to maintain this gulf cooperation council yes we are not in the business to. time there is like a big gap here but i think this can be rectified as as it happened two thousand and thirteen two thousand and fourteen this is not the first time it happens and maybe it's not the last time will it will happen but if we have the right mogens we have the right policies we have an agreement that we deal with conflict resolution whenever it happens will any reason in a certain way then this will have a real a future we we have going to jump in that issue gigs are coming to the end up till about birds want to get an idea from you as to how this rift can be healed what concrete next step can be taken. well i would also echo what has been said that the g.c.c. summit was a missed opportunity for everybody concerned. it seems that the country drawn to and to give and they don't want to sit on the table to negotiate and that is a real pity because this is this summit could have been a real chance for them to do so. i think what has been demanded from qatar is totally unaccep

to maintain this gulf cooperation council yes we are not in the business to. time there is like a big gap here but i think this can be rectified as as it happened two thousand and thirteen two thousand and fourteen this is not the first time it happens and maybe it's not the last time will it will happen but if we have the right mogens we have the right policies we have an agreement that we deal with conflict resolution whenever it happens will any reason in a certain way then this will have a real a future we have not only jump in the issue get were coming to the end up till about birds want to get an idea from you as to how this rift can be healed what concrete next step can be taken. well i would also echo what has been said that the g.c.c. summit was a missed opportunity for everybody concerned. it seems that the country drawn to want to give and they don't want to sit on the table to negotiate and that is a real pity because this is this summit could have been a real chance for them to do so. i think what has been demanded from qatar is totally unacceptab

while the announcement that this year's gulf cooperation council summit would go ahead as planned in kuwait came as a surprise to many it also brought renewed hope for a diplomatic breakthrough that might in the gulf crisis upon his arrival in kuwait on tuesday but that is a mere shift i mean been hammered acehnese issued a statement expressing sincere gratitude toward kuwait's emir. and his wishes for the success of the current summit stressing that the current situation in the region required the council's members to band together against all odds and challenges but even before the summit officially kicked off divisions were very much on display first the united arab emirates announced it had formed a new economic and military partnership with saudi arabia that would be separate from the g.c.c. then saudi arabia the u.a.e. and bahamian decided not to send their respective leaders to kuwait it could be that it is embarrassing for some of the leadership of the country is the quartet work i think until he has to turn up. and therefore they sent a lower level but it could be that they'

to maintain this gulf cooperation council yes we are not in the business to. time there is like a big gap here but i think this can be rectified as as it happened two thousand and thirteen two thousand and fourteen this is not the first time it happens and maybe it's not the last time will it will happen but if we have the right. we have the right policies we have an agreement that we deal with conflict resolution whenever it happens will any reason in a certain way then this will have a real a future we have got a jump in the issue gigs were coming to the end up till about birds want to get an idea from you as to how this rift can be healed what concrete next step can be taken. well i would also echo what has been said that the g.c.c. summit was a missed opportunity for everybody concerned. it seems that the country drawn to and to give and they don't want to sit on the table to negotiate and that is a real pity because this is this summit could have been a real chance for them to do so. i think what has been demanded from qatar is totally unacceptable the qa

the gulf cooperation council the arab world's only trading block isn't living up to its name and how pressing the pause button on economic cooperation is affecting this oil rich region also this week plastic economy it's profitable business but the true cost to our planet and health is staggering and it is quite literally washing up on our doorstep and it's been twenty five years since the world's first text message was sent and that is something to talk about given the way the humble s.m.s. has evolved into an entire messaging industry. so when you're six months into a diplomatic crisis that splinted an entire geographical region an annual meeting of leaders from that region takes on extra significance when the gulf cooperation council summit ended abruptly this week so too did any hopes of a breakthrough in the blocks biggest crisis in decades the meeting in kuwait city was the first since saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt cut their trade and diplomatic ties with qatar in june a period which as you'll see in this week's program has affected not just diplomatic ties but econ

while the announcement that this year's gulf cooperation council summit would go ahead as planned in kuwait came as a surprise to many it also brought renewed hope for a diplomatic breakthrough that might in the gulf crisis upon his arrival in kuwait on tuesday but that is a mere shift i mean been hammered acehnese issued a statement expressing sincere gratitude toward kuwait's emir. and his wishes for the success of the current summit stressing that the current situation in the region required the council's members to band together against all odds and challenges but even before the summit officially kicked off divisions were very much on display first the united arab emirates announced it had formed a new economic and military partnership with saudi arabia that would be separate from the g.c.c. then saudi arabia the u.a.e. and bahamian decided not to send their respective leaders to kuwait it could be that it is embarrassing for some of the leadership of the country is the quartet to work i think anthony is to turn up. and therefore they sent a lower level but it could be that they

