state institutions by force the functioning of state institution is a necessity and must prevail in jeddah the kingdom of saudi arabia is intensely focused on mediating a solution we discussed this at the last meeting of this council on the 20th of august i wish them every success they are indeed as i said then the indispensable mediator and they frankly bring real meaning to the phrase that their success will be our success i welcome the presence of delegations from the governor of yemen and the president had his leadership and the struct southern presidential council in jeddah and i can imagine and know that this council joins me to wish the saudis their leadership of the 2 delegations every success in their crucial crucial effort to reduce this threat to yemen is frankly to its existence. as many have said

a fire has swept through a new high speed rail way station in the saudi city of jeddah at least 5 people were injured authorities said it took crews 12 hours to bring the blaze under control the railway linking jeddah with the holy cities of mecca and medina opened just last year. rebels in yemen say they've launched a major attack on the border with saudi arabia hooty insurgents claim to have captured dozens of vehicles and as many as 2000 troops a saudi led coalition is battling the who to use on behalf of an internationally recognized yemeni government. in paris thousands of mourners have paid tribute to former french president jacques chirac he died last thursday at the age of 86 and is lying in state at the in the lead monument some 30 world leaders are set to attend a memorial on monday. pope francis has condemned countries that produce and export weapons but are reluctant to take in refugees the pontiff was addressing tens of thousands of people in rome on the catholic church's world day of migrants and refugees he also called attention to the plight of migrants in italy where the

the blaze struck at a station on the line that connects jeddah with the holy muslim cities of mecca and medina. in paris thousands of mourners have been paying tribute to former french president jacques chirac he's lying in state at the unbelieve monument she rock died last thursday at the age of 86 some 30 world leaders are set to attend a memorial service for sheer rock on monday. pro-democracy demonstrations in hong kong have intensified on what is now the 17th weekend of protests sunday's demonstrations were part of global anti totalitarianism rallies planned in 60 cities worldwide protested hong kong quickly turned violent as protesters threw firebombs and bricks at government buildings police responded with tear gas and water cannon the fired blue dye used to identify offenders more easily despite a police van a major march is also planned for. tuesday when china celebrates the 70th anniversary of the communist party taking power. all right let's go live now to hong kong where our correspondent charlotte charles a pill is standing by so charlotte recently more intense clashes

the blaze struck at a station on the line that connects jeddah with the holy muslim cities of mecca and medina. in the u.k. thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in manchester to protest against austerity and the bricks that policy of prime minister boris johnson the country's ruling conservatives are holding their party conference in the northern english city today. and we turn to nigeria now where some of the boys rescued from a an islamic school in the country's north have been talking of the abuse they experienced there around 400 boys and men were freed from the institution in the town of could do know when police raided it last week 7 people have been arrested. this guy was on scene leman's back tell a story of horrific abuse the 15 year old was one of hundreds rescued from an islamic school in the north of the nigerian city of could do you know last week. at worst we were afloat 5 times a day. they used car engine belts and electrical cables to pieces and run off. when police raided the building they found many of the boys some of whom were as young as 5 bound

s reporting the personal bodyguard of king solomon has been shot dead in the city of jeddah major general abdel as these our fandom is reported to have been killed by a friend over a personal dispute the gunman was also a shot and killed in a standoff with police after refusing to surrender. and a senior saudi government official has refused to answer questions about the whereabouts of a man believed to be involved in the murder of the journalist or marcus churchy at all hours your bear was interviewed by a u.s. public broadcaster p.b.s. but he didn't reveal the whereabouts of solid al qahtani. look. all these questions he was a close aide to the crown prince where is he now you should ask the public prosecutor perm the prosecutor won't talk to us. to know the english have called him again. the former egyptian government contractor whose online videos has helped spark recent anti-government protests says rallies need to be stepped up and held every day people have been on the streets for 2 fridays in a row this month protesting against president abdul fattah el-sisi demonstrators accuse h

