saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. have pledged two and a half billion dollars in financial aid to jordan it comes after an early a pledge of twenty three million dollars by the european union the e.u.'s foreign policy chief said brussels would continue investing in an ally in what she called the most difficult area of the world jordan a seen a wave of protests against a proposed tax hike. and is executive director of the arab center of washington he says the new aid packages will not end jordan's economic problems. in jordan as approaching forty billion and ninety percent of the g.d.p. of the country and. the interest rate alone is one point nine billion annually so when you put all this together you would basically assume that this is probably a band-aid being put to cover necessarily the more serious bleeding that the country is suffering from economically but with all due respect i don't think this is only an economic problem jordan is suffering really from a very serious political problem that seems to be ignored

saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. have pledged two and a half billion dollars in financial aid to jordan comes off an earlier pledge of twenty three million dollars by the european union for the e.u.'s foreign policy chief said brussels would continue investing in an ally in what she called the most heated and difficult area of the world jordan has seen a wave of protests against a proposed tax hike. we are here to support a company to share our own experience if needed and if useful. to provide advice if asked for but most of all to go on t.v. or to try to guarantee that the good steps that are taken are financially and economically supported we are here not as a just of a gesture of. charity if you allow me the expression but as an investment well let's bring in holly or just an he's executive director of the arab center in washington who joins us via skype from there good to have you back so saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. have given jordan two point five billion dollars but that's just a drop in the ocean compa

the rest coming this week where saudi arabia issued its first driving licenses to women as part of a series of modernization reforms. the leaders of saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. will meet jordan's king on sunday in mecca to discuss was over his country's economic crisis jordan has seen some of the biggest protests in years with people angry over a proposed income tax law the government has agreed to shelve the hike but still faces the tricky task of balancing popular demands with a need to manage debt. still to come this half hour by supporters of a far right british actress to demanding his release from jail. oh more hollow core goal and the rather than condition that suddenly at risk in jewish slim's own city. the weather slushy dry unsettled across much of australia at the moment a little bit of cloud moving through the southeastern corner a little bit of cloud over towards the southwest as well cold front coming in here it will turn a little chilly if the perth over the next couple of days nineteen degrees bits and pieces of rain coming in on sunday temp just fold back to around sixteen as a class for for monday wet weather will make its wa

more modern kingdom globally well neutering challenges at home challenge palace al jazeera saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. have pledged two and a half billion dollars in financial aid to jordan it comes after an earlier pledge of twenty three million dollars by the european union federica marini the e.u.'s foreign minister said the e.u. would continue investing in an ally in what she called the most heated and difficult area of the world the u.n. says a quarter of a million people are in extreme danger saudi led coalition forces prepared to take the yemeni port city of had data coalition planes and ships are attacking who three targets and u.a.e. led troops are just ten kilometers to the south and moving in the traditional reports. as the u.n. lobbies to stop a saudi led coalition assault on the who the rebel held port city of what data regional rivalries do not matter for tens of thousands like the up to family their father ahmed is only worried about how to keep his six kids alive are met hasn't let them go to school since the worst outbreaks of defeats in color were recorded in the world

saudi arabia kuwait and the united arab emirates have pledged two and a half billion dollars in financialaid to jordan it follows a twenty three million dollars pledge from the e.u. use foreign policy chief said brussels will continue investing in an ally jordan seen a wave of protests against plans to raise taxes we are here to support our kompany to share our own experience if needed and if useful. to provide advise if asked for but most of all to go on t.v. or to try to get anti that the good steps that are taken are financially and economically supported we are here not as a just of as a gesture of. for charity if you allow me the expression but as an investment new evacuations have been ordered in guatemala a week after a volcanic eruption killed at least one hundred ten people before a volcano is spewing out more ash and lava emergency teams have been forced to abandon the search for survivors but i understand chess has more. well we're in front of the morgue here in this queensland where family members here are waiting to hear news from the remains of their loved ones they are some

out more ash and lava emergency teams have been forced to abandon their search for survivors saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. have pledged two and a half billion dollars in financial aid to jordan it follows an earlier pledge of twenty three million dollars by the european union federica marini the e.u.'s foreign policy chief said the e.u. would continue investing in an ally in what she called the most heated and difficult area of the world more than six hundred migrants stuck on a rescue ship waiting for either malta or italy to take them in italy's threaten to close its ports to rescue ships if malta doesn't accept the people who were saved this week has brushed off the request saying it had nothing to do with the operation of the libyan coast and fire swept through a building which houses half of baghdad's ballot boxes from iraq's disputed parliamentary election the prime minister high dollar body described the fire as a plot against iraq's democracy parliament and demanding a manual recount of the votes and it's unclear what caused the blaze. well those are the headlines this continues her

saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e.have pledged two and a half billion dollars sent financial aid to jordan comes after an earlier play out of twenty three million by the european union rick i'm over renie the e.u. is foreign policy chief said brussels would continue investing in an ally in what she called the most heated and difficult area of the world jordan a seen a wave of protest against a proposed tax hike. we are here to support a company to share our own experience if needed and if useful. to provide advise if asked for but most of all to go around to you know to try to go out and see that the good steps that are taken are financially and economically supported we are here not as a just of as a gesture of of charity if you allow me the expression but as an investment. protesters in ramallah are demanding the palestinian authority lift sanctions against gaza saying they hurt both israelis and palestinians who want palestinian president mahmoud abbas to end salary cuts for officials demonstrators are also demandin

wednesday he rests in the requests saudi arabia issued its first driving licenses to women as part of a series of modernization reforms. leaders of saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. will meet jordan's king on sunday in mecca to discuss resolving his country's economic crisis jordan has seen some of the biggest protests in years with people angry over a proposed income tax law the government has agreed to shelve the hike but still faces the tricky task of balancing popular demands with the need to manage debt russia's president vladimir putin is in china but he's been feted by the chinese leader xi jinping emphasizing their friendly personal relations attribute as went to an ice hockey match in china's northern port city of changi in china as russia's leading trading partner and buys russian made weapons on arrival which it was given a medal by xi jinping called the russian leader his best friend so to come on on to syria to meet the survivors of guatemala as of ok now who say they're lucky to be alive. and streaming live from one of the world's biggest camps refugees in kenya the chance to share their stories with the world.

the king of jordan is due in mecca on sunday hoping for help from the leaders of saudi arabia kuwait on the proposed income tax rises provokes on the largest protests by jordanians in his the government to shelve the rise but so faces the tricky task of balancing popular dumond's with the need to reduce the national debt and inflation. supporters of been celebrating the former vice president. war crimes convictions overturned a majority of judges at the international criminal court ruled the bamberg could not be held responsible for the horrific acts of his militia in two thousand and two ran a honda explains. from the moment war crimes allegations were leveled against him. but insisted he had done nothing wrong he maintained that stance even in two thousand and sixteen when the international criminal court unanimously found him guilty of war crimes and seem to him to eighteen years in prison the longest ever handed down by the i.c.c. that lower court decision has now been over tune. the appeals chamber by majority reverses declaw fiction of mr bin. showed little emotion but off came

jordan is getting two and a half billion dollars from saudi arabia kuwait and the united arab emirates following mass protests against tax rises the announcement was made at a meeting in mecca called by saudi arabia's king solomon the european union is also chipping in with twenty three million dollars jordan relies on foreign aid and has had a series of austerity measures imposed by the international monetary fund to reduce debt. we are here to support a company to share our own experience if needed and if useful. to provide advise if asked for but most of all to go into here to try to go and see that the good steps that are taken are financially and economically supported we are here not as a just of a gesture of of charity if you along with the expression but as an investment if the o.p.'s promising that building the largest dam in africa won't cause water shortages in egypt if you o.p.'s prime minister abbey are made has had two days of talks in cairo he says hydro electricity from the four billion dollar nile river dam is vital for ethiopia's development egypt which relies on the

now the king of jordan is due in mecca in saudi arabia on sunday and he's hoping for help from the leaders of saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. prepays income tax rises in jordan provoked some of the largest protests that the country has seen for years the government has since shelved that proposal but it still faces the very tricky task of balancing popular demand but the need to reduce the national debt and curb inflation. well the saudi royal statement says the kingdom will look at how to support jordan which relies heavily on foreign aid the saudis and other g.c.c. gulf cooperation council allies stopped paying three and a half million dollars in annual aid last year the war in neighboring syria has reduced imports and calls prices to increase in jordan six hundred fifty thousand syrian refugees are registered as living there squeezing government finances further still jordan is on the pressure from the i.m.f. to reduce its national debt we can speak to daoud kuttab is a journalist and founder of the net and he's joining us from the jordanian capital amman thank you very much indeed for talking to us. where

saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e.ave pledged two and a half billion dollars in financial aid to jordan comes after an earlier pledge of twenty three million dollars five european union the use foreign policy chief said brussels would continue investing in an ally and what she called the most difficult area of the world jordan has seen a wave of protests against the proposed tax hike. u.k. rights groups say saudi arabia has arrested two more activists who campaigned for the right of women to drive and my granny was arrested after publishing a letter of support for the tane campaigner. nineteen activists have been arrested in the kingdom since the fifteenth of may shine a bonus for for. the saudi arabian traffic department releases a video showing women in riyadh receiving their driver's licenses it's been decades in the making with just two weeks before women are free to drive. but some women's rights activists will not be behind the wheel but behind bars has was the first to be arrested in a government crackdown began

lifeline for egyptians and at the same time to achieve ethiopia's development and prosperity saudi arabia kuwaitn the u.a.e. have pledged two and a half billion dollars in financial aid to jordan and it comes after an earlier pledge of twenty three million by the european union. foreign policy chief fredricka murdering me said brussels would continue investing in an ally of the headlines keep it here rewind is next. al-jazeera. and for you. to it. hello welcome again to rewind i'm fully back t. ball since al jazeera english launched more than a decade ago with built up an incredible library of award winning films here on rewind where revisiting some of the best of them and finding out what's happened since ten years ago cost of all sandwiched between serbia and albania on the balkan peninsula declared itself independent and independence held the promise of a new beginning after a bloody war had ravaged the country at the end of the one nine hundred ninety s. in the months following the mergence of this new nation al-jazeera correspondent bonamy phillips traveled to the village of barrack of all

now the king of jordan is due in mecca in saudi arabia on sunday hoping for financial support from the leaders of saudi arabia kuwait in the u.a.e. a proposed income tax rise triggered some of the largest protests seen by jordanians in years the government has now shelved that tax hike but it still faces the task of trying to balance popular demand with the need to reduce the national debt as well as curb inflation but cash strapped jordan is struggling to get on top of its debt after taking a more than seven hundred million dollars loan from the international monetary fund that was into twenty sixteen and it relies heavily on foreign aid saudi arabia along with fellow gulf cooperation council members have not yet renewed their three point six billion dollar assistance program to jordan which expired last year as well as this analyst say saudi endeavor as he invests is a stopped financing projects in jordan the government also blames its financial woes on instability in the region chiefly the war in neighboring syria which has impacted trade and pushed up prices and then there's the burden of hosting six hundred fif

arrests come in the week where saudi arabia issued its first driving licenses to women as part of a series of modernization reforms well the leaders of saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. will meet jordan's king on sunday in mecca to discuss resolving his country's economic crisis jordan has seen some of the biggest protests in is with people angry over a proposed income tax law the government has agreed to shelve the hike but still faces a tricky task of balancing popular demands with the need to manage the debt load kuttab is a journalist and founder of the news website i'm on net and he says part of the problem is that gulf countries don't want to contribute directly to jordan's budget but invest in projects instead. well jordan has had their financial aid from many of the gulf countries including saudi arabia and qatar and other countries and most of that has dried up or has gone on on to specific programs not helping the basic budget of the country there is different schools of thought on this issue there is one that says that the gulf countries wanted to support jordan programmatically rather than just a cash a in fusion and they wanted to support

the king of jordan is to america on sunday hoping for help from the leaders of saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. repos income tax rises provoked some of the largest protests by jordanians in years the government has shelve the rise but still faces the tricky task of balancing popular demands with the need to reduce the national debt and curb inflation supporters of. been celebrating after the former colleagues vice president had his war crimes convictions overturned a majority of judges and staff for criminal court could not be held responsible for the ref it acts of his militia in two thousand and two when a honda explains. from the moment war crimes allegations were leveled against him. but insisted he had done nothing wrong he maintained that stance even in two thousand and sixteen when the international criminal court unanimously found him guilty of war crimes and seem to him to eighteen years in prison the longest ever handed down by the i.c.c. and that lower court decision has now been over tune. the appeals chamber by majority reverses the conviction of mr bin members showed li

