This week a sacking in washington, a timely Election Leak in the uk, and Donald Trumps visits to the middle east and the vatican. Debating all of that are stephanie baker, from the International News Agency Bloomberg news, janet daley, Political Columnist with britains sunday telegraph newspaper, Jonathan Sacredoti from i 24 news, an israeli International News channel and Mustapha Karkouti from the dubai based newspaper, gulf news. Donald trump sacked plenty of would be Business Moguls on the Reality Tv Series the apprentice, barking youre fired to theirface. James comey received his dismissal as director of the fbi in a note. Getting rid of Tv Contestants doesnt have many consequences; sacking the head of the countrys key Crime Fighting agency when hes investigating those around you, well thats proving harder to forget. What was he thinking . He did not handle this well. He is not good at firing people. The messaging was incredibly messy. He tried it out and then various trump surroga
Mustapha karkouti of gulf news and jef mcallister, an American Writer and broadcaster. A British Ambassador To Washington once told me as we awaited the first meeting between the then british Prime Minister and a new american president that they were fated to get on wonderfully well. He meant that whatever the personal chemistry or lack of it the totality of the relationship between the uk and us was so important that it had to work out. But how well does that work with theresa may and donald trump . It seems to me the most interesting thing about it is that it took place within the first few days . Yes, i think its good that we were the first foreign head to be in to see the american president. I think the quote from your former ambassadorfriend i think the quote from your former ambassador friend is right. These are two countries that need to work hard to get on and i dont think there is any secret that we struggle somewhat under president obama, who is not as well disposed to the br
Mustapha karkouti of gulf news and jef mcallister, an American Writer and broadcaster. A British Ambassador To Washington once told me as we awaited the first meeting between the then british Prime Minister and a new american president that they were fated to get on wonderfully well. He meant that whatever the personal chemistry or lack of it the totality of the relationship between the uk and us was so important that it had to work out. But how well does that work with theresa may and donald trump . It seems to me the most interesting thing about it is that it took place within the first few days . Yes, i think its good that we were the first foreign head to be in to see the american president. I think the quote from your former ambassadorfriend i think the quote from your former ambassador friend is right. These are two countries that need to work hard to get on and i dont think there is any secret that we struggle somewhat under president obama, who is not as well disposed to the br
He meant that whatever the personal chemistry or lack of it the totality of the relationship between the uk and us was so important that it had to work out. But how well does that work with theresa may and donald trump . It seems to me the most interesting thing about it is that it took place within the first few days . Yes, i think its good that we were the first foreign head to be in to see the american president. I think the quote from your former ambassador friend is right. These are two countries that need to work hard to get on and i dont think there is any secret that we struggle somewhat under president obama, who is not as well disposed to the british interest as the now president seems to be. I suppose my point is this whether you agreed with brexit or not, that is now the directional travel that our country is on. President obama and his preferred successor Hillary Clinton set themselves square against that. So even if you voted against brexit and are an ardent remainer, you
Four at aberdeen, ten for london. Some showers across scotland, some of the wintry but not exclusively high ground. Soggy across southern england, in between some sunshine and then through the week, things are going to the cooler, but for now, it is time for dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Could theresa may be the Prime Minister who takes the United Kingdom out of the European Union and unwittingly helps to break up the United Kingdom itself . And six years of Civil War In Syria is there an end to this . My guests today are Mustapha Karkouti who is a syrian writer, in our glasgow studio Kevin Mckenna of the guardian and the herald, Annalisa Piras who is an italianjournalist and filmmaker, and iain martin of the times. In a democracy, people have the right to choose whether to leave a union where the government seems remote and does not reflect their interests. That was at the core of the argument against the European Union and for brexit now it is the same argume