we believe that to give. people the. political. people who believe. in. the. takis intelligence chief briefed us senators on the matter as they discussed measures to punish saudi arabia. hello i'm the star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. yemen's warring sides signed a prisoner swap deal as they start talks in sweden but back home the fighting and suffering continue. a u.s. sponsored motion condemning hamas fails to get enough support at the u.n.

general assembly. and course in the middle of a conflict between russia and ukraine one family makes a loss for. the takesh intelligence chief has briefed some u.s. senators on its investigation into the matter of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi there is growing pressure on the white house to hold the saudi crown prince responsible for the killing of a group of democratic and republican senators have met behind closed doors to discuss ways to punish riyadh she had written the reports from washington d.c. . turkish sources say her comfy dumby turkish intelligence chief was in washington for a prescheduled meetings with his cia counterpart gina hospital on a range of issues including syria as cia director hospital has been leading the

u.s. investigation into the crucial g murder after she briefed some senators earlier this week they said they were certain that the killing could not have happened without saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman's involvement there's not a smoking gun there's a smoking cell but only a few sentences received that cia briefing turkish sources say feeding gave those he met on capitol hill on thursday information regarding the evidence ankara has in the because shoghi murder as well as the information ankara has supplied to the administration and washington senators are considering three lines of action against saudi arabia not just as a result of the khashoggi killing but the humanitarian disaster that's been caused by saudi action in yemen the a's are sixty three the nays are thirty seven the motion is agreed to first a procedural vote is expected next week following a vote to move a resolution on invoking the war powers act to end u.s. participation in the yemen war to the senate floor last week if successful a debate will begin and a final vote held meanwhile senators have also proposed

a bill to suspend arms sales to saudi arabia and a resolution to personally hold the saudi crown prince responsible for the khashoggi murder some senators who voted to advance the war powers resolution last week now say they would prefer going down these legislative routes instead but while any action by the senate will be a symbolic but historic breach of the u.s. saudi relationship none of these measures are expected to reach the president's desk as the leadership of the house of representatives showing their willingness to also vote on the measures but following november's democratic success there in the midterm elections that may soon change if i were the saudi government i would be very concerned now obviously no one wants to see the total destabilization of saudi arabia but the special relationship with the saudis and the arms sales and the u.s. support really have been called into question the trumpeters station though says it remains firm in its support for the saudi government she ever turned washington.

the u.n. envoy to yemen has called for both sides in the four year long war to end the violence now he made the comments at the start of talks in sweden the day began with some progress with an agreement over a prisoner exchange as a mob are reports from rimbaud in sweden. it was a rare moment of agreement yemeni rivals engaging in friendly chat before the start of talks this is the first time they've met says to thousand and sixteen. u.n. envoy barton griffiths has praised a prisoner swap deal agreed between the two sides but served the political process to and the war will take time because institutions or risk. the fragmentation of a country. is enormously so. we must work. before we lose control of the future of the earth is who control most of yemen said they

were willing to make concessions hoping the talks in stockholm would lead to a comprehensive peace plan. we hope the other parties are serious this time for humanitarian and security situations require all of us to come together and seek a solution we really want to deal with the prisoners exchange deal is a small step forward in a complex political reality most of these government representatives live outside yemen that influence has why did a client says the who things took over the capital it's a thousand and fourteen but they remain determined there. must hand over their weapons before there is a final deal on said. it's twenty two sixteen and nothing more they should respect international community work they should surrender their nations and myside that they're used to attack that the yemeni people and their own countries and that

then that there will be no settlement no solution they should withdraw from this additional state would end the hand-bag institution of a states to the legitimate government the two parties remain divided over who should run the port of her data it's a vital lifeline for yemen's food imports who think who control the area say they are willing to let the united nations oversee operations of the port the saudi u.a.e. backed government warns if the talks fail it will resume an offensive to capture the city in the meantime eight agencies are hoping the talks make progress so they can deliver aid to millions of yemenis on the verge of famine. while the political divide remains the biggest obstacle to any breakthrough to the human conflict the international community insists the talks here in sweden are a crucial opportunity for the yemenis to end the war. the tunnel north of stockholm

well as those talks take place in sweden back in yemen the fighting continues at least seven hundred fighters and one soldier from the saudi amorality coalition have been killed in a valley a province coalition forces are trying to push the who it is from the hills to south of the town of downed there's also been fighting in the central city of ties a u.s. sponsored draft resolution that would have condemned the palestinian group hamas has failed to pass in the u.n. general assembly the resolution didn't get enough votes to reach the required two thirds majority the outgoing u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley told the assembly that it could make history and called to mass one of the most obvious and grotesque cases of terrorism in the wild the vote on the resolution got the support of eighty seven nations fifty seven countries voted against while thirty three abstained al-jazeera is diplomatic editor james bays has more from the u.n.

