if the president of iraq iran iraq all right you know his name but a jet a giraffe or so when it comes to picking a future for the you want choosing what comes next may be tough without the knowledge of what has gone on in the past and even the very present instance it should not be or. that to recap our top stories just a few minutes off the latest business news now with you. hello and a very warm welcome to your business update a new era is beginning for the russian economy the country first applied for the membership of the world trade organization but ninety three finally thought long ago. russia has been formally invited to join which madrid danka looks at the changes this will bring. becoming a member of the world trade organization is both a political and economic milestone the fact that. for such a long time russia now a top ten global economy was outside the trading club that unites ninety eight percent of the world's population sounds pretty ridiculous under w. zero rules the average duty on imports of goods will be reduced to seven point eight percent for agriculture it will

iraq will be tested, but so, too, will american interests. what america wants from iraq is not what iran wants from iraq. e balance of power is shifting with the end of u.s. forces in iraq. >> there is a u.s.-iran dimension, no doubt. and there is -- although both u.s. and iran wanted saddam out, beyond that, more than power, there are significant differences between the united states and iran with regards to iraq. we would have liked to maintain a military presence beyond the end of this year. the iranians are very much opposed and they used their influence quite cleverly to preclude such a presence. but now we can adapt by using intelligence as a means with u.s. intelligence with iraq. >> when you were ambassador to baghdad and you envision the day that american forces would leave the country, are the leading the country to a better off or worse off than you had imagined back then? >> i think it is better off. the dark days of the 2006-2007, when the country was threatened to fragment along sectarian lines. the institutions of iraq have grown since then. but i did not think, frankly, that we would be co

is the president of iraq iran iraq they all right you know his name but a jet a giraffe or so when it comes to picking a future for the you was choosing what comes next may be tough without the knowledge of what has gone on in the past and even the very present situation at thirteen we are. up next with all the latest business news stay with us. thanks matt very welcome to the business update turkey has given the green light just south stream to cross a sponsor the black sea the pipeline is intended to carry gas from southern russia to europe bypassing the transit countries of ukraine and belarus well it's planned to have the capacity of sixty billion cubic meters a year and will cost around twenty billion dollars to built from fifty percent of the project while twenty percent belongs to any the rest is evenly distributed between france's e.d.f. and germany's one just whole. new year is beginning for the russian economy of the country fast apply for membership of the world trade organization but can one thousand nine hundred ninety three well finally that long negotiation is over and

is the president of iraq iran iraq all right you know his name jetta jaffer so when it comes to picking a future for the us choosing what comes next may be tough without the knowledge of what has gone on in the past and even the very present. we. can use up next with business stay with us. hello welcome to business the russian ruble is once again forming victim to global economic uncertain say it's off one and a half percent against the dollar in the last twenty four hours and it's down thirteen percent since may however presidential the talk over it doesn't believe the situation is cause for alarm. we keep on widening the exchange rate corridor as there is significant she's showing on the currency market but we don't think the ruble exchange rate will overrun the rational border said by the central bank the biggest impact at the moment is made by capital outflow which is due to many factors starting from situation in europe who are well known problems with corruption in. turkey has been given the green light to sell strange across its part of the black sea the pipeline is intended to c

if the president of iraq iran iraq right all right you know his name but a jet a giraffe or so when it comes to picking a future for the you was choosing what comes next may be tough without the knowledge of what has gone on in the past and even the very present situation are pretty. well look at other news from around the world now we begin in gaza where a series of strikes have killed three and injured then it doesn't move people israel's air force carried out this souls claiming it was targeting militants to prevent an attack on part of these maybe border initial strike killed one man after rocket hit his motorcycle second. piece vehicle air attacks have been relatively rare since the end of a three week as many war against gaza three years ago. the trial of a. ex-president hosni mubarak is set to resume after three today but faces the death penalty if he is proud to have been behind the killings of some eight hundred fifty people dream protests that overthrew in february trolls postponed their dollars are asked that the judge be replaced the request that has since been to know it.

