for all of the people living in the middle east. the idea of the jcpoa, as a strategic pillar of stability in the middle east, was captured perfectly by john kerry when he said, quote, i know the middle east that is on fire is going to be more manageable with this deal. end of quote. query whether the middle east is more manageable today than it was when they embarked on the jcpoa. lebanon is even more comfortable home for hezbollah today than it was when we embarked on the jcpoa. hezbollah is now armed to the teeth by iran and has its sight set on israel. thanks to iran, hezbollah provides the ground forces for the military expedition in syria. the rogc has propped up the murderous assad regime and helped make that country 71,000 square miles of kill zone. iran perpetuates a conflict, it has displaced more than six million syrians and caused over five million to seek refuge outside of its borders. these refugees include foreign fighters who have crossed into europe and threatened terrorist attacks in those countries. in iraq, iran

opportunities in the middle east in these sectors. i am glad that even though we get difficult years, still these businesses are operating well. so differently it is based on opportunities and the sectors' long-term growth potential. francine: where do you see the most growth coming from? which portfolio, which part will do better than others? mohamed: the food is operating well and is in the region as a whole, especially with the food delivery business. that's another story. i would say our real estate business is still flying really strong. last year we grew about 28% in the region as a whole. our e-commerce business is something that is very, very interesting. we have got an amazing team looking at it, that is also growing quite fast. even with this growth, one has to be realistic as well. you look at this growth and you look at what's going on in this growth, look at what is going on in the middle east, government policies, the world economy, what changes might take place. so we have to be alert at all times. francine: what does t

east and we see the middle east very divided today in the north or russia and iran are supreme syria lebanon iran even turkey has turned towards russia because it cannot ignore the realities in the south though the united states is still so green saudi arabia the gulf egypt north africa so that's the that's the new power disposition of course president trump who has many pro israeli backers who've given him millions of dollars for his campaign he is playing to the money and he's playing to a world which is black and white that's his preferred way of seeing things and i think that's what's happening here so what's what's the next development then if everybody's fine for position in the middle east i mean are you expecting great attention then in syria in an escalation of the war there. you know i don't believe there will be a real escalation i think the power between israel and syria is so skewed in israel's favor that there really is very little that syria or iran can do in syria to hurt israel we just have seen over the last few months a number of attempts by israel and iran by excu

yeah i mean but this middle east pressure cookers been building out for decades and. you know the prognosis there is quite terrifying but live is that potentially trump could be pulling out of u.s. military and south korea as part of a global kind of retrenchment of the pentagon and a lot of posturing going on in the middle east could also bring a prelude to a deescalation of military spending because a he's not a guy who likes to waste money even though it's the bank of the few times he knows why waste money i mean i think those are valid points however i think trump's inherent. antagonism towards iran is very personal and very real not just that there's jared cushier influence there is the fact that we're trying to go on his first official state visit visit saudi arabia where he might come peo just going as first visit saudi arabia so this to me this is this is a much bigger thing and no i think the trump legitimately and for a variety of personal reasons as well feels feels as if iran needs to be essentially taken out or neutered in the middle east because for the

east. seems having repercussions in the middle east. middle east. trump stops speaking in order to give his response. give his response. watching in the region once donald trump has made his announcement? trump has made his announcement? kind of thing you are watching already. already. worried about rising tensions on israel's border. israel's border. —— hezbollah. . would they strike now? now? unchartered waters we are entering now. now. speak to the government academic professor. professor mohammad marandi. what do you think will be the view is president trump pulls out? is president trump pulls out? mostly blame the united states for any escalation. any escalation. down a large segment of the nuclear programme. programme. the western media that iran was pursuing nuclear weapons. pursuing nuclear weapons. agreement was not pursuing a nuclear weapon. weapon. not pursue nuclear weapons after the agreement. agreement. the nuclear deal iran was not pursuing a nuclear weapons. pursuing a nuclear weapons. completely almost completely wrecked. wrecke

