u.s. middle east in the next couple of months at this point and it was a very strong jobs report for the hundreds consecutive months jobs got created in the united states that is an all time record the previous record came from the ninety's so when we had forty eight consecutive months of job gains not everything might be picture perfect was the u.s. economy but at least for now things are looking quite solid when this comes to the u.s. economy and look at another big number so amazon a record breaking seventy two billion dollars over the holiday season alone but has warned of a slowdown so what are investors expecting well i mean the stock came under quite some pressure here on friday dropping by a good five percent but if you look at the size of amazon it's not that easy to keep growing as they've done in the past couple of years for the third consecutive quarter and as a. record profit more than three billion dollars and if you have the size it is not easy to keep growing as much and that's what is making investors a bit nervous you also have to look at this dr foremans of amazon and the past

u.s. led talks on middle east security but terror wrong was excluded. well iran's president is in sochi with his russian and turkish counterparts to discuss syria's war they last met in september and since then the u.s. has announced plans to withdraw its troops from the conflict and wants to fill that void moscow and tehran believes the assad government should take back control to reports from tehran. they last met in teheran in september the presidents of russia iran and turkey are partners in the so-called asked on a process on syria since then the us announced plans to withdraw its troops from the north east a corner of syria which is under the control of the kurdish armed groups the white turkey wants to fill the void and create what it calls a safe zone in syria along its borders iran however shares russia's position allies of the syrian government are referring to the one nine hundred ninety eight at an agreement between syria and turkey the best way. to defend syrian turkish borders. legitimate concerns turkish neighbors about terrorist attacks f

u.s. led middle east conference takes place in warsaw the syrian conflict is the focus of parallel talks in russia the leaders of russia turkey and iran are backing opposing sides in the conflict but are set to discuss ways to resolve the eight year long civil war. a u.s. judge has ruled that former trump campaign manager paul metaphor intentionally lied to investigators probing russian interference in the twenty six thousand election after being convicted of financial fraud last year men of four promise to cooperate with the probe as part of a plea deal reaching that agreement means he could face a lengthy jail term. at least six people have died during the week of violent protests in haiti demonstrators have repeatedly clashed with police in the capital port of homes the protesters are accusing the government of corruption and calling on the president to resign. in the philippines prominent journalist maria ressa has been released on bail following her prison charges of cyber libel on wednesday ressa is head of the news website at rappler which has reported critically and president of reb

u.s. led talks on middle east security tehran was excluded. the u.s. house of representatives has passed a resolution to end american military support for the saudi embassy led war in yemen the measure now faces a contentious voters in the senate president donald trump says he'll veto the legislation if senate has approved it. at least nine people have been killed and dozens injured in a week of anti-government protests in haiti demonstrators are angry over rising prices and corruption they want the president to step down al-jazeera is in the capital port au prince. another protest in the streets of the haitian capital. although they fired tear gas if i put it but we are determined to get rid of is over there this month. thousands of haitian nationals continue to join the protests for the prince all of them for the resignation of president. sadat exactly right now. we will not have a dialogue with moyes we can have that dialogue when he has gone in the last two years haiti's economy has suffered a sharp financial decline and a fast climbing inflation r

true intentions adding the whole world knows them to javid sorry that middle east summit in poland the waterfall circus meanwhile the u.s. vice president mike pence has just lashed out at iran the greatest through peace and security in the middle east. is the islamic republic of iran. well to discuss this further we can cross live to politics professor saeed mohammad marandi welcome to the program slate now do you think netta now his comments about the war with iran will have any consequences. i think the most important thing about it is that it shows the israeli regime is looking for trouble and the same is true about the saudi regime i think your viewers will recall that over a year ago. the crown prince said that he wants to take the war inside iran and today we or last night we had a major attack on the iranian conscript soldiers near the border with pakistan killing nearly thirty young men so the iranians don't think that this is necessarily a coincidence especially since the group they carried out their tack is a wahhabi extremist group that has the same ideology as isis and al qaida and we know that saudi arabia

