. >>> the cabinet office has now downgraded its overall assessment of machinery orders saying they'ren the decline. the cabinet office said on wednesday that core machinery orders fell 7.6% in june from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis. it was the first decline in two months. orders from the non-manufacturing sector were even worse falling by over 10%. the drop was especially bad in the transport and finance sectors. but the manufacturiring sector mamanaged a gain of over 5%.. still the report forecast ordrds will dropgain in the jululy through septemberer period. it's these poor machinery orders down nearly 2% from the previous quarter. >>> president ibrahim boubacar keita in the african nation of mali said late tuesday he will resign. he was being detained by rebel soldiers in a military coup. >> translator: this is my decisision. i'm stepping down from my duties, all my duties, starting now. >> keitata also announced on ste television the dissolution of mali's parliament hours after he and other government officials were detained near the capital, bamako. the turmo

into negative territory in october to december. >> for the fiscal year that ends in march, the cabinet officejected last month that gdp will contract by around 4.5% in real terms. the office is now saying that to maintain that projection, the japanese economy must expand at an annualized rate of around 13.6% for three consecutive quarters. >>> the economies of southeast asian countries are also feeling harsh effects of the coronavirus pandemic. data for the april to june quarter shshows that singapore' gdp shrank more than 13% from the same period last year. that's the steepest contraction since 1976 when such data was first released. thailand is down over 12%. that is the worst since 1998 when the country was hit by the asian financial crisis. the economy of malaysia contracted over 17%. the philippines, more than 16%. indonesia is the region's largest economy, and it shrank over 5%. it is the first time in 21 years for the figure to come in negative. travel restrictions imposed in response to the pandemic took a big toll on tourism in the region. personal consumption also plunged after auth

we know boris johnson to come from the cabinet office.vil service. we know dominic cummings has written a lot about he wa nts to cummings has written a lot about he wants to see changes to the way government works as well, that extends throughout the cabinet. there is the feeling it is hard to get things done. some of that is linked to the coronavirus response, some of it is a broader political ideology that they don't think the civil service was fully behind brexit when the referendum happened and that this rated theresa may. this is all part of the changing of the guard, not just this is all part of the changing of the guard, notjust in politics but in the civil service also. huge pressure on boris johnson in the civil service also. huge pressure on borisjohnson at the moment. the exams fiasco, lots of things as mps go back this week on his agenda. tomorrow is a significant day actually as the uk or england more specifically starts to emerge from lockdown. school is going back, many people going back to work tomorrow because they don't

and, in fact, eisenhower was known to tell cabinet officers who came to him with problems, he'd say this is your area, you handle it, you work it out. that said, i do highlight a couple of instances where you did have cabinet secretaries kind of butting heads with white house staffers or people who seemed to be delegated by the president in a way that's different from what the cabinet government would seem to entail. in the truman administration, he was faced with the issue of whether to recognize -- [inaudible] today that's not such a political proposition, but at the time it was a big question mark for u.s. policy. most of the establishment was against it including george marshall who was not only a war hero, but he was also the secretary of state and someone who truman revered more than anyone else in public life. truman knew that he wanted to hear the other side of the issue, so he assigned clark clifford, relatively junior white house aide, to make the case for recognizing israel in a white house meaning where he would be joining up with marshall. marshall was not interested and let

setting policy and eisenhower was known to tell cabinet offers officers who came to him with problems he said this is your area, work it out but i highlight a couple of instances where you did have cabinet secretaries kind of butting heads with white house staffers were people who seem to be delegated by the president in a way that was different from what cabinet government would seem to entail some one-story i tell in the truman administration is truman and his issue of whether to recognize israel. today that's not such a controversial proposition but at the time it was a big question mark for us policy and most of the national security was against it including george marshall who was not only a war hero but secretary of state and someone who trumanrevered more than anybody else in public life . truman knew he wanted to hear the other side of the issue will be assigned gifford who later became famous as a white house aide to make the case for recognizing israel in his white house meeting where he would be running against marshall . marshall was not that interested in having this juni

