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qatar's amir heads to saudi arabia for a golf summit after a breakthrough in a 3 year long just views. the whole romany watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here and also coming up england and scotland going to another lockdown to contain covert 19 as hospital struggle to cope with the surge and infections also. we're going to fight like hell i'll tell you i the battle for control of the u.s. senate last minute rallies are held in georgia in a runoff that will decide the balance of power in congress. and a change of plan in the new york stock exchange decides not to remove the shares of 3 chinese telecommunication companies. welcome to the program leaders from across the gulf are arriving in saudi arabia ahead of a key regional summit that could see an end to the illegal blockade of qatar within the past hour planes carrying delegations from by her ain the united arab emirates and kuwait have touched down in saudi arabia the mirror qatar is also heading to the summit it follows a move by saudi to open its sea and land borders to. cata what's being seen as a huge step towards resol

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sign a declaration affirming their solidarity at a summit to help resolve a 3 year embargo against qatar. that society agrees to open its air sea and land borders with council. don't know about this and this is obviously a live from doha also coming up all eyes on the u.s. state of georgia as voters cast their ballots in iran off that will decide which political party will control the senate. and women scoff and go into another local town to contain covert 19 hospitals struggled to cope with the surgeon infections. leaders from across the gulf region have signed a declaration aimed at resolving the 3 year dispute with qatar as a major summit in saudi arabia representatives from gulf countries including the emir of qatar have gathered in the city of allah that follows a move by saudi to open its air sea and land borders to qatar in what's seen as a big step towards resolving an illegal blockade in the country delegations from oman the united arab emirates coate and egypt also attending. earlier in the time in bin hamad elton was greeted by saudi crown prince mohammed bin someone with an e

-- in counter to qatar's relations with turkey.o they cannot really be resolved right now over the course of the gcc summit over the next 48 hours. so the uae position is more difficult, but they are following saudi arabia's lead. so all of the statements from the foreign ministry has been in as hoste the saudi role of this summit, and as the big brother within the gcc at large. of mechanicskind will be brought to bear in the deliberations at the gcc summit? do you expect a shorter statement at the beginning, or is it likely to be a full-fledged resolution? >> no, i think this is a photo op. it is really meant to paper over the larger issues and demonstrate there can be some cohesion within the regional organization, and to shore up saudi arabia's position and the position of mohammed bin salman conferencing audiences, including the biden administration. that said, it is a positive step. especially for gcc citizens who have not been able to travel and see family, people who are divided, this is great news. so the step further from

at least some information about qatar in the media is not true. we have taken a range of measures like a target to counter the financing of terrorism and yes that's true. but some of the information you mention may be exaggerated or fall. we continued our investigation in europe. in fronts according to our dossier qatar charity has funded 22 projects tens of millions of euros invested in mosques islamic centers and schools all of them a supported by muslims of france and association called m d f formally known as the union of french islamic organizations or us so i ask the flash drive contain substantial information on one initiative in particular. charities flagship project in europe is located in 1000000 jews in eastern france. computer generated images of the future and new a center show a prayer room built on 2 floors classrooms for a new school and a library. the presentation bears the qatar charity logo and is intended to attract donors. abreu should describes other services offered by the future community center designed in compliance with

behind and egypt imposed a blockade on qatar finally a breakthrough but that the military fuck up an agreement was reached open the land and maritime borders between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the state of qatar starting tonight this statement from the kuwaitis on the eve of a g.c.c. summit in saudi arabia was not a surprise since the crisis began they've been mediating between the deeply divided members of the gulf cooperation council the united states has also been urging gulf countries to resolve the dispute in order to maintain the stability and security of the region. for decades rivalry and differences in foreign policy have divided gulf states but when that worsened in 2017 few expected the region would be thrown into crisis and the land air and sea blockade imposed on qatar saudi arabia had shut only land border cutting imports and its food and medicine supply chain the train the u.a.e. saudi arabia and egypt to close their airspace to pottery aircrafts grounding hundreds of qatar airways planes the blockading countries also shut their embassies in doha and expelled qata

