the new york times is reporting the rulers of saudi arabia may be considering blaming a top intelligence official close to crown prince mohammed bin solomon for the killing the report says that general the syrian advisor to the crown prince could be cited as being responsible for the murder due to a misunderstanding over instructions carol a series served as the spokesman for the saudi led military coalition in yemen take a look at the man who's at the center of all of this jamal khashoggi criticize saudi arabia's monarchy after muhammad bin solomon became the center of power in the kingdom last year accused the thirty three year old crown prince of introducing a new era of fear and timid ation arrests and public shaming fearing for his safety fled to the u.s. and september of last year where he wrote a regular column for the washington post but before his career so journalists he was close to the saudi royal family and service an advisor to senior saudi officials aside from the u.s. treasury secretary many other big names have pulled out of saudi arabia's major

investment conference next week to davos in the desert among them top politicians include the french and dutch finance ministers and the british trade secretary international monetary fund's christine lagarde is also out as are c.e.o.'s of j.p. morgan chase and the blackstone group that's a u.s. based financial services company and media partners have also withdrawn including c.n.n. si in the sea the financial times the new york times and the los angeles times and france has suspended political visits to saudi arabia and other e.u. leaders have also voiced concerns joe hall has the latest from brussels. if there's been concern about a slow response by european nations at a political level to the alleged murder of jamal khashoggi well that may be changing britain france and the netherlands have all announced that they're withdrawing their ministerial level delegations to the financial investment summit of davos in the desert as it's been dubbed citing that now is simply not the time

for that level of engagement this was what french president emmanuel macron had to say. leafy. the facts we know today are mr g. extremely serious and worrying we expect to throw light on this matter we have had exchanges with saudi authorities to clarify all this but in the current circumstances we have sides a postponement political visits including that of our economy minister european countries of course faced something of a quandary in their response to saudi arabia do they go in hard on riyadh demanding answers threatening action risking the possibility of wrecking lucrative trade and investment ties particularly in the sale of arms and also very valuable intelligence contacts that have been credited with water going number of attacks on european soil or do they stand behind that much from put to value of the european union the global rules based system casting all else to one side well it seems they

are making their minds up now even though the call continues to go out for a far off into in the independent investigation this was donald tusk the president of the e.u. council earlier. we need an open transparent and investigation it's all in the best interests of the of or for the other and outside the european union but nevertheless watching closely the russian president vladimir putin wary also of a rush to judgment. first of all we should wait for the results of the investigations how can we russia start this. now what relationship with saudi arabia without knowing what in fact happened. what may happen in future will nobody is quite saying waiting as i said for the investigation to call including one clue though comes from a close ally of angela merkel speaking in berlin on wednesday he said europe may

have to adjust its relations with saudi arabia amnesty international and other human rights groups are calling for the turkish government to ask the un to urgently establish an investigation into the possible murder murder that is. the reason that we need to do it is we actually even begin to think there is anything to eat the vision is actually do something really small that we give enough and we do and even though we do think that it is the only human life and then there is this and this list and us it is time is money again and there is still a way to to me is that always been empty and will do and nothing else to do right now because every time he places that he has a general way to enable another entity and the other person to kill and injure a population that is at the end everything will. still ahead on al-jazeera by afghanistan's shia minority since saturday's election is an opportunity to get

a bigger say in politics and south korea's president meets the pope and delivers a special message. from the waves of the south. to the contours of the east. welcome back to your international weather forecasts were here across central asia not looking too bad for most areas we do have a front right here in the south china sea where you see those thunderstorms and to the north things are relatively dry now where we are seeing some presupposes here along the coast of vietnam over the next few days though we do expect more rain here in vietnam as the flow starts to shift a little bit more from the southeast for hong kong though really not looking too bad at twenty seven more clouds for shanghai where the temps are few of twenty two degrees or across malaysia indonesia we are seeing some very heavy rain showers that has been the trend over the last several days it has been fairly dry to the

