but i thought the key was in the final answer, where mr. novak insisted on making the point to me that they can go deeper and they can go longer in their efforts to rebalance the market. so, maybe 1.8 million barrels isn't as much as they can go, and the end of march isn't the end of this deal as well and it will be interesting to see how they communicate that. and as i mentioned on previous programming, july 23rd, july 24th, these are the key dates for the oil-watchers' diary, because that's when you have the meetings in st. petersburg, where the saudis will probably be there, and this jmmc will be there, where they will work out if the strategy's working or not and where to go from here. gemma, back to you. >> steve, talk about the supply side of the equation, but let's switch to the demand side. is there much chatter about the longer-term demand dynamics, or is it very much near-term demand-focused at the moment >> yeah, always. always a big focus on the longer term as well because you've got to remember, the ladies and gentlemen of the oil an

one big set of headlines we've had out of istanbul another set of headlines from my interview with mr. novakll, the russian oil minister russia produces more oil and gas than anyone else on this planet, around 11 million barrels a day of oil i've gotten his comments about the longevity and how deep the cuts can go in terms of this opec/non-opec deal, which at the moment is taking 1.8 million barrels of oil off the table listen in to mr. novak and he says they can go further. >> translator: if necessary, we can extend the agreement if necessary, we can increase the amounts that need to be reduced, or on the contrary, we can move to reduce them, but everything will depend on the ongoing situation. >> reporter: alexander novak talking to us and saying,look, if necessary, this deal, we can go deeper and longer as well it doesn't necessarily finish in march 2018 back to you both. >> steve sedgwick, thank you. >>> senate republicans are scheduled to be updated on the bill to repeal and replace obamacare. during a closed-door meeting today. aides say the gop leadership is hoping to unveil a new dra

i think that is mr. novak. if not, mr. novak just finished speaking. interview with the uae oil minister, -- energy minister, he mentioned they are not looking at increasing the amount of production cuts, but they may look at the time links these -- timeline these are in place for. we will have plenty more from opec. this is a picture of rent. if you are a bloomberg tv lives, just go on to and continue to listening to those opec producers paid let's get to bloomberg first word news. taylor: president trump's son-in-law is denying any improper contact with russia. jared kushner will be questioned by the senate intelligence committee behind closed doors today. kershner says he had four meetings with russians during the campaign or after the election, but said they were a memorable -- president trump has a warning for senate republicans. the president wrote if they don't repeal and replace obamacare, the repercussions will be caught -- far greater understand.them mitch mcconnell is making a last-ditch effort to revive health care legislation this week. it

mr. novak said last week they'll be invited to propose something to us. maybe a cap for libya and nigeria on the cards that could add momentum to the oil prices >>> u.s. government says trade def s deficit will be the priority when it renegotiates nafta trump has branded the north atlantic free trade agreement a disaster and called for a new round of talks earlier this year he called for them earlier this year we're in the second half, aren't we president trump has kicked off his made in america week to promote the u.s. manufacturing industry he posed in front of iconic u.s. products on display. is that iconic product, a spaceman's outfit on the right the vase in the middle this was at the white house, promising to make legal and regulatory moves to help american-made goods. hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: at the white house, president trump's focusing on what got him there, jobs and manufacturing. showcasing products made in all 50 states. >> made in the usa we're going to start doing that again. we're going to put that brand on our product. >> rep

comments saying we want to get out of this soon, after march was my take on that, to which i said to mr. novak, this could fall apart pretty quickly >> and what did he say >> he thought compliance was pretty good, but i think it's good with partly because you have the saudi's actions as well but in terms of the fall people think could happen, what do you think? >> i think it's way too early. i think we won't actually know until march next year. i mean, i think that they will be looking at all the data that is a long time in the market but the fact that it's really n unpreu unprecedented, quite an extraordinary agreement. they have all taken it seriously and again, we see that in some of our production. >> i think it's great that you don't have to take a cap ooil it's a badge of honor. >> we are in agreements in russia and places where we can see the production so in effect we're taking the cap and the price is firmer, so it all sort of balances out. >> and relations between the states and russia, do you see any change there anytime soon? we're all glued to the trump jr. headlines. any prospect

