arms embargo in libya david schenker is a 2nd assistant secretary for near east affairs says the blockis biased and only criticizes turkish involvement in the conflict shanker says the e.u. isn't doing enough to stop violations by countries like the united arab emirates or egypt peter millet is a former british ambassador to libya he says the arms embargo needs to be fully monitored. unfortunately the european voice has been divided for well over 12 months partly because countries like france have been backing heft are the greeks and the cypriots have now jumped on that bandwagon to oppose turkish support for the government's national accord so europe has been unable to speak with a single voice operationally rini was which is not rationed to monitor the arms embargo was a well meaning initiative but since it only monitors sea transport and not air transport it is really only monitoring turkey's potential violations of the un been arms involved of not violations of violations which are flown in by the emirates on gypsies or the russians in particular from the u.a.e. there were multiple

arms embargo in libya they did shanker who is assistant secretary for near east affairs says the bookis biased and only criticizes turkey's involvement in the conflict cheggers says the e.u. isn't doing enough to stop violations by countries like the united arab emirates or egypt. hundreds of protesters have forced their way into an oil production site in southern tunisia and while the government invest more money in the region which is high unemployment and failing infrastructure that marjorie peaceful demonstration was the latest in weeks upon briston political turmoil trinity's prime minister resigned on wednesday. as a wise yon's foreign minister has been sacked for what the president calls meaningless negotiations with neighboring all media at least 16 soldiers and civilians have been killed in cross border attacks since sunday fighting has resumed after a brief cease fire open for us to walk reports homes damaged daily life disrupted lives lost in azerbaijan's top boots region this is the human cost of the fighting . didn't before he. goes out of as a last phone call to her fath

arms embargo in libya david schenker who is the assistant secretary for near east affairs says the blog is biased and only criticizes turkish involvement in the conflict changes says the e.u. isn't doing enough to stop violations by countries like the united arab emirates or egypt chasing pack is the founder of the consultancy libya analysis he joins me now from in new jersey good have you with us back on the program jason it seems that there is a sort of u.s. blitzkrieg as it's being described on global issues why is the u.s. getting involved in libya now when it's walked away from this conflict made it militarily and politically for some time now. well you're right to notice an uptick in american engagement and there are 2 reasons for that this one is there general have lost his attempt to take tripoli and therefore you know trump wanted to back a winner and he called him in april 21000 when he thought that when and now that after as last the u.s. feels that they need to help sort things out but her made another mistake which is that trump loves new york populist authoritarians but he

arms embargo in libya david schenker who is assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticizes turkish involvement in the conflict shanker says the e.u. isn't doing enough to stop violations by countries like the united arab emirates or egypt. the f.b.i. is investigating a major hacking campaign that targeted some of the world's most high profile users on twitter hackers took over the social media accounts of celebrities and political figures including including u.s. presidential nominee joe biden musk and can conduct should not be trying to scam followers into sending digital money known as bitcoin. the leaders of serbian cause of talks for the 1st time in nearly 2 years european union officials appraise the 2 countries for resuming talks aimed at easing tensions serbia has refused to recognize kosovo sovereignty is a declared independence in 2008 there's the headlines more news in half an hour inside story is next. well i mean you go to war again both sides blame each other for the fighting on the border decades of animosity the result. hello and

arms embargo in libya david schenker who's the assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticizes turkish involvement in the conflict and the f.b.i. is investigating a major hacking campaign that targeted some of the world's most high profile users on twitter hackers took over the social media accounts of celebrities and political figures they try to scam followers into sending digital money known as bitcoin the leaders of serbia and kosovo have meant for talks for the 1st time in nearly 2 years european union officials have praised the 2 countries for resuming talks aimed easing tensions serbia has refused to recognize kosovo sovereignty since it declared independence in 2008 those stories of course on our website at al-jazeera dot com i'm back with more news in half an hour next on our desire it's witness in africa to stay with us. ok. that was. a joke yeah. the but. you know. you know. then and then to meet you know the barrel. of the night chinese indeed. 'd i think the that. will. be the most fun. and. mud in my joints. and in the good i mean tha

