stripped away. in the sand here and a very sweet and. lights that stand. for human rights. close to the public but the cia director is meeting right now with u.s. senate leaders discussing the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. summary of this is the world news from al-jazeera. after nearly all of the parties that i spoke with during the consultations that i held these last few days made these demands i'm suspending these text messages for six months. a victory for the so-called yellow vests protesters in france is the controversial feel times on the

spot the violent nature protests is put on hold. can be canceled that opinion coming from the leading the european court of justice. we also called on russia. to. release the sailors and nato demands the kremlin free the ukrainian navy crew captured in the black sea. so the director of the cia is behind closed doors right now meeting with u.s. senate leaders in washington to discuss the killing of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. should cause controversy last week when she missed a trumpet ministration briefing on u.s. relations with saudi arabia they tripled from the cia assessment say the crown prince had been some and was the one who ordered the operation to murder his

critics in istanbul two months ago so we're waiting to hear. from some of those senate leaders. the microphones are all set up there in washington and as we had previously when my pomp and james matter spoke senators did come down and address the media so we're hoping to see that happen again in the meantime we're going to talk to mike hanna he's our correspondent on duty on this story might the importance of junior house well actually speaking today after she was criticized so much for not fronting last week. indeed yes but it's a highly confidential briefing it would have here the exact venue has not been publicly made known for example only senior senators are have been invited to the briefing that's chairman and the ranking senator for each of the key national security committees so certainly a number of senators who are excluded are incensed at the fact that they haven't been invited to the briefing including the three co-sponsors of the yemen bill that was passed for debate in the senate last week one of those senators chris murphy

has released an angry tweets saying that sometimes information can be over classified and that if there is some evidence that points to the murder of jamal khashoggi and the involvement of the saudi crown prince then the public has a right to know about it another senator rand paul has just said as well that he believes it's unfair that only certain senators are given this information so jeanne a house bill here. not attending at that briefing last week and that was a briefing to the full senate but a number of people still highly incensed it being excluded from the briefing taking place right now come out mike remind us again or for anyone new to the story what do you know have can bring to the investigation given we did hear as i said from secretary of state and secretary of defense already lost. or gina has bullheads being the point person on the u.s. part of the investigation into the murder of jamal khashoggi she traveled to turkey

she has listened to the tape that was allegedly made during murder she has all the information that there is but she has briefed the secretary of state clearly and the secretary of defense and indeed president trump himself each of these figures the secretary of defense and the secretary of state telling the senate last week that there's no concrete evidence that links the crown prince to the murder of jon jamal khashoggi this is a view shared by president trump who's stated repeatedly that it is not from the evidence he did on one occasion however say that the cia do not say he didn't do it but they do not say definitively that he did that's a particularly president trump expression but the key issue here is that she does have all the information whether she shares all of that information with this small's senate committee at present that's something that we may find out in the

hours ahead but remembering that she has already complained reportedly about the leakage of information from lawmakers said vance just one of the reasons why she did not attend the full senate briefing last week so senators may be cautious as to saying anything after the briefing with the cia director come on ok mike let's talk again later hopefully if we do hear from some of those senators might can of them washington. so that's what we're waiting for us down the bottom of those escalators that's where the senators did arrive previously to speak to the media if any of them do we'll bring you their comments live on al-jazeera. to other news meanwhile the french government says it's putting a six month freeze on plans to increase taxes on diesel fuel motorists have been incensed at the prospect of paying more for the widely used fuel starting next month prime minister edward phillips as a proper debate will be held on this controversy the tax aimed to promote green energy but instead provoked nationwide protests for three successive weekends

including some of the worst riots for years in paris and saturday the so-called yellow vest demonstrations have since widened rallying groups who oppose things like falling living standards rising cost of living itself roads were blocked across the country as a result three people even killed in traffic accidents linked to the blockading of the streets by motorists and on top of all of that calls for president emmanuel micron to resign because of his economic policies. for more than three weeks tens of thousands of french people have been expressing their anger on roundabouts tollgates near shopping areas in the streets of many french towns this anger has deep roots it's been brewing for a while it often stayed quiet out of private today it is being expressed with force and in a collective way one has to be deaf or blind not to see it or hear it. more from our correspondent david chaytor in paris it's the french prime minister at what phillipe who's been forced to eat humble pie on

