if the uae hacked qatar to suggest...or plan or ask someone else to hacked qatar? not at all stop what categorically no? no. do you accept someone categorically did? i don't think that there was any hacking. so, you think that the amir of qatar did say those things, you don't accept those denials? we don't accept their denials? we don't accept their denials but we know that they have established links with hamas and the iranians, they met with the head of the brigade, a guy famous for slaughtering sunnis in iraq and syria. what denial is there? you are of course ambassador in russia, have you asked the russians on this? no, i haven't. why not? it simply didn't come up. are you not curious to establish what information there is? on what precisely? on what exactly was said and whether there was any hacking. the russians, if there was hacking, then, you know, it may have been non—government parties. this is not the kind of stuff people would admit or talk about openly, certainly not at my level. you're the one who suggested

he is one of the uae's top diplomats.try guilty of hypocrisy and what do they hope to achieve by isolating qatar? omar saif ghobash, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. 13 demands replaced with six principles. what has changed? well, the 13 demands were actually presented in a confidential manner to the mediator, the emir of kuwait. they were never meant for publication. it was qataris who, i think, within an hour of receiving the list, publicised that. and so, we really feel that that was kind of undermining the mediation efforts of the emir. the principles upon which those demands are based are what we have now come up with. and presenting that to the qataris and to the world in a public manner. is it a toning down of these demands? i don't think it it is a toning down, no, the principles are precisely the same. it may be a question of how they are then worked out in reality. so, there is no... i don't think there is dispute about the need globally to prevent the funding of extremism and terrorism. no, these were specific d

so, in fact, uae has more relations with iran than we do. 96.7% of the trade is with uae. what we have with the iran is we share the natural gas fields. so 25% to 30% of the energy going out to the world is coming from our share. so normally we need to have lines of communication with iran to understand how this relationship should be dealt with. so i don't think that it has anything to do with iran's relation and qatar. so we have around 18 flights to go to iran. they have 80 flights a week to go to taharan. they have more investments with them than we do. so i cannot understand that iran is part of this issue. >> so you mentioned that this -- this feud, this blockade, is sort of undermining what the world thinks of the gulf nations, that it's tarnishing the image. early on in this conflict, you wrote an op ed in the wall street journal and you repeated some of your remarks today where you mentioned the uae and saudi arabia's roles in 9/11. tomorrow the united arab emirates is basically going to respond with a documentary that accuses qatar of, you know, fostering terrori

leave the uae. we have some cases where kids are separated from their moms. we had cases where fathers are separated from their families. i think that we are trying to on a primaryatar objective is to find relief for this humanitarian crisis. >> and where has the health come from the far -- help come from so far? >> in terms of the humanitarian? >> have you gotten any food assistance? >> yes, we have gotten a lot of support from some arab countries and from partners internationally. we are adapting, we are moving in the right direction. >> how long do you think qatar can sustain itself in this current state? >> again, we can sustain this forever but that is not our objective. our objective is to resolve this crisis. emphasize the importance on the cooperation of the gulf cooperation council. this is a very important entity in the arab world. this is what we want to happen, resolve this problem. we cannot resolve this problem if they do not come to the table. we are asking them to come to the table t

uae is asking for international monetary fund of qatari media.ar, is ask for changes in the foreign policy which is funding extremists in the region. that is not going to happen. it is really difficult to predict. in 2014, casarwent happen. it is really difficult to predict. in 2014, casar went to saudi arabia and there was an agreement that qatar would stop funding certain political factions. now saudi arabia, and bahrain are saying that qatar did not abide by the agreement. now qatar has a foreign policy and to change the policy would be extremely big hit for them. it is difficult for them to say that they will not be backing certain political factions in to say that they will not be backing certain politicalfactions in the region. on the other hand, the saudi and emirates blockaded on qatar is really harming the interests of the state. can i ask you one question about the alleged hack. when those state m e nts about the alleged hack. when those statements came out, did bbc arabic and other regional media thing, this isa and other regional medi

