they got a boost from the south east asia part of their business so it will be interesting to see if any more comes through. as far as stock performing, year to date they are up 1.6%. in line with the overall european insurance market. not moving all that much. the impact of changing into a macro environment, all of that will be covered. we'll will wait for numbers when they materialize. >> later we will be talking to prudential's ceo. that is during "the pulse" a little later. >> the ukrainian prime minister meets with u.s. president obama in washington today. one of the topics will be financial assistance for ukraine. ryan chilcote has the details. >> the financial system is on the table. $1 billion worth of loan guarantees. they have already gone through the congress and the house of representatives and now will go through the senate. it is a tool from the middle eastern toolkit. jack lew repeating something he has done before. the u.s.ssues bonds, guarantees them and you end up with a yield that is a lot less than what ukrainian bonds are paying right now. aboveare about 10% treas

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the organization's director for south east asia praised india's leaders for their efforts to eradicate the disease marks the completion of an armchair in this region. that's it for you i think and achievements the daily show says eighty percent of the world's population now lives in a polio free region that health workers are still battling the disease in some parts of the world. the dummy he chose as polio remains endemic in pakistan afghanistan and nigeria. the organization has set a target of two thousand and eighteen to make the entire world. polio free facebook executives say they will try to provide internet access to people in remote areas of the world using drones and satellites the officials around the world's biggest social networks say they have set up a team for the project team members include aviation and communication experts from nasa and a british drug manufacturer. the group is already developing solar powered drones capable of flying long distances facebook ceo mark zuckerberg said he is aiming to make basic internet services available to all the people in the world.

the south china sea then about fifteen minutes into the flight. it disappeared from radar cruise of military and coast guard vessels from across south east asia are helping with the search teams from china australia and the us have joined them. visibility was good we could clearly see the four hundred square kilometer area of research but all we could spot where ships and those other nations to scour the walkers. we found no sign of the plan elation transport authorities said investigators are testing what appears to be oil found in waters north of where the aircraft last made contact. the authorities admit they are mystified as to what happened in hk world's top player shield the reports from kuala lumpur investigators have found little evidence to suggest why i am at present there are the only advantage from redder on a sunday morning why isn't officials describe it as the mystery. the are equally positive itself and if tool to be called flow what really happened. funded by the committee on these cute faces a tough meeting friday meetings. kraus a minute's notice. tourists are going on. their traffic controllers store aisle there are no problems

the route. it is a long ark extending from south-east asia, central asia, and an extensive track of land. you would have thought it's inconceivable that if the aircraft vanished, it would not have vanished overland or had a disappearance like this for a week and a half without anyone seeing the aircraft come down over land. having said that, when it comes to the chinese territory, they are the most remote parts of the planet. we are talking about the tibetan plateau, with the glaziers and hidden valleys, and into the north-west of china, some of the desert areas, the desert regions of china, where feasibly, if an aircraft has been lost and nobody spotted it, those are the places you may find the boeing 777. >> iran's foreign minister spects a difficult round of nuke lar talks. the two sides will try to overcome differences. it's due to start in austria on tuesday. >> iran's heavy water reactedor still under construction and a major hurdle for negotiators to overcome. it will be a focus of discussions in vienna aimed at reaching a settlement in a decade-old dispute in iran's atomic activiti

are aware, we continue to face terrorist threats to the united states and our interests overseas, particularly in parts of south asia and the middle east and africa. the regional instability in t stand outhe levan to me. we must considers syria in the context of the global terrorist movement. adapted byda has becoming more decentralized and shifting away from large-scale plotting that was exemplified in the attacks of september 11. al qaeda has modified its tactics and looks to conduct simpler attacks that don't require the same degree of resources and training. we are facing a wider array of variety ofa greater locations across the middle east and around the world. in comparison to the al qaeda of afghanistan, these smaller and less sophisticated plots are often more difficult to detect and disrupt. that has put greater pressure on us to work more closely with our partners here at the table, across the federal government, and around the world. become the preeminent location for al qaeda aligned groups to recruit and train and to equip what is now a growing number of extremists. some of them seek to conduct external attacks. they deplo

