zero. and for exhibits. i have zero question the crown prince and b.s. ordered the killing a damning assessment from u.s. senators after a briefing from the cia director on jamal hushovd g.'s matter. come fully back to watching al jazeera live from doha also ahead yemen's huth the rebels arrive in stockholm ahead of a long awaited talks to end of a call for. the u.s. special counsel recommends no jail time for president trump's former national

security advisor michael flynn and a new factory in iraq is giving hope to victims of the war. senior senators in the united states say the time has come for the trump administration to condemn saudi arabia for the murder of jamal or congress will act it follows a briefing by cia chief gina hostile to senate leaders mike hanna reports from washington the cia director paused on her way in paying respects to president george h.w. bush lying in state in the capital. the briefing took place behind closed doors only a small group of eight senators invited all in. agreement about one basic fact. i have zero question in my mind the. crown prince n.b.s.

ordered the killing monitor and killing knew exactly what was happening planned in advance if he was in front of a jury he would be convicted in thirty minutes guilty. so. the question is what we do about that saudi arabian in the different entities. if the saudi government is going to. be in the hands of this man. for a long time to come up and it very difficult to be able to do business because i think he's crazy. i think he is dangerous and he has put their relationship at risk only a strong response by the united states will send a clear and unequivocal message that such actions are not acceptable in the world's stage and i think that's more important than ever and i hope that senator graham

and my legislation which would create a real set of consequences mandatory global make netsky a series of sanctions beyond those that exist would be a very strong answer to what has happened last week both the secretary of state and the secretary of defense told the full senate there was no concrete evidence linking the crown prince to the murder senator graham used the term willfully blind and questions are asked to about president trump's ambivalence it would be really easy for the president to walk out into the press room today and just date that. that m.b.'s killed a journalist we know he killed a journalist. we know he ordered it we know he we we know that he monitored it these are all people that are very close to him and and that is not

acceptable for american standards in the days ahead senators will be discussing what action to take and here there is some division in the senate someone just lay ssion aimed specifically at declaring the guilt off the crown prince mohammed bin solomon others want a wider bill drawn up which would include economic sanctions against saudi arabia including a ban on all weapons sales only one thing at the stage is clear given the mood up to this briefing legislation there will be mike hanna al-jazeera washington and his alledge there is mohamed van now with reaction from istanbul. the testimony of the chief of the cia over the night and the reactions that have been pronounced by the congress leaders can only be music to the years of the turkish government here this is going to consolidate their view and the case they have been building over the last several weeks about what happened to germany they have been asking

the americans to put more pressure on the saudis to say more about what happened particularly on two respects one of them is what happened to the body of the mount and the other is who gave the orders so these developments can only galvanize the turkish approach to do the judiciary approach and make them work harder on this case to complete it they think that many questions are still unanswered and many aspects of this case have not yet been completed john jones is a former senior congressional visor he says it's rare to see senators united across the aisle on an issue. members on both sides of the aisle republican and democrat on equal call and their denunciation of prince mohammed's legit involvement in the murder of mr chris shogi i have not seen senators both republican and democrat this furious since the brett kavanaugh supreme court justice

nomination hearing but the big difference is that republicans and democrats are not mad at each other they're frustrated their frustration is like a laser focused on prince muhammad the u.s. saudi relationship goes back seven decades and the policy question will be is there a way to punish and if need be isolate prince mohammed what out affecting the u.s. saudi relationship and without harming u.s. diplomatic goals in the region especially as it pertains to israel and iran but you could obviously see within the coming weeks legislation passed that would reduce or eliminate u.s. support for saudi military forces in yemen that could happen before the christmas break. another wild new zealand special envoy for yemen and who is the rebels have arrived in sweden for talks a saudi backed government delegation is on its way as healthy negotiations were and

the four year old war which a un says has led to the west's humanitarian crisis in modern history. ports. humanitarian organizations are hoping this who the delegation that arrived in stockholm and a yemeni government delegation arriving from saudi arabia will come to an agreement that will help protect millions of yemenis threatened by fighting famine and disease it would be the first time in more than two years that the parties are meeting now to get the parties to this conflict to to come to one place for presentation has not been easy. but is now a decisive step in our efforts to end the suffering in yemen. u.n. sponsored talks to to start in sweden are expected to bring together the who feels supported by iran and yemeni government leaders backed by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates an argument of fact all issues can be negotiated in order to

