mohammed bin. zayed is a military man his mindset is very militaristic he uses the army as a means to gain more power. lobbies and particular has paranoia about being surrounded by people he cannot trust. but limit the tanks. to establish their dominance in the middle east m.b.'s and m.b. said identified an enemy that needed to be defeated. by this unpopular neighbors accused of collusion with islamist groups and having close relations with iran. but one of the biggest grievances with tom in fanny the emyr of qatar is how his have a shadow at the other 2 by staging the next football world cup in qatar. because the princes of the gold states know each other well there is this clash of ambitions that partly explains the crisis in relations between qatar and certain of its neighbors. in the gulf criticizing the royal family is considered treason punishable by prison or even death. no one has dared to send saudi journalist john mark a shot he was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul. his crime p

mohammed bin salman in september 2017 announced women would be able to drive in 2018.nd that very day somebody fromm a high g government official called the country's most well-known women rights activists and threatened them not to say a word about the end of driving ban publicly on twitter or anywhere elelse. they seemed into it on not allowing the women to claim credit for the reforms, even though these are the women who put the position on the map over years, as well as other women's rights issues and other discrimination rights issues. they outright arrested the leading activist from all of the leading activists, beginning in may 2018 just a mere week or two before the lifting of the driving ban. this is what i was talking about earlier. while the authorities have attempted to justify the mass arrests by sayingng, oh, we are targeting only extremistst comen fafact many y of the people thte targeting ouour reformists and people who absbsolutely support the e crown prince's policies. i think the authorities by arresting the women human rights activists and subjectin

jack dorsey met with the crown prince mohammed bin saddam on but according to multiple reports the saudi infiltration of twitter which dorsey knew about did not even come up. in june of 2016 twitter c.e.o. jack dorsey met with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin given what we know now and given that reportedly there was no discussion at that meeting of the breach what do we make of that meeting and that photo i think it's clear example of how financial interests. promise investment in twitter. took precedence over human rights in their desperate desire to attract funds to their companies that are actually creating a big problem and they will realize later that the policy that prioritize financial gain at the expense of human rights is futile. there is no way that a competent would not be aware of such an important thing as a security breach when his company it's huge especially when that breach could have violated u.s. law it would be the 1st thing on any meeting agenda so there's no way you could have that discussion without raising this issue it's paramount. unless dorsey felt the issu

could value was even higher the crown prince mohammed bin wants to reduce the kingdom's reliance on oil only a fraction of the stock will be sold at 1st on the local exchange in riyadh. and get more from the traffic couldn't from d.w. business welcome cliff assert tell us more that about the world's biggest oil company well it really is the biggest it's a big he must it's it produces 10 percent of the world's oil it's owned by the saudi royal family it's fairly secretive in the way it operates and so we've never really had much of an insight into into how it works but it's really a giant by somebody way sions it's worth nearly as much as. microsoft put together . accounts for 70 percent of all the revenue for saudi arabia as well so it's hugely important to the economy too so what does this i.p.o. mean then for the energy market where we need to see who buys the shares that's one thing because if you give us a look into into iran come to see how it works if they do open it up more widely internationally climate campaigners right now are talking about you know having less fossil fuel and

backed fighters saudi crown prince mohammed bin. step towards a broader solution to the war in yemen diplomatic editor james bays reports now from the united nations. a deal is signed that it's hoped may bring peace to one part of the violent war in yemen presiding at a ceremony saudi crown prince mohammed bin so man those signing the government of yemen president had to be a key saudi ally was among those present and the southern transitional council which was strongly backed by the united arab emirates even though all the while they've remained part of the saudi led coalition in yemen but the real war in yemen is obviously between the hard government the coalition and the who are these so this is just a sideshow and this is kind of a small breakthrough in the sideshow that only occurred very recently at the u.n. in new york the deal was welcomed by the u.k. ambassador the current president of the u.n. security council and this is a good step forward and we meant that brings the satin transitional council into the government and we

