soon after, she got news that her husband in the uae was divorcing her.d. in a fit of anger, she posted, "you married a horse, you idiot". a few weeks ago, her ex—husband died. ms shahravesh and her daughter arrived in dubai for the funeral, but were detained as the police responded to a complaint from the woman she'd insulted. her daughterflew home, while ms shahravesh awaits a court appearance. her emotional state is really, really terrible, really, and i've spoken to her daughter, her sisters and mother. the whole family is suffering tremendously as a result of this. the foreign office is in contact with the authorities in the uae about this case, and says it's supporting the family. its travel advice on the country does warn about the dangers of criticising people in the uae online and says there can be serious penalties there for things which are not illegal in the uk. jamie haren from stirling was sentenced to a three—month jail term in dubai for touching a man's hip in a crowded bar. he was freed after the foreign office intervened. it also worked

i think a big part of this and you guys just touched upon the uae saudi connection is the uae and saudi had a bit of angst after the deal was announced that the u.s. would pull out of the iran deal and begin to phase down a number of different transactions i think they initially thought that that would benefit them more immediately, but then the u.s. issued those exemptions to eight countries allowing them to trade for an additional six months some of this does seem to be making good to the saudis and the uae on a deal that to a certain extent benefitted them more than others in the region >> china and india are the biggest buyers of iranian crude oil. they need that oil >> yes >> do you think that they will either on the black market, whatever it is, continue to buy oil defying the sanctions? >> what i suspect could happen and india has already begun calling for kind of additional consideration for some of the close allies of the u.s. to give them additional wind-downtime is potentially waivers, but they'll come up with another term to give them a wind down period you have essentially

the foreign office is in contact with ms shahravesh's family, and authorities in the uae.three years ago, expecting her husband pedro to follow. but he divorced her and ms shahravesh discovered on facebook that he had a new wife. furious, she posted, "you married a horse, you idiot." pedro died last month, but when ms shahravesh arrived in dubai for the funeral, she was taken into custody, accused of breaking the uae's strict laws on social media abuse. she will appear in court on thursday. her emotional state is really, really terrible. and i have spoken to her daughter, her sisters and mother. the whole family is suffering tremendously as a result of this. the foreign office is in contact with the authorities in the uae about this case and says it is supporting the family. its travel advice on the country does warn about the dangers of criticising people in the uae online and says there can be serious penalties things which are not illegal in the uk. british academic matthew hedges was doing research in dubai when he was jailed for espionage. the foreign office helped se

>> it is the uae's role behind this.ver half $1 billion to the frontier service group, which is now led by eric prince, formerly of blackwater. allegedly, according to western ,rint media, erik prince alongside the uae, established an air base, military base, drone base in eastern libya between 2014-2016 this is well documented by the u.n. panel of --erts where the year libya during a sustainable peace, a concession by both sides in the civil war in 2016 when they announced d the beginning g of s do chapter in libya's history and deliver this governments national accord in tripoli was the very year the uae violated the arms embargo in libya at unprecedented levels and began to establish the final pieces of this air base in eastern libya. it possesses a massive arsenal and houses at least twowo air tractors, which are industrial kind of aircraft with an to surface m missiles. this kind of move -- it is difficult to pin down. i'm using the word "a legend" because -- "alleged" because i don't want to get sued. in the last t

but should laleh shahravesh be subject to the uae laws?the people subject to the laws are treated. what myjob it is to look at the laws in this country and make sure that we have struck the balance that i described andi struck the balance that i described and i think the proposals will do that. i don't believe they are an incentive to other countries to say if the uk is behaving like this then we can behave far worse. it is a balanced package and it is designed to be such and we will hear what people have got to say about it. we will begin a period of consultation on this white paper today and people will have the chance to say what they think and i hope that people well. the culture secretary, jeremy wright. let's speak now to alex holmes from the anti—bullying charity the diana award which helped with putting the ideas for the legislation together. ged flynn is from the suicide prevention charity papyrus. vinous ali, head of policy at techuk which represents the tech industry. baroness beeban kidron obe, founder of 5rights, an organisati

