>> of course, saudi arabia has allies, western allies are the strongest saudi allies, and saudi arabianot a country by itself, it is a country that has interconnections with other countries. of course, they can influence other countries and other countries can influence them, and everyone knows that, and i think it is the responsibility of leaders to exert pressure on saudi arabia, and i feel bad to say that, because i would like my own leaders to take the steps to release my sister and the other activists whout getting under this pressure. unfortunately, they did not do it. i am very hopeful they will do the right thing very soon. nevertheless, i also hope that leaders of the world, eecially close leaders to saudi arabia, do, do something good for, for saudi people as well. anchor: right, obviously talking about a close ally, probably the closest ally is the usa. president trump has been very kind, let's put it this way, with the saudi regime, especially in the wake of the murder of the saudi journalists jamal khashoggi in turkey. he has been accused of protecting the king and the cro

blockade breakthrough on the horizon saudi arabia and cash will say progress has been made in resolving the gulf crisis. hello there i'm just on the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.n. says food is running out for tens of thousands of eritrean refugees inside ethiopia's tikrit region the coronavirus pandemic continues to bring bad news to the u.s. economy which remains the wilds of west affected country. and bangladesh transfers hundreds of refugees to an isolated island despite concerns from the un and other rights groups. now saudi arabia's foreign minister says all of the nations involved in the gulf crisis are close to finalizing an agreement after a significant progress was made over the past few days katsa has been under an illegal land sea and air blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt since june 2017 present senior adviser jared kushner recently visited both riyadh and our hala the foreign ministers of council and kuwait also said there's been some progress. we hope that these. this progress can lead to a final agreement which look

united states in return gets billions of dollars still timidly from saudi arabia saudi arabia doesn't really know how to use all that equipment anyway but they have lots and lots of they have warehouses storage of most of these munitions and what have you that said. the trumpet minute this is not going effort by the champ administration it's the biden administration may actually put the kibosh on it. biden himself as issues with saudi arabia and in addition the congress does as well and the congress has 30 days in which to disapprove and this is the period in which that would happen so and it would come and the 30 day period would be up during the new biden administration should he be sworn in and that will be and he could biden could put a hold on it at that point. was that over the past 4 years trump has fostered a close partnership with saudi arabia can you see this being rolled back completely by the biden administration. i don't think it will be complete because the united states you know strategically saudi arabia is important but. historically biden and the obama admin administ

the gulf nation has been under a land sea and air blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt since june 27th seen present time senior adviser jared cushion or was in doha on whedon's stay in this report states of also visited saudi arabia bloomberg and then yon time suggest the tense of deal it's been brokered by kuwait that does not include the u.a.e. and egypt's al-jazeera senior political analyst marwan bashar explains what reconciliation with saudi arabia with mean for qatar i think for qatar the important player is saudi arabia and the important neighbor and the and that country that which they care to have an immediate. solution with or you know open relations with would probably be saudi arabia the other ones are not that important i'm not sure qatar cares very much whether or when bahrain decides to call them board egypt is kind of a bit foreign it has or has the dishes or it had and the u.a.e. is playing its own game you know perfecting good relations with israel that credit that relations with its own neighbor qatar so i think that they're important or. th

setback for yemen a bomb explosion kills at least 26 as a new unity government returns from saudi arabia who could be behind the attack and our hopes of ending the civil war slipping further away this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. yemen's new unity government has come under attack just a week after it was sworn in at least 26 people died when a bomb exploded as minister stepped off a plane at either an airport the government members were unhurt but 3 red cross workers were among the dead the saudi erotic coalition responded with airstrikes against her with the rebels who deny being behind the attack it's the latest setback to peace after nearly 6 years of civil war in yemen as barbara reports. waving at supporters as they climbed off their flight attendant airport members of yemen's new unity government returned days after being sworn into office at a ceremony in saudi arabia. but the hopes of rebuilding the country after more than 6 years of civil war turned into chaos a devastating attack on agency international airport and the work of more than a year of saudi bre