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the secretary for near east affairs says the e.u.of its -- to enforce the arms embargo but complained that it only criticizes turkey's involvement. british a former ambassador to libya. he says the arms embargo needs to be fully monitored. there wereae, multiple reports earlier this year of as many as 100 flights from the emirate to eastern libya and western egypt, flying in all sorts of military equipment. that not know the quantity has been shipped in from turkey, but libya is already awash with weapons. those weapons have actually brought about a military stalemate around the city. what we really need now is a cease-fire and proper monitoring , complete monitoring of the arms embargo. around 6 million convicted criminals in the u.s. are not allowed to vote. some codecs say the law specifically targets black americans who are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system. activists argue it amounts to voter suppression and it is becoming a major issue ahead of november's presidential election. when she is not workin

arms embargo existence actually the near east affairs said the e.u. is proud of its naval mission in the mediterranean to help enforce the arms embargo but he complained that it only criticizes turkey's involvement and not violations by countries like russia egypt and the united arab emirates bitter millet is a former british ambassador to libya he says the arms embargo needs to be fully monitored. from the u.a.e. there were multiple reports earlier this year of as many as 100 flights from the emirates to eastern libya and to western egypt flying in all sorts of military equipment. we don't know the quantities that have been shipped in from turkey but libya is already awash with weapons those weapons have actually brought about a military stalemate around the city of sirte what we really need now is a ceasefire and proper monitoring and complete monitoring of the arms embargo. around 6000000 convicted criminals in the us aren't allowed to vote some critics say the north specifically targets black americans who are disproportionately represented in the

arms embargo in libya david who is assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticizes turkey's involvement in the conflict. hundreds of protesters have forced their way into an oil production site in southern to newseum calling on the government to invest more money in the region that has high unemployment and poor infrastructure the largely peaceful demonstration was the latest in weeks of unrest one years on al jazeera after inside story stay with us. as protests rage over police brutality and corona virus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u.s. election on a. well i mean and as a by john go to war again both sides blame each other for the fighting on the border come their decades of animosity the result is a tussle. hello and welcome to the program on iran can it's a conflict with roots dating back to the collapse of the soviet union armenia and azerbaijan have been in disput

arms embargo in libya david schenker the assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticizes turkey's involvement in the conflict and the headlines more news here here after the bottom line next. tensions could cut global economic growth by $700000000000.00 we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in the government has shifted focus from saving lives to save the economy counting the cost on al-jazeera. hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question well the coronavirus pandemic be the tipping point that takes us in to years of joblessness and poverty let's get to the bottom line. when we look around we see a lot of people who can't find work and a lot of businesses that have gone bust but there are some winners out there it seems like the financial markets are always winning at least from my vantage point economists usually say that they saw what was coming after the fact there are always rationalizations for the ups and downs of markets or of jobless rates of consumer and business confidence but let's take a

arms embargo on libya assistant secretary for near east affairs says the e.u. only criticizes turkey's involvement in the conflict and he said nobody in the you is complaining about the violations of the embargo by countries like not arab emirates or egypt. british court says a young woman who was stripped of her citizenship for joining us all in syria can return to the u.k. she left london with 2 other girls when they were still in school she was found in a syrian refugee camp in february last year and wants to challenge the government's decision to take away her nationality so you're going to go. she was just 15 years old when she ran away from her home in london for life in the so-called islamic state she lived under eisel rule for 3 years before she was found pregnant in a syrian refugee camp this was how she found out she had been stripped of her british citizenship from a letter sent to her mother please find enclosed papers that relate to a decision taken by the home secretary to deprive your daughter begum of her british student it in light of your daug

