but then came the murder of jamal khashoggi.some of his key foreign investors. >> richard branson said he would freeze ties with the saudi kingdom -- >> mbs should be doing time! >> the world is angry at him. but at home -- [ cheers ] >> he continues to have real support. one more fact that may keep mbs in power is nationalism. >> people would have a sense of belonging to the state because they are saudis, not because they are wahhabis or because they have a particular way of understanding islam. >> before mbs, saudi foreign policy had been quiet, even docile. the crown prince put it in overdrive, directed against an arch enemy, iran. >> you called the ayatollah khomenei the new hitler of the northeast. >> translator: absolutely. >> whether because they are shiite heretics or personal adversaries, mbs has committed saudi arms, efforts, and prestige in battling them on all fronts. so far his foreign adventures have been a disaster. in trapping saudi arabia in a human rights catastrophe in yemen, being outmaneuvered in lebanon, an

but then came the murder of jamal khashoggi.ign investors. >> richard branson said he would freeze ties with the saudi kingdom -- >> mbs should be doing time! >> the world is angry at him. but at home -- [ cheers ] >> he continues to have real support. one more fact that may keep mbs in power is nationalism. >> people would have the sense of belonging to the state because they are saudis and not because they have a particular way of understanding islam. >> saudi's form of embassy had been quiet, the crown prince put it inover drive directed towards iran. >> the new hitler of the middle east. >> absolutely. >> whether they are shea or personal adversaries. so far his foreign adventures have been a disaster in trapping saudi arabia in a human rights catastrophe in yemen and drawn into a stalemate in qatar. muhammad ben salman, all within a framework of increasing authoritarian. >> he's our best hope of the kinds of reforms of the government and the economy and society that we want and most saudis want. at the same time, he's the g

but then came the murder of jamal khashoggi.y foreign investors. >> richard branson said he would freeze ties with the saudi kingdom -- >> mbs should be doing time! >> the world is angry at him. but at home -- [ cheers ] >> he continues to have real support. one more fact that may keep mbs in power is nationalism. >> people would have a sense of belonging to the state because they are saudis, not because they are wa habbies or because they have a particular way of understanding islam. >> before mbs, saudi foreign policy had been quiet, even docile. the crown prince put it in overdrive, directed against an arch enemy, iran. >> you called the ayatollah khomenei the new hitler of the northeast. >> translator: absolutely. >> whether because they are shiite heretics or personal adversa adversaries, mbs has committed saudi arms, efforts, and prestige in battling them on all fronts. so far his foreign adventures have been a disaster. in trapping saudi arabia in a human rights catastrophe in yemen, being outmaneuvered in lebanon, and dr

jamal khashoggi to the highest level possible. i think he is crazy. think he is dangerous. >> trump appeared unconvinced. >> whether he did or whether he didn't, he denies it vehemently. >> it was an example of something elements of the bureaucracy going rogue. >> the man who most often speaks for saudi arabia in this country is this man who runs the arabia foundation, a pro saudi think tank. >> u.s. intelligence believe jamal khashoggi was murdered on instructions of the crown prince. that an elite team of people close to the crown prince went to istanbul with the purpose of doing him harm. what do you say to that? >> had he wanted to kill jamal, there were cheaper and easier ways to do it. >> he was a friend to the royal family. >> he was an insider. >> everybody has friends and enemies. they denied it and everyone else denied it. there is no evidence. >> lindsey graham said there is a smoking upon bone saw. it's not a gun. if this was meant to be an interrogation that went rogue, why would you bring a bone saw to an interrogation? >> first of all,

hulio: khashoggi murder is horrible. really horrible. and therefore, when i first heard there are accusations that our technology been used on jamal khashoggi, or on his relatives, i started an immediate check about it. and i can tell you very clear, we had nothing to do with this horrible murder. >> stahl: it's been reported that you yourself went to riyadh in saudi arabia, you yourself sold pegasus to the saudis for $55 million. >> hulio: don't believe newspapers. >> stahl: is that a denial? no? pegasus is so expensive because it lets authorities do what they long couldn't: break into smart- phones remotely, making everything in them completely visible-- all emails, contacts, and texts, new, old, encrypted or not. pegasus allows detectives and agents to track locations, listen in to and record conversations; basically turning the phone against its user. in the company's eight-year history, they have never let cameras in. but they wanted to show us they're like any high-tech company, with playstations and pilates. but t

rights commission but it's raised many new questions about the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi the saudi said that the perpetrators of the killing described as an accident have been brought to justice for three hearings attended by their lawyers and observe his we have brought them to justice they had a fair trial they are currently detained not their human rights been violated they have been subjected to no form of torture they are entitled to their legal rights but the saudi delegations failure to provide any names all the details hasn't inspired much confidence of the human rights council the un's repeatedly called on saudi arabia to cooperate with the un led investigation into shorty's murder but the kingdom's refused calling it an internal matter saudi arabia operates pursuant of international law and does so in all transparency therefore what is being conveyed by certain media regarding the need for us to internationalize some of these matters is something we do not accept because such demands amount to interference in our domestic affairs and in our domestic judicial sys

