the headlines we speak to the regional director of unicef middle east north africa here about the burying of the world's worst humanitarian crisis and does the largest ever higher education strike in british history mean no u.k. graduates in twenty eighteen professor julian style of russia london's renowned court talks to us about the liberal blog of education and teaching will ask is outside the club plus. we speak to the pirate radio d.j. played by philip seymour hoffman in the book the wrong about breaking the law to circumvent multi-billion dollar record company control and state by beijing b.b.c. censorship although some more coming up in today's going underground but first one thousand and ninety five days five billion pounds in arms sales and millions of yemenis at risk for three years going underground has been covering what the u.n. has called the will. old's worst humanitarian crisis but even before the first british made bombs dropped on the poorest country in the middle east the global terror campaign had already begun here is professor noam chomsky talking one month after the

bases in the middle east. from their weapons can be funneled to syria. this ingle largest pentagon supply of weapons for syrian rebels is bulgaria for the e use poorest country that's a change in fortune. big areas arms factories fell quiet after the end of the cold war but the wars in iraq afghanistan and syria brought new demand. factories where we opened a new production lines added to supply weapons to the world's most fragile regions . we have come to bulgaria to find out more about the weapons the us government by syrian allies. what is home to state arms manufacturers that. it is also where france is know we was killed in june twenty fifteen. the ems that has been struggling to modernize and now we use fatal accident wasn't its first incident. a series of explosions rocked one of the company's plans in the time before the contract is a rival there were no casualties but production shut down for over two months. when we contacted v.m.s. that to find out more its management declined to speak to us. two leading trade unionists did agree to meet but d

many wonder, why don't we still have peace in the middle east? a majority of israelis want peace like i do and most of you do. there should be two states, a jewish state and a palestinian state. [applause] senator schumer: some say, some who argue that settlements are the reason we do not have peace, but we know what happens in gaza. israeli soldiers dragged the sellers out in three weeks later the palestinians through the rockets. it is not the settlements that are the blockage to peace. [applause] senator schumer: some say it is the borders. israel wants different borders. but they forget. during the negotiations in 2000, huge territorial concessions were being made that most israelis did not like. it was arafat rejected the settlement. it's not the borders. [applause] senator schumer: and it is certainly not because we have moved the embassy to where it should belong in jerusalem. not that either. [applause] senator schumer: now, let me tell you why -- let me tell you why, my view why we don't have peace. because the fact of the matter is that

inspection teams and i should preface this by saying that i was in the middle east i covered the first gulf war it went into quote with the marine corps and then stayed on as the u.n. inspection teams destroyed the stockpiles of chemical weapons that saddam hussein did have mostly within its artillery shells i was fully aware like most people who cover the middle east that the iraqi military was a shell of what it had been that it was no threat to its neighbors much less to the united states but to raise these kinds of truths were it was unpalatable to the media that was essential to doing their bit for. for the war mongers and that's true i'm afraid in almost every conflict whether or not in vision drones and these other shiny object new tech war machines do you think he would now recognize corporate media coverage frenzy as war profiteering. well you know many of general electric for instance is the huge defense contractor and also controls the media platforms there's been a complete fusion of the media and the military industrial complex any time you turn on c.n.n. and assembly see

east i says leader urged them to create a new power block in the middle east to combine turkey and iran and he would lobby for them and moshing to libya was to join the group later its alleged leader a convicted paedophile was told they like the idea that the meeting were concerned that as the us presidential election was moving into high gear democratic nominee hillary clinton would protect the iran nuclear deal and would be less keen to abandon old alliances at the meeting thought the republican candidate donald trump might be more likely to support the initiative we have seen for the last nine months that there has been a new alliance that has emerged between the united arab emirates saudi arabia egypt and what bahrain as a junior party as a junior partner and what or not that alliance can sustain itself in the long run that is unclear but there are certainly efforts to boost that alliance at the expense of the gulf cooperation council. it was reported that king abdullah of jordan briefed congressional leaders in the us that turkey was the main regional threat to stability but he lat

bases in the middle east. from their weapons can be funneled to syria. this ingle largest pentagon supply of weapons for syrian rebels is bulgaria for the e.u. is poorest country that's a change in fortune. gary is arms factories fell quiet after the end of the cold war but the wars in iraq afghanistan and syria brought new demand. factories where we opened a new production lines added to supply weapons to the world's most fragile regions . we have come to bulgaria to find out more about the weapons the us government buys for it syrian allies. what is home to state arms manufacturers that. it is also where france is no we was killed in june twenty fifteen. v.m.s. that has been struggling to modernize and now we use fatal accident wasn't its first incident. a series of explosions rocked one of the company's plans in the time before the contract is a rival there were no casualties but production shut down for over two months. when we contacted v.m. set to find out more if management declined to speak to us. two leading trade unionist did agree to meet but

