remember, the uae, the military of the uae, was trained eye the united states.y of the united states. the united states gives it intelligence. the united states fuels their planes, arms them. they are viewed in many ways as a client proxy in many ways. people leave there is no way a havery like this could hired an american company staffed by american former in aers incorporated country corporate america without the united states government knowing about it. amy: let me ask you, you quote initiallyal who was skeptical segment was no way americans would be allowed too participate. a later you said he confirmed what you found. talk about the significance of this -- this happened actually under preresident obama, is that right? >> indeed, it did happen under obama. the period of time was after the war -- after the war started in march, the u.s. pulled its forces directly out of yemen during the chaos of when the war started. the uae stay there. they were on the ground. the yemen war is a complex one. you people see the uae and the saudis as being in the same coaliti

advantages that the south can offer to the uae and the uae could offer perhaps something in return. so i just don't see that this is going to play out, you know, in terms of a regional conflict. but there might be a local conflict should the southern transitional council not respect the wish of the emirates and say we are going to do our own thing here. if no one is going to listen to them, if no one is going to let them be a party in the peace negotiations, we are definitely having a ticking time bomb of, you know -- i think this would be the next conflict to watch in yemen. >> thank you. this has, for me at least, and i think for all of us, been an incredibly sobering morning. as we walk out to enjoy the rest of what seems to be a truly beautiful day, i ask us all, please, to remember the tragedy that is happening really before the world's eyes not just today but i suspect in the weeks and months and years to come. we have had an excellent primer on how to think about yemen, the problems, the difficulties, the disagreements. so please join me in thanking our pam for an excellent p

it might be attractive to the uae, they might move into a federal system and uae may have more leverage with the saudis. there are economic advantages -- couldsaudis to the offer to the uae. that this isd see going to play out in terms of a regional conflict, but there might be a local conflict showed say wethern council -- will do our own thing here. if no one will listen to them, let them be a party in the peace negotiations, we have a ticking time bomb. i think this would be the next conflict to watch in yemen. this has been a sobering arning as we walked out to beautiful day. please remember the tragedy that is happening before the worlds eyes in not just today but i suspect in the weeks and months and years to calm. we have had an excellent primer on the problems, the disagreements, please thank our panel. [applause] a lot of the discussion about the killing of the year -- new york times reporter this morning. it was said today do evidence indicated the journalist have been -- that the killing was suggesting another shift in the kingdom's official story. if you would like to see th

not only in the uae but across the region. >> if we look at the difference, delivery versus the saudi bank, the arab national bank, and on the other side we are waiting -- the performance was pretty set up, and is there a differentiation between saudi banks, dubai banks, and abu dhabi banks. how do you differentiate? >> obviously there is some differentiation, but most of the days are benefiting from the interest rate hikes that we have seen since the beginning of the year. of the banks have cap and we expect that to benefit even more. and even your performance earnings will be expected to grow. you have to remember, there's banks that, five years ago, reported almost 500 million. that shows you the potential growth we've been seeing. in comparison to saudi and other markets, they have benefited, but mostly due to the fact that not sor provisioning, much core assets or core operations. >> you are saying the balance sheet looks healthy. you look at what the dubai index has done, the worst-performing market so far this year -- maybe investors aren't looking at the balance sheet. this is

the phd student appeared in court in the uae yesterday.hat lasted about ten minutes, his lawyer asked for an adjournment for the court to consider his defence that the material retrieved from mr hedges' electronic devices is all publicly available and not secret. police say they are treating the disappearance of a mother of five as a possible murder investigation. 46—year—old sarah wellgreen was last seen in the new ash green area of kent, on the evening of october 9th. hundreds of villagers have joined police and forensics teams in her search. urgent action is needed to halt a decline in the performance of the nhs in scotland. that's the warning from the scotish public spending watchdog. a new audit scotland report says that there are increasing staff problems, rising drug costs and a maintenance backlog with fewer resources at its disposal. the scottish government said it was already taking forward recommendations with increases in frontline staffing. smoke alarms which use a recording of a mother's voice rather than a high—pitched beep

