the u.s. asks turkey not to take military action in a kurdish controlled district in northern syria. about this and this is all to syria live from doha also coming up pope francis arrives in peru for the second leg of his tour of south america. a major storm blows through europe killing at least seven people and disrupting travel. and fashion in kenya imports of second time cold all out of favor. the u.s. state department is urging turkey not to invade african in syria turkish forces are massing on the border and are preparing action against the kurdish why p.g. considers the y.p. g a terrorist group but its fighters have been a key ally for the u.s. elsewhere in syria stephanie decker has more from. the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the syrian border present one has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area baffling for almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. inside africa and thousands marched on thursday in protest to turkey's aggre

u.s. him to see in israel will move to jusalem by the end of next year. u.s. vice president mike pence made that announcement in a speech to israel's parliament today. he received a standing ovation. but lawmakers were thrown out of the chamber for protesting the visit and trump's policy on jerusalem. a surprise deal in washington. the u.s. senate votes to end the government shutdown, paving the way for hundreds of thousands of people to go back to work. and germany's social democrats get set for negotiations to form another grand coalition with angela merkel's conservatives. but the chancellor will not have an easy ride i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. u.s. vice president mike pence has told the israeli knesset that the american embassy will move to jerusalem by the end of next year, earlier than expected. it only adds to the controversy. mike pence is the first u.s. politician to visit the region since president trump recognized jerusalem as israel's capital last month. isr

is a u.s. backed alliance of kurdish and arab fighters which currently controls almost twenty five percent of syrian territory in the north and east russia says it's us plot to partition syria rory chalons reports. but russia's foreign minister had a stark rebuke for the u.s. on monday speaking as a media conference in moscow a lover of said the creation of his own controlled by u.s. backed rebels risks syria's territorial integrity turkey's president also opposes the plan he's attacking reports of the u.s. backed kurdish border force russia type says turkey will launch its military operation against the kurds in the northern syrian city of a free shot it didn't exist searchable and now the united states has confessed that they are forming a terror army along our border what we have to do is to strangle this terror army on our borders before it is born turkey has for its kurdish factions inside its borders for decades and doesn't want to see them gaining more power in neighboring syria box in n

and the u.s. president is lashing out at his former chief strategist steve balance sang he's lost his mind it follows publication of excerpts from an upcoming book which bannon denounces trump's eldest son as treasonous and unpatriotic. a turkish banker has been found guilty by u.s. courts of taking part in a scheme to violate washington's sanctions on iran mahmoud taylor and days how those who are accused of moving billions of dollars worth of iranian money through american banks disguised as food and gold sales tello was an executive at the state owned bank. kristen salumi has more from new york. attila was the deputy general manager of whole bank the turkish state owned bank at the center of the scheme to launder iranian money in violation of u.s. sanctions a tylo was one of nine people charged by u.s. prosecutors in the case but the only one to stay on trial his lawyers described him as a blameless pawn someone who was not knowingly involved in any scheme to do anything and they put the blame

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the u.s. state department designates hamas leader ismail haniyeh a global terrorist and announce sanctions against him. this is the e.u. steps up with an extra fifty three million dollars of aid for palestine after the u.s. decision to withhold funding. and i'm glad this is al jazeera live from london also coming up in the program donald trump signs an order to keep the guantanamo bay prison camp open and possibly send i still faces that. judge says usa gymnastics dog larry nasir is non-dangerous of sexually abused two hundred sixty five. and a triple treat for stargazers as parts of the sea a blue moon a super moon and a total lunar eclipse all rolled into one. so the u.s. state department has designated the political leader of hamas it's not a global terrorist and has slapped sanctions on him it means any u.s. based assets he holds will now be frozen amasses the palestinian faction which is de facto ruled the gaza strip since two thousand and seven it's already considered a terror organizati

the u.s. though is determined that the move will go ahead and quickly pence announced that the us embassy will relocate from tel aviv to jerusalem by the end of twenty one thousand. for for more now we want to speak to our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer good evening to you on yours so we know that the vice president said he came with a message from the u.s. president and we heard that today what else was in ben's is message to the knesset and to the world. well we heard a speech from impact with fifty could references and also praising history praising the ties between israel and the u.s. and also praising again the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as the capital of saying what has been done wrong in the past seventy years was being right this time by president trump he also talked about a vote on it's interesting because he said to you vote israeli set and iran would never be able to develop a nuclear weapon and that the u.s. would not be able to certify the disastrous venue nuclear deal o