jordan is getting two and a half billion dollars from saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. to help ease its economic crisis the announcement was made at a meeting in mecca called by saudis king sound the european union's also chipping in with twenty three million dollars jordan's announcement of austerity measures to her produce public that has sparked mass protests in the country more than six hundred people have been killed in yemen during heavy fighting between pro-government forces and shia fighters that's according to security officials the united nations is trying to negotiate a cease fire to avert an attack by saudi and iraqi coalition forces on yemen's main port the u.n. is warning that attacking the holy day the port could cause mass casualties food shortages and disease. now one of the leaders of hong kong's independence movement has been jailed for six years twenty seven year old edward lawyer who was convicted of writing in the two thousand and sixteen protest that turned violent to other demonstrators were also jail for taking part about one hundred thirty peop

the leaders of saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. will meet jordan's king in on sunday in mecca to discuss how they can help him solve his country's economic crisis jordan has seen some of the biggest protests in years as people vent their fury over a proposed income tax law the government agreed to shelve the hike but still faces the tricky task of balancing property moms with the need to manage debt and slow inflation. statement says they'll look at how to support jordan. supporters of john brabender have celebrated after the former congo vice president had his war crimes convictions overturned a majority of judges a criminal court ruled that cannot be held responsible for the horrific acts of his militia in two thousand and two when a honda explains from the moment war crimes allegations were leveled against him. but insisted he had done nothing wrong he maintained that stance even in two thousand and sixteen when the international criminal court unanimously found him guilty of war crimes and seem to him to eighteen years in priso

jordan is getting a two and a half billion dollar from saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. to help ease its economic crisis it was announced at a meeting in mecca called by saudis king solomon jordan's proposed austerity measures to help reduce public that sparked days of protests. those are the headlines i'm going to have the al-jazeera news hour for you in less than half an hour coming up next the inside story. georgian mass protests fears of a violent uprising santa arabia u.a.e. and kuwait pledged two point five billion dollars but is it enough and what's at stake cannot come to huge geopolitical significance this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. jordan's always been seen as an away says of peace and stability in a volatile region but it's a country of limited resources and increasingly in debt conflicts in neighboring iraq and syria have dampened trade and it's hard to absorb hundreds of thousands of refugees budget cuts and tax hike plans have led to mass protests toppling the prime minister gulf countries worried about another spring uprising have s

saudi arabia kuwait and the united arab emirates have pledged two and a half billion dollars in financialaid to jordan it follows a twenty three million dollars pledge from the e.u. the e.u. foreign policy chief said brussels would continue investing in an ally jordan seen a wave of protests against plans to raise taxes new evacuations have been ordered in guatemala a week after a volcanic eruption killed at least one hundred ten people before you go volcanoes spewing out more ash and lava emergency teams have been forced to abandon their search for survivors. one of the faces of hong kong's independence movement has been jailed for six years twenty six year old edward long was charged with rising and assaulting a police officer in two thousand and sixteen about one hundred thirty police people rather mostly police were injured in the protests against what activists saw as mainland chinese encroachment on. more than six hundred migrants a stark color a rescue ship waiting for either malta or italy to take them in italy's threaten to close its ports to rescue ships of malta doesn't except

saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e.have pledged two and a half billion dollars in financial aid to jordan it comes after an earlier pledge of twenty three million dollars by the european union the e.u. foreign policy chief said brussels would continue investing in an ally in what she called the most difficult area of the world jordan has seen a wave of protests against a proposed tax hike. u.k. rights groups say saudi arabia has arrested two more activist who campaigned for the right of women to drive a harley was arrested after publishing a letter of support for the campaign and offered. nineteen activists have been arrested in the kingdom since the fifteenth of may shall about us reports. the saudi arabian traffic department releases a video showing women in riyadh receiving their driver's licenses it's been decades in the making with just two weeks before women are free to drive. but some women's rights activists will not be behind the wheel but behind bars has lou was the first to be arrested in a government crackdo

authorities hoping to avoid another disaster david mercer a squint la what i'm on the leaders of saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. will meet jordan's king on sunday in mecca to discuss how they can help him solve his country's economic crisis jordan has seen some of the biggest protests in years it's as people vented their fury over a proposed income tax law government has agreed to shelve the hike but still faces the tricky task of balancing popular demands with the need to manage debt and slow inflation a yemeni journalist has died two days after being released from detention by who through rebels. was abducted a year ago his family say he was tortured association of yemeni journalists is calling for international freedom of press organizations to condemn the crimes russia's president vladimir putin is in china where he's been feted by the chinese leaders she's you been emphasising the friendly personal relationship to leaders went to an ice hockey match in china's northern port city of engine china is russia's leading trading partner and buys russian made weapons on arrival putin was given a med

