, and brutally suppressed the protest at the same time, back in mecca, after a two-week standoff, themy, with the help ofh commandos, moved in with heavy weapons and explosives. and with permission from the wahhabi clerics. >> a religious council had to be cvened to permit the assault on the holy mosque. >> saudi troops have been conducting a mop up operation there after driving out all but a handful ofuslim gunmen. >> smith: scores of rebels were killed. among those captured was the ringleader, juhayman al otaibi. hjuhayman and his followe been outraged by recent social changes and liberaliza condoned by the royal family. over the previous decade, the monarchy had permitt a gradual loosening of religious rules. women had been givennent roles in the media, and were anchoring news programs withou head coverings. western brands, pop culture, and luxury goods flooded the country. >> as the thirst for oil grows bigger, saudi arabia gets richer and richer and richer. but western money has brought western attitudes along with it. last year revenue from oil... >> the 1970s oil boom was very

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of the two mecca mylene is considered more pro muslim brother. shot is owned by a former m.p. and party leader iman noor who fled egypt in two thousand and thirteen. ownership structure is more opaque but its donors have clear links to the brotherhood which makes the network an ultra sensitive issue in egypt when an international market research firm published a survey last year showing that mecca mylene was the country's most watched television channel the authorities closed down the firm's cairo offices the official reason given concerns over health and safety in the workplace travel restrictions on egyptian journalists have recently been widened to include turkey again the c.c. government cited safety concerns calling turkey a war zone which will come as breaking news to turks and the egyptian journalists working their demand that one a little why are they coming to the opposition whether it's politicians or journalists all need to breathe to have some fresh air surely politicians journalists citizens we're all suffocating in egypt the media h

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that is the case we will be making to the mecca people. not to just vote against them, but devoted -- to vote for us. >> nancy pelosi was on this for -- this morning saying she was against this deal. will you instruct them to hold the line on this? >> there is more to this deal than the issue of immigration. there is the issue of puerto rico, the virgin islands, texas, florida, and california. and whether or not this bill will meet the needs of people who are suffering right now, particularly on the island of puerto rico where 40% of the population still does not have access to power. they are american sis -- citizens or suffering, and whether their government will need -- will meet their needs. it is very complex. there's much more to this than simply one of fishes. we will have to look at that the totally. people in our caucus will do they think is in the best interest of the constituency and the country. that is what they are elected to do. as i said before, many, if not all of us -- i don't want to speak for every person -- look at the

. >> in mecca, men described as religious deviants are holding hostages in the sacred grand mosque. >wn when the 30 giant doors were sealed off by hundreds of members of a muslim sect. they seek to purify the religion from what they say is the corrupt influence of the current saudi arabian government. dozens are said to have died. >> this group of radicals took over very abruptly, very suddenly and very quickly islam's holiest site. >> saudi officials rush tanks and troops to mecca surrounding the shrine. eyewitnesses say as many as 10,000 pilgrims are still inside the grand mosque, and sniper fire was heard all day in mecca. >> broadcasts from iran today blame the united states for the assault on the grand mosque in mecca, the muslim holy city in saudi arabia. those broadcasts were heard in islamabad where a mob stormed the american embassy, killed a marine guard and trapped about 100 americans in the embassy. >> the mob was screaming "kill the american dogs" in islamabad. this is the third major event in the muslim world in the last 24 hours. >> in tehran this morning, millions of p

joined in shedding light on an open secret sexual harassment during the annual hodge pilgrimage in mecca last week a pakistani woman shared her story on facebook of a past sexual assault that took place during the annual hot pilgrimage she says that she was groped by several men while she performed a ceremony where the pilgrims walked in circles around the center of islam's most sacred mosque in mecca she writes i felt so violated i felt unable to speak out it is sad to say you are not even safe at holy places my entire experience of the holy city is overshadowed by this horrible incident. her post triggered a new viral hash tag mosque need to we spoke with the woman who helped launch that hash tag egyptian american writer mona eltahawy she says that she was also assaulted during college in the one nine hundred eighty s. and hopes that stories like theirs will now be heard we have to make sure that that movement is global and all inclusive which is why our began hashtag musky two because i wanted it to be the intersection of i said me too which is about sexual harassment and sexual abuse

of the two mecca mylene is considered more pro muslim brother. shot is owned by a former m.p. and party leader iman noor who fled egypt in two thousand and thirteen. ownership structure is more opaque but its donors have clear links to the brotherhood which makes the network an ultra sensitive issue in egypt when an international market research firm published a survey last year showing that mecca mylene was the country's most watched television channel the authorities closed down the firm's cairo offices the official reason given concerns over health and safety in the workplace travel restrictions on egyptian journalists have recently been widened to include turkey again the c.c. government cited safety concerns calling turkey a war zone which will come as breaking news to turks and the egyptian journalists working their demand that when a little why are they coming to the opposition whether it's politicians or journalists all need to breathe to have some fresh air surely politicians journalists citizens we're all suffocating in egypt the media