in u.s. 10 year and see how you see u.s. 10 year trading. the strategy for u.s. markets. >> are asking this question because you are assuming a 10 year u.s. treasury yields is a measure of the risk-free rate. free rate rises, the bar is higher for risky assets, . the dollar is a the measure of sset of financial conditions. what is meaningful here is, despite the rise in treasury yields, the dollar is falling. something has changed. treasury yield is premium.he risk the dollarhe reasons must attract a higher premium to remain stable in foreign exchange markets. no assumptions on this program. asking youi am about. u.s. consumer confidence versus presidential approval. certainly these have been moving in line but now they are moving in different directions. you see president donald trump is breaking with the convention economy they support and follow their leader. never have americans been so hopeful about economic prospects and financial fortunes. can this add to consumer confidence and the way you see the u.s. economy in 2018? >> from my perspective of thating ma

we see the u.s. dollar continue to decline against the backdrop of the stronger sterling and euro despite bigger than expected bpi on friday. futures in australia, 31 points going into the sydney open. watch out for the mining stocks this week, we are expecting quarterly reports out of the hp and rio, and the catalysts for the aussie dollar being fourth quarter china gdp out on thursday, the aussie dollar currently trading back above 79 u.s. a look at the japanese yen before we head to the tokyo open this monday, we are expecting more pressure to come through from the stronger currency in terms of the equities outlook. sterling traded at 137.37. just reminder, the s&p 500 closing over 7/10 of 1%, higher in eight out of nine days. we have monday markets in the u.s. closed for the holiday. let's get to more on what we should be watching in trading in asia. $24 billion into equities globally last week, this is real and global. adam: it is, and not really selling signs of slowing, which is interesting to

the u.s. says it will withhold a forty five million dollars payment to the un's relief agency for palestinian refugees and has not set a new date for paying it the money which was a mark for food aid was promised last month. at the time when we provided that note that information to honor we made it clear that it was a pledge it was not a guarantee and that it would need to be confirmed later at this time we will not be providing that but that it does not mean i want to make it clear that does not mean that it will not be provided in the future all this follows another announcement earlier this week where the trump administration cut in half the twenty five million dollars dollars that allocated to the un relief and works agency for policy in refugees better known as. it's a massive reduction from last year when the us gave more than three hundred fifty million dollars in aid to palestinians under obama most of that went to the un's palestine agency on what helps pay for the education of more

with the u.s. until recently was saying the relationship with the cause is transactional but right now off the vices i think the talk is that is beginning to understand and well seasoned to be gullible in this sense the the us is going to maintain a longer relationship with the kurds and i agree with joshua yes this is at the expense of turkey the that the us is slowly less concerned about losing turkey to russia which previously the state department and the u.s. has always been worried about but i think that concern is much less now than what it used to be especially with the one at the helm this may change somewhat actually ask about the want to change of attitude so that you raise that i mean the u.s. was against the kurdistan the independence referendum and iraq and yet they seem to support the some of the type of action if it ever went to get to that point in syria a real change in policy here isn't it it is it is and i think you're very right to bring up that comparison because many friends h

president does because if the u.s. were to actually go all the way and terminate the deal and snap back the sanctions that would have a huge impact on the ability of european companies as things currently stand to do what is illegitimate within the e.u. laws to do business with iran and so it does have a big impact on europe ok that was going to be my next question if the u.s. does pull out europe stay the course i mean you know can we not keep going without the u.s. the u.s. is isolating itself called rest of the world cario. certainly since president trumps even election back in november twenty sixth. given his position on the deal there has been work quietly happening behind the scenes of you know why or what are europe's options really if the u.s. does terminate its obligations under the nuclear agreement there are some thoughts put in place organizations like myself and i said you are levi's works would be looking at different types of mechanisms whereby europe can have a contingency plan and that would really be

