the u.s. justice department is confirming that attorney general jeff sessions was questioned by federal investigators looking into alleged russian meddling in the u.s. election the interview reportedly took place last week behind closed doors sessions is the first member of donald trump's cabinet known to have been interviewed in the inquiry which aims to establish whether the truck campaign colluded with russia sessions previously served as an advisor to the truck campaign he is known to have had multiple contacts with russian officials during that time. human rights activists here in germany are criticizing the government's decision to deport afghan refugees from dusseldorf airport tonight a plane carrying at least ten failed asylum seekers took off a short while ago activists say that saturday's bombing of kabul's intercontinental hotel shows that the country is not safe to send people back to that attack left twenty people dead one hundred fifty five afghans have been deported from germany

the u.s. betting that turkey's leaders will be angry and not act whether that turns out to be true will depend in large part on what the leader of russia says not tillerson or trump pedicle hain al-jazeera washington alleges it is senior political analyst amal english odysseys a significant change in u.s. strategy in syria this is a major departure from both the trump administration strategy or beacon of strategy the last year and it's certainly a major departure from the obama administration's strategy in syria and in the greater middle east. in fact you know one who of course would say that this is well thought through stretches the probably took weeks if not months just like what we've seen the kind of a departure of a new strategy in afghanistan i think now we're seeing a change of policy towards syria so this is not a trump midnite tweet this is the strategy of the united states in syria and it really marks a major departure whereby as we've heard there's going to be an indefinite deployme

donald trump extends the iran nuclear agreement but warns the u.s. will withdraw if changes are not made but can this deal between negotiators and why is trump adamantly against it this is inside story. i know that i welcome to the program i'm laura kyle this is a last chance that is the message u.s. president donald trump has sent out of the extending sanctions relief to iran as aggressively warned european allies he would withdraw from the two thousand and fifteen nuclear agreement altogether if it's amman's to change it and not met trump has publicly branded the deal before and during his presidency as the worst ever well iran says an announcement is a desperate attempt to undermine a solid agreement that is not where negotiable in the middle of all this all european leaders who have essentially said to trump either back the deal or come up with a better one we'll get to our guests in just a moment but first they must ravi spoke to people on the streets of tehran and sent this report. nearly two and a half years after the nuclear deal was signed ma

while the u.s. run answer overall trade deficit with the republic of korea, ranging in the high teens, our aerospace sales remain one of our strongest exports. just a few figures. over a five year average from 2011 to 2015, u.s. defense products accounted for about 80% of korea's total defense imports. and the republic of korea is regularly among the top customers for foreign military sales from '08 to '16, contracts with the u.s. totaled close to $16 billion. and commercial acquisitions of u.s. defense systems totaled close to $7 billion. in fy '16 alone, the defense cooperation agency cited -- the health of this relationship i believe is due to at least two factors. one is the republic of korea's defense needs. and second are the technology transfers that can support rok's technology industries, health and sales abroad. when it comes to the defense relationship, for decades u.s. industry enjoyed unparalleled access to the republic of korea's purchasing. in recent years, however, firms from europe t

the u.s. blocks the takeover of moneygram by alibaba in the buyingest deal to be stopped by trump's administration. >>> and north korea is the first to dial in after the border hotline with south korea is reopened ♪ >>> the day is here. after some seven years in the making, mifid ii regulations came into effect today the sweeping legislation will touch every part of the financial services system and is meant to make the eu more transparent and competitive. now, the sprawling rules will radically change how assets are traded and how money is managed with investors focused on changes to investment research under the new model, banks will have to charge separately for research and broker services so someone will be on the hook for picking up the cost. according to the cfa institute survey, 53% of respondents expect their firm to absorb the expense. 15% expect clients to pay. 12% expect an equal balance. 21% are to the sure. you can see that behind me in terms of how asset managers are thinking abo

the red is the u.s. the red is the u.s. the most striking thing here is look at the two middle options - the one that says stricter sanctions against north korea and military action by the united states and its llies. you see how very few agree with those options. in the case of japan, only 11% think stricter sanctions will work. in the case of the u.s., 7%. the same thing with the military option, it percent and 11% think those would work. -- 8% and 11% think those would work for it. slightly more republicans think that is possible, but 17% so still not huge on this issue. instead, the u.s. and japan in the case of the u.s., 35% and multiparty negotiations. in the japanese, the first option is a little bit stronger than the others, 21%. between north korea and the united states -- and you see at the very bottom, a lot of people think it will not be resolved, particularly the japanese in 21% more realistic about that. the united states initiating military action against north korea in an attempt to stop its nuclear program.