east and our most vital ally in the middle east. [applause] claire: we were talking backstage the delegation also traveled to jordan which, of course, has a critical and evolving relationship with israel. what were your takeaways from that part of the trip? senator coons: we had a remarkable dinner from king abdullah and heard from him. more economic concerns than i heard before. there's 650,000 syrian refugees in jordan and the downward pressure on their economy is remarkable. the i m.f. is pushing them to make difficult reforms and i think we need to do more to invest in jordan's economic stability. king abdullah represents a version of islam that is moderate. they are a counterterrorism partner to israel and the united states. and they are an island of stability in an otherwise chaotic region. i think we can do more to support jordan. [applause] claire: last night we heard from ambassador haley about u.s. efforts to combat anti-israel bias at the u.n., and i though this is an issue you care deeply about. you and senator rubio, ap

east and we know what has happened over the middle east and is not a pretty picture for united states or anybody. a lot of things are changing and very rapidly as you know we have recaptured almost 100% of the territory as you have probably heard before anybody that we capture close to 100% of the territory held by isis removed very rapidly and very quickly and that is coming to an end that part of the world and we can get out of certain areas we have wanted to for a long period of time and other countries can handle it at this point. so it is a great honor to have you and your representatives here. thank you very much i thank you mr. president we are holding the line to the middle east more than 80 years of alliance and interest with security areas complications are huge and deep but the cause for more jobs in saudi arabia and as you know mr. president from day one, we battle with 200 million for the facilities but now it is more than 50% and 55% so that is the signal to close the future and to achieve that and also the countries as a whole. >> one thing you have been focused on is t

bases in the middle east. from their weapons can be funneled to syria. this ng the largest pentagon supply of weapons for syrian rebels is bulgaria fully used poorest country that's a change in food. bill barriers arms factories fell quiet after the end of the cold war but the wars in iraq afghanistan and syria brought new demand. factories where we opened a new production lines added to supply weapons to the world's most fragile regions . we have come to bulgaria to find out more about the weapons the us government buys for it syrian allies. what is home to state arms manufacturers that. it is also where france is know we was killed in june twenty fifteen. the ems that has been struggling to modernize and now we use fatal accident wasn't its first incident. a series of explosions rocked one of the company's plans in the time before the contract is a rival there were no casualties but production shut down for over two months. when we contacted v.m. set to find out more if management declined to speak to us. two leading trade unionists did agree to meet b

east does not stay in the middle east and what happened in afghanistan is the taliban and provided a safe haven for osama bin laden and al qaeda and they use that safe haven to train and export their terrorist attacks against countries around the world that primarily against the united states and that is what happened on 9/11 that is why we cannot allow a safe haven in yemen. not to mention the fact that iran continues to use proxies like lebanon, syria, and others to try to fight united states with a low grade war going on literally since 1979 and i should mention iraq as well. but precisely because of this delicate situation in yemen that i make the argument any consideration to withdraw u.s. f troops i to fulfill their role in this conflict would have broad impact on the global partnerships of counterterrorism efforts it is not a decision to be made in haste or lightly. i believe the idea deserves the careful consideration of the committee jurisdiction the senate foreign relations committee that the senate takes about without adequate preparation or deliberation to pass the resolu

>> welcome to the best of bloomberg markets middle east. these are the major stories driving headlines this week. ipo's ahead of the upper darby sovereign wealth fund tells us why he is planning to sell shares in as many as three companies this year. along the fed, you we central on why he will be matching any u.s. rate increase in 2018. and not such a summary outlook. larry summers on why he thinks the next recession could drag on longer than the last one. first, a gathering in abu dhabi this week for the financial markets forum. now regarded as the premier annual conference in the region, those in attendance were the head of the sovereign wealth fund. they set down with bloomberg's erik schatzker. erik: one of your largest investments, emirates global aluminum showed record results for 2017. profit is up almost 60%. why is that such an important milestone? >> i am very proud of this company. it is a company that has a rich history. 40 years, and industrial champion from the you we -- the ue. this company is now the largest exporter outsid

