anthony joshua because he signed a contract that gave them the right in the event he won their 1st fight to put it where they chose and when they chose so he didn't have a lot of say in this i know he's not happy about having to go there and he was hoping it would at least be in new york as opposed to being in saudi arabia but i don't think it's going to hurt any ruiz but i think it's going to take a toll on an otherwise spotless image that anthony joshua yes what about the belt and the rally like they have all these fights that have gone to saudi arabia is it also about the money 100 percent i mean these companies look at it a lot of them are public companies that feel like they have a duty to their stockholders and if they can make that kind of money to bring it there they do it but i think with the human rights violations that are going on they have to look at more than just that and what's happening in yemen when happens with gay people what they how they treat women i think all this has to be brought into the argument as well. kevin just one more thing there's a lot of pressure on s

in a statement amnesty international said if anthony joshua farts andy ruiz jr in saudi arabia it's likely to be yet another opportunity for the saudi authorities to try to sports washed their severely tarnished image. saudi arabia has still managed to secure a number of huge events in the country despite the criticism former unified world champion american was paid millions to fight in jeddah last month the kingdom of saudi arabia invites the world in 2018 world wrestling entertainment staged their 1st event there as part of a 10 year deal worth a reported $450000000.00. saudi arabia has also agreed a 5 year deal to host the dakar rally however criticism pressure has seen some events called off. novak djokovic and raphaela dolls pulled out of an exhibition last december the match would have seen them net $1000000.00 each. nonetheless for the joshua match it seems business interests have prevailed say that it was a business decision it's based on the money he's going to earn it will be as hard and cold as that's unfair it's just stretching your grounds you boundaries for these very big spo

in a statement amnesty international said if anthony joshua farts andy ruiz jr in saudi arabia it's likely to be yet another opportunity for the saudi authorities to try to sports washed their severely tarnished image. saudi arabia has still managed to secure a number of huge events in the country despite the criticism former unified world champion american was paid millions to fight in jeddah last month the kingdom of saudi arabia invites the world in 2018 world wrestling entertainment staged their 1st event there as part of a 10 year deal worth a reported $450000000.00. saudi arabia has also agreed a 5 year deal to host the dakar rally however criticism and pressure has seen some of events called off. novak djokovic and raphaela dolls pulled out of an exhibition last december the match would have seen them net $1000000.00 each. nonetheless for the joshua match it seems business interests have prevailed say that it was a business decision it's based on the money he's going to earn it will be as hard and cold as that's unfair it's just stretching your grounds you boundaries for these very

and spread criticism on the decision to hold the heavyweight boxing rematch between are always and anthony joshua in saudi arabia the world title fight had been widely expected to be in either new york or cardiff but it will now be held on december the 7th in their area. on the outskirts of riyadh schools a huge upset back in june by handing joshua his 1st loss of the professional rights group amnesty international saying find his need to take a stand against saudi arabia's whole human rights record in a statement amnesty said if anthony joshua fights and due to ease in saudi arabia it's likely to be yet another opportunity for the saudi authorities to try to sports wash their severely tanishq image there's been no justice over the gruesome murder of jamal khashoggi and the saudi led military coalition in yemen is carrying out indiscriminate attacks on homes hospitals and marketplaces with horrific consequences for many civilians as with other sporting stars going to saudi arabia would call on joshua to inform himself of the human rights situation and be prepared to speak out about saudi a

widespread criticism of the decision to hold the heavyweight boxing rematch between andy ruiz jr and anthony joshua in saudi arabia that it was hard to fight had widely expected to have been in either new york or cardiff but will now be held on december 7th in the area on the outskirts of riyadh hillary's caused a huge upset in june by handing joshua his 1st loss as a professional white spirit amnesty international say the fight is need to take a stand against saudi arabia's poor human rights record where in a statement amnesty said if anthony joshua fights antony and the ruiz jr in saudi arabia it's likely to be yet another opportunity for the saudi authorities to try to sport wash their severely tarnished image there's been no justice over the gruesome murder of jamal khashoggi and the saudi led military coalition in yemen is carrying out indiscriminate attacks on homes hospitals and marketplaces with her if it consequences for yemeni officials said civilians i'm sorry i was and other sporting stars going to saudi arabia would call on joshua to inform himself of the human rights situation