intentions adding the whole world now knows them take a jab at sorry for the middle east summit in poland that was so sick if meanwhile the u.s. vice president mike pence has just lashed out to surround. the greatest strength peace and security in the middle east. peace the public on her. terror on base chan mr amin must the game believes the israeli prime minister's comments have revealed his true intentions a pariah for iranian public opinion in fact that was a tongue twister revealing. exposing the true what you gratian of prime minister netanyahu that means he's just acting like your warmonger to try to call reach a coalition against iran and. laser war but dutch was trying to use just betraying is true motivation so that's why he's really pulled by the public opinion and socially exports need a national is. open and to study the public to get on to us and are angry because it is a threat at direct threats or revelations of water against solvent. you know top stories for ten in just a few minutes have an ati. the swarms of them so moving. and good news was before. much of those who heard it's a preview or. soon will. we w

u.s. middle east policy and a look ahead at what is to come in the region. topics include cultural shifts in saudi arabia, israel upcoming elections, congressional foreign-policy priorities, and the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria. this washington institute event runs about one hour 20 minutes. >> good afternoon. good afternoon and welcome to the washington institute, i am the director of the institute policy our first major forum of the year and i am glad to welcome you and people around andworld watching on c-span on livestream and the various ways in which one can watch washington institute defense. thank you for joining us. if i could ask you to please make sure your phones are on mute, feel free to tweet as much as you like but make no noise i am delighted that we can meet at a time when the federal government is open. there is so much on the middle east agenda and 2019. it is good to have a government that is focused on that. joined onhted to be this panel, to be introducing a panel of three of my colleagues, two of whom have made journeys around t

the middle east summit in poland the warsaw circus in while the u.s. vice president mike pence has just lashed out at a round. the greatest through peace and security in the middle east. is the smarmy republican. political analyst side mustapha think that netanyahu said war comments about iran are a way of saving his own reputation back home iran has shown to be a prudent party a very responsible one it knows the real objectives behind this move that has been done by netanyahu hole this move has been done of for domestic purposes as well as international. under domestic scene we do remember bit on that yahoo and his wife are you know accused of. financial corruption so the best thing to do on the eve of the election new elections in israel is finding a boogie man a bad man abroad in order to deal really public opinion from inside the country the domestic scene and the financial corruption and charges to our foreign enemy and who's better than iran and who's better than netanyahu when it comes to escalating tensions and confronting tehran. the european c

one region and conflicting objectives a push to ensure stability in the middle east is causing division rather than unity . the u.s. pushes its middle east agenda at a conference and poland bron isn't invited in describes the talks as a sort. of the runway for the world's biggest passenger plane and air bus is pulling the plug on the a three eighty. security forces appear to have been the target of an attack in indian administered kashmir a bomb went off in the district of killing at least eighteen people most of them members of a paramilitary force fifteen people were injured but al jazeera sources on the ground say the number of dead could be much higher it tack happened on a highway that connects the state capital from a car to the city and his prime minister has termed the attack despicable tweeting at the sacrifices of the security personnel in vain. this is a real you know. i was sitting inside my shop and all of a sudden an explosion happened it was very felt like the building would come down. on the side of the explosion on the breeze from vehicles in the air. as the car is a senior journalist based in ind

u.s. decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal not just start but also wider middle east policy for example the u.s. move its embassy to jerusalem the stance of the u.s. president personally on the qatar saudi crisis and a number of other instances in the middle east including the announced withdrawal from syria that has left a lot of european capitals feeling angry and frustrated that the u.s. doesn't really have a strategy you are a middle east peace plan and so there's a lot of questions about what europeans would actually gain from showing up at this event and it's not just the europeans but apparently the turks and we know also the russians have also said no to attending this meeting at ministerial level so it's really i think a failure on the part of the united states to get this coalition international coalition against iran in a formidable way. and the u.s. has issued new iran related sanctions on nine people in two companies is also charging a former u.s. air force officer with spying for iran this comes as international court of justice ruled iran can proceed with a spade to recov

