al jazeera. and. the us releases an intelligence report that says the saudi crown prince approved an operation to capture or kill journalist jamal such. false and unacceptable saudi arabia rejects washington's report and says it's taken steps against people behind the killing. i'm about this and this is i'll just give a live from doha also coming up use any means necessary to take action against the

military a stunning defiance me and muslim basket or to the u.n. urges the international community to act against the coup and restore democracy. more than 300 nigerian schoolgirls are kidnapped by armed men the 2nd such incident in recent weeks. saudi crown prince mohammed bin saleh approved the operation to capture or kill journalists. that's according to a long awaited u.s. intelligence report it details how the crown prince's absolute control of the kingdom's intelligence operations would have made it nearly impossible for the attack to go ahead without his approval the report lists 21 individuals u.s. intelligence feels were complicit in the. death in the saudi consulate in istanbul

they include 7 members of the crown prince's elite personal protective detail agnes the u.n. official investigating hushes death has urged washington to order new sanctions directly targeting bin selman saudi arabia has rejected the report calling it unjustified and inaccurate riyadh maintains the killers were a rogue group and says it's done all it can to punish them well the state department meanwhile has announced a so-called ban on 76 saudi nationals secretary of state anthony blinken says the new policy goes some way to making sure he didn't die in vain we now have in place a new policy that applies not just to saudi arabia but across the board and it gives us i think and a greater ability to deter the kinds of egregious actions that were taken against

him and against other dissidents opponents. and others speaking out or their families going forward. and that i hope will be in some small measure. of an important legacy. well in fischer's life versus in washington d.c. the biden administration has been saying that it wants to recalibrate relations with saudi arabia but only a few weeks into the presidency and it seems to be doing just that. here's the 4 page report that is going to cause international ripples and be the catalyst for that recalibration and relationships between washington and riyadh there's no details in here about how the u.s. came to the conclusion that beyond a reasonable doubt they believe mohammed bin selman was responsible for the operation to either capture or kill jamal khashoggi but we expected them not to betray either intelligence sources or intelligence assets we do know from previous

cia leaks that they've been listening into calls made by mohammed bin selman also the access to some of the turkish intelligence you remember at the time turkish intelligence told us that they had access to video and sound recording in the consulate itself if you go back to the 2nd of october in 2018 jamal khashoggi walked into the consulate in istanbul his intention just to pick up some paperwork for a forthcoming marriage but he met a team that was waiting there for him directed 5 haven't been selman according to this report with the intention to either capture or kill him it was said that i had been someone saw him in such a threat to the kingdom that he was willing to consider anything up to and including violence while joe biden and tony blinken have in the last couple of hours said that this is no going to lead to a reset in the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia what is interesting is that the trumpet ministration which was very close to saudi arabia

and very close to mohammed bin selman came under a lot of criticism because they would have seen the details of this report and they decided to take no direct action against mohammed been summoned joe biden promised that he would release this report he has and he's cool though he's taking action against saudi arabia there's no direct action against the crown prince alan of course this is all playing out against the backdrop of the conflict in yemen the arms deals that the u.s. had been agreed with saudi arabia and also the u.a.e. of course under the trumpet ministration and the situation in approach towards iran there's going to be a lot of attention paid to how the by the administration and the u.s. are going to be dealing with saudi arabia in the future. wanted lincoln says that they are going to look again at arms sales have already said that they will not provide offensive weapons for the campaign in yemen they are looking at how the finance how they provide weapons to saudi arabia in the future they say they are committed to protecting saudi's defenses and they see them as an ally in the battle

against iran although of course the biden white house is taking a different approach to iran compared to the trump white house but here's the problem for joe biden throughout the election campaign he described saudi arabia as a pariah state said it had to be held accountable that he wanted to isolate it but there's a big difference between what you see in the campaign trail and what you say once you're actually in the white house and you have to deal with real politic but that isn't going to stop the voices coming from those in the democratic party who believe 1st of all so dear abia should not get access to u.s. weapons under any circumstances and secondly many of those who are calling for direct action direct sanctions against mohamed been summoned because they say his denials of any involvement in the market jamal khashoggi simply are not credible alan thanks very much alan fischer in washington d.c. for p.j. crowley is the former united states assistant secretary of state for public affairs

