emirates has accused cattery air force jets of twice intercepting civilian aircraft during flights to bahrain qatar foreign minister has denied the allegation and u.s. central command in the middle east so it hasn't received any reports of civilian flights being intercepted in the gulf skies and reports. and amorality passenger plane takes off from dubai on monday the civil aviation authority of the united arab emirates said two qatari jets had intercepted a plane like this bound for her reign but in international airspace later u.a.e. state media reported a second battery inbound plane had been intercepted by qatari jets qatar totally denies the claims we are used to such false claims. as the. national. agency of the national agency. the small i'd go through for the normal people but. for countries. and high tech and. radar image and it's will be obvious for them that this is a light behinds foreign ministry issued a statement saying the ministry of foreign affairs affirms that this hostile behavior by qatar against civil aircraft has become frequency in recent times and jeopardizes the safety of

emirates is accused force jets of twice intercepting civilian emirates yeah craft during flights to bahrain qatar as foreign minister has denied the allegation and u.s. central command in the middle east says it hasn't received any reports of civilian flights being intercepted in the gulf skies. police in greece are fired tear gas or protesters outside parliament in athens as politicians inside debated a new series of austerity measures needed to trigger a final round of bailout loans to build includes measures to make it more difficult for workers to strike rebel architectures up next tuesday with a c.r. not just here by for now. a year in power america's controversy over president tenting use to polarize opinion. in a week of stress or force al-jazeera examines his impact at home and around the globe. donald trump's first year on al-jazeera. architect has always defined the human world and trump the simplest structures to the greatest monuments to bought a rebellion is underway. led by a new breed of aki ted that puts people before i constantly aka tex using the tools of that trade to lease str

jetsae says qatar fighter intercepted commercial planes that were headed to bahrain. qataries but qatari stocks fell. joining us now is the managing editor for africa and the middle east. the fact that qatar is disputing what the uae is saying, what do we know is the truth or the half-truth here? >> great question. who knows? itsou say, qatar is denying fighter jets intercepted the planes. the uae is standing by its assertion. we had a selloff in stocks today. the biggest since this kicked off last summer when saudi arabia, egypt and uae severed ties with qatar. i'm not sure it matters, whether it is true or not. hadhe sense that, we have relative calm in this conflict and suddenly it is kicking off in pretty bizarre ways. when the rhetoric heats up, the possibility for something going wrong, gets that much higher. that is why we saw such an abrupt selloff. the capital between of bahrain and the capital of qatar is 80 miles. less than the length of long island to put it in perspective. when you have commercial airliners and jets and threats thing thrown around, it certainly

accused cattery air force jets of twice intercepting civilian iraqi aircraft during flights to bahrain qatar is foreign ministry has denied the allegation and u.s. central command in the middle east says it hasn't received any reports of civilian flights being intercepted in the gulf skies. there's some of us your knowledge there are the streams up next on the news for you after that by finance. i have a ok and you're in the stream u.s. president donald trump's tough talk on immigration policy has tens of thousands of people wondering whether they'll be forced to leave the country from the potential end of legal residency programs to the president's opposition to so-called chain migration we speak with a few of those potentially impacted to learn how they're preparing for an uncertain future. today live on al-jazeera and you tube. video. immigration policy was a highlight of then candidate donald trump's bid for the u.s. presidency now almost a year since taking office he's making a hard push for comprehensive reform this issue was suggested to us by a member of our own like community. peter

the united arab emirates has accused force jets of intercepting two civilian aircraft going to bahrain qatarsays the whole thing is made up another example of fake news being created by neighboring states. bball reports. and passenger plane takes off from dubai or monday the civil aviation authority of the united arab emirates said . two qatari jets had intercepted a plane like this bound for the hurricane but in international airspace later u.a.e. state media reported a second behind bound plane had been intercepted by qatari jets qatar totally denies the claims we are used to such false claims since you know since the hacking of our national. agency but the national agency. this might go through for the normal people but. for countries or dealers and and high tech and they have radar image and it's will be obvious for them that this is a light bahrain's foreign ministry issued a statement saying the ministry of foreign affairs affirms that this hostile behavior by qatar against civil aircraft has become frequent in recent times and jeopardizes the safety of civil aviation and poses a threa

