the true cost of emirates decides to buy twenty from a previous will be in the top topic i'm going to review . freedom and home. where i come from rich history. this makes it especially difficult for and. i see many. who are now making a name for themselves. along the way might follow. with continue. their experience of freedom. is like the unions. you can visit but you call come back. my name in news from florida and i work. is on cloud nine emirates signs a deal to save the unpopular a for you eighty but how long will it keep the double date when the. apple wants to pay taxes donald trump you waste tax reform spots the take giants move to call what could be the biggest payment on profits for patrick motor city and the chinese surprise the world's number two economy defies expectations with its first annual growth spurt in years but is the dot adopted. and did fizzle and let's do business emirates airlines has announced it will buy twenty eight three eighty super jumbos with an option to purchase sixteen more the deal is worth sixteen billion dollars and comes as a big relief for the

us is on cloud nine emirates signs a deal to save the unpopular a three eighty but how long will it keep a double decker jumbo in the air. apple wants to pay taxes donald trump's u.s. tax reform spots the tech giants move to cough up what could be the biggest payment of profits for patrick headed from overseas. and a chinese surprise the world's number two economy defies expectations with its first annual growth spurt in years is the done at dr it. let's do business ever it's a lines has announced it will buy twenty eight three eighty super jumbos with an option to purchase sixteen lol the deal is worth sixteen billion dollars and. comes as a big relief for the european aircraft maker earlier this week airbus c.e.o. john lee admitted that a three eighty program would have to be discontinued if a deal with dubai based emirates didn't happen soon the largest passenger plane in the world is proving to be too big for many carriers turning a bounce as proud as project into a nightmare for the company. because a hobo always has one eye on the sector but i bet he's still got your full attention

nine emirates signs a deal to save the popular eight three hundred eighty but tall keep the double decker. air. apple wants to pay taxes donald trump tax reform sparks the tech giants move to cough up tens of billions in profits. from. chinese prize to wolf number two economy defies expectations for the first angle for. the right time for a. walk on to the program the middle east's largest emirates is throwing airbus basically a lifeline for its troubled jets the three hundred eighty amaris is buying twenty jets with the option to buy sixteen more airbus had said earlier this week that if it didn't close a deal with emirates it would end production off the jet altogether the airbus a three eighty lives to see another day emirates ordered thirty six of the super jumbos for a total of sixteen billion dollars on twitter emirates c.e.o. shake been. called the eight three eighty a success story and a critical part of future success for his company and the united arab emirates the latest deal shows how confidently we're approaching the future and how determined we are to forge ahead dubai wants

a total of sixteen billion dollars on twitter emirates c.e.o. shake bin saeed al maktoum called the a three eighty a success story and a critical part of future success for his company and united arab emirates the latest deal shows how confidently we're approaching the future and how determined we are to forge ahead dubai wants to keep growing and become a world class destination and aviation hub. airbus has manufactured and sold more than three hundred of the giant jets over the last ten years emirates has accounted for almost half of those orders. but production lines have been silent recently high fuel and maintenance costs have deterred potential clients leaving air bus without a single order for over two years and into production appeared eminent the latest order puts new wind under the eight three eighty s wings airbus now hopes that other airlines will follow him or its lead. to alcohol it's been stashing cash abroad for years to avoid higher kopra tax rates and help that now the tech giant is bringing back that money to invest in the uni

while come to the program the middle east's largest emirates is throwing airbus basically a lifeline for its troubled jets the three hundred eighty amaris is buying twenty double decker jets with the option to buy sixteen more airbus had said earlier this week that if it didn't close the deal with emirates it would end production off the jet altogether the airbus a three eighty lives to see another day emirates ordered thirty six of the super jumbos for a total of sixteen billion dollars on twitter emirates c.e.o. shake been. called a three eighty a success story and a critical part of future success for his company and united arab emirates the latest deal shows how confidently we're approaching the future and how determined we are to forge ahead dubai wants to keep growing and become a world class destination and aviation hub. airbus has manufactured and sold more than three hundred of the giant jets over the last ten years emirates has accounted for almost half of those orders. but production lines have been silent recently high fuel and maintenance costs have deterred potential cl

