terrorism an allegation that doha denies budget sorry is professor of political sociology at qatar university joins me now on the phone from doha this is a significant development in the story of the blockade so far many people who are tuning in to al-jazeera will not know who this man is can we just discuss how important he is in terms of the royal family. i'm going to lead the eyes on the head with a member kindly and hiking member if you will as he calls it a good candle resilin and he had. many contacts within something within the walls family called only he wanted me to get to before we moved which was completely understandable when he supported the blockade on. the government building the located in the beginning but for a. couple of months you have maybe visible on that location feed media. on. channels like a lot of the examples seen. fit to sit down with the king for example we've seen him with the prince without baby and we've seen him we didn't listen to him because being on the. other has been doing a lot of the want to do with supporting the. position that he disappeared from the

and the state let's bring in our guests joining us here in doha majuba associate professor at qatar university and specialist on iran foreign policy from to have done most of our political commentator and specialist on iranian domestic affairs. thank you very much indeed german village in a listener the startling asking was to question this what is happening now in iran is it a power struggle between that is for mists and the conservatives or the hardliners or is it a new phenomenon in the country hello and thanks for having me well no as a matter of fact our people have disappeared from the streets i mean those that were raising rightful economic demands and the ones who are taking part in protest. against president rowhani austerity plan now there have remained a very few are rioters but just today tens of thousands of people in different cities took out to the streets to show their support for the government and for this out which meant all this is one of the very few cases and rare cases where different camps from even the green movement supporters to the reformists and to the principle li

well joining me now on such as a child is a car assistant professor of gulf politics at qatar university could have you with us on the program what are we to make of this first the statement that's been released by the white house and also this apparent conversation between president trump and the emir of qatar supporting him in his moves to fight terrorism well even though in the in the statements on to specifically mention the issue that is happening these days is in the present time is trying to ease the tension or to not to take sides in this in this conflict and show in the clearest report to god they're having in mind that what he said last year was a very strong trend to do to recover the much of the you know this state within the at the establishment since this news broke some commentators that we've had on al-jazeera have suggested that the statement on the telephone conversation or a tacit indication to saudi arabia to to back off or to cease to a certain extent upscaling any issues regarding the g.c.c. crisis is that how you read it yeah i think i believe that what they are tr

claim completely untrue joining us on such as measured in saudi is a professor of sociology at qatar university thanks for joining us on al-jazeera to talk about this audio that has now been released off. i know that you have heard it just give me your initial reaction to it well there's i mean there's no surprise there we know that he has been pressured to do the past couple of months we know that he hasn't been in light. of most no he hasn't been as visible as he was in the beginning of the crisis which tells us basically that he wasn't cooperating with his no captors of girls and how significant is it that what he's saying is in this tape is the recording rather is that the gulf crisis is based on interests and the desire of mohammed bin say it and some of been said man to usurp the wealth and riches off of qatar initially saying that is what the crisis is about basically i mean there's nobody who's better situated the. and i believe in and i need to talk about with daily one because he was basically a partner of them during this crisis he was in on everything he was part of the attempts aga

qatar is a totally foreign world for most of the germans something between ultra modern and traditional islam is a state religion if more women attend university here than men. naturally qatar is rich thanks to oil and gas under the sand a small country has the highest per capita income in the world. and the german players come in part from muslim families themselves from lebanon iran turkey. self-determination often home for. the hope of hanging around with footballers from qatar for a few days was quickly shattered. yet to empower women and they were not to be found the germans remained alone for their desert can kill them with. their male god knew all about the men's world cup in twenty twenty two but that was about it. i think i just cut whole bunch of tissue because by your boss. what would be on the thinkable in neighboring saudi arabia is allowed in qatar women can play football in public women's football has been an official sport since two thousand and nine since then a women's national team was founded but it's not recognised in the face of rankings . it's not the government that makes things difficult for the women of qatar but publ

who is an assistant professor of history at georgetown university here in qatar but i think it certainly speaks to the. uncertainty that's been surrounding the egyptian regime for some time in terms of where it's finding its alliances politically when we look at someone like for instance this is someone who of course is part of the mubarak era. around which of course the revolution erupted in two thousand and eleven which a feat was longstanding minister under mubarak eventually he became the prime minister and then he decided to break with mubarak and eventually ran in the two thousand and twelve election which of course was the only open free election that egypt has ever had he ran against mohamed morsi from the muslim brotherhood it was extremely close race but the interesting thing about trophy at the time was that he was running on a counter-revolutionary platform which meant that he said he would crush the revolution and he would return to order and stability that defined the mubarak era when he lost the election he retreated to the united arab emirates where he's been essentially

