al-jazeera. hello i'm the stasi attain doha with the top stories on al-jazeera saudi arabia has denounced a positiony the u.s. senate accusing its crown prince of ordering the murder of john les jamal khashoggi in a statement the kingdom's foreign ministry calls it relations interference in its entirety of the fed as it describes the killing as a crime that doesn't reflect saudi policy but canada's prime minister is telling the he's up on saudi because of. just internet he says his government is trying to cancel a multi-billion dollar contract to provide military vehicles. the murder of a journalist is absolutely unacceptable that's why canada from the very beginning has been demanding answers and solutions on that secondly we inherited actually a fifteen billion dollar contract silly and by stephen harper to export light armored vehicles to saudi arabia we are engaged with the export permits to try and see if there is a way of no longer exporting these vehicles to saudi arabia sudan's president omar al bashir has become the first arab leader to visit syria since the beginning of the war nearly eigh

relationship with saudi arabia i haven't said it's a right wing conspiracy or anybody's conspiracy or from own al-jazeera. piece it all be in doha with your headlines from al-jazeera saudi arabia's king solomon demoted his foreign minister as part of a major government reshuffle. be a will now as a minister of state or as the mother. which has brought a diplomatic backlash against the kingdom. police in the democratic republic of congo fired tear gas on opposition protesters just days before presidential and parliamentary elections there's anger after sunday's vote was persuaded and by a week and some pro opposition areas the elections are already overdue by two years . we. come to go. to. friday. and. the. will be asked good will and on sunday we should have. the nation everywhere and we have seen do you really want in this country. as a city please please we know the violence. about two hundred people seeking asylum in the us spent some of christmas in a parking lot in texas after being sent there by immigration and customs enforcement officials in el paso city the group included women and children wit

al-jazeera. you're watching al jazeera last week at the top stories right now saudi arabia's king solomon has demoted his foreign minister as part of a major government reshuffle the dallas affair will now serve as a minister of state follows the murder of journalists has brought a diplomatic backlash against the king to a. place in the democratic republic of congo have fired tear gas on opposition protesters just days before presidential and parliamentary elections was anger after sunday's vote was postponed by a few weeks in some opposition strongholds elections are already two years over to . warn our top story now the saudi government shakeup al-jazeera senior political correspondent mara bashara says saudi arabia is expected to make several changes to bring back business and investment. as far as assaf is concerned i think that's a kind of an interesting signal coming from riyadh it's basically saying look we mean business literally we mean business we want to change we want to regain the confidence and. credibility in the international community especially among the international business commu

al-jazeera. let's have a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera saudi arabia has condemned a u.s. senator as aleutian holds the crown prince personally responsible for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi the foreign ministry statement calls it a blatant interference in the kingdom's internal affairs on thursday the republican controlled senate voted to hold mohammed bin sound man responsible for the saudi john this murder. at least twelve people have been killed and twenty five others have been wounded in the latest round of violence surrounding yemen's critical port city of the data fighting between hoofy rebels and saudi amorality backed government forces comes two days before a un brokered cease fire is due to come into effect. sudan's president omar al bashir has become the first arab leader to visit syria since the beginning of the war almost eight years ago he met the syrian president bashar al assad in damascus both leaders stand accused of war crimes linked to conflicts in their country. thousands of people have been protesting in hungary as capital budapest it's the

al-jazeera. and we shall carry in doha these are the top stories on al-jazeera saudi arabia has a new foreign minister with former diplomat algebra stripped of his post in a major cabinet reshuffle ordered by king solomon the shake up comes as the international backlash continues over the murder of saudi journalist mark by agents of the kingdom charlie bell as reports. beer a former advisor to the late king abdullah a former ambassador to the united states and now former foreign minister it was only the second saadi to be appointed foreign minister outside the royal family. has been demoted to minister of state for foreign affairs it comes after nearly three months of questions and denials about the killing of journalist. in the saudi consulate in istanbul saudi arabia has faced international backlash including from the u.s. congress who said crown prince mohammed bin some man was responsible for murder during a regional summit earlier this month denied the crown prince's involvement and see this with regards to issuing an arrest warrant we don't extradite our citizens i believe turkey's constitution

hello i'm a star with the top stories on al-jazeera saudi arabia has denounced a position by the u.s. senate accusing its crown prince of ordering the mud of journalist jamal khashoggi in a statement the kingdom's foreign ministry calls it a blatant interference in its internal affairs and describes the killing as a crime that doesn't reflect saudi policy but canada's prime minister is telling the he's up on saudi because of. justin trudeau says his government is trying to cancel a multi-billion dollar contract to provide military base.