the king of jordan is due in mecca on sunday hoping for financial support from the leaders of saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. propose income tax rise triggered some of the largest protests by jordanians in years the government's now shelved that idea but it still faces the tricky task of balancing popular demand with the need to reduce the national debt and curb inflation refugees in one of the world's largest camps have been beamed around the world in a rare web streaming event to tell their stories the cooma camp in kenya houses people from south sudan somalia ethiopia as well as other countries the ted x. organization arranges lectures around the world to try to change perceptions. the co-founder of the animation giant pixar is to leave the company by the end of the year john lasseter has been on six month leave of absence over what he called missteps which included giving unwanted hugs that made female employees uncomfortable lasater was the creative mind behind the company's top hits of toy story frozen and finding nemo will take on a consulting role for pictures parent company disney unt

the syrian front was strengthened by the arrival of expeditionary forces from iraq jordan saudi arabia and kuwait. this cocktail of arab forces would now be used in a counterattack to drive the israelis back out of the pocket they had occupied in the syrian mainland. human. or syrian i shrugged saw will such a survey of the on the twenty first of october we heard there was a big attack planned. it was to be carried out by iraqi and sunni forces to reclaim . the retreat and get back to the position on the fifth of october. of that stage we hoped we could restore what has been lost on the syrian front. of him his. love for the. asylum and. surely. the attack was set for the twenty third of october. but it would never happen. on the twenty second egypt's president anwar sadat unilaterally accepted a un cease fire that would take effect that evening. syrian president hafez assad now faced the prospect of fighting alone on the single front . as the twenty third drew to a close the syrians to bow to the inevitable assad would have no choice but to accept the ceasefire times. at the israelis were not do

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need for cooperation to ensure stable oil supplies in opec area of energy ministers from saudi arabia, uae, kuwait and oman held an unofficial meeting in kuwait. they emphasized the importance of investment and of their -- in the energy sector. crude prices have fallen after the new policy for production. weight discussions and inle -- wage discussions gillette. it and it was no agreement and the contract wasnd until july 31. the union wants a 5% real wage rise, a bonus of $40,000. global news 24 hours a day, on air an tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am haslinda amin. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: commerce secretary wilbur ross says some progress was made in his trade talks in beijing, but china struck a chilly town tone sayingets -- all bets would be off. what do we know about the discussions and the weekend in beijing? mark: secretary ross was trying to put a good face on this that there was progress being made, but there is an ominous statement from the chinese that if the u.s. goes forward with the tariffs as it plans to, any co

energyister's from saudi arabia, the uae, kuwait, and other countries held a meeting. portance of investment in the energy sector. crude prices have fallen since russia and the saudis talked about reduction. and resuming wage negotiations unionsne in chile, with making their most tious proposal yet. talks failed last year, leading to a strike. no agreement this time and the old contract was extended until july 31. wagenion wants a 5% real rise and a bonus of up to $40,000 per worker. global news, 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc, powered by over 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm paul allen. this is bloomberg. get to the will geopolitics, with united states and northea, it could win relief from sanctions when pyongyang shows reversible moves to denuclearization. we take a look at the meeting of the defense ministers in singapore's, just eight days before the summit. >> a prelude to what will happen next week in singapore. --s is the shame rely shangri-la dialogue. with james mattis there. he says, we can anticipate a bumpy road in negotiati

you have saudi arabia and kuwait, uae and russia against iran, venezuela and i'm missing one, iran and venezuela sticking together, and iraq opposing an increase they come together if they can get each other to save face, that's how they can do it. if not the market will react badly to a fractured agreement this happened once before in 2011 the former saudi oil minister said it was the worst opec meeting he was at. they want to avoid that. the fact of the matter is the market is december bratly needing the oil. the sanctions coming out on iran will be purt there's new strife in libya. there's a lot. the oil is needed. >> john kilduff, thank you for joining us. >>> big business is sounding off. top executives sounding out against president trump's immigration policies that's when "worldwide exchange" returns. i am home, i am home, i am home >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." we're following a developing story on the immigration front big business is weighing in on the trump administration's controversial border policies. jpmorgan ceo jamie dimon coming out strong in an internal m

