saudi arabia to be its point man in the region of course it has its israeli we have the saudis and the israelis very close together but there's one problem with all that in that is turkey and now a nato ally here i mean what's going to happen there because there is an enormous amount of friction here and it's all summed up in one word kurds go ahead sami. i think at the end in mind when it comes to the united states of america has been said to clearly by their chief of the pentagon general davis and he's kind of sitting there. for. interests in iran so the goal is facing iran now the problem is that united states of america does not have to do was. to face to iran iraq and syria it's true that they could rely on a proxy. in iraq but this has limit because supporting the kurds. and here i mean you can understand the position of secretary of state who try to set the bridge is russia because washington needs russia to pressure on iran or to limit or or on iran at least in syria so because of obama administration policy or do it was that all were from. lack of clarity. washington lost a lo

our friends the saudis.ometimes there's a tension between supporting our values and supporting allies who may have our interests in the region, but now with the growth of energy production in this country, we don't need these people. there's no excuse anymore. steve: what do you think about that? there is the argument, there is a policy thing iremember working in the government, we have to suck up to these people because they help us with intelligence cooperation, even at the same time they are promoting the terrorism that intelligence is supposed to guard against. >> the saudi regime is reprehensible, no denying that. on the other hand, i'm sorry to say iran is expansionist, they are aggressive, they're moving to undermine regimes throughout the region and pose a serious threat more broadly, including afghanistan. they are a status quo power in the region, whereas the iranians want to gain and gain and gain and have already despite having a weak position relative to us made huge gains at our expense. we hav

on the saudis as well the u.n. role in yemen was really really bad because even by that this over the last year. it was both on a list they called it blacklist for killing children it was bought by the by the united nation but with the pressure from the saudi the u.n. secretary general at that time has withdrawn the saudi name from the that list and he said that the saudis had better on us and they threatened that they will they will cut the funding to the u.n. so this show you that all the funds this already given to the u.n. is like a bribe for them to cover up all the crime done in yemen because i will wait to see if the u.n. probe will make any difference put it on some particular political powder river for now we have to live with. yemen thank you very much for your time. next the us media is busy trying to find out who's inspiring the divided sides in american society these days so now a new article in the washington post suggests that the far right is being guided by russian influence jaclyn because got the

saudi arabia were those. i don't want to engage in saudi bashing. i'm talking about the united states accusing iran of supporting terrorism while its own allies have been on the record. now they are exposing each other about who was first in supporting isis and other terrorist organizations. >> rose: let's make sure i have time to raise questions of america. do you believe that saudi arabia supports al-qaeda. do you believe saudi arabia s upports, take one, supports which has new names now. do you believe saudi arabia supports isis? >> i believe that a lot of saudi money -- >> rose: not by the government. >> in fact some of them are in c harge oaf saudi intelligent services we know al-qaeda when they engaged the soviets was a child of saudi intelligence services. taliban will recognize, the taliban government which was sponsored al-qaeda was only recognized by three states. two of them were united states and even ruts. >> rose: the other was pakistan you said. >> that's a neighbor. i don't want to deal with them because they have their own because a

they were saudi's, but no one has proven they were sent by the saudi government.st: has anybody proven that anything about -- charlie: weight, weight! guest: did you know that a court in new york condemned iran for participating in 9/11? fined us $11 billion for participating in 9/11. do you want me to buy this? come on. a court in new york. go read the court document. a court in new york awarded $11 billion to the victims of 9/11 against iran. are you telling me nobody has proven that saudi arabia was behind it? let me tell you something you're familiar with. president trump banned citizens of six countries from coming to the united states. it included iran. iranians in the united states are outstanding citizens. they are outstanding members of their own community. good positions, good scientists, silicon valley may not be as prosperous as not for iranian scientists. charlie: i have just said that iranians have come to the united states and made huge contributions. let me finish. to who we are, they have. they made a huge contribution. so have immigrants from all

