ignatius also mentions that mohammed bin salman gave the interview enti ien in the same paper, dennis ross wrote an op-ed ahead of salman's visit headlined "america should get behind saudi arabia's revolutionary crown prince" saying his efforts to change saudi society "amount to a revolution from above." he alludes to the war in yemen towards the end of the article, only to say -- "on yemen, qatar and lebanon, had the saudis discussed their options with the united states first, we might have created a more effective division of labor to achieve our shared aims." medea benjamin, your response to all of this? >> it is just disgusting the way the western press is eating up the propaganda ofhe sdi gime. let's look at the basics of the saudi regime. it is a regime where there is no freedom of speech, no freedom of press, no freedom of religion where you can thde pelty if you are an atheist or homosexual. it is the most gender-segregated society in the world. women live under a guardianship system or a man has the right to determine the most important things in the women's lives. where ther

>> mohammed bin salman: mostly.pend most of their nights in this, in this office. soi'm sorry if it's a little bit lousy. >> o'donnell: this is not a lousy office. he spends most evenings in riyadh's irgah palace, where he dispenses with the traditional saudi headscarf. and so what time in the morning are you here till working? >> bin salman: oh, i come here, at, like afternoon till late night. >> o'donnell: we're told his 82- year-old father, king salman, is somewhere upstairs, leaving most of the day-to-day work to his son. he escorted us at 9:00 p.m. into this meeting about the public investment fund. under prince mohammed's detailed plan to remake saudi arabia, called "vision 2030," the public investment fund will eventually grow to $2 trillion. the men in this room are talking about how to invest it. they recently sank $3.5 billion into uber. if bets like that pay off, it will be dividends, not oil revenues, pouring into the saudi treasury. >> princess reema: this man spends 24 hours a day working towards this

crown prince mohammed bin—salman of saudi arabia has started a 3—day visit to britain, by having lunche prime minister in downing street, mainly about trade and security. but the visit is not appropriate, according to human rights campaigners, who point to saudi arabia's role in the conflict in yemen, where the un says there's a humanitarian crisis. our security correspondent frank gardner has more details. a downing street welcome for the man who is shaking up saudi arabia with radical reforms. crown prince mohammed bin salman and his delegation have come to britain looking for new deals and new partnerships. this meeting concluded with an agreed target of £65 billion of future trade deals, spread across education, healthcare, energy and defence. today, the crown prince was given an audience and lunch with the queen. tonight he is dining with prince charles and prince william. the lunch that crown prince mohammed bin salman had with the queen is a mark ofjust how highly the government values its relations with saudi arabia. he's not a head of state and four years ago almost no—one had

mark: outside downing street for the visit of mohammed bin salman . european markets into the close, a bounce back with stocks rising after falling earlier in the session. ♪ mom you called? oh hi sweetie, i just want to show you something. xfinity mobile: find my phone. [ phone rings ] look at you. this tech stuff is easy. [ whirring sound ] you want a cookie? it's a drone! i know. find your phone easily with the xfinity voice remote. one more way comcast is working to fit into your life, not the other way around. ♪ mark: from our european headquarters in london, i am mark barton. stocks finishing higher, opening lower but finished up for the third consecutive day, the best run since mid february. only concerns are the resignation of gary cohn, the chief economic advisor, white house economic adviser with investors mulling the implications of stronger influence for protectionist in the trump administration. stocks rising across the region. go is the function -- wm go is the function for that chart. -- arrow engine restructuring to efforts after the ch

telling us about saudi arabia and mohammed bin salman, he is the centralfigure at mohammed bin salmannnouncements. women have been allowed to go to football matches, they will soon be able to drive and cinemas are opening after a 35 year ban was lifted in december. there‘s also a huge effort to stop the saudi economy being so oil dependent. let‘s remember, mohammed bin salman is also defence minister. he‘s overseeing a foreign policy that includes a significant involvement in the conflict in yemen, both with its use of air strikes and a blockade. to understand the importance of saudi arabia, i spoke with our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. in the middle east riyadh is the capital of capitals, one of the most important players in the region and are very important players in the region and are very close strategic partnership with president trump‘s administration and very much taking the lead whether it comes to intelligence cooperation, but will be high on the agenda in talks with theresa may, but in terms of trying to chart a strategy which says iran is the main risk in

