khaldoon: nobody had any idea about abu dhabi, the uae. second, the pronunciation of my name, i had a difficult name. the pronunciation in english is challenged by most friends in the united states, so i struggled with my name because people could not pronounce it. i became known as khaldoon. it is my american name. david: but you pronounce it another way. you can do that in yiddish, but not so much in arabic. khaldoon: i found that out. david: you have opened a museum. khaldoon: yes, it is beautiful. the art collection is remarkable. i think there is a bigger story. we are trying to push out of the uae a message of tolerance. ♪ david: you come back after college and you are looking for a job, and what did you do after college? khaldoon: back then you go back to abu dhabi and you are a u.s. graduate. you are going to have essentially two options. you can work in oil and gas or the investment field. i interviewed for both and had an offer for both. i decided to start at the national oil company. i worked there for a couple of years, spent a

abu dhabi being the largest. the oil and gas is is finite. we have to prepare herself for the future. david: you lead a group that bought a team in the premier league. khaldoon: manchester has been the most successful club. david: do you ever go down and say let me kick some footballs? >> would you fix your tie, please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way. alright. david: i don't consider myself a journalist. and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? let's talk about something you are passionately interested in, which is football. you lead a group that ought a team in the premier league and in england called manchester city, which won the premier league. khaldoon: football is a passion of mine. i enjoy football. doing that job was an absolute joy. 10 years ago, we started this journey. manchester

you grew up in abu dhabi, is that right? khaldoon: yes. david: you are not a member of the royal family. to be a member of the royal family, that means you are part of the family that helped found the country. khaldoon: correct. david: and now the royal family in abu dhabi has hundreds of members? khaldoon: yes. david: ok. so you are not a member of the royal family. khaldoon: my grandfather was essentially the first chief justice in the uae when the federation was established. and my father was an ambassador. so i come from a family that has justice, diplomacy. i was -- after my father passed away, i was brought up by my grandfather at a young age. david: and your father passed away because of something that was tragic. khaldoon: yes, he was assassinated in france while he was posted there. david: how old were you? khaldoon: i was six years old. david: so you are now living in abu dhabi when this occurs. you later go to college in the united states. how did you pick tufts? khaldoon: i think i had been to the united states once. i had neve

abu dhabi and the national museum of got that. culture in museums however there are. two different museum but they got into the programs for instance for the national museum is many a focus on the good to the side of get that the society there are constructing bridges to to being. non-money to have that. sixty percent of country's gross domestic product still comes from oil but the state is increasingly focusing on the financial sector. tourism is also expected to play a role and the education of its own people fifty percent of the people here are under thirty years old this is one of the reasons for the country's mentality not just the abundance of wealth. images of a mere time mean been how much autonomy are everywhere these people celebrate quietly without excitement or slogans to criticize their neighbor states the gulf states are engaged in cultural expansion and want to build bridges to the world with their prestigious buildings but at the moment they're not talking to each other enough. love them if uncle sugar every nation wants to have to expose its people to

abu dhabi's sheikh siad mosque stands with the new museum alongside other prestigious buildings that promote the gulf state. i wonder for building but above all it is a building for the well to do. visitors pay some fourteen euro's half of that for thirteen to twenty two year olds that might not sound like much but it's far too expensive for workers in the am or. to earn only about one hundred seventy year olds a month. despite its architectural genius and universal flair the museum glosses over these contradictions. mohammad barak is head of the national tourism and cultural authority and one of the most important men in abu dhabi is real estate industry. and culture is what's going to bring us all together. this museum is a center of education it's a center of acceptance it's a center of tolerance it's a center of connectivity. visitors from all over the world will visit this museum and they will see a part of their culture about of their history in this museum it will show them how we are all connected how this world is connected. the no w. will probably remain a museum for the up

since june twenty seventeen nowhere craft have been flying from doha to dubai or abu dhabi airspace is closed. six muslim countries have broken off diplomatic relations with connor be accused connor of financing terrorist groups and supporting iran contra rejects that. the crisis has led to cutters isolation saudi arabia close the border cutting off qatar from the rest of the arabian peninsula the conflict was triggered by an internet posting claiming that qatar and made positive statements about shiite iran. that messages sent to have been posted from the united arab emirates now there is a sense of crisis in the gulf. including in our dobie. a new cultural district is planned for the artificial island of sod yet the island of happiness it will be comparable to education city in doha but with a commercial background three large museums as well as galleries and universities are planned. the new for me by french starker technician new bed was the first to open a masterpiece as grand as the m.i.a. in. a cathedral for art. you could hardly be any bigger or more spectacular. only one looki