backed fighters saudi crown prince mohammed bin salon's says it's a step towards a broader solution to the war in yemen or a bird and rally has more after months of negotiations finally a deal it's aimed at sharing power between president months of government and the separatists and transitional council. the saudi crown prince mohammed bin some mom says this is step towards a political solution to end the war in yemen under the plan yemen's government will return to aden to put state institutions back in place and members of the sudden transitional council get cabinet positions all forces would join together under the coalition to restore stability and security. the u.n. special envoy martin group has welcomed the deal stating the signing of this agreement is an important step for our collective efforts to advance a peaceful settlement to the conflict in yemen listening to southern stakeholders is important to the political efforts to achieve peace in the country 6. the u.a.e. backed separatist movement just wanted self rule in south yemen and in august it sees the presidential palace

the saudi crown prince mohammed bin so mom says it's a step towards a political solution to end the war in yemen under the plan yemen's government will return to aden to put state institutions back in place and members of the sudden transitional council get cabinet positions all forces would join together under the coalition to restore stability and security. the un special envoy martin group has welcomed the deal stating the signing of this agreement is an important step for our collective efforts to advance a peaceful settlement to the conflict in yemen listening to southern stakeholders is important to the political efforts to achieve peace in the country 6. the u.a.e. backed separatist movement just wanted south rule in south yemen and in august it sees the presidential palace and government military camps an age in the since he was the interim capital of the saudi backed internationally recognized yemeni government i'm listening to their aim was to win back the independence the south north from the 2 you haven't seen knighted in 1990 and i think i'm blue print in a cornerstone for

hot from the doha institute for graduate studies says there's a lot at stake for crown prince mohammed bin sandman and his economic reform package i think this is a key factor for not only the 23rd division of the clown a prince to diversify the economy but also on the. on the on the leadership of the conference and proving themselves is to be the. you know the personality who's ready. to be the king next. to have because he was not very lucky with the previous initiatives that he took in order to. stabilize the impact of who he is in yemen or of managing the anybodies crisis or even managing with you know i'm in conflict with a conflict with iran so. he needs to succeed somewhere this is definitely something that he needs it badly in order to again going back to a trust issue to gain the trust of the people and then vested so and then his 23rd division be successful because it's not just the money that's needed for the 25th division the diversification of the economy but also the trust in his leadership that in my view. a car bombing has increased concerns over insecurity along syria's no

phase which ends on december 5th out of there is economics that is abu dhabi says crown prince mohammed bin will be disappointed with this valuation. 1st of all remember in 2016 he wanted 2 trillion dollars for the computer wants to raise $100000000000.00 for other projects that they want to invest in now we have come to a point where basically international investors have baulked at the idea that they would be willing to invest in this company at anywhere above $1.00 trillion dollars but he is pretty lucky that the saudi public will be buying into this no point 5 percent of the shares will be sold to the south is saudi public and looks like that they'll take a huge allotment of those shares plus he's encouraged many of the country's billionaires who were holed up in the in the in the in the in the in the hotel in in riyadh to. to basically invest in the in this particular company as well so on that level it will be a success because on the day of the shares will be sold to the saudi pension funds investment funds will basically go into the market and pick up any of the stock that's left ov

stage and oil giant around code of between $6.01 trillion dollars that's short of crown prince mohammed bin sounds target of 2 trillion the kingdom says it's looking to raise more than $25000000000.00 by selling a 1.5 percent stake in its oil company it's taking bids from investors right now on the final price will be set after that phase which sent which ends on december 5th there is economics editor joins me now crown prince mohammed bin someone must be disappointed by this valuation i imagine are think very much so 1st of all remember in 2016 he wanted 2 trillion dollars for the computer wants to raise $100000000000.00 for other projects that they want to invest in now what we have come to a point where basically international investors. the idea that they would be willing to invest in this company at anywhere above $1.00 trillion dollars but he is pretty lucky that the saudi public will be buying into this point 5 percent of the shares will be sold to the south is saudi public and looks like that they'll take a huge allotment of those shares plus he's encouraged many of the country's bi

