the u.a.e. has deployed more soldiers in yemen's remote islands of subcontract the gulf country has been expanding its influence not just in southern yemen but across the red sea and horn of africa region so what's behind this military build up this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm jane dokken the flag of the united arab emirates has been raised over public buildings and yemen's remote island off so cock sure that's near somalia's northeastern coast some local say is a power grab at the expense of the internationally recognized government led by the president once a hottie and the how to government says the u.a.e. action is an act of hostility formally they are allies in the saudi led war against the who rebels in the capital but the u.a.e. has promoted separatists in the south and the shots in large parts of that region and so cut to island will bring in i guess a member first let's go topless as this report. showing support for yemen's prime minister group in dhaka hundreds of

i think you stands to reason for the u.a.e. to be a little bit wary of west coming out of riyadh in terms of policies and the decisions that are being made you know when it comes to certain and alliances open friendships and so i do see you know these efforts encircled that are you know yes it has been blown out of proportion because it has been politically played out in the you know the government of haiti is not being very genuine from completely honest i think in towards their position towards the u.a.e. because only just a few years ago back into science fourteen for example it was quite happy to welcome the u.n. not just in support of but as well in adam in the support of art and so i think that what we see us just you know growing tension in between as you mentioned certain powers we've been maybe the middle east but i don't think it has anything to do with the muslim brotherhood per se i think it has everything to do with your hovel and how the u.a.e. is trying to break away i think from you know this you know this from

on the part of heidi and as with the u.a.e. i mean we have to understand that as a sovereign nation they're going to do what they see as in their best interest and i think that up controlling sick without the support of i don't and having a very heavy presence in the horn of africa makes sense from a you a perspective you know one says blown out of proportion distorted very nice words but you do have sixty thousand residents on the island and many of them went down to the street denouncing what they see as emirati okupe nation of the island is it an occupation in your view catherine. yes i think it is i mean to go from i mean you have to remember that yemen is a sovereign nation and so its people have rights and if a nation is in fact imposing you know whatever whether it's military or you know otherwise its presence is forced onto a nation then yes it is not just an occupation but it's actually an octal war technically speaking and so i did again i'm not justifying the u.a.e. at all because i do think that at the end of the da

on the african side of the red sea the u.a.e. operates the as a naval and air base and it is fair used to support military operations in yemen for the south in somalia's breakaway region of somaliland the u.a.e. is building a military base in the coastal city of bell better without the approval of the central government there an important land another part of somalia with a self-governing status that is not internationally recognized so far the u.a.e. is building the port of bosaso and training the local maritime police force time to bring in our guests joining us from london and dress creek specialist in the g.c.c. an assistant professor at the defense studies department at king's college and in brighton katherine shocked them middle east commentator and researcher at albion center for strategic studies a warm welcome to both of you undress triggs let me start with you what do you think are the real motive behind the u.a.e. beefing up its presence in the island of so called for. right there are a variety of different reasons i t

the u.a.e. and saudi arabia in their battle against who's the rebels in yemen for about the past three years. all the associated press investigation says secret prisons are in military bases ports and airports vein and even a nightclub some detainees have been flown to an m. iraqi base across the red sea in every tree in u.s. defense officials acknowledge u.s. . involvement in interrogations to a.p. but denied any knowledge of human rights abuses former inmates described being crammed into shipping containers blindfolded for weeks on end and smeared with excrement at the main detention center at riana airport in the southern city of mccullough they said they were beaten trust and sexually assaulted well let's bring in our guest now for today's inside story joining us in beirut is christine becky she is the yemen and u.a.e. researcher and rights watch. editor in chief of the yemen post and in how my lebannon nabil hurry a former u.s. diplomat and former deputy chief of mission in yemen a warm wel

the u.a.e. could be removed from the saudi led coalition any i'm an after a deployed forces to a yemeni island without consulting its exiled governments or that's according to a senior yemeni official speaking to the associated press it's not clear when the iraqi troops will leave victoria gate and the reports. on the yemeni island it's a katra people protest against the u.a.e. military presence and morality soldiers arrived on the island earlier this week to see yemeni troops to leave the locations a government minister says the emerald city forces are a threat to yemen sovereignty he's calling for nationwide protests on sunday the u.a.e. is part of the saudi led coalition supporting yemen's internationally recognized government led by president abbot robbie mansell heidi. it's fighting against iranian backed rebels who control large parts of the country but the u.a.e. has permitted other separatists in southern yemen at the expense of the government analysts say the u.a.e. has a wider goal in

