there is also uae factors. back in 2011, particularly in libya, you adopted an emotional position against turkey. why is turkey choosing qatar, and this uae line against turkey has been able to convince saudi arabia, according to the turkish perception of what's happening. in the gulf the uae has been successful to proceed, and they are progressing in the region. the feelings are mutual. the government circus believed that the uae was behind the failed coup with saudi approval. in the meantime, looking at u.s. factors for turkish leadership, they had a euphoric welcome for colombian administration. the new president is going to find a common ground with turkey and syria, they are going to extradite -- they are even going to adopt a staff in syria. but turkey in return got saudi uae to drop alliance, which hurt turkish interest in syria. we follow against iran which will eventually deconstruct the impact in turkey. well this will turn out as a disappointment, the uae saw this. in june 2017, they also had to cons

this much against the uae they believed that the uae was behind the failed coup against the turkish governmentand of course the saudi approval. in the meantime looking at us factors for turkish leadership, they had the your for welcome for the trump administration. their perspective was a new president is going to find a common ground with turkey and syria, they are going to extradite this person who lives in the united states to turkey and they will adopt a powerful stance in syria. but turkey, in return got saudi- uae-trump alliance which didn't help our interests. this will eventually lead to will this euphoric welcome turned out to be lasting a short period of time. and it was a disappointment. in june 2017 has also been considered a move against turkey from the gulf, middle east and even beyond. and that is why turkey took a wider action to provide the data to qatar and arrange for the prisons to prevent any type of moves against the turkish shake. sheik. and they made an example but however it works how was that, it's too late and later on it turned out that the turkish present became a

it has made the uae such an aggressive -- attractive place for chores and -- tourism.have a country project that number of tourists, it can only do despicable only happen when people feel safe and secure. david: some of the rhetoric, has that been a concern to people in the middle east about muslims? khaldoon: no. we have such strong ties with the people of u.s. and we have to do is to wish between rhetoric and reality. the reality, that is what we feel. ♪ to -- mohammed is closed ofse to the crown prince saudi arabia. how did they develop this close relationship russian mark -- relationship? khaldoon: he is another incredible leader. what you are seeing in saudi arabia is transformational. they share of view of the future , vision for the future, a better place not just for their people but for the region. actors that make such special leaders. have -- david: president trump has pulled out of the iranian agreement. we always had reservations over that agreement on the beginning. in our region, we have been dealing with iran and the challenges that they put on the regi

they levelled things up for the uae putts league champions.or river plate from the penalty spot in normal time and from a goalless 30 minutes in extra time, penalties will decide the outcome. it was all square in the shootout when it al ain edged in front again. 5- when it al ain edged in front again. 5— for the score. enzo peres then had his spot saved and river plate's course was run. they will now face real madrid or kashima antlers in the final. i'm very happy and very proud. what happened tonight, it is incredible. it's in 15 days, we played today and tonight, the fifth game. incredible what my players do tonight, how much energy, how much love for football, how much spirit and support to each other. it's unbelievable. they deserve to enjoy this moment. result in football is everything when you fight, survive, support each other, respect each other, anything is possible. in germany — the bundesliga leaders borussia dortmund have suffered their first league defeat of the season. they were beaten 2—1 at fortu na dusseldorf. jean zimmer scor

my question relates to the modifications of uae policy. why does uae foreign policy follow saudi foreign policy so closely, whether it be yemen and the blocking of qatar looks or is it case that formulate and come to the same conclusions come , at the same friends? thank you. >> you know, i said a few minutes ago that, in fact, they started many of these coalition members together. as a starter collision with eight members plus saudi arabia but over time in the past three years one of the most interesting part of the war as emerged the materialized as of each member of take this out and uae have slightly different wargames. so it back right now you could see a presence around the red sea with a clear economic interest in the straits. which is very important and strategic economic passageway in the south, the gulf of aden. so clearly the uae is interested in that as it would be geostrategic position. the saudi, saudi arabia has a recluse did it will defeat the houthis you are a proxy of iran. to the extent there's overlapping coalition obje