saudi bonds make a splash.loomberg's mideast finance reporter looked at what is driving demand for the kingdom's debt. reporter: demand is still pretty high from local investors. always seen in saudi arabia as a result of the spending cuts the government has done, demand in the private sector has dried up. banks are looking for decent assets to buy. there is a lot of demand for these issues. only look at when they were around 58 billion riel's on the table, this time it was just over 30. we are seeing demand is perhaps not as high as it was last month. we are starting to see interbank rates come up. what they were doing a year ago was sucking all of the equivalency out of the system. there is very little left for the private sector. anchor: does this give us any clues about the government's demands when it to investors later this year? reporter: the saudis has said another international assurances on the card for this year. if we look at the performance of the budget so far, they've done very well at slashing s

these three saudi princes were outspoken critics of the saudi royal family. all have disappeared.saudi police, which gave him access to highly sensitive information. in june which gave him access to highly sensitive information. injune 2012 he began posting videos on youtube, in which he called for reform in saudi arabia. he also claimed to have highly damaging documents and threatened to expose corruption at the highest level. prince turki was later arrested in morocco and deported to saudi arabia at the request of the saudi authorities. another prince, saud bin saif al—nasr, was a relatively minor royal with known in political activities. but in 2015 he began to eating attacks on the saudi monarchy. to those who say i am criticising people from my family, i say it is obligatory to state the truth. in september 2015, and an on the saudi prince wrote two letters calling for a coup to overthrow king salman. the letters went online and we re salman. the letters went online and were read why millions. this was an astonishing display of opposition. prince saud was the only royal to en

charlie: but as you know, at the conference in riyadh, the saudi -- the summit in riyadh, saudi arabiand some of the arab state allies asked the united states to join them in isolating iran. so they believe you are engaged in these activities that the united states suggests you are. javad sharif: i just want to ask you who was behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks? charlie: who do you think was behind it gekko was this individuals or an attack by the state of saudi arabia? javad sharif: we know the individuals came from saudi arabia, 15 of them. we also know the ideology came from saudi arabia. if you just check, from 2001-now, or even from 1998 to now, almost 49% if not more of -- 94%, if not more, of terrorist incidents throughout the world have been instigated and perpetrated by people belonging to that school of thought, which is the official ideology of saudi arabia, and promoted with billions of petrol dollars across the globe, spreading extremism everywhere. it's unfortunate, because we , we believe we need to have good relationships with our neighbors, and we want to have good rela

the saudi committing war crimes in that part of the words and i believe written by supplying the saudi with two million. and missions and armaments i believe there are but dissipating and old press imitating these crime was and this poorest country on the whole of the middle east . from britain so it always says that it understands that there's been no breach of international rule how can it say that given what you've just said and what the un has said. well actually it is you know when you kill civilians when you bomb within parties when you bomb funerals when you bomb. when you bomb schools markets this is not a bail ation of that intervention and what is the very latest in that this case i believe but it is very clear two and a half years of the saudi bombardment of yemen fueled in a lot of this is this and that part of the and also we have to remember that the whole of human under sanctions and be seized from from sea from land by by the saudi forces of correlation as they call it and now that the epidemic is actually spending on young men more than two thousand people were killed

a saudi prince and his team of european and american nationals were kidnapped and taken to saudi arabia heard from since. 0ther dissident princes have also gone missing since 2015. our investigation gathered evidence of the kidnapping and illegal rendition of family members who'd criticised the saudi rulers. i'm meeting prince khalid bin farhan al—saud. his branch of the family fell out of favour long ago, and more recently he began to question the saudi regime as a whole. eventually he fled to germany and claimed asylum. according to prince khalid, the fate of the dissident princes is decided at the very top of the saudi government. this is prince turki bin bandar al—saud. according to prince khalid, the fate of the dissident princes is decided at the very top of the saudi government. this is prince turki bin bandar al—saud. he was once a major in the saudi police force, with access to highly sensitive information. a bitter inheritance dispute with the family landed turki in prison. on his release he fled to paris where he lived in this apartment. injune 2012 he began posting videos on

