>> perhaps his father will be convinced by ahmed's next role. as carlton drake in the upcoming marvell super hero movie "venom oimt. >> history starts today. >> i really think he's not a bad guy. he's trying to save the world quite literally. >> did you draw inspiration from any real life entrepreneurs? >> i wasn't drawing specifically from mark zuckerberg or elon musk or jeff bezos, but what was part of my research for this character was a certain way of seeing the world. the world's about to destroy itself and i'm the only person had a that can save it. >> right. >> ahmed's socially conscious music probably won't save the world but it may change it. riz wraps about his life as a muslim man. >> tsa always want to burst my bubble. ♪ ♪ always get a random check when i rock the stubble ♪ >> does that stuff come from experience for you? >> that's something that happened to me every time i flew to america until recent bely. it's hard not to find it frustrating, but it also would take on some really bizarre kind of twists where it would almost become

kamal ahmed, bbc news.as visited the synagogue in pittsburgh where 11 people were killed in a shooting on saturday. the white house has rejected the suggestion that mr trump's rhetoric could be to blame for emboldening racist attacks. 0ne localjewish group has told him he is not welcome in the city. 0ur north america editorjon sopel reports from pittsburgh. awaiting donald trump's arrival, members of pittsburgh's jewish community gathered outside the tree of life synagogue to sing and to say kaddish, the prayers for those in mourning. the president flew into pittsburgh accompanied by the first lady, but also his daughter ivanka, who converted tojudaism when she married her 0rthodoxjewish partnerjared kushner. they first went to the synagogue were the 11 worshipers were gunned down, and in the entrance lit a candle for each of the 11 victims. next, they came outside to lay a small pebble from the white house grounds, and white roses at each of the stars for the victims. the rabbi accompanied them, saying a p

riz ahmed is here.ke a movie like that or kind of a lot of standing around pretending things are there? >> it is fun. think it's because the character venom himself is just really fun. he's not really a superhero, he doesn't really care about good and evil. he's more interested in whether he's hungry or not. and he's super intense and unpredictable. kind of like a big puppy with giant fangs. kind of like a toned-down version of tom hardy. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: tom hardy himself. >> yeah, yeah, the character. >> jimmy: is tom a friend of yours? is he somebody that you knew before you made this movie together? >> yeah, i've known tom for quite a long time, actually. we met back in 2007 for another unlikely reality tv show. >> jimmy: what was the reality show? >> it's basically a tv show where playwrights write these scripts and submit them and see if their play can be put on in the west end, which is our equivalent of broadway. >> jimmy: right. >> the show didn't really work. >> jimmy: were you the playw

what do you think will be the next step, ali al-ahmed? i mean, if the saudi government is conducting the investigation, what prevents them f from saying anyone that they want to blame it on? the turkish government conducting the investigation. what do you think would be an independent investigation? and what do you think is the most important for the u.s. government to make, not only the trump administration, the right now congress? ,e just introduced ro khanna leading one of those come along with bernie sanders, leading the charge to stop funding the saudi regime in its war against yemen. we have our headline just today, in yemen, at least 19 people killed and another 30 injured in the u.s.-backed, saudi led airstrike. a convoy fleeing hodeida. what would be the most important move right now? >> i think the most important point now is to target the saudi senior leadership with sanctions. we don't want in iraq-style that kills our people. , targetednctions sanctions against mbs. amy: it is interesting you should raise the abacus steve mnu

the man in question was ahmed al asiri.e used to be the spokesperson for the coalition that was overseeing the campaign, the war in yemen. he is well-known to be part of the crown prince's inner circle. we can now confirm saudi state television saying that general ahmed al asiri has been relieved of his position. wolf, this is a significant move. this is a very high-ranking official, and this is presumably the first of several other dismissals. there were some other dismissals announced as well, but none anywhere near as high-ranking as general al asiri. as i said before, the other headline along with the dismissal of al asiri is that they now have one month, national security, interior ministry, foreign ministry, to put together essentially a report, a commission that will get to the bottom of how it was that khashoggi was killed, wolf. >> that's significant, the fact that they've now fired this general ahmed al asiri. there were suggestions, reports earlier in the week that he was going to be the fall guy. looks like that

