do everything in our power to ensure that is lead to a peaceful solution and doesn't end up in another humanitarian disaster. france's u.n. ambassador summed up the situation syria he says is at a crossroads there can either be an escalation or there can be political momentum starting with an agreement on a u.n. committee to rewrite syria's constitution but syria's government is refusing to cooperate and russia which has a crucial role is urging patience while there's still a long way from reaching an internationally backed political deal there is hope the summit could pave the way for a new diplomatic track one that would bring more players on board but that would mean even more agendas and interests would need to be considered. istanbul both free especially as an arab and islamic of the new america foundation he says bashar al assad has no reason to reach a political solution to end the conflict. he actually has no and sense of security

so why he won the war when the russians got involved in september two thousand for theme of the bombing campaign they have effectively rolled up the rebels on the one pocket left in the of the of the president government controls most of the country the kurds control the other part of the country about a third of the country and they are pro government as well so he has no incentive to make any concessions at this time this meeting that you saw. was an extension of the process that the russians the church iranians are in kazakhstan but what's important about it is it really brings in world powers pacifically germany and france two of the most important european powers to the table on type negotiations and even more importantly it isolates and marginalizes the united states the united states was not present there the president states was not there why because president trump is an america first or he just not want to get involved in foreign conflicts he wants to focus on the united states so this was

a big big step today symbolically that there is a peace conference and on tree and united states is not involved. still ahead here on al-jazeera the man known as brazil's donald trump looks set to trounce his leftist challenger in sunday's presidential election but his opponent still holds a glimmer of hope we'll tell you why. we got some really nasty weather pushing across the northeastern corner all of the u.s. at the moment this nor'easter that's the remnants of hurricane wilma just fading in across new england the southeastern corner of canada as well so some stormy conditions wintry weather certainly a possibility as well it will clear through as we go on through sunday projects guys started to come back in behind it a bit wet weather there just around the ohio valley then

a mixture of rain and snow over towards the pacific northwest into that western side of canada sunday into monday very similar pitch a little bit over whether start to push his way a little further eastwards throughout the bright skies come back into that eastern sort of kind of cold enough top temperature heat of the day three degrees celsius for all to around ten degrees warmer than for new york the basin places a platen right still a possibility for the south that's where the warm sun side is atlanta at around twenty one celsius embassy temperatures touching twenty seven in dallas temperatures around the thirty degree mark it will take across the caribbean a lot of dry and fine weather to happen beyond shallow just around maybe around the dominican republic southern parts of cuba jamaica should stay dry that is the possibility of some showers for the western side of the caribbean. on counting the cost the killing of. focus the spotlight on saudi arabia now much

milder is the kingdom really wield over the global economy will look at the oil game plus the dynamic between the world of tech investments and saudi cash. found in the costs on i'll just see a. bookmark you're watching officer i'm so robin a reminder of all top stories prosecutors have charged a suspected gunman with hate crime after a mass shooting at a synagogue in the u.s.

forty six year old robert bowers has been arrested for the attack in the city of pittsburgh at least eleven people being killed if convicted he could face the death penalty saudi arabia's public prosecutor is due to arrive in istanbul later on sunday to discuss the killing of jamal khashoggi turkish prosecutors want the tradition of eighteen suspects but saudi arabia's foreign minister has rejected that request. the leaders of france germany turkey and russia have hold talks in istanbul to try to find a way to end the war in syria they called for syrians to lead the way in establishing peace and a new constitution that could pave the way for elections. intonations city is facing a public health crisis exactly to being devastated by an earthquake and tsunami to ensure a no threatens to spread malaria and dengue fever. more than two thousand two hundred

people died and tens of thousands have been left homeless by the disaster when he is our correspondent in following events for wayne what wonders really with the devastation even around you right now have people there will be marking an anniversary one month on even if they want to. yes that's exactly right i mean when you look at the scene where we are now it is as if the disaster has just happened very little has happened here in the way of reconstruction rehabilitation or cleanup really since the earthquake and tsunami four weeks ago as far as the government goes it seems that not much is planned really as far as an official commemoration that may well come in the next couple of weeks to coincide with culturally or religiously significant day but there is a sense really that they are still playing catch up to an extent given that the response to this disaster in the days even the first couple of weeks really after

