professor of political science at kuwait university and also in doha marc far assistant professor at the doha institute for graduate studies welcome to you all i want to start with you if these meetings actually happen with president trump do you believe that that could lead to a summit happening in which the leaders of all the g.c.c. countries would sit together and talk to him of this is certainly the million dollar question the it seems like that the white house would like to appear as it as if it is the ching and to this crisis present trump would like to be the person who would end this crisis apparently after being blamed for starting into at least instigating the incident that started it while in the same tell you what we're seeing now is that the locating countries have not changed their positions but they have not changed its position so there's no real change on the ground with comes to what the dialogue can be about now the fact that trump will be receiving the leaders in that. starting with saudi arabia in the way the other kind of tells you that the main concessions have

that are participating in the blockading us qatar while kuwait and oman are more neutral and. nick and the last couple of months they've been even closer to that at the position supporting dialogue between the different parties so i believe that this is certainly in one of its low points in its history but it can we cover we never of course because this we are going to be i mean the people who are running this regime they're not going to be there forever so the end the entity was able to survive because of the kuwaiti summit and what kuwait did to make sure they survived and i think they can survive but it will be certainly weakened by what happened where do kuwait's mediating efforts in this dispute stand right now has there been any type of breakthrough in the last few months in trying to resolve all this not a breakthrough i think who it's sexist has been through the at the impact and the approach taken by the emir of kuwait. and that has been clearly to put it kind of kept to put the thiele being under crisis and to make sure that the crisis that's not exceed. just being a

of the german chamber of commerce in the gulf states in kuwait. also coming up u.s. president all the trump seeks advise from lawmakers short or shorten the u.s. slap tariffs on chinese steel. welcome to d.w. business iraq is open for invest us that is the message of fishel pushing out an international donor conference currently underway in kuwait iraq is hoping to lure major investment from its allies aimed at reconstructing the country of the decades of conflict the united states has already pledged alone with three billion dollars from ex-im bank but that's only a fraction of what's needed it numerous iraqi cities were reduced to rubble in the war against islamic state and it will take time and lots and lots of money to brief life back into iraq. rebuilding a country doesn't exactly come cheap iraq estimates the cost at close to ninety billion dollars. and these are some of the people the iraqi government is hoping to woo high ranking officials from the worlds of politics and business here to find out what part they might play in the reconstruction of iraq. the go

more protection for for the you know workers in kuwait because. the thing that has emerged here is that there are thousands of feet deep you know workers in kuwait and they are being treated in abuse by their employers and there are certain practices of their code we know yours that apparently very abusive for instance their employers remove the cell phones and passports of their workers and then these workers are in effect passed around from one employer to another by a system of recommendations and this leaves them open to abuse now there are two hundred sixty thousand for the peano workers in kuwait one hundred seventy thousand of them are domestic helpers and these are the ones who are suffering these problems and when president roh deal with that they're heard about the death of this woman he said that the thing to do is just to pull out all the filipino domestic helpers from kuwait and then find another place for them i don't think it's in either country interested do that so there is that a geisha that's going there now with the sort of cal

made the announcement at a summit in kuwait city to raise funds for iraq's reconstruction. now a defiant israeli prime minister says the government is stable and that he'll keep leading the country despite police recommending he be charged for corruption and bribery benjamin netanyahu is accused of accepting nearly three hundred thousand dollars in gifts from billionaire benefactors he's also suspected of backward deals with the publisher of an israeli newspaper for favorable coverage sorry for such reports from west to receive them. the corruption scandal has swirled around him for months but never at this intensity addressing the nation benjamin netanyahu was determined to project resilience and confidence i'm sure will be with you not too slow i will continue to lead israel responsibly and faithfully as long as the citizens of israel choose me to lead you i am certain i am certain that the truth will be revealed and i am certain that at the next elections which will be held on schedule i will earn your trust again israeli police are recommending that he be charged in two

after over a decade in kuwait van jones a restaurant and money exchange businesses should. aides to expand her work force the president's ban she says is holding her back processing core. and some of my stuff was really one video game here this is really very very problem for us the officials are critical to of the ban they concede it might be necessary to review some quality measures like the ability of sponsors to hold migrant workers passports however they say the philippine president's statements have only complicated the situation at the moment. the ban was ordered for domestic reasons it's a clear there are also other reasons for such an escalation in joules but we are also divorce was the congregation sings for their community to be delivered from the devil the devil of abuse and the devil of hasty government decisions sami's a than al-jazeera kuwait. the body of zimbabwe's opposition leader morgan chimed growing has returned home from south africa thousands of supporters waited outside the port in the capital harare he died on wednesday after battling colon cancer t

