designate of a months of protests and political deadlock cardinals or phase the former governor of najaf and heads the parliamentary group of former prime minister high that all about it now has 30 days to form a cabinet someone for turns in baghdad and she says adnan also off his nomination was an expected. it is current member of parliament for the nasser alliance which is the party of former prime minister high dollar body and he's also somebody who served before as the governor of najaf province under the paul bremmer administration following the 2003 u.s. invasion so he is somebody who is seen as being rather close to the west rather being rather close to the united states and this is one of the factors that he's likely to face some opposition from the shia parties in parliament who have especially recently adopted a rather hostile stance towards the u.s. military presence now in nominating him president barham salih took a very unusual step usually it's the largest bloc in parliament that puts a name for prospective candidates for the president and the president then accepts or rej

plotting to oust king solomon and his designated heir one is the former crown prince mohammed bin najaf another is one of the king's brothers all have been reportedly accused of treason. even the ybor him has been following this story for us welcome maya so tell us more about these royals who've been arrested who exactly are they well we're you know saudi arabia has something like 4000 princes but these are 2 of the most influential members of the royal family not just within the family but for the country as you mentioned one of them was in fact the former crown prince he was ousted by the current crown prince mohammed bin soundman famously. the other prince mohammed bin nayef had been a former interior minister and is a highly respected member former member of the government he was heading saudi's counterterrorism efforts against al qaeda in the 2000 both of these senior family members have been have been seen as potential rivals for the current crown prince who was just 34. however these detentions you know one must say have not been formally announced by the government government ye

riot police have fired water cannon in tear gas and yellow vests protestors in the western city of najaf it was the 68th saturday of action by the anti-government movement and took aim and what they called useless public projects. now primary voters in the u.s. state of south carolina have given former vice president joe biden a convincing win in his quest for the democratic party's nomination to face president donald trump in november front runner bernie sanders finished a distant 2nd biden's victory in jack's new life into his campaign after disappointing results in previous tests. and. a night of celebration for democratic presidential hopeful joe biden and his supporters was after several disappointing results another us states the former vice president finally secured a solid win in south carolina was biden received a clear boost from african-american voters. the war over a 3rd was the was it was biden gained a whopping 72 percent of the delegate vote for south carolina. the only other candidate to gain delegate votes in the state was bernie sanders widely viewed up till now as a fr

minister designate after months of protests and political deadlock surfie is the former governor of najaf and heads the parliamentary group of former prime minister hydraulic body he now has 30 days to form a cabinet which previous nominees have failed to do the country's been rocked by months of deadly anti-government protests simona fulton is in baghdad and says it's an unexpected move to nominate him. it is a current member of parliament for the nasser alliance which is the party of former prime minister hyderabadi and he's also somebody who served before as the governor of najaf province under the paul bremmer administration following the 2003 u.s. invasion so he is somebody who is seen as being rather close to the west rather being rather close to the united states and this is one of the factors that he's likely to face some opposition from the shia parties in parliament who have especially recently adopted a rather hostile stance towards the u.s. military presence now in nominating him president barham salih took a very unusual step usually it's the largest bloc in parliament that p

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is the former governor of najaf and heads the parliamentary group of former prime minister a body he now has 30 days to form a cabinet which previous nominees have not managed to do country's been rocked by months of deadly anti-government protests. and then elsewhere at least 20 people have been injured in a bombing at a government office in southern thailand a grenade and a car bomb we used during the attack which happened as hundreds of local officials and muslim clerics met in yala province to discuss combating coronavirus the area has seen around 7000 people killed in attacks by muslim separatists in recent years well this is our web site al jazeera dot com plenty of analysis takes you behind the headlines there but you can also watch us on life streaming as well. the headlines this hour much of europe is going into lockdown in the coming hours as restrictions imposed to cut the spread of the coronavirus become more extreme francis sealed its borders just as its neighbor spain reported 2000 new cases bringing its total number of infections to more than 11000 adults are working a

designate after months of protests and political deadlock cabin ells wolf a is the former governor of najaf and has the parliamentary group of former prime minister hide a body those are the headlines coming up next it's the bottom line from the. hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question as coronavirus challenges society and spreads across america what's the domino effect of keeping millions of students at home let's get to the bottom line . across the u.s. so far about 5000 cases of coronavirus have been recorded and restrictions are going into effect one of the biggest decisions has been shutting down schools from coast to coast people more than happy to do what it takes to protect themselves and their families but no one knows how the school shutdown will affect this generation of students and their parents what happens if the school closures go beyond a few weeks does the entire term get written off what happens if it least one parent can't stay at home with the kids what happens to folks who depend on the free lunches and the breakfasts offered by the public schools and with all the t

