according to these reports, netanyahu met the crown prince mohammed bin solomon, and the u.s. secretary might pay 0. who himself was in israel in the last week. as follows. recent washington brokered normalization deals between israel. the u.a.e. and bahrain are a force that's following this one from ramallah today in the occupied west bank. any confirmation olten or denial, either way, harry no denial and no official confirmation, but the lack of denial is pretty telling, especially given the fact that this isn't just one report. it has been pretty widely sourced by a number of israeli political journalists. and indeed, the prime minister's own social media comment advisor put out a tweet saying that while netanyahu has a coalition partner was playing politics, the prime minister was making peace. now no explicit confirmation of this particular visit or potential talks with mohamed bin solomon in that tweet. but the timing was relatively significant. it all came from initial reports that a business jet that had been used by the prime minister in the past that is leased from a

denies israeli media reports that prime minister benjamin netanyahu met with crown prince mohammed bin solomon. ethiopian government forces say they're moving closer to the to gray in city of make about the dying humanitarian situation along the border with sudan is worsening. and after decades of fighting and being forced from their homes as aries, head back to rebuild their lives and revive their culture. thank you for joining us. we begin with a promising development in the race to find a vaccine against corona virus. the u.k. pharmaceutical company, astra zeneca and oxford university say their vaccine is on average 70 percent effective. but depending on dosage, we can increase to 90 percent. at $2.50, it's the cheapest potential vaccine so far with no serious side effects. and it can be stored at normal french temperature for 6 months, making it easier to distribute. last week, u.s. based company modernists. it is the experimental vaccine had proved to be 94.5 percent effective. it can be stored in a normal freezer for 6 months or fridge for 30 days earlier. america's pfizer and germany's

denies israeli media reports that prime minister benjamin netanyahu met with crown prince mohammed bin solomon. ethiopian government forces say they're moving closer to the to gray and city of may care about the dying humanitarian situation along the border with sudan is worse.

saudi arabia is denying that crown prince mohammed bin solomon has met with israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu. the saudi foreign ministry tweeted in response after the israeli public broadcaster reported a meeting, took place in the saudi city of neon fossett has more from armada. there is a presumption that the israeli government has wanted this to be leaked and we've heard from ministers as well. the education minister saying that despite the semi official nature of its coming out, it was a great day for israel, essentially confirming that it had happened, as well as the coalition partner and erstwhile rival and potentially imminently future electoral rival of benjamin netanyahu. benny gantz, the defense minister, he was chiding as a new no for allowing this to be leaked in this way. and israel's cabinet has approved a mutual the say exemption agreement with the united arab emirates ministers ratify the treaty which was signed in tel aviv last month. prime minister netanyahu says he hopes the development will strengthen, economic ties with the u.a.e., . the emirate is normalize re

and back in 2016, the crown prince mohammed bin solomon unveiled the saudi fish and 20 thought to project outside. sana aims to die fast. the economy move away from the dependence on oil. how close are you achieve? are you to achieving those goals? now, we are very much alive with the elements of the plan. the plan calls for 50 by 50 which is 30 percent or energy supply is to be provided by tentative methods by, by clean energy sources. and we are well on our way to work to assist even better with nuclear, to solar and wind energy and all other forms of, of clean energy. we have projects in that regard that are ongoing at the moment and hopefully we will be achieving that objective soon. just to continue on that theme car, your country gets more of a 90 percent of its power generation from oil and gas. but your energy minister has promised to flash up figures. he was saying get 30 percent of power from renewables in the coming years. now many would say but, but, but it's a pretty high target, is that realistic? which targets you out of character? i'm sorry, i can't see by fair. yes, that'

benjamin netanyahu flew to the saudi city of new, sunday for talks with mohammed bin solomon and u.s., secretary of state. foreign minister, prince fossil been for sound, says only americans and sound days were present at the meeting, the new friends throughout my years, i've never commented on such things and i don't intend to start doing so now. i can only tell you that really, throughout my years as prime minister, i didn't save any effort to strengthen the state of israel and to expand the circle of peace. and thank god, we managed to do it with our neighbors. with the emirates with bahrain and i hope this circle always expands. a prominent hong kong pro-democracy activist has pleaded guilty to unlawful assembly. during last year's protests, joshua wall was joined in court by 2 fellow activists, agnes chow, and ivan lamb. the 3 will be held in custody until sentencing next week and could face 5 years in jail. mass protests outside hong kong is pretty sad, coulters in 2019 were triggered by the introduction of a controversial extradition bill by the chinese government. different up