secretary mike pompei has landed in jeddah in saudi arabia to share intelligence about the attacks so let's talk to our correspondents were starting with us said big who is in teheran i wanted to ask you about the foreign minister mr zarif who's been speaking about new sanctions just in the last few moments. if foreigners to divide the roof has responded directly to donald trump u.s. president donald trump saying that he wanted to substantially increase sanctions against iran he said that this was an admission that the united states was deliberately targeting ordinary citizens because of the economic terrorism that was illegal and inhumane but there hasn't been an official response to the saudi press conference but iran will be looking at the press conference and see that side europe is very much trying to appeal to the international community it was held in english language questions were taken from the english speaking media and from the outset saudi arabia said that this was attack on infrastructure civilian infrastructure and that iran was put in at risk civilian lives but when sa

john defterios in jeddah.u, john. >>> acting director of national intelligence joseph maguire refusing to hand over documents. the dni says the complaint does not meet the definition of your subsequent concern because it does not relate to intelligence activity. >> the letter does acknowledge the whistleblower complaint reveals denial and potentially privileged matters relating to the interests of other stakeholder witness the executive branch. he said he will not be available before the intel committee tomorrow to explain his position on such short notice. adam schiff says he expects maguire to appear under s&p if necessary. >>> former campaign manager corey lewandowski stonewalling and tweaking the democrats during the first official house hearing. lewandowski did disclose new details confirming the president did tell him to order then attorney general jeff sessions to limit the mueller investigation. >> that's what he wanted you to deliver to attorney general jeff sessions, correct. >> i believe that's an a

state might pompei or has arrived in saudi arabia he met saudi crown prince mohammed bin some man in jeddah to share intelligence on their tax ahead of that meeting president donald trump announced a further escalation of u.s. sanctions on iran. israel's 2nd election this year has again failed to produce a clear winner leaving a question mark over who will be prime minister weeks of coalition talks and now likely with all the 90 percent of votes counted the center left blue and white party led by benny gantz has 32 seats or benjamin netanyahu is likud party is just behind on 31. at least 27 people most of them children have been killed in a fire at a school in liberia. the blaze started around midnight and tore through a dormitory where students were sleeping before he said electrical problem was to blame but investigations are continuing. the army in the democratic republic of congo says its soldiers have killed a rebel leader from rwanda silvester would have kooris hutu rebel group is accused of killing hundreds of civilians during conflicts in 20092010 he'd been wanted by the internation

i'm here this week at united nations, i traveled to jeddah and abu dhabi this week, the whole world understands that iran is the bad actor. they are the evil force and the reason mike region, they are destabilizing the middle east and hope this week in new york the world will come together to push back against this and convince the iranian leadership that this behavior is simply on acceptable. if >> john: that may be a tough hill to climb though, yes? >> secretary pompeo: i think there's a handful of countries that are actually supportive of what iran is doing, certainly unwilling to push back but it's the case, this is the world's responsibility to respond from these state on state acts of war that take place in saudi arabia this past week. >> john: if iran were to launch in the middle of all of this attack against saudi arabia, where the united states have any other option but to respond militaril militarily? >> secretary pompeo: unlike the previous administered in, we do our best to avoid talking about what we will do, but the american people should know just like the iranian people should k

pompei 0 of course is meeting there it's he made a very clear message before he actually landed in jeddah he said that it was an act of war he called a strike on saudi arabian oil facilities on a rainy an attack and he said it was an attack of a scale we've just not seen before now at the same time you know he also will stick by president trump in the sense the president from does not want to want to enter into a war but we will be seeing further sanctions and we will be hearing more from the administration here in the coming hours and days that's what president trumps that . public president trump has also named the security advisor today's new security adviser tell us more about robot o'brien how will he face these conflict with iran . while here was being said. you know essentially his role will be 2nd below mike pompei oh that is what is understood is going to take place now let's not forget that this is the 4th national security adviser to serve in the trump administration and he did serve under the last national security advisor john bolton but it seemed to me and earlier when he wa