crown prince mohamed bin salman holding talks on trade and security in downing street, as labour protestsbout the saudis‘ involvement in the war in yemen. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, can tottenham hotspur hold on against italian giants juventus to make it through to the quarterfinals of the champions league? we'll have the latest report and features from the bbc sports centre. good evening. a nerve agent was used to try to murder a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury at the weekend. scotland yard said they had identified the substance, but weren't prepared to make that information public at this stage. sergei and yulia skripal were found unconscious on sunday afternoon and they remain critically ill, along with a police officer who was the first to attend the scene. police say that mr skripal and his daughter were targeted specifically and the attack is being treated as attempted murder. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has the latest. sergei skripal is a man with a shadowy past. relatives said he feared it would catch up with him, that he would be targe

bombardment and siege of yemen continues, president trump welcomes saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman to the white house and announces a $12.5 billion arms sales. we will speak with mehdi hasan of al jazeera and code pink cofounder medea benjamin. >> the history of how those arms have been used. you talked their use in devastating yemen. we also have the example of them crushing the democratic uprising in neighboring bahrain, using those weapons to fund al qaeda groups in iraq and in syria, and using those weapons internally to crush dissent, particularly in the shia areas. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!,

crown prince mohammed bin salman next week when he'll be hosted by president trump at the white house on tuesday as part of a multistate trip to the nation's capital, new york, and boston. while the crown prince is heralded for expanding women's rights in the restrictive country, nbc's carol lee has new reporting out this morning on at least one saudi woman who has not benefited from his rise -- his own mother. national political reporter for nbc news carol lee joins us now with that. carol? >> good morning. well, mika, we've done a bunch of reporting ahead of the crown prince's visit and what we've learned is from more than a dozen current and former u.s. officials is about this early power move they said that u.s. intelligence shows he made by taking action against his mother. essentially blocking his mother from seeing his father, the king, without telling the father. so deceiving the king about this, creating various stories to account for her absence over the last several years, at some

and with that in mind he turned to the visit of saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman.te much talk of reform, there has been a sharp increase in the arrest and detention of dissidents, torture of prisoners is common. human rights defenders routinely sentenced to lengthy prison terms, unfair trials and executions are widespread as amnesty international confirms. as she makes her arms sales pitch, will she also call on the crown prince to halt the shocking abuse of human rights in saudi arabia? well, first of all, can i thank the right honourable gentleman for telling me that it's international women's day tomorrow. i think that's what's called mansplaining. i welcome, i look forward to welcoming crown prince mohammed bin salman from saudi arabia to this... well, labour backbenchers from sedentary positions are shouting "shame". can i just say to those backbenchers that the link that we have with saudi arabia is historic, it is an important one and it has saved the lives of potentially hundreds of people in this country? when i meet with the crown prince when i meet him a

based on sources that heard this from bin salman that he has been boasting the president's son-in-law gave him u.s. fwegs who his own internal enemies are? >> mohammed bin salman might be making it up. >> but your report he is he is telling people. >> and that kushner would have had access to the exact type of intelligence that bin salman is saying. a week later was that infamous ritz crackdown where he rounded up all the royals and the elites and put them into the ritz carlton. some of them were tortured. one of them was tort towered death. it was a big shakedown. hit the benefit of consolidating power for the crown prince and the people nailed in the intelligence report were part of that round up. i thought it was interesting that they directed you to the personal lawyer for comment? >> and it is an interesting denial. one of those no comments from a lawyer. this is so absurd it doesn't deserve comment. >> well, that's fantastic reporting. eye opening. let's bring back retired military analyst ben mccaffrey. the freelancing of jared kushner on the world stage. the possibility, even if mohammed bin salman, that he can tell people he has the preside