the u.s. president is threatening to cut aid to the palestinian authority in a tweet donald trump asked why the u.s. should make any future a payments to palestinians they no longer want to talk peace or show the u.s. respect trump angered palestinians last month by recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital in the same tweet he now says jerusalem status is off the negotiating table palestinians insist occupied east jerusalem should be the capital of their future state. in a series of tweets the palestine liberation organization has responded to trump's threat saying the palestinian people will not be blackmailed trump has sabotage the peace process blaming the palestinians for the consequences of his own irresponsible actions washington is also threatening to cut off funding to the un agency helping palestinian refugees according to the united nations relief and works agency more than one million people live in fifty eight recognized palestinian refugee camps in jordan lebanon and the west ban

on the u.s. away from from the partnership well that is certainly what many experts in washington talk about the americans in this administration is being afraid of and it is a very good question of you to ask because in fact every time there is just a liberal or center left government in power in south korea washington is very cautious and pays a great deal of attention to any sign that this government may be less invested in the military alliance with the u.s. as perhaps the conservative the new instructions in south korea might be because the from the point of view of south korean conservatives this alliance with the u.s. is a paramount importance this is what keeps south korea safe from north korean threat and it must be preserved. at all cost but if you talk to the liberals there are reservations of the utility of this alliance especially in the current climate where there are indications coming from washington that what perhaps the donald trump administration might ultimately want is to use

u.s. aid to the palestinians saying they're no longer willing to talk peace. pakistan denies u.s. claims it's not doing enough to fight terrorism as washington pulls a quarter of a billion dollars of aid. and closing the door on open borders countries in europe shang in zone refused to give up passport checks. for the first time in almost a year north korea says it will reopen communications inside the demilitarized zone with south korea the gesture is a prelude to talks scheduled for tuesday between the two rivals. north korea's leader kim jong un has given an order to open the panmunjom hotline between the north and south from three pm on january third to contact south korea regarding the right time for talks and sending a delegation to the peeling chuang winter olympics. we need to keep back in south korea's government welcomes north korea's response to yesterday's offer to restore the public communication channel who would discuss practical affairs regarding yesterday's offer to hold s

the u.s. put some ass leader is a male hania on its terror list will be live with us and the palestinian reaction. our press are you watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program and to keep open the detention facility in guantanamo bay. donald trump orders america's controversial prison in cuba to remain open and reversing a key obama promise british prime minister to resign may signs billion dollar deals and pushes for free trade benefits with china and we'll be looking at an event that only happens once in a super bowl. thanks for joining us we begin the program with some breaking news the u.s. state department has put israel has the political leader of hamas on the terror list how mass is the palestinian faction which has the factor ruled the gaza strip since two thousand and seven where in a moment we are going to have reaction from palestine where imran khan is standing by for us in ramallah first though let's get the latest from roslyn jordan who's in washington d.c

u.s. pushes for an emergency un meeting to discuss the government protests in iran. this is. also coming up u.s. president donald trump hits back at north korea warning on twitter that his nuclear button is bigger and more powerful than pyongyang's. pakistan denies u.s. claims that it's not doing enough to fight terrorism as washington pulled a quarter of a billion dollars of aid. and a cartoon about a gaza tells the bitter reality of life on the sea. the u.s. has called for an emergency session of the u.n. security council to discuss the protests in iran the iranian supreme leader has blamed his country's enemies for six days of violence in which twenty one protesters on a police officer have died a big security operation is in force in several cities mike hanna has the latest from the u.n. headquarters in new york. ambassador nikki haley called a briefing to outline u.s. priorities at the united nations in this new year and top of her list the situation in iran if the iranian dictatorshi

u.s. president double trump declared jerusalem the capital of israel well today lawmakers inside the israeli parliament made it clear to the u.s. vice president that jerusalem is where policy and people are. i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. jerusalem is israel's got united states embassy will open before the end of next year. we have the message that not the entire knesset is in favor of ok ends. with an east jerusalem must be the capital of palestine and west jerusalem the capital of israel. clearly there is a problem with the result of the european state continue to believe that the only problem i think realistic solution which of those eleven has to come out of member stations and so that has to be the capital of the state. also coming up tonight germany is moving closer to a new government but one young leader among the social democrats considers sharing power with chancellor angela merkel to be something like the kiss of death for his party. we don't want it but we have to do

