could it be for fatah-- qatar's economy and the region?in the programme: countdown to comey. the former fbi director will offer testimony about trump and russia, but could it damage the president's economic agenda? and investors worldwide are watching the uk election, the european central bank meeting and that james comey testimony in washington. and from cows to coding. we meet the woman with a remarkable career that began on a farm in rural illinois and has taken her all the way to the shining lights of silicon valley. and with polls now open in the uk general election, we promise a politics—free programme. so let us know what you make of the stories we're covering today. get in touch in the usual way. use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. when we say politics free, we do refer to the uk election and not the politicking going on at the moment in the middle east. we start in the gulf state of qatar, where concerns are growing about the economic fallout after neighbouring arab states cut off diplomatic and trade

fatah, isolated by gulf neighbours, have agreed to buy $12 billion of f15 fighter jets. neighbours, have12 billion of f15 fighterjets. —— qatar. kazakhstan, central asia's largest economy. it is hosting a three—month expo to outline its economy plan. traditionally driven by oil and gas, there economy slumped when oil prices fell. it wa nts to slumped when oil prices fell. it wants to meet those needs with wind, solar, hydro, or nuclear by 2050. how realistic is that? this is what kaza khsta n says how realistic is that? this is what kazakhstan says it wants power generation to look like. massive wind turbines rotating above the central asian steppes, powering homes, offices, and schools. listen to this. that is the sound of wind going at 60 kilometres per hour. and thatis going at 60 kilometres per hour. and that is not even at full speed. to be honest, i don't know if i can keep standing. i am honestly worried of being blown away. this is one of the key reasons why kazakhstan is so well—suited for renewable energy. that is why kazakhstan is putting on this grand show. the expo designed

muslim brotherhood and by the way that includes hamas and as the saudis appreciate that, they jam fatahthe other palestinian entity into the equation. i understand what they're doing and it's based on the notion that the enemy of your enemy must be your friend but it's still your enemy so i'm not sure it's really going to work and, you know, of course it's a nice try to do something very different but, you know, what about the secretary of state? he's got lots of experience in the middle east. why isn't he thrown into this? why do we have to go with a son-in-law who, as you point out, has very fairly limited experience. >> ambassador mark, josh, thank you. and speaking of jared kushner, he just spoke moments ago wrapping up with tech ceos. the first time we're hearing from him since being named the white house -- >> i've found exactly the opposite. to date, we've been working with talented civil servants, men and women who want to see their government do better. we have challenged ourselves to pursue change that mr. provide utility to americans far beyond our tenure here. together, we h

because of its invasion of lebanon on his blog was created at the rehabilitate their aims to break up fatah created hamas i mean and now they're going to us and there's the origins of their own problems ok ok switch gears here guys a certain ukrainian visited the white house it was an unscheduled is that it was called a drop in what was the drop in is it important what's the result of the book drop the pence and trump actually trump because i probably say dropped into that meeting because it was a really a scheduled meeting between what president to another so the tropicals actually trying. to be honest it was to quote hillary clinton as one big nothing burger i mean was there was a g.'s i have to agree with her yeah. so there wasn't any any significance to it even though personally kind of course it is it's not as if there are a photo of let me use this expression here poroshenko dropped in but made sure he was not going to pick up the bush and co because basically came for money and and support his idea of making russia change its foreign policy by applying more sanctions that was the aim

palestinians have known these last 30 years, these orphans are the words of caps off -- the .ards of fatahemory of the parents lives on in the recollection of their sons and daughters. >> if my country is liberated, i will be an engineer. anything my country needs me to be. >> for many, no alternative exists except the gun, but i have a feeling that is changing. schools in which greater emphasis is placed on academic subjects, on widening the educational experience of each child so that the day is not defined by exercises with a gun. there is a palestinian dialect which is different from arabic or syrian or lebanese. there are traditions, there are costumes. the family and clan organizations are different. cuisine, turns of phrase, popular stories, mythology, so on and so forth. in palestine, a community, nevertheless a cohesive national community which associates itself with the land. ♪ >> i believe the present generation of palestinians cannot be called as moderate as the older generation of palestinians. that's why i think now is the golden opportunity to have a peaceful settlement with

transfer is linked to the billions of dollars the saudis have given to support egyptian president fatah el-sisi's government. the raids come amid a nationwide crackdown against human rights activists and journalists. meanwhile, in more news on egypt, six young men are facing execution based on confessions that human rights activists say were extracted under torture. the men are recent college graduates who were arrested in 2015, along with more than a dozen others. while their testimony was captured on camera, the men say they were beaten, shocked with electricity, and hung in painful positions, and then provided with written testimonies they were forced to read. they were sentenced to death last month on terrorism charges after a military trial. human rights activisists are now demanding a presidential pardon to save the men from execution. back in the united states, the trump administration has formally rescinded president obama's deferred action for parents of americans p program,r dapa, which would have shielded millions of immigrants with u.s. citizen or permanent resident children

