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

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

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

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

think the administration has shut down itself to be far more accommodating -- let me say to mohammed bin salman. people tend to personify saudi arabia with mohammed bin salman. we don't want to offend the saudis. but the saudis are weakened by this crown prince. he is culpable not just for the murder of jamal khashoggi, but for the war in yemen, for the abduction of the lebanese prime minister, for the shakedown of a businessman and one person tortured and killed. these are actions that are far outside the boundary even before jamal was murdered. we were accommodating this irrational actor. if we are a true friend of saudi arabia, we have to hold the country accountable and they have to hold the person that made these decisions accountable. >> the saudis deny all of those issues and have taken the responsibility and those are the people who are on trial. of course many people believe thlkd never this could never happen without mbs's direct order. you have been in the room with the terrorist suspects. you were in the room with the saudis who committed 9/11. some of them. some of saudis involved

murder of its own columnist jamal khashoggi and the cia concluded that the killing was with mohammed bin salmanmething that is denied. although there was no connection between the country and the tabloid country going after bezos, this is not the first time a relationship between the kingdom and the tabloid has been questioned. in april of 2018, a 97-page glossy magazine, all about the saudi crown prince's visit to the u.s. mysteriously hit stores around the country, the publisher american media. according to the associated press, a digital company of the magazine was even shared with officials at the saudi embassy in washington almost three weeks before its publication. and saudi officials and american media denied that they worked together on the glossy magazine. then this week, "the wall street journal" reported citing people familiar with the matter that american media has engaged in talks with saudi financers to help the debt-laden business. the post coverage of the saudi arabia and khashoggi murder bezos wrote is undoubtedly unpopular in certain circles. to their part, american media did

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

on haida is in islamabad to tell us about the tensions between india and pakistan and also mohammed bin salman says it. tensions between india and pakistan are running high. in d.n.a. administered kashmir. the indian then quickly putting the blame of responsibility on august on august on thing that day should have been a proper investigation and that this was the need reaction. that there were tens of thousands of people killed in this country and deadly bomb attack but despite the fact that that patients the neighborly wars it did not deny anyone pakistan wanted to improve its relations with india something that the pakistani prime minute. again and again it is. there is a feeling emerging head in pakistan that the indian prime minister narendra modi is trying to capitalize on that and keep august on. from what is happening inside indian administered kashmir and. the upcoming indian elections that concern by de wardes. between india and pakistan by the foreign minister i think that saudi arabia will be the crisis between new delhi and it. and also coming at a time when the so. new delhi third

up letter to the senate asa president to specifically investigate any role the crown prince mohammed bin salman or m.b.a.'s may have played in the murder in b.s. the crown prince is a wrecking ball. and he's complicit in the murder mystery shogi think he's crazy to . think he is dangerous and he has put their relationship at risk but president trump has steadfastly insisted the us solve the relationship is more important than establishing accountability for murder it's all about america first we're not going to give up hundreds of billions of dollars in orders and let russia china and everybody else have a it's all about for me very simple it's america first saudi arabia's senior diplomat continues to deny any involvement by the kingdom's leaders in the murder refusing to react to a new york times report that the crown prince is on record as saying he would use a bullet on jamal khashoggi the report dismissed as based on unknown sources and the following tweet posted on the saudi foreign ministry account we will hold who are responsible for the death the push to account the question is what hap

the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman rived in china he had previously visited pakistan and india five months after the assassination of the journalists to market towards the saudi consulate and continuing criticism from the west the aim of his tour is most likely to present himself to audiences at home and abroad as a political leader who still has international partners. a formal airport welcome in china's capital beijing no one here will confront the saudi crown prince with criticism in human rights issues the prince is packing investment promises in his luggage the saudi oil company a ram co the world's largest exporter of crude oil wants to build two refineries in china and replace russia as its most important oil supplier china on the other hand is striving for closer economic relations saudi arabia is an important sales market for chinese products ranging from electronics to weapons the expansion of economic relations was also high on the saudi princes agenda during his previous stops in pakistan and india. well i think that the opportunities in india are worth more than on

