king abdullah represents a version of islam that is moderate. they are a counterterrorism partner to israel and the united states. and they are an island of stability in an otherwise chaotic region. i think we can do more to support jordan. [applause] claire: last night we heard from ambassador haley about u.s. efforts to combat anti-israel bias at the u.n., and i though this is an issue you care deeply about. you and senator rubio, apparently you two work very well together, offered a letter -- authored a letter to the u.n. secretary general rooting out this anti-israel bias. what impact do you think that letter has? senator coons: my friendship with marco is that we're on the foreign relations committee together. that's nice. that's important. but we're also on the appropriations committee, the specific one that funds the united nations. and so our communications with the secretary general that have pressed for more transparency, more efficiency, and serious efforts to combat the anti-israel bias in the u.n. has produced some early results. ou

it was reported that king abdullah of jordan briefed congressional leaders in the us that turkey was the main regional threat to stability but he later allegedly fell foul of the group for not fully supporting the blockade against qatar which is no ten months old and jordan voted against donald trump's controversial move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel this bloc that has so to speak emerges does not end at a bloc that can implement and carry out actual policy. and what we have seen us that the u.s. prefers a bilateral relationships with each of the sixteen countries and therefore unity ursus essential thank you very much leader is being investigated as a possible key link between donald trump and the emma ratties and to see if there was an attempt to buy influence by indirectly sending money to the trump presidential campaign later also arrange the meeting in trump tower in december twenty sixth in the brought together trump son in law and key advisor joe krishna then chief strategist steve bannon and the crown prince of abu dhabi he was also at the second meeting in

it was reported to king abdullah of jordan congressional leaders in the u.s. that turkey was the main regional threat to stability but he later allegedly fell foul of the group for not truly supporting the blockade against qatar which is no ten months old and jordan voted against donald trump's controversial move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel this bloc that has to speak emerges is not and that a bloc that can implement and carry out actual policy. and what we have seen us that the u.s. prefers a bilateral relationships with each of the six countries and therefore unity us this essential thank you very much leaders. being investigated as a possible key link between donald trump and the m.-a ratties and to see if there was an attempt to buy influence by indirectly sending money to the trump presidential campaign peter also arranged a meeting in trump tower in december twenty sixth in the brought together the trump son in law and kid visor joke then chief strategist steve bannon and the crown prince of abu dhabi he was also at the second meeting

we make a perfect team with abdullah i think the team the game begins at home with the virtual abdulla preparing for his departure serious scenarios alternate was lighter moments and sometimes the real abdulla caught on pops up on screen to provide hughes unique commentary. come on i make clear i have calum in the streets not in my hometown or every hometown in syria. is an example of the news game where current affairs stories are addressed in an entertaining way half the sky movement is a trans radio project that raises awareness of women's issues narco ghetto meanwhile is about the war on drugs in mexico. one of the genres most successful games is this war of mine for us it was about getting food. players experience war from the perspective of a civilian. instead of fighting stereotypical enemy they treat other people's injuries more have to. survive it was the only reward the game has been a commercial success despite it serious content making two and a half million euros in its first year. we can only play with orcs and elves and spaceships games have more potential than that. int

but then out of a crisis comes opportunity and for twenty three year old abdullah it's this a new machine to make it cottons made from recycled paper it can produce as many as one hundred thousand of them a day meeting abdullah low be able to meet a boom in local egg production since the blockade after the gulf crisis with most of all our main costs almost because they are mainly from saudi arabia bahrain and u.a.e. but we never gave up on our business and we continued searching another new way to run our factory also weighed he owns the only paper recycling factory in costa which has four times as many customers since the blockade started in june and the factory exports eighty percent of its recycled paper to the likes of china sri lanka and amman and plans on expanding world series added to this and it turned into a home and simplified and dried on this machine here the home prices say thirty seconds to end up with recycled paper for the want to use is also a recycled which means a very different way to save costs are reduced and you see that it takes means the company can deliver in th

