because for the rest i mean the dubai is very much dependent on money coming from up with so for dubai to survive this business model has to survive and we shouldn't forget the family is profiting from this as. well the the ruling family of the by and they've been a lot of there's a lot of evidence for example that the emirates postal service and their own exchange bureaus for example a currency exchange words were involved in kind of money laundering schemes and that was happening right under the nose of the rulers of dubai and that in many ways has gone against the interest of the on the here and who are ruling the united arab emirates and ruling up with heavy so policy not with abby and policy in dubai are not always the same thing and they go in this case into opposite direction particularly when we see how obvious the obvious clamping down on my own finances coming from iran whereby dubai is the hub for the iranian regime to basically circumvent the sanctions of the recent years and put individuals that are in iran doing business and parking their money in dubai although i would t

revenues but diversified its economy the service and tourism sectors helped accelerate its growth dubai is now famous for its huge property projects and world sporting events so what's behind by his real estate boom well the washington based center for advanced defense studies which goes under the acronym c four eighty s. has obtained leaked property data from the city state and it's found that those. make money of war finance terror or who are involved in drug trafficking used by its real estate market as a haven for money laundering its report identified around one hundred million dollars in what is described as suspicious purchases of apartments including million dollar villas on the palm jumeirah and the burj khalifa the center says dubai has what it calls a lax regulator ie environment where secrecy and anonymity are prized above all else among individuals named in the report or rummy kloof a cousin of the syrian president bashar al assad and a lebanese businessman camel and it has sanctioned by the u.s. in twenty fourteen for helping hezbollah it also identified some twenty one mi

perhaps with bricks it or the destination in dubai. i mean is it interesting that several other airlines have been doing the same or is it kind of an end of an era for dubai as well this is a significant capacity drop in london heathrow to dubai flights as you said three airlines virgin atlantic and other third to announce that drop and so passengers they can expect the fares to rise but also it reflects kind of the ever changing aviation industry where dubai would significantly always hold kind of a prestigious route a prime route where there would have lots of premium passengers and now it seems that they can't sustain it even for the likes of a legacy british carrier like virgin atlantic so it's changing times for sure and what about the kind of who stands to benefit for. isn't it all there any other airlines who is essentially be kind of upping up customers and putting the prices up well of course and passengers can expect the fares to rise suddenly from london heathrow is this now leaves just one non emraan t. carrier flying betwe

although its own stocks are exhausted dubai is far from given up. the burj khalifa at the time of construction the world's tallest building was built with sand from half a world away. we have a saying in english which is selling sand to the arabs which is obviously a joke. that that's actually come true in the case of the by. thirty five hundred australian companies exports into the arabian peninsula their profits of tripled in twenty years accounting for a five billion dollar jackpot. and australia is just one small part of a global trend that reliance on importing sand from other areas you see is this huge trade around the world moving from one another for different purposes such construction and land reclamation. singapore is another city at the heart of the sand wars. in thirty years the country known as the switzerland of asia has become one of the richest in the region during this time the population has more than doubled and the sixty three islands that make up the city state are bursting at the seams singapore is sort of lying on the import.

it has gone 10:18 in downtown dubai. the u.s.ietly asked the saudi arabia and administration and opec producers to increase oil production by one million barrels per day. anthony to apollo joins us now on set. oil is big, it is up half of 1%. thiss quite a story. i didn't know, that quietness and the american administration would together. asking the saudi's to turn on the tabs. reporter: perhaps the surprising part about it is the quiet part. earlier, we had seen a tweet from the u.s. president tweeting at opec, telling them, lower the price. this seems to be a more private request with a specific number, one million barrels a day. to ease some of the supply shortages. we have seen crude go up to $80 last month. that is ace that is starti get . now, one million barrels per day, that seems reflect the amou ope crude that has come out of the market because of political and economic difficulties in places like venezuela, where they are one million barrels down. countries like angora have had difficulties, libya is always bouncing a

