as i said before this last year iran believes that our security in the persian gulf requires a french regional security architecture. we believe in and happy oppose creating what we call a strong region rather than a strong man in the region. and you got a noticed a difference we want a strong region we do not want to be the head to man in the region as we believe the era of head germany is long past regionally as well as globally a strong region where small and large nations even those with historical rivalries can contribute to stability this is simply recognizing the need to respect the interests of all stakeholders in this persian gulf region which is by its very nature a requirement for stability by hedging monic tendencies by any regional or global power will again by its very nature lead to insecurity. the arms race in our region and no country probably represented here can claim to be completely innocent of perpetuating that anthrax is an example of the destructive and unnecessary right would be that has made our neighborhood unsafe and insecurity for its own inhabitants as we

i think i'm a bit more modest and his highness i focus on the persian gulf and i think persian gulf as i've said before here it is important enough to have seen many wars in the past four decades and probably the scene of the greatest number of casualties in our region has been the persian gulf from iran iraq war we'd all kuwait and the other problems i believe it would result be an interest in creating issues or keeping the impression that we have. some of founded interest best. creating this impression and you will see you have seen that in the morning you will see that again. in the speech after me that there is an interest in showing that there is a disaster happening in the region that iran is devouring the entire region which is not. the case we don't believe in god we don't believe that is in our interest we don't believe that is in we don't believe that's possible let's be realistic i mean it's not out of the goodness of anybody it's just the possibilities it's not feasible germany is no longer feasible so we need to start talking instead of creating the impression that there i

donald trump and the gulf crisis the u.s. president is soon to meet leaders who imposed the blockade on eight months ago but what does he have to offer the saudis and their allies and would he force a settlement on u.s. allies in this volatile region this is inside story. hello and welcome to inside story from doha i'm. the diplomatic crisis between gulf countries is now in its ninth month saudi arabia the u.a.e. bought and egypt cut diplomatic relations with qatar and imposed a land sea and air blockade last june but that strongly denies their accusations of funding terrorism despite repeated efforts by kuwait to mediate the stalemate continues but could meetings starting next month between the us president and leaders of the gulf cooperation council help end the crisis those talks which are also due to continue in april will reportedly center around the possibility of establishing a g.c.c. summit later this year and discuss the regional role of iran. the u.s. and the e.u. have repeatedly called on the blockading countries t

gulf summit. the first was in riyadh last year all the gulf cooperation leaders agreed with the president to have the summit. on an annual basis. and also an alternative bases between the gulf and then i'd states we highly commend. mr trump's commitment towards the gulf cooperation states and and via to have the summit held in the united states so that this top notch on high level meetings can be maintained strategic relations between the gulf cooperation states and then at the states be maintained further and cemented their. standing newspaper my corsten. to the united states circles of state. you see fighting. aiming to have defeated my course in a simple who. is the country to play. our. circumstances. in iraq and syria. there were certain to deter is that we are not totally secured the entire atmosphere caused i sell to. emerged as a conflict. and the region. and that's why i said we're able to take control of vast areas of land that's why our top priority is to prevent i said from establishin

in a showdown over the gulf -- and they're doing pretty well. i think we have to acknowledge that and figure out how these -- tech no lodgely less developed systems are posing unique challenges to american hardware. particularly in yemen -- you know syria, far more conventional and and if i was sitting in the u.s. military i would be watching every single day i'm sure everybody is. writing down notes saying wow, like this is how they plan to employ these things quite -- they're quite creative i should says, and how they're ruling these things out. sm just if i could just -- aden addendum to that differentiator is a problem that we might have in drawing lessons from the yemen context versus how -- showdown might occur and iran has been increasing its context with at the end of the day the relationship between iran and husi is not as close as it is with lebanese hezbollah i think those dynamics might be different in a situation where you have a conflict in the gulf or iran is primarily actor itself. >> yeah. you shed light on this but i want to si

of the german chamber of commerce in the gulf states in kuwait. also coming up u.s. president all the trump seeks advise from lawmakers short or shorten the u.s. slap tariffs on chinese steel. welcome to d.w. business iraq is open for invest us that is the message of fishel pushing out an international donor conference currently underway in kuwait iraq is hoping to lure major investment from its allies aimed at reconstructing the country of the decades of conflict the united states has already pledged alone with three billion dollars from ex-im bank but that's only a fraction of what's needed it numerous iraqi cities were reduced to rubble in the war against islamic state and it will take time and lots and lots of money to brief life back into iraq. rebuilding a country doesn't exactly come cheap iraq estimates the cost at close to ninety billion dollars. and these are some of the people the iraqi government is hoping to woo high ranking officials from the worlds of politics and business here to find out what part they might play in the reconstruction of iraq. the go

