the crown prince mohammed bin solomon has reversed the decision as part of a push to modernize the country but it's also about making money and creating new jobs as the kingdom tries to diversify its economy away from dependency on oil. our market is by far the largest in the region and a sizable market it's very lucrative a lot to do you know investors are sort of side to to be part of this industry. fairly excitement some things look set to stay the same for now at least the woman will only be allowed to go to the cinema with a male guardian. the government will also a sense of content but nonetheless saudi arabia seems to be changing its. the big screen to the small screen i'm joined tonight by mond bin of the aman he is a saudi film producer joining us tonight from los angeles where he goes by the name mon the monday it's good to have you on the day we want we want to tell our audience you left the country your home country of saudi arabia to pursue a film career so what are your feelings tonight when you see saudi arabia and its first movie theater in some thirty five years. well i th

it's good to have you with in a major shift in attitude towards israel saudi arabia's prince mohammed bin solomon says that israelis have a right to their own land now that is in stark contrast to the position that saudi arabia has so far taken the conservative kingdom does not officially recognize the state of israel however in an interview published on monday in the us publication the atlantic the crown prince was quoted as saying i believe the palestinians and the israelis have the right to have their own land but we have to have a peace agreement to assure the stability for everyone and to have normal relations and shortly afterwards the princes father salty king solomon reiterated his support for a palestinian state. ari to help us read these salty signals i'm joined now by professor talk she is a middle east historian at the center for modern oriental studies here in berlin. good to have you on the show so what are we were we seeing here first of all i mean why is it important what the crown prince said. well i think it is important in that he explicitly recognizes israel's right to existen

much of the program a crown prince mohammed bin solomon of saudi arabia has been on a three day visit to paris and it seems like he's made quite an impression on the french president is now asking critics of the saudi government charts a shot at their explains the saudis crown prince is being on a global cho my friends to the west for the post three days here in france it seems like it's being all hugs and handshakes for mohammed bin solomon he's even joked about having special bond with the french president. despite the fact that bin selman is the leader of an absolute monarchy considered to be one of the world's most oppressive regimes yet on his visit to france saudi arabia's new tourist reputation for human rights offenses seem to have been swept under the carpet. and i hear legitimate questions from civil society and from journalists about human rights and various sensitive issues concerning your country we have the choice to stick to our traditional positions and we can decide that the first acts of modernization of this society will be cosmetic as the prince was winded and dine

s crown prince mohammed bin solomon has finally as the memorandum of understanding with soft bank to finance the world's largest solar energy project ever the two hundred billion dollar investment will reportedly create one hundred thousand jobs in saudi arabia and increase the kingdom's solar capacity to two hundred get a watt by the year twenty thirty the project is one hundred times larger. or than the next biggest and with double global energy output for the photo of all a uk voltaic rather sector according to bloomberg soft bank founder may she saw on reportedly says billions more in investment is saudi arabia and has taken on the cause of promoting renewable energy. and earlier this week softbank the just talking about them announced that they had to amend four years of tax filings in japan after failing to report eight hundred seventy five million dollars in offshore earnings the dish no taxes amounted to over thirty four million dollars or three point seven billion yen their previously under claritin therefore untaxed profits were generated at soft banks subsidiaries or bermu

region talks with the saudi foreign minister there before having dinner with the crown prince mohammed bin solomon are expected to discuss the iran nuclear deal following donald trump's threats to pull the united states out of that agreement next month i was sworn in on thursday after his predecessor rex tillerson left office last month her since lummi has more from washington d.c. the state department says a strong u.s. saudi partnership is crucial to peace and prosperity in the middle east so perhaps not surprising that might pompei i would make a visit to saudi arabia part of his first official trip as secretary of state he also has the fast approaching deadline of may twelfth when president trump must decide whether or not to reimpose sanctions on iran a move that many feel will be the end of the iran nuclear deal my comp aoe is much closer to president on this issue than his predecessor rex tillerson was tillerson was sympathetic to the european point of view which is the deal should be strengthened and not abandoned he lost his job essentially over that mike pompei a will also no doubt be ta

