. future gamble of the viewfinder. zero. intelligence chief briefed u.s. senators on the jamal. as they discuss measures to punish saudi arabia. hello i'm the star of the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up yemen's warring sides signed a prisoner swap deal as they start talks in sweden but back home the fighting and suffering continues. a u.s. sponsored motion condemning hamas fails to get enough support at the u.n. general assembly. and looking to clean up the f one country is pinning its hopes on food labels to try to reach that goal. the turkish intelligence chief has briefed some u.s. senators on turkey's investigation into the murder of saudi john this jamal khashoggi that is growing pressure on the white house to hold the saudi arabia the saudi crown prince for the killing a group of republican and democratic senators have met behind closed doors to discuss ways to punish riyadh she had written the reports from washington d.c. . turkish sources say her comfy dumby turkish intelligence chief was in washington for prescheduled meetings with his cia count

hundreds of immigrant veterans, once promised u.s. citizenship, got deported by the very country they fought to protect. but first-- i feel that they will kill us, everybody. announcer: fleeing for their lives, firsthand accounts from families escaping unspeakable violence. here's senior investigative reporter stephen stock. ♪ stephen stock: thanks for joining us. during the last few years of turmoil and debate in washington, perhaps no single topic has created as much division as the topic of immigration. who should be allowed into the country, and under what circumstances? our investigative unit went behind the scenes to expose the real impact of this stalemate on human lives. we followed the journeys of immigrants fleeing their homes in el salvador, honduras, and guatemala, where murder rates are among the highest in the world. they come seeking asylum in the united states, but, instead, they encounter a total breakdown, an immigration system, which, according to its own judges, is simply not working. [speaking spanish] jaime: i got out of guatemala because of problems with the g

from berlin u.s. president donald trump makes an unannounced visit to iraq trump meets the troops serving in the combat zone for the first time in his nearly two years in office the president said he has no plans to pull u.s. forces out of iraq and america's debate over immigration heats up the death of an eight year old child migrant in the u.s. detention the second this month sparks questions about the federal authorities handling of minors entering america's southern border. an earthquake triggered by a volcanic eruption on the italian island of sicily has injured scores of people and left many more homeless. i'm carl naslund thanks for joining us u.s. president donald trump has made a surprise visit to american troops serving in iraq it's the first time the president has met with soldiers in a combat zone since he took office nearly two years ago during the visit trump said he had quote no plans at all to remove american forces from iraq saying it could serve as a base for operations in neighboring syria but he defended his decision to order the withdrawal of u.s. forces from

, new leaders. watch it live on c-span. starting january 3rd. >> now a discussion on u.s.-china trade relations. panelists consider steps that could potentially ease tensions that have strained certain sectors of both country's economies. they also talk about the perspectives of u.s. allies, south korea and japan in terms of their trade relationships with the u.s. and china. from the center of the national interest this is just under 90 minutes. >>. >> good afternoon. welcome to the center for the national interest. you may notice if you've been here before that we have a few more cameras than usual. that's because we'll be on c-span so therefore the other question to be answer side yes, we're on the record for this conference. the -- if you're here, you're into theed in subject so it hasn't escaped your attention that there are tensions in our relationship with china and while people talk a lot about that, nobody talks much about what the effect is on our allies and friends of what we're doing with china and we have three excellent panelists here to help answer that question. dr. rob

out from i had quarters and i'm dead he navigates out coming up in the next sixty minutes u.s. president trump thanks a surprise christmas trip to iraq but some iraqis aren't happy about his visit russia criticizes israel's military actions in syria the israelis say they have no plans to stop. an unprecedented plunge followed by a historic gain we try to make sense of volatile financial markets in the u.s. and another postponement for the presidential election in the democratic republic of congo. hello the u.s. president donald trump has arrived in germany to visit american troops on his way back from an unannounced visit to iraq the iran. trip followed growing criticism of trump's failure as a visit american troops in combat zones his brief visit lasted only around three hours a trump used that to thank the troops and defend his decision to pull out of syria but would raise some eyebrows was trumped not meeting anyone from the iraq in leadership or brunell's reports from washington d.c. . president donald trump got a warm welcome from u.s. troops during his brief visit to ira

tax rises were still going on as he spoke also coming up u.s. secretary of state mike pompei old slams russia china and iran and proposes a new democratic world order it comes as nato ministers try to save a cold war era missile treaty that they say has been violated by moscow plus u.s. president donald trump and the first lady pay their respects to the late president george h.w. bush as he lies in state in washington the state funeral takes place on wednesday. the hauraki great to have you along everyone we start off in france where the government has reacted after a weekend of rioting in paris and other cities prime minister has announced that an unpopular tax increase on diesel and petrol has been suspended until next summer in a live television address phillips said no tax was worth putting the nation's unity in danger he called for an end to the violence but that hasn't stopped the protests these images that you're about to see. are from must say where students clashed with police so-called yellow vest protests began in november and have since evolved into a wider revolves a

