azerbaijan is a multi-ethnic nation between the caucasus mountains and the caspian sea. here muslims jews and christians live peacefully side by side. the artist also asked her photo subjects about their notion of home and penned their own says on to their portraits in the home of my eyes sharing a shot also the questions herself. i've lost all flavor of what is the meaning of home by being nomadic or not homeless but now magic and it was a interesting because there the things that they pointed out to were that what was the essence of the meaning of home to them certain reasons that with never ever allowed them to leave by insurance of any question in them a bad there in their relationships as a concept of home was really my own self looking into the mirror and asking those questions to myself. shirin neshat enjoyed a middle class liberal upbringing and went to a catholic boarding school in tehran early on she knew she wanted to be an artist when she was seventeen she went to the u.s. to study the western backed shah was still in power at the time. then in one nine hundr

hungary is still very far away from russia, azerbaijan or turkey in this respect, but it's inching towards if you want a symbol that captures the power and the simplicity of viktor orban's nationalist message, then this is it — 170km of fortified borderfence. hungary's way of saying "no way" to immigration. the ever—growing gap between the political leftist, liberal political elite in western europe and the electorate in the member states has to be closed. if it's growing further, then it's going to ruin the european union. hungary — a small country at the heart of europe, intensely proud of its history, culture and language. the magyar story can be traced back more than 1,000 years. now, it has a new central character — viktor 0rban, hungary's populist prime minister, whose hostility to immigration has fuelled the rise of a rebooted nationalism. this pocket of rural hungary feels a very long way away from metropolitan budapest. the communities here are small, rural and deeply traditional, and it was here back in 2015 that thousands of migrants poured into hungary, and you can imagine the

on wednesday ten degrees with tashkent will get a bit of rain at seventeen and the tucker answer azerbaijan to was tear on might give you a bit of rain again in tehran ten west of the lots all nicely quiet again it's slowly walking up the breeze is notable warning signs for iraq at least at first in terms of venting is slowly rising that doesn't mean to be the end of it but it is the end just for now south this is been a federal breeze blowing down because recently down through the gulf but i think it's going to ease the tensions rising from the seven dusty breeze but from the size falls center and western part of saudi arabia temperatures in the middle thirty's here otherwise fine looking picture just live in a cloud in the sky southern africa not the same thing with the end of the rainy season still to come and there is more rain forecast for central mozambique and malawi this is the next two days this is over areas already covered with extensive flooding otherwise this is a much drop picture. a three year investigation into the pro-gun lobby. and by three million dollars i want to. revea

some energy ministers from opec and its allies, like russia, have met in azerbaijan ahead of a full meetingnth. they have an existing deal to cut production by 1.2 million barrels a day to push prices up. they're keen to maintain the price of benchmark brent crude which has risen steadily since january. that's despite ongoing concerns about a slowing global economy that could mean less oil is needed. but the group meeting in baku also have to take account of the us. it's now the world's biggest oil producer at about 12 million barrels per day. president trump has also repeatedly called on opec to keep prices down. the picture is further complicated by venezuela, whose oil output has plunged over the last three years. things got even worse since the political crisis deepened injanuary in the country with the world's largest proven oil reserves. colin smith, executive director, oil and gas research, panmure gordonjoins me now. welcome to the business briefing. many factors that are affecting the price. which do you believe is the most significant? the cuts that have come from opec. they were

they met in azerbaijan over the weekend. here is the saudi oil minister. >> until we see it hurting consumers, until we see the impact on everybody, we are not going to change is. -- horse. ourse. unions haveoyee announced their opposition. there is speculation that he thousand positions could be cut -- 30,000 positions could be cut, one out of five of the global work. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. guy: thank you. what is coming next, boeing feeling the heat with its 737 max may have been flawed. this is bloomberg. ♪ bloomberg. ♪ guy: live from london, i am guy johnson. vonnie: from new york, i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg markets. there seems to be a rally across the board. abigail: we have stops mainly higher across the board. the dow, the s&p 500 higher. the s&p 500 is up 0.4%. the german dax is down. the rally in china continues with optimism. there has been some volatility. let's take a lo

