the u.s. government to provide assista e assistance. most in zimbabwe have already made disaster declarations. our best to everyone who is surviving and recovering from that event. the global water strategy was released on november 1st, 2017. it was the culmination of a year's work by many of the people in this room to set the direction for the united states government's work on international water issues. we addressed three major challenges in that strategy. the first challenge is that there are many countries where a significant portion of the population still lacks access to safe drinking water and sanitation. nearly two billion people worldwide lack access to water that is safe to drink and nearly four billion lack access to safely manage sanitation services. this is not only a threat to human health, but a factor in migration, civil unrest and terrorist recruitment. the second challenge is water insecurity. by 2030, more than half the world's population will still be living under water st

the u.s. must possess capabilities that are credible from the adversary's perspective. with credibility being a function of both u.s. capability and the will to exercise that capability. in essence, the will to go to war, possibly nuclear war in the defense of others. in addition, the u.s. commitment must be viewed as credible by our allies that we are seeking -- who we are seeking to defend and their views regarding the credibility of our security guarantees to them may differ. for example, our asian allies may have a different view of what it takes to assure them of our security commitment than our european allies. and even our european allies may hold different views among themselves. finally, of course, in the unlikely event that deterrence fails -- hopefully unlikely event -- obtaining and maintaining domestic support to actually employ nuclear weapons on behalf of an ally may be particularly challenging. especially if doing so exposes the u.s. homeland to a devastating counterstrike. the

steven mnuchin says the u.s. and china are closer to a deal, but he is also worrying about currency manipulation in japan. >> let's get you started with a look at the markets close in the u.s. brought optimism over the global economy because of positive data out of china. s&p 500 gaining for a third consecutive week. onancials leading the gains friday, positive earnings out of jp morgan. the only sector in the red was health care, insurers falling for a second consecutive session as we had congress debating drug costs. u.s. futures holding at 29.13. let's see the asian session. sophie: some of the optimism may be happening for asia. futures are narrowly higher and we are seeing the tone set in wellington. we enter a week that offers chinese gdp numbers and u.s.-japan trade talks in the wake of japan highlighting concerns over china's industrial policies when they held economic talks on sunday. also we get trade data in india as the r.b.i. governor warns the economy needs to grow faster to deal with poverty and ch

the european union is preparing to impose tariffs to the u.s.. u.s. said it the would do the same for airbus. for saudi aramco's first offering was unprecedented. it received $100 billion in orders. a rare situation for a state-owned company. all of this mark dayton around from last year 1 wall st and institutional investors shunned saudi arabia after the murder of jamal khashoggi. --sia will keep working with moscow is cautious about oil production. vladimir putin spoke in st. petersburg. with opec and are willing to work to joint solutions. i would be cautious. we are prepared to continue cooperation. however, whether that would be the decrease of the output or maybe that would be keeping the level, i'm not ready to say that yet. kailey: global news 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm kailey leinz. this is bloomberg. vonnie: thank you. can we take a second? because it is a historic date today, a day after the uva championship win and you are an alum. i'm wonderi

-u.s. trade but what we would like is a deal that delivers what people voted for in june 2016 and allows us to strike new trade deals with our most important trading partners. up in thewhere we end next few days. as: has the uk's credibility a counterparty to the united states been damaged? kim: what i find is a lot of americans asked me now about what is going on in brexit. they mainly want to understand what is happening in parliament, how the government is handling all of this as the clock ticks deadline.at new as you take them through the process and explain this is democracy in action, people are generally supportive and they are confident we will find a way through. a lot of people are watching all of these parliamentary events. the speaker has become something of a cult figure in the red states now. -- the united states now. confidencelot of both in our institutions and the government that we will find a way through that delivers what people voted for and also creates a good environm

the u.s. and iran label each other's military forces as terrorists and raise the stakes in decades of hostility some of the objectives the impact of the president in declarations this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. that the islamic revolutionary guard in iran is both revered and feared. directly to the supreme leader and as well as enforcing power they control major businesses to now it's been designated as a terrorist organization by the united states is the first time the u.s. has ever labeled a foreign government agency in this way and allows more to be imposed on iran but to kill the guard and its business connections the u.s. secretary of state says the iranian folse poses a fundamental threat to u.s. security this is stuart step of read the world's leading state sponsor of terror the financial means to spread misery and death around the world businesses and banks around the world now have a clear duty to ensure that companies with which they conduct financial transact