visit she says dialogue is the only solution to the ongoing political crisis plus fighting like in jeddah in france the science fiction soccer star wars head has fueled a lightsaber dueling trend there in the country's fencing federation hopes will attract more young people to this for. a nickel for the welcome to the program india's space agency says mission control scientists have lost commune occasion with a spacecraft carrying the country's hopes of a successful moon landing it appears the lander was just a short distance from the lunar surface when contact was lost prime minister narendra modi joint mission control personnel as the final countdown began the chandrayaan 2 or. they're launched into space in july and has been circling the moon for almost 3 weeks if it touches down successfully it will be the 1st craft to land near the lunar south pole for an uncharted and unexplored part of the moon. it's let's get more on this from barr and gopalaswami he's an honorary senior fellow with the indian political think tank the observer research foundation he joins us from delhi mr goble as

a longtime personal bodyguard of saudi arabia's king solomon has been shot dead in the city of jeddah this according to the to saudi state t.v. by general abdel aziz of them is reported to have been killed by a friend at a private residence over personal dispute the suspected gunman was then shot and killed in a standoff with police after refusing to surrender. in hong kong police have been firing water cannon rubber bullets and tear gas at pro-democracy demonstrators after an unauthorized march reached the government complex activist through petrol bombs and bricks in retaliation said he has been gripped by new 4 months of protests now against what many view as increase in control from beijing. projections have been released by austria snap election and for many to sebastian cursed look set to return to our exit polls show his conservative people's party in the need with 37 percent of the social democrats the far right freedom party have both lost out votes in this election. even us democrats say congress is determined to get access to president trump schools with the russian preside

large far has tore through the her remain high speed rail station and saudi arabia's coastal city of jeddah plumes of black smoke could be seen billowing through the roof of the station there are no immediate reports of casualties the rail line which opens nearly a year ago thinks the 2 holiest cities in islam mecca and medina. afghanistan's voter turnout is estimated to be just 2000000 people were called in to an election official as just a 5th of registered voters there was marred by taliban violence and technical problems voting has begun in austria snap parliamentary election it was called early after former chancellor sebastian courses center right coalition collapsed after a corruption scandal kurtz's people's party is facing off against its former coalition party partners the far right freedom party and the center left social democrats egyptian police say they've killed 15 suspected members of an armed group in the northern part of the sinai peninsula a statement from the interior ministry says the gunmen were killed when security forces stormed their hideouts in the town of el arish

state might pompei as arrived in saudi arabia you met the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sandman in jeddah to share intelligence on the attacks had about meeting president donald trump and asked a further escalation of u.s. sanctions on iran. israel 2nd election this year has again failed to produce a clear winner leaving a question mark over who will become prime minister weeks of coalition talks and are likely before a new government can be formed with more than 90 percent of votes counted the center left blue and white party led by benny gantz has 32 seats benjamin netanyahu is you could party is just behind on 31. and he's 27 people most of them children have been killed in a fire at a qur'anic school in liberia. it was an outpouring of grief as hundreds gathered at the school near the capital monrovia the blaze started around midnight and tore through a dormitory where students were sleeping the $47.00 electoral problem was to blame president george where has visited the scene and offered his condolences to the victims' families. there's the headlines the stream is up next i'll be bac

funeral of king solomon's bodyguard in mecca major general abdul aziz al fog was reportedly killed in jeddah by a friend over what's being described as a personal dispute on saturday night the gunman was also shot and killed in a standoff with police after refusing to surrender. leading us democrats say congress is determined to get access to donald trump's phone calls with the russian president and other world leaders this comes as house speaker nancy pelosi says public support is growing for an impeachment inquiry into the president it's over a call in which trump asked ukraine's leader to investigate his political rival joe biden and he got to go has more from washington d.c. . it was an announcement that changed the political landscape in washington the trail of his oath of office because of a national security house speaker nancy pelosi wants reluctant to start impeachment proceedings change her mind after a transcript of a call between president donald trump and president volodymyr as alecky of ukraine was released president trump now stands accused of abusing his power undermining nat