gulf nation has been under a land sea and air blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt since june 27th team president trumps senior adviser jared cushion or well sent doha on whedon's day and his reports it's of also visited saudi arabia bloomberg and then york times suggest the tentative deal has been brokered by kuwait's but does not include bahrain the u.a.e. ye and egypt's ordeal between qatar and saudi arabia would signal the end of a dispute that has pitted the gulf neighbors against each other for more than 3 years in june 27th seen saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt cut all diplomatic and economic ties with cuts are accused of creating instability and supporting terrorism which carter's government denies saudi arabia closed its only land border and imposed an air and sea embargo coates initially stepped in to mediate but there's been little or no progress the latest stafford by the trumpet ministration is seen as a last ditch attempt to resolve the issue before donald trump the eaves office well joining me here from doha is a moron. al jazeera senior po

hopes of a cattle blockade breakthrough saudi arabia says significant progress has been made in resolving the gulf crisis. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera coming up on the program bangladesh ships hundreds of rango refugees to a remote island despite complaints that they're being forced to go. americans are urged to wear masks and threaten with more stay at home orders as the u.s. suffers the worst day yet for deaths and infections. also coming up box office battle odeon zone enters urgent talks with water brothers over its decision to make all of its films available to stream instantly next year . and our welcome to the program saudi arabia's foreign minister says he is hopeful a deal could soon be reached to end the bass a dispute with qatar it's been 3 years since saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt imposed a land sea an arab blockade on cata for ministers of catherine quaid also say there's been progress towards resolving the crisis. now reports. crucial days ahead for gulf nations talks aimed at and in the 3 and a half year blockade of qatar seem t

have to saudi arabia announced progress had been made saudi arabia the u.a.e. pa brain and egypt imposed a land air and sea blockade on qatar and 2017 well the u.a.e. ambassador to the us told the hudson institute that there are signs of reconciliation is taking place. there is definitely progress or at least there's seeds of progress there's a lot of commitments a lot of artes members. governments decisions to kind of tone things down to stand down if that holds i think it's promising and there's a chance that you can at least begin a process of the conflict whether that holds whether it doesn't hold whether everyone's on board i think it's still too early to tell but i think there's definitely progress towards some kind of. well trita parsi is the executive vice president of the quincy institute he joins us live from reston virginia via skype thank you for your time what do you make of this news and i hear that what do you make of this news that the u.a.e. and egypt a welcoming mediation efforts to end the blockade i mean hasn't the u.a.e. been one of the sta

hopes of a castle block a breakthrough saudi arabia says significant progress has been made in resolving the gulf crisis. well i'm maryanne demasi and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program bangladesh ships hundreds of rango refugees to a remote island despite complaints that being forced to go americans are urged to wear masks and threaten with more stay at home orders as the u.s. suffers its worst day yet for deaths and infections. and wine advert designed to highlight racial discrimination has sparked a backlash in japan. hello welcome to the program saudi arabia's foreign minister has said he's hopeful a deal could soon be reached and the basic dispute with cattle it's been 3 years since saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt imposed a land sea and air blockade on cattle well in the past hour kuwait samir says he's happy with the progress that's been made. as our reports. crucial days ahead for gulf nations talks aimed at and in the 3 and a half year blockade of qatar seem to have achieved significant progress kuwait's foreign minister whose country has be

saudi arabia and qatar have not been on the same political page for decades . independent brand of foreign policy took form in the early ninety's. and its launch of al-jazeera arabic in 1996 changed the relationship qatar had with its neighbors in the gulf al-jazeera journalists offered the kind of reporting critical of authority that the saudis and other arab governments did not tolerate on their own state funded they still do in 2017 when muhammad bin salma m.b.'s was made saudi crown prince the gloves came off the blockade was in place. as the saudis bahrain and each issued a list of 13 demands the guitar is happy to meet if relations grew to be normal. has. turned to turkey and iran for trade and has drawn closer to the islamic republic directing its planes through iranian airspace. the saudis with. the political transition now unfolding in washington and the management of m.p.'s his reputation also appear to have factored into this current shift in riyadh. mohammed and so my name was synonymous to so many negatives in the region he was there. when several

