manus? manus: thanks for the roundup.anceled a meeting with denmark's prime minister because she does not want to talk about the possibility of the united states buying the island of greenland. annmarie hordern is with us with the details. why does he wants to buy greenland? annmarie: location, location, location, two reasons. one is a strategic location on the map. of course, greenland has been indexes of tension with denmark, norway, russia, the united states, and canada. it also gives them control of this northern sea route that they do not want russia and china to snap. the second reason it is important is because we know the arctic is melting and we give the u.s., or anyone, vast access to these very critical minerals. i am talking iron ore, diamonds, gold, and even oil. this actually has been done before, we see this in the 1800s buying the louisiana from france or alaska from russia. but they have done this in the past. manus: that is a fantastic wrap up of the story. annmarie hordern, thank you. ever.work, as our

manus? manus: thank you for the roundup.ome of the world's biggest corporate leaders say that creating value is no longer their main focus. behind theo leave investor centric model, instead they say they will serve all constituents. employees, customers, investors, and society at large. with more on the story is dani burger. this group led by jamie dimon said in a statement yesterday that while it of our individual companies service on corporate purpose, we share a fundamental commitment to all of our stakeholders. let's look in on the state of rewards to shareholders. here i'm focusing on the s&p 500, specifically the second quarter. looking at some of these numbers, you could say the attitude is starting to take effect. corporate buybacks of declines 10% year-over-year. there is much more at play then all truism. last year, we had the tax cuts. that cost corporate's to overspend, so they are having to pull back. there may be some economic weakness that could play in and take the form of pulling back on shareholder rewards.

manus? manus: thank you very much. aheadhat has your agenda for the day? philippines central bank. they are going to make their rate cut decision. consensus is for 25 basis points up. a shocker from the kiwis yesterday. jobless claims from the u.s. at 1:30. bloombergs estimates are a rise of 5000 from the previous seven days. nejra: after u.s. markets close today, uber will release results for the first half. finally, keep an eye on a shareholder vote at anadarko today. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: 7:16 in the city of london. just under 43 minutes away from the start of your cash trading. daybreak europe. i'm manus cranny in dubai. nejra: i'm nejra cehic in london. let's get a check on the markets. we still have not crossed back. we are seeing a little bit of a stability and responding markets. european futures up more than 1%. still, the 10-year yield is down/ the 30-year yield got within a whisker of a record low. up withes, we caught the ceo a little bit later. the market is more balanced than other regions. focusing on more affordable segments of the ma

manus: i am manus cranny in dubai.- juliette saly is in singapore. >> you're seeing chinese stocks get a leg up on the supposed reprieve in the china-u.s. trade dispute. a rebound inut by industrial profits for july in china rising 2.6% after a 3% in june. hong kong stocks still fluctuating. a little weakness there. exports fell for a ninth straight month. gains in theeading region. so the kospi among one of the markets doing well. fallina banks -- the big reported earlier this week. investors are pricing a wide discount on chinese banks relative to their global peers. earlier had a different scenario on chinese economic growth. they say that is going to put a lot of pressure on these chinese banks which they say are already undercapitalized. that could put pressure on profitability. saying the chinese banks need to raise capital and banks in hong kong, taiwan, and here in singapore as well that have direct exposure, they could be exposed as well. -- they could be affected as well. more capital for these banks. thank y

manus: it will indeed.rds the jackson hole meetings, we have the slightly less dollar. will that hold? a are we being lulled into false sense of dollar security? ♪ matt: good morning. welcome to "bloomberg markets: european open." i am matt miller in berlin. today, the markets say ignore what the fed said. they are going to keep cutting. investors disregard the latest meds from the central bank. european futures are pointing lower ahead of a data heavy morning. cash trade is less than 30 minutes away. ♪ back-and-forth.

