may be taking a more act of role. ,e had this summit in riyadh then two days after that trump came outnd said, i remember when i was there everybody came up to me and said look at qatar and all the bad things they are doing. that sort of put the u.s. into the saudi camp, initially. now the fact that tillerson is getting more involved, cutting his trip short, he knows qatar extremely well from the time he was ceo of exxon. he still has personal relationships there. we also have the supply deals to buy a $12 billion -- the f-15 and the $12 billion deal. maybe we will see the u.s. a little more involved than we thought at the beginning. you really need the u.s. on board to bring this through. yousef: let's cross over to you. in terms of how this is being received in the parts of the world. the u.s. is supporting and criticizing qatar. the latest re-conciliation with qatar raises further questions. basically, not knowing where the u.s. stands. you have trump going out almost the saudi camp and rex tillerson is saying, some of these measures need to be the saudi led sanctions. now being mor

this is building on the back of over a year long enmity and tension between riyadh and tehran. it's sort of an easy opportunity to blame the saudi's. reports say that in recent months, the islamic state group has stepped up its propaganda in iran in the farsi language. iran predominantly shia and the islamic state group is mostly sunni, so they have not been supporters up to this point in iran. give us a picture of the islamic state group's current strength or lack thereof in iran. >> while the fight between the islamic republic and isis is indeed sectarian, the islamic state doesn't have family support within iran, as you said. but iran is multiethnic, multireligious society and it does have a sunni population of its own. the sunni population has populations near the pakistani haser he dashed border that -- near the pakistani border -- in the kurdish areas in the northwest part of iran as well, there has been a history of violence and a lot of economic grievances and political grievances that could easily be capitalized on, and i think have been, but groups such as isis. effec

let's widen out this discussion and bring in some context from riyadh.ohn, let's pick up straight where we left off in terms of scenario. which one you think so most likely here? john: i think this will be issue and conflict between the two sides. we can see a click -- we will not see a quick resolution. it is going to be pushing it to at -- brink. i think the saudi's and iraqis will have a long list of demands. us intogoing to take the other months of 2017. yousef: how long do expected to take? you are saying they are both digging in their heels. the wiserit mean for region -- wider region? john: at all the pens on how far it goes in to what extent to find the solution. iraqisly the saudi's and are very convincing. the americans want to find a solution, but at the same time show there is some kind of a national coalition, a natural sense of unity. eventually there has to be some time constraints. this will take a lot of negotiating. this will not be a quick resolve. yousef: we will pick up a conversation. we still have plenty to get through. we will als

for "nightly business report," i'm hadley gamble in riyadh, saudi arabia. >>> despite these geopolitical tensions, stocks closed with just modest declines today. one market watcher said that investors were growing cautious given the upcoming events later this week that we just talked about. the dow all of a sudden lost about 22 points, closing at 21,184. nasdaq was down ten, the s&p down three. >>> with all the major indexes still near records, there seems to be little that can rattle this mar mike san tolly takes a look at why. >> the stock market signature move lately has been the shrug. stocks seemed to shrug off any bad news while investors shrug in confusion over why nothing seems to disturb the rally. neither the terrorist attacks, dimmer holds for fiscal policy moves and falling treasury bond yields that seem not to matter much to stocks lately. for most of the bull market, low interest rates have a slow economic expansion, converted into decent stock prices by the market. this year it's been more of the same. the world remains saturated with cheap money, which continues to find i

iran has long queues saudi arabia of supporting terrorists and also bear in mind that tehran and riyadh there their relationship had been very tense increasingly tense and rainy and revolutionary guards have emailing the twin attacks to u.s. president donald trump's visit to riyadh out earlier this year so from the looks of it iran has launched over tell you a tory missile strike on the terrorist positions tears that they say are responsible for those terror attacks but again no official confirmation on a broader. as has been involved in fighting extremists in syria for a while yes. ok all right thanks i mean i was really so you there with the latest for us. well peter ford former ambassador to syria and bahrain joins us now to give us his thoughts on what happens good even cheapie to what are your thoughts on this new g.c. it is a major escalation of events in syria. seismic shock. shock when i first launched an attack on here a new interest tree on precedented and the iranians have obviously chosen who reply in kind. militarily significant the strike appears through taken out quite a