is the president of iraq iran iraq all right you know his name but a jet a giraffe or so when it comes to picking a future for do you want to see what comes next maybe talk without the knowledge of what has gone on in the past and even the very present the future cannot. answer about all this and more founder of wide awake news dot com charlie mcgrath is with me now welcome charlie nice to have you on again. have seen so aggressive pro-war rhetoric coming from the g.o.p. candidates do you think it's necessary for republican presidential candidates to prove how tough they are in order to gain voter approval or what's going on there. well it certainly seems that way i mean if we watch the national security debate everybody up on that stage expect the exception of ron paul you know talked about the gross of prosecution of the war on terror some of them rick perry said that he's already called for a no fly zone inside of. inside of syria so it seems to be this this. never ending war is going to continue on until the next presidency and it is the talking points that the seem to be being put

if the president of iraq iran iraq all right you know his name but a jet a giraffe or so when it comes to picking a future for the u.s. choosing what comes next may be tough without the knowledge of what has gone on in the past and even the very present situation are pretty. well now a couple of other headlines from around the world we begin where a series of air strikes have killed three people and injured nearly a dozen more israel's air force carried out the assaults and it was targeting militants to prevent an attack on part of the israeli egyptian border national strike killed one man after a rocket hit his motorcycle the second hit a masterpiece vehicle. the trial of egyptian president hosni mubarak has set to resume after three months today and barack faces the death penalty if he's found to have been behind the killings of some eight hundred fifty people in protest over threw him in february the trial was postponed when the judge be replaced request that the since been denied americans the first ousted leader in the so-called arab spring uprisings to appear before a court. top

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a little something is the president of iraq iran iraq right all right you know his name but a gentle jefferson when it comes to picking a future for the us to see what comes next may be tough without the knowledge of what has gone on in the past and even the very presence that is hurting us for t.v. . and to talk about all of this and more i spoke to founder of wide awake news and dot com calligraphic. it certainly seems that way i mean if we watch the national security debate everybody up on that stage you expect the exception of a ron paul you know talked about the prosecution of the war on terror some of rick perry said that he's already called for a no fly zone inside of. inside of syria so it seems to be this this. never ending war is going to continue on until the next presidency and it is the talking points that the seem to be being put forward at every possible opportunity and you know it it's completely and totally other american you know your segment before there shows you how truly in trouble of this nation it is i mean we have these pop culture icons that we run for elect

if the president of iraq iran iraq ok all right you know his name jetta jaffer so when it comes to picking a future for the u.s. choosing what comes next may be tough without the knowledge of what has gone on in the past and even the very present. he or. next with business stay with us. hello and welcome to business turkey has given the green light to sell strange because it's part of the black sea the pipeline is intended to carry gas from southern russia to europe bypassing the transit countries of the ukraine and belarus is planned to have a capacity of sixty building cubic metres a year and will cost around twenty billion dollars to build gas pump owns fifty percent of the projects while twenty percent belongs is this any the rest is evenly distributed between france is e.d.s. and jam is winter still. a new era is beginning for the russian economy the country first applied the membership of the world trade organization back in one thousand nine hundred three finally that long negotiation is over and russia has been formally invited to join dimitri medvedev her looks at the changes this

important determinants of where iraq goes. >> iraq will be testeded, but so, too, will american interests in the region. it is clear that what america wants from iraq is not what iran wants from iraq. you have this balance of power between america and iran which is shifting with the end of u.s. forces in iraq. >> there is a u.s.-iran dimension, no doubt, and there is a difference of attitude, although the u.s. and iran both wanted saddam out. but beyond that, beyond the establishment of a temperaturic iraq in which the shiah majority was empowered, there are significant differences between iraq and iran. we would like to maintain military presence beyond the end of this year, and the iranians are opposed. they used their influence cleverly to preclude such a presence. but now we can adapt by using intelligence as a means and some of the other military relationships with iraq. turkey willles be very important. that is the other key player. >> when you were the ambassador to baghdad, and you envisioned the day that american forces would be leaving the country, are they leaving the country better off or worse off than you had imagined back then? >> well, i think it is

