abu dhabi grand prix which is won by world champion lewis hamilton. and ireland's jonny sexton is named player of the year at the world rugby awards. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the footballing news that the copa libertadores final has been postponed again. the second leg between argentine rivals river plate and boca juniors had already been suspended on saturday after violence before the game at estadio monumental — but the south american governing body say that after the boca team bus was attacked by river fans on the way to the venue in buenos aires and the injuries suffered by some of their players that the game could not be played under ‘equal conditions‘. this match was in doubt ever since the first rock was thrown. the one consistence was dockerjuniors‘ consistence was dockerjuniors‘ consistence not to play the match —— boca juniors. the captain is still recovering after sustaining flying glass to his eye. in the end, the head of south american football agreed with the decision and the new date for the match is expect

you have been on a caravan as well around abu dhabi . that is manus cranny.ning us now is the head of investment strategy at abu dhabi commercial bank. we put together a chart to give some additional context with iranian crude supplies. fallen, buton has not as much as exports have. what do you make of this particular gathering in abu dhabi? are we going to see some cuts? >> i think the oil markets will remain shrouded in uncertainty because of the iran factor. we don't know when the waivers will be taken away. we know the presidency, the volatile nature of the decision-making by president trump, this is a factor that will remain there, so if i look at the oil price, it does come down a lot. it is now basically lost all of its gains of 2018, but still well above where it was on average in 2017, so i would not overdo it. i would also suspect that immediate measures are unlikely. it is true that the kingdom of saudi arabia could be taking a lead in this, being the swing producer, but i doubt they will. i think the russians will be reluctant to take immediate ac

for abu dhabi islamic bank.ing foreign ownership, we could see inflows ftse, the indices tracked by foreign investors. we have some estimates saying if the stock complies with all the technical measures they need in order to be included in such i ndices, they could raise up to $120 million, quite a good amount for this stock. we have seen something similar happen in qatar earlier this year. in dubai, there's expectation that emirates will also get an a lotse, so this garners of attention. tracy: filipe, away from foreign ownership we have upcoming earnings. what is on the radar there? we talked about egypt yesterday. we see a recovery in the egyptian market, after some very painful weeks, mostly tied to e.m. volatility and internal expectations regarding the ipo's of the companies owned by the government. but right now we do see a good momentum for earnings in egypt. as we said, fundamentals did not change dramatically and we have very important names expected to deliver results. that could pick up activity with

develop -- deal to rights for natural gas in abu dhabi. the deal is for a second pimm for producing gas. the c.e.o. said the company is seeking to transform the united arab emirates into the next ex pors -- exporters of gas by 20 30. >> i'm calling for everyone to depart from business as and you shall this is exactly what we've done over the past two and a half years. we had to come to terms with the realities on the ground. technology today is a central part of how we're conducting business. and we cannot allow for our industry to continue being -- we have to take ownership and championship and as such i am simply calling for everyone to step out of their comfort zone, to step out of the box and take real action towards being progressive as well as advancing their businesses in a way that is compatible to the technology development. >> can i pick up on the technology piece? you talk about that as well in your speech. do i need to look at companies hike yours and say there is a new company expenditure line that is going to -- going to grow

he won the penultimate race of the season in abu dhabi.olly. not all about the premier league today. a busy day in the scottish premiership — and a relatively straightforward afternoon for brendan rogers side as celtic claimed a comfortable 3—0 win over hamilton accies. dominating from the whistle, it was ryan christie with the inevitable opener after 13 minutes. after the break, an 0wn goal, as scott sinclair had a header deflected into the net by scott martin. and then welcome back leigh griffiths — his first game back since the beginning of october — barely off the bench before drilling in a late free kick to put the game to bed. elsewhere, rangers are up to second in the league after they beat livingston 3—0. they leap—frog hearts who had a bad day, losing 2—0 to st mirren who remain second from bottom. in the championship, a stoppage time equaliser saw rotherham snatch a point in the south yorkshire showdown with sheffied united. the millers twice had to come from behind with substitute jamie proctor denying the blades the top spot. a