"newsroom." ahead this hour, donald trump surprises u.s. troops with an unannounced visit to iraq. it's his first trip to a combat zone since becoming president. plus wall street roars back setting a new record for single day stock gains. the plenty of market uncertainty remains. another border tragedy for the second time in matter of weeks, a migrant child dies in u.s. custody. >>> u.s. president trump and the first lady are over the atlantic at this hour heading back to washington after an entful day after christmas. for the first time in his presidency, mr. trump visited a war zone. spending time with troops and military leaders in iraq. he defended pulling the military from syria and said the u.s. cannot continue to be the worlds policeman. and he told the troops he came to share the country's gratitude for what they do. >> the other reason i'm here today is to personally thank you. and every service member throughout this region. for the near elimination of the isis territorial. in iraq. and in syria. two years ago, when i became president, there were a very dominant group. t

and retail lead european sectors after u.s. retailers jump on strong holiday sales and tech stocks post their best day since 2009. >>> vinci shares open higher after they acquire a majority stake in gatwick airport in a deal valued at 2.9 billion pounds. >>> president trump vows to wait as long as it takes to get funding for his border wall showing no signs of budging as the u.s. government shutdown stretches into its sixth day >> whatever it takes we'll have a wall. we'll have safety. we need safety for our country, even from this standpoint. we have terrorists coming in through the southern border we have the terrorists also coming in from the southern border. you know why it was always the easiest. >>> it's about an hour into the trading session. we have some green in europe to show you, not as much as we anticipated. in fact, a lot of gains we saw stateside starting to fade in europe as we trade down on the stoxx 600. you can plablame the german stok market for some of the red ink the dax is not showing the level of support that we saw on wall street as the market in germany fa

the people." no product specifics. the u.s. administration will spend 90 days negotiating unforced technology transfer, intellectual property protection, nontariff barriers. the chinese say president xi agreed to open markets and resolve the legitimate concerns of the u.s. there is no indication china will make any changes in its made in china to 2025 effort to lead the world in the technologies of the future. on the other hand, the u.s. made no concessions on exports to china of dual use technology with potential military applications and -- detailed review. ofn if there are 90 days negotiations, that hardly seems enough to make progress on complicated issues, which leaves analysts saying the countries kicked the can down the road. trade tensions will come back in 2019. only: michael mckee there monday. tuesday, the president posted tweets hinting he could extend that period of the taunt -- det ente, coming after more confusion on eliminating tariffs of u.s. made cars. told foxnews the deal isn't finalized, but he expected china to lower its auto tariffs. larry: the president expe

. hundreds of people seeking asylum in the u.s. are forced by officials to spend part of christmas in a parking lot and bus shelters in texas. clashes between the police and opposition supporters in the democratic republic of congo demonstrating over a delay in the presidential election. and stock markets on both sides of the atlantic have another volatile day with investors nervous over global political uncertainty. also where the sports news including italian football team are punished after a rival player is targeted with racial abuse. ok let's get going saudi arabia has a new foreign minister with long serving. dropped in a cabinet reshuffle by king solomon his demotion comes as the international backlash continues over the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi by agents of the kingdom charlotte bellus has the story. delonte beer a former advisor to the late king of dollar a former ambassador to the united states and now former foreign minister it was only the second saadi to be appointed foreign minister outside the royal family. has been demoted to minister of state for

. so many questions. u.s. futures are pointing a little bit higher. we have had positive headlines from china on trade. the aussie dollar has been whipsawed around a little bit. this is the worst-performing g10 against the dollar. we are seeing dollar strength in today's session after two days of weakness. this was after theresa may lost three key votes in parliament. what does this mean for the future of brexit? most of the markets are closed out of respect for former president george h.w. bush. we will have coverage at 10 p.m. new york time. let's look at coverage for the markets in asia. an extraordinary session in u.s. markets. financials taking a big hit. what is the picture looking like in asia? >> the yields are down. curves are flatter. when you look like -- at a market like australia, you can mention the aussie dollar. the lowest levels in about a year. 80% of large caps are lower at the moment. utilities are following right now. within the damage you are seeing here, have a look at tech. the apple story is the other story. 2.5 did -- 2.5% declines here. one of the stocks is wh

forum. then we talk about a report on economically distressed communities in the u.s. with john of the economic innovation group. former south carolina congressman on climate change caught --, change policy. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. white house national security adviser john bolton unveiled the trump administration's new app or scout strategy. at the heritage foundation in washington, d.c. we'll hear about the plan, then mr. bolton answers reporters questions. >> good morning. exciting morning. we have a full house. i want to extend a warm welcome to everyone who is joining us for this very special event, both here and online. we welcome friends, distinguished guests from the administration, ngo's, policy experts, business representatives, the diplomatic corps. i know we have an amazing field of expertise on africa in the auditorium joining us today. we have been privileged here at the heritage foundation in 2018 to welcome major policy addresses from the highest levels of president trump's administration. year, we had the honor of

is just over an hour. >> welcome to the u.s. policy oward syria. you can for those of you who are twitter literal, you can follow @mcmideast. and tweet there as whelm we have a busy agenda today. i'm going to be very brief. we have a hard stop for a break at 1:20. we've invited you here today for three purposes. the first purpose is to highlight some of the atlantic council's work on tracking regime atrocities and war tactics and strategies in parts of syria as a basis for accountability going forward. and also to speak with two experts on stablization in syria, a conversation that's been spurred by a new atlantic council report. but which, i'll say more. and finally, last but not least, you'll hear from ambassador james jeffrey, special representative for syria engagement. there will be opportunities after the discussions to pose questions to the speakers and to ambassador jeffrey. but for now, let me turn to mr. graham booky. he is the director of the atlantic council's digital forensics research lab. one question hanging over the syria policy portfolio is where does accountabil