they accuse us of destabilizing the region and yet it is saudi arabia and uae who are under increased national and us animation for their brutal attacks on yemen causing 17 million yemenis to be on the verge of starvation. it is the uae not qatar that has that national community has been concerned about for the disturbing role in this syria. it is egypt who has abused its current status on the us security council to put a hold on the us request. [inaudible] when these countries have done has made any act of putting their status quo terrorism. a woman driving a car in saudi arabia is tried in a terrorist court. [inaudible] these actions says that we. [inaudible] this crisis will not be resolved by suppressing media and opposing viewpoints. instead, we must all put our concerns on the table and have an open discussion about the issues affecting our region. accordingly, the blocading countries have yet to show any genuine will for a dialogue. ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you without consequences of this reckless blockade against qatar that it has tarnished the image of all and has u

in fact, uae has more relations than we do. 6.7% of the trade is with uae. is wee have with iran share natural gas fields. 25-30% of the energy going out in the world is coming from -- normally we need to have lines of communication to understand this relationship should be dealt with. i don't think that has anything to do with the relationship with iran and qatar. ,hey have 80 flights per week again, they have more investments with them than they do. i can understand that iran as part of this issue. >> you mentioned this field, this blockade is undermining what the world thinks of the gulf nations. tarnishing the image. youy on in this conflict wrote an op-ed in the wall street journal and you have repeated some of your remarks today. you mentioned the uae and saudi arabia's role in 9/11. tomorrow the united arab emirates will respond with the documentary that accuses qatar of fostering terrorism. this back and forth tarnishing of images. it takes to to tango. to keep going back and forth and tarnishing one another. what point does qatar have a responsibili

saudi was not affected, the uae was not affected. of course i am concerned. we have been seeing the region be very resilient to bad news in the past few months. >> resilient indeed, we will have more with you. we will be talking about the saudi arabian economy and whether it can be resilient in the face of both oil prices and gdp contractions. ♪ ♪ >> first word headlines from around the world. -- a defiantking pose. minister told reporters in rome that the list of demands put forth by the saudi's and its allies was made to be rejected. >> everything should be based on a proper framework. demands is made to be rejected. it is not made to be excepted and not made to be negotiated. is rejected qatar as a principal. >> three of the u.k.'s biggest banks have stopped trading because they can't get access to the currency. they seized's house and brought back on it after saying they are having problems obtaining it from third-party suppliers. the currency exchange provider says they resumed trading after suspending purchases on thursday due to business challenges. di

enacted, women who are from qatar living with their husbands in the uae have to leave the uae. some cases where kids are separated from their mothers. fathers are separated in some cases. what we in qatar are trying to focus on, the primary objective is to find for release of this humanitarian crisis. >> and where has the health come help come from so far? >> >> in terms of the humanitarian? >> have you gotten any food assistance? >> we've gotten a lot of support from some arab countries and from partners internationally. we are moving in the right direction. qatar long do you think can sustain itself in this current state? forevernd sustain this but that is not our objective. our objective is to resolve this. this is a very important entity, and that is what we want to happen. we want to resolve this problem. we cannot resolve this problem if they do not come to the table. we are asking them to come to the table to leave their grievances and let's discuss. if there is anything based on fact we will deal with it. >> so turkey has moved some troops. any time somebody moves troop

i think that, you know, i agree with david that saudi arabia and the uae have sought for years to kind of galvanize qatari action against the terrorist financiers that were operating and continue to operate in qatar, and they felt that there's a sense that the qataris don't share the same threat perception as saudi and the uae. this is in a way, this desire to pursuit at different times what were multi-lateral attempts, whether the trilateral attempts that david mention or in other iterations, gcc joint efforts to designate hezbollah as a terrorist organization and have implementing mechanisms that went along with that, commitments that were made at the camp david summit under the obama administration to pursue multi-lateral joint efforts on counter terrorist financing and iranian activity in the region, these desires to bring the gulf states together to try to get a more common threat perception associated with this activity. the repeated kind of inability to do that is reflected in the current risk. so that's how it is a part of this current risk as well. i think that it is important