doha with me elizabeth piron i'm also ahead rebuilding iraq it's the last day of a conference in kuwait to rebuild the country devastated by war. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says nothing will calm of a police recommendation that he be indicted on corruption charges. what we have seen so far is cruel and barbaric to top it off they have the gall to blame the media the united nations steps up the pressure on government over the crisis. we begin in south africa where police have raided the home of a prominent business family with toys to president jacob zuma and one person has been arrested the roads around the home of the family in johannesburg have been sealed the area has been designated a crime scene president zuma is under investigation of alleged corruption linked to the family well he's accused of being influenced by the group those to make government decisions and cabinet appointments and some of his family members along with the gupta's being investigated on charges of international money laundering and that's just one of many corruption accusations against the south

made the announcement at a summit in kuwait city to raise funds for iraq's reconstruction. the us secretary of state has called on iran to withdraw its troops and armed groups from syria rex tillerson made the comments of the mom when he signed an aid agreement with the jordanian foreign minister. and we are quite concerned about the recent incident involving israel israel and iranian assets inside of syria and i think this again illustrates why our ranch presence in syria is only destabilizing to the region so we think iran needs to withdraw its military its militia from syria and allow hope for peace process to take hold in geneva. israel's prime minister says he's staying put despite police recommending he be challenge for corruption and bribery benjamin netanyahu is accused of accepting nearly three hundred thousand dollars in gifts from the united benefactor is the attorney general will now decide whether to pursue formal charges against him. the trial of a palestinian teenager charged with assaulting an israeli soldier has been adjourned until next month seventeen yea

the international conference on the reconstruction of confidence of kuwait concluded thank you. she's well i mean. all right well you've just been listening there to the international donor conference. on the reconstruction of iraq we had been. led to believe that we were going to be hearing from the kuwaiti emir on this as well as the iraqi prime minister but this point. that doesn't look like it's going to happen just to remind you as we've been reporting more than thirty six billion dollars have been put up in loans. in investments to help rebuild iraq during a summit in kuwait the iraqi government has said before this summit began that it was asking for up to one hundred billion dollars following the defeat of i so it was a three three day conference that took place in kuwait city. as well as this there are issues around this conference discussed on security. particularly since this is a major issue in throughout the region right now with wars going on in syria and yemen as well this particular conference was called for the reconstruction of iraq after the iraqi government's

to those wishing to speak after the vote kuwait has the floor i shall speak in my capacity to eat the limb of the go home and do with the dime of the. i agree to what their percentage of sweden has presented. over the adoption of theirs aleutian today unanimous. after a long and extensive negotiations. will showed without the pain holders kuwait and sweden who worked on ensuring unanimity on this important humanitarian or solution and then use the hope in the ability of the security council to reach solutions that are agreed upon and to alleviate the sea of. suffering the humanitarian suffering in syria i would like to cern call member states that voted in favor of this resolution that includes concrete and principled demands in response to the appeals of the international community the most important ones are as follows one demanding that all parties seize hostilities without delay in all parts of syria for thirty days at least second allowing the united nations and its partners immediately to undertake medical evacuations in a safe and unconditional manner. demanding all parties to

thank you live now to what kuwait where right u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is about to speak to the donors conference there of the rebuilding of iraq. let's listen in to what's going on before mr tourist. in hands coordination among the coalition member states with the aim of defeating this koroma nearly terrorist organization we have handed down some guidelines and this meeting with the aim of continued coordination and cooperation among the coalition members are at a number of fronts including first. to continue combating the funding of so-called dies or i said two to. stem the influx of foreign. operatives three to intense farai could the nation are among the coalition members to prevent any propaganda by enticing violence. stemming. ability of utilizing social media platforms and internet side. of the member states will continue to cooperate with the international community to words implementing the relevant to the solution including. the resolution number twenty three ninety six. and two hundred fifty four. to be fully i