transfer is linked to the billions of dollars the saudis have given to support egyptian president abdel fatahsisi's government. in total, some 110 people have been arrested since last week with just under 40 released so far. the arrests and raids come amid a nationwide crackdown against human rights activists and press freedom advocates. over the past few weeks, the egyptian government has blocked access to at least 93 news sites, including al-jazeera, huffington post's arabic website, the self-publishing platform medium, and the local independent news site mada masr. well, for more, we're joined now by egyptian film director and writer, omar robert hamilton. in 2011, he cofounded the cairo-based mosireen media collective, which worked to film and document the egyptian revolution. omar hamilton's debut novel is just out. it's called, "the city always wins." welcome to democracy now! start with the imminent executions unless they are stopped. >> at issue right now are the six men. they were rounded -- rounded up randomly. man was shot. 21 then were rounded up and six were held. at first just t

syria gave host to fatah operations against israel. is so -- so the option was either israel launches an offensive against syria, and then it complicates things because syria has a pact with egypt. and syria is also backed by the soviet union. so it might not be a regional war. i mean, the army convinced itself, the israel generals convinced itself they can localize the war. the prime minister didn't think so. so the syrians are getting more and more cheeky towards may 1967, and it's clear to everybody in israel that the moment of decision is upon us. and i think as a last resort, a secret weapon was used. the secret weapon was a double agent that israel employed vis-a-vis the soviet kgb, victor guy jeff sky. that was the person -- [inaudible] that was the person that delivered the secret -- speech in february 1956. he delivered it to the mosset. so he was the secret weapon. the russians thoughting he was working for them, but actually he was working for us. us, meaning israel. and he was fed with reliable information to deliver to his

have a lot of democrats in the race who might not have been normally because they were not ready or fatahof -- thoughts of but there are younger people from a normal year may not have been considered experienced enough but now i think that is a new era. >> the general election in the democrat who is breeding and confident or competent to win the primary in california african americans support females so that is probably enough i think it is a lot like 2008 getting that nomination as a lot assuming the economy is going gangbusters if it is he could win but look to the midwest and the state's that's right think the democrats will come through. >> i think true presidential politics the next president will always have those oppositional virtues their character virtues so i am not sure food that is for the democratic party other than sitting on the set of morning joe to challenge nancy policy he is very nice and articulate i city were awfully young looking to be the leader of the democratic party and he started laughing for girl --. so if you looked at the obama years so you have old people so

could it be for fatah-- qatar's economy and the region?

fatah, it had -- fed, it has not had an effect on the growth pattern.id her growth? steve: i am less worried about deterred growth then valuations. particularly, the equity markets around the world where the liquidity has found itself being invested in -- invested. the economy from a balance sheet perspective, from a risk for spec of -- perspective is healthy. we took growth down from 2.3% to 1.6%. we can take a big shot. can we take a big shot from a financial market question? jonathan: it's great to have you on the program. you will be sticking with us, sir. we want to give you some headlines. emma: the run cyber attack on the election was more widespread than publicly revealed. according to people with knowledge, russian hackers hit voted databases and software systems in 39 states. that is twice as many as previously reported. a few hours of now, it will be jeff sessions in the spotlight. the intelligence committee will question him about his role in the firing of james comey at the fbi. he will be asked about contacts he had with russian officials.

part of that is i have advocated for a long time, brian, for boots on the ground in the waziristan, fatahce. we cannot rely on the pac military they play both sides of the game. regional approach that really says to the taliban that we would like to bring you politically to the table and i think they would like to get to the table. brian: right now 10,000. you think they will put 3,000 more in and give them different rules of engagement. more at risk but more to gain. >> genic colson acts another combat brigade 3 to 5,000. they will come in and help train afghan military and police. we need special forces from afghanistan as well. brian: is the president being pitched putting troops into this no man's land in pakistan? >> no. not that i'm aware of. it's something we certainly need to look at really hard. departure from previous strategies and something would make a real meaningful difference on the ground. brian: we will see what happens and see if 3,000 more troops would do something or actually try to win this thing. general tata thank you so much. >> thank you, brian. brian: on fire ab

al qaeda in the fatah area has been shredded as a cape b89 outfit. they have been unable to attack america many, many years. they have franchised out is the point you are making and from yemen to somalia, from the sajal to certainly syria and this is a franchised al qaeda metastasizing threat. >> and respectfully, sir, i agree and understand that al qaeda has spread but specifically with syria, al qaeda's presence in syria is far greater today than it ever was before. which speaks to my question about our lack of taking them on in a serious way, specifically in syria. >> the location of where they're at in syria makes them very difficult for us to reach, frankly. and we would have to deconflict even more vis-a-vis the russians. let me ask general dunford if he has anything to add to this but you're right. they're embedded pretty deeply and hard to get to. >> i know you viz ited and probably know well and could argue whether we have had sufficient resources we do have a dedicated campaign against al qaeda in syria. we do have specific resources dedica