militarily in libya. the libyans are doing their part it's essential that all the others that are involved in the libyan crisis will do their part it's essential that all foreign troops and all foreign mercenaries move 1st to benghazi and 2 or 3 police and from there move back and leave the libyans alone because the leaders have already proven that left alone able to address their problems at the end of the meeting the security council agreed to position calling on all foreign fighters to leave libya russia in a statement to out 0 said that it has no military in the country although there be numerous reports that the wagner group a mercenary company has been operating in libya turkey has long said that its forces are in the country at the request of the legitimate government both those countries though now know there's a new policy from the u.s. government as does the united arab emirates which is already seen an arms deal worth $23000000000.00 blocked for now james out 0 at the united nations. another ki

split between warring factions in the west and east the central bank of libya is based in the libyan capital of tripoli also the seat of the internationally recognized government of national of court the eastern branch is based in benghazi stronghold of warlords relief i have to say libyan national army who had printed alternative banknotes in moscow the us government called them counterfeit libyan currency printed by a russian state owned company and ordered by an illegitimate parallel entity analysts say the alternative bank knows increased inflation in an already struggling economy. here in this market people tell us prices for goods are going up. there are long lines at the banks they give you 500 you know that's not enough to feed a family for one week. at the moment business is a cave but i think it will slow down salaries of 1000 dinars that's not enough for people to provide for their families the political divisions in the gap between the official and black market rates has distorted libya's oil dependent economy the move to unify the central bank and the exchange rate has b

a new currency exchange rate comes into force in libya raising hopes of an economic revival. and india's drug regulators set to approve to cope in 1000 facts scenes as the country looks to knock in 8300000000 people within 8 months. at least 50 people are feared to have been killed in 2 attacks on villages in western asia it happened in the tele barre region an unstable area neighboring mali aquino fastow and benny fighters from on groups linked to al qaeda and i saw a cross in and out of the poorest borders our correspondent argument addresses in the capital niamey and says the attack took place on the same day as election results were announced. and officials said the gunman who targeted the 2 villages have crossed in tunisia from the border with mali and that is not the only problematic area. the border with brooke you know faso is porous and has seen attacks from armed men on groups loyal to al qaida and islamic state and on the border with nigeria we've seen increased activity in both attacks targeting not only c.v.s. but also military personnel a senior security officia

at a new currency exchange rate comes into force in libya. raising hopes of reviving an economy that's been battered by violence. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways however got more warnings in force across central parts of the med it's ready for some really nasty storms rolling away his big area of low pressure we have rain sleet and snow in the mix just around italy pushing across into the balkans and a fair bit of snow to coming in over the outside beyond will see some snowy weather stretching across a good part of germany western possibly seeing some of that snow as well but this is where the really story weather will continue right through the central parts of the but it's rainy wherever you are it is looking pretty cold just 3 degrees in paris the 5 there for london and even madrid struggling to get to around 6 or 7 over the next couple of days will be some snow to see just around the peyronie's as we go on into monday well that's a wetter weather that wintry weather over towards the dinner a couch that'l

a more assertive approach to libya is a merging from a view by the ministration of a u.n. security council beating the u.s. deputy ambassador calls for the immediate withdrawal of turkish a russian forces let's go straight to our diplomatic it to james bays who's at the u.n. in new york for more what's the significance of this james. first let me tell you where we are in libya it's almost 10 years since the start of the uprising it's one year since that big international conference in berlin to try and get the into national community on the same page now that didn't work initially but there is some some good news from the outgoing un acting special envoy stephanie williams she says there is a region of a nation in libya following the cease fire deal that was brokered on october the 23rd she says that ceasefire is holding that's the good news but she also says there is blatant foreign interference continuing in libya and that line was picked up by the u.s. this is the 1st meeting on libya since the biden ministration has been in office the deputy ambassador of korea state d