this campaign might have been scaled back some because of the outrage over khashoggi's killing.e. and what we tried to point out in this story was it's increasingly becoming clear that the killing of jamal khashoggi was not a one-off. it was portrayed as such a time. it was rogue actors who acted outside of the boundaries of their guidance. yet clearly this was going on for some time. dozens of operations. it was all part of a pretty calculated campaign authorized by the crown prince. >> let me read everyone one of the parts that struck us the most. and this is about the female activists that are targets of this team. quote, some of the women were frequently taken downstairs for interrogation which includes beatings, electric shocks, waterboarding and threats of rape or murder. i mean, this is under the leadership -- i say that parenthetically of a saudi crown prince who led the right for women to drive, for example, who has really pushed this public image of being a reformer, of being a progressive. while this is happening to women at the same time. >> right. and that's kind of

khashoggi was killed by government hit men inside the saudi consulate in istanbul nearly six months ago since then the outrage over his murder and dismemberment has been a resurgent topic in congress bringing together members of both parties in a divided government but that has not been enough to convince president donald trump to punish saudi arabia and there's no indication he'll do so now heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington and martin dennis will be here with the news hour stay with us. used properly can be a beautiful site. led them to our country. trump has found to keep money out of america people in power travels alongside those hoping to make it a. more came as she's. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together isn't the problem for your town that they don't have a hell of a question mark over him but he does have a corruption question mark over it doesn't look good for the news business of picking hazmat go i'm going to do everywhere knowing but what are you saying you get why

khashoggi, the torture.nd from saudi arabia, you hear nothing. >> of wewell, i mean, you haven heard nothing. you have a lot of senior people who have been removed. you have people who are being tried. you've had an open trial on the khashoggi case, where foreign diplomats were invited to attend the trial. but having said that also, there is a sensitivity to behaving like you are just reacting to western pressure. that, you know, there is a flip side to that within the kingdom and within particularly the more conservative communities. we are -- that goes down very badly with them. so i think they also have to manage that process to make sure they don't look like they're just jumping whenever, you know, america or europe says jump. >> ali shabby, always a pleasure to have you on. thank you. >> thank you. >>> if you missed my latest special report, i've got good news. saudi arabia, kingdom of secrets, will air tonight at 11:00 p.m. eastern. don't miss it. >>> and next on "gps," from saudi arabia to israel, we'

to lift the ban imposed after the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi paul brennan has a story. there had already been enormous international concern over the tens of thousands of civilian deaths caused by saudi led coalition air strikes in yemen since twenty fifteen. and when saudi agents murdered the journalist jamal khashoggi in istanbul last october germany finally cried halt temporarily freezing existing arms deals and banning any new weapons contracts with the kingdom yet it offers actors in foreign affairs and it's often said that it is a dilemma between morals and rail politic i think that's wrong the german government has had political principles since the year two thousand which say that we do not exporting countries in gauged in war zones. germany was not alone in its concerns last september spain counsel the sale of four hundred laser guided bombs to saudi arabia but unlike. germany spain reinstated its deal a week later fearing the saudis might counsel a two billion dollar order for spanish build corvet's a in germany and has even bigger implications. the typhoon e

well a pressure from congress to reveal fully what information he has about the murder of jamal khashoggi and to declare publicly who was responsible and at the same time exercise sanctions against those who are responsible but president trump has just brushed this all away his position is that this matter is now all in the past what is most important he's repeatedly said is ongoing business with saudi arabia the ongoing relationship with the crown prince and he's made very clear that he is not going to disrupt as he puts it u.s. relations with saudi arabia this latest report is unlikely to change his mind but it is likely to once again fire up a congress on this whole issue michael thank you. israeli army has raided areas in the occupied west bank after an israeli soldier was killed the military says a palestinian stab the soldier took his weapon and fired at civilians nearby and then fled the scene it happened outside the illegal israeli i rail settlement south of nablus are a force that has more now from west to roost in. the israeli military has set out the sequence of events that it

jamal khashoggi the silencing of a journalist on al-jazeera. three female activists granted temporary release from jail in saudi arabia women say they were abused in prison. hello i missed and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.n. calls on saudi arabia to make public the trials held over the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. arrested again the journalist whose new science has been critical of the philippines government. and chinese technology giants huawei reports a spike in profits despite a u.s. campaign to blacklist the company. three female activists have been granted temporary release in saudi arabia spending almost a year in prison reports identify them as a man al nuff john use of. they face charges including contacting international media and human rights groups they were among nearly a dozen female activists arrested last may and cruising including the prominent rights campaign. brother has alleged that sowed tony a top advisor to crown prince mohammed bin sound man who was fired over the killing of journalist jamal

