the closure of cathouse embassy last august after the gulf diplomatic crisis erupted when saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt cut all ties with doha accusing it of supporting terrorism the us president donald trump has signed a memorandum that he says will ban stocks modification which turns legal weapons into machine guns the announcement comes after seventeen school students and staff were killed in a florida shooting last week. and zimbabwe's opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has been buried in his hometown of o'hara politicians from the ruling zanu p.f. party attended the service alongside thousands of opposition supporters sixty five year old chang died from cancer last week you're up to date with all of our top stories that's it for myself in the team here in london but there is more news from doha coming up at the top of the next hour and twenty five minutes. the head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed job as a satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily the start news biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two

it cannot longer flight to saudi arabia, bahrain, egypt, or the uae, forcing longer routes through turkey and iran. the ceo says actions have hit their bottom line. increased maintenance costs because we are flying longer routes. we have more fuel consumption, so the cost toto the airlinene s rising. i have a already stated that the airline lost this year, due to the blockade. this does not mean we are going to shrink. we will keep on expanding and growing the company. rochelle: finally, sony pictures has had to apologize for a scene and its animated film, "peter rabbit." is aen: in the film, there human character who is allergic to blackberries, and the rabbits, in an effort to get into his garden, pelton with withblackberry -- pelton blackberries and he has to use and at the pen. allergy groups say it makes light of their condition. sony apologizes, saying they should not have mamade light of the allergy to blackberries even in a slapstick wayay. the controversy does not seem to have dented the film's popularity. rochelle: they do not have to worry much. they are raking in the money. st

the closure of qatar as embassy last august after the gulf diplomatic crisis began that's in saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt cut all ties with doha accusing it of supporting terrorism a claim denies the violence has reached a new level in the democratic republic of congo aid workers say they're overwhelmed by an increasingly volatile situation on the eastern border a congolese aid worker has been freed by kidnappers but two of his colleagues were killed in north kivu it came as the un's refugee agency reported hundreds of thousands of people displaced in tango in the province shall about us as more. the eastern border of the democratic republic of congo isn't who morrow reports of violence to reach one thousand kilometers north to south clashes between a ugandan rebel group and sees military in the north east has pushed civilians to make the dangerous crossing into him and some are attempting to roll across lake albert one of africa's great lakes and the tail of petal and you know some died of hunger some drowned and the like there's no one to help you there's nothing to eat we survivin

of qatar as embassy in august there was two months after the start of the gulf crisis when saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt cut ties with doha qatar denies their claim that it supports terrorism. a lawyer who worked with an a us prison donald trump has pleaded guilty to lie to the f.b.i. alex fine is one is a son in law of a ukrainian russian oligarch the latest focus in the investigation into whether russia middled in the twenty sixteen years election are white house correspondent kareen as the details. the impact of the investigation into alleged russian interference in the twenty six thousand u.s. election by special counsel robert muller and whether there was collusion between donald trump's campaign and russia is being felt by more people on tuesday the u.s. justice department again made headlines and now saying the latest person to be criminally charged in the probe alex vander swan a lawyer is accused of lying to f.b.i. agents about conversations between himself and a former trump advisor regain. gates made news last year when he was indicted along with president former campaign

the closure of counties embassy last august after the gulf diplomatic crisis erupted when saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt cut all ties with doha accusing it of supporting terrorism. u.s. president donald trump has signed a memorandum that he says will ban stocks modification which turns legal weapons into machine guns the announcement comes after seventeen school students and staff were killed in a florida shooting last week. and zimbabwe's opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has been buried in his hometown of ohara politicians from the ruling zanu p.f. party attended the service alongside thousands of opposition supporters sixty five year old chang died from cancer last week you're up to date with all of our top stories that's it for myself in the team here in london but there is more news from doha coming up at the top of the next hour and twenty five minutes ahead of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed job and satisfied with the state of the economy this is easily the slow news biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand a