he joins us on the line from abu dhabi.ve been reporting, matthew hedges pardoned by u.a.e., but not before he confessed to spying. sam, just bring us up to date on all the information you are learning on this. >> reporter: well, rosemary, i've just come from the event, the press conference and the demonstration of a video that was played to us twice of mr. hedges' allegedly confessing to spying for mi 6. in one of the sections it is a video of him in one of the court hearings in which he's asked by the courts whether he was an m.i. 6 agent and what rank he was, to which he replies, captain. now, this is very significant because there are no ranks in m.i. 6. there is no such thing as a captain in m.i. 6. so, it's a clear indication he was trying to signal, at least denial, that he was an m.i. 6 agent. whether he was or wasn't. and then on top of that, they showed a further video interrogation with him in a comfortable-looking office, in which he sat across a table, across a desk from two individuals who were typing and tran

to research the twenty year life an arab spring uprising now abu dhabi says it is reviewing a request for clemency from hedgers family for the case has prompted a wave of criticism with calls for a reevaluation of britain's relationship with the oil rich gulf ally when i was first incarcerated in abu dhabi the u.k. government was at the time trying to encourage new lucrative trade deals with the u.a.e. and i see a charge going to fix up the story. of spying and jailed for life that's now the fate of a british academic researcher in the united arab emirates an ally and friend of the u.k. but how much trouble is this case likely to stir up between the two given what's at stake we are incredibly disappointed that the us should do this we see no foundation in the charges that have been laid against him there will be serious diplomatic consequences for a country that says that it is a friend and ally of the united kingdom for months had just wife says her repeated requests for help have fallen on deaf ears at the foreign office and they just disregarded my request they said that it was. an

the mclaren formula 1 team say the door remains open for fernando alonso, despite this weekend's abu dhabi grand prix being his last. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with cricket, and the news that australia beat india byjust four runs on wednesday in the first of their twenty20 international matches in brisbane. australia were sent in to bat after india won the toss, and glenn maxwell top—scored with a8, as the home side made 158—4 in 17 overs. the match started on time, but their innings was interrupted by rain, so india were set a target that was revised upwards to 173. despite the efforts of shikhar dhawan, who made 76, india were restricted to 169—7, meaning the aussies go 1—0 up in the three—match series, with the second match to be played in melbourne on friday. we've got good memories of the team. we've got good memories of the team. we've got good memories of the team. we dominated the t20 games last year. really good form. we were i'm pretty sure number one or number two ranked in the world not long ago. so we are ranked in the world not long ago. so we a re re

spin can ruin you in abu dhabi. another two wickets and falling to 48- another two wickets and falling to a8— three. sometimes attack is a better form of defence. a8— three. sometimes attack is a betterform of defence. shafiq a8— three. sometimes attack is a better form of defence. shafiq and ali on the march and suddenly the victory target was less than 50. and even when neil wagner ran rings around shafiq, the game still felt like the game was headed in the host's direction, but this comical run out seemed to suggest new zealand would have the last laugh. bilal asif‘s decision saw him return to the stands as new zealand lost seven wickets for 41. the last of which was that of ali, fittingly to the debutante patel, facing 290 deliveries to that point, but then you never know which one will be lost. —— be your last. manny pacquiao has revealed he's spoken to floyd mayweather about a possible rematch. talk of another super fight came up at a press conference to promote pacquiao's next fight with adrien broner, much t

that came on the back of an oil meing of opec minorities here in abu dhabi. but i'm afraid by tuesday the market was falling yet again. following president trump tweeting that he didn't want saudi arabia and opec to be production. very tough for saudi as well ased se they see inc supply and concerns on a dplut and bigger inventories in early 2019. they were hoping to get ahead of the curve and cut production to alleviate concernst ine same time as the u.s. showing record production. soul then they be creeding market position to the united states shale producer. a very tgh conundrum for opec and saudi arabia. tinue we speak prices c to fall. this is steve sedgwick, night business report in abu dhabi. >> and trade is the her iss investors have been focused on. today we learn that talks between the u. and china reassumed. that helped lift cater pillar and trade sensitive stocks. >> reporter: treasury secretary steven mnuchin spoke by phone with the china top trade official. the two expected to meetn shington soon and both sides busy preparing for the meeting ndt

