arab news. this is really interesting. i think so. arab news. this is really interesting.arab news. this is really interesting. i think so. part of the red sea that is available to uk tourists with these changes. saudi arabia we know is trying to diversify and change reliance on oil as income and that is part of this. it is part of that. if we look at the saudi budget over the last couple of years they have had a real hit because of the lower price of oil. that has made a certain amount of changes in the saudi government to try to get back some of the spending. now, there is a plan here. it is one of the crown princes who has pushed this to increase tourism around 2030, but it is a big change. i used to work for a saudi company in the 19905. and as an employee of one of their banks that we invested money, it was difficult for me to get a visa, a5 money, it was difficult for me to get a visa, as i was an unmarried woman. and once i got a visa, the hotel would not have me as an unmarried woman. so the question, how big a change is it, it is huge, and secondly for me, why do

i have a regular column in arab news. you didn't write this? this is not a column. ense. there is the arab peace initiative, started in 2002 by the then crowned prince abdullah, who became the king, in doors to buy the arab league in 2017, which said we are willing to accept israel if they give back the land they occupy essentially without going for the two state option —— endorsed. and then we can start to trade. this is a good start. it follows on. it makes sense that the king of saudi arabia look at is because they came up arabia look at is because they came up with the peace initiative. the question will be how they can find compromises and how much land will israel be willing to give up, in settlements? they used to say solve the israeli palestinian problem, you sold the middle east. this is down the pecking order, it feels. and with today's geopolitics, what is happening in afghanistan, iraq, syria, isis and these issues, this is one of the issues. but it will certainly help take tension out of the region. we will see how it goes. let's have a look at sanctions

in the arab news, the saudi embassy issues a warning to its nationals and residents following a spate of acid attacks across london. the advice for saudi's visiting the uk is to avoid walking in secluded and dark areas. on the front page of the gulf news, some interesting population numbers for the uae. one of the first countries in the region to reveal it's population count and the gender split is 69% men, compared with just 31% women. and, toddlers using smartphones and tablets before even turning one is the health feature on the front of the south china morning post. it follows a study of young children in hong kong. doctors have warned the habits can hinder eye and bone development, impact interpersonal skills and lead to addictive behaviour later in life. with us is alpesh patel, the ceo of praefinium partners. i think you'vejust i think you've just described me. we don't need smart phones here. we just read the papers. the washington post leading with robert mueller and the grand jury, how significant do you think this is? with any other president, it would be hugely significant

the arab news leads with saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman who has met with senior us officials son—in—lanared kushner. the paper says they discussed efforts to bring peace between the israelis and palestinians. the ft says the trump administration has raised the pressure on moscow and beijing to isolate the north korean regime by imposing sanctions on an array of chinese and russian companies accused of helping pyongyang develop nuclear weapons. meanwhile, south of the border, south korea has rejected a us

in the arab news, it's that time again — 2 million worshippers begin the annual hajj pilgrimage in saudie—day ritual is a once in a lifetime duty for every able—bodied muslim. the times focuses on how climate scientists have drawn comparisons between the record rain from hurricane harvey and the monsoons in nepal, bangladesh and india. the experts say the climate change means storms are intensifying more quickly and with less predictably. and uber‘s new boss says he'll fight with every bone in his body to restore the company's reputation. this article in the guardian gives insight to the former expedia boss who's taking overfrom uber‘s co—founder who stepped down following a series of scandals. 0k. ok. we does is mark davis. he is the ceo of strategy consultancy, camerton. and we have been asking that question, what were we doing when diana died. i was led to say, a number of papers have led with this story, but it is the quote here that stands out, and it comes from prince harry. i think the reason that it is so harry. i think the reason that it is so poignant is that, of course, he sho

in the arab news, uk tour operators report having growing waiting lists of holidaymakers willing to payduce visa—free travel to part of the kingdom's red sea coast. and plunging necklines and short skirt banned from ladies golf as part of the new dress code in the lpga tour. the daily telegraph speaks to british number one charley hull who says the new rules are a shame and believes the sport needs to move away from its old—fashioned label. laughter well, plenty to talk about. let's get started. with me is jane foley, senior fx strategist at rabo bank. it is nice to see you. good morning. let's start with the guardian story.