saudi arabia egypt and bahrain cut diplomatic and economic ties with qatar a hard sponsoring terrorism which denies. cats are catalysts human rights committee says the detention of a member of its royal family by the u.a.e. is illegal and violates human rights laws shaikh abdullah ben ali al funny is not the first public figure to accuse abu dabi of holding them against their will jamal of sheil reports so a little. funny is the latest in what appears to be a growing list of high profile figures to say they've been abducted some by the united arab emirates and others by its ally saudi arabia some of them in the infamous i'm currently in abu dhabi i was hosted by sheikh mohammad bin saeed i'm now confined to my residence i'm not allowed to leave i fear anything may happen to me hours later in murat your fishel street to the bin ali was not being held captive and was a free man prior to the gulf crisis which began when saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt imposed a land air and sea blockade on qatar seven months ago abdullah bin ali was an unknown member of the qatari

state media reported a second bahrain bound plane had been intercepted by country jets qatar totally denies the claims we are used to such false claims. the. agency of the national agency. the small i'd go through for the normal people but. for countries. and high tech and. radar image and it's will be obvious for them that this is a lie but ranes foreign ministry issued a statement saying the ministry of foreign affairs affirms that this hostile behavior by qatar against civil aircraft has become frequency in recent times and jeopardizes the safety of civil aviation and poses a threat to the lives of civilians. u.s. air force central command's based in qatar declined to comment but the timing here is interesting over the weekend qatar fada new complaint with the united nations over what it called the second violation of qatari as base by m r r t jets in recent weeks what's clear is the air blockade imposed on qatar since last june has highlighted issues around how much airspace each country has qatar for example were left with very little air space and therefore they are relying on

egypt and bahrain cut diplomatic ties with qatar in june the emir of kuwait has called on all members of the g.c.c. to band together to face international challenges. here in qatar the national human rights committee is holding a news conference giving an update on the impact of the bill. kate these are live pictures of that conference and was closely monitoring what's being said will update you with any major announcement from that conference when they come through . in other world news is france's president emmanuel mccall has endorsed ballot and bold initiatives in his first visit to china as president called for europe and china to work together on president xi jinping signature projects that aims to build a modern day silk road but he said the project's benefits must be said robert bright has more from beijing. president has begun his day visit in the ancient city of scheana home of the terra cotta warriors but also more symbolically it's one of the departure points for the ancient silk road the trade route connecting china with the west and macron is keen to play up the historic

egypt and bahrain cut diplomatic ties with qatar in june. israel has published a list of activist groups bands from entering the country twenty organizations have been blocked because of their calls to boycott divest and sanction the jewish state for its policies towards ban is tinny and european the u.s. and south african groups are on the blacklist it also includes the palestine solidarity campaign and american muslims for palestine france's president emmanuel mccall has used his first state visit to china to call for the two countries to work together on the development of the african continent in an address to chinese leaders mikoyan china not to repeat past mistakes made by france as a colonial power. this is in the getting this economy. we need to improve development education health and the economy in africa by working together we can change the world for africa. and japan's top nuclear envoy is meeting his south korean counterpart twenty four hours before the start of the first high level talks in more than two years between north an

egypt and bahrain cut diplomatic ties with qatar into. what we have in common is we will never be affected by dispute we see it as a temporary curve along it takes every one of us understands the deteriorating circumstances around us which represent a challenge to us all understand the problems facing the g.c.c. and these problems require more meetings and consultations on all levels we will never be able to face these challenges individually meanwhile a un human rights office investigation into the g.c.c. crisis has found the blockade on qatar is negatively impacting the people in the region it says measures taken by the four arab countries against ahau are discriminatory the body of a crew member has been recovered aboard the rayney an oil tanker that collided with a congo ship in the east china sea the other thirty one members on board are still unaccounted for they off he is an environmental disaster off the coast of shanghai as a tanker was carrying crude oil those are the headlines inside story starts now. does egypt support donald

regimes in countries that used be our friends, like bahrain, -- that used to be our friends, like bahrain, like qatar, like egypt. maybe saudi arabia, who knows? if that fell, then we'd really have trouble. so i'm not saying that the regimes that are there are great, but at least they like us. so now it's all destabilized, and people say rising for democracy, and that would be wonderful. it would be great if people, you know, people power took over, and then the next day it was like vermont, you know? all over the middle east. and everybody was having town meetings, and, you know, it would be beautiful. wouldn't it? that's not what we're going to wind up with. the best case is that we wind up with something marginally worse than what we have. the worst case is that we wind up with groups like the muslim brotherhood and other islamic extremists taking power, people who hate us, and, yeah, the israel issue is important. but sometimes that's all people talk about. it is not just israel. they hate us. they hate the united states. and from our self-interest, we don't want to have these people take power.