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watching the top stories for you. for the first time publicly acknowledge that saudi journalist jamal it's likely to be tad has warned saudi arabia of pseudo consequences if it's responsible. pompei owens asked him to give more time for investigations before deciding what to do next and top politicians from the e.u. have pulled out of a major saudi investment conference next week they include the french and dutch finance ministers and the british trade secretary france's president has decided to postpone political visits to saudi arabia until the state is known. and saudi crown prince and solomon has denied any knowledge of what happened but al jazeera has learned that one of his bodyguards led the operation which involved fifteen men.

a shooting in afghanistan's southern province of kandahar has left three government officials dead local intelligence chief the police chief and the governor were all killed americans were also injured in the attack on the governor's compound the taliban have claimed responsibility among the dead was also a top afghan security commander general abdul had previously survived numerous attempts on his life attacks have increased in the run up to saturday's parliamentary election the taliban have repeatedly threatened to disrupt the vote. has more from kabul. this is a major setback for the afghan government because one single attack the last three senior local government officials in. general for example the top police command was on top of the hit list for the taliban for quite some time he has survived many suicide bombing attacks and his father was killed in an attack by

the taliban who is known for his staunch anti taliban stand saying that there is no way that can play in a future role in afghanistan and also highlights of the challenges that the americans the afghan government and nature will face in the near future you also comes against the backdrop of the upcoming elections many people how do i hope that those if the saturday elections could pave the way for more stability and you parliament there could tackle the problems the afghan government faces particularly inefficient governance corruption and the need to find job opportunities for millions of people i think after this people would have questions about whether it's safe or not to go and cast their votes on saturday afghanistan shia minority has significant sway and politics holding twenty percent of seats in parliament and this may change in saturday's election

a series of i saw attacks targeting them has left them dissatisfied with the government trial ballasts has more from a shia majority neighborhood and kabul. a teenage girl's bedroom void of life this raid cheer is way seventeen year old where he listened to study she was top of her class she was killed in an isis suicide attacker to school in august along with thirty four of her classmates this watch was a her brother i did to find her i missed those moments this death i'm hoping that. if there was a life i would make her more at peace. they lives in dusty but she says she a neighborhood in western kabul this year it suffered a series of islip text would reveal a school mosques a sports club and an election richest seem to be on the one hundred eighty people who dies it's killed their belief in the government my father told me that i'm really not interested in this election and i myself also i'm really not interested

in this election because we have lost our hope from just system from discover and from just member of parliament afghanistan shia minority has been overrepresented in parliament they hold twenty percent of seats and yet they say they feel forgotten and vulnerable some have even self creating their own militia isolates the biggest threat initially in neighborhoods prices have flooded into afghanistan after the differences in iraq. they are trying to kill as many civilians as possible as many of the shia minority here because they want to create esoteric rifts i don't use that to their advantage that other key meson will show to cut them out of them but cool if the general turn out specially or she is less it will show that i solicit yes there are families not voting because they lost loved ones but on the other side some people are moving and has suggested candidates to

represent them but for people like him the damage is done and i cannot cry at the homes to the top rooftop like i said person woman that a comeback. the silence echoes from her now empty room to what's become where he was library. in the last six weeks and the top floor of the mosque a four thousand books from fellow shia they say where the government has failed them education will succeed when i can yeah i feel roy was in here when she wasn't here but i feel she's here politically they will be silent but where he lives presence is deafening i wish she would be here. say the suspect in wednesday's attack in crimea may have had an accomplice twenty

people were killed and more than fifty others injured after an explosion and shooting at a school in the eastern city of perche. training school encourage has turned into a shrine hundreds of people have come to mourn the death of the students their teachers and school workers those who managed to escape wednesday's attack recount horrific scenes so even if you're. among the wounded are. not sure you are trying to save her i carried her to the ambulance i left her there and went to help the others. i saw a lot of people bleeding and lying on benches it was awful. speculation is rife about what could have to have an eighteen year old flooded slough to commit such an attack. some say he was angry at his teachers others suggest he had links with right wing groups but no clear answers have been given so far security camera

footage has emerged from a few days before the attack in which a student is seen by an shotgun shells at a local store authorities say he recently obtained a hunting license. the young man did not provoke any negative feeling he showed the permit to hold weapons and. the permit was new and it was checked. for of udall's rush lack of has been described as a quiet boy investigators have been searching his home for any clues about his motive. most important is to find out the reasons what pushed this inhumane person to commit this crime we don't understand that yet he had all positive characteristics he always behaved himself he never caused any trouble. crimea was annexed by russian troops from ukraine four years ago despite continuing tensions there's been no major outbreak of violence since then president vladimir

