lovely to see samir back. part of our team july. lovely to see samir back. part of ourteam in july.m in new york. joining us is maike currie, who's the investment director at fidelity international. here in the uk a lot of data out today. focus on the jobless numbers and wage growth, even though unemployment in the uk is at a record low, the lowest since 1975, wage growth isn't picking up. back injanuary wage growth isn't picking up. back in january wage growth stood wage growth isn't picking up. back injanuary wage growth stood out wage growth isn't picking up. back in january wage growth stood out to find a present, injune to .4%, that's the big headache for economists, why isn't there a pick—up in wages even know what people are in work. as i touched on that, it will figure in the discussions on thursday and the rate—setting committee meets. were not expecting a move in rates because they raise them in august to three quarters of a present. any interest rate increase would have to be addressed. we saw discussions about an increase because there were better than expected results r

whole kavanaugh debacle is a show for shows sake of there doesn't really seem to be much substance ok samir thanks for the update on american reporting from washington. u.s. news website the daily beast seems to be suggesting that the russian foreign ministry itself has now turned into a troll factory it's new report claims that moscow has upgraded its suppose a troll and blocked campaign by using the twitter accounts of its diplomats and embassies the daily beast insists that the ministry is trying to confuse the public by bending the truth with multiple competing narratives. the article singled out one particular russian tool the contest for the most ironic post about russia's relations with the west here you can see the winning picture for the best cartoon on boris johnson following his anger at the russian foreign ministry spokesman being invited to the house of commons we discussed this story with columnist and author ted rall. the united states government does this all the time u.s. government officials make jokes all the time the president of the united states uses social media extre

funding circle's chief executive, samir desai joins us now. good morning, samir desai. and i'm lumping you together in an industry, but you're doing well because there is mistrust of traditional banking. that's right, isn't it? just so your viewers know funding circle is a very symbol business. we allow anyone from individuals, institutions and money directly to small businesses cutting out the banks mean that investors can get better returns on their money, it means small businesses can get the capital they need to grow and expand and it means economies can grow. we have done over £5 billion of loans throughout platform, 1 billion came in the first half of 2018 alone and what thatis first half of 2018 alone and what that is testament to is that small businesses are increasingly looking for alternatives to banks and investors are trying to get alternatives for their money. many are traditionalists and worry how safe this new fintech products and services are. how do you convince people? no one takes risk more seriously than us. we employ hundreds of people that focus on

account joins me live now from washington with the details on those talks hi there samir just tell us give us a feeling about how and your relations are over syria after tuesday's debate. well it doesn't look like everyone's on the same page now everyone that's currently involved in it live was present at the meeting and we heard a pretty harsh rhetoric coming from all sides and of course from the usual culprits let's check it out. coexistence with terrorists is impossible those are all branches of al-qaeda which we have been fighting since the terror attacks in two thousand and one and from whom we can expect the worst attacks imaginable. let's not waste time with the descend from ation distractions and outright lies that the assad regime and their russian and iranian partners constantly use to distort this conversation now iran and turkey were special guests of the meeting and they all refer to reaffirm the territorial integrity of syria along with china bolivia kazakhstan and russia now while all other member states applauded the efforts of the peace process the u.s. shut it down c

for more on this samir this just broke not very long ago i'm not sure there's a lot of details on thisbrings up the table what we can say though well according to reports the executive order will allow sanctions against states and actors accused of election meddling now take a look at those words states and actors now as well apparently include a blocking assets limiting access to the u.s. financial system and banning people from entering the country for some context russia china iran d p r k have all been accused of election meddling of some sort and what are those countries have in common well they all present a challenge to us gemini's that should definitely be noted bolton also apparently said that sanctions might be introduced against organizations that spread propaganda and quote fake news but we're not sure of that yet that's only according to reports now various news organizations have also been accused of election meddling including r t so what could that mean for our t.v. well until we have that official document we don't really know and we can't say for sure but this is defi