the airbus a three eighty might stop owning the sky with a new emirates deal on certain double decker jumbles days could soon be over. one of the biggest construction companies in the u.k. collapses the government kept awarding of contracts despite a profit warnings. and at the detroit water show the future looks bright big and bold but self-driven and electric cars are only in the background take a look. inside for business on the w m how you get us welcome to the program the future of the a three eighty is up in the sky could this be the end of the largest commercial airplane in the skies european giant airbus says it might end production of the a three eighty super jumbo the two story plane was supposed to revolutionize air travel but its most important customer emirates is not ordering enough planes to keep the aircraft alive. what was hoped to be the company's biggest success is turning into a disappointing defeat with just over three hundred planes sold and few on order airbus says it will stop making the a three eighty super jumbo if it doesn't get more business from top client

will stop making the a three eighty super jumbo if it doesn't get more business from top client emirates which is now buying planes from boeing says that the dubai based airline is key for its business they're probably the only one who has the ability right now in the marketplace to take a minimum of six a year for a period of eight to ten years and then we can add some on top of that so quite honestly if we can't work out a deal with emirates i think there is no choice but to shut down the program but i'm hopeful that we'll work out a deal with emirates and others can add airplanes on top of that some hold bring mains apparently but the revolution will have to wait. the british government says the public sector continued awarding contracts to construction john despite profit warnings half a year ago the heavily indebted company has announced it's immediately quotation shares in the firm a suspended jobs are on the line as well as hundreds of projects. as one of britain's largest construction companies it was known for prestigious projects such as the tate modern in london manchester's b

wings airbus hopes that other airlines will follow emirates lead to. bigger was better at the detroit auto show. it featured di milla c.e.o. dietz etc with actor and former governor on all shots nigga unveiling the new mercedes g class s u v g twenty five s comic has vied for attention at the international show time lorenz's and then tie a theatre with a presentation. us comic has also showcased ever larger vehicles like the new ford ranger pickup brawny trucks and rugged s.u.v.s and generating fat profits spurred by low gasoline prices ford also introduced its midsize edge as u.v. which goes on sale this summer as you can see the hottest segment gets even hotter with the new address take this as our most powerful s.u.v. ever. comic has pushed more trucks and s.u.v.s there are concerns that it could be too much of a good thing u.s. sales have already started weakening over production and over discounting of the new watch what's among analysts in the sector but those are words you're on likely to hear from the stage of the detroit auto show. folks. the

called the a three eighty critical for his company and the united arab emirates to like to steal the show so confidently where approaching the future and how determined we ought to forge ahead to buy wants to keep growing the become a world class destination aviation hub. airbus has manufactured and sold more than three hundred of the giant planes over the last ten years emirates has accounted for almost half those orders. but production lines were silent of late high fuel and maintenance costs deter potential clients leaving airbus without a single a three eighty order in over two years an end to production seemed imminent the latest deal puts new wind near the a three eighty s wings abbott's hopes that other airlines will follow emirates lead. was better at the detroit auto show. it featured di milla c.e.o. dietz etc with actor and former governor arnold schwarzenegger unveiling the new mercedes g class s u v g twenty five s comic has vied for attention at the international show time lorenz's and then tie a theatre with a presentation. us comic has also showcased ever larger vehicl

territory emirates is the only airline that flies you a direct meaning it severed the transport link between the countries it's unclear if the diplomatic link will also be cut. to his ear has been trying to repair relations with the u.a.e. after its twenty eleven revolution its biggest political party has strong ties to casa currently under blockades by the u.a.e. and three other arab countries emirates will remain suspended until tunisia feels it can operate within international regulations the sudden and vague ban that museum woman face now turned on the line or joining us from london is peter morris peter is a chief economist at global flight good to have you with us now from emirates air flights to tunis to cut the railways flights to some arab destinations it seems like you went a little ban happy in the middle east in two thousand and seven how did that impact the region as a travel hob. well i think you've probably got to take the camera back to some extent and look at what's happened in the industry overall and then within it what's happened within the middle east and i think

