we have also seen some consolidation, notably between the abu dhabi bank and the national bank of abu there more consolidation to come? >> i think in terms of financial standards, that residents of national players like abu dhabi banks, the magic -- the merchant tank, are extensions. we look forward to bigger contributions from our national national banks in our success story. the same thing happened in singapore, as they built their financial center, they consolidated their institutions made them bigger, give them more opportunities to compete internationally. use thes, we hope will financial centers in the uae, including adgm to grow internationally. the fact that our rules and inspiredns,, and laws -- they make a difference when it comes to that. yes, i look forward to more consolidation and contribution from insurance. iscourse, our focus at adgm creating an echo system for siltex, we think it is the future and we want our national bank to compete in this futuristic platform. tracy: that was the chairman of .dgm the comparison with singapore have to say is interesting. was develop

the -- abu dhabi will finally open its doors.set by delays partly due to the drop in oil prices. tracy: that is right. the official opening date of the louvre abu dhabi. i should stress that the louvre abu dhabi is at the center to diversify away from oil. it is one of three museums currently being planned for the cultural hub on the island. both we believe to have been delayed. and on that note, i should say it has not been without its critics or challenges. the opening day that we just received. november 11 for the public has been pushed back by five years. now, i sat down with mohammed, the chairman of the tourism and cultural authority and asked about the significance of this project. >> we do plan to charge a fee that we believe is accessible to all. many museums around the world are charging today. they realize that with the large number of visitors, the operating costs are expensive. we need to have a subsidy in that regard. we want to make it accessible to all, so the fee is not a massive fee. more like a donation fee tha

chairman.o adgm tracy bank abu-dhabi in the 25th spot, the first time it has made it into the top 25s exciting news for companies here. i have to say, expanding the financial center here in the emirates is a bit part of the government's plans to boost the private sector and also diversify the economy away from oil. it is a tough job, abu-dhabi is competing against nixon is like london, zurich and of course dubai down the road and doha developing its sector as well. -- a listen to what method what he had to say about the competitors in the gulf region. a billion dollar of assets under management, -- a trillion dollars, and i think by focusing our strengths and looking at our legacy in building financial institutions, we will that -- we think that will make us win. you must also understand that for the region, including saudi arabia, it is growing. is getting bigger, the economies of that gcc will provide multiple opportunities for investors and others, to come in. there is going to be multiple listings by a aramco and others. opportunitiesr will provide the underpinnings of growth in

bank of abu dhabi.ere more to come? thet: i think in terms of present of players like first are [inaudible] we look forward to be your country should from our national banks. the same thing happens in as they built their financial center, consolidated their institution. we made it bigger, give the more opportunity. hope will use financial centers to grow internationally. rules come ourur doesations, common-law make a difference when it comes to that. i look forward to more consolidation, two more conservation from insurance. has been in creating an ecosystem for -- [inaudible] we want our national banks to compete on this futuristic platform. yousef: next on "best of bloomberg markets: middle east," it has been more than 100 days in the gulf spat shows no signs of easing. more on what it means for investors in the long run. this is bloomberg. ♪ so we need tablets installed... with the menu app ready to roll. in 12 weeks. yeah. ♪ ♪ the world of fast food is being changed by faster networks. ♪ ♪ data, app

the vote takes place on the 18th of september in abu dhabi.verpool manager jurgen klopp has shown his support for a young everton fan who is suffering from a muscle—wasting disease. 10—year—old noah cunningham's family are trying to raise funds to buy him a new wheelchair — and he received a special message of support from the reds manager who bumped into noah's aunty at a petrol station. hi, noah, we are here in formby at the petrol station and your auntie told me that in this moment you are not in the best shape. that will change soon i'm sure. i've heard you are evertonian, is that white? you're a huge evertonian! so hopefully you will enjoy this little video anyway. so all the best and see you soon. hope we win! of course not! bye, all the best! that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. we will get onto the uk forecast in moment, but first of all, the state of play with the hurricanes. of course, hurricane irma, and there is also hurricane jose course, hurricane irma, and there is also hurri

and abu dhabi-based health care provider is set to be added.bout theo the ceo company's plan for european expansion. dubai and a.m. in midday in hong kong. this is bloomberg -- this is "bloomberg markets: middle east." we are just under two hours away from the opening of the emirates markets, dubai and abu dhabi. ahead of that, let's set -- let's set the global market turned. take a look at how the u.s. markets closed on friday. the big news was the s&p 500 getting to an all-time record in the form of 2500 points. quite an amazing performance. just over a week ago we were worried about not just to hurricanes, but we also had geopolitical risks. in any case, the dow jones also closed at a record high of 22,275 points. as did the nasdaq. look at them more macro moves in markets. we had the dollar falling on friday off the back of some weaker than expected retail sales data. bloomberg dollar index down one quarter of a percent. the yield on 10 year your treasuries topping 2.2%. another psychologically important level in the market. meanwhile, the