there's essential goods will be made on affordable in libya by measures meant to shore up its economy. how i we got more very cold air coming in across northern parts of china through the korean peninsula and of cloud head to the north of that that's where the really cold weather is minus 23 and that's the same temperature just one celsius there and so was we go on into choose to you can see how the temperatures full further one is $26.00 and all of the time at that time in the heat of the day if we can go to that will be some snow for a good parts of japan once again northern positive pan seeing fabulous no no just a chance to some rain today into the far south of the country for central and southern parts of china you much just cassio shabbat really nothing too much to speak of now plenty of showers across southern india at present and also into sri lanka further know some rather wet weather we have orange warnings in falls across a good part of pakistan pushing up towards punch ups and rain sleet and snow coming through here freshens up the air in new delhi where we've had the fall

a more assertive approach to libya is a merging from the dubai ministration at a un security council meeting the us deputy ambassador called for the immediate withdrawal of turkish and russian forces diplomatic as a james bays reports now from the u.n. 1st let me tell you where we are in libya it's almost 10 years since the start of the uprising it's one year since that big international conference in berkeley in to try and get the into national community on the same page now that didn't work initially but there is some some good news from the outgoing u.n. acting special envoy stephanie williams she says there is a region of a nation in libya following the ceasefire deal that was brokered on october the 23rd she says that ceasefire is holding that's the good news but she also says there is blatant foreign interference continuing in libya and that line was picked up by the u.s. this is the 1st meeting on libya since the biden ministration has been in office the deputy ambassador a career state department official richard mills in the chair giving an indication of the new biden policy

is essential goods will be made on affordable in libya by measures meant to shore up its economy. and support the n.b.a. player exceeding expectations after his return from a 2 year injury layouts. the world health organization has welcomed an important breakthrough in the fight against covert 19 in india 2 vaccines have been approved for emergency distribution by the country's health regulator one is the vaccine developed by oxford university and astra zeneca the other is domestically developed and produced the nationwide drills to prepare for the large scale rolled out the government wants to inoculate 300000000 people in the next 6 to 8 months at least one of the biggest and most ambitious vaccination campaigns in the world prime minister narendra modi welcome to the approvals he called it a sign of self-reliance praising the fact that both vaccines are manufactured inside the country joining us now from put a chair is dr. amen he is a specialist on india's health care system and the global coordinator for people's health movement thank you for your time we spoke yesterday when

involved militarily in libya. the libyans are doing their parts it's essential that all the others at that involved in the libyan crisis will do their part it's essential that all foreign troops and all foreign mercenaries 1st to benghazi and to tripoli and from there move back and leave the libyans alone because the leaders have already proven that left alone they're able to address their problems at the end of the meeting the security council agreed to position calling on all foreign fighters to leave libya russia in a statement to out 0 said that it has no military in the country although the the numerous reports that the wagner group a mercenary company has been operating in libya turkey has long said that its forces are in the country at the request of the legitimate government both those countries though now know there's a new policy from the u.s. government as does the united arab emirates which is already seen an arms deal worth $23000000000.00 blocked for now james out 0 of the united nations one of the p

unfortunately in libya support for artists is absent this is why we created this art house so artists can express themselves and send messages through their art people's hopes fears and experiences of living with a lack of basic services like electricity or all expressed here in the city of tripoli saw intense violence for 14 months when a warlord afters libyan national army or was the military offensive in april last year his forces later retreated towards the east after the internationally recognized tripoli government we took l n a held territory in june and as well as war the difficulties of living through a pandemic but on a gun somebody and one of the i'm a doctor 1000 was really hard for us i was afraid it would spread kavi to my family from the hospital there was fear and panic when i would leave the hospital they feelings were a heavy burden only so i would express them in colors in my art to lighten the load for these people persistence shows the importance of perseverance through hardship . need the war to see a stop an artists from creating an. in this week's presser exper

central goods will be made on affordable and libya i miss is meant to shore up its economy. and it's for the panel thinks a bit strange a team with their eyes on the top of the german league table. is change because. that is big. money maker. little in my city around the state representative they put themselves out to make the changes that you. should have taken this long to do the new neighbors condemnation learn we have the disc culture to slosh or to create new areas we have to change this culture i am one of the fortunate ones who can leave an establishment outside but all the people and on the majority of these illegal ever talk about just good hardworking people that want to live the american dream like our ancestors these are huge refugees are terrified that they may be forced to return to being more. watching al-jazeera or a mind of our top stories this hour thousands are gathering in the center of baghdad to mark one year since the us assassination of iran's top general cut some sort of money he was killed by a drone strike at baghdad's international airport. india'

