my experience is the uae has the -- they have been chipping away at the uae border for generations. thatnk a large portion of is part of the jockeying for power between the gulf states. >> you asked particularly about the military balance and how gulf states change that. the short answer is very little. these are fundamentally weak states. fundamentally aware of their weakness. the uae has made a real effort to expand the quality of its military and to some extent has succeeded and shown a certain ability to use it effectively. the saudi military has shown very poorly. it went into yemen and has really done badly. it reminded me of when they went something my father said to me when the russians -- the soviets -- every afghanistan country is entitled to the vietnam of its choice. [laughter] i think the saudi's found theirs. first of all, they are economically powerful, militarily weak. -- aten tend to exaggerate lot of the buildup of supply is so they don't have to use it. i remember reading once that there was a technique of writing their camels in a circle to stir up the dust so th

the first plate for the prisoners, the first official swap or release of prisoners by saudi arabia, uaecoalition. would are hoping this push forward for every blessing the piecing -- for realizing the peace in yemen, which has been going through difficult and destructive times nearly for five years. many of those hope that they of thisd to go out international airport, but so thewe could not know that exact number of them or who will arrive, but according to the news i have heard, some of them 40 kilometersined from one town. they have also been detained along the coastline. there are also fishermen. is they, the concern want their fighters to be released. also, there are thousands of people being detained who are not involved in the war, especially those who try to travel outside yemen to the areas under the control of the saudi-uae coalition. personier, one spoke to one houthi official as the step towards peace. >> we are expecting to stop the war against yemen, to release all the prisoners, to pay all the employees in yemen, and to open the airport. there is no justification to close

that is not the only thing the uae are doing when it comes to air support.ot of air strikes which has caused the deaths of many civilians recently. sort of a fine line up to keep filming or not because he could shut our whole shoot down at that point. so i sort of pulled back and give them space but ijust wanted to keep rolling to get this interaction. the judges said foley's camera work was consistently brilliant. he captured the humanity of the characters and the immediacy of the situation. from the hospital to the front line, you felt you were right there. malaria is one of the major causes of death and illness in sierra leone with children under five particularly at risk. paul myles and zoejewell filmed inside a children's hospital in freetown in sierra leone. having previously worked on previous journalism projects, to raise awareness on behalf of marginal communities, myles wanted to highlight the ever—present threat of malaria. we trained a network of reporters on the elections happening in 2012. ever since sunday been reporting on the ebola crisis, d

that's not the only thing the uae are doing, there are also a lot of airstrikes which have caused manytop this. it's a fine line, do a keep filming or do a knot? he could shut alcohol shoot down at that point. i tried to pull back and give him some space but they wanted to keep rolling to get this interaction. the judges said, fully‘s camerawork was consistently brilliant. he captured the humanity of the characters and the immediacy of the characters and the immediacy of the characters and the immediacy of the situation. from the hospital to the front line, you were right there. malaria is one of the major causes of death and illness in sierra leone, with children under five particularly at risk. paul miles and zoe gill filmed inside a children's hospital in sierra leone. having previously worked on various journalism project to raise awareness on behalf of marginal communities, miles wanted to highlight the ever present threat of malaria. we trained a network of community reporters from around the country, ever since then they have been reporting on the ebola crisis, disability rights

uae imports around 92% of its fresh -- of its fish abroad. >> with outdoor temperatures it makes for a costly energy bill. they plan to o switch to solar power. the current stock of juvenile salmon was purchased from scotland. the farm is expected to sell the first salmon that is 100% born and bred in the united arab emirates. >> a company built on names like cover girl and max factor has kylie to buy 51% of cosmetics. the $600 million deal includes an effort to get a leg up in a market domominated as oncece landndmark brands flflounder. forbes named her the youngest self-made billionaire. that is drawing criticism f from people pointing out she w was bn into wealtlth and fame already.. maybe not rags to riches. probably some good business sense to make that kind of a deal. the nextmomg up in half hour, do you like food? >> i do. genie: the taste of a perfect french meal. more after the news. woman: tonight, on the frontline in syria... how far away is the isis position? just about 100 meters? the end of isis. there's just motorcycles going past. peace is tantalizingly close... [woma