mohammed bin salman is 32.expect that in the volatile middle east, he will be king one day, and therefore britain will want to do with him. what better time than when he is young and when he is starting out. it is first trip to britain as crown prince, and he has been put in charge of a folio covering the in yemen and also social reform. i go to saudi arabia every few months and, in the space of a few months, so much changes, but a lot doesn't change, including the response to dissent, which is always suppressed immediately, and the war in yemen has dragged on longer than saudi arabia expected. but there is a close relationship. they are saying it is more than a century long relationship. the bedrock of that is a tricky relationship, and most of that trade is that defence. britain would to be the major suppliers of arms, so it is controversial. dissent isn't tolerated and neither, it seems is bad pr. some extraordinary adverts. i want to show viewers a story in the god —— the guardian written by emily thornberr

this over a state visit by saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. it is a new day. united nations. is evidence of war crimes their involvement in yemen kay request. yemen is backed by the united nations security council. such we supported. they didn't and and the chain than on to the stick to the streets of london this wednesday. to voice their opposition to the man who's become known. as the driving force behind sounding voice. in yemen's civil conflictt. ac the u united kingdom also has plans police hands here working. in british public both. concerns over or what. he's doing in yemen and the uk the city by city selling war arms to them. and as you can see behind us at the conference is while he's. counting up the death toll. at ebay continues its. making over arms sales. belief in the condition it was a warm welcome from the young crown prince mohammed bin salman has lunch with the queen when a trip which is aimed at building abortion economic partnership. between the two countries. now it's being counted civil in presidential elections in sierra leone sixteen candidates are run

frank gardner: embarking on his first foreign trip since becoming crown prince, saudi arabia's mohammed bin salmanin salman is a man in a hurry. after stopping over in egypt this week, he is coming to britain to promote his is an —— vision of a new, tolerance saudi arabia. he has lifted the ban on women climbing from june. a new mega— city will be built. he also imprisoned without trial hundreds of wealthy saudis in this regard hotel, accusing them of corruption, something that is worrying foreign investors. defence and security contracts dominate ties with britain. the uk supplies the saudi air force with warplanes and munitions. in neighbouring yemen, saudi led airstrikes on uranium backed houthi rebels are being blamed the mounting casualties prompting calls by some to break off relations with saudi. a protest is scheduled for later today outside downing street but oil—rich saudi arabia is britain's biggest arab trading partner. thousands ofjobs depend on it. in a post— brexit world britain is looking to boost alliances like this one while saudi arabia is looking for foreign investment to find

earlier the president welcomed saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman to the white house, a busy day in d.c. adam shapiro standing by at the white house with the latest details. adam? reporter: good afternoon to you, ashley. yeah, the roundtable has finished. this is part of president trump's immigration effort into essentially create immigration lull which is consistent and upheld. one of the points, and this is from white house communication says sanctuary cities and places like california, in places like new york, undermine law enforcement, and they talked about this, if you were watching or had a chance to listen to some of the people participating, law enforcement. people who live in the cities, talking about nobody is asking for local law enforcement to go and round people up, but they are asking local law enforcement to enforce current law, and as they point out, state and local law enforcement agencies now routinely detain suspects for violating federal laws at the request for federal authorities. some of the law enforcement officials pointed out that when sanctuary cities no

one of the reasons that there's an engagement with mohammed bin salman and the rest of the gulf is toway from this perception that the uk only cares about selling arms to the gulf states, which traditionally has been the way in which the success in our relationship has been measured. what mo hhammed bin salman are asking for is investments into high-tech sectors, high growth sectors that will help them move away from an oil-based economy not only that, with defense sales, they can be up and down, there's no way of plotting a steady trajectory forward when it comes to defense sales. the saudis may need aircraft tomorrow, they hey not with qatar there was only five days lead time before they knew the deal was on. they'll talk about education, healthcare, moving into fwregre tech >> that being said, i agree with you, diversification, there's a big emphases on that in these discussions, but the aramco deal has something to do with this. do you think both of these sides are quietly laying the ground work for the ipo to be hosted here >> i think when we look at the aramco ipo that dwarfs th

