the united states at the age of $9140.00 days of mourning have now been declared in kuwait's crown prince shaikh now off. is expected to be sworn in as the next to me at 11 am on wednesday we modify and smooth the crown prince has always been known for his prudence honesty did occasion in devotion to serve for the benefit of kuwait and the kuwaiti people to be the basis exists to the best and sister the idea ok we'll drill down into the events of tomorrow shortly but 1st jamal takes a look back at the life and the legacy of shake. in recent years. had become recognized and relied on as a regional mediator in 2017 when g.c.c. member states saudi arabia and the united arab emirates along with egypt accused qatar of supporting what they described as terrorism and imposed a land air and sea blockade it was he who intervened the kuwaiti amir attempted to broker a settlement urged for more dialogue between the gulf rivals and pushed for reforms to prevent future disputes. no question what it meant that we have discussed the situation in the country for most known for trade dispute between our brothers

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being held as a skilled diplomat and mediator in the middle east. 83 year old half brother crown prince shaikh now off let us has been named as his successor he's due to be sworn in by parliament on wednesday we modify and smooth the crown prince has always been known for his prudence on the street did occasion in devotion to serve for the benefit of kuwait and the kuwaiti people to be the basics is to the best and sister. the u.n. secretary general has paid tribute to shake some are saying he will remember his humanitarian contributions fondly i am deeply moved by the information i just received of the passing of his owners the meat of kuwait. the leader kuwait was an extraordinary symbol of wisdom and generosity a messenger of peace. bridge builder and i will never forget as i commission of the refugees that i witnessed is the initiative of this live the ship. in some of the most important humanitarian actions in the world. by john and media have accused one another of firing directly into each other's territory during a 3rd day of fighting over the disputed no going to karabakh region as ar

hailed as a skilled diplomat and mediator in the middle east 6 of us 83 year old half brother crown prince shaikh now our father. has been named as his successor he's due to be sworn in by parliament.

so the kuwaiti cabinet has an ans that the crown prince shaikh now off. has been asked to be the new enemy of kuwait he's 83 years old he is the half brother of the late i mean now off was named the crown prince in 2006 when the emir came to power the crown prince has been active in the kuwaiti government for 52 years after attending university in the united kingdom joins us with the latest on what's going on and the reaction to the death of the emea in q 8 city the crown prince jamil for anyone of the region you know when you start talking about a prince a crown prince you automatically think about somebody in their twenty's maybe in their thirty's this crown prince is not a young man either he's not. ruling establishment hasn't really been that youthful over this past period and that has been seen to a great extent as a positive thing because it brought about more stability brought about a lot more sensibility with regards to the way politics were done and less adventurism as we've seen when younger readers have taken. a more zealous approach to the way

disputes and the 2011 arab spring protests since ascending to power back in 2006 his brother crown prince shaikh no off. succeeds him tensions are flaring over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh with both armenian and i'm sure by joining forces accusing each other of attacks on their territory armenia claims turkey has shut down one of its warplanes which the turkish president and his eyes are by his young allies are denying renewed fighting in recent days has left dozens dead and many more injured prompting calls for a cease fire from all across the world. these scenes have put the international community on edge. but for the residents of both armenia and azerbaijan they have been a long time coming. was a little the as i by johnny army will win this war and we will return to our historical lands a lot of good as in this victory is aus if my country needs me as a soldier i am ready even at my age. of course we are afraid of a long war but the civilian population and the military must be ready for it although it is better to be free later meant to continue this false pace. the focus of the

state since 2006 and stated its foreign policy for 5 decades . 6 of us 83 year old half brother crown prince shaikh no our allotment our suburb is due to be sworn in as his successor on wednesday. and azerbaijan and armenia have accused one another of firing directly into each other's territory during a 3rd day of fighting over disputed the other car but region the un security council has expressed concern about the conflict and called for a halt to all the fighting. donald trump and his challenger for the presidency joe biden will go head to head for the 1st time in a matter of hours in the election campaigns opening televised debate and biden is putting pressure on trump after recent revelations about his taxes releasing his own tax returns the democrat showed he paid just more than $346000.00 in tax last year and received nearly $47000.00 in refunds his party is now urging the president to do the same after the new york times reported trump paid just $750.00 in federal taxes in 20162017 another tall in 10 of the previous 15 years. 200 is outside debate centered in cleveland high joins us live. s

the crown prince shaikh now or. is expected to be sworn in as the next in here on weapons day he was called on by the cabinet to succeed his half brother. diplomatic efforts are underway to stop the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan in the unabomber region but on the ground fierce fighting does continue dozens of people including soldiers and civilians have died in the last 3 days. ok let's get more on our top story the death of the kuwaiti amee and joining us from washington is general fear stein he's these arrests of 4 gulf affairs at the middle east institute he also served as the deputy assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs under president obama mr fierstein welcome to the news. if it were possible to talk to your former boss barack obama or any world leader that you have engaged with if they described to me the former. of kuwait's was he an easy person to work with. i think that he was not only the easy person to work with but he was somebody with whom one could find real. a real fundament

was at that time that some of his powers and duties were temporarily moved to the 83 year old crown prince shaikh now off. who now is in line. as per the succession plan in kuwait to become the emir of kuwait as they say he himself 83 years old as well so not a generational change but as some of our guests were saying earlier definitely the passing of a major historical figure in kuwait someone who was the emir since 2006 but prior to that had shaped kuwait's foreign policy as the foreign minister someone who has had a lot of influence over kuwait. the other. one of the other ways that the emir of a later mia was viewed as a statesman in the gulf he was the mediator for the gulf crisis. the cost of blockades the blockade of gaza which has been in place for 3 years now kuwait and we're in the position of trying to mediate that the blockade not lifted but very much seen as the man leading that efforts kuwait state television made the announcement a short time ago this is what kuwait state television is broadcasting now or at least was then i'm sorry the announcement was made only a matter of 30 sec

i'm feeling very much well the kuwaiti parliament speaker has tweeted now confirming that the crown prince shaikh. will be sworn in as the new emea on wednesday at 11 am local time that news just coming through to us let's bring in marwan again malanga shot a senior political analyst so 2 hours ago an hour ago there was speculation that there was going to be a relationship or a conversation between politicians in kuwait and certain members of the world household but now it's going to happen it's going to happen tomorrow yes clearly the social process needs to happen. you know in time to ensure. and continue with the and i think as i said earlier is the be expected the late. have been for too many years. the public the family the country are all too familiar with what the. experience more or less a life and so in a sense serve that. expect the process to go through. quickly is there anything that might make you think that that is not necessarily unequivocally a good thing in as much as despite the late i mean as best efforts with yemen despite his best efforts with the blockade of cattle and signa