out as strikes against hoofy rebels in the port district of salif there's also renewed fighting in najaf in the north the un has called for an immediate end to the military action the international committee of the red cross says its response efforts have been hampered since last month around 70000 people have been displaced leaving families without food shelter and access to medical care yemen is in my view at a critical juncture. we will either silence the guns and resume the political process. we will slip back. into a large scale conflict and suffering that you have all ready seen here in my room president donald trump as phrase the united states' relationship with brazil but has refused to guarantee he'll hold off from hitting brazilian steel and aluminum with new levies. here. we. hear. the president and his brazilian counterpart. down for a private dinner at trump's florida resort on saturday the 2 leaders were also expected to discuss potential trade opportunities is on a 3 day trip to the united states. not to myanmar where the karen ethnic minority has been fighting for indepen

fees a former governor of najaf and heads the parliamentary group of former prime minister has out of body he has 30 days to form a cabinet simona holton reports somebody that. in the latest effort to end the month of political crisis president barham saleh has appointed of nuns of feet as the new prime minister designate it with a clear mandate hold early elections and unite a deeply divided iraq. bring together all the sides heal the wounds on the roofs that is the 1st mission for this man. is among a dozen names who've been considered to put a post and the 2nd person to be officially named as prime minister designate since caretaker prime minister abdullah of the mahdi resigned in the event following the deaths of many anti-government protesters demanding change just like previous nominees demonstrators were quick to reject sort of who was a member of parliament oh i guess only i remember well as a government official he is rejected by the people he is not independent he is with elma see a party. the nomination came hours before the imposition of a weeklong curfew to stem the sprea

new power battle in the kingdom the new york times says the former head of army intelligence prince najaf been made was detained at all with 3 others on friday the wall street journal says security forces also arrested dozens of interior ministry officials senior army officers and others suspected of supporting the n.h. brought alexey o'brien has more. the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon has moved to consolidate power since removing his cousin muhammad bin nayef as edge of the throne and $27.00 tane now 3 years on the knife is reportedly accused of trying to push out the crown prince and that seeing him and his brother detained as well as the saudi king's youngest brother ahmed bin abdulaziz there are some kinds of rumors and innuendoes that there is term war within the family in the form of criticism but that doesn't justify you know being arrested like criminals with mass security forces coming to their homes and yanking him out of their private residences mohamed bin solomon known as has a reputation for cracking down on anyone who opposes him 27 tane dozens of senior members o

of the iraqi government to declare khomeini persona non-grata and he had to leave his acts out in najaf his aides advised him to head to europe which he had 1st rejected asking them what he would do and non islamic countries little did he know that thousands of his followers from all over the world would make a pilgrimage to his new home in new flare château a small suburb of paris western politicians and intellectuals like a sham paul sartre michel foucault and francois mitterrand also showed support for khomeini in france he suddenly found himself at the center of global attention. but. nobody talked about the radical ideas khomeini had expressed in his book about islamic government since his writings were banned in iran and unknown in the west now one even raised the subject with him his speeches against bashar were recorded and distributed throughout iran. mob aashiqui if you would in that ya it's a lot we spread these speeches around in every form possible that we handed the tapes out all over the place and we even took them to the villages meta. tag the generals in iran were waiti

party of former prime minister hyderabadi and he's also somebody who served before as the governor of najaf province under the paul bremmer administration following the 2003 u.s. invasion so he is somebody who is seen as being rather close to the west rather being rather close to the united states and this is one of the factors that he's likely to face some opposition from the shia parties in parliament who have specially recently adopted a rather hostile stance towards the u.s. military presence now in nominating him president barham salih took a very unusual step usually it's the largest bloc in parliament that puts a name for prospective candidates that a president and the president then accepts or rejects this name but since the political parties have not been able to come up with a candidate among themselves president. nominated a candidate on his own and of course that means that could face some issues in trying to get the support of the parliament a car bomb explosion in southern thailand has injured at least 20 people the blast in the province local government leaders met to discuss

