i think personally, if for three hours a day you cannot drink a beer, you will survive. well, gianni infantino intended just then to hit back against this tournament s critics amid a barrage of negative headlines in the buildup. but after that remarkable hour and a half long press conference on the eve of this tournament, once again, the focus is away from the football. 0rganisers hope tonight s festivities will kick start the excitement. but right now, this world cup seems more divisive than ever. dan roan, bbc news, doha. veteran sports journalist and author mihir bose gave me his reaction to fifa boss s comments. extraordinary. i don t know who wrote it for him, but whoever
the sunday express, talking about the fifa boss s controversial remarks at the opening ceremony of the world cup, we will talk more about that later as well. gary smith, we re going to talk to the health secretary soon. you represent ambulance workers, porters, cleaners, and other health workers. what is going on? our ambulance members are what is going on? our ambulance members are people what is going on? our ambulance members are people who - what is going on? our ambulance members are people who work. members are people who work throughout the pandemic without adequate ppe, people who were applauded throughout the pandemic, should have emerged on to a different world where they were properly rewarded and resourced, and that has not happened. 0ne properly rewarded and resourced, and that has not happened. one in three ambulance workers tells us that they think delays due to cuts in services have led to deaths. people are fed up, their pay has been going backwards over the years,
rights record and the abusive human rights and because of the treatment of migrant workers, their treatment of migrant workers, their treatment of homosexuals and lesbian, guys, they were not going to be given this on the world stage. i they were not going to be given this on the world stage. on the world stage. i was trying to goo . le on the world stage. i was trying to google that on the world stage. i was trying to google that very on the world stage. i was trying to google that very quickly on the world stage. i was trying to google that very quickly but - on the world stage. i was trying to google that very quickly but i - on the world stage. i was trying to google that very quickly but i will| google that very quickly but i will let the producer have a look, they will be quicker than me. what did you make of the fifa boss and his comments, pandora, you are already shaking your head. shaking your head. utterly bizarre. talk about reading shaking your head. utterly bizar
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hour, just after this the hour, just after this programme. hello. what will the bbc s plans to do more local news online mean for the likes of the sunderland echo or bradford s telegraph and argus? the biggest newspaper groups said the plans announced last week are totally misguided. the boss of one of them is here, but we ll start with the world cup in qatar, which opens in less than a fortnight. the worst world cup ever is how pr week headlines it. the latest controversy was just yesterday. the tournament s ambassador said being gay was damage in the mind. human rights groups have been calling on players to protest on the pitch. meanwhile, the disgraced former fifa boss, sepp blatter, said again this week that qatar should never have won the bid. so how did it happen? have a listen to what the liverpool manager, jurgen klopp, said last week about where he thinks the blame lies for the decision to go to qatar. you are alljournalists. you have should have sent a message who didn t wr