: markets in the u.s. are closed for the passing of george h.w. bush. looking at futures, a second session of gains, up .4%. tomorrow will be the big day to see what happens after we saw more easing of tensions between the u.s. and china. we are seeing wti bouncing back factaining .3% despite the they dipped in the new york session p we have comments from opec plus, no details on what sort of production cuts we could get from the group. we are looking at the pound, now holding steady. right now the key question is what happens to brexit has prime minister may is struggling to get that deal through parliament . let's see what the asian markets are doing now, sophie. sophie: struggle is the right term because we are looking at a muted start. we are looking at a mixed start. we have the asx 200 on the back foot, under pressure, off by .1%. wellington is gaining grounds after a two day drop. we can look at a mixed a session for asian stocks as investors come to terms with prospects for the u.s.-china trade deal and the cloudy outlook of global someh which is having people think there i

time we talked to some of the thousands of central american seeking asylum in the u.s. to stay with us. by the sky nine information harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast well here across china the rain the snow the clouds are on the increase over the next few days lie here on the satellite image but the forecast maps look like this here on saturday a lot of rain down here towards the southwest even affecting parts of vietnam so there we could be seeing some localized flooding over the next few days so we will be watching that but as we go towards sunday a lot of that rain begins to push towards the east and so hong kong that also means you a cool rain at sixteen degrees up to the north shanghai rain turning to snow in the overnight hours a high temperature you of about ten degrees there well down towards the south heavy rain has been a problem for the last couple of days across parts of tight island as well as indonesia you can see that on the satellite image but we are going to see that rain really continue t

independence protest against a meeting between the prime minister and. a secret project by u.s. democrats to. a state election has been revealed in the new york times report we're going to tell you about coming up it's claimed they used the methods of an old adversity those much maligned russian. for the trumpet ministration defense secretary james mattis now announcing he's stepping down just days after u.s. president surprised. he's withdrawing american troops from syria. good morning mrs arty's news at midnight live from moscow with. first the police offices. at rallies over a federal government cabinet meeting which had been relocated to be held in the city as a conciliatory measure. do i who was was a who. was. was . was some pretty heated scenes there earlier on extra police were drafted in at least thirteen protesters were arrested demonstrators threw rocks at offices and they started fires in the build barricades the police in turn responded with battered charges i spoke few hours ago to journalists to evelyn kaczynski she's in both slowness brought me up to speed with friday's event

>>> europe joins the global selloff as trade fears return and a flattening u.s. yield curve stokes concern about an economic slowdown. >>> banks and tech are among the biggest decliners mirroring the action seen in the u.s. session yesterday. >>> auto stocks drop after german carmakers meet with president trump and his administration weighs new tariffs on foreign vehicles and foreign auto parts. >>> shirer provides a bligright spot for europe as shareholders of takeda secure a $46 billion takeover of the firm >>> good morning, everybody. lots to get through. first i want to start off by bringing you pmi data out of euro we got the final pmi services number for november, that came in at 52.7 versus the 52.4 flash. a bit higher for the final number crucially still lower than the october number which came in at 53.1 again, just to reiterate, these are the lowest numbers since september of 2016. the final composite future output pmi has come in slightly higher than the flash, 59.5 versus the october number of 60.5 that's a picture for the final pmi numbers out of europe being reviewed

tariffs on u.s. products we'll tell you why the markets are still in the red. and spain revives its solar power industry after years of struggle we'll take a look at the floor of solar sector it's time for business on the w m how yet again us welcome to the program the trade dispute between china and the u.s. seems to be cooling off a little bit beijing is suspending punitive tariffs on american made cars and announced a big purchase of u.s. soybeans in what sounds like a conciliatory tone the chinese finance ministry says it hopes china and the u.s. will progress quickly and its negotiations to lift all additional tariffs on each other's goods. chinese consumers will soon be able to afford cars from the u.s. again beijing is reducing current import duties on u.s. vehicles from forty to fifteen percent tariffs will also disappear for a number of other u.s. products the regulations apply to the first three months of twenty nine hundred nineteen agricultural products energy automobiles except for a are among the items that china in the u.s. have reached consensus on. the new regulatio