thank you very much. >>> coming up a new report, dubai, dubai real estate to be precise, has been used profit tears and drug dealers, have been using it to for their assets. i didn't know that. we have a author of the report next. ♪ man: i got scar tissue there. same thing with any dent or dings on this truck. they all got a story about what happened to 'em. man 2: it was raining, there was only one way out. i could feel the barb wire was just digging into the paint. man: two bulls were fighting, (thud) bam hit the truck. try explaining that to your insurance company. woman: another ding, another scratch. it'll just be another chapter in the story. every scar tells a story, and you can tell a lot more stories when your truck is a chevy silverado. the most dependable, longest-lasting, full-size pickups on the road. our phones are more than just phones.up! they're pocket-sized personal trainers. last minute gift finders. [phone voice] destination ahead. and discoverers of new places. it's the internet in your hand. that's why xfinity mobile can be included with xfinity internet which cou

although its own stocks are exhausted dubai is far from given up. the burj khalifa at the time of construction the world's tallest building was built with sand from half a world away. we have a saying in english which is selling sand to the arabs which is obviously a joke. that that's actually come true in the case of the by. thirty five hundred australian companies exports into the arabian peninsula their profits have tripled in twenty years accounting for a five billion dollar jackpot. and australia is just one small part of a global trend that reliant on importing sand from other areas you see is this huge trade around the world moving from one another for different purposes such construction and land reclamation. singapore is another city at the heart of the sand wars. in thirty years the country known as the switzerland of asia has become one of the richest in the region during this time the population is more than doubled and the sixty three islands that make up the city state are bursting at the seams singapore is sort of lying on the import.

although its own stocks are exhausted dubai is far from given up. the burj khalifa at the time of construction the world's tallest building was built with sand from half a world away. we have a saying in english it's just selling sand to the arabs which is obviously a joke but it seems that that's actually come true in the case of the by. thirty five hundred australian companies exports into the arabian peninsula their profits have tripled in twenty years accounting for a five billion dollar jackpot. and australia is just one small part of a global trend that reliant on importing sand from other areas and so what you see is this huge trade around the world moving from one another for different purposes such construction and land reclamation. singapore is another city at the heart of the said wars. in thirty years the country known as the switzerland of asia has become one of the richest in the region during this time the population is more than doubled and the sixty three islands that make up the city state are bursting at the seams singapore its we

manus: and i am manus cranny life from dubai. this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe and here are today's top stories. anna: china's market enters a bear market and the yuan has a streak.losing investors await more clarity from the white house as trump takes a less confrontational tone on curbing chinese investment. and iran, oil jumps on reports that the president is .sking allies to increase oil support can a run in saudi arabia -- can saudi arabia help with the shortfall? ♪ anna: good morning, everybody. it is just 6:00 you're in london, this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." manus cranny is in dubai, and menace the equity session is a bit lackluster. another day of learning about trade tensions, no doubt. perhaps the comments from trump have taken the edge of how negative the people expect the news on friday will be taken with regards to investment into technology in the united dates. oil stocks are getting a boost, and this is really a big focus. the yuan slipping for the first time since september to this rate. there have been

dubai being the most famous. the federation was formed in 1971.he father of the nation passed away several years ago, but he established the federation. we have a population of 10 million overall. we have a wealth of resources, particularly the oil and gas field that has been the foundation of the economic development. the oil and gas is finite, and we have to prepare herself for the future. the leadership is focused on maximizing benefits and returns from this resource, but at the same time build a diversification strategy for the future. that's what you have in the uae today. david: your economy is dependent on oil, 50%, 70%. khaldoon: oil represented 70% to 80% of the gdp. we have been able to move the economy where the concentration is less than 35%. we are still a long way away, and the focus is to push that number down as much as possible. david: why do you think dubai is better known in some parts of the world? khaldoon: we have a radius around us, india, egypt, countries with immense history. we don't have a taj mahal, and we don't have th