east, needs middle east to keep democracy. it's also another very, very big challenge. as i mentioned, open society. sometimes i feel especially with our press that we are more american than america. it's really a real friendship. i think that there is also deep understanding how big the challenge for israel to handle in the same time with all threats that you mentioned and i mentioned. especially with syria. we see the atrocities in syria. this kind of regime that really kills his own people. and we know others, especially hezbollah and iran, and everybody asked me, what's with the russians? first of all, the russians, of course, they have their priorities and their interests. there's a difference that the russians realize they don't hate israel. they don't seem to destroy the state of israel is the right policy, and opposite hezbollah, iran every day you see another statement that their intention, their policy, their goal, their policy is to destroy the state of israel. the russians have their own interests. it's not our int

iran must end support to middle east terrorist groups bug middle east hezbollah, hamas and palestinian-islamic jihad. iran must respect the sovereignty of the iraqi government and permit remobilization and reintegration of shia militias. and must end support of the houthi militia and work for a peaceful settlement in yemen. iran must withdraw all forces under iranian command throughout the entirety of syria. iran, too, must end support for the taliban and other terrorist groups in the region and cease harboring senior al qaeda leaders. iran, too, must end the rig forces for terrorists and militant partners around the world and, too, iran must end its threatening behavior against its neighbors, many of whom are u.s. allies,this includes are the threats to israel and missiles in the united arab emirates and end cyber attacks. the list is pretty long, but if you look at it these are 12 basic requirements the length of the list is simply the scope of the maligning behavior of iran. we didn't create the list, they did. from my conversations with european friends, i know that they broadly share thes

we have also consulted with our friends from across the middle east. we are unified in our understanding of the threat. and in our conviction that iran must never acquire a nuclear weapon. after these consultations, it is clear to me that we cannot prevent an iranian nuclear bomb, under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement. the iran deal is defective at its core. if we do nothing, we know exactly what will happen. in just a short period of time the world's leading state sponsor of terror will be on the cusp of acquiring the world's most dangerous weapon. therefore, i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. in a few moments, i will sign a presidential memorandum to begin reinstating u.s. nuclear sanctions on the iranian regime. we will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction. any nation that helps iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the united states. america will not be held hostage to nuclear blackmail. we will not allow american cit

east can and should europe counter trump and the middle east and your role for europe that's our topic and these are our guests it's a pleasure to welcome laura miller she is executive director of international affairs at the curb foundation and she says after trump's decisions in the middle east the europeans must do damage control and very glad to have on the program shiny rosanna's she was born in israel is a producer and middle east analyst here at d w and she says too divided and self-involved europe is systematically failing to fill the void left by american policy and finally very glad to have back on the program alan posner he's an author for the. newspaper here in germany event and he says europe and america are strong when they act together when they don't americans weekend and europe becomes invisible. so alan more than fifty deaths twenty four hundred people injured on monday on this program you vigorously defended the u.s. decision to requote case the embassy at the end of last year the decision taken then and i'm wondering do you abide by that opinion in the face of this

about the future of the middle east and i've never seen the middle east closer to the brink of war confrontation of sorts than it is today a serious not since two thousand and five when the bush administration went against iraq and was trying to go after iran i think walking away from the deal is walking closer to the on the brink of war certainly confrontation in the region certainly with iran certainly with our allies in the region whether it's in syria in iraq in yemen and lebannon in palestine and so on so forth this is a call for an. all out confrontation with iran because that i should not behind walking out of the deal is not just because the deal is the warst ever it's badly negotiated deal because iran cannot be trusted because iran is the biggest destabilizing force in the region because iran is the biggest sponsor of terror around the world and you know the united states consider those who host the terrorist or supports terrorists to be terrorists themselves the second important point here is that this is a total embrace of netanyahu whole of israel's logic for the middle east that th

we have also consulted with our friends from across the middle east. we are unified in our understanding of the threat, and in our conviction that iran must never acquire a nuclear weapon. after these consultations, it is clear to me that we cannot prevent an iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement. the iran deal is defective at its core. if we do nothing, we know exactly what will happen. in a short period of time, the world's state leading sponsor of terror is on the cusp of acquiring the world's most dangerous weapon. therefore, i am announcing today that the united states with withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. in a few moments, i will sign a presidential memorandum to begin reinstating u.s. nuclear sanctions on the iranian regime. we will be instituting the highest level of economic sanctions. any nation that helps iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the united states. america will not be held hostage to nuclear blackmail. we will not allow american cities to be

