murder of the journalist on by a seven day middle east will also include visits to the united arab emirates egypt and castle. well pump as announced trip comes as the saudi court held its first hearing on casualties case with the death penalty being sought for five of the eleven suspects united nations human rights all face has criticized the trial saying it's not sufficient well that's it for myself and the team here in london there will be more news for you at the top of the next hour in about twenty five minutes time coming up next on al-jazeera is counting the cost for most memorable moments with al-jazeera was when i was on air as hosni mubarak fell with the crowds in tahrir square too often. if something happens anywhere in the world al jazeera is in place we're able to cover news like no other news organizations. were able to do it properly. and that is our strength. hello i'm adrian figure this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week new year but same old fears about a slowdown in china a shake global financial markets find out wha

week during a trip to riyadh his seven day middle east will also include visits to the united arab emirates egypt and cattle. strip comes as the saudi court held its first hearing on casualties case but the death penalty being sought for five of the eleven suspects united nations human rights office has called the trial not sufficient. well in all the stories are watching pakistan's prime minister is meeting the turkish president during a two day visit to the country imran khan's trip coincides with the transfer of all schools in pakistan run by the u.s. based turkish businessman for two to glen to a charity backed by ankara in december the supremes court of pakistan ordered the government to declare glenn's movement a terrorist organization turkey accuses followers official a good man of attempting a coup against the government in two thousand and sixteen cinemark as soon as in ankara with the latest. pakistan's prime minister iran hones visits came after supreme court in pakistan declared that fits a lockdown organization is a terrorist outfit and their schools are banned in pakistan and after

their dispute my poker player is in qatar as part of a tour of the region saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain have led an economic blockade of qatar for the past eighteen months qatari leaders deny their accusations of supporting what they call terrorist groups. today in our conversations i stressed the importance of unity among the gulf cooperation council members president trump and i both believe the ongoing dispute the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests our nations do important work and we have important work continue to do together and the united states hopes the parties involved will see once again the benefits of cooperation and taking actions necessary to rebuild unity in their ranks are united jews is essential to the rest of the middle eastern alliance which we hope will include the g.c.c. egypt and jordan a qatar foreign minister shared mohamed have been obdurate modest then he says the relationship with the us remains strong and then they left leaving a bit and then we have had a bilateral meeting with the

to make more of an effort to maintain security in the region davis that will include the united arab emirates egypt and qatar also in jordan as well from washington. eight countries eight days not much time for sleep a lot has been packed into the secretary's agenda not only is he going to be putting pressure on riyadh to elevate its credibility about the story that it has been telling about the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi it's also going to be putting pressure on all eight countries that he is visiting to was do more to try to withstand the influence of iran in their internal affairs the u.s. considers iran perhaps one of its top two or three foreign policy objectives and it feels that if by drilling this face to face being that they might be able to get a little further along in their ham pain to isolate iran on the global stage the secretary is also going to be holding a couple of strategic dialogues with officials in doha and officials in kuwait city and he is going to be looking at a number of other key issues that really have been on the u.s. his foreign policy agenda for the pas

maintain security in the region is eight day visit to the middle east will include the united arab emirates egypt and qatar also in jordan has more from washington eight countries eight days not much time for sleep a lot has been packed into the secretary's agenda not only is he going to be putting pressure on riyadh to elevate its credibility about the story that it has been telling about the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi it's also going to be putting pressure on all eight countries that he is visiting to was do more to try to withstand the influence of iran in their internal affairs the u.s. considers iran perhaps one of its top two or three foreign policy objectives and it feels that if by drilling this face to face being that they might be able to get a little further along in their ham pain to isolate iran on the global stage the secretary is also going to be holding a couple of strategic dialogues with officials in doha and officials in kuwait city and he is going to be looking at a number of other key issues that really have been on the us his foreign policy agenda for the past

consulates in october in istanbul a seven day middle east tour will also include visits to the united arab emirates egypt and kasa president jordan has more now from washington. it's going to be holding a couple of strategic dialogues while he is in kuwait and qatar he's going to be talking about security issues namely syria iraq the situation regarding iran and the ongoing efforts to try to broker peace between the israelis and the palestinians and he is going to be looking at more local issues and as well areas where are the u.s. like able to weaponize some help we know for example that he will be raising the question of the ongoing rift within the gulf cooperation council or g.c.c. while he is meeting with officials in qatar during his trip eight days eight countries a lot of work is facing the secretary of state on this his first full fledged trip to the middle east or has visited saudi arabia the united arab emirates and jordan before in his first year but this is first full trip to the region certainly the secretary is going to find himself answering a lot of questions about what kind of posture th

