that qatar will want something in return.atar is in a fairly unique position to put some leverage over hamas to get it to change direction. >> thanks very much. it's been a noisy parliamentary committee for george entwistle, the director-general of the bbc, still facing questions over the jimmy savile scandal. >> [indiscernible] >> i cannot. >> it was not vigorous. >> i believe the investigation was. looking at the bbc more broadly, i could only guess about what people did in the past with their motivation was. , but we did not do that. but neither did anybody else. >> [indiscernible]. >> they did on the third of october. for many years people say they heard rumors and allegations. no newspaper launched an investigation of jimmy savile that i'm aware of and no other broadcaster did. . >> that was george entwistle still dealing with questions on what happened in the past at bbc with regard to jimmy savile and in a much more recent times on the investigation into those allegations. much more to come. stay with us on bbc world n

many people -- qatar is also on political terms.if you read the book you will see that i am very critical. i will not compromise on principles. living in qatar, by being critical on the way they did in the event by being critical it will be the way to do with people from within that are supporting your principles. and is something i will never do, is demonizing people in black and white. i've never when i was banned of this country, i never confused the bush administration with the american people. because if i would have done this, it would've been a catastrophe for the americans. so i think we have -- its series. why, for example, to go unseen and people are working and promoting the american perception? because you know what they're doing in the world. it's, by being critical, by sticking to principle, so no black and white political positions. but stick to your principles spend whatever makes you sleep better at night. used to work for mass murderers. -- u.s. steel work for mass murderers. [inaudible] >> thank you, country. i'm

it's about the iran-syria access opposed to the iran -- sorry, kuwait, qatar saudi arabia access, andit's also really about china -- i was going to say the soviet union -- but china, russia on one hand and the united states and europe on the other. you have three levels of stalemates, local, regional, and international because there's so much at stake so a country like or regime like syria for the past 40 years had these calculations in mind so this is not to excuse the regime's brutality whatsoever, but to understand analytically that the outcomes of what we have been witnessing for the past several decades involve these kinds of calculations that many of us don't take intoing the. >> host: and we have been talking with professor haddad, the political economy of the authoritarian resilience, published by stanford. he's head of the middle eastern studies program here at george mason university. this is booktv on c-span2. >>> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here online. type author or book title in the search bar on the upper left side of the page and click "searc

france turkey saudi arabia and qatar of inducing and aiding terrorism in his country by those countries actually arming financing and supporting the opposition groups in syria he went on to say that the holes that western countries are making for president bashar al assad to step down is not only provoking more bloodshed in his country but he says it's also a believe an interference into syria's domestic affairs he said success of any international effort in syria would require countries including turkey saudi arabia qatar and libya to stop arming funding and training the syrian opposition and to rather encourage dialogue so the syrian foreign minister will lead of course to addressing the world body on the last and final day of the un general assembly he says that he is calling for a political solution and syrian led dialogue to agree on a roadmap to a more plural poorest stick and democratic syria but we heard u.s. president barack obama first call for. president bashar al assad to step down and his sentiments were echoed by britain and by france just as the u.s. he says stood by supp

and then after that it will be interesting to see how it is received in qatar.ut after that we are going to go to another phase of the project, to go on with the project and start to include men in, i mean because it was just one, you know, focus at first. where the woman and it was really timely for this olympics and an important moment. but now we are going to include men and then also well-known athletes. i mean we are going to just-- broaden the subject. >> thank you very much. it's always good to see you. >> thank you, thank you, charlie. >> the book sell called hey ya. thank you for joining us. sow you next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

taliban representatives in qatar who handle this political issue, spoke with nhk in august. they said the taliban halted the negotiations after the u.s. demanded that afghan president hamid karzai's government be included. he added that the taliban is ready to discuss peace if key taliban members are freed. omar's statement this week is intended as a direct call to the u.s. to resume direct talks which keep out the karzai administration. the taliban is displaying a sense of urgency now that negotiations are not moving forward. the united states is trying to withdraw combat forces by the end of 2014 and hand security back to afghanistan. all are eager to put the long-running war to an end. the u.s. is in the middle of a presidential race and is not likely to respond to calls for dialogue at the moment. hideki yui, nhk world, islamabad. >>> south korean president lee myung-bak is over more scrutiny in critical cases involving members of his family. his son appeared before a special council to face allegations he attempted to misuse taxpayer money to build his father's retireme