a nationwide broadcast from his office but i'm afraid already the yellow investors the people who've been staging the revolt over the last three weeks are saying that merely perspire owning the tax hikes in fuel and other areas is only perspiring the pain they want them abolished so they saying it's not enough so this is not going to ease the pressure on president emanuel mccraw it's not going to be easy for him because his poll ratings are now dropped down to twenty three percent a record low for any president in the fifth republic in only his eighteenth month in office so he's got a very steep hill to climb to try and reconnect with the public they have been telling him essentially as the prime minister so eloquently diagnose that they simply don't have the money to live properly then they can't make ends meet and

these policies that were supposed to bring in new cleaner emissions from cars persuade people to go off the diesel and go into electricity simply fell on the people who could least afford them and why is it taken him so long to actually realize this and to make these concessions and it's only it's only actually a concession a suspension not an abolition so his policies will reconnect in six months time so the yellow vest as a saying that's simply not enough it will not actually appease them they're saying their protests will continue and the real target is president himself and his style autocratic style his aloof style and typically of course he stayed away from making any public statements since return from argentina in the g twenty he stayed inside in side the shades of the elysee palace he's not speaking to the french

people. spoke to greg archer a little earlier he is the clean vehicles director of transport and environment and a huge environmental watchdog he told us president macron really failed to tackle fronts of the economic issues. this is much wider than than simply a protest about fuel taxation and it shows that where you reform vehicle taxes and fuel taxes that needs to be done as part of a wider reform of. employment taxation policies because both the shift to green cars and away from oil and it and as a shift away from its taxes on employment all create jobs and she's good for the french economy but the problem is it's not being done in balance at the present time i mean i think he's spoken certainly strongly about the importance of climate change of course the paris climate agreement is now the key to the key key initiative globally but at the same time he lost his environment minister mr hu

just a few months ago who left in deep frustration at the lack of real commitment to environmental reform so as with many of our leaders they they talk a good case on the environment but they don't necessarily put it into action i think tax is the way to do it but i think it has to be done in a way in which people pay more tax for their fuel but perhaps have less money taken from them in their white package every moments so we see a shift in taxation away from employment towards the more polluting activities which we're trying to discourage i think the french did hoff of the job and the french government were doing hoff of what was needed they didn't do the other half and that's why they now face to face the protests which they have and have had to hold the the reforms. british m.p.'s have found that the government did break parliamentary rules by failing to publish the full legal advice it's been

given on the plan to leave the e.u. that's just happened the last few minutes they're also debating prime minister may's proposal which is expected to be put to a vote later this month we're also learning the u.k. perhaps can still cancel brags that without the consent of other e.u. member states that's at least what the advocate general at the european court of justice has told the highest court so lots to talk about with nadine barber in london let's start with that one first of all the day and the importance of this advice that's been given to the court of justice. kemal it was just advice but in general the court does follow that advice and the advocate general said quite clearly that it would be possible for the u.k. you know laterally to say you know what we've changed our minds we want to hold brock's it in other words to revoke article fifty the mechanism which was triggered in twenty seven tane giving each side two years of negotiation time before

britain leaves the european union is due to end in march twenty ninth tain now the the case was brought by a cross party group of scottish politicians they've welcomed this not ruling but this advice they say that it's in their words a roadmap out of the brics it shambles because let's not forget to reason may has to get this deal through parliament the vote by m.p.'s was due to be next tuesday and it was looking increasingly unlikely that she would do so all along her line has been it's my deal or is leaving without a deal or it's no breaks at all now in the last few hours she said the luxemburg court's ruling changes nothing or it's opinion changes nothing because the government has no it's intention of revoking article fifty but guess what people want to know what would happen if the deal were rejected in parliament and the

