but. yeah. that doesn't work you can have it both ways. you want to have it can you have it both ways can you call yourself can you. but didn't own one. that is not typical but. good question number one and all agree with him do you see anybody that many couples accept that mishandled. the medical i'm not going to. look like a private party anything at all many of the world's major newspapers a critical of saudi arabia's version of events the times in london describes the admission as the

greatest embarrassment of saudi arabia's morton history and the u.k.'s guardian newspaper says the saudi government appears to be trying to protect the crown prince's position the new york times raises questions about saudi arabia's various explanations about what happened to his shanxi pointing out that they initially said he left the consumers alive and well the washington post which shocked she wrote for says the new account may do little to ease international demands for the kingdom to be held accountable. all of this has put the spotlight on saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon who was appointed last year that was a surprise move that sidelined his cousin the previous crown prince who was relieved of all duties but mohammed bin solomon's influence of a policy began in two thousand and fifteen when his father became king the now thirty three year old has attempted to project himself as a reformer on a modernization and in the past eighteen months he's consolidated his power he is understood to be responsible for the blockade of council saudi arabia along with

the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt cut ties with doha in june last year in november there was the mysterious detention of lebanon's prime minister saad hariri in riyadh he announced his resignation on saudi television but withdrew it after returning to lebanon the crown prince is a major driver of the saudi embassy coalition's war in yemen its actions of drawn international condemnation including in august when it s. strike killed a bus full of school children and finally he's spearheaded a so-called anti corruption crackdown dozens of saudi princes and businessmen would have said in a luxury hotel in the capital with many having to pay billions of dollars for their freedom let's get a few now from saddam he has joined us from skype from london rather via skype he's a saudi dissident who heads the movement for islamic reform in arabia good to have you with us does this new saudi arabian narrative get. the had been somewhat off

the hook i think it will put him in more trouble than getting him up to look created. a problem for himself well it's almost like. a criminal in front of the police being kept silent for a while and then he started speaking with part of the story and then getting all the charts for the police to extract. this jury. to what extent do you think is this new narrative not the work of. the royal court in saudi arabia but of washington and secretary of state might compare its eliason between both of them when he visited told you it was instructed by trump to alliance with mohammed and someone to create a story which will absolve mohamed bin so man of the whole crime and we knew it when you follow the turn of events. by

a lift us here to visit to libya you can see this button leading to this result so there is a conspiracy between trump and via bombadil to absolve him of the reason for that is a private person and a relation between madness to learn from buso man has paid a huge amount of money to trump before and after elections and he's using this money to blackmail trump so if you don't. support me and said me all of this problem you will be in great trouble i will create a scandal for you and you will use it you lose your presidency and that's why trent so you're saying that that the u.s. president is in the pocket of mohammed bin solomon that he's being blackmailed by the saudi crown prince. surprisingly yes it falls first time in history the leaders who are doing the upper hand on the leader in us so he's a blank mailing him. and that's why there's the on is working against all this

tablet mint in usa against all the media ennius here and against even simple logic i mean i want earth would would he say this is a credible story the only explanation for that is that he is he is having his arm twisted and he is being blackmailed by management no there there is a lot of talk about money being money being given to the tran to his organization before and after the elections to in order to be to put him in the book at obama. so what happens if congress doesn't allow donald trump to allow saudi arabia's affectively white war sister to to sweep this under under the carpet here . how is man had been solomon removed from power in saudi arabia. well there's a big problem here the king himself is mentally incapable of think i mean you would

be surprised if i see he's a tall or has a good story and even the few tell him now who will forget it in three four four five minutes so the king is outof the equation completely so that how much his sermon is along on deciding his own fate now is he going to resign that's impossible because you know that if you if he resign or via a ticket himself then he will it will be imprisoned and even sentenced to death so he will fight to the last minute now words what does that turn to the terms of his following family to. to go out and decide the fate of the country now come they meet no because he's putting them under surveillance and who would meet he will arrest him and put him in custody but there are some small gatherings of the royal family they use it in a very discreet mono they use it almost like a funny conspirator where you know they use very old cards the don't use mobile

isles and. he was discreet means in order to discuss what to do now would go to western support europe and america i do not think the royal family would be able to move in a move which is enough to remove mohamed been certain that there are three or four senior royals outside it's one of them is two of them are in new key and one in france a most seniors as he's there is some. that. europe that has britain france and germany are giving messaging for him to start action if that is true. that uses probably among the most seen on the most acceptable he could be the only person who can depose him hundred percent or it could structure so many thanks that faqih there in london. well as we said the u.s.