citizen this is al jazeera live from london also coming up yemen's toothy rebels say they've attacked abu dhabi airport a united arab emirates official denies the claim the u.s. government racist to meet thursday's deadline to reunite children separated from their parents at the mexican border plus. reporting from greenland what it's like dogs a fundamental part of the new culture but the climate in number. first attack is sound where former cricketer turned politician and run con has declared victory in the general elections promising to build a new pakistan votes are still being counted on the official result is not likely to be confirmed until friday but col is already being challenged by rival policies some of binge of aid has more from the whole. supporters of pakistan tehreek e insaf party celebrated their victory even before this ultimate announced initial vote tallies gave him a decisive deeds. getting a bullhorn has promised a lot for the people the huge number of votes the people gave him because he can do what. he should the labor his promises and he should do a lot for the masses he

has denied that there was any attack on its airport in abu dhabi. of course until you even legitimize that weekly. actually i'm out with this i thought actually it did take place it was in fact united arab emirates has developed. an interest. in which i believe. that it proves that if you have many people have jumped at the flight it is probably more supplies at the side of the attack will be late and we know that the airports in. play as well they are one of the most accurate. airports in the world. people disciples of life and many blocks have shields in flight radar and a lot of the flight time that moment delayed and just like you want to prove that it was something that happened as an example if i recall if you did just imagine there are many small minor things it is like as. a surprise ride ok i did you i now see it as her saying elder casey we have to leave it there thank you very much indeed for joining us and apologies for the quality of that line it wasn't terribly k. it was us now iraq's top shia cleric has demanded that a government be f

general elections as rival parties complain of vote rigging yemen's toothy rebels say they've attacked abu dhabi fault the united arab emirates official denies the claim the us government races to meet thursday's deadline to reunite children separated from their parents at the mexican border plus. army clark reporting from greenland one sled dogs a fundamental part of your culture but to climb a good number. i'm joined again with the day's sports including. thank you for the support of government. we hear from alex ferguson for the first time since the manchester united legendary manager underwent brain surgery. first to pakistan where a cricketer turned politician imran khan has to climb victory in a divisive election marred by a legations of fraud and vote rigging ballots are still being counted on the final result is not expected to be announced before friday but speaking from his home in islamabad khan promised to create jobs for the pole and build a new pakistan. i want to thank god the today we were successful and we got the mandate i now want to outline my vision for pakistan we're going

our own hadley gamble is in abu dhabi.now you've been having fun, whether it's the president clinton stone flintstones oer o other members of the warner brothers gang, what will the economic impact be here? >> this is something that there is concern about, given up the road in dubai they've been putting big-named parks into that city for a while now. they have not seen the footfall they were hoping for they have had an emphases on trying to increase tourism here and they want to bring all your favorite friends to do that. let's listen in to what the chairman of warner brothers told me >> the returns comes in the micros and the mac crowkrmacros the amount of tourism will enhance everything around us whether it's the airline, hotels, infrastructure, retail more than anything, us as partners, we want this theme park to maintain its freshness so every couple of years we'll add something. a new ride, a new world. hafrnlgts . >> harry potter? >> anything is possible. the warner brothers world, everything is possible i think this

yemen's hoti rebels say they've attacked abu dhabi airport with a drone but the u.a.e. has denied the claim the airport tweeted earlier that there had been an incident but said it had not affected flights or operations it's not clear if the tweet was referring to the same incident. the top administration has set off a new diplomatic row with turkey over a us minister who's been in jail since twenty sixteen vice president mike pence is threatening sanctions against ankara if i'm sure brunson is not released. a russian delegation is in lebanon to discuss plans to repatriate syrian refugees the groups holding talks with lebanese prime minister saad hariri that are almost a million registered syrians living in the been on during the general election in may several political groups ran on promises to send the syrians home xina holder has been meeting following that meeting in beirut. russia says it has a plan to facilitate the repatriation of refugees it sent a delegation headed by putin special envoy on syria to lebanon to discuss with lebanese officials the way forward the