the uae is part of a saudi backed located.tactedso allegedly a suspect in the jamal khashoggi murder case. khashoggi was murdered inside saudi consulate in istanbul last october. there was international condemnation at that time. the uae and saudi arabia are close allies. sources are saying that shortly after jamal khashoggi's murder, the first operative enter the country, the second was soon after. the focus of the investigation appears to be spying on arab dissidents in turkey. there is a thought that given the strained relations between turkey and saudi arabia, turkey and the uae, and turkey and egypt that perhaps the uae was attempting to open a new avenue of intelligence gathering in turkey. ra governmentn says the repair bill for flood damage'is expected to be arounds 2.5 billion dollars. millions are rebuilding lives after devastating floods a month ago. now, the crisis has come at a bad time for iran's shrinking economy. reporter: the government is messed -- measuring the cost for flood damages in the billions of dolla

look to make up for the losses from iran we haven't formally heard the same comments coming from the uae and saudi arabia i mean, the big question is how much of an impact are we actually looking at in terms of numbers, iranian exports, and how much spare capacity is left in the system to begin with? >> okay. great question when you look at the actual numbers here, it is hard togate get clarity on the specifics if you look at the likes of s&p global plats, for example, which follows the amount of crude coming out of iran, it says that in march it was still averaging about 1.7 million barrels per day. that's significantly higher, but the figures do range between -- up to 1.2 all the way up to 1.9. plat says 1.7. when you break it down and look at where that oil is actually going, plat also says that about 628,000 barrels per day are going to china on average that was in march. more than 357,000 barrels per day are going to india there are its top two customers. what's particularly interesting is that attached to this announcement was those supply assurances from saudi arabia and the uae,

its travel advice on the country does warn about the dangers of criticising people in the uae online, british academic matthew hedges was doing research in dubai when he was jailed for espionage. the foreign office helped secure his release last year and hopes it can do the same for ms shahravesh. our diplomats in the uae have enormous experience in dealing with consular cases, as we saw from the matthew hedges case. and so she is getting the best possible service from the fca. her facebook insult could cost her two years in prison. she has told her lawyer she's terrified. richard lister, bbc news. now, for decades it was the music show that launched careers, but the beatles only ever made one live appearance on top of the pops — that was back in 1966. but no recording was kept of the performance. now, footage of them performing on the show has turned up in mexico. our enternainment correspondent colin paterson has been taking a look. the beatles rehearsing for their only ever live top of the pops appearance. back in 1966, bbc shows were recorded on video tape — very expensive at the

soon after, she got news that her husband in the uae was divorcing her.shahravesh and her daughter arrived in dubai for the funeral, but were detained as the police responded to a complaint from the woman she‘d insulted. her daughterflew home, while ms shahravesh awaits a court appearance. her emotional state is really, really terrible, really, and i‘ve spoken to her daughter, her sisters and mother. the whole family is suffering tremendously as a result of this. the foreign office is in contact with the authorities in the uae about this case, and says it‘s supporting the family. its travel advice on the country does warn about the dangers of criticising people in the uae online and says there can be serious penalties there for things which are not illegal in the uk. jamie haren from stirling was sentenced to a three—month jail term in dubai for touching a man‘s hip in a crowded bar. he was freed after the foreign office intervened. it also worked for the release of matthew hedges, an academic imprisoned on espionage charges in the uae who was eventually

