mister president's, we stress that these is the strategic choice of the middle east region, which goes through a just durable solution to the question of pat assigned based on the resolutions of international legitimacy, the arab piece initiative, which insure the rights of the palestinian people to set up its independent states on the borders of 1967 with east jerusalem as its capital. the peace initiative in e m. n. fable by the kingdom last march. it ought to en the bloodshed and conflict it ought to put an end to the suffering of the brother, the many people. unfortunately, the terrorist whose the militias reject peaceful solution. they have placed bets on military option to take over more territory in yemen. they daily at that civilian targets inside the kingdoms they threaten international and navigation, and international energy supplies, the who's the malicious abuse of the suffering of the many people they need urgent need for humanitarian assistance that dangers emanating from deteriorating safer as means to blackmail mister president, the kingdom is fully committed to the pr

and secondly, iran as a powerful country in the middle east region, we cannot very if there is a request from the, from lebanese government will give them the phil. and he cannot wait and see and nation suffering because of the political interest of the power. what if the british hijacking uranian vessel or that from the past, and not that i don't know at all? who would do you make as an ambassador here in kensington in london? when you watch the tv news and see that there is no reporting of the strikes on syria as strikes israeli aspect, no reporting of gaza, arguably. and the strikes on garza and the media here is on that issue is really biased. because israel as become this point, child of the international community, whenever they decide they, they attack on, on other countries, they invade the countries. and also they commit terrorist acts. and proudly they just announced, i mean, they assassinated the nuclear scientist in iran. and they even, they have prime ministers confess that they have done it and they have a stolen, for example, the documents. and that's something that if oth

unfortunately, the middle east region falls as many of these burden, hence, got heart belief that contributing to the peaceful settlement of conflict as one of h priorities, including what is suggesting what concepts of collective security as there can be, no security stability, development, or decent human life founder conflicts, we have always endeavored for an environment to speak to ability and cooperation in the region. for example, the goal region, our immediate environment. we have repeatedly stressed the importance of the gulf corporation counsel and our commitment to settle any differences to construct the allow declaration issued by the leaders of the country. last january can embodied until the principle of settling differences through dialogue based on common interest and mutual respect. confident in our ability to consolidate this consensus among brothers. on the other hand that we believe as rationally dialog on the pins on mutual respect, he's the only solution to the disagreements and differences with around this is also applicable return to the nuclear agreement with iran. i d

he specializes in middle east regional affairs with a focus on iran, a prolific author. his latest book came at just a few months ago. it is the battle of the ayatollahs in iran, united states foreign policy and political rivalry since 1979. now i will just say that i am , marvin weinbaum, and now i'm -- the director of afghanistan and pakistan studies at the middle east institute. and now i'm going to turn to our panelists and begin with asking --to lead us off. >> thank you. hello, everyone. thank you for organizing this event. thank you so much, dr. one bomb -- weinbaum. i will start with iran's strategy. a couple of months back i was looking at the role of the regional powers, and it struck me of knowing that how these powers are trying to -- i will come to that at the end, but let me start with some major strategy against iran around the ideology and economy. -- strategy of interest in iran around the ideology and economy. and the trends that iran will also see, ideology, security and -- the threats that iran also sees from afghanistan are around these three major a

seat, dan hoffman, fox news contributor and former cia station chief and director of the cia's middle east region. a new mpr/pbs poll shows that the president's approval rating has dropped six points missing a month, to 43%, the lowest provided and since he took office. his disapproval rating? not surprisingly shut up seven points to 51%. it also shows a majority of independents disapprove of the drop the president is doing, with a ten-point drop. that is bad news for biden and the democrats. independents are a key swing group that biden won in 2020. a separate "abc news" "washington post" poll also showing how the president's job approval rating has taken a substantial hit, plummeting to 44%. that's the second poll. the new one should scare democrats. how the public thinks about president biden will be the single biggest indicator of how the 2022 midterm elections will turn out. emily, coming to you, this is not one national poll, two national polls. npr has him at 43%, "washington post" at 44%. when you break it down, it's falling on covid, the economy crime, afghanistan. this is a free fall on

