what can a country like pakistan then hope to get out of mohammed bin salman's visit. i think it's not necessarily just what pakistan can get out of sight or both what kind of pakistan maintain with saudi arabia let's remember there are many pakistani citizens living in saudi arabia there are many pakistani citizens who are there who rely on saudi government to look after them imran khan is unlikely to irk a saudi king when so many pakistani citizens are living in saudi arabia this is about maintaining relations let's remember the armies of pakistan and saudi arabia share extensive links with one another the pakistanis essentially train much of the saudi army they share intelligence on different areas in the region also let's remember they have historic ties in iran can may have his issues of muhammad bin saman indeed the pakistani people might have their problems but if you are the prime minister of pakistan you don't want to make life difficult for the fact is we are just on a very warm embrace there as the crown prince of saudi arabia finally came down the stairs of

sentiment is proactively seeking other investors is because mohamed bin said man the affair is still rife everybody is still talking about it it's still affecting his image if you notice the india indonesia and malaysia visits have been postponed because he's worried about this backlash that might take place so why risk this p.r. only if you are desperate that's why you would do it saudi arabia is in desperate need of diversification it continues to rely on oil it is looking for political leverage from pakistan it is looking to india in order india one billion big economy it is looking to encourage the indians to come and invest in saudi arabia i'm not sure china will take too kindly to saudi arabia neither will the indians but this is a desperate plan by mohammed bin cement to save salvage whatever he has. more plenty ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including battles along the saudi yemen border up putting at risk a deal aimed at deescalating the violence. also the high price of high fashion on the environment we meet the activist trying to change the trend and in sport the a

up on the program the saudi crown prince bearing gifts in pakistan amid criticism from the west mohamed bin so many gets a royal welcome in islamabad is this a new pivot to asia for the kingdom. allegations of censorship at the berlin film festival chinese director john hume opals his film and in a d w exclusive i way way says his work was blocked from selection are they being targeted by beijing censors. and a year after hosting the winter olympics in china is practically a ghost town what happens to all the empty venues when the games move on. i'm melissa chan thank you for joining the program it's good to have you with us saudi arabia has pledged to invest twenty billion dollars in cash hungry pakistan it's a boost for islam a body which faces a mounting debt crisis and tensions with neighboring india and it's a p.r. boon for saudi arabia as well after international criticism over the killing of u.s. a saudi journalist jamal khashoggi last year. pakistan needs money and saudi arabia needs friends to that end saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon began his trip to asia on sunday night t

the arabia has again denied reports that crown prince mohammed bin salon authorized the killing of the journalist to market the kingdom's minister of state for foreign affairs and the larger bear said that it was a huge mistake and it says no order was given to conduct the operation of talks held in washington he urged the u.s. congress to step back from imposing sanctions over what he called a rogue mission according to an iraqi newspaper the national also declined to give the names of those standing trial in saudi over the killing but did confirm a former aide to the crown prince and they were tiny has been dismissed in the article the minister also said he doesn't know the whereabouts of another ex a thread adding that he's unsure if he's alive or not it comes as a new york times report says mom had been some man threaten to use a bullet against a market should she in twenty seventeen if he did not return home and his criticism of the kingdom. now a senior saudi government minister has denied the kingdom was involved in leaking intimate photos of the world's richest man it comes as

saudi arabia has denied reports that crown prince mohammed bin south authorized the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi the kingdom's minister of state for foreign affairs a bear says it was a huge mistake and insists no order was given to conduct the operation talks held in washington the us congress to step back from imposing sanctions over what he called a rogue mission according to an emirate newspaper the national zoo they also declined to give the names of those standing trial in saudi over the killing but he did confirm a former aide to the crown prince sowed any has been dismissed in the article the minister also said he doesn't know the whereabouts of another my head retread adding he was unsure if he's alive or not it comes as a new york times report says mohamed bin sound man threatened to use a bullet against jamal khashoggi and twenty seventeen if he didn't return home and end his criticism of the kingdom well u.s. president donald trump is due to tell congress by the end of friday if sanctions will be imposed on saudi arabia over the matter under legislation called magnits

