i go to ask, 1st of all, why you're in cairo, a lot of people in cairo after all, there's a half general half to form a ca asset that the meeting with president ccsi. i think that the libyan speaker agree less other. he says that it's all happening in egypt and sees why are you that i am here to ordinate our political work with my libby and colleagues. we believe, as always, that the solution for the libyan problems should be conducted an executed by the libyan people themselves. cairo in egypt is a neighboring capital. egypt is a very important country to us. and we have a major libyan community here. and now the different political leaders of libya are coming to discuss the libyan situation. we are here to be present to be active and to remind the world that the majority in libya has been silenced by nato's bombs by natives intervention and by natives agents. and we need to listen to the people not to the political elite or to the foreign powers. so did you me general after and is general after going to run in december's elections and is safe all good f going to run in december's elect

it does not matter if you are a terrorist or if you are a doctor and cairo. there is a common thread or i wouldn't be in business everyone wants to have their story told him they believed in it. >> you to do an interesting thing, you listed every author listed. did you decide to do that because why? >> well, this is a book that i hope will be used as a standard reference. i was also thinking of it as a signal to the people that i interviewed as well. you know, the world. if you know something about this group and you see all of the people in that organization that i interviewed, then you know where i'm getting my material and for most leaders are probably would not matter that much because their names may not mean an end to them. but if you are in the intelligence agency, if you know anything about that, if you look through my list, you will get an understanding of the world that i was in. >> can you talk about the definitive look? >> that would be my greatest hope that it would be a standard reference and what really led up to 9/11. and i told the story thro

manus cranny has been in cairo at the international forum. you have been speaking with the finance minister. lots more to come. manus: it is interesting, a cacophony of voices from citi, to tidjane thiam. you are going to debate the hawkish tilt from the ecb. the finance minister we will hear from later on has seen it all before. this is a country that is a carry trade. the real interest rate differential is phenomenal. a quick taper could cause money to flat out. -- flood out. and on foreign policy have the tilt from the foreign minister from a global perspective, america is not stepping back from its global role, but there is a hurriedness to foreign policy in the region. coming up, we will talk to the finance mr. of nigeria. they all carry the risk of a taper even though the market seems assuaged from that. tom: thank you very much. fantastic interviews coming out of cairo from manus cranny, and the implications of the fed and ecb possibly tightening on the em space. let's check in on the markets, red across-the-board. cautionary tales fro

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and northwest nigeria and children have been taken from a secondary school in the remote village of cairo in some far state years. president joe biden has promised to protect women's reproductive rights south to the state of texas, introduced the most extreme abortion laws in the country. a bonds most terminations by prohibiting the procedure after 6 weeks of pregnancy. coming up next states my nigeria, goodbye. the taliban has taken control of f ganna song 20 years. also it was supposed from power. the country now faces a new reality. how will that impact the people as events unfold in the world, re f? stay with us? the latest news and analysis from us going on now to hear about my nose is stuffed on my nadia development manager. that is excellent. this is my not junior i was you know they me been with my name in football coach. they pasto and have not cadet me know nice them of academy. we are very much on sunday if i know much and there need to prepare publicly or that much. i get the most out there. i live. get ready for ball, you know, like a religion. if you guys, i do not know any

cairo has made an important role in mitigating cease-fire between israel and palestinian armed groups in gaza, most recently in may. egyptian and israeli officials have often worked together in may. they are the largest recipients of american military aid. let's bring in our guest, in west jerusalem, gil hoffman's chief political correspondent at the jerusalem post. welcome to the program. thank you for joining us on inside story. how significant was this trip by prime minister bennett to meet with the president? >> this was a squeeze between the sisi and the u.n. general assembly meetings in the yuan. -- u.n. the fact that this was held before the u.n. means that they want to push the israelis into a more serious effort in the peace process. we know that on the record, they have been very honest. they don't want to have any talks with the palestinians. that is in a way good but time,. what is the purpose of having these meetings if there is not going to be an end to the occupation? that is the main goal of the arab side. we have to find a way to get the israeli prime minister to chan

