christine legarde about how the economic model is changing here in the middle east can iran break regs it find out how the emerald isle is caught in the middle of a big round between the u.k. and the e.u. the year of the dog in china counting the cost at this time. news has never been more available but the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging main stream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. these are the top stories on al-jazeera kurdish officials say they have reached a deal to allow syrian troops to enter a frame to help protect the city the move could see syrian forces confronting turkish troops have been carrying out an operation against kurdish fighters since last month a somber binge of a this following the story from istanbul.

then from the world economic forum, imf director christine legarde on the global economic outlook.fter that, u.s. mayors hear from deputy homeland security secretary elaine duke on disaster preparedness. and later, the u.s. mayors on how their cities are responding to climate change.

did not have a german and your next candidates are from there from france they're from italy christine legarde name is in the running they're from a stone and they're from all over the place so it's interesting to see that even though he's seen as being the locked up contender that we won't know until it's a lot closer than because if financial markets do anything to disrupt the apple cart they would want somebody much more dovish who was willing to go back to full long q.e. which we know the germans have no they want no part of they don't want any more they want to keep that tapering going they want to step completely back set by september i mean we know this from what they've said but again the question is going to come down to the markets and it could be a last minute decision so that the e.c.b. has already reached. deuced there were i don't know if it was sixty billion euro just everything they wanted to thirty point of easing and that's a big that's up but i mean think about where they are estates taper they start at like with ten billion a month they just came out of beginning the year a

managing director christine legarde told investors not to worry those markets movements where clearly in our view necessary market corrections the markets hot function well there is plenty of financing that's still available to finance the economy analysts are now waiting for the next u.s. inflation report due on wednesday if that fans inflationary fears it could very well start another roller coaster ride on equity markets. now global demand for oil will grow faster than expected this year that's according to the organization of petroleum exporting countries opec the group expects demand for crude oil to rise by over one and a half million barrels a day sixty thousand barrels per day from its previous month any market report now you might be wondering what is actually driving the increase when so many countries have signed up to move away from the black stuff but opec says an expanding global economy is the main driver as austudy vehicle sales in the u.s. china and india and crude prices inched up on monday following the updated and pet cool coxed. chinese new year is just around the

society one of the advisors to governments in the region is the international monetary fund christine legarde managing director of the i.m.f. was in dakar this week i asked her how the i.m.f. sees its role in the region and what it's learned from past experiences it has been criticized in the possible putting pressure on countries to impose austerity policies that bring pain for poor people and benefit bankers. i think the i.m.f. is a slightly different institution from the days that you're referring to and clearly in the past few years we have been focused on a new set of topics number one we care very much about what i call the social safety net so whenever we give policy advice whenever we finance programs we always ask the leaders and i see them on a regular basis we always ask the leaders to really be mindful of those that are most exposed of the poor of the underprivileged of those that are likely to suffer as a result of potential. fiscal consolidation that are sometimes needed you know when a country comes to the i.m.f. and asks for a program we are lending international money and as

ties and transport links with the hind june accusing cattle of terrorism a charge it denies christine legarde was in doha for a series of meetings with kataria officials. well first of all like in any other similar situations we very much hope that this these differences in the current situation can be remedied and that they can be reconciliation second we have observed very carefully how the authorities have reacted in qatar and they have taken prompt swift efficient action to the point that as we are going through the review of the economy as we speak we are seeing rather. low impact from this is what could that we have seen in action canada's government says it's looking at changing the way juries are chosen for criminal trials this comes after an all white jury made up of twelve people acquitted a white farmer of the murder of a twenty two year old indigenous man daniel like has more colton bushy was in a vehicle with several others when he was shot in the head by gerald stanley stanley said his family and property were under attack in the gun had misfired when he tried to frighten those

just briefly, christine legarde, the head of the imf, talked to cnbc over the weekend.ome correction and the fundamentals still remain good. back to you guys. >> geoff, one more for you. the price to pay to visit the magic kingdom is set to climb higher. what's behind that and is it going to really impact people that like to take their kids to disney world? >> yeah. this is amazing, isn't it? i've been to the magic kingdom. it's a rite of passage for so many children growing up in the u.s. and, of course, in the united kingdom. but prices are going up here. it's going to cost you $526 now to take a family of four to the magic kingdom. they're putting $100 on top of the most expensive pass price. the company says this is about flexible pricing and it will encourage people to go perhaps at some of the less busy times. for most people, though, this will just look like a price rise at a time when disney is snapping up high cost assets around the world. so this one will hurt, i think, and maybe that will just cut down the amount of sodas and hot dogs you buy while you're in

society one of the advisors to governments in the region is the international monetary fund christine legarde managing director of the i.m.f. was in dakar this week i asked her how the i.m.f. sees its role in the region and what it's learned from past experiences it has been criticised in the possible putting pressure on countries to impose austerity policies that bring pain for poor people and benefit bankers. i think the i.m.f. is a slightly different institution from the days that you're referring to and clearly in the past few years we have been focused on a new set of topics number one we care very much about what i call the social safety net so whenever we give policy advice whenever we finance programs we always ask the leaders and i see them on a regular basis we always ask the leaders to really be mindful of those that are most exposed of the poor of the underprivileged of those that are likely to suffer as a result of potential. fiscal consolidation that are sometimes needed you know when a country comes to the i.m.f. and asks for a program we are lending international money and as

then from the world economic forum, imf director christine legarde on the global economic outlook. after that, u.s. mayors hear from deputy homeland security secretary elaine duke on disaster preparedness. and later, the u.s. mayors on how their cities are responding to climate change. >>> treasury secretary steven mnuchin delivered the annual stability oversight council's report at a hearing at the senate banking committee on tuesday. topics also included russian sanctions, tax reform, the debt ceiling and cryptocurrency. this is two hours and 20 minutes. >> this hearing will come to order. today, treasury secretary steven mnuchin will testify on financial stability oversight council's 2017 annual report and the operations and actions of this congress. in december of last year, issued the 2017 annual report in which it provided numerous recommendations, insights into the council's key activities and identified potentially merging threats to financial stability. one of the rejss urged congress to reform the housing finance system and boost the role of private capital in morning fin

then from the world economic forum, imf director christine legarde on the global economic outlook. after that, u.s. mayors hear from deputy homeland security secretary elaine duke on disaster preparedness. and later, the u.s. mayors on how their cities are responding to climate change. >>> treasury secretary steven mnuchin delivered the annual stability oversight council's report at a hearing at the senate banking committee on tuesday. topics also included russian sanctions, tax reform, the debt ceiling and cryptocurrency. this is two hours and 20 minutes. >> this hearing will come to order. today, treasury secretary steven mnuchin will testify on financial stability oversight council's 2017 annual report and the operations and actions of this congress. in december of last year, id