the pentagon he was told that we would be attacking iraq, we would be taking countries in the middle east region five years. we know about the project for a new american century, you can look up clean break strategy for securing the realm. these are documents that play out the plan of what has been going on in the middle east, the destruction of these countries and the renovation of their borders, these are established fact. and then you have their main newspaper had articles more than once about this company that was an instant message company that got messages two hours before the trade center was going to happen. is that a conspiracy if it comes out of their? that the legacy of all of this, we are at war for israel and if there's another false flag it means we go and finish up the seven countries in five years and attack iran. what do you think -- host: what do you think? guest: i think to say we are at war with israel borders on anti-semitism and i will say that that. >> i wouldn't call it anti-semitism. i don't agree with the premise. she did not mention that is indeed a fact is that the da

region. the events in afghanistan over the last month clearly indicate that. and mrs had a ripple effect in terms of forcing states in the middle east to reassess their own policies in the region. so we're effectively seeing, i think, primarily as a result of the u. s. withdraw from the middle east. countries in the region reassessing their own interests, old enemies establishing relations with each other. although, you know, gradually we saw this a couple years ago when the tension between saudi arabia and tar started to wither away and the blockade was lifted. we're seeing it in terms of a dialogue between, you know, you iran in saudi arabia. so all of these things are, you know, connected, i think, to these regional realignments. but i think the big event was the one that i just indicated, the you know, by the ministrations decision to pull out of the region, forcing other countries to recalibrate how they are pursuing their international relations or given the shifting regional dynamics. i'm curious about how they actually playing into their relationships with president assad. i know a number of countries, other countries, other

they happen most often in the middle east and gulf regions but they are being recorded in more areasworld, rth america and north africa seeing an increase in frequency. canada hit a record high of 49 degrees this year. italy hit a record high of 48 deees. the bbc is exploring the impact of extreme heat and a series called life at 50 degrees nauseous. let's begin in nigeria. correspondent: the use of fossil fuels worldwide has had a devastating impact on nigeria's climate. the country suffered severe droughts in the north. flash floods in the south. >> when i was a kid, it did not look like this. correspondent: nigeria is also a major producer of oil, a particular emission problem. >> [indiscernible] correspondent: flaring it's the process of burning the metro gas released when oil is restricted from the ground. the process is a large source of greenhouse gases and a major contributor to climate change in nigeria. it is also illegal in the country. yet about 2 million nigerians live within four kilometers of one. including joy and her children. >> the government should lead efforts to

the pentagon he was told that we would be attacking iraq, we would be taking countries in the middle east region five years. we know about the project for a new american century, you can look up clean break strategy for securing the realm. these are documents that play out the plan of what has been going on in the middle east, the destruction of these countries and the renovation of their borders, these are established fact. and then you have their main newspaper had articles more than once about this company that was an instant message company that got messages two hours before the trade center was going to happen. is that a conspiracy if it comes out of their? that the legacy of all of this, we are at war for israel and if there's another false flag it means we go and finish up the seven countries in five years and attack iran. what do you think -- host: what do you think? guest: i think to say we are at war with israel borders on anti-semitism and i will say that that. >> i wouldn't call it anti-semitism. i don't agree with the premise. she did not mention that is indeed a fact is that the da

