and it really gives unfair access for emirates taking this flight from athens to newark. >> on the emirates website, they basically made a statement disputing your claims saying the thought that they were receiving six disis pat endly false. their words. they say what u.s. legacy carriers really want is protection from competition. what do you say to that? >> well, no. we're actually trying to make sure that there is competition. as we stated, these subsidies are dramatic. it are gives an unfair advantage. >> even though they deny it. >> they can deny it. the facts are the facts. they aren't subsidized to this degree and it cause unfair competition. and what it does for us really back here, for every flight that distance that we lose, the men carrier, impacts 1,500 jobs. so that's very serious. we'll do everything we can to make sure that we have a fair playing field for our carriers throughout the globe. >> we have an open skies agreement with the uae. how does that figure in? number two, have you looked at the price differential between what emirates proposes to charge on these flights, w

let's speak to our sports correspondent natalie pirks at the emirates stadium.re kick—off among the fans natalie, what was the mood like after that? they went away with about 20 minutes to go, they didn't stick around to see the end. they knew exactly what was coming. 0bviously see the end. they knew exactly what was coming. obviously the build up to this match had been overshadowed by talk of a training ground bust—up with sanchez. and talks of arsene wenger‘s future. in the first half, it looked as if arsenal had found the fight that had been missing. a second half capitulation is an all too familiar tale for arsenal fans. that small band of fans, who were very vocal, protesting at the beginning, is growing louder. many now believe this could and should be the last time arsene wenger manages arsenal in europe. patrick gearery has the story of the night. at arsenal there are are contests long before kickoff. wenger in or out? the assumption was this would be arsenal out. four goals down, perhaps nothing further to lose, why not have a go. it worked with theo wa

in the emirates, you have the bharat the back. can they rival the emirates and other carriers?irates and other carriers? i am being buzzed that we are breakfast ready. we will see you soon. we will see you soon. goodbye. good evening. we've got a lot of largely dry and pretty mild weather on the cards for much of the week ahead. but, with clear skies sunday night, monday morning starts on quite a chilly note. it's not a bad day, though. it's looking mainly dry, and many of us will see some sunshine around too. the front that we saw on sunday that brought cloud and some drizzly rain clearing away towards the east and we've got this area of high pressure building in from the south—west. that's going to be dominating the weather through the next couple of days. so first thing monday, temperatures five or six degrees in most of the towns and cities, but it's certainly a chilly start to the morning in more rural spots. northern ireland, temperatures have been down to freezing already. elsewhere, just one or two degrees above freezing, so we are likely to see a touch of frost for one

i cannot wait to see how the markets in the emirates will open.dued from the latest travel restrictions on certain airlines. depends onlace that connectivity. we will get more on that in the second. first on company earnings and company news. the saudi-based clothing repair -- retail is planning for egypt. shopping to build malls over the next three years. you are looking at the stock's down 16%. the consensus rating here is to hold. they have picked an investment banking team for the emirates bank. focus as well.n the south african rand has been a very interesting trade in that complex. onry: you mentioned the ban middle east airlines. a ban on passengers carrying laptops from direct flights to the u.s. from to buy and so on. we have to give you some hacks for our viewers of course, how you can overcome that. we have this great read on bloomberg. some very interesting points. just kerry a pen and paper. beenooks people have carrying around. also smartphones, you can put everything in there. if you are not allowed to carry laptops, tablets, portab

yousef: in this part of the world, we're just under two hours away from the emirates market. dubai and abu dhabi at 10:00 a.m. local time, there was some downside pressure from the lawyer oil price and hitting it hard. down 1% to industrials and materials. space beingfected consumer discretionary, down 1.2%. interesting what is happening over in kuwait. we are seeing a lot of buying from local investors in particular. we are watching where oil prices are trending. .rent has not recovered inventory reports showed a continuous builds in the u.s. supplies. pressure. this is the interesting one because there is still some demand. not reflected in the gold price. pretty much where was earlier. currently called slightly higher. mostly can agree. a lot of things happening in the world. let's check in with first world headlines. reporter: they're working on the assumption the attack in london was inspired by islamist terrorism. officerly stabbed an before being shot and killed by police. the head of counterterrorism saying investigators have identified the attacker but would not give