sadly, rabia is denying that crown prince mohammed bin solomon met with israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu. the saudi foreign minister tweeted this response after the israeli public broadcast a report to the meeting had taken place. it was said to have included the head of israel's intelligence agency, mossad and the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei of how to force it has more from ramallah in the occupied west bank. the education minister said it was a great achievement, despite the semi official way in which it had come out. netanyahu rival and alternate prime minister and defense minister benny gantz was criticizing the us. and you know, for having this meeting leaked out in such a way, the israeli prime minister himself was asked about it during that appearance of the israeli parliament. the knesset during which he said that for many years he had never publicly commented on such things that he wouldn't start now. but that he continued to work to expand the circle of peace. so i think the preponderance of evidence, certainly from the israeli side, is that this meeting did t

according to israeli media, he flew to the saudi city of naome on sunday for talks with mohamed bin solomon and the u.s. secular state. my pompei or the foreign prince. i'm sorry, foreign minister, prince feisal been foreign. al saud says only americans and saudis were at the meeting in the news ahead. coronavirus and defying the warnings. the number of people traveling in the u.s. is surging as the holiday season officially begins. and there is anger in brazil over the killing of a black man at a supermarket. how the weather's nice and quiet now across a good part of vietnam. dry to into much of well, there is the philippines. spitta came in to lose all. but we have got a russia showers into central and southern parts of the philippines. and you can follow this chain, a storm surge of the south china sea pushing towards the middle a peninsula. one of the active system. there's some heavy downpours coming through malaysia, turning increasingly wet as we go through the next few days. and in asia, seeing those heat of the day showers as well want to those shows to just making their way into t

to meet the crown prince mohammed bin solomon, the head of israeli intelligence agency, mossad, and the u.s. secretary of state, much pompei, you were also present. leader of the g.o.p. has taken a region, has dismissed a 72 hour deadline to surrender issued by the government. this is according to reuters, which coats the shell. as saying to him, people are ready to die to defend the region. prime minister told the people's liberation front to lay down arms by wednesday or face a final assault on the city of mckayla. hong kong's pro-democracy activists, joshua wong's pleaded guilty to unlawful assembly during last week's purchase. so he was joined in court by 2 fellow activists, agnes chao and ivan lam. the 3 will be held in custody until sentencing next week and could get face 5 years in jail. u.s. president elect joe biden's is set to make cabinet appointments in the coming days as longtime adviser and need lincolns expected to be secretary of state budgets sullivan is being lined up as national security adviser. in the former french president, nicolas sarkozy is jude to go on trial i

according to israeli media, netanyahu flew to the saudi city of nails on sunday, for talks with mohamed bin solomon and the u.s. circuit to state my pump a 0. however, the foreign minister prince fossil been found only americans and saudis were at that meeting. now the trial of 20 saudi officials, in connection with the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi, has been adjourned. they were being tried in a turkish court without being present, and it's now on hold until march next year. the defendants include 2, former aides to the saudi crown, prince was killed inside saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul, in 2018. the term of the iranian president, hassan rouhani is due to expire mid next year in the country is now starting to look at who might replace him. a top advisor to iran's supreme leader hossein has announced his candidacy. he's part of the military, which would mark a departure from recent convention. a soldier hasn't served as iran's top civilian leaders since the 1979 islamic revolution, 63 year old, a long military history. in fact, he was a commander in the revolutionary guards and the ai

history which would be very very unfortunate saudi arabia's king solomon and then crown prince mohammed bin solomon have joined world leaders congratulating biden uncommon horris they were among the last gulf latest to do so ties between riyadh and washington have been exceptionally close on the trump who chose riyadh as his 1st overseas destination as president palestinian president mahmoud abbas pictured here with biden back in 2016 says he looks forward to working with the new administration abbas has refused to deal with the white house since traumas decision to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital and move the u.s. embassy that. and benjamin netanyahu in his message to biden also paid tribute to donald trump. schmoo who some call it the things known for myself and for all citizens of the state of israel i again thank president trump for the great friendship shown to the state of israel and to me personally i congratulate him for recognizing giving slim under golan for standing up to run for the historic peace accords and for bringing the american israeli alliance to unprecedented heights

prime minister benjamin netanyahu has held a secret meeting with saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon. hello, i'm come out. santa maria, here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera, the hong kong pro-democracy activist joshua one remains in police custody after pleading guilty to his role in anti-government protests. also a diet humanitarian situation on ethiopia's border with sudan is worsening. close to $40000.00. people have now fled the fighting and.

