u.s. central command in the middle east says that is received no reports of interceptions of any civilian flights in the skies over the gulf it follows reports by the u.a.e. state news agency that cursory fighter jets intercepted two ever r.t. civilian planes as foreign ministry has denied the allegation earlier complained to the un security council over two alleged violations of cattery airspace by u.a.e. military aircraft in recent weeks in june the u.a.e. saudi arabia egypt and bahrain diplomatic and economic ties with cata they accused of sponsoring terrorism which it denies. abraham for a hat is an associate professor at the heinz tatoos he joins us now live in the studio has denied that this ever took place centcom said that it didn't see anything happening it's early days yet of course what do you make of it all i think i mean this could be added into is the first way is that it could be just as simply a response to the cut that he complains to the security council about the regulations to him about the fighter jets that are of the company in a space that happened during the past w

u.s. air force central command based in qatar declined to comment but the timing here is interesting over the weekend qatar filed a new complaint with the united nations over what it called the second violation of kataria space by m r r t jets in recent weeks what's clear is the air blockade imposed on qatar since last june has highlighted issues around how much airspace each country has qatar for example were left with very little air space and therefore they are relying on the overflights the firings and space to be able to fly in and out of the states so it's definitely the spotlight on a potential problem that i'm sure could be addressed and in the outcome of this stuff crisis this latest round of claim and counterclaim comes as part of defense minister is in london to meet his u.k. counterpart recently qatar placed an order worth nearly seven billion dollars with britain's be a systems for twenty four fighter jets it's a reminder that despite the blockade carter still has allies and spending power. in a phone call with the emir of qatar on monday president trump praise the nation's e

u.s. central command in the middle east says it hasn't received any reports of civilian flights being intercepted in the gulf skies it comes three days off to doha complained to the un security council about two alleged violations of space. in recent weeks. yes president donald trump has in a phone call with the country emir thanked the nation for its work in countering terrorism and extremism president trump also reiterated his support for a strong united gulf cooperation council that's focused on countering regional threats israeli soldiers who shot dead a palestinian man during clashes in the occupied west bank the twenty four year old was killed near the city of kut here in person in protest as threw rocks at troops who responded with live fire tensions in the region have risen since president trump recognized jerusalem as israel's capital last december an israeli military court has extended the detention of a palestinian teen filmed last month slapping israeli soldiers the video of sixteen year old a head to me went viral sparking outrage in israel and leading her to be hailed as a hero in p

u.s. central command an investigation into the case is underway requested further comment will bring you any updates we do get sued a retired three star general in the pakistani army thinks such incidents can play right into the taliban's hands most likely there did think that you know the life of the afghans is not important then we can just did no chances and then shoot them and that is where it's so unfortunate so many lives in the past as well have been lost as a consequence of this head to the most important thing is that they should realise there that this war cannot be purely one on the basis of military strength of death was because the last sixteen years america would have already won to gain more support from among to stay tuned going to a short break and we'll have more latest updates for you just in a couple of minutes. this is an amazing story because that we're seeing a real geo political impact of that going on a g. twenty country g seven countries japan actually the spending power of the culture the rise of big going in the millions of people who are buying it in japan multi

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u.s. central command an investigation into the case is that under way we've requested further comment and we'll bring you updates as soon as we get when. ok let's fossilised to our second guest of the day now mr charles shoebridge a security expert and former u.k. counterterrorism intelligence officer thank you for coming on the program mr shubrick now unconfirmed at this point could those actions by the u.s. servicemen be justified in any way. well the short answer is yes they could be but that doesn't say they are justified i speak as a former army officer as well of course actually taken part in military operations and of course you have to look at what the context of this is this isn't to defend what's happened here it appears indefensible but this is a nine second clip and we have to acknowledge that we don't know what happened before this video clip and we don't know what happened afterwards it's difficult to see what could justify this just what appears to be an act of bravado an act of assault really on this person who's driving this truck but it may be conceivably for example thi

