i think i'm a bit more modest and his highness i focus on the persian gulf and i think persian gulf as i've said before here it is important enough to have seen many wars in the past four decades and probably the scene of the greatest number of casualties in our region has been the persian gulf from iran iraq war we'd all kuwait and the other problems i believe it would result be an interest in creating issues or keeping the impression that we have. some of founded interest best. creating this impression and you will see you have seen that in the morning you will see that again. in the speech after me that there is an interest in showing that there is a disaster happening in the region that iran is devouring the entire region which is not. the case we don't believe in god we don't believe that is in our interest we don't believe that is in we don't believe that's possible let's be realistic i mean it's not out of the goodness of anybody it's just the possibilities it's not feasible germany is no longer feasible so we need to start talking instead of creating the impression that there i

as i said before this last year iran believes that our security in the persian gulf requires a french regional security architecture. we believe in and happy oppose creating what we call a strong region rather than a strong man in the region. and you got a noticed a difference we want a strong region we do not want to be the head to man in the region as we believe the era of head germany is long past regionally as well as globally a strong region where small and large nations even those with historical rivalries can contribute to stability this is simply recognizing the need to respect the interests of all stakeholders in this persian gulf region which is by its very nature a requirement for stability by hedging monic tendencies by any regional or global power will again by its very nature lead to insecurity. the arms race in our region and no country probably represented here can claim to be completely innocent of perpetuating that anthrax is an example of the destructive and unnecessary right would be that has made our neighborhood unsafe and insecurity for its own inhabitants as we

have you have month britain's interests are most likely to be in completing its imperium in the persian gulf by securing the territories of the province the bus route baghdad link as they were to persian oil fields and island in the shot that are up. nicely completing dominion that stretched right around the earth coastline of the persian gulf which it would take since an eight hundred twenty s. . good morning gentlemen are going on so you go on some time to settle. and it's youngest. and most carefree. oxides who was kitchener's military assistant kitchener was the secretary of state for war and he delegated the job of sitting on the committee to sykes mark sykes had been born into a wealthy family in yorkshire in the north of england in eight hundred seventy nine . he studied at cambridge university and was elected as a conservative member of parliament. in one nine hundred eleven. he like to give the impression of being an expert on the middle east based on his travels in the region but he was not quite the authority as it was sometimes assumed. he presented the bunsen committee with his

i repeated before this forum iran's proposal for a security arrangement in the persian gulf.founded on dialogue. common principles and confidence building measures. some of our neighbors if you remember used their opportunity here last year to level accusations against iran. somehow. and others a bit. later this morning or this afternoon. you were. the audience for a call to new secrets supers. just this morning. which does not even deserve. a dignity of a response so let's move to more serious subjects. i'm happy that in contrast. to the approach of some. the u.n. secretary general speaking before this conference earlier. chose to endorse the poor word looking approach that i had underlying and outlined here last year. i am here today to expound on that approach. and to tell you that unless there is a collective effort to bring inclusive peace and security to the persian gulf region rebuild be engulfed in turmoil. and potentially. far worse. i'm not put this generation but for generations to come. and our terror moyse. in this interconnected world. is going to be everyone's

the need for our forward presence is not diminished in the persian gulf nor in the south china sea and the wider pacific. neither has our responsibility to our nato allies in europe or to the republic of korea. no, we have not asked our all-volunteer military to do any less for our country. they've just been forced to make do with less. these short-term funding bills have handicapped our military leaders' ability to make long-term plans and investments. in december, the navy secretary said the inefficiencies from continuing resolutions have cost his department enough money to pay for an entire squadron of fighter planes. or two destroyers. let me say that again. secretary of the navy said the inefficiencies from continuing resolutions have cost his department enough money to pay for an entire squadron of fighter planes, or two destroyers. here's how general dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, put it. he said the u.s. military's competitive advantage against potential adversaries is eroding. yesterday, i announced a bipartisan budget i greement that will bring this to a clos