ed helprter: king ahm circle the wagups?i think he's begun to do that he's gaining his future already. what's interesting, he showed up to the airportto greet prince bin salman. >> reporter: salman showed up to greet ahmed. >> yes, and he was popular with the young before this happened. in thenited states, i think the khashoggi murder has backfired in many ways more than anyone linked to it ever envisioned. so i think the crown prince is feeling vulnerable and trying to do the things lthat will t his profile and show he's in control and t associated with the murder. >> reporter: moon jae-in, thecr n prince is -- >> reporter: mamoun fandy, is this why we're seeing pressure in the united states over the war in yemen or yemen saying the cease fire needs to begin in november? >> it's th. i think basically the crown prince at his weakest point now inteationally. finally, in saudi arabia, the whole del jet massey question rests wih the king himself, and the king has the whole authority is -- the legitimacy of thein crown comes fro

>> have a nice life. >> trevor: please welcome riz ahmed!plause ) ♪ welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me, man. >> trevor: it's been a while. i have been watching you blow up. so many people were fans of yours from the night off, many people were fans of yours seeing you in so many different movies. you've played so many different roles, now you're in "venom" playing character i did not like as a human being for the first time. >> thank you. >> trevor: did you enjoy it? >> i did, actually. i feel like, you know, i never thought i would be in a movie like this, to be honest. you grow up watching films like this, you don't necessarily see people that look like me in them. i don't like to talk about diversity. i feel like it sounds like an added extra. >> trevor: right. >> it sounds like the fries, not the burger. it sounds like something on the side. you've got your main thing going on, yet sprinkle a little bit oof diversity on top of that. it's not about that to me. it's about representation. representation is absolutely fundamenta

0ur economics editor kamal ahmed takes a closer look. today philip hammond certainly try to change the economic story of this government. away from cuts and controlling the nation's debts and towards spending and tax cuts. the ending of austerity, he said. next year ending of austerity, he said. next yeaer hammond said ending of austerity, he said. next year mr hammond said the government would spend 2.3 billion pounds on public services and that figure would rise to 30.6 billion pounds by 2024, the biggest change in public spending for at least a decade. well, the prime minister said the chancellor are very difficult challenge with her declaration that it was the end of austerity and i think today he over delivered on expectations. the reason he was able to do that was because he got a big improvement in the public finance forecast from independent forecasters with the result that i think the budget is the biggest giveaway budget for a generation.

hello and welcome to newswatch, with me samira ahmed.ws denying a voice to climate change deniers, or are they getting too much airtime? and why did fiona bruce have to get a police escort to get to the studio in time to present wednesday's news at six? monday's report from the inter—governmental panel on climate change was the latest in a series of warnings about the risks of rising global temperatures. reflecting the scientific concensus on this controversial issue. among the guests discussing the panel's findings on that evening's newsnight was myron ebell who used to be donald trump's environmental advisor and now runs a think tank which campaigns on behalf of the us energy industry. he was questioned by evan davis. do you think the scientists, who reviewed these 6,000 papers to produce this latest publication — 86 lead writers — do you literally think they don't believe what they have said? is that your contention? they're climate campaigners first, at the highest level. wow! but you're a climate campaigner more than they are. they'

thank you very much, kamal ahmed, bbc economics editor.ll be watching these meetings taking place throughout the week for you on bbc world news, coming live from the imf and the world bank annual summit in bali. thank you for that. in other news there is increasing expectation that china might have to devalue its currency as its trade war with the us which you heard them talking about drags on. there is a tricky parfor about drags on. there is a tricky par for the central bank officials who have to find a balance between supporting economic growth and not triggering a massive outflow of money if the un depreciates too quickly. china is facing pressure after the central bank reduced the requirement rate, or rrr, for the fourth time this year, which was meant to lower financing costs and spur on growth but the move is expected to inject over $100 billion into the chinese economy, and at a time that there are worries that trade war would cause a slowdown. earlier i spoke with an economist and asked if china would devalue the currency and run

