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this is deep. hole in turkey leaves the country fueling speculation that he has fled. to search his residence as part of the investigation into the missing soul the journalist. is facing growing calls to explain his disappearance also coming up. twelve million people in. the brink of starvation and children are.
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good to have you with us turkish police have cordoned off the home of the soul the consul in istanbul but the diplomat himself is reported to have left the country raising speculation that he fled turkish police are investigating the whereabouts of missing a journalist. who has been seen since he entered the solti consulate two weeks ago saudi arabia has come under intense international pressure to explain what happened to the missing jet. this car is purported to be carrying the saudi consul in istanbul as he left his residence on chews day. turkish officials say mohammed to be one of riyadh's chief diplomats to turkey then traveled to saudi
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arabia on an unannounced trip. his istanbul home is now part of turkey's official investigation into that this appearance of saudi journalist and critic of the oil rich kingdom jamal khashoggi. investigators were allowed to search the saudi arabian consulate building on monday work a shock was last seen on october second but only after saudi officials and a team of cleaners armed with mops had been let in turkish officials believe he was murdered and dismembered by hit team angra appears determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. we have to learn the fate of conduct gee how he went missing in the saudi consulate the whole world has turned their eyes to us and are wondering if there's a human being there it's important that he's a journalist but more importantly he's a human being and we have to solve this issue.
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also on tuesday u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or travel to riyadh for crisis talks with king solomon and other saudi leaders the kingdom faces mounting pressure to explain the fate of who is a u.s. resident riyadh has been denying any involvement in the journalist's disappearance despite growing international pressure but a number of u.s. media sources say the sides are preparing to admit that khashoggi died during an interrogation at the consulate that went wrong pompei o will travel to turkey on wednesday. card for more on the international pressure that is facing saudi arabia tonight i'm joined by daniel berlant he is an expert on the middle east angels good to see you again what should we make in your opinion of the solti consuls sudden departure from turkey. well certainly the consul enjoys diplomatic immunity but you don't know in which direction the the the mood the general atmosphere is
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going to swing in turkey. would he have to cooperate would he have to provide information it is also possible that he was not involved in the plan if it was if it's really true that this was a hit team up aeration a role could team up aeration then a very limited number of people were involved in all the details of this but certainly something like this if it was an operation that went so that when wrong or it was intent if it was intended to kill in that manner which i doubt it was intended but it's not i'm not it's not impossible the top government officials and those that are in charge of the security operations in the country notably the crown prince himself would have been involved at least would have had knowledge and would have authorized it why do you do that the intention was to murder the journalist well i would say that i'd have no you know i have no i'm not a forensic expert i don't know the details on the ground there are certain theories even conspiracy theories about the disappearance of. i think if you assemble the
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facts that have been leaked so far as thirtieth orders have not given the evidence yet then you could also find realistic that they try to rent to to organize a reduction of forcible dition which means that they would basically kidnap him and take him to saudi arabia they have done this a couple of times with people they considered traitors we have to look at also other operations that when terribly wrong operations of the of the israeli intelligence service of the russians that have been revealed prematurely all these things have. in these operations so i cannot tell you what exactly happened one thing is for sure we often say nobody can be that utterly stupid to conduct such an operation in its own consulate general but whenever these intelligence officials gather and they plot such a plan given that this is the way it happened everything is possible and so it is possible to we know that international pressure is mounting on the soul to kingdom
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and it's coming from former allies in current allies i want you to take a listen to what the u.s. senator lindsey graham said just a few hours ago. and i've been their biggest offender on the floor the united states senate this guy is a wrecking ball he had this guy murdered in a consulate in turkey in to expect me to ignore and feel used and abused i was on the floor every time defending saudi arabia because there's a good ally there's a difference between a country and an individual the n.b.s. figure is to me toxic he can never be a world leader on the world stage what does the president do you think that's up to the president but what i would do i know what i'm going to do not sanction the hell out of saudi arabia. i mean those strong words there the m.b.'s that he mentioned that is the sole prints do you anticipate the u.s. and the european union slapping saudi arabia with saying and what about the future for the crown prince. well that's certainly
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a bold statement from senator graham. given the fact that the republican party has been also the democrats but but in particular the program holik and party have been very strong supporters of this say like very unique a lateral decision of the trump ministration to side with saudi arabia to put all their all the investment they have the political capital into saudi arabia against iran and and against other players in the region so this is a bold statement and it puts the trump of mr ation into a very embarrassing situation of course because trump has said earlier he would not jeopardize hundreds of billions of dollars the an arms sales for this case but i think what people have underestimated is the role that the played in u.s. media and the importance that this person had because he was the go to person he was mr saudi arabia in the united states very difficult to understand and people went to him and so certainly he has a strong supporters in the u.s.
