the blockade of cut ties nine months old but the country's behind it sounded arabia united arab emirates behind and egypt have been conspiring against oh how for more than twenty years the un to cut off what it wanted would seem to change in one thousand nine hundred six when at the time to a coup and it won't say it now why this is inside school. hello and welcome to the program. when the blockade against began in june last year the question on everyone's lips was why and you al-jazeera investigation suggest the doesn't fly in events of nine months ago but those a war than two decades ago the report reveals new evidence of a town by saudi arabia the united arab emirates idjit and behind to overthrow the qatari government in one thousand nine hundred six it includes interviews with coup leaders hope conspired to remove the emir of qatar of the time so how much of them . is the father of the current emea the investigation implicates leaders from all four located in countries it says the committee formed to organize the nine hundred ninety six coup was led by. than chief of staff of the u.

one thousand nine hundred six it includes interviews with coup leaders how conspired to remove the emir of qatar of the time so how much of that he is the father of the current emea the investigation implicates leaders from all four located in countries it says the committee formed to organize the nine hundred ninety six coup was led by. than chief of staff of the u.a.e. on force as the current crown prince of all lobby so how much of an ace that was then crown prince of bahrain he's now the country's king the late princess. the minister of defense who went on to be crowned prince and all muscly man the egyptian intelligence chief and former vice president of egypt also now deceased. let's now go to our guests joining me here in the studio abilities of her qatari academy and researcher a london andrea scribd assistant professor of the defense that is department at king's college london and from milan via skype claude salhani opinion editor of the whitley newspaper while come to the program mr abdul aziz like to ask you this question i mean the investigation on al-jazeera shows that this

the brocade ties nine months old but the country's behind its on the arabia united arab emirates behind and egypt have been conspiring against oh how for more than twenty years the un to qatar wanted with gene change in one thousand nine hundred sixty one at the time to a coup and it was it now why this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. when the blockade against began in june last year the question on everyone's lips was why and you al-jazeera investigation suggest the doesn't lie in events of nine months ago by those a war than two decades ago the report reveals new evidence of violent sound by saudi arabia the united arab emirates idjit and behind to overthrow the qatari government in one thousand nine hundred six it includes interviews with co-leaders whole conspired to remove the emir of qatar of the time so how much of that he is the father of the current media the investigation implicates leaders from all four located in countries it says the committee formed to organize the nine hundred ninety six coup was led by. then chief of staff of the u.a.e. on force as the

the blockade of cut ties nine months old but the country's behind its on the arabia united arab emirates behind and egypt have been conspiring against oh how for more than twenty years the un to qatar what it wanted would seem to change in one thousand nine hundred sixty one at a time to a coup and it wants it now why this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. when the blockade against began in june last year the question on everyone's lips was why and you al-jazeera investigation suggests the doesn't fly in events of nine months ago but those a war than two decades ago the report reveals new evidence of a town by saudi arabia the united arab emirates idjit and behind to overthrow the qatari government in one thousand nine hundred six it includes interviews with coup leaders how conspired to remove the emir of qatar of the time so how much of that he is the father of the current emea the investigation implicates leaders from all four located in countries it says the committee formed to organize the nine hundred ninety six coup was led by. than chief of staff of the u.a.e. on

the somali parliament has banned a poor company owned by the united arab emirates from working in the country it follows a deal signed earlier this month between d.p. world ethiopia and the breakaway region of somaliland somalia doesn't recognize the deal as accuse the dubai based company of undermining its sovereignty and violating international law the u.s. says whoever poisoned a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. must face serious consequences secretary of state rex tillerson is back britain's assessment of russia is likely responsible the russian government is denying any involvement as surrogates cripple and his daughter remain in critical condition in hospital those are the headlines we're back with more in half an hour right now it's rebel geeks. a global economic superpower that's underperformed in the world of football when used explores how china is now spending billions in its quest to conquer the beautiful game. at this time when al-jazeera. digital technology is that on this intimacy and he's mentally and even longer life. in the ability to keep billions and

united arab emirates pumped billions of dollars into the fund. they are sending billions of dollars to that guy, the guy who meets with prince, prince goes and meets with him and we don't know what that's about but the guy who brokered that meeting and part of it is now part of mueller's investigation on the prosecut prosecutor's side which makes me think maybe we'll figure out about that meeting. maybe we will get that full story. much more ahead including another big breaking story out of the white house because that's today. stay with us. that moving out of the friend zone, moving in together and getting two of everything thing. those fur babies preparing you for real babies thing. that one for me, one for you, us together for the rest of forever thing. buy one iphone 8, get one iphone 8 on us. more for your thing. that's our thing. with advil liqui-gels, what bad shoulder? what headache? advil is relief that's fast strength that lasts you'll ask... what pain? with advil liqui-gels you or joints. something for your heart... but do you take som

