since the crisis began they've been mediating between the deeply divided members of the gulf cooperation council the united states has also been urging gulf countries to resolve the dispute in order to maintain the stability and security of the region for decades rivalry and differences in foreign policy have divided gulf states but when that worsened in 2017 few expected the region would be thrown into crisis and a land air and sea blockade imposed on qatar saudi arabia had shut only land border cutting imports and its food and medicine supply chain between the u.a.e. saudi arabia and egypt closed their airspace to qatari aircrafts grounding hundreds of qatar airways planes the blockading countries also shut their embassies in and expelled qatari diplomats they issued a list of 13 demands they said oh how must meet including shutting down the al-jazeera news channel the positive aspect of it this as far as cutter is concerned has been a greater degree of resilience over the last few years the thais have managed to learn to live with the blockade and that has helped really help them discover bet

wasn't exactly the smoothest when it came true inter gulf cooperation council relations yes there were smiles and hugs and kisses and you know bilateral visits and so forth yes it was probably the more functioning of the blocs within the region however there's always been deep rifts between them and deep divisions in their policies but what's important in terms of let's let's tackle the answers that we got for us before you go into the questions peter in terms of the answers we got from goats that this isn't just saudi arabia that's your thing the blockade on qatar in fact all of the quartet's including egypt which is an under sea member that's according to the saudi foreign minister said each of those countries will not only restore diplomatic relations but also flights in the free passage of movements and so forth will go back he said that this declaration essentially was one that. all sides were pleased with that's were content with but as you mentioned there were other questions allies when he was asked were there any concessions made he refused to give any details and just you kno

summit of the arab gulf cooperation council. this summit. first sizes in its 41st session names after the certain couple. of it of course just undermining the basic principles of the bloc namely to preserve and maintain the cooperation of the member states to maintain a c.n.n. and balester its original international role and continue to work as a political economic and social uniform block to the best interests of the welfare of the region and its people we are all hopes that this declaration that has been. unfolded in this summit well brained our joint action back again. and they enforce the welfare of the region's people the signature by egypt is a testament of egypt. bond with the blocs member states. emphasizing the principles articulated and the basic law of the council that this unit is to the best interest of the entire arab region there is a pandemic has proven through challenge and they see. this summit has achieved unprecedented achievement under the presidency of the king of saudi arabia and there is no doubt that addressing the pa

the breakthrough was announced on the eve of a gulf cooperation council summit which cutter's amir will attend for the 1st time 3 years. hello i'm a clock this is al jazeera life and also coming up twitter to fight like hell i'll tell you. donald trump rallying supporters ahead of a crucial senate election a day after.

resolve a 3 and a half year diplomatic crisis the announcement came just hours before a gulf cooperation council summit qatar's amir is amongst the leaders meeting in the saudi city of with hopes of resolving the dispute reports now from doha. more than 3 years after saudi arabia u.a.e. behind and egypt imposed a blockade on qatar finally a breakthrough that the military fuck up an agreement was reached open the land and maritime borders between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the state of qatar starting tonight this statement from the kuwaitis on the eve of a g.c.c. summit in saudi arabia was not a surprise since the crisis began they've been mediating between the deeply divided members of the gulf cooperation council the united states has also been urging gulf countries to resolve the dispute in order to maintain the stability and security of the region. for decades rivalry and differences in foreign policy have divided gulf states but when that worsened in 2017 few expected the region would be thrown into crisis and the land air and sea blockade imposed on qatar saudi arabia had shut only lan

since the crisis began they've been mediating between the deeply divided members of the gulf cooperation council the united states has also been urging gulf countries to resolve the dispute in order to maintain the stability and security of the region. for decades rivalry and differences in foreign policy have divided gulf states but when that worsened in 2017 few expected the region would be thrown into crisis and the land air and sea blockade imposed on qatar saudi arabia had shut only land border cutting imports and its food and medicine supply chain bahrain the u.a.e. saudi arabia and egypt closed their airspace to qatari aircrafts grounding hundreds of qatar airways planes the blockading countries also shut their embassies and off and expelled qatari diplomats they issued a list of 13 demands they said oh how must meet including shutting down the al-jazeera news channel the positive aspect of it as far as cutters concerned has been a greater degree of resilience over the last few years the thais have managed to lead to labor in the blockade and that has helped really help them discover bett