u.s. central command in the middle east says that it's received no reports of interceptions of any civilian flights in the gulf in the skies of the gulf it follows reports by the u.a.e. state news agency saying that cattery fighter jets intercepted two m. rotty civilian aircraft qatar's foreign minister has denied the claim the reports come after doha complained to the un security council over two alleged violations of cattery airspace by u.a.e. military aircraft in recent weeks tension between concerned its neighbors have increased since june when the u.a.e. saudi arabia egypt and bahrain cut diplomatic and economic ties a walkway has collapsed into the sea a stock exchange building causing widespread panic and injuries at least seventy five people were taken to hospital in jakarta daybreak and rubble fell on to people in the lobby below our correspondent in jakarta steadfastly as the latest. many here are still shocked that this collapse could take place here in the financial heart. in the middle of. a lot of people were injured because this small bridge here in the second tower of the st

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u.s. central command in the middle east says it hasn't received any reports of civilian flights being intercepted in the gulf skies. there's some of us your knowledge there are the streams up next on the news for you after that by finance. i have a ok and you're in the stream u.s. president donald trump's tough talk on immigration policy has tens of thousands of people wondering whether they'll be forced to leave the country from the potential end of legal residency programs to the president's opposition to so-called chain migration we speak with a few of those potentially impacted to learn how they're preparing for an uncertain future. today live on al-jazeera and you tube. video. immigration policy was a highlight of then candidate donald trump's bid for the u.s. presidency now almost a year since taking office he's making a hard push for comprehensive reform this issue was suggested to us by a member of our own like community. peter here's how our white house correspondent kimberly how it has been reporting the story on al-jazeera. donald trump was defiant when asked in a joint press conferenc

u.s. central command confirmed an investigation is underway and is only in its early stages and they said that they are concerned by the video and it is not representative of the professionalism of u.s. soldiers. that does it for me this hour i'll be back on top of next hour with more news you're watching art international. it's been called an olympic truce after months of over the top rhetoric the two careers are talking again the first time in two years is this is serious diplomatic opening or merely a ploy south korea appears to welcome this opening as the same apply to washington . unfortunately it appears that once people learn that you've reported in a sexual assault or may have been involved in an incident that they become scared of you instead of being scared of the perpetrator. the two thousand and eight economic crisis turn some countries into paix these are the countries with weaker economies that needed austerity policies if you are in a situation of flow bloat even the recession austerity is a very bad idea it doesn't work and it makes millions of people very unhappy those who

u.s. central command confirmed that investigations underway although in its early stages they said there are concerns about the video but it's not representative of the professionalism of u.s. soldiers. and there's apparently a little rift between two of the biggest organizations in the world of sports the international olympic committee and the world anti-doping agency a leaked emails suggest american officials were seeking waters independence from the limbic chiefs so they could even actually apply sanctions earlier jacqueline bouvier discussed the matter in detail with my colleague macaire. well these emails leaked by the fancy bears hacking group allegedly from officials in the i.o.c. seem to show incredibly high tensions between international olympic committee officials and wada and by extension also richard mclaren whose reports on alleged doping across russian sport started all this back in two thousand and sixteen of course so where is the blood coming from between these two organizations well according to the emails it looks like wada is pushing back against the i.o.c. reportedly wa

u.s. central command confirmed an investigation is underway but is only in its early stages they said that they are concerned by the video and it is not representative of the professionalism of u.s. soldiers. there is allegedly a rift between two of the biggest organizations in the world of sports the international olympic committee and the world anti-doping agency believed e-mails suggest american officials were seeking waters independence from olympic chiefs so they could unilaterally apply sanctions earlier artie's volga discuss the matter in detail with my colleague macaire. well these emails leaked by the fancy bears hacking group allegedly from officials in the i.o.c. seem to show incredibly high tensions between international olympic committee officials and wada and by extension also richard mclaren whose reports on the alleged doping across russian sport started all this back in two thousand and sixteen of course so where is the blood coming from between these two organizations well according to the emails it looks like wada is pushing back against the i.o.c. reportedly was one poi