and you raised the name of jamal khashoggi. well, jamal khashoggi, right around that time that dr.n, as we understand, a source of mine is familiar with the subject, confirms what the family is telling us, that he was beaten while at that hotel, that at the time that was happening, that jamal khashoggi tweeted about this saying, what's happening? how can this be happening to dr. walid fatahi, to a man like this. we can't get any straight answers. the prosecutor general won't get straight answers, what is happening. so the flag has been raised, if you will, over a year ago. so the consular access that it's getting now, seems to be, after this long period in detention and what his lawyer says is happening is that every day, he's sort of under this psychological duress, because he doesn't know what's going to happen. and his family -- his family says that his mental condition is deteriorating in jail, because he's -- he's afraid of what's going to happen to him next. >> with no consequences for the khashoggi murder, at least so far, a u.s. arms deal is proceeding, you cover saudi arab

even after the khashoggi murder. profit. is there is c criminal l activity..here is an n unswerving supt for the trump administration. it is up to the activists, who have done a terminus job, for congress to live up to the responsibilities, if we're going to overcome this. nermeen: the involvevement of te united arab emirates, a tiny little golf state, how it came to occupy this oversized ?osition in the region and also the number of european countries that have now either suspended or canceled arms sales ,o thehe uae and saudi arabia following khashoggi oppressed yes murder and the continuing devastation of yemen at their ? >> first, the united arab emirates, they have a very big control in the south areas. what is really strange, as i -- extremist groups. they also control what is called the security and of the security groups. they are just doing a very whole of violations. asy are dealing with yemen if there are no people. they have their own project. there dealing with us like a lead with the people. they did not even try to provide the services in the ar

investigation into jamal khashoggi word this comes as u.s. senators push for new sanctions on those behind the saudi journalists killing. his army chief has promised he won't let the country go back to what he called years of pain he made the call as students led more protests urging the eighty two year old president to deflate to stand down from next month's election. that the white house has rejected the early quest by democratic leaders for jock events related to security clearance of the president's son in law gerrard question donald trump's counsel has called house democrats request unprecedented and intrusive there were questions raised about how krishna who's trying senior advisor at a high level security clearance it we said new york times reports suggested that trump went against recommendations by security officials and ordered his former chief of staff to clear questionnaire she had written see has more from washington. following the reports in the new york times washington post that john kelly the then chief of staff of the white

tell you how significant then is this latest revelation by the new york times which says jamal khashoggi is killing was part of a broader campaign against dissidents by saudi arabia wasn't just him singularly who was targeted. i think it's a very significant revelation in the sense that it puts in context the murder of. this was not. pretended at least for a while by saudi officials that it was totally isolated and a mistake clearly it's not isolated neither was it a mistake it was part of a covert campaign that started more than a year before the murder. and involved at least a dozen of and siddons according to this excellent report by the by the new york times different operations and different countries as your report just indicated that include that sort of valence kidnap torture or forcible repatriation to the kingdom detention illegally in other words administrative detention without charges and abuse of prisoners this is very significant information and put the basically puts the murder in historical context and that's an important point to make hay of because mom had been solemn

. >> khashoggi's body was dismembered -- >> actually brought a bone saw into the consulate -- >> chopped up into small pieces -- >> but that crown prince, mbs, is changing saudi arabia. >> a new era, new age. >> this man is extremely popular. >> in one of the most repressive countries in the world, an authoritarian, absolute monarchy. all of a sudden some simple, everyday freedoms -- >> i'm excited. >> america and the saudis have

recently told though is that germany imposed a moratorium not because of yemen but because of the jamal khashoggi and saudi arabia's going failure to adequately explain the circumstances of the killing in the absence of a full explanation riyadh how so far given no reason at all to reverse its original decision. al-jazeera. top u.s. senators are pushing for a new sanctions against those behind the murder of john. bob menendez on the senate foreign relations committee is among the many politicians who say they're frustrated with a lot of progress made by the trumpet administration on the investigation into the killing in october the senator has gave the president's one hundred twenty days to determine and investigate the perpetrators under the global magnitsky acts but the white house failed to meet the deadline and european countries are expected to ask saudi arabia to cooperate with the u.n. probe into a murder the joint statement is scheduled to be released on thursday it will also demand that riyadh freeze detains activists secured no bar as a commentator and columnist on gulf affairs he says