other than just being tossed around like pawns in power games sami's a than al-jazeera kuwait. still ahead on al-jazeera a look ahead to tuesday's verdict in a corruption case that brought down the south korean president. i tried to go through smaller years. and barack obama staked out his official presidential portrait. by the springtime flowers of a mountain lake. to the fire smoke on a winter's day. definitely turning milder now for some of us in the eastern parts of china we've had rather cool weather over the past few days but now they're beginning to rise those temperatures so look at that eleven degrees on maximum on tuesday by wednesday will be all the way up but eighteen degrees not just thanks to a change in the wind direction look at all those winds firing up from the southwest there during the day generally speaking for many of us here the weather's quite quiet is for the south where it's far more active we've got this tropical storm making its way towards the philippines and it's going to bring us some very heavy downpours i don't think the winds will be too proble

a decade in kuwait fangio owns a restaurant. money exchange businesses she needs to expand her workforce the president's ban she says is holding her back processing coal. and some of my stuff was steve who won the game game here this is a really very very big problem was the officials are critical to of the ban they concede it might be necessary to review some quality measures like the ability of sponsors to hold migrant workers passports however they say the philippine president's statements have only complicated the situation at the moment. the ban was ordered for domestic reasons it's a clear there are also other reasons for such an escalation in joules but we are also. was the congregation sings for their community to be delivered from the devil the devil of abuse and the devil of hasty government decisions sami's a than al-jazeera kuwait. pressure is growing on mexico's government to raise the minimum wage advocates have told that america's human rights watch that the current rate less than five dollars a day condemns milli

and this is generous initiative under the directive of his royal highness the emir of kuwait six minutes of. at this critical moment. and the very intense proceedings of the conference were highly organized and you were given the opportunity to exchange views converse and offer whatever resources you have and i thank you for the very overwhelming sentiments and i echo and returned the same from my government and our people no doubt the amount pledged whether as grants or loans. is little however it is not also it is not much and yet it is not. however we will continue to march forward to attract direct investments as a key drive to the economy and development plans in iraq. we should also learn from history lessons the number of. government institutions private firms n.g.o.s the rose to the solidarity and support of iraq and over a very few days you have. all right so as you heard thirty billion dollars had been pledged to rebuild iraq after the defeat of ice a let's take a closer look at the big amounts pledged at that particular conference taking place in kuwait city so turkey put up t

the philippine ban on allowing new workers to go to kuwait is a problem for them and you can now only after over a decade in kuwait van jones a restaurant and money exchange businesses she needs to expand her work force. the president's band she says is holding her back. there in some of my stuff one of them here this is really very very big problem. the officials are critical to of the ban they concede it might be necessary to review some quality measures like the ability of sponsors to hold migrant workers passports however they say the philippine president statements have only complicated the situation at the moment. the bird was ordered for domestic reasons it's a clear there are also of the reasons for such a risk lesions were not in jewels but we are also devolves the congregation sings for their community to be delivered from the devil the devil of abuse and the devil of hasty government decisions sami say that al-jazeera kuwait bangladesh has handed over a list to me and now with the names of more than eight thousand range of refugees from repatriation in mamma's first verify

al-jazeera kuwait members of the british party ukip have voted to remove their later scandal involving messages henry bolton led the party for less than five months. and racist attacks about meghan markle who's engaged to prince harry the fourth person to lead ukip in just eighteen months video has emerged of a collision between a turkish coast guard vessel and a patrol boat close to. cameras on a great vessel show the moment the turkish struck at stern. or near an inhabited islands which both countries claim as their own. hundreds of far right supporters have held a march in vogue areas capitol after a court overturned a government ban on that event and will march on or say pro nazi world war two general the government says it harms the country's reputation area currently holds the rotating presidency. and digitas forest community and kenya says the government is forcing them off their ancestral lands the singer people of the and robert forest in the western highlands accuse the country's forest service of threats and violence catherine soy has more now from western kenya this is a fo

disservice gyno meant to make on him and he is offering free flights home for filipino workers in kuwait about ten thousand maids are expected to take up the offer i will send my sample to devon to look for the money for that you've done. i'm home and leave probably here an estimated two hundred fifty thousand filipinos are employed in kuwait in january the philippines suspended sending more workers after reports that abuse by employers had driven several workers to suicide and now there is still one is case. but we'll also be a rallying point for all of the government agencies to be more aggressive abroad. in helping our oil we protect bad kuwait's government says it's outraged by jawan is murder and is working on bringing her killer said just this and that is of little comfort to her grieving family katia llopis of the young al-jazeera. president trump is heading to florida where he's set to meet victims of wednesday's mass school shooting nineteen year old nicholas cruz has confessed to killing seventeen people at the mudras stoneman douglas high school and they say the former student