guest: the president was on the right track when he was in riyadh, is what he talked about when he met with broader arab and islamic leaders was that he wanted to build a coalition, he wanted a consensus among these parties about a shared approach to tackling the problems of violent extremism and radicalization in the region. and he was talking about everybody working together. that is the right approach. unfortunately, if you're going to try to identify one state and say this is the problem, this is the issue that we have to result in order to move forward. then i think you are off on the wrong tension. you have got to maintain the consensus, you have got to maintain the coalition, with the understanding the different states will have somewhat different perspectives, so how do you work around that, how do you keep everybody moving in the right direction. host: our phone lines are open host: we are talking about the situation in qatar and more largely in the middle east. our guest is gerald feierstein from the middle east institute. ted is up from facebook, north carolina -- fayettevil

riyadh and qatar. >> if i were to rank them, i would say number one would be to help get a political resolution to the syria crisis, so we don't have an escalation of violence, an all out war. and second to resolve this situation in the gulf, where qatar has been involved in some very bad behavior and now yo see syria and otherings trying to split that gulf counsel group which is a friend and ally of the united states. third down the list i would say is making progress on this israeli-palestinian issue, i don't think that u.s. interests are as implicated as they have been on the first two. >> we have just done a big f-18 deal, a billion-dollar plus deal with qatar, have we not? >> we do have important strategic interests, like that telephone deacon scripation. that's why you hear secretary mattis and the pentagon saying we have to protect our interests there. buzz the big issue is that qatar has been getting tee close to iran. and russia has been providing cover for syria, for the assad regime and for their friends in iran and that is a dangerous development. >> jeremy bash, not a re

that said, the president's message in riyadh was, we all need to get together. you've got to solve this problem. the way to do that is to stay together and not break diplomatic relations. >> we have a military base in qatar. that's a linchpin for the isis fight and that's exactly where it is. but gloria, i want to play what the president said just last month about qatar. >> qatar, which hosts the u.s. central command, is a crucial strategic partner. >> so qatar, qatar, a lot of people pronounce this differently. you heard him say that qatar is crucial in the fight against terror and he said they had an extremely good relationship. it sounds like today he's having a complete 180 reversal. what do you make of this? >> i think it is trumping trump. and i think this goes to the heart of the question about credibility. as we await sean spicer, we have to ask whether there's credibility from that podium and when you listen to the president, you have to ask the same question. when you're president of the united states and you flip on a dime or tweet something that is i

they then become the first president ever to fly directly from riyadh to tel aviv, to israel. now, just that one -- later on, they do everything on the trip, but just that one experience -- barack obama had done that, the "new york times" would have swooned. the entire front page, long articles about his genius, his brilliance. but trump does it, and if you watch cnn, for example, they spent the whole time attacking him over various things that they call scandals. host: the next stop was the vatican, and that's an area close to you and your wife. when will calista gingrich be known as ambassador gingrich? gerry: it's up to the senate. she has to be confirmed by the senate. it was a remarkable honor when the president asked if she'd be willing to serve. she, i think, is a little in awe of serving in a position like that, dealing with the holy father and dealing with the -- but we talked to a number of friends. just last night, we had dinner with two former ambassadors who were offering advice, and i think she's working, she's studying really hard. i've never seen her study any

logical answer is that it is related to donald trump's visit to riyadh. i think the message that the saudi's took away from this was that they could deal with things as they liked, whether that was countering iranian influence, countering isis or other movements like the muslim brotherhood that saudi sees as a threat. havef that, saudi seems to said that they can take the gloves off now. trump give a direction of how he wanted things to go. he wasn't going to be bothered about the details. the interesting part about that is that it doesn't seem that the u.s. was very repaired for this either. either.red for this whether they understood what they were unleashing when they gave saudi arabia the impression the right to act as it wanted. >> the other interesting fact is -- the united states has a military posture. >> that is a key point. that base is the headquarters for the u.s. aerial campaign against islamic states in both iraq and syria. of course, it complicates that alliance and also the question of whether qatar and the other gulf countries can continu

