that legion now we have to pay all of our people whether in saudi arabia. or egypt in yemen and we all have to pay the price of this interesting that up and how to do that then it's just water so i think it was a photo it is just another big there. who is being invaded by outside forces ahamed wasn't this going to be evident which is a man has a reform as crown prince of saudi arabia the religious establishment is the most powerful and ultimately of the the clash was going to be an evident one day on another. well hashem i'd like to be the advocate of the devil if you will but they want is if he's trying to do this kind of reform he is doing what his previous services used to do like this kind of clashes between the royal family and the religious establishment it was a kind of a catholic marriage to some extent but on the other hand behind the scenes you would have this kind of conflict but they were dealing with it in a subtle cautious majors in order not to anger the religious establishment because there's still so m flew until on the ground but now what

the legion now we even have to pay all of our people whether in saudi arabia. or egypt in yemen and we all have to pay the price of this interesting that up and how to do that then it's just water so i think it was a photo it is just another big there. who is being invaded by outside forces ahamed was in this going to be evident which is a man has a reform as crown prince of saudi arabia the religious establishment is the most powerful and ultimately of the the clash was going to be an evident one day on another. well hashem i'd like to be the advocate of the devil if you will but the mind is if he is trying to do this kind of reform he is doing what his previous services used to do like this kind of clashes between the royal family and the religious establishment it was a kind of a catholic marriage to some extent but on the other hand behind the scenes you would have this kind of conflict but they were dealing with it in a subtle cautious measures in order not to anger the religious establishment because there's still so m flew until on the ground but now wha

their areas of saudi arabia and u.a.e. and it thank god has to put pressure on the saudi government. in washington potentially what could this do to the oil price. i think definitely we should expect that oil prices continue to increase we've seen under the trump administration over a fourth of july weekend that oil prices got the prices at the pump for american citizens were the highest they have been in for years and for whatever reason that trump administration allows mohamed bin salon and saudi arabia to act very aggressively in the region completely untried and shacked or in fact with u.s. support as we know the who are backed by iran and saudi arabia has blocked this important strait which raises the question of whether or not iran will then block the strait of hormuz in a retaliatory effort the strait of hormuz is extremely significant because over twenty percent of the world's entire oil flows through that and it is the opening from the persian gulf out into the sea was something close tension in tehran so clearly

cutting off the supply of middle east oil saudi arabia temporarily suspend shipments through the straits after two of its tankers are attacked by the rebels off the coast of yemen will that further fuel regional tensions and lead to high oil prices this is inside story. welcome to the program i'm peter dubey petrol prices could soon be on the way up because of the war in yemen and sanctions being reimposed on iran saudi arabia has ordered its oil tankers to stop states sailing through the bubble mandeb straight off the coast of yemen after two others were attacked if ships on their way to the suez canal and beyond can't use this vital seaway rerouting all the way around south africa will out weeks to delivery times and push up the cost of oil and other products who the rebels have been fighting in yemen for the past three years they're backed by iran and face a coalition of countries led by major oil producers saudi arabia and the united arab emirates they also use the strait of hormuz to. for the oil worldwide but the gateway to the gulf is also a hostage to tensions between washington

saudi arabia maybe affluent but poverty exists here to. some or all rashid is a project manager with an aid organization called al not. today she and a social worker of visiting a family that the project supports. so. she is in her late forty's and lives with her two daughters and two nieces. and. for the interview they're all wearing veils in general the less privileged women in saudi arabia are the more likely they are to abide by conventions. tempi. she her is a single mother. without help she would be penniless the father of her children abandoned her she says. she'll feel a man. my husband said it's enough you're a burden. i already had one daughter and i was pregnant with my second she didn't even know that. i mean that he told me i needed to take responsibility for myself and my daughter. and she was really into. it. share her and her family are now supported financially by the on the after foundation it found them an apartment gives them money and clothes and helps pay for the children's schooling single mothers in saudi arabia oft