the u.s. president donald trump with his state of the union address, which he held a new american moment. he highlighted a growing economy and vowed to return to strong sense of national unity amid deepening political discord and he offered at all of branch to democrats who he anchored by restoring production for dreamers. we have the details in this report. it, it coulde of be construed as a moment of inclusion. when donald trump said that all americans are dreamers in his state of the union, there was a hard-line anti-immigration subtext. pres. trump: my duty and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber is to defend americans, to protect their safety, their families, their communities, and the right to the american dream. because americans are dreamers, too. >> he threw the fate of the 800 or so called dreamers in september when he dissolved daca, they deferred action for childhood arrivals, protection for individuals brought to the u.s. illegally as minors. after trying to

any u.s. government employee working an embassy, we consider this an occupational exposure, therefore we're encouraging our personnel and employees to make a claim with the department of labor for workers compensation. the issue on compensation may be a family member who might be affected because they're not the employee. >> are you aware of any of these 24 or additional individuals now paying for their medical care because the government will no longer provide it? >> no one is actually paying for their medical care right now directly. we have authorities to medically evacuate personnel and to be we seek reimbursement from the medical insurer and we have authority to do it for up to a year overseas and potentially longer. mainly for employees but also have the ability to do that for a period of time for family members as well. there are no out-of-pocket expenses in cured by family members or employees. >> fbi director concluded this wasn't a sonic attack and basically ruled that out. as you kn

he tweeted the u.s. has foolishly given more than $33 billion to pakistan and received only lysed and the seat -- lies and deceit in return. german and turkish ministers have worked towards improving tense relations. disputes soured due to filipe: at the rest of german citizens. counterpart and his met on saturday, and agreed on more dialogue. global news 24 hours a day, powered 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm deadly humphrey, this is bloomberg. desely humphrey. tracy: groups lost steam in december. inre were 138,000 jobs added december, less than expected. here are some reactions he received to that data. >> it had. it's nott overreact -- bad. i wouldn't overreact. it disappointing in many ways, increasing wage growth -- you have to look at everything, 2.5% . we could still be on a path up to 3%. that would be an improvement in the job market. was 43, with the revision down to .1, up .2 per month. that's what we are looking at. if you can get wages going, you can get inflat

>> u.s. petitioners under u.s. law came forward and asks for these tariffs and the procedure was followed in the administration has taken that show terror action for solar panel imports and with respect to washington -- washington -- washing machine imports. korea doesn't think we follow the wto procedures correctly. this new action will remain limited and both sides will keep calm and that the course negotiations will .eep separate what i worry about is that petitioners in the united states are watching and they are seeing that this president has agreed to embrace that petitions and to impose tariffs. i suspect many other u.s. companies are going to get in line asking for import protection. i think that is a troubling sign. >> most people have said that this is low hanging fruit, the president has picked when it comes to solar panels or washing machines. you think is more likely that we could see copper action on steel, aluminum, even intellectual property in china? >> the steel and aluminum reports have been subm

the u.s. state department is urging turkey not to take military action in f. in northern syria turkish forces are massing on the border and they're threatening to attack the kurdish why p.g. turkey considers the wipe e.g. a terrorist group but its fighters have been a key ally for the u.s. elsewhere inside. stephanie decker has more from takeo. the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the syrian border present to one has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area of africa and for almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. inside africa and thousands marched on thursday in protest to turkey's aggression how the wealthy and that's the goal of this large demonstration is to send a message to the world and especially to turkey concerning the turkish threats we will not be a fright. you know we came here to protest against the attacks on offering we will stand by african and our troops the wife. is one of three autonomy's kurdish enclaves controlled

u.s. they to, firms hike. president trump said an immigration deal is probably dead as tension grows to keep the u.s. government funded past friday. in newi am betty lou york, it is just after 6:00 p.m. on sunday evening. wells fargo flagging a surprise $7 billion windfall from u.s. tax reform. bhp things big, said to be seeking $1 billion to get out of its iron ore joint venture in brazil. ♪ betty: a billion dollar headache for bhp, a $7 billion windfall for jpmorgan-wells fargo, that really propelled the market higher on friday. along with that inflation data. in record territory in the u.s., what a month it has been. let's quickly pull up the boards to see how much we gain, the s&p closing at a record, the dow adding over 200 points, the nasdaq also higher. i get the feeling a lot of this will be as the markets are so high, a lot of it will depend on the news we get this week, including earnings, the higher the markets go, the more vulnerable it might be to pullbacks. and many of us h