u.s. sponsored middle east summit in poland. you can on your gosh i'm sure from here i'm going to a meeting with sixty foreign ministers and voice from countries around the world are there against iran but what is important about this meeting and this meeting is not secret because there are many of those is that this is an open meeting with representatives of leading arab countries were sitting down together with israel in order to advance the common interest of war against iran. and its transcript of the interview netanyahu is official twitter account deleted the phrase war with iran and replace it with combating iran that's despite him saying the word tamil sham in hebrew meaning war in the original video. iran's foreign minister said they original tweet exposes netanyahu is true intentions the whole world now knows the two javid sorry the middle east summit in poland the waterfall circus meanwhile the u.s. vice president my pens has just lashed out author ron. through. these . we can discuss this further with political analys

u.s. commander for the middle east has arrived in afghanistan. ter general votel met with troops and allies in syria. he says isis will remain a threat. but the u.s. plans on pulling ground troops from syria. planning to close automanufacturing plant in england. in 2021. the plant employs 3,500 people. honda senior vice president says the closure is not related to brexit. and more a response to changes in the global market. the uk business secretary calls the decision devastating. >>> now back to the one of the top stories. the u.s. president is taking angry aim at the former acting fbi director and his own deputy attorney general. in an interview mccabe claimed rod rosenstein discussed wearing a wire to record the president. and also invehicling the 25th amendment to remove him from office. >> discussion of the 25th amendment. was simply rod raised the issue and discussed it with me in the context of thinking about how many other cabinet officials might support such an effort. the deputy attorney general offered to wear a wire into the white hous

u.s./middle east strategy.this regard, first and foremost, before we get to how saudi arabia tried to neutralize the terrorism from within back then, in 2003, remind us how they encouraged all of this radicalism and pta gnat sitha f getting rid of their own mullahs and exporting them around the world? >> i think there was a time when i was chief, when the saudis were not paying sufficient attention -- what i mean by that is, you know, the saudi security authorities -- though the behavior of their own islamic organizations, which were, frankly, funding extremism. they were very complacent. i think they woke up to the reality of what they had partially caused rather late in the day, and, you know, by that stage they were willing, for example, to talk to people like me about the problem when initially, you know, pre-9/11 when when were saying there's a problem, they were saying, you can't really talk to us about this because you don't understand it. so there's been, you know, a very significant change and a shift

u.s. middle east peace policy is not made in washington but in tel aviv, now jerusalem.here's a lot of truth in, that and i see a neglectful president of that policy giving too much leeway to now an extremely right wing leader in israel, bebe netanyahu who might conjure up a war in iran in syria. seems to be very intent on doing that. attacking targets over and over again and iran is going to respond sooner or later and then the united states is going to find itself in a bind with a country that is arguably its principal ally in the world, israel. >> well, that raises a whole new spectrum out there, and we'll have to discuss it another time. of course, the much vaunted peace proposal that president trump talked about is not yet on the table either. we're going to wait and see what develops down there, but thanks for your heads up. thanks for your warning. larry wilkerson, thank you very much indeed for joining us today. >> thanks for having me. >> let's drill down a little bit further on afghanistan. it is, of course, america's longest war, about 17 plus years and counti

u.s. policies in the middle east must be of the foremost discussion point when it comes to turkey's jailing journalism's also for this is a democratic discussion that he made on democratic terms in turkey yet turkey did have many other experiences unfortunate experiences which you might very well known about the fact that. drew you are going to have to pull a plug on a conversation with joyce but the conversation about journalists in turkey is a conversation we've had on the program we simply do not have the time left to go off at a tangent and start discussing that now but silva thank you for coming back on that particular point so thanks to all our guests they were scott lucas before truly come on and thank you to you. for your company you can see the program again any time by the website al-jazeera dot com and for more discussion check out our facebook page facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can talk on twitter at inside story or tweet me i'm at peta don't be one for me and the team here in doha thanks for watching i will see you very soon.