president says that this new saudi narrative sounds credible but others in washington including members of the president's own party have far from convinced by saudi arabia's explanations that he call him reports. u.s. president donald trump spent the day checking out america's most advanced weapons of war and as he sat down to talk to defense contractors this is what mattered most even as saudi arabia admitted killing u.s. resident and journalist jamal khashoggi they wanted four hundred fifty billion dollars there's never been anything like you know just the last thing i want to do is say we're not going to you know we're not going to supply you with those numbers are actually not true the white house cannot point to any evidence that saudi arabia is actually spending anywhere close to that amount of money for many members of congress they say it's not about the money they say the saudi story just doesn't add up their story doesn't pass the smell test and i think it's high time for

congress to recalibrate our relationship with saudi arabia close advisor to the president to senator lindsey graham seemed to point the finger at mohammed bin solomon in this tweet writing first we were told mr khashoggi supposedly left the consulate and there was a blanket denial of any saudi involvement now a fight breaks out and he's killed in the consulate all without knowledge of crown prince the president has made clear he wants to talk to the crown prince he wants to wait for more facts many in congress say it's time to act and the outrage in the united states is mounting the circumstances here are horrifying and the pressure from congress is going to be very great particularly now with the election coming up members of congress going to fall over each other trying to be the toughest in the loudest in saying we have got to do something we've got to punish the saudis the president is reluctant to do that but he may be cornered the president has signaled that he wants to wait would rather not punish saudi arabia with severe sanctions. but if congress disagrees it's likely the president will not have the

final say pedicle al-jazeera washington prominent democratic party senator bernie sanders says that president donald trump's own attacks on the press have emboldened autocrats he's tweet is by attacking the media and converting violent behavior toward journalists trump is giving a green light to a whole to authoritarians all over the world to endanger the lives of those who work for free press there's also been reaction from the united nations secretary-general until you're good to have an issue says that he's deeply troubled by the confirmation of death and extends his condolences to family and friends he stresses the need for a prompt thora and transparent investigation into the circumstances of her short g.'s death and full accountability for those responsible. this is the news from officer assaults come on the program fearing for the future one hundred thousand nigerian refugees in cameroon face being sent back to

a region already in crisis. police in india calling it a freak accident a speeding train plows into a crowd during a religious festival. and in support the milwaukee brewers band themselves a lifeline in the battle to reach the world series joel be here with me. moving now to other news that have been several attacks on polling stations in afghanistan as people have voted in the first parliamentary election since twenty ten the taliban have vowed to target anyone who showed up more than fifty two thousand members of the security forces have been deployed to top afghan officials were killed on thursday in kandahar province and voting there has been postponed by a week we'll hear a few reasons why the results could have a big impact on afghanistan's future this new group of politicians will have a say in peace negotiations with the taliban violence between its fighters and

government forces has been getting worse steadily since early last year but they also have to try to ramp and corruption recently transparency international so that afghanistan was the fourth most corrupt country out of the one hundred eighty is had assessed this election comes before a vote for a new president next april security is expected to affect both elections the u.n. says the ball than three hundred sixty people have been killed in this campaign let's go live now to afghanistan's capital kabul al jazeera has shown it but it's is. what is the security situation on polling day right now. the security situation is not good people are still turning out to voters. of people. across the country we're seeing photos coming in and videos from the provinces but there are at the same time many many attacks including here in kabul

