one thing bin salman has told saudi arabiams is tell them a theory of saudi for the saudis. a populist nationalist. when it comes to his policies, the war against the who sees in yemen or confronting r. he appears to have a great deal of support from people inside his own country, including the young people of his country. well, if someone�*s impression of saudi arabia is dependent on social media, i need to remind people that mohammed bin salman controls the social media. he has a farm called the twitter farm where his boss and activists are basically propagandists for the regime. they spread misinformation and it was reported in the international press, and many people... what about this question of whether nationalism actually is a powerful force in saudi arabia today, particularly given iran and the hostility iran shows just saudi arabia? there are many people living inside your country as opposed to you living in exile who actually, quite like this nationalist tone. well, the saudis have to decide which version of this nationalism they subscribe to as it changes with th

the question is how you change saudi society. do you change saudi society.ralisation which is led by an authoritarian government, or do you, as your national assembly party seems to believe, do you dismantle the monarchy, go for an entirely new democratic model, one person, one vote, installed in saudi arabia without any gradualism whatsoever? many saudis looking at the changes they have been in recent years, for example, women are now driving. people are now going to the cinema, they are enjoying music concerts, they are seeing an opening up of their economy and new ways. maybe they would preferred the gradualism rather than your revolution.— revolution. first of all, the national — revolution. first of all, the national assembly - revolution. first of all, the national assembly party . revolution. first of all, the i national assembly party does not call for revolution. in fact, it calls for maintaining the security of saudis and honouring the international relations that the saudi regime has developed with the whole world. iii has developed with the whole

saudi arabia.in basic recognition or basic argument that historians make is that from the beginning this relationship in the 19 thirties and forties, the u.s. government and american oil companies were with -- strikes among the workers in 1945, in 1953 and in 1956, led to demands for reform and the national rice by the saudi government. the government suppressed these strikes and arrested or exiled the leaders. the groups such as the national reform front, leader called the national liberation front, formed out of these high prices. labor leaders and other dissidents regarded the u.s. air base and to aramco itself as constituting a clue neil presence in south korea. arabia this was the area home -- in the arab world's, the authority influence of popularity of the egyptian president. a movement for constitutional monarchy supported by workers, by some government employees and technocrats and even some members of the ruling family who was defeated in the early 1960s. the u.s. government closed ranks

policy when it comes to saudi arabia. well it's a realist policy and it's a practical policy and what and the idea is that banning a leader of a nation state and yes technically mohammed bin solomon is defense minister but the fact the leader of saudi arabia under his father keeps on want but but the implications of banning him. from entering this country are profound we really need saudi arabia at so many different levels in terms of prosecuting american farm out of the sea in the middle east so that what this suggests is that the president biden who. has some of his key officials such as jake sullivan is tony. tony. blinken are centrists in their thinking what this suggests is that joe biden is treading carefully always with the option in mind of being able to ratchet up those sanctions should certain national interests as he perceive them not be achieved is there any sense of that the u.s. is keen to have this report the issuing of this report a sense they draw a line under this issue so it can move forward with its re

the saudi crown prince denied any involvement and several people were convicted of his murder by a saudiat the trail was closed to the public and the names were not released. i'm joined now by our state department correspondent who is in washington. it is to be clear that they crown prince has been specifically named in this report. how specific -- how significant is that? guest: berkeley naming him in a u.s. government document as having approved of an operation to capture or kill this dissident, jamal khashoggi is an extraordinary rebuke, and one that had been classified and when that congress has been pushing to get declassified for several years. it is something the trump administration refused to do and the biden administration agreed to do as part of its reset with saudi arabia, focusing more on calling out human rights abuses. it is very significant. the question is what that will lead to. there's pressure to sanction mohammed bin salman, the crown prince, since the intelligence assessment here as he was responsible for this killing. that is very sensitive, because he is the defec

