of bahrain? >> i know, david, you've been to bahrain, population is 1.5. we have, speaking of covid very quickly, we have one of the highest test per capita because of the number of population. we have 1.8 tests, 1.8 million tests that were done up-to-date, but bahrain is a developing country. it's moving really quickly. we've diversified away from oil a very long time ago and so we are looking at different prospects as we grow our entrepreneurship and small to medium enterprises. and we're looking at opportunities. this is a great opportunity and it will unlock potential business opportunities for entrepreneurs and especially in the tech industry. david: i've been to bahrain many times and i always wonder why is it that bahrain didn't get oil as much as let's say the other countries in the region? do you ever think that maybe you could look harder? there's no oil or ever feel short-changed or what have you done to build your economy without oil? >> back in 1932, bahrain was the first country to

in who could replace him, who could step in for him and bahrain this weekend?is now the hottest question in formula i quite friendly. everybody has their own opinion. a lot of the brits would love to be the williams driver who was also the reserve for mercedes and is the young driver programme for mercedes and that is george russell. however will williams won't let him go to is one big question. the actual reserve driver is someone doing formula e testing and his hot putting it across valencia to bahrain as scheduled tonight. so i suppose eve ryo ne scheduled tonight. so i suppose everyone is waiting and we are hoping we get an announcement sometime tomorrow about who will ta ke sometime tomorrow about who will take what is possibly the most pricey ever in formula i. take what is possibly the most pricey ever in formula 1. certainly is. just two days after his horrific crash in bahrain, fi driver romain grosjean has said he hopes to compete in the final race of the season in less than two weeks' time. the haas driver, who'll spend a third night in hospital with

trump netanyahu with bahrain in the u.a.e. . well i mean he threw a lot out of me right there so the let me just say firstly about the saudis involvement with the u.a.e. it seemed that they might have had a hand in it because it would be difficult to see the crown prince of the united arab emirates commitments i make a move this kind without the crown prince's approval from saudi arabia and yes let me just say about the palestinians for a moment in my personal opinion israel now should be reaching out to the palestinians because we're reaching out from point straight sadly there intransigent they're stuck in their old ways they're they're missing another they don't miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity as op even our famous diplomat once said many years ago but still pertinent today with regard to the palestinians but i would hope that maybe they'll come around to it and i hope that maybe through the arab world the palestinians will recognize that now is actually the time to come back to the table to negotiate to try to rea

what do you mean there have been relations before between israel and the united arab emirates and bahrain the u.a.e. didn't recognize israel they would raise the word israel from atlases in libraries in dubai i happen to be many still far foreign affairs of is where 25 years ago and i met with the bus. in sherman hundreds of pieces of president mubarak at that time we met several times with abdullah bit they. was over there were on the south lawn of the white house reason ateneo heal a ship between israeli business easier relationship between our governments i was there for some 20 years and they still i do not deny it's very positive development that they're now ready to sign more formal agreement with south and open embassy than normalization debt good good news for the middle east it's a blow to the palestinians but i hope that we'll find a way to make it. so also. paid with full the prospect of. contact with the palestinians not the other wife not old bloke to be with the palestinians i should say the leaders of met with israeli leaders they certainly don't recognize israel diplomatic

coronavirus has kept him away from bahrain.sakhir grand prix he was just edged to pole position by team mate valterri bottas. nick parrott reports. george russell is taking the biggest opportunity of his career in his dried. in 36 races, spanning two yea rs dried. in 36 races, spanning two years in formula i, dried. in 36 races, spanning two years in formula 1, his best qualifying position was 11. now he is in the championship winning mercedes, pole position was within his reach. he had never been outqualified by team—mate, but then he has never been in the same car as someone of the calibre is felt to rebut us. the finn went out first in the final session, setting the benchmark to beat. russell could not match it but red bull's and ferrari's leapfrogged match it but red bull's and ferrari's lea pfrogged both match it but red bull's and ferrari's leapfrogged both mercedes to the front row. with a short black taking less than a minute mercedes we re taking less than a minute mercedes were quickly out again and back in front with