christine lagarde convicted of corruption in a paris court visits qatar in the persian gulf coming on the show as u.s. drone strikes on the poorest country in the middle east triple donald trump we speak to a journalist on the ground in son about the saudi british and american bombs that are killing civilians in yemen and for yet fake news what about fake history we speak to the director of a reason forget about the real life rambo training the cia to kill innocent civilians in south america and expose the u.s. government drug smuggling in southeast asia plus why a british prisons left short shank redemption and more monty python we'll ask a former prisoner what life is like in the u.k. jail system one which even tony blair's for the lord chancellor charlie for says is in crisis all the civil coming up in today's going underground but first it's exactly one week since the death of a homeless man was reported in the center of the city of bristol in the southwest of england found unconscious just outside a devon is department store emergency services including police and paramedics were

coast of the indian ocean and ultimately into the mediterranean through through the through the persian gulf. but of course now that there is a may is not endorsing it well at all it would have no role going to pull up up what do you think the people in beijing are going to think when they read in the papers that to raise them a refuses to endorse their project. i mean i suppose it's it's a setback from a from a chinese perspective from a beijing perspective it's also an opportunity. if if theresa may had come on board and said yes we are with it then they would be touting that as here's further evidence that everyone else should be a part of this this is a legitimate project this is not china trying to be you know saying it's illegitimate. well again there's this there is this you know always an open question about what are the strategic interests. and do they align with us what is the conversation being had now and the tree some a has said no we're not going to get on board is. china phobia is alive and well in the west right there is this kind of hysteria that everything we're trying to d

minister mentioned she talked about iran believing in a fresh security architecture needed in the persian gulf he talked about what he called an inclusive concept of security and he also talked about the mid term goal of a regional non-aggression pact was that just window dressing or should we take iran at its word what's your take on all those proposals. those who believe that political solutions are not only possible but necessary those who believe that the threats in the middle east can and must be contained by diplomatic means i absolutely agree with that approach and it's a call that we've heard here from a number of other speakers as well and as you probably could hear for those in the audience who are following the words of the chairman of the security conference who is himself by the way a seasoned diplomat he was very interested in that proposal it's a proposal that we. i also heard voiced by arab representatives here shortly we're going to be hearing from saudi arabia i'm not sure that they're going to be on the same wavelength as the iranian foreign minister but certainly we have he

christine lagarde convicted of corruption in a paris court visits qatar in the persian gulf coming out of the show as u.s. drone strikes on the poorest country in the middle east triple donald trump we speak to a journalist on the ground in southern about the saudi british and american bombs that are killing civilians in yemen and for yet fake news what about fake history we speak to the director of earrings and forget about the real life rambo drawing the cia to kill innocent civilians in south america and exposed u.s. government drug smuggling in southeast asia plus why a british prison is less short and more monty python and we ask a former prisoner what life is like in the u.k. jail system one which even tony blair's fall below china. charlie fork says is in crisis all the civil coming up in today's going underground but first it's exactly one week since the death of a homeless man was reported in the center of the city of bristol in the south west of england found unconscious just outside a department store emergency services including police and paramedics were called but despite

i'm after thought you were going underground in a week when the persian gulf. tried to prevent london protest against social cleansing beside the tallest building in the european union coming over the show is donald trump fighting terrorists or is he fighting the syrian government as the u.k. u.s. coalition this week supports al qaeda by pointing out that these guys hundred fighting wahhabi terror we go to attack front to speak to professor robert brown the head of the iran turkey russia trilateral in istanbul that seeks to defeat british backed atrocities in the middle east and we are britain's former man in damascus whether the u.s. and the u.k. are using chemical attack allegations to justify breaches of the united nations charter and rocket john legend brian may on how class privilege is a for. threat to humanity four years to the day queen greatest hits became the first album ever to sell fifty million copies in the u.k. but as quarter numbers must show to the prime minister when she's giving rosie lots more shouting by u.k. politicians of this week's b. a

come on the market very very soon this could potentially begin to shift the petro game in the persian gulf from american dominated finance to russian and chinese because of course china and russia and set up a joint fund there there's also the crypto ruble a state sanctioned crypto currency that russia is going to roll out soon that could change the game in the way international transactions are done so far we haven't seen any solid evidence to suggest who is actually behind the runts and where will it be forthcoming in your opinion. well when has it ever been forthcoming whether it was the us selection whether it's the chinese of the allegations against the chinese of the phones or spy devices when it's the us government and its allies are spying on everyone why should this be any different there is there's only one thing in fact that is consistent about these allegations and that's that they don't lead to any tangible evidence there's an allegation there's a giant question mark and then there's anti russian saying sions anti russian statements the persecution of russian individuals but t