united arab emirates pumped billions of dollars into the fund. they are sending billions of dollars to that guy, the guy who meets with prince, prince goes and meets with him and we don't know what that's about but the guy who brokered that meeting and part of it is now part of mueller's investigation on the prosecutor's side which makes me think maybe we'll figure out about that meeting. maybe we will get that full story. much more ahead including another big breaking story out of the white house because that's today. stay with us. he people who are r together than we are alone... are unstoppable. welcome to the entirely new expedition. these are the specialists we're proud to call our own. experts from all over the world, working closely together to deliver truly personalized cancer care. expert medicine works here. learn more at cancercenter.com allergies with sinus you won't find relief here. go to the pharmacy counter for powerful claritin-d... while the leading allergy spray relieves six symptoms, claritin-d relieves eight, including sinus

george nader has ties with the trump campaign and leaders of the united arab emirates and now robert mueller the special counsel investigating potential russian collusion with the trump campaign according to the new york times f.b.i. agents picked him up in january at dulles airport and since then he's been cooperating giving important details about a meeting at a fancy hotel in the seychelles where he allegedly met with this man karylle dimitri of who just after the election told the american media he was excited about trump's when they're very impressed with president elect problems position and said he wants to have good cooperation with russia also at the meeting erik prince the founder of blackwater and big backer of the trim campaign prince dismissed the meeting in testimony to a congressional committee saying under oath that he was summoned to the seychelles to meet with amorality leader mohammed bin zayed and they just happened to mention there was an interesting russian he should meet he testified that he met demitra at a bar after he googled his picture testifying he didn't

are saudi arabia and the united arab emirates buying influence in the white house the saudi crown prince is reported to have boasted that he has donald trump's son in no it is pockets and leaked documents allege a major fundraiser for the president was off of business deals from the gulf to influence u.s. policy this is inside story. and welcome to the program i'm jane doc and while mohamed bin solomon continues his two week tour of the united states the saudi crown prince is being accused of using classified intelligence from the u.s. president's daily briefing in his crackdown on dissent back home the into sicked online publication says the source was donald trump's son in law and senior advisor jared christian he's reported to reveal the names of saudis disloyal to the crown prince and at least one of them may have been tortured cushion his legal team denies any such discussion his top secret clearance that allowed him to access the president's daily brief was taken away last month also in the spotlight and it brought here leading fundraiser for trump with business interests in the u.

petroleum has signed a deal with abu dhabi despite the emirate being part of the nine month blockade against its neighbors the agreement allows them erotic companies to continue developing and operating an offshore oil field the united arab emirates along with saudi arabia bahrain and egypt cut diplomatic relations last june qatar denies their accusations of supporting what they call terrorist groups let's bring in our oil and gas specialist cornelia meyer now in london she is the c.e.o. of myer resource thank you for being with us so a lot of people might perhaps be surprised to hear about a deal like this in the middle of this blockade that is there is going on between qatar and a number of arab countries including the united arab emirates but is it perhaps a reminder that business does go on at some level despite the politics. i would say it does and it doesn't first picked us yes look at the dolphin pipeline which is a pipeline bringing gas from the qatari northfield to us mon qatar has not for one second stopped the gas from flowing so that worked and these oil fields these are

saudi arabia and the united arab emirates buying influence in the white house the saudi crown prince is reported to. that he has donald trump's son in no way to his pocket and leaked documents allege a major fundraiser for the president was offered business deals from the gulf to influence us. policy this is inside story. we're going to get my. and i welcome to the program i'm jane doctrine while mohamed bin solomon continues his two week tour of the united states the saudi crown prince is being accused of using classified intelligence from the u.s. president's daily briefing in his crackdown on dissent back home the intersect online publication says the source was donald trump's son in law and senior advisor jared krishna he's reported to revealed names of saudis disloyal to the crown prince and at least one of them may have been tortured cushion his legal team denies any such discussion his top secret clearance that allowed him to access the president's daily brief was taken away last month also in the spotlight and abroad here leading fundraiser for trump with business interests i

are saudi arabia and the united arab emirates buying influence in the white house the saudi crown prince is reported to have boasted that he has donald trump's son in no way his pockets and leaked documents allege a major fundraiser for the president was off of business deals from the gulf to influence u.s. policy this is inside story. and a welcome to the program i'm jane doctrine while muhammad bin so mom continues his two week tour of the united states the saudi crown prince is being accused of using classified intelligence from the u.s. president's daily briefing in his crackdown on dissent back home the into sicked online publication says the source was donald trump's son in law and senior advisor jared krishna he's reported to reveal the names of saudis disloyal to the crown prince and at least one of them may have been tortured cushion his legal team denies any such discussion his top secret clearance that allowed him to access the . president's daily brief was taken away last month also in the spotlight and abroad the leading fundraiser for trump with business interests in the u.