the u.a.e. this criticism of the government is unacceptable in this in this country that actually but that most of the time wants to be seen as open and tolerant and modern but a criticism of the royal family or the government is is absolutely unacceptable in that you do this in this region often have very little tolerance for any dissent to independent opinion how important is social media then in this context a quick note about media in general in the u.a.e. the u.a.e. is actually home to one of the most developed media landscapes in the world lots of international channels actually have their arabic speaking outposts in the criticism of the government on traditional media. and these channels is almost unheard of and that's why social media is so important because then you get these signals sometimes they sporadic true. your posts from activists like one sort to really tell us the the situation of human rights there and to give an alternative voice however social media is completely surveilled

the u.a.e. could be removed from the saudi led coalition in yemen after it deployed forces to a yemeni island without consulting the exiled government that's according to a senior yemeni official speaking to the associated press they have been further protests on so-called trial and against the u.a.e. military presence it's not clear when the troops may leave saudi arabia sent a delegation to the island after amorality soldiers took over key locations there this week the yemeni government and the u.a.e. or formally allies against to the rebels but the u.a.e. has promoted other separatists in southern yemen at the expense of the government wondrous krieg is assistant professor of defense studies at king's college london he says the u.a.e. has a wider goal in mind. if you consider the strategy that the united arab emirates have driven in yemen over the past three years actually we see that there is a pattern of valving which doesn't necessarily directly concern fighting the who these or reinstatin

the u.a.e. has deployed more soldiers in yemen's remote.

have you know military facilities on shore which they have done because they invest into it in the u.a.e. have built similar outposts in somalia and along the red sea coast going up to the suez canal so what they have done here is they have found an island which is very remote from both yemen and somalia it's very far off the coast but it's very strategically located and it kind of acts as a quasi aircraft carrier in the main over the u.a.e. in the middle of the indian ocean where they can control traffic and obviously control the traffic you can also give favorable access to the sea lanes to companies that are related to the u.a.e. so it's a military and political strategy which is very much linked to the economic strategy of you know united arab emirates. nearly one hundred people have been killed in india after a powerful dust and rainstorm hit the northern states of registered to pradesh the storm destroyed homes destructed electricity and operated trees so nobody ever reports i the storm struck in the dead of night as well slept in their homes leaving a trail of destruction and its

made a rare visit to troops on supporters may now and on wednesday shortly after residents say the u.a.e. unloaded soldiers tanks and armored transport there in attempt to intimidate the internationally recognized government of reports some yemeni troops have been expelled him iraq has been expanding their influence in southern yemen but part of the saudi led coalition fighting hoofy rebels address creek from the defense studies department at kings college in london says the move is part of a much wider strategy by the u.a.e. . and what they've done here is basically occupying a country part of the country so they've done that in aden and they're now do that and so which is very far out in the indian ocean to effectively control the backbone munda region of the indian ocean which is part of the grand strategy of the united arab emirates the u.a.e. see themselves or want to see themselves in the future to be the link between the east and the west so it's very important to control here the trade links between east asia and europe which mostly go through soon as canal and the bottom and str

which is why criticism of the u.a.e. by ministers is rare but not unheard of three months ago a minister accused the u.a.e. of trying to fragment the country by creating what he called separate regional and tribal armies a saudi delegation has been sent to mediate this latest crisis in a real that gets complicated by the day victoria gayton be out there. turkish president richard typepad behind has unveiled his party's election manifesto promising new military operations against kurdish fighters along its border in syria and iraq at the one address thousands of supporters in istanbul ahead of next month's elections he called the vote more than a year early to consolidate the move to an executive style presidency which was narrowly approved in a referendum last year. five rebels have been killed in a gunfight with government forces in indian controlled kashmir security forces moved in on the house and shop in the street where the suspected rebels were based troops ordered rebels out of the house and then started shooting