un's human rights council to help put an end to the blockade on his country by its neighbors saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt cut ties with in june mohammed bin abdul rahman al thani says that the council must act and the victims should be compensated. the us dollar to walk out on that if any report by the u.n. shows there are grave and violent violations of human rights by the blockading countries against our citizens and residents i call on the council to shoulder the responsibility of putting an end to the violations of human rights those responsible must be held accountable and victims must be compensated. the party of germany's chancellor angela merkel has approved a deal to renew its coalition with the social democrats the decision by the christian democratic union puts merkel a step closer to a fourth term as leader social democrats will announce on monday whether its members support the deal germany has been without a government for five months after merkel's party lost ground to the far right in september election dominic cain has more from the seaview party conference in berlin

cattle as embassy in august that was two months after the start of the gulf crisis in which saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt imposed a blockade on cata they accused of supporting terrorism a charge which the government has strongly denied. canada's prime minister has reiterated that he supports a one united india during his first visit to the country just intrude on his family or on an eight day tour some in india have accused members of his cabinet of supporting sikh separatists for canadian cabinet members seek to do is meeting the chief minister of punjab and visiting the sikh golden temple which is today. the us as the vice president mike pence was shuttled to meet north korean officials at the winter olympics but the pyongyang canceled at the last minute the state department says the pence seen here sitting in front of north korean leader kim jong un's sister was willing to see her and other officials from pyongyang they were in south korea for the opening ceremony of the junk chain games warning now on the threat posed by artificial intelligence twenty six world experts in emergin

sold out just zero that the blockade of qatar has had little impact on the country's economy saudi arabia bahrain. the ties and transport links with the hind june accusing cattle of terrorism a charge it denies christine legarde was in doha for a series of meetings with kataria officials. well first of all like in any other similar situations we very much hope that this these differences in the current situation can be remedied and that they can be reconciliation second we have observed very carefully how the authorities have reacted in qatar and they have taken prompt swift efficient action to the point that as we are going through the review of the economy as we speak we are seeing rather. low impact from this is what could that we have seen in action canada's government says it's looking at changing the way juries are chosen for criminal trials this comes after an all white jury made up of twelve people acquitted a white farmer of the murder of a twenty two year old indigenous man daniel like has more colton bushy was in a vehicle with several others when he was shot in the head by gerald stan

the governments of saudi arabia bahrain and the u.a.e. told the citizens to leave or face having their citizenships revoked everything we are or aren't at least from what we remember in qatar our memory is our friends our family so to be poorest so we would just pay our. i don't i can't imagine that happening but if you know something all of your life you've done something different very difficult to write. and learn nude studies medicine at weill cornell a branch of an american university. one week after the crisis began her mother received phone calls from people claiming to be from the body in the embassy. they said ellen nude and her siblings would have to return to behead him if not their passports would be revoked. in all gulf cooperation council countries citizenship is passed from father to child that means that the nude and her siblings face a dilemma to leave their mother and home or potentially lose the only citizenship. they gave us at the time i think fourteen days or two weeks to go back to. our if they were member in really

. >>> saudi arabia, bahrain, and egypt cut off travel and trade ties with qatar last year accusing it of supporting terrorism along with iran. next qatar's deputy prime minister and foreign minister talk about tensions in the gulf region and his country's relationship with the u.s. the american enterprise institute hosted this event. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to the american enterprise institute. sorry for the brief delay but i think you'll find that this is a conversation that you're going to find extraordinarily interesting. we are delighted to welcome today his excellency sheikh mohammad bin bethani, excuse my pronunciation, appointed minister of foreign affairs of qatar in 2016, and the deputy prime minister in 2017. he is responsible for all of the ministry of foreign affairs issues including planning, implementing foreign policy, and he's here for a series of high-level conversations with the department of defense, the department of state, and the white house that we are looking forward to hearing all of the details of. what's going to happen today, the minister will j