command and reading your book, one that i would be reassured or required reading for president and cabinet officersn they come into office, i was struck by you attributing a large part of america's 25 year decline and status and prestige and his failure of post-cold war president and congress to recognize resource and offensively use what you call personal nonmilitary instruments of power. can you explain this fundamental failure and the significance of the title in for your book. >> principal thank you to the commonwealth club for inviting me. the germ of the book where it began with a question in my mi mind, of how the united states had gone from a position of supreme power probably unrivaled since the roman empire in every dimension of power in 1993 to a country today that is set by challenges everywhere. i thought about how did that happen, how did we get here so i began looking at all the challenges that we've had since 1993 and thinking about what we have done what we had not done that contributed to the decline in our role in the world in our power in the world. , what i came up with was a s

in reading your book, one that i would be reassured with required reading for presidents and cabinet officershen they come into office, i was struck by you attribute in a large part of america's 25 year decline in status and prestige to the failure of post-cold war presidents and congress to recognize resource and effectively used what you call the arsenal of nonmilitary instruments of power. can you explain this fundamental failure and the significance of the title that you chose for your buck? >> guest: first of all, thank you for participating in this and thanks to the commonwealth club for inviting me. the book began with a question in my mind of how the united states had gone from a position of supreme power, probably unrivaled since the roman empire in every dimension of power in 1983 to a country today that is set by challenges everywhere. i thought about how did that happen. how did we get here? so i began looking at all of the major foreign-policy challenges they had and thinking about what they had done and what they had not done that contributed to the decline in our role in the wo

political economy or the economic politics of said china, and today, a really historic moment is the cabinet officerthe united states of america is scheduled to visit taiwan. this is a reach back 40 years as well. how much of an affront will this visit be to beijing? paul: i think beijing is unlikely to take it terribly well because the language around this, which is related to the covid-19 pandemic, has also been quite pointed about transparency , so one and so forth. this is coming as we are also hearing that next week or the week after, the u.s. and china are going to be reviewing the phase i trade deal. so i think we probably have to see it in this context come up -- this context, that this is a sort of saber rattling ahead of these review meetings with lighthizer and vice premier liu he. on the domestic politics of taiwan. i know it is very nuanced, very original. give us a quick brief on the state of the political majority in taiwan. taiwan obviously has a very complicated relationship with the mainland. . shaped withinhave taiwan. this has been an ongoing problem exactly time about how the re

was told by the then head of civil service, the cabinet officer, not to take it because he was too youngmings on this because he isa dominic cummings on this because he is a diplomat, he's come from the palace, he's got some quite difficult things to do, hasn't he, if dominic cummings's plan is going to be executed. i thinki if dominic cummings's plan is going to be executed. i think i will be more interesting that it's being reported elsewhere tonight that he didn't even apply for thejob. he was made for the job. he was made to tickets by borisjohnson who boris johnson who rang borisjohnson who rang prince william, apparently, in person and said do you mind if i take your chap and prince william said, anything i can to help, because simon case was working at the palace and came to number ten for a bit, working at the palace and came to numberten fora bit, once working at the palace and came to number ten for a bit, once he was there, borisjohnson said he wanted him to stay. but if this guy did not apply for thejob him to stay. but if this guy did not apply for the job and it is not goin

cabinet officer makes a first visit in 40 years. beijing says a candid dialogue is necessary.our trumpian executive orders -- count them -- some suggest they are incomplete or legally questionable. dr. navarro says they were incurred by the lord and founding fathers. perhaps executive orders will help in istanbul, the lira depreciating against any and all. good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." guy johnson in for francine lacqua and london, and i'm tom keene in new york. it is a most interesting, odd august. in the heat, guy, and london -- is it like normal summer heat or light global warming?

and i've had people in our cabinet who were cabinet officers under other presidents tell me that they had never been in cabinet meetings that were as fruitful before. evidently a lot of presidents just simply use their cabinet as a kind of a, well, they'd meet periodically and different members would report what their departments were doing. they -- the word that i've gotten from these others is that they never found or were in cabinet meetings where everybody regardless of whether it affected their particular agency were involved in the discussion. but, no. i -- and maybe again it was the audiota eight years experience. for many years recently we've taken our presidents from the ranks of the legislators. i think the best training, the closest job to being president in the united states is being a governor. a legislator is used to being in a group and on a committee and making decisions on a voting basis, majority rule. only a governor has sat there and one finally knows the final say has got to be his or hers. and so maybe that's -- i attribute part of this to that. i don't say it's

