to do that i'm joined by professor natasha lindstedt with the government department at the university of essex in the u.k. professor instead is a commentator on middle east politics and development policies professor it's good to have you on the program i want to ask you what came to your mind 1st today when you heard about jared plan. i think what came to my mind is similar to what a lot of people the way a lot of people have reacted to this it just doesn't seem very credible he himself here is not a very credible or trustworthy person in the region he hasn't really earned the respect of both sides he seems to have a good relationship or at least good working relationship with the israelis in for a quick amount of time but he has absolutely no credibility from the palestinians they see him as someone that they can't trust in any way shape or form and i think what everybody also is thinking is that as the reported already mention this doesn't do anything to address the real political problems for the palestinians it doesn't address the right to return it doesn't address any kind of plan to sta

i'm joined now by as dr gushee a middle east politics expert from the university of essex very good evening to you dr. what do you make of these recent accusations by the united states 1st of all is that a motivation for iran to attack these tankers. well firstly thank you very much for having me. you know the motivation of attacking the vessels is something that has been ongoing so far and that's one of the core themes of discussion or the one of the aspects that many people are speculating around why why would iran want to do such a thing. but if i may i'd like to try to just add a layer of complexity here because i think it's very important to to try to change the dynamics of the situation rather than just say. is iran or we should say who we know iran could be doing this because iran is not really monolithic iran is very very complex and potentially. although it doesn't seem very rational there is the likelihood that other bodies in iran could act unilaterally could act in a way that they find that's not consistent with for example the pragmatists in iran such as the foreign policy in z

brought iran to its knees yet good talking to thank you professor natasha lynn step from the university of essex in the united kingdom thank you for having. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world malaysia has closed nearly 500 schools and kindergartens in the southern states of johor until thursday after dozens of people were hospitalized with breathing difficulties symptoms suggest they suggest they inhaled the toxic fumes possibly from industrial waste yes the 2nd such incident to hit the country this year. the space x. has launched its falcon heavy rocket from florida carrying $24.00 research satellites into orbit and it's worth complicated mission yet satellites include an atomic clock record to enable spacecraft to navigate to talk straight across the solar sail which will become the 1st spacecraft in earth's orbit propelled solely by sun. stuff also broken out between members of georgia's opposition and ruling parties during a parliamentary session it came after lawmakers from the ruling georgian dream party refused to discuss calls of the country's

middle east and politics at the university of essex she joins us on skype from the national and state welcome back to al-jazeera if there is to be a way forward that will take the temperature of this crisis where might it come from. well i mean at this point it would have to come from the u.s. making a huge u. turn which i don't see as very likely but it member it was the u.s. that decided to we never got on the nuclear deal even though we didn't have any evidence that iran wasn't complying with the deal and that's been one of the complaints of both democrats and even the former secretary of defense james mattis that iran was complying with the deal it actually was working trump decided he didn't like it they backed out of it and they've really pushed iran into a corner and when iran gets pushed into a corner it tends to sow chaos in the region and bolder steps take more risks and that's exactly what's happened why target the ayatollah khomeini with sanctions he doesn't leave the country we don't think he has a passport and on top of that the other layer to this layer cake is the way

to britain now with gina rinehart tyll is an associate professor and senior lecturer at the university of essex she joins us live from london thank . very much for being with us on al-jazeera this is supposed to be in said the oldest and most crucial relationship in the world between the u.s. and the u.k. but it's been march marked by so much disagreement majorly how important do you think is this particular visit by donald trump and will it we affirm the so-called special relationship i think this visit is very important for a few reasons for one thing we are getting into the stages where anything donald trump says or does is colored with the upcoming election next year and so to him it's really critical to be seen as very special to be seen as it's able to relate to the queen with the queen to him this is something that a lot of people don't get to do and so that's really important and for the u.k. it's also pretty important because as has been mentioned he the u.k. is faced with a very complicated situation trying to exit the european union and trump has not made any secret of his opinions o

she's a lecturer at the university of essex. joining us this our from essex, england. welcome. >> thank you, george. it's nice to be here. >> the u.s. president undoubtedly will be a welcome figure to some who support him and in the op-ed it appears that the mayor of london is engaging those who oppose the president and his politics. he has this to say in a quote. rather than bestowing trump with a grand platform of acceptability, we should be speaking out and saying that this behavior is unacceptable and that it poses a grave threat to the values and principles we've fought hard to defend, often together for decades. gina, this will be a divisive state visit in a politically divided country. >> there's no doubt. it's important to remember, though, there have been many controversial state visits, especially with queen elizabeth ii. she's been in her position for a very long time and she has hosted people that we would consider dictators and really brutal tyrants from around the world over the last 65 years. so even though there are a lot of objections to a state visit

