we need not to differ, and we need to turn the gcc into a real entity in order for the gcc to be theeffective organization on the regionally international level. and we hope the gcc will be an example to the other arab frameworks, challenges and threats are around us, so we need not to be occupied by little problems or some details. it's now the right time for the gcc to decide its role and its position on the international map within the strategic visions. the big powers do not wait, do not waste time, and their interests are always there, and with those who are very positive. your highnesses, imagine -- the aspects of aggression and terrorism made by israel in the occupied palestinian territories to do settlements and aggressions on the al-aqsa holy mosque, and the practices that is almost against the principles -- the international principles. this put the international community and arab community up to the real responsibilities. israel also violates the human rights and op -- opres the people there, and this will destroy any chance to achieve peace and the two-state solution agr

i mean the gcc to start with was established to be a military union, military command during the iranr. now we are seeing, i spoke about this when i met the gcc general in manama and understand they are now working on a structure for components of this command that will have air, land, sea, air defense, so it's going to have several components, it's going to be most likely based in riad and i think it's going to work more or less, it will be similar to the nato structure where each country will have its own forces and own land but they will have a core force like a ship deployed topth when it arises. >> reporter: those of gcc or those who oppose what kata is doing have an understanding they no longer have disagreements or are they going over the cracks for pragmatic reasons? >> those agreements will always be there but the main thing here is that the leaders realize that they must depend on each other for -- to ensure their survival, to ensure their security, that they have to stick to this union, they have to stick together especially at these turbulent times. it was clear, you know,

they have spared no efforts to know that now the gcc is in unison.ll wait to see if that becomes tangible. >>> thailand has become the latest country to ban the transer portation company uber. new delhi says the firm could face criminal charges. the city banned the service on monday and there have been protests against the company. uber's drivers are independent contractors, using private cars rather than licensed cabs. we received this update from new delhi. >> reporter: while the indian government has passed t the -- responsibility of banning the service, what is interesting going forward now is how these local authorities will deal with such a directive. how will they roll out a ban and make sure these operations and services cease to exist. and what kind of impact will this have on consumers, keeping in mind that millions of indians have grown to rely on them for their daily transport needs particularly in cities like new delhi. in terms of the reaction it has been very mixed. men and women saying banning these services is a knee-jerk reaction. i

. >> the fight from the shore that was put on by the leaders of the gcc or the gulf countries that were meeting in doha, there was a few significant statements made, primarily with regards to the cooperation, the military cooperation, according to the closing statement by the gcc secretary general, essentially will start by having a unifies naval force, and that's mays value force will be tasked with defending the waters and territories of the gulf countries. also, in terms of security, there was an announcement that will be launched soon, and that will have it's headquarters it's base in abu dhabi. when we asked officials about how this will work, considering each country had a different definition, in fact some consider terrorists, others don't, third significant issue was with regards to the gulf cubs foreign policies towards countries like egypt and libya, when i spoke to the foreign minister, he told us the stance was to support stability to strengthen egypt without deviling into details. obviously, that is different, likely through the closing statement made by the secretary gener

many observers say there is a big need for gcc unity when there is growing conflict with isis.f states have joined a u.s. led coalition with its air strikes against isil in iraq and steer i can't. they are starting to form their joint military command. one source says this could mean a gcc military commander being appoints today coordinate action with their parents, there could also be new measures to improve secure any in the gulf states themselves. some commentators believe taking the fight for isil shu should ne at the expense of opposing bashar al-assad. >> this will not be solved. it's not acceptable to have bashar al-assad in power and having our forces to fight against islamic state. >> reporter: it isn't only isil and the coalition that they have joined that's concerning gcc states. there are worries about relations with egypt, iran and the ongoing conflict in libya and yemen. all part of its academy summit agenda. and so the theme for this summit is set t said to be reconciliat. aside from the political and security dangers, there is also a major economic problem. plum

