see provides a united front in the face of radiant aggression but just how united is the g.c.c. which you say it is the u.s. worries in any way that this united front will not submerge. well i think that the u.s. would like to see the united front the merge but for some of the reasons that your distinguished previous speaker husham had made with respect to this it may be a hard and very serious and perhaps longer term struggle to bring it back i think there is no question at all that it would like to be back but not in invidious terms not in terms of the numerous requirements that have middle levied on it in the past that required almost that it capitulate on every in every area and so we'll see whether in fact arab diplomacy can bring that about at the moment the g.c.c. is not just due to issue knighted with respect to caught her both kuwait and oman

have behalf some serious reservations about how much this facing down if iran will move in how much it will move into the potential for conflict we know that the saudi foreign minister had made a number of statements this week about wanting to avoid war and i think that's another effort in another indication that bringing the g.c.c. together on terms other than conflict can take place and makes it easier to happen we remain i think open about what are the views of the united arab emirates which are not entirely clear but i suppose that if the saudis are able to unite the others they will have a strong argument once again to close any gap with the united arab emirates or this issue certainly the saudis are treating the iranian question and perhaps the iranian threat as they see it as much more important than the blockade and the

things that have so far been disunite ing the gulf cooperation council for the last couple of years and how important would you say the the u.s. ally. ice in the gulf are. washington right now because we are seeing these tensions being ramped up from the u.s. putting an awful lot of pressure on the iranians just how reliances the u.s. on the support or is america prepared at to go it's alone when it comes to dealing with iran i think that 1st the united states is split on this particular subject the president keeps talking about an early conversation with the iranians i don't think he takes the statement of the supreme leader last week that talks with the united states are not on that seems to be pretty well ratified across the iranian spectrum even if there are audience who at

one point or another thought it might be useful to see whether in fact they could lead anywhere there are 2 reasons for i think iranian concern one is that the united states is pulls out of the nuclear agreement and the 2nd is that the united states as a negotiating proposition has not been able to put forward in a similar relationship with the north koreans any kind of run arrangement which could lead forward to a peaceful resolution of the problem of iranian of north korean nuclear ization the 2 are quite different in many of their details but the substance of those i think is casting a shadow from the far east right into the middle east and into the gulf region and do you think the u.s. is heading for another middle eastern war. well i hope not and i think most

americans who would join me in that feeling there seems to be no jingoistic approach here with some rare exceptions perhaps in the white house with mr bolton and perhaps in the state department was secretary pump aoe but it is very clear the american military has no appetite for moving in that direction and it's quite clear the president who ran on a platform which was basically no more wars he was himself reaching out to see if he could find a way to get over the barrier which i think it his self constructed for talks with the iranians as a way to move ahead now some of that may be feeding his own sense of nurses i'm here that he's the man who can make the deal is the only person who can bring it about and he is facing reelection and of course a new arrangement with iran something different would certainly suit him in that

regard in terms of bringing the public along i don't think in fact getting out of the iranian nuclear deal with the complications that he has put on the table has necessarily been universally greeted with enthusiasm and particularly the sense that it might lead to war ok thomas pickering great to get your thoughts sad but we have run outs of time thank you so much for joining us that live from washington d.c. happy to be with you there's plenty more still to come on the news hour including social glue moment of the believe in one of the must move it is just unbelievable just unbelievable. a major defeat for israel's prime minister actions for the country. and we'll have the story of a young that my current boy in italy who helped save the life of his classmates but is now fighting to get citizenship plus. i may want to use that. oval cricket ground in london where the world cup is on the wife of the hosts of started with

a with. several people are reported south been killed in a series of explosions in iraq more than a dozen others are said to have been injured in the blasts in the city of kirkuk the military says several improvised explosive devices went off was no immediate claim of responsibility. and iranian member of parliament says the u.s. has been using mediators to send messages to his governments he says the americans have also asked to hold negotiations with teheran contradicting their own actions well washington blames iran for sabotaging for oil tankers off the u.a.e. costar earlier this month so one denies those claims and has a key is the americans of trying to starts a war that's going to much from the record graham if there is consensus among

