war hotels on al-jazeera. thank. you stan the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera. i've. that has been the. future. if there is a person in this room the u.n. special envoy said to see a gender as talks begin in sweden to and the war in yemen. them fully back to boyer watching al jazeera live from doha also ahead iran

a united front in the u.s. congress as it introduces a bill criticizing the saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. the chief financial officer of chinese telecom giant huawei is detained in canada beijing wants her immediate release process right now to run out and we want to be secure like other countries that don't need to worry about fighting and conflict betting on its economic future myanma allows the building of casinos to help create jobs. thank you for joining as u.n. but talks to end the war in yemen have begun in sweden the u.n. envoy for yemen martin griffith has announced the two sides have already agreed to a prisoner swap deal since the conflict began in twenty fifteen thousands of families have been divided gryphus says the agreement will allow them to reunite

the yemeni government delegation told al-jazeera peace will not come to the country until the whole of the rebels hand over their weapons well here's more of what the u.n. envoy to yemen had to say today well we heard the resumption of a political person. of the two of. without a formal political process the convening of the two delegations here is an important story. it demonstrates to the international community here represented and to whom we speak to each other and most importantly to the people of yemen that you're ready to come together in the name of a peaceful political solution to the conflict that has been the. future is in the hands of those of us in this room. you can choose institutions or risk the fragmentation of the country. is enormous concern

and we must know before we lose control of the future of our let's bring in our host covering these talks for us in rainbow north of sweden's capital stockholm as martin griffiths said that convening the two delegations is a ready i'm i still in all the talks off to a positive start that. passion can hear me. fully indeed and they were hoping to start with some they were hoping to start with some breakthrough when it comes to the confidence building measures and they did with the announcement about the present president and this was quite a significant step forward they're hoping to be able to convince that the two parties to agree on a ceasefire to be extended across yemen but i think there would have to some time

before they can pin down that the arrangements particular security arrangements about a cease fire across a year but then they're expected in the coming days fully to. explore possibilities of the go shooting a comprehensive political. you know the un is super confident one day they would be able to have the money set aside their differences form a national unity government agree on a president for an interim period and then just a new constitution and say farewell to arms but i think this is something which is definitely going to take some time because of the growing divide early in the day if you remember fall it was trying to reach are to different delegations but it was quite interesting that at no point the sheets from both deliberations were willing to shake hands and say hello to each other and the divide is quite all this with the delegation saying basically they are coming here with a spirit of bringing about

a deal back home the government delegation for example with many minister of foreign affairs saying that there will be no peace unless the who these hand over their weapons and recognize that i. is here as legitimate president so that this seems to be a huge divide in sweden between these two sides there are no direct talks between them at this stage and all of this is happening of course as millions of people in yemen are facing a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. how is the u.n. going to bring vast bet into these talks. folly i mean it is a let me just give you an idea about diplomacy and the choreography what's happening here in stockholm the building to my left is where the whole theories are staying and the building to the right is where the government you think they won't be able to come together the u.n.

although we'd be doing the shuttle diplomacy becoming back and forth from every room talking to every delegation coming back and then trying to convince them to agree on improving the humanitarian situation for example both their guesses are saying that the do understand the situation has reached a dramatic proportions and they want to solve it but the u.n. is concerned because if in the coming days there's no deal it means that less food will get into yemen yemen imports most of its food items through the sea port city of her data and with the u.n. told a while ago they're concerned that they've seen a decline in the shipments towards data because people basically are concerned of the security situation of the there's been intense fighting over the last few days in that area and what does it mean it means that. many people will stop many people want to have food that is

a million children in yemen who suffer severe malnutrition will have to suffer their families will have to wait for more help from the international community and i think the humanitarian aspect which has been described as the worst crisis in modern times is the only element which has so far been rallying the international community to say after four years we need to stop the war in yemen but for you as you know it has become an. apologies for that we seem to have lost our connection with russia in sweden there as we continue to follow these talks long awaited talks on yemen's war between the who feel rebel delegation and the saudi backed yemeni government those talks now underway in sweden we'll bring you up to date with all the latest happening there as and when there is more information.