and opposition blogger and azerbaijan has been released from prison after serving two years in a case condemned by human rights activists on hussain off posted critical articles about corruption among lawmakers and officials in the former soviet republic it was convicted of libel after saying he had been kidnapped and beaten by police. u.s. president has lashed out at his political opponents in a key speech at a conservative conference trump is under mounting pressure on both domestic and foreign policy after this week's failed north korea summit and the explosive allegations made by his former lawyer in congress but at the conference today trump was among friends. little has changed about donald trump's america first show since he first ran for president in twenty six dane this sounded like a campaign launch and it looked like one too in front of an audience of the truest or true believers the president made his case for re-election america is winning again was america is respected again with the end the world knows that that line got a cheer but the president didn't stay on his prep

and opposition blogger and azerbaijan has been released from prison after serving two years in a case condemned by human rights activists women who sing off posted critical articles about corruption among lawmakers and officials in the former soviet republic he was convicted of libel after saying he had been kidnapped and beaten by the police. and official in southern nigeria says more than fifty people are missing after a leaky oil pipeline exploded and triggered a stampede a blast caused a massive oil spill in by year less us state on friday the heavily polluted niger delta the country is one of the world's largest oil producers. he was president donald trump has lashed out as out his political opponents in a key speech to conservatives trump is under mounting pressure on both domestic and foreign policy after this week's failed north korea summit and the explosive allegations made by his former lawyer and congress today the u.s. president addressed the conservative political action conference its third successive speech to the gathering which for decades has played host to republic

in group e, croatia beat azerbaijan 2—1 — but had to come from behind to do it.late winner for last year's world cup runners—up. poland and north macedonia both won their opening games in group g, while israel against slovenia finished 1—all. and there's the confirmation of belgium's 3—1victory over russia in group eye. big wins, too, for cyprus and kazakhstan. one other result for you and chelsea will take a 2—0 lead into the second leg of their women's champions league quarter final against paris saint—germain. hannah blundell and erin cuthbert goals proved enough for the english champions in london. staying with football. bert van marwijk was officially introduced as the new head coach of the united arab emirates on thursday — just before they beat saudi arabia 2—1 in a friendly in abu dhabi. the dutchman succeeds alberto zaccheroni — who resigned after their defeat at the asian cup semi—finals in january. van marwijk — who led the netherlands to the world cup final in 2010, and managed australia during last year's world cup in russia — has signed a four—year

on wednesday ten degrees with tashkent will get a bit of rain at seventeen and the tucker answer azerbaijan to was tear on luck if you get a rain again in tehran ten west of all that's almost a quarter get it slowly rolling up the breeze is notable warning signs for iraq at least at first in terms of anything is slowly rising that doesn't mean to be the end of it but it is the end just for now south of this is in a federal breeze blowing down because recently down through the gulf but i think it's going to ease the tensions rise in doha twenty seven dusty breeze from the south as falls center and western parts of saudi arabia temperatures in the middle thirty's here otherwise fine looking picture just live a cloud in the sky southern africa not the same thing you've got the end of the rainy season still to come and there is more rainfall cost for central mozambique and malawi this is the next two days this is over areas already covered with extensive flooding otherwise this is a much drop picture. sponsors. when they're on line. is to be able to. express exactly what is happening in the mom

-- opec members and their allies will meet this week in azerbaijan to review output. >> thank you. the stage is set for a grand showdown in washington with the senate rejected president trump's national emergency declaration and he is taking to twitter to declare he will veto the declaration. drama elsewhere, too, with a possible trade summit with president xi jinping put off until next week at the earliest. let's start with that vote in the senate, a second review following that vote on yemen. what does this mean for the president? >> it means he may have to look over his shoulder in the future. this could open the way for republicans feeling more comfortable in defying him when he goes beyond the bounds that they set. down a fairlyned narrow question, if the president's emergency order in interferings with the congressional role in setting spending, so does not necessarily indicate that there is opposition to his wall a key part of his presidential campaign, but this also is going to be bound for the courts. congress will not be able to , so we'll goveto into effect and there wil