the u.a.e. status and prestige an award winning female rights activists in prison for ten years as always we want you involved in the show on twitter. with the news grid live on air and training on line three you tube facebook live and al-jazeera dot com all of those stories coming up in a moment but we're going to begin with breaking news which threatens to drive big implications for global trade the u.s. has just announced that it will impose tariffs on steel in a new mini. imports from europe mexico and canada the move which will take effect on friday potentially sets the stage for a trade war would some of america's top all eyes of terrorists would be twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on aluminum we're covering this from both sides of the atlantic peter shop is standing by in london with reaction but first a committee hockett in washington d.c. these were the targets kimberly that were promised a while ago and now the u.s. moving forward with them yes that's right and this is cert

with the war in yemen entering its fourth year the u.a.e. now controls much of the south of the country with a strong presence on both sides of the entrance to the red sea and so katra place right. the middle alex could topless al-jazeera. they say mexico city say they're struggling to fight crime under such poor working conditions as violence surges in the capital offices of tall lounges iraq they often have to buy their own supplies including bullets and also battling against regular accusations of corruption and being infiltrated by drug gangs john holmes reports corrupt inefficient and in some cases even in league with the we're going to his crime not surprisingly many mexican simply don't trust their police officers but there is another side to the story a survey of almost funny files of policemen and women found that many especially at municipal level a badly paid and lack the basic equipment to do their jobs this office into quanah one of the most violent towns in the country told us they aren't supplied with enough bullets regularly

on the yemeni island it's a katra people protest against the u.a.e. military presence and morality soldiers arrived on the island earlier this week to see yemeni troops to leave key locations a government minister says the emirates he forces are a threat to yemen sovereignty he's calling for nationwide protests on sunday the u.a.e. is part of the saudi led coalition supporting yemen's internationally recognized government led by president abbott robbie mansell heidi oh it's fighting against iranian backed rebels who control large parts of the country but the u.a.e. has permitted other separatists in southern yemen at the expense of the government analysts say the u.a.e. has a wider goal in mind if you consider the strategy that the united arab emirates have driven in yemen over the past three years actually we see that there is a pattern of war going which doesn't necessarily directly concern fighting the who these or reinstating the higher the government as it was said in two thousand and fifteen when the coalition started but it's more about securin

the u.a.e. could be removed from the saudi led coalition in yemen now through deployed forces to a yemeni island without consulting its exiled government that's according to a senior yemeni official speaking to the associated press they've been further protests on so-called island against the u.s. military presence there it's not clear when the troops will leave saudi arabia sent a delegation to the island after iran two soldiers took over key locations there this week the yemeni government and the u.s. formally allies against who the rebels but the u.a.e. as promoted other separatists in southern yemen at the expense of the government. the u.n. is warning of disease outbreaks following severe flooding in kenya at least one hundred twelve people have been killed and more than two hundred sixty thousand displaced over the past two months aid workers say they've managed to help just a quarter of the nearly fifty thousand families in need of shelter after weeks of to rental rain and or simmons has

you can't go to the port without permission from u.a.e., you to the airport without permission from u.a.e. , you can't enter aden from the land ports without the permission of u.a.e.st i, as the mi of interior, i don't even have authority over the prisons. s my value as the minist of interior? amthe coalition originallyto fight houthis with us so wherever there are houthis, the saudis and the u.a.e. must be there. but once an area is liberated, the legitimate government should be allowed to rule it. >> reporter: do you feel occupied? am i not correct, it sounds like occupation to me. >> ( translated ): it's undeclared. we have a lot of indicators on the ground that support what you just said, but we still think good of your question will come in the next few months. it's either that the coalition countries prove that they came to support the legitimate government, and they enable us to do our work. or they will prove the thing you just said and i myself will go and say it in a press conference, but not now. >> reporter: but these women will say they feel occupied. how old is your brother?