the u.s.-north korea talks. this is about one hour and 15 minutes. professor provided analysis of the u.s.-north korea talks. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to csi s. i am a senior fellow. i will be moderating our discussion today on u.s. dprk normalization which is not a topic i normally moderate discussions on. but in this case, it is very relevant for what our program does. our presenter is anastasia barannikova, a visiting fellow. a reports working on on this exact topic which we while. publishing in a role, honestime asia is a research fellow at the admiral maritime state university in russia. she is an expert on north korea and north korean security policy. she will be talking to us about u.s. dprk normalization and the role of surrounding powers including russia, giving her perspective and the view from russia about what this relationship looks like and what the potential for normalization is. then we have our discussion today, sharon squassoni, who many of you know, a research pro

ecuador and the u.s. playing this card against julian assange together i think today really we witnessed the end at the very least of the embassy chapter of the julian assange stuff saga and to moving on to perhaps or rather the truncated chapter of an illegal extradition battle. only border outside westminster magistrates court allowed to be spoken to the former president of ecuador who granted a song to sort of them. things the country's current leadership is out for revenge . you know maybe. i think marino deserves the title of the greatest traitor of history there are you could compete with judas the state of ecuador you know what it is with international law regarded by its own national pride it was simply a ploy to protect the person to whom it is granted asylum and instead they simply gave him up no doubt the british police to enter our embassy just imagine for a moment if it was the ecuadorian police entering the us embassy at the head it was a decision made by him or a no no if you want revenge f

the u.s.. he made the threat last week but acted sincenot then. he says he is pleased with steps mexico is taking but affirmed he is willing to close the border if he has to. auto sales in the u.s. fell, a sign the economy is touching the brakes. most saw declining demand. released results only on a quarterly basis and says sales slug. -- slugged. the long-awaited trial of the malaysian prime minister begins wednesday. there is a long list of charges. he will face 42 counts of corruption and money laundering read it will shed a light on the complex transactions that have of to the disappearance money. i am jessica summers. this is bloomberg. >> thank you. the imf and the world trade organization are increasingly as a mystic about global growth, warning momentum has been lost. global growth projections to the lowest in three years, citing the impact protectionism. christine lagarde saying the global economy is in a precarious situation. she is not expecting a recession, but there are global hea

the u.s. has formally designated iran's islamic revolution guards corps as a foreign terrorist organization. iran top security council designated the u.s. central command in the region as a terrorist group. more in the following report. donald trump took office in january, 2017. he has left no stone unturned to exact pressure on iran through sanctions and threats. trump road knows -- trump showed to achieve his anti-hereon goals. on monday, the u.s. president once again put the spotlight on his hostility against iran and designated the revolution guards corps as a foreign terrorist organization. trump accused the irgc of financing and promoting terrorism. his secretary of state also warned global businesses against any dealings with the irgc. >> businesses and banks around the world now have a clear duty to ensure the companies with which they conduct financial connections are not connected to the irgc in any way. >> political analysts say the trump administration has revealed the face of the

also be directly to tell the u.s. about his position and about the questions he has it today with the situation on the korean peninsula we also found out that the russian leader is confident that pyongyang essential desire is international security guarantees guarantees for sovereignty and when it comes to dealing korea's ation according to mr putin the only way forward is through these kind of guarantees i would like to remind you that for years russia's peace road map was about mutual concessions from both sides of north korea on the one hand and south korea and allies on the other and china is backing of this while the russian president believes that for years every step forward made by washington was followed by two steps backwards it was do it get to you but with some confidence building measures to be taken which could have been taken back in two thousand and five when the u.s. and north korea came to an agreement with it later on for some reason the american partners thought this was know if they needed to add

the u.s. government is attempting severe restriction of immigration in u.s. history. this panel will clarify the ideological and institutional history of anti-immigrant hostilities, the practices and discriminations in the current immigration law, and the accrual of extreme executive authority in the name of immigration policy enforcement. we have the four leading historians of migration studies here today. first up, we have elliott young, he will be speaking on "beyond borders and the continuing legacy of racism and immigration legislation." professor young is professor of latin american and border land history and director of ethics studies at lewis and clark college in portland, oregon. in 2003, he cofounded the institute for transnational history of the americas, which brings together scholars throughout north and latin america for intensive weeklong workshops on transnational history. professor young has published two books on borderlands history, "revolution on the texas-mexico border,"