now consider the uae of the 1950s compared to now. consider egypt in 1900 compared to now and how energy development has moved them forward. now consider syria. now consider yemen. now consider libya. so energy is not a panacea. these are essentially non-countries with no energy systems that are functioning properly for other people. energy needs to be used equally and equitably. it also needs to be protected and i'll be focusing on infrastructure. it needs to be focused on developing the human development and human security of these countries and not just for those at the top of the hill which has often been the case, particularly with regard to energy revenues which has been a cause for some instability. energy systems is systems within systems connected with other systems and absent in other systems and it is a far more complex set of infrastructure that often is greatly centralized and causing insecurity. many know about the food/land necks u but there's much more such as the energy communication finance transport national securit

academic questions in the uae, i just felt it was legitimate academic questions in the uae, ijust feltally hear anything from the uae authorities until about two and a half weeks after his detention. uae authorities until about two and a half weeks after his detentionm is clearly a very worrying time for you and your family. although there is no official information about what charges he may face, the suggestion is he may face buying charges? yes, and it is completely absurd, ifi charges? yes, and it is completely absurd, if i may say so. what kind of spy would go to a country with a set of questions and a dictaphone in order to us confidential information? i believe if he has had access to any confidential information he would not be the one to bejudged, it would be the person who shared it with him. he was doing legitimate academic research and he definitely does not deserve the treatment he has got for the past nearly six months. you said you were advised not to go public with your appeal and until now you have taken that decision, what help have you had from the foreign secretary o

the uae and their neighbor, which they don't really get along with well is working on this. the saudis are working on solar power on and off sometimes. the egyptians are building wind vains and solar panels and concentrated solar power. i like that because that's my son's name. it means light. a lot is happening in renewable energy because even saudi arabia with its massive oil reserves knows this is the future. this is the future for many reasons. saudi arabia if we have super conducting batteries could be a major exporter of electricity inside of the superconduct iing bat ritz. forget oil. this would be the way to go. and also the climate effects and many of the people i met in the region including the egyptian environment and others a few years ago, they are apt plektic about climate change. the americans, for some reason, don't even debate this anymore. actually, they debate it too much and people deny it even exists. and i'll end my comment on this. i took a course with a west point graduate of 1967. he was in his 80s and moved around the boat better than my son and me.

commander from spear operations said he could not rule out a target could simply be someone that the uae crown prince did not like. in syria, a monday deadline for anti-government fighters to retreat from a buffer zone around syria's last major rebel-held region in idlib province has come and gone, with rebels refusing to surrender. the u.n. has warned a large-scale offensive could force some 800,000 people to flee and provoke a humanitarian catastrophe. elsewhere, syria reopened a major commercial gateway into jordan on monday, simultaneously reopening a crossing into the israeli-occupied golan heights territory. meanwhile, the bbc has published a new investatation cumementg the extent twhwhich emicical weapons helped syrian esesiden bashar al-sasad tu the tidin the wa the study found the use of chemical weapons has been widespread, with at least 106 chemical attacks since 2013 with evidence in most of the attacks pointing to the syrian government. "the new york times" repeports that burma's militaryry orchestrated a widespread facebook misinformation and hate campaign targeting the mus

the first t20 meeting between the two sides saw the uae make 117 for six from their 20 overs.le and billy stanlake each taking two wickets. o nto onto golf... spain's sergio garcia has won the andalucia valderrama masters for a third successive time after the tournament was shortened to sa holes yet still went in to a fifth day. garcia, last year's masters champion, had won the event the last two times it had been held, in 2011 and 2017. and the ryder cup star ended this year's tournament four shots clear on 12 under—par after the players came back on monday to complete the final few holes. to major league baseball and the boston red sox, winners of a record breaking 108 games in the regular season, host the los angeles dodgers in game one of the world series on tuesday at fenway park. doesn't that look nice? the dodgers were beaten by the houston astros last year, and current red sox manager alex cora was a member of the astros coaching staff then, and is now looking to win it with the franchise he did it with as a player in 2007. we knew about the division and record setting