the u.s. is also said it takes turkey's legitimate concerns of security seriously. brent: tough talk coming from turkey, yet it concedes that it talked about this with the united states in moscow before hand. let's pull in yuri from moscow and michelle in the u.s. capitol washington. good evening. yuri, can we confirm what russia is saying? did it give turkey the blessing for this operation? yuri: there was indeed a small russian contingent there. the kurds believed if the russians were there they would be more or less safe from attacks. they think the forces would nott come because r russia has a sort of agreement with the pentagon, covering that part of syria. last week a delegation came to moscow for talks with the russian minister of defense, and apparently, they reached a deal. the deal supposedly allowed turkish forces to go in while turkey, for its part, allowed russian, irani in, and syrian forces to bomb the position inland. so there are obviously two operations going on at the same t

ever since the end of the cold war the u.s. and russia have steadily reduced the number of nuclear weapons and their arsenals a series of agreements signed by successive governments committed the two countries to path of nuclear disarmament. but with a new president in the white house things may be about to change in february the u.s. administration is set to publish its new nuclear posture review an early draft obtained by the media suggests that trump wants to build new smaller nuclear weapons that would be a radical break from decades of u.s. nuclear arms policy. and it seems the russians are no longer keeping their side of the nuclear bargain nato recently confirmed that moscow is in breach of a bilateral treaty on intermediate range nuclear missiles something the u.s. has known been claiming. this is fuel for trump's nuclear ambitions observers say he has scientists already working on developing a missile system. to match the hands of the russians. last week nuclear scientists move the hands of the doomsday clock it is two

while look at the u.s., there are concerns over the u.s. administration, from an economic view, consumer confidence has been boosted and that is reflected in the higher u.s. assets markets. also, in the second half, we saw greater volatility in asian markets, particularly korea. ignore theets north korean threat until the point that chinese data started to slow down. political risk, per se, it is the combination with economic data we have to focus on. david: i'm glad you brought up north korea. the lines are open, that is the news going into this morning. tensionslook at compared to where they were a week back, they are arguably lower at this point. the point is, does it lower the risk profile of north korea in 2018? callum: certainly good news that the lines are opening and a dialogue is being soft between the north and the south korea, although the rationale for that remains unclear and it could be an attempt by north korea to south the u.s. from korea. also, don't forget we have had escalated rhetoric already from north korea and the u.s

u.s. act saudi air campaign has killed more t than 10,000 civilians. this rig norway says it will stop supplying weapons and ammunition to the coalition. we will speak with reporter iona craig. ,> the primary weapon sales armed sales are coming from u.s., saudi arabia. britain, other european countries are involved. canada is involved. i think it is very lucrative business for the u.s. and the u.k. amy: we look at a case that highlights was some are calling the palestine exception to free speech on college campuses across the united states. your fordham to educate the community about palestinian human rights, knows denied that right i am hoping g that for the other clclasses to come, they wiwill t have to endure the same heartache and issues that i went through. amy: we will speak with student ahmad awad, who assumed fordham diversity in new york, and dima khalidi, director of palestine legal. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace repo

any u.s. employee, we consider it is occupation exposure, therefore, we encouraging our personnel employees to make a claim of department of labor for worker's compensation and showing one more any members who maybe affected because they are not the employee. >> yes. >> are you aware of any of these 24 individuals who are now paying for their medical care because the government no longer provide it. >> so no one is paying for their medical care right now directly. we have authorities to medically evacuate personnel and to be, we seek reimbursement from the primary medical insurance first, we commit to what we called secondary benefits. we have authority for that a year or longer. primaries for employees and we have benefits for a period of time. so there is no out of pocket expenses that incurs by employees. >> now, the ap story where the fbi concluded, this was not a sonic attack and rule that out. as you know the fbi took a number of trips to cuba and they interviewed down there and they wer