head of investment strategy at abu dhabi commercial bank.ing up, our interview with the saudi communications nit mr. for his vision of use of technology in business and government. this is bloomberg. ♪ tracy: this is "bloomberg markets: middle east" live from dubai. as a saudi arabia strives to reform its economy and society, there are a number of challenges the government faces. at the bloomberg global business forum we spoke to the country's minister for communications and i.t. about those challenges. >> today we are putting a clear mandate when it comes to participation as part of the u.n. mandate. within that we are looking at concrete examples, as i have articulated at the beginning. public consultation in which we are soliciting feedback for inducing changes. crowdsourcing ideas how to co-author the future of the nation. indeed we are making strides into concrete examples of how we are opening the flow of communication. we appreciate -- in order to ideas howsion 2030, to co-author the future of the nation. indeed we are makingexperienc

way off. 0n the field sri lanka fought back on the first day of the first test against pakistan in abu dhabifter choosing to bat first, they were in trouble on 61 for three until opener dimuth karunaratne led the recovery. he shared a fourth wicket stand of 100 with skipper dinesh chandimal but was run out for 93. chandimal is still there, 60 not out, and sri lanka will resume on 227 for four. south africa are on top after the first day of the first test against bangladesh in potchefstroom, thanks to a superb innings from dean elgar, 128 not out. hashim amla alongside him, aiden markram and elgar had put on 196 for the first wicket, before markram was run out for 97. south africa will resume on 298 for 1. in tennis, the semi—final line—up for the wuhan open in china is complete — but it doesn't include the world number one garbine muguruza. she was beaten in three sets by the french open championjelena 0stapenko. the champion lost in 3—set, the latvian coming from a set down. she will now face ashley barty who defeated pliskova. now they call it the presidents cup, and it's fair to say phil

the so-called islamic state group has released an audio recording of its leader abu dhabi and it he says that he will continue to fight despite recent setbacks about daddy had been rumored to be dead with his last recording released last year the u.s. says that it has no reason to doubt that the recording is authentic. police in kenya have used tear gas to disperse protesters outside of the country's election commission headquarters the opposition is threatening to boycott next month's rerun of the presidential vote which was won by the incumbent president. the supreme court subsequently nullified that result. well the united nations chief antonio good ted edge is calling on myanmar as leaders to end the nightmare facing row hinder refugees fleeing the country his comments come after the drowning deaths of dozens of rohinton refugees whose boat capsized off of the coast of bangladesh many are still missing and just last month more than half a million row hinges have fled me on maher because of violent crackdown by the country's military against groups that it describes as terrorists. sch

geniuses who get together on a regular basis and i know their next meeting is the end of october in abu dhabi to ask them to focus their attention on what technical solutions can be developed to disrupt the communications particularly now that it's a such a international issue. has anyone engaged them. >> it sounds like a wonderful idea and something we should be doing but i don't know. i really don't know. >> and tia at commerce is their liaison role organization if there's anyone here could follow up. >> it does strike me that that's a big problem is they use to recruit modern technology and the internet and i know the internet companies have said they have to be careful in what they say about free speech in the business world and i understand that but i heard them the other day after. [inaudible] they said we would keep those neo-nazis after the internet and i thought terrific but what about saying we got to keep the terrorists off the internet. if they can do one they can do the other. >> if tom doesn't know the answer, i don't know either. >> okay, i think we have time for one last quest

i know their next meeting is at the end of october in abu dhabi, to ask them to focus their attention on what technical solutions can be developed to disrupt the communications particularly now that this is such an international issue. has anyone engage that? >> i don't know. it sounds like a wonderful idea and something we should be doing but i don't know, really don't know. >> ntia and commerce as the liaison federal organization. >> it does strike me as a big problem. i know the internet companies are very careful about free speech and i understand that. after charleston i heard some of the company said we are going to keep those neo-nazis off the internet and i thought, terrific. what about saying we are going to keep the terrorist off the internet? if they can do when they can do the other. >> thank you. >> if tom doesn't know the answer i don't either. [laughter] >> i think we have time for one last question. please in the front here, yes. >> hi there. my name is arianna and i work for ethics and global leadership in d.c.. i work with a lot of students who might be asking what t