or u.n., and the uae and saudi have their lists.untriesou know, have to have the ability, and it is not the requirement under the standards to develop the capability to have these sorts of lists so they can identify and send clear messages to their domestic population about who is off-limits to deal with in terms of financial transactions and think,of this sort, so i as i said earlier, that is something that qatar can do. they can develop their own list to provide some clarity on who they see as fitting that definition within their own jurisdiction, and one of the things that these lists do in a domestic sense if they could reaction.itate we can say this was prohibited, and you did it. the u.n.-level designation member states have obligations to let travel bans and create obligations to have travel bans and create funds. ok. >> it is a really important question. the challenge for qatar is the taliban office. it is u.n.-designated individuals, so don't call through that lens begins -- so a throughl -- so doh that lens begins to look

have you felt any pressure when you are trying to move money between qatar and the uae?ow, we are a local retailer. we retail locally, mostly. we haven't seen so far anything that's worth mentioning on that front. >> what about supply routes, are they becoming more expensive? >> there has been an effort to -- to get more supply coming from, i mean, through air. and this is something that has been working when it gets to food and grocery related supplies. so, for the time being, things are working. there has been a readjustment and we are working to a certain extent. >> let's move geographies - let's jump over to saudi arabia. are you still planning to develop malls? >> yes, absolutely. we are very excited about that. >> give us some color on consumer sentiment. >> well, i mean look, as i've said many times, we believe saudi arabia is the right market. we're very happy with the changes that are happening in saudi arabia and with the real effort that is ongoing for the past two years in addressing real issues. and we have seen that the country has gone through, i think, a

just in the uae, you have more than 60 players in the markets.rself in order to compete there? >> cigna is not just another health insurance company. our mission is to improve their health, and sense of security. -- health, well-being, and sense of security. we spend as much time and resources keeping people healthy, keeping them away from having to visit the doctor. but at the same time, we give them peace of mind that should they fall ill, they can have access to quality health care anywhere around the region or around the world. we have a network of some million health care professionals that can help our customers. >> of course asia has been a big , priority for cigna. we are seeing changing demographics is helping boost your business. what are the prospects for your business here in the region, especially china, which is the biggest market? >> we have had a presence in china for close to 15 years. we have a joint venture with china merchants bank. that is a very important part of our portfolio. again, the fundamentals there, the growing midd

felt that there's a sense that the qataris don't share the same threat perception as saudi and the uae, in a way this desire to pursue at different times what were multilateral attempts, whether the trilateral attempt that david mentioned or in other iterations, gcc joined efforts to designate his followers esoteric organization and following along with that, commitments that were made at camp david summits under the obama administration to -- and iranian activity in the region. these desires to bring the gulf states together to try to get a more common threat perception associated with this activity, the repeated kind of inability to do that is reflected in the current rift i think, so that's how it's a part of this current rift as well. i think that it's important to note that qatar has taken some action against terrorist financing as david said as well. that they have taken action both against individuals, they have said u.n. listed individuals that their assetings have been frozen, that there's travel bans in place, and that there have been prosecutions and also systematically, the

in the uae. i am yousef gamal el-din.>> coming up on "bloomberg best, the stories that shaped the week in business around the world. the federal reserve holds the line. balance sheet normalization seen relatively soon. we hear what that will mean for markets going forward. >> to me it means higher tenure -- 10 year rates, perhaps 2.5%. >> and earning bonanza. we hear from -- the busiest week of the season, we hear from tech giants also but, samsung, amazon and face. guest: we had a really strong second-quarter and it was based on increased engagement and increased ability to work with marketers. >> deutsche bank earnings disappoint, revenue falling e