rebuild mutual trust there will be several documents on captives on the economy humanitarian work to build confidence for the peace talks thereby to produce a comprehensive overall political solution to the yemen crisis. as a goodwill gesture the saudi u.a.e. coalition fighting the who these allowed fifty wounded rebel fighters to be flown to oman for hospital treatment that was one of the conditions for huth these to attend the talks similar talks collapsed soon after they began three months ago. the u.n. says the humanitarian crisis in yemen described as the worst in the world will even get worse in the new year it's appealing for four billion dollars from international donors to help feed starving yemenis next year we think that twenty four million people in yemen seventy five percent of the population will need humanitarian assistance. airstrikes somebody boardman's. a

cholera epidemic and other diseases as well as starvation is estimated by independent group of researchers to have killed between seventy and eighty thousand yemenis so far in the war in addition fighting has forced half a million people from their homes and to further complicate the disaster people smugglers are using the chaos in yemen as a route to europe migration arrivals to yemen a country at war will reach a buyout one hundred fifty thousand people this year twenty eighteen this is roughly a fifty percent increase over the one hundred thousand that allow that arrived last year aid organizations helping the starving infected and the displaced say some progress in sweden is urgently needed to end the suffering of millions paul chowder gian al jazeera. and it sounds speak to there is hashem i had to live from absolute north us talk home where those song says set to take place hashem just set the

scene for us just how crucial. talks. this is quite a crucial moment for the yemen's warring factions because this is the first time this this is the first encounters since two thousand and sixteen and since the thousand and fifteen military campaign launched by saudi arabia and he's our allies i guess the houthi as we've seen very few occasions where all the while both factions came together in a bid to try to solve the problem most of those talks collapsed because of the huge differences about how to move forward the government for example which is backed by the international committee says that it would like to see the who these hand over their weapons and pull out from the capital sanaa before any serious conversation about a political settlement to who these control

a huge territory that stretches from sod all the border with saudi arabia all the way to say that they are just a minute or forward to that by the people of yemen and therefore the absolutely no way they will make any concessions now this could be a unique opportunity also for the international community because against the backdrop of the pressure which is now being building up against saudi arabia the hope that they could put further pressure on the saudis and the emirate is to push them to set aside all those differences and push for a political way are to the crisis if that happens here that could be really good news for the people of yemen we're talking about forty million the amount is on the brink of famine two million children who face severe malnutrition thousands who have been driven out of their homes and. thousands stranded in the border areas quite a delicate situation for the yemenis and a mammoth task for the international community so what are the chances then hashem

in sweden of a breakthrough on the sticking points that is of course on things like a ceasefire in the port city of daytime or a transitional government is there hope that they can reach an agreement on some of the sticking points. a folly. most likely the united nations special envoy martin griffiths is going to have to change that tact gone are the days when the u.n. would come to geneva stockholm or other places and say we need to talk about a transitional government authority and then to the war in yemen a national unity government they know that all the parties are in charge for the time being however this is what they are trying to do first of all they would like to start with some confidence building measures like presidents walk. and then they would like to move to words how to tackle the issue of her data which is a vital lifeline for the yemenis under the control of the whole thing as the government backed by saudi arabia says it is determined to take over by military

means the city of the u.n. has suggested in suggesting that it would like to oversee the operation and the management of the seaport of data then they would like to ensure that all the parties will work together to words consider dating the economy and also agreeing on a central bank and someone who would run the central baghdad gets a backdrop of this divide in the country then they would move to the third phase which is basically the political for the time being when we we've been talking to the who these are the basically they say that they are the ultimate authority and that the only option is just for the government to make further concessions because as far as they are concerned the other was control most of the territory at the same time we are getting some strong statements from the government of president. there saying that they will be arriving today in about forty five hours from here