dhabi egyptian president abdul fattah el-sisi the crown prince of bahrain prince so money the king abdullah of jordan middle east ice says leader of them to create a new power block in the middle east to combine turkey and iran and he would lobby for them to libya was to join the group later its alleged leader a convicted paedophile was told they like the idea that the meeting were concerned that as the u.s. presidential election was moving into high gear democratic nominee hillary clinton would protect the iran nuclear deal and would be less keen to abandon old alliances . at the meeting thought the republican candidate donald trump might be more likely to support the initiative we have seen for the last nine months that there has been a new alliance that has emerged between the united arab emirates saudi arabia egypt and what bahrain as a junior party as a junior partner and what or not that alliance can sustain itself in the long run that is unclear but there are certainly efforts to boost that alliance at the expense of the gulf cooperation council it was reported to king abdullah of jo

dhabi egyptian president abdul fattah el-sisi the crown prince of bahrain prince soundman the king abdullah of jordan middle east i says leader urged them to create a new power block in the middle east to combine turkey and iran and he would lobby for them and moshing to libya was to join the group later its alleged leader a convicted paedophile was told they like the idea that the media were concerned that as the us presidential election was moving into high gear democratic nominee hillary clinton would protect the iran nuclear deal and would be less keen to abandon old alliances with the meeting thought the republican candidate donald trump might be more likely to support the initiative we have seen for the last nine months that there has been a new alliance that has emerged between the united arab emirates saudi arabia egypt and what bahrain as a junior party as a junior partner and what or not that alliance can sustain itself in the long run that is unclear but there are certainly efforts to boost that alliance at the expense of the gulf cooperation council and it was reported to king a

so my name is our son abdullah's ease. i'm a resident of the town of duma in eastern guta. i'm sitting at home and will show you my every day life and how we live under siege in the midst of war in eastern. hasan abdel aziz us home suffered heavy damage looking at the furnishings it's clear that he must have been wealthy shipping the neighborhood is in ruins. eastern ghouta was home to around one and a half million people that number has fallen to less than four hundred thousand. that's not good over there where the pump is there were apartment buildings with hundreds of families. and. the shelling has destroyed everything good so. the people here refuse to give up struggling every day just to survive they have to be creative for. each one of these hoses leads to an apartment. get out of the residence part fifteen minutes of power there so they can fill up their water tanks during a lull in the fighting many people go into the streets children especially happy to be outdoors but that changes quickly. one just launched an air strike. at the greengrocer's hassan abdel aziz ha

looking back to 2007 and the visit of king abdullah, when there were bigger protests, despite the facte was no war with yemen than, for example, which we thought people would be protesting about. the bridges were relatively muted, i felt. but it is the broader business objectives, i figure was a welcome visit. —— the protests were relatively. i think we are seeing some flesh on the bones now to all the things that are being said with the things that are being said with the sale of aramco. interesting stuff on this move by the bbc to go to the un council with regards to the treatment of bbc employees. they are based in london, cargo home, and those families who work with them in a run. arab news hazard on the front here as well. —— has it on the front. arab news is a saudi owned paper. and they have an agenda. the have a run is their archrival at the moment. so we had to catch it in that. stepping back, this is about hearing another view of sally. this is about a run, a population of 80 million people, getting another view. —— iran. and they go to the un, where freedom of expression is

kushner showed up there, apparently went to see king abdullah without any real sp support from the embassyd hoc diplomacy is not good and it seems to be consistent. we don't have an ambassador in somalia. i was visiting there. that's where we have troops in contact. we don't have an ambassador in libya, we don't have an ambassador in turkey. this is not just one issue. this is a department that i think has been deliberately undercut and that will not help us. we can't conduct the business of diplomacy in the united states on a one-off basis, ad hoc meetings by people that frankly may be well-intentioned but unknown in the area. >> you're a former u.s. army ranger, you know a lot about classified information. can a special u.s. envoy like jared kushner really go into meetings with a leader like the president of mexico or king abdullah of jordan or go to china, deal with the israeli-palestinian peace process without top secret information? >> i think it's difficult. first of all, he can't be briefed at a level that will allow him to make a very good judgment about what people are telling him