but fundamentally the saudi government is in and the nation of saudi arabia is too important to the strategic interests of the united states for us and us several relations with them so i think for the most part things will continue as before but not completely and exactly how they will be changed on the margins is still to be determined your correspondent earlier was talking about the possibility of sanctions i would not be at all surprised if that happens if saudi officials are sanctioned because of the pressure would be murder murder but again it's t.b.d. but it least it's not this what the trouble ministration did which was act as if nothing changes if nothing had happened and that was an affront to journalists everywhere and that's who i'm speaking on behalf of we had 21 journalists killed just for doing their jobs across the world in 2020. 2018 was just a particularly heinous and gruesome example of something that happens far too often well why do you fear something like that could happen again. you mean at the hands of the saudi government. or yeah i mean abroad i mean in that with the

saudi interest.nterest to go to war in yemen or to blockade qatar or to put the prime minister of lebanon under house arrest or to cut a relationship with canada over a tweet or to imprison prominent human rights defenders or kill jamal khashoggi at the consulate in istanbul. this is not in the best interest of saudi arabia. 0k, just lastly and briefly, i'm afraid, because we're almost out of time, but no sanctions, you listed what you would like to see. just in a couple of words, how confident are you do you think you will see any of that? well, i think from how the biden administration actually treated the saudi government, it's — i'm very hopeful that this will happen at one point in the nearfuture, i guess, because they already downgraded him from the de facto ruler and crown prince to defence minister, and this is really a good deal and a big deal, it is a big deal because the trump administration used to protect him, to give him this kind of protection. this is not the trump administration any

consulate back in 2018 on the orders of the saudi crown prince after initially denying involvement saudi arabia changed its story and admitted to the killing but it blamed rogue agents to this day the official saudi position has never included the crown prince the unspoken message here the prince knew and did nothing what if anything will the u.s. do once the report becomes public this is what his press secretary told reporters. and of course our administration is focused on recalibrating the relationship as we've talked about here previously and certainly there are areas where we will express concerns and leave open the option of accountability there are also areas where we will continue to work with saudi arabia i've given the threats they face in the region you know there's a lot to discuss here tonight and to do that i'm joined by kenneth roth director of human rights watch in new york city and from washington d.c. i'm joined by middle east analysts try to parse the of the quincy institute for responsible strick state craft to both of you welcome let me start by asking you both what

i that we hear so much about in saudi arabia?— saudi arabia? think that's an excellent question. there - saudi arabia? i think that's an excellent question. there is l saudi arabia? i think that's an excellent question. there is a | excellent question. there is a need for change, and the saudi authorities have been forced into this corner where it's 2021 and they are the last remaining absolute theocratic monarchy in the world, and you cannot be a stable economy if that's what you are, and you cannot have an impartial judiciary if that's what you are. so saudi arabia is really facing this difficult time where they have to be welcomed into the global community and global society. we speak in international legal norms now. we speak in economic norms that are almost regulated on a global scale. are almost regulated on a globalscale. saudi are almost regulated on a global scale. saudi arabia's has been permitted to get a green pass on human rights abuses in different standards, and that's just not sustainable any longer. and that'sjust not sustaina

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

resident and saudi citizen met a team of saudi agents set to capture or kill him he was never seen alive again now a newly declassified report from the director of national intelligence says saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin selman approved the operation the report states the crown prince viewed khashoggi as a threat to the kingdom and broadly supported using violent measures if necessary to silence them prior spoke yesterday with the king prince made it clear to him the rules are changing and we're going to be announcing significant changes in today and. we are going to hold them accountable for human rights abuses and we're going to make sure that they in fact you know if they want to deal with us they have to deal with it in a way the human rights abuses are dealt with jamal khashoggi fiancee welcomed the report tweeting out this image with the words justice for jamal the killing lead to saudi arabia facing a measure of international isolation at the next 20 meeting in argentina world leaders kept their distance from mohammed bin salman. in the u.s. the trumpet ministration res

