in islamabad was was muted. but i definitely you know the box any reaction to it had been quite silent. in this that the foreign office on the box i need by minister on the millipede did not respond to wait. but we did see that lead up to this just yesterday the box an army did a big press conference and it is being. dubbed as the fact that it was sort of a sending a message before hand to the box and i do the it to the american administration. where you know the same sort of rhetoric was repeated in the sense that pakistan is going off for all sorts of? darius and there is no discrimination but at the same time date is a lot of writing in islamabad given what that job i sat. in a statement today and is there is an sorry for secretaries resisting also which it did they received a statement from there saying that. china standard box i'm so it seems like pakistan is in anticipation of harsher measures in the coming days. and is a base betty words taliban is quite wanted. so could this latest development then damag

iam one received in islamabad ?n to reconsider its interests, and make them much more realistic than they have been. but we are a realistic than they have been. but we are a nation which, like the rhetoric sometimes, we took three yea rs rhetoric sometimes, we took three years to recognise bangladesh after it left us and became an independent country. and our immediate reaction will probably be street marches, down with america, etc. but at some point the leaders of the country, the top military people, the civilian politicians, they will have to consider the situation realistically, what are the advantages or disadvantages? and i think that this is the point at which pakistan will either try to help and negotiate a settlement with the taliban, or negotiate with the united states to find out what it can do to try to change the situation, and if that happens, president trump's gambit has already worked. that is interesting. he talked about suggestions from within the administration, anyway, that there could be a redu

how far can he push islamabad?ho holds the power in the white house? we speak to the mercenary boss who had hoped for a role in the region. what does he make of the president's plan? grenfell‘s long shadow. more than 600 people are receiving nhs counselling following the tragedy. we'll hear of the slow painful process towards recovering mental health. my children did not know what fear was. she knows what fear is now. my child is priceless and their children are priceless. the government said hs three will happen. representatives of northern cities get together to discuss the plans for london. we'll speak to one of the police officers who dealt with the paddington rail crash in oct 1999. good evening. "we will fight to win." that is now president trump's battle cry for afghanistan, a far cry from his pre—election determination that there should be an american withdrawal from the country. now he has given the pentagon authority to ramp up troop numbers, and greater autonomy to attack the taliban. also in his sights

that will get islamabad's attention.uggest there have been a28 us drone strikes since 200a. that number has fallen to just four. pakistan would not wish to see the strikes escalate, they view them as illegal. we'll discuss what this means for the trump presidency in a moment — but first i am joined by carlotta gall, who for 12 years afghanistan and pakistan for the new york times. her book ‘the wrong enemy: america in afghanistan', argues that america was fighting the wrong enemy in the wrong country and should have instead focused their efforts towards pakistan. also with us is associate professor christine fair from georgetown university, who served as a political officer for the un to afghanistan. good evening to you both. is this the right message and the right threat to pakistan? undoubtedly. for the first time we've heard some really strong torque. he's talking about them changing. we've got to see what he follows through with. trump has talked like this for a long time. it is interesting he brings it out so strong

correspondent in islamabad.following independence but the years that came after an pakistan where turbulence. i have been to the city of karachi, independent pakistan's first capital and the birthplace of the country's founding father. it is pakistan's birthday, and at every street corner there are flags and celebration. but its 70 years have been very mixed. it was founded as a democracy but has had military rule and people argue whether its founder, mohammedjinnah, wanted a secular state or an islamic one. i went to one of karachi's universities to ask students what they think of mohammed jinnah and pakistan today. mohammedjinnah, it is the biggest name for pakistan and even every nation of the world, he is like a father, father of the nation. and he created pakistan. and do you think mohammed jinnah would be happy with pakistan as it is today? he would be happy, he would be really happy seeing pakistan today progressing every day, every second. on this 70th anniversary of independence, the country is doing ve

he says there is now an erosion of trust between washington and islamabad.ants in the northern frontier province. there will also be a slight change in the way that america approaches the war in afghanistan. not now going to come if it takes territory back from caliban, all that territory. that would be given straight to the afghan security forces for them to deal with the building of schools and infrastructure and so on. american and nato allies have been doing that?. but a lot of discussion there and we can have more analysis of this now. joining me now is dr afzal ashraf, a visiting fellow at nottingham university‘s centre for conflict security and terrorism. dr ashraf also served in afghanistan as a nato security advisor. this focus on pakistan and its relationship with its neighbour, how fair is it for people like rex tillerson and the president to accuse pakistan of harbouring terrorists? i think it is a reasonably well funded accusation. but there are subtleties that have not been aired. one of the reasons why pakistan has done what it has done is bec

