its longer term visions of getting off of oil and expanding its economy under the vision of mohamed bin solomon so it's really people have to look at this as a sense of it these are not just necessarily coincidences in my point of view because the ruble was strengthening last year russia. has been on a de dollarization platform in order to diversify away from dollar reliance in part to fight sanctions thrown against it as well as its partners but also to strengthen its own ambitions to have its currency the currency of its allies really rival if. it's the 47 year old petro dollar standard which is the effective monopoly globally with regard to oil or gas pricing so there's a lot of you know it's a game of chicken really behind the scenes there's a lot who is going to be able to see exactly and there's a lot of moving parts of the as you've just explained here a couple is go to you in beirut here i mean what. i'd please explain to me why saudi arabia thinks that russia for example is going to blink 1st now its lifting costs are very very low but its budgetary constraints are extraordinary consid

a day where does he get these fake a from he's just trying to push these 2 leaders p c n n mohammed bin solomon towards an agreement and why would they do that anyway. well i mean i think the thing about trump is he's a showman he knows how to play play the media play the sentiment and what he did yesterday was sort of classic trump he put out a statement he shot out of tweets and they will price jumps to historic levels it's sort of textbook trump here and now it leaves us all scrambling about whether there's any kind of deal underneath it so you know what we think is going on here is that this is what a classic talking about talks and everybody in the energy industry is desperate for for a solution here and i think as you pointed out you know it's in everybody's interest to find some sort of solution here it's in nobody's interest for oil to be in the $20.00 range so. the mere sliver of hope that there may be some way of getting these guys back together you know the statement by the saudis saying we're going to have a meeting the sort of c.e.o.'s meeting of us all companies today all of this

and and paul what does this mean then for saudi arabia in particular i mean the crown prince mohammed bin solomon he has some very ambitious plans to diversify the economy doesn't he. he does he does and he's not alone in the region all the regions are trying all the countries in the region are trying to diversify their the economy means more than salon as probably the is in focus at the moment because he's the most recent to really push hard all the countries in the region have a 2030 plan or 2035 plan saudi is no different and for saudi and for the other countries this makes the diversification process far harder but also far more urgent but unfortunately in the current situation and we saw this in 20141516 oil prices were also at very low levels it reverses significantly the speed of diversification at that time the 80 was introduced in a couple of the countries in the region including in saudi arabia unfortunately right now the opposite is happening and the opposite is required so you cannot be increasing taxes right now when actually the consumers both individual and corporate need help and

yes saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon is now reporting reportedly looking to exit that war in yemen 5 years later to focus on growing crises in his own backyard at least 150 members of the saudi royal family are believed to have contracted kovac 19 and the kingdom's economy is in trouble due to falling global oil prices and we've been talking about ending this war for years on the show even before this outbreak the war had become unwinnable for saudi arabia coated 19 is now the perfect excuse for the kingdom to pull out do you think they're going to do it though. i don't know that's the i guess you'd call that the $1000000.00 question will they seek this opportunity take advantage of it and the hostilities once and for all probably not because they're still housing the old government so until the until they can reestablish the old established government didn't yemen i highly doubt they're going to end the war plus remember this what would happen in the united states of the war well that would affect our economy in many ways because we're the ones producing all the weapons and if tho

president once again discussing that he had had phone calls with both the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon as well as the russian leader of law. tamir putin and he once again reassured the sort of the broader globe that in fact these leaders have agreed to some sort of truce and that this could be announced with some specificity in the coming days that they are are agreeing to a cut in production of between 10 and 15000000 barrels and that the u.s. president believes as a result of his intervention he says this potentially could save this industry when we were listening in to the press conference within the last hour the president was also making reference to this the rising numbers in other countries as well like italy and spain and i know that you spoke to him about particularly the situation in iran what did he say about the. yeah because of course the united states has its ongoing maximum pressure campaign against iran tough economic sanctions that many around the world including in this country at the united nations are suggesting need to be lifted under compassionate humanitarian gro

president talking more about his conversation with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon and russia's leader vladimir putin as they continue to try and resolve their differences over the oil supply price war the u.s. president saying that he believes he has broken some sort of a truce and that the announcement with regard to a cut production somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 to 15000000 barrels that in fact that that is something that could be announced in more detail in the coming days if not this weekend i white house correspondent kelly holcomb bringing us up to date kelly thanks very much the commander of our u.s. coronavirus infected aircraft carrier has been fired after the captain scathing letter to the white house contemn brought crows here called for evacuation of sailors off to some of the 5000 on board got infected acting navy secretary thomas morley said the captain was removed for exercising poor judgment. governments around the world have been trying to repatriate citizens stranded abroad to do to border closures and quarantines the u.k. recently announced a $93000000.

according to the reuters news agency that says the us president reportedly told saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon that if oil production wasn't cuts he'd be powerless to stop congress from approving the withdrawal of u.s. troops from the kingdom veiled threat was said to be made during a phone call on the 2nd of april 10 days before the world's biggest oil producing nations agreed to cut production by nearly 10000000 barrels a day. sigurd is with us live from washington d.c. he's a middle east analyst good to have you with us what do you make of this report what does it tell us about the state the current state of the u.s. saudi relations. the year to state of the u.s. out a relationship is extremely fragile we have seen that over the past 2 years or so or a year and a half release and. murder that the saudi consulate in istanbul we have seen that day u.s. political establishment have on a regular basis criticized the saudi arabia record on the matter but also criticized its war in yemen and the latest incident over over to oil crisis has really been a cumulative effect of. lingering anger with s