the syrian front was strengthened by the arrival of expeditionary forces from iraq jordan saudi arabia and kuwait. this cocktail of arab forces would now be used in a counterattack to drive the israelis back out of the pocket they had occupied in the syrian mainland. human. or free in our struggle so i will suffer survey of the on the twenty first of october we heard there was a big attack planned. it was to be carried out by iraqi and sunni forces to reclaim . to retreat and get back to the position on the fifth of october. of that stage we hoped we could restore what had been lost on the syrian front. of a. lawful thing in the asylum and. surely. the attack was set for the twenty third of october. but it would never happen. on the twenty second egypt's president and what sadat unilaterally accepted a un cease fire that would take effect that evening. syrian president hafez assad now faced the prospect of fighting alone on the single front . as the twenty third drew to a close the syrians to bow to the inevitable assad would have no choice but to accept the ceasefire times. at the israelis were

globally well neutering challenges at home charlotte dallas al-jazeera leaders from saudi arabia the u.a.e. and kuwait to meeting in mecca to discuss possible help for jordan struggling economy european union's foreign policy chief and a committee any met jordan's king abdullah on saturday jordan is facing rising public debt partially caused by an influx of refugees fleeing syria or hassan baris a professor of international studies at the university of jordan he spoke to others here about why jordan has been facing economic difficulties and what they hope to achieve at the meeting in mecca. this is confusing for damien's and we expected that no one would let jordan down but unfortunately over the last two years jordan has received no funds from from the gulf he stated probably they are they have their own problem they're bogged down in in regional conflicts it's cetera but. actually you know it's better to arrive late than never i mean actually they're coming back now to jordan and they are suggesting to help jordan to get jordan out of its economic crisis and this is a statement about this in tragedy

weeks which brought down the prime minister you know incident comes two days after saudi arabia the u.a.e. and kuwait pledged two and a half billion dollars to help jordan. the u.s. canada and mexico will jointly host the twenty twenty six football world cup the north american bid won twice as many votes as its only rival. football's governing body is denying that pressure from u.s. president donald trump may have influenced the voting me winning this reports from moscow canada mexico and usa have been selected by the fever congress to house the twenty twenty six world cup the world cup will return to the united states of america for the first time in thirty two years it's been involving mexico and canada the united bid was the heavyweight counter that it was in fact second on surprising trial with one hundred thirty four votes to sixty five for the other contender or rock on the u.s. where the big players in this all along play we host sixty guns mexico ten and tom of the team thank you for entrusting us with this privilege the privilege of hosting the fee for world cup in twenty twenty six. let us

i don't expect to see saudi arabia, the uae kuwait and russia will start to put this thousand barrels a day into the market in the third quarter. as the effects of the sanctions began to kick in we will see further increases. abouthere is a concern demand destruction. can this new structure keep oil prices within a range of $70 to $80 that precludes the worst elements? jason: i think that is the case. it gets tighter as venezuelan production continues to fall. i think we have very good support around the $70 level. it is going to be difficult for the markets to respond quickly later this year. we could see prices over $80. matt: is that where it gets too painful for consumers? president trump has been tweeting about his concern over opec policy but is $80 a time where demand starts to get damaged? jason: that is a good starting point to talk. the $10 increase in the oil -- 40 basis points of global gdp. where we are at now, all things considered would be manageable. i would have concerns about some of the violations emerging-market currencies because that does compound the effect of t

recent weeks which brought down the prime minister you know spent comes two days after saudi arabia the u.a.e. and kuwait pledged to and a half billion dollars to help jordan what you know is there is still to come on the program we ask iranians what they think of don't trump nuclear talks with north korea just weeks after he withdrew from the iran nuclear deal plus. after years of waiting russia's world cup moments is here i'm rory chalons in moscow and keep watching to find out what hosting the world's biggest football party might do for russia's international reputation. we got some cold weather into the southeast of australia an asset only fading rather autumnal here bands of cloud right continue to drive their way through the pipe for much of a healthy slushy fine and driving see those temperatures struggle in melbourne thirteen thousand getting up to eighty in sydney a fifteen there for the night saying that for a while the more clouds you can see just around the south australia easing across into southeastern corner as we go on into friday cool still for melbourne just twelve degrees celsius my ca

really can't take all that into account, because the capacity is in four countries, saudi arabia, the emirates, kuwaitssia. when they talk about 600,000 in, that's kind of helping fill the void but not entirely. that's why you've seen the react the way they did today. we talked about production, exports and sanctions. arereally, what people looking at is the level of inventories around the world. today is notdoing really going to mop up that much more into the market, put much market.o the so, you know, that's not surprising to us that we see the reaction. going to bere still sort of below the five-year average. of five-year lows inventories by the end of this year. >> i'm just curious, those four mentioned, are they pumping at capacity? if they did raise to capacity, like?ould that look >> so saudi arabia's capacity, they say it's two million barrels a day. we probably think it's more like 1.5. kuwait and the emirates, probably about another 400,000 anotherand russia, 300,000 over a two- or three-month horizon. >> so in theory, they could certainly have raised quite a bit more? >> they could have but