while the announcement that this year's gulf cooperation council summit would go ahead as planned in kuwait came as a surprise to many it also brought renewed hope for a diplomatic breakthrough that might in the gulf crisis upon his arrival in kuwait on tuesday but that is a mere shift i mean been hammered acehnese issued a statement expressing sincere gratitude toward kuwait's emir. and his wishes for the success of the current summit stressing that the current situation in the region required the council's members to band together against all odds and challenges but even before the summit officially kicked off divisions were very much on display first the united arab emirates announced it had formed a new economic and military partnership with saudi arabia that would be separate from the g.c.c. then saudi arabia the u.a.e. and bahamian decided not to send their respective leaders to kuwait it could be that it is embarrassing for some of the leadership of the country is the quartet work i think anthony has to turn up. and therefore they sent a lower level but it could be that they'r

to maintain this gulf cooperation council yes we are not in the business to. time there was like a big gap here but i think this can be rectified as as it happened two thousand and thirteen two thousand and fourteen this is not the first time it happens and maybe it's not the last time will it will happen but if we have the right mogens we have the right policies we have an agreement that we deal with conflict resolution whenever it happens will any reason in a certain way then this will have a real a future we have really jumping the issue gigs were coming to the end up till about birds want to get an idea from you as to how this rift can be healed what concrete next step can be taken. well i would also echo what has been said that the g.c.c. summit was a missed opportunity for everybody concerned. it seems that the country drawn to want to give and they don't want to sit on the table to negotiate and that is a real pity because this is this summit could have been a real chance for them to do so. i think what has been demanded from qatar is totally unacceptab

the gulf cooperation council summit has ended hopes of a breakthrough in the blanks biggest crisis in decades the meeting in kuwait city was the first since saudi arabia bahrain of the united arab emirates and egypt cut trade and diplomatic ties with qatar in june reports. while the announcement that this year's gulf cooperation council summit would go ahead as planned in kuwait came as a surprise to many it also brought renewed hope for a diplomatic breakthrough that might in the gulf crisis upon his arrival in kuwait on tuesday but that is a mere shift i mean been hammered acehnese issued a statement expressing sincere gratitude toward kuwait's emir. and his wishes for the success of the current summit stressing that the current situation in the region required the council's members to band together against all odds and challenges but even before the summit officially kicked off the divisions were very much on display. first the united arab emirates announced it had formed a new economic and military partnership with saudi arabia that would be separate from the g.c.c. then saudi ara

well leaders from the gulf cooperation council states are arriving in kuwait for a summit that could define the future of the block it's the first such meeting since saudi arabia bahrain and the u.a.e. qatar is with fellow member cuts are back in june. reports from kuwait. foreign ministers of the six treaty c. countries arrived in kuwait on monday ahead of the group's thirty eighth annual summits it's the first time senior ministers have met since three of the member states imposed a blockade on qatar back in june saudi arabia the united arab emirates amber frey and have cut off all trade ties with qatar barred qatar the citizens from entering their countries and closed off their territorial waters and earth space to their neighbor for six months now it's a crisis that struck at the very core of the gulf cooperation council an organization that was set up to unify through greater trade corp and the free movement of people for months now kuwait has been leading mediation efforts while carter's amir has agreed to sit down and discuss differences with his counterparts coates' call for

it could mean the end of the gulf cooperation council and therefore a much more larger diplomatic problem not just for the gulf but for the wider international community i believe that this is crucial the fact that this meeting is taking place is i think it is a very good development otherwise we could think that maybe the g.c. will not exist anymore or at least not without access of the way in which it existed before if they meet in this meeting or. fail. to knowledge that we will have to discuss about whether to change the character of the of the of the of the g.c.c. or even to concede there are some in some countries can see that in leaving the use of force as catch twenty two situation you can't talk about changing the character or the nature of the g.c.c. without dealing with the real problem that faces this group of small gulf countries since it has in june and the and the embargo on the blockade of cancer exactly my main idea here is that the actually the g.c.c. fail in determining which are the priorities of the of the union or the. they get the coverage of the states because they

getting ready to host a meeting of the gulf cooperation council invitations have been sent out to gulf leaders but it's still not known for sure who will attend since the beginning of the blockade on couple of kuwait's emir. has attempted to end the dispute in october he warned of the potential collapse of the g.c.c. if the crisis continues many analysts agree this is i think the middle quite. of the crisis actually for a long and we are going to see probably two blocs within the g.c.c. one is led by saudi arabia and it. will actually have. to a lesser extent probably kuwait. so we'll be having been to see a lot of that one asked on saturday about the gulf diplomatic crisis at the international mediterranean dialogue conference in rome called those foreign minister schiff mohamed when i come on a sunny said it was important for countries to work together you need to reach a level of understanding going security principles that everybody is going to appoint and everybody should and should be committed to and then from there we've been. on it on the next system for a lot of the cooperati