east now we know the only country in the middle east at this point to have nuclear weapons is israel but he referred to the possibility of some kind of future arms race in the hypothetical situation of iran getting nuclear weapons he also did refer to iran's ballistic missile program now this is iran's program of ballistic missiles that it uses for self-defense or according to donald trump these ballistic missiles could be armed with nuclear weapons potentially if iran were to develop and carry out nuclear proliferation so based on that he announced that the usa will with. draw from the nuclear deal and that the usa would be reinstating the nuclear sanctions against iran and it would be the highest level of international sanctions now this is certainly a huge turn from what we saw under the obama administration where the deal was signed a huge amount of sanctions on iran were lifted so donald trump is fulfilling his campaign promise it appears that he did announce that he is indeed ripping up the iran nuclear deal as he said he would do many times on the campaign trail now it'll be i

look at me at the middle east and they're all across the middle east of course. but in very different ways and in different places the scarcity is built in very acute or less acute where it is so for instance scarcity in jordan also mandated not let me let's not blame climate change or god or mother nature it's it's a drug part of the world jordan just doesn't have a lot of water resources to begin with. but if i'm talking about you've got a population influxes due to war from you know first regime from palestine and the creation of the state of israel and then from iraq and now syria then the pressure is not much greater on water resources that exist in jordan that were already scarce. at the same time in jordan and in other places around the neurons the middle east were were were mismanaging water in the sense they were growing for instance crops in the desert with the little bit of water that we that exists in some of the places means that it should be used for its most valuable resource mainly for drinking water. and not so much to grow crops that are now and

decisionsfter trump's in the middle east, europeans must do damage control. i am proud to have on the program shoddy results. -- shani rozanes. she works at dw. to says they are failing fill the void left by american policy. very glad to have back on the program, alan posener. he works on the newspaper in germany,ora: -- in "die welt." when europe and the u.s. do not work together, europe becomes invisible. 2400 people injured on monday. you vigorously defended the u.s. decision to relocate the embassy at the end of last year. do you abide by that opinion in the face of this bloodshed? more thanlutely, ever. this has nothing to do with the moving of the embassy. this bloodshed was planned by hamas and its iranian backers for over a year. ,his march of return re-conquering israel, was planned for over a year. it is to mark what they call nakba day, the day of catastrophe, the day israel was founded and many palestinians lost their homes. they have been wanting these martyrs for months and months. they planned towards that. there would have been violence at the

east can and should europe counter trump and the middle east any role for europe that's our topic and these are our guests it's a pleasure to welcome nora miller she is executive director of international affairs at the curva foundation and she says after trump's decisions in the middle east the europeans must do damage control i'm very glad to have on the program shani rosen as she was born in israel is a producer and middle east analyst here at d w and she said. as to divided and self-involved europe is systematically failing to fill the void left by american policy and finally very glad to have back on the program allan poe's europe becomes invisible. so alan more than fifty deaths twenty four hundred people injured on monday on this program you vigorously defended the u.s. decision to requote case the embassy at the end of last year the decision taken then and i'm wondering do you abide by that opinion in the face of this but absolutely more than ever look this bloodshed has nothing to do with the moving of the embassy this bloodshed was planned by hamas and its uranium backers fo

east our effort is to strangle his economic capacity to do harm to the middle east into the world. so my pump highlighting kassim sali money now he's the iranian army chief who's responsible for extraterritorial campaigns so what like pump a zero here is doing is he's accusing western companies and western governments of putting money into the pocket of the iranian military and that's why he says sanctions a so important to cut off that supply which is helping iran to cause trouble in its neighbor i mean that's quite an indictment to make and apparently the europeans they don't agree with them because they are fighting to use an elven see if the iran's nuclear deal that's right i mean they see that if this deal doesn't stick then that gives more leverage to the people who were anti american anti western in the first place in iran now of course the europeans have plenty of business opportunities in here we've seen the likes of tal all of the women's mask and so on invest billions all they've they've laid out their plans they've started pouring that money into iran now because of the