city we've confirmed four separate attacks in explosions so a rocket attack one of the hospitals here treating at least thirty seven wounded and we have got people confirmed. fortunately the taliban has followed through on their threats they said they would do this they threatened to attack polling centers and they have done that today on the logistical front actually executing these elections there are also problems i'm joined now by name from the transparency transparent election foundation of afghanistan the biggest watchdog network in afghanistan name you've got seven thousand two hundred observers out today what are they what are you main findings that. thank you so much are men findings from the pl opening up on us on election day it's about putting to sessions and those who are not close and not open at least twenty five percent of the centers we have observed are not open in the whole country and the

two promise of honest and second there are the d two persons of the sentence we have observed. by mythic devises did not work and they were not used by by the staff stare and you also find out that nine percent of the polling centers we have observed. they were not equipped with by mythic devices in the country and also those that the next findings we got from the provinces the would the list developed by the i.c.m. election management bodies that was there were not much with the people was a thing the polling centers stations the name was are not there but they were how does take us in a national id to cause the roots of which is a the damage of problems to manage the whole process there are security incidents as well it's stupid to drop service in the country which somehow it was a big challenge for our people participations especially those what it is able to

cost your words in the provinces like newsstand kineret babylon condolence that even couple in which we never expected that say there will be security incidents on the election day this really concerned although with all these challenges and complexity in up on a sun people the participation was increased and huge it was beyond our expectations we thought that's because of those concepts and challenges to you you're not going to be able to get out of their houses and cars there would at least the public i mean people are a seal just one democrat in afghanistan and they are working for that but unfortunately lack of our weak management sand operation planned by the election and in body and. one cent today and this is still confusing how is going to reason actually that need to be shaped by the nation managed by the management body because there are two more than twenty five percent of the center seen not open in the country including kabul. babylon copy so.

i'm sure the election management body will come up with a contingency plan or our next step to somehow cover and if they get on far. over to god there were maybe tomorrow this can be an options but we are really concerned about the management of the results the expectation of the candidates and how the election mission was to manage today's elections with all these technical security and kind of political challenges and even we how it is reported to our observers that a number of teachers were i.c. staff and they were affiliated with candidates as well as in more than forty five percent of the centers we have observed the combine was ongoing there by a candidate which is against a law that says there are a lot of a lot of challenges across the board

a lot of challenges but the good thing is i mean the good news is that after three years they live we have an election day and then a day brother participation of the public and today's election was very encouraging for us to go for election and to come up with a thank you name. lakesha and watchdogs or mixture of you're yes security issues yes logistical issues but still on the positive a good turnout a lot of afghans buying in and getting out to vote despite the security issues i'm serious seana balanced reporting live from kabul many thanks. raining cats dogs and camels here in doha right now thunder and lightning to evidence go to full cost for us next here on the news but still to come as the catholic church in the u.s. tries to get to grips with an abuse scandal the crisis spreads to the vatican. and thousands of migrants heading for the u.s. ted on a border fence and guatemala and rush towards a bridge into mexico. and

a terrifying tumble in practice for the japanese groom free joel have a lady's house for a slave in schools. from the neon lights of asia. to the city that never sleeps. well as ivan the lady there it is absolutely throwing it down outside of the satellite picture really doesn't tell too much of a story also cloud down towards the southwest of saudi arabia you just see this area of cloud just pushing up towards the northeast of saudi pushing up into the levant free and then it really is throwing it down push a little further east just like out this little area cloud just to the northeast of ha so it's a very heavy rain die hard self in a round about the last one hour and ten minutes alone we have seen sixty one

millimeters of rain that's a huge amount of rain anywhere. have a look at the average rainfall for the year seventy seven millimeters a fright little wonder that we do have widespread flooding major problems out there on the rise the cloud will not a little further north as we go through the remainder of today brought the skies will eventually push back in behind that was to look in another couple of hours all right follow give you an update on this late sunday it'll start off on until i still a few showers in the full cost for sunday even going on into monday might just see a little more rain coming for you can see that band of cloud and rain just sinks way a little further southwards further north a little bit unsettled here as well we have cloud and right also affecting iraq. the weather sponsored by cats on peace. i have dedicated almost my entire professional life to the bench and fight against