the kingdom of saudi arabia and the uae ensured us that they would ensure an appropriate supply for theof course, the us is now a significant producer as well. for more now, i amjoined by my colleague and business reporter mariko oi. many questions on how rising crude prices will impact asian economies. that's right, not many of our viewers might know that asian countries still import a lot of oilfrom asian countries still import a lot of oil from iran. asian countries still import a lot of oilfrom iran. let's have a look at the customers. this is the list from 2017. of course, the us reimposed sanctions last november, and eight of them were given six—month waivers. in china, south korea, japan and turkey still import oilfrom iran, 1.3 million barrels per day last year. the waivers expire on the second of may, and after that they have to bring down iranians accrued imports to zero or face sanctions. this is because the us wants to deny the iranians government its main source of revenue. you can government its main source of revenue. you can see how dramatically the sanctions affected ir

if you have saudi arabia and the uae as your allies, who are your enemies? continue in algeria despite the resignation of bouteflika. say the interim leaders are too close to the old regime and they are worried the new vote will be anything but free or fair. as the protests continue, a new initiative is taking shape. a joint initiative with the backing of 20 algerian organizations. literally called young people take action. the point and common goal is the desire to improve youth participation in algeria's political life. have beeneople excluded from public and political life. there is an opportunity for young people and youth organizations to organize themselves and be able to open a dialogue. >> the challenge is to establish .echanisms extend participation to all people. it should be open to those who live in cities, the country, regardless of gender. participate. >> these associations come from all l over t the country. >> we want to come up with .rojects >> the time for change has arrived. toerian people are prepared lead the foundations to a new algeria

welll was she of the internet was that exist in the uae?itish fco does not warn people, it's not on their website andi people, it's not on their website and i had to go today and they still have not updated the laws to... sorry, the warnings to tourists of just how severe these laws can be. i spoke to paris her daughter last night and she is very upset. she went over there to pay respects to her father who just died and she was welcomed by being detained in a foreign legal system and she has just been through really what you would call hell. she had to fly back to england on her own, she has current lease type macro —— is staying with her and. and she wants to be reunited with her mother. she is actually putting together a appealfor shaikh is actually putting together a appeal for shaikh mohammed to is actually putting together a appealfor shaikh mohammed to get is actually putting together a appeal for shaikh mohammed to get a hold of this and to get her mum home. it is in social medic to this family. how helpful would home. it is in socia

because we saw in the announcement that they are confident the uae will offset the market. you will recall when we interviewed in october and he said the job was to make sure the markets have been starved of the iranian supplies that get inoff, you know the interest saudi arabia geopolitically, there is a fierce rivalry with iran in the middle east and yemen and other parts that shows they are on board with the plan to squeeze the iranian economy. go question is, does it counter to their oil interests? so far, they are going on board and say we will make sure the markets remains applied -- remain supplied. isra: what we are hearing into re-, saudi arabia and the uae have more than enough supply to counter any loss of supply from iran. the question, whether they will act as quickly as they did last year? how critical is the threat to close the strait of vermouth? >> this is not the first time iran has threatened to close the strait of vermouth. when it was first floated, the a rainy and president and other officials said if we are not able to export, no one else will. the ma

have arabia and uae promised donald trump will make an any gap that irani supply shortages mean.ok at the combination of u.s. production boosted by this huge shale boom, along with saudi arabia and the uae, those three together already combined to equal opec's production. be looking at a changing of the guard in terms of global oil market leadership with a possible new new opec headed by donald trump himself. >> wow. >> wow. >> they're both really good. >> go ahead. >> i think, oh, gosh. i'm going to go with dan's. just because i like this whole concept of a new ne w opec. it use of the opec plus with russia and now this is a new concept. a lot of traders in the oil markets are being confounded by. >> that's a group to watch. dan, by this much i'm giving it to you today. congratulations as well. >> it was a really good chart. the whole oil story kind of too k over. >> great sports. thank you so much for coming on the program. china. opens up as with india this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i'm emily in san francisco. this is "bloomberg technology." tesla unveils its next generation of self-

