the gulf cooperation council and that normally each and every one of those countries will probably be reinforced in terms of its security when another country gets stronger not weaker so there is a bit of that now. difficile would you say that and what do they mean by that are they really about to do a tax cut that if they buy i doubt it i think here we are still involved a year later a year after the blockade by saudi arabia not that of emirates egypt and bahrain let's go to cebu from now on right just so that we have to repeat all four. countries names. then the the basic point here is that the blockade in countries continue to pressure and part of the pressure is psychological warfare so i think the letter to the french president will probably involve a lot of pressure on the furnished but pressures on the qataris hence it involves psychological warfare against kata i think that's continuing now we've heard and we heard in the beginning of the crisis from the emir of kuwait that kuwait was able to stop a potential attack against got there so there was a natural real threats against

the gulf cooperation council which for decades many have seen as the main source of stability in an extremely unstable region but what's been significant over the past few months is that although the kuwaitis have managed to achieve certain milestones like preventing this crisis from transforming into a military one transforming from a diplomatic one to a military one there is a growing sense amongst certain sections of society actually that they could be targeted by these same hawkish petitions and political figures in the united arab emirates and saudi arabia those who have been going out after qatar and spearing qatar as they believe in terms of the p.r. campaigns there are some here in kuwait who have similar fears having said that the government is adamant that it will continue to try and find a solution through this crisis and we spoke to some of the members of society here as well as politicians to find out a bit more that's almost ninety years old she. is the oldest leader in the g.c.c. he's nicknamed the wise man of the gulf it was no surprise then that when half of the gulf council

in two thousand and sixteen it relies heavily on foreign aid saudi arabia along with gulf cooperation council members not yet renewed the three point six billion dollars program jordan. the program expired last year as well as this analysts say saudi and amorality investors have stopped financing projects in jordan the government also blames its financial woes on instability in the region chiefly the war in neighboring syria that's pushed up prices and there's the burden of hosting six hundred fifty thousand syrian refugees are back at the top of the hour with more news you can keep up to date with all the developments if you had over to our web site al-jazeera dot com it's back to the war in june now. fifteenth of may one thousand nine hundred sixty seven. a parade of military might to celebrate nineteen years since the founding of the state of israel. that this public display of power took place under a dog shadow. the previous day egyptian president assad had ordered his forces to take up positions along the borders but israel. look lost criminal and mobile or. war and that. by you for the

of king abdullah of jordan the nearest monarchy in their region which is not part of the gulf cooperation council their pledge of two point five billion dollars it follows weeks of protests in jordan against the rising cost of living and a proposed income tax rise which has since been shelved jordan has always been a crucial country particularly to the west and arab allies of the west. mostly because of the proximity and they're all it plays in the palestinian problem and except peaceful relations i guess with israel so with all that in mind and the current crisis and the go people who would like jordan to somehow. in a much more pronounced manner than it as. a to jordan to the tune of billions of dollars used to be the norm the g.c.c. pledged to point five billion dollars to both jordan and morocco and offered them full membership in the organization seven years ago gulf monarchies more or less saw the hashemite kingdom as one of their own and its ability as being necessary to the us but political divisions during the last few years f. ekta the relations between jordan and some of the g.c.c. cou

the gulf cooperation council had been able to deescalate the situation she says he was never intended to deal with an act of aggression between one of the constituent you see members this is unprecedented in the extent of the scope of it how it took everybody by surprise kuwait did issue a statement calling for restraint but the six member group had not met and the three g.c.c. states that imposed the blockade were not willing to enter into talks our men and also kuwait i think found it very difficult in the initial stages of the crisis. you know there may have been some pressure exerted on them to to take sides but i think then it was you know i think even the courts had to quickly realize that they needed some mediator within the region. so we've seen kuwait sort of take on more of that will than than are meant for this crisis but it's also important to to note that this pressure of taking sides extends beyond the gulf region. by nightfall on that first day that instigating nations in saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt we're now joined by the mo d. and factions in libya in isolating