. says the two leaders have been discussing the situation in northern syria where u.s. troop pullout has led to growing instability. following the u.s. decision to pull out of syria we have been considering the consequences that may arise as a result of this move we have come to agree that a political solution is the only tow for solving any crisis and the region and the development as the top priority in order to cement regional time as well those two leaders aren't the only ones discussing syria's future turkey has made a deal with russia to coordinate after u.s. forces withdraw the turkish military has sent tanks to its southern border with syria i'm going to as rip off took his tongue scrolling to syria. unca has been bolstering its military positions along its southam border as it prepares for what it calls a full fledged offensive on the cottage held city of mumbai is syria syrian rebels back by tuckey also on the move inside areas of syria under techies sway and along the eight hundred twenty two kilometer border between the two countries kaddish forces a miles from friday that th

stocks we have been watching. resolve jumping as much as 27% after the u.s. is lifting sanctions on rusal. aluminum falling to a 16 month low. we are watching a lot of these movers in terms of the japanese tech players, you can see on the screen off 5%. goldman sachs saying investors should brace for more spending cuts. pretty much the only stock that was higher today in the japanese by 7% on the close. rebounding from a six-year low after moody's downgrade. pretty much apart from that stock, very red and the topix in bear market. nejra: we are asking the question, how long until u.s. stocks enter a bear market question mark we heard that the topix has entered a bear marker. you can join the debate and reach out to us on your bloomberg. let's get the bloomberg first word news. have: asian stocks followed u.s. markets lower after jay powell signaled. and raising trump u.s. interest rates for a fourth time in 2018 powell signposted caution about the destination. there policymakers expect two rate increases down from the three projected in september. >> inflation has still remained a t

resigns in protest as president trump orders the withdrawal of all u.s. troops from syria and 7000 troops, half the troops come out of afghanistan. we will speak to retired colonel andrew bacevich, author of "america's war for the greater middle east." then to the first step act. president trump is poised to sign a bipartisan bill to roll back sentences for federal prisoners in a major overhaul of the criminal justice system. >> we are not finished. it iss the first step. what i is the second step? to learn from this experience and a find a way to reduce incarceration while still reducing c crime rate in americ. amy: we will speak to van jones and jessica jackson sloan n of cut50, w which helped win suppot the legislation. and then we speak to democratic congresswoman nanette barragan who is just back from the u.s.-mexico border or she escorted over the border the honduran mother and her children who were photographed last month fleeing tear gas fired b by u.s. border guauards. >>>> we need to iestigate and we need to make sure we hd d this adminiraration accntable i the encyccount

. jews iraq. and for us. u.s. defense secretary james mattis quits a day after president donald trump says he's pulling american forces out of syria. blown down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. america and its many allies know what china's doing washington charges two chinese nationals accusing them of a massive talking operation denied by china. a shake up in saudi arabia's intelligence service off the murder of journalist. agents. and we hit the slopes into with hopes that ski help bring tourists to one of central ages poorest countries. in a sector of defense james mattis has resigned citing differences was president trump he said he's stepping down so the president can have a defense chief with views closer to his own when it comes a day off a trump announced u.s. troops withdrawal from syria michael reports from washington d.c. . thank you he is the real deal is the real deal the president trump initially surrounded himself with generals james mattis the secretary of defense michael flynn as national security adviser followed by another general h.r. mcmast

after huawei's cfo is arrested in canada over alleged u.s. sanctions violations. >>> european stocks hit a six-week low with chip americas bearing the brunt of selling on the fear of huawei's cfo arrest could derail progress in the trade talks. >>> and europe's auto supplies index hits the lower point since 2016 with daimler at a five-year low over trade tension concerns. >>> good morning let's look at how markets are doing. u.s. markets were closed yesterday after president bush's funeral. overnight risk was really focused on these stories the story that the cfo of huawei, one of the largest tech companies in china, their cfo got arrested in canada at the requr request of u.s. authorities. that sent ripples through equity markets. the nikkei trading at the lowest several since october 30th chinese equities are trading lower as well. steep declines after the beginning of the week, we thought there would be a detente after u.s./china trade relations. after the arrest of the cfo, lots of questions about what that means for china/u.s. trade talks and this 90-day trade truce. in europe,

from doha also coming up the u.s. rejects the syrian military is claim it's ended man but just to the kurds call for help. israel is the problem with the. result has a lot of problems. aiming for an alliance the israeli prime minister meets brazil's new leader who has promised to move his country's embassy to jerusalem. and turning scraps into hearty meals how a peruvian chef is helping the poor malnutrition. three foreign tourists among four dead in a roadside bomb attack near the giza pyramids in egypt at least ten others were injured when a top bus was hit south of the capital cairo the attack comes as egypt's vital tourism industry struggles to get back on its feet after years of political turmoil and violence old job jan reports. egypt security services quickly cordoned off the area where the roadside bomb exploded the improvised homemade bomb was placed near a wall on more you tube. a street in a district near the giza pyramids the dead were part of a group of fourteen vietnamese on a tour bus being driven around historic sites because in the city not the most important thin