deep within tripoli city under house of libya's musicians and organise a space to express themselves in titled persistence this exhibition highlights the covert $1000.00 pandemic in a country already torn apart by years of conflict it brings together photographers and artists who want to prove through their art that they can overcome the challenges. unfortunately in libya support for artists is absent this is why we created this art house so artists can express themselves and send messages through their art people's hopes fears and experiences of living with a lack of basic services like electricity or all expressed here the city of tripoli saw intense violence for 14 months when a warlord khalifa haftar is libyan national army or was the military offensive in april last year his forces later retreated towards the east after the internationally recognized tripoli government we took held territory in june and as well as war the difficulties of living through a pandemic but on a gun somebody anyone of. i'm a doctor 1000 was really hard for us i was afraid it would spread. gave it to my

are beginning to hope that the pain and fear will start to a new life in libya. trainer. patients at a covert 19 recovery facility in italy have been moved offshore for a giant sinkhole forced its closure a 20 meter deep hole in the city of naples followed 3 cars and much of the hospital's carpark and also cut off power supplies investigators suspect it was triggered by recent heavy rainfall. the united arab emirates has reopened its air and sea borders with qatar that's after saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt agreed this week to restore ties with qatar after 3 and a half year blockade qatar airways has already rerouted some flights through saudi air space with the 1st flight from doha to johannesburg on thursday or some of the debate has the latest from doha on the rebuilding of g.c.c. ties. the announcements rigid not have a lot of details comes from the ministry of foreign affairs the undersecretary rather than what we saw in saudi arabia where the lifting of the blockade was announced from the very top the united arab emirates is important because it is one of

are beginning to hope that the pain and fear they start to think a new life in libya. trainer. the ship building industry in bangladesh had been thriving for a decade before the pandemic hit. but a recent increase in domestic orders is keeping it afloat providing much needed jobs reports from the outskirts of the capital dhaka. bangladesh has always been known as one of the world's leading ship demolition centers but it has also a long history of ship building dating back centuries and that's been recognised more and more after a layoff during the coronavirus lockdown this year and are back and busy there are ships to be delivered and there is confidence in the industry has a bright future constantly growing domestic demand for ships in bangladesh both government and private sector have held. in a company that in short a span of time at least 10 years in this country are now you could. orders from the global market have slowed down but domestic demand has given new hope. slowly coming back to life here in. the capital city it's difficult to hear. unlike the ship breaking in the

libya the obama/biden foreign policy failed. again you admitted picky set libya is a particularly challenging one i have to acknowledge that we obviously did not succeed in the obama/biden administration in getting that right. in iraq the obama/biden foreign policy failed. unfortunately you continue i believe and mistakenly call the withdrawal of u.s. troops in iraq a success but the rest of the world knows a failure to get the status of force agreement in iraq created a vacuum which led to the rise and creation of isis. in 2014, senator john mccain's was a member of this committee raise these issues come went to the senate floor to speak against your nomination to be deputy secretary of state. i ask, mr. chairman, a statement be to the record. >> without objection. >> thank you, mr. chairman turkey raised concerns with your actions come status in decisions regarding iraq, syria, ukraine. based on the record of failed foreign policy decisions, senator mccain said that only is mr. blinken, unqualified but he is he said i believe

were picked up after trying to cross to europe in rubber dinghies viking cruise said after calls to libya when the rescue ship has now approached malta and italy with requests to be taken in the vessel is currently in international waters between italy and libya. let's bring in the on the chin york in the berth in the from the rescue organization s.o.s. mediterranean young of what are you hearing from the ship are they any signs that they will be able to adopt so. well good afternoon unfortunately not 373 people that we rescued in 4 consecutive rescues and those same pride 8. desperately waiting to be assigned a place of safety where they can kind of leave reach land. tell us about the migrants on board the ocean viking right now. well as i said we rescued 374 people in port different rescues on thursday friday. we currently have 300. 37 survivors on board after a woman in the late stage of. pregnancy was medically evacuated to lampedusa yesterday in the afternoon we now have a lot of small children on board we have 8 babies under the age of one and a lot of the survivors suffer from sea

