dropped in a cabinet reshuffle by king solomon his demotion comes as the international backlash continuesover the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi by agents of the kingdom charlotte bellus has the story. delonte beer a former advisor to the late king of dollar a former ambassador to the united states and now former foreign minister it was only the second saadi to be appointed foreign minister outside the royal family. has been demoted to minister of state for foreign affairs it comes after nearly three months of questions and denials about the killing of journalist. in the saudi consulate in istanbul saudi arabia has faced international backlash including from the u.s. congress who said crown prince mohammed bin son man was responsible for murder during a regional summit earlier this month denied the crown prince's involvement and see this with regards to issuing an arrest warrant we don't extradite our citizens i believe turkey's constitution prohibits the extradition of turkish citizens to be a was appointed foreign minister by king selman in twenty fifteen a month after s

support for the war in yemen jubail was appointed foreign minister by king solomon in twenty fifteen a month after saudi arabia winter war in yemen is strikes were launched with the yang of quickly crippling who three rebels backed by iran and staged the war has dragged on for almost four years killing at least sixty thousand yemenis millions face starvation and what's called the world's worst humanitarian crisis dubious final months as minister have been marked by turmoil within the g.c.c. including saudi laid air sea and land blockade of qatar for the past eighteen months. it's unclear if two beers fall from grace in riyadh is a way to make him a scapegoat society policies attracting global condemnation the king is now taking a step back with him last off instead of. who wasn't in the first the first choice of the king anyway because he was very close to king couple of the king of saudi arabia rather than to king so much so now by having brought him last of who was an old school he's a veteran he served as a minister of finance for twenty years from one nine hundred ninety six unti

in a series of rural decrees saudi arabia's king solomon has announced a major government reshuffle. the most notable among the changes the demotion of one of the most high profile faces of the saudi government for mr baer this is the kingdom struggles to contain the political fallout or in the murder of journalist. dr bari reports. as bear a former advisor to the late king abdullah a former ambassador to the united states and now former foreign minister he was only the second saudi to be appointed foreign minister outside the royal family. during the gulf cooperation summit of regional leaders earlier this month where again defended the suspected involvement of the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan on in the murder of with regards to issuing an arrest warrant we don't extradite our citizens i believe turkey's constitution prohibits the extradition of turkish citizens as the motion follows months of questions controversy and denials about the killing of the saudi journalists and widespread condemnation of the kingdom including the us congressional resolution which said mohammed

and democrats believe that the saudi crown prince who is widely expected to succeed his father king solomon is not running the country in a way that comports with u.s. values respecting human rights allowing political expression endorsing and upholding political liberalization and supporting women's rights they believe that because of evidence that they have now been given and or presented by the cia director gina housefull that there was really no way that mr kushal she could have been murdered without this being orchestrated by the saudi crown prince senators and members of the house of representatives both think that there should be someone else in weight to succeed king solomon they are questioning the u.s. continued close relationship with saudi arabia and they have already indicated that when the new congress convenes in the first week of january twenty ninth teen both the senate and the house are going to be taking a very close look at the relationship between the two countries and this is going to be really on the onus of the saudis to prove that they in fact are worthy of having cl

in a series of royal decrees saudi arabia's king solomon has announced a major government reshuffle the most notable of all the changes the demotion of one of the most high profile faces of the saudi government foreign minister bear this is the kingdom struggles to contain the political fallout following the murder of journalist. charlotte ballasts reports. adel al zubayr a former advisor to the late king abdullah a former ambassador to the united states and now former foreign minister he was only the second saadi to be appointed foreign minister outside the royal family. during the gulf cooperation summit of regional leaders earlier this month again defended the suspected involvement of the saudi crown prince in the murder of. with regards to issuing an arrest warrant we don't extradite our citizens i believe turkey's constitution prohibits the extradition of turkish citizen is dubious demotion follows months of questions controversy in denials about the killing of the saudi journalist and the saudi consulate in istanbul it also follows widespread condemnation of the kingdom including