saudi arabia has again denied reports of crown prince mohammed bin salon authorize the killing of journalist. the kingdoms of minister of state for foreign affairs and other said that it was a huge mistake and insists no order was given to conduct the operation talks held in washington he urged the u.s. congress to step back from imposing sanctions over what he called a rogue mission according to and marotta newspaper the national also declined to give the names of those standing trial in saudi over the killing but did confirm a former aide to the crown prince a look at tani has been dismissed in the article the minister also said he doesn't know the whereabouts of another x. eight treb adding he's unsure if he's alive or more it comes as a new york times report says mom had been slow man threaten to use a bullet against a marker shoji in twenty seventeen if he did not return home and end his criticism of the kingdom the films they have to mark a show cheers calls for international support in the investigation into his murder the teacher changes was speaking a day after the special rapporteu

saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman is in china on the last leg of his asia tour.own with president xijinping on friday afternoon when the two are likely to discuss trade — china is saudi arabia's biggest trading partner. stephen mcdonell in beijing has more on what we can expect. well, he will be sitting down with xi xinping. we have been asking what deals might be signed or agreements reached. at the moment, the government here is keeping its cards very close to its chest. apparently any such m0 used and the like, won'tbe announced until the whole thing is over. one thing that might be expected by some in muslim countries to erase would be the question the camps and the far west of china. there's up to i million people being held in these extrajudicial re—education camps. simply for being muslim, not having committed any other crimes. as the keeper of the faith, the saudi crown prince could potentially raise this issue. he's facing criticisms of his own human rights record, following this murky killing of a journalist in turkey last year. others might say it is a

he seeking other investors is because mohammed bin so man the affair is still rife everybody is still talking about it it's still affecting his image if you notice the india indonesia and malaysia visits have been postponed because he's worried about this backlash that might take place so why risk this p.r. only if you are desperate that's why you would do it saudi arabia is in desperate need of diversification it continues to rely on oil it is looking for political leverage from pakistan it is looking to india in order india one billion big economy it is looking to encourage the indians to come and invest in saudi arabia i'm not sure china will take too kindly to saudi arabia neither will the indians but this is a desperate plan by mohammed bin cement to save salvage whatever he has in yemen who he rebels and the government of agreed to begin the first phase of withdraw from the area around the strategic port city of her data both sides have said they will evacuate forces from her danger itself and the ports to sally and rest a certain you can break agreement is to allow desperately

saudi arabia has denied reports that crown prince mohammed bin authorized the killing of.saudis minister of state for foreign affairs has also denied to the kingdom was involved in leaking intimate photos of the world's richest man it comes as imus on the scene jeff bezos suggested his ownership of the. washington post newspaper which has reported extensively on the killing of saudi agents made him a target. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has warned of catastrophic consequences if all of the country's oil shipments are blocked by u.s. sanctions he's also called for u.s. aid stockpiled at the venezuelan border to be distributed to colombians. the united states is hoping afghanistan can strike a peace agreement involving the taliban before elections for july u.s. special envoy zalmay khalilzad speaking at the institute of peace in washington d.c. expressed cautious optimism about the prospect of a deal held meetings with taliban officials here in doha to discuss an ongoing push for a political settlement to the seventeen year old conflict the u.s. diplomat says this st

sentiment is proactively seeking other investors is because mohamed bin so man the affair is still rife everybody's still talking about it it's still affecting his image if you notice the india indonesia and malaysia visits have been postponed because he's worried about this backlash that might take place so why risk this p.r. only if you are desperate that's why you would do it saudi arabia is in desperate need of diversification it continues to rely on oil it is looking for political leverage from pakistan it is looking to india in order india one billion big economy it is looking to encourage the indians to come and invest in saudi arabia i'm not sure china will take too kindly to saudi arabia neither will the indians but this is a desperate plan by mohammed bin cement to save salvage whatever he has of the crown prince arrives in pakistan at a time of high regional tension a twenty four hour curfew is in force in indian administered kashmir after a suicide bomber killed at least forty security personnel thursday india's government issued a safety warning following reports of pe