pep guardiola today says he retains faith in the club's leadership but since the takeover by abu dhabiter city have been the dominant force in the english game, but the question is does this detract from their achievements on the pitch and could they face a new investigation? the famous world war one poet wilfred 0wen died exactly 100 years ago. he was killed in action just a week before the armistice that marked the end of more than four years of conflict. wilfred 0wen's poems shed light on the physical and mental horrors soldiers had to face in the trenches. many of his poems were written when he was in hospital in edinburgh being treated for post traumatic stress. lorna gordon looks at the impact his war poetry had on the treatment of mental health. bent double like old beggars under sacks. knock—kneed. coughing like hags, we crush through sludge. wilfred 0wen's poems paint a vivid picture of the horror of the trenches. his words have helped shape the way future generations see war. gas! quick, boys! an ecstasy of fumbling. fitting the clumsy helmetsjust in time. 0wen's psychotherap

and in a thriller in abu dhabi — pakistan beat new zealand in the first t20 by two runs.ello and welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. just as he was about to make his comeback after nearly two months out with a knee injury, rafael nadal has pulled out of the atp paris masters. the 17—time grand slam winner said it was due to an abdominal injury — and it means that novak djokovic will take over as world number one, when the new rankings are announced on monday. since that moment in terms of injuries, so i want to avoid drastic things and if maybe i can't play to date, but the doctor says if i want to play the tournament, if i want to try to win the tournament, the abdominal will break for sure. —— ca ntlay. abdominal will break for sure. —— cantlay. so abdominal will break for sure. —— ca ntlay. so it abdominal will break for sure. —— cantlay. so it will be not there and not good for me, for nobody to go inside the court knowing that probably be full tournament will not be possible to play. roger federer‘s another player who didn't make it on court on wednesday,

the promise of an output cut by opec following their meeting in abu dhabi — is aimed at halting the slumpwhich has seen crude slide by a fifth since early october. so by how much — when and what will be the impact. we'll tell you all you need to know. also in the programme... singles day sets a new sales record for the internet giant alibaba, as customers splashed out almost $31 billion injust21i—hours. and global financial markets are in a holding pattern — this the start of the trading day in europe as investors wait for key economic news from the us and china mid week. and we'll be getting the inside track on flexible workspace. demand in the uk has exploded, outstripping new york by some margin. but is the growth sustainable? we'll talk to the founder of the uk shared workspace provider, huckletree. and as we've been hearing single‘s day, invented by chinese giant alibaba, has smashed sales records again and is the world's biggest online shopping day after black friday and cyber monday. so today we want to know — do you go on shopping sprees during promotions or are you wary of ‘barga

manus: i am manus cranny live in abu dhabi.anna edwards live from bloomberg's european headquarters. these are today's top stories. manus: curtailing crude. oil gains on the prospect of opec curbs. energy minister says it will not affect unilaterally. singles' day -- >> we only cut if we see the system glut emerging. quite frankly, we are seeing signs of this coming out of the u.s.. and the pound drops. theresa may fights to keep the brexit plan alive amid fresh reports from the ministers who may quit. anna: this is bloomberg daybreak: europe. 8:00 if you are in paris or berlin. let's have a look at where we are on the european futures picture. it is a holiday in the united states which means there is no treasuries trading. we will have stock trading later on in the u.s.. futures are looking positive. we pick up on that in europe. futures, dax futures, cac futures all point higher. in friday's session we saw tech stocks under pressure in the united states. quite nicely.rket questions being asked about trade tensions, how long t