he says this report has made balancing the u.s. relationship even more difficult. on the one hand the essential bill you know essential business in the relationship you know will continue and there are of course your many shared objectives including you know confronting iran in the region on the other hand that business will be done through normal channels and those channels will not necessarily include mohamed bit someone you know present guidance indicated he will speak to the king when he needs to now mohamed bin solomon is also the minister of defense so there there will be communication with him but but obviously i think the. the united states is sending a signal that going forward assuming that mohammed solomon will be king some day you know he's going to have to prove his mettle in the relationship prove that he can take actions consistent with not only shared interest but shared values if he's

going to rebuild the relationship with the united states well as mushrooms he's fail say has he's in his was waiting outside the saudi consulate in istanbul the day he was murdered after the report was released he tweeted this image of him with the words hash tag justice for some ol iran's government is strongly condemning american airstrikes in syria describing them as in the legal aggression alley or on friday the united states launched as raids in syria targeting facilities used by iranian backed militias the main target was the in mali military base near al become all that's close to city is border with iraq the pentagon says the operation was in response to recent attacks against american personnel in iraq to try to. make an impact on these groups and their ability to conduct. future attacks. and. and to to send

a very clear signal. that the united states is going to protect its people and it's going to protect our interests and screw protect those of our. of our partners in the region. this was that these targets were chosen carefully very deliberately and struck in exactly the same manner so what a full team has more from baghdad. but airstrikes were carried out in response to attacks on american interests in iraq but the response was in syria and that's likely to put less strain on u.s. iraq relations that it appears to be a departure from the trump administration's policy because let's remember that that government frequently took unilateral action targeting these armed groups on iraqi soil and drawing condemnation from the iraqi government which accused the trumpet ministration of not respecting its sovereignty but also putting the u.s.

allies here in iraq in an awkward position because those unilateral airstrikes were often not consulted with other nations that form part of the u.s. led coalition to fight i saw now this specific strike we've heard the secretary of defense say that the purpose was to deescalate the situation both iraq and syria you've also heard the department of defense said that that strike was carried out in coordination with other coalition partners so it is a measured response you know in in response to these attacks that we've seen in iraq and it's likely to not invite really any strong reaction from the iraqi government but it remains to be seen how those groups that were targeted will react we understand from local sources that one fighter from pataki of hezbollah was killed in those strikes and it remains to be seen whether that group will now in response launch perhaps additional attacks on iraqi soil.

2 of the targeted militias they're part of what are known as the popular mobilization forces it's an umbrella of shia groups formed in 2014 to fight i saw in iraq with the u.s. support of all of our hezbollah brigades was set up more than 10 years earlier in 2003 during the iraq war its fighters attacked u.s. and coalition forces and cut saved saeed al shahada was founded in 2013 like hezbollah brigades it conducts operations in both syria and iraq. ok let's bring in matthew cronin he's director of global strategy at the atlantic council and he's also a former advisor on a run policy to the u.s. secretary of defense he's joining us from washington d.c. thanks very much indeed for being with us one phrase that's been coming out from the department of defense statement the fall of these attacks was that it was done in a way to deescalate the situation in eastern syria and iraq it seems

a little bit of a contradiction in terms what do you think the u.s. is trying to save with this attack. what i don't see it as a contradiction i think iran has been the destabilizing force in the region and iraq as syria yemen and elsewhere and if united states were not to respond to attacks like this against its personnel in iraq then iran will feel like it had a free hand to continue to escalate conflicts in the region and to the united states's and showing that it's willing to use force showing iran that it if it goes too far there will be consequences in the hope of again deescalating the conflict and showing iran that there are consequences and that it's better off are not challenging the united states not attacking u.s. personnel in iraq iran has issued a statement of course saying that it criticizes the attacks do you think that these

are strikes are going to stop further attacks from the iran by groups in iraq particularly. well whether it stops it or not is difficult to say but i think there's always that question with the new president is president biden willing to use force in iran or not we are in now against iran and in syria we saw the president obama set a red line in syria and was unwilling to enforce it we saw president trump was willing to use force and so i think iran might have been testing a new president. what can we get away with iran i think ivan is trying to send an early message that it should not be tested that the bite ministration is comfortable using force to defend u.s. interests in the region and to pushing back against iran given the fact that the u.s. department of defense was very keen to stress that this was a proportionate response as they called it and they hit

