there is this expectation that saudi arabia and russia would try to make up arabia and russia would tryo make up for that decline in exports from iran, which is why market expectations not been as negative as in previous episodes. you look rahman, the situation it could find itself in, who are the winners at the moment from this oil price rise? well, it is anyone who is an oil exporter, you have saudi arabia, russia, those countries tend to do better. actually, the position of the us has become better in recent yea rs. the us has become better in recent years. now, it has become an oil exporting nation, so there profits tend to see a rise as oil prices rise. the merchant markets are really going to be hit hard here. absolutely, and the thing to remember about the merchant markets is that they tend to move as one asset class. as soon as one country sta rts asset class. as soon as one country starts to climb, all of them all together moved with it. so even though countries like saudi arabia and nigeria, as i said will benefit, the overall trend of emerging markets pulls them down with the

it's already working look after trump said we're moving the embassy to jerusalem up came prince some out of saudi arabia up someone been a mahommedan said said to personally and publicly you need to recognize israel finally and deal with the reality. the president of egypt tried to convince christiania of hamas not to do these demonstrations you can see already how the perception of america as being firm and not some kind of putting nail to the wall is is is forcing the arabs to face up to reality this is good not bad i want to break in so i want to go home and someone also was the one who said we will never neutralize our relationship with israel as long as there's no solution to the palestinian problem you know he's being very cautious and it's true that saudis you can see the sally is in one clear alliance with israel because we have that iran is the big devil bringing washington and of course israel and saudi arabia together but it's if you still feel that the palestinians can be the one who deliver peace for you know a peace deal to the middle east i wish i could have your optimism i think i think

it's already working look after trump's had been moving the embassy to jerusalem up came prince some out of saudi arabia up someone been a mahommedan said said to personally and publicly you need to recognize israel finally and deal with the reality. the president of egypt tried to convince mr honey of hamas not to do these demonstrations you can see already how the perception of america as being firm and not some kind of putting nail to the wall is is is forcing the arabs to face up to reality this is good not bad i want to break in so i don't have to go home again someone also was the one who said we will never neutralize our relationship with israel as long as there's no solution to the palestinian problem you know he's being very cautious and it's true that saudis you can see the saudi is clear alliance with israel because we have that iran is the big devil bringing washington and of course israel and saudi arabia together but it's if you still feel that the palestinians can be the one who deliver peace for you know a peace deal to the middle east i wish i could have your optimism i think i think yo

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that change was bottom-up, saudi arabia, changes top-down shipment by a new generation of leadership. what have better, more lasting success? time will tell. does it matter to america? absolutely. most americans get their first glimpse of the engine of change of saudi arabia in the 60 minute interview and during a cross-country tour a few weeks ago. we were fortunate to have an early opportunity to hear him during our december visit. we had checked out of the hotel, the four seasons, not the risks, and met with the prince before our departure. he had new ideas on just about everything. from how to confront iran to the relationship between saudi arabia and israel. most most fascinating was his ideas on internal saudi neighbors. for as long as i can remember saudi arabia was synonymous with a harsh form of islam. aversion exported around the world. to hear this later talk about the need to change the mindset, to rid the institutions of extremists and preach a more tolerant form of his phone conjured up two words, cognitive dissent. still, we left hopeful. it is one thing to talk the tal

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i'm part children coming up today saudi arabia's unemployment rate has reached record levels causing increased concern arche correspondent mop and give us the latest and we talk trade and tariffs with alex behind all of it and authors heene plus r.t. correspondent dan cohen fills us in on the economic progress made by greece and their economy and a snoop dogg's said last week we'll put the crypt back in crypto with technology writer morgan tech all that debt ahead but first we hit the headlines. the merger mania continues yesterday was a particularly busy and big day for mergers as more than one hundred twenty billion dollars worth of deals were announced according to the market tracking firm deal logic we were ported on a couple of those wal-mart's bid to spin off u.k. grocery store locations and refocus on the fight with amazon for the indian market and the third try on a sprint t. mobile merger but there were many others and the numbers speak for themselves there have not been as many burgers since two thousand and seven and they won't be stopping anytime soon. among the big deals