a group of sixteen year u.s. senators from both parties has introduced if senate resolution that holds saudi arabia's crown prince accountable for the murder of jamal the resolution says mohammed bin salman was complicit in the killing it urges the us government and the international community to hold him and all other parties involved to account but it doesn't end there it also says bin soundman is liable for atrocities committed during the war in yemen which saudi arabia entered in twenty fifteen the saudi u.a.e. coalition has launched more than eighteen thousand air strikes in yemen the resolution also calls on the kingdom to end of the brocade imposed by three other arab states on qatar in june last year and the senators want the release of saudi blogger rights badawi women's rights activists and other detained political prisoners john hendren has our report from washington. it's an extraordinary rebuke from the u.s. senate to a long time american ally a diverse group of senate leaders from both parties introduced

a resolution that definitively blames the crown prince of saudi arabia for the murder of jamal khashoggi the measure which could be scheduled for a vote as soon as monday condemns kesho g.'s murder demands that the saudi arabian government negotiate an end to the war in yemen and an end to the political dispute with could talk and release saudi blogger rice by dolly and other political prisoners they have now linked old at least that belies ng actions that m b s says they starting with yemen passing by the sharks the murder on took up on any other level it is the latest bipartisan rebuke of the saudi crown prince and president trump support for him we are with saudi arabia we're staying with saudi arabian oil and not look at the king of the same way senators erupted in anger on tuesday after a long awaited briefing from cia director gina haskell sort of hard to call this a cover up given the fact that everybody in that briefing last week knew that comp

a.o. and matters were misleading us knew that there was no way his murder happened without the consent and direction of m.p.'s of the senate is already considering an unprecedented bill to invoke the never before used one thousand nine hundred seventy three war powers act to force an end to u.s. aid to saudi war efforts and yemen. this six page measure would record the view of the senate that mohammed bin solomon is responsible for the murder of jamal khashoggi and it urges the u.s. and the international community to hold him and anyone else involved in the killing responsible and a joint statement democratic senator ed markey calls the crown prince a fuck up and republican senator lindsey graham calls him a wrecking ball rare harsh words for the leader of an allied nation. the resolution falls short of calling for regime change in saudi arabia but whether president trump likes it or not the rift between the u.s. government and its ally of eighty five years has rarely been wider john hendren al-jazeera washington. white house correspondent kimberly hocket in washington d.c.

kimberly just how significant is this resolution in the senate and what will the chief. it's significant given the fact that it's bipartisan first of all that something that's pretty rare in the united states congress these days is typically very divided but on this issue this is a bipartisan resolution republicans as well as democrats support it so that is certainly notable also given the fact that this comes just one week after the administration the secretary of state the defense secretary said there was really no hard evidence that mohamed bin selman was in any way complicit the fact that these senators are now saying the cia director gina housefull says there's zero chance that might have been someone was not involved in the killing of. is certainly notable what this does folly is this puts pressure on the administration at a time when it is trying to preserve the ties that have been in place for decades this

is a u.s. congress that we should point out holds the purse strings can cut off funding for the u.s. support for the saudi led coalition in yemen for example and is starting that incremental process to do so now where does this head from here well it goes to the house with it i mean well once it's passed in the senate that still has to come up for a vote it would have to go to the house which will be democratically controlled in january so the chances of it passing in that chamber also very strong but it also has to go to the president's desk donald trump or he has to sign it there may be some reluctance there but at the same time if the votes in both the senate and the house are overwhelming this is significant pressure for the u.s. administration he would have to explain why he would not sign a bill that has overwhelming support of the legislative body meanwhile kimberly the brother of the saudi crown prince is returning to the u.s. tell us more about this. yeah this is really unusual so we of course have the state funeral of the one time president george h.w.

bush that happened just about a little more than twenty four hours ago or just under twenty four hours ago and many dignitaries from around the world were in attendance at the national cathedral noticeably absent though was the brother of mohamed bin solid lead he is the saudi ambassador to the united states he was expected to attend that funeral we are told or weird has been reported that saudi officials say the reason he was absent was because of scheduling issues however many are speculating is because many of those in attendance including german chancellor angela merkel have been sharply critical of the brothers with respect to the killing of. but what we know is that in washington many people are calling for him to be expelled even has he returns to the united states simply because they feel that he has conveyed false information with respect to the killing. again because of those strong saudi ties with the u.s.

administration of donald trump that appears unlikely at this time thank you for that can be hard for us in washington. china has condemned the arrest of the chief financial officer of highway technologies and is demanding her release men ones who was detained in vancouver on saturday at the request of u.s. police she is facing extradition to the united states on suspicion of violating sanctions against iran mang is a deputy chair on why ways forward and the daughter of the founder rang saying fake the company says it's not aware of any wrongdoing by may now is partners with almost eighty percent of the world's telecom companies but a shadow of controversy hangs over its the us has accused it of working with the chinese government to spy on american citizens and ovide ating sanctions imposed against iran the u.k. new zealand and australia have even brought all of the company's operations because of security concerns brown has more reaction now from beijing. well the response from china's government has been swift and angry

a statement issued by china's embassy in auto were has demanded mung immediate release saying her arrest was violating her human rights the company meanwhile has said it's not aware that she has broken any laws now holloway has been under close scrutiny by governments not just in the united states but also new zealand australia britain and canada they're worried about its close ties to china's government and believe that those ties pose national security questions for various governments around the world now holway is not just any telecommunications company it's the biggest private company in china and the world's second largest maker of smartphones it's worth about twenty seven billion dollars and mung is not just any chief financial officer she's also the daughter of the founder of very powerful business woman in china and of course all this is happening at

