in saudi arabia. it depend on each country, for example, real estate right now used to be a tabu a few years ago in the united states. and saudi arabia, it's really-- it's been a booming industry the last four, five years. >> rose: in saudi arabia. >> exactly, yes. although, the united states right now, we are beginning to see a plateauing of real estate, and that is going up. so it depends on whichq<(ááv -- >> how about choina then? >> china itself is a continent, 1.3 billion people and growing. it's a very much controlled economy. it's a very much-- it's a controlled economy. although, its economy is a capitalistic economy, the country is very much a commystic and centralized. we have to see if these two cooshz survive for a long time-- long term. >> rose: and latin america? >> they're moving, they're moving slowly. >> rose: mexico? >> mexico right now isy a star in latin america. but mexico with the oil based industry that they have right now over there, it's really-- it's stronger terms than oth

saudi arabia . america wants iran out of the peace negotiations but really the country that is prolonging this war that is the core the cause of the instability is saudi arabia and it's it's absurd that saudi arabia is our ally in this region of the irony of ironies michael it's interesting that we met saudi arabia has been mentioned because we had secretary kerry say that the united states and saudi arabia agree on the ultimate goal he doesn't like to see exactly what the ultimate goal is anymore because i think washington's been a little bit red faced about assad must go because it's not going to happen but we do see two different trajectories here we have the american one which seems very blurry to me and saudi arabia is just going to do whatever it damn well pleases and it's going to continue fueling the war irrespective of the suffering of the people of syria or the impact on the region because it's only looking at a ran well it is true that since august twenty third the gassing of. the america

saudi arabia is a peculiar situation when you know the u.s. government first had its relations with under franklin roosevelt one of the great promoters of human rights i mean there are certain realities that any american president have to deal with and one of them is sort of arabia we're not going to change the government we hope that out of evolution out of change out of pressure from the outside saudi arabia will change i mean there now at least the women in saudi arabia are not define the government by trying to show that they can drive cars alone so these things will happen gradually but meantime the most important issue is bringing peace to syria to iran and to the israel palestinian conflict isn't that what american president should be focusing on that's the most crucial issues that face us as a country well kelly you know all these great values are used and in a very specific way a very discriminating way you if it's a friend you overlook all of their. deficiencies that if you don't get in line then you get the the worst of the worst i

saudi arabia is a peculiar situation when you know the u.s. government first had its relations with under franklin roosevelt one of the great promoters of human rights i mean there are certain realities that any american president have to deal with and one of them is sort of arabia we're not going to change the government we hope that out of evolutionary change out of pressure from the outside saudi arabia will change i mean there now at least the women in saudi arabia are not define the government by trying to show that they can drive cars alone so these things will happen gradually but meantime the most important issue is bringing peace to syria to iran and to the israel palestinian conflict isn't that what american president should be focusing on that's the most crucial issues that face us as a country well kelly you know all these great values are used and in a very specific way a very discriminating way you if it's a friend you overlook all of their. deficiencies if you don't you don't get in line then you get the the worst of the worst i

from the outside saudi arabia will change i mean there now at least the women in saudi arabia are not define the government by trying to show that they can drive cars alone so these things will happen gradually but meantime the most important issue is bringing peace to syria to iran and to the israel palestinian conflict isn't that what american president should be focusing on that's the most crucial issues that face us as a country well kelly you know all these great values are used in a very specific way a very discriminating way you if it's a friend you overlook all of their. deficiencies that if you don't get in line then you get the the worst of the worst i mean everything stephen just said about you know waiting and development you could say that easily about you ran as well but that's not part of the narrative inside the beltway is it. no i don't i don't think it i don't think it is and just to get back to to us even said about saudi arabia middling in scuttling you know the negotiation process with iran i mean this goes back to what i said perhaps this is an outgrowth of the f

arabia and saudi arabia's move into bahrain i mean you know i think these are horrible things in the united states has really deplorable and all through the middle east they were these horrific dictators and how can we turn around and say we want democracy when hamas has an election they don't like the outcome forget about hamas has a law gets elected you don't like the outcome forget the i mean i find this truly hypocritical and i think it damages the united states and it damages the perception of the united states with people on the ground because they say these people these want these americans they just support dictators saudi arabia is the best example. well yeah no i mean it is a conundrum of the president he did inherit this i mean unfortunately you know he did he did you know cast the cast the first stone and he said in cairo that he that he. was going to advance this new vision of democracy and he was going to support these democracy movements unfortunately got very complicated and which he was he was facing a host of allies in the middle east the elites the monarchies who w