the second one, have the uae, saudi arabia, and the u.s. changed their policies in yemen to decrease civilian casualties? you want to go with that? >> well, yemen is a heartbreak. it's a nightmare. but what will happen if iran and the houthis take major portions of yemen and establish post, let's say, in that important port. this is one of these excruciating issues of the middle east which obviously keeps many of us up at night. the best way to deal with this is iran should just back off. and yemen should develop, with the help of the gcc, the united states, and others, and get their people back on their feet, because yemen was already a source of extremely violent terrorism. just wait. there's an entire generation that lived in hell, and they resent everyone for it. and don't think that's going to bring peace. even if you hand out sandwiches for the next 20 years, it won't bring peace. >> anyone else? >> i think the -- without u.s. support, the tempo of operations would be significantly reduced. i have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that t

one big investor is based right here in the uae. and is along with the gic the dutch pension fund.hey are all getting their exit plan. is 750u are expecting -- million-800 million euros. be a dividend payout ratio of 60%. the offer is expected to take place in the coming weeks. et's take you to the global perspective and get to singapore with our bloomberg mliv strategist. the team has put together a question of the day. >> we are asking about when the higher oil prices will impact developed market equities? there has been much talk of $100 a barrel in oil prices. we have seen emerging markets suffer from this kind of pain. higher oil is squeezing consumer spending. most developed market equities are immune from highs. when will this lead into when oil crisis, when this will be taken seriously and really hurt stocks? cudmore, thank you for joining us. you can follow insights from mark and the rest of the team at let us know when higher oil prices become a risk for developed equities. message the rest of the team by hitting tv go on your bloomberg. we have a guest on set we could pu

uae authorities charged matthew hedges of durham university with spying after holding him for over five months in prolonged periods of solitary confinement without access to sufficient legal assistance, medical attention and visits from his loved ones. human rights watch has raised concern over the uae's practice of detaining critics, academics and activists, and calleled for transparenency andnd a fair trin hedges' casase. proteststs continued mononday against the trump administration's plans to narrow the legal definition of gender to an individual's biological sex at birth. in washington, d.c., demonstrators gathered outside the white house to denounce the proposed rollback of transgender rights, as the hashtag #wontbeerased trended on social media. this is activist ah-rye-ah lester of the national minority aids council. >> no words, no action can erase me. and those who stand here with me as well. ignorance inillful this country. we musust end the use of bigotry to frame the government policy. amy: the trump administration is planningng to expand exexemptios that allow employers who

we heard from the ceo of the russian investment fund and the uae investment fund and saudi arabia's sovereign wealth fund right now they're talking about potential investments between saudi arabia and pakistan. we hear there's going to be as much as 50 billion invested in the oil and gas sector and infrastructure as well certainly some big name there's that are expected to sign today. baker hughes, also total the total ceo decided to be strength because he said in a statement even if it's not politics as usual, it's business as usual these are areas we have to continue to operate in i have to mention something you said earlier the ceo of softbank has decided not to speak at the davos in the desert that comes a s a major blow to the crown prince a lot of questions about how this investigation into mr. khashoggi's death and disappearance is going to weigh on investors, but also in terms of the power play that is taking place when we step back and look at what happens between president erdogan and the saudi government a lot of questions about how that will impact markets not just today but ongoi

