al jazeera it's just swept every since. tall about america first we're not going to give up hundreds of billions of dollars in orders. saudi arabia over the killing of. the crown prince may or may not have known about the murder. shock and anger over trump support for saudi arabia as u.s. senators seek an investigation into.

this is al jazeera live from also coming up aid groups save the children says tens of thousands of kids have died in yemen because of hunger. tension along the southern u.s. border as asylum seekers try to reach the u.s. from mexico. u.s. president trump is standing by saudi arabia over the murder of journalist. that's despite the cia concluding the crown prince mohammed bin ordered the killing trump says the prince's role in the murder may never be in the u.s. senate says a calling for an investigation into the crown prince chabris hands as more from washington d.c. . i hereby. art the white house

thanksgiving tradition of the president pardoning a turkey to go to groom significance this year a short time earlier donald trump made it clear he was giving the saudi crown prince a pass in the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in an eight paragraph statement filled with the rhetorical flourishes the exclamation marks and slogans characteristic of the president's tweets don't trump made his argument king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin salman vigorously denying any knowledge of the planning and execution of the murder of mr khashoggi aren't telling. agencies continue to assess all information but it could very well be that the crown prince had knowledge of this tragic events maybe he did and maybe he didn't our relationship is with the kingdom of saudi arabia donald trump went on they have been a great ally in our very important fight against iran the united states intends to remain a steadfast partner of saudi arabia to ensure the interests of our country israel and all other partners in the region very simply it is called america first

basically he was saying that our relationship as saudi arabia solve porn really doesn't matter later in the day mr trump was asked about his staunch support for the saudis we're not going to give up hundreds of billions of dollars in orders and let russia china and everybody else have a it's all about for me very simple it's america first after talks with my pump a.o. in washington the turkish foreign minister also discussed the complexity of his nation's relations with saudi arabia making it clear that i'm greg did not want to sabotage those links but he added this we know well that the team who came to istanbul did not come because they wanted to but they came at the request of somebody we know though that this person is not the king there was a withering response from the washington post who wrote for and journalists rights groups president trump is correct in saying the world is a very dangerous place the washington post said in a statement his surrender to the state ordered murder will only make it more so an innocent man brutally slain deserves better as does the cause of truth justice and

human rights in this failure of leadership from president trump it now falls to congress to stand up for america's true values and lasting interests the committee to protect journalists tweeted this if you boil the white house statement down to its essence president trump has just asserted that if you do enough business with the us you are free to murder journalists that's an appalling message to send to saudi arabia and the world but it seems the trumpet ministration has made a decision not to be concerned by the ridicule and disbelief that has greeted its arguments and ultimate position on the khashoggi killing she ever time to see al-jazeera washington. the reaction to trump's comments was quick and scathing former cia director john brennan tweeted since mr trump excels in dishonesty it is now up to members of congress to obtain and declassify the cia findings on jim and her child she's death no one in saudi arabia most especially the crown prince should escape accountability for such a humorous act the former u.s.

ambassador to the united nations condemned trump and pompei as response on twitter samantha power wrote it is a mean and nasty world but trump siding with the meanest and nastiest out there to see see putin or assassin m.b.'s will leave the world even nastier this statement is a green light for would be murderers in countries that have things thinks we need republican and democratic leaders of the senate foreign relations committee are demanding a second investigation they wanted to focus specifically on the crown prince to determine whether these carried out gross violations of human rights mike hanna has the latest from washington d.c. . president trump's comments appear to have infuriated congress his implication that the investigation is now over as far as he is concerned that it's business as usual with saudi arabia has certainly inflamed feelings among both democrats and

republicans on the hill it's been made very clear that congress is going to take whatever steps it can to get to the bottom of the matter to find out once and for all with one hundred insolvent the crown prince was responsible for the death of jamal khashoggi to get this done they are intent on introducing legislation within congress republican senator lindsey graham says there is a enough bipartisan support within congress to get this legislation through very quickly in addition the senate foreign relations committee has sent another letter to president trump reminding him that it had already invoked the global magnitsky act which accounts for accountability for human rights abuses anywhere in the world the good relations committee says in this letter to the president that they want him to continue and conclude this investigation and they add in the wake of the