al-jazeera. and watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories for you right now saudi arabia's king saul much asto motive his foreign minister as part of a major government reshuffle the delegate barrow will now serve as a minister of state polls the murder of journalist mark which as part of a diplomatic backlash against the kingdom. place in the democratic republic of congo have fired tear gas on opposition protesters just days before presidential and parliamentary elections there is anger after sunday's vote was postponed by a few weeks in some opposition strongholds elections are already two years overdue . about two hundred people seeking asylum in the u.s. spent some of christmas and a parking lot in texas after being sent there by immigration officials in el paso four hundred others were also sent to places including busts shelters just ahead of christmas day families were left to fend for themselves because there was no room detention centers. as government shutdown is likely to continue into the new year after both houses of congress adjourned without agreeing on a way forward politicia

al-jazeera bangkok. let's take a look at the top stories here of al-jazeera saudi arabia has denounced what it calls blatant interference by u.s. senators who are blaming the crown prince for altering the murder of jamal khashoggi the republican controlled senate voted on thursday to hold mohammed bin solomon responsible for the killing of the saudi journalist a second resolution called for an end to u.s. military support for the saudi u.s. led war in yemen the saudi foreign ministry says the senate's decision could affect relations canada's prime minister is looking to cancel a weapons deal with saudi arabia just intruders calling the murder of jamal khashoggi unacceptable and is demanding allen says he's working out how to cancel a contract for ahmed trucks it's part of a thirteen billion dollars deal made by the previous government relations have been ten since canada's ambassador was expelled earlier this year in a disagreement over human rights in the kingdom i don't murder of a journalist is absolutely unacceptable that's why canada from the very beginning has been demanding answers and solutions on t

trade relations as the two countries attempt to work out their differences kristen salumi al-jazeera saudi arabia is getting ready to host the gulf cooperation council as annual summit on sunday the six nation block will be meeting in riyadh capitals emir has been invited by the saudi king sound none to attend but doha hasn't confirmed whether he will catch or is currently under a blockade by four arab countries led by saudi arabia the flag could be seen in riyadh ahead of the summit well my job's wary is the director of the gulf study center at capital university and told us that the saudis may try to focus on a possible end to the war in yemen to deflect attention from the murder of janice jamal khashoggi no i think riyadh will try to bring to bring that again and saying look we want. to move on we need peaceful negotiation we need the war to be and i think that is a message to washington this is serious i think that is to reduce the level of pressure on them and hush of the case so that it's appearing on different cards on the same table meanwhile iran's president has called donald trump's dec

essence we in the united states have privatized the ultimate public function war shadow on al-jazeera. saudi arabia denounces u.s. senators for interference after they blamed the crown prince for the matter of journalists. try and see if there is a way of no longer exporting these vehicles to saudi arabia canada's leader cites a killing and yemen's war as he tries to cancel a multi-billion dollar military deal. hello welcome to our jazeera life and i'm martin that is also coming up in the program a show of support five thousand turn out to rally in sri lanka for the reinstated prime minister. x. now a rights group accuses nigerian security services of failing to prevent violence between herders and farmers. but first saudi arabia has issued an unusually strong rebuke of the u.s. senate rejecting its resolution that blames the crown prince for jamal khashoggi now the journalist was killed by what's being described as a saudi hit squad inside the kingdom's istanbul consulate in october and in a lengthy statement saudi arabia said the resolution interferes in its internal affairs and that is based on

we in the united states have privatized the ultimate public function more shadow while on al-jazeera. saudi arabiadenounces u.s. senators for interference after they blame the crown prince for the murder of journalists. try and see if there is a way of no longer exporting these vehicles just saudi arabia. and that is the leader signs the killing of yemen's war as he tries to cancel a multi-billion dollar military deal. it's all right when you want your observer life my headquarters here in doha also coming up thousands rally in sri lanka as a show of support for the reinstated prime minister. and central american asylum seekers tell how a day in u.s. custody is better than a life back home. welcome to the program saudi arabia has issued an unusually strong rebuke of the u.s. senate rejecting its resolution that blames the crown prince for jamal khashoggi is murder the journalist was killed by what's being described as a saudi hit squad inside the kingdom's stumble consular office in october now in a lengthy statement saudi said the resolution had just fears that its internal affairs and is based o

that's a good news story is an al-jazeera is award winning programs take you on a journey around the globe because we. only on al-jazeera. al-jazeera where ever you. saudi arabia's foreign minister is demoted as the kingdom reels under the international fallout of journalist moxness cheeseburger. and we shall carry this is al jazeera live from doha succumbing at rocky politicians to denounce the u.s. president announced as a calling it a violation of national sovereignty. or violence in the democratic republic of congo which is days to go for a much delayed election plus. a desperate search for miners trapped underground for nearly two weeks in northeast india. saudi arabia has a new foreign minister with former diplomat adel ajah bear stripped of his post in a major cabinet reshuffle order by king solomon a shake up comes as the international backlash continues over the murder of saudi journalists by agents of the kingdom charla bella's reports. a former advisor to the late king abdullah a former ambassador to the united states and now former foreign minister he was only the second sabi to be appointed foreign minister outside the royal family. has been demoted