coming up a blockade breakthrough on the horizon foreign ministers of council and kuwait and saudi arabia say progress has been made in resolving the gulf crisis. the coronavirus pandemic continues to bring bad news to the u.s. economy which remains the wilds of western fictive country. in bangladesh transfers hundreds of or hindu refugees 20 isolated island despite concerns from the un and rights groups. now the united nations says it's concerned about the situation facing refugees inside ethiopia is tikrit region about 100000 refugees from neighboring eritrea house there but they have reportedly been fleeing in search of safety ethiopia's army has been fighting regional forces there for about a month. ethiopia has hosted eritrean refugees now for almost 2 decades most of them are in the team grey region which borders eritrea many of them fled political persecution and mandatory military service the un's access to routes needed to for refugee camps housing refugees in tigray have all been blocked since the recent fighting began it's been calling on the federal government to open up acces

a new administration that will likely be harsher on saudi arabia. the saudi crown prince to find solutions to some of the foreign policy issues to make his. international wrongs so this will also help his ambitions to become the next king of saudi arabia. the list of the 13 demands the coalition made conditions to end the blockade started with qatar curbing its diplomatic ties with iran and bringing an end to military cooperation with both iran and turkey countries of the saudis and emma rocky's consider their absence in addition the coalition demanded guitar sever all talks with what the quartet calls terrorist organizations including the muslim brotherhood ties qatar has denied also on the list was al jazeera and the requirement that guitar shut the network and its journalism down those who follow politics know that. was the main focus of all these countries the move. from targeting al-jazeera directly into targeting al jazeera and washington d.c. trying to convince congress to shut down and just get out to constrain their movement in washington a

nations but on the land sea and air blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt since june 27th teen president trump senior adviser jared kirshner was in to stay and is reported to also visited saudi arabia bloomberg of the new york times suggest the tentative deal is being brokered by kuwait but doesn't include bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt but a deal between qatar and saudi arabia would signal the end of a dispute that spitted the gulf neighbors against each other for more than 3 years in june 27th seen saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt because whole diplomatic ties and economic ones also with casa they accused of creating instability of supporting terrorism which causes government denies they closed its only land border and imposed an embargo q.h. initially stepped in to mediate that there had been little or no compromise the latest effort by the trumpet ministration is seen as a last ditch to ditch attempt to resolve the issue before he leaves office in syria syria political analyst mo and bashar explains what reconciliation with saudi arabia

saudi arabia suspended flights for a week.ul year for property developers and next year won't be any better. the market faces a significant supply glut. here our exclusive interview. let's check on how the markets are holding up in asia. we are seeing stocks start the week on the back foot. the broader index declined by one third of a percent. in korea, the kospi is trading lower. we had trade data out and we saw exports continue to rise but still, we saw the pace of gains slow. asxralia is in the red, the 200 down .2 percent. investors watching the covid outbreak in sydney, 15 cases confirmed, taking the total outbreak to 83. out to lunch,ets but we had a diskette -- decision on the lpr, kept unchanged in december. the nikkei, leading losses among major markets. the government did pass a record budget earlier and that will take spending up to $1 trillion next fiscal year. japan, sticking with foreign investors eyeing a return to stocks in tokyo? beenelle: it has basically a selloff so foreign investors, since look at this cha

secretary of state to might pump air travel to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to discuss the security situation the u.s. soon imposed another round of sanctions on iran that took no military action to show what issue yeah it was quite a shock for the saudis because they realized how vulnerable they were. everyone was surprised because the attack was very well planned and tactically sophisticated like for senior military officials sat up and took notice. of id israelis for example analyzed the drone strike in detail and came up with a plan to deal with this kind of threat chris was all them and us our neighbors in saudi arabia meet to realize that they cannot be the head. of this region. we. can contribute. to peace and stability just reaching out his well we called for a regional forum in the persian gulf we called for non-aggression pact in the persian. distributions not trying to security from the united states or from europe. security purchase security has to be produced from. if iran is to conduct such a major attack not only against saudi arabia but against the global oi

