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listen the truth i'm interested change to those entries is listen to our podcast on in the green room. this is d w news live from l.a. and the 1st public accusation the u.s. points the finger directly at the saudi crown prince something the u.s. releases intelligent showing prince mohammed bin sultan likely a prince the killing of journalist general. also coming up more than 300 schoolgirls are missing in nigeria
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a 2nd in the mass kidnapping in 10 days police and the military launched a joint mission to find the armed gunmen took them. i'm on your business and thanks so much for joining us saudi arabia has hit back at us claims that crown prince mohammed bin solomon like he approved the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi the biden administration has released a report scouted by intelligence off to his killing and 2018 it was classified until now despite the findings washington has stopped short of imposing sanctions directly on the prince an important regional u.s. ally the saudi government says it completely rejects the cia's cia's findings. an old report making news headlines. it was originally suppressed by the trumpet
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ministration but 3 years later it's declassified so its conclusions clear for the world to see u.s. intelligence says it's a largely that saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon ordered the capture or killing of journalist jamal khashoggi the. pentagon is pulling no punches saudi arabia remains a strategic partner in the region. we have to be courageous enough. as friends to speak candidly and. and to make clear our concerns. about the rule of law and civil and human rights even with friends and partners. the report doesn't detail any new evidence but stresses the crown prince's control and decision making he has always denied knowing about the plot. showed he was lured to the saudi consulate in turkey where he was
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killed and dismembered by a team sent from riyadh the saudi government eventually admitted to killing her saudi but blamed it on a rogue security team. the public naming of muhammad bin selman as complicit in the killing will set a new tone for the relationship between washington and rio. de botton administration has imposed sanctions on dozens of saudi officials but stopped short of targeting the prince. now unlike his predecessor a u.s. president joe biden chose not to suppress this highly critical report earlier we spoke to our washington correspondent all of us solace and we asked him what this means for the u.s. administration's stance on saudi arabia moving forward. the report is not new it was actually already finished quite some time ago and then withheld by the trump administration congress at the time altered this report to be published but trump
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ignored the ruling by congress he had a very friendly position towards saudi arabia here in particular looking at the arms sales the united states is exporting arms to saudi arabia joe biden wants to review this relationship and other relationships between the united states and other countries in the middle east so saudi arabia is one of the us is closest allies and that the by the ministrations now accusing the saudi crown prince of murder all the washington polls journalist to jamal khashoggi that will certainly have big implications for their relationship. syria has condemned u.s. astronauts on its territory as cowardly washington says its targeted facilities used by iran backed militias president joe biden ordered the strikes in verse allegation for an attack against u.s. personnel in iraq syrian authorities say at least 17 people were killed and insist
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the u.s. has broken international law it's the 1st major military action taken by the by an administration has the u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin. with. a record of it we were there you know. you were pretty good or did we read you the story about lucia good good good good good good history. ok let's take a look at some of the other stories making news this hour i mean miles u.n. ambassador opposed the military coup in his country during an emotional speech to the u.n. general assembly on friday ambassador shore moton the international community to condemn the coup and refuse to recognize the military regime that comes as protests continue across me and mom. in chile hundreds of anti-government protesters have taken to the streets of the capital some 2 jago nice used water cannon until gas
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against the crowds friday demonstrations have become a regular event as campaigners speak out against inequality in one of the latin america's most developed nations. 400 prisoners have escaped in a jailbreak in haiti that claimed the lives of 25 people witnesses told reporters they sold gunman shoots of gods before the inmates fled local media say the jails director and a powerful gang leader are among those killed thirty's say some 60 prison as have now been recaptured. and thousands of pro-democracy activists have taken to the streets in algeria demonstrate has a calling it the return of the heroic movement a campaign that helped depose longtime president abdullah dees put it beautifully 2 years ago the government has freed dozens of activists who were being held in jail . now here in germany nationwide it looks down measures are in place
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until march 7th government leaders are due to meet next week to create a new plan for what comes next federal officials are urging caution when it comes to easing restrictions to quickly but many people off frustrated by the forced business closures d.w. travel to germany's southern states as the varia where some business owners feel that patience is running thin. the district of may seem quiet and a delight but it's a coronavirus hotspot the incidence rate here is over $300.00 new infections per 100000 people over 7 days it's not clear when frank zeus' can reopen his rental bike shop he thinks it is not a good idea to wait until the rate has dropped below 35 before relaxing restrictions by then his district could be in dire financial straits. if they're poor because we're structurally weak region it's very important that
