>> good evening from the france 24 newsroom. i'm not ems he. here are the headlines at 10:00 p.m. tonight. the u.s. releases a damming report about the murder of jamal khashoggi. intelligence showing the saudi count -- saudi crown prince approved the killing of the journalist in istanbul in 2018. coming up, we will be live with our correspondent in the region. we discuss what the news means for saudi arabia and its relationship with the united states.

good. saudi arabia's crown prince approved the murder of jamal khashoggi -- that is the damming conclusion of the u.s. intelligence report released a short while ago today. the declassified documents says the crown prince approved the plan to either capture or kill the journalist. this is the first time america has publicly named him. he has long denied ordering the murder. coming up in the program, we will get some analysis about the potential implications of this report for saudi arabia, for prince salamon himself, and for saudi arabia's relationship with united states. first, we go back to 2018 to remember what happened to khashoggi in the consulate in istanbul. >> on october 2, 20 18, jamal

khashoggi was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul. his fiancee waiting outside alerted authorities when he did not return. cctv footage later showed a convoy arrived in the consulate before the journalist. two hours after he entered the building, he was directed to the consul general's residence. october 11, first mention of the audio recordings proving khashoggi had en killed. saudi authorities rejected what they called a baseless accusation, but under pressure, they eventually granted access to the consulate. >> the investigation is looking into many things, such as toxic materials found in the consulate and those materials being painted over.

>> on october 18, riyadh admitted that jamal khashoggi had died in the consulate. after first claiming the journalist was killed in a fist fight with people he met there, saudi authorities said it had been a rogueperation conducted by elements outside the crown prince's control. at the united nations, officials said evidence shows mohammed bin salman was likely involved in some way. >> what i do have is evidence suggesting that the responsibilities of high-level officials may be engaged and therefore is requiring further investigation, in particular of the crown prince for a variety of reasons. the first that the people directly impcated in the murder reported to him. >> the crown prince has denied direct involvement but did accept responsibility because the killing happened under his watch. saudi justice convicted eight

people, sentencing five to death. prosecutors let go the top advisers cited in the case, saying they lacked evidence. those officials are among the 20 saudi stride in abstention in turkey. >> in the studio with me tonight is our international affairs editor. it is worth saying, damming us that report clearly is, that actually the contents of it are not a big surprise. >> that's exactly right. of course, the cia had said even during the trump presidency, that it assessed with high confidence that the crown prince had personally ordered the killing. joe biden, when he was a candidate, said that khashoggi was murdered on the orders of the crown prince. he said that saudi arabia should be treated like a pariah. of course, pre-election talk. he does not use quite that same

language, but things have clearly been pointing in this direction for the last couple of years, and, indeed, there was a united nations report as well for extradition additional -- extrajudicial executions are called for more action from the united states and the european union. let's not forget also that congress passed several resolutions during the trump presidency to push back against saudi arabia, including measures to and u.s. support for saudi air operations in yemen and to halt an arms deal with riyadh. both of those things were vetoed by trump. they were unlocked, so to speak, by the by an administration. a lot of things have been pointing toward this result. >> president biden has talked in the past about resetting

relations with saudi arabia. he talked previously about it being a pariah state. this report takes things to another level, doesn't it? now the finger has been explicitly pointed at mohammed bin salman . >> as i set, the cia had assessed that mbs had done this, but if you look at the actual visa restrictions announced by the state department, they are against 76 saudi individuals believed to have been engaged in threatening dissidents overseas, but there's no specific action against the crown prince. this might seem like a paradox, but it shows the realpolitik of the button administration. it wants to keep a working relation with him and realizes he will probably in charge of saudi arabia, so they don't want

to burn all their bridges with him, but they want to make clear they will not normalize him in the way the previous administration had done. it is a somewhat pragmatic approach. of course, it will not satisfy people who are asking how he is getting off the hook once again, but one can sort of understand the reality -- the realpolitik aspect behind it. >> it is clear even at this early stage this report will have major implications for the u.s.-saudi relationship. how is it looking where you stand? >> it's going to be a tricky situation. it's going to be this balancing act for joe biden. remember, joe biden during the campaign had some very tough

words for the saudi's. he called them pariahs and promised to make them pay the price, including for the killing of jamal khashoggi, but as mentioned, there is the realpolitik of it all once you get into office. joe bin has been very strong in his attempt to what the white house calls recalibrate the relationship with saudi arabia. since he took office, he has stopped support for saudi arabia's military actions in the yemen war. he has also called for the freezing of arms sales to saudi arabia, and then there is the symbolic recalibrating of who he speaks to in saudi arabia. joe biden insisting he would only be speaking to the king of saudi arabia, not to the crown prince, but at the same time, you see with these sanctions coming out that joe biden is not

taking the full possibility of the u.s. sanctions. they are going step-by-step. they are starting with these visa restrictions with some financial sanctions that were announced by the treasury, so it is a first step. they are sending a message to saudi arabia sing, "we are not going to shid you from the consequences of your actions. we are going to release this report. everyone will know what our assessment is." but at the same time, joe biden has not wanted to take the extra step -- at least we have not seen any information that he is taking specific steps against mohammed bin salman, and you are already seeing from congress both democrats and republicans praising the release of the report, but some are already coming out saying that these sanctions maybe don't go far