cooperation council summit which starts on tuesday the g.c.c. is in crisis after three members of the us rain severed diplomatic and trade ties with cattle this will be the first summit since that blockade began almost six months ago you need to reach a level of understanding going security principles that everybody is agreed upon and everybody should and you do and should be committed to and then from there we build on. on it on the next is the model for the cooperation well let's get the very latest of jamaal i shall he said quite city where that meeting is being held i mean this will be as we say one of the first occasions that senior diplomats and leaders from the g.c.c. will be face to face since the cattle blockade began in june now we do we have heard that the qatari amir will be there but who else will be there and what can we expect them to say. well that is the big question everybody's trying to find an answer to sail with which is who exactly will represent the three countries that are boycotting for blockading qatar and have been for

cooperation council summit which starts on tuesday the g.c.c. is in crisis after three members saudi arabia the u.a.e. and bahrain have a diplomatic and trade ties with cattle. also less than a week after north korea tested its most powerful missile and yet south korea and the u.s. have put on a show of force holding joint military drills. the u.s. defense secretary james mattis has arrived in the pakistan that he's expected to push the government to do more to combat armed groups like the taliban let's go live to pakistan correspondent kemal hyder who has the very latest it's a busy day for james mattis who will be meeting. where you. can really and military leaders in the building that you hear behind me somewhere close to that. game will be attended by the pakistani prime minister. the americans of course will be bringing their demands of doom all. at that time. away in that battle and have won it down against the taliban. and read their visions because they're. on the new trial. will be a crucial break coming out to. be on board but there ar

getting ready to host a meeting of the gulf cooperation council invitations have been sent out to gulf leaders but it's still not known for sure who will attend since the beginning of the blockade on qatar kuwait. has attempted to end the dispute in october he warned of the potential collapse of the g.c.c. if the crisis continues many analysts agree this is i think the middle quite knows very well that the crisis is actually for a long and we are going to see probably two blocs within the g.c.c. one is led by saudi arabia and it. will actually have. to a lesser extent probably kuwait. so we'll be having been to see a lot of that one asked on saturday about the gulf diplomatic crisis at the international mediterranean dialogue conference in rome how those foreign ministers shift mohamed when i'm on a sunny said it was important for countries to work together you need to reach a level of understanding going security principles that everybody is going to appoint and everybody should and should be committed to and then from there we've been. on it on the next system for a lot of the cooper

leaders from the gulf cooperation council states arrived in kuwait for a summit but could redefine the future of the block is the first such meeting since saudi arabia bahrain and the u.a.e. cut ties with fellow member qatar back in june. britain and the european union have failed to reach an agreement on brics it withdrawal terms ahead of a summit of e.u. leaders in ten days' time prime minister to resign may admit differences remain on a number of issues including the status of northern ireland on the fish reports. the day began full of hope when to resume a joint called your guy went into talks the brussels rumor mill had it that a breck's it deal was about to be announced. but when they emerged after several hours there was no deal just two leaders putting a brave face on a disappointing day so i'm still confident that we can reach sufficient progress sufficient progress before the european cultural to fifteen of this is for the failure. of to very strong i'm very confident that the region we because of history on a couple of issues some differences do remain which require further

getting ready to host a meeting of the gulf cooperation council invitations have been sent out to gulf leaders but it's still not known for sure who will attend since the beginning of the blockade on couple of kuwait's emir. has attempted to end the dispute in october he warned of the potential collapse of the g.c.c. if the crisis continues many analysts agree this is a good i think the middle quite knows very well that the crisis actually for a long we are going to see probably two blocks within the g.c.c. one is led by saudi arabia and it. will it will actually have. to a lesser extent probably a way. so we'll be having been to see a lot of that one asked on saturday about the gulf diplomatic crisis at the international mediterranean dialogue conference in rome of those foreign ministers schiff mohamed when i bit him on a sunny said it was important for countries to work together you need to reach a level of understanding going security principles that everybody is going to and everybody should and should be committed to and then from there we've been. on it on the next system for a

getting ready to host a meeting of the gulf cooperation council invitations have been sent out to gulf leaders but it's still not known for sure who will attend since the beginning of the blockade on qatar kuwait's emir. has attempted to end the dispute in october he warned of the potential collapse of the g.c.c. if the crisis continues many analysts agree this is i think the middle quite. of the crisis actually for a long and we are going to see probably blocks within the g.c.c. one is led by saudi arabia and it. will actually have. to a lesser extent probably kuwait. so we'll be having been to see a lot of that one asked on saturday about the gulf diplomatic crisis at the international mediterranean dialogue conference in rome of those foreign ministers schiff mohamed when i'm on a sunny said it was important for countries to work together you need to reach a level of understanding going security principles that everybody is going to appoint and everybody should and should be committed to and then from there we've been. on it on the next system for a lot of the cooperation the foreig