has reaction from kuwait city. praying for closure church services in kuwait spare a prayer for joining the democrat. maria khanna two spares a thought for the domestic worker whose body was found in a freezer authorities are still looking for the suspect a lebanese national i'm praying that me. these. joanna cannon knows all about the life of a domestic worker she's worked as one for more than eight years she says some face abuse but it's not typical of them told me i really like my sister the philippine government reacted strongly to joanna's death branding its citizens from coming to . for work it later issued a clarification exempting those who already have jobs here about the initial announcement never the last century through the country. for many filipinos a job in the gulf is a lifeline for extended families some ice. and. they don't have them then they don't get that. good treatment from us philippine authorities however say complaints of abuse compelled them to take action we have. five thousand some five

surely we'll go live to sammy's a dad who is in kuwait but first here's his report. this is what so-called liberation from ice a look slike to has knowledge in his family it's been six months since iraq's prime minister declared nineveh province freed alys house is still in ruins so is much of robbie a town. he used to work as a farmer tilling the soil now he plows the rubble of his home and reaps what others have so in his life i say yes and. we've given up hope in returning home we've been displaced over three years look at how our house has been destroyed. allen fled when i saw fighters seized the nearby city of mosul four years ago he's not alone more than two and a half million iraqis remain displaced by the war they have no money to rebuild their lives so they live in tent camps such as hamill south of mosul an i.d. act if the government should look after us money i need bread when i'm supporting six children my parents and a sick family member these are the people the conference in quite this week must help if it's to succeed ejecting i saw from the third of i

maid was found in a freezer there two planes full of workers arrived in manila from kuwait on monday after the president offered the workers free flights home creates minister of foreign affairs is condemned to tatters statements suggesting it could damage ties between the country's. international aid has begun arriving in parts of tongan devastated by so i can get a military aircraft from australia and new zealand through emergency supplies to the pacific nation but residents still face a long wait for power and other services to be restored psycho said to have been the most powerful ever to hit the capital nuku'alofa it destroyed houses and even the nation's parliament house. kind of as government says it's looking at changing the way juries are selected for criminal trials sought an all white jury acquitted a white farmer of the murder of a twenty two year old indigenous man in the western province of saskatchewan daniel black has more colton bushy was in a vehicle with several others when he was shot in the head by gerald stanley stanley said his family and property were under at

secretary of state rex tillerson comes to kuwait now there are many if you speak to u.s. officials they say we are bringing a lot of private businesses they expect some signings of use in agreements to be made but of course it comes back to the big question how much money will come in how will it be spent what guarantees are there to make sure that money will get to the people who need it the most and iraqi officials do have a challenge of course if they want to get the private sector interested in investing in overcoming some of the problems that have plagued investment as well as donations in iraq before transparent. c. international will tell you iraq stands at one hundred sixty six out of one hundred seventy six countries on their corruption index that needs to be addressed is the issue of political stability with elections coming up in may with more than two million people all of them from the sunni heartland still displaced across iraq it's a big question of can you rebuild a country can you say you have a stable political environment for a big chunk of your populat

a one billion dollar loan under the mechanisms of the kuwait fund for arab economic development. but it's not all about loans also keen to attract companies iraq is offering business opportunities in almost every area of its economy including the energy sector the c.e.o. of german industrial giant siemens joe kayser told you that his company is rebuilding for power plants in iraq because securing availability of electricity is probably iraq's biggest challenge right now we know that the grid is under tremendous stress. iraq urgently wants to ramp up oil production oil sales which account for more than ninety percent of the country's total revenues generated close to fifty seven billion dollars in two thousand and seventeen the donor conference comes just two months after iraq's declared victory over the so-called islamic state. south african president jacob zuma resigned this week during his tenure the country saw its bond rating downgraded to junk status and with its second largest city cape town quickly running out of water trust in the country's ruling elite has plunged. growt

