or whether it's egypt and the u.a.e. and i so want to get your reaction to what sami was just saying but also if we're talking about international players who have an interest in libya let's not forget russia where does russia stand right now and are they in. back back in general have to. largely have to come additional two factions rather when it comes to the supply of weapons i think from his point is entirely true that every country that has had a vested interest in libya since two thousand and seven has probably broken one of those arms violations where they were giving in to quote unquote islamists or other of the rebel factions or whether they're giving it to the libyan national army in the commission of a militia is the point of an improper but i think there's a slight you want because i think maybe the binary should necessarily be islamists and the others but today the binary really is civil government or military government the supply of weapons that is going to towards the violations of the onondaga that is goi

than chief of staff of the u.a.e. on force as the current crown prince of all lobby so how much of an ace that was then crown prince of bahrain he's now the country's king the late princess. the minister of defense who went on to be crowned prince and all muscly man the egyptian intelligence chief and former vice president of egypt also now deceased. let's now go to our guests joining me here in the studio abilities of her qatari academy and researcher a london andrea scribd assistant professor of the defense that is department at king's college london and from milan via skype claude salhani opinion editor of the whitley newspaper while come to the program mr abdul aziz like to ask you this question i mean the investigation on al-jazeera shows that this is a replay of an old scenario yes i mean the the two episodes clearly shores it's not about terrorism it because i mean it's only till elite in one thousand in the ninety's and early two thousand when we started to hear about the symptomatology it's not about zero bec

i think u.a.e. and saudi arabia although they have different agendas but but they share i mean a common interest here then it comes the egypt under this is. of an old scenario but then the question. one should ask is basically the key players in one in one thousand and ninety six most of them are no longer here so why should this be replicated a year ago what has what has what has changed and what hasn't. actually former saudi and emirate he point of view things have actually worsened after the arab spring and i mean that brings us back to two thousand and fourteen i do think that while qatar was a nuisance in the ninety's and you know had a lot of wealth by you know the twenty years on in the one and to two thousand and fourteen qatar was ridiculously wealthy nobody had dissipated such a hyper development it was a country that was very much punching above its weight also with the with al-jazeera it was a country that had influence soft power influence across the world but particular also across the

or range by the u.a.e. so miller is apparently widening this probe beyond russian influence into the american election he's looking now into influence by the u.a.e. and other nations and natter has met specifically with jared krishna that is particularly interesting because it has been reported that other nations have been caught talking about how they feel that cushion or is vulnerable to influence because of his business ties and specifically israel the u.a.e. mexico and china are reported to have been overheard commenting about this so that puts the trumpet ministration in a bit of a bind expanding the probe puts cushion or in a potentially bad position and also steve bannon who has also met with nader i mean dave jericho they're already being looked at quite considerably and there's lots of questions about his security clearance now with regards to his closeness to the president if this indeed is true what could this mean to his position. or that's right sue cushion or had a bad week he lost his top sec

leaked e-mails u.a.e. linked to businessman and his suspected plan to get america's top diplomat fired. from the slowing all in the winds to an enchanting dance that brings the you. hello there there's plenty more cloud and rain that's crossing parts of the middle east at the moment the satellite picture is showing the latest batch of cloud working its way across turkey and then all the way across into tech menaced on heavy showers out of this at times and gradually will see edge its way towards the east they've tashkent will see if you will but some pieces of cloud fuel showers there during the day on tuesday. marty that will tries to edge of way as we head into wednesday but i think our marty will still be clinging on to that cloud we could see a couple of flurries of snow at times too elsewhere largely fine and dry good day of trial there over the northern parts of iran and further west it should be dry forcing beirut all temperature of a twenty degrees bit further towards the south and here in doha the