lot of support from women internationally so many different people from different countries go to mecca we actually spoke with the woman that helped to launch the mosque me to hash tag her name is mona eltahawy she's a gyptian american and she says she was assaulted during the one nine hundred eighty s. and she hopes that this will help these stories be heard we have to make sure that that movement is global and inclusive which is where he and her stand most need to because i wanted it to be the intersection of me two which is about sexual harassment and sexual abuse and. what we're seeing still a lot of women supporting but not so many men a mixed reaction from men mona those says that men are deathly necessary to effect a change here's what she says about that. so my message to recommend is listen don't judge and ask us how you can help and one of the best ways to help is to be on the lookout who would stop these conversations with other men talk to other muslim men about sexual harassment and abuse in our sacred spaces because they want to listen to us and women ready to listen to us

german chancellor i'm going to mecca has reportedly chosen one of her most prominent critics as the country's health minister the conservative yes spawn strongly opposed open door migration policy by choosing to what him a ministry michael appears to be appeasing the right wing within. but it's also being seen as a sign of weakness for the chassis with some talking spine as a potential successor. the curtain is set to come down of the twenty eighteen bonded out of film festival after a glittering awards ceremony remain in direct edina pensively the golden bear for touch me not a film that some critics loved and others not so much and west on. the son snapped up the award for best director for the festival's opening film i love dogs. the golden beer for best. they're going to be barefoot in miss goes to. touch me not my idea was. i do you know pin ca's film follows the emotions of people who try to fulfill their desire for intimacy in unexpected ways the director invited the cast which includes nonprofessional actors onto the stage some were overwhelmed by the moment. where the heartbeat. this

after some teething problems, the link between mecca and medina across the arabian desert should open spanish—built trains will cover the 270 miles between the two holy cities in about two hours. helen is already looking forward to christmas — the place, not the day. christmas island, a beautiful coral atoll in the heart of the world's biggest ocean, is the only isle in the republic of kiribati who has an international air link. it's a stop on the way between honolulu and fiji. there are many ways to reach honolulu from the uk with a single change of planes at a mainland us airport, but you will need to make sure you are there at noon on a tuesday when the only flight of the week takes off for the 3—hour flight south to christmas island. next, kelly is seeking a different kind of island escape. the hebrides, the islands off the west coast of scotland comprise raw, elemental landscapes with a dramatic seashore punctuated by pretty ports and superb beaches. agreed, the weather is not always clement and the mediterranean is rather warmer than the north atlantic, but when the sun shines,

it was a mecca with a history of tennis greats. now it is spread out due to lack of real estate. golden gate park would attract a lot of talent to san francisco in a public setting. i can't advocate enough and i thank the city for support and promotion. i would like to thank the tennis coalition for the hard work and tire let efforts over the years to get this to where it is today. >> next speaker, please. >> julie exly. in my earlier rushings i touched upon -- remarks i touched about the outreach efforts and how the concerns are in the design you saw today. we have held focus group meetings, meetings for senior players and hosted public events including free youth days. we have published 20 newsletters and are updating information about golden gate park tennis. we presented the project and have been open and transparent about progress and process. some of the changes and modifications are a direct result of community feedback. they include reservation system, evening lights, small pro shop, a place for pink pong and pickle ball. a large entry point, free day lockers, safer spaci

i come from the agricultural mecca of the world in san joaquin valley.you are learning what we are dealing with in the san joaquin valley. it's kind of the home of the extreme left wing. we have seen what they do to people's private property, what they do to their businesses. people ask me how do you deal used tos yet so i'm these people. i'm used to being attacked all the time. i hope you all know that in california it's like a country in and of itself. don't hold that against some of us who are actually conservative, actually trying to do the right thing. i love that answer. >> where do our attendees go to get this memo? >> it should be online on the house intelligence website. >> we're going to forgive you if you're looking at your phones are twitter to read the content speed its importance to know where it's happening. we are going to do something very special for you. i would like to bring onto the stage our vice chairman. we do come out and join us? come on out, millie. >> there was very candid. and now, we are really honored to bestow the american