the u.s. role has been mis portrayed and turkey is owed an explanation he says the build up is aimed at countering the resurgence of eisel will be internally focused and is important for the stability of syria however that's not what others involved in syria's war think ankara to han moscow and damascus have all voice their opposition to the force once again it highlights the complicated nature of syria's war isis been pushed out of most of the territory that it once held and so the battlefield is becoming perhaps even more complicated with each side trying to carve out its sphere of influence and it seems the syrians are the ones that hold the least sway of all. well rex tillerson and the us it seems have been sending mixed messages about the force they're planning in syria but the pentagon is saying one thing and the state department saying something very different a pentagon correspondent particle hain has more. the long term goals of u.s. policy in syria have been a bit muddled but the secr

the president of the u.s. -- 430 years now. substantial investments over the now, -- for 30s now, substantial investments over the years. onshore, offshore, extensive trading business and also renewables. not solar but wind actually. so quite sizeable business. not as big as they are, but we're working on it. so we're growing and increasing our production. we have three areas onshore. increasing to eight fields offshore. 300,000-plus parts a day. 400,000. so it's our second biggest location outside of the norwegian continent. so we are growing in production. so i would like to congratulate you, like many others here, on the tax reform. i think that is really good news, i guess for all of us here, but also for the oil and gas and our industry. you know, oil and gas is also heavily regulated business. so your thinking on regulation -- >> we're becoming energy self-sufficient very rapidly. and as you know, we're opening up a lot of different places in the u.s., including the plants this year that you're building. a lot of places ar

with the u.s. until recently was saying the relationship with the cause is transactional but right now after the sea of isis i think the talk is that is beginning to understand and well see them to be gullible in this sense the the u.s. is going to maintain a longer relationship with the kurds and i agree with joshua yes this is at the expense of turkey the that the us is slowly less concerned about losing turkey to russia which previously the state department and the u.s. has always been worried about but i think that concern is much less now than what it used to be especially with the one at the helm this may change from what i was really scared about what he said on a change of attitude so that you raise that i mean the u.s. was against the kurdistan the independence referendum and iraq and yet they seem to support this some that type of action if it ever way to get to that point in syria a real change in policy here isn't it it is it is and i think you're very right to bring up that comparison b

tonight a message to mark the calendar the u.s. embassy in israel will move to jerusalem by the end of next year u.s. vice president mike pence made that announcement in a speech to israel's parliament today he received a standing ovation but israeli arab lawmakers were thrown out of the chamber for protesting fences visit and strong policy on jerusalem also coming up a surprise deal in washington the u.s. senate votes to end the government shutdown paving the way for hundreds of thousands of people to go back to work and germany's a social democrats get set for negotiations to form another grand coalition with conservatives but the chancellor will not have an easy rock. you. bring coffee it's good to have you with us the vice president mike pence has told the israeli knesset that the american embassy will move to jerusalem by the end of next year now that's earlier than expected and it only adds to the controversy mike pence is the first u.s. politician to visit the region since president recognized jerusalem as israel's capital la

yesterday in the u.s. with the bond market pushing north of 2.5% at the 10 year level we saw the market rotating out upon proxies, utilities, etc, rotating into financials. how much more does that trend have to run if we continue to see yields pushing up, as you suggest? peter: i think that is a good point and one we have been focused on. generally we like financials. we think that not only is this a positive play on growth. they will benefit from higher interest rates or steeper yield curves. seene same token, we have bond proxies look vulnerable. europe is a good example of this. we are seeing a slowdown in their underlying growth rates. they are vulnerable to rising bond yields. we think that rotation will continue. matt: i want to boil down the consumer to the u.k. supermarket shopper. profits. the pretax they seem to be positive. the economic outlook in europe is not only good, but more sustainable than that of the u.s. peter: stronger relative to trend. matt: exactly. how is the consumer looking from