many said they were gaoled in saudi arabia. their fingerprints taken, and that once out they won't be able to return. >> translation: we were about 3,000 in gaol. they gave us nothing - no water, no food. three people died in gaol. that's not fair. >> these are mostly unskilled labourers. they have almost no chance to find work as well. many of the workers who were deported spent most of their lives in saudi arabia. now, they feel abandoned and betrayed. >> so they picked human rights - the way they treat these people is inhumane. as they cross the border to yemen, they complain how they were treated. it is an ordeal. >> there are half a million workers in saudi arabia. they face a tough choice. staying illegally in saudi arabia, returning to their country while the future looks bleak. >> we tried to get a comment from the yemeni government about accusations that saudi arabia is mistreating illegal workers, but the officials we contacted declined. they called it a sensitive issue. we know the king dom contributes hundreds of mi

graham about saudi arabia and we see a possible reset some kind of reset with washington or saudi arabia going on its own that could be just all bluster nonetheless saudi arabia is a power broker right now we saw with egypt and we're seeing it with syria with the talk about syria in a second but you know is this the kind of country that is going to be the beacon of american democracy for the region saudi arabia really. well i think. the the u.s. saudi relationship has always been built on security it always has been bit warm security since its founding and i think you know ultimately the relationship between security energy come to come together what this means is the u.s. saudi relationship is not a point of divorce there's a lot of tensions the saudis have for being far more vocal than they usually are disagreeing with the united states you know you could fighting for a position on the u.n. security council and then turning down the position is a clear demonstration effect of how saudi arabia is upset but these two powers on a point of divorce atoll and i think that yes there are probl

at saudi arabia. america wants iran out of the peace negotiations but really the country that has prolonging this war that is the core the cause of the instability is saudi arabia and it's it's absurd that saudi arabia is our ally in this region of the irony of ironies michael it's interesting that we made the saudi arabia has been mentioned because we had secretary kerry say that the united states and saudi arabia agree on the ultimate goal he doesn't like to see exactly what the ultimate goal is anymore because i think washington's been a little bit red faced about assad must go because it's not going to happen but we do see two different trajectories here we have the american one which seems very blurry to me and saudi arabia is just going to do whatever it damn well pleases and it's going to continue fueling the war irrespective of the suffering of the people of syria or the impact on the region because it's only looking at iran well it is true that since august twenty third the gassing of. the am

arabia now saudi arabia have backed up and emphatically supported the radical regime as the bastion of dictatorship but in doing that what has been laid bare to its own people they have discovered that this is not what it has but rate itself or depicted this for decades that it is they've got the end the indisputable protector of sunni islam because they have thrown its weight its throne its support behind dictatorship and it has been spearheading at the forefront of actually supporting dictatorship which are against the sunni people who rose up in egypt and tunisia which have exposed this to these. people and that's why we see that it is going out of their way now to try to stand up and form an a sectarian war in syria and also. ok i want to talk about syria in a second because i did not talk about syria in a second here are you going to go if you're going to go back to arms and watching i mean we've this is a very interesting point do you think that the western powers understands the significance of the different the sunni shia divide because again you know you can have western po

why is it shipping large quantities of arms to countries like saudi arabia. well the front of the mysteries of the most it did the guidelines stated that the accounts of the moment came into force in the year two thousand and one may stipulate east germany is only in principle at least allowed to export weapons to the eu and to its tomato comments. the woodland from this latest report is the gemini is in fact as sending fifty nine percent of its comes to a countries like saudi arabia to test if the policy countries that that is all a note according to the guidelines which again stipulate that jimmy connors expo to step up two nations is its own vital difference in security interests on a plane that's what the government argues that the country like saudi arabia's we see the government says it's a state of security and stability in the troubled region. not everybody agrees of course was told that the critic is one opposition force or another opposition voice saying she kind of magical time including behaves as if that has never been a matter of spring. she is