the u.s. and china are said to be scheduling new trade talks with top level -- it could happen in may. victory in indonesia. a result should extend the six-month stock rally. shery: later in bloomberg technology we will look at why apple and google are blocking downloads of the popular tictoc app in india. for now let's get you started with a quick check of the markets close in the u.s. it was a broadly down day on wednesday. we had news of a potential trade deal between the u.s. and china. not even that could lift the indices into the green. we had the s&p 500 down .2% holding at the 2900 level it was all about health care. health, really falling again as there were concerns over policy changes in the future. the nasdaq composite was unchanged but the nasdaq 100 saw a record as we continue to see a surge in qualcomm shares after that licensing deal with apple. let's see how we are shaping up in the markets in asia. sophie: asia and futures are pointing to a mixed start to the session ahead of

a u.s. district judge says the sides should reword the deal to isid ambiguity on what musk and is not allowed to post. samsung has reported operating profit drop, the most in four years. it has been buffeting membership prices. 60% in the quarter, they issued a rare warning last month that it will be short of estimates. that is your bloomberg business flash. concerns over a protracted slowdown in europe is being fueled by economic data. a double blow yesterday, a factory slump followed by a forecast for 2019 predicting the weakest growth. equity is set to cut its forecast. jane foley, head fx strategy, senior currency analyst, rabobank and emmanuel cau, head european equity strategy, barclays bank are still with us. we were talking earlier about with global equities, you were advising not to sell. with european equities, are you taking a position on europe versus the rest of the world, or more reallocating within europe? emmanuel: both actually. the sentiment and positioning on european equi

if the u.s. gives assurances to u.k. that the u.s. will not seek the death penalty i doubt will that will come in the u.k. . because they certainly don't want to extradite an individual if it's they're going to be given assurances were doors are interesting to that they wouldn't do but certainly they can legally the u.k. as an e.u. member context or advice anyone to a country where they could face the death penalty but that's long been the fair among junee in a song his legal team that as you've just said the one sees on u.s. soil the further charges will be brought the carry stepha penalties than just hacking a government computer any kind of legal guarantee that thinking kate can get from the united states to make sure that that doesn't happen. well you raise two issues ones the death penalty and one is whether there would be additional charges. is frequent late that the u.s. seeking extradition from countries that are are against the got going to be whether european or latin countries that in this state department state department

the u.s. officials always be clear that they want to this year between lebanon and hezbollah between those sections and the economy and i think this is that of course but this is possible we cannot say we are safe but we are taking a lot of measures here internally and we are trying to keep safe the economy and the banking sector. the u.s. has offered military and economic support to lebanon despite hezbollah's growing political influence that may change with a more confrontational policy involving sanctioning hezbollah's allies who include the president and head of parliament so that there will be further u.s. action against his like sanctioning his plans political allies there is no doubt sanctions have already hurt his but for the live in a state not to be affected it will need to distinguish itself from his bill are the u.s. considers hezbollah as an arm of iran's revolutionary guards while it may have been created by the guards decades ago it has since embedded itself in the lebanese stat

fully understand its consequences for u.s. forces in the region in fact they seek to drag the us into a quagmire on its behalf. should my bets have been to be conned into one of the us disaster the troubled ministration has particularly distinguished itself by escalating into rhetoric against the islamic republic of iran distinguishing itself from the obama administration that presided over the p five plus one nuclear negotiations but the trumpet ministration has escalated u.s. sanctions and hostility toward the islamic republic everywhere we go in the middle east it's a rare or ran around this. bread death destruction and chaos behind every problem is a rare and the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism iran's leaders so as. death . and destruction now it's important to note that fighters from iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps were actually key in defeating the i still terrorists however this organization that was key in defeating the i still die a terrorist organization you know made great sacrifices in order to