the u.a.e. and because of the saudi arabia mostly for the reason that carter had a different vision they wanted to do something different from the big brother and particularly the nine hundred ninety that we're trying to get out of the umbrella of saudi influence and somewhat saudi bullying and what we see today in two thousand and seventeen as a continuation of a very long. history of saudi intervention in country affairs a way of trying to saudi trying to bully qatar into submission and qatar is now standing up to it and said now says today in twenty seventeen or twenty eighteen we are more powerful than we were in the one nine hundred ninety s. were more able to also use our soft power that we weren't able to use in the one nine hundred ninety s. and the two thousands so it kind of is a continuation of an ongoing policy that has happened for many many years and the thing is the same people who are involved in the two thousand and seventeen crisis particularly mama busied the i would say somew

the u.a.e. were already out of contention for a place at next year's tournament this final qualifying event is being hosted by zimbabwe and they were expected to get the win they needed to make it through the u.a.e. passing firstly they scored two hundred thirty five to seven was in bad boys been at every world cup since nineteen eighty three but fell three runs short in their running affected run chase only a low scoring draw in friday's final game between island and afghanistan can now say from. well two places at the top mentioning that next year were up for grabs at this final round of qualifying the west indies they already assured of their place friday's game between island and afghanistan now becomes a winner takes all much i was there in harare to witness that shot last for zimbabwe. watching zimbabwean cricket fans react to the loss was interesting many said they felt that they could not believe that zimbabwe's national side lost against a united arab emirates a mummy in the past used t

businessman elliott brody brody too has u.a.e. ties according to the b.b.c.broidery reportedly lobbied to president donald trump in october to support the blockade against qatar to hold secret talks with the crown prince and to fire secretary of state rex tillerson because he opposed the blockade to be clear there is no indication moller is investigating broidery. alice find interesting is the extent of the influence the emirates hold inside washington it seems to have invested so much good is now this over confidence that they can have their way into the us administration and to the extent that. they were trying to get to the head of some because of his position toward the gulf crisis at the same time what is a lot of. it's an act of. national role being part of the game in washington but it's rather you have two agents any of its. and yours may that whole or trying to establish a diabetic can link between tromp and mohammed have been. there's also the question of whether the president's initial support for the blockade was in any way influenced by his son i

leaked e-mails a u.a.e. linked businessman and his suspected plan to get america's top diplomat fired we'll have the details. with no clear winner in a sleaze election we'll look at the coalition prospects between. the right wing parties which fared well at the polls. and aid convoy has been forced to retreat from syria's besieged eastern gusa region because of an escalation in fighting the red cross says aid workers a safe and most of the forty trucks have been loaded but the world health organization says around. seventy percent of medical supplies were blocked by the government monday's aids every was the first since mid february and seven hundred people have been killed in eastern goose us since the government intensified its offensive there more than two weeks ago. reports and a warning you may find some of the images in this story disturbing. it's the first time aid has entered the rebel controlled enclave of eastern huta since the latest offensive began just over two weeks ago but world health organiz

and al-jazeera investigation has revealed new evidence of saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain's attempt to overthrow the qatari government in one thousand nine hundred six it includes interviews with coup leaders who conspired to remove shay hamad bin khalifa funny the father of the current commune of qatar who was then the country's leader the investigation comes eight months into a blockade against by gulf neighbors they accuse the house of supporting terrorism which kept denies south korean envoys have met the north korean leader kim jong un in pyongyang for the first time since he took power in two thousand and eleven south korean president bush in sent five senior delegates in an attempt to establish dialogue between pyongyang and washington but the u.s. says it will not begin talks until north korea takes steps to wind back its nuclear program. the world health organization says the current listeria outbreak in south africa is the largest in recorded history one hundred eighty people have died so far but swine a zombie and mozambique have banned me to i

leaked e-mails u.a.e. links businessman and he suspects a plan to get america's top diplomat five plus. no family should endure what we have endured. students and parents protest as florida politicians debates a bill to allow teachers to carry guns into school as. an aid convoy has been forced to retreat from syria's the sieged east and region as the government pressed on with its and ground assault the convoy of forty trucks pulled out of the town of duma without unloading all of its aid the government has already confiscated most medical supplies reports and a warning some of you may find images in the story just. it's the first time aid has entered the rebel controlled enclave of eastern huta since the latest offensive began just over two weeks ago but world health organization officials say seventy percent of what was loaded on the trucks was removed during. inspection. it's not the first time syrian government officials have prevented trauma kids and surgical supplies from reaching besieged areas they