mr rajoy does not face any charges himself. that story is on bbc world service. and this sports story is one of the most read online. we will have more on this later. novaky. the problem forced the 12—time grand slam champion to retire from his wimbledon quarter—final against thomas berdych. the parents of a terminally—ill baby boy, charlie gard, have given up their legal battle for their son to die at home. lawyers at the high court in london accepted that he should instead be transferred to a hospice. but there‘s still no agreement on when his life support should be withdrawn. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh explains the dispute. the family want charlie transferred toa the family want charlie transferred to a hospice and for a private medical team to take over his care so they can have a period of days with him, a period of reflection, to build memories with him before his ventilator is switched off. they say that some nurses at great 0rmond street caring for charlie have volunteered to do this and they have a private gp but hospices are not set out to take children on ventilators for long periods and they haven‘t found a hospice willing to ta k

late bob novak used to say you are either a source or a target well the people in that circle are either a source or target for mris investigation and they're going to start ratting on each othernd a this indicator of that. >> you are saying it is premature. >> yes and i've said that before and we are part of the constant lying by people named trump. what we are seeing here is now we see that much of the focus of where investigations are going is into the trump family. it's something that has the president, i'm told, and i wanted to ask maggie, it has the president in a rage, he knows mueller is looking at his family's finances, his son-in-law's finances, all of the trump organization's finances to look for links and he's in a rage about this. right now make no mistake, the trump family is under investigation by the congress of the united states, by mr. mueller and this is a really provocative situation when you have a president like trump and also when one of the questions is about incessant lying, under mining investigation, but no is there a smoking gun, b. no but we have a long way to go. we're early in the p

three—time champion novak djokovic is conservative mp craig mackinlay has appeared at westminster magistrates court charged with allegedly overspending in the 2015 general election campaign. mrntation of the people act 1983, alongside his election agent and party activist. craig mckinley was charged just before this year's general election. he managed to get re—elected as an mp but today was the first day he was required to attend court alongside his election agent from the general election 2015, nathan gray and marion little a senior conservative party campaigner. all three of them walked in through the door this morning and all three had to sit in the dock in court one here at westminster magistrates‘ court. there was a lengthy legal argument about which was the appropriate court to hear their trial, the districtjudge decided it should be tried byjury at southwark and the three were asked to indicate their pleas to charges of filing false election expenses and also in the case of marion little aiding and abetting people in filing false election expenses and all the charges put to them, all three entered pleas of not guilty. this all relates to the amount of money spent on

colleague, the late bob novak used to say in his column world, that you are either a source or target. well, the people in that inner circle are either a source or target for mrr and his investigation. and, they're going to start turning on each other. they're going to start ratting on each other. i think maggie's reporting is a leading indicator. >> carl, the e-mails, as a smoking gun, it is premature? >> yes, premature. at the same time i also said we are in the midst of a malignant presidency. part of the malignancy is the lying by people named trump. what we are seeing here is, now we see that much of the focus of where investigations are going is into the trump family. it is something that has the president, i'm told. i wanted to ask maggie about this. it has the the president in a rage. that's he knows that mueller is looking act his family's finances. at his son-in-law's finances. at his finances. at this, all of the trump organizations' finances to look for links. he is in a rage about this. but right now, make no mistake. the trump family is under investigation by the congress of the united states, by mr. mueller, and this is a really provocative sit

novak djokovic and rafa nadal, making federer the strong favourite for the trophy. he ta kes strong favourite for the trophy. he takes on thomas burdick in the semifinal. federer mryear. i feel different ever since but i always hope to improve every year. ifeel different ever since my injury but if i play better this year, then i have in 111—15 men i had great runs at wimbledon here. i'm just very happy that i'm still doing it so well. it is nice surprise, maybe a little bit but the plan was a lwa ys maybe a little bit but the plan was always to be strong also later on in my career. british interest is in the mixed doubles semifinal with jamie murray and his partner, martina hingis. they are top seeds and took their match in straight sets to book their place in the last four. murray could be facing a fellow brit across the net if he makes it to the final because there was a the mike —— familiar british name in the other semifinal, heather watson is free with her partner, henry continent. they are defending champions and could make it back—to—back titles after winning the match in three sets yesterday. the long—term future of the british grand prix at silverstone