engagement with the gulf in the u.s. mission globally is not so different as it was at the end of the second world war. the u.s. allies and partners continue to rely on the gulf and control access to that by mediating supplies, that travel overseas, and controlling access to markets. thank you for. >> thank you everyone. i am nathan citino from rice university. i would like to think the national history museum for inviting, me and thank you for joining me early on monday morning. eight few weeks ago, on october 11th u.s. defense secretary, mark esper got announced that the employment of american military forces to saudi arabia. at the time he said saudi arabia is a long-standing military power in the middle east and has asked for additional support to supplement their rules based order. the statement and the deployment itself gives us a kind of entry point in our discussion this morning for talking about the history of the u.s. saudi relationship and american foreign policy in arabia and the gulf more generally. those ph

it has split the gulf cooperation council, the alliance of arab gulf states, and seeking to isolate qatar the recent attacks on oil tankers and saudi oil installations, raised questions about whether the saudi and iranian governments will seek to de-escalate their rivalry, and the implications of this development for the us. that's the us campaign of maximum maximum pressure on the iranian economy through sanctions. so as in the past, if we are using the past as a guide, rather than a apolitical security partnership, conflicts over regional power the place of oil in the global economy and domestic politics, in both countries will shape or determine contours of the us saudi relationship and the us policy going forward. so i will conclude my remarks there, and look forward to your questions. thank you very much. >> so you have your cards, and if you have questions we will take questions through the cards, rather than the hand raising. and i wanted to also to ask a question about opaque and it seems, to dominate a lot of people's minds, you see people talking about the opaque embargo in 1973

in the gulf cooperation council the g.c.c. . at the same time it has a good relationship with iran and played a vital role in the international nuclear deal in 2015. some time been sided saeed's ruled the country for 50 years and is widely considered to have been a visionary statesman. when he died in 2020 he was succeeded by his cousin silt on hay from been taught a. dynasty has ruled on manson 749 and in january 2021 sultan haitham nominated his eldest son as crown prince a strong sign of continuity. but a man's long history is not well known outside the gulf region before oil was discovered in 1962 fishing and pro diving words main sources of income it was a trading nation and was colonized by the portuguese in the 16th century it once had a vast empire stretching down to east africa but also enjoyed a strong british presence for over 150 years. in this film we go back over the last 500 years of our money history of tribes wars rebellion and colonization and explore how and why our man still plays an important regional role t

in the gulf cooperation council the g.c.c. . at the same time it has a good relationship with iran and played a vital role in the international nuclear deal in 2015. some time been sided saeed's ruled the country for 50 years and is widely considered to have been a visionary statesman. when he died in 2020 he was succeeded by his cousin silt on hay from been taught a. dynasty has ruled on manson 749 and in january 2021 sultan haitham nominated his eldest son as crown prince a strong sign of continuity. but a man's long history is not well known outside the gulf region before oil was discovered in 1962 fishing on pro diving words main sources of income it was a trading nation and was colonized by the portuguese in the 16th century it once had a vast empire stretching down to east africa but also enjoyed a strong british presence for over 150 years. in this film we go back over the last 500 years of our money history of tribes wars rebellion and colonization and explore how and why our man still plays an important regional role to

the gulf cooperation council the g.c.c. . but hormones long history is not well known outside the gulf region before oil was discovered in 1962 and fishing and pro diving words main sources of income. in this film we go back over the last 500 years of all monies history of tribes wars rebellion and colonization and explore how and why oman still plays an important regional role today. the tamil journalist in search of a missing colleague stops at nothing to bring her story to the public. in sri lanka press freedoms are under threat. and some stories can only be told by those who will not compromise on the truth. news from just one part of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera. more than a year after the club of 19 and then it began its origins remain a mystery 101 ace makes the scientists trying to trace the virus from the animal kingdom to humans and how does the. we understand the different cities and similarities of cultures across the wound. center magellanic or hand out is there bringing you the names and kind of fans