committee of the red cross she was one of sydney aid workers kidnapped seven months ago in borno state ahmed interests has more now from abroad. the nigerian government said up to the last minute it left the door for negotiations open but he didn't just say clearly what the negotiations or terms of negotiation where and they did not say what they did right and what they did wrong the killing of the two aid workers walking for the international committee of the red cross was a rude shock to many when the first killing took place in september a lot of nigeria's loss of price because previously the international committee of the red cross facilitated the evacuation of prisoners or captives between the nigerian state and the book leading to some suggestion that the go between between the two sites that the nigerian state and book is international committee of the red cross which many officers of the records denied now the nigerian state said that a lot of nigerians actually was hopeful that following the assurances by the nigerian president that the government will do everything possible to ensu

ahmed was much maligned after the first test and this is how he responded. only last for rovers and when the nightwatchman peter siddle followed, australia were left on 20/2 and needing a spark going into the second day. sri lanka and england meet in the third 0ne—day international on wednesday with the visitors holding a 1—0 lead after the first match was abandoned. dry weather welcomed the teams for training in kandy after sri lanka lost the rain affected second 0di by 31 runs and england all rounder moeen ali says the conditions have proved difficult. it's not been as easy because of the rain. the pictures are a little bit tacky but it's not spinning massive at the moment but i'm sure going forward , at the moment but i'm sure going forward, it will probably spend quite a bit. i think going forward, we arejust going quite a bit. i think going forward, we are just going to have to keep it simple and use the pictures. tennis now and great britain's yohanna konta beat seventh seed elise mertens of belgium 6—3, 7—5 in the first round of the kremlin cup in mos

ahmed ali thank you so much for being with us we're glad you joined us thank you guys thank you. the south african mining sector is historic luster seems to be fading some of the earth largest reserves of precious metals including palladium platinum and of course gold lie under south african soil as well as iron diamonds in your rainy i'm in the one nine hundred seventy s. and mining produced one fifth of the south african gross domestic product and the rush to capture diamonds and gold this intra goal to the history of white colonialism in south africa now mining reportedly accounts for less than eight percent of south africa's g.d.p. today the wall street journal reports that the three largest south african gold mining firms lost a combined total of four hundred fifty three million dollars last year weighed down by a forty percent drop in the price of gold from a peak of over eight hundred dollars per ounce in august of twenty eleven the deep very deep mine shafts were mostly evacuated in the apartheid era and now bring materials up those shaft is really increasingly difficult

arabia's crown prince mohammed bin simon has left kuwait after two days of talks with the emir chefs ahmed it's understood that leaders discuss the ongoing gulf crisis kuwait has played a mediation role since the u.a.e. bahrain any gypped imposed a blockade on last year qatar denies there accusations that its support supports terrorism john and china has more from kuwait city. this is the first time that a man visits equates since his country together the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain imposed a land air and sea blockade on his have been leading the efforts to mediate this crisis try and find a solution to what many view as an existential crisis for the g.c.c. the gulf cooperation council the saudis have been reciprocated positively as far as many observers will point out the fact that this is b.s. as he's widely known his first visit to kuwait since this crisis is an indication of that however some will be hopeful that maybe through these brief discussions that take place between the carbons a man and the emir of kuwait ships of ominous obama maybe something positive will come out

hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed. bbc news get the right, next to last weekend's peoples will march and london? and why do other demonstrations and protests go relatively unreported. first a torrent of speculation after the court of appeal issued an injunction preventing the newspaper from revealing that person's identity. the bbc news channel reported the fact under the rules of qualified privilege. lord hain has used parliamentary published to name retail billionaire sir philip green as the... lord hain‘s comments have now been widely reported across the media. the bbc cannot confirm the allegations and so philip green has made no comment. reporter: any statements statement so reporter: any statements statement so philip said he would not comment on what had been said in parliament but he added to the extent that it suggested that i have been guilty of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour... studio: with the injunction remaining in force, studio: with the injunction remaining inforce, not studio: with the injunction

