status and wealth has benefited from your choice to sleep. some over so you can ski the speedo as a soprano but. this job isn't just about what's in the script or piece it's about what is happening right now. going off to saudi crown prince mohammed bin us senate has introduced a resolution to hold him accountable for the death of jamal khashoggi. hello i'm and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up china demands the release of the chief financial officer of telecoms giants while away after she was arrested in canada. off the table the

french government council's plans for higher fuel taxes after a six month suspension failed to stop violent protests. are great and noble minor. and former american presidents and wild leaders bid farewell to george h.w. bush. sixty new u.s. senators from across party lines have introduced a senate resolution to hold the saudi crown prince accountable for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi if approved by the senate it would officially condemn mohammad been found for killing in the saudi consulate in istanbul in october but the resolution doesn't end there it also holds been sound unaccountable for.

atrocities committed during the war in yemen which saudi arabia entered in twenty fifteen the saudi u.a.e. alliance says they don't more than eight hundred thousand air raids part of a war which has killed tens of thousands of civilians the resolution also calls on the kingdom to end the blockade imposed by with three other arab states on cattle in june last year the senate has won the release two of braga rafer dawi when its rights activists and other detained political prisoners for more on this john hendren joins us live from washington d.c. john tell us more about this resolution and just how significant is it. this does here this is an extraordinary rebuke by the u.s. senate of a longtime american ally it takes them just six pages to save it in their account by account they accuse the crown prince of saudi arabia of being in charge of the security forces at the time jamal khashoggi was murdered and of being complicit that's the word they use for his killing the resolution goes on to demand an end to

the war in yemen and to demand an end to the dispute between saudi arabia and qatar but he uses a lot of very harsh words to get there in an accompanying statement one senator lindsey graham a republican calls the crown prince a wrecking ball ed markey a democrat calls him a thug these are extraordinarily harsh words for a u.s. ally and it suggests that they're going to demand serious action this is a non-binding resolution there is no or else at the end of it but it is just one of many things that senators are doing to express their ire over what happened in turkey john hendren in washington d.c. thanks very much john. u.s. defense secretary james nasa says he needs more evidence on who was behind jamal khashoggi of murder before he points the finger meanwhile istanbul's chief prosecutor is demanding the arrest of two of the crown prince's closest aides has

more from istanbul turkey has said it won't let the world forget about the murder of journalist on what is the chief prosecutor filed a request with the court to issue an arrest warrant for two former senior aides to saudi crown prince mohammed his top adviser saudi deputy chief of intelligence ahmed siri were removed from their posts by king said man u. connection to the murder of. the turkish judiciary now wants them extradited to stand trial in turkey a similar request has already been made for the fifteen members of the hit squad that killed the journalist at the saudi consulate in istanbul on october second saudi arabia said it wouldn't hand them over. until now we have patiently requested information about an investigation in saudi arabia but unfortunately we couldn't get any information in saudi arabia always asks to get information from us it's their rights we always share information with them but saudi arabia needs to be

transparent to us and to the international community they need to share the findings of these investigations but instead we see contradictory statements. cover so blue also reminded the saudis of the need to disclose the whereabouts of her remains and to respond to all demands otherwise we will go until the end but if there is an impasse which is an issue we have been seriously contemplating about and talking with our colleagues these days we will not hesitate to go for an international investigation on this point turkey has outside support we don't have the mandate to do a criminal investigation so we ask we mentioned to the to the to the secretary general that we thought it was needed a crime investigation international investigation. these statements and the arrest warrants follow an announcement by eight senior u.s. senators about their absolute certainty that saudi crown prince mohammed the order the killing of america based on

a cia briefing the likelihood saudi arabia will comply with the new turkish request is beyond remote what he wants to keep the pressure on saudi arabia and has vowed to never give up until justice is served and until the real culprits are brought to account. under seal stumbled the french government is abandoning a fuel tax hike which led to weeks of violent protests they've spread into why the demonstrations against president emanuel economic policy is and become his biggest challenge in office so far david schaper reports from paris. the prime minister at work felipe announced the complete abolition of the fuel tax hikes at the end of an address to m.p.'s in the national assembly he was speaking against a no confidence vote from the opposition his party's majority meant it was never going to succeed but he realised the real no confidence vote was being lost in the streets. to the yellow vests to all french people to you numbers of parliament