it struck was very very slow and from an individual point of view we may well see people coming down here to the waterfront to pay their respects to offer prayers but even individually there is a sense that there is still so much to process so many people are displaced so many people are still missing friends and family members so much work to be done that really that they will not really bother or indeed have the time or the inclination to be too concerned about marking this one month anniversary. in the ashes of disaster some can find value even a month on in the ruins there's no shortage of scrap that can provide income which for so many people was taken away by the earthquake and tsunami. government's emergency response phase has come to an end meaning the search for bodies has finished which many here believe was done to syria. and his wife were working on the beach when the tsunami struck their three year old son is still missing and

your quantum on a will no man articulates what i look the refugee camps i went all around the mountains i've been everywhere and i can't find them i've looked for almost a month. it's still there may be thousands of people still unaccounted for but the government said it had no choice but to call off the search really believe if you continue your question it will be counterproductive because you know when you get the body also it will be a health problem of health is one of the main concerns for survivors with more than two hundred thousand displaced many living in camps with poor sanitation and approaching rainy season will increase the risk of outbreaks of dengue fever or malaria. slightly more study shelters are being built on the outskirts of palu when many of those left homeless will need to stay for a long time in some of the affected areas life is back to normal markets are

flourishing once again in others little has changed since the earthquake with the remains of buildings left to wait for the wrecking machines people affected by this disaster will of course need ongoing support and rehabilitating the surrounding areas properly will be a slow process the concern is that indonesia is a disaster prone country meaning that attention and resources may soon be diverted elsewhere if that happens plans for a better safer city may be put to the side in favor of a quick rebuild but for so many survivors there's no contemplating the future just yet it's still about trying to comprehend what happens. i still don't have a job i don't know what kind of work i'm still confused i want to keep looking for my son but i don't know where else to go or we haven't gone to stay in a refugee camp yet because i'm still focusing on finding my son. in central sulawesi a lingering sense of shock and despair is mixed with the beginning of recovery from

a distance that day and city a calm now but survivors will never forget the destruction unleashed a month ago and those they lost. so the end of the government's emergency response phase means in practical terms of course that the search for bodies has come to an end as we mentioned there but with so many people still missing undoubtedly as the cleanup operation begins the effort to knock down those buildings clear away the rubble that they will find more bodies buried beneath those buildings and that official death toll will certainly rise it also means so that there is a focus now on getting infrastructure back up and running most of the roads reopened but they are in many cases in a pretty bad state so they are busy trying to repair those roads to make it easier to distribute construction materials heavy machinery and also an ongoing need for aid around some of those areas but also hospitals some forty five medical facilities badly damaged in this quake they need to get those back up and running

quickly schools some two hundred sixty five schools were damaged in the earthquake and tsunami so that is the focus now as the government enters a transition phase which will ultimately lead to a rehabilitation and reconstruction phase indeed it's a long difficult road for the indonesians and of course soldiers here and our team with the u.n. will be following that story in the months ahead thank you the helicopter belonging to the owner of english premier league football club leicester city has crashed shortly after taking off from the team's stadium the helicopter went into a spin and came down in the carpark where it burst into flames about an hour after the side smirch was west term is not yet known whether the time. the water of the problem was on board but he had been at the merc. they have. a structural a plan a future. everything that the heart and soul of leicester city football field if it

wasn't for them none of this would remember possible in recent years in the premier league when a moment in the championship none of it would have been possible i thought it was a great day you know. and then it ended up his probably good doggy staying less the city football club's history. thousands took to the streets of italy's capital to demand the government cleaned up rome demonstrators gathered in front of the city hall to protest what they call the degradation of the area under the ruling populist five star movement regular complaints about rubbish not being collected fast enough and public transport not working properly. staying in europe catalonia is marking a year since its failed declaration of independence the attempt to split from spain prompted madrid to impose direct rule and the regional government but catalonia as leader says the push for independence will continue. nobody said it was going to be easy but going back is not an option like the commitment to freedom and