. >> reporter: the white house says this new strategy is part of a broad nu new stranch across south arab. >> elaine? >> quijano: there are new developments in the investigation into last week's terror attacks in spain. 14 people were killed, including an american. dozens remain in the hospital. debora patta is in barcelona. >> reporter: in this predominantly catholic country, it was only natural for people to attend mass on sunday, offering prayers for the victims of the barcelona attack. as people prayed, the police investigation continued, over 100 gas canisters were found at the house in alcanar where the plot was allegedly hatched by a 12 member terrorist cell. they had planned a bombing rampage but blew the house up by mistake, spurring into action the deadly twin ramming attacks that killed 14. most of the cell came from the small mountain town of ripol where it appears they were radicalized by a moroccan born imam who had reportedly spent time in a spanish jail on drug charges. one of his recruits, the suspected driver of the van that mowed down pedestrians in was 22-year-old youn

joining me now to go through some of this week's headlines is abdel bari atwan editor in chief of arabic news outlets thanks so much abdel for going back we're going to have two palestinian stars on later in the show i should say it's eleven years as well and they're well aid to the u.s. and u.k. by the tree forces in the fight against as well the one that victory eleven years ago in the twenty six lebanon war to reflections on the i believe it was a turning point in the middle east in history managed to pass for thirty two days and he inflicted huge defeat on the israeli army's because they. considered one of the strongest in the middle east maybe the fourth of the work that is really. the strongest country in the middle east actually was tarnished by that war. emerged as a strong power well arguably amnesty international campaign against the arms trade were defeated i go in london your first headline middle east absolutely shocked rich until. two blocks. these small arms ammunition. used against one of the words why this is actually. how the british government who told us their foreign poli

well, first of all i would like to say that aljazeera has created a new media environment in the middle east, in the araborld. there is something that is called before aljazeera and since al jazeera. the threat that these countries are targeting aljazeera is of course... any threat is a serious threat for us, but qatar has said clearly that aljazeera is not for negotiation. we don't feel any threat whatsoever in this respect. the only thing that we are sorry for is that we don't have the chance to be in the field in these countries because reporting from the field is what we do best. however, we will continue reporting about these countries and about all other countries whenever there is an issue of relevance to our audience. yeah, i mean, it's very unlikely you're going to get back your presence in saudi arabia, for example, when the information minister describes you as "a defamation tool of manufactured news" you've become an instrument, he says, in the hands of al qaeda, daesh, so—called islamic state, and hezbollah. it doesn't sound like the saudis will want you back any time soon. maybe not, but th

move on to the next one, this is another sort of business story, this one from gulf news business section, the united arabout vat, but enabled across all of the gulf corporations. the uae will be first to do with from the first of january next year as it is a 5% across the whole region. it will come through, all the way through 2018 to the year 2019. interestingly, i think this is a major attempt by all of these states the sort of diversify their income. away from the traditional oil and gas. do something that we in europe are familiar with, vat. they are trying to soften the blow of this for their population by sort of saying this will be rolled back into public sector type investment, education, healthcare, et cetera. but it is interesting, perhaps the modernisation of their economies. and once you bring it in as a low rate, everyone except that and it isn't much money and once you have accepted it, the principal, then of course the sky is the limit, as we found out in europe! it is that classic stealth tax that we have to put up with an economically it tends to penalise those on low incomes and those o

it's a devastating impossible situation with no end in site at least according to the new york times. the arab press is looking at the political side of the conflict. >> it started off very much as a political conflict you have the saudi led coalition which supports the current president. they are facing off against the former yemeni leader and the shia rebels. the saudi london-based paper says cracks are beginning to show in the rebel alliance. the anti-saudi alliance going on the edge according to bloomberg. the rebels essentially accused the former yemeni leader of talks. secret it's a very multilayered contract. he is due to give a speech commemorating the anniversary of his party. they say if this. it's a very multilayered contract. alliance to give collapses as well it would only serve to benefit the saudi coalition and that's not a good thing. genie: another story that has been gripping sweden and denmark. that's the death of a high-profile swedish journalist on a submarine in denmark. it's a crazy story that is gripping denmark. let's look at the tabloid. on their front page they say k