president named its among the countries not doing enough to help solve the afghan quagmire and demanded islamabad do more. visits a twelve year old yemeni boy who suffered a hole in lead from the war undergoing no less than twenty three operations the country's gripped by conflict. the government backed by saudi arabia's bombing campaign. anything to my name is watching international. the u.n. is raising the alarm over reports that as strikes by the u.s. led coalition if killed dozens of civilians in the syrian city of. our humanitarian colleagues tell us they're deeply concerned by unconfirmed reports of a high number of civilians killed by air strike in iraq a city over the last twenty four hours these attacks if confirmed are shocking reminder that civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict in many parts of syria when you first hear some of these reports it's easy to believe that they exaggerations take a recent one by the u.s. led coalition is accused of bombing a house packed with civilians killing dozens and dozens of innocents you know and multiple sources begin repeating the sam

sikander kermani, bbc news, islamabad.pakistan particularly among the younger generation but there is no disguising the challenges. 0nly last month the prime minister was forced to resign over corruption charges and security isa over corruption charges and security is a constant issue with two big bomb attacks in the last few weeks. tomorrow i will be reporting from amritsar in india as that country celebrates its 70th birthday, but for now, from a very festive lahore, it is back to you, george. thank you very much. nfu mutual sake rounds in the countryside have risen by one fifth in the first half of the year. last year england bore the brunt of rural crime with the cost atjust under £34 million. next was northern ireland, at £2.5 million. and then scotland with £1.6 million and wales, £1.3 million. live now to our midlands correspondent sima kotecha, who's on the warwickshire—leicestershire border. yes, at this farm they have several vehicles like this one. they have tractors, a combine harvester, sprayer but earlier thi

those are the two things thatjust don't go down well in islamabad because ultimately what pakistan wants region is an afghanistan that is on its side ultimately when the americans leave, and so there are many that feel pakistan made the bet that at the end of it all the taliban would be the strongest force and that's why, to some extent at least, although they will never admit that they're doing that, that's why there's the sense pakistan has been supporting the afghan taliban. if you say to pakistan, "well, we're going to give india a bigger role in afghanistan if you also threaten pakistan," as i say, it's not always achieved the goal is america wanted. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the iraqi army says it is advancing on the town of tal afar, the latest stage of a major offensive against the islamic state group. it says it has taken a number of villages on the outskirts of the town. the military are being urged to rescue people from the minority yazidi community who the militants may be holding as slaves. an earthquake with magnitude of a5 has hit the

that's not going to go over real well in islamabad. that to me is, they're bolstering the indians. >> pakistan not on good terms with india. negotiating with the taliban. to go back and say, there are aspects of the taliban we're going to have to find a way to work around. this is a tribal country we can't deny it any longer. >> first up, i think hans is right, we didn't get a lot of details last night. secretary tillerson's comments are helpful. we can start to peace together what additional troops will be doing. in 2009 and 2010 the obama administration surged troops in afghanistan up to 100,000. we're still there. it's an open question as to what's an additional 4,000 or so troops going to be able to do at this point. what it seems like they're going toward is trying to force the taliban to the negotiating table saying, we don't want to stay in afghanistan forever, however, we will if you guys don't come to the negotiating table, i think that works for elements of the taliban, where that gets more complicated are those groups with v