we have talked about azerbaijan. we will see how the prices move on monday. now, 58.40 for a barrel of crude. and now we will take a look at the global macro movers, see what we have today. it is a green screen in terms of equities. france, latin america and china experiencing gains. this on china's stimulus news overnight. emergingu can see, market currencies performing well today on the back of dollar weakness. guy: boeing is one of the stories affecting the market. and the company has reaffirmed the timing of a software update for the now grounded 737 max 8 jets, the update will be deployed in the coming weeks. on theares going higher timeline that it could be shorter. let's talk about how boeing fixes this problem. there is a said we will see the software upgrade being put in to the stalled software system, but will it be enough to satisfy the regulators, or do they want additional sensors to be applied to the aircraft as well? >> we are talking about the software fix, a quick fix, it takes about one hour to download and reports say it will require the sy

and now to annmarie hordern in baku, azerbaijan, at the opec meeting. annmarie: they've decided to scrap this april meeting, which means the decision of whether they should extend production cuts through the rest of the year will be decided in june. many are saying it is a bit of a flip flop from the saudi oil minister, who just last night was saying there is so much work to do, so many inventories to clear, and we are seeing this glut. the russian oil minister said we cannot make this decision until may or june given the supply constraints we may see from the likes of venezuela and iran. of thends me announcement in december. vladimir putin is essentially the world's energy czar. factors thatny could be taking this into consideration. the fact is this is still on the table. the cuts are still on the table. what many people might be viewing this as is that this meeting was essentially setting up the agenda for the rest of the year. itesn't mean -- doesn't mean the cuts won't be extended, but they will make the decision in june. they made it clear at the

opec and its allies met in azerbaijan today to ramp up oil production.nowhere near done with efforts to rebalance the market, but the kingdom's oil minister said next month is too early to decide about the rest of the year. bilaterald from the talks yesterday. april would be premature to make any kind of production decisions. matt: joining us now is .nne-marie -- saudise saudi's conceding to russia?anne that's an: interesting question. they are surprised by all of this u.s. shale production. russia is saying that it is too early to tell. we don't know about the potential supply constraints in the market given venezuela and iran. this includes china, india, and greece. four months ago, they had a deadline of may. if they decide to choke exports to zero, we could see a serious supply constraint. the saudi oil minister saying that they may have to wait until june. take a look at this interview from last night about the market right now. >> a think it makes much more sense to start discussing this topic in may or june when we about hallof clarity these uncer

of 1% opec needs to stay the course when it comes to production cuts he spoke at a conference in azerbaijanurphy is there and joins us with more. what were the headlines coming out of those particular meetings, dan? >> hi, dom we had the opportunity to speak with the saudi minister and he says that opec needs to, yes, stay the course. he also said that more work needs to be done to preven another glut in the oil market and says there's a broad consensus now that many major producers are looking at an extension to the current opec supply cut a chord listen in. >> we're guided again by what actually materializes in the marketplace in terms of inventory. so, until we see it hurting consumers, until we see the impact on inventory, we're not going to change course >> reporter: we also had the opportunity to speak with russia's energy minister alexander novak and he essentially disagrees with his saudi counterpart saying it's too soon to speak about an extension. i had the opportunity to ask him about compliance which has been a major issue for russia and he gave an assurance that russia will be

measured photographed men and women of all ages in azerbaijan neighbor to iran and former member of the soviet republic each person has a similar pose. as their patient was a part of iran until i was in one thousand century so when i went as i have asian i felt like i was going home and me that never goes back to iran being you know as i have asian was very sort of moving for me and was that aging. as a persian is a multiethnic nation between the caucasus mountains and the caspian sea. here and muslims jews and christians live peacefully side by side. the artist also asked her photo subjects about their notion of home and penned their own says on to their portraits in the home of my eyes searing nature also questions herself. i've lost all flavor of what is the meaning of home by being nomadic or not homeless but the magic and it was a interesting because they're there things that they pointed out to were that what was the essence of the meaning of home to them certain reasons that with never ever allowed them to leave by chance of me questioning them a bad they're in their relationship

