Commercial agreements. The conditions are appalling that the u. N. Says human rights chief describes housing for migrants and refugees in u. S. Detention facilities of the mexican border. Im Barbara Starr in london with the top stories from europe including a foolish and failed President Trump launches a tirade against u. K. Prime minister to resign may as the diplomatic route one leaked memos ramps up a notch. In sports arena williams is through to wealth wimbledon semifinal williams beating alison risk in 3 sets to strike on course for a 24th grand slam talk. China is demanding the u. S. Councils a 2200000000. 00 weapons deal with taiwan hundreds of men. Aircraft missiles and the fleet of abrams tanks would be sold to taipei under the deal beijing insists its a gross violation of the one china policy thats meant to maintain control over all of what china considers its territory including taiwan it could further risk u. S. China relations as they try to negotiate their way out of a trade war which is costing both countries hundreds of billions of dollars while in haiti has more from beijing taiwans military is built on equipment from the United States its main supply of arms announcements from washington of sales are always met by an angry response from china and this was no different to me is a crude interference in chinas internal fears and a harms chinas servant and a security interest china is strong least dissensions fired and firmly opposed to this and has already made a stern representations to the u. S. Side. China regards taiwan as a breakaway province that it will one day retake that threat is why taipei feels the need to regularly upgrade its weaponry this deal may be viewed by beijing as particularly provocative if its approved by the United States congress at 2200000000. 00 it would be the largest since donald trump took over as president taiwan in the u. S. Continue to consolidate our Security Partnership together will guard the democracy and freedom of the Taiwan Strait and stability in the indopacific region the type of equipment included in the deal is likely to further anger china in a bid to modernize its defenses taiwan will buy missiles and battle tanks the timing of this deal is also likely to be viewed as provocative by beijing it comes amid a truce in a trade war between china and the United States with negotiations possibly restarting next week the u. S. And china have imposed tariffs on each others goods over the past year but the 2 president s agreed to pause hostilities when they met at the g 20 summit in japan last month you and also reiterated their close personal friendship which may be put to the test again if this latest oms deal goes through. Beijing. Well lets take a look at how the u. S. Has managed to get around the one china policy and keep trade relations with taiwan the one china policy is the devil matic acknowledgement that there is only one Chinese Government the United States maintains formal ties with china rather than the island of taiwan beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory which should be reunited with the mainland but the 1979 the us passed the war that allowed it to maintain in form of relations with taiwan including being its main arms supplier graham on web is a fellow with the institute of defense and strategic studies at the ass Rajaratnam School of International Studies he says its the timing not the arm sale itself which is controversial in the scheme of things this disable rattling beating of chest is really a lot of productive at the end of the day and i mean everyone is getting hurt but whats happening chiefly the ongoing protected trade war between the u. S. And china is hurting everyone all sites so i think in my opinion this was an unnecessary move back in december 25th even when the openness and station launched its package to taiwan the time it should be easy have decided to defer this package to a later date and sort of spending its energy to focus on the ongoing treats you know come to terms with china on how to go forward but now i think whats happening is a very rapid reeling of the prospect of seeing a trade war coming to any sort of resolution because china and the u. S. Clearly are treating all these issues as one under under one umbrella i guess nor this aggregation of the various issues is basically shipping the tenor of bilateral relations right now is at an all time low. The emir of qatar met the u. S. President in the white house shake to mean bin hamad fanny and dan trump oversaw the signing of a series of commercial and military agreements the white house meeting with trump comes during a difficult time in the gulf with tensions soaring between iran and the United States is also the ongoing blockade on carter by some of its arab neighbors. Great honor to be with the amir of qatar a highly respected man a real leader in a large part of the world in a very important part of the world and weve known each other for a long time weve been friends for a long time and were doing a lot of work now and theyre investing very heavily in our country theyre creating a lot of jobs theyre buying tremendous amounts of military equipment including planes and theyre buying commercial planes as you know very large numbers of commercial planes from boeing and we very much appreciate it were going to be signing a document today a very large train jet transaction youre going to be invited to the signing its a transaction that will be purchasing a lot of boeing jets and a lot of money spent in our country and that means a lot of jobs so we just appreciate everything we have a great operation military operation right now in qatar they built one of the great military bases i would say anywhere in the world and its just been expanded with runways and Everything Else its been really a