u.s. sponsored middle east security conference in the polish capital warsaw the event was originally conceived by the u.s. to president's allies to take a more aggressive stance on iran but the agenda was then broadened to include issues such as the israeli palestinian conflict and the fight against the so-called islamic state u.s. vice president mike pence and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu are headlining the meeting foreign ministers from many arab nations are attending month the meeting is also notable for the countries not sending high ranking delegations including france and germany. or western european countries have criticized the trump administration's hardline stance on tehran and the decision to pull out of the nuclear deal with iran iran for its part has called the conference a circus and says it's just an attempt to demonize the country our correspondent areas of tropper it went out on the streets of tehran to see what iranians think about these talks. so it's time to see if it will definitely have an impact on our country because america is a superpower. so i'm sure any

in gage meant an investment in business development throughout the middle east for the purpose of better aligned to middle east and u.s. objectives are well known as are his more than four decades of respected relationships throughout the region the issue of nuclear power for saudi arabia has been discussed before but that refusal to agree to not enrich or reprocess has been a big stumbling block they wouldn't commit and it was a sticking point. you might be noticing a little bit of a double standard here not only does the united states oppose the peaceful nuclear energy program of the islamic republic of iran it's actually imposed sanctions on the country for decades and this isn't the first time that the twin track treatment of the two countries has left us officials red faced in twenty seventeen a reporter asked about the usa criticizing iran's elections when saudi arabia is completely devoid of democracy here's how it went to a said your reviews commitment to democracy and does the administration believe that democracy is a barrier and against extremism. we say you. disputing we were able to make significant progr

u.s. decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal not just that but also wider middle east policy for example the u.s. move its embassy to jerusalem the stance of the u.s. president personally on the qatar saudi crisis and a number of other instances in the middle east including the announced withdrawal from syria that has left a lot of european capitals a feeling angry and frustrated that the u.s. doesn't really have a strategy or a middle east peace plan and so there's a lot of questions about what europeans would actually gain from showing up at this event and it's not just the europeans but apparently the turks some we know also the russians have also said no to attending this meeting at ministerial level so it's really i think a failure on the part of the united states to get this coalition international coalition against iran in a formidable way good to speak with you thanks very much for being with us now in central nigeria violence has left thousands of people displaced the conflict is fueled by competition for land as well as religious and ethnic divisions underlines the security cha

u.s. middle east policy and a look ahead at what is to come in the region. topics include cultural shifts in saudi arabia, israel upcoming elections, congressional foreign-policy priorities, and the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria. this washington institute event runs about one hour 20 minutes.

u.s. sponsored middle east summit in poland. you can on your. from here and go into a meeting with sixty foreign ministers and voice from countries around the world there against iran but what is important about this meeting and this meeting is not secret because there are many of those is that this is a nope.

u.s. says confronting tehran is key to peace in the middle east. hello i'm the star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the joint resolution is a push to end u.s. support for the war in yemen is one step closer to becoming reality challenges remain. it's the end of the runway for the world's biggest passenger plane as a bus pulls the plug on the a three eighty. knots backing down in haiti protesters sick of corruption and the rising cost of living keep up the pressure on the president to resign. the u.s. is seeking a new era of cooperation to confront threats in the middle east secretary of state mike pompei or has been speaking at a u.s. led meeting to discuss the region's future he listed iran as one of the challenges tehran was not invited to the events being hosted by poland the missing comes with rising tensions between the u.s. and iran after president trump withdrew from the twenty fifteen iran you kid. arab and israeli leaders were in the same room sharing a meal and exchanging views they all came together for a single reaso