weapons to saudi arabia could be short lived. this is part of trump's effort to keep arabia. well armed and to try and use its influence to offset iran the biden administration may actually put the kibosh on it biden himself as issues with saudi arabia and in addition ensues maybe congress does as well and the congress has 30 days in which to disapprove and this is the period in which that would happen so and it worked and the 30 day period would be up during the new biden administration should he be sworn in and that will be and he could biden could put a hold on it at that point. and moving on a german lawmaker has suggested that covert restrictions could provide a template for fighting climate change karl lauterbach set out his views in an opinion piece for a newspaper there will never be a vaccine against c o 2 so we need measures for tackling climate change there are similar to the restrictions of personal freedom in the pandemic of the social democratic party member who's also an epidemiologist admitted his ideas unlikely to ever happen but his views as you might imagin

at odds, it is saudi arabia and the uae.ger than oil? this disruption we are seeing between these two, which for years have been very close partners? amrita: i think this is the biggest concern for the market. forget what happens right now. we have clients asking us all the time, is this uae wanting out? i am sure you have seen reports in various media outlets that about, theyen talk have done studies about, should we be leaving opec? we don't know if those studies were commissioned by the uae. it is raising so many questions about the green agenda. is it that the uae wants to get out and push production higher? the problem is, as soon as you have a dispute, of course it gives rise to rumors, whether true or not. one thing we will say, particularly uae, they are going to launch the mobile futures contract. they need liquidity ahead of it. think that's a big driver behind them saying, look, we do need to increase production. asian demand is doing very well. they can see that. there is a slightly different agenda there. manus:

a port in saudi arabia reopened hours after an oil tanker was hit by a boat laden with explosives.he kingdom described the incident as a terrorist attack. >> the blast rocked the singapore flagged oil tanker just after midnight, causing if iran sending smoke blowing into the sky. it was in a port. it's owner says all 22 sailors on board escaped unhurt. the saudi owned media reported two small boats were seen before the explosion. it is the latest in a string of attacks on saudi arabia's energy sector, mainly claimed by rebels from across the border in yemen. three weeks ago, they fired a missile which struck a petroleum plant, damaging a fuel storage tank. the rebels have been escalating or cross-border strikes to piled the pressure on the kingdom. >> this seems to be another one of these attacks against a target which is vital for saudi arabia as the greatest exporter of oil in the world. the waters of the red sea are important for oil and the delivery of millions of barrels of oil every day. if you make this unsafe, that will have an impact on saudi arabia's security and that is

at least 26 people at aden airport, where members of the yemen government just arrived from saudi arabiad a centuries-old town flattened in seconds. croatia's earthquake victims. hello. president donald trump is blaming u.s. states for the slow rollout of coronavirus vaccines. criticism is mounting over his administration's lagging response to the pandemic. so far, 2 million shots have been administered, a far cry from the 20 million promised by the end of the year. it comes as a new and more infectious variant of the virus is identified in two u.s. states. andy gallagher reports from miami. andy: patiently waiting for the vaccine, many of florida's over 65 and health-care workers camped out overnight to potentially receive a lifesaving shot in the arm as the state positivity rate hits record highs. delays and misinformation left vaccine sites overwhelmed. >> i want to hope people are doing their best, but i don't know if there best is good enough right now. andy: in the same state, the president continues to golf near his estate, telling governors to get moving. his administration promi

this is part of trump's effort to keep arabia. well armed and to try and to use its influence of iran the biden administration may actually put the kibosh on biden himself as issues with saudi arabia and in addition the congress does as well and the congress has 30 days in which to disapprove and this is the period in which that would happen so and it would come and the 30 day period would be up during the new biden administration should he be sworn in and that will be and he could biden could put a hold on it at that point. in syria terrorists have attacked a passenger bus and dare resort province killing at least 25 people according to state media it happened near the iraqi border on a highway leading to palmira formerly an islamist a stronghold the jati group no longer occupies any significant territory in syria but they've reportedly been attempting to regroup in the desert. 2. riot police clashed with students university in beirut protesters tried to storm the main. group despite the. economic crisis to ation fees are being d