a target that was specifically designed chosen by joe biden upon play to limit the number of casualties and certainly avoid civilian casualties it sounds a little bit as though that this is essentially an attack and that for want of a better phrase an attack in a little box which is basically attempting to send a message and then draw a line under it said right we're done because of course that the backdrop of all of this we've got all the new look at the negotiations over the nuclear deal with iran how does that play and does that change the dynamic at all of any potential negotiations. you know we have a saying in american english you can walk and chew gum at the same time and i think what the this is what the biden ministration is trying to do on one hand their primary goal with iran is to return to the negotiating table to try to negotiate. return to the nuclear deal and then negotiate a follow up deal but at the same time it's saying that just because we want to go she asians doesn't mean we're going to allow iran to challenge our interests

everywhere we are willing to push back and so we're seeking diplomacy with iran even as we push back against iran's destabilizing behavior in the region it's not your career we appreciate your time so thank you very much and. thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera a massacre by at a trained troops may amount to crimes against humanity a rights group releases new evidence of atrocities in ethiopia is a northern tikrit region. and we take a look at the uniqueness that's being used by pro abortion activists in mexico. it's time for the perfect janet. sponsored point qatar airways hello there have a past couple of days to see some rather heavy rain into southern parts of japan

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they're watching out is either a reminder of our top stories this newly declassified us report says saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon approved a plan to capture or kill the saudi journalist jamal such sources it highlights 21 individuals involved the u.s. state department's also imposing a travel ban on $76.00 saudis involved in threatening dissidents saudi arabia says it completely rejects the report and is warning against any measures that infringe on itself until all judicial system we have maintained the killers will go group and says it's done all it can to punish them. iran's government is strongly condemning the u.s. airstrikes in syria describing them as illegal aggression the pentagon says the operation was in response to recent attacks against american personnel in iraq.

mammals ambassador to the united nations has appealed to the international community to use any means necessary to take action against the country's military diplomatic editor james bays reports from the un headquarters in new york. it was a dramatic moment in the u.n. general assembly whole the ambassador of me using his speech to speak out strongly against the events in his own country and your mom military has become that if this tension threat for myanmar as the polity and civilised society his voice was trembling as he continued and strong support from the international community is imperative for the people of myanmar. in our 5 against the military regime as he finished his speech he gave a 3 hoping good salute and a message of defiance that's become a trademark gesture of the protesters in his country other ambassadors praised him

brisk courageous stand for a long on the brand new u.s. ambassador linda thomas greene failed in her 1st full day in her job we urge every member state here today to use any channel available to tell the me or my military that violence against the people of myanmar will not be tolerated together we all show the people of myanmar that the world is watching we hear them and we stand with them at the un special envoy christine shauna bergan or has been trying to visit myanmar but she said permission for the trip has not been granted regrettably the current regime has so far asked me to almost all end the same. it seems they want to continue making. arrests and has been forcing people to testify against him and east is cruel and inhuman. such

a powerful session in the general assembly now puts pressure on the part of the un that has real teeth the security council very karajan but it's worth remembering one of the permanent members of the council is china it has veto power and the chinese ambassador in the general assembly meeting said that his country largely sees the situation in myanmar as an internal matter james bays out jazeera at the united nations more than $300.00 schoolgirls have been kidnapped in northwest nigeria that happened in the state of some fatah government arrived at night shooting sporadically at this school complex and then took the girls into the bush a security guard working at the school described the moment the gunman stormed in there. as we tried to get out we were overwhelmed when we fired they fired back we continue to fight them and all of a sudden they retreated one of them left his motorcycle to escape that's when we thought we were going to defeat them and we were told to go home and now as i speak

to you soldiers are in the bush fighting with them on idris has more from the nigerian capital abuja. i must've operation is underway involving ground troops as well as with the support of local vigilantes who know the terrain is under way in i don't get me and the port of surrounding that community as officials say that they want to make sure that before sunset they at least rescue these students 317 of them or pinpoint the exact location before they abductors move farther away from the community also today shortly after the abduction government officials attempted to go to join get to assess the situation civilian officials actually and they were typed in among them of course in the convoy wired journalists who went to cover the story and eventually some of them were. injured in the attack you know these calls to question the latest abduction calls to question these them for

a state government. program or project to negotiate with bae and it's to convince them to submit their arms or surrender their arms only yesterday just hours before the kidnapping a group of these so-called banded submitted or surrendered their weapons arms and ammunition to the police and government officials in goose i was in for a state and then this abduction happened we this is coming just 9 days after a number of students were also taken from one of the boarding schools boarding school in they bring niger state 9 days after that is no word as to when that will be who so this is becoming more and more complex as security forces struggle to deal with the situation it looks like a quote when you ask many nigerians they will tell you that it looks like this quarter forces are not able to deal with the situation and that is fia spreading in the land as this criminal activity has spread farther inland from the northwest down to the center of the country and down south. i'm