will be a major problem for the likes of emirates and at he had and qatar.e hugeairlines numbers of flights they go to the usa. all of those flights will be impacted. a lot of business traffic. everyone will be checking their laptops into their check baggage. that raises another concern as well, that all of these devices have powerful lithium batteries. regulators have warned repeatedly about lithium batteries in checked baggage. perplexing because if you're going to have a laptop with a bomb scenario like we saw a year ago, having it in the check baggage is not going to make that mention of a difference for being on board the main part of the airplane. it is a bit perplexing. we have yet to hear more details surrounding this. shery: that is interesting. are you saying if this was due to a real terrorist threat, that this would not deter anything in the case of terrorism? because hard to know these bomb makers are very sophisticated. saying is the security screening of the passengers is not sufficient to find these, but the security of the baggage is suffici

the final whistle has gone at the emirates. have been knocked out of europe, once again, for the third time in five seasons by bayern munich. always likely because they got thrashed three weeks ago 5—1, in the first leg. bayern munich have beaten arsenal again 5—1 at the emirates. that is arsene wenger‘s biggest defeat at the emirates. they go out of europe 10—2 on aggregate. absolutely humbled and humiliated, arsene wenger‘s arsenal. i will give you the story of the match in a moment. lots of placards out at the fulltime whistle asking, "enough is enough, wenger out." this was a planned protest march saying much the same, before kickoff at the emirates this evening. well, this is the story of the match. can you believe, it arsenal had the lead at halftime. theo walcott gave them the lead. terrible defending from manuel neuer let one through at the near post. but colcielny who was injured, he was sent off. goals followed from robben, costa. bayern munich winning 5-1. that robben, costa. bayern munich winning 5—1. that is robben

across the emirates. in hong david ingles kong. closing up for the run stake. -- lunch break.raders will head back to the desks and 30 minutes. have a look at this chart.

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david kerley, washington. >>> and overnight to colleagues who do public relations for emirates airlines which has several straight flights coming into the u.s. they said they have no idea what they're going to do about this ban. >> i thought you were going to say they have no idea about the ban. >> they didn't know prior to yesterday. it was a very hastily ordered one. they're is not sure how they're going to put it in. there are some reports they have 96 hours to implement it. some reports that will last only 96 hours. the timing is strange and we'll hear more about it a little bit later on today. >> we could all use more confusion at the airports. >> yes. >> turning now to our other top story this morning, president trump is in the heartland facing the public after a busy day in washington. >> this is hours after startling testimony from the head of the fbi about russia as well as the president's associates. mr. trump addressed a kentucky rally and it's what he didn't say that may have spoken volumes. >> the president did n the fbi or the nsa. refuting those wiretap allegations agains

not eve ryo ne in the united arab emirates.ught it was too risky. brendon mccullum, for example, did not travel. some dead, including the west indian captain, who won the game. —— some did. as a cricketing spectacle, it this was something of a one—sided anti—climax. 0f spectacle, it this was something of a one—sided anti—climax. of but for some who have seen the sport they love kept at a distance from them, it was worthwhile. what can i tell you? it was like playing anywhere else in the world, like india or pakistan. today, ithink else in the world, like india or pakistan. today, i think cricket is the winner. it showed we could come here and the players could have a good time and enjoy playing cricket here. good stuff indeed. it was a good sunday for great britain at the european indoor athletics in serbia. laura muir became only the second briton to win two individual events after adding gold in the 3,000 metres to the 1500 metres title she took 2a hours earlier. she stormed to victory in belgrade in a championship record tim

non—league lincoln city travel to the emirates to take on arsenal in the emirates to take on arsenal unpredictable. lincoln have beaten premier league opposition in the last round. natalie pirks reports. commentator: lincoln have made history. the first time they've ever been in the fa cup quarter—finals. in an fa cup where the romance has returned, lincoln city's odyssey has made footballing hearts rejoice. from the cathedral, all the way to sincil bank, the club's exploits are the talk of the town. talk about leicester last year. talk about lincoln this year because that's how good it is. i wouldn't mind betting that they could just nick it by a goal. well, lincoln city is a team battling for honours on all fronts, including two cup competitions and the league, and it's all been put down to their new management team. if arsene wenger is ‘the professor', then lincoln city have ‘the teachers'. this time last year, manager danny cowley, and his brother, assistant manager, nicky, were pe teachers at a school in essex, working part—time with another non—league club. they managed their f

