our votes or our our current support is going up at the moment in the polls and christian democrats and social democrats are going down at the moment so the outcome of a new election might even worsen the situation so i think they will overthink it and come together and form a coalition within the framework which is given. so why are they losing votes and why are you gaining votes because people see they're not taking responsibility and they're just making up something which is not there it's there is no argument there is no political argument why the christian democrats and the social democrats cannot go together there is not a political gap between them if you ask them what are the differences in your policy making what are the different issues you are tackling why can't you go together what are the differences they can name them there aren't any this has only to do with with the power of merkel and the ego the there wishful thinking of the chanceless candidate of the social democratic party much in schildt who said no we won't go together with them he wants to save his party he doesn't want to go int

our votes or our our current support is going up at the moment in the polls and christian democrats and social democrats are going down at the moment so the outcome of a new election might even worsen the situation so i think they will overthink it and come together and form a coalition within the framework which is given now so why are they losing votes and why are you gaining votes. because people see they're not taking responsibility and they're just making up something which is not there it's there is no argument there is no political argument why the christian democrats and the social democrats cannot go together there is not a political gap between them if you ask them what are the differences in your policy making what are the different issues you are tackling why can't you go together what are the differences they can name them there aren't any this has only to do with with the power of merkel and the ego the there wishful thinking all the chancellor's candidate of the social democratic party marching shills who said no we won't go together with them he wants to save his party he doesn't want to

while so he's in a very strong position and he is now pushing the basically the big parties the biggest parties is a christian democratic union and the social democrats together in two talks because he would take responsibility for everything she has done in the past on the outcome was the worst result for the christian democratic union in a federal election ever after the war she would step down and if she would step down it would be very easy for the democratic party to go together with the c.d.u. and form again in a new grand coalition i think the point the very center of the whole problem has only one name and this is. so do using this whole thing the election coalition talks crisis basically their results of the chancellor's decision to open germany's doors for refugees. well that different this is also one reason it's not the only one because the difficulty to form a government again is only because a ifti is there our party is there the third biggest new third biggest party is in is in the parliament now and this is what causes the difficulties and we are not only there because of the migrant lysis crisis and the issue of islam and we are we w

our votes or our our current support is going up at the moment in the polls and christian democrats and social democrats are going down at the moment so the outcome of a new election might even worsen the situation so i think they will overthink it and come together and form a coalition within the framework which is given now so why are they losing votes and why are you gaining votes. because people see they're not taking responsibility and they're just making up something which is not there it's there is no argument there is no political argument why the christian democrats and the social democrats cannot go together there is not a political gap between them if you ask them what are the differences in your policy making what are the different issues you are tackling why can't you go together what are the differences they can name them there aren't any this has only to do with with the power of merkel and the ego the there wishful thinking all the chancellor's candidate of the social democratic party marching shills who said no we won't go together with them he wants to save his party he doesn't want to

our votes or our our current support is going up at the moment in the polls and christian democrats and social democrats are going down at the moment so the outcome of a new election might even worsen the situation so i think they will overthink it and come together and form a coalition within the framework which is given. so why are they losing votes and why are you gaining votes. because people see they're not taking responsibility and they're just making up something which is not there it's there is no argument there is no political argument why the christian democrats and the social democrats cannot go together there is not a political gap between them if you ask them what are the differences in your policy making what are the different issues you are tackling why can't you go together what are the differences they can name them there aren't any this has only to do with with the power of merkel and the ego the the wishful thinking of the chanceless candidate of the social democratic party marching shills who said no we won't go together with them he wants to save his party he doesn't want to go into

equally crack manta parliament with them the formerly a very very strong parties christian democrats and social democrats who use to have. more than thirty percent of the shell votes. that they can come out to where they are now and that would mean we repeat that same situation again. but there is no easy way forward to form a gogovernment. immigration is not set to be the only a year ago work woy unpredictable because. the variance is the party of the cd you tickle hommel restricted stock and here. they moved ahead and and and they are together. and it is clear that of the fall right eye and he will continue to. take a strong strongly critical stance on migration and the liberals will do so to. and that of the one of the things to really observe whether the ftp for. the liberal party which just made it back into the good looks talk after. four years of being out of the german parliament. whether they will continue flirting a with a. a position that bring them to the right of the conservative party and pretty close to a the route of the the fall right. is this issue than one of te the future of the euroz