, and that would explain the performance of the uae and saudi bonds in the middle of all these situationstar has been affected. qatar is slightly wider than it used to be, but considering the expense and seriousness, if you compare market performance to that seriousness, i think market performance in qatar has been performing quite well considering the seriousness of the situation. we have to bear in mind that we are talking about incredibly wealthy countries with strong river -- strong reserves situation come and that has limited the market impact of the political standoff. think those reserves are helping in cap tar him a but we have seen a parallel emerging and trading at a weaker rate. how big is the pressure on the currency and will there be a time frame when qatar will have to give up the dollar peg? there isdon't think any pressure on the dollar peg. it is a very small economy. it is a small country with a --ll local population you'd population. they can also use other measures to sustain the peg. the last thing they would want to do is have an additional source of uncertainty rega

in the uae.♪ on bloomberg best, the stories that shaped the week in business around the world. the federal reserve holds the line. we hear what that will mean for markets going forward. >> to me in means higher tenure rates for -- perhaps 2.5%. >> and earning bonanza. the busiest week of the season, we hear from tech giants also but, samsung, amazon and face. guest: we had a really strong second-quarter and it was based on increased engagement and increased ability to work with bankers. >> the best

had hacked this and today we have had the uae minister saying nonsense.says uae has violated international laws, meanwhile there was a blockade on qatar. qatar has the money it is hurting but it has deep pockets, the highest gdp in the world coming to shipping food in and having flown in better known land border open any more. thank you very much. a man who raped and killed a 15—year—old schoolgirl in 1976 has beenjailed for 15 years. stephen hough, who‘s 58 and from flint in north wales, was convicted of manslaughter and rape last week. dna found onjanet commins‘s body was matched with his in 2016. it is taken more than a0 years for janet‘s family to learn the truth about her killer. the 15—year—old had choked during an horrific and sustained sex attack. today, former soldier stephen hough was brought to court to be sentenced. he lied to police when originally questioned backin police when originally questioned back in 1976. and continue to deny his guilt when he was arrested last year. stephen camargue are responsible for those injuries? no comment. are

it adds the uae denying it and issuing a statement. what do we have from le figaro?re the focus on emmanuel macron. the ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of vel d'hiv and there has been a warning about the rise of anti—semitism currently that was made by emmanuel macron. yes, i mean, it's the anniversary of the horror that took place there and, you know, it's good that everyone remembers it, of course these things become politicised, one way or the other, macron this weekend or these past few days has had a big opportunity to be on the world stage. i think there has also been some criticism of him taking advantage of this. there has been rises of anti—semitism in france and there has been movements, many french have moved to israel but then again they have come back so it is unclear. there certainly has been a rise of it but whether this, what macron is saying is going to do anything about it i don't know but at least he is acknowledging it. it'll be interesting to see how he is at knowledge in it because his style is rising and it is such an issue, a huge sensit

the foreign ministers of bahrain, egypt, saudi arabia and the uae will meet in cairo wednesday to discuss the next step in the ongoing disputes. >> bret: john huddy in the middle eastern newsroom. in other foreign headlines, u.s. backed forces in syria have breached the wall around raqqa's old city.ia senior pentagon officialsnd tell us that r the major advance in the weeks old battle to drive isis militants from their i self-declared capital. in iraq, that countries forces with u.s. backing are continuing their steady advance against the last isis stronghold in mosul. the prime minister says the civilians have rejected terrorists. the remaining militants trapped in the old city are now in a fight to the death. in caracas, venezuela, the supreme court has taken another step in undermining the country's chief prosecutor.