of king abdullah of jordan the nearest monarchy in their region which is not part of the gulf cooperation council their pledge of two point five billion dollars it follows weeks of protests in jordan against the rising cost of living and a proposed income tax rise which has since been shelved jordan has always been a crucial country particularly to the west and arab allies of the west. more slowly because of the proximity and they're all it plays in the palestinian problem and except peaceful relations i guess with israel so with all that in mind and the current crisis and the gulf people would like jordan to somehow take sides in a much more pronounced manner than it. just a to jordan to the tune of billions of dollars used to be the norm the g.c.c. pledged to point five billion dollars to both jordan and morocco and offered them full membership in the organization seven years ago the gulf monarchies more or less saw the hotshoe might kingdom as one of their own and its ability as being necessary to the ups but political divisions during the last few years f. ekta the relations between jordan an

gulf cooperation council allies stopped paying three and a half million dollars in annual aid last year the war in neighboring syria has reduced imports and calls prices to increase in jordan six hundred fifty thousand syrian refugees are registered as living there squeezing government finances further still jordan is on the pressure from the i.m.f. to reduce its national debt we can speak to daoud kuttab is a journalist and founder of the net and he's joining us from the jordanian capital amman thank you very much indeed for talking to us. where do we start the situation in terms of the jordanian economy is pretty right isn't it but it was precipitated pretty much wasn't it by the the stopping of the aid the annual aid coming from saudi arabia that just hit. there's help to tip jordan into this precarious state. well jordan has had their financial aid from many of the gulf countries including saudi arabia and qatar and other countries and most of that has dried up or has gone on on to specific programs not helping the basic budget of the country and so jordan did have to go to the i.m.

fund in two thousand and sixteen it relies heavily on foreign aid saudi arabia along with gulf cooperation council members have not yet renewed the three point six billion dollars distance program to jordan program expired last year as well as those analysts say saudi and amorality investors have stopped financing projects in jordan the government blames its fire was on instability in the region chiefly the war in neighboring syria stifled trade and pushed up prices the burden of hosting six hundred fifty thousand syrian refugees jordan has complained about not getting enough international support those could be is the founder of the news website arm and that he thinks part of the gulf funding issue may be that countries no longer want to contribute directly to jordan's budget. well jordan has had their financial aid from many of the gulf countries including saudi arabia and qatar and other countries and most of that has dried up or has gone on to programs not helping the basic budget of the country there is different schools of thought on this issue there is one that says that the gulf countries

talking to carter's foreign minister about one year on from the worst diplomatic crisis in the gulf cooperation councilhistory one hundred been our. talks while dizzier my. it's been years since a blockade was imposed on carter and this anniversary is marked with a resurgence of threats against your country i'm sure you're aware of the reports that talk about the saudi king sending a letter to the french president in which a threat was made that carter would face military action from saudi arabia if your country purchases russian missiles do you believe that qatar could face an attack from saudi arabia. first for just let us make it very clear that. the posture of. any military equipment is a sovereign decision which no country has. anything to do with so there is no illegitimate it leave this behind this letter and threatening violating the international law by writing all the international norms and. most importantly it's violating. g.c.c. charter which is the countries of the g.c.c. should not launch and the attack against each other so we believe that this letter has no any legal basis to justify.

has still not been achieved in terms of solving this crisis bringing back the unity of the gulf cooperation council however that doesn't mean it hasn't borne fruit because initially the challenges that were being represented by the blockade on qatar were a lot greater and as far as the coase are concerned they achieved huge success in the first place in terms of averting this current crisis from becoming merely or we say merely but becoming simply a blockade on qatar and turning it into a military conflict which could very well have been the case of the kuwaitis achieved preventing it from spiraling out of control into some sort of war or invasion that could have taken place however there are yet to find some sort of solution that doesn't mean they haven't stopped as far as the kuwaiti officials are concerned they continue to try and find a solution to this the foreign minister has been visiting several g.c.c. countries in the past couple of weeks the qatari foreign minister himself actually was in kuwait three days ago handing a message from the emir of qatar to his kuwaiti counterparts and the me