law i think groups primarily donated by by united arab emirates. when mr tabor became. did it all and to washington d.c. if it you believe he changed its rudisha whole approach to kind of that. gaining influence in washington d.c. traditionally basically arab states try to our approach be powerful figures in the white house or is it part meant or pentagon to buy or influence well actually he implicated he literally cheated of the pro is really kind of looking. at a nice little primer and focusing on mr tabor sadat and events in the completely distorting washington d.c. he started to have investment in very syntax he started to buy the loyalty of various journalists and various made media organization ok let me not just to measure as if i may i mean if you look at how wide that net was thrown before the elections if this all comes out that it has been proved that russia was involved the u.a.e. was involved facebook and the data hacking there i mean it's quite extraordinary isn't it the sort of people that were brought to the table in order to get into power i think. in t

short lived a former prime minister with links to the military he was deported from the united arab emirates we had been living in exile he was then detained in egypt he subsequently pulled out of the race. opposition leader and human rights lawyer khaled early didn't stay in the campaign for long either he said he came up against frequent obstacles when he withdrew he said his supporters had been harassed and arrested another to enter the race and pull out was muhammad while sadat the nephew of egypt's assess and they said president anwar sadat he also cited a climate of fear for his withdrawal and then this will console serving members of the military aren't allowed to run for the presidency consoler says he tried to resign three years but had been rejected each time when he did put his hand up to run he was given six years in prison for what officials called actions that undermined the military system the only man to stand against president sisi is moosa was stuff a moose and openly proces c. politician who until the day before he rejected to run was part of the campaign to get sisi reele

what analysts like interesting is the extent of the influence the emirates hold inside washington it seems to have invested so much good is now this over confidence that they can have their way into the us administration and to the extent that. they were trying to get to the head of some because of his position toward the gulf crisis at the same time what is a lot of. it's an act of. national role being part of the game in washington but it's rather you have two agents any hopes. and george made that hole or trying to establish a diabetic can link between tromp and mohammed have been. there's also the question of whether the president's initial support for the blockade was in any way influenced by his son in law jarrett cushion or news reports say a few weeks before the blockade began family business tried and failed to get a business loan from a car to reinvest or all this comes as it becomes clear muller is investigating the communications of everyone close to the president and wants trump's communications to on monday one of those former aides repeatedly turned up on american tele

other somali parliament has banned a port company owned by the united arab emirates from working in that country that's after a deal signed earlier this month between d.p. world ethiopia and the breakaway region of somaliland somalia doesn't recognize the deal and is accused the dubai based company of undermining its sovereignty and violating international law somaliland declared itself a republic in one thousand nine hundred one but it's not recognized by mogadishu or most foreign countries the u.s. has backed britain's assessment that russia is likely responsible for poisoning a former spy and his daughter in the u.k. sector state rex tillerson says those responsible must face serious consequences so basically paul and his daughter remain in critical condition in hospital russia denies any involvement bonamy phillips reports the british police and military are still combing all over the town of salt spree that they and the government is now believe they have some monsters that circus creep powell and his daughter yulia were poisoned with a nerve agent developed by russia and that leads

cats are petroleum has signed an oil field concession deal with the emirate of abu dhabi despite the own going blockade against the agreement will allow ever r.t. companies to continue developing and operating an offshore oil field the united arab emirates egypt bahrain and saudi arabia have imposed an embargo on cata since june of last year they accuse cassar supporting terrorist groups do have very mentally denies the accusations the somali parliament has banned a port company that is owned by the united arab emirates from working in the country if follows a deal signed earlier this month between the u.a.e. owned company deep world ethiopia and the breakaway region of somaliland now somalia doesn't recognize the deal and does accuse the did by a base company of undermining its sovereignty and a violating international law mohammad day is a chorus one of his live in the somali capital mogadishu mohamed somaliland broke away in the one nine hundred ninety s. by all accounts it's doing very well despite not being recognized by any country in the world what impact does a declaration co

presidential election extends to include the united arab emirates. because the final makes a comeback in colombia thousands of latin music lovers gather for the annual county fair. a warm welcome to the program it's been described as its league's most uncertain election in years one that could bring about a political gridlock polls close in four hours from now and the only thing that looks certain is that there will be no clear winner the empty stablish five star movement which is campaigned hard against corruption looks set to win the most but not enough to govern and it says it won't and to a coalition will be live in rome in just a second but first let's look at how the voting has gone so far or as the as the story. as the time arrived for voters to make their minds up there was every sign there were as many people who simply couldn't decide as those with any sort of conviction the policy making much of the running is the and see politician party it's thirty one year old leader held several parts i'm jobes before even entering politics five stars