left tenant come a voice gun cool has often brought his ahmed battalion here for training. because it's a disorder mr president for the soldiers and for me the combat training center is a highlight here set up for battalion level operations realists argus simulation system allows us to train under conditions that are quite realistic you can. laser attachments on the weapons record every shot and hit every person and every vehicle also carries a g.p.s. transmitter when soldiers fire their weapons they trigger and they. each laser carries an individual signature which makes it possible to trace the weapon used to fire it. the system also registers when a soldier is hit and calculates the severity of the damage. control station is located in the training center officers from the g.'s it out from the units that have come here observe the exercise live. if something goes wrong they can intervene if necessary. to simulate the it soon in finds we see the enemy taking position down here us not just about i can also see the training group right here which is probably receiving a bri

>> ahmed: thousands of years.how to suffer. >> anthony: mark evans, a polar and desert expedition leader knows firsthand how difficult the empty quarter can be. guided by amer and accompanied by colleague mohammed al zedjali he recently made the crossing, walking over 600 miles with camels in tow. >> mark: in the first 12 days of our journey crossing the empty quarter, we didn't touch our own food at all. and it became a competition to be more generous than the previous -- >> anthony: so you meet people out there all along the way? >> mark: you would, even though nobody lived there people would find you and travel. >> amer: [ speaking in arabic ] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> abdullah: usually the guy who come, he have to open the head. >> anthony: okay. oh, i know just where i'm going for. i got it. >> abdullah: pull it. yeah, that is one. >> anthony: cheek. >> ahmed: yeah. here, it's too hot. this is the point. >> anthony: good. >> mohammad: it's good if you've got whiskey or brandy or -- [ laughter ] >> mark: you know, the empty qu

a motorized infantry battalion based in fear ak in northeastern germany has arrived with sixty ahmed tanks. yes. for many soldiers this is their first contact with an actual enemy in the world not just a theoretical construct but a real enemy is the first time you see an armored battalion charging toward you it's intense soldiers need to understand what that feels like it doesn't build. during a military exercise the battalion that just arrived from fear will attack the units that are stationed here. ten and come avoid gun cool has often brought his arm a battalion here for training. but. for the soldiers and for me the combat training center is a highlight here set up for battalion level operations. the argos simulation system allows us to train under conditions that are quite realistic and . laser attachments on the weapons record every shot and hit every person and every vehicle also carries a g.p.s. transmitter when soldiers fire their weapons they trigger and they. each laser carries an individual signature which makes it possible to trace the weapon used to fire it. the system

the home office was attempting to deport you could be ahmed back to his home country of somalia which he'd left when he was reportedly a young boy. was a little of the fire. but his screams alerted the other passengers on board to the fact that he was being made to leave the country against his will so fellow passengers leapt to his defense he says it was was forget exactly what it was just got it was hard work because there was minutes later home office officials scored off the plane and back to u.k. jurisdiction. it's now been revealed the passengers helped to keep in the country is a convicted gang rapist in august two thousand and seven he brutally assaulted a sixteen year old girl along with three other men in a premeditated attack he was sentenced to nine years in prison and he was released after four one of his fellow gang members has since traveled to syria and died fighting with islamic state terrorists the passengers on the plane are unlikely to have known ahmed's dangerous criminal history and the loss of security was never. seen it was going to lead to a really good resear

