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Establishments and the iranians through the militias that they sent as well as obviously funding through the Syrian Regime be it through oil supplies or other things obviously the syrian conflict has had its burden on it not to mention the fact that iran is also involved in several other conflicts in the region not least as weve just heard there yemen so thats whats the main triggering each one of these sides to try and find a solution what so theyre discussing today well specifically theyre looking at it live the last remaining stronghold of the armed opposition groups inside syria but also how to essentially had to put it quite bluntly divvy up the country the turks are looking to ensure that they control east of the euphrates see the russians will want so its an guarantee is with regard so thats their rain ians as well that their influence on the country isnt lost if thats taken into account whats important also to mention here rob isnt just. Who is participating in this tyrant trilateral but also who isnt so the us that has military presence in syria isnt part of this they have obviously their own interests that they will be pushing for and through other means the United Nations which has been the sponsor of an attempt to try and find a political solution in this whole constitutional body that they were trying to set up and some sort of agreements between different parties that have failed consecutively despite the difference syria and voice that they have appointed over the years despite the geneva process and so forth they arent here albeit the fact that the United Nations say that the supports the istana process and that they work in the pendant really of it so this is the 6th time they mutes are trying not to summits it is expected to yield some sort of results how great they are well find out when a press conference is held in a few hours time thanks. But as Prime Minister Boris Johnsons in luxembourg for a meeting with the head of the European Commission johnson and joan club jim crow will talk over lunch johnson says whove been negotiating a brags that agreement with the e. U. Has downplayed that saying johnson is yet to suggest any legally culpable proposals to touch about what has more from luxembourg. Well this working lunch in luxembourg is the 1st face to face meeting between the british Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Commission chief also there is the use chief negotiator on briggs it Michel Barnier and Boris Johnson has said that he has come to luxemburg to media because he wants to talk about what he has what he describes as the rough shape of a future briggs it deal he says hes going cautiously optimistic about making progress and also that he wants to make it clear that he wont be asking for any further extension to the briggss deadline now Boris Johnsons made it very clear that he wants to pull the u. K. Out of the European Union by october 31st with or without a deal of course that would then ignore the fact that parliament has recently passed a law blocking a no deal and requesting a further extension now as for younger he of course will be wondering what exactly this rough shape of a deal is that Boris Johnson wants to present what are the details and most importantly does he have any real and viable alternatives to the irish backstop which is the real Sticking Point for Boris Johnson the e. U. Says the backstop must remain as part of the Withdrawal Agreement because ensures no return to a hard border between island which is in the European Union and between Northern Ireland which is part of the u. K. But johnson says that he feels that would still tie the u. K. To some of the e. U. s customs rules and what he and his supporters want is a clean break but it would be very difficult to see if we could have any change of position from the e. U. Officials are certainly in no position to make any decisions alone because all decisions in the e. U. Are done unanimously by all Member States and eve officials and leaders have been very clear up until now they say there is a Withdrawal Agreement its already on the table it is a good one they dont want to say a no deal but as far as theyre concerned they see no reason to reopen this Withdrawal Agreement and over the weekend said for him. No deal scenario would simply be a big mess still ahead analogy 0 why is now easier to own a handgun in the u. S. State of texas despite 2 recent Mass Shootings. 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They want is either a reminder of our top stories such as these drone attacks in Saudi Oil Facilities to target a record jump in the price of oil prices have since dropped us President Donald Trump has authorized the release of americas Strategic Oil reserves to fill the market gap if needed. The leaders of Turkey Russia and iran the meeting in ankara hoping to find a political solution to the war in syria the summit focuses on the last rebel held area proGovernment Forces backed by russia have been fighting to retake control. But as Prime Minister Boris Johnsons in luxembourg for a meeting with the head of the European Commission johnson says hes there to negotiate a brags that agreement with the e. U. Is downplayed that saying he has yet to suggest any