the pressure on the uae, the uae says it senses a victory, with its allies claiming many of these yemeni port towns, and making the case that continued escalation is going to achieve nothing for this particular partner, so de-escalation for the next year would probably be he most ambitious but the most realistic outcome. stephen: i would agree with that. the united states needs to think bout fixing the conflicts in yemen, that seems beyond our powers to imagine right now but at least the united states can avoid being complicit in some of the actions being conducted their. and -- being conducted there. and through leverage over our partners they could create a space where proposal could emerge. >> sweden did not involve direct and continuous interaction between the governments? stephen: that is how they were set up, nevertheless they were good exchanges. aaron: audience, identify yourselves. >> your question was so depressing i was gasping for air. mine is about proxy wars. i was thinking about how many countries in the middle east are basically the battleground for roxies, and syria is a

uae would find all of it threatening. there's a distinction. i want to say you can imagine that in the next decade, if erdogan emerges and is recast as part of a post-islam movement with the lacking those three qualities -- the revolutionary, conspiratorial and transnational -- that i talked about, that saudi arabia could become comfortable with that potentially or not. >> you have less than 15 minutes, so can we get into american policy now. is there a way for the united states to re-engage, to support both of these traditional allies, in a way that helps them resolve some of their differences and helps us contain our adversaries? i think turkey, for example, would not be happy with an iranian nuclear weapon. turkey is not happy with iran's expansion on the ground through the mediterranean. how do we harness them together in this endeavor better than we've been doing? what is it that erdogan wants from the khashoggi incident that he would need to get? is it going to be necessary for mbs to make some concessions because of the khashoggi matter?

student who was convicted of spying and held in the uae before he was released.s about he was forced to stand for holidays in ankle cuffs, he was interrogated for up to 15 hours at a time —— for whole days. his wife was not told where he was for six weeks after he was detained. he has not been debriefed by the foreign office since he has come back. he decided to use date in dartmouth —— darkness —— he decided to stay in darkness for 23 hours because of the brightness of the lights in the cell. it is the kind of stuff that will not be surprising. you can imagine this is exactly the kind of thing he went through. it does not make it any less shocking. it is not how good it is he is back in uk and not in the of this treatment any more. this at a time when the uk are still insisting that its relations with the uae are very good and very important and very significant on many different levels. important and very significant on many different levelslj important and very significant on many different levels. i think the fa ct many different levels. i think the fact that

p but pressure on the uae, they have tee scribed a sense of victory a bit with its allies claim many of these red sea port towns. so the anchor there is slightly different but the same to make the case just partners that continued escalation is going to achieve nothing for this particular partner. so the deescalation for the next year would probably be the most ambitious but also the most realistic outcome. >> i mean, i agree with with that. we're pretty careful not to suggest in our recommendations for example for the western powers for the united states, the united states needs to think about fixing the conflicts in yemen. that seems beyond our powers to imagine right now. but at least the united states can avoid being complicit in some of the worst actions being contucted over there and it can throw its leverage move them this a direction of creating the space where a proposal would start to emerge. >> sweden was profment talks though. correct? tid not involve direct and continuous interaction. >> that's how they were set up but apparently there were good exchanges. >> ok. the aud

peace of sorts. 70,000 have died because of famine. 50,000, largely children, have died, a saudi — uaelition bombing children as we have reported on this programme and others. the us senate passed a resolution telling the us armed forces to withdraw under the war powers act, for the first time that ever happened. the us senate resolution, doesn't make it law. the british parliament need to follow that but they seem distracted sadly, pa rt that but they seem distracted sadly, part of a wider blockade with the uae and qatar as well, in packing human rights, taken to the un commissioner. we have peace allsorts in parts of yemen, not throughout. at least the americans have taken the lead to stop the war might not to start one in the middle east, stop the war, and they deserve credit for that. the senate at least. and i hope the uk follow. 50,000 famine, i know that people switch off at dead people outside your own country, instantly switch off and we switched on at brexit. this is more important. 50,000! the un secretary general has said this is just the un secretary general has said this

it quotes a tweet by the uae's minister for foreign affairs. he claims qatar's move is proof of its declining role and isolation and says he expects more media attacks on opec from qatar. after the 620 meeting and president trump's meeting with china's leader, bloomberg reports that trump's advisers are "struggling to explain the deal he says he cut with president xi." it says plans to reduce tariffs on us car exports doesn't exist on paper and hasn't been confirmed in beijing. the new york times looks ahead to the auction of albert einstein's so called "god letter." it explains in one paragraph why he doesn't believe in god or the bible. it's reckoned it could fetch up to $1.5 million. and the times says one fee—paying school has told its parents not to spend more than £50 pound, just under $70, on gifts for its teachers. it came after some teachers were given tables at michelin—rated restuarants and designer handbags. the senior editor of the good school guide said the policy was " pa rticula rly joyless. " with me isjeremy—thomson cook, chie