somalia and the u.a.e. has frosty relations even before the ports deal was signed somali government leaders say it's because of somalia's refusal to side with countries including the u.a.e. which are blockading qatar saudi arabia the united arab emirates and other countries cut the bull market ties with qatar last year they insist that others in the horn of africa follow their. bits of the somali federal government which offered him a new trial in the crisis against most of its one of. the somali government blames the u.a.e. for courting the leaders of the six federal states and encouraging them to side with the blockade in countries causing a serious challenge to somalia's already struggling state building process you know . it's true we are passing through tough times but it is true our economy is not doing well but we shall never allow foreigners to take advantage of our weaknesses and interfere with us of. barely two months of the he was appointed somalia's foreign minister has been given the responsibi

haven't been simon's visit coincides with a leak of documents said to show lobbying efforts by the u.a.e. and saudi arabia to influence the trumpet ministration and just to have reports. you. this saudi crown prince started his u.s. visit with talks at the white house president donald trump showing recent saudi weapons purchases from american manufacturers both showered each other with praise for their country's close ties we really have a great friendship a great relationship i would really have to say the relationship was to put it mildly very very strained during the obama administration and the relationship now is probably as good as it's really ever been thank you mr president actually the relation to saudi arabia message for america it's all the relation we have all the first america and the middle east right more than eighty five and big interest politically economically and security but mohammed bin some months trip which includes several cities and meetings with u.s. cabinet members coincides with leaked documents said to show lobbying efforts by saudi arabia and the u.a.e. aime

media reports indicate mueller is looking into whether the u.a.e. try to buy influence in the white us it's bringing our guests on set with me is measure observe very director of the gulf studies center at cateye university from washington d.c. by skype is highly just on executive director absence of washington and from florence also by skype is of shane shah e c electra of middle east politics at university of bradford thank you for joining us i know it's still anything but i'm just wondering how this is reverberate you know how this is likely to reverberate i think the information that was released by the intercept is worrisome and i hope that it will get the attention it deserves first i think with regards to the nature of the saudi american relationship i think this information shows that this new if you will transactional mike yeah character of the relationship both sides using each other you know trump on one hand saying we put our man on and been some man claiming to have a question or in his pocket that kind of moves that relationship actual

committee neither is said to have offered broadly business deals on behalf of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. in order to exert influence over white house policy policies which advocated confrontational approaches towards iran and gutter brodie denies the claims that his spokesman accuses hackers working for carter for leaking the documents their accusations guterres government has described as baseless a fear look at the blockade and the crisis in the gulf a crisis started last year there is a context for this and it seems that those preparations produce this kind of a crisis because it was a trend that is a consistent a plan. supported by the two government governments financially supported by in washington and is alliances and led to all of this. that is they became prominent recently as a witness in the investigation into foreign influence on the trumpet ministration by special prosecutor robert mueller the media reports to complicate been someone's tour of the united states the trip has been described as a public relations blitz for the crown prince but could expose him to increasingly

an al-jazeera investigation has revealed new evidence of saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain's attempt to overthrow the qatari government in one thousand nine hundred six this includes interviews with coup leaders who conspired to michelle hunted and highly for funny the father of the current in the air of cata it was then the country's leader investigation comes eight months into a blockade against by the same countries they've accused of supporting terrorism a claim catarrh tonight's address craig who is an assistant professor in defense studies at king's college london has more on the background to the attempted coup you have to understand as within the context of the early one nine hundred ninety s. so first of all has been highly for just had come to power in one thousand nine hundred five within a bloodless coup within the palace against his father his father has been although having also similar difficulties with saudi arabia he generally been someone who was leaning towards saudi arabia he wasn't trying to alter the internal affairs and policies of q

