. >> and he's been replaced by prince abdulaziz.ppointment represents the first time a member of the royal family has served on saudi's oil -- as saudi's oil minister. >> we go to john in abu dhabi. why was khalid al-falih fired? >> i am at the world energy congress. most are in the opening session. it's the number one topic. the simple answer to your question is, it's a $2 trillion valuation. minister ail fally was not thinking it was worth that. most think it could be worth 1.4 trilli trillion. he puts in his allies, his half-brother, prince abdulaziz. and he replaces al-falih. i asked what major impact this could have on opec, the alliance from russia and all we see coming from the united states at the same time. >> i think it's a positive notion, that a personality of prince abdulaziz taking it with all of the history of peck that he has. >> trying to wrangle 20 producers in the opec apparatus takes a certain personality. you don't lose any momentum of steam with the remove of al-falih? >> no. i think saudi arabia has been leadi

appointmentoes the of prince abdulaziz of the new oil minister of saudi arabia say to you?'s want to do with this shakeup? well, i think first of all he needs to take on the job and then we look at it to play an active role in opec. you announced this share buyback, lars. than some ofater the other companies in your sector to return cash this way. do you think some of the volatility in prices, does that justify waiting longer /-- longer? what explains why others went before you? lars: i think they see they years -- there's a variation and why they launched a share buyback program. we launched it off of strength, and that strength is due to a real turnaround in the company the last couple of years. come outhe downturn to of the downturn as a strong company, even more competitive in a very competitive global world. think that the market is under -- has underestimated it? market isink the waiting for it to start up. i think this is a huge, giant field, very profitable next summer, 440,000 barrels a day. i think you don't find many assets like that. that, and we did some calcul

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month the kingdom says iran was behind the attacks but teheran denies that charge it to him bin abdulaziz told the u.n. general assembly that cutting off financial resources was the best way to control iran and anonymously and in a 30 here today we be a historic responsibility the credibility of this organization and the entire world is at stake the iranian regime is left with one of 2 options either become a normal state that respects international laws and norms or face an internationally unified position that uses all instruments of pressure and deterrence. the u.s. will send patriot missiles radar systems and $200.00 soldiers to bolster saudi arabia's defenses david's a russian associate professor at the middle east institute but he says in reality the u.s. isn't sending that many troops it's a relatively small the point $200.00 is roughly a battery so this would be. affair the sort of thing that we do routinely to protect their fields or things of that nature these sorts of units have been deployed to trouble spots frequently and you know honestly about 6 months ago we moved about th

changed that's why many have lost belief in elections they say they only believe in food and survival abdulaziz fled to herat from his home in baggies province because of heavy fighting he and his wife and 6 children survive on handouts home is now a mud hut john. elections are meaningless to us we need security we don't care if it's the taliban or the government or whoever we just need the fighting to stop so we can go home and start our lives again usually elections in afghanistan bring some kind of hope but for many there is now only fear and fatigue they say they are scared of the war tired of the hardships and no election will change that tony berkeley al-jazeera. now flash flooding in western india has killed at least 11 people 6 more are missing and 28000 evacuated from poona and surrounding areas the city has seen significantly more rain than usual in this year's monsoon season but transferred into september and the landslide at an illegal gold mine in the central african country of chad has killed about 30 people the defense minister says the incident happened in the northwest near the

changed that's why many have lost belief in elections they say they only believe in food and survival abdulaziz fled to herat from his home in baggies province because of heavy fighting he and his wife and 6 children survive on handouts home is now a mud hut jan worries about elections are meaningless to us we need security we don't care if it's the taliban or the government or whoever we just need the fighting to stop so we can go home and start our lives again usually elections in afghanistan bring some kind of hope but for many there is now only fear and fatigue they say they are scared of the war tired of the hardships and no election will change that tony berkeley al-jazeera kabul. former french leader is jacques chirac has died is lengthy career at the pinnacle of french public life included 2 terms as president and prime minister during that period he became a champion of the european single currency and a vocal opponent of the u.s. led war in iraq and the reports. people gathered outside former president jacques chirac's home in central paris to remember one of france's most famous poli