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

saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman has begun a tour of asia in the pakistani capital islamabad after his arrival he saw an investment agreements worth some twenty billion dollars pakistan hopes the deals will provide welcome relief for its troubled economy prism how it will continue his trip in china and india. alexander found home bolt was a scientific superstar the great german explorers expeditions famously took him to south america and the galapagos islands in the pacific and. germany's president frank balder start a fire is following in his footsteps as part of a tour of the region child are using occasion to draw attention to plastic pollution which is threatening the unique and fragile ecosystems on the island's. volunteers searching for plastic garbage every day they clean the beaches of the galapagos they show the german president plastic bottles that have made it all the way over from china from across the ocean. nature's interconnectedness means garbage from the other side of the planet can threaten the paradise here. steinmeier says he wants governments to make better eff

twenty billion dollars for the cash strapped south asian country saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman arrived in pakistan to sign the accords on the first leg of his trip to asia the trip comes as the saudi kingdom's defacto ruler is facing a barrage of international criticism over the killing of saudi journalists. last year. pakistan needs money and saudi arabia needs friends to that end saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon began his trip to asia on sunday night touching down to a red carpet welcome from pakistan's prime minister imran khan. the saudi royal review the military before moving on to cannes residents to confirm the final details of seven separate agreements and memorandums of understanding worth twenty billion dollars. but also because. the french. needed france. as a friend elite which is why so much pakistan faces a serious balance of payments crisis and hopes the deals will bring its economy back from the brink in recent months saudi arabia has helped keep pakistan's economy afloat by propping up its foreign exchange reserves with a six billion dollar loan that giv

saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman has begun a tour of asia in the pakistani capital islamabad after his arrival he saw an investment agreements worth some twenty billion dollars pakistan hopes the deals will provide welcome relief for its troubled economy prince mohammed will continue his trip in china and india. search teams in zimbabwe have recovered twenty four bodies from a mind that was flooded after heavy rains eight people were rescued from the tunnels near the town of doma. west of the capital harare rescuers are continuing their search saying up to seventy gold miners were trapped after a dam wall collapsed. i like that of all humboldt was a scientific superstar the great german explorers expeditions famously took him to south america and the galapagos islands in the pacific now germany's president frank walter steinmeier is following in his footsteps as part of a tour of the region steinmeyer use the occasion to draw attention to plastic pollution which is threatening the unique and fragile ecosystems on the islands. of volunteers searching for plastic garbage every day th

over the last 18 months, mohammed bin salman has determined american interests, yemen, the boycott ofand the targeted killing successfully of khashoggi. >> in another country. >> in a third country, yes. and a resident of northern virginia, i might add. >> right. >> as you know, a fellow contributor to "the washington post." >> yes. >> got to find balance. this relationship quite frankly is out of control. they're driving the train, not washington. >> and then "the new york times," you know, reported that a year before khashoggi was murdered, the crown prince was furious with him and told an aide he would use a bullet on him. at what point does -- will we ever see the trump white house kind of conceding, you know, to these reports, this kind of, you know, evidence that it's based on and perhaps even order sanctions over this? >> it's hard to see that. in one word, never. the nsa and cia are going through the intercepts of the intel collected over the past year to see whether or not there's context here. whether or not there are others that suggest the crown prince was interested in ta

he posted a propaganda spread dedicated to praising saudi arabia and crown prince mohammed bin salmanthis is the same crown prince that our own cia said ordered a butchering of jamal khashoggi last year. he's guilty. the crown prince did it. the white house remains the lone defender of the crown prince after failing to meet today's deadline by congress. i'm joined by democratic congressman who's a member of the house foreign afaurs committee and former correspondent to the "washington post." this has so many twists and turns. but the idea of the "national enquirer, its owner and having a alliance with khashoggi's crowd, the crown prince's crowd is really disturbing. and you think why would it come to this? what other purpose could it have? and every book store, hudson's or street corner kiosk has almost 100-page glossy propaganda piece saluting the new kingdom of wonderful saudi arabia. why would anybody do that for free and won't say where they got the money to do it? your thoughts. >> follow the money. and what does saudi arabia have a lot of? money. and why does he want to do busin

intelligence agencies have uncovered a 2017 conversation in which saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman told a top aide that he would go after jamal khashoggi "with a bullet" if the exiled journalist could not be brought back to saudi arabia. thirteen months later, in october 2018, khashoggi was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. the discovery was made as the national security agency and other u.s. spy agencies are reviewing years of intercepted saudi voice and text communications. according to the times, mohammed bin salman made the comment about khashoggi in september 2017, the same month when khashoggi began writing columns in the washington post critical of the saudi government. the white house faces a deadline today to determine whether the saudi crown prince was personal responsible for the murder. the world's richest man, amazon ceo jeff bezos, has publicly accused the owner of the national enquirer of "extortion and blackmail." bezos recently hired a private investigator to determine how the tabloid newspaper obtained private text messages between him and his lover