campaigners who i've talked to say that it now clearly opens up a route forward if in fact that deal was rejected. it would have to happen within that two year period or need to get an extension of article fifty and i think it's generally understood that the other member states would be prepared to grant us an extension not to faff it by with more meaningless negotiations but to either hold a second vote or a general election and i'm confident that other member states would let us have an extension for the definite purpose. can you talk of this other issue the government apparently breaking parliamentary rules because it didn't publish all its legal advice. absolutely you were just hearing there from the member of parliament about goodwill perhaps in brussels towards or giving the u.k. more time well there's not a lot of goodwill towards the reason may right now because she's just lost a vote in parliament basically that means that her government is held in contempt

of parliament because it's not published in full the legal advice on her breasts it deal that the attorney general gave the cabinet the attorney general geoffrey cox was in parliament taking questions on monday and he has volunteered for example that the deal would mean that if there were no trade deal in future then this backstop for the island of ireland would be indefinite time the u.k. into a very close relationship with the european union for years to come to avoid a hard border in ireland that's something that many many brits it is simply not willing to countenance and so now labor the opposition labor party have the upper hand they are going to vote against the deal but they have also left the road open to either a general election or a so-called people's vote on the deal so there does seem to be momentum going in

that direction and in the next few hours it's possible along as well as the debate on the breaks it deal happening it's possible that will start to see another vote which would mean that parliament can outright ban crashing out with no deal that's something labor want to see so lots and lots of variables at the moment but it's not looking good for to resume a in her timetable ok thank you for the update nadine barber in london. still ahead for you on al-jazeera just a reminder that we are waiting on u.s. senate leaders two or three speak to the media they've been meeting with the cia director who's been discussing the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi to bring you that live when it happens.

and i bet it's very disturbed across parts of the middle east at the moment lots of wet weather around you can see the area of low pressure here just off the coast all into the mediterranean that is swirling around and all the wet weather is circulating around that so we're seeing one area work its way eastwards and that one looks like it's going to give some heavy rain over the northern parts of iraq as we head through wednesday could be a little bit of flooding here and then the next system works its way yet and for some of us have particularly around that eastern coast of the mediterranean it is looking very wet they could be some more flash flooding here particularly over the west bank or maybe into jordan as well so all very disturbed there and we're also seeing some of that over the arabian peninsula as well here it's originating over the red sea and then stretching its way north woods as it works its way towards the east will see it make its way across q eight probably not as heavy as some of the rains we've seen recently west of the force in parts of iran to the south of that

generally quite humid at the moment so don't be surprised if you see some more folks here in doha or maybe overpass the u.a.e. as well down towards the southern parts of africa and we were plenty of cloud with us at the moment and some of this is giving us some very heavy downpours indeed i think as we head through the next few days we could see a few will showers developed. xenophobic violent and beating the drum for an ethnic civil war in the heart of. al-jazeera infiltrates one of the continent's past describing guys nations and exposes links to members of the european parliament and marina pam's national party generation hate. one of the special two part investigation on al jazeera.

back at the top stories here on al-jazeera this hour the director of the cia is behind closed doors right now meeting with some u.s. senate leaders in washington they are discussing the killing of the journalist jamal khashoggi caused controversy last week when she missed a trumpet ministration briefing on u.s. relations with saudi arabia. the french government has announced a six month freeze on plans to increase taxes on diesel motorists had been incensed at the prospect of paying more for the widely used fuel from next month prime minister edward phillips as a proper debate will be helped. and british m.p.'s have begun the debate on prime minister teresa mayes brags that plan her proposal is expected to be put to

a vote later this month you're also discussing have actually voted on deciding the government did violate parliamentary rules by failing to publish the full legal advice it was given that. official ceremonies are taking place at the capitol in washington to pay tribute to former u.s. president george h.w. bush his body is lying in state will remain there until the funeral on wed and state president donald. and first lady melania were among the mourners paying their respects mr bush died at his home in houston texas last friday at the age of ninety four as the forty first president he oversaw the end of the cold war and assembled a military coalition as well to remove iraqi forces from kuwait during his term from one thousand nine hundred nine to nine hundred ninety three the russian navy has temporarily lifted its blockade on two ports in ukraine ships are waiting to enter the ports and done by us where ukraine's army has fought russian backed groups it is in the disputed crimea region which of course russian troops and