this is part of trump's effort to keep saudi arabia. well armed and to try and use its influence of iran the biden administration may actually put the kybosh on biden himself as issues with saudi arabia and in addition the congress does as well and the congress has 30 days in which to disapprove and this is the period in which that would happen so and it would and the 30 day period would be during the new biden administration should he be sworn in and that will be and he could biden could put a hold on it at that point. ok just some news to bring you from syria terrorists attacked a passenger bus in terrorists or province killing at least 28 people according to state media now it happened near the iraqi border on a highway leading to palmira you may remember that was formerly in a slum it state stronghold the jihadi group no longer occupies any significant territory in syria but they have purportedly being regrouping in the syrian desert to lebanon where riot police have plush with students at the top university in beirut protesters tri

and prosecutors described his family, in saudi arabia, as middle class.have any trouble coming up with that? >> overstreet: well i don't believe that mr. noorah had any access to that kind of money. >> pelley: who bailed him out? >> overstreet: saudi consulate provided the $100,000 to mr. noorah so that he could bail himself out. >> pelley: two weeks before the scheduled trial, police say, noorah was picked up by this black s.u.v. the s.u.v. turned and stopped at a gravel quarry where the gps bracelet would later be found. the s.u.v. doubled back and headed in the direction of the airport. >> pelley: who was driving the black s.u.v.? >> overstreet: that's a question we don't have an answer to right now. >> pelley: you obviously checked all of the airline manifests. >> overstreet: sure. >> pelley: didn't find his name on any outbound flight? >> overstreet: no. and we didn't really expect to. because one of the conditions of his release was he had to forfeit his passport. >> pelley: how did he travel without his passport? >> overstreet: it's a good question

it's the latest in a string of attacks on saudi arabia's energy sector mainly claimed by who the rebels from across the border in yemen just 3 weeks ago the who spied a missile which struck a petroleum plant in jeddah damaging a fuel storage tank the who things have been escalating the cross border strikes to pile the pressure on the kingdom this one is just seems to be just another one of these attacks against you know a targets which are very vital for saudi arabia you know as the greatest exporter of oil in the world you know that the bubble among them straight in the waters of the red sea are absolutely crucially important for the oil price and the livery of the big millions of barrels of oil every every day so if you make this unsafe that will have an impact on saudi arabia security and that is a very very high target and that increases the urgency for saudi arabia to do something about this yemen conflict. the distance between yemen's shores and the port of jeddah makes it difficult but not impossible for the huth east to st to small boats filled with explosives more than 600 kilo

this is part of trump's effort to keep the arabia. well armed and to try and to use its influence to offset iran so biden administration may actually put the kybosh on it biden himself as issues with saudi arabia and in addition ensues make the congress does as well and the congress has 30 days in which to disapprove and this is the period in which that would happen so and it would come and the 30 day period would be out during the new biden administration should he be sworn in and that will be and he could biden could put a hold on it at that point. carol just want to bring you some news from syria terrorists have attacked a passenger bus and during killing at least 25 people obvious according to state media it happened near the iraqi border on a highway leading to palmira you might remember that was formerly in the slum mixed a stronghold in fact that you have a group it no longer occupies any significant territory in syria but they have reportedly been attempting to regroup in the desert any and all updates on that story we'll brin

gulf nation has been under a land sea and air book aid by saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt's since june 27th seen a president trump senior advisor jared kirshner was in doha on whedon's day in this report says so i've also visited saudi arabia limburg anthony on time suggest the tentative deal is being brokered by kuwait's but does not include behind the u.a.e. and egypt's i'll just say i'm a senior political analyst marwan bashara explains what reconciliation with saudi arabia would mean for carter i think for qatar the important player is saudi arabia and the important neighbor and the and that country that which they care to have an immediate. solution with or you know open relations with would probably be saudi arabia the other ones are not that important i'm not sure that that cares very much whether or when bahrain decides to call them board egypt is kind of a bit far and it has forces the dishes or it had and the u.a.e. is playing its own game you know perfecting good relations with israel that credit relations with its own neighbor qatar so i think that th