the fleet which must secure sea lines of communication across the globe and patrol the persian gulf and the south china sea has shrunk to the smallest ship count in nearly three decades. we've become too reliant on special operations forces and radically drawn down our conventional force structure. this has not been lost on china or russia. they're improving their conventional forces and intimidating their neighbors. our force faces a complex collection of threats and challenges from iran, china, russia, and north korea, to isil, al qaeda, and their affiliates. the need for our forward presence is not diminished in the persian gulf nor the south china sea and the pacific. neither has our responsibility to our nato allies in europe or to the republic of korea. no, we have not asked our all-volunteer military to do any less for our country. they've just been forced to make do with less. and all these short-term funding bills have handicapped our military leaders' ability to make long-term plans and investments. in december the navy secretary said the inefficiencies from continuing resolut

iran believes that our security in the persian gulf requires a french regional security architecture. we believe in and how proposed creating what we call a strong region rather than a strong man in the region thank you had a question and answer session those are if expressed his frustration at israeli attempts to undermine the deal iran struck with world powers to stop its nuclear arms program and we achieved it in spite of him being implemented in spite of him and the world view to maintain that agreement in spite of his delusional attempts the foreign minister of saudi arabia was equally uncompromising about its main power in the region we cannot afford to put up with the when the revolution and its principles the reason iran a sanction for terrorism is because it supports terrorism thank you beth said the pressure on iran would continue until there was fundamental change david chaytor al-jazeera munich. but i more still ahead on al-jazeera infighting within zimbabwe's opposition as it mourns the death of morgan tsvangirai. canada has a reputation as a haven for refugees but north

iran believes that our security in the persian gulf requires a french regional security architecture we believe in and how proposed creating what we call a strong region. rather than a strong man in the region. out of question and answer session those are if expressed his frustration with israeli attempts to undermine the deal iran struck with world powers to stop its nuclear arms program and we achieved it in spite of him being implemented in spite of him and the world view to maintain that agreement in spite of his delusional attempts the foreign minister of saudi arabia was equally uncompromising about its main power in the region we cannot afford to put up with the when the revolution penetrance of course the reason iran was sanctioned for terrorism is because it supports terrorism. adele to bear said the pressure on iran would continue until there was fundamental change the push against them will continue until iran change its behavior david chaytor al-jazeera be unique well israeli prime minister also told his polish counterpart that his remarks on the holocaust were unacceptab

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. >> an attempt by any outside force to gain control of the persian gulf region will be regarded as ansault othe vital interests of the united states of america. (applause) >> the united states wanted pakistan and the region to become bastion against communism. and in order to become a bastion, they thought that these religious forces were the best to act as some sort of a great break against the expansion of communist forces. and that resulted in creating a monster in pakistan and in the region. >> smith: president carter n approved a covert operat which the u.s. and saudis would jointly fund the afghan mujahedeen. i >> awas pakistan and its intelligence service, isi, that d entifiedhe afghan rebel groups that they wmost to support. and so pakistan really offiliated itself with som the networks that regarded shiism as, you know, heresy. >> smith: so basically the ericans outsourced the selection of who to back to the isi, to the secret service of pakistan? >> yep. >> smith: and they chose the most radical elements of the jihadists. >> that's right.pa ly because... pakistan chose the m

there was no orage. >> in the persian gulf today, both iran and iraq have staged new attacks againster while diplomatic efforts intensify in an effort to bring out a ceasefire. >> smith: finally, in 1988, eighthyears after it began, wi the war at a slemate, khomeini agreed to a ceefire. >> just as a un teamrrived in tehran to discuss a truce in thd eight-ye gulf war, iran saidhat iraq... >> smith: as many as one millioe people had d >> this has cost more lives than any conflict since world war ii. >> smith: both iran and iraq's countrieand economies had been devastated. iran had been internationally isolated by the war. but six years before, iran could have stopped it. you had a chance to bring thaten war to an d in 1982. and yet u made decisions at the top of the government to continue the war. >> no, no, no, n it was important that they confess. our condition was that, no, we do not stop the war unless you confess that saddam hussein is started this war. >> smith: was it a mistake to reject the ceasefire? >> no, no, in 1988, wead a resolution, 598, which addressed iran's major dema

