seems to have accomplished something rare in washington political unity key figures in the republican and democrat parties are demanding answers from donald trump's administration questioning the president's reluctance to act on the journalist's killing democrat adam schiff is set to become the house intelligence committee chairman early next year and he's promising what he calls a deep dive into washington's times with riyadh examining death the war in yemen and the stability of the saudi royal family and some of the republican colleagues have warned that his failure to punish the kingdom will have dangerous consequences when jordan has this update from washington d.c. . the murder of jamal khashoggi the washington post columnist may not be resonating with ordinary americans but for their representatives in the u.s. congress this is very much a controversy that is top of mind the hill newspaper is reporting that the entire senate is going to get a briefing in the coming week perhaps from the secretary of state like pompei zero

and the defense secretary jim mattis about the u.s. his relationship with saudi arabia apparently this briefing is going to take a look at everything from how the white house is not accepting the cia's determination that she's murder was done at the behest of the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomonic it's also going to be taking a look at the financial relationship between the united states and saudi arabia and it's going to be taking a look at the national security relationship between the two countries especially when light of the ongoing civil war in yemen one in which the saudis have been accused of violating the human rights of civilians in that war torn country by bombing civilian targets under the pretense of going after the fighters who want to take control of the government this hearing could possibly be made public because it's a opportunity for the general public to listen to senators question these two cabinet

members but the real import of this potential hearing is that it would give the senators both democratic and republican more ammunition on deciding how to hold saudi arabia accountable not just for its conduct in the yemeni civil war but just as important for the murder of jamal khashoggi both republicans and democrats have been extremely critical of riyadh because of the murder and they say that it is not for the united states to be giving any sort of political or diplomatic cover to a country that would go out and willingly target and then murder some. and that he considers a threat to its ongoing a political rule this is also a situation where the members of congress are going to find themselves pretty much in a fight with the white house the u.s. president donald trump has insisted that saudi arabia's importance in jail pill political affairs is much more important than trying to hold its leadership

accountable for the murder of jamal khashoggi the president has even been dismissive of the cia's conclusions saying that it's more of a feeling than actual analysis that's not sitting well with members of the senate and certainly not with members of the house so not only is there a potential big hearing coming in the coming days on capitol hill but there will also be intelligence committee hearings at least in the house of representatives come january. the saudi crown prince had been so money is on his first overseas trip since the death of jamal khashoggi his second leg is expected to take him to bahrain protesters in tunis is pressuring the government to cancel a planned visit by the crown prince the government is warning that demonstrations could threaten much needed financial aid from the kingdom reports. today's in activists calling for mass protests against a proposed visit by the saudi crown prince mohammed bin said ben is on his first to

work aboard since the killing of journalist. some tennesseans a worry his arrival could undermine their newfound freedom and liberties but with. the crown prince is tainted by the killing of her late colleague jamal khashoggi and the arrest of dozens of saudi activists for these reasons we consider his visit a provocation and an insult to the values of the tunisian revolution and our democracy tennessee i was the focal point of the pro-democracy protests in two thousand and eleven that galvanized the weald and start of the revolution known as the arab spring lawyers and human rights activists in tunisia a mounting a legal challenge to stop the visit but it's unlikely to happen cinesias cash strapped government is desperate for financial aid to tackle poverty

instability and unemployment. government leaders are concerned protests might alienate some of the leaders at a critical moment for the government is getting a great deal of pushback there has been a number of statements for example from the syndicate journalists a very strong civic it there since their own uprising in two thousand and eleven saying that he is using this trip to wipe. wash his violations against human rights. to make the yemen more palatable they're using tunisia after the crown prince is due to visit mauritania before attending the g. twenty summit next week in argentina. widely seen as an attempt by this. to repair his image during the international outcry over his suspected role in the

killing. of. international says saudi arabia and the u.a.e. must improve their human rights records if they're to be included in an expanded football world cup in twenty twenty two the idea has been mooted by fifa presidents . he's proposed that the twenty twenty two twenty meant be expanded from thirty two teams to forty eight and raises the possibility of saudi and the u.a.e. hosting some of the games themselves he is author of turbulent world of middle east soccer and he joins us via skype from manila good to have you with us why do you think is proposing this for the tournament as soon as twenty twenty two why is proposing this james. i think there are two reasons one

is the fact that the president of the team knows both for financial and political reasons as been pushing for the expansion of the five world cup already and got that rather than only what he said at the same time the other analyst is trying to hold the thought choir on its promise that forthcoming all world cups of cocoa cup hosts would be tested also and they were given to human rights i mean given the current political climate with the blockade on gaza by saudi arabia and the u.a.e. how likely is it that this football tournament will be sad between these three three nations i think it's highly unlikely and in fact all crap purposes. in front people has already admitted that the recent not close the border or really don't pose no what they have said is two things one is that was their original proposal not accepted by almost

a decade ago before they were awarded. the world pup and that by now it's really too late but formally they said that they will look at it and study it i it and fantino has been so to mistake has me said football as a way to build bridges insinuating that this could be something that would improve the situation even end the blockade is that wildly optimistic i think it's frankly i and the stuff back to the matter it is that football only builds bridges in an environment in which politicians and society have such a trying to deal with it that is not the invite. but the moment of. so i guess it comes down to a question then of whether castle could host a forty eight team tournament on its own. exactly and the assumption is that if you're not that i think that what if other people's motives here is twofold