executive officials that negotiating with the united states is absolutely not advised not just negotiating with the current government the obama administration was not fundamentally different from the current government it had a different appearance but the same nature we won't be deceived by u.s. tricks u.s. president donald trump says sanctions against iran are working and could force to iran to the negotiating table. china is becoming a very weakened they just say oh i think there are a very weak in there and a red one the radio. has more now from tehran. pca is a senior m.p. and the chairman of the national security and foreign policy commission of iranian parliament he's the same man the tweeted 2 weeks ago that iran of the united states need a table somewhere in the region to sit down and discuss ways of deescalating the tension over ongoing u.s. economic sanctions against iran as well as the recent u.s.

military buildup in the region he suggested countries like iraq and qatar that both enjoy a good relationship with the united states as well as iran since then japan and pakistan have also offered to mediate tensions between iran and washington mr comments today seem to indicate what those 3rd parties might actually be discussing when they sit down to have talks here's some of what he said these 3rd party countries explicitly told america not to talk to iran from the position of war because a war with to one practically speaking won't have any winners these 3rd parties have told americans that the islamic republic of iran can handle war time challenges very well so they cannot confront iran in this way now mr comments came a day after supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei in a speech from his residence in tehran speaking to students and academics said that iran's government all of the establishment speaks in one voice when it comes to talks with the united states going to much really because there is consensus among

executive officials that negotiating with the united states is absolutely not advised not just negotiating with the current government the obama administration was not fundamentally different from the current government it had a different appearance but the same nature we won't be deceived by us tricks. on thursday u.s. president donald trump said that iran is a weakening country and that it is looking for some kind of deal with the united states and that is exactly the kind of taking over of the narrative that iran's government is keen to avoid it has to be said that when it comes to the big picture of resisting america's maximum pressure campaign on iran all of iran's leaders do tend to agree on how to go about resisting the u.s. campaign in terms of sanctions and in terms of the military buildup but what mr follow her comments tell us is there may be some daylight between what iran's government shares in terms of public policy stated public policy about no talks

with the united states and the practical steps the measures that iranian leaders are taking to try to deescalate tensions in the region. well essence a month after its last election israel is gearing up for another after prime minister benjamin netanyahu failed to form a coalition governments parliament voted see dissolve itself after the deadline passed at midnights on wednesday the country will return to the polls in september meanwhile netanyahu matts with senior white house adviser jared kirshner to talk about trump's peace plan for the middle east are false it has more now from west jerusalem. well the day after those incredibly dramatic events at the israeli parliament the knesset the recriminations are flying in israel is preparing itself reluctantly i think for another round of elections none precedented series of events 2 elections within the space of the same year avigdor lieberman continues

the former defense minister who refused to join the government unless his demands were met he continues to blame the good party of benjamin netanyahu for ceding too much policy ground to the ultra-orthodox parties his is a secularist party and it is worried about israel it says becoming a religious state instead of a secular jewish state benjamin netanyahu after those events in the knesset came out and blamed lieberman in the most personal terms you can imagine saying that he would deliberately misled his own voters and acted to bring down a right wing government and now this man who has throughout his career been one of the furthest right members of mainstream israeli politics he's benjamin using him of being a leftist in disguise so netanyahu will go into these elections still in a relatively strong position there is a good chance that he could win the power again but what it does do is it really

hampers his efforts to try to secure some kind of immunity legislatively from the impending indictments the pending hearings over 3 separate corruption cases efforts as well to try to ensure that the supreme court could overturn any such immunity all of that is under threat because of this delay and as well as that there are wider implications to the u.s. administration's peace plan. jared. donald trump's envoy on that plan has been in jerusalem on thursday he's met netanyahu netanyahu referred to a little. that had taken place the previous evening but if the u.s. puts off the political roll out of that plan yet again to accommodate israeli elections that delays it well into what will become a real us presidential election season certain really does have a major impact potentially on the rollout of that peace plan let's get more on this

