Hello and welcome im peter w. Watching the news hour live from my headquarters here in doha sixty minutes of news and comment today the Free Syrian Army launches a major operation against Al Qaeda Linked fighters they do it with backing from turkey and russia. Is a live pictures coming to us out of madrid as thousands take to the streets in spain and protest against the plans a session of catalonia. The sixty fifth birthday of president that he may have putin is met with a call for nationwide demonstrations over the arrest of one of his toughest critics plus. The city remains under a state of emergency as we prepared and i assure you in the public that we have very well prepared new orleans gets ready for what is now a Hurricane Nates a storm thats already left parts of Central America with mudslides and flash flooding that killed twenty four. Now from how much with over the new spain are officially off to next is the four world cup and the United States have taken a huge step towards
Hello again im peter w. Watching the news hour live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes tekkie helps rebels from the Free Syrian Army launch a major operation against a powerful armed group that dominates a big area near its border. Two major rallies over catalonia secession vote people in madrid call for a united spain while in barcelona they want dialogue instead of unrest. The sixty fifth birthday of the russian president Vladimir Putin is greeted with nationwide protests plus. The city remains under a state of emergency as we prepared and i assure you in the public that we are very well prepared. Ok our top story here on the news for you a Major Military mission in syria with turkish support the president wretch up type says the Free Syrian Army is carrying out an operation and it lit province against former Al Qaeda Linked fighters says turkish soldiers of backing the offensive but havent yet entered that area theyve been heading towards the bord
It marks the end of an intense battle that started back in june so what now for i guess also coming up in neighboring iraq bongani is pushing ahead with an offensive to retake the disputed kurdish held areas as the u. N. And the u. S. Appealed for calm. And a prominent investigative journalist is killed in a car bomb attack and more into the e. U. Says its horrified at the death of deafening zia hassan accuses the mortys government of complicity. Whilst in the next sixty minutes the Champions League returns with bundesliga clubs looking to get back their winning ways as well as a blockbuster clash between christiana lauren aldos real madrid and harry kanes tottenham. And forgiving the hobby or weinstein sex abuse allegations stories of sexual high risk. And sweep across social media using the hash tag me to. Color a warm welcome to you im under. You a speck finds in syria have retaken rock on the city the socalled Islamic State considers its capital a commander of troops fighting isis
Heres a look at whats coming up. Truck art a mobile art project takes to the roads in spain. Back to front profiling all that all over curtis and his take on the protect our feet. The tourist magnet modern day pilgrims on the way of st james. There is a clear distinction between the ard we see on the streets and the works in museums but more and more there is crossover between the two mediums street artists are displaying in galleries and museums and now in spain a group of contemporary artists have taken to the streets so to speak for the truck art project now i traveled to madrid recently to see what this involved. At first glance this may look like an abstract painting on a wall but look again and its actually a work of art on the side of a truck. This is the truck art project an initiative in madrid twenty nine of spains most established artists have taken part. As one of them. And. Its a painting in movement on this i feel you. This project was a challenge but in a positive sense.
I really want to welcome to our highlights edition with the best picks of the week heres a look at whats coming up. All at sea women take care of the helm for the volvo ocean race. On the road truck ards is in high country mobile installation in spain. And shares some useful tips from the worlds number one beer somebody. We start off the show with one of the toughest sailing were god as in the world the volvo ocean race now since one thousand nine hundred eighty three the most experienced sailors have taken to the high seas for a true test of in durance this year the race will take the teams forty five thousand and not a whole miles around the world across four oceans and the most notable aspect of this edition is that women are taking a leading role now we talked to some of the female crew members ahead of the start. Racing across the sea at breakneck speeds. Even in training the volvo ocean race is teams take things to the limit. Among the sailors battling to shave off seconds in hea