looking at arab news 110w. something changed. looking at arab news now. and benjamin netanyahu to iran, don't test israel. when i looked at this thought... no change there in terms of the israeli prime minister's stands and his focus, what he argues that the international media or anyone listening — iran is the problem in the middle east. that is his opinion. it is his opinion but this isa opinion. it is his opinion but this is a dramatic way that he has demonstrated that particular issue. the speech in munich, holding up the fragment of a growing that they claim is an iranian drone that they shot down. —— fragment of a drone. and recently, an israeli fighter plane shot down, the first time since 1982. i know we hear about the tension between israel and iran but this seems to be a bit more tangible echoes of these elements. if that is the case, we have the potential for a real conflict. and the conflict ground here is syria. they are the proxy between the two. and being front—page of arab news, all of the neighbours are watching very closely and i

arab news reports that women will be allowed to drive taxis and other commercial vehicles in oman from march first as part of a drive to give women equal business and employment rights.

arab news reports that women will be allowed to drive taxis and other commercial vehicles in oman from march first as part of a drive to give women equal business and employment rights. the japan times goes with a crytocurrency story, bitcoin lost m42 billion off its value injanuary. that's its biggest one month loss to date. and finally gulf news has a photo of the world's longest zipline called the jebel jais flight. definitely not for the faint hearted. it is a terrifying 2,832 metre long wire which stretches above the rocky outcrop of the uae's highest mountain range. let's begin. nina trentmann from the wall street journaljoins me now. to the to with, shall we? quite an astonishing story in terms of figures from the daily telegraph about the amount of money that the nhs does pay—out in compensation and where it is taking it. yeah, rather extraordinary claims in the daily telegraph that if the nhs had to pay out all current claims, it would amount to billions of pounds, which is up from the amount paid out in 2015. this comes on the back of a change in the law and there are a num

the arab news reports on comments made by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who in a speech at the munich security conference warned iran not to test israel's resolve and accused tehran of seeking to dominate the middle east through terror. the telegraph reports uk prime minister theresa may has criticised britain's "outdated attitude" to university education saying too many people taking degrees are charged too much money for their courses. there's upbeat news in the ft. global dividends reached record levels last year, bolstered by strong global growth and a revival in us pay—outs as business confidence returns following political the uncertainty of 2016. and on front of the guardian, actor gemma arterton poses for a photo alongside equal pay campaigners gwen davis and eileen pullen at this years bafta's. actresses were asked to wear black dresses after a call for the awards to focus on industry inequality rather than clothes.

let's start with the front page of arab news. it tells us more about how complicated it is to try and resolve the problem of syria in a diplomatic way. there is a lot of interested parties here but this article focuses on france and turkey and the fa ct focuses on france and turkey and the fact that the two were trying to come to an agreement on a way of ending this. they are trying to come to an agreement and they are trying to an agreement and they are trying to bring syria into the mix and the news the russian plane was shot down over the course of the weekend, russia will need to play a part. tu rkey‘s russia will need to play a part. turkey's action against the kurds in the northern parts of that region is also another element to this. regardless of whether this is a plan to end the syrian war, there are also other branches within this conflict which will have to be addressed by any talks, wherever they happen. beat france leading all they happen. beat france leading all the uk or the us, something does need to be done soo

this is in the arab news, it is important to point out this is a saudi paper. saudi arabia is at loggerheads with the run. it is a changing game in syria. we are seeing the end of the territorial element of isis. this isjust leading to another part of this awful conflict. it is like a multiheaded hydra to me. iran is in there in the simple fact is just in there in the simple fact is just in the simple fact that assad is going to be around this negotiating table, so to be around this negotiating table, so is iran. unfortunately, iran is meddling. both in yemen as well. saudi arabia are very conscious of that. it points to the fact that iran is on to be the fact —— a part of the solution as well. we are not there yet. it is that probably the beginning of the end. you mentioned before it is israel's intervention in syria. israel historically has been one of israel's foes. they a lwa ys been one of israel's foes. they always traditionally managed to keep always traditionally managed to keep a bit of a stalemate, no conflict. this is a marked escalation. all of