murder of the journalist on by a seven day middle east will also include visits to the united arab emirates egypt and castle. and outstrip comes as the saudi court held its first hearing on casualties case with the death penalty being sought for five of the eleven suspects united nations human rights office has criticized the trial saying it's not sufficient well that's it for myself and the team here in london there will be more news for you at the top of the next hour in about twenty five minutes time coming up next on al-jazeera is counting the cost or most memorable moments with al-jazeera was when i was on air as hosni mubarak fell with the crowds in tahrir square to look at. the. if something happens anywhere in the world how does iraq is in place we were able to cover news like no other news organizations. were able to do it properly. that is our strength . hello i'm adrian finnegan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week new year but same old fears about a slowdown in china shake global financial markets find out what's goi

day visit to the middle east would include the united arab emirates egypt and cata the u.n. weapons today reiterated its call for an independent investigation into the crimes roselyn jordan has more from washington. eight countries eight days not much time for sleep a lot has been packed into the secretary's agenda here not only is he going to be putting pressure on riyadh to elevate its credibility about the story that it has been telling about the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi it's also going to be putting pressure on all eight countries that he is visiting to was do more to try to withstand the influence of iran in their internal affairs the u.s. considers iran perhaps one of its top two or three foreign policy objectives and it feels that if by dealing this face to face lobbying that they might be able to get a little further along in their ham pain to isolate iran on the global stage the secretary is also going to be holding a couple of strategic dialogues with officials in doha and officials in kuwait city and he is going to be looking at a number of other k

istanbul in october on pay a seven day middle east tour will also include visits to the united arab emirates egypt and cattle. and outstrip comes as the saudi court held its first hearing on casualties case with the death penalty being sought for five of the eleven suspects the united nations human rights office has called the trial not sufficient. pakistani leader imran khan has met turkey's president on chairing a two day visit to the country it comes as pakistan has transferred control to a turkish charity of all schools run by u.s. based turkish businessmen for two a good len turkey accuses him of orchestrating the two thousand and sixteen coup police in sudan a fired tear gas to disperse dozens of protesters chanting anti-government slogans as they left a major mosque following friday prayers the incident in durham and was smaller than all the demonstrations seen in sudan over the past two weeks those are the top stories coming up next science in a golden age. understanding the universe and the vastness of space is at the forefront of physics and astronomy research today everything from white

seven day middle east will also include visits to the united arab emirates egypt and cattle jordan has more now from washington. it's going to be holding a couple of strategic dialogues while he is in kuwait and qatar he's going to be talking about security issues namely syria iraq the situation regarding iran the ongoing efforts to try to broker peace between the israelis and the palestinians and he is going to be looking at more local issues and as well areas where are the u.s. like able to ruffle some help we know for example that he will be raising the question of the ongoing rift within the gulf cooperation council or g.c.c. while he is meeting with officials in qatar during his trip eight days eight countries a lot of work is facing the secretary of state on this his first full fledged trip to the middle east or has visited saudi arabia the united arab emirates and jordan before in his first year but this is first full trip to the region certainly the secretary is going to find himself answering a lot of questions about what kind of posture the u.s. is going to have in the region

their dispute my pump aoe is in qatar as part of a tour of the region saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain have blockaded qatar for the past eighteen months the qatari leaders deny their accusations of supporting what they call terrorist groups on pay or said a unified gulf cooperation council would benefit everyone has one but i join us live from the sheraton grand hotel here in doha where pompei zero has been meeting with qatar's foreign minister so hashem this is part of the nine nation middle east toward the u.s. secretary of state has been making presumably his comments about the need for gulf unity is something that qatar will welcome. has of its crucial trip for the for secretary of pompei or comes at a delicate time not only for the united states of america but also for the region and this explains why he's been very diplomatic in his answers about different issues particular when it comes to the g.c.c. crisis averted her been dragging on for quite some time asking all the parties to set aside differences without offering some clear indication what the americans should