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. >>> so joining me now is natasha lindstaedt, professor of government at the university of essex.hank you so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> president trump, as we just reported, fired his pollsters after that internal data showed him lagging behind democratic presidential candidates in those key seats that he won back in 2016. what does that tell us about her leadership style when he can't handle the truth about where things stand with his campaign? was he angry with the internal data or was he angry because it leaked and he didn't look good? >> i think the answer is both. he was angry about both things. he's angry about the leaks and he has been very angry in the past about all of these leaks that have taken place. and leaks don't just sort of happen at random. there is a real reason for the leaks to happen. i think the people who are leaking the information wanted to try to communicate to trump that this is very serious, that this is not going to be just a walk in the park for him, that he's going to have to really work to win this 2020 election. but the oth

and researchers at the university of essex have been doing exactly that. to talk to strangers and make conversations, because it's not usual that a stranger will come up to you and talk to you about something random. after the conversation, jessica writes up findings. i have to estimate how happy they are to talk to me and i have to report how happy i am to talk to them. are you a chatty person? do you strike up conversations with strangers normally? when i get on ijust talk to anybody, everybody. they always talk to me. people are generally quite friendly. in the day i was a nurse. that's pretty much what nurses do, communicate, so. as part of the bbc‘s crossing divides initiatives, aimed at forging links across disparate groups, the scientists have developed an app. you can play along, too, on your smartphone. download goosechase and then look for the game crossing divides bbc. and up pops an entire list of people you might like to strike up a conversation with. baggage — find someone who's carrying loads of bag, blue mood — someone who seems to be sad,

researchers at the university of essex have been doing exactly that.tes up her findings. i have to estimate how happy they are to talk to me and i have to report how i happy i am to talk to them. are you a chatty person? ijust talk to anybody and everybody. and they always talk to me. people are generally quite friendly answer? i was on us generally quite friendly answer? i was on us in my day and that is what nurses do. communicate. as part of the bbc‘s crossing divides initiative, forging links across disparate groups, the scientists have developed an app. you can play along on your smart smartphone. download goose chase and then look for the game crossing divides bbc. up for the game crossing divides bbc. up popped an entire list of people you might like to strike up a conversation with. baggage, find someone carrying loads of bags, blue mood, someone who seems to be sad. or bossy pants, someone who looks like a leader and talk to them for a few minutes. you can input the data about your conversation. that helps the university and it helps to make f

the ombudsman found care shortcomings by the former north essex partnership university trust in the case of in essex in 2012. matthew's mum melanie told dan walker on bbc breakfast that she struggles now when people ask her about her memories of her son. ifind it difficult i find it difficult to remember anything other than seeing him on the trolley, not being able to touch him, soi the trolley, not being able to touch him, so i asked some friends and the memories are coming back that i have just suppressed. he was just beautiful. just like any normal child. he grew up in the marina. they used to go swimming and crabbing and we would play computer games together. as he grew up, he loved swimming, he became a lifeguard. i love them to bits. and he is not here anymore. —— i loved him. it is hard. it must be difficult to talk to us. what you wa nted difficult to talk to us. what you wanted to speak about what you went through as a family. tell us when you started to notice a change in matthew. what happened? he was round about 19, probably 18, 19. matthew. what happened? he was round about19,

the ombudsman found care shortcomings by the former north essex partnership university trust in the case of to the lender must enter into thousand 12 and found that seven days later. serious failings into his care were uncovered by police and a coroner. -- 2012. uncovered by police and a coroner. —— 2012. there were wider systemic failures. it has been hard. today has probably been one of the hardest because i have got to that someone is actually listening stage and maybe we might get something done now. my son had to die for this to happen and i don't want it happening again and again. the safety risk to patients at the unit was highlighted into thousand four. in 2015, the health watchdog inspector. last year some health watchdog inspector. last year so m e safety health watchdog inspector. last year some safety improvements still hadn't been completed. it is that delay the ombudsman has called in inexcusable failure. the frightening thing is there were lots of reviews telling the trust that they had behaved inappropriately. the cqc, a coroner ‘s report, phs though, the ombudsman, all came

universal studios more than a decade ago. more than seven hundred people have now been tested for a rare bacterial infection, which has killed twelve people in essex. thirty two cases ofts say the risk to the general public is low. mid essex clinical commissioning group says it is trying to contain the infection; its board is due to discuss the outbreak tomorrow as part of its monthly meeting. our correspondent, nikki fox, has been following the story: one member of staff set on social media saying they are mad they have not informed is still, another man and a care home about seven miles away from rain to the outbreak started said he had spoken to a member of the community team just yesterday and they did not know anything about the outbreak however, the clinical commissioning group which runs nhs services in the areas said that is not the case and they have been providing regular updates to patient transport providers, care providers and care homes. there is a low risk to members of the public, but the vulnerable elderly are more at risk, particularly people who have open wounds like leg ulcers, the average age of those who have died is 87 and the vast majority of d