legally all purple proposals. In france doctors lawyers nurses pilots and although flight crew are joining protests against proposed Pension Reforms transport workers walked off the job one friday bring part is trains buses and trams largely it to a standstill so in their gear goes joining us live from paris this certainly seem so we expanded over the last few days whats happening behind you well what you see rob it is promise strike action that was undertaken by at those professionals our and it is that gets those proposed Pension Reforms remember that 20 sick the 26 years they have been several attempts at do it complete overhaul of rocked says tention system now the crux of the matter here is that at their off 42 different tention at state systems in fronts what the president it might went back home whats to g. Is to create one Single Pension Fund and have bought on and individual contribution is bases what he says that is going to be good full is that it will be targeting up well thea members of society and giving more benefits to those who wont as wealthy their full a stunt simply more egalitarian thats his line of the argument however a unions us saying what is actually getting to be happening is that of because that is focusing on those individual contributions it is taking away and penalizing in effect any a propose salary rise day is a jew you to experience and knowledge im not would really be penalizing those people so that is why you do you have these professionals on board hit now while there has been some pushback against that one of the main union sis in fact in favor of this pension reform because it targets a structural issue hit in them back to the matter is is about there is high youth unemployment here from its the right time and so the relative workforce is quite small so that does need to be some kind of form in order to be able to deal with that however she will the more militant. Unions are saying that this is something theyre not going to accept however they have not been able to galvanize plan a route a Major General strike action as well meantime back home is actually enjoying a kind of boost in his Approval Ratings as well the question is whether he can actually take his current status in the approval polls and be able to convince the unions not to go ahead with any further major strike action as well because of course what he wants to avoid is a reward of whats happened in the past year with the yellow best movement which took one issue the fuel tax and the hike in fuel prices south and tried to draw a whole Grassroots Movement which cost him a great deal of headaches in the past year so your thanks very much. A law professor and political outsider is in the lead in to museums president ial election with over one 4th of the votes counted christ is on top on another im t. Establishment candidate its a jailed media magnate and we is running 2nd official results on june to tuesday the winner needs more than 50 percent of the vote many chinas ians think that is unlikely and the expect a runoff in november Stephanie Decker has more from tunis. So who are these 2 men will criseyde is a constitutional law professor he was unknown really here in tunisia until after the 2011 revolution when he started coming on Television Shows breaking down the legalities of the constitution because of course there was a new constitution drafted here in 2014 he speaks classical arabic many people here jokingly calling him a robot because he is so specific and so citing the nor when he speaks i spoke to one man who voted for him this morning also king why he said because he is a clean man hes an honest man and he loves this country and we vote. For the all the others and look where it got us now the other top runner in a family he is behind bars hes facing charges of Money Laundering and tax evasion hes someone who is far more involved in the political establishment here a Founding Member of the main 2 his party split with that recently is a media mogul hes used to Television Channels to show him and his chargeable work really focusing on the poor but his future is uncertain when it comes to the legalities of how he goes forward even yesterday the Electoral Commission saying that if a court rules him not to be allowed to go to this runoff then the 3rd candidate will go ahead so everything is still up in the air here but certainly the message from the people is this they have moved away from the traditional Political Parties here going for 2 men who have really run on the agenda of independence of new change whether theyll be able to deliver that were going to have to wait and see. The police have surrounded a group of zimbabwean doctors who are demanding the release of their union leader doctors have blocked roads marching to the capitals largest hospital the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association says its president Peter Mccombe was abducted on saturday it recently called for a pay strike after complaining about the poor state of hospitals and low salaries zimbabwean doctors and less than 40. 