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The 2030 Football World Cup will be held across six countires in three different continents, fifa has confirmed. The decision is set to be ratified at a Fifa Congress next year with spain, portugal and morocco as the co hosts. But the opening round of matches will be played in uruguay, argentina and paraguay. Thats to mark the world cup s centenary, as itll be 100 years since the first tournament in montevideho. Our Sports Editor says fifa are bound to face questions about the impact on the environment. Youre going to have the prospect of the teams perhaps from europe Flying Thousands of miles to South America for just one thousands of miles to South America forjust one match before flying all the way back again across the atlantic, back to europe for the remainder of their tournaments. I think the optics of that are unhelpful and certainly according to many environmental campaigners has been condemnation already this evening. The supported groups who say that it sets the wrong example
Toward a Government Shutdown the new poll, who gets the blame if it happens . Sweeping antitrust lawsuit against amazon the online giant accused of an illegal monopoly how it is responding. The fleecing of america. Why are Taxpayer Dollars being sunk into navy ships that may never sail again and just in, news on a beloved Baseball Hall of famer. Remembering Brooks Robinson announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening and welcome. President biden today inserted himself in a Labor Dispute in a way no other modern president has. Joining striking auto workers on the picket line outside a gm plant near detroit through a bull horn, telling workers they deserve the significant raise they need, and Standing Shoulder to shoulder with picketers, as uaw leader shawn fain railed against corporate greed. The president making the trip 12 days into the strike against the big three automakers his visit marking a major shift from keeping a distance from negotiations to proudly sidin