national interest is in having a military presence in qatar when you also have a naval base in bahrain and several military bases in saudi arabia. yeah well the u.s. national security interest is to have a constellation of bases in every country and it's important remember that the headquarters in qatar moved from saudi arabia in two thousand and three so i have argued that it would be in our interest to establish another base in saudi arabia if we can do that in a manner that is consistent with saudi internal security. but that doesn't mean that we have to diminish the others we should have a a broad array of bases and quite frankly if you know the emirate is where the saudis want to build a facility you know we should be in a position where we can move because if you have all your eggs in one basket then you're you're hostage to political turmoil or you could have want to tack and then you lose all your capabilities so it doesn't surprise me that i was going to be much supplementary question about having all your eggs in the same basket we had a speaker from a former state department

presenter that pressure should be increased on kuwait to prevent it supporting qatar in the gulf crisis egypt the saudi arabia and bahrain imposed an economic blockade on qatar in june kuwait has been attempting to mediate in the dispute here as president donald trump insists any immigration reform must include funding for a border war with mexico and choose a federal judge blocked the government from ending protection for undocumented immigrants who are brought to the u.s. as children those are the headlines the stream. as thousands of seek refuge in bangladesh a new armed group is taking shape fighting the government. because they refuse to give us basic rights as citizens for the first time a member of the ira can just salvation army talks to al-jazeera at this time. ok in the street. today a recent rise in attacks on migrants is shining the spotlight on racism inquiry i'd also calling on the country to examine the growing popularity of a right wing political party. since december the twenty fifth more than thirty homes of migrant labor has been the target of violence in the. us those behind the attacks are believed t

egypt and bahrain cut diplomatic ties with qatar in june meanwhile here in qatar the national human rights committee is holding a news conference on the impacts the blockade has had the chairman of the committee says many qatari citizens have been separated from their families. france's president emanuel has used his first state visit to china to call for the two countries to work together on the development of africa is also indoor speeching spelt and road initiative china's largest ever infrastructure program saying the benefits of the projects should be cherished shared this is in the good it does economy. we need to improve development education health and the economy in africa by working together we can change the world for africa. and one of hollywood's biggest events of the year the golden globe awards has wrapped up in los angeles many actors wore all black as part of the hash tag me two movement which sought to highlight the issue of sexual harassment in the industry coming up next it's witness stay with us. fear is a very important source of information for many people around the

the united arab emirates had earlier presented him as a potential alternative to qatar samir saudi arabia the emirates bahrain and egypt all cut ties with qatar last june accusing the government of supporting terrorism and allegation the doha denies some of them to the low i'm currently in abu dhabi hours hosted by sheikh mohammed i'm now confined to my residence i'm not allowed to leave i fear anything may happen to me and the blame is put on cut down therefore this is my way to notify you all that in case i suffer any harm cut i cannot be blamed i'm currently hoes in bad shape mohammed and he shall be responsible for anything they may happen to me finally i want to salute to the people of qatar the people of the u.a.e. and of saudi arabia and all the people of the gulf thank you for the day's other news the state offensive by government forces aided by russian air strikes on continuing rebel held areas in syria and these dramatic pictures were captured by a zero camera man when a makeshift camp was attacked and aid groups are warning that if the bombardment continues a million displaced people will amass th

we have the qatar situation, week sovereigns -- weak sovereigns in bahrain. t the oman and qatar and saudi deficits. there will be this huge amount of money that needs to be printed, and all these transfers are going around the gcc. big geopolitical risk that will be weighing on people's minds. >> excellent work. matthew martin, our bloomberg middle east finance reporter. let's widen out the conversation. as you listen to some of the ideas for 2018 in fixed income, as much as we talk about possible surprise, upside surprise come in equities, could we see at downside surprise when it comes to sovereign bonds? you have the ongoing tensions , ah iran, the gulf crisis lot of that has happened since the issue bonanza of 2017. rates,ing interest geopolitical tensions, but if oil prices pick up, people will ease down. you have more money to spend and you can prop it up for a longer time until the geopolitical situation relaxes. we have a problem in every single thing, oil, strong dollar, interest rate raises this year, the geopolitical situation, and now the iran sit