for answers when he visits riyadh next week is a trip to the middle east will include the united arab emirates egypt and qatar thailand's first tropical storm in thirty years has left one person dead and another missing as rain wind surging seawater batter the country's southern coast it's now weakened to a tropical depression florence where we have been following developments from the island of coastal. we're seeing a loss of lives at a minimum and really it appears to be the worst of the storm has passed in the time that department that this storm has moved. it has already been downgraded to a tropical depression still bringing rain and winds but nowhere near as strong as when it first made landfall on friday afternoon and here on. this is. and sun has just come out it was raining this morning but it really appears that this storm has the worst of the storm is over. there's been a huge police presence on the streets of melbourne in australia as officers move to break up competing rallies far right nationalists who are protesting against the city's youth crime problem which they blame on people of

tour of the region and it's called all gulf states to end that this is saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain have blockaded castle for the past eighteen months country leaders deny accusations that they support terror groups says a unified gulf cooperation council would be in everyone's interests today in our conversations i stressed the importance of unity among the gulf cooperation council members president trump and i both believe the ongoing dispute the region this drag on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests our nations do important work and we have important work continue to do together and the united states hopes the parties involved will see once again the benefits of cooperation and taking actions necessary to rebuild unity in their ranks a united jews is essential to the sets of the middle eastern alliance which we hope will include the g.c.c. egypt and jordan. the leader of venezuela's opposition has been released after being briefly detained this appears to be the moment when the head of venezuela's opposition that congress was

my pompei is in qatar on the latest leg of his middle east visit and in saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain they have blockaded qatar for the past eighteen months. and influential african bloc known as sadek is calling for a recount of the democratic republic of congo's presidential election the result has been disputed by opposition leader martin for you know who is challenging it in court. greece's defense minister has resigned in protest at the name changing deal with macedonia coming also announced his resignation after meeting with prime minister alexis tsipras. the leader of the british opposition says he is going to table a motion of no confidence if the prime minister's bragg's it deal is rejected by parliament jeremy coleman says leaving the european union without a deal would be in his words catastrophic m.p.'s are set to vote on tuesday on the deal to recent government agreed with the european union. my own view is that i would rather get negotiated deal now if we can to stop the danger of a no deal from the twenty ninth of march which would be catastrophic for indust

allies to maintain security in the region is a day visit to the legion will include the united arab emirates egypt and qatar also in jordan has moved from washington. eight countries eight days not much time for sleep a lot has been packed into the secretary's agenda here not only is he going to be putting pressure on riyadh to elevate its credibility about the story that it has been telling about the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi it's also going to be putting pressure on all eight countries that he is visiting to was do more to try to withstand the influence of iran in their internal affairs the u.s. considers iran perhaps one of its top two or three foreign policy objectives and it feels that if by dealing this face to face being that they might be able to get a little further along in their hand pain to isolate iran on the global stage the secretary is also going to be holding a couple of strategic dialogues with officials in doha and officials in kuwait sitting and he is going to be looking at a number of other key issues that really have been on the u.s. his foreign policy agenda f

make more of an effort to maintain security in the region and this it will include the united arab emirates egypt and qatar announcing that pond peo strip came a saudi arabia held its first trial hearing in the case it's seeking the death penalty for five of the eleven suspects the trial has already been criticized at the u.n. human rights office i can has more from the united nations in new york. well the un making very clear that it once and independent international investigation into the murder of jamal khashoggi a spokesperson for the high commissioner for human rights insisting that it's impossible to adjudicate on the impartiality of the process underway in riyadh the trial there of the leaven the suspects in the murder beginning this week the spokes person had this to say we are not present in saudi arabia to be able to assess these trials and we can't give an assessment of the trials ourselves we as you know have been pressing for justice in the case for months now. and we've been calling for an investigation independent investigation with international involvement and this has not happe