manus: ok. eric: if you do a perpetual tltro, what you are doing is stimulating demand aggressively without further reductions in interest rates. the bubble as a term is misused, and i am guilty of that myself. asset pricehuge distortions or unsustainable levels of asset prices where we get taken away by price action itself, and that kind of loses connection with reality. to some extent, that is what is happening with the bond market. but it is also caused by the fact that interest rates can keep going lower, and the emergence of negative interest rates. i think there is a general assessment now that negative interest rates are causing financial instability and interrupting financial mediation , and potentially causing asset price distortions. what you are going to get now is you start moving the price of money and start distributing money directly. that will create demand. i don't think it needs to create an inflation problem. there is loads of spare capacity globally. but we need is consumer s

manus: and i am manus cranny in dubai. 24 hours, two very different messages.e swag and today, resetting the agenda one could say and recapturing the grind saying we won't reset and slow the demise or the drop of the you want. it is either a very smart move or a policy error. it is a hard debate. nejra: and you wonder if what happened yesterday was some signaling rather than the start of a new policy from the pboc. macro traders really starting to question what the pboc is going to do next. how do you trade this that is the question for many this morning manus: what is the risk that the theyd states of america, have not intervened to move the value of a currency. what is the probability of china -- nejra: that could have the effect of strengthening the yuan. and it all feeds back to what the fed will do next. people are talking about 50 basis points cut in september. manus: just over a 35% possibility. we will check in with goldman sachs to see what they will say. let us check in on the markets around the world. over to you. despite asia falling, we have seen s

manus: good to see you.coming from this administration under boris johnson, schools, roads, buildings, is this music to your investment years? -- investment ears? is a good news if this comes to bear and what this administration delivers? arguedwe have always that we have invested in britain for many years. if you look at our direct investments, 22 billion pounds, a huge amount investing in the u.k. believing our schools and hospitals and roads and rail system all need upgrading. we can self determine our success by investing more in housing, roads, transportation, health facilities. the people of britain have a better life. nejra: can we talk about the central bank and how much negative yield is out there. we sit on $15 trillion at the moment. talk about how you are working around this issue? nigel: by investing in the real economy. we invest in real assets creating real jobs which results in real wage increases. we have a huge infrastructure deficit in the u.k. and have been building into it year after yea

manus: i'm manus cranny in dubai. get the business flash headlines in hong kong with annabelle. annabelle: goodbye alaska. to sell itsd lcorpess in the state to hi energy. it ends the company's six decade presence in alaska. it will make it the second biggest producer in the state behind conocophillips. tobacco is on the verge of its biggest ever deal. for than 10 years after splitting phillip morris, they are in advance talks about a merger. it could save as much as $1 billion a year. the company's help to complete the deal within six months. phillip morris owning about 58% of the combined company. has filed to go public. is seeking a valid -- valuation of $8 billion. it is already set to be the best since 2014. that's the bloomberg business flash. nejra: thank you so much. public markets are in danger of being downgraded to second-tier status. that's the latest view from strategist who said the share public companies is dwindling as investors move into private markets. good to see you, what have you found? >> team s

this is where the small town of boca manu is located. it has a boarding school run by the frankfurt school logical society. most of the indigenous pupils who come from the surrounding area could not travel back and forth and one day. the distances are too great and the routes to arduous. it's hoped more education will give the children better personal prospects and indeed so far there have been no teenage pregnancies. but all matter how warm and friendly the atmosphere might be in this remote region even with a good education opportunities are limited. but there is one activity where riches beckon the search for gold. the precious metal is found here in the sediment and rivers. hundreds of contraptions like this one can be seen in rivers like the moderated yours and the tumble thought that. a diesel pump sucks the sediment onto a large sieve. gold prospecting puts a huge strain on the environment. that's why this method has been declared illegal . large stones are extracted gold particles are retained in a mat with a fine mesh. although

manus? manus: thank you. bloomberg, we speak exclusively to the boston fed president and voting member ahead of the jackson hole meeting. that conversation is at 6:30 p.m. london time. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: it's "daybreak: europe." i'm manus cranny in dubai. protesters rally for an 11th straight weekend in hong kong. organizers claim 1.7 million people took to the streets and what was largely a peaceful rally -- in what was largely a peaceful rally. do you think there has been a reset by both sides? do you think there has been a recalibration, a calming, or is that me trying to be optimistic? >> well, at this point, it's hard to say. we definitely saw a less than confrontational protest here on sunday. it's been 12 hours since the crowds dispersed. you can see crews outworking this morning, cleaning up -- crews out working this morning, cleaning up some of the graffiti. it seemed like a more tame the people. what hasn't changed is the public opinion. 1.7 million people showed up and took to the streets.