nation close qatar's embassy last august after the gulf diplomatic crisis began that's when saudi arabia bahrain the egypt cut ties with doha qatar denies that it supports terrorism there are the headlines the news continues after sykes peacoat lines in the sand keep it or. between november nine hundred fifteen and main one nine hundred sixteen britain and france agreed a secret deal for dividing the ottoman empire to the european allies when the first world war and so. now we can draw a. very young british politician sir mark sykes and the french lawyer turned diplomats. drew borders that best suited their own interests the psychs pekoe agreement. it's cut across a separate deal the british had already made with sharifa saying of mecca to support him in creating a hashemites arab kingdom in return for his leading to an arab revolt against autumn in. the south of anatolia eastern turkey and the syrian coast down to beirut were put under direct french control while basra and baghdad were placed under direct british control. mosul and damascus were under french protection and called area a the res

qatar's embassy in august that was two months after the start of the gulf crisis in which saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt imposed a blockade on gaza. it with a new saw from out of syria still to come on the program. our negotiators are sitting right behind ready to talk but we will not chase after any warning from the u.s. about the peace plan palestinian president has put to the united nations plus. i'm natasha butler in southeastern france is the french government revealed his new plans for an immigration law the mayor of this city kannada says the stage to be doing more to protect refugees and later in sport chelsea and boss a lot of set up the champions league cliff hanger at the new cup. the u.s. president has agreed more needs to be done to protect children in the wake of last week's school shooting in florida donald trump called for a ban on so-called bump stocks devices that allow a semi automatic rifle to fire at the speed of a machine gun he's expected to speak to survivors of several mass shootings in the coming hours al-jazeera is heidi joe castro reports from washington.

closure of qatar's embassy last august after the gulf diplomatic crisis began that's when saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt cut ties with doha qatar denies their claim that it supports terrorism senior management of the charity oxfam have been answering questions from british m.p.'s in london it follows allegations that it stuff paid women in haiti for sex in the wake of the twenty ten earthquake oxfam's chief executive told a parliamentary committee it's now investigating a further twenty six cases of alleged sexual abuse barnaby phillips reports. oxfam senior officials came to parliament knowing they were in for a grilling. in the chaotic aftermath of haiti's earthquake how could oxfam have allowed staff to take advantage of such vulnerable people and when it found out why did it tell the public. my colleagues at the time made a set of decisions as to how public to not all organizations choose to go public at all with hindsight they made the wrong call as to how public to be they should if we were going to if we were culpable which we were. they should've been completely transparent

council is really irrelevant the terms of actually doing something for human rights and saudi arabia and bahrain and u.a.e. and other governments who are abusing human rights are not going to change their behavior because of this council it hasn't happened ten happen to any government so on it's really to me for me for me my point is that it's a waste of time ok rodney if we look at the states' role in all this we can look to the u.k. company because mama been salmen the government is expected that very soon a visit to reason by the prime minister can we expect this issue to be raised i presume that you're pushing for it to do so. yes we we sending a copy of our reports to the u.k. government and to other key governments who have been mentioned in the interviews already and of obviously to the un human rights council itself i just wish to to clarify that that we have said in our report that saudi arabia were the chair of a key panel overseeing human rights a very prominent position from two thousand and fifteen. but we've sent it to all those bodies because of these meetings that are coming up b

minister says saudi arabia in the united arab emirates had intentions to invade his country last june at the beginning of the gulf diplomatic crisis saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain cut ties with cattle and imposed a blockade after accusing it of supporting terrorism cattle has strongly tonight the allegations are up to date with all of our top stories the listening post starts now in about twenty five minutes. russian case officer. on. the phone is getting a lot of shouting call this on the back of my job is to try to get my kids to be chopped off or forced forced into.