several years in cairo. 20 years overseas. not one problem.le byron's voice broke a few times during his account of the shooting, sergeant luberts was surprised at how calm and matter of fact he was for most of the interview. >> you would think, after such a horrific event, shooting and killing two people that broke into your house. that he would be very emotional. maybe, crying, at times. i didn't notice any of that, from byron smith. he just maintained his composure, which was rather odd. >> much stranger, still, the investigator thought, was byron's account of what happened a few-minutes after he shot nick. haile entered the house and byron fired, again. >> it jammed. trigger clicked and she laughed at me. i just pulled out the. 22 and shot her. if you are trying to shoot somebody and they laugh at you, you go again. >> was haile really laughing, as he shot her? to the sergeant, it seemed like such a bizarre detail. and then, byron told them this. >> i thought she was dead, and it turned out she wasn't. so, i did a good, clean, finishing sh

the children have been taken from a secondary school in the remote village of cairo in some far state. photo storm ida has brought flooding to the us east coast. a state of emergency has been declared in new york city after record breaking rain. it comes 4 days after i made landfall in the southern states, louisiana as a profit category for how to can, but it's not a weekend and those are the headlines. the news is going to continue on al jazeera after shuttle world, goodbye. ah, me. i oh, i don't oh i think the still we are responsible for the deployment of thousands of young americans to battle in a distant land. some will kill and some will be killed inside of the land conflict. filled with difficult questions about the relationship between war and peace and our effort to replace one with the other we've got the pictures like all the temp said to the adams to make them don't get them tony. yes. oh um no, i pay the ah ah ah, they were 5 months in a world war one. both sides were in trenches. they were just mass slaughter across the landscape. men were standing up sleeping. they were

adding runs up and that's cairo. estrada with the first of two long balls for him. love this play winning pitcher kevin goes but is not gonna bunch he's gonna fake you out. he's gonna chop. that thing passed third for an arby's single. guzman went seven gave up only three runs, nine strikeouts. one is 13th game of the year. he's all smiles because giants just keep on hitting astrada again. this will be his six he has had some huge hits for the giants, even in just the last week or so, and he had three total on this game. two of them left the yard. darren rough told you about how he left the yard to open the game. well this time he just hammers one to center field. that's off the wall. he'll wind up with a couple of r b. i's to really put this thing out of reach, and he's at third with a standup triple 10. 5 is the final first of three up there in the land of the rockies. and as i mentioned dodgers had max. sure, sir. alright 49ers. we're going to have some major football to talk about as we approach opening day, and that will be very soon here, uh, just gotta fix my

she's a former deputy minister of public health for afghanistan and in cairo. dr. richard brendan, he's a regional emergency director for the world health organization whose jurisdiction covers afghanistan. welcome, everybody, doctors are. i'd like to begin with you. you were the acting minister of public health before the transition from the us back government and cobbled to now taliban control. so i'm curious from you. what was the plan for ask in health care system by the us and by the government and cobble after the us announced that they were leaving thank you very much. the withdrawal and the transition happened just out of the there the way it was expected. it did not give the opportunity for health system specifically in the context where the last few months of the last regime was fully stay focused on fighting and ongoing conflict in 34 provinces. and i should say, i should say that even do endorse those days. the ministry of public health, the health sector was one of those sectors deprived of require inputs and resources needed in those at the phase of t

the youngster cairo is trying to its fourth home run of the year ticket to ride three run shot and maniants been hurt badly of late 51 win so they go into this weekend, three game series against the dodgers all even. off the western division is gonna be wild weekend. let's take it to detroit city where sean manaea and the a's bullpen kind of juggling things in the late innings of this thing, although the a's get out to a quick start, jed lowry craig's it three run homer is 14 mark canha followed that with a solo home run. in fact, the a's pilled up at eight. nothing leads and chris a k a crushed davis had a little something to do with that. r b i double, which oddly. kind of sticks under the fence out their ground rule double eight. nothing lead. they build up, but detroit chips away at it. and in the end, this place sure didn't hurt by elvis. andrus, robbie. nico. good room. good play kind of bail the bull pen out and get the momentum going toward a victory, which the is happy to get out of there. two out of three in detroit headed to toronto over the weekend. they trail the boston re

