way is doing so well, thatis jealous azhar way is doing so well, that is the view of the us.ere will be more business news throughout the day on the bbc live web page and on world business report. we'll see you again tomorrow. good morning. yesterday the temperature got to 15 degrees celsius in the midlands, but it is going to feel colder than that during today. a distinct change in wind direction, low pressure, still formally in charge, the cloud is rotating round that, bringing some rain up in the north this morning but as the winds rotate it starts to bring in the colder airfrom but as the winds rotate it starts to bring in the colder air from the north so the blues quite widely across the uk through today. quite windy today, some fairly strong gust, it will feel colder, particularly for england and wales, where temperatures drop down by a good few degrees but rain this morning in scotland, northern ireland, edging through northern england, a bit of hill snow, that rain will edge down towards the south—east, there will be brighter skies towards the far south, especially th

again, secretary azhar, i would like to ask you again if you could share your work at the department of health and human services. >> misses from, i wonder, would you mind if our assistant secretary for health who leads the efforts on the opioid crisis , and special your work together on the neonatal abstinence syndrome, might be able to tell you a little bit about the youth work we are doing there. >> sure. hello. >> good morning. i am very pleased to be able to discuss an issue that is so important to you and important to all of us. that is improving the outcome of the infants and children exposed to opioids prenatally. as a pediatric medical care physician, much like doctor carson, this is very personal to me as it is to all of us. as you know, and as you have championed the incidents of neonatal abstinence syndrome, also neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome has increased over 700% between 2000 and 2020 14. in 2016 we saw over 25,000 babies affected by neonatal abstinence syndrome. this is likely an underestimate because of the inadequacies of diagnosis and awareness. it also doesn

my name azhar alum i am one of the afghan star finalists i'm eighteen years old and i'm from the province. i was so excited to join afghan star at the beginning i didn't know if i would make it into the first round and then people voted for me and the judges gave me good feedback and then i got into the final twelve now it's just down to me and one other over there. my father and mother were always encouraging me to become a singer along with some of my relatives only my uncle was not happy with me performing but my mother continued to encourage me more than everyone she encouraged me so much. my outfit is representative of kabul when. we used to have these types of clothes in gaza as well as in kabul and that's why i've decided to wear this dress for my past two so my role models are afghan signet daoud so hoosh and one of the judges. when i saw them perform i wanted to sing just like them and then they got up the courage to into afghanistan outside of afghanistan my role models that justin bieber and selena gomez. and i dream to be a professional one popular singer in the future and i h

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president donald trump azhar asked china to lift all tariffs on american agricultural products he says trade talks between the world's two biggest the biggest economies are going world the us president also pointed out he didn't impose the twenty five percent tariffs on friday as originally planned china and the u.s. are trying to negotiate a way out of a trade war that seen tit for tat hikes in tariffs since last year hallways chief financial officer will appear in court next week after canada allowed an extradition request to proceed more on joe was arrested a vancouver airport in december at the request of the us government it accuses hmong and the chinese tech giant of conspiring to violate sanctions on iran. the white house has been given until monday to hand over documents over its security clearances and follows reports u.s. president trump ordered his senior adviser jared kirshner top level access against the recommendations of intelligence officials she had returned see reports. question as appointment as a senior advisor to president trump was controversial the president had

very particularly, my discussion with secretary azhar was about the impact of that on the opioid crisis. because we know medicaid is how most people in this country access treatment for addiction. so if this president is serious about that, if he is serious about investing in helping us combat the opioid crisis, it is the completely wrong place to , you by narrowing in on know, medicaid expansion states and making that less available, when we know that it has tripled access to recovery treatment for people who use medicaid. states that have expanded have seen startling good advances. this president wants to go back on his promises regarding medicare, medicaid and social security, but it will have a particular impact on the ability to combat this opioid crisis that is so devastating to constituents in my district and across this country. reporter: [inaudible] -- mueller report. i'm wondering why you didn't mention it and what is the way forward now after the mueller report? mr. jeffries: at this point, the ball is in the court of the attorney general. six committee chairs have sent a let

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of masood azhar who's the leader of josh or mohammed and his brother in law and self-doubt a pox on the site these arrests are part of the key leadership of various different groups the forty one come from different groups not just mohammed so this is a very significant crackdown but there is a very key line in the statement that the pakistanis released saying that they have these people on the observation they knew where they were what who they have been arrested is the leader of joshua mohammed now there's all sorts of rumors flying around about him that he's ill that he may have passed away now we don't know where they are on the pakistanis very tightly as if they do know where years old and what sources medical condition he is in so there is still a number of arrests still to be made and this is what the pakistanis telling us that in the coming days with the more and more arrests what we're hearing is the people who have been arrested have been taken to a jail in the whole well the process but that doesn't mean that the issue of armed groups has gone away on both sides of the disput

against a request to put the leader of a pakistan based armed group on the un's terror blacklist massoud azhar heads the a mohammed group that claimed responsibility for last month's suicide attack in india the minister of kashmir in which at least forty troops were killed china says it needs more time to consider the request which was tabled by the u.s. france and britain beijing has blocked previous attempts to put on this list we can speak to happy monday could his associate professor of diplomacy and disarmament. hollow mary universities joining us from new delhi thank you for talking to us why does china consistently block this attempt which on this particular occasion was supported by the u.s. by france and by britain to put this individual on the list of prescribe to terrorists. clearly aren't you going to be pointed out this is not the first time in china i was doing it this is actually the fourth time china is doing it got us china is concerned china has to make a choice between each more important ally in the region pakistan or india and that's what our side has going to baucus on is

we can now bring in our guests from gaza city are abu sada professor of political science at al azhar university in gaza and from west jerusalem we have mitchell barak c.e.o. of kievan global research and he was the advisory to the former israeli president shimon peres and speechwriter for the ex prime minister ariel sharon and from haifa israel by skype he jazzy is the deputy regional director covering the middle east and north africa region for amnesty international thank you all very much for joining us now i'm going to get straight to it and let's start in gaza in gaza with more. firstly as we're it's talking about these anniversary as the anniversary of the protests is coming up what's your expectation for it do you expect that there will be a large turnout will see the kind of momentum that has been building up. well let me start by saying that the palestinian factions mainly hamas and islamic jihad and other palestinian factions have been preparing for this first anniversary of the gaza are big mush of return and breaking the siege for many days now and it is expected to be a b