we look ahead to that meeting over the weekend in abu dhabi.incent stays with us here on the program. up next, theresa may edging towards a brexit deal. glitches keep emerging on the issue of the irish border, dup throwing cold water on her plans. more on that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: welcome back to the european open. we are 20 minutes into the trading day, a negative session developing across europe, down .5%. the ftse also down .5%. will u.s. futures point lower, as well? let's focus on brexit now. u.k. brexit secretary dominic rob is expected to meet with his eu counterpart michel barnier to form agreements on tuesday. but the irish border remains a point of contention. expectations of a no deal are ramping up with bank of america spending $400 million preparing for a hard brexit. we know what the dup things about any signs -- thinks about any signs of the no deal. thes talk about -- top to -- talk to the global market strategist at jpmorgan. give us your latest thoughts on what we will achieve and when and how you are preparing for

now world champion and it is full on season in style by winning the abu dhabi drawn prix not our the finale runner driver nico holcomb burke would have been hoping for. but you if you look. at this. picture of the cover a couple. of holcomb back did eventually emerge from that crash on the first lap and wilson when so and so when his eleventh race of the season his fifth world title i think secured last month in mexico. i know next year is going to come back strong so i want to make sure i try and come back with it but i'm really grateful for the times. congrats and as he said i will try we will try and i think our whole team will try to come back stronger to make sure we give him a how to run into next year mcrae should be defending champions and hosts friends to win tennis's davis cup just the second time they've won the sport's biggest seen cycle it more than a decade after the first triumph all change in the davis cup next year the former being replaced by an eight seam country world cup starts want. this is we can from the dreams and it's just incredible incredible feeling to pl

back so will smith wave the flag to start off the abu dhabi chrome prix and the f one season finale would offer some polie would style drama albeit not with regards to world champion lewis hamilton who led from poland get to know the procession. the thinking came when nico holcomb the oversight down after a crash. concerned faces in the renault carriage. but the german emerged last the unscathed hamilton already secured a fifth world title last month push show he's never ending hunger by sealing his eleven victory in a stunning season the most cities driver even treated the crowd to some donuts along with a nod to a long so who is quitting at one of the three hundred twelve starts and two world titles there has been no pressure wrestling with this champions from now you know i feel very privileged we do this here and thanks for everything thanks for my want i will i will be always a part of this show but the day and the season belong to hamilton the briton even showing off his tattoo to the adoring fans. and the bundesliga show follows after the break we'll be discussing byard new next sl

actor will smith wave the flag to start off the abu dhabi chrome prix and the f one season finale would offer some hollywood style drama albeit not with regards to world champion louise hamilton who led from poland yet another recession. the thing that came when nico hokum berg landed upside down after a crash. concerned faces in the renault carriage. but the german emerged last three unscathed how milton of already secured a fifth world title last month push showed his neverending hunger by sealing his eleven victory of a stunning season the most cities drive even treated the crowd to some donuts along with fernando alonso who is quitting f one after three hundred twelve starts and two world titles there have been a personal wrestling week with this champions from now you know i feel very privileged we do. things but everything thanks for my want i will i will be always a part of this show but the day and the season belonged to hamilton the briton even showing off his tattoo to the adoring fans. and a reminder now the top story we're following for you e.u. leaders have signed off on a

so will smith wave the flag to start off the abu dhabi grown grave and the f one season finale would offer some poli wood style drama albeit not with regards to world champion luis hamilton who led from poland yet to know the recession. the big action came when nico holcomb the landed upside down after a crash. concerned faces in the renault carriage. but the german emerged last the unscathed how milton of already secured a fifth will title last month showed his neverending hunger by stealing his eleven victory of a stunning season to miss a tease drive even treated the crowd to some donuts along with fernando alonso who is quitting at one of the three hundred twelve starts and two will titles there has been no pressure resting we were just champions and now you're not through very privileged. things but have a few things for me i want i will i will be always a fan of. but the day and the season belonged to hamilton the briton even showing off his tattoo to the adoring fans. and we turn now to the honestly go we're both mentioned glad back have continued their strong form with a come

where live in abu dhabi.are in their final stages as negotiators work through the nape. -- the night. could we see a deal this week? ♪ francine: hello. this is bloomberg surveillance. i'm francine lacqua.

