a lot of big names and a lot of big media organizations have pulled out so does this not this is not good and the whole basis of the vision twenty thirty the very forward looking economic policy to bring saudi arabia read it off oil bring it into the twenty first century really depends on working with foreign partners and getting investment in there i don't think that will pull out completely but right now it's to talk sic the u.s. treasury secretary steve is under pressure from u.s. senators not to go but the trumpet ministration wants to maintain billions of dollars worth of weapons orders and the u.s. jobs that go with them when the saudi crown prince visited the white house trying presented the kingdom shopping list as one of his crowning achievements into chapelle al jazeera. we're joined now by a senior political analyst who's life arise and one let's start with this very strong strong statement from the sol the press agency you know which calls the

accusations against the baseless what do you make of that especially in light of the seriousness of the accusations and the fact that the saudis have not proven otherwise look the saudis were caught off guard didn't expect that there would be the such snowballing reactions around the world. for a crime against one person after all we've been living in a war in yemen where war crimes were carried and yet it's all been done with impunity and domestic repression and assessing nations and killings within the kingdom itself and yet again it fast with total impunity and then manufacturing diplomatic crisis with its neighbors and it passed with total impunity so the saudis were caught off guard when they're getting the one of their own order to set the disappearance of one their own would create such as such

a storm around the world. to get a crown prince thought this on the second day by sympathetic news that the saudis don't know much about it that he's not in saudi arabia and that he'd if them but said that would be the end of that story when it wasn't for over ten days now we're living out on the world so out the international media and in the corridors of power quite unexpected a severe reaction to the saudi action against one of their own citizens so the so they are in track should in fact best kool-aid to from put the bullying over its citizens to righteous victimhood that they are you know the victim of international conspiracy of sort because they were not reform believe it or not and now they're back to bullying and wants to intimidate people out on the world including that all eyes in washington london and even under

a model law among other places do not to react think negatively to the south to saudi arabia because now they had wanted more than ever so instead of coming out with the truth and saying what really happened they are really best creating between victimhood and bullying and you see that with the latest statement a tweet from the saudi embassy in the us after this you know very defiant statement from the press agency you have the. and on twitter thanking allies like the u.s. for taking you know for being measured on till the investigation is complete and never the less sense the saudi press agency statement we've had this joint statement from the u.k. from and germany why has it taken them so long do you think twelve days especially given if you compare it to the very quick reaction to the poisoning of say russian so they score polity of this year you know historically speaking when it comes to

western reactions to crimes committed by various dictators a developing world. i would say europe has been even more cynical than the united states and its reactions its always put economic and geopolitical interests first humanitarian second. and so in a way i think they were still weighing their options that we're still hoping that that worst of it will pass and that there could continue business as usual because as we all know so the arabia does have a long arm as it were with investments and it does have. the biggest oil reserves in the world and i think in a way western economies and especially european economies you know a need of that's a kind of us mint here in the u.k. a certainly a case in point and that's why the trade minister. fox is still going apparently to the so-called that was in the desert in riyadh so it's really unfortunate that the

double standard between geopolitical economic interests on the one hand and the humanitarian and the democratic on the other continue to be a paradox in western capitals when really at this point in time after three years of war in yemen after the various atrocities being committed you would expect that people in paris london berlin and washington would would for a change take a principled position when it comes to saudi arabia but people in paris people in london at least if not been then are still selling weapons billions of dollars worth of weapons to the saudis but you're being used in that war in yemen we still have the statement how much pressure do you think it will be pushing on the saudis . you know i think in the next couple of days would be key what sort of conversation would president throne pav with the saudi king how much are the saudis

giving into the turks for and for what i think we are now in the midst of bargaining believe it or not is life and death is now already being bargained over among various capitals including those middle east and international capitals because not everyone wants to get a piece of it as it were i think the saudis despite this. you know macabre as it were on and reacting to anyone who wants to sanction the kingdom i think are probably in secret negotiations with the turks and others over what comes next because that's all remember when that team came from riyadh to turkey in order to join the turks in investigating what happened in the consulate they didn't go to istanbul they went to uncle because there are still negotiating the political implications of all of this not really trying to look into what happened. why because they know what happened to. thank you as always feel and sights that is

there a senior political analyst joining us live from london. we're plenty more ahead on the news hour including a back to school in iraq children and more turn to the classroom to rebuild their lives. for the war in el salvador. and the. help that. the top negotiator says the irish border issue is still holding up a deal on breaks that despite intense efforts. twenty seven european union member states was summoned to in brussels to discuss the u.k.'s departure from the blog.

