more from caroline malone. >> prince mohammed bin nayef is the new prince elect. he is the most powerful man in the exporting saudi arabia. he's been the interior minister since november 2012 a position he keeps despite his promotion. >> translation: his highness mohammed bin nayef was selected as the crown prince deputy prime minister interior americans, and head of the political and security affairs council. >> reporter: mohammed bin nayef studied in the united states and retains good relations with saudi arabia's close ally. u.s. embassy cables released by wikileaks show him being hawkish on iran. he also helped in the leading of saudi-led air strikes to stop iran-backed houthi rebels. al qaeda fighters tried to assassinate him six years ago when he was head of security services. he's been tough on internal security. there has been arrests of suspected al qaeda and i.s.i.l. members. he's encouraged government aid to syria, and discouraged private donations to rebel groups. during his time as interior minister saudi arabia remained tough on descent at home. acti

the new crown prince is king salmon's nephew mohamed bin nayef.salmon's son is now second in line to the thrown as the new deputy crown prince. he is already serving as defense minister. and the saudi ambassador to the u.s. has been made foreign minister replacing another prince who has been steering the kingdom's diplomacy for almost 40 years. here is hashem ahelbarra. >> reporter: this is saudi arabia's new crown prince. prince mohamed bin nayef replaces his uncle in a major reshuffle. bin nayef is also minister of interior and chairman of the council for political and security affairs, a body that makes decisions or threats facing the kingdom. the new crown prince has built strong ties with the u.s. when he was in -- charge of the fight against al-qaeda but this man is likely to play a crucial role in the future of the kingdom. the king's son has been appointed as new deputy crown prince. mohammed serves also has minister of defense and chief of the royal court. shakeups in saudi arabia are closely monitored by the world. the country is the wor

prince mohamed bin nayef replaces his uncle in a major reshuffle.ayef is also minister of interior and chairman of the council for political and security affairs, a body that makes decisions or threats facing the kingdom. the new crown prince has built strong ties with the u.s. when he was in charge of the fight against al-qaeda. but this is the man who is likely to play a crucial role in the future of the oil-rich kingdom. the king's son has been appointed as new deputy crown prince. mohammed serves as minister of defense and chief of the royal court. shakeups in this saudi arabia are closely monitored by the world. the country is the world's biggest oil producer. >> previously there was questions about the succession about the issue of the first generation becoming very old, all of them being in their 70s and their 80s. now we have a second generation mostly fairly young in their r50 their -- 50s. >> reporter: saudi's new leaders face mounting challenges like the growing instability in neighboring yemen. the saudi government has recently launched

prince mohammed bin nayef is the new heir apparent in saudi arabia. at 55 it makes him the most powerful man of his generation of the world's largest oil exporter. he's been the interior minister since 2012, a position he will keep. >> his highness prince mohammed bip nayef was selected as the crown prisons, deputy prime minister interior minister and head of the deputy affairs council. >> reporter: he studied in the united states and has close relations with saudi arabia's ally. cables show him as being hawkish on iran. he's over seen access in yemen edge involving multi-saudi-led air strikes to stop the yans of houthi-led rebels. al qaeda fighters tried to assassinate him six years ago. he's been tough on internal security. there has been arrests of suspected al qaeda, and more recently i.s.i.l. members. he encouraged government aid to syria and discouraged private donations to rebel groups. during his time as interior minister he's been tough on dissent at home. activists are detained and prison the nayef is the grandson of king abdul al-saud to be

saudi arabia's king salman announced a shake up naming a new crown prince, his nephew 55-year-old nayef, and he is the deputy prime minister and prime minister his son is the deputy crown prince appointed defence minister in january. and abdel al-jubeir, the saudi ambassador to washington d.c. has taken over as foreign minister replacing prince saud al-faisal, the longest serving foreign minister appointed in 1975. the founder of the institute for near east and gulf military analysis and explains why the appointment of abdel al-jubeir is significant. >> this is showing more exclusiveness from the counter king to have the other families tribes of the kingdom becoming more inclusive in gmping the king tom -- governing the kingdom and not keep the positions restricted for the royal family. it sends out a positive signal that competent people have a chance at getting senior jobs >>> nigeria's army says it freed 200 girls and 93 women from boko haram, rescued from camps in the armed group stronghold. ynonne ndedge is live in the nigerian capital, and one of the interesting things or details

. >> reporter: nayef studied in the united states and maintains good relations with the u.s. u.s.mbassy cables appear to show him as being hawkish on iran. he has overseen the recent military action in yemen. that has involved multiple saudi-lead coalition air strikes. al-qaeda fighters tried to assassinate him six years ago when he was the head of security services. since then he has remained tough on internal security. there have been many arrested of suspected al-qaeda and more recently isil members. he has encouraged more government aid to syria, and discouraged private donations to rebel groups. but during his time as interior minister saudi arabia has remained tough on recent at home. activists continue to be detained and imprisoned. he is the first ground son of the founding monarch to be appointed second in command. and as crown prince he becomes one of the most powerful men of his generation. caroline malone al jazeera. >>> the king also named the first non-royal as foreign minister. he was also a long time foreign policy advisor to the late king abdullah. he replaces the