(gfx temperatures of 50c happen most often in the middle east and gulf regions.ppening in more areas of the world than before. north africa has seen them with increasing frequency. and here we can see what happened this year: canada hit 49 degrees and italy 48. we are launching a series called life at 50 c, exploring the impact of extreme heat. first stop, nigeria where climate change has destroyed much of the fertile land. the country's oil production has added to the problem, as millions have been forced to live near toxic gas flares. peter okwoche reports. this is my mum. she's going to the city fire. under the scorching sun, and in front of an open gas flare in nigeria's oil—rich south, joy risks her life to support her family. temperatures here reach boiling levels. but, despite the risks, joy uses the heat to speed up drying time for her tapioca sweet puddings. translation: the reason i have short hair is because, _ if i grow my hair long, it could burn my head if the flare shifts direction and explodes. the use of fossil fuels worldwide has had a devastati

temperatures of 50c happen most often in the middle east and gulf regions.happening in more areas of the world than before. north africa has seen them with increasing frequency. and here we can see what happened this year: canada hit 49 degrees and italy 48. we are launching a series called life at 50 c, exploring the impact of extreme heat. first stop, nigeria where climate change has destroyed much of the fertile land. the country's oil production has added to the problem, as millions have been forced to live near toxic gas flares. peter okwoche reports. this is my mum. she's going to the city fire. under the scorching sun, and in front of an open gas flare in nigeria's oil—rich south, joy risks her life to support her family. temperatures here reach boiling levels. but, despite the risks, joy uses the heat to speed up drying time for her tapioca sweet puddings. translation: the reason i have short hair is because, if i grow my hair long, it could burn my head if the flare shifts direction and explodes. the use of fossil fuels worldwide has had a devastati

the pentagon he was told that we would be attacking iraq, we would be taking countries in the middle east regionyears. we know about the project for a new american century, you can look up clean break strategy for securing the realm. these are documents that play out the plan of what has been going on in the middle east, the destruction of these countries and the renovation of their borders, these are established fact. and then you have their main newspaper had articles more than once about this company that was an instant message company that got messages two hours before the trade center was going to happen. is that a conspiracy if it comes out of their? that the legacy of all of this, we are at war for israel and if there's another false flag it means we go and finish up the seven countries in five years and attack iran. what do you think -- host: what do you think? guest: i think to say we are at war with israel borders on anti-semitism and i will say that that. >> i wouldn't call it anti-semitism. i don't agree with the premise. she did not mention that is indeed a fact is that the day or t

temperatures of 50 degrees celsius happen most often in the middle east and gulf regions.recorded in more areas of the world than ever before. north africa has seen them with increasing frequency in recent years. and here we can see what happened this year. canada hit a record high of 49 degrees, italy reached a record of 48 degrees. and the bbc is exploring the impact of this extreme heat in a series called life at 50 degrees celsius. first, let's go to nigeria. peter okwoche reports. the use of fossil fuels worldwide has had a devastating impact on nigeria's climate. the country suffers from severe droughts in the north, and flash floods in the south. when i was a kid, living was not like this, the weather was not like this, so i think that life is now going to end. but nigeria is also a major producer of oil with a particular emission problem. this is how they flare the gas. the inhabitants of this land are suffering with abject poverty. flaring is the process of burning the natural gas that is released when oil is extracted from the ground. the process is a large sourc

region. middle east and north africa were changed in the aftermath of 9/11 with the rise of al qaeda and isis affiliates. we can't trust the taliban to keep terrorist at bay. you traveled to our diplomatic talks with partners and allies on continued counterterrorism role. what do you assess to be the operational capacity of al qaeda in afghanistan and how is the administration planning to hold the taliban to its commitment to especially sure that al qaeda and other terrorist groups are unable to use afghan soil to plan terrorist attacks on or threaten the security of the u.s. and our allies? >> thank you very much. a few things on this. the terrorist threat has mestasized significantly since 9/11. we have to be able to make sure we are focussed everywhere. that's a possibility and resourced appropriately. we are. in a number of those places, as you know well, we don't have boots on the ground but we find ways to deal with that threat, including with over the horizon capabilities. in the case of afghanistan, a couple of things. the current assessment of the intelligence community is that long