samir isa samir is a moroccan activist, she has been campaigning to years for a eight law criminalising paid off. translation: we will not stop here. this law is an asset, but it has shortcomings that we have to work on. those shortcomings of include a failure to provide protection to victims of domestic violence and it does not explicitly can analyse marital rape. translation: we lack the appropriate tools to comment this law. in case of marriage violence it is difficult to provide proof and we don't even have shelters for victims. violence against women, especially in public, has become a hot topic in morocco. after social media and rights groups highlighted shocking cases of sexual harassment. this woman is a member of the parliamentary committee that drafted the law. translation: no law is perfect. its effectiveness will depend on approach by the police and thejudicial depend on approach by the police and the judicial body. as depend on approach by the police and thejudicial body. as it depend on approach by the police and the judicial body. as it goes depend on approach by the poli

samir: i don't think so.he first thing to say is that we loan to small businesses, which is a different regulatory environment. the second thing is, our interest rates start at 1.9% per year. we actually believe we are offering rates -- loans at rates comparable for cheaper than what they could get that banks. on top of that, 5% of the loaning comes from the british governments -- lending comes from the british government. 16 european investment bank, local councils, i think what government with a like about what we're doing is we twice for small business borrowers to allow them access to grow and expand. estimates, we did the estimates were that it created and sustained 75,000 new jobs last year across our added nearly 4 billion pounds to economic gdp. it is a very different business model to consumer and attacks a very different regulatory and government response. francine: samir, thank you so much. simon stays with us. , theresa may faces another brexit -- as per the maker -- parliament returns this week.

so please join us in thanking justin samir. [applause] i also want to thank our board chair jack austell and overrun in the board of trustees to join us today, including a member of mark goober we are also joined by a member of the institute residents at american university and a special member of our au family, and even thrive. i want to recognize my predecessor and someone who put au in the position where we could build on and take advantage. thank you for coming today. [applause] teddy roosevelt was the first american president to step foot on the american university campus. and while he did not make this memorable remark on our campus. welcome, senator. come on up, have a seat. i think you would find it appropriate for today the remarks he made. welcome, senator corker. president roosevelt once said the greatest is the chance to work hard and work towards doing. the policy and politics is about lower it's worth doing. president roosevelt gives us the unprecedented opportunity to bring together leaders from different sectors

has proposed imposing a second round of sanctions on russia parties polly and samir khan have been looking at the international reaction from both sides of the atlantic. resume a spokes person has rubbish the accounts provided by alexander patrol from the share of and they've used pretty strong language to do it take a listen the lies and blades in for brooke asians in this interview given to a russian state sponsored t.v. station are an insult to the public's intelligence well that same government statement goes on to say that an illegal chemical weapon was used on the streets of the country and that four people seriously ill in hospital and an innocent woman died and russia has responded with contempt now this is the second official statement that we've had from the government from downing street earlier on immediately after the interview was first ed there was a statement from the government and it was similarly scathing take a listen the government is clear these men are offices of the russian military intelligence service the g.r.u. who used to devastatingly toxic illegal chemical wea

imposed targeting us sectors of strategic importance like finance or defense of washington correspondent samir account taking a closer look. the order will authorize sanctions against the entities charged with election meddling this applies to a company's organizations and even individuals the term entity means a partnership association trust a joint venture corporation groups group or other organization now if they impose these sanctions will block assets limit access to the us financial system and ban people from entering of the country in the order trump admitted that no foreign power has ever successfully influence a us election but he signed the order anyway although there has been no evidence of a foreign power to ring the outcome or vote lation in any united states election foreign powers have historically sought to exploit america's free and open political system now it's also important to note that the order did not specify any country in particular the term foreign government mins any national state provincial or other governing authority and any political party or any official of an