scientists are warning that the gulf stream currents in the atlantic ocean which brings warmth to toeurope and north america is under sarette it's weaker than at any time in the last 1000 years a consequence of global warming and in a new study researchers say that could bring about an increase in disasters like hurricanes in a moment we'll speak with one of the study's authors but 1st a look at what's happening. it's long been known that the gulf stream is changing but scientists are still examining how that affects the world's climate the atlantic convection current also known as the gulf stream that says a giant teaching system water from the gulf of mexico flows north where it loses heat and sinks to the seabed flowing back south again the circular flown shows generally mild weather in north america and northern europe. but research is a concern that the gulf stream is slowing down and moving less heat northwards that's a result of manmade climate change. global warming and melting sea ice a changing the salt content and density of the oceans and interfering with these circular f

fisherman outs before dawn carrying their trade in the gulf of god is. the bay on tunisia's east coast is around a 100 kilometers long in recent times the fishermen have had to stray even further from the coast to catch fish period about darkness and i've been a fisherman for 38 years and a lot has changed in that time of the call for 20 years ago we used to catch loads of prawns but in recent years there have been repeated events that have reduced our catch the latest problem was the blue crab they wiped out everything with the grass . the 1st blue crabs was supported here at the end of 2014 it's a species that was previously unknown in tunisia the numbers increased rapidly and within 8 months the crabs had become of you menace they would cut the fishing nets eat the fish and deval anything else they could find they became such a problem that the fisherman nicknamed them dyess after the notorious militant group islamic state the blue crab is native to the india pacifist region they came here via the red sea and the suez canal like most of the roughly 10

fisherman outs before dawn kalyan their trade in the gulf of goddess. the bay on tunisia's east coast is around 100 kilometers long in recent times the fishermen have had to stray even further from the coast to catch fish when you're about to start and it's not that i've been a fisherman for 38 years and a lot has changed in that time for 20 years ago we used to catch loads of prawns but in recent years there have been repeated events that have reduced our catch the latest problem was the blue crab they wiped out everything with the grub out of. the 1st blue crab so sported here at the end of 2014 it's a species that was previously unknown in tunisia their numbers increased rapidly and within 8 months the crabs had become of you menace they would cut the fishing nets eat the fish and divonne anything else they could find they became such a problem that the fisherman nicknamed them dyess after the notorious militant group islamic state the blue crab is native to the india pacifist region they came here father red sea and the suez canal like most of the r

yes bahrain 10 years on we look back at the only gulf country to see protests during the 2011 spring. and dire warnings from the united nations about children going hungry in yemen. we got more wintry weather pushing towards japan over the next couple of days little area cloud here sliding out that ace's sort of chart of the sea running a little further east which across the korean peninsula as it makes its way through picking up the moisture across the sea of japan very heavy rain coming in for a time and some snow over the high ground 13 celsius there for tokyo we're going to see that colder air really getting to the eastern side of japan but certain across western and northern parts there you go significant snowfall coming back in on tuesday could cause further disruption further south of this generally dry by the time we come to choose day but you can see more wintry weather just sliding in across the korean place missile with the top temperature of just one degree celsius further south we have got some wet weather there into southern parts of china just a fine and dry in hong kon

bahrain 10 years on we look back at the only gulf country to see protests during the 20th arab spring. blooming but no longer we need to flower growers in zimbabwe refusing to give up on their struggling businesses. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways hello i'm afraid we got to return to waiting 3 weather for japan over the next couple of days it's not been too bad recently with some decent temperatures but we've got a little area cloud moving through the korean peninsula cross the sea of japan driving some very heavy rain in this we go on through monday temperatures in tokyo around 13 degrees and fulling as we go on through shoes day we will see that snow grassi making its way into western parts of japan back up into her car by significant snowfall coming through and that cooler weather will continue to drive this way east was just one celsius there in the so 3 degrees there in beijing that way some western weather coming back into southern parts of china as we go on through the next couple of days just as somewhat of weather moving towards sri lanka or