crown prince says palestinians and israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land mohamed bin solomon made the comments in an interview with the us magazine the atlantic is being seen as another sign of warming ties between saudi arabia and israel israel's prime minister has suspended a deal with the u.n. to resettle more than sixty thousand african asylum seekers in europe and north america benjamin netanyahu made the u. turn live in hours of announcing the agreement apparently under pressure from members of his own government twelve members of one family of being killed in a saudi led coalition air strike in yemen seven of them were children the missiles hit buildings housing displaced people in the city of the data a manual crossing by central american migrants into mexico has prompted a storm of criticism from the u.s. president the so-called easter caravan is organized by activists who aim to highlight the plight of people escaping crime and poverty donald trump accuses mexico of failing to do enough to prevent them from entering the united states police in thailand say they've m

more since last august after the military launched a crackdown saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon says israelis have a right to our homeland it's a notable shift in the kingdom's position towards the jewish state saudi arabia does not recognize israel but ties between the two countries have improved in recent years. and a truck driver in the u.s. state of georgia made a lucky escape just moments before his vehicle was struck by an oncoming train. a passer by capture the moment of impact on his phone both a truck driver and train crew are said to be ok. the u.n. has called it the world's worst humanitarian crisis and today donor countries have pledged two billion dollars in aid for a war torn yemen getting closer to its target the three billion dollars at the fundraising conference in geneva u.n. secretary general antonio terrace urged the warring sides to strike a peace deal we must see action and. these reality stars that you know most human suffering to some of the poorest and most vulnerable people. and there are no humanitarian situations we meditate in prices. a negotiated po

crown prince mohammed bin solomon has reversed the decision as part of a push to modernize the country but it's also about making money and creating new jobs as the kingdom tries to diversify its economy away from dependency on oil. markets is by far the largest in the region. a sizeable marketeers who's very lucrative a lot to do you know testers are so excited to be part of this just three just for all the excitement some things look set to stay the same for now at least women will only be allowed to go to the cinema with a male guardian. the government will also sense a content but nonetheless saudi arabia seems to be changing its tune. and coming up on the news there's been some new developments in the diesel emissions scandal porsche is in the hot seat than physical and as the details will be back in just a few moments i'm sara kelly in berlin thanks for watching a busy against it. because i learned german with w. . any time any place.

peak oil and falling crude prices have hit the kingdom hard that is triggering change prince mohammed bin solomon has unveiled in bishop's program of economic reform which is known as these in twenty thirty hour reporter funny finish our travel to saudi arabia to find out what this vision really me it's . riyadh is an international city a third of the population comes from abroad many of them bang over of course they helped to build the saudi capital but the wall khan they once enjoyed is starting to fade. saudis first know that the saudi government's plan to reduce unemployment among native saudis employers who hire none so these will have to pay higher fees and jobs in shops like this one selling electronics for example would be restricted to saudis only foreigners will be banned from at least twelve jobs this music store selling instruments has already put up a sign for saudis only be looking for a salesperson male or. does ation is a good idea there are more job opportunities here for saudis than for foreigners. and. a lot of service return from the u.s. and germany with degrees only to find

oil indeed the falling price of oil that's hit the oil rich kingdom very hard crown prince mohamed bin solomonic has unveiled an ambitious program of reforms known as vision twenty thirty it's aimed at transforming the saudi kingdom economy these reforms include diversifying the economy and reducing its dependence on oil creating new jobs and marking making the country less reliant on foreign workers want to hear more about that just a moment saudi arabia also wants to attract more foreign investment also has taken steps towards social reform towards a more open liberal society and it's made a start in lifting some of the most oppressive restrictions on women too it should be noted for example a driving ban for women will finally be removed later this year now our reporter panipat shar has been in saudi arabia traveling around there she's been in the capital and in jeddah looking at what this vision for the future of this vision twenty thirty really means for the country she sent us this report. riyadh is an international city third of the population comes from abroad many of them manual workers