later on tuesday here with me right now to discuss what's going on at this forum and around it is samir soran who is the president of the observer research foundation welcome to our team sir thank you for. my first question is russia and china are facing increasing pressure from the west's here we can mention the trade wars and the threat of new sanctions do you think that these two countries can do anything together or possibly the politicians or the experts at this forum can come up with something to withstand these kind of threats and i think this is the fundamental question of our times. promoters of globalization of global integration and open and fair trading and marketing system. losing that. and countries like china russia japan india and others who do believe that the world must remain to get must work together must create new forms of cooperation and collaboration have to put capital put it to come and money on the table to preserve this particular cause and forums like these where we are today actually the new forms of tomorrow it is in the east eastern economic forum more th

americana been following john bolton speech for us on joins me live now on the program hi there samir what are they trumpet ministrations concerns about the i.c.c. because it was very direct language being used there by john bolton. well john bull and started off declaring it illegitimate and then announced that the us would henceforth be rejecting international oversight to protect itself from war crimes investigations and even promise to punish those that operate with these investigations according to bolton international law threatens us sovereignty as some believe that this is a statement that the us wants to protect itself and secure its right to invade other countries overseas but that's just what other people said now bull and also seem to be justifying future acts of us aggression saying quote history is prob proven that the only deterrent to evil in atrocity is what franklin roosevelt once called the righteous might of the united states and its allies now if he even attempted to legitimize past acts of u.s. aggression using the examples of the military raid to kill osama bin

samir khan r t washington d.c. america's top diplomat says his how to russia and president assad claiming that trying to escalate the conflict in syria will have the latest developments in just a couple of minutes. you know world big partisan movies a lot of things and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. make this manufactured to send to the public wealth. when the ruling class is protect themselves. when the final merry go round lifts only the one percent. nor middle of the room six. welcome back the u.s. secretary of state is accusing russia of president assad of escalating the syrian conflict calling plans to rid adlib province of islamic terrorists and assault my pump aoe says the civilian population will

samir khan r t washington d.c. . the russian defense ministry says it has received reports that a terrorist attack on the ancient syrian city of palmira has been thwarted it comes on the back of the u.s. secretary of state accusing russia and president assad of escalating this year in conflict he described plans to liberate italy province from extremists as an assault my compare also said civilians there would be bear the brunt of the offensive against terror groups spoke to the syrian foreign minister about the fight against the hottest in this country who are. first of all the international community should recognize that liberal vince is syrian territory and this syrian government must regain full control of it secondly as president assad said our priorities to liberate it live by that peacefully which we prefer or use in the military thirdly it is clear that. is listed as a terrorist organization by the united nations to protect. have opened and humanitarian corridor it has been open for two weeks and we have alr

there is seventy five or there are twenty five we're going to be at the same numbers called reciprocal samir attacks. so they charge us fifty we charged them fifty right now they'll judge us fifty we judge them nothing doesn't work tough talk about tariffs is nothing new american farmer sold more than twelve billion dollars worth of soybeans to china last year china has stepped up purchases as this tariff talk turned tough but they're also buying from brazil and argentina two countries which together cannot produce enough to replace our american soil so lindsay something's gotta give what will this mean to american farmers like you if the tough tariff talk isn't just talk. well right now you know like you said the south america has been supplying china with their beans as of late they're going to run short on supplies in the near future so so there are the chances are that china may have to you know back off on their talk a little bit and buy some some united states soybeans but in the in the long term they're probably going to be other markets that are going to increase their imports of the

samir khan r t washington d.c. . the u.s. secretary of state is accusing russia and president assad of escalating the syrian conflict calling plans to rid adlib province of islamic terrorists an assault by pump aoe says the civilian population will end up bearing the brunt russia's foreign minister earlier laid out moscow's position. group that sure this is the last place for the terrorists so from all points of view this abscess should be removed it lives being a haven for rebels and their families evacuated from areas retaken by the government almost three million people currently live in that province though according to the u.n. there are also thousands of jihadist militants there to. it leap has another fact and we have to be connected to an extremely high concentration of foreign fighters as the mates of the new for whatever name do want to call themselves is it more or less. of them investigative journalist rick sterling says western nations don't want to see the highly trained foreign terrorists in syria returning to