and in the arab news, the us and russia trade barbs with northern ireland, what is happening with the united nations, there are geopolitical consequences with what is happening. ye5, consequences with what is happening. yes, they make the point that iran is helping the rebels in yemen in this proxy war that has been taking place between yemen and saudi arabia backing the government. i think you will see the tensions that are going on in many different ways. you have tensions between the us and russia on many different issues. you have tensions between the us and iran on many different issues. i think this is also a proxy for another battle which is going on over syria, where iran has been helping president assad , iran has been helping president a55ad, with the russians hopping president assad and the americans opposing all of that. i think this is opposing all of that. i think this i5a opposing all of that. i think this is a story where america is becoming increasingly uncomfortable about iran's in several countries in that, again, fragility, it's a very fragile region. there are wor

the front page of arab news. the un secretary—general yesterday described the rebel enclave as a "hell on earth". a draft un security council resolution is calling for a 30—day ceasefire. the times, scottish edition, is looking at the global study which settles one of the biggest debates in medicine — whether antidepressants work. that is obviously discussed widely as well. in the south china daily post, a chinese research team unveils a design for an ultra—fast plane that could travel five times faster than the speed of sound. you can see it there. quite phenomenal. and finally, on the bbc website, us evangelist billy graham, one of the most influential preachers of the 20th century dies, aged 99. a p pa re ntly apparently during his lifetime, he reached some 210 million people with his message. so let's begin. with me is jane foley, senior fx strategist at rabobank. she has been busy reading these stories. lutz —— let's start with a writ of the listening session in the white house. couldn't help but

we begin with the arab news which says france and turkey plan to create a "diplomatic road map" for an end to the war in syria. that's according to the office of french president emmanuel macron the ft shows greek demonstrators on its cover as hundreds of thousands took to the streets in a dispute over the naming of macedonia. many greeks object to the country calling itself macedonia, saying it implies a territorial claim on greece's northern macedonia region. the telegraph carries a warning from lloyds bank who have become the first to ban customers using credit cards to buy bitcoin, amid fears they could run up huge losses. the irish times leads with brexit and how a row within the conservative party over future customs arrangements comes as european negotiators are looking at how to stop britain undercutting the eu in tax matters and regulation after the uk leaves the european union. and finally the philly voice website is in celebration mode following the news the philadelphia eagles have managed to win the super bowl title in a 41—33 shootout

the arab news leads with the war in syria, which analysts say is entering a dangerously unpredictable phase as the us and israel issue warnings over iran's involvement in the conflict. the ft carries a warning from the world's biggest hedge fund, bridgewater, who say markets are entering a new era of volatility as the world adjusts to higher interest rates after a decade of ultra loose monetary policy. meanwhile, the guardian financial pages look at how the negative market reaction to the world's economic recovery shows how countries have become too reliant on the largesse of central banks. and finally, also in the guardian, it's official — facebook is for older people. according to a new report, teens and young adults are leaving the social networking site as popularity surges among the over—55s. so let's begin. with me is oliver cornock who's editor—in—chief at the oxford business group. welcome back. we are starting with the telegraph and the story that is engulfing oxfam at the moment it also threatens to engulf the department of international trade. it is one of these ter

the arab news leads with us envoy to the un nicky haley who is threatening to take action against iran after russia vetoed a un security resolution condemning tehran's support for yemen's houthi rebels. the new york times says saudi arabia's world dominance over oil production is waning. the kingdom's position is being challenged by a production boom in american shale fields and the rise of natural gas. the times asks if diesel owners have had their day after cities in germany were given the green light to ban older diesel cars. the move comes as the country tackles increasing pollution levels. and the guardian carries a warning the earth could be heading for a climate catastrophe. the paper says an alarming heatwave in the sunless winter arctic is causing blizzards in europe and forcing scientists to reconsider even their most pessimistic forecasts of climate change. with me isjonathan charles who is managing director of the communications department at the european bank for reconstruction and development. good morning. braving the snowy conditions! yes, i was looking at that story in