government between saudi arabia that our governments do not want to inconvenience so they do not want to interrupt this report that we're requesting to be released would be a very inconvenient truth to both governments this report makes clear connections between terrorist financing and the government of saudi arabia right now we are in a legal case with saudi arabia and at stand right now we're going to court and court in the united states and we hope that court is really the only way that we think that the truth will prevail is just another small setback for us we've been facing setbacks for the past sixteen years but we don't give up we think that ultimately light needs be shed on terrorism and this report will be that. good intentions without proper knowledge behind them sometimes real them thar i think was and that's exactly what happened with the new road safe account paying by transport for london. no all of those head scarves i don't wear a headscarf and i know many people many of the people who don't that is not a function on who we are as muslims muslim women come in all shap

arabia over reports of links between saudi government officials and the hijackers declassified pages of the inquiry reports later confirms those links with congress then approving a bill that allowed families to take legal action against the gulf. saudi arabia has repeatedly denied any involvement in the nine eleven attacks but the eagle son lost his father in the tragedy he says the fact the u.k. report is being kept secret shows otherwise it's very clear to us and all the nine eleven family members that there is a relationship that exists between our government and the u.k. government between saudi arabia that our governments do not want to inconvenience or they do not want to interrupt this report that we're requesting to be released would be a very inconvenient truth to both governments this report makes clear connection between terrorist financing and the government of saudi arabia right now we are in a legal case with saudi arabia and as i stand right now we are going to court and a court in the united states and we hope that is really the only way that we think that the truth

the saudis destroyed. the cranes that bring in the humanitarian aid the u.s. shipped new cranes and the saudis haven't been willing to allow them to be placed and that's in addition to the us providing all the weapons refueling the airplanes in the air giving logistical support and so on. yes for the pretty horrible well let's move to a much more uplifting topic syria. syria is going grades everything's fine there no but you know again seem like trump might actually stand for. us kind of backing out of syria a little bit but then you know he started bombing them and the media rewarded them and now it seems like that's the path forward on the one hand one positive thing if it's true it's been translating that they're going to stop the cia's program of supporting the rebel groups in syria but we have yet to see if that's true and of course the saudis and others are supporting them and the question is will they be able with the craziness is going on in u.s. politics to talk to the russians to come up with a deal to end the fighting in syria i think it becomes har

arabia over reports of links between saudi government officials and the hijackers declassified pages of the inquiry reports later confirmed those links with congress then approving a bill that allowed families to take legal action against the gulf kingdom. saudi arabia has repeatedly denied any involvement in the nine eleven attacks inbreds eagleson who lost his father in the tragedy he says the fact that the u.k. report is being kept secret shows otherwise. it's very clear to us that all the nine eleven that there is a relationship that exists between our government u.k. government between saudi arabia that our governments do not want to inconvenience or they do not want to interrupt this report that we're requesting to be released would be a very inconvenient truth to both governments this report makes clear connections between terrorist financing and the government of saudi arabia right now if you're in a vehicle case with saudi arabia as it stands right now you're going to court. the united states and we hope for is really the only way that we think that the truth will prevail is

the saudis see it very differently, though.n that leaked report, there were information there about grave violations carried out by houthis as well, including recruiting child soldiers, but the saudis see the houthis very much as tools of iran. when all this started, i sat with a senior saudi diplomat and he said, "we are going into yemen and we're going to sort this out once and for all. we cannot have the iranians active on our doorstep." now there are many a nalysts doorstep." now there are many analysts who say the iranians are not as active as the saudis say. but thatis not as active as the saudis say. but that is the big motivation why they're there. the uk is involved. it is supporting the saudi—led coalition. yes, britain over the yea rs has coalition. yes, britain over the years has done some absolutely massive arms deals with the saudis. we continue to maintain as well through various contracts some of their equipment. so, yeah, we're a major supplier. britain is a major supplier to the saudi armed forces and the air