plane but there was no response this is the third time the u.a.e. has breached country a space within four months the u.k.'s home secretary. the use of a nerve agent on territory is a brazen and reckless act investigators confirmed to reporters and was used to try to kill a former russian double agent the script and his daughter donald trump are suggested that some countries may be spared from his proposed trade tariffs in a tweet today mr trump said he would be showing great flexibility and cooperation towards his real friends those are the headlines the stream is next i'm back with the news tomorrow see that. the continent of antarctica is facing multiple threats from climate change over fishing and tourism but now a campaign is underway to create the largest protected area on the remote border the i don't see stay with al-jazeera for a series of special reports from the greenpeace expedition in antarctica. how christians across pakistan. or hear from activists part in the past year long march a movement aiming to improve the rights of one of paki

president has forged a close relationship with the u.a.e. and saudi arabia last two years of american policy by initially backing the u.a.e. and. where the u.s. has a major military base well let's get more on this now our correspondent john hendren is joining us live from washington this is a very detailed report by the new york times john what else does it have to say about george now there and what he might have been trying to do. well it's nader is a lebanese businessman who came here was very involved in negotiating on the clinton administration with syria and then sort of disappeared in the early two thousand that was a time when he was apparently doing some business for the company then called blackwater run by erik prince. for generating contracts in iraq and now he has become the focus of the moeller investigation a focus i should say of the miller investigation because that has many prongs they are looking into whether money came from the united arab emirates into the trump campaign and they're looking at what kind of influence the

an al-jazeera investigation has revealed new evidence of saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain's attempt to overthrow the country government in one thousand nine hundred six this includes interviews with two leaders who conspired to remove chef hamad bin funny the father of the current america cateye who was then the country's leader investigation comes eight months into a blockade against cattle by the same country saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt they have accused of supporting terrorism a claim cattle it denies the. mock up on the four countries that conspired against qatar in the coup attempt of ninety nine to six of the same countries that were behind the attempt of two thousand and seventeen the actual military attempt of the time was in preparation for a military invasion. and with al-jazeera much more to come for you on the program donald trump stirs up controversy over the u.s. embassy move from tel aviv to jerusalem during a visit from the israeli prime minister. and a former russian spy is critically ill in hospital in the u.k. after being

secretary of state rex tillerson all of this in a way to basically try to bolster the u.a.e. efforts to expand its political influence across the gulf region and across the greater middle east now there have been a lot of back and forth about what u.s. foreign policy particularly in the middle east should be and certainly with the june fifth blockade imposed against the state of qatar there have been a lot of questions about whether the trumpet ministration is actually standing by or harming a longtime national security ally in the gulf region so this really does raise the specter of whether the investigation is broadening and whether any persons both within the united states and outside the united states might find themselves in legal jeopardy because of it. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said to me counterpart rex tillerson his five day africa tour lavrov will visit five different countries including and and their wales sit down with the american secretary of state challenges law from moscow on russia's growing trade with africa. they'll be plenty of this in the co

forces the u.a.e. is part of the saudi coalition fighting in yemen the latest repercussions of the hoofy missile aimed at saudi arabia that provoked a blockade on ports and airports injuring vital aid and imports get in the shipment of cash was meant to pay the salaries a public employees yemen has been ravaged by the civil war between the internationally recognized government based in the south which is backed by the saudis and their allies and the who think movement which controls the north and is backed by iran as well as the cash crisis to government ministers have resigned after calling for the president's return from saudi arabia the minister the state and saeed he tweeted that the saudis are preventing abu rebel mansour hadi and his sons returning from their self-imposed exile in riyadh the deputy prime minister also stepped down he is hoping the new century yemen bank in aden last year as some are not here to mete out my hope they will deal with yemen as a country that has a great seven thousan

forces the u.a.e. is part of the saudi coalition fighting in yemen the latest repercussions of the hoofy missile aimed at saudi arabia that provoked a blockade on ports and airports injuring vital aid and imports get in the shipment of cash was meant to pay the salaries a public perrie's yemen has been ravaged by the civil war between the internationally recognized government based in the south which is backed by the saudis and their allies and the who think movement which controls the north and is backed by iran as well as the cash crisis to government ministers have resigned after calling for the president's return from saudi arabia the minister of the state and saeed he tweeted that the saudis are preventing abu reber mansour hadi and his sons returning from their self-imposed exile in riyadh the deputy prime minister also stepped down he is hoping the new century yemen bank in aden last year some i'm not here to mete out my hope they will deal with yemen as a country that has a great seven thousand