domestic stock exchange it's hoped billions of dollars will be raised to help pay for crown prince mohammed bin salman's reform plans osama bin job it has our report . the world's most anticipated stock offering is finally happening after years of hype and several delays saudi aramco the world's largest oil producing firm is being listed in riyadh for the exchange and shoes are expected to be priced in december it's no ordinary company called the engine driving saudi arabia's economy which relies on oil revenues. this is these truly historic we are happy to announce our attention to this the saudi aramco company at the saudi stock exchange market the centerpiece of crown prince mohammed bin said man's vision 2030 saudi aramco stock offering is meant to bring in enough revenue to diversify the economy the plans of being listed in the world's leading exchanges had to be scrapped because of transparency fears there's still talk of an international offering after the internal listing in saudi arabia the 1st idea was either to list it either in new york london or hong kong kong but there have been s

stock exchange it's hoped hundreds of billions of dollars will be raised to help fund crown prince mohammed bin said man's ambitious plans for the gulf states future osama bin java explains. it's beyond what the through the rubble stock exchange in riyadh could have ever imagined the world's largest oil producing firm is being listed here and shares are expected to be priced in december it's happening after years of hype and several delays around it was no ordinary company it's the engine driving saudi arabia's economy which relies on oil revenues the centerpiece of crown prince mohammed bin term and vision 203-0000 iraq was supposed to bring in enough revenue to diversify the economy but it's never listed in any of the world's leading exchanges because of transparency fears the 1st idea was either to list it either in new york london or in hong kong kong but there have been some issues especially regarding the new york stock exchange listing and which was the possible litigation or no pick. law that could have been. adopted by the u.s. congress therefore there were some concerns by the saudis

yet it does fall sorts of that price tag that mohamed bin salamat had initially hoped for of truth $2.00 trillion dollars what's gone wrong yeah i don't think actually this is a big challenge is to be to do is the i.p.o. from 2 point. $1000000000.00 though now we're talking about $1.00. trillion dollars 1st of all no one knows where the $2.00 trillion dollars came from . so that's one thing double think this is a huge number when you compare for example to the value of microsoft of $1000000000.00 so we have still talking about twice the size of the like microsoft so. this is something that suits them within a very high you enjoy of what we are expecting for a lot of cool but the fact that as i think the major challenge is now putting this on the market and trying to get the investment from local fairest then international markets rights and that's the question how many investors will be able to contribute considering the geopolitics of the region and some of the issues that saudi arabia has been embroiled in recently not least the the war in yemen but also let's not forget the the attack

so crown prince mohammed bin salomon announced the arabia's 2030 economic vision more than 3 years ago that plan aims to expand the private sector and diversify the kingdom's economy away from oil this would include investments in renewable energy and large scale real estate projects like the planned futuristic city neon which would cost around $500000000000.00 it also seeks to increase tourism from 3 percent of gross domestic product to 10 percent and boost culture and entertainment as well as decrease unemployment for more than 11 percent to 7 as well as get more women into the workforce. for more on this i'm joined by our guests here in doha with us as well how much of it he's an author and senior fellow at the al-jazeera center for studies joining us via skype from beirut joseph also an author and senior fellow at the king faisal a center for research on islamic studies also on skype from rhode island geoff clark colgan he's an associate professor of brown university and the author of petro aggression when oil causes war welcome to you all just start with you in beirut so it's no s

crown prince mohammed bin saddam on cash to diversify. he wants tourism manufacturing and renewable energy to drive growth in the post oil world he has major in bishan is to transform saudi arabia into a top 5 global tourist destination. clifford couldn't from d.w. business can tell us more a cliff this i.p.o. has been in the works postponed restarted for 3 years now why so many problems they face a lot of headwinds they've had overall economic worries we've had to trade war between the u.s. and china and also the u.s. has been ramping up its own oil production and then we had the drone attack in september which also really had made people very jittery and one of the regime's companies actually downgraded us so. to this the fact that saudis reputation has taken a hit with things like the assassination of jamal khashoggi at the embassy in istanbul that's geopolitically this is unhelpful and yes they faced all these sort of things but i think looking at work now it's because well it's an incredibly profitable company it's you know it made $