calling for an emergency meeting of the foreign ministers of the organization of islamic cooperation in jeddah in a few days and i send today a letter to the president of the security council and the secure the secretary general as well as the president of the general assembly arguing on the legal basis of how this position of netanyahu is in complete violation of his commitment under the charter of the u.s. and we know israel has defied the international community the resolutions whether it be general assembly or u.n. security council the at. let me just say that. we know that is that is defiant but is it a leonor and different leaders did not particularly this latest position that has been you know uttered by prime minister netanyahu well if it wasn't for the radical deviation of the trump administration from. past positions so that this is a new environment and that the fact that the entire international community is opposing this new u.s. shift and exposing is a pressuring it is valuable bill is not only washington though glad the time at the time of this interview we called up the foreign

is reporting the personal bodyguard of king salamander has been shot dead in the city of jeddah majorgeneral abdul aziz and fathom is reported to have been killed by a friend over a personal dispute the gunman was also shot and killed in a standoff with police after refusing to surrender. violence has continued into the night after another day of huge anti-government protests in hong kong demonstrators have been seen attacking an abandoned taxi in the commercial area of one child they told me the driver was speeding towards the crowd they say who stopped the car and was and scolded from the scene by police as of thousands of activists earlier defied a police band marched through hong kong in the 17th week of protests it's called highlight has more. in what has become a weekend pattern here in hong kong protest leaders spread the word about an event through social media and out they come starting with small confrontations that escalate into battles with police pulling out their entire anti-riot arsenal including a water cannon with chemical laced blue dyed water but even though it's be

arriving in jeddah today, u.s. secretary of state me pompeo called the attack an act of war. in june, the u.s. blamed iran for these attacks in the gulf of oman. ncst year's abandoned nuclear deal and u.s. saons have fueled confrontation. >> good morning, prime minister. quentin: iraq's prime minister, aueaking to the bbc, urged his neighbors to useon. >> well, i hope we don't go to attack each other. because if we have an open war, it will not stop. this is a very dangerous war. not like any other wars. quentin: this was an attack with global implications. tonight president trump and boris johnson spoke and called for a united diplomatic response, hardly fighting talk. few want to run thrisk of the crisis raging out of control. quentin sommerville, bbc news, a root-- beirut. laura:or more on today'lo det, i spoke with robin wright, fellow at the woodrowod wilson center and writer for "the new yorker." the president says there are tny options short of war with iran, but what a options? robin: i think there are 4 different options. one is for the united states to impose new sa

a fire has swept through a high speed rail way station in the saudi city of jeddah at least 5 people were injured authorities say took crews 12 hours bring the blaze under control a railway linking jet out with the holy cities of mecca and medina opened just last year. carmaker v.w. is facing a court case brought by nearly half a 1000000 of its customers in the case beginning today those customers say v.w. deceive them and cause them harm when installed software is vehicles too cheap diesels initials checks several v.w. executives have already been charged in connection with the scandal. it's 2 austria now where former chasseurs have also encrypts is set to return to power after a sweeping electoral victory as all his anti migration people's party when the biggest share of the vote now that poll was called after his previous government collapsed following a scandal involving his far right coalition partners the freedom party. the recent scandals that triggered the government's collapse apparently didn't hurt sebastian courts at the ballot box. the former chancellor is poised to retur