say that the government is open to support and majority. of the students have now joined the growing fray of protest against president macro and the demonstrations are spreading right across from it's been set on fire blocking a road in must say the same tactics interludes a high school set on fire. in a suburb of paris another school shrouded by cheap gas and smoke in the city's a pantheon so bomb professors were blocked from entering the campus as hundreds of undergraduates voted to join the end of us revolt with a march this weekend. mooted that. there is a rising of the peoples of the race and it's caused by a single recent government policies that only look to take from the poor people to the rich on the more just. the anger doesn't stop at the case of the university we're facing a problem that touches everybody in society the hell of

a supporting us and we're supporting them. and it was that these spontaneous demonstrations by groups of students are now breaking out in paris being through the streets all to rise and waving at the work of the sicko by getting support from passing bands. at even ambulances so this is now what. president macro is facing the protest is pretty wait for the confessional season already given and the pressure on him and he's a bit astray she was only growing. the president macron though got a very different kind of reception on a visit to the old law where you tell the people gathered by the side of the road to swear at his presidential convoy and shout resign. david chaytor

al-jazeera paris. well as a senior research fellow at the global policy institute he says people are angry at the pace of the manual reforms. east percy does out of touch but i don't think he actually eats what he has done he's done some reforms francis needed to be a reform and rather efore was implemented were in his program but it is a good that the french are very conservative rock who don't like to be shaken but at the same time there is are many the frustrations in france society which have been going on for years for wages haven't risen to the average wage in france net wages fortunately the euro's iniquities have been growing albeit far less in france than any words france is probably the most unequal or the most equal country of

order major countries in europe it does their lowest for generate dirs permanent covered you're right it's a country research ridges distributes the most with the best benefits that could be achieved in any of defined major economies but this frustration of the people has been good it's very difficult for them to make ends meet it's through a series on me that with the kind of wages which exists in france people would find it hard to believe but they have sure isn't to focus on my quote because he's weak and that is new is a bit arrogant and he's someone who wanted to transform society a bit too fast china's embassy in canada is demanding the release of the chief financial officer of huawei technologies mango with arrested in vancouver on saturday at the request of us plenty she's facing extradition to the u.s. on suspicion of violating thanks and against iran the deputy chair on what ways forward and the daughter of founder ren jang fe highway says it's not aware of any

wrongdoing by making. the cost of former u.s. president george h.w. bush has arrived in texas where he'll be buried on thursday he died on friday at the age of ninety four politicians past and present were among the mourners at a state funeral for the forty first president in washington d.c. our white house correspondent can be health at reports. after lying in state in the rotunda of the u.s. capitol building george h.w. bush made his final journey past the white house he once occupied to a state funeral service at washington's national cathedral friends and dignitaries from bush's decades of public service stood as his flag draped casket entered the cathedral. at times such as this u.s. president typically set aside their political differences but as president donald trump took a front row seat he shook hands with only some of the former first families former

first lady hillary clinton his democratic opponent the twenty sixteen election did not even look his way bush senior's long time friend former canadian prime minister brian mulroney acknowledge the forty first president's time in office as a narrow which saw the end of the soviet union the first gulf war and the introduction of the north american free trade agreement no occupant of the oval which was more courageously more principled and more. than george herbert walker bush but it was the eulogy of bush's son george w. bush the forty third president of the united states that delivered the most personal of tributes praising his father's character and public service he was an empathetic man he valued character over pedigree bush closed his speech not as a former president but as a son overcome with grief the best for older assured daughter care to hear.

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welcome back. a reminder of our top stories this hour. six top u.s. senators have introduced a resolution to hold saudi crown prince mohammed bin accountable for the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi that follows a private briefing with the cia director on tuesday on the matter. china's embassy in canada is demanding the release of the chief financial officer of while way technologies one joe faces extradition to the u.s. on suspicion of violating thanks and on iran she was arrested in vancouver on saturday. the french government is abandoning a fuel tax hike which has led to weeks of violent protests the demonstrations have

spread into wider rallies against president emanuel economic policy. the party of propping up the u.k.'s minority government has accused prime minister to resign may of breaking her promise over how breck's it will affect the irish border the democratic unionist party says her agreement with the e.u. separates northern island from the rest of the u.k. may has been fighting to convince parliament to support a deal ahead of a vote on tuesday next week china has more. to reason may will likely be relieved to have emerged unscathed from her weekly encounter with opposition leader jeremy called in on wednesday call been chose not to grill the ritual on the loss of her parliamentary majority in three separate votes on tuesday she was instead taken on by an m.p. for the scottish national party is it time that the prime minister took responsibility of responsibility for concealing the facts on her bricks and deal for members of