al-jazeera selects. saudi arabia's foreign minister is demoted as the king the real sort of the international fallout of journalist shows he's murder. and we shall carry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. rocky politicians to announce the u.s. president's unannounced visit calling it a violation of national sovereignty. for violence in the democratic republic of congo was just days to go for a much delayed election last. hundreds of asylum seekers are dumped on christmas day in a parking lot in texas not knowing what's in store next. saudi arabia has a new foreign minister with former diplomat a pair stripped of his post in a major cabinet reshuffle ordered by king solomon shake up comes as the international backlash continues over the murder of saudi journalist by agents of the came to charleville us reports. a former advisor to the late king abdullah a former ambassador to the united states and now former foreign minister he was only the second sabi to be appointed foreign minister outside the royal fa

al-jazeera. pretty well with your top stories from al-jazeera saudi arabia has a new foreign minister with the former diplomat. stripped of his post in a major campaign reshuffle ordered by the king king salma the shake up comes as the international backlash continues over the murder of the saudi journalist jamal by agents of the kingdom. delonte beer a former advisor to the late king of dollar a former ambassador to the united states and now former foreign minister it was only the second saadi to be appointed foreign minister outside the royal family u.b.s. has been demoted to minister of state for foreign affairs it comes after nearly three months of questions and denials about the killing of journalist. in the saudi consulate in istanbul saudi arabia has faced international backlash including from the u.s. congress who said crown prince mohammed bin son man was responsible for murder during a regional summit earlier this month she beard denied the crown prince's involvement and see this with regards to issuing an arrest warrant we don't extradite our citizens i believe turkey's constitution prohib

al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera king solomon of saudi arabia as all the major government reshuffle including the demotion of the long time foreign minister. shakeup also includes creating a new political and security council. police in the democratic republic of congo have fired tear gas at protesters in opposition areas excluded from sunday's presidential election. voting in eastern areas is being postponed until march electoral commission is blaming rebel attacks on the boat of violence the latest delay. united nations ceasefire hosted the first face to face talks in yemen between who three rebels and pro-government forces both sides accuse each other of breaking the nine day old cease fire at the main port of the data from us and reports. patiently hoping for peace the people of the yemeni city of hard data a putting their faith in a fragile truce as nearby a meeting is held between forces loyal to president abdurrahman so hardy and who feel. the conflict is now in its fourth year more than sixty thousand people have been killed in the fighting. in

to take a look at the top stories here of al-jazeera this morning saudi arabia has denounced what it calls blatant interference by u.s. senators who are blaming the crown prince for ordering the murder of jamal khashoggi the saudi foreign ministry says the senate's decision could affect relations. the latest fighting name yemen's main course of data has killed at least twelve people and injured twenty five the weekend clashes between saudi backed government forces and hoofy rebels happened two days before u.n. break could ceasefire is due to begin. so dance president omar al bashir has become the first arab leader to visit syria since the beginning of the war nearly eight years ago he met the syrian president bashar al assad in damascus both leaders stand accused of war crimes linked to the conflicts in their countries. at least sixty percent of all refugees live in just ten countries all of them are in the global south the u.n. says. there is a need for greater international cooperation when it comes to sharing responsibility needed to support them because cripples from one such cam

al-jazeera. from rumi a. short films of hope and inspiration. a series of short personal stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds. al-jazeera selects. saudi arabia's foreign minister advantage of bed is demoted as king sound man announces a major government reshuffle. has this is a lie from dog also coming up police fired tear gas in the democratic republic of congo of off the opposition supporters protest a delay in their votes. iraqi leaders accuse donald trump of violating their country's sovereignty on his unannounced visit to meet u.s. troops. indonesia steps up the alert level for the and atoll volcano a tsunami triggered by its eruption on saturday killed four hundred thirty people. alone there's been a shakeup at the top of saudi arabia's government a cabinet reshuffle has been ordered by royal decree with the biggest casualty foreign minister. the man replacing him was one of many senior figures who'd been rounded up in a purge by the crown prince mohammed bin men more than a year ago dosage of body reports. baer a former advisor to the late king abdullah a former ambassador to the united states and now former foreign minister he was only

four hours will only have given greater weight to those warnings are a force that al-jazeera westerners. saudi arabia's government has been buying its own stocks to conceal the effects of the political fallout caused by the matter of jamal khashoggi the wall street journal reports that foreign investors dumped saudi stocks when news of death came to light it says the royal court has been ordering its public investment company to buy off stocks when markets are down to make sure local indices don't promise best nominee is professor of political science at the university of waterloo in canada she says this kind of trading is not sustainable and could land saudi arabia's economy in more trouble the roll street journal's been tracking this and showed that indeed multiple times when there's been sort of a crisis of confidence and potentially a real drop in the stock value of the the market you've seen the sovereign wealth fund basically intervene to buy back some of those stock to basically. change the the message of the allure that somehow there is a problem in the stock market so it's an intervention obvi

al-jazeera. ran out by saudi arabia condemns the us senate for accusing the crown prince of jamal khashoggi. hello again welcome to our jazeera life and. coming up sudan's president becomes the first arab leader to go to syria since the conflict began in twenty left. fears of deportation facing thousands of vietnamese who took refuge in the u.s. to escape the war four decades ago. and were in the refugee camp by the mullion border and find out next this temporary shelter has become the fourth largest town in mauritania. saudi arabia has denounced what it calls blatant interference by u.s. senators who are blaming the crown prince for ordering the murder of jamal khashoggi the republican controlled senate voted on thursday to hold mohammed bin sound man responsible for the killing of the saudi gen this is a second resolution calls for an end to u.s. military support for the saudi u.s. led war in yemen the saudi foreign ministry says the senate's decision could affect relations. and canada's prime minister is looking to cancel the weapons deal with saudi arabia just in today is calling the matt