and the u.s. department of justice says the song is wanted on computer hacking charges and could face up to five years in prison. hello and welcome to r.t. international coming here live from moscow we've been bringing you rolling coverage of our main story today which is after seven nearly seven years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london wiki leaks founder julian assange was suddenly arrested on thursday morning he's since been convicted of breaching his bail in twenty twelve and could now face extradition to the u.s. on video agency captured the moment a dish and distressed looking of songs was dragged out of the building. i . have been arrested on a warrant issued by westminster magistrates court in june twenty twelve and following a u.s. extradition request he spends up to six years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy on base story live to the u.k. . the court was taken. to. a little bit of. interest. in some of the. serious offenses. sentenced to three. sentences. of the charges that h

the chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff testified to congress that by 2025, china will be the number one strategic rival of the united states, the number one strategic threat to the united states. well, i'm a career diplomat, retired now. and when i hear that china may be a threat to us in 2025 and i look at the facts, that is possible. but it's not a certainty, and that's what diplomacy is all about. i was serving in our embassy in moscow when all of a sudden dr. kissinger shows up in beijing, in a country that had been our enemy the day before, all of a sudden was on the road to becoming a strategic partner of the united states in dealing with the soviet threat. in other words, skillful diplomacy by president nixon and dr. kissinger managed to turn a hostile relationship into a cooperative one through diplomacy. but you don't hear a word about diplomacy nowadays. it's all about building up our military budget and dealing with china as a hostile rival. this is a dangerous situation, but the chinese ar

the u.s. does now that isis seems to have been defeated. i would like to ask you to start us off. what is your perspective and what is the u.s. interest in syria? what is the way forward? >> thank you very much for having me. i think that i would say three things related to syria. the first one is, the extremists , whether you are talking about isis or other jihadists in northwestern syria. the second one is the border conflict in syria and the of -- in the syrian conflict and the third is related to iraq. even if you don't care about syria, if you're interested in a isk, syria -- iraq, syria very related to that. to expand on each element of those, obviously now we just heard isis just released a statement, a video showing -- of the first time since june 2014. he looks very healthy, despite recent reports saying -- including from defectors and people captured by isis, who said he was a link, sick -- ailing, sick, slim. exactly as heks appeared in 2014. he grew a beard more slowly than i did.

this is a u.s.-iran relationship, but this is a u.s.-islamic republic regime relationship and that there are impediments to the healthy relationship in the region with the current status quo, and that is changing. i am not a hope guy. i hope -- i am happy to be wrong, i look at indicators and patterns. the economy, the regime, the bankingit is yanking -- on continued u.s. pressure. from myt i have heard colleagues, the iranian people are hoping for a change. asleep we -- i simply want policy that does not stop on january 20 2021. i believe this country should have a consistent foreign policy and it pertains to the islamic republic trying to get a nuclear weapon, increasing ballistic missiles and the export of terrorism. the way it treats dissidents, homosexuals, women. i want a foreign policy in the united states, and this is what i do hope for, which is consistent regardless of who is president. i welcome opposing views on whatever i say. i am very sure my colleagues join me on that. i wish the regime you were defending was as generous

the u.s. ramps up the pressure on iran designating to run the leads military force the revolutionary guards as a terrorist organization. or that move is welcomed by israel's prime minister who's facing a tough race in his country's general election on tuesday some see it as don't translate his gifts to benjamin netanyahu the u.s. leader recognized jerusalem and the golan heights as thought for an israeli territory. italy's combative interior minister forms an alliance of right wing nationalist parties that think he aims to shake up the e.u. after next month the election. is. a very warm welcome to you watching r.t. international with me if you are in our top story this hour in an unprecedented foreign policy move the trumpet ministration has designated iran's revolutionary guard as a foreign terrorist organization the us president announced the decision on monday repeating accusations that the elite force both finances and promote terrorism today i am formally announcing my administration's pl

. a u.s. court wanted her to testify in a week in leagues case what a coincidence and she will know she said that she disputes and doesn't agree with the concept of the grand jury with the whole secrecy around the process anyway so she said that she had already revealed everything that she knew in the case during the investigation into her own wrongdoings and your mind and you testify and you tell as you told the grand jury everything again and maybe something new or you stay there until the grand jury does what it has to do completes work and well and then we'll let you free this is a massive news story there's no doubt about it everybody is covering it headline news all over the world and the what some people might be overlooking is the grounds that well the implication is on the ground scale of things because you know what happens to a sausage right now and in the next twenty four hours weeks months sets a precedent for other similar cases in the future and we've heard from edward snowden w