prime minister abu dhabi's clout has diminished significantly but this seems little to prevent a possible slide backwards the central issue in all of this is one of transparency when does the jetsam at lobbying become undue influence and to quote the report itself promising billions in return for influence infiltrating the british media buying politicians loyalty donating to think tanks and trying to influence media coverage some would see as a step too far paul brennan al-jazeera central london i always speaking to the co-author of that spin watch report and external our morgan later in the news hour in about twenty minutes from. what their news asked from london still to come on the program. if it weren't for the new refuges ready so just tell displaced syrians to go back as they approach the occupied golan heights. burying the victims of nicaragua's church siege as the u.n. calls on the government to stop using lethal force. and later in sports we'll hear from underneath cabot as she adjusts to life as wimbledon champion. former u.s. president barack obama has paid tribute to nelson ma

and ask elation or maybe not yemen's who say they hit the abu dhabi airport with a drone the amorality say it didn't happen. the u.s. uses a conference promoting religious freedom to threaten turkey. and a day after washington and the e.u. call a truce in their trade war france's president says the agreement isn't good enough . pakistani cricketer turned politician imran khan has declared victory in the general elections promising to build a new pakistan both are still being counted in the official result won't be confirmed until friday but rival parties are already questioning the outcome of aid has more from lahore. pakistan. could be a victory even before results were announced. a decisive leader. has promised a lot for the people the huge number of votes the people gave him because he can do what others think. he should the leader he's probably says and he should do a lot for the masses he should deliver now otherwise he situation with the worse out of now we're sorry. he said. voted for change and after twenty two years in politics it finally worked for their leader. i'm thankful

being delighted to be back in abu dhabi, it has been even more special.you see the way the team played together, we are working closely with the tourism and teamer authority and the abu dhabi. part of the tourism agenda is working with them to attract more point-to-point traffic here to take advantage of the wonderful destination experiences that have been invested here in recent years. the louvre, the world's biggest indoor theme park. what we are doing is trying to have a possible contribution to the change in ship from transfer to point-to-point. >> you have cut back some. what the market rate is going to want, do you plan to take more roots? more to come off the table? >> the heart of any airline is its network. .etworks need to be reanalyzed years ago it would have been quarterly. now it needs to minute by minute. you will have seen in the recent past routes that were profitable for us. we are not shy taking them off. san francisco, edinburgh, we couldn't see a way in which they were going to be sustainable. we will take them off. the flipside is whe

yemen's toothy rebels say they've attacked abu dhabi airports a united arab emirates official deny the claim. alone citizen this is and is there at live from london also coming up cricket arrow turned politician imran khan declares victory in pakistan's general elections as rival parties complain of slayton vote rigging syrian government forces raise their flag over a key south western province as they move close to the front here with the israeli occupied golan heights and facebook stock takes a nosedive wiping out one hundred twenty billion dollars in market value. yemen's sooty rebels say they've attacked abu dhabi airport with a drone an official from the united arab emirates has denied that claim the airport tweeted earlier that there had been an incident involving a supply vehicle but said it had not affected flights or operations it's not clear if the tweet was referring to the same incident over the last three years the u.a.e. and saudi arabia have been leading a military camp coalition which is supporting yemen's government in its war against the who thinks the rebels have lau

prime minister abu dhabi's clout has diminished significantly but there seems little to prevent a possible slide backwards the central issue in all of this is one of transparency when does the jetsam at lobbying become undue influence and to quote the report itself promising billions in return for improvements infiltrating the british media buying politicians loyalty donating to think tanks and trying to influence media coverage some would see as a step too far paul brennan al-jazeera central london. as the co-author of this reporter says look a journalists were targeted. we've been told that consultants which was employed as the company in london run out research on b.b.c. journalists that the u.a.e. felt were too pro muslim brotherhood. views that whose views they objected to. we know that the u.a.e. personally dobby the government about the b.b.c. coverage and that i was pushed back by the british government saying well we can't control the media is just you know this is this is this is britain this is what happens we know there are a lot of unpublicized private last minute. meetings be

