we have courts within the uae. within the uae.ed the council where most of the legislation rules and regulations are being prepared. within that industry that is industryn the uae, the that we as a government, we should be an incubator for the willingness for the uae to be a member of the council. one thing the industry requiring, we have a great infrastructure in the uae as far as maritime. we are number three in the world as far as infrastructure as far as maritime is concerned. be able toeed to participate in formulating the rules and regulations. the second part is the legislation we have. the rules that we have, the business environment we have, it would actually be a great incubator for us to be participating in a win-win situation with the imo. we can provide them with what it takes to improve also their business environment. region,have within the we have over 20 ports within the uae did three of them -- within the uae. three of them are in the top 10 for the last three consecutive years. we have good reason to be part of

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it is the biggest in the uae in the past few years. there's a lot of expectation on what this might actually bring in terms of dividends to shareholders. this is expected to just be one of the main reasons for people to watch the name right now. yousef: let's get more context about what is happening with the earnings season in the gulf cooperation council. joining us is the head of brokerage managing for the company. welcome back to the program. i was just looking at an earnings breakdown of some of the companies. with over 120 reported, we are seeing flat sales growth and earnings growth -- well, there was no growth, down 6%. you are not as pessimistic about these numbers as some of the others are, are you? guest: no. i am not that pessimistic about the numbers, because these come down with good reason. they are going for a major restructuring on the government level. in these times, you don't expect much growth in the economy. what is happening is extremely natural compared to what saudi is going through. yousef: so why don't you tal

and ultimately the uae denied intending to do that.e don't see scope for significant escalation that doesn't involve self harm. yousef: up next on the "best of bloomberg markets: middle east," it has been a disappointing earnings season so far in the middle east. we get some investment advice. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ yousef: welcome back to the "best of bloomberg markets: middle east." second gore earnings released by gulf companies this week, while mixed, have given a view of how economies are coping with low oil prices. we got more perspective on this story with the head of microstrategy. guest: i think what we are going through is a phase of adjustments. if we look at the first half of 2017 compared to last year, they have gone up. comparing saudi arabia to the uae was 56 versus 54 last year. but if we delve into the figures of the pmi's, what they are telling us is that companies and businesses were aggressively cutting prices in trying to gain more business. i think that is probably a reflection of what you see in terms of earnings

here in the uae, it might have been a potential angle. i think in the u.k.bably look at it in terms of the overall agreement and obligation. they will look at the agreement. tracy: so the high court isn't going to be issuing any. guest: i wouldn't think so. tracy: some people i had spoken to said they expected dana went -- would attempt to sweep some of this controversy under the rug by maybe offering a suite and restructuring deal. are you surprised that hasn't happened? guest: there's an ongoing negotiation going on. both parties are looking to get an advantage. going from the position of effectively owing a lot of money in profit, they have come up with some arguments as to why things should change or why the restructuring should occur. again, the u.k. court did feel that there was substantial reason to actually hear a full court hearing in september. they had improved their position from these negotiations and discussions. i guess we just have to see what the ultimate outcome is. tracy: at this juncture in time, after we see a company say that its debtor

my question is for the uae specifically. with all your success in more than africa you been able to provide such beneficial products for the weather and improving the life of those living in the farmlands and everything. with that comes your political support that i presume finances your success now. in regards to that social pressure that you are feeling, how and what do you think you'll provide that leadership with the quality that you mentioned with getting humans to mars? >> in europe your question. >> in regard to the social pressure that you will face because you currently make products that are great for the average citizen but what does mars have to do with them in regards to that social pressure what will you provide that you mentioned earlier? >> that's a very good question. that was a question that we still get today even though, for example, the emirate is currently in a cbr this week and facts. for us people don't understan understand -- and i'm sure you can understand why they don't get why humanity is venturin