also musgrave's in libya authorities try to identify hundreds of civilians killed in the civil war to stay with us. storm christophe whipped through the british isles yesterday and left the river mersey breaking its banks into its flood plain much of north wales northwest and saw some flooding from the amount of rain fell the storm itself is producing strong winds in scandinavia that is it if you follow the course of the frontal system is attached to it the next area development down in the west and met the breeze a lot of rain for italy equally the croatian coast was there up at height and the a community colder than it was probably the focus to continuous rain is going to be southwestern france poach go in some parts of spain stop to kick out here so the let us know if there is a lot of rain but the code is returning to eastern europe look at these current temperatures and remember a few days back we were subzero by many degrees when not any more not that it will last innsbruck for example goes back down to subzero once the snow has gone through enough to be on sunday and stays that

schools in libya reopening after being closed for nearly a year because of the pandemic. strain i went to see what kind of precautions authorities are putting in place in the capital tripoli. after almost a year children in libya are returning to their classroom administrators at this primary school in tripoli say they are taking safety measures seriously. this school year is very different to other years because of coronavirus a thanks to god the measures we have put in place are working very well but some parents say the ministry of education has been slow to provide adequate protection . for children but one is at a different school and he can't start yet. the ministry of education should have been more prepared the school. and a delivery opening the virus spreads very quickly and feel children can bring it back home from school while this school has been given the ok to open its doors others have. some schools are closed we have allocated a budget for every school in order for them to purchase the necessary protection and fix the issues they should receive the funds b

who still don't know what happened to their loved ones from tahu or china reports many families in libya will be spending the next few days together celebrating the new year but the family and through no will not be. as all the men in her family who were either killed or kidnapped by members of the armed group can yet back by the warlord who leave for have to or who made the town his command center before a failed military campaign on the capital tripoli i don't know what had or sure enough for me 21 men from my family are gone 14 were killed for no reason and 7 of them were kidnapped and until now we have no idea of their whereabouts they didn't bring us their bodies and the government hasn't been able to identify the bodies through tests if there are amongst the dead we want to know. when the un recognized government of prime minister faisal surats retook western libya in june work began to find out what atrocities had been committed when to whom was half their stronghold so far 125 bodies have been recovered from mass graves in the city yet can yet militia is accused of carrying out t

when the un recognized government of prime minister faisal surats retook western libya in june work began to find out what atrocities had been committed when to whom no was half their stronghold so far 125 bodies have been recovered from mass graves in the city yet can yet militia is accused of carrying out the killings but the chimbley government has been slow to identify the bodies or begin to work on other reported sites the united states blacklisted the kenya militia and its leader in november over the human rights abuses into. ramadan says he notified authorities of where he believes his brother and 35 other men are buried but nothing's been done so far to establish the truth. according to some witnesses they killed them and took them to the waste dump they buried them under the trash 36 men were there that's a lot of men i don't know why the government refuses to take the lack of a proper investigation by the government has caused a great deal of anger here and. our team is currently working in town they are combing a large area and the digging is all done by hand unfortunately we d

a long wait for justice families of those killed and kidnapped by forces loyal to libya's warlord khalifa haftar spend the new year without their loved ones. the fall spring in istanbul is slowly cooling down but proper frozen wintry weather is in most of turkey this is in the northeast this lake freezer every year recreationally it's brilliant and they're enjoying it so showing things where they should be this time the weather wise we are actually looking far instruments to turkey the middle east iran the sun is out this bitter breeze picking up down the gulf you mark called schmall bit short lived tend to depress the temperature down about 22 by sunday into monday in their heart still a chance of a shower on such tape is a very small chance to be honest generally speaking it's quiet even this massive cloud he would use no more than light showers in saudi or maybe southern iraq or jordan you can still see the remains of the tropical cyclone that came across bear there's no sitting here more or less on the borders of botswana and maybe. i'm sure you don't think in the maybe as a red count