democratic civil rights is no longer going to be up for negotiation either the right to self-determination and therefore its implementation in relation to the results is not the property of any government nor any circumstances but it is the right of the people of catalonia and will never renounce to it. brazilians will head to the polls on sunday to pick their next president in a runoff vote latest opinion polls suggest a controversial far right candidate naro has lost some ground to his left wing rivals that are under her dad but still enjoys a big lead trees a bow has more from rio de janeiro. the protesters gathered outside. to denounce recent raids on public universities. students some professors say police entered by force to remove his banner because they said it was violating electron law. they had no right to invade our

space and remove a flag that represented the fight against fascism we can see a general persecution among student movements all over the country without any reason and it did not say the name of any candidate unless the electoral court believes bows and arrows a fascist. brazilians are heading to the polls in one of the most divisive elections in their history but many say there is much more at stake in this campaign. didn't see that what happened at brazil's university was an act of censorship which was common practice during the military dictatorship people are extremely sensitive this days because they fear that if jade will find out if elected president brazil's democracy could be at risk. i was recently elected to congress she has been fighting against inequality and racism all her life her friend and ally activist. was killed earlier this year here in rio. all activists in brazil are scared nowadays we have the possibility of having

a president who said explicitly that he wants to annihilate an extra papes the reds which means our group we are scared to even more franco's assassination but i cannot stop because for some people fighting is not a choice it's a survival question. forward for the far right agenda has grown across the country he's promised to tackle crime laws and gun laws and liberalize the economy have won him supporters even among those he had insulted in the past including women and black people. is one of them. we need to try something new we had the workers' party for many years and it did not work with corruption and the economy so both sonera will have four years to show us what he can do. a former soldier is an admirer of brazil's period of military rule from one thousand nine hundred sixty four to nine hundred eighty five he has promised to run the country with an iron fist. if you become president he

will need to five or six ministers for civil. with with military so that's an essential. then protagoras of the military we haven't seen brazil is going through an economic and political crisis that has allowed a controversial figure like bush to fill in the void but if he's elected many fear he could shake brazil's democracy to its core and just see the real the general. historic building in the center of the peruvian capital lemurs been destroyed by fire the building hers was more than one hundred years old dozens of firefighters battle to save it no deaths were reported it's not yet known what caused the fire but it suspected a gas or electrical problem may be to blame and staying in the region may skim pleas of extended or ended a temporary standoff with thousands of central american asylum seekers on their way

to the u.s. the human rights commission convinced police to abandon the blockade on a rural highway the u.n. estimates seven thousand refugees and migrants set off from several central american countries several weeks ago towards the u.s. . the convolution the son told from own dearest manuel repeller reports from the home during city of some. thousands of central american migrants continue to make their way across mexico toward the u.s. southern border a majority of these individuals are from the central american nation of honduras now the government of mexico recently announced an initiative that would grant temporary work visas and temporary employment to many of these migrants it will that make. the government of mexico is launching the you are at home plain while in mexico you'll be able to get medical attention and even send your children to school and you will also have a temporary identification to carry out any needed formalities while you legalize your immigration status or the government of mexico is asking these migrants to

stay to remain in the southern part of the country in the state of chiapas in the state of what haka now many of these migrants appear to be refusing this offer by the government of mexico and instead vowing to continue their journey to the u.s. southern border here in honduras there are have been reports of dozens of migrants who have either been sent back from mexico but denied entry into guatemala or denied an exit from honduras and have been returning here to honduras but just as there are individuals that are that are coming back there's other groups of migrants that are reportedly forming all over the country who are planning to leave honduras and join this larger migrant caravan in the coming days. which is their arms a whole rom and these are all top news stories i suspect has been charged with hate crime and murder after mass shooting at a synagogue in the u.s.