is better think dubai known in some parts of the world?ert: we have a radius around us, india, egypt, countries with immense industry. we don't have a taj mahal, and we don't have the pyramid's, but what we have been able to do is ,uild a tourism infrastructure hotels, shopping, restaurants, entertainment, taking advantage and thewe have, a sea desert. we have been able to build an influx of tourists that supersedes egypt and india combined. david: let's talk about how you got to where you are. you grew up in abu dhabi, is that right? yes robert: right. david: you are not a member of the royal family. that means you are part of the family that helped found the country. the royal family in abu dhabi has hundreds of members? robert: yes. david: you are not a member of the royal family. robert: my grandfather was essentially the first chief justice in the uae when the federation was established. my father was an ambassador. so i come from a family that has justice, diplomacy. after my father passed away, i was brought up by my grandfather at

in dubai. the shanghai composite now looking a little weaker, down -- of 1%, the cost be cash ospi down by more than 1%. juliette: the white house is moving ahead with limiting chinese investments. trump instead embraces stronger scrutiny of intellectual property rights by the committee on foreign investors in the u.s. larry kudlow later said china's responses to u.s. trade demands have so far not been satisfactory, and the administration is not retreating on china. federal appeals court judge aett kavanaugh is emerging as top contender for the u.s. supreme court, according to two sources familiar with the administration's inking. anthony kennedy announced his retirement yesterday, letting president donald trump nominate a successor, potentially creating the most conservative court in generations. greek prime minister alexis tsipras is open about his differences with president erdogan, but in an exclusive interview, he described his view of the turkish president. he told bloomberg that erdogan

they thought they had found the deal of a lifetime, flights to tel aviv and dubai forjust over a dollar cheap‘ and that it will refund passengers. more than 2,000 people will be affected by the company‘s decision. now by the time a refugee arrives in a camp they‘ve already encountered a huge number of obstacles, from political instability, civil war, perhaps religious persecution and famine. but, some rohingya refugees in bangladesh have lost their lives from something that you may not expect — wild elephants. raquib amin from the international union for conservation of nature told me what can be done about this loss of life. raquib amin is the country representative for international union for conservation of nature. it is a very serious problem. unfortunately, the migratory route has been blocked between bangladesh and myanmar and we have counted about 35 to 45 animald, elephants, have been trapped on the western side of the camp, and in the process what happens is the elephants are just trying to find their way and have encountered the rohingya people. so what can be done to reduce t

came dubai jim t.v. and farsi once set up shop there i did turkish and mexican soap operas dubbed often and poorly into persian to the mix then came out of london managed to stock in trade is entertainment least with nostalgia politics isn't absent from its programming it's less ham fisted glossy or. they had this program called googoosh music academy which was like a music talent show and it was named for googoosh the pre-revolutionary singer and diva and she's like the lead judge on the show a lot of the songs that the singing as part of the competition are songs from the pre-revolutionary era but. what's happening is a really interesting dynamic it's a very subtle appeal to sit to that time passed then it it brings in a new audience for a younger audience that can now have their own memories with fans from the pre-revolutionary era they produced a very influential documentary on the founder of the band of a dynasty reza shah it's a largely sanitized reading of the rain it has to be said but as a hyund

came dubai jim t.v. and farsi once set up shop there i did turkish and mexican soap operas dubbed often and poorly into persian to the mix then came out of london managed to stock in trade is entertainment least with nostalgia politics isn't absent from its programming it's less ham fisted glossy or. they have this program called google music academy which was like a music talent show and it was named for googoosh the pre-revolutionary singer and diva and she's like the lead judge on the show a lot of the songs that the saying as part of the competition are songs from the pre-revolutionary era but. what's happening is a really interesting dynamic it's a very subtle appeal to sit to that time passed and it brings in a new audience for a younger audience that can now have their own memories with fans from the pre-revolutionary era they produced a very influential documentary on the founder of the band of a dynasty reza shah it's a largely sanitized reading of the rain it has to be said but as a hyundai ent