are still examining how that affects the world's climate also known as the convection current the gulf stream acts as a giant heating system one water from the gulf of mexico flows north where it loses its heat and sinks to the seabed flowing back south the circular flow ensures generally miles by either in north america and northern europe but researchers are concerned that the gulf stream is slowing down and becoming weaker. climate models suggest that such a weakening could also change the winter storm tracks over north atlantic and actually cause more severe winter storms in the nova breast and part of. the slower weaker currents could also alter the environment under water as the gulf stream may no longer be warm enough to accommodate certain cruel species for example scientists say this is the result of manmade climate change. we know that there is a direct link between increased c o 2 emissions global warming and how global warming through increased freshwater fluxes into the top what i know but then take actually inhibit the drive off the course from system which if the sinking

the world's climate the atlantic convection current also known as the gulf stream that says a giant teaching system water from the gulf of mexico flows north where it loses heat and sinks to the seabed flowing back south again the circular flown shows generally mild weather in north america and northern europe. but research is a concern that the gulf stream is slowing down and moving less heat northwards that's a result of manmade climate change. global warming and melting sea ice a changing the salt content and density of the oceans and interfering with these killer flows that can lead to more and more destructive extreme weather events and rising sea levels but the lack of reliable data means the long term consequences of this are still not clear i'd like to welcome now dr left to caesar from the pos them institute for climate impact research he is one of the authors of that new study on the gulfstream dr a very warm welcome can you share some of the most salient findings of your study. thank you i'm sure so what we did this we compared a large number of different data that are al

this is how it looked when the arab spring breached the gulf region 10 years ago mr noted 6000 people protested in the behind the capital mina on february 14th 2011. i attend now it was unprecedented they called the today of rain but today i dressed in behind had begun the year before the arab spring the country's majority shah population complained of marginalization by a sunni mosque their initial demands included political and constitutional reform socio economic justice and that in east of detained political leaders at the start of the protests they didn't seem to openly seek a complete removal of the ruling family. but the spectacular success of tunisian and egyptian protests has in toppling they'll powerful rulers gave a similar hope to those in behind i they occupied madonna's pearl roundabout and chanted for the creation of a democratic republic. the 2. security forces intervened in a heavy handed man. dozens of activists were injured all rested by the end of that day 21 year old idea of that had to lay dead dozens more were killed in the months that followed. the killings ign

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if the gulf, i'm not quite sure, one of the challenges of dealing with iran in the gulf is every companyevery country —— every country has its own view. 0man still has engage with iran to have their own view on israel. the same can be said for patton. there is now more at stake for iran as well, and therefore a heightened competition. the other change is that we have a new administration in the united states. how does that change things over here? the deals have been signed but what about the potential deals that could have been signed, because the view here is that the trump administration was able to push these deals through and there was supporting the business community. how do you see that panning out, will, do you want to take that first? i think what we anticipated . that there will be a softening on the position with iran. overtime. however, that is not going to be - something that happens immediately. we are not going to click our fingers and go back to 2015. | and the reasons for that is that - some of that sanctions put in place and regulatory framework will take quite a long

the problem that existed in the gulf was piracy. tribes wars of rebellion empire and colonize ation. oman history power and influence on al-jazeera. if you want to help save the world . sneeze and euro. but in the immediate future the will is quiet throughout arabia iran and turkey this is weakening its dusty's it was but there is a hint of cloud building here and in the steady breeze which is unusual direction what a well gather i mean by producing produce something in the sky rather more substantial like for example rain as you see developing on thursday an arc of right from the nose in the red sea through saudi arabia and jordan and into iraq and other countries in the about seem likely to get sheriffs from result of this and it won't stay where it is i think you'll like a rather more widespread picture but a winter rain may see that for a while at least not developing quite like this. in southern africa the rain has been rather more as you might expect debate is a particular arc at the moment that goes for the middle of mozambiq