i know their next meeting is the end of october in abu dhabi. to ask them to focus their attention on what technical solutions can be developed to uto disrupt the communications now that such an international issue. has anyone engage them? >> i don't know. it sounds like a wonderful idea and something we should be doing, but i don't know. i really don't know. >> the liaison federal organization, if there's anyone here. >> it does strike me that that is a big problem. they use modern technology and the internet. i know many companies said they will be careful about free speech because of their business model for the rest of the world. after charleston i heard some the company say we are going to keep those neo-nazis off the internet. i thought terrific, what about saying were going to keep the terrorists off the internet. if they can do one they can do the other. >> thank you if tom doesn't know the answer, i don't either. >> okay, i think we have time for one last question. >> i work for the school for ethics and global leadership in d.c. i work

when abu dhabi has a healthy pipeline, that is exciting news. it will open up capital markets.to open again. >> this is an area where it has taken the sheen off the gcc market. we will invest in saudi arabia and these markets are still vibrant. healthy ipo at the end of the year beginning next year. which will put us on the global map when it comes to allocation to global investors. is somethingrce you have been very interested in. the bankruptcy with toys "r" us, some saying that is an e-commerce story. others saying it is taking too much debt. where do you stand? >> retail is soft. they are losing market share to online rivals. when you put leverage on a company that is struggling you add to the woes. must and we want to be invested in it. we are encouraging all of our companies to embrace technology. technology embracing is a must. .> that is it we have a busy week ahead in the region and we will be here for the start of the trading week in the gulf. bloomberg. ♪ what did we do before phones? they save us from getting lost, getting hungry, and getting tired of places like th

you are in abu dhabi. anyone in the bloomberg terminal, they contract this if they want to do this.way, and katia. where are we in the commodity markets, tracy? good morning, by the way. tracy: good morning. i have to say, we had a big impact on things like orange juice futures and cotton prices earlier in the week, but that seems to be fading. today, we have orange juice down about 3%. ont is after jumping 6% back tuesday. meanwhile, caught futures falling. they had risen by 1% earlier in the week. now, some of that is down to fresh projections we are getting 's stormrricane irma path. some people are predicting it will lessen and strength as it heads north into georgia and the carolinas, which would spare some of the cotton crops. ien it comes to art shoes, have not been able to find a good reason why futures are down coveringer than shorts in the market. we are taking a direct hit on florida, which would impact many of its such a -- citrus groves. when it comes to the weather, we threen unprecedented hurricanes now in the atlantic to worry about. you have hurricane irma, which is

do you think the leadership if they were watching the leadership in riyadh or the leadership in abu dhabi would be looking at this right now because when i was saying this is i think very much directed towards them to say hey look we're ok. well i think i mean publicly they've not really called for regime change. they always presented their case as if they were avoiding that option but everything they've done adds up to the terms of pushing the regime and trying to come up with a nativity by me and so on and i think seeing the images today were really pushing them to think twice about this particular issue and it has now taken in two hundred ten days or so and there hasn't been any feeling of split in society and seems to me that everyone is still very much united behind the emir they made himself a farmer right in saying was the only gulf leader who actually spoke at the general assembly of the country sent their foreign ministers or ambassadors and the like i mean he he does seem to be taking more of a leading role than in the earlier days very much the foreign minister was the one who

i think when abu dhabi has a healthy pipeline, that is exciting news. markets. for us as private equity firms, it's a form of exit, so we are eagerly waiting for them to open again. tracy: this is an area where it has taken the sheen off the gcc market. >> we will invest in saudi arabia and these markets are still vibrant. i expect a very healthy ipo at the end of the year beginning next year. which will put us on the global map when it comes to allocation from global investors to the region. tracy: in e-commerce is something you have been very interested in. the bankruptcy with toys "r" us, some saying that is an e-commerce story. others saying it is taking too much debt. where do you stand? >> combination of both, retail is soft. they are losing market share to online rivals. when you put leverage on a company that is struggling you add to the woes. but our view, technology is a must and we want to be invested in it. we are encouraging all of our companies to embrace technology. technology embracing is a must. yousef: that is it. we have a busy week a

