a country that should not be independent egypt isn't happy about qatar support for the muslim brotherhood bahrain is not quite independent in its decisions and will do what others want it to do to cancer meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state faced huge diplomatic challenge earlier this week as he visited persian gulf allies in the big and the standoff between council and its neighbors it seems like to listen to and go back to how it was as he supports caught up. now saying the intent of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. is annexation either by installing a compliant regime or invasion but most are not quite as blunt about the possibility of invasion and overly optimistic about a solution russia's hedging its bets and playing it cautiously counter has the money to help rebuild syria providing it's not under severe economic pressure now so there are possibilities for corporation there iran has been helping as has turkey qatar will see turks as more useful allies turkey is really the pivot it is a nato but also closer to russia now more turkish troops have arrived this week. the largest u.s. base in the m

bahrain and egypt released 13 demands. they included — stop funding to the muslim brotherhood and close aljazeera, which is funded by qatar.ed those two, and the other 11. now the group has come back with six new broad principles. these include a commitment to fighting terrorism and a demand to cease interfering with other countries‘ internal affairs. on these principles they said there would be "no compromise". but then they said much the same before. no answer yet from qatar. i spoke to the bbc‘s arab affairs analyst, sebastian usher, to find out where this leaves the crisis. ina sense, in a sense, we are almost back to square in a sense, we are almost back to square one, where in a sense, we are almost back to square one, where they started before this list of very specific demands was presented. there was a deadline of ten days for that. the qataris rejected it out of hand, saying it was an attack on their sovereignty. these six core principles that the four countries now say they are united around is not going to be something that the qataris can accept in that form at the moment. it has put the whole burden of being

muslim brotherhood. god has already indicated that it went comply saying the demands for sake stream that they seem designed to be rejected. saudi arabia bahrain egypt and the uae have been imposing a brocade on cancer. about meeting kara wednesday to consider any future measures philip is always has more now on the story. the state's demanding these concessions have closed and space to pass three airways. they've closed borders to traffic carrying vital imports into the state. and that's how castigates many of its food supplies. and they've expelled expatriate's from this tiny but immensely wealthy gulf state. which is rich in oil and gas but right now very much lacking in neighborly fring. the group of arab countries led by saudi arabia and egypt has made thirteen demands. among them shutting the broadcast acknowledges era. and curbing ties with saudis regional rival iran. as well as with extremist groups accused of terror by the u. s.. such as al qaeda and hezbollah. cassa insists is already taken significant steps to prevent the transfer of funds to any such organization. its foreign minister indicated last week it whim comply with this fu

bahrain. the group have extended a deadline for qatar to comply with demands to downgrade its ties with iran, to close the aljazeera news network and cut support for the muslim brotherhood demands are so extreme they seem designed to be rejected. the bbc‘s hanan razek has more. kuwait was playing the middle man in the stand—off between the four countries last night to extend the ultimatum to 48 hours which they approved. now they are the ones received the response from qatar and they will hand it over to the other four countries. that response which we still don't know what is in there, will be the main focus of a meeting of the foreign ministers of the four countries on wednesday in cairo. it is quite significant, some people perceive it as a way of opening up for negotiations and the beginning of a solution, maybe. also making news china's president xijinping is in moscow for a meeting with vladimir putin. beijing's silk road trade project is expected to be at the top of the agenda. trade between the two countries is up 26% since the beginning of the year. later this week they'll both head to germany for the 620 summit of world leaders. a senior doctor at a hospital i

gulf arab states, saudi arabia, bahrain and uae all accused qatar of sponsoring terrorism and extremism saying you have sponsored and given money to the muslim brotherhood in egypt is libya, supported jihadism, qatar says that is nonsense, we have not done much can we have given free speech throughout aljazeera can we have given free speech throughout al jazeera and can we have given free speech throughout aljazeera and you, saudi arabia, want to control foreign policy. what happened was in may a series of statements, embarrassing state m e nts series of statements, embarrassing statements appeared on qatar website attributed to the ruling emir saying he sympathised with the round and criticised saudi arabia, qatar denies making these statements and says it was the uae that hacked this and this morning a us newspaper, the washington post, came out and attributed to us officials uae had hacked this and today we have had the uae minister saying nonsense. it is he she said situation where both sides are now trading accusations, qatar says uae has violated international laws, meanwhile there was a blockade on qatar. qatar has the money it is hurting but it

bahrain, and the united arab emirates have accused qatar of supporting terror groups. qatar rejected a long list of demands that included cutting ties to the muslim brotherhood, distancingf from iran, and closing al jazeera. joining me now from washington is steven cook with the council on foreign relations. good to see you. a lot of this comes down to what say is terrorism. that is hard to define, isn't it? >> it is hard to define. i think it is clear the qataris have coordinated and given safe haven to groups that having gauged in terrorist activity and violence around the region. it is one of the chief complaints. the saudi's do not have a good track record on this issue either. it seems there is more going on than just the question of the qataris' position with regard the muslim-- brotherhood. say it isdis terrorism. this has been simmering for quite some time. >> that is absolutely right. you have to look at this crisis in a broader historical context in which these three countries and the ruling families of these countries do not see eye to eye on things. they tried to engineer a coup that would overthrow the current emir's father and install their own government

bahrain, and the united arab emirates accused of qatar of supporting terror groups. this week qatar rejected a long list of demands that included cutting ties to the muslim brotherhood, distancing itself from iran and closing al-jazeera, the state-sponsored broadcaster. joining me from washington is steven cook, of the council of foreign relations. he is the author of "false dawn: protest, democracy, and violence in the new middle east." steven, good to see you. a lot of this comes down to what the saudis and the emiratis say is support for terrorism, but that's hard to define, isn't it? >> it is pardon to define. i think -- it is hard to define. i think it's clear, however, that the qatarys have worked with, coordinated, given safe haven to groups that have engaged in terrorist activity and violence around the region, and it is one of the chief complaints to have the saudis and emiratis. but of course the saudis don't have a particularly good track record on this issue either. so seems there is more going on here than just the question of the qataris' position to hamas or the taliban or al quaida-related groups in syria. >> glor: if we're talking about the genesis o

hand with the muslim brotherhood and there was a public relation voice for the for the for the people who are actually wanted to. cover kind and the gulf states especially in and bahrain and kuwait so again this is something continued and it continued from the time when attacks happened or so daily been two thousand and two thousand and three al jazeera became a truly v.v. public relation to speak out for the for these terrorists and qatar continue to host many many. of the of the dissidents from saudi arabia bahrain even kuwait just to to. make things you know in the in the in the in the gulf states during a very very difficult which is which is the which is the arab spring saudi arabia and the other got to stay didn't cut and we didn't blockade qatar i mean qatar was free to fly their employers to any other place other than these four countries but we are having just two to qatar that i think. relations with the others have to change especially at the top is that it could see a tremendous. nobody really did give me just two minutes a tremendous amount. that they could use and even if so did any of you know we everybody and a whole lot of board to stood by it by cut