meanwhile, regional players like saudi arabia and the uae are demonstrating their homegrown technologyre expected to attend the show but it is not clear whether that would translate into big sales for the industry. before we go, a recap of oui’ industry. before we go, a recap of our top story for this morning, hong kong police moving on university protesters on campus. we are told that the situation is calm but the u nrest that the situation is calm but the unrest has already pushed hong kong into its first recession in a decade with concerns that the ongoing protest will trigger a far deeper and longer economic downturn. looking at the markets now because this is where they are trading at the moment. fairly flat here in asia. the hang seng open slightly higher despite the latest violence over the weekend. and they are tracking, to some extent, the gains we saw on wall street which were record—breaking highs again, on hopes that the us china row may be resolved. and that is it for the show. immigration has featured strongly in the general election campaign — both main parties suggest d

this member state is thought to be the uae. pta ble a nd outside countries, then that is totally unacceptable and it needs to be investigated further and discussed at the most senior levels. neither the uae responded to our requests for comment. there has been an arms embargo on libya since 2011. today, the un will discuss how it has been broken and who may be responsible. in northern mexico, three men have been arrested over the murder of nine americans. drug cartel gunmen are suspected. these are the latest pictures from the scene. you can see family members. and also the remains of an suv. we now know that a 13—year—old survivor hid six of his siblings in bushes before walking 23km to raise the alarm. the ambush happened as the family travelled between their community settlements. a group of three mothers and their 1a children were in the convoy as they drove from sonora state into chihuahua state. all the women were killed as were six of the children died. christina langford was among the victims. one of her relatives has b

meanwhile, regional players like saudi arabia and the uae are demonstrating their homegrown technologyople are expected to attend the show, but it's not clear whether that will translate into big sales for the industry. and we will hear more about that event this week. now let's brief you on some other business stories: uk prime minister borisjohnson will outline his plans to reduce business rates and provide a series of tax breaks worth about £1bn a year. according to a report by the finanical times, johnson will reveal the new measures in a speech later today. companies, especially retailers, have compalined about rising business rates in recent months. canada's barrick gold has sold its 50% stake in a huge gold mine in western australia to saracen mineral holding for $750m. barrick, the world's second largest producer of the yellow metal, said the funds would boost its balance sheet and also be used to invest in exisiting projects. saudi aramco — the saudi state oil giant — has announced it will be listing 1.5% of its shares, which it hopes will raise just above $25 billion. that wo

the deal with the uae to invest about $1.5 billion. that is included in today's figures, but it does show they are talking to sovereign wealth funds and other investors. there will probably be a bit of index money as well. it is a long way from what was intended just a few weeks ago, when this was seen as a big global share sale. guy: walk me through what we see next week. will: not a huge change in policy. three months, six months. what will be interesting is it is the debut of the new saudi oil minister. he's an opec insider. he's been the deputy minister for many years, but also mom at been some on'-- it also mom and been so long -- but also mohammad bin salman's half-brother. he will be putting a lot of pressure, we think, on countries like iraq, the uae, and even russia to make production quotas. romaine: the idea that they've accommodated this cheating for a while, this isn't really something unknown. that accommodation has sort of kept this lock together. if they take a harder tone, could you see some members may be pull out? wi

today richard whitehead and kara adenegan were named captains for the 42 strong british team in the uaenter maria lyle will competing in her third world championships — and she's still only 19. she revealed last year that she'd been suffering from anxiety and, after seeking help, is now urging others struggling with their mental health to do the same. thomas duncan reports. triple european champion by the age of 18 maria lyle is used to success on the track but athletic achievements did not bring personal happiness. i would feel anxious about going out of the house and how people viewed me. and when i spoke to people i was afraid they would think i was strange or weird. it was no how to do with howl think i was strange or weird. it was no how to do with how i saw myself and said my running, the running was something that i hid behind and it kind of just poured something that i hid behind and it kind ofjust poured over. after breaking down after a race last year she opened up and decided it was time to seek help for her anxiety. now studying at university and back to her best on the trac

the saudi uae coalition says it can reopen to allow patients needing medical treatment to be flown outternational airport was not closed by a national resolution, but was forcibly and unlawfully banned by the saudi-led coalition. we have been calling for the reopening from the beginning. every time we received promises from the u.n., but nothing is changed. >> international organizations says the closing has made a dire humanitarian situation worse. activists say the international airport should never have been closed in the first place. it is the only way to enter and leave yemen by air. used beforee been now to fly wounded and sick people out of the country for treatment. >> patients have to travel outside of yemen. 400,000 are in need of medical treatment abroad. 45,000 have died so far. is ang commercial flights flagrant violation against international laws and norms. >> the forced closure of the international gateway has also left thousands of people stranded outside yemen. the aviatition authorityty saysy have become ready to welcome passenger planes. it will depend on efforts to