we willjoin adam wada in the emirates later. killed and dozens injured following two explosions in the capital damascus. it's thought two suicide bombers targeted buses transporting shiite pilgrims near an ancient cemetery in the city. it's not yet clear who was behind the attack. more than 60 prisoners were evacuated from a jail in dorset last night after a large fire was started by an inmate. it's believed he climbed onto the roof of hmp guys marsh near shaftesbury after complaining about a change of regime at the prison. flames and thick smoke filled the night sky above hmp guys marsh. after an inmate thought to be drunk, wearing many layers of clothes, set light to them on top of the prison roofjust after eight o'clock last night. as firefighters controlled what they described as the large fire outside, inside, 64 prisoners were moved from their cells to the safety of the gym. in an unannounced inspection, two—and—a—half years ago, investigators found this place in crisis. they said staff and managers had all but lost contro

saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have set a lot of store by this and it would perhaps signifyater coalition between the us and those gulf allies, potentially against a resurgent iran. although i think, as far as resurgent iran. although i think, as farasi resurgent iran. although i think, as faras i am resurgent iran. although i think, as far as i am aware, the accusation is that iran is backing houthi rebels, but i think iran denies that, doesn't it? iran denies it, saudi arabia denies it is a proxy war. it is two sides of the same thing. but in terms of the humanitarian crisis, as you say, has that pulled the international spotlight on yemen yet ain? international spotlight on yemen yet again? because obviously it is not just in yemen, it is in south sudan and somalia and other areas. there is real pressure. the spotlight has been turned up, it is very dim. as you say, it is one of those areas that doesn't get a huge amount of coverage, i think partly because of the difficulties. and the security fallout from that is huge. now, let's talk about this giant coin. it was stolen

united arab emirates and egypt, jordan, morocco, qatar and turkey will not be allowed to be -- bring items let's been a mobile phone in their carry-on bags. airport officials in some of the countries affected say they have yet to see -- receive instructions on the rules. these rules could prove a serious inconvenience. we got the reaction from travelers. >> some have the liquids, some have they -- sometimes you can have the talcum powder, sometimes you can't. i'm really confused about this. they havto be well explained. if they tell me, of course i do it. >> i would be responsible for luggage, i'm sensitive to these things. they are not guaranteeing it would be ok. >> i would like my laptop to be on all the time. i need to assess to my laptop. anytime. and i check it, i can't use it on the flight. >> right now, i will have a long transit in xeric. it would be useful for me to have my laptop with me. if i am not allowed, it would be inconvenient. >> let's get more on this electronic span. just walk us through, was as unexpected? >> it does look and feel very similar to the controversi

and we work with others in the emirates and across the region.ve to start with something that makes sense at the beginning, to build that first leg of a longer route. and searching for that, it might be 30, 50, 70 kilometers. the hyperloop of network we plan on building will take a partnership. a partnership with the government, the regulator, the transport authorities, and obviously, those it will be retired -- required to fund and infrastructure project of this magnitude. the gulf region could be one of the areas this happens first. the uae could be one of the places where this happens first. we see some of those factors aligning in a very positive way. there was a lot more work to do, though. you mention bringing an executive from kluber to help the company grow, does that mean you are planning to add staff to your business? we are growing at about 25 employees a month right now. we just passed the 250 employee point. we are probably doubled by the end of 2017. we do expect to have a significant growth of our team here in the emirates. we do p

and using emirates airline. it's now telling passengers on eight flights so stow away laptops and ereaders and cameras and other large electronics in checked bags. it's a hike to use -- headache to people who use the time in the sky to be productive. >> i'm always on my laptop. >> reporter: others feel more comfortable keeping values close by. >> is astringe toll get the bags and -- struggle to get the bags and take it it and you don't don't want to get the laptops ruined. >> reporter: telling passengers about the new temporary restrictions that excludes cell phones and medical devices temperature airline later deleted the tweet. u.s. officials say the ban is in response to intelligence gathered overseas although there's no specific threat. >> i hope that technology checks up though, kicks it up in gear so that we can still have our privileges. but if th we need safety, i can be flexible. but it hurts. >> reporter: the airlines have 96 hours to comply. reporting from dulles airport, mikea turner, wusa9. >> and i

across the emirates. in hong david ingles kong. closing up for the run stake. -- lunch break.raders will head back to the desks and 30 minutes. have a look at this chart. a lot of people talk about how solid the data has been for china. look at the bond markets and what it has done in the past 10 spreads, you see the between the three-year. we are back to the lowest levels of this time last year. when i am in doubt, i tend to look at the bond markets. one of the best quarters we have seen in years across the asia-pacific. this takes me back to the story of 2016 and even 2006, where he had people buying more into growth stocks than value. that switched, and what we are seeing now, 2017, look at that divergence. the people are placing more best on growth companies. that speaks to what the outlook is for the economy. that is a safer bet. yousef: plenty more to get through in this part of the world we are two hours away from the opening of the emirates market. this was the state of play. interesting moves. sliding to the upside .25 percent. weakness in telcos and real estate. saud