parliament made it clear to the u.s. vice president that jerusalem is where policy and people are. i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. jerusalem is israel's capital the united states embassy will open before the end of next year. we send the message that not the entire knesset is in favor of or pence. mischievously must be the capital of palestine and west jerusalem the capital of israel. clearly there is a problem with the descent of the european state continue to believe that the only problem i think realistic solution portugal some of my past the promise about it some of the ca chanst and so that has to be the capital of the states. also coming up tonight germany is moving closer to a new government but one young leader among the social democrats considers sharing power with chancellor angela merkel to be something like the kiss of death for his party. we don't want it but we have to do it and that's the endless loop we've been in for so many years and comrades that logic must be broken. or we begin the day with t

aside from the u.s.'aining 11 members are meeting in japan later this month to attend a final agreement. with the backdrop in mind, asian currencies have been rallying heavily over the past year. check out the screen to see how the gauge of regional currencies have been faring. they mark the first annual gain since 2012 since the beginning of 2017. when currency that is starting 2018 off on the right foot is the malaysian ringgit. a cross the level for the first time since august 2016, as you can see from the terminal. we are saying that level just flirting with that level right there. given that we have speculation around the upcoming election in malaysia. let us check on what is making moves. industry.e, leading group games rising over 1%. we do have, when it comes to stocks that are leading gains, a . -- a stock thatoc was cut to the neutral after its plan to enter the mobile phone business in japan. that brought by ratings to a 12-year low. the fourth day of losses for the stock. last look at what is

comments from the u.s. president are damage not only in terms of people-to-people relationship but also for what the state department is trying to do on the continent in terms of building the governmental relationship between the u.s. and more than 50 countries on the continent. yes, it's very damaging. no, i don't think it's going to fade away quickly. >> so unfortunate. david mckenzie for us. thank you. >>> of course some of president trump's reported comments specifically disparaged haiti, not just africa. the island nation is marking eight years since the earthquake that killed some 300,000 people. the trump administration apparently now wants to remove many of the survivors who fled to the u.s. after the earthquake. the haitian embassy is responding to the controversial by thanking those who offered words of support after the president's remarks, and the embassy says it looks forward to maintaining its longstanding relationship with the u.s. a sampling of residents we spoke with in haiti also was quite

he said beijing is ready to work with the u.s. to help resolve issues around north korea's nuclear program and all sides should jointly have a resumption of talks this after officials gather in vancouver fto talk about pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. xi said the two countries need to work together to resolve trade disputes >>> sticking with china, china's yuan extended its rally against the dollar after the pobc set its official yuan mid point at the highest level in two years bundesbank said it would include the yuan in its reserves the bank of france already said it held some reserves in the chinese currency >>> lawmakers in the u.s. have surged at&t to cut all commercial ties with huawei and to oppose plans by china mobile to enter the u.s it supported that american companies have been advised that any links to huawei could inhibit their ability to work with the u.s. government >> steven, big news this morning, at&t and u.s. lawmakers getting involved there when you hear these types of events unfolding, it's not the first time we

and the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of the days looking forward to for the dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the your. education with a different. interpretation of islam is absolutely different from mine as a muslim woman in a taliban school for girls in afghanistan reveals a way of life rarely seen. your goal to not only tell them about their bills and regulations but to teach them about. an exclusive documentary gains access to the ghost of the taliban. at this time on al-jazeera. there were over forty charges as i recall but primarily it was material support to terrorism the holy land foundation was the biggest muslim charity in the usa i'd definitely said that this was a p

the u.s. says it will withhold another payment to the un's relief agency for palestinian refugees a forty five million dollars was promised last month for food aid on tuesday washington announced it was going to withhold more than half of a one hundred twenty five million dollars aid package the u.s. and the u.s. state department denies it's a way to pressure the palestinians to return to the negotiating table germany says it will no longer export arms to countries involved in the war in yemen the move will impact the sale of military equipment to the saudi led coalition that has been fighting the rebels in the country since two thousand and fifteen and pope francis is in peru ways been visiting communities affected by illegal gold mining in the amazon the leader of the catholic church then time in the city of porto with indigenous leaders. up to date with our top stories counting the cost is next that's it for myself and the team in london but more news from doha. facing realities growing up w