but the uae, along with france, italy, the uk and the us have called for a de—escalation, and fear anyll propel the country back into a state of chaos. well, a little earlier i spoke tojonathan winer who's a former united states special envoy for libya, now scholar at the middle east institute. i asked him whether general khalifa haftar was planning a full on attempted coup in libya. well, the general first announced a coup back in february 2014 on television. nobody followed, he did not succeed. he went east, he secured foreign sponsors and foreign money, counterfeits dinars from russia. he used it to build patronage networks and cobbled together what he calls libya's national army. it had important successes in fighting terrorism, it also engaged in military rule in several cities. he wants to run libya the way colonel gadhafi did, with a mix of conquest and propaganda. that is what he is trying to do. in november 2016 as military advisor and two sons told me he would capture tripoli by december 2016. he has been working to do that now four years. now he has decided to make his move.

but the uae, along with france, italy, the uk and the us have called for a de—escalation, and fear anyropel the country back into a state of chaos. well, a little earlier i spoke to our washington correspondent chris buckler and asked him how concerned the un security council currently is over recent development in libya. i don't think there is any doubt that the security council at this stage is very concerned. obviously the un took the decision to send the secretary general, antonio guterres, specifically to libya to try to deal with this situation, to try to de—escalate the obvious tensions inside tripoli and inside libya itself. it seems that up to this point that has failed, and now they are in a position where they want to try to release a statement that does anything to really try to take away from that tension. certainly if you look at both the un and the g7 group of countries, which includes the us, the uk, france and germany, they are all saying with one voice that more military conflicts, more violence, is not going to solve the real problems inside libya, a country that has

but the uae, along with france, italy, the uk and the us have called for a de—escalation, and fear any propel the country back into a state of chaos. jonathan winer is a former us special envoy for libya and currently a scholar at the middle east institute. jonathan, thank you for joining east institute. jonathan, thank you forjoining us. we have seen the picture of that military advance. is this, do you think, a full on attempted coup? well, the general first announced a coup back in february 2014 on television. nothing followed, he did not succeed. he went east, he secured foreign sponsors and foreign money, counterfeits dinars from russia. he usedit counterfeits dinars from russia. he used it to build patronage networks and cobbled together what he calls libya's national army. it had imported successes —— important su ccesses imported successes —— important successes in fighting terrorism, it also came to rule several cities. he wa nts to ru n also came to rule several cities. he wants to run libya the way mohammed —— colonel gadhafi did, with a mix of conquest and propaganda. that

but the uae, along with france, italy, the uk and the us have called for a de—escalation, and fear anyropel the country back into a state of chaos. donald trump is visiting the mexican border. his trip came as 20 us states filed a motion to block the president's attempts to fund the wall using billions of dollars from the department of defense budget. his plan involves diverting the money having declared a national emergency. he's pledged to build another 400 miles of barriers in the next two years. earlier he praised mexico for stepping up security in recent days but left open the possibility of car tarriffs if the flow of drugs isn't stopped with a year. but, speaking at a round—table event at a us border patrol facility in calexico, he claimed the us couldn't cope with any more immigration. it isa it is a colossal surge and it is overwhelming our immigration system, and we can't let that happen. so, as i say, and this is a new statement, the system is full. can't take you any more. whether it is asylum, whether it's anything you want, illegal immigration, can't take you any more. we

us, france, britain, italy and the uae said the we re britain, italy and the uae said the were hinderingmediation. president trump is backed down from his threats to close the border with mexico this week, saying he would give it easier to take action immigration and drug trafficking. republicans have warned that closing the border would have devastating consequences for the us economy. and the united states has revoked the entry these are for a prosecutor of the international criminal court. she has been investigating allegations of war crimes by us forces and their allies in afghanistan. her office insisted she would continue to do her duties without fear or favour. boeing has admitted that an anti—stall system was activated by mistake on board two of its 737 max 8 aircraft before they crashed, killing nearly 350 people. the company's chief executive and chairman said a software update to address the problem would be ready within weeks. hundreds of the aircraft have been grounded around the world. our transport correspondent tom burridge has the details. just seconds after take—off and