and reelected a moderate and saudis don't even bother to have a. actions talk a little about the weapons deal and what's going on so they are and will you know which weapons deal their weapons deal do not many weapons deal they were under obama forty two to saudi arabia so this is not something new but. trump wants to take it to new levels and sign just extraordinary weapons sales to saudi arabia now there has been for the first time really some pushback in congress and maybe because it's trump and not obama there are many democrats who are now saying well maybe we should stop this they're also looking at the catastrophic results in yemen from the saudi bombing campaign and say maybe we should step back and so the deals are going through we are continuing to arm this government that is not only destroying the neighboring country of yemen but also internally and leaders is something you don't hear about in the news at all where you don't hear much about yemen but yemen but also there i don't want to mispronounce the name of the town but they're dest

in saudi arabia have been reduced to rubble by government forces it's part of a crackdown that started two and a half. months ago with security forces saying they're chasing gunmen responsible for attacks on police but now though the town looks more like a war zone few journalists have been allowed inside the area most of the footage we've received have been posted online by locals the images show widespread destruction an army vehicles patrolling the streets and i residents told us exclusively what's going on in the town but asked us to disguise their voices as they fear for their safety. but i think you could. turn. i don't want you to use now well. no. not really joe because sure sure. sure. i'm sure more like a war sure. sure. i can't see that rog the show wouldn't. be on to shoot. on. the bridge of certain markets in which you know i go when no. one wants to go a months long saudi crackdown on the town has resulted in the death of a six year old boy he was reportedly shot by the army months ago and now we've been told that he died in a hospital or doctor ali i last met head of the

saudi arabia makes a concession.e talked about the economic outlook for qatar with mohammed sergei. >> the selling points for qatar over the past come of years that as oil prices decline and affect all the countries in the reason, it appeared to grow faster than the reduced forecast of 2.5%. reason is that qatar is spending $2 billion on infrastructure upgrades to host the world cup, so that has moved the needle a little bit. the embargo has absolutely affected forecasts for this year. it is interesting to see how that will play forward that play out going forward -- layout going forward. shery: expectations are high for growth in 2018. are the expected the economy of qatar to adapt to the boycott eventually? guest: the really important factor at play here is the assumption that tensions will not be escalated and the conflict will not be escalated. if it continues at the current trajectory, basically the economy will absorb these cons, the cost of finding new trade routes were the beginning of investor confidence, al

have taxi times -- taxing times for saudi.at and other charges could net the kingdom billions in new revenue? this is bloomberg. ♪ tracy: look at that, beautiful in dubai. 45 degrees celsius is the perfect beach weather but i am going to prove him wrong. it is 8:30 a.m. in dubai. let's get over to debra mao for the first word headlines. debra: tracy, bhp shares are gaining, up one and 3/10 of a percent after a plan to sell its u.s. offshore assets. the world's biggest miner has been under pressure -- has been under pressure to quit the shale business in america. the announcement came with full-year underlying profit at $6.7 billion, 600 million short of estimates. andrew mckenzie told us he sees growing opportunities in china. andrew: right now, our outlook is probably a bit more optimistic than it was maybe a few months back people we see that our forms in china playing very well in terms of stimulating more demand. also removing some high costs that creates an opportunity for us with our high-quality product in the market. s

if you were to trade saudi on an do?level, what would you guest: i would not trade saudis on an index level. the influx have been quite significant, even during the summer months, and where the saudi banks, consumers, and on the backs of many of the names, which was really expected. from the past few quarters, saudi hasn't really reacted to results. this quarter has been quite different. i think we are seeing a lot of foreign inflows. if you look at the official assets in thegn saudi market has increased. driver ofother key businesses and saudi arabia is nonoil gdp. what can we expect on the credit growth front? guest: that is still something that is part of the reform story. i wouldn't see it sifting through the numbers now. what saudi has been doing over the past year and a half is shifting from an oil dependent economy towards a non-oil dependent economy. that is going to take time. i don't think that is something that is going to approve -- going to affect the numbers anytime soon. yousef: second-quarter net income a