this was one of the final acts of ambassador nikki haley before she leaves her post she put before the general assembly a resolution condemning hamas as a terrorist organization the united nations has never once passed a resolution condemning hamas never over seven hundred resolutions condemning israel and not one single resolution condemning hamas that more than anything else is a condemnation of the united nations itself. today in this moment the united nations can change that awful record in a tense meeting the general assembly first had to decide how the resolution would be voted on it had a vote on whether it would be a simple majority or a two thirds majority that result was very narrow but went in favor of two thirds giving a much higher bar for the halley's resolution and when it was finally voted on she

got a majority but she didn't get the two thirds a blow to the u.s. ambassador but both she and israel said this was a moral victory ali abunimah is the co-founder of electronic intifada an independent online news publication he says the failure of this resolution is a huge defeat for the u.s. . this resolution was really just an attempt to weaponize the u.s. against the palestinian people against their legitimate rights and the resolution itself the text was just transparently israeli talking points didn't mention military occupation didn't mention the seas that siege of gaza didn't mention israel daily attacks against palestinians in gaza the west bank so i think the world saw through it and they rightly rejected it is of course saudi

arabia the u.a.e. and some others including qatar by the way have been cozying up to israel and its lobby i think we should be fair about naming all the countries involved in that tell the public at least has been trying to mitigate some of the worst effects of what israel is doing to palestinians in gaza nonetheless all these countries have. you know sort of candor stalin or sort of informal relations with israel to a greater or lesser extent but the fact that they voted against this shows that those relationships are really really unpopular they can't go against popular sentiment and and openly back israel they can only back israel sort of behind the scenes. the chief financial officer of chinese tech company huawei is expected in court on friday when one joe was arrested in canada and faces extradition to the u.s.

on suspicion of violating sanctions against iran some analysts fear this could wesson a trade fight between the u.s. and china as he has the latest from washington. from the very start it was going to be a day of losses stocks losing value at a fast clip on concerns the u.s. and china trade dispute is only going to get worse this is happening after news broke that at the request of the u.s. canada arrested when joe the chief financial officer of wall way the giant chinese technology company she is also the daughter of its founder quote way is a really big company and china and munch you know is considered you know tech. she is the c.e.o. of the company and so she's a big deal in china her arrest happened saturday the same time that u.s. president donald trump was meeting with his counterpart president. hoping to calm fears of an escalating trade war announcing a ninety day truce of sorts in an interview with national public radio the u.s.

national security adviser was asked if the president knew about the arrest during the dinner i don't know the answer that i knew in advance but this is something that that we get from the justice department and that these kinds of things happen with some frequency we certainly don't inform the president on every one of them and bolton wouldn't say nor would anyone else in the u.s. government what she was arrested for although some senators implied it had to do with potentially violating sanctions on iran the canadian prime minister seemed to add to the mystery of the appropriate authorities took decisions in this case we were advised by them with a few days notice that this was in the works but of course there was no engagement or involvement. in the political level the chinese are condemning this and demanding her release the timing of the arrest on the same day as the meeting could be seen as a deliberate move to send

a message but experts say that might not be the case though on forstmann processes work on their own schedule and people sometimes don't understand that about the united states is the department of justice does not consult with the president when they're going to make an arrest we'll know more on friday when mom makes her first appearance in court what happens there could impact more than just her freedom but fortunes across the globe article one al-jazeera washington. where the next but plenty still ahead on al-jazeera the u.s. president makes his decision on who should replace nikki haley as u.n. ambassador. and social revolution we look at how the yellow vest protest movement in france may have kicked off thanks to facebook. from the invasion. to the city never