thrills and spills came early in bahrain must read rules much for stopping and ferrari show leclairecrushed out on the opening lap with lewis hamilton absent fell to the bottom us was the favorite yet all eyes were on hamilton's replacement precocious 22 year old briton george russell and russell looks set to embarrass porto's with an incredible maiden victory but mercedes soon put paid to the hopes of both men disastrous pit stops. to start sometime. but look for russell. looks like in the future it's not really just scuppered appears chances as they finished well off the pace. but one man's anguish is another's joy and there was something of a few details so he'll prez's 1st ever when the mexican was in his penalty mcgraw i'm pretty with racing point hundreds without a team for next season. it was a landmark day 2 for frenchman esteban colm who was overcome as his 2nd place clinched in the 1st ever spot on the podium. i cried on the line for former promotion you know going through my mind i fully but the day belonged to race when our pet is who like struggled to hold back the tears

and on sunday will be in iran mostly the might be a few showers in the gulf the might even catch bahrain but it's clearly rain or snow it's hard for iran moving up to azerbaijan as well as for the eastwards towards afghanistan that behind it is usually a couple days of sunshine the breezy dies down the very warm bodies were should be 18 for baghdad and 28 in doha the forecast for doha will see the temperatures drop away as a cold cold cooling northwesterly sets in so that's the picture than for monday we've got more showers brewing in the g we're proper rain brewing and will probably send a few showers across the levant the start of next week the seasonal rains in africa doing what they should do now is a good line from angola through zambia towards zimbabwe and mozambique now we have seen some rain in malawi where it's much wanted we see regular showers down in south africa that's going to happen again but the puter reflects the rains only just getting in to mozambique and a long way it's gone away again. but the. 2 in kolkata culture of knowledge openness and pluralism worldwide and to

and for one dr bell romania kurrajong returns to the bahrain circuit at the scene of this horrifying crash to thank those who saved his life. with a tiny it in cameras criminals are illegally filming and sharing people's most intimate moments when he's to investigate south korea's spy cam demick on al-jazeera. be the hero the world needs right. washing. in 2008 traveled across the united states discovering what it was like to be both a patriotic american and a devout muslim can he be muslim and american in the hof to be american 1st i didn't have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that i'm listening to elected to the united states congress want has changed rewind islam in america on al-jazeera. you'll. find our top stories this more than one and a half 1000000 people have now died globally to cope with 93rd of those deaths have happened in just the last 2 months several countries have been reporting record numbers of deaths and new cases. the un's refugee agency says the bangladesh must not force ranger refugees to move to a remote island off the coasts which is prone t

the german, who's 21, could wrap up the formula two championship in bahrain this weekend.d mick schumacher to f1 this morning — and showed off a picture of one of his hands, burnt when he crashed at the bahrain grand prix last weekend. he was released from hospital today — and he said he almost cried when he was told he didn't need the full dressing anymore and he could actually use his fingers. "a victory on my way to recovery", he called it. a thousand boxing fans will be allowed into wembley arena for anthony joshua's heavyweight title defence against kubrat pulev. local authorities have given the go—ahead, with london falling into tier 2 of the latest covid—i9 restrictions. there will be strict safety measures in place for the fight, on december the 12th, when joshua's four titles will be on the line. he hasn't fought on home soilfor over two years, and tickets will be priced at between 100 and 1000 pounds. england bowler mark wood is hoping for a leading role in the one—day side to face south africa, after missing out on all three t20 games. the starts on friday. it'l