and finally, the arab news is leading with a proposed new law that it says will give israel wider powers to strip palestinians of their right to live in eastjerusalem and the golan heights. this follows earlier attempts to remove social security benefits and family reunification rights from palestinians in jerusalem. syrian state media is reporting that pro—government forces are going to enter afrin, in the north of the country, to support kurds fighting turkish forces. but there's no sign yet that they've been deployed. turkey regards the kurdish fighters, just across its border, as terrorists and launched a big offensive against them last month. a bbc arabic crew are the only international broadcasters to have reached the region, as rami ruhayem reports. inside afrin, the newest frontline in syria's civil war. the city is the focus of an attack by the turkish army. as they vent their anger, protestors carry pictures of abullah ocalan, he's the jailed leader of the pkk, the kurdish group which has wagwd a decades—long war inside turkey. the syrian kurds have been pushing for autonom

forces muslim arab news agency a number of other american media including c.n.n. . new york times and washington post telling me don't publish materials claiming a lot of russian military personnel i quote died from the u.s. air strike and their allies or. reported two hundred casualties first hundred c.n.n. spoke of over one hundred casualties and the new york times. said dozens of the russian military personnel were killed interestingly i know if you even before with you know these reports the same claims were media by the government of the syrian militants which for some reason. the show from mars and then superimposed destroyed military hard with possibly even a ukrainian from twenty fourteen. and the reports about the dozens and hundreds of for russian citizens being killed is classical example of the misinformation it's not four hundred not two kind of republican not one hundred them not that it was even sensible courting to preliminary forwards as a result of this clash and the reasons for which are currently being established five people were killed supposed

we'll start with arab news, which is leading on the intensive bombardment of eastern ghouta. it reports that saudi arabia is calling on the syrian regime to halt the offensive whilst aid agencies are struggling to reach those who are in need of help. moving on to gulf news. they've got more on the story we're leading on, the issue of gun control in the us following the school massacre in florida. they're reporting that president trump has endorsed stiff measures by pushing for more background checks and raising the minimum age of buyers to 21. and and the china daily is featuring a picture of the country's olympic competitor wu dajing celebrating a victory after winning the men's 500—metre final of short—track speed skating at the winter games. the paper reports that his win, which gives china their first gold medal of the games, triggered a standing ovation from hundreds of chinese spectators. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? rico, canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, has caught people's attention online. he's on a visit to india and his locally ins

news and former senior fellow at the atlantic council in washington d.c. and. former deputy prime minister of post gadhafi libya thank you both for joining me in the arena last of a given how many problems libya has right now political economic social security do you have any regrets about supporting the original nato led intervention in your country in twenty eleven to topple gadhafi i think i think we are very expect expectation are much higher than they should be because when you have people been living under forty two years of oppression you don't expect those people to be able to make a direct and to become a democratic society in a few months and that's what has happened so what is going on today is really we are paying for the legacy of the regime so no regrets about not only allowed no i do not because maybe if the intervention of had been libyan. could have been killed thousands and thousands on the hands of gadhafi how for you were an opponent of gadhafi for a long time where do you stand on the intervention was it a mistake to get rid of gadhafi

the arab news channel reported this morning the syrian army is preparing to launch a ground offensive into eastern ghouta. german chancellor angela merkel admonished the european union for not doing enough to end the violence in syria. saying that the e.u. must step up pressure on the assad regime's biggest backers: russia and iran. >> translator: the regime is not fighting against terrorists but against its own people, killing children, destroying hospitals. this is a massacre which needs to be condemned. >> outside the united nations today, protesters parked three large mobile billboards to criticize the international community's inaction on syria. the signs reading 500,000 dead and still no action. at the security council, there's a growing push for a 30 day humanitarian cease-fire. russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov acknowledge the intensifying humanitarian crisis in syria outside moscow supports a temporary cease-fire. he refused to support any truth that included militant groups. >> a few months ago the assad regime pursued a similar strategy of talking about a cease-fire w

after seven years to new zealand remains the one country doing much from the so-called arab spring as a functioning democracy or does it my guest here at the munich security conference to skim a schedule knowing the country's foreign minister christmas shopping finally come off the revolution and with some hope of a better future. of food next on c w. h i love that kitchen help. host. make the cars touch isn't this an old phrase cause he's become famous really by bringing his exquisite cuisine to a company canteen such. let others have failed her stepsister the following the school may feel. close. to sixty minutes. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all stick up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news. that matters to w. minds. after seven years two new zero remains the one arab country to emerge from the so-called arab spring as a functioning democracy or does it my guest here at the munich security conference is ken mace to now we become trees foreign minister has the shine finally come off the