well the latest u.s. job figures have not met market expectations the economy only added a modest one hundred forty eight thousand jobs last month that was well below the full cost analysts say jobs growth is slowing down as the labor market is full employment the unemployment rate is still at a seventeen year know the good news for american workers is that wages are increasing analysts expect the economy and the labor market to benefit from the corporate tax reform despite up the dollar trim gains on friday against other major currencies well the white house has announced it wants to open almost the entire u.s. coastline to offshore drilling music to the is of energy companies several coastal states have already vowed to do whatever it takes to stop it happening. the five year plan calls for forty seven new offshore leases opening waters that have been off limits for decades including areas off the california and florida coasts is a move that the u.s. interior department says is in the nation's interest

u.s. plan to form a border security force in syria. also a day in court for three pro-democracy activists in home comb. and many questions after the u.s. alleges an incident in the skies above the gulf the cattle says never happened. welcome to the program palestinian leaders have recommended that the palestine liberation organization suspend its recognition of israel they've been taking part in the meeting of the central council focusing on the american recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital in one car has more from the occupied west bank. late on monday night the palestinian leadership issued a statement that could have far reaching consequences for the peace process the statement includes the call to suspend recognition of israel suspend security coordination with it and unite the palestinian factions through reconciliation the statement comes from the central council of the p.l.o. after two days of meetings it will be discussed further by the p.l.o. executive committee and it's u

the u.s. blocks the takeover of moneygram by alibaba in the buyingest deal to be stopped by trump's administration. >>> and north korea is the first to dial in after the border hotline with south korea is reopened ♪ >>> the day is here. after some seven years in the making, mifid ii regulations came into effect today the sweeping legislation will touch every part of the financial services system and is meant to make the eu more transparent and competitive. now, the sprawling rules will radically change how assets are traded and how money is managed with investors focused on changes to investment research under the new model, banks will have to charge separately for research and broker services so someone will be on the hook for picking up the cost. according to the cfa institute survey, 53% of respondents expect their firm to absorb the expense. 15% expect clients to pay. 12% expect an equal balance. 21% are to the sure. you can see that behind me in terms of how asset managers are thinking

the u.s. president. saturday a marks the first anniversary of his presidency. and now since the shut down we have not yet heard directly from the president. however the white house did release this statement. kicking off the blame game. i'll read it here. it says senate democrats own the assum schumer shut down. they put politics before national sdurt. military family, vulnerable children. we will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while democrats hold our lawful citizens hostage over their reckless demands. >> this marks the first shut down in history where one party holds the white house, the house and senate. after the vote was final, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer took to the floor. >> what we have just witnessed on the floor was a cynical decision by senate democrats to shove aside millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political games. the government shut down was 100% avoidable. completely avoidable. now it is imminent. all because sen

u.s. markets and robust online trade. >>> and asian equities swing back as china fixes the one mid point at the strongest level against the dollar in two years. u.s. futures point to a big open for the dow after a long weekend there. >>> good morning it is tuesday. you can see the handover from asia was strong overnight. hang seng has made new highs up 1.1%, on track for the highest close on record. we also saw good performance from nikkei up 1% in overnight trading. topix had a decent session overall for europe the picture is more positive stoxx 600 up around 0.1% let's switch into european markets and see how things are shaping up there ftse 100 is the laggard there. we get uk inflation data in a half hour's time that's expected to dip a bit xetra dax up 0.2%. cac is flattic we have the macron meeting coming up later this week. in germany as well we have had a slew of earnings come out this morning that are driving some of the performance. let's get into sectors and talk about some of th

the u.s. supreme court decision legalizing abortion and roe versus wade. it is also the 45th annual march for life. live rally in march coverage begins at noon eastern on c-span2, c-span.org and with the free c-span radio app. and saturday, power to the polls, the one-year anniversary of the 2017 women's march on washington will be live on c-span starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern, the event will focus ensuring the goals for women in 2018. >> this weekend on "american history tv" on c-span3, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "lectures in history," depaul university professor mark pollack on president abraham lincoln's portrayal in art and photographs. >> mr. lincoln, give me back my 500,000 sons, meaning the soldiers that have been lost in the war. so this is during the civil war. 1860. this is the darkest on hours of the civil war, 1864 and then lincoln who the artist shows with his legs slung over his chair like he's a country bumpkin, right? his reputation for being so inelegant and crude. he sa

