one of the world's richest men, prince al—waleed bin talal has become the latest high—profile figurenched in november. a saudi official has said that prince al—waleed was released after a settlement was approved by the state prosecutor. our arab affairs editor sebastian usher reports. that is the dining room. just hours before his release, prince al—waleed bin talal gave his first interview from the gilded cage of the ritz carlton hotel. and these are my sellers. in hard cash terms, he has been the biggest catch of the saudi purge. the idea of a man worth $17 billion being reduced to sleeping on a mattress while bargaining for his freedom has been a powerful one, and an image he was keen to dispel as he gave a tour of the suite where he was held in recent weeks. i have been all the time here at this hotel. it's been fine. i exercise, i stretch, i swim, i walk. i have my old iphone, so it's like home. i call my family every day. my office is here, i'm in touch with my office every day. my private office, my kingdom office. everything is functioning. the saudi attorney general has said

freed in saudi arabia after being held for two months on allegations of corruption prince all waleed bin talal is the latest high profile detainees to be released and huckster reports. just hours before billionaire saudi prince and waleed bin talib was released from the ritz carlton hotel in riyadh he conducted an interview with the reuters news agency from the suite where he'd been confined been tell is one of saudi arabia's most prominent business men and one of the world's richest men but he'd been held for more than two months accused of corruption in the interview he described the entire situation as a misunderstanding there no charges ok just some discussion between the government you know i mean but the rest assured that this is. you know protection that we have and we're just in discussion with the government on the various matters and i can't divulge right now because we are going there to discuss with them the mark perry and his likeness was just one of the many objects known as the prince gave a tour of where he'd been detained been tellers arrest in the van that was part of what th

waleed bin talal has now been released from detention this comes more than two months after he was confined to a luxury hotel and what the kingdom called a crackdown on corruption prominent businessman was accused of money laundering bribery extortion charges he's denied. protesters have clashed with police in honduras after the country's president was sworn in for a second term juan orlando a nando's was narrowly were elected in november after the supreme court ruled he could pull out again the opposition do not accept the result and accuse the government. all the world's been marking international holocaust remembrance day it's observed every year on the anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz concentration camp in one thousand nine hundred five auschwitz has become a symbol of the wartime nazi genocide of jews and others today is the site of the main commemoration this year it falls on the jewish sabbath causing it to be held after sunset. they gathered to remind the world that it must not happen again. of fear recent round but a sound of prayer as participants remember the perish

reclaimed control of the base when the world's richest man has been freed in saudi arabia prince of waleed bin talal has been held for two months on corruption allegations he's been released after agreeing to a financial settlement. the finance chairman of the us republican national committee has resigned after being accused of harassment and sexual assault several woman told the wall street journal that steve wynn made unwanted advances those are the headlines the news continues people in power isn't. facing reality it's growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place a so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter the mean maher government calls you a gringo all the terrorists hear their story on the talk to how does iraq at this time. it's become one of the defining themes of all time a tidal wave of humanity in search sanctuary from repression poverty in recent years millions have taken to the road to the hope that safety and a better life while sway some manage it some don't but almost every journey is a tale of hardship insurance and great risk in this to pau

one of the world's richest men saudi prince waleed bin talal has been released from detention and says he'll be cleared of corruption charges he's been held in a hotel in the capital riyadh since november along with about two hundred others a sponsor of what the government says is an anti corruption drive mali's army says at least fourteen of its soldiers have been killed in an attack on a camp in timbuktu it says at least seventeen of the attackers were also killed and the army is now back in control of the base it's the worst attack on mali security forces in over a year. the syrian observatory for human rights says the bombardment of a damascus suburb is continuing despite a proposed cease fire agreement this video uploaded to social media by the white helmets appears to show the aftermath of strikes in the rebel held and claim of eastern ghouta the volunteer group says at least thirteen people were injured. and police in germany have broken up a demonstration against the ongoing turkish military operation in the syrian region of frayne more than ten thousand people joined the demon