certainly to israel and to stability long term in the middle east. i see a very bright future if we stand strong against those who would destroy israel and all that it means to the world. >> that's a great relationship. no bond can be broken. you can the squestion about the future. i think when bb came to the house to speak to the house and senate, he made this statement. you can applaud. [ applause ] israel is not just the story of the jewish spirit. it's of the human spirit not succombing to the horrors of history. that to mean only means the future will be priegter. the bond is created because we stand against the rogue nations that want to destroy both of us. my belief will only make the world better. >> absolutely. [ applause ] i hope it's obvious how much everyone in this room appreciates your leadership and all you do for the u.s. israel relationship. >> thank you. keep the faith. keep on fighting. we're going to win. [ applause ] >>> please welcome claire shipman. >> our next guest plays a role on one of the house committee's essential to the

east we never got out of the middle east i made a movie about it called w in which dick cheney the dick cheney's character have to ask what what's our exit policy says there is no exit and the truth is we haven't there is no exit to iraq where here those five hundred thousand men in one form or another have never left the middle east so this is heartbreaking stuff if you have any sense of history. i knew it was a mistake i thought the iraq war one was a huge mistake i thought there was plenty of room to negotiate when films like that come out w for instance are at the untold history of the united states they want to even mention how as a percent in america when you pretty much denounce a lot of troops and facts in america. history i can't tell you it's easy but i think it's the most some of the most important work i've done in my life i'm very proud of those two films i paid a price for because i guess some people will you know they don't consider me in the debate but neither do they consider people like noam chomsky so there is no center in the united states political discourse it's al

my husband is a native arabic from the middle east. when i look at him i say you are clearly perfect for this. he said i have a wife and she also has the same expertise. >> the husband-wife thing is a win-win for everyone. it's a win for the agency. the husband-wife team is a lot less obvious than a military age male walking around the middle east. you are couple and at the same time a lot of these psychological problems that case officers run into is that you tout can't tell those closest to you what they do on a day-to-day basis. you still can't have those in-depth conversations because you are working side-by-side side-by-side and sometimes on the exact same are prescient. you could be intimate with the person that you are intimate with anyway. >> exactly. having joseph help me plan for an operation in see through all of the things that could go wrong, providing support for each other's operations. i felt so confident when joseph was behind me because i trusted him more than anybody. >> that is the key. you have to trust those you a

east, and we know what has happened in the middle east and it has not been a pretty picture for the united states or for anybody. a lot of things are changing very rapidly. isis, we have recaptured almost 100% of the territory as you have probably heard. before anybody. ofve captured close to 100% the territory held by isis. we moved very quickly and that is coming to an end in that part of the world and we will be able to get out of certain areas that we have wanted to get out of for a long time. and other countries can handle it aired at point they will be able to handle it. so it is a great honor to have you and your representatives here. crown prince, thank you very much. mr.hank you very much, president. we have big interests, economically, security, different areas. foundation is huge and we are knee-deep in different issues. youause, from day one, have reached this office and we .lant to a great with $400 billion, -- [indiscernible] there is a signal that a lot of things could be tackled. that is why we are here today. to be sure we tackle the opportunities and achieve them.

is middle east policies. it's hard to say i my initial reaction would be in not particularly because the united states as middle east policy has not been very effective or very clear or very consistent the loss of tillerson is a loss for those people in the middle east who care for rational decision making and the compliance with international law to the extent that that can be done the people that are happy in the middle east are those few heads of state and various arab countries who are actually trying to be very close to trump who play up to him like the leaders of egypt for instance or so the arabian u.a.e. and other countries and there are people all around the region who love trump but they're really quite a minority because most of the policies of the united states around the middle east have been damaging to the most part for the majority of people but a small minority of people in the power elites are trying to be close to trump and this is something that probably they would welcome but also they th

[applause] the secretary of defense said last month everywhere we find trouble in the middle east you always find iran engaged and i had a conversation yesterday with the admiral said at the same thing this should be the top focus in the middle east. from your perspective, it's america doing enough to push back? >> they are trying to drive us out of the region and doing that through a combination of partnering with different countries. you see them reaching out and obviously supporting the work they do at hezbollah. you see them everywhere they are taking advantage of so it's a strategic effort on their part to kind of create and drive the united states out of the region and become the dominant power. we can't be pushed out of the solution and whatever ultimately happens with stability and we have to make clear it doesn't end with the move to an embassy that we all supported it includes the notion that the united states will support israel financially, economically to ensure that they can withstand anything that comes their way as you see these developing capabilities in lebanon. [app