robert bowers is accused of killing eleven people in pittsburgh the defamation being described the shooting as the deadliest attack against jews in u.s. history u.s. president old time condemned anti semitism and called for tougher punishments. we have to bring back the death penalty they have. the ultimate right. they have to pay the ultimate price they can't have they can't do this to our country we must draw a line in the sand and say very strongly never again saudi arabia's public prosecutor is due to arrive in istanbul later on sunday over the killing of jamal khashoggi turkish prosecutors of called for the extradition of eighteen suspects but saadi arabia's foreign minister has rejected that call and turkey has also hosted the leaders of france germany and russia for a conference on syria it's the first summit on syria that brings the four leaders together they agreed on the need to preserve the ceasefire and push ahead with

a new constitution brazil's a far right candidate it is leading opinion polls ahead of sunday's presidential election the latest figures suggest. an audio will take fifty five percent of the vote is leftist rival for the man died and has narrowed his opponent's lead but his party has been accused of corruption. get out of the south or west to go to this is sort of i want to thank everybody but especially the millions of citizens that are on the streets today to avoid disaster to avoid the return of fascism of the dictatorship the culture of torture and rape in the streets of brazil i think it's very important that the population is realizing their balsa now represents a leap into the unknown. mexican believes and did a temporary standoff with thousands of central american asylum seekers the human rights commission convinced police to abandon a blockade on a rural highway those are the headlines and back with more news here on in half an

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saudi arabia broken that's been in place since the one nine hundred seventy s. find out why using oil as a weapon may not be in the saudis best interests these days. plus why saudi arabia may need places to invest more than the investment world needs. up until journalists show g.'s death for the hands of saudi officials on october the second the saudis were on a charm offensive brand new mega-cities investing in the newest and coolest tag startups letting women drive the world's biggest oil exporter was doing everything it could to convince the world it was serious about change and investor confidence was growing this plan for the future was the brainchild of crown prince mohammed bin sound man who was feted as a reformer but then journalist. was killed now saudi arabia and its crown prince

are facing international scrutiny at an investment conference this week the crown prince rejected any idea his economic conditions would be curtailed. i believe the news europe is the middle east. i don't want to leave this life before when the middle east at the forefront of the world and it will happen one hundred percent. but as things stand saudi arabia is not europe its greatest strength is also its greatest weakness oil saudi arabia is the world's largest exporter of petroleum but there's a huge lack of economic diversity oil sales still generate the bulk of government revenues in the public sector is the predominant employer with fifty one percent of the population under the age of twenty five job creation is an urgent concern the or production itself is controlled by state owned saudi aramco reportedly the most profitable company in the world but nobody really knows because despite plans to

sell off some of it on public markets the books remain a secret in two thousand and seventeen saudi arabia produced twelve million barrels of oil per day so that say the kingdom withholds a few million barrels prices would go up but that would hurt the global economy which wants to move away from fossil fuels its biggest customers would look elsewhere for a long term supply and it would all end up being an own goal you certainly don't want to destroy your only income before you plan to diversify your economy and the should be in the wake of the her jubilee crisis the country has issued a veiled threat that it could use oil to retaliate against any sanctions but then the saudi oil minister stepped in to soothe investors. if there are. any disruptions which you know from from supplies of especially with their own sanctions grooming then we will continue with the mindset we have now

which is meet any demand that materializes and ensure ensure that customers are satisfied well joining me now from washington d.c. is chris garcia chris is a former deputy director of the u.s. department of commerce and c.e.o. of vic a financial good to have you with us so as we all know saudi arabia is the biggest exporter of oil in the world but in general economic terms how important is the saudi economy to the world sure you know it well it's actually quite important certainly particularly in the short run and this is why when we look at some of the potential retaliation tactics that the saudis have threatened we have to take them seriously the saudis have significant assets they hold probably the third most natural resources with about thirty five trillion dollars worth of natural resources within their territory and if the saudis do make good on this retaliation

threat potentially raising prices by cutting output of oil production raising all prices up to four hundred dollars per barrel from eighty dollars per barrel which is about more than double just about the all time high of two thousand and eight all time high of one hundred fifty dollars per barrel that would have significant reverberations throughout the global economy but chris this is the era of fracking it's the air ovaltine it's of energy sources is saudi oil still as important today as it was juror in the one nine hundred seventy three old prices for example. well certainly it is important we can't underestimate how important it is that one of the largest or like spores in the world. you know can have significant influence over the price of oil they've used this in the past as a threat both frankly as a as a carrot as well as well as