. >> we will see what the investigation reveals but i do believe whether qatar or uae or saudi arabia they are responsible for promoting jihadist around the globe and the terrorist attack for almost all sunnis and they have a blind eye so i am very concerned. >> at the end of the day we need to do her own investigation of what happened we just can't take the results from turkey or believe the word of saudi arabia we need to have an independent investigation to see what unfolds and i am very concerned about the rhetoric and other places with respect to journalist. this is about democracy they have a job to do and some of the hateful rhetoric is very concerning. >> i'm very concerned about the hateful rhetoric coming from clinton and maxine waters to show civility when she takes power back my family has been threatened i cannot go to a town hall without talking to the police first people trespass with supportive you and no democrat party is renouncing this that is the total chaos. >> we had a few that did not survive. >> i think the congressman is confused i'm not sure if he remembers w

is the largest supplier of arms to the saudi-uae military coalition in yemen.n august, a bomb that appeared to be manufactured by u.s. company lockheed martin killed over 40 schoolchildrdren in an airsrstrike. inin sri lanka, ovover 10,000 protesters took to the streets in the capital colombo tuesday amid an unfolding constitutional crisis. the unrest b began friday when i lanka's president ousted prime minister ranil wickremesinghe, then immediately replaced him with the former president mahinda rajapaksa, who has been accused of human rights abuses and corruption. the ousted premier called the move unconstitutional and illegal, resulting i in the temporary suspension of sri lankan parliament. human rights advocates fear the return of sri lankanan's s formr this sri lanka's former president could put an end to ongoing investigations, including into crimes committed during his rule. at least one man was killed sunday when a a dyguard opopened fire on a crowd of protesters. in japan, the newly elected governor of okinawa, denny tamaki, called tokyo's continued c

is, the uae and saudi arabia are very close allies. the fact that this is happening in turkey is shocking. it is an extremely high-profile figure. this shows the hotspot -- ch utzpah to make this happen. >> turkey and saudi arabia have given two different versions of the visit to the stumble. -- to istanbul. that then be sure turkish officials are not happy. if he is in the consulate, he is technically on saudi soil. language, you can pretty much see it in the subtext of what they are saying. turkey does not have too much leverage with saudi arabia. those relations have been strained. between an saudi arabia and qatar, turkey has been in favor of qatar. there is not that much that turkey can do. if this has happened and he is being held in the consulate, saudi arabia has made the calculation that they have the support of the trump administration. the saudi's support the trump administration against the iran nuclear deal. the u.s. state department has said they are monitoring the situation. what is coming out of d.c. is very inconsisten

she has also said that she visited the uae for research purposes only.itics, security studies and civil military relations. you heard there are unconfirmed reports, you mentioned earlier, about accusations of him spying. durham university has said it is offering its poll assistance to try to get him home so you can interpret from that that they will provide whatever information they have about his research to help with whatever investigation is taking place. fiona, thank you very much. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. tell us more about the latest on the her again that has been hitting the united states causing a lot of problems in florida and is now on its way to the carolinas. the concern clearly is with the rain because of florence as well. that will exacerbate the risk of flooding. it has been one of the most powerful. if you classify it pressure, the third most powerful but we classified we talk about the winds, on the strength of wind, the fourth most powerful in history to hit the usa. with this is sustained winds of 155 mph,

whether it is cutter, uae, or the sunni countries, they are responsible for promoting the jihad around the world. when you look at the terrorist attack, they are all sunni. we have a bit of a blind eye to this and that is what i said in 2016. day, the end of the america needs to do their own investigation of what happened here. fromnnot take the results turkey or believe saudi arabia. i think we need to have an independent investigation to see what unfolds there. i am very, very concerned about the rhetoric in this country and other places with respect to journalists. democracy.ut journalists have a job to do, and some of the hateful rhetoric around journalists is very concerning. >> i am concerned about the hateful rhetoric coming from maxine waters and hillary clinton. we had two minnesota republicans attacked this week. my family has been threatened. i could not hold a town hall without getting with the capitol police first. andle trespass on my lawn, nobody in the democrat party is announcing this. that is the total chaos that is going on. we had a few that did not survive our camp