united arab emirates, egypt under the harsh, brutal dictatorship, the united states, israel, and the united states, of course, very -- especially under this -- the alignment goes way back, but the trump administration has gone way out of itits way to lend support to israeli crimes, israeli expansion, and the e israeli right wing, of course, which is increasingly dominant, is delighted. so, the fact that, say, the israeli i ambassador would cocome out and say that is realally no more surprirising than the fact that john bolton would praise the election of a strong advocate of torture, murder and repression. itit all fitits the same patter. amy: this issue of the number of people who died this weekend, the horrific massacre, 11 jews died. the momodel of the coverage, of knowing who each pers w was, hearing their names, their life stories, their ages, who their families were, knowing when thehe funerals are taking place through the week -- what about this being a model for what's happening in gaza? i mean, for example, on, i think it was, friday, six palestinians were killed, with those

visits riyadh next week might prompt eight day visit to the middle east to include the united arab emirates egypt and cateau the u.n. on weapons day reiterated its call for an independent investigation into the crime jordan has more now from washington. eight countries eight days not much time for sleep a lot has been packed into the secretary's agenda here not only is he going to be putting pressure on riyadh to elevate its credibility about the story that it has been telling about the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi it's also going to be putting pressure on all eight countries that he is visiting to was do more to try to withstand the influence of iran in their internal affairs the u.s. considers iran perhaps one of its top two or three foreign policy objectives and it feels that if by dealing this face to face a lobbying that they might be able to get a little further along in their ham pain to isolate iran on the global stage the secretary is also going to be holding a couple of strategic dialogues with officials in doha and officials in kuwait city and he is going to be looking at a

one year ago, saudi arabia and united arab emirates, egypt initiated a blockade against cutter.he secretary says the fight among u.s. regional at highest make allies hamper the ministrations effort to confront iran. >> if this has dragged on too long. the dispute benefits adversaries. >> the secretary says he also raised jamal khasoggi's bartering 20 crown prince and the king that everyone responsible for his death must be held accountable. he says both saudi leaders acknowledged those responsible should be punished. after caa briefing last year, several senior democratic and republican senators said the intel leads him to believe the conference was responsible. it is been more than 100 days since jamal khasoggi was murdered inside saudi arabia's consulate an end stable. the government says it has charged 11 suspects and is pursuing a death penalty against five of them. >> bret: thank you. there are new concerns tonight about americans being held captive and iran. last week iran confirmed it is holding a u.s. navy veteran comedy first american seized since president trump took o

when he visits riyadh next week players eight day visit to the middle east to include the united arab emirates egypt and qatar thailand's first tropical storm in thirty years left one person dead and another missing as rain wind and surging seawater back to the country's southern coast it's now weakened to a tropical depression. has been following developments from the island of coast. we're seeing a loss of lives at a minimum and really it appears to be the worst of the storm has passed and by the time that department that this storm has moved into the sea it has already been downgraded to a tropical depression it's still bringing rain and winds but nowhere near as strong as when it first made landfall on friday off and here as well we're seeing services resumed and sun has just come out it was raining this morning but it really appears that this storm has this is the worst of the storm is over hundreds of yellow vest protests on the streets of paris. demonstrations first began in november proposed fuel tax hike which was later abandoned by president emanuel. the protests of often turn violent at l

to reality's good night day middle east tour coming up which will include visits to the united arab emirates egypt and qatar. and the un's human rights offices a trial held in saudi arabia and the murder of is not sufficient on thursday saudi media reported in levon suspects had appeared to court for the first time the u.n. though wants an independent investigation with international involvements. so let's return to our top story as we say there is this meeting at the white house between the president and congressional leaders been happening behind closed doors in the situation room within the white house we believe as we wait to hear from donald trump and nancy pelosi will speak to bill schneider in washington d.c. a public policy professor at george mason george mason university and a regular contributor here at al-jazeera nice to see you as always bill we are now fourteen days in tempe shutdown and i would like to know if you can see a way through this because everyone really does seem to be holding their line. well as long as they do that there isn't really any way to do this because the presi

he visits riyadh next week might bump ayos day visit to the middle east will include the united arab emirates egypt and the u.n. on weapons day reiterated its coal for an independent investigation into the crime in jordan from washington. eight countries eight days not much time for sleep a lot has been packed into the secretary's agenda here not only is he going to be putting pressure on riyadh to elevate its credibility about the story that it has been telling about the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi it's also going to be putting pressure on all eight countries that he is visiting to was do more to try to withstand the influence of iran in their internal affairs the u.s. considers iran perhaps one of its top two or three foreign policy objectives and it feels that if by dealing this face to face being that they might be able to get a little further along in their hand pain to isolate iran on the global stage the secretary is also going to be holding a couple of strategic dialogues with officials in doha and officials in kuwait city and he is going to be looking at a number of other key