egypt and bahrain cut diplomatic ties with qatar in chile. what we have in common is we will never be affected by dispute we see it as a temporary or of a long it takes every one of us understands the deteriorating circumstances around us which represent a challenge to us all understand the problems facing the g.c.c. and these problems require more meetings and consultations on all levels we will never be able to face these challenges individually meanwhile a un human rights office investigation into the g.c.c. crisis has found the blockade on qatar is negatively impacting the people in the region it says measures taken by the four arab countries against the ha are discriminatory the body of a coup member has been recovered a body of raney an oil tanker that collided with a congo ship in the east china sea the other thirty one members on board are still unaccounted for they offer years of an environmental disaster off the coast of shanghai as a tanker was carrying crude oil those are the headlines inside story starts now. does egypt support d

the amir of qatar intelligence officer also tells the presenter that pressure should be increased on kuwait to prevent it supporting cattle in the gulf crisis egypt the saudi arabia and bahrain imposed an economic blockade on qatar in june kuwait has been attempting to mediate in the dispute years president don trump insists any immigration reform must include funding for a border war with mexico and choose a federal judge blocked the government from ending protection for undocumented immigrants who are brought to the u.s. as children those are the headlines the stream. as thousands of seek refuge in bangladesh a new armed group is taking shape fighting the government. because they refuse to give us basic rights as citizens for the first time a member of the ira can just salvation army talks to al-jazeera at this time. ok in the street. today a recent rise in attacks on migrants is shining the spotlight on racism inquiry and also calling on the country to examine the growing popularity of a right wing political party.

iran's point of view, i look around, i have american troops in iraq, american ships in bahrain, american planes in qatar and uae, american troops in afghanistan, i feel like i am surrounded, number one. sees -- to effectively of capitalsl because there was chaos and i am stabilizing the region. so what is your reaction to that? are iran and russia -- we have not brought russia in, are the forces of equilibrium or disequilibrium? do they have a point? >> i think very significant what we saw internally in iran following this christmas this is , significant, and i think this is going to play into the coming years. >> tell us why. >> number one, clearly, the economy is fluid. clearly, people really want an emphasis on creating opportunity and jobs. their whole idea of not syria, but iran, is what you should concentrate on. it is a clear message not from , us, across the gulf, this is from your own population. do not spend $1 billion on hezbollah, concentrate on creating opportunity. i heard one iranian lady in many of the clips that came out, and she said, we want to be as fortunate as eric -- as arab women

the distance between the capital of bahrain and the capital of qatar is 90 miles.is less than the length of long island. when you start throwing out accusations in the rhetoric heats up, and by the way qatar says the uae invaded its airspace twice, the potential for things to go wrong rises him up but clearly there is some sort of policy objective they are trying to achieve, and that is why we are seeing this and likely we will see more. yousef: thank you for coming on the program. here is what is next. china's crypto crackdown, details for you next in full. this is "bloomberg markets: middle east." this is bloomberg. ♪ yousef: we are 90 minutes away from the market open in the emirates. the u.s. dollar index in focus. currently up, but giving away some gains. i want to talk about airbus and this part of the world. , now a gadflylier columnist putting things in airbus isho says playing chicken with one of its biggest customers. that airbus share price would increase, but the fundamental takeaway is both companies still believe there is a future. it is conceivable t

also had the political dimension because of the blockade imposed on qatar by four arab countries the u.a.e. saudi arabia and bahrain only agreed to take part when the event was moved from qatar to kuwait the m.r.i. team refused to answer questions from al jazeera journalists covering the competition during their pre-match news conference. for. the two thousand. with the two countries do have in common is a desire to build competitive teams for home tournaments while qatar is building up for the twenty twenty two world cup the u.a.e. will host the asian cup next here. the team of made a lot of progress ahead of the gulf cup they have been one of the best teams in the tournament and have played at a strong level or ambitions are very high the players embrace the responsibility of delivering success ahead of the asia cup third golf cup title could be the perfect launch pad for as a crew and he and his team son home wash all just zero kuwait. you're watching out of there these are our top stories north korea has accepted a south korean proposal for official talks on chairs say the first between the countries in two yea