now to some other stories making headlines around the world saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon says israelis have a right to one homeland it's a notable shift in the kingdom's position towards the jewish state saudi arabia does not recognize israel but ties between the two countries have improved in recent years authorities in thailand have seized drugs worth an estimated twenty nine million u.s. dollars in several unconnected cases the largest single paul was seven hundred kilos of crystal meth betham fadam and the drugs were produced in the notorious golden triangle region where the borders of thailand and laos meet. and a truck driver in the u.s. state of georgia made a lucky escape just moments before his vehicle was struck by an oncoming train. a passer by captured the moment of impact on the phone of both a truck driver and the train crew are said to be ok. now an airstrike by the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen has killed twelve civilians in the coastal city of data data is the red sea port where most humanitarian aid arrives in yemen the attack destroyed a house w

saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon says israelis do have a right to a homeland it's a notable shift in the kingdom's position towards the jewish state saudi arabia does not recognize israel but ties between the two countries have improved in recent years well staying in israel itself that countries announced a deal with the un to resettle african migrants to western nations but just hours after announcing the deal israel put it on hold again prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he wanted to consult more widely on the deal which some hardliners had attacked because it allows many of the migrants to stay in israel under the agreement with the un some sixteen thousand of them were to be sent to western countries including germany. some of these migrants mostly from eritrea and sudan have been living in israel for a decade there are around thirty five thousand of them they say they have fled danger and persecution at home in israel they work illegally but the government wants them gone and offer them a stark choice leave the country voluntarily go to prison or be deported to an

for the post three days here in france it seems like it's been all hugs and handshakes for mohammed bin solomon he's even joked about having passed special bond with the french president. thank you. that's despite the fact that bin solomon is the leader of an absolute monarchy considered to be one of the world's most oppressive regimes yet on his visit to france saudi arabia's new tourist reputation for human rights offenses seem to have been swept under the carpet. your legitimate questions from civil society and from journalists about human rights and various sensitive issues concerning your country we have the choice to stick to our traditional positions and we can decide your first act of modernization of this society will be cosmetic as the prince was winded and dined protesters struggle to draw attention to the saudi offensive in yemen been calling on france to stop the use of these weapons of this weapons and equipment. since two thousand and fifteen almost six thousand yemenis have perished in the war between the saudi led coalition and the rebels more than nine thousand have been injur

has embarked on an extensive economic and social transformation crown prince mohammed bin solomon has made it his mission to make the country less dependent on oil and diversify its economy but that's proving challenging because of several factors including the war in neighboring yemen saudi arabia and his coalition partners have been fighting who the rebels there for nearly three years now and as a saudi government announces more megaprojects as part of its so-called vision twenty thirty strategy that concerns it might be overextending its economy we'll get to our guests shortly but first norah birdman the looks at what's in the pipeline. saudi officials have made it clear the country is entering into a post oil era now this future vision involves the building of megacities being dubbed a knowledge economy so let's take a look at some of these new projects the first planned megacity is called neon it's supported by japanese giant softbank and it aint see the largest city in the world to run on one hundred percent renewable energy is intended to be about thirty three times the size of

crown prince mohammed bin solomon has reversed that decision as part of a push to modernize the country but it's also about making money and creating new jobs as the kingdom tries to diversify its economy away from dependency on oil. our markets is by far the largest in the region. a sizable market is who's very lucrative a lot of. the stores are so excited to be part of this industry just for all the excitement some things look set to stay the same for now at least women will only be allowed to go to the cinema with a male guardian. the government will also sense a content but nonetheless saudi arabia seems to be changing its tune. a quick reminder now the top stories that we have been following for you here israel has kicked off celebrations to mark seventy years since the jewish state was founded in the middle east prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said that israel will not spare those who raise a hand against it but also hinted at better relations with some arab countries. and a french president among you will not call it is due to visit german chancellor angela merkel in berlin