and i'd had people in our cabinet who were cabinet officers under other presidents tell me that they had never been in cabinet meetings that were as fruitful before. evidently, a lot of presidents just simply use their cabinet as kind of they'd meet periodically us and different members would report what their departments were doing. the word that i have gotten, they never found or were in c cabinet meetings where everybody, regardless of it affected their particular agency, were involved in the discussion. but no, and maybe again, it was the ought years experience. i have to really for many years recently, we have taken our presidents from the ranks of the legislators. i think the pest training, the closest job to be president in the united states is being the governor. our legislator is used to being in a group. and on a committee and making decisions on a voting basis. majority rule. only a governor final ly knows that the final say has got to be his or hers. so maybe i attribute this. after i have heard all of that, the ones that were so much right on both sides that are very diff

to say that it seems you must to stay they got a cabinet. his office because it is so it's almost impossible for you know to have another. government or to visit another prime minister since the political situation and the moment it's very critical. that it's. the same it was. 15 years ago in 2005 off that the ice to see nation of the former prime minister rafiq how do you read and the world will be watching to see what takes place in tomorrow's meeting as i read in beirut to thank you for your reporting thank you well there it was an important issue today in an international donor teleconference a co-hosted by french president. and the united nations to drum up emergency aid for lebanon for more let's go to our brussels bureau and a d.-w. correspondent of band regard to 36 countries and international organizations participating a what appears to have come out of the conference the donor countries pledged to come up with major resources in the next days and weeks that they promised in the final statement the goes to raise 100000000 euros for disaster r

the cabinet took office just eight months ago. many lebanese lame the country's political elite for years of corruption and negligence, which they say made last week's explosion possible. clashes continue between police and protesters in beirut tonight. in his address today, the prime minister said he is quitting to make possible the changes that lebanon needs. >> today, we are heeding the people and their demands to hold accountable those responsible for a disaster that has been concealed for seven years. and their desire for real change. change from the corrupt, destructive state. from a state of theft, to a state of law and justice and transparency, to a country that respects its people. in the face of this reality, we are taking a step back, to stand with the people to undergo this battle of change with them. we want to open the door towards national salvation, that the lebanese people are taking part in. this is why i am today announcing the resignation of the government. may god protect lebanon. >> that was a lebanese prime

former trade minister e-mail account last year it has strongly denied election interference the cabinet office refused to comment due to the only going criminal investigation into the missing link between 2 countries. the truth of recently undisclosed court papers has revealed that a rogue british special forces unit may have been responsible for the murder of more than 33 civilians in afghanistan back in 2011 now a judge is demanding that britain's defense secretary testify as to why this evidence was not used earlier in high court proceedings on the case that it was dusty has been. but i'm here at the high court in london while the trial is set to continue into allegations of crimes against humanity committed by a rogue s.a.'s unit of the british army in the keep ation of afghanistan they're accused of executing innocent civilians now according to the fox a q sions accusations around $33.00 civilians were killed during 11 at night missions in afghanistan's villages it's being described as assassinations against innocent civilians by afghan specialist forces and all of this information has be

trade ministers e-mail account last year moscow has strongly denied election interference the cabinet office refused to comment on the latest claims due to the going criminal investigation into the matter. the wealth divide is shrinking across britain when it comes to monthly earnings but widening when property and other assets are taken into account. the institute for fiscal studies the difference between earnings in london and the rest of the country has decreased since the beginning of the millennium wages grew more slowly in the capital only rising by just over one percent since 2002 but now housing trends are driving inequality across the u.k. property and other wealth has increased in london by 150 percent whereas in the northeast it's gone up by just 3 percent. this is concern that the pandemic will only exacerbate the current trends across the country but the treasury says this gives the government an opportunity to level up communities we want across party house of lords committee suggest radical changes need to be made to universal credit by injecting 80000000 pounds into the syste

better managing our everyday lives. ,> onto the, military leaders arresting members of the cabinet and senior offices, accusing the president and others of failing to protect malians and allowing corruption to flourish. there are concerns on the military holding on power. >> it is too early for us to see theher they will respect rules are not. andave to mature poverty -- make sure poverty and bad government is a thing of the past. >> the united nations, france, and it united states have the best the united states have condemned the coup. the economic community announced a list of sanctions. a blockade of the landlocked country is in effect or would it will -- is in effect. measures that could worsen already tough living ctimalians. >> now to a story we have been following out of nigeria, with reports of dozens of people being abducted after an attack in the northeastern part of the country. an armed group -- group attacked, torched government buildings, and farming equipment. people started to return earlier this month after spending nearly two years in displacement camps. northeast nigeria has been