nader tempted with $1 billion in contracts and helped deliver deals from the united arab emirates. the times has reportedly seen documents supporting these huge contracts which they have arranged in short order for the trump fundraiser but describe a $2.7 million payment through a variety of pass-through companies. now what these two were reportedly working on, according to their correspondents was number one, getting rid of rex tillerson, check, number two, taking a hard, hard new line -- despite the fact that we've got a base there with thousands of u.s. troops on it. among other things, the times reports that they also discussed blocking a u.s. veteran diplomat in ann henderson from taking a top pentagon job. the key question here is not whether these guys have been able to get what they want out of the trump administration. all sorts of people get all sorts of things that they want for all sorts of reasons that are more or less legal, right? but if we're talking about a foreign government paying for those outcomes, that's very blatantly illegal. if that's the case, if a foreign

nato has signed an agreement with qatar to cooperate on military and security issues it came as the emir of qatar was in brussels for talks with officials from both nato and the e.u. shake to mean in who was welcomed by the news foreign affairs chief in every community but as it came amid continuing tensions in the gulf last june saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt or cut ties with qatar they accuse doha of supporting terrorism a charge which it strenuously denies that as foreign minister was also in brussels and demanded to know the reasons behind a saudi led blockade actually a thought that has supported the kuwaiti mediation from the beginning and we were calling for the escalation and inviting all the parties for dialogue and we never went and use the same methods they have using in scale ation against our country right now that we have achieved nothing within the last nine months unfortunately the efforts of the emir of course being undermined by those countries mainly the blockading states and now there is an effort also from the u.s. president we hope that if i

saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have agreed to hold regular meetings to discuss security concerns in the middle east and it's seen as an indication of closer ties between the three countries the white house says it's part of an effort to counter iranian influence in the region there are reports that north korea's leader kim jong un is in china japanese and south korean media say a convoy with heavy security was seen in beijing on monday and there's also been speculation about an armored train near the border that north korean leaders have used for trips to china in the past neither beijing nor pyongyang are commenting. showing off its military strength right now with a parade in the capital armed forces day now in its seventy third year. as resistance to japanese occupation during world war two but this year's celebrations come at a controversial time with the army accused of massacring muslims forcing huge numbers to flee to neighboring bangladesh. those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera inside story is coming up next. three years after launching air strikes in yemen saudi a

nader tempted with $1 billion in contracts and helped deliver deals from the united arab emirates. the times has reportedly seen documents supporting these huge contracts which they have arranged in short order for the trump fundraiser but describe a $2.7 million payment through a variety of pass-through companies. now what these two were reportedly working on, according to their correspondents was number one, getting rid of rex tillerson, check, number two, taking a hard, hard new line against qatar, check, despite the fact that we have a base there with thousands of u.s. troops on it. among other things, the times reports that they also discussed blocking a u.s. veteran diplomat in ann henderson from taking a top pentagon job. the key question here is not whether these guys have been able to get what they want out of the trump administration. all sorts of people get all sorts of things that they want for all sorts of reasons that are more or less legal, right? but if we're talking about a foreign government paying for those outcomes, that's very bray tantsly illegal. if that's th

united arab emirates. north korea after two days of talks. russia. say it carried out twenty bombings a day late last month as the white house. state of russia's role in a government offensive on the rebel held more than six hundred forty people have been killed over the past two weeks. to continue with the airstrikes but the same time he says troops will open the way for civilians to leave. using chemical weapons about four hundred thousand people are trapped inside. with little food and basic supplies. such scripts a ridiculous lie by the west he says his army is making progress against what he calls terrorists. there is no contradiction between the combat operations. yesterday the day before. the arab syrian army took place in the midst of this truce that's why when we speak about the resolution there are some positives that are. at the same time as allowing the terrorists this is why we have to continue with our operation. while at the same time allowing civilians to leave them rebels say they've made some gains against assad's forces. today we r

after the twenty thirteen who the saudis the united arab emirates and kuwait have put in on the order of thirty billion dollars in investments and gifts and loans to the egyptian regime so that is a lot of investment and egypt just yesterday we had the announcement by the top court in egypt giving away these two islands in the red sea strategically important islands to nod and said nothing to egypt what else is egypt getting out of all of this investment in saudi getting out of this investment in egypt. the saudis did get those islands that they have a claim on them going back but they've been egyptian territory for as long as anybody can think. they also have gotten egypt security help egypt however has been a little bit difficult for the saudis in some areas it hasn't been enthusiastic about the war in yemen which is one of the major projects of the saudis it also has tilted towards the bashar al assad regime in syria because it is a secular regime fighting the rebels and so on those issues there may be some tension can we expect any movement or progress on those issues on the wars

china and united airbag emirates. tells officials he did not mix former business in context and any claim is falls.