and we see a possible reset some kind of reset with washington or saudi arabia going on its own that could be just all bluster none the less saudi arabia is a power broker right now we saw with egypt and we're seeing it with syria was the talk about syria in a second but you know is this the kind of country that is going to be the beacon of american democracy for the region saudi arabia really. well i think. the the u.s. saudi relationship has always been built on security it always has been built on security since its founding and i think you know ultimately the relationship between security energy come to come together what this means is the u.s. saudi relationship is not a point of divorce there's a lot of tensions the saudis have for being far more vocal than they usually are disagreeing with the united states you know you could fighting for a position on the u.n. security council and then turning down the position is a clear demonstration effect of how saudi arabia is upset but these two powers on a point of divorce are tall and i think that yes there are problems that the unite

saudi arabia and qatar. are both sunni controlled even though saudi arabia in particular has a large population almost a majority of. the percent in saudi arabia has a majority. in the when the west these. issues in the region are so often characterized as sunni and we saw that played out in a. simple process. as we went through iraq and particularly assured neighborhoods is. what is the what is the shia sunni dynamic to what extent is iran being sure they should play into that how does that affect politics in iran and in that region do you see these things changing it's change for the worse right now. the shia sunni thing has always been there and it's you know it's always been in the background most of the time but it's not necessarily at all as pronounced as that is right now what i think is happening is that there are very significant geo political rivalries taking place in the region in which again utilizing a sick tyrian card playing that card has a far greater resonance far greater impact on the groun

there might also be people inside saudi arabia warring gaged in a dialogue with tel aviv. but we're convinced that the saudi policy towards these rather regime does not imply forging an alliance against the islamic republic of iran. even on the contrary i think there has always been solid potential to build an effective strategic alliance between iran and saudi arabia. in order to tackle regional and international problems. you know many say that israel is isolated in the region and it doesn't really have any partners in the middle east anymore isn't it also true for iran though i mean you had a friend that was but he has bigger issues to deal with right now he doesn't have time to think about it on what do you think about this comparison with. if you're talking about our own neighbors in the middle east neighbors is turkey our strategic partner even when teheran and. serious disagreements about syria we made sure no damage was done to our strategic relations. our other neighbor in the middle east is iraq iraq is iran strategic at the moment. i do not need to explain what

relations with qatar kuwait and saudi arabia are problematic. even though there are differences between us. and then there is me. there have been some developments in bahrain you know fact is relations with. our embassy is open. we are in constant dialogue with bahrain. we offer a different plans and programs to bahrain in order to help solve the conflicts between the authorities in the opposition there. we have always said that we are ready to help because we want to see stability in the country. that can be achieved through national dialogue. so i would never say that iran is isolated from its neighbors they're part of them all down the country in some areas our relations with them. good as it was a chip. your thought there just take a short break. after the break we'll come back with you downstairs at. foreign minister jose and i made up a lot young to talk about the future of war torn syria. but all told you my language or what i will only react to situations i have read the reports of the pollution and no i will leave them to the state depa

arabia, out right. >> from the pakistan stamps -- standpoint, giving saudi arabia and full of nuclear weapons would be a very provocative action that could jeopardize pakistan and their assets to the international fund, that the economy needs. thought it was much more likely if pakistan were to honor any agreement -- it would be for pakistan to send their own forces and their own troops, armed with nuclear topons and delivery systems, be deployed in saudi arabia. >> many believe that iran is just below the nuclear threshold. but they may be that little bit closer than, even than in iran. closer --een kept kept stable by american leadership in the middle east but this fact can no longer be taken for granted. >> we gave details of the story to the pakistani and saudi arabian government. the foreign minister has described the story as baseless. is ahey say that pakistan responsible nuclear state with competence of export control. the embassy in london has issued a statement pointing out that the kingdom is his secretary to the nonproliferation and has worked for a nuclear free middle eas

is. >> for saudi arabia. okay. but how likely is that scenario where they would keep those spigots open just to, as brian said, stick it to iran? >> when the conversations that i've had with senior iraqi oil executives, they're the ones who brought this to my attention. they're the ones who said, if the oil production -- and this actually, they were talking about relations between iraq and iran. and they felt very strongly that they could see saudi arabia use their power and production to reduce prices to keep the situation in iran more challenging. >> where does this go? i mean, you know, they've got this minoog, this giant new oil field coming online in iraq. it's small but getting bigger. it could be one of the biggest in the region, if it can avoid getting damaged by infighting. will iraq seriously become a 4 or 5 million barrel a day regulator? >> the persian gulf outside of basra, they raised their export capacity there to 4.5 million barrels a day. their highest level i believe in august was about 3.2