prime minister abu dhabi's clout has diminished significantly but there seems little to prevent a possible slide backwards the central issue in all of this is one of transparency when does the jetsam at lobbying become undue influence and to quote the report itself promising billions in return for influence infiltrating the british media buying politicians loyalty donating to think tanks and trying to influence media coverage some would see as a step too far paul brennan al-jazeera central london still ahead on the bulletin yes my son stayed there sitting and i said i'll be back and he started to scream calling mommy mommy. separated at the us mexico border my friend mother says her child still suffering from the six week trauma and is taking it a try the same bolt could sign for as a professional footballer. and it's. the weather sponsored by cattle. howlers the southwest monsoon is fully invaded now so on this side of your screen you just see the the white clouds that represent thunderstorms in pakistan the trying everyone can show themselves in afghanistan even east in iran but that's a

party supporters in yemen celebrate what they say was a drone strike on abu dhabi airport. and later in school formula one championship leader is amongst those struggling to stay on track during practice. u.s. president donald trump is denying that he knew about a meeting between his aides and a russian delegation that offered to help him win the twenty sixteen election times former lawyer michael cohen has claimed he was present when the president sell the son donald trump jr told his father about the meeting according to media reports in the us cohen is reportedly willing to tell the moon or investigation which is looking into alleged russian meddling in that election while white house correspondent kimberly how could joins us now from washington d.c. hi they can play so trump in fact something denies this kimberly is america buying his car an explanation. i think when it comes to issues involving the president in if you look at his poll numbers they really don't move very much people either love or dislike donald trump and those tashan is run pretty strong this seems to

prime minister abu dhabi's clout has diminished significantly but there seems little to prevent a possible slide backwards the central issue in all of this is one of transparency when does legitimate lobbying become undue influence and to quote the report itself promising billions in return for influence infiltrating the british media buying politicians loyalty donating to think tanks and trying to influence media coverage some would see as a step too far paul brennan al-jazeera central london. i don't doubt a mesh is a national security and foreign policy analyst and he's joining us now on skype from san francisco in california thank you very much for being with us on all jazeera give us some context. here sir if you would how much should be species surprised by this countries all over the world inveighs invest in other countries qatar does it does it the u.s. and u.k. japan does it what's different with this one. so let's start by saying that in recent years because of the political climate here in the u.s. and also in europe they were lobbying has turned into a dirty word as a matter of

yemen's hoofy rebels say they've attacked abu dhabi airport with a drone but the u.a.e. is denying their claim the airport tweeted earlier that there had been an incident but said it had not affected flights or operations it's not clear if the tweet was referring to the same incident the head of the special forces of iran's revolutionary guard has warned donald trump not to start a war major general. says if the u.s. begins a conflict iran will destroy all its possesses is joining many iranian leaders who reacted to a tweet by donald trump that warned iran would suffer dire consequences if it continued to threaten the u.s. but on the administration has set off a new diplomatic row with turkey over a us minister who's been in jail since twenty sixteen vice president mike pence threatened sanctions against ankara if andrew bronson is not released. the u.s. government says it's freed more than eighteen hundred migrant children from immigration detention facilities you know when it comes just hours ahead of a court order deadline the government says it's reunited more than f

prime minister abu dhabi's clout has diminished significantly but there seems little to prevent a possible slide backwards the central issue in all of this is one of transparency when does the jetsam at lobbying become undue influence and to quote the report itself promising billions in return for improvements infiltrating the british media buying politicians loyalty donating to think tanks and trying to influence media coverage some would see as a step too far paul brennan al-jazeera central london. has a national security and foreign policy analyst he says u.a.e. lobbying has had a severe backlash. what's happening here is you have a small country not an m. or arab emirates they wealthy are the gulf cooperation council yet her soon to gen the where a is alienated alienating some of its own air brethren the it is leading to some sort of unforeseen consequences or blowback for instance some of the lobbying sort of activity of the united arab emirates and it led to rise of islamic in that country which to some extent was not exactly desired outcome but there's a whole host of reasons and th