on the country's security policies last month a court in abu dhabi granted him conditional bail raising hopes he might soon be cleared of all charges but the sentence of life imprisonment is a massive blow to those expectations this only does think that you know it is a very dangerous place in the already known the u.a.e. is dangerous for journalists for activists for any critics of any sort and so now we also know it is absolutely dangerous for academics want to conduct research in the country as well matthew's wife daniella to hard has said in a statement i am in complete shock and i don't know what to do matthew is innocent the british government must take a stand now for matthew they say that the u.a.e. is an ally but the overwhelmingly arbitrary handling of math case indicates a scarily different reality matthew she said was shaking when he heard the verdict the u.a.e. authorities should feel ashamed for such an obvious injustice it's only ten days since the british foreign secretary met the crown prince in abu dhabi and personally discussed matthew had his case it seems to have ha

it's only ten days says the british foreign secretary met the crown prince in abu dhabi and personally discussed matthew had his case it seems to have had no impact on the outcome in an indication of the level of concern here at the u.k. foreign office the foreign secretary jeremy hunt first issued a statement expressing his deep shock at the sentence issued on matthew hedges but he then followed it up with a post on social media which said the following matthew hedges news extremely worrying we have seen no evidence to back up the charges against him the f c o will do all we can to get him home and i will meet his wife daniella tomorrow thursday the u.a.e. claim to be a friend and ally of the u.k. so there will be serious diplomatic consequences and he finished that tweet with the word unacceptable. and the prime minister is also taking a close interest and we are of course as he is deeply disappointed and concerned today's verdict and i realize how difficult and distressing this is both from a few pages but for also for his family we are raising it with the m.r.c. all for it is the h

where live in abu dhabi. theresa may said talks are in their final stages as negotiators work through the nape. -- the night. could we see a deal this week? ♪ francine: hello. this is bloomberg surveillance. i'm francine lacqua. markets. your the stoxx 600, gaining .06% hope that u.s. china trade gets better. i am looking at the 10 year yield, 3.17. coming up, we speak with the code chief executive of standard life aberdeen. or two tove a thing say about his industry. i'm interested in hearing his thoughts about brexit. here is sebastian say lex. >> brexit negotiators are working through the night to work a deal. theresa may said the final stages proving difficult. in a speech at the city of theon, ms. -- may said negotiations are in an and game but problems remain. both sides said they have until tomorrow to achieve a deal. it may offer -- italy's government may offer a concession when it submits it final budget. 2019overnment will cut its growth target to as low as 1.3% point 5% previously. italy has until

going big, abu dhabi. the details, next.tokyo you are looking at where it is just 1:43 p.m. in the afternoon. kuroda, the bank of japan governor, speaking this morning, about how japan is no longer in a situation where it is best to be "decisively implementing a large-scale policy to overcome deflation," interest in comments -- interesting comments. let's check in on our india markets. who is on standby for us in mumbai? guys.d morning, greetings to all of you. markets are doing ok. very flat moves, marginally in the red. the currency has taken a bit of us take -- of a stick. the rupee has weekend marginally -- weakened marginally versus the dollar. it is better than what it was a couple weeks ago. rength -- let's see if the strength we exhibited last week lasts. tracy: thanks so much for that. fascinating moves in india at the moment. abu dhabi has approved a new five-year budget to boost oil and gas production. it will spend more than $130 billion to raise crude output to 4 million euros per day -- 4 million barrels per da

