qatar has never -- qatar has never supported hamas, and whenever support never support hamas. qatar support is going to the people who are in need, and all the support following process, and the results of the supports are realized by the people there, whether in qatar or the west bank. the reconstruction of the homes of the people which was affected because of the work of the reconstruction of the schools, the supplies for the hospitals, which all being done, carried out by other governments, is all realize there and the people, they are welcoming any foreign guests to go there and see what kind of support and out these support to helping and stabilizing the situation. this is just to clear -- this is to talk about qatar support for hamas and the continuation of this narrative, which is, which has no basis. what we're seeing here in the bill regarding hamas is one of the results of the propaganda created against qatar, because what inspired, the bill was referencing to articles which were inspired by this same propaganda. what we see, we have no concern about that this bill o

qatar. his excellency -- a very young man. a very impressive career. and already was in his position for more than a year. and somewhat familiar with washington. i assume washington is becoming somewhat familiar to you. i have to say that however, a little difficult to understand his region. things are constantly happened. in addition to qatar, there's a small state called saudi arabia and there's another small state called iran. they interact in a whole variety of places and there's russia and of course the united states. it's a very important and very complex region. and we count on you, mr. minister, to explain to us what is going on. i have just read your statement about recent saudi moves as far as lebanon is concerned and my impression was that you found some reasons for concern. welcome. >> thank you, sir. >> you can speak from here or here. whatever you prefer. >> good morning, everybody. thank you for hosting me this morning. ladies and gentlemen, lately the world watch ts the news

moving on and the emir of qatar is looking to tap further into the west african market as his country continues to live under a blockade that's been going on for most of this year i mean been hammered out funny has met leaders in senegal booking a fossil mali and guinea to strengthen ties egypt's bahrain and the u.a.e. cut ties with qatar in june now three west african governments were quick to react when the embargo on qatar began in june reflecting songe arabia's strong standing in the region back when the crisis started mauritania cut all ties with doha while senegal any share recall their ambassador has since then senegal has resumed diplomatic relations with qatar but mauritania any share on maintaining their stance let's speak to adam again who's this senegalese journalist in west africa he joins us via skype from casablanca in morocco adam a very good to have you with us middle eastern countries as showing no doubt a great deal of interest in africa these days we know about the strategic importance of the horn of africa for gulf countries but why they venturing into west africa

policies qatar has refused this and we have seen that qatar has now according to what the reports here say that qatar has been able to absorb. this shock and the change its commercial routes and its relations eighty percent of its imports came from. us now they have been able to decide to compensate out and import from other countries qatar also has been striking deals huge multi-billion dollar military transactions with the americans with the british with the french over the last few months and we have seen the results of this military display today a strong message to its neighbors who according to reports almost ten were about to invade it last june at the beginning of this crisis so the gist of it is not cut out today has sent a strong message trying to say to its neighbors and to the world that it has halves of the shock that his house compensated the losses a lot of so it is now socially stronger than ever before this huge and this extraordinary mixing today and fusion of qataris and exporting is one of us having has never been seen before so that's also another message that's go

with qatar and qatar the same thing they have some some issues with this a book aiding countries i mean the only the only option is the dialogue dialogue dialogue we have to set we have to discuss we have to it. hans parent lee discussed these issues and again he once for all to i mean settle this not only discussing the topics but even talking about the future how to prevent such thing to to to happen to have a mechanism for conflict resolution that is really has some strategic. midges big given given that none of that did happen is that the g.c.c. been shown up to be much weaker than it had been thought in previous years it is it is actually indeed however i would say is still g.c.c. corporation or council as extremely important yes it's underperforming yes it's under the expectation of the g.c.c. people but this body is external stream really important because the problem is not with the idea the problem is with the performance and you can always fix the performance of the a bird would you agree that the g.c.c. is extremely important and if so why does saudi arabia and the u.a.e. see