again, saudi arabia a prime example. but if you don't accept the rules of the game, then we do everything in our power to weaken, destabilize and overthrow. so is there a policy, is there a strategy? no. and you don't have to take my word for it. beyond regime change, no. career u.s. government officials tell me there is no policy coherence, there is no strategy. they're throwing jell-o at the wall to see what will stick. there are disagreements inside the administration about what the policy should be and how to go about it. so it's dangerous on all the levels that my esteemed colleagues to my right were outlining previously, and it's going to be incredibly difficult, incredibly difficult for any successor to the trump administration to put humpty-dumpty back together. i'm deeply skeptical as to whether or not they can. there will be tremendous damage inside iran and the region that results from this needless and unnecessary abandonment of diplomacy. we're back to this paradigm where instead of talking to eu, we're talk

legion now we even have to be all over people whether in saudi arabia. in egypt or in yemen we all have to pay the price of this interesting that up and how to do that then it's just water so i think it was a photo it is just another big there. who is being invaded by outside force ahamed wasn't this going to be evident which is a man has a reform as crown prince of saudi arabia the religious establishment is the most powerful and ultimately of the the clash was going to be an evident one day on another. well hashem i'd like to be the advocate of the devil if you will but they mind is if he's trying to do this kind of reform he is doing what his previous services used to do like this kind of clashes between the royal family and the religious establishment it was a kind of a catholic marriage to some extent but on the other hand behind the scenes you would have this kind of conflict but they were dealing with it in a subtle cautious measures in order not to anger the religious establishment because there's still so m flew until on the ground but now what

military contingent in saudi arabia either. said that there's only a few military u.k. military personnel but other reports i've read side the figure of over seven thousand u.k. military personnel in this mission which is effectively directing the war against the hutus and against the civilians in yemen. what this is it this is a over three years of genocide this is affecting the state sanctioned killing of of kids one small in the middle east. and the british government as jeremy called and said back in march is colluding and the u.n. has evidence of war crimes and that makes treason may a war criminal this is no good no question about that in my mind she's one of a long list obviously of u.k. prime ministers there has colluded with the radical islamists of the middle east the muslim brotherhood the there were hardly fanatics in saudi arabia so this doesn't surprise me at all what does surprise me is that the they've been very lax so coy with their figures and they're saying there's just a few military personnel there almost like if it's only a few war crimes it's not

the legion now we even have to pay all of our people whether in saudi arabia. or egypt in yemen and we all have to pay the price of this interesting that up and operate in that then it's just water so i think it was a photo it is just another big there. who is being invaded by outside force wasn't this going to be evident too which is a man has a reform as crown prince of saudi arabia the religious establishment is the most powerful and ultimately of the the clash was going to be an evident one day on another. well hashem i'd like to be the advocate of the devil if you will but they mind is if he is trying to do this kind of reform he is doing what his previous services used to do like this kind of clashes between the royal family and the religious establishment it was a kind of a catholic marriage to some extent but on the other hand behind the scenes you would have this kind of conflict but they were dealing with it in a subtle cautious measures in order not to anger the religious establishment because there's still so m flew until on the ground but now what

their shooting missiles over into saudi arabia. it's delusional. the people of yemen are suffering because saudi arabia has been relentlessly bombing in impoverished and defenseless country for years with u.s. help. it approaches deliberate starvation. this is our fault in the golf arab state fault. this kind of absurd politicking and throwing crazy accusations around is not pointedly to some kind of jcp oa 2.0 or future diplomacy along the line. that's a signal that trump isn't interested in negotiations. so for the u.s. options, i think there's a question, is an effective sanctions regime necessary for the united states pursue whatever this goal actually is. what is the mood among european officials, what is the mood, what is the reaction? i know was just reported that blocking mechanisms were approved to attempt to protect european companies from u.s. sanctions snapping back. what is the mood, how effective will european pushing back against this, how effective is the united states going to be in actually ramming these through and how will that