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u.s. central command in the middle east says it hasn't received any reports of civilian flights being intercepted in the gulf skies that in barbara a small. and morality passenger plane takes off from dubai on monday the civil aviation authority of the united arab emirates said to qatari jets had intercepted a plane like this bound for her reign but in international airspace later u.a.e. state media reported a second battery inbound plane had been intercepted by qatari jets qatar totally denies the claims we are used to such false claims. you know since the. national. agency of the national agency. this might go through for the normal people but. for countries. and high tech and they have radar image and it's will be obvious for them that this is a light bahrain's foreign ministry issued a statement saying the ministry of foreign affairs affirms that this hostile behavior by qatar against civil aircraft has become frequent in recent times and jeopardizes the safety of civil aviation and poses a threat to the lives of civilians. the timing here is interesting over the weekend qatar filed a new com

u.s. central command in the middle east says it hasn't received any reports of civilian flights being intercepted in the gulf skies it follows reports find the u.a.e. state news agency that cattery fighter jets intercepted two amorality civilian planes cantars foreign ministry has denied the allegation and the doha complained to the un security council over two alleged violations of cattery airspace by u.a.e. military aircraft in recent weeks in june the u.a.e. saudi arabia egypt and bahrain cut diplomatic and economic ties with cattle they accused hora sponsoring terrorism which it denies. the qatari human rights committee says the detention of a member of the royal family by the u.a.e. is illegal and violates human rights laws shaikh abdullah been funny is the latest in a line of a public figures to accuse abu dabi of holding them against their will cast our foreign ministry says it's monitoring developments closely our reports. latest in what appears to be a growing list of high profile figures to say they've been abducted some by the united arab emirates and others by its ally saudi arabia so

u.s. army including as commander of coalition forces in iraq and afghanistan and commander of the u.s. central command following retirement from the armed forces he served as the director of the cia. during which tile agency play central role in a number of important achievement it is, in the global war on terror. and now as -- as you help me to welcome our speakers tonight i ask that you make sure that anything that makes noise like a cell phone, is switched off. and now please join me in welcoming general petraeus. thank you. [applause] well thank you very much. it is wonderful to be back it is particularly wonderful to be on stage with someone for whom i have rpght and admiration and it is a special treat when someone with from whom you have such regard writes about somebody for whom you have such regard that is, of course, edward lance kale someone many of us studied over the years -- a somewhat tragic figure and certain respects -- in that he had great achievements in one arena and provide -- brilliant advice in another that was unfortunately largely disregarded. max is everything what he

u.s. air force central command's based in qatar declined to comment but the timing here is interesting over the weekend qatar fada new complaint with the united nations over what it called the second violation of qatari as base by m r r t jets in recent weeks what's clear is the air blockade imposed on qatar since last june has highlighted issues around how much airspace each country has qatar for example were left with very little air space and therefore they are relying on the overflights the foreign tax base to be able to fly in and out first states so it's definitely the spotlight on a potential problem that i'm sure could be addressed and in the outcome of this stuff crisis this latest round of claim and counterclaim comes as defense minister is in london to meet his u.k. counterpart recently caught up placed an order worth nearly seven billion dollars with britain's be a systems for twenty four point three jets it's a reminder that despite the blockade carter still has our eyes and spending power. in a phone call with the emir of qatar on monday president trump praise the nation's eff

u.s. central command from 2010 to 2013. following his military service, secretary mattis was a distinguished visiting fellow at the hoover institution, stanford university and sat on several corporate and nonprofit boards. the scholars in our audience will know, secretary mattis is also known for his love of learning and research and has co-authored a book on civil military relations which was published in 2016. this is secretary mattis' first public address of 2018. -- at theical item conclusion of the presentation, we will answer questions from the audience, or secretary mattis will answer questions from the audience. for this portion of the event, we ask that you write your questions on the note cards that are at your seats. our student workers will be passing through the audience at two intervals during the presentation. as questions occur, you can send those down and we can collect them. we hope to get to as many as possible. following secretary mattis's standridgetherine will pose the question to the secretary. we are