is the ideal path to eventually try to interlink to get kuwait kuwait -- to agree to the similar standards or benchmarks? it strikes me a lot of the terrorism finance issues are frankly not defined by borders but it's a trans regional challenge. >> it's not only in qatar and the gcc countries but the evolution of this phenomenon of terrorism has been -- especially in the last few years. most of these countries cannot keep up with the resolution. the gcc in the framework of the gcc was part of our agreement and gcc countries along with the united states to enhance and develop our capabilities and counterterrorism financing in partnership with united states and each country should carry this out bilaterally. the other countries i don't know if they are steps are. >> looking at a few regional issues that open us up to the audience and one to look at is is -- has taken a strong supportive qatar in the uae. what are the larger vocations of a stronger relationship at the moment? >> first we need to understand the geography of the region. we have one land border which has been blockaded without a

a one billion dollar loan under the mechanisms of the kuwait fund for economic development. go through but it's not all about loans iraq is especially keen to attract companies to do business it's offering projects in almost every area of its economy including the energy sector siemens c.e.o. joe kayser told t w his company is rebuilding for power plants about securing the availability of electricity is iraq's biggest challenge at present. the conference is taking place just two months after the country declared victory over the so-called islamic state it's not the government is hoping will convince international businesses that now is the time to invest in the country's future. and will try to get to our reporter in a moment to talk about that as called for his first u.s. president donald trump was clear from the very beginning on how global trade should be done it should be fair and that means that america needs to benefit now he's acting on that considering a range of options including tariffs and quotas to address still an alum in human ports he says unfairly hurting us

the devastated country much of it left in ruins the price tag some one hundred billion dollars in kuwait a donor conference is on the way to help or at least try to help finance the massive and iraq has published a list of one hundred fifty seven projects that it wants to help to build to provide joe. you homes for some of the two and a half million people displaced by the fighting it includes hospitals schools businesses and telecommunications iraq says that around one hundred thirty eight thousand homes and apartment blocks were damaged some may say that has more from kuwait city. this is what so-called liberation from ice a look slike to has nally and his family it's been six months since iraq's prime minister declared nineveh province freed alys house is still in ruins so is much of robbie a town. he used to work as a farmer tilling the soil now he plows the rubble of his home and reads what others have said in his life as a. given up hope in returning home we've been displaced or with three years look at how our house has been destroyed. and fled when i saw fighters seize the nearby

has the reaction from kuwait city there is praying for closure church services in kuwait spare a prayer for join a demo fellas maria khanna two spares a thought for the domestic worker whose body was found in a freezer authorities are still looking for the suspect a lebanese national i'm afraid that me. these. cannon knows all about the life of a domestic worker she's worked as one for more than eighty years she says some face abuse but it's not typical. the me i knew would like my sister the philippine government reacted strongly to joanna's death banding its citizens from coming to kuwait for work it later issued a clarification exempting those who already have jobs here about the initial announcement nevertheless centric waves through the country. for many filipinos a job in the gulf is a lifeline for extended families some experiencing the life and. they don't have they don't they don't get that. good at math from us philippine authorities however say complaints of abuse compelled them to take action we have so called plane so five thousand some five thousand eight hundred more than

thank you for that live event in kuwait. conference on the reconstruction of iraq this is iraq's prime minister body responding to work the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson listening to what he has to say at the head i'm ram of this government in iraq very critical to say to ation and i made for the tile conditions as i said has been taken control of iraq's land for saying this as this plays to thousands and millions of our papers killing thousands destroying basic critical and still ations in an on purpose it dented fashion in iraq's modern history. this was coupled this destruction and devastation swer coupled with. financial. obstacles namely the sharp decline of oil prices this by the growing need and rising demand for the sustainable again this terrorism and despite the fact that our in the absence of financial reserves we shouldered this this huge task to combat. terrorism while. the requests a red tape. and corruption well. we march forward with the economic reform plan now forming. a commission on the the chairm

good german chamber of commerce in the gulf states talking to us from kuwait thank you so much. thank you well now to a quite incredible story the ups and downs we're witnessing here in the german political landscape more downs at the moment. germany's second biggest political party the social democrats are in chaos shortly head of a crucial vote on a new coalition deal with conservatives party chair martin scholtz has resigned in a bid to ease tensions but his plans to install andrea nala says the new chair hit a snag with party members accusing him of breaching long held protocol now that has triggered a leadership battle and the outcome is anything but clear. martin short sleeve same tea hand it just a week ago it looked like he would become foreign minister in america's new government now he's given up that in bishan as well as the s.p.d. leadership. spots. i've given up my s.p.d. post and any position in the future government because i want to help end the debate about individual members of the party so members can focus on the coalition agreement. s.p.d. members will vote