temperatures of 50 celsius happen most often in the middle east and gulf regions.ate change has destroyed much of the fertile land, and the country's oil production has added to the problem, as peter okwoche reports. this is my mum. she's going to the flare now, close to the fire. under the scorching sun and in front of an open gas flare in nigeria's oil—rich south, joy risks her life to support her family. temperatures here reach boiling levels, but despite the risks, joy uses the heat to speed up drying time for her tapioca sweet puddings. translation: the reason i have short - hair is because if i grow my hair - long, it could burn my head if the flare shifts direction and explodes. the use of fossil fuels worldwide has had a devastating impact on nigeria's climate. the country suffers from severe droughts in the north and flash floods in the south. when i was a kid, the rain was not like this, the weather was not like this, so i think that life is now going to end. but nigeria is also a major producer of oil, with a particular emission problem. this is how they

region. middle east was changed in aftermath of 9/11. we clearly can't trust the taliban to keep terrorists at bay. so mr. secretary, you traveled to doha to get diplomatic talks with partners and allies with our counter-terrorism role, what do you ates to be the operational capacity of al qaeda in afghanistan and how is the administration planning to hold the taliban to its commitment to ensure that al qaeda and other terrorist groups are unable to use afghan soil to plan terrorist attacks on or threaten the security of the u.s. and our allies? >> thank you very much. first, as we were discussing a little earlier, as you know, from your focus on this, the terrorist threat grew significantly since 9/11. it is much more acute to the homeland and other countries from somalia and yemen, lib yashgs iraq, syria, a number of other countries in africa as well. and so we have to be able to make sure that we're focused everywhere. that is a possibility. and resourced appropriately. and we are. and in a number of those places as you know very well

middle east. how true is that in that region? so i think the sad writ is that we really robbed, hated. hi paul for this one. well, al qaeda was itself sounded as an organization, although it is still around today. the reality is, is that 2911. we've seen a proliferation of radical islamists militant groups in many responses as a, as a direct result of the u. s. intervention. and the rage, of course, the most obvious and famous of this damian philosophy stuff there is pretty here that while the u. s. has largely been able to protect the homeland from any sort of a re paid of $911.00. the children are now caught out like the law states had inflicted minutes. horrors on the table in the middle way. just as a result of us citizenry been checked. but this has been at the caught log right off the middle east into this when talking about how it created more enemies, but it also created the opportunity for some fairly unlikely allies. how did 9 let them change the way that the u. s. approached other countries in the region that perhaps espouse and all the different values. well, it's certainly

potentially very bearish things from the horrible things going on in the world in the middle east, afghanistan regionfrom the 4 to 5% headline inflation, the markets withstanding that, jay powell saying we could taper this year, the markets withstanding that. so something's going on, something strange is going on a that this bullish fervor is not going away and we have to ask ourselves why. and one answer could be this unprecedented, you know, not only fed support of the markets, because they haven't quite tapered yet but also the government could always step in tomorrow and issue stimulus directly to the people if need be, plus the multi-trillion dollars infrastructure package, so fundamentally there's a lot of headwinds despite what i mentioned. dagen: at what point would investors want to start factoring in the potential for terror attacks? and i don't mean to be dark so early in the morning but we have abandoned afghanistan, it is a haven for terrorists of all shapes and sizes. we're reversing course and recreating the environment, the conditions that led to 20 years ago the 9/11 terror attacks a

region. the middle east and north africa were fundamentally changed in the aftermath of 9-11. we clearly can't trust the taliban to keep terrorists at bay. so mr. secretary, you traveled to doha to get depp pillowmatic talks with our allies on the counter terrorism role. what do you assess to be the operational capacities of al-quaida in afghanistan and how is the administration planning to hold the taliban to its commitment to ensure this al-quaida and other terrorist groups are unable to use afghan soil to plan terrorist attacks on or threaten the security of the u.s. and our allies? >> thank you very much. a few things on this. first as we discussed earlier, as you know, from your focus on this, the terrorist force has metastasized from 9-11 and much more acute now in terms of threats to the homeland and threats beyond the countries in question from somalia, from yemen, libya, iraq, syria and a number of other countries in africa as well. so we have to be able to make sure that we were focused everywhere. that is a possibility and resourced appropriately. we are. in a numbe