>> recently, we have taken a stake in -- manus: that is the uae.t to know about aramco. >> all the data has come out. let us see. gets: what does it take to a sovereign to take a stake? >> energy security. manus: what do they need to do to convince you that i have security control? >> old partner of our country. never a drop of oil. our supply chain. they are also going to invest in a big way and our domestic energy market, refineries, marketing areas. we want to invest in their area. they want to invest in our area. manus: would the government be agreeable then to aramco having a stake in a joint venture at the same time as having a reliance? >> yes. they can do it both ways. the public and private company. india is an open market. they can deal with anybody. manus: in terms of the diversification, it is good to have relationships with the uae and saudi, but how is that progressing in terms of who you are buying your oil from? >> supply chains, our consumer price-sensitive country. we have to have affordable energy to all of our citizens to fulfil

it was important to hold someone from the uae, from the coalition, to account.abel, certainly did not hold back. that is not the only thing that you are e are doing when it comes to air are e are doing when it comes to air are sending out a lot of airstrikes which has caused many deaths of civilians recently. stop, please. a fine line. do i keep filming or not? he could shut down our shoot at that point. i pulled back and tried to give him some space but i wanted to keep rolling, to get this interaction. the judges said that foley's camerawork was consistently brilliant. he captured the humanity of the characters in the immediacy of the characters in the immediacy of the characters in the immediacy of the situation from the hospital to the frontline, you felt you were right there. malaria is one of the major causes of death and illness in sierra leone. with children under five to keeley at risk. paul and zoe filmed inside a children's hospital in freetown in sierra leone. having previously worked on various journalism projects, to raise awareness on behalf of a

certainly saudi arabia and the uae have stepped up on syria. across the board, if they see things and share in many ways the perception in the region, and are willing to back our efforts >> let's talk about syria and how this turkish incursion impacts this budget request. is this reflective of these current events, or is this something that was formulated before these events? >> the budget was formulated before the turkish invasion. >> how is the invasion going to impact the request and your plans in the region? >> that's a good question. we have in the budget quite a bit of flexibility. not only what the president said immediately after the invasion, we would provide $50 million plus another 4.5 millions for the helmets and humanitarian assistance, but funds if there is a mess refugee flow of syrian kurds, or syrians into iraqi kurdish area. we have flexibility through the relief and recovery fund, which has $145 million and it. the diplomatic progress fund. >> i understand. if we are going to appropriate, we need to be part of this discussion

the uae has made a real effort to expand the quality of its military and to some extent has succeeded and shown a certain ability for power of projection effectively. the saudi military has shown very poorly. it went into yemen and has really done badly. it reminded me of when they went in of something my father said ago when the soviets went into afghanistan, said every country is entitled to the choice.of its [laughter] i think the saudis found theirs. first of all, they are economically powerful and militarily weak. we often tend to exaggerate -- a lot of the buildup of supply is so they don't have to use it. i remember reading once that bedouin technique of riding your camels in a circle so the enemye dust would be frightened by the size of your force and you wouldn't and there is them some of that still going on, i think. haveook at them, they enormous dependence on their facilities, on their oil refineries. alle things are extraordinarily vulnerable to missile attack as the iranians have just shown. the ability to have these societies really crippled in a war very quickly is cle

manus: we talk about our home region, the uae, you have exposure in africa and asia. you are seeing the potential for more deals within gcc? viswanathan: yes, absolutely. we are close to consummating a deal. manus: are you going to tell me which country? viswanathan: not yet. at the appropriate time, yes. we are excited for the opportunity. particularly things like the change in the social and cultural context in saudi is creating opportunity. manus: i was in saudi 10 days ago. a very global ipo has become very regional, 1.5% to go. is it disappointing or is that just media criticism? viswanathan: look, there is a time and place to grow global. . there is a time and place to go local or regional. it is a function of evaluation -- of valuation. i assume the people at aramco thought this valuation would keep the ipo small and domestically. right now, the fish are willing to invest at the right valuation. manus: what does it mean for global flow of money into the kingdom and our region? i think that is the most important point because this is a litmus test moment. viswan