kuwait can easily weather the storm and katar can weather the storm and gcc countries who can balanceudgets are fine. >> and indonesia can cut subsidies but what happens when prices go backup? >> well, it means the oil price will sort of go away a little bit because what will happen is that consumers who so far have been subsidized will become more rationale and we will feel the pain in their pockets when the price goes up so we will see more rationally behaving consumers in places such as india, malaysia and indonesia. >> joining us from london there, very good to have you with us, thank you. we have much more to come on the al jazeera news hour. we report from an isolated corner of china where people still live with a dangerous legacy left over from world war ii. plus. ♪ the united states tries to use hip-hop as a weapon to under mine the cuban government and under mine the music instead. in sport whether to publically release a report on alleged corruption in the 2018 and 2022 world cup, details later in the program. ♪ sierra leone imposed a two-week lock down in a remote region af

picking >> reporting for [inaudible] gcc meeting we covered three items. we first covered review the hospital board and the quarterly financial board and was a positive variance which is nice to get budget report. we then spent a sml amount of time talking about hospital use preparations. essentially, the hospital will be compliant with meaningful use. it's actually not dollars down. installers that are deducted if you don't comply with the skilled nursing facility inpatient services. then they're going be requesting a waiver for the meaningful use requirements for the acute services in 2015. lastly, we covered approved policies and procedures in closed session and listen to credentials report here >> any questions? or any additions from any other commissioners? the next report actually was from san francisco general that followed that afternoon. so our secretary and director was working very hard getting to both joint conferences last tuesday. >> and commissioner sanchez who attended both meetings he gets a gold star for that >> and commissioner sanchez.

immediately after that we brought the gcc together another key partners with a very strong communiquÉ we've added a broader group in paris in the u.n. general assembly meeting. new york later that month in september. we began to build the coalition. the focus to some of the gcc partners was in joining an campaign in syria and once the airstrikes start use other regional states, by rain, uae and qatar was also part of the operations in that campaign. since then, we moved to develop these efforts with ringing countries from all around the world and that is my 60 members joined in brussels for a cooperative effort among military, finance, counter foreign fighters coming humanitarian and delegitimization. the military side we have the air campaign. we have substantial training and equip effort in iraq. we have qatar, turkey and saudi arabia supporting the effort for syria. most importantly, the other lines of effort on foreign fighters, president obama chaired security council session at the u.n. general assembly and security council with the resolution on foreign fighters that had the mo

we're counting on the big donors and we're also counting on the regional countries, approaching the gcc countries and arabia and everybody else. the crisis in syria is not only about syria or the region. it's becoming an international crisis. it has taken so long and the suffering of the people has also increased. we are counting on the international community standing by the syrian people. the syrian conflict is a political conflict. we are doing a humanitarian solution in absence of a political solution and that's why the humanitarian solution must be supported by the international community until the syrian problem is resolved. >> ifill: is there a connection to be made between food an security and political stability in syria and beyond? >> right now, people have no choice. the people of whom we are feeding are totally dependent on the world food program to feed them simply because they have no job opportunity, their livelihoods have been destroyed, they're either displaced within their own countries or refugees living in camps or in makeshift shelters or informal settlements in nei

yes, it is there as part of a coalition including gcc counter iranian inflew uence in the reg but also wide objectives in security and otherwise. >> in terms of the resources, and parliamentary questions revel that military so far trained zero personnel in level four, expert level arabic and level three professional level arabic, do you really have the resources in order to fulfill these kinds of objectives and in particular, could you project on the comparison that french for example put in this kind of activity. >> i would say we have the resources. this comes back to my earlier answer about the question about mind-set. but thinks in terms of decades and not years. and its mind-set is on policy that i think should on the basis of what i say this long historical connection we've got and we will go on inevitableably. it is nondiscretionary in the arabic speaking world. and i think we have been neglectful. i say that as a country. i say that probably as an institution. i do think of french partners are more ruthless in using their military footprint around the world. and i could quote o