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taxing times in the uae.ew excise on tobacco and soft drink will start from october, the first in a series of reforms designed to make up for lost revenue from lower oil prices. saudi bonds make a splash. bloomberg's mideast finance reporter looked at what is driving demand for the kingdom's debt. reporter: demand is still pretty high from local investors. always seen in saudi arabia as a result of the spending cuts the government has done, demand in the private sector has dried up. banks are looking for decent assets to buy. there is a lot of demand for these issues. only look at when they were around 58 billion riel's on the table, this time it was just over 30. we are seeing demand is perhaps not as high as it was last month. we are starting to see interbank rates come up. what they were doing a year ago was sucking all of the equivalency out of the system. there is very little left for the private sector. anchor: does this give us any clues about the government's demands when it to investors later this ye

the uae about 60%. that is not compliance.he real problem is i do not see supplies being materially impacted by opec. the higher prices go, other countries come online. the southeast competitor brexit -- the saudi's can cut their production to asia. frome: thank you so much the chicago cme group. mark: still ahead, you might be surprised that what are u.s. president bill clinton and george w. bush say are their greatest achievement while running the u.s. we will have that story next. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: this is "bloomberg markets ." i mark barton with vonnie quinn in london. vonnie: this week, we hear what former presidents bill clinton and george w. bush had to say about their biggest accomplishments while they were occupying the white house. >> what would you say in your 8 years you were most proud of having done? >> i was most proud that when i left office, we had the broadest period of shared prosperity in 50 years. the bottom 20% income in percentage terms, and nobody was mad at anybody. it was shared across racial

you seem to be focused on the uae.n in fact there is quite clear egyptian, uae, saudi connection in the east, which are violations of the east, which are violations of the weapons embargo and they have been coming to you. i am not privy to those details. you are the so—called foreign minister. to those details. you are the so—called foreign ministerlj to those details. you are the so-called foreign minister. i am not involved with military affairs. i cannot co—operate what you have said. i know that there is a great deal of support that has been provided by egypt and the emirates. iam mindful provided by egypt and the emirates. i am mindful that in 2011 the libyan people rose up in a revolution against a longtime dictator, mohammed gaddafi. sometimes it looks as though in the figure of haftar libya might once again be flirting with a potential dictator. libya will flirt with a president who will be duly elected by its own people. the world wants a peaceful, united, safe libya where terrorism is eradicated. yes. do you

on the front page of the gulf news, some interesting population numbers for the uae. one of the first countries in the region to reveal it's population count and the gender split is 69% men, compared with just 31% women. and, toddlers using smartphones and tablets before even turning one is the health feature on the front of the south china morning post. it follows a study of young children in hong kong. doctors have warned the habits can hinder eye and bone development, impact interpersonal skills and lead to addictive behaviour later in life. with us is alpesh patel, the ceo of praefinium partners. i think you'vejust i think you've just described me. we don't need smart phones here. we just read the papers. the washington post leading with robert mueller and the grand jury, how significant do you think this is? with any other president, it would be hugely significant, even richard nixon. but this is not going to even distract the president in a slight way. the sad thing is, this is basically a dead duck, not even a lame—duck, but a dead duck. he is going to get noth

i wonder, you're an australian, you worked in banking australia, malaysia, now here in the uae. is this an opportunity with dubai as a global cross roads for you to meet young talent as a bank involved in this inertive that might be able to come up with ideas that will help your business is that the point? >> absolutely. for us, we're just a aushgs uaek only, so it's an opportunity for smaller banks to go ahead and do something completely different rather than i think many banks see it as a threat, i see it as a fap tantastic opportunity, bee we can develop new ideas and initiatives in a way that we wouldn't be able to do if we were just on our own >> is that about increasing the offering for current customers, trying to find new customers in new markets? a bit of both.

gulf news business is focusing on the much awaited roll—out of the uae's value—added tax rate, whicht to be one of the lowest in the world. the independent is looking at the notting hill carnival‘s tribute to victims of g re nfell tower. a minute's silence was held at the festival's opening at the weekend, and will be observed again today at the grand finale. and finally, south china morning post reports the international olympic committee would consider introducing esports to the games to attract a younger audience, but only if gore and violence is removed. so let's begin. with us is lawrence gosling editor—in—chief of investment week. good morning to you. so, these floods in houston, i mean, utterly incredible scenes and you know, a terrifying situation for those caught up in it. very much so, this is the kind of legacy of hurricane harvey, we get used to this time of year of having a hurricane with an alliterative name but these are mickey names, these are 27 inches of rain, as it has been reported has hit houston already, and perhaps the first natural disaster of this sort of cro