the saudi-uae intervention, yemen is now experiencing the worst humanitarian disaster in the world. nations, to the united yemen is at risk of the most severe famine in more than 100 years. peopleme 14 million facing starvation. in one of the poorest countries on earth, as a result of this theible war, according to save the children organization, children havemeni already starved to death over the last several years and millions more face last week, a new york times reporter described his recent visit to yemen. i ask unanimous consent that the article be included in the record. opportunity tos quote some of what he said on that december 7 "new york times" article and i quote, some 85,000 children may have already died here in yemen and 12 million more people may be on the brink of starvation. casualtieses in part of the three year old american back saudi war in yemen. the united nations officials and aid experts warn this could become the worst fameinhe world has seen in the generation. quote, the risk of aio major catastrophe is very high, end quote. the united nations humanitarian

brought the uae back around the city that lies to the north. andd hasn't gone and mercifully that the fight for the city would be urban warfare it doesn't distinguish the houthi. >> so what happened inin ctockholm is and that pushes off the prospect for the time being that idea at the end of october with james matus to announce with that special envoy with that demeanor and this should be the backdrop. that they did conspire with griffith and came with the agenda and with that prisoner swap agreement and with that many central bank system. and then to be controlled by the houthi and with that broader framework. it was the ambitious agenda and with that commitment with that mutual agreement but primarily and then to be to rudimentary to be much more significant it creates a framework for a cease-fire and then to go back to demilitarized the city. and then to go to the local branch. are all across the country. were to be optimistic if that would work. and with that special envoy is hard not to see the meaning. and then to bring those parties toge

military looking for $331 million reimbursement from saudi arabia and uae. there was an accounting error and failed to properly charge the coalition fighting in yemen for refuelling services. the costs stretch back to march of 2015. >>> the department of education will wipe away student debt for 15,000 borrowers. secretary betsy devos fought for a year to block a law. it has been canceled the $150 million in debt after the federal judge sided with 18 states and the district kf clof columbia. >>> president trump said general motors ceo mary barra made a mistake by laying off workers. the president was upset with gm halting production in north north america and eliminating 14,000 jobs. >> to tell me a couple of weeks before christmas that she will close an ohio and michigan plant is not acceptable to me. she will open fast or somebody else will go in. general motors will not be treated well. >> gm closed plants to prepare for the future shifting from sedans and trucks and investing in self driving car technology. the job cuts won't hurt the u.s. economy accord

as a result of the saudi uae intervention, yemen is now experiencing the worst humanitarian disaster in the world. according to the united nations, yemen is at risk of the most severe famine in more than 100 years, with some 14 million people facing starvation, in one of the poorest countries on earth as a result of this terrible war, according to the save the children organization, some 85,000 yemeni children have already starved to death over the last several years, and millions more face starvation if the work continues. further, yemen is currently experiencing the worst cholera outbreak in the world with as many as 10,000 new cases each week, according to the world health organization. this this is a disease spread by infected water that causes severe diarrhea and dehydration, and will only accelerate the death rate. the o cholera outbreak has occurred because saudi bombs have destroyed humans water infrastructure, and people there are no longer able to access clean water. mr. president, last week "new york times" columnist nicholas kristof wrote an article which i urge all membe

whether or not individuals from the uae, saudi and israel have dwo developed or did develop plans to president trump through the republican nomination -- >> say that again those countries. >> the uae, saudi arabia and israel. >> as well as russia. >> as well as russia. >> potentially all of these countries, all working to try to bring about president trump. >> yes. >> don't forget china. >> so there are a couple of cooperating witnesses. we don't understand the scope of those cooperation agreements quite yet but mueller's team has been actively probing this side of foreign influence beyond russia, these other countries. this ties into the story that came out from "the new york times" about the inauguration committee and foreign financing and the question that's gone on for those middle eastern countries as well. >> nina, let's flip the russia. i know quite a lot about russia, you know a lot more about russia. from the russian side, and uses russia as an example, what do you think politically they were thinking they were doing, and was it as organized as it appears or less so? >> they