all eyes will be on mohammed mohammed bin salman's meeting with mrs. may and the queen later. dax, cac also trading weaker ftse mib following on with the italian election results and lots of uncertainty about the coalitions and how negotiations will go will con to trade heavy. it's down 0.2% let's switch the sectors it's no surprise the sectors underperforming are the ones that are most impacted by this aluminum and steel tariffs we've seen that in the last couple of days basic resources sectors are down 2% autos as well will be hugely impacted by the tariffs, down 1% oil and gas trading down 1% as well oil, couple of things there. it's not just steel and aluminum tariffs, we also had excess inventories that came in about 2.5 million barrels more than expected the only sector in the green is real estate. >>> the oil and gas industry must invest more than $20 trillion over the next 25 years if it's to meet demand growth and come pen tate for tpensate o of fields. >> so far we are working to list saudi aramco saudi aramco became a joint company effective january 2018 so all sign

the president set to greet the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman any moment. the south did is are threatening if iran gets nukes they want nukes. multibillion-dollar deals could be in the offing. we have adam shapiro at the white house. hey, adam. reporter: they are going to be discussing when the two heads of state are here, they will be discussing not only national security issues but regional security issues and specifically the threat that the administration says that iran poses in the middle east and saudis agree with that. there will be potentially this vote up on capitol hill in the senate requiring the government to stop supporting that saudi-led forces which are trying to fight rebels in yemen. those rebels supported by iran. this is heating up. then there is the issue of nuclear weapons. the united states supports helping saudi arabia create a nuclear power program but when it comes to nuclear weapons iran is certainly working towards one, here is what the saudis said should iran get a bomb. the crown prince saying saudi arabia does not want to acqui

as saudi arabia's crown prince, mohammed bin salman rounded off a trip to the uk tonight, his countrynt to buy 48 more typhoon fighters from bae systems. britain is underfire from human rights groups for arming saudi arabia at the same time as mr bin salman, prince bin salman, one of the architects of the yemen war is portrayed by his country's media as the kingdom's best hope for human rights, reform and renewal. today's announcements about the planes followed meetings with theresa may, boris johnson and the queen. earlier, i spoke to sherard cowper coles, formerly british ambassador to saudi and former consult to bae. i asked him if this deal was good news for people in factories across the uk. yes, good news for the british economy, but also good news for british influence in the middle east. good news for our relationship with saudi arabia. good news for a britain leaving the european union, still to be a player in this sort of area. and the question you have to ask is, if we hadn't gone ahead with this order, what would have happened to our relationship? but also, where else woul

biann mohammed bin salman spoh norah o'donnell for sunday's "60 minutes. the 32-year-old crowned prince held nothing back when talking about iran. >> reporter: you've been rivals for centuries. at its heart, what is this rift about? is it a battle for islam? >> iran... >> ( translated ): iran is not a rifle to saudi arabia. its army is not among the top five armies in the muslim world. the saudi economy is larger thants iranian economy. iran is far from being equal to saudi arabia. >> reporter: but i've seen that you called the ayatollah the new hitler of the middle east. >> ( translated ): absolutely. >> reporter: why? >> ( translated ): because he wants to expand. he wants to create his own project in the middle east, very much like hitler, who wanted to expand at the time. many countries around the world and in europe did not realize how dangerous hitler was until what happened, happened. i don't want to see the same events happening nonetheless middle east. >> reporter: does saudi arabia need nuclear weapons to counter iran? >> ( translated ): saudi ar

saudi arabia's crown prince, mohammed bin salman, is beginning a three—day visit to britain.planned by campaign groups angered by the war in yemen, where the kingdom is fighting rebels. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. a lot of you getting in touch about secondary ticketing web—sites. lots of you with thoughts on that. steve said, why can't people be responsible for shopping around themselves? some shops charge more for the same item. paul said secondary ticket sellers are touts and should be closed down. now some sport with wilf. england's one-day series with new zealand will be decided on friday after new zealand won the latest match. bairstow and root both hit centuries, but england lost eight wickets for 46 runs. taylor made 181 for new zealand and nichols smashed a six to level the series. jurgen klopp said liverpool belong in the champions league quarter—finals after a goalless second leg at anfield give them a 5-0 second leg at anfield give them a 5—0 aggregate win over porto. also in the last eight, real madrid, who made paris 2—1. ronaldo on the score sheet a