side in the gulf crisis. we see that everybody is a loser from this crisis. we see that there is no winner. our people in the gulf, they lost a lot from this -- from what we call a needless crisis. what we have, we have built throughout the year a partnership based on trust, based on transparency. we have been a strong ally with the united states and the u.s. is recognizing this alliance. and upgrading it to a higher level, which is the strategic level we have right now. and we are using this opportunity as a platform to consolidate all of our efforts under one coordinated umbrella. we are trying to alleviate this and trying to intensify this cooperation. >> yes? >> good morning. director of the gulf institute. my question is about amman. the fact that amman and kuwait, mostly amman, has been basically taking a neutral role in this conflict and -- are you planning to investment. -- is amman one of your places where it's a very nice investment area, so is that something that you think of in terms of helping am

on june the fifth two thousand and seventeen a small gulf nation of qatar was put under siege. saudi arabia the united arab emirates. and egypt cut diplomatic trade and travel links with but that. saudi amorality and beyond any citizens were told by their respective governments to leave. and they gave custody citizens fourteen days to leave their territory. the blockading countries accused of funding terrorism and from entering regional instability. they presented a list of thirteen demands including the closing down of the out jazeera media network. that has denied all the accusations and has refused to comply. with a list of demands arguing that the blockading countries were trying to undermine its sovereignty and the demands contravened international law. this is a story of a country cut off and isolated by its neighbors by some of the arab world's most powerful countries. and of how the people of qatar have been facing up to life under blockade. it's september twenty fourth twenty seventeen and thousands of others residents gather along the has waterfront only should. have

the gulf institute. my question is about oman. the fact that oman and kuwait, mostly oman has been basically taking a neutral role in this conflict and oman is facing some issue with employment. are you planning to invest in oman? you have a lot of investments around the world. is oman one of your places where it's a very nice investment area, so, is that something that you're thinking of in terms of helping oman with its economic issues as well? >> oman, we have very strong relationship with oman and we have already a well-established investment there and this investment is continuing and growing. we have an investment in the states, we have investment in the infrastructure, and we have investment in manufacturing and also now we have investment, a joint investment with italy in the energy sector there in oman. so, our investments plan there is not something that is considered a big portion of our investment, and also, our plans in the future is to expand. >> in the back. >> thank you so much, josh rogin, washington post, thank y

so this is another major turning point in the war. >> the gulf of tonkan resolution. the president signs that and sets up his ability to send more troops to vietnam in the coming year and years. let's go take a look at the next episode. america goes to war and we'll look at a couple of documents here. this is what you've described as the fork in the road of what's been described as the fork in the road memo from mcgeorge bundy. who was he? >> george bundy was one of president johnson's and probably his most important adviser, national security adviser, and johnson had inherited george bundy and robert mcnamara from the kennedy administration and decided to keep them on and he was perhaps a little bit in awe of their intelligence and education, and they had very, very strong opinions which they communicated to president johnson. just to give you a little background about what's going on at this time. it's january, 1965. johnson has just been elected in his own right by a landslide. he had a huge victory, and -- but the situation in vietnam is deteriorating of course, i

their oil fields are along the gulf. it would be those -- that would be the ground over which their planes would fly if they decided to go at each other. they don't have an interest in a direct conflict. but as time has gone by -- this is since 1979 with the revolution in iran, the coming of ayatollah. this has built since then. we now have saudi arabia deciding to go in itself, not through a proxy in yemen, running their own bombing campaign with some other gulf allies. so it's getting hotter. most people -- everybody that i talk to really who has expertise in this area says it's going to get worse before it gets better. >> you know, that's very clear. because everybody seems to be stepping up to the plate. not just the iranians and saudis but now we have the americans. we have the israeli prime minister. both gave stern speeches at the munich security conference this weekend. >>> the israeli prime minister warned iran just to watch out. we were told by an investigative reporter who has done a lot of reporting on this t