ok so it's here that's australia you're someone that's saudi arabia. forget me i'm hopeless it's for a it's. around here around there yeah you're right that's that's north ridge right there you go you got it there you are like it's close somewhere further more. or it turns out there's actually a correlation between knowing where north korea is and favoring military action those who don't know where the country is are actually more likely to want to send troops right now millions of americans are convinced that north korea is out to get them and it seems like those who are the least in the know are the ones running the most scared table mopping r.t. new york. about to go in order to is accusing a british contractor in afghanistan of wasting vast amounts of money on some questionable practices the review found millions of dollars of taxpayers' money being spent on. this was revealed by a latest audit however somehow no no questions were asked on this case previously and now of course this is going to be unraveling and more are going to be demanded now so

in the city a child was six years old was shot by the saudi special forces and eat out of that he was shot in the car is this family r.t. correspondent what i've got the f. now looking deeper and into the reasons behind the conflict in this area. no that's not a war zone don't be daft that renovations a little do over neighborhood remodelling with guns that's seriously what the saudis a calling this the workers who are conducting renovation works to ensure the safety of the on the syrian neighborhood have come under heavy terrorist find those pictures from our media town of twenty five thousand people where they are foolish enough not to like the king or his family which is the government there also shia as opposed to sunni and have resisted authorities our media was home to many executed malcontents such as cleric. who wanted democracy in saudi arabia bad behavior is punishable by so-called renovations soldiers plowing through your home with bulldozers or the strong it with explosives and shells security is tight but for some reason the renovators keep on being targeted by terrorists

ok so it's here that's australia you're someone that's saudi arabia forget me i'm hopeless. around here around there yeah you're right that's that's north rim right there you go you've got it there you are like it's close somewhere furthermore it turns out there's actually a correlation between knowing where north korea is and favoring military action those who don't know where the country is are actually more likely to want to send troops right now millions of americans are convinced that north korea is out to get them and it seems like those who are the least in the know are the ones running the most scared. r.t. new york. new york times is facing growing criticism ofter and tunnel e-mails revealed employees are allegedly encouraged government officials to leak information. those of us who live in america and even many who live abroad are bombarded with headlines such as these on a daily basis with buzzwords like leaked and highly classified information revealed with all the sensitive information making its way into our lives you might imagine reporters getting calls late

billions has been killed by the saudi. when they have bombed dozens of markets fueling that whole within the whole i think the main target is to buy. today this is one of the goal of the world for the united states but it in and that's why we see that the. government keeps ellen was do this all the including why binns a cluster bomb which mainly used bonus of indians area along other saudi is getting a full support from the united states as long. as. fuel in the saudi fighter jet over yemen to continue the war as long as they keep said and why because you will not do anything then they will keep it is even and nothing will be done unless they will stop sit and watch visits to the saudi. the us media is busy trying to find out who they are inspiring the divided sides in american society these days so now a new article in the washington post suggests that the far right is being guided by a russian influence has the story russia is used to being blamed for all things sinister in this world if it's not hacking someone that it'

report into the role of saudi arabia in funding islamic extremism. joining us live right now thanks for joining us what do we know about about this situation. well zero down following a series of appeals actually from campaigners m.p.'s and other politicians here in the u.k. nine eleven survivors now become the latest group to see a refusal from the british government to release the full contents of this quite controversial report focusing on extremist funding in the u.k. this was a report that was commissioned back in two thousand and fifteen and is largely believed to be focused on saudi arabia's activities and now the nine eleven survivors had sent a letter to theresa may demanding answers we respectfully urge you to release the report now finished unfinished we'll show you to consider all the victims of state sponsored saudi finance terrorism and families in the survivors in the u.k. and all over the world the longer saudi arabia's complicity is hidden from sunlight the longer terrorism will continue. well the british government has long maintain