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today, there has been another flag raising ceremony in islamabad.ent addressed the nation. 0ne the president addressed the nation. one of the chief guests was actually a chinese politician. there has been an airshow put on by the pakistani air force. an airshow put on by the pakistani airforce. their an airshow put on by the pakistani air force. their planes and jets have been buzzing over our heads over the past couple of hours. this independence day is regularly very enthusiastically celebrated by ordinary pakistanis every year. later on, large numbers of people will be out in their streets and cars, waving flags and showing their support. alongside the sense of celebration, is there any sense of celebration, is there any sense of celebration on what the future holds for ba rca stun? celebration on what the future holds for barca stun? —— for pakistan. celebration on what the future holds for barca stun? -- for pakistan. the celebrations come at a time of real political upheaval for pakistan. the prime minister was ousted following corruption alle

sikander kermani, bbc news, islamabad., but there is no denying the charges, last month the prime minister was forced to resign over corruption charges, and security is a constant issue with two large bomb attacks in the last couple of weeks. tomorrow i will be reporting from india as that country celebrates its 70th birthday. coal and iron imports will be stopped from china. the leader of southj said there must be no more war on the korean peninsula. should imports enforce any two drink limit on passengers? that is what ryanair is limit on passengers? that is what rya nair is calling limit on passengers? that is what ryanair is calling for after an investigation found arrests of drunken passengers have risen by 50% in one year. here is the weather. where we see the sunshine it will feel pleasant but where you miss the sunshine it will be cool and breezy. not a bad week over all. rumbles of thunder. there could be thunderstorms in the channel islands and south—east england later in the night. elsewhere, sky is generally cl

reporter: from his garden in islamabad, he reflects on a turbulent life.n the summer of 1947 he was eight years old. he clearly remembers hearing the news that in view become independent but divided. like many muslims, his family fled to the new nation of pakistan. about 20 million people were displaced. >> we really did not know why all this is happening. but from the faces of our elders, because his of my parents, -- the faces of my parents, i could feel something was terribly wrong. reporter: neighbors turned on each other and met -- more than one million people left -- lost their lives. he would later join the pakistani military. the divisive -- pakistan and india fought four wars over it. he was wounded and captured in 1971 he considers himself lucky. >> they took care of me for 10 months. maybe i had the same feeling and they had the same feeling. wounded soldier. he should be taken care of. reporter: the hostility between the nations is visible every day. thousands of spectators cheer their soldiers on from the sidelines. here it is a symbolic show

fear, on the other side, that too much pressure on pakistan -- [indiscernible] is limited at -- islamabadnd all the region, having it stronger in the country? sec. tillerson: that is a concern, but i think it is important that pakistan began to think about its ability to contain these groups, as well. it is why we take a regional approach. the u.s. alone is not going to change this dynamic with pakistan. in pakistan, they have their own issues that they have to continue to work through, but i think there are areas where, perhaps even india, can take some steps to approach issues with pakistan to improve the stability within pakistan and remove some of the reason why they deal with these unstable elements inside their own country. as i said, other regional players have strong interests in pakistan. china has strong interests in pakistan. having a stable, secure future pakistan is in a lot of our interests. they are a nuclear power here at we have concerns about their weapons. there are many areas in which we believe we should be having very productive dialogue that serves both of our inter

broken out in pakistan in response to a speech by the us president last week in which he accused islamabadng the war in afghanistan. pakistan has now postponed a visit by a us official that was scheduled for monday. people have been warned to stay away from beaches on part of england's south coast, and to keep doors and windows closed, after a suspected chemical leak. police said there was an "unknown haze" coming from the sea. more than 200 people have been treated in hospital. some of the eight people killed in a crash on britain's mi motorway have been named. they include several visitors from india, who were travelling in the minibus that collided with two trucks. the drivers of the trucks have been charged with causing death by dangerous driving. the annual notting hill carnival has been taking place in london. the event has been held in west london since 1966, with the colourful processions and great tunes. this year the community fell silent to remember the eighty people who died at grenfell tower fire which is close to the carnival route. dozens of white doves were released at the

consulate islamabad earlier rejected trump's allegation saying no country in the world has suffered more than pakistan from the scourge of terrorism the statement went on to describe washington stance as disappointing as it ignores the enormous sacrifices made by the pakistani nation. well the u.s. president's rebuke of pakistan came as he announced his new strategy for afghanistan at a mall to complete reversal of his pre-election promise we will also expand authority for american armed forces to target the terrorist and criminal networks afghanistan is a total and complete disaster let's get with it get out of afghanistan although his administration hinted at a boost in troop numbers in afghanistan trump chose the exact biggest secret and he called on nato allies to make a greater contribution in afghanistan the president's new plan there provides no timeframe for withdrawal we asked people in afghanistan what they think about the u.s. military presence. you could on american and afghan forces carry out operations at night sometimes their intelligence reports are inaccurate civilians i

