mohammad bin salman wants neom to be his legacy.in thomas, thank you. football, and aston villa face their biggest game fax of the season tonight as they take on 0lympiakos in the europa conference league semifinal. excited villa fans have travelled to athens hoping their side can overturn a 11—2 defeat after the first leg. their manager says his side will need to be much improved if they're going to reach the final. an 18—month—old girl who was born deaf has had her hearing restored after becoming the first person in the world to take part in a new medical trial. 0pal sandy, from 0xfordshire, was treated shortly before herfirst birthday, and, six months on, is starting to talk. michelle roberts met her. recorder plays note. yay! 18—month—old 0pal is learning how fun making noise can be. yeah! she's the first person to get a new type of gene therapy treatment for an inherited deafness she was born with. her parents, jo and james, say it was a really hard decision to make. it was really scary, but i think we'd been given a really uni

mohammad bin salman in this phone conversation saying that the incident that happened is very painful us bode said: sending a message of condolence and the coming of the special envoy and the minister of foreign affairs to tehran was our duty to sympathize with you, and the path that those loved ones started to restore and develop relations will continue with strength. pointing out that tehran and riyadh play a central role in the region and the islamic world, and by expanding the relations between them, they can create a bright future for the region and announced his country's readiness to expand economic relations. mr. mokhbar also appreciated the messages of condolence and the presence of saudi officials to pay respect to the martyred president and his companions ayatollah raisi considered the development of relations with neighbors and friendly countries as one of the important strategies and successes and said that the same spirit of interest and confidence between iran and saudi arabia will continue during the term of the martyred president. mr. mokhbar called iran-saudi relatio

in this telephone conversation, mohammad bin salman stated that the incident that happened was very painful for us and said: sending a message of condolence and the coming of the special envoy and the minister of foreign affairs to tehran was our duty to sympathize with you and the way that those loved ones are to restore and develop relations. they started, saudi arabia will continue with strength gave but from saudi arabia, pointing out that tehran and riyadh play a pivotal role in the region and the islamic world, and by expanding the relations between them, they can create a bright future for the region . while appreciating the messages of condolence and the presence of the saudi authorities to pay tribute to the martyred president, mr. mokhbar also spoke about the development of relations with neighbors and friendly countries, including the success and important strategies of ayat. raisi knew and said: the same spirit of interest and confidence between iran and saudi arabia will continue during the period of the martyred president. mr the informant called iran-saudi relations as key fo

intelligence has concluded it was your crown prince, mohammad bin salman that approve that operation.hat is the response of the saudi government to that. guest: well, we've rejected that assessment. the murder of jim all khashoggi was a heinous crime. an egregious front to our values and laws. a clear violation of our laws. the people behind it were arrested and prosecuted and are doing long prison sentences. i think it's important to keep in mind if you look at our history we have never had anything like that happen because it's simply not how we resolve our differences. it is not who we are. we've taken some additional measures to make sure it hasn't -- does not happen again. it really shouldn't define us as a nation or people. it is not who we are. host: a new york times article with this headline saudi's overwhelmingly opposed ties to israel according to a poll, the results reveal hurdles to the administration's push for saudi arabia's established emetic relations with israel. i want to ask about your public desire or is this would show a lack of desire for ties with israel and ho

their meeting follows sullivan's visit with saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman yesterday, and comes as israeli leaders are split over their plan for the war. amid the debate, israeli airstrikes on gaza continued. 27 people were killed in an urban refugee camp in central gaza. hospital officials reported most of the dead were women and children. back home, president biden told students at morehouse college in atlanta today that he hears their concerns over the humanitarian crisis in gaza. the commencement address gave biden a chance to both court young black voters at one of the nation's oldest historically black colleges, and to acknowledge the protests roiling campuses across the country. there were no major disruptions during his remarks, but the class valedictorian called for a permanent ceasefire and some students and faculty draped themselves in the symbolic keffiyeh scarves. pres. biden: i support peaceful, nonviolent protest. your voices should be heard. and, i promise you, i hear them. this is one of the hardest, most complicated problems in the world, and there's nothing ea