light armored vehicles to saudi arabia we are engaged with the export permits to try and see if there is a way of no longer exporting these vehicles to saudi arabia. al jazeera as investigative unit has discovered links between a far right movement that calls for the expulsion of muslims from europe and senior figures and one of france's main political parties in the second part of a year long investigation we found that members of marine appends party privately support a policy called remind gratian david harrison has this report. cristela she is a member of the european parliament for national rally the party led by marine le pen and until recently called the national front the she was elected to its national council at the party's congress in leave earlier this year. our undercover reporter recorded her as a bargain by a far right movement known as generation identity that was essential to get it looked into and there's other aspects but there's not a slam on us about atmospherics need to know. that they did before she's the leverage now aren't we all now in the. room ready again oh yes generation identity is europe's fastest growing fall right movement t

relationship with saudi arabia we have an obligation there's a journalistic integrity and then so in this case it was betrayed totally up from its own al-jazeera. turkey's intelligence chief briefed u.s. senators on the jamal. as they discussed measures to punish saudi arabia. hello i'm mr and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up yemen's warring sides signed a prisoner swap deal as they start talks in sweden but back home the fighting and suffering continue. a u.s. sponsored motion condemning hamas fails to get enough support at the u.n. general assembly. and looking to clean up the one country is pinning its hopes on food labels to try to reach that goal. the tuc intelligence chief has briefed some u.s. senators on its investigation into the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi there's growing pressure on the white house to hold the saudi crown prince responsible for the killing a group of democratic and republican senators has met behind closed doors to discuss ways to punish riyadh she added tansey reports from washington d.c. . turkish sources say her comfy dumby turkish intelligence chief was in washington for preschedul

well al jazeera senior political analyst marwan bashara says saudi arabia is expected to make severalchanges to bring back business and investment as far as assaf is concerned i think that's a kind of an interesting signal coming from riyadh it's basically saying look we mean business literally we mean business we want to change we want to regain the confidence and. credibility in the international community especially among the international business community and since the south was a sort of a star if you will in davos the world economic summits in previous years and he certainly was the man in various in preparation for saudi arabia's role in the g. twenty i think they are regime of riyadh reckons that he is the man for the new challenge which is bring back the business and investments in a saudi arabia is going to make all sorts of changes in order not to make that one needed essential change which is mohamed missile none and since mr mann is the one who is making the changes since he is the de facto ruler apparently in saudi arabia not his father certainly he wasn't about to cha

al-jazeera. and for. the u.s. senate resolutions rebuking president donald trump support for saudi arabia. hello i missed and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. as a symbolic handshake to mark a major breakthrough at talks between the yemeni government and the rebels in sweden. the suspect in a christmas market shooting in france is shot dead by police in the city of books. the restoration of treasure body will place the u.k. . stealing. the british prime minister tons to the e.u. for help to sell how unpopular divorce tailback. the u.s. senate has delivered a stinging message for donald trump for backing saudi arabia in the wake of of the jamal khashoggi killing senators passed a resolution to end all military support the saudi and forces fighting in the war in yemen in a separate legislation they blamed the saudi crown prince for. al jazeera as rosalind jordan has more. the results are fifty six days and forty one nays the resolution is agreed to as amended a rebuke of u.s. president donald trump's policy to stand by saudi arabia no matter what the u.s. senate has passed a

won't confirm whether it's received in the new threats from saudi arabia james al-jazeera of the united nations and you can watch the full interview with michelle basle a straight after the. it's emerging as one of the largest cyber security breaches in history for the past four years hackers have been getting into the marriott hotel empire's guest reservation system and stealing the private data of as many as five hundred million guests the hacking affects brands in the starwood network including w. hotels and regis sheraton and weston starwood was acquired by marriott and twenty sixteen no chains which carry marriott's branding or threatened the data compromised includes possible numbers credit card details e-mails and mailing addresses mountain the biggie is a visiting professor at the u.s. naval academy and the author of cyber deterrence and cyber war he says it may not be thieves who are behind the hacking. it's been five years this christmas and the target was hacked. roughly about seventy million people had their credit card stolen and the c.e.o. lost his job and you would think

al-jazeera dot com. the mind of the top stories here on jazeera saudi arabia's king has announced a major government reshuffle as the kingdom struggles to contain the political fallout for in the matter. in a series of rule decrees king solomon announced changes to key national security posts including the demotion of high profile saudi foreign minister adel of to bear to minister of state of foreign affairs as his replacement abraham was one of hundreds of saudi royals detained in the ritz carlton last november as part of a crackdown spearheaded by crown prince mohammed bin sound but he was released two months later reportedly without penalty and jordan has more now on what the race shuffle could mean for u.s. saudi relations. it's likely not to the have much of an impression on. members of congress either in the senate or in the house there is widespread discussed still with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin psalm on whom both republicans and democrats have said that they believe was responsible for the murder. back on october second and in fact they are citing the cia's investigation and conclusions that

