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on his first foreign trip as us president, donald trump has called on muslim countries to take responsibility for tackling extremism. during a speech in riyadh, attended by dozens of arab leaders, he insisted the fight against extremism wasn t a war between different faiths, but a battle between good and evil. the president also used strong language against iran, saudi arabia s biggest rival. our north america editor, jon sopel, was there. the president has been on a deep immersion into middle east politics today, and a charm offensive, meeting a host of arab and gulf leaders from across the region. and one central geopolitical subject, the fight against islamist extremism, and how to make good on his pledge to destroy so called islamic state. but after the trenchant and, some would say islamophobic, language of the trump election campaign, the president chose a much more moderate tone today. we are not here to lecture. we are not here to tell other people how to live, ....
hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. when president muhamadu buhari won the nigerian presidency two years ago, it seemed like africa s most populous nation had turned a corner. a first ever peaceful democratic transition bought a promise of cleaner, better governance and major economic reform. how s 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 buhari in power, is that nigeria remains dangerously overreliant upon oil. well, yes. clearly, clearly over reliant. i don t know if it s dangerously. look at the positive sides of oil, in terms of what it has done to the country over the years. but when the price slumps, it s dangerous. oh yes. we would love to see, obviously, a lot more diversification, a lot of e ....
on his first foreign trip as us president, donald trump has called on muslim countries to take responsibility for tackling extremism. during a speech in riyadh, attended by dozens of arab leaders, he insisted the fight against extremism wasn t a war between different faiths but a battle between good and evil. the president also used strong language against iran, saudi arabia s biggest rival. our north america editor, jon sopel, was there. the president has been on a deep immersion into middle east politics today, and a charm offensive, meeting a host of arab and gulf leaders from across the region. and one central geopolitical subject, the fight against islamist extremism, and how to make good on his pledge to destroy so called islamic state. but after the trenchant and, some would say islamophobic, language of the trump election campaign, the president chose a much more moderate tone today. we are not here to lecture. we are not here to tell other people how to live, ....
when president muhamadu buhari won the nigerian presidency two years ago it seemed like africa s most populous nation had turned a corner. a first ever peaceful democratic transition bought a promise of cleaner, better governance and major economic reform. how s 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 don t know if it s 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, it s dangerous. oh yes. we would love to see, obviously, a lot more diversification, a lot of effort is going into that, emphasis on agriculture, tour ....
president trump for signing a multibillion dollar arms deal with saudi arabia its main rival in the gulf. we ll have more on that shortly but mr trump is now heading onto israel and the palestinian territories, where he hopes to revive the middle east peace process. our correspondent, yolande knell, reports on the expectations of mr trump s visit. a room with a view. from his luxury hotel suite, the us president will look out on a holy city at the heart of a decades old conflict. here he will head to one of the world s most important churches and take his family to this sacred jewish site, the western wall. but donald trump isn tjust stopping over in jerusalem for a sightseeing tour. the businessman turned politician is coming in pursuit of what he calls the ultimate deal to bring about peace between israel and the palestinians. israel s prime minister and his wife were early visitors to the trump white house. this month, the palestinian president came over. i ve al ....