in saudi arabia. about twenty percent to twenty percent of the population did we have talking about something like. two million people who need jobs disparately so he needs to spend more time there. because those are the people who all. get angry when to drive didn't have the jobs and let's get anastasia's view in london as sejour as jamal mentioned there a number of countries have tried to build their own silicon valley's to have their own mega projects some have succeeded others have failed to do you think saudi arabia is going to be able to succeed are they going to be able to afford this grand vision for the economy interestingly i think the question is more political than it is financial it's quite a bit of the financial results as other at least for the short term but in terms of political vision commitment and actually having a strategy it could be that the vision is not quite formulated. and it can be exposed to a variety of. unexpected shocks some insight from outside something that economist

there is a lot of work they are doing in saudi arabia. would expect maybe we should look at, looking together saudi arabia looks interesting. francine: how much can property in saudi arabia grow? mohamed: it is at it's infant stage. pure infrastructure, retail, , youtrial, hospitality just have to make sure you are in the right category of retail. there is plenty of room. francine: when you look at how you spend your time for each of the units and countries, how do you keep on top of it all? mohamed: i try. i still say it takes a majority of my time. 40%.kes about the rest is split. you know what takes a lot of my time? the food takes the least of my time. the team that sits on top of the business is world-class. well.now the industry a vibrant team, a new organization. i need to give it more time. this was the foundation of it all. do you still see it as your baby? mohamed: i think my name is linked to it while all these other businesses have been with them for about two years. it is a new brand of products associated with me. francine:

there is a lot of work they're doing in saudi arabia and outside saudi arabia and in the region and outsidesaudi arabia looks very interesting in the coming years. grow,ne: how much can a property in saudi arabia over the coming years? mr. alabbar: saudi arabia i think is in the infant stage. if you talk about infrastructure, retail, industrial, hospitality, residential. you just have to make sure you .o into the right category there is plenty of room to grow that way. francine: when you look at how you spend your time for each unit and each country, how do you keep on top of it all? mr. alabbar: well, i try. i would say real estate takes the majority of my time. about 40% of my time. then there is a split. food takes the least of my time because the team that sits on top of that business is really been-class, and they have in the industry. they know the industry well. team, aa vibrant vibrant organization. i have an a-team, but i am emotional about real estate. francine: that is the foundation of it all. do you still see it as your baby? hasalabbar: my connection been to real estate more t

secretary of state my pompei or is in saudi arabia the first stop of his three day trip to the region he's holding talks with king salmen earlier he met saudi foreign minister i village abed and crown prince mohammed bin sandman the future of the iran nuclear deal is high on the agenda in the new york times reporting pompei o told saudi leaders the gulf diplomatic crisis needs to end saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind and egypt imposed an economic embargo on qatar almost a year ago kristen salumi has more from washington. the state department says a strong us saudi partnership is crucial to peace and prosperity in the middle east so perhaps not surprising that mike pompei a 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 t

saudi arabia is said to be targeting $80 oil. a's energy minister says he is fine with $50 a barrel. yousef: rockets of riyad. saudi says it shut down a missile in the capital in the latest provocation by houthi rebels. manus: as earnings season kicks off in the gulf, we look at what results so far have been on the gulf region's economy. yousef: we start with saudi arabia. this week they were said to be pushing for oil at $80, in

and outside saudi arabia and the region, and outside. would expect maybe we should look at real estate as well, looking together saudi arabia looks interesting. francine: how much can property in saudi arabia grow? mohamed: it is at it's infant stage. if you talk about pure infrastructure, retail, industrial, hospitality, you residential. just have to make sure you are in the right category of retail. there is plenty of room. to go that way. francine: when you look at how you spend your time for each of the units and countries, how do you keep on top of it all? mohamed: i try. i still say it takes a majority of my time. francine: is that 50%? mohammed: it takes about 40%. the rest is split. you know what takes a lot of my time? the food takes the least of my time. the team that sits on top of the business is world-class. they know the industry well. a vibrant team, a new organization. i need to give it more time. my real estate business, i have an a team. i'm emotional about real state. francine: this was the foundation of it all. do you