putin blames the internet as a breeding ground for the attack. of truly pushing it's a result of globalization and that's not strange at all on social media on the internet we see that there's a whole community that's been created everything started with the tragic events in schools in the u.s. . in moscow people gathered at the monument remembering the fight in the city of courage against the nazis during world war two they laid flowers to remember those who were killed in a different era over eleven hundred kilometers away mourners are saying prayers for the mostly young victims. has been the worst school shooting in russia in recent years many are asking for stricter security measures in schools pointing out the fact that the spike high security measures in place in crimea a young man could still walk into a school happily armed step class and al-jazeera. china and europe are

joining forces with mexico and canada to challenge donald trump's trade tariffs are asking the world trade organization to investigate the legality of the steel and aluminum levies imposed earlier this year america is also seeking the. to decide on the legality retaliate or terrorists from china the e.u. canada and mexico south korea's president has given the head of the roman catholic church a special message from north korea's leader. francis and the vatican he relayed that kim jong un had invited the pontiff to visit pyongyang robin pride of course from seoul. as he delivers the invitation to the vatican president louis jury of south korea wants wolf finds himself playing the role of mediator. and if pope francis agrees to the visit it will be one of north korea's biggest diplomatic achievements yet in breaking out of international isolation. the pope visited

south careering twenty fourteen when he was greeted by a million people on the streets of seoul that visit was evidence of the south's vibrant religious life. contrast that with the north where christian worship is officially restricted to just four churches in pyongyang one of them a catholic cathedral. but critics say it's just for show and that in reality christians routinely face persecution for their beliefs even death north korea's persecution of christians has no rival on the earth it is unforgiving systematic unyielding and often fatal it's a view supported by many organizations including the un in a country so dominated by the cult of the ruling kim family there is little room for any other type of devotion but some religious leaders in south korea believe in

this unprecedented period of reconciliation even that may be changing south korean archbishop kim he took part in last month's summit visit to north korea by moon j.n. culminating in the visit to mount peck do and he's welcomed the prospect of closer ties between north korea and the vatican. north korea's former leader kim il sung is known to have also attempted to secure a papal visit nearly thirty years ago. if kim jong un succeeds where he's grandfather did not it will be another landmark in a remarkable gear of diplomatic firsts robert broad al-jazeera so. recap the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president passed for the first time publicly acknowledge that saudi journalist from

all the shows is likely to be dead or in saudi arabia of severe consequences if it's responsible for it as secretary of state mike pompei oh has asked them to give riyadh more time for investigations before deciding what to do next and pompei who just returned to the u.s. after visiting saudi arabia and turkey went on to say washington needs to be mindful of its long association with the kingdom. we made clear to them that we take this matter with respect mr shelley very seriously they made clear to me that they too understand the serious nature of the disappearance of mystic shogi they also assured me that they will conduct a complete thorough. investigation of all of the facts surrounding mr to show that they will do so at a timely fashion and we have a long since nine hundred thirty two long strategic relationship with the kingdom of saudi arabia they continue to be important counterterrorism partner they have custody of the two holy sites they are an important strategic alliance of the

united states and we need to be mindful of that as well and top politicians from the e.u. have pulled out of a major saudi and vestment conference next week they include the french and dutch finance ministers and the british trade secretary france's president has decided to postpone political visits to saudi arabia until the show his fate is no and more than forty u.s. politicians have called for sanctions against saudi arabia and a letter addressed to president trop. a shooting in afghanistan's southern province of kandahar has killed three government officials the local intelligence chief the police chief and the governor all dead three americans were also injured in the attack on the governor's compound the taliban have claimed responsibility among the dead was also a top afghan security commander general george had previously survived numerous attempts on his life attacks have encreased in the right up to saturday's parliamentary election those are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera

throughout the day for all the latest news in the meantime and sad story as that next. new evidence of the saudi crown prince's possible involvement in the. disappearance of the washington post publishes his last offical warning of threats to the media how much of a threats are journalists to our governments this is inside story. welcome