the most recent arrests include mohammed bin nayef, the former crown prince, and a nephew of king solomon. barry is executive director of freedom, ford an organization working to end u.s. alliances with non-democratic governments. he says crown prince mohammed bin salman has been especially reckless. saudi arabia's dictatorship is in a very difficult position right now. it's losing its patron in the united states, the corrupt trump presidency. and on top of that, you have hundreds of elected officials across europe in the united states, who've called for a boycott of saudi arabia's g. 2400 something members of parliament in the european parliament, 45 members of the u.s. congress, members of parliament in the united kingdom. the list goes on and on, and so there's a widespread tide of discontent. and rejection of saudi arabia's monarchy as a host for this event because of saudi arabia's, for if it's human rights record. we've heard anecdotally that many governments have been engaging both publicly and privately because everyone is fed up. you know, the saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed

minister benjamin netanyahu has made an unannounced visit to saudi arabia to meet crown prince mohammed bin solomon. the u.s. secretary of state mike brown, pale, was also present. and this follows washington brokered normalization deals between israel, the u.a.e. and bahrain. a senior political analyst says this is all about the legacy of the trumpet ministration. certainly it's part of the race with time. i think everyone understands the spiked his trenches and the trump and mrs. sheehan will come to an end january 20th. and i think that top administration is trying to cement whatever legacy he's leaving behind in the middle east, especially in terms of the so-called deal of the century. that basically underlines potential normalization between arab states and israel. now,, despite all the hoopla about the rain or the u.a.e., normalizing relations with israel, everyone understands that without saudi. this is all just thin air, hot air in the end of the day without riyadh coming into the fall. this will be true or this will remain shaky and weak and i think it's important for sicko to bumper. you

we've seeing kings of saudi arabia by his side, his crown prince mohammed bin solomon opening the g 20, calling this an extraordinary year. there are many that believe though that the g 20 has not risen to the challenge. they look back 220082009 the last financial crisis where the g 20 really did lead world efforts. and there are many urging the g 20 to do more in 2 ways, number one. but the 20 has come up with something called the debt service suspension initiative earlier in the year to have debt relief for some of the poorer countries on earth. some say that that needs to be extended both in generation and in scope. the other big challenge is getting vaccines to people in some of the poorer countries on earth and more money, much more money apparently is needed to fund that at this stage. this is a very different g 20 from normal. in fact, what she just now, what is normally an international summit looked more like a zoom call between world leaders. it's also very truncated. normally there are dinners, there are bilateral meetings, and all of this is a little bit of a blow to the sa

minister benjamin netanyahu has made an unannounced visit to the arabia to meet crown prince mohammed bin solomon. the head of these really, intelligence agency, mossad in the u.s., secretary of state mike, bonn, pale, were also present on bail as in israel just last week. and this follows recent, washington brokered normalization deals between israel, the u.a.e., and the hurricane. let's bring in harry fossett who is in ramallah in the occupied west bank. so gary, a secret trip to saudi arabia by the israeli prime minister. the fact that we found out about it so quickly is unusual and surprising what details have emerged. that's right. i mean, it's important to say that we have no official confirmation of any of this from any of the governments involved, but no denial from the israeli government. in fact, it seems no attempt to stem this flow of information at all. multiple political reporters in israel. i have sourced it to israeli officials. it all came out initially from the tracking of a flight a business jet that has been used by benjamin netanyahu in the past leased by the israeli governme

saudi arabia's king solomon had crown prince mohammed bin salma have joined world leaders in congratulating joe biden and carmel house over the last of the gulf leaders to do so ties between riyadh and washington have been exceptionally close on the trump chose riyadh as his 1st overseas destination as president palestinian president mahmoud abbas pictured here with biden in 2016 says he looks forward to working with the new administration has refused to deal with the white house since trump's decision to recognize drew slim as the israeli capital and to move the u.s. embassy there. by john's president says his troops are now in control of shusha the city is the 2nd largest in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh whereas by john it's fighting against armenia a 1000000 officials deny that the city has been captured. those the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera right after one o one east. the story of. family freedom going to my receivers are you going to be heard the sounds of large explosion. and the hardships faced in captivity they came for me and they told me to leave my