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it is good to have you with us hello adrian fenty going to here in tow how with the news out from al-jazeera our top story is more than two weeks after he went missing saudi arabia has admitted for the first time that the journalist. was killed inside its consulate in istanbul it says his death happened during a fight this contradicts information from turkish security sources that he was tortured and dismembered claims that saudi arabia has tonight riyadh says that eighteen saudi nationals have been arrested all five top officials have been dismissed among them a senior intelligence officer a close advisor to crown prince mohammad been sewn. up in several attacks on polling stations not can astonish people that vote in the first parliamentary election since twenty ten at least three people have been killed in explosions

across kabul taliban about to target anyone who showed up. let's get more now on our top story the killing of. al-jazeera store such a body takes a look now back at his life and career. for more than thirty years jamal khashoggi enjoyed a privileged position within the saudi royal circle in large part echoing the kingdom's views but also taking risks operating from within to push the boundaries when it came to reform that risk taking would eventually draw the anger of the kingdom's heir apparent. the one time insider crossing the red line hits so skillfully tried in the past daring to criticize the crown prince mohammed bin salma i still see him as a reformer but he is getting old poet within his hand and it would be much better for him to allow a bidding space for the critic for the intellectuals for all your active sort of

the media to debate the most important needed transformation going in the country. past wasn't without controversy an advisor to saudi intelligence chief turki al-faisal helping saudi intelligence in afghanistan alongside the much i had seen on osama bin laden an advocate of political islam through the muslim brotherhood but he also championed reforms even praised the crown prince for enacting them but last year he went into self-imposed exile in the united states for comments that angered the saudi leader. seen here with the missing journalist last year has known and worked with the shoji for at least thirty years he was not necessarily a dissident i disagree with that description he was a loyal saudi citizen he had his own vision of what the country should be doing that type of freedom needs the type of reform it needs and maybe in the final analysis that's what got him in trouble because of it jamal khashoggi hasn't been

seen for two weeks in that time the world's attention has turned to the activities of the kingdom and more broadly the arab world that has questioned all their governments virtually do anything they want with there their citizens. put them in jail they deny them work sometimes they take away their citizenship of that process of widespread continuing deep autocracy and abuse of power across the arab world is not addressed then the death of her children will be doubly tragic because a saudi journalist with a platform a columnist for the washington post regular spots in u.s. and international t.v. channels almost two million followers on twitter that someone so high profile could vanish without a trace is shocking it will also have a chilling effect on those who wish to follow his example dorsett jabari al-jazeera

or european nations have begun to react to saudi arabia's overnight admission close ally britain says that it's considering the saudi arabian report and what its next steps will be the president of the european parliament has called for an urgent investigation to clarify the circumstances surrounding the shock she's death and dutch prime minister mark ruta also wants further investigations he says that a lot of questions remain unanswered. more than one hundred thousand refugees who fled violence in nigeria sought refuge in northern cameroon with the host country also battling against the armed groups. the government is now sending some of those refugees back under serious have a morgan reports from cameroon's northern region. it has taken up nearly a year after fleeing major area to find a job in this shop. he needs to provide for his first after his village was

attacked and they were all forced to flee to cameroon for safety. came to our village they were looking for young boys like me to join them in the nigeria army accused us of being part of the book. we were not see so we ran and came here. is one of over one hundred thousand major and refugees who have fled to cameroon more than half of them live in a refugee camp where the u.n. says providing them with water health care and education is a challenge. and over forty thousand are living in host communities in the northern part of cameroon some refugees are trying to rebuild their lives after a haven from nigeria but it's difficult for many cameron's government has been finding refugees that nigeria over the past three years despite something it's not safe to go back home. the u.n. says more than two thousand have been sent back this year alone something the government denies we have. been with nigeria.

