so let's make those investments now so that we own the things that we need to own and when the time comes. there's a date up here is life from valenti the struggle for middle east dominance heats up conflicts across the region saudi arabia's crown prince consolidates his power at home he's also seeking to boost the kingdom's prominence in the region and in the wider world by rolling back iran's influence in yemen on lebanon so how much more

dangerous could this rivalry become also on the program america's president delivers a scolding to the asia pacific a forum in vietnam telling the region's business elites the united states would not tolerate the unfair trade practices as previously accused china. britain's prime minister trying to that deadline for press it into law the dispute over northern ireland's border is tripped up exit negotiations with the european your. france and germany today mark ninety nine years since the truce that ended the world you'll want how much influence does that conflict caught on europe today we go live to a special memorial set. i'm phil gail welcome to the program. tensions between sunni arabs between sunni

a saudi arabia and shiite iran have spilled over into conflicts across the middle east as it seeks to dominate the region they're not involved in direct conflict the two are personally engaged in a proxy war in yemen and the growing crisis in the lebanon observers are increasingly worried that these rivalries could lead to the outbreak of a new conflict. in one corner iran still prickly despite its landmark nuclear deal with the international community and the western forces remain strong in the shiite republic and it continues to support radical islamic movements across the region. in the other corner an increasingly our society of saudi arabia encouraged by president trump visit last may to expand its regional influence. on his first trip to the middle east donald trump essentially gave the saudi leadership complete freedom to do whatever it wants as long as that serves us interests that has fueled tensions in the confrontation between saudi arabia and

iran by the new guy it's. one battleground in this regional rivalry is yemen with iran supporting who three rebels fighting the country's sunni government which is backed by saudi arabia. a pro-rebel t.v. station showed images of a missile it said who three rebels launched against saudi arabia the government in riyadh reacted by closing off all access to yemen. and when giants tassel it's often the most vulnerable who suffer the united nations says the saudi blockade of yemen could unleash a massive famine with millions of victims. now lebanon is also on the front line of this regional power struggle speaking from saudi arabia at the weekend lebanese prime minister saad hariri resigned saying he feared being assassinated by iran backed forces in his country. many lebanese however believe

saudi arabia is using him as a tool in its conflict with iran. let's just. say this resignation wasn't normal it's an insult to the lebanese people and to the government and to society as a whole. the idea. behind it. there's a volcano about to erupt in this region we don't know what the consequences are going to be. international diplomacy is now stepping up its efforts with french president emanuel mark or making an unscheduled visit to saudi arabia earlier today in a bid to help defuse the situation. i spoke with ulrika fried target this is from the limits the center for islamic studies and as to how dangerous the situation has become. well i think it can escalate very easily for a number of reasons i mean one is it's not just those two two countries it's also syria there are there's talk about attempts by the saudis to destabilize iran using

factions in pakistan notably in baluchistan so there's a lot going on far beyond the more narrow region and i think each of these various areas has of course their very own internal dynamics levanon is quite different from yemen etc so each of these internal dynamics can also spiral into beyond control of either of the big players and the latest news from the prime minister has resigned and made this this statement from saudi arabia there is talk of the probably structure being held hostage well it wouldn't be the first time the yemeni president has also denied return to yemen at the moment so this is one of the various tactics and apparently there's talk of the saudis trying to get a brother of the current prime minister to potentially take over in lebanon so this is not entirely plausible and it's made more complicated because the hariri is also

very active as saudi business as businessmen in saudi arabia and therefore the saudis also have leverage over the in economic terms of of them so this is this is a complicated situation that a closer look at the more complicated it gets because again taking the simplistic view saudi arabia has has been fighting on the side of the yemeni government so why would they take. our lives leader hostage well that's a very puzzling question it seems that this might be a concession to the to the emirates interest because apparently the emirates have now denounced more backing and independence movement in the southern part of yemen but the. that's to some extent speculation so is this a new phenomenon or is this are we just now seeing what has been simmering away for for decades bursting out into public view well

a lot of this has been simmering but. in a sense at the moment it's exacerbated because the u.s. seem to be to some extent changing their positions to some extent don't seem to take a very decisive stance anywhere in the region and therefore new powers including the regional powers are setting themselves in a much stronger way ok affright i think we i think we have scratched the surface over an extremely large and complicated situation i thank you for guiding us through it thank you thank you. protectionism versus globalization that is the clash of visions of the apec summit of asia pacific leaders and we have now u.s. president donald trump came out fighting with his america first message denouncing what he called chronic trade abuses that in some countries huge surpluses china's present asian ping whoever it was all about the g word globalization you know they are from this day forward we will compete on a fair and equal basis we are not going to let the united states be taken advantage