but the uae, along with france, italy, the uk and the us have called for a deescalation and fear anythe country back into a state of chaos. well, let's get more on this now from our correspondence, chris buckler, who is in washington for us. buckler, who is in washington for us. you are monitoring the situation out of the united nations. just how concerned is the security council?” don't think there is any doubt that the security council at this stage is very concerned. 0bviously the security council at this stage is very concerned. obviously the un took the decision to send the secretary general, antonio gutierrez, specifically to libya to try to deal with this situation, to try to deal with this situation, to try to deal with this situation, to try to de—escalate the obvious tensions inside tripoli and inside libya itself. it seems that up to this point that has failed, and now they are in a position where they wa nt to they are in a position where they want to try to release a statement that does anything to really try to ta ke that does anything to really try to take away from th

however, general haftar does have the backing of the uae and egypt.ing has flared near tripoli. fighting is also said to have taken place at the disused airport in tripoli, and it is unclear whether there are any casualties. since 2011 and the fall of colonel gaddafi, libya has experienced violence and division as various groups tried to take control of the oil—rich country. based in tripoli is the national unity government led by prime minister fayez al—sarraj, who has condemned general haftar‘s advance. translation: we have extended our hand in peace, but the attack took place from the forces of haftar, and his declaration of war on our cities and capital, and his declaration of a coup d'etat to the presidential council will be met with strength and power. general haftar and his self—styled libyan national army are based in the eastern city of benghazi. they now control the oilfields. the international community, led by the un and its secretary general, antonio gutierrez, has tried to intervene, but have ultimately failed in stopping the crisis. it

but how are these laws in the uae?their website, i had to go today and they have not updated the laws, sorry, the warnings for tourists of just how laws, sorry, the warnings for tourists ofjust how severe these laws can be. i spoke to her daughter last night and she is very upset. she went over there to pay respects to her father who had just she went over there to pay respects to herfather who had just died and she was welcomed by being detained ina she was welcomed by being detained in a foreign system and she has just been through what you would call hell. she had to fly back to england on her own, she is currently staying with her ante, at all she wants is to be reunited with her mother. she is putting together a appeal to get involved in this case to get her mum out. it is been so traumatic for this family. how helpful would be if the person who made the complaint, the person who made the complaint, the second wife, retracted it? certainly the dubai police already contacted her and asked her to retract the complai

last year the administration reached historic agreements with the governments of the uae and qatar that will increase transparency and accountability moving forward. but we know this isn't the end of the dispute. the government of qatar is massively subsidizing a tiny regional carrier called air italy which it owns a sizable stake in. the stakes of this fight are real. continued open skies violation puts 1.2 million american jobs at risk. it affects everyone from pilots to flight attendants to the ground crew, to the employees at the airport. and as secretary pompeo has said, we cannot allow our so-called allies to take advantage of american businesses and american workers. we are proud to call secretary pompeo our friend in this fight, and we look forward to the state department and entire administration continuing to stand up for u.s. airline workers and the airline industry and enforcing our agreements. i'm this topic will come up more but with that i'd like to turn back over to her our host, ste. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much, scott. i love all the airlines equally. and

how and where was she of the internet laws that exist in the uae?at's particularly because the british fco does not warn people. it's not on the website, i had a look today and they still haven't updated the laws, sorry, the warnings, to tourists of just how severe these laws can be. i spoke to paris, her daughter last night, and she is very upset. she went over there to pay respects to her father, who had just went over there to pay respects to herfather, who had just died, and she was welcomed by being detained ina she was welcomed by being detained in a foreign legal system and she's just been through really what you would call hell. she had to fly back to england on her own. she is currently staying with her auntie. all she wants is to be reunited with her mother. she is actually putting together an appeal for sheikh mohammed to get involved in this case and get her mum home. it's been so case and get her mum home. it's been so traumatic for this family. how helpful would it be if the person who made the complaint, the second wife, retracted it?