these legal challenges that are taking place across many states so the arabia's king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin some man have joined world leaders in congratulating joe biden and coming to hire us they were the last of the gulf leaders to do so ties between riyadh's and washington have been exceptionally cool under donald trump palestinian president mahmoud abbas says he looks forward to working with the new administration he has refused to deal with the white house since trump's decision to recognize jerusalem is the israeli capital. iraqi security forces are searching for attackers who killed at least 11 people police say gunmen and 4 vehicles opened fire on an army post in western baghdad. tropical storm has made landfall in the u.s. state of florida after causing widespread damage in parts of central america rescuers in guatemala to find more bodies after landslides triggered by the storm is 27 people have been killed 100 others are still missing feared dead well those are the headlines stay with us here and i'll just syria and the uprising is coming up next. but to mammon fantasy cannot go

thanking solomon's brother form a crown prince mohammed bin nayef. hurricane iowa is pushing across central america, have to making landfall in nicaragua, and a record breaking year. fred, wouter is the 1st to reach category 5 status and the 2nd major hurricane to hit the region this month. shelob ellis has the latest central america is facing its 2nd major hurricane in his many weeks. this is nicaragua, as hurricane iosa approach landfall. a storm surge of up to 6 meters and winds of 250 kilometers an hour battered northern beaches. but this is the 5th hurricane i've seen in my life. and it's one of the strongest and most destructive hurricanes we've ever seen. iosa made landfall in nicaragua, just 25 kilometers from where hurricane rita struck. 2 weeks ago. it killed more than 120 people resilience traumatized by eater flood. again, most of what you know, i know that we are asking people to help us take our things to another place, please. we're asking them to take us to where it's safe because it's not safe here . i'm afraid for my life. i ocean a

abuse by saudi arabia of these high profile detainees, including some king solomon's brother and former crown prince mohammed bin nayef, paul brennan, reports from london. i think the timing is actually mainly because of the g. 20 summit that's taking place in riyadh in just 5 days from now, november 21st to the 22nd. and i mind my reading of it. it's to coincide with that because it's not an official parliamentary committee. nevertheless, it's been chaired by a conservative m.p. crispin blunt and that were in this zoom meeting that he's convened. there were human rights activists, people from human rights watch discussing what the situation is and shining, a light on the situation in saudi arabia. and we heard from flu, who's the sister of jane, a hospital this woman very famous around the world for campaigning, for the women's rights to drive in saudi arabia who's been in prison in saudi arabia since 2018. and who, according to the family, has been tortured while she's been in custody. there. that clamp down is exactly what these activists are saying. needs to be looked at more closely in particular in the lig

final communique and we heard the 1st words in the final statement from king solomon and from his son, crown prince mohammed bin selma. and they're all very good words. and the g 20 is clearly making progress on, on things towards the pandemic. as they have done all year with a series of initiatives, i think the test is whether they've done what the international humanitarian and medical community wanted. and in addition to this leaders declaration, i've obtained the speech that just a couple of hours ago was made at the g 20 by the u.n. secretary general, representing the whole humanitarian, a medical community around the world. and he had 2 big past asks one. he said there's a financial gap of $28000000000.00, and we need $4200000000.00 of that immediately for mass manufacturing, procurement, and distribution around the world of these vaccines. they didn't have that money. well, that is not specifically in this declaration. they've fallen short on that. the other was the dealing with the financial crisis that's resulted as a result of pandemic. and there the g. $20.00 acted earlier in the year with debt relie

saudi arabia's king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin salmon have joined world leaders congratulating bides and come on harris they were the last among gulf leaders to do ties between riyadh and washington happen exceptionally close some to trump who chose riyadh as his 1st overseas destination as president trump drew public backlash after he refused to denounce the crown prince for the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi palestinian president mahmoud abbas pictured here with biden in 2016 says he looks forward to working with the new administration says refused to deal with the white house since trump's decision to recognize to receive them as the israeli capital and move the u.s. embassy that. iraqi security forces searching for attackers who killed at least 11 people police say a gunman in 4 vehicles opened fire on an army post in western baghdad if you know piers prime minister ahmed has sacked 3 of his top officials the foreign minister the head of intelligence and the army's top commando were moved there hasn't been any statement about why but it comes as troops fight