alice find interesting is the extent of the influence the emirates hold inside washington it seems to have invested so much good is now this over confidence that they can have their way into the us administration and to the extent that. they were trying to get to the head of some because of his position toward the gulf crisis at the same time what is a lot of. it's an act of. national role being part of the game in washington but it's rather you have two agents any of its. and yours may that whole or trying to establish a diabetic can link between tromp and mohammed have been. there's also the question of whether the president's initial support for the blockade was in any way influenced by his son in law jarrett cushion or news reports say a few weeks before the blockade began a family business tried and failed to get a businessman from a car to reinvest or all of this comes as it becomes clear muller is investigating the communications of everyone close to the president and wants trump's communications to on monday one of those former aides repeatedly turned up on american television

presidential election expands to include the united arab emirates and hollywood gears up for its biggest night but our issues of race and gender overshadowing the movies at the oscars. polls have now closed in what's being described as italy's most uncertain election in years one that could bring about a political gridlock that the only thing that looks certain is that there will be no clear winner the m.p.'s that wish one five star movement which has campaigned hard against corruption looks set to win the most votes but not enough to govern and it says that i want to enter into a coalition with any other party. so let's get straight to nadine bob those are the five star gathering in rome for us we are expecting those exit polls now there are they have been wrong in the past exit polls in italy and actually i think we are still getting we're getting some right now and this is for the senate so let me just tell you what the exit polls say now so the five star movement between twenty nine to thirty two percent. the democratic let's party between twenty and twenty three point five percent b

you have erik prince who the emirates was thought was very close to the transition and that was what was going on at this meeting. >> i should note during that transition period, we've got flynn talking to kislyak lying about it to the fbi, jared kushner meeting with kislyak in secret in trump tower talks to him back channel. jared kushner meeting with the head of a sanctioned russian bank, a meeting in the seychelles between someone close to putin and someone representing the trump campaign. all of this is happening during that transition period that mueller has his eyes on. tre interesting in the arc of the story. mark ma sethi, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> the news of a new mueller wit tied to foreign money comes on the heels of one of the most incredible pieces of reporting. jane maiers profiled christopher steele author of the famous dossier. joining me is jane maier. and zwran, i was thinking about the piece which i've now read twice and you as i was processing the new news which is what steele did first was kind of see a bunch of dots and start to try to collect t

saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have agreed to hold regular meetings to discuss security concerns in the middle east it's seen as an indication of closer ties between the three countries the white house says it's part of an effort to counter iranian influence in the region talk about this. is a political expert from the truman national security project joining us from washington thanks for speaking to us so would you say this is significant this announcement of these regular trilateral meetings what are we to read into them. i think this is definitely a significant announcement and the rhetoric and tone of the press release i think is going to increase tensions between the united states and iran as we can see continue to see a struggle for power throughout the middle east and regional domination between saudi arabia and iran so are you surprised by this at all i mean we we've seen particularly warm relations between the united states saudi arabia the united arab emirates under the trump of ministration and they all seem to have or fall of the same tone and rhetoric when it comes t

you have erik prince who the emirates was thought was very close to the transition and that was what was going on at this meeting. >> i should note during that transition period, we've got flynn talking to kislyak lying about it to the fbi, jared kushner meeting with kislyak in secret in trump tower talks to him back channel. jared kushner meeting with the head of a sanctioned russian bank, a meeting in the seychelles between someone close to putin and someone representing the trump campaign. all of this is happening during that transition period that mueller has his eyes on. tre interesting in the arc of the story. mark ma sethi, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> the news of a new mueller wit tied to foreign money comes on the heels of one of the most incredible pieces of reporting. jane maiers profiled christopher steele author of the famous dossier. joining me is jane maier. and jane, i was thinking about the piece which i've now read twice and you as i was processing the new news which is what steele did first was kind of see a bunch of dots and start to try to collect th

panel reported last june that the united arab emirates violated international law by supplying half their forces with attack helicopters and other military aircraft pro half the groups have been accused of kidnapping and torturing journalists activists and religious figures in eastern libya some of whom faced extrajudicial executions this latest report is set to be submitted to the un security council for further action in hopes that it can counter foreign influence in the war torn nation how would the d.c. . let's bring in our guests in london sam ham the editor in chief of international interest joining us on skype from stockholm peter of aizenman senior researcher in the arms and military expenditure program at the stockholm international peace research institute and also on skype from london and i said director of the solders institute a think tank based in tripoli thank you all for joining us now and yes i want to start with you is it at all surprising to hear that the u.n. is once again highlighting violations of the arms embargo in libya and that the u.a.e. and egypt are named as o