almost a pre-war before the actual war look i agree with you that the same store guns but iraq iran is not iraq iran is much much stronger militarily. and they have many many cards to play i think the americans do that very well they want to pressure these countries. the edge of the t.v. playing that kind of game as far as possible settling of invasion in order to to have more kids concessions by iran i doubt whether this policy will succeed because the americans are very very well known in the region there is no credibility for the americans american interest now is the care they want is they do anything. country in the they want israel is the only nuclear power in the agent is the military american base and they have now the americans i saw fond of establishing bases in the region almost only a few countries in the region don't have american military base including turkey which is a very very country of seventy million the biggest one of the biggest military bases in turkey they were considered to be is a spearhead against the soviet union at that time and i think the same duty is now but the

pre-war before the actual war look i agree with you that they are the same store guns but iraq iran is not iraq iran is much much stronger military and they have many many cards to play i think the americans do that very well do you think the turkish american alliance will continue because if one looks at turkish society it is changing and one does see more islamists coming to the fore no i think for the time being the leadership in turkey is quite fulfilling their own obligations as they call it. they need to be there can be said to. be the bilateral agreements which exist between turkey and america and it is so so far they are doing this how long this will go i believe that the people in turkey. lighted people. joy to be. thinking deeply real not accept that for long and i remind you that that was not easy when the ruling party now came to power in two thousand and two they could not did it in their. to challenge the public opinion so they didn't involved in the in the iraqi war didn't allow you know they had the bases that you can base to be used and that was very correct decision but at tha

iraq have spanned decades. iraq invaded iran after a history of border disputes. iraq invaded kuwait and stopped by operation desert storm. on march 20, 2003 the u.s. led war begins. thousands of troops. the ultimate sacrifice and the troop withdrawal advances over the coming weeks. you can see this on our website. jan arbour said she is confident the nation's highest court will uphold a constitutional right to protect citizens against illegal immigrants. the governor said the supreme court will deliver some clarity to states about their roles when it comes to combating illegal immigration. this comes as the court plans to review a previous ruling that blocked several top positions. the obama administration has challenged law arguing that regulating immigration is that of the -- the job of the government. we will take you to the special event. baltimore county kicked off its annual toy drive. why your donation is especially needed this season. how gov. martin o'malley said he landed millions for maryland. >> all these are following a similar pattern. >> gerry sandusky

iraq may be closer ties with its shiite neighbor -- iran. these days, kazamiya is full of iranian tour groups who come with their own guides with signs in pharisee. -- farsi. under iran no iranians came to iraq. saddam was iran's enemy. today more than 2 million iranians visit iraqvery year. iraq's new dynamic is on display here every day. after nearly nine years it's iraq's shiites who have benefitted the most. they have won this country. the united states toppled a dictator who's been replaced by a shiite government with close ties to iran. it's hard to imagine how that was ever part of the plan. across town at baghdad's famous book market, karim hanoush, himself a shiite, doesn't want u.s. troops to leave. he says iran has calculated all this very well. they want a shiite iraq so they can control the assets, economy and politics. fear of iran's growing power is sharper still in the sunni stronghold of fallujah. fallujah remains violent. a bomb killed policemen here just after we arrived. compared to other parts of iraq there's been little development in sunni towns like fallujah. this building was destroyed by u.s. forces seven years ago and still looks like this. people here accuse the government of persecuting them, ignoring them, trying to cut sunnis out o

iran wants help in the middle east. does iraq stop others meddling in their affairs, and what has iran got in mind? perhaps a power game over iraq's future starts now. >> and you are watching news day on the bbc, live from london. still to come, spanish scandal, the king's son-in-law faces charges. >> and we will look at how a city has changed. >> the british prime minister, david cameron has held reforms after the government's depression of protests early this year. and king hamad hold the bbc details. >> a controversial visit by a king from a country wracked with violence. seeking help and advice on reforms, and cameron suggested for opposition and they are look for real change. >> we are looking from dictato dictatorship to democracy, and we move forward from the military institution, and that's what we are looking for, and we are willing, the prime minister of the united kingdom to discuss this issue with the king. >> bahrain the protests and clashes with police and villages continue, many want an end. but large parts of the population do not. the head the party said he can live this and can dialogue with the king. the king to

