you have mentioned the saudis there, dubai have started doing it, jordan, egypt to an extent.g that a lot of men said that they would prefer it as well because they would prefer that a lot of their wives and daughters were transported not by another manned by another woman. which would increase the perceived safety at least of these passengers, i think i would ta ke these passengers, i think i would take such a taxi certainly. is part of that wave of women's writes gradually being recognised across the middle east, do you think, or is this just let's not get carried away with it? it depends how this is then carried out and whether it is in saudi arabia, whether women then wa nt to saudi arabia, whether women then want to drive and apply for licences and also then, how many women in the end become that taxi drivers. it is a good symbol and certainly better than the other way around quite yeah, true. let's take a look at the japan times. bitcoin just cannot stay out of the news, kennett? the focus on that big wipeout, £16 billion wiped off its value in january alone. it is inter

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ambassador why doesn't the palestinians talk and talk with us like we achieve peace with israel with egypt and jordan well meet face to face well israel is an occupying power over the palestinians it calmed behaving the same way as it did with egypt and jordan come out it's up and smith is reporting live from ramallah today in the occupied west bank now along with james and bernard we've had sultan baraka with us today he's been here in the studio with me from the doha institute listening along to some of that so let's deal with the new things here because as i've talked about with particularly bernard there. president abbas is obviously sticking to everything he believes in the u.s. and israel are as well the new thing was this and what was that multi multilateral international mechanism and in fact he said i want to peace conference by the middle of twenty eighteen your thoughts on that. well i think is going along way really to try and offer a solution to the situation he finds himself in he's in a very very difficult position and if you read carefully amongst what he said one very important sente

turkey, jordan, egypt, qatar and saudi arabia all without ambassadors.llerson meeting this week with his qatari counterpart saying he was as concerned now as he was six months ago that the tiny gulf nation's rift with regional rival saudi arabia. in public remarks, tillerson has acknowledged persistent vacancies, some of the blame insisting lies with the senate who are responsible for confirming the president's nominees. but opponents of the administration insist the problem is mismanagement at every level of the department, from career officials being cut from policy decisions to failing to fill important vacancies. >> the foreign relations committee has promptly processed the vast majority of nominees and only a handful are currently awaiting a senate vote. we cannot confirm nominees who have not been nominated. >> reporter: former secretary of state madeleine albright has been scathing in an editorial. if the u.s. military were facing a recruitment and retention crisis of this magnitude, few would hesitate to call it a national security emergency. add

emerged in egypt and jordan. leaders who were willing to negotiate, compromise and ultimately signed peace agreements with israel. the palestinian leadership continues to choose conflict. , primecamp david summit minister perl -- the prime minister made an offer. the claim it was a trap and reject the proposal. toin 2005, he was elected chair. would followed he in the courageous footsteps of the other president, seek peace with israel and forging better future. he let his people down. , peace he took office plan after peace plan had been accepted by israel and rejected by him. -- threeeaders different israeli prime minister is, three different american theydents, but every time move in inch towards progress, he moves away. 2007, we offer the most , 181.us deal . direct link we offer even included a plan to , our the city of jerusalem .oliest site his response was simple. an unequivocal no. minister later, prime did something unprecedented. in an attempt for negotiations, -- this was a precondition that no israeli

many wars against our enemies intent to destroy our country over time brave leaders emerged in egypt and in jordan leaders who were willing to negotiate compromise and ultimately sign peace agreements with israel by the palestinian leadership continued to choose conflict over coexistence i became david summit in two thousand but i mean it's the old buck presented the palestinians with an unprecedented awful what was mahmoud abbas's reaction to side with the i thought our fat claim it was a two up and reject the proposal back in two thousand in two thousand and five. with elected to chair the palestinian authority the world hoped it would follow in the courageous footsteps of president sadat and king hussein seek peace with israel and forge a better future for palestinians. but he let people down since the day it took office peace plan after the peace plan i've been accepted by israel and rejected by mr abbas is very leaders of fit with mr abbas time and again three different israeli prime ministers three different american presidents but every time there is an inch toward progress mr abbas runs aw