the house of the public who should take responsibility the reason most problems crystallize around the so-called backstop arrangement in the briggs's deals he struck with the e.u. last week. it seeks to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland by keeping northern ireland aligned with the republic of ireland until a final future trade relationship is struck while mrs may has just days left now to sell the deal to a highly skeptical parliament we will not be accepting free movement these are matters which means that the european union does not see this as a as an attractive as an attractive place for them to put the u.k. they think that's an attractive place for the u.k. to be in and they won't want us to be in it for any longer than is necessary but despite may's attempts of reassurance the credibility of the backstop has been undermined by the attorney general's legal advice which the government was forced to publish in full the attorney general writes but the backstop would endure

indefinitely or until a superseding agreement takes its place the deal does not quote enable the u.k. lawfully to exit the backstop without a subsequent agreement and there is a legal risk that the u.k. may become stuck in quote for a trach to and repeated rounds of negotiations where many m.p.'s think that doesn't sound much like taking back control as they were promised in the two thousand and sixteen breaks of referendum in particular the democratic unionists of northern ireland to prop up mrs may's minority government in a statement the d u piece said this is totally unacceptable and economically mad in that it will be erecting internal economic and trade barriers within the united kingdom add to that more than one hundred conservative m.p.'s who say they'll vote against the deal then double that number among the opposition parties and mrs may appears to be heading for a crushing defeat next week leaving her deal her premiership and possibly even briggs it itself in question join

a whole al-jazeera london. thousands of people from central america not giving up hope of seeking asylum in the united states that's despite increasing efforts from the trumpet ministration to keep them out how to have me and reports from tijuana. is the morning scramble at the border asylum seekers hopeful their children will come to cross into the united states. but these days only a trickle get through every day based on a number system others like marked up with that have to come back tomorrow or the day after or maybe for many more to follow it but i one hundred when i was being forced to sell drugs when i refused they beat me up i had to flee here they told me to come back in three weeks from my turn not far from the official crossing some are trying to sneak in the u.s. on their own but they're still have got to milo with their two children about three weeks ago she wants to go to the u.s. at any cost despite knowing that attitudes towards people wanting to reach there

are changing. but again it's still better than at home because there is work it makes me sad to see the other side because you want to be there but i can't it's not easy to climb the wall but i won't lose hope. for the next stop is the official crossing in a nearby town of to kathy. but there quickly turned away the disappointment is immense when a cell like many others will continue roaming along the border wall to try to find their way in the biggest hurdle is this war but even if you get past it illegally once you're on the underside you're officially on american soil and so migrants usually if they make it will sit and wait for border patrol to show up surrender and claim asylum. the border on the american side has been fortified recently. any weak spot along the metal bars reinforced and it's closely monitored round the

clock. it's still not enough to deter sicilia and his friends they decided to take their chance after sunset they walk several thousand kilometers from honduras to reach this point his wife and daughter are already in the u.s. they took the same route he hasn't seen them in three years when i was just too difficult to get a visa they want financial guarantees that i don't have a hope not to get caught if it happens i will seek asylum. it's almost like for a moment they're both seem so close cecilia looked hopeful as one of the group reached the top of the wall. they were quickly spotted it's game over but only for now as going back home is not an option anymore but at that hamid al jazeera t one a spanish court has confirmed a controversial ruling which cleared five men of gang rape and sentence them on lesser charges of sexual assault people protested outside the justice ministry

after the decision the five men who called themselves the wolfpack have been jailed for nine years for assaulting an eighteen year old woman at the pamplona bull run festival two years ago spanish law requires proof of physical violence for rape conviction police across europe have carried out coordinated arrests on members of the italian mafia the european unit fighting cross border organized crime conducted raids in italy germany belgium and the netherlands has more. duesberg in western germany and police carry out a raid as part of a coordinated action in four countries here they search an italian cafe in a shopping mall as well as in this region north rhine-westphalia there were raids in bavaria in the south later euro just the agency that fights cross border crime held an exceptional news conference in the dutch capital the hague why we have decided to do it. for a new about presidents an extraordinary result. that we have reached today

