brent is down by 1.75% we launch our new middle east coverage in abu dhabi.e air carrier on the challenges that his business is facing. >> the core ally has always been operating m a very, very solid way. even in most challenging times, 2016 or the price collapse, local regional markets contracted which excel ler raced the over capacitywhich broad i down even then we operation of what we have done has accelerated what we've done for the next five or ten years. yes, it was an accelerated reality check but what you would expect a business to do after ten years. >>> j.p. morgan chase kicks off earnings season with a bang. bank soared 26% rise in equity trading. wilfred frost breaks down the earnings. >> reporter: u.s. stocks appeared to beat eps expectations friday morning but then traded lower all day. higher rates including the raise in libor were higher however, tepid loan growth meant that overall interest didn't impress. loans up year over year and flat therefore not delivering a big tax reform trading was up but less than expected citi only up by 1% year o

. >>> you may not be aware, but if you're not you should be, cnbc launches in abu dhabi from monday itbe co-hosted by nancy hungerford and hadley gamble here is a preview of the show. >> here we are in the heart of abu dhabi's financial district where we will be taking you inside of our new home in the abu dhabi market i'll be teaming up with nancy hungerford in singapore with the latest market moves in asia and to get you up to speed for the start of the european trading day. we'll speak to the biggest names in business from the heart of the middle east. join me on monday live with "capital connection. ve my grand. - anncr: as you grow older, your brain naturally begins to change which may cause trouble with recall. - learning from him is great... when i can keep up! - anncr: thankfully, prevagen helps your brain and improves memory. - dad's got all the answers. - anncr: prevagen is now the number-one-selling brain health supplement in drug stores nationwide. - she outsmarts me every single time. - checkmate! you wanna play again? - anncr: prevagen. healthier brain. better life. no ma

>> they signed a deal with the abu dhabi formula one racing track.p 200 miles per hour. it is going to be at a 10 kilometer track. i went there last year for the abu dhabi and dubai air show. is a new big hub for this emirates. pretty dusty, very well behind schedule. but we have oil prices going back up and i wouldn't rule anything out in abu dhabi because they'll have a lot of money to spend on things like this. >> that's two years. we'll see what happens. thanks so much. >> 800 miles an hour. that is incredible. >> i think that will be scary no matter -- >> no matter how safe you think it is. >>> mike allen has a look at this morning's "one big thing." the president gives a bullish outlook on accomplishing what has alluded so many of his predecessors. >>> admiral james stravidis and richard haass will weigh in whether the president's tactics will work and elizabeth warren and elijah cummings. "morning joe" just moments away. the smoother the skin, the more comfortable you are in it. and now there's a new way to smooth. introducing new venus platin

the ceo of the abu dhabi financial group.xt with tom keene and guy johnson. this is bloomberg. ♪ . ♪ tom: get used to it, we are trying, massive gyration in the stock market, should and can central bankers ignore our new political volatility? they caravan is halted. the nafta talks. the national guard to the southern border. tomorrow is jobs than with chairman powell's wage inflation. this is bloomberg surveillance. i am tom keene in new york and guy johnson is in london, you look like the beast from the east who has had a snowstorm effect on economic growth in the united kingdom. guy: absolutely. sharply, one of the worst numbers since brexit. i will show you in a moment. seeing a little bit a drop-off in the data, the snow is the beast of the east he is referring to. just in case you are worried about what i look like. tom: here with the first word news is kailey leinz. and chinae u.s. signaling they are willing to talk to avoid trade war. larry kudlow says there is still time to work out the differences after each country

very pleasant thirty three degrees celsius and it remains fine as a head on through into friday abu dhabi there twenty nine so as we head into southern portions of africa we've got largely fine weather conditions across namibia down through just south africa run the eastern cape and that's likely still to be there during the course of thursday but largely dry for durban fine sunny in johannesburg and across mozambique through zambian zimbabwe we're looking at pretty good conditions there lusaka in zambia highs of twenty eight space in a high of twenty eight degrees also in when took in the maybe. was. it reminds of our current top stories here on al-jazeera cuban vice president me grell diaz ken ellis set to become the first person i would cite the castro family to leave cuba after being formally nominated to take over from raul castro as president. u.s. presidents confirmed that a spy chief had a secret meeting with north korea's president in a tweet said cia head mike pale met kim jong un last week. turkey's president has called surprise elections for june great ship already won and tha