but he made some really prescient coach and observations about it went to cairo illinois which is veryke island this place that speculators -- the swampland and people went down there thinking they could loosen their bonnet and it was this messy place. in other places you might have a con man but america it was kind of celebrated. he said send the guy who'd sold all of these people this fraudulent land. isn't he corrupt? he's a terrible man, terrible. why do people appreciate him and like him? he's a smart man was the expression. he's a smart man. in other words it's pretty cool that he can't so many people and i think if i had to guess i would say americans are more prone to it or there's a part of us that is like that was really impressive and it's kind of fun to think that way. >> is why my husband and i are bench watching -- you look at him and objective when you say this guy is a jerk but you can't help but love him. there's a lovable scoundrel quality. >> there are so many scoundrels in the world today. i don't know there are so many. it would be hard to convince people in variou

he joins us live from cairo by skype. hello there. can you tell us a little bit about how critical the functioning of the airport is to this humanitarian, if it yes, what we've been saying since august the 15th, since before the central government, how important is to have regular access to the airport to bring in vitally needed medical supplies since that date, we've only been able to bring in one plane load of medical supplies urgently needed supplies. because as you've indicated right across the country, hospitals, clinics running out of essential medicines, essential disposable products and so on. right now the, the couple a port is not accepting commercial slides or 8 flights. there's going to be a lot of repairs done still there. today, we've only been able to bring one plane load of supplies into the country through the airport in missouri sharif. but we do hope that we'll have more regular, a lips starting from tomorrow. rigid, if you had a magic wand, what would you do to fix this problem? what is it that is needed right now?

make an official visit to egypt that was in 2011 during the presidency of the late trusting buttock. cairo has played an important role in mediating cease fires between israel and palestinian armed groups in gaza. most recently in may. egyptian and israeli officials have often worked together on security. the countries are 2 of the united states main allies in the middle east, and are the largest recipients of american military 8 the r i was bringing our guests in west jerusalem. gil hoffman is chief political correspondent at the jerusalem post in vienna. that would could tub is a journalist and founder of on monday yet and don't have the most re, is political analysts, an associate professor at the door institute for graduate studies. welcome to the program and thanks for joining us today on inside story. that would let me start with you today. how significant was this trip by prime minister bennett to show them a shift to meet with president a, c. c. and how important is the timing? well, the timing is a key issue, not and diplomacy thought about timing. and you see the visit the summit

he joins us now live from cairo many thanks for taking the time. richard, you still have stuff in afghanistan, one of the few humanitarian organizations to do so i believe. what are they telling you? what are the most pressing humanitarian concerns? enough chemist on well, we work in the health sector and as you rightly say, we have stuff on the ground. we have some national stuff in all 34 provinces across the country. and we have 5 international staff remaining and people directing our operations. so within the health sector, which is the focus of w, i show the big concerns right now, our access to medicines and supplies has been a real constraint on being able to bring them into the country of the last few weeks. secondly, just the availability of a central health services. we're very concerned that humanitarian needs have increased and therefore our health operation has to increase as well. but also there is a policy funding to the largest health project in the country. and that could lead to a reduction in services, the sensation of services a

it happened in portugal, a mountainous region of cairo brush to kula province. many of the victims are from the same extended family as the lightning struck 2 adjoining houses in the past week. the area has also been battered by torrential monsoon reigns and lance lives in the occupied west. thank seasonal summer water shortages of turned into an unprecedented crisis. stretching from ramallah to wal areas, the palestinian authorities, he says these really occupation is to blame for the taps running dry at the sugar name reports. now from the occupied west bank ensuring customers drive away with that brand new car look would be impossible without water. this summer, during the pandemic, the use of water has increased 15 percent in the occupied what's bank, and created what the palestinian water authority says is its worst crisis ever. and met up if only if the that the what to keeps cutting off, interrupt some work and cost us money. palestinians are being forced to buy water from israel at a price $3.00 times higher than what they typically pay according to the

announcement, the adoption, the egypt national airline, would fly 4 times a week from next month between cairo and television. there's also analysis. this is important for egypt in terms of its relationship with the united states. it is the 2nd highest beneficiary off the israel of us military aid. there are concerns about the by did ministrations attitude towards egypt giving the priority that it's putting on human rights in terms of international relations and foreign policy. so showing. busy that it is working in such close concept with the united states. other main ally in the region is something that many analysts see as important to egypt as well. thanks very much. indeed. that's harry forces in west to islam. the international monetary fund is to provide more than $1000000000.00 to lebanon, which is grappling with a deep economic crisis. the new cabinet has been holding its 1st meeting since being appointed last week. billionaire, businessman nancy mccarty took charge as prime minister last week. after 13 months of deadlock, the plunge, the country even deeper into crisis in a honda has

