a rupture the biden administration defends its decision not to sanction saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmond for the killing of a journalist. darren jordan this is a jazeera live from doha also coming up cutting aid is a death sentence words of despair at the u.n. as a donor conference on yemen falls far short of funds needed to help millions caught with teen war and starvation. former french president nicolas sarkozy faces jail after being convicted for corruption plus. thousands turn out in support of armenia's embattled prime minister under pressure to resign for his handling of the conflict against us about. the biden administration is defending its actions against saudi arabia over the murder of the journalist. the state department does care of 5 steps taken on friday after the release of an intelligence report accusing saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salmond of approving an operation to kill or capture. no direct actions been taken towards the future saudi king but the white house says it reserves the right to sanction him in the future if necessary instead the bite and minist

it says it reserves the right to sanction crown prince mohammed bin salmond in the future the state department is urging saudi arabia to disband the unit involved into shelters murder we have urged saudi arabia to disband this group and then adopt institutional systemic reforms and controls to ensure that anti dissident activities and operations cease and cease completely we have made crystal clear and will continue to do so that the brutal killing of jamal khashoggi quinn 28 months ago remains an acceptable conduct at the same time our relationship with saudi arabia is important it's important to us interests and it requires continued progress in reforms to ensure that this important partnership rests on strong fundamentals and continues to advance our shared objectives in the middle east. the united nations secretary general says he's disappointed by the outcome of a global donor conference for yemen roughly $1700000000.00 was raised that's less than half of the $3850000000.00 needed the u.n. says the money's urgently required to avoid famine and a humanitarian catastrophe. for the french pr

on friday after the release of an intelligence report accusing saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salmond of approval an operation to kill or capture. however no direct action has been taken towards the future saudi king at the white house says it reserves the right to sanction him in the future if necessary instead the biden administration impose sanctions on saudi agents believed to be involved in the killing including the former deputy intelligence chief mohamed el siri for the state department is also urging saudi arabia to disband the rapid intervention force that's the elite unit believed to be behind the murder. we have urged saudi arabia to disband this group and then adopt institutional systemic reforms and controls to ensure that our anti dissident activities and operations cease and cease completely we have made crystal clear and will continue to do so that the brutal killing of jamal khashoggi current 28 months ago remains an acceptable conduct at the same time our relationship with saudi arabia is important it's important to us interests and it requires continued progress and

so the by administration has sidestepped any direct action against saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmond despite an intelligence report on friday revealed his involvement in the murder of jews journalist jamal khashoggi al-jazeera state department correspondent was in jordan and this report. 3 days after the bike ministration declassified an intelligence report on the murder of journalist jamal 2 officials say they're taking a hard line regarding the mastermind named in the report saudi arabia's crown prince and de facto ruler mohammed bin solomon we have also conveyed very clearly and candidly through diplomatic channels that this absolutely can never happen again that our relationship will be different from what it has been in the past and that we are going to be of course hold the option of holding saudi arabia to to their commitment to to take reforms in place and make progress moving forward but critics aren't buying it they say the u.s. should have imposed the same punishment on the crown prince that it has imposed on $76.00 saudi individuals whom the u.s. believes have sought to t

bible ministration is defending its decision not to apply sanctions on saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmond over the killing of journalists because sochi it reiterated that it seeking to recalibrate rupture the relationship between washington and riyadh and let's bring you some breaking news now an update from nigeria it has been confirmed that 317 girls who were kidnapped from a school in the northwestern state of zamfara have been released let's speak now to ahmed interests who's been trying to witness the release of her states tell us more about what you know. well typically you can see we are right.

bible ministration is defending its decision not to apply its sanctions on saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmond over the killing of journalist you're welcome so ji it reiterated that it's seeking to recalibrate not rupture the relationship between washington and riyadh. and let's bring you some breaking news now an update from nigeria it has been confirmed that 317 girls who were kidnapped from school in the northwestern state of zamfara have been released and let's speak now to ahmed interests who's been traveling to witness the release of her state set up in tell us more about what you know. i. want to signal as you can see we are right in the council chambers of the government house in which i was on part of state and all behind us. children $200.00 and more than $270.00 of them that's a few get now officials are talking about this kids have been taken since friday in the early hours of friday and finally they are who they came in late at night and right now what is going to happen is that the government is going to. address them and then their health will be checked they'll be debriefed and

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