is trying to promote to try and ensure the security of maritime trade well as. proposed during his speech united nations general assembly of the halmos peace in deeper is emphasizing the capability of regional countries to do to enhance the security of maritime activities. from the iranian side our naval forces not only are. guaranteed this security of the navigation in the on the waters under our jurisdiction they have a history i think of at least 10 years of covering the security of the. multinational fleets in the gulf of aden. off the coast of somalia somalia where there were threats off the piracy so while we have such a. power to guarantee the security of the shipping then what's the need of the presence of foreign or a. fleet naval forces from outside that region because that was you know written isn't the royal navy to patrol your coastline i'm over. by iran according to the british government there is no history of piracy off the coast of iran actually reza ronnie was explicit that it moves peace endeavor involving countries all around that region not

certainly if you're turkey that is your view you believe that because greece decided to drop its maritime time boundary in a way that you think is not in accordance with international law whereby too much value is accorded to crete then you believe that greece has taken over libyan maritime territory and then as as we just heard has created a unified sort of collection of exclusive economic zones stretching from from cyprus all the way to greece where the pipeline could be built if you're greece however or cyprus or egypt you believe that turkey in fact should be granting the island of crete the greek island of crete greater force in determining the greek maritime boundary and in that case it wouldn't be fair for this new boundary to be to to be drawn so where you stand is where you sit as often happens in international law and what ends up being right is simply what ends up being accepted as being right but you know this is an actual agreement between 2 internationally recognized countries and so while i'm not sure it will hold up in the long run for now turkey has and many have created

government and prime ministers seraj tell us 1st up because those 2 elements is a maritime element in the military and would tell us about the military on them and so to military element turkey has agreed with the un backed government in libya to enhance their cooperation with regards to training with regards to defense industry with regards to actually establishing a quick response force which can even lead up to turkey deploying forces to leave to support the next government so that's one part of the do you want of the one of the deals turkey has achieved but also turkey has agreed on a maritime deal which is basically. a designated zone between turkey and libya's contentious continental shelf basically it would be across from each other where they can actually. carry out joint economic. economy ventures together and be able to control that it so really when you look at these 2 agreements they are a result of what has been happening as a brother in a broader scale in the mediterranean. waters in the east mediterranean for eastern mediterranean for example and with regards to the at

libyan military and supply a quick reaction force of tripoli asked for it a separate agreement on maritime boundaries was also signed and that angered greece and raise concerns among several mediterranean countries tensions have already been running high between athens and ankara over drilling for natural gas off the coast of the divided island of cyprus greece says the accord violates international law turkey rejects that accusation saying it's protecting its rights in the eastern mediterranean now libya's warring sides are backed by different countries which provide them with military supplies despite a u.n. arms embargo the united nations recognize government led by prime minister phase assad raj is backed by most western nations as well as qatar and turkey the government of national accord or d.n.a. as we've mentioned is based in the capital tripoli that's in the west now in the east of libya the parliament based in taba rock is holy for half the center of power he supported by egypt saudi arabia the united arab emirates and france he gets military equipment from different sides russia

bureau most maritime kidnappings now take place off the coast of nigeria our correspondent funny for shark went to the niger delta to find out the scale of the problem and how it's affecting local residents. from the outside the beautiful wetlands of nigeria inside a problematic history we argued in the vast creeks of the niger delta. this region is already struggling for theft with trafficking kidnapping and in recent years a number of business has begun to florrie the jewish coastline has become a hot spot for maritime piracy and. see. and this is repliers operate from a labyrinth of waterways but it's not only home to criminals lives near by the river the source of income transports goods and people he's careful since he was attacked by pirates. creeps like misplacing is when they. drive down to the creeks there is deep in the forest the armed man wanted to take the engine of his boat when they realized it wasn't good enough they let him go they took his money in stat from then on the parrot been stopped working after sunset we are very scared. when driving on the sea or in the ri

coastline has become a hotspot for maritime piracy and armed robbery at sea. and this is where pirates operate from 11th of waterways but it's not only home to criminals could be no lives near by the river he's source of income he transports goods and people but he's careful since he was attacked by pirates. creeps like this. that. creates. the forest the armed men want to take the engine off his boat when they realized it wasn't good enough to live out him go they took his money instead from then on para could be nonstop through king after sunset we are very scared. when driving on the sea. because you don't know when exactly the comps so sometimes if they are that the only way they can go away with all your money so kyra see you see is a very big problem attacks by pirates is a problem worldwide but especially in the gulf of guinea they are on the rise along the coastline of west africa. they want to be there before pirates strike members of the nigerian navy are headed out of their legs headquarters to money toward the sea we are given rare access to accomp