gorbachev always put it more generally, if you spend x billion dollars in the gulf war, can't you spare anything to change the soviet union in this crucial way? that was his way of asking for it, but i think he understood. behave in a way to make it more likely. his response to the yes nitschke -- he undermined himself in that way and other ways, too. >> as for your question about eastern europe, the best way to answer it is we didn't see europe and categories -- in categories or boxes. it was the whole region, through the soviet union. l and i keep emphasizing that in some ways since germany worked out ok, we don't see it as a big problem. but we realize in history, it was a german question as much as a russian question. within eastern europe, that related to germany. they are as anxious about germany as they are about russia and the soviet union. i don't recall the particular facts you mentioned about supporting eastern europe as opposed to the soviet union. u.s.,ality was, in the and whether you think this is too narrow of a vision -- remember, bush did a budget deal only thehat time

iran and some gulf countries are supporting various militias inside syria and there is a major concern right now that there could be some. confrontations may be inevitable but are accidental confrontations between russia and the us between israel and on the syrian regime so there's that situation is this is just is very tense right now and there's also the growing rivalry between iran and saudi arabia over regional influence over who should have the biggest say in the region again i mean i'm not sure the growing it's pretty major already it's pretty wide rift right now be great if there were a country like the united states or the e.u. as an organization that could help pull people back from the brink and pull countries back from the brink not clear to me right now who is playing that mediating role and it really is needed right now maybe the u.n. can do it but certainly we need to see more assertive leadership pushing for peace in these areas this is going to be my last question the munich security report which sets the tone for the summit expose distances over the whys of populist mo

and the -- and the arabian sea and the gulf offed a d aden. but swli to talk about the main challenge of the other side, had is the islamic republic, i hate to use the iran to tell you the truth, because there's an iran we know very well, we're used to it. even in difficult times in the past when they used to claim bahrain and then they changed their mind and accepted that bahrain is an independent country. although we had in the past issues and continue to have it with occupation of the united arab emirates islands, but we always saw the legal solutions for that and continue to do so till today. but there's the mistrust that came with the islamic republic. there's the iran we know, iran the people, iran the cultural links we have, iran the culture and iran the depth of history and civilization, and there's this situation now since 1979 that we are going through with something that every now and then the people of iran will have their own views towards it. so we need that to be addressed. iran need to really change its behavior. we're not ther

his message was a direct assaul on kings frothe gulf states to saudi arabia. iranians believed it was the end of decades of autocratic rule and repression. (shouting) >> i believe the revolution was a demand for dignity on the part of the iranian people. they wanted recognition for who they were, for their history. for their identity. >> smith: do you think americans generally understa the iranian experience prior to the revolution >> i guess not. i believe the amican people have not been subjected to the type of indignation and lack of respect that the people of irane ubjected to. >> film narrator: today both the peaceful economy and the defensive strength of the free world are heavily dependent upon the petroleum resources of iran. >> smith: as the iranians tell it, there were decades of exploitation and abuse. the west had relied upon iran to supply much of its oil. >> filnarrator: ...which has supplied more than a quarter of britain's needs... >> smith: the british had commandeered a near-monopoly of iranian oil profits. >> iran becomes the center of a maj

. >> khomeini described the rulers of the gulf as being like the shah. they, who must be topple >> narrator: frontline traces the roots of a deadly divide. >> it is a power struggle mtween iran and saudi arabia for dominance ofdle east and the muslim world. iz>> iranian and saudi cits aren't the ones that are suffering. there's been over a million casualties in the middle east over the last decade. they've been syrian. they've been iraqi theye been yemeni. e >> as etoric escalates, as the proxy wars escalate, neither side seems to appreciate that they're destroying the region. >> narrator: filmed in seven countries with correspondent amartin smith, part one o frontline special series" "tter rivals". >> frontline is made possible by contributions toour pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. e jor support is provided by the john d. and cather macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. additional support is provided by the ford foundation: working with visionaries on e front lines of social change worldwide.