up letter to the senate asa president to specifically investigate any role the crown prince mohammed bin salman or m.b.a.'s may have played in the murder in b.s. the crown prince is a wrecking ball. and he's complicit in the murder mystery shogi i think he's crazy to. think he is dangerous and he has put their relationship at risk but president trump has steadfastly insisted the us saw the relationship is more important than establishing accountability for murder it's all about america first we're not going to give up hundreds of billions of dollars in orders and let russia china and everybody else have a it's all about for me very simple it's america first saudi arabia's senior diplomat continues to deny any involvement by the kingdom's leaders in the murder refusing to react to a new york times report that the crown prince is on record as saying he would use a bullet on jamal khashoggi the report dismissed as based on unknown sources and the following tweet posted on the saudi foreign ministry account we will hold who are responsible for the death the push to account the question is what happ

house is refusal to meet a congressional deadline to definitively conclude whether crown prince mohammed bin salman was responsible for the killing a new york times report that revealed u.s. intelligence had intercepted a phone call in which the crown prince threatened to put a bullet into the journalist reports that despite having been officially fired as a result of his role in the killing of the chaudry south alcatel he remains a close aide of the crown prince and the report that u.s. weapons supplied to saudi arabia have ended up in the hands of al qaeda fighters in yemen but it was seen as a split between conservative and progressive democrats the republicans did manage to get bipartisan support for an amendment to the bill allowing the president to continue what it calls appropriate information sharing with the saudis last year a similar resolution was passed in the republican controlled senate an unprecedented assertion of congressional authority limiting the powers of a president to make war under the war powers act the resolution sponsors are hopeful it will pass again in the senate howeve

him at his word, the president says, just like he took the word of the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, denying involvement in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi and just like he took the word of vladimir putin when he denied being involved in the u.s. presidential election. kaitlan collins starts off our coverage. >> i'm never afraid to walk away from a deal. >> reporter: that's exactly what president trump did today, leaving vietnam without a deal and on an empty stomach after talks with the north korean leader fell apart. canceling lunch in a joint signing ceremony after a standoff in their second nuclear summit. >> basically they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety and we couldn't do that. they were willing to denuke a large portion of the areas that we wanted, but we couldn't give up all of the sanctions for that. >> reporter: the north korean demand, a deal breaker for trump. but a sigh of relief for aides who feared he would make major concessions. >> i could have 100% signed something today. we actually had papers ready to be signed but it just wasn't appropriat

they've gone along with mohammed bin salman's disastrous war in yemen.y essentially kidnapped the lebanese prime minister with no recriminations. and of course trump has gone along with the blockade they instituted on qatar where we have 10,000 troops. and nothing in response to the brutal murder of jamal khashoggi. i think what we learned from this story is it's a much more multidimensional relationship. what the trump administration has allowed the saudis to do is to essentially get away with murder on our soil. to cut an ankle bracelet, to provide a car, provide a private plane, to post bail, then to accept someone who is absconding from horrific crimes, murder and rape in these cases, that takes sophisticated support. that's precisely what it seems the saudis have provided with no repercussions from the trump administration. >> and this preceded the ca ed khashoggi case but shows why the saudi regime can get away with murder. >> they face no consequences on the world stage. and far from facing no consequences, they've actually gotten the green light

specifically whether crown prince mohammed bin salman was responsible. so the deadline was today and the response from the administration is they're not complying. this is from a senior administration official telling us "consistent with the previous administrations position on the congressional separation of powers, the president maintains his discretion to decline to act on congressional committee requests when appropriate." state department points out the sanctions that the administration has put on 17 saudis for what was described as their roles in the killing of jamal khaishoggi, the trump administration has stressed with the secretary of state has called the vital relationship between the u.s. and saudi government, shep. >> shepard: now some lawmakers pushing to punish the saudi government. any progress there? >> there's democrats and republicans that say they are not happy with the way the administration has handled this. they say that intelligence briefings show the crown prince was response. so they reduced this bill that bans the u.s. from sell

. >> he keeps asserting mohammed bin salman's innocence.re's a process going on in the kingdom to get to the bottom of this. from the beginning i think the thing that people in the u.s. who want a strong u.s./saudi relationship have said is the saudis have to show us something like this can never happen again. that's what i would like to hear president trump say. we want to be clear that mohammed bin salman has changed systems, is taking responsibility for what he's done, there's accountability and hasn't happened. >> the idea i won't kill anybody again. but let me ask you this. what's the access? we had ami, the notorious "national enquirer," which is basically a sleaze mag. you know what it is. it deals in scum. and you have the saudi arabia government and president trump. what ties them all together? >> one thing that ties them together is saudi arabia, as you suggest. david pecker, the head of ami has been trying to do business with saudi arabia, has been particularly close to the circle around mbs, the crown prince. you described this