the brazilian beat three other candidates at the ipc general assembly in abu dhabi earlier today. paralympic movement, which is now the world third biggest sporting event behind only the olympics and the world cup in terms of global to guess. that is all the sport. back to you. studio: thank you, tom. a reminder of our top story: relief efforts on caribbean islands hit by hurricane irma are being complicated by the imminent arrival of another powerful storm. efforts are being made to rescue all 1600 residents of the island of barbuda before the category four hurricane jose lands on saturday. don't forget that florida is also preparing for the arrival of hurricane amer. you can keep up—to—date with that on our website. —— hurricane irma. also get in touch with us here at world news. you can find me on twitter. stay tuned, plenty more coming up shortly. hello. we are still dodging some downpours this evening. but some of us downpours this evening. but some of us will be turning drier as the evening goes on. although overnight we will keep a feed of showers coming into northern irela

thirty nine degrees celsius similar temperatures to you across the arabian peninsula thirty eight in abu dhabi here in doha will have a high of around forty or forty one over the next few days perhaps more cloud just around southern most parts of the peninsula and hazy sunshine remaining in the forecast plenty of cloud across southern parts of south africa over the next day or so this massive cloud is just diving its way in across the western cape and it will continue to push further eastward so space some heavy rain across southern parts of south africa through saturday the southern cape the eastern cape seeing some rather heavy showers then over the next day or so but elsewhere the sunshine the warm sunshine will continue shells meanwhile continue across central parts of africa further heavy downpours across the gulf of guinea across much of west africa. the philippines is asia's largest catholic priests are treated like gods but the church has a dark secret one used investigate sexual misconduct inside the most powerful institution in the philippines at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back

city is well and well again the low forty's across much of the arabian peninsula forty celsius the abu dhabi thirty nine forty degrees here in the go on through the next day and such also want to just around the southern end of the peninsula southern parts of amman into the gulf of aden southern parts of the red sea did just see wanted to show i was squeeze out of that rather cloud thick cloud make this way from the eastern cape seems a violent storms coming through southern and eastern parts of south africa recently things will quieten down as we go on through tuesday warm sunshine coming back into temperatures at around twenty seven degrees celsius in the winds easing off we'll see larvae showers continuing around the european highlands all the way across into uganda pushing across into comma road more big showers there into southern parts of nigeria and those showers stretch across ghana into liberia. a survivor of the genocide there are people. suffering. in the woods the bones of the victims of the srebrenica massacre. to rest and given peace to the victims' families if i could just fin

thirty eight in kuwait city and thirty eight celsius here in doha as we go on through where to stay abu dhabi with similar values much as touch forty in riyadh i think here in doha it will be a long time before we see forty degrees again hopefully that will be into next year five enjoy then lots of sunshine coming through. i see sunshine too across the good parts of southern africa but for the southern tate and for the east and you might just see what a little area cloud just making its way up into mozambique could just drag a few showers in from mozambique chattily eastern side of bob i could see a little bit of wet weather as we go on through i mean while the showers continue across central africa all the way to the gulf of guinea and for a good parts of west africa. through a break. like blanket coverage follows experts and politicians often platitudes and sound bites strong and stable leadership trying to play the media and shape the message in an age of simplistic narratives the listening post critiques the mainstream response today and the two hundredth day of this administration exposi

been hovering around the high thirty's and i have the last week still there the same is true of abu dhabi been hotter in milan asked for cloud virtually nothing in the sky there's still a possibility of getting a shower or two in yemen or the mountains of south for society but to be honest there's not much there in the forecast beyond sunshine. story breaks the. blanket coverage follows experts and politicians offer patent shoots and sound bites strong and stable leadership trying to play the media and shape the message but in an age of simplistic narratives the listening post critiques the mainstream response today is the chill hundredth day of this administration exposing the influences that drive the headlines at this time on al-jazeera. newsstand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera a scandal which looked at the nation to its core and exposed hundreds of court officials. in bribes just to show the most dangerous cool movie t one s. sometimes take a spot though and the difference to blow up a personal fight against judicial corruption doesn't h

thirty eight in kuwait city and thirty eight celsius here in doha as we go on through where to stay abu dhabi with similar values much as touch forty in riyadh i think it will be a long time before we see forty degrees again hopefully that will be into next year fine and dry then lots of hazy sunshine coming through the sunshine to across a good parts of southern africa but for the south and for the east you might just see want to see a little area cloud just making its way up into mozambique just a few showers in from mozambique chattily eastern side of bob i could see a little bit of wet weather as we go on through i mean while the showers continue across central africa all the way to the gulf of guinea and for a good parts of west africa. the weather sponsored by race. i just want to make sure all of our audience is on the same where on line to the u.s. citizens here and what pollutes people live by one and the same join us sunset. because. the border. is a dialogue. a stream and one of their pitches might make the next join the global conversation. this time on al-jazeera. welcome back a