qatar football association aspire cademy are working really hard to develop a team. does well and twenty twenty two we see a lot of young kids coming up the ranks that are extremely skilled we see that there is a big change in property football and that's thanks goes to do it goes through to f.a. as well as aspire academy and you know we're all really hopeful that that dream comes the reality of. the gold cup but is the first major tournament for qatar since the disappointment of failing to qualify for the twenty eighty world cup they were actually meant to host the competition but it was relocated to kuwait because of the current political crisis in the region saudi arabia the u.a.e. and behaving are part of the blockade of qatar that's been in force for more than six months and which shows no sign of ending we offer course hope that the blockading nations see reason and allow for their people to participate in this once in a lifetime opportunity in the middle east. and of course we're always optimistic and we're always hopeful that this matter is resolved through d

with the meanest thing you are by qatar will import products from ghana what. bike this being fined. for i think all other countries will cut thing and expect some real tangible benefits. i mean i'm going to stop you there my friend which i apologize we're having some technical issues with our crow but we did have enough time there was a moment well to get a good sense of where that relationship is going we move on the french president emanuel micro has announced an additional twelve million dollars in funding to help educate girls in need share though it's part of an effort to curb migration micron says france is ready to strengthen its military force fighting alongside african troops against rebel groups in the sun hill region earlier he pledged four hundred seventy five million dollars to support other projects in the year until the year twenty twenty one. we have a plan in the share to offer free and mandatory education until the age of sixteen with specific provisions to protect young girls and keep them in school for as long as possible until at least the

qatar is in the middle ofa significance?ey have accused qatar of supporting terrorism, a claim it flatly denies, but it means that flights cannot get into qatar on other countries. i am guessing that qatar hoped that by signing such a huge deal with the uk government, £6 billion, to support british jobs, that it will at least curry favour with london and the foreign office when it comes to this battle versus the saudis on this issue. we don't know what will come of that, but we certainly welcome the jobs bit for the uk. the chair of kings college hospital, lord robert kerslake, has resigned, citing government policy as a reason. he said he was stepping down from his post because the government and regulators were not stepping up to the challenges faced by the health service. an update on the bad weather. over 100 schools will be closed tomorrow in gloucestershire, both secondary and primary schools. people are advised to look at the official school ‘s website to check on the status of their own school. the weather is one of

the weather sponsored by qatar and he's. from toxic milk to fake meat food standards continue to rock china as the world turns to it for its food one when he goes undercover to expose the hidden harm in a system geared for profit one east at this time i know it is iran. this is al-jazeera. and i'm jane dutton this is the news live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes a christmas decoration christian leaders in the holy land come out strongly against u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital oh. the wrath of tropical storm tembin more than seventy thousand people. in the philippines and at least two hundred people are dead in. an act of war north korea's response to the latest round of un sanctions of a pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. and more likely thank you yes with the latest series on artificial intelligence in the years to come will this be doing your job or module. palestinian. christian leaders have rejected the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital calling it dangerous and an

the host nation and shit i mean of qatar they're the only true who are confirmed in terms of heads of state the other countries have confirmed that there were ten but they haven't confirmed who will represent them and they find themselves particularly saudi arabia in the united arab emirates have been leading this blockade or the siege on qatar they find themselves in a difficult situation because on the one hand if their heads of state attended will be seen as a sign of weakness by their people that after months of them accusing qatar of supporting terrorism and saying that qatar needs to be ostracized and actually essentially orchestrating an attempt to redeem change inside qatar by propping up proxies either in saudi arabia or other individuals where they're going to sit around the table with a country which they said they wouldn't do business with and of actually enforce laws to prevent their own citizens of doing business with on the other hand if they don't attend then they will be seen or used of essentially sowing disunity amongst the g.c.c. and essentially standing in the way