our sunday sit down with riz ahmed plus latest news and politics this "sunday today."watch us any time. back to you not, frances and phillip. see you tusunday morning. >> you got it, willie. see you sunday. >> ben affleck is breaking his silence after spending 40 days at a rehab that silt. the 46-year-old actor addictio lifelong and difficult star th his friends, family and fans who have helped him through this. and says he hopes to one day do the s oeers who affleck reentered rehab in august after reaching out to his esge for help. sometimes that's the most difficult thing to do reach out for help. >> once you get it is to stay on track with along with support from everybody else. >> tough to go through especially after a divorce as well. >> a lot can say yes, it happened to me. but not while boarding air force one. look at the president go up the stairs. now look at his foot on the left side. he seemed to have a small piece of paper stuck to his shoe as he climbed the stairs in minneapolis. our crack team analysis agree it is either toilet tissue or paper napkin. so

ahmed joins us live. >> garvin we got a lot going on a full saturday college football. cal in action. unfortunately for giants fans, the dodgers on the verge of a second straight world series berth it was not that. kd or dra whos the hero last night it was a ninth year bench player out of sweden we'll get to know jonas jerebko after the break. sportsdesk. when you have four all-stars like the golden state warriors >>> i'm ahmed fareed at the xfinity sports deck when you have the gold. wear be it seems some of the role players get lot. they let jacksonville javale economy duffee and nick young kaka swaggy p walk after the last season they needed bench depth to make an impact this season. ladies and meet jonas jerebko. we were introduced to him last night. jesh coin the ninth year out of sweden signed with the warrior free agent in in july. tipped in the game winner in the closing seconds of last night's win over the jazz in utah. jerebko scored ten points grabbed six boards in 24 minutes a couple of threes in addition to his game winner. here is jerebko and his teammates

we are joined now by ali al—ahmed from the gulf institute.estigation is continuing, they have made —— made 18 arrests and confirmed that the death did take place. what is your reaction? this was expected, i discussed this with a friend who worked in the palace for a long time, and he told me that the named individuals, they will be used as scapegoats for this murder, along with the others. doubt is —— thatis along with the others. doubt is —— that is typical saudi policy, king zalman has a famous saying, he says that our sword, meaning the monarchy, our sword does not eat our flesh, and that means that they will never published —— punished their children for any crime that they commit. this will expect that, the one who was accused of ordering this matter will never be held accountable the saudi government. they are using these scapegoats to ta ke they are using these scapegoats to take the fall for this crime.” should point out we have no evidence of who if anyone ordered any particular crime or killing in this insta nt, particular crime or

ahmed's dangerous criminal history i know lots of situations i never thought she. was going to leave the room it was very little now thanks to their intervention you have made it is thought to be back in a u.k. detention center while government officials tried to place him on another flight his lawyers now have time to appeal the decision to deport him the u.k. isn't alone when it comes to citizens disrupting government approved deportations early this year in sweden a student activist refused to take a seat on a plane until a failed asylum seeker who was being sent back to afghanistan was taken off the flight and she live streamed the entire incident golborne told to go so you are going to get killed it was later reported the man had been sentenced for assault the u.k. home office says that all foreign nationals who were sentenced for a crime and abuse the u.k.'s hospitality should be in no doubt of the government's determination to remove them but the government may not have banked on citizen activists being just as determined to let them stay where we have asked

elderberry mohammed ahmed foreign minister of saddam thank you for talking to al-jazeera may i stop by asking you whether the changes in the air in sudan one senior diplomat said to me saddam used to be seen as a troublemaker now it's trying to be a peacemaker while. i think what's happening in. of course. might be considered by some to be new but in fact it's an indication of what wind started very early in the country since that time when we decided to give the right of self-determination to south sudan it was part of our effort to relate is one problems in the country and we have been pursuing this this past for quite a time one of the big things that's changed in the last year is the way you are perceived particularly by the united states because they've lifted some of the sanctions against you let's just go back to the one nine hundred ninety s. when bill clinton first put those sanctions in place you were seen as a pariah state one point asama bin laden was living in khartoum they fired missiles bombs at khartoum at one point they blamed you for the u.s. embassy bombings in afric