pressure on a prosecution against saudi arabia or the company if it is based in saudi arabia. it's a really good question i mean people still haven't confirmed exactly. but this is just in that there is a saudi interest. in this project and it would change the landscape all considerably twenty billion dollars or so that is that is really really money and then we are also ways that the relationship that. the president has been building with saudi arabia to. take the open sports minister over there. so these things are all in conflict with the. court acted in saudi arabia on the one hand while courting the saudi government on the other hand apart from the legal ramifications of all of this what is the technical side one assumes that the signals are already scrambled somehow anyway so that they're limited to a number of subscribers and yet somebody has been able to take those signals broad rebroadcast them and in a very professional manner how do you how do the broadcasters try to get the jump the gun as it were and try and get ahead of that. some are having a really difficult ti

saudi arabia, prime example. but if you do not accept those roles, we do everything we can to weaken, destabilize, overthrow. so is our policy? is our strategy? no. don't take i word for it. career u.s. government officials tell me there is no policy coherence. there is no strategy. they are throwing jell-o at the wall to see what will fit in stick. there is dissension about what the policy will be. it is dangerous on all of the levels mike steamed colleagues were outlining and it is going to be incredibly difficult for any successor to the trump administration to put humpty dumpty back together. i'm deeply skeptical as to whether or not they can. there will be a tremendous andnt of damage inside iran the results of this needless and unnecessary abandonment of diplomacy, all right? we are back to this paradigm where instead of talking to a .an we are talking about iran that produces no positive results whether it is republicans or democrats. that paradigm has no tangible benefits whatsoever. >> to pick up on a co

president donald trump increased his pressure on saudi arabia by appearing on fox news and saying that he was one hundred per cent sure that opec is manipulating the oil market he went on to say that quote they better stop it because we're protecting those countries many of those countries and it is no secret that the country he is referring to there is saudi arabia trance appearance on fox news comes on the heels of a tweet he issued yesterday in which he claimed that the king of saudi arabia king solomon had promised him during a call or had agreed rather to increase saudi arabian oil production by as much as two million barrels a day the white house though quickly back pedaled on that assertion following trump's tweet with a clarifying statement saying that saudi arabia had only indicated that it can raise or production if needed further contrast ng trumps claim is saudi arabia statement itself which made no mention of any increase in production amount but the fact that trump is still increasing the public pressure on saudi arabia u.s. ally to increase its oil production is a sign t

citizens of saudi arabia and this is the problem that you know every arab leader has made we wish we should watch jordan now if they start doing serious reforms morocco possibly algeria possibly there are there all you know good prospects for reforms that have to be done in egypt decided to didn't want to reform but so i had been so man i think is is a genuine reform minded person who doesn't know how to form and he didn't say he's not going to show him how to do that ok say tell you the same fear that without going into profound changes of the saudi society itself we're not going to see and hear what his stance in the near future if he continues down this path when i do not believe that and i'm nervous a lot of the foremost anaesthetist in the service because before him we hear that king i'm not one to be homeless but we saw we saw nothing before him during the end of the lot so i think it is a lot of the faith yes it's coming in a sense but he's also giving advice i think he is made to them by. christ as an american by since. i think he has he has succeeded for example in pacifying

to help in his election campaign now either he's telling the truth and saudi arabia has effectively been interfering in malaysian politics by from being somebodies campaign or he's lying on the money was stolen but he's using saudi arabia to try and cover his tracks would also mean that saudi arabia is interfering in malaysian politics or domestic affairs when last i'm so money move. there will be quotes and. calls in the bank be issued his taxes being me when they're deeply he was given to him as a gift. and that money he. said . to be taken as the truth he must provide. documentary evidence legler letters from the bank and also we want to ne very generous man we just get the money to give so much money but my point here is that is there is aside from the corruption there is a more dangerous issue which is foreign interference in malaysian politics if we are to say that the money did come from a saudi royal who gave it to him for his election campaign then saudi arabia is funding your political parties which is something that i'm not sure malaysians would be happy about of a foreig