but they are determined that until the who make significant concessions about their military presence in yemen there will be no peace and that fighting will resume as soon as possible particularly around the city of her data thank you for that. reporting live from in sweden a monthly meeting between israeli and lebanese military leaders has taken on new significance after israel launched an operation to destroy tunnels along the border between the two countries on tuesday the talks are being facilitated by the un peacekeeping force in the area israeli commanders say they destroyed the tunnel so counter threat from hezbollah in any future conflict still ahead on al-jazeera will have the latest on the twists and turns of breck's it as m.p.'s approach a push old vote thus a pledge from ukraine's president to the relatives of a naval crew detained by russia last month.

from the meal nights of asia. to the sixty minutes which seems. out of that deep cold that's hanging around in eastern europe for what a month or so has been pushed out of the way eventually by the atlantic a you still see that streaming in by the cloud here but this is where it's got to more or less ukraine is still cold beyond that and it's got opposing winds coming out of the caucasus so southern russia southern linus' no not particularly heavy but persistent and as though it's certainly warmed up it's also turned foggy is on cases rather smoky sorry avery in particular suffering from that now although there's not much more progress eastwards over not to be wednesday and thursday the atlantic weather still prevails in western europe were in the teens temperature was at london and paris cloud often brings rain it's not quite cold off a significant snow except at height in the alps as you can see but some stowe for

low ground in either germany or poland but the hint here of course give me got the code a meeting the warm is the active area is tookie maybe the gene and certainly in cyprus where the visit heavy rain recently that's the suggestion of the satellite picture it's in the forecast to the chance to be significant rain still in cyprus sudden turkey the levant north and egypt to the west that enjoy the sunshine it's quiet and relatively mild. the weather sponsored by cats on grease. the important thing if you're walking around in beirut was known to be in the line of fire from the holiday. we heard gunshots i was the first one to feed the whole to. the battle lasted three days and three nights and there were no prisoners at the control of the under control of the region around and that's why it was such a bloody battle an icon of conflict at the heart of the lebanese civil beirut holiday war hotels on al-jazeera.

welcome back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera senior senators in the united states have called for action against the saudi crown prince over the murder of they gave their assessment after a briefing from the cia director gina us all yemenis who with the rebels have arrived in sweden for talks to end the conflicts the saudi backed government is also taking on early efforts broke down in september and a monthly meeting between israeli and lebanese military leaders has taken on new significance after israel launched an operation to this story tunnels along the border israeli commandos say they destroy the tunnel so contra threat from

hezbollah in any future conflict. now the u.s. special counsel has recommended no jail time for president donald trump's former national security advisor michael frayn saying he's cool freighted substantially with the russian investigation robert mueller says flynn provided information about interactions between trump's team and russian government officials as the president was transitioning into office flynn guilty in december two thousand and seventeen to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia is the only member of trump's administration to admit guilt to a crime uncovered during miller's investigation john hendren has more from washington. the office of special counsel robert mueller has issued a surprising recommendation in court filings late tuesday miller's office said they recommend no prison sentence for michael flynn michael flynn is a former national security advisor accused of lying to federal officials about his relationships and his contacts with the russian government during the trump

campaign the miller office says that among the things he helped with were links between the russian government and the trump campaign the report was largely redacted due to ongoing probes it did say that he did in fact lie about contact with the russian government and it also said he misled the justice department about lobbying for the nation of turkey many analysts suggest that trump is likely to issue a tweet storm after a number of tweets about the miller probe on monday this is likely to also prompt some response from the president although he did not respond on tuesday and there is more to come on friday paul man afford the president's former campaign chairman will be sentenced as well in the moeller office says that he is no longer cooperating with them they say that he had lied to them and they are revoking any cooperation agreement then on december twelfth michael cohen the fixer and former lawyer for president trump will also be sentence and president trump has recently