we've spent time speaking to the oil ministers here in abu dhabi. today i've been speaking to the big ceos in the industry, including bob dudley is the current market too volatile ever to see the aramco ipo? the big question many have has been put on the back burner for the next couple of years that's been endorsed that rather than looking at an ipo aramco recently took major stake in sabbic to basically increase their scope downstream as well i caught a few words with ar min nasir. i asked him about the sabic deal, his ramifications on the ipo and i pushed hard on the date a dented investment for saudi and saudi aramco let's listen in to amin nasser >> we are a global leader when it comes to energy oil and gas we have global footprints in both and we have the leadership positions not only in terms of costs, in terms of market share, safety, technology and carbon footprint. when you look at the petro chemicals we are looking at footprint and we are as strong upstream but no, sir as strong downstream we are doing fine, almost $5 million. we everlike

i swear the united arab emirates off to abu dhabi sentenced a british academic to life in jail on spying charges london has now promised to intervene and matthew had his wife had been appealing to the government to do so for five months she. says that london's an auction was caused by a fear of upsetting a crucial trading partner i was under the impression that they were putting their interests with a ball of a british citizens. right full freight and i'm in a hearing without a lawyer matthew hedges was sentenced to life in prison on wednesday accused of spying for the u.k. he's already spent five months in solitary confinement he has a ph d. student who went to the u.a.e. to research the twenty year life and our spring uprising. w. says it is reviewing a request for clemency from hedgers family and denies claims of unfair treatment but the case has prompted a wave of criticism with calls for a reevaluation of britain's relationship with the oil rich gulf ally and what had you as was first incarcerated in abu dhabi the u.k. government was at the time trying to encourage new trade deals w

one—day international in abu dhabi. for 9 from their 50 overs. with trent boult picking up a hat—tricktionals. were bowled out for 219. the second one—dayer is at the same venue on friday. in a single over. in a ford trophy match against central districts in hamilton. and a single off the bowling of medium—pacer willem ludick. taking place in about one hour's time. time. james‘s team has had one went and several losses for the season. and several losses for the season. can they turn that around? goodbye for now. hello there. into wednesday morning. on some of the roads there. but there will also be further rainfall. which is continuing to slide up from the south—west. to affect mainly central portions of the uk. now, the winds are falling light ahead of that. a chilly start. be a touch of frost. these are towns and city values to begin this morning. through the morning. clearing the way into the north sea. ireland. plenty of sunshine to start the day across the south—east. into wales, and then into northern england into the afternoon. but again, to the north and south of it, it should

iwill is an abu dhabi and mercedes have talked practice.ed five stop —— jonny bairstow. let's get more now on brexit —and ahead of a crucial summit of eu leaders on sunday — the spanish prime minister has demanded a written promise from the british government on the future of gibraltar. pedro sanchez wants last minute changes to the draft brexit agreement — and has even threatened to reject the deal — although no one country can veto let's discuss this further with marcus killick, non—executive chairman of the gibraltar stock exchange. hejoins me now via webcam. the spanish are making a few last—minute demands. the spanish are making a few last-minute demands. it is not the first and the spanish have made changes from a very productive and positive regime previously. it is not surprising down here that they have made this request. from my understanding all the really asking for is that there are changes to the withdrawal treaty to make clear that any decisions about gibraltar would only be taken jointly with madrid. what is your objection t

uae ambassador to london has said the life sentence for spying, given to a british phd student in abu—dhabi full and proper legal process. the family of matthew hedges say he is innocent and have appealed to the emirati government for clemency. the ambassador said, like the uk, the uae‘sjudiciary is independent from the government. matthew hedges was not convicted after a five—minute show trial as some have reported. over the course of one month, three judges evaluated compelling evidence in three hearings. they reached the conclusion after a full and proper process. this was an extremely serious case. we live in a dangerous neighbourhood and national security must be a top priority. this was also an unusual case. many researchers visit the uae freely every year without breaking our laws. under uae law everyone has the right to appeal after conviction and everyone can request a pardon from our president. mr hedges' family have made a request for clemency and the government is studying that request. the british foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, had a good conversation with our foreign minister