betty: abu dhabi investment fund reaping rewards with petroleum, revenue up 14% last year as the companyined portfolio to boost investment in existing companies and sell mature assets and enter new sectors at home and overseas. they will eventually manage about $250 billion u.s. when they link up with the abu dhabi investment counsel. , south koreand markets will be in the spotlight today after friday's dramatic summit. we will look at the stocks that will be following. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ paul: 8:30 here in the rainy and went sydney. markets opening soon, and futures looking unchanged by here. paul allen in sydney. betty: i am betty live, you are watching daybreak australia. let's get to first word news with ramy. ramy: north korea says it will intercut -- it will invite international observers to witness the decommissioning of it nuclear test site. this comes after friday's historic summit and the head of an anticipated meeting between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un. they say it is not workable anymore. >> this administration has its eyes wide

eventually manage $250 billion of assets when they link up with abu dhabi.etting they can to build the next generation wireless network and jump ahead of verizon and at&t. the deal follows years of will softbankle day between and deutsche telekom. shakeup theaims to u.s. wireless sector through innovation. the t-mobile and sprint ceos will be joining us later on bloomberg. 11:00 that -- that will be at 11:00 at a new york. betty: big news on the merger front and the tech sector, big news when apple will be reporting the results. there have been so much handwringing over the last several months and it is intensifying as we have heard so much negative news out of the apple suppliers that this quarter be softer than expected on iphone sales. i want to point out this chart which shows you wall street analysts are still bullish. that is the blue line. they've been raising their price targets on apple. optimism continues on wall street but not among investors. the stock has been range bound and now on a decline as more and more use comes out about these suppliers

social reforms pushed by crown prince mohammad bin salman my colleague hadley gamble joins us from abu dhabiplanning a cinema trip next time you're in rehad? >> i might very well they're projecting as much as 4 $64 billion spent there over the next several years in terms of creating the opportunities for people to really go out there and have that social life they say she need to develop their society. let's listen in to what the head of amc theaters told me earlier. >> we think demand will be staggering we are expecting this will be quite a lucrative opportunity for shareholders of amc entertainment. our plan is to open at least 40 theaters here over the next five years in about 15 cities across the country. >> adam, just how lucrative are we talking the saudi government projected they could spend as much as 64 billion over the next several years in the entertainment industry alone how much of a slice of that pie do you think amc will take >> well, the answer to your question is lucrative is defined as lucrative there are estimates that this market will have a box offic approaching $1 billi

america's airports a third world facilities when i look at airports in china when i look at airports and abu dhabi and qatar and the different places like a third world country you land in new york at la guardia airport at kennedy airport it's like a third world airport system and its latest report the american society of civil engineers graded the country's aviation infrastructure with a very unimpressive score of gee you know the united states has had. in an aging and. an aging infrastructure for about a generation so we sort of look back and the united states really built out our infrastructure in the fifty's and sixty's and early seventy's and then in some respects we've taken some time off from from from doing a lot of building and we've been somewhat maintaining our infrastructure but probably not as well as we can the a.f.c. east says that progress at airports and a traffic control systems is slow unable to keep up with demands of increased traffic and new technologies and passengers that feeling the effects according to sky tracks and based on millions of survey responses there's no usa pu

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very pleasant thirty three degrees celsius and it remains fine as a head on through into friday abu dhabi there twenty nine so as we head into southern portions of africa we've got largely fine weather conditions across namibia down through to south africa clothes around the eastern cape and that's likely still to be there during the course of thursday but largely dry for durban fine sunny in johannesburg and across mozambique through zambian zimbabwe we're looking at pretty good conditions there lusaka in some be a highs of twenty eight and respecting a high of twenty eight degrees also in winter in the maybe. to one predictable leaders i've been working on north korea policy for almost thirty years i can't tell you what the u.s. policy is towards north korea vine photo what they want to deter an attack from the united states as the u.s. struggles to define its foreign policy think lines examines the potential fallout we don't see it really is a strategy designed to get those talks started because if they expect to surrender fire in fury trumps north korea crisis on al-jazeera when the n