that region of the indian ocean which is part of the grand strategy of the united arab emirates the u.a.e. e.c. themselves or want to see themselves in the future to be the link between the east and the west there's very important to control here the trade links between east asia and europe which mostly go through the suez canal and the bottom of that strait between yemen and generally the horn of africa so if you want to control the straits you have to control the indian ocean so it's not and it's not just enough to have you know military facilities on shore which they have done because they invest heavily in to aid in the u.a.e. have built similar outposts in somalia and along the red sea coast going up to the suez canal so what they have done here is they have found an island which is very remote from both yemen and somalia it's very far off the coast but it's very strategically located and it kind of acts as a quad the aircraft carrier in the main for the u.s. in the middle of the indian ocean where they can control traffic and obviously of control the traffic you can also give favora

with the war in yemen entering its fourth year the u.a.e. now controls much of the south of the country with a strong presence on both sides of the entrance to the red sea and so katra place right in the middle alex could topless al-jazeera. now president trump is on his way to dallas to speak at the annual convention of the n.r.a. the national rifle association but it is as they say the optics of this event that has many criticizing the president this convention of course just a few months after seventeen students were killed in a shooting at a florida high school and several of those victims parents will be among the hundreds of people planning to protest at the convention this weekend we've got kimberly how the white house to talk us through. this one kimberly where does president trump currently stand with the n.r.a. the reason i ask is because i seem to remember him saying something awhile ago about well you've got to fight back sometimes or you've got to you've got to fight them sometimes. right and following the parklane shooting cana

with the war in yemen entering its fourth year the u.a.e. now controls much of the south of the country with a strong presence on both sides of the entrance to the red sea and so katra place right in the middle alex could topless al-jazeera. north and south korea are moving ahead with another display of unity this time with that time side the cooks in north korea have been set half an hour for it to realign them with seoul time serve us all of a decision pyongyang made in two thousand and fifteen kathy novak has will. these flowers in the center of seoul are symbolic of the renewed hope that many people here are feeling about this country's relationship with north korea the display depicts a map of a unified korea before this peninsula was divided into two countries korea was a japanese colony the legacy of that period is still a strain on japan's relationship with both koreas there's a reminder of that right here the former city hall was built during the time of japanese occupation so in twenty twelve the city government opened the new mode

this is the move the u.a.e. by ministers is rare but not unheard of three months ago a minister accused the u.a.e. of trying to fragment the country by creating what he called separate regional and tribal armies a saudi delegation has been sent to mediate this latest crisis in a report that gets complicated by the day victoria gate and be out there. israeli military says it has killed two palestinians who tried to cross into israel from the gaza strip israel says the two men were trying to damage security infrastructure more than forty palestinians have been killed and thousands injured along the border since march when weekly protests against israeli land confiscation began. human rights watch has strongly criticized saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin some on for what it calls a dramatic increase in arbitrary detentions the group says at least two thousand three hundred people have been detained for more than six months without trial some of been custody for more than a decade and human rights watch also

he says he was italks with the u.a.e. on behalf of these families.ta but the at on his government in january shut down communication.ra hanan's husban has been detained for over a year and a half. >> ( translated ): the yemeni government has no control over yemen. this is our country, the coalition treat us like slaves in our cntry. oney are occupying us. they have helped u, we thank them but they need to leave. >> reporte the silence of stalemate is a far cry from the scream of airstrikes in the north. and life goes on amid the rubble of yesterday's war with little hope for tomorrow. for the pbs newshour, i'm marcia biggs in aden, yemen. >> woodruff: for the past few weeks we have been reporting on the spread of junk news on social media. and last night, miles o'brien took a look at what facebook is doing to crack down onhe calls junk news. tonight our economs correspondent paul solman talks to a silicon valley visionary who thinks we should do away with social media entire. it's part of our weekly series "making sense"

as you know, we use u.a.s. on the border but we also use them for disaster response, to understand what it looked like before the hurricane, what it looked like after to determine public assistance. so there's quite a few areas within d.h.s. to use it. we'll continue to use this center. as you mentioned, redundancy. what we are looking at in addition to the underlying capability is we make sure we have the redundancy, that is the next phase we are in. senator hoeven: actually, i and the ommend you commissioner with customs and border protection for creating the association at grand forks which provides jobs for young people that are getting their training in aviation at the university of north dakota. not only does c.b.p. get a great young person and of course they need demand power, as we talked about, it helps them get an education because they're working for c.b.p. great program. it helps with the pilot short in the aviation industry, both manned and unmanned. i want to commend you for that. then i want to s