and yemen's ruthie's say a drone strike has hit abu dhabi's port. it didn't happen. north korea has returned the remains of some american soldiers killed during the korean war. had promised to return the bodies during his meeting with donald trump in june and the eight thousand u.s. soldiers are listed as missing from the korean war and the remains of five thousand three hundred believed to still be in north korea friday marks the sixty fifth anniversary of the armistice of the white house is praising kim jong un for delivering on promises made at last month's singapore summit saying today the chairman is fulfilling part of the commitments he made to the president to return all four american service members were encouraged by north korea's actions and the momentum for positive change in the two and a half million people died in the war between the two koreas in the one nine hundred fifty s. among the dead with thirty three thousand americans fighting on the south korean side and eight thousand u.s. troops are still officially classified as missing. and it's believed

as there is news out of the united arab emirates abu dhabi the capital of the u.a.e. whether with the saving knowledge a drone attack i.d.f. for the airport has confirmed there as an incident earlier saying that the operations defined operations there weren't affected unclear whether the two are related but nonetheless quite an interesting and important development in yemen's war came what are you hearing in sanaa about this incident in abu dhabi. the incident was real but a couple days ago as well. who did this will inform the struggle to go they will targets the way we. will all be initially thought it would be exaggeration but. it's good progress now. prove the ability is very strong and i don't agree that they are linked with iran or the other. they have big contribute say that they're independent from iran and not linked to iran when it comes to military activities so it's a very big development i think we should be building toward the very seriously little creation rather than. changing the strategy. when you don't respond iran taking the the who he's seriously

prime minister abu dhabi's clout has diminished significantly but there seems little to prevent a possible slide backwards the central issue in all of this is one of transparency when does legitimate lobbying become undue influence and to quote the report itself promising billions in return for influence infiltrating the british media buying politicians loyalty donating to think tanks and trying to influence media coverage some would see as a step too far paul brennan al-jazeera central london still ahead on the bulletin yes suddenly my son stayed there sitting and i said i'll be back and he started to scream calling mommy mommy. separated at the us mexico border and my friend mother has had.

our colleague is in abu dhabi.dent trump did respond with that all caps tweet on twitter then again reminiscent of the types of -- the tone that was coming out at the time of the rocket man in north korea. he changed the tone significantly since then how seriously should we take this tweet >> very good question. at the end of the day, this is yet again another war of words between the u.s. president and someone he considers to be an adversary. president rouhani. you have to ask yourself, what does this actually achieve when iran is threatening the united states, what could they real daye? let's listen in to what the president had to say >> translator: the american -- would not allow the export one drop of oil. do you think iran is that sfwhaweak we will stand up to you. we are men of resistance the entire iranian nation will resist >> of course, all of this comes amidst this war of words between these two presidents and of course, all against a backdrop where the united states is waging a campaign with unrest at ho

and london with the top stories i'll just there are yemen syria the rebels say they've attacked abu dhabi airport with a drone an official from the united arab emirates has denied that claim the airport tweeted earlier that bad been an incident involving a supply vehicle but said it had not affected flights or operations it's not clear if the tweet was referring to the same incident or tensions between saudi arabia and the who things have been rising since wednesday when the kingdom accused the rebels of stopping its oil shipments through the straits and attacking to its tankers un secretary general spokesman stefan jerrick says there's an urgent need for dialogue to end the war in yemen where all these events to raise underscore the need to put an end to this conflict and to find a political solution as if we still needed to be reminded after all these years after all the suffering of the yemeni people. this conflict is and has been has had a regional implications where. commercial navigation is starting to get impacted the movement of goods from global trade to start to get impacted. al

prime minister abu dhabi's clout has diminished significantly but there seems little to prevent a possible slide backwards the central issue in all of this is one of transparency when does the jetsam at lobbying become undue influence and to quote the report itself promising billions in return for influence infiltrating the british media buying politicians loyalty donating to think tanks and trying to influence media coverage some would see as a step too far paul brennan al jazeera central london still ahead on the bulletin fighting for control and look at al gore neighborhood at the center of the battle against the president plus. he says the other loss of shame among political leaders were they're caught in a lie and they just doubled over the loss of all. his brother bama talking about donald trump the failed comments straight ahead.