we're going to be talking tomorrow with the ceo of the largest property developer in abu dhabi.es on the horizon and a lot of equipment surrounding what we're doing here >> it looks beautiful. >> it does a lot of money over there, i think. i got that right >> i think you're right. i think you're right hadley, thank you. we look towaforward to it. >>> meantime, mike santoli is with us this morning mike, we've been watching the markets all morning long looking at pretty sharply higher open after a disappointing day on friday what's happening >> it looks like -- well, right now the futures are indicating the market is going to get back up to friday morning's high. we had that selloff in the day with the financials. in part it was people kind of wondering what kind of response might be in syria over the weekend. and just kind of a general defensiveness going into a weekend. bank earnings remain a bit of a puzzle so widely shared and so kind of obvious for so long, for two years, that you don't have as many blowout numbers on trading. other than that, the market has held above those

americas airports a third world facilities when i look at airports in china when i look at airports in abu dhabi and qatar and the different places where like a third world country you land in new york and la guardia airport a kennedy airport it's like a third world airport system and its latest report the american society of civil engineers graded the country's aviation infrastructure with a very unimpressive score of d. you know the united states has had. in an aging and. in aging infrastructure for about a generation so we sort of look back and the united states really built out our infrastructure in the fifty's and sixty's and early seventy's and then in some respects we've taken some time off from from from doing a lot of building and we've been somewhat maintaining our infrastructure but probably not as well as we can the a.f.c. east says that progress at airports and a traffic control systems is slow unable to keep up with demands of increased traffic and new technologies and passengers that feeling the effects according to sky tracks and based on millions of survey responses there's no u

state of pennsylvania and a loose a no is a journalist he's normally based in mexico and in abu dhabi omar garcia ponce is an assistant professor of political science at the university of california davis we also invited representatives from the u.s. bureau of alcohol tobacco firearms and explosives also known as a.t.f. and we asked them to join in our conversation today they turned down our request but it's good to see you guess here welcome to the stream and i just real of a whole load of stats and figures of thousands of people murder investigations but what is it really like when we talking about gun violence in mexico what is the reality tell us a story take us into what people are having to cope with on a daily basis what you cope with every day. sure there is a story that has gotten very little press both in mexico and also abroad that just happened two weeks ago with three film students and the fate of how these go they had gone to the city of don't i laugh to work on the film they were returning to the city of what i had out which is an enormous metropolitan city in northwest

today but we don't want the aid that comes with strings attached relations between mogadishu and abu dhabi have been frosty since june last year when mogadishu resist the pressure from the u.a.e. and so did it to cut ties with qatar and join the block. in march somalia band u e's dubai ports world from doing business in the country of faith an album agreement the company had entered into with ethiopia and some other land for the management of better but up port in the breakaway and clear last week somalia intercepted a plane chartered by u.a.e. diplomats and confiscated almost ten million dollars in cash saying it would investigate the intended purpose of the funds. on monday security forces in north somalia's puntland prevented another u.a.e. plane from living out of the emirates the military trainers refused two hundred of their luggage to his such it really looks like a dispute that nobody can win so money here is a very. poor country you know i was calmly reconstruction based in eastern focus on rebuilding and developing internally and not to be bogged down in these kinds of disputes.

airports the third will facilities when i look at airports in china when i look at airports and abu dhabi qatar and the different places like a third world country you land in new york at la guardia airport at kennedy airport it's like a third world airport system and its latest report the americans.

celsius on this side of the peninsula we're looking at thirty five degrees in doha and thirty two in abu dhabiso the weather conditions pretty static at the moment so let's head across into southern portions of africa where again it's looking largely fine here a lot of sunshine here a long way north before you start to pick up the showers for some zimbabwe in zambia across in town golan through namibia down towards south africa all looking fine little bit of cloud across the eastern cape but otherwise weather conditions looking good there johannesburg highs of twenty four degrees and then into central parts of africa some heavy showers across east africa south asia's also in the gulf of guinea and we expect he wanted to downpours to be affecting the prevail. the weather sponsored by cats are always. getting to the heart of the matter if well stuff like in g. the turkish cypriot leader calls you today and says let's have talks would you accept facing realities what do you think reunification would look like a lot of people think the peace for unification is the only option for prosperity of sou