00 u. S. Dollars a month how do the latest from harare. Doctors in the capital harare and the 2nd city on the way to save a shutdown all hospitals and theyre not going back to work until they call it doctor pizza hunger may has been found they say that they fear that pizza has been adopted and they were told no way he was all they know is that sending a series of messages by taking the social media saying he was being followed by some strange men every day was violence pizza had been calling for change raids you see an increase in wages and improvement of better working conditions for doctors for several weeks now and the fear is because he was so outspoken thats why he may have been taken government Officials Say they know nothing of the alleged abduction the police say they are investigating the matter and urging doctors and friends often by going baby to remain calm until investigations are done but in some government officials are saying they fear they could be some kind of that force thats involved in these abductions that have been happening for several weeks now and they say they have nothing to do with their legs someone is trying to destabilize things in the country but for these doctors all they want to know is where the colleague says they fear that he may have been beaten was case that a fear that he may have been killed they say may not go back to work until they hear from him and some of them are concerned that he may be being held by authorities right now insist they have nothing to do with him aged abduction the u. S. Pharmaceutical company implicated in the Opioid Epidemic has filed for bankruptcy producer managed fund shows the addictive painkiller oxycontin buying for causing the deaths of thousands of americans many use the painkiller as a substitute for heroin and other opiates in a potential 12000000000. 00 settlement the companys lawyers reached a tentative agreement last week to stop legal action by state governments. The recent Mass Shootings in texas have reignited the long running debate about owning a gun as the us congress has pressured by some to change federal gun control laws texas has made it easier to own a firearm how does it cost or is more on why so many texans feel the need to be armed last month to Mass Shootings in texas took at least 29. 00 lives. And here at the Mission Skeet and trap club the incidents have apparently driven up business its gone up extremely yes maam the shooting range manager jeff simpson says the number of people whove come to practice shooting to qualify for a license to carry a concealed handgun in texas has more than doubled what do you think is behind that. Its people that are. Hoping to protect ourselves simpson says he is a prime example he says last week he had to use his gun to scare off several adult male migrants here near the mexico border who wanted to take his phone i carry a gun most all the time that im here so i didnt pointed out i pulled it out i did my paulding i didnt chamber it i didnt pull it out but it made them leave me alone since the reason Mass Shootings in texas its actually become easier to legally own and carry guns in this state 8 progun new laws passed prior to those shootings took effect this month they include allowing guns in School Parking lots apartments and churches Texas Governor greg abbott a conservative republican responded to the latest Mass Shootings with executive orders to increase Police Training and Public Awareness he rejected calls from democrats for more gun control this is absolutely the wrong direction for us to take its going to be measured in the lives lost not in the lives saved but it was a gun carrying Good Samaritan who ended the 2017 attack on a church in south. One springs texas an armed bystander chased away the shooter after he killed 25 people but before he could kill more. At the shooting range members say owning a gun requires discipline and practice but even here there is support for removing weapons from people who are likely to use them to cause harm and not people feel theyre safe by just having but thats not the case texas has the most registered guns of any state more than 700000 whether that makes texas safer or more dangerous is still unclear. Castro aljazeera mission texas. This is all just here these are the top stories saturdays drone attacks in the Saudi Oil Facilities triggered a record jump in the price of oil prices have since dropped u. S. President donald trump has authorized the release of americas Strategic Oil reserves to fill the market gap if needed the u. S. Energy secretary is the latest washington official to blame iran for the attack inside the out on quote iran though has rejected the allegations i want to reiterate that the United States whole heartedly can use iran to attack on the kingdom of saudi arabia. And we call on other nations to do the same this behavior is unacceptable time acceptable and they must be held responsible. Make no mistake about it. This was a deliberate attack on the Global Economy. And the Energy Market the leaders of Turkey Russia and iran are meeting in ankara hoping to find a political solution to the war in syria the summit focuses on the last rebel held area for Government Forces backed by russia have been fighting to retake control but its Prime Minister baraks johnsons in luxembourg for a meeting with the head of the European Commission johnson and jungle junker will talk over lunch johnson says hell be negotiating a brags that agreement with the e. U. Has downplayed