community in argentina says it's being stigmatized in lockdown against its will also musgrave's in libya authorities trying to identify hundreds of civilians killed during the civil war to stay with us. mostly it's in the knees here in the philippines that are getting the bulk of this rainy season weather malays is a little bit drier in the forecast at least so that part of borneo in the absence of there are few she asked but the claim the majority of the blue doppler tops of the orange tops are dancers sumatra java bali west papua and it's this general area which is certainly what it is drying up for the central part of philippines you'll notice and with a tropical low which briefly go a bit stronger now being sitting over more or less the great sandy desert so western australia this rain is falling and these welcome by those few farmers who are out there it's like the edge slowly east was and science what's ahead of it is quite hot plates at $41.00 melbourne is warming up and in perth we're in the twenty's and only in the twenty's that he will be pushed out of the way is the rain comes

they went into libya. once again the same idea, the idea that regime change works and we will topple this terrible dictator qadhafi and out of the embers, out of the fire will arise thomas jefferson, the thomas jefferson of libya will take over and freedom will ring. didn't work out so much. so mr. blinken in his hearing admitted as much. he said, well, maybe we overestimated the possibility that there would be rivals to replace him. you think? but see, this is sort of expected pattern of the middle east. the middle east doesn't have this thousand-year english tradition of trying to control central power, dating back to even before the magna carta. but even 350 years ago the english had a revolution trying to restain the power of the -- restrain the power of the king. 250 years ago we had our revolution to try to further restrain the power of the king. we had this long-standing tradition. in the middle east there is more of this tradition of tribalism. you had an iron fist but when you get rid of the iron

her or her recommendation to invade libya actually affected us russian relations so that those are the kinds of ramifications we have to look at as to what part what role she will actually play in pushing this agenda and to what extreme. thinking about funding we know that at the under donald trump usa funs was slashed by more than a 5th because he wanted other nations to step up to the plate how likely is that to be completely reversed on the joe biden i think it will probably be reversed but that but again will the other nations step up and the chances are well if the united states is leading wide why should we bother we saw that before there there the amount of assistance that came from other countries was the u.s. trying to take the lead to actually begin to diminish so. i don't know that it's going to be a concurrent thing the u.s. is really trying to lead that vanguard and i don't know that they're going to be successful again no one really trusts and us in keeping commitments and agreements any longer given the past history so that of that type of assistance and the and the repe

next year i was 0 charlie's in libya secret service hundreds of civilians from maine on account of. no place to say you feel safe anymore. you are record numbers of people in hong kong seeking u.k. residency. the coda still flowing out of siberia going trust the open waters in producing a lot of snowfall i'm sure in our current but it's not quite as cold as it was and it's probably not as windies it was either i don't think we'll see any more snow on the korean peninsula and of course you've got to go across the water to produce it so it's still just colin sunny for example harben but sapporo represents what's happening in northern japan it is warming up slightly the average is minus one we get to minus 3 by sunday but the snow is frequent and sunshine probably fairly rare that's a general picture in japan as you bring the flow for the southeast warming things a bit taipei's up to 20 not 70 needed a few showers here the big issue as a result of that colder air pushing down in the northeast monsoon of these here which in the flow will head down towards while malaysia should we say ku

would have to talk about turkey they would have to talk about syria they would have to talk about libya they would have to talk about. political islam they will have to talk about what they see as the qatar support for the muslim brotherhood they will have to talk about how to solve the issues in egypt they will have to talk about whether the saudis along with the bahrain is the emirates is that the egyptians will sit together with the with the qataris and say you know what we genuinely believe that there is a chance for all of us to solve all those problems and move forward i personally believe that you will see many problems continuing for the upcoming weeks and this explains why the behind the send the crown prince said amendment how this explains why the image is sent vice president mahmoud abbas should. this explains why the egyptians are sending so mr crewe the foreign minister and we're not seeing president of the foot because i think they were taken by a massive surprise yesterday with that announcement by the crown prince of saudi arabia that finally the blockade is going to be