is in women from flying to the gulf state or transiting its airports in retaliation to buy based emirates airlines has been banned from operating flights to and from tunisia charlotte ballasts reports. this was the scene at tunis airport on friday as women turned up for flights the start of a u.i. travel ban against women and girls of all ages to be given to it was really nothing if i came here and found chaos and they're saying to an indian woman under the age of thirty cannot board emerick plane family member money but i arrived here only for a man to come and tell me that any woman who holds a tunis in passport is banned from boarding as airline. two days later the u.a.e. explains the temporary travel restriction is for security reasons the minister of state for foreign affairs posted on twitter they had communicated security information with tunas here and that the u.a.e. appreciates and values to his young woman. but outrage across china zero and elsewhere grew with claims of discrimination and racism to his ears governments took immediate action the ministry of transport has decided

emirates ordered 36 for a total of $16 billion.n twitter, emirates ceo called the a 380 a success story and part of a critical success for his company. it shows how confident we are in the future and how determined we are to forage ahead. dubai wants to become an aviation hub. airbus has manufactured and sold more than 300 of the giant jets over the last 10 years. emirates has accounted for almost half of the orders, but production lines have been silent recently. high fuel and maintenance cost have deterred potential clients leaving airbus without an order for over two years. an end to production of appeared eminent. the latest order puts new air under its wings. airbus hopes other companies will follow emirates' lead. >> apple has been stashing cash for years to avoid high tax rates at home. but donald trump has change that. now, the tech giant is ringing that money back to invest in the united states and save on taxes. >> it could be one of the biggest money transfers in the world. apple is moving $250 billion from abroad to the

ordered thirty six of the super jumbos for a total of sixteen billion dollars on twitter emirates c.e.o. shake bin saeed al maktoum called the a three eighty a success story and a critical part of future success for his company and united arab emirates the latest deal shows how confidently we're approaching the future and how determined we are to forge ahead dubai wants to keep growing and become a world class destination and aviation hub. airbus has manufactured and sold more than three hundred of the giant jets over the last ten years emirates has accounted for almost half of those orders but production lines have been silent recently high fuel and maintenance costs have deterred potential clients leaving air bus without a single order for over two years and into production appeared eminent the latest order puts new wind under the eight three eighty s wings airbus now hopes that other airlines will follow him or its lead. apple's been stashing cash abroad for years to avoid culprit tax rates at home but us president on trump's cuts have to change the act now the tech giant is bringing

there were sixty six million while emirates counted fifty nine million it's an impressive rebound for turkish after fierce competition from local scare carriers and a tense political situation in turkey i've heard the allied in recent years. now and now it's back to sumi and more news about a story about important medical treatment in a paul desert monica's a country where medical treatment is limited there's only one hospital specializing in plastic school staff our next report has some distressing accounts of the outcomes for the patients could be life changing. anita is eighteen ten months ago a kerosene cooker exploded leaving her with terrible injuries only her face was left unscathed. but there's hope and a german plastic surgeon who's visiting nepal will operate on her burn injuries are common here. they're really lovely people. loving and happy then you take the bandages off and you get such a shock it's very sad over the course of four busy days the german doctors will support their nepali colleagues and share their expertise. sarita is another patient one her long hair got c

only a big operator like emirates can provide.end to nafta would put pressure on production. official talks resume at the end of the month. the path is unclear. the white house wants to see negotiations succeed. canadian officials see chances of a u.s. pullout rising. away, itta was to go would rise cost and put , souction capacity at risk we are advocating for the continuation of nafta, but we do agree it is 25 years old and there are many things that can gooddated and modernized, for consumers, workers, and the u.s. economy. yousef: a former credit suisse banker taking many accounts to cover trading losses said stress from the financial crisis and growing losses took a great hole on his health. he said his experience at the bank started well, but became stressful in 2007 as he took on more assets. he faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. citigroup will publish the gap between what it pays men and women in the u.s. coming u.k., and germany. will increaseit pay to close that gap. it is the first move of its kind by a major