and crown prince mohammed bin solomon with the iran nuclear deal expected to be high on the agenda. doctors in gaza say they are unable to cope with the latest influx of palestinians injured during friday border protests four people were killed about nine hundred wounded as israeli soldiers fired on crowds along with. those see a headline stay with us here on al-jazeera the listening post is next. washing filed by the democratic national committee against president. with links to russian wiki leaks why are still there and. why bring on the act democratic party there's. that's why we've got. hello i'm richard just put in you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we're covering this week hillary clinton and the democrats were on the losing side in two thousand and sixteen now they're looking for a victory in court against wiki leaks and egyptian photographer wins an award from the united nations and the c.c. government pushes back calling him a terrorist based in kuala lumpur broadcasting via you tube and on satellite t.v. gets to the heart of the story in me and

though and the reason is or oil falling prices have hit the oil rich kingdom hard crown prince mohammed bin solomon has unveiled an ambitious program of reforms known as vision twenty eight thirty aimed at transforming the king of the economy those reforms include diversifying the economy and reducing its independence on oil creating new jobs making the country less reliant on foreign workers saudi arabia also wants to attract more foreign investment into the country and it has also taken a few steps towards social reform it has made a start in lifting some of the oppressive restrictions on women for example a driving ban for women will finally be removed later this year our reporter friday for char traveled to the capital riyadh and to jeddah to look at what this vision for the future really means for the country riyadh is an international city third of the population comes from abroad many of them manual workers they helped to build the saudi capital but the wall come they once enjoyed is starting to fade. saudis first know that the saudi government splatted to reduce unemployment among native sa

s saudi arabia's crown prince mohamed bin solomon nearly three week trip to the united states is over what did he do it who did he do it with r.t. correspondent trinity chavez will tell us plus says the u.k. and you consider their trading relationship author and commentator steve keen joins us from london with the latest and is the acting director of the consumer financial protection bureau was on capitol hill twice this week he said he had not burn the place down we get reaction from partly nailer of public citizen all that ahead but first let's hop to some headline yesterday during our interview with danielle de martino both the news was breaking that president trump had task is economic adviser larry kudlow in the u.s. trade representative robert light hisor with considering the possibility of reentering the trans-pacific partnership i asked danielle about it we both agree that it would be a good thing to do well that initial reporting was accurate and the u.s. is looking at rejoining the eleven nation accord president trump tweeted last evening that the u.s. would only join t p p

of mr putin but he did mention someone that he was a fan of and that was the saudi prince mohammed bin solomon the big change actually is there where he's trying to change the economy he's trying to bring women and young people into employment is trying to radically so this is really something quite impressive in a separate interview took a hard talked about his career path and his aspirations and he described a number of roles that he feels that he would be ok at including the job of the pm so it is. here's that he wasn't particularly fussy about what future lies ahead for him would it be great to be pm yep it would be great to be foreign secretary fantastic would be great to be defense secretary wonderful would it be great to be a minister of any kind yes on a more serious note now the tensions between russia and the u.k. have been exacerbated by the script poisoning london is insisting that moscow is behind the attack moscow is denying any involvement at all and asking u.k. for firm proof as to why they are suggesting that russia is indeed behind those attacks so the accusations are continu

the region he's used to hold talks with the saudi foreign minister algebra and crown prince mohammed bin solomon with the iran nuclear deal expected to be high on the agenda that is in gaza say they are unable to cope with the latest influx of palestinians injured during friday border protests four people were killed about nine hundred wounded as israeli soldiers fired on crowds along with. those are your headlines stay with us here on al-jazeera the listening post is next.