sent us around two deals abu dhabi is building a must have ministry base in the strategic paul tunneled but it better in some of them which wants to break away for the u.a.e. better but it is conveniently close to yemen where it's part of the city led coalition fighting iranian backed both that rebels the divide based company d.p. world is also taking over the port in but better some relatively small pool to exports livestock to the middle east and imports food and other items all that set to change now as d.p. while say six prepared to spend up to four hundred forty two million dollars to develop the port for somaliland the dubai ports deal is not only a financial windfall but also a vote of confidence that is a major problem for somalia which view somaliland as its solvent at a three hundred zero zero plus also to come here not just here including our u.s. trade tariffs on china could affect its recruiting beef industry. lawrence lee in manchester where scientists are using the one the material known as graphene to help find a solution to the world's water crisis. hello the rain in th

after mogadishu refused to cut ties with cats are in the diplomatic dispute but that hasn't stopped abu dhabi from investing in two regions in northern somalia the first is somali land which declared independence from somalia in one nine hundred ninety one a move that hasn't been recognized internationally in february the u.a.e. signed a thirty year deal to manage its port and last month plans to set up a military base in neighboring point in the u.a.e. secured another deal to develop and manage its was support adobe has been training an anti-piracy coast guard for years but somalis government has reacted strongly to what it calls infringements on its sovereignty and unity last month the possible banning the buy based company that runs the ports from operating in the country. bryden is a security consultant in the horn of africa and somalia specialist with a think tank so high he says there's a bigger back story to the mogadishu airport standoff. it's clearly a dispute it's escalating between the somali federal government and the u.a.e. and the government was was making a coin confiscating ca

george naida has close ties to the united arab emirates and is the facto ruler the crown prince of abu dhabi according to a new york times report special council is also questioning neda a novice about his previously on this close ties to russia john hendren has a story from washington. in the probe into russian meddling in the u.s. election george nader appears to be the witness who keeps on giving the lebanese american business man's ties to the united arab emirates are well known but according to a new york times report nader also has previously undisclosed ties to russia meeting with russian oligarchs and negotiating an ill fated arms deal between russia and iraq in two thousand and twelve and i think that we will continue to get a wealth of information from mr nader and i think not only russia but it seems as though mr nader has almost a worldwide network of people at very high levels that he puts together to collaborate in various and sundry schemes that are supposed to be under the radar screen if you will for special counsel robert mueller who's investigating possible collusion betwe

centers around two deals abu dhabi is building a must have military base in the strategic paul tunnel but a better in some of them which wants to break away for the u.a.e. perper is conveniently close to yemen where it's part of the pseudo led coalition fighting iranian backed rebels the divide based company d.p. world is also taking over the port in butter better some relatively small pool to exports livestock to the middle east and imports of food and other terms all that set to change now as d.p. world says it's prepared to spend up to four hundred forty two million dollars to develop the port for somaliland the dubai ports deal is not only a financial windfall but also a vote of confidence that is a major problem for somalia which view somaliland as its sovereign territory one hundred zero zero zero zero as we closing soon in montenegro presidential election longtime leader mean larger kind of rich has never lost an election and his favorite to win he and his ruling democratic party of socialists dominate in politics for more than twenty five years he favors closer ties with europ

celsius on this side of the peninsula we're looking at thirty five degrees in tow and thirty two in abu dhabi so the weather conditions pretty static at the moment so let's head across into southern portions of africa where again it's looking largely fine here a lot of sunshine here a long way north before you start to pick up the showers for some zimbabwe in zambia across in tango and through namibia down towards south africa all looking fine little bit of cloud across the eastern cape but otherwise weather conditions looking good there johannesburg highs of twenty four degrees and then into central parts of africa some heavy showers across east africa south asia is also in the gulf of guinea where expect he wanted to downpours to be affecting the prevail. stories of life. and inspiration. and series of documentaries from around the world that celebrate the human spirit against the odds. al-jazeera cinemax. but again you're watching there has reminder of our top stories this hour north korea's official news agency says the country will stop all nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile

centers around two deals abu dhabi is building a must have military base in the strategic paul tunnel but a better in some of them which wants to breakaway for the u.a.e. better but it is conveniently close to yemen where it's part of the saudi led coalition fighting iranian backed with it rebels the divide based company d.p. world is also taking over the port in but better some balance relatively small pool to exports livestock to the middle east and imports food and other items all that set to change as d.p. world says it's prepared to spend up to four hundred forty two million dollars to develop the port for somaliland the dubai ports deal is not only a financial windfall but also a vote of confidence that is a major problem for somalia which view somaliland as its sovereign territory one hundred zero zero. but everyone protests in several indian cities over the rape of two young girls in one case a politician has been arrested and charged with raping a teenager and in the other eight men have been jailed for the gang rape torture and murder of an eighty year old indian administere

notter had been known as a fixer for the united arab emirates a close adviser of crown prince of abu dhabi mohammed bin ziad. and was looked at in that regard by the mother team but it becomes increasingly clear now in the new york times report makes this clear that he had also has a history of being a fixer for mosco so he was involved in a twenty twelve attempted arms deal between iraq and moscow for instance a legal arms dealer well it was. so riddled with corruption that it was cancelled didn't go through and then he has been put at meetings between trump representatives and curial dmitri of who is a hedge fund manager in moscow who is family connections with the lighting near putin what is it exactly about mr navas activities that this investigation will be focusing on well the question is did he find a way to funnel money into the trump campaign it's illegal for foreign entities to and individuals to give money to u.s. campaigns but of course they could use cutouts they could use american to forward the money and it has been alleged recently that mr nodder wired money to elliott broi

celsius on this side of the up initially we're looking at thirty five degrees in tow and thirty two in abu dhabi so the weather conditions pretty static at the moment so let's head across into southern portions of africa where again it's looking largely fine here a lot of sunshine here long way north before you start to pick up the showers for some zimbabwe and some bear across in tango and through namibia down towards south africa all looking fine little bit of cloud across the eastern cape but otherwise weather conditions looking good there johannesburg highs of twenty four degrees and then into central parts of africa some heavy showers across east africa south asia is also in the gulf of guinea we're expecting wanted to downpours to be affecting the prevail. big stories generate foul reasons of headlines with different angles from different perspectives separate the spin from the facts that's why i am guy. with the listening post on al-jazeera.

thank you very much to hadley in abu dhabi. >>> bhp has cut its iron ore guidance they trimmed the forecast, to 272 and 274 million tons of iron ore bhp also bumped up copper ore estimations. >>> sticking with metals, alcoa shares jumped over 4% after the aluminum minor delivered better-than-expected earnings. they beat on the top and bottom line and raised the full-year ebita forecast to 3.5 to 3$3.7 billion. alcoa says it expects demand for aluminum to grow along with an increased metal deficit this year due to delays in projects to expand smelters in china. >>> the imf issued a warning over global growing debt in its latest fiscal monetary report, the fund estimates that global debt stands at 1$164 trillion, 225% of gdp, and that itself is up from the previous peak of 213% back in 2009. that was the height of the financial crisis speaking to cnbc in washington, the imf director of fiscal affairs highlighted the u.s. debt situation in the wake of president trump's tax reforms. >> the united states is the only country where the public debt to gdp ratio is forecast to go up from 107% of gdp

i am in abu dhabi. here has to be the price of oil, the rise we have seen recently, and what donald trump has been saying about it. with me, jeff curry. .hank you for joining us let's start out with donald trump and his tweets. u.s.pressure could the actually bring to bear when it comes to opec? jeff: it is limited. to physically increase supplies, you are constrained by pipe capacity and pressure pumping capacity. numbers are 1.1, 1.2 million barrels of growth. the other avenue would be the spr. that requires congressional approval. that requires emergency situations. this is not an emergency situation. 82.50 for jim. when i left, it was $75 per barrel. is it time to lift that price target? jeff: the high prices in oil are high prices anin metal. global demand growth is stellar given where we are in the business cycle. that is associated with strong commodity demand. metal and energy demands are hitting highs. find, you would have to get high prices before you start to see a damage demand. whateason th