and that's all you need in the middle east to shut something down. so we had to, like, coach them the night before and pretend we were officers asking questions. and we kept saying are you refugees, and they'd say, yes. and we're like, no, you're not refugees, because they're not, they're internally displaced people with valid passports and valid visas who had the right to travel. had they been refugees, that's a whole different story. so we're like, no, you're not a refugee. so the whole time we were at the airport, i was like, nobody say you're a refugee. [laughter] i stood at the check-in counter, and i was trying to deflect the attention of the people checking us in and all the employees at the airport who kept saying are you sure these people aren't ref i few gees? oh, yeah, i'm absolutely positive. why are a bunch of americans helping them? oh, we're just really good friends, and we're taking them on a nice holiday in europe. >> they're just carrying everything they own -- [laughter] >> something about this picture doesn't look right. >> well,

that's all you need in the middle east. we had to coach them and pretend we were officers asking questions and we'd say, are you refugees, yes, no, they weren't, they were internally displaced people with passports and visas, and had the right to travel. and no, you're not a refugee. and the whole time we were at the airport. nobody say refugee. i stood at the check-in counter and trying to deflect the attention of the people checking us in and all the employees of the airport, who kept saying, are you sure these people aren't refugees? >> i am like oh, yeah, i'm positive. >> why are americans in here. >> we're friends and taking these people on a nice holiday in europe. >> who are just carrying everything they own. >> and huge carts full. something about this picture doesn't look right. >> well, and again, it's just this concept of, you know, refugee status and basically, you're giving them one day trade craft training on pretend something you're not. >> and how to act under pressure. >> because that red tape, just that si

. ♪ >> welcome to the "best of bloomberg markets middle east." your other major stories driving headlights from the region -- headlines from the region this week. saudi arabia and the u.k. target $90 billion of trade and investment deals as the kingdom visits london. theresa may calls that a vote of confidence ahead of brexit. markets are rattled by president trump's tariffs. gary cohn quits and retaliation is threatened by china. could saudi arabia be the next to join the shale revolution? we have the story. first, the u.k. rolled out the red carpet for saudi arabia prince. he met with theresa may, with the two countries agreeing to a goal of $90 billion of mutual trade and investment in the coming years. may's office called it a vote of confidence in the economy before britain leaves the european union. i got more details from bloomberg's emily horton. >> it is key for both governments as theresa may embarking on the post european union, she sees it as a vote of confidence in the u.k. after brexit. and really for the crown prince, this is his f

east always viewed the palestinians as a disruptive element in the politics of the middle east because they stare up domestic sort of passions within the authoritarian regimes they challenge the very compliant and corrupt policies of the authoritarian regimes and so there was never any very serious interest in really doing anything about palestinian suffering and now we're sort of seeing this you know formally coming into being with the policies of the crown prince and his alliance with benjamin netanyahu and jared cushion back in washington yossi beilin there are those who argue that the middle east peace process is it is dead is that a fair assessment can it be revived can it be dead. it will not be done until until it is so of the i mean of course it is it is there and it is revived and we are talking to each other informally and you know i believe that at the end of the day and the ones who kill for the palestinians many of us in israel and vice versa because we are unable because we dependent on each other in many many ways and that is why the world may say this is not a problem i

♪ x welcome to the best of bloomberg markets middle east. here are the major stories driving headlines from the nation this week. targetrabia and the u.k. $90 billion of trade and investment deals as the kingdom visits london. theresa may calls that a vote of confidence ahead of exit. markets are rattled by president trump's tariffs. cohn quits and retaliation is threatened. we have the story. first, the u.k. rolled out the red carpet for saudi arabia the twoince, and countries agreeing to a goal of $90 billion of mutual trade and investment in the coming years. called it a vote of confidence in the economy before britain leaves the european union. i have more details. is key for both governments as theresa may embarking on the post european sees it as a vote of confidence in the u.k. after brexit. the first test on the international scene. vision.k at this 2030 a politicalt was day. they first met with the queen of buckingham palace then came to downing street. we saw him in a bunch of entering joined him downing street with recent. is the

colonial interest in the middle east. the christian zionist proceeded. and they were clergy in life people. and then the appeal to the british leadership was in part and understanding for what had happened to jews in the previous century. and then to promulgate the scofield bible point of view to convert people by the end of the world fear. as early as 1917 the british martyr from palestine with about four declaration and the keen cane report had intention of this position with the local population was either ignored or buried by president wilson for several years. this was concurrent with appreciation that they will gain palestinian liberation belfour and george were predisposed to a national home and with those racist motives of superiority. the primary goal to advance interest of utilitarian politics it continued to reflect to show that strain to the middle of the last century. to the labels ins with the approach but it did not instruct about the dangers. even with recorded with richard nixon sounding a globally minded

