which is the maldives is an old order society you know people have lived there for almost two thousand years in american history goes back hundreds of years so. there are cultures that are already there that takes a little bit of time to evolve and adapt to new new systems so i mean i become president but i don't have the powers of caring so if people want things from me i can't just you know hand out money there are systems now in place but that's one of the issues because it could become very a very. rich countries it's interesting because when when the coup happened indian media were condemning you as far as i understood it or some elements of it the u.s. assistance actress take the robert blake said it was ok for you to become president i don't know i don't have what beijing said at the time if you listen to all these different i was actually quite busy you know listening because even i wasn't at all prepared for it and therefore it was the united states didn't want you to be president but i think the united states knew exactly what was going on in maldives you know they were follo

has a military base south of maldives in the us here in the. is technically leased from the british. that's what i do know what the defense would say about that. so when it comes to foreign interference then as you became president. very soon afterwards there were voices i think you yourself were saying there's a degree of interference coming from the commonwealth and there was a threat to leave the commonwealth who was gone well you see at that time there were. countries calling for immediate elections but you know the president in models and the new constitution don't have the powers to call for an election it's like the american system the president or any reason leaves the office the vice president completes the term and the situation motives was quite difficult at the time and also two local leaders really just going to go to london or to washington and say i'll do whatever you tell me and maybe they could be learned from the if you didn't know i didn't do that i didn't do that you know we tried to manage the situation and i didn't arrest

in between you know it's very difficult for a small country not just the maldives but also for other developing small countries in east asia and africa but you know we need development funds from somewhere and unfortunately in our. us not providing that kind of development financing and so many countries not just maldives are being forced to go to china because those funds are available from china and you know when you have a democratic country where people's aspirations are high expectations suddenly going up you know the constitution that you have you are entitled to the you have a right to housing you have a right to safe drinking water then the government is forced to do something about it for a president. more from former president all these mohammad wahid son after the break. vivienne westwood in downing street to protest a government energy plans that critics say will cause earthquakes in britain let alone lead to global destruction of the more governable part two of going underground. america's allies even members of the g.o.p. donald trump is sticking to his campaign promise

with chad is a very ambitious commodity in the maldives because this one millimeter of the ocean touching you constantly every minute every second every day every year is such a false and it is eat the fish or you don't deny. the mold deaves are rodent at an alarming rate residents do what they can to protect their homes but many beaches are little more the memories. really not god and i'd get all of them are sick and the demonic in the house i'm in a body did it come up with my body how to undo what the law gave one nun a difficulty down the dictaphone line number mcdonnell building i got in riyadh only make a name on a slip of the highgate at the lodge i didn't have a moment only kind of money but unless the united made any come of it in. several hundred islands have already been evacuated and today the refugees crowd on to larger and better protected islands such as small as the capital. already overcrowded new houses are being crammed together. but in another bitter irony of the sand wars new. construction require ever more sand. we have been in the middle of the indian ocean for the

with this issue of climate change how invented is this competition between india and china over the maldives especially given that they are obviously in the brics movement the new trade to block if you think to an end to an extent it suits the european look you think to an extent it suits the european union. and. later nations that there is this is nations that there is a fight between these two is this fight between these two massive piles it is definitely not help massive piles it is definitely not healthy for motives i mean for motives i mean india and china may have had their differences on india and china may have had their differences of other issues for a long time as of other issues for a long time. border issues and so now they have border issues and so now the prime minister speaks fluent mandarin history speaks fluent mandarin. but you know but they also. want you know but they also operate according operating on technology on economy affairs on the economy and so on and trade so fast and so on and trade so i mean it's unfortunate i mean it's unfortunate that a small country like

for example, our hotel in the maldives, the most instagrammable hotel in the world, we won that award and travel a lot to get an idea of what works well, i wonder what you come across, the most common mistakes that hotels make, that if they got it right, it would make a difference? there is a lot. the first one is most hotel chains focus on cookie cutter approach. when you walk into some of the hotels, you know where to find what. the other thing is, the people. the people make the biggest difference. the people who work in the hotel? yes, and that is what we focus on, the software, rather than the hardware, and making sure our guests the hardware, and making sure our gu ests have the hardware, and making sure our guests have a fantastic experience. you are expanding significantly in europe, you are buying a big stake ina europe, you are buying a big stake in a spanish hotel chain, you will be going from over 100 hotels to over 300, how do you keep the experienced genuine when you are getting so big? it is very easy because the brand is very segmented. for example, the ana ntara becau

sounded as if it is precious commodity in the maldives because this one millimeter of the ocean touching you constantly every minute every second every day every year is such a false and it is eat. or you don't deny. the mall deaves our road at a moment here right residents do what they can to protect their homes but many beaches are little more the memories. really not god and i'd get all of them are sick and have a demonic in the house i'm in nevada did they come up with my idea how to undo what the law gave the one nun a difficulty down the dictaphone line number tunnel vision i got in riyadh only make a name on a clinic the highgate at the lodge i didn't have a month in and it will need on the money but unless the unite in the going to come and live in. several hundred islands have already been evacuated and today the refugees crowd into larger and better protected islands such a small way the capital. already overcrowded new houses are being crammed together . but in another bitter irony of the sand wars new. construction require ever more sand. we have been in the middle of the ind

sad it is a very precious commodity in the maldives because this one millimeter of the ocean touching you constantly every minute every second every day every year is such a false and it is eat the fish or you don't deny. the mall deaves our road at a melbourne rate residents do what they can to protect their homes but many beaches are little more the memories. really not god and i'd get all of them are sick and have a demonic in the house i'm in nevada did it come up was done day with the law one nun a difficulty down the dictaphone line number tunnel vision i got in riyadh only make a name on it when a gate at the lodge i didn't have him up in an event of money but unless the united made any to come of them put it in. several hundred islands have already been evacuated and today the refugees crowd on to larger and better protected islands such a small way the capital. already overcrowded new houses are being crammed together . but in another bitter irony of the sand wars new. construction require ever more sand. we have been in the middle of the indian ocean for the last five thousa

. >>> and fally resorts in the popular vacatn spotf oe maldives getting fed up with instagram models. luxury hotels have often given social media influencers free stays in exchang for publicity. manyot business model is starting to wear thin because everybody is asking for freebies. i guess everybody thinks they're an influencer. some hotels haveanned the practice altogether and they'll just pay for their advertising. >> probably good dinosaurs ruled the box office thisha weekend. kev got a look at your weekend numbers ahead at 6 6:45ish. >> ♪ ♪ wow! ♪ find a world of spiration. find something you love today.c hanging selection.ev amazing prices. homegoods. go finding. >> ♪ >> live look at the wilson bridge. going to be s. tucker has your forecast coming up in how long al. >> just 10econds. >> ♪ >> all right. hope you had a great weekend. we got our weather headlines. let's get to it. favorite time of day. mix of sun and clouds today. going to be a beautiful monday days.beautiful coupl less humidity to look forward to today. should be plenty of sunshine at least the first half of the