as a matter of fact of fact, whether it's in the africa, asia, south central asia, the middle east -- throughout the world, we play a critical role, and this committee needless to say, is critical in what it's willing to authorize with respect to our sbalt to lead. the final comment i'd make to you is that what we do really does make a difference and increasingly in the state department, i have focused and am focusing the efforts of our diplomacy on economics. we need to understand that in this increasingly growing marketplace, where more and more countries are chasing resources and opportunities are harder won, it's critical for us to be able to open up opportunities. i could show you instance after instance where our embassies or our consulates have engaged directly with american companies, helped them win contracts abroad in the multimill ons of dollars, hundreds of millions of dollars and that means jobs here at home. it also means more security for the united states ultimately because of the relationships we build. i appreciate mr. chairman, your adjusting the schedule a little b

the southern route route versus the northern route, if you're going north, all you of a sudden you get over a big land mass in south asia, the middle east. a lot of u.s. military assets there, other mirt assets that other countries have. it seems implausible you could fly a plane and not be detected. doesn't this still point to the idea it crashed if? >> it does to an extent. i would think if this person turned off all the transponders and system they didn't want to be detected. if you take the northerly track you go back into a radar read environment and potential environment where we have space assets looking do unon that part of the world. why would you want to go back and get into a detected area? if you go south, there's very little radar coverage, if any. i don't believe we would be looking there from space because that's the middle of the ocean and there's not really any activity going on out there. that would be a great place to disappear. >> theories run wild. you're an experienced investigator. what do you have to be running through here to think about likely outcomes? >> i think right now, while we all hold out hope that the

threats to the united states and to our interest overseas and particularly in parts of the south south asia, middle east, and after ray can, but the current conflict in syria, and regional instability that stand out from areas of the particular concern, but i think it's important to consider syria in the context of the movement, in the face of what's been sustained, counterterrorism pressure, core al-qaeda has adopted. adapted by becoming more decentralize and shifting away from the large scale plotting that was exemplified in the attacks of 9/11. al-qaeda modified tack -- tactics and look at simpleer attacks that don't require the same command and control. today, we face a wider array of threats in a greater variety of locations across the middle east and the world. in comparison to the al-qaeda plot in triball areas years ago, smaller, less sophisticated plots are more difficult to detect and disresult, and that's putting pressure on us to work closely with our partners here at the table, across the federal government, and around the world. returning to syria, syria has become a preimminent location f

chairman delivered a speech in hong kong suggesting the china story must be handled with care: >> on that richardson said: >> staying in south-east asia, ever since its handover in 1997 from britain to china, hong kong has been operating under a one county, two-system rule. beijing promised to prefb economic and social autonomy from the mainland, including freedom of the press. for a while hong kong enjoyed one of the freest media climates. in 2003 it ranked 18th in the press freedom index. 10 years later the climate changed and hong kong sits at 61 in the same table. china is fifth from bottom. china watchers say beijing is taking control over hong kong, and the media are a part of that. in what was once a haven for free speech is a date line where critical journalists are attacked. newspaper editors are self censoring and the government urged to back off. "the listening post's" on the steady decline of press freedom in hong kong. >> on the streets of hong kong. a gruesome scene. february 26th kevin lou, a veteran of the journalistic core was attacked by two men with a kiever. 11 were arrested. links to lowe's work as a journalist wa

in the whole east-south asia we achieved polio free, except in pakistan and av. so long as we have live polio viruses in the two countries, we cannot be protected. >> india is polio free. with continued immunize agency campaigns, it is believed that polio would be a thing of the past. >> ex-parts say pol -- experts say polio is endemic because of violent conflict, weak health systems and pore sanitation. >> 2 million people that demand on the organization, to make sure when they turn on the tap, water comes out. we tell you about the decade long drought that dim the bright lights of sin city. >> check, check, check it out. how to revolutionize the way music is performed. >> and storms already fired up in the south. rain expected up and down the east coast. i'll show you where flooding is a con certain. -- flooding is a concern. >> good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. just ahead a big reservoir going dry. first meteorologist eboni deon. >> it's a soggy weekend for the eastern sea bored. we are deal with showers and storms. we

the medical research has been done in late 1990s. teenagers reseal different sleep wake tik -- vibing cycles to adults. studies have been done in asia, the middle east and south america. every human teenager has the shift where they are not able to fall asleep, when melaton ark n is secreted. the region is strong, very strong, until eight in the morning. it's this 11:00 pm to 8am sleep phase that teenagers experience. when the schools start, that is really interrupting their sleep and the maximal development of the brain. >> if you push the start time back, okay, i have to wake up later, i'll have to go to bed later. >> a lot of parents and other school administrators were concerned about that. >> when i was doing the study, public schools, that was a five year span of time, we did look at that and there were no kids that were staying up later because if the body was ready for sleep, falling sleep, the kids in a 5-year period of time, we documented that they had an hour more of sleep. they did not stay up later. >> an issue that people had raised with making the school day start later is it comflights with extracurriculars, sports, clubs, music and limit the