u.s. central command is looking into it. >>> in your health this morning fully bio degradable and plastic free tea bags are in the works. experts say this could be a huge step forward in saving the environment. right now about 96 percent of all tea consumed in the u.s. is made with bag leaves. new tea bags will be using heat instead of the plastic to seal their tea, they are set to get on sale by end of the year. around a little tea bags they use plastic so now they will use heat, others use a tape he will. >> okay. >>> 5:26. coming up we have a lot of headlines. >> search on for a driver who slammed into a philadelphia police cruiser with an officer inside, live report on that in just a moment but first here's bob here comes a new year. make the most of every hour. of every single day. with the power of tempur-pedic sleep. choose the mattress brand ranked highest in customer satisfaction by j.d. power. tempur-pedic sleep is power. >>> right now someone is fighting for their life after someone slash his throat. >> e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles. >> this is it, the eagles have arrived, fox 29 has arr

u.s. central command. >> we're hearing from the turkish government continuously saying they are asking thenited states to withdraw. is that something you're looking to do. is that a scenario you see happening. >> right now it's not something we're looking into. >> so might this escalate to more u.s. troops being put on the ground in syria? >> at some point we're going to come to a showdown with the turks. if you look at the operations it's in the northwestern corner. no u.s. forces in that area. it's when the turks move to the eastern side of the little enclave in syria, when they go towards the euphrates river. the u.s. forces are there. that's what the general was referring to. he has no tension to pull that up. that's where the escalation will come and where you will have turkish forces right up against american forces. they are on the western side of the euphrates river. the turks want us out of that area. they are setting thunder for a show down. what we don't need is a a contradiction between two na to allies when you have isis to defeat. >> turkey was one of the closest allies to th

u.s. central command was at kabul in the city, about two miles away, when this bomb went off. nobody from the detail was hurt. the taliban is claiming responsibility now for this explosion. >>> coming up, conspiracy run amuck. republican theories about a so-called secret society at the fbi crumble. at the center of it all, a text message that was apparently just a joke. tens of millions of people have switched to unlimited on america's most awarded network. verizon? uh... whoa, whoa, whoa. vince. it was just ranked highest in network quality performance nationwide by j.d. power. it's totally verizon. vince! we can see the sign. the v's sticking out. still could be anything. anyway, the most awarded network is... verizon! w-wait, hold it! vince... you didn't know what it was. you did? okay. (vo) unlimited is only as good as the network it's on. so switch to the best unlimited on the most awarded network. now buy select smartphones like the google pixel 2 and get one free. we know life can be hectic. that's why, at xfinity, we've been working hard to simplify your experiences wi

u.s. central command, you are the intended target. they would sound the alarm that went off just over this past weekend. of course that call never came in and the alarm was inadvertently tripped by -- i don't know if it's one of those two gentlemen but somebody in that position that double clicked the system instead of testing it. they actually activated it. it sent just sheer panic throughout the hawaiian islands. not just here on oahu but through the entire state. the reason we knew, the producer's here with me, knew that it wasn't, in fact, actually happening, was the sirens didn't go off. there are 394 sirens that are supposed to be tripped. that's what we were told, they weren't tripped. everybody got this text message that literally september people running to find any shelter they could. >> yes, and so first of all it seemed insane to me that it was a single system, right. only one person had to push the button or do whatever they had to do. there wasn't any fail-safe. there wasn't a second person who had to confirm it. which a