the u.s. praises the courage of the demonstrators and denies claims by iran's supreme leader of involvement. >> continued existence of serious, widespread poverty represents the threat to the very legitimacy of a communist party that came to power promising to help communities like these, not leave them behind. laura: and here is a page turner. this bookstore in scotland is letting anyone take over, and the move is proving a bestseller. laura: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. in iran, protesters took to the streets for the sixth day in a row in the biggest challenge to the country's religious leaders since 2009. iran's supreme leader says that enemies of his nation are stirring up unrest, a claim dismissed as complete nonsense by the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley. she also praised the courage of the iranian demonstrators. state media in tehran says nine people died overnight in the violence. here's our middle east editor, jeremy

the u.s. says it will withhold another payment to the un's relief agency for palestinian refugees a forty five million dollars was promised last month for food aid on tuesday washington announced it was going to withhold more than half of a one hundred twenty five million dollars aid package the u.s. and the u.s. state department denies it's a way to pressure the palestinians to return to the negotiating table germany says it will no longer export arms to countries involved in the war in yemen the move will impact the sale of military equipment to the saudi led coalition that has been fighting the rebels in the country since two thousand and fifteen and pope francis is in peru ways been visiting communities affected by illegal gold mining in the amazon the leader of the catholic church then time in the city of porto with indigenous leaders. up to date with our top stories counting the cost is next that's it for myself and the team in london but more news from doha. facing realities growing up

u.s. president donald trump has this. cited to keep the notorious contactable military prison open through an executive order former president barack obama had promised to close the facility in cuba within a year after taking office but while many prisoners were indeed released obama was unable to keep his promise to shut down guantanamo together in his state of the union address on tuesday trump warned hundreds of dangerous terrorists had been released in the past but this would no longer be allowed to happen. to reexamine our military detention policy and to keep open the detention facilities in guantanamo bay tham asking us to ensure that in the fight against isis and al qaeda we continue to have all necessary power to detain terrorists wherever we chase them them where ever we find them. and in many cases for them it will now be one turn and. that's the same time as of a few months ago our warriors in afghanistan have new rules of engagement. with their roic afghan part military is no

and jobs in the u.s. and growth in china in jobs in china then it's less likely that you're going to get the animosity and the the risk of a crashing into a confrontation on trade and i think you know if people feel confident people feel relaxed they're more likely to work together to try and get a good long term solution that's beneficial for both sides let's leave on a positive note of working together and james like me there thanks so much china's economy grew by six point nine percent in two thousand and seventeen its fastest pace in two years economists are surprised policymakers of pulled it off that's because it's happened while credit growth has been slowed down but joining us via skype from shanghai is ruben bondage are rubin is a professor of asian initiatives for the i.e.s.e. business school good to have you with us so we're talking about the first acceleration in economic growth and since two thousand and ten is this mean the slowdown is over or is this just a one off do you think. the the cur

a three day u.s. government shutdown has ended after politicians approved a bill to extend federal funding president donald trump has now signed it into law but the immigration dispute at the center of the crisis as saw from resolved the bill is only a stopgap measure allowing government funding to continue until february eighth democrats agree to support. it after republicans pleasure will be a vote in the coming weeks on the status of undocumented migrants brought to the u.s. as children also known as dream as president donald trump twit to took to twitter claiming it as a big win for the republicans in saying democrats had come to their senses but deep divisions between the two sides remain how it is a cost to reports from washington kicking the can down the road the phrase used to describe the now familiar practice of the us congress delaying a problem solution for another day the motion is adopted without objection a motion to reconsider is laid on the table on monday the house and senate voted t

a lot of u.s. businesses, your chamber, has alked a lot to the trump how free tion about trade is necessary. that it is, as you just will be , it if we do pull out of nafta. comments,u think these though, are falling on deaf ears? the chinese are moving at their own pace. five to seven years ago they reform own their process. onmyron -- my comment wasn't chinese, my comment, it was on the white house. but the fictiocus on china and what they will do. na they pect to to chi dialogue. have they will take actions, they will force china to react. agree with everything the administration is going to do with respect to china but we agree that it's time for to act in a way that's responsible and be part of the global trading system. there is a lot to say that's positive about the u.s.-china relationship. major holes in how they address things like tech theft, how they and sectors arket of their economy how they are propping up soe. work to do.me broadly, look, we're proponents of free trade and open marke