it's only ten days since the british foreign secretary met the crown prince in abu dhabi and personally discussed matthew had his case it seems to have had no impact on the outcome in an indication of the level of concern here at the u.k. foreign office the foreign secretary jeremy hunt first issued a statement expressing his deep shock at the sentence issued on matthew hedges but he then followed it up with a post on social media which said the following matthew hedges news extremely worrying we have seen no evidence to back up the charges against him the f c o will do all we can to get him home and i will meet his wife daniella tomorrow thursday the u.a.e. claim to be a friend and ally of the u.k. so there will be serious diplomatic consequences and he finished that tweet with the word unacceptable. and the prime minister is also taking a close interest and we are of course as he is deeply disappointed and concerned today's verdict and i realize how difficult and distressing this is both for matthew hedges but for also for his family we are raising it with the ambassador for it is of

this is him winning the abu dhabi grand prix.mething for other people! let go. no one is going to know the difference.” other people! let go. no one is going to know the difference. i have to race, seriously. i am sorry. that is will smith suggesting that lewis should let him have a go. and i think it ends with will smith walking to the car in a helmet to pretend he is lewis hamilton and then he is arrested. yes. i would like to see him get in the car. it is tiny. he is a big unit. he is a big lad. and the car is really tiny. she says, having tried to get in herself. i tried to get in it once. i got my left leg in and that is it. that is why you are much better sitting here. you are very kind. sally will have the sport through the morning. will you join us later? desk. we will chat with sir cliff. i can't wait. this is his 104th album. i think can't wait. this is his 104th album. ithinki can't wait. this is his 104th album. i think i have 103. i can can't wait. this is his 104th album. i think! have 103. i can see can't wait. thi

paul blake, bbc news, in abu dhabi. our correspondent paul adams is here.he was shocked at the verdict. paul, what implications now for relations between the uk and uae? i think it's fair to say thatjeremy hunt was furious about this and he's not a man who is given to displays of fury. he thinks, essentially, he was given an indication, almost an assurance, during his personal intervention, that this would not be the outcome. that matthew hedges would be released. he has talked about there being consequences, what might they be? it is a very close relationship. 6000 british businesses based in the uae, 100,000 british citizens living and working there, 1 million tourists visit every year. there, 1 million tourists visit every yea r. before there, 1 million tourists visit every year. before we get into what the consequences might be, there is probably bit of a legal process that needs to play out. the attorney general of the uae has said this is not the final verdict. that matthew hedges, who he said made a confession, a full confession, of the crimes he is

with a statement from the foreign ministry in abu dhabi saying that they hoped an amicable solution could be found in sri lanka m.p.'s supporting the disputed prime minister mahinda rajapaksa have walked out of parliament for the second time this week they cuse the speaker of favoritism punches were thrown last week when m.p.'s passed a no confidence motion against rajapaksa both he and rana worker missing or who were sacked by the president last month say they are the lawful prime minister. president donald trump has threatened to close the border with mexico if his administration decides its neighbor has lost control of its side thousands of asylum seekers from central america are gathering in the mexican border. hoping to cross into the u.s. john holeman reports from there. the day starts with the battle to keep clean but it's hard when you're sleeping rough with five thousand three hundred other people got to try and get washed because it feels weird being dirty all the time. easier said than done in the sports complex hardly turned into account privacy doesn't exist or even she

with a statement from the foreign ministry in abu dhabi saying that they hoped an amicable solution could be found. i said ahead on this al-jazeera news hour not a setback for sure because newly appointed prime minister. keeping a close eye from the sky donald trump's threatening diplomacy u.s. border with mexico to keep migrants out. and support the west indies and knocked out of the wild twenty twenty on home soil here i'll have details later in the program. the new norm for the middle east says sunshine and showers longer spells of right looking rather disturbed once again across much of the middle east that the cloud of rain pushing into the levant syria lebanon jordan all the way down into israel seeing some bits and pieces of rather wet weather possibility of further flooding eastern areas of iraq still seeing some heavy downpours pushing into the west of iraq and you can follow that line of right right there way up into the western himalayas where it turns white readily to snow clearing away here as we go on through sunday more wet weather coming across eastern iraq into west