mark for medina and mecca some resort temperatures on the other side of the peninsula for doha and abu dhabi but here again we see the humidity levels remaining pretty high and probably will be like that for a least a couple of weeks as we head across into southern portions of africa it's looking largely fine here too for cape town we've got so quite pleasant weather twenty two as a mix of so warming up a little bit here. fine sunshine across much of mozambique through zimbabwe and into zambia as we head on into thursday fine across in the movie there with thirty four is a high in winter now heading into central parts of africa we have plenty of showers here as you would expect with central african republic and also cameroon looking quite wet across west africa there is a circulation low pressure giving some rain across western areas but across dry weather highs of thirty four in bamako. there with sponsored by. well there are lying to us citizens here and what people. want in the same joining us. is a dialogue. and one of your pitches might. join the. mind of the top stories here on the al-

peninsula where temperatures are just easing slightly around the gulf states thirty eight in doha and abu dhabi muscat thirty four i don't the other side the potential is still pretty hot with temperatures there of forty medina mecca thirty nine as we had on through into sunday for southern portions of africa has a bit of cloud around and it's got the potential to yield some showers across parts of south africa in particular so there's the forecast about the risk of showers durban passing the old shop at cape town should be dry and fine further towards the north fine across mozambique zimbabwe through into zambia with highs of thirty expected in soccer. on counting the cost of the world's fastest growing startup created a new virtual labor market but can that business model clear the regulation roadblocks ahead plus the fact is that players or prices enter a bull market counting the cost at this time. i come back to watching al-jazeera the top stories united states government has ordered sixty percent of its staff in cuba to leave its embassy in the capital of ana protesters outside erbil inter

around the gulf states the humidity also just starting to drop thirty eight the maestro in doha and abu dhabi on the other side of the peninsula fine conditions for medina with high seer of forty. i just want to make sure all of our audience is on the same page where they're online what pollutes the u.s. citizens here and what pollutes people of iraq don't want and the same you join us on sat i was never put aside. because i'm darker than all the people. is a dialogue tweet us with hash tag eight a stream and one of your pitches might make the actual join the global conversation this time on al-jazeera. and again they remind you of the top stories this hour the u.n. says the rangar crisis is the world's fastest developing a refugee emergency more than half a million people have fled to bangladesh and began a military crackdown in rakhine state last month. spain's government insists a vote on catalonia secession will not happen but catalan leaders say more than two thousand three hundred polling stations are ready and farmers will use their tractors to protect the sites. kurdish leaders in ira

around the gulf states the community also just starting to drop thirty eight the maestro in doha and abu dhabi on the other side of the peninsula fine conditions for medina with highs here forty. water scarcity is a serious problem we use more than probably you need to why is your risk. impact if the plans aren't demanding as much water you don't need to irrigate as much as me is the age old technique of collecting water bottled water just came out of the air and we'll compare that to some tough water which could provide a solution to the problem of global with a gas tank you know at this time. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera the top stories this hour the united states government has ordered sixty percent of its staff in cuba to leave its embassy in the capital have anna protesters outside erbil international airports have released balloons carrying messages of peace just before iraq halted international flights to the kurdish region and farmers have converged in boston on their tractors to show support the catalonians independence referendum. now in all the stories we're following clo

in the arabian peninsula temperatures are stuck at thirty nine degrees each day in doha and for abu dhabi and humidity remains very high but on the other side of the peninsula temperatures a little bit higher into the low forty's and the humidity is much much lower so let's move on towards africa now where in southern areas weather conditions are looking largely dry and find at least initially those who move from sunday through into monday's little convergence area developing across south africa in the sotto which could well give some heavy showers cape town could pick up some showers too and a high c. of g.'s fourteen but general cross the region is looking dr find plenty sunshine mozambique through zimbabwe and zambia into central parts of africa heavy showers for south sudan through central for republic and towards cameroon and towards parts of west africa we're also seeing some heavy showers. russian filmmaker andre explores how putin's russia impacts the very values of the nation the russians are famous for their cultural legacy but can traditional and conservative be the source of s

been hovering around the high thirty's and i have the last week still there the same is true of abu dhabi been hotter in milan asked for cloud virtually nothing in the sky there's still a possibility of getting a shower or two in yemen or the mountains of south for saudi but to be honest there's not much there in the forecast beyond sunshine. the weather sponsored by. facing reality your president said that there would be a complete audit a hundred percent audit that audit hasn't happened getting to the heart of the matter so are you saying then the future of the g.c.c. will be in doubt. here the story. on talk to al-jazeera at this time. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera the u.n. human rights council has agreed to send a team to investigate alleged war crimes in yemen and examine claims of human rights violations by both sides in the conflict. thousands of supporters of catalonia as vote for secession from spain are held a final rally before sunday's referendum but also occupying schools designated as polling stations to make sure the ballot goes ahead.