traveling to the u.s. to see her dying son because of donald trump's travel ban has been given a waiver shy miss relay is technically banned from entering the u.s. due to travel restrictions on mostly muslim countries imposed by trump's administration her husband appealed to the state department to sign a waiver so that she could see her son who is on a life support machine in california the council of american islamic relations now says this will a will be able to land in america and is booking a flight to san francisco. a u.s. federal judge has delayed sentencing president trumps form a national security advisor michael flynn the case is part of an investigation of possible solution between trump's campaign and russia in the run up to the twenty sixteen election that is no is hasta the judge for a continuance that would allow him to complete his corporation in the russia probe being led by special counsel but what practical hane is the latest from d.c. . it's a pretty stunning turn of events let's keep in mind who michael flynn was a key campaign advisor to then candidate donal

and loud enough to distract from the worst december on wall street since the great depression u.s. president double truong has given the order for u.s. troops in syria to come home he claims mission accomplished but today he tweeted it's time for others to do the fighting. this is the day. we have won against isis to those who say we have that they did isis in syria that is a. statement we've beaten them yet syria's territorial integrity should be respected by everyone. and we've beaten him badly the presence of u.s. troops in syria is not legitimate and now it's time for our troops to come back home i believe it is a catastrophic mistake we have not yet eradicated isis total darkness from the president and his national security team well tell you what the plan is there is no plan. also coming up tonight before he returned to earth the german astronaut alexander garrett recorded a message for his future grandchildren an apology for the kind of planet that we are set to leave behind. when looking down to earth i feel that i have to apologize. it looks like my generation is not goin

performances. cut. a european concert on the d w play. as if the ongoing trade tension weren't enough u.s. authorities accused two chinese men of cyber espionage in dozens of countries beijing denounce washington drop those charges. also coming up opec agreed to cut production at the start of the month but it hasn't stopped oil from getting cheaper . and it's the most wonderful time of the year for shoppers retailers don't just yet cash in on the season spirit. come to business china's foreign ministry rejects what it calls slanderous accusations from the u.s. and its allies for slamming china over economic espionage the u.s. justice department indicted two chinese nationals accusing them of cyber spying the u.s. and china are currently engaged in a high stakes trade dispute with the alleged hacking operation dates back over ten years. according to u.s. authorities the hackers targeted some of the world's leading corporations they breached the networks of technology companies and then stole secrets from their clients. or in this case is significant because the defendants are accused of ta

the u.s. is also working on these types of things in the first one to launch one doesn't always get to win the contest as the as we saw in the age and also in the space race so but certainly. the u.s. existing u.s. is defenses can't deal with them but existing u.s. defenses aren't that good against regular missiles so it is start this. doing away with the a.b.m. treaty is start a new arms race but i think you know we're just building more and more nuclear weapons when we should be trying to limit them and the new start treaty is coming which is the arms limitation for the longer range missiles is coming up in twenty twenty one so you know that would be a good time to cool you know cool off the arms race and you know lock in some limits on these types of weapons as well. britain's times newspaper has printed a honey controversial interview with a chechen fighting against anti-government forces in eastern ukraine ahead of his battalion mitzvot his fighters wage jihad in syria and even the leader will sponsor a terror group committing atrocities in russia trenker looks into the story.

zuckerberg himself. will lawmakers be just as ruthless? emily: u.s. tech executives across a look and valley have gathered at the white house for a closed-door meeting with president trump stopped trade advisors -- trumps top trade advisors. the ongoing trade war with china is expected to be front and enter as well. the roundtable was hosted by the president's daughter and robert ighthizer. lighthizer. the ceos of microsoft, google, oracle, ibm, and qualcomm were all in attendance. it is unknown a president trump attended the meeting. joining us with the latest from washington is alex wayne who leads our coverage from the white house. what you think this meeting will accomplish? alex: it had a lot to do with trade in less to do with future of technology, the industries of the future, the purported purpose of the meeting. the ceos wanted to know whether the white house has a plan to resolve this trade war with china in a way that truly gets at the alleged theft of intellectual property from china. emily: robert lighthizer was there. he's a longtime hardliner on china. what does that si

the spirit of the country that will be lost. the decision is ours. ♪ >>> the u.s. president's new threat, donald trump warning he may shut down the entire southern border if he doesn't get the walled th that he wants. >>> the british home secretary declares the fast growing number of migrants crossing the english clanlele lle a lle channel as incident. >>> and we'll take an in-depth look at the special counsel at the department of justice. we are live in atlanta and we welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. the "cnn newsroom" starts now. >>> at 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast, we start with the latest lines on the partial u.s. government shutdown, it is now into week one. and for some 800,000 federal workers, unpaid or furloughed, it is starting to hurt. the u.s. president is digging in, he is demanding his money for his border wall. even threatening to close the southern border with mexico if he doesn't get what he wants. abby phillip picks up the reporting from here. >> reporter: as the the government shutdown entered its 7th day,

another roller coaster day for the u.s. markets with stocks falling sharply on thursday the dow jones dropped more than four hundred points on its opening that's a day off the rallies. largest ever one day point was the markets have been volatile over the last few days when stocks suffered their worst weekly full in a decade and continuing government shutdown under trade war between china and the u.s. all being blamed. iraqi m.p.'s have condemned u.s. president don't charmes unannounced trip to their country he visited the last said air base on wednesday in defended his recent decision to withdraw u.s. forces from syria while also emphasizing there were no plans to pull out of iraq politicians in baghdad say only parliament has the right to decide if u.s. forces remain imran khan has more from baghdad the u.s. president's visit to iraq was just three hours long but it has had an impact here in baghdad now there was supposed to be a meeting or a phone call between the iraqi prime minister. and president donald trump that didn't happen because they couldn't agree on the parameters of th