i'm part shelter coming up today saudi arabia's unemployment rate has reached record levels causing increased arky correspondent tale of mop and gives us the latest and we talk trade and terrorist with alex behind all of it and author steve keen plus r.t. correspondent dan cohen fills us in on the economic progress made by greece and their economy and us snoop dogg's said last week we'll put the crip back in crypto with technology writer morgan tech all that debt ahead but first we get to have. the merger mania continues yesterday was a particularly busy and big day for mergers as more than one hundred twenty billion dollars worth of deals were announced according to the market tracking firm deal logic we were pointed out a couple of those wal-mart's bid to spin off u.k. grocery store locations and refocus on the fight with amazon for the indian market and the third try on a sprint t. mobile merger but there were many others and the numbers speak for themselves there have not been as many burgers since two thousand and seven and they won't be stopping any time soon. among the big deals moving

they've been training at their italian base ahead of warm—up games against austria and saudi arabia injune his club coach antonio conte despite the fact he's widely expected to leave stamford bridge in the coming weeks. i think everyone knows he is a very good coach. tactically very good. in its first year he won the league. in the second year, the fa cup. he has shown that he is a coach that can win titles and this is what i am about. i want to win titles. if he stays or maybe goes, to me, it is the same situation. the king of clay, rafa nadal, has got his title defence at the french open underway but his match with lucky loser simone bolelli was suspended due to rain. it will now be completed on tuesday. nadal‘s opening match in his title defence was proving to be a challenge. bolelli pushed the spaniard all the way in the first couple of sets. but despite nadal being two sets up when the rain hit bolellis is three games to love up in the third. intriguingly poised. that match should end on tuesday as long as the weather behaves itself. serena williams returns to herjob at the highest le

on counting the cost drumming up business why saudi arabia is trying to lure foreign cash even as oil prices head high up the european union launches a new budget blueprint offsetting some of those plus a look at gold smuggling in south sudan. counting the cost on al-jazeera. made on al-jazeera venezuela will hold a snap election as president maduro aims to retain control what lies ahead for a country that has been waiting for light at the end of a long tunnel people in power ross the top u.s. general in afghanistan about his plans for defeating by the taliban and an isis insurgency. struggling with security issues and economic uncertainty iraq is finally set to hold elections as an unseen global battle rages for results as beneath our oceans we also get the seabed of the territory still to be claimed. commemorating seventy years from now al-jazeera examines what has changed in the process in decades on both sides of this conflict made on al-jazeera of all my friends and coworkers who were detained i am the only one who survived they were all waiting for news of the menfolk and was on

on the counter the cost of drumming up business why saudi arabia is trying to lure foreign cash even as oil prices head higher the european union launches a new budget blueprint offsetting some of those plus a look at gold smuggling in south sudan. charging the cost. citizens unable to vote on represented in washington the members of congress do nothing about because like a part of the constituency in their responsibility and that is what's underneath this crisis phone lines visit to the island devastated by hurricane maria and demanding the support of the u.s. government there you know what it is and then the government tells the responsibility of the current up that they have her get a. shelter after the storm on al-jazeera.

on counting the cost of drumming up business why saudi arabia is trying to lure foreign cash even as oil prices head high up the european union launches a new budget blueprint. plus a look at gold smuggling in south sudan. charging the cost. may be on al-jazeera venezuela will hold a snap election as president maduro aims to retain control what lies ahead for a country that has been waiting for light at the end of a long tunnel people in power the top u.s. general in afghanistan about his plans for defeating by the taliban and an isis insurgency. struggling with security issues and economic uncertainty iraq is finally set to hold elections as an unseen global battle rages for resources beneath our oceans we all skip the seabed is a territory still to be claimed. commemorating seventy years from now al-jazeera examines what has changed in the process of in decades on both sides of this conflict made on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. swear every day you're. getting to the heart of the matter if. the supreme leader calls you today says let's have told us would you accept facing realities what d