." >> abu dhabi investment funds are reading the rewards of its merging with international petroleum. portfolio in existing companies to sell mature assets. they manage about $250 billion of assets. is betting that they can team up to build the next generation wireless network and jump ahead of verizon and at&t. the all stock deal follows weeks of talks. t-mobile will share the new operation, and the ceo says he aims to shake up the sector through innovation. ody's getting an upgrade. bid in neweived a south wales. they are offering $1.2 billion for the 1800 megawatt plant, which is in the hunter valley. includes $900 million for upgrading. >> up next, we will be speaking more about the markets in terms of what the fed has in store. all implications for emerging markets, to be joined by stuttering turner bankhead -- by standard chartered bankhead. and there are a few things going on in the geopolitical arena. we are jointed to talk about these broad statements coming through from the north, the latest being that they are putting themselves on the same time zone, and south korea is rem

today but we don't want the aid that comes with strings attached relations between mogadishu and abu dhabi have been frosty since june last year when mogadishu resist the pressure from the u.a.e. and so did abia to cut ties with qatar and during the blockade the impost on it. in march somalia bond uys dubai ports world from doing business in the country of the naldo magnum and the company had entered into this year p.n. some other land for the management of better but up port in the breakaway enclave last week somali intercepted a plane chartered by u.a.e. diplomats and confiscated almost ten million dollars in cash saying it would investigate the intended purpose of the funds. on monday security forces in north somalia's puntland prevented him of the u.a.e. plane from leaving port after him. the military trainers refused to hunt over their luggage to be as such it really looks like a dispute that nobody can win somalia is there is a very. poor country it's you know i was called a great instructor based in eastern focus on rebuilding and developing internally not to be bogged down in these

the ceo of abu dhabi says ms of investment potential in the middle east that she spoke today the bloomberg >> other than technology -- financial services firms, we have had recently different companies inferent the gcc and middle east. we see this as a great opportunity. julia: been your stock exchange current company has agreed to buy that chicago stock exchange. didn't say how much they are paying people from other with they will value the chicago exchange 250 two $100 million. delta says the data breach of card information of several thousand customers, the cyberattack was a contractor provides online chat services to the carrier and occurred between september 26 and october 12. customers names, addresses, and card information, including security numbers and information date. movie pass, which provides access for a $10 monthly fee is teaming up with movie phone. the show screening times for movies. verizon gains and an ownership stake could help accelerate the growth of the startup. movie pass has been warned of its longtime viability that is in question. and that is your bloomberg busi

centers around two deals abu dhabi is building a must have military base in the strategic paul tuttle in some of them which wants to break away for the u.a.e. barbara is conveniently close to yemen where it's part of the soda led coalition fighting iranian backed rebels the divide based company d.p. world is also taking over the port in but better some relatively small pool to export livestock to the middle east and imports food items all that said to change as d.p. world says it's prepared to spend up to four hundred forty two million dollars to develop the port for somaliland the dubai ports deal is not only a financial windfall but also a vote of confidence that is a major problem for somalia which view somaliland as its sovereign territory one hundred zero zero fighters disguised as un peacekeepers have attacked a un base and mali killing one peacekeeper and injuring ten french soldiers attack happened on saturday in the northern city of town about to fight is wearing blue helmets and to the count an exploded two suicide car bombs and then fired dozens of rockets i want to take yo

that he had ties to the united arab emirates that he had acted as an agent for the crown prince of abu dhabi and we knew that he had arranged a meeting between a trump liaison and a russian businessman in the seychelles but what we're learning now according to this new york times article in and is that he also had deep ties to russia that he has had them since at least two thousand and twelve when he negotiated an ill fated arms agreement between iran and russia that he is familiar with all the guards there and what that means is that miller can ask not only about the u.a.e. connection whether money was funneled from the united arab emirates into the trump campaign or its allies we can also ask about russian collusion whether russia helped trump in that campaign so that intertwines two parts of two major strands of this investigation and of course nader is a cooperating witness he has an immunity deal and that means he is protected when he talks to miller and he isn't the only figure who has made a deal with rob a lot of there are those that have been questioned on l. cooperating with the in

centers around two deals abu dhabi is building a must have military base in the strategic paul tunnel but it better in some of them which wants to break away for the u.a.e. perper is conveniently close to yemen where it's part of the soda led coalition fighting iranian backed rebels the divide based company d.p. world is also taking over the port in but better some relatively small poll tax ports and livestock to the middle east and imports of food and other terms all that said to change now as d.p. world says it's prepared to spend up to four hundred forty two million dollars to develop the port for somaliland the dubai ports deal is not only a financial windfall but also a vote of confidence that is a major problem for somalia which view somaliland as its sovereign territory one hundred zero zero zero and nigerian journalist has suggested as few as fifteen of the so-called shock schoolgirls kidnapped by boko haram a still alive two hundred seventy six girls were kidnapped from their school by the militant group back in twenty fourteen the nigerian government says it has no way of kn