with all potential challengers out of the way egypt's president abdullah fattah el-sisi is poised for a second time in power. a series of personal stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds as president putin dominates the russian political scene his reelection becomes more apparent we assess what direction russia might take. with media trends constantly changing listening post analyzes how the news is being covered. and as more people around the world struggle to find clean drinking water leaders and research as governor in brazil to address a critical issue march on al-jazeera. too often on the streets of india. are victims but a new force is at play. female police officers are combat ing sexual assault and domestic abuse. but changing society is a challenge and so is life behind the badge for india. at this time. al-jazeera. where ever you are. you're watching i was there i was the whole rumble and these are all top news stories russia's president vladimir putin has unveiled plans for the development of its nuclear weapons arsenal the announcement has raised concerns

with all potential challengers out of the way egypt's president abdullah fattah el-sisi is poised for a second time in power. a series of short passing stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds as president putin dominates the russian political scene his reelection becomes more apparent we assess what direction russia might take. with media trends constantly changing listening post analyzes how the news is being counted. and as more people around the world struggle to find clean drinking water leaders and researchers gather in brazil to address a critical issue in march on al jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. a battery of new weapons which president putin says will make russia invincible but the u.s. wants moscow is crossing the line. no aid no evacuations and a bloodbath continues in syria's eastern quota seventy two hours after russia introduced a partial cease fire. a presidential vote in venezuela has pushed back as nicolas maduro six reelection in the middle. of a deepening

now we know abdullah that the taliban is in control of places ally kalm and but are they is that the territory of lashkar gah where this attack took place is that also on the taliban control. well taliban seems to have more access in large areas of helmand province but large. city a capital of amman province still remains where the government controlled but within a few kilometers of national guard city there are taliban presence there are taliban checkpoints and we get reports of clashes between the taliban forces and afghan forces on daily bases just outskirts of the city now lush. itself is secure but. within five kilometers the area is not secure thank you very much abdullah shad brain asked up to date with that story joining us now from the afghan capital kabul. it with the news out life in london much more still ahead for it intervention over to piracy we expose our policy record of donald trump's new security advisor. the diplomatic route over the poisoning of a russian spy deepens as the e.u. calls its ambassador in moscow. all russia's football team is starting their quest t

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the caliphate that ice is now holds king abdullah of jordan who is not simply the muslim king of a muslim country unlike our president i. trump and bolton have expressed some very different views on key foreign policy issues i think they want to make peace i think it's time so it could be a long and unproductive meeting or it could be a short non productive meeting we hope that these new measures directed at the arabian dictatorship will compel the government to reevaluate its pursuit of terror at the expense of its people well i think he's on the verge of making a mistake i think his advisors are pushing him in the wrong direction you know honestly the certification question is utterly irrelevant well aside from north korea and iran john bolton has made some highly aggressive remarks about moscow he described alleged kremlin meddling as an act of war against america but his appearance in a russian gun advocacy video five years ago has left many people confused about his actual views or the russian national government to grant a broader right to bear arms to its people it would be creatin

wars you wish in since the beginning of this huge thank you so very much for speaking to us here as abdullah from the white helmets rescue group speaking to us a from inside eastern ghouta that rebel held enclave that's been under syrian government seats for more than five years now now we've heard about the humanitarian situation if explore what's been happening militarily now in eastern guta a bit further joining us now on the news great is hassani gary who is a professor of international relations and security issues couples universities via skype from muscat in oman thank you very much for your time sir does it surprise you that after two weeks of nonstop bombing and shelling of eastern ghouta and a ground offensive that began a week ago syrian government forces have only managed to take we understand twenty four twenty five percent of eastern goto what does this suggest about the battle. i know my. initial stages all any fancy of. the program they have to identify exactly restrung day to. get more you can see the bombardment by russian. government forces. speedy access to mark a series