iran is calling the iraq war a humiliating defeat for the united states. you'll remember that iran and iraq went to war with one another back in the 1980s. now that the shia muslims have taken power in iraq, including prime minister muirie al maliki, the countries have grown closer, with iran even calling iraq a "friendly and brotherly nation." what does this new-found friendship mean for the u.s.? joining us now is cnn international correspondent arwa damon. arwa, good morning to you. i mean, is this new-found friendship for real? >> reporter: well, it depends on how that friendship is actually being defined. you'll remember that iran and iraq were at war back in the 1980s. that, of course, has been put aside by both nations ever since saddam hussein came tumbleal down, than thanks to the u.s. invasion. many questions when it comes to iran and iraq. some military cooperation given they do share an incredibly lengthen border and infiltration, people crossing the border illegally is, of course, a big problem. then the big question. that is the shia-backed militias in iraq. the militias backe

iran and iraq. on the front page of "the new york times" today there was a picture of really the end of the iran/iraq war, exchanging the remains of those who were killed. iran these days is, in some respects, more influential in iraq than we are. >> ted koppel, thank you very much for your reporting. it's a pleasure to have you here. >> it's my pleasure. thank you, brian. >> we'll have more with ted koppel tonight on "rock center." 10:00/9:00 central. >>> now we switch topics to what is shaping up to be quite a docket for the united states supreme court. today it agreed to take up a big issue in this country, certainly a big issue in the current campaign -- illegal immigration and how far a given state -- in this case arizona -- can go to crack down on it. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams has more on a case that could have a ripple effect across this country. >> reporter: having already agreed to rule on the obama health care law and how texas and other states carve up districts for their seats in congress, the justices today jumped into another controversial issue animating the presiden

iraq. but also there. is very some similar to what happened in iraq. could we be seeing an iraqi scenario unfolding here as far as iran goes. well there are some similarities in the. escalation of the language and the threats. that we had in the case of iraq and now have in case of iran on the other hand we must remember that in case of iraq they talked about. weapons that in fact did not exists today they are talking about iranian intentions that may or may not exist. but the difference is that iran certainly has a lot of nuclear installations iraq did not have that but in your own opinion is iran of any imminent threat to any nation at this point. i don't think so really you. do it is true that you are merely dad has come out in the area very bad language about israel wiping israel off the map of the world but i think most people think that he is really talking to the arab streets he has want to wanted to destabilize arab states that have supported the united states. iraq iran does not have a track record of aggression in fact there was iraq that attacked iran so i don't see an immediate threat from iran but i can understand that israelis are nervous but the u.s. and israel maintain the latest i ate a report provides very strong evidenc

iran has been the greatest one out from this. on hegemony on iraq has been great united states is very weak politically and militarily in the region as. well in iraq i'm talking iran has been very strong so i think as i said from the beginning this is the biggest american blunder longer than the twenty first century ok hilary i'm going to give you the last word in the program what should the united states do in the region in light of its official withdrawal from iraq. the united states needs to stop igniting sectarian conflict throughout the region and stop hitting two different axes against one another right now the united states has developed an access a washington riyadh television for a mile access against attack prime baghdad. beirut potentially damascus even maybe i was. in the middle east we have to be we know together and sort of dividing the sectarian divide or break it together ok if you had twenty seconds go ahead in tel aviv. i think what we see in iraq yes it was caused by the united states of course it opened up a pandora's box but the hatred between sunni unfortunately has existed for many centuries that existed even before. that on

iraq iran does not have a track record of aggression in fact there was iraq that attacked iran so i don't see an immediate threat from iran but i can understand that israelis are nervous but the u.s. and israel maintain the latest i ate a report provides very strong evidence that iran seeking any clear weapon. here's the question do you think iran has a nuclear weapon no i think in nobody really thinks they have a nuclear weapon and i think one must read that report rather carefully. what they say is that they see some evidence that could explain could be explained if they were dealing with a weapon or a mere weapon and that there seems on the other evidence that is very hard to explain unless they were working towards a weapon but they have not said that they established that iraq or actually intends to do it so they might stop short of the weapon well judging from your experience how shit this intelligence be treated and how far can actually i a go in checking the credibility of such intelligence well they do it on not the average sit here in the iran and the it's a big country and then