and a weekend of under arrest or in which protesters stormed to multiple ministries the cabinet had only taken office in january this year but his government was seen as dependent on the support of veteran political players many lebanese blame the country sectarian factions for not tackling the country's economic rules and corruption problems as did. clashes continued on the streets outside the country's parliament the government's resignation had been a key demand of protesters. for more on this i'm joined now. from the d.w. arabic desk amal welcome to the show and this is an important moment for a lebannon but protesters want more they're asking for fundamental reforms how is this possible in a country like lebanon where it's hard to find a political leader who is not associated in some way to the ruling oligarchies absolutely nicole we're reaching now a new political turmoil and levanon a country that's already been through various crises since the civil war period i mean the war that ended without holding anyone responsible for their crimes committed a war that almost all the ruling class that we

a weekend of unrest during which protesters stormed multiple government buildings the cabinets had only taken office in january of this year many lebanese blame the country's political elite for years of corruption and negligence which they say made to last week's explosion possible so as the prime minister spoke clashes continued on the streets outside the country's parliament. the government's resident. has been a key demand of the protesters. in his speech today the prime minister said that he is quitting to make possible the changes that his country needs. now that today we are heeding the people and their demands to hold accountable those responsible for a disaster that has been concealed for 7 years. and their desire for real change. change from the corrupt destructive state from a state of theft to a state of law and justice and transparency to a country that respects its people. in the face of this reality we are taking a step back to stand with the people to undergo this battle of change with them who we want to open the door towards national salvation that the lebanese people are taking pa

beirut and a weekend of unrest during which protesters stormed multiple ministries aabs cabinet had only taken office in january this year many lebanese blamed the country's political elite for years of corruption and negligence which they say made last week's explosion possible. as deion's folk clashes continued on the streets outside the country's parliament and governments resignation had been a key demand of the protestors. let's take you live to beirut now where our correspondent basile i read he is following the latest events as the new storage to emerge protesters took to the streets of the lebanese capital again how has the resignation of the government gone down with those demanding change where you are i talked it seems that the protesters they did in fact get such far right by that it's mission of the current government to if there is a nation the clashes between the protesters the scripted forces the right. forces continued on to a few moments ago i don't know if you can see behind me some of the right or just coming back from to engage me go from patient between them people just it's jus

the president of his prime minister cabinet ministers and senior military officers will be arrested earlier in the day for the time being it looks like the military is in control. when we know of course they're all some international troops stationed in mali what sort of international reaction has there been so far to this. well basically it all started with the french and the norwegians are edging their citizens not to come out today it started very early in the morning when shots were fired now the french prime minister the former colonial muster for mali is condemning because also if the united states of america the united nations is also chipped in condemning the situation also the west african regional bloc of course which has been trying to mediate between the opposition and the bramble because kids are for weeks now and also condemned and called on the soldiers to negotiate a peaceful settlement to this crisis and what it looks like. already in the afternoon it became clear that the soldiers are in control and all the statement from the regional bodies on international community comi

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leaders overthrew president brian katulis government arresting him and members of the cabinet and senior army officers their kids the president and the others are failing to protect and for allowing corruption to flourish. the promise of a return to constitutional democracy is welcome news to the opposition but there are also concerns that the army may seek to hold on to power something the opposition say they will resist. their. but i think i might just like what. makes you less wealthy and bad governance would be a. international reactions to the coup was swift the united nations france and the united states have condemned the cool with the african union suspending malice membership of the organization the regional bloc they can have a community of west african states and i was to list of sanctions and land an air blockade of the landlocked country is in effect it will also restrict financial flows from member states to the country measures that could worsen the already tough living conditions for mandaeans. al-jazeera. that's introduce our guests in aberdeen scotland monolith lecturer at the univer

