made it clear to hand that the rules are changing. joe biden tells riyadh he will hold them accountable so human rights abuses as an intelligence report names the saudi crown prince in the killing of the journalist jamal khashoggi. folse and unacceptable saudi arabia rejects washington's reports and says it's taken steps against people behind the killing.

welcome i'm peter toby you're watching al-jazeera live from my headquarters here in doha also coming up. use any means necessary to take action against the myanmar military myanmar's ambassador to the un urges the international community to act against the coup and to restore democracy. a 3rd of its 19 banks scene is set to get emergency approval in the u.s. the one dose johnson and johnson is expected to bolster efforts in fighting the pandemic. our top story the u.s. president joe biden says there will soon be quote significant changes in the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia it follows the release of a u.s. intelligence report accusing the saudi crown prince mohammed bin cell man of approving the operation to capture or kill journalist jamal herschel

a details of how the crown prince is 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 $21.00 individuals u.s. intelligence feels were complicit in a shock his death in the saudi consulate in istanbul they include 7 members of the crown prince's elite personal protective detail notably missing from that list the crown prince himself agnes' kalama the u.n. official investigating her shelties death as a washington to order new sanctions directly targeting bin psalm on saudi arabia has rejected the report calling its unjustified and inaccurate riyad maintains the killers were a rogue group and says it's done all it can to punish them alan fischer now from washington. when journalist jamal khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the 2nd 2018 he thought he was simply picking up paperwork to

clear the way for his upcoming wedding instead according to u.s. intelligence the u.s. resident and saudi citizen met a team of saudi agents set to capture or kill him he was never seen alive again now a newly declassified report from the director of national intelligence says saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin selman approved the operation the report states the crown prince viewed khashoggi as a threat to the kingdom and broadly supported using violent measures if necessary to silence them prior spoke yesterday with the king prince made it clear to him the rules are changing and we're going to be announcing significant changes in today and. we are going to hold them accountable for human rights abuses and we're going to make sure that they in fact you know if they want to deal with us they have to deal with it in a way the human rights abuses are dealt with jamal khashoggi fiancee welcomed the

report tweeting out this image with the words justice for jamal the killing lead to saudi arabia facing a measure of international isolation at the next 20 meeting in argentina world leaders kept their distance from mohammed bin salman. in the u.s. the trumpet ministration resisted calls to confront saudi arabia citing the value of arms sales and the importance of support in confronting iran and refused to take action against mohammed bin salman joe biden promised if he won the election he would recalibrate relations with riyadh but again his white house want to take action against mohammed bin sam and directly so what we've done by the actions that we've taken. is really not to rupture the relationship but to recalibrate. to be more in line with our interests and our values and i think that we have to. understand as well that this is this is bigger than any one person the us is also

known as what it calls the coup should you ban imposing visa restrictions on 76 saudis not just those involved in the could you killing but others who have been involved in threatening dissidents overseas saudi arabia has dismissed the report calling it negative false and unacceptable the release of this report is an extraordinary rebuke to a man anointed as the next leader of a close u.s. ally but the biden white house will come under increasing pressure from democrats to take direct action against mohamed bin salman because they see his denials of any involvement in the murder of jamal khashoggi simply are not credible alan fischer al-jazeera washington ok let's look back at the events leading up to this point where we are as of today on october the 2nd 2018 the saudi journalist was murdered in the kingdom's consulate in istanbul after arriving to collect documents to get married 3 days later turkish officials confirmed he was killed turkish media

published images of a 15 member saudi hit team that arrived in istanbul on the same day she disappeared on october the 20th the saudi government admitted to shakti had been killed but said it was a result of a brawl turkey insisted it was a premeditated murder and on november the 10th it should recordings from inside the consulate with several countries including the saudis more than 2 years on saudi prosecutors found 8 of 11 men guilty of the murder in closed trials the turkish trial of 20 other saudi officials has been adjourned until next month. richard chan's do you as professor oriel lecturer at the department of political science at george washington university he says the white house is aware it does need to tread lightly in its next steps you know the alliance game is a is a difficult game and in the case of the united states and saudi arabia you had

confrontation over the coup shows the killing of human rights violations in yemen and what joe biden has to do is balance national interests of the united states in the region that includes threats from iran primarily so that the saudis and the israelis are key players even though they're not of of fish and we allies they've been working together for many years because their national interests coincide in terms of of what's to unfold here never remember in international relations issue areas are related and the other thing that president biden has to deal with which is intrinsically found out with this is the new iteration of the joint comprehensive plan of action and if he treads too happily it's conceivable that the israelis and the saudis might present the biden administration with some very hard to achieve demands with regards to how the americans will be engaging the iranians