it's a potentially very blue route of day for anthony joshua, the big spate of his career. he could earn 40— $50 million. also 9.59 does not seem like a lot for the chapin who had such a big upset. this might be andy ruiz essentially trying to negotiate a better deal for himself. at the bottom line is there is a legally binding docket before the first fight which says you have to have a rematch if you win against anthonyjoshua. you will get paid this much but we determine the dates and venue. he will not be able to go out of that. as much as he is trying to negotiate a better situation, he is in a very tough position. i think ultimately he will have to go through with this or did his heels in, wait it out, and potentially get stripped of his title. we will see, ade thank you so much. austria 23—1 in their innings. they pulled out england today. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. sarah, thank you very much. facial recognition systems being used in the development around kings cross train station are to be investigated by the uk's dative pr

andy ruinr says he doesn't want to fight anthony joshua in saudi arabia. hello and welcome along. this was the test that england were going to mount their ashes comeback, 1—0 down in the series. a wash—out yesterday on opening day of the second test at lords. would they have preferred more rain today? because, after australia put england into bat, they were bowled out for 258, losing wickets at a steady pace with rory burns and johnny bairstow doing their best to contain things, both with half centuries. australia are at the crease and at lord's for us is our correspondentjoe wilson. a bit ofa a bit of a slope for england this one today. and as you mentioned we are trying to make up with lost time for the wassail yesterday. play is continuing under floodlights. more on that in a moment. but it was a brave decision everything backed up this morning when tim payne won the toss frustrated and decided to bowl. it went against 0rthodox thinking but almost immediately it really paid off for him. england batting, hazelwood was tad for the attack. it was jason roy's was the first man

need to take a stand against saudi arabia's for human rights record or in a statement amnesty said if anthony joshua fights and the ruiz in saudi arabia it's largely to be yet another opportunity for the saudi authorities to try to wash their severely tainted image there's been no justice over the gruesome murder of jamal khashoggi and the saudi led military coalition in yemen is carrying out indiscriminate attacks on homes hospitals and marketplaces with her if it consequences for yemeni civilians as with other sporting stars going to saudi arabia we call on joshua to inform himself of the human rights situation and be prepared to speak out about saudi arabia's abysmal human rights record with the claims of sports washing count off to saudi arabia put up significant amounts of money to host a number of top level sports events quite recently the former unified world champion army karmas paid millions for his fight in jeddah last month the saudis signed a 10 year deal with world wrestling entertainment said to be worth $450000000.00 but some of the top names in the sport did boycott various ev

joshua's attempt to recapture his world titles from andy rooney's is set to happen this december in saudi arabia. it's a decision that's drawn criticism following the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi last year inside the saudi consulate in istanbul and the military campaign in yemen by a saudi led coalition which human rights groups have accused of carrying out indiscriminate attacks on homes hospitals and marketplaces in a statement amnesty international said if found to be joshua farts and the ruiz jr in saudi arabia it's likely to be yet another opportunity for the saudi authorities to try to sports washed their severely tarnished image. saudi arabia has still managed to secure a number of huge events in the country despite the criticism former unified world champion americana was paid millions to fight in jeddah last month the kingdom of saudi arabia invites the world in 2018 world wrestling entertainment staged their 1st event there as part of a 10 year deal worth a reported $450000000.00. saudi arabia has also agreed a 5 year deal to host the dakar rally however criticism

joshua and andy rees jr with ruiz now claiming it will not be held in saudi arabia the mexican world champion said on instagram that the fight will be on his terms back in the u.s. where he just went back in june to claim the i b f w b a and heavyweight titles joshua's try to add he had disputes this and insists the december 7th point will definitely be in saudi arabia he says the rematch course was signed before the 1st fight that ruiz will honor it says resigned a contract with us that he was absolutely over the moon with that gave him the opportunity of a lifetime he will 100 percent on of that contract his choice is to have a legal battle that could put him out of boxing for years also defend his belts for a lot of money against a guy he has already beaten there isn't any doubt he will take the fight one of the other top heavyweights tyson phiri says he's easy he would easily beat and the euro east fury fight sweden's also overly next and then most likely world but he had this message for ruiz. and there was only guy all i could be under arrest one time i mean back 7 days a week

