in 2050, do you think kaza khsta n 2050. more integrated with the chinese economy than the russian economy?l integrated with the chinese economy than the russian economy? i think that in 2050, kazakhstan will be one of the major players, not only in central asia but beyond and my hope is that the younger generation, our young people are so bright, so smart, tremendously. young people are so bright, so smart, tremendouslyl young people are so bright, so smart, tremendously. i think we will be living in a very good country. and a final thought about 2050. in 2050, will kazakhstan be a multi—party truly democratic country or will it still be a 1—party system, as it pretty much is today. whatever you criticise kazakhstan as a lack of democracy, i still don't agree with you, i'm sorry. you are entitled not to agree with me but just to continue the point about 2050, will the political system look very different? i think in 2050, the whole world will be changed. the whole world will be changed. the whole world will be changed. the

now kaza khsta n monuments to the commodities. now kazakhstan is determined to diversify.te a view from the boardroom of astana's new financial centre. the ceo is aiming to create a financial hub in central asia to rival singapore, hong kong, and dubai. what we are doing right now in astana financial centre, is we are trying to build all kinds of alternative vehicles, it is, to attract investment into the economy and we are building the stock market, the capital market from scratch, and we have a chance, a good chance to avoid mistakes others are doing in different areas to build financial hubs. you are sending a signal to potential investors they will get the most enormous tax breaks, i understand, a 50 year exemption from corporate and income taxes, what kind of business people do you think that will appeal to? possibly russian oligarchs, chinese oligarchs? it is not only problem is with the russian oligarchs, there are problems with united states citizens and uk citizens are cross the world. we also emphasising to be much more transparent than any other financial centre

security what most afghans really want is a state that they can belong to what most people in a city like kaza want is that they should be safe these people are getting killed not in the front line anywhere in the rural areas they're getting killed right here in the capital. in other major cities it seems like what you're describing is a lot of disarray really for all parties involved thank you so much for your insight from kabul we appreciate it. warning the war against iraq destroyed entire cities including mosul and ramadi at least ten billion dollars is needed to rebuild the capital of on bar that's the largest province in iraq but that's a fraction of the reconstruction nationwide. reports. it's estimated that up to eighty percent of ramadi lies in ruins. around three hundred seventy five thousand people mostly sunni muslims used to live here before the capital of the province was seized by isis fighters. after months of fighting and repeated i still counter-offensive the government announced victory in ramadi in february two thousand and sixteen. almost two and a half years later reconst