body of national enquirer published a glossy magazine promoting saudi arabia and crown prince mohammed binsalman containing the adverts of the time the saudis denied any connection as far as i'm aware and i believe it would be when we have absolutely nothing to do with this we maybe some of our citizens read the national enquirer when they're in the united states citizens watch the soap opera unfold on television but that's it jeff bezos writes that if someone like him the world's richest person is unable to stand up to such actions then who care whether he has a legal case may depend on jurisdiction in states that use blackmail and extortion combined together like a case because you're requesting that someone by way of threatening them that you don't do this then i'll do that and then of a come under think under one of those statutes however if it's in a state or jurisdiction that is only saying money has to be involved then it doesn't come under the statute because there's no request for you know and there's no request for money complicating matters is practiced immunity deal with new yo

a royal welcome for saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin selman pakistan and saudi arabia have long been allies but this is the first visit for the crown prince since he became heir to the throne u.k. will might have put on a solemn to put on a both back when they are our old friends and their policies are in favor of pakistan. they will increase their wealth by investing in pakistan this is useless for our people. prime minister imran khan wants to make a good impression but mr khan is looking to take. one is that. what is called meant in the current economic crisis second is foreign direct investment khans overture comes as much of the world has either shunned criticized or chosen to keep an arm's length from the crown prince both turkish and american security agencies have concluded that mohamed bin selman ordered the murder of washington post columnist jamal khashoggi the veteran journalist was killed and dismembered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul last october cond just two months into his tenure never joined the global chorus of outrage against the kingdom and the princ

saudi arabia has dismissed a report that mohammed bin salman wants to buy manchester united. reports say the crown prince could send billions of pounds to buy the club. saudi arabia calls the report completely untrue. global news 24 hours a day on air and tictoc on twitter, and powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm sebastian salek, and this is bloomberg. inncine: european automakers focus after a u.s. probe reported to say that car imports pose a risk. this could ultimately lead to the u.s. opposing tariffs. angela merkel rejects the suggestion that german carmakers compromise u.s. national security. >> we are proud of our cars.

pakistan needs money and saudi arabia needs friends to that end saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon began his trip to asia on sunday night touching down to a red carpet welcome from pakistan's prime minister imran khan. the saudi royal review the military before moving on to cannes residents to confirm the final details of seven separate agreements and memorandums of understanding worth twenty billion dollars. but also because. the french. needed france. as a friend elite which is why so much pakistan faces a serious balance of payments crisis and hopes the deals will bring its economy back from the brink in recent months saudi arabia has helped keep pakistan's economy afloat by propping up its foreign exchange reserves with a six billion dollar loan that gives islam about breathing room as it negotiates a bailout with the international monetary fund the two day visit to pakistan comes amid high tensions in the region india and saudi arabia's arch rival iran both bordering pakistan have accused islamabad of backing militant groups which have carried out bloody suicide attacks on the

mohammed bin solomons next stop is pakistan's neighbor india his visit comes at a time of heightened tensions between the two countries over the disputed region of kashmir so how fine a diplomatic line is it for the prince to walk i put that question to assad has seen a journalist based in islamabad. i think that's a particularly good question and right now it's unclear as to how this is going to play out given the timing of the visit and how it's happened right literally a day after the pull warm attack which has led to obviously an increased heightening of tensions between india and pakistan currently tensions in the middle c. are extremely high and there is discussion on the indian side of even some sort of military action against pakistan who they blame for allowing such an attack to happen now obviously the crown prince has spent the last two days or is currently still in islamabad and we have heard from pakistani authorities as well their version of events and i'm sure that they will be pushing him to try and convey that to the indian side there is obviously very limited contac

saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman is in china on the last leg of his asia tour. he's due to sit down with president xijinping on friday afternoon, with trade talks top of his agenda. and this video is trending on bbc.com. visitors at yosemite national park were stunned by this firefall. this happens when light hits a waterfall tumbling down el capitan. the intensity depends on the volume of water and the cloud cover. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk... the family of shamima begum, the teenager whojoined the islamic state group, say they'll officially challenge the decision, to revoke her british citizenship. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. back at the negotiating table. top us and chinese trade officials are meeting in washington, but can they agree a deal in time? huawei heartbreak. the founder of the chinese technology giant tells bbc about the moment his daughter was arrested. hello, welcome to asia business report. it is a race against the clock in washington, just one week to go to the deadline wh

president on the trump has largely stood by his ally the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sol man the us president has now missed a friday deadline to tell congress who's responsible for the killing of a shrug instead his secretary of state mike pompei o wrote a letter to the senate committee on foreign relations insisting that the trumpet ministration will seek accountability for the murder of a leading member of that committee senator bob menendez says the response isn't good enough and the united nations is the latest to demand answers to its special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions called a shock to his death a brutal and premeditated killing agnes kalama released her initial findings after a week long trip to turkey she says saudi arabia has seriously undermined the murder investigation we'll bring in our guest in just a moment first mike hanna sets up our discussion today from washington. president trump departs for his annual medical exam declining to on says shouted questions on any subject all indications are they'll be no response to the deadline set by the senate foll

and saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman has left after signing twenty billion dollars in investment deals with pakistan is a much needed relief for pakistan's economy which is currently facing a debt crisis well let's speak some more about this now to marvie sara met who is a journalist at the daily times and executive council at the human rights commission in pakistan she joins us from islamabad thank you very much for being with us so the pakistani government i understand has given its highest civilian honor to the saudi crown prince a day after all these investment deals were greeted twenty billion dollars worth what do you make of this is a saudi crown prince deserving of this honor. thank you very much there did get me feeling that by a large majority. this visit is. a very very important moment in history in pakistan's gotten political situation there but it is in the danger of being democratic. diplomatically isolated into the big of the recent do a significant dent an attack on its borders. against the. soldiers of god and other. indian soldiers they were all died

or saudi arabia has promised to help deescalate tensions between the two countries crown prince mohammed bin someone is preparing to head to india after visiting pakistan have been demonstrations in new delhi ahead of his arrival protesters say the crown prince is responsible for killing thousands of civilians in yemen and accuse him of ordering the murder of saudi journalists. come on haida is in islamabad to tell us about the tensions between india and pakistan and also mohammed bin salman says it. tensions between india and pakistan are running high. in d.n.a. administered kashmir. the indian then quickly putting the blame of responsibility on august on august on thing that day should have been a proper investigation and that this was the need reaction. that there were tens of thousands of people killed in this country and deadly bomb attack but despite the fact that that patients the neighborly wars it did not deny anyone pakistan wanted to improve its relations with india something that the pakistani prime minute. again and again it is. there is a feeling emerging head in pakistan that

president told trump has largely stood by his ally the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sol man the us president has now missed a friday deadline to tell congress who's responsible for the killing of a shrug instead his secretary of state mike pompei o wrote a letter to the senate committee on foreign relations insisting that the trumpet ministration will seek accountability for the murder of a leading member of that committee senator bob menendez says the response isn't good enough and the united nations is the latest to demand answers to its special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions called a shock to his death a brutal and premeditated killing agnes kalama released her initial findings after a week long trip to turkey she says saudi arabia has seriously undermined the murder investigation we'll bring in our guest in just a moment first mike hanna sets up our discussion today from washington. president trump departs for his annual medical exam declining to on says shouted questions on any subject all indications are they'll be no response to the deadline set by the senate. follow