cloud there are just two and with president abdullah fattah el-sisi poised for his second term in power international rights groups are calling this election a fosse we'll bring you the latest coverage and analysis of the egypt election on al-jazeera. the usas constitutionally in trying love affair with firearms has given it the highest levels of private gun ownership in the world and a truly staggering rate of gun related homicides but it isn't just the u.s. that's felt the effects south of the border in mexico american sourced weapons supplied to deadly road in that country's drug use giuliana rivers has been to investigate. this is a shooting range in the southern united states. here in texas shooting is a popular and competitive sport ok you're reading it's my first time shooting a gun magazine goes in it sure shoulder correctly. it's an assault rifle designed for wolf. they're sure to shot night at five o'clock so it would have taken this person out you know she would be dead. today an estimated two hundred seventy million guns are privately owned in the united states shooting rang

the caliphate that ice is now holds king abdullah of jordan who is not simply the muslim king of a muslim country unlike our president i. am. your point linda was announced on twitter and typical trump style the president also made use of the social media platform earlier this month when he fired his secretary of state rex tillerson and he came up and takes a look at the latest arrive. he is the third national security advisor to the donald trump administration in the last fourteen months and john bolton is a long time advocate of the use of force against iran and against north korea now those are two countries that are rather vital for the trumpet ministration in the coming months in may donald trump will have to weigh in on the iran deal whether or not it will continue and furthermore the usa is on the verge of carrying out the historic meeting the first meeting between a head of state of the usa and the leader of the democratic people's republic of korea so at this point a lot of questions remain so the fact that john bolton has been selected is rather interesting i think they want to

with old potential challengers out of the way egypt's president abdullah fattah el-sisi is poised for a second time in power. a series of shows personal stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds as president putin dominates the russian political scene and his reelection becomes more apparent we a sense what direction russia might take. with media trends constantly changing listening post analyzes how the news is being commented. and as more people around the world struggle to find clean drinking water leaders and research as governor in brazil to address a critical issue in march on al-jazeera. to . meet. the first senator. what makes this movement to this era we're living through so unique this is really an attack on the truth itself is a lot of misunderstanding the distortion isn't what free speech is supposed to be about the context is hugely important level was to publish if you have a duty to be offensive or provoke it's all about it as people do setting the stage for a serious debate. up front at this time on al-jazeera. i mean this was different whether someone

i welcome home welcome on larry king abdullah take the news from behind ok so the corporate media this week has talked about almost nothing but who trump is firing or hiring but sometimes they do take a break to talk about always banging and. yes kids terrible people several people that he's surrounding himself with torturers warmongers and porn stars i mean although i have nothing against porn stars and i think on the moral spectrum they're about the polar opposite of merchants of death. i take no issue with the merchants. or. i think our militaries. it be just. around the world every. point is the things we are afraid that these people might do if given the chance we're already doing we're already at war in one two or all the countries are right where we're already torturing people by locking them in guantanamo bay forever without a trial or charges we're already killing innocent civilians there are still arguing about whether this is like arguing with your roommate about how if we're going to die. on the carpet wall you are on the carpet all right. that's what it is i'm not saying i

and my youngest son abdullah that you know is planning to study law. he will carry the torch to bring his daughters justice and to get that apology. >> his sisters. well, that's really very, very power. doctor, you are an example for the world. thank you so much. thank you. >> you have just heard him share the devastating story of losing his children. and now we turn to a story of a man suffering a different kind of parental loss. his two daughters voluntarily left their home in norway for isis, and its hate-filled ideology. the father says he went to syria twice to try to get them back, but he failed both times. the incredible story is dramatically captured by the famous norwegian journalist in her new book, two sisters. and we talked about the kind of hatred that isis is promoting when she joins me here in the studio. >>> welcome back to the program. what led you to these girls in norway who ran off to join isis? >> well, first i got to know the father who wanted the story of his girls to be told. and his girls had fled to syria and he felt he failed