that path tohown be successful for egypt and jordan, including the transfer of territory. that path remains open to the palestinian leadership. if only it is courageous enough to take it. the united states knows the power -- the palestinian leadership was very unhappy in the decision to move our embassy to jerusalem. you don't have to like that decision, you don't have to praise it. you don't even have to accept it. but know this, that decision will not change. once again, you must choose between two paths. to deny us the united states, reject the u.s. role in peace talks, and pursue punitive measures against israel in international forums like the u.n.. i sure you that path will get the palestinian people exactly nowhere. or, you can choose to put aside and move forward with us toward a negotiating compromise that holds great potential for improving the lives of the palestinian people. putting forward old talking points and entrenched, undeveloped concepts achieves nothing. that approach has been a tried -- has been tried many times and has always failed. after so many de

egypt, jordan, germany, australia and in the state department itself, well, for example, secretary tillersonmaking a big trip to south america very soon. but there is no assistant secretary forl latin america. there is no secretary of state for asia. there is no secretary of state for africa. you can forgive it five months in, six months in but not a year in. it's a terrible mistake on the part of secretary tillerson and the president not to insist on filling the jobs and again, the question of who you want to blame for that but it's bad for the president. he seems to think that, you know, the so-called deep state, the civil service is against him and everybody voted for hillary clinton. okay. but then you want to put your own people in. you want to hire republicans and put them in. you don't want to leave all of these posts vacant because with all the crisis we're dealing with and we have one in the gulf, we obviously got the question of north korea, you cannot deal with this unless you have senior americans in place who foreign leaders are confident can speak to the president and speak for

turkish counterparts, on the last day of his middle east trip, which also included visits to kuwait, egypt, jordanukraine and other international conflicts and crises. and later in south africa, president cyril ramaphosa will give his first state of the nation speech to parliament after being sworn into office yesterday following the resignation of jacob zuma. let‘s take a quick look at what‘s been happening on day seven at the winter olympics in south korea — and we‘ll start with some alpine skiing. austria‘s matthias mayer has taken gold in the men‘s super g — breaking a norwegian stranglehold which dates back to 2002. korea‘s yun sungbin came first in the men‘s skeleton — just ahead of russian athlete nikita tregubov. great britain‘s dom parsons took bronze — the first medal for team gb at these games. and italy‘s michela moioli is celebrating after she won the women‘s snowboard cross final. to keep up to date with all the action — go to the bbc sport website. with the highlights from day six — here‘s austin halewood. america‘s golden girl, michela shiffrin was the face of the american team bef

all those times, brave leaders emerged in egypt and in jordan, leaders who were willing to negotiate, compromise, and ultimately sign peace agreements with israel. brut the palestinian leadership continued to choose conflict over coexistence. in 2000, prime minister present the palestinian iowa an unprecedented off. what was the decision in to side with era fat, claim it was a trap and reject the proposal. in 2005, maw hood abbas was elected chair the palestinian authority. there world hope he would follow in the courageous footsteps of president -- and forge the best future for palestinians but he let his people down. since the day hi atm toast took office, peace plan after peace plan has been accepted by israel and reject bid mr. abbas. his leaders, three different israeli prime ministers, three different american presidents, at every time there's an inch toward progress, mr. abbas runs away. in 2007, by mr. up uhlmert -- directly link to the gaza victim and offeredder to played jerusalem, the gateway to our holiest site, under international control. mr. abbas' response was simple.

