and africa we re workers in central asia and africa were a lot of these projects are taking shapebly seasoned as an extension of chinese global strategic interest. this is essentially a trojan horse for china to exporters politics and its values. a huge amount of criticism but on the other hand, it's not going away, you can't ignore it, a lot of people are taking a very aquatic approach, seeing what's in it for them and their economies and i think that's why you have 37 global leaders here in beijing. do we have an idea as to how this product is going to be funded? do think it will be debt? essentially debt is the main driver. these are infrastructure projects built on chinese government the ending. notably, i think what we had in the president ‘s opening address today, as well as lofty idea of the talk of men— when cooperation. this is the first, from the man himself acknowledging some of these criticisms, the need for sustainability, the need for getting other countries involved and a zero tolerance approach to corruption. now let's brief you on some other business stories. taxi

expected to join to learn more about china's new silk road and one of the routes will run through central asia moscow all the way to russia there will be roads and railways as well as palace stations telecommunications networks and pipelines and then there's the maritime a silk road which will connect china with europe africa and southeast asia with china all ready investing billions into infrastructure projects along the way but critics warm that president g.'s pet project plunges partners into debt while giving china will power. these workers are assembling cooling and heating units for industrial buildings they are later going to be shipped to the u.s. pakistan bangladesh and mexico un dar or broad group is a company specialized in energy fission the air conditioning heating and air purifying lately broadest planning for further international expansion. in that union and the delta raid initiative is a good opportunity for us to cooperate and to promote our business further we expect to see a lot of new opportunities where we are all the down. but end road also called the new super road init

initiative mean it's the new version of the silk road what does it involve one route runs through central asia and moscow all the way to korea in italy it consists of roads and really raise as well as our stations daily communication networks and pipelines now there is the maritime silk road which will connect china with europe africa and southeast asia china is already in mr invested billions in infrastructure projects long the rich but critics are warning that president xi is gigantic project sponging its partners into debt giving china increasing power here's what the chinese president had to say. the delta road is not an exclusive club and it aims to promote green development when we are convinced that a more open china will further integrate itself into the world and deliver greater progress and prosperity for china and the world at large forces you. to for more let me draw in our correspondent who's been in there he is in beijing now we heard a little bit of what the president xi had to say but he has a grand opening to this event what is china hoping to achieve with this summit. well i

join to learn more about china's reimagining of the silk road one of the routes will run through central asia and moscow to rotterdam they'll be roads and railways as well as power stations telecommunications that works and pipelines the maritime silk road will connect china with europe africa and southeast asia with china already investing billions into infrastructure projects along the way but critics warn that president she's pet project plunges partners into debt while giving china more power. the new silk road is president he's foreign policy baby to ensure his new economic superhighway to the world succeeds china is providing international delegates a warm welcome. to smooth over any potential rough spots. around we should strengthen debt and risk management we should objective early and fully understand debt problems of developing countries but. the belton road initiative presents a gigantic opportunity triggering development in structurally weak regions the economic potential has sparked massive international interest in the project the zs also a very important opportunity of the phon

initiative its new version of the silk road involve let's take a look now one route runs through central asia in moscow all the way to treat asked and into italy it consists of roads and railways as well as power stations telecommunications networks and pipelines and then there is the maritime silk road which will connect china and europe and africa and also southeast asia china has already invested billions in infrastructure projects along the way but critics are . winning that president she's gigantic project is taunting its partners that the debt giving china increasing power here's what the chinese president had to say. to belton a road is not an exclusive club and it aims to promote green development when we are convinced that our more open china will further integrate itself into the world and deliver greater progress and prosperity for china and the world at large but for more let's speak to our correspondent much yes but i know he's standing by for us and beijing. so there was a lavish opening ceremony for the summit how much substance is there behind this shell. if we talk about numb