we looked at you were in kuwait this past september and i believe this is the first time yourself and his highness were with your gcc counterparts in many months and the meeting ended quite, quite abruptly. has there been-- and there's certainly, since your visit here, has there been any indications of you seeing any optimism on the road to a potential kind of resolution or dialog, whether that be convened by president trump or more specifically convened by kuwait or are we still at an impasse? >> calling for the dialog and supporting the initiative of kuwait when he offered between to med yate between the gulf countries and accepted the invitation issued by the president for chance to call all the gcc members to camp david in order to see a solution forward, but when you have a conflict between parties and one of the parties is unwilling to engage in dialog or unwilling to engage toward the solution, then this dialog, want a positive result because of the process behind the unwillingness. the gcc summit was unfortunately what we believed that at least for the first time that will see

i have yet to go to kuwait. the last time i was there was 1990 during the gulf war so i got to take a second picture next to the what are they called? the two spirit towers. with that? there you go. liberation terrorists. it was good to be back but more probably it was good to be able to see this international coalition come together not only in the private sector and not only having 64 nations there but also like you said, investor, scene iraq is not talking about the country and talking about not only economic opportunities in iraq but about the humanitarian situation. one of the things the first day of the conference was great and the press was asked able to ask questions. not only prime minister abadi but the kuwaiti prime minister, as well and the deputy prime minister and the foreign minister. the iraqi press and some of the toughest questions and some people have said don't want to stay to the present because the last tough questions but the iraqi press was tough but they were great. but the questions wen

rebuilding iraq kuwait pledges two billion dollars to help the country republic from years of conflict. police recommend the israeli prime minister's indictment on corruption charges benjamin netanyahu says nothing will come of it. in sports sean white's makes snowboarding history of the winter olympics the american winning an unprecedented third gold medal in the hot spot events. police in south africa have raided the home of a prominent business family with times to president jacob zuma three people were arrested and that comes a day after the ruling african national congress ordered zuma to step down as the nation's leader police sealed off the roads around the home of the gupta family in johannesburg with the area designated a crime scene president zuma is under investigation over a corruption links to the family. he's accused of being influenced by the group to us to make government decisions and cabinet appointments the investigations also looking at whether the governors and some of zoomers family members were involved in international money laundering is just one of a number of

also present anger in the philippines as the body of a main is returned from kuwait. and it's time for most known for some competitors of the valley of sweeping general have those details coming up in support later on from. the nice pink skies by the time heart. or is the sun sets in the city of angels. hello again across much of southern and eastern china the weather is looking generally fine and with that southerly flow it's all quite warm twenty two in hong kong twenty four food temperatures way up for taipei further north where we have got a frontal system which extends along the young sea river valley so we're going to see rain developing here and certainly on the northern nature of putting cold air from the far north and we could well see some snow developing further towards the south on monday we should see fine conditions across indochina her neuer look at my sort of twenty six degrees that's above average for this time of the year weather conditions across the philippines not too bad certainly for central north and there is largely dry thirty one of manila fu

the body of a filipino maid who was found in a freezer in kuwait has been returned to manila a death strained relations between the philippines and kuwait with president reagan to tatty ordering the repatriation of thousands of filipino workers and banning further deployment there some is a done has the reaction from kuwait city. praying for closure church service isn't quite spare a prayer for joining the demo fellas maria can a two spares a thought for the domestic worker whose body was found in a freezer authorities are still looking for the suspect a lebanese national i'm afraid me. if we. can a knows all about the life of a domestic worker she's worked as one for more than eighty years she says some face abuse but it's not typical. the me i knew were like my sister the philippine government reacted strongly to his death banning its citizens from coming to kuwait for work it later issued a clarification exempting those who already have jobs here about the initial announcement never the last century through the country. for many filipinos a job in the gulf is a lifeline for extend

twenty one so just fourteen celsius there for new york north of the border into kuwait back into ontario we have got some snow flurries some snow flurries to just around the mountain states around the northern plains and then just some wet weather into that southwestern corner south of the border into northern parts of mexico that cloud of rain that will make its way up towards the central plains as we go on through friday some other weather pushing over towards the northeast including new jersey new york maryland seeing some rather wet weather and that's case two into new england warmer though for us where temperatures getting up to one degree celsius should be largely dry laci try to into central parts of canada but some rain state the snow piling back into western canada and the phone pacific northwest of washington state not too much the way of any wet weather across the caribbean over the next few days there will be want to see showers around nicaragua around costa rica pushing up towards honduras elsewhere a sloshy fine and glorious sunshine kingston with a high of twenty nine. for