crown prince says palestinians and israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land mohamed bin solomon made the comments in an interview with the us magazine the atlantic is being seen as another sign of warming ties between saudi arabia and israel he said i believe the palestinians and israelis have the right to have their own land but we have to have a peace agreement to a show civility for everyone and to have normal relations there are a lot of interests we share with israel and if there is peace there would be a lot of interest between israel and the gulf cooperation council now the number of people killed by israeli troops during protests on girls is border on friday has risen to sixteen more than fourteen hundred others were injured friday was the first day of a sit in that's expected to last several weeks protest as a camping near the barrier that runs along the entire land border of gaza israeli soldiers including snipers a station their protests are set up their camps about seven hundred meters away and plan to stay there until israel's independence day which is may the fifte

saudi arabia's mohamed bin solomon known like a rapper as m.b.'s has conducted concluded reveries nearly three week trip to united states what did he do and who did he do it with r.t. correspondent trudy chavez tells us. it was a jam packed three weeks for thirty two year old crown prince mohammed bin someone who is saudi arabia's deputy prime minister head of the economic development team and also the country's defense minister his press corps was meant to change the country's image he met with top executives from corporate america as well as heads of tech companies in silicon valley all part of his plan to show that saudi arabia is open for business going to. his first stop washington d.c. where he brokered arms deals with president trump the much we've followed by trips to harvard and mit where he shared his big plans for technology investments then new york city where he sat down with wall street fight and see errors american c.e.o.'s and attended dozens of events one where he even signed a two hundred billion dollars solar agreement with soft

the first full day of his official visit to help set up a saudi national opera and orchestra mohammed bin solomon held talks with the prime minister at what phillipe the morning after a welcome dinner with the president a man well macro is meeting again on tuesday they're hoping to strengthen both business and cultural ties that have been protests in france over the current saudi involvement in the war in yemen. all right still to come here on the program ali ali i have the. support of the original palestinian teenager released footage of her being questioned by the israeli military. and former south korean president lee myung bak is formally charged with bribery embezzling and tax evasion. hello spring continues nice and warm in china and the increasing cloud seems likely to hang the right thirty degrees will see rain break out in the vicinity and drop the temps of about five and hit the same as shanghai but that's all when say hong kong as well we have lost three to twenty nine human degrees by the same date. now we have seen since some big showers recently not quite the cowboys sharkey's the b

fifteen saudis cities the conservative nation seems to becoming more becoming less so as prince mohammed bin solomonm.b.'s continues his three we tour in the united states in which he says the seeking to do a number of deals including the partial purchase of a talent agency now that entertainment that's all for now thanks for watching should catch boom bust on you tube you tube dot com slash boom bust r.t. we'll catch you next time. this is says holland kentucky. over all of these really places you could walk around st fanny's remolded. a co money city with almost no coal mines left. the jobs are gone all the coal mines a fed ex that was a laugh to these people a survivor of a world disappearing before their eyes. i remember thinking when i was younger that if anything ever happened to the coal mines here that it would become a ghost town but i never thought in a million years i would see that and it's happened it's happened. i played for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside guides. football isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from th

manuel macro is pretty commonly holding talks in the french capital with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon is in paris for a three day visit aimed at improving diplomatic relations at micron hosted a private dinner for the prince inside the loop on sunday the leaders are expected to sign a strategic partnership agreement to hold a joint news conference after their meeting. all right let's take a closer look at this diplomacy that's going on these visits by middle east leaders are starting within the hour of qatar. political on this moment bashar joins me live what did you make of that that brief press conference we saw that between the in the air and president trump certainly short and sweet certainly a major departure from the statements we've heard from president trump in june last year when he sided with the united arab emirates and saudi arabia again scott that of blaming it for tat or blaming it for instability. at this point in time referring to the emir of qatar in his first name to mean talking about the gentleman the gentleman i knew from before i entered politics clearly the admi

their best let's touch on the israeli palestinian conflict because the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomons quoted as saying that the palestinians of wasted opportunities and to go shade with israel what more do you know about the saudi position on this order well certainly there is. an understanding that among palestinians that none of what happened over the past six months that meaning the tribes declare ration under them which will lead to the move of the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem in by mid may or may fourteenth so there is an understanding that. saudi arabia had given the green light and lately there was also d's leaks reported in the us media where the crown prince mohammed bin some man was saying that the palestinians should basically accept what ever deal they get from the trump administration or and i'm quoting came shut up forever now relations between the palestinians and saudi arabia's have been going through ups and downs ever since that declaration jordan itself is in a very difficult position juergen has certainly it's very peculiar position when it comes to the