it was president trump's recent visit to riyadh that emboldened the saudis. feel they've got the green light from washington to get tough on their rivals and adversaries. but qatar hosts us central command's airbase for the entire middle east and the us needs this spat to be resolved quickly. what we are witnessing is a growing list of some irritants in the region that have been there for some time. obviously now they have bubbled up to a level that countries have decided they needed to take action in an effort to have those differences addressed. we certainly would encourage the parties to sit down together and address these differences. six arab nations have lined up to accuse qatar and its ruling emir of supporting the muslim brotherhood and hamas to promote an islamist agenda across the region. of supporting violent jihadists in syria, something the saudis are also suspected of. and of hosting the al—jazeera tv channel, a constant thorn in the side of arab rulers. so how far will this go? translation: i don't think the uae and saudi arabia will, or want t

human rights workers from visiting the hardest hit areasch the air, land, and sea blockade imposed by riyadhrs have brought basic services to a grinding halt. more than 1100 deaths in a matter of months according to the world health organization. for this 24-year-old medic, the days have become a blur. like many hospitals it's short staffed and under equipped. how old is she, she asks? is she throwing up? the little girl has been brought in by her parents. she is the third of her children to fall ill. i'm scared, of course, her father, ali, says. your children are your world. >> patients are dying one by one. they will die at any time. we couldn't do anything for them. >> reporter: pleas for help appear to have fallen on deaf ears. president trump's trip to riyadh and the announcement of a massive weapons deal was seen by many to embolden the kingdom, leaving yemen's clonflict for now a silent war. >> cnn's reached out to the saudi arabian government for comment on this issue of expanding access to the hardest hit areas. the ambassador to the u.n. says saudi does not exercise anysert of cens

riyadh's archrival has called for -- turkey, who enjoys friendly relations with qatar, says they are ready to help defuse the rowe. >> we are saddened by the current situation and will make -- y effort necessary to . >> the impasse comes less than two weeks after the u.s. president donald trump visited fori arabia and calelled muslim nations to take a lead in combating extremism. he claims that the trip is paying off, suggesting that the isolation of qatar, mike beebe the beginning of the end to what he calls the horror of terrorism. it comes as the amir of kuwait saudi arabia, for talks aimed at resolving the crisis. the ruler play to pivotal role in mediating a compromise to a previous dispute involving gulf states in 4014. -- 2-14. d014. doha has said it is based on false claims and assumptions. >> to north africa or demonstrations continue to snowball in morocco. authorities arrested two more leaders following a week of rallies against corruption and unemployment. they have also been calling for the release of these popular movement's made figureheads who was detained since the e

. >> seemingly blind siding the administration after the riyadh summit. >> indeed. it doesn't look like the president made the progress he thought he might have in riyadh. this is not a one-time effort but an effort that needs to be undertaken and very hard to undertake it when we've got 56 ambassadors still not named by the trump administration. we don't have people at the state department, people at the pentagon or treasury to really undertake the worldwide effort that's needed here. >> one quick question about north korea. i'm now reading that according to "usa today," that russian our so-called new relationship, you know, all that that entails, russia has increased its exports, coal and other economic support to north korea by 73% in the first two months of this year alone. and this as we're pressing china to decrease its support propping up that regime as it becomes more military taistic with its missile and nuclear testing. > i think we have to pay very close attention to this. it's of great concern while we're trying to get china on board. secretary tillerson

the president would fly to riyadh and say it in person. coming back from some funeral or another. he always did that, but he would always say to them, look, you've got to talk to the iranians, you can't just consider this a totally hostile relationship. you have to find common ground. mr. burns: it is important to recognize who your friends are, who your adversaries are. the iranians are adversaries right now. mr. burns: -- charlie: of us? mr. burns: of us and others whether you are talking about lebanon, syria, yemen, iraq. but that is not the same thing as saying that you recognize in the short term they need to push back against the iranians. over the longer term, what you are hoping to create is an opportunity for a different kind of iran with a different outlook that will be a big, ambitious regional power in the middle east, but understand that you have to play by certain rules of the road. charlie: do have sympathy for the secretary of state, when he wants to mediate differences and saudian and qatar arabia? they basically said to the people, you have to shut down al jazeer