yousef: what is the highlight of the gulf for you? >> in egypt, we will have the presidential election. a lot of reforms happen, so egypt is back in the right track and we hope things continue. yousef: anymore appetite to push further into africa? >> we are in kenya and have plans to push to east africa. next, counting the cost of the qatar crisis. we hear from the ceo of the tar commercial bank and why he thinks the this is bloomberg. ♪ standoff will this is bloomberg. ♪ lead to higher funding costs. "best of bloomberg markets: middle eas yousef: welcome back to "best of bloomberg markets: middle east." the group ceo of qatar commercial bank said that funding costs will probably rise as a result of the saudi led boycott of the nation. most investors have come to terms with the situation and have moved on. he spoke to me as the bank announced a 20% rise in four year net profit. >> i think the fourth quarter reflects the efforts that have been made in the last 18 months to reshape the bank. if you look at the fourth quarter earning

the moisture is beginning to develop in the gulf of mexico. and there will be a change over to rain and it starts frozen in much of our viewing area a winter weather advisory is posted along the i-95 corridor areas northern and west for the combination of snow and sleet before the change over. and winter storm watches posted for a warning for the poconos. and for the potential for accumulating snow and also sleet. future tracker 6 showing the timing is not good. we have got the moisture here in time for the morning commute. by 7:30, snow philadelphia areas to the northern and south jersey and delaware it's mainly an event overriding. warmer air overriding colder air and all rain in our viewing area except for the poconos by 4:00. the problem is that that change overtake a while the farther north you live. the accuweather alert is posted for tomorrow and the wintry mix changing over to rain and the biggest impacts is northwest of the i-95 corridor and a threat of significant icing in the lehigh valley. and high temperatures a big range. allento

residents along the east and gulf coasts received the warning this morning. once a user clicked into the story it was apparent it was only a test. the nws says that the text message was released by a private sector company. and they are working to determine why the text was communicated as a warning. >>> and police are looking for it's man and woman that installed a skimmer on an atm. the same man returned yesterday morning and with the help of another man they removed it. the group is also responsible for a skimmer in levittown. >>> a police officer is okay tonight after a crash in the holmesburg section of philadelphia. the officer was on his motorcycle when he was hit by a vehicle that was merging lanes. neither driver was injured and the motorcycle was towed from the scene and the other vehicle had minor damage to the fender and there are no charges at this time. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight. we get a post game report from mr. gary. the south jersey bus driver who scored tickets to the super bowl of a lifetime. all thanks to the adoring families

we are working with allies in the gulf in order to beef up our defenses. and we are working within the islamic world in order to isolate iran working with african countries in order to isolate iran. we will continue to so until iran changes its policies. >> the young lady back there. [inaudible] >> my question is, you said the crowned prince once a normal saudi arabia. so my question is do you see in the very close future the end of the guardianship system for women in saudi arabia? >> i think if you look at the issue of women in saudi arabia, in 1960 we had no schools for women. today 55% of college students are women. in 1960 there were no perfections open to women. today some of her most prominent businessperson, doctors, engineers are women. women can vote. 20% of the council, legislative body our ladies. their opening of the ban on system, has been lifted and women would be able to drive in june of this year. the restrictions on entertainment and recreation have been lifted towards a more open society. also this issue is something our society would be

nicely completing dominion that stretched right around the earth coastline of the persian gulf which it would take since one thousand nine hundred eighty s. . good morning gentlemen are doing so if you want some time to settle. and it's the youngest. and most carefree man was mark sykes who was kitchen as military assistant kitchen i was the secretary of state for war and he delegated the job of sitting on the committee to sykes mark sykes had been born into a wealthy family in yorkshire in the north of england in eight hundred seventy nine . he studied at cambridge university and was elected as a conservative member of parliament in one thousand enough. he like to give the impression of being an expert on the middle east based on his travels in the region but he was not quite the authority as it was sometimes assumed. he presented the debunks in committee with his vision of a new near east region his riches and this will be our eyes yes i come up himself with a different plan which was something completely different a much more old fashioned. was to create a cotton across the middle

that is still down to the south in the gulf of mexico. we're starting to see the moisture come together and this is going to blossom very quickly tonight, going into the day tomorrow. so, the clouds dominate for our friday night, temperatures rise from the 20's and 30's to near 40 degrees by tomorrow morning. in fact, when you wake up tomorrow morning, already in the 40's south of the city, so upper 30's to the north and west. it is dry. maybe a few sprinkles along the shore communities tomorrow morning. it's mid to late afternoon tomorrow we start to see the rain coming in from the south and west. warm in the 50's and then as you can see it is a solid area of rain midnight on saturday night if you're expected to go out tomorrow night, watch for ponding on the roadways and staying in the near 50-degree range for the overnight hours of saturday. sunday morning still hits of very heavy rainfall but then it starts to move out mid to late afternoon on saturday as we try to dry it out a little bit but still very mild. as we take a look at rain