the show, qatar crisis.ow the bank was preparing to weather the saudi led blockade in his first intoview after it came effect. days before the flotation of thedistribution unit, ceo of ab abu dhabi's state major outlined his plans to us. and saudi's big time budget, the nation's finance manager down to me as he set out a huge spending plan 2018. first, saudi arabia was the source of many of the region's biggest news 2017.s of as the kingdom shook things up and intensified efforts to reform and to modernize. allowhe decisions to women to drive from the exteriors of so-called theuption crackdown, nation was far off the headlines and in october it to outline world its plans for the future and show how it was opening itself up. we secured the first-ever interview with the head of saudi arabia's public investment fund. >> vision 2030, we tapped on things, one of diversity.e and if you look at our assets under management currently, one it's mainly in the saudi economy and two it's mainly in the .onventional sector

from those other countries and they are not selling goods to qatar as well so i am guessing qatar, by at least curry favour with the london and the foreign office when it comes to this sort of battle versus the saudis in this issue. we don't know what the foreign office thinks of that aspect of it but they will certainly welcomed the jobs bit of it for the uk. demonstrators have clashed with police near the us embassy in the lebanese capital, beirut. tear gas was fired and water cannons were used to repel people trying force open the gates sealing the road to the embassy. they're the latest protests against president trump's decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. the white house described the palestinian president's refusal to meet vice president mike pence over the issue as "unfortunate" . it's six months since the grenfell tower disaster, in which 71 people died. and today, the equalities watchdog announced its to launch its own review into the causes behind the fire after criticisms that the currentjudge—led inquiry isn't broad enough. 0ur correspondent elaine du

of important commercial contracts signed in qatar.ne of them a 1.1 billion euro commitment from the qataris to purchase fighter planes and a 5.5 billion euros for 50 airbus a320 one jets. along with a 3 billion euro deal for commuter rarail service.. we signed a number of commercial deals reflectining te ststrength o of our economomic . indndustry and the arms industry, a highly anticipated deal for the growth and maintenance of the metro in dodoha. equally important for countering soil pollution. inin total and a amount close t2 billion eururos has been signed today which demonstrates the intensity of its relationship. overall -- overhaul of the country's state oil monopoly. >> exxon mobil has open the first mobile branded gas station in mexico. it comes on the heels of bps first mexico outlook earlier in the year. developments made possible by sweeping reforms to the energy sector. the countries consumers have seen their costs rise. and subsidies cut. a rather generic welcome for a new service station. this is the first mobile brand

and egypt cut their trade and diplomatic ties with qatar in june a period which as you'll see in this week's program has affected not just diplomatic ties but economic ones too more on that after this report from. while the announcement that this year's gulf cooperation council summit would go ahead as planned in kuwait came as a surprise to many it also brought renewed hope for a diplomatic breakthrough that might in the gulf crisis upon his arrival in kuwait on tuesday but that is a mere shift i mean been hammered acehnese issued a statement expressing sincere gratitude toward kuwait's emir. and his wishes for the success of the current summit stressing that the current situation in the region required the council's members to band together against all odds and challenges but even before the summit officially kicked off divisions were very much on display first the united arab emirates announced it had formed a new economic and military partnership with saudi arabia that would be separate from the g.c.c. then saudi arabia the u.a.e. and bahamian decided not to send their respective

and qatar were seen as backing opposing sides especially in egypt and libya maybe to north america now where the u.s. supreme court will allow the trumpet ministration to fully of course its controversial travel ban and the appeal against it is heard now the ruling extends the band to people from six muslim majority countries but as well and north korea are already subject to those restrictions while federal appeals judges are hearing arguments this week on the overall bans legality critics argue the measure violates the u.s. constitution still ahead here on al-jazeera widespread protests in honduras a week after presidential elections plus. the whole i'll be looking at some of the art on display here that's in the running for this year's turner prize . by the skyline of asian harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. hello again settle doubt about the spread of winter now it's fairly obvious just by watching the satellite picture the clouds tumbling down from the north that thick white line there is a cold front so behind all this it's cold air there is a bit of a relief though