been mediating between cusser and for arab states the innocent was made on the eve of the gulf cooperation council summits in in saudi arabia qatar is a mere shake to mean been hammered out on the well a tense tuesday summit gabriel elizondo has more from washington d.c. we can expect that we will be hearing from the white house and they will be spinning this as a big foreign policy victory. specially here with only 18 days 16 days now until president donald trump leaves office and hand over power to joe biden here is president still trump is in the southern states of georgia head of crucial senate runoff vote he's speaking at a rally in the city of dolton in support of the republican candidates georgia's 2 senate seats are up for grabs special elections and tuesday. your vote tomorrow will decide which party controls the united states senate the radical democrats are trying to capture georgia's senate seat so they can wield unchecked unrestrained absolute power over every aspect of your lives. if the liberal democrats take the senate or the white house and then i take it this white house we're go

has been announced on the eve of the gulf cooperation council summits which cutter's amir will attend for the 1st time in 3 years. however i'm alamo here dana and this is al jazeera line from doha also coming up. to walk or prepared for land or for joy.

disability of the gulf cooperation council at least not in the in this regard but what's important to understand and even if the gulf countries have different relationships with iran it doesn't mean that they want to be closer to iran politically down to the americans so this is this is really what has been a strategic loss here because the target ministration could have secured all of its legacies without this this crisis by going to europe to your question i think all of the gulf countries want to see the united states we need renegotiate to jay superior way with iran and duck. incoming a bite ministration has already said that that will be a top priority as i think they will see that the gulf states israelis and perhaps are spearheaded by dual man will find ways to find a new path with iran going forward so good to me about thank you very much indeed thank you. the u.k.'s prime minister has ordered and into a new national lockdown as the country's code 19 outbreak threatens to overwhelm hospitals or is johnson says a new variant of the corona virus is causing a surge in infections

since the crisis began they've been mediating between the deeply divided members of the gulf cooperation council the united states has also been urging gulf countries to resolve the dispute in order to maintain the stability and security of the region. for decades rivalry and differences in foreign policy have divided gulf states but when that worsened in 2017 few expected the region would be thrown into crisis and the land air and sea blockade imposed on qatar saudi arabia had shut only land border cutting imports and its food and medicine supply chain bahrain the u.a.e. saudi arabia and egypt closed their airspace to pottery aircrafts grounding hundreds of qatar airways planes the blockading countries also shut their embassies in the house and expelled qatari diplomats the issued a list of 13 demands they said doha must meet including shutting down the al-jazeera news channel the positive aspect of it as far as cutters concerned has been a greater degree of resilience over the last few years the thais have managed to learn to live with the blockade and that has helped really help them discover

been mediating between cuts and for arab states the announcement was made on the eve of a gulf cooperation council summit in the lurch in saudi arabia cut as i'm in a shape to mean been home at all tony will attend choose day summit of its own that has more now from washington d.c. we can expect that we will be hearing from the white house and they will be spinning this as a big foreign policy victory. especially here with only 18 days 16 days now until president donald trump leaves office and hands over power to joe biden u.s. president elect joe biden and the president all trump of rallied in the state of georgia ahead of 2 crucial senate runoff elections the republicans need to win just one of those seats to retain control of the senate trump says he'll do anything to ensure that that happens your vote tomorrow will decide which party controls the united states senate the radical democrats are trying to capture georgia's senate seat so they can wield unchecked unrestrained absolute power over every aspect of your lives. if the liberal democrats take the senate in the white house and then i thin

your majesty your highness is the leaders of the gulf cooperation council states. the head of the delegation of. and the secretary general of the g.c.c. may get fit and they can be with you at the outset i would like to extend all tanks and i appreciate until my brother the custodian of the 2 holy moses the monarch of saudi arabia and the government and the people of so duraid be of all the warm reception and general hospitality and the excellent organization of the sun summit . and i also commend you for hosting this summit that will be at cornerstone and cementing our joint gulf work and will enable us to live up to the aspirations of our respective people and i congratulate us. on the historic achievement of today namely the. agreement. and here we must mention the mediation efforts and as she said and exerted by the late i made of course may he rest in peace. these efforts have greatly contributed. to what we are witnessing today. it is also with pleasure that. i commend the collective efforts exerted by our brotherly. states heads of state and before that. the