gcc continues to be strong for us.ts continue to grow and we like it for both atlantis and luxury travel. liz: alan, people always want to know how much it costs? the dubai property, i know people who are going, how much are they spending on this vacation, one night in a double room? >> the average rate in dubai over the holiday season is roughly 550 u.s. dollars. it includes wonderful access to the water park, the rides, slides. what is great, we're seeing nice business, liz, grow out of the u.s. market. with emirates airlift being so strong, great connectivity to come out there. jump with your family in one of the private cabanas in first class in dubai. david: one of the proofs you're doing well the fact you're hiring people. a lot of people out there know somebody or themselves looking for a job. what kind of job openings are you hiring? >> we're looking for talent within the organization. we have close to 10,000 employees worldwide. the tourism sector is a great opportunity for growth. in our brings -- >> at all l

most of the people if we divide opec between the gcc members and the remainder of the association, itder that has the financial iran,ulties -- venezuela, nigeria. the oil minister of nigeria is the incoming president of opec so she will have to balance to contend with. members have reserves to allowingnable them to withstand lower prices much beyond the reminder -- remainder of what opec does. the saudis have very little ability to offset this in with the lower prices there are a number of opec members selling their monthly quotas at lower figures. it is becoming a very difficult situation. temple --n a big chemical company, what does it mean for me? cruise in the short to medium-term term, you unmanageable prices. in the long term, it is an issue of sourcing. the most significant change of sourcing we have seen is worldwide global unconventional crude. the latest estimates are that less than 14% of the shale oil available in the world recoverable is located in north america. it is going to be a global phenomenon moving forward. aboutudis themselves themselves maybe 3-5 years if they

the ministers of the gcc the gulf cooperation council has scheduled multiple meetings to discuss the ongoing threat of isil and possible ways to fight this terrorist entity and just yesterday, bahrain foreign ministers announced the gulf states are setting up a joint military command based in saudi arabia to not only counter the isil threat but the threat from iran as well. so i'll ask in what ways are we work with the gulf nations toing fight this radical islam ideology and is this joint command a signal that they my be willing to put boots on the ground in syria? >> thank you very much, madam chairman. let me start on that and then obviously ambassador bradtke will have something to say. on the isil funding issue that question actually probably would be best addressed to the treasury department under secretary cohen and assistant secretary glazer are working very intensively in trying to address the isil funding issue. dhs play as maul role in that in terms of criminal investigations. >> is there a specific threat -- >> i'm working backwards. on that one -- let me go back to what w

. >> it is interesting that all the gcc guys are talking.ormally, they are shaking. >> before the opec meeting, it was fairly difficult to get a lengthy comment. now, it has become very vocal. this is what is so interesting. if they really wanted to support prices at these levels, they have to communicate to the market that they are not going to intervene. the market assumed they would intervene. by repeatedly saying that come what may, we are not going to go back on that decision, and even if we are, we would call a meeting, they are probably reemphasizing the fact that the burden sharing is almost entirely up to non-opec. that is worrying. we are not seeing big adjustments taking place in the supply side yet. at these prices, you don't see any significant changes to current production -- >> let's game this out for a minute and figure out what the motivation is here. if you had a slow grind lower, you would see adjustment in the supply that would be slow. if you crash the price in the near term, it is still going to take quite a while for s

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yes, it is there as part of a coalition including gcc counter iranian influence in the region but also wide objectives in security and otherwise. >> in terms of the resources, and parliamentary questions revel that military so far trained zero personnel in level four, expert level arabic and level three professional level arabic, do you really have the resources in order to fulfill these kinds of objectives and in particular, could you project on the comparison that french for example put in this kind of activity. >> i would say we have the resources. this comes back to my earlier answer about the question about mind-set. but thinks in terms of decades and not years. and its mind-set is on policy that i think should on the basis of what i say this long historical connection we've got and we will go on inevitably. it is nondiscretionary in the arabic speaking world. and i think we have been neglectful. i say that as a country. i say that probably as an institution. i do think of french partners are more ruthless in using their military footprint around the world. and i could quote one o