and the emirates. now, with the trump administration in power, how does the trump administration, or what does the trump administration want from the gcc on iran, on isis, and finally, on that of the israeli issue? because when netanyahu came, he says he sees a change. i'd like your analysis on that. >> well, i don't represent the trump administration, and so i don't want to be in a position where i would be asked to try to say i know what their policy is going to be. because i might not express it very well. but i think what we -- at least drawing from the press conference, it does seem that the -- that the president at least has an interest in broadening the circle, creating a regional approach, at least on the arab-israeli issue, which is not a simple thing to do. and i do think that -- and you would know this as well as anybody -- that both the saudis and emirates at this point are hopeful about the trump administration. they viewed fairly or not that the obama administration saw the iranians as pa

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its effect was instantaneous, that's the news coming from emirates.ng. now, many of you may have grown up believing there were fairies at the bottom of your garden. well our next guest has turned this fairy tale into a thriving business moving the mystery visitors into the home. the irish fairy door company does exactly "what is says on the tin" — produces little fairy doors aimed at children from ages 2—10 years old. according to the company, one in every two children in ireland has one of their doors. from making the small wooden doors at the kitchen table, the business has expanded and more than 150,000 doors have been sold in 150 different countries worldwide. so how do they keep the magic alive? niamh sherwin barry, co—founder of the irish fairy door company is here. wonderful to see you. and we could have some fairies in the studio! the keys have all gone so they are somewhere in the studio. welcome to the programme. it is a fascinating idea and it's a very simple idea that sounds like it has been extremely popular. tell us how it started. my fr

. >> reporter: the countries impacted include jordan, egypt, turkey and the united arab emirates, home to dubai, an origin of several daily flights into the united states. a former counterterrorism official telling ab news it was probably driven by intelligence of a possible attack. >> what's likely happened is the u.s. government has developed some intelligence that a group or individual has developed some type of device they can get on to an airplane using a laptop or some other electronic appliance. >> reporter: electronics have been used before by terrorists as recently as last year. this hole blown through a jetliner by a laptop shortly after takeoff in somalia. the pilot managing to land and the alleged bomber the only death. aviation experts said at the time if the bomb went off at cruising altitude, the plane would almost certainly have been destroyed. and the ban does not affect any u.s. carriers. a government official tells abc news this has been considered for several weeks now. >> lawmakers were apparently briefed about it over the weekend. >> all right. >>> and the white h

. >> reporter: emirates airline is allowing transit passengers to gate check their laptops and tablets and offering some flexibilities for passengers originating here in dubai, as well. this hub has had its fair share of challenges as a major bridge. sars, obama and even the u.s. travel ban at the start of the year. so i asked the ceo to rank the impact of this electronics ban. >> fortunately all those this will have a significant impact to some of our passengers, about 250,000 over the month of february for example flew to the u.s. say from dubai international, this is about 4.6% of our total passengers. so so long as we can very carefully look after that fairly small percentage of the overall number that come through here, and deliver a really good ser swris to them, then i don't think we'll have too much of a difficulty. >> reporter: and to try to lighten the mood, emirates entook to social media to advertise benefits of its in-flight entertainment system asking who needs laptops and tabletses on the flight anyway? the president of emirates airlines says he worries that it spreads l

hello, and welcome to the emirates old trafford, home of lancashire cricket club, they have been here good throw, you can just about reach the other old trafford. we are in the sporting hub of a major sports city. this is the bbc‘s state of sport debate. we are tackling the main issues affecting sport today. and we have brought together a prominent panel of leaders and achievers in sport. also, jessica is with our studio audience. thank you, david. i will be with a select group of stakeholders and experts for some of their questions about the issues concerning them. this is of course the culmination of a special week of programmes and reports across the bbc about the state of sport. here's a reminder of what we have covered so far. certainly the figures as regards the prevalence of performance enhancing substances as an amateur level are incredibly alarming. this is the dark side of exercise. it is a hard situation. everybody wants to make something for syria. it can grow as big as football. the young generations are into digital news and everything, so there is no doubt.