manus: yep.you said, week 12 of these, i suppose, ongoing battles between protesters and police. that is stephen engle on the ground in hong kong. markets are moving. we are in a risk off momentum. singapore, juliette saly monitoring asian risk. indian stocks higher in terms of the overall market but the auto sector a little more under pressure. >> good morning. you are right. it is heartening to see from an indian perspective. this is on the back of some measures announced by the finance minister on friday. for a lot of spaces including autos. however, while the markets are in the green, they still come off. this is the worst losing streak for the indian auto sector since 2011. it speaks volumes of the kind of pressure that indian autos are under. nejra: juliet, you are looking at the wider risk off in asia as the trade war ratchets up. juliette: we are seeing a lot of red. japanese stocks under quite a bit of pressure. nikkei of by 2.25%. the yield on the 10 year treasury note hit a three year

one of the illegal landing strips is located in the manu region. the police blew up one career aircraft a dangerous operation. the cocaine mafia is known for being violent so far the authorities have been unable to stop the cartels newbie leader coca fields a new airways and new airplanes keep appearing peru is moving up in the narcotics business. in the past colombia played a leading role but today peru is one of the world's biggest suppliers of cocaine especially to the western world that's why the business is growing to such huge dimensions here in the rainforest and playing a massive role in its destruction. up to now cocaine production has mostly taken place in the area around the national park the heart of the region is wild and almost accessible. it is still inhabited by indigenous peoples. the ministry of culture has a stablished a checkpoint to protect them as far as possible. christophe shank and its peruvian colleague paul scott who. are taking the opportunity to assess the situation. a ministry employee tells them that every now and the

manus: good morning. patient's level for those renminbis banks might be .hittling down you talk about the business and global effects. he talked about global ash -- you talk about fx.bal it was currently hibor state, high for longer than expected. relative to european banks, you have very good topline momentum. i bank with lots of capital. we want to see various pockets improve. how did they do that? >> costs, balance sheets, management. have been investment program. they are not going to want to slow down. they need to invest. growth got no revenue and they need to invest. manus: did the buyback impress you? >> previously they switched back to we will only use buybacks for dividends. we have plenty of capital, but one thing that means is your return is lower. i point to the share prices. pretty resilient. these are a good set of numbers. if they are also saying u.s. business returns are going to be lower than we thought, having lots of capital does not help your return on capital. nejra: will we see more

and beautiful manus island is, and in fact would welcome tourists manus, andto visit to see for themselves>> your time has expired. senator mckim, a supplementary question. >> thank you, president. minister you and the prime , minister have claimed the manus island to six years ago are not in detention. if there are no detention centers as you and the prime , minister claim, what was that place with guards on the gates, with wire on the fences, that people are locked up in each and every night, that i was denied entry to last week, and ultimately deported from papua new guinea for asking permission to enter? what exactly was that place? >> order. senator reynolds. >> senator mckim, no matter how much you scream in this place, no matter how disgracefully you act as a senator of this place, in another country as a guest of another country, cannot change the fact that they are no people in detention there on manus island. you have clearly learned nothing over the last six years about the consequences of your policy. we have spent six years working with a papua new guinea government, and again

senator mckim, i think there is nobody in detention in manus island. as i said to senator ken neely, we had a productive meeting today, senator corbin was there. we had very coiled discussions with the papa new guinea prime minister and ministers on the way forward including in manus island. again, i have nothing further to add because what he said is a falsehood. >> order. >> thank you. the minister has said she has nothing further to add, but a specific question i asked her was whether or not the australian government has provided a timetable as requested by mr. maroc by. by the prime minister and i ask you to direct the question. >> you know full well i cannot direct the minister to any part of the question. you yourself said it was a question. the minister is being relevant. >> thank you. just, to be clear i completely reject the whole premise of your question because there is nobody in detention on manus island. and in fact, you mentioned the six years, and who started those six years? who was it who actually put people in detention there in the f