of anymore i am always going to put america first the same way that i expect all of you it is wrong to put your country's first. we are seeing a profound change in economic globalization. over the last few decades economic globalization has contributed significantly to global growth indeed it has become an irreversible historical trend. and i'm alex jones will explore those different visions for global trade in the w.'s business updates and later in this half hour let's now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world afghan officials say one policeman has been killed and two wounded in a suicide car bombing but targeted a police compound they say

a single bomb of course the blast in the southern helmand province the group has claimed responsibility for the helmand is in taliban heartland. more than five hundred asylum seekers remain stranded in a decommissioned australian migrant camp in papua new guinea the camp was officially closed on the thirty first of october and power food and water cut off however most of the camps residents have refused to relocate because of concerns for their safety and threats they say they have received from local residents. one hundred years ago french and german soldiers were battling each other in the trenches of world war one today the two countries are opening their first joint museum commemorating the conflict german presenter frank about her she died by the french president emmanuel macros are attended with ceremonies these are live pictures from the same historians from both the countries develop the museum on a hill in the french border region of alsace the heartland seville accompt saw months of fighting early on in the war on the death of some thirty thousand people

. don't do such a flip who correspondent linda crane joins us from our parliament studio welcome milind this is a memorial to a war that happened a hundred years ago one wonders what significance it has today it has absolutely enormous significance we have to remember german and french soldiers were fighting each other one hundred years ago one hundred years may seem like a long time but but it's not and and the fact is this entire region of what is now france passed back and forth between france and germany over centuries in multiple . wars today that seems inconceivable particularly to many young europeans they cannot imagine that such enmity could be possible again within europe but the fact is nationalism is on the rise all across europe that was a topic in the speeches by both the french and the german presidents today at the

commemoration nationalisms on the rise european skepticism was on the rise in regard to the european union and the european union has been a critical part of that rapprochement between these two countries and for european peace on the whole so very important such commemorations as this and of course the relationship right now between france and germany is one of the strongest certainly in certainly in europe perhaps around the world it is and the french president made reference to unparalleled ties of friendship between the two countries and yet the fact is the future course of this friendship this relationship is a bit open at the moment as german political parties try to hammer out a new coalition agreement they are still not entirely sure what direction they want to take on european policy and that is something of great relevance to mr mccaul. to create thank you so much.

support starting with the plans to fill the final european slots for next summer's a football world cup it was high drama in belfast as underdogs northern ireland hosted switzerland and it took a contentious penalty for hunt ball in the fifty eighth minute to give the swiss the edge in the two leg match up it turns out the handball was more of a shoulder ball but with no video replay of the world cup playoffs switzerland was awarded a penalty kick which they converted took a one bill with a second playoff much last night in sa graps or croatia overwhelmed greece all one in the first leg the second legs of both match ups take place on sunday. so an intense a few days of well cup qualifying continues tonight and to many will be all watching and wondering whether the european powerhouse of the past it's only house what it takes to sneak into next summer's a big tournament a four time world cup champions have not missed

a tournament finals in any sixty years but they have fallen on hard times and they're fighting for a place. they've come to stockholm's friends arena desperate not to lose and maybe that's part of the problem for the italians so used to winning that they've made every world cup final since one thousand nine hundred fifty eight and one for the same number as germany sixty nine year old coach jump year old ventura has struggled to get the most out of a squad thin on top shelf talent ventura replace master tactician antonio conti and his team does lose to sweden the journeymen coaches brief tenure will likely be over but. the team should be decisive they should be calm and they should be convinced that they can reach this goal that is what they need to feel inside the words i say are not that important if they have that feeling they'll go in and achieve it but you're just part of the got your digital. in the other dugout sweden's yun anderson says the pressure seems really to be on the

a tele and it's on the hill clear told me it was friends who played well pretty good football so so you can do that to morals and never get the result and i was here when crystal to bring with us ultimately among the friends arena will provide a friendly atmosphere for the swedes they know if the italians are playing for their world cup lives the return match in italy will be in a much more difficult atmosphere. and if you've been desperate to find out what the official bowl of next year's world cup will look like while your white is a torrent organizer of course made a spectacle of the unveiling and some of the game's superstars like me i don't messi zob a i love. adult. to show off the bold cold that a tape manufacturer how did i sense that black and white and design the whole series from one nine hundred seventy welcome to all my movies just about black and white culture that can be kicked around a football pitch. i don't spill may god alpha's is up next

with that business and this story the european union has given britain just two weeks to agree on something exit bill it says vital talks on trade will not start until london delivers could this be leading to a hog no deal bret's it. how small we are in business. how low of the top of the out of the. thousand. by tens of thousands of fans for their mega life sets. a look it's just a really beautiful moment that you're able to share with people.