exception inegypt area not only support of exchange rates, but also for countries like jordan for instant's. egypt is one of your calls, you are pointing the quintessential question as to whether these high-yield returns egypt is one of your on government bonds are sustainable or whether the recovery story will have the same kind of momentum this year? guest: absolutely. egypt has always been the biggest non-consensus calls for 2018, and we were calling for higher interest rates. the central bank might actually not respond to the pressure. on government bonds are we have a similar view for 2018 in terms of the reversal of this tighter monetary policy stance. there is a lot of noise in the market as of the end of last year that the central bank will cut interest rates as inflation has started moving down. we think the central bank will indeed ease in a 2018 but the easing will be gradual than the market ex-pats. starten the eight begins best when the easing begins, it will be in your the end of 2018. the pakistanink story has been undercovered -- why is pakistan the top highlight in your coverage r

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defense secretary which country would you call a beacon of light in the middle east jordan beautiful light on the whole egypt definitely not the us. put it this way i suppose i would think lebanon where christians would. appear to work. away living together and sharing political power you're right perhaps he was talking about israel always israel no i don't agree because of the palestinian troubles i don't subscribe to that they're not very good at adapting druther people i think it's just going to harm a two state solution but do you think israel is a beacon of light yes. because we have to typically i think u.t.s. i think it is and let's hope for the best he's also said that britain is going to remain one of the closest and best friends to israel so what's your take on that. i'm sure we will be friends with everybody if we can. the u.s. defense department published its nuclear posture review review on friday outlining america's nuclear strategy apart from strengthening u.s. nuclear capability the doctrine takes a seemingly tougher stance on china russia and north korea claiming these states represent a uni

riftic city that is being built in the norm and part along the red sea that will be connected to egypt and jordan. it will be based on a technology, artificial intelligence robotics, it will be clean energy and it will be a magnet for high-tech industry and for entrepreneurs. people say, well, could you do other things with that money. well, john kennedy could have done other things with the money he spent on the -- on the moon shot. but he wanted the moon shot because it transformed america. it restored energy in america. it restored ingenuity and creativity in america. so for us this ask what this project is going to be dog doing. we want the businesses one of the signature moments or the signature of projects for it. we -- in the past people have always criticized saudi arabia before moving too slow. now that you're moving fast people are surprise and the they're heads are probably spinning and they're saying oh my god, why are you moving so quickly. the same when it comes to our foreign policy and national security policy. for many years i used to hear people say the saudis want to hold our c

history has shown that path to be successful for egypt and jordan, including the transfer of territorypen to the palestinian leadership, if only it is courageous enough to take it. >> and there the audience apparently that it was meant for, richard roth at the u.n. for us. what do you make of this speech by u.n. ambassador haley, richard? >> if you had any doubt where the relationship between the u.s. and the palestinians stand, there you go. president abbas of the palestinians had left the chamber. he was not there to hear ambassador haley's remarks which said i in effect turn to president abbas and have these words for him. he also left before the israeli ambassador. look, the u.s. and the palestinians have had bad relations at times, things get patched up, but right now the president, the palestinians came to the u.n. looking for help, saying, look, the u.s. is not the honest broker, they want to move their capital to jerusalem, they're cutting the funding to help the palestinian refugees. so it is still tough talk from the united states against the palestinians, trying to force the

/mexico relations, the middle east, israel and the zpins jordan and saudi arabia and egypt. there's a lot there that none the of people watching right now will ever know because it is top secret. and now he won't know either. >> and he won't know it. kaitlyn talked about the way his life change in the white house. what his access is. it is also important to think of how the president's life will change. i'm sure he talked about the highly classified information. his circle of advisers and people he relies on for information all of a sudden is very different. kushner coming in was sort of the secretary of everything. right? he had this huge unwieldy portfolio. the president at one point said if anybody can solve the crisis in the middle east and move toward middle east peace, it would be kushner. and now i think in so many ways, his portfolio is diminished. >> you've been reporting on the white house chief of staff john kelly. he's been telling people according the your reporting that he is frustrated with jared and his wife ivanka. >> he's been very frustrated with them. and