the varieties developed are already across africa and central asia.able on arid land. in the old days we had lots of land, so we didn't pay attention to the harsh environment. what we know with climate change and global warming is many arable lands will become harsh environments. so we have no choice but to produce those environments and to produce those environments and to produce those harsh environments you need new crops. food for thought for any country faced with a hotter and drier future. let's country faced with a hotter and drierfuture. let's quickly country faced with a hotter and drier future. let's quickly show you how financial markets are going today. in asia, the price of oil, brent will cost you over $7a. if you are filling up vehicles you will feel it at the pump. this is how it is going in asia, a very flat beginning to the trading session. i will see you soon. steph willjoin me in will see you soon. steph willjoin meina will see you soon. steph willjoin me in a moment for the news briefing. there's a warning that a lack of english c

ever is it if it doesn't have a caliphate anymore but it has a lot of groups active in africa in central asia in southeast asia that are very much alive to them and spread the brand and the ideology so to say such a comment like mike pence or any other politician to say that isis is defeated is a ludicrous comment and is not accurate to what we're seeing i mean i'm just i'm just wondering if i may ask me to speculate here but i when when you have the vice president or the president or any political leader in the west saying something like that does that then lead other governments for example it's related to let down their guard a little when they hear the pronouncement ok we've we've defeated the terrorists now really because usually and this is where sri lanka becomes another issue the intel reports for your city security services give you a different picture now if the reports and share of the intel is not shared there's a certain degree of complacency and arrogance that can come in said we have everything and that's to forget sri lanka has decades of experience dealing with terrorism albe

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and the caucus of central asia. so i for one was unable to interact with them but and then we use to believe the largest number of foreign fighters come from tunisia. and that's when the freedom fighters came. >> and then going through the documents including those from tunisia which has changed. so it is a question how much so isis is well known for their use of social media have you seen other groups learning from misys? and what might be the next evolution of social media? >> and with that manifesto and and on the telegram group. and those have been created. and this is where isis works very hard even like for chinese takeout. that is one of the groups is called to hide what they are doing. and then to be adopted by those far right groups. >> we are getting to the end so what is your sense whether a group like al qaeda can benefit from the decline in isis? there are ideologies that it comes from the al qaeda break as an important individual and in any of the people that you spoke to? and that movement in any way

country run has allies across the region from the himalayas to the mediterranean from the red sea to central asia and iran has a very powerful presence in the persian gulf region so if the americans escalates the iranians will have no option but to escalate as well but in an asymmetrical fashion. but mohammed what the u.s. is saying is that you may have stood by the letter of the deal but not the spirit that there is much more to be negotiated is there much more to be negotiated in toronto points of you know there's nothing to negotiate because the united states is not abiding by its current to commit by its current commitments how can we negotiate anything else when what we've already negotiated for roughly a decade is to have been thrown out the window well who's to say that in future any agreement hypothetically that is reached will be abided by by the united states if the nuclear deal actually wasn't the americans didn't abide by the nuclear deal either under obama either from day one they began violating it yet the international atomic energy agency has said i think fourteen times now since

country run has allies across the region from the himalayas to the mediterranean from the red sea to central asia and iran has a very powerful presence in the persian gulf region so if the americans escalate the iranians will have no option but to escalate as well by them and asymmetrical fashion but mohammed what the u.s. is saying is that you may have stood by the letter of the deal but not the spirit that there is much more to be negotiated is there much more to be negotiated in toronto points of you know there's nothing to negotiate because the united states is not abiding by its current to commit by its current commitments. how can we negotiate anything else when what we've already negotiated for roughly a decade is to have been thrown out the window well who's to say that in future any agreement hypothetically that is reached will be abided by by the united states if the nuclear deal actually wasn't the americans didn't abide by the nuclear deal either under obama either from day one they began violating it yet the international atomic energy agency has said i think fourteen times now since

forces personnel ok let's get more on this for you joining us here on al-jazeera rashid he's a central asia security analyst mike rashid welcome to al-jazeera other multiple sets of talkers in this what conflict has been going on for ten eleven years now. well this particular conflict which is a separatist movement by polo cerm. separatists who wanted dependence from pakistan had been going on since two thousand and four two thousand and five and each group was wiped out or taken out by the military another group seems to come and replace it so this is being a very longstanding. see that has been going on and it has led to many atrocities including the disappearance of hundreds of of photo to you allegedly a by the military and the security forces. but on the other side there also a baluchistan has become the kind of happy third for slum ikey extremism and the groups such as isis are now operating there they carried out apparently this terrible attack last week in which some twenty people were killed. in battle i mean to the community and much of the third the to the an important job but it