presently the game is open to for every new way of negotiations between the christian democrats and the social democrats as i'm convinced that in the end new talks between the social democrats and get america's party will at least beast what would come out of it one cannot say that. an antique purchase in a moscow market gave one french woman more than she bargained for it was only when she got her soviet camera home and she made the interesting discovery. sixteen beautiful pictures black and white pictures which were all about a boy. apparently an important moment of his life so i've got found find him to to give is photos back to him. yeah we were part of the i was at the airport when my friend sent me a photo of a little boy who looks very much like me with a caption saying looking for a russian boy there are so many questions where's these photos come from and why is someone looking for me or who is this elizabeth and how did she get these photos over here. well he found me really. i got her what's up this age from dimitri saying i was a russian boy you are looking for. in the end i decided to color

democratic party that they should reconsider and that is the option of the grand coalition is not off the table. presently the game is open to for renewable of negotiations between the christian democrats and the social democrats as i am convinced that in the end new talks between the social democrats and america's party will at least be started what will come out of it one cannot say yet. from hollywood to westminster and the flood of sexual assault allegations is seeing more and more victims feel they can finally speak out about widespread abuse but there are still big hurdles to in the battle to be believed a senior attorney explained. defending women's rights is surely a noble cause and those who defend them are upheld as moral eakins yet recently some of these defenders have fallen from grace lena dunham a feminist icon is now being vilified as a hypocrite she's repeatedly argued that we should unconditionally believe women alleging harassment but when accusations were leveled against her co-author and friend she changed her tune while a first instinct is to listen to every woman's story in this accusation is one of the three percent of assault cases that are misreported every year following a public back

democratic party that they should reconsider and that is the option of the grand coalition is not off the table. presently the game is open to. every new way of negotiations between the christian democrats and the social democrats as i am convinced that in the end no talks between the social democrats and those party will at least be started what will come out of it one cannot say yet. telecom giants in the us a set for a major victory if washington goes ahead with its plan to repeal so-called net neutrality rules and is likely to have a. direct impact on internet speed in the united states but here's how it works at the moment currently internet providers have to give equal access to all online content so that it all loads of the same speed of net neutrality scrapped the us federal communications commission will allow the telecoms firms to prioritize connections to some companies more than others the f.c.c. chairman argues that the rules in place now are preventing trillions of dollars being invested into web services by the private sector but the downside for consumers in all this is it'll mean that some websites and streaming services will load much faster than others essentially creating a digital slow lane

presently the game is open to for every new way of negotiations between the christian democrats and the social democrats as clear i am convinced that in the end new talks between the social democrats and get america's party will at least be started what will come out of it one cannot say at. a children's picture book published in sweden that promotes transgenderism has been widely criticised and in fact called dangerous propaganda by now the story feature is a man who dresses as a woman and his horse who wants to be a dog it's meant to show that children can be whoever they want to be according to the author i guess took up the debate of identifying them as transgender. when your an adult when you're over eighteen you're in told to do what you want in the privacy of your own home and i don't think anyone would disagree with that but propagandizing this kind of thing to children who can damage them in their natural development as boys and girls in nature is binary nature creates male and female there are boys and girls and we hear you know as well as the book moves to try and ban the words boys and girls

presently the game is open to for every new will of negotiations between the christian democrats and the social democrats as i am convinced that in the end no talks between the social democrats and those party will at least be started what will come out of it one cannot say that. the russian senator who stands accused of tax evasion and money laundering has been allowed to remain out of jail by french prosecutors so we managed care mof. has it been told to surrender his passport though and post five billion euros bail carom off was arrested on monday at the airport a nice following which was taken to court and charged a french judicial sources said the case centered on the alleged purchase of several luxury residence on the french riviera through shell companies russia's foreign affairs ministry has said that as a senator kerry might possesses immunity and that they are working to protect his legal rights. all right that does it for me i'll be back in about thirty three minutes with a look at your news that you are watching are two international glad to have you with us. the political crisis inflicted up