both gulf states are trying to diversify their economies away from a reliance on oil and gas qatar kuwait bahrain and amman have delayed introducing the tax until early next year a growing number of people seeking sanctuary in europe from war and poverty are risking their lives to cross the italian alps into france half of those making the journey also to be children or teenagers as sylvia lennon reports. over the last three months at least fifteen hundred migrants have embarked on this perilous track over the alps crossing from italy into france defying freezing temperatures and heavy snow rescue workers say they're totally ill equipped for the arduous journey around a dozen migrants reach france every day but some won't make it mountain guide say they will perish in the attempt to reach france rescue workers expect to discover the bodies of african migrants when the snow melts in the spring is small and now is seventeen years old from guinea shook their body to force you to well it wasn't easy at all for me because the trip was long and also because the first time i saw the snow i was very tire

had earlier presented him as a potential target of two qatar current and the saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain egypt all cut ties with qatar last june accusing its government of supporting terrorism and i like ation that doha denies well that's true just for now i say hail thank you see vote champions the new england patriots a one step closer to defending their title they've reached the a.f.c. championship game for a seventh straight time and n.f.l. record in itself the patriots face the tennessee titans in the divisional playoffs on saturday tom brady threw for three touchdowns and the titans really had no answer to that as the pats force their way to a thirty five to fourteen win another victory like that in next week's title game would see the pats play for a record equalling six super bowl title i think the thing is we don't really take it for granted around here. i know are hard it is to get to this game and you know we're very blessed to do it takes a lot of things a lot of good fortune a lot of hard work but obviously a lot of a lot of great blessings and i think you know our change pr

bahrain and egypt all cut ties with qatar last june accusing its government of supporting terrorism which though hardly knowing. so little more than the hello i'm currently in abu dhabi i was hosted by ship mohammed i'm now confined to my residence i'm not allowed to leave i fear anything may happen to me and tend the blame is put on qatar and therefore this is my way to notify you all very in case i suffer any harm qatar cannot be blamed i'm currently hosted by shaikh mohammed and he shall be responsible for anything i may happen to me finally i want to salute the people of qatar the people of the u.a.e. and of saudi arabia and all deployed of the gulf thank you. one of the world's biggest dairy company says it will pay damages to families affected by its contango native baby milk french company tallis was accused of trying to cover up the extent of the salmonella contamination at one of its plants now in a rare media interview c.e.o. emmanuel bears near has admitted the problem affects eighty three countries or about twelve million tens of powdered baby milk being recalled lawsuits have

and bahrain cut diplomatic and economic ties with qatar where david is a professor at national defense university and a former pentagon official and he says he would not be surprised at the trumpet ministration had considered setting up a new base in saudi. the u.s. national security interest is to have a constellation of bases in every country and it's important remember that the headquarters in qatar moved from saudi arabia in two thousand and three so i have argued that it would be in our interest to establish another base in saudi arabia if we can do that in a manner that is consistent with saudi internal security. but that doesn't mean that we have to diminish others we should have a a broad array of bases and quite frankly if you know the where the saudis want to build a facility you know we should be in a position where we can move because if you have all your eggs in one basket then you're you're a hostage to political turmoil or you could have one attack and then you lose all your capabilities still ahead on the bulletin the push for justice reform and some of the most other k

the documentary and then al-jazeera world to other world news now in qatar foreign ministry has strongly denied u.a.e. in bahrain's allegations that its fighter jets have quote intercepted two m. iraqi civilian aircraft reports on iraqi state media claim that flies from dubai struck by qatari fighter jets qatar has strongly denied these allegations the u.s. military which has a base here in qatar also says it hasn't received any reports of interception of any civilian aircraft in the gulf skies and these reports come just days after filed a complaint with the united nations reporting is second violation of a space by a u.a.e. military jet let's speak to alex susan aviation analyst and he is live from london alex it's quite unusual to have one side saying one thing and the other the complete opposite what first of all do you think may have taken place here. hi well as you said this comes just days after qatar were filing their own second violation of their space incident directly to the united nations which is what we'd expect to happen if there was a violation they provided the u.n. with the coordinates with the l

qatar situation going on. we have weak sovereigns in the shape of our aim -- bahrain and oman. t of debt rented. if you look at the oman deficit, around $8 billion, the qatar deficit, another $8 billion, the saudi deficit, it is this huge amount of money needs to be printed. all of these transfers going around the gcc with saudis needing to send money to oman, there is a big geological risk that will be weighing on people's minds. yousef: excellent work. great having you on the program. matthew martin, our bloomberg middle east finance reporter. let's widen out the conversation. nabil is still with us on the set. nabil, as you listen to some of the ideas for 2018 in fixed income, as much as we talk about possible surprise and upset surprised in equities could we , see a possible downside surprise when it comes to sovereign bonds at this part of the world? matthew pointed out key risks. ongoing tensions with iran. a lot has happened since the issue bonanza of 2017. nabil: of course. there is lots of fiscal income to the bond market. raising interest rates, increasing geopolitical