[applause] i come from the agricultural not mecca of the world, in the san joaquin valley. we have been dealing with these crazy people for a long time, you guys are just now learning what we have been dealing with in the san joaquin valley. i grew up with this lunacy that comes from hollywood and san francisco, the home of the extreme left wing. so, we have seen what they do to people's private property, to their farms, to their businesses. so, we are well aware. lots of people ask me, how do you deal with this? i grew up with it. i am used to being attacked all the time, and so are my constituents. i hope that you all know, in california, a country in an of itself -- do not hold that against some of us who actually conservative and are actually trying to do the right. trying to be good participants in this great country. [cheers and applause] host: i love that answer. where do our attendees go to get the schiff memo? rep. nunes: you will have to go online. >> we will forgive you if you are looking on your phones. i think it is important for you all to know what is happeni

ambassador talking about the prospects of palestinian independence and middle eastern peace while the mecca massacre now is drought is planning a law that will basically annex the solons and make their territory the territory of israel proper as israel's government had it towards the destruction of the idea of a palestinian state. i think they are unfortunately we have witnessed a very serious the of the main trend in israel towards the private extreme right i would say unfortunately in all in all fields not only with regard to the middle east peace process or the conflict between the israelis and the palestinians so this is this is a reality what the israelis are trying to do know is to proceed to continue with settlement colonialism to establish more settlements to bring more settlers to the occupied territory hoping to create new facts as they call them and then from the clyde to two and there's an exile in a creeping way and a gradual way of of this territory and the ultimate goal of course is to prohibit or to prevent the palestinian people from exercising the right to self-determinati

. >> the mecca of the united states. one of the, you know, hardwood classics that we have in the united states. it doesn't get gwynedd better than this. >> reporter: these young women from delco came to see their sister molly play for cardinal o'hara. >> this is very high caliber basketball played here in the city of philadelphia, definitely. so it's exciting. >> reporter: it was o'hara who captured the girls catholic league title for a second year in a row. and then it was time for the boys. roman catholic against bonner prendie. even decades after graduating from bonner ed monaghan says this is philly basketball. >> if you're a kid growing up in philadelphia i mean catholic league especially in basketball is the ultimate to come here and within a catholic league championship i think a in lost people's eyes especially catholic league is even bigger than a state title. >> that thriller down to the last second it was roman catholic take the boys catholic league championship over bonner friend dee. a classic finish to a cl

been talking about being assaulted during the annual pilgrimage when millions gather in the city of mecca and we have been from getting social media to tell us more about this story tell us about her yeah i mean this is a pilgrimage of course that every muslim adult muslim must undertake once in their life if they are able to it happens this year in august but it's making headlines now because of an account that was shared on facebook by a pakistani teenager and she wrote about her past sexual assault that took place there in the very center of mecca her name is khan and she wrote that she was actually groped by several men while she was performing a ceremony known as the waffen and this is the post that she wrote she wrote it was my third to watch and i felt a hand on my waist during my six to watch i suddenly felt something aggressively poking my but i felt so violated i felt unable to speak out it's sad to say that you were not even safe at holy places my entire experience of the holy city is overshadowed by this or bull incident we spoke with she told us that she's receiving such a ba

patrols openly with all collide and that's that's that's without that's the mecca of jihad right now but exactly and of course he's doing that using these arrangements that he's made with the russians and the iranians to relate to legitimize that there is another side because of course that the russians are they say what we need the cooperation of. have been there's genuine. there's a lot of chatter. that the israelis are looking for a real real meaningful scary conflict with the iranians also with hezbollah or do you see this is a part of a puzzle piece right now because you know that would. for planners for american planners in the pentagon it would be nice to have a foothold in syria if an operation like that were to be pulled off i prefer to stay on the ground the fact let's just look at the facts israel has been firing missiles from the territory of a sovereign state in the condition of a foreign intervention of the civil war several times or one hundred. times in a look at exactly. what a victim or a huge terrorist act three years ago and no one in the west even expressed condo

mecca for technology innovators and aficionados.re the cult of geek reigns supreme. everyone‘s got that billion—dollar idea here and everyone wants to save the world. the ethos of nothing is impossible runs in the veins and twitter feeds of every twentysomething zuckerberg wannabe. now, silicon valley is taking on life's biggest challenge — death. dave lee has been looking at how silicon valley is trying to help us all live longer. this will be my last mealfor 36 hours. like a growing number of people in silicon valley, i'm about to try fasting — something some here believe could contribute to extending our lifespan. my advice to you, just sleep in really late so you don't have to deal with it! kristen brown is a biotechnology journalist. she tells me living longer is becoming something of an obsession for many techies. we do tend to see people notjust thinking of their body as a machine but talking about it metaphorically as a machine. are they actually making any progress? it's growing so quickly right now. i mean, we understand s

we know that mr benoliel did the docks prime minister when he came to to berlin before he met from mecca he thought that i hope that the news will recently rule be so happy when he got through this and one day later the prosecutor they prepared the indignant and one day later he is released and two days later the turkish prime minister in munich in the in the security conference he told that they are ready to produce a common thank together with germany so unfortunately these some of the things shows that the news wasn't and the news releases were so happy about it really very very clear one of the. just briefly on the tank issue i think we are still quite far from that because. the commonly produced tank is basically. turkey once this once this turkish tank and so they can provide some things to that but the main technical technologically advanced parts would come from ryan mittal. and i think we are still very far from that kind of an agreement because at the moment it's politically you can't implement you come to explain that and particularly why that campaign is open to question of t