recent events they want him to make a definite finding on whether or not the crown prince mohammed bin selman was responsible for the death of jamal khashoggi so certainly pressure is ramping up from congress and any thought that president trump might have that the matter is now settled that's been denied completely by both republicans and democrats turkey says it may seek a formal u.n. inquiry into her death foreign minister. says it's not satisfied with the level of cooperation from riyadh attorney berkeley is outside the saudi consulate in istanbul for us so how much of a setback is the trumpet ministrations position for turkey. i think publicly they were hoping for a lot more i think privately they understood what the situation was given president tom's rhetoric in the last few days showing almost unconditional support for the saudi regime and the saudi crown prince so it's no great surprise here turkey is in

a very difficult position it wants to improve relations with washington which deteriorates in the last couple of years it wants to maintain good relationships with saudi arabia because saudi arabia makes it quite clear is a big player especially in the region so they find them selves in a difficult position that i think they're now focusing more on getting the saudis to cooperate more on what they call a criminal investigation no matter what's been going on this is a crime that's been committed in turkey and they want to solve it they're very unhappy with the way that saudis have cooperated or have not cooperated on this case they haven't for example given information to the turks about the people they are holding for the murder we have no information about charges we have no details about exactly who is being held and if it's not the crown prince is responsible the turks are asking well tell us who is they want to know more details about that they

also want to know what happened to mr saudis body because there's no signs yet about where that has ended up there are various theories the one that the saudis offered was that there was a local turkish collaborator who disposed of the body if so the turks are saying you've had people in your custody now for four weeks surely you must have some of some information i think if that fails they may go along the more serious lines of trying to get the united nations to have an independent inquiry investigation into this but i think that's a last resort so he wants to move on they want someone to be held accountable and they want to get away from this or let's talk a little bit more about the u.n. option the foreign minister alluded to that what would that entail for turkey to actually get the u.n. investigation going then. well it be very very difficult i would think first of all they would come here to the scene there has been already a joint turkey saudi investigation no d.n.a. traces of been turned up no one knows exactly where the deed was done there are

tapes as we know they've been leaked to the turkish media they have been played to the various governments in europe and the u.s. still with no results so the problem is with this whole investigation is as we understand it no evidence is being given publicly linking the crown prince of saudi arabia directly to this crime and without that it's very difficult to go on but what evidence they have behind the scenes is of importance because the turks have always allude to the fact they have more information one month ago present one the turkish president said he would lay the naked truth before the world he hasn't done that now maybe that was just rhetoric maybe it has something but it's very important but also it comes at a time i think the turks are concerned even when this whole process was going on the amnesty international releases a report showing that human rights abuses of women activists in saudi arabia treatment of them in detention involving sometimes torture and they're concerned

that this whole stand by president trump gives a green light to the saudis or anyone else carry on regardless as long as the u.s. is making money tony berkeley there from istanbul thanks for that. donald trump statement defending the u.s. saudi relationship didn't even begin with the kingdom instead concentrating on regional rival iran in the opening lines he cited iran as an example of how quote the world is a dangerous place he accused of being responsible for the war in yemen and of trying to destabilize the middle east. on the rands foreign minister zarif issued a swift response on twitter saying mr trump bizarrely devotes the first paragraph of this shameful statement on saudi atrocities to accuse iran of every sort of malfeasance he can think of perhaps we're also responsible for the california fires because we didn't help rake the forests as the fins do.

trumps comments on iran on tuesday coincided with sanctions against an international network which he says iran and russia are using to ship oil to syria the u.s. accuses them of using the revenues to help fund syrian government and eyes which it considers terrorist groups secretary of state mike pompei o says the transactions undermine legitimate efforts to resolve the war in syria the united states today sanctioned an international network that the iranian regime and russia are using to provide millions of barrels of oil to the assad regime this is in exchange for the movement of hundreds of millions of dollars to the i r g c could force that money is then passed on to terrorist organizations like hezbollah and hamas the united states in its continued efforts will not allow these dirty dealings to flourish so i had an al-jazeera now more organizations are taking a stand against israeli occupation of palestinian land security is tied to the us