all of these things are worked out between the appropriate cabinet members and our director of office -- of omb and then they come to the cab kne-- to t cabinet for full discussion so those with an interest in this could have their input and i can't answer that because that has not come to the cabinet. young lady. there were two young ladies. all right. you and then you. >> iran and the soviet union share a long border, given the anti-u.s. sentiment, how do you best think the united states could ensure the stability of the region? >> you said iran, the border between iran and the soviet union? well, i think one of the first things that has to happen is for stability, has got to be in iran itself to establish a government that could speak as a government for iran. and part of our problem in all of these long 444 days has been the inability of anyone seemingly to speak for that nation, to have a government. now, i think that any country would want to help another if they showed an intent to have a government that would abide by international law and do what they could to help them in th

office. some divisions within the cabinet.ary matt hancock saying he didn't mind if his civil servants stayed at home. seems to be at odds to what we are going to be at odds to what we are going to be at odds to what we are going to be hearing from the prime minister. the confusion in government and the fact that whitehall isn't taking the lead itself. it's clear the problem is for some people working at home and i understand this entirely, it is prefera ble i understand this entirely, it is preferable in many ways but there is a need for a mix, partly because there are some benefits to going to an office. also it is true that if the city centres get devastated because all the jobs that are there disappear, all the support services, that takes jobs out of the economy, ta ke that takes jobs out of the economy, take spending out of the economy and has a knock—on effect. there is a vested interest for people going back to the office because although some, otherjobs that disappear in the city centre are a net loss to the city cent

to make this quick point it's october 2019 there are 2 cabinet officials that have come to visit me at sky they're sitting on the couch in my office they are former cabinet officials and they remark it's going to be a disaster if we have a crisis well what do you guys mean well listen he can't manage you know everybody knows in our business school or the pentagon you can have 6 reports the president has no reports every morning it is a billiard game the cue ball smashing into the balls everything is flying around people are scared of them they don't want to get fired they don't want to get tweeted that they don't want to be ashamed or a 1000000 you millionaire by the president like many of us have frankly myself included and so what happens is the entire symphony the entire orchestra of the executive branch has been paralyzed by the conductor and so these 2 gentlemen leave and they say look let's pray that there's no crisis before we can get out of this thing and i thought the crisis team was going to be the soul may strike in january i turned on the t.v. i said oh my god this is going to be the crisis it wasn't but it turned out

and in the last few minutes — cabinet office minister penny mordaunt has tweeted, this group of young dfe. will be posting updates later today. with me now is our political correspondent helen catt. this is an extraordinary level of pressure on the government notjust on political opponents but on those pressure has been growing over the weekend and this morning we‘ve seen those comments from the sixth form couege those comments from the sixth form college education and the grammar school association and the former head of ofsted saying it was time to return to teacher assessments that pressure has been growing. we have also seen an increasing number of conservative mps growing who are willing to come out and publicly criticise this system. earlier robert halfon who is the chair of the education select committee described it as a national disaster and he also took aim at the regulator, quual at the moment they are behaving like cardinals at the vatican, shrouded in secrecy. we now know from a leak to the daily telegraph that the quual board themselves are considering scrapping themselv

leaders overthrew president brian katulis government arresting him and members of the cabinet and see the army officers their cues the president and the others of failing to protect and following corruption to flourish. the promise of a return to constitutional democracy is welcome news to the opposition but there are also concerns that the army we seek to hold on to power something the opposition say they will resist but we have a. beer. too early for us. there was a. fight just like. make sure that he and. international reactions to the coup was swift the united nations france and the united states have condemned the cool with the african union suspending malice membership of the organization the regional bloc they can have a community of west african states and i was to list of sanctions and land and air blockade of the landlocked country is in effect it will also restrict financial flows from member states to the country measures that could worsen the already tough living conditions for mandaeans. al-jazeera. the u.n. security council held an emergency meeting on wednesday condemning the coup and c

afternoon's meeting several ministers and haasan cabinet have already quit their offices protesters have been demanding this and tire government now resign they blame the country's political elite for years of corruption and that negligence which they say made last week's explosion possible. for more and we're joined now by d.w. correspondent bosler reading who is standing by for us in beirut but we're hearing reports that the lebanese government is expected to resign what more can you tell us. the announcement of that is ignition of the current government spec expected to be at $730.00 local time by the prion made prime minister a sign of the up with the new bunnies we're told that if you know where to go the distance resigned vote this morning the minister of justice resigned as well and the minister of finance so all in gold it's obvious that the skipper meant can't do it says. the day where it was supposed to attend a meeting session or question expression ok but with the parliament the prime minister has started yet try to avoid this there's ignition but i think it. communicate cont