there are probably 10 major problems facing the middle east. an israel does not have anything to do with any of them. [applause] just about every month since then, i had spoken about something other than israel. i cannot say that we solve the problem. but i can say that several other countries have followed our lead. [applause] what used to be a monthly israel bashing session, now at least has more balance. but we are never going to put up with bullying. [applause] there is one more principle than i knew before i arrived at the un. like most americans, i knew what the capital of israel was. [laughter] [applause] [applause] to be more clear, i knew that jerusalem was, is and will always be, the capital of israel! [applause] this is not something -- i love you too! [laughter] this is not something that was created by the location of an nbc. this is not something that was created by an american decision. america did not make jerusalem israel's capital. [applause] what president trump did, to his great credit, was recognize a reality that american

he wants to create his own project in the middle east very much like hitler. saudi arabia's crown prince had soured on iran's supreme leader in his first interview on u.s. television. that amir put in has celebrated his victory in russia's presidential election with thousands of supporters in moscow has won seventy six percent of the vote with almost all ballots counted put in was always expected to win but what was in question was how many people would vote in his favor is nearest competitor was communist party candidate prevailed jordanian who is on almost twelve percent soon after the first exit poll split in joint crowns in moscow's red square the election was held on the fourth anniversary of the annexation of crimea from ukraine at a news conference the president later rejected british allegations that moscow was involved in the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. calling them nonsense lawrence lee reports now on putin's landslide victory. by sema the coolest election such as the status of blood in your putin in russia as he wa

bases in the middle east. from their weapons can be funneled to syria. this ng the largest pentagon supply of weapons for syrian rebels is bulgaria to the e use poorest country that's a change in fortune. big areas arms factories fell quiet after the end of the cold war but the wars in iraq afghanistan and syria brought new demand. factories where we opened a new production lines added to supply weapons to the world's most fragile regions . we have come to bulgaria to find out more about the weapons the us government by syrian allies. what is home to state arms manufacturers that. it is also where france is no we was killed in june twenty fifteen. that has been struggling to modernize and the fatal accident was in its first incident. a series of explosions rocked one of the company's plans in the time before the contract as a rival there were no casualties but production shut down for over two months. when we contacted v.m. set to find out more if management declined to speak to us. two leading trade unionists did agree to meet but did not want to go on

knowledge israel but the middle east. [applause] >> obviously nothing critical is support for missile defense and other things that the s supplies israel. give us a sense of what the state of support is right now in both the democrat and republican caucuses on those issues. >> i think that we sponsored a resolution some months ago that got essentially unanimous support. for israel and when you speak of missile defense, one of the things that we all made clear was that i ran under the un request should not be testing or developing missiles which can attack israel and or the entire middle east. and we need to make sure that we implement the sanctions that have been passed and if new sanctions are necessary, be prepared to enforce them. let me say that missile defense is one of the areas where i think israel and the united states can really be cooperating as well as space tunneling, bronze which we have seen such a dramatic consequence of just recently where israel acted absolutely properly. we had an iranian missile. [appla

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. treasury yields not doing much after yesterday's big auction of

♪ >> welcome to the best of bloomberg markets middle east. these are the major stories driving headlines this week. ipo's ahead of the upper darby sovereign wealth fund tells us why he is planning to sell shares in as many as three companies this year. along the fed, you we central on why he will be matching any u.s. rate increase in 2018. and not such a summary outlook. thinksummers on why he the next recession could drag on longer than the last one. first, a gathering in abu dhabi this week for the financial markets forum. now regarded as the premier annual conference in the region, those in attendance were the head of the sovereign wealth fund. they set down with bloomberg's erik schatzker. erik: one of your largest globalents, emirates aluminum showed record results for 2017. profit is up almost 60%. why is that such an important milestone? >> i am very proud of this company. it is a company that has a rich history. 40 years, and industrial champion from the you we -- thee ue. largestpany is now the exporter outside of oil and gas in the

east ice says leader urged them to create a new power block in the middle east to convert turkey and iran and he would lobby for them and moshing to libya was to join the group later its alleged leader a convicted paedophile was told they like the idea there was a meeting were concerned that as the us presidential election was moving into high gear democratic nominee hillary clinton would protect the iran nuclear deal and would be less keen to abandon old alliances with the meeting thought the republican candidate donald trump might be more likely to support the initiative we have seen for the last nine months that there has been a new alliance that has emerged between the united arab emirates saudi arabia egypt and what bahrain as a junior party as a junior partner and what or not that alliance can sustain itself in the long run that is unclear but there are certainly efforts to boost that alliance at the expense of the gulf cooperation council. it was reported to king abdullah of jordan congressional leaders in the u.s. that turkey was the main regional threat to stability but he l