in this new iteration of the iranian agreement the iranian government has quote strongly condemned american airstrikes in syria describing them as illegal aggression the u.s. targets its facilities used by iranian backed militia the main target was the a military base near close to the syrian 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 skill or 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. matthew kerning is the director of global strategy of the atlantic council and formerly an advisor on iran policy to the u.s. secretary of defense he says iran has been testing the new u.s. administration and the attack in syria is president biden's early response. 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 against iran and in syria we saw that 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 here and i think ivan is trying to send an early message that it should not be tested by an administration is comfortable using force to defend u.s. interests in the region and to pushing back against iran 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 renege 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 5 people have been killed and more than 175 were injured during process in syria in southern iraq. the clashes with security forces on friday followed a week of violent protests in the city protesters are demanding the removal of the governor and justice with demonstrators killed since 2019. a fractured us

republican party is this weekend considering its future direction at an annual meeting of conservative activists and politicians from across the country the event is being held weeks after the 2nd impeachment trial of donald trump he will be a keynote speaker at the conservative political action conference john hendren reports now from orlando florida. having lost the presidency the house and the senate the republican party is looking for a new standard bearer and based on the mega hats in the speakers at the conservative political action conference the new face of the republican party is unchanged let me tell you this right now donald j. trump going anywhere. reminders of the twice impeached former president are everywhere and come sunday when donald trump himself takes the podium there will be no need for reminders the former president has made it clear that he will back his own brand of republicans in primaries against moderate republicans

trump style challengers like louise miguel i am completely consider myself a trump republican i believe in the trunk platform of america 1st putting our country 1st before those of foreign interests before the chamber of commerce and before all of the other interested marco rubio and the likes of also mitch mcconnell and other leadership and into puberty miguel is running against incumbent florida republican senator marco rubio from inside this ipad conference you could be forgiven for thinking that donald trump was still in the white house and not a mere 240 kilometers away at his moral law go resort there might be republicans on capitol hill who would like to move on from the trump era of it here he's as popular as ever and then there's the next generation we have to be vocal we can't be put in the corner we must be out and engaged among the speculation heard in the halls of c. pac is the question of which trump signed will run for office 1st evolve or donald

trump jr i'm looking forward to sunday john hendren al jazeera orlando florida. still to come here on al-jazeera calls for more action against banditry in nigeria after more than $300.00 nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by armed men. and a new report highlights potential atrocities committed in ethiopia's region of ukraine. how i once again we've got some very heavy rain pushing into the deep south of the u.s. over the next couple of days that could cause some localized flooding all associated with this weather system here just moving through just teasing out of louisiana rolling up towards tennessee towards middle lanty states virginia seeing some heavy

rain northern flank of that into new england eastern parts of canada we're looking at snow but to the south of that some rain and it will be heavy at times particular as we go on through sunday see how that wetter weather runs rod across tennessee kentucky pushing all the way up towards new york and into d.c. projects guys behind some snow just around the lakes we got some snow over towards alberta right state the snow once again spilling into what western parts of canada into the pacific northwest just around washington state we have got largely dry weather across the western side of the u.s. and loss of dry weather to across a good part of the caribbean some lovely tropical sunshine for the most part although some showers just gathering around the east and islands as we go through saturday showers pushing through puerto rico getting into the dominican republic and he might just catch a shower or 2 into jamaica by the time we come to sunday elsewhere across the region some showers for central america.

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half hour the u.s. president joe biden says there will be significant changes the relationship with saudi arabia it follows the release of a declassified intelligence report accusing the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sell man of approving a plan to capture or kill the journalist jamal khashoggi. saudi arabia says it completely rejects the report and is warning against any measures that infringe on its sovereignty or judicial system maintains the killers were a rogue group and says it's done all it can to punish them. iran's government has strongly condemned american airstrikes in syria describing them as illegal aggression the u.s. targeted facilities used by iranian backed militia the main target was the imaam alie military base the album come out all close to the syrian border with iraq. meanwhile as 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 spays reports now from u.n.

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 don't shield threat for myanmar as the polity and civilized 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 solution a message of defiance that's become a trademark gesture of the protesters in his country other ambassadors praised him for his courageous stand and 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 and the u.n. special envoy christine shauna bergen to has been trying to visit me and my 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 march arrests and asking for some people to testify against the mit farm 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 of a character 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 braze al-jazeera at the united nations. ok let's bring in damien kingsbury he's professor of international relations at deakin university joins us from melbourne australia damien kingsbury welcome to al-jazeera how do you think those comments will have gone down in naypyidaw well obviously the the ambassador to be un does have a big job knew that we may have those comments so he will he'll be all refugee in the united states but i think in that neck of the will the generals really want a lhari into much of that is it will be a lot better relatively small minor one the one where the quite easily you get the sense though that given the comments from the ambassador he was clearly riding

a wave of very strong emotion in himself there but it's kind of the comments that we've been waiting to hear from somebody at that level in that chamber. well you know look this is not there are representatives of the ousted government people very strongly about this he is you know 20 up against a government. but there really has already been international condemnation of the coup in me at myanmar and the generals haven't changed at all and you know there's been some sanctions and strong communication it just hasn't made any difference at all and the generals now that have the backing of china and russia in this matter and that is the. quote secure in their. it may not get any traction with the military in naypyidaw but to the comments from the ambassador perhaps and i stress perhaps here strengthen the regional reaction to