yousef: it is 8:00 in the emirates and 4:00 in london.'m yousef gamal el-din. .hery: midday here in hong kong we're seeing a quiet start to the week. the regional benchmark is gaining ground but it has been a quiet session. a lot of the focus will be on chinese earnings. take a look at the function on bloomberg. the hang seng index continuing to gain. the south korean won leading those gains. they stand out as the best performers in asia this week. 1%.yen losing 8/10 of declining $48 a barrel. debt yields in asia when it comes to the debt markets are falling lower. the university of michigan inflation survey fell to a record low. yousef: in this part of the world, two hours away from the opening of the market. the state of play, very weak volumes in dubai. properties getting knocked down 2.7%. saudi goodell up -- saudi tadawul up 2.5%. we are continuing to watch out. quick note on what is happening in egypt. poundng how the egyptian is moving in terms of the weakening of the currency. it is down over 10%. you can see the u.s. dollar index

is it the gulf airlines like emirates? >> correct.ou're -- the ones who have the most flights, emirates, qatar. there are a total of nine airlines overall that have direct flights from these airports in the middle east. but the ones that are most popular, most prominent here in the united states are emirates, eddie hod, qatar. >> we'll talk more about the electronics ban potential impact here. let's bring in the former u.s. ambassador to iraq and turkey. and former deputy national security adviser. also with us is james, aei fellow and cnbc contributor. welcome, gentleman. brem bremmer, who has been critical of the administration, says a laptop ban continues fine tra diction of u.s. responding to terrorism by disrupting commerce. what's your take? >> my take is having experienced a lot of terror coming out of the middle east and in the middle east, that you have to give the administration -- cut them a little bit of slack on something like this. they would not have done this for no reason. they would have not done this for the, quote,

adam while at the emirates stadium for that all—importa nt match while at the emirates stadium for thatriver in china has ended up on the roof of a house after trying to avoid an accident. he said that as he tried to get out of the path of a motorised tricycle and an oncoming car, he accidentally put his foot on the accelerator rather than the brake. the result was, to say the least, embarrassing. fortunately, nobody was injured in the incident and he was rescued by local police. 0nline touts who bulk buy tickets and sell them for inflated prices will face unlimited fines under new government plans. it will also be illegal to use so—called "bots" — or automated computer software — to bypass limits on the maximum amount of tickets that can be bought. our business correspondentjoe lynam, explained to me how the software works. about six months ago tickets for a u2 concert in new york, madison square gardens went on sale, about 25,000 tickets. they were all gone in one minute. one minute? within a few minutes of that, many of those tickets, thousands of tickets suddenly appeared on totally

processes, expansion especially in the northern emirates.e're looking at expanding our fleet. that is why we have the new plan, because it is critical for us to look ahead and look what will happen by 2022 around that region, because we have cerain contracts that will expire in 2023. so, it's all expanded part of our in and out growth process. yousef: in terms of acquisitions, what are you looking at specifically? >> we're looking at a number of comical and pro-dex tank - -product tankers. we're looking also at acquiring certain offshore support vessels, which will help us to expand our fleet and also direct our different income streams as we look at expansion and diversification. yousef: how much capital are you going to need to be able to find that investment strategy? that is the first part of it. and how are you going to raise the capital? >> there are different modes of financing, whether you issue -- share capital. 1 you know, we have approved billion share. we can raise that if we want our we can issue -- a short period of time. and t

. >> next, hear from the emirates c.e.o.ow the carrier is being affected by president trump's new travel regulations. careful joe, they've got you outnumbered. the dinosaurs' extinction... don't listen to them. not appropriate. now i'm mashing these potatoes with my stick of butter... why don't you sit over here. something for everyone is awesome. find your awesome with the xfinity stream app. more to stream to every screen. thank you so much for that down home welcome. show me female vocalist of the year. thank you so much. thank you so much acm's, i appreciate it. show me acm best moments. i could never have wished for, asked for and dreamt of anything more than this. catch your favorite moments from the acm awards and an exclusive encore performance by kelsea ballerini following the show on xfinity x1. the acm awards. live on sunday, april 2nd 8/7 central on cbs. >> this is the "best of bloomberg markets middle east." the emirates president tim clark says the airlines saw bookings fall after the trump travel been. they ho

it is 8:00 across the emirates. welcome to "bloomberg markets middle east." we are seeing some positioning right now. asian markets are largely in the red. take a look at the bloomberg. you can see the last column on equity markets are all in the red right now. the dollar index is reversing. we are seeing currencies across asia are gaining ground. the south korean won is gaining. commodities jumping after an industry report shows u.s. crude inventories decline last week. oil has been pretty volatile and it's been a wild ride for investors. yes, a roller coaster ride in oil markets for sure. we had a falling 2% yesterday after the report about saudi arabia lifting production it has since recovered and is up 1.43% today. a bit of whiplash and commodities markets. east,n the middle speaking of commodities, it is just under two hours away from the opening of the emirates market. 10:00 a.m. local time. that's look at how they did yesterday. we had not a lot of action off of the back of the oil price. we had abu dhabi with a little change. there was interesting act