border hundreds more migrants arrive in tijuana. by the skyline of indonesian harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. how i was there were lots of stormy weather into central parts of the mediterranean in fact we did have a tornado in southern italy see that twister just swirling away this is just in the far south of the country the wettest weather in the windiest weather is now moving across c. it is c. heading across greece easing over towards hungary in plains so some more wet and windy weather coming in here as you go on through the next few days there will be some heavy rain there also based some snow accompanying that cesspit see some snow there pushing across towards gary once again book rest struggling to get to two

degrees celsius single figures across a good part of europe had the by ricky have and moscow hovering around freezing but even in paris we're barely getting up to around five six maybe seven degrees there london at around seven celsius windy weather wet weather started to push the once again across the in from the atlantic level twelve for madrid over the next couple days are really struggling on those temperatures here as well notice some wet weather there just rather far south of spain and portugal hopefully a little less inclement so it was a southeastern corner of the mad as we go on into day so not cloud right of course will clear across northern parts of africa that way some rain from northern iraq. the weather sponsored by cattle and race. for this eleven year old girl. is a passion. and a ticket out of poverty. now she has a once in a nice time opportunity to raise the stakes

a little higher. in her long journey to success. championship dreams part of the viewfinder asia series. on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines the u.s. president standing by saudi arabia over the murder of journalist that's despite the cia concluding saudi crown prince mohammed bin ordered the killing trump says the prince's role in the murder may never be known republican and democratic leaders of the senate foreign relations committee are demanding

a second investigation they wanted to focus the civically on the crown prince to determine whether he's carried out a gross violation of human rights. the u.s. has blacklisted russian and ukrainian companies for shipping millions of barrels of all to syria in violation of u.s. sanctions it accused them of using the revenues to fund the groups fighting alongside the syrian government. there have been more airstrikes and gun battles in the yemeni port city of the day the. witnesses say fighting near the city center was some of the worst they've seen in recent days saudi you. coalition backing yemen's government is fighting who the rebels who control the data the latest violence undermines efforts five un to end the conflict and save the children is warning of an urgent need to reach hundreds of thousands of severely malnourished yemeni children before it's too late the charity says around eighty five thousand kids under five may have died from extreme

hunger since the saudi coalition began its act campaign it's warning that at least fourteen million people are now at risk of famine this figure has increased dramatically since the coalition imposed a blockade just over a year ago according to the u.n. an estimated four hundred thousand children are at risk of severe acute malnutrition let's go live now to have a dad live for us from djibouti so what is the organization saying can be done to save some four hundred thousand kids from death. well it's only a top to the conflict somebody that can improve the lives of the people of yemen who the u.n. agencies and also aid agencies like save the children are saying on the verge of a farming and glimpsed that the sticks they have been giving tell some of the stories of the desperation going on in the yemen but doesn't tell the complete

story because most of the deaths some of the dust do not get reported many of the people do not have access to proper medical care and the continued fighting in the port city of the day that which is a lifeline for millions of year minnis is making martyrs was also broke food due to the fighting that's going on within the city and outside is also making it very difficult for the humanitarian community to pick. up the port to places where they're needed most and it is the children who are most affected by the catastrophe going on right now. kushal to solve human swore and not just balls hit by the bombs and bullets their comic impact has been catastrophic for the general population food supplies have been disrupted prices have gone up and millions of people are now living with the effects of malnutrition. is weak and severely

malnourished she is ten months old but weighs just three kilograms the weight over a newly born baby. been sick since she was born hunger and disease have left tiny and frail she even struggles to cry. mariam is a very sick not only she on good nourished but she also suffers from diarrhoea she's very sick yemen has always been desperately poor but the war has made things was while food prices inevitably rice incomes have plummeted many families can barely afford to eat. i have sixteen children two of them suffer severe malnutrition and hung on the living conditions as you know and i'm without any source of income hospitals in hijab province overflowing with sick and starving babies and more keep arriving every day so i thought there had been one hammer let

the last out but your problem of severe malnutrition is getting worse the consequences of four years of war are clearly visible here from severe malnutrition to deformed needy born babies breastfeeding mothers also suffer from undernourishment. the frequent strikes also make it difficult for the people to leave their homes the destruction to roads and bridges has limited the delivery of food and fuel to a population already suffering. according to the united nations two point eight million people have been driven from their homes by the bombing its humanitarian chief has warned of a clear and present danger of farming many of the displaced are living in camps in the middle of the country surviving on meagre relief hundreds whose deliveries a few and far between when it comes to stopping the conflict that you mentioned seem to be some hope of that a few days ago what's happening to the peace process now.