from qatar which. obviously. because. the turkish countries are lesser because of the country for international. doesn't feel a dignified and. true. where's the reality is that. people every. day there are. more helpful if they would have a. more realistic assessment of the problem or indeed if they would actually call for that would help. and we don't even need to travel far from qatar to find the next case of sports washing their neighbors in the middle east abu dhabi in the united arab emirates was even a step ahead as the premier league side matches for city back in 2008. into the world's richest football club the emirates has spent more than 1000000000 pounds in transfers since buying the club. then vestment has been controversial even until today regarding. but the cash has delivered positive results on the pitch man city have won 4 premier league title since just like atar. interested in financial profit or after something else. has virtually serial democracy and has repressive freedom of speech laws 90 percent of

you see only as you mentioned the only land border for qatar qatar has managed in the last 3 years to to deal with to deal to do without it actually they were forced to do that and they found alternative means to bring to imports their economy can needs and so on but it is on the humanitarian side it is crucial to open this line with the g.c.c. countries because. of the diseases those communities which speak the same language they have the same religion and they have lots of tribal ties. most of the families were separated it's it has been very painful and they are waiting for this border to be open some of the rejoin much other thanks for the at that moment on the qatar saudi border let's cross over to washington d.c. where john hendren is more politics john really because this is a huge foreign policy success for the u.s. president as he potentially leaves the oval office i mean how do you get to spin this. well they're going to spin this is a major victory with just 15 days left to go before donald trump has to hand over the range of the most powerful office in the u.s. to joe bide

and qatar. that's right statistics talk about 80 percent of qatar's imports before 2017 coming from this border crossing but that situation ended in 2017 when the countries some of the g.c.c. countries the countries imposed that blockade on qatar since the time qatar began to try to find alternative sources for its imports and qatari say they succeeded 100 percent in doing that and they have also been improving their internal industry and you know products and right now the question is whether the qataris have been saying over the last year or so that they don't know no longer need this trade route maybe that's that's you know that's going to be put to test but also the question is whether the qataris need any more importation or imports from the these other countries now after the opening of this border because they have been working hard to gain their independence with regards to the importation and economy products muhammad ali talking to us a lot from the cutty qatar saudi border i want to b

saudi arabia has already announced it was lifting its embargo on qatar.n tuesday, riyadh said it was restoring full diplomatic ties. these efforts helped us reach the agreement of the statement that will be signed at this summit, where we affirm our golf, arab and islamic stability and strengthen the amicable relations between our countries in order to serve the interests of their people. the declaration seeks to end the dispute which has isolated guitar for more than three years -- isolated qatar for more than three years. saudi arabia, the uae, egypt, and the rain, cut diplomatic ties with qatar. the accused ohio of supporting terrorist groups and of being too close to saudi arabia's arch foe, iran. saudi arabia and its allies located access to qatar by air, land, and se, leaving it completely cut off. a. doha said the embargo violated international law. the blockade countries issued 13 demands, despise qatar's vehement rejection of their allegations. the list included closing down broadcaster al jazeera, and downgrading ties with iran. fast-forward to

egypt and bahrain imposed a blockade on qatar in 2017 accusing it of supporting terrorism qatar has always rejected the claim. is the announcement from kuwait's foreign minister i did also have a similar as the kuwaiti emir made calls with cotters emir and the saudi crown prince based on what the kuwaiti emir his highness shaikh now awful also proposed an agreement was reached to open the land and maritime borders between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the state of qatar starting tonight. expressed his gratitude to the custodian of the holy sites the saudi king for all the efforts he is making to ensure the summit will be successful. how does is just. from doha. obviously this initial agreement only stipulates that saudi airspace and the land border between qatar and saudi arabia and the maritime borders that the 2 countries share will be open it doesn't make reference to the other 3 blockading countries namely the united arab emirates. and egypt however a saudi is the main force at least in terms of the current setup between those 4 countries and it is expected that during this summit th

they did access to qatar by air land and sea leaving it almost completely cut off. doha said the embargo violated international law. the blockading countries issued 13 demands despite qatar's vehement rejection of their allegations the list included closing down broadcast to al-jazeera and grating ties with iran fast forward to 2021 and no sign of major concessions from qatar so why the change of heart it's partly thanks to pressure from the outgoing us administration. and pressure from the incoming one joe biden is expected to take a firm a stance toward saudi arabia and to reengage with iran. but while riyadh seeks to unify arab ranks the declaration contains only a general pledge of solidarity the united arab emirates has said more work is needed while qatar is freed from the blockade full reconciliation is by no means certain. now to the world of sports and a super fan who refuses to miss out 61 year old ishikawa has been to every summer olympic games in the past says he is the tokyo resident is determined to attend the one shot deal to come to her hometown this