minister says saudi arabia the united arab emirates had intentions to invade his country last june at the beginning of the gulf diplomatic crisis saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain cut ties with qatar and imposed a blockade after accusing it of supporting terrorism cateye has strongly denied the allegations or your speed with all of our top stories that's it for myself and the team here in london much more news coming up from the heart about twenty five minutes time off to innovate africa which is next. on counting the car some of the biggest names in tech out with record earnings but they're also under scrutiny by regulators in what's being called a second look at business relations between the u.k. and china plus another scandal in the german orto industry counting the cost at this time. this is innovate africa a new series highlighting innovation and creativity across a continent on the rise today. how to become an online company that. karlovic recruiting members from before our economy too close to the on. mobile phones.

the un human rights council to put an end to the blockade on his country by its neighbors saudi arabia egypt bahrain and the u.a.e. all cut ties with account are in june. and i thought he says the council must act and victims should be compensated. or better if any report by the u.n. shows there are grave and violent violations of human rights by the blockading countries against our citizens and residents i call on the council to shoulder the responsibility and work and putting an end to the violations of human rights those responsible must be held accountable and victims must be compensated. to barcelona now where riot police a fourth with probe independence supporters protesting against a visit by the king of spain i. i believe stop protesters from approaching the venue of a mobile phone trade show he was opening king philippe was making his first visit to catalonia since the independence referendum in october which was ruled illegal by judges in madrid the kings being criticized for a lack of empathy with catalonia and for refusing to promote settlement talks. germany's hard fought coalition deal

saudi arabia egypt and bahrain cut ties with qatar in june. a single ambulance service is at the forefront of saving lives in somalia's capital mogadishu limited medical services not enough in a city often vulnerable to bomb attacks and while the local health care system is slowly improving of the years of neglect for many it is not coming soon enough for me to miller has more from mogadishu. you know i think it's ten am and the seventh emergency call of the morning comes through you know please it's from this call center in mogadishu that the only free ambulance service in the city is run it's not a huge operation but the staff are kept busy of the following of the. we are very busy when explosions happen when they do i have to do more than just drive i have to help the nurses with patients twelve years ago up to carter had used all these savings to buy his first ambulance today he has a fleet of ten they may be old and some on their last legs but they get the job done oh actually one i came to somalia in two thousand and six there was a war

since they joined saudi arabia and bahrain in imposing a blockade on qatar in june last year over political differences al-jazeera went on to be. treated to. many of the world's best tennis players are in katter this week the latest stop on the women's tour could see a rematch of the australian open final when caroline simona halep to take her number one ranking tatiana sanchez reports. women's tennis is enjoying a resurgence already this year and the best female tennis players in the world are in doha for their first major stop after the australian open last month tournament emphasized the face rivalry in the women's game with a succession of tightly for a lengthy much is as women's tennis becomes more competitive it helps sean certain people's view the men should be paid more. foreman men's world number one novak djokovic was criticized two years ago for saying that men should be paid more than women and for saying that men's tennis should fight for more pay because the stats show that the men's game is far more popular to watch i think we put the same effort like the men's during our pra

saudi arabia egypt and bahrain cut ties with cattle in. there without as there are these are our top stories forty people have been killed in syrian government and russian strikes in the rebel held and play the eastern gusa aid organization the white helmets filmed the scenes of devastation as they pulled bodies and survivors from the rubble bombardment follows the downing of a russian aircraft by rebel fighters syria's government has also deployed new anti aircraft missiles to the front lines in aleppo and. a political crisis in the multi is deepening after the arrest of an opposition leader and two supreme court judges former president. who has allied himself with the opposition was detained at his home all the chief justice and the judge who also arrested three hong kong pro-democracy activists are walking free after their convictions were overturned on appeal joshua one mates of lauren alex child were convicted of unlawful assembly in two thousand and sixteen two years earlier they led major protests calling for greater democracy activ