extreme ukraine four years ago tension escalated last week when russian warships opened fire and captured twenty four crew on three ukrainian navy boats on this one with an. expected to figure in the nato foreign ministers meeting which has just begun actually in brussels that's where. we heard the ukrainian foreign affairs minister believe him speaking take us through what he said. that's right pablo can can the ukrainian foreign minister was meeting a nato foreign ministers a bit earlier today now he welcomed the alliance's support for ukraine and he also said that he welcomed the fact that nato put out a strong condemnation of what nato calls russia's aggression over the past week in capturing those ukrainian sailors and ships now can can made it very clear that for

ukraine the priority now is the those sailors and those ships are released and he called on moscow to do that immediately he also said this was just another example for ukraine or russia trying to violate its sovereignty he said the war moscow is also trying to do was to destabilize the economy of southern ukraine he said now the the they need to be a move away from declarations from the fact that nato is coming out with this support for ukraine and more onto concrete actions and what he would like to see is nato sending more support more ships to the black sea air in fact he seemed to indicate that it could be possible the nato would be willing to do that in the coming days. we shouldn't just stay on the level of declarations however strong these declarations are and one of my clear messages today for all our friends was we need to create a comprehensive response to the actions of russia in the black sea and the current street and be out of see. a comprehensive response natasha i guess

a concrete runs from nato especially as you talked about possibly sending more ships how likely would that actually be. well yes stoltenberg the nato secretary general says that nato already has a very strong presence in the black c.n.n. has done for several years particularly everson stoltenberg said that russia legally an excuse crane back in twenty fourteen he said is a presence both in the sea and in the air he also talked about the fact that many nato members actually border that area and they also have they have police patrols and patrolling in that region so he seemed to indicate that there was no intention on behalf of the alliance to bolster that presence in the black sea area despite the ukrainian foreign ministers declaration that perhaps nato would be willing to

do this for now stoltenberg said there is a nato presence in the area will continue to monitor the situation and then we will see what needs to happen next ok thank you for all those up don't talk about missiles ukrainian president petro poroshenko has also been meeting with relatives of those sailors who were captured a man held by russia andrew symonds has more on that here. it's now nine days since this crisis started and we're really seeing some of the role emotion pouring out from the relatives of the twenty four servicemen wanting to know more about what's happened to their loved ones one woman in particular needed cohn's soling by president poroshenko she was really beside herself it has to be said also that there is concern about the treatment of the men the international red cross has been asked to try to get access to them and poroshenko reassured the relatives that everything possible was being done to get their release he said that the geneva

convention was being breached by the russians and these were prisoners of war with rights and they should not be put before a russian court it had no real joys diction on them he assured them one case in particular is of concern for syria so rocor he is twenty seven years of age and he was an officer with the counter intelligence service his father was representing him much concerned about his condition he was seriously injured in the incident. the israeli army has begun destroying tunnels on to the border with lebanon israeli commanders say the aim is to stop cross border attacks by hezbollah fighters into northern israel israel has been boosting its defenses along an eleven kilometer stretch of the border for the past three years. more on this with natasha and i am a correspondent in western islam. this is the first operation of its kind we've

seen along the northern border targeting has two thousand and six that's when israel and hezbollah off a month long war and since then there's been a kind of tense detente israel is saying the existence of these tunnels is a violation of a un resolution agreed upon at that time prohibiting has the law from operating near the border and amassing weapons operation north shield as it's been dubbed by the israeli military began last evening they've been destroying the tunnels building walls and rock barriers in an attempt to thwart any kind of attack from hezbollah in lebanon into israel and israeli military spokesman says we see the hezbollah activities as a flagrant and blatant violation of israeli authority so the question is what might happen next will has respond it's important to note that these activities by the