sponsible qatar airways. one of the last remaining ancient forests in southeast asia is a lifeline to hundreds of lumberjacks and drive as. we follow that treacherous journey as they walk through extreme conditions. to gather and transport this dangerous but precious cargo risking it all. on al-jazeera. ok you're watching out there are most of our top stories this hour and saudi arabia is opening its airspace and borders to qatar and what is seen as big steps towards resolving a 3 and a half year diplomatic crisis kuwait has been mediating between qatar and for arab stand. you know when it was made on the eve of a gulf cooperation council summit in atlanta in that saudi arabia qatar timea shaikh i mean been tunney will attend tuesday's summit. u.s. president elect joe biden and president donald trump of rallied in the state of georgia ahead of 2 crucial senate runoff elections republicans need to win just one of those seats to retain control of the senate. let's move on to south korea now which is demanding t

egypt and bahrain imposed a blockade on qatar and 2017 accusing it of supporting terrorism in qatar has always rejected the claim has bring in rami khouri who's the director of global engagement and a senior public policy fellow at the american university of beirut who joins us via skype from new york thanks very much indeed for being with us so give us your reaction to that to the in the significance of this news well my reaction is good i'm very pleased this is good news whenever any kind of tensions between countries and their region a result of them one has to be happy the significance is not clear because this was a fait accompli from the beginning the charges against covered by the 4 are countries are really court bridges and most of the world saw them that way and therefore very few people of any supported the boycott the this was this a political dispute that there is a political dispute between the u.s. so. and other countries about how to deal with political trends or. romy korea listen to last august they're just talking about also the influence of where this will take. the m

spotted like more than 350 birds in qatar so it's a good thing qatar it's like. a station for these birds while they are mad waiting for places to other. but to get the shot patience and blending in are key. and how does it feel when you get that perfect shot that you've been waiting for for so long like forget hours right days years sometimes exactly sometimes when you are focusing on like were birds and you want to get very nice growth. week something like that for sure i spent. 3 weeks just one shot while his diving in the water they the fish coming off. the ministry of the environment is good news in place to protect some of these birds during their breeding season the hunting season runs september to march now side of that it is illegal to hunt we're told you hunt you also appreciate nature and understand the need to protect it how do you balance how can you find a balance between those 2 things actually it's hard to balance between these 2 because hunters and we belong to traditional people we used to hunt also like our parents the traditional thing. so whe

egypt and bahrain imposed a blockade on qatar in 2017 accusing it of supporting terrorism qatar has always rejected the claim. here's announcement from kuwait's foreign minister i did also have a similar issue equating to me or maybe calls with a mirror and the saudi crown prince based on what the kuwaiti emir his highness shaikh now awful also proposed an agreement was reached to open the land and maritime borders between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the state of qatar starting tonight. expressed his gratitude to the custodian of the holy sites the saudi king for all the efforts he is making to ensure the summit will be successful . and then we will speak to our senior political analyst now and bashar and to gabriel is on day for reaction from washington d.c. but 1st let's go live to doha and jim and jamal talk us through the mechanisms of what's been agreed here. well essentially it's one of the major obstacles that were in place to finding a solution being essentially taken away namely the blockade on kut obviously this initial agreement only stipulates that saudi air space and the l

with the land, air, and sea blockade imposed on qatar.ng imports and food and medicine supply chain's -- chains. grounding hundreds of planes. the blockade also expelled qatari diplomats. the issue is that th -- is the demands that must be met, including shutting down the al jazeera news channel. >> the qataris have learned to live with the blockade. that has helped them discover better ways of living and more efficient ways of sustaining their economy, their expenditure, managing their affairs. and resulted in an extremely resilient country that has now demonstrated itself in the lifting of the blockade without having to address the totally rational 13 conditions. reporter: the impact the crisis has had is unquestionable. whilst differences remain, the hope is moving forward, they will be resolved through dialogue. >> let's get more on this from gabriel, joining us from washington, d.c. the u.s. also played a role in this development. president trump's son in law will have an appearance at that meeting. reporter: we heard from a senior w