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

saudi arabia is promising to invest twenty billion dollars in pakistan as crown prince mohammed bin salman launches three day visit to asia history country visit to asia should say that the shortly after he arrived in pakistan a back of government is facing a major debt crisis and this is the first leg of a tour that will also take one had been summoned to india and china. we believe that blacks are going to be very very important country in the coming future and you want to be sure that we are part of that so we are waiting for that kind of leadership to partner with and to build a lot of things together today with our and they will use we believe it's the amount of that kind of investment is twenty billion dollars it's big for phase one . and definitely going to grow if you manage to be in the bigger numbers that will be beneficial for both countries while this asia tour is being seen as an attempt to restore the crown prince's image after the scandal over the matter of jamal khashoggi and the saudi u.a.e. war in yemen at stake a closer look at the three countries saudi crown prince will

the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman is visiting pakistan where he announced investment agreements billion, including an $8 billion oil refinery. he described it as just the start of an economic tie—up. the prime minister of poland, mateusz morawiecki, has cancelled a visit to israel in a growing row over anti—semitism. mr morawiecki was angered by comments from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, was quoted in israeli media as saying "poles co—operated with the germans" during the holocaust. he later stressed he was not referring to the polish nation or all polish people. british prime minister theresa may has called on conservative mps to put aside their "personal preferences" and support her brexit deal in the house of commons. her plans were rejected in a vote last week but one of her senior ministers has indicated that there might be a solution to the disagreements within the party, that doesn't involve reopening the withdrawal agreement. protestors have been back on the streets of paris again, after police used tear—gas to try to control them on saturday night. th

and it coincided with the visit of mohammed bin salman, the king of saudi arabia, to both countries.nths into his premiership, and with his announcement that he wanted better ties with iran, it had been actually iran, it was the first time since 1979 that we had a prime minister in pakistan who had that kind of relationship, who was that charismatic, and wanted to improve relations. before the revolution, the shah of iran was the first foreign dignitary to visit pakistan. prime minister bhutto, who was prime minister from 1971 to 1979, had an iranian wife. the first lady of pakistan when pakistan became a republic was also iranian, so there was a lot of, you know... if imran khan is the loser, are you saying he is not in control or that he misjudged? we also have to take a look at internal pakistani politics, with other groups, what they want to achieve. who is the biggest winner? imran khan has been weakened by this, certainly. as far as iran and pakistan are concerned, they are talking about building a wall in the 900 kilometres, so the islamic republic is emulating mr trump. jeffr

the german government they imposed a weapons export ban to saudi arabia after crown prince mohammed bin salman was implicated in the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi right at the saudi consulate in istanbul but the weapons that we're talking about tonight when were they exported well that's quite a mix some of these weapons were ex filleted in the ninety's and eighty's that the tornadoes we saw quite a few of them were exported off to the start of the war off to twenty fifteen including helicopters patrolled. warheads right assistance you know the whole lot the list continues so these were exported well into the yemen will well into all the atrocities that have been documented into the footage of starving children that you see so that's important that we're talking about weapons that was exported recently and also of course weapons that were exported decades ago and what kinds of restrictions are usually in place when we're talking about exporting weapons to the middle east yes i mean the german government prides itself on what it says are very strict export guidelines which forbid sal

the german government they imposed a weapons export ban to saudi arabia after crown prince mohammed bin salman was implicated in the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi right at the saudi consulate in istanbul but the weapons that we're talking about tonight when were they exported well that's quite a mix some of these weapons were exposed to the ninety's and eighty's that the tornadoes we saw quite a few of them were exported off at the start of the war off to twenty fifteen including helicopters patrol boat. warheads right assistance you know the whole lot the list continues so these were exported well into the yemen well well into all the atrocities that have been documented into the footage of starving children you see so that's important is that we're talking about weapons the exported recently and also of course weapons that were exported decades ago in what kinds of restring . shoes are usually in place when we're talking about exporting weapons to the middle east yes i mean the german government prides itself on its what it says are very strict export guidelines which forbid sales

saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman has been visiting pakistan and india as part of his asias as violence flared up between the two countries last week after a suicide bombing in the indian—administered part of kashmir killed at least a0 pa ra—milita ry police. in a later attack, nine people were killed in indian—administered kashmir during a gun battle. india has long accused pakistan of harbouring militants. now the un is offering to help broker a truce. but what are the chances of any peace deal being reached? anwita basu is from the economist intelligence unit. she began by explaining why kashmir is such a sensitive issue to the two countries. kashmir has been an issue since 1947 after an independence partition of india. and it was always a bone of contention mostly because kashmir was unsure of what side they were on. there are three minority religious factions in kashmir. one is the buddhist faction in the region that is bordering tibet. the other faction, which arguably is the local majority there, are the hindu faction. and there is the northern muslim faction. so the