the people of uae have embraced para— sport and i think it's wrong not to have games in this part of paralympic magic dust over the middle east, and sprinkle that paralympic magic dust overthe middle east, and i'm sure we'll find the next generation over here as well. and i think everybody needs to take account of the legacy of para— sport. so every national governing body needs to find more tgis, governing body needs to find more t615, t355, etc, notjust solely for the gold medallists. well, taking the games to different places has also maintained para—sport's global appeal. in dubai 63 different countries have won medals over the 9 days of competition. now if you compare that to the world athletics championships in doha — just 2 months ago — only 43 countires won medals. well, next up... para sportjourneys further east for a japanese double—header with the paralympics in tokyo next year before the para world championships in kobe in 2021. now japan finished 21st on the medals table in dubai — with only 2 golds — and they'll be desperate for the legacy of their games next year, to s

national oil along with black rock that is the first direct investment by kkr in this region >> money into uaeut not saudi. >> we trust the government we know the crowned prince very well we know the ceo very well. we have a lot of confidence. it was a complex deal but that's what we do we think this is a great partnership and hope it will lead to more we are looking elsewhere in the region as we do that, we evaluate not just the economic aspects, the geopolitical issues what saudi arabia has to do is regain confidence of all of the investors of the world so that it can attract the investors so much more to talk about willem, i'll hand it back over to you >> coming up, don't mess with the mouse. disney cheers with 10 million sign ups on the first day of its new streaming service. more details after this break. a lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher doesn't get everything clean. i tell them, it may be your detergent... that's why more dishwasher brands recommend cascade platinum. it's specially-designed with the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. cascade platinum's unique action

a uae truck delivery app startup has raised one of the largest initial rounds of capital for startupregion. it bills itself as an uber for trucks has raised $23 million. the round was led by a half billion dollars saudi tech vc fund that previously invested in a middle eastern ride-hailing company. tencent is now $90 billion behind rival alibaba in market cap. this comes after a nine-month freeze on game approvals. a chinese economic slowdown and the possibility it will have to suspend airing nba games in china. last year it paid $1.5 billion for though exclusive streaming rights, but an nba team's executive triggered a media blackout in china and -- after tweeting support for the pro-democracy protests. those arng kong antigovernment protest continue in the 23rd straight week, the city is being flooded with online fake news and misinformation from both sides of the political divide. in the last one he four hours alonethe last 24 hours authorities have denied rumors they ordered police to fire on protesters at will and they would use emergency powers to shut down financial markets an

even traditional allies like saudi arabia and the uae courting the kremlin as putin makes a sales pitcht instead of american gear. >> translator: the leadership of saudi arabia just needs to make the wise decision just like iran did when they bought s-300 and erdogan when they bought s-400. >> reporter: and while president trump has showed little interest in africa, putin is putting on a full-court press with the conference leaders. >> russia has signed military cooperation agreements with 30 countries where we provide a large array of weaponry and hardware. >> reporter: and president trump is alleyen ated allies calling the commitment to their safety in question and the president held back military aid to ukraine which is facing a russian-backed insurgency. pressuring the ukraine president to investigate former vice president biden and biden's son leading to congress's impeachment inquiry. there is no evidence of wrongdoing by joe biden or his son. >> i'm only interested in corruption. i don't care about politics or biden's politics. >> reporter: even in latin america, the same pattern

ed: when you think of the pivot point in the uae -- u.k.eenast six months, it has the bank of england really recognizing there is an urgent need to ease and moving away from a hiking cycle that was on the table last year and fiscal policy moving away from a tightening bias to an easing bias and we will see that accelerate after the election. with the bank of england, it keeps the rate space quite attractive. we don't haveve, a lot in terms of easing, a little less than one cut at the front end of the curve and the long and continues to be a relatively attractive in the rate space. manus: in the medium-term, your medium-term is three to five years. you talk about the potential for a structural transformation. what is it that delivers the structural transformation? is it fiscal policy and what does it take to deliver a structural transformation if that is the correlation? ed: when i think of the the shape and the fundamental structure of the u.k. economy will change. the productivity picture will change, the trading relationship with europe a