watching out zero let's take a look at the top stories right now saudi arabia's king solomon has to motive his foreign minister as part of a major government reshuffle a delegate there will now serve as a minister of state that follows the murder of journalist mark shows in which has brought a diplomatic backlash against the kingdom. place in the democratic republic of congo have fired tear gas on opposition protesters just days before presidential and parliamentary elections there's anger after sunday's vote was postponed by a few weeks and some opposition strongholds elections are already two years overdue and about two hundred people seeking asylum in the u.s. but some up christmas and a parking lot in texas after being sent there by immigration officials in the city of el paso four hundred others were also sent to places including bus shelters just ahead of press mistake. more on top story now the saudi cabinet shakeup on the koreas journalism professor at the american university of beirut and a senior fellow at harvard kennedy school he says the reshuffle is nearly at image make over

minister with former diplomat a pair stripped of his post in a major cabinet reshuffle ordered by king solomon shake up comes as the international backlash continues over the murder of saudi journalist by agents of the came to charleville us reports. a former advisor to the late king abdullah a former ambassador to the united states and now former foreign minister he was only the second sabi to be appointed foreign minister outside the royal family debian has been demoted to minister of state for foreign a few it comes off to nearly three months of questions and denials about the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi in the saudi consulate in istanbul saudi arabia has faced international backlash including from the u.s. congress who said crown prince mohammed bin son mom was responsible for. during a regional summit earlier this month to be a deny the crown prince's involvement and see this with regards to issuing an arrest warrant we don't extradite our citizens i believe turkey's constitution prohibits the extradition of turkish citizens to be a was appointed foreign minister by king solomon

together we'll make the right choice. >> dana: king solomon issuing a wide arraignment in his cabinet today. all this coming after the international uproar of jamal khashoggi's. lucas tomlinson is at the pentagon with more. >> reporter: it was a big shake-up today including the firing of saudi arabia's foreign minister. king solomon issued a wide range decree, the most tkopl tphepbt official removed is the foreign minister, who was the target of an assassination attempt outside a popular restaurant in washington, d.c. by iranian agents when he was ambassador here in 2011. he maintained close ties to washington. but he was unable to protect the crown prince from scathing criticism by lawmaker, blaming the crown prince for the murder. he sat down with bret baeier. >> we are looking at every individual member of the team. we are trying to find out how they were assembled, how they were dispatched. we're trying to acertain the facts as to what happened in the consulate. >> reporter: he was replaced by a long time finance minister who holds a ph.d. in economics. a masters from the universi

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

in one of the top stories here saudi arabia's king solomon has announced a major government as the kingdom tries to contain the fallout from the murder. of a saudi foreign minister has been demoted to minister of state for foreign affairs as. tensions are flaring ahead of sunday's long delayed presidential election in the democratic republic of congo riot police have fired shots to disperse protesters in the eastern opposition stronghold of benny the voting has been delayed until march. and indonesia has raised the danger level for the and crack a tab ok no that erupted last saturday you know me killed four hundred thirty people experts have widened the no go zone around the volcano as they fear another option. iraqi politicians and opposition leaders have condemned don't want trump's unannounced visit to their country accusing him of violating its sovereignty the u.s. president spent three hours visiting troops at an ad base in baghdad he'd been under scrutiny for not visiting u.s. service personnel stationed abroad before christmas our reynolds reports. president donald trump got a warm

you know general one of the top stories here on out is here saudi arabia's king solomon has announced a major government as the kingdom tries to contain the fallout from the murder of jamal khashoggi a saudi foreign minister. has been demoted the minister of state for foreign affairs. tensions are flaring ahead of sunday's long delayed presidential election in the democratic republic of congo riot police have fired shots to disperse protesters in the eastern opposition stronghold of penny where voting has been delayed until march. and indonesia has raised the danger level for the crack a tower volcano that erupted last saturday causing a tsunami that killed four hundred thirty people experts have widened the no go zone around the volcano as they fear another eruption. iraqi politicians and opposition leaders have condemned donald trump's unannounced visit of violating sovereignty didn't meet anyone from iraqi leadership but he did speak to prime minister. by phone to invite him to the white house around khan has more from baghdad. the u.s. president seems determined to keep u.s. troop