cooperation council summit which starts on tuesday the g.c.c. is in crisis after three members saudi arabia the u.s. . seventh diplomatic and trade ties with cattle. thousands of people have been demonstrating in the capital of. prepares to enforce a nationwide curfew for. violent protests followed last week's disputed presidential election is yet to be declared. protesters made their way across the city of they can see on sunday answering a call by opposition leaders who have asked supporters across the country to march there are thousands of people on the streets of the city demanding the national elections commission. they're also calling for under president. to step down. demonstrators express a general mistrust of the national elections commission making the job of international observers all the more valuable. their we won the recount to be fair no matter who wins we will accept it but not with election fraud. we want to allow them to be president we want. we want to remove this repressive government the people of honduras have woken up an

sign that the gulf cooperation council is preferring more diplomacy and war. again it also depends on what the horses now conclude from this thing do they consider it a victory against someone who betrayed them or otherwise the pictures we're looking at right now marwan images from the reuters news agency are silas home one of his homes anyway in the capital sanaa which the hooty rebels attacked earlier today but i understand he wasn't killed during this attack on his home but by an r.p.g. on his vehicle outside just like a duck he was just and i mean how terrible how the images that we've seen on social media today and they reminiscent of what we saw in libya in twenty eleven in terms of how ugly and sad there are because then there there as we were saying earlier i mean qaddafi again for decades libya associated with his role for decades yemen associated with the with with the ali i decide i don't. you would think these leaders would step aside in a dignified way and would die if he dignified at least i love the asylum has had the chance to step aside in a d

cooperation council meeting in kuwait as the first g.c.c. summer since the solving led group cut ties with copper in june the french president is the latest to warn against donald trump's possible recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital during a telephone conversation mccrone told trump that jerusalem status must be decided in peace talks between israelis and palestinians trance expected to decide this week whether to move the u.s. embassy there from tel aviv. the u.s. supreme court will allow the trumpet ministration to fully enforce its controversial travel bad until an appeal against it is heard the ruling extends the band to people from six muslim majority countries plus venezuela and north korea russia and the european union say they're confident about reaching an agreement on the terms of this so-called divorce bill soon despite failing to reach a deal on monday the main sticking point in direct talks is what the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland will look like those are the headlines on al-jazeera but do

getting ready to host a meeting of the gulf cooperation council invitations have been sent out to gulf leaders but it's still not known for sure who will attend since the beginning of the blockade on couple of kuwait's emir. has attempted to end the dispute in october he warned of the potential collapse of the g.c.c. if the crisis continues many analysts agree this is a good i think the middle quite knows very well that the crisis is actually for a long and we are going to see probably two blocs within the g.c.c. one is led by saudi arabia and it. will actually have. to a lesser extent probably kuwait. so we'll be having been to see a lot of that one asked on saturday about the gulf diplomatic crisis at the international mediterranean dialogue conference in rome called those foreign ministers schiff mohamed when i'm on a sunny said it was important for countries to work together you need to reach a level of understanding going security principles that everybody is going to and everybody should and should be committed to and then from there we've been. on it on the next system for a lot

and foreign minister says the to mean been hammered out danny will attend the gulf cooperation council meeting in kuwait on tuesday the regional alliance is facing its worst crisis in decades as the saudi led blockade of qatar into the seventh month is hoping this summit will provide a blueprint for ending that standoff those are your headlines your right up to date zero world starts right now. there was security derby all. made of the chef of. nick. bloom no could smoke can feel him jamie. i was sure. my. when the. kid could apply love. fish. for me and feel. bad. that. you. do i had. who thought. i'm in a hotbed of my. just today. i'm . in the highly. sad i'm a. shell of my. name out there and. how and i had a solidly small fish about that's alleviation. and lips. i had. thought of and i had a time when i must. and. i know a lot of allow me to add you now but that no. one. else will i live in mclean is a. odd. one out of hell of us all a live. show we. show how many. come. to. us. thank you. but. right. but most so i'm she. hit instead and we're going to fail i b o o g. i just did. a

getting ready to host a meeting of the gulf cooperation council invitations have been sent out to gulf leaders but it's still not known for sure who will attend since the beginning of the blockade on qatar kuwait. has attempted to end the dispute in october he warned of the potential collapse of the g.c.c. if the crisis continues many analysts agree this is i think the middle quite knows very well that the crisis actually for a long we are going to see probably two blocks within the g.c.c. one is led by saudi arabia and it. will actually have. to a lesser extent probably kuwait. so we'll be having been to see a lot of that one asked on saturday about the gulf diplomatic crisis at the international mediterranean dialogue conference in rome of those foreign ministers schiff mohamed when i. said it was important for countries to work together you need to reach a level of understanding going security principles that everybody is. and everybody should and should be committed to and then from there we've been. on it on the next system for a lot of the cooperation the foreign minister added t