there's confusion surrounding the rematch between anthony joshua and andy ruiz jr with ruiz now claiming it will not be in saudi arabia the mexican world champion said on instagram that the fight will be on he is back in the us where he beat joshua back in june to train the idea of w b a n w b o heavyweight titles joshua's promoter disputes this and insists the december 7th fight will definitely be in saudi arabia he says the rematch clause was signed before the 1st fight and there is a will on earth he says ruiz signed a contract with us that he was absolutely over the moon with that gave him the opportunity of a lifetime he will 100 percent on of their contract his choices to have a legal battle that could put him out of boxing for years all to defend these belts for a lot of money against the guy he has already beaten there isn't any doubt he will take the fight the current french open champion ashley barty is a set up against maria sharapova at the cincinnati open both a former number one then another former top ranked player simona halep needed 3 sets to progress to the 3rd round th

joshua's attempt to recapture his world titles from andy rooney's is set to happen this december in saudi arabia. it's a decision that's drawn criticism following the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi last year inside the saudi consulate in istanbul and the military campaign in yemen by a saudi led coalition which human rights groups have accused of carrying out indiscriminate attacks on homes hospitals and marketplaces in a statement amnesty international said if found to be joshua farts and the ruiz jr in saudi arabia it's likely to be yet another opportunity for the saudi authorities to try to sports washed their severely tarnished image. saudi arabia has still managed to secure a number of huge events in the country despite the criticism former unified world champion american was paid millions to fight in jeddah last month the kingdom of saudi arabia invites the world in 2018 world wrestling entertainment stage their 1st event there as part of a 10 year deal worth a reported $450000000.00. saudi arabia has also agreed a 5 year deal to host the dakar rally however criticism p

frazer clarke is a man who knows anthonyjoshua better frazer clarke is a man who knows anthony joshua better than any frazer clarke is a man who knows anthonyjoshua better than any other boxer. as the pair spent years sparring together as part of the great britain olympic squad. sparring together as part of the great britain olympic squadlj sparring together as part of the great britain olympic squad. i would drop him a message regularly and just in general, if i need any advice, he is sort of probably the go to person. all i was thinking but when i was sparring those top people was what it was doing for me. it was helping them but i took the benefit out of it myself. fraser clark has had to wait for his chance to shine, as joshua and then joe joyce was chosen to compete ahead of him at the last two olympic games. i've had to learn to be very patient. i'm 28 yea rs to learn to be very patient. i'm 28 years old. i feel in the prime of my life. i am in years old. i feel in the prime of my life. iam in no years old. i feel in the prime of my life. i am in no rush. ifeel great. i think ev

joshua won't be held in saudi arabia those stories after the break. we've had some severe weather into the upper midwest of the united states a fair amount of plow rolling for the reason is that eastern side of the u.s. that will see some very lively storms as we go through thursday so some wet weather anywhere from around new york new jersey right out cross the carolinas down into the panhandle with very unsettled possibility of some localized flooding doesn't get that much better as a go on into friday sickly around the southeastern corner of the north new york should broaden out we'll see a few showers there just up towards new england into that eastern side of kind of the central as a kind of a fair bit of cloud here central parts of the u.s. through the plains looking at some very heavy right just around the prairies that could cause some flooding as well for a dry for the west coast of the u.s. western parts of canada will see some clouds and some writers pushing across the bt . just making its way a little eastwards. and have a care been there

in sport heavyweight boxing champion andy rules jr says his title rematch with anthony joshua won't be held in saudi arabia details a little later. hello you know welcome back to international weather forecast we're here in karachi expect to see more rain as we go into the weekend now earlier in the week we decide what a bit of rain deadly rain and flooding going on across that region and here is our next event that is coming in from india so as we go towards friday notice how the rain starts to make its way towards the west so we're going to be watching this very carefully as we do go into the weekend there quite city though it is going to be a humid a few at 46 degrees in baghdad at 45 here across the gulf the admitted he is back up again we do expect it to stay over the next few days temps are dropping down to 38 but the real feel is going to be more like 43 to possibly 44 degrees in the heating of the day over to be at $41.00 and as we go towards friday much of the same across the region clouds there along the coast of oman with solacing a temperature of $24.00 degrees and then ver