qatar was identified directly by the former chair of the u.k. parliament intelligence security committee, he pointed out its role in promoting terrorism and insisted that those in qatar must choose their friends or live with the consequences. saudi arabia poses a more complex problem. it has long poured millions of dollars into support for global terrorism. and the previous head of the french counterterrorism intelligence agency had phoned into saudi intelligence who are supporting extremist groups from afghanistan to syria to egypt and mali. it is hardly surprising, given the kingdom which is fundamentally islamist. isis and saudi explains the news reported of stonings and beheadings. this is positioned as opposing the syrian regime, but humanitarian aid to syria is being stopped from some countries because it is stopped by extremists, it is not surprising that weapons are falling into the hands of terrorists. russia actually challenged that, not least because the groups told them to carry on fighting. and if we remember, in 2014 the u.s. gover

has vehemently denied those accusations but instead of head to qatar many believe some good house come from the ongoing diplomatic crisis and some say on all since the fifth of june a national unity has increased since their every day is a national day. and lines are open from everywhere in the world instead of getting our needs from saudi in dubai things have changed the whole world is directly open to get it so they can get them and we wish the blockade took place a long time ago new business opportunities new events new projects started which i witnessed myself after all something good has come out of this bad situation we need the country to depend on itself more than before. and the logic spotted communities have taken part in unprecedented numbers they've organized sports uncomfortable events to market asian for qatar to lead this it's yet another sign of a healthy society that's capable of winning not just the support of its own citizens but also the hearts and minds of its foreign guests. the blockade has pushed qatar to invest in local production and create a new economy and m

cut ties with fellow member qatar back in june. britain and the european union have failed to reach an agreement on brics it withdrawal terms ahead of a summit of e.u. leaders in ten days' time prime minister to resign may admit differences remain on a number of issues including the status of northern ireland on the fish reports. the day began full of hope when to resume a joint called your guy went into talks the brussels rumor mill had it that a breck's it deal was about to be announced. but when they emerged after several hours there was no deal just two leaders putting a brave face on a disappointing day so i'm still confident that we can reach sufficient progress sufficient progress before the european cultural to fifteen of this is for the failure. of to very strong i'm very confident that the region we because of history on a couple of issues some differences do remain which require further negotiation and consultation and those will continue but we will reconvene before the end of the week and i am also confident that we wi

countries to convene here in kuwait to help those are the united arab emirates saudi arabia but in qatar of all man and obviously kuwait the host nation and what usually happens in these meetings is that the foreign ministers come together to finalize the agenda for the summit which is then to a true day event which takes place between the heads of states however what we understand is that the foreign ministers are coming they are expected actually their meeting was expected to start now round about now where it sees a bit delayed we're not sure exactly whether that's just normal delays or maybe they're still awaiting the arrival of some of those countries to requestion isn't about which foreign ministers would attend it's about which heads of states will attend as you mentioned shift i mean of qatar has declared his intention to come over to share some thoughts about of equated here as well as a man usually sends a very senior figure because of the. difficulties in travel for its leader because of his his health reasons the question is whether saudi arabia will send our leader its head

cut ties with qatar in june qatar and kuwait are the only nations which had heads of state attending the summit the others were represented by ministers or deputy prime ministers. and joins us live so how significant was that difference in terms of who was attending. well extremely significant because there was up some ism in the build up to the summits i mean a few weeks a bike back nobody would have thought the summit itself would have taken place but when the official invitations were sent out by coates and the member states all accepted that they would be attending suddenly there was some sort of hope that this six month old crisis could suddenly or finally find a way out through mediation through this discussion sitting around the table as the new all summits however people were then surprised that despite assurances by the king of saudi arabia king solomon and others that maybe they would be represented or at least their deputies would come to kuwait the fact that such junior ministers were sent in their stead was seen as a rebuke to the attempts of coates' to maintain and safe

the weather sponsored by qatar airways. at this time. forced to flee from syria to lebanon many refugee mothers risked childbirth in terrible conditions delivery is very difficult here in lebanon it's ghostly i can't go back to syria now because of the war but one lebanese woman is committed to helping them. become friends forget the woman. she's important to me. they were she g.'s midwife at this time on al jazeera world. you're watching also syria minder of our top stories this hour around a million people are evacuating vietnam's mekong delta as tropical storm tembin approaches every rain and strong winds are expected to cause serious damage temper and has already killed more than two hundred people in the past over the philippines. is demanding a public apology from the united arab emirates after the u.a.e. banned chin is it females from flying to all passing through the state on friday in retaliation china's yet suspended all emirates airlines flights and u.a.e. says the ban was imposed for security reasons but hasn't given any more