presently the game is open to for every new way of negotiations between the christian democrats and the social democrats as i'm convinced that in the end no talks between the social democrats and america's party will at least be started what will come out of it one cannot say yet. use next the telecom giants in the us a said for a major victory if washington goes ahead with its plan to repeal the so-called net neutrality. law it could have a direct impact on your web experience let me tell you about it here's how it works currently under net neutrality your internet provider has to give equal access to all online content if it scrapped the us federal communications commission though would allow connection speeds and access to web sites to be dictated by the tech companies themselves the f.c.c. chairman argues that the rules in place right now are preventing trillions of dollars being invested into web services by the private sector however if all this comes from the potential flaws for consumers the telecom giants can corner the market making it harder to access information about their competitors we di

presently the game is open to for every new way of negotiations between the christian democrats and the social democrats as i am convinced that in the end new talks between the social democrats and those party will at least be started what will come out of it one cannot say at. how farming may be one of humanity's oldest industries but it still needs innovative technology to thrive and survive francis santiago has been to see how it's done here in russia. work the production site of the dallas agricultural equipment factory co-leading farmers firm in russia now bella's happens to be the slot of god of fertility that's no surprise this firm has been believing company with exports to kazakstan kyrgyzstan servia and bill here we are now all things more so let's take a look at this magnificent feat of human achievement. one of the benefits of using your machinery in the west versus the western and of. course there was such a high tech equipment used in our factories lands to make high quality of product the fact that we produce our own can produce gives us a competitive advantage makes us more curious defec

elections and presently the game is open to for renewal of negotiations between the christian democrats and the social democrat the social democrats have not yet said yes that they would enter negotiations but i am as clear i am convinced that in the end new talks between the social democrats and get america's party will at least be started what will come out of it one cannot say yet so in your opinion you think it's worth going ahead with further talks yes absolutely and that is i think this is a considered opinion of almost all parties and particularly of the leading politician spirit as i said to federal president albeit the president of the mr shaw who admonished the parties in the going to strike at their session yesterday in the very same direction as the federal president did i mean you know it was the f.t.p. that scuppered those coalition talks with merkel c.d.u. and the greens do you think now this is come out publicly that the f.t. pay would reconsider their position no i don't think so i don't think the f.t.p. that is a liberal will not reconsider going back to the negotiation table which they left

possibility of a new election following the revival of a grand coalition the between christian democrats and social democratsany potential coalition partner would have to support a balanced budget and broadly pro-business policies. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. angie: loyal is slower in asian trade, fed still near highs ahead of the opec meeting this week. is your function to watch as leaders gather to decide to extend supply cuts. saudi arabia and russia going to determine whether or not to extend production cuts that are supposed to sunset in march. is they around town will. you will be a busy guy this week. what is the outlook here? >> the saudis have been broadcasting an extension to cuts, but russia hesitating as to whether a decision would be required this week given those cuts don't expire until march. on friday, head looks like the russians have come around to it. it looks like those cuts will be extended for another nine months. headline is russia and opec said to agree on a framework. do we know what that

new election following the possible revival of a grand coalition between her christian democrats and opposition social democratsshe told her party that the two had worked well over the past four years. she said any potential coalition partner would have to support a balanced budget and broadly pro-business policies. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. yousef: the dollar is advanced thing as investors turned to tax reform. senate leaders are planning and make or break vote this thursday. democrats are expected to derail or delay the bill. some republicans are concerned about the end of federal to directions or state and local taxes. the president is scheduled to addressed senate republicans this tuesday. senate also on tuesday, confirmation hearings for jerome powell to head the fed. investors hope to hear his ideas on monetary policy, especially rate hikes in regulation. some are expected to raise their projection to four hikes if trump's proposed tax cuts kick in. >> we expect the fed to hike three times next year. decembe