saudi arabia's crown prince, mohammed bin salman, is having lunch with the queen at the start of a three—day to have dinner with the prince of wales, and talks with the prime minister about trade and security. but campaigners are planning protests — highlighting saudi arabia's human rights record, and its role in the war in yemen. here's our security correspondent frank gardner. touching down in britain last night, saudi tv showed brown crisper hammered bilson man being greeted by borisjohnson hammered bilson man being greeted by boris johnson and others. hammered bilson man being greeted by borisjohnson and others. —— crown prince mohammed bin salman. a lavish public relations campaign has alerted londoners to his visit. but so alerted londoners to his visit. but so too has this, anti—war protesters say the prince has blood on his hands for saudi led air strikes in yemen. they want the government to stop defence sales to saudi arabia. defence and security contracts dominate trade with the uk. they are worth billions of pounds and employ thousands of britons but in neighbouring yemen, saudi

saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman has held talks with the chancellor philip hammond, withvestment. saudi arabia's commerce secretary says this is a "moment of great opportunity" and he's been responding to criticism of riyadh's handling of the war in yemen. our business editor simonjack reports. meeting the queen, seeing the prime minister, chatting with the archbishop. the british establishment rolled out the red carpet for a man whose face seemed to be everywhere: mohammed bin salman, crown prince of saudi arabia. but this is no social visit — his commerce minister is here to talk business. together, we can do so much for our own people. it will create jobs for our own people, we will create opportunities for our own people, it will be win—win situation. there is an opportunity that we need to grab. and we need to work as one team, because there is a common objective that will be fruitful and beneficial for both nations. saudi arabia is the uk's largest trading partner in the middle east. arms sales are a big part of that. in 2015 to 16, the uk sold £3.3 billion worth of

crown prince mohammed bin salman has met the u.s. president at the white house donald trump used large cards to illustrate the number of u.s. arms being sold to. the bradley vehicles that's the tanks one point two billion dollars and the p eight poseidon one point four billion dollars and what it does is it really means many many jobs we're talking about over forty thousand jobs in the united states so we're make the best equipment in the world is nobody even close. the arabia is buying a lot of this equipment. the chief executive of political consultancy firm cambridge analytical has been suspended after recordings were released of him boasting about the firm's ability to sway elections the london based companies accused of gaining unauthorized access to the details of fifty million facebook users at least sixty four civilians have been killed in the last remaining rebel held parts of eastern ghouta after a time by the syrian military and its allies thirty five others have also died after a rocket fired by rebels landed in a market

should mohammed bin salman not the answering those questions in america as well? getting mixed up with foreign policy because also, the senators are using that to try and restrict the war powers act and the power of the president to commit forces overseas. so they are really using the subject more to control the presidency than particularly focusing on the yemen issue. yemen is a tragedy, wars are tragedies and saudi arabia is aware of that and going out of its way to address the humanitarian problems. but saudi arabia's security has been threatened. it sees a militia allied to around growing on its southern border and it felt it had to take action. people who are not threatened, or far away from the border, can afford to be more judgmental about it. but if your security is threatened as a government, you have a responsibility to act and was, unfortunately, they always cause human suffering. thank you very much for joining human suffering. thank you very much forjoining us. human suffering. thank you very much for joining us. important human suffering. thank you v

our top stories on al-jazeera saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman has met the u.s. president at the white house donald trump used launch card cards to illustrate the number of u.s. arms being sold to riyadh the chief executive of political consultancy cambridge analytical has been suspended after recordings were released of him boasting about the firm's ability to sway elections the london based companies accused of gaining unauthorized access to the details of fifty million facebook users and more than sixty civilians have been killed in the last remaining rebel held parts of eastern ghouta after a touch by the syrian military and its allies thirty five others have also died after a rocket fired by rebels landed in market in government controls damascus. now there's been a six explosion in the u.s. state of texas it happened at a charity store in the city of austin but police say it does not appear to be related to a series of bombings in the state this month early on tuesday a package bomb filled with nails and shop now exploded at a fed ex distribution center two