since we learn so much more about the ruthless methods of mohammed bin salman, thanks to the grisly,rder of jamal khashoggi, has given you pause to think very carefully about the nature of your relationship with the saudi government? will always have a strategic relations with saudi arabia. saudi arabia is our partner, oui’ arabia. saudi arabia is our partner, our neighbour and our future. arabia. saudi arabia is our partner, our neighbour and ourfuture. —— will always have. our future our neighbour and ourfuture. —— will always have. 0urfuture is to stay together because we don't have any future alone in the region. the region is growing and it is coming together, like the european union, if you know. so nobody, i am not, i'm notjudging what is happening in saudi arabia, and not entitled to judge what is happening in saudi arabia, i know that saudi arabia is coming to help the yemeni people, to restore legitimacy in yemen and to restore legitimacy in yemen and to restore the statehood, that is why we are fighting together in the yemen. if i may we are fighting together in the yemen.

criticism from the west mohamed bin salman gets a royal welcome in islamabad is this a new pivot to asia for the kingdom. allegations of censorship at the berlin film festival chinese director john emo pulls his film and in a d.-w. exclusive i way way says his work was blocked from selection are they being targeted by beijing censors. and.

also demanded that the a ruling be made on the possible involvement of the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman now the deadline for that expired on friday there was no formal response from the trumpet ministration this now is menendez's response to that the lack of response from the trumpet ministration it's heightening the stakes in this ongoing dispute the demand for the turning over of all of this ticket of material has a deadline on a two that is the twenty eighth of february so very much a heightening of tension between the senate and the trumpet ministration on the whole issue of the murder of jamal khashoggi. thanks but i'm mike hanna in washington. ages parliament has overwhelmingly approved constitutional changes removing term limits for president of the fact that his c.c. until twenty thirty four the changes still have to go through several stages of approval before being put to a national referendum c.c. will stand down in twenty twenty two when he second four year term ends. still ahead when we come back how racism and death threats led to legal action against one of the largest ca

up letter to the senate asa president to specifically investigate any role the crown prince mohammed bin salman or m.b.a.'s may have played in the murder in b.s. the crown prince is a wrecking ball. and he's complicit in the murder mystery shogi think he's crazy to . think he is dangerous and he has put their relationship at risk but president trump has steadfastly insisted the us saw the relationship is more important than establishing accountability for murder it's all about america first we're not going to give up hundreds of billions of dollars in orders and let russia china and everybody else have a it's all about for me very simple it's america first saudi arabia's senior diplomat continues to deny any involvement by the kingdom's leaders in the murder refusing to react to a new york times report that the crown prince is on record as saying he would use a bullet on jamal khashoggi the report dismissed as based on unknown sources and the following tweet posted on the saudi foreign ministry account we will hold who are responsible for the death the push to account the question is what happe

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

house's refusal to meet a congressional deadline to definitively conclude whether crown prince mohammed bin salman was responsible for the killing a new york times report that revealed u.s. intelligence had intercepted a phone call in which the crown prince threatened to put a bullet into the journalist reports that despite having been officially fired as a result of his role in the killing of south alcatel he remains a close aide of the crown prince and the report that u.s. weapons supplied to saudi arabia have ended up in the hands of al qaeda fighters in yemen but it was seen as a split between conservative and progressive democrats the republicans did manage to get bipartisan support for an amendment to the bill allowing the president to continue what it calls appropriate information sharing with the saudis last year a similar resolution was passed in the republican controlled senate an unprecedented assertion of congressional authority limiting the powers of a president to make war under the war powers act the resolution sponsors are hopeful it will pass again in the senate however without a

the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, on a visit to pakistan, has announced investment agreementslion, including an $8 billion oil refinery. he described it as just the start of an economic tie—up. pakistan's prime minister, imran khan called saudi arabia a friend in need. protestors are back on the streets of paris again, after police used tear—gas to try to control them on saturday night. the gilets—jaunes — or yellow vests — as they're called, started as a protest against high fuel prices. the prime minister of poland, mateusz morawiecki, has cancelled a visit to israel in a growing row over anti—semitism. mr morawiecki was angered by comments from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that poles had been responsible for the killing of jews during the second world war. the former acting director of the fbi says the deputy us attorney general, rod rosenstein, considered measures to remove president trump from office in 2017. andrew mccabe told cbs television that mr rosenstein discussed with him how many cabinet members would support such a step after mr trump abruptly