and land border to qatar the gulf nation has been under a land sea and air blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt since june 2017 president trumps a senior advisor cush there wasn't doha on wednesday and is reported to have also visited saudi arabia bloomberg and the new york times suggests the tentative deal is being brokered by kuwait but does not include bahrain the u.a.e. or egypt al-jazeera senior political analyst marwan bashar explains what reconsolidation with saudi arabia would mean for qatar i think for qatar the important player is saudi arabia and the important neighbor and the and that country that which they care to have an immediate. solution with or you know open relations with would probably be saudi arabia the other ones are not that important i'm not sure qatar cares very much whether or when bahrain decides to call them board egypt is kind of a bit foreign it has which is the dishes or had and the u.a.e. is playing its own game you know preferred in good relations with israel that credit that relations with its own neighbor qatar so i think that they're im

one world champion lewis hamilton has gone into isolation after testing positive for covert 19 in bahrain. the british driver reported mild symptoms on monday, but is said to be otherwise fit and well, hamilton won the bahrain grand prix for c.d.'s on sunday. 2 weeks after clinching a record equalling 7th world title. a replacement driver will take his place in this weekend's sat here grand prix, which is being held in bahrain. reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera to drug firms have applied for european approval for their corona virus vaccine. the american firm, pfizer and its german partner by on take, have joined medina to ask for emergency consent. the european union's medicines agency says it aims to make a decision by the end of the month. the companies say the 1st shots could be administered almost immediately. similar approval has been requested in the u.s. with experts deciding who will get the job 1st. this can really help it.

over the past few days katsa has been under an illegal land sea and air blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt since june 2017 present senior adviser jared kushner recently visited both riyadh and our hala the foreign ministers of council and kuwait also said there's been some progress. we hope that these. this progress can lead to a final agreement which looks in reach and i can say i am somewhat optimistic that we are close to finalizing. an agreement between all the issues in dispute to come to a resolution that we think will be satisfactory to all we have achieved set in for a better set certain point of time more than a year ago and then things has voted on and right now there are some movements that we hope that this will put and for this crisis because we see and we believe actually that gulf unity is very important for the security of the region for the stability of that region and for for the sake of our people this need this crisis needs to end well a deal between katherine and saudi arabia would signal the end of a dispute that's pitted the gulf neighbors agains

of the new york times suggest the tentative deal is being brokered by kuwait but doesn't include bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt but a deal between qatar and saudi arabia would signal the end of a dispute that spitted the gulf neighbors against each other for more than 3 years in june 27th seen saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt because whole diplomatic ties and economic ones also with casa they accused of creating instability of supporting terrorism which causes government denies they closed its only land border and imposed an embargo q.h. initially stepped in to mediate that there had been little or no compromise the latest effort by the trumpet ministration is seen as a last ditch to ditch attempt to resolve the issue before he leaves office in syria syria political analyst mo and bashar explains what reconciliation with saudi arabia would mean for qatar. i think for qatar the important player is saudi arabia and the important neighbor and the and that country that which they care to have an immediate. reconsideration with or open relations with with probably saudi arabia the othe

resolve the gulf dispute has now been on to an illegal land sea and air blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt since june 2017 the foreign ministers say constructive talks have taken place between the 4 nations and they all want to reach a final agreement president from senior adviser jared question i recently visited riyadh and starhawk both for talks quite foreign minister gave a short statement a while ago saying that progress has been made. if i thought of all the as a constructive and fruitful talks have taken place recently where all the parties have stressed their desire to reach a final agreement and resolutions to preserve the region stability and harmony maintain the interest of the peoples within this context we express our appreciation for the latest if its pledge or pushing the us president's advice about it we have achieved set in for a better set septum point of time more than a year ago and then things has your down and right now there are some more moments that we hope that this will put and for the best price because we see and we believe actually that go