the grieving families demanding answers as they wait for news on libya's missing men. this is such a contrast to a year ago there's an awful lot of trad rain around though we're talking about summary weather supposedly in australia as a track record low possibly get worse than that in the gulf of carpentaria significant rain here why is fred showers and thunderstorms in new south wales bits of queens and not as much as it was admittedly that victoria and moving into south australia and although it's warmer in perth the clouds increasing here as well with one or 2 showers this is a particularly one summary look to things in victoria in new south wales i have to say new zealand to see some of that rain as well proper winter was showing itself in the fall and also china and in the form of snow throughout most of japan at least northern hampshire and hawkeye the lesser in the korean places some stars fall short 1st on the ground there the high temperature in the minus 2 in so things are slowly warming up further south the rain showers returning to taiwan and hong kong reac

for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back libya's children head back to their classrooms 10 months after they closed because of the code 19 and they're. not ready for takeoff why nasa cut short a crucial test for its new rocket system or that status. another winter storm has been rolling around the midwest the u.s. city names on here in the low center it's become rather complex now destroying the worst the weather slowly east was so we docking with cold northwest is not as strong but minnesota and iowa were both were and blizzard conditions for a while blowing through life is very strong winds and a lot of snow they'll be more snow to come but not quite strong winds pennsylvania gets and it's a quite a long way south as well and briefly the rail to snow i think in new york for them the bulk is north of the border that's the picture around the midwest and that's the most active weather in the u.s. the moment sunday's picture is a fairly cold balmy low temperatures as daytime highs of 14 in new orleans not being as good as it could be the coast of california looking fine as is

triggered many political and economic challenges i from the arab spring to civil war in syria iraq libya and yemen and from the fragile economies of jordan lebanon and tunisia to the coburg 19 pandemic a countless number of lives have been lost millions of people displaced and infrastructure damage. then there are the ever changing political dynamics in demick corruption be a factor of oil price fluctuations and the transition from fossil fuels to green economies so is there hope for the economies in the mena region and how can they find a way forward to find out more as the world bank vice president for the middle east and north africa free done had talks to al jazeera. vice president of the world bank for the middle east thank you very much for talking to al-jazeera my pleasure thank you very much sorry it's been a busy year if not a busy decade for this region hasn't it what we've had the arab spring the fall in all prices then the pandemic is the middle east now at an economic turning point state of affairs in the middle east is not a good this is. a mensch. the arab spring in 10 yea

there a life in london was still ahead grieving families demand answers as they wait for news on libya's missing men. it's probably wintry of a mostly european plane that's not clatter and admitted li and the far east of europe to key west and russia it's tomorrow the right expect with that cold front is trying to push the coded doesn't drop temperatures much as levon in book arrest which compared with vienna is a huge difference but the difference between cold and warm water is what's produced the stormy weather in the west involves a mad now by the time we get to saturday that strong southerly component there will be all that's left the stormy weather you know be showers around through saturday or course current snow up in the higher ground of the sky and the still that normally present in northern spain but the emphasis on the card has dropped somewhat milan's quiet by saturday sun still maybe and then missed a bit of rain returns during monday now the snow because of this cold is pushing up to the adriatic well then reappear as he joins that cold wind coming across the baltic in germ

the security factor was to the front of many peoples minds, looking at countries such as libya.t would you say to those who would perhaps have less of an idealistic notion of revolutions nowadays? >> i think there are a couple of lessons tunisia taught the rest of the region. the people have power is one. what that means is it inspired civil society, people around the region, but it also taught autocrats that lesson, dictators that they need to hold onto that power. while in tunisia they had some success in the political sphere, and other countries you have seen, in the case of libya, civil war, egypt, for the repression, you have seen dictators learn they should not allow the people to have that power. the idea that a revolution could spring up tomorrow in another country is maybe not necessarily on the top of people's minds, but also looks that door at algeria -- look next-door at algeria, where you did have a revolution happen. they have not had the success tunisia has had, but that is still unfolding. the governments have cracked down and they had in 2010, 2011. >> do you th

saudi arabia libya. morocco tunisia. almost all of the arab countries to libya computers i mean more many animals how many cows and they're loaded up from germany. with. thousands of them. i don't keep a precise count. statistic live cattle from germany are shipped abroad for slaughter to many arab countries are insufficient cooling conditions for frozen meat. we meet your husband back of terror going to court where she wants to show us a chef. it docked the previous there and tomorrow it's due to load up on animal transport. it's the crema law. for. a few officers this is. the car in marlow was built in 1965 originally as a car ferry it's 55 years old at some point it was repurposed to carry livestock transports that unfortunately not very well. in 2016 we got onto the ship it shouldn't be allowed to carry animals so that's what it's full of things that animals can injure themselves on the ramps are steep not for animals when they run out of the ships they have to make a 90 degree bend and go straight down steep wraps t

