during syria so during syria you had a whole set of alliances between assad russia iran against saudi arabia qatar turkey etc and now with this recent spat with this with this conflict between saudi arabia qatar everything has turned upside down if you don't have turkey and iran siding with qatar you have russia trying to mediate but leaning a little more towards the qatari side you have the united states and trump tweeting about how saudi arabia should be supported qatar is the enemy and cetera but giving twelve billion in money and weapons to them so you have a whole different dynamic now which is just really been a tectonic shift from what syria was to work with and these two countries are nominally american allies. well i think what we're seeing now is a breakdown a very long tradition in the western media would have been hearing for i think about sixty years do more chrissy don't fight each other american allies don't fight each other so do futile countries you know the cold when you. know where it all it's but they were bad well now we see how america now why saudi arabia and qatar are basic

they spat between saudi arabia and qatar we see they nischelle planned on the west to have syria rule by. force us. with saudi arabia we've cut out it is simply on the walkable because next day october when president assad they will start to each other if you look at the. so it's. very clear that it's a very bad army. it's a very expensive border but you know it is very expensive military defeat against the yemeni human. troops coming for a. palestinian from arabs nobody would die for the king of saudi arabia so i have to agree with you that there is. and we have been going to they don't you know they have deep pockets but those pockets are not as deep as these because it's changed gears a little bit guys. called the german chancellor with the foreign minister of come out against new sanctions that have been passed in the u.s. senate against russia and against iran and the germans are not taking it lightly alex and neither are the austrians take it because the. german and austrian companies involved in the energy sector and so they're going to get it essentially these companies are go

you look at qatar and saudi arabia, qatar is improving in human rights. so many ways you can look at, travel to qatar, and i see people have more freedom than saudi arabia and egypt. byhink by attacking qatar this way, it will not help. it seems to me that saudi arabia is pretending they are president of the muslims and they can do whatever they want. they can block qatar anyway possible. i think it is a power that they .ant to control qatar look what they did to yemen, saudi arabia, and they cannot damaged yemenis forever. we need to be mindful and to seek this is nothing but saudi arabia interfering with qatar issues, that is why we have to stop. it costs us more money -- right now qatar is talking to russians, and i don't know what is going to happen to the future can to you that as politics, this is not good for our country. host: thank you for weighing in. guest: yes, and certainly, that is the basis for secretary ti llerson's comments. we agree, it is important for saudi arabia and uae and others to lift the economic embargo on qatar and get back to

it really is a conflict between qatar, saudi the uae, with saudi arabia, blaming qatar for blaming terrorist organizations like isis and al qaeda, despite the fact that saudi arabia has in the past been accused of supporting these terrorist organizations. then have you iraq. qatar has cordial relations with iran, for saudi arabia, it's their regional rival. we have president trump in saudi arabia just last month trying to build this coalition against iran. right now, kuwait, the emir of kuwait is trying to smooth the tensions. he's negotiating between the different sides, trying to bring them together. also, united states diplomats eager to not to be seen as supporting either side have also offered their support and their help to calm these latest tensions. dave. >> it should be interesting as we get closer to a 2022 world cup also in qatar. thank you. >>> all right. the corrupt white house says it wants to get on message, infrastructure events this week. instead, we are talking about what else? this. >> we are talking about one tweet, should we spend the whole program on it? >> i think to c

they want opposing sides, the saudis and qatar. the saudis are concerned about uranium power.risscrosses concerned about uranium power. there are so many crisscrosses of concerned about uranium power. there are so many crisscrosses of power politics at play. the fact that the saudis feel emboldened. they can be a bit more bullish about their actions. also panic some of stock market. qatar stocks tumbling 8%. but they can go up the next day by 8%. many of the big companies in qatar did not have a great day. there are also fears the oil price may fall again because all these members of opec may not be able to negotiate each other. this is quite an interesting development. thejob ads surging forward bloc chain skills. how many people can fight those jobs? there are over 1000 jobs advertised the people, and she is connected with blockchain. it is a way of trading in these crypto currencies and away holding various kind of legis sheets in various computers. it means that nobody can hack it. and it's fully public. you get all the information you want to know. it's transparent, isn't