that saying johnson is yet to suggest any legally oprah will propose awards. In france doctors lawyers nurses pilots and other flight crew are joining protests against proposed Pension Reforms france currently has 42 different state pension systems something that president is trying to streamline a law professor and political outsider is in the lead in tunisias president ial election with over one 4th the votes counted twice a day is on top while another anti establishment candidate jailed media magnate. Is running 2nd official results are due until tuesday. And those are the News Headlines the news continues and aljazeera after inside story by for an hour. How it sounded rabia respond to more drone attacks on its Oil Processing plants half of the kingdoms daily output of crude is not questioning higher prices worldwide iran dismisses u. S. Accusations of involvement is the possibility of a war between iran and the sound is increasing this is inside story. Welcome to the program. Its being described as an unprecedented attack on the Worlds Energy supply oil prices are expected to rise after saudi arabia was forced to cut production in half. The rebels in yemen say their latest drone attacks on the Worlds Largest oil exporter one a major success knocking out the Worlds Largest processing plant. Its not known how long repairs will take oil markets havent seen a shutdown on this scale since iraqs army invaded kuwait to start the 1st gulf war in 1900 iran is this missing u. S. Accusations it was behind the attacks the her warning of more to come. He said tax are our right and we warned the saudis that our targets will keep expanding we have the right to strike back in retaliation to the air strikes and the targeting of our civilians for the last 5 years. Lets have a look at some of the recent attacks on saudi arabia in saudi government said a drone attack damage a main pipeline and to oil pumping stations west of the capital riyadh in june 26th civilians were wounded in why the Led Coalition in yemen said was a healthy missile attack on airport on the south of the kingdom last month who rebels say they fired a long range missile at the port city of demand in the northeast 4 days later the forces say they launched more drone attacks on 2 airports at and those around as well as the king base near riyadh and on august the 26th who rebels say they launched a drone attack on a military target in riyadh. Lets bring in our guest in sun. City a Yemeni Affairs specialist via skype simon le bon director of the Richardson Institute for peace studies at Lancaster University in Houston Texas josh young portfolio Bison Interests an Energy Investment firm wild come to you all. The latest attack of the Oil Installations in this. Is this new phase in the conflict in yemen is this a new us collation. Yes i believe is a new place and we remember that but if you are a drone attack on the oil pumping station and as well on. Oil fields in saudi near the United Arab Emirates it was kind of a message to saudi arabia that were going to start to target you all. But because the saudi actually has continued its war and its combat and blockade on yemen they havent done anything to day that agreement and thats why yemeni army here in sanaa has decided that they should bring this war to the backbone of the saudi economy which is the oil field and thats why they have targeted one of the largest. Oil production sites in the ward and i think that if so he will continue its war or if they are not going to come. To to stop. Its blockade on yemen to have been the port to the airport here in sanaa no data Yemeni Army Spokesperson have said that they will continue this type of strikes that are more big that i talked to come. Simon were talking about suns arabia which is one of the Biggest Oil Producers in the world and now with this potential for more disruptions to happen in the near future sure the International Community be concerned or should or in markets because sant. Yeah i think it its easy to see how that might be a conclusion to be drawn that the International Community has long been focused on yemen albeit a slightly different really isnt theres been a great deal of humanitarian concerns about the ongoing situation there the ongoing Bombing Campaign and the devastating impact the potential for catastrophic human suffering beyond the scale that were seeing right now so the International Community is focusing on it but much like its focusing on events in the persian gulf and concerns about the detraction to the shipping which of course will have potential what potentially have an impact on the oil markets this type of response and this type of action i think within the yemeni conflict could also have massive repercussions for the Global Economy and so i think adds another dimension to the International Community and its focus which could hopefully put dish and all pressure on the parties involved to get this conflict to an end and to put an end to the humanitarian suffering just saudi arabia is widely known for having this ability to close in against any oil prices spikes put because of the spare crude production of about 2400000 barrels a day that can pump is that something that should be reconsidered now with this unprecedented attack at the heart of the saudi arabia. Yeah i think thats a great question i think actually if you look at what was priced into oil on friday versus what may get priced in on monday there was actually some concern that there might have been additional barrels coming online from the middle east particularly from iran and so that seems less likely right now and then like youre saying the risk of. Saudi arabia more fully supplying the market again from a oil price perspective that could be perceived as a risk that is reduced obviously there are different reports saying that production could come back on line anywhere from 2. 