port city of ada now the reuters news agency says the forces which are backed by the united arab emirates have confined the government of president of the rebel but the to the presidential palace the takeover comes after two days of fighting the. yemeni government is accusing saudi arabia of ignoring the action of the u.a.e. league forces now this is a new front in yemen civil war which has so far been dominated by fighting between president had these government and who the rebels are split has emerged in the saudi that coalition that supports had the u.a.e. back separatists have turned on the president's troops in the south. they want a separate state for southern yemen the session is say the region has been big didn't mistreated by the government south and north yemen were separate countries for much of the latter half of the twentieth century before uniting in one nine hundred ninety eight it used to be the capital of the south. has covered the conflict in yemen for the previous extensively for al-jazeera joins me now in the studio this is quite a game changer is it not to sort and cer

will stop making the a three eighty super jumbo if it doesn't get more business from top client emirates which is now buying planes from boeing says that the dubai based airline is key for its business they're probably the only one who has the ability right now in the marketplace to take a minimum of six a year for a period of eight to ten years and then we can add some on top of that so quite honestly if we can't work out a deal with emirates i think there is no choice but to shut down the program but i'm hopeful that we'll work out a deal with emirates and others can add airplanes on top of that some hold remains apparently but the revolution will have to wait. and the most decorated winter olympian ever has missed out on qualifying for a seven games in south korea next month all ai not be has failed to make norway's biathlon team after the country's olympic committee decided not to nominate the forty three year old after an indifferent season or one of european soccer's great names has got his first permanent head coaching job former manchester united midfielder ryan giggs has been ap

we start at the emirates — where arsenal host chelsea. for the champions would see them go back to 2nd in the table. they face a side though who've won 13 of their last 15 league games at home. before we go to our football correspondentjohn murray who's in north london for the game let's hearfrom both managers — first arsenal's arsene wenger who says these games are always attritional. we have played many times chelsea. it was always a tight result, apart from at home last year, when i think we beat them 3—0. after that, we played them many times and it was always a big battle. chelsea comes back as well in good form, you know? they have been consistent recently. it is a big challenge for us. my expectation of the players is that we stay here, and try to continue to work. also because, i repeat, our squad is not big. for this reason, i think that it is impossible to send on loan one player or sell one player if we don't take another player. let's take you to the emirates — kick off is 7.45 with live commentary on bbc radio 5live — corresp

at the program would have to be discontinued if a deal with to buy based emirates didn't happen soon but the largest passenger plane in the world is proving to be too big for many carriers turning it bounces proudest project into a nightmare for the company. because the whole always has one eye on the sector but i bet these deals got your full attention it does indeed this deal gives airbus flagship product a lifeline one of the most visible visible industrial projects that europe has even overseas and i mean you said it there has been. have been fears that a production line would have been discontinued without this deal even maybe even earlier than that and then twenty twenty four why was that because we were talking about a deal being done weeks ago and i'm sure it was then suddenly backing out and now this change of heart it is all very confusing. there have been weeks of tough negotiations from what i hear and there has been no specific reason given why why there has been this change of heart i mean we have to see the deal is officially worth sixteen billion dollars now rebates i

emirates says the dubai-based airline is key for its business. >> they are probably the only one who the ability in the marketplace to take a minimum of six a year for a period of eight to 10 years, and we can add some on top of that. quite honestly, if we cannot work out a deal with emirates, i think there is no choice but to shut down the program. but i am hopeful we will work out a deal with emirates and others can and airplanes on top of that area -- of that. reporter: some hope remains, but the revolution will have to wait. javier: here is another revolution that has to wait. the detroit motor show gets underway and it seems like a blast from the past. bigger is better. power is cool. e cars are boring. the spotlight is on huge pickups and suv's. germany's top brands through in star power to let their cars shine. reporter: it does not get bigger than arnold schwarzenegger, the man who turned the hover into a consumer vehicle in the 1990's. he was hawking a mercedes g class, an suv that averages 12 miles to the gallon of wrestling. utility vehicles are more popular than ever in t