. but. there's not a smoking gun there's a smoking saw top ranking u.s. senators get a briefing from the cia director on the death of jamal khashoggi and they're convinced the saudi crown prince directed the matter. hello i'm the saudi a tail and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the mother inquiry says x. u.s. national security advisor michael flynn has cooperated significantly and should serve no jail time. bowing to pressure from suspends plans to increase fuel taxes after the country so it's west riots in decades and. it is i think a precedent for this house to find just as income to the british prime minister stuff as major defeats as parliament scrutinizes have breck's to deal. with. senior senators in the u.s. say the time has come for the trumpet ministration to condemn saudi arabia for the murder of jon this jamal khashoggi or congress will act to follow as a briefing by cia chief g. and a hostile to senate leaders those who emerge from the meeting with a unified in their assessment that saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmond ordered casualties matter and must be

craven on the future of the -- admiral the craven on the future of the u.s. military. 8:00, barack obama and john meacham on the u.s.'s role in the world. people -- orpeople do not call moscow, beijing, they call washington. even our adversaries expect us to solve problems and keep things running. >> at nine, a conversation with entrepreneurs on women in corporate america. >> we know that networks tend to look female heavy. men's networks trot -- 10 to look men heavy. that might be fine out of school, who do you think winds with a network by the time you get to senior leadership? >> watch christmas day, on c-span. next, a look into antitrust and corporate competition laws and how they differ between the united states and the european union. judiciary a senate subcommittee held a hearing in the response to the recent fines against u.s. technology companies by the e.u.. the european union. we welcome each of you and we thank you for your time. we are grateful that you are willing to come and spend time with us today to educate us on these matters. the assumption has been prevalent in

world. the u.s. and china call a trade truce, but it is not as simple as that sounds. >> there is something of a disconnect. >> what are the exact items? we do not have details yet. >> a lot of volatility and angst in washington, d.c. reverberating in the markets. >> more battling over brexit. a key vote approaches. opec and its allies gather for a critical meeting. >> 1.2 million barrels per day is the number. >> some of that is fairly insignificant for us. >> investigators debate over the yield curve. over november jobs report. >> we are very ahead of what we are calling for in the session. >> if this trend continues, the fed may want to take a pause. >> a fed exclusive. the vice chair speaks his mind on policy. >> central banks need to be just as worried about inflation going on opposed to target. >> tension between the united states and china have affected all emerging markets. >> this is a new type of war, the hybrid war. abigail: the world mourns the loss of former u.s. president george h.w. bush. >> he believed in civility with everyone. he worked across the aisle to get th

and russia a significant threat to u.s. national security interests. in the united states. russian and chinese influence on the continent the new plan will also limit u.s. aid to countries that u.s. national security advisor john bolton who unveiled the strategy said that billions had been spent ineffectively. delve deeper into the story. this regarding that it reads more like a declaration of war than a strategy and this plan is for the good of africa promises john bolton this coming from a guy whose boss trump infamously referred to several african nations as something that i can't mention on there the predatory practices pursued by china and russia stunt economic growth in africa threaten the financial independence of african nations and pose a significant threat to u.s. national security interest its interest in logic so when china or russia or someone else you don't like lends an african nation money that's debt colonialism almost financial slavery when america does it it's investment for africa's own good well for mentioning is that russia's trade with the continent pales into in

across the world for the president to lead the u.s. through the end of the cold war our correspondent in washington has the latest also coming up will the current u.s. president further fuel tensions at the g twenty summit in argentina donald trump cancels a meeting with vladimir putin and denies meeting saudi arabia's crown prince will world leaders agree on a communique we'll have expert analysis later. next vice or welcome to the program former u.s. president george herbert walker bush the forty first president of the united states has died at the age of ninety four bush served only one term from one thousand nine hundred ninety nine nine hundred ninety three overseeing an invasion of panama and u.s. involvement in the first gulf war his presidency also coincided with the crumbling of the soviet union he earned praise for his promotion of democracy in post cold war eastern europe here in germany bush sr will be remembered for playing a key role in reunification but an economic recession at home led to a dive in his popularity and he was ousted by democrat bill clinton eight years l

december eighth on t.w. . the g twenty summit is getting underway and when all scientists canada the u.s. and mexico have signed a trade pact to replace the north american free trade agreement the summit comes amidst the u.s. is trade dispute with china and a recent flare up of tensions between russia and ukraine. ukraine's president petro poroshenko says all military aged russian men are banned from entering the country and in an interview with a british broadcaster he has again showed evidence of what he claims are russian military tanks amassing along his country's border this comes as the long simmering conflict between the two nations escalated in the black sea on sunday. the world health organization has warned of a resurgence of measles worldwide the number of infections jumped more than thirty percent last year compared to twenty sixteen the w.h.o. recorded increases in almost every part of the world including wealthy countries such as germany where vaccination coverage has been historically high. marriott the world's largest hotel group says the personal data of up to half a bil