the the max has been -- [indiscernible] 8 secured the 737 max from a supplies only character in the uae. [indiscernible] airline, ofsister emirates airline, which makes it the second largest customer for the 737 max. alix: thank you very much. now we go to hong kong come over chief executive carrie lam called for peaceful resolution to the scene at polytechnic university. >> if the protesters are coming out in a peaceful manner, in other words, they stop violence, they give up their weapons, they take their vice off the policeman, then there is no situation that that sort of violence will happen. alix: bloomberg greater china government editor karen leigh joins us on the phone. walk us through the situation at the university. how many are still in the area? karen: this was an interesting day. hong kong hospital saying they were overwhelmed with injured protesters from the university .ampus schools are due to reopen here following days of chaos. schools have been suspended since last thursday, and a move we haven't seen through the duration of these protests. carrie lam says she wants a

it claims that fiat chrysler bribed the uae for competitive advantages.chrysler denies those allegations. still, a stunning develop that shows just how hard it is for car companies out there right now. coming up on the program, more highlights from the new economy forum in beijing. lots of headlines, some confusion about trade, some optimism on trade, and the market really goes nowhere. this is bloomberg. ♪ here, it all starts with a simple... hello! hi! how can i help? a data plan for everyone. everyone? everyone. let's send to everyone! wifi up there? uhh. sure, why not? how'd he get out?! a camera might figure it out. that was easy! glad i could help. at xfinity, we're here to make life simple. easy. awesome. so come ask, shop, discover at your local xfinity store today. alix: this is "bloomberg daybreak." the market is pretty calm today. s&p futures pretty much going nowhere. president trump last night blaming everything on china, but then we have a more off a bit of stick -- have a more optimistic outlook from china's vice premier. i did want to high

haidi: uae investment company is said to be among the bidders interested in buying oil refining assets. the sale is the first of a move, a wide-ranging shakeups of the state-owned energy company and will help open up resilient fuel markets. it currently accounts for about 98% of fuel production in brazil. shery: coming up on the next hour of daybreak: asia, cover some group head of research chris weston joins us to discuss hong kong, brexit and more. plus, we will talk about how the trade war is playing out for southeast asian nations. the market open is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> good morning. i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. shery: i am shery ahn. welcome to "daybreak asia." haidi: our top stories this tuesday, more tear gas in hong kong after a chaotic monday that saw one man shot and another one set on fire. carrie lam says violence is not the answer. hsbc is among those calling for an end to the protests. we hear from the chief operating officer. the inequality row rumbles on as goldman sachs says it is committed to fairness. we have the thoughts of steve wozniak. shery: let'

supports ukraine joining the uae and have a great deal of interest and desire for joining the eu. correct? >> yes. they just had a summit in july where they talked about the agreement on economic integration. they also had a discussion about illegal annexation of crimea and the blocking by russia of the sailors that came out of the sea and were captured. those would have all been issued, but in but in your portfolio. >> correct. we look look closely with our partners. >> all of which have different ideas. >> the ambassadors to ukraine, france and germany. >> they all have different ideas about these issues? >> some of them, yes. you would have to work with ngos. nongovernmental organizations. organizations. human trafficking. >> you spoke at several while you were the ambassador to ukraine. >> yes. the u.s. ambassador to the eu, they would they would have another portfolio inspiring nations to the eu. would they not? >> yes. ukraine and his portfolio because they are an inspiring nation. correct? >> i think you testified. >> you agree that it's within his portfolio. correct? you w

supports ukraine joining the uae and have a great deal of interest and desire for joining the eu. correct? >> yes. they just had a summit in july where they talked about the agreement on economic integration. they also had a discussion about illegal annexation of crimea and the blocking by russia of the sailors that came out of the sea and were captured. those would have all been issued, but in but in your we look look closely with our partners. all of which have different ideas. the ambassadors to ukraine, france and germany. >> they all have different ideas the eu, they would they would have another portfolio inspiring nations to the eu. would they not? >> yes. ukraine and his portfolio because they are an inspiring nation. correct? >> i think you testified. >> you agree that it's within his portfolio. correct? you would agree. would you not? >> yes. i would agree -- >> thank you. >> a great deal. >> i would say that all ambassadors deal with other countries including aspiring countries. unusual to name u.s. ambassador to the eu to be responsible for all aspects of ukraine. >> i

supports ukraine joining the uae and have a great deal of interest and desire for joining the eu. correct? >> yes. they just had a summit in july where they talked about the agreement on economic integration. they also had a discussion about illegal annexation of crimea and the blocking by russia of the sailors that came out of the sea and were captured. those would have all been issued, but in but in your portfolio. >> correct. we look look closely with our partners. >> all of which have different ideas. >> the ambassadors to ukraine, france and germany.