getting ready to host a meeting of the gulf cooperation council invitations have been sent out to gulf leaders but it's still not known for sure who will attend since the beginning of the blockade on qatar kuwait. has attempted to end the dispute in october he warned of the potential collapse of the g.c.c. if the crisis continues many analysts agree this is i think the middle quite knows very well that the crisis is actually for a long and we are going to see probably two blocs within the g.c.c. one is led by saudi arabia and then it. will actually have. to a lesser extent probably kuwait. so we'll be having been to see a lot of that one asked on saturday about the gulf diplomatic crisis at the international mediterranean dialogue conference in rome others foreign minister schiff mohamed when i'm on a sunny said it was important for countries to work together you need to reach a level of understanding going security principles that everybody is going to appoint and everybody should and should be committed to and then from there we. wanted to on the next system for a lot of the cooperat

qatar from the gulf cooperation council council leaves that bodies strength and role in question and the u.a.e. have their own troops on the ground boots on the ground in the south not necessarily completely in sync with the saudi objectives so i think we have i don't think we're going to see strengthening campaign but i don't think we'll see a less than a campaign right to julian schwedler we thank you for talking to us from new york well the gulf cooperation council is meeting in kuwait and the developments from neighboring yemen have taken the spotlight from other regional issues including the blockade on qatar mohammed has more from kuwait city. will news out of yemen further complicate an already complicated scenario at this year's g.c.c. summit in kuwait now there was a meeting several hours ago attended by the foreign ministers of the g.c.c. countries in fact not all foreign ministers of the g.c.c. countries where the foreign minister of the u.a.e. and the foreign minister of beheading were not in attendance lower level ministers from both those countries were there in their s

now the gulf cooperation council summit in coate has ended early dashing hopes of a breakthrough in the blocs biggest crisis in decades relations have been strained since saudi arabia bahrain or the u.a.e. cut ties with catherine jude while coates foreign minister says the bloc remains crucial to regional stability only kuwait and qatar said heads of state just before the summit the u.a.e. announced a new economic and military partnership with saudi arabia separate from the g.c.c. . five cd a colombian military officers are being investigated for killing civilians who were wrongly accused of being guerrilla fighters as many as three thousand colombians many of those were allegedly killed by the army to boost the government's campaign against rebels and the sad event here to reports are from bogota for almost ten years lose many and has been searching for the truth about the killing of her son failure to learn out of the. lurd by fake job recruiters he left home and then returned alive months later she was told by officials that for you to west's killed in a clash between fired gravels a

foreign minister says the i mean been hamilton he will attend the gulf cooperation council meeting in kuwait on tuesday the regional alliance is facing its worst crisis in decades as the saudi led blockade of qatar enters its seven seventh month foreign minister mohammed bin up there who says he hopes the summit will provide a blueprint for ending the standoff u.s. defense secretary james mattis is currently in kuwait as part of his tour to bolster partnerships with the middle east he's off to pakistan on monday where he's expected to push officials to do more to combat armed groups on the taliban the first i'm going to do is to do some listening like i always do my goal is to bind common ground we know we have some common ground they have a. hundred thousand of their group. killed and wounded by terrorists they have watched a hundred thousand of their edition people murdered and wounded by terrorists so we know that there's common ground. it is fifty years since the world's first successful heart transplant the operation was carried out by dr christian barnard at his hospital in cape

cooperation council meeting in kuwait on tuesday the region or alliance is facing its worst crisis in decades is this how the blockade of qatar enters its seventh month as the headlines and news continues after one a one east. overthrown and exiled their point again saying if you all thought this race meeting you an intimate film about the struggle of the elected leader of madagascar to return to his country and reinstate his presidency he knows that the quds force and we will not negotiate issue is all the work for change this return of a president at this time on on al-jazeera .