this the saudi aramco company at the saudi stock exchange market the centerpiece of crown prince mohammed bin sole man's vision 2030 saudi aramco stock offering is meant to bring in enough revenue to diversify the economy the plans of being listed in the world's leading exchanges had to be scrapped because of transparency fears there is still talk of an international offering after the internal listing in saudi arabia the 1st idea was either to list it either in new york london or in hong kong kong but there have been some issues especially regarding the new york stock exchange which was the possible litigation or opaque. law that could have been. adopted by the u.s. congress therefore there were some concerns by the saudis and this was expected the saudis would go for the domestic. market listing the ambitious crown prince sent out a 2 trillion dollar price tag to put that into context the world's most valuable company such as microsoft and apple stand it hard for what the prince wanted the crown prince appears to have swallowed the lure valuation instead of for the delays in the i.p.o. for

of this year and if the valuation works i mean if they can push it to the valuation that prince mohammed bin sound not wants it will be worth as much as apple and microsoft put together so it's in some ways it's a good bet but there's a lot of headwinds as well quite apart from the business side of things what does this all mean for the environment and climate change are there any effects we can predict well i don't think it's good for the us basically they've always pushed against international efforts to cut back on on emissions and it's not at a time when everyone is trying to get the oil companies to shrink this they're going for an i.p.o. to expand so in those terms it's not it's not a great signal and we understood from from your report the i.p.o. is meant to diversify what know many people called an oil addicted economies and it's all they do that work well look if you look at the region other other people in the region have done it you know you've seen in the emirates you know how they've they've been buying football teams they've been they've encouraged tourism i think saudi has loo

stock exchange and it's hoped tens of billions of dollars will be raised to help fund crown prince mohammed bin sandman's plans for the gulf states future here's what saudi aramco chief executive had to say. this is these truly historic we are happy to announce our intention to this the saudi aramco company at the saudi stock exchange market the strategic aim of the company is to ensure that there is earnings for the government and the country according to our board of directors we are going to increase shares to 75000000000 dollars this year the government will as the need arises start distributing benefits to the shareholders. explains the significance of saudi aramco. it's beyond what the through the rubble stock exchange could have ever imagined the world's largest oil producing firm is being listed here and shares are expected to be priced in december it's happening after years of hype and several delays around please nordin every company it's the engine driving saudi arabia's economy which relies on oil revenues the centerpiece of crown prince mohammed bin 10 month vision 2030. to bring i

back in 2016 crown prince mohammed bin some man wanted to float around co with a valuation of 2 trillion dollars immediately investment bankers hired to promote the i.p.o. could not make the math add up or argued with oil prices at $75.00 a barrel the company could be worth $2.00 trillion dollars but opec is warning all demand will slide over the next 4 years and that current prices it's only worth one point $75.00 trillion but there are other ways of following companies one method is dividend and our run co has guaranteed $5000000000.00 over the next 5 years which valued the company at $1.00 trillion dollars even after the sale of the saudi government will only 98 percent of aramco which means the government can decide how aramco spends money there is other geopolitical risks which take a huge chunk. like the attacks on saudi oil facilities in september and the killing of journalists jamal khashoggi so what is a complete worth investors say a fair prices between one trillion dollars and reluctantly $1.00 trillion. still ahead on al-jazeera the study questioning whether surgery is really

