cross talking the trump report card i'm joined by my guest soraya foss in austin she is a u.s. libertarian presidential candidate in new york we cross the line and he is a legal and media analyst also in new york we have in williams he is a journalist and author as well as a senior analyst at foreign policy in focus all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate lionel let me go to you 1st here in a nutshell give donald trump his report card because the primary season is upon us here i must say his opponents are not something that i would be too worried about but an incumbent president always does run in this case his record so judge that record given a grade. a plus plus plus and also if i could curve if i could weigh in the fact that he has been absolutely or they have attempted to stop him to do you rail him do indict him do impeach him to to do interrupt everything he has done from the moment he announced in view of all of that and the aforementioned he is in my lifetime the greatest president i have seen he will win

with turkey behind fire as all soraya is un backed government and russia supporting huffed. moscow has denied reports it sent mercenaries to reinforce the general's fighters but on thursday turkey confirmed it had started deploying troops to help in tripoli despite a un arms embargo. with libya so unstable the fear of research an islamist terror has worried many european countries but other factors mean in the e.u. is split over its alliances officially the tripoli based government has the backing of europe including germany but italian prime minister because if a contest met general haftar earlier this month rome sees him as crucial in stemming the flow of migrants across the mediterranean. and france's concerns over terrorism as well as its interests in libya's oil wealth has put it at odds with the e.u.'s official line there are claims it's given covert military help to general hafta. earlier this week peace talks in moscow broke down. despite many interests at stake and the players involved germany seems to turman to pursue its mediation role but even if a ceasefire is a

to do libyan forces to soraya government's role in this kind of case we may see that the egyptians and may support general. forces even you know in a very bold manner and they may send i mean you should also also when we are looking at this situation we should also not forget about the united arab emirates when you are looking at the horn of the turkish government in the turkish press. according to the turkish newspaper called you need to fight for instance the united arab emirates are sending looks off weapons and when you. leave in order. to undermine the turkish interests so from turkish pour into few the situation is very much complicated and also let's not forget about the russian presence there with this wagner kompany so and nowadays libya is becoming the 2nd important war theater between russia and turkey and you know after syria and of course. you know when you know when we are looking at the cameras where we are and we are looking at this was we see that president they are doing the president putin are you know smiling to each other but on the other hand we see that both of t

of islamic state so the 2nd risk is islamic state using this opportunity of the fighting between soraya and after to come in and regroup and we've had information this week that about sars and fighters from islamic state in need to leave syria settled in libya ok so they want to rekindle islamic state there ok so definitely a lot at stake there all iraqi time managing director of global global strategy so much for joining us here in studio now to some other stories making headlines around the world iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has addressed the nation during friday prayers for the 1st time since 2012 he called iran's airstrikes against the u.s. in the killing of general concepts of the money a day of god. at least 11 american troops were injured when iran attacked a u.s. base in iraq the u.s. central command command has now confirmed america had previously claimed there were no casualties in the attack which was in retaliation for the killing of a reigning in general so the money. ukraine's prime minister all lexy one shot of has submitted his resignation in a facebook p

cease fire agreement last week already and now he's also reluctant to sign it immediately even after soraya already signed it there's also of course some questions about how much pressure moscow can actually put on him but yes there is still this optimism west african leaders have expressed their firm design that france continues its military engagement in asylum reachin french president a man you might call is hosting the leaders of 5 west african nations in the southwestern french city of po and a joint statement they announced they had agreed to place their forces under one umbrella 4 and a half 1000 french troops are deployed in the sile but anti french sentiment is rising as the security situation worsens macron says he will send an additional $220.00 troops to the region. the trumpet ministration has announced that 21 saudi students taking part in military training in the us will be expelled this follows an investigation by the u.s. attorney general and f.b.i. into december's deadly shooting by a saudi officer naval base in pensacola florida the attack has been called an act of terror

ok, good to speak to you, soraya lennie based in melbourne. thank you for your thoughts.eland and through much of mainland scotland, towards the likes of shetland. this rain will continue through much of the morning, no real respite. some brea ks morning, no real respite. some breaks for the north—east of scotla nd breaks for the north—east of scotland but through the day you will notice things turn clearer across the north—west. the clearer conditions with some late sunshine will spread southwards, one or two showers. turning wetter across much of the north of england by the end of the north of england by the end of the north of england by the end of the afternoon. turning wetter for the north and west of wales after some patchy rain and drizzle in the morning. rain and drizzle elsewhere through england and wales but drier in other parts of the country. turning one day, some glimpses of sunshine. temperature setting 13 or 14 degrees for the north of england later today by dropping off in the evening. in the north fresher conditions coming back in. this evening it is wint