a stick when we have implored them to try to reduce. the price of oil they've they've increased output u.s. shale exports and the shale industry has taken off we have seen a boom here in the u.s. and we're now on pace to beat saudi arabia and surpass saudi arabia by city bank's estimates next year as an overall leader in both crude and overall oil product exports but however in the short run that's what we have to be most worried about it's the short run repercussions of the saudis cutting output that would send shock waves throughout the global economy but i would say that that that's leverage it would diminish in the long run unless they diversify as the world continues to diversify itself from its energy resources many analysts say all prices can be a double edged sword can riyadh afford to use oil as a weapon. well yes and no i think

that the much like president trumps tariffs actually there is a short term you know short term pain and but there's also you know long term gain and you know countries will diversify themselves as necessary for example if we were to let's say somehow force there or disrupt the u.s. saudi relationship that we've had for such a long time and let's say this arms deal of one hundred ten billion dollars were to fall through it's very likely that saudi arabia would would try to look for different sources different suppliers for for arms and that would be of course russia or china and so i think there's much too much to lose from any type of disruption with the u.s. saudi relationship not of course not only of course some of the regional stability that we enjoy by having an ally like saudi arabia to help for against terrorist

financing and and support and state support i should say for terrorist organizations but also it's the economic repercussions as well not just of the oil threat threats to cut output an increase in oil prices and that would in turn have the effect on transport of goods that are used of course use oil products as as a means of of energy but it's also just the overall economic impact that we've seen come out of the trunk administrations visit as its first international visit saudi arabia all right thanks so much phil analysis of the. still to come on counting the cast deals or no deals a gathering took place this week to showcase saudi economic reforms we'll take a look at how successful it was after a number of high profile names boycotted the event. but first from riyadh to san francisco hall money from saudi arabia is being channeled into u.s.

space tech startups this way of financing is known as venture capital from saudi's point of view these kinds of investments can hedge against a potential decline in the demand for oil in the future that's because the startups are tipped as having long term growth potential saudi sovereign wealth fund is called the public investment fund it traditionally had a strategy of low risk investments but everything changed in two thousand and sixteen that's when the kingdom sovereign wealth fund invested three point five billion dollars in it was the single largest investment ever made in a privately held company at the time controversially though a ban on women driving was still in place since then the kingdom became the largest investor in the ninety three billion dollars soft bank vision fund which is the biggest fund ever raised in silicon valley led by my so your shoes san japan based soft bank has changed the landscape of venture capital according to some reports rival venture capital firms warry soft bank could be pushing up valuations and

pushing them out of the market but says her show g.'s killing questions about morals and ethics are being raised sound money could be viewed as a liability by startups and their customers rob reynolds has more on the relationship between rich members of the royal family and silicon valley in california. in the aftermath of the killing of jamal khashoggi at the hands of saudi government agents tech companies and their executives are distancing themselves from saudi investment but how each one of them makes that decision on their own i think is probably driven very much by their own moral conscience but also their understanding that other people are looking at them in their formal leadership positions for cues about what to do right now several tech leaders have already bailed out of crown prince mohammed bin some on's investment conference including google cloud c.e.o.

diane green ale well founder steve case and guber c.e.o. darren hostile shockey who said he was very troubled by reports of cars showed g.'s death khosrowshahi as public comments were seen as significant because the saudi wealth fund holds a three and a half billion dollar stake in the right hailing app saudi arabia has also invested heavily in tesla motors door dash the work space company we work and others much of the saudi money is funneled through the japanese bank softbank the world's largest investment fund so far saudi arabia has put forty five billion dollars into soft bank so-called vision fund and the crown prince says he'd like to double that amount as tech companies recoil from the saudis on ethical grounds it will be difficult if not financially impossible to unravel their saudi tie as

a complex tangle of contract stock preferences and legal obligations tied companies hands in such matters in some ways this case is providing an opportunity for companies to really provide some ethical and moral leadership maybe at a time when they're not seeing or experiencing what they'd like to see from leadership in other sectors silicon valley corporations face a dilemma choosing between an ethical response to a shocking crime and the abundant funding that makes the tech industry flourish. well joining me now from singapore is. day i mean it is a jap hand stock market strategist with singapore based symmetric advisors good to have you with us so how much damage has the whole affair done to the attractiveness of saudi money in the tech world right now or is difficult for the moment but i mean the likelihood is that it's going to.