treasury secretary in the persian gulf states, people he has loyally served as u.s. treasury secretary, by which he does not mean, you know, us. so, joe biden is president now. he is not sitting in the lap of the bonesaw guy, nor sending members of his cabinet to do that. president biden isn't even speaking to the bonesaw guy. we believe, if this axios reporting is correct, that president biden and the director of national intelligence he appointed, avril haines, will tomorrow publicly release the u.s. intelligence community's evidence related to the murder of this u.s. journalist, in which the crown prince is reportedly implicated. but i mean, think about the context in which president biden is making these sorts of changes. i mean, he is doing this, he's releasing this report, he is making a big change with the way we deal with saudi arabia, he is calling out the crown prince of that country. we expect in this report, in terms of his implication in the murder of a u.s. journalist, he's doing all of that as president while this is the background noise, while literal

treasury secretary in the persian gulf states. people he has loyally served as u.s. treasury secretary by which he does not mean, you know, us. so joe biden is president now. he is not sitting in the lap of the bone saw guy nor sending members of his cabinet to do that. president biden isn't even speaking to the bone saw guy. we believe, if this "axios" reporting is correct, that president biden and the director of national intelligence he appointed avril haines will tomorrow publicly release the u.s. intelligence community's evidence related to the murder of this u.s. journalist in which the crown prince is reportedly implicated. but think about the context in which president biden is making these sorts of changes. i mean, he has -- he's doing this. he's releasing this report. he is making a big change with the way we deal with saudi arabia. he is calling out the crown prince of that country. we expect in this report in terms of his implication in the murder of a u.s. journalist, he's doing all of that as president while this is the background noise, while literally

the gulf cooperation council and that qatar is a negotiator in some sense. we. are at the end saudi and iran i think possibly shows that that is in a sense working an eye on a set of different levers then the old mechanism of everybody on the one side of the gulf against iran so i would say that there's different ways to interpret that and as far as china and russia well certainly from the chinese perspective the the sanctions are they are ratcheting up oil imports from iran partially through other countries i think there's been a certain degree of pressure that's going on to raise the financial access of iran to its reserves and so i think that that's been one of the problems we've always seen with sanctions that's one of the reasons obama went into this deal is that eventually sanctions regime zeroed and that's what we're beginning to see now well dr roxanne from my farm on from my on of cambridge university and eli lake of bloomberg opinion really appreciate having a civil discussion on this very tough subject thank you both for joining us today thank you tha

of— the kind of wail that was in the gulf of mexico but it turns out through— gulf of mexico but itthe real species.— suggest we call it the rice's wail, the real species. you are like the real-life captain _ the real species. you are like the real-life captain ahab. _ the real species. you are like the real-life captain ahab. how - the real species. you are like the real-life captain ahab. how long| real—life captain ahab. how long have you been looking for this whale? ~ :, :, , whale? well, the authors, it looks like 20 years _ whale? well, the authors, it looks like 20 years they _ whale? well, the authors, it looks like 20 years they have _ whale? well, the authors, it looks like 20 years they have been - like 20 years they have been suspecting this kind of unique population in the gulf of mexico might— population in the gulf of mexico might be — population in the gulf of mexico might be a unique species, so they have been— might be a unique species, so they have been looking at it for quite some _ have been looking at it for quite some time. have been looking at it for quite so

with iran in the gulf is every company has — in the gulf is every company has their— in the gulf isiran as well, _ is now more at stake for iran as well, and therefore a heightened competition. the other think _ heightened competition. the other think of _ heightened competition. ti9: other think of the heightened competition. ti9 other think of the other change is that we have a new administration in the united states. how does that change things over here? the deals have been signed but what about the potential deals that could have been side, because the view here is that the trumpet ministration was able to push these deals through and there was supporting the business community. how do you see that panning out, will do you want to take that first? i panning out, will do you want to take that first?— to take that first? i think what we _ to take that first? i think what we anticipated - to take that first? i think what we anticipated that| to take that first? | think- what we anticipated that there will be — what we anticipated that there will be a — what we anticipated that the

the run up to the killing of custom soleimani, attacks on other countries, attacks in the persian gulfthe pace of attacks on u.s. positions in iraq. certainly, the israelis have paid serious price for its long-standing campaign to go after iranian forces in syria, and they believe they are transferring advanced weaponry. it my view, a deal would be nice, but i do not think it is necessary. steve: i am hearing you say the status quo is working. am i getting that right? >> it depends on what you mean by working. it is true the iranians have increased the anti in terms of iranian enrichment. if they iranians are only interested in a deal that the stores that agreement, and a lot of its key provisions will be expiring by 2026 anyway, and they would still be allowed to test long-range risk -- long-range missiles. the deal says nothing about its various campaigns within the middle east, which are a threat to many u.s. allies. in that respect, sure, there are issues they can do. but i am saying is there are ways to setback the program short of diplomacy, short of an open war. steve: professor