one of the world's richest men saudi prince al waleed bin talal has been released from detention and says he'll be cleared of corruption charges he's been held in a hotel since november along with about two hundred others as part of what the government says is an anti corruption drive. mali's army says at least fourteen of its soldiers have been killed in an attack on a camp in timbuktu it says at least seventeen of the attackers were also killed and the army is now back in control of the base is the worst attack on mali security forces in over a year the syrian observatory for human rights says they won by argument of a damascus suburb is continuing despite a proposed cease fire this video uploaded to social media is to show the aftermath of airstrikes in the rebel held in place of eastern grew to a. base in germany have broken up a demonstration against the ongoing turkish military operation in the syrian regime region of a frame more than ten thousand people joined the demonstration in cologne where some protestors beef used to remove banned flags show the image of kurdish leader

forces in more than a year one of the world's richest men has been freed in saudi arabia prince waleed bin talal has been held for two months on corruption allegations he's been released after agreeing to a financial settlement the czech republic's populist president. has been reelected for a second term campaign was based on an anti immigration platform he narrowly defeated these pro european rival julie dry horse the pro russian incumbent has been has strong support among rural voters thousands of people from obeying his opposition parties have taken part in anti-government protests in the capital toronto they want the prime minister eddie rama to resign the qs is administrating of having links to corruption and organized crime. those are the headlines let's look at counting the cost now. news has never been. but the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. hello i'm sam is a than this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and eco

just hours before his release, prince al—waleed bin talal gave his first interview from the gilded cageeen the biggest catch of all in the saudi purge. the idea of a man worth some $17 billion being at one point reduced to sleeping on a mattress while bargaining for his freedom has been a powerful one, and it is an image he was keen to dispel as he gave a tour of the suite where he was held in recent weeks. i have been always, all the time here at this hotel, and everything's been fine. you know, i exercise, i stretch, i swim, i walk. i have my old iphone, so it's like home. and i call my family every day, my office here. i'm in touch with my office every day, so my private office, my kingdom office, my political entities, so everything is functioning. the saudi attorney general has said that 90 detainees have been released after charges were dropped against them, while others have reached financial settlements to win theirfreedom. around 90 are believed to still be in detention. some will go to prison and face trial. the man behind the anti—corruption drive and all the recent startling

just hours before billionaire saudi prince and waleed bin talal it was released from the ritz carlton hotel in riyadh he conducted an interview with the reuters news agency from the suite where he'd been confined in town is one of saudi arabia's most prominent business men and one of the world's richest men but he's been held for more than two months accused of corruption in the interview he described the entire situation as a misunderstanding no charges ok just some discussion between the government you know i mean but the rest assured that this is a clean operation that we have and we just in discussion with the government on the various measures and i can't divulge right now because we are in a major discussion with them the mark perry and his likeness was just one of the many objects known as the prince gave a tour of where he'd been detained been tellers arrested in november was part of what the government called an anti corruption campaign ordered by crown prince mohammed bin. the government says one hundred twenty four billion dollars is expected to be seized for more than two

one of the world's richest men has been freed in saudi arabia prince waleed bin talal has been held for two months on corruption allegations he's been released after agreeing to a financial settlement the czech republic's populist president. has been reelected for a second term campaign was based on an anti immigration platform he narrowly defeated these pro european rival jerry draft horse the pro russian incumbent has been has strong support among rural voters thousands of people from albania as opposition parties have taken part in anti-government protests in the capital tehran and they want the prime minister eddie rama to resign the queues is administrator of having links to corruption and organized crime. those are the headlines let's look at counting the cost now. news has never been more available but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. hello i'm sam is a band this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and ec

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one of the world's richest men saudi prince a waleed bin talal has been released from detention and says he'll be cleared of corruption charges he's been held in a hotel in the capital riyadh since november along with about two hundred others a sponsor of what the government says is an anti corruption drive. mali's army says at least fourteen of its soldiers have been killed in an attack on a camp in timbuktu it says at least seventeen of the attackers were also killed and the army is now back in control of the base it's the worst attack on mali security forces in over a year. the syrian observatory for human rights says the bombardment of a damascus suburb is continuing despite a proposed cease fire agreement this video uploaded to social media by the white helmets appears to show the aftermath of airstrikes in the rebel held and clayborne eastern ghouta the volunteer group says at least thirteen people were injured. and police in germany have broken up a demonstration against the ongoing turkish military operation in the syrian region of africa more than ten thousand people joined the

