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six weeks ago. now on bbc news, the travel show. in the past few decades, the skyline of doha, qatar's capital city, has changed beyond recognition. the discovery of oil in the 1930s, and then natural gas in the early 1970s, marked a seismic change in the fortunes of qatar. and at a turbocharged pace, qatar's hopes, dreams and buildings have risen high above the desert sands. since this small, but mighty gulf nation won the right to host the fifa world cup back in 2010, it has spent billions on state—of—the—art stadia and infrastructure. and with the first match set to kick off...

will glennon, bbc news. that was brilliant from start to finish, well done, betty. let's take a look at the weather. hello. the sunshine continues this afternoon across the southern half of the uk. again, no rain in the forecast. a bit more cloud, though, through the afternoon in parts of north wales, north midlands, northern england. a small chance of a shower. isolated shower in northern ireland but brightening up. and brightening up too across mainland scotland compared with the morning, although further rain at times in the far north and a brisk wind. a wetter afternoon in orkney...

birmingham and the commonwealth games, where it's a huge morning ahead in athletics and netball, while the premier league season got under way, with a convincing win for arsenal — 2—0 away at crystal palace. and while we have a bit of rain again today in scotland, most places after a fresh start will be dry sunny and warm. getting even warmer next week and i will have the details to sixth of august. a campaign group supporting the family of archie battersbee say his parents have been told his life support will be withdrawn this morning. christian concern says it follows the exhau...

hello and welcome to bbc news. russia has shown its determined to assert control over ukraine's black sea coast. that's despite moscow's decision to withdraw from the much — fought — over snake island earlier this week. in the past 2a hours, missiles have hit the port of odessa, killing at least 19 people. before they were effectively blockaded, ports in the black sea were used to export grain. now, ukraine accuses russia of stealing that grain and it says this russian—flagged cargo ship has left the russian—occupied port of berdyansk with a cargo of seed. the ship is heading...

should not being given a platform in the media. now on bbc news, click. this week, we are going green, although other colours of nature are available. oh, i could change the colour of my tree. we discover some highly unusual building materials. it is, in a sense, mould in here. that's the strangest case of rising damp i've ever seen. no, the whole place is made of it. and spencer meet the man behind an icon. this is your baby. but as the ipod is laid to rest for good, we meet the robots built to break down your iphone. and also cats — big ones. a giant redwood, the largest tree on ...