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oh i'm counting the cost of drumming up business why saudi arabia is trying to lure foreign cash even as oil prices head high up the european union launches a new budget blueprint. plus a look at gold smuggling. drugs and the cost on al-jazeera. and again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. announced a change in policy that could lead to the deportation of tens of thousands of them join immigrants donald trump is ending a program that gave them temporary refuge after a hurricane hit on any twenty years ago. the white house says president trump will meet south korean president moon j.n. later this month and discuss the upcoming talks between the u.s. president the north korean leader kim jong un says a date and location have been set for that meeting. and why it's big island which is dealing with a major volcanic eruption has been hit by a series of earthquakes more than a thousand people have been forced to leave their homes because of threat from the lava flows and so if your. aid workers in kenya say they've managed to help just a course o

on counting the cost drumming up business why saudi arabia is trying to lure of foreign cash even as oil prices head high up the european union launches a new budget blueprint upsetting some plus a look at gold smuggling in south sudan. counting the cost on al-jazeera. the top stories on al-jazeera this hour riot police in russia have detained opposition leader alexa of only and more than a thousand of his supporters an anti-government demonstrations he had called for nationwide rallies against president vladimir putin who will be inaugurated for a fourth term on monday the united arab emirates could be removed from the saudi led coalition in yemen that's after it deployed forces to a yemeni island without consulting its exile government there but further protests on the territory in the arabian sea against the u.a.e. is a military presence there thousands of people have been forced to move after a magnitude six point nine earthquake shook hawaii's big island the biggest to hit the area in decades this follows their option off killer why are volcano which began spewing lava on thursda

know that there are two because it's not being promoted yet in the saudi arabia is known as a black box the country wants to open up and it has to you know detroit used the country's growing unemployment and state deficit. they year they have your hopes the changes will also rebranding the image of the kingdom. yes from here to please so the first question is always how do you saudi a pure saudi yes i'm saudi and there are hundreds of ladies like me hopefully with all these changes that would have been good because three the west would change the idea about the saudi woman it's not considered decent for women to do jobs for men and women makes this is changing to. another year is about to get her certification as the first female tour guide she says she has also experienced a lot of resistance from men that saw her as competition. the tour is about to end the arabic coffee and dates. you so it's the bread duty of their ahmed that tells us this that this of the of the guy who is putting it's this one it's often merchant rich people because we have this bridie. so one two three locals are just as curious as the touri

coming up today saudi arabia's unemployment rate has reached record levels causing increased our chief correspondent caleb mop and give us the latest and we talk trade in terrace with alex behind all of it and author steve keen plus r.t. correspondent dan cowen fills us in on the economic progress made by greece and their economy and a snoop dogg's said last week we'll put the crypt back in crypto with technology writer morgan tech all that debt ahead but first we hit the headlines. the merger of mania continues yesterday was a particularly busy and big day for mergers as more than one hundred twenty billion dollars worth of deals were announced according to the market tracking firm deal logic we were ported on a couple of those wal-mart's bid to spin off u.k. grocery store locations and refocus on the fight with amazon for the indian market and the third try on a sprint t. mobile merger but there were many others and the numbers speak for themselves there have not been as many burgers since two thousand and seven and they won't be stopping any time soon. among the big deals moving mar

i'm counting the cost of drumming up business why saudi arabia is trying to lure foreign cash even as oil prices head higher the european union launches a new project blueprint. plus a look at gold smuggling in south sudan. cost zero. history is so often told through the eyes of leaders but in amritsar india just thirty kilometers from the border with pakistan this old building is being transformed into a new museum malika. is the driving force behind sars partition museum it's really shocking because if you think about the fact that within a few years of nine eleven happening nine eleven museum was there and they are now numerous holocaust museums it's not beautiful a museum so countries around the world have walked to memorialize these events that have shaped them by dition is not about the political events that led up to partition it's about the impact on each person who went through it it's really important that we highlight the stories of humanity hopefully one outcome on this would be that we remember our shared humanity and the shared history.

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on counting the cost drumming up business why saudi arabia is trying a foreign cash even as oil prices head high up the european union launches a new budget blueprint. plus a look at gold smuggling in south sudan. counting the cost on al-jazeera. israeli forces fired tear gas at protesters on the israel border in the sixth week of demonstrations. life from a headquarters here and also coming up the campaign to free an al jazeera journalist from jail we'll look at egypt's crackdown on the media. here in kenya where survivors of deadly floods are now facing a new threat. plus how lions tigers and bears in war funding new home enjoy. israeli forces have fired tear gas at protesters on the gaza israel border. sixth week now each time the palestinians have demonstrated the israeli military has fired at them forty one people have been killed so far the protesters are calling for palestinians to be allowed to return to villages where their families once lived as well it is and in israel harry forces life for us in gaza harry says the last time we checked in with you just get us right up to da