we've been hovering around the high thirty's and die half the last week still the same is true of abu dhabi been hotter in the dome on cloud virtually nothing in the sky there's still a possibility of getting a shower or two in yemen or the mountains of south for saudi but to be honest there's not much there in the forecast beyond sunshine. for most when we grow old we take life at a slower pace well not for this centenarian. online dating teaching. kicking in door. she's a blogger adored around the globe and she's doing it a. way. life begins at one hundred eyewitness documentary at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back a reminder of the top stories here this hour the u.n. human rights council has agreed to send a team to investigate alleged war crimes in yemen and examine claims of human rights violations by all sides in the conflict thousands of supporters of catalonia as vote for succession from spain have held a final rally before sunday's referendum also occupying schools designated as polling stations to make sure the ballot goes ahead. and the u.s. health secretary tom price has qui

we have great competitors on both sides and hopefully a great season goes down to abu dhabi.great season. i appreciate you coming on the program. chairman and ceo of formula one. the grand prix takes place in singapore. we will stay on this car theme, hitting the brakes in china's drive towards the all electric car market. it could be too slow for some. this is bloomberg. ♪ that theis no doubt future makes us responsible thinking what is next. lamborghinip of the be a natural step, but idea of and a chronic car is to be different from others. , the second one we doubled sales, so we see strong demand and will keep that strategy for the future. >> in europe, you see a shift electric.l to , people arescussion accepting facts and figures and not only emotions. i'm not convinced that diesel will come back. david: those were the views of this ceos at the frankfurt motor show. highlight howt to quickly this came about. have a look at 8055. byd shares limit up yesterday. monthe normalized the 12 chart. there is the hang seng index. a very good year, underperformance, then peekaboo,

city is well and well again the low forty's across much of the arabian peninsula forty celsius the abu dhabi thirty nine forty degrees here in we go on through the next day or so chance of want to see showers just around the southern end of the peninsula southern parts of amman into the gulf of aden southern parts of the red sea did just see want to show i was squeeze out of that rather like a cloud think cloud make its way from the eastern cape seems a violent storms coming through southern and eastern parts of south africa recently things will quieten down as we go on through tuesday warm sunshine coming back into durban temperatures at around twenty seven degrees celsius in the winds easing off we'll see lively showers continuing around the ethiopian highlands all the way across into uganda pushing across into cameroon more big showers there into southern parts of nigeria and those showers stretch across ghana into liberia. in the house china era when news coverage consists of a punchy had line a five second sound bite and an easy solution. delve deep a phone says challenge the status quo

the british diplomatic service, i can't even begin to list all of those things, but they include abu dhabi, kuwait, jerusalem, iraq, saudi arabia, pretty much everywhere you would want to go in the region. as well as leading the uk review of the muslim brotherhood and political islam. he is currently a senior fellow at the jackson institute at yale university. unfortunately, the investor was not able to join us at the last minute. i'm afraid to say, but i think we will still have an excellent panel, especially moderated by a correspondent for the atlantic but i'm sure you already his excellent article that was circulated pretty much in every corner of washington. what isis really wants, and his book on the way, i commend all of you. >> thank you very much. thank you to the bipartisan policy center and congratulations for this report. i encourage you all to read to create a bipartisan report that takes into account an especially difficult task. all bipartisan tasks are, but this contentious, highly politicized issue like trying to produce a bipartisan report on the yankees, red sox rivalry

when it comes to individual fromtes, abu dhabi dropped 50% of gdp in 2015 to 27% last year.s of oil prices is having a significant impact on economic growth. uae, wheres in the oil is a significant driver of job creation, we have seen a sharp reduction and a number of new jobs being created. there is a weaker demand for residential and commercial property. tracy: we have been talking about the qatari disputes throughout the show. what impact has that had on the property market here? i imagine there is a direct impact as some qatari owners are forced to leave, but in indirect impact as well. faisal: the indirect impact is one that is too early to assess. if things were to escalate, and the environment hear from qatari became more hostile, we might see divestment in the gulf, that would be uncharted territory. for now, the impact is quite minimal. dubai has remained pretty buoyant. qatari is slipping down the league table of international investors as they can no longer access this market. there are plenty of other investor stepping in to take their place. tracy: head of resea