the japanese government has asked qatar, the world's largest exporter of the fuel, to lower its prices. japan's trade and industry minister, yukio edano met with senior qatari official hamad al atia in tokyo on monday. edano explained japan's energy situation and requested a discount. >> translator: we're asking for affordable stable supplies of liquified natural gas to meet our country's needs. >> the price of lng from qatar is linked to the price of crude oil. that makes it relatively expensive. al atia wants to maintain good relations with japan so he'll listen to what edano has to say but he stopped short of making a commitment on pricing. japan's need to import lng plunged its trade balance into the red. government officials plan to strengthen alliances with other lng importers to improve their negotiating position. >>> japanese pride themselves on honoring their traditions but these days they're trying to rid themselves of what's become somewhat of a financial tradition. they want to end two decades of deflation. kanno is chief economist at jpmorgan securities japan. nhk world's

at this point has got to be leaning on saudi arabia and qatar and try to isolate assad himself.ill never give up but you can peel away his supporters. the only way you'll end this is by a political solution with the parties involved. there will not be a military victory with the syrian army. >> cenk: there have been models that emerge over the arab spring. we were able to defeat gadhafi's powerful military forces. in egyptian, they turned against mubarak, i have a hard time seeing that the tide will turn against assad, and i don't see an end to the brutality. >> just as saudi arabia are hedging their bets, you can see groups jockeying for the day after. what happens the day after assad falls. you want to appeal deals to countries that offer a solution to this, a way out of this quagmire so you can increase the pressure isolate assad not militaryily but politically. >> eliot: but is that happening? if you were to compare the situation today versus two months ago. two months ago there was a palpable fence there were defections that he was losing control of the country. maybe i'm w

it the fact of the matter is that the type of government that exists in kuwait as in bahrain or and qatar this this type of feudal monarchy as i would call it this is something that is a relic of a bygone era and i think that people in the region have seen in the wake of the arab spring democratization process that is taking place in certain parts of the arab world and then they look at their own countries like bahrain and kuwait for example and they see that they don't have any real political rights at least not by twenty first century standards so i think that the rage is real the indignation is real and it's spilling over into the streets as we've seen in the past but what about the regime itself how robust is it. well the regime in kuwait is a little complex i would say because it's true that there is a significant welfare state element in kuwait i think that the people there generally enjoy a standard of living that is higher than their neighbors in the region but at the same time it is still an emirate it is still run by a central figure with fifteen tauriel powers who can dissolve

turkey saudi arabia qatar are involved in violating international law it's an open secret that there are massive amounts of weapons many of which were originally taken through stock files in the libya they're going into the hands of the armed rebels many of whom are radical all qaeda linked. the jihadi so turkey has been one of them it is only mean the rebels so i think that this incident was an attempt to cover for their own lie elation of the same sions and their own abuse of any kind. of mediating. in this crisis for analysis and the timeline of the stories lined up at r.t.e. dot com where you can also find exclusives and firsthand reports from the passengers and the crew of the syrian plane intercepted by turkey they describe how badly they were treated at an airport and. to some other news from around the world now at least fifteen people have been killed and around forty wounded in a suicide bombing in pakistan the attack occurred at a local market in the northwestern region of the country and supposedly targeted fighters of a pro-government militia the group was created as a c

france turkey saudi arabia and qatar of inducing and aiding terrorism in his country by those countries actually arming financing and supporting the opposition groups in syria he went on to say that the calls that western countries are making for president bashar al assad to step down is not only provoking more bloodshed in his country but he says it's also a believe an interference in to syria's domestic affairs he said this success of any international effort in syria would require countries including turkey saudi arabia qatar and libya to stop arming funding and training the syrian opposition and to rather encourage dialogue but we heard u.s. president barack obama first call for. president bashar al assad to step down and that his sentiments were. by britain and by france just as the u.s. he says stood by supported and helped liberate the people in libya he would like to see this same thing done in syria but on the other hand you have many other countries such as russia china brazil. and so on and so forth saying that there can't be any outside intervention into what's taking place

