together a plan to forge and iran alliance with the arab countries now the us secretary of state mike pompei has met foreign ministers of the gulf cooperation council states and egypt and jordan they discuss the perceived threats posed by iran to peace and stability across the middle east however the g.c.c. is of course a house divided once the blockade imposed on doha by some of its neighbors lifted before the u.s. security plan can be considered credible. discussion today from new york. a gathering of gold fry vel's. this is the first time qatar's foreign minister has come face to face with his counterparts from saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt since the fall countries imposed a land sea and air blockade on qatar in july last year. no handshakes no smiles and no news conference at the end of the meeting that lasted almost one hour. two days ago saudi foreign minister. accused qatar of financing extremism adding that his country will be ok even if the crisis goes on for another fifty years but that can wait also but we have to address the challenges in our region first before we talk we ta

and its new round of sanctions in november and both pompei and bolton saying this is a terrible idea both and they're being very withering about the fact that there's no timeframe there's no detail really has been explained by the u.s. or how this is actually going to work nonetheless the e.u. and its partners in the deal say they are going to move ahead with this mechanism. the e.u. was reported to have been discussing what it calls a special purpose of burchell for several weeks and monday night the e.u. foreign policy chief said it would be going ahead e.u. member states will set up a legal entity to facilitate legit to make financial transactions with iran and this will allow european companies to continue to trade with get on in accordance with european union low and could be open to other partners in the what the plans discussed in the past have involved an entity being set up to act as a go between or clearing house between iran and other nations to facilitate commercial transactions for example if a country or company wants to buy iranian oil it would send money to or perhaps

secretary of state mike pompei o has met with pakistan's newly elected prime minister imran khan pakistan is a linchpin of the u.s. anti-terrorism strategy in the region but relations between the two countries are at an historic low after the u.s. canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance earmarked to support pakistan's fight against terrorism. it's not the easiest mission for u.s. secretary of state mike pump a zero to trumpet ministration has never quite been on good terms with pakistan the president's first tweet of the year set the tone and it's only gone downhill since then. the us is foolishly given pakistan more than thirty three billion dollars in aid over the last fifteen years and they have given us nothing but lies and deceit taking of our leaders this fools to give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in afghanistan with little help no more awaiting pompei on islamabad is pakistan's new prime minister imran khan an outspoken critic of the us congress said to receive bad news ahead of the visit the u.s. announced. it's cancelling another three hundred million dolla

with the united states as is their approach with north korea because president trump and secretary pompei you don't really care that much about the the subtleties or the data involving terrorism or nuclear weapons or any of the other list of concerns united states puts out there so you have someone like secretary pompei oh maybe even defense secretary mattis and maybe even present trump himself against these these other players like secretary like national security advisor john bolton who want to overthrow the iranian government they are both using this data for their own for their own strategies and the there is not one settled strategy yet within the u.s. government it's very much a battle within the government whether to use this data to force iran into a negotiation for a deal with the united states like it's doing with north korea more to use this data to build a case to literally overthrow the iranian government. the key regional players in the region some of them it is quite clear that they would like to. they support the americas with a push to counter what they describe to be an

get this keynote speech from donald trump he gives three speeches over the period of two days mike pompei of the u.s. secretary of state will also be there as well might we see that relationship kicking into high gear that relationship between donald trump and whoever has been his us secretary of state because it occurs to me that the secretary of state sometimes find chuen what mr trump tells the world and he delivers it with big broad brush strokes of international intent and it goes down to his number two internationally his number two to tell us about the nitty gritty the details the facts of the policy and the direction of travel. well they knew they'd try to divide out all of the principals when president trump can't get to see someone president transactions here for a long time sunday right the way through until thursday morning in new york so he will be doing quite a few meetings i think of this occasion secretary of state might pompei or has been delegated one main task and that's to deal with the one thing from the trumpet ministrations point of view that is going well and that

secretary of state mike pompei or has denounced reports of reeducation camps for a week of muslims in western china he was speaking at a conservative political conference in washington. hundreds of thousands and possibly millions of leaders are held against their will and so called reeducation camps were forced to endure severe political indoctrination and other awful abuses their religious beliefs are decimated russia's foreign minister says his country will not interfere in next month's election in bosnia herzegovina so obvious visiting the ethnically divided balkan nation where moscow still has a strong influence analysts say the visit is widely viewed as russian support for bosnian serb leader milorad dodik dodik is campaigning for the separation of ethnic serbs from the rest of bosnia indian police have arrested a catholic bishop who's been accused of raping a nun franco is the bishop of the northern indian city of jalandhar a nun says he assaulted her repeatedly between two thousand and fourteen and two thousand and sixteen activists have been campaigning for his prosecution sin