but we are going to do about the iranians have behavior in the middle east. the foreign secretary should tell us now what's going on in the house. >> i said several times i will do the economic steps we will be taking and i've been very clear about the many things going in the constrained activities of iran. >> would my right honorable friend agree that the iranian interference in syria, lebanon, bahrain and elsewhere has a legitimate voice for concern. will he agree with me that this is a very forward decision by the president and apply a thin direct converse from his people and from his most loyal americans and allies. but will he work in trying to sustain this to ensure that the inspection, what i call the end of the day the crown jewels of what this is will still apply. >> i'm grateful to my right honorable friend. of course the work to ensure it continues. there have been about 400 inspections since jcpoa began and they have all found that iran was in compliance. as i say, except to the united states now to come forward with a plan. if they have military

japan is concerned that the move could make the peace process in the middle east even more difficult or escalate tension across the middle east to a ten year old more i believe that the current us president does not have the ability to differentiate and judge about the long term consequences of his actions . you know we're getting a lot of reaction on this we put together a panel of guests to discuss what the latest bloodshed means for both israel and the occupied palestinian territories only yearly misery some people around us want us to expose polar runs through those who declare that they want to kill us who declare that they want to get into it by booby traps by clutching called by it are you fools poor that they're just you know at the regional high limit our other one of these are the exact diagrams that got her on to some years later in that has only to for for eleven years you're the one who initiated this you initiated this you thought you know well the only your start up steadily is what policy has brought to where would you tell where you have anything resides raising chil

starting with the middle east. it is on edge right now, israeli military striking dozens of iranian military sites inside of syria in response to rocket fire from them. israel and iran be headed for all-out war? we'll have latest developments. >>> we now know the date and the place. we told y

east the only thing he actually learned about the middle east is from saudi arabia and israel and saudi arabia basically incited against iran and enticed trump who is quite greedy you know when it comes to business doing business and so on so forth with hundreds of billions of commitments of contracts in order to get trump on board against iran so it's not that saudi arabia and israel supports trump against iran it's trump. embracing israeli and so would the mindset against iran and the danger here is that previously american administrations looked at the region whether it was the so-called off shore balancing or confrontations or tensions between various regional partners and they try to weigh and calm the situations but when the united states itself acts like an israel when the united states itself acts like a saudi arabia or basically you could kiss the region goodbye. thanks very much around the sheriff and now we do have much more to come for you on the program including. i mean his new prime minister is given a hero's welcome to a mass rally in the country's capital. love it uses

iran appeals to israel to avoid new tensions in the middle east, both sides have launched air—strikes against targets around the golan heights. the british government apologises for its role in the detention and torture of a libyan man and his wife, after theirforced return to tripoli. ahead of national elections in iraq, we have a special report from mosul, former stronghold of the islamic state group. and, the mountains of abandoned hire bikes springing up across china as commuters switch to cycle sharing apps. hello. a date has been set for the historic summit between president trump and the north korean leader, kim jong—un. the two men will meet on the 12th ofjune, in singapore. just before that announcement, the us president welcomed home three americans who'd been detained in north korea — their release apparently a gesture of goodwill ahead of the summit. this from the bbc‘s nick bryant in washington. it is full speed ahead in negotiating a new nuclear deal with north korea and after alienating close european allies, his administration is forging an improbable relationshi

the biggest destabilizing factor in the middle east. if we want to look out for our national security and region's stability we have to en sanctions. >> iran was trying to take over the middle east. now that will not happen. i mention john bolton. here is his interview from cnn on sunday. >> the consequences of american sanctions go well beyond goods shipped by american company. >> the u.s. going to impose sackss on european companies >> i did give the answer the it's possible. it depends on the conduct of other governments. >> bill: european companies listen to your administration? >> i think we agreed with our european allies. we want to make sure iran doesn't achieve nuclear weapon. our broad goals are saird but we need to use the full capacity of sanctions power to make sure investment powers don't go to fund that regime and their bad activities. iran was under a very hard economic sanctions regime prior to this deal and why they came to the table in the first place. we know the maximum pressure campaign does work. and i think you s

