the bbc‘s barbara plett usher is in riyadh where she sat down with prince turki al faisal.my perspective it is going to further complicate the issue rather than find any solutions. and it will further entrench not only the iranians but also the russians and bashar al—assad. so from that perspective it is a very negative development. generaljames mattis was well known here, wasn't he? yes. he was a man who had experience in the area. of course, he was commander of central command. he served, i think, in iraq and afghanistan. so, yes, he was pretty well—known. do you think his departure is a loss for saudi—us relations? i think it is action that counts, rather than personalities. we still have to wait and see what is going to happen with his departure. when it comes to iran to you think israel is a better ally than qatar? as long as they occupy arab territory — and look at how they are treating the palestinian people in the west bank and gaza — there is not going to be any way of cooperation between the kingdom and israel. there is cooperation between the kingdom and israel a

the bbc‘s barbara plett usher is in riyadh where she sat down with prince turki al faisal.actions the us actions from my perspective is that it is further going to placate the issue rather than find solutions and it will further intensified the iranian ‘s and the russians so from that perspective of course, it's a very negative development. general mattis was well—known here. negative development. general mattis was well-known here. yes, he was a man who had experience in the area, the commander of centre command, he served in iraq and afghanistan so pretty well—known. served in iraq and afghanistan so pretty well- known. do you served in iraq and afghanistan so pretty well-known. do you think that his departure is a loss for us — saudi relations? i think it is action that counts rather than personalities. we still have to wait and see what is going to happen with his departure. when it comes to iran, but think israel is a better ally than qatar? as long as they occu py ally than qatar? as long as they occupy arab territory and look at how they are treating the palestinian

in the london a go go matters in brussels welcome both let's start with your barber faisal just took us through what's happening today what's at stake. what's happening is that we will is we're still at the moment hearing is the ongoing debate in parliament about a couple of amendments seven in number that are going to be a vote is about later in the evening after eight o'clock continental time and they want different things on the one hand the opposition has table to a couple of proposals that center around preventing new deal or having an extension . to kill fifty two the leaving date of the united kingdom and finally maybe having a soft of rexin on the other hand off that tabled by the conservative party m.p.'s it is a demand win and that is the one that you your trees i'm a has really put yourself behind is one that says what you please those divorce agreement was the european union if if the backstop went in there now that is of course promising a unicorn to reason may and her supporters are trying to get parliamentarian's behind something they don't have in their hands it seems

, chat with a senior member of the royalfamily, prince al—faisal, and i asked him what he thought about trump's position to withdraw troops, because that is the topic that is really dominated mike pompeo's trip so far. from my perspective it is going to further complicated issue rather than find any solutions. and it will further entrenched not only the iranians but also the russians and bashar al—assad. —— entrench. so from that perspective it is a very negative development. generaljames mattis was well known here, wasn't he? yes. he was a man who had experience in the area. of course, he was commander of central command. he serves, i think, commander of central command. he serves, ithink, in commander of central command. he serves, i think, in a commander of central command. he serves, ithink, in a right—hand denistone. so, yes, he was pretty well—known. —— served, i think, denistone. so, yes, he was pretty well—known. —— served, ithink, in iraq and afghanistan. do you think his departure is a loss for saudi and us relations? i think it is action that counts, rather than personalities

before mike pompeo arrived, i had a chat with a senior member of the royal family, prince turki al—faisalm what he thought about syria and what he thought about president trump's position to withdraw troops, because that is the topic that has really dominated mr pompeo‘s trip so far. from my perspective it is going to further complicate the issue rather than find any solutions. and it will further entrench not only the iranians but also the russians and bashar al—assad. so from that perspective it is a very negative development. generaljames mattis was well known here, wasn't he? yes. he was a man who had experience in the area. of course, he was commander of central command. he served, i think, in iraq and afghanistan. so, yes, he was pretty well—known. do you think his departure is a loss for saudi—us relations? i think it is action that counts, rather than personalities. we still have to wait and see what is going to happen with his departure. when it comes to iran do you think israel is a better ally than qatar? as long as they occupy arab territory — and look at how they are treating

w's barbara faisal standing by for us in london good morning barbara opposition leader jeremy corbyn called may's plan b. groundhog day was that the general consensus. pretty much and if you look at the british press today einstein gets quoted a lot who is supposed to have said the definition of insanity is he can do the same thing over and over again and expect a different outcome and that's pretty much what people here think it ought to reason mase a strategy what she's doing is waging a war of attrition against her own parliament trying to wear them down and running down the clock and increasing the stress level so that in the end they'll say ok let's get it over was we'll say yes that's pretty much what she seems to have in mind and that is plan b. ok it's not just parliament and her own party the e.u. has also rejected mase plan b. is the deadlock deepening now. the deadlock has in the sense deepened and what happens in problem and is that they are trying to take over the steering wheel and they are tabling today a number of amendments legal propositions that then will be voted