this is part of trump's effort to keep arabia. well armed and to try and use its influence to. subside administration may actually put the kibosh on it biden himself as issues with saudi arabia and in addition ensues meekly congress does as well it's and the congress has 30 days in which to disapprove and this is the period in which that would happen so and it would and the 30 day period would be a new biden administration should he be sworn in and that will be and he could biden could put a hold on it at that point. looking at some other stories around the world this hour in syria terrorists have attacked a passenger bus in dare as zoar province killing at least 25 people according to state media it happened near the iraqi border on a highway leading to palmira formally an islamic state stronghold the jihadi group no longer occupies any significant territory in syria but they are reportedly attempting to regroup in the desert. on to lebanon where riot police have clashed with students at a top university in beirut protesters tried to storm the main campus angry that despite a

weapons to saudi could be short lived says paratroops efforts to keep the arabia. well armed and to try and use its influence of iran the biden administration may actually quit the combustion biden himself as issues with saudi arabia and in addition the congress does as well and the congress has 30 days in which to disapprove and this is the period in which that would happen so and it worked and the 30 day period would be up during the new biden administration should he be sworn in and that will be and he could biden could put a hold on it at that point. now it's been labeled one of the biggest wake up calls in years babies being born with plastic already in their system. directed the single and use polish in iraq and us watching all of us delve into other war moments. an entire village in alaska has had to move if another country trying to wipe out an american town. we do everything up our protect the. water then escaping climate change is the same threat right now alaska does seem some of the fastest coastal erosion in the world we lost about 35 feet. 35 feet of

hello again this is al jazeera and these are the top stories the foreign ministers of saudi arabia cats are and a mediator kuwait have all signaled that progress is being made on resolving the gulf dispute saudi arabia's foreign minister says a final agreement is now within reach cancer has been under an illegal land sea and air blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt since june 2017 president thomas a senior adviser jared kushner recently resident visited both riyadh and doha for talks we hope that. this progress can lead to outside of the agreement which looks and reach america so i am somewhat optimistic that we are close to. an agreement between all the issues dispute to come to a resolution but we think will be satisfactory to all. the un's refugee agency says eritrean refugees and northern ethiopia have fled their camps because of the conflict in te gray there are more than 100002 having their there are fears that they have limited access to food if europe is army has been fighting regional forces in te gray now for about a month the coronavirus pandemic is continuin

saudi arabia says an explosives laden boat targeted an oil tanker in the port city of jeddah. no longer a pariah state the u.s. removes sedan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. the 1st over 1000 vaccinations have begun in the u.s. says shipments are being delivered throughout the country within the last hour an intensive care unit nurse was the 1st to publicly receive the job in new york before the public vaccination governor andrew cuomo said he believes this is the weapon the will and the war that's going to hide it will cost or he's joining us live from washington d.c. there's no underestimating the scale of the operation that's going on in the u.s. at the moment and of course now we're at the stage where nations are already being given. that's right and just after 9 o'clock local time is only for saw what we believe was the very 1st shot outside of a clinical trial of the covert vaccine in the united states now it's unclear because unlike great britain of course with its centralized health care system here in the u.s. it's up to each state to determine to whom a

the gulf crisis it's now been 3 years since saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt and posed a land sea and air blockade on qatar but the foreign ministers say all parties want to reach a final agreement after holding constructive talks or somehow bar reports. crucial days are had for gulf nations talks aimed at and in the 3 and a half year blockade of qatar seem to have achieved significant progress kuwait's foreign minister whose country has been be generally mediating and and to the crisis says he's confident. a constructive and fruitful talks have taken place recently where all the parties have stressed their desire to reach a final agreement and resolutions to preserve the region stability and harmony maintain the interest of the peoples within this context we express our appreciation for the latest efforts by jared cushion or the us president's advisors . the task point minister sheikh mohammed bin al the last man or 30 says he also remains optimistic about the prospect of a deal we have achieved certain for certain point of time more than a year ago