and we've got rain gathering again the southeast in turkey but not i think for jordan office syria or indeed for most of egypt but it's dropped down see what the wind has done so far it did pick up the dust and of course it start to drop the temp is a little bit in bahrain dark you're right but the house twenty six is to a least where average should be or slightly higher and the wind swings around and you've got now just feels a breeze from the empty quarter running up through western saudi he even tempered a high in mecca but making the skies rather orange. the with the sponsored by qatar and use. the scene for us when they're online what is american sign in yemen that peace is possible but not what happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people that little choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and she's close to the story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. and watching al-jazeera these are the top stories right now t

egypt. >> and afghanistan and jordan. sort of major american partners, basically four or five out of the top six aid recipients except israel voted against the united states at the u.n. so, yeah, that would cause a problem. these are not -- this is not about making them like us for the sake of liking us. it's about keeping an ally stable. especially jordan, one that has taken in hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees. >> dana: olivier knox, thank you. >> thanks, dana. >> dana: senator joe manchin fires back apartment vice president pence after pence went after him at the republican retreat. we'll tell you about the colorful language he is using about washington, d.c. plus more reaction to the president's speech at the republican retreat in west virginia. >> you know they talk a good game. we have to get help from the other side or we have to elect many more republicans. that's another way of doing it. really, that's another way of doing it. it's ok that everyone ignores me while i drive. it's fine. because i get a safe

we've got rain gathering again the southeast in turkey but not i don't think for jordan off the syria or indeed from most of egypt but it's dropped down see what the wind has done so far it did pick up the dust and of course start to drop the temp is a little bit in bahrain but the house twenty six is to a least where average should be or slightly higher and the wind swings around and you've got now just feels a breeze from the empty quarter running up through western society he even temps are high in mecca but making the skies rather orange. on county macof will talk to i.m.f. chief christine like god about how the economic model is changing here in the middle east can ireland great bragg's it find out how the emerald isle is caught in the middle of a big round between the u.k. and the e.u. the year of the dog in china counting the cost at this time on i just. watching al-jazeera and these are the top stories right now the united nations is calling for an end to the targeting of civilians in a rebel held on claim you're syria's capital damascus at least eighty five people killed during syrian government and russ

jordan. it's important to egypt. it's important to the world. >> thank you very much.one who has not been a politician, not in politics. he's a lawyer. he's been in the private sector. he was asked by the president to come do this. i thought his answer about courage was significant. ultimately, that's what it came down to. there were a lot of people saying don't do it for these reasons. he said i made this promise, i believe jerusalem is the capital of israel, let's make the move and the time is now. >> what is the biggest take-away from the trip? you did a lot of things on the trip. >> facts on the ground truly matter and how we talk about it matters. the left calls it the west bank. the jews that live there feel a great claim to that land. just giving it away or talking about east jerusalem isn't going to happen. i would argue the two state solution if you look at it on the ground is largely dead. where it goes from now is very interesting. when you designate that jerusalem is the capital of israel, you take something off the table that everyone already knew. now we

the five nation tour includes stops in egypt, turkey, kuwait, jordan and lebanon. >> vice president is now back on his way home. flying back to washington after visiting south korea to attend the winter olympics opening ceremony that we saw. sitting so close to kim jong-un sister. his visit also sending a message to the nuclear armed nation. he urged them to keep up the pressure on kim jong-un wounds regime and another dramatic development, a sister, kim yo jong, but the south korean president kim north korea for a summit meeting with her brother. we are in south korea now with the latest. >> eric, there was a bit of a diplomatic breakthrough away from the olympic sporting action on saturday. the sister of kim jong-un met with president moon. inviting him to a summit meeting with her brother. they said they should work to make conditions to allow this to happen. the vice president who has been in south korea for the games and politics says there was no daylight between the us and south korea and their amateur with the north of nukes and missiles. before the vice president returns moon