the treasury department stated earlier this month at a think tank event, quote, saudi arabia and the uae have sought for years to gal van nice qatar's efforts. qatar has been known to be a permissive environment for terror financing. reportedly funding u.s. designated foreign terrorist organizations, as well as several extremist groups operating in syria. in 2014 the former deputy director of the cia called out qatar publically along with kuwait because according to him the private engagement with these countries had not achieved what we were trying to achieve, end quote. in fact, qatar has openly housed ha mass leaders, taliban leaders and several individuals sanctioned by our u.s. state treasury department and it has failed to prosecute them. at least one high ranking qatar official provided support to the mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks against our country. of course, a u.s., eu and un terrorist for his role in financing al-qaeda and the 9/11 mastermind. in 2008 he was tried and convicted in an sen see yeah for his terrorist activity and arrested later that year by qatar to be r

intelligence officials say that the uae did orchestrate the hacking.s correspondent ali aruzi is with us. how did the u.s. get involved? this was a very significant development in the region. >> that's right. earlier this year saudi arabia, the uae, egypt, and bahrain accused qatar of financing and supporting terrorism and extremist groups and interfering in the affairs of other states. they made a list of demands to the qataris to stop supporting these things such as the muslim brotherhood, to distance themselves from iran and to shut down al jazeera news network, which is owned by the qataris. they didn't aquiesce. the spat kept growing. now they believe that the uae called for qatari government social media web sites to be hacked back in may. their objective was to pull quotes from the qatar's amir, which ultimately prompted this diplomatic crisis between qatar and other countries i mentioned. now, according to u.s. intelligence officials, they became aware last week after analyzing new data that the qatari amir had been falsely quoted as praising h

intelligence sources, it was actually the uae that organized post these qatar to inflammatory commentswhich the uae and saudi arabia then took umbrage at, launching this byckade that was supported president trump. like i said, they're well-known to be close allies -- kushner and the emir are close allies. they believe that otaba wrote which wasent eventually delivered to donald trump. amy: in the next segment, we're going to be talking about jared kushner wife, president trump's daughter ivanka trump and her businesses in indonesia where ivanka brent clothing are manufactured, i want to ask you, ryan grim, about what is happening with the health-care debate on capitol hill. you cover all developments in congress closely. this week, the massive news, republican majority leader mitch mcconnell said the senate will vote next week on whether to repeal the affordable care act without a replacement, even though the bill currently lacks enough republican support to pass. mcconnell's announcement came after president trump invited all 52 republican sesenators to ththe white house for lunch, ai

you know, we have a base in the uae, we have a base in bahrain. so the more options you have, the less leverage any one of these actors has over us. at the same time i think we would have to do a really v real evaluation, because if we lost the base in qatar, they invested a billion dollars in that base. that's a ton of money. they have technology and space and things we don't necessarily have elsewhere. i think it would be -- on top of that, if you end up in a situation where we lose access to the base, then you also run into questions of not being able to conduct as many operations in iraq, afghanistan and elsewhere and also where we could bring in a carrier or something like that to offset some of those things, and the ability to do things in the asian pacific or in europe. so it is a very complicated question, but it is worth -- it is certainly worth exploring instead of making it a sacred cow. whenever you make something a sacred cow and becomes invaluable to you, you have a lot less leverage over everything else. one other point if i could a

saudi arabia, with support of the uae, prosecuting a more aggressive agenda toward qatar.revolves around allegations of backing of terrorism. they both back different groups in the region. but really, qatar has tried to carve out for itself a separate, very distinct identity. al-jazeera, hosting the news agency, taking a more independent -- neutral view in the area. and a more open relationship with iran. saudi arabia's more traditional rival in the region. it is hard to understand where this is going to end up. one assumes it will end up in a messy, negotiated, temporary settlement, and that this issue will keep on coming back around in various forms in the months and years to come. it is hard to imagine that it will end up in some kind of military confrontation between these two states. that is not impossible, but remains unlikely. it undermines a sense of these countries being the stable, regional hubs were international business can be conducted. rishaad: how much is down to saudi arabia thinking qatar is above its station? you mentioned independent foreign policy and

individuals calling for social reform in the uae is a social terrorists. this is the work that needs to be done for counterterrorism in the region. the crisis will not be resolved by suppressing media and opposing viewpoints. . . [applause] i will start off with a few questions and then take questions from the audience. want to start with the reasons behind the blockade. the remarks were pretense and that is what was behind it you think it was the reforms but that was 21 years ago these reforms have been under way for a long time. what do you think prompted this immediate reaction? >> thank you very much for this question. as i mentioned in my speech, this was an attempt from me personally to try to understand the motive behind this. the only example given was by the saudi ambassador in jordan to try to understand where they are coming from. it had been there for 20 years and now what happened is obviously something had been planned for some time. we were part of the summit and we signed on the establishment of the center's. we were still puzzled on the mo