it would seem to be inching closer to seeing peace talks between the warring parties in yemen both sides have expressed their readiness to talk all that has not translated to the guns going silent the. sodium reality coalition continues their bombardments and also sporadic fighting between them and the fight is and then also we're seeing the whole the saying that they're talking the firing of ballistic missiles targeting soda and the united arab emirates as well as their allies on the ground and also drone talks but. the international community particularly the u.n. . a special envoy to yemen is very confident that both will be of the talks planned for before the end of the year in sweden and he says he's more than willing to travel with the who through delegation to ensure that they make it

out of the country because the last round of talks. in geneva collapsed because the horses did not turn up because they had said the saudis had stopped them from living some are too good to geneva for the talks so he has again once again visiting yemen today to try and push not only for a broader ceasefire but. tease out the purtiest in the conflict would be attending the talks in sweden let only the or i'm headed out of there thanks so much a new report by amnesty international is accusing saudi arabia of torturing and sexually assaulting women's rights activists held in detention other detainees were flogged and electrocuted amnesties middle east research director says only a few weeks after the ruthless killing of jamal khashoggi these shocking reports of torture sexual harassment and other forms of ill treatment verified expose further outrageous human rights violations by the saudi authorities interpol has elected

a new president south korea's kim jong yang was strongly endorsed by secretary of state mike pompei on tuesday who stressed the importance of the law enforcement organization kim replaces china's main hong way who is still missing after a visit home in september russia was hoping its interior minister general alexander choke who is one of interpol's vice presidents would take the post. human rights watch has called on other tourism companies to follow abyan b.n. boycott west bank settlements the holiday lasting company plans to remove listings of properties an illegal settlements in the occupied west bank it comes as britain's religious society of friends known as the quakers say their boycotting companies that profit from israeli occupation of palestinian land it's the first u.k. christian church to take that step stephanie becker reports it's

a rare victory for human rights groups who've been lobbying to stop commercial rentals in the illegal israeli settlements for years air b.n. b. is sent an important message to the rest of the business community that it really isn't possible to do business in or with settlements without contributing to an inherent serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights of palestinians however it was acquiescing to a policy in which palestinians idea holders are not allowed to enter settlements soley because of who they are and it appears to be the only case in the world for which air b.n. b. hosts are mandated by law to discriminate based on national origin u.s. based accommodation booking website air b.n. b. issued the announcement the day before human rights watch was due to issue a report on bed and breakfast in the settlements specifically case study in the activities of the air b.n. b. and booking dot com in a statement on line air b.n.

b. says when we applied our decision making framework we concluded that we should remove listings in israeli settlements in the occupied west bank that are at the core of the dispute between israelis and palestinians palestinians say these settlements are one of the main obstacles to any future peace talks they are illegal under international law and their physical presence or an across the occupied west bank make the prospect of a cohesive palestinian state far more difficult. one israeli minister has called for air b.n. b. to be banned in israel following the announcement in the illegal settlement of a frat the mayor had this to say the decision made by the administration of air b.n. b. to out these properties into dance america is extremely upsetting it's giving in to extreme people who don't have any intention in promoting peace but rather than people bringing people further away from one another it's not going to promote peace it's going to promote the semitic decisions made by such an organisation palestinians have welcomed the announcement and announcement that we're told no one

expected of course we very much welcome this decision and we believe that this decision is very very important. we hope. companies and companies will do the same as soon as possible for now air b.n. b. says it will remove the listings from its site soon denouncement won't change much for palestinians on the ground but rights groups say it's an important way in which highlights the issue of illegal settlement expansion and of who has access to land which remains at the very heart of this conflict stephanie decker al-jazeera in the occupied west bank. afghanistan has declared a day of national mourning after at least fifty people were killed in a suicide attack in the capital more than eighty others were wounded a suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside the hall during a gathering of religious scholars. i heard the explosion just take my cousin out of

there was seriously wounded but when i got here i realized that i was wounded as well and i am here i wanted to enter the hotel to participate in the ceremony but i got a call from a relative and he told me that there was a blast inside the hotel and the his children were wounded now and looking after my friends who've been injured in the blast the hospitals aren't allowing anyone in. french carmaker renault is appointed an interim c.e.o. after the arrests of carlos ghosn goes detention has been extended by ten days after he was detained in japan on allegations of financial misconduct he's accused of underreporting his income from the stand two more bodies have been found in northern california bringing that armor of people killed in wildfires to eighty one teams are using specially trained dogs to search properties and vehicles heavy rains forecast for late wednesday could hamper efforts to find and identify human remains firefighters say more than seventy percent of the fires are now contained.