qatar military ties on the future of the gulf region now this event comes seven months into the gulf crisis which has seen the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt cut ties with qatar khalid bin mommy says the u.s. military transport aircraft has been crucial during the blockade out of the blue bin. we lost or only. border with with the saudis we find out of yourself without any access in the air so this is a routine is really a risk you dos we have to initiate. elbridge go out to kuwait to turkey to go to amman to bring all the necessary food and medicine until we figure out how we are going to get all those flaws in particle han is following this story for us in washington d.c. patty there was also an announcement about the american base here in qatar what have they said. well it really trying to send the message that could tar is a the place for the american military to be as you know that base is the ford headquarters for central command and it's critical in the fight against the islamic state of iraq a little bond so what he's saying is they're going to make the base even more comfortable for u.s. troops they're going to build he

its command headquarters in qatar and in another excerpt trump apparently gave the nod to the saudis plan to bully cattle in june saudi arabia egypt and the u.a.e. and bahrain cut diplomatic and economic ties with qatar hillary mann leverett is a former white house national security official and for diplomats joins me now live from washington d.c. just want get your initial reaction first hillary about all these revelations that have come out in this book it's jaw dropping stuff. it is some of it confirms speculation that we in washington here you know whispered in various corners of the power structure but in a lot of other ways it's critically important information because not many of us here are personal best friends of jared questionnaire or steve bannon so to really get there to get an understanding of how they perceive not just their personality politics but their views on policy especially in the middle east has been incredibly valuable indeed let's focus on foreign policy issue in the white house right now and how you read it because when the book quotes and we're going to pull up a graphic here that steve burns giving his vision on how troubled rem

also had the political dimension because of the blockade imposed on qatar by four arab countries the u.a.e. saudi arabia and bahrain only agreed to take part when the event was moved from qatar to kuwait the m.r.i. team refused to answer questions from al jazeera journalists covering the competition during their pre-match news conference. for. the two thousand. with the two countries do have in common is a desire to build competitive teams for home tournaments while qatar is building up for the twenty twenty two world cup the u.a.e. will host the asian cup next here. the team of made a lot of progress ahead of the gulf cup they have been one of the best teams in the tournament and have played at a strong level or ambitions are very high the players embrace the responsibility of delivering success ahead of the asia cup third golf cup title could be the perfect launch pad first and his team son how much al-jazeera kuwait in the n.b.a. the current champions golden state warriors defeated the used in rockets one hundred twenty four one hundred fourteen to a very opening line to feed where they were actually leading in

impact on the blockade on qatar i don't think it's just by happenstance that two weeks after that summit that you saw the blockade by the united arab emirates and and bahrain. egypt and the kingdom of saudi arabia and qatar and i said from day one i think that even with the situation in the northwest pacific with korea i think the single most important thing that's happening right now in the world is a situation cover so that was the ban in speaking earlier on let's fix it i mean hooty in beirut he's a senior fellow there are some photos institute for public policy at the american university of beirut that is where he's joining us from thanks for speaking to us so so if this is to believe then according to the book trump is taking credit for the rise of crown prince of saudi arabia from advance on money is that a surprise at all. it's not really a surprise that most of the material in the book related to the middle east of the world is stuff that has been talked about before i've just spent three months in the united states and this is pretty much common knowledge what the united states under trump is doing in the arab world and what this book does is just

along with saudi arabia bahrain and egypt have cut ties with qatar this happens last june and the president of qatar as museum authority and also the mir of qatar a sister my also tweeted this she said that people visit museums to acquire knowledge and then about world country would world cultures through the exploration of objects on display now though the notion of museums is a new one to be surely the louve is not ok with this now from the u.s. perspective the minister of foreign affairs and war goddess should respond by saying i followed the tweet from the president of qatar museum or thorazine where she exaggerated a small mistake in the louve gift shop in abu dhabi the culture continues to be higher than these smaller things. but apparently the new hobby dubey has replaced the faulty map according to an emirates a newspaper the paper quotes at the museum's inaccuracy was an oversight and so they have replaced the map on display but that was not before cutter is reacted with some humor to that situation the chair of the qatar twenty twenty two world cup and also that the amir's brother

