u.s. fifth fleet and u.s. seventh fleet controls basically all of the happy area that that gas and oil moves through so the chinese or to a certain extent paranoid maybe with a certain amount of real reason about their energy supply so obviously energy supplies are absolutely central to the chinese industry is usually is a competition going on here now it's mainly an economic competition i mean people forget that the pacific basin is the number one area for trade in economic development for the united states and has meant so for almost the last one hundred years or so so you're going to get a lot of attention and be particularly in the south china sea where the u.s. says it's neutral but has. a number of the small countries that are currently in conflict with china over resources french officials say two people have been injured in the chemical accident at the country's oldest nuclear power plant early reports of the broken out of the pheasant home station we're not confirmed professor christopher busby from t

u.s. fifth fleet is the oil problem and that's the banking problem along this is harmful to our interests because sooner or later all the gulf markets are going to disappear in a puff of smoke and then the regimes that succeed them will not be friends. country which is. far from being condemned representatives of the bahraini regime have been a common sight at the u.k.'s major events this summer king hamad was invited to the queen's diamond jubilee celebrations in may he is eldest son visited david cameron at downing street and his youngest son who allegedly sanctioned the torture of dissident bahraini athletes was at the opening of london's olympic games but it goes further and deeper than that despite the brutal crackdown between july and september last year the u.k. sold two point two million pounds worth of arms to the bahraini regime shortly after that the u.k.'s most famous military training school accepted a three million pound donation from the king of bahrain and the metropolitan police's former assistant commissioner was appointed as an advisor on security to the regime with no

u.s. fifth fleet and u.s. seventh fleet controls basically all of that area that that gas and oil moves through so the chinese are to a certain extent paranoid maybe with a certain amount of real reason about their energy supplies obviously energy supplies are absolutely central to the chinese industries so that is a major. but there are chess pieces being moved all over the place recently the chinese replaced singapore in the pakistani port of call of dar where are is very strategically glow created close to the straits of for months. to chinese now are going to be running that port these kind of little movements of chess pieces and not just regional they're also world wide as well and both the chinese and the americans are moving the pieces from the u.s. talk to one of the contributing editor of foreign policy in focus thanks so much for your thoughts. i want to live here in the russian capital with twenty four hours a day coming up to twenty four and a half minutes past the hour time for a business update n

u.s. navy's fifth fleet. u.s. and british sailors visited the japanese ships to plan the drill. they checked a canon designed to detonate mines. >> translator: the persnulf is important for japan. we believe it will enhance mutual trust with other participating countries. >> iranian commanders have repeatedly said they will block the strait of hormuz. >>> a russian foreign ministry official has expressed concern about a plan to deploy a second early warning radar system in japan. defense chiefs agreed to expand another radar. the system has been deployed in northern japan. it's capable of detecting ballistic missiles. they want to counter possible missile threats from north korea. a foreign ministry official urging the u.s. to ensure that the installation will not harm the interest of other snanation. russian leaders have criticized the u.s. for expanding miskisil in europe. >>> the civil war in syria is starting to affect people in the golan heights. syrian residents were united in their support for the government of assad but divisions have begun to emerge. >> reporter: arabs

u.s. fifth fleet which is the key sort of piece of the military chess board you can really see where the gameis and how the west calculates who's going to be targeted for humanitarian intervention lou is not parade is also very key. because of its position in the straits of hormuz so you can look at that is an important geographical and military point as this protracted conflict projected conflict with iran takes place over the next few years so it's kind of like a cold war situation where the u.s. is trying to surround its adversaries that's the way we see it. live from moscow this is the united states has removed the militant iranian opposition group from its list of foreign terrorist organizations originally one of the main players in the iranian revolution it's now committed to the overthrow of the iranian government international affairs and defense analysts. says the u.s. is seeking to create an ally inside the country. this group. has been very successful apparently to get the support of my birth from both the republican and democratic parties. as well as retirement as work of military

u.s. fifth fleet which is the key sort of piece of the military chess board you can really see where the gameis and how the west calculates who who's going to be targeted for humanitarian intervention the new is not the rain is also very key because of its position in the straits of hormuz so you can look at that is an important geographical and military point as this protracted conflict projected conflict with iran takes place over the next few years so it's kind of like a cold war situation where the u.s. is trying to surround its adversaries. that's the way we see it live from moscow this is our team and faced with a fifth austerity budget in a row spain is carrying out a fresh wave of protests people are demanding the government tonner round on its policy of cuts as banks wait for billions of euros to head off yet another crisis. of graves how small from which it. now we've seen those and demonstrators out in force throughout the course of the week on tuesday or wednesday a massive demonstrations in central madrid where thousands of people taking to the shrieks part of the so-called surro