>> we heard with the energy minister -0- from tehhe energy minister of the uae.that and make this go on longer than the six months. this is indefinite. if the market isn't in oversupply, they could cut it more. you are seeing different members come out and saying, we could do more. the oil price today has kind of uaeed a little bit by the comments. wonders what they can do to try to get it up because their budgets are so predicated. there is panic in the world of investors. amount ofeing the long positions dropped to the lowest level since 2016 on oil. panic,t sure there is a but they are recognizing that. what they used to do isn't working. they would cut by 1.2 million barrels a day and the price would rise. there is recognition in the market the shale boom is adding a lot to the market. opec is still enormous. they can do more to enact .ifferent things on the market analysts and investors will be watching closely. >> thank you. news coming through from the ministry of finance in china about iron ore. >> they have been talking about this. they are going to be r

al ain look to become the first ever side from the uae to reach the club world cup final, but they'll clash of the captains, kohli and payne face off as australia close in on victory against india in the second test. —— paine. thanks forjoining us. welcome to the programme. real madrid will have to beat ajax if they're to keep alive their hopes of winning a record fourth champions league title in a row. the draw for the last 16 was made on monday, with plenty of intriguing ties alongside that one. cristiano ronaldo will head back to spain whenjuventus take on atletico madrid. he'll no doubt be looking forward to it, having scored 22 goals against atletico during his time with real. the spanish champions barcelona need to get past lyon,

hosts al ain shock south american champions river plate to make the final of the club world cup in the uaeg the series at 1—1. hello and welcome to the programme where it's been a day full of drama in manchester, as united sacked manager jose mourinho two and a half years into his tenure at old trafford. the club are 19 points off the league leaders liverpool and 11 points away from even securing a champions league place next season. the 55—year—old portuguese started by winning the league and europa cups in his first season, but since then it's been something of a roller coaster ride. our sports correspondent andy swiss has this report on where things went wrong. the

al ain look to become the first ever side from the uae to reach the club world cup final, but they'll have to get past river plate. and the clash of the captains, kohli and payne face off as australia close in on victory against india in the second test. —— paine. thanks forjoining us. welcome to the programme. real madrid will have to beat ajax if they're to keep alive their hopes of winning a record fourth champions league title in a row. the draw for the last 16 was made on monday, with plenty of intriguing ties alongside that one. cristiano ronaldo will head back to spain whenjuventus take on atletico madrid. he'll no doubt be looking forward to it, having scored 22 goals against atletico during his time with real. the spanish champions barcelona need to get past lyon, whilst there are three anglo—german ties, including last season's runners—up liverpool against bayern munich. joe lynskey reports. more and more this season, liverpool's pieces are coming together. leading the premier league may become their priority as winter turns to spring, but this is a club who don't neglect th

folks in the region have a reason to worry about this so they will be helpful as well, the saudis and uae. heather: jim, thank you so much for joining us, we appreciate it. happy new year to you. >> same to you, have a good night, heather. heather: time now 17 minutes after the top of the hour and is president trump rethinking his plan to withdraw troops from syria as we were just discussing? >> he told me some things i didn't know that made me feel a lot better about where we are headed in syria. heather: what the president just revealed to one of the plan's biggest critics up next. and new year new you, it's time to make new year's resolutions, eat healthy, exercising, have you done that? well dr. jennifer is here with the secret strategy to make them stick, good morning. >> good morning. i am a family man. i am a techie dad. i believe the best technology should feel effortless. like magic. at comcast, it's my job to develop, apps and tools that simplify your experience. my name is mike, i'm in product development at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome. heathe

it is the fourth time the uae has staged the fifa club world cup and alain staged the fifa club worldwere hosting the opening match of this year ‘s tournament, but after only ten minutes the pro— elite champions were a goal down to a stunning strike. further goals meant the new zealanders, who qualified as the lse champions league winners, were 3—0 up and adding for the quarterfinal. but al ain were farfrom adding for the quarterfinal. but al ain were far from finished and responded with two goals in a four—minute spell either side of the break. the japanese international led the revival before a second was added. the comeback was completed thanks to a fine finish from the swedish striker, 3—3 discourse topic a goalless extra 30 minutes meant penalties and al ain were 11—3 up in the shootout when wellington had their spot kick saved. sending al ain into the next round where they will face the african champions of tunisia. it means there is a big character in my team. there is big confidence in my team. you cannot tell every day that you will come up from 0—3, comeback. but we comeback