david: that was emirates president.up, we speak to a man who is known concern, a global -- very few people can handle that. live from the conference, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: you are watching bloomberg, i'm david ingles in hong kong. yousef: let's get you up to speed with the latest is this headlines. there is really companies that pioneered irrigation in the 60's. they are considering an ipo according to a spokesman. around one and a half billion dollars. aroundthem -- netafim 2011. 8000 peopleround and had sales of $50 million last year. petroleum is betting half a million dollars. aramco plans to invest the money in developing and oil block. they expect the cost of oil to , which is that area trying to revive -- rely on the oil industry. the middle east aluminum producers said to have impacts good aluminum is working with bank of america, goldman sachs and jpmorgan for it shale at -- share sales. they hope to raise around $3 billion and said the company could look to oversee stocks as well. in addition to th

a few hours away from the opening of the emirates market.bu dhabi local time, we will see liquidity in these entities, especially in dubai, the index barely above the flat line. we are seeing saudi arabia under pressure with energy stocks, but the bright spot was consumer staples. qatari stocks rebounded. interesting with the turkish stocks, up 2% on the benchmark, strong gains in financials. societe generale put out a note saying they were trying to increase exposure to turkish banks, and they raise their expectations for guaranty to buy. shery: so much to digest right now. the top story, increase the chances for a fed rate hike later this month. the board member lael brainard a dove hassidered joined the chorus saying it is appropriate soon. in on fulllosing inflation. it is moving gradually to our target. foreign target is on more solid footing, and risks to the outlook are as close to balanced as they have been for some time. all told, it will be appropriate soon to remove additional accommodations continuing on a gradual path. yousef: o

in arabia and the united arab emirates has continued to import arms flowing through the annexation and port in support of former president assad but any military action in the area would need to take into account to avoid any investigations. you have to be very aware of the risk that military operations in and around that with measure to continue important state households for trading power and treat the country. >> two days ago i briefed the security council on her effort to continue negotiations in the peace process. contrary to many reports there is a large degree of substitution. >> over the last year, they have consistently acted in this process and the need for both sides to make compromises in also brings the country back to a peaceful and orderly political organization. these strongly back to the framework for a comprehensive agreement which i have foot four. yemen is also blessed by having a strong foundation and history and i'm very pleased with that knowledge to understand. what i was referring to, besides the tragedy of human casualty, the political spectrum is for the nati

they beat the united arab emirates 2—0 to get their qualifying campaign back on track.a campaign back on track. australia aimed for a fourth successive world cup appearance. it was drama after the match, as the uae coach resigned at the press conference. and after losing to china last week, south korea are back to winning ways after beating syria 1—0. they scored after beating syria 1—0. they scored after just four minutes. after beating syria 1—0. they scored afterjust four minutes. that leaves them second in group a. all getting very nerve racking for the teams involved as the count down to russia continues. the next qualification games are in tune. in the late game, saudi arabia kept pace with japan and only trail on goal difference at the top of group b after their 1—0 win over iraq, in jeddah, thanks to yahya al—shehri's wonderful left footed strike. there were also a host of international friendlies on tuesday. disappointment for cristiano ronaldo who looked on course for a triumphant return to his home town of funchal on the madeira islands, scoring the first aga

we expect it will have a significant growth of our team here in the emirates.plan on opening up a subsidiary here. that the projects we working on continue to develop. we will need engineers, people developing technology around the world. that is one of the most intriguing opportunities for any country that moves first, the first mover advantage to building that ecosystem, creating jobs, partnering with universities, to develop part of the system that will be built over the next three to five years. yousef: let's cross over to our top stories. china's number two telecom company fined for being -- selling technology to iran. zte will pay as much as $2 billion. peter, tell me the details of the settlement. has agreed to pay $1.2 billion in this settlement. their pleading guilty to three felonies including violating export rules of the united states and interfering with the investigation. the u.s. is trying to make an example out of zte. you saw government officials, including wilbur ross, come out aggressively and say they are making an example of the country to