uae and egypt has been close to-- previously and so on. what was he counting on in terms of support? >> i think that-- i wouldn't be able to directly say, but i think my reading of the situation and my assessment of the situation, there-- if he was able to present himself as a secular palestinian authority, that is able to take control of the gaza strip and west bank, then he would be able to have the support of countries such as saudi arabia. and even as egypt and u. a d might fall into step if he was able to present a strong hand and demonstrate he's able to take control of the gaza strip. that backfired. what has resulted instead the uae continuing to support a possible successor to president abbas and egypt coming out more strongly than before in terms of support as a success serment egypt was probably seen as a country that could fall either way and it's now come out very clearly as a country that's supportive of him coming back into power. the thing to understand in president abbas' policies in deciding to further increase gaza's iso

in the uae we seek to pass. one, that these numbers create a negative impact, and i'm sure you guys know what i'm talking about, or it creates a positive impact. this is one we are betting on. we want to show the regions and the youth that if you invest in science and technology, if you contribute to humanities efforts, you'll be able to uplift your regions and truly be at frontier of science and technology with the rest of humanity. to show a message that through science, through technology, truth based exploration we can contribute and do good, and add to humanities knowledge pics so this is a brief overview and i'm also open for questions. thank you. [applause] >> okay. let's now switch. >> thank you. first of all, i would like to say and you very much to give me a chance, right chance to introduce our work. now, we just made japanese integrated space expiration scenario like this, about 400 pages. so we just finished the first examination titled to make integrated expiration scenario in design. this is a pic

, they have a lwa ys the list are like uae, they have always been good about meeting targets. that is why opec wa nts to targets. i think that is why opec wants to say, let's come back together and see what we can do.“ you do not comply, what are the consequences? that is the problem, there is not something that will say you will be kicked out of opec, these are the costs, which is why opec is tricky. if you can't, i a lwa ys opec is tricky. if you can't, i always have an incentive to not do as much is required because i hope prices will go up because of the result of your clock. the price of oil is not going up. i got back from houston last week and shale is definitely growing will grow strongly but i do not think shale is growing as much as more people feared. one of the things that came out was the gas to oil ratio is rising a lot. for every well you com plete rising a lot. for every well you complete you are getting more gas 110w complete you are getting more gas now than oil. some of that fear will probably subside. right now, demand is phenomenal at these prices and one

this is involved in the uae -- they have had a rough year as they changed out 18%. the way for more context to break down why the loss was this one of the stocks listed on the dubai exchange coming in low side at 25.5 million. let's get you a preview of what's to come on bloomberg markets -- we talked the developer of the world's tallest building. the company itself is seeing lofty earnings expectations. we crunched the numbers, and much more, with the numbers we just got. david: but up next, we will be asking our guest why he prefers asian corporate bonds over u.s. and european jets. this is bloomberg. ♪ yousef: this is "bloomberg markets: middle east," on yousef gamal el-din. david: and i'm david ingles in hong kong. with us to discuss the top trade is a fixed income analyst who is now -- you were previously constructive recently turned cautious. >> ultimately, we are close to central bank normalization. we think valuations are stretched and investors aren't getting compensated at this point when the normalization process is almost upon us. david: looking at your

to be focused on the qatari connection in the west, when it appears there is a connection with the uaeeen coming to europe. i am not privy to those details. but you are the so—called foreign minister! but i am not involved with military affairs. i cannot co—operate what you have just said. i know there is a great deal of support that has been provided by egypt. i am mindful that in 2011, the libyan people rose up against a long—time dictator, muammar gaddafi. sometimes it looks as though, in a figure of khalifa haftar, there might once again be flirting with a potential dictator. the world wants a peaceful, united, safe libya, where terrorism is eliminated. do you think we will see that in the next one or two years? i am hopeful, optimistic, about that. there is a great deal of will among libyans that we should put an end to this split in libya, and the fact that we have two governments, and to put an end to this chaos that we have suffered from. the top libyan football team are preparing for the new season. remarkably, through all of the years of violence, the libyan national league h