a brutal government crackdown on a shia town in saudi arabia just turning more districts to rubble we have from locals who asked us to disguise their voices over safety concerns. shooting people who were of the shooting but certain troops to thorsten tools. in the syrian army steps up its surface to break islamic state seizure of the city of dare result we'll have exclusive video from the fans. great to have you with us this evening my name's neil harvey you're watching international. relatives of russian families that left to join islamic state say that they've recognized some of the children who were filmed by naughty crew in an orphanage in baghdad the russian speaking children were placed there after they were rescued during the battle to liberate the city of mosul from. so. you know. that the. u.s. lead one to kill a dog boy don't mean. it's a good. one none of us. are going you know solution. a fact to me. what does this topic. and i mean the list. i need to. know on that not only. is. it. only i'll. tell you one. one thing. eastern one o'clock zero zero one but it gets cool jus

of praiseiving a lot and saudi arabia.tarted a twitter account and has something like 300,000 followers. what exactly is going on here? once intention behind the promotion of this relatively little-known person? >> certainly been quite a strange development to watch. a bit of the nobody -- a nobody in the younger brother of a ruler, and power until 1972. it's unclear what the saudis are getting at by promoting this guy. i think that at the signal qatar that they can kind of moaning rival members of his family. i don't think it's serious at this point, to come up with an alternative. like you said, the twitter account -- 200,000 followers. clear preplanned campaign, and mission of social media, not some spontaneous outpouring of support. most people don't know who he is. >> brand thousand now. >> 100,000 over the week. elsewhere in the region, wilson iran's are, shriek saying, last year in a rain diplomat might exchange visas after the hajj. >> i wouldn't read it is a sign. we have not had confirmation of the saudis that th

of the saudis using canadian made weapons against their own people are two thousand mile adventures in toronto covering this story for us alex its opposition politicians that are urging canada's liberal government to review the military contract with saudi arabia it actually looks like the government's listening what can you tell us a lot of pressure from opposition parties as well as human rights groups in canada on the liberal government here to this government as the world knows it and it's for a number of reasons but the real push here is due to the fact that the some pictures and some video have been released in saudi arabia that is part of saudi arabia where we have seen friction between government troops and shia militia groups of just the shia population the minority there for numbers of years now it's not forever really but the fact is last week there was running between the government and some shia group members confirmed or reports of five people dead including one police officer and within that free were gurkha vehicles now the gurka is built in canada human rights watch

believed to be your own ls like against saudi arabia so my question to you is. without really getting into the discussion i think many people agree with you totally that it's necessary to take a uniform approach on terrorism but if you want to sanction qatar which nobody can really stop you from doing that why do you have to come up that there are the pretext that nobody can take a lot of pretexts hardly be considered as a pretext this is a authoritative substantiated evidence upon which we rely and hope on which many intelligence organizations have hard facts that surged into the to this issue again and it is very important not to generalize and not to make accusations except when there is material evidence that supports it and in the case of that material evidence exists in the face of policies that have adverse the impact it has created has caused a loss of life in egypt this is an intolerable situation and this is why we are taking action to protect national interests and that is the comprehensive nature of what we have been calling for that terrorism can on

it was saudi arabia trying to politicize the pilgrimage a mythical crisis there's been no suggestion by any kathuria official about internationalizing the issue looks like another fake coming from the saudis but see what really happened the saudi arabia put in place certain travel conditions for qatari citizens making rather uncomfortable to visit the sacred sites in response qatar took its complaints to the un and all this bickering and fighting started the way back in may when a controversial article was published on a news agency website which led to a very negative reaction by the saudis and they are our allies but you are you to mention or you probably guessed it yes though he says it was also a planted fake article and qatari officials seem to have identified the possible perpetrator. because your authorities are already identified the initiators leaders and executed of this computer attack all the evidence we have available points to the u a e this is irrefutable evidence we did not expect this needless to say the emirates have of course refuted the claims it seems that in thi