joshua won't be held in saudi arabia. the 1st pakistan's prime minister has compared the indian government to the not says because of its decision to revoke indian administered kashmir of its autonomy imran khan delivered a scathing attack again. new delhi saying the hindu nationalist ideology of the governing b j p means its policy is a sectarian and anti muslim mr cound dedicated the nation's dependence day to the kashmiri struggle as he addressed the assembly on the pakistani side of the disputed territory kashmir is majority muslim and there if it is india is seeking to change the democracy of the region. because a lot of career between india and pakistan there is no fight going on but we are standing up to an ideology which is worse this ideology is the r s s ideology the parent organisation of the b j p modi is a member of it since childhood this ideology got inspiration from hitler's nazi party which includes racial superiority. the indian governor of the indian side of the region says restrictions on freedom of mo

joshua will take place in saudi arabia in december. yemen's internationally recognized government says it's lost control of all its military camps in the southern port city of aden. they've been occupied by u.a.e. backed southern separatists it's been battling since wednesday. the temporary seat of yemen's internationally recognized government fighting has been intensifying for the past 4 days dozens of people have been killed how is live for us inside so let's start 1st of all with the situation in aden is that city now completely in the control of the so-called security belt forces. according to the reports army that the already taken control of the presidential palace the 4th brigade which is. the main and important camp for the international you could nies the government also they have taken over the tarik military camp so they have already taken over the most important military cams and . also government institutions this isn't occasion that these separatists council is heading away to take over the whole city the minister of info

joshua and andy rooney's jr human human rights organizations have criticised the decision but is only focused on sports and says the negative publicity could actually help boost viewing figures. i think it's just not quite moment for the sport you know we can't be naive enough to think that boxing exists in britain and in the usa this is a chance to really change the landscape of the sport saudi arabia have invested in a make a fight but not for the 1st time you know they've invested in smaller fights to get themselves prepared for that some of which i've attended i'm not a politician i look at it commercially from a sports event perspective obviously they have a vision to change the perception in the the the why of the country through sport and he's very comfortable find out that he's looking forward to the experience but most importantly he's not worrying too much about the politics the line that we thought that he really must win for his career and it's a fight that i believe will be an awkward moment just for just in the past he did rumble in the jungle and through manila this wil

joshua in saudi arabia. argentina's currency against the dollar after president ritzer market suffered a major setback in its attempt to win reelection back is governing party for 15 percent less than opposition candidate alberto fernandez who secured more than 47 percent of the vote. joins us live now from venice i don't know why or why were they caught off guard by this well he must because opinion polls in the run up to these primary elections were talking about through all 3 percent difference between the 2 candidates so nobody predicted 15 percent not the governing party nor the opposition so i think both sides were very much caught off guard by this and also much of the speculation much of the talk much of the media coverage was about what was happening in the markets what people expected from this government on economic times it did seem as though not many people were out there in the streets in the countryside talking to people who seem to have been very much affected by these economic policies infla

joshua won't be held in saudi arabia. hello pakistan's prime minister has compared the indian government to the nazis over its decision to revoke kashmir as autonomy effectively antics in the territory imran khan says india's governing b j p is anti muslim because of its hindu nationalist ideology and dedicated pakistan's independence day to kashmir which has been under a strict security lockdown for 10 days on the indian side there are fears india is trying to change the majority muslim demographic of the region. between india and pakistan there is no fight going on but we are standing up to an ideology which is worse this ideology is the r s s ideology the parent organisation of the b j p modi is a member of it since childhood this ideology got inspiration from hitler's nazi party which includes racial superiority. has more from. pakistan administered kashmir strong words from the pakistani prime minister saying that the pakistani government as well as its people stand beside the people of kashmir he came to this assemb