saudi arabia egypt and bahrain can ties with qatar of february sixth marks one hundred years since women won the right to vote in the united kingdom activists at the forefront of their campaign were known as suffragettes bonamy phillips has their story the way i was. was. an epic victory celebrated in the museum of london one hundred years since the first british women got the vote all thanks to the suffragettes who took on the establishment and won. it wasn't easy they chained themselves to fences outside parliament many were arrested beaten went on hunger strike one even threw herself at the king's horse in the famous darby race. she died but the cause did not the suffragette struggles but they ultimately won for what they make british society today one hundred years on with they believe that women have achieved true equality it wasn't until nineteen twenty eight that younger and poorer women were also given the vote and says this very in character actor the suffragettes always hoped to inspire future generations when we when our fight that's now going to be the end of all the fights y

minister says saudi arabia the united arab emirates had intentions to invade his country last june at the beginning of the gulf diplomatic crisis saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain cut ties with qatar and imposed a blockade after accusing it of supporting terrorism cateye has strongly denied the allegations or your speed with all of our top stories that's it for myself and the team here in london much more news coming up from the heart about twenty five minutes time off to innovate africa which is next. on counting the car some of the biggest names in tech out with record earnings but they're also under scrutiny by regulators in what's being called a tech clash a look at business relations between the u.k. and china plus another scandal in the german auto industry counting the cost at this time. this is innovate africa a new series highlighting innovation and creativity across a continent on the rise today. how to become an online company not gonna your college recruiting the next twenty four hours to be too close to the on the go on. mobile phones revolutionizing farming in kenya it's almost like it was. unpacking crops d.n.a. in the search for new food sources

were made up they were broadcast by al out of beer and other channels and that led saudi arabia united arab emirates bahrain and egypt to cut all ties with cata the four countries later handed over a list of thirteen demands that included shutting down al-jazeera demands that were rejected catarrh then lodged a complaint against l r appear at the british media watchdog of com which is investigating the case cattles news agency says it was the inquiry that led the saudi and channel to surrender its license to the broadcast regulator. a beer denies q. and a's claim and says it surrendered its license for business reasons the channel accuses algy. they are of exaggerating the decision to give up its license which means it can't broadcast in the u.k. and the e.u. last month off come find the dubai based t.v. station almost one hundred seventy thousand dollars for airing statements by a jailed bahraini opposition leader well the man who pretty much brought the term fake news into everyday speech is of course the us president donald trump we are fighting the fake tears it's fake phony fake the dishonest media i c

minister says saudi arabia and the united arab emirates had intentions to invade his country last june at the beginning of the gulf diplomatic crisis saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain cut ties with cata and imposed a blockade after accusing it of supporting terrorism cata has strongly tonight the allegations up to date with all of our top stories listening starts now i'll see you in about twenty five minutes. rush. off. on. i am on the next i don't know mr and mike each of us in the west. must lower much against burden you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we've been tracking this week both russia and cambodia have elections upcoming it's not a great time to be an opposition figure or journalist in either having difficulty getting followers on twitter that's ok just by some more journalists have been arrested in turkey over a story the government's clearly sensitive about and the alternative swearing in ceremony in nairobi that was meant to send a political message. russia's presidential election takes place about six weeks from now the kremlin has been clamping down on critical voices and as the opposition politician at the heart of this

well, days earlier, saudi arabia, the uae, bahrain and other arab states had cut ties with qatar sayingn. as you will hear in a moment, qatar denies all this, but there is no real end in sight. i had the opportunity to sit down with the deputy prime minister. >> thank you very much for hosting me. >> for much of the world, this situation between qatar and saudi arabia largely, but system of the other gulf states is very perplexing. they would argue principally saudi arabia, that qatar is too friendly to iran. what do you say about that? >> we are not too friendly to iran. we want a peaceful neighborhood. we are sharing borders with iran as we are sharing borders are saudi. we are sharing with them in the field. the largest national gas field. those differences and those conflicts between us and the region, they won't be solved on the battlefield. they will be solved by dialogue. >> they say that qatar has ties to terrorism. in fact, they were able to convince even president trump of this. how do you respond to that? >> the united states knows very well, and recognize the partnership wit