barry's demoted from the role of saudi foreign minister in a political shake up ordered by king solomon. and their intended this is our jazeera live from london also coming up anger in the democratic republic of congo over the decision to exclude key off position areas from voting in sunday's presidential elections. indonesia's volcano alert level is boosted over affairs that and a crack of town could erupt again and trigger a second tsunami. and why donald trump is being criticized over that unannounced visit to u.s. troops in iraq. and we begin in saudi arabia where there's been a major government reshuffle as the kingdom struggles to contain the political fallout following the murder of jamal khashoggi in a series of royal decrees declared on state t.v. announced changes to key national. he posts including the demotion of high profile saudi foreign minister and a bear to minister of state of foreign affairs at in a job as effective demotion effective demotion i should say marks a low point in nearly thirty years of public service for saudi arabia unlike many senior power holders in r

back you're watching al-jazeera live from i'm peter dhabi these are your headlines saudi arabia's king solomon has demoted his foreign minister as part of a major government reshuffle. will now serve as a minister of state and follows the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi which sport a diplomatic backlash against the kingdom. police in the democratic republic of congo have fired tear gas on opposition protesters just days before presidential and parliamentary elections there's anger after the much delayed vote was postponed by a week elections are not used be held on sunday. but two hundred people seeking asylum in the u.s. spend some of christmas in a parking lot in texas after being sent there by immigration officials in el paso city four hundred others were also sent to places including bus shelters just ahead of christmas day families were left to fend for themselves because there was no room in detention centers. u.s. government shutdown is likely to continue into the new year after both houses of congress adjourned without agreeing on a way forward politicians are now expect

former top diplomat the larger bear stripped of his post in a major cabinet reshuffle ordered by king solomon the shake up comes as the international backlash continues over the murder of the saudi journalist. by agents of the kingdom charleville its reports. a former advisor to the late king abdullah a former ambassador to you know. should states and now former foreign minister it was only the second saadi to be appointed foreign minister outside the royal family u.b.s. has been demoted to minister of state for foreign affairs it comes after nearly three months of questions and denials about the killing of journalist. in the saudi consulate in istanbul saudi arabia has faced international backlash including from the u.s. congress who said crown prince mohammed bin son man was responsible for murder during a regional summit earlier this month you beard denied the crown prince's involvement and see this with regards to issuing an arrest warrant we don't extradite our citizens i believe turkey's constitution prohibits the extradition of turkish citizens to be a was appointed foreign minister by

constitution prohibits the extradition of turkish citizens to be a was appointed foreign minister by king solomon in twenty fifteen a month after saudi arabia went to war in yemen is strikes were launched with the aim of quickly crippling who the fighters backed by iran and stage the war has dragged on for almost four years killing at least sixty thousand yemenis he's also overseen turmoil within the g.c.c. . including a saudi laid in land and sea blockade of cousin for the past eighteen months sort of stalled controversy around the kingdom something his successor last if no one here it's by having brought him last soft who was an old school he's a veteran he served as a minister of finance for twenty years from one nine hundred ninety six until two thousand and sixteen so now he's having come as a foreign minister in order to give the message that we are back to the foreign policy a loss of is the former finance minister he was one of many wealthy and powerful saudis arrested and imprisoned and riyadh's ritz carlton hotel last year the crown prince championed to the arrests as a necessary crackd