some statistics reveal only two percent top requests for a way to succeed mike hanna al-jazeera washington saudi arabia has issued an unusually strong rebuke to the u.s. senate's rejecting its resolution that blames the crown prince for jamal. the journalist was killed inside the kingdom's consulate in the sum bowl in october and a lengthy statement sound arabia said the resolution into fee is in its internal affairs and is based on unsubstantiated claims and allegations a second senate resolution calls for an end to the us military support for the saudi led war in yemen meanwhile canada is looking for a way out of a multi-billion dollar military equipment deal with saudi arabia because of the murder and yemen's war the contract was signed by prime minister just in total spread assessing the murder of a journalist is absolutely unacceptable that's why canada from the very beginning has been demanding answers and solutions on that secondly we inherited actually a fifteen billion dollar contract silly and by stephen harper to export light armored vehicles to saudi arabia we are engaged with the export pe

al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching the al-jazeera news hour with me remind of our top stories saudi arabia is denouncing what it calls a blatant interference by u.s. senators who blame the crown prince for the murder of jamal khashoggi the saudi foreign ministry says the senate's decision could affect relations security forces in nigeria are being accused of not doing enough to stop farmers and rival herders killing each other amnesty international documented more than three thousand six hundred killings since twenty sixty the most of them this year the military has rejected the report. showing their support for a deal with climate single rafter's reinstatement as prime minister he was formed back in early two months after he was sacked by the president which set off a constitutional crisis his replacement two time former president bill rajapaksa failed to win the approval of m.p.'s. so to europe now where u.k. prime minister treason is set to address parliament in the next few hours on the latest developments in her breath plan and last week she met european leaders in brussels seeking ch

al-jazeera. where every your. last. man. saudi arabia's foreign minister is demoted as the king the real center of the international fallout journalists mocked as his murder. richelle carey this is out of their life and also coming up more violence in. the democratic republic of congo has just days to go to a much to late alexion plus. hundreds of asylum seekers were dumped on christmas day in a parking lot in texas. and brazil's military claims success and its year long operation to fight crime in rio de janeiro but residents say nothing has changed. saudi arabia has a new foreign minister with former diplomatic stripped of his post in a major cabinet reshuffle order by king psalm one the shake up comes as the international backlash continues over the murder of journalist democracy by agents of the kingdom charleville us reports. a delonte beer a former advisor to the late king abdullah a former ambassador to the united states and now former foreign minister it was only the second saadi to be appointed foreign minister outside the royal f

al jazeera. prosecutor requests arrest warrants for two of saudi arabia's crown prince's closest aides for their role. oh i'm fully back to watching al jazeera live from my headquarters in doha also ahead. to get the parties to this conflict to occur to one place for consultation. you efforts to end the war in yemen long awaited talks are set to begin in sweden small protests are planned in france despite the delay of a controversial plan to raise the deal fuel diesel fuel tax and fan well to george h.w. bush america prepares to lay its forty first president to rest. thank you for joining us istanbul's chief prosecutors office has filed an application for arrest warrants for two of the saudi crown prince's former top aides over the killing of jamal khashoggi prosecutors say they strongly suspect former deputy intelligence chief siri and royal court advise a saudi out the tiny were involved in the planning of the journalists murder in october turkish officials say the move to issue an arrest warrants reflects a view that saudi authorities won't take formal action against the men turkey has also ca

resolutions saudi arabia has put pressure on members of the security council including the current arab member kuwait to try and shape the words of the resolution to their interest james byrd's al-jazeera the united nations anger against saudi arabia has been rising in the united states with the senate voting to condemn its longstanding ally for the war in yemen and its role in the murdering of journalist jamal khashoggi the washington post is running a full page ad in tribute to its regular contributor the post says it will continue to push for meaningful action over saudi arabia's role in his killing friday's ad as part of a larger campaign planned for twenty nineteen u.s. president donald trump has named an acting chief of staff in a tweet he announced a budget director mick mulvaney will step into the role next year he takes over from john kelly who is resigning after almost a year in the job. donald trump's former lawyer says the president told him to pay hush money to two women during the twenty sixteen presidential election knowing it was wrong michael cohen made the comments in his first interview since he was sentenced to prison this week on multiple charges some relation to p

resolutions saudi arabia has put pressure on members of the security council including the current arab member kuwait to try and shape the words of the resolution to their interest james byrd's al-jazeera the united nations. anger against saudi arabia has been rising in the united states with the senate voting on thursday to condemn its long standing ally of the war in yemen and its role in the killing of jamal khashoggi the washington post is running a full page ad keeping up the pressure over the murder of a saudi journalist who is a regular contributor to the paper the post says it will continue to push for meaningful action of a saudi arabia's role in his killing friday's ad is part of a larger campaign planned for two thousand and nineteen. well to the political turmoil in sri lanka now the disputed prime minister mentor rajapaksa has announced he's going to step down the country's been without a functioning government for nearly two weeks after a court suspended rajapakse and his cabinet following the loss of two confidence votes and the heywood reports. less than two months ago he was being sworn in as sri lanka's new prime minister but after weeks of political turmoil mahinda r