saudi arabia will also be _ saudi relations. saudi arabia will also be sizing _ saudi relations.ll also be sizing up- saudi relations. saudi arabia will also be sizing up the - saudi relations. saudi arabia| will also be sizing up the new administration and we understand united states has conducted its first airstrike on an iran backed target in syria. what is there to make of joe biden�*s stands iran? it joe biden's stands iran? it means that the administration will deliver on the position and will not tolerate any actions by the claudio ranieri militia groups against us servicemen and contractors in the region and so this is a joe biden team flexing muscle and demonstrating that it can do this at the same time it is trying to renegotiate and restart talks for the nuclear deal. —— actions by the iranian backed militia groups. president biden has held a ceremony to mark the vaccination of fifty million americans he said the us was weeks ahead of schedule on the path to immunising 100 million people in his first 100 days in office — a key promise he made before his inauguration —

consulate back in 2018 on the orders of the saudi crown prince after initially denying involvement saudi arabia changed its story and admitted to the killing but it blamed rogue agents to this day the official saudi position has never included the crown prince the unspoken message here the prince knew and did nothing what if anything will the u.s. do once the report becomes public this is what his press secretary told reporters. and of course our administration is focused on recalibrating the relationship as we've talked about it here previously and certainly there are areas where we will express concerns and leave open the option of accountability there are also areas where we will continue to work with saudi arabia i've given the threats they face in the region you know there's a lot to discuss here tonight and to do that i'm joined by kenneth roth director of human rights watch in new york city and from washington d.c. i'm joined by middle east analyst try to parse the of the quincy institute for responsibles drink state craft both of you welcome let me start by asking you both what y

~ , ., saudi arabia? well, there is quite a lot ridin: saudi arabia?there is quite a lot riding on this _ saudi arabia? well, there is quite a lot riding on this from _ saudi arabia? well, there is quite a lot riding on this from the _ saudi arabia? well, there is quite a lot riding on this from the saudi - lot riding on this from the saudi perspective, they have always looked to the _ perspective, they have always looked to the united states as their kind of military— to the united states as their kind of military protector and they have a special _ of military protector and they have a special relationship with the united — a special relationship with the united states based on a steady and inexpensive supply of oil. so that's always— inexpensive supply of oil. so that's always been a core component for them, _ always been a core component for them, and — always been a core component for them, and for the always been a core component for them, and forthe us always been a core component for them, and for the us side, always been a core component for t

saudi relationship. these descriptions are used to portray the relationship as natural, inevitable, and ultimately, as a political. historical research by me and by many people in the field however, there is some great work being done right now shows that there was nothing inevitable about the u.s. saudi relationship, which developed over time and in a contingent manner. on the basis of conflict, as well as cooperation and in a way that generated significant political controversy in both countries. in my remarks, i will give you a sense of the literature by talking about three major themes four sets of topics in talking about the u.s. saudi aeration ship. the first has to do with what historians call the postwar petroleum order. the basic idea here is the relationship emerged not simply on a bilateral basis, but part of the system that developed middle eastern oil for fueling, as you heard from doctor toprani for fueling western europe and japan after world war ii. when we talk about u.s. saudi relations

s and to to stage is not as if the saudi government tree m.v.s. was not spreading wahhabi ism which was the core ideology that gave birth to al-qaeda and isis along my point is that there's a deeper problem here and while it is obviously natural and important to take these initial steps it's important to focus on and yes i hope that that focus does not end up becoming at the expense of the broader problem that exists between the united states and saudi arabia or to the conduct of the saudi government because it's not just and yes even though he clearly has a very very significant part of it can we know that president biden wants the saudi kingdom to moderate its own extremism are you seeing evidence of this happening in the country other than the the opening of movie theaters and letting women drive cars. well i do think that there is an effort by the government to to reign in some of the hobbies to unity be less beholden to them as a source of legitimacy and that is why they've been pursuing these social reforms but it's a very limited kind of so