should be winding down by now but instead we see mueller expanding the investigation to include the u.a.e. and to do that he's looking at george nader and his role specifically whether there was any effort to peddle influence to buy political influence in the u.s. campaign presumably by funneling money into the trump campaign nader is a lebanese american businessman who has been a shadowy figure in american diplomacy for many years back in the ninety's the clinton administration used him as a sort of back channel go-between to negotiate with syria well now he is said to represent the crown prince of abu dhabi the effective leader of the u.a.e. and he is a subject nader is of the miller investigation miller's been asking about that influence peddling this of course is exactly what donald trump does not want he wants this investigation to narrow down and trump is mil or rather his clearly broadening the investigation but that's what special counsels tend to do if you look at the clinton investigation back in the one nine hundred ninety s. kenneth starr was the special counsel in that case h

u.a.e. and egypt are singled out for supplying weapons to rival armed groups in violation of un sanctions so what can be done to stop this this isn't story. hello and welcome to the program. libya has been a heightened state of violence for much of the past six years the overthrow of leader moammar gadhafi has created a dangerous politically divided atmosphere the country has two rival seats of power along with several dozen armed groups fighting for control now a leaked un report has shed some light on who is backing some of those forces it says the united arab emirates and egypt have been supplying weapons to armed groups on the ground that's despite a u.n. arms embargo we'll get to our guests in a moment but first this report from d.c. . armed groups in libya are continuing to receive foreign support from nations

has breached cattery or space within four months u.a.e. is among four countries that cut ties with cats are last june the u.k.'s home secretary amber rudd says the attack on a former russian double agent in the u.k. was quote an outrageous crime investigators have confirmed a rare poison was used to try to kill surrogates cripple and his thirty three year old daughter they were both found unconscious on sunday as the use of a nerve agent on u.k. soil is a brazen and reckless act a police officer first on the scene remains seriously ill but is now able to talk those are your headlines up next it's witness aussies and bob. yeah i returned to chechnya twenty years after the beginning of the. ten years after my last journey i go back to this wounded and forgotten and. the wall left a hundred fifty thousand dead one fifth of the population. what has become of chechnya. what has become of grozny the devastated can't. trace twenty years after the begin. the wall the towers of grozny have a raised everything. now for the mayor put in isn't all the

and the u.a.e. bought fifty eight percent of its weapons from the us as well amnesty international says there is evidence that this flow of arms to the saudi and coalition is having a devastating impact yemenis and here is why they have been more than six thousand civilian deaths since the conflict began about fifteen hundred of them were children the u.n. says the saudi led coalition airstrikes account for more than sixty percent of the civilian casualties the conflict has driven more than three million people from their homes more than twenty two million that's about three quarters of the population need to monetary assistance millions don't have access to safe drinking water and only huff of the health facilities remain functional there's a heightened risk of famine across much of the country with eight point four million people on the brink of starvation and there's a cholera outbreak that's been called the worst in modern history it's killed at least two thousand two hundred twenty eight people

now an al-jazeera investigation has revealed a new evidence of saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain's attempt to overthrow the catherine government in one thousand nine hundred ninety six includes interviews with coup leaders who conspired to remove shaikh hamad out been funny the father of the current emir of qatar who was then the country's leader the investigation comes eight months into a blockade against qatar by saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt the countries have accused of supporting terrorism a clay claim that catherine denies and risk created is an assistant professor in the fence studies that king's college in london he explained the background to the attempted coup of the cutter government in one thousand nine hundred six. so what they did is there was one year after the father may actually came to power in one thousand nine hundred five there was still a lot of turbulence within internally within qatar he hasn't really consolidated his power yet and want to happen is that he had a conspiracy of bahrain the u.a.e. and saudi arabia were bringing