he's being detained in the united arab emirates. oh i'm so robert you're watching officer like what headquarters here in the hall so coming up in the next thirty minutes an armed group. and i'll just there a crew in syria captures the moment a suspected russian airstrike hits a camp where families are sheltering. fighting in the democratic republic of congo adds to the business really of a country already suffering from a cholera of urgency and a natural disaster we'll hear from our reporting in charter. seven years after the revolution we look at why many to the seals feel their hopes of a better life have been damaged. but welcome to the program a member of the qatari royal family says he's being detained in the united arab emirates share. time he released a video statement saying that if anything were to happen to him cateye is not at fault he's been living in saudi arabia since the blockade by some of qatar's neighbors began the kingdom the u.a.e. had earlier presented him as a potential alternative to catalyze amir saudi arabia

a much less hefty or price tag may be attached to the deal now also emirates had made it a condition that the engines of the a three eighty and may may be updated to be less if you consuming we have not gotten any information weather has obliged here but it is a fact that emirates is the most important customer to airbus when it comes to the east really. more more than one hundred of the delivered a three eighty s around the world have gone to the emirates out of the two hundred twenty four that were all delivered but this shows that being reliant on one major customer is only another lie a lot of pressure is not a comfortable position to be it never is but one has to say that investor certainly welcoming that a deal as soon as news came out as sort some three percent as far as i know that's a record high for those shares so that's good news. nevertheless i'm confident that was a three eighty is a slow seller why do so few customers like it well the idea behind the a three eighty was to run it on roads routes between big transporting a lot of people between shanghai and new york for

the biggest airline in the region is emirates. they carried more than 59 million passengers. i caught up with company's president, sir tim clark in los angeles. and i stared asking him how the firm has been coping with the problems of the past year. i used to tell the team we probably have two major events that are going to affect us. having five, six, seven or eight in six months is difficult. i think we learn from what happens. we learn about how we went about managing the issue, how went about managing the issue, how we managed to transform certain elements of the business to deal with it and the more you do that, the more capable you are when things come along. you never know what they're going to be. we moved quickly on the laptop ban. it took us quickly on the laptop ban. it took us four days to get the company's procedures and protocols so we could deal with that. we introduced technology into the company so we're stripping out layers of process and dare i say, people in that context, but you know, it goes on. this is a con

trained by the united arab emirates and by them does the u.a.e. want to see yemen's breakup and if so why. the this situation complicates the coalition forces and what their stance is because as we know the saudi arabia and the u.a.e. there are within a correlation that's fighting the houthi rebels but when it comes to the south the stance is on opposite sides to some extent while saudi arabia is backing hedi and his government the u.a.e. has been backing the former governor of aden and a minister who was also sacked in may two thousand and seventeen by hedi break and both of these are very strong leaders in the south they have a lot of support and they are regarded as men so we can see from the situation and what's escalating in aden at the moment that saudi arabia and the u.a.e. are on opposite sides there have been reports that came out in may two thousand and seventeen as well that teddy and the u.a.e. are very angry with each other and there has been an escalation in a situation as well where since. sacked the governor and the cap. minister h

yes it's true that prior to my visits to qatar i visited united arab emirates and kuwait as well and of course i used my meetings with leaders of those countries including here to discuss the regional situation which is sensitive and i think the talks i had helped me to get a much better picture about the situation right now and i'm going to discuss it with the secretary general and then he will take it right now to answer your question about the message message is to stay calm. void any. provocations and of course to to resort to dialogue plus i also believe that the region has the capacity. to sort out these these people. and they do national community is worried but also believes that there will be a solution that will be a negotiated solution which will be regional led what role does the u.n. general assembly have do you think what role could it played to make this solution come a bit faster because this is a crisis that has been going on now for for seven months and it is threatening what is the last remaining stable. piece of land or area so to speak within what is a very turbu

already in the gulf crisis six months into into it the united arab emirates especially but also saudi arabia have basically been inciting against gotten all kinds of ways including the use of this man at once at one at one point in order to further destabilize cutter but clearly the the ways and means with which this crisis has been ignited by the united arab emirates have become a comedy of sorts i mean so much so that they would use this older man in order to destabilize qatar in a way that's always not apparent to acceptable to him so much so that he would record video saying that i'm held hostage and i would be ready to commit suicide and source of war but as i say that's also part of a pattern. it's part of a pattern because i would not be has already held the former egyptian leader slash candidate to the presidency much a feat for a while until he releases on video saying i am being held hostage and i would not be as you know riyadh was also held saddam had a the prime minister of lebanon even reports about. the leader in yemen been held in korea so really there's a pattern of h