with their joint judicial action that has been carried out in different member states in order to fight then drag it out why no the most powerful organization going to station in the world as well as raids here in the netherlands and in belgium there were arrests in calabria the southern italian heartland of the in drawing getter the operation involved nearly ninety european and domestic arrest warrants and the various police forces involved seized around two point three million dollars in criminal proceeds as well as drugs including ecstasy and cocaine this episode a result that's been achieved thanks to be an approach that all the concerned not all of these decide to confer took even to these face. these are a model to follow also in the future the drug it became italy's most powerful

organized crime group from the one nine hundred ninety s. onwards it's involved in drugs trafficking extortion and money laundering internationally operating independently from the better known sicilian mafia or cause a nostra this police handout shows a nighttime operation in sicily's capital palermo one tuesday it reportedly dismantled the cause and nostrums rebuilt leadership with forty six people arrested but the latest international operation is a reminder of the reach of their counterparts on the mainland the enduring getter nadine barber al jazeera. a new factory for artificial limbs is giving hope to iraqis have been wounded during years of conflict but a lack of trained staff means the rehabilitation center can make only a few prosthetics at a time matheson reports from nineveh 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 isos 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 and now 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 . 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 tarp 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 there never will have to make several long

and expensive journeys to get help because it's. 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 on the skin underneath could become infected if the patient isn't taught how to use it properly the muscles could get even weaker can an army when knuckles 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 in 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. is considering a plan to legalize casinos some already operates on the special provisions the changes to the law or are being proposed to encourage more tourism and tax collection when he reports. it's still under construction but this eight hundred heck decide has already become known as china town the remote region of korean state bordering thailand has been transformed thanks to chinese investments in the extension of a cocoa town will include housing a golf course an airport and behalf. at the center of it all casinos which at the moment are illegal and me and. we have to mission from the mayor mark of them to

build a chinatown developed economy. we will meet that target then we will build hotels the project is being built in an area controlled by a group known as border guard forces former ethnic korean rebels who are now aligned with the me and my army fighting continues in some areas between the border guards and other rebel groups vying for influence and control of the region people here hope the new investment will help promote peace in the area which like many in myanmar has been held back by civil war. we want to be secure like other countries that don't need to worry about fighting in conflict the development is providing employment but it could also provide problems casinos operating in the unregulated sometimes lawless border regions of thailand and laos are often suspected of being gateways for drug trafficking the communities are vulnerable to exploitation but leaders here say so far this project has been good for them. it's been two

years since the chinese company came to invest in our town in the past we didn't have jobs my family and i had to find work in thailand but now we're back and can work here aside from the casinos economic activity is set to increase early next year when a second bridge across the river separating thailand and is opened the border crossing will help formalize and regulate travel between the two countries because developers hope the bridge will make it easier for thai to wrists to travel across the border even if gambling remains illegal in both countries wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. i'm a study attained high and these are the top stories six top u.s. senators have introduced a resolution to hold saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmond accountable for the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi it follows a private briefing with the cia director on choose day on the matter at the saudi

consulate in istanbul in october john hendren has more from washington d.c. it takes them just six pages to say but in their account by account the u. cuse the crown prince of saudi arabia of being in charge of the security forces at the time jamal khashoggi was murdered and of being complicit that's the word they use for his killing the resolution goes on to demand an end to the war in yemen and to demand in to the dispute between saudi arabia and qatar who the rebels and yemeni government representatives are nice and sweet and on thursday talks in stockholm are aimed at bringing the four year war in yemen to an end millions of yemenis are on the verge of famine china's embassy in canada is demanding the release of the chief financial officer of huawei technologies mango was arrested in vancouver on saturday at the request of u.s.

police she's facing extradition to the u.s. on suspicion of violating sanctions against iran mang is a deputy chair on while ways bored and the daughter of the found fade away says it's not aware of any wrongdoing by making the french government is abandoning a fuel tax hike which is led to weeks of violent protests a promise on tuesday to postpone the rise of a six month wasn't enough to quell the demonstrations which have spread into wider rallies against president emanuel macro economic policies. the party propping up the u.k.'s minority government has accused prime minister to resign may of breaking her promise on how brics it will affect the irish border the democratic unionist party says her agreement with the e.u. separates northern ireland from the rest of the u.k. parliament will vote on may's breaks that deal next tuesday those the headlines up next radicalised use it was since i was a little boy in india my dream was to meet bollywood films so five years ago i

decided i was finally going to do it one man's quest to realise a lifelong ambition in the studio to choose lose of my own village and its transformation going behind the lens that's going to sing brings his personal story to life. al jazeera correspondent my own private bali. over the.