the u.s. mexico boarder and implications on the trump policy. the district is on the texas, mexico boarder one of the speakers of this event hosted by the brookings institution. ♪ ♪ >>> i thank you for coming this morning to join us about a conversation about the wall border security and many issues such as immigration, the u.s. economy and security issues surrounding the wall. i want to thank our fantastic communications team for preparing the video you just saw and also for the images that you will see. president trump started 2018 by again, renewing his calls for the wall on the u.s. southern border of mexico. this was one of the key campaign promises at the time calling for a structure running the entire length of the 20,000 mile u.s. mexico border. arguing that mexico will pay the price tag for the wall. recently, some of the administrations has changed including that the structure can look more like a fence. but are some indications that the president might prefer a see through struc

♪ yousef: the u.s. government reopens as democrats except a short-term funding deal, but how does this kick the immigration issue three weeks down the line? president/duties on imported solar panels and washing machines in his first major protectionist move. china has slammed the decision. the bank of japan stays firm on rates. but one policymaker votes against keeping the yield curve target. the imf has significantly upgraded its growth forecast for the region's biggest economy. thrilled. netflix is they smashed subscription estimates. it is a :00 a.m. across the emirates, this is "bloomberg markets: middle east," i am yousef gamal el-din. u.s. government shutdown did not last long, but it raises more fundamental issues. entingt is not doing is d sentiment in asian equities. assignment to the bloomberg. equity indices across the board for the most part are higher. and asx 200 of two quarters 1%, also big moves in the nikkei, up. too big stocks to watch out for, macau, and onwynn the other side, lg elec

he saadded in the long-term the dollar strength reflects the u.s. economy let's check the u.s. dollar, which has been trading around a three-year low it continues to trade at that level. it is weaker against the swrap the japanese yen >> it was a fascinating move yesterday the broader dollar index, more than a 1% move for the broader index. a huge individual thing. >> absolutely. looking back at the currency board, the pound moving over 1% higher close to 1.43 again. extraordinary moves. continuing today that dollar weakness the euro, pound, yen, all higher against the dollar today as well as steven mnuchin that we will bring you live sitting down with geoff cutmore of cnbc, we'll be focusing on the ecb as well. the data out of europe continues to be strong people are expecting therefore that we might get some comments on whether tapering can end earlier than expected. whether a first rate hike could come earlier than expected i just don't see why mario draghi would be anything but dovish given the strength in the euro we'll see if there's a correction >> that's the burning que

u.s. plan to form a border security force in syria. and jailed on this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up palestinian leaders call for the p.l.o. to suspend recognition of israel. pope francis begins his visit to chile find out about the controversy overshadowing his church. and the star american gymnasts of the rio olympics simone biles says she is among dozens of athletes sexually abused by a former team doctor. taking syria and russia have criticized a u.s. plan to form a thirty thousand strong border security force in northern syria turkey's president accused washington of trying to create a terror army and pledged to quote drown it before it comes into being and the syrian government has vowed to drive the u.s. presence from its territory the u.s. says a force will secure areas along syria's border to the north with turkey and to the east with iraq it will be mostly made up of fighters from the syrian democratic forces a large part of that group is made up of kurdish fighters

my message is peace and prosperity u.s. president donald trump told reporters in davos we'll wrap up the world economic forum for you. the united states is going. to be well better than the u.k. the stock markets are incredible businesses are coming back into the united states and i think it's going to be a great message that people are going to like here. it's time for business on the w. i'm sure you know your ass welcome the world economic forum has come to an end a special one we could say where for the first time in years almost all the heads of government and state of the world's biggest economies took part in prime minister night in their modi opened the event the leaders of france italy germany greece and the king of spain headlined the second day but the most anticipated guest was u.s. president donald trump and his speech at the event. the majority of participants a doubles are advocates of free trade but not donald trump he used the stage to promote his america first strategy and his country. the world is witnessi