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cold overnight tonight, it's tomorrow morning but that storm system you see a brewing there in the gulf last a little less world spinning around up there now this by the time it gets here not going to be a huge storm

severe weather across the gulf coast. potentially in through atlanta, as well. tomorrow morning, st. louis, cincinnati. d.c., you'll start to see some heavy snow. look at that big pink area, that's the icy conditions. i-95, philly, new york,afrnoon through tomorrow night. significant accumulations ealy could see anhere from 5 toinchei erg contis could be s d? >> all rit, we're all watching it with you, rob. be careful on the roadways to everyone out there tomorrow. rob, thank you. >>> in the meantime, we are going to turn to the coronavirus tonight and president biden making news with a shifting timeline on when most americans can expect to have access to a vaccine. and when this country could be back to some sense of normal. a test for the new president, as this pandemic, these new variants and the fight to get this vaccine supply up and running forced a bit of reality check for this administration and for the american people. here's our senior white house correspondent mary bruce tonight. >> reporter: with the country itching to get back to some sense of norma

this is how it looked when the arab spring breached the gulf region 10 years ago mr noted 6000 people protested in the behind the capital mina on february 14th 2011. i attend now it was unprecedented they called the today of rain but today i dressed in behind had begun years before the arab spring the country's majority shah population complained of marginalization by a sunni more knock their initial demands included political and constitutional reform socio economic justice and that at least of detained political leaders at the start of the protests they didn't seem to openly seek a complete removal of the ruling family. but the spectacular success of tunisian and egyptian protesters in toppling well powerful rulers gave a similar hope to those in behind i they occupied madonna's pearl roundabout and chanted for the creation of a democratic republic. the. security forces intervened in a heavy hand that man. dozens of activists were injured all rested by the end of that day 21 year old idea that had to lay dead dozens more were killed in the months that followed. the killings ignited

this is coming out of a bayou just a few miles away from the gulf coast of louisiana. it points to the depth of this arctic blast as it's traversed across much of the gulf coast this region. very large expanse, long duration cold event that now has impacted energy supplies, covid vaccine distributions, water supplies. it's creating what's pointing towards an ecological disaster as well. we're seeing images of what is called cold, stunned sea turtles. they have literally almost been quote, unquote, frozen in place because of the arctic temperatures from some of these channels and shipping lanes and along the immediate coast lines. you can imagine the ramifications will be felt from a human impact and animal impact as well. something we're monitoring this week alone. we're talking over 2.5 thousand record lows. if you don't have power, you can't run generators. you can't run power to bring water to your home. so, in fact, over 141 counties within 254 counties in the state of texas have some sort of water disruption supply issue as we speak. so that is a concern for peopl

unilateral when it comes to the middle east whatever you do for yemen affects saudi arabia the other gulf states israel and certainly iran absolutely he didn't talk about israel he didn't talk about the potential for war and there's always the potential for horror between israel and iran but how the us you know the alliance between israel the us the arms deals that the us the billions of dollars that the us makes in weapons and arms deals with with israel including f. $35.00 stealth fighters and on and on and on. but beyond that make you think dozens of covert patients being shuffled between hospitals in the u.k. due to a shortage of intensive care beds and january alone the n.h.s. transferred nearly 39 patients a day double the number seen during the 1st wave we spoke with a health care consultant who has witnessed the crisis firsthand i guess this shows 2 things. the scale of the condom make and how much was the 2nd wave was the 1st just this week. and how it's actually different cost the country that writes it also shows the real strengths of the national health service in the country