i know, and what i have seen as cast—iron evidence is the shipments of arms coming to you from the uaein fact, it appears there is a connection with the uae, egypt, and saudi arabia, here in the east. that is a violation of the un weapons embargo, and these are weapons that have been coming to you. i am not privy to those details. but you are the so—called foreign minister! but i am not involved with military affairs. i cannot corroborate what you have just said. i know there is a great deal of support that has been provided by egypt. i am mindful that in 2011, the libyan people rose up in a revolution against a long—time dictator, muammar gaddafi. sometimes it looks as though, in a figure of khalifa haftar, libya might once again be flirting with a potential dictator. libya will flirt with a president who will be duly elected by its own people. the world wants a peaceful, united, safe libya, where terrorism is eliminated. yes. do you think we are going to see that in the next one, two years? i am hopeful, optimistic, about that. because there is a great deal of will among libyans that

what has resulted instead was the uae continuing to support the successor to president abbas in egypt coming out more strongly than it ever has before in terms of support. egypt was probably seen as a country that could fall either way and it's now come out as a country that is supportive of him coming back to power. it's important to understand that president abbas policies in deciding to further increase gaza's isolation that he bought into the rationale of the which is that you can increase pressure on a population of too many people in order to weaken a political fraction or in this case a running government. apart from the fact that it's morally reprehensible because it's collective punishment to to achieve a political goal it had also proven to be flawed. hamas hasn't weekend but rather than collapse or the coming back into that gaza strip will we have seen are several escalation of force gaza and israel. actually the reading of hamas' desire to further weaken hamas is a misreading of the situation which is that it benefited from the separation of the gaza strip from the west ba

the uae has announced their hope mission which will be an orbiter, making measurements of solar wind interactions with martian atmosphere and lots of aspects of mars from remote-sensing instruments. what a spectacular opening of the highway and what will be happening. then, as we move into that decade, 2024, jack's a --jaxa announced the martian moon exploration mission, this mission is designed to interrogate the two moons of mars, the most and the most - h --phobos and deimos. they are the space station of mars. later on in the decade, there are plans and discussions about bringing samples back from potentially the samples that are brought by 2020 but also in china, they stated they underestimated the sample return. there is a brief scientific overview of what is happening not only in the near future but as we begin the next exciting decade of science exploration of mars. exploring mars is not star trek, not go where no human has gone before. it is the pioneering effort of the science missions that are being laid out and being executed by many countries now that are going to be cri

for example, the uae ambassador who was on hardtalk a few days ago talking about this problem of thes that come out of aljazeera, he said, the problem is that many of the journalists in aljazeera english don't understand arabic and they are now going to the barricades, standing up for what they think is an issue of press freedom, when they don't even realise that the messages coming out of aljazeera arabic are different and they are being used in effect as a fig leaf for extremism. now that's what the ambassador says. well, i'm really sorry to hear such a thing from the ambassador. i know the ambassador, to moscow, i believe. that's right. i can tell you something. these people, the emirati themselves, they have never complained about our coverage, except now after the blockade started they have started speaking about al jazeera is supporting terrorism. now, i have seen some of their advertisements, some of the videos that they put online. they are taken out of context and i can read to you some of the things they said, compared to what actually happened on aljazeera. it is falsifica

and the egyptians fighting some of the same enemies, and he's backed by the uae. which is maybe israelis favorite. some of this looks like an appealing situation. let me just conclude by saying there's a very difficult dilemma here, i don't think it's that simple. in the long-term, the solution would be to bring gaza into the fold. but in the short-term, what you really need to do is to try to alleviate a terrible situation in the gaza strip of and try to deter a much more terrible situation which is war. i think to my mind the possibility of another conflict in gaza and the current situation is -- but i will point out, it's not a simple thing, simply jettisoning, that hamas does not care about the people of gaza. >> i'm going to ask a couple of sort of follow-up questions, on the short-term issue, why hasn't israel sort of gotten the short-term balance right between hamas, okay, it's in gaza for now, but what the future holds now, we do not know. but it doesn't necessarily have an interest in launching israel in the world. except as it's really squeezed as it has