sleeps. hello there the still an awful lot of wet weather across the middle east at the moment the satellite picture is showing plenty of cloud on it we've got one area working its way across parts of iraq and iran and then more cloud working its way in from the mediterranean so plenty of heavy rain around at the moment and that's going to stick around as we head through the next few days so on friday then the wetter weather will be over the northern parts of iran more pushing through parts of iraq and into syria and then another string a front working its way through parts of turkey and all the way down through parts of lebanon as well so heavy downpours and a fair amount of snow over some of the mountains here that system just pushes that little bit further eastward as we head through saturday but still quite a few showers over many parts of iraq and iran and then we'll see more cloud up towards the northeast as well so it looks like that we work in a way towards our marty here in doha the winds are changing so it will be from the north west or north east over the next couple of days hopefully a cleaner and a top temperature of around twenty seven degrees further south will temperatures

into the lot of a whole ring around twenty eight at the moment if we head down to what the southern parts of africa it's looking pretty wet for some of us in the far south as we head through friday including some role the lively showers in cape town is clearing up though as we head into saturday a better chance of a drawing day there with a temperature of ninety. the weather sponsored by cats on bass. i enjoy bringing my neighbors my neighbors children so they can see and get more calls the more five children are at the heart of america's love affair with weapons back at them their mom makes the require electricity and therefore need to shoot and it's fun but the new generation is fighting fire with the reason we are fighting for voices to be heard because we don't want to see any of the speeding get hurt. never again part of the radicalized youth series on a.

welcome back i'm just a reminder about top stories this hour the head of turkish intelligence has briefed some u.s. senators on its investigation into the matter of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi there is growing pressure on the white house to hold saudi crown prince mohammed bin accountable for the killing. the u.n. envoy to yemen has called for both sides in the four year long war to end the violence now he made the comments of the start of talks in sweden the day began with some progress with the warring sides agreeing to a prisoner swap. a u.s. sponsored draft resolution that would have condemned the palestinian group hamas has failed to pass in the un general assembly the resolution didn't get the

required majority. u.s. president donald trump is expected to pick head the now it to be the u.s. as new ambassador to the united nations she's currently the spokeswoman for the state department and her nomination would need to be endorsed by the republican controlled senate she replaced nikki haley who announced her resignation in october and to leave the post at the end of this month james warren is the executive editor of news god and was the washington bureau chief for the chicago tribune he says trump's choice is unusual. in the larger context on one level it's it's rather astonishing when one looks at the history of the u.n. ambassadors going back to one nine hundred fifty s. yet people like adly stevenson twice the democratic party nominee for president george h.w. bush who is buried today was a united states ambassador you had rather prominent intellectual like daniel patrick moynihan who would later be knighted state senator from new york and the

small group of women which includes nikki haley included among others now in albright who would be future secretary of state and even a somewhat unconventional pick at the time by president obama samantha power she has been a journalist with a great deal for experience notably in africa covering the wrong rwandan genocide so on that level this is notable i think he's just a natural for the ocean in that she's a narrative of the people he's seen on television the first time i interviewed truong and i was writing a column the time for the new york times not a pretty long print career the first thing he said was all i know you can television that's how i know me and was supposedly impressed i think it's the same thing with heather nauert mike pompei on the secretary of state is really in charge of foreign policy right now and i suspect they will work and say and she will basically be subordinate to him the oil producing great opec has decided to cut

production because of an oversupply of crude ministers from member countries tentatively agreed to them is after meeting in vienna that are waiting to hear from non opec member russia before deciding how much they'll reduce production cornelian there is an oil and gas the economist and chief executive as mayor results she says opec is dealing with many competing precious. on one hand you know they could producing as much as they can because they were anticipating iran sanctions not over so many waved us that there's just a glass of oil on the my kit and on one hand yes i would like to take a bow also but some countries wouldn't like to take barrels out plus also this to us star mansion to the president a u.s. president likes to tweet about opec and about the oil price and so they need to calibrate very carefully how much oil they will take out of the market without getting the. provoking the eye off the u.s.

president and of course shale from the u.s. could be averaging about twelve million barrels a day come twenty nineteen that's the figure that well that's the figure but i said that so that's a that's a little bit high i think the u.s. has has some sixteen point five it's producing sixteen point five million barrels everything to get there so shale will increase i think the twelve point twelve million figure is a little.