. >>> saudi arabia, bahrain, and egypt cut off travel and trade ties with qatar last year accusing it of supporting terrorism along with iran. next qatar's deputyri

. >>> saudi arabia, bahrain, and egypt cut off travel and trade ties with qatar last year accusing it of supporting terrorism along with iran. next qatar's deputy prime minister and foreign minister talk about tensions in the gulf region and his country's relationship with

saudi arabia egypt and bahrain qatar is with cattle in. scotland which is the traditional home of a winter olympic sport. from here. ok all this for now and has peter thank you so much slower there are just three days to go until the winter olympic games beginning pyong chang but a number of banned russian competitors are not giving up their fight to compete thirty two athletes have appealed to the court of arbitration for sport including champion speed skater victor on the hearing will likely be held on wednesday this follows a decision by the court last week to overturn the lifetime of them pick bands of twenty eight russians due to doping claims one hundred sixty nine competitors were cleared to competing pyong chang in a neutral elim pick athlete from russia team and the issue was same tool at a meeting of the international olympic committee on tuesday. mr president we are in trouble now we need to make it clear to the world that our decisions and actions are based on principles that distinguish the olympic movement from entertainment

saudi arabia egypt and bahrain cut ties with qatar a french judge has ordered a prominent swiss islamic scholar to be remanded in custody over allegations of rape tariq ramadan was arrested in paris last week and is facing a possible investigation and trial over claims he assaulted two women he denies those allegations. the new space x. jumbo rocket is preparing to blast off for its first test flight in the next hour or two while the falcon heavy is set to become the world's most powerful rocket in use which would double the liftoff power of their ships she's these launches considered a key turning point for billionaire entrepreneur a long mosques private the own space exploration technologies well the rocket has twenty seven m. in engines and it's carrying mosques tesla roadster convertible as a mock payload minutes after takeoff the two i was to do stars will attempt to land at the nearby cape canaveral air force station the sense of possibility and excitement here is really got me quite giddy actually this is the source go wrong i hope all goes right let's get more now from syria dal

house girls neighbors have in his words tried everything to destabilize the country saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain qatar is with cattle and imposed a blockade after accusing it of supporting terrorism capital has strongly denied the allegations a un human rights body is calling for the immediate release of an al jazeera journalist from jail in egypt saying his imprisonment violates international laws mahmoud hussein was jailed almost fourteen months ago for what prosecutors said was broadcasting false news to spread chaos and al-jazeera deny the accusations are saying has repeatedly complained of mistreatment while in prison. archaeologists in egypt have announced the discovery of the tomb of a priest s. which is thought to have been more than four thousand years old the discovery was made on the gaze of plateau around twenty kilometers south of the capital cairo experts say is the to bet a prominent priestess in the fifth dynasty in the twenty fifth century b.c. the tomb has some rare and well preserved all paintings. argentina's once booming biofuels industry is suffering after its main market t

cattles gulf davis have in his words tried everything to destabilize the country saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain cut ties with cattle on impose a blockade after accusing it of supporting terrorism qatar house strongly denying the allegations. a un human rights body is calling for the immediate release of an al jazeera journalist from jail in egypt saying his imprisonment violates international law. was jailed almost fourteen months ago what prosecutors said was broadcasting false news to spread chaos. in the accusations as saying house repeatedly complained of mistreatment while in prison. fighters in syria say they've downed shot down a russian jet over presents the pilot is reported to have been captured after parachuting from the plane russian forces have been trying carrying out air strikes on rebel held areas with at least seven people killed in aleppo on friday jets also targeted the rebel enclave of eastern ghouta near the capital damascus government forces have besieged the area for finally. stephanie dhaka has more from the turkey syria border. that turkey has been focusing on pushing t