to have a right to drive in saudi arabia. activities judged as terror-related and a threat to national security. her family and supporters are hoping with time already served and part of the sentence suspended that she will be free by march. >> there is light at the end of the tunnel for the women's rights activist sentenced to five years and eight months in prison, convicted for seeking to change the country's political system and harming national security. it also suspended two years and 10 months of her sentence, time she had already served. that means she would be out of jail by the end of febrry 2021, as long as she does not leave udi arabia or permit any crimes, according to the court. >> the sentenc will continue to hang over her head. she will continue to feel threatened. the travel ban for another five years and eight months will be imposed on her as well. honestly, this is a complete mockery of justice. she should not have to spend another day in prison. >> she was arrested in may 2018 after campaigning for years fo

foreign minister said he is hopeful a deal could soon be reached saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt imposed a land sea and abrogate on qatar in june 27000 bar has more. crucial days ahead for gulf nation. talks aimed at and during the 3 and a half year blockade of qatar seem to have achieved significant progress kuwait's foreign minister whose country has been brutally mediate again until the crisis says he's confident. a constructive and fruitful talks have taken place recently where all the parties have stressed their desire to reach a final agreement and resume lucian's to preserve the region stability and harmony maintain the interest of the peoples within this context we express our appreciation for the low to simple budget cushion of the u.s. president's advisor. qatar's for him an assertion mohammed another life man or 30 says he also remains optimistic about the prospect of a deal we have achieved certain point certain point of time more than a year ago and then things has slowed down and right now there are some more moments that we hope that this will put an end

also saudi arabia says a boat laden with explosives targeted an oil tanker in the port city of jeddah. and thousands of people gather in chile and argentina to witness a rare solar eclipse. welcome to the program we begin with breaking news coming out of the us where the attorney general william barr is resigning amid donald trump psyche's ations that he hasn't done enough to investigate the president's false claims of election fraud well donald trump made the announcement on twitter saying that he had just met with barr and that his relationship with the attorney general had always been a good one trump said was planning to step down just before christmas let's get more on this now for she has returned to our correspondent he's standing by wilmington delaware this news just coming out in the last half hour shihab has been a good relationship between the 2 but the last few weeks have been quite fraught. right aren't we we should always remember when we talk about william barr this wasn't the 1st time he's been attorney general he was attorney general under george h.w. bush the 1st bus

step towards resolving the gulf crisis saudi arabia says a deal could be reached soon to end the 3 year land sea and air blockade of cattle . elam's all rommany watching of 0 life my headquarters here in doha are coming up in the next 30 minutes president all jump orders the withdrawal of nearly all u.s. troops from somalia raising questions about the fight against the armed group al shabaab. record numbers of credible ira's deaths and infections in the u.s. and its and it will be speaking to a frontline health workers on the staggering impact of a deadly 2nd wanes. and calls to boycott nikkei in japan over a commercial exploring racism and teenage bullying and. welcome to the program we begin with the gulf crisis now in its 4th year the emir of kuwait says he's happy with progress made at talks aimed at resolving the dispute between 4 arab nations and qatar that's after saudi arabia's foreign minister said he's hopeful of a deal could be reached soon saudi arabia bahrain the united arab emirates and egypt imposed a land sea and air blockade on cats are in june 27th teen has hashem. cru

a step towards resolving the gulf crisis saudi arabia says a deal could be reached soon to end the 3 year land air and sea blockade of qatar. this and this is all to do a live from doha also coming up. the situation is urgent. if we don't act now the future will be very bleak a call for immediate action as u.s. job growth slows and soaring kovan 1000 infections threaten the struggling economy . president donald trump orders the withdrawal of most u.s. troops in somalia brazen questions about the fight against the on the group al-shabaab. bangladesh begins ascending ruhi refugees to an isolated island in what's being seen as a forced relocation. made of kuwait says he's happy with the progress made in talks to end the gulf crisis that's after saudi arabia's foreign minister said he's hopeful a deal could soon be reached to end the bitter dispute with qatar it's been 3 years since saudi arabia backed rein the u.a.e. and egypt imposed a land sea and air blockade on qatar for the fatah ministers say all parties want to reach a final agreement after holding constructive talks about report