the problem is, according to a report that we played on bbc news on bbc arabic a few years ago —— a fewategies and reappearing in europe, which is really dangerous now, because they are using different tactics. they might change their tactics and reappear in europe, which means that the preparations in europe and in the united states are going to increase, like their defences in those places, because they cannot follow the same strategies that they have been following since 2014 in the middle east. bbc arabic‘s newsnight presenter. to south africa now where five men appeared in court facing murder and conspiracy to murder charges in the story of alleged cannibalism that has gripped the country. they were arrested after one of them believed to bea arrested after one of them believed to be a traditional healer handed himself over to police told them he was tired of eating human flesh. our correspondent was in court. five men appearing in a south african court facing murder and cannibalism charges. the family of the young woman they allegedly murdered wantsjustice. the young woman they all

arab spring. tunisia has been the only country thus far to successfully transition out of protests into a democracy. among much else, that unleashed newde and an interest in preserving the country's culture, one influenced by roman, ottoman, arabic and european traditions. >> this house was on sale in 2006. i bought it from a family that lived here for 300 years. >> reporter: three hundred? >> yes. >> reporter: for leila ben gacem, that meant rehabilitating an old home to turn it into a boutique hotel, a project that required working with local artisans, tile specialists, woodworkers, gypsum carvers, who understood the materials and artistic styles. >> these stones could be recycled from the destroyed site of carthage. >> reporter: you mean the ancient archaeological site of carthage, yes, not far from us. >> yes. the tiles could have came with the andalusians. >> reporter: yes, in spain. >> in spain. the arches could have came from the ottomans. so it's the blend that makes tunisia today. >> reporter: it was difficult work. the house had to be entirely retrofitted with modern plumbing and electricity. not a good place for a car. >> n

. >> reporter: and they're producing a new version of "sesame street" in arabic aimed at reaching childrenria, iraq, lebanon, and jordan, especially the refugee kids. >> we will also do what "sesame street" does best, and that's modeling inclusion and acceptance. >> reporter: and you may not know this. there are already "sesame streets" all over the world. from galigali simsim in india. . to plaza sesamo in mexico. ♪ and jimajia in china. ♪ you can find the same kind of educatesal muppet planet on six continents reaching countless children. and sesame workshop often develops new muppets, local characters created to address the needs ofhat culture. take this little charmer. >> oh, hello, friends. >> reporter: from "sesame's" south africa show, "takalani sesame." >> one in four children was affected by aids. we ended up cathy the first ever hiv positive muppet. her name was cammie. >> the other children at school don't want to play with me because i'm hiv positive. >> we were able to teach children you couldn't catch aids from playing with cammie. but most of all we were able to give childre

elections has been all over the headlines but new leaks suggesting. the united arab emirates has interfered in u.s. policy hasn't received similar levels of attention the leaks suggest the oil rich country has managed to buy the support of several u.s. think tanks. on u.s. foreign donors and their influence. that's interesting in a certain stories around the idea of foreign powers influencing the american democratic process and in an effort to help battle the threat such meddling poses we thought we don't like politicians as to where some of their favorite think tanks get their financial support institutions from which those very politicians so often get information to form policy opinions spoiler alert foreign powers are some of those washington based think tanks biggest donors let's start with an all time favorite the brookings institution this institution has provided a forum for ideas for thoughts and i think the country. specifically the congress is better off or for the great work that you do you're so well known all over the world that there are a lot of longt

in other news, qatar has filed a formal complaint with the world trade organisation against the economic embargo imposed on it injune by neighbouring arab and commerce said the trade boycott, led by saudi arabia, was a clear violation of international trade law. a split in the bitcoin community is set to create a new incompatible version of the crypto—currency today. a group of insiders is unhappy with existing plans to speed up transaction times. they plan to offer existing investors a matching amount of a new virtual asset, called bitcoin cash, which could put pressure on the value of original bitcoins. that's quickly look at the markets. we talked about oil. we are waiting for the bp results. 0ilers in focus because the price keeps going up and up. you can see brent crude about $52 a barrel. nymex is about $50 a barrel for the first time since may. 0il stocks are doing well, energy doing well, and earnings coming through stronger than expected for many companies listed around the world. that is boosting general competence. i will see you soon. patients with pancreatic cancer are being operated on injust two weeks instead of two month