the airline said it sent some travel agents the incorrect fares, for flights to tel aviv and dubai. ronaldo scores again for portugal to knock morocco out of the world cup. an official inquiry has found that hundreds of elderly patients at a hospital in hampshire died because of an ‘institutionalised regime‘ of over—prescribing powerful painkillers when there was no medicaljustification. the report into suspicious deaths at the gosport war memorial hospital between 1989 and 2000 found there was what the authors called a disregard for human life. it says there was an institutionalised regime of prescribing dangerous doses of drugs which were not clinicallyjustified. and when dealing with family members who raised concerns , the bereaved were consistently let down by those in authority. the health secretary has apologised and says criminal charges will now be considered as our health editor hugh pym reports. mourning a mother and a grandmother, ann and bridget looking across to gosport and reflecting on their loss nearly two decades ago. i thought she was in a safe place. being cared

and perhaps dubai unspecific some of the repercussions have been more serious or more tangible be it financial transactions been shifted from dubai to new to london or new york where qatar is involved so a loss of some business volumes there and certainly when it comes to job al-ali and exports through jalali which have now been rerouted to oman and through that to to qatar so we we've seen bit of a more of an impact there i think for the g.c.c. countries at large this is not an ideal situation ican economically certainly in terms of pure economic cost the m pact on qatar is heavier than anywhere else but given the financial reserves we haven't seen really the qatari economy crack we haven't seen a crisis develop in a way that creates panic in doha or that forces the government to spend much more significant amounts of for our foreign reserves to prop up the economy and what are the implications of all of this for qatar's main export main source of income which is of course l.n.g. liquefied natural gas i think the liquid of l.n.g. exports have been stable i think that global demand h

and perhaps dubai in specific some of the repercussions have been more serious or more tangible be it financial transactions been shifted from dubai to new to london or new york where qatar is involved so a loss of some business volumes there and certainly when it comes to job al-ali and exports through jalali which have now been rerouted to oman and through that to to qatar so we we've seen bit of a more of an impact there i think for the g.c.c. countries at large this is not an ideal situation ican economically certainly in terms of pure economic cost the m pact on qatar is heavier than anywhere else but given the financial reserves we haven't seen really the qatari economy crack we haven't seen a crisis develop in a way that creates panic in doha or that forces the government to spend much more significant amounts of for our foreign reserves to prop up the economy and what are the implications of all of this for qatar's main export main source of income which is of course l.n.g. liquefied natural gas i think the liquid of l.n.g. exports have been stable i think that global demand h

of dubai and of abu dhabi in the united arab emirates in the coming days i think. president of the high council president or some other was who was assassinated they believe in nineteen of april this year he has said that they will be the final battle if they do attack. we will take a measure that we cannot go back from so this show that i am sure that dubai abu dhabi and even though the. saudi oil fields will be one of the main target if they actually get what they are trying to enter data and that's why he said. we will do things that we cannot return and that will actually . save you toward the war on yemen and the saudi al we're well aware of that that's why they try to have pressure used in the united kingdom and the united states and france to have pressure on the u.n. security council to ask the holy to withdraw so they can go into the city without any fight training overcrowding thank you and that's it for the show we're back on monday with award winning scientist to investigate the significance of humans appearing in four seconds to midnight if history is

our dubai as me exists. so that's all there is a secret today the concerts over but we still have time for an on course everyone is going to get up and dance i hope you are too at home see you next time and serious music and here we go. about. one thing tom. thank today's. horn challenge is going to be very improvised is that stefano you never played the horn before i never took a horn you never took you and i feel you know which way to blow this this this way and then the sun comes out from here should do if you're lucky ok what do. i do. now that i think more it's a good horn but with some. an opposition stronghold i do refuse for the democratically minded turkey's third biggest city these. people are proud of their city's open minded and tolerant. and many other german to defending turkey's column entry election. fraud alliance of party says forms to challenge the government's. next d.w. . where most seek shelter from the storm one man his future sick of it. you know you've got about two minutes before th