be the fate of the bible because kato the president of bali his prime minister cabinet ministers and senior military officers will be arrested earlier in the day for the time being it looks like the military is in control. a member of hezbollah has been convicted of conspiring to kill former lebanese prime minister rafiq hariri who was assassinated 15 years ago salim jamil i asked one of 4 suspects tried in absentia for the 2005 car bomb attack in beirut which killed her really and 21 other people judges in a un backed tribunals said there was insufficient evidence against the other defendants are areas remembered as a key figure in efforts to rebuild lebanon after the civil war ended in 1990 more state employed workers have joined protests against better reeses presidents and the election that many say was rigged thousands of people have demonstrated against an example of code for 10 consecutive days since his reelection for the 6th time the government has now admitted some police officers have quit in protest or troops have been sent to the country's borders. the u.s. postal service says the spending cost

leaders overthrew president brian katulis government arresting him and members of the cabinet and see the army officers their cues the president and the others are failing to protect and for allowing corruption to flourish. the promise of a return to constitutional democracy is welcome news to the opposition but there are also concerns that the army to hold on to power something the opposition say they will resist. there was. quite. sure that. international reactions to the coup was swift the united nations france and the united states have condemned the cool with the african union suspending malus membership of the organization the regional bloc they can have a community of west african states and i was to list of sanctions and then air blockade of the landlocked country is in effect it will also restrict financial flows from member states to the country measures that could worsen the already tough living conditions for mandaeans. al-jazeera former commanders of colombia's fark rebel group gave testimony in front of a peace tribe. there dressed the forced recruitment of children and their ranks during

be the fate of the bible because kato the president of bali his prime minister cabinet ministers and senior military officers will be arrested earlier in the day for the time being it looks like the military is in control. a member of hezbollah has been convicted of conspiring to kill the former lebanese prime minister rafiq hariri who was assassinated 15 years ago salinger are irish was one of 4 suspects tried in absentia the 2005 car bomb attack in beirut which killed her riri and 21 other people judges in a un backed tribunals said there was insufficient evidence against the other defendants hariri is remembered as a key figure in efforts to rebuild lebanon after the civil war ended in 1990 more state employed workers have joined protests against bellary says the president and the election many say was wearing out thousands of people have demonstrated against alexander lukashenko for 10 consecutive days since his re-election for the 6th time the government has now admitted it some police officers have quit in protest while troops have been sent to the country's borders. the u.s. postal service says suspen

the finance minister, ibrahim el—badawi, was among 7—8 key cabinet ministers who was removed from officeou know, the reshuffle we did injuly, it was motivated by three factors. number one — this is a government that listened to the people, to the public. you had a huge demonstration on 30 june, marking the first anniversary of that demonstration last year, and they demanded change on a number of fronts. the second reason is about teamwork. we would like to have ministers that will be working in a perfect teamwork within the cabinet, with the political front, and all that. but most importantly, it is also dictated by performance. the minister of finance and others, these are people implementing a programme, not a personal agenda, so the programme of the government remained the same, which was articulated following the great slogan of the revolution — freedom, justice and peace. ok, we've only got interim replacements at the moment, particularly in the finance ministry. we've got a senior finance ministry official in charge. when are you going to nominate new ministers? you know, the chall

his cabinet and senior top military officers inside the mali and government or mali institution so virtually but a lot of people point to the fact that this is in fact a successful cooter because there is no reaction from the rest of the military in mali manages thank you very much indeed it was 500 fighters from a faction of one of the largest armed groups in eastern democratic republic of congo have surrendered to the government the n d c r rebels sang and danced before handing over their arms at a ceremony in the village of to sugar they had attempted to overthrow their leader a month ago and fighting has raged within the group since a rebel spokesman said it was time to participate in peace an international tribunal backed by the un has finally reached a verdict over an assassination that sent shock waves through the middle east and transformed lebanon's political future sally my ash a member of his bowler has been found guilty of the 2005 bombing that killed former prime minister rafik hariri it took 15 years and a $1000000000.00 for the judges to reach their conclusion but none of the