. >> is the chief of jaish-e-mohammed masood azhar -- is he present in pakistan and if so, will you gofter him? >> he is in pakistan according to my information. he is very unwell. he's unwell to the extent that he cannot leave his house because he's really unwell. so that's the information i have. >> why doesn't your country arrest him so that the head of this group which you've all admitted is a terrorist organization and causes incredible tension to say the least between you two highly arm add neighbors, why don't you arrest him, ill or not ill? >> if they give us evidence which is acceptable to the courts of pakistan, after all, we would have to justify. they would go to the court, and if they have solid, inalienable evidence, share it with us so that we can convince, we can convince the people and we can convince the independent judiciary of pakistan. >> do you doubt what he's accused of doing and what the group is accused of doing? >> you see, it's not a question of me doubting. there is a legal process. and you have to satisfy that legal process. >> so let me ask you then, becau

we can now bring in our guests from gaza city are abu sada professor of political science at al azhar university in gaza and from west jerusalem we have mitchell barak c.e.o. of kievan global research and he was the advisor to the former israeli president shimon peres and speechwriter for the ex prime minister ariel sharon and from haifa israel by skype he jazzy is the deputy regional director covering the middle east and north africa region for amnesty international thank you all very much for joining us now i'm going to get straight to it and let's start in gaza in gaza with . firstly as words talking about these anniversary as the anniversary of the protests is coming up what's your expectation for it do you expect that there will be a large turnout will see the kind of momentum that has been building up. well let me start by saying that the palestinian factions mainly hamas and islamic jihad and other palestinian factions have been preparing for this first anniversary of the gaza are big mush of return and breaking the siege for many days now and it is expected to be a big ten now

among those forty one people that been arrested include the brother and the brother in law of masood azhar who is the leader of the group responsible for the february fourteenth attack that led to this latest standoff between pakistan and india but that doesn't mean the groups are out of action they still present a big problem for both india and pakistan let's take a look at the issues facing both of those countries. they tell me it will be free this group called themselves but they deem it the budget of holy warriors their leader mohammed haroun he's a firebrand cleric who supports armed groups across kashmir including jaish e mohammed that's the group who claimed responsibility for the february fourteenth attack on indian troops that sparked this latest crisis between pakistan and india . god willing the fighters of already across the country and are ready to pounce on their targets and are waiting for the right time and god willing this year will be the liberation of the whole of kashmir. the anti indian pro united kashmiri ideology is fundamental to all of the groups in the region indi

has blocked a bid to put the leader of pakistan based armed group on the un's terra blacklist masood azhar heads jaish e mohammad the group that claimed responsibility for last month's suicide attack an indian administered kashmir at least forty indian troops were killed china says it needs more time to consider the request from the u.s. france and britain beijing has blocked previous attempts to put our solder on this list the much. china is undertaking a comprehensive and thorough evaluation we still need more time therefore we propose a suspension to the application and we sincerely hope that the relevant action can contribute to the country solving their problems through dialogue and negotiation and helps avoid adding complicating factors to the region's peace and stability the thoughts now jacob who is an associate professor of diplomacy and disarmament studies at georgetown netter university he thinks beijing's decision is politically motivated. that has to make a choice but to end each more important ally in the region baucus or india and afghanistan has been baucus and he's more im

among those forty one people that been arrested include the brother and the brother in law of masood azhar who is the leader of jaish e mohammad that's the group responsible for the february fourteenth attack that's led to this latest standoff between pakistan and india but that doesn't mean the groups are out of action they still present a big problem for both india and pakistan let's take a look at the issues facing both of those countries. they challenge all kish meet will be free this group called themselves dean the budget holy warriors their leader mohammed haroun he's a firebrand cleric who supports armed groups across kashmir including jaish e mohammed that's the group that claimed responsibility for the february fourteenth attack on indian troops that sparked this latest crisis between pakistan and india . god willing the fighters of al bad are already across the country and are ready to pounce on their targets and are waiting for the right time and god willing this year will be the liberation of the whole of kashmir. the anti indian pro united kashmiri ideology is fundamental to

we can now bring in our guests from gaza city are abu sada professor of political science at al azhar university in gaza and from west jerusalem we have mitchell barak c.e.o. of kievan global research and he was advisor to the former israeli president shimon peres and speechwriter for the ex prime minister ariel sharon and from haifa israel by skype he jazzy is the deputy regional director covering the middle east and north africa region for amnesty international thank you all very much for joining us now i'm going to get straight to it and let's start in gaza in gaza with more. firstly as words talking about these anniversary as the anniversary of the protests is coming up what's your expectation for it do you expect that there will be a large turnout will see the kind of momentum that has been building up. well let me start by saying that the palestinian factions mainly hamas and islamic jihad and other palestinian factions have been preparing for this first anniversary of the gaza are big mush of return and breaking the siege for many days now and it is expected to be a big turnout