we have a lot of longtime relationships in this region, in central asia and the middle east. hould be drawing on those relationships to manage our security interests in the region more than trying to do it alone. one of the problems with having an overly large military is you're impatient and you seek to do everything yourself. it's not that we spent too much money, it's that we spent money the wrong way and try to do everything ourselves rather than working with others and sticking to our national interests. i hope we're working beyond that now. >> what is your sense of where al qaeda is now? we just got a video today that had been released that criticizes the recent peace deals between israel and arab countries, a video from al qaeda. it's unclear the time this was put out or any of the other identifying details of the video. but another video came out today. what is our sense of where al qaeda stands now 20 years after 9/11 before we go? >> that video featured an egyptian who was bin laden's number one two. more than anything, it's his way of staying we're still here. al qa

we saw the vision of the regional iraq, which changed the dynamics not only in the middle east, but in the, in the, in the global order for so by the, by the recession, the, the end of the idea of the nation building, right. so take the total of 7 less resources focusing on home than when the recession of the global recession. so it let the trigger a sequence of events that led to the least door. what of and from upcoming done. and it showed how they just limit for the use of power or the use of force and how it should be mike leave also to to, we can get the u. s. as we saw the bus today. obviously the war on terror became a big part of the international system. but the thought that we need to get as much as it was to take 2 decades to go know we have recovered 19 other aspect about the change. how most government that all the world look at their school, the intelligence of them. and also these groups of evolved from some sort of lation of the beloved and harder to know more sleeping. people are more improvising more lone wolf, they call them between, between quotation generational. i

and interrupt the excess energy supplies that he gets from the middle east and not recover and lunch, expending economic interest in the region, especially even the investment and that the bank will initiate the at the i know why the good that interest are properly in the long cut. right? beijing is caving of course. so to be protecting its trade rules. but it's also very clearly in circling india. it's biggest regional rival. well, i mean to, or the and so come and might be and all the state when, while china might be able to master code, the trends along the border. and so far, the only reliable. lemme base the neighbor who will be pocket time. whereas, you know, we would talk about the see book, i don't think that is one a real which i know clean to and india beyond the beauty of infrastructure. because given the dynamic between india and it's no solve asia, the parole neighbors in the region. i don't think that is and possible and so called new dally, right, but efforts by india to to county china have been less successful. for example, new delhi and tokyo japan have offered to build a port in sri lanka. but there is time

most of that extreme heat is in the middle east and in the gulf regions.fore. north africa has seen them, with increasing frequency. and, this year: we saw it in canada — they hit — 49 degrees and italy 48 degrees. and we are going to show what it is like living with those temperatures in our new bbc series life at 50 celsius. there are many big cities now struggling with rising temperatures, which can lead to respiratory problems, exhaustion and heat stroke. in pakistan's largest city, there is one man is trying to find a solution, as farhatjaved reports. karachi — home to more than 16 million people, one of the biggest and hottest cities in the world, and its residents are suffering. this mother of five is struggling to cope with the searing heat. there is no way she can afford air conditioning. in 2015, they endured a 45 degrees celsius heat wave. 1,200 people died from dehydration and heat stroke, and this year the temperature is nearly that high again. here in the heart of karachi, it is almost unbearable to be standing out in the street. it is only 1

but obviously, in certain regions, the middle east, portugal, areas like that. now. in terms of the chinese markets, what's coming up, we will see the chinese composite close to a new six-year high. on the back of some news overregulation and measures, destabilizing prices. we were talking about, the nikkei, four points from the said hi. that's coming up. this is bloomberg.. -- this is bloomberg. ♪ it's moving day. and while her friends are doing the heavy lifting, jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. it only takes about a minute. wait, a minute? but what have you been doing for the last two hours? ...delegating? oh, good one. move your xfinity services without breaking a sweat. xfinity makes moving easy. go online to transfer your services in about a minute. get started today. david: it is 9:00 a.m. in beijing, shanghai, and here in hong kong. welcome to "bloomberg markets: china open." counting down to the open of trade on the mainland china and here in hong kong. the negate touching 30,000 points -- the nikkei touching 30,000 points. augu