broken out in pakistan in response to a speech by the us president last week, in which he accused islamabadhe war in afghanistan. pakistan has now postponed a visit by a us official that was scheduled for monday. some of the eight people killed in a crash on britain's mi motorway have been named. they include several visitors from india, who were travelling in the minibus that collided with two trucks. the drivers of the trucks have been charged with causing death by dangerous driving. some beautiful pictures from the opening ceremony in china. it is known as the mini 0lympics, all the regions of the country are represented. 12,000 athletes are competing across 33 sports. it is the country's top competitive sports competition. political colleagues of the former thai prime minister yingluck shinnawatt have confirmed she is in dubai, considering her next move. there are reports she may be seeking asylum in the uk, to escape the verdict of a criminal negligence trial, linked to a rice subsidy scheme. ms shinnawat could face ten years injail if convicted. 0ur correspondentjonathan head is in th

employees who could face prosecution the media could also be forced to reveal its sources critics' islamabad as an attack on free speech although there are fears that some leaks could be putting national security at risk of shutting now reports. the white house is leaking like a fever and it simply has to stop both attorney general. as efforts are stepped up to root out those responsible and want to turn to vital kellyanne conway even speculated lie detectors could be wheeled into the west wing to sniff out the signatures these comments of the administration's response to the waves of classified information making their way out of the white house i don't know warming and some say dangerous right i am so glad they're telling us what's going on as a new thing every day is here's the crazy thing it is only you know getting out in the public because of the white house of whistle blowers the transcripts of phone calls between president trump and two world leaders have been the leaks and published by the washington post i've never seen a white house leak as much against itself as this the latest a

that's always been flatly denied by authorities in the pakistani capital, islamabad, who point of theheir own war on terror. pakistan has suffered. it has suffered casualties, 30-40,000, and i think wounded is over 100,000, and we've lost manpower, and we are losing them on a daily basis. we have lost civilians, and they say we haven't done enough. i think this is grossly unfair. president trump today seemed to recognise there was no military solution to the conflict, and instead there would be some kind of settlement with the taliban. for the moment, though, many more young men like these will go out to fight, and many will never return. secundar kermani, bbc news, kabul. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the us navy says divers searching for ten american sailors missing since their warship collided with a merchant tanker near singapore have found human remains. they were in sealed compartments of the ussjohn 5 mccain, which was nearing port on monday when it collided with the tanker. copenhagen police say a headless and limbless corpse found in waters o

consulate islamabad earlier rejected trump's allegation saying no country in the world has suffered more than pakistan from the scourge of terrorism the statement went on to describe washington stance as disappointing as it ignores the enormous sacrifices made by the pakistani nation the u.s. president's rebuke of pakistan came as he announced his new strategy for afghanistan and it marked a complete reversal of his pre-election promise. we will also expand authority for american armed forces to target the terrorist and criminal networks afghanistan is a total and complete disaster let's get with it get out of afghanistan although his administration hinted at the boost in chief numbers in afghanistan trump so as to keep exact biggest secret and he called on nato allies to make a greater contribution in afghanistan the president's new plan provides no time frame for withdrawal we also people enough to understand what they think about the u.s. military presence. you could on american and afghan forces carry out operations at night sometimes their intelligence reports are inaccurate civilia

those are the two things thatjust don't go down well in islamabad because ultimately what pakistan onceis an afghanistan that is on its side ultimately when the americans leave, and so there are many that feel pakistan made the bet that at the end of it all the taliban would be the strongest force and that's why to some extent at least, although they will never admit that they're doing that, that's why there's the sense pakistan has been supporting the afghan taliban. if you say to pakistan, well, we're going to give india a bigger role in afghanistan, if you also threatening pakistan, as i say, it's not always achieved the goal is america wanted. facts very much for that. —— goals. at that start of that address on afghanistan president trump said he sent his thoughts and prayers to the families of the sailors who were injured and lost after the collision monday morning between the ussjohn mccain and an oil tanker in the strait of malacca. the us navy has ordered a pause in its global operations to reassess its fleet after the collision. ten sailors are still missing after the incident.