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out of a crisis comes opportunity and for twenty three year old abdullah it's this a new machine to make it cottons made from recycled paper it can produce as many as one hundred thousand of them a day meeting outdoor low be able to meet a boom in local production since the blockade after the gulf crisis we lost all our main costs almost because they are mainly from saudi arabia land and u.a.e. but we never gave up on our business and we continued searching another new way to run our factory also weighed the owns the only paper recycling factory in costa which has four times as many customers since the blockade started in june and the factory exports eighty percent of its recycled paper to the likes of china sri lanka and amman and plans on expanding what's there is added to this and it's turned into how it's aimed right inside on this machine hit the home prices say thirty seconds to end up with recycled paper for the want to use is also recycled which means a very different way fish costs are reduced and you see that it takes these the company can deliver it this thing or that in the c

speak to a doctor do tell a professor of political sciences at damascus university now a doctor abu abdullah thank you for joining us on the program now thousands of people are leaving due to we've just seen the latest pictures how will that change the humanitarian situation there. thank you very much for having me first of all i want to see that what the worst bruise into divs in this security guards who if you go to nation now it shows this situation that we're live on the public opinion or international public opinion first of all three succumbed to the now we know the music wish and when we are defeated tourism of the blue they will leave this is the same story with these two bottles or we know from our experience that people will now why they are now living today the minister of defense or the russian minister of diverse talking about thirty two thousand today saw why it's possible today because there were. hostages in the hands of terrorist organization and said goodbye now when the. a settlement with the jewish and islam which is controlling. which is a big part of the. mirror of the

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atlantic alliance would have become detached as it would have effectively lost protection of the abdullah in short, the west would have lost the cold war. being on the wrong side turned out to be a career enhancing move. by 97 ther 97 that there were ne coalitions in germany and in 1998 the first red green coalition was being formed in berlin and two years later they passed a renewable energy act by giving the task to the most inefficient renewable technologies to renewable energy act put them on the path to l energy. the renewable energy law had been included in any party manifesto in the election campaign and they didn't know what was in the bill. so they ended up with more of a the capacity than any other country in the world and unleashed the manufacturing boom in china. german assistance agreed in the directive removing the policies for the rest of europe and as i put in the book is the price they paid for winning the cold war. it's toward german's use the more accurate term to forest uptake of renewable energy technology is the opposite of the creative destruction described by what

these little boys are being fitted with prosthetics at this saudi funded clinic. 11—year—old abdullahing this point hold him back. won't hold him back. yemen's conflict has had a crippling effect on all its people. the youngest growing up knowing nothing but war. lyse doucet, bbc news, yemen. britain's paralympic team arrived home today after their most successful winter games. menna fitzpatrick and her guide jen kehoe became britain's most decorated winter pa ralympians with 1 gold, 2 silver and a bronze in south korea. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss reports. cheering and applause. they left as hopefuls, they have returned as history makers. jen kehoe, menna fitzpatrick, plus extra luggage. four medals including the best they saved until last. fitzpatrick, who has less than 5% vision, following her guide to gold in the slalom, now britain's most decorated winter paralympians, they told me it is barely sinking in. it means everything to me. i have always had a dream since i was little,

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these little boys are being fitted with prosthetics at this saudi funded clinic. 11—year—old abdullahld ali youssef wants to be a goalkeeper when he grows up, believing this won't hold him back. yemen's conflict has had a crippling effect on all its people. the youngest growing up knowing nothing but war. lyse doucet, bbc news, yemen. the suspended chief executive... he was sickly reported in a report broadcast by channel 4 news in britain. meanwhile us senators are calling on facebook to explain how millions of its users data was mined by cambridge analytica. for more i spoke a short time ago to our north america editor. john, what does deny‘s report by channel 4 news really reveal about the role of cambridge analytica and the trump campaign? you're left with two choices. either they are full of hot airand wind and choices. either they are full of hot air and wind and bravado and making stuff up among which is not a good place to be, or they are telling the truth about their role in the presidential election campaign of donald trump. in which case i think potentially they have got a