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gulf navigation is down double digits over one year. why are investors not as convinced as you are about the growth potential and profitability? khamis: sometimes they like to claim back their money from time to time. the price structure stabilizes at a certain level, they would like to cash out. but the market, it is the only company which is public holding, on the marina side. -- maruine -- marine side. 's -- this has to do with certain investors, very small. thank you for stopping by, the ceo of gulf navigation. as you prepare for rush trading date and week, the arabians will be on the radar. they will send flights to moscow's international airport. the stock has been under pressure over the past year. of thisr part conversation is to react the global selloff we saw of equities. a chance tot been get the head around the fundamental shift we have seen in global valuation. also, the wider market action -- the abbey to be islamic -- abu dhabi islamic bank. let's give you a preview of the week ahead. mario draghi is presenting the annual

on teh satellite we can just see the next storm putting itself together in the gulf of alaska. it will bring cold air from the arctic while tapping some very moist air from the tropics. the two will combine to bring us one of the biggest stoirms of the season. some of the wettest mountains could see 3 to 5 inches while the urban areas could see an inch or more. snow is also possible especially on friday down to 2,500 feet. we will see increasing clouds tomorrow with a chance of showers developing late in the day. it will be windy with periods of heavy rain on thursday. showers and possible thunderstorms will continue on friday with mountain snow. showers will likely linger on saturday before drying on sunday. (grant) 1. walnut (grant) on sunday. on sunday.before drying saturday before drying on sunday. (grant) (grant) 1. walnut creek 2. livermore putting, hayward 3. hail ball san jose, newarksan jose, newark 4. snow on mt. diablo (grant) most people and video by uploading them using the kron four mobile app. check it out...scroll down a little...click the report it little...cli

the gulf has always been a connection of trade and different civilisations, so... going through this narrative allows you to capture the essence of who we are, the essence of who the uae is today. and the museum is yet to reveal its most publicised exhibit — a 500—year—old painting of christ, which recently achieved the highest auction price for any work of art, by the very same artist who created this, leonardo da vinci. so basically, the chances are that the world's most expensive painting is going to be in this room, possibly in this very spot. at 400 million... exactly who bought the salvator mundi for nearly half $1 billion has been shrouded in some mystery. reports claimed it was a saudi billionaire prince, the louvre people tell me it was the abu dhabi government. either way, it'll be on display very soon. watch this space — literally. playing the cultural card here is notjust about splashing cash on famous international brands and collections. there are indigenous art forms that are being revived, like traditional arabic instruments. in this academy

position that was divided from the one of this of the gulf crisis as we saw the division between the state department position that time but many. people around him and on the other hand so for this to continue the message that in for sizing reconsolidation the goal of the unity of the gulf cooperation council is important and at this particular stage while he is talking about. war against isis i think there he is sending a clear message that the united states supporting this unity and the end of the crisis and supporting the kuwaiti mediation and this which is. basically for the crisis itself is that no fear of the nation is expected from at least from the united states and this conference in kuwait was all about raising money for the rebuilding of iraq and in places that have been devastated in iraq's fight to get rid of isolate from its territory. and yet to listen announced that he's giving two hundred million dollars to help stabilize areas in syria. that used to be under eisel control and very little in the way of financial promises anyway to to iraq well this lacks this existe

how will gulf markets react on thursday's global market act? two days of pricing that has yet we reflected in a lot of these indexes. we will break it down with you. this is bloomberg. ♪ yousef: there are still talks in the central bank with a bae implementation. the ceo of marcia banks is talking to tracy at upper darby. banks isplication with still in discussion. with the central banks. it is a review of which service will be applied, which will not apply. 5% with thege from eroded.ofit, a could be you are still negotiating with the government on that. how are those discussions actually going? >> it is still in progress. month willthin this come to some conclusion. they will share with us. to apply whatever central banks. equity markets have been relatively resilient to the global route. with this thursday and friday market action not yet to be priced in, how will gulf markets react when they come online later today? how should investors be addressing their positions with the earning still dribbling in? are with the vice president of banks

different perspectives in the gulf cooperation council as not only very complex implications within. the gulf but it has now destabilizing effect in somalia and our various areas of the horn of africa which means that all these situations seem to get over. what i see as a guardian not obviously we have not been at the united nations we are actively engaged in any initiative that can relaunch a peace process that seems to be as i said in their hands in relation to policy and of these values with a deep belief that only a two state solution can address both the interests of the palestinian people and the israeli people we are totally committed to relaunch the geneva process finding a political solution for syria the interceded dialogue in geneva now that in sochi it was possible and i have to pay tribute to the russian federation on this to fully abide by the gauge ment's that were taken and to guarantee that saatchi was what the panel process but on the contrary was reaffirming the role of geneva and showing him to geneva the results of what was decided there fully in line with the se