fund and twenty sixteen it relies heavily on foreign aid but saudi arabia along with fellow gulf cooperation council members have not yet renewed their three point six billion dollar assistance program to jordan which expired last year and analysts say that saudi and amorality investors have stopped financing projects in jordan the government also blames its financial woes on instability in the region chiefly the war in neighboring syria which has stifled trade and pushed up prices and bears the burden of hosting some six hundred fifty thousand syrian refugees jordan's complained about not getting enough international support joining us now live. from is somebody who suppressor of international studies at the university of jordan good to have you with us why is it that the gulf nations have not renewed this financial assistance program to jordan. you know well this is confusing for damien's and we expected that no one would let jordan down but unfortunately over the last two years jordan has received no funds from from the gulf states and probably they have their own problem there bogged down in in

parties if a clear plan is made for talks with iran i just don't know yet if we consider the gulf cooperation council as an important block in the reason we see the problems between saudi arabia and the u.a.e. with our baseless the problem started with electronic piracy and with modern void issues we need can african nations and clear plans to sort out these matters aid workers in northwestern nigeria are warning that thousands of people are at risk after being displaced by the armed group boko haram you know which in refugee council says more than four thousand people are sleeping rough without shelter in the town of decline there are concerns about the spread of malaria diarrhea and also typhoid. scuse me several zimbabwean presidential candidates have signed a place to keep an upcoming election peaceful near the president all the main opposition rival attended the signing sending representatives instead. it follows an assassination attempt on president emerson manner. please excuse me for my coughing fit there now environmental activists say that demand for wood in europe is causing a massive afri

of king abdullah of jordan the nearest monarchy in their region which is not part of the gulf cooperation council their pledge of two point five billion dollars it follows weeks of protests in jordan against the rising cost of living and a proposed income tax rise which has since been shelved jordan has always been a crucial country particularly to the west and arab allies of the west. mostly because of the proximity and they're all it plays in the palestinian problem and except peaceful relations are i guess with israel so with all that in mind and the current crisis and the gulf people would like jordan to somehow take sides in a much more pronounced manner than it as. a to jordan to the tune of billions of dollars used to be the norm the g.c.c. pledged to point five billion dollars to both jordan and morocco and offered them full membership in the organization seven years ago the gulf monarchies more or less saw the hashemite kingdom as one of their own and its ability as being necessary to the us but political divisions during the last few years f. ekta the relations between jordan and some o

just yet we consider the gulf cooperation council as an important bloc not a reason we see the problems between saudi arabia and the u.a.e. with qatar are baseless the problem started with electronic piracy and with null and void issues we need an african nation and a clear plan is to sort out these matters the taxi hailing up as one appeal to continue operating in london their license was revoked last september over the company's failure to report serious criminal offenses and conduct background checks on drivers paul brennan has more from westminster magistrate's court. as a business is a global disruptor turning the traditional taxi profession upside down and provoking protests bans and restrictions as it does it the company is now valued at more than seventy billion dollars and after starting with just three hundred u.k. drivers in two thousand and twelve now has sixty thousand u.k. drivers forty five thousand of them in london but it's had a confrontational relationship with the london regulator t.f. out the company boss told elbridge admitted that previous correspondence for examp

talking to carter's foreign minister about one year on from the worst diplomatic crisis in the gulf cooperation council history. talks while dizzy or my. it's been years since a blockade was imposed on carter and this anniversary is marked with a resurgence of threats against your country i'm sure you're aware of the reports that talk about the saudi king sending a letter to the french president in which a threat was made that carter would face military action from saudi arabia if your country purchases russian missiles do you believe that qatar could face an attack from saudi arabia. first for just let us make it very clear that. the purchase of. any military equipment is a sovereign decision which no country has. anything to do with so there is no illegitimate it leave this behind this letter and threatening violating the international law by writing all the international norms and. most importantly it's violating. g.c.c. charter which is the countries of the g.c.c. should not launch an attack against each other so we believe that this letter has no any legal basis to justify. any action we have been