into crime in a semi moments in mind they held talks with the present to me and i can say is it is meant as a potential gateway to south east asia. new delhi is constructing a seaport in west sydney and not kill the rats in promoting trade and tourism. in bengal some it has been held every few years since two thousand and full height and is not the founding member and said it expects very fast meeting that's my problem is that you actually want the saps and this time. choosing to stay and help to deal with anti government protests indonesia's trade balance fell into negative tax free in january of this real consecutive set this is a government ban on exporting raw materials. it's not seen much of the brain. in general talk to about fourteen point four billion dollars compared with imports of fourteen point nine billion dollars. i got this in about four hundred and fifty million dollars in duties as long relied on exports of natural resources including all and the fullest and foreign currency. i'm the only came into effect in january has disrupted trade. lol benz ag was a nickel back and sixty stringy other minerals that hath not

the world. it isn't a cultural phenomenon. replication studies have been done in asia, the middle east and south he america. every human teenager has this sleep phase shift where they're not able to fall asleep much before 11:00 when melatonin is secreted and the brain feels sleepy. and it continues strong until 8:00 in the morning. it's this 11:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. sleep phase that all teenagers experience. when students are starting at 7:00 or 7:15 that's really interpreting their sleep and their maximal development of their brain. >> if you push the start time back, i'm thinking back as to when i was a teenager, my inclination would be well, okay, i have to wake up later i'll just go to bed later. >> well, a lot of parents and other school administrators were concerned about that. and when i was doing the study in minneapolis public schools, in the years of '97 to 2002, that was a five-year span of time we did look at that and there were no kids that were staying up later. if the body is ready for sleep at 11:00 on a school night, they're falling asleep. the kids in a five-year period of time we document

the home. now air pollution is linked to an increase in heart disease as well as stroke and cancer and developing countries in south ear east asia pacific ae particularly effected. the newest mats are more than double the figures. maria is the world health organization director of had yoc health and environments saying people living in low income countries are most likely to suffer air pollution. >> we know the trends and the southeast asia and western pacific are the ones most effected. we know as well that the low and middle income countries are very much affected because of the combustion and the air pollution generated indoors and we know as well that those cities where there is now a very rapid, a very quick economic development in the foreign industrial masses production, they are the ones very much affected. i think we all have in mind those cities where there is a rapid economic development now and where the cities are very much affected by these exposure to air pollution, but we are all exposed, we are all affected and this is a problem that is causing diseases that we are all very much concerned about. and the good thi

the tropical hyland. they are found in east africa, in south america, and in asia. ave calculated people, the number of people involved. we have shown malaria does indeed move up to higher altitudes in warmer years. malaria will be more severe and more extensive in the tropical highlands. >> this is because they never had to deal with malaria before. they don't have any immunity? >> that's right. traditionally, these highlands have been protected from malaria. our research shows that in these privileged places in the tropics will launch their privileged status. >> if mosquitos have to move further up, does it mean other parts of the world might be spared that skourge? >> when it develops it can develop faster. we have shown this is effect occurs in colom bee wra and ethiopia. these can be extrapolated to other tropical highlands. >> sorry. what can we do about it now? >> we can calculate how much more people will be affected by a rising temperature. and we can take measures to mitigate the impact of warming on these populations. >> i suppose we have become used to he

security guy, what is the motivation, who is the target, and why is there a credible claim of responsibility, there's no real history, systematic history in south-east asiad so we have u.s. government officials in the intelligence community saying, quietly, so far they see no evidence of terror: again, billy's right. anything is possible because we have little data. for me, this is not adding up to be a terror thing. it may change your. i'm not seeing it so far. >> do you agree. as you said no distress call. is there any way a plane could have crashed into the water, assuming it crashed into the water, because they have expanded the search to land, but without field? >> everything shut off, apparently, at one instant. which would - which occupy one scenario would say that that was a catastrophic event. the air frame failure of some sort. there is a possible scenario which is highly improbable however, because it gets into a number of other problems. let's say two hijackers or more managed somehow to take obvious the airplane. the immediate thing they would have to do is turn off the transponder, any other connection that the aeroplane had electronically