took a course in international politics, people started it with the most volatile region in the world is the middle east. and that is still true today. so people have been trying to do something about that for all of this time. the israeli/palestinian issue is one of the core issues that needs to be resolved to get rid of that volatility in the middle east. >> and every administration has struggled with. >> every administration has struggled with it. >> do you see hope out there? >> i do. i describe in the book that ehud olmert, the prime minister of israel when i was secretary of state and mahmoud abbas, the current president of the palestinian authority, were pretty close to a deal in 2008. a very good deal put on the table by olmert. olmert was in political and legal trouble so abbas did not take it up for a variety of reasons. but the reason i actually wrote about it is i wanted to suggest that it is not a hopeless cause. there is an answer here. there's a two-state solution that is available but time is not on the side of either of them. >> i would like to go back to the soviet union because given

region. >> there is a tectonic shift in discussions between the nations here in the middle east. you describe that between yourself and turkey, the uae and turkey? there is a tectonic shift, do you agree? >> not necessarily. i agree that the region is undergoing a volatile situation. conditions have not been contributing to the security and the peace of the region. we have conflicts in yemen. the current situation in syria and lebanon. all of the issues that have to be addressed. it is in the best interest of the nations to expand communications and understanding that can provide for the security and the stability. >> what does that mean -- when will you restore diplomatic ties? >> this is the second round of exploratory talks between egypt and turkey. we have been eager to find a resolution, to find the necessary formula for regaining the normal relations between the two countries. we still have to evaluate the outcome of the second round of discussions in the context of the bilateral relations and certain measures taken by turkey need to be somehow addressed and when we are sati

middle east. and he said that the unresolved issues in the middle east were so big, so deep in tectonic lea. complicated that america ought to just stay away from the region that the, that the so called sam huntington class of civil is a, was inevitable if we got involved and we ought to just, you know, say give us a call in 400 years. what is your view on these tensions in the middle east? are they? are they the kind of tension america can be engaged with? or are we? should we withdraw? keep our powder dry. wait for the middle east to resolve its own issues and be on the sidelines. i don't, i don't think we should be on the sidelines, but i don't think the only option we have is to intervene militarily or, you know, try to do nation building. when we do both of those things, we have problems in the region. we have diplomatic tools. ready we have gunam and tools, we have the ability to work through international institutions. we have the ability to work with alliances of like. ready minded countries there on the ground, and i think we should do all of those things as any other internationally engaged power. would. i do think, you know, one of the things t

there are issues in our region, in the eastern mediterranean, in the middle east, where europe needse. if europe get stronger militarily, this is to the benefit of the alliance and the benefit of nato. tom: as they this with immense respect for your father and all of greece. what is it like to be a refugee? p.m. mitsotakis: it is very difficult. when we meet the people, especially children, unaccompanied minors, it is shocking when you hear the stories. tom: you are one of those kids. p.m. mitsotakis: not in the same situation. we had to flee in 1968 and we lived in paris. there is no comparison between the stories. what we did successfully was address the issue of unaccompanied minors. when we came to power it was a shocking reality. you had these kids and teenagers in camps completely vulnerable. we have addressed this issue. in places they can thrive. this is a country that has been open to refugees. there is a great success story. look at giannis, he is greek from nigeria. he is totally greek. he is a great example of immigration. tom: -- jonathan: he just wanted to fit in that t