unfortunately in libya support for artists is absent this is why we created this art house so artists can express themselves and send messages through their art people's hopes fears and experiences of living with a lack of basic services like electricity or all expressed here the city of tripoli saw intense violence for 14 months when warlord khalifa haftar is libyan national army or was the military offensive in april last year his forces later retreated towards the east after the internationally recognized tripoli government we took l n a held territory in june and as well as war the difficulties of living through a pandemic but on a gun somebody anyone of that and i'm a doctor 1000 was really hard for us i was afraid i would spread kavi to my family from the hospital there was fear and panic when i would leave the hospital they feelings were a heavy burden only so i would express them in colors in my art to lighten the load for these people persistence shows the importance of perseverance through hardship . either war or to see a stop in artists from creating as artists. we express

they each drew up exclusive economic zones with libya and egypt.ece says each of its islands is entitled to its own continental shelf with exclusive drilling rights. turkey disputes that. ankara also wants to ensure the turkish republic of cyprus has equal rights to gas fields. it is not international recognized as an independent state. last year, turkey stepped up drilling along the north coast of same person -- of cyprus angering greece which claims the area. last week athens extended western territorial waters from six nautical miles to 12. that's around 22 kilometers. ankara poses that. -- opposes that. let's bring in our guest joining us from cyprus. he's the president of the cyprus center for european and international affairs. in rome, we have natalie -- the director of the institute of international affairs and a former advisor to the committee, the european union's foreign affairs chief. and in lodndon, we have a researcher at the university of oxford. welcome to you all. perhaps i can start with andreas, do you think this round of talks w

backdrop of the complicated geo political difficulties and rising tension within the gulf the crisis in libya the war in yemen to what degree this agreement would contribute to resolving all these issues that are. posing threats to the arab and regional security a 2nd question is that a possibility and the future for the gulf countries to take part in the eminent discussions on iran's nuclear power nuclear program. and to what degree this would be a helping factor to other up countries in order to pressure the international community and this grave issue. definitely today's agreement with. the uniform. stands at will also. efforts to words shared and joint action that will contribute to the security and stability of the region and a fair if face of all challenges including the big threats you mentioned we will work as a one unified block against any threats. facing the region with respect to the stand against iran it is very significant for the region's country to have a clear uniform stand and the face of iran's threat not only through the nuclear program but the continued. enter vieni and m

because in libya for example you have. regional you have countries supporting supporting groups on opposing and of the political spectrum and same thing for. it was baffling the international community and the united nation is then going to avoid to solve a problem that would govern with the same problem you see nations are divided and that divide is reflected on different political issues that we're dealing with today when you have them all coming together discussing the problems and i expect today you will see a long conversation between the leaders of the g.c.c. nations about you know what good do as well lifting the blockade today what about annex what are the conditions that everybody's going to on other terms of the agreement this is not going to go this is not going to be something done behind closed doors they have to come about and put things into interest about this is going to be a manifesto for all the g.c.c. nations. and how to move forward when it comes to domestic issues and when it comes also to forming pol

in libya, they are going to be reopening an oil pipeline after fixing a key leak.ays, the market is focused on what the fed is doing the next few days. they're going to have to weigh whether or not to indicate willingness to continue for quite a bit more time. mohammed wrote a detailed column, where he outlined the tricky path the fed needs to embark upon because asset bubbles continue to build. the cheap liquidity being provided by central banks is really distorting valuations across the board. and that only makes it more pressing to react later on in the year in terms of normalizing those bond purchases and balance sheets. we're going to dig into all of that in much more detail. from dubai and the rest of the world, this is bloomberg. ♪ >> the following is a paid program. the opinions and views expressed do not reflect those of bloomberg llp, its affiliates or its employees. >> the following is a paid presentation brought to you by rare collectibles tv. ♪ world. -- announcer: the u.s. mint has been dedicated to producing the finest numismatic coins since its ince