classifying it as an enemy target especially in the military areas where there are new air defense restrictions so to arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain all cut diplomatic ties with qatar after accusing it of backing extremist groups as part of the riyadh imposed blockade air land and sea links was severed with saudi arabia also wish list a tough demands which rigidly include expelling turkish troops stationed scaling back ties with iran and also closing qatari funded news outlets like. what middle east analysts we spoke to says the airline a warning now is part of a tried and tested method used by the saudis to weaken opponents. usually there's such. to a lot of principally designs by by this. to actually strike fear they are sort of trying to impose their will trying to bring that to their knees and to trying to punish them to make it to make an example of them and to show that anyone who dares stand out challenge or defy saudi arabia and its leadership all the way it carries out its policies will pay deadly for it all these news stories and so much more to our side are called you can always have your say

we have seen that huge appetite within the united arab emirates specifically, and of the region in general. tracy: newt lighting. that is exciting. we also had a report recently about dubai planning to form a $1 billion shipping investment fund. walk us through the thinking there and what you might use that for. maybe i am not within the circle of such projects. i would have very little input to give you on this issue. nonetheless, any investment that is made within this united arab building onactually the stability of the business and the appropriate strategies of the government for investors. with this project and any other a good having such climate for business within the united arab emirates. tracy: your excellency, since we are talking about the shipping recently theoticed uae is the only arab country to be bidding for category b mem bership in the international maritime organization council. why is that important to you? guest: this is probably a continuation of the previous question. this is actually driven by the private industry that we have within the uae. they have to be within the council

classifying it as an enemy target especially in a military areas where there are new air defense restrictions. so he arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain cut diplomatic ties with qatar after accusing it of backing extremist groups as part of the riyadh imposed blockade air land and sea links were severed with saudi arabia also should list a tough demands to clued into regional expelling turkish troops stationed in scaling back ties with iran and closing khatami from the news outlets like al-jazeera middle east analysts we spoke to says the l n a warning is part of a tried and tested method used by the saudis to weaken opponents usually there's such odds to lot of principally designs by by the saudis is to actually strike fear or they are sort of trying to impose their will trying to bring that to their knees and to trying to punish them to make it to make an example of them and to show that anyone who dares stand up to challenge or defy saudi arabia and its leadership or the way it carries out its policies world pay deadly for it. a mile from a buck and keep track of the breaking news story up to you don't co

. >>> we have breaking news out of the united arab emirates. a fire broke out in the 86- story torch tower in dubai. fortunately the city's civil defense team was able to vac you wait the building. you can see how major that fire is. the tower is one of the world's tallest residential towers. it is also the second time that this tower has caught fire. >>> now to oroville where they have released a lot of water from lake oroville this year to keep the dam from overflowing but farmers claim that flooding has created a massive heartache and financial burden on walnut farmers. that's why they have filed a lawsuit. tom vacar has more on the claims. >> reporter: i will tell you this. it is not just walnut farmers. not by a long shot. but it is proof that failure to properly maintain infrastructure, no matter what it is, is a promise of a financial disaster, even to the state of california. >> to my left is our client, the farm manager. >> reporter: the lawsuit was filed on behalf of a large oroville area walnut farm. >> the claim was filed because it

. >> people cheering on the other side of new jersey where you have large arab populations were cheering when the world trade center came down. >> then there's the birther conspiracy. >> a birth certificate is not even close. a certificate of live birth is not signed by anybody. i saw his. i read it very carefully. doesn't have a serial number of signature. >> decades before that, in 1989, trump stoked racial tensions with full-page ads calling for the execution of the teenagers dubbed the central park five when they were falsely accused of rape. he was incensed when the wrongly convicted men received a settlement from the city. so, as the president's chief strategist leaves the trump administration, does anything really change inside the white house? jason johnson and john harwood are joining me now. jason, donald trump has a reputation that far proceeds steve bannon. >> right. >> was steve bannon the reason donald trump seemed to truck with racism and sooen phobia? >> not really. who you hire is a reflix of your values. you had bannon, miller. trump was racist enough before he brought