i think the one thing that we have of all the arab leaders, muslim leaders and president trump in riyadhstabilizing the region, trying to control all of the flow of income that goes to terrorist organizations. and it calls on everybody to do their share. i think the current situation is one of putting a little more pressure on qatar to try to get it to conform with agreements that they arrived at just very recently in riyadh. >> so are you saying that you think president trump is right when he tweeted out that the decision to sever ties with qatar was in part because of the speech that president trump made in riyadh? >> i think president trump brought a reality to the situation. i think there had been a lot of adrift in the region for the last eight years and the brief -- in the previous administration and the risks of the oil industry in this region not having security and stability have become a little bit more of a concern for everybody. so i think he focused everybody's minds on that. and this kind of situation is a way to maybe give qatar a wake-up call that they need to work with t

it was president trump's recent visit to riyadh that emboldened the saudis. -- its leaders may feel that they got a green light from washington to get tough on its rivals. qatar hosts the u.s. air base for the entire middle east. the white house needs the spat to be resolved quickly. secretary tillerson: we are witnessing a growing list of irritants in the region that have been there for some time, and obviously they have bubbled , up to a level where countries felt that they needed to take action in an effort to have those differences addressed. we certainly would encourage the parties to sit down together and address these differences. frank: six arab nations of lined -- have lined up to accuse qatar and its ruling in mere -- ruling emir of supporting the muslim brotherhood and hamas, to promote an islamist agenda across the region, supporting violent jihadists in syria -- something the saudiss are also suspected of -- and boosting the out to channel, a constant thorn in the side of rulers. so how far will this go? >> i don't think the uae and saudi arabia

you can look at the 12 month qatari riyadh going forward.ed to look at this additional perspective. it shot up to the highest level since march, 2016. investors are betting on a rial.ing of the qatari you are not on the same page, are you? dino: no, the market is reacting as it should. we are still within normal territory. we have been at these numbers before. they have had a reaction, but it is coming out of a fairly stable or low volume days. not too alarming yet. nothing under jeopardy in the short term. the medium and long-term we worry about. has been a, qatar big issuer of islamic bonds. if you take a look at the lead function on the bloomberg, you can see islamic bonds have been on the rise, on year, 11%. the u.s. dollar gaining 66% on year. what impact will this diplomatic row have on the so-called market? they typically have a 6% to 8% of qatari bonds, mainly in sovereign. they are not very long durations. the risk they would contribute to those industries is not that large. the contribution is much more significant when you look at

and the organization born riyadh then it would be violating its coalition obligations in response so they were carried out an investigation into the incident and said it happened after they received incorrect information from yemen's military former u.s. diplomat jim jatra spain leaves the kingdom feels like it could go on punished for whatever it does it seems. we've got. areas of yemen on the verge of starvation the possibility of the outbreak of cholera this is a war basically targeting the yemeni people inflicting great damage carnage on the people in yemen and how much how much we've seen really at all in the western media about this and meanwhile the united states britain and other countries keep supporting the saudis with weapons with logistic with political support they pretend that they're fighting terrorism there it's or it's really it's really despicable for crown prince mohammad who feels that he has such a backing from washington he can engage in all sorts of risky and adventurous behavior and it's not going to come back to bite him and i think that if he keeps up this w

punishment due to the saudi officials diplomatic status the only options available would be to appeal to riyadh to have his diplomatic community waived or for germany to officially expel him however diplomatic sources tell us that the. the most likely outcome is that the saudi foreign ministry will quietly recall him . well the saudi embassy published a statement expressing its condolences to the family of the victim on friday and also saying that they are in close contact with the german foreign ministry. self-proclaimed prince has been living the high life around europe fooling the rich and famous that is until the bill arrived. ever dreamt of living like a royal in the lap of luxury this fifty something from its lease certainly did and he dreamt big french on it it was claimed to be the hereditary prince of macedonia and in fact and albania and montenegro even though months and hasn't had a monkey since one nine hundred eighteen but the information on his official website begs to differ still not buying it while many high ranking officials and celebrities did including the archbishop of mona