. challenging stereotypes. living life in the. banking. systems business. we have. pulling u.s. troops out of syria to the surprise of his. generals. and michelle kerry this is. also coming up. the presidential election in the democratic republic of congo. first sunday may not happen also. but the celebrated day of peace and mediated cease fire appears to be holding. a special report from to look at the effects of alcoholism and unemployment on families in one of central asia poorest nations. it's a decision that is surprise foreign allies and their military leaders and politicians on both sides of the aisle stunned and in some cases angry as president order for withdrawal of american troops from syria declaring victory against eisel. our coverage from washington. it's a massive move that will dramatically change the landscape of the war in syria and one not many saw coming the u.s. president tweeting out that isis has been defeated and that was the only reason u.s. troops were in syria we have won against isis we've beaten them and we've beaten a badly we've taken back the land and now it's

guy: top stories from the bloomberg around the world. u.s. stocks whipsaw as the investors digest news from the fed. stocks trading lower. surprises with a hike. krona surges. airbus tumbles on a report the u.s. joins france and the u.k. investigating bribery allegations. a look at the markets toward the end of trading. the ftse 100 down a fraction, climbing back to level. down by 1/10 of 1%. the dax and the cac are down substantially over 1%. mining stocks under the most pressure. the london market is doing as well as it is. weakness in the dax being driven by deutsche bank, getting awfully close to having 6 handle. wider picture. volume, this is an important aspect of today. backems we will come later. u.s. markets. vonnie: u.s. markets, we are seeing calming. the dow is the worst performer of the major indices, down 7/10 of 1%. it was higher earlier. johnson and johnson leading the pack, after major declines. s&p 500, down for tenths of 1%. -- 4/10 of 1%. twitter down 9%. deeper look at u.s. markets. major averages, the bulls are trying to get out early, trading higher, now dow

has responded to these allegations from u.s. leaders this is some of what we've heard from russia's president fust the american side says it wants to leave the treaty then they start looking for reasons why the main reason given is that we are violating something of a what at the same time no evidence of this is presented. now russia has its own grievances for example russia has pointed out that this missile system set up in europe supposedly to protect european countries from iran and north korea could very easily be used against russia now the i.n.f. treaty was signed over thirty years ago it was very key in ending the cold war and it basically bans medium range and short range nuclear weapons it bans both the production of those weapons as well as flight tests and other other vehicles for developing such weapons that now at this point we're seeing the sixty day also made and that has been given to russia and if moscow and washington are not able to resolve this disagreement in the next sixty days the world could be facing a new reality long after the cold war ended a former u.k.

telecoms joint address that in canada he faces extradition to the u.s. for allegedly violating sanctions on iran to move threatens the needed read truce in the ongoing us china trade. and thanks for joining us on the program today what's your team's national live from moscow on. the night thanks for joining us on the program. students across france stepped up their protests against the government says u.k. should reforms on thursday they forced over one hundred fifty schools to close so affecting the. well with blockades and a number of cities the demonstrations spilled over into violence. well the students are unhappy about the changes to university admissions process and also increases in tuition fees the rest comes as the outcry country braces for a fresh wave of yellow vests violence this weekend over fuel tax hikes the risk is that she's got more details. to do so have come out to protest in the center of paris by saying that they're unhappy to raise the prices of the registration fees to foreign students in comparison to local students and they're hoping that if not that huge chang

u.s. defense secretary james mattis quits over a difference of opinion with president donald trump and fast syria now reports that the u.s. may also be pulling out about gonna start. a missed audiotape and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up protestors in catalonia march in the regional capital boss alone or as the spanish national cabinet meets in the city. stranded travelers at britain's second largest airports are back on the move after drone sightings grounded all flights. there's been another major shake up in the trumpet ministration with u.s. defense secretary james mattis quitting in a tweet president donald trump said the retired marine general will leave his post at the end of february in his resignation last amasses said trump deserves a defense chief whose views align more closely with his own his decision to step down comes just a day off to trump abruptly announced that all u.s. troops will be pulled from syria that decision was criticized by close allies but praised by russia and u.s. media are reporting trump has also ordered the withdrawal of up to sev

united states is out president trump announces the u.s. defense secretary will step down from his post at the end of february that's not very long at all what's. wrapping up with the presidential question and answer session on two thousand and eight teens at biggest events russian president vladimir putin gives moscow's stance on the threat of nuclear war the ukraine crisis and brags that among much much more. many western politicians experts and even ordinary people see russia as a threat they even think that you want to rule the world of course i do. international journalists even press the russian leader about potential plans for a global takeover thankfully everyone sees of the funny side realize that the leader was just having a little bit of a law. by broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our international incheon thomas glad to have you with us our u.s. defense secretary james mattis has sent a letter to president trump announcing his resignation from the post effective at the end of february in his letter he said that the president deserves a defense