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important than to consider very carefully how they will say tomorrow night to do a correspondent barbara faisal joins us on the line from outside the british parliament welcome barbara series of playing the back my deal all risk because very heavily how likely is that to succeed. that is not likely at all phil because she has tried that before and then have helped to because minds have been up in parliament have been made up in parliament and they're not very likely to change should till tomorrow night so hard for it to cheers i want to know what the oppressive baby really thinks this cliff edge that britain could fall of would be no threat but it would be a chance for the country to sort of present itself to the world in a different way the remainders of course don't want to back to do because they want to remain and they want a second referendum and the ones who are sort of like in the middle want a much softer direction then string them a seal sort of bring says now talking possible so they is not good for anybody and the the lines have been drawn there will be no change so if parliament vot

they don't do correspondent barbara faisal is in london outside the houses of parliament welcome barbara the debates begun the vote is tonight what sign is that of the government staving off what looks like a bit what looks likely to be a humiliating defeat. all observers here phil say that the government has absolutely no chance in this world stave off the feat tonight the only question open is really how big is it going to be something that hundreds of former own conservative party hard parliamentarians will leave to reserve a sort of deal down and others expect even more whatever the outcome it means that reason may just has to come back to problem and. present play and be back tonight she has to go through this first the debate is ongoing and she will sort of ended she will have the last word on that however everybody has heard those throughout the last weeks and months knows that she is into endless repetition off her own arguments for the deal and for some kind of breaks it and it is not going to sway anybody and change anything it is a formality bought a painful one for the for th

prince turki al—faisal made the comments as the us secretary of state mike pompeo arrived in riyadh toiscuss the pullout as part of a tour of middle east allies. exceptionally heavy snowy in central europe is expected to continue causing severe disruption. in austria, an avalanche killed three german tourists, and a fourth person is missing. and this story is trending on bbc.com. the singer robbie williams has reportedly been accused of blasting his next door neighbour — led zeppelin‘sjimmy page — with heavy metal music, including black sabbath and deep purple. the two fell out over williams‘ plans to build a basement swimming pool at his home. and the top story in the uk: 48 hours before the parliamentary vote that could define brexit — the prime minister has told mps not to play games. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. billion may‘s exit plead. the uk prime minister makes a last—minute call for mps to support her plan to leave the european union are prior toa leave the european union are prior to a crucial vote on tuesday. driving change. the latest from the

let's spoil it our correspondent barbara faisal she's standing by in london tonight good evening to you barbara you know today in parliament the opposition labor leader jeremy corbyn he called teresa mayes new plan for braggs groundhog day did she did she put forward anything new. she absolutely did not and you must admit brendon takes a certain amount of cold bloodedness to take plan a that was roundly defeated by a palm and just a week ago blow the dust off that so difficult like that in the meantime and say ok here it is this is the plan why don't you just vote for it and of course i will listen to you objections about what i would do is those objections remains completely unclear i will take them to crawl so it's but then we'll see what happens that's pretty much what she did and it's in a way it's admirable because of course theories are made does what she does best she just carries on and doesn't sit all through of left or right. who would you say she was trying to win over with her address in parliament today. that was completely clear i mean all this was just for her own party a

barbara faisal joining us from bucharest thanks barbara. let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world italy has fallen back into recession after its economy shrank again in the fourth quarter of twenty eighteen zero point two percent contraction will put pressure on the populace government of the euro zone's fourth largest economy the coalition took power in july on the back of bins big spending electoral promises such as increasing pensions and introducing a basic income for the poor and for job seekers. a rescue ship with forty seven stranded migrants on board has docked in the italian port of tanya italy's government had refused to let the sea watch vessel and church and italian harbor for twelve days the standoff was resolved when nine countries agreed to take in those trapped on board. of these russian environmental activists have been detained in the city of goma noma one hundred kilometers southeast of moscow the activists are protesting against moscow's garbage policy all of the russian capital's wa

the blocks foreign ministers meet in romania today and our european affairs correspondent barbara faisal has the very latest in this stately building of the rumanian national bank e.u. foreign ministers are meeting to talk strategy top of the agenda of course venezuela they want to reaffirm their ultimatum against president maduro if he does not permit free fair and supervised elections with an american neighbors in order to have a light for future talks and finally sanctions will be on the agenda but whether there will be a majority to increase those and shopping them is not clear. now e.u. member states want to ease u.s. sanctions against iran so germany france and britain created instax a payment channel that will allow european companies to make legitimate transactions with iran the instrument will facilitate trade between the e.u. and iran as ordinary banks would be at risk the penalties due to sanctions at first food medicine medical products from europe they will all be exchanged through instead this will let europe bulk certain bent u.s. sanctions and uphold the nuclear treaty wi