first, let's go to manu raju. manu, cory lewandowski is speaking out about the house subpoena to testify. >> reporter: no doubt about it. he is going to defend the president and attack the democrats calling them phonies. the democrats are engaged in what he calls a witch hunt. this represents, wolf, a new phase of this investigation that the house judiciary committee is launching as they try to determine whether or not to move forward with formal impeachment proceedings. the judiciary committee chairman has said they're in one. one of the witnesses who can help them build their case towards actual articles of impeachment. the question ultimately is how much will lewandowski tell this committee. he has appeared before, a separate committee, the house intelligence committee. democrats asked him, communications that he had with the president but he refused to answer those questions even cursing repeatedly i'm told at those democrats. will he fight and be feisty before democrats in this committee? he indicated today h

manu, i want to go to you on this.ave nadler essentially saying impeachment proceedings are already under way. help us make sense -- >> there's been this semantics thing going on for some time about whether they're in an impeachment inquiry because they don't technically need to be in an impeachment inquiry to recommend articles of impeachment from the house judiciary committee to the full house. that's essentially what jerry nadler is saying. what they're doing right now is going on a process, a legal fight and have hearings, an investigation to determine whether or not to ultimately recommend articles of impeachment. so that's why he's saying impeachment proceedings are under way. they have cited this in two court filings so far, saying that the house judiciary committee is actively considering articles of impeachment. one, to make the case to the courts that they need this information because in their view it's of the utmost constitutional importance and, two, because they actually might go forward with this. what's

manu said it.ven if the bill calm it wouldn't pass because republicans would overwhelmingly vote against it. what you say is it's mitch mcconnell. it's not mitch mcconnell it's the fact that republicans who represent a bunch of states who these types of laws are not popular aren't voting for it. >> what i'm curious about senator santorum there are all kinds of ways to parse this and talk about the states you have a pint. when you talk about leadership is to do wlat caucus does or what the american people want. usa today released a poll. 67 person of americans want signal pills passwood background checks that the house passed. that includes a majority of republicans one could argue this is louisiana opportunity for mitch mcconnell to stand up this is what the american people want get onboard. you may not agree but that would be a profile in courage wouldn't it. >> look, i don't think those polls are worth too much. the fact of the matter is every commercial purchase in the united states of the ameri

manu raju joins us now from capitol hill.t's real and what is talk in the idea of will congress vote on specific proposals? >> reporter: well, there's going to be a lot of push to get bills voted on. the house judiciary committee will come back a week early but that's not until early september to take up bills. probably most of them will not become law. one bill that does have a chance of getting through both chambers is so-called red-flag legislation. that's legislation, different versions of that particular bill, but one that's being talked about would give grants, federal grants to states and localities to give them the authority to develop laws. so law enforcement and others could come in and prevent people from getting access to guns if they are considered safety risks. but other issues such as background checks legislation, which is going to be pushed on, is very uncertain its future. the democrats in the house have been trying to get senate republicans to take up a bill that they passed in their chamber to provide univ

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and in the process they are either manu mitting slaves because grain doesn't require as much labor as tobacco. and d.c. becomes one of the largest slave exporting cities in the entire nation in the 1830s. >> what role did race play in the selection of the placement of the capitol? >> the early congresss are really divided north and south. and they struggle to figure out where the capitol is going to be. in each region -- i should say by the west as well. and each region wants the capitol in their region to protect in re interests. they're also really struggling over the issue of assumption who is paying the revolutionary war debts. alexander hamilton at the time that treasury secretary, and thomas jefferson, secretary of state work pout a bargain with james madison. and they essentially say, look all the southern states will agree to support assumption, actually making sure that the federal government pays all of the state's debts from the revolutionary war if the federal capitol is placed on the potomac river. that deal is struck in 1790. you have sparlt the residents act. and it's a

tucked away in the country southeast lies manu national park it's considered one of the most biodiverse areas in the world. doesn't he suppose it's like the world's super treasure chests and that of course is a huge motivation to protect this park he said pollock chanson. but even this.