to the program has i'm seeking the case of missing saudi journalist jamal khashoggi has shocked and captivated the world as information trickles out over his disappearance and alleged murder inside the saudi consulate in istanbul beyond the gruesome details of the core of this story is a journalist who may have paid the ultimate price for what he wrote and reported ashaji had warned that saudi arabia could never be a democracy under the current crown prince mohammed bin said men he highlighted the plight and struggles of journalists in his country he said there was no space for free speech with journalists in intellectuals often jailed for expressing their views. well the washington post published what they called. last article saying they have accepted the fact that he will not return safely it says our governments have been given free reign to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate

these governments whose very existence relies on the control of information have aggressively blocked the internet they have also arrested local reporters and pressured advertisers to harm the revenue of specific publications the arab world is facing its own version of an iron curtain imposed not by external actors but through domestic forces vying for power. words and what may have happened to him inside the saudi consulate highlight the threats to journalists and media freedom so far this year fifty seven journalists have been killed around the world according to reporters without borders the middle east is the most dangerous region in the world for journalists the world press freedom index ranks several countries in the region as having some of the worst human rights violations when it comes to censoring journalism this includes saudi arabia syria turkey iraq iran and egypt and there are at least one hundred fifty nine journalists in prison around the

world a majority of them in the middle east. well let's bring in our guests now to talk more about this joining us via skype from london is dr saad a saudi dissident who heads up the opposition group movement for islamic reform in arabia in vienna we have a director of advocacy with the international press institute and in london also on skype david hurst editor in chief of middle east i could to have you all with us david hurst if i could start with you as far as the latest we're hearing on the investigation in as much as. there is any sort of information because the turks are certainly keeping their cards close to the vest on this what do you met what do you make of of the latest developments on what they found inside the the saudi consulate and in the consul general home and what direction is this going

in. move it's going. to stumble to belgrade forest and the woodland in garcia neighborhood. the c.c.t.v. has traced the movements of a one of the vans that was registered to the consulate on diplomatic plates the wooden itself is a bit of a c.c.t.v. blackspot but they call the van the same that coming out of the area and then out combing the forests for. his remains they've also said they found evidence from inside the consulate general itself they've been session the grounds. and also the council's house they haven't released the contents of the tapes although they've told journalists like me and

others about it but i haven't actually listened to the tapes myself. that may follow. and try to put maximum pressure on washington and also on ben some who are probably now in a state of panic because so many details have actually been released documented details exactly who the fifteen where the fact that they were seven of them belong to his close bodyguards a special protection unit the fact that these characters have turned up in london on march the eighth. and also later in an april in france and who they were and what they were doing the details of the forensic doctor authority specialist to cut. his body up while he was still alive. details come out. and he.

counter narrative one is that inevitable place that child walked out within twenty minutes. that has never been proved. and now another one is that yes that was a murder but it was ordered by been some man himself which anyone who knows about the place and what has actually happened since he came to power became the de facto ruler of saudi arabia is a complete nonsense what is the thinking then david behind the way turkey is handling all of this will cause it we had president trumps comments there were four to did he suggest the turks have declined to share their evidence with us intelligence agencies trump himself saying we we want to we want to hear this tape if it exists uses words does this reluctance suggest that the turkish government is

looking for some sort of accommodation with with saudi arabia and and the united states. given the fact that these are two important powers that they don't want to rupture their relationship with. well i think what turkey is doing is trying to exert the maximum amount of pressure through the media and through public opinion all in the oval office and the same americans as specifically saying the guy in charge of the white house. and the man that he chose to be really his sponsorship in the middle east. crown prince been some that's the object what he's trying to do. i think on the evidence is that an ops true they haven't released it yet but that would just be probably a matter of time there's also some degree of cooperation from. other sources it's not complete of course but it's that it but it's there and it's

got nothing to do with the turks and that is a report that was leaks to the new york times that the the american secret services that intercepted conversations and they believe that there was a clock to kidnap or. associate that's one second one is report that has filtered through from the british intelligence services that morphine was used. after the screams were heard after jamal khashoggi is think is the cause of. two pacifying him. how they got that to tell how they know about it i don't know but that's not coming from the sex ed dr saddle in fact. the fact that the saudis have have up to this point delivered no no thought a formal explanation for this and that the trumpet ministration has hasn't really