said that he is a weak person and he said he should serve his complete sentence that is completely different than what the president says about paul in a ford we will see in the coming days how the president responds. british m.p.'s have begun five days of debate on teresa mayes rexy deal with the european union the democratic unionist party from northern ireland which props up a majority government says it will vote against the plan early m.p.'s voted to hold the government in contempt of parliament emotionless pass after the prime minister failed to publish in for the legal advice received on the deal that dean barbour has more from london the archives will tuesday's source a series of setbacks for to resume a and her government it was supposed to see the start of five days of debate on her deal ahead of a parliamentary vote on it for next tuesday but that was delayed because politicians from all of the opposition parties here in westminster and the northern

irish d u p a democratic unionist party as well who have been propping up trees amaze government called for a vote on contempt of parliament saying that the government had broken its own promise in november to publish the full legal advice on this break that deal given to it by the attorney general the chief legal officer all along the government insisted that was not in the national interest but when it came down to it parliament just wasn't convinced i. think i know i think the are you still right three hundred eleven the news to the left two hundred ninety three so they are you have eight the our eyes have eight on the. order of point zero zero zero to care stoma. on a point of order mr speaker this house has now spoken on itself huge constitutional

political significance it is i think unprecedented for this house to find ministers in contempt the motion makes clear the government must now publish the attorney general's final legal advice in full. the government has now promised to publish the full legal advice from the attorney general but it's also been defeated in another vote in the commons and that was on an amendment to the withdrawal agreement saying that if it's rejected by parliament which is looking more and more likely then the commons will get a vote in january on the front be saying that in effect the government should do x. or the government should do y. and what that really means for the labor party in particular is that it will be able to say we do not we grew out leaving the e.u. with no deal this so-called cliff age scenario there was another set back. when the

european court of justice took advice the u.k. could in theory reverse article fifty the process by which it said it wanted to leave the european union unilaterally so that if for example the country did go to a new referendum on the deal or a general election labor's preferred option right now then that could actually happen that's that's opening up a road for people who say that the only way out of the us is to put the question back to the people the us has given russia sixty days to comply with a nine hundred eighty seven nuclear. says it will withdraw from the pact secretary of state my companion made the announcement at a nato meeting in brussels he said russia's alleged violations of the agreement a direct menace to europe these violations. of the i.n.f. treaty cannot be viewed in isolation from the larger pattern of russian lawlessness on the world stage the less the russians enter the sax as long georgia

ukraine syria election that will it. and now the curch straight to name just a few. in light of these facts the united states today declares it has been russia in material breach of the treaty and will suspend our obligations as a remedy effective in sixty days alas russia returns to fall and verifiable compliance ukrainian president petro poroshenko has met the families of several sailors held by russia last month the russian coast guard three ukrainian ships and their crew after a confrontation in waters off crimea and for some. it was a collective outpouring of emotion as relatives of the twenty four detained ukrainian servicemen came together president petro poroshenko tried to reassure the gathering that he was doing everything possible to get the men freed the meeting took place

nine days after the twenty two sabers and two counter-intelligence officers were detained by the russians in what crane says was a totally unjustified attack the president told the relatives that russia had no legal right to detain the man in charge that there's no truth no justice no more in russia he said of the crew of men three of whom were injured and treated as prisoners of war covered by the geneva conventions. i gave an instruction to the foreign minister to contact the international committee of the red cross and to neighbor as soon as possible to send a special mission to check on the condition of our boys as the president was making his latest attack on russia there were some movements of shipping to and from the ukraine's ports in the sea of as of for the first time since the crisis began ukrainian ministers said russia has partially lifted its blockade back in the

capital there were moves to put pressure on russia to release the captive ukrainians as their relatives are moving on for talks with the united states embassy it went all into the evening. these men say that exasperated at russia's refusal to show any leniency. we've heard nothing officially about my son's condition only some information from the russian media and messages from crimea activists that he was seriously injured and has had surgery. isn't letting lawyers or ukrainian diplomats see him. lose i'm not angry at the russian people the russian government because they have allowed this barbaric behavior of their own offices to assail as towards ukrainian sailors in offices. the meeting here with the u.s. ambassador marie event of it went on for more than an hour the relatives say they