qatar will become the first nation since it to be in monte thirty four to host the world cup without ever having taken part in the finals and while the twenty twenty two organizers are spending millions on stadiums and infrastructure they're also investing heavily in grassroots football. they're hoping in five years' time the country national team will make an impact on the field qatar football association and a spark of them you're working really hard to develop a team. does well and twenty twenty two we see a lot of young kids coming up the ranks that are extremely skilled we see that there is a big change in property football and that's thanks goes to do it goes to. as well as aspire academy and you know we're all really hopeful that that dream comes a reality. the gold cup but is the first major tournament for qatar since the disappointment of failing to qualify for the twenty eighty world cup they were actually meant to host the competition but it was relocated to kuwait because of the current political crisis in the region saudi arabia the u.a.e. and behaving are part of the bl

defending champions qatar are getting ready to face the rock on tuesday for their second round match this is their first major football tournament since failing to qualify for next year's world cup and the political difficulties over qatar hosting the gulf have created concerns over his ability to be the host of the twenty twenty two world cup for one hundred reports from kuwait city which the road to the world cup finals in twenty twenty two is proving a bumpy one after qatar won the right to host football's biggest tournament after failing to qualify for the showpiece twenty eighteen event in russia critics have been questioned in the tiny gulf states football credentials. qatar will become the first nation since it to be in one hundred thirty four to host the world cup without ever having taken part in the finals and while the twenty twenty two organizers are spending millions on stadiums and infrastructure they're also investing heavily in grassroots football. they're hoping in five years' time the qatari national team will make an impact on the field qatar football association a

all resisted saudi pressure to cut ties with qatar. in what looks like a just to article commission and generous economy in the six capitals this includes thirteen point eight million dollars to build a castle and hospital in booking a fossil and up to forty million dollars for a special educational project in mali to promote peace and audience school children away from the influence of. the in the future we discussed the issues of peace and security in the region namely in mali and burkina faso were struggling against terrorist and radical groups during the visit a memorandum of understanding was signed with mali to provide them with educational programs as qatar believes education is the key factor in fighting radicalization and extremism this will benefit six hundred thousand students in mali and we hope to expand the initiatives to include other countries. even before the visit aggregate economic support to the six west african nations had already reached over half a trillion dollars the new agreements are meant to turn into a majo

qatar is with fellow member cuts are back in june. reports from kuwait.foreign ministers of the six treaty c. countries arrived in kuwait on monday ahead of the group's thirty eighth annual summits it's the first time senior ministers have met since three of the member states imposed a blockade on qatar back in june saudi arabia the united arab emirates amber frey and have cut off all trade ties with qatar barred qatar the citizens from entering their countries and closed off their territorial waters and earth space to their neighbor for six months now it's a crisis that struck at the very core of the gulf cooperation council an organization that was set up to unify through greater trade corp and the free movement of people for months now kuwait has been leading mediation efforts while carter's amir has agreed to sit down and discuss differences with his counterparts coates' call for dialogue has not been accepted by the blockading countries that's why this treaty summit is so important many analysts had believed the organizations future would be in doubt

the saudis and him artes are part of a blockade of qatar that's been in force for more than six months they accuse qatar of sponsoring terrorism accusations variant he denies just a few weeks ago it looked like at this year's edition of the gulf cup wouldn't go ahead a tool in saudi arabia and emirates were threatening to boycott the banned neural event and in the regions of worth diplomatic crisis in years the gulf crisis saw the competition move from qatar to kuwait. the host nation who were themselves a band from international football by fifa until just two weeks ago they're hoping this story meant will help ease the tension between qatar and its neighbors it's not about for top to bottom think to give them footwork it's something we're going to run sport. for the proportion of teams that they are attached to it again describes how. how how how how how they felt. going to last two weeks and also the last two years this tournament is very close to the kuwaitis hearts they've won the title ten times the first was back in ninety seventy when it began for you know quite where they're s