described all of the countries lined up against you at the moment, saudi arabia, the gulf states, the uae would you describe the qatar government?” don't think it is a dictatorship. i think there is a difference between, you have royalty in england. 0f course it is different, it is constitutional royalty. there is a royal family constitutional royalty. there is a royalfamily in constitutional royalty. there is a royal family in saudi constitutional royalty. there is a royalfamily in saudi arabia and your man called it a dictatorship. why is qatar not a dictatorship? look at the difference in practices in the two countries. excuse me. i don't want, i am here to talk about aljazeera in the media, not about the political situation. leave me, i am not afraid to talk about it, it is just that this is taking the attention away from the real issue thatis attention away from the real issue that is facing the media. media is ina very that is facing the media. media is in a very serious problem in the middle east, in north africa and many countries, including latin america. there is a regression in

saudi arabia, bahrain, and the uae abbvie led international trade rules. the three, along with egypt, accused qatar of supporting terrorism. global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries around the world. this is bloomberg. ofid: some lines here out hsbc. the buyback will be carried out, held a long way credit suisse. they are pointing credit suisse for the buyback, which starts today, august 1. that's the story on hsbc. let's go over to china and shanghai. the trading picks up litter today and ministers are there meeting under the shadow of rising spats and tension between the group's asian members. tom mackenzie is in shanghai for us. what's the mood like as these ministers meet? i will put that question to our next guest, the minister of trade from south africa, robert davies. david in the studio is asking what the mood is like at the summit. what are you hoping to gain from the next few days of talks here in china? quite a lot ofen interaction with our officials in the context of international and trade

in the uae, it might've been a potential angle, i think of the u.k. probably get it -- probably look at it in terms of the overall obligation. tracy: the high court not going to be issuing any fatwas. some people i spoke to said that they thought that dana would try to sweep some of this under the rug by offering a sweetened restructuring deal. you surprised that has not happened? anlid: i guess there is ongoing negotiation going on in both parties looking to get an advantage or to strengthen their position. going from the position of effectively owing a lot of money and profits, they have come up with some arguments as to why things should change or why the restructuring should occur, and again, the u.k. court did feel there was a reason to hear a full court hearing in september. they have improved their position from these negotiations from discussions. we have to see in september with the ultimate outcome is. tracy: at this juncture in time, after we see a company say again money.tors only as this continues, does it increasingly look like a one-off

australia are third with a game in hand, with uae in fourth place.nchester city for forward alex sanchez. the 28—year—old chile international scored 2a premier league goals last season and with the transfer deadline closing at 2200 gmt on thursday any deal could also see raheem sterling leaving city for arsenal in part payment for the sanchez transfer. meanwhile, arsenal midfielder alex oxlade—chamberlain has turned down a move to premier league champions chelsea. the clubs had agreed a $51 million fee, but it's understood the england international was unhappy with chelsea's positional plans for him. oxlade—chamberlain may now have talks with liverpool. britain's chris froome has maintained his 36—second lead after stage ten of the vuelta a espana as he bids to become the first rider since 1978 to claim this race and the tour de france in the same year. after 164 kilometres in the saddle, italy's matteo trentin held off spain'sjosejoaquin rojas to claim victory. froome crossed the line four and a half minutes later alongside his main rival esteban ch

well, it iraq, the uae, gabon have been performing badly recently within opec and then you have countries who are part of the deal, like kazakhstan, who have been hit badly as well. and in terms of the countries exempt from production cuts in november, will some of those come on—board? for example nigeria? yes, so nigeria in it last meeting indicated it was willing to join the pa ct indicated it was willing to join the pact at a production level higher than what they are producing already. so it is not really doing much to bring well—balanced into line. and why has the price of oil not been pushed up more than perhaps it has? is it to do with shale production going on? —— world balances. we live in a different world in terms of production globally than a few years back. us shale oil is much larger and more nimble and industry. as soon as you get prices around the $50 mark the production of us oil can increase substantially. it only takes about $40 a barrel for us oil companies to break even. so what will saudi arabia do about this? for saudi arabia do about this? for saudi arabia it is ex