in the arabian peninsula temperatures are stuck at thirty nine degrees each day in doha and for abu dhabi and humidity remains very high but on the other side of the peninsula temperatures a little bit higher into the low forty's and the humidity is much much lower so let's move on towards africa now where in southern areas weather conditions are looking largely dry and find at least initially those who move from sunday through into monday's little convergence area developing across south africa in the sotto which could well give some heavy showers cape town could pick up some showers too and a high sea of just fourteen but general cross the region is looking dry and find plenty sunshine mozambique through zimbabwe and zambia into central parts of africa heavy showers for south sudan through central for republic and towards cameroon and towards parts of west africa we're also seeing some heavy showers. facing the realities of the airspace that they have blocked does not belong to them it belongs to the international community getting to the heart of the matter they can understand how the

joining us to talk about this is our bloomberg markets editor in abu dhabi.rward? >> i think it really underscores some of the complexities of the dispute we are dealing with. watching the headlines on friday about this phone call was amazing because you had the first one that seemed to suggest a progressive and possibly promising conversation had taken place between the two sides, qatar and saudi arabia. less than an hour later, you had other headlines coming out full of recriminations from saudi arabia. the particular emphasis of the fresh light of the dispute seems to be who called who first or whether the call was initiated by donald trump. asdi arabia suggesting qatar the train the call as something saudi gave in to. this speaks to some of the difficulties with resolving this dispute, which is neither side wants to lose face. neither wants to be seen as making the first move when it comes to giving in in terms of its demands. francine: this basically underscores the depth of the crisis. does it also made resolution is pushed back significantly in terms o

mark for medina and mecca some resort temperatures on the other side of the peninsula for doha and abu dhabi but here again we see the humidity levels remaining pretty high and probably will be like that for a least a couple of weeks as we head across into southern portions of africa it's looking largely fine here too for cape town we've got so quite pleasant weather twenty two as a mix of so warming up a little bit here elsewhere fine sunshine across so much of mozambique through zimbabwe and into zambia as we head on into thursday fine across in the movie there with thirty four is a high in winter now heading into central parts of africa we have plenty of showers here as you would expect with the central african republic and also cameroon looking quite wet across west africa there is a circulation low pressure giving some rain across western areas but across a man who says he's dry weather highs of thirty four in bamako. i just want to make sure all of our audience is on the same page that's where they're on line and what produced the u.s. citizens here and what puts people of iraq by one

of the british diplomat of service, i can't even begin to list all the postings, but they include abu dhabi, kuwait, jerusalem, iraq, syria, libya, saudi arabia, pretty much everywhere you want to go in the region. and as well as leading the uk review of the muslim brotherhood and political islam picky skirt a senior fellow at the jackson institute for global affairs at yale university. unfortunately, ambassador alberto fernandez was not able to join us at the last minute. i'm afraid to say, but i think will starve an excellent panel, especially moderated by graeme wood, correspondent for the atlantic. i'm sure you already is excellent article that was i think circular pre-much in every corner of washington last year on what isis what he wants and whose book i commend to all of you. with that, graeme. >> thank you very much. thank you bipartisan policy center, congratulations to be pc as well for the support, which i encourage you all to read to create a bipartisan report that takes into account the theology and especially difficult task -- ideology, all bipartisan tasks are but this is a c

gulf states as well but about thirty degrees thirty eight degrees is the maximum now in doha and abu dhabi unless you have by day than was the case asked for still around about thirty but the chance of the heaviest giving much stress on our it's a much reduced chance. for most when we grow old we take life at a slower pace well not for this centenarian. online dating teaching the use of kicking in door. she's a blogger adored around the globe and she's doing it on her own way. life begins at one hundred eyewitness documentary at this time on al-jazeera. in the aftermath of civil war peace and reconciliation i remember sitting in the absence of justice. people in power on earth chilling testimonies of atrocities suggesting or fora to have failed to conduct full and proper investigations that could help heal resentment inflicted by conflict. cote d'ivoire partial justice at this time on al-jazeera. again undermined at the top stories here on the. results have been announced in a controversial kurdish referendum in iraq with ninety two percent voting in favor of. the kurdish leadership to rel