of king solomon's bodyguard and mecca major general abdul aziz al fagen was reportedly killed in jeddah by a friend over what's being described as a personal dispute on saturday night the gunman was also shot and killed in a standoff with police after refusing to surrender. yemen's 3 thing military commanders have released images which they say show the surrender of several brigades of saudi troops there he's claimed the footage shows hundreds of captured fighters inside saudi arabia near the town of not following a major attack near the border between the 2 countries reports. this is the who's the defense minister in a command center planning to launch an attack inside saudi arabia and coordinating with his forces on the ground. according to the who's the spokesman it happened on august 25th and lasted for 72 hours. specialized infantry units at the front line cord and a large number of the aggressors personnel and as they managed to set up ambushes as per the plan forces. the aggressor personnel to step into the ambush booth these claim more than $500.00 people were killed and at leas

pictures of a large fire at the her remain high speed rail station in saudi arabia's coastal city of jeddah there are no immediate reports of casualties the real one which opens the year ago in the 2 holiest cities in islam mecca and medina. afghanistan's voter turnout is estimated to be just 2000000 people according to an election official that's just a 5th afraid just voters hundreds of polling stations didn't open or had communications cut off a nearly 70 attacks across the country killed 5 people and injured hundreds and hundreds of others of my bright breaks and the numbers for us in kabul. it became obvious during the election day saturday that the turnout was going to be low but these initial figures seem to bear out just how low the turnout has been we have had the initial figures back from the election commission showing that across afghanistan some 4500 polling stations were opens that's 500 less than the country wanted those 500 couldn't open because of security concerns and well over half of those polling stations have now returned figures showing that more than a 1000000 people

the longtime personal bodyguard of saudi arabia's king salmon has been shot dead in the city of jeddah this according to saudi state t.v. major general abdul aziz our father is reported to have been killed by a friend at a private residence over a personal dispute with his back to government was then shot and killed in a standoff with police after refusing to surrender. egypt is under pressure to release a number of foreign nationals who've been arrested over the past few days jordan is demanding the release of one of its citizens and the family of a dutch man peter buss are also asking for him to be freed he was detained for allegedly flying a drone and protesters have been rallying in sudan's capital khartoum for a 2nd day now demanding the release of a student detained in cairo as well now the sudanese national lead her son is accused of taking part in anti-government protests and of being part of the banned muslim brotherhood. well now to hong kong anti-government protests are again taking a violent turn as tens of thousands of activists defied a police ban to march in the city dem

television is reporting the personal bodyguard to king solomon has been shot dead in the city of jeddah major general abdul aziz. is said to being killed by a friend. the gunman was shot and killed in a standoff with police after refusing to surrender. including for. one of the armed groups refusing to join the peace accord and the controversial kenyan project that promises job creation that threatens a unesco world heritage site.

the longtime personal bodyguard of saudi arabia's king salmon has been shot dead in the city of jeddah according to saudi state t.v. major general abdul aziz our fallen is reported to have been killed by a friend a private residence over personal dispute the suspected gunman was then shot and killed in a standoff with police after refusing to surrender. egypt is under pressure to release a number of foreign nationals who've been arrested over the past few days jordan is demanding the release of one of its citizens also on the family of a dutchman. for him to be freed he was detained for allegedly flying a drug and protesters have been rallying in sudan's capital hard to for a 2nd day now demanding the release of a student detained in cairo sudanese national volleyed husain is accused of taking part in anti-government protests and being part of the band muslim brotherhood. anti-government protests in hong kong of again taken a violent turn as tens of thousands of activists defied a police ban to march in the city demonstrators were seen attacking abandon taxi in the capital area of the

white house correspondent i'm just reading you're in fact the pool report kimberly that has landed in jeddah what in the end is the purpose of his trip of and well support an ally i guess. well we've heard from both sides not just from the united states but also as we heard earlier in that press conference with the saudi official that what they are hoping to do is discuss and coordinate counter officially iranian aggression but when you dive down deep in terms of that evidence that has been put forward pointing to iran is being responsible for those attacks in saudi arabia there still is difficulty in definitively pointing the origin of that attack and so presume that there is still consultation that is going on even as here in the united states the calls particularly from some members of congress including republican lindsey graham are becoming ever more hawkish something he's known for doing he's saying in the last couple of hours that the attack on the refinery is by any definition an act of war so we're left kind of wondering where the next steps are for the u.s. president well we've hea