with the united states as is their approach with north korea because president trump and secretary pompei you don't really care that much about the the subtleties or the data involving terrorism our nuclear weapons or any of the other list of concerns united states puts out there so you have someone like secretary pompei oh maybe even defense secretary mattis and maybe even present trump himself against these these other players like secretary like national security advisor john bolton who want to overthrow the iranian government they are both using this data for their own for their own strategies and the there is not one settled strategy yet within the u.s. government it's very much a battle within the government whether to use this data to force iran into a negotiation for a deal with the united states like it's doing with north korea more to use this data to build a case to literally overthrow the iranian government. the key regional players in the region some of them made it quite clear that they would like to. they support the americans with a push to counter what they described to b

secretary of state mike pompei o has denounced reports of reeducation camps for we goes in western china he was speaking in washington there's a conference on the state of religious freedom around the world. hundreds of thousands and possibly millions of workers are held against their will in so-called religion cation camps were the first to understand their political indoctrination and other awful abuses their religious beliefs are decimating the u.k.'s prime minister to resign mayors accuse the leaders of failing to treat the u.k. with respect souter they on equivocally rejected have bragg's it plan on thursday may said counterparts and not explained why they believe the checkers plan would not work and the state of emergency has been declared in similar state in mexico after a storm caused widespread flooding at least three people died it's one i want to stay with us. in. he decides the rules of engagement. wineskin permitted competence known competence severely to simple civilians danish officer returns to do more in croatia to confront a decision imminent june alone cysteine minette

secretary of state has lost its odd one of his predecessors mike pompei oh accuse john kerry of trying to undermine the trumpet ministration by meeting with officials that's after kerry admitted to meeting in the arabian foreign minister on at least three occasions since leaving office in twenty seventeen it's one thing to meet with your counterpart it's another thing to do what secretary kerry wendy sherman or this money's frankly the whole gang has done which is to actively seek to undermine what president trump is trying to achieve you have been telling the iranians to wait out the president trump and the administration and to wait until there's a democratic president in twenty twenty one is that accurate. i think everybody in the world is talking about waiting out. while in the tweet donald trump himself carries talks with iran were illegal and once again blasted the arena in government hostile regime he claimed the meetings quote undercut great work to the detriment of the american people the president also asked whether john kerry was registered as a foreign agent for his actions

let's get more now on that announcement from the state might pompei or that we mentioned jordan joins me live from washington d.c. how significant are his comments. there hasn't been much reaction at least as far as we know coming from the north koreans but this is a significant step forward given that there hasn't been any real formal love process to track. for its to get rid of its nuclear weapons program certainly the u.s. is welcoming of the suggestion that young would allow international inspectors we assume from the i.a.e.a. to come to north korea to actually verify that its nuclear weapons program is being dismantled and that it does not have the capability of trying to reassemble or restart that program but what is significant is that the trumpet ministration seems more in an opportunity to try to transform a relationship that is still marked by a state of war now of course there are some real impediments to this if the u.s. were to in fact say that the war on the korean peninsula is in fact over that would change its security obligations on the peninsula as far as north korea

secretary of state mike pompei or his echoed bolton sentiment basically issuing a threat to russia reverence for sponsors to the danning of the l twenty will have a quick listen first rather. many topics that we'll talk about with the russians i'm very confident that their latest decision to move the us to enter will be amongst them we are finding lots of places where they're working against american interests and we will hold them accountable for so doing he said that looking at gangster american interests what do you make of such comments. well of course pump a zero wants to everybody to think that whatever he wants equals the same thing as american interests but we see for example with the u.s. participation in the saudi war in yemen the majority. you know the whole world has discussed it by what the us helping the saudi security i mean including with army you know sixty seventy percent. or so on u.a.e. weapons coming in united states us refusing to saudi u.a.e. warplanes in their middle of their bombing runs bomb deal as a claim for why the u.s. continues or the saudi war is this is amer