at donald trump's claim that it supports terrorists say unveiled a new strategy for afghanistan islamabad responded that the country is being singled out as a scapegoat but other countries also face the president's roughest america can explain. afghanistan strategy is starkly similar to that of his of previous administrations specially promising to boost military presence but not setting any withdrawal deadlines this raises questions of how original his policies really are but it seems like washington is actively looking around to find someone else in the region to fight the taliban or simply someone to blame for the failed campaign they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting but that will have to change it is time for pakistan to demonstrate its commitment to civilization order and to peace suppose that u.s. ally pakistan was singled out by trump for providing safe havens for terrorists this is an allegation baucus on reacted angrily to accusing trouble of trying to find a scapegoat for the us is failures in afghanistan washington also threw india into the mix calling upon

that's always been flatly denied by authorities in the pakistani capital islamabad, who point of thean has suffered. it has suffered casualties, 30-40,000, and i think wounded is over 100,000, and we've lost manpower and we are losing them on a daily basis. we have lost civilians, and they say we haven't done enough. i think this is grossly unfair. president trump today seemed to recognise there was no military solution to the conflict and instead there would be some kind of settlement with the taliban. for the moment, though, many more young men like these will go out to fight, and many will never return. secundar kermani, bbc news, kabul. the former boss of the retail chain bhs, dominic chappell, is to be prosecuted by the pensions regulator forfailing to provide information to an investigation into its sale. bhs went into administration last year, causing 11,000 people to lose theirjobs, and leaving a 571 million pound pension deficit. emma simpson has more. this time last year and everything must go — the end of an era of a once great high street name. dominic chappell, its forme

india correspondent sanjoy majumder in delhi — but first scunder kermani is our correspondent in islamabadople are celebrating today, independence from the uk or splitting from india? this isa the uk or splitting from india? this is a question that i put to a number of pakistanis and many seem to believe it is independent from both britain and india. a great deal of pakistanis especially in the younger generations who have no first—hand recollection of life under colonial rule set primarily as independence from india. that is because people from india. that is because people from a young age or taught that whilst hindus and muslims live together side under british rule and indeed long before that, in fact they were separate nations and so it was necessary to create pakistan to ensure a muslim minority in the subcontinent would not be oppressed bya hindu subcontinent would not be oppressed by a hindu majority. partition so horrific amount of violence that maybe no one anticipated. but it was something that many indian muslim leaders had campaigned for. nowadays it is quite common to hear in

interim leader — until mr sharif‘s 0ur south asia correspondentjustin rowlatt is in the capital islamabade got the result through. it's exactly what we expected. he has been elected prime minister of pakistan. this is by the members of the assembly, not by the people of pakistan. he is only in place for two months. the man appointed by the former prime minister, disgraced and kicked out of office, he nominated his brother to succeed. his brother is not actually an mp. he will be elected by the parliament as a prime minister succeeding biscay. we have a new prime minister but he won't last for long. for now, thanks. britain's only surviving cloth trading hall reopened today, after a 19 million pound renovation. the piece hall in halifax once operated as a centre for handloom weavers, and was at the centre of the world's wool trade. the refurbishment of the grade—1 listed building has taken three years. 0ur correspondent fiona lamdin is there now. fiona... yes. the great gate opened this morning. thousands came flooding in. there were locals, we met a couple who came all the way from cornwa

president named its among the countries not doing enough to help solve the afghan quagmire and demanded islamabad do more. visits a twelve year old yemeni boy has suffered a bowling league from the war undergoing no less than twenty.

atrocities were committed by both sides across the country, even here in these peaceful valleys north of islamabadre heroes as well. mehboob and his father secretly hid their sikh neighbours from a rampaging mob. translation: one night there was a knock on our door, a sikh girl was outside. she said, "for the love of god save us. let us in or we will be killed." we sheltered them for two days. mehboob is proud of what he and his family did. he remembers fondly the time when sikhs and muslims lived here side—by—side. in pakistan, though, many prefer to look to the future rather than at the past. with each anniversary of partition there are fewer left who lived through it. there is optimism in present—day pakistan, particularly among the young generation, but the challenges remain. last month, the prime minister was forced to resign over corruption charges and security is a big issue, two big bomb attacks in recent weeks. tomorrow night i will be reporting from amritsar in india as that country celebrates its 70th birthday. for now from lahore, it is back to you. for now from lahore, it is back to y