president trump, after visiting saudi arabia, quickly joined president trump, after visiting saudi arabia, quicklyjoined in the attack. for its part, qatar denies any support for terrorism. you can spread false news very quickly but the longer it goes on, where is the link between qatar and isis. telling the truth is for difficult than ever. translation: the arab audience is becoming more confused. they no longer know which tv news to believe. just after midnight, the attack begins. much of the population is asleep but the official qatar newsagency website is streaming around the clock, as usual. then something strange happens, at the bottom of the screen, the speech is quoted a p pa re ntly screen, the speech is quoted apparently by the india of qatar —— lobbyist emir. he appears to be supporting iran, saying... the emir supposedly that flatly contradicted the us, it considers iran to be a sponsor the us, it considers iran to be a sponsor of terrorism. that was not all. according to the ticker, emir the also said... it was an extraordinary statement. qatari support for hamas would be

and the white house backs away from claims president trump convinced saudi arabia to step up oil production. along mexico has elected its first leftist president in more than thirty years under its manual lopez obrador is claiming a historic victory after his two main rivals both conceded ballots are still being counted but exit polls suggest he's won a least fifty three percent of the vote over door told an ecstatic crowd of supporters in mexico city he would crack down on corruption and tackle poverty in latin america's second largest economy one of the water well everyone should be honorable and fight against corruption and against privilege we will try to work in benefits of the development of the country there will be no need to increase taxes in real terms and in debt the country nor will there be increases in prices of gas i will bring down the current account and i will increase public investment to promote productive activities and create jobs a lot of press or bread or spoke about mexico's relationship with the us which has been tested under the trumpet ministration. law this goes

they try to get legal representation in saudi arabia where they. say they represent and the reason they want to do it in saudi arabia of course is the fact that the heat is going through that time arab satellite mission company which is based in riyadh of course they can only take action in saudi arabia quite as you know way. if you can't get a lawyer if you can't take legal action you're not going to get it this is been going on there for the best part of the year this is not something that in their bedroom it seems this is a very sophisticated operation. as well part of their broker they have been able to stream this on the internet and as we're talking about now through a staff like bait this costs millions of dollars. and it is fairly complicated they must. beat the competition and it seems like it's not just in sports channels that it's like there are other other other sports right. and it seems they feel they can do whatever they like because they've been able what are they like. russia has long to respond to the expulsion of two of its diplo

i believe that such a visit by the iraqi side to saudi arabia is a very important one because saudi arabia has expressed keenness and readiness to supply iraq and not only with electricity but to help in other several sectors such as housing projects and transport on the level of spreading its political influence on iraq because saudi arabia has implemented a rather new approach the success of saudi arabia on the economic level will definitely ensure saudi arabia's political success and iraq. iran will be watching what is negotiated with saudi arabia closely iraq is racing to find a short term deal that can bring economic and energy relief to the southern district and by doing so it hopes that it can quell the protest movement before it turns into a nationwide movement that could topple the government. government leaders in iraq are under an enormous amount of pressure. decades of war corruption and infrastructure neglect means a long term multibillion effort is needed to find a long term solution imran khan al-jazeera the baghdad. who the rebels in yemen say that attacked and oil refinery

saudi arabia is similar. they are not tied down by existing infrastructure. theater of any kind in saudi arabia was an imax theater at a science center. i think saudi arabia eventually could have 500 screens, maybe 1,000 screens. now because we have exclusive zones and what not, i don't know what the number could be. but i think it could be between 50 and 100. maria: you had a great second quarter. it was the best ever for movie going at the box office? >> it was the highest domestic box office ever. tierks max tide our -- imax tied our record. eyeimax's box office was up. we concentrate and blockbusters and concentrate on global. maria: ways happening the tradition -- what is happening with the traditional movie companies. how do you think things change. disney is on the doorstep of acquiring fox 21st century assets. >> i think you will see more blockbusters. i think that's one of the things that attracted disney to fox. disney realizes you can't advertise the cost of some of these things over a theatrical release. sequels, airplanes, international merchandi

arabia closely. iraq is racing to find a short term deal that can bring economic and energy relief to the southern districts and by doing so it hopes that it can quell the protest movement before it turns into a nationwide movement that could topple the government. leaders of iraq and an enormous go to person. case of war corruption and infrastructure to collect means a long term multibillion effort is needed to find a long term solution imran khan how does it like that who the rebels in yemen say they have attacked an oil refinery in the saudi capital using a drone drone targeted the state refinery in riyadh the oil company said it's contained a small fire which is due to an operational incidence the iranian aligned rebels say the drone attack marks a start of a new stage in deterring aggression. and who these leaders has told a french newspaper he is ready to hand control of had a dust port to the un if saudi backed troops and their offensive the red sea port has been controlled by the who with the