enough, but of course, it's early reactions right now here in washington. >> thank you very much indeed. friends of jamal khashoggi have been speaking out since that report was made public. many of them believing for quite some time the crown prince had been behind his murder. >> jamaal gave his life for our right to free speech, and i think for his sake, we need to keep free speech with each other. i believe there is a good future for the region, but his legacy is not one where mbs is more oppressive or more running wild. i think the future is one thing in which mbs is entirely checked when saudi arabians are able to speak freely and demand

accountability. >> it will not be meaningful unless it includes clear leaders. what the biden administration needs to realize this is part of saudi policy of reminding the saudi people. that policy must be thwarted thoroughly and must be subject to international sanction and accountability. nadia: jamal khashoggi was killed, of course, in that consulate in istanbul. let's get reaction to that story from our correspondent in turkey. any official reaction tonight to

the declassification of this report? >> sne far, the report's openin, unveiling to the world came through late at night. capital ministers were at home, and it's only the psident who would give the signal how to act, but i can give you a good guess of how turkey will respond tomorrow. i think turkey will be pleased that the u.s. has released this intelligence report. it will also b pleased that the repo brs out what turkey has been sing, that the assassination was ordered by the crown prince. it was certainly not a rogue operation, as the saudi's maintain. turkey has long made it clear that it wants the killers of khashoggi to be pished and that it is not satisfied with the limited judicial process the saudi's have conducted.

you know, it has put a few people on trial. turkey itself has charged a killing khashoggi, putting them on trial in absent your, so i think it is a safe bet to say that turkey will want washington to go further than imposing visa restriions on the killers. i think turkeyill want the saudarabia, which israge with considerable, to push the saudi's to impose much harshe punishments on those responsible for killing khashoggi. nadia: justin mortimer in ankara . thank you. still here in the studio is our international editor. another big story we have been looking at is this u.s. airstrike in syria that was targeting iran-backed militias.

we have this particular situation where it seems the u.s. has both been rather aggressive towards iran and its archrival saudi arabia. what do you make of that? >> biden has talked about a recalibration with saudi arabia. he seems to be doing that with iran as well. on one hand, his administration sent signals it is willing to go back into the nuclear deal if a way to do that can be worked out with the iranian government. on the other hand, it has attacked these targets in syria and with saudi arabia as well. it has closed the door somewhat but not close that completely, so it's a very equivocal approach to both of these countries that are archrivals, as you said. nadia: thank you very much, our

international affairs editor speaking to us. if you are just joining us, let's remind you of that top story we are covering for you today. saudi arabia's crown prince, mohammed bin salman, approved the murder of jamal khashoggi. that's the damming conclusion of a u.s. intelligence report released today. the documents says the crown prince approved the plan to either kill or capture the generalist. this is the first time the u.s. has publicly named bin salman, who has long denied ordering the attack. let's stay with this story, but get a business angle on what we have been covering. brian quinn is in the studio at our business desk. what can you tell us about the economic relationship between saudi arabia and the united states? >> the relationship goes all the way back to the kingdom. as you might expect, it is based on oil. by 1933, standard oil company of

california, that we now know as chevron help form an oil company that is now the crown jewel of saudi arabia. these days, america the salaries' -- the saudis'second largest trading partner. oil, of course, not the only commodity changing hands here. there's also, of course, american weapons. the saudi's are america's number one customer for foreign military sales. that's about 100 billion dollars worth of active contracts and weapons. donald trump was taking office, his administration approved another 285 million dollars worth of arms deals, mostly for precision-guided bombs.

those sales were suspended by the biden administration on january 27, as it was in the process of rescinding its support for the military campaign in yemen by the saudi's. in 2016, the kingdom unveiled its major economic plan aimed at diversifying its economy away from dependence on oil, and the plan is based in large part on increasing trade and investment with the u.s. this khashoggi affair obviously put a choke on that. we will see what the eventual fallout ends up being. nadia: absolutely. we will see about that. you are going to keep us in the united states now for your next business story where president biden's economic stimulus plan looks set to make progress in congress. >> very close. the majority in the house of representatives about to approve biden's 1.9 trillion dollar stimulus package. that comes amid an intense debate session as house republicans pushed back as what

they see as excessive cost. the bill includes $1400 aid checks for most americans. the house bill also includes a federal minimum wage increase from $7.25 up to $15 an hour, and that provision is unlikely to make the final cut after the senate's parliamentarian ruled it could not be included in budget procedures to protect the bill from republican filibuster. democrats looking for a way to revive the wage hike in some way or another. >> what we do now will determine if we build from a position of strength over these years of sluggish recovery. the only thing we can do during this pandemic to help the american people is pass a plan as possible. >> wall street with yet another rocky session as investors