al-jazeera dot com. and on these a gathering the g.c.c. has met in saudi arabia but the blockade of the war in yemen at a journalist's moda overshadowed the summit can this powerful six nation block survive what does the future hold this is inside story. a welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan leaders and officials from six gulf nations have met in the saudi capital riyadh to discuss cooperation from the economy to security but its regional disunity that's hanging over the summit in his opening address saudi arabia's king solomon didn't mention the blockade of cost by his country and to other g.c.c. member states but it's that dispute the war in yemen and the diplomatic crisis surrounding the murder of the saudi journalist the the shuttering the event there was a plea however from leaders to work together. i would you know it through the gulf cooperation council states is working for the prosperity and solidarity and cohesion of these uses c. trade is true of this country as all the ambitions will be achieved and we need all to work hard in order to keep and

al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera i'm still robin in doha these are all top news stories saudi arabia is denouncing what it calls blatant interference by u.s. senators who have blamed the crown prince for the murder of jamal khashoggi the saudi foreign ministry says the senate's decision could affect relations. weevil canada is looking for a way out of a multi-billion dollar military equipment deal with saudi arabia because of the murder and the war in yemen the thirteen billion dollars deal was signed by the previous government and the murder of a journalist is absolutely unacceptable that's why canada from the very beginning has been demanding answers and solutions on that secondly we inherited actually a fifteen billion dollar contract signed by stephen harper to export late armored vehicles to saudi arabia we are engaged with the export permits to try and see if there is a way of no longer exporting these vehicles to saudi arabia security forces in nigeria are being accused of not doing enough to stop farmers and rival herders killing each other over land and resources amnesty international doc

saudi crown prince mohammed bin was the person in charge of saudi arabia's military when it began its strikes in yemen while bashara is al jazeera a senior political analyst explained the political type growth of the u.n. his walking when dealing with saudi arabia. in a u n security council resolution making it basically into defacto into law whereby the saudis and they are this going to have to abide by it so it's very important for the un security council to rush towards the trying the agreements in sweden illusion this way it would be respected by the all parties all the parties especially those who were planning an attack. on on her day notably the iraqis and the saudis but again even that would still be the first step towards the longer road towards recovery and towards her solution i think that's why i think that's why the secretary general and the special envoy would go out of their way to thank someone everyone knows including the both of them that is responsible for the treasury deal vehemently the which is part of the sort of man because unlike him they're not going to hold yemen hostage to a political calculus now the

al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera and peter dhabi these are your headlines saudi arabia's king solomon has demotedhis foreign minister as part of a major government we shuffle adel al just be a will serve as a minister of state that follows the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi which was a diplomatic backlash against the kingdom. about two hundred people seeking asylum in the u.s. spend some christmas in a parking lot in texas up to being sent there by immigration officials in el paso city four hundred others were also sent to places including bus shelters just ahead of christmas day families were left to fend for themselves because there was no room. in detention centers. police in the democratic republic of congo have fired tear gas on opposition protesters just days before presidential and parliamentary elections as anger after voting in some pro opposition areas was postponed the elections are due to be held on sunday. and staying with the story the outgoing president of the d r c has rejected opposition claims of the country's electoral body favors the ruling party as malcolm web

saudi arabia. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from also coming up. a symbolic handshake to mark a major breakthrough at the talks between the the rebels and sweet. suspects in a christmas market shooting in france was shot dead by police in the city. the restoration triggered body. i'm seeing greenfield stealing the line the british prime minister turns to for help to sell her unpopular divorce back home. the u.s. senate has delivered a stinging message to donald trump for backing saudi arabia in the wake of these killings passed a resolution to end all military support for saudi and iraqi forces fighting in the war and yemen and a separate legislation they blame the saudi crown prince for murder. in jordan has more. the results are fifty six days and forty one nays the resolution is agreed to as amended a rebuke of u.s. president donald trump's policy to stand by saudi arabia no matter what the u.s. senate has passed a resolution symbolically ending all u.s. military support for saudi and emirates the forces fighting in the yemeni civil war the war

al-jazeera. still wrong and this is the al-jazeera news hour life why of course here in there also coming up in the next sixty minutes. saudi arabia condemns the u.s. senate for kucing the crown prince of jamal khashoggi she's murdered. also act now rights group accuses nigerian security services of failing to prevent violence between herders and farmers. and thousands rally in sri lanka as a show of support for the reinstated prime minister. today in custody of the u.s. border patrol it's better than a life back at home the grim story of a central american asylum seeker. and i'm peter stammered with all your support liverpool drop by in munich at some of europe's biggest clubs around able to avoid being drawn against the children champions league last sixteen i'll have a full door for you later this news hour. welcome to the news hour saudi arabia has issued an unusually strong rebuke of the united states senate rejecting its resolution that blames the crown prince for murder the journalist was. killed by what's been described as a saudi hit squad inside the kingdom's stumble consular office in october in a lengthy statement riya