look at some other stories making headlines around the world today saudi arabia's crown prince mohamed bin solomon says israelis have a right to a homeland it's a notable shift in the kingdom's position towards the jewish state saudi arabia does not recognize israel but ties between the two countries have improved in recent years. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has said that russia is not responsible for any escalation in the dispute over the poisoning of a former spy in the u.k. he has accused britain and the u.s. of quote playing children's games russia has denied responsibility for last month's attack on x. sergei three paul and his daughter yulia. and a circus truck carrying five elephants has crashed in southeast spain killing one of the animals and leaving another two injured emergency services used a crane to remove the body of the dead elephant as well as the survivors from the crash site. the syrian regime could be a step closer to taking full control of eastern ghouta the reports are coming in the rebel fighters are leaving their last stronghold in the damascus region for days a

before having dinner with crown prince mohammed bin solomon are expected to discuss the around nuclear deal following donald trump threats to pull the united states out of the accord next month kristen salumi has them all from washington d.c. the state department says a strong u.s. saudi partnership is crucial to peace and prosperity in the middle east so perhaps not surprising that might pompei i would make a visit to saudi arabia part of his first official trip as secretary of state he also has the fast approaching deadline of may twelfth when president trump must decide whether or not to reimpose sanctions on iran a move that many feel will be the end of the iran nuclear deal might pump a zero is much closer to president trump on this issue than his predecessor rex tillerson was tillerson was sympathetic to the european point of view which is the deal should be strengthened and not abandoned he lost his job essentially over that mike pompei a will also no doubt be talking about the situation in syria during this visit president trump has called on gulf countries to do more to stabil

reforms initiated by crown prince mohammed bin solomon are indeed easing the harshest of those restrictionson women are part of an attempt to diversify saudi arabia's oil dependent economy did abuse funny travel to saudi arabia where she met a female writer an academic who's pushing for more freedom we'll speak to her in a bit first here's a report. but i did not take back my name is doctors in a while who died a year and today i'm signing my novel it's about two generations shahar a mother and her daughter higher. than it describes problems saudi women face and it's about the relationship between men and women that see at the end. that is enough first novel hajar criticise a stalled mass within our society and between different generations but only between the lines. that it i really like which of ricin and the way you write it's charming but this has that did you also take the other book its new. life as a catholic in that i think you and then and women and then go here at the book fair in riyadh a place where conservative and modern world views. how much has somebody arabia changed. i si

there's also the case of saudi arabia even though it was pointed out that under the crown prince mohammed bin solomon that some efforts at trying to liberalize saudi society are moving apace the report also still says that there's much per crackdown on dissent and on opposition political activity china also came under much of the same criticism for trying to crush political dissent for essentially monitoring people's private communications and for censoring not just journalists work but also censoring the internet and roughened jordan that live in washington thanks for us now the u.s. democratic party is suing the donald trump campaign and russia over alleged collusion in the twenty sixteen presidential election they accuse russia of coming to acting trump advises informing them of a cyber attack that leaked negative information about his democratic rival hillary clinton and also a lawsuit also involves wiki leaks and its founder julian assange the democrats accuse him of ruining the trump team in advance before publishing the information on mrs clinton has eco haney's following events from washingto

the crown prince mohammed bin solomon has reversed the decision as part of a push to modernize the country but it's also about making money and creating new jobs as the kingdom tries to diversify its economy away from dependency on oil. our market is by far the largest in the region. a sizable market so it's very lucrative a lot of you know testers are sort of side to to be part of this industry just for all the excitement some things look set to stay the same for now at least women will only be allowed to go to the cinema with a male guardian. the government will also sense the content but nonetheless saudi arabia seems to be changing its tune. and we will continue the culture news now but i'm different topic we are joined by our culture editor karen helped start his tell hared tell us about another story because you know many critics they agree that there was hardly an artist in the last century as controversial as lenny riefenstahl right you know this german filmmaker who died back in two thousand and three at age one hundred one talks about longevity of their own life was famous beauty