the u.a.e. could be removed from the saudi led coalition in yemen after it deployed forces to a yemeni island without consulting the exiled government that's according to a senior yemeni official speaking to the associated press they've been further protests on the so-called trial and against the u.s. military presence there it's not clear when the troops may leave saudi arabia sent a delegation to the island after iraq his soldiers took over key locations there this week the yemeni government and the u.a.e. are formally allies against who the rebels but the u.a.e. has promoted other separatists in southern yemen at the expense of the government well let's look a little more deeply into this we'll speak to undress creagh now he's the assistant professor of the fence studies at king's college london joining me live from istanbul good to have you on the program. in terms of the for the rather complicated politics of the saudi led coalition in yemen does the yemeni government really have much of a

on the yemeni island it's a katra people protest against the u.a.e. military presence and morality soldiers arrived on the island earlier this week to see yemeni troops to leave key locations a government minister says the m.r.c. forces are a threat to yemen sovereignty he's calling for nationwide protests on sunday the u.a.e. is part of the saudi led coalition supporting yemen's internationally recognized government led by president abbott robbie mansell heidi oh it's fighting against iranian backed rebels who control large parts of the country but the u.a.e. has promoted other separatists in southern yemen at the expense of the government analysts say the u.a.e. has a wider goal in mind if you consider the strategy that the united arab emirates have driven in yemen over the past three years actually we see that there is a pattern of war going which doesn't necessarily directly concern fighting the who these or reinstating the higher the government as it was said in two thousand and fifteen when the coalition started but it's more about securing a mo

made a rare visit to troops on the culture's main island on wednesday soon after residents say the u.a.e. unloaded soldiers tanks and armored homage transport there in an attempt to intimidate the weakened government who thought that some yemeni troops had been expelled the iraqis have been expanding their influence in southern yemen that part of the saudi led coalition fighting hoofy rebels are sometimes referred to as the galapagos of the indian issues the culture is home to seven hundred demick species including the unique dragon's blood tree its sixty thousand residents have lived most completely isolated from the outside world and i found themselves at the center of power struggle between the yemeni government and the us geo political ambitions and risk creek from the defense studies department at kings college in london says the move is part of a much larger strategy by the u.a.e. . and what they've done here is basically occupying a country part of the country so they've done that in aden and they're now do that and so contra which is very far out in the indian ocean to effectivel

has been successful before in getting u.a.e. to release their detainees so there are certainly still some threads of hope there very quickly what is it that is why does the united arab emirates want to keep these people there why would the emir want to not allow is going to trial. well it is not certain but probably because i was very outspoken about what happened in her country and what happened you know of regarding her daily life she was very restricted there and she wanted to talk about it also you know publicly and obviously the safe didn't want that to happen ok fear of criticism paula thank you so much public you still feature from our social media. before you go just reminder the top story we're following for you here today on v.w. news pulitzer prize winning novelist philip roth has died he was eighty five years old rolf was best known for exploring the jewish american experience a novel such as american pastoral and portnoy's complaint. watching g.w. news fully back to top the next hour with another bulletin thanks wat

iraqi troops will leave saudi arabia has sent a delegation to the island off to soldiers from the u.a.e. took over key locations there last week. thousands of people who took refuge in schools after losing their homes in kenya's floods are being moved into makeshift camps the government plans to reopen the schools on monday but as andrew simmons reports from the town of karachi in khalifi county people are now facing worse conditions than before it's a school classroom but this isn't about learning it's evil thousands of kenya's flood victims found food and shelter in schools but their stay is over it's time to move again the government wants to reopen the schools think i've got nothing in there is no way i can refuse to move i have no place of my own anymore. i have no peace of mind. and so the registration begins and these people are then sent on their way with some basic survival kits they're heading for a place known as the chief's camp but there's little in the way of comfort there they're all homeless with no possessions surrounded by floodwaters and there's no sign of what's goin

iraqi soldiers arrived last week pushing yemen's own forces from key locations u.a.e. says its military presence is a supporting emmons internationally recognized government. with towards. what they're calling for troops from the united arab emirates to leave the island of so cultural. the people who live here say they're more violent that means your forces have no reason to stay in iraq his soldiers turned up implies that forcing all too many troops and taking over some strategic locations they say that's part of their approach want to block forces loyal to exile be a mini president of the rebel monsoon hardy. so culturally is a walled heritage site known for its unique and pristine watch from bottom and it's located just off the coast of somalia with access to major shipping routes the head of a provincial council yemen sees the us soldiers should leave. these forces are present insecure in volumes that can't be understood there are illegitimate troops in these areas are there forces that belong to the who teach to be fought by the coalition here the answer is a big