prince mohammed bin salma from saudi arabia because the country will carry on even if its father king solomon sidelines him a summer eclipsing speculating that might be an escape hold for donald trump as well yeah there is already a commentary in the mainstream media in the united states saying that that might be what's up but written lindsey graham sleeves is that he might apply the magnets the acts on how madmen sell none and senate might put pressure on the state department not to deal with mohammed bits of money now again there is separation of powers in the united states and there is so much that congress can do when it comes to an administration run by a president and that president is the most powerful position now on in the united states perhaps in the world but i think also president trump has come to learn that there is limits to his presidency even if it's an imperial presidency and george w. bush even president obama sort of exploited and exploited the the expanded authorities that an american president has but in the end of the day there is such a thing as congress and congress d

piece it all be in doha with your headlines from al-jazeera saudi arabia's king solomon demoted his foreign minister as part of a major government reshuffle. be a will now as a minister of state or as the mother. which has brought a diplomatic backlash against the kingdom. police in the democratic republic of congo fired tear gas on opposition protesters just days before presidential and parliamentary elections there's anger after sunday's vote was persuaded and by a week and some pro opposition areas the elections are already overdue by two years . we. come to go. to. friday. and. the. will be asked good will and on sunday we should have. the nation everywhere and we have seen do you really want in this country. as a city please please we know the violence. about two hundred people seeking asylum in the us spent some of christmas in a parking lot in texas after being sent there by immigration and customs enforcement officials in el paso city the group included women and children with hundreds of others sent to different locations including bus shelters the us government shutdown is likely

where was appointed foreign minister by king solomon in two thousand and fifteen a month after saudi arabia went to war in yemen air strikes were launched with the aim of quickly crippling who's the fighters backed by iran instead the war has dragged on for almost four years killing at least sixty thousand yemenis millions face starvation in what's called the world's worst humanitarian crisis where's final months as minister have been marked by turmoil within the g.c.c. including saudi led air sea and land blockade of qatar for the past eighteen months . the king is now taking a step back with him last off instead of who wasn't in the first day is the first choice or for the king anyway because he was very close to king couple or to the king of saudi arabia rather than to king so much so now by having brought him last of who was an old school he's a veteran he served as a minister of finance for twenty years from one thousand nine hundred six until two thousand and sixteen so now he's having come as a foreign minister in order to give the the message that now we are back to the visio

it is it to raise a major issue if the united states of america and united kingdom tonight told king solomon this war us to and would end tomorrow but can oppose bricks and u.k. tale saudi arabia want to do for that matter can oppose breaks that you can't even tell them what to do and when to post breaks it you can even be the u.k. someone who met with u.k. minority government he did tourism a few bricks and talks on monday was the m.p. who represents gerry adams old seat of west belfast mascot joins.

we shall carry let's take a look at the headlines on al-jazeera saudi arabia's king solomon has demotedhis foreign minister as part of a major government reshuffle delegate there will now serve as a minister of state at follows the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi which has brought a diplomatic backlash against the kingdom police in the democratic republic of congo have fired tear gas on opposition protesters just days before presidential and parliamentary elections there's anger after sunday's vote was postponed by a few weeks and some opposition strongholds the elections are already two years overdue the main opposition candidate has appealed for calm. we. all moved. to. friday. and. will be. in the on sunday we. will leave when. we see. the country. and the city police. we know the violence about two hundred people seeking asylum in the u.s. spent some of christmas and a parking lot in texas after being sent there by immigration officials in the city of el paso four hundred others were also sent to places including bus shelters just ahead of christmas day am israel have to fend f

constitution prohibits the extradition of turkish citizens to be a was appointed foreign minister by king solomon and twenty fifteen a month after saudi arabia went to war in yemen if strikes were launched with the aim of quickly crippling hooty fighters backed by iran and stage the war has dragged on for almost four years killing at least sixty thousand yemenis he's also overseen turmoil within the g.c.c. including a saudi lead in land and sea blockade of customer for the past eighteen months or moves that have stalled controversy around the kingdom something his successor last if no one here it's by having brought him last of who was an old to school he's a veteran he served as a minister of finance for twenty years from one nine hundred ninety six and two thousand and sixteen so now he's having come as a foreign minister in order to give that the message that now we are back to the farm policy alas cerf is the former finance minister he was one of many wealthy and powerful saudis arrested and imprisoned and riyadh to ritz carlton hotel last year the crown prince championed to the arrests as a