qatar has reportedly decided to buy major stakes in a number of european banks it's seen as part of a strategy to tighten relations with the european countries and increase its political support many of europe's leading companies and banks are currently suffering from a lack of liquidity caused by the financial and debt crisis qatar's already become a major investor in france the u.k. the netherlands germany among many others. oh i just a moment here and i'll see that it's katie pilbeam with all the latest business news for this hour. emission free couldn't take three months for charges free. range month free. three stooges free. food free bone cancer clothing video for your media projects free media and on to our teeth dot com. nuclear fashionable side. radioactive fallout of all government betrayal of the government. and lauded and lauded and flawed how can the truth be revealed if there's no official evidence there was a very bright day to the servicemen concerned who were given no problem protection and to the people of this country generally because already like the full. the sec

said that they were going to end the battle there it comes amid reports that we're receiving that qatar has saved nearly two hundred million dollars to the free syrian army so certainly the scene seems to have been said for fighting to intensify certainly in the near future and looking now in the city of aleppo. let's discuss the latest spike in terror attacks in syria with dr sriram trolling from the gentle school of international affairs. dr charlie i thank you for joining our team now car bombings have unfortunately become a common occurrence in damascus but are now being deployed in all let go as well does this mean the rebels are getting an up or hand in the fight for the country's commercial hub. well you know terrorist tactics are usually the weapon of the weak so it's not necessarily the case that they're getting an upper hand but certainly what we're doing is that are causing massive destruction and what's happening is that the opposition forces are now resorting to more and more desperate tactics because they are conditionally weaker than the state but more of what interesting

the emir of qatar has become the first head to visit the gaza strip the since the islamist group hamas came to power there five years ago sheikh ahmad been called off. plans to launch a building project work two hundred fifty four million dollars focusing on the reconstruction of destroyed palestinian territories qatar one of the richest countries in the persian gulf has recently become a major source of funding for the gaza strip following the. relations between hamas and syria. the u.k. is doubling in strong fleet in afghanistan to ten multimillion dollar on manned and armed aircraft this comes even as london says it's preparing to leave the wars are head of the two thousand and fourteen nato withdrawal deadline middle east expert to recall he says drone warfare is a hypocritical. i think it's an emergency measure that they want to have the capability to blast people they don't like whenever they want to without loosing lives of their own so this is always been very afraid or they can always find money for weapons or wars but thieves system austerity measures reducing salaries so for

>> weapons mostly coming from saudi arabia, qatar, other gulf countries. you know, you saw in today's papers the u.s. has espoused the policy of not arming the rebels directly but allowing or possibly assisting in indirectly arming the rebels through countries like these gulf countries like saudi arabia and qatar. the problem you have many private citizen from these countries don't espouse democratic values per se but support more militant islamist groups. >> let me ask you about that. "new york times" piece this morning that says these arms being supplied by saudi arabia and qatar are going into the hands of these hard line islamic jihadist and not these more secular opposition groups. is it a blow to u.s. strategy there? >> it is. because there's a sense that the u.s. has lost an opportunity here by taking such a hands off approach to the syrian conflict. they lost the opportunity to influence what's happening on the ground and to ensure that groups and opposition members who do espouse more democratic values have any real success or power or influence.

government had peace talks in 2010 and carried them in locations such as qatar. he indicated the group's intention to resume dialogue with the u.s. saying the taliban could continue. they said the work and negotiations after the u.s. demanded that afghanistan president be included. he added that the taliban is ready to discuss peace if taliban members are free. they are displaying a sense of urgency now that negotiations are not moving forward. the u.s. is in the middle of the president's arrest and is not likely to respond to calls for dialogue at the moment. >>> two women from different corners of the world have teamed up to sell something carried by women everywhere. one is from japan. the other from ethiopia. their partnership to sell hand bags began years ago. they had to overcome something. >> reporter: the story begins in ethiopia. in recent years a more stable government has encouraged investors. the economy has grown more than 10% a year. employees at this small workshop make handbags. it was founded two years ago. now works with the local people. >> rep