as part of a tour of the region is now on his way to saudi arabia which along with the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain of blockade of cattle for the past eighteen months cattle denies there are accusations that it supports terrorist groups says a unified gulf cooperation council be to everyone's advantage. today in our conversations i stressed the importance of unity among the gulf cooperation council members president rope and i both believe the ongoing dispute the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests our nations do important work and we have important work to continue to do together and the united states of the parties involved will see once again the benefits of cooperation and take actions necessary to rebuild unity in their ranks a united jews is essential to the middle eastern alliance which we hope will include the g.c.c. egypt and jordan well. as more now on what was discussed the gulf dispute was on top of the agenda with the u.s. secretary of state by expressing concerns about the crisis dragging all but he didn't furt

then the entrenched about how to move forward the blockade in countries saudi arabia the united arab emirates and egypt say that qatar has to meet a list of demands including severing ties with iran shutting down a military turkish. to base in qatar and shutting down there is zero network the demand that were dismissed by qatar saying that they would never negotiate it or think that infringes on its national sovereignty you know kuwait has been trying to mediate a settlement but so far i mean when you look at the social media when you look at the statements from coming from different parts of the region you don't get any indication that it's about time to start genuine talks about the political acquires this less a less is coming to the region with an offer to the all parties but i have to say that the remains so far tight lipped about. any way out of the crisis see in the g.c.c. passion malabar is speaking to us there live from doha we are expecting that press conference to take place any moment and we will bring that to you as soon as that begins. much of the area is the director of the gulf studies

allies he's already been in the united arab emirates behind and egypt which of all blockaded qatar for the past eighteen months. the syrian army is preparing for an attack by turkish forces on the kurdish rebel stronghold of men because syria's government is deployed soldiers artillery and tanks to the suburbs of the city as u.s. forces get ready to leave. turkey considers the kurdish why p.g. which is backed by the us a terrorist group. down influential african bloc known as sad it is calling for a recount of the democratic republic of congo's presidential election the result has been disputed by the opposition leader martin who's challenging it in court. the u.s. president is denying the latest allegations of his links with russia this time donald trump was accused of keeping himself details of a meeting with russian president vladimir putin a report in the washington post says he didn't release any notes made by his interpreter after he met putin in hamburg and twenty seventeen reportedly instructed the translator not to tell anyone in his administration what had been discussed why

pompei o is in qatar on the latest leg of his middle east tour he's already been to the united arab emirates behind in egypt and heads to saudi arabia all of them have been blockading qatar economically for the past eighteen months qatari leaders denied their accusations of supporting what they call terrorist groups or said a unified gulf cooperation council would benefit everyone. today in our conversations i stressed the importance of unity among the gulf cooperation council members president trump and i both believe the ongoing dispute in the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests our nations do important work and we have important work to continue to do together and the united states hopes the parties involved will see once again the benefits of cooperation and taking actions necessary to rebuild unity in their ranks and united g.c.c. is essential to the middle eastern alliance which we hope will include the g.c.c. egypt and jordan and then they left leaving a bit and then we have had a bilateral meeting with the secretary of state and we have

than they are left for riyadh from cata which has been blockaded by saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt since june twenty seventeen he called on the countries to end their disputes saying it's gone on for far too long. has will. mike bomb paling qatar where the message to the gulf countries and their dispute the west political crisis in decades for the gulf cooperation council president and i both believe the ongoing dispute in the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests the emir of qatar shaped i mean been hammered out than he greeted bomb peo after discussions with qatar's foreign minister said mohammed been a little fanny both countries say they are keen to consolidate trade and military cooperation that includes expanding the largest u.s. military base in the middle east dade near the capital doha is home to the forward operating base of u.s. central command. and then we have discussed all the issues of interest for our countries regional issues starting with the gulf cooperation council and the peace process in the middle e