president has named a new prime minister designate to non all's old phrase the former governor of najaf and heads the parliamentary group or former prime minister that all the body and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera ofter sent from heaven. already. oh form. as long as i can remember luke has been part of my life. ascent of this rare and special would was present at home and the neighbors and in the mosque. nothing gives me a feeling of much of the study like this made up of good. but looking beneath the sadness of this instance would take me an age of need both dark and beautiful. and . the center void is part of life not just in ca to what i knew but in most of the to be a minister that. moody's bindiya than anyone else in the world. we call this or that it's also a quote i got or would. this whole cultures it comes mainly from india and southeast asia. but to you it might be weird but to me strangely good because i'm used to it since i can remember it's like you had to there would. and a very nice perfume you describe the smell of happiness yes it's so d

but i'm the government protestors mediately rejected his choice of free is the former governor of najaf and heads the parliamentary group of former prime minister has that all a body he know as 30 days to form a cabinet which previous nominees have failed to achieve so one of the reports from baghdad. in the latest effort to end the month of political crisis president barham saleh has appointed. as the new prime minister designate it with a clear mandate hold early elections and unite a deeply divided iraq one that to bring together all the sides heal the wounds in the wrists that is the 1st mission for this man. is among a dozen names who have been considered to put a post and a 2nd person to be officially named as prime minister designate since caretaker prime minister abdullah resigned in the event following the deaths of many anti-government protesters demanding change just like previous nominees demonstrators were quick to reject sort of who was a member of parliament. as a government. he is rejected by the people he is not and dependant he is with elma see a party. the nomination

the region, have been stopped for overseas visitors to many countrys, including iraq's holy city of najafh is a support, but it also carries risks. in najaf‘s imam ali holy shrine in iraq, locals are still welcome. but this and in many of the middle east's other holiest sites are now no—go areas forforeign pilgrims. translation: if they want to be saved from this crisis, they should obey and worship god. and also follow health instructions from the appropriate authorities. these are some of the last foreigners still welcome. ablutions are performed, perhaps with more vigour, and in face masks. pilgrimage is the lifeblood here. millions of shia, especially from iran, would usually pray and spend money. but the shops and precincts are now mostly empty. finally on alert, the epicentre of the outbreak — iran. it has suffered the most cases and the most casualties — but was slow to respond. its deputy health minister, on the left, was noticeably unwell at a news conference, dismissing concerns over the lack of preparation. shortly afterwards he too was isolated, struck down by the virus. at me

former prime minister haidar the body and he's also somebody who served before as the governor of najaf province under the paul bremmer administration following the 2003 u.s. invasion so he is somebody who is seen as being rather close to the west rather being rather close to the united states and this is one of the factors that he's likely to face some opposition from the shia parties in parliament who have specially recently adopted a rather hostile stance towards the u.s. military presence now in nominating him president barham salih took a very unusual step usually it's the largest bloc in parliament that puts a name for perspective can the president and the president then accepts or rejects this name but since the political parties have not been able to come up with a candidate among themselves president barham saleh nominated a candidate on his or and of course that means that could face some issues in trying to get the support of the parliament there was already a previous nominee who was nominated mohamed tawfik allawi and he did not manage to get his cabinet through parliament

changed situation i was your model send troops out in 70 with the ritz carlton affair mohamed bin najaf. conference and minister of interior mohamed bin samon removed him and he put a lot of pressure on him now the fact that he's arrested him and incarcerate him produce shows that he's very scared that that might have been possible influence that he had when the minister of interior it shows that this man is taking a different path with what what we would historically believe me the freedom of q. . and these detentions come at a sensitive time for the kingdom don't they because the crown princess holds it all visits to mecca because of the coronavirus and his his plans to modernize the saudi column has shown little progress so far on the had been rumblings in the kingdom have of that so it's not only what days domestic policy is foreign policy has been a colossal failure specifically the war in yemen decided to go into a war in yemen to fight there who these who are normally shia groups and the allied with iran has now got iran on the border gotten iranian proxies firing missiles at at

new power battle in the kingdom the new york times says the former head of army intelligence prince najaf bin ahmed is being held and along with 3 others the wall street journal says security forces also arrested dozens of interior ministry officials senior army officers and others suspected of supporting the n.h. brought lexie o'brien reports. the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon has moved to consolidate power since removing his cousin mohammed bin nayef as edge of the throne and $27.00 tane now 3 years on the knife is reportedly accused of trying to push out the crown prince and that seen him and his brother detained as well as the saudi king's youngest brother ahmed bin abdulaziz there are some kinds of rumors and innuendoes that there is turmoil within the family in the form of criticism but that doesn't justify you know being arrested like criminals with mass security forces coming to their own lives and yanking your out of their private residences mohamed been so mundane as m.b.a.'s has a reputation for cracking down on anyone who opposes him 27 tane dozens of senior members