that was about two or three weeks ago when they met in riyadh they keep it once. troops through the eastern provinces and started attacking and killing so the saudis themselves. as well as cans with their own president on one of the policy especially with the dig up one of the most sensitive regions in there was that of the. i.c.c. just. because. one size action against. it has been one of the d.c. see without step acceptance of the others i mean these acted unilaterally madrasa for think it could happen come on. he's advising and. this is the same thing as. we have two years of war if they are no where near as to. get out the winning if they are far. from where we are from being able to have that was so the sort of the. history of being that. is also trying to get as much money possible proby the money also that if you're finished so what if we do it with cause we've got a lot of interest of mission this is why we get the buzz going here we make it. pretty and we expect more pressure on a couple. of things and it's on a need to want to resume as we see if this go

diplomatic state is the only options available would be to appeal to riyadh to have his diplomatic community waived or for germany to officially expel him however diplomatic sources tell us that the most likely outcome is that the saudi foreign ministry will quietly recall him peter all of a. saudi embassy has published a statement expressing his condolences to the family of the victim on friday also saying that they are in close contact with the german foreign ministry. we thought so yeah it will be back until it's. armstrong called the move and i'm neal hoping. we're going to be your host for the two thousand and seventy confederations cup here in russia we're going to be visiting the host cities or sochi. moscow is going to be great i'm told include pools also folding so i think it was covering every topic the puns need to know about the head of the match so don't forget to join us on field it's going to be full of living the. good stuff prime market was reformed to some degree and the wall street cockroaches were unable to penetrate that market as they once did so the wall street cockroa

trace the origin of those who came and killed 3000 innocent americans, too many roads leado back to riyadh too many roads lead back to saudi arabia. so why can't we be more open and honest in our relationship with his country? i think what the senator from kentucky is told us this morning, the amendment that will be offered shortly by him and bt senator murphy is one that calls on the senate to take an honeste look at saudi arabia today in a relationship with the united states. and may i add one other elemento on a personal basis? it is so rare on the floor of the united states senate to see what we've just seen this morning. a proposal for an amendment to be debated, an amendment to be voted on on the floor of the senate. may times that's happened this year in the united states senate. what used to be the most lucrative body america, the great debating society and so forth, has turned into place of rubberstamps and unanimous consent. and i'm glad, win or lose, and her effort here on this amendment that the senator is bring this important issue to the fore. i thank you for making it a bipa

involved but bear in mind that saudi arabia and iran their regional rivals and the relationship between riyadh and tehran have really been increasingly tense and of course iran has long queue of saudi arabia backing terrorists which is something that flat out denies a number of different parties and states. syrian conflict fighters in the iran backed a lebanese militant group hezbollah they were officially invited by the assad regime to join the fight and iran has been providing military support sending in trainers and advisers for the assad forces as well but as you can see this is quite a significant development is the first time iran has launched missiles into syria since the syrian war started six years ago the editor in chief of iran's far as news agency told us what was behind the iranian missile strike in syria in tonight's a statement that the i.r.g.c. public relations has given it is warn that this is the beginning if the terrorists are not embarked on conducting any second attack on iran iran would provide a much more vigorous response to them and not just it has also warned the back

another ten million cannot even afford to buy food thanks to a sea and land blow kate instrumented by riyadh and now from bad to worse it's also as the outbreak of cholera described by the world health organization as unprecedented and the worst humanitarian crisis on earth numbers are also terrifying there at least one hundred seventy two thousand infected eleven hundred forty two people dead since april and a person is dying every hour from the disease that hit us of h w h o a spokesman said that if you look at the numbers we're talking close to two thousand suspected cases a day color isn't demick in yemen it's currently the largest color outbreak that we have in the world he continued by saying it is difficult in a situation where a country has a health system that is collapsing there is simply no money in the budget and health facilities are not having money to run their daily operations there's also the issue of waste collection that obviously affects the quality of water and access to clean water and of quote and water is definitely the biggest stumbling block here cholera is the kind