presumably, to get a bill to present to the international community, presumably including states,-to-do gccalthough with oil below $60 a barrel there, perhaps a bit less well-to-do than they were a few months ago. -- iran advance this plan after defaulting in syria to its basic playbook. would you did in iraq also initially. let me contrast the two situations. -- when aybook is pro-iranian regime or group is fledtened, you immediately weapons to that group, you flood money to that group, you send the revolutionary guards to advise the group. you basically play with the people who support you. you do not compromise, you do not talkomise, you do about copper mise, you do not show weakness, you stand with the people who are supporting you. that is iran's default playbook. they did it immediately in syria. this was the playbook. support a side unconditionally. he is the president, he is the elected president. they call them jihadist, sunnis, whatever want to call them. whoever is against assad is a terrorist. has no legitimacy. get our littlen, protÉge his weapon. get them to go into syria. get

obviously the gcc countries and saudi have always done very well with the united states.sidelines here is if saudi is pushing the oil price down because they're worried the u.s. has been soft on iran because of the nuclear issues and they're trying to put pressure there. this is a very tense situation. a lot of people are watching it closely and wondering what will happen. back to you. >> thanks for pointing that out. very interesting. we'll continue to follow it. so how do those fresh new lows on energy affect the broader market? joining us now, tom lee of fund strated a advisers. any discernible link here with energy? is it a good sign in your view that the stock market has been able to rally in the face of new lows for crude and brent? >> definitely good news. when oil first fell there was confusion. but i think the market is making the right conclusion which is the drop in oil is a boom for consumers. especially for developing countries. very good for the stock market. >> we addressed this a bit yesterday. why haven't we seen a more noticeable impact on consumer compa

we brought the gcc together and other key partners, meeting in jetta, which issued a very strong communicae. and u.n. general assembly later that month, we began to build this coalition. in jetta, the focus was joining an air campaign in syria. once those air strikes start, you saw the regional states, bahrain, jordan, saudi arabia, uae and qatar were part of those organizations. since then, we have brought in countries from all around the world. 60 members joins in brussels along military, counterforeign fighters. there's a different role for every country to play. the military side, we have the air campaign. we also have now substantial contributions developing to support the train equip effort in iraq. we have qatar, turkey, saudi arabia supporting the train/equip area for syria. foreign fighters, president obama chaired pretty extraordinary security council session at the u.n. general assembly and passed a chapter 7 resolution on foreign fighters that had the most response in history i'm told. we're having real progress. we're seeing foreign fighters cells broken up. this wasn't happeni

the ministers of the gcc the gulf cooperation council have scheduled multiple meetings to discuss thegoing threat of isil and possible ways to fight this terrorist entity and just yesterday, bahrain foreign ministers announced the gulf states are setting up a joint military command based in saudi arabia to not only counter the isil threat but the threat from iran as well. working with the gulf nations to fight this radical islam ideology and is this joint command a signal that they may be willing to put boots on the ground in syria. >> thank you very much, madam chairman. let me start on that and then obviously ambassador bradtke will have things t the last part. first i'll do this in reverse order. on the isil funding issue that question actually probably would be best addressed to the treasury department under secretary cohen and assistant secretary glazer are working very intensively in efforts to try to address the isil funding issue. dhs plays a small role in that in terms of krim investigations in terms of funding activities -- >> is there a specific threat -- >> i'm working bac

we brought the gcc together and other key partners, meeting in jetta which issued a very strong communicae. and u.n. general assembly later that month, we began to build this coalition. in jetta, the focus was joining an air campaign in syria. once those air strikes start you saw the regional states, uae and qatar were part of those. 60 members joined am brussels for a cooperative effort. there's a different role for everyone country to play. the military side, we have the air campaign. we also have now substantial contributions developing to support the train/eequip effort in iraq. we have qatar, turkey, saudi arabia supporting the train/equip area for syria. foreign fighters, president obama chaired pretty extraordinary security council session at the u.n. general assembly and passed a chapter 7 resolution on foreign fighters that had the most response in history i'm told. we're having real progress. we're seeing foreign fighters cells broken up. this wasn't happening 90 days ago. on counter finance the same thing. kuwait has passed legislation, in working with other partners in the gulf