belt and good initiative in its new version called the silk road involve the one who grants to central asia in moscow all the way to true yest in italy it includes rows and railways as well as power stations telecommunication networks and pipelines and there is then the maritime silk road which is a great connect shina with europe africa and southeast asia that china has already invested billions in infrastructure projects along the way the critics are warning the president she is gigantic project is plunging its partners into debt given china increasing power i'll talk to our correspondent in beijing in just a minute but first this report. is an ambitious initiative a massive infrastructure project which aims to connect asia to europe and africa china's belt and road initiative is expected to involve trillions of dollars in investments and has already funded trains highways and ports in many countries. chinese president xi jinping open the belt and road summit on friday with more than thirty heads of state from across the globe despite his reassurances some attendees showed concern that th

does china's belton good initiative it's a new version of the silk road involve one two bronze so central asiaand moscow all the way to korea in italy it consists of roads and railways as well as power stations telecommunications networks and by felines and then there's the maritime sake road which will connect china with europe africa and southeast asia china has already invested billions in infrastructure projects along the way but. despite his reassurances some attendees showed concern that they might become saddled with debt the chinese president sought to allay fears and promised cooperation transparency and zero tolerance of corruption as guiding principles. to belton road is not an exclusive club and it aims to promote green development when we are convinced that a more open china will further integrate itself into the world and deliver greater progress and prosperity for china and the world at large. speaking at the summit malaysian prime minister mohammed matiya sought to be raised doubts about his country's desire to take part just a week ago malaysia resumed the china backed rail li

pompeo: president trump's laid out a very clear goal with respect to our south central asia strategy. we're working with partners and allies in the region. and we're working with people that we've not worked with in an awfully long time. ambassadors talking to the taliban. we are working to achieve a reconciliation so that this conflict now coming on two decades can be resolved. we can take down the violence level, we can get a political outcome. from america's perspective, we have two goals. that's a necessary condition. the second necessary condition is that we continue to be able to perform our counterterror operations, the ones we were speaking about before, you mentioned isis in particular, but we still have al qaeda and other sunni terror operations in afghanistan as well. to make sure that we can continue to prevent an attack on the homeland from afghanistan. so we have two objectives. we're working to achieve them. and i'm hopeful that in the coming months we'll have real progress. it will depend on the afghan people. ultimately. the ambassador was in kabul most of last week.

country run has allies across the region from the himalayas to the mediterranean from the red sea to central asia and iran has a very powerful presence in the persian gulf region so if the americans escalates the iranians will have no option but to escalate as well but in an asymmetrical fashion. but mohammed what the u.s. is saying is that you may have stood by the letter of the deal but not the spirit that there is much more to be negotiated is there much more to be negotiated in toronto points of you know there's nothing to negotiate because the united states is not abiding by its current to commit by its current commitments how can we negotiate anything else when what we've already negotiated for roughly a decade is to have been thrown out the window well who's to say that in future any agreement hypothetically that is reached will be abided by by the united states if the nuclear deal actually wasn't the americans didn't abide by the nuclear deal either under obama either from day one they began violating it yet the international atomic energy agency has said i think fourteen times now since

china's belt and road initiative its new version of the silk road involve for one group runs through central asia and moscow all the way to rotterdam in the netherlands that consists of roads and railways as well as power stations a telecommunications networks and also pipelines and then there is the maritime silk road which will connect to china with europe with africa and southeast asia and china is already invested billions in infrastructure projects along the way but critics are warning that president xi is gigantic project is plunging its partners into debt and giving china increasing power. well let's talk about all of that with our correspondent mike yes belanger he is standing by for us in beijing hi mathias good to see you so at the opening ceremony for the summit which is a huge summit to around thirty seven leaders attending it was it was a lavish opening ceremony is there substance behind this shell well the question is of course what you see as substance if we talk about money there is a lot of substance we've heard it billions of trillions of dollars being pumped into these projects