mission that has been sent to qatar in november and spent two weeks here let me know if i hear that they have been denied access to saudi arabia and kuwait saudi arabia bahrain and and and the united arab emirates so they came only to qatar but collected a lot of material and this is the makes the content of this report today that we have just been listening to the human rights commission here the qatari rights commission has explained that it has this report has mentioned all the impact it has affected me disobedience other than the qataris the report says that these sanctions imposed by the blockade in countries have not distinguished between the qatari government and the normal citizens and it has not only impacted the qataris because of those who lost their businesses and their property their money there and they haven't been able to get in touch with their relatives in the blockaded countries but also has impacted even citizens of other the blockaded countries themselves those of them who have been living here in qatar those who have lost their ability to continue their education talking about students here those who have been denied to go to the religi

emir of qatar intelligence officer also tells the presenter that pressure should be increased on kuwait to prevented supporting cattle in the gulf crisis egypt the u.a.e. saudi arabia and bahrain imposed an economic blockade on cattle in june and kuwait has been attempting to mediate colombia's rebel group is urging the government to resume talks the president suspended negotiations following rebel attacks after a cease fire expired the german chancellor and the opposition leaders say there are major hurdles to clear before a new coalition government can be formed angela merkel is hoping for progress on the final day of talks in berlin germany has been without a full government since inconclusive elections in september those are the headlines the news continues but now it is people in power. head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed a satisfied for the state of their economy this is easily a study his biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand that i love and we bring you the stories to the shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. the move through g. people of southern arge

bahrain and egypt cut diplomatic and trade ties with qatar which led to a blockade of this country and that is likely to feature high on the agenda of discussion say between american and qatari officials less ring in panicle head in washington d.c. following the story for us patty what are the main highlights so far from what we've heard they've agreed on a number of things i imagine. they haven't actually i was in the room to hear it all and you really think you had to wait till the end to really get to the heart of the matter when they were signing some of the agreements the person who is really not exactly what it was said that it was a declaration that the u.s. would work with cutter to bring work together against threats to cutters territorial integrity sending a message i think to three people this entire series of talks talking to president donald trump the leaders of the united arab emirates and saudi arabia basically saying u.s. establishment the secretary of state the secretary of defense they want to see the g.c.c. crisis end and there were a couple of interesting things the

have it of course this coming amid a gulf diplomatic crisis and the book a day of qatar by saudi arabia the u.a.e. and bahrainwhich began in june of last year. moving on and of the rape and murder of an eight year old in pakistan zainab allen sari has caused global uproar fouls ins took to social media to criticize authorities for their handling of the situation and now it's prompted a wider conversation online mom it has more to tell us about this right here yes thankfully now as police continue to comb through the evidence into who is responsible for saying it was murder it's triggered a wider conversation in pakistan but on a topic that's very rarely talked about openly and often considered taboo and that's being child sex abuse now a range of pakistani celebrities have come forward to publicly reveal a vague were sexually abused as children all in a bid to encourage survivors to speak up now let's go through some of them for you for how all tough a p.r. guru sched painful story of being sexually abused by her cook at just six years old she says that my parents took action but everyone remained silent as i

saudi arabia bahrain any close airspace to qatari aircraft in june after cutting diplomatic ties they accuse qatar of supporting terrorism which it denies twenty five years after the end of apartheid land remains one of the most divisive issues in south africa the vast majority of the best land is still owned by white farmers now the government a governing african national congress wants to change this but it would require contentious amendments to the constitution tanya page tells us why from johannesburg. these men are serving a site they manage they think of themselves as property developers sorts this is what they call phase one of a land invasion more than ten thousand shacks they say they're tired of waiting for the a.n.c. to give them land there was a pause when taking over from a bunch of government decision but they never bonded by do we keeping on promise and promising promising but not to do. enough is enough. one of the main reasons the mc was formed in one thousand nine hundred twelve was because black africans were losing their land often being forcibly removed from it more than a ce

saudi arabia bahrain and egypt close the space to capture aircraft in june of severing diplomatic ties they accuse qatar of supporting terrorism which it denies . still ahead in this half hour the u.s. president is accused of making vulgar remarks while talking to senators about immigration. fears of westling hunger in sudan where the rising cost of food has led to violent protests. however got some slightly quiets weather pushing into western europe over the next cloud right will return as we head on into the weekend having said that already have a firm ounce of clouds and rain into central parts of year approaches around the central med just pushing across italy that elise's way over into the balkans you can clearly see that circulation swirling away here for the northeast generally fairly quiet if a little on the cool side temperatures around six celsius there for london in paris which is about where we ship it only four degrees there is here and i mean nine celsius there for madrid based on a cloud of rain that will make its way in as we go on through friday into saturday so coming into arland into