festival is just getting started we come across some french people in the crowd dazzled by abbey manu's hospitality. if you did you know the prince before. you know not at all that's the prince i'm thrilled so he owns the space it's magical it's a base the decoration and then there's the desert all around it's magnificent. the prince's aim is to get people talking about these are today his goal has been achieved music gives me and i basically way it's big and. after all it's users getting wealthy had obviously comes along but the villages were it's too nice to get off. the musically inclined prince has another project in the works he wants to start a festival of traditional music in another of his family's palaces. in the early 20th century india's princes were among the wealthiest people in the world today some of their descendants affluence has been eclipsed by the self-made fortunes of individuals who started with nothing. in this village a 10 hour drive from mumbai most people live from the land trapped in endemic poverty. but it's the starting point of a real life ranks to riches s

some of this, manu, is so deeply personal.mily, evaluating the documents and holding tight here. >> reporter: it explains why house speaker nancy pelosi has so far resisted call to move forward on impeachment. she's eager to defense the seats won by the democrats. it is fearful a misstep by how democrats could cost the party the majority and help reelect trump, the divide is especially stark among the michigan delegati delegation, where a republican left his party after calling for impeachment proceedings. and others democrats in neighboring districts uncertain about pressing ahead. >> i'm somebody who's conflicted myself about impeachment. i think we've got to be very careful in our approach. >> many of the folks here elected me that i was very strong that this president needs to be held accountable to the united states constitution. >> reporter: even though voters are decidedly split, some told me it won't may a difference how haley steven son would ultimately vote, some of these more moderate members, jake may have more fre

cnn's manu raju joins me.ition -- now. >> speaker pelosi did bless language that was in the lawsuit last week that lawsuits to get the underlying grand jury -- from the probe, jerry nadler has essential said what they're doing is similar, if not the same as an informal impeachment inquiry, but more and more members are calling for at least formal proceedings to begin, whether the most vulnerable house democrats, ones who won trump districts, if they start to break that could force a speaker's hand. i asked the speaker -- she declined to comment. >>> is it even a realistic goal? >> some are worried that people are pushing impeachment, that it's not because that window is closing. the debail continues within the caucus, some arguing that trump is trying to goad them into impeachment so the senate will ultimately acquit him and he can campaign on it so that debate will continue behind closed doors. jake? , manu rajjer, thanks. >>> something is about to happen that's not happened when soviet union was in its death

some of this, manu, is so deeply personal. it really is.ing time with my church, my family, evaluating the documents and i'm holding tight here it helps explain why house speaker nancy pelosi has so-far resisted calls for impeachment and in districts that trump carried in 2016. it is fearful that a misstep by house democrats could cost her party the majority and help re-elect trump. the divide is especially stark among the michigan congressional delegation. the republican left his party after calling for impeachment from seedings and one freshman democrat an outspoken leader of the charge and democrats in neighboring districts uncertain about pressing ahead. >> i am somebody who is conflicted myself about impeachment. i think we have to be very careful in our approach. many of my folks here actually elected me because i was very strong even during the campaign that this president needs to be held accountable to the united states constitution. >> the house speaker has thrown cold water for months on moving forward on impeachment and she's in

our senior washington correspondent is up on capitol hill, manu raju. dramatically. what are you learning? >> reporter: they're now engaged in a full-blown investigation as to determine whether or not to move forward with articles of impeachment against the president of the united states before theant of the year. recent court filings maybe it clear of this dramatic escalation about the democrats' decision to move forward to decide whether or not to vote on these articles. every single day we're seeing more democrats come out and say they xworp impeachment inquiry, but now what i'm told from sources that is essential moot, because what the judiciary committee is doing is essential that, investigating whether or not the president of the united states needs to be impeached, a decision they hope to be decided in the few weeks ago. jerry nadler is pushing healed. he hayes cited in their lawsuit that was filed just yesterday from the house trying to get the former white house counsel don mcgahn to testify before their committee. they need him to testify beca

let's go to manu. pamela, thank you. pame pamela brought up the fact the president didn't demand members of congress to come back from their summer recess to vote on this gun ledgelegislation. what are you hearing? >> there is a debate behind closed doors just moments ago where they discussed their next strategy in moving forward. house democrats did pass that universal background check bill and they're debating what their next steps should be. i am told that nancy pelosi wants the focus to be trained exclusively on mitch mcconnell to try to pressure the republicans to come back into session in august and bring up that universal background checks bill and pass it. she says that people that she's spoken to, victims, family members who have been victims of gun violence want that to be the focus as well. but there are democrats who believe other strategies should be in place including having the house pass other legislation to come back this session. i'm told some members raised the prospect of the house coming back to sess

manus: you're watching the best of "bloomberg daybreak: middle east."or stories driving the headlines this week. trade tensions sent markets into meltdown. the yuan crossed over seven for the first time in more than a decade. we look at the implications for global and middle east markets. a new deal with abu dhabi national oil company. ceo russell hardy tells us the global crude demand continues to slow. as the uae's property market downturn continues, we speak with the chief commercial officer of one of dubai's leading developers about how he is weathering the storm.