he does not represent saudi arabia or the saudi public and does not represent saudi interest. go to war in yemen or to blockade qatar or to put the prime minister of lebanon under house arrest or to cut relationships with either a tweet or imprisoned prominent human rights defenders or infant murderjamal khashoggi. —— in fact. murderjamal khashoggi. -- in fact. ., . ., , murderjamal khashoggi. -- in fact. . .,, , fact. no sanctions, you listed what you _ fact. no sanctions, you listed what you would _ fact. no sanctions, you listed what you would like - fact. no sanctions, you listed what you would like to - fact. no sanctions, you listed what you would like to see i fact. no sanctions, you listed i what you would like to see just in a couple of words how confident are you do you think you will see any of that? i think from how the biden administration actually treated the saudi government, i'm very hopeful that this will happen at one point in the near future, i guess. at one point in the near future, iguess. because at one point in the near future, i guess. because they alre

. the saudis. on — the saudis. thank you very much for coming on the _ the saudis. thank you very much for coming on the programme. i here in the uk, the former first minister of scotland alex salmond has said there is "no doubt" that his successor nicola sturgeon broke the rules governing the behaviour of ministers. he made the claim during his long—awaited appearance at an inquiry into the scottish government's mishandling of sexual harassment claims against him. but mr salmond said it wasn't for him to say what the consequences for nicola sturgeon should be. he has previously accused people close to her of plotting against him. nicola sturgeon has denied his claims. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith has the story. alex salmond arriving at the parliament he once dominated as the most powerful man in scotland armed today with allegations nicola sturgeon's lying and that he is the victim of a conspiracy. i swear by almighty god that i will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. s

the saudi crown prince denied any involvement. the us counts saudi arabia as a key regional friend.ntagon spokesmanjohn kirby reacting to the report. saudi arabia remains a strategic partner in the region. we have to be courageous enough as friends to speak candidly and to make clear our concerns about the rule of law and about civil and human rights, even with friends and partners. john kirby their _ speaking in the us earlier. some breaking news on this very subject, we are hearing we have reaction from saudi arabia, and they are saying in a statement that the crime was committed by individuals that have transgressed all regulations and authorities of the agencies where they were employed. it goes on to say that the leadership has taken steps to ensure that this never happens again. so the first reaction we are getting there from riau. let's discuss this further, are a state department correspondent barbara plett usher is in washington for us. barbara, idon�*t barbara plett usher is in washington for us. barbara, i don't know if you've been keeping up—to—date with these lines, the

hunger strikes between political activists in saudi arabia.his type of situation makes anybody react simplest moral backbone stop against this, because what is happening is not normal. was happening is not legal. at is happening is not just. it is not just that a person claim power over a whole nation, whole population. there is nseparation of power in absolute monarchy this is a regime or a system from the medieval ages. and putting us in jail as activists and saudi arabia and frontline defend for asking for the simple right of having the right to parcipate in choosing our ruling system is just something that i don't think every or any body can justify or defend in -- now, despite -- of this violation, last year, we have children, sorry, in the last couple of years we had children be headed in saudi arabia. it is not a normal situation. we welcome that a woman can drive but we say this is not normal to ask for rights. it is t normal for a hero to out of jail. the normal thing is regime -- she takes all of her rights but that is not happening

saudi relationship pas in the sending of weapons to the saudi conflict saudi led conflict in yemen and there are also concerns about human rights which we should point out that the white house is once again reiterated joe biden brought up in his phone call with the saudi king less than 24 hours ago so these are the initial findings that are now being made public it is a campaign promise now delivered by joe biden under a lot of pressure particularly from members of his own party to have a tougher stance on saudi arabia and that tougher stance does seem to be in direct contrast to the previous administration in the united states because donald trump was was rather cool swith the. leadership. just on the face of it given the executive summary that you've read kimberly it isn't barras sing to saudi arabia certainly there was the form call with king psalm on the previous day but what do you think this indicates in terms of where the society u.s. relationship is likely to head from here on em. well this it has been a white house that honestly has found itself in a bit of a contradictory mes