my friend manus cranny is standing by in cairo. look at that chair.ly they could see this on radio, the palatial manus cranny this morning. >> we are --thank you for having us into your office. it is an interesting time in our region. within the context of the outer region. that issue will be a focus of the session. the transformation of this nature will have interesting repercussions and we will wait to see what those repercussions are in terms of how the government will operate and the commitments we have made and how we can have the security and stability of the region. >> do you see this as a disengagement by the biden administration making this region more unstable? >> i do not think the u.s. is a superpower. or can disengage. i think we will continue to rely on its traditional relationships and partnerships as a strategic ally and will continue to extract its interest and provide the security and stability of the region. >> there is a tectonic shift in discussions between the nations here in the middle east. would you describe that between yours

i gave a speech at the american university in cairo, saying egypt needed to lead the revolution. and saying to him, mr. president, get out ahead of this. get reform started before your people are in the streets. because what you could feel, by being in the middle east, was the kind of anger that was growing against authoritarians who were corrupt, authoritarians planning obsessions from them selves to their sons. you could sense that in tenationau were increasingly isisilated with people who were telling them their people love them but on the streets their people didn't love them. really, we had a sense this was coming. but you can never know is what is the spark? the spark would have been a man, a shop keeper, self emilating in tunisia. it's what you can't see. you see the kindling gathering but don't know when it's going to ignite. the best thing to do is try to get ahead of it and know it could ignite at any time. and getting our friends in the middle east to reform before they get in the streets was our way of trying to get ahead of what happened ultimately in egypt and tunis

manus joins us from cairo where they are hosting a forum. what are the key takeaways so far then?tom, we're going to get underway in the next two days where the doctor has set an ambitious program. when we talk about multilateralism, what is it? world banks. oecd, u.n., african dwoft bank. we have city. you have the african development bank. governance. she talked about the governance of credit suisse. reassurance from the multilateral agencies to private capital to pull it together. there is lots of challenges. if you think here in egypt lots of opportunities, major megaproject. we we want a level playing field. we want an equitable piece of the pie as other people. there is that discussion from the media and the -- but i think what the doctor is really trying to do is sort of push in a coast covid world the need to speed up the agenda toward theesg. the sustainability goals in 2015. tom: all of those important topics. you're going to be digging into the opportunities with some great guests. who have you got lined up? manus: we're going to do a panel and then off to the foreign m

a wonderful graph in the book, the height of the nile river over about 1,800 years as measured in cairo and what you see the egyptians were very good at these things. it's got long-term trend tesuperimposed on the ups and downs every year and you can be sure that there were some who got really worried that they were entering the drop when it was going down for a couple decades but then it changed around again and of course that had nothing to do with human influences because it was long before the long scale use of fossil fuels. >> that is one of the delicious graphs in your book, for me. i'm sure you had this experience with graphs and books in the public space. generally speaking they tell you to get the graphs out of your book because it scares people away. when i see a graph it's not an illustration it just yells at you the information a picture is worth a thousand words. it's all true it's very dramatic and that speaks volumes to thatr specific. >> as i started to put the book together,we we had a big debate, the editor and the publisher and i. should we put the graphs in orono and

we're glad to have you with us watching from sao paulo brazil cairo egypt. good morning to you in el salvador, peru and in stockholm in sweden. again, i'll ask you to please post your questions in the comments section. so that damian and danny can answer them. so damian danny's given us a sense of how it played out for a couple of college students who could relate on a very personal level as --. how did african-american athletes grapple with the question of whether to compete or boycott? was a difficult question because for african-american's the olympics and sports had been a primary vehicle through which african-american said sought to fight against racial discrimination by by embodying the ideas of the amateur athlete they saw themselves as challenging notions race and racial oppression. some of the more also concerned about whether they would face discrimination in germany, and so they they had legitimate concerns and worries, but ultimately many of them saw this as an opportunity to compete at the highest levels of the sport and then to use their succes