air of burden here but we'll talk about qatar and saudi arabia to say. the what's really important and should be paramount for everyone is that it seems to me that there are elements particularly in the cia in the in the intelligence community that want a conflict with russia they're baiting the russians in syria and the russians haven't taken the bait but you know there's the war of words evolved into now this is. this maneuvering around in this the possibility of a mistake. i think everyone is maneuvering to get leverage when they do get to the negotiation table whenever that will be if that will be and you can kind of see that it's moving towards a division of syria and the big point here is that the vision of what's going to happen with the kurds because there you have turkey sitting on top of the kurds and we all know that turkey will never let a kurd is to not play or nice nice with anybody is seen as the real quick the media is also in on it because the narrative is so ridiculous everyone is outraged and upset that syrian jets are flying over solv

on real news this time is the war in syria escalating if so who is driving it the latest in the qatar saudi arabia saga and so many have like an extended version of the program. talking real news i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have alex kristof or used to director and writer for the duran dot com and we have to meet. she's a political analyst with sputnik international originally crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and we're going to talk about real news here mark i want to go to syria i heard earlier on sputnik radio with brian becker fascinating interview you called what's going on in syria right now a war of maneuver what do you mean yeah it was important for everyone to understand about east syria right now is that isis is no offensive threat to everyone there folding their crumbling they've been doing this for a long time actually al qaeda is the biggest threat in syria but they're contained in it live for the moment isis is crumbling and it's a race between the syrian government's allies

four countries led by saudi arabia have cut diplomatic ties with qatar. the governments of saudi arabia, bahrain, the united arab emirates, and egypt said they will suspend air and sea travel to and from qatar. saudi arabia will shut land crossings with the neighbor . it started over its support of you ran and the muslim -- of iran and the muslim brotherhood. secretary of state rex tillerson says he doesn't see the blockade making much of a difference to security. >> i do not expect that this will have any significant impact, if any impact at all, on the unified fight against terrorism in the region or globally. juliette: global news, 24 hours a day, powered by over 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. guy, matt. guy: thank you. let's take you back to what's happening in the gcc. qatar is already open, doha has started trading, and it is sharply to the downside. we have in your 6% move, 5.7% off this morning. we are starting to see an effect, one group already suspending as of tomorrow. qatar is a major hub, one of t

qatar airlines has suspended all of their flights to egypt and bahrain. saudibia and its allies cut ties to qatar by ending sea and air transport. joining us now is the executive editor for the middle east and africa. let's talk about the ramifications. we saw very clearly in the equity market yesterday, but what is the main impact physically on qatar? this is isolating qatar, is it? >> it is isolating qatar from its three immediate neighbors. there are a lot of impractical terms. the first impact has been on air travel, particularly qatar airlines, which has a lot of flights to bahrain, doha and saudi arabia. those flights are canceled. they already canceled flights yesterday. airspace ofat, the the countries that have taken those actions now have to be approved before they are allowed to fly to doha. of course, other airlines not flying over their airspace, i think there will be a lot of rerouting going on. anna: good morning to you. it is anna. what happens next year? i see the u.s. has been to some extent, trying to call for calm in the region. on the one h

the small oil and gas rich qatar has been cut off and isolated by sunni arab nations — among them saudi and egypt. they have all accused it of supporting shia led iran — along with islamist extremists. they are also unhappy with tv news coverage by the doha—based aljazeera network qatar strongly denies supporting terrorist groups but saudi arabia's rulers, encouraged by president trump's recent visit to riyadh think qatar is not taking a tough enough stance against terror groups and shia—lead iran. saudi arabia says if qatar wants normal relations with them, then qatar must act in their words a normal way towards them. saudi arabia, together with the uae and two other states last weeked imposed unprecedented sancitons qatar over its alleged support for terrorist groups. it has led to the worst crisis in the gulf region for decades. 0ur chief internional correspondent lyse dounce spoke to saudi arabia's foreign minister adel al—jubeir and asked him if pressuring qatar financially to get them to do what saudi arabia wants, amounted to bullying. they are one of the richest countries in the

is in a corner, in a weak position, and the saudis and their allies are trying to force qatar to accept the demands by saudi arabia and its allies. >> the qataris reject this notion that somehow they're supporting any type of terrorist organization. in fact, what they cite when i speak to them is they say this is more about the arab spring, the change, they want to support what they say are populist movements across the region and trying to embrace that change by giving the islamist a seat at the table. that is something that's been rejected by saudi arabia and egypt that considers the brotherhood a terrorist organization. does qatar's explanation hold any water, do you think? do they have a truth in the fact they're trying to embrace more popular movements in these countries, or not? >> my take on it is that qatar is a very small and tiny state. and since 2010, qatar has really sought to play a bigger role. it's seeking a role in the region in tremendous turmoil. and the islamists, whether you're talking about the muslim brotherhood in egypt or in syria or other places have p