u.s. fifth fleet which is a key sort of piece of the military chess board so syria is not a good customerfor the west they're buying their arms from places like russia so you can really see where the game is and how the west calculates who is going to be targeted for humanitarian intervention the new is not. the issue here of all the sales between between regional areas that i want to want to go to before the fight can it's been speculated that saudi arabia and the u.s. want to establish military bases as you mentioned a moment ago to possibly ratchet up pressure on iran and why would that be the case i decide we saw an ad on yahoo where there's what i'd like an acme picture of a cartoon ball by the u.n. the other day but is it really about ratcheting up pressure on iran do you think well it's about the whole geopolitical dominance in the region and you know already the u.s. has is building what many would call a secret base in messy iran which is an island just south of the entry point to the strait of hormuz and that's a bahraini island oh no sorry and that's belongs to oman and they al

u.s. fifth fleet which is the key sort of piece of the military chess board you can really see where the gameis and how the west calculates who who's going to be targeted for humanitarian intervention the news not the rain is also very key because of its position in the straits of hormuz so you can look at that is an important geographical and military point as this protracted conflict projected conflict with iran takes place over the next few years so it's kind of like a cold war situation where the u.s. is trying to surround its adversaries that's the way we see it. our into the world of that we go will start with yemen where four members of the political party of yemen's president have been shot dead they were ambushed while traveling to the eastern province and yemen has been unstable ever since the year long uprising resulted in the ousting of. a with many still demanding his prosecution does remain the head of the general people's congress party which still holds half the seats in a transitional government. and police in northern ireland are out in force for a large protestant march bei

u.s. navy's fifth fleet. u.s. and british troops visited the japanese ships to plan the drill. crew members checked the cannon designed to detonate mines on the sea surface. >> translator: the persian gulf is a very important area for japan. we believe the drills will help improve our mine sweeping units, strategic skills, and enhance relationships with other countries. >> iran has repeatedly threatened to blockade the strait of hormuz at the mouth of the gulf as part of its battle with western countries over its nuclear program. >>> the civil war in syria is starting to affect people in the golan heights. israel has occupied the region since 1967. syrian residents of the golan heights were united in their support for the government of president bashar al assad, but divisions have begun to emerge. >> reporter: arabs living in golan heights are determined to keep their identity as syrians. under the israeli occupation. they refuse to adopt israeli nationality. many hope that assad's government will win back control of golan heights from israel. eddin is a firm supporter of assad

u.s. navy's fifth fleet. u.s. and british sailors visited the japanese ships to plan the drill. crew members checked the cannon designed to detonate mines on the sea surface. >> translator: the persian gulf is a very important area for japan. we believe the drills will help improve our mine sweeping units, strategic skills, and enhance mutual trust with other participating countries. >> iranian commanders have repeatedly threatened to blockade the strait of hormuz. they're angry about a western oil embargo designed to encourage the iranians to halt their nuclear program. >>> a russian foreign ministry official has expressed concern about a plan to deploy a second early warning radar system in japan. defense chiefs from japan and the u.s. agreed on sunday to install another xband radar. the system has already been deployed in northern japan. it's capable of detecting ballistic missiles. the defense chiefs want to counter possible missile threats from north korea. russia's interfax news agency quoted a foreign ministry official urging the u.s. to ensure that the installation will

u.s. navy's fifth fleet.he small gulf country is grappling with its own citizens arab spring aspirations and there has been violence. the sheikh defends the family's crackdown on protesters. my rear interview with ted, slap shot carter. commander of the strike group twelt. he is on the uss enterprise and is in charge of making sure millions of barrels of oil get you there the straight every day despite threats from iran to close it down. we talk about what is takes to keep the commercial waterway flowing. and how cuts in washington could affect the navy's mission in the entire persian gulf region. my interview with an outspoken critic of opec and a billionaire who made billions betting across the energy sector from natural gas to oil. pickens thinks the u.s. should spend less time patrolling the strait of hormuz and back more efforts to become energy self-reliant. his plan? invest in the development of north american shale and natural gas resources. i spoke exclusively with sheikh mubarak, the government spok