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and riyadh under war. the latest on the heavy flooding that has hit the saudi capital. >> a reminder now of the top stories here on al jazeera. turkey has released an audio recording of the warning it says was given to a russian fighter jet before it shot the plane down for violating its air pace. turkey says it gave ten warnings to the plane. but one of the two crew men who parachuted out of the jet before it was shot down said that turkey gave no warning before opening fire. the u.s. military said that human error was to blame in the afghan city of kundus where 30 people were killed. pope francis has landed in nairobi in the first stop of his african tour. huge crowds have welcomed the head of the catholic church into african capital. he is expected to push for reconciliation and unity. he's expected to travel to uganda and the central africa republic. >> many people line the streets to welcome the pope. he held talks with the president and other leaders and addressed thation outlining areas he's going t

and abd rabbuh mansur hadi sought refuge in riyadh in march when they went to war in yemen and the seconde they returned to the border since then and backed by the saudi-led coalition launched offensive to take thai from rebels and supporters and it's the third largest city in yemen and editor and chief of the yemen post and says it's a boost to the troops on the ground. >> it's very, very powerful for him to come at this time right now and he is not coming just to visit aiden, he is coming here, a sign that he is willing and is seriously planning to help the uprising in thai and that is what his aids have informed us his goal is to help and aid all the uprising that are happening, all the resistance that are happening against the houthis in the different areas of country and the houthis are in anger because they did not want him to be part of the political scene of yemen's future and here he is now back in aid enshowing he is the president of yemen whether the houthis or allies like it or not and houthis are in control of four provinces where just months ago they were in control of almos

and should be 28 or 29 degrees in riyadh and thunder and it will struggle for 20 degrees and in dohat's about 27 degrees and could be looking at nothing more than 24 and that area of low pressure will be on wednesday and could get worse and riyadh could have a serious tone with flash flooding and could be careful on the roads and we still have rain effecting here 194 millimeters in 24 hours and the northeast monsoon is active in this part of india and more than half a month's worth of rain in 24 hours and it has been particularly bad and the situation we have here and i have to say things are not looking better with rain across southern parts of ionia and should see slightly drier and brighter weather richard. >> coming up, here on the al jazeera news hour foreigners in south africa targeted by xeno phobic violence make a desire to regular life. afghanistan faces an up hill struggle to prepare for competition and that is coming up, in the sports news. ♪ ♪ welcome back to the news hour here on al jazeera, i'm peter and reminder of the top stories french president trying to build inter

always been the actual real role of saudi arabia i'm not suggesting someone was pushing a button in riyadh. but 15 of the terrorists were saudi, and more importantly, if america is actually serious about fighting terrorism, which it's not, it would deal with saudi arabia. not invading. just saying, saudi arabia is one of the key global sources of terrorism, and america prefers to -- rather than criticize. i got my one clap when i said -- >> let's like when you say fuck you get a clap. >> to close all of this, the way that bush and cheney and rumsfeld and others were able to exploit the horrors of 9/11 has not been fully investigated. and we -- the kinds of crimes that were justified on the basis of 9/11 were epic in scale. >> which continues. >> and they continue to this day. president obama's justification for drone bombing in yemen, it's still linked to 9/11. the 60 words in the authorization for the use of military force is still the justification for bombing people who were toddlers when 9/11 happened under the understanding they were involved with 9/11. we do live -- it's a cliche but