israeli military are confined to israeli territory and that's why it's believed that this will not escalate further in addition hezbollah as attention and resources have been diverted in the last several years due to its participation in the war in syria which likely makes that loath to want any kind of military confrontation with israel last evening prime minister benjamin netanyahu traveled to brussels to meet with u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o to alert him to this operation and also to discuss what they call quote iran's aggression this operation comes literally on the heels of some domestic troubles that netanyahu is having here in israel on sunday for the third time this year police have recommended that he be indicted as part of a wide ranging corruption investigation that has plagued him and his wife since last year some analysts are saying this operation could be

a way to divert attention away from that. now entering child slavery is a major goal for a nobel peace prize winner and kyla is taking his message to the big screen with the help of a documentary filmmaker organized as of the film festival here in doha are pledging to help him reach that goal it also has been to find. the why i've been missing for seven months the tide has been taken to get. this is why. we have been attacked there the price of free and award winning documentary has been online for only a few days and already it's been seen by more than two and a half million people. going to take that slavery has been abolished. the film explores chi l'arche that the artes efforts to expose the plight of young children

once who are trafficked into forced labor group and south the r.t.a. is now taking his mission to another level i am going to create to pay paul. all through this campaign that hundred million you want and children can become the chain makers and champions for the cause off hundred million left out sisters and brothers of them and this film is going through. that process. that message was reiterated at the sixth annual film festival in doha as a special guest at the event such the arts he was recognized for his work and took the opportunity to reach out to young people who know my. a chance to use an international platform for a global cause is also part of this year's festivals the we should really give them

hope and a sense of and power meant that faye have. the courage. and and the spirit should not know we should break it to you and the tools to make the change in the future if it only gets more important every year. during the closing night celebrations six awards were handed out in various categories selected by judges aged eight to twenty one the message of this festival is clear our cinema has the power to raise awareness. and injustice but also provide hope for the future not. just here at the film festival they were. just taking them to have a look at this is kind of maybe the future of motor bikes not so much the design of the bike that's attracting so much attention though it is unique shall we say. rather it is that almost every part of that model has been manufactured by a three d. printer and while three d.

printing as you say in its current form is maybe a little bit slower for mass production but when you speed it up it looks good doesn't it but it does show you just how much the process could revolutionize entire industries. this is take you to the headlines now the director of the cia is behind closed doors meeting with u.s. senate leaders in washington discussing the killing of a saudi journalist jamal khashoggi she now has caused controversy last week when she missed a trump administration briefing on u.s. relations with saudi arabia leaked reports of the cia assessment say the crown prince mohammed bin salman ordered the operation to murder his critics in istanbul two months ago and we are waiting on that senate leaders who have been meeting with the cia director to discuss that. issue of saudi relations and we will bring you that briefing live when it does happen just waiting for senators to approach the

microphone in other news british m.p.'s of the government broke parliamentary rules by failing to publish the full legal advice that have been given on the prime minister's plan to leave the e.u. politicians also debated prime minister made proposal they are expected to put that to a vote later in the month the u.k. can still cancel bragg's it without the consent of other e.u. member states we've learnt that from the advocate general at the european court of justice he has told the high court highest court. the french government's announced six month freeze on plans to increase taxes on diesel motorists have been incensed at the prospect of paying more from next month prime minister edward felipe says a proper debate will be held on the controversy over david schaper. the prime minister said that no tax should endanger national unity the violence must stop but you'd have to be deaf not to hear the anger of the french people so he has

responded is that enough to the first reactions we've got from the the end of representatives is that no it's not it's not going to stop more demonstrations on saturday it's not going to stop the public anger there is still a great deal of anger right across the country shipping traffic has resumed ukrainian ports on the sea following a standoff with russia since commercial ships are now able to move through the courage strait close to where russia seized three ukrainian ships and their crew last month and israeli army is starting to destroy tunnels under the border with lebanon israeli commanders say the aim is to stop the cross border attacks by hezbollah fighters from lebanon into northern israel back with that briefing from the cia or from the senate is as soon as it happens right now the inside story.

we will see. comments from the main suspects. that will. make any difference. to the program i'm richelle carey turkish president. is not giving up he wants more answers about the murder of journalists at the saudi.