he ordered the murder of khashoggi as far as we can tell.t of the thing about saudi arabia is nothing is what it looks like at the surface. that's one of the reasons we did the documentary is because we wanted to pull back the curtain and let you see everything. >> he is not even 40 years old yet i believe. this is someone who will hang on to power for a very long time. >> he will probably rule saudi arabia for the next half century as long as his health and the monarchy stays solid. >> it's remarkable. thank you. you can watch the entire documentary this sunday at 8 p.m. you can catch fareeed every sunday morning. >>> after days of testimony, michael cohen is returning to capitol hill for more. we will talk to one of the congressmen who will be questioning him again and did so just yesterday. what has he learned and bwhat does he still want to know ahead. listerine® cleans virtually 100%. helping to prevent gum disease and bad breath. never settle for 25%. always go for 100. bring out the bold™ man 1: this is my body of proof. woman 1: proo

one of the elements that has to change is a consequence for the murder of jamal khashoggi.ng to continue to press in the committee. we have bipartisan legislation ready to do that. >> so along side you at the hearing yesterday senator marco rubio said the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman has gone full gangster, reckless, ruthless and willing to test the limits of what he can get away with. do you agree with that assessment. if confirmed what can he do to check that? >> i do agree that the crown prince is reckless and i think the crown prince thinks that he has cart blanche from this administration to do largely what he wants to do as long as he continues to be supportive of us as it relates to both iran and israel and that message is the wrong message. you cannot have a global message that says you can kill a journalist and have humanitarian disaster in yemen. you can't constantly violate human rights, arrest and detain american citizens. that doesn't matter what the relationship is. we have had nobody there for two years to contest and challenge the saudis. i think t

pictures from the saudi consul general home in istanbul shedding more light on the murder of jamal khashoggi and its aftermath u.s. president omar trump says scaling down joint military exercises with south korea will save hundreds of millions of dollars while lowering tension with pyongyang. after. the successful mission to space to bring. the u.s. a big step closer to resuming astronaut paunches from home soil. algeria's eighty two year old president has formally put his name forward for a fifth term in office. beautifully has been facing growing protests against his rules always tried to appease algerians saying he will call early elections if he wins next month's votes barbara has the latest i demonstrate his march late into the night in protest against such areas long time rina abdelaziz bouteflika al jazeera contant apparently fairy fire this picture is pestered and social media sharing hundred chanting in as. early as students told the president it's time to go the protesters wanted the constitutional court to stop with a fake a standing for a fifth term in next month's election in re

investigation into the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul at almost the same time each justice and interior ministers meeting in brussels formally rejected a new blacklist of states not doing enough to stop money laundering in terrorism financing that list compiled by the european commission last month included new names not least of which several u.s. territories and saudi arabia germany has taken a tough stance against saudi arabia since the killing of jamal khashoggi and has just extended its freeze on arms sales to the country but when asked by al-jazeera about the blacklist its interior minister refused to engage in english or in german saudi arabia be on this money laundering you know as a language. that has no idea how to get out after the meeting the ministers insisted their stance wasn't influenced by any third party in office that my the drafting of the list has not been procedurally transparent therefore the twenty eight member states had this point of view so any action taken needs to be based on dialogue from now on but for some intense l

their conduct with regard to mister khashoggi was abominable and unacceptable. on all those fronts we should be clear and explicit condemning their actions. at the same time they are an ally and critically they are a vital counterpoint to the nation of iran as i look to the middle east the rivalry between iran and saudi arabia any conduct the united states congress does to weaken saudi arabia through ira iran, to my mind is harming the national security interest of america. because a stronger iran with the ayatollah khomeini pledging death to america funding terrorist actively trying to murder americans makes a stronger iran and makes for a more dangerous world. do you share that assessment? and what role do you believe saudi arabia plays to counterbalance iran? . >> thank you senator cruise. i certainly share your sentiments in your description about iran. may be 15 years ago, may be but it was absolutely too much to turn a blind eye to the extremist leaving the country causing problems elsewhere so as i look at it today i don't think the problem is solved but

open the trial of eleven suspects accused of their involvement in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi the special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions agnes kalama said the closed door hearings of falling short of international standards she also called on the king to release the names of the defendants let's talk about both these issues with mound ashar our senior political analyst and let's start with the release of these three female rights activists without wanting to turn there. or downplay the importance of the case is it almost like a good p.r. move by saudi arabia that they are engaging in here well it's more than that. i mean thankfully it's more than that it does sound for many people a bit too little too late. because they are released on conditionally they would return to a third third session in the courts there are others that are still in jail and yet one can see that under pressure under diplomatic pressure under international pressure the human international human rights pressure media pressure that countries do respond so i think it's important. to underline that u