going to india or egypt, turkey, you could pick a lot of different countries in the middle east or south and central asia where we have a lot of great american business with the business leaders in a particular country coming together, and they have established working partnerships to try to kind of -- chambers of commerce that are overlapping. to the extent that we can continue to foster that as well as to articulate the progress i think is a part of the answer. if you have any suggestions, i would be happy to hear them, because this is an aspect of it that we have not talked about nearly enough. >> on this, articulating the gains that have been made, i want to shout out a number of people in the audience who have been members of coalition supporting the afghan people, which i urge people in the audience to look at. a group has been making gains. i remember anthony and chuck and david, and they have been making the case that the gains need to be articulated, that them messaging has all been negative, and there are some positive messages, and their coalition is pushing the importance of the political tra

allies in the middle east, saudi arabia, allies in asia, like japan, south korea. allies in europe like germany following the snowden scandal. following the syria debacle. this is by far the largest crisis that obama has had to respond to and american allies want to know, what kind of role does america want to have? we apparently do want to be the world's private investigator, but that doesn't go over very well. so obama has to tell these guys who the u.s. is. >> and an apathy towards this situation, means there is a built-in cost for the president spending time and energy on this issue. this is distracting from his meat and potatoes issues. >> he's not doing well on his meat and potatoes issues, so maybe a bit of a distraction is good. >> we are going live to the president. take a listen. he's about to give his speech in belgium addressing the u.s.-eu relations. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. thank you. please, have a seat. good evening. thank you, laura, for that remarkable introduction. before she came out, she told me not to b

regard until industrialised countries such as the united states such as russia such as the countries of east and south asia have fuel choice about the fuels that they put into their automobiles we're going to be continually dependent upon the security in the gulf as dr weinberg we have to take a very short break now but when we come back the united states has rediscover the good old anime in russia what does this mean for the future of human saudi relations that's coming up in a few moments on worlds apart. paying for the products with this label. guarantees better deals for the third world produces. again this will produce our suppliers of the business and buy the workers on. the scene and advocates better working conditions and high social standards we give them five euros a day. and it's not enough to satisfy us but. yes all of the pool are at their wits say. to euros a week when i ask the boss cribbage them all he refuses my salary is only no for my food and money for my family in haiti. fairtrade behind the scenes almost see. one of the new marginalized should be making news all the face to face time

senator rich is the ranking member on the subcommittee on the near east, south and central asia, and i suspect senator rich will be here when the vote is done at some point. when he arrives, i'll ask if he has opening comments, and i may interrupt the testimony. but i want to move into our first panel, our first is two distinguished folks, i will introduce them both and ask each to give opening statements. larry silverman is secretary of state for near eastern affairs. mr. silverman was helpful in prepping me and senator king to go do the visit to lebanon last week. he's been director of israel and palestinian affairs for the department of state and also served as vice president biden's assistant in russia. he focused on issues relating to the middle east, served as special adviser to bill burns. and, will silverman, glad to have you with us. we are also pleased to be joined by major general mike plane who's the principle director in the office of secretary of defense for policy, helping to execute national security strategy for 15 middle east nations including lebanon. of and we're h

happening now, two san diego-based destroyers are back on a hunt looking for the missing malaysia airlines boeing 777 and south east asia and rescue. flight 370 disappeared more than a week ago and more than 200 people were on board. 26 nations are working to find a missing plane. >> r&b singer chris brown faces a court hearing in loss angeles today. the hearing is over why he was kicked out of rehab and what penalties he should face. the 24 year old spent the weekend in jail after being arrested after his dismissal from a malibu treatment facility for violating the rules. braun had been in we have since november, when a judge ordered him to receive treatment for anchor management issues. >> unemployment rates fell in 43 states in january. the labor department says more people began looking for work, most on jobs quickly. 23 states reported more hiring in january but 27 states said that the number of jobs fail. employers added 129,000 jobs nationwide in that month. >> for three days now, san francisco radio station latino makes 10 5.7 has been playing a nelly's "hot in herre" over and over! this all started at 3:00 p.m.