in the united arab emirates is accused force jets of twice intercepting civilian emirates yeah craft during flights to bahrain qatar as foreign minister has denied the allegation and u.s. central command in the middle east says it hasn't received any reports of civilian flights being intercepted in the gulf skies. police in greece are fired tear gas or protesters outside parliament in athens as politicians inside debated a new series of austerity measures needed to trigger a final round of bailout loans to build measures to make it more difficult for workers to strike rebel architecture's up next to stay with us here not just here by for now. a year in power america's controversy over president tenting use to polarize opinion. in a week of special reports al-jazeera examines his impact at home and around the globe. donald trump's first year on al-jazeera. architecture has own ways defined the human world to trump the simplest strong chance to the greatest monument. bought rebellion is on the way. led by a new breed of architects that puts people on the floor i don't.

south of hardy and his prime minister off from southern yemen adding to the tension the united arab emirates is arming southern cyprus fighters despite being part of the sounding led coalition as helping president hadi battle who say it's a sauna bench of a ripples. yemen's prime minister says secessionists of steve in the port city u.a.e. did. not spare the government had been based for the last few years there are reports of several people being killed in fighting between pro-government forces and separatists. this mobile phone footage appears to show people arriving in the city thousands of protesters have been gathering against the internationally recognized and saudi backed government the demonstrators are backed by the united arab emirates which is supposed to be saudi arabia's ally in yemen. not necessarily in that situation. so you have a very important story. you're out there you even are now creating. and you're if you. will we. know that you have it's own you have your own lives. and the more. you're really hungry and i think we didn't want to repeat and based on current situation

>> at the moment you can almost say it is an emirates gig.e confident there will be more orders to follow, not at the same size and scale of emirates. but it does what it can to keep the production line alive, which is what airbus needs. we are expecting an east one more before the end of this year. mark: john leahy is walking away soon, isn't he? did he have to pull this deal before retirement time? >> to go back to the ayrshire, that was his final show as the chief. we expected them to pull it off there and it didn't happen. 25,his final week, january he will still be at the company, but he needs to secure this deal, a big deal for him. mark: he is a legend in the industry. ben: it doesn't hurt, i guess. he managed to secure the biggest airbus' r enough just history -- a deal for 430 aircraft. it is not about a few months that he has had. mark: goes that on a high. ben katz, thank you. , the age ofext activist investing. we will be speaking with the head of shareholder advisory at lazard. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: live from london, i'm mar

now the united arab emirates has accused qatari air force jets of intercepting two civilian aircraft going to bahrain qatar says the whole thing is made up and u.s. central command in the middle east says it hasn't received any reports of civilian flights being intercepted in the gulf skies that in barbara a small. and morality passenger plane takes off from dubai on monday the civil aviation authority of the united arab emirates said to qatari jets had intercepted a plane like this bound for her reign but in international airspace later u.a.e. state media reported a second battery inbound plane had been intercepted by qatari jets qatar totally denies the claims we are used to such false claims. you know since the. national. agency of the national agency. this might go through for the normal people but. for countries. and high tech and they have radar image and it's will be obvious for them that this is a light bahrain's foreign ministry issued a statement saying the ministry of foreign affairs affirms that this hostile behavior by qatar against civil aircraft has become frequent in

and saudi and the size that they're backing part of why is it that the emirates has thrown its weight behind the southern sat protests i mean has been trying to recruit or pushing to acquaint southern militias who are acting independently of the saudi backed forces for the best part of the last a year so why is it chosen that particular side i'm not sure why specifically that they thought that but the u.s. the. a lot a lot of this trust to many of the members of the last part was very influential player in the current dynamics in yemen they're very close to the. i have decided to join the fight against against against the fifty's now the usa do share with them that goal and with the with the saudis as well they do agree that they are all of them together and to see that the usa in addition to the ones that results where i think it's flat will be a dominant player in the current in the in the future or in the future of yemen in the south that this now is the most influential power with the consumerist the continuing support if they were here of course that would weaken islam and the ot