the u.s. is fallen can take no more migrants. u.k. lawmakers have voted to prevent a new deal brexit as pressure builds to delay the upcoming divorce. the vote comes as e.u. are said to be close. compromise is building between france, which is skeptical about extending the u.k.'s membership, and other leaders who think theresa may should have one year to push a deal through parliament. into an election with leading parties neck-and-neck in the polls. benjaminister netanyahu is facing a tough race and says if he is reelected, he sovereigntyisraeli to other parts of the west bank. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am jessica summers. this is bloomberg. ramy: thank you very much. the chinese premier will hold talks with top e.u. officials and tuesday at the annual summit. they meet amid mounting concern about beijing's trade practices. now forenzie joins us more. what can we expect out of th

economy is doing well. >> a strong u.s. economy. >> the u.s. is not doing poorly. >> the u.s. economy maybe stuck here a little bit. >> it is a sequencing, the u.s. was stable last year. there is a pass off to china and improvement occurring in china. europe is also stabilizing at the moment. jonathan: a big week for economic data worldwide and to discuss, joining me around the table priya misra, gorshon , distenfeld, and victoria fernandez. victoria, your take, we have had u.s. retail sales, data out of china, and eurozone pmi. what is your conclusion this week? victoria: i think we did get a mixed bag as the people on the clip were saying. it is still trending where we are still going to have positive momentum going into the second half of this year and as long-term investors that is what we're looking at. you had positive numbers out of china. retail sales doing better gdp , was where they expected, industrial production was good. you are seeing the stimulus finally starting to feed through, and beijing is probably not done yet. we will continue to see measures put in place

the u.s. supreme court to ruled that boycotts for political social and economic change are considered free speech protected by the first amendment of the us constitution so all those twenty seven states are following israel's orders basically but they're violating the own u.s. constitution we will challenge that we are challenging that in u.s. courts a.c.l.u. is challenging at least three states on their antidemocratic. laws and we think we will prevail in the struggle israel is trying to suppress b.d.s. from above by passing laws because it has miserably failed to stop the immense growth of the movement at the grassroots level among the trade unions churches women's groups energy beauty groups and so on and so forth. the chinese tech giant weiwei has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent months amid claims its products help spy on countries for beijing but now the belgian center for cyber security says it's found no evidence that companies technologies pose any sort of thr

the u.s. government enters into international agreement or when we make a foreign-policy decision. it is a backlash to efforts by the foreign-policy establishment. you know how the president hates the establishment, there's a foreign-policy establishment. there are good people but in the opinion of many conservatives there approaches have not been working out so well and the president has tried to take a different approach, rejected some of those things advocated such as international agreements that people don't support nationbuilding with indefinite u.s. troops deployments and trade deals that leave the american worker out. this is very important to the president and he summarized it during the campaign when he said my foreign-policy will always put the interest of the american people and american security above all else. this is not isolationism, this is factoring in the interest of our people in our foreign- policy. it's pretty clear the president is prepared to use military force when nec

the u.s.. the fund collapsed last year in the world's biggest private equity insolvency. the former chief executive stolen investor funds. another forming -- former management partner remains in custody. boeing says the 737 max 8 is not suitable for certain airports. this admissions from legal documents. they say the upgraded planes cannot be used as -- at high hotspots. says thean for boeing airport can handle larger planes because they have long runways. that is your bloomberg business flash. thank you. it is first quarter results season for u.s. banks. j.p. morgan kicks off this morning. revenue may for have peaked. morgan cites net interest income figure jumped 10%, though the group has warned it expects little change for this set of numbers. goldman sachs report on monday. bloomberg intelligence sees the top line declining. analysts view its relative strength against the global revenue trend as more critical in gauging the results. key updates on legal risk or cost related to 1mdb will al

the u.s. treasury department has designated not just venezuela's vital oil industry but its entire banking sector as a target of u.s. sanctions and that makes the news whale almost untouchable for companies and banks the do business with the united states this is one of venezuela's main ports for bringing in everything from food to fertilizer to manufactured goods but as you can see there is very little activity here according to the government this is because u.s. financial sanctions are scaring off shipping companies and those who do venture to dock here are charging a premium. the sanctions are of course taking a toll on that israel is already crumbling economy and on ordinary citizens the theory being that they will provoke a painful but a relatively quick ouster of president nicolas maduro. recent history however disproves this theory. look at the sanctions against cuba that they remove the castro. no they only hurt the lives of the cubans they remove assad in syria that they take out sad