one place where female drivers are already shaking things up is the uae.lub with a difference that's turning heads in dubai. its girl power meets horsepower. this club, entrepreneurs who can work hard and afford a car. these women are serious about cars. especially supercars. a driver a portion. this is thought to be the world ‘s first supercars —— superca rs club run world ‘s first supercars —— supercars club run for women, by women. less fast imperious, more fast and fashionable. the designers talked about ferrari. more women in the regionjoining the talked about ferrari. more women in the region joining the workforce, female spending power is increasing. i started with toyota than bmw, then a ford mustang and noah lamborghini. i need a lot of saving up to do it. these women arejust these women are just a interested in driving these cars on the road, today they're having a go on the track. and no ordinary truck. this circuit hosts formula 1 racing. the gazelles were founded as an alternative to the male dominated kaizen. how have been reacted? i think af

iran, if they can't import from iran, if they can't import from iran, they will need saudi, uae.of oil is headed given all of this going on? i would say it could go up to 80 but at some stage, it will naturalise again because don't forget, last december, 0pec and its ten friends, 1.2 million barrels and if iranians exports, because there was a glut of oil. if iranians exports go to zero, they will smuggle some. we will have enough. i will hold you to that, cornelia. notre dame fire, this comment. has too much money been given to build it, it asks? 0ver too much money been given to build it, it asks? over $800 million has been raised so far. such is the thing when you have private money, ultra rich. there is very little you can do. there you go. thanks, cornelia. good to get that short response on that one. do take a look at hashtag #bbcthebriefing about selfish selfie photographs. i have another chance to mention them. hello again. uk forecast in just a moment but first of all we are off to mozambique where it looks like we've got another weather—related disaster on the way. anot

the issue is, social media laws in the uae are almost like giving someone a gun that they can point atbe you don't even know them, maybe you had a twitter war with them, they can go through all of your social media and report you to the telecoms regulation authority, who could then take a police case against you. it's extremely risky. the fact is that most people, almost eve ryo ne the fact is that most people, almost everyone who visits dubai, are going to be in breach of those cybercrime laws. that means they could be subject to arrest. that is absolutely ridiculous for a country that wants to attract tourism. thank you ever so that wants to attract tourism. thank you ever so much for speaking to us from detained in dubai. thousands gathered in los angeles yesterday to pay tribute to nipsey hussle, as a memorial made its way through the city where he lived, before he was tragically murdered in front of his marathon clothing store in march. celebrities including snoop dogg, kendrick lamar and stevie wonder all attended the memorial. here's what a few of his fans had to say, about the

discussions -- what assurances do you have from saudi arabia or the uae to supply the market in a timely fashion? do you believe -- i think it is the five largest importers of iranian oil, will abide by what you are asking of them? secretary pompeo: with respect to your second question, we made if you do not abide by this there will be sanctions. requirement and to conduct these transactions one oh most always needs to participate in the financial markets and we plan to enforce the sanctions. we do not layout sanctions we do not have intention of encouraging countries to cooperate with. i will leave others to talk about the details but i've had conversations, the president has had conversations with these countries and they have committed to making sure there is sufficient supply in the market. i'm confident we will achieve that. they will support this policy that is consistent with their objectives as well. thank you, sir. you said you are at zero level today. is that effective today? secretary pompeo: may 2. the current waivers expire midnight may 1. >> so they are not getting any grac