shown any rush to to give one as as well what do you read into that specially given that this. leaking of information is continuing to trickle out through the turkish media. the saudis are known now when i say the saudis i mean the same man and his team they are not on now to be the culprits they are responsible for this crime and they wanted in liars in with trump on peel to create a story which absorbs mohammad mr nunn now he wanted to release that two days ago when he planned to admit responsibility in order to a child and self and put it in somebody else now the problem is information kept coming from the turks and nowhere which would falsify his report so he was stuck in needed he needs now to wait for the turks to finish the northern for his

falsified for his created reports to fit with the turks information about his bad luck. the information coming from the turks are encircling his neck and are approving more and more is a possibility and he is not going to do it without by waiting or by releasing a report now so that is why he is his is getting time in losing the report but the same time he is getting in trouble because he's dealing the report. robbie personified as you've been hearing all of this it's pretty clear as well that we haven't heard we haven't got the to the bottom of the full facts of what happened here but we mentioned the washington post there in the introduction there and how they have published what they say his is g.'s last article so the indication there is they've drawn their own conclusions about this now as the far as as far as mr

fate what message do you think that sends for press freedom. not just in in the arab world but but but as a whole. good question. what what we feel is the disappearance and alleged murder of mr jamal khashoggi is a clear message from a gene which does not tolerate any kind of criticism that with impunity they will go down and silence critics and if this happens and this is the for the says that we will see other authoritarian regimes following the same path and the western world remaining silent because of the business deals they have with the saudi arabia and these are targeted in judging so it's a very scary message that has come across but we also hope that because of this incident and as you correctly said in the introduction that people are looking

forward to getting more information people are eager to know and this pressure so building on saudi arabia as well as the united states which is a close ally of prince moment bin salomon. that is a hope and a hot start this will help promote press freedom that will be some reaction to this and we'll be able to build a country in right we can ensure that press freedom is expanded things have things change in the arab world and not just in that rubble but around the world more and more targeted and regina's are using physical into. mandation psychological intimidation and legal intimidation to silence journalists and you mention western governments there ravi is is the credibility of of us democracy at stake here as well given the way that they have responded to this the us democracy is a very vibrant if you see on the one hand we have the president and his government

supporting the saudi arabian government but on the other hand this. free media we have the washington post we have the new york times and of the los angeles times and many others in the united states which do not fear the government in spite of attacks on them personally and journalist by the president himself they are going along they are taking up the cause and without them this issue would not have reached the stage so in the western media in the western world media still enjoys a lot of freedom which i fear may go down if people like mr trump continue to attack journalists continue to call any criticism fake news david hearst would you out would you assess the current state of media freedom such as it is in in the arab world is it is it better or worse than than twenty eleven and the events of the so-called arab spring. much worse what we've got is

a very vicious council revolution. and a. real clampdown on the sort of reporting that al-jazeera did in twenty of them. in egypt. and. the situation dictatorship has become a supposed modernized. whenever you put a report that you know to be true out there it's a mediately surrounded by. the in the arab world they call it electronic insects false stories falsely. people try to take you down to trying to denigrate you completely opposite immediately surrounds anything that you put up and they and it's designed absolutely designed to mislead for instance when i originally put my story of. not being dragged out of the.

consul general's office with the consul there this is before i'd heard the tapes. and the comments that he made of please go into it somewhere else. what happened was a whole number of counter stories a pitts in other mainstream publications sank as a rubbish i know the true man is alive and well and he's in riyadh and you will again soon be extremely stupid you know it explodes extremely silly because it's actually not attacks absolutely convinced that he never emerged from the building alive and they've been saying that really from day one so that's that's the atmosphere what you've got is governments that openly do not believe in free speech or in democracy say they are was not ready for it and they say it is absolutely publicly suppressing even basic reporting. the last two paragraphs of jamal's modest posthumous column really

