London with the top stories from europe including the french president says Member States to seriously consider the future of nato as he hosts a sector general in stoltenberg in paris and the devastating crash which killed 95. 00 football fans 30 years ago the former British Police chief in charge of the match is found not guilty of manslaughter. In sport Brazilian Teams the bank are now targeting success of the Club World Cup in qatar the rio sorry that lifting the League Trophy just days after becoming south american champions. Iraqi Security Forces have opened fire on crowds in a Southern City as antigovernment protests there worse and at least 29. 00 people are reported dead after the protests in nasiriyah and another 3 deaths in the jar for the army earlier dispatched around to see the provinces for the instructions to restore order. Id say the iranian consulate in the shop was set on fire from back to. Reports. In at uk a dramatic escalation hundreds of antigovernment protesters
During the morning the city center was almost completely deserted thats not to say necessarily that lots and lots of hong kong wasnt chosen like part of the strike but what the process to say early on monday was they stopped people from getting to work for example they used the their bodies to block the doors of subway trains so the subway system was completely shut down for about 6 hours on long time likewise they saw lots of the main roads coming in to the center of hong kong which meant that around here in the Central Business district it was almost like a ghost town people have started to come back in now the protests of changed tactics theyve moved on the subway system is operating and you can probably see some people in the background behind me right now though as well the big protests going on in 7 different locations around the school most of them so far weve just come from one the reason we black that is that with so many people that thousands on thousands completely covering
Us have observe and supported this relationship from deepening our count eerterrorismcounterte. The challenge has been to reconcile close, effective cooperation on National Security issues while remaining faithful to two very different value systems. The nature of our military cooperation, human rights violations, addressing regional bad actors and more demand attention and likely change. These issues are ripe for informed, dispassionate review. We are fortunate to have an experienced group of panelists today to delve into the factors at play affecting the u. S. Approach to saudi arabia, our relationship and its future. However, before i turn to todays program, i would like to say a few words about the middle east policy council. The council was established in 1981 for the purpose of promoting dialogue and education concerning the United States and the countries of the middle east. We have three flagship programs. Our quarterly capitol hill conference such as todays event. Our quarterl
To this conference. The topic today is the saudi arabia United States relationship. Many of us have supported this relationship from deepening counterterrorism cooperation to championing womens rights. The challenge for each side is to reconcile cooperation, National Security issues, while valueing very different systems. Under the current leadership of both countries, these tensions have been brought into sharp focus. The nature of our military operation, human rights violations, addressing regional bad actors and more demand attention and likely change. These issues are ripe for review, and we are fortunate to have an experienced group of panelists today to delve into factors at play affecting the u. S. Approach to saudi arabia, i relationship, and its future. Todays turn to program, i would like to say a few words about the middle east policy council. It was established in 1981 to promote dialogue and education between the United States and countries of the middle east. We have thre
Jamal khashoggi, the civil war in yemen and Irans Nuclear program. All right. Good morning, everyone. I am gina, the vice chairwoman of the board of the middle east policy council. Im pleased to welcome you to this, our 97th quarterly capitol hill conference. Our topic today is the United States Saudi Arabian relationship. Over the last 40 years, many of us have observed and supported this relationship from deepening our counterterrorism operation to championing womens rights. The challenge on each side has been to reconcile close, effective cooperation on National Security issues while remaining faithful to two very different value systems. Under the current leadership of both countries, these tensions have been brought into sharp focus. The nature of our military cooperation, human rights violations, addressing regional bad actors and more demand attention and likely change. These issues are ripe for informed dispassionate review and we are fortunate to have an experienced group of p