this thing with the saudis and uae and what theyan in the election, this is a whole other element of it's not known if this is saudi arabia offering to pay for the russian interference effort. we don't know if it's saudi just offering its even similar intervention, we don't know what it means at root. we know that mueller is looking into it. and more importantly, we know that the emissary from the saudi government who was offering trump this illegal campaign help in 2016, that emissary is now a cooperating witness with the mueller investigation. this guy, george nader, a somewhat mysterious figure. we have one photo with president trump and another with the crown prince of saudi arabia. but we don't really understand how his whole part of the story is going to fit into the mueller investigation and our understanding about what happened to us in our last presidential election. but the other person we know nader was involved with at this time was a guy named elliott broidy, who is under federal investigation for deals where he was purportedly peddling influence over the trump administr

erik prince ran black water, nader is close to the uae. and donald trump jr.the significance this meeting. >> it is curious. we reported on heating in may in a story where we high lighted that zamel appeared at trump tower and appeared to offer some services to the trump campaign but we didn't know much more about that. we now know these proposals from his company. it adds another piece. there are more questions about how this fits together, particularly how erik prince ended up bringing these people together at trump tower in august of 2016 and exactly the role of george nader. nader is an adviser to the uae and is now a cooperating witness in the mueller investigation. you know, how these different aspects fit together we are still trying to figure out. but we now know more about the back story to the august meeting. >> let me read you a statement from zamel's lawyer. he says he and his company have never been a target and provided full cooperation to assist in the investigation and we have never heard from them since. are there questions about legality. one

>> one flew through egypt and want to the uae. let's remember in the region, uae, egypt to saudi arabia, allah is against turkey. there is already sort of two sides to the story. so the saudi egyptians, and variety alliance, -- emira allies has ate problem of turkey. they host dissidents from these countries, especially from egypt or the even have tv stations and so on. this has happened after the coup in egypt in 2013. there is an intention to have this split and increasing class with turkey with these countries. i think that is why they chose turkey. you're absolutely right. my information so far indicates that mr. khashoggi who lives in washington, did try to get these papers donone in washingtoton ae could have in normal circumstances. but he was told to go to turkey. and that indicates the embassy here and the ambassador here is somewhat involved in this murder. that is why i don't think the u.s. government should let him come back again. this was a plan that took a while. they thought about it. at the killed team here was co

a phd student at durham university, denies the allegations but has been told he must remain in the uaeis sending a further 5,000 troops to its border with mexico, as large numbers of central—american migrants continue to head north by foot. the announcement by the pentagon comes as both sides of the political divide are accused of using the issue of migration to try and win votes ahead of next week's mid—term elections. here's our north america correspondent james cook. plodding onwards through mexico, the migrants say they are fleeing violence and poverty. they are still nowhere near the us border but with just days until an election, president trump is trying to cast the caravan as an imminent threat to his country. this is an invasion, he says, and "our military is waiting for you." despite the political nature of the topic, it was a uniformed general who appeared on us television to announce the details of operation faithful patriot. by the end of this week we will deploy over 5200 soldiers to the south—west border. that is just the start of this operation. we will continue to adju

expand outsideoc the uae. manus cranny will be bringing us more on that story later on. aluminum has led a slump in commodities this morning with the metal falling by more than 3%. norsk hydro said it was ready to restart the world's biggest aluminum refinery has goldman sachs warned copper prices are likely to stay put for the next five years and as lme week begins today. let's get a look at how this will affect the mining industry. the rio tinto ceo joins us for an exclusive interview. very good to have you with us. good morning. it is lme week. a host of leaders from the industry gathered here in london in this morning to get headlines around aluminum. the price seems volatile on norsk hydro's plant. your thoughts with how that impacts your business? >> we need to look at the alumina markets. it is a very attractive market. the demand is very strong. aerospace,in cars, iphone's. going forward, we would expect aluminum to grow faster. the last few years there was an issue in relation to supply. when china it implemented their restructuring program, the supply grew and