for the past year and a half, qatar has been under blockade from saudi arabia, the united arab emirate, bahrain and egyptcretary pompeo says that dispute has gone on for far too long. about a year and a half now and he says the dispute is also hampering u.s. efforts to coordinate a response to iranian influence in this region. >> thank you very much. live in riyadh. eric: prime minister benjamin netanyahu has confirmed airstrikes on hundreds of her rein in hezbollah targets in syria. the israeli defense force has been carrying out those type of raids and attacks for sometime now could the public admission comes after the israeli military said it discovered a six panel for cross-border attacks into northern israel from lebanon. trading says more on that from our jerusalem. hi, trey. >> israeli prime minister benjamin that yahoo! is taking credit today for hundreds of strikes on iranian targets in syria, including on friday they did target a weapons depot just outside of the damascus airport. these comments coming in his weekly cabinet meeting about israeli actions in syria. something rarely done by the is

anthony zinni quits the unwillingness of regional leaders to engage in dialogue united arab emirates saudi arabia bahrain egypt impose a land sea and blockade on doha in two thousand and seventeen. with headlines here on al-jazeera got more news coming up after the stream. and the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the. al-jazeera. is the biggest u.s. criminal justice reform package in years but first step actually enough so they will look at what the new all means for u.s. prison inmates they came qadosh in effect i kid you not please send your thoughts and your twitter comments. i don't like. thousands of amazing us federal prisons are hoping that the first step at war child change their life the new google has already brought some real results for one man back in charles he walked free from a prison in kentucky on thursday he had been.

if we remember right after saudi arabia the united arab emirates behind together with egypt imposed that land air and sea blockade on putting centrally inflicting collective punishment on the residents of the peninsula donald trump himself came out and essentially took credit for that saying that this was his idea that he had given the green light following that huge u.s. islamic world summits that took place in the yard a couple of weeks before that so the question is well if the u.s. essentially was in favor of this what has made its change its mind and what kind of leverage will it use to try and enforce a u. turn on this obviously trump has said in that statements that this was something that is now harming u.s. interests in the region and therefore the u.s. has come to the conclusion that it needs to change here is. with more. mike bump ailing qatar with a message to the gulf countries and that dispute the west political crisis in decades for the gulf cooperation council president trump and i both believe the ongoing dispute the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefit

bombs from the mediterranean and entire factories from capetown saudi arabia united arab emirates are among the customers and egypt as we discovered where an arms factory is on the completion. egypt a country where hopes for democracy after the arab spring were put down with guns about tom's where dissidents simply disappear. where the military has seized back power and general abdel fattah el-sisi rules with an iron fist. if it's especially in the city s the man in charge of egypt is mr else who many compatriots say is even worse than mubarak of egypt is also taking part in the yemen war by helping with marine patrols i don't think we should accept this so it's effectively undermining south africa's democracy at the same time as being able to get weapons into destinations that might be completely undemocratic that might be engaged in conflict as. we wanted to ask about the allegations and find out about all the other factories but nobody wanted to talk with german media insisting that it was a south african company but it belongs to a german company flies a german flag at the factory gate and has a german box nam

anthony zinni quit the unwillingness of regional leaders to engage in dialogue united arab emirates saudi arabia bahrain and egypt impose a land sea and blockade on doha in two thousand and seventeen. you're up to date with headlines here on al-jazeera got more news coming up after the stream. the differences. and the similarities of cultures of. al-jazeera. is the biggest u.s. criminal justice reform package in years but is first step act really enough so they were look at what the new law means for us prison inmates the kim kardashian effect i kid you not please send your thoughts and your twitter comments via you tube and online. thousands of amazing us federal prisons are hoping that the first step at war charge change their lives are the new law has already brought some real results for one man matthew charles he walked free from a prison in kentucky on thursday he had been released once before after serving time as a model prisoner yet an appeals court ordered him back to prison last year and that's a decision widely criticised at the time republican senator mike lee is among those hailing charles's i know

the pump a lift from riyadh from qatar which has been blockaded by saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt since june twenty seventeen he called on the countries to end their dispute saying it's gone on for far too long. has more. mike bomb paling qatar where the message to the gulf countries and their dispute the west political crisis in decades for the gulf cooperation council president and i both believe the ongoing dispute in the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests the emir of qatar shaped i mean been hammered out than he greeted on peo after discussions with qatar's foreign minister said mohammed bin al the fannie both countries say they are keen to consolidate trade and military cooperation that includes expanding the largest u.s. military base in the middle east dade near the capital doha is home to the forward operating base of u.s. central command. and then we've discussed all the issues of interest for our countries regional issues starting with the gulf cooperation council and the peace process in the middle east as