tillerson, working hard behind the scenes, the spat between saudi, uae, bahrain, and egypt, and qatar as well uae minister has said the ua was not responsible for alleged hack of qatar ee websites this is the minister of state foreign affairs said today, speaking at a forum in london. he said the uae would not escalate boycott by asking companies to choose between business with it and qatar if you didn't see the extraordinary comments from the former deputy prime minister with me in istanbul about what he sees behind this, very outspoken man. not part of the government so he can speak up a little bit. he says utter hypocrisy going on >>> uk brexit david davis arrived in brussels for round two. alongside the chief negotiator he says discussions focus on issue of finance and northern ireland. speaking to the bbc, mr. philip hammond warned that brexit uncertainty was putting off businesses in investing in the uk >> it is absolutely clear that businesses where they have discretion over investment, where they can hold off are doing so you can understand why they're waiting for more clarity

intelligence officers are saying the uae said orchestrate the hacking.ates denied that, but my gosh, this is a tangled web, and it's not made any easier to follow when you have our secretary of state saying one thing and the president of the united states saying another. where do we stand right now as we sort through the debris of relationship with two allies? >> joe, this may seem like sort of a family feud and a rich guy's club with these very wealthy persian gulf nations, but it is getting to a level of seriousness that i hear is really worrying u.s. officials. the latest revelation that you mentioned in the washington post runs a story this morning saying that the uae may have been responsible for the initial hack that led to comments that were used as the reason for breaking off relations between the uae, saudi arabia and qatar. on the other hand, there is a real split in the trump administration about what to do over this. rex tillerson has been trying to mediate, trying to find common ground, trying to find a way to negotiate a resolution thinking

the uae government's policy of tolerance is unmatchable.nobody in this world has ever thought of having such a diverse society altogether in one place. >> back in her office in abu dhabi, lubna al qasimi receives guests from all over the world. representatives from governments and ngos who are intrigued that the notoriously undemocratic emirates have a state ministry for tolerance -- the first of its kind worldwide. >> there's more of a rising negative sentiments, there's a lot of hate speech, there's a lot of inciteful talks and words. so it is time to start to preserve values, specially tolerance, coexistance, and diversity. >> tolerance, she says, is not just needed in the area of religion, but also between the sexes. as president of the zayed university in abu dhabi, al qasimi is particularly keen to promote women in the area of education. 80% of the students here are women. men are a relatively rare sight. that's very unusual in the arab world. >> she's spread the knowledge of tolerance, specially lately, recently, in the country that

what are the reasons that prove it wrong. >> the uae does particularly well top ten% of the industries we looked at, especially heavy industries, infrastructure, power, renewables, auto manufacturing, the heavier cluster of industries, in addition to the food market which does particularly well good pipeline, looking at the construction sector, talking abu dhabi and the port they've got, when you look at consumer sector, good logistics network, demographics profile there are a lot of factors at play that help the industry growth which is already quite substantial. they're ahead of the curve compared to other countries. >> one of the most surprising findings in the report is the fax that bricks are notably absent >> that was one of the most surprising conclusions we were able to unearth was the fact that bricks, you have traditional narrative, especially for russia, india, brazil doing particularly well, and they have good demographics, et cetera. when we dig a little deeper, we have high levels of political risk, you look at countries like russia, they have a slow pace of reform when y