signed a deal giving the austrian energy firm a 5% stake in a mega off shore drilling project in the uae omv says the 40-year agreement will start producing around the middle of the next decade. and we have more on this monumental tie-up and also coming at an interesting time for the energy complex >> oh, absolutely. i had the chance to catch up with the omv ceo and i asked him about that as well as the energy price today and also about northstream two. >> it's a conversation for an interesting corporation. and we do have all the possibilities here in the country. we have decided in april this year that we are going to produce oil together we are discussing now cooperating in the oil value chain. we have a daughter company which is a successful model here that we're producing polymers for the asia market. and now we have started a new venture that we also would like to cooperate with the gas value chain. if you look into omv, you find out that this is one of the best gas partners you can find. we have trained our self in the european markets we have trained ourselves to produce gas. and

this flying car is being tested in the uae. still, the technology is in its infancy. >> i think flying cars can be achieved. for safety concerns i think we should develop technology along with the revelations as -- so as to avoid accidents. >> it is still early days for flying taxis but it looks like the competition is heating up in the air. >> you are watching dw news, live from berlin. after a short break, brent will be back to take you through the day. . 51%. france [inaudible] twenty four family. i'm i'm going. six three to make amazing okay problem all have. and the great great deal line might me january i a motion of non confidence

it's about the future, the intent to buy it's about where the market share goes i was recently in the uaesovereign funds are talking about in trends trend. >> and saudis are talking about solar panels because it sounds good. >> i think their sovereign funds they invest in evs, the ertz batteries but also make big investments in conventional places as well i like about the uae it's more did diversefy cakes but the big story is what happens with the u.s. that's the shuffling story. the morrow peck cuts and see a life line to u.s. shale that's a key story this year is what do shale producers do. >> that's the big problem. i mean, right now capital -- can you hear that signed that's capital spending plans cut left and right for next year maybe bull zbliesh maybe bullish but right now you still have the sentiment that shale will overwell an opec cut i think this market mr. tighten. i think q 1 will be sloppy but the market is overlooking what is the impact of the opec cut. >> helima how important is the 40ish level? we saw before oil consolidate there. but below it everybody is concerned about

and of course, the uae energy thatter has been saying the president held a conference in kuwait. the takeaways from kuwait.in what were the takeaways from that? >> ministers took turns and repeating the message that opec will deliver its 800,000 barrels per day cut and continue their cooperation with other producers in the group to balance the market. the uae minister, who is also the opec president, said that while trimming -- while the planned 1.2 million barrels per day cut took account of surging u.s. shale production, and it has also been carefully studied, if the deal requires more than what is needed are planned, there are always up for discussions and come up with the right balance, so now, investors are really looking forward to if the comments from the opec will support the oil prices from the current level. kathleen: very important questions. one of the things the stock market has been watching so closely. heesu lee and seoul. thank you so much for joining us. one of the largest iron ore miner's is staying bullish on china despite the ongoing trade war and a slowdown i

is engaged with its counterterrorism partners including the uae and saudi arabia to push back on that threat. there have been a number of notable successes over the past year or so including the killing of an important leader of al qaeda. this is an effort that the administration will continue but bringing about his ossetian of hostilities for the other ,onflict in yemen, the huti war and the establishment of an interim government that can better control yemeni territory will certainly make the counterterrorism struggle easier for the u.s. to succeed at. corker:cowan -- senator i am sure you have heard from my colleagues about the bipartisan concern about the god-awful realities on the ground. you maye for me and have said this already but can you make it clear to me at least what policy changes you will advocate should you be confirmed that will be different from years past? are you planning a different policy agenda to try to deal now this crisis that i have watched over many months growing worse? henzel: senator, the administration's policy shape in washington and in consultation w

we keep saying just russia, but it's not just russia, it's russia, it's turkey, uae, qatar, country after country after country that are part of this investigation. yeah, and we actually haven't seen some of these parts become public yet. we know all year that mueller has been interested in the work of this would be middle eastern power broken george nader and some of the middle eastern work that he did both in terms of some russia meetings that he tried to set up as well as, as you said, the uae, saudi arabia, even israel to a certain extent and the daily beast has been reporting that mueller is moving towards perhaps making some of those charges and part of that case public early next year. but this really is a case where there's all sorts of countries that were trying to buy influence and it appears in some cases that they were quite successful trying to buy influence from the trump campaign. >> so president trump said to maggie haberman and others famously, i guess it was a year ago, that looking into his finances, into his money and his businesses would be crossing a red line. we kno