this month the kingdom says iran was behind those attacks but to iran has denied it abraham bin abdulaziz i was addressing the un general assembly. today we bere historic responsibility the credibility of this organization and the entire world is its stake the iranian regime is lived with one of 2 options either become a normal state that respects international laws and norms or face an internationally unified position that uses all instruments of pressure into tyrannous well in jordan has more now from the un. the saudi foreign minister's remarks could have been delivered by the israeli foreign minister or indeed by the us president donald trump that's because mr assad was very very critical of what he said has been iran's deliberately provocative and violent behavior across the middle east most notably with the attack on a saudi oil process a facility in the east of that country back on september 14th mr us often called on the international community to unify and to try to make it very clear to terror on that this sort of behavior is an act of war and is not going to be tolerated he use

painting iran as the biggest threat to our regional peace and security the foreign minister ibrahim abdulaziz. of was extremely critical of tehran especially in light and of the attack on the. oil fields and processing plants back on september 14th but he said that this isn't the 1st time that iranian forces have attacked saudi interests he noted that they have gone after saudi personnel and citizens in other countries for a number of years he also pointed out that the saudis have been lost in this effort of trying to fight the civil war in yemen on behalf of the expatriate government because of iran's support for who the fighters in that country and that has simply made a conflict that they didn't really want to go into that much more complicated and harder to end there are those of course who will challenge the saudi version of events in the yemeni civil war but suffice it to say in a stasia this was a very tough speech the saudi foreign minister was calling for an international united response but it is worth pointing out. that when something of this nature has happened usually there is a

prince abdulaziz is an older half-brother of the crown prince.e takes over after the removal over the weekend. the uae's entertainment minister -- could change as a result. >> i don't think there will be changes. i think with the personality that i know of the prince, he is very decisive. he has a strong personality when it comes to the market. viviana: british airways canceled hundreds of strikes -- hundreds of flights. it has canceled almost most of its daily flights today and tomorrow. the disruption will affect heathrow and gatwick. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am viviana hurtado. viviana, the hong kong government has condemned groups afterdical protests" protests with police. they set fires in the streets. earlier, tens of thousands marched to u.s. consulate. joining us now is our hong kong bureau chief. how untenable is the situation? >> you are right. over the weekend we did see some vandalism. there was a fire, pretty dramatic, at the entrance of one of the businesses

replaced longtime president abdulaziz beautifully a close also forced out by mass demonstrations activists demanded prime minister by the way stepped down before any new elections they also want all members of the former government to be put on trial a prominent member of sudan's ruling coalition is calling for a peace agreement in the arm and then once sudanese troops fighting they're brought home sudan joined the saudi led military operation 4 years ago calls in sudan for them to be withdrawn have grown louder as the number of casualties has increased the saudis have also recruited sudanese mercenaries and child soldiers to fight for them in yemen rescue workers in the bahamas are still searching for bodies after hurricane dorian devastated the islands last week the death toll stands at 45 but that number is expected to increase the u.n. says about 70000 people are in need of food and shelter of tauruses in the capital now have asked people to open their homes to evacuees millions of share muslims are in the iraqi city of karbala for i was sure of the annual mourning of the prophet muham

changed that's why many have lost belief in elections they say they only believe in food and survival abdulaziz fled to herat from his home in baggies province because of heavy fighting he and his wife and 6 children survive on handouts home is now a mud hut john writes about my poor time of elections are meaningless to us we need security we don't care if it's the taliban or the government or whoever we just need the fighting to stop so we can go home and start our lives again. usually elections in afghanistan bring some kind of hope but for many there is now only fear and fatigue they say they are scared of the war tired of the hardships and no election will change that tony berkeley al-jazeera kabul. zimbabwe's long time ruler robert mugabe is to be buried in his home district as a member instead of a national shrine as had been planned that decision has been made out of the government and mugabe's family argued over his final resting place now the army rules and bar with a 37 years until it was ousted by the military in 2017 he died in a singapore hospital earlier this month. and the former

facilities at this month the kingdom says iran was behind the attacks but tehran denies that abraham bin abdulaziz told the u.n. general assembly that cutting off financial resources was the best way to control iran. today we be a historic responsibility the credibility of this organization and the entire world is at stake the iranian regime is leave with one of 2 options either become a normal state that respects international laws and norms or face an internationally unified position that uses all instruments of pressure into tyrannous well the u.s. will send patriot missiles radar systems and $200.00 soldiers to bolster saudi arabia's defenses david is an associate professor at the middle east institute he says in reality the u.s. isn't sending many troops it's or it's a relatively small deployment $200.00 is roughly a battery so this would be. fair the sort of thing that we do routinely to protect their fields or things of that nature these sorts of units have been deployed to trouble spots frequently enough and honestly about 6 months ago we moved about the same number of troops out of the gu