there were irregularities in the vote counting one of the world's richest men saudi prince al waleed bin talal has been released from detention and says he'll be cleared of corruption charges he's been held in a hotel in the capital riyadh since november along with about two hundred others as part of what the government says is an anti corruption drive mali's army says at least fourteen of its soldiers have been killed in an attack on a camp in timbuktu it says at least seventeen of the attackers were also killed and the army is now back in control of the base it's the worst attack on mali security forces in over a year the syrian observatory for human rights says the bombardment of a damascus suburb is continuing despite a proposed cease fire agreement this video uploaded to social media by the white helmets appears to show the aftermath of strikes in the rebel held and clave of eastern guta. case in germany have broken up a demonstration against the ongoing turkish military operation in the syrian region of a freend more than ten thousand people joined the demonstration in cologne where some

one of the world's richest men has been freed in saudi arabia prince all waleed bin talal is being held for two months on corruption allegations he's been released after agreeing to a financial settlement the finance chairman of the years republican national committee has resigned to being accused of harassment and sexual assault several women told the wall street journal that steve wynn made unwanted advances and pressured them to perform sex acts when denies the allegations thousands of people from albania as opposition parties have taken part in and to govern protests in the capital to run a prime minister. to resign those are the headlines let's turn over to face to face now thanks for watching. oh. castro wanted she wanted a different future castro wanted his country che wanted international revolution for a long time those parallel objectives could sit alongside one another and drive each other forward but there came a point when obviously they no longer did that and at that point the relationship and their political project came to you and. i thought on the face. of say ten alrea

as first, this top story, saudi arabia yint anticorruption corruption transferred prince al-waleed bin talalntain forest ritz-carlton hotel to high security prison nearly 60 detainees apparently moved told we want to bring in advisory to prince al-waleed bin talal chairman of holds. >> good to have you on the program. >> i know that you have revived prince al-waleed on investment decisions also the french government have been very active in middle east and europe what do you make of this in the corruption sweep. >> i -- the companies i think very important to understand what is happening in saudi. when you take a step back of crackdown you see global vision of the content, i think it was maybe for saudi arabia to have such a young leader that the leadership of the country and that he is taking a lot of challenges right in saudi right now military, the economy front on social front, and he has worked you know the last two years, to on plan vision 2030, to -- meet the challenges and to fix the issues that he has identified i think the corruption is huge issue in saudi arabia. it has never been

one of the world's richest man billionaire saudi prince our waleed bin talal has been released from detention and says he'll be cleared of corruption charges within days he's been held in the ritz carlton hotel in riyadh since november along with about two hundred others it's all part of what the government is calling an anti corruption campaign ordered by crown prince mohammed bin solomon had a hoax to reports. just hours before billionaire saudi prince and waleed bin talib was released from the ritz carlton hotel in riyadh he conducted an interview with the reuters news agency from the suite where he'd been confined been tile is one of saudi arabia's most prominent business men and one of the world's richest men but he'd been held for more than two months accused of corruption in the interview he described the entire situation as a misunderstanding not charges ok just some discussions with him and we got you know i mean but the rest assured that this is. you know protection that we have and we're just in discussion with the government on the various matters and that i can't divulge right no

thank you. on saudi arabia's richest businessman, waleed bin talal. of the anti—corru ption drive ins a different man and was twitching. well, things moved on fast after mark's piece. even appeared in a video suggesting he'd been well looked after. ifeel at home, no problem at all here. everything is fine. you saw that and it upset me a lot. and it is all lies, frankly speaking. all lies. has been fine. and all these rumours really upset me. because they went so far. which rumours in particular? waleed was sent to some other place, you know, the main prison. and that he had been tortured. all lies, you know. here he is just two days after his release... arriving at work to applause. after we ran our item? maybe not — we've heard suggestions that there was a link. into corruption in saudi arabia. what do you think was going on last week with the sequence of events? to one released. and shocked to see the newsnight report. i do not think they had any plans to release him beforehand. was going on, the saudis keen to get investment. abused in detention. well looked after? i do not think