reshaping our foreign policy with a focus away from europe and the middle east, our traditional trying to toward the indo pacific regiond what i think will be hugely important ways in the future, and with the biden build back better plan, really, trying to lay the groundwork for a new american century with clean energy and with family leave and with the sort of physical and human infrastructure improvements that have simply been ignored and not done, really for the past 40 years with one exception, the affordable care act which took us a little bit in the direction we needed to go. so you know, the stories i read of the struggling biden administration, stand back for a minute, this administration, you can take away style points the way they got out of afghanistan, the problems at the border, but they get things done and they get things done, they get big things done. and i think that's how we're going to see the administration and i think democrats -- democrats are in a position of having really to be the entire rational political spectrum in the country at this point. so yes, the they're arguing about policy. they're

middle east. and not a rico will be secure and expending economic interest in the region, especially even the investment under the bank will initiate the at the, i know why the good that interest our property in the long right? beijing is coming, of course, to be protecting its trade rules, but it's also very clearly in circling india. it's biggest regional rival. well, i mean, to call the and so come on might be and all the state when, while china might be able to master code friends along the border. and so far, the only reliable len base neighbor get neighbor who will be pocket done. whereas, you know, we would talk about the c bought. i don't think that is one a real, which i know clean to and india beyond the building of port restructure. because given the dynamic between india and it's, you know, solve asia, the carro may bus in the region, i don't think that is and possible. and so called new dally, right? but efforts by india to county china have been less successful. for example, new delhi and tokyo japan have offered to build a port in sri lanka, but there is times seem to be less successful.

middle east? killing the count on algebra. the state of oman fits of the most of the region goes and the eastern end of the era peninsula. if you look at the raven peninsula as a hold the, essentially, to the ancient countries to the east, to west. it's sometimes known as the switzerland of the gulf because of the important regional role. it plays in the gulf cooperation council. the gtc platform on long history is not well known outside the gulf region before oil was discovered in 1962 fishing and prototyping words, main sources of income in this film, we go back over the last 500 years of all 90 history of the tribes boris rebellion and colonization, and explore how and why man still plays an important regional role today. oh, hello and barbara sarah london, with the top stories on al jazeera, somber ceremonies have been held in the us to mark 20 years since the september 11th attacks, the deadliest on american foil, nearly 3000 people were killed when 4 passenger jets were hijacked, crashing into the world trade center, the pentagon and the field in pennsylvania.

regional issues and whatnot. sally been its vision for peace in the middle east. this is inside story. ah ah. hello and welcome to the program. i'm how much i'm john. it's the 1st official visit by an israeli prime minister to egypt in more than a decade, naphtali been its trip to the red sea resort of shudder. my shift signals, a warming and relations between the 2 countries. they signed a peace treaty in 1979, but the relationship cooled over the years been at said his meeting with president for the has c. c has created a foundation for deep ties in the future that who also discussed the israeli palestinian conflict. egypt said ways to revive the peace process in the middle east or high on the agenda. put out of the how made reports is the 1st official visit of an israeli leader in more than a decade. and it comes only a few weeks after edith's president of the fact that his cc extended the invitation to israeli prime minister enough to lead bennett. it also comes at that time when relations between the 2 countries have reached unprecedented levels. since the peace agreement between egypt a

middle east this week. but the focus on america's relationships in that region after pulling out michael shure brings us more>> nearly a week since the united states pulled out of afghanistan. yet the tenuous relationship with the taliban leadership there remains free of 6 airplanes that maza sharif airport, 6 air points with american citizens on them as i speak. also with these interpreters and the taliban is holding them hostage for demands right now. the top republican on the house foreign affairs committee, texas representative michael mccaul commenting sunday on reports that taliban is not allowing evacuation flights to leave afghanistan to find ourselves in this very precarious, dangerous situation where the taliban is now dictating terms to us where they're dictating the terms of our exit strategy in published reports. a former marine corps officer who coordinated 3 of those charter planes in mazar. sharif says that it is not the taliban grounding the planes yet the state department issued a quick response to representative mccall sunday afternoon saying, quote, we will hold the taliban to its pledge