you know as you see where i mean to them. but their condition is there is. just when. there because. cameroon's far north region has also witnessed boko haram attacks that displaced hundreds of people the united nations refugee agency unix t.-r. says it's working on ways to verify and register refugees outside camps to prove their refugee status and give them the protection of those who. are not. but i. knew. i was out. of all. out. for.

buses says he lives in fear that he may be forced back to nature area even if it's properly registered as a refugee and that's he focused on rebuilding his life here in northern cameroon and till he's forced to leave or it's safe for him to go back willingly morgan are just there on my roof nothing coming in taiwan tens of thousands of people have been protesting against what they call an extension by china demanding a public vote on whether the island should formally declare independence from beijing it comes as china increasingly pushes its claim to the island beijing sees taiwan as part of china but it's been ruled by its own government since nine hundred forty nine. at least fifty nine people have been killed in the indian state of punjab where a train traveling at high speed ran into

a large crowd of people attending a festival there. for the crowd spilled over onto a train track almost one hundred other people were injured medical officers say that most of the dead still have been identified. the indonesian government is using helicopters to spray disinfectant on the city of poly three weeks after it was. aged by an earthquake and tsunami the disaster agency says that it's necessary to prevent fly as cockroaches in grant's spreading disease or than two thousand bodies have been recovered but it's estimated that a further five thousand people could be buried by day bri the united states and south korea have suspended upcoming military drills the pentagon says that it's putting exercises planned for december on hold to give diplomatic efforts with north korea a better chance of succeeding pyongyang sees the regular drills as provocations staged to prepare for an invasion the u.s. and south korea deny this saying the exercises are just routine u.s.

intelligence services say that they're concerned about attempts by russia china and iran to interfere with next month's midterm elections it's the first official acknowledgement of potential interference following accusations of russian influence in the election of donald trump two years ago a russian woman elena nova is being charged with conspiracy to conduct information warfare against the u.s. and interfere with the vendors vote. the u.s. justice department has opened an investigation into child sex abuse by priests in pennsylvania a church hotline set up to encourage victims to come forward has been flooded with calls as the crisis continues to threaten the vatican al-jazeera as heidi show castro reports. this is what he wrote we have grown to love one another very deeply we are more than friends and we are more than father and son these words written by the catholic priest who abused him as

a child have haunted fifty five year old mark crawford for three decades it doesn't go away it never goes away it's always there proffered says father kenneth martin became a family friend in the late seventy's then began abusing crawford when he was fifteen him being like a father figure to me verses the torment of the abuse it becomes very tangled very complicated for a child father martin was the associate priest here at the family's church crawford says the abuse never happened inside this building the did in many other places at the rectory where the priest lived at the boy's house a few blocks from here and on cross-country trips but the priest would take with the boy. we took the train from chicago to denver and on that overnight train and i was in the bunk bed as when he you know began touching me the abuse

continued weekly and only ended after crawford left home for call it but when he returned he discovered father martin had begun abusing his younger brother that's when crawford came forward the statute of limitation had passed to pursue legal charges but crawford still a devout catholic wrote letter after letter to church leaders warning them to keep father martin away from children a spokesperson for the archdiocese of new work so the church did find sufficient information to support crawford's accusations father martin was placed on limited ministry not involving children and left the priesthood in two thousand and two. we found martin now in retirement at his home in new jersey. your. question is about the abuse allegations you're facing. do you can you are you think firming arginine for him

a good lawyer do you have anything to say to the alleged victims. when a child is abused by a catholic priest they not only lose trust and all the other things that go with along with being sexually abused but they lose their faith for crawford the trauma grew worse when he discovered the church official he had reported the abuse to faced a scandal of his own cardinal theodore mccarrick resigned in july he's accused of abusing adults and children for decades. how can you still have trust or feet an institution where the highest level these men protected each other crawford now leads a group of clerical abuse survivors he says the church needs reform and victims still need justice. castro al-jazeera new jersey thousands of migrants of torn down a fence in guatemala and stormed.