on counting the cost drumming up business why saudi arabia is trying to lure foreign cash even as oil prices head higher the european union launches a new budget blueprint upset. plus a look at gold smuggling in south sudan. counting the cost on al-jazeera. you. will. see. for more than poor and a half years iranian refugee aroostook chauny has been living in limbo on a remote specific annoyance he was sent there by australia after he tried to reach its shores by boat for our. youth in the prison it was a prison. even worse than a prison because. the prisoner in around the world nobody porter and you really see it as torture yeah of course you know the mental torture. was a journalist in iran publishing stories promoting the kurdish language and culture after colleagues were arrested and accused of undermining the iranian state who johnny feared he'd be next he fled aiming for australia. tens of thousands of others have gone before him thanks smugglers to take them across the sea from in the knees yet to the australian territory of christmas island between two thousand and nine and tw

arabia the u.a.e. and bahrain the football continues cathles al sad was up against saudi arabia's al ackley in the asian champions league last sixteen it was the first meeting of the two in the competition and alcide came out on top while i'm sure he's called twice in their impressive two one when former boss learned a legend jobby who now plays for the cattery club side went close to making it three one the second leg takes place in jeddah next week. well the final of the french cup takes place in paris later and it could be one of the biggest mismatches in football french champions paris as a man made minnows lose their lives or be a very professional team is trying to avoid being relegated to the fourth division of french football but they are the sort of support almost all of the sixteen thousand people from the small town in the west of france have tickets to choose days much last month p.s.g. clinched their fifth league title in six years and one of the richest clubs in the world now they paid a record transfer fee of two hundred sixty two million dollars for brazilian striken neymar in august but

at the same time the iran activities from yemen and bahrain and saudi arabia up into lebanon we have not seen any drawdown. at the same time walking away from the jcpoa because he thought it was inadequate by the senate several years ago and to endorse that and then to bring the behavior at the same time. and the nuclear issue with terrorism issue in the ballistic missile efforts with cyberattacks they have been conducting what we have seen most recently in the persian gulf. that is basically where we are at. >> to break out of that agreement. >> i believe what happened that this agreement in all aspects that what is supposed to be happening under the jcpoa and with a hasty decision to be in place over a year to walk on -- to work with the allies to address and have the opportunity to move forward to address the shortcomings and make it more compelling so that effort is underway already with the secretary of state and secretary of treasury and others working the issue. >> north korea? >> certainly that capability on the military side and we said all along this was diplomatically led

by blaming iran she's trying to sweep up the saudi arabia, the other enemies of iran into support for this. the real victim here is king abdullah. i was in iman when vice president pence went in january and king abdullah chewed him out and america out. that are more open with israel. by isolated abdullah this way if this blows up, his country is the palestinian state de facto. >> the question is how did you prepare the ground for it. the very arab leaders you need to be part of the partnership and interested in it, they have to have an explanation. >> in the case of king abdullah where a significant part of the kingdom is made up of palestinian, he had to be in a position where he could say the reason we're responsive to the americans is they are providing something for the first time that might allow the palestinian to fulfill aspirations. there needs to be, you still might be able to recoup but it does put a greater premium on the plan. >> saying you can't do this to the palestinians. we've lost europe on another issue. we're isolating ourselves. they did make an effort to reach out

on countering the call drumming up business why saudi arabia is trying to woo a foreign crash even as oil prices head high and the european union launches a new project blueprint. plus a look at gold smuggling in south sudan. cost zero new yorkers are very receptive to al-jazeera because it is such an international city they're very interested in that global perspective that al-jazeera provides. a cookie mind of our top stories current media want to stop every reappears set to continue is that been inspiring minister despite his party's poor showing in sunday's parliamentary elections in which the shia party has made major gains it's got to be a put since been sworn in for another six year term as russian president meaning he's now been in power for eighteen years. britain's foreign secretary has appealed to the u.s. president not to pull lives of the iran nuclear deal during a two day visit to washington d.c. . dozens of kenyans have been killed and hundreds of thousands of others have been displaced since march because of heavy rainfall the floods have hit the east african nation ju