opinion polls in recent days and they seem to indicate that the larger parties both the christian democrats the conservatives and the social democrats are not likely to see much change in their support there might be a variation of a percentage point or two but for them there is not much prospect of doing better in a fresh election whereas the smaller parties especially the right wing populist alternative for germany which has just entered parliament with a spectacular showing one has to say that is they are hoping that they would do better in a new election so it would be in favor of the smaller parties rather than the larger parties. how important is it for europe to see germany form a government. obviously it's important germany's very important player in germany in europe and in the world of course we do have a government in germany at the men who have an acting government and it is able to take decisions is able to keep things going is not of as if germany is at a standstill but for the very large shame potent decisions that are being planned especially in europe reform reforms of the european union financial reforms in the eur

held in parliament today well they'll probably be passed by a combination of the christian democrats and the social democrats and the point here to hell is they're prepared to vote on individual matters now is the old government but they're not prepared to talk to each other about becoming the new government and that's the nature of the problem here right now people aren't prepared to govern for the future they're concentrating on the present which will see what happens out of those meetings the moment doubling thank you letter to one of our top stories and that's the latest. in the northeastern part of nigeria way suicide bombers killed at least twenty people medicine joya is there was information commissioner joins me now on the phone thank you for speaking to al jazeera live can you please just tell us what the latest is all the situation in terms of deaths injuries and the circumstances behind the attack. first and foremost we have to express really. somebody. in the morning down. in the middle. but. we also are aware that so many other people have been injured. but. about. two hours. from movies but. be

back from the possibility of a new following the possible rival between the christian democrats and the opposition social democratstwo worked well over the past two years and said any potential coalition partner would have to support a balanced budget and pro-business policy. bitcoin has surged past $9,000 gains above 800% year to date. continues to climb despite warnings of a bubble. one group will offer futures contracts from next month and p of digitalrket ca currencies is more than $290 billion. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. >> thank you. let's look at the market open in tokyo and seoul, korea, some momentum in the early part of the trading week. >> a good start to the week 173.26, on track for an 11th straight month of gains as this bull market does not seem to end. zealand is at a record high. investors, week for emi out of china, gdp out of and likely meeting the first rate hike from the bank of korea since 2010. ag function, monthly returns on the msci asia-pacific. 11 straight. you track the global index and it

the social democrats and miracles party the christian democrats and so forth and what we saw over the weekend with the collapse of these talks is that there's a party out there that looked at this potential coalition and came to the conclusion that they couldn't in good conscience continue on with that if you take christian winter the leader of the free democrats at his word and i have no reason not to so i think this kind of soul searching now about the future of germany's consensus driven model might be a little bit overdone it the stage. maybe sort of. now i have to think of the box because if you live here you get used to this consensus you get just this feeling of a certain muddling through actually because over the last couple of years even aside the foreign policy the domestic agenda is minimal there's very little happening and there's a kind of fatigue and also i think an intellectual could take and the voters they were wondering well what is governing about what what what kind of the various political parties offer us maybe this explains some of the support for the far right

coalition that includes angler merkel's christian democratic union the christian social union from the from bavaria this is the party as well as the greens and the free democrats called the jamaica coalition because the colors of the parties make up the colors of the flag of the caribbean nation now those talks of broken down that's off the table it seems as well now well certainly off the table and not something that led to angela merkel expressing great regret but. it is at least a day of deep reflection on how to go forward in germany but i will do after some possible as transitional chancellor to assure that this country will do well that through this difficult works i regret deeply with all respect to the ad d.p. that if we couldn't find a common solution. so what is next for germany. well next angela merkel will be meeting with the german president frank fall to steinmeyer at some point on monday i've heard a few whispers that it may be around lunchtime the president of germany has a key role in forming a government here it's usually well it's usually a foregone conclusion he just puts a rubber stamp on it and puts it this way now it will have to sit ins