new day everyone has more from ramallah in the occupied west bank palestinians have stopped engaging with the u.s. administration ever since the u.s. president donald trump said that he's willing to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem which he eventually did last year the palestinian officials would tell you that the americans have become part of the problem and not part of the solution and not only do they to jack the u.s. peace plan but also the sword mediation of america in the peace process as to the economic workshop that is due to be held in the next month but as to me and it it that they haven't been consulted in that conference and they're not going to be joining that position has been due today that by palestinian president mahmoud abbas who has met the special envoy by the king yesterday he told him that the palestinians are not going to be joining in response to their invoice said that is simply hosting the conference and not organizing

a listing in officials have repeatedly said this is that the solution to the palestinian cause is not just economic it's political they talk about the end of occupation as well as having is jerusalem as the capital of the future palestinian state iran's foreign minister has criticized the yet to be unveiled u.s. plan calling it shameful. east jerusalem is not for sale doesn't belong to trump and he can't give it away to anyone it will never be owned by benjamin netanyahu and no one is about to buy or sell it on behalf of the great palestinian nation. as president. says fighting in northern syria must be put on hold to stop more civilian deaths and a conversation with his russian counterpart vladimir putin he said a ceasefire in the loop would also stop refugees fleeing to turkey it comes as rebel fighters hold against governments airstrikes with the number of dead rising

so now to reports from beirut's. fozia la she prayed that his children and grandchild will be pulled out alive from underneath the rubble of what was their house. they were at but i was. more than 250 syrians have been killed in russian and syrian air and ground attacks in recent weeks opposition controlled towns across southern italy northern and western aleppo in the north west are under attack. every day people are dying under the rubble here in provence while the arab leaders are in air conditioned rooms children women and the elderly a dying look around this is becoming a reality the united nations says further escalation with threaten humanitarian assistance for the region's residents some 270000 people have been displaced since late april. 100 only 30 percent of those in need are receiving aid because the

number of displaced in the past month drastically increased the intense bombardment is preventing aid workers from reaching some areas. it's been a month since the bombardment began a cease fire agreed by russia turkey last year has all but collapsed straining their alliance in syria turkish authorities say there are efforts to revive that deal. we asked and are waiting from our russian partners who we are in close contact with to use their influence on the syrian regime in order to stop the lad in air attacks on a deliberate soon as possible. the russian backed offensive is seen as military pressure on turkey to force the rebels to create a demilitarized zone around it lip and open highways that run through the province . there. are.

martin being there and. the armed opposition is holding its ground believed to be backed by turkey which gives it a strong position on the table but turkey's participation in the russian led asked the track may be more important for russia than it lip as it seeks to drive the political process to end the war. beirut. lots more still to come on al-jazeera including brazil's president faces his biggest challenge yet tens of. cuts to education. and in sports a scare for the women's world number one at the french open.

however the river danube is running high in fact much of its length has been lashed by pretty heavy rain in the last 24 hours as this circulation shows you a big sandstorm here the wind that's rumania but hungary's also been battered quite a lot on the cloud is still there though i think it's motion in the next 24 hours will be drifting slowly sayas woods this is the overnight picture if you like and therefore daytime on friday you've got rain potential from the shows of the asiatic right through remain in towards russia too with moscow the temp has dropped a little bit but beyond that it doesn't move very much now much of western europe at this time has seen the writing tabs disappear and the warm slowly returned by the time we get to saturday the temperature in london could be 26 in paris about 28 and clearly it's warmer still than in spain of course with overlays or color background that's where the reds are but even he got the oranges coming up for the massive cloudy air though it's going to feel quite warm when you're in the sunshine is in the low to medium teens now the same is true in north africa of course in the

desert is hot but near the coast is still with an onshore breeze no good for those friday and saturday temperatures now jay is in tripoli in the low twenty's and the massive cloud still in libya. this is al jazeera a quick reminder of the top stories for you this hour the saudi king sound man has accused iran of developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles in a threats to regional security he was speaking at one of a series of

a marriage and see summits convened by saudi arabia on iran. for the qatari prime minister is attending the summit in saudi arabia after an invitation from king someone is the 1st high level meeting between the 2 governments since the start of a saudi led blockade on qatar 2 years ago. israel's parliament has falsity dissolve itself after prime minister binyamin netanyahu fails to form a coalition governments pave the way for new elections churchills for september. well said back to our top story the summit in saudi arabia. the show is al-jazeera senior political analyst he joins us from london martin you were following those opening statements from that summer its edges just say experiencers will say the arabia is hoping for by calling these emergency meetings.