the u.a.e. could be removed from the saudi led coalition in yemen after deployed forces to a yemeni island without consulting the exiled government that's according to a senior yemeni official speaking to the associated press have been for the protests on the so-called trial and against the u.s. military presence there saudi arabia sent a delegation to the island after iraq the soldiers took over key locations there this week the yemeni government and the u.a.e. formally allies against who the rebels but the u.a.e. has promoted other separatists in southern yemen at the expense of the government i wise beguiler remains on high alert as it continues to spew from its killer whale volcano the on and has been rocked by a series of strong earthquakes and nearly two thousand people have been forced to flee their homes well those are the headlines stay with us though because al-jazeera world starts in just a moment. beyond that if he is a bully any call got out almost quit. on them as it did it all aga

the u.a.e. and saudi arabia in their battle against who the rebels in yemen for about the past three years let's pretend dress craig he's an assistant professor at the defense studies department at king's college london and he's running as via skype how significant is this congressional vote. it is significant in that the american public needs to know what what the rule of the united states troops in that area is at the moment because nobody really knows on the other hand in terms of bringing an end to what is going on on these black sites i mean there's been a lot of evidence coming out of the last year suggesting that there are a range of different sorry it's operating in these present so u.s. as is not directly involved in actually setting up or running these sides because black sites have been somewhat made illegal after two thousand and nine but what the u.s. has done they've basically externalize this two sergeants mostly united arab emirates but even the united arab emirates have now agai

and government and the u.a.e. to south africa now where gold mining companies have agreed to a four hundred million dollars settlement to compensate thousands of mine is who contracted fatal lung diseases al-jazeera is malcolm web reports two muslim posters lungs was so badly damaged he says he struggles to breathe if you will any faster than this. you worked in gold mines in south africa for moved in thirty years you met him here at his home in the mountain kingdom of. he told us conditions were planned and worst on the ripon side. there's been a lot to how there was a lot of dust i wouldn't be able to see a person standing the ground makes to a lot that they would instruct us to go and we need to stick is who trying to use the water to listen that we had no choice it was the part of it there are a few jobs here in the thirty day that's why thomas traveled to south africa to look for work many millions from neighboring countries of them the same and his story is typical of many of those he worked in the mines whe

made a rare visit to troops on supporters may not end on wednesday shortly after residents say the u.a.e. unloaded soldiers tanks and armored transport there in attempt to intimidate the internationally recognized government there are reports some yemeni troops had been expelled they were out is have been expanding their influence in southern yemen that part of the saudi led coalition fighting who he rebels sometimes referred to as the galapagos of the indian ocean it's a culture is home to seven hundred demick species including the unique dragons blood tree its sixty thousand residents of lived almost completely isolated from the outside world and have found themselves at the center of power struggle between the yemeni government and the u.a.e. . child it is director of golf as in government relations at the middle east institute and a former u.s. ambassador to yemen he says psychiatrist to rain will make it difficult to establish any sort of military presence people have often remarked on the strategic value of sokoto over the years going all the way back to the time when it was the pe

saying here that the u.a.e. forces have gone from zero presence on this island to having a presence or did they have a presence on the island anyway. if you go if you get a little bad right now the yemeni government. orders. by the islamic courts to get the insta couple on a good. so it's not just. david of ritual for over two years right now and it's a shame about the yemeni government and the president himself. have some ninety percent of their tribe outside. or another country so they're not. really whether it's a couple or a game because. more to start with and not the. leadership. it's worth starting. again for the apology. big call from the commission. whatsoever or even a demand of both you bring out. ok. the problem ok ok maleness mary i'm going to draw a conversation to a close then we'll come back to if we can it's not the best telephone line we've ever had it's a bit of a tough listen but we will come back to you if we can through the course of the coming few hours or so of course in the u.k. has rule