remain worried that a global recovery could spark inflation, thus forcing central banks to raise interest rates. the dow ending the day down around .7 percent. s&p 500 up around .4%. the nasdaq up 1.14 percent. european indexes ended their sessions down sharply as those inflation fears continue to weigh on chairs. the dax in frankfurt off right around .6%. finally, this week in march the 25th birthday of the pokemon and tries -- franchise. what began as a game for nintendo's game boy system soon expanded into a cartoon and trading card game. pokemon now the highest grossing media franchise ever. it is worth more than star woes

and -- star wars and harry potter combined. >> the japanese franchise has grown like few would have believed, making the original trading cards a literal treasure trove. >> no question, i could call someone today and get $1 million cash for these. >> from the original 1996 nintendo video game, pokemon has spawned a cultural juggernaut that has been adapted by multiple media over the years. the creation of pokemon go in 2016 when smartphones became increasingly cower full breathed powerful life into the franchise . >> as the secretary said earlier today, though, i think it is an important reminder -- you are playing the pokemon thing right there. a reminder, we know this won't be easy -- did you get one?

>> in 2021, the kids who grew up with pokemon are now adults. >> we need something to help us get through, and right now, pokemon is accounting for 1/3 of our sets. it's very profitable, so it is going to basically keep us afloat until this pandemic is over. >> even beyond the pandemic, pokemon is likely to grow further. a new set of cards released just last week shows the franchise is still growing. >> i'm dating myself to say that i'm probably too old for pokemon. i did not collect those cards. kind of sad that i did not. nadia: it makes me very nostalgic. it was my error. thank you very much indeed. it is time now for our focus

report. today, we are looking at the challenge faced by training doctors in france who, thanks to covid-19, have found themselves on the medical front line while still studying for their exams. >> knowing how to speak to patients. >> [speaking foreign language] >> staying calm. >> [speaking foreign language] >> and providing reassurance -- some things cannot be learned from a textbook. >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> 22-year-old nathaniel is studying medicine. when he is not interning at a hospital or advising, he's working overtime at a retirement home. before the start of the covid-19 crisis in france, he alternated every three weeks between his

hospital internship and class time. when lockdown began, he called the retirement home asking to help out and was quickly given a job. >> i try to help out at the moment because things are difficult here. there's a shortage of nurses. [knock on door] >> [speaking foreign language] >> as a 50 year medical student, nathaniel can carry out nursing tasks. >> [speaking foreign language] >> and he runs workshops for the staff. >> [speaking foreign language] >> today, he is focusing on nutrition for the elderly. >> [speaking foreign language] >> he often helps us out when we are short of nurses, particularly on weekends. when he is here, he does not

have to think about the outside world. he is committed. he works overtime, but i tell him to think of his study. i text him saying good luck in your exams. >> nathaniel says working at the retirement home has been a breath of fresh air for him. especially during previous lockdowns. once he gets home, he still has to study, but finding the energy is a struggle. ask at the retirement home, i have a motto -- we must leave our problems behind. the patients are not there to boost our spirits. it is up to us to boost theirs. sometimes when i get home in the evening, i'm not that motivated to study because the day has been so overwhelming. >> recently, two residents at the home died. because it was a sunday and the doctor was not there, it was up to nathaniel to tell the families. >>he firstime a patient died while i was on shift, it was

expected that my voice was shaking while i told the family. i'm human after all. it was even harder the second time a patient died because i knew her well. i called her daughter, and she was devastated. i really struggled to keep it together. >> while working on the front line of the covid-19 crisis, medical students nearing the end of their studies are preparing for a national competitive exam that will determine the specialty that they can choose. >> this exam will determine what we are able to do for the rest of our careers. it was a really stressful situation for us. every day -- honestly, every single day, i get messages from students asking for help, for psychological support, or who just need to talk because we are lonely and cannot spend time with friends out of school. it is easy to see how some of them have breakdowns.

we need to support these students because we cannot help our patients properly if we are in poor health ourselves. >> alex learned the hard way. last april when she was interning as -- at an intensive care unit, a doctor sign her off work for physical and until exhaustion. >> i fainted at the surgery because i was so tired. the doctor told me that i looked exhausted and that my mental health was at risk. we talked for a long time, and i was crying. he said, you mustn't feel guilty because otherwise you could get depressed. >> alex's mother felt helpless. >> seeing her tired like that, crying for no particular reason

worried me a lot. i thought she had taken on too much. it's great that she wants to help, and it is what she has chosen to do with her life, but working with emergency services on top of her work at the hospitals, her studies, she spread herself too thin. >> yes, but working with the emergency services did me good. >> i know, but it was too much. you were not sleeping. >> alex is far from an isolated case. >> before, i thought i was the only one stressing out at medical school, the only one who needed to talk to someone, but when i discussed it with some classmates, we realized that that student is seeing a psychologist, another is taking antidepressants, and so are he and she. it is stressful in the first place, but with the context right now, it is even worse.

>> alex's internship with the intensive care unit has ended. she still works with emergency services but says she is focusing on her mental health more now and when she needs to wind down after a long day, she goes for a run. not you: with that, it's time for a short break. stay with us. much more world news just after this. this.

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