Already declared his Foreign Policy and outstanding success. Already declared his Foreign Policy an outstanding success. So called Islamic State vanquished, iran put on notice, the middle east reminded that america sticks by its friends and stands up to enemies. My guest today is andrew peek, Deputy Assistant secretary of state with responsibility for iran and iraq. Is the Trump Presidency really changing the rules of the game in the middle east . Andrew peek in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much, its great to be here. If i may, im going to begin with some words of yours, written right after Donald Trumps extraordinary election win back in november 2016. You said, americas role in the world will be fundamentally altered by this election and in the middle east, most of all. Well, now that you are inside the state department, do you stand by that . And in what way do you think this fundamental alteration has happened . Oh, i think there is a lot of Common Threads that
In the spirit of marking his own homework, President Trump has already declared his Foreign Policy an outstanding success. So called Islamic State vanquished, iran put on notice, the middle east reminded that america sticks by its friends and stands up to enemies. My guest today is andrew peek, Deputy Assistant secretary of state with responsibility for iran and iraq. Is the Trump Presidency really changing the rules of the game in the middle east . Andrew peek in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks so much, its great to be here. If i may, im going to begin with some words of yours, written right after Donald Trumps extraordinary election win back in november 2016. You said, americas role in the world will be fundamentally altered by this election and in the middle east, most of all. Well, now that you are inside the state department, do you stand by that . And in what way do you think this fundamental alteration has happened . Oh, i think there is a lot of Common Threads that
In the spirit of marking his own homework, President Trump has already declared his Foreign Policy and outstanding success. So called Islamic State vanquished, iran put on notice, the middle east reminded that america sticks by its friends and stands up to enemies. My guest today is andrew peek, Deputy Assistant secretary of state, with responsibility for iran and iraq. Is the Trump Presidency really changing the rules of the game in the middle east . Andrew peek in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much. Its great to be here. If i may, im going to begin with some words of yours, written right after Donald Trumps extraordinary election win back in november 2016. You said, americas role in the world will be fundamentally altered by this election and in the middle east, most of all. Well, now that you are inside the state department, do you stand by that and in what way do you think this fundamental alteration has happened . Oh, i think there is a lot of Common Threads th
As we lay has just come out he will be speaking shortly but for now what we know is that he becomes the youngest director general of unesco he is only forty five years old as you mentioned there she is a former a culture of advisors of also a long time then made her his culture minister and then she went on to run for this post now she started as the favorite of the beginning of the week its been a week long session of voting very intense indeed the executive board a picking its winner but at the end she came out on top beating her nearest rival the cattery former culture minister a model cory and also a candidate from egypt now there are some here that say that they are disappointed that it wasnt the turn over candidate from the arab world it was expected at the outset of this race because the agency has been dominated for so many decades by europeans and the north americans now the country candidate was the favorite from the outset along but in the end along with the egyptian fall ou
The wildfires that have killed 30 and left hundreds missing. And a fishy tale the one that didnt get away. We hear from the angler who nearly choked on a dover sole that jumped down his throat. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Us President Donald Trump in the last hour has said he wants to adjust the flaws in the iran deal thats supposed to stop the country developing Nuclear Weapons. And, in a statement at the white house, he said that if he cant get congress to agree, hes ready to terminate the deal completely. Providing relief from the intense pressure, the sanctions had created. It also gave the regime an immediate financial boost. And over 100 billion its government could use to fund terrorism. The regime also received a massive cash settlement of 1. 7 billion from the United States. A large portion of which was physically loaded on to an aeroplane and flown into iran. Just imagine the sight of those huge piles of money being hauled off by the iranians waiting a the airport f