we do expect that we will have significant growth of our team here in the emirates, and we do plan onning up a subsidiary here as the projects that we are working on continue to develop, and we hope they will. then we will need engineer. we will need people developing the technology around the world. that is really one of the most intriguing opportunities for any country that moves first, is this first mover advantage, to actually build that ecosystem, create jobs, partner with the universities and actually develop part of the system that will be built over the next 3-5 years. >> let's cross over to one of our top stories. china's number two telecom makers is being fined on restrictions of technology to iran. it will pay guilty and pay as much at $1.2 billion. let's get more on the story from peter joining us live from tokyo. first off, tell me the details of this settlement? as you mentioned, z.t.e. is agreeing to pay as much as $1.2 billion in this settlement. they are pleading guilty to three felonies, including violating export rules of the united states and interfering with the i

across the emirates, 4:00 a.m. and and london. i am yousef gamal el-din in dubai. ahn in tokyo.e are two hours to the market close. now, the japanese yen paring some of those declines. we have seen a strengthening japanese yen because of the highest alert possible after north korea fired four listed missiles. the dollar index holding steady, while the nikkei is falling for three consecutive sessions. gainingie dollar momentum after the rba cap the rate steady. 2017 asia-pacific investors cooperation summit here. and corporate pension funds talking about the japanese economy as we see the aging society taking a toll on retirement payouts that corporations and the public to gon funds have through, zahra key time for the japanese economy, also with fourth-quarter gdp numbers on wednesday. absolutely. day in terms of the big trades. down .25 percent, energy stocks under pressure. on the tadawul, weakness in interesting what is happening in turkey, gains of up to 1.6%. these are the best gains in the world. also, 10 year bonds in turkey. qatar returning from that holiday, the first r

the united arab emirate itself is not affected.ntries, iraq has been taken off the list. it will start on the 16th of this month. the arab news says according to a new world health organization report. toxic air, unsafe water and a lack of sanitation is causing the deaths of 1.7 million children under the age of five every year. many newspapers are picking that story up today. many newspapers are picking that story up today. the guardian financial pages report a warning from the international energy agency who say the world will be hit by an oil price spike in the next decade without major investment in new fields. meanwhile, exxon mobil said it would invest $20 billion through till 2022 creating almost 50,000 jobs in its chemical and oil refining plants on the us gulf coast. the international new york times looks at brazil's trouble economy where thousands ofjobs are being lost every day while the state struggles to pay for essential services like the police and school teachers. and finally, do you fancy yourself as a budding agat

coming up, we speak to emirates andident tim clark, joseph, it rocks rupert harrison. let's get to the bloomberg first word news. here is sebastian salek. sebastian: the u.k. prime minister will follow her initiation of the brexit process by setting out how she plans to bring thousands of european union regulations under british control. theresa may announcing the start of departure negotiations. the following day, her government will publish plans for its repeal bill. portugal's economy minister told bloomberg the negotiations must not be allowed to weigh on the rest of the block. $48 asl is trading near some opec members back an extension of the deal to cut output. five opec producers joined with support fore prolonging the cuts. russia said it needs more time before making a decision. prosecutors are seeking a warrant for the arrest of ousted president park. she was questioned about the undue influence scandal that forced her from office. she's accused of pressuring businesses to donate millions of dollars to a confidant in return for government favors. the scandal

in the emirates, 4:00 in london, welcome to bloomberg markets: middle east.n hong kong, it is midday. the dollar not rolling off, -- falling off as some had feared. as you look at the gm go function on the bloomberg, you can see the dollar bulls coming back, and the japanese yen weakening on the back, down 0.5% , and japan's stock market leading the gains up half a percent. singapore also up on a given how big of an exporting country it is. it may be some confidence be may not see some trade wars ahead. but the heavy eco-data in asia, australia surprising on the .pside alone with pmi data a lot to watch out for when it comes to eco-data and present trump and the federal reserve. yousef: bright patches in the commodity space, especially with key commodities related to the infrastructure spending in the u.s. president trump urged americans to abandon internal conflict and rebuild the country. he made his first address to congress. he said the u.s. is ready to lead the world again. he promised fair trade and controversial policy on immigration. president trump:

iamat i am at the emirates for arsenal will have to make champions league history to beat bayern munich to a place in the quarterfinals. and five medals in five olympics. katherine grainger receives her damehood from the queen. we will be back at the lawrence when we get that vote. good evening last week, british cycling reached an all time low. they apologised for failings as the organisation was accused of a culture of bullying and discrimination, and also accepting serious failings in their medical record keeping that has hampered a uk anti—doping investiagtion into allegations of wrongdoing. today, the head of team sky, sir dave brailsford has attempted to end the specualtion about the nature of the medicine couriered to sir bradley wiggins six years ago after a race. our sports editor dan roan is with me. dan, he has written to the dcms select committee looking at doping in sport and given them plenty of detail about the mystery package. will this be enough to stop this starnd of their enquiries? the last few days have seen some pretty queasily headlines for a team sky and also for