but negotiations have been stalled. all the developments from london so what more has michel barnier had to say about. well despite a flurry of diplomatic activity over the course of sunday it looks as if hopes are wrecks that deal are some way off yet there have been some reports earlier on the day that the e.u. twenty seven ambassadors had been summoned primarily to take a look at a draft deal but it wasn't to be michel barnier the used chief negotiator tweeted that more work has still to be done we know exactly what kind of work exactly there are still major sticking points when it comes to negotiations especially over the border between northern ireland a part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland and e.u. member both the e.u. and the u.k. insists they don't want to see the return of a hard border but in the absence of

a clear cut plan from the united kingdom the e.u. are insisting on a backstop plan that the u.k. won't agree to in either that would potentially mean the northern ireland remains a part of the european customs union huge objections from the democratic unionist party trees amaze partners in government and from to reason her government to over fears that it would lead to a separation of northern ireland from the rest of the u.k. and end up with a border down the middle of the irish sea so at this stage it looks as if the can is being kicked further down the road back to the drawing table so what are these you know we're ambassadors from the e.u. member states summoned to brussels just to be told that there is more work to be done me i mean there was hope. yeah that's a good question and it looks as if they may have known that something might be happening that sounds pretty vague doesn't it but it looks as if they may have been

told that they would be some kind of date regardless of whether or not a deal may annoy my own my own daughter of being been signed. whatever the case is if a deal does happen they will be the first to know they will then have to take that potential outline deal back to their own respective governments also the british would have to the british negotiator of course dominic robbie's been over in brussels on sunday we need to bring that back here to the u.k. to be signed and sealed by to resume a cabinet but it looks as if this is pretty much protocol for now the british government has been under intense pressure recently ever since. to resume a so-called checkers plan that was rejected in the salzburg summit by e.u. leaders to hold more face to face talks with the e.u. and that seems to be what's happening here and intensification of negotiations but

so far no great progress made thank you very much for that for now that is live in london thank you let's go to germany now where chancellor angela merkel's allies in the state of the varia have suffered their worst regional election results line nine hundred fifty and there's concern of the outcome could weaken miracles federal coalition the question social union or c.s.u. one thirty five percent of the vote losing its absolute majority for only the second time since one thousand nine hundred sixty two let's go to our correspondent dominic kane he's at the bavarian parliament in munich and they were forecasts to not do as well as they have in the past so who did do well dominic. well first of all it's a bruising and. and so are the voters the c.s.u. is just to do it this sunday liz with make no bones about that ten eleven percent down on their performance and twenty thirteen their majority gone dozens of members

of parliament losing their seats that's the reality for the sea assume for the green party the centrist green party it's a night an hour of success five years ago they got eight percent of the vote this time around maybe knowing teen percent of the folks are saying this is a triumph of tolerance they say that this is a repudiation of tough talk about migration about border control and that sort of thing and indorsements them mainstream policies and they've done well in this election as i say one of the parties that didn't do quite so well with other social democrats what's important to point out is that they are one third of the federal coalition that governs germany nationally ever has more of them. on the last time this parliament was elected so you have a very clear sense that that the varian vote is punished to the three main parties in the federal coalition and specifically kristie in social union it's felt