a stranger national says hundreds of civilians were massacred by other trained soldiers in the. back in november rights groups released a new report saying that the killings may amount to a crime against humanity as more. eritrean an ethiopian forces began their attack on the town of axum with indiscriminate shelling according to rights group amnesty international. it's released these videos and the report it says on the 28th of november last year to grain militia and civilians tried to fight back. some of them armed with only sticks and stones attacking eritrean soldiers on this hill it says the militia failed in the reprisals were brutal. according to dozens of testimonies amnesty says eritrean troops came into the town and executed hundreds of civilian men and

teenage boys this video shows the body of one of them people. in charge and. you know no one behind me exists. between soldiers. eritrea's government didn't respond to our requests for comment it has previously denied its troops were in ethiopia ethiopia's government in a statement question the accuracy of amnesty sources and said it was committed to undertake investigations. in early november prime minister had sent federal forces into the to grey region he said it was a law enforcement operation to topple the thick gray in people's liberation front but it dominated the m.p.'s politics and military for nearly 3 decades before abbey came to power. when government troops took control of the regional capital

micheli abbey declared the operations over but the ripping reports of low level fighting ever since researches say the satellite images taken last week show hundreds of structures destroyed by fire in the town of key jet fuel a return to stability is it what can progress but there is no doubt the situation keeps improving along could be a 3rd one tough month and operations except for a few pockets where else where there is sporadic shooting by these are imminent. access to the conflict areas has been heavily restricted information about what happened into gray in recent months steadily seeps out and with it a growing number of reports of atrocities by sides malcolm webb al jazeera. 5 people have been killed and more than 175 injured during protests in the

southern iraqi city of nasiriyah. clashes between security forces and demonstrators on friday capped a week of violent protests in the setting there demanding the removal of the governor and justice for protesters killed since 2019. activists in mexico are turning to social media to offer access to abortions and service presented by so-called reproductive justice organizations they're hoping to change the views of those who oppose terminations and decriminalize the practice in the predominantly catholic country by old upper lower reports. sophia is working from home in mexico city. she's not a medical professional but her job often consists of answering questions about how to manage a potentially unwanted pregnancy and how to conduct in at home abortion. i'm 15 years old i know i'm very young i don't know if i'm pregnant i really don't want to

be because i have many family problems i want to know if i can take something for a period to calm sophia says some messages are more urgent than others the 1st thing is confirm if you're pregnant you can purchase an at home test from a pharmacy after you've confirmed we can see about the next step drill x. we're here for you. on a normal day between 9 or 10 years there's are searching for us i think there is a fear over using whatsapp and social media we are doing is providing information we're not breaking any laws. while abortion is legal in mexico city and the state of one haka it's still banned in mexico's other 30 states. pro-choice activists say that beyond the legal obstacles the social stigma regarding abortion can be even harder to overcome and the pen demick has made it more complicated for those seeking reliable information when. women who want to terminate

a pregnancy who find themselves confined at home with their families often face other obstacles it's more difficult for them to make a phone call to express their needs and concerns so we've had to come up with new ways to communicate over social media which is more discreet than a phone call. i last year the decriminalisation of abortion in argentina galvanized pro-choice demonstrations across latin america that momentum spilled into the streets of the mexican capital though we didn't draw a significant response from political leaders moniba says from this issue well that was of the solution taken by argentina in the case of mexico and would controversial topics i've always held that citizens should be consulted. it's uncertain however if the president's proposed national referendum on abortion would bring about decriminalization after all religious conservatism carries

a lot of weight in mexican politics the position held by mexico's president has not satisfied the growing calls from feminists collectives who have law beat the president more than a party which also controls a majority of seats in congress to pass federal legislation in support of women's reproductive rights. pro-choice advocates say as long as abortion is legal in the majority of mexican states the longer nonprofit groups like sophie has more or less help more of us will continue to fill the void. al-jazeera mexico city. this is a disease but these are the top stories a newly declassified u.s. report says saudi arabia's crown prince muhammad bin solomon approved a plan to capture or kill saudi journalist as amal hush rosy saudi arabia is rejecting the report the u.s. state department is imposing a trial.