arms embargo in libya david schenker who is assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticizes turkey's involvement in the conflict shameka says the e.u. isn't doing enough to stop violations by countries like the united arab emirates or egypt. let's bring in more our to our son from turkey he is an associate professor at tufts university and was formerly with the ministry of defense thank you so much for your time sir do you think david schenker has a point is the e.u. failing to hold those countries supporting off start to account. yes absolutely because they have started operating really to stop reference in flux in libya in accordance with the un decision but some members of this for free ition like france and greece are totally supporting hafter that means they are a what took up the linkage between turkey and libya. they were not fair states not check a gyptian libyan border and also a transfer ruds mainly from syria moscow or dubai. what are some of the other reasons why the e.u. is avoiding voicing criticism of say egypt or the u.a.e. rival

arms embargo in libya david schenker who is assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticizes turkey's involvement in the conflict. or news here on al-jazeera after the strain. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election joining me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. are there i'm josh rushing welcome to the stream home edition i'm sitting in for the bear replaceable to me ok today broadcast and to you live from my home let's start off where on you tube right now right you're watching this check out that box over there and join me in this discussion give me some questions to ask the guest today i'd love to have you be a part of the show now let me ask you this have you heard of this app called tick tock it's a social media app here check out some videos it's mostly like you know short fun videos dance challenges cooking tips make up to i love what cat a

arms embargo in libya david schenker the assistant secretary for bit east affairs says the law is biased but only criticizes turkey's involvement in the conflict the f.b.i. is investigating a hacking campaign that targeted some of the world's high profile uses of twitter hackers took over the social media accounts of celebrities and political figures including u.s. presidential nominee joe biden is on musk and kim kardashian in the trying to scam followers into sending digital money though this bitcoin there's the headlines more you see here are down to 0 up after the stream next. to own or is there a we are this is the government not for all of the last several optional to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter is there a. fire there i'm josh rushing welcome to the stream home edition i'm sitting in for the irreplaceable to me ok today broadcast and to you live from my home let's start off where on you tube right now right you're

arms embargo there is system secretary for near east affairs said the e.u. is proud of its naval mission in the mediterranean to help enforce the u.n. arms embargo but he complained that it only criticizes turkey's involvement and not file ations by countries like russia egypt and the united arab emirates wait a minute is a former british ambassador to libya he joins us via skype from london thanks very much indeed for being with us so that us is clearly frustrated with what's going on in libya how likely are europe to to call out the others who are involved in barony breaking the arms embargo. and unfortunately the european voice has been divided for well over 12 months partly because countries like france have been backing heft are the greeks and the cypriots have now jumped on that bandwagon to oppose turkish support for the government of national accord so europe has been unable to speak with a single voice operationally rini was which is an operation to monitor the arms embargo was a well meaning initiative with since it only monitors sea transport and

arms embargo in libya david schenker who's assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticized turkey's involvement in the conflict with the shanker says the us and doing enough to stop violations by countries such as the united arab emirates or egypt libya's un recognize government has condemned threats from the egyptian president to arm tribal leaders who backed khalifa haftar of the warlord abdel fattah el-sisi said that egypt would support have to forces if the tripoli government and its turkish allies renewed their assault on the city of sirte. is an associate professor at. university and formerly with turkey's ministry of defense he says there are more benefits to the e.u. to working with turkey than against it. they have started operating really to stop you know weapons influx in the media in accordance with the un decision but some members voted for creation like france and greece. courting how far that means they say was to cut the linkage between turkey and libya and they were not fair and did not check a gift to levy on border and also a tr

arms embargo in libya david schenker who is assistant secretary for near east affairs says he'll only criticizes the turkish involvement in the conflict and jenga says nobody in the e.u. is complaining about the violations of the embargo by countries like united arab emirates or egypt. egypt's president has warned he won't ignore direct threats to egyptian and libyan national security and that's after tribal leaders who support war utterly for have to urge to egyptian military intervention and sisi previously said egypt would support have to us forces if tripoli is internationally recognized government and its turkish allies renewed their assault on the city of sirte while the u.n. is warning that time is running out for a derelict oil tanker that's now been stranded off the west coast of yemen for 5 years both the yemeni government and the fighters both lay claim to its valuable cargo and neither side is budging but the who these are now promising to allow a u.n. safety team on board to prevent a giant oil spill or about unmanly has the details and get in trouble in the troubled regi