kuwait which has been the main mediator in the dispute made the announcement on the eve of a gulf cooperation council summit in. saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain imposed a blockade on qatar and 2017 accusing it of supporting terrorism qatar has always rejected the claim when his announcement from kuwait for mr i did also have a similar kuwaiti to me or made calls with carter's emir and the saudi crown prince based on what the kuwaiti emir his highness shaikh now lawful also proposed an agreement was reached to open the land and maritime borders between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the state of qatar starting tonight equating your expressed his gratitude to the custodian of the holy sites the saudi king for all the efforts he is making to ensure the summit will be successful. live from doha and tell us the latest about who had the emir is going to travel to the summit to tell us or the significance of all this. well it's huge because it means that the speculation that has been going on for several weeks now if not months that some sort of a reserve lucian was to take place at the summit is

since the crisis began, they have been mediating between the deeply divided members of the gulf cooperation councilu.s. has also been urging of countries to resolve them -- the dispute to maintain the stability of the region. for decades, rivalry and differences and foreign policy have divided gulf states. when that worsened in 2017, the region was expected to be thrown into crisis. with the land, air, and sea blockade imposed on qatar. cutting imports and food and medicine supply chain's -- chains. grounding hundreds of planes. the blockade also expelled qatari diplomats. the issue is that th -- is the demands that must be met, including shutting down the al jazeera news channel. >> the qataris have learned to live with the blockade. that has helped them discover better ways of living and more efficient ways of sustaining their economy, their expenditure, managing their affairs. and resulted in an extremely resilient country that has now demonstrated itself in the lifting of the blockade without having to address the totally rational 13 conditions. reporter: the impact the crisis has had is unques

succeed the blockade in qatar will have to be lifted the impact the crisis has had on the gulf cooperation council is unquestionable and whilst differences remain the hope is that moving forward they will be resolved through dialogue ushering in a period of stability in a region that remains volatile. qatar airways cut his national airline is currently seeking compensation of at least $5000000000.00 from the 4 arab countries for losses sustained after they close their airspace to the airline the dispute began as you've heard in 2017 when saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt cut ties with barring its aircraft from entering the airspace so how cold it needs national civil aviation organization to the clear the air blockade illegal but the countries said that the u.n. agency didn't have jurisdiction to handle the disappears in 2018 the agency rejected that claim insisting that it does have jurisdiction of move in favor but the blockading nations appealed to the international court of justice and still that court ruled in favor once again and pave the way for doha to sue for compensation will fin

bookcase imposed by the kingdom and 3 other countries it's been announced on the eve of a gulf cooperation council summits which causes a mere over 10 for the 1st time in 3 years. or that i am alamo here dean and this is al jazeera life from doha also coming up. tomorrow carrier for atlanta.

kuwait which has been the main mediator in the dispute made the announcement on the eve of a gulf cooperation council summit in. saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain imposed a blockade on qatar in 2017 accusing it of supporting terrorism qatar has always rejected the claim. here's announcement from kuwait's foreign minister i did also have a similar issue equating to me or maybe calls with a mirror and the saudi crown prince based on what the kuwaiti emir his highness shaikh now awful also proposed an agreement was reached to open the land and maritime borders between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the state of qatar starting tonight. expressed his gratitude to the custodian of the holy sites the saudi king for all the efforts he is making to ensure the summit will be successful . and then we will speak to our senior political analyst now and bashar and to gabriel is on day for reaction from washington d.c. but 1st let's go live to doha and jim and jamal talk us through the mechanisms of what's been agreed here. well essentially it's one of the major obstacles that were in place to finding a so

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming over the next 60 minutes gulf cooperation council leaders signed a declaration to strengthen ties at a summit to resolve a 3 year and boggle against qatar. england scotland go into another lockdown to contain covert 19 us hospitals struggle to cope with the surgeon infection. all eyes on the u.s. state of georgia as voters cast their ballots and a runoff that's going to decide which political party will control the senate. and the change of plan the new york stock exchange decides not to remove the shares of 3 chinese telecommunications companies. i'm joining with the sports as catcher dr nasser alitalia makes it to wins in a row at the dakar rally to be 2nd in the general classification up to stage 3. leaders from across the gulf region have signed a declaration aimed at resolving the 3 year dispute with qatar and a major summit inside the arabia representatives from gulf countries including the emir of qatar gathered in the city of it follows a move by saudi to open its air sea and land borders to qatar with what's being seen as a