nearly 1,000 miles away lies abu dhabi, the uae‘s prosperous capital.ns are benign. we have no colonisation ambitions over socotra. we have no need for ports over socotra. it‘s developmental, it‘s humanitarian. there‘s no doubt that the emiratis and others are raising living standards on socotra. this hospital, for example, depends entirely on the uae support. the challenge for the future, though, is to do this without infringing on yemeni sovereignty, and without destroying the very balance of nature that makes this island unique. frank gardner, bbc news, socotra, yemen. you can find more detailed information about the conflict in yemen on our website. there‘s anaylsis as well as reports from our correspondents based in the region. go to bb.com/news, or download the bbc news app. tens of thousands of israeli protesters have rallied in tel aviv against a law denying surrogacy to gay couples and single fathers. demonstrators say men wanting a family will be forced to continue seeking surrogate mothers abroad for large sums of money. activists say the str

nearly 1,000 miles away lie5 abu dhabi, the uae‘5 prosperous capital.d its intentions are benign. we have no colonisation, er... ambitions over socotra. we have no need for socotra. it's developmental, it's humanitarian. there's no doubt that the emirates are raising living standards on socotra. this hospital, for example, depends entirely on the uae support. the challenge for the future, though, is to do this without infringing on yemeni sovereignty and without destroying the balance of nature that makes this island unique. frank gardner, bbc news, socotra, yemen. now, with all the day's sport, here's ollie foster, at the bbc sport centre. hello. francesco molinari has become the first italian to win a golf major. it was a gripping final round at the open. tiger woods briefly topped the leaderboard, but it was his playing partner from turin who won by 2 shots to lift the claretjug katherine downes reports from carnoustie. let this be proved that slow and study is sometimes what you need to win the race. francesco molinari keeping his cool to claim clar

prime minister abu dhabi's clout has diminished significantly but there seems little to prevent a possible slide backwards the central issue in all of this is one of transparency when does the jetsam at lobbying become undue influence and to quote the report itself promising billions in return for influence infiltrating the british media buying politicians loyalty donating to think tanks and trying to influence media coverage some would see as a step too far paul brennan al-jazeera central london. israel is tightening its siege on only people living in gaza by further restrict in the flow of goods into the territory and spending all fuel imposter there kyra salim crossing the fishing zone open to boats from gaza has also been half to three nautical miles from where ports. trucks gather at the column obl southern border post it's the only official crossing for goods and fuel into gaza from israel but the israeli government has now all but closed it it says it will let food and medicine in on a case by case basis but is not a fuel essential for powering gaza's basic services many of the almo

prime minister abu dhabi's clout has diminished significantly but there seems little to prevent a possible slide backwards the central issue in all of this is one of transparency when does the jetsam at lobbying become undue influence and to quote the report itself promising billions in return for influence infiltrating the british media buying politicians loyalty donating to think tanks and trying to influence media coverage some would see as a step too far. paul brennan al-jazeera central london. people are still protesting across southern iraq despite a promise by the prime minister to create jobs and improve public services the unrest began in the oil rich province of basra last week and it spread to several other large cities demonstrators say they're not benefiting from iraq's vast oil wealth because of government corruption and mismanagement some of binge of it reports. even late at night protesters continue to block roads and security forces try to stop the demonstrators lit fires on many streets in oil rich by the prime minister's offer for more jobs and cash for development have

discussed bilateral ties and regional developments in the capital abu dhabi pompei is stepped up his warnings against iran after terror on threaten to disrupt middle east oil supplies the visit is part of a tool that has taken mike pompei is to afghanistan japan north korea and vietnam ahead of that nato summit that is currently taking place in brussels. japan's prime minister has visited areas hard hit by the worst flooding for decades and promised to help the return of normal life as quickly as possible. they spent to survivors sheltering in an evacuation center in the western city of could russia king more than forty of the one hundred seventy six people who died in the floods and landslides lives there dozens remain missing a huge cleanup is underway throughout central and western japan where mcbride has more. visit comes as emergency teams continue to search through debris and destroyed houses looking for some of the people who are still missing thousands of people remain displaced meanwhile thousands more are gradually returning to their homes to assess the damage and figure ou