"the times" reports the crackdown began more than a year before khashoggi's murder. consulate in turkey and never came out. intelligence officials say saudi agents killed khashoggi's and hacked up his body with a saw. the authorities deny the saudi prince authorized the killing. they say the claim of mistreating prisoners they cake very seriously. let's bring in simon henderson a fellow at the washington institute who's an expert on the saudi royal family and gulf politics. thank you for being here. what more do we know about this program, how long it's been going on and the degree to which salman is in charge of it? >> all very good questions. we sort of assume there was a program such as this to render back to the kingdom, dissidents or a term which are used rather widely, women activists, people who have tweeted and things like this. we assumed it was in place anyway. but the new york times report gives additional detail of this. is this part of mbs responsibility? mbs being the saudi crown prince? it almost certainly is. but the moment we have what i would call a

will they do something to punish saudi arabia for carrying out this murder of jamal khashoggi?remains to be determined. a lot of it will depend on senate republicans. are they going to do anything about this or will they just express some disapproval and let trump and the saudis get away with it and it looks like that's what's going to happen. they aren't really going to hold the saudi feet to the fire. >> it is still top of mind. we saw that today in questioning in the senate for the pick for president trump's pick for saudi ambassador. take a listen. >> can you talk about how as ambassador, what opportunities you have to help hold the saudis accountable for what they're doing? it has been two years since we've had an ambassador in saudi arabia without any oversight or concerns expressed on some of these issues? >> senator, ambassadors don't hold countries accountable. countries hold countries accountable. >> true, yet the country's not doing a heck of a lot as you just laid out. the fact that there hasn't been an ambassador to saudi arabia for two years, this relationship tha

rights commission but it's raised many new questions about the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi the saudi said that the perpetrators of the killing described as an accident have been brought to justice for three hearings attended by their lawyers and observe his we have brought them to justice they had a fair trial they are currently detained not their human rights been violated they have been subjected to no form of torture they are entitled to their legal rights

khashoggi. he was a mild-mannered man and he and i are discussing middle east issues. he was a saudi citizen. children, on occasion, had worked for the saudi government or members of the royal family. he was mild-mannered, soft-spoken and a moderate critic of the kingdom. he wanted to see modernization. he wanted to see reforms. he was a columnist sometimes for the washington post. on october 2, 2018, 11 months later, my constituents, a legal resident of the u.s., who lived in tysons corner and fairfax county, was lord into the sovereign territory consulate, government, of the saudi government in istanbul because he was seeking papers to get remarried he had his fiancee outside waiting for him. yet that to the consulate before and they had loved him into believing he would be safe, but of course, he was not. what we know it that on that day, two planes under the control of the crown prince of saudi arabia flew in with two , whose objective was to kidnap or killed mr. khashoggi. presumes the infe

saudi arabia says those responsible for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi have been brought to justice but gives no details. hello and welcome i'm giving up all the new watching auxerre live from doha also coming up. i'll just there obtained exclusive pictures from the high level meeting between the taliban and the u.s. . founder says he's hopeful the talks would help resolve the conflict. and the day before planned protest new prime minister promises a government of technocrats open to all. hundreds of people are sick in malaysia after suspected chemical ali. saudi arabia says those responsible for the murder of the journalist. have been brought to justice the head of its human rights commission made the statements at a un human rights conference in geneva without giving any details the soldier was also was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in october of last year and his body dismembered investigations by the u.n. and turkey have pointed the finger at high ranking saudi officials well the barker is there at the conference and joins us live from geneva the need to

to locate and arrest twenty individuals in connection with the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi keep this development comes after the kingdom told delegates at the u.n. conference that those responsible for his murder have been brought to justice without giving any details of course killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul back in october barker reports from geneva. it was a brief statement by the head of the saudi human rights commission but it's raised many new questions about the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi the saudi said that the perpetrators of the killing described as an accident have been brought to justice for three hearings attended by their lawyers and observe his we have brought them to justice they had a fair trial they are currently detained not their human rights been violated they have been subjected to no form of torture they are entitled to their legal rights but the saudi delegations failure to provide any names or details hasn't inspired much confidence of the human rights council the un's repeatedly called on saudi arabia to cooperate with

that is the younger brother considered responsible for khashoggi's death.erers were waiting for him. as for further assurance life goes on between the two countries, the u.s. confirmed rick perry has authorized an export of nuclear energy technology and services to saudi arabia. meanwhile, mohammed bin salman enjoys, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and that's "hardball." coming up next, congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez sits down with chris hayes. that starts right now. >>> america prides itself in doing big things, stretching a railroad across the continent, storming the beaches of normandy, landing a man on the moon, building highways and the infrastructure for the internet. our politics today seem incapable of producing change on that scale. we face a civilizational challenge right now and the clock is ticking. if we don't radically transform our economy away from fossil fuels in the next decade, we're courts climate catastrophe. >> we're facing a national crisis. this is about american lives. >> the green new deal is a vision for reinven