the u.s. government was also beginning to think about how the spread of fascism might be virtrtually unstoppable. they did not view it with the same alarm that i did as a 10 year old. it.ow knonow how to do the state department was rather mixed with what was the significance of the nazi movement was.. there e was a xonsul --- u.s. back pretty mixed comments about suggesting maybe they are not as bad as everyone says. he stayed there until pearl harbor day when he was withdrawn . famous diplomat named george kennan. not a bad indication of the mixed attitude towards these developments. out could not have known it at the time, but shortltly after this 1939, the state department and the council on foreign relations began to bury out planning -- carry out plananning about the post world war. what the post-world war i look like. in the early years, right about that time, the next few years, they assumed that the post world would be divided between a nazi -controlled world, most of eurasia, and a u.

u.s. state department. has a register called kill. the rich kill. and a high profile german bodyguard reveals why it's so difficult to deal with the clans making berlin a hotbed of ethnic crime. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. breaking news this hour anticipation is growing over the upcoming talks between vladimir putin and kim jong un the kremlin has confirmed it will take place in the city of laudable stock in russia's far east this thursday moscow n.p.r. news had been keeping the details of the first ever meeting between the russian and north korean leader secret citing security concerns. a lot of us talk following the preparations. on any other day you would see a beautiful bridge behind my shoulder but now it's all completely covered in fog in fact the whole city of vladivostok is covered in fog which is i guess a perfect display a perfect reflection of all the secrecy surrounding the summit of vladimir putin

russian national jailed in the u.s. for failing to register as a foreign agent but a lawyer says she's a victim of the current political climate in washington. not of. his activities in the us were illegal. of them selves but she got caught up in this. hysteria. and saudi arabia comes under fire from the un and human rights organizations for a mass execution with concerns of the charges against the thirty seven mostly she. hello sunday morning here in moscow russia around the world to you this is out international with me kevin now in thanks for watching it's a news review of the week in the big stories we brought you over the last seven days first and from a nuclear free north korea to bilateral relations with even approach and kim jong un met for the first time on thursday russia's far eastern city of light of all stock hosted the summit and after more than two hours of face to face talks that he's expressed their willingness to further develop relations and tackle the situation on the korean peninsula. and that's jus

the u.s. knew would be difficult to enforce but most strategist find that it's easier to stand up to u.s. military power than to the sanction power and i think that china will try to find a way around the sanctions but i suspect that this will be part of much broader negotiations between the u.s. and china and. as you say china's purchase of l. and g. is another part of that. the deals between china and iran and by land versus by by crude. carriers is another area where. one is a lot easier to track than the other. and i think that they'll be negotiations around this have been around so many issues between the two countries right now. i would say that. i would probably disagree with you about the way to lower prices would be more more consumption i mean you might be able to get some kind of bargain on unit price but usually. an increase of prices in global energy markets. and the u.s. had when they actually do because if china's not going to be punished for their actions then what's stopping t

former u.s. diplomat jim john trist believes the current chaos in libya is a result of the western intervention eight years ago. this is what happens when you have violent regime change from the outside in the country and happened in libya in two thousand and eleven this is this is squarely on the doorstep of david cameron nicolas sarkozy and of course hillary clinton barack obama they were the ones that led this visionary campaign for democracy and democracy for the libyan people and once it got them but years of chaos years of killing years of civil war this is simply the latest round in it whether we will see some early resolution to this where one government or the other frank which is its rival stands to be seen but until then i don't see anything good happening in this country unfortunately. israelis are gearing up to lex their next prime minister and as polling day looms one predominantly arab party is begging people not to vote for those who have blood on their hands something some conten

who said the u.s. decision will not serve regional peace and stability it will harm iranian people turkey rejects unilateral sanctions and impositions on how to conduct relations with neighbors turkey is a major purchaser of iranian oil and is already under threat of u.s. sanctions for purchasing the russian s. four hundred missile defense system china also denounced the move saying its cooperation with iran is open transparent lawful and legitimate that should be respected it's not the first time iran has threatened. close the waterway in response to u.s. demands but this time it could backfire spectacularly and washington dan cohen r.t. . sometimes talk watchers bigger is indeed better and at a desolate dusty mojave air and space port in california the biggest of the biggest just took to the skies for the very first time it has or when wilbur wright could only dream of the u.s. football field sized straddle launch blame that took to the skies and its first test flight the double bodied airplane is no