more than twelve million turkmen live in central asia half of them in the young republican turkmenistan. these nomads who were famous for their love of horses only began settling in fixed locations joe nine hundred twenty s. . today their daily lives of the nearly two million iranian turkmen differs little from those of their fellow citizens but the turkmen still trying to preserve many of their control traditions. even the youngest practiced the customs of their ancestors dressed in their traditional costumes their helping hand out invitations in the town to this day when wedding is a grand event for the entire community i must say i met with they say it's going to be a totally traditional wedding it said the family is financially very well off. that's when a wedding like this is best of course otherwise they wouldn't be able to afford to make so much effort in the past turkmen wedding would be celebrated for months today it's just a week. or so i've heard that the family wants to uphold the old traditions for example that the bride will be brought on a camel and they'll be old turkmen

thought to be from his biggest on have been killed in a nasty coach crushing because it's down in central asia the pictures twenty nine injured being treated in hospital that happened on a road that links kazakhstan with neighboring uzbekistan seems the driver the bus reportedly tried to avoid nearly crushed but then graphically lost control on that road. this art international road ahead slim fifty moscow time president triumph goes against the grain and praises efforts by a rebel general in libya. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. theory dramatic to follow can only. exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. assets on their books to read they're referring to bonds at a price of one hundred cents on the dollar but don't have a sale value in the market greater than maybe one penny on the dollar so again this departure dorian gray economy all these quote assets on the central bank balance sheets if you add them all up i think the central banks have something like fifty to fifty fi

countries are in the midst of sizeable measles outbreaks and we know those to be in africa, in central asiabut also in countries like america. 0k, thank you. sophie hutchinson there. extension rebellion parked a boat outside 0xford service and blocked marble arch and picadilly circus. three men have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. 0rganisers say the protests are being held in more than 80 cities across 33 countries. teachers are warning that funding for children and young adults with special educational needs in england, has reached a crisis point. the national education union says nine out of ten local councils don't have enough money to meet rising demand. the government says more money is being made available. here's our education editor, branwen jeffreys. three... adam's dad knows how to calm him down. his son is autistic and has a rare kidney condition. in his first special school, adams stopped speaking. at home, he was also distressed. he couldn't communicate, he wouldn't say where he was or how he feels. it would get toa he was or how he feels. it would get to a point

country too much of it but acts the eleven people being killed in coach crushing kazakstan in central asia where we got here yeah you can see the . devastation this city to others taken to hospital for a road that links causes because it starred with neighboring uzbekistan early reports say the driver of the bus reportedly tried to avoid an earlier crush on the road but lost control thoughts with friends and family loved ones the terrible. facebook has put a permanent ban on some of the u.k.'s biggest right wing groups under a new category to block hate speech online individuals and organizations who spread hate or attack or call for the exclusion of others on the basis of who they are have no place in facebook under our dangerous individuals and organizations policy we ban those who proclaim a violent or hateful mission or are engaged in acts of hate or violence. all the groups planned on the platform are accused of having far right or extreme views and they've become infamous for promoting negative attitudes towards certain groups in society the veyron hits groups like the english defens

around the globe, many countries are in the midst of sizeable measles outbreaks which is in africa, central asiaressing that these figures are provisional and these figures are provisional and the actual numbers are expected to be far, far greater. let's go back to the story of the former soldier who is to be charged with murdering a teenager who was shot twice in the head in londonderry in 1972. here's our ireland correspondent emma va rdy. barricaded and controlled by the ira, in the early 19705, parts of derry had become no—go zones for the police and british soldiers. during an army operation to retake areas of the city, 15—year—old daniel hegarty was shot twice in the head by a member of a patrol unit known only as soldier b. the original investigation into what happened has since been heavily criticised by police. an inquest in 2011 found daniel hegarty was unarmed and that soldiers had not given a warning before firing. but repeatedly prosecutors had decided not to press charges. today, the decision was overturned. we have not and do not seek revenge or retribution. we just want the crimi