place of thethe united arab emirates and the new calculus? between saudi and iran but all of the gcc? majid jafar: that is a big question. the uae's policy has been consistent in having a good relations with everybody. non-interfered on with each other's affairs and at the same time, a policy against islamic extremism of what ever for or shape -- whatever form or shape, despite the geopolitical tensions not only in the middle east, but worldwide we are seeing. when it comes to oil and gas, countries that may be politically opposed have shown an ability to cooperate and we iran war in a the iraq- in the 1980's and we are seeing that with countries like russia joining in and possibly brokering the deal like last year in the opec. tom: what do you need as a businessman in the middle east from the u.s.? if we are in search of a new foreign policy, what is the best for the jafar family? region, was for the quite pleased to see bigger engagement by president trump and that the region than we had a scene from the obama administration in of the latte

new air defense restrictions. for saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt them bahrain cut diplomatic ties with cas are after accusing it of backing extremist groups as part of the riyadh imposed blockade air land and sea links were severed with doha saudi arabia also issued a list of tough demands to which originally included expelling to his troops stationed in cas are scaling back ties with iran and closing qatari funded news outlets like al-jazeera middle east analysts we spoke to says that the airline a warning is part of a tried and tested method used by the saudis to weaken its opponents. usually such . to principally designs by by this is to strike fear or they are sort of trying to impose their will trying to bring that series to their means and to trying to still be a punish them to make it to make an example of them and to show that anyone who dares stand up to challenge or defy saudi arabia and its leadership or the way it carries out its policies world pay dearly for it. ok let's go back to that breaking news that we're receiving a van has crashed into a crowd of people in the center of the spanish city

. >> reporter: and they're producing a new version of sesame street in arabic, aimed at reaching childrena, iraq, lebanon and jordan. especially refugee kids. >> we will also do what sesame street does best, and that's modeling inclusion and acceptance. >> reporter: and you may not know this. there are already sesame streets all over the world. from galli galli sim sim in india to mexico. and china. ♪ you can find the same kind of educational muppet magic on six continents, reaching countless children. ♪ and sesame workshop often develops new muppets, local characters created to address the needs of that culture. earlier this summer, i went to lebanon, to meet with some of the children that would benefit from this project, like 6-year-old azeesa and her brother evibrahim. i walk with them to this school. it's a haven. you can feel it instantly. his teacher tells me he's changed since i starthe startede here. and the children get a surprise visit. it's tom-tom, a muchity from the local version of sesame street produced in nearby jordan. every single detail is thought out, every aspect desi

walking along rollins avenue speaking in arabic - when another man made deragatory comments - and attacked him! police are investigating this as a hate crime. newevelopments in the case of the d.c. firefighter who was assaulted sunday while on the job.. authorities now say he may have been drunk or under the influence of drugs. he was called to a home in southeast d.c. for a report of an injured child. the police report says he offered to treat the child, but the parents refused, because they thought he was drunk. that's when a crowd attacked him. he suffered a broken jaw, and is scheduled for surgery today. an internal investigation is undewa students at the university of maryland are getting ready for a hi-tech competition next week. they'll face 28 other universities across the world in the space-x hyperloop pod competition. teams are designing pods to help companies like space-x get ideas for the new form of high-speed transportation. elon musk is already working on a hyperloop tunnel that could bring people from d-c to new york in just 30 minutes. team "umd loop" will show off their design later this morning. ad lib weather tease z2gv6z zi

news room. the current situation is that there's concerns on the part of the four arab countries egypt saudi arabia emirates. as relates to policies of cut up about have to be addressed to have had a very adverse impact on national security in the case of material evidence exists in the face of policies that have adversely impacted has created and has caused a loss of life in egypt this is an intolerable situation. and book a clinical place call it a police a key to keep. the let's say i. was just by. it in your heart it was ok to commit they're going to write. a song called involved with such and you don't know pointed out to myself i don't know why he said i feel we should i should think almost like yourself thank you when he. was. a few days later professor corp a sent us some emails and photos of scientists he suspects of being close to the food industry. to americans he came across at a conference on meat and cancer. and nathan bryant. as we checked out these scientists profiles we discovered a document which should certainly never have been on the web. internal report issued by the american m