prince mohamed ben nayef is replacing his uncle ben nayef is chairman of the council of political and security affairs a powerful body that makes decisions on threats facing the kingdom. the new crown prince built strong ties with america in a fight against al qaeda. the king's son mohamed ben saloman is chief of the royal court. shakeups in the country are monitored by the world since it is the world's biggest oil producer. >> the first generation being very old all of them in the 70s and 80s. now the second generation most of them very young in their 50s very well experienced. >> saudi arabia's leaders will face serious and varied challenges. lower oil price he, the situation in yemen where saudi arabia has launched air strikes against shia houthi rebels, the saudis accused the iranians of using the houthi rebels to prefer their principles. >> today we lost our patience. things are happening too fast for our taste and we believe a strong government should take action timely and strongly and send the right messages to people that saudi arabia is going to deal with every threat. >> sa

nayef is the new crown prinls. his son is the deputy crown prince appointed defence minister and jp. and al-jubeir replaces prince faisal the longest serving minister appointed in 2005. the royal decree saysal-faisal asked to be relieved of his duties because of his health. we look at his long career. >> reporter: he was the longest serving prime minister, his career, al- faisal, 40 years. he saw the world come and go, and served under four saudi kings. advancing the foreign policy, especially after the attacks of 9/11, when 15 of the attackers were saudi generals. he was part of saudi arabia's efforts to lesson iran's influence in the region including syria, where they have been supporting a couple of rebel groups. more recently in yemen iranian backed houthi rebels are the target of a saudi arabia air campaign. as a foreign minister and political ally in the region, faisal was well liked and respected in diplomatic circles but with age faced health problems and in the past few years despite suffering from chronic

nayef is the new crown prince. he's the deputy prime minister and the interior minister. his son is the deputy crown prince, appointed defence minister and abdel al-jubeir replaces prince faisal, the longest serving foreign minister appointed in 1975. our correspondent joins us here. first of all the obvious question. why the reshuffle? >> sadly, this reshuffle does not come as a huge surprise. when king salman took over there was talk about crown prince mugrin assist someone who is not charismatic, and whose appointment by king abdullah was controversial even by members of the royal family. we have heard talk in saudi arabia about if they are facing massive challenges it has to be reflected in a new spirit. this is a reason that motivated the need to see new young leaders taking over blrl mohammed nai eff and mohamed salman. >> we have seen the saudi policy activated in new ears what will al-jubeir bring to that. >> well he as you remember when he took over post 9/11, and he served for some time as a political advisors to king abdullah to someone with strong ties with di

. >>> saudi arabia's king salomon has named his any view mohamed bin nayef as crown prince.eria's army says it rescued nearly 300 women and girls from boko haram's last strong hold. >>> and now sites like twitter were being used by the opposition to organize demonstrations. the media say they are being targeted and protests have been shut down the protests happened after the president announced he would be running for a third term. malcolm tell us what has been happening. >> reporter: well on this street right now, just in the last few minutes, it has been very tense. there was a big crowd of protesters and the army were here trying to negotiate between the two groups. the army is quite respected here in burundi. the army asked the police to leave. the police didn't agree. so now, as you can see there is quite a large group of riot police moving back down the street. just a couple of minutes ago there were protesters here now they are down there, slowly moving in to try to disperse them are the police. let's just take a look at that. the police are walking up towards what is

king salmon put his 55-year-old nephew prince mohamed bin nayef, next the line to become king.e's the first of his generation to move one step from the throne. king salman also moved his own son, 30-year-old mohamed bin salman up to second in line. bin salman is saudi arabia's defense mipster and i already assuming a high-profile role in the military campaign that country has waged in yemen. he's also in charge of a key committee that oversees economic affairs. the most koch etted tricky time for saudi arabia and for u.s./audi relation, the sunni monarchy is keeping a close eye on its regional rival, shiite-run iran and the regime a longtime u.s. ally is weary of any american rapprochement with tehran. as for saudi arabia's critical industry oil, the royal shake-up left it largely untouched. longtime oil minister ali al nay nayimi kept his job, although replaced as chairman of the oil company by a well-known businessman. few think the changes will affect saudi oil production or the price of crude. >> oil is too important for the saudi economy in a very fundamental way for it to

you can't get a better person who knows counterterrorism than prince muhammad bin nayef.has been in the trenches since the early 2000's 2000 in saudi arabia. he has been somebody who has dealt quite well with a lot of force, but also candidness the terrorism that saudi arabia faced back in 2004 through 2007. he's a very adept person. and then you have the defense minister who's very capable. he has shown and demonstrated a lot of technical prowess in yemen, and he was disappointed also the third person in command. so the message here is that the king wants to bring in the young generation. saudi arabia was criticized for a long time for disappointing 70-year-olds and 80-year-olds into important portions. now it's the young people who are taking over. brendan: as we watch this reshuffling, help us understand which of the actual important positions that have power and which positions are make work for royal? john: i think the most important position is, of course, that of the king. the second most important is the crown prince. in many ways, they're sending a message that t

5,000 people are confirmed dead >>> saudi arabia's calman named his nephew 55-year-old mohammed bin nayef as the crown prince. for the first time a np royal will be foreign minister. the nigerian army rescued 300 woman and girls. they were found in the forest the armed group's last known strong hold. >>> more on the top story on the earthquake. kathmandu is struggling to cope with influx in aiden. that's highlighted the importance of landroutes along the border. >> reporter: this man and his family are back in india. they spent three days trying to get out of nepalese capital kathmandu, after searching for help with little luck at an army camp and at kathmandu's airport. this group boarded. after a lot of difficulty i called my parents. my family asked why we weren't coming home. how could we come home earlier. we lost hope. >> by tuesday more than 2,500 people crossed the border here, 5km from nepal. hungry exhausted and far from home this government-run relief camp is the first stop. until now, many have not been able to contact the families and tell them their alive. >> we have met spe