and the formula 1 world champion lewis hamilton will miss this weekend's grand prix in bahrain — afterve for coronavirus. he says he is devastated and coming up in the sport on bbc news... newcastle united's coronavirus outbreak forces their match at aston villa to be postponed — the first top flight match called off since the league resumed. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. it's one of the oldest names on the high street. now debenhams is set to close — putting 12,000 jobs at risk. the company, which was founded 2a2 years ago, went into administration earlier this year. efforts to find a buyer have so far failed. around 6,500 jobs have already been cut at the store since may. now 12,000 more face redundancy. it comes just hours after the arcadia group — with brands like topshop and miss selfridge — went into adminsitration, putting 13,000 jobs at risk. for now, debenhams stores and its website will remain open but liquidators are moving in tomorrow to start to clear the stock, and if no other alternative offer is available the stores will all be closed by the end of ma

bahrain can do it -- no offense against bahrain. >> right. >> but if they can do it, i'm pretty confident the american people and the american government has the capacity to do it. >> point taken. it's unacceptable to see the line of elderly waiting in florida hours if not days to get their vaccines as well. dr. reiner, dr. jha, great to have you on. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news, josh hawley announcing he will challenge the electoral college count and won't rule out challenging multiple states' election results. >>> plus former president obama delivering his closing message just days before georgia's crucial election. >> georgia, we have the power. and now it's time to vote. >>> and don wells, the actress who played marianne on "gilligan's island" dies from coronavirus. >> it's gilligan, skipper and the professor. als with nostalgi. so to help you remember that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here's one that'll really take you back. it's customized home insurance from liberty mutual! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. libe

all of this paved the way for the abraham accords between israel and the uae and bahrain and sudan and most recently morocco and the potential is there for more on the horizon. now the middle east is not the only place the trump administration has shored up our footing on the worldth stage. and prayers in revenue national defense strategy. and to rebuild the military that america keeps the edge from space to advance weapon systems. and signing into law the historic commission act to make sure that does not and when the tour concludes. and that is nearly endless in the text of the lowest level since the 1970s. and the champion administration and then to conserve the national treasure like the outdoors act. and the most importantos of all and that the senate confirmed three outstanding supreme court justices along with 220 federal judges brilliant young constitutionalist men and women with lifetime appointments who will renew the judiciary for generation. 's because president trump knows we need those that the framers of the third branch of government. it would take far more than one spe

storing and freezing that vaccine especially challenging there as the temperature in bahrain can getnheit in the summer the country has a population of 1.6 million. so far it's recorded 87,000 covid cases and 341 deaths >>> fda scientists reviewing the two promising vaccines we've all been hearing about, the one from pfizer and the one from moderna. if they get the go-ahead, millions of americans could get doses by the end of the year it's up to the states to decide how to distribute the vaccine. for that it now seems there's no detailed plan across the country. but at duke university the hospital is already taking steps to prepare for the first round of shots here's nbc's dasha burns >> reporter: at the end of the grim week everybody is looking for air little bit of hope and here at duke university hospital this room represents that. this is where hopefully in a couple of weeks or so people will be getting some of those first vaccinations may not look like much yet but had so much planning into it they had to find a space large enough to set up stations at a social distance. they ha

bahrain becomes the second country to approve the pfizer vaccine. >> progress on vaccines gives us all lift, and we can now stt to see the light at the end o the tunnel. >> the u.k. promises to reduce carbon emissions more quickly than any other major economy, but a watchdog warns of a colossal challenge. and the explosive sound that prompted hundreds to call the police in edinboro. it turned out to ba rare weather phenomenon, thunder snow. ♪ hello and welcome to the program. we start with breaking news on the brexit trade talks in london. within the past hour, they have been paused as e.u. and u.k. negotiators failed to use an agreement -- reach an agreement. they will discuss the state of the talks saturday afternoon. negotiator david frost tweeted -- after one week of intense negotiations in london, the two chief negotiators agree the conditions for an agreement are not met due to significant diversions is on level playing field, and fisheries. shall bernier tweeted out -- michelle bernier tweeted out almost the same message. as the talks have been put on hold, what are you hearing