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called the most heated and difficult part of the world comes as leaders from saudi arabia the united arab emirates and kuwait meet in the saudi city of mecca to discuss possible help for jordan's struggling economy the u.n. says a quarter of a million people are in extreme danger saudi led coalition forces prepare to take the yemeni port city of her data coalition warplanes and warships are attacking targets and u.a.e. led troops on just ten kilometers to the south and moving in full today reports. as the u.n. lobbies to stop a saudi led coalition assault on the who the rebel held port city of how data regional rivalries do not matter for tens of thousands like the outdoor family their father ahmed is only worried about how to keep his six kids alive amid hasn't let them go to school since the worst outbreaks of defeats in color were recorded in the world hit his city the u.n. says hold data has the largest number of sick people in yemen with more than seventy percent of its population specially children at risk of malnutrition now i'm going to encase any of my children get sick they would have to stay here

kuwait. saudi arabia can do what it want they will probably get some form of an agreement.'t, production will still go up. shery: how about the trade war between the u.s. and china couple came aaron -- matters? sanctions could make it complicated. >> that's correct. the key thing here is china already is not buying much u.s. crude. u.s..ill hurt the but the oil will find a market. they will go to europe or someplace else in the price will go down. the key thing is the trump administration needs u.s.. but the oil will find a market. lower gasoline prices through november. it is not accidental that the sanctions don't take effect until after the november elections. they were skillfully orchestrated to take effect after the elections. we see production going up. will workhinese around the sanctions. basically, as the sanctions take full force, probably 800,000 barrels a day of oil will come off the market from iran and prices will go back up after the election. and the iranians were spot on saying this is a way to placate the united states and to thank the mafia dons joining o

is the hardest hit country a kuwait saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are teaming up to offerfinancial aid to neighboring behind concerns of the growing about the state of behinds economy it's located off the coast of saudi arabia but unlike its neighbor it has limited oil supplies and worries about the country's large public debt which now stands at eight hundred nine percent of gross domestic product have been gathering pace the cost of insuring that debt against a default has also been flashing a clear warning signal it's of the highest since records began but most worryingly behind has relatively low levels of foreign exchange reserves so there have been fears around its future ability to pay for essential imports a demand for wood in europe and elsewhere is causing a rainforest in africa to shrink at an alarming rate environmental campaigners are accusing the largest timber company in the democratic republic of congo of illegally cutting down millions of trees paul chodas jan reports. in the heart of africa the congo basin is home to the world's second largest rain forest

mike: if you look at production and market share, the big winner would be saudi arabia and kuwait andrab east. the loser would be iran. the range of production scenarios that he talked about, that is absolutely right. and we think we will be toward the higher end, because the key difference between what happened on friday and saturday was he clarified that really it is a the countryap, but by country targets are going to look like they will be ignored, so that means more crude. david: is there a limit on the price? mike: i think shale producers will be fine. particularly in the premium. -- permian. bucks willink a few make a difference to them. alix: nothing wrong with a chunk with no volatility, that is helpful. and it is interesting if you come aside the bloomberg, this is the difference between oil prices today versus six months ago. the difference i want to highlight is the re-rating and prices higher from 2019 all the way to 2022. is that an ipo offering curve jump? robert: it would not be bad for them to add that kind of movement in prices and its impact on profitability going f