but in january he apparently signed a contract with the u.a.e. for more than two hundred million dollars there is no evidence he used the money from nader or the u.a.e. to make those campaign contributions but legal scholar bruce fein says he could still be in legal jeopardy even if you're not paid if you're operating on behalf. of a foreign country you need register even if it's volunteered services that you're trying to do something there van and it's obvious they're talking to the crown prince those highest levels and so there were jeopardy is there whether he can prove a financial connection or not a search of the database the tracks for lobbyists does not indicate brody has registered for his part birdie told the he has long advocated tough position against cutter he reportedly filed a lawsuit on monday accusing cutter of hacking into his e-mail and leaking them to reporters charges cutter has denied his e-mails were given to the new york times and it appears to show a pattern of brody telling foreign leaders about his access to trump and th

president trumps view he has changed he has supported saudi arabia and the u.a.e. in a diplomatic dispute with qatar which of course sponsors this broadcast and the question is whether anything was done to influence that bottom line on the investigation though is that there's now goes well beyond russia that miller is looking at at least one other country and possibly others and this could go on for some time. and they knew at times also saying that he has had the links with jared crist the president's son in law and of course close aides the problems just seem to came out saying for. that's right kirshner had a bad week last week he lost his top secret security clearance that means despite the fact that his portfolio says he's supposed to negotiate middle east peace he can't even see the top secret intelligence on what is going on there then we have had a recent reports of it in newspapers here that u.s. intelligence agencies say they overheard four nations diplomats saying that they felt that cushion or was an easy target for influence because of his business tie

questioning george nader an american lebanese businessman who's an advisor to the crown prince of the u.a.e. and as the book is live for us in washington d.c. it tell us a little bit more about george need or himself and what this means for the wider mueller probe well barbara george nader is really no stranger to washington he's been sort of a shadowy fringe player here over the last three decades he was a back channel negotiator with syria during the clinton administration and more recently he's become an advisor to the u.a.e. he's also been a frequent visitor to the white house since president trump took office and this is at a time when the president has been praising the u.a.e. for its fight against terrorism and has been siding with it and saudi arabia in that blockade against qatar now what does this mean as far as the more investigation is concerned will it sounds like the special council is now casting his net out even farther he's not just focusing on whether russia tried to influence the election and influence the administration it looks like he's now looking at other countries a

and the u.a.e. bought fifty eight percent of its weapons from the us as well i'm just international says there is evidence that this flow of arms to the coalition is having a devastating impact yemenis and here is why they have been more than six thousand verified civilian deaths since the conflict began about fifteen hundred of them were children the u.n. says the saudi led coalition airstrikes account for more than sixty percent of the civilian casualties the conflict has driven more than three million people from their homes more than twenty two million that's about three quarters of the population need to monetary assistance millions don't have access to safe drinking water and only huff of the head facilities remain functional there's a heightened risk of famine across much of the country with eight point four million people on the brink of starvation and there's a cholera outbreak that's been called the worst in modern history it's killed at least two thousand two hundred twenty eight people w

has breached space within four months the u.a.e. is among four countries that cut ties with catherine last june britain's home secretary says a police officer was harmed by a nerve agent is still in a serious condition but able to talk the officer was at the scene when former russian spy screwball and his daughter were found unconscious on sunday investigators confirmed a rare poison was used to try and kill them so you're going to go to joins us now live from sols russo a police officer is talking is the shedding much light on what exactly happened on sunday. still quite tight on the details but they are saying. very little about. the substance that was used to poison set against his daughter. only indicating that it was a very rare substance. there had been reports also initially that perhaps there was. all sarin gas that's been used with devastating effect in syria but that has not been confirmed at all. with be given that this is an extremely rare substance perhaps something else altogether different now elements from the. scene

has been questioning george near the lebanese american businessman who is an advisor to the u.a.e. and gary oldman has just won the best actor oscar face before months in darkest hour he joins kobe bryant as the one of the best animated short the six minute film is based on his twenty fifteen retirement letter in the play is tribune also winning was allison janney for best supporting actress for her role in the film i taught sound wrong well rockwell took away best supporting actor for three billboards those are the headlines the listening post is next. with and for you. right here i want you to go forth your child on my way right now my friend of. mine just. got to push you further. thanks china has absolutely no doubt about. the law richard gives birth in europe the listening post here are some of the stories we're following this week the rise of xi jinping and the part the chinese news media have played in.

