And americans but find his policies in action the polar opposite of. This just reinforces what a mistake it was for its a reason to rush and extend an invitation of a state visit in the first place and a special relationships go this one looking special for all the wrong reasons right now we know diplomacy hasnt been donald trump strong suit but perhaps a year into the job he is managing to support us even himself because he has reportedly insulted highty and host of other nations as well on top of this round with the u. K. According to media reports he referred to high tea and a number of other countries as quote undesirable second rate countries and not in those words the white house hasnt even denied that he said it instead theyve issued quite a plex things statement saying that certain washington politicians choose to fight from Foreign Countries but president. Fights for the American People so. With haiti now room is that the island nation could be recalling its ambassador to wash
Thank you, ambassador, for being here and thank you as well for being on the panel. I have yet to good to kuwait, the last time i had been there with 1990 during the gulf war. I got to take a second picture next to the two spirit towers, this time whats that . There you go, liberation towers. It was good to be back, but more importantly to see this Coalition Come together not only in the private sector and having 64 nation theres, but also, like you said, ambassador, seeing the iraqis out front, talking about the country, talking about not only Economic Opportunities in iraq, but also about humanitarian situation. One of the things the first day of the conference was great. The press was able to ask questions of not only Prime Minister abadi but also the kuwaitty Prime Minister and the deputy minister and the foreign mince sterp. The iraq i can press asked some of the toughest question. They warned dont go on a stage with mike pregent, hes going to ask tough questions. The iraq i can p
Leave their Confederate Flags at whom. Home. And criticism for china for hacking American Computers we take a deeper look at americans and cubans with the ties cut in greece it comes down to what happens an hour from now, when voting begins on the bailout plan. The country appears to be evenly divided. Theyll be voting for austerity or not. The finance minister is accusing creditors of terrorism to scare greeks into voting yes. Both sides have been holding huge rallies, and as jonah hull reports, a lot of greeks fear things will get worse. I met olga outside the hotel where she worked until it shut down a week ago, and she was fired. I worked three years here, its a family not a job. Olga like many of her generation is struggling to make sense of her countrys sudden referendum. I feel sad. I feel the society is split in two. Some say yes, some say no. Thats not right. They know for sure that the fallout will make the situation worse than before. By saying no theres a fear of uncertaint
Raised money if the sale of International Bonds. South africas controversial president survived an attempt to drive him out of office but remains under pressure. The majority of the African National Congress Wants jay cop zuma out. First, the growing tensions in the gulf with saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Media continue to ttack qatar. It came out of the blue a little bit. In 2014, the three countries, bahrain, saudi arabia, and u. A. E. Withdrew their ambassador from qatar over smor this conflict of support of the Muslim Brotherhood in egypt. Suddenly sort st of exploded on the scene again after the trump visit, after this show of unity, the american support for the saudi line suddenly on iran. Ey want a united front, they wanted american support. Theyve been unhappy with obama on that front. Now they have trumps support on it. And they see qatar sort of not toing the line, not being in line with their thinking. On iran. And this was all over some statements that appeared on the qatar
This is the markets we are looking at in terms of global equities. This is a second straight day of rallying, s p 500, futures advancing, crude oils advancing to levels we saw back in october. Jumping,s dollar also and the nations bond following after the nationsbank released minutes of the latest meeting. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word with nejra cehic. Nejra thanks. Broadbased a weakening of inflation pressures was behind this months surprise Interest Rate cut. The australian Central Banks first reduction in a year came after cpi fell on the First Quarter for the First Time Since 2008, even as the Growth Outlook remains steady. Still, the aussie dollar jumped, as they said the deal wasnt viewed as a slamdunk, reducing the likelihood of a followup move in june. George soros has cut his funds in u. S. Stocks by more than 1 3 in the First Quarter and bought a 264 million stake in the worlds biggest bully and producer. Hes warned of risk stemming from chinas debt fueled ec