and son in law of donald trump questioner when he came to riyadh and doha met with both the emir of qatar shoot them in $130.00 and the central defacto ruler of saudi arabia crown prince become a bin son man and that's when we saw a lot more movements we saw the statements coming from queens foreign minister as well as obviously this lifting of the air land and sea blockade by at least saudi in the past 24 hours so that's been the main push behind it but not lost on this like i say is the role of both kuwait and to some extent other countries and that's why for example the summit that's taking place and i was actually dubbed the . summit in respect of the 2 late leaders of our man in kuwait both of whom had a role in either reaching us to display bringing us to this point or at least diffusing what was a very difficult situation will there be lots of loose ends that need to be tied up and those who sends me take several weeks indeed several months. it's a very nice way of putting it in a sense the her are a lot of reasons and there are a lot of differences the questions is do you actually

qatar's their heads to saudi arabia for a golf summit out a breakthrough in a 3 year long dispute. alarms the whole rommany what you all just there are live my headquarters here in doha also coming up england and scotland go into another lockdown to contain covert 19 us hospitals struggle to cope with the surge and infections. we're going to fight like hell i'll tell you i the battle for control of the u.s. senate last minute rallies held in georgia in a runoff that will decide the balance of power in congress. and the change of plan of the new york stock exchange decides not to remove the shares of 3 chinese telecommunications companies. welcome to the program the emir of qatar is joining other leaders from across the gulf for a summit in saudi arabia these are live pictures coming into us from the venue for the g.c.c. conference the plane arriving of course from the kingdom of bahrain it's expected that it's a mere hamad bin khalifa will take off that plane shortly to join other heads of state from the g.c.c. for that meeting will bring you that as we get it of course the summit

egypt and bahrain imposed a blockade on qatar and 2017 accusing it of supporting terrorism cuts.

with qatar the only the only border crossing that qatar has to the outside world and before the beginning of the blockade 3 years ago qatar imported about 80 percent of its needs from the g.c.c. via this crossing that situation of course change and a change that qatar needed to replace. this crossing and find alternative means and that's what happened over the last 2 years now they are talking about more autonomy more internal national capabilities in terms of economy or action and in terms of also finding other partners the question is what is qatar going to import from the g.c.c. now if this once this border crossing is open the other tear is the humanitarian and the human side and that's more crucial more important i think because many families were separated and until now and then they need to be reunited as soon as possible and over the next few days we will see what happens when those families try to unite and people try to join their businesses on both sides of the border and that's going to be very interesting to see and it is going to be the proof on the ground but the situation

trade and transport between qatar and boycotting gulf nations could resume within a week a minister from the united arab emirates said it would include measures for airlines and shipping it follows an agreement to restore ties with qatar after a 3 and a half year blockade by saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt they accuse doha of meddling in their internal affairs and supporting terrorism which qatar strongly denies the united kingdom has recorded more than a 1000 deaths in one of its worst daily coronavirus death toll since the start of the pandemic prime minister boris johnson says restrictions will be eased gradually rather than drastically at the appropriate time more than 76000 people have died in covert 19 in the u.k. and there are nearly 3000000 confirmed cases those are the headlines more web site at al-jazeera dot com inside story is next with mohammed jump in june hope you can join him until the bye for the. back in the fold saudi arabia the u.a.e. beheaded and egypt agreed to end the blockade of gaza but what will it take to truly heal the rift between neig

saudi arabia reopening its borders and airspace to qatar a significant step toward ending a blockade. has been announced on the eve of the gulf cooperation council summits which causes a near will attend for the 1st time in 3 years. for the i'm hella mahina this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. tomorrow carrier for atlanta for georgia cared for america 'd u.s. president elect joe biden rallies forces to support democratic candidates in 2 runoff elections will determine control of the senate. the weeks ahead will be the hottest year an england is ordered back into a national long time as a fast spreading coronavirus therians runs rampant across the u.k. . so the radia is opening its airspace and borders to cutter imports are being seen as big steps toward resolving a 3 and a half year diplomatic crisis the announcement was made ahead of the summits of gulf neighbors in the saudi city of willa shell reports from doha. that more than 3 years after saudi arabia u.a.e. button and you dropped imposed a blockade on qatar finally a breakthrough but at the military fuck up our agre

saudi foreign minister says the kingdom and its arab allies at restoring full diplomatic ties with qatar. below this is al jazeera live from doha fully backed he will also coming up georgia vold see the crucial runoff election that will determine the balance of power in the u.s. congress prosecutors clear it why it's pretty soft serve the shooting of a black man jacob make that left him paralyzed incidents led to deadly protests across the u.s. and nicolas maduro titan's is great britain venezuela as the new national assembly is sworn in. the air. saudi arabia and its allies have agreed to restore full diplomatic ties with qatar ending their 3 and a half year blockade of the country leaders from across the gulf region have signed a declaration calling for. stability at a summit aimed at resolving the dispute the declaration will enable member states to combat any threats to go for security and it ensures no interference in each other's internal affairs. i mean bin hamad al funny was welcomed with an embrace by saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon this a day after the announce

