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

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

its leanings of the top and also much less ethnically diverse in the upper ranks prime minister ali ahmed his references into the change to this and in order to consolidate that civilian and nonpartizan control of the military he's for example restructuring bringing the interior ministry and the intelligence agencies under the minister for peace iran says it has killed a man believed to a plant an attack on a military parade last month that is according to the country's revolutionary guard twenty four people died and sixty people were injured when four gunmen opened fire on a parade in the city of oz on september twenty second iran says the man behind the attack was killed along with four others during an operation in iraq style a province in cameroon hundreds of people have died and thousands forced to flee their homes in a crisis between two cultural groups english speaking separatists in the central african nation have been fighting the french speaking government for two years now recent presidential elections have also increased tensions in the western part of the country even more go

its leanings of the top and also much less ethnically diverse in the upper ranks prime minister ali ahmed his reference in to the change to this and in order to consolidate that civilian and nonpartizan control of the military he's for example restructuring bringing the interior ministry and the intelligence agencies under the minister for peace taliban attacks in afghanistan are threatening to disrupt saturday's parliamentary election fighters have ramped up attacks on military personnel and they're warning that polling stations will be targeted. reports from kabul. tight security in kabul joint army and police units patrol all into.

turan we have mohammad marandi he's a professor at the university of tran and in washington we have ali ahmed he is the founder and director of the institute of gulf affairs aren't cross-talk rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime he want and i always appreciate mohamed let me go to you first into round with a hypothetical let's say there's a hypothetical dissident against the iranian government living abroad and goes to a rainy and consulate and never comes out what kind of news story with that would be what would their reaction be because living in russia i can tell you russia gets accused of things and sanctions are done before we could even finish a program here so what would your reaction to my hypothetical situation be go ahead moment. well it's obvious the we would be probably discussing the un security council meeting that would be taking place to condemn iran or perhaps almost any other country in the world but when it comes to saudi arabia the double standards are extraordinary in fact what i would what i think is even with the biggest question in fact is that.

is ali ahmed the director of the gulf affairs institute and a former political prisoner in saudi arabia in london joining us on skype chris phillips the former head of the national counterterrorism security office in the u.k. and somebody who has there he is a lecturer at the city of bristol college in the u.k. welcome to all of you let me start with you the new york times claims that actually high shows was killed inside the consulate and that those orders came from the highest levels of the royal court how credible is that for you. i'm not sure yet about if he was killed or kidnapped. but it's true it's very clear to us after the release of the fifteen member the names of these. of this team that two of them at least. personal bodyguards over mohamed bizzle among the crown prince so this is looks to me from looking at the names that this was not even an intelligence operation because this is a hodgepodge of sabbahi guards here and some doctor from the ministry of the interior and some other people who even one of them works in the in the in the in the special forces in the army so thi

is ali ahmed the director of the gulf affairs institute and a former political prisoner in saudi arabia in london joining us on skype chris phillips the former head of the national counterterrorism security office in the u.k. and somebody who is there he is a lecturer at the city of bristol college in the u.k. welcome to all of you and elaborate let me start with you that the new york time claims that actually high shows he was killed inside the consulate and that those orders came from the highest levels of the royal court how credible is that for you . i'm not sure yet about if he was killed or kidnapped. yet but it's true it's very clear to us after the release of the fifteen member the names of these. of this team that two of them at least a person the bodyguards over mohamed bizzle among the crown prince so this is looks to me from looking at the names that this was not even an intelligence operation because this is a hodgepodge of sabbahi guards here and some doctor from the minister of the interior and some other people who even one of them works in the in the in the in the speci

areej, ahmed and ali made friends in southampton.ther with her eight—year—old son. no parent wants to be separated from her child, and areej has heard a lot of people say no to her in the last few weeks, not in a mean way but no, there's no future treatment, no you can't go back to iraq. the family have nothing but praise for the treatment and cad they've had from southampton general hospital. if areej isn't able to go back to iraq, she faces going into a hospice this weekend. the family hope that they are successful so this family can be together in her dying days. i want to see my son before i die. growing demand for cheap food is being linked to a huge loss of wildlife and deforestation across the planet according to the world wide fund for nature. one such place is the vast cerrado savannah in brazil. deforestation there is being partly blamed on soybean production intended for global consumption. britain imports over 75% of soybeans it uses from around the world. it's mainly fed to animals providing our chicken, pork, milk, chee

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

earlier i spoke to ali al—ahmed of the gulf institute, and i asked him what he thinks about reports theggi was killed in error. yeah, i think that is the only scenario that could save face for everybody. obviously the killing happened. now there is no denying it. and the saudi security have done that. but it's the only way they can reach a settlement between the turkish government, the saudi government and the americans. the saudis will have to pay a lot of money to the turks. that is the best scenario for the saudis, they can't do better than that. and of course the americans will also get a cut from that deal. because it is quite odd, isn't it, to see turkey so concerned, officially, about one journalist, given what the turkish government is doing to so many turkish journalists in turkey. what do you think turkey wants? they want, obviously, economic investment. and maybe a better relationship with saudi arabia and the uae. they may also want to request the saudis bury the hatchet. i am hearing in the last few hours the saudi foreign minister has flown to doha in qatar, so that could

ali al ahmed of the gulf institute joins us now from washington. for speaking to us on bbc news. from what you know about saudi arabia and how the ruling family operates, you think these accusations being levelled are remotely plausible? absolutely, they are plausible. every week basically you have similar condition when the saudi government choose to execute people in the streets instead of inside prisons because, and this limit them. sometimes leaving them today. so this kind of behaviour is common to send a message. it is to use this type of killing to control the population and spread terrifying fear, andi the population and spread terrifying fear, and i think this crime and basically the isis style murder was lent to send a message to other followers of the royal who dare to ci’oss followers of the royal who dare to cross them. you think they would wa nt to cross them. you think they would want to send a message despite the international embarrassment that is now bringing? i think sometimes people take risks, and here, they a p pa re ntly peop

we're joined from washington by ali al ahmed of the gulf institute.your time. first of all, what do you think about these reports, mostly in the us media, that the saudis might now admit that jamal khashoggi the us media, that the saudis might now admit thatjamal khashoggi was killed in error? yeah, i think that is the only scenario that could save face for everybody. obviously the killing happened. now there is no denying it. and be saudi security have done that. —— the. at is the only way they can reach a settlement between the turkish government, the saudi government and the americans. the saudis will have to pay a lot of money to the turks. that is the best scenario for the saudis, they can't do better than that. and of course the americans will also get a cut from that deal. because it is quite odd, isn't it, juicy turkey so concerned, officially, about one journalist, given what the turkish government is doing to so many turkish journalists in turkey. government is doing to so many turkishjournalists in turkey. —— too see turkey so concerned. wh