or bit is forming a sort of maritime choke hold on to turkey for taking libya is the final chance to prevent this chokehold from taking place although libya's g.n.a.t. has ratified the security and military cooperation deal it struck with turkey last month it's not immediately clear what kind of military support turkey might offer libya or when but it reinforces turkey's role in influencing libya's future like with syria russia and turkey have taken different sides increasing their diplomatic leverage and cooperation. we russia by the way are in permanent contact with mr seraphina's government with marshall have to we continuously communicate with our partners including those in turkey in europe in other countries in our opinion the best solution would be to find compromise between the 2 sides of the conflict. at the u.n. al-jazeera asked the secretary general spokesman for his take on turkey's military assistance i think the secretary general a couple times yesterday was very clear in his expression and frankly of his i would say is frustration at the situation in libya of the const

has become a hotspot for maritime piracy and armed robbery at sea. and this is where pryor is operate from a labyrinth of waterways but it's not only home to criminals lives near by the river the source of income he transports goods and people he's careful since he was attacked by pirates and. critics like misplaces when they. drive down to the creeks terrified. first the armed men wanted to take the engine of his boat when they realized it wasn't good enough they let him go they took his money in stat from then on the parrot bina stopped working after sunset we are very scared. when driving on the sea or in the river because you don't know when exactly calms so sometimes if they are on the with the king it will with all your money so piracy. is a very big problem attacks by pirates is a problem worldwide but especially in the gulf of guinea they are on the rise along the coastline of west africa. because. they want to be there before pirates strike members of the nigerian navy are headed out of the lake was headquarters to money toward the sea they

the director of the australian national maritime museum is kevin sumption.found. we are working in rhode island, in the town of newport. we have been working there since 1999, it's fair to say maritime archaeology is a very cautious science, but we have been making steady progress, and have identified a wreck site that is a strong contenderfor have identified a wreck site that is a strong contender for the have identified a wreck site that is a strong contenderfor the rack have identified a wreck site that is a strong contender for the rack of endeavour. what have you found then? haven't we been here before, previously, a different rack was found but it turned out to be not the endeavour, i believe it was hms resolution? that's right. the resolution? that's right. the resolution also ends up in rhode island, newport, and indeed in the past, has been misidentified, a rtefa cts past, has been misidentified, artefacts from it have been misidentified and thought to be that of endeavour. newport in rhode island was, up until the latter part of the 18th century, o

greece expels libya's ambassador the fallout stems from a maritime deal between turkey and tripoli that has brains tensions. now federal agents are investigating the motive behind a shooting at a u.s. naval base in florida a saudi national who was being trained at the base opened fire in a classroom and killed 3 people he was one of nearly 200 foreign nationals on training course i kind of reports from washington. naval air station pensacola was immediately placed in a state of lockdown as were the surrounding neighborhoods where many of the 16000 personnel at the base live along with some 7000 civilians who work there each day. a navy spokesman confirmed it was a saudi national training at the base who opened fire in a classroom we have the international training syllabus we have students from from several different countries that come here to learn and aviation they become naval aviators while they're here laura does governor was quickly on the scene and while briefing president trump on the phone raise the question of reparations one of the things that i talk to the president about i

britain's royal navy scaling down military operations in the straits of hormuz has iran won the maritime supremacy battle against the united kingdom we speak to the chief of iran's port a maritime organization the islamic republic's deputy minister mohammad rust pandas are on the accuses nato nations of being behind the rock the protests in which hundreds of been killed or wounded leading to the resignation of iraqi prime minister del up to a muddy we examine allegations of a conspiracy plots we ask u.s. civil rights leader today benjamin of code pink whether today's london summit marks the beginning of the end of nato olazabal coming up in today's going underground 1st told trump is here in britain for the london nato summit on the table will be discussions revolving around threatening moscow beijing damascus and caracas as well as action against iran trump has already violated the international jacey treaty with iran over its civil nuclear power program and it's only a matter of months since u.k. royal marines allegedly hijacked an iranian ship the edge of boulder joining me now is the

greece is expelling libya's ambassador in athens after libya signed a maritime deal with turkey that sets a new boundaries in the eastern mediterranean sea which greece says is illegal greek relations with turkey a tense because of a territorial dispute about oil and gas drilling around the island of cyprus turkey has condemned greece's decision to expel the libyan ambassador john psaropoulos is in athens for the reason for greek displeasure at libya is that the libyan government had given the greek government assurances that it was not concluding such an agreement with turkey it was known that these talks were going on the greeks were concerned but can that be off the record discussions that the foreign ministers had had and that the ambassador had had with counterparts here was that this wasn't really a realistic prospect so this has taken the greek side by surprise and they believe with a certain amount of trickery on the libyan part. now the reason that the greeks are displeased is that the legal reason is that the turkish and libyan areas of sovereignty in the greek are you shou