our powerfully this ties to the two two after the first leg it was the away team that prevailed in abu dhabi with the surplus winning this game three want that put them through five three when i gets. they'll play hell out of saudi arabia in the last full day with. no olympic president thomas black has admitted his organization isn't simu to credibility issues last week brazilian police raided the country's olympic offices as part of an investigation into claims that rio ports fights to secure the twenty sixteen games back is in peru for a meeting that will confirm paris is the twenty twenty four summer hosts and l.a. is the location for the twenty twenty eight games he says stronger action will be taken if any allegations are proven. i cannot tell you the scene so this morning. our lawyers. have already been in contact with the brazilian oh you did he's already thing nobody wants to have credibility issues in his or her. organization. but we have been we have to be realistic no organization in the world is immune to shoes the tampa bay rays found themselves on unfamiliar ground as a consequ

and abu dhabi as we go on through monday thirty nine there as we go towards tuesday lots of dry weather lots of sunshine coming through visibility is at least haven't been too bad over the past few days maybe not a fair amount of. into southern africa a little more cloud across the south you see this next area cloud just making its way across the west and produce some outbreaks of right to temperatures pick back to around fifteen celsius in capetown the southern cape looking wet for the next few days. let's talk about now. right now. right now it's happening so fast. you can barely keep up with it. right now we've got clowns protecting. the mobile technology finding clean water not tomorrow not five years in the future. now. in a disaster the internet can be restored by a truck. you know mind this truck can drive itself and right now this child is being treated by a doctor from six thousand miles away this is science not fiction and cisco networks are making it happen now. because when everything is securely connected anything is possible and there's never been a better time to change t

thirty nine degrees celsius similar temperatures to across the arabian peninsula thirty eight in abu dhabihere in doha will have a high of around forty or forty one over the next few days perhaps more cloud just around southern most parts of the peninsula and hazy sunshine remaining in the forecast plenty of cloud across southern parts of south africa over the next day or so this massive cloud is just diving its way in across the western cape and it will continue to push further eastward so space some heavy rain across southern parts of south africa through saturday the southern cape the eastern cape seeing some rather heavy showers then over the next day or so but elsewhere the sunshine the warm sunshine will continue shell's meanwhile continue across central parts of africa further heavy downpours across the gulf of guinea across much of west africa. we have stories. some that enrich our memories. others that define our futures. in a breathtaking new season al-jazeera staff members open their hearts and didn't fight us into that extraordinary lives al-jazeera correspondent coming soon. a

not even nyu abu dhabi. there was nothing there for me, nothing i can do full-time that would permit me to build a life there or as i preferred, a life there but reaching everywhere. i broke it grew concerned about the fact of having to leave and i searched for other places to live aside america. i tried hard for istanbul, no such luck. i remember standing outside terminal one and being surprised that it felt familiar but the greatest blows were yet to come. my career had just been interrupted, once back, i applied for countless academic positions, hoping i would get something that would allow me to finish my dissertation before the clock ran out but i received no responses, never mind the courtesy of explicit risk rejection. while i wanted to complete my project, the prospectus for which i submitted and defended i could not. there was no way i could dedicate the time and energy needed to write five full chapters, to complete the research necessary, to sit in the library for hours on end and i had to cobble

gulf states as well but about thirty degrees thirty eight degrees is the maximum now in doha and abu dhabi unless you have by day than was the case asked for still around about thirty but the chance of the heaviest giving much stress on our it's a much reduced chance. witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. every your. headlines around the rebel common what's trending is there or is the kurds says they're under pressure after the independence vote which the result we did get free of ninety two percent in favor of. the rest of iraq twenty more there on the revenge of the qatar gulf crisis and potential military options in north korea that is what's trending right now at an interview with dot com. we've got a bit of a business story for you now concerning the airline industry nothing to do with ticket prices or fuel or airspace this is about the construction of the airplanes we all fly and so boeing the american plane manufacturer it's been unhappy with its canadian rival. because it says they're getting unfair subsidies from the canadian government

our early this task that suits you after the first leg is the away team that prevailed in abu dhabi with persepolis winning three want to go through five three on aggregates they'll play hell out of saudi arabia in the last. olympic president thomas backers admitted his organization isn't immune to credibility issues last week brazilian police started an investigation into claims rio bought votes to secure the twenty sixteen games back is in peru for a meeting that will confirm paris is the twenty twenty four summer hosts and l.a. is the location for the twenty twenty eight games he says strong action will be taken if any allegations of provine. i cannot tell you that there is in so this morning. our lawyers. have already been in contact with the brazilian. authorities thing nobody wants to have credibility issues in his or her. organization. but we have been we have to be realistic no organization in the world is immune to raid ability. and rafa nadal is back in spain after his u.s. open triumph and says his next big challenge is to get the better of roger federer on the court that i wa