the other issue is the issue of the ongoing crisis within saudi arabia, uae, bahrain and others. it is doubtful that mohammad bin salman will be able, or the saudi regime will be able to convince its people and the region that this is a crisis that should continue, thatfically, we did hear it was the muslim brotherhood who killed jamal khashoggi. apparently, this is going to he wasan issue that will saudi arabia for a long time. the problem is, how does saudi arabia conduct this business crisis andhe jcc commence the world that it is right in the way that it is crisis, on the jcc considering the truth coming out that accuse the saudi government of being responsible for the killing of jamal khashoggi. another one, another issue is the issue of you men -- yemen. it is difficult to see how the yemen affair will be dealt with. is mohammad bin salman on able -- the crown prince able to continue the war considering the pressures that saudi arabia is coming under, considering what happens in the homes of international power? one is washington, another is berlin, and there are other plac

bahrain is getting a $10 billion aid package from its neighbours saudi arabia, kuwait and the uae.en hit hard by lower oil prices in recent years, and there are fears of a potential financial crisis spreading across the region. the aid is expected to be delivered over five years. more than half a billion chinese have been enjoying the week long national holiday which started on monday. many take advantage of this period to spend time with family and firends, enjoying the beautiful autumnal scenary. britain, the netherlands and the usa have set out detailed allegations against russia, accusing it of carrying out a widespread campaign of cyber attacks against western targets. russia has denied it all, dismissing it as western spy mania. our security correspondent gordon corera reports from the hague. caught in the act. the moment four russian spies were detained in thenetherlands. their plan — to use the equipment in the boot of their car to hack into computer networks. the story was made public today in an extraordinaryjoint british and dutch news conference, in which the details we

i do believe whether it is qatar, uae other sunni countries are responsible for promoting the jihadistthe globe. take a a look at all the terrot attacks, there almost all sunni. we seem to have a bit of a blind eye some very concerned about this and that's what i said in 2016. >> i think at the end of the day america we need to do our own investigation of what happened. we can't just take the results from turkey believe the word of saudi arabia. we need to have an independent investigation, see what unfolds and i'm very concerned about the rhetoric in this country and other places with respect to journalists. this is about democracy. generals have a job to do and some of the hateful rhetoric around journalists is very, very concerned. >> i'm very concerned about the hateful rhetoric, from maxine waters and hillary clinton saying show civility once she takes power back. we have republicans attacked this week. my family has been threatened or i could hold a town hall without dealing with the capitol police first. people trespass on my lawn and nobly in the democratic party is renouncing

condemning the human rights violations on the ground by the saudi coalition, specifically the saudis and uaell be real sanctions against saudi arabia. if this is proven true, right? we are still in the phase of jamal khashoggi's family tried to work out what exactly happened to him. and so i think more should be done on this story to kind of figure out who was behind it, who was responsible for ordering it, if all this is true. at this point, the turkish government have vested interest in what the narrative is about jamal‘s disappearance, the saudis obviously do and so do the americans. we're between different elements of different countries wanting to pursue a specific narrative about his disappearance. i'll be careful about all sides at this point. it is worth repeating that saudi arabia says that they've had no involvement, and that jamal khashoggi did leave the embassy. absolutely. and the turks have a terrible track record when it comes to their own journalists. what is it, do you think, that is different about jamal khashoggi to all the other allegations of human rights abuses? you men

the 31—year—old has been told to remain in the uae, until his next court appearance at the end of nextld the bbc she felt happy but sceptical. angela merkel has announced that her current term in office, which ends in 2021, will be her last as germany's chancellor. the veteran leader, whose fragile coalition government has been rocked by a series of recent crises, told a news conference in berlin it was time for a new chapter. she will stand down as head of her centre—right christian democrats party in december. now it's time for a look at the weather. it is cold list over night in western parts of the british isles. there will be frost. in the east cloud is increasing with outbreaks of rain overnight. some pushing into the far south—east at the end of the night. there are baby and hourly touch of frost and if you spots. temperatures will go up. —— there might be an early touch of frost in a few spots. north of that there are sunny spells, away from coastal towns. it is windy, particularly in east anglia and the south. it is wet in places also. the combination of all of that means it w

