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
jihad. hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets, how frightening that must ve bean for jewish people living in our capital. the problem for keir starmer is why he has come down hard on andy mcdonald and disciplined him, there is clearly a revolt brewing in his party. around a quarter of labour mps have called for a ceasefire in some way, about half of his front bench have now openly called for a ceasefire as well is very important regional politicians like anas sarwar, sadiq khan and andy burnham. and the less that keir starmer is able to appear tough with members of his party on the issue, the more other members of the party. in fairness, sir keir has not deviated from his position in spite of the opposition on his shadow benches. he says, it is a complex situation. people who want a ceasefire would leave hostages in the hands of hamas with hamas still firing rockets at israel. he is under pressure to change the position and he has not. he is often criticised fo
By beating him to a place in the barcelona open semi finals. So lots to get through tonight. Were starting with world heavyweight title fight between britains anthonyjoshua and former champion Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium tomorrow night. The fighters weighed in this afternoon, withjoshua ten pounds heavier than his ukrainian opponent. Klitschko weighed in at 17 stone 2 pounds. Its is his first fight since losing his belts to Britains Tyson fury in 2015. But this is klitschkos 69th professional fight, joshua has had just 18. Joshua scaled 17 stone, 12 pounds, the heaviest hes ever been for a fight and is the bookies favourite to win. Six foot six apiece, a good fighter, but one that will have to come up against myself. I am ready to go as far as against myself. I am ready to go as farasi against myself. I am ready to go as far as i need to go to get the wind. I showed it before. Thats all it is. I have the skill and determination and are ready to dig deeper. And staying with we
By beating him to a place in the barcelona open semi finals. So lots to get through tonight. Were starting with world heavyweight title fight between britains anthonyjoshua and former champion Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium tomorrow night. The fighters weighed in this afternoon, withjoshua ten pounds heavier than his ukrainian opponent. Klitschko weighed in at 17 stone 2 pounds. Its is his first fight since losing his belts to Britains Tyson fury in 2015. But this is klitschkos 69th professional fight, joshua has had just 18. Joshua scaled 17 stone, 12 pounds, the heaviest hes ever been for a fight and is the bookies favourite to win. Six foot six apiece, a good fighter, but one that will have to come up against myself. I am ready to go as far as against myself. I am ready to go as farasi against myself. I am ready to go as far as i need to go to get the wind. I showed it before. Thats all it is. I have the skill and determination and are ready to dig deeper. And staying with we
By beating him to a place in the barcelona open semi finals. So lots to get through tonight. Were starting with world heavyweight title fight between britains anthonyjoshua and former champion Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium tomorrow night. The fighters weighed in this afternoon, withjoshua ten pounds heavier than his ukrainian opponent. Klitschko weighed in at 17 stone 2 pounds. Its is his first fight since losing his belts to Britains Tyson fury in 2015. But this is klitschkos 69th professional fight, joshua has had just 18. Joshua scaled 17 stone, 12 pounds, the heaviest hes ever been for a fight and is the bookies favourite to win. Six foot six apiece, a good fighter, but one that will have to come up against myself. I am ready to go as far as against myself. I am ready to go as farasi against myself. I am ready to go as far as i need to go to get the wind. I showed it before. Thats all it is. I have the skill and determination and are ready to dig deeper. And staying with we