a very sensitive time in sino u.s. relations on saturday the leaders of china and the united states agreed to a ninety day truce in their time of war the question is this was president from pope as he sat down face to face with president xi jinping the mung was about to be arrested and whether he was aware of the implications that arrest would have still ahead on al-jazeera and more egyptian officials are accused over the matter of venue talian student whose body was found in a cairo. hello winter is finally creeping in all its guises first of all the ground is very cold the satellite picture picks that up that's not cloud that is just low temperatures

whereas this here this is cloud and that's the bindery between the cold air and the rather mild stuff so the snow running across the water at the moment clearly going into was northern japan even the northern hills of honshu eventually leaving behind very cold conditions minus fall this is the day high minus four in beijing minus seven pyongyang with subzero and throughout the korean peninsula the snow itself will keep pushing a little bit further in the most leagues not forgive anything but the mountains of home shoes are does show some wish to get into south korea again we are subzero by this time the course a cold day is creeping dancer is creeping dancer china it'll show itself manifest itself as snow in central china will hands temperature single figures by day going down further still by saturday a massive snow to fall rain ahead of it some pretty heavy rain to be some flash flooding out of this i think and a cloudy picture for hong kong to twenty degrees a federal breeze in the northeast this northeast monsoon is the winter wind if you like and is still picking up some bushes so it will create yet more big shows on

the coast of vietnam it's all happening. you know we're in the early years growing reforest disappearing fast to believe in sort all. the legal fly we have been told the nice audits that it is in traitors i was a policeman is no like the designer who has fallen into the funds flowing real world into not shoot. one man's fight for the rights of indigenous heritage a time to swim a witness documentary on al-jazeera. and. a

recap of our top stories on al-jazeera this hour un back talks to end the war in yemen have begun in sweden they were an envoy for yemen martin griffiths has announced the two sides already agreed to a prisoner swap deal he went on to say that the media gender would include deescalation access to some airport and humanitarian eight sixteen a u.s. senators have introduced a resolution that holds saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon accountable for the killing of jamal khashoggi it also called on saudi arabia and qatar and china's foreign ministry has demanded the release of the chief financial officer of technologies man ones who was arrested in vancouver canada on saturday and suspicion of violating sanctions against iran. knightly is ramping up pressure on egypt over they torture and killing of

a twenty eight year old italian student in cairo nearly three years ago the lawyer representing jewelry johnny sonnie says five egyptian policemen and secret service members are under investigation by. the details. truth for julio ridgeon he reads the banner it's been nearly three years since the italian students body was found in egypt. that we are now at a very important stage we won't give up because we have taken a big step forward we never give up i want the people in egypt to know this we never give up this was originally while he was in school he was a cambridge university graduate student studying trade unions from the american university in cairo he was kidnapped in january twenty sixth jane a week later his mutilated body was found on the city's outskirts the egyptian government blamed a criminal gang or jenny's family pointed at security services nearly three years on the lewises

a telling authorities are investigating five egyptian policeman and secret service members she says that it's just the beginning. we have twenty names but many more people are involved we estimate that up to forty people are full because in order to follow for months kidnap him and do what they've done to him many people when needed. italy and egypt are walking a diplomatic tightrope over the case italy needs justice for a murdered student or not antagonizing an important foreign policy in august the italian deputy prime minister tried to ramp up production in cairo. i hope that by the end of the year we can get to a breakthrough and of the meeting between the judicial authorities can take place as soon as possible both on our side and on the egyptian one there is a desire to ask or an acceleration. i know it's the end of the year and no race it's so italy has suspended diplomatic talks with the egyptian

parliament and announce the names of the suspects. we waited in silence for almost one year because their prosecutors already had many of those names and many other elements one year ago and they were presented in egypt one year ago as well however we did not receive any answer egyptian officials have repeatedly denied any involvement and origines killing and respond to the charges should be banks still need wouldn't and not suspicion. al-jazeera. the cascade of former u.s. president george h.w. bush has arrived in texas where he'll be buried late on friday say he died last friday at the age of ninety four earlier politicians past and present were among the mourners at a state funeral for the forty first us president in washington d.c. the oil producing group opec will meet in vienna late on thursday as pressure mounts on member nations to the price of crude but there is some disagreement over

how to do that paul brennan reports from vienna. it's been a volatile year in the global oil markets after reaching a four year high early in october oil prices slipped from eighty five dollars a barrel to sixty dollars a thirty percent drop heaping pressure on opec to act then just this week when it emerged at the g twenty meeting that russia and saudi arabia had agreed to cooperate on managing the markets the price of brant crude the international benchmark recovered slightly to sixty three dollars a barrel. opec's responsiveness is in question particularly compared with the nimble shale oil industry which shared that time that the tide has been with you still for months maybe eighteen months or one year so whatever you said today is going to see it to have an impact on the market immediately in the short term and that has created a massive challenge to an organization such as opec which is trying to stabilize a massive market president donald trump who is determined to reduce fuel prices on