and in sport the highlights of formula one's action field abu dhabi gold tree. the longest race of the season and the most ever for two time while champion from now on the along so. kind of a very well must continue i'm on the. the united nation security council has called an emergency meeting after russia five on and seized three ukrainian ships off the crimean peninsula ukrainian president petro poroshenko has demanded that the crew and the vessels be released immediately and he wants bottom line to approve matia no the clash took place in a narrow strip of being russia and crimea a point of international tension since russia annexed the region four years ago. that this video has been circulating online since it was a released on sunday. taken from on board a russian military ship swearing and shouting could be heard as well as the command to stay the course directly towards ukrainian tugboat. in the russian ship rams the ukrainian boat head on. the incident escalated further a russian tanker blocked the tight underpass between the black sea and the sea of us

paul blake, bbc news, in abu dhabi.secretaryjeremy hunt, who we saw in that report, is angry about today's sentence. he thinks essentially that he was given an indication, almost an assurance during his personal intervention that this would not be the outcome, that matthew hedges would be released. he has talked about there being consequences, what might those be? well, it is a very close relationship, 6,000 british businesses based in the uae, 100,000 british citizens living and working there, a million tourists visit every year. but i think before we get into what the consequences might be, there is probably a bit of the legal process that needs to play out. the attorney general and the uae have said that this is not the final verdict, that matthew hedges, who he said made a full confession of the crime he is alleged to have committed, cannot appeal, there can be a retrial in which he and his lawyer can both be reheard. so that process can happen relatively quickly, we simply don't know. i think the hope here is that

we will be looking at the high-stakes opec meeting in abu dhabi. this is bloomberg. ♪ caroline: live from the world headquarters in new york, i am caroline hyde. how the snapshot of u.s. stocks closed today, down. tech is the underperformer. scarlet: the question is -- joe: the question is "what'd you miss?" on itse: crude is longest decline ever turning up the pressure from opec and its allies as they gather in abu dhabi this weekend. containing the shockwaves, mexican stocks and the peso have losses after the president-elect says he will not change banking laws in the first three years. and a chill in crypto. initial coin offerings face governing issues and we talked to a ceo of a big blockchain company -- keep watching company about the road ahead. crude declining for the 10th day in a row. longest slump for wti in the the bti.a month -- in the space of a month, it slumps into bear markets. one point does oil price heard credit and equity markets? >> the u.s. high-yield market will come under a bit of pressure because it has a large percentage o

abu dhabi tends to bea highly disturbing. little bit stricter in these matters than do by —— dubai. but we have seen other british nationals arrested for espionage such as the plane spotters four years ago, and they released after diplomatic pressure. we can see in matthew hedges's case that relations between the uk and the uae are really strained because otherwise he would have been released already. in terms of the thought processes in the uae, do you think there is for domestic consumption process of going through sentencing, in this case a life sentence for matthew hedges, and then further down the track, that person, that individual is released? do you think that could be how things unfold here? it is very interesting because over the last ten yea rs interesting because over the last ten years we have seen the uae apologising and releasing british nationals who have been unfairly detained and wrongfully accused. but what we have seen over the last six to 12 months is a growing pattern, where somebody has been wrongfully

he's at the conference in abu dhabi. manus? manus: thank you very much.nd the good are here, one of the great, one of the good. the ceo, bob. the latest breaking news headline, a cut of one million barrels per day. do you think they cut of a million barrels per day would stop the drop in the price? guest: well, i think he's already said, he's also said from saudi aramco's perspective that their customers have asked for 500,000 barrel reduction in december. saudi aramco will do that anyway. i think that's a perception of a million down now. they do see it building. i don't think any decisions have been made. opec will meet december 6. manus: are you shocked by the speed in which this market has reprised on the downside? guest: we've seen the volatility, potential for volatility. opec has reduced reduction since june. and quite frankly, it would have been over $100 a barrel right now. the uncertainty, the big one, is the iran sanction. had there been no exemptions given and i think we would have seen a higher price today. says that happened, it was uncertai