now to some other stories making news today, saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman has postponed a plannedr day trip to japan due to concerns over the king's health. news of the cancellation came after the saudi press agency reported that king salman is suffering from inflammation of the long and will be treated with an antibiotic. the trip to japan would have been the crown prince's first visit since 2019. benny gantz says he will quit the israeli government if prime minister benjamin netanyahu does not offer any plan to bring back hostages and to end hamas rule in gaza by june eighth. the ultimatum from the opposition leader in the three men of war cabinet comes days after the other member, the defense minister, bitterly accused netanyahu elle fanning to have a postwar plan. analysts say the war cabinet might collapse but netanyahu would continue to rule with his far right partners. turning to tech now, and markets are standing by of course for those nvidia earnings on wednesday. results from the third most valuable company in the world will be a key test for the so-called everything ral

annabelle: some other stories we are tracking, saudi arabia's crown prince, mohammad bin salman mss'sather has recovered from a recent illness. the saudi government announced earlier this month that the 88-year-old monarch was being treated for fever in a lung infection. questions over the king's health came as -- hong kong's national security police have arrested six people using a new security law for the first time. among them is a former organizer of a now banned annual visual to commemorate the 1989 tiananmen square crackdown. police say online posts were made with seditious intent, asking people to join unlawful acts. she is currently in detention for a separate charge. taiwan's parliament has passed legislation that could curb the authority of the new president. the new measures allow lawmakers to summon the president for questioning and give access to confidential documents. thousands of protesters gathered to oppose the changes. the bill was backed by the opposition kmt and tpp, both of which have backed closer ties with china. china's biggest cities have ease requirements fo

that involve washington and riyadh have been mostly worked out by sullivan and crown prince mohammad bin salman it involves major american commitments of formal security guarantee from the us to saudi arabia. as well as technology transfers to enable a civilian nuclear program. but the final element, a path to a palestinian state is critical. >> the saudis have not demanded that a palestinian state be established right away, merely that there is a solid road to it that will mean a timetable for israel and a series of conditions for the palestinians each having to meet its obligations such a deal could also open up key elements to stabilizing the situation in gaza palestinian participation and arab involvement in post-war security reconstruction funds and european support, among other things. it would all realize israel's greatest hope and dream to be integrated into the region economically and politically after all, once saudi arabia, the custodian of islam's two holiest sites, and the funder of many arab governments has joined hands with israel there will be strong reasons for other arab and i

headed over this weekend is going to be first going to saudi arabia to speak with crown prince mohammad bin salmanant to get back to that if we can't a little later, but he's then going on tomorrow on to meet with prime minister netanyahu and going to say that if he got in a rafa, we still need to see the plan to target this and not goh in in this large scale way is that any more effective or less effective now, that the president has threatened to hold back some of those offensive weapons, iv they go in and away in the us, deems is unnecessary all right, now, victor, and good morning. >> it's not clear that the israelis are listening very carefully to what president biden has to say, or particularly carrying what he and his other emissaries have on this point the consistent message to the israelis since december or january has been, if you're going to go into rafah you need a plan to move the more than 1 million people who were in the city and many of them were refugees already from the north to some place where they can get food and medical care and have a place to sleep. and that plan is really

intelligence has concluded it was your crown prince, mohammad bin salman that approve that operation.t is the response of the saudi government to that. guest: well, we've rejected that assessment. the murder of jim all khashoggi was a heinous crime. an egregious front to our values and laws. a clear violation of our laws. the people behind it were arrested and prosecuted and are doing long prison sentences. i think it's important to keep in mind if you look at our history we have never had anything like that happen because it's simply not how we resolve our differences. it is not who we are. we've taken some additional measures to make sure it hasn't -- does not happen again. it really shouldn't define us as a nation or people. it is not who we are. host: a new york times article with this headline saudi's overwhelmingly opposed ties to israel according to a poll, the results reveal hurdles to the administration's push for saudi arabia's established emetic relations with israel. i want to ask about your public desire or is this would show a lack of desire for ties with israel and how