at the moment, the main impact is for qatar.ut if the impact was to widen to the region, that could have a negative impact on the business confidence. tracy: right now you have a stable outlook for the banks but there are some where you have a negative outlook, specifically as mentioned, qatar, but rain and omar. what are the differential factors between those banks and others in the region? guest: i would put qatar aside because -- >> is a special case? and it is more about geopolitical tensions and how those tensions could develop i think obviously two reasons -- confidence in the system has been impacted. trade flows as been impacted as you mentioned, i think the rain and, in ourbahrain different, the problem for them is more fist goal. failed twicece -- in meeting their fiscal targets and bahrain check out debt -- bahrain's that continues to grow. tracy: i heard some people call bahrain the grease of the middle east. is that something you agree with? it is a harsh assessment, no? guest: i am not entirely familiar with greece

it's hard for qatar missiles. with regards to countries we're seeing today not be. worth it how do you explain that. in terms of the regional situation. and. they're located. you know from our neighbors and us and them is ongoing. and the situation of cuts is quite clear. we need to sort out. these problems on it on the table of negotiations where everyone talks openly and discuss. viewpoints and action i feel sorry to say that others have imposed. on us in the holy month of ramadan. and that you know. we have our own dignity and we have the sovereignty of the state of that is. everything and you know brothers ones to sort out the problems we are ready for that so i think this is a message that is clear to everyone we cannot accept any intervention and you know. the qatari people have the right to know the reasons behind the blockade and the violence. in the. us. the sovereignty as a set of the set of the thought is above and think we need to sort out the problem but not on the expense of our dignity and our sovereignty. you understand. that there is any complacent

wrong direction but it's not only the blockade on qatar that's threatening the g.c.c. the war in yemen is proving to be a major challenge for the saudi led coalition which continues to spend millions of dollars while the yemeni people continue to suffer meanwhile unemployment in saudi arabia and across the region particularly among young people is on the rise and g.c.c. member economies are slowing down this is one of the most important summits in the g.c.c. is history it has the. paving the way for relations to be mended and a solution found to a crisis that has torn the very fabric of the gulf cooperation council but it's also has the potential of further damaging what is arguably the only source of stability in an extremely volatile and unstable region. kuwait. the u.s. supreme court will allow the trump administration to fully enforce its controversial travel ban until an appeal against it is heard the ruling extends to ban people from six muslim majority countries. and north korea are already subject to restrictions federal appeals judges are hearing arguments thi

qatar is desperate in need for partners. they have made -- with iran. this creates protection in the short term with a saudi alliance. they have deployed a 5000 troops, turkey at its own , military station in qatar. france is trying to get their sanctions lifted. rex tillerson has pointed out the logistical problems the blockade has caused. but trump and saudi must hold firm. the egyptian foreign minister has described qatari funding for islamist groups in war-torn libya, and ma the head of the national army described -- accusing qatar supporting terrorist groups in libya by financing mercenaries and remains agroups, she severe threat to international security. i appreciate that my focus has been on islamism. this is not a mistake. i truly believe this is where lurks the greatest danger to syria, the middle east, and the world. but this does not make me a supporter of the regime despite , my surname. far from it. the key has always been to find an alternative. iraq and libya have demonstrated it may be easy for the west topple the regime, but it is much

air base in the middle east and they settled to meet the emir of qatar before speaking to reporters. at the bottom but only. your mission here is important because it will allow us in the next few months to successfully win the war against eisel in iraq and syria we're convinced that this victory is possible for you and that it is only possible and successful tomorrow through your commitment over the last few years french presence on this base and throughout the region is our contribution to the international coalition it's a decisive element in this fight that we shall win in the poll polls opened of the second phase of parliamentary and regional elections they're considered to be the final step in the transition to a federal democracy voters say they want their new leaders to focus on rebuilding with millions of survivors of the earthquake disaster two and a half years ago still living in temporary housing. more than twelve thousand homes are under threat from wildfires in southern california two hundred thousand people have told to leave their homes as a fire is now into the heart