>> in saudi arabia, one person has been confirmed to have died in the deluge that hit the capitol riyadhschools are closed for a second day. large parts of the city are underwater. one person has been killed, about 100 kilometers from the capitol. at least eight people died last week in heavy flooding in western saudi arabia. 2015 is likely to have been the hottest year on record according to the united nations. the early announcement was made earlier than usual, so it can be talked about next week in paris. two reasons given, in greenhouse gas emissions and the el nino elements. >> next year is likely to be warm again because when you have an el niÑo, the -- stalt stat -- statistically it is not only on this side of the el nino, it is also on the other side. >>> it is exactly a hundred years since albert einstein published his theory of relativelity. our science editor has followed the einstein trail to switzerland where the young scientist did his ground work for his later discoveries. >> reporter: einstein's theory came ten years after his more famous eequals mc squared. this has allo

a saudi-led coalition went to war in yemen in march, forcing the government to take reef final in riyadh. an offensive was launched to retake taiz. taiz is the third largest city in yemen. the editor in chief of the yemen post says the president's visit is a boost to the troops on the ground. >> it's very, very powerful for him to come at this time right now, and he is not coming just to visit aden. he is coming here as a sign that he is willing and is seriously planning to help the uprise in taiz and that's why his aides informed us his goal is to help and aid in the uprising happening, the resistance against the houthis in different areas of the country. the houthis right now are in anger, because they did not want him to be part of the political scheme of yemen's future. he is now back in aden, showing that he is the penalty of yemen whether the houthis or allies like it or not. the houthis have four provinces, where a month ago had the entire country. they have within weakened to the extent they could give up fighting. yemen's solution cannot be solved only politically. both sides ha

what can the united states due to help riyadh?e should be front with them on the security front. they are overextending given the level of resources they have. , troupe exchanges, training alongside them, intelligence, and information, supporting them is where we can help them. tom: nobody looks as good as omar sharif or anthony quinn over in the middle east. you wrote a brilliant essay for foreign policy on how lawrence of arabia would defeat the islamic state. it is not funny, is it? it is a serious question, isn't it? serious, and it ties into the elections in turkey, where we see a return to the strongman posture. erdogan with a lot of juice all of a sudden again. that will play into what happens on the syrian-turkish border. francine: admiral, what role will mr. airdrie gunplay in defeating isis? they had very crucial borders. will we give them 3, 5, 6 months to understand how we he will do with it and whether he will be strong enough to deal with it in the right way? james: as we look at his resounding election victory, it w

they take them back to casablanca, back to riyadh, and this is to counter some of those more radicals. the groups that have come to west africa have generally been from north africa. tom: jim, wonderful to speak with you today, after i am sure what has been an exhausting week. is there any sense of normalcy returning to the different districts? jim: you know, it is impossible areask around these -- without ang feeling of normalcy. , memorialsv trucks that have been set up at the the despicabler acts last week. they have gone up, people have taken photos, and people are having their own silent vigils. so in that part of the city, it is pretty clear to read by the same token, there are still plenty of people -- it is pretty clear. by the same token, there are still 20 of people -- you feel like it is not a normal environment in the eastern part of the city. in the western part of the city, there is no evidence that anything untoward happened. if you are the french foreign minister, how would you look at the attacks in mali? because they are dealing with so much at home, is there concer

he sought refuge in riyadh in march.he second time he has returned to the port city of aden. >>> let's return to our top story. let's speak to a french journalist, who was also held hostage by isil in syria for ten months. he joins us from paris. nicklas, good to have you with us on the news hour. in an op-ed you write that i was held hostage by isil, that is the title. they fear our unity more than our air strikes. can you explain that. >> i'm not sure that i understood the question, because there was a bit of technical issue. >> you see that isil fears our unity more than our air strikes. >> yes, exactly. this is actually the headline of the op-ed that i have written in the guardian yesterday. isis by striking us on the french soil wanted nothing than to provoke an escalation and as a result, i mean, it's obvious that what it was looking was not france to withdraw from the coalition striking it in syria, but it wanted to cause further escalation in the military involvement of france and what it was willing was just wha