arms embargo in libya david schenker who's assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticized turkey's involvement in the conflict because the shanker says the e.u. isn't doing enough to stop violations by countries such as the u.a.e. or egypt. is an associate professor at the haasan calgon chill university and formerly with turkey's ministry of defense he says there are more benefits for the e.u. working with turkey rather than working against it. they have. you know. clocks. in accordance with the decisions but some members of this 4 creation like france and greece are courting how far that means they say was to the linkage between turkey and libya and they were not fair enough check. to libya and also. rudd's many problems syria moscow or dubai. sharing. talks of the mediterranean sea and also hope france as you know is the gate of overall african continent that is more practical. so why. government because when they support to act they have more to lose in the mediterranean and add to politics and also african politics well the turkish president

cost one east asia pacific current affairs program that's won numerous international awards well as well mohammad khalid is the chief executive and founder of the garment center for health and social policy in kuala lumpur he says the documentary was impartial. when i saw the documentary i thought it was a fair and balanced report and it did highlight some of the issues that we ourselves here on the ground in malaysia especially amongst public health specialists were actually pointing out the documentary didn't criticize it or the government or specifically the ministry of health treatment of migrants with him which i believe to have been compassionate and equal what we did see was highlighting an issue that we raise which was that the government should have conducted these immigration enforcement raids and having arrested people and placed into detention during a public health emergency so that is what we saw or at least from our perspective what the documentary highlighted as to why the government is responding this way we believe it's just a matter of a distraction from the actual iss

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on staff of experience sustained online harassment since the broadcast one of one east is an asia pacific current affairs program it's one numerous international awards. human rights watch is calling on the malaysian government to stop treating criticism as a crime it's also calling on the authorities to repeal laws being used to limit speech in the statement the deputy director for asia said malaysia's katter nasional government is increasingly responding to public criticism by carrying out abusive investigations on species charges prime minister madine essene should recognise that everyone has a right to criticize their government without fear of investigation or prosecution through on some other news now from around the world to more latin american politicians have been infected by covert 19 but libya's interim president janine as was diagnosed and is now in quarantine the head of venezuela's national constituent assembly. also tested positive earlier this week brazil's president j. it was an arrow went into isolation after he was confirmed to be infected. delay was one of latin america's fastest grow

you know we've had in the middle east by countries in other countries affairs over the decades that we should be considering all of that like dad. thing that really strikes me about the u.s. position that was the factor so you have it because as the u.s. is praising the protests in bulgaria it's crushing or trying to crush the protests in the united states which are against the some very legitimate concern about police brutality and police militarization in this country on the one hand you see flash bang grenades and rubber bullets on people and tear gas and then telling another government that it should not be opposing protests. that's all for this hour news wise but if you're looking for more ahead on our tar website our team dot com are countless articles and interviews. thanks guys especially as a survival guide. when customers go by to reduce the price. in elf well reduce some of our. that's undercutting but what's good for markets it's not good for the global economy. readings and sal you take alright well well well welcome back hawk watchers from hiatus.

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thornton is currently senior fellow at yale law school and former assistant secretary for east asia and pacific affairs at the department of state. all three have had deep experiences in their field and i think they have a unique capacity to approach russia, china and u.s. policy with just the right altitudeith the medic on one hand and granular on the other hand. each will speak for five minutes. ofs is a moderated round conversation and then onto questions. we will have a live q&a afterwards so to you -- to ask a question, used the life feature at youtube or email us or tweet us at carnegie and doubt using # carnegie connects. evan, the virtual spaces to you. >> thanks and it's a pleasure to be with you. i will start with the u.s.-china relationship. this is a relationship that's basically in freefall and after about 25 years in this business, i'm trouble -- i'm having trouble seeing the floor. the core is really a change in the relationship between economics and security. if you go back to the modern inception of the u.s.-china relations, richard nixon's february, 1972 visit to beijing. that was a p

