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Diplomatic breakthrough

The meeting at the high table can, therefore, be expected to go beyond the customary diplomatic grandstanding. When the desert kingdom’s Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman greeted the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, with an embrace on arrival, it was more than a symbolic gesture.

Games galore

The 2022 World Cup of football has been shifted to winter in a sensational departure from custom so it can be held in Qatar.