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In this episode, the Qatar 365 team celebrate International Women's Day. Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress is the theme of the United Nations nominated day, which aims to promote women's and girls' rights.
Laila Humairah meets two inspiring women helping to shape Qatar's digital transformation and sustainable water policies. Eman Al Kuwari heads up the Digital Innovation department at the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, focusing on real-life applications using high-tech solutions, including traffic management and food security analytics. Dr Deema Almasri taps in on her decade of experience as a scientist to help draft water management policies at Earthna.
Conchita Ponce launched the Doha Women Forum seven years ago. The organisation holds an annual event featuring network professionals, entrepreneurs and industry experts. Through panel discussions, roundtable talks, and workshops, women gain the knowledge to pursue their dreams, whether starting a business or seeking a career change.
Aadel Haleem looks at how some designers make fashion more inclusive in Qatar. Diversity and sustainability aren't the only things designers are making a part of their creative process. Samanta Bullock co-owns an advocacy group called London Represents, which aims to encourage designers and labels to include people of all abilities in their creations.
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Spanish state prosecutors have accused Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti of alleged tax fraud, claiming he used shell companies to hide parts of his income during his first stint at the club a decade ago.
Prosecutors said in a statement on Wednesday that Ancelotti faces two counts of tax fraud that would be punishable with four years and nine months of prison.
The Italian coach is alleged to have illegally evaded €1 million in taxes in 2014 and 2015. The prosecutors claim that during that period Ancelotti only declared the income he received from Real Madrid and did not declare income from image rights, allegedly setting up a "confusing" system of shell companies to hide his extra earnings.
The 64-year-old Ancelotti coached Madrid from 2013-2015 before rejoining the club in 2021.
Ancelotti is one of football's most successful coaches. He is the only coach to have won the Champions League four times, twice with Madrid and twice with AC Milan, and the only coach to have won domestic league titles in England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France.
Spain has cracked down on top football profiles who have not paid their due.
Former Madrid coach Jose Mourinho received a one-year suspended sentence after reaching a guilty plea for tax fraud in 2019. Star players Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have also been found guilty of tax fraud in Spain.
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US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump both won big in the US's Super Tuesday primaries – and Trump's only noticeable challenger had little to celebrate.
Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, won only one state, the small Democratic stronghold of Vermont.
Though her campaign said staff were jubilant, she gave no victory speech.
Donald Trump, by contrast, quickly declared victory. He's moved on from these primaries, and so has Biden.
Both men are now firmly pivoting to what looks set to be a repeat of their duel in 2020 –and the US is bracing for a brutal eight months of campaigning.
Watch the commentary by Philip Crowther in the player above.