of abuse by saudi arabia of these high profile detainees, including king solomon's brother, and from a crown prince mohammed bin nayef. those cautious optimism about the change in the to ship in moldova, after sunday's runoff election. the winner mio sandu campaigned on being pro europe and had a convincing win of the more moscow dating incumbent leader. don't. sonya gago is in the capital and went to find out what moldova, and saying. for the 1st time in moldova's history, the country has voted for a woman to be its next president, maya sun to face tough opponent, the incumbent president eagled don. he wanted to keep moldova firmly within moscow sphere of influence. why a sound new campaign door was a change of tactic, if you will, ever bowled over to really follow a more pro western pro european model for the country to progress into the future. here's what people at the central marketing kishan of the capital thought about that nobody knows what the future will bring, but we're looking for something better. and i believe she will deliver her promise . your goals all voted for the don't be a good president. i

of abuse by saudi arabia of these high profile detainees, including king solomon's brother, and from a crown prince mohammed bin nayef. well, brant has the details from london. i think the timing is actually mainly because of the g. 20 summit that's taking place in riyadh in just 5 days from now, november 21st to the 22nd. and i mind my reading of it. it's to coincide with that because it's not an official parliamentary committee. nevertheless, it's been chaired by a conservative m.p. crispin blunt, and that we're in this zuma meeting that he's convened. there were human rights activists, people from human rights watch discussing what the situation is and shining, a light on the situation in saudi arabia. who's the sister jane know how to do it. this woman very famous around the world for campaigning, for the women's rights to drive in saudi arabia who's been in prison in saudi arabia since 2018, and who, according to the family, has been tortured while she's been in custody. that, that clampdown is exactly what these activists are saying. needs to be looked at more closely in particular in the light of the g.

of abuse by saudi arabia of these high profile detainees, including king solomon's brother, and the former crown prince mohammed bin nayef. let's talk to paul brennan, in london. why is this happening? what's, what's brought this particularly to the attention of the u.k. parliament? now it's interesting, i think the timing is actually mainly because of the g. 20 summit that's taking place in riyadh in just 5 days from now, november 21st to the 22nd. and i mind my reading of it, it's to coincide with that because it's not an official parliamentary committee. nevertheless, it's been chaired by a conservative m.p. crispin blunt, and that we're in this zuma meeting that he's convened. human rights activists, people from human rights watch. there are also relatives, as you said, as you spoke of activists who've been jailed in saudi arabia discussing what the situation is and shining, a light on the situation in saudi arabia who had flu, who's the sister jane, a husband with this woman, very famous around the world for campaigning, for women's rights to drive in saudi arabia who's been in prison in saudi arabia since 201

the crown prince mohammed bin salman, conspicuously, at least the la st salman, conspicuously, at least the last time i checked, there was no official response from either king solomonon of president electjoe crown prince two the election of president elect joe biden. crown prince two the election of president electjoe biden. president trump was willing to give a blank cheque to saudi arabia, because it is an important source of arms deals, so this will be a very important relationship to watch in the region. so much influence does —— how much influence does the us still have, given donald trump is like isolationist policies of the last what might years, and his propensity to direct policy by tweeting? i think, like propensity to direct policy by tweeting? ithink, like much propensity to direct policy by tweeting? i think, like much of the world, including the united states, the end of policy by tweeting will be greeted, is being greeted, with a huge sigh of relief. as i mentioned, in afghanistan, it has been really jarring, when afghans say, i wake up thinking a tweet from president trump could change the course of my life. similarly, in other parts of the middle e

solomon gave, it was a time of great hope. whenever you get your hopes up in the middle east, they get , ined to a certain extent the way that mohammed bin salman consolidated power, the murder of jamal khashoggi, a u.s. resident and a journalist. whenever you get your hopes up in the middle east, they tend to is dashed, but i think this a significant development over time of a recognition that there security interests align with those of israel. the reason they do is because of their four proxy war against arab monarchies, israel, and us. this is something that can be built on. and with good effect, not only for regional security dynamic of deterring iran, but also removing ideological support for jihadist terrorist organizations because it is the specter of iranian backed militias and allowing sunni communities to view terrorist groups as patrons and protectors and keep them on life support. i think when you look at the broad region, the strategy we are putting together is you want to put a brake on these forces associated with the sectarian civil war causing so much human suffering, humanitarian catastrophe and increasing political ri