neighbors have tried everything to destabilize the country in june twenty seventh seen saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain cut ties with cassava and imposed a blockade after accusing it of supporting terrorism as strongly denied the allegations a un human rights body is calling for the immediate release of an al jazeera journalist from jail in egypt saying that his imprisonment violates international law mahmoud hussein was jailed almost fourteen months ago for what prosecutors say was broadcasting false news to spread chaos of zero deny the accusations hussein has repeatedly complained of mistreatment while in prison. nationalist demonstrators are rallying on the mediterranean island of corsica to call for more ptolemy from mainland france it comes out of a visit by france's president about this week and nationalist coalition controls the island after winning regional elections in december from the capital projects here david chaytor reports. the full independence may still be a distant dream but nationalism has found a renewed force on this island the full year. not so long ago just singing the course c

two days after that bahrain the u.a.e. saudi arabia and egypt imposed a blockade on qatar until it agreed to stop sponsoring terrorism groups they also demanded the closure of the al-jazeera media network qatar said it was the victim of incitement and lies well last july qatar amended its antiterrorism laws and signed an accord with the united states to curb terrorism financing the us secretary of state rex tillerson praised qatar's efforts and called on the boycotting countries to lift their blockade. earlier i spoke to trevor barnes a former senior manager at off com who says there are still plenty of questions yet to be answered what is the mystery here is that nothing's been published by off calm about this complaint that's been made by the qataris so there's been no breach decision of the code so all of this seems to have happened behind some sort of screen it is perfectly possible that there are beers thought right if we don't back off now we're going to have the bad publicity of being forced to handle i suspect it may still be w

to move its military base out of qatar well two days after that bahrain the u.a.e. saudi arabia and egypt imposed a blockade on qatar until it agreed to stop sponsoring terrorism groups they also demanded the closure of the al-jazeera media network qatar said it was the victim of incitement and lies last july qatar amended its antiterrorism laws and signed an accord with the united states to curb terrorism financing the us secretary of state rex tillerson praised qatar's efforts and called on the boycotting countries to lift the blockade t.v. compliance consultant liz munroe described what the decision might mean for. well it basically means that you will no longer be regulated by your own you won't be broadcasting in the u.k. and europe and. you know you'll no longer subject to their regulations but it also means that you won't be able to you know you miss out on a chunk of the audience that you're off to which is the reason why you got a license in the first place i would imagine that it wanted to. you know get access to some of our o. diaspora and they won't be able to do tha

the most extreme example is the persian gulf where bahrain and saudi arabia, that's have been good business partners for the trump family get one treatment, and qatar, which didn't have the national day in the trump hotel but canceled a lease in the trump tower in 2014, they get a different -- it's obviously affecting american foreign policy. you can imagine in a healthy society that congress would do something about this. jimmy carter, all democratic congress. bill clinton, all democratic congress. they held the presidents accountable. this congress does not. and the complicity between trump and the republican congress, the first building block of this trumpocracy. >> host: there are different schools of thought among trump critics about the threat that this presidency is posing. there are some who worry about the authoritarian den ten si -- tendencies that are at the emergees. others that chaos and others, and then the hillary clinton criticism you can bait a man with a tweet, et cetera. obviously these things can overlap but after year one of trump, is there one of these tendencies that

also taking place in munich this one aimed at encouraging sanctions against cata egypt saudi arabia the u.a.e. and bahrain all cut diplomatic ties with cats are in june after accusing it of financing terrorism but many at the meeting was paid to attend a bar has more now from munich. a few blocks from where the world's most influential security conference is being held another than to has taken place the country's imposing a sea land and air blockade on qatar invited journalists to attend their own meeting described as a conference to encourage sanctions against qatar when no one showed up organizers reportedly hired a p.r. company and the room was filled with young women who told us they were mostly from eastern europe one of them read the statement she had been handed by organizers i have to date. and. as. i see. it actually i. was. in my stuff it. in any way when asked by an al-jazeera reporter why they were attending the event some said they were paid. one woman was presented as a senior analyst at a think tank based in washington d.c. but the translator laughed as he reacted to when she asked the uni

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