wednesday urged opec to keep oil flows as is the world does not want to see high oil prices he tweeted there is also tension within opec cats are has announced it's to leave the group in january and then is the relationship between opec linchpin saudi arabia and the non opec heavyweight russia saudi arabia has been leading the calls to trim the supply of oil and tackle the global oversupply but there are several members of opec who like the price is exactly where they are and then there's russia which is concerned that opec is ripping going flapping every time it meets. analysts point to the different priorities of the two big producers. i feel is that possibly russia will a higher price than the necessarily saudis do and that could create some dual tension there. just through them there are reasons for the comments and through the general feeling of the market on pretty sure that if you look at the russian

economy it certainly needs a stronger crude prasada saudi arabia of course but overall i think that the russian economy is probably not doing as well as what the saudis are doing. ministerial meetings have been taking place ahead of thursday's gathering in vienna a tentative consensus for some kind of supply cap is believed to be taking shape but deciding which countries will limit output and by how much it looks like the real bone of contention paul brennan al-jazeera vienna. british prime minister theresa may is under increasing pressure to find enough parliamentary support for her. and there is growing concern of how no deal would affect people's livelihoods and for some yorkshire. with the onset of winter just days away barlow rachel how loss of their family over the thinking of new beginnings of planning ahead to next brings new arrivals. farming though like politics is

unpredictable and more so than ever right now with bricks is on the cards and the possibility of the u.k. leaving the e.u. without a deal one of every three lambs born in my farm will go to europe i may not personally take them that is where they will end up if that. stops overnights. where they go it's as simple as that who will buy a third of my lambs who will buy a third of my neighbor's lambs and their neighbor's lambs and then you end up with prices crushing a glut of animals where the bigger what happens on this farm has an impact well beyond the hills around here farming is the root of britain's production industry an industry with exports worth billions of dollars to the european union britain has been linked to europe through a common agricultural policy allowing free and frictionless trade for more than forty years post breaks it britain will create its own policy and there are

concerns that a no deal scenario would cripple the industry the border issues might be problematic and so simple day to day trade might be might be might be affected but there is then the policy issue about what sort of agricultural policy britain would have under those circumstances and it's by no means certain that the current plans for agriculture following a smooth bricks it misses maze bricks it would that would then be implemented a u.k. government spokesperson told us while the chances of no deal have been reduced considerably the government will continue to do the responsible thing and prepare for all eventual it is in case a final agreement cannot be reached. back at the farm the how lost family are trying to prepare for a future outside the e.u. and what that might bring we're always trying to think in us that we can well diversified just. different decisions are being made not necessarily by zero six by

over people and we never know where we're going to quell in the end farmers are well known for their resilience and with an unpredictable political forecast many are hoping they'll be able to weather whatever next season might bring emma haywood al-jazeera repinned in northern england. the people in cuba are expected to get full internet access on their mobile phones from this week until now they've only had access to state run email accounts on their mobile devices tourists and some government officials have been able to access the internet on their mobiles for yes man maher is considering a plan to legalize casinos some already operate under special provisions but changes to the law are being proposed to encourage more tories 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 is being transformed thanks to chinese investment the extension of town will include housing a golf course an airport and perhaps at the center of it all casinos which at the moment are illegal in me and. we have to mission from the me to build a chinatown developed economy within. the whole 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 and 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 the casino 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.

now again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera he went back talks to end four years of war in yemen has begun in sweden the u.n. envoy for yemen monograph it has announced the two sides have already agreed to a prisoner swap deal he went on to say that the media agenda would be deescalation access to some airport and humanitarian aid it's a very well we hope the resumption of a political process of the two and a half years without a formal political process the convening of the two delegations here is an important milestone it demonstrates to the international community here represented and to whom we speak to each other and most importantly to the people of yemen that you're ready to come together in the name of a peaceful political solution to the conflict but yemen's foreign minister says the

whole of the rebels must lay down their arms. they should respect international community will they should surrender their missions and myside that they're used to attack the yemeni people and their own countries other than that there will be no settlement no solution they should withdraw from the state would and the hand-bag institution of the states to the legitimate government other than that there would be no. sixteen u.s. senators have introduced a bipartisan resolution that whole conference mom had been summoned accountable for the killing of. the lawyer for the family of any time student tortured and killed in egypt is urging five egyptian suspects to come forward italian prosecutors say members of the secret service and police and the family believes they have to have . twenty sixteen and twenty eight year old was researching egyptian trade unions at the time coming up next on inside story.

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