it is a jury's a may issue if the united states of america and the united kingdom tonight told king solomon this war us to and would end tomorrow but can oppose breaks it u.k. tails saudi arabia want to do for that matter can oppose breaks that you can't even tell them what to do and will oppose bricks and you can even be the u.k. someone who met with u.k. minority government needed to raise money for urgent bricks and dogs on monday was the m.p. who represents gerry adams old seat of west belfast mask he joins me now paul thanks for coming back on so did you get any assurance from tourism a that island isn't going to be some sort of collateral in this bret's a deal you know we didn't at all. we didn't get on a target i mean we pushed trees or mail on where her government has had to be also use that term collateral so. i mean we believe that they do you pay because they're in partnership with the tory government here and it's a friday back but they are doing at the moment because their record their practice soundly in the north of ireland where they feel terrible about you know they're goin

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

king solomon ordered changes following global outrage over the killing of the saudi journalist inside the kingdom's consulate in istanbul last october well the us senate last week blamed crown prince mama bin sound month for the crime it's believed the fifteen man hit squad was put together by officials close to the saudi royal off with siri the deputy head of general intelligence and sadat khatami a senior court advisor have since been fired the changes will lead to the creation of three new government agencies to improve intelligence operations they'll seek to ensure those operations are in line with national security goals international law and human rights commitments the committee behind the restructuring was headed by the saudi crown prince. well best my mom is a professor of political science at the university of waterloo she says the intelligence services shakeup is aimed at deflecting attention away from the conference. i think the optics of reform are clear and the message being protected here is that there is checks and balances in the system that there's oversight but fran

admitting it is a jury's a major issue if the united states of america and united kingdom tonight told king solomon this war us to end would end tomorrow but can oppose said u.k. tales saudi arabia want to do for that matter can oppose breaks that you can't even tell them what to do and will oppose bricks and you can even be the u.k. someone who met with u.k. minority government leaders to raise money for urgent bricks and dogs on monday was the m.p. who represents gerry adams old seat of west belfast. he joins me now well thanks for coming back gone so did you get any assurance from tourism a that island isn't going to be some sort of collateral in this bret's a deal no we didn't at all. we didn't get on a target i mean we pushed trees in mail and where her government has had to be also use that term collateral so well course yes absolutely not i mean we believe that because they're in partnership with the tory government here and it's a friday back what they are doing at the moment because their record their practice soundly in the north of where they feel to get it. i mean if you speak to a majo

the heads of states or at least senior members of the blockading nations exist the saudi king king solomon when he spoke in his opening remarks spoke about many different issues but refused to talk about the blockade on qatar and these threats posed to the unity of the gulf countries the quaids he. did mention it she did say that maybe there needs to be a lot of work put into the discourse in the media campaigns that have been ongoing now against different member states however obviously fall short of maybe them on the more serious action from the political leadership of the blockading nations but at least that will be seen by some that kuwait hasn't lost all hope despite the fact that this blockade has gone on for a year and a half significantly speaking if we think of what's most likely to come out of the summits from a tangible perspective very little relief as far as the saudis are concerned their media will try and shine a light to show that they still have some sort of leadership role in the region and therefore for them it will be seen as a success but when you're talking about the