i was there to be part of the east asian studies and the state department you have the east asian pacific affairs they don't think about it in that way. you look at policy or japan's quads i alliance with india. it's all integrated. we need to catch up. dod gets it right with the area of responsibility for pacific command is exactly right it comes with the entire region so we are getting married think we need to get the rest of the government and academia so also worked at it and integrated way that that has come along way since i started doing this 15 or 20 years ago. >> at least from the hill i don't think there's anyone who is questioning the renaming, nor the overall prioritization geographic prioritization it represents. i do however think, this is not just true in congress or cutely true in congress more broadly in the think tank community. i certainly sense a lack of focus on india. i don't think, while we have a growing number of china focused scholars i think that is an area where neither members of congress nor the broader foreign policy community have chosen to focus on and write exten

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have experienced the stained online harassment since the broadcast what i want to east is an asia pacific current affairs program that has won numerous international awards and human rights watch is calling on the malaysian government to stop treating criticism as a crime and repeal laws used to limit speech in a statement the deputy director for asia said malaysia's benteke out and as soon our government is increasingly responding to public criticism by carrying out abusive investigations on this basis charges prime minister more hideous scene should recognize that everyone has a right to criticize their government without fear of investigation or prosecution and speak to us role. in kuala lumpur he's the chief executive and founder of the galen center for health and social policy good to have you with us serve course al-jazeera stands by the professionalism of this documentary why do you think of thora t s are taking this sort of action by calling them in and questioning our journalists . good to have you have me with us today sami i just wanted to just say that one reason why the government is respond

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arlington virginia he's the director of a program on palestine and palestinian israeli affairs of the middle east institute and also a former advisor to the new leadership i'm still going to go. into the program so for years fatah and hamas have differed on approach such as the imminent nature of annexation now that they've been brought together but the rift as we've just been hearing is still ongoing if you think they can now cooperate with effect. well i think both factions realize that they really don't have much choice at this juncture as we heard in a press conference from both the mouse and. the officials be an expansion plan and the trump vision represents an existential threat to the not only to a future a 2 state solution but a general palestinian national movement itself and that division and i think many people recognize this 13 year old division inside that house and in camp is one of the things that has allowed. the israeli occupation and its i don't in project to be so successful. and so this is an attempt i think to at least take back out of the equation so. he expressed this hope

affairs. you -- were you born? joseph: east palatino, february 18 30 -- 1933. parents were immigrants. >> where were they from? joseph: italy. >> how many siblings? joseph: 11. >> are you the oldest or medical? joseph: youngest. are 12 kids, but i am the youngest one. >> it says here that you were enlisted. what made you decide? joseph: my mother died when i was four and my father died and i was seven. i was raised by my brothers and sisters. they would take turns, so by the time i was 15 i was not too happy. brothers served in the military, all caught -- all five of them. so, i always would've liked to join too. so, i falsified my baptismal certificate and went to work trying to enlist in the marine corps. they knew i was underaged and did not let me in. army, and thethe recruiter accepted me. campsame day i was off to breckenridge kentucky. ivy: same day. joseph: yes. time, it wasn't a jump school, it was just 101st airborne. ivy: you remember what day or month? joseph: august 26. ivy: august 26 was the day you enlisted and went? what year? joseph: 1948. ivy:

affairs correspondent, daniel sandford reports. this was ishak mostefaoui when he was filmed by a bbc team last october, detained in deteriorating conditions in north—eastedicine to being very, very densely populated in one room, you know? hygienic materials are very rare. the prison is in a converted school in the city of hasakah, run by the sdf, the kurdish forces that defeated is. reliable sources have now told us that ishak mostefaoui has died, either during a riot, or by another account, shot during escape. he's the first british is supporter to die in sdf custody. ishak mostefaoui was born in algeria, but grew up in britain from the age of five. he went to syria to join is in 2014 and had his british citizenship taken away four years later. the british government's position has consistently been that is supporters should stand trial in the region, but as conditions deteriorate in the prisons and camps, it is a position that could become more uncomfortable. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the home office. football, and norwich city have become the first team to be relegated from the premier league this season. they were thrashed 4—0 at home by west h