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feels a breeze from the empty quarter running up through western saudi he even tempered a high in mecca but making the skies rather orange. the with the sponsored by qatar and use. the scene for us when they're online what is american sign in yemen that peace is possible but not what happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people that little choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and she's close to the story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. and watching al-jazeera these are the top stories right now the united nations is calling for an end to the targeting of civilians in a rebel held enclave near syria's capital damascus at least eighty five people were killed during syrian government russian at eastern. turkey says it will fight forces loyal to syria's president if they enter a frame as part of an agreement with the kurdish y.p. gene turkey launched an offensive last month to push kurds out of

too good should be fine on the other side of the potential with highs of thirty three expected in mecca down into southern portions of africa we have seen some heavy rain affecting parts of south africa we've also seen some shall write to vittie across a mozambique as we look at the forecast because though for parts of zimbabwe it could be quite wet highs of twenty five in harare. in the world. welcome back with al jazeera a look at the stories making headlines now. has been sworn in as south africa's president and day often baffled leader jacob zuma resigned is promising to fight corruption and to revitalize the economy. saudi owned t.v. news station are a beer is pulled out of the united kingdom t.v. regulator in a raul over a fake news about kaesong. and us president donald trump has promised to improve school safety off to a nineteen year old man was accused of shooting dead at least seventeen people at a florida high school on wednesday. oh in one of our other top stories and byways main opposition party has named nelson chamisa acting president of the party in place as long time o

for this time of year twenty six is still above average and fine around the rest of the gulf states mecca coming in at thirty two degrees celsius heading down into southern portions of africa we've had some really heavy rain across the eastern cape still some showers here some showers effect in zimbabwe and samba still some heavy downpours in the eastern side of madagascar but it should be fine and when talk with highs here of thirty one. the weather sponsored by cateye piece. what makes this moment this era we're living for so unique this is really an attack on itself is a lot of misunderstanding a distortion even of what free speech is supposed to be about the context is hugely important we have a right to publish if you have a duty to be offensive or provoke people to. setting the stage for a serious debate. up front at this time on al-jazeera. watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now for israeli soldiers have been wounded two of them seriously in an explosion along the israeli border with gaza israeli military blame some os that's carried out air strikes targeting sev

states too on the other side of the potential should be fine with highs of thirty four expected in mecca let's head across into southern parts of africa where it's looking quite lively in places that moment you see a massive cloud all way down through zambia through. and through towards mozambique and here would like to see further showers during the course of choose day heading south of through botswana we've lost most of the showers here fine across much of south africa twenty two in capetown and should be quite a warm present there in durban with highs of twenty eight. our mind of our top stories here on al-jazeera russia's president has ordered a daily cease fire in syria's eastern ghouta and the humanitarian corridor so civilians can leave at least twenty six people were killed on monday in the rebel held a. u.n. agencies it's a war displacement and economic crisis of food insecurity inside sudan to unprecedented levels. three nobel peace prize winners have visited refugee camps in bangladesh and are appealing to aung sang suu kyi to speak out about violence against the hinge of mus

here at all and fine conditions on the other side of the peninsula with thirty four some ice from mecca conditions all the way down the red sea coast sunnah should see a maximum of twenty five percent across into southern portions of africa you see the satellite imagery some significant shower clouds across more eastern parts of south africa and still a chance i want to show is that as we head through thursday. martin our top stories here now syria south africa's president has denounced news by his own a.n.c. party to remove him from office calling them on fat jacob zuma faces a vote of no confidence if he doesn't step down by thursday. the u.n. special envoy to syria says the recent violence in the country is the worst he's seen during his entire four year ten year stuff under mr are told the security council as many as a fountain of people are being killed in the first week of february alone. a development conference held in kuwait to see more than thirty billion dollars worth of loans and investment pledged to help reconstruct areas of iraq destroyed by eisold but it falls short of t

certainly be dust in the air that's true for the eastern side as well it's settled in quite warm in mecca at such a four degrees throughout southern africa we've been waiting for writing cape time and it fell not much more to come most of the showers do develop in south africa but a long way to the east to cli jo'burg. i am doing this on the benefit of saddam people. so bad they see the importance of their our cars. witness documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera. hi chance take a look at the top stories here almost two hundred people have been killed in the past three days alone in rebel held parts of syria after an intense air and ground offensive by government forces backed by russia thirty four people died on wednesday and. that's close to the capital damascus and four others died in. north korean athletes arrived in the south ahead of the winter olympics in pune chang kim jong un sr is expected to arrive on friday to leave the delegation israeli media say police will recommend that prime minister benjamin netanyahu will be indicted on corruption charges the prim