the possibility that someone affiliated with the united arab emirates or the government of the emirates itself got involved in the presidential campaign is certainly a possibility raised here. >> it's interesting. although the meetings nader went to were during the transition. >> right. >> that was the timing of it. who knows if something was going on before that. again, it does show something about the scope of the mueller investigation which every day that passes just seems to be bigger and less close to finish than the day before. >> that's certainly true. you know there are people close to the president who were saying oh, they're wrapping up by last thanksgiving. at the rate we're going, this thanksgiving, they may not be done. but you know, it's not like the mueller office is just spinning its wheels. think about it. the magnitude of what they have accomplished, the enormous indictment of the 13 individuals associated with the social media and russia, the guilty plea of gates, the new indictment of manafort, the conviction of the lawyer at skadden arps. they are moving forward on

panel reported last june that the united arab emirates violated international law by supplying half their forces with attack helicopters and other military aircraft pro have to groups have been accused of kidnapping and torturing journalists activists and religious figures in eastern libya some of whom faced extrajudicial executions this latest report is set to be submitted to the un security council for further action in hopes that it can counter foreign influence in the war torn nation how would the d.c. else does either. let's bring in our guests in london sam ham the editor in chief of international interest joining us on skype from stockholm peter of aizenman senior researcher in the arms and military expenditure program at the stockholm international peace research institute and also on skype from london and i said director of the solders institute a think tank based in tripoli thank you all for joining us now unless i want to start with you is it at all surprising to hear that the u.n. is once again highlighting violations of the arms embargo in libya and that the u.a.e. and egypt

al-jazeera has today learned that a military cargo plane from the united arab emirates breached cattery airspace on sunday the airplane was flying from abu dhabi to kuwait when it entered cattery a space without the authorization of the authorities for seven minutes after a fighter jets intercepted the plane and tried to talk to the pilots on the radio there was no response this is not the first time the u.a.e. has breached international law by violating cattery a space in january cattle filed a complaint with the united nations about two other violations of its airspace by amorality military aircraft the u.a.e. is part of a group of four arab countries which imposed a blockade on cancer last june. is director of policy analysis of the doha institute for graduate studies he says the provocation by the u.a.e. you will not get in the way of efforts to end the gulf crisis. over the past few weeks actually there has been some sort of dividing efforts in order to resolve the crisis we have seen general anthony zinni last week in the region meeting or the leaders of the consent conti's and we

across the emirates. this is -- it is the :00 a.m. across the emirates. this is "bloomberg markets: middle east." i am tracy alloway. the usa inflation data is expected at 8:00 a.m. eastern time. you can take a look at what is going on. it is not much going on in markets, lots of green, lots of red. if you scroll down, it means lots of great which means things are doing much of anything. the biggest losers are indonesia and australia. the australian banks and headed of the government inquiry. if you page down a little bit, you will find the nikkei. losses.lding on above that is in the midst of this growing political scandal that is developing with the japanese finance minister. the yen climbing. let's take a look at what oil is doing. we've got brent and wti both down. that is after the eia forecasting the shale production to rise by 131,000 barrels a day in april. we are expecting inventory data tomorrow. that is expected to show a build in stockpiles. the bloomberg dollar index is gaining for the first time in a couple of days. we've got 10 year u.s. tr

panel reported last june that the united arab emirates violated international law by supplying hafter forces with attack helicopters and other military aircraft pro hafter groups have been accused of kidnapping and torturing journalists activists and religious figures in eastern libya some of whom faced extrajudicial executions this latest report is set to be submitted to the un security council for further action in hopes that it can counter foreign influence in the war torn nation. d.c. . let's bring in our guests in london sam ham the editor in chief of international interest joining us on skype from stockholm peter of aizenman senior researcher in the arms and military expenditure program at the stockholm international peace research institute and also on skype from london and i said director of the solders institute a think tank based in tripoli thank you all for joining us now and yes i want to start with you is it at all surprising to hear that the u.n. is once again highlighting violations of the arms embargo in libya and that the u.a.e. and egypt are named as offenders in thi

leaked un report has shed some light on who is backing some of those forces it says the united arab emirates and egypt have been supplying weapons to armed groups on the ground that's despite a u.n. arms embargo we'll get to our guests in a moment but first this report from d.c. . armed groups in libya are continuing to receive foreign support from nations