saudi arabia says those responsible for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi have been brought to justice the head of its human rights commission made the same and in geneva without giving any further details now turkey is insisting the kingdom names those who've been prosecuted jamal khashoggi was killed inside the saudi culture that. in istanbul in october last year and his body dismembered investigations by the u.n. and turkey have pointed the finger at high ranking saudi officials saudi arabia has rejected what it calls attempts to internationalize the investigation let's go live now to geneva and our correspondent who's been following developments there needs barca saudi arabia then really on the defensive it would appear given that israel had so much criticism particularly since october of last year. yes an awful lot of criticism an awful lot of pressure now to try and fill in some of the gaps obviously we've heard from turkey asking for saudi to explain who these alleged perpetrators are but they're also under pressure from n.g.o.s as well to explain exactly what kind of

to continue to put pressure on the president to take some form of action for the murder of jamal khashoggi which this report indicates was not an isolated incident but part of a widespread campaign. and is executive director of the arab center of washington he says the report highlights the inconsistency is in the saudi government's narrative. i think it's a very significant revelation in the sense that it puts in context the murder of. this was not. pretended at least for a while by saudi officials that it was totally isolated and a mistake clearly it's not isolated and neither was it a mistake it was part of a covert campaign that started more than a year before the murder of an involved at least a dozen of and siddons according to this excellent report by the by the new york times different operations and different countries as your report just indicated that include that sort of valence kidnap torture or forcible repatriation to the kingdom detention illegally in other words administrative detention without charges and abuse of prisoners this is very significant information and put the

khashoggi had it right.he thinking about arresting a gentleman like this. he's an intellectual and it's really just impossible to understand how he is being held for this long or at all in a saudi prison. >> i want to make a point. people who are arrested as part of that 2017 purge, there's no one on that list. there's no one in prison now. there's no one that's gone through anything that's happening right now who has not done so at the direction of mbs. >> that is certainly our understanding. this is a situation where with a telephone call to mbs, the white house could insist that dr. fitaihi be released and he and his family will allowed to leave the country and come to the united states. >> last week the president tweeted about another american who had been released from yemen, a hostage. his tweet said we will not rest as we continue our work to bring the remaining american hostages back home. we work every day to bring americans home. why do you think that hasn't happened? >> my hope on behalf of walid

under pressure, saudi arabia is under increasing pressure to come clean on the death of jamal khashoggi. this week trump's nominee to be ambassador to the kingdom called for accountability. a u.n. council called for all available information to be disclosed. will it mean anything? benjamin netanyahu is under pressure politically and legally. an indictment is looming and he might lose power in next month's election. can he pull off a victory? with the deadline for brexit looming the british prime minister is under pressure. a major vote this week in parliament will tell a lot. tick tock. tick tock. >>> first here is my take. special counsel robert mueller's report which is expected to be delivered to the attorney general soon will end up being a great test of american democracy. how will we handle it in a nakedly partisan fashion? or as a way to bolster our constitutional system? it's much noted we're living in the era of end ruled democracies. countries are undermining independent institutions, violating important norms and accumulating unbridaled power. in america the story is mixed t.

. defending saudi arabia after the death ofjamal khashoggi. the death of jamal khashoggi. it leaves donald trump again in a position where he is having to defend comments about a leader who has been responsible for overseeing a country that has been accused of very serious crimes. chris buckler in washington, thank you very much for that. let's get some of the day's other news. the united states has cancelled the visas of 49 venezuelan officials who helped close the country's borders last saturday to block the delivery of foreign aid. the us state department said they were responsible for undermining venezuela's democracy. the sanctions will also apply to their family members. president trump says he's asked china to remove all tariffs on us agricultural products immediately, adding that trade discussions with beijing were progressing well. mr trump delayed plans to impose new tariffs on chinese goods on the first of march because of progress towards an agreement with china. ajudge in brazil has agreed to release from prison the former preside

to lift the ban imposed after the matter of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi paul brennan has the story. there had already been enormous international concern over the tens of thousands of civilian deaths caused by saudi led coalition air strikes in yemen since twenty fifteen. and when saudi agents murdered the journalist in istanbul last october germany finally cried halt temporarily freezing existing arms deals and banning any new weapons contracts with the kingdom yet it offers act of defiance and it's often said that it is a dilemma between morals and rail politic i think that's wrong the german government has had political principle since the year two thousand which say that we do not exporting countries in gauged in war zones. germany was not alone in its concerns last september spain counsel the sale of four hundred laser guided bombs to saudi arabia but unlike germany spain reinstated its deal a week later fearing the saudis my council a two billion dollars order for spanish build corvettes. germany's and has even bigger implications. the typhoon eurofighter the saudi air force