lakers and finally one driver raymond version or a chance in the bahrain sakit scene of his horrifying crash just 4 days ago. but we begin with the corona virus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the world the picture as you can see is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches and since the start of the pandemic there. the more than 64000000 confirmed cases coming quite close to 65000000 there and nearly one and a half 1000000 people have died from the fire as well the united nations is currently holding a special session of the general assembly on covert 19 in his opening statements the secretary general antonio caetera she emphasized again that governments must be united in their response to the pandemic for the 1st time since $145.00 entire world is confronted by a common threat regarded less of a nationality at the city or face the world us organization provided factual information and scientific guidance that should have been the basis for equality in a few global response unfortunately many of these recommend

and bahrain earlier this year. the trump administration has issued a new visa policy making it harder for chinese communist party members and their families to reside in the u.s. the new rule reduces the maximum duration of travel raises from 10 years to one month white house as the measure is to reduce the party's influence in america china's foreign ministry says the restrictions represent an escalated form of political oppression towards china. u.s. president donald trump has declined to say whether he still has confidence in attorney general bill barr the department of justice chief said earlier this week there was no sign of major fraud in last month's election he's a little hard core. ask me that. in a number of weeks from now they should be looking at all of this fraud this is not civil he thought it was civil this is not civil this is criminal stuff this is very bad criminals. so ahead this news up one of the best of a football action from the asian champions league that's coming up the chairman sport and a

caliphate on the previous president's watch -- this led to the islamic accord that included u.a.e., bahrain, sudan and most recently morocco and the potential is there for more on the horizon. now the middle east isn't the only place where the trump administration has shored up our footing on the world stage. our 45th commander in chief set out to rebuild and modernize our military from a chapter of weakness and apology into a renewed posture of strength. four years later we have a new national defense are strategy to compete with and deter adversaries like russia and china, we have rebuilt the military and invested in new technologies to enhad sure that america keeps our edge in everything from cyber to space to advanced weapons systems. nd the president's leadership has not stopped with those who are currently serving. he signed into law the historic v.a. mission act to ensure our dedication to the men and women in uniform does not end when their tours conclude. clearly, madam president, the list of american accomplishments since 2016 is nearly endless. there are the many miles of new pro

they never have an war with israel committing either morocco or the emirates or bahrain nor sudan. in a sensethey're lookingor any where they can make peace or where they can hav agreements and normalization, as they say, in order to say they made peace and you see the palestinian noterners not settlers -- longer applicable. israel can have all the fruits of what is called peace and normalization without having to y its du in terms of compliance with international law. this does weaken the palestinian position. the u.s. administration has taken several unilateral and illegal steps in order to bash the palestinians into submission and it has failed. clears, now it is very that have fragmented and created an enhanced faultlines within the region. there supporting sort of artificial polarization. and they are creating further rifts between the people and the leadership. and there supporting more autocratic regimes. we think the trump administration has been acting outside the laws. n course the palestinians this weakens their hand. they know in many ways it undermines the unanimous su

the thrills and spills came early in bahrain as red bulls mucks pushed up and ferrari charlotte clare crashed out on the opening lap with lewis hamilton absent fell to the bottom us was the favorite yet all eyes were on hamilton's replacement precocious 22 year old briton george russell and russell looks set to embarrass porter's with an incredible maiden victory but miss city's soon put paid to the hopes of both men disastrous pit stops. such as. hand but look for russell. looks like an option type really just scuppered appears chances as they finished well off the pace. but one man's anguish is another's joy and there was something of a feely tale to say he will prez's 1st ever when the mexican was in his banal to meet drawn pre with racing point and is without a team for next season. it was a landmark day 2 for french minister bangle kong who was overcome as his 2nd place clinched in the 1st ever spot on the podium. i cried on the line almost remorse and you know going through my mind actually but the day belonged to race winner pet is who like struggled to hold back the tears. and