qatar and the collective punishment of its people by saudi arabia the united arab emirates in the lead and then obviously behind in egypt however you true this but we haven't and his family has cut his trip short and what's significant about comparing notes coming through kuwait is that's been the leading mediator or at least leading the attempts albeit unsuccessfully to mediate this crisis obviously there is a valid reason in that there is that death there are however people would say that maybe the fact that he's not leaving behind a delegation to continue the work to visit kuwait is maybe an indication that there wasn't a breakthrough in trying to find a solution to this blockade having said that the first part of his trip took place and as we mentioned there was talk of finding a solution to this crisis here is more from. my company with a message to the gulf countries and their dispute the political crisis in decades for the gulf cooperation council president and i both believe the ongoing dispute the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests the emir of qata

him opening the border with it we are one of the countries that have sided with egypt saudi arabia the united arab emirates and behind in the blockade against qatar internally we see that this is a very important message for the people of on the border with eritrea last year in june when the border was closed after the ports that it and egypt were organizing the military exercises their populations on both sides of the board to help tremendously suffered because their livelihood depended on exchange of commerce and also on movement between the two sides between the two countries now on bashir it has been touring in terms of the regions in sudan after this wave of protests trying to send messages from the government that the government is trying to help people the government is going to ease the economy of the population and this decision today comes in that context as well. let's bring you more on the new plan by european leaders to continue doing business with iran despite u.s. sanctions really got on my file was the fellow for the middle east and north africa program at the european council on foreign re

now he has also as i said been in egypt and has sided with countries including egypt saudi arabia the united arab emirates. just days after that visit we see that he's opening the border with three or so lots of things to get in this in this message but but. as i said i think the in terms of messages is the most important now for the sudanese people. so much one hundred. now the taliban says it's not seeking a monopoly on power in a future administration and afghanistan the group says it's looking for ways to co-exist with others earlier this week the u.s. envoys been agreements in principle towards a framework for peace with the taliban but that framework was drawn up without input from the afghan government which the taliban regards as illegitimate the report on u.s. operations in afghanistan shows the government's influence has declined kabul controls around sixty three percent of the country that's down almost two percent from the previous quarter whereas the taliban has slightly increased its influence trolling nearly eleven percent the report also reveals the u.s. dropped five times more munitions l

open the border with thirty three or one of the countries that have sided with egypt saudi arabia the united arab emirates and behind in the blockade.

today pompeo met with neighboring in qatar after a blockade from saudi arabia, bahrain, egypt and the united arab emirates. while in cutter pompeo urged the allies to resolve despite claiming the dispute is hampering the demonstrations efforts to confront iran. >> we are all more powerful when we work together and when disputes are limited and we have a common challenge in the region around the world. disputes between countries that have a shared objective inevitable. they never permit you to have a robust and powerful response to common adversaries or challeng challenges, as you might when countries have a dispute between them. reporter: here in riyadh for terry pompeo was expected to meet again with crown prince and discuss the murder of jamaal khashoggi protector of state says the united states will hold them accountable expects developed. he was murdered more than 100 days ago the saudi consulate in istanbul. saudi government says it has charged 11 suspects with his murder and looking for the death penalty in five of those cases. jon. jon: rich from riyadh, thanks. in a rare acknowledgment israel conf

he'll also go to egypt, bahrain, united arab emirates, qatar, saudi arabia, oman and kuwait.le of weeks ago and to reassure america's allies that the us is not pulling out from their region that it is so pa rt out from their region that it is so part of the region and decor elements in the interest that it is achieving there. one, i asked. elements in the interest that it is achieving there. one, iasked. since then, he has backtracked from that. mike pompeo have done the same. more importantly, they even drum once again on iran, president trump came in and before he made his clear his position on iran, that there is key evil in the middle east. they want a bit more substantial in the sense of what the americans are still doing and what their relevance is. the french government has announced new plans to curb the yellow vests protests. they've been going on for weeks, and at least six people have died and 1,400 have been injured. these new measures include a register of known trouble—makers, similar to lists that are used to keep football hooligans out of stadiums. here's the