then when i got leading roles, plural, in woody allen's "purple rose of cairo" when woody was at thetill in love, that's 1985, when that happened, i knew that i would at least be able to make a living in this business. i wouldn't be a star, but i could make a living in this business. next movie i went up on was heartburn, mike nichols directed it. went to mike's apartment where you meet mike, you walk in and talk to mike and say -- i said, do you want me to read? he said, good enough for woody, good enough for me. >> stephen: wow. yeah. i'm doing clint eastwood's "blood work" and this was later, 2002, and i had close chosen -- dumber." wanted to do "dumb and ( cheers and applause ) i wanted to do bigtime comedy, gettysburg, because i'm living in michigan, you know. >> stephen: okay. there are jobs in between all those, so i thought, if i can pull off "dumb and dumber" standing next to jim, then i may be able to have -- i'm walking down the set with clint eastwood, and clint -- i had done a drama called "two days in the valley" and "dumb and dumber," both of which clint has seen. clin

the book, not my data, but it's the height of the nile river over about 1,800 years as measured in cairo. the egyptians were very good at measuring these things for a long time. it's got trends superimposed on the ups and downs and you can be sure that there were some who got really worried that they were not doing the drop when it was going down for a couple of decades but thenn it turns aroud again and that hadun nothing too with human influences because it was gone before the long scale use of fossil fuels. >> that's one of the most delicious graphs in your book because i'm sure you have this experience with graphs and books in the public space. generally speaking they tell you to get it out of your book because it scares them away. why, it is a graph i don't mean an illustration. it yells at you the information a picture is worth a thousand words. it's all true. it's very dramatic and provocative and that graph speaks volumes to that specific. >> long-term trends. it's interesting you mentioned the graphs and as i started to put the book together, we had a big debate, the editor and

where do you stand with cairo or kareem abdul-jabbar get the shot what are you waiting for? >> well, i stand with kyrie. i applaud him and i want to tell all the other players stand with him also. that's more personal. that's between you and your doctor whether you get the shot or not and i don't think it's inin's business and those are the rights i'm fighting for for people to have their own rights what they think is right for them. that's their health that you are talking about. i think it's a little bit of overreach for the nba to say everyone has got have the shot. and they have their reason why and i think i stand with them. >> brian: gets to the worst stereotypes of athletes and take a shot of full screen. he says players who don't get vaccinated are no longer legit role models. they are also worried about dumb jocks who are unable to look at verified scientific evidence and reach a national conclusion. rational conclusion i should say. how do you feel about his point of view. >> everyone has a point of view. that's the reason we live in the united states of america. y

cairo estrada hammered one that's a solo his 5th 31. started the winning pitcher kevin goss, but, uh butcher boy play right here. he fakes the bus and then kind of slaps. it passed. third got himself an r b. i guys went seven innings, three runs, nine strikeouts, wins his 13th and gets himself a big old smile for a job well, done and you just keep piling on against the rockies. fifth inning astrada again, the giants found their second basement of the future. god picking to ride two run shot. he had three hits on the afternoon. here's darren rough, who i mentioned led off the game with a home run for the giants. this is another blast. this will rocket off the center field wall. he's got himself a couple of r b, i still wind up chugging into third base with a standup triple ted runs doesn't even sell. safe up there against the rockies, but they win it. 10 5 l a. if you didn't hear they also behind sugars are one there ballgames, so they stay right on the giants tales. just a game back well after that canadian catastrophe for the a's. were

of data but it's the height of the nile river over about 1000, maybe 800 years as measured at the cairo and what you see, egyptians were very good and precise measuring these things for a long time is that it has long-term trends superimposed on the ups and downs every year and you can be sure that there were some egyptian scholars who got worried that they were entering a drought when it was going down for a couple of decades but then it turned around again and of course that had nothing to do with human influence because it was long before the large-scale use of these. >> that's one of the most delicious graphs in your book for me because i'm sure you have this experience with graphs and books in the public space. generally speaking editors tell you to get the grass out of your book because it scares people away . i see a graph, it's a real graph. it just yells at you, information that we all adding pictures are worth 1000 words, it'sall true . it's very dramatic and evocative and that graph speaks volumes to that specific phenomenon. >> its long-term trends and it's interesting you m