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joining us from azerbaijan is annmarie hordern.r opec in the last 24 hours? thereie: it seemed like was a flip-flop for the saudi oil minister. it was not scheduled to happen but the russian oil minister had to go to crimea today to meet with president clinton for another event. -- to meet with president clinton for another of -- with president putin for another event. minister wasdi oil saying the job is not done, u.s. inventories are high, we are surprised by u.s. shale growth, we need to continue the job. the minister took the other side. speaking with me he said the market is balanced. the price of oil is trending $60 to $70. it is a fair price for consumers and producers. i said what is the point of these extensions? why extend the? he said you do not know what is happening tomorrow. what he is talking about the supply constraints from venezuela with sanctions as well as iran as the waivers deadline approaches in may. alix: annmarie hordern, thank you much for your reporting. still with us is alicia levine. your call on oil an

some energy ministers from opec and its allies, like russia, have been meeting in azerbaijan ahead of month. we're joined by caroline bain, chief commodities economist at capital economics. what do you make of this? we pay such close attention when 0pec meet. what has changed? we have had a sharp rise in the oil price at the end of last year, which is due to the cuts and also the involuntary loss of iranians and venezuelan barrels. at the same time we have got record us production. 0pec must be feeling slightly nervous about its market share given the rise in us production, but at the same time it is enjoying the higher prices. it is quite a difficult time for them to decide the best course of action. when it comes to the significance of russia, how important is it for 0pec to keep russia on side, even if it is outside the official club. it is very important. 0pec plus russia accou nts very important. 0pec plus russia accounts for a very large percentage of world production, obviously. so far we haven't seen much reduction in russian production, despite what they said. they have said

between saudi arabia russia the opec and other countries will continue to head such as kazakhstan azerbaijan and oman was yet will be in and of of course what do what it also does that stand at the rigby journal much. more oil and politics of the ways gone hand in hand russia had ambitions that went well beyond the new opec plus agreement. doesn't mean we shouldn't exaggerate the importance of all of the energy and political sphere party politicians and diplomats must cooperate with one another on other important questions to know there are other more frustrating but o.l. and gas strategies play a major role in global politics there's no doubt about that by for it that is the base not the tin is head of the presidential commission at the energy sector of russia. but the people in that if school complex where i say. the oil crisis has reconfigured the g a pretty. landscape resulting in surprising new alliances in one nine hundred forty five brought king even the son out of president franklin roosevelt together this time king solomon of saudi arabia traveled to russia to meet with president cl

the malaysian prime minister dr mahathir bin mohamad the guest of honor on this occasion azerbaijan's defense minister bahrain's chief of army staff and omani officials also are tending continuing from other by john bahrain trying our saudi arabia and turkey also took part in the parade alongside buckets guns armed for the big difference i can see is that in the last one there were very few to presentation from the muslim world and this time there were many countries like bread and turkey and going to most saudi arabia for the troll basically the muslim front across the globe today was an excellent event but just on me has done an excellent job here before out of afghanistan pakistan and iran and especially at the loving man you see today displayed evidence of pakistan's growing influence in the area one more important thing is this that in the backdrop of the terrorism manage that pakistan was facing for the last ten twelve years and this pakistan day parade was cancelled many times so this pakistan day is particularly important in the backdrop of the recent skirmishes or problems in

on wednesday ten degrees with tashkent will get a bit of rain at seventeen and the tucker answer azerbaijan to was tear on might give you a bit of rain again in tehran ten west of all that is all nicely quite again it's slowly rolling up the breeze is notable warning signs for iraq at least at first in terms of anything is slowly rising that doesn't mean to be the end of it but it is the end just for now south this is in a federal breeze blowing down because recently down to the gulf but i think it's going to ease the tensions rise and twenty seven dusty breeze from the south as falls center and western parts of saudi arabia temperatures in the middle thirty's here otherwise fine looking picture as liberty a cloud in the sky southern africa not the same thing you've got the end of the rainy season still to come and there is more rainfall cost for central mozambique and malawi this is the next two days this is over areas already covered with extensive flooding otherwise this is a much drop picture. my main interest every weekly news anchor brings a seemingly simple breaking story and that of

opec members and their allies will meet in azerbaijan. israel's financial hub is on alert after two rockets were fired from the gaza strip. one rocket landing outside the city and the other falling into the sea. say missilesports were intercepted. the military has denied that. it is the first time tel aviv has been targeted by militants since the gaza war of 20. india says it will continue to implement economic reforms in respect of what happens in the upcoming general election. to between 7.5% to 8%. the ministry noted the global slowdown in the trade war as important risks. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm selina wang. this is bloomberg. >> president trump says he should have news on a china deal in the next three weeks to four weeks and he says people will be talking about it for a long time. joe sobczyk joins us from washington. we reported that a deal is unlikely before march is out. what is going on behind-the-scenes in term