after seven years to new zealand remains the one country to emerge from the so-called arab spring as a functioning democracy does it my greatest fear is the munich security conference schedule now we the country's foreign minister has to shine finally come off the resolutions and with some hope and a better future is. next on t.w. . germany state by state. the most common. cold was. the most traditional. find it all at any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state on t.w. talk common. on freedom and home. where i come from the region is rich in history and style and talent. poor education. this makes it special difficult for independent. i see many of the young promising. now making a name for themselves. by the way some. with continue. their experience of freedom. is like unions. you can visit your car come back. if you want and i work. after seven years to new zealand remains the one arab country to emerge from the so-called arab spring as a functioning democracy or does it my guest here at the munich security conference is. the country's foreign mini

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emirates the new view we thought in one thousand nine hundred union would be a great thing by security forces in the north. clamp down on our people killing activists in this warring southern provinces unity for us is that we're getting closer to establishing our independence day the crisis is deepening the united nations' top envoy to german stepped down after failing to convince the feuding factions to set aside that differences and to go sheet a deal to and fighting. votes are being counted in sri lanka where record number of women are vying for seats in three hundred forty local governments a new law requires females to fill a quarter of the positions president my three palace or a center and prime minister run over to run a single room nationally in a coalition but they've come thanks separately for their own party's you know fernandez as more from colombo. the newest political front the sri lanka put the john apparel which is basically led from the front by the former president mahinda rajapaksa celebrating as the results come in here on sunday in colombo and now the headquarters

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after seven years to new zealand remains the one arab country to emerge from the so-called arab spring as a functioning democracy or does it my guest here at the munich security conference is now the country's foreign minister has the shine finally come off the revolution and with it the hope of a better future.

after seven years to new zealand remains the one arab country doing much for the so-called arab spring as a functioning democracy or does it mark your spiritual munich security conference is fair my schedule now we the country's foreign minister comes to shine finally come off the revolution and would be the hope of a better. so future of. the folks in sixty minutes t.w. . henry one my name is made by you dan as nearly as i was going to use force you tube channel. only to sports events stories. day tournaments that go along with this huge challenge about when you should better check it out yourself a. good german is a strong country. that we have achieved so much we can do this and if something hinders us we must overcome it india. going where it's uncomfortable global news that matters w made for mines. berlin a city with many facets there are photo opportunities everywhere and not just for tourists even filmmakers can see.

welcome back to the al-jazeera news arabs a whole rahman a reminder of our top stories for israeli soldiers have been wounded two of them seriously and explosion along the israeli border with gaza now the israeli military blames her mass it's carried out air strikes targeting several locations in the southern gaza strip. also russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has dismissed u.s. allegations that thirteen russian nationals run a secret operation to sway the twenty sixteen presidential election in donald trump's favor but u.s. national security advisor h.r. mcmaster said the evidence of espionage is undeniable. also caught in pakistan as hunted for death sentences to a man convicted of raping and murdering a six year old girl a killing that led to widespread protests across the country as anyone salaries body was found in a rubbish dump after she'd been strangled. now yemen is facing a new health crisis after years of conflict already dealing with severe malnutrition and a cholera epidemic people are dying from what's thought to be bird flu kathy lopez reports. it's exactly what yemen's

it did provoke a lot of backlash, a lot of outrage in the arab world in particular. the gulf news newspaper accuses israel of, in this editorial, wipe out attempts to christian and islamic heritage. in asia, the chinese government continues its crackdown on dissent by releasing a list of words and books that are now forbidden. analyst: and even a letter of the alphabet, which i will get to in a minute. recently, they removed the two-term limit on presidential terms, basically meaning xi jinping to stay in power as long as he likes. now he is looking to ban a bunch of words that indicate some sort of dissent. "1984" willm" and no longer be allowed in china. disagree, immortality, and emigrate are banned, as well as winnie the pooh. xisident she is -- president is often compared physically to winnie the pooh. bafflingly, the letter and is out now. nobody knows why. perhaps something to do with the fact that n terms of office is now greater than two, but nobody really knows the origin of that decision. anchor: very strange. let's move on to paris fashion week, it is und