what's your snoint. >> manu is a little clairvoyant, isn't he?there are more, it's who is backing impeachment. someone like elliott engel, the fact that he has put his name in there. that said, among democratic leaders, the most important flame is nancy pelosi, right? without her backing it would be a major coupon if they decided to go forward without her blessing on this. that said, you know, some of the president's actions particularly, racist comments of late, democrats have a range of reasons why they're choosing to speak up now and that is both -- it's causing the surge but it also could be problematic because it could look a little unfocused if they decide to go forward. >> it's also dammed if you do, dammed if you don't. >> totally. >> if they don't go for impeachment, trump says they didn't have enough evidence. >> yes. >> you heard that during the debate. julian castro made that point when he was speaking about impeachment. so there really is a hot debate out in the house right now as to how to handle this. >> jackie kucinich, thank you.

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at the age of 4 saying all talks about establishing a new coalition in the persian gulf in seattle manu going to be practical no doubt that it won't help the security of the region there is no need for the presence of foreign forces to provide security in. assad's bank has more from to her on. well it's the 1st time president rouhani has addressed reports that israel may be participating in this u.s. led naval coalition in the region which the united states says is to guarantee freedom of navigation in the gulf and president rouhani said that the idea that is taking part because of the security is absurd and that if israel was able to provide security it should do so in its own region he also said that wherever israel has a presence it causes insecurity terrorism and massacre but he also said that iran is willing to establish relations with neighboring countries and says that the u.s. goal in the region was to souls discord and money he said that coastal countries are fully capable of providing security and stability in the region there's no need for foreign troops now the context for t

manu raju is outfront live on capitol hill and your source is telling you that nadler is there. >> yeahuse judiciary committee is moving forward to determine whether or not to recommend articles of impeachment against this president, something that could be decided later this year. now, as soon as the end of this year -- now recent court fights statements by top democrats make it clear that that is the direction they are moving. as we see democrat after democrat formally call for impeachment inquiry. ner saying what the house judiciary committee is doing that, investigating whether or not to impeach the president of the united states. look no further than the lawsuit filed just yesterday to try to compel don mcgahn, the former white house counsel to appear before the white house judiciary committee and comply with a subpoena after the president told mcguyana not to comply with the subpoena. in the lawsuit it says the committee is fifly considering articles of impeachment against the president. and speaker nancy pelosi endorsed the language and endorsed similar language in a separate law

." ♪ manus: you're watching the best of "bloomberg daybreak: middle east."tories driving the headlines this week. aramco attack. saudi arabia's energy minister says drones struck facilities in the southeast of the country but failed to disrupt production. yemen's rebel leader claims responsibility. gibraltar rejects the request of old and iranian oil tanker detained on suspicion of smuggling fuel to syria. washington says it's disappointed with griffin. after handling saudi aramco's bump up bond sale earlier this year, his law far in line for an ipo.

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the generally conservative leaning rupert manu dock owning new york post is calling on the prest ban weapons of war and schumer is calling for a vote on gun safety legislation nbc's tracie potts joining us from washington, d.c. this morning. tracie, good morning senator schumer, it's not just him who is now urging lawmakers to get back to washington and do something about this >> reporter: no, phillip there are several lawmakers and presidential candidates who say it's time for congress to act. and that time is now they want to end the summer break early, the senate, and come back and vote on universal background checks that already passed the house, but stalled and were not considered in the senate so they're trying to put the pressure on republican leader mitch mcconnell to get back to washington and to do something about this, noting that the president several times had noted support for universal background checks. the other thing that there's a lot of talk about on the campaign trail is white supremacy, and whether the president's rhetoric has actually encouraged white supremacy