is actually in washington made it trip to jed up he flew to jeddah and he met the crown prince mohammed bin selma we don't know the outcome of that meeting but i can tell you that martin griffiths the special envoy has no now flown back here to new york to brief the secretary general so although there don't seem to be any big developments lots of people to try on getting iran and the u.s. together there may be some developments with regard to the conflict in yemen which of course is very closely linked particularly with regard to those drone attacks in saudi arabia and james. back to iran that has an iranian president rouhani due to address the united nations general assembly within the hour we know that france's president emmanuel mccrum was pushing for a meeting between rouhani and the u.s. president donald trump but it seems that iran's foreign minister scratched that idea german serif that's something the reuters news agency that the possibility of that is is 0 it looks like that that meeting isn't going to happen. yeah that's the latest comment from the iranian foreign minister on

is reporting the personal bodyguard of king solomon has been shot dead in the city of jeddah major general abdul aziz of home is reported to have been killed by a friend over a personal dispute the gunman was also shot and killed in a standoff with police after refusing to surrender and the senior saudi government official has refused to answer questions about the whereabouts of a man believed to be involved in the murder of journalist jamal her shoji a bear was interviewed by u.s. public broadcaster p.b.s. but did since reveal the whereabouts of sold katon the. well look this is you're asking all these questions he was a close aide to the crown prince where is he now you should ask the public prosecutor probably prosecutor want talk to us. then if you should call him again. hong kong's anti-government movement has again drawn hundreds of thousands of supporters on to the streets the unauthorized march became violence when it reached the gates of the central government offices as part of nearly 4 months of protest pushing against what many think as increasing control from beijing is quite

your sexual state might pompei as arrived in saudi arabia he met saudi crown prince mohammed bin in jeddah to share intelligence on the attacks ahead of that meeting president donald trump announced a further escalation of u.s. sanctions on iran let's get more now from our white house correspondent can really help me what would we know about these new sanctions president trump is from saying . that what we 1st learned about them on twitter where donald trump makes most of his policy announcements in recent days and weeks this is no exception that there would be new sanctions on iran for the attacks on the saudi oil infrastructure that took place over the weekend but at the same time once again the u.s. president not offering any concrete evidence as to why the united states continues to point the finger at iran given its denials so even though there has been no evidence provided that even as the president has said earlier this week that he doesn't want war he was speaking in los angeles the tarmac of the los angeles airport he was asked by reporters for further elaboration about next steps

following a long time personal bodyguard of saudi arabia's king solomon has been shot dead in the city of jeddah according to saudi state television major general abdul aziz al fallon is reported to have been killed by a friend at a private residence over personal disputes the suspected gunman was then shot and killed in a standoff with police after he refused to surrender. police in hong kong have 5 water cannons rubber bullets and tear gas at pro-democracy demonstrators after an arnold frys marched which the government complex activist threw petrol bombs and bricks in retaliation the city has been gripped by nearly 4 months of protests now against what many view as increasing control from. the 1st projections have been released for austria snap election and the for me to sebastian current set to return to power exit polls are showing his conservative people's posse is in the lead with 37 percent of the social democrats on the far right freedom party have both lost votes but the green party was also a winner in these elections they made gains. around 20000 protesters have rallied in the russian

state might pompei or has arrived in saudi arabia he met saudi crown prince mohammed bin so not in jeddah to share intelligence on the attacks ahead of that meeting president donald trump announced a further escalation of u.s. sanctions on iran. i did we'll be hearing some very significant sanctions don't do a read and what we're hearing we'll be announcing it over the next 48 hours where there are many options as you know well there are many options and there's the ultimate up here and there are a lot less than that and we'll see where the very powerful position right now we're in a very very powerful position. standing next to trump as he made that statement was his new national security adviser robert o'brian has been announced as the replacement for john bolton who left the post 8 days ago o'brien served as the president's special envoy for hostage affairs at the state department says 2018 is the 4th national security adviser since trump took office i chanced. at least 27 people most of them children have been killed in a fire at a qur'anic school in liberia. and an outpouring of grie

