but. made it clear to him that the rules are changing joe biden tells riyadh he will hold them accountable for human rights abuses as an intelligence report blames the saudi crown prince and the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. false and unacceptable saudi arabia rejects washington to report and says it's taken steps against people behind the killing. of again i'm peter w.

watching al jazeera live from doha also coming up use any means necessary to take action against the minimum military myanmar's ambassador to the un urges the international community to act against the coup and restore democracy. a 3rd of it 19 banks in the set to get emergency approval in the u.s. the one dose johnson and johnson job is expected to bolster efforts in fighting the pandemic. the us president joe biden has warned saudi arabia quote the rules are changing in their relationship it follows the release of a u.s. intelligence report which accuses the saudi crown prince mohammed bin selma of approving the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi but the us to stop short of punishing the crown prince and the kingdom has denounced the report as a false and unacceptable allen freshen up 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 the way the human rights abuses are dealt with jamal khashoggi fiance 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 g. 20 meeting in argentina world leaders kept their distance from hamad 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 salmon 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 knows what it calls the coup should you ban imposing visa restrictions on 76 saudis not just those involved in the 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 the nile's 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 where we are today on october the 2nd 20000 the saudi journalist was murdered inside 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 her shoulder she disappeared on october the 20th the saudi government admits it has shocked you had been killed but said it was the result of a brawl turkey insisted it was premeditated murder and on november the 10th that shit recordings from inside the consulate were several countries including the saudis more than 2 years later the prosecutors found 8 of 11 men guilty of the murder in close trials the turkish trial of 20 other saudi officials has been adjourned until next month. rich a chance to is professorial lecture at the top of the tacl science of george washington university he says the white house is aware it doesn't need to tread lightly with its next steps here 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. 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 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 now remember in international relations issue areas are related and the other thing that the president biking has to deal with which is intrinsically found out with this is the new iteration of the joint comprehensive plan of action and if you trends to happily it's conceivable that the

israelis and the saudis might present the bite ministration 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 u.s. is defending its decision to bomb a target in syria the attack on what's alleged to have been a base of an iranian backed militias the 1st known military operation carried out by the ministration iran has strongly condemned the strikes illegal aggression mike hanna from washington. the decision to strike was taken at the very top after days of consultation with his national security teams president biden ordered the attack which took place on early thursday evening d.c. time this apparently in retaliation for a series of recent attacks by militia groups in lebanon and iraq one of which killed a u.s. contractor. the target. it's believed the attack was

carried out by 2 f. 15 s using joint direct attack munitions a j.-dam is described as a precision weapon with g.p.s. navigation capabilities the target says the pentagon was a base being used by an iranian backed militia on the syrian side of the border with iraq and this response was conducted together with diplomatic measures including consultation with coalition partners this claim of acting in a restraint a way echoed by the secretary of state we took this action that i think was focused proportionate. but also effective in degrading some of the capacity that the militia in question had to perpetrate new attacks. and also to be very very clear notably to iran that they cannot act with impunity

against our people our partners our our interests the reaction in congress was mixed some welcoming the strike others criticizing the president for not consulting the relevant committees the president. no need to defend what appears to be the 1st red line drawn by his administration in the region. you can't get you can act with impunity you care for. the president attempting to balance the need for the terence with his stated desire to reopen nuclear negotiations with the government in tehran mike hanna washington now. to the united nations has made a surprise appeal on behalf of the ousted government he's urged the u.n. to take all means necessary to oppose the military coup as police and soldiers crack down further on and he joins the protesters is

a diplomatic editor james bays it was a dramatic moment in the u.n. general assembly hall the ambassador of myanmar using his speech to speak out strongly against the events in his own country and your mom military has become the existential 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 the message of defiance that's become a trademark gesture of the protesters in his country other ambassadors praised him for brisk courageous stand and for a long term 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 myanmar 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 enter the city it seems they want to continue making. arrests and asking for some people to testify against the end of the 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 is 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 bays out his era at the united nations will stay with that story damien kingsbury is professor of international relations at the deakin university in australia he says both the ambassadors plea and international condemnation are unlikely to push the military to back down there's not a doubt representatives of the ousted government will very strongly about this is you know when the instant government. but there really has already been international condemnation of the khomeini at myanmar and the generals haven't changed at all and now there's been some sanctions it's a strong condemnation it just hasn't made any difference at all and the general