terroriste to face threats to the united states and to our interests overseas in parts of south asia and the middle east and africa. the current conflict in syria and the regional instability in levant standout to me as areas of concern. i think is important considering syria in context of mobile terrorist movement. in the face of what has been sustained, counterterrorism pressure, poor al qaeda has adapted by becoming more decentralized and shifting away from the large-scale plotting that was a simple fight in the attacks of september 11. al qaeda has modified its tax to ask and looked to conduct attacks that do not require the same degree of resources and training and command and control. today we face a wider array of threats and a greater variety of locations across the middle east and around the world. in comparison to the al qaeda plots that emanated from the tribal areas of pakistan a few years ago, these smaller and less sophisticated plots are more difficult for us to detect and disrupt, and that is putting greater pressure on us to work closely with our partners at the table, across the federa

look at a situation something the somebody stumbles in europe or north africa or the middle east or south africa south asia and we're all over it but here it's happening. right next door you know there are a couple of million venezuelan americans say we should be much more concerned about venezuela than we are i'm not listen we have to be concerned about what happens everywhere as a global power but it seems to me that were missing a crisis right on our own doorstep like the president got seventy one percent of the hispanic vote he's now under fire by many in that community read good numbers of deportation in his watch he's some people are calling him the deporter in chief what do you make of this. well i call barack obama the first latino president because i believe that when you look at those swing states colorado new mexico virginia north carolina florida he was largely elected with the latino vote a you know you cite the three out of four letting those voted for barack obama the first time around and he did make some promises about immigration comprehensive immigration reform in two thousand and seven

and that's here in the south president happen hence as prohibition of the unified korea will go beyond overcoming division will aim to trading in future for the peninsula north east asia and the word present i've made the comments and the asian leadership conference in seoul on monday where she also added that there would be no fear of war a war nuclear threats in a unified korea. the rather freedom and peace for koreans to a joint present ideas and reaffirmed her recently announced commitment to set up a presidential preparatory committee for re unification she also met with former us president george w bush who is in seoul for monday's conference and thanked him for continuing his diplomatic activities to strength in the korean us alliance the extra steak on the latest developments unfolding on the korean peninsula we drink this video about thirteen k a time professor at korea national diplomatic academy. think of ht night. well professor this morning's missile launches by north korea where in the second in just a week. it followed though some warmer relations between north korea and south korea which included a high level diplomatic ties and and also the family the

and it's unsettling throughout the entire middle east in south asia. it is something that's nascent inflation governments having to come to grips with the role of these extremes organizations in a political system to what is the role? are they going to try to pursue legitimate participation in the political system but yet the ultimate designs of not having a pluralistic society, but having a sort of one concept society which is, you know, takfiri ism and its extremist again and trepidation of islam. these are challenges that will be facing over the next decade but think we do need to separate out, too often people tend to put in one basket of everybody of one color or persuasion. >> right here and then here up front. >> hi. i'm celeste ford or i'm ceo of star solution from a system engineering company that supports your organization, as well as others. i'd like to shift gears a little bit because i know a lot of the work we do protects our nation and the rights of individuals. it seems like the facts osha one thing and the pr shows another thing. and is

the middle east that would blow up and destroy the global economy? threat frome the terrorists and therefore we have residence in the middle east and presence in africa and south asiach is designed to contain that terrorist threat. as a country, we are threatened in a way that none of those other countries on that list are. that's why we have the budget. that does not mean that our budget can be reduced substantially. it will be less than 600 billion dollars next year so it is coming down. it does not mean our budget cannot be smaller and we cannot still meet those needs but they are smaller and there is a 10% per year cut for eight years and what does that do to our readiness? also the industrial base point -- our ability to build aircraft carriers and build destroyers and build jet fighters and tanks is an enormous lay important piece of our national security strategy. them forp building five years, do we lose the capability? it has happened in great britain. these are things that we in the united states have to consider that saudi arabia and brazil and all these other countries don't. if we want to totally restructure that, i guess we can have that conversation

regard until industrialised countries such as the united states such as russia such as the countries of east and south asia have fuel choice about the fuels that they put into their automobiles we're going to be continually dependent upon the security in the gulf as if dr weinberg we have to take a very short break now but when we come back the united states has rediscover the good old anime in russia what does this mean for the future of human saudi relations that's coming up in a few moments on worlds apart. if you leave the. economic down in the final. days good luck to the deal sang night and the rest of life until you meet casey will be every week. right on the same. search trip. and i think that you're. on our reporters twitter. instagram. b m o o. no c n n the m s n b c news have taken some slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but it's closer to the truth of the might think. it's because one whole attention and the mainstream media works side by side the joke is actually on here. coming up.