months and donald trump has moved away from his offer to host talks for everyone at camp david mohammed bin salman has a long list of things to be discussed debated and agree during this u.s. trip and he does so believe in his relationship with. the president is deep strong and mutually beneficial as alan fischer i'll just eat up at the white house and shortly after the prince's visit to the white house the u.s. senate blocked a resolution that would have prevented continued american involvement in the saudi led war in yemen the vote was fifty five to forty four richard le baron is a nonresident senior fellow with the atlantic council and of a former us ambassador to kuwait he says members of congress will want to highlight the saudi campaign in yemen sharing the crown prince's visit well in fact i think we've seen quite a bit of pressure from the u.s. congress regarding the actions of the soviets in yemen and i think the grandparents will certainly hear from members of congress the president of course focusing mainly transactional way on these arms and the jobs that produce he united states that'

prince mohamed bin salman has thrown his support behind the project which is expected to create one hundred thousand jobs is also ended reducing saudi arabia's dependence on oil for its own electricity production. to talk about this let's drag in our financial correspondent linda hong from singapore. saudi arabia surely is rich enough to finance a deal like this on its own why i take on board a partner and why softbank. well that's right departure it is actually in cooperation with the kingdom's young and powerful crown prince mohammed bin salma he and he's already a partner in the us often vision fund that was set up in twenty sixteen now soft bank's chief executive says that he found synergy with between the two because saudi arabia's vision twenty so a teen reform plan also aims to reduce the country's dependence on oil and that is actually a good match for the fans long term vision for innovation and banks masayoshi son is also a strong advocate of kean and the decency to twenty eleven fukushima nuclear disaster and yes actually taken on a couple of clean energy projects so there's a lo

mohammed bin salman, the crown prince, with donald trump. in the uk and just did a multi—city tourin the uk and just did a multi—city tour in the us. he is pushing the brand of saudi arabia, the plant to reform saudi arabia. —— plan. he is ona reform saudi arabia. —— plan. he is on a mission. everyone who spoke to him in the uk talked about how strong he was, is presence, this sta nce strong he was, is presence, this stance about him. he and trump are pally. he says i will be the ruler, iand pally. he says i will be the ruler, i and the crown prince. 32. quite rightly, he is saying we have a country which is not developed sitting on a lot of oil which may not be valuable in the future, we have to develop now. that's why aramco is floated on exchanges with the uk wanting it bad. he wants to develop a nation and have a supercity and all that, and trump is paying attention. we have to bear in mind that this paper is saudi owned. they are not fans of iran at all, remember. with a new secretary of state in the us who is against iran, this relatio

this is part of a programme driven by the crown prince, mohamed bin salman.e moment, there is a lot of indecision from riyadh, but sadly, if and when aramco lists on any of these foreign exchanges, just imagine the windfall of those who will underwrite this historical public offering. thank you. the plot thickens. we will have more on this story in the news briefing coming up in five minutes. president donald trump has renewed his demand that the european union halts its trade barriers to us products in order to spare his allies new steel and aluminium tariffs. over the weekend, eu negotiators and the us trade representative held talks in brussels in an effort to defuse a row that many fear could turn into a trade war. the trump administration says the tariffs are necessary because the quantity of steel and aluminium in the global market is threatening to impair the "national security" of the us. but america has made legally binding trade commitments as part world trade organisation rules, and the wto could end up challenging the tariffs. however, the wto als

the arab news looks ahead to crown prince mohammed bin salman's three—day visit to britain.he controversial saudi prince will have lunch with the queen and hold talks with prime minister theresa may. in the ft, brussels and paris are due to publicly rebuff theresa may's proposals to maintain the city of london's access to the eu single market. the paper says european council president donald tusk is likely to offer a more orthodox trade agreement, as used in its pact with canada. and finally, on the mashable website, as well as many others, for international women's day, barbie is honouring accomplished real life role models with their very own dolls. from aviator amelia earhart to usa olympic snowboarder chloe kim, barbie has created 17 dolls inspired by impactful women from different backgrounds and occupational fields. you said you would nominate your mother. yes, or the woman who runs the imf. but let's speak about this story that we have discussed, with gary cohn, who has resigned. not a big surprise, because he had a rocky relationship with donald trump. but they had e