forward position here, close to israel, close to the arab and oil-producing arab states of the persian gulfnd beefed up its conventional military capability. it's very trouble for israel and our arab friend in the region. eric: we have been concerned about the ballistic missile tests. if they are supplying thousands of missile to the syria, some of these depose. also if they are flying drones over israel, it's a new threat. >> it's definitely a new threat. with the shooting down an israeli f-16, that hasn't happened in a long time. i don't think it syrian air defenses got any better overnight. this is clear evidence of sophisticated iranian involvement. the firing on the israeli plaints could have been by iranian military forces. you have to ask the question whether russian military forces were standing next to them when they did it. but the russian-iranian axis is a serious matter, particularly in syria and across the middle east. this is the behavior from iran that we get now almost three years after the nuclear deal that was supposed to bring them into the civilized community of nations.

like the small boats they use in the pacific fleet, the fleet in the med, do you think -- the persian gulf think they could use small drone toss harass to harae israelis and others? >> certainly. this is the capability that's out there. we use them to great effect around the world. iranians could have the drones armed and take actions against the israelis or the other concern of the israelis is this sort of technology could be transferred to hezbollah. during the war between hezbollah and israel they fired a cruise missile at an israeli ship and hit it. this is a tough neighborhood. with this technology floating around there's a tremendous concern on the part of the israelis, that transfers to hezbollah and other groups that would undermine israeli security. >> eric: the prime minister went to moscow and met with vladimir putin and gave him a stern and blunt warning, saying iran has got to stop funding and supplying he's bo hezbollah wite missiles. they said ran i iran is trying n it into a missile site. this is something we're not prepared to toll late. tolerate. what do they do? how do t

measurements of the air we did it almost continuously as the ship in the gulf of mexico to the persian gulf in the horn of africa. big oil must have known that the climate was changing the aim of this research project was to better understand change it was so important that exxon mobil shot a film with that work r.v. for its shareholders the research took four years and cost about four million u.s. dollars today garvey grow tomatoes. right come on just a bit of just really good climate to produce tomatoes here and you think one. edward garvey was privy to the results of the study. what has been your findings on so that well as the whole map of the oceans c o two levels so that was it was an important step in understanding the role of the ocean in governing atmospheric c o two it was so new and challenging that it really what my appetite for the kind of work and the scientists i work with they were all excited as well it was just a tremendous amount of enthusiasm in house and within the science itself and you know when all we have we we presented to the corporate board by me but the but the

the most extreme example is the persian gulf where bahrain and saudi arabia, that's have been good business partners for the trump family get one treatment, and qatar, which didn't have the national day in the trump hotel but canceled a lease in the trump tower in 2014, they get a different -- it's obviously affecting american foreign policy. you can imagine in a healthy society that congress would do something about this. jimmy carter, all democratic congress. bill clinton, all democratic congress. they held the presidents accountable. this congress does not. and the complicity between trump and the republican congress, the first building block of this trumpocracy. >> host: there are different schools of thought among trump critics about the threat that this presidency is posing. there are some who worry about the authoritarian den ten si -- tendencies that are at the emergees. others that chaos and others, and then the hillary clinton criticism you can bait a man with a tweet, et cetera. obviously these things can overlap but after year one of trump, is there one of these tendencies that

on the c-span networks, the deputy prime discusses thetar changing political landscape in the persian gulf a look at the upcoming russia elections of the atlantic council. chief of naval operations admiral john richardson talks about the future of his service. , the presidentn addresses the republican caucus retreat. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan will talk to reporters at a press conference after. back in d.c., the palestinian ambassador talks about relations with the u.s. and supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg sits down for an interview at a local synagogue. in the evening, president trump will speak at the republican national committee's annual winter meeting at his downtown d.c. hotel. >> coming up on "washington journal," erin via cough and david wasserman will talk about their new project on gerrymandering and congressional redistricting. onrissa martinez decastro the future of the daca program