pakistan has to roll out the red carpet for saudi's crown prince mohammed bin. plus disappointment and frustration over delayed elections in nigeria as questions are raised over how much it will cost the country. u.s. president donald trump is edging britain france and germany to take back and put on trial more than eight hundred i still find his captures in syria on twitter he went on to say the caliphate is ready to fall the alternative is not a good one and that we will be forced to release them the u.s. does not want to watch as these isis fighters permeates europe which is where they are expected to do so much and spend so much time for others to step up and do the job that they are so capable of doing we are pulling back after one hundred percent caliphate victory imran khan joins us live now from gaziantep on the syria border say him on the big question of course is what happens to these fighters who are from all parts of the world what's the process when they surrender or captured. well what happens is when they surrender or captured the s.d.f. the syria

saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon threatened to go after jamal khashoggi in twenty seventeen more than a year before he was murdered according to the new york times newspaper the report says been told an aide he would in his words use a bullet against the journalist if he did not return home and end his criticism of saudi arabia the conversation was intercepted by u.s. intelligence. was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in october last year. turkey's foreign minister says the u.n. last launch a full investigation into the murder this a day after the u.n. human rights and boy looking into it said it was a brutal premeditated killing planned and perpetrated by saudi officials a special rapporteur spent a week in turkey to examine evidence where saudi minister of state for foreign affairs has urged the u.s. not to impose sanctions on saudi arabia over the. speaking in washington adela said the killing had been a rogue operation and a huge mistake yes president donald trump has until midnight to tell congress if sanctions will be imposed on saudi arabia over her murder u

saudi arabia has denied reports that crown prince mohammed bin salmond authorized the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi the minister of state for foreign affairs a says it was a huge mistake and insists no order was given to conduct the operation in washington he urged the u.s. congress to step back from imposing sanctions over what he called a commission also declined to give the names of those standing trial in saudi arabia over the killing he confirmed a former aide to the crown prince had been dismissed but said he wasn't sure if another aide was alive or not it comes as a new york times report says that in twenty seventeen mohammed bin salmond threatened to use a bullet against jamal khashoggi if he did not return home and end his criticism of the kingdom u.s. president donald trump is due to tell congress by midnight on friday if sanctions will be imposed on saudi arabia or the matter under legislation called the magnitsky act the president must outline what action if any he intends to take both sides of congress triggered the act one hundred twenty days ago trump has previously s

security has been stepped up in pakistan ahead of a visit by saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin arrive on sunday for a two day visit. a royal welcome for saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin selman pakistan and saudi arabia have long been allies but this is the first visit for the crown prince since he became heir to the throne u.k. want to put on a solid to put on a both but they are old friends and their policies are in favor of pakistan. they will increase their wealth by investing in pakistan this is useless for our people. prime minister imran khan wants to make a good impression. and is looking to. one is that backpage point is called mint and the country cannot because second is foreign direct investment khans overture comes as much of the world has either shunned criticized or chosen to keep an arm's length from the crown prince both turkish and american security agencies have concluded that mohamed bin salmen ordered the murder of washington post columnist jamal khashoggi the veteran journalist was killed and dismembered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul last o

intelligence agencies those intelligence agencies believe for example that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon is responsible for the death of jamal associate the journalist last october so he doesn't have or trump doesn't have the support of his own personnel and i think also trump faces and washington press which thinks that he is weak in the combination of his general witness in front of the truck russia investigation the recent government shutdown and the washington press a specific concern over saudi activities after the death of associate i think that means that this is probably the best opportunity that congress has to check executive power and the u.s. intervention in yemen and i met be interested in your feedback on some of those and points that scott made it to to say that he thinks this might be the right time for this do you agree with that analysis. i mean to a large extent you're a invigorate democratic majority in the house and for that matter when you add that to the fact that the senate was able to pass a bill prior to the elections they feel like i to some extent they

intelligence agencies those intelligence agencies believe for example that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon is responsible for the death of jamal associate the journalist last october so he doesn't have or trump doesn't have the support of his own personnel and i think also trump faces and washington press which thinks that he is weak in the combination of his general witness in front of the truck russia investigation the recent government shutdown and the washington press a specific concern over saudi activities after the death of associate i think that means that this is probably the best opportunity that congress has to check executive power and the u.s. intervention in yemen and i met me interested in your feedback on some of those and points that scott made it to to say that he thinks this might be the right time for this do you agree with that analysis. i mean to a large extent you're a invigorate democratic majority in the house and for that matter when you add that to the fact that the senate was able to pass a bill prior to the elections they feel like i to some extent they

saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman is in china on the last leg of his asia tour. he's due to sit down with president xijinping on friday afternoon, with trade talks top of his agenda. and this video is trending on bbc.com. visitors at yosemite national park were stunned by this firefall. this happens when light hits a waterfall tumbling down el capitan. the intensity depends on the volume of water and the cloud cover. those are your headlines on the bbc. it is 12:30 a:m.. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. the ongoing urban protests in sudan have been the most widespread and consistent demonstrations against president omar al—bashir and his ruling national congress party. after nearly 30 years in power, protesters in major cities in sudan have said enough and are calling on him to resign. at least 30 civilians have been killed, although the government insists its security forces have not opened fire on peaceful demonstrators. my guest is the long—time opposition figure, yasir arman. he is the external affairs secretary of

that he believed that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin saw a man who was responsible for ordering this killing we know from the un special rapporteur that she's been talking to also the chief prosecutor the man in charge of turkey's investigation trying to figure out what exactly it is turkey has discovered of the foreign minister friends of also his fiance trying to piece together get a sense really of what happened here key that she really wants at this point in time before she leaves is to listen to the order according to the order recording that turkey has from that murder inside that consulate she's currently meeting with intelligence officials in ankara whether she will be played a copy of that will have to wait and see certainly mr act i believe that she will be hearing it before she leaves this is an investigation that. has taken upon herself to investigate in her remote as her role at the united nations because she says that neither the united nations nor any of the member states are pushing for an independent investigation this is of course a hugely loaded political stor

triggered the act one hundred twenty days ago saudi arabia has denied reports that crown prince mohammed bin salmond authorized the killing of john this jamal khashoggi the kingdom's minister of state for foreign affairs a says it was a huge mistake and insists no order was given to conduct the operation talks held in washington he the u.s. congress to step back from imposing sanctions over what he called a rogue mission according to an emory newspaper the national also declined to give the names of those standing trial in saudi over the killing but he did confirm that a former aide to the crown prince saud alcatel any has been dismissed in the article the minister also said he doesn't know the whereabouts of another ex aide mohammed tred adding he was unsure if he's alive or not it comes as a new york times report says mohamed bin salmond threatened to use a bullet against jamal khashoggi in twenty seventeen if he didn't return home and end his criticism of the kingdom. well saudi's minister of state for foreign affairs has also denied the kingdom was involved in leaking intimate photos of

that he believed that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin saw a man who was responsible for ordering this killing we know from the un special rapporteur that she's been talking to also the chief prosecutor the man in charge of turkey's investigation trying to figure out what exactly it is turkey has discovered also the foreign minister friends of also his fiance trying to piece together get a sense really of what happened here key that she really wants at this point in time before she leaves is to listen to the order according to all the recordings that turkey has from that murder inside that consulate she's currently meeting with intelligence officials in ankara whether she will be played a copy of that will have to wait and see certainly mr act i believe that she will be hearing it before she leaves this is an investigation that. has taken upon herself to investigate.

that he believed that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin saw a man who was responsible for ordering this killing we know from the un special rapporteur that she's been talking to also the chief prosecutor the man in charge of turkey's investigation trying to figure out what exactly it is turkey has discovered of the foreign minister friends of also his fiance trying to piece together get a sense really of what happened here key that she really wants at this point in time before she leaves is to listen to the order according to all the recordings that turkey has from that murder inside that consulate she's currently meeting with intelligence officials in ankara whether she will be played a copy of that will have to wait and see certainly mr act i believe that she will be hearing it before she leaves this is an investigation that. has taken upon herself to investigate in her remote as a role at the united nations because she says that neither the united nations nor any of the member states are pushing for an independent investigation this is of course a hugely loaded political story i