almost in titles to govern this state basically since one nine hundred sixty two or now is scrambling around trying to find a deal with the small parties that won seats in this election to try to cobble together a small majority that's why this result has reduced the c.s.u. to. and on a what could that main for child's let macro and the federal government could at significantly weakened what is a fragile coalition. with a point to make here is that if you consider that lots of people were members of this moment lost their seats they're going to be able to on the internet they're going to be wanting to know who want to can lay blame for their poor performance in this election and then consider that as i say two of those parties. room good thing going to. see the support treaty right there several states elections in the past

few days you see that among the spurs two democrats struggling in the city center so when she when the dust sinks and listen to. the politicians on the federal level . look at these results it's very close it's a very it's people it's a mistake of my going to make this perspective think this is not the states and it should take place to sunday's trip in the state it's in the west to recover the body the christian democrats should be the green christian the that they just make in this race it's. still dominick thank you very much for that is dominic cain with all the latest live in munich. to nicaragua now where police have broken up anti-government demonstrations in the capital managua the protest as a part of an alliance of forty opposition groups calling for an end to president

daniel of their guys who they have been protests from for a full three hundred fifty people have been killed and thousands and. the roman catholic archbishop who was shot and el salvador thirty eight years ago has been made a saint put francaise wasco tomatoes blood stained belts during his catalyze ation salmon and st peter's square the pope also catalyze one of his predecessors paul the sixth who was pontiff in the one nine hundred sixty s. and seventy's with john holman looks back now at the life of the praised who stood up for the poor while challenging atrocities by the right when military dictatorship. romero had just finished his sermon when a gun shot rang out an assassin's bullet struck the sixty two year old but the mud a failed to extinguish his message of peace and social justice. now thirty eight years later the catholic church is declaring him a saint extensively it's for a medical miracle curing cecilia florrie's of

a life threatening illness but for her or many other salvadorans he's much more he's a person who fought for all salvador and continues fighting and continues to interest seed for the country a brave man who defended life defended the family defended the most needy that's what he means to me many in the working class loved a role model for speaking out for equality and defending them against for pressure from the military led government conservative sectors on the other hand saw him as a light with leftist groups as the country lurch toward civil war he remains a divisive figure even now he knew that would put him in danger. i will not abandon my people but along with them i will run all the risks that my ministry demands in the end of right wing desk world order to his murder a day off the heat to see the army to stop killing civilians tens of thousands turned up to the funeral. even that was disrupted by explosions and gunfire.

and salvatore's civil war ended thirty six years ago but the country still suffers from the causes that romero spoke against widespread inequality and boylan's now at the hands of warring gangs. the hope is that decades on his message will still resonate even among those too young to remember his life. john home which is either still ahead on the news out of the us in the term elections just a few weeks away we look at some of the country's economic issues plus. a mentor thomas the parks in eastern australia where drought is keeping fields like this one through to the cows having to be trucked in from a thousand kilometers away a huge expense australia's government is helping pay for the cost but should it be . a no a chunk of a child's arm to that one feeling in shanghai that's on the way in sports football .

hello there the weather across many parts of the middle east is now definitely heading towards winter the temperatures for many of us are dropping we're also seeing more and settled weather as well as some cloud making its way eastwards we see a few showers over parts of iraq and iran and this cloud up towards the northeast is all say bringing some significant rain really drag the temperatures down as well so there was a maximum just five degrees on choose day and at times there is likely to be some heavy snow around as well be further towards the south and here in doha the temperature is easing as well it's still fairly humid though it does feel very hot if you're out in the sunshine still to the south of us this is a new band the remains of it and it's working its way northward so it's over the eastern parts of yemen them we're also seeing some showers over the far western parts of a man and that's throwing plenty of cloud ahead of it so don't be surprised if in the eastern parts of saudi maybe up towards the u.a.e.

and towards muscat there will be more in the way of cloud and just the outside chance of showers well down towards the southern parts of africa and here there is plenty of cloud too you can see it on the satellite picture gradually drifting its way towards the east the main focus of this is working away towards the east now there so it will be gradually drawing up a long night eastern coast if i fast forward to cheese day you can see the rains over towards the east in for tap and it's fine. i have dedicated almost my entire professional life.