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vonnie: analysts are saying saudi arabia, and kuwait will add a combined half a million barrels, russiae 200,000 more. that may be a compromise. david: that is possible. something along those lines. in all may depend on who was going to do what in the end. there is probably going to be a lot of fine print as to where the actual increase has come from. there is a certain number of countries who have the spare capacity to add. every time you add more barrels, you have lest spare capacity. they have to keep that in mind. vonnie: how are traders trading this? it feels like wti moved up a little bit, it is still as large as it was. there hasn't been a change of any dramatic capacity in the last couple of weeks. david: i think it is a bit of weight and see. always ahead of these meetings, there are rumors. there is a bit of repositioning to we saw speculators get more election on oil -- more bullish on oil. do people want to go all in on it when you could see a larger amount get added to the market? there is always the question of, will the producers cheat? how much will they cheat? you one-o

mediate an insistence from the country's leadership to maintain neutrality many in kuwait believe that the u.a.e. and saudi arabia could turn on them true little did the blockading nations have not demonstrated any willingness to solve this crisis after kuwait managed to foil their military plans these countries were betting on time hoping the siege would succeed but that too has failed those currently in office including this lawmaker who was head of the parliament's foreign affairs committee when the crisis began last year tells me that's a solution can and will be found in can let me up there are efforts that continue behind the scenes i'm confident and optimistic that we shall see a solution in the near future my hope is that we all focus on the positives and not dwell on the negatives this is the biggest crisis facing the gulf cooperation council since one thousand nine hundred back then kuwait was being invaded and its independence under threat many believe it is the memory of those dark days that continues to push the leadership here to try and find a solution to this crisis and was that. solution remains

the announcement was made after a meeting in mecca saudi arabia the united arab emirates and kuwait are coming to the aid of king abdullah of jordan the nearest monarchy in their region which is not part of the gulf cooperation council their pledge of two point five billion dollars it follows weeks of protests in jordan against the rising cost of living and a proposed income tax rise which has since been shelved jordan has always been a crucial country particularly to the west and arab allies of the west. mostly because of the proximity and they're all it plays in the palestinian problem and it separates for relations i guess with israel so with all that in mind and the current crisis and the go people who would like jordan to somehow take sides in a much more pronounced manner than it. just eight to jordan to the tune of billions of dollars used to be the norm the g.c.c. pledged to point five billion dollars to both jordan and morocco and offered them full membership in the organization seven years ago the gulf monarchies more or less saw the hotshoe might kingdom as one of their own a

fine thirty six in terror on but the main feature for iraq and down through kuwait and into the eastern side of saudi arabia is going to be the way in which is going to result in quite a lot of lifted dust so visibility is going to be very poor across the region ger in the course of the weekend from the eastern side of the mediterranean jeremy the weather conditions looking good we've lost the showers across turkey so a fine weather everywhere twenty seven and sunshine one current and fine in beirut that twenty seven degrees so moving down into the arabian peninsula as i mentioned when we're to save his ability here in cateye to during the course of friday as we head on in society in the windies is down and visibility will improve a little bit on the other side of the potential laurie fine picture certain very hot one for the dean of the my some of forty six degrees celsius so we head into africa southern areas are i should expect to dry and find at this time of the year not particularly warm fourteen degrees in capetown rising to sixteen as we head through into saturday but for central parts of africa it's

hundred thirty seven have been killed in violence since mid april and leaders from saudi arabia the united arab emirates and kuwait say they're look at how they can help jordan out of its economic struggles they'll take part of the meeting on sunday in the holy city of mecca the european union's a top official policy official to try and travel to jordan on saturday to meet king abdullah the second frederica mogul renia and the king discussed a strategic partnership between the kingdom and the union those were the headlines here on al-jazeera but with more news in half an hour to stay with us. using bonds is the only one to have never been accused of doping. the jamaican is the first sprinter to have improved one hundred meters world record three times some of these records were achieved during a period when no blood testing was carried out on jamaican athletes using bowls great american rival justin gatlin has been suspended twice after testing positive for amphetamines and testosterone he returned at the age of thirty two even stronger and faster than he was when he tested positive for his performances judy raise

recent weeks which brought down the prime minister in outs when it comes to days off to saudi arabia the u.a.e. and kuwait pledged two and a half billion dollars to help jordan. now it's been revealed that one of trump's camp trunk campaigns top fundraisers tom barrett was involved in attempts to arrange secret meetings between the president's former campaign manager and the saudi crown prince now this is according to a report by the new york times so that speech back to call him in washington to find out anything any other information about these meetings. well as you mentioned this is all coming from a very detailed story in the new york times and they're reporting from e-mails that were hacked from we believe tom barrack and so they're reporting on some of the discussions he's had so who is tom barrett well he is a billionaire just like the president claims to be a longtime associate and friend of president donald trump and he's often described as the one person president trump sees as an equal he is the one we believe that recommended the campaign bring in paul man afford as campaign chairman he is ob