playground for wider interest it is a deadly playground not only for saudi goals in the region but for mohammed bin saw bowman's personal rise it's been a playground for the u.a.e. often overbooked and the hum of inside it's been a playground for the iranians in their contests regional influence and it's been a bit of a playground for the americans in the sense that yemen itself doesn't matter is not what do you do with saudi arabia what do you do with saudi arabia when you have a split amongst the gulf states and clytie between saudi arabia and qatar and most importantly and this i think does limit on how far congress can push the administration away from saudi including over yemen their ministration is in bed with saudi arabia because it wants regime change in iran and until you give up that policy of regime change in iran saudi arabia still has a leverage with the trump an illustration of that if congress or anyone else tries to push too hard let me bring that up because we all i think it was you specifically that said that donald trump has bit at odds with his intelligence community just this w

refused to take a stand against the person that the cia alleges was responsible for the crime, mohammed binman. when we talk about what leverage congress has, it really comes down to things like future arms sales. congress has to approve arms sales that the administration wants to make to saudi arabia. president trump has really touted, it's a figure that is quite controversial, the hundreds of millions of dollars in arms that he sold to saudi arabia, he will have a much more difficult time implementing those sales if they ever go forward, based on the fact that he is really stonewalling congress and breaking the law. >> then you have on top of this "the new york times" reporting a year before khashoggi was killed, the crown prince was furious with him and told an aide he would use a bullet on him. do you see all of this kind of coming together? >> well, certainly, now we know why the cia determined that mohammed bin salman was responsible for khashoggi's death, and this, this really is as close to a smoking gun as we can get, based on "the new york times" reporting, this was based on an in

the crown prince mohammed bin salman had nothing to do with the assassination, they say. democratic senators publish resolution to end the u.s. involvement in saudi arabia's civil war in yemen. motivated by the devastating humanitarian consequences of the fighting there as well as lingering anger with the saudi regime over the khashoggi killing. 100 days after jamal's murder, i spoke with two men who knew him well. journalist lawrence wright was khashoggi's close friend. his book the looming tower is widely considered the definitive account of events leading up to the 9/11 attack. ali sue fan. when i spoke to them, they were both attending a bipartisan event in congress which marked the 100 days since jamal's murder and dismemberment. welcome to the program. given the unbelievable murder, the dismemberment, the savage treatment of a journalist working for an american newspaper by an allied government, what did you make of the focus of secretary pompeo's speech in cairo today? larry, you were a friend of jamal's. you first. >> when i was thinking when i was reading through

intelligence commun assessed the powerful crown prince of saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman, likely o killing, which roiled relations between washington and riyadh, and between the white house and catol hill. here's nick schifrin. >> schifrin: last night, the "new york times" reported that before khashoggi was murdered, mohammed bin salman, known as m.b.s., was recorded on intercepted communications saying he would "use bullet" on khashoggi if the writer did not stop his criticism of the saudi government. mark mazzetti is the paper's washington investigative correspondent, and wrotehe piece. he joins me now. mark, thank you very much. how did the intelligence community record this and how and when did ty find it? >> well, it appears to have come in r thetine monitoring that the national security agenof does of a looreign leaders. they record phone calls, they record e-mails, and a lot of the times the messages and the communications are just stored nfr a later date, when a policy-maker wantsmation about a world leader or some other more urgent q. so the khashoggi murder created that w

delegation sees the crown prince mohammed bin sound on as the prime suspect of this case actually this has been a piece of by the turkish official since the beginning of this investigation president our dan has harshly criticize that and the turks have been saying that the order of this murder came from very top officials inside inside the saudi is soft saudi royal kingdom and this is the first time that we are hearing something attribute to an international organization united nations saying that this is the prime suspect is the crown prince mohammed bin solomon because until now everybody has thought that the order must have come from a very very top officials and yes the naacp i after this meeting said that because the order came from the very top people inside the royal king them if the judicial process is not is not performing well because that person who has ordered the killing of jamal khashoggi has the power has the leverage to interfere all inside all these institutions within the state itself of course miscalibrated the u.n. independent reporter has been in turkey for a while