of course qatar and saudi arabia will channel arms toye to jihadt groups.pretend saudi arabia and qatar are our allies. but we want a different post-assad syria. we weren't a secular democracy where women have rights. the saudis and qatar want a post-assad syria that looks like saudi arabia. megyn: we are not shipping the arms directly. but were providing intel and sending second-handle light weapons. we are working with allies to make sure these rebels get the arms if you read the "times" article. the reason most likely mitt romney didn't challenge barack obama on it is he, too, says this is the way to go to ship these arms. that's well and good if that's what we decide we want to do. shouldn't there be some controls in place to make sure we aren't arming jihadists, islamic jihadists who want to blow us from here to kingdom come? there is a question whether we need tighter controls over what was happening in syria. libya after we got rid of their leader. are we setting ourselves up for a similar result in syria? >> yes, or much, much worse. syria has a lar

it is reported that there is no way to vet the rebel groups and saudi arabia and qatar funnel weaponsjihadists rather than secular fighters. as an american official put it and i quote, "the opposition groups that are receiving the most of the lethal aid are exactly the ones we don't want do have it." officials claim that the united states is not directly arming rebel fighters but the c.i.a. has reportedly sent officers to turkey in an effort to help funnel the weapons. now jennifer is at the pentagon this afternoon. this is not the first time we have concerned over jihadists in syria getting weapons. >>reporter: in fact the state department has been warning about this from the beginning. it is the qatar and saudis that were providing the weapons to the syrian opposition. >> i will just say that we have been tracking this all along. we have been discussing our concerns about extremists high, jag the operations of the syrian people. we have urged careful vetting all those things and we will continue to do so. >>reporter: another senior official said it is not exactly easy to determine w

militias and the free syrian are all sunni-arab and they are being supported by sunnis and turkey and qatarand saudi arabia. [inaudible] >> the prudently so. they been quiet during the whole arab spring because they are waiting to how it plays out and if they voice a position on one side or the other they could delegitimize the very groups they want to see rise in power and some of these countries so they are waiting and seeing it and syria gets a big dilemma. have the israelis -- he mag israeli leadership, this has been this way for years. they have had this diametrically opposed view of assad for a long time. on the one hand he is the devil we know. he hasn't shown that he wants peace with us. he is controlled the country. we don't like everything he does but he is predictable. we have carried out attacks and assassinations in syria although they haven't admitted they have done it and assad doesn't respond in any way because of the asymmetry of power between syria and israel so you have half the israelis deigning, well maybe we want him to, we would rather have stability on the border rat

. >> alawis in qatar and beyond no longer want to stay silent. they're trying to start a protest movement in turkey. it is becoming clear the kurds are not the only discontented minorities in the country. >> this has been used since roman times. the pantheon is built from it, for example. it was quarried in small quantities, but the marble industry has grown extensively. some has warned it has gotten too big. they say it is damaging the environment and ruining people's health. >> from the center, you cannot see what is happening in alps. people have been quarrying marble here since ancient times. even today, a bathtub or garden walk away made of this marble is considered the height of luxury. the region is dependent on marble. excavating equipment has been used and it has changed the surrounding durant -- surrounding landscape entirely. what was once an individual craft has turned into a mechanized industry. environmental activists are fighting against the destruction of the home region. >> to save the alps, the quarrries should be closed if they

the only option however right from the beginning especially the united states but also saudi arabia qatar they were against it and they really made it a nonstarter it's quite clear that brahim to follow often on is taking over the same plan and it's also obvious that russia still supporting the plan so if you really look for a peaceful settlement it would be the only chance but as. long as saudi arabia is turkey the united states u.k. france as long as they demand for the toppling of a sunt there's no chance that this plan can actually put be put into reality in your opinion how accurate is the news coverage of what's been going on in syria being. like in every war there is propaganda from the from both sides for quite a long time it was mainly the information from the opposition which was reported in the mainstream media in the west. information. from the sound site was neglected and discarded as programmed however recently during the last few months it has turned out especially and that the atrocities the message committed by. rebels have it. such. that they can no longer be neglected s