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we're allowed to reopen. its entire large sums of money were invested and risks were taken by many different companies and self-employed individuals to get our region to where it is but now we're all in limbo. stefan gazelle would also like to see light at the end of the tunnel his hotel and spa will probably not be allowed to open for quite some time he believes it would make sense to rethink the vaccination strategy. it is a fun day long but i have not spoken for our district councils have demanded that we receive a higher proportion of vaccination doses so that more people can be vaccinated here that would help build a buffer against the risk posed by the high infection rate in the czech republic thank you and i mean. and it is only a few kilometers away across the border commuters are considered the main cause of the high infection rate here many want restrictions to be eased but carefully they
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monks are. here we know that the border area is a hot spot and have to deal with it accordingly. thank you we need to ease the restrictions very slowly for example regarding schools in kindergarden with a good testing strategy i think that's doable i'll be in your mission to know i think we'll have to wait 2 or 3 weeks to see how the mutations will play out here sure when in. fact zeus doesn't think the solution can be wait and see he thinks the anti pandemic measures are basically right but says they need fine tuning. we simply have to learn to live with a virus and change our business concept to align with the new conditions. to be free and that's our biggest fear is that they'll forget about us and our hotel won't be able to reopen in the near future and our future is at risk if the government doesn't give our region special treatment. what's happening here in
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bavaria is representative of germany as a whole as people struggle to find the best strategy for easing out of the lock down. here are some other developments in the current virus pandemic over half of all israelis have now received their 1st coded 19 job the health ministry says about one 3rd of the population have already received the 2nd dose as well of course in the netherlands is up held a controversial coronavirus curfew a lower court that earlier ordered the curfew to be scrapped saying the government overstepped its brief and the czech prime minister has warned that hospitals are heading for disaster unless infections start to fall soon the czech republic has one of the highest corona death rates in the world. security forces in nigeria have launched a rescue operation to find more than 300 kidnapped schoolgirls gunmen struck in a nighttime raid on a boarding school bandits and known to carry out kidnappings to demand ransom
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payments and bargain for the release of jailed gang members but nigeria's president is saying the government will not give in to blackmail if the scene of the latest mass kidnapping of my jury is children gunmen forced their way into government girls secondary school in jungle big in the country's north west. nearby residents see the shooters fired constantly forcing people to cower in their homes to kidnap us to cope with more than 300 girls police and military have launched a joint search and rescue operation willing to pull over to dump arms. before the. flop over a look which will not local. i was part of our audience. but some parents say that if they're fortunate to have their girls returned safely they won't send them back to school. just over a week ago
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a student was killed in an assault on a state run school in the town of calcutta also in the north west attackers abducted 27 children it reflects a sharp increase in the number of kidnappings in that part of the country usually for ransom nigeria's security forces are overstretched mostly fighting the militant group boko haram still they promise to do everything possible to find the missing students but for the hundreds of parents waiting for word of their children and praying that they're still alive the government's actions simply aren't enough. to pakistan now and police in the mega city of karachi of come up with a novel way to go that crime by setting up a special rollerblading unit it's hoped the new wales will give the skating cops more speed and agility to chase suspects through the streets. the training programs that run smooth as silk these people are not gliding through
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this compound karate for fun they're a team of comps made up of 10 women and 10 men tossed to stop theft and harassment in a city of 20000000. starting here this is just the beginning to me i feel that through this training we will be able to coprime in the future what i don't like to see the role of blades really benefit does we can wish there were allies very quickly where it is usually difficult to reach. and a new gear meant to close encounters. to states to better catch criminals who often sleep on motorcycles when you feel we could only needed to come up with some innovative approach to control street crime in karachi. when analyzed and saw that there are certain spots where crime incidents say for example mobile
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snatching but on a more frequent for example by snitching to. the rollerblading police are following in the footsteps of similar units in europe. they're out starts in march but the unit has already begun patrolling karate speech front. yard because it was a border it's all seeing them here in clean uniforms since the morning gives us a sense of security. would push us even in the daytime snatching still could. be dimity than what is in. the room the plates have limitations though operations in areas with poor road conditions will be difficult but on paths like these catching criminals with speed and agility would be just a briggs. you're watching news life from but then coming up next our computer magazine shifts living in the digital age and remember there's more on the news app on your dot com and you can follow us on instagram and twitter
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