before his arrival a senior figure in saudi arabia's ruling establishment, prince turki al—faisal, criticisedhe us decision to withdraw its troops from syria, describing it as a "very negative development". the mayor of the polish city of gdansk is in serious condition after he was stabbed on—stage in front of thousands of people during a charity concert. pawel adamowicz has served as mayor of gdansk since 1998. a suspect was arrested at the scene at least five people have been killed in the alps this weekend after heavy snow. three germans died in an avalanche in austria and a fourth is still missing. parts of austria, france, sweden and germany are at a standstill after severe snowfalls closed roads and trapped people in their homes. more snow is forecasted. it's liz30am. now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur speaks to writer jonathan coe. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. in case you hadn't noticed, britain is in the grip of a protracted meltdown known as brexit. to leave or to remain? it has divided families, generations and communities. everyone seems to be shouting. no—one s

before his arrival a senior figure in saudi arabia's ruling establishment, prince turki al—faisal, criticisedhe us decision to withdraw its troops from syria, describing it as a "very negative development". the mayor of the polish city of gdansk is in serious condition after he was stabbed on—stage in front of thousands of people during a charity concert. pavel adamowicz has served as mayor of gdansk since 1998. a suspect was arrested at the scene. at least five people have been killed in the alps this weekend after heavy snow. three germans died in an avalanche in austria and a fourth is still missing. parts of austria, france, sweden and germany are at a standstill after severe snowfalls closed roads and trapped people in their homes. more snow is forecast. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and a very warm welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week, the uk living on the edge with mps about to vote on the most momentous question of the age — withdrawalfrom the european union. is it a time for conscience, strategic vision or tactical voting? we game out the moves for mp5,

wants to help yes but not at all costs so barbara faisal if parliament does the votes against a prime minister suppress it do you know what happens then. through the may we'll have to come back to paula meant within three working days so the date for that the latest date for that is monday and come up with a plan b. now what could that likely be she is not going to step down as she is not going to sort of say ok let's have a second referendum see she's not ready to do that yet she might later bought so what she is most likely to do is say all right i have a note to your objections i will now go back to brussels and tell them that it can't be done that i need real change with in the drawl agreement that the contract that is on paper here needs to be renegotiated and then if brussels doesn't play ball sort of everybody comes together again so she will try again and she will tell polman that she is ready to sort of present the deal again l.b. and then change form and whether that will be successful is up to brussels and how much time will be needed to do all this is also still open but t

so i spoke to a senior member of the royal family, prince faisal, and i asked him what he thought aboutnd this is what he said. the us's actions from my perspective is that it is going to further complicate the issue, rather than find any solutions to it, and it will further entrench not only the iranians but also the russians and bashar al—assad, so that, from that perspective, of course, it is a very negative development. and mr pompeo has said this is simply a tactical change, a movement of troops. the united states still has enough military power in the region do what it needs to do, to fight islamist extremists, but in effect, if the united states pulls those troops out it would be exposing territory that could be open for iran or russia or the presidents assad and i think that is what worries many allies here. that was barbara plett usher. the headlines on bbc news. theresa may warns mps a failure to deliver brexit would be "a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy", ahead of a crucial vote this week. police question a man after ii—year old taylor schofield

prince turki al—faisal made the comments as the us secretary of state mike pompeo arrived in riyadh toiscuss the pullout as part of a tour of middle east allies. exceptionally heavy snowy in central europe is expected to continue causing severe disruption. in austria, an avalanche killed three german tourists, and a fourth person is missing. and this story is trending on bbc.com. the singer robbie williams has reportedly been accused of blasting his next door neighbour — led zeppelin‘sjimmy page — with heavy metal music, including black sabbath and deep purple. the two fell out over williams‘ plans to build a basement swimming pool at his home. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur speaks to writerjonathan coe. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. in case you hadn't noticed, britain is in the grip of a protracted melt down known as brexit. to leave or to remain? it has divided families, generations and communities. everyone seems to be shouting. no—one seems to be listening. well, that's not quite true. my guest today, jonathan coe, has be