see a possible reset some kind of reset with washington or saudi arabia going on its own that could be just all bluster none the less saudi arabia is a power broker right now we saw with egypt and we're seeing it with syria was the talk about syria in a second but you know is this the kind of country that is going to be the beacon of american democracy for the region saudi arabia really. well i think. the the u.s. saudi relationship has always been built on security it always has been bit warm security since its founding and i think you know ultimately the relationship between security energy come to come together what this means is the u.s. saudi relationship is not a point of divorce there's a lot of tensions the saudis of being far more vocal than they usually are disagreeing with the united states you know you could fighting for a position on the u.n. security council and then turning down the position is a clear demonstration effect of how saudi arabia is upset but these two powers on a point of divorce are tall and i think that yes there are problems that the united states has

saudi arabia qatar. are both sunni control even though saudi arabia in particular has a large population almost a majority it is not going to play any percent in saudi arabia has a majority. in the way in the west these. issues in the region are so often characterized as shia sunni and we saw that played out in. simple for us. as we went through iraq in particular which neighborhoods is. what is the what is the shia sunni dynamic to what extent is iran being shit nation play into that how does that affect politics in iran and in that region do you see these things changing it's change for the worse right. the shia sunni thing has always been there and it's you know it's always been in the background most of the time and it's not necessarily at all as pronounced as it is right now what i think is happening is that there are very significant geo political rivalries taking place in the region in which again utilizing a sick card playing that card has a far greater resonance far greater impact on the ground.

saudi arabia that goes back to the early one nine hundred seventy s. when the gold window was closed and you had the beginning of the petro dollar but now that is are threatened because of other activities in the middle east because now you've got the collapse of the syrian invasion to do in part the no vote from the u.k. you know the house of parliament and this detente with iran the saudi arabia and so you're so you see that the gold price to go up in what you're saying is that the playboy states in the gulf as you described them they want to get more liquid and gold to recast this gold because they are now looking toward a post saudi us by bilateral relationship it's a huge change in that relationship i'm speculating that this is the case but this to me seems logical if we take this a bit further then we can get a little bit more frightened perhaps about the implications ok let's do it because go for it because. if they are looking to use the gold for transactions then they are moving away from the dependence on the petro dollar. so they're becoming

they been t they don't go to saudi arabia as tourists. if the saudi government wants to enter into an arrangement with us, the citizenry has no input for that. the saudis blame us with what has happened in iraq, with good reason, but meanwhile that was in 2003, and the relationship continues. and they have good reason to be unhappy with certain policies, but also to understand that in the interest of their own security they can't simply breach the relationship with the united states. they have to maintain it. >> all right, thomas, we appreciate you joining us tonight. great to have you here. really thought provoking interview with the prince, a good read. >> thank you. >> thank you both. time to see what is trending on www.aljazeera.com's website. let's check in with hermela aragawi. >> antonio you were just discussing saudi arabia. let's move to the persian gulf to a story out of iran. iran's culture minister is calling for a lift on the country's four-year long social media ban. the ban was put in place in 2009 after iranians took to th

last month saudi intelligence chief told diplomats that saudi arabia would shift away from the u.s. over its relationship with iran and handling of the syrian crisis. the senior editor for the "washington post" and joins us in the studio. and thomas lit man joins us from washington, d.c. scholar of the middle east constitution, and author of saudi arabia on the edge. uncertain future of the ally. the u.s. does not seem to win for trying. they manage to come up with some sort of solution in syria to get rid of chemical weapons, and prince turkey slams them about that in the interview. they also managed to make strides with iran's new leader, rue than anrouhani, but they'rey about it. no matter what the united states does, saudi arabia is not going to be happen, and was hash about the u.s. and president obama. >> i think many people in the region share his feelings. i think saudi arabia, which has been a key u.s.ially has been extremely frustrated by the fact that the president said if they use chemical weapons it would be a red line and he would use force. think used chemical weapons