anna: justin, thank you, joining us from dubai. a quick word on oil prices.our expecting a deal from opec and the oils prices -- oil prices go lower from here? >> if it happens, we think the oil price will normalize. thank you very much, we will see what the deal is to be done here. we will stay with the emerging markets story as well. bringing the cheer to the market. and from thailand, the prime minister in charge of economics joins us for an exclusive and 3:30 u.k. time. let's see what they have to say about the fed and the move to the market and emerging markets. this is bloomberg. ♪ two, down, back up! our phones are more than just phones. they're pocket-sized personal trainers. last minute gift finders. [phone voice] destination ahead. and discoverers of new places. it's the internet in your hand. that's why xfinity mobile can be included with xfinity internet which could save you $400 or more a year. it's a new kind of network designed to save you money. click, call, or visit a store today. anna: good morning, 6:30 here in london. 2:30 in the afternoon

dubai's real estate market has been described as a haven for money laundering money laundering by war profit is tariff announces and drug traffickers sanctioned by the u.s. the report by the washington based center for advanced defense studies has identified around one hundred million dollars in what it calls suspicious purchases of apartments and villas across the city the government run dubai media office said it could not comment on the report. now greece in macedonia have reached an agreement to resolve a decades old dispute i mean the name of the small balkan nation the dispute between the two neighbors had been an obstacle to macedonia joining nato and the e.u. and led to protests in both greece and macedonia in weeks and weeks john psaropoulos has more from athens. the two prime ministers have announced that the country's new name will be macedonia northern macedonia the country of the former yugoslavia had insisted that the word macedonia should be a part of its name and the greeks had insisted that that should then be qualified so as not to be confused with the greek region o

virgin atlantic has announced it will stop flying from london to dubai from the end of march next year the airline says it made the decision to withdraw the route because of external factors which made it no longer economically viable. to make out the headlines for you on al-jazeera the german chancellor angela merkel has arrived in brussels for a key summit with leaders she is hoping to agree on approach to refugees the chancellor warned earlier the european union's current way of dealing with immigration has the potential to split the bloc donald trump will meet russia's president vladimir putin in helsinki on july sixteenth two leaders are expected to discuss u.s. russia relations and other national security issues it comes a day after trump's national security advisor john bolton met putin in moscow u.s. defense secretary james mattis has been meeting his south korean counterpart in seoul the two all talks on washington's decision to suspend joint military exercises which have long angered north korea that happened during the recent summit between donald trump and kim jong the madd

dollars and what it calls suspicious purchases in apartments and villas across the city a government run dubai media office said it could not comment on the report. the u.n. envoy to yemen martin griffiths is saying that he's been engaged in intense negotiations with hoofy fighters saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to avoid a military confrontation in the port of data a saudi amorality coalition forces are about ten kilometers south of the city which has been held by iran backed rebels for three years the forces a vital lifeline through which most of the yemeni population's food and medicine enters the u.n. estimate six hundred thousand people live in the area and in a worst case scenario a battle could cost up to two hundred fifty thousand lives with al-jazeera much more still ahead on the program we're going to be live in los angeles where a video game is a gathering for one of the biggest and expos in the world. and thousands of people left homeless by a volcanic eruption in guatemala face a long wait for a new place to live. hello it's getting progressively colder in the southeast

the airline said it sent some travel agents the incorrect fares, for flights to tel aviv and dubai.e a full refund. in a statement, the airline said, "errors like this are exceptionally rare, and if they do occur, under contract law, there is no binding contract between the parties. we have apologised to customers and offered a gesture of goodwill". let's see how it has gone down with one of those customers in one of the experts. with me is jack sheldon, the founder of jack's flight club. also i'm joined by dr pooja takhar, a ba customerfrom romford in essex. let's hear from the doctor first. thank you for being with us on bbc news and tell us what happened in your case, where were you going and why we re case, where were you going and why were you going there and what was the fair? on the 11th ofjune i booked three return tickets from london heathrow to dubai on direct flights and everything was fine, i am travelling to divide because it is my dad's first death anniversary and we have a ceremony that i have to attend and it is important for me to attend and it is important for me t