in the u.s., it's a little bit more. increasehink we should the level. 12% in japan. 13%ease, some support that, in japan, 9% in the u.s., but not much more than that. the wayou view president trump has handled the north korean nuclear issue? now, i needn't tell you this, because you know this about issue.ther there's a huge partisan divide on this, among republicans and democrats. but the independents fall the democrats' way on this one. so that's kind of where that data is. that a can see here majority of both the japanese u.s. public think that -- they view the handling unfavorably. the difference here is, you unfavorable or somewhat unfavorable, more intense in the u.s. than it is japan. but obviously still a majority, japanese, view the handling of north korea as do a majority of the american public. which of the following is closer to your view? nuclear arms buildup is mostly driven by insecurity. just one hypothesis that people talk about. that it's mostly driven by and aggression. mostly driven by a desire to be r

the u.s. senate has approved president donald trump's nominee to be the next chairman of the federal reserve powell had support from republicans and democrats to lead to the central bank the lawyer and former investment banker will start next month he succeeds janet yellen who was the first woman to lead the federal reserve those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story i'll be back in about half an hour of my. present life. and washington state but. green and the. u.s. policy is the so-called peace. story. hello there welcome to the program i'm laura kyle donald trump's recent recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel provoked protests and outrage among palestinians the allies and other critics worldwide that anger hasn't been placated with the visit of the u.s. vice president the divided city israeli palestinian members of parliament were forcibly removed was listening to his speech the applause in the class it was especially loud when pence promised

the u.s. vernment shutdown just passing the house. we get the view from a long-term market watcher. this is bloomberg. >> this is daybreak asia. the war is far from over. >> we did get through one battle, which is the house following the sentence lead and passing the stopgap funding bill . again, this is only going to last for three weeks and then we are back on the table again. let's start with you. -- he said we thought we would get the government shutdown and then they would come back monday and open up. >> he was right. >> he was right. -- >> nothing at all. article talking about how this stalemate has the fruits in this does nothing to end it because the parties have parched onar ideology and the interesting thing it is not always like this . as recently as 2006, they were only a the percentage point gap on their views about the positivity of immigration and now democrats are more than twice as likely to think that immigration is good for the country. >> it is fastening -- fascinating how

the u.s. has firmly voiced its support for the anti-government movement baster nikki haley has even called for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council to discuss the ongoing situation even going on to praise the great bravery of the protesters the international community has a role to play here on this the freedoms that are enshrined in the united nations charter our nerves are under attack in iran if the iranian dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the u.n. must speak out iran's president has come out in defense of peaceful protests but the supreme leader believes the foreign powers are to play let's check out what was said. that the enemy is waiting for an a but you need for a correct it can infiltrate you look at the recent days incidents all those who are at odds with these lawmakers with public have utilized various means including money weapons bullet and intelligence apparatus to great problems for these linux system republ

the u.s. state department is urging turkey not to invade african in syria turkish forces are massing on the border and are preparing action against the kurdish why p.g. considers the y.p. g a terrorist group but its fighters have been a key ally for the u.s. elsewhere in syria stephanie decker has more from. the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the syrian border present one has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area baffling for almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. inside africa and thousands marched on thursday in protest to turkey's aggression how the feeling of the us is the goal of this large demonstration is to send a message to the world and especially to turkey concerning the turkish threats we will not be a fright. in the human body we came here to protest against the attacks on africa and we will stand by a free and outreach that. is one of three autonomy as kurdish enclaves controlled by the syrian kurdish p y d party and i

ironic uses the u.s. of interfering in its affairs as tehran says anti-government protests have been diffused. and snow in the sunshine state the deep freeze parts much of the u.s. in a dangerous blast of cold air is on the way. police excerpts of a forthcoming book on the trump administration are causing a political storm in the u.s. president has set out on his former senior strategist steve bannon for his comments in the book and calls trump's oldest son treasonous for meeting a lawyer linked to the kremlin in two thousand and sixteen that meeting essential to an investigation into alleged russian meddling and the presidential campaign and asked to park reports. for the first time a furious donald trump publicly thrashed his former strategist over comments in an upcoming book saying steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind in fire and fury inside the trump white house bannon says donald trump jr was treasonous and unpatriotic whe