president has been talking all along that he has been in touch with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon in the russian leader vladimir putin well apparently as a result of this phone call they're discussing the global energy markets and what we're hearing of course is that the trump says that oil output could be cut substantially more than 10000000 barrels u.s. president easy even tweeting just the last few minutes it could be as high as 15000000 barrels he says good great news for everyone so it seems that the u.s. president is using his leverage his relationship with the russian leader as well as the saudi crown prince in order to impact the oil supply war that has been going on that has been adding to global instability in addition to the problems already being experienced around the world as a result of the coronavirus pandemic forgive me thanks very much indeed for votes we'll have more on the oil price and the economy shortly roseman jordan has been talking to some of the people who've lost their jobs in the fallout from the pandemic and she has this report. allie nelson cared for

members of the saudi royal family have contracted covert 19 the paper says king solomon and the crown prince mohammed bin sultan man are staying in an island palace near the city of jeddah the world's top oil producers are meeting to discuss a. video conference is seeking ways to address a collapse in demand also on by the coronavirus and the price war between saudi arabia and russia the world bank is warning sub-saharan africa is set to fall into recession for the 1st time in 25 years because of the pandemic the continent's 3 biggest economies are expected to bear the brunt it's the stream now stay with us. we understand the difference is an similarity of cultures across the world. so no matter. how does seem to bring you the need current. that matter to. al-jazeera. ok and join the stream today a new novel about a mexican families migration to the u.s. we'll look at why the book is striking a nerve with american latino's online ringback. we are journalists covering organized crime and drug trafficking and you are in. the book is called america and it tells the story of a middle class mexican woman and

as 150 members of the saudi royal family of contracted with 19 the paper says king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin sandman a staying in an island palace near the city of jeddah saudi arabia is reported almost 2800 coronavirus cases and 41 deaths the 1st time in nearly 3 months residents in the chinese city who hadn't been allowed to leave after its lockdown was lifted 55000 people bought train tickets out of the city on wednesday and domestic flights also resumed who hands 11000000 residents were the 1st to be placed under movement restrictions in january inspiring similar measures around the world but the city at the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak remains under close watch with fears of a 2nd wave of infections the chinese government is regulating all movement in and out of using a mobile app to treat you is in beijing with a look at how that will work. if you live in one or the y. duhoux a province you must unload a mobile app and you must input all your details or your national id number your address your contact details and what that does it uses china's big data surveillance system to

members of the arabia's royal family have contracted gold and 19 the paper says king solomon and the crown prince mohammed bin sama staying in an island palace near the city of jeddah saudi arabia has reported almost 2800 coronavirus cases and 41 deaths meanwhile the saudi led coalition has announced a cease fire rise across yemen and his fight with healthy rebels has been declared to help avoid an outbreak of the coronavirus in the country as he comes into force on various day and his you to last 2 weeks but in the hours after the announcement there were talks reported from both sides this is a result of one said to have been carried out by who thies with missiles fired into the city of madre where the sandy led coalition is based and the u.n. special envoy to yemen has welcomed the announcement calling it a critical moment for yemen why has this update from sana'a. since the midnight people expected that the ceasefire will take place but according to news agencies that the ceasefire will hold its place by thursday's noon but so far more than 10 rays that have been carried out by saudi fighter jets in differ

the saudi royal family have conflicts of contracted covert 19 the paper says king solomon and the crown prince mohammed bin sound man are staying in now in the palace near the city of jeddah. so the common al-jazeera hungry and helpless to find out how the pandemic is impacting food supplies for hundreds of millions the dependent on a. social distancing the last thing on the minds of thousands of afghans desperate to return. to. hell it was a nice warm start to spring in some parts of japan but it seems to come back down to average now i would not see much rain recently is more on is why we still got that northerly breeze for honshu for qaida and if you're on the north shore it's not going to feel very warm even in tokyo say 60 beijing is cooled down a bit is a spread of cloud throughout china the blue of course represents rain if anything that's working itself for the sas and concentrating for the sun's getting heavier and that's consistent with this time of year as well forecast for hong kong is one of a few thunderstorms not particularly wet and not particularly warm fed humid at least for a couple of d

members of the saudi royal family have contracted covert 19 the paper says that king solomon in the crown prince mohammed bin salman staying in an island palace near the city of jeddah saudi arabia has reported almost 2800 coronavirus cases and 41 deaths if you have his prime minister ahmed has declared a state of emergency to help curb the spread of the virus experts are worried that an outbreak could be hard to contain in a country where the health care system is already under strain the therapy has reported around 50 confirmed cases so far and at least 2 deaths well davison is a senior ethiopian analyst at the international crisis group and he says the true scale of infections across the country is unclear not too much testing has been done but the government has steadily increased that accrediting a couple of other literatures to do so but it's certainly not a huge amount of testing that's going on and maybe that's partly why there's not a huge amounts of infections that's to say there is quite a lot of uncertainty about the extent to which the coronavirus may have spread so far in ethiopia but really it

150 members of the saudi royal family have contracted covert 19 paper says king solomon and the crown prince mohammed bin salman staying in an island palace near the city of jeddah. in breaking news chad's army says it's killed a 1000 boko haram fighters in an operation near the lake chad border region an army spokesman says $52.00 of its soldiers died in the operation the armed group out of the country offensiveness launched after boko haram attacked killed nearly 100 child in soldiers last night. well one of the un top human rights experts is warning that changes to egypt's anti-terrorism laws could lead to more rights abuses and the recent amendments include tougher penalties broader definitions of terrorist entities and imposing the death penalty on those found guilty of funding terrorism the u.n. says the new measures could result in more arbitrary detentions torture and disappearances it's called on egypt's government to comply with international laws iraq's intelligence chief mr out at the media has been asked to form a government that's off the prime minister designate nanos if he withdrew his ki