has breached country air space within four months the u.a.e. is one of the four countries that cut ties with qatar last june u.k. police say twenty one people are being treated as a result of a poison attack on a former russian double agent sixty six year old sergei scriptural and his daughter remain in a critical but stable condition after being found unconscious on sunday a police officer also harmed by the rare nerve agent is still in a serious condition britain's home secretary has vowed to pursue whoever is responsible thanks for your business and environmental leaders from around the world are gathering in mexico for the world oceans summit the aim is to come up with ways to use maritime resources sustainably but it's on home and reports the location of the meeting itself is a cautionary tale of financial gains trumping environmental concerns. for the delegates gathering to discuss how best to save the seas in the world ocean summit is a textbook example of what not to do in the very town that they flew into cancun it attracted seven mill

their investigation has revealed new evidence of saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain's attempt to overthrow the castro government in one thousand nine hundred six that includes interviews with coup leaders who conspired to remove the movie end there of cattles father shake him out tunney who was then the country's leader an investigation comes eight months into a blockade against cast by a saudi the bahrain and egypt the countries have accused of supporting terrorism a claim cattle vehemently denies that it was crown prince is for a three day visit in silence first foreign trip since becoming crown prince last year so then fly on to meet with leaders in the u.s. and the u.k. russia is following developments from doha. this is one hundred percent man's first foreign trip as crown prince of saudi arabia and people might wonder why did he choose egypt as the first leg of the trip well from a sandy perspective there are two serious challenges in the region first of all iran which the saudis consider almost like an existential threat and the war in yemen

twenty three russian diplomats expelled from the u.a.e. from the u.k. in the wake of the source for a nerve agent attack have now left london along with their families and the syrian government has reportedly used white phosphorus to attack civilians in eastern kentucky. well the united nations is the man that full access to civilians forced to flee eastern huta and a free man in what it says is now a massive new displacement the u.n. refugee agency says about forty five thousand people have left eastern who turned the last few days is syrian government forces closing in on opposition health pockets about seventy percent of them are women and children many suffering from life threatening illnesses that's according to the un's children agency unicef they are now in overcrowded shelters that's adding to the health risks and further north in a free one hundred forty thousand people have been uprooted by the turkish offensive to wrestle control of the enclave from kurdish fighters according to your staff the needs are overwhelming and growing by the hour th

intelligence services had determined that officials in four countries including the u.a.e. china and israel that they had been privately discussing how to use jared christians real estate investments as a way to gain leverage over him in order to influence official u.s. policy so this becomes about more and concerns of nepotism right i mean this becomes more about concerns about national security at this point correct that is right a dual loyalties that they see that his financial straits enable them perhaps to sway is used by offering the money or loans or otherwise they see him very vulnerable and the other area that i'd like to just amplify the earlier statements about turning constitutionalism on its head there are two elements of mr trump's behavior that are really quite disturbing gone beyond any previous present number one you know he openly says i need an attorney general to protect me they did he views is other government officials in the cabinet they're not to protect the constitution the american people predict him individually the second thing is that he demands

so man worked with lobbyists to push president trump into positions favoring saudi arabia and the u.a.e. ellen fish and oil from washington. the latest high profile meeting for saudis crown prince sitting down with u.s. defense secretary james mattis at the pentagon aren't you needn't going on one in the room when you come to the crown prince was received at the white house at the start of his trip five hundred twenty five million dollars that's peanuts for you here but nearly leaked documents suggest he's been trying to influence president donald trump long before his visit began the new york times says a lebanese american businessman george nida who's a political advisor to the effect of ruler of the u.a.e. what for more than a year to influence eliot brody a powerful member of the republican national committee neither is said to have offered broadly business deals on behalf of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. to try to exert influence over white house policy policies which advocated confrontational approaches towards iran and qatar brody denies the claims his spokesman accused hackers wor