the u.s. is calling for restraint from turkey in its operation against kurdish fighters in the northern syria its soldiers have entered the enclave of plane parts of an assault to drive out kurdish peoples protection units a y p g turkey's prime minister says the aim is to create a thirty kilometer safe zone stuff decca records from the turkey syria order. the border echoes with the sounds of war turkey's offensive on africa is now well under way the ground operation started on sunday turkish soldiers supporting free syrian army fighters inside syria. turkish president brigitte type edging defiant as he addressed a large crowd in the city of course. this is a national struggle and then this national struggle will crush anyone who stands against us let this be known. it's been a week of rhetoric politicians promising that turkey was going to attack a free to rid of the y.p. g. kurdish fighters that i'm pro considers terrorists but they're also the u.s. is best ally on the ground in fighting i st

the u.s. though is determined that the move will go ahead and quickly pence announced that the us embassy will relocate from tel aviv to jerusalem by the end of twenty one thousand. for for more now we want to speak to our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer good evening to you on yours so we know that the vice president said he came with a message from the u.s. president and we heard that today what else was in ben's is message to the knesset and to the world. well we heard a speech from impact with fifty could references and also praising history praising the ties between israel and the u.s. and also praising again the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as the capital of saying what has been done wrong in the past seventy years was being right this time by president trump he also talked about a vote on it's interesting because he said to you vote israeli set and iran would never be able to develop a nuclear weapon and that the u.s. would not be able to certify the disastrous venue nuclear deal or

the u.s. president was the hottest ticket here in davos he was expected to bring with him a message of america first and he did or be adding not america alone his message was a sales pitch he said america is open for business invest in america and the davos elite well they decided that this was a message not really tailored for them it had more of a domestic focus the u.s. president used his speech to what he considered his successes jaring his first year in office including the corporate tax reform the low unemployment rates and record off the record on the stock market now some of those messages did go down well with corporate chieftains he held a dinner with c.e.o.'s of big name companies including s.a.p and zealand's and then they congratulated him on the slashing of that corporate tax rate and they said that they would invest in the future on the whole it was a more subdued tone from the u.s. president there wasn't anything particularly inflammatory or weak leaders have been laying the gro

the statement also said that the u.s. is no longer a partner for peace and that the palestinians want international involvement but given that the us is perhaps the only country that can put pressure on israel will this work. we have to utilize different forms or back on to believe it has to know that this occupation this form of brutal colonialism can no longer be accepted and therefore we have to go to the international criminal court we have to go to the international court of justice we have to join an organization. accede to charters and conventions that would protect us from the one hand count the us president donald trump has said he will cut u.s. aid to the palestinians if that happens there will be an economic impact this factory produces extract of olive leaf tablets and he's part of a multi million dollar project to encourage enterprise in jericho the occupied west bank the factory was set up in this industrial zone with japanese investment without it it wouldn't have been successful for the operations manager h

the u.s. is responsible that is the reason why turkey felt compelled to intervene and to start this operation in the first place because. the u.s. even though they backtracked. to initial announcement and they said they want to establish an army of force parallel force. in all countries off the road that it's only one of a log and one army on kind of was determined even before such an end of them that the p.g.a. should not be armed about this particularly the u.s. did not listen and continued their support. heavy about guns with four thousand truckloads or weapon of a tool why p.g. against whom against the syrian regime or distorts. rallies against the military operation have been held in europe in turkey demonstrators were met by a heavy police presence with reports that the authorities use force to disperse the crowds at least twelve people have been detained there and scuffles also broke capitol police and protesters. now the u.s. national security agency is using voice recognition software

instead, the u.s. and japan in the case of the u.s., 35% and the second option is multiparty negotiations. in the japanese, the first option is a little bit stronger than the others, 21%. direct talks between north korea and the united states -- and you see at the very bottom, a lot of people think it will not be resolved, particularly the more realistic -- anyway, you can call it "realistic" about that. the united states initiating military action against north korea in an attempt to stop its nuclear program. despite the fact that you saw how very few people say it can be solved by military option, when you put the option on the table, you end up getting more people supporting it. it is a minority, only 21% in japan. 33% in the u.s. i think that is quite high when you consider what mike will tell us about the options or what are good options -- i would love to hear ike's opinion on that. you also find something a little bit more difficult to understand which is that if you breakdown that 33%, the major