it's hoping to rally gulf arab and islamic support for its position vis a vis iran and on the raising the rising tensions in the gulf region of course the problems in the gulf and saudi arabian. tensions and polarization have been going on now for 4 decades but the recent escalation and the attack on the tankers in the persian gulf as well as apparently on biplanes and saudi arabia has really put pressure on riyadh to try and to reach out to. form our allies i would say like cutter as well as neutral neighbors like all men as well as of course muslim countries in order to raise its profile and to defend its interests whether it would be able to get all these countries to support its

position on iran that is doubtful well that certainly is the question they're currently in a closed session just hammering out to see what they are and managed to come away with that but certainly it's very disparate elements they're trying to bring together in this common position is it not and many leaders have stayed away from these meetings what do you think the says about the overall effectiveness of saudi arabia's foreign policy well look for the last several years certain of the last 3 years so he has been quite effective as a destabilizing force and has been quite ineffective as a constructive force and that's quite the paradox. riyadh calls for summits when it's feels it's under threat but when it's been the force behind the instability say for example in libya where it apparently supports the renegade general

a friendly fire hafter in his act that on. tripoli an arab capital i don't see saudi arabia calling for an emergency summit and neither an arab not in the stomach summit and certainly when a seat when syrian territories and palestinian territories are annexed by israel and accepted by the united states so there is not calling for summits clearly only one so the interests are at stake that the saudis move to try to find out a muslim sort of ditty that is unfortunate because it's so the arabia has alienated so many of its allies and so many of the number of countries that now that it needs some of them it's finds out a lot of them are so alienated that it won't find the kind of solidarity it hoped to seek visit iran or any other question ok martin sorry to cut you off there ed

just sits explain serve years just in ny we are showing you live pictures from mecca at these are the arrivals for the arab league this is happening right now you see this is happening in parallel one could say with the the g.c.c. summit martin tells us about the significance of this at the fact that we're seeing these 2 parallel meetings happening at the same time. that's exactly what saudi arabia is seeking are seeking both gulf as well as arab position in support of its stance against iran a lot of these countries especially in the arab world you can name just a good number of them you know like iraq or lebanon or jordan or algeria there's a good number of countries that have issue or will take up issue with saudi arabia on its position on iran while they will all be in sort of that the were saudi

arabia in terms of its being attacked by anyone whether it's who theist or a rainy and so on so forth they will not in brace its position of escalation against iran because i think everyone understands including in washington the war would be a catastrophe and that betting on war that is not going to happen is even a bigger catastrophe because it will simply lead to further polarize ation instability and so on so forth a war against iran will certainly spill over to saudi arabia and all the other gulf neighbors no war against iran will leave the arab world divided then weak they really need to find a 3rd way in this arab summit as well as in the gulf summit in order to find ways to deal with iran because let's admit that when it comes to the nuclear deal iran is in the right iran has not violated the deal of the united states did but when it

comes to its original policy iran has been as destabilizing saudi arabia and i think the arab and the gulf countries have every right now to say let's stop this polarization let's end this conflict let's end the war in yemen let's end the war in syria and let's end the occupation of palestine at marvin's it they are highlighting some of the divisions that are among the arab nations who are continuing. arrive in mecca who are so being received the you're mentioning that they are divine on regional issues just give us a sense of who is siding with who and who has more to lose. as these meetings on falls because it appears on the surface going to be very difficult to get any kind of consensus on any issue. unfortunately they're divided on a number of words horizontal and vertical and in any other way. because this is not