but its regional disunity that's hanging over the summit in his opening address saudi arabia's king solomon didn't mention the blockade of cost by his country and to other g.c.c. member states but it's that dispute the war in yemen and the diplomatic crisis surrounding the murder of the saudi journalist the the shuttering the event there was a plea however from leaders to work together. i would you know it through the gulf cooperation council states is working for the prosperity and solidarity and cohesion of these uses c. trade is true of this country as all the ambitions will be achieved and we need all to work hard in order to keep and in. these great solidarity cohesion and synergy. you know i don't ever there and we have faced a lot of challenges and on top of them there are other differences between our g.c.c. nations we need not to risk the interests of our peoples the peoples of the g.c.c. council states the g.c.c. must not be hesitant we need to keep our situation firm has stand firm and we need to be able to face the challenges in our region well there was one notable absentee at

constitution prohibits the extradition of turkish citizens to be a was appointed foreign minister by king solomon and twenty fifteen a month after saudi arabia went to war in yemen if strikes were launched with the aim of quickly crippling hooty fighters backed by iran and stage the war has dragged on for almost four years killing at least sixty thousand yemenis he's also overseen turmoil within the g.c.c. including a saudi lead in land and sea blockade of qatar for the past eighteen months or moves that have stalled controversy around the kingdom something his successor at last if no one here it's by having brought him last of who. he's a veteran he served as a minister of finance for twenty years from one nine hundred ninety six and two thousand and sixteen so now he's having come as a foreign minister in order to give that the message that now we are back to the foreign policy alas earth is the former finance minister he was one of many wealthy and powerful saudis arrested and imprisoned and riyadh's ritz carlton hotel last year the crown prince championed to. theorist's as unnecessary crackdo

a human rights commission which reports to saudi arabia's king solomon is a vestige of milledge torture of detained women activists the wall street journal is reporting the commission began interviewing activists this past month for the holdings of the some of the detained have been subjected to torture such as waterboarding and electrocution the saudi government dismisses allegations as wild claims many of the activists were campaigning for women to be able to drive a car the maloof is the middle east research director thomas t. international she has concerns about the transparency of the saudi human rights commission investigation we have called on the authorities to conduct prompt and impartial and investigations into the reports of torture of the of the detainees activists now are concerned as a balance the impartiality aspect of this how do we know i mean we need to you know we need to keep pressing it's good that the if the reports are true that these investigations are indeed taking place we need to make sure and monitor that these investigations and the results of these investig

and one of the top stories here launches here are saudi arabia's king solomon has announced a major government reshuffle as the country tries to contain the fallout from the murder of jamal khashoggi know to resound a foreign minister has been demoted to minister of state for foreign affairs. the president of the democratic republic of congo has told al jazeera that recent election violence is just politics tensions are running high across the country ahead of sunday's vote of police firing tear gas to disperse protesters in beni. sudan's government says nineteen people have been killed since anti-government demonstrations began more than a week ago sudanese journalists are striking in solidarity with the demonstrators who angry of the rising cost of living. experts fear another massive eruption of an indonesian volcano will cause a second tsunami has prompted officials to raise the alert level and widen the no go zone which was set up after saturday's tsunami and he four hundred thirty people were killed when a five metre high waves flooded coastal communities and is on jobber island with thi

revamp of saudi arabia's intelligence services in the aftermath of the murder of jamal khashoggi king solomon had ordered changes following global outrage over the killing of the saudi journalist inside the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the second the u.s. senate last week blamed the crown prince mohammed bin cell man for the killing it's believed the fifteen man hit squad was put together by officials close to the saudi royal. assyrian the deputy head of the general intelligence and. a senior court advisor have subsequently been fired from their positions the changes will lead to the creation of three new government agencies to improve intelligence operations they will seek to ensure those operations are in line with national security goals international law and human rights commitments the committee behind the restructuring was headed by the saudi crown prince himself let's talk now to best more money she's professor of political science at the university of waterloo she joins us from vienna bess much more money welcome back to al-jazeera here on the news hour does this represent g