security council meeting washington's top diplomat mike pompei o praised the progress made in relations between the two countries just a year since president vowed to totally destroy the reclusive state. past diplomatic attempts to hold north korea's nuclear ballistic missile development were unsuccessful but now we're at the dawn of a new day twelve months ago washington and pyongyang seem to be standing right on the brink of war so will this new day mentioned by secretary pompei oh actually last reporting from new york india patrik it's only been a year and then boom donald trump's second u.n. general assembly just listen to it i would like to thank chairman kim for his courage and for the steps he has taken a lot of very positive things are happening with chairman kim he likes me i like him we get along but most importantly i believe that chairman kim jong un wants peace and prosperity for north korea twelve months ago same building same halls same mr trump no one has shown more contempt for other nations and for the well being of their own people then the depraved regime in north ko

secretary of state mike pompei oh it is the first meeting of its kind since the blockade of qatar last year the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt cut diplomatic and economic ties with doha in june last year about the middle east started and that is the relation with with the u.s. plus egypt and jordan the meeting was for the summer was what is your reaction to the speech to stick with the saudi foreign minister when he said that his country is willing to wait fifteen twenty fifty years and it's fine for them and that's part of the house to solve the problem in its own and if they are from no actually no one would know what's what it would be the future of the country is even so we cannot predict from now until five or ten or fifteen years or fifty years other can wait also part of that but we have to address the the challenges in our region first before we talk we talk about just by coming in like this diplomacy means communications meaning is engaging and this is not the. some democrats have walked out of the u.s. senate judiciary committee's debate over brett kavanaugh is not a c

secretary of state my pompei was told congress that saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are actively working to avoid harming civilians in yemen the u.s. has been under increasing pressure to withdraw support for the war over the scale of human deaths civilian deaths are last month the sunday that coalition admitted mistakes have been made when it bombed a school bus killing more than forty children is legally required to justify u.s. backing for the war in congress before funding can be released to allow military support to continue more from rosalind jordan in washington d.c. . the saudi like coalition has been criticized for indiscriminately targeting civilians while trying to go after the rebels who are trying to take control of the country of yemen. coalition has denied these allegations and it's also been facing criticism on behalf of its main military supporter the united states the u.s. has now certified that so far as best as it can determine the saudi like coalition including the government of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are taking reasonable precautions to en

owed the country for its help in fighting armed groups secretary of state my pompei is expected to visit as lama bob on wednesday and the issue is likely to top the agenda president donald trump has previously accused pakistan of deceiving the u.s. while receiving billions of dollars and aid pakistan denies it give safe haven to any armed group will bring in our guests in a moment but first let's have a closer look at the figures pakistan is estimated to have received more than thirty three billion dollars in financial support from the u.s. since two thousand and two washington substantially increased. it's assistances lama bother in the wake of the nine eleven attacks then it went up again in two thousand and nine when congress approved a package that authorized an estimated seven point five billion dollars in aid over five years but that lucrative financial support has drastically for that and recent years especially since donald trump came to office well let's bring in our panel now joining us from islamabad a symbol of calm a security analyst and washington d.c. aparna pandey directo

secular state might pompei i was told congress that saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are working to avoid harming civilians in yemen this clears the way for the us to convene continue providing weapons and refueling support to both countries on ten thousand people have been killed in three years of war and pompei a statement follows a string of saudi iraqi coalition air strikes have killed dozens of civilians including many children well the un's envoy for yemen martin griffiths has arrived in the armani capital muscat hoping to restart talks between the government and the hope the rebels but fighting has resumed in the city of her data between the rebels in the south the iraqi coalition which backs the government here is andrew symonds with more from judy. there are no details on casualty figures and whether or not civilians are involved but multiple reports suggest that the fighting has escalated again around the city of who data it's rebel held by the hooters and they are reliant on a supply routes between the port city and san are their capital now the report suggests that th

secretary of state mike pompei are said congress a key document which certifies that saudi arabia and the u.a.e. are working to avoid civilian casualties during their war in yemen we can go live now to our white house correspondent kimberly haokip who's there in washington so might pompei who has made this statement to congress which triggers something very important in terms of u.s. defense budgets. yeah well they're directly linked the u.s. law is in the congress requires that the trumpet ministration through the secretary of state certify that that military support that the u.s. provides saudi arabia and yemen be conditional on the sort of demonstrably effort of those two nations to ensure that civilians are protected while this war is ongoing one that we should point out the u.s. has been assisting in in a limited capacity since twenty fifteen providing intel sharing aerial refueling all of that support is only allowed to continue if the u.s. secretary of state says yes we believe that saudi arabia and yemen are doing everything they can to make sure that civilians are being hurt