saudi arabia is filling that vacuum. still america will lead the oil world and will have foreign policy toward the whole world. saudi arabia still going to be an important country for united states and its foreign policy. >> are the saudis right now overproducing, producing more oil to push oil prices down so that the fracing becomes less of an issue? tell us what's going on. >> no no. saudi arabia's oil production was alleviated because of the internal turbulences. it went back. now in libya, production came back into effect and iraq stabilized -- increased production. staush went back to quota around 9.5 million barrels a day. no, we're not overproducing now to lower the price because saudi arabia is showing a price between $95 and $100 is good for consumers and producers. >> do you think that's where this market will be for the foreseeable future? what's your take on oil prices? what if we see more shell discoveries in the united states? >> i think that the -- oil is a commodity. depends on supply and demand. dleer cl

arabia now saudi arabia have backed up and emphatically supported the radical regime as the bastion of dictatorship but in doing that what has been laid bare to its own people they have discovered that this is not what it has betrayed itself or depicted this for decades that it is they've got the end the indisputable protector of sunni islam because they're so with the regime has thrown its weight it's thrown its support behind dictatorship and it has been spearheading at the forefront of actually supporting dictatorship which are against the sunni people who rose up in egypt and tunisia which have exposed this to these. people and that's why we see that it is going out of their way now to try to stand up and form an a sectarian war in syria and also it's ok i want to talk about syria the second as i did not talk about syria in a second here are you going to go if you're going to go back to arms and watching i mean we've this is a very interesting point do you think that the western powers understands the significance of the different the sunni shia divide because again you know you

precisely about saudi arabia why dealing saudi arabia to this case. because the minute and or the proxies of first saudi arabia are now existed in the descent between damascus and homes and they are spreading all these kyra's on terrorism. around the cities of homes and damascus most of the car bombs are coming from this areas and when hezbollah and syrian army decided to crush the rebellion in this area the saudis. wanted to send a message hysterical very hysterical message to iran we have to remember of the actions of saudi ever in the first few weeks they refused the membership of the un security council and then they said that they are going to they gonna work to foil the negotiations the peace negotiations in geneva for peace in syria and they're also trying to block any deal between the west and iran and recently the reports are saying that saw the idea of is going to buy a bomb from pakistan a nuclear bomb from pakistan if a deal has been reached between the p five plus one and iran so this hysterical policies by saudi arabia is reflecting the.

there is saudi arabia to support modern government in syria. that's not going to happen any time soon. >> final word on what happens next? >> more killing, unfortunately, i think the peace process--the pieces are not in place yet, and i would agree that the balance on the ground has to shift. >> all right, thank you so much to all of you. that's all we have time for. that's it for now from the team in washington, d.c. and from me, libby casey. thank you for watching. good night. >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. >> me and my daughter will go to all courts all over the world to punish who did this crime. >> yasser arafat was poisoned. >>> kathleen sebelius back on capitol hill. the health and human services secretary facing more questioning about healthcare.gov. >>> and the vicious battles between the individual atlantis and the drug cartels now taking

saudi arabia that goes back to the early one nine hundred seventy s. when the gold window was closed and you had the beginning of the petro dollar but now that is are threatened because of other activities in the middle east because now you've got the collapse of the syrian invasion did you in part the no vote from the u.k. now the parliament and this detente with iran the saudi arabia and so you're so you see that the gold price the gold in it what you're saying is that the playboy states in the gulf as you described them they want to get more liquid and gold to recast this gold because they are now looking toward a post saudi us by bilateral relationship it's a huge change in that relationship i'm speculating that this is the case but this to me seems logical if we take this a bit further then we can get a little bit more frightened perhaps about the implications ok let's do it because go for it because. if they are looking to use the gold for transactions then they are moving away from the dependence on the petro dollar. so they're becoming more asi

and saudi arabia. kerry is continuing his tour of the middle east. it comes after plains of holy spirit of syria, iran and the middle east peace process. >> the saudis are the senior player, if you will, within the arab world with egypt. egypt is in more of a transition, so saudi arabia's role is that much more important. the saudi's ability to influence a lot of things that we also care about, and we work together on. we're working together particularly on middle east peace process on syria, on egypt, and on iran. >> saudi arabia's foreign minister told kerry that they have no problem with the united states, and the two countries are busy dealing with the issues that divide them. >>> secretary of state kerry talked to saudi arabia about iran's nuclear program as well. many took to the streets in protest while that discussion was taking place. >>> the pakistani government said it will review every aspect of its relationship with the united states. the move comes after mehsud, the leader of the pakistani taliban, was killed in a drone strike on friday