month at the age of 4 all talks about establishing a new coalition in the persian gulf and sea of all manu going to be practical no doubt that it won't help the security of the region there is no need for the presence of foreign forces to provide security in assad because more from to run. but it's the 1st time president rouhani has addressed reports that israel may be participating in this u.s. led naval coalition in the region which the united states says is to guarantee freedom of navigation in the gulf and president rouhani said that the idea is a little bit taking part because of the security is absurd and that if israel was able to provide security it should do so in its own region you also said that wherever israel has a presence it causes insecurity terrorism and massacre but he also said that iran is willing to establish relations with neighboring countries and says that the u.s. goal in the region which is those discord and newt money he said that coastal countries are fully capable of providing security and stability in the region there's no need for foreign troops now the conte

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manu tuilagi was one of the stars of the show for eddiejones' team, scoring one of eight england triesvering an 11—point deficit to win the return match at murrayfield. a chris harris try in the second half sealing the win for gregor townsend's side. some important athletics taking place in birmingham this weekend. it's the british championships that also double up as trials for next month's world championships in doha. dina asher—smith has made the team after setting a championship record in the 100 metres of 10.96 seconds. the men's 100m was much closer and there was a surprise winner. ojie edoburun edging out adam gemili and zharnel hughes, all three given the same time of 10.18 — but it was decided on the photo finish. all three should make the team in qatar. cindy ofili eased to victory in the 100 metre hurdles. she finished in 13.09 seconds ahead of alicia barrett and yasmin miller. katrina johnson—thompson finished fourth. england's men have kept their place in the top tier of european hockey. they beat scotland 3—0 in theirfinal match at the eurohockey championship. sam ward sc

root the culprit and manus labuschagne made him pay, taking australia surely out of sight.er done with his resolve. we're disappointed. we haven't done it today, there's no excuses, our dressing room won't make excuses on that. and we simply have to get better, simple as that. will england fans have seen a few ashes disappointments well england fans have seen a few ashes disappointments over the years, but this was right up there. barring a miracle, their hopes of regaining the trophy are surely slipping away. andy swiss, bbc news, headingley. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. and they hello and thanks forjoining us on sportsday this evening. i'm ben croucher and here are your friday night headlines. ashes dreams in ruins. a batting order crumbling. another calamitous day for england's cricketers. for the first time since february 2016 — aston villa have won a game in the premier league. we'll show you how they overcame everton. can bury overcome their financial difficulties and avoid explusion from the football league? thei

captain farrell partners manu tuilagi in the midfield for the first time in a test match.derhill and tom curry are named in the same back row. and a more familiar looking irish side — joe schmidt‘s brought back several front line players. cian healy, captain rory best and tadhg furlong get theirfirst run out of the season while ross byrne will get his opportunity to impress at out—half. and someone who was once a familiar face at twickenham — james haskell is making a surprising career move — he's revealed he's training to become an mma fighter. the 34—year—old flanker won 77 caps for england and retired from rugby in may... but he's now annnounced he'll be competing as mixed martial artist in the heavyweight division and is expected to make his debut next year. that's all the sport for now... just a reminder about sportsday tonight — i'l bring you a full round up of today's sport news at half past six. borisjohnson is in paris to meet the french president, emmanuel macron, for brexit talks. mrjohnson has insisted that the irish backstop — which aims to prevent a hard bord

and manu tuilangi stars as england score eight tries at twickenham, racking up their biggest ever wind. good evening, plenty of drama from the premier league coming up. and we'll bring you the latest from anfield where liverpool are playing arsenal in the late kick off. there has been a goal. but we start at headingley, and the third ashes test. after that calamitous first innings when england were bowled out for 67, they have now been set 359 to win. if they lose then australia will retain the ashes. our sports correspondent andy swiss is at headingley. andy, the odds were stacked against england when both openers went cheaply again, but we had a glimmer of hope! ya holly, they have still given themselves a chance just a few hours ago, because australia set this daunting targets, 359. frankly, their hopes seemed over, and they got off to another terrible start. worry burns, the first man to go, he was caught and slipped by david warner for just was caught and slipped by david warner forjust seven. was caught and slipped by david warner for just seven. so was caught and slipped by dav