administration's stance on saudi arabia they're going 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 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 and that the by the administration 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. and syria has condemned u.s. air 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

consulate back in 2018 on the orders of the saudi crown prince after initially denying involvement saudi arabia changed its story and admitted to the killing but it blamed rogue agents to this day the official saudi position has never included the crown prince the unspoken message here the prince knew and did nothing what if anything will the u.s. do once the report becomes public this is what his press secretary told reporters. and of course our administration is focused on recalibrating the relationship as we've talked about it here previously and certainly there are areas where we will express concerns and leave open the option of accountability there are also areas where we will continue to work with saudi arabia i've given the threats they face in the region you know there's a lot to discuss here tonight and to do that i'm joined by kenneth roth director of human rights watch in new york city and from washington d.c. i'm joined by middle east analyst try to parse the of the quincy institute for responsible streak state craft both of you welcome let me start by asking you both what y

man murdered his shogi inside the saudi consulate back in 2018 on the orders of the saudi crown prince after initially denying involvement saudi arabia changed its story and admitted to the killing but it blamed rogue agents to this day the official saudi position has never included the crown prince the unspoken message here the prince knew and did nothing what if anything will the u.s. do once the report becomes public this is what his press secretary told reporters. and of course our administration is focused on recalibrating the relationship as we've talked about it here previously and certainly there are areas where we will express concerns and leave open the option of accountability there are also areas where we will continue to work with saudi arabia i've given the threats they face in the region you know there's a lot to discuss here tonight and to do that i'm joined by kenneth roth director of human rights watch in new york city and from washington d.c. i'm joined by middle east analyst try to parse the of the quincy institute for responsible strict state craft to both of you w

has announced visa bans for $76.00 saudis this after declassifying intelligence report that says saudi crown prince mohammed bin so money approved the operation to capture or kill journalist jamal khashoggi. in our other top stories search and rescue operations are underway to locate 317 girls kidnapped from a school in northern nigeria officials say common stormed the school in zamfara state shortly after midnight and took the peoples into a forest. and in manaus biggest city protest is in yangon have been hit with rubber bullets and stun grenades by police and rallies against the military code comes as the country's own ambassador to the united nations dramatically urged the international community to take action against the generals. well in all the stories we're following the white house says that u.s. as strikes targeting an iranian backed militia group in syria sends an unambiguous message that president biden will act to protect americans an official from the group says one fighter was killed and several others injured in the strike the main target of the president's 1st militar

president sends a strong message to saudi arabia after an intelligence report implicates the saudi crown prince in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. dozens of students are freed in nigeria after being abducted last week but the fate of hundreds of others is unclear also. police fired tear gas and stun grenades to clear defiant protesters in. the u.n. here's an emotional plea for help. if europeans military is accused of carrying out an ethnic cleansing campaign into a grave breach of portably wiping out entire villages. and i am satisfied to have all the sports basketball star le bron james hits back at football as abramovich for his criticism of activists athletes. u.s. president joe biden has warned saudi arabia the rules are changing in their relationship it follows the release of a u.s. intelligence report into the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi it says crown prince mohammed bin solomonic gave approval for khashoggi to be captured or killed the kingdom has denounced the report is false and unacceptable reports from washington d.c. . when journalist jamal khashoggi walke

-saudi relations and on saudi arabia's own defense posture. >> all right. got to get to other stuff going on. megan, the u.s. forces took out a syrian site that was said to be used by iranian-backed militias. give us a sense. is this important? was this the right thing to do? >> i do think it was the right thing to do. and it was important from a number of different levels. first at the most basic level, it demonstrated that such a i attacks -- this was the first large scale attack since biden came into government. so responding to that, noting it is not going to go without a response is important. but it also sent a couple of very important messages by the biden administration. first as we have all seen the biden administration has come in with a very clear message that diplomacy is going to be first, that diplomacy is going to be the foreign policy tool of choice and a lot of effort has gone into underscoring that message. i think that is the right message, but it would be a problem if that message were misinterpreted to mean that military force is off th

saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. the evidence includes the fact that seven members of the team responsible for khashoggi's murder were members of mbs' personal protective detail that answers only to him. and that the crown prince had absolute control making it highly unlikely that saudi officials would have carried out an operation of this nature without the crown prince's authorization. the state department enacted visa bans on 76 saudis. but of course the person conspicuously missing is the guy who ordered the killing, the crown prince himself. senior administration officials telling the "new york times" tonight that president biden decided the diplomatic cost of directly penalizing mbs is just too high. the decision by mr. biden, who during the 2020 campaign called saudi arabia a pariah state with no social value came after weeks of debate in which his newly formed national security team advised him there was no way to bar the heir to the saudi crown from entering the u.s. without breaching the relationship with o

saudi arabia has dismissed the american claims. he described those behind the latest abductions, in zamfara state, as bandits and said they should not interpret the government's restraint as a sign of weakness. the us president, joe biden, has traveled to texas to see how the state is recovering from the freezing weather that left millions without power or clean water. mr and mrs biden worked with volunteers at a houston food bank and toured a covid—19 vaccines centre. coming up in a quarter of an hourfrom now,

saudi relations on the job by. british doctors come out against plans to make coronavirus vaccinations obligatory for frontline workers. and the head of the e.u. clashes with german. claims of the possible to have to be used by old member states . this is the international i'm calling brian's just to midnight here in moscow now saturday the 27th of february welcome to the program. with the latest developments in the south caucasus the opposition in armenia is continuing to hold a mass rally in the capital opponents of the prime minister a government camped out for a 2nd night in front of the parliament building and yerevan they vowed to stay there until resigned constantine is there for us. the biggest news of the last couple of hours in armenia is the outcome of the meeting between the opposition leaders and the country's president now why this meeting is so important well for one there is a pretty intense standoff between the armenian political leader prime minister. and he's top military command army generals ca

from riyadh the saudi government eventually admitted to killing her saudi but blamed it on a rogue security team. the public naming of muhammad bin selman as complicit in the killing will set a new tone for the relationship between washington and rio. de botton 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 us solace 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 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 a

blames the saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist. a newly declassified intelligence report says prince mohammed bin salmond probably approved the operation to kill him the saudi consulate in istanbul also coming up. nigeria suffers another mass abduction gunmen kidnap hundreds of schoolgirls police i'm the military launched a joint rescue operation and. security forces in myanmar fire warning shots to break up protests against the military's going to put pro-democracy demonstrators say they won't back down. and also on the show cops on wheels roller blading policeman step up the pace in the fight against crime in pakistan. yes welcome to the program saudi arabia has hit back at the u.s. claims that crown prince mohammed bin sound man probably approved the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi the biden administration has released a report written just after the killing in 2018 but which was never made public washington has imposed sanctions on an elite saudi unit singled out for its role in the murder in the murder of the. prince has

i'm fogel welcome to the program saudi crown prince mohammed bin probably approve the 2018 saudi journalist jamal khashoggi that's according to a u.s. intelligence report the biden administration has released the report into mr g.'s death which was compiled at the time but never made public by the trumpet ministration washington post columnist was murdered in the saudi embassy in istanbul and his body dismembered the crown prince has denied any and all involvement and blamed what he said were rogue saudi security officials. straits to washington then we'll be joined a d w correspondent on the masonic welcome know all about how deeply it's the crown prince implicated in this murder well this is very damning material fill especially for the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon also known as m b s this report says that he ordered this murder on the saudi dissident journalist jamal khashoggi it does not come as a big surprise there have been other reports from other intelligence communities from the united nations said jestingly the same about we now have a directly from the u.s. intelligenc