george nader has close ties to the united arab emirates and is to facto ruler the crown prince of abu dhabi according to a new york times report special counsel robert is also questioning nader and others about his previously undisclosed ties to russia john hendren has the story from washington. in the probe into russian meddling in the u.s. election george nader appears to be the witness who keeps on giving the lebanese american business man's ties to the united arab emirates are well known but according to a new york times report nader also has previously undisclosed ties to russia meeting with russian oligarchs and negotiating an ill fated arms deal between russia and iraq in two thousand and twelve and i think that we will continue to get a wealth of information from mr nader and i think not only russia but it seems as though mr nader has almost a worldwide network of people at very high levels that he puts together to collaborate in various and sundry schemes that are supposed to be under the radar screen if you will for special counsel robert mueller who's investigating possible collu

very pleasant thirty three degrees celsius and it remains fine as a head on through into friday abu dhabi there twenty nine so as we head into southern portions of africa we've got largely fine weather conditions across namibia down through to south africa clothe around the eastern cape the most likely still to be there during the course of thursday but largely dry for durban fine sunny in johannesburg and across mozambique through zambian zimbabwe we're looking at pretty good conditions there lusaka in some be a highs of twenty eight and respecting a high of twenty eight degrees also in winter in the maybe. a society's progress is dependent on the quality of its experts we need more of finest professionals a top arity eastham wide awake in new generation to study find new teaching methods are infusing thai students to become the agents of change taking them out of the classroom to solve problems in their local communities level education inspiring science in thailand at this time on all dizzy from. al-jazeera. you read every your. headlines from out there about calm and as if what's tren

secured another deal to develop and manage the bus also port abu dhabi's been training an anti-piracy coast guard for years but somalia's government has reacted strongly to what it calls infringement of its sovereignty and unity last month it passed a law banning a de by based company that runs the ports from operating in the country. without driving as a security consultant on the horn of africa and somalia specialist with a think tank sat he says there's a bigger backstory to the mogadishu airport standoff. it's it's escalating between the somali federal government and the u.a.e. and the government was was making a coin confiscating cash that was destined for the u.s. embassy in mogadishu and reportedly for the payment of troops the u.a.e. has been training and sustaining now the force that the u.a.e. supported the somali government has said it will despair and integrate with its armed forces so it's taking a very strong line against. in. the less clear they have been there u.a.e. has been supporting people and many years and despite the reports that senators there is some kind of d

he was in abu dhabi, where he spoke to us in an exclusive interview. be extremely negative for both sides cannot the eu and the u.s. we are a small but very export oriented country. that is why we have a deep interest in an orderly and fair free-trade system. i think the u.s. should share this. kurz is seen as a nationalist and eurosceptic. home secretary amber riley has become the fourth cabinet member to quit in six months. lawmakerse to address today over allegations she overd lawmakers deportation of illegal immigrants. global news 24 hours a day and on tic-toc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. francine: thank you so much. the eu chief brexit negotiator is holding a conference. what they are talking about is the question about ireland. the eu saying that june is a stepping stone in the brexit talks, but all sides are asking for something a little concrete on how to deal with the irish border. risks remain in the brexit talks. we will follow that press conference and bring yo

always the vision of sheikh mansour and his abu this was always the vision of sheikh mansourand his abu dhabiy manchester where obviously manchester united won 13 premier league titles, the last in 2013 when sir alex ferguson left. since then manchester city have very much been on the up and city fans will be hoping tomorrow that they get more conclusive evidence of that in the derby. let's bring in andy savage, a lifelong city fan who joins us on skype. how'd you feel about tomorrow? should city go all out to win or hold something back to try to beat liverpool in the champions league? what i have just been hearing from the gent there, it is a pivotal moment tomorrow. we should go all out with a full strength team to win the title against united. that would be my second biggest thrill as a city fan. obviously after the 2012 sergio aguero moment. to win it against united would be incredible. why would it mean so much? just to win it against united, really, because i know plenty of united fans andl because i know plenty of united fans and i know united fans who have tickets for the match tomorr