the uae broke ties with damascus after the syrian civil war broke out and has backed rebel forces fightingng assad. forces in the democratic republic of congo have fired live rounds and tear gas to scatter demonstrators protesting the postponement of elections while fighting the ebola outbreak. the german military is drawing up plans to recruit foreigners as it struggles to fill its ranks. the proposal -- according to the report, polls, italians, and romanians living in germany will be sought as recruits --poles, italians, and romanians. and germany is exploring the idea of the so-called mosque tax to fund mosques and imamams and make german mosques less dependent on support from abroad. >> the central mosque in cologne is the largest in all of germany. imams come largely from turkey and are paid by a turkish religious organization. the concept that imams and mosques could be offered alternative financing by germany appeals to many coalitions in the german government. >> i believe it is important that must associations in germany and islam are independent of foreign influence. currently, the

the aqua in chicago and also the iconic hotel in the uae. however, some folks are concerned. >> it's pretty big. i feel like it wouldn't go good in this area, especially with all the traffic that we already have. >> i don't know, doesn't sound real great for emeryville. >> reporter: i reached out to the city manager who refused comment. the developer didn't respond to e-mails or phone calls either. this thursday's emeryville planning commission meeting will be surely the beginning of what's going to be a long, drawn out process as this project takes shape. in emeryville, don ford, kpix5. >>> a city is doing the exact opposite of high rises going small, take a look at this tiny home. this afternoon san jose mayor sam liccardo unveiled the emergency sleeping cabin prototype most commonly referred to as a tiny home. it's part of a temporary solution that would house homeless adults who are employed. >> we know we need somewhere safe for that individual to continue to live, somewhere that is insulated, somewhere where they have basic utilities a

>> the uae, sir? >> no. aqap. >> aqap. sorry. >> aqap remains active on governed spaces in eastern and southern yemen. the u.s. is engaged with its counter terrorism and partner including the uae and saudi arabia to push back on that threat. there have been a number of notable successes over the past year or so including the killing of an important leader of al qaeda. this is an effort that the administration will continue, but bringing about a cessation of hostilities with the other conflict in yemen and the houthi war and the establishment of a -- of an interim government that can better control yemeni territory will certainly make the counter terrorism struggle easier for the u.s. to succeed at. >> and i'm sure you've heard today from my colleagues the sort of bipartisan concern about the war, and about the humanitarian consequences, the god awful realities on the ground for the children and other civilians and maybe for me and you may have said this already, but can you make it clear to me, at least, what policy change

there, m implicates that uae as much as saudi arabia. israeli leadership is under some cloud at the moment. alltrumps regional partners lusterst to some particularly in this town. think we've got a the bigecent i think question going forward, and i would like to hear from each of you on this is, project out over the next six months to a year. are we on the right track? -- do you see the policy as it stands working? if not, what kinds of course corrections are needed? in particular, what is our plan b if, for whatever reason, all , andis comes to naught we see iran resuming nuclear activities. where would we go from there? mr. singh: it is a tough question. as i look at it, there are two big risks right now for the trump administration's strategy going forward. one is that iran will decide to exit jcpoa it resumes the expansion of its nuclear program , which could bring on a crisis. it could be an acute crisis depending how best want to ramp up nuclear activities. from a technical perspective, there is no reason iran couldn't do that quit

they beat al ain, from the uae 4—1. luka modric and sergio ramos were amongst the scorers.2019, but it's not a bad time to reflect on the year that's gone, 2018 dominated by the world cup in russia. there's our own tournament review that you can catch on bbc news and on the bbc iplayer there's a really nice interview with the england manager gareth southgate. .. who decides that i'm going to get the unicorn? was chief unicorn operator? unicorns and darts,. but you have to have those, i know you cannot buy darts there, but all of that stuff is orchestrated a choreographed beforehand. it takes thought. physical performance coaches, i don't know who given the budget to sign off, but they had unicorns and rubber chickens to keep people entertained so, yeah again, they are approaching things differently. why? because part of the recovery is to keep the players in the water as long as you can. but those small things that are fun, they canjust those small things that are fun, they can just go and mess around really. that is part of the switch off, without appealing feeling too con