these 26 people at aden airport where members of yemen's new government had just arrived from saudi arabia. and the centuries old town flattened in seconds the urgent search for a temporary shelter for kuwait shows earthquake victims. hello president donald trump is blaming u.s. states for the slow rollout of cope with 1000 vaccines criticism is mounting over his administration's lagging response to the pandemic so far around 20000000 shots have been administered that's a far cry from the promise 20000000 by year end and it comes as a new more infectious variant of the virus is now been identified in 2 u.s. states here's andy gallagher reporting from miami. patiently waiting for the code 19 vaccine many of florida's over 60 five's and health care workers camped overnight for their chance to receive a potentially life saving shot in the arm as the state's positivity rate hits record highs delays conflicting information and crushing websites left facts a nation sites overwhelmed i wanted i want to see the good in people and i want to hope that people are doing their bathroom but at this poin

a port in saudi arabia has reopened hours after an oil tanker was hit by a boat laden with explosives the kingdom has described the incident porter as a terrorist attack alexey o'brien has more. the blast rocked the singapore flagged oil tanker just after midnight causing a fire and sending smoke billowing into the sky the b.w. rhein was parked up in jeddah support its owner have says all $22.00 sailors on board escaped unhurt. saudi owned media reported that 2 small boats were same before the explosion. it's the latest in a string of attacks on saudi arabia's energy sector mainly claimed by who the rebels from across the border in yemen just 3 weeks ago the who fired a missile which struck a petroleum plant in jeddah damaging a fuel storage tank the who things have been escalating the cross border strikes to pile the pressure on the kingdom this one is just seems to be just another one of these attacks against you know a targets which are very vital for saudi arabia you know as the greatest exporter of oil in the world you know that the bubble among them straight in the waters of the

this is part of trump's effort to keep saudi arabia. well armed and to try and use its influence to offset iran the biden ministration may actually put the kibosh on biden himself as issues with saudi arabia and in addition the congress does as well and the congress has 30 days in which to disapprove and this is the period in which that would happen so and it would and the 30 day period would be asked during the need by the letter stray shinji should he be small and he could provide you could put a hold on it at that point. a final thought the last 12 months maybe a year like no other a but through the pandemic people's resourcefulness and creativity shone through didn't it all video agency rup least captured some of the most touching highlights of 2024 you going to show in a bit before i do it's kevin over here a big season's greetings for me in the team behind me in the news room up stairs wherever thanks for watching this you know we continue to as well into the coming i'll leave you this hour there was some of those sights and sound

that's one of saudi arabia's the months to end the blockade and guitar why do you think it object so strongly to news channel well i think if you look at how the saudis work if you look at heart a number of the middle east countries work in the same way with other countries around the world the control of the messaging that's come out the news they wanted to be positive for the the ruling are that there is within up secretary and anything that undermines our positive message and it's not just limited the middle east we see that those sorts of channels are sanctioned in some way they're journalists are bullied in some ways the messaging is trying. to bully it back into the way the ruling powers wanted to sign the hooks were allegedly directed as were say by saudi arabia and the u.a.e. but the software was is really do you think they would have needed the green light those 2 nations from the israeli government to cardio something like that. well with the n.s.o. group they've been selling the software for quite some time and in fact in 2019 there was some accusations that their software

this is part of trump's effort to keep saudi arabia. well armed and to try and use its influence to offset iran the biden administration may actually quote the combustion biden himself as issues with saudi arabia and in addition the congress does as well and the congress has 30 days in which to disapprove and this is the period in which that would happen so and it would come and the 30 day period would be up during the new biden administration should he be sworn in and he could biden could put a hold on it at that point. more a year 2020 in a year like no other through the pandemic people's resourcefulness and creativity shown through isn't it well our system video agency ruptly has captured some of the most touching highlights in 2020 i'm kevin i mean big season's greetings so when the team behind me here i'll leave you this hour with some of those sights and sounds of the year has gone. i. suppose a mall gets a good moment to put aida us in your name and then that is good because i'm old but i miss him on the album aged just such. see