u.s. central command headquarters in qatar now obviously that announcement was not made that didn't happen it's unlikely that the president realizes that the saudis had kicked u.s. troops out of their country which is part of the reason why they are in qatar it also says that they bragged about helping the crown prince mohammed bin solomon known as m.d.s. basically take power in the quote in the book is we put our men on top b.s. basically saying that they helped take part in a coup right so fascinating insight into. you know that policy and trumps relationship and the relationship of his aides with the figure is what kind of an impact is this likely to have particularly with trump's of porsches . well that is going to be the big question so i've been watching the president's favorite channel and what most of his base watch is the conservative fox news channel here in the united states there aren't giving it a lot of coverage believe they're focusing mostly on the idea that the f.b.i. is going to launch an investigation into hillary clinton. when they did speak about it in the show that we

u.s. central command in the middle east says it hasn't received any reports of. in flights being intercepted in the gulf just two days ago doha complained to the un security council about two alleged violations of cattery air space by u.s. military aircraft in recent weeks in june the u.a.e. saudi arabia egypt and bahrain cut diplomatic and economic ties with qatar a hard sponsoring terrorism which denies. cats are catalysts human rights committee says the detention of a member of its royal family by the u.a.e. is illegal and violates human rights laws shaikh abdullah ben ali al funny is not the first public figure to accuse abu dabi of holding them against their will jamal of sheil reports so a little. funny is the latest in what appears to be a growing list of high profile figures to say they've been abducted some by the united arab emirates and others by its ally saudi arabia some of them in the infamous i'm currently in abu dhabi i was hosted by sheikh mohammad bin saeed i'm now confined to my residence i'm not allowed to leave i fear anything may happen to m

u.s. troops have come in to support the afghan national security forces president ashraf ghani was meeting with the commander of u.s. forces actually of central command general just a votel he was here in kabul when that attack happened on saturday he reaffirmed the u.s. support for the afghan national security forces and they are out in full force. cross the afghan capital today checking cars checking people looking for anyone suspicious as the funerals get underway a weather update thanks to you and i was there and then live pictures from moscow as anti-government protesters gather in the city hall police shut down an opposition t.v. station. and boom time in china i will tell you why prices for chinese medicine are going through the roof. welcome back as we look at the weather across asia across more northern areas we've got a frontal system which is pushing across japan bringing with it some rain indeed in places or some snow so there's the forecast through monday snow showers coming in across the sea of japan on to the western side of honshu tokyo probably offering to party staying largely dry northern parts of japan really cold mana six

u.s. troops have come in to support the afghan national security forces president ashraf ghani was meeting with the commander of u.s. forces actually of central command general just a votel he was here in kabul when that attack happened on saturday he reaffirmed the u.s. support for the afghan national security forces and they are out in full force across the afghan capital today checking cars checking people looking for anyone suspicious as the funerals get underway we're going to weather update next when i was there and then building time in china i will tell you why prices for traditional medicine are going through the roof plus. on long sleeve with the second of all reports from the of rough river where refugees have accused the greek police of using violence and intimidation to illegally push them back over the river into turkey. from the waves of the cells. to the contours of the east. hello and welcome to your international weather forecast as we look at europe's weather many southern areas are actually looking draw and find at the moment system to this area of high pressure further towards the north we've got frontal systems pushing i

u.s. troops have come in to support the afghan national security forces president ashraf ghani was meeting with the commander of u.s. forces actually of central command general just a votel he was here in kabul when that attack happened on saturday he reaffirmed the u.s. support for the afghan national security forces and they are out. in full force across the afghan capital today checking cars checking people looking for anyone suspicious as the funerals get underway richard white's is director of the center for political and military analysis of the hudson institute he says the afghan taliban can't be defeated without cooperation from neighboring pakistan i manage in that this may lead to more pressure on pakistan and perhaps russia china and other countries that are close to pakistan to tighten up supplies and support for the taliban there's no clear easy answer to know what you would do next prevent these kind of attacks the government of pakistan for the past decade and a half has worked closely with the u.s. and other countries to try and crack down on terrorism that could affect pakistan and largely it's at various times in afghanistan