then basically since the spring a series of stop start that basically brought the ua back lawn - - the uae back in with those kilometers that they haven't come in yet because those analysts tell us the fight for the city is the most nightmarish and those that fall from that dirty water. so in our view to have that knockout blow to be a lot of suffering. so what happened at stockholm to have pushed off that prospect at least for the time being. you probably remember the idea with secretary of defense james madison announced in the highly suspected un special and then that they did convene with that agenda and then that agreement and unscramble that is the bank system and those of the houthi to reopen the airport with that broader framework that was an ambitious agenda and with loose process with the mutual statement so those prisoner swaps are significant in number and then to have that strategic implication it is probably too rudimentary to evaluate and it also creates a cease-fire and creates the framework for the government on the city. and those of the similar revolution of the central

they beat al ain, from the uae 4—i. luka modric and sergio ramos were amongst the scorers.k forward to in 2019, but it's not a bad time to reflect on the year that's gone, 2018 dominated by the world cup in russia. there's our own tournament review that you can catch on bbc news and on the bbc iplayer there's a really nice interview with the england manager gareth southgate. who decides, i'm going to pack a unicorn, whose the person behind that? unicorns and darts, but... young mike piazza of those items with you. i know you can't buy darts and unicorns, you make of that all choreographed before hand. and unicorns, you make of that all choreographed beforehand. price, very good coaches and i don't know who gave been the budgets to sign off, but they had unicorns and things to keep people entertained, so things to keep people entertained, so yeah, again they were approaching things differently because part of the recovery is to keep the players in the water as long as you can. but those small things that are funded they can go and just mess around, really, that's part of the

intervention by saudi arabia, iran and the uae and the famine and disease in yemen over recent years. we will have that live at 2:30 p.m. eastern and the french meeting onhosting a nato and their impact on peace and we will hear from the french ambassador to the u.s. live at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can watch online at www.c-span.org or use the free c-span radio app. severalruns out for federal agencies friday at midnight unless congress passes legislation. no agreement among the house, senate, and white house and one of the issues is president trump's request for funding a border wall between the u.s. and mexico. the housemates tomorrow for legislative work with those scheduled in the evening. the senate in session today working on criminal justice reform and you can watch the house live here on c-span and the senate live on c-span two. host: our next guest leaves the office of the presidency has grown too big and it is no longer what the founding fathers envisioned. will's amazing what people take for granted. all of our politics. the press conferences and the pageantry. it

that implicates uae as much as saudi arabia. and of course the israeli leadership is under some cloud at the moment as well. so trump's regional partners all have lost some luster, particularly in this town. >> okay, so i think we've gotten a fairly decent level set in terms of where we are today. i think the big question going forward, and i'd like to hear from each of you on this, is project out to the next six months to a year. are we on the right track? is the policy -- do you see the policy as it stands working? if not, what kinds of course corrections are needed? and, in particular, what's our plan b if, for whatever reason, all of this comes to naught and we see iran, in fact, look like it may start resuming its nuclear activities. where would we go from there? mike. >> it's a tough question. as i look at it, there are two big risks right now for the trump administration strategy going forward. one is that iran will decide to exit the jcpoa and resume the expansion of its nuclear program. that could bring on a crisis. and

and the ability to participate and dry the discussions requires that we remain in contact with both uae and the kingdom of saudi arabia. >> thank you, my time has expired. thank you for your service. >> senator warren? >> thank you for being here today, i want to go back to yemen. for over three years, the saudi arabia led coalition warplanes refueled and armed with muscles by the united states has been bombing yemeni territory to counter iran backed coalitions between saudi arabia and iran. this week the senate advanced a resolution that would have cut off all u.s. support for saudi led coalition, bombing campaign in yemen. i want to make sure we are all clear about what is going on. i think it would be helpful for the american people to understand how we have directly contributed to the situation in yemen since march 2015 and we seem to have had some challenges in getting this on record. let me start here, general mckenzie, we provide both intelligence support and military advice to the saudi's for targeting aligned forces in yemen, is that correct? >> senator, it is with the exceptio

unhappy with this and that includes allies that president trump has brought closer, israel, saudi arabia, uaey don't want that ground seeded to turkey. what kind of situation is that for what the president has said is his priority there? >> jim, frankly, we are just evacuating the middle east. this is the first time forever that we are just giving it up. again, i go back to iran. if you look at the map, the iranians can now send missiles through iraq, through syria to lebanon on the israeli border. the israelis are absolutely furious about the decision that they weren't consulted and there is no plan. and this decision on a phone call i just can't tell you how transgressive this is. >> for folks listening at home, they may think this is a million miles away. the fact is isis remains in that pocket in syria. u.s. will be pulling back. al qaeda remains in afghanistan and counter terror had become a chief role of the u.s. forces in afghanistan. do these decisions make americans less safe in your view? >> absolutely we are less safe. this is their training ground for the islamic state. they will