white house missed the deadline to report to congress on whether its police saudi crown prince mohammed bin seven ordered the killing americans are covering up for america's taken more action in response to the tragic murder of jamal khashoggi i will continue to take more actually continue our investigation we're working diligently and that we will present as many very clear couldn't have been more clear as we get additional information will continue to hold all of those responsible accountable and the gallagher has more from washington d.c. well that response from mike pompeo the secretary of state came after some heavy criticism from senior democrats accusing the trumpet ministration of turning a blind eye and in essence trying to cover up the murder of jamal khashoggi the democrats were saying that because this past friday a deadline under human rights law has passed in which trump ministration was supposed to answer the simple question did mohammed bin some on the crown prince of saudi arabia or to of jamal khashoggi that deadline has passed which is led to this kind of criticism from t

that he believed that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin saw a man who was responsible for ordering this killing we know from the un special rapporteur that she's been talking to also the chief prosecutor the man in charge of turkey's investigation trying to figure out what exactly it is turkey has discovered through the foreign minister friends of also his fiance trying to piece together get a sense really of what happened here key that she really wants at this point in time before she leaves is to listen to the order according to all the recordings that turkey has from that murder inside that consulate she's currently meeting with intelligence officials in ankara whether she will be played a copy of that will have to wait and see certainly mr act i believe that she will be hearing it before she needs to this is an investigation that. has taken upon herself to investigate in her remote as her role at the united nations because she says that neither the united nations nor any of the member states are pushing for an independent investigation this is of course a hugely loaded politica

involvement despite international calls for an investigation into crown prince mohammed bin solomon's role in the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi the us president says relationships with saudi arabia that's not the undermined and trump has ignored a one hundred twenty day deadline for a report on his murder requested by the senate a member of the iranian foreign minister he has weighed in on the debate in a tweet he said first to dismember journalists now illicit sale of nuclear technology to saudi arabia ever abia fully exposed u.s. hypocrisy. now the leader of pakistan administered kashmir has told al jazeera that he fears there's a risk of war with india after last week's attack in the disputed region forty one indian paramilitary soldiers were killed in the suicide bombing the pakistan based group jaish e mohammed claimed responsibility our correspondent has a whole bara sat down with mustard can just a short while ago. we reject the allegations that the indian government has made and we all saw denounced the kind of frenzy that indian ruling party and the extremist group

type of armed military retaliation a time soon that's because of a visit by saudi crown prince mohammed bin so mon he's expected in india on tuesday and leaving on wednesday but india is still insisting that pakistan's spy agency the i.s.i. did have a direct hand in last week's attack on its paramilitary convoy this is because india says their armed groups that are currently in tory have publicly stated their intention to attack indian forces in the disputed kashmir region that's why india has continued to push in its campaign to isolate pakistan diplomatically and financially now with imran khan the box and prime minister offering an olive branch to try to deescalate the situation india will hold firm that something has to be done about these armed groups in its territory or else they will continue their campaign and really push the all of branch away. tat is every time and marshal in pakistan's own force he says india is unlikely to start a war it's not good not good at all despite the fact that prime minister brown made all kinds of webster of. their dogs but i think they are going in pe

electric under scrutiny as well question his ongoing relationship with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. and central to the report longtime trump supporter and one time national security advisor michael flynn who the report says was deeply involved in pushing a nuclear plan for saudi arabia that included the construction of as many as forty saudi nuclear plants the report says michael flynn was a paid advisor to a company known as i p three international during the presidential campaign through the transition period and even while serving as national security advisor the report ends on february the twelfth that is last week president trump participated in a white house meeting with private nuclear power developers initiated by i p three international and as a democrat led oversight committee commences a large scale investigation the question is whether house republicans will commit to it as well mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well this is the latest example of how the u.s. president sees his relationship with saudi arabia it's the first country donald trump visited after becom