good german chamber of commerce in the gulf states talking to us from kuwait thank you so much. thank you well now to a quite incredible story the ups and downs we're witnessing here in the german political landscape more downs at the moment. germany's second biggest political party the social democrats are in chaos shortly head of a crucial vote on a new coalition deal with conservatives party chair martin scholtz has resigned in a bid to ease tensions but his plans to install andrea nala says the new chair hit a snag with party members accusing him of breaching long held protocol now that has triggered a leadership battle and the outcome is anything but clear. martin short sleeve same tea hand it just a week ago it looked like he would become foreign minister in america's new government now he's given up that in bishan as well as the s.p.d. leadership. spots. i've given up my s.p.d. post and any position in the future government because i want to help end the debate about individual members of the party so members can focus on the coalition agreement. s.p.d. members will vote

yousef: so what is the weakest link in the gulf, and bahrain and oman on the sovereign side? you are of corporates, saying it is a direct reflation of what they are doing on the sovereign level because they had a heavy hand in economic momentum. what are some standout transgressing -- standout trends you are seeing in gulf corporates right now? guest: real estate investment is driven by what is happening macro economically in each of the countries. each of the countries have had slower growth. you seem corporates retrenching. certainly the oil price shock in the region caused a lot of companies to cut back. there has been some recovery, but that has meant that the real estate sectors have been under pressure. saudi has been taking measures on the residential front to try and increase growth. in dubai it is a detention go. -- it is a bit touch and go. prices are not recovering to the extent people would think they would, and we are seeing growth in the investment ebb and flow with perceptions of macroeconomic growth. ofsef: is that a function investor appetite abroad or more o

fake news story that triggered a major geopolitical crisis the effects of still being felt across the gulf nations whole than eight months on how dangerous the story's done to to suit vested interests and what could be done to stop fake means this is inside store you. alone and welcome to the program i'm martin dennis now in may last year cattles national news agency was hacked on its pages were comments attributed to the emir of qatar comments that were completely false but despite the fact that they were made up they were broadcast by al out of beer and other channels and that led saudi arabia united arab emirates bahrain and egypt to cut all ties with cata the four countries later handed over a list of thirteen demands that included shutting down al-jazeera demands that were rejected catarrh then lodged a complaint against l r appear at the british media watchdog of com which is investigating the case cattles news agency says it was the inquiry that led the saudi and channel to surrender its license to the broadcast regulator. a beer denies q. and a's claim and says it surrendered its l

side from one of their close allies in the area as well as some of the gulf states they do not want to see iran raising up so you see these accusations are violating the nuclear accord you see them try and even though they're they're welcome in syria trying to force them to get out of the region. it's a dangerous situation they're in and the u.s. really right now it appears they just want to stay present there and present in korea as well to really i don't know if that stuff sort of counter north korea more than just as much as perhaps to counter the rising influence of china on record as well of course that's the whole point ok that's why they want to stay there they want to determine well first of all they want to make sure that if there's a unification of of the peninsula they determine what that unification is because that is going right up to china's border would be what the president white house would very much want in tides and the in the chinese don't want that happen no surprise danny let me go to you you know earl is mentioning about u.s. presence in syria and iran well i mea

the sunni gulf allies and israel. all right, we'll leave it there. andrew peek, i thank you very much forjoining me on hardtalk. thanks so much, great to be here. hello there. sunday was a better, brighter, sunnier day for many of us than we saw on saturday but there were some pretty hefty hail and snow showers around. now, for the upcoming week, it's going to be fairly unsettled. i think there's going to be a lot of rain, maybe disruptive snow at times. it'll be quite windy too. and then signs of something a bit milder moving into the south to end the week. the satellite picture from the last 12 hours. you can see those showers — the speckles indicate those snow and hail showers pushing into the north and west of the country. we start monday morning off on a really cold note. widespread frost and a risk of some ice, particularly where we have the showers. for monday itself, we are in between weather systems. a ridge of high pressure building in, so actually, it should be fine and dry for many of us before this system moves in for monday night, bri