which obviously creates a real problem for israel in the middle east. and then there's iran. if serious problem with nuclear weapons today, iran is an even greater problem for the united states and israel and our allies in the middle east. why is that? look at the geopolitical circumstances do not three is a very small isolated place on the edge of the world. it is surrounded by nations under powerful, more powerful than it. it does not have an aggressive ideology that tries to export. by contrast iran is a very large nation. it is surrounded by 10 to 20 your competitors depending on how the defined themselves to the crossroads, it does have a very aggressive ideology that tries to export. makes the possibility of a nuclear iran. determine the future vastly more dangerous than the reality we face right now. >> we will have to and on a sober note but i thank you very much senator tt

bases in the middle east. from their weapons can be funneled to syria. this ingle largest pentagon supply of weapons for syrian rebels is bulgaria for the e use poorest country that's a change in fortune. gary has arms factories fell quiet after the end of the cold war but the wars in iraq afghanistan and syria brought new demand. factories where we opened a new production lines added to supply weapons to the world's most fragile regions . we have come to bulgaria to find out more about the weapons the us government buys for it syrian allies. what is home to state arms manufacturers that. it is also where france is no we was killed in june twenty fifteen. v.m.s. that has been struggling to modernize and now we use fatal accident wasn't its first incident. a series of explosions rocked one of the company's plans in the time before the contract is a rival there were no casualties but production shut down for over two months. when we contacted v.m.s. that to find out more its management declined to speak to us. two leading trade unionist did agree to meet b

the headlines we speak to the regional director of unicef middle east north africa here about the burying of the world's worst humanitarian crisis and does the largest ever higher education strike in british history mean no u.k. graduates in twenty eight teams professor julian stalingrad from london's renowned institute talks to us about the new liberal balkanize ation of education and teaching will ask is outside the club plus. we speak to the pirate radio d.j. played by philip seymour hoffman in the book the wrong about breaking the law to circumvent multi-billion dollar record company control and state by major b.b.c. censorship although some more coming up in today's going underground but first one thousand and ninety five days five billion pounds in arms sales and millions of yemenis at risk for three years going underground has been covering what the u.n. has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis but even before the first british made bombs dropped on the poorest country in the middle east the global terror campaign had already begun here is professor noam chomsky talking one

east and the most vital ally in the middle east. [applause] >> we were talking backstage about the delegation also travel to jordan which, of course, has a critical and evolving relationship with israel. what was your takeaways from that part of the trip? >> we had a remarkable dinner with the king and heard from him and security concerns, yes, but more economic concerns that i've heard before. there is 650,000 syrian refugees in jordan and the downward pressure on their economy is markable. the imf is pushing them to make it very difficult forms and i think we need to do more to invest in jordan's economic stability. king abdulla represents a version of islam that is moderate, they are a counterterrorism partner to israel in the united states and they are an island of stability in an otherwise chaotic region and i think we can in should do more to support jordan. [applause] >> last night we heard from ambassador haley about us efforts to combat bias in the un and this is an issue you care deeply about and you and senator rubio, the

and critic of iran's aggression throughout the middle east. he joins u teed discuss the critical issues paying america and israel, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome arkansas a senator tom cotton. ♪ >> thank you. thank you very much for that fair warm welcome. thanks for that kind instruction i feel like i have an oscar ready to present. >> just a few people. as a member of congress you've been a consistent and vocal supporter of the u.s. israel relationship, and i want to ask you what i asked smart, why is this issue important to you? where does your passion for this real and relationship come from? >> well personally where it comes from for me is everything i know about the modern nation of israel and its connection to the united states. it impose back so deeply in our history, you know, the pilgrim called america a new zion and america is always been welcoming and open to jewish people. and in a way that you could come to america and be fully american and also fully jewish isn't always the case in nations around the world. also, my pers

east always viewed the palestinians as a disruptive element in the politics of the middle east because they stare up domestic sort of passions within the authoritarian regimes they challenge the very compliant and corrupt policies of the authoritarian regimes and so there was never any very serious interest in really doing anything about palestinian suffering and now we're sort of seeing this you know formally coming into being with the policies of the crown prince and his alliance with benjamin netanyahu and jared cushion back in washington yossi beilin there are those who argue that the middle east peace process is it is dead is that a fair assessment can it be revived can it be dead. it will not be there until until it is so of the i mean of course it is it is there and it is revived and we are talking to each other informally and you know i believe that at the end of the day and the ones who kill for the palestinians many of us in israel and vice versa because we are neighbors because we dependent on each other in many many ways and that is why the world may say this is not a probl