half stop almost all coffee processed here as re—exported, an increasing amount is sold locally in the uaebooze, it seems that the coffee business has little sign of ending —— brews. that's it for the business briefing this hour, but before we go, here are the markets: hundreds of holiday—makers in county down, northern ireland, have spent the night in emergency accommodation, after a large hillside fire forced them from their caravan park. more than 50 firefighters worked through the night to bring the blaze on the mourne mountains under control. it is understood at least 200 people were forced to stay in a local leisure centre over night after being evacuated to safety. bbc northern ireland's declan harvey reports. too close to comfort. does make for comfort. at around 7pm yesterday evening smoke was spotted rising from the forest above picture is newcastle. eyewitnesses were shocked by how quickly the fire took hold. at its height, the flames were one mile wide. 0n at its height, the flames were one mile wide. on one of the busiest weekends of the year, this woman's ca rava n weekends o

what assurances do you have from todi arabia and the uae supply the market in a timely faction, and second, do you believe that, i think it is the five largest importers of iranian oil will abide by what you are asking of them. >> with respect to your second question, we have made clear, if you don't abide by the sanctions, this is what we are laying out this morning. we have a requirement to connect -- conduct these transactions. one always these to participate in the financial margins -- markets. we intend to enforce the sanctions. we don't have any intention of encouraging companies to cooperate with it. i will leave other chicago at that others to talk about -- others to talk about the details of what the saudi's and emirates have discussed. they have committed to making sure there is a sufficient supply in the market. i'm confident that we will achieve that, that they will support this policy that is consistent with their objectives as well. one more? >> very quickly. you said that you are at zero level today. is that effective today? sec. pompeo: may 2. the current waivers expire on

it is been going on year after year using saudi arabia, uae using u.s.pons, secondarily, british weapons. -- u.s. intelligence support sorking closely with the sudi to target bombing and so on and so forth. all of this has been happening with no protest. then came the khashoggi killing, brutal killing of a journalist for "the washington post." that caused outrage. it should have, but that is not the reason why the yemen war should have suddenly had the spotlight shined on it, but it was. then bernie sanders came along with a couple of others and initiated the legislation which puts some cramps in the direct u.s. support for the war -- which is significant, but we should put it in the contetext f what in fact happen. i think we can be pretty confident that the trump -pompeo-bolton will find a way around it to keep the war going, unless the public seriously protesests. there is something else worth paying attention to. the support for israeli expansionism, repression, the whole alliance that is developing -- that support has shifted in the united states se

what we are doing with the date palm which is a major tree in the uae is research of water consumption. so we are investigating how to reduce the water footprint of date palms in the region. at this research centre scientists are looking for ways to boost farming incomes in harsh desert climates. their work is already producing results, especially in producing salt tolera nt results, especially in producing salt tolerant crops. quinoa originates in the mountains of peru but this variety is thriving in sandy, salty soil. crops like these have been selected for the harsh environment here in the gulf. extreme heat and high salinity. as we face a warming planet, they could be adopted much more widely. the varieties developed are already across africa and central asia. the aim is to make it more viable on arid land. in the old days we had lots of land, so we didn't pay attention to the harsh environment. what we know with climate change and global warming is many arable lands will become harsh environments. so we have no choice but to produce those environments and to produce those environm

although an increasing amount is sold locally in the uae.ews, the local love affair with coffee shows little sign of ending. let's talk about the olympics now, because with just over one year to 90, because with just over one year to go, tokyo is getting ready. while the games attract international attention, hosting the event is very costly. let's look at the financial challenges faced by previous hosts. he isa challenges faced by previous hosts. he is a magnificent athlete! we are witnessing history. the great champion adds to his legend! a lot of very excited people about the olympics, but hosting the olympics can be very expensive for the host country. earlier i spoke with a sports consultant and asked why countries still do it.|j with a sports consultant and asked why countries still do it. i believe the challenge is when you put a financialfigure to the challenge is when you put a financial figure to hosting something like the olympics or the world cup it really doesn't make sense. countries go into it with a bigger plan. what they wan