quarter—finals of the europa league after a comfortable victory over italian giants, ac milan, at the emirates stadium. arsenal led 2—0 from the first leg, but milan scored first in the return match, with hakan shalkhanolu reducing the deficit after 35 minutes. but then a controversial penalty from danny welbeck and a goal from granit xhaka — either side of the break — put arsenal in front. before wellbeck scored again to see his side win 3—1 on the night — and 5—1 on aggregate. elsewhere, dmitri payet was among the scorers as marseille won 2—1 at bilbao — and 5—2 on aggregate. lucas leiva scored in lazio‘s 2—0 win at dynamo kiev, as they went through 4—2 overall, and fernando torres scored twice as atletico madrid thrashed lokomotiv moscow 5—1 on the night — and 8—1 on aggregate. lyon are out 3—3 on away goals, after losing 3—2 at home to cska moscow. borussia dortmund are also out after a 0—0 draw at salzburg — who go through 2—1 on aggregate. sporting lisbon are through, despite losing 2—1 at viktoria plzen. a goal in extra—time saw them win 3—2

this is what they have said, and i say that they call themselves the islamic emirates. so the kabul process and other such efforts seek surrender from the islamic emirate at a time when the islamic emirate is without a doubt, a force that has defeated an international arrogant power like america with all its allies and tools at disposal. so do you believe such a proposal is logical? that's their view of your offer and the encouragement by americans to talk to you? they don't even want to talk to you, the government. >> well, certainly, let's separate posturing from the realities. every group that is dedicated to violence is going to exaggerate its own importance and its posture. the question is directed to the people of afghanistan. when a group is so desperate to kill innocent civilians and take responsibility for it. that's not an act of strength. that is not an act of a group that thinks they're winning or defeating. >> so this is what the former u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel told me yesterday, and of course, let's not forget he was president obama's defense sec

largestpany is now the exporter outside of oil and gas in the united arab emirates. one of the largest employers in the eu. dubai,the government of and 50% by morocco. erik: so it's a partnership between abu dhabi and dubai. it's got 40 years of history between the two companies. it's a global player. so really, it's a company we feel very strongly about and can build a future. we are very excited. erik: that future involves a public offering. you have said that this public offering, the ipo will take place in 2018. anyone who is taking a company public has to be sensitive to market conditions. market conditions look optimal right now. it's the highest in seven or eight years. lets the company has been well-managed. [indiscernible] the top 10th percentile -- [indiscernible] this year, we posted $1.8 billion, $900 million in net income. so the company over the last couple of years has been working very well to get to this point where we are ready for an ipo. i think the time is right for many reasons. the market is in the right place. what happened in the first half?

the "the new york times" reporting that an adviser to the united air of emirates is now a focus of the russia probe leading some to believe that the investigation is expanding to include pay-to-play allegations against the trump campaign. according to the times, special investigators with questioned the adviser in recent weeks to see if they tried to buy political influence by donating to donald trump's presidential campaign. the purported pay to play allegations come as the department of justice continues to investigate the clinton foundation for receiving donations and speaking fees that fell suspiciously close to favor of timetables and discussions and decisions made by hillary clinton's state department, very serious charges. joining me now to discuss who should go to jail and who shouldn't, senior judicial news analyst, judge napolitano. >> it's an unhappen my subject. unhappy subject. i ac disagree with the presidenn many policy things but i want him to succeed. this latest revelation of what bob mueller is looking at in my view comes from his recent treasure trove of evidence in

according to the united nations team of experts they were needed at emirates air force has been running them military bases that is south of imagine city in the east of libya and that's military bases witnessed a remarkable development between march and september last year now we remember that in march last year in morality warplanes lasted several airstrikes on areas controlled by heft of opponents and an especially on gun food district where many people were killed by immorality either strikes including women and children we understand that since at any gaijin little free for have the launch of his military campaign known as operation dignity in may two thousand and fourteen the united arab emirates and egypt have been supporting hefted politically and militarily and . hosted heads for the last year several times recently the czech republic has stopped a deal that includes seven helicopters who were both by the united arab emirates and were planned to be sent to engage in the khalifa haftar in the east of libya now all this supported by the united arab emirates and egypt to have that

presidential election extends to include the united arab emirates. and south korea prepares to send a senior delegation to north korea for two days of talks. the u.s. has accused russia of killing civilians in syria. saying it carried out twenty bombings a day late last month is the white house the strongest accusation to date of russia's role in a government offensive on the rebel held enclave more than six hundred forty people have been killed over the past two weeks syrian president bashar al assad has vowed to continue with the strikes but at the same time he says. troops will open the way for civilians to leave he's also denied using chemical weapons but four hundred thousand people are trapped inside it with little food and basic supplies assad has called such descriptions a ridiculous lie by the west he says his army is making progress against what he calls terrorists for there is no contradiction between our troops and the combat operations the advancement of yesterday and the day before by the arab syrian army took place in the midst of this

