of pounds that saudi arabia has been investing in sport in recent years. the sense is that all of that has been gearing up to this moment, but i think it will come as a shock to people. after all, because of the extreme temperatures, it s likely that the traditional summer slot will have to be moved again, as it was in qatar. with all the disruption that that would entail. there is concern over the way that fifa appear to have paved the way for the saudis bid by accelerating and restricting the bidding process rules. and then, of course, because of saudi arabia s notorious human rights record, its discriminatory laws, there are those accusations of sportswashing by campaigners. now, the saudi authorities deny all that. they say this is about growing the game, diversifying their economy, boosting tourism, inspiring their people. they say some of the criticism is hypocritical, but others will say that money has been put before morals here. what is certain is that this once aga
let s start once again with that breaking news that hamas has released a video, appearing to show three israeli women being held hostage. the bbc is not showing the video, which has been described as distressing . israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu has described the video as cruel psychological propaganda , and said his government was doing it all it could to bring hostages home. i turn to elena tru panov, daniel aloni and rimon kirsht who were kidnapped by hamas who commits war crimes. i hug you. he then added ”we are doing everything to bring all the hostages and missing people home. we can speak now to noam sagi. his mother, ada, was kidnapped from the nir oz kibbutz on 7th october. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. another terribly difficult day. your reaction, first of all, to the release of this video? we were kind of expecting the release of this video? we were kind of expecting it the release of this video? we were kind of expecting it f
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. pete: time to raise your rackets, take a swing at badminton. we have tiger dan and team from tiger badminton training center. thanks for being here. nice to speak to you guys. pete: bad mint ton, why is it such a popular sport? you guess, how many people, in the world play badminton right now? pete: only know this because you told as you minute ago. pete: 200 million, 250 million people how many people play it. rachel: i would say 10 million? i tell you, 330 million. rachel: wow. will: 330 million in the world. rachel: that is the population of america. it is called badminton is very popular racket sport in the world right now. badminton, why it is popular, it is easy to play. rachel: easy to play. good exercise.