collin overseas the day to day operations of uae, providing benefits to tens of thousands of members nationwide, expanding membership each year. collin also overseas operations collin also overseas operations at aae's 501c support foundation. he also co-leads the national employee freedom week, a national information campaign and coalition, now in its fifth year, highlighting the rights employees have regarding union memberships including opting out and joining nonunion groups. before joining aae in 2008, collin served in coalition relations department at the heritage foundation. collin graduated from the university of notre dame and i'm going to ask him to take over the program until q&a, thank you all. collin: thank you, david, and thank you to the heritage foundation for agreeing to host this event and thank you to all of you for attending and everyone who's watching the live stream on cspan, i appreciate you tuning in. and thank you to the other panelists who made it to d.c. the fact that you're here means you didn't win the power ball last night. welcome to national employee fre

saudi arabia and uae were two of those three states. saudi arabia and uae -- these are u.s. allies. don't want to engage in saudi bashing. i am talking about the united states of accusing iran of itsorting terrorism, but own allies are exposing each other about who was first in supporting isis and al-nusra and other terrorist organizations. charlie: let me make this clear. i want to make sure we both have times -- both have time. do you believe saudi arabia supports al qaeda? do you believe saudi arabia supports aldosterone -- al-nusra? do you believe saudi arabia supports isis? javad sharif: i believe a lot of saudi money went to support these organizations. some of them are children of saudi arabia intelligence services. we know al qaeda, when it engaged the soviets, was a child of saudi intelligence services. government, which was sponsoring al qaeda, was only recognized by three states. two of them were saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. charlie: the other was pakistan. javad sharif: well, that's a neighbor. as a neighbor, they have a problem. but for saudi arabia and un

seas in yemen and there's a bit of a dangerous situation there because you have the gulf arab states, uae and the others and they're not helping the good guys but there helping less bad guys and against them but we have a shiite, sunni, scrap going on and this is dangerous and it's something we need to keep an eye on but the uranian influence is most important to united states is that iraq and syria and afghanistan. we have wars going on in both of those and we have a plan about the nice thing is we are actually at the end game in iraq and what is going on in this area, does anyone know? no one knows what the answer is there. it is not good. it is not ended and closer to the end but we need to be planning for a post isa space in both of those countries. one of the things that has to happen is we have to stop the advance of the iran into both of those areas and we have to push them back. one of the main dangers and one of tran's biggest goals has been to create what some would call a shiite crescent or a land bridge to the mediterranean. if you go through iraq and syria you get to the and

mention that erik prince is involved with the uae, nited arab emerites, has private military organization with them. i don't know why this is allowed of america.d states we are in the middle of a military coux. military, but our and we are tutions under attack f. we don't stand going to have any, this is a warning, folks. morgan from nashville, tennessee. org, army a news dot chief pledging what he's calling iserable punishment on the u.s., in a rally in north korea opposing sanctions implemented u.n. toward pyongyang "scheme of america's pressure." to lee joining from brooklyn, democrat's line, your top story of the week, what is it, lee? caller: the idea they took a poll of republicans and the republicans agree if 2020ident trump cancels the elections, they are okay with that. this sort of -- what poll, lee? who did the poll? caller: in the msn news, i don't know who did the poll. msn news, microsoft news. host: we can show it to you on the screen. caller: right. they said the majority of surveyed about canceling the 2020 presidential agreed with the president with that idea, if preside

troubled relationship in those current debates so to have the hamas standoff in the new role of the uae and egypt, what is the thinking there?. >> is a pleasure to be here at mei and i think the extreme right will be disappointed but that is terrible but for many israelis is a very bad situation so those three wars with gaza have been very damaging for those that were in charge so there is that growing recognition that status quo is very bad so we see how to deal with this one and it is widespread desire which is a state neighboring israel every couple of years and therefore wherever it would be you would have extremely unstable situation they would necessarily have that so the solution one palestinian done or one palestinian authority and the end to war with its neighbor. and it is worth noting that we all have a separate military to assume that is a constant but hamas will not give up its powers the matter the damage to the gaza strip. so then the question arises is what to do? sova to conquer the gaza strip the matter the cost with the war every couple years but usually by far level