while the announcement that this year's gulf cooperation council summit would go ahead as planned in kuwait came as a surprise to many it also brought renewed hope for a diplomatic breakthrough that might be in the gulf crisis upon his arrival in kuwait on tuesday but that is a mere shift i mean been hamath then he issued a statement expressing sincere gratitude toward kuwait's emir. and his wishes for the success of the current summit stressing that the current situation in the region required the council's members to band together against all odds and challenges but even before the summit officially kicked off the divisions were very much on display. first the united arab emirates announced it had formed a new economic and military partnership with saudi arabia that would be separate from the g.c.c. then saudi arabia the u.a.e. and decided not to send their respective leaders to kuwait it could be that it is embarrassing for some of the leadership of the country is the quartet work i think anthony has. to turn up. and therefore they sent a lower level but it could be that they're j

outside of the gulf cooperation council an organ. cooperation a structure that would focus on military security economic. political and even cultural ties between them so basically as far as many observers are concerned many of the people here saudi arabia the united arab emirates and behind have all but essentially pronounced the g.c.c. as an institution is practically dead. and if that is the case and we sort of that that is the fallout of this particular gathering one wonders what sort of comment is going to come jamal in terms of the events that are happening in yemen the fast moving events over the last twenty four hours. well we understand that gloria's obviously is understandably extremely annoyed of how things have happened and therefore what was meant to be a two day summit is now only a one day summit and will end today so it will be actually be a few hours long now whether they'll be able to actually get around to discuss yemen we'll wait and see probably there will be some sort of reference to it but a very very highly do

cooperation council summit in kuwait that been doubts about whether the summit would go ahead because of strained relations between g.c.c. members saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt cut ties and imposed an economic blockade on cattle in june they accuse kasa of supporting terrorism a charge that it denies as a mere shake to mean been hammered he has received an invitation to next week's meeting but egypt's foreign minister told al-jazeera that he sees no end in sight to the ongoing blockade of castor. i can't really speak about a resolution because we haven't extract it from any determination that it recognises the concerns of the four countries that have been mostly affected by. it is that clear declaration of understanding and willingness to change course we find that this iteration remains. at the current level the president of the european council says that the e.u. will refuse to move to the next stage of breaks it talks unless a border plan is agreed with ireland speaking after a meeting with the irish prime minister in dublin donald tusk said the island will have the fin

now the gulf cooperation council summit in kuwait has ended early dashing hopes of a breakthrough in the blocks of biggest crisis in decades relations have been strains in saudi arabia bahrain and the u.a.e. cut ties with qatar in june while it's foreign minister says the bloc really is crucial to regional stability only created a catalyst that heads of state just before the summit the u.a.e. announced a new economic and military partnership with saudi arabia separate from the g.c.c. . to the americas now where the opposition are jurors says only a full recount or a runoff well end the impasse over the country's presidential election the authorities have failed to declare of official winner sparking violent protests or nighttime curfew but well apolo reports. after more than a week since the presidential elections in honduras a winner has yet to be needed prolonging a political crisis a nationwide curfew remains in effect but across the country protests continue well into the night hours. in the latest turn of events hundreds of elite police forces known as cobras have announced they

will look at why the gulf cooperation council.

kuwait has hosted a gulf cooperation council summit with two thirds of its leaders absent dating to questions about the blocks future. this is our jazeera live from london also coming up the palestinian leader says president trump told him he intends to move the u.s. embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem. the supporters celebrating yemen's capital sana'a where planned funeral for former president saleh has been postponed . the world is facing armageddon due to plastic pollution a stark warning to an environment conference in kenya. i know the emir of kuwait has called for a blueprint to resolve the gulf crisis during the g.c.c. summit in kuwait city. has been mediating the dispute which began when saudi arabia bahrain and the u.a.e. cut ties with qatar in june qatar and kuwait are the only nations which had heads of state attending the summit the others were represented by ministers or deputy prime ministers. and joins us live so how significant was that difference in terms of who was attending. well extremely significant because there was up some ism in the build up to the summits i m

on counting the calls the gulf cooperation council although there's not much cooperation these days with all the other reasons being affected by a pool is an economic relations also the shocking numbers on the plastic economy and o.-m. g. twenty five years since the world's first text counting the constant this time on al-jazeera. on the president's. speech will. mean yes. i mean if you look at. this point. it was. a lower richard just britain europe the listening post here are some of the media developments we're tracking this week the yemen story is back where it belongs in the headlines it took the assassination of the former president to get it there australia becomes the latest country where the government is taking a long look at google and facebook and what those mega companies are doing to the news industry spain and the political talk shows that are on the air in the daytime prime time just about any time. and the new york times saudi arabia and the decades old story of reform that has yet to happen. the story of the late former president of yemen alley a dualist solly was never

while the announcement that this year's gulf cooperation council summit would go ahead as planned in kuwait came as a surprise to many it also brought renewed hope for a diplomatic breakthrough that might in the gulf crisis upon his arrival in kuwait on tuesday but that is a mere shift i mean been handed a thani issued a statement expressing sincere gratitude toward kuwait's emir. and his wishes for the success of the current summit stressing that the current situation in the region required the council's members to band together against all odds and challenges but even before the summit officially kicked off divisions were very much on display. first the united arab emirates announced it had formed a new economic and military partnership with saudi arabia that would be separate from the g.c.c. then saudi arabia the u.a.e. and decided not to send their respective leaders to kuwait it could be that it is embarrassing for some of the leadership of the country is the quartet work i think anthony has. to turn up. and therefore they sent a lower level but it could be that they're really j