marco's conservative christian democrat and it's proviron sister the christian social union party fell to win a majority and its traditional partner martin short's the social democrats refused to help the second shock result from september's election was the surge of the far right anti immigration a.f.p. mark was widely criticized for a line one. point two million migrants it's understood the jury in the took see f.t.p. the c.d.u. in the c.s.u. party's push for a harder line on migration controls whereas the greens wants to set an immigration limit of two hundred thousand the parties also struggle to find common ground on climate change as the greens push to reduce coal generated power after twelve years warning europe strongest economy looks anything but study and the euro's taken a battering on money markets. she could form a minority government with the f.t.p.'s all the greens but she would have to win support from others on individual policies slowing down the process dramatically or she and president frank felt a style i might could decide to hold another election in the hope of ending or at least delaying this current stalemate. lebanon's prime minister is on

it is difficult to distinguish between the social democrats and merkel's party, the christian democratswhat we saw over the weekend is there's a party that looked at this potential coalition and came to the conclusion that they couldn't continue with it. if you take the leader of the free democrats at his word, and i have no reason not to, so i think this kind of soul-searching about the future might be a little overdone. now i have to think out-of-the-box. if you live here, you get used to this s consensus. over the last couple of years, leaving aside the foreign policy, the domestic agenda was minimal. ande was a kind of fatigue, the voters were wondedering, wht is governing about now? what can the various political parties offer us? maybe this explains some of the support for the far right wing. peter: i'm surprised how sanguine you all are about the situation. wordse down a list of being used by your fellow journalist to describe the crisis. gridlock, deadlock, meltdown, political limbo. matthew, you seem to be suggesting it is an opportunity for germany to move on to a higher level

the social democrats want the christian democrats to actually tell them they are ready to accept a high price for the social democratic turnaround so neither side wants to be the first to move and that's what's what's going to happen and then secondary information becomes becomes a top story take a listen to what miracle said about the minister who created this i'm calling it a cactus quandary and for. this did not conform to directives prepared by the federal government and terms of the issue itself in contrast to hendricks i am more on mr schmidt signed by the behavior does not correlate with what is stipulated in the government's rules of procedure. that's miracle they're cracking the political whip right saying this will not happen again but still it's just about a lack of discipline and how does a minister not consult a coalition partner knowing that this is a contentious issue but he did consult actually on the day but he didn't get resolution right he didn't get resolution and so he should have been clear on that he had to abstain. actually by the way germany is one of the big staters in the council because of such conflicts between coalition partners and between the fed

and broadly pro-business policy. in a speech to members of her christian democratic union, merkel reached out and the clearer terms to the social democraticarty. she says the two parties did a good job and worked well together. ministerk. prime theresa may has a new offer on brexit if she wants to break the deadlock negotiations before the end of the year. tusk has have -- weighed in. may is planning to dine with the european commission president, saying that now is because they critical milestone for this brexit conversation. >> president trump's tax plan is entering a crucial week. senate republican leaders plan a make or break floor vote on their bill as soon as thursday. democrats are expected to try to delay or derail the measure. the gop must hold together at 52 vote votes from its majority in order to prevail. trump is scheduled to address senate republicans on tuesday afternoon about taxes and the legislative agenda for the rest of the year. >> the global ratings have cut south africa's global currency. to junk . we pointed to this at the beginning of the show. s&p said south africa's economic decisions have largely focused on the

mark was conservative christian democrat and its proviron sister the christian social union party felt to win a majority and its traditional partner martin short's the social democrats refused to help the second shock result from september's election was the surge of the far right anti immigration a.f.p. michael was widely criticized for a line one point two million migrants it's understood the jury in the talks the f.t.p. the c.d.u. and the c.s.u. parties push for a harder line on migration controls whereas the greens wants to set an immigration limit of two hundred thousand the party is also struggling to find common ground on climate change as the greens push to reduce coal generated power. after twelve years war in europe strongest economy anglo-american looks anything but steady and the euro's taking a bashing on money markets. she could form a minority government with the. greens but she would have to win support from others on individual policies slowing down the process dramatically she and president frank fell to style i might could decide to hold another election in the hope of ending or at least delaying this current stalemate. there. are plenty more ahea