collin overseas the day to day operations of uae, providing benefits to tens of thousands of members nationwide, expanding membership each year. collin also overseas operations at aa501c. he also co-leads the national employee freedom week, a national information campaign and coalition, now in its fifth year, highlighting the rights employees have regarding union memberships including opting out and joining nonunion groups. before joining aae in 2008, collin served in coalition relations department at the heritage foundation. collin graduated from the university of notre dame and i'm going to ask him to take over the program until q&a, thank you all. >> thank you, david, and thank you to the heritage foundation for agreeing to host this event and thank you to all of you for attending and everyone who's watching the live stream on cspan, i appreciate you tuning in. and thank you to the other panelists who made it to d.c. in august, and the fact that you're here means you didn't win the power ball last night. welcome to national employee freedom week. it's all week through august 26. i

the fact that he's now proven that he can at least in some way work productively with the saudi's in uaeand some of the other gulf states than those guys become a rams problem in a big way because the tar in iran event tap dancing a little bit and there's turkeys over there during some things there were not too thrilled about so i think the idea of at least engaging in a way where we weren't just accepting the saudi's as number 18 largest state sponsor of terror and pushing on them that in return for their efforts against what is a larger threat and that something he iran his to work on. >> i would say certainly on the economic side i painted a bleak picture and it is slowly recovering from 2013 but the reality is that economy is slowly recovering from the fragile international banks are unwilling are fearful of doing back into a run because we stole command command influence and leverage toolset. if we use the power of our secondary sanctions that we make it clear to our international companies that we have a 19 trillion-dollar market, the iranians have a 450 billion-dollar market, you

and so to say need to talk about the uae's activity. we believe that as he said we are at the cusp of the new age of exploration. you can say that we believe as well that in order for us to move into the future the space exploration is the next step. to be able to contribute to that. i'm supposed to have a clicker but i will just move to the next slide. now what you forgot to mention as well as a program director of the new program of that march 2117 program. in as i said our mission and our vision in our vision is quite simple. they took planetary travel. now how we might achieve that vision is by establishing a lasting colony on mars with international collaboration. we want to embed discussion. we want to focus as well on research and development. as well as collaborating. they are enabled. we want to enable the youth to play an active role in housing the global efforts for other ones of those. were going to do everything. based on the resources in the challenges that are presented. if we look at this. we see ourselves as supporters

in outlawing this practice, india joins countries as far apart as egypt, sri lanka, the uae and malaysiaretations in saudi arabia, and triple talaq is practiced. so what now? well, muslim community leaders have called for a meeting to discuss the verdict. some say the ruling has affected the rights of the religious minority. but, for now, activists and victims can enjoy this historic moment. ajailed indonesian islamic cleric has been named a suspect in a suicide bomb attack that killed eight people injakarta last year and was claimed by islamic state. authorities believe aman abdurrahman was the mastermind behind the attack which killed four civilians and four attackers. bbc correspondent rebecca henschke joins us from jakarta. what more can you tell us about aman abdurrahman and why are these charges so significant? well, he is an islamic cleric. he pledged his allegiance to the islamic state while injail serving a allegiance to the islamic state while in jail serving a sentence of ten yea rs while in jail serving a sentence of ten years for setting up a training camp, a militant traini

sweet things in the uae and the gulf are really popular. or the bar, it's about ice cream and cake. how would you pick where you would opening in the uk? you said london for you is tough. it's tough because of friends. any area where there is a relatively afflue nt area where there is a relatively affluent population but also businesses nearby, lots of kids, mums with kids. tourists help. the ideal place would be somewhere that combines all of those elements. right here, giving the interest you've seen in the studio! thank you for coming. the cakes are staying! nice to meet you. you just want the ca kes! nice to meet you. you just want the cakes! what's your favourite cake? someone's pointed out on twitter that millionaires shortbread should be the one we talk about the most. it's technically not a cake. it's my ba na na it's technically not a cake. it's my banana bread, isn't it?! just saying! still to come, we are talking about the sharing economy. john sudworth had a look around the chinese city of beijing. xylophone music. but what abou