doing what they're doing right now talking to media representatives to try to put pressure on the u.a.e. authorities to get them to release their friend so there have been also been talks with the u.n. they have filed a complaint and the u.n. has been successful before in getting you eve to release their detainees so there are certainly still some threads of hope there very quickly what is it that is what why does the united arab emirates want to was very outspoken about what happened in her country and what happened you know of regarding her daily life she was very restricted there and she wanted to talk about it also you know publicly and obviously the safe didn't want that to happen ok fear of criticism paula thank you so much. from our social media. and just a reminder of the top story we're covering for you today facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg has apologized to european lawmakers following the recent data scandals surrounding his company facing questions in brussels october said his company failed to recognize the danger from third parties misusing personal information. you are wa

allies in the world and instead choose a partner up with the likes of israel saudi arabia and the u.a.e. i just spent the last two weeks in europe traveling around talking to government and non-government officials and the unfortunate reality is a they didn't have a plan for this b. now they're quite quickly trying to put together a plan and see it remains to be seen the degree to which they're willing to allow donald trump to rupture perhaps irreparably transatlantic relations to try and maintain the kind of relationship that they have with iran i would add the last but not least that it's short sighted on the part of european officials who might view this only through the prism of iran we have the paris climate change agreement we have questions of article five a nato example after example after example of donald trump slapping our longest standing our live in europe in the face and at some point in time the europeans are going to have to realize that friends don't let friends drive drunk and we have a governance problem in the united states right now and if a bully keeps bullying you

the region and those aren't saudi arabia u.a.e. qatar and and and iran and especially between saudi arabia and iran there is that loom and attract perception where saudi arabia will consider iran as extensional threat and probably five to set those two countries are looking at each other and specially in saudi arabia this is led to very high levels of military spending and in the run also if you increase in military spending in the past two years there are all the reasons to. the population region has at times revolted against him and also their approach to deal with these often militarized nature and of course it has been very clear the case of syria but also because of the weapons that we're seeing coming into this region where are they coming from. all these countries are not dependent on ours imports and of the countries like saudi arabia u.a.e. qatar i'm mainly dependent on weapons which are being supplied from the us and western europe. is not receiving downgrades yet they still are in international embargo but russia has bee

the u.a.e. could be removed from the saudi led coalition in yemen after it deployed forces to a yemeni island without consulting the exiled government that's according to a senior yemeni official speaking to the associated press that been further protest . against the u.a.e. military presence there and why he's big island remains on high alert as lava continues to spew from its killer whale volcano the island has been rocked by a series of strong earthquakes the un is warning of disease outbreaks following severe flooding in kenya at least one hundred twelve people have been killed and more than two hundred sixty thousand displaced over the past two months aid workers say they've reached only a quarter of the nearly fifty thousand families in need of shelter pro-democracy activists in thailand to march on government house later this month to demand an election be held this year the march was announced during a rally at bangkok university or those are all the headlines europe today listening pros

this is an organization that has been successful in pressuring the u.a.e. to release their detainees. before so there certainly is hope you mentioned her sister she so this has happened before yes exactly even though these cases don't always involve the royal family members such disappearances of government critics in the u.a.e. are quite common as human rights watch has reported on such cases so and what is most concerning is that usually these people who are detained they don't stand a chance for a trial or a fair fair trial at least and this is actually a violation of several international treaties. paula you still reach i thank you very much for keeping track of that story for us let's catch up now on some other stories making news around the world south korea's former president lee myung bak has arrived at court in seoul for the first hearing in his corruption trial least dense accused of receiving a total of ten million u.s. dollars in bribes while in office between two thousand and eight and two thousand and thirteen he denies any wrongdoing. accorda

minister paid a visit to troops on the island on weapons day and shortly after that official say the u.a.e. unloaded soldiers tanks and armored transports into the area the yemeni troops were reportedly expelled the iraqis have been expanding their influence in southern yemen a part of the saudi led coalition targeting the rebels in the north korean leader kim jong un has told china's top diplomat he's committed to denuclearize ation kim met the chinese foreign minister wang in pyongyang less than a week after the historic into korean summit wang is the first chinese foreign minister to visit north korea in more than a decade the u.s. has announced the first release of a prisoner from the guantanamo bay detention center under the trumpet ministration saudi arabia says darby has been transferred and has arrived back in the country forty inmates remain at the military prison. cambridge analytics the u.k. company at the center of that big major facebook dates of breaches shutting down the political consultancy firm hit the headlines in march when a former employee a whistleblower revealed how