in dubai, we are 90 minutes away from the market open here in the emirates. much check in on the first word headlines from around the world. russians had to the polls and presidential elections expected to hand vladimir putin an easy victory and keep them in power until 2024. has been the longest serving leaders since joseph stalin. he is seeking a fourth term amidst an excavating standoff with the west and problems at home. theresa may said she may take further action against russia a guns the nerve agent poisoning against the former spy and his daughter in the u k. that is after moscow ordered reduce diplomats to leave in retaliation. boris johnson said it is overwhelmingly likely president who in person at lee -- putin ordered the poisoning. misconductplomatic of the kremlin. president trump has called robert mueller's probe to end. it is a dramatic shift from the president's legal team who previously committed to cooperating fully. the move came just hours after the attorney general fire at the fbi deputy director. trump took to twitter late last night to

george nader a lebanese american attended secret meetings with officials from the united arab emirates and trump associates. sources say she was stopped and questioned at duller international airport in january returning from an overseas trip. since then he's been providing information to the grand jury. the special counsel's interest in 'em remirates suggests, pointing the broader concerns during the presidential campaign. investigators have been probing two meetings nader attended. a december 2016 meeting in new york led by the crown prince of of abu back difficult and attended by jared kushner, soon to be national security adviser michael flynn and steve bannon, strategist to the incoming president. a meeting in the seychelles between erik prince, the blackwat blackwater security firm founder. nader was also present at the hotel bar when prince met with the chief executive of the state-run russian direct investment fund. it's unclear whether nader was involved in the conversation. there's no indication nader is suspected of wrongdoing, but his insight into those key meetings with th

nine such facilities have been set up in countries including egypt saudi arabia and the united arab emirates they are all part of the military coalition fighting in yemen. which is currently facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis. metal is supplying bombs to saudi arabia for this war despite strict german export regulations. plant on the vacation island of sardinia manufactures these bombs. germany plays a role through the export of weapons especially into regions that are unstable where there is conflict where there is repression most obviously today the middle east and plays a role in ensuring that those conflicts are remarkably bloody profits flowing to the german companies coffers ryan mittal declined repeated interview requests it insists it follows the laws of the countries it operates in. the german government also refused to take a stance on the company's overseas subsidiaries for the green party that's an untenable position. still tied to no hits and please cynical of these defense companies to complain about the strict german regulations while they found ways to dodge the rul

meanwhile evidence has emerged suggesting a businessman with links to the united arab emirates tried to convince the u.s. president to send carex to listen leaked e-mails obtained by the b.b.c. found elliot brody a major fundraiser wanted to listen outside not supporting the u.a.e. backed blockade against president jordan has more. u.s. citizens have the constitutional right to lobby the government but they have to obey the law when they do so on behalf of another country. news reports say the special counsel for the russia investigation robert muller has expanded his work to include those who may be lobbying on behalf of the united arab emirates the new york times says muller has already interviewed this man businessman george nader about his ties to the iraqi government and his meetings with white house officials the news reports also say nader knows another u.s. businessman elliott brody brody too has u.a.e. ties according to the b.b.c. broidery reportedly lobbied to president donald trump in october to support the blockade against qatar to hold secret talks with the crown prince

and saudi arabia in terms of yemen but it seems that the emirates doesn't want to deal with the islam party who is the like muslim brotherhood party in yemen that's why they want and support some other groups they are sort of separatists in yemen and this is creating problem in with the preventing him from going back to adam because had he believed in the united yemen in a different way of union those people and i then they don't believe in yemen one yemen united yemen and they want to go back to the situation before nine hundred ninety in yemen must then make it as this incredibly complicated situation politically continues and yemen and we have h. the third anniversary what aid groups what do you and aid critics like yourselves calling for that really needs to happen immediately. well there are a few things we know that humanitarian aid is not the at the yemen but we in the meantime people urgently need access to services they need food they need access to cash salaries must be paid after more than a year and a half of nonpayment in areas under the control of other. so we need the i

there is not a lot of excitement regarding the emirate itself. nobody is heading that we should see a big increase in the economy itself. it has been quiet. yousef: it has been quiet but there has been quite a bit of downside. one of the worst-performing stock indexes around the world. with any selloff, there comes opportunity. are some of the pockets of opportunity that investors have been telling you? filipe: the ones we see in the market now they are mostly selling. we see index trading at the lowest level since 2016. at the same time, dubai is trading at an attractive level if you compared to emerging markets. biggest discounts since 2011. we hear a lot of people saying this should be a good moment to look at certain names in the emirate. within the banking industry, we hear a lot of people that like emirates. it is a sound name within the economy here. i am sure that if investors are actually willing to look at this market and find the good bets, they should find good opportunities out there. yousef: i appreciate your time. always a pleasure