what's still ongoing inside the country well the original reaction in asean we are seeing a group of countries is quite muted now challenge of course. half a dozen years ago and it now has a government that reflects the military will in a very constrained constitution countries like me. for it in states so critical now again and the other as you know in countries history noninterference in the end they were well into the starts that policy of noninterference or not really having a stance when it comes to regional neighbors and what's going on inside their own borders can you fast forward this for us professor do you get the sense is it your feeling that the country is heading towards being almost completely self isolating

here. i don't think you know what the stop loss the way things are not in a way that it was not showing that it could work in 62. way the links to china very strong links to russia very strong and willing to tolerate and have been improving over many years and dollars relations will continue of course in the relationship with the united states would you carry it with the risk you can use look there's been damage but this is really not in major concern for what we're going to make it simply because when you have money. in the western basket of foreign investment is used to that it's not pretty ok we've got to leave it there professor many things steaming kingsbury talking to us from melbourne in australia . the us is one step closer to having a 3rd vaccine after experts recommended the johnson and johnson job should be approved the u.s. f.d.a. the food and drug administration has been holding

a virtual public meeting to decide whether to sign off on the vaccine for emergency use it still needs official authorization by the f.d.a. which could happen later on saturday 4000000 doses are ready to be shipped on monday if approved joe biden said if it is approved distribution could begin within days he spoke about the new vaccine in texas where he's been visiting an emergency center and food bank a week after the state was battered by that deadly winter storm system and we've all seen the news about jobs and jobs vaccine today's just her safe effective vaccine and it's out they've approved today we're going to use every conceivable way to expand manufacturing of the vaccine the 1st vaccine to make even more rapid progress to get shots of people's arms well dr mattie davis is an infectious disease expert at the john cochrane v.a. medical center she says this approval is a step towards getting back to normal. this is not just good news this is fantastic

news any safe and effective vaccine that we can get on the market means less deaths it means less severe disease the statistics the data that is coming out of this trial is really really reassuring we're seeing globally that it prevents over 65 percent of moderate to severe disease that number even higher in the u.s. with just over 70 percent and even higher in preventing severe disease a just over 85 percent but the clincher 100 percent effective against death from covert understand what this would mean for our hospital systems for our population this is just one step closer to the normal see that we also desperately clay crave as much as i think that biden and harrison ministration has been proactive there unfortunately working from behind base on the truly ineffective rollout that

started in december we're seeing a state by state variation in what's happening with different regions getting vaccine product at different rates and here in st louis where i sit on the board of health there has been very clear we will see that seem product one week in the county with none in the city and so what the u.s. needs to do a better job of is understand that they have most of the vaccine products in the world so really the focus now needs to be on a better rollout plan and that starts from the top down more than $300.00 schoolgirls have been kidnapped in the northwest of nigeria it happened in the state of zamfara gunman arrived at night shooting sporadically at the school complex and then took the girls into the bush. a security guard working at the school described the moment the gunman stormed in. as we tried to get out we were overwhelmed and when we fired they fired back we continue to fight them and all of a sudden they were treated 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. and it is a nigerian research for human rights watch he says the government must find a different approach to dealing with these abductions he's negotiations have person not to be a holistic solution to their consistent problems of kidnapping and your point is really need to react reevaluate your approach what we find is that just so soon after one attack another happens in this space of 3 months it's really worried . that. there is a trend and there is new courage by many of these. he turns and the response from your story which is. a

huge sums of money runs even know your rights he's consistently denied him and. many other sources come out really providing information that was otherwise. if european officials are being accused of carrying out a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing in the war torn region of ukraine that's according to a u.s. government report obtained by the new york times the report says fighters who backed the prime minister moving from town to town pushing out to greens using intimidation and violence ethiopia launched a military campaign against separatists in the region in november both sides have been accused of atrocities in a separate accusation amnesty international says hundreds of civilians were massacred by ira trained soldiers and integrate back in november the rights group has released a report which says the killings could amount to a crime against humanity as malcolm webb. eritrean an ethiopian

forces began their attack on the town of x.m. with indiscriminate shelling according to rights group amnesty international. it 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 he says the militia failed and 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 the people described. of people running in chad in the back. you know when we have any other exit

if. every trained 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 abdallah had sent federal forces into the to gray region he said it was a law enforcement operation to topple the to grand people's liberation front but it dominated the a.p.'s politics and military for nearly 3 decades before abby came to power. when government troops took control of the regional capital abby declared the operations over but the rippin 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. return to austerity is

it what can progress but there is no doubt the situation keeps improving i long to be at that one tough month and all positions except for a few pocket 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 well sides malcolm webb al jazeera. ok let's update your top stories for you so far today a newly declassified u.s. report says saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin sol man approved a plan to capture or kill the saudi journalist from.