regard until industrialised countries such as the united states such as russia such as the countries of east and south asia have fuel choice about the fuels that they put into their automobiles we're going to be continually dependent upon the security in the gulf as it dr weinberg we have to take a very short break now but when we come back the united states has rediscovered its good old anime in russia what does this mean for the future of human saudi relations that's coming up in a few moments on worlds apart. plug right on the scene plug search triplet and i prevent the jerk led on our reporters with her mum against the mum led me in the lead slug. of the pledge it was terrible to say the i'm very hard to take i listen to get along here there's a place that has sex with the perfect their lives let's play. lists lists lists lists lists. of. your friend posts a photo from a vacation you can't afford. it different. the boss repeats the same old joke of course you like. your ex-girlfriend still in poetry keep. ignoring. what really matters. to your facebook news feed. welcome back to worlds apart a real dis

regard until industrialised countries such as the united states such as russia such as the countries of east and south asia have fuel choice about the fuels that they put into their automobiles we're going to be continually dependent upon the security in the gulf i said dr weinberg we have to take a very short break now but when we come back the united states has rediscover the good old anime in russia what does this mean for the future of human saudi relations that's coming up in a few moments on worlds apart. the e.p.a. . there's now no more all can lead to a tow. me off a story. up right from the scene. of the first trip to mars and i were being put. on a reformist twitter. and instagram. to be in the know. on the top. welcome to the john siberian. what are the places you never go to. the fun. things you never do. experience you'll never again. be surprised you will. emerge. during. an hour. welcome back to worlds apart and we're discussing the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia when they would weinberg a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracy that's a great way of

. >> malaysians are the heaviest users of water in south-east asia. at around 214 litres a day compared to thailand at 90 litres per person per day is the singapore at 160 litres. >> with totals down 75%, attitudes must change your. >> that is not easy in a country at 2,500 mill litres a year. >> if you look at the current dry season, this is not something new in malaysia. this is the normal dry season and we are entering a serious shortage. this is a wake up call. >> the weather is changing to a north-east to a south-west monsoon. more rain should fall in malaysia. many more days of rain are needed if the reservoirs are to refill, and the water supply to return to normal. >> coming up, we'll see how a dry spell is driving up global prices. a prime minister held an election, opposition protesters kept more than 10% of voters casting a ballot in thailand. protesters have been calling for yingluck shinawatra to step down, saying her government is corrupt and ineffective. all votes must be placed on the same day in order for elections to be valid. >> folk

the only problem. peter ducey in washington with that. reporter: many countries in south east asiaant to reveal where any military assets that could help the search are located. ultimately they may not be much help anyway because of a big chunk of the search area typically very quiet. >> out in this part of the world and especially the indian ocean radar coverage is very, very spotty. there is not a lot out there. there is not a lot of radar there. reporter: normal ground-based radar has a range of 200 miles offshore, but beyond that a lot of dead zones. the further a plane is away from a radar system, the easier it is to avoid detection by flying low since the earth curves but radar uses straight lines. an expert in the "wall street journal" says the flight probably did not fly under the radar. you would have to fly well below 100 meters. it is not designed to fly that low, you would exceed the aircraft stress levels. if you're wondering why air-traffic controllers are still relying on radar, it is pretty simple, new technology costs a lot. >> we will transition from radar-based n

the importance of japan and south korea as allies in the asia-pacific. and he says improving relations between them is a diplomatic priority. u.s. assistant secretary of state daniel russel is in charge of east asian and pacific affairs. he told a senate hearing that the friction between tokyo and seoul is a cause of concern. >> the u.s. has both an interest and a role, not as a mediator, but as a friend, and as a partner, that is a role that we are pursuing. >> russel said the u.s. and japan were wartime enemies who became close allies. he said this could serve as a model for asian nations still at odds over historical issues. congressional researchers released a report last month saying deteriorating ties between japan and south korea could hurt u.s. interests. barack obama plans to visit both countries in april. >>> a group of japanese scientists has released technical tips for using stimulus to make stem cells that can be turned in to any tissue or organ. the researchers released the dong up the as scientists around the world have failed to make the cells according to the new technique announced late january. haruko obokata and her team at the riken center for development biology release

regard until industrialised countries such as the united states such as russia such as the countries of east and south asia have fuel choice about the fuels that they put into their automobiles we're going to be continually dependent upon the security in the gulf as dr weinberg we have to take a very short break now but when we come back the united states has rediscover the good old anime in russia what does this mean for the future of human saudi relations that's coming up in a few moments on well the part. of the. welcome back to worlds apart the real discussing the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia when they went weinberg a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracy that's a great way of putting it dr weinberg you just heard i turned it in in terms of love and hate and i'm not sure about the love but to see the examples of hatred all you need to do is to open the saudi school textbooks. to earlier that for decades have been spreading vitriol and everything rest in and as you as you mentioned here oh the very interesting report recently on how lenient the united states