>> i think today was the first day of the joint monitoring committee in isa huishan -- in azerbaijan. statements to the media as well as in official statement probably sometime tomorrow from the opec plus group regarding intentions going forward. keep in mind this is a monitoring committee meeting and it is really designed to watch how producers have complied with the cuts that were in acted january 1. the next official meeting is not until april 17 and 18th. we will have more information as to what opec is planning. at that point you will be more any minister that wants to get a statement on what they want to do. we will see statements earlier today from the saudi arabia and energy minister saying he believes the opec agreement injurextends -- and needs to be extended. his voice will be one recognized by oil markets and expect oil to react to what he continues to say. we have seen wti rally, the charts on bloomberg showing the price really rallying in 2019. also at the same time we are seeing some bullish technical indicators. the 50 day moving average poised to go across the 100 day

the cartel met in azerbaijan and the saudi energy minister says they must continue to distribute untilt least june. he says the job is nowhere near complete, and excessive u.s. inventories mean there's a risk of short-term oversupply. >> i think it makes much more sense to start discussing this in may or june, when we actually have a lot more clarity on the state of the market and how these businesses are playing out. >> global news, 24 hours a day and at @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm rosalind chin. this is bloomberg. the federal reserve is expected to send more dovish policy signals at its meeting this week, paving the way for three asian central banks to maintain their policy positive as well. our global economics and policy editor, kathleen hays, is in new york with us for a preview. it is a foregone conclusion. the fed won't move, so what are we watching for? >> we will be watching what the fed signals about interest rate increases in 2019. every three months the federal reserve updates its economic projection

i think it's a real threat to democracy here in europe the rule of law and of course russia and azerbaijan and not only list some critics have said that that kind of undermines the whole process what do you think. of course is always an argument about who should or should not be on these lists but the process which the european commission that was objective and evidence led so i think these things can always be improved our view is that you should also get civil society involved in providing information that can improve these this but this was a very good first start and it's a shame to see member states essentially bottling it up when the pressure's on puzzle and thank you very much for your time well the e.u. commissioner has said that she hopes that a way forward will be found which gets approval both from the european parliament but also from e.u. member states she says that it is a crucial problem to be tackled the governments have said they want to be tough she wants those words to be put into action. name thanks that nadine baba in brussels. chinese telecom giant huawei is taking th

the secretary general spoke to bloomberg after the opec plus meeting which took place in azerbaijan. is practically impossible bring down the exports to zero. the waivers, the extension of the waivers continue to be one market growing in the because of the importance and size. gus: that is your bloomberg business flash. vonnie. vonnie: still ahead, fures "in focus." we'll speak about the dollar before the focm decision tomorrow. little more softness today. that's another session, several sessions, half a dozen or more of softness for the dollar. today one of the currencies that's benefiting from that softness, the brazilian real is up about a quarter of a percentage point. we know that president trump will be meeting with their president later on. having a bilateral meeting with him. we'll bring you that live as well. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ two-month extension, perhaps something beyond. >> we have to wait until march 20 to find out whether theresa may brings forward her plan a third time. whether it could pass. vonnie: this is a bloomberg special. the fed decides. gus: live from lond

not only from syria and iraq, but also from azerbaijan, turkey, indonesia, canada, and these people who have come from around the world to join this absurd experiment in god's will on earth still believe in the idea of an islamic state. and even though that state is crumbling before our very eyes, the powers of the world have come against it to try to extinguish it, they keep that flame alive with them, as they go out into the world. many of them are going to a camp called el hul north of here and these people are going to be kept in what amounts to an internment camp, not allowed to leave, the men have been separated and they're being held in different location where probably they will continue to be interrogated as not only the syrian democratic forces intelligence personnel, but also american, french, british and others try to get as much information as possible about this organization that is very soon, i think it is safe to say, about to lose its territory. but its appeal, despite everything, lives on. >> ben wedeman giving us a sense of what is happening on the ground. you see the