bahrain's foreign ministry issued a statement saying the ministry of foreign affairs affirms that this hostile behavior by qatar against civil aircraft has become frequent in recent times and jeopardizes the safety of civil aviation and poses a threat to the lives of civilians. u.s. air force central command based in qatar declined to comment but the timing here is interesting over the weekend qatar filed a new complaint with the united nations over what it called the second violation of qatari as base by m r r t jets in recent weeks what's clear is the air blockade imposed on qatar since last june has highlighted issues around how much airspace each country has qatar for example are left with very little air space and therefore they are relying on the overflights the fairings and space to be able to fly in and out first states so it's definitely for spotlight on a tension problem that i'm sure could be addressed ending the outcome of this stuff crisis this latest round of claim and counterclaim comes as part of defense minister is in london to meet his u.k. counterpart recently qatar placed an order worth near

emir of qatar intelligence officer also tells a presenter that pressure should be increased on kuwait to prevented supporting cattle in the gulf crisis egypt the u.a.e. saudi arabia and bahrain imposed an economic blockade on cattle in june and kuwait has been attempting to mediate colombia's rebel group is urging the government to resume talks the president suspended negotiations following rebel attacks after a cease fire expired the german chancellor and the opposition leaders say there are major hurdles to clear before a new coalition government can be formed angela merkel is hoping for progress on the final day of talks in berlin germany has been without a full government since inconclusive elections in september those are the headlines the news continues but now it is people in power. the head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed that as a satisfied for the state of their economy this is easily a study his biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories to the shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. the move through g. people of southe

united arab emirates state news agency that qatar a fighter jets have quoted intercepted and civilian aircraft the news outlets of the plane was on its way to bahrain follows a complaint bind hard to the united nations security council over two alleged violations of space by u.s. military planes in recent weeks tensions between cutoff and its neighbors have increased since june when the u.a.e. saudi arabia egypt and bahrain diplomatic and economic ties. the us president donald trump has denied accusations that he's racist he's been criticized for allegedly using vulgar language when describing haiti el salvador and several african nations during a recent white house meeting article he does more. the big conversation happening in washington and really across the country in the globe right now is president donald trump in fact a racist this is all coming about after a meeting where a bipartisan group of senators went to the white house and said they had to compromise on immigration reform the president reportedly bristled at it because he said it would allow in countries in africa el salvador in haiti and he described those as undesirable countries a

bahrain. somewhere in the middle is saudi arabia, a stronger footing. improving trajectory. then, you have strong credit evenkuwait, the uae, qatarhat has some tail risk given the geopolitical situation. we are optimistic about that. yousef: you look at what the united states is doing, this back and forth in terms of rhetoric. policy, dollars higher, lower. fundamentally, we're seeing a story weaker over the last 2-3 months especially. how does a weaker dollar story -- you say support of this generally. if this changes, president donald trump is behind what he says and does policy to support the dollar? let's assume the dollar strengthens, together with rising rates, and oil comes down in 2018. how would that play into your card, strategy? dino: when it comes to oil -- yousef: the must be the biggest risk for you, isn't it? not really. weibo's had that. we are not correlated to oil prices. , it's not theown as much as itse is the policy response. we've been talking about that for quite some time. i think we're pleased with the response. the dollar being weak or generally would stimulate the economy's. it would encourage travel, t

saudi arabia bahrain any chipped close airspace to kataria craft in june after cutting diplomatic ties his qatar is supporting terrorism which qatar denies. the deposed leader of spain's catalan region callous and is meeting his newly elected m.p.'s in brussels they're discussing the composition of a castle and parliament body that would elect the region's next president with the hope of restoring put to monetise leader but demand has been in brussels since being forced out as leader and threatened with arrest by spain's central government after declaring that catalonia would break away from spain let's go to nadeem in brussels for us what's the latest on this meeting the demon how important is this. will fully as you said colors push him on himself is the talks in the building behind me involving members deputies of his own party together for catalonia and the other main problem dependents party the democratic left of republican left story of cuts aloon year he appeared at a photo session just down the road with some of those people who were elected in those december elections he hasn't been sp