the leading saudi women's rights activists, loujain alhathloul, who was picked up on the streets of uaeed in handcuffs to saudi arabia by saudi officials. we had reports of the canadian blogger whose youtube videos were critical of saudi arabia, saying that his family members including brothers back home in saudi arabia were imprisoned. my question to you, madawi, is how determined, from your experience, are the saudis to reach dissent where ever it may be? yes, absolutely. this is a new phase. there have been saudi exiles and asylum seekers and opposition figures in london since the 1990s. but we are entering a new phase where mohammad bin salman is determined to show he can reach everybody outside the borders of saudi arabia. does that leave you personally fearful in a way that you may not have been a decade ago? yes. in the past, people who had critical opinions were tolerated in some ways as long as they did not mobilise people inside saudi arabia. if you criticise the government, you are ignored if you are outside, but as long as you do not call on people to act on this grievance,

dollars to dismantle environmental regulations that protect americans health or of authoritarian in the uae and cut spending and fossil fuel wealth right here to advance the interest of the undemocratic regimes or giant corporation supporting think tanks in order to produce policy recommendations that serve their own financial interest. the theme is the same. powerful special interest use their wealth to influence government for their own selfish interests. during the congressional fight over the republican massive tax giveaway to the wealthy, some people call tax reform, some of my colleagues were extremely open about exactly what was going on. senator lindsey graham of south carolina was very frank about it. if republicans failed to pass this 1 trillion-dollar tax break for the rich, top 1%, and private large comfortable corporations graham said and i quote, the financial attribution will stop. this he went on quote, will be the end of us as a party. well, i don't agree with lindsey graham about much but i do applaud his honesty. [laughter] his corruption is so blatant it is no longer see

and maybe a better relationship with saudi arabia and the uae.he saudis bury the hatchet. i am hearing in the last few hours the saudi foreign minister has flown to doha in qatar, so that could be part of a multilateral agreements between so many countries, because of this one man, jamal khashoggi. and i think the turkish government, under president erdogan, has really managed this crisis very well, to the maximum of his desire. and i think the turkish government, under president erdogan, has really managed this crisis very well, to the maximum of his desire. if it was a sanctioned killing, which is not proven yet, why? he was a prominent government critic but he was also a well—connected insider. he didn't want to overthrow the system. no, he did not. he was a loyalist. however critical he was, he was much more harshly critical about what we speak about, having a bit of democracy instead of a mighty. he was a loyalist to the monarchy. he was critical of one side of it, one part of it, that is mohammad bin salman. i think the main reason for the

those responsible need to be held to account, a statement by the british foreign office says, but the uaeey're all praising saudi arabia's statement, the egyptians even saying that that it respects the principles of law and the application of effective justice. it almost seems like a choreographed torrent of reactions from saudi's allies in the middle east in order to try to lend credibility to their side of the story. a word about mr erdogan, turkey's leader, he is not renowned for being a restrained man, he is outspoken by and large, but he's been quite cautious with this one. he's being cautious because of the importance of the relationship between ankara and riyadh, clearly. i think he has also played this very strategically. he has drip fed bits of incriminating evidence to turn western opinion against the saudis, put pressure on them and box them into a corner, and to put pressure on donald trump to show his hand. mr trump is of course in a position where he is standing up for the saudis but members of his administration are being far tougher as well and they are more uncomfortable