when azerbaijan's leader gave the clintons their portraits on a rug, this may well have been the look on bill's face, faced with this gift. just peachy. jeanie moos, cnn, new york. >> all right. thank you very much for joining us. anderson starts now. >> good evening. if you are wondering if the president of the united states apologized today on his attack of a war hero months after his passing, he didn't. in fact, help continued to express his dislike of john mccain, blaming him on healthcare and other unnamed issues. in the past, one of the issues he disliked in the campaign about mccain is he got captured during the vietnam and he was a p.o.w. for six years, he was tortured. mr. trump, apparently doesn't like members of the military what get captured, so he said. the continued comments of the president released a flood of attacks by every day citizens against the fa widow. cindy says she received one from facebook messenger, a note laced with obscenities, quote, your husband was a traitor's piece of warmongering s-word. the woman writes. i'm glad he is dead. i hope your piggy looki

when azerbaijan's leader gave the clintons their portraits on a rug, this may well have been the lookpeachy. jeanie moos, cnn, new york. >> all right. thank you very much for joining us. anderson starts now. >> good evening. if you are wondering if the president of the united states apologized today on his attack of a war hero months after his passing, he didn't. in fact, help continued to express his dislike of john mccain, blaming him on healthcare and other unnamed issues. in the past, one of the issues he disliked in the campaign about mccain is he got captured during the vietnam and he was a p.o.w. for six years, he was tortured. mr. trump, apparently doesn't like members of the military what get captured, so he said. the continued comments of the president released a flood of

only in his personal returns but up to 500-plus entities that he appears to control that range azerbaijanpanama beach. questions we have whether he's even being audited. michael cohen raised that question whether he was actually being audited. we want to make sure it's being done right. in richard nixon's case there were generous public comments about the audit from the irs. then when the facts were all out there, it turned out that he owed a significant amount of money. here's a president that appears to have engaged, according to his fixer, his lawyer, in some very questionable, what appear to be criminal, sleazy kind of operations that would deny tax revenue the government needs and confidence that the public needs in this tax system so that we all do our part to support this country. >> jill wine-banks, congressman doggett just handed the ball off to you with that reference to richard nixon's tax returns, which i know were part of the watergate investigation. and i have to say, this week, jill, for you, this is when it must really start feeling like watergate. you have very serious co

meet inand allies will azerbaijan to decide how much oil they plan to pump in the months ahead. -- at the same time, the spread between lighter and heavier grades is at the lightest since 2014. all oil is created equal and that could be working and opec's favor. market have been flooded by the surge in u.s. shale production. has a low sulfur content, earning the name, light sweet crude. it is perfect for making gasoline. much of opec's production is sour, heavy crude. it is harder to refine, although better for making diesel. the u.s. shale boom is relatively new. those who invested aliens processing the heavy stuff pay a premium. with too much sweet and not enough sour, it is -- the key question facing opec is whether they extend the cuts and tighten a strained market. bloomberg's annmarie pricen explaining differences. you'll be watching the meeting closely. what is the top of the agenda? >> one thing, venezuela taking center stage. notey aspects sending a saying levels dropped to 500,000 barrels a day. generally, they pumped over one million barrels a day. they have sanctions. tigh

they noted he was sole or principal own over five accept -- 500 separate business entities from azerbaijan to miami and they gave him an all-clear which he asked us to rely without noting that the same firm proudly boasted it was, quote, the russia law firm of the year. some of us believe we need a little more credible source to review his conduct but not just his conduct, that of anyone for either party that aspires to be the most powerful person in the entire world. even president nixon invited the joint committee on taxation to review his tax returns, explaining that the people have got to know whether their president is a crook. something very relevant to our times. candidates who cannot meet the very low richard nickson standard have no right to our highest office. if left untouchable and unreachable without exposure to sunlight, we will find business tax returns hide the darkest secrets. it is good that we have a strong act demanding disclosure of those returns. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserve? the gentleman from pennsylvania -- the gentlewoman from pen