nearly 1,000 miles away lies abu dhabi, the uae‘s prosperous capital. to socotra and its minister insisted its intentions are benign. we have no colonisation, er... ambitions over socotra. we have no need for ports over socotra. it's developmental, it's humanitarian. there's no doubt that the emirates are raising living standards on socotra. this hospital, for example, depends entirely on the uae support. the challenge for the future, though, is to do this without infringing on yemeni sovereignty, and without destroying the very balance of nature that makes this island unique. frank gardner, bbc news, socotra, yemen. you can find more detailed information about the conflict in yemen on our website. there's anaylsis, as well as reports from our correspondents based in the region. go to bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. a woman who lost nine members of her family when a tourist boat sank in a lake in the american state of missouri has been describing what happened. 17 people died when the duck boat capsized during a thunder storm on table rock la

prime minister abu dhabi's clout has diminished significantly but there seems little to prevent a possible slide backwards the central issue in all of this is one of transparency when does the jetsam at lobbying become influence the report itself promising billions in return for improvements infiltrating the british media buying politicians loyalty donating to think tanks and trying to influence media coverage some would see as a step too far paul brennan al-jazeera central london. israeli soldiers have repelled thousands of displaced syrians who approached a border fence that separates syria from the israeli occupied golan heights. displaced syrians were seeking sanctuary from an offensive government forces and russian jets in connection the crowds which included women and children returned to their refugee camps in israel and jordan which border the area where they saw fleeing every few years to grant asylum to the syrian citizens but have often medical help stephanie jacka has more from the israeli occupied golan heights. we're just further down the road from where we saw those few hund

that's coming up next. >>> a new billion dollar theme park opening to the public in abu dhabi.eems kind of a dubai thing to do hadley >> hey, good morning so a billion dollar development between the government of abu dhabi and warner brothers are hoping to bring in the tourists, but there are questions on if that will happen i'm here at this park all day today. it's the opening day 1.65 million qusquare feet. all your favorite characters from gotham city wonder woman a lot of excitement and also questions about whether or not they're going to face stiff competition from dubai just down the road ch they have lego land and img. this isn't the first time that hollywood has collaborated with these gold pair of coup tris even in saudi arabia this year collaborated with amc to grow the entertainment sector, but i had the chance to catch up with the chairman of warner brothers. >> the deal closed it's being appealed. we're working through the appeal process, but it's business as usual. we're working for exactly kind of as doing things like this this happened after the merger closed bu

yemen's here if the rebels say they've attacked abu dhabi airport with a drone. has denied their claim the airport earlier that there'd been an incident involving a supply that said it had not affected flights or operations it's not clear if the tweet was referring to the same incident on wednesday they said they had attacked a saudi arabian naval vessel the saudis say that actually hit an oil tanker. well the last three years the u.a.e. and saudi arabia have been using a military coalition which is supporting yemen's government and its war against the eighty's and the past few months rebels have launched a number of missiles into saudi arabia and its capital riyadh david directs his associate professor at the national defense university he says they have these may not have been responsible for a drone attack on the ports i think that the who these two tend to over exaggerate their reach and their prowess their aiming for strategic effect to cause on these in the u.a.e. and the saudi heartland which have been mostly not affected by the war in yemen they want to b

but there is no causal link between a disruption in abu dhabi and the claim of the who these particular when we look at the technological ability of the who these at the moment when it comes to the drone capability the distance between you know a potential control center of the who these in yemen to the airport is around thirteen to fifteen hundred kilometers depending on where you measure the sum of three if you look at it is quite an extensive drone this is not a small toy there's not a quite as we might know it so having such a huge vehicle penetrating the airspace quite deeply and then thinking that the air defense system wouldn't issue a warning and pick it up before it actually reaches a critical infrastructure such as i would be able it seems to be very very unlikely . the number of dead from monday's dam collapse in lives has risen to twenty seven with more than one hundred missing as water levels recede villages are questioning why they weren't moved to safety sooner flora's the census this report from stung train province in neighboring town. as water levels begin to recede pe