banned laptops in cabins on flights from eight countries including egypt, the uae, saudi arabia, andern was that the electronics could conceal explosives. officials say they lifted the ban on the airline because it began tighter security measures. the airline operates flights between abu dhabi, the capital of the uae, and the united states. >>> we may finally get a peek at tesla's long-anticipated model 3. in a series of tweets, founder elon musk announced the first production model rolls out friday. the model 3 is tesla's first affordable electric car. and there's a lot riding on its release. anticipation has sent tesla's stock up a staggering 70% this year. musk says they'll sell the first 30 cars on july 28th, then production will ramp up exponentially. musk aims to produce about 20,000 cars per month by the end of the year. >>> "early start" continues right now. >>> the president in no way, form, or fashion has promoted or encouraged violence -- quite the contrary. >> if that's the contrary, we hesitate to ask, what counts as encouraging violence? the president's latest assault o

the netherlands, uae, we havejust had under 3000 people die of suicide attacks between 1982 and 2015in the united states. we have had, in the united states, at least 30,000 people die as a result of gun violence every year since 1982 at least. i see the crosses, the kkk, i see they have them and burn them. i do not associate them with such a mainstream movement as christianity, because the majority of people, christians, have nothing to do with that. what you need is people who believe in civilisation, believing perversity, who believe in inclusion, people from all backgrounds, sadiq khan, angela merkel, from the uae, to come together and oppose people who incite hate. they need to do that in the us, especially against people like donald trump. your music is a pa rt like donald trump. your music is a part of that? it is forced to be a pa rt part of that? it is forced to be a part of that? it is forced to be a part of it because i am living in this age. mohammed fairouz, we have the end it there. but thank you so much for being on hardtalk thank you. thank you. hello there. plenty goi

>> we do have basis in the uae and then bahrain.it's not like this is the only base we have to addle think the basis the ultimate issue. if i could just as there's one other agreement as you noted secretary tillerson side and m.o.u., memo of understanding with qatar. there's no meat on his bones but they are very good bones and this was a could be built on the pier i do want people to walk away thinking now there's an m.o.u.s and how we can cooperate. >> i think that's a very important issue, dr. levitt. what you could do to help us is give us exactly what kind of meat should be added to that bone, and then we should present a detailed agreement on combating terror financing to all of the countries in the region and see who will cooperate with us in a specific way. i must tell you it is deeply important to me. i represent the great city of new york, and lost 500 friends. we lost 3000 on the day, but literally thousands and thousands more that were exposed to the deadly fumes from the terrorist attacks. so we know that there are effo

why do you think saudi arabia, the uae, egypt and bahrain want to limit qatari sovereignty? >> it's a matter of power in the region but my country is alwahas all sd coming to the table of negotiation, discuss this frankly, we have no problem to discuss this first lifting the blockade is the most important issue it's an illegal blockade we stress that it's illegal discussing the issues, throwing this through the discussion table. and as i said, the united nations is providing the facility to discuss this, otherwise they can use the gcc, the gulf corporation country mechanism to discuss the issue of any kind of dispute >> you'll forgive me for asking, is this not one of the problems, the idea they're doing this to limit sovereignty, is this one of the problems with non-elected governments that egos can drive behavior that may not be in the interest of the people in saudi arabia or the emirates or bahrain? >>i just assured that the negotiation between the countries should be respected and put on a platform through the right channels we are not talking -- we are talking about th

the only three countries that recognise the proper government were pakistan, saudi arabia and the uaeme countries that support terrorism and extremism in syria and iraq. they have consistently been supporting terrorism and extremism. we have been consistently objective. they made the wrong places and now they are complaining about reaping they are complaining about reaping the fruits of their own wrong choices. it is not ourfault the fruits of their own wrong choices. it is not our fault that we made the right choice. it's three years since the malaysian airlines flight, mhi7, was shot down over eastern ukraine, killing 298 people. it was the worst single loss of life in the conflict, between russian backed separatists, and the government in kiev. a ceasefire in the region isn't holding, with regular skirmishes, as rebels who want closer ties to moscow, battle the ukrainian armed forces, in mainly russian speaking areas. our special correspondent fergal keane and cameraman darren conway have been to the front line. high summer, and at first the land looks at peace. until very quickly

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