obviously i was. . . me back to the uae. obviously i was...ralysed. thank you so much for coming and talking about it. and this is on at nine o'clock tonight, bbc two. thank you very much, both of you, for coming to talk about it. hundreds of new homes have been built using weak mortar that does not meet recommended industry standards, an investigation for the victoria derbyshire programme has found. there have been reports of faulty properties on at least 13 estates up and down the country. the full extent of the industry—wide problem is hard to measure though as some homeowners have been asked to sign a gagging order to claim compensation or get the problem fixed. reporterjim reed investigated. the last year and a half has just been a living hell. i went out to put stuff in the bin in the morning and opened the bin led and stuff fell on my head. it was sand. there we re fell on my head. it was sand. there were bigger bits of sand and i looked up. that is when i see what i seem. the water was falling out —— the mortar was falling out. the mor

but the trilateral relationship between egypt, the uae and saudi is working. but with differences in opinion and differences in factions, who are you supporting. egypt has as its main objective political reconciliation between the different factions, keeping the entity of the state and not dividing the state into different statehoods is the plan for syria, eventually for libya, i don't know, but that is really avoiding military conflicts, avoiding boots on the ground, this is it. >> syria, do you think this is the plan to divide it into three sections just like what you heard right now? >> it's the plan by the international community or by the arab world or who? >> talking about egypt. she's saying, she's projecting that the plan, you know, the plan so that egypt -- excuse me, so that syria becomes de facto divided into three different areas, one controlled by the u.s., and one by turkey. ... certainly not see the resurgence in syria or the strengthening in syria of the muslim brotherhood, islamist factions, et cetera. so i would see egypt as looking to the ex

but the uae and bahrain said they would be at the syrian capital of damascus.aura: last watch in the new year. thank you. eric: bacchanal no one in sight for the partial government shutdown over president trump's border wall. lawmakers now react and to the standoff. we'll have the latest imac. expected to be the first order of business when they are sworn in this week. what will they do, what will it take to end it when? well have not. -- that one hour pickup order? >>got it. ran out of ink and i have a big meeting today >>and 2 boxes of twizzlers... yeah, uh...for the team... >>the team? gooo team.... know what's better than overnight shipping? free one hour pickup when you order online... or on our app. at office depot officemax starts with looking buiat something old,nk and saying, "really?" so capital one is building something completely new. capital one cafes. inviting places with people here to help you, not sell you. and savings and checking accounts with no fees or minimums. because that's how it should be. you can open one from right here or anywhere i

talks in the uae aimed at ending the 17 year war in afghanistan.tiate with the country's government. and one of the file un meetings, residing at the end of the year, one of the greatest accomplishments she says is her work toward peace with north korea, she said she and the president worked together to get things done. >> the president and i had a great relationship. we respected each other. i wanted to serve the president and the american people the best of my ability. i have done that until december 31st. todd: the president announced a former colleague of us at fox news, heather nauert, as haley's replacement. 2 dozen democrats lining up to make a run for the white house, some big names at the top of the list, can the president send them off for a second term? our next guest is yes. republican strategist ford o'connell joining us to explain why. thanks for getting up with us. we appreciate it. many people on the right and left say the president hasn't had a good last couple weeks. that won't matter in 2020. >> trump's biggest worry is that a pa

the committee and connections to business professionals and wealthy individuals in saudi arabia and uaeor we don't know exactly what's going on but just a lot of allegations at this point. >> thank you, i'm sure you will keep an eye on it and we will too. we really appreciate that you could join us tonight. thank you very much. >> up next, a new interim chief of staff in the white house. what is that all about. we asked the experts including we asked the experts including one of our guests who is o you ok there, kurt? we're about to move. karate helps... relieve some of the house-buying... stress. at least you don't have to worry about homeowners insurance. call geico. geico... helps with... homeowners insurance? been doing it for years. i'm calling geico right now. good idea! get to know geico. and see how easy homeowners and renters insurance can be. all right, mick mulvaney is in as interim chief of staff. anyway, a pretty relevant topic, how the deep state is undermining the president. if you have about the book please go into it. mick mulvaney, i just thought you'd like to see this