learned my experience in amtrak's but if you just open a book in arabic, could be anything, nobody will sit next to you. going from new york to d.c. as you can tell, i'm add. i will question. what i think personal is to be fundamentally human is to neither accept yourself as you are because if you fully accept yourself as you are you are donald trump. if you just accept that i am who i am and nothing emmy is in need of improvement, then you become like kinda a terrible person. if you just think i'm the greatest person in the world are perfectly fine as is, that's boring. why would you ever want to live a life where your perfectly fine. however you choose to define it art, family, relationships, this is the thing people create an external standard they aspire to. if it's too close to where your it won't inspire you. if it's too far way it will crush you. if religion is something that's important to you, the thing you aspire to should be enough that it forces you to become better but not so much that it becomes impossible in a burden. that is for you to decide. at a certain point for me, i realize that letting people's

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news. london correspondent for le point and le soir, marc roche. and columnist for the national, and the arab weekly, rashmee roshan lall. welcome to you all. we will talk shortly about those brexit proposals. let's start though this week with a word about the terrorist attacks in spain, which killed 1a people in two cities and injured many more. adam and marc, your response to yet another attack in europe. a similar modus operandi from the past. yes, what can i say? it is a second—generation, young men committing these things, obviously radicalised, alienated, not surprisingly it happened in barcelona. it was obviously going to be a key target. there are rumours of a cia warning to spain, we do not know if they are true or not but in a place like las ramblas, there is clearly a potential target there and it is a bit of a surprise that they were able to drive for 500 metres down las ramblas. another soft target, we see it time and again. yes, and after nice i said that that sort of thing should not have cars allowed because it was a similar situation. the promenade. basically there is very li

, stephanie baker, senior writer with bloomberg news, london correspondent for le point and le soir, marc roche and columnist for the national and the arab weekly, rashmee roshan lall. a warm welcome to you all. we will talk shortly about those brexit proposals. and columnist for the national and the arab weekly, we will talk shortly about those brexit proposals. let's start though this week with a word about the two terrorist attacks in spain, which killed 1a people in two cities and injured many more. let's reflect on the events of a grim few days. adam, your thoughts about yet another attack in europe, a similar modus operandi from the past, too? yes, what can one say? it is again second—generation young men committing these things, obviously radicalised, alienated, not surprisingly it happened in barcelona. it was obviously going to be a key target. there are rumours of a cia warning to spain, we don't know if they are true or not but in a place like las ramblas, there is clearly a potential target there and it surprises me that a vehicle was able to drive for 500 metres down las ramblas. another soft target, we see it time and again

, stephanie baker, senior writer with bloomberg news, london correspondent for le point and le soir, marc roche and columnist for the national and the arab about those brexit proposals. and columnist for the national and the arab weekly, we will talk shortly about those brexit proposals. let's start though this week with a word about the two terrorist attacks in spain, which killed 14 people in two cities and injured many more. let's reflect on the events of a grim few days.

kurdish language, kurdish and arab leadership together, local decisions; all are part of what they call a new secular and democratic project here. >> ( translated ): it's opened our eyes. if a rock is on a flower, it will take time to grow. but if you take the rock off, it will flourish. the war allowed the people to raise their head. >> reporter: and allowed them to take their revolutionary ideas into government, says sipan chato, vice dean of the faculty of science at newly established rojava university. government offices already have both male and female leaders. representation of ethnic minorities is a priority, and local councils are responsible for making local decisions. but despite the lofty rhetoric, opponents have leveled heavy charges. some say the kurds now in power tolerate little opposition. that it's their way, or no way. >> ( translated ): we can't live under their democracy. >> reporter: abdulkarim husain muhammad leads a kurdish opposition party. we met him in his office in erbil, iraq. he's been jailed three times he said, by leaders of yousief's party, on charges he calls