if you are a pakistani political elite or military elite sitting in islamabad and you are reading these reports involving washington, it raises two important questions. the first is, who benefits the most from a re-banding of the renegade taliban members of iskp ? second is what exaggerating the alleged threat of iskp compel the united states to depend on pakistan support to fight it eventually? leading washington to continue its significant military and civilian assistance to pakistan. so finally, on what to do about afghanistan,at in u.s. and afghan forces have been on increased offensive. pakistan both have gone on offensive and also grown strikes have killed founding leaders, including very recently they took out one of their leaders that has taken out hundreds of their fighters. down from 3000 almost 600 or 700. it has also sunk their territory by almost two thirds. in april, the u.s. even dropped the so-called mother of all bombs on their bunkers, which helped a great deal. these accomplishments are significant, but in the end i think iskp is the wrong enemy in afghanistan because

he embarked on an on the road rally from islamabad to his hometown to get support.rk crumpton, this is bloomberg. it is just after 5:30 p.m. in new york. paul allen has a look at the markets. good morning. paul: we are placed for a slide. nikkei futures looking sharply lower. asx futures by off -- off by more than 1%. we are keeping and i on national australian banks, a third-quarter trading update today. we expect to see a $1.6 billion profit. we will be watching the australian dollar, much to the joy of the reserve bank of australia, has been easing off. philip lowe will be testifying to lawmakers later this morning for a grueling marathon, three-hour session. watch noble group out of singapore, with a $1.75 billion loss in the second quarter. that will be an interesting day for noble group. we will be watching sing tao earnings at the open. i am paul allen in sydney. more from "bloomberg technology ," next. ♪ caroline: this is "bloomberg technology," i am caroline hyde, in for emily chang. employees will have a town hall meeting on thursday. the discussion is abo

> i think you put your finger of where the story goes now in terms of afghan staistan and its to islamabadd some of that but withheld it. this gets back to puttingndia back in the equation, puts pressure on the pakistanis saying we need to be more pro activewith the united states. in terms of sticks, it's more cross border and pakistan operations, highly classified but using our actual special forces more aggressively in that region. it's going to be a mixed picture. i don't give it high hopes but, again, best of a bad set of options. >> james stavridis as always, we appreciate you coming up on the show. >> macoming up next, the city's mayor is asking the president to not come at all. we'll talk more about the president's speech to arizona today and the political fight that he helped pick and the chaos that i think most of us believe is going to ensue when he lands in phoenix. we'll talk about that next on "morning joe." ♪ i think you're dreaming, more than a feeling ♪ ♪ i see my marian walking away what powers the digital world. communication. that's why a cutting edge university counts o

but first let's go to secunder kermani, who is in islamabad, where pakistan are marking their 70 years west and in much of the world todayit in the west and in much of the world today it will be seen as a day which commemorates partition. but here in pakistan it is really the day of independence that is being celebrated here. the chief of the pakistani army at midnight last night cloistered what is said to be the largest flag in the continent of asia on a flagpole at the border with india. there has been official celebrations in islamabad, where i am now, where the president has been speaking to the nation. there will be an airdisplay, speaking to the nation. there will be an air display, by the pakistan air force, later today as well. and there has been a changing of the guard at the mausoleum of the country's founder. and this all comes amidst a period of political upheaval in pakistan. just a few weeks ago the former prime minister, nawaz sharif, was ousted over corruption allegations, which he denies, and he has been talking about the fact that in the 70 year history of pakistan no

our south asia correspondentjustin rowlatt is in islamabad and hejoins us now.n? well, today in just a few moments we are expecting a guy called shahid khaqan abbasi, the former natural resources minister, to ta ke former natural resources minister, to take on the top job, elected by the national assembly. he's been chosen by the ruling party to be the successor and he will be elected by the national assembly, that, and this is where it gets complicated, here's an interim leader. he will hold the fort while nawaz sharif, the guy who was kicked out for corruption last week, his brother, the chief minister of the punjab, the chief minister of the punjab, the most powerful state in pakistan, needs to get himself based seat in parliament and then take over. we think shahid khaqan abbasi will hold office for about eight weeks and then this guy, the brother of nawaz sharif, will take over and the idea the ruling party is then saying he will lead the party in the country through two general elections, which are due in summer next year. so basically, this is where the r