maritime is so important. and what do you think it is and maybe mike, you should get up and say a few words, being a senior executive from pasha. you've been in the induce tremendous 30 or 40 years and you know what it takes. and we'd like to hear from you. and i appreciate you giving the youngsters the role. we have to hear from the oldtimers. i like to really hear from you, mike. >> thank you for the kind words. we just recently done a couple of things that i think are going to be very beneficial to help the retention of employees. we negotiated a contract about two hours ago. so that is going to help. we've also contracted two more temporary agencies, local temporary agencies in addition to the one we have. so that will help as well. i think one of the biggest charges we have in the retention piece for the 30% abandonment was the cyclical nature of the auto production. what happens is when they produce autos for export, it will go for three months and then the next month it will go for domestic production.

at africa risk compliance in maritime security company focusing on west africa welcome to the show now how serious is why a time piracy in the gulf of guinea compared to other parts of the world. compared to other boats the wild delay serious say the most affected by us. of indian ocean know of somalia but. hard a lot of attention a few years ago compared to us up to now has really dropped down on southeast asia as again from a lighter and since west africa has really hit the headlines most recently with the attacks but it's been an ongoing problem for a long time this year alone we seen 52 major attacks on brussels in the region where the 125 seat has kidnapped not just since the beginning of 2019 or another 66 attacks last year with 155 kidnapped so it's it's a real issue the moment you see attacks i increasingly what is driving arise these attacks. the main causes for as are really the problems that are in the niger delta in nigeria. we're in the world we have 3 main things which are effectively an environment to operate from which is in large delta as an area that has a very very l

who is receiving support from certain european states libya is a neighboring country as we share maritime border lines in the mediterranean sea once the parliament comes into session we will present the proposal for dispatching turkish troops to libya based on the security cooperation agreement once indorsed by the parliament we will be able to effectively back the legitimate government some states who support the coup general with their jet fighters tanks and militia object to this move and criticize turkey because of it and the office of tunisia's president has dismissed any allegations of an alliance after the turkish leader biden unannounced visit on wednesday a stipend said to news you will make an independent decision stressing the importance of its sovereignty in a moment we'll hear from there why head in tripoli about what the government is saying there 1st. explains developments in turkey. once the new year begins president on c.c. will take a bill to parliament that is going to not only authorize the deployment of troops but also give a monday off what they can do once the lord

turkey and libya egypt says called the deal illegal while turkey insists it's about claiming its maritime rights but the baritone dispute between turkey and greece goes back a number of years it's also deal with the island of cyprus which has been divided since 1974 into turkish speaking north and the greek cypriot sun earth turkey has been drilling for oil and gas of the coast of cyprus which has prompted moves by the european union to impose sanctions it says turkey is infringing on cypriot so fancy but turkey has always said it does not recognize cyprus as a state where greece is pushing to lead a regional gas market which includes egypt and cyprus matthew bryza is a former u.s. diplomats he says turkey's refusal to recognize international rules makes the disputes all more difficult to solve. turkey claims a total area of around 90000 square kilometers are on the medical its mediterranean coast but greece has a contending claim that would reduce turkey's area by almost 2 thing by more than 2 thirds and that's because there are some islands one island in particular custody so that exten

killing 3 people and injuring 11 others grace expels libya's ambassador the fallout stems from a maritime deal between turkey and tripoli we meet one community in kenya picking up the pieces after having flood sweeps through forcing thousands from their homes . government has killed at least 12 people in iraq's capital the shooting happened near a protest site in the square in central baghdad it comes on a day when iraq's top shiite cleric called for a new prime minister to be chosen without foreign interference the u.s. imposed sanctions on 4 iraqis of human rights abuses and corruption the sanctions target people linked with iran backed militia groups similar faulted in is in baghdad says the incident is an unusual escalation of violence it seems to. when a targeted attack what appears to have happened is that a number of cars civilian cars with gunman wearing civilian clothing and without any insignia pulled up to one of the buildings near one of the bridges close to tahrir square which has been the epicenter of the demonstrations in baghdad and then opened fire killing at least 10 but