point up to what he was actually trying to achieve what he wanted was for western publications to be published in arabic and that's not that he wasn't trying to increase separation west the publication is like the washington post and the new york times but he's trying to introduce our world so what he thought was the best free journalism. and that's really what he was what he was about he really wanted to improve the understanding of the arab world not from a fashionable interview not from an islamist point of view or to set up ticks a line or a party but just to give them free information and he said the arab world needs a model version of the zero transnational media so that citizens can be informed about global events that really was his mission more important we need to provide a platform for arab voices and in part that is small

very small part what middle east eyes doing and more al-jazeera sings well but you not wanted to increase that he really believed in it. and he was very very serious and determined to set this up now if this is set up as a result of his death. as a real platform really information which which isn't immediately taken down blocked. or surrounded by that by false news then i think will really something would've happened that is a real improvement on the situation at the moment i don't think this will succeed i don't think the counterrevolution. will succeed but by god is a rough and bumpy journey of speaking of arab of voices. let's turn back to dr saddle. on this how concerned are you about the mess is there all of

a sense to dissidents like yourself and for the future of. of different voices in the arab world in a free speech we always understood that the regime does not tolerate dissent inside and outside the country and they work very hard in order to eliminate us either eliminate us physically or eliminate us. through other means like character assassination or force englishtown governments to to convince them that we are terrorists we are linked to terrorists to grooves and other means of elimination fortunately they did not succeed i would surprise you with my answer does this incident or will although it is. very bad incident it is going to be somehow useful in reversing the table on the saudis now instead of them feeling

comfortable that they have done this and they would do more and more of the sort of action because of the huge global response to that saying it's made a real turning point again this is going to be a turning point not only in lambert mr nunn is going to be a turning point on the whole region and probably it could be almost like the assassination of for count prince of of austria and of the first film first world war and that will bring huge consequences for one hundred percent man i'm a desired a c.c. in egypt and will make. the saudi government in deep trouble. in front of the wrist in front of its own people because my medicine man will not be able to get at this to get rid of this problem now the west knows all the details i would probably disagree slightly with david the west knows all the details they have their own

information and intelligence and that's why the congress are adamant that jamal is killed and he has been dismembered and the order has been given from a hundred miles how much i would not expect congress members to speak with this full confidence without having a clear cut clear picture of trauma there on intelligence and that's why trump decided yesterday to not to share intelligence of measure with the congress now is going that far to bring troops to protect them hamad bin sentiment but fortunately the tide is not in his favor now because the west knows all the details even before the turks finished the their work on their forensic and legal investigation because of the west knows the story i think the west is extremely embarrassed and it is in a position to do something to to clear the the way

for it to behave probably in the future by removing mohammed miss home and i would not expect for and earn the western governments. to be able to accept my madness no man in this position another king nor crown progress not not even allowing him to be three after this incident dr said i want to put to you the point that david made a little bit earlier that the forces of counter-revolution as he calls them in the in the arab world are are formidable. and. you know you were saying that this did this is a turning point what do you say to those who argue. that that this people will eventually forget about all of this at some point because people's memories are short and eventually something else will occupy the public's mind what do you say to people to people who say that and that in the end it won't make a huge difference. the counter-revolution

is looks to formidable but they are actually reliant on a tiger of paper now the the current structure of of those three governments. of the cinnamon and and the c.c. all depends on. now my madness one can can survive a lot here does not need bizzare to all c.c. but neither c.c. nor hamburgers as cunt can survive without the full support of a mensa man and they cannot survive with with is on eagerness to help them so if you would immediately remove from trump the picture and even the royal family even the royal family cannot begin its own all or before a hundred percent so it all countable usually will be in great trouble and we would easily see another way of or of counter counter revolution how it's going to go to what is the scenario god knows but i think it's all to do with

this week point we clink which is one hundred percent. ready for. what's probably going to be a last word to your nest. at the start of the program we gave what was not a very pretty picture of the of the state of free press in the middle east and elsewhere in the world what can international organizations like yours continue to do to try to counter that. and before i go that let me just say that the after the spring review we were hoping things will change but nothing changed what we saw is that the situations become worse look at egypt we have serious problems that scores of journalists are in prison. and mamma our own moment has been in prison for six hundred sixty seven days and the his not been tried in turkey hundred sixty seven journalists on prison so what is happening is

