Dan Levy meets Nasser Al-Khelaifin, President of Paris Saint-Germain football club. They discuss a mixed season for the big-spending club, after Montpellier overcame Paris Saint-Germain to win the French league title. There were also good points though, as PSG qualified for the Champions League.
Throw the indie pop stylings of LA's AM into the musical pot with London's psychedelic groovemaster Shawn Lee and find out what you get in today’s culture show. Also on the programme: art becomes an international attention-grabber for Qatar, and China's terracotta army regroups in the United States.
Our correspondents meet with the Palestinians who had found refuge in Syria, only to have to flee again. Next, we travel to a city in southern Yemen where militant group Ansar al-Sharia has raised its flag and imposed its law. Finally, Qatar is sending three women to the London Olympics - a first in the Emirate's history.
Qatar is not afraid to flex its diplomatic and financial muscles, and its arrival on the world stage has been extraordinary. Last year the emirate was picked to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022, and its political influence was seen to grow during the Arab uprisings. We take a look at what Qatar is trying to achieve and why.
Syrian state TV channel Al Dunya has accused Qatar, FC Barcelona’s main sponsor, of using matches played by the Champions League title holders to spread coded messages to Syrian insurgents.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is trying to reinvent his image ahead of the elections. However, will he manage to pass as a new candidate after being in power for 5 years? Next, the Emir of Qatar owns properties the length and breadth of Paris but aside from five star hotels and football clubs, the emirate is also pouring its petrol dollars into some more unexpected projects. Finally, France’s first ever test tube baby has turned thirty. We take a look at the legacy of Amandine.
Turkish and Qatari officials said a military strike on Iran would be disastrous for the region and dismissed suggestions of tighter sanctions to rein in its nuclear programme, saying renewed negotiations with Tehran were the only option.
Members of the Taliban began preliminary talks with US officials in Qatar on Sunday in a "trust-building" measure ahead of multilateral peace negotiations aimed at ending the 10-year-long conflict in Afghanistan.
Syria on Tuesday rejected Qatar's proposal to send troops from Arab countries to halt the ongoing violence. Army defectors fighting the regime have called on the UN to initiate military action.
Arab troops should be deployed in Syria to bring an end to President Bashar al-Assad's deadly crackdown on the popular uprising, the Emir of Qatar (pictured) has said, in a first call from an Arab leader to intervene in the conflict-torn country.