traveling to east asia and south asia picky set kind of many great gain where turkey, saudi arabia, uae qatar, r2p for show lines, ports, farmlands in east africa these are dynamics that span bureaucratic faultlines in an unusual way and require sometimes in agency meetings that feel more like a star wars cantina. this kind of thing is going to matter more in a more global middle east and getting disconnections right and distinguishing threat from an ease, leadership from domination if not every middle eastern problem is a price for america to monopolize. we need to assess it more in agencies that look like star wars cantina is. algeria and sudan show when it comes to the arab spring, the test didn't really pass. but last time it was not aging leaders without a clear line of succession and now we know algeria, oman, palestine were mahmoud abbas is a nice think you're 12 of his original four-year term, iraqi can kurdistan, saudi arabia have successions or generational transfer of power underway or hit and underlying almost every country politics in the region today is a crisis of legitim

it is the uae that established in 2016 according to the u.n.anel of experts and have been drowning in the east of the country. not only on the ground corn aiding the strikes and many of their own officers were killed, but also, they have been given diplomatic immunity and the security council has been unable to issue a statement to condemn the sanctions. they have been saying that it is russia blocking the council, but the european union is also facing the same logic. none of these configurations between russia and they use the exact same language, so the only threat that ties them together is the french. the defense minister was in libya, claiming he was rating that's waiting for his victories. antonio was interview a -- was in chipola -- tripoli last month. that is a serious problem. brent: we appreciate your insight tonight. unfortunately, we are out of time. thanks for coming on the show. the united states has declared iran's revolutionary guard a terrorist organization. the white house says a move that is technology iran is a sponsor of st

had reached beyond its jurisdiction could what assurance do you have from saudi arabia and the uae toa timely fashion? icond, do you believe -- think it is the five largest importers of iranian oil will abide by what you are asking of them? sec. pompeo: to your second question, we have made clear. if you do not abide by this, there will be sanctions. this is what we are laying out. , and toa requirement conduct these transactions one almost always needs to participate in the financial market. we do not lay down sanctions we do not have any intention of encouraging countries to cooperate with. i will lead others to talk about the details of what the saudis have agreed to, but i have had conversations with these countries and they have committed to making sure there is sufficient supply in the markets. i'm confident we will achieve that. i'm confident they will support this policy that is consistent with their objectives. go ahead. >> thank you. quickly, you said you are at zero level today. is that effective today? sec. pompeo: it is may 2. the current waivers expire

the russians do not [indiscernible] uae oiltalk to the minister. is russia really on board with extending these? prudent sounds shaky. let's get into the rest of the markets. juliette saly standing by in asia. bit ofe: we're seeing a a risk off session. we have seen weakness coming through particularly in japanese stocks. chinese hong kong stocks as well. the nikkei in late trade down by .7 of 1%. quite a bit of weakness from the electronics makers today. elsewhere, it is a typical story of risk off. you have seen bonds generally higher across the region. with the exception of the china 10-year note where you are seeing the yield at 2019 high. pretty flat on the australian share market. looking at the indian share market, it started lower. things turning around. it is slightly in positive territory. let's have a look at stocks, it was all about crown in sydney rising the most on record. it is down substantially in sydney. you have seen crown shares coming under pressure but they back the gaingive they had yesterday which is just that even though wh

that's the little elbow around the peak of the uae. 20% of the world's oil, most of it is saudi oil, a lot goes through the strait everyday. if iran does that, the u.s. navy will have something to say about that now you got a risk of a real price hike >> i don't know if we heard actually confirmation from the iranian government that would be moving the ba ball forward >> we have not heard yet it is like the revolutionary guard telling iran state agency who tells somebody to report it. if the market believes the strait was at risk of being closed, we see oil more than 2.5% >> what about oil stocks, brian? they're up this year but not much crude oil is up 44%. so far you have the massive chevron, it did not give the group much of a lyift. is this going to be what takes energy stocks higher >> no, you need the price to be stable what do they want of anything? they want price stability and cash flow. they' and what their operating budget going to be. it is really hard to make multi billion dollars long-term when you don't know the price of your core commodity will be higher prices will l

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