next twenty four to thirty six hours easing lot of on the border with yemen pushing up towards southern parts of saudi arabia now the winds will fall out pretty quickly the rain will not in some parts could see maybe two hundred maybe three hundred millimeters of rain over the next couple of days flash flooding is inevitable and we are going to see major problems coming in here that wessel weather will not just way further north as for sunday brought us guys come in behind with still want to shallow. the way that sponsored by qatar and nice. getting to the heart of the matter if not stuff i can see the turkish cypriot leader calls you today and says let's have told. would you accept facing realities what do you think reunification of look like there are to people think the peace for unification is the only option for prosperity of south korea hear their story and talk to al-jazeera. welcome back ok let's just go through the top stories for you so far today exit polls are suggesting a majority of voted to change islands strict abortion as they projected a landslide win for the yes campaign with sixty eight pe

ended on the ninth of november one thousand nine hundred three plus what have israel saudi arabia and the usa got up this sleeves for a new world war we count the weaponry dollars with the still comb international peace research institute. you know there's a more coming up in today's going underground but first let's go straight to gaza because washington has in the past few days unleashed tensions that have simmered for decades today a u.s. embassy in the middle east moves to jerusalem on the seventieth anniversary of israeli independence in the minds of those tomorrow commemorating not by day or the day of catastrophe when millions of palestinians are displaced because of british backed israeli forces will be quite a few issues though from donald trump's violation of un resolutions to his declaration of economic war in iran from his support for israeli killing in syria to the ongoing siege of gaza itself joining me now from gaza is dr about him name head of the council on international relations and palestine is hamas is former health minister in gaza thanks so much for going on going on the groun

on the counter in the cost of drumming up business why saudi arabia is trying to lure foreign cash even as oil prices head higher the european union launches a new budget blueprint offsetting some plus a look at gold smuggling in south sudan. countering the cost zero citizens unable to vote on represented in washington and members of congress do nothing about. a part of the constituency in their responsibility and that is what's underneath this crisis phone lines visit to the island devastated by hurricane maria and demanding the support of the u.s. government for a week there you know what it is and then the mentality responsibility and not let them forget the. shelter after the storm on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera i'm daryn obligato with a check on your world headlines up to fifty seven thousand honduran immigrants living in the u.s. could face deportation after a change in the law donald trump's administration is ending their temporary protected status humanitarian groups called the decision heartless and to gallagher reports. fleeing violence and poverty in central america migran

next twenty four to thirty six hours easing lot along the border with yemen pushing up towards southern parts of saudi arabia now the winds will fall out pretty quickly the rain will not in some parts could see maybe two hundred maybe three hundred millimeters of rain over the next couple of days flash flooding is inevitable and we are going to see major problems coming in here that worse weather will not just way further north was for sunday but as guys come in behind we still want to showers. once a rising star v a n c now it feels to strike. one. note and monsters control the sea on your invitation i mean. for a new voice for the marching i think i'm such a cliche think south african politics always seemed. to me the weakness documented junius that's the ca m. c. and i'll just. come back here with al-jazeera live from doha to remind of your top stories exit polls suggest a majority of people who vote change island strict abortion as they projected a landslide win for the yes campaign with sixty eight percent in favor of repealing what's called the eighth amendment official results are expected on saturday

arabia the u.a.e. and bahrain the football continues cattles al sad was up against saudi arabia's al actually in the asian champions league last sixteen it was the first meeting of the two in the competition and alcide came out on top while en route he scored twice in a recip two one win for barcelona legend shabby who now plays for the cattery club side went close to making its three one the second leg takes place in jeddah next week. tennis now and former world number one maria sharpe over looks to have rediscovered her clay court form after reaching the third round of the madrid open the five time grand slam champion arrived in the spanish capital off the back of a four much losing streak but after a straight sets win in the opening round the two thousand and fourteen madrid when i backed that up with the seven five six one victory over lena camillia big in round two the russian now meets world number twenty two christina in the den of it for a spot in the last eight. while novice who caroline for shecky was made to work for her place in the third round against australian world number eighteen ashley b