and. i'll do it with a christian democrats who i believe best represent my. father wasn't happy since he's been a social democrat for over thirty five years. but he has to live with us. in the there's a debate about restricting the numbers of refugees in your party. as a german with kurdish origins how many immigrants do you think germany can cope with. per quarter if i can get the list i don't know if that's the right question i keep wondering though. i don't think that we can fix numbers in my conversations and lectures i keep hearing people say we want to know who's coming we want to know if they want to integrate into society and we want to have a say in this we don't want others to decide for rights we want to be integrated in the debate. i can see a vision and maybe they are the real humans but it needs to be formulated and communicated we have to talk to people solar plexus and then for me politics is not only about facts but also about how to get through to people what they're going to tackle we always conclude our interview with three in complete sentences that we ask you to finish regarding immigration

and i'll do it with a christian democrats who i believe best represent my value as. my father wasn't happy since he's been a social democrat for over thirty five years. but he has to live with us. in that when you want there's a debate about restricting the numbers of refugees in your party. as a german with kurdish origins for scots how many immigrants do you think germany can cope with. per quarter if i can get this i don't know if that's the right question that i keep wondering though. i don't think that we can fix numbers in my conversations and lectures i keep hearing people say we want to know who's coming we want to know if they want to integrate into society and we want to have a say in this we don't want others to decide for rights we want to be integrated in the debate. if you want i can see a vision and maybe there are the real humans but it needs to be formulated and communicated we have to talk to people solar plexus and then for me politics is not only about facts but also about how to get through to people what they're going to tackle we always conclude our interview with three in complete sentences that we

christian schmidt. angela merkel is expected this week to call for exploratory talks with the social democrats and as those talks get on the way the social democrats i'm sure will be saying what is the value of those procedural rules are they worth any more than the paper they're written on if they are then consequences need to be taken the opposition green party is already calling for the resignation of the agricultural minister and i think pressure on him and as i say on chancellor merkel will increase during the course of the week ok do you think machall knew what the agriculture minister was going to do is there any way to know that well you know we won't we're not in the chancellor over time what we're hearing from government sources is that she was not in the loop and that the. bavarian politician the agriculture minister acted more or less off his own bat. but that obviously begs the question you know does angela merkel have full control over her cabinet in times of great political uncertainty ok has to be said that glyphosate is a very emotional and important issue in here in germany right now what's behind that which not only in germany y

christian democrats in berlin to discuss their options after coalition talks with the greens and the pro-business free democrats collapse she says a new decision must be made quickly and is expected to call on the social democrats to form a new grand coalition. islamists hardliners in pakistan have called for a general strike following a new clashes with security forces violence over the weekend left six people dead and nearly two hundred injured. the demonstrators are protesting against a law minister they accuse of blasphemy. tens of thousands of romanians have rallied in the capital bucharest and other cities against plans by the governing social democrats to overhaul the justice system. they say the changes will allow high level corruption to go on punished the demonstrators also oppose a law that will shift social security taxes to the employee. indonesian authorities have raised the alert from bali smelter gone volcano to the highest level four and told residents within a ten kilometer radius to evacuate they warn of an imminent risk of a large eruption that danger has prompted officials to close the international airport on talley stranding thousands of travelers. i'm a mother like two billion

might of been between the greens the free democrats and angela merkel's christian democrats there is a chorus of voices now of senior party officials in the social democrats saying well look perhaps we have to to have some sort of coalition with angela merkel after all so lots of negotiations taking place but what happens if they don't come to an agreement. well the doomsday scenario as it were is new elections but constitutionally that's not the easiest thing that can be done it's not a formality for the president is to say you haven't agreed we've got to have new elections the procedure is that it will take some considerable time some experts say there may not be time for new elections until april of next year and the irony here for the city is if that does happen if there is no agreement then the previous government would have to continue in some way and ironically enough that is the grand coalition that was agreed back in twenty thirteen so you have this strange scenario where mr shultz is quite happy for the previous government to continue on a day by day basis right now but seems to be against continuing it in the future and the point to m