want the syrian government to let the terrorists stay in the province we can just imagine what might pompei a would say if there were thousands of terrorists in oregon and washington states in the united states they wouldn't have any patience at all for that the situation is complicated right now it's difficult because there are thousands of foreign fighters there these are trained terrorists with a lot of battle experience and they've been supported by the west they've been supported by the gulf by including including turkey and none of the countries that have supported the terrorists want them to come back to their own their own countries of course and it's kind of hypocritical for my pump aoe to criticize syria for trying to expel terrorists from its own its own territory and that's a snapshot of some of the big world news stories from moscow this hour is kevin owen saying thanks so much for watching. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics school business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. john mccain and his republican cohor

my pompei o is on a pretty difficult mission here as we heard the trumpet ministration has taken a really tough line on pakistan how is he being received there. well i think it is turning out to be an anticlimax as far as my phone fios messaging to pakistan is concerned there was crime and and dissipation of fireworks at the frist formal meeting the two meeting with the foreign minister but we understand that meeting is gone gone down already randi it was sort of a introductory meeting in which he was a dick where experience changed of course afghanistan was discussed but not the way it has been projected in the media before he arrived here and both of agreed the there is no military solution to the situation in afghanistan however there is a difference of strategy and mr pompeo we understand now wants to address and define expected strategies informal talks in days and weeks to come so they have important shared mission in the region and the u.s. accuses pakistan of letting armed groups operate within its territory pakistan says that's not the case what does the evidence actually show. w

secretary of state mike pompei or the trumpet administration has never quite been on good terms with pakistan the president's first tweet of the year set the tone and it's only gone downhill since then. the us has foolishly given pakistan more than thirty three billion dollars in aid over the last fifteen years and they have given us nothing but lies and deceit thinking of our leaders as fools to give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in afghanistan with little help no more awaiting pompei on islamabad is pakistan's new prime minister imran khan an outspoken critic of the us can is set to receive bad news ahead of the visit the us announced it's canceling another three hundred million dollars in aid on top of the five hundred million already cut earlier this year. the aid was meant to compensate pakistan for its efforts to fight terrorists on its own soil but the u.s. says pakistan has been dragging its feet previous presidents have always hoped they could turn around pakistan's behavior but i think would trump we're finally seeing a disillusionment sinking and a sense of convicti

of escalating the syrian conflict calling plans to rid province of islamic terrorists and assault my pompei or so the civilian population will end up bearing the brunt russia's foreign minister earlier moscow's position. group which are this is the last place for the terrorists so from all points of view this abscess should be removed well it's been a haven for rebels and their families evacuated from areas retaken by the government almost three million people currently live in the province alone according to the u.n. there are also thousands of jihadist militants the. it lip has another fact and we have to reconnect it an extremely high concentration of foreign fighters the estimates of the old north or whatever name they want to call themselves is that more or less. of their investigative journalist rick sterling told us western nations don't want to see the highly trained foreign terrorists now in syria returning back to their home countries. elements within the united states and nato for that matter want to prolong the conflict they basically want the syrian government to let the terror

has the rotating presidency and the subject is north korea so an update from secretary of state pompei zero on what has been going on with regard to the u.s. and north korea and of course that recent summit between north korea and south korea now the big question is who will attend this meeting north korea never goes to security council meetings there's only one occasion last december when they sent their ambassador what's a little intriguing is moments ago we saw the north korean foreign minister come in by the gate here and head into the united nations he could be going to have a meeting with anyone some security council diplomats that i've spoken to say there's a rumor that he might be at the meeting we need to watch that very closely we need to watch also if there's any new details coming from secretary of state pompei o but it's pretty clear he won't tell the security council everything because this is an open session and that news conference i referred to earlier president trumpet said there's a lot going on behind the scenes. i think i have it right here and i think that what we