indeed sammy said then life first there in kuwait sank his watch. now the u.s. admits that some u.s. backed syrian kurdish fighters are going to the town of afrin to help fellow kurds battle turkish soldiers defense secretary james mattis says around half the fighters from the rebel syrian defense forces may have moved to the area turkey launched an operation in africa last month to push kurds out of the border region with syria america's support of syrian kurds fighting eisel has strained relations with turkey and nato ally has the latest from the turkish city of gaziantep near the border with syria. on sunday the turkish army together with the free syrian army made further gains in their push towards capturing this city of five three and that is the stronghold of the kurdish militia group why p.g. they did manage to take the town of. as well as other positions the significance of which opened up a route for that alliance of the turkish army and the f.s.a. from western opposed to a western front your point towards free and now other developments that have taken

a $1 billion loan onto the mechanisms of the kuwait fund for arab economic development.orter: but it is not all about loans. iraq is especially keen to attract companies to do business. it is offering projects in almost every area of its economy, including the energy sector. the siemens ceo told dw his company is rebuilding four power plants, and that securing the availability of electricity is iraq's biggest challenge at the present. the conference is taking place just two months after the country declared victory over the so-called islamic state. it's an achievement the government is hoping will convince international businesses that now is the time to invest in the country's future. helena: it's back over now to sarah. sarah: thank you so much, helena. the leader of the opposition in zimbabwe, morgan tsvangirai, has died of cancer at the age of 65. the announcement was made by the vice president of his political party, the movement for democratic change. tsvangirai was his party's candidate in the controversial 2002 presidential election, losing to robert mugabe. he l

and if you looked at the focus of the investment from saudi arabia and kuwait, kuwait's focus was on busser, un cussa and these places because it borders the area. this is a place sure of economic investment. it also is a place to actually use leverage with not only iran but with iraq when it comes to economic investment. and the saudis, i was asked earlier or i've been asked over the last couple weeks about saudi economic investment in iraq and what does it mean. is it a u.s. lever to curb iranian influence in iraq or is it going to be what happened in lebanon and syria where iranis invest yet iraq gets do what it wants? those are the issue. we hosted a member of the row hick ma party, had a conversation, again, also warned not to meet with this reporter or this observer in iraq, but a great conversation. he said something that resonated with me and ties directly to this conference in cue wait. -- kuwait. he said the only way to counter iran is if they're a strong economic power. >> iraq. >> correct. iraq say strong economic power, and he's exactly right. the best way for iraq to be

has more from kuwait city. this is what so-called liberation from i sort of looks like to has nally and his family it's been six months since iraq's prime minister declared nineveh province freed alys house is still in ruins so is much of robbie a town. he used to work as a farmer tilling the soil now he plows the rubble of his home and wreaks what others have selling his life as a. risk giving up hope in returning home we've been displaced or with three years look at how our house has been destroyed. allen fled when i saw fighters seized the nearby city of mosul four years ago he's not alone more than two and a half million iraqis remain displaced by the rule they have no money to rebuild their lives so they live in tent camps such as south of mosul an i.d. act if the government should look after us money i need bread when i'm supporting six children my parents and a sick family member these are the people the conference in quite this week must help if it's to succeed ejecting eisel from the third of iraq the

>> qatar remains calling for the dialogue and supporting the initiative of the amir of kuwait when he offered to mediate between the gulf countries and also accepted the invitation which was issued by the president for -- to call all the gcc members to camp david in order to see a solution for this. but when you have a conflict between parties and one of the parties is unwilling to engage in dialogue or unwilling to engage towards a solution, then this dialogue, even if it would in anything, it won't result in positive results because of the bad intention behind the willingness. the gcc summit was an opportunity what we believed in qatar that at least for the first time the leaders will see each other face to face. and we were surprised at the last moment that they have cancelled their attendance and downgraded their representation to the gcc meeting. so for us, we have done everything in our hands showing the good will towards the solution, but it needs a response from the other side, which is not there yet. >> and do you think that, like, just kind of the number of issues that are t