joshua and andy ruiz jr with ruiz now claiming it will not be in saudi arabia the mexican world champion said on instagram that the fight will be on his terms back in the u.s. where he just showed back in june to claim the i.b.a. of the b.b. and w b o heavyweight titles joshua's promoter eddie hearn disputes this and insists the december 7th fight who definitely be in saudi arabia he says the rematch clause was signed before the 1st fight and there is will honor it and says ruiz signed a contract with us that he was absolutely over the moon with that gave him the opportunity of a lifetime he will 100 percent on a contract he choices to have a legal battle that could put him out of boxing for years all to defend these belts for a lot of money against the guy he has already beaten there isn't any doubt he will take the fight. accident investigators say the footballer emily was exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide before his fatal plane crash in january the argentine was travelling from the french city of normed to card of to join up with these new club when the plane crashed into the

andy ruinunior refutes the claims by anthony joshua's promoter that the rematch is set for saudi arabia. they crossed the line first, but great britain's georgia taylor—brown and jess learmonth are disqualified at the triathlon olympic test event in tokyo. i'll be back with more on those stories after half—past. let's return to one of our headline stories. police in malaysia say a postmortem examination on the body of 15—year—old nora quoirin has revealed no signs of foul play. the teenagerfrom london was found on tuesday, ten days after she went missing from a jungle resort, where she'd been on holiday with her family. our 0ur correspondence our correspondence to howard johnson is in malaysia for us. yesterday, a senior pathologist found all day —— spent all day examining the body of nora corrine, and today police have released some of the details of that postmortem examination. they say there is no suspicion of foul play according to them, they say she died two or three days before they found her body —— nora quorin. no indications of rape or violence, and they say the

joshua and andy ruiz jr on december the 7th the fight will take place in saudi arabia in an open a stadium near the capital riyadh speaking to al-jazeera in london hearn dismissed accusations that having the balance in a country with such a poor human rights record was an ethical. thank you just not connick moment for this but you know we can't be naive enough to think that boxing exists in britain and in the usa this is a chance to really change the landscape of the sport saudi arabia have invested in a make a fight but not for the 1st time you know they've invested in smaller fights to get himself prepared for that some of which i've attended i'm not a politician i look at it commercially from a sports event perspective obviously they have a vision to change the perception in the to the way of the country through sport and he's very comfortable find out there he's looking forward to the experience but most importantly he's not worrying too much about the politics that we thought that he really must win for his career and it's a fight that i believe will be an awkward moment just for just

joshua in saudi arabia. argentina's currency has collapsed after president maurice your mockeries shock defeat in sunday's presidential primary the president fell by more than 30 percent against the dollar but has since partially recovered crees left wing rival a better friend and has came in more than 15 percent ahead in the vote primaries seen as a key indicator head of october's general election has vowed to reverse the result . unfortunately today we had a very bad day. we have more today than before what happened we're going through a very strong impact the dollars back up again with all the consequences that that has. big shots. i think a big shock to everybody concerned both the opposition and the government some might have expected a victory in these primaries and for the opposition but the finance i don't think anybody expected it to be quite as large as it was it was not 15 percent the markets have reacted very strongly as you mentioned i have with the establishment around the from global sources p

and anthony joshua says he to recover from a side strain. and anthonyjoshua says he is determined to get his passion back for boxing. he is scheduled for a rematch later this year. he says he wants to prove it was a one—off. the case of the british woman accused of making a false rape allegation in cyprus has been adjourned this morning, after her lawyer resigned from the case. let's get the latest now from our correspondent mark lowen in cyrpus. bring us up—to—date with what has happened, mark? rebecca, it was a short hearing this morning here in paralimni in cyprus, when the defendant was led into the trial, to the courthouse, to the court room, to hear that her lawyer, andreas pittadjis, had resigned from the case. he made a statement in the courtroom saying he was to resign, citing a serious disagreement over the handling of the case, and the case was then adjourned to 19th august. the defendant, tearful, was remanded in custody until then. afterwards, we came out of the courtroom and we spoke to andreas pittadjis and asked him why