in 2015 right around the time that crown prince mohammed bin solomon was rapidly rising to his powerful status that he enjoys today and met with a member of the royal family and shortly after that the spying commenced the spies gather all sorts of information about people making critical comments about the saudi government including their e-mail addresses their ip addresses their dates of birth and so forth among the thousands of accounts that were breached was one belonging to a prominent saudi dissident omar abdel aziz he was close to the washington post journalist jamal khashoggi who of course as we know was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul a little over 'd a year ago by saudi state agents according to multiple intelligence agencies several people have been killed after an attack on a porch in west in yemen and. the iran backed who the rebels have been blamed for launching missiles in drones of the red sea port of their fighting a saudi iraqi led coalition that's backing yemen's internationally recognized government it is the 1st major attack in the region since saudi arab

in 2015 right around the time that crown prince mohammed bin solomon was rapidly rising to his powerful status that he enjoys today and met with a member of the royal family and shortly after that the spying commenced the spies gather all sorts of information about people making critical comments about the saudi government including their email addresses their ip addresses their dates of birth and so forth among the thousands of accounts that were breached was one belonging to a prominent saudi dissident omar abdel aziz he was close to the washington post journalist jamal khashoggi who of course as we know was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul a little over a year ago by saudi state agents according to multiple intelligence agencies. iran has resumed in rich in you raney i'm at an underground facility the process of injecting uranium gas into centrifuges that it's for the plant was observed by inspectors from the international atomic energy agency to iran has been scaling back on its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal after the us pulled out and re imposed sanctions several

in 2015 right around the time that crown prince mohammed bin solomon was rapidly rising to his powerful status that he enjoys today and met with a member of the royal family and shortly after that the spying commenced the spies gather all sorts of information about people making critical comments about the saudi government including their email addresses their ip addresses their dates of birth and so forth among the thousands of accounts that were breached was one belonging to a prominent saudi dissident omar abdel aziz he was close to the washington post journalist jamal khashoggi who of course as we know was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul a little over 'd a year ago by saudi state agents according to multiple intelligence agencies. a hospital operated by doctors without borders in yemen has been forced to shut after a missile and drone attack a nearby warehouse in the red sea the city of macho was used by government allied force it was also hit killing 8 people yemen's military is accusing who the rebels of carrying out strike. french police are now all started this mantl

in 2015 right around the time that crown prince mohammed bin solomon was rapidly rising to his powerful status that he enjoys today and met with a member of the royal family and shortly after that the spying commenced the spies gather all sorts of information about people making critical comments about the saudi government including their e-mail addresses their ip addresses their dates of birth and so forth among the thousands of accounts that were breached was one belonging to a prominent saudi dissident omar abdel aziz he was close to the washington post journalist jamal khashoggi who of course as we know was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul a little over a year ago by saudi state agents according to multiple intelligence agencies. least 4 protesters have been killed in iraq capital by gunfire from security forces live ammunition was used as they tried to cross the bridge in an attempt to block it earlier the european parliament the european union rather condemned the excessive use of force being used on protesters it said the reported attacks by armed groups on demonstrato

hot from the doha institute for graduate studies says there's a lot at stake for crown prince mohammed bin sandman and his economic reform package he was not very lucky with the previous initiatives that he took in order to. stabilize the impact of the his in yemen all of the managing very benny's crisis or even managing with that you know i'm in conflict with a conflict with iran so. he needs to succeed somewhere this is definitely something that he needs it badly in order to get going back to a trust issue to gain the trust of the people and the investors supporters of lebanon's president mission on are rallying outside the palace in bob done north of beirut protests began last month and they forced the prime minister assad heidi to hand in his resignation to the president many demonstrators now say they want the entire political system replaced 13 people have been killed and 30 others injured in a car bombing in the north syrian town it's one of the areas controlled by turkish backed opposition fighters and has seen heavy clashes since turkey began its operation to create a safe zone la