this is something the saudi arabias are not used to. they have been framing foreign policy over the last 10 years in a way where they'd like to get closer to the americans. the iranians are going to emirate saying, "do you know what, part of the deal you have to recognise our regional role." the biggest fear is if the americans tell the iranians, "we are pleased with the development, you know what we accept your presence in every dealing," particularly when it comes to syria. this will be a nightmare. i expect tough maection from the gc 3 countries. >> we'll speak to throughout the day. al jazeera's correspondent joining us. check out the website for more news on the iranian deal, aljazeera.com. >> jpmorgan playing a hefty price for its part in the financial collapse, how the $13 billion can help some home owners. a small city makes a big promise, kids that graduate high school get free tuition: i'm ali velshi, that is "real money." of the show so join the conversation with the @aj real money. on

so you saying here that again another element unreported or on recognize is that saudi arabia and we were in the region doing a film not too long ago and the word on the street on the arab street was that saudi arabia was overstating their reserves by quite a bit as much as forty percent and of course i would set up the iran and then you see why they were ganging up with israel to go and raid a rat and then around play the gold card right we got to continue this next time because right a frickin time but remember the point there was that the people's bank of china will no longer be buying u.s. treasuries stated over the second half all out war. if you're thinking about an alcoholic drink associated with russia it's probably not going to be one that springs into your head but they've been making it here on the black sea coast for more than two thousand kids and there's an industry which really can compete with the best the rest of the world has to offer i've come to meet some of the people growing the greats and to see if i can find out the secret to the perfect. this is the place tha

there is saudi arabia to support modern government in syria. that's not going to happen any time soon. >> final word on what happens next? >> more killing, unfortunately, i think the peace process--the pieces are not in place yet, and i would agree that the balance on the ground has to shift. >> all right, thank you so much to all of you. that's all we have time for. that's it for now from the team in washington, d.c. and from me, libby casey. thank you for watching. good night. (vo) viewfinder. fresh perspectives through the lens of local filmmakers around the globe. ♪

yet, saudi arabia is very concerned. for example when president obama puts a red line whereby if syria crosses that redline by using chemical weapons, he would strike and then adjustment or change happens whereby a quid prokuo takes place where the weapons are given to the united states whereby they don't get hid. this was not working much in our region. >> when they didn't strike what did you think about that? >> it's not us only. it's the whole word. they saw world. they sate as a blinking. a big delegation visits egypt and other countries whereby they establish themselves again because, you know russia played the big role between them and the united states and syria. >> the big question is iran and it's said that saudi arabia would like for someone to strike iran, its bitter enemy in the middle east. would it be helpful to the saudis if israel or the united states struck the iranian oil facilities? i'm sorry, oil facilities? >> i'm not sure. most of the countries in the region want iran to be struck by the united stat

if you supply weapons to saudi arabia, you are not serious about that guideline. german government countered that saudi arabia is an important ally in the middle east. saudi arabia is a partner in the fight against international terrorism. is a partner in the g-20. and i say all this without overlooking the fact that when it comes to human rights there are wide differences of opinion between saudi arabia and the german government. trade in arms earned germany one billion euros in2012. it is the world's third-largest arms exporter. a 16-year-old accepted the european union's prize for freedom of thought. it was presented at the european parliament. the award honors her campaign for girls to have an education. >> and these children -- afor one, an iphone, playstation or chocolate. they just want a book. >> the taliban tried to assassinate her last year because of her work, but that pakistani teenager survived a gunshot to the head. in ukraine'soar parliament on thursday. lawmakers rejected a bill to allow the jailed former prime minister to leave the country for med

there is a healthy debate in saudi arabia about the issue. i think the debate is best left to saudi arabia and the people engaged in it. all of whom know exactly where we many the united states of america stand on this issue. >> while the democrats regularly accuse the gop of waging a war on women it's staggering to hear those remark trs a former presidential nominee of a party that claims to care about women's rights. talk about a gutless, spineless coward. here with reaction to that and more author of "black book of the american left" david horowitz joins us. how are you? >> doing good. hypocrisy is their middle name. here he goes to saudi arabia, bar baric country that won't allow women to drive an automobile. when he goes to the middle east he tells israel which is a democracy that they have to be tolerant toward palestinians supporters of terrorism. they call openly for pushing the jus into the sea and destroying israel. his opinion is stick it to our ally, israel. >> i feel that the administration between supporting morsi, muslim brothe