u.s. but allegedly violating sanctions on iran i mean threatens the media if we truce in the ongoing us china trade will also. our mission is to reassert our sovereignty reform the liberal international order. washington outlined its new vision and for the world a question of the relevance of key international organizations i know so threatens to scrap a major nuclear treaty with russia. it's one o'clock here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international live from our studio with nina dio today welcome to the program. opposition to president micron's policies is intensifying across france with increasing numbers of students going on strike against the government's education reforms over one hundred fifty schools were forced to close on thursday and in the city of student protests turned violent. police used tear gas against protesters after a car was set on fire and in turn were profitable with stones and other projectiles there have been similar scenes in cities across some recent days in particular students are unhappy about changes to the university admissions process the unres

people talk about opec cuts or out of the u.s., what is the aggregate number you're speaking about? what we did is we said, let's map out the total storage across the planet. it is about 24,000, 25,000 tanks in the u.s., china, and opec. when you look at opec, what is the actual supply level that you are seeing in opec but distill that down to the contributor countries. you will start to see divergent patterns. if the saudis say they are going to cut back, you can see increasing supply levels. or those inventories going elsewhere. what are the iraqis doing? what are the iranians doing? to get a more complete picture. that will help folks like andy and others to make a better decision on what to do. carol: -- alix: how would you use that data? >> your market is all about supply and demand. if supply exceeds demand, prices go down and if demand exceeds supply, prices will go up. the easiest way to determine whether the supply exceeds demand or vice versa is by looking at inventories. whether they are rising or falling. in the 30 years that i have been in the business, we have never h

question no. predatory practices pursued by china and russia significant threat to u.s. national security and. the united states. and the west. with a high spending. international of. america's national security adviser. he's in africa predatory practices john bolton was unveiling a new u.s. strategy for the continent which he claims as aimed at the future prosperity of africa across the continent russia advances its political and economic relationships with little regard to the rule of law or accountable and transparent governance it continues to sell arms and energy in exchange for votes at the united nations china uses broad's opaque agreements and the strategic use of debt to hold states in africa captive to beijing's wishes and demands so if you really want to know who is investing in africa and how is our correspondent but i guess the. this regarding that it reads more like a declaration of war than a strategy and this plan is for the good of the africa promises john bolton this coming from a guy whose boss trump infamously referred to several african nations as something t

its positions near the city held by u.s. backed roberts. thanks for joining us this evening this is. a major new missile delivery system called out on god will enter russian service already next year artie's the first channel to show unique footage from the defense ministries first public test one of the weapons which is capable of firing nuclear missiles. it's picking off to the launch of russia's oven guard ludmer putin who oversaw a live personally from defense ministries control and command center here in moscow explained the importance of wednesday a vent saying it was great success as it was excellent new year's eve to the entire nation adding a tooling sure russia's security for generations to come. vulnerable to any current or prospective missile defense system of a potential enemy this is a big victory for a country. russia claims it is a unique equipment and it is better than anything that any country in the world at this moment has let's take a look at some of the best features of a bang guard. as russia's president puts it it's all about protecting the country and its po

christmas break is over but the uncertainty that sent u.s. markets to their worst ever christmas eve shows no signs of ending. helping to fuel the turmoil, president trump and the confusion and chaos around his economic policies from tough stances on trade to his constant jabs at the federal reserve. today one white house official sought to soothe any concerns on the fate of the fed chairman. >> is the fed chairman's job safe? >> of course, 100%. >> 100% the fed chairman's job is not in jeopardy? >> that's correct, yes. >> and trump and powell could meet early in the new year. it's rare given the independence but not unprecedented. and the government shut double play -- shutdown is now entering its fifth day. one congressional republican who is close to the president tells cnn there has been, in his words, little progress. more on all of that in a moment. first, let's get a check on the market now. alison, how does it look? >> two hours left to go, dow up 600 points. let's see if these gains can carry through to the closing bell. look at it this way, the dell has a lot of ground

canada she now faces extradition to the u.s. for allegedly violating sanctions on iran also coming up. peace talks between yemen's warring parties are set to get under way in sweden today delegations from the saudi backed government and the who the rebels are coming together for the first time in two years is an end in sight to the world's worst humanitarian crisis . and it's on the macros last day on the job as the leader of her conservative c.d.u. party she's stepping down after the teen years as a party chair but will her successor said to be chosen tomorrow. but on a mac we'll see out her terms counsel. brian thomas thanks so much for joining us china is demanding that canada release main wong zhu now she's one of that country's top global executives maggie is the daughter of the founder of chinese telecoms giant away her arrest has been linked to alleged violations of american sanctions against iran and she now faces extradition to the united states asian stocks have tumbled on the news. she's the chief financial officer of one of the biggest telecommunications equipment compa