have 56,000 people working in the u.s. on yourlations [indiscernible] when he says he works for siemens, he is the president. we work for our customers. >> we are doing really well. we are investing quite a lot into the company. since you have been effective with the tax reform, we have decided to look at the next generation. >> that is a big thing. ?hen will that be developed >> charlotte. >> thank you on behalf of charlotte. >> mr. president, thank you for happening -- having me. great job. >> mr. president, thank you for the invitation. by two compounded americans who moved to switzerland after the civil war. plants.te 77 almost everything we sell is locally made. isare excited about what going on. >> people think of nestle for candy, i read the other day that that is only 3% of your company. what is your primary products now? >> coffee, pet food. >> fantastic job you are doing. thank you so much. >> [indiscernible] you.e tiny compared to one third of the south is working in new york. some in san francisco. well, it all

if he's going to look inward into the u.s. to rebuild infrastructure yes foreign policy in effect should become his domestic policy and i think that that that is where he needs to go and he needs to let the koreas work things out he's got to recognize that that if he takes. military action anywhere it's going to cost tremendous amounts and he's he's always thinking in dollar in terms of dollars so i think that that's going to be a major well you know out of the race i get it also means influence influence throughout the region it what do it what is the it going to mean and i want and i want him to think about his legacy a peaceful legacy that's all the time we have gentlemen many things of i guess in washington and in london and thanks to our viewers for watching us here or to see you next time and remember. in two thousand and sixteen the panama papers show the world with a tax haven the secrets two trillion united states dollars pass through most of conseco in the amount of time that we panama papers exposure that's what it s

defense the u.s. defense strategy so much more on the offensive side of tracks it almost makes you think that someone copy and pasted the outdated title from the previous one you know so yes the first thing you should know about this is that the cold war mentality the so-called it's the cold war priority that is making a comeback of this great power challenge where this great power competition is something the united states military hasn't been focused on since from since decades ago since the times of the cold war so really the infamous war on terror is taking the backseat now it is being put on the back burner and instead washington has russia and china in its sights almost literally here's how they are justifying this. we face growing threat from revisionist powers as different as china and russia or from each other nations that do seek to create a world consistent with their authoritarian models are showing veto authority over and other nations economic diplomatic security decision. well really th

did the planning it was coordinated from u.s. control very names in have out and weapons are being transferred little by little to iran they wanted to finish is in february that was the plan. but he also sympathised with public demands for better economic conditions it terrazas thought to have the protests was right those who lost their money and it's not too long protest for them people are saying death to high prices we're saying not to what people are saying should be heard people's rights shouldn't be missed in the middle of this mess. meanwhile what was essentially a leaderless protest movement with competing demands seems to have fizzled out but on social media sites people are still sharing old videos of anti-government demonstrations. protests last week with the boldest challenge to rather stablish lives in nearly a decade but crowd size is only ever numbered in the thousands in contrast in two thousand and nine more than a million people came out into the streets to protest the reelection of president mahmoud ahmadinejad

we see the u.s. e to decline against the backdrop of the stronger sterling and euro despite bigger than expected bpi on friday. futures in australia, 31 points going into the sydney open. watch out for the mining stocks this week, we are expecting quarterly reports out of the hp and rio, and the catalysts for the aussie dollar being fourth quarter china gdp out on thursday, the aussie dollar currently trading back above 79 u.s. a look at the japanese yen before we head to the tokyo open this monday, we are expecting more pressure to come through from the stronger currency in terms of the equities outlook. sterling traded at 137.37. just reminder, the s&p 500 closing over 7/10 of 1%, higher in eight out of nine days. we have monday markets in the u.s. closed for the holiday. let's get to more on what we should be watching in trading in asia. $24 billion into equities globally last week, this is real and global. adam: it is, and not really selling signs of slowing, which is interesting to some people, f

it puts the u.s. a disadvantage because south korea may well go ahead with this, and it would seem to up the pressure on the u.s. secretary of state tillerson said he might be willing to have a back channel into talks, but then president trump shot that down saying will not have talks. talks,two sides to have it will be interesting to see how president trump responds. he did not respond except to say, we will see. we will see. thiss not tweeted on the -- on this since it became public yesterday, so it will be interesting to see the reaction from the white house. tracy: jodi schneider jumping nukes toh korean unrest. we will be delving deeper into those protests in iran with the national iranian council president joining me around the half hour mark. up next, china's economy shows more strength with the caixin manufacturing survey beating expectations. we will look at whether that momentum is set to continue. this is bloomberg. ♪ rg. ♪ tracy: this is "bloomberg markets: middle east." i am tracy alloway