secretary of state mike pompei is in pakistan for his first official meeting with newly elected prime minister imran can relations of deteriorated in the past year with differing views on ending the seventeen year war in afghanistan the u.s. recently announced it's canceling three hundred million dollars in military aid to pakistan. israel's high court has given the go ahead for the a vixen of palestinians from a village in the occupied west bank. is one of forty six palestinian bedouin communities that is or israel wants to remove so it can further expand illegal settlements around occupied east jerusalem. a major antigovernment protests is expected in sri lanka security has been increased around parliament in the capital colombo the protest has been organized by the opposition coalition led by former prime minister. he says the government no longer has a mandate after losses in recent local elections. iraq's interim prime minister has called for an investigation into violence that killed six protesters in the southern city of at least sixty eight people were injured after fighting b

secretary of state mike pompei o has accused moscow in damascus of escalating the syrian conflict by seeking to clear terror groups from italy but province he says the civilian population will end up as victims of any offensive earlier russia's foreign minister emphasized that it was the last terrorist stronghold in the country and should be liberated the. group that sure this is the last place for the terrorists safe from all points of view this abscess should be removed. has been a haven for rebels and their families evacuated from areas one backed by the government almost three million people live in italy according to the u.n. there are also thousands of jobs fighters there. it has another fact and we have to reconnect to the next dream the high concentration of foreign fighters and the particular highest number of al-qaeda fight this the mates of the al qaeda unmoved by whatever name they want to quote him so is it more or less around ten callous and right investigative journalist rick strolling thinks the u.s. is not interested in the final defeat of the terrorists in syria ele

secretary of state has welcomed wednesday's agreement between the two koreas like pompei or has invited north korea's foreign minister to meet with him on the sidelines of the united nations general assembly next week and the statement tom perez says the agreement will mark the beginning of negotiations to transform u.s. d p r k relations through the process of rapid denuclearization of north korea to be completed by january twenty twenty one as committed by chairman kim and to construct a lasting and stable peace regime on the korean peninsula roslyn jordan has more from washington d.c. . mike pompei as offer of talks between the north koreans and the united states comes as a bit of a surprise but perhaps not so much given that earlier on wednesday the u.s. president donald trump said that he recently received another letter from kim jong noon the leader of north korea and said that he was pleased with the contents and that in his words the situation between washington and pyongyang is quote home now what paul pale is offering is an opportunity for north korean representatives to meet

refueling support to both countries more than ten thousand people have been killed in three years of war pompei a statement follows a string of sa the m. erotic coalition air strikes that have killed dozens of civilians including many children roslyn jordan has more from washington d.c. . the saudi like coalition has been criticized for indiscriminately targeting civilians while trying to go after the rebels who are trying to take control of the country of yemen. coalition has denied these allegations and it's also been facing criticism on behalf of its main military supporter the united states the u.s. has now certified that so far as best as it can determine the saudi like coalition including the government of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are taking reasonable precautions to ensure that civilians are not targeted injured or killed in the conflict with the fighters in that country now this certification has been made by the secretary of state pompei o at the insistence by the requirements of congress through the terms of the new defense budget act mr prompt said that the examinati

secretary of state might pompei as has saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are working to avoid civilian casualties in yemen it's a key requirement for this year's defense spending bill and it followed multiple cases of massive million deaths by saudi led airstrikes in controlled parts of yemen we can go straight now to our white house correspondent kimberly how kit and kimberly so much pompei are basically saying that he's satisfied the united states government is satisfied that the u.a.e. and saudi arabia are doing their best to avoid civilian casualties. right let's kind of wade through the washington speak here and speak in real language about what's going on essentially the u.s. congress requires the trumpet ministration to say that in this conflict that the u.s. military support in that conflict that's been going on since two thousand and fifteen in order for that military assistance to continue there must be a certification from the u.s. secretary of state that those nations saudi arabia and u.a.e. are doing all that they can to prevent civilian deaths of bats what we hav

syrian conflict he described plans to liberate italy but province from extremists as an assault by pompei also said civilians there would bear the brunt of the offensive against terror groups are to spoke to the syrian foreign and foreign minister about the fight against joe harvests in his country. first of all the international community should recognize that. is a syrian territory and this syrian government must regain full control of it secondly as president assad said our priorities live by that peacefully which we prefer or use in the military thirdly it is clear that. is listed as a terrorist organization by the united nations to protect. have opened and humanitarian corridor it has been open for two weeks and we have already received hundreds so families on these bases and i can say that if military action is considered necessary it will be only. that those groups who are in favor of a settlement deal should voice their position and me their commitments in terms of for reconciliation. it has been a haven for rebels and their families evacuated from areas retaken by the government

vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pompei o have tonight being the anonymous author of an opinion piece that said an internal resistance is working to thwart parts of donald trump's agenda the president called the new york times article treason and the author gutless. britain has told the u.n. sick.