organizations it is no secret that turkey and qatar all fun and quite openly coordinate their foreign policy said do you agree with those accusations made by saudi arabia that qatar indeed is supporting terrorist groups around. the government. very little cell phone. you know the. world i want to say. this. is going to relationship with them. personal friend. if you don't want to side against us now turkish media has reported recently that the saudis are threatening to support kurdish groups in syria if ankara continues to back. qatar do you think those reports should be taken seriously is that and the evidence of how friendly the relationship is both of them in the first of all. we have nothing against the kurds the kurds relatives or many times that you protect the. kurds in syria yet you can sue or do you. mean the kurdish city and if. so what we are opposing. some kurdish groups affiliated to peak. and expanding the. the control and by force change to the more of the region so this is not acceptable of course this route create there's ever. feelings the time to come when the reverence the region be. the hotel again so if you don't want to se

this is difficult to be imposed on qatar, probably intentionally chosen by the saudi's. ura: how much truth is there to these allegations that qatar supports terrorism? william: it depends on how you define terrorism. the key thing that the qatari's will, asy of, if you far as the saudis and egyptians, is that they have long been supporters of the muslim brotherhood. al jazeera, a qatari-owned international news channel, has always given prominent support to, or i should say airtime to muslim brothers and opponents in a variety of countries around the region. it is an easy charge to make, but, as i said a bit earlier, it's a bit like the pot calling the pet -- calling the kettle black. saudi arabia has long had ties to many of the same extremists, promoting wahhabism threat not just the immediate middle eastern region but throughout the muslim world. even in parts of the west. it is rather rich to be charged on that score. laura: what, if anything, does this have to do with donald trump's visit to the region last month? it is an issuek of circumstance and somewhat coincid

there's ample evidence mountains of evidence that the united states and its allies particular qatar and saudi arabia and then we have on the side israel participating in all of this i mean this conflict could have come to an end a long time ago if the if they had been good will there is never been good will all whatsoever these the the western countries still support a lot of these nefarious groups that let them keep fighting so i find it really hard to believe you know this kind of narrative that we want to bring peace to syria because that was never been the agenda we we still have to put wonder if it's regime change is still in the cards considering past recent events go ahead alexander well the great. framework in which we have to understand the war in syria is obviously there's been an internal conflict within syria but that war became internationalized because of syria's central position as the key middle east of iran now iran has come to be seen by various countries by israel by saudi arabia and by the allies of israel and saudi arabia the united states especially as the great threat t

a saudi qatar spot continues with no end in sight and new sanctions on russia divided nato allies.

decided to take such an active stance in the dispute between saudi arabia and. qatar was it a prudent decision from the first or first of all be sure if you consider. a bit has a nine to them at the border with their current. if the. crew in the hot problem so you have to deal with this it's a threat. perception. and this proved to us that and more than three million people they escape that i think that. their future us so what we wish to see. through. the both of. you want to see people safe. the whole. wealth we don't have that about or in iraq neighboring countries we don't have total problem with you don't have conflict of interest with them just we wish to see that they are happy there are not problem for mr president turkey we believe this is the only country that doesn't have conflict of interest with its neighbors because everybody else in the russia has so many conflicts of interest with its neighbors so you maybe they like exception but i guess my point was that the way the means that the cherokee chose to intervene in the syrian crisis may have long been. t

the rush came after several countries declared they are cutting ties with qatar. saudi arabia is imposing a blockade on his neighbor. there are charges that qatar is supporting organizations like the islamic state and egypt's former rulers which qatar denies. the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson currently in australia urged cooperation. >> we would encourage the parties to sit down together, address these differences. if there is any role we can play in terms of helping them address those, we think it is important that the gcc remain unified. >> just two weeks ago, donald trump visited the middle east. the middle east was already divided before his trip. they must leave the countries within 48 hours. the citizens within two weeks. the emirates are letting to pause flights to and from it. >> our international relations expert from britain told us that the charges in the arab governments -- charges the arab governments are making against qatar are unfounded in his view. >> there is a lot of substance behind them, there has been a lot of tension between qatar and the