a human rights commission which reports to saudi arabia's king solomon is investigating the alleged torture of detained women's rights activists according to the world will street journal a top aide of a crown prince over source some aspects of the torture and threatened at least one jailed woman with rape and death the saudi government dismissed dismisses the allegations as wild claims many of the activists were campaigning for women's right to drive or lynn maloof the middle east research director at amnesty international says she's concerned the saudi investigation will not be transparent. we have called on the authorities to conduct prompt and impartial and investigations into the reports of torture of the of the detained activists now our concern is a balance the impartiality aspect of this how do we know i mean we need to you know we need to keep pressing it's good that the if the reports are true that these investigations are indeed taking place we need to make sure and monitor that these investigations and the results of these investigations are being led in a transparent way we nee

summit is it begins in riyadh leaders have been arriving to be met by the saudi king solomon the hosts into other g.c.c. countries are continuing their economic blockade a fellow member qatar that dispute and the diplomatic crisis surrounding the murder of jamal khashoggi among the issues that are doing this the thirty ninth annual summit all right up to date those are the latest headlines from us air it out is there coming up next it's inside story. you're. cutting supply to push up prices some of the top oil producing countries have reached an agreement so what does it mean for consumers and how long will this deal between opec rivals and allies last this is in science or. hello welcome to the program has the world's major oil producers agreed to slash production off the meeting in vienna in the hopes of getting prices up again the cuts by opec and other produces outside the cocktail we'll take one point two million barrels a day from world markets the price of oil has tumbled from eighty five dollars a bow in october to sixty dollars this week but it needed the agreement of non opec

welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here this hour saudi arabia's king solomon has announced a major cabinet reshuffle the foreign minister has been demoted a new political and security council has been for. the democratic republic of congo have moved against protesters angry yet more delays to the presidential election that disperse crowds in beni and but tembo to opposition strongholds there are demonstrations in goma. donald trump has defended his decision to withdraw all forces from syria during his surprise visit to iraq the u.s. president and first lady melania trump met with troops at base that's just west of baghdad the trip follows criticism of the trumps failure to visit troops in overseas combat zones. all right let's get more now on our breaking news story the saudi cabinet reshuffle the replaced saudi foreign minister odd allowed to bear was facing growing pressure over germany she's murda in the saudi embassy in istanbul some concept joins us live now from there so how is the news of the job is demotion lot to democracy there in just remind our viewers that that

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

they six nation block will be meeting in riyadh qatar samir has been invited to attend by saudi king solomon but doha hasn't confirmed whether he will actually be there that arabia is leading the current blockade of qatar which is the blocs deepest crisis in decades the qatari flag could be seen flying in riyadh ahead of the summit i should say harry joins me on set he's the director of the gulf studies center at qatar university so let's start with that the flag to be invitation how will the blockade be addressed at the g.c.c. summit i'm not sure there will be a sort of any discussion of the i think the this is the summit number thirty nine the g.c.c. . the leaders you know they're invited i think what's happened is in a very routine a process that you know the invitations should be sent to all leaders however that have a different participation decided by each state we we did witness you know most of the time of the participation of live and from and from a so i think that in this case would not be exception on the two to two i turned over with the loo representation i think there would be

never named but they said the force at the doorstep of the saudi royal court without including king solomon the evidence they've been revealing slowly over the weeks to the turkish media painted a picture that it was conclusively pointing to mohammed bin solomon i think they've been privately a bit of a little bit annoyed and dismayed by the stand of president trump because they believe the evidence was quite categorically pointing towards the crown prince now the senator said that backs up entirely what they said i think they'll take this and hope that pressure will now be increased on the saudis to cooperate with the murder investigation which as far as the turks of concern has come to a standstill here because they've been requesting help and information from the saudis which has not been forthcoming the saudis say they have eleven people charged five of them facing the death penalty but no arts is too important questions why who ordered it and where are the remains of jamal khashoggi they have not answer those questions perhaps now with this building pressure in the u.s. they may have t