prevent what iran is doing on the ground and he is trying to tell the people on the ground in saudi arabia that what iran is doing is the main more t.v. behind his actions against these salafist which doesn't make any sense like it's a very provocative irony when it when you compare these young people who are looking up to these scholars and they think that they are they you know like a son who are of the awakening movement who are calling for more democratic measures on the ground who did nothing but tweeted certain statements asking for more reform more freedom of speech and they end up in jails and now what's happening in a major failure in yemen ok a major loss in syria so they cannot buy into what he is trying to sell them rami this is someone who lifted the ban on the women driving but at the same time jailed women activists who championed the right for women to drive he took to jail activists prominent human rights activists. but still his his own people say this is a visionary man how do you see him with forma where rust buttin well he very clearly is a man of dynamism he understan

ensure saudi arabia's political success in iraq. iran will be watching what is negotiated with saudi arabia closely. iraq is racing to find a short term deal that can bring economic and energy relief to the southern districts and by doing so it hopes that it can quell the protest movement before it turns into a nationwide movement that could topple the government. government leaders in iraq and an enormous amount of pressure. decades of war corruption and infrastructure neglect means a long term multibillion effort is needed to find a long term solution the wrong car which is a fact that. who the rebels in yemen say they've attacked an oil refinery in the saudi capital using a drone they targeted the state run our aamco refinery in riyadh they all companies said it contained a small fire which was due to an operational incident the iranian aligned rebels say the drone attack marks the start of a new stage and a tearing saudi aggression in yemen. meanwhile yemen's who feel leader has told a french newspaper he is ready to hand over c

specifically saudi arabia and the u.s. . i doubt that we've been here before they will be met with fire and fury donald trump very north korea and its leader before agreeing to a meeting and earlier this month he met russian president vladimir putin in all sinking at a top level summit it'll be interesting to watch the reaction to donald trump's offer when barack obama was in the white house and said he'd be willing to meet the iranian president he was heavily criticized by republicans democrats and by many right wing commentators who know largely support donald trump. one additional problem might be who would broker a summit with iran or south korea pave the way for the meeting with kim jong il in france might be an option president emanuel mccraw had arjun donald trump not to walk away from the iran deal during a state visit to washington is links with tehran and that might open up the necessary diplomatic channels that are voices senior people in this white house have been very critical of the iranian government and calle

s link to this very bloody conflict germany has suspended arms sales to saudi arabia but british arms sales of sharply increased and british military advisors are directing the war it cannot be right that her government this is cannot be right that her government is colluding in one of the united nations is evidence of war crimes but the u.k. government has been adamant all along that its involvement in the yemeni conflict alongside saudi arabia is both proportionate necessary and legal in order to protect saudi civilians from ballistic missile attacks by the who thiis the self-defense law and of course also taken by the saudi arabian government britain supports saudi arabia its right to defend its security against missile attacks from yemen many of which have targeted the kingdom cities including riyadh. any solution to the conflict must ensure that saudi arabia no longer faces this cross border security threat now or after the first direct admission it may see more of u.k. military personnel being present in those saudi military control rooms questions will remain one what exactly t

and the white house backs away from claims the president convinced saudi arabia to step up oil production. on mexico has elected its first leftist president in more than thirty years and the nice man won lopez obrador is claiming a historic victory after his two main rivals both conceded all that's in america editor lucia newman reports now from mexico city. times of bridled violence and corruption mexicans have taken a leap of faith was a hero massacred nearly was we all want to be able to live and work in our country without being killed but lopez obrador we believe there will finally be real change was for the first time mexicans have chosen a left wing populist and this month. to lead them better known as he represents social change and the pope all honesty was. i will not let you down i will not disappoint you i am conscious of my historic responsibility i don't want to go down in history as a bad president. says he will begin by eradicating corruption which he says is the principal cause poverty and violence but just that through college tuition expects he would see his ambitious go