latest in the qatar saudi arabia and so many have like an extended version of the. europe and the capacity to integrate. the refugees at the same time we cannot accept everybody comes to all come from countries all countries every control of their borders looks all come through so europe also has the right to control its borders. breaking news in r.t. donald trump scores a major legal victory is the u.s. supreme court partially reinstates his travel ban on people from six muslim majority countries. britain conservative party secures its one or two government safety net striking a deal with the northern irish which will pop it up after the prime minister's election gamble backfired. and we hear from a us democratic congresswoman who is pushing to stop washington supplying arms to extremist groups in syria. each time we have waged these wars it has resulted in the strengthening of terrorist groups. that i welcome good evening and watching r.t. international has just gone x. o'clock here in moscow we start this out breaking news too because the u.s. supreme court is pa

the list of demands -- saudi qatar to shut down a news network, close a military base and downgrade itswith iraq. this weekend, a new romantic comedy will hit the screens with a muslim american playing the leading man. the cast of believes it will bring a nuanced portrayal of a community suspiciously portrayed in the current political climate. >> i have been dating this girl. she is white. >> a white girl? >> it is based on the true romance of pakistani writer and actor. it follows his courtship with his future wife his parents into ant to force them arranged marriage it is . co-written by him and his real life wife, emily gordon. it is a blend of humor, tragedy , and interaction. >> 9-1-1. i have always wanted to have a conversation with people. >> you have never talked to people about 9-1-1? >> in many ways he is like the lead in every other romantic comedy. if the film helps to destigmatize them in the eyes of the american public, that would be good. ideal. would be that would be great. muslims need to be normalized. i feel like we have taken a bunch of steps back. that would be a gr

the saudi qatar spot continues with no end in sight and new sanctions on russia divide nato allies also is the truth about ukraine finally coming to light last week the west on civil society. headlines and deliberately rams his car into a police van on the show in paris. me mon in london ten people are hurt two seriously after a van is driven into a crowd of worshippers outside a mosque in suspected attack it has been charged with a terrorist fence. this was an attack almost claims that place of worship. russia suspends cooperation with the u.s. and syria and warns that american backed craft will now be tracked as targets it comes after a syrian fighter jet this downed by an american war play.

his secretary of state urging calm, even calling on qatar's powerful neighbors led by saudi arabia to lift their embargo on qatar. >> we call on the kingdom of saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, bahrain and egypt to ease the blockade against qatar. >> reporter: rex tillerson even saying the blockade is hurting u.s. military operations. with qatar home to 10,000 u.s. forces. >> the blockade is hindering u.s. military actions in the region and the campaign against isis. >> reporter: but the pentagon says that is not true. "the embargo is not creating problems for the u.s. military." and more confusing signals since the saudi summit last month. on tuesday, the president siding with the saudis against qatar on twitter. >> these messages are not in sync, and sometimes when you're not in sync it could cause confusion and dangerous escalation in the region. >> reporter: the president met with his secretary of state and his defense secretary only yesterday to get on the same page. so far it hasn't worked, though tonight the white house insists there are no differences. lester? >> all rig

basis of this point about relations between states, what then do we make of saudi arabia flexing its muscles so brutally towards qatarterm. i would say you are seeing clarity, not from saudi arabia alone, saudi arabia, the uae, egypt and other countries are at least standing and saying we cannot have a small country in the region that is supporting non—state actors that are supporting groups like everyone to militias in libya, cutting deals with militias sitting in a row, saying there comes a point where we have to call a spade a spade. which is interesting because i think outside of the region, many of people say the problem is saudia arabia. we have a country in the region that has been supporting extremist elements but also the idea of non—state actors, whether you have the taliban having a representative office as though it is an embassy. these are signals that actually have detrimental effects on people's lives and that is what we are seeing translated in the region. jeff, is this the consequence of president trump's recent visit to the region and has very strong message of support to saudi arabia? the reporting