a u.s. that is insistent on its own interests and as we have seen it, not always taking into account sufficiently the legitimate interest of its allies. that is also reflected in public opinion. the best analysis of that is coming from this city, the pew institute, to which i would refer you. then we see that the relationship between the u.s. and china is changing and taking on a new character. increasingly that puts us on the spot. that is why i said while the title might be exaggerated it is not without relevance and is quite timely. what consequences do eu member states face from all of this? i cannot claim to speak on behalf of of every eu member state. see in these i meetings of the leaders of the european union in the european council i would claim that there is a clear trend here. the first element is the recognition that there are no big states left in europe. that has been more difficult realization for some than others. that has sunk in today. when we look at the global world , thi

the u.s. attorney general has told congress he will release every dotted version of the miller report within a week william barr is being pressured to publish a four report into russian interference in the election of president donald trump in two thousand and sixteen bar says some information will be blacked out because it's deemed to be too sensitive if those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next year it's inside story with martin denis stay with us. the u.s. and iran label each other's military forces as terrorists and raise the stakes in decades of hostility some of the objectives unlawful be the impact of the president who declarations this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. now the islamic revolutionary guard in iran is both revered and feared. directly to the supreme leader and as well as enforcing power they control business is now it's been designated as a terrorist organization by the united states is the first time the u.s. has ever labeled a foreign governm

u.s. stockpiles dropped, and bloomberg intelligence says libya could risk and outage up to one million barrels a day. of risk assets, we have to talk about u.s. equities, there was a halt to the rally yesterday. the s&p 500 closing lower. the nasdaq closed flat. .utures down 0.2% we do not see a sixth day of gains are european equities. in terms of emerging markets, if you look at the spectrum, you do not see much on a headline level. best performing is the indonesian repeat, -- rupee. has gains with the lira, but retreating today. risks of a renewed istanbul election. u.s. sanctions looming large. let's check in on the markets. great to see you, what are you focusing on? >> you mentioned there is caution. .t is a long weekend coming up we are looking at declines across most markets. indonesia.ception of volumes are on the lighter side. you had announcements in china about continuing support for the economy that has fallen on deaf ears. down korea is substantially, 1.3%. simply because it

well especially u.s. president donald trump has said that when it comes to trade jim europe is probably as bad as china he called trade dealings of hugh rob brutal at some point so i'm quite certain that he will not be responding too well to those threats i'm having that said if you talk to analysts here around to wall street and washington most people still believe that there will not be an escalation in the trade dealings between the u.s. and the european union what i hear is that the e.u. could retaliate in a very targeted fashion we've heard what products might be at stake here and it is doubtful that the u.s. president donald trump will really risk any threatening to the u.s. economy especially as we're getting closer and closer to the next presidential election so even if the talks might be heating up a bit there is still hope that this dispute can be settled well speaking of hope yet fresh figures so that the u.s. trade deficit has narrowed more than expected is this a reason for optimism despite a

a u.s.-china trade deal and it will sound the all-clear signal for markets and the economy, but their indications may be in for a forever trade war that can last the balance of the trumpon administra the chief economist of the imf which downgraded global and u.s. growth cited specific concernsg for ongo trade battles. >> there was improvement between the u.s. and china and the pablity in the near future and that is particularly damaging given that it's a highly ge egrated sector for the l global supply chains. >> consider these developments. the tarfs remai in place for mexico and canada even after the u.s. struck a tra deal with the two countries. the u.s. wants to reserve the right to restrict china even e trade deal. they have tariffs on aircrafts and autos could be next. art hogan, chief market strategist with the security says if they want to pivot immediately to treiffs on you yoo eautos it will dissipate rapidly. it could be that tariffs are a t negotiatingool and another explation co