and we've got rain gathering again the southeast in turkey but not i think for jordan off of syria or indeed from most of egypt but it's dropped down see what the wind has done so far it did pick up the dust and of course start to drop the temp is a little bit in bahrain but the house twenty six is to a least where average should be or slightly higher and the wind swings around and you've got now just feels a breeze from the empty quarter running up through western society he even temps are high in mecca but making the skies rather orange. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you al-jazeera. the scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people that are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and has posted

they're already pretty good with egypt and jordan.t be expanded to saudi arabia and the gulf states? that's the interesting strategic move at this point. you're absolutely right. it further pushes the peace process to one side. >> admiral, doesn't the sunni/shi'a divide in the middle east, doesn't that define our era right now in terms of middle east peace just like after israel's statehood in '48 you could look at what happened in '67, what happened in 73, what happened with the peace accords. all these big events that have happened but right now doesn't it seem that at least what goes on in the middle east is going to be framed more by this sunni shi'a divide than any divide between arabs and israel? >> i completely agree and sometimes people ask me, joe, how long will this go on, the sunni shi'a conflicts which effectively a religious conflict with a geopolitical overlay. and i say well, we've seen this movie before in the christian world between the protestants and the catholics and the wars of the reformation. how long did they l

egypt. has become underneath it rain is falling away seems like in beirut and a good part of iraq jordan to jerusalem twelve degrees by twenty one freshly warm but there's wants to of it. see the rain as. which is a fairly rare event the whole lot does movies which so far to you from tuesday to wednesday obviously snow in northern syria and the higher parts of iran the caucuses so i can go because there's but sun follows temps isn't changed very much from the sun's out in beirut baghdad's about twenty degrees and this time the rain's gone beyond two took matters down to tashkent nine degrees to a freezing is three as well to the south so that temporarily it's pretty warm in eastern sadies thirty three in riyadh the max is thirty seven this is something of a short heat wave so has twenty eight probably but just as a forecast of twenty nine possibly with a share of the city the four things get cooler by cystic already the cool was weather's come through the riyadh twenty six is what you might expect in february we have to wait till wednesday to get it. art. one of the top stories. now in gove

follows his recent trip through latin america mr tillotson arrived in egypt on sunday before he continued on to kuwait then on to jordan lebanon is his latest stop he will wrap up his tool in turkey where talks are expected to be tense over the crisis in syria the u.s. backs kurdish fighters there in turkey considers terrorists seventeen people have been killed in the u.s. state of florida by a gunman who opened fire at a high school it happened in parkland north of miami police say the suspect was a former students who was expelled and alabama with the latest. reports of gunfire came as students at marjorie stoneman douglas high school were about to leave a code red alert was issued the school was locked down its peoples let out with their hands in the air. while those still trapped inside could only hide as gunshots rang out you say fell down stairs and they were putting personnel the students also baseball fields but i heard stories of people shooting that going to shoot the crowd so i ran the opposite direction and i got up campus obsolete before the police got here the rescue operation was made difficult by the sh

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of tiredness running out of egypt across live on through iran has now become active underneath it rain is falling a wet day seems likely in beirut and a good part of iraq jordan to jerusalem is only twelve degrees by guards at twenty one miles freshly walnuts but there's wont to the size of it and tear around see the rain as well which is a fairly rare event the whole lot does movies was safe to tell you from tuesday to wednesday obviously snow in northern syria and the higher parts of iran the caucuses so go because but sun follows temps isn't changed very much for the sun's out in beirut baghdad's about twenty degrees and this time the rain's gone beyond two took matters stand to tashkent nine degrees to freezing it three. well to the south of that temporarily it's pretty warm in eastern side is thirty three in riyadh the max is thirty seven for every this is something of a short heat wave their house twenty eight probably but just as a forecast of twenty nine possibly the charleville the four things get cooler by thursday already the cool was whether it's come through the riyadh twenty six is what you might expect in february we have to wait till wednesday