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the saudi's, the uae and egypt have cut diplomatic ties with qatar. are also suspending air and sea travel. saudi arabia has accused qatar of undermining efforts to isolate iran. i'm emma chandra. as the ecb manages to convince economists that monetary policy may be boring, 90% of respondents in a bloomberg survey said the ecb will use its meeting on thursday to acknowledge the risk with the euros recovery of balance. here to discuss further is david owens, jeffrey's chief euro economist, and michael mckee in new york. let's begin with david. how important is the language? >> it's pretty important. we know they can cut rates further. we know given the recovery broadening out they will likely take that reference away. the risks of recovery are more balanced. we had a real conversation, most people come into this room and say we don't ever expect them to cut rates anyway. why is removing the language significant? potential direction of travel. they could cut rates further. economic data flow really did disappoint. they felt they had to do something on t

president trump has declared his strong support for the blockade of qatar, led by saudi arabia. from several neighbouring countries. mr trump says he agrees that qatar has been supporting violent extremism. but as our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports from doha, qatar says the accusations are a complete fabrication. the unprecedented blockade of qatar by her arab neighbours emptied some supermarket shelves briefly, but there's no widespread panic. queues formed as many flights in and out of qatar are banned, with the saudis leading this campaign against a fellow sunni muslim country they say is too supportive of rival shia muslim iran. qatar's foreign minister told me no—one understands how it came to this. what is shocking is the measures which have been taken against qatar. it was like a collective punishment from three countries in this region, by trying to block qatar and even blocking the people of qatar. they say you're far too close to iran, that you're supporting a country which is sponsoring extremism and terrorism. well actually, we don't know what makes t

saudi arabia with u.s. foreign policy, with the gcc gulf area policies. sand then between qatarnd saudi arabia and bahrain, the uae causing a major, may have dysfunction. the question going forward will be can they come to some sort of -- because saudi arabia, uae, egypt, bahrain, all of them are accusing qatar of supporting terrorism. we've seen them with the muslim brotherhood and hamas. a lot of questions whether or not we're able to find common ground. >> hadley, do we know what it means for the u.s. yet? you mentioned rex tillerson, doesn't the u.s. have a big military base in cqatar? >> reporter: you got it, we have an army base as well as a base in qatar. if these guys aren't talking that has major implications for us. >> hadley gamble on the rift with the gulf states. thank you very much, hadley. now, the u.s. politics, the president will kick off the week today with a rose garden speech. he's as invited airline executives to unveil the plan to privatize air traffic controls. wednesday, he'll travel to improve inland waterways and on friday, he'll advocate for shorter re

his secretary of state urging calm, even calling on qatar's powerful neighbors led by saudi arabia, to lift their embargo on qatar. >> we call on the kingdom of saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, bahrain and egypt to ease the blockade against qatar. >> rex tillerson saying the blockade is hurting military operations, with qatar home to 10,000 u.s. forces. >> the blockade is hindering u.s. military actions in the region and the campaign against isis. >> but the pentagon says that is not true. the embargo is not creating problems for the u.s. military. and more confusing signals since the saudi summit last month. on tuesday the president siding with the saudis against qatar on twitter. >> these messages are not in sync and sometimes when you're not in sync, it could cause confusion dangerous escalation in the region. >> that was nbc's andrea mitchell reporting. >>> after a cool spring, a heat wave is coming. the northeast just one of the places where it is warming up. next, look atow the temperatures are rising today, and how it will be warmer in maine than in las vegas. do you play

states, what then do we make of saudi arabia flexing its muscles so of saudi arabia flexing its muscles so brutally towards qatar you are seeing clarity, not from saudi arabia alone, egypt and other countries are at least adding anything we cannot have a small country in the region that is supporting non—state actors that are supporting non—state actors that are supporting groups like everyone from militias in libya, cutting deals with militias sitting in a row, saying there comes a point where we have two stop. outside of the region, many of them say the problem is... we have a country in the region that has been supporting extremist elements but non—state actors, whether you have the taliban having a representative office as though it is an embassy. these are signals that actually have detrimental effects on lives and thatis detrimental effects on lives and that is what we are seeing translated in the region. jeff, is this the consequence of president trump's recent visit to the region and has very strong message of support to saudi arabia? the reporting is that the saudis felt empowered by the green light tha

trump's recent visit to riyadh, think qatar is not taking a tough enough stance. saudimust act — in their words — in a "normal" way towards them. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet spoke to saudi arabia's foreign minister and asked him if pressuring qatar financially amounted to bullying. they are one of the richest countries in the world. economic talk is not significant to them. we want to send a powerful message to our brothers in qatar that if they want to have normal relations with us they must act in a normal way towards us. nobody wants to harm qatar or the people, we also made that very clear but what we also made very clear is that we will not deal with you so long as these policies continue, and not allowing them over flights over our territories is our sovereign right, it sends a message. cutting diplomatic relations is a sovereign right, it sends a message. what demands are you making of qatar — there is a ten point list that you will put to them that could include measures, for example, shutting down the aljazeera network in arabaic, or chang