to depend more on its partners elsewhere the foreign ministers 1st official trip of 2021 was to the gulf region of you a saudi arabia and qatar with the aim of expanding spain's economic footprint in the middle east. in abu dhabi she conveyed her government's hopes for a solution to the war in yemen in riyadh the foreign minister work to strengthen spain's arms deals as well as construction contracts with the kingdom a previous construction project deal with the saudis face controlled to see back home after it was revealed a swiss prosecutors opened an investigation into more than $100000000.00 given by saudi arabia to spain's former king juan carlos and commissions the allegations are linked to a train project in mecca built by spanish companies. with the former king now living in the u.a.e. party also face pressure to investigate his businesses but beyond all the control over seas of foreign minister hopes what she calls the seeds of friendship and multilateral is. just planted in the region can flourish in the future strains for mr around church gonzales layer talks to al-jazeera i. s

the problem that existed in the gulf was piracy. tribes warlords rebellion empire and colonize ation of. oman history power and influence on al-jazeera we know what's happening in our region we know how to get them they feel that others cannot the fires are still going on the way they tell the story is what can make a difference. and i'm down in jordan in doha with the top stories here on al jazeera delegates from libya's rival factions have agreed on leaders of an interim unity government until elections are held in december it's hoped the landmark decision could bring an end to the conflict that engulfed the country since the toppling of moammar gadhafi almost 10 years ago malik trainer reports from tripoli in what the u.n. is calling a historical vote participants of the libyan political dialogue for.

talk about as well that being a lot of detail about iran c.p.o. a israel our alliances with you know gulf countries but as far as yemen we talked about this earlier he the president did talk about ending what he called the brutal war in yemen announcing that the u.s. would no longer support any offensive action in that brutal conflict are led to what he says sorry saudis but we're out of yemen you're on your own there oh by the way saudis if somebody is bad to you or mean to you we're going to be there to help you yeah they're not. pulling its military assets out of saudi arabia in fact they're going to be moving military personnel equipment assets from the persian gulf to the red sea instead to keep out of iranian target range so it's not like the u.s. is cutting off all support of saudi arabia that will continue also the u.s. will continue to go after al qaeda in the arabian peninsula not based on the yemen nothing is unilateral when it comes to the middle east whatever you do for yemen affects saudi arabia the other gulf states israel and certainly iran absolutely he didn't talk about

arabia in fact they're going to be moving and military personnel equipment assets from the persian gulf to the red sea instead to keep out of iranian target range so it's not like the u.s. is cutting off all support of saudi arabia that will continue also the u.s. will continue to go after al qaeda and the arabian peninsula not based on the yemen nothing is unilateral when it comes to the middle east whatever you do for yemen affects saudi arabia the other gulf states israel and certainly iran absolutely he didn't talk about israel he didn't talk about the potential for war and there's always the potential for water between israel and iran and about how the u.s. you know the alliance between israel the u.s. the arms deals that the u.s. the billions of dollars that the u.s. makes in weapons and arms deals with with israel including f. $35.00 stealth fighters and on and on and on. i mean we should be getting that too much specifics about about china and we kind of already knew that with this speech it was in broad general terms what he said was these are direct words will confront china's

the problem that existed in the gulf was piracy. tribe's was rebellion and pious and colonise ation of. oman history power and influence on al-jazeera. but again you're watching out 0 among the top stories this hour at least 7 people have been killed in the round $170.00 missing in northern india after part of a himalayan classic collapse it sent a torrent of water sweeping away homes slamming into 2 hydroelectric that. left as economists santa rosa roses claiming victory in ecuador 1st round of presidential elections but exit polls suggest a runoff is likely in april may contend is a rouse and conservative. haiti's president is announcing more than 20 people have been arrested for a failed coup attempt president juvenal moyes has brushed off criticism from the opposition and human rights groups who say his presidency expires on sunday. a police officer has been detained in chile over the fatal shooting of a street performer relatives and friends have gathered in the capital for francisco martinez remarriages wake the 27 year old wa