one is their financial gain the bigger the the tournament is but also important to know against job position of european stock routes of wave is trying to force or as twenty five billion dollars investment by this bank which is just the stuff you would both saudi arabia and the arab emirates are heavily invested in there or is it stand the number of deeper tournament's at this would be catering to the saudis either way ok james dorsey will leave it there many thanks taking the time to join us from mina mexico says talks are ongoing over a deal to manage just solemn seekers gathered at the southern u.s. border thousands of central americans who've trekked through mexico hoping to cross into the u.s. but president donald trump wants them to stand to juana whilst asylum claims are heard in u.s. courts despite a tweet from trump there's

a deal had been reefs mexico says no formal agreement has been signed to shelter the migrants ana maria salazar slack as a former policy adviser to the u.s. special envoy for the americas she says the issue is very controversial in mexico. i don't think it's a done deal but i don't doubt that there has been conversations between the incoming government which by the way the new president will be sworn in next saturday's who are pretty much less than less than a week away from having a new president in mexico so i wouldn't doubt that conversations are taking place between the incoming government and the white house this conversation has been also been taking place with the current government which has been reluctant to sign on to any document by which the mexican government would keep a silent seekers in mexico in part because of it has to do with resources in part

it has to do it would be criticized in mexico if the mexican government would accept such an a green mint but there may be a way i mean i think what they're going to try to do is to reach a some type of. informal agreement by which mexico would keep them which would keep the caravan or at the keep the migrants here in mexico in the situation as in the united states but is very controversial here in mexico china has welcomed the overall defeat of taiwan's ruling pro independence democratic progressive party in sas days local elections there's also brought the resignation of president in when as chairwoman of the d.p.p. beijing says the result so they've won peaceful relations with china has the latest from taipei. the reaction of taiwan's media to the opposition's emphatic win in saturday's local elections here in taiwan has been pretty overwhelming this is the liberty times newspaper that has two figures on the from page fifteen and six

fifteen referring to the number of cities that the opposition now holds six being the number for the ruling party and a picture of a very glum zine in when that picture was taken as she was talking to journalists last night at a news conference when she confirmed she was resigning as leader of the d.p.p. and of course there are plenty of questions now being asked as to whether the cia in when can and will be the party's candidate in the twenty twenty presidential elections she remains president but her influence and power has been greatly reduced say analysts china has also been responding a spokesman for the taiwan affairs office in beijing has lauded taiwan's voters saying that the outcome of the election proves that people in taiwan want to have close relations with china but an analyst i spoke to on sunday morning here in taipei said the exact opposite he

said he believes that china's leaders will now double down on their efforts to try and bring about reunification with taiwan sooner rather than later. ten bodies have been found after flash flooding in northern iraq raising the fatality total to at least seventeen and around three thousand people forced from the town of shakeups are returning to find their homes swamped by mud disasters increased pressure on the iraqi government leaders to repair infrastructure damage by the war with ice all. so the entire village was on top of the houses we couldn't come down from the top we carried down children and women into boats and took them to the mountains only children and women crossed to the mountain all by. and just a few moments we'll have all the weather with kevin and then still ahead here on out. as tensions rise between iran and the u.s. some iranians say the femina death to america challenge should be taken seriously.

refugee camp that's home to thousands of. without medical care after a major charity pulls out. and then sports. events is even further ahead at the top of the italian. but more. by the time. or is the sun sets in the city of angels. just over a week ago we saw a tropical storm making landfall in vietnam that storm was deadly bringing very heavy rain showers mudslides and landslides now we're also dealing with a tropical storm this is usagi making landfall right now very close to home city here's the satellite image we don't have a lot of clouds with the storm but we do have a lot of rain with this storm and i want to show you some video that has come up

out of no training that has a showing the very heavy rain across the region right now we've already seen a well over one hundred twenty five millimeters of rain falling across this particular area and this was the site of where those deadly landslides and mudslides were located well over the next few days the storm is going to movie inland but the rain is still going to be a problem in terms of the amounts we're going to see well over two hundred millimeters or get to that just one moment but the area of rain is going to lead well up the coastline of vietnam all over the next few days. we're going to be seeing a break down towards the south but the heavy rain is still going to be a major issue up towards the north i want to show you how much rain we are going to be seeing over the next seventy two hours with the storm notice that bull's eye that we are seeing right here just to the south of denying well over three hundred millimeters of rain is expected in seventy two hours and an area that's already saturated so this means mudslides and landslides are still going to be a major risk. the weather sponsored by cats on race.

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so and says he will not reinstate his prime minister under any circumstances the country has been plunged into political foreign last month the president was speaking just a short while ago. as she joins us live from colombo seminar what exactly did president sort of send us a one month. he went on to justify his actions i mean this whole thing started with the appointment of the former president mind the rajapaksa as prime minister the sacking of run a vicar missing or the does illusion of parliament the prorogue of parliament and all of those things are basically presidency this in a justified his actions it was quite a long list of things that he accused the ousted prime minister of he said he had no vision with the interest of this country at heart that basically his new your

liberal policies were destroying this country and basically he went on to outline a number of sort of corruption deals things that a vehicle missing and his ministers were responsible for he said he couldn't keep watching while this happened he said he had us become a singer to step down in february this didn't happen he said he asked several other candidates including the speaker courage a suited to take on the premiership and that didn't happen one thing was very clear that he does not see any way of working with ron to become a singer in the future let's take a look at what he had to say. if you are you and if there's the legal right.