in this in this so this means that this dispute with qatar is going to continue that way for the for the long run i think so unfortunately the way it looks if you look at the narratives you look at the rhetoric that comes out of all these different capitals it seems suggest that there nobody has a real interest in getting a solution on the way the countries wanted to negotiate one of the partners was willing to negotiate and now we're at a point where there is almost no return there's no return to it and say prevent a status of pre june two thousand and seventeen where the g.c.c. was acting as a unitary actor the g.c.c. as we know it will cease to exist i would say i'm totally thank you very much for that. andrea's i want to bring in our kimberly hall correspondent in washington d.c. kimberly we were just talking with my want to short while ago about the fact that the u.s. networks t.v. networks aren't covering the events in yemen as we are understandably but. quite interesting to see that this is not perhaps a focus of the u.s. right now the situation in yemen and the death of ali a

business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. to. ensure. this is zero. and i'm jane dutton this is the news live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. celebrations as india's ruling b j p looks set to hold on to the prime minister's home state of. the world wide protests over the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital moves to the united nations. a close contest south africa's a.n.c. policy votes to choose a new leader to replace jacob zuma. and i'm far ahead smile our top story in sport the ashes then returns down under as australia beat england to secure the famous cricket contact. india's ruling the j.p. looks set to retain prime minister narendra modi's home states all over. a challenge from the main opposition party after early push showings the b j p moved ahead in the election which was seen as a test for modi he's been the chief minister of gujarat for three terms and the party has ruled the state for twenty two years and attack is under way the military training center in kabul gunmen stormed a partially constructed building

the weather sponsored by qatar. in syria citizens are collecting evidence. that bill has a lot of crimes committed against civilians moved out of syria now about six hundred thousand pages of material so that one day they can bring the outside regime to justice it puts a she will face on the charges it's a dead human face but it's a human face syria witnesses for the prosecution at this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you are. right trying to take a look at the top stories here on the al-jazeera news yemen's internationally recognized government has announced that it's now fighting alongside its former rival against the hoofy rebels the prime minister says president avid rebel mansel hadi will now work with the ousted president ali abdullah saleh to fight the a rainy and back to his now this month a major shift in the allegiances if they're more than two and a healthy able. for the first time since the blockade of caffè began go foreign ministers are expected to meeting kuwait city that's ahead of a crucial gathering by. you know i had to say catt

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cup ties with fellow member qatar back in june. and britain and the european union of failed to reach an agreement on withdrawal terms of a summit of in ten days time. just in you know he is calling for emergency talks on the possibility of the u.s. moving its embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem president donald trump is expected to make a decision this week he may stop short of moving the embassy and instead declare that the u.s. will recognize jerusalem as israel's capital arab states and palestinians opposed either move saying it would seriously damage the peace process how a force that has moved her outside the u.s. consulate in west jerusalem and also has reaction from cities occupied east. changing the status of this consulate here in jerusalem to an embassy was one of the key campaign pledges as far as donald trump's foreign policy went during his presidential campaign it has though butted up against the realities of the political situation here as he also tries to implement tries to come up with a peace plan that w

to qatar as well.h a huge deal, £6 billion, with the uk government to support britishjobs, billion, with the uk government to support british jobs, but it will at least curry favour with the foreign 0ffice least curry favour with the foreign office when it comes to this kind of battle versus the saudis on this issue. we don't know what the foreign office thinks of that aspect of it, but they will certainly welcome the jobs of it, but they will certainly welcome thejobs for of it, but they will certainly welcome the jobs for the uk. 0k, thank you. the headlines on bbc news: up up to 30 centimetres of snow falls in some areas of the country, affecting travel and leaving thousands of homes without power. also cancellations and delays at many major airports. the foreign secretary leaves iran without any agreement to release the jailed british woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. the disgraced publicist max clifford dies in jail. he had been serving an eight—year sentence. the brexit secretary david davis, says