great honor to work with my friend thank you very much for being here thank you thank you thank you. Mr president im very happy and honored to be here and thank you very much for your hospitality as you mentioned we enjoy a very great relationship between qatar and when i say to america were doing a lot together as you mentioned the president were signing a few documents today and we are kind of like a partnership has been more than 185000000000 and were planning to double the number we have a lot of investments in the u. S. Economy here we do a lot in the infrastructure and were planning to do more investments yes we host i did great and were working very close together youre invited to come and see your qatar and also to visit the base at any time sir president and i really enjoyed the personal friendship with you. Well lets go over to our diplomatic air the 3rd james bays that joins us live from the white house so james this meeting coming at a at a very tense time for the region and what does that tell us about the timing when hes receiving the emir of qatar which has good relations with both iran and the United States. Yeah i think cats are has a pretty pivotal role here clearly that air base they have is the biggest u. S. Air base in the middle east seen more troops arrive in recent weeks because of the tension with iran at the same time though cats are has good relations with tehran core deal relations with iran so as well as a military base for the u. S. It could potentially be a mediator or an emissary although there are other key players in the region oman perhaps or kuwait or iraq who also could potentially fulfill that role. If we get any signals about the evolving u. S. Position on the gulf dispute the blockade and which way that might be going. Well certainly cats are on iran maybe on the talks with the taliban there are positives that cats are bring to this to show the u. S. As well as the trade deal or so it can do for the u. S. Its i think in return might be looking for some help on that blockade remember where we were 2 years ago very very different President Trump right at the beginning of his term went to saudi arabia and then shortly after that we saw the blockade imposed by cattles neighbors and it seemed at the time there were some in the white house who almost gave it the green light who gave it a north and that perhaps is one of the reasons why qatars neighbors decided to do something so i think things have changed it was different balance of power here in the white house i think have been some big missteps that have been made by the countries that continue to blockade cats are for example the murder of Jamal Khashoggi that is seen by many human rights experts to be an act of execution carried out by the saudi state you have the ongoing war in yemen and the civilian cost of that. War those things have been a p. R. Disaster for the countries that are blockading catarrh and of course as weve mentioned iran i think the u. S. Would like to see the gulf states united at a time of tension with iran mentioned already the biggest case is in cattle the business naval base of the us is in bahrain it is one of the junior partners in the blockade of cattle there on the other side on different sides so i think this is this is difficult for the administration to live like to see some more unity among the gulf states or thanks so much our diplomatic editor james bass iraqs Prime Minister says any disruption to shipping in the gulf of hormuz could seriously hurt the countrys economy or like sports make up 95 percent of iraqs exports which are mostly shipped through the gulf baghdad has been investigating alternative routes for exports in case tensions between the u. S. And iran lead to disruptions talks between the taliban and afghan leaders have ended with a promise to reduce civilian casualties does erode the 2 day event is expected to lead to more formal binding this question is with the Afghan Government shall about us as more from the talks and our. 17 taliban members and more than 60 people from the Afghan Government opposition groups of Society Leaders coming out with a joint communique of 1st time that people from the government and taliban have been in the same room and they see that civilians that civilian casualties should be brought to 0 that both groups the Afghan Government and the taliban should protect civilian institutions were talking schools hospitals mosques mage oss even dams they say that prisoners who are ill or old should be released and also that womens rights and minority rights should be protected by both groups now this is not legally binding but it does show that afghans from these various groups are on the same page we talked to the taliban spokesperson heres what he said ive been very happy that. Runs together from all walks of life. And just in 2 days we had this joint statement i think its likely success and it is a good news for the afghans and good news that we are as a nation able. To solve this long lasting issue the delegates from the skirt told me that they got to the point where they were able to put forth a unified statement because they talked about what they had in common and a lot of that came down to suffering when my friend. Was mistakenly hit by saudi troops. You might be in was this somebody that they see any 2 sons on that was in the school and yes the. One that that take and also young boys of 778 years old got them back to the participants their vegetables. And. They were also. Quite emotional for both sides the taliban and also people from the afghan delegation as they talked about their suffering but also their hopes for afghanistan Going Forward now are they also that they want to make this actionable and legally binding yes they are promises but they wont be getting government involved theres hope that Going Forward that this was a good 1st step a positive optimistic 1st step to take it to the next level where this is legally binding and both groups the Afghan Government and the taliban are in the same room plenty more sort of heard on the news hour including. So i retreat here there is no such plan. Instead on kongs chief executive gives in to protesters and eliminates the controversial extradition bill how the u. K. Plans on preventing 100000. 