yemen's who the rebels say they've attacked abu dhabi's airport with a drone official has denied their claim that the airport tweeted earlier that there had been an incident involving a supply vehicle but that is not affected flights or operations it's not clear if the tweet was referring to the same incident on wednesday that he said that attack to saudi arabia naval vessel but the saudis say they actually hit an oil tanker over the last three years the u.a.e. and saudi arabia have been leading a military coalition which is supporting yemen's government in its war against the who these in the past few months rebels have launched a number of missiles into saudi arabia and this capital riyadh david associate professor near east south asia center at the national defense university says these may not be responsible for the drone attack on the airport's. i think that the do tend to over exaggerate their reach and their prowess they're aiming for a strategic effect to cause unease in the u.a.e. and the saudi heartland which have been mostly not affected by the war in yemen they want to brin

nearly 1,000 miles away lies abu dhabi, the uae‘s prosperous capital.s intentions are benign. we have no colonisation, er... ambitions over socotra. we have no need for socotra. it's developmental, it's humanitarian. there's no doubt that the emirates are raising living standards on socotra. this hospital, for example, depends entirely on the uae support. the challenge for the future, though, is to do this without infringing on yemeni sovereignty and without destroying the balance of nature that makes this island unique. frank gardner, bbc news, socotra, yemen. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. you get to the stage here where the forecast is more less the same most days. can you offer anything new? maybe when we get towards christmas — i don't know! at this rate, it will be christmas barbecues. it really is — what else can we say? it's hot and sunny every single week across some parts of the uk. admittedly not everywhere, but, no, i can't offer you anything different. at this rate, it will be barbecues in the winter. slight exaggerati

prime minister abu dhabi's clout has diminished significantly but there seems little to prevent a possible slide backwards the central issue in all of this is one of transparency when does the jetsam at lobbying become undue influence and to quote the report itself promising billions in return for improvements infiltrating the british media buying politicians loyalty donating to think tanks and trying to influence media coverage some would see as a step too far. paul brennan al-jazeera central london google's expected to be hit with another fine by the european union this time for a record five billion dollars e.u. anti trust agency of been investigating contracts with phone manufacturers forcing them to pre-install google services on android devices the us company used by billions of internet users was fined two and a half billion last year in a separate investigation into monopolies. are hungriest prime minister continues to be dogged by allegations of corruption and nepotism despite securing a historic third term just a few months ago but critics say friends of viktor orban are benefiti

prime minister abu dhabi's clout has diminished significantly but there seems little to prevent a possible slide backwards the central issue in all of this is one of transparency when does the jetsam at lobbying become undue influence and to quote the report itself promising billions in return for influence infiltrating the british media buying politicians loyalty donating to think tanks and trying to influence media coverage some would see as a step too far paul brennan al-jazeera central london. let's bring in our panel and joining us from london. university from brazil david miller founder of spin watch and also from london kevin craig c.e.o. of p. l. and r. that's political lobbying and media relations by war welcome to all of you david if i just start with you talk us through for you what were the key findings of your report. well the key thing about this report which are many reports in the past on elite groups encouraging islamophobia but the key thing about this report was we did would be able to get leaked to us the internal. e-mails between quiller and some of the you the handler

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 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 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. says that progress airports in a traffic control systems is slow unable to keep up with demands of increased traffic and new technologies and. cinches failing the effects of code into sky tracks and based on millions of survey responses there's no us sample it's in the world's to

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 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 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. says that progress airports in a traffic control systems is slow unable to keep up with demands of increased traffic. and new technologies and passages that fail in the effects of code into sky tracks and based on millions of survey responses there's no you a sample in the world'

in fact, it hasn't even been cleaned since its last race in abu dhabi.ng that is most striking standing here next to it is the amount of detail there is everywhere throughout the car, and after each race, if there's something they're not happy with, it can be perfected. well, this was a winning car last year, so clearly it's been very successful, but you're obviously not happy with it because you're working on a new one, so what do you think needs to be improved? we're never happy with it, as you say, this is lewis's car from last year. it was the first car we made on the back of a really big regulation change. we worked really hard on all those little small bits you see around the car, which is all the aerodynamic bits and pieces. it seems to be made up of lots of little, small metal bits? yeah, every little bit has a job. and we put it into the wind tunnel, each one is all about optimising the airflow around the car. what we're not happy with a little bit is because we focused so much on that, we now need to do a lot on the packaging internally, to mak