hundreds of a central american asylum seekers of arrived in tijuana joining many others in the mexican city a u.s. judge has blanks frozen donald trump's order to bar people from seeking asylum if they enter the country illegally border agents are preparing for the so-called caravan of people john home and reports from tijuana. u.s. homeland security secretary because jamil simp was in san diego to check out the latest addition to the border let me first acknowledge what was referencing what i'm standing in front of this is a border wall with row upon row of concertina wire make knows make no mistake we are very serious you will not get into our country illegally it's a heavily armed guards and the troop deployment that the pentagon says will cost seventy two million dollars by mid december it's all to stop these people a caravan of central americans almost three thousand have made it to t one

a with more to come summer fleeing violence many of them poverty but a further attempt to stop them has failed for now a proclamation from president trump to stop those who cross illegally rather than the points of entry from asking for a sign of a federal judge blocked his attempt temporarily this is important because what many people try and do is get over the fence and then as soon as they touch u.s. soil hand themselves in to authorities and ask for asylum stopping that may be one less legal avenue for them but now temporarily it's been opened up again many in the caravan are already trying to ask for asylum through the point of entry anyway but those that we spoke to in the caravans makeshift camps were simply unaware of the legal fight around the hazy on the obstacles ahead. so only god knows what's going to happen if we see we can cross will cross if got permits we'll get work

here you know because i wasn't buying that. if we cross over in peace i think things will be ok but if we go causing problems they're going to hit us and deport us. when you don't know that trying to escape from crippling poverty back in their homeland doesn't mean they're eligible for asylum in the us they've made it this far just by keeping them going this may be the point when that's not enough to carry the journey home and out as he had to ponder. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories now u.s. president donald trump is standing by in saudi arabia over the murder of journalist a mouse ashaji that despite the cia concluding the crown prince mohammed bin ordered the killing we're not going to give up hundreds of billions of dollars in orders and let russia china and everybody else have

a it's all about for me very simple it's america first they're buying hundreds of billions of dollars worth of things from this country if i say we don't want to take your business if i say we're going to cut it off they will get the equipment military equipment and other things from russia and china russia and china would be very very happy. donald trump's comments have been widely condemned though in the u.s. many former top officials say he's giving a green light to commit murder senator lindsey graham who is an ally of trump says there is strong support in congress to impose serious sanctions against saudi arabia the u.s. has blacklisted iranian and russian companies it says a shipping millions of barrels of oil to syria in violation of u.s. sanctions secretary of state mike pompei o says the transactions undermine legitimate efforts to resolve the war in syria the charity save the children says around eighty five thousand kids under five may have died from it stream hunger

since these are the coalition began its campaign in yemen it's warning that at least fourteen million people are now risk of famine. in afghanistan has declared a day of national mourning after at least fifty people were killed in a suicide attack in the capital kabul the explosion targeted a meeting of muslim scholars they were meeting to mark for birthday of the prophet muhammad. south korea's kim jong yang has been has been the elected rather has been elected the new president of interpol he replaces china's main hallway as head of the international police agency chang is still missing after a visit home in september two more bodies have been found in northern california bringing the number killed in wildfires there to eighty one heavy rain is forecast for late wednesday could hamper efforts to find human remains is the stream now.

a rite of passage through the generations. down there. she was the woman who after indoors this cycle of pain for. the women affected by. those reshaping perceptions do you think people will abandon this event to other better than to take. correspondent. hi i'm fairly ok and enjoy the stream why is the chinese government separating. families. today we meet people who say they've been unable to contact detain relatives as china is accused of cracking down on muslim communities have questions where i guess the short. chat and we will include them in our conversation but

first here is al-jazeera as a brown reporting from the capital of china and leisure. time here.