blockaded access to qatar by land and sea leaving it almost completely cut off. doha said the embargo violated international law. the blockading countries issued 13 demands despite qatar's vehement rejection of their allegations the list included closing time broadcast to al-jazeera and stand grading ties with iran fast forward to 2021 and no sign of major concessions from qatar so why the change of heart it's partly thanks to pressure from the outgoing u.s. administration. and pressure from the incoming one joe biden is expected to take a firm a stance toward saudi arabia and to reengage with iran. but while riyadh seeks to unify arab broncs the declaration contains only a general pledge of solidarity the united arab emirates a set of more work is needed while qatar is freed from the blockade full reconciliation is by no means certain now to the world of sports and a super fan who refuses to miss elting 51 year old kyoko ishikawa has been to every summer olympic games in the past 30 years and the tokyo resident is determined to attend the ones scheduled to come

qatar airways the stayed on airline. and in return. for mid season training camps they've been doing so since 2011. some by and supporters have a big problem with that. part due to the country's human rights record. during matches fans have held banners protesting the club's dealings with the country and that's happened on multiple locations. express. you know they've become. very they've spoken to. the club directly on these issues with. the clubs higher ups it's business as usual going as far as offending their position. by a mention. of from qatar which. he's not feisty. i mean trick unions i mean mention of interesting because. not today's currency lesson because obviously the currency can do nothing of its real. that's the feeling of finding. truth. the reality is that. you know. those of my coworkers people in a room and. they're. more helpful if they would have. a more realistic assessment of the problem or. if they would actually call for forms that will help. and we don't even need to travel far from qatar to find the next cas

egypt and bahrain imposed a blockade on qatar and 2017 accusing it of supporting terrorism qatar has always rejected the claim when his announcement from kuwait for mr i did also have a similar kuwaiti to me or made calls with carter's emir and the saudi crown prince based on what the kuwaiti emir his highness shaikh now lawful also proposed an agreement was reached to open the land and maritime borders between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the state of qatar starting tonight equating your expressed his gratitude to the custodian of the holy sites the saudi king for all the efforts he is making to ensure the summit will be successful. live from doha and tell us the latest about who had the emir is going to travel to the summit to tell us or the significance of all this. well it's huge because it means that the speculation that has been going on for several weeks now if not months that some sort of a reserve lucian was to take place at the summit is in fact turning out to be a reality obviously we need to stop short of saying that the agreement is done and dusted because it hasn't b

blockaded access to qatar by air land and sea leaving it almost completely cut off. doha said the embargo violated international law. the blockading countries issued 13 demands despite qatar's vehement rejection of their allegations the list included closing down broadcast to al-jazeera and stang grating ties with iran fast forward to 2021 and no sign of major concessions from qatar so why the change of heart it's partly thanks to pressure from the outgoing us administration. and pressure from the incoming one joe biden is expected to take a firm a stance toward saudi arabia and to reengage with iran. but while riyadh seeks to unify arab ranks the declaration contains only a general pledge of solidarity the united arab emirates has said more work is needed while qatar is freed from the blockade full reconciliation is by no means certain now to the world of sports and a super fan who refuses to miss out 61 year old kyoko ishikawa has been to every summer olympic games in the past 30 years and the tokyo resident is determined to attend the one shuttle to come to her ho

sponsored qatar airways. they join one of their wells most notorious sound groups. but found a way out rebuild their lives and now help i bet it's. a tale of course because many child soldiers and they have refit exploitation of women door to is a palace a bad part of the radicalize nude scene and it's tunnel design or. form . or you know what yards are remind of our top stories in saudi arabia is a princess base and borders to culture and what is seen as big steps towards resolving a 3 and a half year diplomatic crisis kuwait has been mediating between cars and for arab states. it out it was made on the eve of the gulf cooperation council summit in el alert in saudi arabia but as a mere shake timing with the medal tally will attend to choose days some of. us president elect joe biden and president donald trump of rallied in the state of georgia ahead of 2 crucial senate runoff elections republicans need to win just one of those scenes to retain control of. south korea has demanded the release of one of its oil tankers seized by iran iran says the $100.00 kooker kem