the announcement was made on the last day of a visit by the new saudi leader, crown prince mohammed bin salmann. the eu has said it may challenge donald trump‘s decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium. it claims they are in breach of world trade organization rules. the british government said that, as a close ally of the united states, it would seek exemption from the tariffs. the man accused of carrying out the london tube bombing at parsons green made no attempt to deny he was responsible when he was arrested the day after the attack, a court heard today. the prosecution claims ahmed hassan — who denies attempted murder — told a detective that he made the bomb. thirty people were injured in september last year when the bomb partially exploded in a tube carriage. june kelly was in court. ahmed hassan on his way to brighten, hours after leaving a bomb on an underground train in london. two yea rs underground train in london. two years on from his arrival in the uk, the teenage asylum seeker had caused mayhem in its capital city. ahmed hassan later headed the dover, where he made the

the announcement comes on the second day of a visit to the uk by the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salmantment in both countries across energy, education, healthca re, and defence. there's a warning that many councils in england will become financially unsustainable if they continue to rely on their reserve funds to pay for the increasing demands of social care. the public spending watchdog says two thirds of councils with social care responsibilities raided their reserves in the financial year ending last april. 0ur correspondent, alison holt, has more. it is lunchtime at this date to make day centre in surrey. here, people can socialise and take part in other activitiesday centre. it is paid for by the county council. the national audit office says local authorities now spend more than half of their budgets on providing care for adults and children. this woman has multiple sclerosis. it is vital. and children. this woman has multiple sclerosis. it is vitalli come here twice a week. i would come 01’ come here twice a week. i would come or if there was funding for it. but, umm, apartfrom

this week's visit of crown prince mohammed bin salman is an opportunity to press forward on a path for ending the war and addressing the civilian suffering. that certainly was my message to him. the limited support the united states provided leverage, not the trump administration needs to use it. in conclusion, i invite my colleagues on the senate foreign relations committee to join me in holding the administration to account and pushing the administration to use their leverage to drive this conflict towards a political traffic. i invite my colleagues to join me in conducting oversight of our policies t and programs to counter iran's activities in the region, including caps. i want to be very clear that myt vote today is not a blank check for u.s. military support, nor an endorsement of the current policy and strategy. and finally, not a thumbs-up to saudi coalition that we should continue business ast usual. i expect to see improvements as i previously stated and i would reviewew future decisions with respect to potential arms sales and the type of extreme scrutiny. there is no more t

. >> i'm sure in the meeting with crown prince mohammed bin salman their mutual antagonism toward iransignificant topic. president trump has embraced mohammed bin salman as a saudi disrupter, a change agent. i think he must see him as a trump-like figure. this is very much in saudi arabia a top-down directed series of reforms. i just was in the kingdom several weeks ago and the changes are real. i just would note, andrea, think the president's statement that he is going to meet soon with vladimir putin may be the day's most important news. the relationship between russia and the united states, russia and the west, has deteriorated so badly. it's disturbing that president trump didn't say anything critical about russia after this attack on the former spy that was hit with a nerve agent in salisbury, england. but i think many analysts are likely to see the opportunity for discussions about this arms race that really is spiraling out of control, a serious situation that now is becoming very ragged again with isis in danger of coming back into business. this may be a time which constructiv

vision twenty thirty women in saudi arabia have been encouraged by crown prince mohammed bin salman's program of reforms the prince says he wants to diversify the economy away from its dependence on oil they're also mean strengthening the role of women they're needed as workers and consumers. the prince has also announced that women will not necessarily have to cover their head in face and from june women will be allowed to drive the one in his transformation of saudi society chiefly seeks to win over the younger generation. so now to actually be given opportunities to do other things whether it's cinema or concerts or theater is very promising and people are loving it they're so excited about it and all the events are always sold out so i think it's great that instead of all of the people leaving the country to find entertainment that they can see it within their own country that was impossible in the past ten years ago we wanted to meet saudi arabia's first female filmmaker high finance word but we were not allowed to enter the country i first had to cross the border into the more l