on the counter in the coffee drumming up business why saudi arabia is trying to lure of foreign cash even as oil prices head high and the european union launches a new budget blueprint. plus a look at gold smuggling in south sudan. charging the cost on al-jazeera. it's impossible to underestimate the size and scale of the economic crisis it's not just about the billion. dollars of debt it's not just about the banks it's not just about the government real peace. of mind of our top stories on hundreds of people have been injured on the israel gaza border after israeli forces fired live ammunition and tear gas a palestinian protesters. yes president donald trump has vowed to protect the second amendment during an address to the national rifle association in dallas. at least six people have drowned an eleven more are missing in extreme flooding in kenya. a massive volcanic eruption in hawaii has forced one thousand seven hundred people to be evacuated from their homes lava flows us threatening residential areas close to killer whale one of the most active volcanoes in the world and what

also looking pretty warm during the course of sutlej but certainly across southern parts of saudi arabia and up as far north as qatar we're going to get quite a strong southerly wind developing so every chance of some dust storms as a result forty degrees of pretty hot one here as we get through into sunday we should find the wind direction changing and temperatures then down to thirty eight . from the beginning until the very end the trade in human folly is big business. and wealthy western nations are implicated now coming. to know her way to know how trenton the the must be an organized crime back in the six least episode of slavery a twenty first century evil on al-jazeera. a comeback reminder of the top stories are an al-jazeera two palestinians have been killed only israel gaza border and hundreds injured during the seventh friday in a row of protests forty three people have been killed without telling iran says accusations that it find rockets at israeli forces in the occupied golan heights a basis and israel said it attacks its attacks in syria on thursday with twenty ation against a ra

on counting the cost of drumming up business why saudi arabia is trying to lure of foreign cash even as oil prices head high as the european union launches a new budget blueprint offsetting some of those plus a look at gold smuggling in south sudan. counting the cost on al-jazeera. the suspense comes to an end on tuesday when donald trump announces his decision on whether to wear the troll from the iran nuclear deal. headquarters in doha. also ahead of the changing face of politics a major upset for prime minister. claims victory in the election. saw the military leaders defend an airstrike that's killed several civilians in yemen class the world. value rights. and woman who ran a secret prison mine for torturing its prepares for confirmation hearings to become the next cia director. a group of us democrats have just sent donald trump a letter urging him to let america remain a part of the iran nuclear do the president's expected to announce his decision on whether to withdraw on tuesday america's allies have also been trying to convince trump to preserve the international agreement

east of that still there in iraq to the sides apart from the casual thunderstorms showing up in the saudi arabia you just watch a change of wind direction as this thing goes through i think briefly what history's bit of a showing down through bahrain but that will be cut off by the time you get to friday though that massive cloud suggests thunderstorms in north and saturday. unpack it for us what were you here and what were you saying whether on line horrendous things humans will just there's absolutely no doubt about that or if you join us on the sacked a lot of the major countries in the commonwealth how far bigger fish to fry and chips to eat bass is a dialogue talk to us about some of this excessive perhaps everyone has a voice what happens when the robots themselves are making the decisions join the colobus conversation amount is iraq. a reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has addressed his decision to pull out of the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal saying iran will negotiate quote something will happen there's been an angry reaction in tehran wit

looking pretty warm during the course of saturday but certainly across southern parts of saudi arabia and up as far north as qatar we're going to get quite a strong southerly wind developing so every chance of some dust storms as a result forty degrees a pretty hot one here as we get through into sunday we should find the wind direction changing and temperatures then down to thirty eight. they are watching elders there mind of our top stories protests have resumed along gaza's border with israel we are looking at live pictures coming from the demonstrations there it is the seventh consecutive friday of these demonstrations the protesters are demanding the right of return for refugees at least forty one people have been killed over the past few weeks. iran says israel's air strikes in syria were based on what it calls a fabricated excuse israel says it launched the attack on thursday after iranian forces fired rockets at its positions in the occupied golan heights. kenya's water authority says a dam that burst earlier this week killing at least fifty people didn't have the necessary permits t

on business insider, saudi arabia is about to ramp up its oil production.iranian crude oil for international markets following president trump's withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal. from wired, ‘who pays the most and least in silicon valley?‘ well, the median pay at facebook tops $240,000 a year, that's more than eight times the $28,000 median at amazon. 0n bloomberg, christine lagarde says imf is seeking a rapid resolution with argentina over credit line. the country, of course, faces a crunch as about $30 billion in short—term debt is due on may 16. and don't forget — let's us know what you are spotting online. use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. but before we go, here are the markets. everything looking pretty positive. stay with us because the news briefing is coming up very shortly. bye for now. the aa says there have been more insurance claims so far in 2018 from drivers hitting potholes than in the whole of last year. it says the number of potholes is a national disgrace and the damage is costing a million pounds a month to deal with. here's our perso