cities in the u.s. are bracing for extreme cold and may just no storms in the northeast the cold snap is expected to worsen in the coming days it's caused some parts of the niagara falls to freeze all ready. and time to take you through some of the headlines here now to syria now palestinian leaders say they won't be blackmailed after the u.s. president threatened to cut aid donald trump tweeted blaming palestinians for refusing to engage in middle east peace talks he also said he taken jerusalem off the negotiating table relations with the u.s. have plummeted since trump recognized jerusalem as israel's capital last month iran's ambassador to the u.n. is accusing the u.s. of interfering in his country's domestic affairs after washington's ambassador called for an emergency un meeting to discuss anti-government protests at least twenty two people have died in days of unrest. and the u.s. president has lashed out that is former chief strategist steve bannon to saying he's lost his mind follows the publica

the u.s. asked turkey not to take military action in the kurdish controlled district in northern syria. this is live from doha also coming up pope francis arrives in peru for the second leg of his south america tour. his first year in office we look at the tomatoes effect of his foreign policy in the middle east. i'm floating in a colossal bright space and find out how artists are using virtual reality as a new me. the u.s. state department is urging turkey not to invade syria turkish forces are massing on the border in preparation of action against the kurdish y p g well turkey considers the white b.g. a terrorist group but its fighters have been a key ally for the u.s. elsewhere in syria stephanie deca has more now from on talk you. the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the syrian border present to one has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area baffling for almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. inside africa and thousands marched on

the u.s. president is threatening to cut aid to the palestinian authority in a tweet donald trump asked why the u.s. should make any future a payments to palestinians they no longer want to talk peace or show the u.s. respect trump angered palestinians last month by recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital in the same tweet he now says jerusalem status is off the negotiating table palestinians insist occupied east jerusalem should be the capital of their future state. in a series of tweets the palestine liberation organization has responded to trump's threat saying the palestinian people will not be blackmailed trump has sabotage the peace process blaming the palestinians for the consequences of his own irresponsible actions washington is also threatening to cut off funding to the un agency helping palestinian refugees according to the united nations relief and works agency more than one million people live in fifty eight recognized palestinian refugee camps in jordan lebanon and the west bank

the u.s. senate failing to agree on a new spending plan the republicans and democrats are being blaming each other will be asking how the shutdown of the u.s. and. also on the program turkish troops have stepped up the shelling of the syrian town of fruit in a campaign against the kurdish militia that control the region despite washington's appeals for restraint turkish officials say a ground and air operation is now under way. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring it thanks for joining us a year into donald trump's presidency the u.s. remains a country racked by political division on the very day marking the first anniversary of trump swearing in ceremony the federal government has shut down after congress failed to reach a last minute deal on spending it means government workers will be staying at home halting all but the most essential operations recriminations have already begun. it was a night of partisan politics at the capitol despite hours of debate and last minute deal making

with the u.s. government shutdown for a second day republicans and democrats in the senate have been trading blame for the deadlock public and majority leader mitch mcconnell said the democrats had been wrong to grow a temporary funding bill but he said he didn't agree with president of the senate will should be changed to a budget could pass with just a simple majority says republicans should use the so-called nuclear option if the stalemate continues for more on this let's go straight to rose jordan who is in washington d.c. for us hi there we're also so is congress any closer to finding a solution. well the reuters news agency says that the scene senate excuse me leadership the majority leader mitch mcconnell and the minority leader chuck schumer are supposed to have a meeting later on sunday but that does not mean that they're any closer to finding some sort of compromise in order to restart government operations in fact there is a vote scheduled at six g.m.t. on monday to see if they can pass a

has been working with the u.s. in order to push ice a lot of syria not enough rain further east of the euphrates river in turkey seize the y.p. g. is an offshoot of the kurdistan workers' party or p k k which it together with the u.s. in europe considers a terrorist organization a free has been relatively peaceful throughout this war and it hosts tens of thousands of internally displaced syrians the americans have never had a presence here unlike the other kurdish run area of syria but the russians do and i'm chris says it has every right to protect its borders the timing is interesting it will let you know after you have been there for quite a long time it's never through like you know was it a serious issue to threats or turkey but are going to probably needed these kind of nationalistic. you know rhetoric and potentially use its military in order to be able to gain more. with the upcoming elections in turkey so i think that comes the doctor. you know set aside when it comes to actual interaction and into a friend