exchange the listing of the world's most profitable company is designed to finance crown prince mohammed bin some economic reform agenda by raising billions to diversify the kingdom confirmation of the share sale comes about 7 weeks after crippling attacks on its oil facilities also turkey's defense ministry has accused kurdish armed forces of a car bomb attack that killed at least 13 civilians including children in northern syria about 30 others were injured in the attack near a market in yet and police have fired tear gas and used water cannon on protesters in chile's capital santiago people are angry about low income poor public health care and the growing gap between rich and poor. trade negotiations and fears of an escalating u.s. china trade war are likely to dominate day 2 of the sea and summit in bangkok members of the southeast asian bloc are hoping to finalize a major free trade agreement led by china that includes 16 countries thomas parks's from the asia foundation he says the impact of the trade deal so far is mixed. obviously there's a lot of anxiety about the trade situation i

last forever some analysts say around 70 more years prince mohammed bin sound man wants cash to diversify. the prince wants tourism manufacturing and renewable energy to drive growth in the post oil world he has major ambitions to transform saudi into a top 5 global tourism destination. bosses of meeting with lawmakers in today to discuss green and future technologies comes as top 5 begins production of what it calls a breakthrough vehicle. here comes the car that has been gearing up for for the last 3 years the id 3 it is b. w.'s 1st mass production purely electric car. herbert d. s. the c.e.o. of the company is pitching the id 3 as a do or die moment for germany's critical automotive sector 10 gets feel at the moment you hear a lot about the decline of the german automotive industry but whether it comes to this is up to us it's an issue of whether we take advantage of the opportunities that are brought by change. once beat it german chancellor angela merkel was on hand to tour the factory her government will now have to stump up to subsidize charging stations it's taken v.w. 3 years to

welcome to the program 1st though saudi arabia's state oil giant aramco is going public crown prince mohammed bin solomon has given the green light for an close much anticipated initial public offering its according to news into the sea waters you know it's meant had been expected last month but was reportedly delayed to allow the kingdom to secure purchased promises from institutional investors details of the planned i.p.o. are still scares the formal announcement is expected later this week. the world's 2 top economies seem to be edging closer to a trade deal on friday both the u.s. and chinese negotiators acknowledged meaningful progress in their talks had been made china even spoke of a consensus on principles the news comes as the world trade organization has for the 1st time ever authorized china to snap tariffs on u.s. imports in a year's long dispute over u.s. antidumping practices for now though all eyes remain on the proposed phase one deal everyone wants to know where u.s. president donald trump and his chinese counterpart xi jinping will meet again and finally think a new trade deal o

invest in the biggest company in the world thank god it is a good opportunity that crown prince mohammed bin gave us the chance to subscribe to be partners in this success. but the investment is not without risk there are concerns that the saudi powers that be wields too much influence that iran co is not commercially independent enough of the saudi state. and just how significant are around because all the reserves are they really enough for more than another 50 years independent analysts beg to differ then there are concerns over its location at the heart of blazing conflicts in the gulf a september attack paralyzed oil production and reminded the world of its oil dependency saudi aramco pumps 12 percent of the world's crude. stocks on wall street have surged off to the united states granted while away an additional 90 days to do business in the country the benchmark s. and p. and the blue chip dow jones both hit record highs with chip makers in particular welcoming the news washington odds of the chinese tech equipment giant to a blacklist back in may sizing national security concerns the

arabia must change to survive well comp last forever some analysts say around 70 more years prince mohammed bin wants cash to diversify. the prince wants tourism manufacturing and renewable energy to drive growth in the post oil world he has major ambitions to transform saudi into a top 5 global tourism destination. now iran causeway to an i.p.o. might be overshadowed by risks like geopolitical tensions in the region or ironical as a vulnerability in the face of attacks like the kind that took place in september earlier i asked our wall street correspondent yes quarter how big of a consideration these risks are for investors. well overall the numbers are quite stunning just if you look at the profits in the 1st 9 months of this year it was more than $46000000000.00 to talk exxon mobil for example 4 and a half years to even come close to those numbers so if you look at amazon dot com also one of the richest companies when it comes to market valuation on the planet since their start they made about 40 percent of profits what saudi aramco did in the 1st 9 months of the year but clearly there are r