the agreement was signed at the gulf cooperation council summit in saudi arabia after more than threeave tried to isolate qatar over accusations that it sponsored terrorism — which qatar denied. the rift had economic consequences across the region, as well as weakening unity among gulf states amid rising tensions with iran. ellen wald is a expert on the arab gulf region and the author of "saudi, inc: the arabian kingdom's pursuit of profit and power". it and that is how they spin it. that this is an accomplishment. jared kushner was on the accords the braut israel and the uae and nations in the region to sign these peace accords. but i think one of the other issues to look at here is what purpose did this rift serve saudi arabia? saudi arabia was the instigator here and it was not serving saudi arabia all that much politically. the benefit to the saudi monarchy was really the ability to use animosity against qatar to stir up nationalist sentiment and pro regime, pro— monarchy sentiment. so the kingdom used this reason to arrest people that they did not want speaking. they used it agai

obviously with the presence of egypt from minister all the egypt is not a member of the gulf cooperation council and there is also some sort of intent from them to be part of a solution the focus of the declaration rob is one of unity it is a declaration not not an agreement and therefore it is each of those countries reaffirming their belief that there needs to be unity between the member states there needs to be more cooperation and the need to. transcend the differences that have divided them over the past few years and to use mechanisms and frameworks within the gulf. council itself to resolve any future of differences one of the issues of course is going to be the 13 point points of demands the 13 demands were made by the blockading countries and of course qatar has its own particular stance in terms of its foreign relations and so on up until a few weeks ago both sides seemed absolutely entrenched in those positions and didn't seem keen to move it's going to be interesting to see how they work through it given it's taken 3 years even just to get to this stage or from a from a factual persp

so you know the only bright spot we had was the gulf cooperation council and i'm very happy to see that this these links are being restored this is really important now how all the new political trends are coming out of washington region we shall we shall see but clearly what we need is more stability and move predictability in in in the in the region. because that's really the key to getting economy on the point is a village predictability did you see any of the fruits that were promised under the generic cushion a plan for normalized variation of relations between arab countries and israel have we seen any of those in visage fruits economic fruits of normalization take place now that we've had a number of arab countries that have that have moved in that direction well i guess you know look. generally speaking as i mentioned earlier you know a broader regional cooperation is important not only within you know the arab world but also with. what i would call the hinterland of the of the of the arab world that goes all the way to europe and asia and africa well i would say that i think th

kuwait which has been the main mediator in the dispute made the announcement on the eve of a gulf cooperation council summit in riyadh saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain imposed a blockade on qatar and 2017 accusing it of supporting terrorism in qatar has always rejected the claim has bring in rami khouri who's the director of global engagement and a senior public policy fellow at the american university of beirut who joins us via skype from new york thanks very much indeed for being with us so give us your reaction to that to the in the significance of this news well my reaction is good i'm very pleased this is good news whenever any kind of tensions between countries and their region a result of them one has to be happy the significance is not clear because this was a fait accompli from the beginning the charges against covered by the 4 are countries are really court bridges and most of the world saw them that way and therefore very few people of any supported the boycott the this was this a political dispute that there is a political dispute between the u.s. so. and other countries about ho

has been mediating between qatar and 4 arab states the innocent was made on the eve of the gulf cooperation council summit in saudi arabia a mere shake tamim been hammered out tiny well it tends to stay summits gabriel elizondo has more from washington d.c. we can expect that we will be hearing from the white house and they will be spinning this as a big foreign policy victory. specially here with only 18 days 16 days now until president donald trump leaves office and hands over power to joe biden. iran has confirmed as resumed enriching uranium at 20 percent the moved honest as nuclear extortion by the us is another breach of the free pacts iran signed with world powers and 2015 or so korea is demanding the release of one of its oil tankers seized by iran iran says they had to come it was breaking maritime environmental laws and carrying over $7000.00 tons of oil chemical products. u.s. president donald trump is on his way to the state of georgia head of runoff oats for 2 senate seats. i am certain selects joe biden held his georgia rally earlier thanking voters for helping him win the white house

been mediating between cuts and for arab states the announcement was made on the eve of the gulf cooperation council summit in the law in saudi arabia cut as i'm initiate to mean been home at all tony will attend choose day summit cable and is on to has more from washington d.c. we can expect that we will be hearing from the white house and they will be spinning this as a big foreign policy victory at especially here with only 18 days 16 days now until president donald trump leaves office and hands over power to joe biden. u.s. president elect joe biden and president donald trump of riley to the state of georgia ahead of 2 crucial senate runoff elections republicans need to win just one of those seats to retain control of the senate trump says he will do anything to ensure that happens your vote tomorrow will decide which party controls the united states senate the radical democrats are trying to capture georgia's senate seat so they can wield unchecked unrestrained absolute power over every aspect of your lives. if the liberal democrats take the senate in the white house and then i take it this whi