president donald trump called saudi arabia's king solomon and said they do agree that the saudis would boost production but there's no sign that prices are dropping particularly as the global economy is growing and demand for energy is up india south korea turkey all u.s. allies are major importers of any unoiled they might not be able to switch providers quickly or even want to the trumpet ministration would then have to decide have sanctions on them would fall or the other signatories to the nuclear deal say they still support it and are looking at ways to save it alan fischer. all right let's bring in our guests for today joining us now from london is monday to salam are experts in the economics geopolitics of oil and energy and author of over a barrel from tehran how to do some of the who's professor of political science at the university of tehran and also in london some three hundred whom you saw a few moments ago and alan fisher's reports he's a middle east analyst and editor of international interest welcome to you all gentlemen sami is iran's threat to shut the strait of hormu

saudi arabia says it will temporarily stop transporting oil through the bab al manned strait it says who the fighters have attacked two tankers carrying crude oil one set of being likely damaged the straits located between yemen on the arabian peninsula and djibouti and at a trailer in the horn of africa the coalition says it's trying to protect shipping routes such as the gulf of aden and red sea which are being used to bring middle eastern oil and goods from asia through the suez canal to europe if oil can't transmit through an important channel like the bubble mind even for a short time it could lead to a substantial supply delay and higher shipping costs that could push up energy prices worldwide saudi arabia and its coalition. sunni muslim allies have been fighting in yemen for three years against the goofy's the rebels have been linked to iran during that time the u.s. has issued several warnings to its commercial ships about using the route between attacks on u.s. turkish and society and iraqi coalition boats. but in the most recent incident who the media isn't mentioning an o

president trump, after visiting saudi arabia, quicklyjoined in the attack. for its part, qatar denies any support for terrorism. you can spread false news very quickly but, the longer it goes on, and you start wondering, 0k, where is the link between qatar and isis? for the public the question of who is telling the truth is more difficult than ever. translation: the arab audience is becoming increasingly confused. they no longer know which tv channel they should believe. just after midnight, the attack begins. much of the population is asleep but the official qatar newsagency website is streaming round the clock, as usual. then something strange happens, the news ticker, at the bottom of the screen, starts to quote a speech apparently by the emir of qatar. he is reported to have made some astonishing statements. he's seemed to be supporting iran, saying it was... the emir supposed words flatly contradicted america's policy toward iran — a country which the us considers to be a sponsor of terrorism. but that was not all. according to the ticker, the emir ha

arms sales to saudi arabia for their operation in yemen it once reassurances from saudi arabia that it will do everything to end the yemeni civil war and eliminate civilian deaths but explains there are ways around the policy. now at first glance it actually looks like washington is starting to distance itself from saudi arabia's war in yemen as washington scrambles over amendments to the new defense bill the secretary of state would have to certify to congress that the saudi coalition is undertaking efforts to end the civil war and reduce the risk of harm to civilians. without the set's vacation the united states would be banned from refueling saudi coalition aircraft for missions exclusively focused on the civil war some media outlets are all over it but listen to the language undertaking efforts to end the civil war now that's a clever way of shielding themselves from criticism and allowing any real efforts to measure their progress now the saudis have been saying the same thing for some time now that they are taking measures to cease the conflict and they've also been playing the m

to help in his election campaign now either he's telling the truth and saudi arabia has effectively been interfering in malaysian politics by funding somebody is campaign or he's lying in the money was stolen but he's using saudi arabia to try and cover his tracks would also mean that saudi arabia is interfering in malaysian politics or domestic affairs when last i'm so money move. there will be a quote. they called in the bank to be issued his taxes being me when they deeply say it was given to him as a gift. that money he. said . to be taken as the truth he must provide. documentary evidence legler letters from the bank and also we want to ne very generous man we just get the money to give so much money but my point here is that is there is aside from the corruption there is a more dangerous issue which is foreign interference in malaysian politics if we are to say that the money did come from a saudi royal who gave it to him for his election campaign then saudi arabia is funding your political parties which is something that i'm not sure malaysians would be happy about of a forei