. defending saudi arabia after the death ofjamal khashoggi.ia after the death of jamal khashoggi. it leaves donald trump again in a position where he is having to defend comments about a leader who has been responsible for overseeing a country that has been accused of very serious crimes. that was chris buckler in washington. as donald trump faced the fallout in the united states, he is back in washington, dc, but kimjong—un continues his visits to vietnam on his final day there. our south—east asia correspondent johnathan head is in hanoi where kim jong—un is on the final day of his official visit to vietnam. what has kim jong—un what has kimjong—un been doing? well, he has just what has kimjong—un been doing? well, he hasjust been what has kimjong—un been doing? well, he has just been visiting the mausoleum of the legendary vietnamese independence leader, ho chi minh. of course, something that his grandfather did while ho chi minh wasa his grandfather did while ho chi minh was a life back in 1958 and 1954, at a time when north korea was a re

led international investigation into khashoggi murder it appears for now that the saudis are following the own rules alone. at the u.n. human rights council in geneva thank you for all of that if you want to get in touch with us on this story or any other ones please do i'm already hearing from shakur on facebook who said why does in saudi arabia just pay compensation and put an end to the story well which story the story has changed a lot over the. last few months hasn't it a.j. english on twitter facebook dot com slash al-jazeera that's where shaker is watching on facebook live and that number plus one seven four five zero one triple one four nine telegram and whatsapp save it in your mobile phone you can get in touch with us directly there and of course everything needs to hashtag a new script on it. well derrius new prime minister is promising to create a government within days but it will contain a mix of young people and technocrats all working towards political change the protestors there they want to lections so they can choose who runs the country and they're planning more mas

is holding saudi officials responsible for the murder of jamal khashoggi but that aside members of congress are still very much interested in trying to hold all those responsible including the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sol mun they've already passed a number of resolutions and legislation that would cite him and hold him personally responsible but the full force of congressional anger has yet to be brought on to this matter and certainly their efforts to try to get more information from the trumpet ministration continue. a group of jailed saudi women who long campaigned for the right to drive has spoken of the torture and abuse they faced while being detained at a hearing on wednesday the women said that been sick sexually harassed given electric shocks and flogged by prison guards at least one of the detained women tried to commit suicide the government denies the women were tortured or harassed at israel as opposition leaders are urging his supporters to protest this weekend against the latest nationwide blackout. as the blackout now in its third day has affected ninety one percent

for not responding to their requests for information about the killing as you mentioned of jamal khashoggi they had a whole list of issues and they pursued many of them specifically targeted mohamed bin psalm on the crown prince of saudi arabia one exchange saw the florida senator marco rubio basically call him a gangster and say that he is increasingly he's gone full gangster was the exact quote and said he is increasingly willing to test any limits of what they can get away with so you saw this condemnation across the board from the senators as for the possible future ambassador mr abizaid he basically agree repeated the trump administration lines that they need to have a good relationship with saudi arabia that it's bigger than just the crown prince he disagrees with the moves by anyone in congress to potentially end cooperation in the war in yemen saying that they need to fight right and if they're going to fight right we need to help them and he really pushed back on any moves from congress to do anything to rein in saudi arabia but he did say that there has to be accountability and a

the saudi delegation just the tree a few seconds before you came to me he did refer to the jamal khashoggi case directly saying this that saudi arabia is horrified by the unfortunate quote accident that led to the death of jamal khashoggi and that saudi arabia has taken great steps to investigate this crime the saudis have been under immense pressure internationally to cooperate with the u.s. led investigation into the saudi journalists death this statement comes a week after thirty six different members of the human rights council joined forces and issued a blistering statement condemning saudi's treatment of detained activists in the country specifically women's rights activists that report named several women directly and urged the country to do more to protect those who have worked tirelessly to impede proof human rights many of whom according to human rights organizations have faced torture have faced sexual abuse to face electric electrocution also imprisoned as well in saudi the head of the delegation said that in response to allegations of secret detention centers in saudi said tha

is holding saudi officials responsible for the murder of jamal khashoggi but that aside members of congress are still very much interested in trying to hold all those responsible including the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sol mun they've already passed a number of resolutions and legislation that would cite him and hold him personally responsible but the full force of congressional anger has yet to be brought on to this matter and certainly their efforts to try to get more information from the trumpet ministration continue it. the u.s. president donald trump is demanding russia withdraw its forces from venezuela he made a call during a meeting with the wife of the opposition leader fund why joe at the white house wants to as confirmed it has sent two military planes loaded with treats and supplies to venezuela last weekend has the latest from moscow russia has every right to be infamous away land that's a response here in moscow after donald trump sat russia has to get out he said language between russia and the united states about fairness a way law has been exchanged since two russian