changed that's why many have lost belief in elections they say they only believe in food and survival abdulaziz fled to herat from his home in baggies province because of heavy fighting he and his wife and 6 children survive on handouts home is now a mud hut jam. elections are meaningless to us we need security we don't care if it's the taliban or the government or whoever we just need the fighting to stop so we can go home and start our lives again usually elections in afghanistan bring some kind of hope but for many there is now only fear and fatigue they say they are scared of the war tired of the hardships and no election will change that tony berkeley al jazeera kabul. the u.s. is for opposing to cut the number of refugees it allows into the country if the plan is approved the number will be limited 218000 down from $30000.00 a year that's an all time low human rights groups have criticized the move particle hain has more from washington d.c. . the u.s. president donald trump has made this a key campaign issue he wants to send a message to his core supporters that he is cracking down on im

ipo >> well, i think it's really important, first, to specify the fact that while prince abdula z abdulaziza long-standing politician he is the expert in the room in terms of the saudi aramco ipo, i think it's full steam ahead with the ipo i think there had been some question markets about the previous oil minister's commitment to the ipo. and i think we're in a situation right now where mohammad bin salman has the team in place he thinks he needs to get this ipo off the ground >> when you say questions about the commitment to the ipo, do you mean questions to saudi arabia's commitment to opec's promises to cut production and therefore the commitment to the ipo? >> no, i think, actually, he did a masterful job as oil minister, steering saudi arabia and the rest of the opec producers through the price downturn he was very vigorous in saying saudi arabia would do whatever it takes i am more talking about in terms of support for the ipo of saudi aramco i think that the move that we saw with his removal first as chairman of saudi aramco and now with the new minister in place, i think it's a tea

prime minister will resign following months of protests against him we replaced long time president abdulaziz but if week after he was also forced out by mass demonstrations in april activists demanded prime minister better we step down before any new elections a millions of shia muslims have gathered in the iraqi city of karbala for a shura for the morning of the prophet muhammad's grandson eman hussein was killed in the battle of karbala in what is now iraq 1300 years ago shia muslims commemorate his death every year on the 10th day of the islam a calendar 1st month. those are the headlines we're back in half an hour next sports stopping the endless chase. a little. mean as i want to go you want to. get but that's the balls are born that i get. to find out the fall they're not the. best solicitousness dancers and took me out of which most of the set says they're not to do it so disappointing. the double of a cousin to punch is a push up the butt out of. a protest at all is that all of. this obscenity fuck the wrong thing at. just not just particular to you. but as you can pretty much at lea

facilities this month the kingdom says iran was behind those attacks but tehran has denied it ibrahim bin abdulaziz was addressing the u.n. general assembly. today we bere historic responsibility the credibility of this organization and the entire world is at stake the iranian regime is leaved with one of 2 options either become a normal state that respects international laws and norms or face an internationally unified position that uses all instruments of pressure into tyrannous. well in jordan has more now from the united nations. the saudi foreign minister's remarks could have been delivered by the israeli foreign minister or indeed by the us president donald trump that's because mr assad was very very critical of what he said has been iran's deliberately provocative and violent behavior across the middle east most notably with the attack on a saudi oil process a facility in the east of that country back on september 14th mr us often called on the international community to unify and to try to make it very clear to terror on that this sort of behavior is an act of war and is not going to be tol

with ups and lt that i know of prince abdulaziz, is very decisive.lity when it comes to the market. and he understand the benefits. producers of that leadership for the role of saudi arabia that it took to balance the market. and i'm not expecting changes. i think it is going to be a continuation of the good work that has been done. >> today used the phrase whatever is necessary to balance that market. what do you mean by that and are you lobbing for deeper cuts. -- lobbying for cuts. >> at the technical team comes and tells us we need to do more in terms of conformity's or term of cuts, and then we will decide, will challenge that, debates that. after that debate, we will rate their recommendation. that is how the mechanics, we will raise the recommendations to the ministerial. the ministerial, again this is a unanimous, if the ministerial sees that that recordation makes sense, they'll take it. it is their recommendation in place now that i'm aware of? no. minister energy al-mazrouei active tbet are in an function tv go where you can dive into any