become quite a heavyweight in terms of its positioning both in its relationship with other gulf cooperation council members but more importantly with other regional capital such as teheran and ankara and that relationship plays a very pivotal role in the way that arab countries have to deal with each other and more importantly the way that gulf countries now have to talk to each other. indeed and this explains why the what we're watching right now in airports is quite a remarkable moment that people will remember for years and years to come the emir of qatar just i mean been hammered and he was going to come out of the plane and talk to the crown prince of saudi arabia mohamed pencilled bat and this is where the expectations in this part of the world are he usually sees something that could finally put an end to the blockade to the worst political twice in the region in many decades i was in saudi arabia in may when the emir of qatar was there during the 1st visit of trump to overseas visit of president donald trump and him met with the g.c.c. leaders and the general sentiment at that particular mo

bloomberg spoke exclusively with the qatar foreign minister who says the gulf cooperation council shouldth iran on regional security. >> the time should come where the gcc sit-down the table with iran and reaches a common understanding between the countries that we cannot change geography. iran cannot move gcc away from its neighborhood and the gcc cannot move iran away from the neighborhood. >> is that time now with a biden administration that perhaps may return to the 2015 nuclear deal? >> we hope that what will happen between the u.s. and iran, we hope they are going to reach a solution with us and that jcpoa. that will help between the gcc and iran. of course, everything is interconnected at the end of the day. >> do you want qatar to be the center of those discussions? oman played a large role last time around. is this something that you see yourself? >> for us, what we want, we want the accomplishment. we want to see the deal happening. wherever it is conducted, we are going to support it. if qatar will be asked by the stake holders to play a role, we would be welcome to this idea.

the agreement to restore ties was signed tuesday at the gulf cooperation council annual summit in saudi arabia. back in the united states, the environmental protection agency finalized a rule which experts say will allow companies to further pollute the nation's air and water by limiting what research can be included in crafting public health protections. known as the transparency rule, it requires researchers to disclose their raw data, which is often not possible since it can include confidential medical records and other personal data, excluding vital findings from the development of environmental regulations. meanwhile, the trump administration has just weakened protections for over 1000 species of birds. the interior department rule bars officials from charging companies for killing migratory birds in any unintentional act such as oil spills or toxic waste ponds. wildlife experts have warned the rule could lead to billions more birds dying over the coming decades. a top official from joe biden's team vowed the recent policies would reversed, though it's unclear how long that will t

fast—forward to today, and the the gulf cooperation council has welcomed qatar back.lf, arab and islamic solidarity and stability and strengthen the amicable relations between our countries in order to serve the interests of their people. so, what's changed? we don't have all the answers, but the bbc‘s sameer hashmi can tell us what we do know. this is quite significant given the bitter rivalry over the last 3.5 years. now it has not happened overnight. this deal has not happened overnight. the talks have been on for the last year, year and a half. the trump administration was involved and they have played an important role, but the new administration have also played a pivotal part in making sure this deal goes through. jared kushner, the senior adviser, was also quite active over the last few months. thus as many analysts have been saying that the trump administration played a key role, but the other factor, jey factor is also the victory forjoe biden during the presidential elections in november. now, his administration is expected to adopt a much tougher stance ag

administration wants to ensure that that is a your mind to the gulf cooperation council that is able. jewel. thought. in one voice if such as getting a ship happens all of these developments so let's could be another reason to let me ask you then about the role of the united arab emirates in all of this there's been a lot of speculation that one of the key drivers of the blockade ultimately being put in place was in fact the united arab emirates where does this change in the dynamic in the gulf leave the united out about what is the u.a.e. in terms of the gulf and in terms of as you were talking about attempts to try to unify the gulf under the g.c.c. . well let's fair 6 the official position position of the. country to a bomb and egypt i'm sorry that it is and fact tonight and you know of the official position on this that i didn't think that some of them want to submit think they have announced several times that they. saw that it doesn't represent them in the folx weather comes on and. you know what about a child that maybe agrees on that on that as well but with that of this so th

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming over the next 60 minutes gulf cooperation council leaders signed a declaration to strengthen ties at a summit to resolve the 3 year and boggle against qatar. england scotland going to another lockdown to contain covert 19 as hospital struggled to cope with the surgeon infections all eyes on the us st of georgia as voters cast their ballots and a runoff.