been speaking to abdullah are they on who's an assistant professor of history at georgetown university here in qatar and he says egypt's former prime minister was a card in the back pocket of the gulf states. how much a feat for instance this is someone who of course is part of the mubarak era. around which of course the revolution erupted in two thousand and eleven a mature feat was longstanding minister under mubarak eventually he became the prime minister and then he decided to break with mubarak and eventually ran in the two thousand and twelve election which of course was the only open free election that egypt has ever had he ran against mohamed morsi from the muslim brotherhood it was extremely close race but the interesting thing about trophy at the time was that he was running on a counter revolutionary platform which meant that he said he would crush the revolution and he would return to order and stability that defined the mubarak era when he lost the election he retreated to the united arab emirates where he's been essentially in hiding for the last several years he watched as the coup un

to get through then abdullah al ahly on is assistant professor of history at georgetown university here in qatar and he'll help us unpack this thank you very much indeed for coming in first of all tell us about ahmed shafik and how surprising it is that his decision not to run in this in this election later on this year has been posted on twitter in a very very abrupt sentence well i think it certainly speaks to the. uncertainty that's been surrounding the egyptian regime for some time in terms of where it's finding its alliances politically when we look at someone like ahmad shafi for instance this is someone who course is part of the mubarak era. around which of course the revolution erupted in two thousand and eleven armature feet was longstanding minister under mubarak eventually he became the prime minister and then he decided to break with mubarak and eventually ran in the two thousand and twelve election which of course was the only open free election that egypt has ever had he ran against mohamed morsi from the muslim brotherhood it was extremely close race but the interesting thing abou

and bahrain cut diplomatic and economic ties with qatar where david is a professor at national defense university and a former pentagon official and he says he would not be surprised at the trumpet ministration had considered setting up a new base in saudi. the u.s. national security interest is to have a constellation of bases in every country and it's important remember that the headquarters in qatar moved from saudi arabia in two thousand and three so i have argued that it would be in our interest to establish another base in saudi arabia if we can do that in a manner that is consistent with saudi internal security. but that doesn't mean that we have to diminish others we should have a a broad array of bases and quite frankly if you know the where the saudis want to build a facility you know we should be in a position where we can move because if you have all your eggs in one basket then you're you're a hostage to political turmoil or you could have one attack and then you lose all your capabilities still ahead on the bulletin the push for justice reform and some of the most other kind of pres

as well as bahrain cut diplomatic and economic ties with qatar david the rush is professor at the national defense university and a former pentagon official joins me now from washington d.c. good to have you with us on the program sir but really this book whether you believe it or not seems to you might say cross the t.'s and dot the i's when it comes to perhaps confirming what we already knew especially when it came to the gulf crisis and the and the impasse between saudi arabia certainly and cattle are. yeah well look the the book it's seems to me i haven't gotten to read the book yet i've read excerpts from it it seems to me that it confirms what everybody in the bubble the washington foreign policy establishment sometimes referred to as the american deep state has already believed about donald trump and quite frankly has felt about him since he announced his candidacy but the nothing that i've heard so far comes as a surprise i mean after the the cutter kerfuffle erupted trump announced his support of the move so it wouldn't surprise me to hear that he had discussed it before it is going and you were in

qatar. in two thousand and eight zero documented a groundbreaking ski. preparing some of india's poorest children for entry into its toughest universities. ten years on we return to see how the students and the scheme helping change the face of india. at this time. welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera hundreds of nigerian migrants stranded in libya have returned home the government has ordered the media's evacuation of about five and a half thousand of its citizens from libya after reports of abuse slavery and torture. in syria combo almost killed twenty five people in the city a video of one of the last rebel strongholds there reports that a rebel headquarters was a target of government forces as they continue to make gains in the area pushing further into the surrounding countryside and emanuel mccraw has endorsed beijing's ballot and road initiative in his first visit to china as french president he also says france and china need to work together on the development of africa. than in the main source for the bombshell behind the scenes book on donald trump's white house is trying to make amends with the u.s. president the former

qatar. in two thousand and eight al-jazeera documented a groundbreaking scheme. preparing some of india's poorest children for entry into its toughest universities. ten years on we return to see how the students and the scheme a helping change the face of india. super thirty at this time. good to have you with us on al-jazeera these are our top stories why as governor has apologized for an accidental alert warning of an imminent ballistic missile attack a trigger panic among locals with scrambled to find shelter emergency management agency later confirmed it was a forceful arm and that it's investigating the case. at least eighty three countries have been affected by a salmonella outbreak at one of the world's largest dairy farms french dairy giant lacked alice says twelve million boxes of part of baby milk being record. the military and the democratic republic of congo has launched an operation against an armed group it blames for the killing of fifteen taliban peacekeepers last month troops are targeting members of the allied democratic forces near the town of beni in north kivu province. now the head of south africa's ruling african national c