u.s. foreign policy in the middle east and destroy our foreign policy interests in the middle east and i think also it's very concerning right now a lot of countries are using. this very disgusting and sad murder that happened to took a shot she to further their own interests qatar and turkey being each turkey this is a country that holds how many how many journalists in jail right now after the last attempted revolution so i think you have. a long way to go when you go may i interrupt this is this is nothing to do this is not going to turkey is no mistake no no no no no this is nothing to do with domestic politics talk about a trial in saudi arabia the level of the level of the the level of moral and u.s. policies in the middle east must be our foremost discussion point when it comes to turkey's jailing journalism's also for this is our democratic discussion that we made on democratic terms in turkey yet turkey did have many other experiences unfortunate experiences which you might very well known about the fact that. drew i'm going to pull a plug on our conversation with joyce but the conver

u.s. has staunch supporters in the middle east such as saudi arabia the u.a.e. . hich have repeatedly called for a tougher stance against what they say is iran's destabilizing role in the region the summit which the u.s. hopes will show how it can build a global coalition against iran could cause embarrassment for the trump administration some countries are staying away while others are distancing themselves from the u.s. approach against iran's regional ambitions which combines sanctions with threats of international isolation. unemployment and economic hardship were among the issues that drove iran's islamic revolution in one nine hundred seventy nine when millions of people brought down a corrupt monarchy but forty years on many iranians say they get to see the prosperity that they were promised same bus traffic reports now from turkey from the power of protest and armed rebellion ayatollah ruhollah khomeini was able to call upon helped him take control of iran in eleven days but consolidating the gains of the one nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution wou

u.s. pushes its middle east agenda at a conference in colons but iran isn't an vices describes the talks as a stuff this. hello i'm a saudi attain this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up iranian russian and tuchis leaders are in salt talks about the war in syria. the joint resolution is passed. a push to end u.s. support for the war and yemen is one step closer to becoming reality but challenges remain. it's the. end of the runway for the world's biggest passenger plane thousands of european jobs under threat as air bus kills off the a three eighty. s. the u.s. secretary of state says a new era of cooperation is forming between arab and israeli leaders he was speaking as a conference in warsaw where the u.s. has gathered sixteen nations the official agenda is broad but the real focus appears to be iran most european nations have sent junior officials to the meeting it's a further sign they're unhappy with u.s. sanctions against iran tehran has dismissed the gathering as a second it says the real work is taking place in sochi that's where the presidents of russia iran and turkey a m

states is stepping up its efforts to isolate iran it was billed as a meeting on security in the middle east but u.s. leaders called on the more than sixty nations attending to unite in putting pressure on iran the european union sent only. delegates to the talks in. any solution to unrest in the middle east was impossible without first taking on iran. you can't achieve peace and stability middle east without confronting iran it's just not there been one for eleven years syria and iraq. rages and who do so last night has all. these are real threats there are others as well but you can't get peace in the middle east up which. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu echoed the u.s. position of uniting against the wrong person. in our struggle turning. for some sixth foreign minister and representatives of dozens of government. and israeli prime minister for foreign ministers of arab countries stood together and spoke. truth or. immunity against a common thread here and you. are joining us now live from warsaw as our correspondent jim ellis show yeah so what are the main takeaways from from this conf

u.s. decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal not just start but also wider middle east policy for example the u.s. move its embassy to jerusalem the stance of the u.s. president personally on the qatar saudi crisis and a number of other instances in the middle east including the announced withdrawal from syria that has left a lot of european capitals feeling angry and frustrated that the u.s. doesn't really have a strategy or a middle east peace plan and so there's a lot of questions about what europeans would actually gain from showing up at this event and it's not just the europeans but apparently the turks some we know also the russians have also said no to attending this meeting at ministerial level so it's really i think a failure on the part of the united states to get this coalition international coalition against iran in a formidable way and in related news the u.s. has issued new iran related sanctions on nine people and two companies it's also charge a former u.s. air force officer with spying for you ron this comes as the international court of justice ruled iran can proceed wi