does not have the backing of china and russia in this matter and that is before that so they feel quite secure in their solution i don't think you know will be self isolation certainly not in the way that it was something that was clear more than $62.00. the links to china are very strong links to russia a very strong and links to thailand have been improving out in the years those relations for 2000 years of course the relationship with united states where you can say the risk to countries has been damaged but this is really not a major concern for 'd dogs in my case simply because they know that economic eggs are not in a western basket the foreign investment is useful but it's not critical. still to come on this program a new report highlighting potential atrocities committed in ethiopia's t. green region plus. weathering conflicts while hopes of stability in libya the good

news for some of its ancient sites. however that we've got simply some places a cloud of rain moving across the middle east but not soo much i think we'll see the west the weather easing out of iran heading over towards afghanistan and then you can see we're pretty much set fair pretty much we're not entirely because as we go on into sunday they'll be a few showers across northern parts of saudi arabia a.b. the odd shower or 2 a few spots of rain just coming into central and southern parts of iraq further north and snow just around georgia spinning off the black sea further south final drive with plenty of sunshine that sunshine stretching down into a good part of somalia want to showers stand towards victoria want to see showers

there just around rome one the pushing into brewin they will see some heavy showers 2 to seizing across southern parts of tanzania but the really wet weather over the next couple of days that's going to be coming in across as zambia and zimbabwe you can see this little clutch of storms just around the border southern parts of zambia seeing some very heavy rain then through saturday pushing a little further south it's into by sunday moving parts of zimbabwe up towards the northwest as in bob where we could see some localized flooding so that's certainly want to watch over the next couple of days the showers continue there through monday. how does a team from the smaller league draw the bigger crowds. why does the uyghurs. flag fly hollies a disposes club. what is that about celtic that has the world over it cheering them all politics and football controlling the panel will stop with the oppressed at

will or run toward. the fans who make football. ok let's update the top stories for you so far this hour u.s. president joe biden says there will be significant changes to the relationship with saudi arabia that follows the release of a 2 classified intelligence report accusing prone prince mohammed bin salman of approving a plan to capture or kill saudi journalist jamal khashoggi saudi arabia says it's completely rejecting the report and is warning against any measures that infringe

on its sovereignty or its judicial system does maintain the killers were rogue group says it's done all it can to punish them. one other story of the iranian government to strongly condemned american airstrikes in syria describing them as in the call of aggression the u.s. targeted facilities used by iranian backed militia the main target was the military base near albemarle close to the syrian border with iraq. now the u.s. is one step closer to having a 3rd vaccine after experts recommended the johnson and johnson job should be approved by the u.s. 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 and we've all seen the news about jobs and jobs vaccines today's just 3rd safe effective vaccine and it's out they've approved today really

used every conceivable way to expand manufacturing of the vaccine furred vaccine to make even more rapid progress to get shots of people's arms. staying in the states mr biden was in texas on friday to see the recovery effort from the unprecedented winter storm 7 days of below freezing temperatures pummeled the state's unprepared infrastructure causing $20000000000.00 in damages and taking dozens of lives al-jazeera is hiding joe castro reports. the snow has melted in texas but the disastrous aftermath of last week's frigid weather still lingers hundreds of people lined up for free food and water at this houston distribution site friday many had suffered days without power some are still without water but that's because they have time enough to prepare and to do better than the people back they could apply

in. the lost lives include an 11 year old boy who never woke from his freezing bed and an 86 year old woman who died of hypothermia in her home their families are among those now suing texas' energy regulators for not adequately warning people before the days long electric blackouts i think it's incredibly ironic and sad that at the same time that these folks these 31 people who died for lack of power and water were dying we had the technology to put the rover on mars that demonstrates the incredible lack of leadership and a lack of priorities in this country and in texas and we've got to do a lot better the state governor has promised an investigation and reckoning even as officials point the finger at each other to avoid blame president joe biden approved a major disaster declaration last week and visited in person friday to offer his