what are they going to do for the city ‘s who rely on a harbour city, singapore, dubai?destinations have been the trend in the market. —— point two point. destinations have been the trend in the market. —— point two pointm is about more frequency and more convenient for passengers. the vice president of boeing. now let's brief you some other business stories: europe's big five football leagues generated a record e14.7 billionn in revenue in the 2016—17 season, up 9% on the previous year, according to new figures from deloitte. the english premier league was the clear market leader, with 86% more revenue than its nearest competitor, spain's la liga. deloitte said the financial results reflected a new era of improved profitability and financial stability for european football clubs. volkswagen has warned its main factory in wolfsburg, germany, faces temporary shutdowns later this year because of new emissions test standards. it plans "closure days" to prevent a build—up of vehicles that have yet to be approved for sale. from september, more rigorous eu standards will be br

and dubai is getting into the world cup spirit here you can see the burj khalifa skyscraper the world's tallest building a lit up with the russian flag and also the five zero scoreline from the opening game. here in moscow our special studio on top of the four seasons hotel was overlooking the celebrations here's our team with the daily highlights. i am . yes hello again and why russia has a magical stop here i'm off base the way the saudis believe me came with me now to talk about if he said peter schmeichel for one minute i could kill people and oversight and money and i could manage it yes a very i think if i decide to be. they implement the dish or i like i will get on to that in many of these fans definitely plays with what i still worry . get. good. ok so those fans obviously happy as the goals flew in today for you can tell you still same place here and i think we can go through the night so you with your help first as we know we scored early on wasn't between kosinski. for some group for civilizing the boy is jumping in five minutes because he's in these three days in the city o

the went means russia also qualify for the knockout stages eliminating at saudi arabia and egypt or dubai a face russia on monday and again that will determine the winner of group by. also on wednesday one of the tournament favorite supportable beat morocco in moscow and a high before ted crew began a battle of portuguese didn't waste any time in taking a break christiane of an old adage of how i'm on team yours right into the back of the net after just the four minutes it was too much for america keep our job of americans when i'm pushing for them and can't close to a clause in the second half how do you know the baby is safe kinds of repressions one of the five school broker become the first team out of the two. this is the w.'s life from dublin still to come i'm going to malcolm's conservative coalition partners outraged over the deal she struck with her friendship counterpart on the future of the euro so when asked for the cars and god help us at the business desk well how about on the rest of the days that business update i'll be back with you about the top of the hour of course on t

airways has disappointed travellers who thought they found an incredible deal on flights to tel aviv and dubaimore than 2000 tickets booked for just over $1 were cancelled by the airline, after it admitted they had been sold "too cheaply" by mistake. that's all from me. stay with us here on bbc news. and in the uk: an official inquiry has found that hundreds of elderly patients at a hospital in hampshire died because of an institutionalised regime of over—prescribing powerful painkillers when there was no medicaljustification. now, the business news live from singapore. raises its offer for 21st century fox to more than $71 million, but will comcast try to beat it? and in australia, at willpower calls for a ban on live animal exports could hurt the farming industry. —— we look at how. good morning asia, hello world. it is a thursday, glad you could join as for another action packed edition of asia business report. i am packed edition of asia business report. iam rico packed edition of asia business report. i am rico hizon. packed edition of asia business report. iam rico hizon. first packed ed

right if it were more to give a good time and we expose plans to set up a tournament in dubai purely for match fixing play you know controlling that we do it legally. they help build clean and feed the capital but they're not welcome anymore. when he says when this is the massive dictions and demolitions forcing two hundred thousand of beijing's poor from their homes one on one east on al-jazeera. you know watching others there i'm still raman these are all top stories the june the twelfth summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un is officially been called trump made the announcement barely a week after canceling it following a ninety minute white house meeting with pyongyang as a former spy chief kim jung chewed. the short time ago the u.s. defense secretary emphasize some of the objectives for the negotiations with north korea james mattis was speaking at a conference of asia pacific defense chiefs and analysts in singapore our objective remains the complete verifiable and irreversible nuclear reach. of the korean peninsula and the international