democratic party walked out of negotiations chance longer merkel has been trying to forge a coalition between her christian democratic union the christian social union the pro-business f.t.p. and the brain party since federal elections in september if an agreement cannot be reached germany faces another election. with the thoughts of an now we have to deal with the facts and the fact is that we couldn't conclude the coalition talks successfully this means that i will inform the german president tomorrow about the state of affairs and then we have to see how this develops further. i mean one of the arab league in cairo has agreed to condemned iran and hezbollah labeling the lebanese group a terrorist organization saudi arabia requested the meeting to discuss alleged violations committed by iran in the region against a backdrop of heightened tensions between riyadh in tehran for its myth has more. the egyptian secretary general of the twenty two nation arab league suggested they all shared concerns about iran is attempting to influence life across the arab world from yemen to lebanon to iraq and to syria. to the whole region has suffered for the past few years the results and consequences of this dangerous iranian policy so dition violence tarion divisions attacks on embassies actively supporting outlawed militias attacking legitimacy the list in reality is much longer. saudi arabia's foreign minister told the meeting but his country's frustrations with iran go back decades all the way to the iranian revolution in one nine hundred seventy nine. cut off if you will any leniency towards iran's hostile policies will encourage iran to continue with their hostile enterprise that's why today we're required to stand up genuinely and honestly with our people and governments to adhere to the charter of the arab league and international laws and to stand up to these religious policies of iran. as they are oblique held its meeting iran's foreign minister was in southern turkey the talks on the syrian civil war tweeting from there mohammed javid zarif said he was working to build on the ceasefire iran helped achieve in syria he added that the irony is that the kingdom of saudi arabia accuses iran of destabilization while itself fuels terrorists wages war on yemen blockades catarrh and foments crisis in lebanon yemen iran denies accusations but it supports the rebels they're fighting the saudi led coalition which is fighting on behalf of yemen's internationally recognized government in syria iranian backed fighters of help shore up forces loyal to president bashar assad saudi support opposition fighters and were accused of allowing their citizens to fight for eisel and lebanon's prime minister resigned while in riyadh citing a reigning interference in lebanese politics the saudis were accused of forcing sada hariri to step down bernard smith al-jazeera so my shahadah is a professor of middle east studies at university of oklahoma he says some members of the arab league are hesitant about condemning iran or hezbollah too strongly as they have good relations with tehran. the arab league as a regional organization cannot do much and has not been a very powerful or regional organization even compared to other regional organizations there is one measure however that is quite practical and it's a small measure and that has to do with arab telecommunications satellites no longer broadcasting iranian financed television stations that's really the only immediate practical implication of this so this is a largely symbolic gesture on the part of the saudis and on the part of the arab league that it is not certainly the entire arab world versus iran saudi arabia and the core elements behind saudi arabia the quartet as it were the saudis the emraan t's the bahraini s. and the egyptians outside of the gulf now are the primary players in this conflict and sometimes egypt has a tapes with regards to some issues like for example syria but yes the herbal does divide and i don't think and as we've seen many other countries in the arab world including morocco for example tunisia are fully in the so d. camp with regards to iran or with regards to other issues that divide the saudis and there are iranians like the g.c.c. qatar crisis for example and israeli cabinet minister says his government's had covert contact with saudi arabia to discuss their concerns about iran energy minister evolve steinitz made the disclosure in a radio interview it's the first time a senior israeli politician has confirmed such contacts are taking place and it's was asked why israel was keeping its ties with saudi arabia secret he says relations with muslim countries are often hidden because that's what the other country wants. i can say that we have secret relations with moderate arab and muslim states we don't shy away from that but the other side is the one which wants to keep such relations quiet we respect the desire of the other side if we are dealing with saudi arabia or any other arab or muslim countries we have to protect the secrecy it's true that saudi arabia is not a democratic state and we prefer to work with democratic states but saudi arabia during the last two years has become more moderate it has moved clearly against terrorism and against inciting terrorism and it works with us against the expansion and aggression of iran still ahead on al-jazeera the search continues for an argentine submarine four days after it went missing. a drive for change talks on north america trade agreement could affect carmakers in mexico. how i we've got stormy weather pulling away from the eastern seaboard of the u.s. at the moment eastern policy of kind of the to be replaced by crisp sunshine bright skies coming back in behind behind our area a cloud of right but still he's out into the open waters of the northwest pacific. in new york modestly the top temperature there for. some snow central parts and it's got to watch and some 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