consolations on a crisis hits our states like the one to texas it's not a republican or democrat asserting it's our fellow americans are heard we will be true partners to help you cover the bill from the storms and this pandemic in the economic crisis for the long haul this was biden's 1st trip to texas as president and not everyone here in this deeply conservative state was happy to see him most people in texas had voted for donald trump to be president and these pro trump protesters gathered to deliver by. right in a message. there's nothing that he's doing that's helping the great state of texas we can stand on our all but texas standing on its own is one reason for the disaster severity the state's self-contained independent power grid was unable to accept help from surrounding states and decades of deregulation offered private utilities little incentive to

invest any quitman upgrades the result a literal perfect storm for disaster and now a long road to recovery. castro al-jazeera houston. frank should u.s. republican party is this weekend considering its future direction at a new meeting of conservative activists and politicians 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 from orlando in 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 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 ipac 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 bit 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. the number of people killed in a major prison break in haiti has risen to 25 including one of the most powerful gang leaders more than 400 prisoners escaped the jail in port au prince on friday the police opened fire on rioting inmates as they fled killing a number of people including arnold joseph he's been he says most wanted fugitive and to the rest in 2019. more than 300 schoolgirls have been kidnapped in the northwest of nigeria it happened in the state of zamfara gunmen arrived at night shooting sporadically at the school complex and then they took the girls into the bush a security guard working at the school described the moment the gunman stormed in

theater. as we tried to get out we were overwhelmed and when we fired at 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 if european officials are being accused of carrying out a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing in the water and region to gray that's according to a u.s. government report obtained by the new york times now the report says fighters who back to the prime minister made a moving from turn to turn pushing out the greens using intimidation and violence if the o.p.o. launched a military campaign against separatists in the region in november both sides have been accused of atrocities in a separate accusation amnesty says hundreds of civilians were massacred by eritrean soldiers in acts on into ukraine back in november the rights group has released a report which says the killings could amount to

a crime against humanity is malcolm webb. eritrean an ethiopian forces began their attack on the town of back with indiscriminate shelling according to rights group amnesty international. it's released these videos and a report it says on the 28th of november last year to crane militia and civilians tried to fire back some of them armed with only sticks and stones attacking eritrean soldiers on this hill it 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 them.

one behind the other. 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 federal forces into the to great region he said it was a law enforcement operation to topple the thick gray in people's liberation front that dominated 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 kids yet full return to stability is it work in progress but there is no doubt the situation keeps on improving i long to be at all want off he went on operations except for a few pockets here or elsewhere that is sporadic shooting by this 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 all sides malcolm webb al jazeera. the old city of tripoli in libya has a long history dating back thousands of years but after years of neglect efforts underway to restore roads and historic buildings malik traina reports. the arch of roman emperor marcus really is built more than 1800 years ago it's

the only fully standing structure that remains from the roman era here in noir. the ancient city was established by the phoenicians nearly 3000 years ago it played or came under roman control and flourished in the 2nd and 3rd century. the city was conquered by the rashid doing khalifa in the 7th century and later renamed tripoli the old city is one of 5 you know sco world heritage sites in libya iran its endangered list you know the city is 3000 years old it survived very same pies from the phoenicians the romans the byzantines the caliphates the ottomans of the $28.00 parts ruled the city and it continues to fight to survive the battle of time for centuries the old city thrived its markets visited by foreign traders but for decades it's been a collective made worse by the country's tenure conflicts here roads and homes are

falling apart but now the government has begun a renovation initiative. work was suspended during warlord khalifa haftar failed military campaign on tripoli. but his forces retreated towards the east more than 6 months ago it was restarted. and how are you most sure we want to keep what is left of the old sea to mean certain your life into it so that it can be able to withstand the future the 1st step was to build trust with the residents and shop owners because without that nothing can happen. is a blacksmith he says the lack of attention by the government to include will distribute have had an impact on his business. this craft is like a way we have ups and downs when the political and economic situation a stable business is better but there are still some people who enjoy handmade items and come and buy from us tripoli's long history and the variety of cultures

and religions that thrived in the city have left an interesting blend of architecture and given the old city a unique identity. people and shop owners here hope that with the recent political settlement in libya stability can be achieved and with that more attention given by libya's authorities to its historic sites well the trainer al-jazeera tripoli. this is al jazeera these are the top stories a newly declassified u.s. report says saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin sound man approved of plan to capture or kill the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi the u.s. state department has announced a ban on $76.00 saudi nationals saudi arabia says it completely rejects the report and is warning against any measures that infringed.