dead most of those who are dog are dead wood security forces personnel i'm going to shade is a central asia security analyst he says the unrest in that region has been going on for years. this particular conflict which is a separatist movement by below. separatists who wanted to pendants from pakistan has been going on since two thousand and four two thousand and five and each group is wiped out or taken out by the military another group seems to come and replace it so this has been a very longstanding. see that has been going on and it has led to many atrocities including the disappearance of hundreds of of you know below to you allegedly by the military and the security forces. but on the other side there's also a baluchistan has become the kind of be said for islamic extremism and the groups such as isis are now operating there they carried out apparently this terrible attack last week it was some twenty people were killed shias in battle i mean to the community and much of the. theory put the village just down revolves around the chinese who are building a port of a naval base in. testi

. >> with president trump has laid out a very clear goal with respect or south central asia strategy.working with partners and allies in the region in working with people that we've networked with an awfully long time. i was talking with the taliban and we're working to achieve a reconciliation so that this conflict now coming on two decades can be resolved. we can take down the file and get a political outcome. from our perspective we have two goals. that's a necessary condition. the second necessary condition is we continue to build to perform are counterterror operations, the ones we're speaking about before. percolation isis in particular but there in afghanistan but we still have al-qaeda and other sunni terror operations in afghanistan as well. make sure we can continue to prevent an attack on the homeland from afghanistan. we are working to achieve them and were hoping within the coming months will have real progress. >> do you -- >> it will only depend on the afghan people, ultimately. the ambassador was in kabul most of last week there are ambassador is working on it. we need

country run has allies across the region from the himalayas to the mediterranean from the red sea to central asia and iran has a very powerful presence in the persian gulf region so if the americans escalates the iranians will have no option but to escalate as well but in an asymmetrical fashion. but mohammed what the u.s. is saying is that you may have stood by the letter of the deal but not the spirit that there is much more to be negotiated is there much more to be negotiated in toronto points of you know there's nothing to negotiate because the united states is not abiding by its current to commit by its current commitments how can we negotiate anything else when what we've already negotiated for roughly a decade is to have been thrown out the window well who's to say that in future any agreement hypothetically that is reached will be abided by by the united states if the nuclear deal actually wasn't the americans didn't abide by the nuclear deal either under obama either from day one they began violating it yet the international atomic energy agency has said i think fourteen times now since

the criticism has been that this is a government-led project, influence peddling around central asia,ial banks are not getting involved. there is an image makeover in process right now in beijing right now --in beijing. yvonne: it is interesting if we smallerarner -- leaner, belt and road, does that was more or less of a threat to the west? steve: that is an interesting question because you are already seeing scaling back of the also scaling back of the marketability, if you want to call it that, a belt and road projects. not everybody is just tagging the name onto the projects. yvonne: steve, we have to leave it there. thank you. the latest out of the bri for him. plenty more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ comcast business built the nation's largest gig-speed network. then went beyond. beyond chasing down network problems. to knowing when and where there's an issue. beyond network complexity. to a zero-touch, one-box world. optimizing performance and budget. beyond having questions. to getting answers. "activecore, how's my network?" "all sites are green." all of which helps you do mo

in central asia is probably stronger than it was in other parts of the former soviet union. the relationship is still very close, and its relations with its other neighbors very. if you look at the domestic systems in most of the countries of the former soviet space. but the legacy of communism and even before that is quite strong so you have governments that are run by baseball group of people whose families are involved and that's where the people who run the country's own most of the asset, the oligarchs. there are very few free and fair into georgia to some extent where you can't predict the outcome, there's a huge amount of corruption and that gives the russians leverage because it understands the way the leadership works and it's able to exploit it. >> host: we visited the countries to encourage the development of the democracy and institutions to support democracies primarily pro- women's refined an awful lot of turnover and corruption as you mentioned, and very little independence of the judiciary which you need to move this forward. what you very? >> guest: the abse