relations with saudi arabia appointing a former ambassador to saudi arabia inevitably compromises you you've got someone who is a cheerleader for the saudi arabian government on side and that's a huge problem but that isn't the only flora for example it was a secret public meeting between the committee some members of the committee and the representative systems who are by far and away the biggest supplier to the saudi arabian government from the u.k. side. the committee said they would have liked the evidence to be public b.h. said no we're not going to give you the surveillance of public so they hold a secret meeting that's just right of course the opinion of arms companies was taken into account here as the report was being prepared but what are any critical voices. yes there were a lot of critical voices campaign against arms trade amnesty international human rights watch all gave evidence home range of groups from bahrain human rights groups democracy groups from bahrain gave evidence because the report was also covering bahrain as well. and fortunately with saudi arabia it's ver

on iran - again the saudi arabia dismnts. a diplomatic opening, secretary kerry described it as a window opening, wanting to give iran a chance to demonstrate that their nuclear program is civilian, not military persons. here is john kerry with the saudi prime minister. >> nothing that we are doing with respect to this negotiation will alter or upset or get in the way of the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia. and the relationship in this region. >> in addition to syria in iran, another point of disagreement - egypt. saudi arabia - the government led by abdul fatah al-sisi. weeks ago the united states curtailing aid to that very government. secretary kerry on the trip is going to make another run in middle east peace. many view this as a sideshow, with everything else going on - a quicksodic quest. he'll meet with benyamin netanyahu in jerusalem, and mahmoud abbas, the head of the palestine authority. he's in poland. secretary john kerry will go to morocco and algeria. mike viqueira reporting from the whi

of abuse and they should be able to leave the country and i think that that's what makes saudi arabia and the other gulf countries stand as far as this is the fact that employers have so much control over workers and frankly can't leave the country without their employers and i think all these things come find create very a very. did you ation or if not to. put it off as well. you know if the really big problem you just got with. great to talk to you thank you very much indeed for letting us know your thoughts on this issue there adam kugel middle east research from human rights watch live on r.t. thank you thank you typhoon haiyan may have left up to ten thousand people dead in the philippines that's according to local officials although the government says that cannot be confirmed. and named and that. just yesterday i was ok the storm is the fourth most powerful tropical cyclone ever recorded and the strongest to hit the region central city of tacloban was ravaged by the disaster leaving thousands of homes without a roof the red cross has only been able to confirm one thousand two h

possibly with one notable and very curious exception and that is saudi arabia saudi arabia that also sees iran as an enemy and a country that also seems to experience at this current moment some difficulties with washington what do you what do you make of these once and imaginable union dispute the fact that israel has only one alone in the area we share the same set of interests i think that most of the countries in the middle east share the same sort of interest with israel they all fear islamic terrorism the forms of hamas islamic jihad they all despise the countries even syria of president most there will be fear in islamic shiite extreme state like iran holding a nuclear weapon if you go interview that we can mix cables that were published just two years ago you'll see transcripts of meetings between rulers of ghosts the gulf states and emirate the countries where they called the americans to strike iran when they see very favorably a possible aerial strike from israel on only iran that's as. to my point that it is goal state goal state that primarily support israel the same goa

pick your country iraq afghanistan libya saudi arabia israel egypt syria turkey and even though what happened in each washington finds itself either the odd man out leaving alone or leading from behind in a muddled path is the u.s. simply out of touch or is history in the region merely being on. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks of the r.p. interviews intriguing story to tell you. the arabic to find out more visit arabic t.v. . again this is r t let's pick up on the story we just left the iran nuclear negotiations away from stan's only i would joined live by terry caldwell is an expert on iran at the institute of international and strategic relations in paris and joining us live by the evening to you what's france trying to achieve with this tough stance that over iran i'm a sicko but you're live on r.t. just just checking you can hear us so you sort of talked over let's try again what's france trying to achieve with its current stance over iran. i think france is trying to reassure its traditional allies like s