level on even to the resignation his personal popularity has climbed it's gone up and people in lebanon blame saudi arabia for that incident timing set that house on the future movement party of palms is an open question because hizbollah has cracked clever lines is and many of the sunni candidates opposing zawahiri these party have a very decent terms with hizbollah so saw the movie is going to perform well whether it's going to be future movement that's going to be leading party or whether they'll be other sunni candidates that saudi arabia may look at as an option to salary is a question that's still unanswered but these are the first elections that happened since two thousand and nine a lot has changed in the past nine years what are some of the issues that voters have on their mind today. well you know this is essentially the first election of this generation of levanon the last elections where sensually about the generation that either participated in the civil war was subjected to the crimes that took place during the civil war so this election is about these young stars and hundreds and thousands

plans toudi arabia compensate. of up is good for a a lot economies, including russia's, to include other countries that are not in the u.s. orbit. it is an opportunity to see what the next two weeks to 30 days looks like as oil starts to go down because saudi arabia is compensating for the loss of iranian exports. and also iraq will do the same thing. iraq will push out. one of the major concerns i have is that iran starts using iraq as a shell company to offset u.s. sanctions. against him of the reason you are -- european countries won't with them, the rgc is already using it. was interviewed in the "new york times" piece. the fata party is active militia times" to "the new york is called them former militia members here in iran has best members. iran has access to u.s. training. they have been warned that any attack against us, there will be retribution, consequences for tehran and baghdad. it is an interesting middle east because iran sees iraq and syria as one battlefield. -- iraq iran and syria and syria as one batt

up. time saudi arabia hits the brakes on women's rights the kingdom is due to lift a ban on women driving in just a few weeks ago forces have arrested a prominent activist who campaigned for the change describing them as traitors. i'm phil gale welcome to the program. it's of his populist coalition has nominated a little known law professor with limited political experience to be prime minister . giuseppi contact was jointly proposed by the leaders of the far left and the establishment five star movement on the far right league during a meeting with president says your maternal matter well and you know what comes eleven weeks after elections left the country with a hung parliament. so let's join because i wanted to band to ring it who's covering this story for us from rome welcome bad so i feel i said that who has just come to what is it about him that means he can unite a far right and i thought a left party behind him. mr country's main feature is he's unknown to the public and he has no put it like political experience so he's divide a compromise between the left leaning the right wing

on counting the cost drumming up business why saudi arabia is trying to lure foreign cash even as oil prices head high up the european union launches a new budget blueprint offsetting some of those plus a look at gold smuggling in south sudan. counting the cost on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera i'm dead you navigate with a check on your world headlines vote counting is taking place in lebanon's first parliamentary elections in almost a decade officials say the turnout was forty nine percent down from fifty four percent in the two thousand and nine polls the country is using a new system based on proportional representation to the party is claiming victory in the country's first local election since the twenty eleven arab spring the religious party says it's ahead if it secular rival in tunis by about five percent the two parties are coalition partners in the national government official results are expected over the next few days iran's president has warned the u.s. against pulling out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal saying it would suffer historic remorse donald trump has less than

discussion and of course is going to create a very contentious opec meeting coming up and this is very unusual for saudi arabia to go out of the opec fold like this and remember it wasn't that long ago they were sort of enemies with with russia here they are making a very important announcement together they talked about a million barrels per day possibly wink wink is a whisper number that helped to really drive the price of oil down neither of them really want to see that the long term. well to some extent chris i guess they might say that it took a while but that it actually worked to get prices higher they said i think not even long ago maybe six weeks ago they'd be happy with you know the seventy's eighty dollars oil and they're very close to that do you think that the iranian sanctions will play into the opec production issue i noticed that india said that. there are a large oil importer of iranian oil that they may have some concerns what about that well this is a very different conversation from the one we might have had a year ago where there was a structural oversupply of oil now we're at just about f