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do. you agree that. this is d w news live from in the 1st public accusations the us points the finger directly at the saudi crown prince. the us releases intelligence sharing prince mohammed bin solomon like he approved the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi also coming up more than 300 schoolgirls are missing in nigeria as the region's 2nd mass
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kidnapping in just 10 days presidencies are destroying the police and military have launched a joint mission to find the gumption to took some. and a safer chance of these celebrity cops l.a. police say lady gaga asked to stolen french bulldogs have been returned safely but the attackers from short a dog remain at large. a man you could smoke and thanks so much for joining us saudi arabia has hit back at us claims that crown prince mohammed bin solomon like the 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
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directly on the prints the saudi government says it completely rejects the cia's findings. and 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 the 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
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crown prince has 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 admitted killing has 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 stop 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
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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 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 u.s. his closest allies that the by the ministration is 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. air strikes on its territory as cowardly washington says its targeted facilities used by iran backed militias president joe biden ordered the strikes in retaliation
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for an attack against u.s. personnel in iraq syrian authorities say at least 17 people were killed and insists the u.s. has broken international law it's the 1st major military action taken by the by the administration is the u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin. with. a record of it we were there we go. you were good or didn't read you lose sorry she ever lose your good good good good good good good. all right let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour the u.s. house of representatives has passed president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollars current virus for the coronavirus relief package if approved by the senate next week it would give $1400.00 and most americans
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a bronze billions more to businesses schools and regional governments the house approval comes just days off of the code 19 death toll in the u.s. supposed 500000 people. 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 ambassador sure moton made an emotional plea to the international community leaders not to recognize the military regime that seized power this comes as process continue across me and ma. in chile hundreds of anti-government protesters have taken to the streets of the capital sun riot police used water cannon and tear gas against the crowds friday demonstrations have become a regular event as campaign a speak out against inequality in one of latin america's most developed nations. now here in germany a nationwide lockdown measures all in place until march 7th the federal government
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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 the varia where some business owners feel that patience is now running thin. the district of lucile may seem quiet and a delicate but it's a coronavirus hot spot 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 the guns were structurally weak region it's very important that we're allowed to reopen. its entire large sums of money were invested and risks were taken by many
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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 fund 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 thank you and yes 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 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
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restrictions very slowly for example regarding schools in kindergarten and with a good testing strategy i think that's doable i'll be munitions you know i think we'll have to wait 2 or 3 weeks to see how the mutations will play out here children in ships and fox news 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 the virus and change our business concept to align with the new conditions. proved to be free as we're in the middle of 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 lockdown
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. 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 things to demand ransom payments and bargain for the release of jailed gang members but nigeria's 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 be in the country's northwest 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.
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i was called in. 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. all right we're going to head to l.a. now where 2 french bulldogs belonging to the pop star lady gaga have been returned to los angeles police days after they were stolen at gunpoint thieves shot and
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wounded the dog walker on wednesday before escaping with 2 of goggles 3 dogs and they had offered a $500000.00 reward for her pet safe return police say a woman brought them in unharmed. for more on this we're joined now from los angeles by and taman reporter jessica lynch sarah jessica thanks for joining us now we we know that lady gaga is dogs have been returned there on home do we have any idea who kidnapped them as of right now we do not know who hit who kidnapped her 2 dogs but the police say that the incident is remaining under investigation and they're going to continue to fight for justice to make sure that they capture whoever is responsible ok is this something that happens often i mean a sort of celebrity dog not taking something that we hear about a lot and i like this is something that i have never heard of apparently it's
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dangerous to even go outside and walk your dogs now here in l.a. i never would have see that and is it likely you think of the kidnappers would have known it was lady goggles dogs they were targeting you know that is something that people are questioning it's possible that maybe they watch ryan this year and they keep a close eye on him they know his route that he takes but french bulldogs are dogs that go for anywhere from $10000.00 there are dogs that go for $100000.00 even so it could be financial reasons it could be breeding reasons or it could be that they didn't know that it was lady gaga but as of right now it's not it's very uncertain ok you mentioned bryan fischer he was of course shot when the dogs kidnapped how is he now is he in hospital yes he's in the hospital his family came out with the same every single way they said that he is criminy in a stable condition and his andrews' were non-life threatening so he's doing much
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better all right and now great and they did all the had offered to pay hof a $1000000.00 to get the dogs back the investigation is ongoing you said but do we know if any ransom money was paid in the end. as of right now it hasn't come out if lady gaga has paid that 500000 but she was very serious when she said that she was willing to pay 500000 she was willing to do really whatever she likes make sure that she did get her dogs back so i'm sure once they figure everything out she's going to get that money out all right and they did loves her dogs jessica alyssa and elle and i thank you so much for joining us thank you. you are watching news life from berlin coming up next a film that investigates how north korea can finance a nuclear weapons program and remember as more on the news out on the dozen you don't call them and you can of course follow us on instagram and twitter at the
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