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World Cup 2022: spectacle, controversy and heartbreak

Off the pitch, a new series of Football Cards has replaced footballers with the faces and stories of migrant workers who have died in Qatar.

The football World Cup 2022 has opened in Qatar. Newsday's Isaac Fanin is in the capital Doha, where the city is slowly waking up after a difficult evening on the field for World Cup hosts Qatar. Despite the loss, last night made history as the first World Cup in a Muslim country and Arab world.

And we hear about a new series of Football Cards that has replaced footballers with the faces and stories of migrant workers who have died in Qatar after reportedly facing labour abuses and unable to change jobs freely.

Business looks at how the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX in the United States owes its fifty biggest creditors more than three billion dollars.

Plus, we visit the liberated Ukranian city of Kherson which is trying to remove all traces of Russian occupation.

50 minutes

Last on

Mon 21 Nov 2022 07:06GMT

Broadcast

  • Mon 21 Nov 2022 07:06GMT