saudi relationship.as huge implications. let's talk to our international diplomatic operator nick watson. now that we have this report, because this is such a key part of what the diplomatic response is going to be from the united states and perhaps even the global community, what is the u.s. going to do with this? the trump administration went very easy on saudi arabia when it came to this. the biden administration is not going to go so easy. where does this lead that process? >> i think some of the hints for that come in the conversation that president biden had with king salman last night, and that was that transparency was going to be part of the way that the two countries would work together, and we heard from ned price, the spokesman at the state department just last night also saying that this was transparent, that this would lead to transparency and that would lead, therefore, to accountability. so i think that's how you frame the relationship going forward. but i think this begs an absolutely hu

it it, it is incredibly damaging for saudi arabia.— saudi arabia.t is a public relations disaster. the - saudi arabia. it is a public relations disaster. the usj saudi arabia. it is a public - relations disaster. the us has released — relations disaster. the us has released this report which is incredibly interesting and marks a radical— incredibly interesting and marks a radical change in direction from a chump— radical change in direction from a chump administration which impressed saudi arabia with open arms, it was the first— saudi arabia with open arms, it was the first country he went to. —— a chump— the first country he went to. —— a chump administration. the us stops short— chump administration. the us stops short of— chump administration. the us stops short of imposing sanctions but does hu-e short of imposing sanctions but does huge damage to saudi arabia's global standing _ huge damage to saudi arabia's global standing and resurrects an incredibly damage event in recent years _ incredibly damage event in recent years this— incredibly dama

in saudi arabia, it's the saudi crown prince who controls his country's sovereign wealth fund. seems legit, sure, right? as the "post" delicately puts it -- quote, mnuchin's planned investment effort, soon after leaving office, raises concerns over whether trump administration policy was influenced by mnuchin's future private pursuits. yeah, you think? you think? look at this. this is priceless. this is priceless! as the "post" notes in this reporting -- quote, some of the largest investment funds in the persian gulf region are controlled by uae, the united arab emirates and qatar and saudi arabia and kuwait. two paragraphs later, the "post" notes that in the very final days of the trump administration, where did steven mnuchin take his last taxpayer-funded overseas sglunkt junket? he went off to visit, among other countries, the uae, united arab emirates, qatar, saudi arabia and kuwait. he just decided at the very last minute, while the taxpayers were still paying for his travel, he wanted to visit all of the countries with the largest sovereign wealth funds in the middle east

just to remind viewers, saudi arabia _ report. just to remind viewers, saudi arabia have _ report.in a - report. just to remind viewers, l saudi arabia have in a statement completely rejected this report, they said they have taken necessary steps to make sure it never happens again. let's turn to the front page of the express now, benedict. this is jonathan van—tam speaking. yes. express now, benedict. this is jonathan van-tam speaking. yes, i think the great _ jonathan van-tam speaking. yes, i think the great worry _ jonathan van-tam speaking. yes, i think the great worry with - jonathan van-tam speaking. yes, i think the great worry with the - jonathan van-tam speaking. yes, i think the great worry with the huge | think the great worry with the huge success of the vaccination roll—out, historic and unprecedented very successful is that people will stop may be complying completely with the rules. it has been so hard for so many people, it still isn't so hard for so many people not to see their loved ones, not to be able to go to hospital when somebody is dying. all kinds of sacrif

>> saudi arabia needs us much more than we need saudi arabia.hem to be a productive force in the region as far as energy, security, other type of things. but relationship with the united states is critically important to saudi arabia. they know that they live in a dangerous neighborhood. you look at yemen, syria, iraq, iran. the united states is the security guarantee tore for the kingdom. we will continue to be that. that doesn't mean they should take the relationship for granted and we should turn a blind eye to things that really have no place in a civilized world. >> former cia director john brennan, appreciate you being with us. thank you very much. >> thanks joshua. >>> as we reported earlier the fda officially approved a third covid vaccine just a few hours ago. will this one shot medication from johnson & johnson be a game changer and how soon can you get it? we'll take you to a mass vaccination site when we come back. a mass vaccination site when we come back hey, dad! hey, son! no dad, it's a video call. you got to move the phone in fr