malaysian prime minister mahathir mohamad mohamad being the guest of honor also the defense minister of azerbaijan we had paratroopers from saudi arabia brunei bahrain. and syria long couple of dissipating in a freefall just above the parade venue and also a show of support from the countries at a time when paul gets done relations with india are at an order time you know our correspondent there speaking to us live from islamabad thank you. well algerians have been out on the hundreds of thousands for a fifth straight week calling not only for president. but the rest of the government too they rallied in the capital algiers and in cities and towns across the country. well you can find much more on our website. the address for that is out there dot com. hello i'm. with the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. backed forces in syria are claiming they have liberated the last eisel controlled territory in the country confirming earlier white house reports the reports into russian interference in the twenty sixteen us election has been completed there are reports the main conclusions could be made public as so

the cartel and independent producers met in azerbaijan, and the saudi minister said the group needs tonue to restrict output until at least this june. he says excessive u.s. inventories mean a risk of short-term oversupply. initial data from the ethiopian airlines flight recorders show similarities with the lion air disaster from five months ago. information from the so-called black boxes have been downloaded, and the ethiopian transport minister says there are links to the indonesian crash. authorities hope to release a per luminary report within one month. onearthquake and landslide the popular indonesian tourist island of lomboc killed at least five people. the quake struck sunday afternoon. least 58ay evening, at people died and thousands were displaced by flash floods in eastern papua. most of that water has receded, but agencies expect mille -- the number of deaths to rise as it has been not possible to reach affected areas. global news on tictoc on twitter, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. haidi: germany's biggest lender and one of its biggest riva

they noted he was sole or principal own over five accept -- 500 separate business entities from azerbaijan to miami and they gave him an all-clear which he asked us to rely without noting that the same firm proudly boasted it was, quote, the russia law firm of the year. some of us believe we need a little more credible source to review his conduct but not just his conduct, that of anyone for either party that aspires to be the most powerful person in the entire world. even president nixon invited the joint committee on taxation to review his tax returns, explaining that the people have got to know whether their president is a crook. something very relevant to our times. candidates who cannot meet the very low richard nickson standard have no right to our highest office. if left untouchable and unreachable without exposure to sunlight, we will find business tax returns hide the darkest secrets. it is good that we have a strong act demanding disclosure of those returns. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserve? the gentleman from pennsylvania -- the gentlewoman from pen

opec and allies will meet this weekend in azerbaijan to decide how much oil to pump in the months aheadthe producer group faces a tightening market with the prices rally, including -- for reasons including crisis in venezuela and price cuts. twist, annmarie hordern is here to explain. annmarie: not all oil is created equal, and that could be something working in opec's favor. markets have been flooded by the surge in u.s. shale production, the high-quality oil is thin and easy to refine with a low sulfur content, earning it the name light, sweet, crude. much of opec's production is sour, heavy crude, a different animal. it is harder to refine, though better for making diesel. but the u.s. shale boom is relatively new and refiners who invested millions in processing heavy stuff pay a premium. with much sweet and not enough sour, u.s. oil is far cheaper than dubai's benchmark. facing opec isn whether they extend the cuts and tighten an already strained market of a very heavy coming very sour crude. anna: bloomberg's annmarie hordern reporting their. -- there. mike bell from jpmorgan is st

. >> reporter: there's also the bahrain, azerbaijan, even a south korean politician live-streaming hisinner. and the kuwaiti embassy recently hosting its annual gala. two cabinet secretaries in attendance, but now a historic lawsuit filed by the d.c. and maryland attorney generals calling into question those foreign patrons claiming president trump is profiting off foreign governments. and they say that's a violation of the u.s. constitution. >> we can prove that the president of the united states, a major owner of the trump hotel, is, in fact, receiving moneys from foreign countries. >> reporter: their lawsuit alleging president trump is violating the constitution's foreign emoluments clause, which bars those in office from accepting gifts or profiting from a foreign government. trump's attorneys fighting back arguing that foreign dignitaries are not attempting to curry favor with the president by patronizing the trump hotel. but may simply just prefer the trump brand. and that the president isn't prohibited from engaging in private business transactions. now, george, the trump organi