told her that the americans weren't doing enough to pressure russia to release the servicemen and they say she assured them she would paul some thoughts to the white house under simmons' out. to international credit agencies have downgraded sri lanka's rating by one notch six week after the nation plunge into a political crisis on tuesday supreme court judges began hearing a petition that challenges the president's decision to dissolve parliament last month that's a palace or seen as plan to call a snap election won't be allowed to go ahead until the court delivers a judgment. a factory for artificial limbs has opened in iraq's second largest city it's brought hope for tens of thousands of people who lost arms and legs after i saw a fight to seize mosul but a lack of trained staff means a center can only make a few limbs at a time rob matheson has a story from the refugee camp in in the province. two years ago omar

has a woke up in hospital to find his left leg missing it's been blasted to pieces as iraqi forces try to weaken eyesores grip on the city of mosul by last october his right leg had become infected by gangrene to stay alive he spent a thousand dollars made up of deliberations and his own meager savings to have it amputated at a private hospital he spends most of his days propped up on the floor of his displacement camp tent staring at the wheelchair he's not strong enough to use for . life is difficult for me i wish i could go out of the tent and meet other people and look after my children the other day it was raining heavily for four days and i couldn't get out to help fortify the top of the tent i felt like i'm imprisoned. a new factory making prosthetic limbs has opened in nearby mosul the capital of

nineveh province. it's run by the international committee of the red cross the i.c.r.c. says fewer people with disabilities in the never will have to make several long and expensive journeys to get help look at it. we have been shocked to see the huge number of people who are disabled or have lost arms and legs in the war we have to do something so we have teamed up with aid agencies that are providing artificial limbs. if a prosthetic limb is not custom made it could be painful all the skin underneath could become infected if the patient isn't taught how to use it properly the muscles could get even weaker can earn our name enough we used to suffer because there weren't enough artificial limbs in mosul our lives were so difficult because it was hard to travel to other cities to get treatment and it cost a lot the problem for the center is keeping up with demand the i.c.r.c. estimates there are over four thousand people that nineveh province who need artificial limbs many of them like omar live in camps like this one at the moment

the center star can only produce a few limbs and every week that's because it's hard to find experience technicians the training takes time and it costs money. the center opened in mid october and already several hundred people are on its list for artificial limbs others like omar may have to wait much longer rob matheson al jazeera the kurdish region of northern iraq. you know again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera senior u.s. senators have called for action against the saudi crown prince over the murder of they gave their assessment after listening to a briefing from the cia director. they say they're confident more than ever that the saudi crown prince directly ordered the killing. i have zero question in my

mind that the crown prince n.b.s. ordered the killing monitored the killing knew exactly what was happening planned in advance if he was in front of a jury you would be convicted in thirty minutes guilty. so. the question is what we do about that and turkish officials have just reacted saying songe arabia could address international concern by extraditing all the suspects involved in. killing and other news who the rebels have arrived in sweden for un talks and yemen's four year conflict that meets officials from yemen's internationally recognized government who is on its way to riyadh since twenty fourteen who fees have been fighting the government which is sponsored by saudi u.a.e. coalition. and members of the who delegation spoke to the media before flying to

sweden now monthly meeting between israeli and lebanese military leaders has taken on new significance israel launched an operation to destroy tunnels between the two countries on to say the talks are being held on the border and are being facilitated by the un peacekeeping force in the area. all right you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera a reminder that we've got plenty more news on our web site at al-jazeera dot com all the very latest on all of our top stories on their stay with us on all just getting to the heart of the matter how can you be a refugee after you while it borders between five safe countries facing new realities the pain starts from the very beginning go to school providing context housing is not just about four walls and

a roof hear their story on talk to al-jazeera. millions of people across brazil are facing gaps in their health care as thousands of cuban doctors leave the country it follows a standoff between brazil's president elect and the cuban government so what's next i really could be here in the streams in your thoughts here twitter and here too. it doesn't take office until january but already brazil's president elect wants to renegotiate a major deal with cuba last month scenario pushed for changes to the mice medicos or more doctors program under which cuban doctors provided health care in poor regions of brazil but cuba pulled its doctors out rather than accept wilson arles demands al-jazeera as victoria gate b. has more on the impasse the move don't disapprove.