coming up for you tonight, honours even in the london derby at the emirates, as arsenal leave it latest chelsea. the final ashes test of the series gets under way in just under an hour, we'll be live in sydney. and we're with the british surfer who's recovering from a broken back, after being wiped out by this 60 ft wave. only one place to start, a brilliant london derby at the emirates, which saw arsenal draw 2—2 with chelsea, and means manchester city still have a 15—point lead at the top of the premier league. joe lynskey watched this one. premier league fools have been rewritten this year. when these teams meet, it's usually for the title, but no side can alt style manchester cities so far, and even injanuary manchester cities so far, and even in january it manchester cities so far, and even injanuary it out manchester cities so far, and even in january it out as manchester cities so far, and even injanuary it out as a past the blues. so for these sides, the top four is the prize but if arsenal miss out it will be down to defending. calum chambers‘s drifting mind let in alvaro mor

highness the emir of kuwait we know that there are some rumors about things happening in d.c. now and one thing to initiate some kind of dialogue between the like what are you referring to here well i mean the still there we don't have any confirmation but it's apparent that the white house would like to end this crisis as quick as possible they don't want it to log on anymore and now we know that the white house is actually much more invested than it was before and during the crisis just qatar emerged stronger from this crisis well certainly i mean we had. international. relations has have actually betted since the beginning of this crisis we have actually more partners than we had before we have signed many agreements with the various entities the last one was yesterday with nato so i think qatar has. bloom through this experience i think that we were able to first of all cut ties with powers that were happening to us down i mean saudi and the u.a.e. and other nations in the in the gulf and special of the three that are blocking us will always hamper towards couples internat

is throwing airbus a lot of fun for trouble jim but just a three hundred eighty emirates is by inch want to double decker jets with the option to buy sixteen more air bus had said earlier this week that if it did not close the deal with emirates it would end production of the jet altogether here is more air bus a three eighty lives to see another day emirates ordered thirty six of the super jumbos for a total of sixteen billion dollars on twitter emirates c.e.o. shake bin saeed al maktoum called the a three eighty a success story and a critical part of future success for his company and united arab emirates the latest deal shows how confidently we're approaching the future and how determined we are to forge ahead dubai wants to keep growing and become a world class destination and aviation. airbus has manufactured and sold more than three hundred of the giant jets over the last ten years emirates has accounted for almost half of those orders. but production lines have been silent recently high fuel and maintenance costs have deterred potential clients leaving air bus without a singl

they do business this morning th emirates of the unite emirates republic. stay with us.mberg. ♪ >> this is bloomberg "surveillance." let's get the bloomberg business flash. rupert murdoch has settled phone hacking claims with four celebrityity. no news on how much newscorp will pay over algailingses that journalists and those working for them hacked their voicemail. ready for its i.p.o. in the second half of this year according to the c.e.o.. the oil giant is looking at the possibility of -- locally at first and then having an international i.p.o.. . on the e not decide yet what could be the biggest equity offering ever. nestle will share chocolate kit kats in japan. ruby chocolate has a pinkish hueand a natural berry flavor. blackrock is taking a page from the silicon valley play book offering unlimited time powerful that is a benefit appealing to younger workers. in the past they allocated vacation days based on seniority and job title. this is all about attracting and maintaining millennial talent. what struck me here is blackrock is a traditional wall street firm and

emirates cannot sell them and they really require emirates as the backstop to order a sufficient numberid today is that they could potentially close if emirates does not pull through. anna: we remember that high level of theater when that deal was a deal and then it was not a deal. and fascinating conversation. thank you for joining us. still ahead, we head to detroit for the north american international auto show. our interview with the president of cadillac. a lot of big things coming out of that show. autonomous driving, electric vehicles. what does the cadillac boss have to say about that? this is bloomberg. bloomberg from headquarters in london i'm anna , edwards. this is "bloomber markets." the european trading day, without the volume from the united states, bonds not trading and its mother the value is gone. downve the stoxx europe 2/10 of a percent. some weakness as a result in the strength of the euro. dollar weakness is a big story today, down 6/10 on the index. and the dollar is weak against most peers. barrel at the end of last week for brent. here is emma chandra. emma: in