secretary of state mike pompei zero had to say about the trade war when he appeared on fox news on sunday. we know this much the trade war. against the united states has been going on for years. here's what's different in this administration to the extent one wants to call this a trade war we are determined to win it china for its part accuses the united states of bullying with no sign of a less open the tit for top spot economists say the real losers in this trade battle could ultimately be consumers in both countries. let's put that question right away to claimants' fools president of the institute life in its institute for economic research at the university of new nick good to have you with us how can washington and beijing result this trade route without losing face. good morning yes this is going to be very difficult because trump needs to be seen by his supporters as someone who is tough on the chinese and chinese imports that was one of his promises probably the chinese will yes react but try not to escalate this debate so what i would expect is that this will take some time i thi

secretary of state my pompei o is in pakistan where he's held talks with new prime minister imran khan peo is also set to meet the country's powerful military chief ties between washington and islamabad have plummeted in recent years where u.s. accusations that pakistan is doing too little to fight terrorism. german chancellor angela merkel is standing by her previous comments condemning the anti migrant protests in the eastern city of commits after talks with the czech prime minister in berlin medical said the chemist's demos quote very clearly revealed hate german far right leaders have accused the chancellor of exaggerating anti migrant violence in the city. now it may be the final showdown in the seven year long civil war in syria the united nations is warning of a bloodbath if syrian and russian forces move to take the last rebel held province of idlib about three million people live there many of them refugees from elsewhere in syria the first big influx came back in december twenty sixth season after government forces took control of aleppo then in twenty seventeen the last rebe

secretary of state mike pompei o had to say about the trade war when he appeared on fox news on sunday. we know this much the trade war on by china against the united states has been going on for years. here's what's different in this of ministration to the extent one wants to call this a trade war we are determined to win it china for its part accuses the united states of bullying with no sign of a less open the tit for tat economists say the real losers in this trade battle could ultimately be consumers in both countries. we asked the german economist clarence firsts which side is hurting more in this dispute. the u.s. economy can hardly replace the chinese goods so it's not like these goods will be produced in the united states what's going to happen probably is that prices up the chinese goods will increase maybe the chinese currency will be bad for you a little but in the end it could very well be the u.s. is the loser or the us consumer is the biggest loser in this thing so it's not clear that this will hit the chinese more than the u.s. let's bring in now asia correspondent lind

secretary of state my pompei o says that washington is ready to restart negotiations with north korea immediately says that he's invited pyongyang's foreign minister to meet him in new york next week the goal is to complete north korea's denuclearization by january twenty twenty one now it comes as the leaders of north and south korea are hailing a deal to improve ties in a highly symbolic move the south in invited kim jong un to seoul it will be the first ever visit by a north korean leader but progress on reducing nuclear tensions in the region it's less clear cut we have this report. day two of south korean president visit to his northern neighbor kim jong un more carefully staged displays of harmony along with the generous serving of. the two leaders selling their pact as a breakthrough they've announced kim will become the first northern leader to visit seoul another step along the road to peace they say. to the military pact to end the history of brutal confrontation and the great to make efforts to turn the korean peninsula into a land of pace they also promised to hold family

want the syrian government to let the terrorists stay in the province we can just imagine what might pompei a would say if there were thousands of terrorists in oregon and washington states in the united states they wouldn't have any patience at all for that the situation is complicated right now it's difficult because there are thousands of foreign fighters there these are trained terrorists with a lot of battle experience and they've been supported by the west they've been supported by the gulf by including including turkey turkey and none of the countries that have supported the terrorists want them to come back to their own their own countries of course and it's kind of hypocritical for my pump aoe to criticize syria for trying to expel terrorists from its own its own territory that's our recap of the world's top news for this hour but you can always find us on your favorite social media platforms like twitter and facebook for up to the minute reports are very maybe thanks for tuning. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics

want the syrian government to let the terrorists stay in the province we can just imagine what might pompei a would say if there were thousands of terrorists in oregon and washington states in the united states they wouldn't have any patience at all for that the situation is complicated right now it's difficult because there are thousands of foreign fighters there these are trained terrorists with a lot of battle experience and they've been supported by the west they've been supported by the gulf by including including turkey and none of the countries that have supported the terrorists want them to come back to their own their own countries of course and it's kind of hypocritical for my pump ale to criticize syria for trying to expel terrorists from its own its own territory. effort to deescalating tensions on the korean peninsula have hit another snag plans for a historic railway meant to link north and south korea have been blocked by the u.s. led united nations command the u.n. has controlled movement across the demilitarized zone separating the north and south since the end of the korea

maybe a decade experts say to recover just one part among the losses egyptian mummies frescoes from pompei and brazilian remains nearly twenty million cultural and scientific pieces. the fire has focused attention on one of the major problems facing brazil's heritage lack of funds this is that along the wharf harbor for nearly one million slaves arrived from africa in the nineteenth century it is also i guess the heritage site of new c.l.o. just say it is in danger of being destroyed i other historic buildings are also at risk the us federal prosecutor says six museums in this city alone are insecure and should be kills you so do this be the door that it was so it was because of what i believe is what happened is going on in all the museum institutions in brazil the tragedy can happen again because there's no state budget for public museums the state is not complying with its responsibilities. the loss of the national museum and all its treasures has prompted students to try to see. david least memories of the past the appeal to museum visitors to help build up an archive and received more

deteriorated in the past year with differing views on ending the seventeen year war in afghanistan mr pompei is expected to focus on counterterrorism in the region. a major antigovernment protests is expected intra lanka's capital colombo security has been increased around parliament the protest has been organized by the opposition coalition led by a former prime minister mahinda rajapaksa he says the government no longer has a mandate after losses in recent local elections iraq's interim prime minister has called for an investigation into violence that killed six protesters in the southern city of paris or at least sixty eight people were injured after fighting broke out when security forces moved in to contain the demonstrations the un says a cease fire has been agreed between rival factions in libya who've been fighting in the capital for moving a week at least sixty people have been killed and one hundred fifty others were injured in and around tripoli. leaders from pacific island countries are meeting in the tiny island nation of no route to discuss common issues but their form began wi

secretary of state might pompei and defense secretary james mattis are in india shoring up the alliance between the two countries the talks are taking place in new delhi after the trumpet ministration canceled twice over the past year u.s. demands that india stop buying iranian oil and russian military supplies are at the top of the agenda those are the headlines slavery roots is next. this is the story of a world whose territories were forged by the slave trade a world where violence subjugation and profit imposed that roots the slave system created the greatest accumulation of wealth the world had ever seen up to that moment of. its seven hundred ninety the slave trade was at a climax more than one hundred thousand captives were deported every year. at the extremes of human domination even in slavery we find there is always resistance there is always tension and there's always struggle at the dawn of the nineteenth century slave traders violence brought about the decline of the transatlantic slave trade to become immoral europe now had to find an alternative means of accumulating weal

secretary of state mike pompei o says that the u.s. is prepared to engage in talks to transform relations with north. i would very much like for us to set up a prominent american base in poland which we would call fool. you this is a man who puts his name on everything really touches he sort of like that you know king midas touch to everything it turned to gold trim such as everything and it also turns to gold because for photo gold because he likes the color of gold it's possible it could happen you've got a congress. that goes along with the idea that nato should be expanded right up to russia's border because russia is aggressive and threat to europe there is a problem which is that normally bases. are not named after living people. you know in the united states you normally mean military bases after famously dead people i think there'd be a lot of hue and cry about naming a base after a living president. but the meeting in the oval office did not please everyone in poland where the media labeled one photo as offensive as you can se

secretary of state mike pompei o to rule out loans from the international monetary fund or i.m.f. as a remedy mr pump aoe has disparaged the idea as a bailout for chinese investors. and the belton road initiative has also hit a bump in malaysia as the new government under returning prime minister mohammad has confirmed the cancellation of a set of pipelines related to energy totaling nearly three billion dollars the cancellations of the three specific pipeline projects follows a previous suspensions and review of them the projects are seen as key belton road efforts another belt road project the twenty three billion dollars east coast rail link was suspended in july and is still under negotiation mr mohammad has consistently expressed concerns often quite boldly about specific b.r. related projects and other chinese investments on a state visit to china last month mr muhammad rattled his host by expressing concerns about quote a new version of colonialism in relation to chinese investments calling for what he termed fair trade policies that recognize disparities in wealth between