saudi arabia. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. a symbolic handshake to mark a major breakthrough at the talks of cheney and many government and with the rebels in sweden. a suspect in a christmas market shooting in france is shot dead by police in the city of strasbourg. the best arrangement for everybody to replace the u.k. and see us to agree a deal and get this deal into the line the british prime minister turns to the you for help to sell her unpopular divorce deal back home. the u.s. senate has delivered a stinging message to donald trump for backing saudi arabia in the wake of killing senators passed a resolution to end all military support for saudi and iraqi forces fighting in the war in yemen and separate legislation they blame the saudi crown prince for murder al jazeera jordan has more. the results are fifty six days and forty one news the resolution is agreed to amend a rebuke of u.s. president donald trump's policy to stand by saudi arabia no matter what the u.s. senate has passed a resolution symbolically ending all

the new details are also likely to add to growing calls that saudi arabia names and indicts those behind. killing paul chatterjee on al-jazeera. crane's high court has upheld the jail sentence of a prominent civil rights activist who spoke out against saudi arabia and on the same day a court in the u.a.e. held a sentence against an activist that. ahmed months who are in the united arab emirates and to be a raja in bahrain will now be spending years in prison for criticizing their government's policies on social media was a prominent opposition figure during behind's protest movement during the arab spring he's been in and out of prison for this activism and his tweets on monday the supreme court upheld a five year jail term for a tweet deemed offensive to the state wars bring hatred destruction and horrors he tweeted as the saudi led coalition began bombing yemen in twenty fifteen the bahraini court agreed he disseminated what he calls false news in a time of war and defended the foreign country rights groups say the timing of the verdict is important. and. i mean the reason why they chose to have it during the holidays in th

won't confirm whether it's received in the new threats from saudi arabia james bays al-jazeera of theunited nations and you can watch the full interview with michelle basle a on talk to al-jazeera on saturday at four thirty g.m.t. . it's emerging as one of the largest cyber security breaches in history for the past four years how has it been getting into the marriott hotel empire's gets preservation system and stealing the private data of as many as five hundred million guests the hacking affects brands in the star would network including w. hotels and regis sheridan and weston starwood was acquired by marriott and twenty sixteen no chains which carry marriott branding off threatens the days of compromised includes pos board numbers credit card details e-mails and mailing addresses martin the biggie is a visiting professor at the u.s. naval academy and the author of cyber deterrence and cyber war he says corporations are not taking data security seriously enough. it's been five years this christmas and the target was hacked. roughly about seventy million people had their credit card s

the new details are also likely to add to growing calls that saudi arabia names and indicts those behind. killing paul chatterjee on al-jazeera bahrain's high court has upheld the jail sentence of a prominent rights activists have all count against saudi arabia and on the same day a court in the usa held a sentence against an activist there and a schapelle reports. ahmed month sewer and the united arab emirates and the bill raja in bahrain will now be spending years in prison for criticizing their government's policies on social media was a prominent opposition figure during behind's protest movement during the arab spring he's been in and out of prison for this activism and his tweets on monday the supreme court upheld a five year jail term for a tweet deemed offensive to the state wars bring hatred destruction and horrors he tweeted as the saudi led coalition began bombing yemen in twenty fifteen the bahraini court agreed he disseminated what he calls false news in a time of war and offended the foreign country rights groups say the timing of the verdict is important. then. there i mean the reason why they chose to have it

still ahead here on al-jazeera a major government shakeup in saudi arabia as the kingdom faces pressure of jamal khashoggi she's murder and the war in yemen also fuel for thought germany pushes for greener cars those stories on the other side of the break do stay with us. we've got some rather nasty weather in sewer to pad over the next couple of days already saying quote a chilly wind feeding in from the north the tightly packed i suppose in to indicate the strength of that window there will be some pockets of snow as we go on through the next couple of days and that western side of honshu saying that see affects the moesha feeding in from the sea of japan turning quite readily to snow as it moves in across a good part of honshu dries its way through as you go on through sunday and as you can say single figures the top temperature just about everywhere negative single figures there for the korean peninsula minus three the top temperature in cell and we'll see a similar temperature there kristie sunshine for beijing southern parts of china on the other hand very largely dry had little w

weeks to come as countries reexamine their relationship with saudi arabia and the man who is effectively in charge. alan fischer al-jazeera at the g twenty and its french president emmanuel macron flies home from the g twenty to contend with the aftermath of violent protests in paris the capital city turned into a battleground on saturday as a protest against immigrants fuel tax escalated with buildings torched and vandalized about one hundred people were injured and two hundred others were arrested david schaper reports from paris. the yellow vests rebellion once more brought the streets of central paris to a standstill balticon a tear gas and stun grenades were used by the riot police to try and disperse the protesters in a series of running confrontations. this time it was the arc de triomphe that was the focus for some of the fiercest clashes the iconic symbol of france occupied and defying the country's civil wars. the. we had the arab spring and now we are getting their european winter. as the day drew on the violence in the surrounding avenues so police vehicles and cars being taught soon even buildings set alight