employees at that nine hundred billion dollars family paid so little they qualify for food stamps samir khan reports. the story of the american leftist movement bernie sanders is at war with amazon the world's largest online retailer accusing the company of not treating its workers fairly it is important to take a look at the power and influence that the answer is that all over this country amazon employees pay wages so low that they are having a real hard time getting bar they are forced to pay and upon pacs play upon the programs and you know who pays for those programs. this isn't just empty rhetoric either sanders announced that he'd be introducing legislation that would require these big corporations to cover all federal benefits their employees receive from the government like food stamps and public housing if they can't pay them a living wage he's also encouraging amazon employees to speak out one former employee claims she was forced to work with an injured foot it was like a something there was a loud crack i really feel it was an injury and they really really don't see anythin

hi samir a what's being discussed now in congress tell us. well the u.s. is getting ready to impose more sanctions on russia in november for allegedly poisoning the halls and that's according to assistant secretary of state saying check out what she had to say. the plan to impose a very severe second round of sanctions under the sea the global community will not tolerate behavior such as we've seen from russia especially in poisoning and killing its own citizens we are absolutely prepared to fully implement the second round of sanctions she said that the second round could include banking sanctions prohibition on procurement of defense articles and aid money in her exact words but back in august it was stated that the second round could cut diplomatic ties with russia and all aerial flight aeroflot flights to and from the us and stop all imports and exports but a single also said that the second round of sanctions will not be imposed if russia commits to on site inspections by the u.n. . we have indicated to them that they can evade the they can make thems

samir khan r t washington d.c. america's top diplomat said. and president assad claiming that trying to escalate the conflict in syria we'll have the latest developments there for you in just a couple of minutes. plan. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter to us is over twenty trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you longs to be all for rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent flies last year some with four hundred to five hundred trade per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelms. the only numbers you need to remember is one one does not show you can afford to miss the one and only boom box. cutter. going. hello again the u.s. secretary of state is accusing russia and president assad of escalating the syrian conflict calling plans to rid it live province of islamic terrorists and assault my pump aoe says the ci

minister saad hariri they reveal attempts to listen to the phone calls of lebanon's prime minister qatar samir and a saudi prince uganda's pop star turned opposition politician bobby wine is on his way to amsterdam it boarded a flight on friday after the government allowed him to leave the country one was seen walking on crutches at the airport outside the capital kampala he's seeking medical care of the seas for injuries he says he suffered while he was in detention he's been charged with treason. now venezuelans living their country are finding life problematic in neighboring peru racial slurs and hate speech that make it hard for many of them to feel safe but some say the anti immigrant attitude is easier to deal with than conditions back home reports only for. thirty eight year old the bush man keeps an eye on municipal police will selling a traditional rice string from venezuela he still doesn't have a street vendor permit trying to make a living far away from home it's hard he says but worse is here in slurs against ghana swings a signal or more especially to people like me a street vend

this samir raj. this is a this is a mirage. it accomplishes nothing. it has nothing to do with mr. mueller's mandate. it prevents mr. manafort from getting consecutive time. it also prevents mr. mueller from having to go through a trial and waste resources and it also permits mr. manafort to cooperate in the ongoing investigation by mueller of tony podesta and 6 others including gregory craig formerly of the law firm asking a and. i would walls are closing in but not on the president. >> laura: alan dershowitz called this a big deal today. he said basically this was not great news for the administration. he also then discussed the issue of a possible pardon and the timing of a pardon for paul manafort. let's watch. >> wouldn' once he agrees to cooperate he has to cooperate with everything. know such thing as partial cooperation. the question is did he cooperates too late. would he have been better off cooperating before his first trial. i think he was prantsdz hoping for a par con. the question comes up did the president act too late if he was requesting to pardon he would have bee