in this part of the in the out of there the video games are trying to control the narrative and as mr post in this article talks about information and misinformation disinformation that's exactly what they want to do they want to control the narrative they want to control the information so they use all the tactics to have complete control over what information is available counter-revolution require information to trickle down to people so that they can join the revolution not what international organizations can do. in terms of press freedom as we can bring pressure on the governments we've been working with. the government over there and other partners on bringing pressure on egypt to release all the journalists we have been campaigning for release of journalists in turkey we got journalists released in nigeria and other places so international organizations can bring in the

technical support we can support you we can support me doggedness ation and frightening for the space that is required that is to report fearlessly in fact that is going to have to be the last word thanks very much for being with us all three of you sad in a dr sad he has robbie for saad and david hurst thanks very much for being on the inside story. and thank you for watching as always you can see the program again any time by going to our website dot com and for more discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter i know there is at a.j. inside story for me hasn't seek and the whole team here by the.

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the arts kind of coming from the something something. al-jazeera selects change makers. i'm richelle carey and toha this for the top story on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump asked for the first time publicly acknowledged that sort of journalists likely to be dead he has warned saudi arabia of severe consequences if they're responsible the secretary of state might compact has asked him to give riyadh more time for and best occasions before deciding on what to do next alan

fischer reports from washington d.c. . he's been briefed by his secretary of state and if you use intelligence reports leaves donald trump to believe jamal khashoggi is there had surely looks that way to me it's very sad general election he says he'll wait for the results of various investigations but if the evidence is there there will be consequences for saudi arabia well it'll have to be very severe i mean it's a bad bad stuff but we'll see what happens might bumpier arrive back from his trip to saudi arabia and turkey and met with the president first thing on thursday he says both sides promised fuel transparent investigation they also assured me that they will conduct a complete thorough. investigation of all of the facts surrounding mr to show you that they will do so at a timely fashion and that this report itself will be transparent u.s. treasury secretary steve mission was also in that meeting whatever he had you know shortly after he would know not to be attending an important international

investment conference in riyadh later this month joining a growing international boycott campaigning in colorado vice president mike pence insisted they will wait for the results of the saudi investigation but the president knows he might have to take firm action when we have that information and we won't soley rely on that information we'll collect all the evidence and then the president have a decision to make about what the proper course of action is for us going forward but the world deserves answers in washington d.c. jamal khashoggi was the main topic is middle east experts gather to discuss the implications of his disappearance for relations with. the u.s. this puts on the table all those issues that the west has opted to leave nor for decades and not just in saudi arabia but across the region and so you wonder if this is the beginning of a turning point the washington post has published an opinion piece prophetically

written by jamal khashoggi and sent by his assistant the day after his disappearance he criticizes the lack of international response to the abuse of journalists in arab countries like saudi arabia and egypt what reminding the u.s. the kind of time they're back on this incident you must know how strong the historic ties or economic relationship alan fischer washington and new york times is supporting at the rulers of saudi arabia may be considering blaming a top intelligence official close to the crown prince mohammed bin salman for the killing the report says that general a syrian advisor to the crown prince could be cited as being responsible for the murder of two to a misunderstanding over and struction and the saudi crown prince has denied any knowledge of what happened but al-jazeera has learned that one of his bodyguards allegedly led the operation which involves fifteen men and the international and other human rights groups are calling for the turkish government to ask the u.n. to urgently establish an investigation. the reason that we're going to do it

because we actually believe in the getting things to eat the vision actually do something so we know that we give enough and we do and. we do think that it is. even right in ten years and this little. time and time again and there is still a way to meet it is that we began to get involved here in the middle ground to do right now because every time he learns he's going to take you know you'll be. another tragedy and literacy skills and then your population and believe that everything will. top politicians from the e.u. have pulled out of a major saudi investment conference it was planned for next week they include the french and dutch finance ministers and the british trade secretary and also more than forty u.s. politicians have call for sanctions against saudi arabia and a letter addressed to president trump those are the headlines to keep it here on

al-jazeera much more to come in the meantime witnesses that next.

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