countries as farapart as practice, india joins countries as far apart as egypt, sri lanka, malaysia, the uaebia. so what now? muslim community leaders have corporate meeting to discuss the verdict. some said the ruling has affected the rights of the religious minority. but now, activists and victims can enjoy this historic moment. you're watching newsday on the bbc, live from singapore and london. still to come: admitting that a much bigger assault was on the cards— new revelations about the barcelona attack as suspects appear in court. also in the programme: we hearfrom prince william and prince harry about the difficult time following the death of their mother in a new bbc documentary on princess diana. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechos

family built the company into the largest in the uae.f how your oil operation in iraq are going. we see opec trying to cut production and complied, are you ramping up? majid jafar: with iraq, what you are seeing is a recommitment to opec despite the need to increase production after the wars and other sanctions and they are heading 5000 barrels a day. having said that, opec as a whole is not including all opec members even though there were question marks over compliance and that is the first time since the cold war we have seen countries like russia on a board. operations, the challenges are not at the cost of production but above the ground security challenges, there is sometimes lack of clarity on policy and compliance with contractual terms by governments or payment delays. despite of that, we are committed to the country, both north and south, and we expect production and operations to expand. francine: do you worry about the price of oil? some people set we have reached peak oil and other say shale is in control? majid jafar: i thi

things they have to tell the uae and saudi's, that it's relatively limited.f the interest trade deals are signed. the theys the idea were may be incentivized to be up, andif they break trade deal's off to again -- it's a whole lot of new dynamics. ethan in interest of this, but a lot of other countries to make sure that this is explored. >> you are staying with us for more discussion. griffith, thank you so much. thing wealyst -- one would like to bring your attention to is our interactive tv function. you can find it at tv . you can watch us live and see previous interviews, dive into any of the security or bloomberg functions that we actually talk about. you can also become part of the conversation by sending us instant messages during our show . if you have any clever ideas resolving israel palestine, send them to us. this is the bloomberg subscribers only. check it out at tv . ♪ >> apple facing new challenges as it is becoming a content provider. it has removed a dozen apps coming did sanctions in place for the u.s. government. according to it wou

they are meeting separately with iraq, the uae, kazakhstan, and saudi arabia.nth, riyadh said it would turn up the heat on producers you are not complying with the deal to cut the global oil glut. rishaad: chinese foreign minister has set a council meeting with the vietnamese counterpart. we are told beijing was irritated by a communique that expressed concerns that trust had been lost over land reclamation on a disputed island. china sees the and him as pushing for that land, which should be included in the statement. prosecutors in korea's wide-ranging corruption inquiry are demanding 12 years in jail for the samsung executive. he's accused of authorizing millions of dollars to the ex-president in return for favors.l he denies the charges. park is also in detention accused of corruption and abuse of power. she has refused to testify le trial.rial -- at lee's rishaad: samsung is developing a shatter resistant phone, with military grade middle. rightmaking its debut before the new galaxy note eight, the first redesign since the note seven debacle last year. glo

it will then head to the states that have isolated qatar -- saudi arabia, the uae, bahrain, and egypt. venezuela's opposition dominated the legislature of the national assembly with robust president by refusing to recognize his new constitutional assembly. lawmakers voted unanimously to ignore a decision to replace the chief prosecutor with a government loyalist and to create a so-called truth commission. maduro's super assembly has been given virtually unlimited authority. voting is underway in kenya, with the president facing an opposition leader. observers are waiting to see if kenya follows the largely peaceful 2013 poll for the 2007 postpone clashes killed more than a thousand people. kenya has 40,000 polling stations and 20 million registered voters. prosecutors in korea's wide-ranging corruption inquiry are demanding 12 years in jail or the de facto samsung boss. he's accused of authorizing the payment of millions of dollars to a confidant of the toppled president in return for political favors. he denies the charges. park is also a detention, accused of corruption and abuse of