our history is here, says major riyadh rahma, and we have to get it back.ve been fighting house—to—house and room to room against snipers and foreign fighters, including chechens. nearby, troops relax within sight of the bodies of is militants. they lie where they fell, in the streets they ruled with terror. the extremists are now facing defeat here, but it has taken three years to get this far. and immense damage has been done to the fabric of mosul and the unity of iraq. 0rla guerin, bbc news, in the old city of mosul. we heard from some civilians who had escaped in 0rla's report. but what about those still trapped? lisa grande — the un humanitarian co—ordinator in iraq — explained what they face. i think it's very clear that the 100—150 , 000 civilians who are still trapped in the old city of mosul are facing extreme risk. that includes being used as human shields by isil. we know that families that are trying to escape from the old city to safety are being directly targeted. we estimate that at least 30% of all the people who are fleeing and are being s

history of terrorist financing in the gulf, but trump's embrace of saudi arabia on a recent trip to riyadhking and raised questions about the direction of any us mediation. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, washington. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the united nations peacekeeping mission in mali says that three of its troops have been killed, and eight wounded, in an attack in kidal, in the north of the country. the mission‘s camp came under heavy fire from mortars and rocket—propelled grenades. shortly afterwards, peacekeepers outside the camp were attacked. a jihadist group linked to al qaeda said it was responsible. austria has introduced a law banning full—face islamic veils in public. brazil's top electoral court have thrown out a case which would have stripped michel temer of the presidency over alleged corruption during the 2014 election. the trial had been looking into allegations of illegal campaign donations. a park in america has recruited some new talent to help restore its forest. hurricane sandy tore down the trees in prospect park in brooklyn a

our history is here, says major riyadh rahma, and we have to get it back.have been fighting house—to—house and room to room against snipers and foreign fighters, including chechens. nearby, troops relax within sight of the bodies of is militants. they lie where they fell, in the streets they ruled with terror. the extremists are now facing defeat here, but it has taken three years to get this far. and immense damage has been done to the fabric of mosul and the unity of iraq. 0rla guerin, bbc news, in the old city of mosul. more than 100 people are still missing after a massive landslide engulfed a village in china's sichuan province. at least 60 homes in maoxian were buried in mud and debris when the side of a mountain collapsed following days of heavy rain. 15 bodies have been pulled from the rubble so far, as well as three survivors. andy beatt reports. rescuers in china have been working through the night in a well co—ordinated but increasingly desperate search for survivors. more than 2,000 police, soldiers and civilians are involved in the operation, s

it seems it seems that after his trip to riyadh the saudis feel very much in bold and then they can go down this path here i mean we have qatar we have saudi arabia united arab emirates we have the israelis all of them have extremely powerful well funded think tanks in washington d.c. and it's being played out there and they have actually they're well dug into into social media and technology companies as well because we also have the announcement that al-jazeera has a twitter went down for arabic went down for a day i don't even know if it's still doubt so i mean i think you see a type of warfare across all axis is its financial it's a blockade it's technology based it's media based so it's a really you're seeing qatar kind of trying to stave off this sudden and very quick but you have pointed out before i mean is the extremely vulnerable and that's true but there are all vulnerable because actually these are dictatorships and with dictatorship we have been known to i think since that time didas that citizens democracy you will fight us you keep soldiers if you care for a government w

punishment due to the saudi officials diplomatic status the only options available would be to appeal to riyadh to have his diplomatic community waived or for germany to officially expel him however diplomatic sources tell us that the most likely outcome is that the saudi foreign ministry will quietly recall him peter all of. the fifa confederations cup championship shifted focus from some petersburg to the russian capital where the host team will face off against portugal on wednesday time to catch up with artie's neil harvey and former england footballer stan collymore in moscow with the latest . thanks very much colin very good afternoon to everybody watching at home we have moved on from st petersburg to beautiful moscow stanley cohen most alongside me stand how about this review snotty about it's not bad at all is it symbolises cathedral red square lettings two beautiful sunny day in a wonderful part of wrong we have here in the capital wonderful you just ticked off many of the big tourist there every one afternoon and what a front of a russian walked around already not a really good look