across the emirates, 4:00 a.m. in london. i'm tracy alloway in dubai. david: i'm david and glass in hong kong. there is a lot to talk about this week. the fed has not been fully priced in. had you make money if everyone expects them to move? have a look at some of these charts i have for you right now. it speaks to the risk ahead. first one, dollars saying. that they are saying is that hair you want to watch across asia because it has not really gotten ahead of the 55 day moving average. it bumped its head in late january and a few days ago, so this is something to watch. the other thing i will point out is when you look at their reflation trend, we had data earlier from japan ppi. when you look at the other charge, 6711 on the bloomberg, we now have both china and japan showing solid signs of reflation when it comes to the factory. that bodes well for the inflation trade and when it comes to pricing for the old-school industrial conglomerates in both countries. we also have the australian foreign minister, one to watch. she is joining us in about 10 mi

same story for united arab emirates and royal jordanian.no instruction opposite enforcing will regulations. reason behind the ban is in airline security. we are of course expected to learn a lit built more about this ban at some point today from tsa. thomas and alex. >> once again it is going in to effect today so we mentioned, thank you. >>> 6:37. >>> happening today, jury's expect to be former penn state president graham spanier , and jerry sandusky, sex abuse case. spanier ace charged with endangering welfare of the children and conspiracy. two former penn state official whose struck plea deals are expected to testify, against spanier during his trial. >>> confirmation process for supreme court nominee neil gorsuch continues this morning with the first round of questioning. he is expected to face pointed questions from democrats who criticize federal judge's record as one of the favors of the wealthy and powerful n opening statements gorsuch confirmed. >>> meanwhile the american health care act gets a few tweaks as house republicans look

team news from the emirates, alexis sanchez, he starts for arsenal and mesut ozil is on the bench asto score at least four goals against bayern munich. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. facebook has been criticised after a bbc investigation felt it was still failing to remove sexualised images of children. after a series of sexually suggestive pictures were reported, more than 80% of them still remained online. the nspcc described the response of facebook as appalling but the network site says it takes the matter seriously and is continuing to improve its system for removing such content. joining me now isjim gamble. he is a child detection and social media adviser. thank you forjoining us. is its uprising to you that facebook are in this predicament, haven't they over the past few years made effo rts they over the past few years made efforts to deal with this situation? they have made radical improvements over the last decade, i have been a critic of facebook and will continue to criticise the more i feel it is appropriate, bu

here in the middle east we are two hours away run the opening of the emirates market, dubai and abu dhabi. theyntrast to the u.s., had a bit of a rough close. all three of those indices down last week. a lot of optimism around oil and into this to feed equity prices. a different story elsewhere in the region. egypt almost up 1%. a good end of the week for catch our. -- quatar. talk about bitcoin. we had a major decision from the u.s. securities regulator about the proposed bitcoin etf's. take a look at this chart. you can see the timeline of the proposal of this bitcoin etf in the summer of 2013 at a now we have the decision to reject the etf proposal that has since the bitcoin prices down 18%. a lot of has in this amend the market about whether or not we bitcoin other etf related offerings in the works decision.this sec let's check in on the first word headlines from around the world. formerld trump's national security adviser michael flynn a knowledge to that he worked as a foreign agent representing the interests of the turkish government during the election campaign last year. this ac

worse if they lose their next match — an fa cup quarterfinal against non—league lincoln city at the emirates and they'll be through to a semifinal at wembley, raising the prospect of another troubled season ending on a high, regardless of what happens with wenger. manchester united are playing russian side fc rostov in the last 16 of the europa league right now. there has been a goal. we will bring you the pictures in a moment. first, rugby union dues. —— news. england's 0wen farrell couldn't get through today's training session ahead of the calcutta cup match against scotland in the six nations on saturday. the centre had medics looking at his left knee as he departed the training field at pennyhill park. number eight billy vunipola will make his first appearance in the tournament from the bench. and although head coach eddiejones admits farrell could be a doubt for the game, he made light of the incident. he's got a bad leg, so he couldn't finish training. how did it happen in training today? i think he ran into my dog, mate. my dog was running around, and he ran into it. he'll be all righ