cooperation council is currently meeting in kuwait question is how these developments from neighboring yemen received over them homage i'm jim joins us live from the summit in kuwait city and so tell us more about reactions to these very significant events in yemen. well marion look certainly what happened today with the killing of ali abdullah saleh has alarmed the attendees that are at the gulf cooperation council thus far now what's happened today already is there's been a foreign ministers meeting and what's also interesting about that foreign ministers meeting is that not all the foreign ministers of the sixties the countries attended so you had absence from this meeting the foreign minister of the u.a.e. and the foreign minister behind in lower level ministers from both countries attended in their places we are certain that what happened in yemen is going to be a concern not just today but in the ensuing days the actual summit that is set to start tomorrow and conclude the day after but no statement has yet been made or released from any of the foreign ministers who met earlier t

ten the gulf cooperation council meeting in kuwait on tuesday the regional alliance is facing its worst crisis in decades saudi blockade of cutter enters its seventh month. techno now stay with us. this month the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons will receive the nobel peace prize but what he's doing right in a series of special reports al-jazeera examines the state of nuclear proliferation around the world. this is the fact this morning. on the planet money could soon be lost forever. but an international team of scientists is determined not to let that happen.

cooperation council meeting in kuwait it is the first g.c.c. summit since a saudi led group cut ties with qatar in june the talks could define the future of the bloc jamal reports from kuwait. the foreign ministers of the sixty countries arrived in kuwait on monday ahead of the group's thirty eighth annual summit it's the first time senior ministers have met since three of the member states impose a blockade on qatar back in june saudi arabia the united arab emirates have cut off all trade ties with qatar bahrain qatar the citizens from entering their countries and closed off their territorial waters and earth space to their neighbor for six months now it's a crisis that struck at the very core of the gulf corporation council an organization that was set up to unify through greater trade cooperation and the free movement of people for months now has been leading mediation efforts while cutter's amir has agreed to sit down and discuss differences with his counterparts kuwait's call for dialogue has not been accepted by the blockading countries t

is also calling for unhindered humanitarian access the gulf cooperation council summit has ended early dashing hopes of a breakthrough in the blocks biggest crisis in decades relations have been strained since saudi arabia bahrain and the u.a.e. cut ties with cattle in june while q. its foreign minister says the bloc remains crucial to regional stability only kuwait and cattle sent heads of state three men in malta have been charged with the murder of a leading investigative journalist daphne. whose reporting focused heavily on corruption in the e.u. island nation was killed in a car bomb attack in october another seven suspects are being questioned those are your headlines the news continues after listening post i will see you very served by. in syria citizens are collecting evidence. reveals shot of crimes committed against civilians we've moved out of syria post six hundred thousand pages of material so that one day they can bring the assad regime to justice that puts a human face on the charges it's a dead human face but it's a human face syria witnesses for the prosecution at this

getting ready to host a meeting of the gulf cooperation council invitations have been sent out to gulf leaders but it's still not known for sure who will attend since the beginning of the blockade on qatar kuwait. has attempted to end the dispute in october he warned of the potential collapse of the g.c.c. if the crisis continues many analysts agree this is i think the middle quite knows very well that the crisis is actually for a long and we are going to see probably two blocs within the g.c.c. one is led by saudi arabia and it. will actually have. to a lesser extent probably kuwait. so we'll be having been to see a lot of that one asked on saturday about the gulf diplomatic crisis at the international mediterranean dialogue conference in rome of those foreign ministers schiff mohamed when i come on a sunny said it was important for countries to work together you need to reach a level of understanding going security principles that everybody is going to appoint and everybody should and should be committed to and then from there we've been. on it on the next system for a lot of the coo

cooperation council but it also has the potential of further damaging what is arguably the only source of stability in an extremely well a tile and unstable region demolishor yeah just iraq kuwait. let's move on to other news now the u.s. supreme court will allow the trumpet ministration to fully enforce its controversial travel ban on till an appeal against it is heard the ruling extends the band of people from six muslim majority countries plus in venezuela and north korea shihab rattansi has more from washington d.c. . this is a big victory for the trump administration oral arguments with you should begin this week all due to begin this week in two federal appeals courts on the third incarnation of the travel ban but and injunction a partial injunction been placed on the travel ban that injunction said those with a bonafide relationship with the united states that is with close family relations or business or education ties to the u.s. should not be affected by the travel ban while it's working its way through the courts and conceivably ending up at the supreme court the supreme cou