. >> reporter: and they're producing a new version of "sesame street" in arabic, aimed at reaching childrenlly the refugee kids. >> we will also do what "sesame street" does best, and that's modeling inclusion and acceptance. >> reporter: and you may not know this, there are already sesame streets all over the world, from gallie gallie sim sim in india to plazo asuma in mexico, and jima jima in china. [ singing in a foreign language ] >> reporter: you can find the same educational muppet magic on six continents, reaching countless children. and sesame workshop often develops new muppets, local characters created to address the needs of that culture. earlier this summer, i went to lebanon to meet with some of the children that would benefit from this project, like 6-year-old aziza and her brother, 5-year-old ibrahim. they fled here with their family from aleppo, syria, in 2014. i walk with ibrahim and aziza through the dusty camp to their school. this is the arts center here. this one you did? it's a haven. you can feel it instantly. ibrahim's teacher tells me he's changed since he started c

arab dissent. i don't know where he has been living. but we're expecting a news conference from police shortly.hat he is the one who rented the van. rented it yesterday and then is accused of driving that van through these crowds in barcelona over the last three and a half hours or so. he is from morocco. he lived in spain. and we believe he is -- well, we believe he is 27. but we know he is in his late 20's. dris oak oukabir. that's his name. and he is under arrest. we we told you earlier that one person was killed in a shootout with police. and we know that that's the person who ran up on a police check point and began firing on police, according to those authorities afterwards. that person eventually died in the shootout with police. we really don't know his exact ties to the main incident, to the van plowing through all the people. we don't know if has any connection to dris oukabi the suspect in this cases. we don't know yet. the scene on the crash at the diagonal at the police check point happened there weren't media around there at the time except for the photographer. you saw the pictur

. >>> developing news in dubai, where a fire at one of the tallest residential buildings is under control now. flames shot up the side of the 79-story torch tower in the arabation's upscale arena district where it's early friday morning. debris rained down on the streets below sparking smaller fires. authorities say the tower was evacuated safely and that there were no injuries. that's the great news. there is no word yet on how it started. this same building caught fire in february of 2015. there are more than 682 apartments in that building. >>> what is your take on this one? critics are calling boeing's latest writing in the sky a toxic joyride. company officials insist it was a legitimate engine test. >> here's what happened. yesterday a boeing 7878 took off from seattle and for the next 18 hours, it flew in a pattern, as you see, that looks like a dreamliner jet. >> critics say that ride dumped 300,000 kilograms of carbon monoxide into the atmosphere. but boeing said it was an endurance test for new engines, required by regulatory agencies. they had to fly the distance anyway, why not fly in the shape of a boeing. >> at least they make it fun. >>> nex

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. >>> developing news in dubai, where a fire at one of the tallest residential buildings is under control now. flames shot up the side of the 79-story torch tower in the arabs upscale arena district where it's early friday morning. debris rained down on the streets below sparking smaller fires. authorities say the tower was evacuated safely and that there were no injuries. that's the great news. there is no word yet on how it started. this same building caught fire in february of 2015. there are more than 682 apartments in that building. >>> what is your take on this one? critics are calling boeing's latest writing in the sky a toxic joyride. company officials insist it was a legitimate engine test. >> here's what happened. yesterday a boeing 7878 took off from seattle and for the next 18 hours, it flew in a pattern, as you see, that looks like a dreamliner jet. >> critics say that ride dumped 300,000 kilograms of carbon monoxide into the atmosphere. but boeing said it was an endurance test for new engines, required by regulatory agencies. they had to fly the distance anyway, why not fly in the shape of a boeing. >> at least they make it fun. >>> next on a

arabic as he wielded a four-foot-long sword. three officers suffered minor injuries. >>> much needed good news for the state of texas.that two-run home run in the sixth inning, the team from lufkin, texas, just two hours outside of houston, won the u.s. little league championship, defeating greenville, 6-5. they advance to play japan. today, right here on abc. 3:00 p.m. eastern, noon pacific time. so, some good news for the state of texas. >> some good news. >> amid all the pretty bad news. >> something interesting about that. lufkin is two hours out of houston. as you mentioned. but it's like a higher ground. it's a sanctuary city for those fleeing houston. some reports that lufkin has already run out of gas. at some gas stations for people who are trying to prepare to get out of town. >> so much on the minds of the young players. so much riding on them emotionally. >> and still handled the pressure. >> yes, they did. that was a serious crack that you showed. that home run there was pretty cool. >> best of luck to them. >> absolutely, ron. thank you. >>> much more from texas coming up on the show. >> also coming up