when things hot up again between the saudi arabian lead golf council, versus qatar.no flights can fly directly. i was going to say, i don't know how they're going to get the zen. but, yes, of course. there isa the zen. but, yes, of course. there is a serious economic and issue. qatar want as many friends as possible and britain would be a huge ally and they will hope that money will buy at least goodwill. thanks very much. an 18—year—old man arrested in connection with the deaths of two teenagers on a night out in plymouth has been released under investigation. the i9—year—olds had taken a form of the drug, ecstasy, when they collapsed at the pryzm nightclub in the early hours of yesterday morning. students in england are being encouraged to study for undergraduate degrees in two years rather than three. the university's ministerjo johnson says these shorter courses will save thousands of pounds in tuition fees — even though universities would be able to charge nearly £2,000 more in addition per year. andy moore reports. it was a conservative manifesto promise to int

back in june saudi arabia the united arab emirates have cut off all trade ties with qatar bahrain qatar the citizens from entering their countries and closed off their territorial waters and earth space to their neighbor for six months now it's a crisis that struck at the very core of the gulf corporation council an organization that was set up to unify through greater trade cooperation and the free movement of people for months now has been leading mediation efforts while cutter's amir has agreed to sit down and discuss differences with his counterparts kuwait's call for dialogue has not been accepted by the blockading countries that's why this g.c.c. summit is so important many analysts had believe the organizations future would be in doubt if it didn't take place now that it is the focus is on whether the blockading countries will be represented by the heads of state or junior ministers instead the fact about. how they are going to the meeting and if i gather for the first time it would be possible for them to sit together and to discuss something directly i think it was a positive d

france and qatar have decided to sign today a declaration for a road map to strengthen our cooperation against the funding of terrorism and radicalization it will help to facilitate the exchange of intelligence and technical information to be more effective when faced with the danger of extremism . correspondent. parliament today has just been holding a joint press conference with the habit of course. memorandums of understanding have been signed but the real news was about those deals both security and infrastructure. yes exactly so this has been taken place the announcement of these deals has also been reiterated inside the press took place just a while ago is going to sell twelve fighter jets to qatar run company and also with the option in the future to buy thirty six more and this is not the first of its kind in the past. but already more than twenty fighter jets from france also for one hundred and ninety armored vehicles that france is going to sell this is in the in the realm of defense defense cooperation between the two countries has been going on for many years now and franc

seven diplomatic and trade ties with qatar. less than a week after north korea tested its most powerful missile yet south korea and the u.s. put on a sure force holding joint military drills. the u.s. defense secretary james mattis has just. arrived in barca star he's expected to push the government to do more to combat armed groups like the taliban let's go straight over to in islamabad we've seen u.s. defense secretaries arrive in islamabad over the decades what makes this visit anymore different considering the regional dynamics. well it did very crucial juncture because. the americans launched their operation. and of course you also have the new policy from the trump administration have already have deep reservations about the americans who want to use. something. planing that. coming under attack from. the. border to the americans blame for. that. they will be talking between the two and. the recent release of hostages say the alleged mastermind behind the mumbai attacks in two thousand and eight. in the capital really not

qatar must choose their friends or live with the consequences. saudi arabia poses a more complex problem. ed millions ofur dollars into support for global terrorism. saudi intelligence has supported extremist groups from afghanistan to syria to egypt and mali. explains thei regular news reported of stoning's and the headings -- and beheadings. this is positioned as opposing the syrian regime, but humanitarian aid to syria is it is notped, and present that weapons are falling into the hands of terrorists. russia actually challenged that, not least because the groups told them to carry on fighting. in 2014 the u.s. government invested $500,000 to create a new rebel force in syria, beneficiaries ended up fighting .p alongside soldier, quiter an apprenticeship program. imagine the impact of that money had been directed towards schools and hospitals in syria. fast forward to 2017. worryingly, the bbc published a how inlast week about the ruins, hundreds of isis fighters and the families were allowed to escape under the gaze of british led coalitions.