middle east. seventy countries are invited many are worried about a u.s.backlash if this the summit analysis though doubt the gathering would ever be able to achieve its goals if you don't have russia you have the indication by europe that they're not going to send high level people that they made in lower level people i think that's a sign and a signal of concern but also the limitations of working back so not only regarding the right or wrong but what can be. that the u.s. a step forward but the u.s. has staunch supporters in the middle east such as saudi arabia the u.a.e. and bahrain which have repeatedly called for a tougher stance against what they say is iran's destabilizing role in the region where she joins us now live from warsaw. obviously at some sort of protest what's going on. yes andrea and this is a ground lead by the iranian opposition based in europe the gathering here to send a message to the international community that it's about time to build international support to achieve their goals which is basically they say they want to regime c

u.s. has staunch supporters in the middle east such as saudi arabia the u.a.e. and bahrain which have repeatedly called for a tougher stance against what they say is iran's destabilizing role in the region. joins us now from warsaw so what's been happening there today hashem. well michel we're expecting world leaders and delegations to arrive later in the day here in the old city for an official ceremony and then they will start the talks and this despite all the statements from the u.s. diplomats and from the polish government this is not iran focused the event has become divisive and controversial this explains why many world leaders have decided to stay away from this so-called conference for the promotion of peace and stability in the middle east earlier today members of the national council of the revolution of iran which is an umbrella organization of iranian opposition held a rally one of the attendees was the foreman of new york julie rudy giuliani has said very sabella time for a regime change in iran and this explains why we've been hearing some harsh

u.s. in the middle east harms countries in the region. regarding the first issue i.e. iraq is takes we do not have any optimism about what the americans are saying if the united states leaves syria completely this will be good news for the people of syria are. the united states leaves iraq or afghanistan or other regional countries they decide to leave it will be good news for the nations of these countries at least thirty nine people have been killed in an attack on a military convoy in indian administered kashmir it happened in the district of paul warmer india's prime minister has called the bombing despicable the senior democrat on the us senate foreign relations committee has called on the trumpet ministration to turn over all documents related to the killing of saudi journalist john mauser shelby senator bob menendez wants records on whether any senior saudi official including crown prince mohammed bin sandman was responsible for for her death. bus will stop making the a three eighty in two years time and that's threatening thousands of jobs production of the wor

u.s. of meddling in the middle east his remarks rounded out a contentious conference where german chancellor angela merkel and u.s. vice president mike pence advanced opposing visions on iran and the direction of their nation's foreign policies but it has to do more for iran's foreign minister mohammad sorry for sharply criticized the u.s. and dismissed vice president mike pence this recent demand that the e.u. withdraw from the nuclear treaty with iran mr pence repeated this course. when he added gently demanded that europe must join the united states in undermining its own security and breaking its obligations but german foreign minister assured his iranian counterpart in direct talks in munich that germany and the you want to stick to the agreement as long as iran does the e.u. wants to enable trade with iran but serif suggests that europe has to do more. europe needs to be ridding to get rid. if it wants to swim against the dangerous part of the u.s. unit after this. european leaders are already feeling the pressure from the u.s. and mike pence of the n.t. hearing the security conference

u.s. sponsored conference opened in poland for middle east security widely seen as an attempt to isolate iran israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu says the meeting will focus on what he calls a common interest in the war with iran. the u.s. treasury secretary is in china to try and end a trade war between the world's two largest economies suma nugent and u.s. negotiators are hoping to reach an agreement on terrorists before an early march deadline adrian brown has more from beijing well it may be valentine's day but there's not much love lost between trade negotiators from china and the united states the u.s. treasury secretary steve minucci in left his hotel in beijing on thursday morning saying he was looking forward to these talks but he wouldn't elaborate for these talks to succeed though there has to be some goodwill on both sides both sides are trying to reach a framework of a deal that they can put to president xi jinping and president donald trump for them to sign but there are a number of sticking points for the united states it's the issue of verification making sure that chin