affairs. and other weather cools generally hawse and dry throughout much of the middle east quite a bit of cloud across the southern regions we see want to see showers into the west of yemen and we finally got some clearing conditions of this far north east portion of turkey but not before the damage was done as you can see here this river became a streaming torrents of water and indeed it did to flood the town as you can see in a if a quite a rain that of the last few days as we go through thursday it should be a dry day but they all wanted to scottish as about sunday across towards azerbaijan to the south of there the winds are strong the dust and sand will be picked up throughout the day those winds quite strong even down towards castle and of course the time which is very high generally in the high forty's celsius 42 in qatar on friday again those winds quite strong quite hazy conditions with that sand and dust in the air then down into southern africa a lot of activity through the central regions the gulf of guinea it is improving of course across much of south africa we had that big storm

east syria. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani is with me now. what happens next?ecause we have any weird space where the government has lost and has been told it has to allow her to return, assuming it can't get the case into the supreme court, a challenge, they will have to be a solution but we are not yet at the stage of a militaryjet warming up its engine. it has all been about theissue its engine. it has all been about the issue of justice its engine. it has all been about the issue ofjustice and fairness, with the largerjustice are saying it is not tenable for a court to accept someone cannot have a fair hearing and go ahead with the hearing and go ahead with the hearing without shamima begum being there to defend herself. her lawyers say that is all she wants, she is prepared to face justice, she wants to the right to come and defend herself. we know there are other british citizens or former citizens in these camps in syria. does her case have a bearing on them also? it really does because it is about the issue of a fair hearing. there is the think tank est

our world affairs editor, john simpson, reported on both gulf wars and witnessed the upheaval they caused across the middle eastthree decades ago still reverberates today. the day he invaded kuwait, saddam hussein helped to shape our modern world. he was a ruthless dictator. he used savage measures against his own people, including gassing 5000 iraqi kurds at halabja. the bodies which litter this town were those who ran out of their houses to try to escape the gas. by 1990, iraq was bankrupt. saddam appealed to neighbouring kuwait for financial help, but they turned him down insultingly. in a fury, he ordered his generals to invade. with full un support, president george bush, seen here, put together a coalition of countries to liberate kuwait. iraq will not be permitted to annex kuwait. that's not a threat, it's not a boast, it'sjust the way it's going to be. the coalition took only 100 hours to destroy the iraqi forces in kuwait. at the moment, we are waiting for the american bombers to come. all the firing at is going on, there is a great deal of it, pretty wildly up in the air. but they stopped short of inv

east china's underwater stage and that's watching life now for we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. cinematic land. al-jazeera bringing you the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. a team of chinese scientists are traveling to places no human has ever been. in banking on a daring deep sea mission in the hunt for rare resistance and new spaces. in this episode of want to 18th we go on board some of china's top engineers and scientists as they explore the depths of the indian ocean. i think ari ari sorry the house which today is my turn stay. time i die i long to find out to start my. chinese doing locks of a chinese research in the middle of the indian ocean. ocean and the shape of engineering in college a lot of all of my classmates. have no child. so dog bought of the she. had a chance. she's a trainee submersible pilot and she's anxiously awaiting her 1st ever deep sea dive which no woman from china has ever done before. she's part of china's mission to be a world leader in these final frontier. there in a rice against countries like russia india and japan you know if she gets the chance to dive she'll go nearly 3 kilometers under t

see from joe biden, in terms of foreign affairs, and i don't know whether anyone will care on november 3 but what does it mean for pivot to asia, the middle eastrope? meredith: good morning and thanks. we are calling the election now for joe biden. how he is thinking about reconstitution of u.s. leadership in the world. he is a longtime foreign policy and. i worked alongside him in china. he knows what he is doing internationally, given his longtime and the senate foreign relations committee. the challenges that the world has moved on from u.s. hegemony alone. this is a different world than six months ago. his approach will be tested by major shifts in u.s. politics and the geopolitical order. he will have to work harder, including with partners and allies, he will be looking to europe, as well as new partners in emerging market economies to try to hobble together and impacth that will have globally. -- an approach that will have impact globally. francine: what would joe biden as president mean for the people in the middle east? would it be a significant shift? meredith: there would be more attention paid but not as much as in past u.s. admini