i'm samir. and i reside in lower haight. i have a few comments and questions about the scooters. the muni has had multiple delays, some of which have delayed my commute by up to 35 minutes. on the weekend, i try to see my friends in the mission and portera hill. i would like to take the 22 bus, which i've seen improvements on, but i've had bad experiences on that line, which will hopefully change. both bikes tend to be few and far between. it will hopefully have more scooters around me that i can take. right now, i have to fall back to ubers and lyfts, which i prefer not to do. the companies have to do a lot of community outreach. we just heard patrick talk about the community outreach that was done. i would like to understand what community outreach we're expecting the scooter companies to do and how long it will take. i'm concerned that the community outreach will delay the rollout da date. i would love to know when we expect to be able to ride the scooters on the streets. lastly, the permit would be for five companies, so the companies had to focus on dense areas. that means t

israel has secret channel with osama bin laden from the point of view of israel this is not oh i listen samir that i was not less evil. then any of the wanted the most wanted terrorist that the united states are seeking to kill nowadays and i think that if the americans would hear that israel would do something like this they would turn this as nothing less than a severe betrayal of trust but nevertheless the united states continue with their i am convinced that. we are on the road on the way to the right road that we really can draw closer to their golden age of peace prosperity and brotherhood i would say that the president ronald reagan plan from one thousand nine hundred eighty that was the first time when the us. truly acknowledged the rest of the p.c. people. this plan would would would not have been written and published without the influence of robert ames that was influenced by and it doesn't stop. when the israelis discovered this dialogue was going on they acted decisively to shut it down another dr aleo milla. if d.f.a. you can make known i should enjoy it can one thing any genuin

israel has secret channel with osama bin laden from the point of view of israel this is not oh i listen samir that i was not less evil then any of the one of the most wanted terrorist that the united states are seeking to kill now gets in i think that if the americans would hear that israel would do something like this they would turn this as nothing less than a severe betrayal of trust but nevertheless the united states continue with their i am convinced that. we are on the road on the way to the right road that we really can draw closer to their golden age of peace prosperity and brotherhood i would say that the president ronald reagan plan from one thousand nine hundred eighty that was the first time when the us. truly acknowledged the rights of the p.c. people. this would mean we wouldn't have been written and published without the influence of robert ames that was influenced by and it doesn't stop. when the israelis discovered this dialogue was going on they acted decisively to shut it down another dr leon miller. if d.f.a. you can make known i should enjoy it can one thing any genuine b

and so i want to know if women are so free, why is samir badawi and others in prison, and why is the government reacting in such a strong way about a tweet about human rights, and why isn't the u.s. government and all the other western democracies standing up and saying, canada is absolutely right and those women should be freed? [ applause ] >> you answered your question, and none of the people for the western countries have said. i think what upset -- and this is my figuring out, was this is an ambassador who did it from the capitol. it was first treated by the foreign ministry in ottawa. and the audacity of the man being in the city and being able to do that, this is my reading of the thing. i'm not justifying, i'm trying to rationalize the whole issues. you have an ambassador -- you can look at it in different ways. at the same time people are looking -- asking, okay, they've done this. i have said before two wrongs don't make a right, but why are they tweeting about human rights and abuses happening in gaza or p palesti palestine? i'm not batting for anyone, i'm just trying to f

samir, thank you very much. let's look at the market. what are they doing?rticular the oil stocks, and a lot of other oil majors have dragged that market down. the pound is still wea k that market down. the pound is still weak and the dax and cak in europe are down. not looking good for markets. more on that in our‘s time. it's being hailed as a turning point in the treatment of a rare form of childhood cancer, and nhs patients in england will be the first in europe to benefit from it. car—t therapy uses the body's own immune cells to fight the particular form of leukemia in youngsters. it's adoption by the nhs comes just ten days after it was cleared by the european medicines agency, one of the fastest funding approvals in the history of the nhs. dominic hughes reports. you're fine, i know you're fine. they're some of the most vulnerable patients the health service looks after. children with cancer require special care. targeting the disease, while protecting the patient from the side—effects of treatment. the chief executive of nhs england, simon stephens,