u.s. forward central command in qatar has not really shown any evidence that country a country military jets were there to intercept. commercial airliners if this is the case and by issuing the statement despite i mean how is the u.a.e. trying to persuade the international community that their version of events is correct because as you say no commercial airliner has been. a member do this interview just what few days ago with another analyst and yet he took any sort of social media photographs from within the plane and when these planes apparently landed in bahrain bahraini state television ignored this there was no record and no interviews regarding any sort of interception so what is the a u.a.e. trying to do here. so as a alluded to earlier i think the country's made quite a substantiated. accusation against the u.a.e. for penetrating their space which is going in front of the un which has the backing of the united states who control country as pows and now that you are you're trying to get back at carter in you know what has been a an eight month long war all the narrative so when the c

u.s. troops have come in to support the afghan national security forces president ashraf ghani was meeting with the commander of u.s. forces actually of central command general just a votel he was here in kabul when that attack happened on saturday he reaffirmed the u.s. support for the afghan national security forces and they are out in full force across the afghan capital today checking cars checking people looking for anyone suspicious as the funerals get underway. are several people have been killed in fighting between armed groups in the yemeni city of aden there have been reports of heavy gunfire in the southern port city separate is allied with the united arab emirates have been an odds with the saudi bank government of president abdurrahman sort of the groups want control of yemen's southern region refugees trying to enter greece through its northern land border with turkey tell our they've been threatened and forced to go back in breach of international humanitarian law claimed it happened near the ever oss river which flows from more than one hundred fifty kilometers from bulgaria to the mediterranean sea greek police deny the alleg

u.s. head of the commander of centcom central command in afghanistan general joseph votel was here in afghanistan the presidential palace saying that the general and the president and his delegation discussed the u.s. commitment to afghanistan to a stable secure afghanistan to training afghan troops to doing what they can to fight but already the fight has been quite fierce the taliban control or contest nearly forty percent of kabul as you heard the analyst say in my in my story just a little bit ago you just have an afghan military that's that's fairly young they're taking punishing casualties they are doing what they can here in kabul today their military all over the streets checking cars things have been very tightened and just in the last few minutes the president's gone he has announced a day of mourning and you can see behind me the national flag they are flying at half staff today is a day of mourning tomorrow a national holiday and tuesday will be a nationwide prayer service for the afghan people to sympathize condole with the the dozens of people killed ninety five people killed more t

headquarters for central command and it's critical in the fight against the islamic state of iraq a little bond so what he's saying is they're going to make the base even more comfortable for u.s. troops they're going to build he said two hundred units so that families can live on the base with the with their troops and that there could go to their children can go to school based so the defense minister really trying to highlight exactly how much cutter has invested in the u.s. economy talking about the helicopters that they have bought the fighter jets army equipment early warning system and he said that creates hundreds of thousands of jobs in the united states and the reason he's speaking here is this is the heritage foundation it's right leaning and it is really very influential with republicans so this is another attempt by cutter to try and get maybe perhaps president donald trump or the republican party to put even more pressure on the blockading countries to sit down and come up with some sort of deal and tomorrow tuesday patty the u.s. strategic dialogue initiative that's what it's being called kicking off in washington what are we to expect from that. well hopefully

u.s. central command confirmed that investigations underway although it's only in its early stages they said they're concerned by the video but it's not representative of the professionalism of the u.s. soldiers. iraqi security services are forcing refugees to leave camps and return to their homes that's the spike them being in unsafe areas that according at least to a new report by the un refugee agency says more than thirteen thousand families have been forced back to dangerous zones those who returned face the whole host of problems from tribal conflicts to booby traps left by fleeing islamic state fighters the report also says at least fourteen people have been killed as a result of those forced returns we spoke to refugees in a camp about their fears of going back home. we moved to this camp three years ago we don't want to return to our home yet we're afraid of tribes our houses are destroyed we have no place to live the fields with it houses a looted even the wise are torn out of the walls and there's lots of booby traps five days ago our neighbors there started to find a warm some wa