getting ready to host a meeting of the gulf cooperation council invitations have been sent out to gulf leaders but it's still not known for sure who will attend since the beginning of the blockade on couple of kuwait's emir. has attempted to end the dispute in october he warned of the potential collapse of the g.c.c. if the crisis continues many analysts agree this is i think the middle quite knows very well that the crisis is actually for a long and we are going to see probably two blocs within the g.c.c. one is led by saudi arabia and it. will actually have. to a lesser extent probably go away. so we'll be having been to see a lot of that one asked on saturday about the gulf diplomatic crisis at the international mediterranean dialogue conference in rome how those foreign ministers shift mohamed when i'm on a sunny said it was important for countries to work together you need to reach a level of understanding going security principles that everybody is going to appoint and everybody should and should be committed to and then from there we've been. on it on the next system for a lot o

the gulf cooperation council summit has ended early dashing hopes of a breakthrough in the block's biggest crisis in decades relations have been strains in saudi arabia bahrain and the u.a.e. cut ties with cattle in june while he waits foreign ministers as the bloc remains crucial to regional stability only kuwait and cats are sent heads of state just before the summit the u.a.e. announced a new economic and military partnership with saudi arabia separate from the g.c.c. the leader of the syrian opposition has accused president bashar al assad's government of rejecting the peace talks in geneva an eight throned of un backed negotiations aimed at ending the syrian war began last week talks were paused over the weekend but both sides were expected to return to the swiss city on tuesday however the government delegation was a no show so now it is there is most ability of the international community it is the one stability of. their shares and the special envoy to announce to the lord who is the party who is this is dictating then it was here we are here and we will continue your teacher we ne

corporation council an organization that was set up to unify through greater trade cooperation and the free movement of people for months now has been leading mediation efforts while cutter's amir has agreed to sit down and discuss differences with his counterparts kuwait's call for dialogue has not been accepted by the blockading countries that's why this g.c.c. summit is so important many analysts had believed the organizations future would be in doubt if it didn't take place now that it is the focus is on whether the blockading countries will be represented by the heads of state or junior ministers instead the fact about. how they are going to the meeting and if i got the for the first time it would be possible for them to sit together and to discuss something. i think it was a positive development already the fact that they send you in your office and instead of the foreign minister i think would be. going in the wrong direction but it's not only the blockade on qatar that's threatening the g.c.c. the war in yemen is proving to be a major challenge for the saudi led coalition which

while the announcement that this year's gulf cooperation council summit would go ahead as planned in kuwait came as a surprise to many it also brought renewed hope for a diplomatic breakthrough that might in the gulf crisis upon his arrival in kuwait on tuesday but that is a mere shift i mean been hammered acehnese issued a statement expressing sincere gratitude toward kuwait's emir. and his wishes for the success of the current summit stressing that the current situation in the region required the council's members to band together against all odds and challenges but even before the summit officially kicked off the divisions were very much on display. first the united arab emirates announced it had formed a new economic and military partnership with saudi arabia that would be separate from the g.c.c. then saudi arabia the u.a.e. and decided not to send their respective leaders to kuwait it could be that it is embarrassing for some of the leadership of the country is the quartet work i think anthony has. to turn up. and therefore they sent a lower level but it could be that they're r

cooperation council meeting in kuwait as the first g.c.c. so much since the solving led group cut ties with copper in june the french president is the latest to warn against donald trump's possible recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital during a telephone conversation mccrum told trump that jerusalem status must be decided in peace talks between israelis and palestinians trance expected to decide this week whether to move the u.s. embassy there from tel aviv. the u.s. supreme court will allow the trumpet ministration to fully enforce its controversial travel bad on till an appeal against it is heard the ruling extends the band to people from six muslim majority countries plus venezuela and north korea russia and the european union said they confident about reaching an agreement on the terms of this so-called divorce bill soon despite failing to reach a deal on monday the main sticking point in bright talks is what the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland will look like those are the headlines on al-jazeera do sta

getting ready to host a meeting of the gulf cooperation council invitations have been sent out to gulf leaders but it's still not known for sure who will attend since the beginning of the blockade on qatar kuwait. has attempted to end the dispute in october he warned of the potential collapse of the g.c.c. if the crisis continues many analysts agree this is a good i think the middle quite knows very well that if the crisis actually for long we are going to see probably blocks within the g.c.c. one is led by saudi arabia and it. will it will actually have. to a lesser extent probably kuwait. so we'll be having been to see a lot of that one asked on saturday about the gulf diplomatic crisis at the international mediterranean dialogue conference in rome called those foreign ministers schiff mohamed when i bit him on a sunny said it was important for countries to work together you need to reach a level of understanding going security principles that everybody is going to appoint and everybody should and should be committed to and then from there we've been. on it on the next system for a l