a u.s. army veteran turned alleged sympathizer is arrested in california for plotting attacks against christians and jews officials believe he was seeking revenge for the new zealand mosque shooting. your tuning in from right around the world this hour and a warm welcome to moscow and to our to international my names you know. we begin with breaking news on the program venice wheelus self-proclaimed interim leader of house call for a military operation describing it as a final phase right now just look at some live pictures from caracas there have been claims of shots fired. between the police supporters of. the interim president the government say it is quote putting down a small attempt by army traitors who are working with right wing oppose so you can see just some of the action there. the army trying to clear the road of opposition protesters now one my dog who declared himself leader in january after the speech of the elections was flying to earlier in the morning by soldiers on a highw

the u.s. after u.s. stocks ended longest rally in 18 months. forecastut the growth to the lowest since the global financial crisis. also had trade tensions with a proposed terra by the u.s. on europe as well. i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. ramy: i am remy inocencio the new york. u.s. stocks did and the longest winning streak in 18 months. that is amid the new concerns about trade tensions and global growth. terryhe into that with joining us from los angeles. good to have you on the show. we broke this winning streak. we could not make it nine for nine. nine the looking at trading, it was down by a loud 11% or so against the 20 day moving average. it seems like folks are still on the sidelines. how do you take apart the reaction? >> i think today, it is one day out of nine. i don't think it is that abnormal, but that said, i think this rally still has some amount of termination that is going on. very strong start to the year with that comes against the very awful downdraft. if you look over

the u.s. ambassador to saudi arabia. watch the senate on c-span2 and you can see both on c-span.org or listen to congressional debate on c-span's free radio app. >> in his first appearance since the completion of the euler investigation, william barr will appear before congress. watch his testimony before the house appropriations subcommittee live on tuesday on c-span3. before the senate appropriations subcommittee live on wednesday at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3. next, secretary of state mike pompeo announces the designation of our rounds -- iran's -- ittionary guard corps would take affect on april 15. he is joined by two other senior state department officials. secretary pompeo: good morning. i'm here to make an important foreign policy announcement concerning the islamic republic of iran. today, the united states is continuing to build its maximum pressure campaign against the iranian regime. i'm announcing our intent to designate the islamic revolutionary guard corps, including its quds force,

the u.s. north korea made it clear there are no enemies. the idea of the level of cooperation may seem fantastical but it is not new and has already attracted the attention of experts, particularly one who served on the korean peninsula energy organization. this idea of building united -dprk relationship. they also recommend the united states shipped from the current lines. rather, united states should be friends and working to empower both north and south korea to battle against china. coulds way, united states more positively shape the future of northeast asian regions. to make it possible, the united states should not just make peace with north korea, but also build a constructive relationship with pyongyang. the refusal of united states normalized relations with dprk could lay the groundwork for the china-dprk-rok triangle. prospect is participation of the united states in economic projects on the korean peninsula. it is no secret there are businessmen in the united states, rok, european c

the u.s. is doing well despite the fed's destructive actions. he says the campaign to drive him out started almost a year ago. shery: let's get you started with a quick check on markets close. the s&p 500 gained ground. the longest winning streak since february of last year. investors are more optimistic about a potential china-u.s. trade deal. we saw u.s. jobless claims falling to a 49 year low. tesla'disappointing delivery numbers did weigh on the nasdaq. let's see how we are setting up in asia. how is the australian market looking, haidi? haidi: the australian markets are mildly pessimistic. .e are seeing declines elsewhere, we are looking a little more optimistic when japan and korea, online. it is a holiday session. the extension of that, .8% frothy shares into the friday morning session. a.j. dillon china potentially to come in the next four weeks to six weeks. the devil is always in the details for these investors given we have pushed when it comes to u.s. stocks. new zealand adding to

the u.s. government has been spying on war way as part of a massive lawsuit against the chinese tech giant revelation came to light at a us federal court hearing one way faces charges including violating u.s. sanctions on iran lawyers have around five months together more data before decisions taken on how to proceed. i mean all former u.s. military and intelligence chiefs have written a letter voicing concerns over chinese built five g. networks they say beijing can use their networks to gather data putting american military operations at risk officials warn china could also use the technologies to crack down on human rights. chinese designed five g. networks would provide new persistent data transfer back to china that the chinese government could capture at will this is not our opinion and even that of our intelligence community but the directive of china's two thousand and seventeen intelligence law the u.s. has already banned weiwei products and is calling on allies not to use the company

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