saudi arabia will reopen its air, sea, and land borders to qatar. they have paid efforts -- here's our report. reporter: after 3.5 years of a crisis that threatened the very core of the gulf region, leaders have agreed to end divisions and usher in a new era of cooperation. >> the declaration has achieved a settlement of all issues outstanding in a way that is entirely satisfactory to all the countries involved. we're extremely pleased with having been able to achieve this very important breakthrough. in fact, we believe it will contribute very much to the stability of all of our nations in the region. and yes, all the outstanding, whether it's diplomatic nations, flight, all of that will go back to normal. reporter: earlier the summit got off to a promising start, when the saudi crown prince insisted on hugging qatar's leader, as the letter touched down in a saudi city, the clearest indication yet that the countries were on the way to mending relations. the qatari leader indicated -- only after saudi arabia agreed to lift blockades it had been impo

shake to mean been hammered are funny had not attended a golf summit since the qatar crisis began in 2017 now his country is being welcomed back into the fold. this shake was whisked through the saudi desert to the shimmering summit venue in the agent city of our own. gulf leaders posed for photographs before sitting down to sign a declaration of solidarity and stability saudi arabia had already announced it was lifting its in bargo on qatar on tuesday riyadh said it was restoring full diplomatic ties that these efforts helped us reach the agreement of the are all a statement that will be signed in summit where we affirm our gulf arab and islamic solidarity and stability and strengthen the amicable relations between our countries in order to serve the interests of their people that. the declaration seeks to end the dispute which is isolated cut off for more than 3 years in june 2017 saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain cut diplomatic ties with qatar they accused of supporting terrorist groups and of being too close to saudi arabia's arch faute iran. saudi arabia an

what does it mean for qatar? from much of its trade in the uae and it was basically stuck with the run as a trading partner and also saudi arabia galvanised other arab nations to support it. egypt was kind of pulled in to get on this anti— qatar baggage. it did do much for stopping terrorism? it does not seem like it has. didit further saudi interests in yemen? no. didit further issues with the run? it is not done all that much and in that respect except to be something that saudi arabia could hold up and say we are anti— iran and doing something about it, the truth is that it was not doing much and, in fact, it created problems for the united states because the us airbase is in qatar because the saudis kicked them out years ago. glaciers in bolivian mountains are a vital source of water for some of the most populated cities in the country. they also feed rivers used for irrigation of crops and agriculture. but now scientists warn some of them are disappearing much faster than initially anticipated. sergi forcada

sponsored point qatar airways. it's getting really cold now across northern parts of china more snow in the forecast for japan a fair bit of cloud just making its way across the korean peninsula sinking further south with high pressure in charge the winds are generally light so that's some consolation but there will be some snow there it's at least that western side of honshu if you also into hokkaido chance of want to see showers just around the eastern side of honshu as this massive cloud and rain sweeps out into the open waters quater weather coming back in behind will see temperatures a minus 2 celsius there in beijing add fulling temperature on wednesday just minus 8 celsius there will be more wintry flour is moving across the sea of japan will correct could see some snow as well as we go into the 2nd half of this week meanwhile across southeast asia plenty of shallow showers there into the philippines but more sunshine in the showers for the philippines wetter weather there into malaysia into indonesia some v

blockade of qatar appears to have ended almost as quickly as it began in 2017 saudi arabia ahead in the u.a.e. and egypt abruptly sever ties with the gulf state closed their borders and shut their airspace to quote that he planes families were cut off from each other now all sides have signed an agreement in saudi arabia to restore relations and put the past behind them but few details of the accord have been made public and it's unclear whether the issues at the heart of the dispute have been result. reports. after 3 and a half years of a crisis that threatened the very core of the gulf region g.c.c. leaders have agreed to end divisions and usher in a new era of cooperation the olympic relation is has achieved a settlement of all issues outstanding in a way that is entirely satisfied factory to all nations involved all the countries involved we are extremely pleased with having been able to achieve this very important breakthrough that we believe will contribute very much to the stability security of all our nations in the region and yes all the outstanding. whether it's turning of dip

