Sir. The president of the United States of america, mr donald trump, the floor is yours, sir. Thank you. I would like to thank king solomon for his extraordinary words and the magnificent kingdom, saudi arabia, for hosting todays summit. I am honoured to be received by such gracious hosts. I have always heard about the splendour of your country. On the kindness of your citizens. But words do not do justice to the grandeur of this remarkable place. And the incredible hospitality you have shown us. From the moment we arrived. He also hosted me in the home of the founder of the kingdom who united you great people. Working alongside another beloved leader, american president franklin roosevelt, King Abdulaziz began the partnership between our two countries. King solomon, your father would be very, very proud to see that you are continuing his legacy. And just as he opened the first chapter of our partnership today we begina new chapter of our partnership today we begin a new chapter that w
Both. Hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks Cinema Releases is mark kermode. Mark, what do we have this week . Its the definition of a mixed bag. We have king arthur, guy ritchies take on the legend. We have a drama set in tehran, called inversion. And colossal, Anne Hathaway meets godzilla. Well, we start with king arthur. We saw in the brief clip there one David Beckham. We better start and just say is he an eric cantona . He isnt. This is guy ritchie taking on the legend, if you are old enough to remember 1980s novelty records, king arthur is not all right. Charlie is the young hero whose Wicked Unclejude Law has seized power, leaving him to grow up ducking and diving and he is keeping a low profile until David Beckham no less tells him to and i quote, he says, put ten fingers around the blunt end of that sword and give ita tug. He does, blimey, wouldnt you know it, it comes out. Next thing he is having to be answerable because it turns out
When president Muhamadu Buhari won the nigerian presidency two years ago it seemed like africas most populous nation had turned a corner. A first ever peaceful democratic transition bought a promise of cleaner, better governance and Major Economic reform. Hows it going . Well, my guest today is emmanuel ibe kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources. Can Oil Dependent nigeria transform itself into a modern, Trading Economy . Emmanuel ibe kachikwu, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. I guess the lesson of the last two years or so, with president Muhamadu Buhari in power, is that nigeria remains dangerously overreliant upon oil. Well, yes. Clearly over reliant. I dont know if its dangerously. Look at the positive sides of oil, in terms of what it has done to the country over the years. When the price slumps, its dangerous. Oh yes. We would love to see, obviously, a lot more diversification, a lot of effort is going into that, emphasis on agriculture, tourism areas, emphasis
When president Muhamadu Buhari won the nigerian presidency two years ago it seemed like africas most populous nation had turned a corner. A first ever peaceful democratic transition bought a promise of cleaner, better governance and Major Economic reform. Hows it going . Well, my guest today is emmanuel ibe kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources. Can Oil Dependent nigeria transform itself into a modern, Trading Economy . Emmanuel ibe kachikwu, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. I guess the lesson of the last two years or so, with president Muhamadu Buhari in power, is that nigeria remains dangerously overreliant upon oil. Well, yes. Clearly over reliant. I dont know if its dangerously. Look at the positive sides of oil, in terms of what it has done to the country over the years. When the price slumps, its dangerous. Oh yes. We would love to see, obviously, a lot more diversification, a lot of effort is going into that, emphasis on agriculture, tourism areas, emphasis
Hundreds of billions of dollars in the us and jobs, jobs, jobs. The words of President Trump as he signs a mammoth defence deal with saudi arabia but who are the real winners and losers . Plus the designs may be chic and stylish but is frantic or placed to start a Technology Company . We have a Special Report as campaigning gets under way in the parliamentary elections. Welcome to World Business report. Im Sally Bundock also in the programme the Trans Pacific partnership is back or is it . Rico willjoin us with the latest. We begin with President Trump who is on his way to israel the next stop on his foreign tour. Over the weekend in saudi arabia he signed agreements Worth Hundreds of billions of dollars between saudi and american firms. The deals are said to be worth more than 350 billion over the next ten years and build on americas decades Long Alliance with the Worlds Largest oil producer. Saudi arabia is trying to diversify its economy away from oil after Crude Oil Prices slumped