kamal ahmed in bali. —— tweeted. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news.n "is happening" and officials are working to set it up right now. he told reporters that it would take place after the mid term elections on november 6th. three or four locations are under consideration, although singapore probably won't be the venue again. the uk's supreme court is due to rule on the case of a belfast bakery whose christian owners refused an order for a cake with a slogan supporting same—sex marriage. the ashers baking company is appealing against a high court judgement that it had discriminated against the customer on the grounds of sexuality. austria's far right freedom party, led by heavy smoker, heinz—christian strache, is coming under pressure to hold a referendum on whether to ban smoking in bars and restaurants. the party insisted that a petition that collected nearly 900,000 signatures had not reached the threshold for triggering a vote. the hubble space telescope is operating with only essential functions after it lost one of the gyroscopes needed to point t

our economics editor, kamal ahmed. indonesia have set a deadline of friday to find anyone still trapped under rubble following last week's earthquake and tsunami. after that, they say there is little chance of finding survivors. at least 1,400 people are known to have died. 0ur correspondent, jonathan head, sent this report from palu, one of the worst—hit areas on the island of sulawesi. even now, five days after the earthquake, the tsunamis and the mudslides, the damage wrought on this part of indonesia still has the power to shock. some buildings crumpled... others were literally swallowed by mud. it was the mud that did for petobo, a neighbourhood to the east of the city. fields of rice, shaken loose by the earthquake, that poured down the hillside. it buried the mother and baby sister of fiona, not yet two years old, who was pulled from the mud by her older brother. she's being cared for by her aunt. translation: she often asks, "where's my mum?" "where has my mother gone?" i tell her we're still looking for her, o

laura kuenssberg and kamal ahmed, thank you both.bridge attack has criticised shortcomings in security at westminster, and says the death of pc keith palmer may have been prevented. relatives, survivors and the police have been giving evidence at the old bailey during the three—week hearing into the attack last year, which killed five people. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. the last calm moments of what had been just another westminster spring day. american tourist kurt cochran with his wife melissa, pensioner leslie rhodes returning from hospital, aysha frade texting her husband on her way to pick up her kids from school, andrea cristea, a tourist from romania, and pc keith palmer manning the main gates to parliament. but in 82 seconds of terror, they were all left with fatal injuries. the shocking deaths produced searching questions, not least about armed policing in parliament. pc keith palmer's wife said he was left alone and unarmed at the gates of the house of commons. his attacker, khalid masood, were

kamal ahmed, bbc news.rs and parents have reacted with fury to the chancellor's announcement in the budget that schools in england will receive a one—off payment of £400 million to pay for what he called "little extras". england's school leaders have been campaigning for some time for more money, saying they're having to lay off teachers and can't afford to buy essential equipment. 0ur education editor branwenjeffreys has more. it was meant to be good news from the treasury, but calling it cash for "little extras" has dug a bit of a political hole. teachers took to social media with suggestions. a luxury car for a day, a few more glue or glitter sticks. some schools offered to dig potholes. road repairs gotjust as much money. teachers‘ pay is the largest part of any school budget, and this money won't help with those long—term bills, leaving headteachers feeling their concerns have been ignored. it's not good enough for the governmentjust to throw us a few thousand pounds and say, "be happy with that." i th

the same general ahmed. who is going to be assigned to take the fall for the jamal khashoggi murder, he can maybe also take the fall for whatever election interference scheme the saudis may have been pitching to the trump campaign, the one that robert mueller is nailing down right now. nice. two birds with one stone, right? nice. congressman eric swalwell from the intelligence committee will be our guest live, next. commit be our guest live, next. you do, too, but not in time. hey, no big deal. you've got a good record and liberty mutual won't hold a grudge by raising your rates over one mistake. you hear that, karen? liberty mutual doesn't hold grudges... how mature of them. for drivers with accident forgiveness liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty ♪ at&t provides edge-to-edge intelligence, covering virtually every part of your healthcare business. so that if she has a heart problem & the staff needs to know, t

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