told is that germany imposed a moratorium not because of yemen but because of the night of jamal khashoggi and saudi arabia's ongoing failure to adequately explain the full circumstances of the killing in the absence of a full explanation riyadh how so far given perlin no reason at all to reverse its original decision paul brennan al-jazeera. meanwhile the u.s. president's nominee for the role of ambassador to saudi arabia has defended the u.s. saudi relationship but said there are still challenges retired army general john abizaid made the comments during his confirmation hearing when lawmakers condemned the kingdom's role in the war in yemen and the measure of janice jamal khashoggi the u.s. has not had an ambassador in saudi arabia since trump became president in january tenth was twenty seventeen this is not to say that i am unaware of the challenges facing the u.s. saudi partnership today war in yemen the senseless killing of jamal khashoggi wrists and the gulf alliance alleged abuses of innocent people to include an american citizen and female activists all present immediate challeng

by the saudi delegation that they have convicted the people they say were responsible for jamal khashoggi then go live to our correspondent who's there in geneva neve barker and neve we've already heard a response from the turkish government. challenging the saudi authorities to name the people who they claim have been through the judicial process for this murder. yes well given that we have absolutely no details at all about who these individuals are when these three hearings have taken place ngo's are saying well what we're hearing doesn't have much credibility a tall of the saudi chair spoke for only about twenty minutes but in that twenty minutes he raised a whole raft of new questions about what happened to g. and what's happened since he said the perpetrators have been brought to justice as mentioned there were three hearings that there that their legal team was about able to attend these hearings that n.g.o.s observers were also present to although we haven't yet been able to verify that of tall no n.g.o.s so far come out and said yes they were present at these hearings the saudis

saudi arabia says those responsible for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi have been brought to justice the head of saudi's human rights commission made the statement at a un human rights conference in geneva without giving any details turkey though is insisting that saudi arabia names those who have been prosecuted jamal khashoggi was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in october last year and his body dismembered investigations by the u.n. and turkey have pointed the finger at high ranking saudi officials saudi arabia has rejected what it calls attempts to internationalize the investigation into the murder of. well i think what we've heard from the international community is a clear call for an independent international inquiry into the murder murder of jamal khashoggi we understand that there has been a process playing out within saudi arabia but it's equally clear that there are many unanswered questions including who ultimately was responsible for clarity's death who ordered it how high up it went we know that the special. execution. has launched an independen

mohammed bin salman ordered the murder of jamal khashoggi. by passing a resolution that gets us out of the yemen war, it is a direct message to mohammed bin salman about the nature of our relationship. so i think it serves both of those purposes. i hope we're going to get as big a vote as possible. >> i wanted to play some of marco rubio, a notable republican with a lot of influence with this white house and this national security council, about mohammed bin salman yesterday. >> he is reckless. he's ruthless. he has a penchant for escalation, for taking high risks, confrontational. he's gone full gangster. it's difficult to work with a guy like that no matter how important the relationship is. >> we should point it's not just khashoggi. as you know from tim kaine, there is a virginia woman in prison for our anti-driving protest. there's another woman we've been talking about as well, an american, not only an american citizen, she's an american who was married to a saudi and is having a terrible problem, since her divorce she's been stuck in r

more now on one of the stories we looked at earlier that's the murder of son a journalist jamal khashoggi there's been a development the u.s. politician lindsey graham wants washington to sanction the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon over killing the senator has repeatedly said the order to kill the saudi journalist came from the crown prince remember he killed inside the saudi embassy in turkey last toda. i want to good relationship with saudi arabia but not at all cost we do business with bad people all over the world that's just what you have to do but if you're going to be a strategic ally you need to act differently and that this is a defining moment for the middle east if we give this guy pass who we say what do we do in the future so there will be sanctions that i will support against m.b.a.'s i'm not telling saudi arabia who to pick as their leader i'm telling saudi arabia if you're going to be a strategic ally of the united states this won't cut it and so they're all in jordan and washington d.c. lindsey graham doesn't let go of this one doesn't. no he doesn't in fact kema

will urge saudi arabia to cooperate with the investigation into the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi . and what could be a major breakthrough in the treatment of hiv. aids a fine venezuelan president nicolas maduro has vowed to defeat the opposition and spite of mounting pressure on him to step down now he's accusing one guy joe and his supporters of destabilizing the country it's his first public comments since why they defied a travel ban and returned to caracas on monday at an event marking the death of the former president who got chavez a doodle called on his supporters to attend what he called anti imperialist demonstrations on saturday. while a crazy minority continues with their hatred with their bitterness it's their problem we will not pay attention to them compared to we are going to stop them in their tracks their work the national you know let the crazy minority continue with their bitterness we will defeat them have absolute security for chavez we will do it for the great history of the country we will do it. well saturday's rally will coincide with an opposition march