this hour why greece and cyprus saw objecting to a turkish deal with libya that lays out sensitive maritime boundary it's about he defends with all the base sport already more through the arabian gulf cup final offer a penalty shootout win over iraq will play out of saudi arabia or qatar for the trophy those 2 are currently consisting of the city final in doha. thank you for joining as the top democrat in the u.s. congress nancy pelosi says her party is moving forward to impeach donald trump saying the president's behavior has left them with no choice but o.c. has announced the drafting of formal charges known as articles of impeachment she says sean past seriously violated the constitution. i democracy is what is it stake the president leaves us no choice but to act because he is trying to corrupt once again the election for his own benefit the president has engaged in abuse of power undermining our national security and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections his actions are in defiance of the vision of our founders and the oath of office that he takes to preserve protect and defend t

i'm joined by the maritime marketing manager for the port. and sew fee and andy clark, dan rolland and mike cass with with the pasha group. the operation and employment performances pasha auto motive services at renice priebus 80 following this presentation, pasha reps will provide a presentation on the local hire efforts. for a little background on the evolution of pier 80, in 2005, pier 80 shifted from container operations to break both cargo such as steel and various other project cargoes. volumes were strong until the 2008 recession. following the recession, volumes steadily declined to a point such that break both cargoes alone was not enough to operate the facility. and in 2016, april of 2016, the port and the previous terminal operator agreed to determine innatterminate dueto a decline k cargoes. in july of 2016, the port and pasha agreed to a agreement. the term was 15 years with two five-year term options. the premiseses includes 60 acres of paved land, two sheds, and four berths. the primary business at the facility is export autos.

of turkey and libya egypt has called the deal illegal while turkey says it is about cementing its maritime rights of the dispute between turkey and greece goes back a number of years it is all to do with the island of cyprus which has been divided since 974 into turkish speaking north and greek cypriot south turkey has been drilling for oil and gas off the coast of cyprus and that's prompted the moves by the european union to impose sanctions. says tekkie is infringing on cypriot sovereignty protect he has always said it does not recognize cyprus as a state and greece is pushing to meet a regional gas market that would include egypt and cyprus and matthew bryza is a former u.s. diplomat sees also a senior fellow at the atlantic council's eurasia center and global energy center he says techies lack of recognition of international rules makes the dispute all the more difficult to solve turkey claims a total area of around 90000 square kilometers are all on the matter it's mediterranean coast but greece has a contending claim that would reduce turkey's area by almost $23.00 by more than 2 thi

there e is the issue of maritime law. perhaps looking and following this trial, we may get a better idea of how there might be a combination of whose duty it is to rescue these people. the e defense, a according to te officials, will probably be that this was a searchh and rescue mission for r malta and italy oy intervened when the vessel capsized. they will explain their story. there is also the issue of damages. it is going to set a precedent for other issues, because we have seen other shipwrecks of migrant boats since 2013. although the number of people arriving here initially has gone down, they continue to arrive and continue to be desperate. genie: thank you for that. seema gupta reporting for us from rome. in multi-, the family of murdered journalist daphne car uana-galizia is calling for the resignation of the prosecutor. he said he would resign after the probe, but the prime minister is still defending his government's handling of the case. more than two years after the murder of journalist lizia, josepha-ga mus

it relies on maritime transport in a region defined by strategic chokepoints. any large-scale economic disruptions could spark protests and threaten the regimes survival. thus, any conflict china fights must be short, intense, decisive. general secretary xi jinping does not fear conflict. he worries about a prolonged confrontation with the u.s. and its allies. thus, the people's liberation army possesses capabilities that will destroy and local adversaries military while also forcing the u.s. and japan to choose between risking high-value assets like aircraft carriers or risking taiwan secession to china. deterring chinese ambitions requires a mix of american and allied capabilities. however, the u.s. military must field a very specific set of tools. it needs long-range standoff weapons that can penetrate chinese air defenses, strike aircraft to carry them, range extenders to enable strikes while keeping carriers secure. air superiority fires to defend high target, infiltrate china's denial network, and surface combatants for air defense strike and command and

rights let's take a look at the longstanding maritime dispute between turkey and greece in a little more detail now it's all to do with the island of cyprus which has been divided since 1904 into turkish speaking north and greek cypriot south turkey has been drilling for oil and gas off the coast of sign for us which has resulted in sanctions from the european union which says turkey is infringing on cypriot sovereignty while ankara maintains it does not recognize cyprus as a state meanwhile greece is pushing to lead a regional gas market cooperating with both egypt and cyprus a matthew breezer is a former u.s. diplomat and senior fellow at the alleged to counsel regime center and global energy center he joins us now via skype from istanbul thanks very much for being with us so what is at the heart of this deal between libya and turkey essentially and why now. i think the reason now is that greece and the greek cypriot state and israel have been planning a pipeline that would bring gas from israel and cyprus to to crete and then to greece to make that happen they would have had to h