officials say the saudi crown prince has every right to inherit the throne when the ailing 82-year-old king solomon. lawmakers have great -- blamed the crown prince for the murder of jamal khashoggi and the saudi raving government has denied involvement. and proper maintenance of airplane equipment appears to have led to october's lion air crash. the wall street journal says they concluded a sensor on the boeing 737 was not calibrating correctly by the ground crew and the conclusion is subject to further analysis and it will take months to complete the investigation. the white house says jerome powell's job is safe. the council of economic advisors safe andsays it is they're trying to calm the markets after bloomberg said president trump had asked about firing powell. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. caroline: thank you. a sound endorsement from the white house for jerome powell. analysis.s 100% safe in his job, do we buy it? >> we buy it until it is not

. >> you told them about king solomon, he was to become king of this be 23.can i ever follow king david? king david, king of the jews, great understanding and wisdom. as he prayed and prayed and prayed, god came to him and said, solomon, because he did not ask -- great wealth for vengeance against your enemies, i will give you more wisdom than anyone has ever had. >> jason: joining us now a syndicated columnist and author michelle malkin and nationally syndicated radio host larry elder. thank you both for joining us here. larry, somehow i find these democrats -- i find it to be convenient that they somehow decide to lean on faith to bash the trump administration in a season that is supposed to be filled with joy. how do you read it? how do you see it? >> i call them born-again evangelists, jason. where were these people when the dnc booed god where they try to include god in the dnc platform? where were these born-again evangelists when people like joy behar called mike pence somebody guilty of having a mental illness because he spoke to god? where were these

constitution prohibits the extradition of turkish citizens to be a was appointed foreign minister by king solomonand twenty fifteen a month after saudi arabia went to war in yemen is strikes were launched with the aim of quickly crippling her three fighters backed by iran and stage the war has dragged on for almost four years killing at least sixty thousand yemenis he's also overseen turmoil within the g.c.c. including a saudi laid air land and sea blockade of customer for the past eighteen months or moves that have stalled controversy around the kingdom something his successor last if no one here it's by having. brought him last of who was in all the school he's a veteran he served as a minister of finance for twenty years from one nine hundred ninety six and two thousand and sixteen so now he's having him as a foreign minister in order to give that the message that now we are back to the foreign policy alas earth is the former finance minister he was one of many wealthy and powerful saudis arrested and imprisoned and riyadh to ritz carlton hotel last year the crown prince championed to the arre

first we begin with some breaking news out of saudi arabia where king solomon has just amounts of a major reshuffle of his cabinet the foreign minister has been replaced a new political and security council has now been formed let's get more on this breaking news story from me he's head of policy analysis of the arab center for research he joins us live on set model on this news is just breaking now as we've come on set what what's behind this move by the king what's bordered on and how big is it. well first of all personally i'm not really surprised by this news because we have been expecting actually others you appear to be out for some time even before the hotshot you feel. but now i think he has been used as another scapegoat in this in this issue or. actually was left over from the era he was in the fierce choice of thinks and man or his crown prince i think he's now at the right time perhaps for the competence because as i said he wanted somebody to be used as a scapegoat and i think he wanted also to hold him responsible because you know i mean. the saudi consulate in istanbul was

i hold him about king solomon when he was to become king of the jews.prayed to god and said how can i ever follow king david? king david, king of the jews. i need you to give me great understanding and wisdom, lord. after he prayed and prayed and prayed, god came to him and said solomon, because you did not ask for longevity or great wealth or vengeance against your enemies, i will give you more wisdom than any ever had. the wisdom of solomon. it had nothing to do with that. it had everything to do with let us be prayerful and listen to each other and have an understanding of where people are coming from on all of this. whatever you think about it, how many times did he mention the word wall? that's all he could say. how many times did he mention that and how obsessed he is with the wall and is it worth shutting down the government and hurting the american people. the economy has uncertainty and people are losing their jobs and the market being in a mood unpredictably that again, services being cut off from people who need them. it is not the right thin