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the g g g g g g g g g g g gg to seek the counsel of mohammed bin salman that presumably has now happened and you can imaginene what s ttt of view is that is the united states should no longer be part of the nuclear deal with iran. saudi a arabia has criticizd it at length in the past and remember this t the us president when it comes to people giving their opiniond later. that is his decision she congratulate the average person on his reelection the weekends. yes he did so in a another phone call that's came from the white house to the russian president vladimir putincontroversial is t necessarily because i was a phone call to congratulate. in a position that is something that as press secretary sarah huckabee sanders pointed out earlier today former us president barack for e lost reelection although not in a position it's all that extraordinary thing to do. the french president emmanuel i'm not going to the same also put in a phone call to run it who's in bus made show that while some criticism in there as well and said we're not seeing much of that. fromthe whitef this little bit cramp

beginning in washington, in a few hours time, saudi prince mohammed bin salman makes his first visity. later, in brussels, british brexit minister david davis and eu chief negotiator michel barnier meet to hammer out key details ahead of an eu summit this week. finally, in australia at 2200, myanmar leader aung san suu kyi will deliver a highly anticipated speech following her involvement in the asean summit at the weekend. whale sharks are the world's largest fish. they're endangered, and used to be severely hunted off the coast of west india. the practice is now banned, and fishermen are even encouraged to rescue and release whale sharks that get tangled up in their nets. interesting. let's look at what you have been talking to us about the story we have been talking about, facebook, and the use of our data. we will discuss the allegations later. we have the question, are you concerned by the way that kate jones use your data? jerome says people need to treat social media, e—mails, and things online like a stranger in and things online like a stranger in an alley. it is a choice ho

crown prince mohammed bin salman of saudi arabia has arrived in egypt. became heir to the throne. prince mohammed was welcomed at cairo airport by president abdel fatah al sisi. saudi arabia and egypt are close allies. people are paying tribute to sir roger bannister — the first man to run a mile in underfour minutes — who has died at the age of 88. he made history with the feat in 1954, yet deemed his greatest achievement to be his work as a neurologist. the head of world athletics, sebastian coe, said sir roger bannister made the impossible possible. thousands of delegates from all over china are arriving for the 13th national party congress. they will spend the next two weeks thrashing out policy and direction for the nation — but one proposal delegates are expected to vote on has the world watching. it's the changes to the constitution that will give the party more control than ever and give one man, president xi jinping the potential to rule for life. also in the last hour, china's official xinhua news agency, has announced that it will increase its

let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: crown prince mohammed bin salman of saudihe became heir to the throne. prince mohammed was welcomed at cairo airport by president abdel fatah al sisi. saudi arabia and egypt are close allies. voters in switzerland have rejected a proposal to abolish the mandatory licence fee for public broadcasting. in a referendum, more than seventy percent said no to the change. the swiss pay almost $500 a year for the public broadcaster, which runs tv and radio channels in all four national languages. the annual session of china's parliament, the national people's congress, has opened in beijing. premier li keqiang has been outlining the government's economic forecasts. delegates will spend the next two weeks thrashing out policy and direction for the nation but one proposal has the world watching — a change to the constitution that would allow president xi jinping to stay in power indefinitely. let's speak to stephen mcdonell, our correspondent in beijing. has it that the announcement happened yet? no, that will be at some stage during th

touching down in britain last night, saudi tv showed crown prince mohammed bin salman. being greetedhis visit. but so too has this, anti—war protesters say the prince has blood on his hands for saudi—led air strikes in yemen. they want the government to stop defence sales to saudi arabia. defence and security contracts dominate trade with the uk. they are worth billions of pounds and employ thousands of britons. but in neighbouring yemen, saudi—led air strikes on iranian—backed houthi rebels have been blamed for mounting civilian casualties, which prompted a question in parliament this morning over whether with a poor human rights record, saudi arabia is a suitable ally. as she makes her arms sales pitch, will see also call the crown prince to stop the shocking abuse of human rights in saudi arabia? the link that we have with saudi arabia is historic, it is an important one. i will be raising concerns about human rights with the crown prince when i meet him. back home, the crown prince is rapidly modernising his country. he has lifted the ban on women driving from june. cinemas and p