collective calls for democracy justice freedom of expression governments for autocrats names like with bahrain get off ben ali when we're in this special edition of the listening post we're taking a retrospective look at what happened in the subsequent crush of democratic movements the clampdown on freedom of the press that remain in place today we've chosen to focus on the stories of 3 countries where the movement got its start egypt where it appeared to reach. and syria where to get a brick wall the arab spring starting point came on december 17th 2000 in the small central tennessee in city of city. where a street vendor. who was is fed up with local officials. unable to make a living set himself on fire it was one individual act of protest that would cost him his life and ultimately set off shock waves that would travel from north africa to the arabian gulf. with the regime of president ben and he created a kind of political police and a whole network to get into people's heads so that no matter where you are no matter who you are we felt the walls have ears and we are being listened to all

and those hamilton substitute protests miss avies at the top of the time sheets in bahrain details coming up at the school. now iran's supreme national security council has approved a motion to stop unshadowed inspections by the u.n. nuclear watchdog and to increase its enrichment of uranium. the plan is expected to be in place in 2 months time after it's signed into law by president hassan rouhani the motion was approved by the guardian council this week when it speaks to our correspondent also of ari she joins us now from tehran what does this mean in practice both in terms of the uranium enrichment and where this now places iran and the conversation about the potential resurgence of the nuclear deal. well it makes things very very difficult but what this movie has done is really iran has managed to put the ball in the other and the international communities court the supreme national security council said that it was in the national interest of the country for this bill to be approved they were very receptive to it they said that this is not something that should be used to highlight t

budget snap elections will be held in march rebel groups in central african republic of reported the bahrain as the country's 4th largest city as they push towards the capital bangui the government has accused rebels backed by the former president was do say of attempting a coup and united nations investigators have handed the security council evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity in mali armed groups and security forces are implicated in the report those are your headlines i'll be back with another news update on al-jazeera that's after listening post which is next. following 2 fatal crashes and the past year boeing decided to ground the brand new 7 for 7 max but this wasn't the 1st time the wound had a new aircraft back in 2013 the 787 dreamliner back into trouble when the battery caught fire but as allan just the us investigative unit discovered there was more to the problem than just smoking batteries. rewind a broken dream the boeing 787 on al-jazeera. one of the things that really struck me you could feel not just that people were fearless but that there were joyous. there

way the abraham accords, the historic normalization of relationships between israel and the uae, bahrain and sudan, and most recently, morocco. forthe potential is there more on the horizon. now the middle east is not the only place the trump administration has shored up our footing on the world stage. our 45th commander-in-chief set out to rebuild and modernize our military and move our foreign policy from a chapter of weakness into a renewed posture of strength. four years later, we have a new toional defense strategy deter adversaries like russia and china, we have rebuilt the military and invested in new technologies to ensure america keeps our edge in everything from space to advanced weapon systems. the president's leadership has not stopped with those who are currently serving. he also signed into law the act to ensure dedication to the men women -- men and women in your form -- in uniform is not and when their tours conclude. so clearly the list of american accomplishments since 2016 is nearly endless. of newre many miles protection on our southern border, and at one point appreh

in formula one city of paris claimed victory at an action packed sec here a grand prix in bahrain the mexican driver from racing point how does nerve to win for the 1st time in 190 formula one races mercedes george russell was standing in for a world champion lewis hamilton who has a coronavirus there was bitter disappointment for russell after a debut race that had promised so much. the thrills and spills came early in bahrain plus red pools much pushed up and for every show leclaire crushed out on the opening lap with lewis hamilton absent beltre the ball to us was the favorite yet all eyes were on hamilton's replacement precocious 22 year old briton george russell and russell looks set to embarrass both us with an incredible maiden victory but mercedes soon put paid to the hopes of both men disastrous pit stops. style sometimes. but look for russell. looks like we're in a function of celebrity culture. scuppered the pair's chances as they finished well off the pace. but one man's anguish is another's joy and there was something of a fairly tale to say that he will cut as is 1st eve