he wants to create his own project in the middle east very much like hitler saudi arabia's crown prince head saudi iran's supreme leader in his first interview on u.s. television. thank you for joining us live here putin has celebrated his victory in russia's a presidential election with thousands of supporters in moscow has won seventy six percent of the vote with almost all ballots counted fourteen was always expected to win but what was in question was how many people would vote in his favor his nearest. there was communist party candidate a very good dean who is on almost twelve percent soon after the first exit polls fulton joined crowds in moscow's red square the election was held on the fourth anniversary of the annexation of crimea from ukraine at a press conference the president later rejected british allegations that moscow was involved in the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. calling them nonsense lawrence lee reports on putin's landslide victory. so it's all over putin has won again and so i think the kremlin a likely to be pretty happy with the

the middle east represent a huge opportunity for us. uae is certainly a component part as is india, as is of course malaysia and hong kong and china for us is a large market. tracy: in terms of potential acquisitions, you have said before that you are interested in acquiring businesses that my -- that might let you acquire more hard assets, particularly in europe. is that still on the table? >> absolutely. we recently made an acquisition of a european real estate firm. we will interrogate that in with -- we will integrate that in with our existing real estate organization out of the u.s. which allows us to extend the product set to our customers and adds another nine countries to our ability to reach customers and provide them with good, solid real estate solutions. tracy: do you have any particular targets in sight? >> do want those alphabetically? [laughter] tracy: could you write them down and hand them over? >> it is an issue where we could either bring scale to capabilities, or add additional capabilities and infrastructure for us

♪ welcome to the best of bloomberg markets middle east. here are the major stories driving headlines from the nation this week. saudi arabia and the u.k. target $90 billion of trade and investment deals as the kingdom visits london. theresa may calls that a vote of confidence ahead of exit. -- brexit markets are rattled by president trump's tariffs. gary cohn quits and retaliation is threatened. we have the story. first, the u.k. rolled out the red carpet for saudi arabia crown prince, and the two countries agreeing to a goal of $90 billion of mutual trade and investment in the coming years. may's office called it a vote of confidence in the economy before britain leaves the european union. i have more details. >> it is key for both governments as theresa may embarking on the post european union, she sees it as a vote of confidence in the u.k. after brexit. the first test on the international scene. can he bring foreign investment into the country as they look at this 2030 vision. yesterday, it was a political day. he first met with the qu

east we never got out of the middle east i made a movie about it called w in which dick cheney the dick cheney's character have to ask what what's our exit policy says there is no exit and the truth is we haven't there is no exit to iraq where here those five hundred thousand men in one form or another have never left the middle east so this is heartbreaking stuff if you have any sense of history. i knew it was a mistake i thought the iraq war one was a huge mistake i thought there was plenty of room to negotiate when films like that come out w for instance are at the untold history of the united states the one that you mention has a percent in america and you pretty much denounce a lot of tropes and facts in american history i can't tell you it's easy but i think it's the most some of the most important work i've done in my life i'm very proud of those two films i paid a price for because i guess some people would you know they don't consider me in the debate but neither do they consider people like noam chomsky so there is no center in the united states political discourse it's all ce

east ice says leader urged them to create a new power block in the middle east to convert turkey and iran and he would lobby for them and moshing to libya was to join the group later its alleged leader a convicted paedophile was told they like the idea that the media were concerned that as the us presidential election was moving into high gear democratic nominee hillary clinton would protect the iran nuclear deal and would be less keen to abandon old alliances with the meeting thought the republican candidate donald trump might be more likely to support the initiative we have seen for the last nine months that there has been a new alliance that has emerged between the united arab emirates saudi arabia egypt and what bahrain as a junior party as a junior partner and what or not that alliance can sustain itself in the long run that is unclear but there are certainly efforts to boost that alliance at the expense of the gulf cooperation council. it was reported to king abdullah of jordan congressional leaders in the u.s. that turkey was the main regional threat to stability but he later

