this is d w news live from the 1st public accusation the u.s. points the finger directly at the saudi crown prince so good at the u.s. releases intelligence showing prince mohammed bin salmond likely approve the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi also coming up more than 300 schoolgirls are missing in nigeria the 2nd mass kidnapping in 10 days police and the military launched a joint mission to find the armed gunmen who took. the safe return of these

celebrity tops l.a. police say lady gaga has to stolen french bulldogs have been returned safely but the attackers who shot her don't do that remain at large. time on you tube as mckinnon thanks so much for joining us saudi arabia has hit back at us claims that crown prince mohammed bin salmond likely approves the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi the biden administration has released a report gathered by intelligence off to his killing in 2018 it was classified until now despite the findings washington has stopped short of imposing sanctions directly on the prince saudi government says it completely rejects the cia's findings. all report making new headlines it was originally suppressed by

the trump administration but 3 years later its declassified its conclusion clear for the world to see u.s. intelligence says it's likely that saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin some on order to capture or killing of the journalists jamal khashoggi but 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 about 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. was lured to the saudi consulate in turkey there he was killed and

dismembered by his team sent from riyadh the saudi government eventually amid killing his orgy but blamed it on a rogue security team. the public naming of mohammed bin some man as complicit in the killing will set a new tone for the relationship between washington and riyadh. but by an 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 a salad 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 ignored the ruling by 1 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 administration is now accusing the saudi crown prince of murder of a washington polls journalist jamal khashoggi that will certainly have big implications for their relationship. syria has condemned us as strikes on its territory as cowardly washington says it targeted facilities used by iran backed militias president joe biden ordered the strikes in retaliation for an attack against u.s. personnel in iraq syrian authorities say at least 17 people were killed and insist

the u.s. has brought an international law it's the 1st major military action taken by the biden administration is the u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin. with. the target that we were there bill you know we did. hear you would talk about it or do you. believe sure good good good good good good good. ok let's take a look at some of the other stories making news at this hour i mean mons u.n. ambassador is calling on the united nations to use any means necessary to return elected leaders to power in the country. and made an emotional appeal to the international community the urged leaders knots to recognize the military regime that seized power comes as protests continue across spain mom. in chile hundreds of anti-government protesters have taken to the streets of the capital some giago

riot police used water cannon and tear gas against the crowds friday demonstrations have become a regular event as campaign is speak out against in quality and one of 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 saw gunman shoot at guards before the inmates fled local media say the jails director and the powerful gang leader are among those killed authorities say some 60 prisoners have now been recaptured. now here in germany nationwide lockdown measures are in place until march 7th a federal government is a caution when it comes to easing restrictions to quickly but many people are frustrated by the forced business closures travel to germany's southern state of bavaria where some business owners feel their patience is running thin and the

district of losing it all may seem quiet and a delicate but it's a coronavirus hot spot the incidence rate here is over 300 new infections per 100000 people over 7 days it's not clear when plant 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 as a doctor put him through a lot if the 2 or 3 guns were sequentially weak region god if it's very important that we're allowed to reopen. its entirety 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 who did it 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 front in lawn that i have not so good 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 and yarn in before. 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 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 a mission to i think we'll have to wait 2 or 3 weeks to see how the mutations will play out here children in bush it's an excuse 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. proved to be free that's really in our biggest fear is that they'll forget about us and our hotel won't be able to reopen in the near future. our future is at risk if the government doesn't give our region special treatment. what's happening here in bavaria is representative of germany as a whole as people struggle to find the best strategy for easing out of the lock down. 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 gangs are known to carry out kidnappings to demand ransom payments and bargain for the release of jailed gang members and i dare as president

says the government will not give in to blackmail. it's the scene of the latest mass kidnapping of nigeria's children gunmen forced their way into government girls secondary school in jungle big in the country's north west nearby residents say the shooters fired constantly forcing people to cower in their homes the kidnappers took off with more than $300.00 girls police and military have launched a joint search and rescue operation. i was part of our cordon. 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 a student was killed in an assault on a state run school in the town of kaga also in the north west attackers abducted

$27.00 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 before the hundreds of parents waiting for word of their children i'm praying that they're still alive the government's actions simply aren't enough. now to french all dogs belonging to the pop star lady gaga have been returned to los angeles police days after they were stolen a gunpoint thieves shot and wounded the dog walker on wednesday before escaping with 2 of guard girls 3 dogs in a car a guy that had offered a $500000.00 reward for her safe return and police say a woman brought them in unharmed. and joining me now from the u.s.

is pop culture commentator on say a san beda run say thanks for joining us now lady gaga as dogs have now been returned unharmed do we know who cooked them. jumped the gunman is still at large and you know currently there there is no they don't leads as far as you know who it is the dog walker fisher described the gunman as between the ages 220 to $25.00 and scarves both being black so that's all we know so far do we know that they knew it was lady gaga dogs that they'd actually kidnapped it's unclear if they knew that something told me that they had to know if she seen 2 to random incident to it for someone to do without knowing that that's a wealthy person stocks i do know that french models are very rare and hard to come by but something tells me that bailey. and you mentioned the don't walk arayan fish

and he was of course shot when the dogs were taken how is he now is he in hospital yes according to stern these expect does make a full recovery so that's all we know so far ok now lady gaga had offered to pay hall for a $1000000.00 to get her dog back a sum of money too little pups do we know was any ransom money paid in the end we don't know are usually when these things happen whoever comes with whatever stories look at forest question before there's any money released so are that's probably going to happen 1st so as of yet we don't know all right but at least the pups are safely back home run say a sound bite i thank so much family time thank you. all right let's take a look at some sports now in the in this labor leader that

a layman ended an unbeaten run for the visitors and frankfurt raymond's $2.00 to $1.00 win is their 1st against frankfurt for 3 years shortly after the break graeme and. lassie beats the frankfurt to defense to level the game at one it was the defender 2nd goal of the season american strike josh sargent netted the deciding goal helping brain and pick up 3 badly needed points and this is frank 1st going to sleep defeat this year. it watching day to day doubly news live from but then coming up next i'll culture magazine ops and culture and remember there's more on the date up to news out called plus you can follow us on instagram and twitter so that's at least i'm on your trip as mckinnon and i will leave you for now with these pictures from sri lanka's traditional elephant parade celebrating separate folding thanks for watching.

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