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media and in the public opinion do you know you're like it's always good to talk with you we appreciate your insights tonight thank you thank you the united nations is warning the twelve million people in yemen could soon be on the brink of starvation and children are paying the highest price. she's only eight years old and one of millions of victims of a war that seemingly unending. and issa has been taken to hospital in aden doctors say he waits is that of a two year old and they're not optimistic about her future. with what he see one fish only thing i have found here since we did four subsists and more likely to that decision and what led to that do you think daisy ten point one is an innocent fifteen. anissa and her mother are among the hundreds of thousands of civilians who
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fled the fighting around the city of her data just a few days ago at least fifteen people fleeing the escalating conflict were killed when a saudi led coalition air strike hit two buses near a security checkpoint. with. the data has become the center of yemen's conflict the port city is the entry point for seventy percent of the country's food imports soundin led coalition forces and allied ground troops are fighting to who theoretical is controlling it some and a sketching through the distribution centers are filled with people desperate for food and there isn't enough for everyone the u.n. is calling it the world's worst humanitarian crisis that as of late twenty seventeen there were eight point four million severely food insecure people who need emergency food assistance every month to survive judah economic decline including depreciation of the currency humanitarian partners estimate that this
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population could rise up to five million people the un's world food program says it's scaling up its efforts for many it will be too late but for some of the children who've made it to hospital there might still be some hunger. and for more on this i'm joined now by lisa grundy she is in new york and she is the un's humanitarian coordinator for yemen is grannies good to have you on the show the u.n. is warning of the world's worst famine in a century in yemen if the war there continues you know after the families that we saw in ethiopia we heard leaders around the world say that this kind of famine and hunger could never happen again but that's exactly what we're talking about is and that's exactly right as we go into the twenty first century i think almost all of us assumes that we would never see it but we have seen in ethiopia we had seen it in bengal that we had seen in parts of the soviet union but the reality is that
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that is precisely what we are looking at in naming three quarters of the entire population choir some form of humanitarian assistance and protection there's no other country in the world where a higher percentage of the population needs our help. if you wanted to send let's just say bread and water to a family in yemen tonight want or who would prevent that delivery every single month in the world food program provides cash and food assistance to eight million you many cities yemenis didn't receive that assistance they wouldn't survive. this is one of the most difficult and complicated operations that the u.n. grounds anywhere in the world the world food program and its partners have to bring food into the country it has to be trucked to the areas where people need it but
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most of the complications are incredible we're blocked growth blocks we have difficulties getting food into ports it's very expensive to bring the supplies in we need in many ways this is one of the most complicated and complex and difficult to operate and have any friend or yeah and i think people around the world struggled to understand how we could be so difficult but and as you say it is and we know that three weeks ago the saudi led military alliance announced the opening of humanitarian corridors into you have what has happened since that. the port a few days of prayer much the fighting is concentrated right now is the lifeline for northern human and this is for most of the population is and these are the areas where people are most at risk and this is why humanitarian step and system fall throughout the conflict at the port has to stay open if that courts closed
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even fourth. in fact as we can see it and it would be decisive that's why we're calling on all of the parties to the conflict to make sure that we can bring in the supplies that are need people. and are you getting the you know people keeping their promises are you being able to get food in through these corridors as has been promised. the port does remain open he it's been open all throughout the conflict and it needs to stay open but one thing that we have to be very frank about is of the eighteen million people who need some kind of assistance we if it million a month there are ten million unis who depend on the market they depend on importers and here's where the problem is many of the importers are an equal to bring the supplies and they need they can't bring them in because there are difficulties at the ports they can't bring the men because they don't have lines of credit and foreign currency these are the problems that need to be addressed for the ten
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million eight mini's who depend on the market in order to survive. right at least randi with the u.n. she is the u.n. humanitarian coordinator for yemen is going to be appreciate your time tonight thank you are you talking news now on world champions france came from behind to beat germany in the nation's league gives another blow for germany who have struggled since an early exit at the world cup on their fire germany coach giacomo have made five changes to the team but it felt the payoff germany took the lead against the run of play toni kroos scored from the penalty spot in the fourteenth minute france through level in the second half with a wonderful header from and twenty three some on france were just awarded a penalty and greets one got his second of the good french one two one and you walk into the suffers yet another loss. you're watching the w.
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