let's cross over to riyadh and speak to a former advisor to the saudi government. you know about the proposal being put forward to stabilize the oil prices, and what would you advise the saudi government to do? >> i would advise the saudi government to continue doing what it is doing. the market share debate is very important. saudi arabia is holding on to market share, and saudi arabia believes that within the next year or two, we will see a rebound in oil prices. everybody is hurting, but definitely saudi arabia is not going to blink first, and it will win at the end. we will see massive demand coming up. it hasn't been seen since the 1970s. so definitely the venezuelans and others have to be a little bit patient. >> when you speak about under investments what are you referring to here? >> i'm referring directly to the fact that a lot of oil-producing countries and oil companies are not investing enough money, because the oil prices at 50 and 45, the break even is below anything that is economically feasible. so they are not investing. and right now, they are tel

president of yemen has returned home from saudi arabia and abd rabbuh mansur hadi sought refuge in riyadhs the second time he returned to the port since then. the top story and attacks in paris on friday, france's interior minister says police carried out 100 overnight raids on links suspect t ed of i.s.i.l. members and in belgium on monday they blocked off a series of roads in the district of molenbake and several attackers have links to france or belgium and hunting for 26-year-old abdelhamid abaaoud born in brussels and he is the 8th suspect in the paris attacks that left 129 people dead on friday. paul brennan has the latest on the investigation from brussels. >> reporter: the police swooped with overwhelming numbers and over powering amounts of armed strength and they were taking no chances. their focus was number 49 and the brussels neighborhood of molenbeck and the target was abdelhamid abaaoud the so called eighth attacker and wearing masked, heavily arm and dog units in support it was a massive show of force. >> translator: i saw the police rushing in. they put the barriers in pl

facilitating and i have no doubt that they have conduits through damascus into moscow, conduits to riyadh, conduits elsewhere. this is the nature of that part of the world and we need to get past hour night at a to get to what we are facing here. these are pretty insidious folks. neil: in western nations, places like paris, if the two that are suspected of having come from c rea 37 greece to a part of this refugee influx they obviously came to a place where they would be sheltered, where their weapons, explosives, all this stuff they would use ultimately to carry out these attacks so there were systems in place, havens in place within these western nations and cities, right? >> of course. we have them in this country as well. the fbi director sydney and investigations in every state. we have sells here. we just have to find the man destroy them but unfortunately a blended in. given the civil liberties, porous borders as your previous guest talked about, we have people all over and they are continuing to be communicated with through social me and the like of which we haven't shut down. nei

saudi arabia and stocks rose to their highest in four weeks after riyadh said opec is working to stabilize market. venezuela has warned crude may slide, $20 a barrel. the cartel -- barrel if the cartel does not take action soon. saudi arabia and qatar are considering the proposal ahead of the opec meeting next week. to australia we go, australian equities are down 1/10 of 1%. we also see a weaker australian dollar. in new zealand, we saw gains their and in fact we are seeing an extension of those gains, new zealand dollar spots. this ahead of ecb decision fed rates, possibly action from the boj. although central banks, what are they going to do? we are going to the korea open. there is no trading in japan for labor thanksgiving day. new rules aimed at ensuring a more orderly market will come into effect on china's main verses today. we have officials doubling the margin requirement for buying stocks, and 50, 2 100% following the recent rebound in equities. what does this all mean? some market reaction already. >> i think investors will be hoping this has already been priced in. these new r

i recall setting up the first visa security office in riyadh, saudi arabia, after the 9/11 attack.er you have a refugee coming in with no documentation, or little documentation, little history, it takes a lot of time. it takes people on the ground. it takes a strong background check, and again, as a matter of best practices, i don't think the united states is the right refugee center for this terrible humanitarian crisis. i think this is uniquely -- we can show support in other ways -- >> what should happen? >> we need to be a part of the solution, but this is not the contribution we should make. >> what then should happen to these refugees? >> well, you've got to help them, and we need to help them as humanitarian response, but as to their physical location -- >> but what does that look like? >> -- they very likely will want to go back to syria, so we need to help europe, we need to help asia in providing adequate resources to help these refugees. >> governor asa hutchinson of arkansas, again, for the purpose of this conversation, also former under secretary of the department of h