affairs correspondent, daniel sandford has more. this was ishak mostefaoui when he was filmed by a bbc team last october. detained in deteriorating conditions in north—eastcine, it is very densely populated in one room, you know. hygienic materials are very rare. the prisoners in a converted school ina the prisoners in a converted school in a city run by the stf, the kurdish led forces which defeated is. reliable sources have told us that ishak mostefaoui has died either during a riot or on another account, shot trying to escape. he is the first british is supporter to die in stf custody. he was born in algeria but grew up in britain from the age of five. he went to syria to join is in 2014 and had his british citizenship taken away four years later. the british government's position has consistently been that is supporter should stand trial in the region. but as conditions deteriorate in the prisons and camps, it is a position that could become more uncomfortable. iran's president rouhani has said that iran has no choice but to keep its economy going despite the coronavirus pandemic. the country has seen a resurgence in coronavirus cases in recent weeks

affairs correspondent, daniel sandford has more. this was mostefaoui when he was filmed by a bbc team last october. detained in deteriorating conditions in north—eastly populated in one room. hygienic materials are very rare. the prison is in a converted school in hasakah, run by the sdf, the kurdish led forces that defeated is. reliable sources have now told us that mostefaoui has died. either during a riot or on another account, shot, trying to escape. he is the first british is supported to die in sdf custody. ishak mostefaoui was born in algeria, but grew up in britain from the age of five. he went to syria to join is in 2014 and had his british citizenship taken away four years later. the british government's position has consistently been that is supporters should stand trial in the region. but as conditions deteriorate in the prisons and camps, it is a position that could become more uncomfortable. one of bollywood's biggest stars has been hospitalised after testing positive for coronavirus. in a tweet to his 43 million followers, amitabh bachchan says he's asking anyone who's had close contact with him in recent days, to get tested. the 77—

the middle east and even threaten israel's own security joining me from jerusalem is the director of the project account to be d.s. and political warfare at the jerusalem center for public affairs in the former general secretary of the world jewish congress and i thank you so.

the broadcast want east as an asia pacific coming to things programme that has won numerous international awards let's bring in again from the institute for democracy and economic affairs in kuala lumpur. so what's your response to what you see happening to these al-jazeera journalists in kuala lumpur i mean is this being seen as a brutal crackdown on press freedoms and free speech by the authorities hi yes i do think that this is part of a larger effort by the authorities to clamp down on freedom of expression. in general. a book with but recently for allegedly having a cover that is offensive and insulting a prominent activist who was closely with refugees to recently with being questioned just like the dentist are right now for a post that she made on facebook you know that exposed some of the ill treatment that some refugees and migrant workers have faced defend consensus and i mean you know even a problem from your own documentary one of the migrant workers there were interviewed there. is now being searched. by the police and i'm not sure if i'll name but the point is. there is a 5th day in fact that i think of a crackdown intimidation on freedom of expression an

foreign affairs china and iran have drafted a sweeping economic and security partnership in defiance of the trumpet ministration the proposed deal would give china more influence in the middle east in exchange for lucrative projects in. region china would receive discounted iranian oil for the next 25 years now if this deal goes through china will be in direct competition with the us in the middle east what do you think about the term commiseration pushing iran into the arms of china what does this mean for washington well you know you can't expect that not to happen i mean we've had an undeclared war against iran we've had sanctions against them where do you think they're going to turn it reminds me of vietnam during the vietnam war hoti mim actually was our ally in world war 2 he used to smuggle our pilots out of indochina when they got shot down by the japanese host sent 3 letters to the united states presidents just asking them not to interfere that they were fighting for their freedom the same way we fought the british for ours we didn't listen we stick stuck with colonialism and that's got here you know you've got the fact we're in the middle east where embedded in there w