bahrain and egypt qatar. in june 2017 the locating countries sever diplomatic ties with doha and issued a list of 13 demands for qatar to implement. they include downgrading ties with iran closing a turkish military base and shutting down al-jazeera qatar dismissed the demands as a violation of its sovereignty the us has been trying to end the blockade where reared its might undermine its efforts to contain iran's influence in the region in the last few months american officials had been hoping saudi arabia would open his space to the tide of flights and move the trump administration believes will deny iran an estimated $100000000.00 in annual fees qatar pays to fly over its airspace the coming days and weeks which show if the gulf rival nations are ready to set aside their differences $1.00 of the ones of the brocade might take even longer to heal. is iraq. u.s. secretary of state might pompei or says washington is optimistic the deadlock will end but didn't say when we are very hopeful that the. dispute bet

morocco is the fourth arab country to normalise ties with israel in recent months after the uae, bahrainrm letting website airbnb has begun trading on the stock market for the first time. its share price opened far higher than originally predicted, with the company valued at more than a hundred billion dollars. it's the biggest debut sale of shares by a us firm this year. conservationists say decades of efforts to save the european bison are proving successful. according to the latest update of the official extinction list, more than six thousand of the large mammals are scattered across poland, belarus and russia. they were almost wiped out by hunting and habitat loss a century ago, surviving only in zoos. stay with us on bbc news, still to come:and hollywood star viola davis tells us about her new role as the pioneering blues singer, ma rainey. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building in the center of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil, and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th cease—fire of this war ended at the walls of th

bahrain and each issued a list of demands the guitar he's happy to give relations group to be normal. has not turned turkey and iran for trade and has drawn closer to the islamic republic directing its planes through iranian airspace. the saudis with. the political transition now unfolding in washington and the management of m.p.'s his reputation also appear to have factored into this current shift in riyadh's tactics mohammed been said my name was synonymous to so many negatives in the region he was there when several saudi businessmen were in a hotel in riyadh his name is there in yemen we saw his name involved with jim i should she so he has so many negative things associated with his name so i think most of the people who followed his policies so that there was a time when it had been said man will start a new strategy and i think that that is the easiest issue he can solve with. term. and you administration will likely be harsher on saudi arabia and. the saudi crown prince to find solutions to some of the foreign policy issues to make his. international wrong so this will also he

and bahrain earlier this year. still to come this half hour. we used to have our land our home you don't know how you will find food to eat and adj and crisis in syria as the winter cold puts millions of people at risk. the festive surprise how this koala many somewhat home in a plastic christmas tree. i think for some parts of australia over the next couple of days we are going to see something of a break in the heat for many we have had record heat to start december through the next day or so with the high pressure down towards the south so just roaring the winds from a cool a southerly direction there will be the snow recently they had to tasmania as we go on through the next a day or 2 sharri rain will push in from the southern oceans and that'll just slide its way towards victoria to watch tasmania we'll see some wet weather coming in it'll meet up with the very warm air some life he said was a possibility all the way across into southern parts of new south wales as we go on through saturday one of the showers to coming into new zealand ba

off to significant progress in talks cata has been under an illegal land sea and by saudi arabia bahrain in the u.a.e. and egypt since june 2017 u.s. president donald trump's administration has been trying to mediate the talks for mrs of catherine quite a full set has been some progress we have achieved set in for the septum point of time more than a year ago and then things has slowed down and right now there are some movements that we hope that this will put an end for this crisis because really see that we believe actually that gulf unity is very important for the security of the region for the stability of that region and for for the sake of our people this need this crisis needs to. human rights groups are saying that worried rango refugees have been forced onto a remote bangladeshi island the government says the group of more than 1600 people will move to ease overcrowding in camps it says only those who are willing to move have gone but the how are concerns about coercion more than a 1000000 rangar who fled neighboring myanmar opting housed in the camps. u.s. president elect joe b