east. that was brian hook senior advisor to us secretary of state. speaking earlier with our washington bureau chief. where the united states has added its voice to the international condemnation of the even it's election vice president mike pence described president landslide win today as a sham he also demanded that would allow humanitarian aid into the country but its way there's opposition parties boycotted the vote today celebrated winning a second term. for nicolas maduro and his supporters it's a celebration with few surprises another six year term for the venezuelan president who won over two thirds of the vote. here. thank you for overcoming so many impressions. so many lies thanks for joining me in so many battles and thanks for making me president. of victory but a weak one venezuela's electoral authority say turnout was forty six percent with the opposition claiming it was even lower faced a few challengers because the main opposition boycotted the election saying it was rigged

badly with the deal in place he went on to say that to run it was trying to take over the middle east expressing his certainty that this will not happen now that america is out of the deal meanwhile the it rainy and foreign minister is in moscow for a high level meeting for more on this we can quote live to our correspondent thank you eliot for trying to india looks like some major diplomatic efforts of being made to salvage the nuclear deal tell us more. make a hole oh well i guess right now it is obvious that since donald trump said that the iranian nuclear deal is rubbish and decided to dump it the obvious thing for raining and diplomats to do is engage with the people who are supporting them in the first place so mr azhari has already been to china talks into his counterpart there and right now he is in moscow it is expected that in a few minutes his meeting with sergey lavrov is going to happen then obviously they are going to talk about what to do to save the rainy and nuclear deal now if we look at the messages coming from washington something very important right now was that

there was no better ally in the middle east. their culture, it is closest to america's culture other than israel now in the entire region. so i'm asking your guest, what is your opinion on how our cia actually blew it and created this scenario that we are in now? >> guest: okay so, i'm not a big fan of time travel questions. i cannot go back in time and address what happened in 1952. i am not trying to you know, diminish what you are saying. but let's look at the current situation. rest assured, our current clandestine service cannot do that anymore because we put in executive orders under three presidents keeping us from doing things like that. but look at what israel was able to do by getting the intel out of tehran because i do have that network, they do have a clandestine network that actually works with the irg see to get -- irgc. everything you're asking is right but we just do not do that. we cannot go back 10 years and look at what right looks like in iraq with the surge because we didn't do any of those things in this w

the middle east is a dying patient at the very worse. american diplomacy in the middle east could be fairly charged with being iatrigenic. >> we will continue this conversation tomorrow, stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage now. >> hi there, i'm stephanie ruhle. the opening of the u.s. embassy in jerusalem getting under way at this moment. at the same time, a violent reaction from palestinians along the israeli border. dozens of people have been killed in the past few hours alone. i want to start first with nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard angle who's in jerusalem. richard, walk us through this. for people living there, how big a deal is it? >> i'm going to have to keep my voice down a little bit, the ceremony's beginning right now. all the delegates are here. there's is the official start of the ceremony. the official presentation of the colors they're walking in, the american flag. at this moment, the u.s. consulate in jerusalem is becoming the u.s. embassy in jerusalem. for the nation of israel, the state of israel, this is

and russia are on many topics especially in the middle east on both sides of the aisle if you will when lawrence called why now. well i think the really and first of all it's important to keep in mind when we say the second fleet not any more ships they're just putting a headquarters staff there the number of ships will not increase until like twenty twenty one or so and then you're talking about a long term build up so what this basically says is we're going to put a group of staffers a couple hundred people there that will focus on that area of the world which we have not focused on since really since the end of the cold war and then we see in sometimes when we deploy ships rawdon and sending to the sixth fleet in the mediterranean this way to bahrain that will send more patrols off to the to the north of the land and the reason we are doing it as secretary matt has been pointed out secretary mattis that we focus so much on counterterrorism we forgot about great power competition the russians are increasing their military they took over crimea for for for example they basically are ha

solutions to no any of the conflicts in the middle east without iran. we need iran to work together to end the violence in the middle east. amy: also i want to talk about .hat this means for north korea when the president of the united states pulls out of a packed come this multicountry packed with iran, i want to go back to trump speaking yesterday. pres. trump: sends a critical message. united states no longer makes empty threats. when i make promises, i keep them. in fact, at this very moment, secretary pompeo is on his way to north korea in preparation for my upcoming meeting with kim jong-un. plans are being made. relationships are building. hopefully, a deal will happen. and with the help of china, south korea, and japan, a future of great prosperity and security can be achieved for everyone. amy: president trump says "when ."make promises, i keep them when the u.s. makes promises, he breaks them. what does this mean for north korea? you have been extremely involved in trying to fight for peace on the korean peninsula. you are part of women cross