qatar. in two thousand and eight al-jazeera documented a groundbreaking scheme. preparing some of india's poorest children for entry into its toughest universities. ten years on we return to see how the students and the scheme a helping change the face of india. super thirty at this time around zero. zero am. good to have you with us on al-jazeera these are our top stories protests against the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem have overshadowed orthodox christian the son of russians and bethlehem the alleged tale of church land israeli spot tense things demonstrators say that could make it harder for palestinians to establish their own state u.s. president all trond says he's open to dialogue with north korean leader kim jong un it follows a recent escalation and rhetoric between the two leaders trump added that his heart for the progress of next week's talks between north and south korea and the italian coast guard says at least eight while girls have died and eighty six others have been rescued from a boat off the coast of libya rescue agencies say many more still missing they put the death toll as high as twenty five. series of airstrikes

qatar race. in two thousand and eight al-jazeera documented a groundbreaking scheme. preparing some of india's poorest children for entry into its toughest universities. ten years on we return to see how the students and the screen helping change the face of india. at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching all of us around the whole robin of mind of our top stories two suicide bomb blasts in baghdad of killed at least twenty six people wolf atallah t's are feared among the ninety five we did to ryan square in the iraqi capital. at least twenty people have been taken to hospital after being hit by falling rubble at the indonesian stock exchange it's also a balcony collapsed on the upper floors showering daybreak to people in the lobby for low. and turkish president reza diverted one has vowed to launch a military operation on a major kurdish stronghold in syria it comes after the u.s. confirmed it's helping set up by thirty thousand strong border force in the north of the country. twice african our liberia's unity party has expelled the outgoing president ellen johnson sirleaf accusing her of not supporting their candidate in the recent

qatar and greece. in two thousand and eight al-jazeera documented a groundbreaking scheme. preparing some of india's poorest children for entry into its toughest universities. ten years on we return to see how the students and the scheme a helping change the face of india. super thirty at this time on al-jazeera. i am. i am i am i am. i am who i am. and there again you're watching out of there as reminder of our top stories this hour afghan special forces are battling gunman who stormed a five star hotel in kabul and took hostages two attackers have been killed as live two more on the ground offensive in the african region in northern syria it's an angle a for syrian kurdish why p.g. fighters backed by the u.s. mascot has condemned what it calls brutal aggression. and the u.s. senate will try again on monday to vote for a deal to fund the government alderson's failed to agree on the spending bill on friday into a shutout. tens of thousands of romanians have protested against changes to the judicial system demonstrates any amended laws will make it harder to prosecute officials for corruption their willing party has been implicated in several fraud cases an

qatar to see their neighbors. or more now on the u.s. government shutdown let's talk to bill schneider he's a political analyst and professor of public policy at george mason university joins us from washington d.c. bill good to have you back on the program this is like groundhog day isn't it here we are back again with the u.s. government close to shutdown is no make is because of a funding deal in surprise though what is the government shutdown actually mean. well it means a lot of the essential functions of government will be discontinued you can apply for a passport and some other functions you can apply for social security but many of the essential functions that will continue the post office will continue to deliver mail people who have passports they will continue to be serviced immigration will continue to be regulated as normal the one big impact it's likely to be felt is the internal revenue service the tax collection agency we have a new tax law just passed and they're in charge of writing the regulations for enforcing that law a lot of americans are very confused and don't know what to expect and tax this season to pay taxes is just a few couple months aw

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qatar in june saudi arabia egypt the u.a.e. and behind cut diplomatic and economic ties with cats our david is a professor at national defense university and a former pentagon official he says that he wouldn't be surprised if the trumpet ministration considered setting up a new base in saudi arabia. the u.s. national security interest is to have a constellation of bases in every country and it's important remember that the headquarters in qatar moved from saudi arabia in two thousand and three so i have argued that it would be in our interest to establish another base in saudi arabia if we can do that in a manner that is consistent with saudi internal security. but that doesn't mean that we have to diminish the others we should have a a broad array of bases and quite frankly if you know the where the saudis want to build a facility you know we should be in a position where we can move because if you have all your eggs in one basket then you're you're hostage to political turmoil or you could have want to tack and then you lose all your capabilities thirteen people have been killed after a passenger boat capsized off the indonesian isla

of people in qatar and it's just ironic and unbelievable that they think that they are promoting human rights but i think one thing that is good is that there has been an almost universal call for them to implement human independent human rights protections with strong calls coming from the usa from switzerland from germany. david thank you very much for your time well there have been a strong statements from the u.a.e. saying that they are implementing recommendations according to n.g.o.s there's lots more work to be done ok reporting from geneva thank you now let's go for andrew for a story that's off the grid andrew well jamaica has declared a state of emergency in the district of st james due to a soaring crime rate now some roads have been closed tanks sent to the streets and a mandatory curfew has been put in place until february fifteenth police say they've witnessed an increase in killings due to gangs and as well as lottery scams in the state of emergency allow them to search the area for wanted criminals murder gays should kids extortion illicit drugs illegal guns not to scam in general lawlessness have gone to record levels during this period we will be temp