the middle east a new security architecture or grange events without going further into details that we raise to be seen whether countries like saudi arabia will join in that i think they have been very critical saying that this is not something that we need to discuss now the most important point at this particular moment is the need for iran to tell you way from areas like yemen like iraq and like syria what we've been listening to today from the israeli prime minister from the iranian foreign minister we're expecting to hear soon from the saudi foreign minister. a clear indication that what we're seeing is mounting tension in the region even the united nations to tend to mr a while ago were all saying that they are pretty much concerned about where the the latest development regional powers interfering in different parts in the middle east brazing the concern of a regional confrontation but he did say that they knew clear deal the iranian nuclear deal is still the only deal in town. indeed and this is something which is also supported by the e.u. law which believes that it is some

emirates the new view we thought in one thousand nine hundred union would be a great thing by security forces in the north. clamp down on our people killing activists in this warring southern provinces unity for us is that we're getting closer to establishing our independence day the crisis is deepening the united nations' top envoy to german stepped down after failing to convince the feuding factions to set aside that differences and to go sheet a deal to and fighting. here's the harding elliott tell me how important has the internet and social media been in yemen because when i think about syria right acidly important back to the revolutions egypt libya you know that was driving forces here is it still part of the yemen narrative it is not so much as syria we've heard yemen be called the syrian war without cameras but twitter and facebook in yemen still have been one of the most popular sites for you yemeni youth activists to post their messages they played a critical role in the country's revolution and their activism continues to this day we've been talking to a yemeni about how di

station al arab media has surrendered its right to broadcast in the united kingdom amid allegations of fake news broadcast about qatar it comes after a qatari complained to the u.k. television regulator ofcom over the broadcasting of fake quotes attributed to the emir of qatar last may both be a and sky news arabia analyzed and condemned a speech published online which later turned out to have been faked by hackers shortly afterwards the g.c.c. began its blockade of qatar the gunman accused of killing seventeen people in a school shooting in florida on wednesday has appeared in court nineteen year old nicholas cruz who can be seen on the top right in the orange jumpsuit was a former pupil of the marjorie stoneman douglas high school in parkland the judge has ordered cruz to be held in jail without bond he's believed to have acted alone when he went into the school armed with a rifle and opened fire on students and teachers u.s. president donald trump says he will work to improve school safety but he avoided any comment on gun laws we are committed to working with state and local lea

saidurkish president turkey would turn the predominately arab territory to its own. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. the wrapped in cryptocurrency is rolling on. text --et regulators testified before the senate banking committee today. one of the regulators gave his thoughts on the necessity of regulation. investors look at these virtual currency trading platforms and assume they are regulated in the same way a stock exchange is regulated. we should address that. shery: here to discuss is bloomberg's rob berman. i think it's interesting the regulators are asking congress to give them authority over cryptocurrency. we talked about the spot market and exchanges, which are currently regulated state-by-state. there is a a lot of concern about small investors and retail investors putting their money into things they don't understand. cftc are dealing with the reality that these are global markets, people should buy their bitcoin anywhere. shery: the current adminis

after seven years two new zero remains the one arab country to emerge from the so-called arab spring as a functioning democracy or does it my guest here at the munich security conference is. the country's foreign minister has the shine finally come off the revolution and with it the hope of a better future. for makes you know.

realignment of israel and arab states precisely because we all recognize they recognize that israel is no longer their enemy but their indispensable ally in fighting these twin forms of militant islam that threaten them as much as they threaten us specifically what iran is doing now is this and this is recently this is just in the aftermath of the. defeat of isis the territorial defeat of isis in syria and iraq iran is trying to colonize syria. it is trying to move military bases into syria to move its army fifteen hundred kilometers from iran to israel's backyard it wants to establish a naval bases in the mediterranean can you imagine a rain in submarines next to the six or off the coast of life and wants to establish shiite militia bases. bring roughly one hundred thousand fighters into syria and it wants to establish air bases and bring the aircraft fighter aircraft helicopters and the like right to our vicinity with the express goal of attacking us so we want is changing the ground rules in syria i've said we will not allow them to do that and i've backed our words with actions

