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How Qatar is planning to ensure security at World Cup 2022

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How Qatar is planning to ensure security at World Cup 2022

Qatar safety forces, together with companions from 13 international locations, have carried out a five-day safety train throughout the nation.

Qatar is anticipated to deploy tens of 1000’s of safety forces to make sure a seamless World Cup.

The host nation has signed quite a few safety cooperation offers with a number of international locations. Greater than 1.2 million followers are anticipated to go to Qatar through the competitors which runs from November 20 to December 18.

Qatar safety forces, together with companions from 13 international locations, have carried out a five-day safety train throughout the nation. The drills have been aimed toward testing the readiness and responsiveness of the emergency companies, native day by day The Peninsula reported.

Based on the event’s safety committee, the workout routines, dubbed Watan (which interprets to nation in Arabic), concerned 32,000 authorities safety personnel and 17,000 from the personal safety sector.

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Which international locations are serving to out?

Turkey beforehand introduced it’s going to ship greater than 3,000 riot law enforcement officials to assist safe stadiums and inns. Turkey may even ship 100 particular operations law enforcement officials, 50 bomb specialists and 80 sniffer canine, it mentioned.

Turkish inside minister Suleyman Soylu mentioned in January that Turkey has additionally educated 677 Qatari safety personnel in 38 totally different skilled areas, with out elaborating on the specifics.

In August, Pakistan agreed to ship troops to Qatar to offer safety through the event. The troops landed in Doha earlier this month, based on Radio Pakistan, the state broadcaster.

Additionally that month, the French parliament permitted the deployment of about 220 safety personnel to the Gulf state for the event. The deployment will make sure the safety of followers, together with French nationals, the French inside ministry mentioned.

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Qatar has additionally inked a safety cooperation settlement with Morocco, the Qatar Information Company reported final month. Final 12 months, Moroccan information retailers reported that Rabat will deploy cybersecurity consultants to Qatar through the event.

In Might, the UK’s Ministry of Defence mentioned it’s going to help Doha delivering a “protected” and “safe” World Cup.

The ministry mentioned it’s going to again Qatar with navy capabilities to counter “terrorism” and different threats to the soccer video games. The help will embody maritime safety help from the Royal Navy, superior venue search coaching, operational planning and command and management help, and additional specialist recommendation, the ministry mentioned.

Qatar additionally has an settlement in place with america Division of Protection to cooperate on “technical preparations” through the event.

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“The technical preparations intention to determine and put in place the tasks associated to cooperation between the 2 sides, and the US armed forces’ contribution to offering help the FIFA 2022 World Cup occasion,” Qatar’s defence ministry mentioned in a statement earlier this month.

The United Arab Emirates-based The Nationwide reported earlier this 12 months that former Jordanian troopers have been additionally being provided roles on the World Cup.

Because the World Cup approaches, elevated security-related actions are being witnessed on the streets of Qatar. A central command centre has been set as much as monitor safety digicam footage from all eight World Cup stadiums.

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By Valerie Volcovici and Nailia Bagirova BAKU (Reuters) – COP29 climate summit host Azerbaijan urged participating countries to bridge their differences and come up with a finance deal on Friday, as negotiations at the two-week conference entered their final hours. World governments represented at …
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Man in India regains consciousness before his cremation on funeral pyre: reports

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Man in India regains consciousness before his cremation on funeral pyre: reports

A 25-year-old man who was declared dead and about to be cremated in India this week was found to be still alive by witnesses, according to reports. 

Rohitash Kumar, 25, who was deaf and mute, was declared dead at a hospital in the state of Rajasthan in the northwestern part of India without a post-mortem examination, according to The Times of India. 

Once it was clear Kumar was alive at his cremation on Thursday afternoon, his family reportedly took him back to a hospital where he died early Friday morning. 

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A crematorium in India.  (Rupak De Chowdhuri/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Three doctors involved in declaring Kumar dead at the Bhagwan Das Khetan district hospital have since been suspended, the newspaper reported. 

Kumar had suffered an epileptic seizure and was declared dead after he flatlined while doctors were performing CPR on him, the Daily Mail reported, citing the AFP news service. 

Relatives carry the body of a person who died of COVID-19 as multiple pyres of other victims burn at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, in 2021.

Relatives carry the body of a person who died of COVID-19 as multiple pyres of other victims burn at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, in 2021. (AP Photo/Amit Sharma, File)

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“The situation was nothing short of a miracle,” a witness at the funeral pyre told local news outlet ETV Bharat. “We all were in shock. He was declared dead, but there he was, breathing and alive.” 

Ramavtar Meena, a government official in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district, called the incident “serious negligence.”

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The state of Rajasthan in northwestern India.  (Vishal Bhatnagar/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

“Action will be taken against those responsible. The working style of the doctors will also be thoroughly investigated,” he said. 

Meena added that a committee had been formed to investigate the incident. 

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Thousands march across Europe protesting violence against women

Violence against women and girls remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it.

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Thousands marched across France and Italy protesting violence against women on Saturday – two days before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. 

Those demonstrating protested all forms of violence against women – whether it be sexual, physical, psychological and economic. 

The United Nations designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The goal is to raise awareness of the violence women are subjected to and the reality that the scale and nature of the issue is often hidden. 

Activists demonstrated partially naked in Rome, hooded in balaclavas to replicate the gesture of Iranian student Ahoo Daryaei, who stripped in front of a university in Tehran to protest the country’s regime. 

In France, demonstrations were planned in dozens of cities like Paris, Marseille and Lille. 

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More than 400 organisations reportedly called for demonstrations across the country amidst widespread shock caused by the Pelicot mass rape trial. 

Violence against women and girls remains one of the most prevalent and pervasive human rights violations in the world, according to the United Nations. Globally, almost one in three women have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their life. 

For at least 51,100 women in 2023, the cycle of gender-based violence ended with their murder by partners or family members. That means a woman was killed every ten minutes. 

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