al-jazeera. is it's absolutely essential to have a credible investigation. the u.n. chief retrace his call for saudi arabia to arrest and punish everyone responsible for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. also robin you're watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up seven weeks after he was sacked triggering a political crisis right now with kind of a single reform back in a straight line because prime minister. but i was there investigation finds things between members of france's main political parties and the far right movement that calls for the expulsion of muslims from europe. well. some of them all because. russia's president changes his tune on rap music suggesting artists should be controlled rather than silenced. welcome to the program turkey has accused many european countries of turning a blind eye to the murder of jamal khashoggi the saudi journalist was killed inside the kingdom's istanbul consulate on october the second. has the latest from istanbul. it's been almost three months since she was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul turkey continues to a

al-jazeera. also in jordan has more u.s. reaction to the saudi cabinet reshuffle. the cabinet shakeup in saudi arabia may not do go far enough towards rehabilitating the country's image at least with members of the u.s. congress just before they broke for the holiday session the members in the senate took two key votes they voted to pull the u.s. as support for the saudi military as it continues its military operations in the yemeni civil war and all of the members of the u.s. senate uniformly endorsed a resolution accusing mohammed bin solemn on the saudi crown prince of orchestrating the murder on october second of jamal khashoggi the exiled journalist who had gone to the consulate in istanbul to get papers in order to get married this is a situation where both republicans and democrats believe that the saudi crown prince who is widely expected to succeed his father king solomon is not running the country in a way that comports with u.s. values respecting human rights allowing political expression endorsing and upholding political liberalization and supporting women's rights they believe that becau

relationship with saudi arabia we have an obligation there's that journalistic integrity and then in this case it was betrayed totally up from its own al-jazeera . in countries lay mind people have been killed to be really united states have privatized the ultimate public function war this was a deal with saudi arabia things were done differently saudis other arabs when they came to britain for be all to help the afghans do you love your rumsfeld was meeting saddam isn't there interesting. shadow coming soon. the two new zealand scientist who led a double life so secret he even kept it from his family. but his activities would have a military impact for which he would pay the ultimate price. for. outages zero world investigates the life and death of mahmoud so ari the two new zealand drone engineer. we will not continue to have our military posture dictated by a despotic murderous regime in saudi arabia the u.s. senate stinging rebuke of the trumpet ministration for its role in the war in yemen and its response to the murder of jim. has a secret this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up police in france killed a suspect behind tuesday's

al-jazeera world investigates the life and death. the tunisian drone engineer. accusations of interference saudi arabia rejects the u.s. enate resolution blaming the crown prince for the. hello i missed audiotape and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up to don's i'm al bashir becomes the fast arab leader to visit damascus since the syrian war began nearly eighty years ago. thousands out on the streets in hungary protesting against prime minister viktor all ban and calling a neighbor a form a slave. and hitches its economic fortunes to a giant dam that's been more than forty years in the making. saudi arabia has denounced a resolution by the u.s. senate accusing its crown prince of ordering the murder of jon lester. and a statement released by the saudi press agency the kingdom's foreign ministry calls it the nation's interference and its internal affairs and describes the killing as a crime that doesn't reflect saudi policy and turkey's accused european countries of telling a blind eye to the murder of the saudi journalist was killed inside the kingdom's istanbul consulate on october second u.n. secretary ge

had any now on al-jazeera investigation has revealed evidence involving saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain in support of a failed attempt to invade qatar back in one thousand nine hundred six the revelations come eighteen months after the same four nations imposed a land sea and air blockade on doha mom of the bow. paul bottle is a form of french naval off saw tom soldier of fortune the mustn't of that midst have led all taken part in at least one hundred illegal military operations across the globe. his well known for both successful and failed coup attempts in africa and the middle east. we don't know her but i'm a dangerous man because i speak truth to power. and they do not take risks and i have no problem going deep into any operation. operations he participated in include ending of the one thousand seven to nine siege in maka islam's holiest site on the famed coup attempt in qatar in one thousand nine to six. algis it has investigation unit traced but all phone interview in the south of france where he revealed details of that failed coup in qatar two to two years a

continues to tread carefully to maintain ties with saudi arabia but pursuing an international investigation would hurt that relationship senator al jazeera is stumble germany's former foreign minister has told our jazeera that more countries should follow berlin's example by ending their arms trade with saudi arabia sigma gabriel who still a member of the german parliament was attending this year's doha forum we stopped for example or delivering of defense of defense materials and capabilities after the crash case when you look at the investigation that hasn't even accounted for where a journalist body is after he's gone in the consulate. many people say that's simply not an acceptable vesting of course it's not acceptable and i mean it's also a tragedy we should not forget there are relatives because she had a family and i mean the killing of mystical shogi is a catastrophe but it's for the family and the relatives is. a very bad situation that they are not even able to bury the body and to have a place where they can can go to so it's for me it's also it's not only a political question it's also a question of humanity do you think the