involved but bear in mind that saudi arabia and iran their regional rivals and the relationship between riyadh and tehran have really been increasingly tense and of course iran has long accuse saudi arabia of backing terrorists which is something that flat out denies a number of different parties and states are all involved in this. syrian conflict fighters in the iran backed a lebanese militant group hezbollah they were officially invited by the assad regime to join the fight and iran has been providing military support sending in trainers and advisers for the assad forces as well but as you can see this is quite a significant development as is the first time iran has launched missiles into syria since the syrian war started six years ago. the editor in chief of iran's far as news agency told us what was behind the iranian missile strike in syria. tonight a statement that the i.r.g.c. public relations has given it is warn that this is the beginning if the terrorists embarked on conducting any second attack on iran iran would provide a much more vigorous response to them and not just it has al

another ten million cannot even afford to buy food thanks to air sea and land bloke aid instrumented by riyadh and now from bad to worse it's also as the outbreak of cholera described by the world health organization as unprecedented and the worst humanitarian crisis on earth numbers are also terrifying there at least one hundred seventy two thousand infected eleven hundred forty two people dead since april and a person is dying every hour from the disease that it killed us of h w h o a spokesman said that if you look at the numbers we're talking close to two thousand suspected cases a day colorism demick in yemen it's currently the largest color outbreak that we have in. the world he continued by saying it is difficult in a situation where a country has a health system that is collapsing there is simply no money in the budget and health facilities are not having money to run their daily operations there's also the issue of waste collection that obviously affects the quality of water and access to clean water and of quote and water is definitely the biggest stumbling block here koehler is the

supporting terrorist groups but saudi arabia's rulers, encouraged by president trump's recent visit to riyadhstance against terror groups and shia—lead iran. saudi arabia says if qatar wants normal relations with them, then qatar must act in their words a normal way towards them. saudi arabia, together with the uae and two other states last weeked imposed unprecedented sancitons qatar over its alleged support for terrorist groups. it has led to the worst crisis in the gulf region for decades. 0ur chief internional correspondent lyse dounce spoke to saudi arabia's foreign minister adel al—jubeir and asked him if pressuring qatar financially to get them to do what saudi arabia wants, amounted to bullying. they are one of the richest countries in the world. we want to send a powerful message is that if they want to have normal relations with as they must act in a normal way towards us. we do want to harm their people at we also made clear that we will not deal with them so long as these policies continue. it is our sovereign right to overlook our territory. cutting diplomatic relations is a sove

they continuously accused saudi arabia of supporting terrorist groups inside iran now something that riyadh has continuously denied of course but they say iran says that the fact that i still has claimed responsibility for these twin attacks is a clear sign that. study arabia is involved now in layman terms the message from iran is do most with those we're going to mess with you so this really does market a significant deterioration in those floor to relations between the two sides such a complicated picture is now just a reminder. runs we're working on this side of the. year absolutely it seems like the longer the syrian conflict continues the more convoluted a mess the big at this point a number of different groups and states are involved in the syrian conflict as you know including fighters from the iran backed lebanese militant group hezbollah which were invited by the assad regime to join the fight against extremists and iran has also provided military support experts and training and advisers now sort of thing to the syrian government to help in its fight against extremists iran and s

but saudi arabia's rulers, encouraged by president trump's recent visit to riyadh think qatar is notrror groups and shia—lead iran. the united arab emirates has warned qatar to change its behaviour or face isolation from its neighbours. the uae, together with saudi arabia and two other states, last week imposed unprecedented sanctions against qatar over its alleged support for terrorist groups. it's led to the worst crisis in the gulf region for decades. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet spoke to the uae‘s minister of state dr anwar gargash, and asked him how he thought this crisis could be resolved. the main ask is an acceptance by qatar that it has to change course in its support of what is an extremist jihadist terrorist agenda. it is true that qatar has long been accused of backing groups linked to al-qaeda, in conflicts like syria, but saudi arabia has also been accused of propagating a more extremist form of islam. of course, there is a huge difference. qatar as a state is trying to use this agenda to sort of promote its role in the region and beyond... saudi is