the gulf cooperation council had been able to deescalate the situation she says it was never intended to deal with an act of aggression between one of the constituent you see members this is unprecedented in the extent of it the scope of it how it took everybody by surprise kuwait did issue a statement calling for restraint but the six member group had not met and the three g.c.c. states that imposed the blockade were not willing to enter into talks our men and also kuwait i think found it very difficult in the initial stages of the crisis. you know there may have been some pressure exerted on them to to take sides but i think then it was you know i think even the courts had to quickly realize that they needed some mediator within the region. so we've seen kuwait sort of take on more of that will than than are meant for this crisis but it's also important to to note that this pressure of taking sides extends beyond the gulf region. by nightfall on that first day that instigating nations in saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt we're now joined by the mo d. and factions in libya in isolati

the gulf cooperation council had been able to deescalate the situation she says she was never intended to deal with an act of aggression between one of the constituent you see members this is unprecedented in the extent of the scope of it how it took everybody by surprise kuwait did issue a statement calling for restraint but the six member group had not met and the three g.c.c. states that imposed the blockade were not willing to enter into talks our men and also kuwait i think found it very difficult in the initial stages of the crisis. you know there may have been some pressure exerted on them to to take sides but i think then it was you know i think even the courts had to quickly realize that they needed some mediator within the region. so we've seen kuwait sort of take on more of that will than than are meant for this crisis but it's also important to to note that this pressure of taking sides extends beyond the gulf region. by nightfall on that first day that instigating nations in saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt we're now joined by the mo d. and factions in libya in isolating

the gulf cooperation council had been able to deescalate the situation she says he was never intended to deal with an act of aggression between one of the constituent you see members this is unprecedented in the extent of the scope of it how it took everybody by surprise kuwait did issue a statement calling for restraint but the six member group had not met and the three g.c.c. states that imposed the blockade were not willing to enter into talks our men and also kuwait i think found it very difficult in the initial stages of the crisis. you know there may have been some pressure exerted on them to to take sides but i think then it was you know i think even the courts had to quickly realize that they needed some mediator within the region. so we've seen kuwait sort of take on more of that will than than are meant for this crisis but it's also important to to note that this pressure of taking sides extends beyond the gulf region. by nightfall on that first day that instigating nations crane saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt we're now joined by the mo d. and factions in libya in isolati

talking to carter's foreign minister about one year on from the worst diplomatic crisis in the gulf cooperation council history. talks while just you know. it's been years since a blockade was imposed on carter and this anniversary is marked with a resurgence of threats against your country i'm sure you're aware of the reports that talk about the saudi king sending a letter to the french president in which a threat was made that would face military action from saudi arabia if your country purchases russian missiles do you believe that qatar could face an attack from saudi arabia. first for just let us make it very. put off. any military equipment is a sovereign decision which no country has. anything to do with so there is no illegitimate it leave this behind this letter and threatening to cut the swire dating the international laws by writing all the international norms and. most importantly it's violating the. g.c.c. charter which is the countries of the g.c.c. should not launch and any attack against each other so we believe that this letter has nor any legal basis to justify. any action we have bee

to just go to where we consider the gulf cooperation council as an important bloc you know the reason we see the problems between saudi arabia and the u.a.e. with qatar are baseless the problem started with electronic piracy and with modern void issues we need to african nations and clear plans to sort out these matters the world's chemical weapons wash dog is meeting in the hague to discuss alleged chemical attacks in syria well the conference was requested by the u.k. after a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter here in england the fark it is their. the o.p.c. w. has convened this special conference of the organization at the behest of the united kingdom that claims that there is an attribution gap in the world at the moment when it comes to apportioning blame and pointing the finger countries groups or individuals that may have used chemical weapons united kingdom use that there has over the past twenty years been a disturbing increase in the number of chemical weapons attacks and the usage of chemical weapons and at the moment in the world there is no one in