funeral of king solomon's bodyguard in mecca major general abdul aziz al fagen was reportedly killed in jeddah by a friend over what's been described as a personal dispute on saturday night the gunman was also shot and killed in a standoff with police offer refusing to surrender. u.s. president donald trump says he deserves to meet his accuser as the push for impeachment proceedings against him gathers pace leading us democrats say congress is also determined to get access to donald trump's phone calls with the russian president and other world leaders this comes as house speaker nancy pelosi says public support is growing for an impeachment inquiry into the president it's over a call in which trump pass ukraine's leader to investigate his political rival joe biden and they got a house more from washington d.c. . it was an announcement that changed the political landscape in washington the trail of his oath of office because of a national security house speaker nancy pelosi wants reluctant to start impeachment proceedings changed her mind after a transcript of a call between president donald t

of king found month bodyguard in mecca major general abdul aziz our fagen was reportedly killed in jeddah by a friend over what's being described as a personal dispute on saturday night the gunman was also shot and killed in a standoff with police after refusing to surrender. now yemen's military commanders have released images which they say showed the surrender of several brigades of saudi troops there he's claimed the footage shows hundreds of captured fighters inside saudi arabia near the town of now following a major attack near the border between the 2 countries reports. this is the who's the defense minister in a command center planning to launch an attack inside saudi arabia and coordinating with his forces on the ground. according to the who's the spokesman it happened on august 25th and lasted for 72 hours. specialized infantry units at the front line cord and a large number of the aggressors personnel and as they managed to set up ambushes as per the plan our forces opened the way to allow the aggressor personnel to step into the ambush booth he's claimed more than 500 people w

state mike paul barry has arrived in saudi arabia he met saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon in jeddah to share intelligence on the attacks ahead of that meeting president donald trump announced a further escalation of u.s. sanctions on iran. at least 27 people most of them children have been killed in a far to school in liberia. it was an outpouring of grief as hundreds gathered at the school near the capital monrovia the blaze started around midnight and tore through a dormitory where students were sleeping before to say an electrical problem was to blame president george where has visited the scene and offered his condolences to the victims' families. israel's 2nd election this year has again failed to produce a clear winner leaving a question mark over who will become prime minister weeks of kurdish talks in are likely before new government can be formed with more than 90 percent of votes counted the center left blue and white party led by benny gantz as 32 seats benjamin netanyahu to could party is just behind on 31. people in power is next with the story of a chocolate making act

john defterios for us in jeddah. thank you. >>> joseph mcguire refusing to comply with a request. the complaint was deemed credit aboutle and aur subsequent, but the dni's office said it does not meet the definition of your subsequent concern. >> the letter does acknowledge the whistle-blower complaint involves confidential and potentially privileged matters relating to interest of other stakeholders within the executive branch. the acting director says he will not be available tomorrow to explain his decision on such short notice. chairman adam schiff says he expects maguire to appear under subpoena if necessary. >>> former campaign manager corey lewandowski stonewalling. in a hearing marked bipartisan sniping lewandowski did disclose some new details, con firming the president did tell him to order then attorney general jeff sessions to limit the mueller investigation. >> that's what he wanted you to deliver to attorney general jeff sessions, correct? >> i believe that's an accurate representation that and he wanted you to deliver it to jeff so jeff could say it to the people, r