had a very friendly stance toward saudi arabia particularly fond of arms sales to saudi arabia we know that joe biden wants to review this relationship and others of course in the middle east there will be some somewhat of a policy shift in the region saudi arabia has been one of the u.s. is closest allies and the vitamin strait is now accusing the saudi crown prince so that will certainly have big implications for the future relationship between the 2 countries so what now for the united states they have this report the points the finger the crown prince what are they going to do about it well there's a variety of actions of course there will be calls for sanctions and we already have some sanctions announced 1st of all there are reports about visa restrictions for 70 saudi citizens. and a policy that is aiming at other countries also that carrying out activities against dissidents and journalists and the treasury department announced sanctions against a former intelligence official in addition to the sanctions that have already been imposed in 2018 so right after the killing then the

saudi relations on the joe biden. for 2 stops has come out against plans to make coronavirus vaccinations obligatory for front line workers. and the head of the e.u. clashes with german leader angela merkel over her claims that covert possibles will have to be used by all member states. i've ever global news and international the. international one is called and bright welcome to world news 1st for you this could be starting with the developments in the south caucasus the opposition in armenia is remaining out in force in the center of the capital opponents of the prime minister a currently camped out for a 2nd night in front of the parliament building and yet they vowed to stay there until nicole resigns constantine rushkoff is there for us to biggest news of the last couple of hours in armenia is the outcome of the meeting between the opposition leaders and the country's president now why this meeting is so important well for one there was a pretty intense standoff between the armenian political leader prime ministe

a newly declassified report says saudi arabia's crown prince approved a plan to capture or kill saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. the u.s. is imposing a travel ban on 76 salaries involved in threatening dissidents. >> we now have in place a new policy that applies not just to saudi arabia but across the board, and it gives us, i think, a greater ability to deter the kinds of egregious actions that were taken against him and against other dissidents, opponents, and others speaking out, or their families going forward, and that i hope will be in some small measure an important legacy. >> iran's government is strongly condemning american airstrikes in syria, describing them as illegal aggression. earlier friday, the united states launched air rates, targeting facilities connected with iranian backed facilities. myanmar's ambassador to appealed to the genal assembly to do everything it can to reject the military coup. the surprise statement drew applause from the 193-nation global body. protests against the coup continue to spread nationwide. president biden is in texas a week after the s

ties with saudi arabia.es including britain to recalibrate their relations.— including britain to recalibrate their relations. thanks for “oining us. the supreme court has ruled that shamima begum — the woman who left britain as a teenager tojoin the islamic state group in syria — should not be allowed to return here to challenge the removal of her british citizenship. the court ruled unanimously that her rights were not breached when she was refused permission to return. the 21—year—old is currently in a camp in northern syria. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. shamima! injeans and a sun hat, shamima begum, last summer in the al—roj camp in northern syria, where she remains to this day. the home secretary has stripped her of her british citizenship for running away to become an islamic state fighter�*s bride aged just 15. at the supreme court, her lawyers had argued that she must be allowed to come back to the uk to fight that decision in a fair court hearing. but today, the court unan

-saudi relations.downplayed khashoggi's killing because of the kingdom's lucrative financial ties to the united states not to mention his personal business ties with the saudis. abc news was among the organizations that confirmed the intelligence following the murder. this public release, which will name and shame the crown prince will be a notable development, especially considering biden ran for president, vowing a hard line and a bit more of a confrontational stance with the saudis, to hold them accountable for khashoggi's murder. take a look at this exchange that then candidate biden had with my colleague andrea mitchell during the presidential primaries. >> mr. vice president the cia has concluded that the leader of saudi arabia directed the murder of u.s. based journalist jamal khashoggi, and executing non-violent offenders and torture. president trump has not punished senior saudi leaders, would you? >> yes, and i said it at the time, khashoggi was, in fact, murdered and dismembered and i believ