spacex has launched the world's most powerful rocket, persian gulfing off a seamless first -- pulling off a seamless, first-ever launch yesterday from florida's kennedy space center before a crowd of thousands of ex-ub ex-ububerant watchers. elon musk said he wasn't sure everything would go smoothly. >> the first thing something exciting has happened in rocket launch for a long time. people came from all around the world to see what will either be a great rocket or the best fireworks display they've ever seen. >> the launch was not the only achievement. spacex also guided two first-stage rocket boosters back to earth. those images of them coming down safely on these landing pads just shared like crazy. it was so cool. a third booster was supposed to land on a sea-faring platform but crashed. trump tweeted, "congrats, this achievement along with nasa's commercial and international partners continues to show american ingenuity at its best." as the rocket heads into space, on board is musk's personal tesla roadster with a dummy. star man behind the wheel. the car will play david bowie's

talk about it is a person of knowledge about the situation, former battlefield commander in the persian gulfnow an msnbc military analyst. general, good to see you, by the way. it might be a thing if this was a president that never talked about war, but this is a president that tweets about war and threatens war and talks about a bigger nuclear button and talks about ripping up treaties and things like that, so it would probably of some concern to those in the armed services or families of those people who are pretty much americans at large that the president may not be getting his full briefing on a daily basis as one might expect. >> well, look, ali, if you've had a lifelong experience in the foreign service or the armed forces, the first thing do you as a senior person in washington when you get up in the morning is you read the classified intel. you simply have to get the diplomatic cables and the ambassadors and the key countries. you have to list to not morning intel update. it's hard work if you're smart and experienced to stay abreast of these complex situations. but i think it is un

forward position here, close to israel, close to the arab, the oil producing arab states of the persian gulf beefed up conventional military capability. i think it's very troubling for israel and arab friends in the region. rick: david lee miller reports from jerusalem tonight. reporter: rick, northern israel is returning to normal following the incursion of iranian drone into israeli airspace, that led to the shooting down of israeli f-16 jet fighter. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the israeli attack dealt severe blows to iran and syria. he told the israeli cabinet today it reaffirmed israel's policy to continue to strike any attempt to strike us. israel's intelligence minister echoed the prime minister's message saying israel sent a clear message to iran that it won't tolerate the iranian military in its backyard. iran is a close ally of syria and sent equipment and troops to support the regime of basharal assad. syrian observatory for human rights says israel's airstrikes killed at least six syrian troops and airfighters. local media are underscoring that saturday's hostilities ma

>> we had military parades after specific military conflicts like world war ii or the persian gulf.same time, we have the parades to honor veterans. many people think trump is enamored with the hardware display. we show our power, symbolically through ideas and values, rather than through tanks. >> everyone is supportive of honoring the troops, but lindsey graham says the latter. >> having a parade honoring the service and sacrifice of our military members. i'm not liking for a soviet style hardware display. that is cheesy and shows weakness. >> you know what is interesting. trump state media, the other network, they were bashing the idea. the pentagon reporter said it was met with a collective eye roll. the pentagon leaders thought it was a joke. fox & friends thought it was a waste of money. >> many rolled their eyes at this idea. that said, senator graham has gone back and forth on many issues. saying i support his idea. if the president really, you know, moves forward with this, i can imagine many republicans saying maybe it is a good idea. we will have the parade. >> it could b

in the region i prevent more conflict in the middle east iran believes that our security in the persian gulf requires a french regional security architecture. we believe in and how proposed creating what we call a strong region rather than a strong man in the region thank god a question and answer session those are if expressed his frustration at israeli attempts to undermine the deal iran struck with world powers to stop its nuclear arms program and we achieved it in spite of him being implemented in spite of him and the world being maintained that the agreement in spite of his delusional attempts. the foreign minister of saudi arabia was equally uncompromising about its main power rival in the region we cannot afford to put up with the when the revolution penetrant it's the reason iran a sanctioned proterozoic is because it supports terrorism thank you bear said the pressure on iran would continue until there was fundamental change in the push against them will continue until iran change its behavior david chaytor al-jazeera munich. meanwhile in other developments hundreds of people have a