a saudi owned television news station al arab surrenders its right to broadcast in the u.k. . the florida school shooting suspect appears in court where warner the warnings he did about his behavior plus the. top dogs the films vying for almost at the berlin film festival went up or. i'm going to guess roscoe with the sport as american starsky and mckayla shifrin claim to have first gold medal at ease when. i. cyril ramaphosa promised to fight corruption as he was sworn in as south africa's new president. i'm opposed to succeeds jacob zuma who resigned on wednesday after months of pressure from the ruling a.n.c. party over corruption allegations one opposition party walked out during the parliamentary proceedings on thursday but the new president pledged to work with his opponents for the good of the country are will seek to work with all political parties. and were started off was started off with wanting to have a meeting with the leaders of all political parties so that we can try and find a way of working together and i am heartened by some of the sentiments expressed year

a new political order is emerging and egypt doesn't like it. i've spoken to senior people in ethiopia who have said that they are afraid of a war with egypt over water. that they might bomb it down. that's the level of anger. what do you think about that? i don't think so. these kind of extreme ideas are not welcome. this will not happen in this region, i am sure. there is no record in history of war erupting because of water. the water belongs to all of us. we have to develop it in responsible ways, not thinking about war. but whatever he says, the blue nile can now be controlled by ethiopia and that is a big concern for egypt when so much of the water that reaches cairo comes from here. sudan, however its next top, likes the look of the cheap electricity heading its way. one of the world's biggest irrigation schemes was created here more than a century ago to grow cotton for britain's britain's industrial revolution, but now it is the gulf states who need what sudan can grow. the blue nile heads north through these vast irrigated lands to joi

"happy new year" in heiroglyphics. it was a wonderful coincidence. this will provide tourism in egypt. what they were before the arab spring, seven years ago. unlikely to attract many foreigners. facilities are poorly developed. left plenty of other sites behind, and in places that easier to see. bill hayton, bbc news. medals are being handed out. match to sweden. the men's four—man bobsleigh. go to the bbc sport website. at the age of 5a. multilingual indian films. capable of huge box office success without the support of a male hero. who met and interviewed sridevi about five months ago. indian actress. on a personal level. in films as well. film as well. it's just shocking. we were kind of like, 0k, this has not really happened. i grew up partly in niger and in niger bollywood is huge. because she was such a huge star. she made her debut at the age of 13 as a heroine. she was written off. had... so many films. hit after hit. you didn't need to be with a big hero to make a big hit. think of the golden age of hollyw

after seven years to new zealand remains the one arab country to emerge from the so-called arab spring as a functioning democracy or does it my guest here at the munich security conference is chemists to now eat the country's foreign minister has the shine finally come off the revolution and with it the hope of a better future. commission only welcome to conflict thank you very much for having me you told a newspaper in india last november two zero is now as secure as any country in the world it's not true. when i think compared to two thousand and fifteen sixteenth's i can repeat the same statement today and as secure as any country in the world there are five areas listed as no go areas by the state department us state department no but i mean when i said this because i compared with two thousand and fifteen when we had the first that was to actually attack and then on the night two thousand sixteen today i think that our forces are better trained well equipped but not as secure as any country in the world as most of the countries yes when you read what the stay. department has to sa

lyse doucet, bbc news, yemen. jane: in syria,gh meanwhile, ng in the rebel-held enclave of eastern ghouta has continued despite the cease-fire ordered by russia. the united nations humanitarian chief says the violence has made it impossible to send aid or evacuate the wounded. medics say 500 people have bee killed. a short time ago i was joined by a senior fellow at the middle east institute. thank you very much indeed for joining me. you have called these cease-fires part of an evil strategy -- psychological warfare. do you think russia has any interest in stopping the violence? well, i mean, listen, russia has to play a variety of different games.ay it does he diplomatic game on the international level, where it wants to show itte cane the ial peacemaker in syria, but at the same time, i w ink when you look at russian domestic media, e russian air force and its ground forces have postured themselves with regards to eastern g specifically, everything is pointing towards the russian determination to actually secur