it's 41 brandon belt continues to skull that's going to go to the wall got himself an r b, i doubled cairoit all the way around from first and the giants. this thing away 51 the very next batter. was buster posey not known for his speed, but manny machado felt he had to rush the throw here on the little chopper. rare error from machado and belt will be allowed to score as the ball was ruled a dead ball into the screen there after a review as you see the replay nine straight games now the giants have scored six runs or more. first time they've done that since 1929. it's nine consecutive wins. the record is 95 50. and there's still 2.5 up on the dodgers. just of course, continue to win. all right, raise your hand. if you've heard this one before a build up a nice, comfortable, sizable lead early, and then the combustible bullpen completely blows it a zoo of lost 19 of their last 29 games. they are royally messed up in kansas city, the mascot there, chiding fans for using their self jones. not a bad idea. really. second indians josh harrison will sting it for the age. you just got himself a t

it was from a church in cairo, egypt, and they said we would like to see you because [inaudible] readyleave for chicago. my dad didn't believe the phone call. he hung up and said someone is playing a game with me. he hung up the phone. then they called again. we went for the meeting and everything. from there we started the process of paperwork, passport, everything. then we just came as refugees. >> so you get to chicago. you get enrolled in sullivan. >> yeah. >> before sullivan, what was your first impression of chicago? what's going on in your mind? >> so i came o'hare, from o'hare right away to the house they rented for us. it was apartment, not a house. so it was all the way in really like bad shape house, but [inaudible]. because i told you, we were so good in our country. my dad had everything for us, everything we want. but when the war started, we lose everything. my dad had two dealership. he lost them. after two weeks, right away they send me to sullivan high school. >> it's been a million years since i have been in school, but i know the most nerve-wracking moment is the ni

the egypt international cooperation forum is taking place in cairo. financial i.n.s.tutions there to discuss the world economic challenges. from there manus cranny joins us there. our colleague. manus, good morning. manus: anna, a good day to you. day two of the conference on multilateralism. the finance ministers in town. we're grateful. we have the egyptian finance minister. good to have you with me this morning. >> good morning. manus: inflation, you would ponder there is a great deal. it is down four months in a row. six month low. simple question. is inflation in your view transitory and have you passed the worst over the spike? >> we certainly feel and we have passed the worst of it. our projection is inflation will continue to go down downward throughout 2021 and 2022. in 2023, we will be moving to single digit inflation. manus: is the change impacted in nigeria or do you see relief there? >> we see a turn. it is moving upwards. still not in the positive territory but it has moved up very substantiately and that is a strong end indication. it has to do with the

he spoke to bloomberg at the start of the egypt international corporation quorum conference in cairo. one of the positive ones globally. expectations are quite impressive going forward, and that comes on the back of very important reforms, as well as projects across different sectors. that has not stopped despite the pandemic. laura: credit suisse has named rafael lopez lorenzo as chief compliance officer, filling the last gap left by the exit after the archegos scandal. he is currently head of group and panel audits and will take over the bank. global news 24 hours a day, on-air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. ♪ this is bloomberg. anna: thanks very much. laura wright in london. coming up on the program, regulatory climbed downs and, prosperity. president xi jinping's push for balanced growth in china has sparked an international debate and some debate about how drastic, how radical the plan is going to be within china. more on that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> one way or another, we have to move more to an

. >> overseas, protesters took to the streets in paris, tokyo, and cairo. >> the british are trying tothe lead of the restance. >> (shouting in french) >> no blood for oil! >> narrator: american protests also began to grow. >> the largest protest was in washington on saturday. >> demonstrations in san francisco also drew large crowds. >> we flooded the streets. you know, we were part of a global anti-war movement. i was one of the students leading the anti-war protests in the bay area. and we didn't stop; we continued to stage civil disobedience, hoping, praying that our actions would matter. >> the demonstrations have not softened the administration's resolve, for now the u.s. is preparing to strike with limited international support. >> the president, of course, is driving toward a confrontation with saddam hussein. he knows that people have discounted a lot of the things that he has said, so he turns to the one person in his team that he thinks has credibility. and that would be colin powell. >> narrator: colin powell, a former general; chairman of the joint chiefs of staff; under b