is it really worth all that money in qatar there's no doubt. there is so much loyalty in football that once we get the associated with a football club it will boost our passenger appeal and at the same time it will give us the. footprint. to expand our footprint into other parts of the world where we are preparing to pull qatar have gone on to sponsor the shirts of italian site roma and belgian clubs. but perhaps the country's most important shirt sponsorship deal at the moment is with german giants are in munich . qatar airways the state on airline paid byron 10000000 years a year and in return the club fly to doha for mid-season training caps they've been doing so since 2011. some by and supporters have a big problem with that they're against their club link with qatar due to the country's human rights record. during matches fans have held banners protesting the club's dealings with the country and that's happened on multiple locations. express. discontent you know they've become. very they've spoken to. them. gauge the club directly on these

the dispute dates back to may 2017 when, according to qatar, hackers broke in to the state—run qatar." in response, the media in the region began to publish a slew of negative stories about qatar — accusing it of supporting terror groups and working against us interests — all using the article as evidence. those accusations already found favour in parts of the region, and injune 2017, some countries acted. saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and bahrain severed relations with qatar. they all gave qatari citizens 14 days to leave and banned their own citizens from travelling there. in addition, those countries closed their airspace to qatari aircraft and said foreign airlines would have to seek permission for overflights to and from qatar. now bear in mnd, qatar relied heavily on imports via its only land border with saudi arabia, and that was now closed. ships flying the qatari flag or those serving qatar were also banned from many ports. the blockading countries then issued 13 demands, including qatar losing its flagship television network aljazeera, cutting links to the muslim b

qatar for its part had its own entrenched position that it refused to move from. obviously we don't know the details of whatever may have been discussed behind closed doors is there anything that you can see that might have allowed this to take place this movement to to to edge forward. that's a that's an excellent question you know my assessment is the following the holy crisis started and different politics and international political situation where trump came to the white house. or trump wasn't favorably and would not be there was a plan that things will be changed you know republicans more or close to riyadh things were changing and the favor of riyadh and then the old army and now on for the same circumstances we see the change trump is leaving the white house a new president coming to washington washington and one of the main reason i think which which to me is helping me to understand what's happening is the fact that without the change in the white house without this political change globally without what's happening even related to coronavirus i don't th

patience with qatar and a damage industry here but. i'm still going to welcome to the program germany is extending its national coronavirus lock down by 3 weeks to the end of january the decision follows a meeting between chance and i'm going to back call on the countries 16 state leaders which they also agree to further tighten some restrictions on public life including private gatherings people living in places hardest hit by infection will also see their freedom of movement restricted a chance from one of the big book that we call on all citizens to reduce their contacts to others to an absolute minimum and in an extension of the congress traditions on private gatherings people will only be allowed to meet those from their own households plus one other person from another household you know but in the malls that we even knew at the start that's a significant reduction from the contrary a 5 people from 2 households holes there are muslim because of regarding the previously agreed strategy on what happens in areas with more than $200.

haidi: that was qatar's foreign minister. we have plenty more ahead. bloomberg. ♪ kathleen: now for a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. the new automaker formed by fiat chrysler surged in its trading debut in a more than two-year effort to combine resources. it rose more than 7% as the ticker replaced the fiat chrysler symbol. it rose in paris for the new company listed. the boss carlos tavares will lead a car giant worth more than $38 billion. bmw response to concerns about the price of trips for the auto industry and expect prompt delivery. it is watching the situation closely and reports chipmakers are concentrating and intimate from consumer electronics companies. tesla says it has become the first deliveries of the modely suv built in china. the car can run for almost 600 kilometers on a single charge and can start over $52,000. tesla says it has established a chain of more than 720 charging stations in china which we know is critical for the success of electric vehicles. now for the latest on stocks to watch as eight is it tradi

saudi arabia and egypt closed their airspace to qatari aircrafts grounding hundreds of qatar airways planes the blockading countries also shut their embassies in doha and expelled qatari diplomats they issued a list of 13 demands they said doha must meet including shutting down the al-jazeera news channel the positive aspect of it this as far as cutter is concerned has been a greater degree of resilience over the last few years the thais have managed to lead to labor the blockade and that has helped really help them discover better ways of living and more efficient ways of sustaining their economy that expenditure managing their affairs and resulted in an extremely resilient contrary that has now demonstrated this so in the lifting of the blockade without them having to address the totally irrational 13 conditions the impact the crisis has had on the gulf cooperation council is unquestionable and whilst differences remain the hope is that moving forward they will be resolved through dialogue. let's get more on this and speak to our correspondent. here in doha of course i'm sure it's