don't you fear on the other side too much pressure to put pressure on pakistan islamabad and -- destablizehe region with having taliban strong hold in the country. >> that is a concern. that's why i made the comments i just made that i think it's important for pakistan to think about its ability to contain these groups as well. it's why though we take a regional approach. the u.s. alone is not going to change this dynamic with pakistan. india/pakistan, they have their own issues that they have to continue to work through. but i think there are areas where perhaps even india can take some steps of reapproaching their issues with pakistan to improve the stability in pakistan and remove some of the reasons why they deal with these unstable elements inside their own country. as i said, other regional players have strong interest in pakistan. china has strong interest in pakistan. having a stable, secure future pakistan is in a lot of our interests. they are a nuclear power. we have concerns about their weapons, the security of their weapons. there are many areas in which we believe we should b

observers say that the move might be a signal to islamabad that the u.s.ld back india in the struggle between thee south asian rivals unless pakistan severed ties with the afghan taliban and the haqqani network, one of its factions. amy: we go now to ithaca, new york, to where we're joined by raza rumi, a pakistani journalist who was targeted by a taliban affiliated militant group in 2014. his colleague was killed in the attack. rumi moved to the u.s. soon after and now teaches at ithaca college, new york. his book is titled "the fractious path: pakistan's democratic transition." wewelcome e to democraracy now! can you start off, professor, i responding to what president trump said in his monday address? new strategy, or -- ithereof, has been followed closely. after 16 years of u.s. engagement in afghanistan, spending trillions of dollars, u.s. war machine still finds itself in a tight corner. there is no sign of a "victory." instead, the path that has been chosen has been that of scapegoating pakistan. which has been rendered unstable due to the afghan si

. >> this diplomatic effort has to be beyond kabul and islamabad.got to be a regional approach to include some regional players who are very important to us and other areas, other arenas. iran. russia. china. all have a hand in this. >> better both be careful. you might end up with new jobs. >>> we'll be back with more on hurricane harvey live from houston, texas. >>> we do want to go back to houston, texas. the situation is is getting worse. officials warning rez accidents to stay off the streets. get out of their attics. get on to the roofs. our own reporter, victor oquendo is there. >> this is an area that normally doesn't flood. police officers thought this location would be okay for us. things wept from bad to worse very quickly all across houston. the water is much deeper than this. across this whole parking lot. look that way. that black car submerged. beyond that, we're talking about waist-doop water. the highway is behind me. cars are stalled out all over the place. the latest numbers, 24 inches of rain in the houston area. and more than 1,

sharif stepped down late last month since he was removed from embarked on an on the road rally from islamabad hometown to rally support. the so-called caravan of democracy initially had attendance from thousands but has since dwindled. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. scarlet: thank you so much, mark. coming up, we hear from the engineer at the center of gender diversity. he speaks to bloomberg and what company executives are smearing him. shares of energy energy. energy shares getting it off and now only up 1%. global energy and infrastructure partners are at seven partners looking to purchase energy's -- nrg energy. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ julia: this is "bloomberg markets." i am julia shetterly with scarlet fu. scarlet: an ongoing conversation about determination in the workplace. a fire willd engineer asserted that -- a fired google engineer asserted that -- our emily chang caught up with him or exclusive interview, asking him if he has any regrets. >> it is hard to re

he's shahid khaqan abbasi. 0ur south asia correspondent justin rowlatt has the latest from islamabad.s been elected prime minister of pakistan. when i say elected, this is elected by the members of parliament, by the national assembly of pakistan, not by the people of pakistan. so he's been elected prime minister. he's the new prime minister of pakistan, but he is only in place, we think, for about two months before the longer term successor, so the man appointed by nawaz sharif, the former prime minister, disgraced and kicked out of office by the supreme court on friday. he nominated wait for it, his brother to succeed him. his brother isn't actually an mp. he needs to get himself a seat in parliament, then he, in turn, will be elected by the parliament as prime minister succeeding this guy, abbasi, who's won the prime ministership today. that's where we're at in pakistan. we do have a new prime minister, but he's not going to last for long. medical researchers have revealed details of a new approach to treating people with pancreatic cancer — one of deadliest forms of the disease. s