just you know down the line as for example during the gulf war when some countries thought there should be no military solution against iraq with occupy kuwait others people believed it should be today the arab world is divided than a good number of ways but certainly the biggest acts the most influential the most effective and to my mind the most destabilizing one has been led by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates along with age of them behave in those are the ones that fabricated the crisis against qatar those are the ones who are leading the war in yemen and those are the ones that are leading the war today in libya and those are the ones that are siding with the military ensuite done. as well as perhaps in algeria so it's a problem that some of the countries that are totally and utterly against any

democratic process that were against the traffic process in egypt and that stood with the dictator in egypt and that continued to support other militaries and dictators whether it is in sudan or elsewhere that is the problem of course and that started with 2011 with the arab spring within the gulf there's a different kind of division there's the division between. rain united arab emirates saudi arabia on the one side and of course kuwait to a certain degree and settlement of qatar on the other that do not accept saudi dictates within the gulf region and then of course we have iran iraq that just got out of its occupation and destruction by the united states and it is somehow trying to find its way between the polarized parties iran and saudi arabia the united states and iran and it's really trying to really ask. for to be left alone for the time being to simply heal it's warne's and then of course syria is you know

completely destroyed and bashar assad remains in power while in lebanon remains polarized as well between saudi arabia and iran algeria as we all know has its own problems today and there's a quiet uprising there a new one you would spring if you will and certainly does not see eye to eye with saudi arabia on the question of iran and other questions within the region then jordan feels alienated now from the gulf one archy's specialist saudi arabia would all be and feels that a deal of the century is happening and its own expense which brings us of course of the question of palestine so the palestinians feel alienated by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates and by her in because they are trying to support a conference in june on the back of palestinian interests being held if you will hostage to us will try to impose a deal that does not involve involve

a nice decent dignified future for the palestinians in their own state you asked so i'm answering that. it's divided the number of ways it absolutely is this certainly going to be an awful lot of things to discuss when these leaders finish a riving those rivals are still happening as we speak but for now i'm our own bashar i'll let you get back to following those events in mecca and we'll come but see i'm sure in the 2nd. well a sense of a nice night china is reportedly whole thing future purchases of u.s. so money it's another fronts in the escalates in trade war between the world's 2 top economies on a visit sea canada the u.s. vice president said beijing must agree to reform. but let me say president trump will be traveling along with the prime minister to the g. 20 in the weeks ahead we anticipate he will be meeting with president xi there we

are in the midst of significant discussions over our trading relationship the legal framework within china gives the chinese government access to information and data that is collected by chinese companies like wall way and to have a 5 g. network worldwide that has access to sensitive national security information we believe this is incompatible with the national security interests of the united states. the u.s. and china battle over tariffs apple c.e.o. tim cook said if i phones were made in the u.s. it cost consumers up to $100000.00 that's partly gizzi higher labor costs but also a shortage of manufacturing expertise and infrastructure well brianna let's travel to toy months near los angeles to find out more so we have the number 12 and

3 of 4 up to 9. isaac larry and those toys he's the c.e.o. of m.g.a. entertainment one of the most successful toy makers in the u.s. which of these toys here on the wall are made in the united states no no what are made you know none of none 0 if you make the beef 23rd for 14 you know if their growth. the number one thing to you know america if you made the film to us because you would pay $40.00 for it they will buy it for $40.00 for the kids would not have been toys anything possible to make a log of to leave the us as the us china trade war heats up president donald trump gives companies some simple advice last september he tweeted make your products in the united states instead of china start building new plants now

exciting but trade experts say trying to replace china's factories isn't an exciting idea it's a bad one we have so many strengths that we should be working with rather than trying to duplicate the industries of the past today's us economy is based on providing services and ideas not heavy industry and china's advantage isn't just in lower labor costs from toys to television sets to technology the u.s. simply lacks the manufacturing infrastructure and expertise to produce many of the items which are now made in china c.e.o. isaac larry and gives one example i've been doing for 40 years haired grooming and . eve and even skid.