to bahrain to sudar and i sincerely hope that it will also move further along i think it's difficult to put a stop schedule to that i don't think these type of. breakthroughs would have happened without a measure of. agreement from the saudis so we're patient to see how we can evolve these things don't happen from one date of the next their processes which take quite a while at the trump administration was instrumental of course in these. agreements trump remains very popular in israel how do you see relations with the u.s. under the new incoming president but 1st of all i have served in washington twice and met with the president elect biden i see. i am as a great friend of israel and i think that any administration comes in has a strong realize that the need for a strong the continuation of the strategic partnership with israel i think there will also be supportive of this new normalization process and also the peace treaties that we have with egypt and jordan jordan and now with these other countries and i think they'll also be very cognizant of the threats that we and our neighbo

challenger off was stranded on the island the waters of lake bahrain go rising by almost 15 centimeters a day which means the island is getting smaller she was loaded onto a raaf made of steel and empty drums and pushed across the lake safety fortunately there are plans to move another 7 giraffes in the coming weeks. stick a quick reminder of the headlines now gulf states appear to be near a resolution with castle following the 3 f. blockade saudi arabia's foreign minister says all nations involved are close to finalizing an agreement on to significant progress in the talks cateye has been under an illegal lad see an ad blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt for 3 years the foreign ministers of catherine quaid have also spoken about progress we have achieved certain for the septum point of time more than a year ago. things slowed down and right now there are some movements that we hope that this will put and for discourse because receipt we believe actually that gulf unity is very important for the security of the region for the stability of of the region and for for the

that hacked when this rift opened up back in 2017 critics which included the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt all demanding that this network al-jazeera be shut down while accusing qatar of backing political movements the trade in terror in the years since the information sphere has proven to be a crucial battleground from the competing television channels owned and influenced by the governments involved to the armies of trolls and influencers on twitter and facebook to the millions of dollars spent on lobbyists trying to get washington onside now with riyadh showing signs of making peace with doha there are some careful message manage. underway and everyone covering the story after read between the lines our starting point this week the arab airwaves. for almost 4 years now a saudi led coalition of arab countries has tried to isolate qatar politically and economically blocking trade with qatar forcing it to import food from iran and turkey turning the airspace over their countries into no fly zones for qatari passenger planes and turning their air witness into delivery platforms fo

after the uk, bahrain becomes the second country to approve the pfizer coronavirus vaccine. the world health organisation welcomes the news: progress on vaccines gives us all a lift and we can now start to see the light at the end of the tunnel. the uk promises to reduce carbon emissions more quickly than any other major economy, but a watchdog warns of a ‘colossal challenge‘. and the explosive sound that prompted hundreds to call the police in edinburgh — it turned out to be a rare weather phenomenon — thundersnow we start with breaking news on the brexit trade talks in london. within the past hour, they have been "paused" after eu and uk negotiators failed to reach agreement. british prime minister borisjohnson and european commission president ursula von der leyen are to discuss the state of the talks on saturday afternoon. this is what uk negotiator david frost tweeted a short while ago: "after one week of intense negotiations in london, the two chief negotiators agreed today that the conditions for an agreement are not met, due to significant divergences on level playin

and land borders to consol the gulf nations but on the land sea and air blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt since june 27th teen president trump's senior adviser jared krishna was in doha on wednesday and is reported to have also visited saudi arabia bloomberg the new york times suggests that the tentative deal is being brokered by kuwait but doesn't include bahrain the u.a.e. or egypt. a weather update next here on out to 0 then fears for her refugees who are being moved to an island that aid groups say is dangerous. and an ocean crisis in syria as the cold of winter puts millions of people there at risk. some very heavy showers sundry downpours into good parts of southeast asia the seasonal rains doing a very very well indeed some parts of thailand nearly 300 millimeters of rain coming through here in that west the weather slides this way over towards more apostles moderate was barrace fania showers there when the northeast monsoon driving some very heavy rain to northern parts of the philippines over the next day also in that western weather continue to slide down ac