00 days to 2 weeks other reports are saying much longer than that and if it does in fact take multiple weeks for Oil Production to come back online from this particular facility that got attacked as well as from a field that got attacked back and have a really substantial effect both on the price of oil as well as on the saudi economy to say in this book verses so that the earth is managed to fly 10 drones into saudi arabia these were the same jews thats struck the Oil Installations but there is a prevailing sentiment there is absolutely no way the whole thing is how the capabilities to build manifests meant dros to the arabia which is one of the wealthiest nations on earth. I mean they they have the ability though. Yemen which has forced the whole the to depend on themselves to depend on be able here in yemen who have the ability to have studied outside of russia in north korea and other area who have seen that may attack start the. Port design and abandon saudi didnt say. That they didnt blame or saying that those drone came from another area but the yemeni army here is well capable of using these drones on and we have seen and that this attack that if the saudi actually will keep trying to blame someone else if they will try to stop this war on yemen everything can stop so there is no need for the blame game but they trying to look for any scapegoats because for that what they said to be defeated by a group which would so we can say that they have no support in yemen but its actually whats clear now that about hard now is for their money out of me even though they have simple drones saudi arabia have all that type of weapons from the United States and still they couldnt do anything to stop those attacks on saudi arabia and i just want to mention one more thing i would remember the saudi in the last 3 or 4 months most of the strikes they claim that they have thought of that drones factory so i know they are trying to blame someone else or that this drone came from a lachlan of a simon were talking about saudi arabia which is the worlds 3rd highest spend on military equipment investing Something Like 7070000000000. 00 in 2018 yet they cannot intercept and destroy. Some of them dont cost more than 50000. 00 with a massive impact of their economy. Yeah i mean this is i guess paradigmatic example of of asymmetric warfare and the ways in which across history weve seen incredibly powerful military organizations all midis militias whatever it may be that have struggled in the face of of creative for a sponsor of asymmetric responses that have been able to combat and that the huge military might i mean we saw that across iraq in the post invasion years when when the United States for a Counterinsurgency Campaign the u. S. Is a hugely dominant military force but struggle to cattail the militias and the it is a sense that were challenging them and its the same thing here you can you can put in place all this fancy military hardware military structure changes but in some cases you can actually legislate or indeed prevent a drone from flying in without some type of shield or Something Like that so its a paradigmatic example of asymmetric warfare and this very little that you can do to stop it unless you try and take out the root cause which is why were seeing these attacks on drone factories just in an area where there is this ongoing debate strained relations between iran and between the u. S. About the supply routes across the strait of. To that what is happening now in saudi arabia and the installations which have been recently hit is this. The beginning of a new geopolitical caltex where all supplies have to be redefined in a way or another yeah i think thats a great question i think weve been in a period where theres almost been a geo political discount for oil rather than a geo political premium and that has seemed inappropriate to me and has driven me to be long oil equities because they are particularly mispriced but i think i think its its one of these strange things where oil had done so poorly and been so oversupplied for so long that quantitative analysts quantitative funs have just been shorting any rally in oil from a price perspective and from a size perspective the paper barrels available on wall street and across c. T. S. And other quantitative trading platforms are much larger than the fundamental barrels that are produced and sold on a daily basis and that i think has kept this discount longer and made it larger than it should be and i think were in the process and we may see a revaluation starting on monday geo political discount going to geo political premium saying the americas the sod is and many others believe that what the earth is