if it were more to get from being a tight spot and we expose plans to set up a tournament in dubai purely for match fixing like if you know controlling your body deep it legally. it's been one year since its neighbors imposed a blockade by land and. a move that shattered the region's two political landscape alliances have shifted and qatar has grown more self-reliant. but what caused the rift between the g.c.c. countries is there an end in sight and can the gulf ever be the same again. on a. look at the headlines around. france's war in the us it only has a few days to avoid a trade war and leaving it up to washington to deescalate tensions over tariffs meeting in calendar g seven finance ministers have sent a message of concern and disappointment to the u.s. president over the course last couple of days there was an important difference of opinion the americans have decided to in our mind take an action it's not at all constructive it's actually destructive to our ability to get things done what did we ask secretary treasury secretary to do we said that we were collectively hoping that h

and dubai is getting into the world cup spirit as well here you can see the bridge skyscraper the world's tallest building lined up with the russian flag and also the five zero scoreline from the opening game. well here in moscow our special studio on top of the four seasons hotel was overlooking the celebrations here is our team with the day's headlines. i am . yes hello again and why russia had a magical stop here more than a little way the saudis believe me came with a knife to talk about it he said peter schmeichel for mine you know i could kill people and oversight and money and i could manage it yeah it's a very you know i think if i decide to be first they will want me to shred or i like i will get on to that in many of these fans definitely plays with what i see. the be. good. good. good ok so those fans obviously happy as they go flee when today if i can tell you same pace here and i think we can go through the night so you with your help the first as we know was scored early on wasn't between by u.t. kosinski. for so good for civilizing the boy is something of happiness because

i go to dubai a lot, and if i received an offer for 200 problem.plicated issue. i thought it was £2.99, if it says it on the sticker. if it says you are wearing a satellite dish on your head, you would expect to wear it. those are mike‘s words, not mine? head, you would expect to wear it. those are mike's words, not mine? he is very rude, isn‘t he? it is beautiful here this morning. you can see the infamous pink seat amid a sea of green seats. and nick smith, communications director here. good morning, welcome back. thank you very much, lovely to be here. every year we talk about clothes and what you can wear in the different areas of royal ascot. so any changes this year? well, we are asking in the main public enclosure to wear a smart matching suit, not strictly a new rule but something we are really encouraging. and we have asked them to wear socks this year. the trend for young gentleman not to wear socks, but perhaps that is not the right thing at royal ascot.“ socks, but perhaps that is not the right thing at royal ascot. if you are coming to

drop from a couple degrees on the last three but it's still forty five because it's much cooler in dubai and abu dhabi down below the forty mark but things don't change in the next day or so despite the breeze still blowing it's a harsher mile and we've got the cloud from the southwest monsoon showing itself on the coast of oman now and trying to really influence the weather in salalah which she will do in the next few days or suspect the whole of south africa should be enjoying beautiful open blue skies that's mostly true but you know surround the eastern cape the something of a secular nation which may well bring on morning low clouds and persistent fog the weather sponsored by cattle always. stories generate thousands of headlines. with different angles from different perspectives. the more concrete evidence that russia was responsible for this separate the spin from the facts that's why on god's plan the misinformation from the journalism the issues here go far beyond one data mining company and one election with the listening post on al-jazeera. you're watching are just here at home

the dubai based gem t.v. and the los angeles based tappets t.v. all broadcast news and entertainment that would not make it past the censors inside iran some of the satellite channels have pioneered program and you could call nostalgia t.v. documentaries and entertainment programs that hearken back to the more than three decades when iran was ruled by the pahlavi monarchy and authoritarian family dynasty put in place by britain in one nine hundred twenty five which was toppled in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine during iran's islamic revolution these nostalgic television shows skate right past the repression and the human rights abuses of the shah's reign they focus exclusively on the social freedoms of those times the listening posts and actually ravi now on the iranian d asked for a media and the rose tinted of iran's revolutionary history. every friday night my new t.v. a persian language satellite channel based in london invites viewers to turn back the clock. into nelly's armaan or time time no delivers a feast of archival footage showc