that announcement the un special envoy boston griffiths who was supposed to be here went instead to jeddah where we're told he met mohamed bin psalm on and there is a mediation effort now underway by the u.n. i'm told martin gryphus is come back here to new york in the last few hours and he's going to be briefing the secretary general so fast moving developments here with regard to iran and yemen major james hewitt we wait we may well be back with you in the next 10 minutes or so then the for the moment many thanks our diplomatic it's a james base there at the u.n. al jazeera senior political analyst marwan mission is with the sun from london so you've got the reef saying that meeting between rouhani and trump ain't going to happen rhodium self due to address the u.n. general assembly in the next hour or so what's he going to say mamma you know judging from the various statements we've heard thus far from the iran it seems they are in use are doing this what they do best the bizarre you know the kind of. pull and let go and maintain contact but don't concede to march don't be too hard too

is reporting the personal bodyguards of king solomon has been shot dead in the city of jeddah major general abdul aziz of is reported to have been killed by friends over a personal to speed the gunman was also shot and killed in a standoff with police after refusing to surrender. at a senior saudi government official has refused to answer questions about the whereabouts of a man believed to be involved in the murder of journalist. adel bear was interviewed by the us public broadcaster p.b.s. but didn't reveal the whereabouts of saudi attorney look this is asking all these questions he was a close aide to the crown prince where is he now are you should ask the public prosecutor perm the prosecutor won't talk to us. till the english call him again. you know human rights experts are urging surgery arabia to release a female activist imprisoned for 500 days. is being detained on national security grounds she was instrumental in the movement for that fought for the rights of saudi women to drive the u.n. human rights special procedures group says it's shockingly hypocritical that her flu remains

of king solomon's bodyguard and mecca major general abdul aziz out saddam was reportedly killed in jeddahby a friend over what's being described as a personal dispute on saturday night the gunman was also shot and killed in a standoff with police after refusing to surrender. yemen's heathy fighters have released what they say is video of several trips surrendering including saudi soldiers the operation is said to have taken place in the border town of knowledge around now saudi arabia is yet to comment on the matter the. specialized infantry units at the front line cord and a large number of the aggressors personnel and as they managed to set up ambushes as per the plan our forces opened a way to allow the aggressive personnel to step into the ambush specialized units cut off the resupply line of the enemy from the east and the west after that the cordon was sealed around this personnel from all sides the infantry units to the ambush into an all out offensive u.s. president donald trump says he wants to meet his accuser and as the push for impeachment proceedings against him gathers pace

pompeo was speaking from jeddah, where he met w with saudi crown prince mohamed bin salman to discuss the attacks, which left heavily damaged one of the world's biggest oil-processing facilities. pompeo's visit came as saudi military officials in riyadh showed reporters remnantnts of what they described as iranianan drones and cruise missiles, saying they could not have been launched by yemen's houthi rebels, even though the houthis have claimed responsibility for ththe attacks. iran has denenied responsibilil, bubut foreign minister javadad f told cnn his nation was prepared to defend itself against any attack by the u.s. or its allies. >> what would be the consequence of new market and saudi military attack on iran now? >> an all out war. >> you make of your serious statement. >> i make a very serious statement about defending our country, that we don't want war, we don't want to engage in a military confrontation. we believe a military confrontation based on deception is awful. we will have a lot of casualties. but we will not blink to defend our territory. amy: senate democrats ha

midnight by the time we spoke with crown prince mohammad bin salman on tuesday, at the royal court in jeddah. there was a lot to ask. our first question was about the death, a year ago, of jamal khashoggi, something the crown prince has never discussed in a television interview. did you order the murder of jamal khashoggi? >> crown prince mohammad bin salman ( translated ): absolutely not. this was a heinous crime. but i take full responsibility as a leader in saudi arabia, especially since it was committed by individuals working for the saudi government. >> o'donnell: what does that mean that you take responsibility? >> bin salman ( translated ): when a crime is committed against a saudi citizen by officials, working for the saudi government, as a leader i must take responsibility. this was a mistake. and i must take all actions to avoid such a thing in the future. >> o'donnell: on october 2, 2018 jamal khashoggi entered the saudi consulate in istanbul and never left. turkish investigators allege a saudi hit team was waiting for him. they report he was killed almost immediately and that his