long pause last month. the opportunity for a renewed ceasefire is narrowing. and a seniorfigure in the hamas movement has also issued a threat to israel that n
The glittering diamonds sparkle the same but there are key differences: mined natural gems are more than a billion years old, while laboratory-made rocks are new and cost less than half the price.Man-made gems are reshaping the $89 billion global diamond jewellery market, especially in the west Indian city of Surat where 90 percent of the world's diamonds are cut and polished.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has formally started its chairmanship of the Kimberley Process (KP), a critical United Nations initiative to prevent conflict diamonds from entering the mainstream rough diamond market
The Kimberley Process plenary meeting in Zimbabwe has reached a bitter ending after concluding with a deadlock over the definition of ‘conflict diamonds’.