east i says leader them to create a new power block in the middle east to combine turkey and iran and he would lobby for them in washington libya was to join the group later its alleged leader a convicted paedophile was told they like the idea there was a meeting were concerned that as the u.s. presidential election was moving into high gear democratic nominee hillary clinton would protect the iran nuclear deal and would be less keen to abandon all the alliances. at the meeting thought the republican candidate donald trump might be more likely to support the initiative we have seen for the last nine months that there has been a new alliance that has emerged between the united arab emirates saudi arabia egypt and what bahrain as a junior party as a junior partner and what or not that alliance can sustain itself in the long run that is unclear but there are certainly efforts to boost that alliance at the expense of the gulf cooperation council. it was reported to king abdullah of jordan congressional leaders in the u.s. that turkey was the main regional threat to stability but he later

east of christians. and the prior administration made very, very clear their priority was not the christians that were being slaughtered by the thousands in the middle east, it was muslim refugees and that's why there's such a tiny, tiny percentage of christian refugees that were allowed into the united states when compared to the percentage of christians living in the middle east where the refugees were coming from. it's a sobering time, and it only makes sense that when we reach a time when christianity s maligned, defamed, persecuted, that it's a time the bible talks about, right is wrong, wrong is right, those that try to hold to the right as god gives them to see the folks at, gee, those are said to be crazy. and if not crazy, hate mongers. they are not hate mongers, but when we get into that period of time, it makes sense. priorities are completely askew , and the generation in charge thinks of itself and does not think about what is going to happen to that generation's children. when one thinks ab

♪ >> welcome to "best of bloomberg markets: middle east." investors turn causes as president trump fires his secretary of state. well gets a little bit of a bomb as traders consider the impact it may have on policy towards iran and venezuela. the gulf nation offload its entire stake amid the ongoing isolation by neighboring countries. chasing foreign funds. shares in some of the region's biggest banks soar as they announce plans to increase their foreign ownership limits. the white house confirmed this week that president trump will welcome a saudi prince on march 20. that is as international continues -- international competition continues. omissions from the kingdom about the ipo could now be delayed until 2019. i got more with the ceo and founder of qamar energy. similar.o cases are to it was an initiative from the top. this initiative on the ipo program is also driven by the top, but it concerns ramco very much. the other hand, the cost of leadership is very much on board with it. challengess in the have become increasingly apparent and

♪ >> welcome to "best of bloomberg markets: middle east." these are the major stories driving headlines this week. ipo's. the head of abu dhabi's sovereign wealth fund tells us why he is planning to sell shares in as many as three companies this year. along the fed, you we central on why he will be matching any u.s. rate increase in 2018. and not such a summary outlook. fourier treasury secretary larry summers on why he thinks the next recession could drag on longer than the last one. first, a gathering in abu dhabi this week for the financial markets forum. now regarded as the premier annual conference in the region, those in attendance were the head of the sovereign wealth fund. they set down with bloomberg's erik schatzker. erik: one of your largest investments, emirates global aluminum showed record results for 2017. profit is up almost 60%. why is that such an important milestone? >> i am very proud of this company. it is a company that has a rich history. 40 years, and industrial champion from the you we -- the ue. -- the uae. this com

he got us into the middle east. we spent $7 trillion in the middle east over 17 years.

forward in the middle east he coauthored it with george mitchell the former u.s. special envoy for middle east peace he is in san francisco and joel rubin who served as deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs in the obama administration he's president of the washington strategy group joel joins us from washington. alone we'll start with you you seem the deadliest day who's in who's in violation of the cease fire well when they un security council declared a cease fire about ten days ago in the hope was that that could lead to a period of calm for a little while and as has happened so many times in the past the assad regime continues to bombard civilian positions throughout syria with the help of russia in particular and in its attempts to exert more control over the syrian territory as it stands now president bashar al assad is in the strongest position he has been in really since the start of the civil war support from russia the help of the iranians. have really helped prop up the assad regime in a way that allows him to feel confident in his

he wants to create his own project in the middle east very much like. saudi arabia's crown prince hits out at iran's supreme leader in his first interview on u.s. television. hello there is absolutely throwing it down for some of us in japan at the moment here's why on the satellite picture you can see all this cloud working its way across us bringing us some very heavy rain and it's still clinging on to that southeast corner on cheese day elsewhere it does look a good deal dry it still a lot of cloud around the still quite gray and quite gloomy we've got yet more wet weather this pushing its way towards us as we head into wednesday this mostly over the southern parts but we could see a few outbreaks of rain there across tokyo as well meanwhile towards the west generally mild air force in beijing temperatures around twelve degrees heading a bit further south in the wet weather that we've had over the southeastern parts of china is still just clinging on to that eastern coast it's not warm in that way where the either we're looking at around twelve in sh