in what it calls suspicious purchases of apartments and villas across the city the government run dubai media office said he could not comment on the report or donald trump wrapped up his charm offensive with north korea by aiming another barber at america's neighbor and close ally canada at a news conference after the summit trump again attacked prime minister justin trudeau saying no one can take advantage of the u.s. on trade that's despite the white house trade advisor apologizing for his own attack on trudeau alan fisher has more. i see was making friends with this enemy in singapore u.s. president donald trump also talked about making enemies of his friends the fallout from the g. seven summit in canada has followed him here but the president insists his goal is fair or treat the united states because of bad management because of presidents that didn't care about trade or didn't understand it or whatever reason for many years with china being obviously the most successful at it but the european union the second one hundred fifty one billion we lost they were represented at the mee

came dubai jim t.v. and farsi once set up shop there i did turkish and mexican soap operas dubbed often poorly into persian to the mix then came out of london manage all stock in trade is entertainment least with nostalgia politics isn't absent from its programming it's less ham fisted glossy or. they have this program called google music academy which was like a music talent show and it was named for googoosh the pre-revolutionary singer and diva and she's that she's like the lead judge on the show a lot of the songs that the singing as part of the competition are songs from the pre-revolutionary era but. what's happening is a really interesting dynamic it's a very subtle appeal to sit to that time passed and it brings in a new audience for a younger audience that can now have their own memories with far from the pre-revolutionary era they produced a very influential documentary on the founder of the band of dentistry reza shah it's a largely sanitized reading of the rain it has to be said but as a hyun

the ceo here is aiming to create a financial hub in central asia to rival singapore, hong kong, and dubaidoing right now in astana international financial centre, we are trying to build all kinds of alternative vehicles, alternative instruments, to attract investment into the economy and we are building the stock market, the capital market from scratch, and we have a chance, a good chance to avoid mistakes others were doing in other jurisdictions to build financial hubs. you're also doing something else. you're sending a signal to potential investors they will get the most enormous tax breaks, as i understand it, a 50—year exemption from corporate and income taxes, what kind of business people do you think that will appeal to? possibly russian oligarchs, chinese oligarchs? it is not only problem, with the russian oligarchs, there are problems with united states citizens and uk citizens across the world. at the aifc we are also emphasising to be much more transparent than any other financial centre. we don't want to put us into the map as a purely offshore jurisdiction. to attract internat

the area and in a worst case scenario a battle could cost up to two hundred fifty thousand lives dubai's real estate market has been described as a haven for money laundering by war profiteers tara finances and drug traffickers sanctioned by the us a report by the washington based center for advanced defense studies has identified around one hundred million dollars in what it calls suspicious purchases of apartments in villas across the city government run dubai media office said it could not comment on the report monsoon rains of arrived in southern bangladesh temporary home to nearly a million rango refugees from myanmar preparations began in february to protect them from flooding and landslides joining the annual rainy season but in the first major downpours to refugees died in cox's bazaar and fifteen hundred settlements were damaged or destroyed charlotte ellis explains. this is the largest refugee camp in the world and this is its first major test against nature. the monsoon season has begun in crews of a long camp in the last three days four hundred millimeters of rain has fallen

david: why do you think that dubai is better known around the world? khaldoon: we are new into this market. mahal andhave the taj we do not have the pyramids. what we have been able to do is build a tourism infrastructure in terms of hotels, shopping, restaurants, entertainment, taking advantage of what we have which is the sea and the desert. we have been able to build an influx of tourists that supersedes egypt and india combined. talk about how you got to where you are. you grew up in upper darby, is that right? khaldoon: yes. david: you are not a member of the royal family, is that right? khaldoon: no. the royal family found the country and they have hundreds of members? khaldoon: yes. david: you are not a member of the royal family. khaldoon: my grandfather was the first chief justice in the uae and my father was an ambassador. of i come from a family justice and diplomacy and after my father passed away, i was brought up by my grandfather. at a young age. david: your father passed away because of something that was tragic. khaldoon: yes. he was a