hundreds of people have fled a town in eastern saudi arabia just this week where the saudi government is targeting shia muslim fighters local activists accuse saudi forces of trying to force out families by firing randomly towards homes and cars upwards of twenty thousand civilians have already fled the violence up to twelve people have been killed in the past week three policemen and nine civilians the un has condemned electricity cuts imposed by the saudi government to force its residents out to discuss this situation we're being joined now by medea benjamin she's the co-founder of code pink and author of the book called kingdom of the unjust behind the u.s. saudi connection medea really great to see you. let's let's start here is there why is there virtually no attention given us mainstream media to saudi arabia's targeting of civilians and their continued human rights abuses well there's been almost no coverage of saudi abuses in neighboring game and which has been catastrophic and there tends to be a sympathy in the u.s. media towards the saudi government but on top of that the s

report into the role of saudi arabia in funding islamic extremism we respectfully urge you to release the report now finished or unfinished we lost you to consider all the victims of state sponsored saudi finance terrorism their families in the survivors in the u.k. and all over the world the u.k. now has the unique historic opportunity to stop this killing spree of one harvest inspired terrorists the longer saudi arabia's complicity is hidden from sunlight the longer terrorism will continue now the reason for the pleas rejection side of her letter from the u.k. home office was the amount of passed on classified information involved in the report is so resonates with the prime ministers and michelle position when she was pressured on the matter by the opposition in parliament. last week the prime minister refused to make public a report on the foreign funding of extremists in the u.k. despite pressure from all sides of this house and beyond the survivors of nine eleven last night also urging her to make this report available who she explained at her refusal is simply because the conte

of qatar is going to support a prince that is a stooge of the saudis.t actually the actual population will support the current emir. but the other aspect of all of this is what are the original implications of this instability. we have on one hand, qatar being supported by turkey, iran, there is a strengthening of the relationship with iran. and israel is on the side more or less of the saudis, but there were previous relationships with qatar, so it is hugely complicated the potential for instability. the short—term effect has been to drive qatar closer into the arms of iran, restoring full diplomatic relations just this week. i wonder, had president trump's visit to saudi arabia not given such explicit encouragement to this action, whether we might not... i believe he gave the green light. because when he went to saudi arabia, they gave him or promised him $460 billion. he was very happy. he went back to the united states saying, i've broughtjobs for you, a lot ofjobs. we must leave it there. thank you all very much. dojoin us again at the same time ne

yousef: what about outside of saudi arabia? saudi arabia is the heavyweight.you seeing in terms of economic trends in countries like uae, where property prices, car sales are the kinds of indicators you'd be looking for? we've seen a bit of a sideways phase lately. guest: indeed. one sector that has been outperforming in the uae has been the construction sector. we get that data from our pmi. the construction sector has been outperforming largely on the back of projects for 2020. there have been pricing challenges in a lot of the sectors, particularly retail. we have seen also the tourism sector in particular, a big rise of tourism the first half of this year for dubai. a 10% rise in tourism. a lot of that wasn't that of cutting prices in terms of getting more business. that moves into how do businesses adjust to that? the answer is that margins across the region were high to start with. even if you are seeing margin compression, it is happening from a high base. there is still this ability to adjust. shery: also the big question would be, given the demand env

the problem is that saudi arabia, isis is an enemy for saudi arabia. al qaeda is a long-term enemy, although it seems to be an idea from al qaeda that if it is not attacked the kingdom directly, the kingdom will not attack it directly. saudi arabia is in a different position though, because they draw some legitimacy from a partnership with the wahhabi doctrine, so there should be pressure on saudi arabia as it goes through these reforms, as we are looking at the rise of a new regime in saudi arabia under the crown prince to started dressing the real problems that saudi arabia, as a partner, presents with the united states. wish and not give them a blind pass for what they are doing it we need to apply equal pressure on it to change, as the saudis apply pressure on the qataris to change. moderator: let's go to the back first and then move up here. >> i work in the private sector but have an interest in this subject. i came in late, so you might have discussed this. how do you make the argument to the country when we're in an environment with stretched r