east. tribute of the islamic republic of iran the us was recently revealed by an intelligence operation is the greatest threat to the peace of mankind in general and the middle east and israel in particular. israel says that strikes were retaliation for rocket attack on territory occupies on the golan heights according to israel iranian militants fired the rockets from syria but none of them reach the target. it's the most serious direct military confrontation and that between israel and iran. and. here at russia the u.s. and the u.n. cling for restraint. no he's getting more done there's a risk of escalation and growing tensions we must avoid them that's what i told the reigning president rouhani and i'll pass on the message to prime minister netanyahu and president putin who in the statements in recent days seems to share the goal of stability and avoiding escalation steady still need to get. tensions remain high on the golan heights the israeli army has sent reinforcements to its norther

two days after the attacks tensions in the middle east. continue to saw heating prayers in the iranian capital a senior cleric threatened israel with destruction. all said all this serial this anything foolish. and hyper to the ground of. israel isn't meant sing its words either. have a message for assad or get rid of the iranians get rid of their forces they're not helping you they're only harming their presence will only cause problems and damage . the developments come only days after the us withdrawal from the nuclear deal many iranians see this as another provocation from israel's ally on the streets of iran protesters held by misreading death to america global leaders a calling on iran and israel for restraint fearing the lack of stability in the region could lead to war their gold preserve what's left of the nuclear deal. german chancellor angela merkel underlined that intension again throwing harsh words at the u.s. administration on thoughts and lobbies i don't think it's correct to pull out of a deal that has been agreed upon tha

policies are pushing the middle east to the brink of a new war. hello and welcome across these are considered i'm peter lavelle is the middle east stumbling towards a region wide war it sure looks like it trumps decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal set into play a cascade of events difficult to manage and control does anyone game from this impending cataclysm. cross-like in the middle east i'm joined by my guest joe laurie. in washington he's the editor in chief of consortium news dot com and author of how i lost my hillary clinton with the forward by julian assange also in washington we have joe he is a fellow at the arab center washington d.c. and in london we have jonathan steele he's an international affairs commentator originally cross-like rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate joe lauria let me go to you first in washington i'm titling this program stumbling into war you know the more i think about the events that are unfolding in front of us are so many different angles to look at how

knows that this deal is very bad for israel and for the middle east. but i know that they voted against it. then you will see chuck schumer saying all, he shouldn't have ended the deal. by the way, the deal only got worse. so we have a lot of exciting things happening. i think that will be an exciting perhaps, i run, they are great negotiators. -- kerryr had a chance never had a chance against the gentleman he was negotiating with. the first time ever saw the man, i watched him on a show. with an anchor who was no longer down.s, he was taken but it was an interesting show and after three minutes of watching, and you there was no way that kerry could negotiate against this gentleman. that turned out to be a fact. so we are going to make either a really good deal with the world, or will not make a deal at all. iran will come back and say, we don't want to negotiated. and of course, they will say that. and i will say, they will negotiate. or something will happen. and hopefully, that will not be the case. so i just want to let you know, the united states

east the broader middle east and so the argument now is that my pump aoe the u.s. secretary of state will work with the european allies the very ones that pleaded donald trump not to withdraw from this agreement to address these broader issues. how is this going to impact congress because you have democrat no democratic no make that a very critical of trump's decision but there are also some republicans who are defending it. right top the speaker of the house paul ryan the top republican in that chamber expressing publicly in a statement that he is disappointed with the president and his decision saying that he had hoped that there would be allowing for european allies more time to fix the deal just as donald trump had expressed his desire in january but certainly he respects the president's right he says to hold iran accountable but that's not how top democrats particularly chuck schumer in the u.s. senate feels in fact the real fear among top democrats in that upper chamber is that this really harms u.s. relationships with key u.s. allies there are no reports tha