before his arrival a senior figure in saudi arabia's ruling establishment, prince turki al—faisal, criticisedhe us decision to withdraw its troops from syria, describing it as a "very negative development". the mayor of the polish city of gdansk is in serious condition after he was stabbed on stage in front of thousands of people during a charity concert. pawel adamowicz has served as mayor of gdansk since 1998. a suspect was arrested at the scene. at least five people have been killed in the alps this weekend after heavy snow. three germans died in an avalanche in austria and a fourth is still missing. parts of austria, france, sweden and germany are at a standstill after severe snowfalls closed roads and trapped people in their homes. more snow is forecasted now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament, our attempt to make sense of a fractious few days at westminster. the ayes to the right, 308. the noes to the left, 297. cheering the prime minister loses two key votes. will it be third time lucky? the only way to avoid no deal is to vote for the deal

phafaisal and for ambassador to the u.s., and very influential saudi and the son of a former king, king faisald him about these reports and about the khashoggi murder because he not only knew him, he employed him in the embassy as an adviser and the embassy in washington, d.c., and this is what he said. >> it's a stigma in that we are -- hopefully with the continued process of bringing these people to justice that the clarity of the situation and the transparency of the process will remove some of the static that surrounds this terrible incidents. >> prince turki is a very prominent fugur and a diplomat at the highest level and is a supporter of the crown prince's reform and thinks that there is progress that says no societiy is perfect and he rejects the allegation that the crown prince had to know about it, but the u.s. intelligence and former colleagues in the intel xhuns communi intelligence community because he believes that in all countries that are subordinates who lie to their leaders and we brought up the case of the wmd and the false allegations of weapons in iraq and colin powell an

we'll you know because when the barbara faisal is in london outside the houses of parliament welcome barbara the debates been going on all day the day the vote will happen shortly the government has looked likely to be defeated for some weeks i mean if today speech is shifted the needle. and there is no way that she could do it yesterday or even today in her closing remarks that we are awaiting shortly sort of making any significant change because people in her own party and also of course on the opposition benches had made out their minds well ahead the stumbling stone here seems to be the irish backstop the these insurance policy against a hard core to another novel and however full we have to keep in mind that is more or less only a political pretext because what the heartbreaks the cheers in the only party have you know own party have in the meantime found out they want is a heartbreaks it and they've really taken to the newspapers in making the media rounds and describing how wonderful that would be if britain would just suit shit all day and to try and their effects on the euro

faisal have all had stations there as young directors and it also has categories for mid length films and short films so it's a sitter fit place for actors to get some exposure and try out some new things in a slightly safer and vironment than the bigger. it's also happening for the fortieth time this year which is why we're focusing on it it started back in one nine hundred eighty with about seven hundred visitors and last year they sold well over eleven thousand tickets so it's it's definitely holding its own as a draw for cinephiles and it's done great things for germany so what is on the program this time and what should be be looking not oh ok so there are a lot of female directors i'm richelle this time around and incidentally nearly half of the producers in attendance are also women as i thought to tell you about some of their work because there's a lot of really diverse stuff a very experimental work out there will look at joy first which is directed by the austrian directors who buy them more to zion it's her second feature film and tells the story of a young nigerian woman w

fbi agents don't want fbi lawyers to know they are going to faisal with its low standard rather thange. >> eric: they don't want to go to their own lawyers? >> andrew: correct. fisa has corrupted the fbi. it has taught them that they can get the same search warrant from the fisa court with a very low standard of probable cause of speaking to a foreign person. i could talk to my taylor and qualify for the fisa court as opposed to the crime which is what they have to demonstrate in order to get a search warrant in a criminal case. why should it be difficult when they can get away with a little less or one? so james baker and james comey and andrew mccabe all knew of this corruption and did nothing about it. the president is correct when he complains that fisa has corrupted the fbi. >> eric: that sounds like a dirty little secret or a big secret at the bureau and this whole process. baker said that he went through this process because it was sensitive. and the law firm said there was nothing wrong. let me read you what the president is tweeting this morning. the president says, former f

laura kunz berg ran the gauntlet in december, kay burley from skye, faisal islam, and your cruise have if that. do you feel let down by the police? definitely yesterday. i am not saying, let down by the police? definitely yesterday. iam not saying, go let down by the police? definitely yesterday. i am not saying, go on a restless person! i know that the police have the right powers and the skills and most of them have the common sense to know how to police, keep people safe while supporting democracy, how to do it. yesterday they did not do it. they did the wrong thing where they can refused to intervene so one of your producers, i knew nothing about the centre afterwards, had said, you should scoot her across the road. i approached those two police officers who refused to do that and that speaks volumes. are you crucial by the statement police have made today about intervening where necessary? the mets have made a policy decision that was wrong and it looks like they have change that decision. if i can put it that way, a senior police officer in nottinghamshire has contacted me, and i