part of the campaign to stop the regime's funding of terrorism, we also jointly disrupt it, with the uae, a currency exchange network that was -- regime leaders should feel the painful consequence of their violence. bad decision-making and corruption. aimed at forcing i ron to choose whether it should cease and diplomatic isolation. we are working multilaterally to constrain this missile program and bring allies on border campaign. we are coordinating with allies to interject transfers and target activities in third countries. we understand the need to strengthen the trends in the region to dissuade iran from missile threats. we also participate in the missile technology control regime and the code of conduct against ballistic missile proliferation to target missile development program. taking steps to impede the acquisition of missile technology. many other nations have already had common understandings of the threat that i ron poses beyond its nuclear aspiration. i think this is clear in our negotiations before the president decided to leave the deal. we want more nations to join us in

dismantle environmental regulations that protect health or authoritarian monarchies like saudi arabia and uae spending -- thinkin fossil fuel tanks in order to produce policy recommendations that serve their own financial interest, the theme is the same. powerful special powerful special interests use their wealth to influence government for their own interest. during the congressional fight over the republicans' massive tax giveaway to the wealthy, what some people call tax reform, some of my colleagues were extremely open about exactly what was going on. senator lindsey graham of south carolina -- he was very frank about it. if republicans failed to pass this $1 trillion tax break for the rich top 1% and private, large, profitable corporations, graham said, "the financial contributions will stop." on, "will be the end of us as a party." i do not agree with lindsey graham on much, but i do applaud his honesty. [laughter] senator sanders: this corruption is so blatant it is no longer seen as remarkable. we take it for granted. lead sentence of a "new york times" story was , "the return on inv

from allies such as egypt and the uae...g to shift blame away you're trying to shift blame away you need individuals who directly responsible or what sceptics would call scapegoats. it depends what perspective you approach it from. what of the wider international reaction? what will we expect to hear from other western allies of saudi arabia do you think? you have to break this down into the west, western public opinion, you have to break it down to the region and look at other part of the world. great powers like china and india, it is no real concern for them. if anything they are probably supportive of saudi arabia and saying that external powers should not interfere with domestic affairs. in russia and other human rights cases in china, for example. for them it is business as usual. in the region itself it depends. saudi's adversaries in the region will use this as fuel against the corruption and hypocrisy of the regime. its allies will see it as a courageous move. outside the united states in the west, in europe, they f

will primus to ensure the government make clear to the uae that matt was in their country doing academic research and nothing more and also ensure that he receives full consular and legal support, fair trial and return to his wife in england as soon as possible? >> this is a difficult and depressing time for mister hedges and his family. foreign office official are supporting mister hedges and his family and raise the case at the highest level. my right honorable friend raised this case. we are in regular contact with them and the health and well-being -- >> john baron, welcoming the japanese prime minister that we can join the transpacific partnership when we leave the eu wishing her well in future negotiations upcoming. could she confirm that our participating, will not be hindered by the common rulebook of the checkers agreement and the whole of the united kingdom will end? >> i have been pleased to discuss the matter of potential membership of the tpp with the former australian prime minister and former japanese prime minister in the australian government and the japanese government

the 31—year—old has been told to remain in the uae, until his next court appearance at the end of next bbc she felt "happy but sceptical". the man accused of shooting dead 11 people at a synagogue in pittsburgh has appeared in a us federal court to hear the 29 charges against him. robert bowers, who was shot before surrendering to police, was brought into court handcuffed and in a wheelchair after being discharged from hospital. rescue teams in indonesia have begun recovering bodies from the crash site where a new passenger plane plunged into the sea less than 15 minutes after take—off. 189 people were on board — and the authorities say it's unlikely there are any survivors. the lion air boeing 737 was travelling from the capital jakarta to bangka island. the airline says the plane, which came into service in august, did have a technical problem on an earlier flight, but it had been cleared to fly again. 0ur correspondent rebecca henschke reports from jakarta. there were over 180 people on board when the plane crashed into the sea just 13 minutes after take—off. theirfamilies now despe