00 cancer cases starting in just a few months and its more than another setback for football fans in garner this time of the africa cup of nations. The u. S. President is once again attacking the british Prime Minister and the u. K. Ambassador in washington after the publication of leaked diplomatic cables which sharply criticized the Trump White House trump says his officials will no longer deal with ambassador kim derek after he called the white house dysfunctional and dinette or the comments came in official correspondence in a tweet on tuesday the u. S. President said the wacky ambassador to the u. K. Forested upon the United States is not someone we are thrilled with a very stupid guy he should speak to his country and Prime Minister may about the failed briggss negotiation i told to resume how to do that deal she went. Away was unable to get it done disaster exclamation mark i dont know the ambassador but ive been told hes a pompous fall tell him the usa now has the best economy and military anywhere in the world lets cross over live now to rosen and jordan in washington d. C. So some strong words there is it all bluster and theatrical. Well it does appear to be a lot of bluster and a lot of politically motivated criticism but as of right now kim darrach is still the u. S. Ambassador to the United States he is still welcome here in washington to carry out his duties on behalf of the British Government and unless the president were to decide that the ambassador would be persona non grata or p. And g. He is free to carry out his duties on behalf of the British Government now its. Certainly its becoming much more of a story here in washington but it certainly hasnt risen to the level that you have a lot of public outcry over the president s comments or a bit rolls in and the u. S. President is already tweeting that hes going to be talking all dealing with this ambassador now if the president of the United States is not talking with the ambassador of the special relationship country where does that leave the special relationship right now. Well i think its important to a point out that even though countries even allies have disputes over one issue or another and in this case it seems to be a rather personal issue it is worth pointing out a couple of things one that ambassadors are expected to report to their home governments the actual conditions and there are opinions about what is happening at their postings certainly the president would expect Woody Johnson who was the u. S. Ambassador to the u. K. To provide him and the state department with similarly unvarnished views of how the British Government is operating the other point and i think this is an important point is that there does not appear to be any real danger to u. S. British relations you dont see the u. S. Threatening for example to downgrade diplomatic relations between the 2 countries you certainly dont see the members of the british diplomatic corps being ordered to pack up their belongings and their papers and their families and to leave the country within 72 hours that happened when the u. S. Wanted to show its displeasure with the ongoing civil war in syria the embassy over in washington wyoming avenue has been empty for the past several years certainly the Iranian Ambassador building on massachusetts avenue here in washington has been sitting empty for more than 40 years and its up to the state departments diplomatic corps Diplomatic Security i should say to make certain that no one gets into their building there is not that risk of that happening to the british diplomatic corps and so unless and until the president were to say that he wanted to see in canada derek removed from his post and would not allow him to officially stay in the u. S. This may just be a lot of political bluster its very interesting given the special relationship but in terms of the practicalities the British Embassy here in washington is not about to be closed down or i want to thank so much rosen and golden story in the u. S. Its been a story in the u. K. To lets cross over to you can get some u. K. Reaction to this and over the bobber sarah european brought costs and barbara. Sami thank you yes well Prime Minister terrys m a s said there are no current plans to discuss relations with the us president bush and their foreign secretary has called the comments this respectful and raw fish i say he joins us live now in the studio for this one of the reaction has there been to these comments here in the u. K. Alliance the Diplomatic Service in this country is an absolute state of shock i mean the fact that were having here in conversation is whether or not the get kicked out of the states its almost surreal and you hear former diplomats former american busses saying on in the media in this country look is it going to be the case if used to actually cant say what we think whether were in the u. S. Or russia or china for fear that some politically minded Civil Servants a politician in the u. K. Might choose to leak of unvarnished comments for political advantage and. They really fear for the. Future of the of the Diplomatic Service and its integrity and of course as well as that that the investigation is now going into who was behind the leak and the general assumption of course is that he was either a Civil Servant or a politician who was a supporter of trump who wanted