we have turkey, another business in saudi arabia.o the reality is you can take all of these businesses public at the right time. i think within the coming three years, we will probably have india going public. we will probably have hospitality as well going, going separately the public root. francine: how much bigger will you be? i hope to speak to you before but if i speak to you in five years, how much will your holdings be worth? mohamed: i think we should be double in value. we should have grown 20% to 25% on an annual basis. and i hope that my management and my boards really put that as a focus. and to be honest, i think we are capable of doing that. we just have to focus and have to make sure we have the right people to do it. and we do this day and night. and that is really how we do business in our region. francine: that is acquisitions or that is organic growth? mohamed: i would say organic growth. if you talk about acquisition, which we haven't done much of, i am expecting we do more acquisition in the coming two years. fra

the government will also sense the 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 be 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 think so much for having me brant. first of all i did not leave saudi arabia i came here for education i was sent by my government on a scholarship to study filmmaking. eight years ago two thousand and ten when i came here and. they it was on hope's right like we are here on the government they pay us a passport to our tuition and they gave us a monthly salary and health insurance and we choose a subject to study and i said well make me my brother's house and we graduated and we've been for nothing here for three years and hearing about cine

saudi arabia talking about $80 oil.n the eei recently talking about a pick up in demand -- sorry, demand growth that's another positive for crude oil. with crude oil staying higher, the divergence that developed has to change. we're seeing that with the xle breaking out to the upside it's not just a few stocks it's a broad based number of names. if we can get exxon, which has been lagging, 22% of the xle, if that can move higher, the whole thing should accelerate quickly. >> you know, matt, here's the problem. i wonder if psychologically we can handle it. every mutual fund and hedge fund manager in the world has been buying the same 5 or 10 stocks for five years do you think the collective wisdom of the market and the functionally fixed managers can shift their thinking from f.a.n.g. to f.a.n.g. diamondback energy as such >> i think they'll have to for performance reasons. we have seen the f.a.n.g.s we saw a nice rally yesterday with them. the group overall, it's not underperforming, but it's performing in line with the

heard pompey you mention the fact that the iranians are using proxies in the region to destabilize saudi arabia for example to the with his bow of other same time he insisted on a political way out of a crisis. and this in a way or another is trying to tell the saudis that there needs to be a political solution the intern in the national community is concerned about the civilian casualties massive destruction in the country and no way out from this whole crisis yeah it's it's a conflict that's that's gone on for three years now and there's can increasing concern in washington about. the optics of that and the fact that the u.s. is is has been providing weapons to saudi arabia on and human rights activists have been lobbying against those weapons being to livers exaggerate b.s. not only by the americans but by the french and by also the united kingdom and the general sentiment is that there needs to be an aggressive push by the united nations to try to bring all the feuding parties to negotiate a political settlement because ultimately the issue is basically between feuding passions in yemen but

news wire from berlin tonight a seismic shift in middle east geopolitics saudi arabia's crown prince declares israel hounds a right to its own homeland mohamed bin salmond breaks with decades of saudi policy could this signal a new era of saudi israeli relations means on and saudi arabia's doorstep what the u. when described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis the civil war in yemen has driven millions to the verge of starvation is it too late for a donor conference and pledges of money to ease the suffering and he's wanted for treason in spain his fate tonight is in the hands of german judges today prosecutors here asked the court to grant a request to extradite former cattle on president carlos for just a month to spain. plus they couldn't you west troops who soon be patrolling to look border with mexico security were going to be guarding our border with the military that's a big step u.s. president donald trump imes the ante in his anger over mexico's failure to stop a group of migrants he says is headed north of the rio grande. i bring goff it's good to have you with in a maj

at the arab summit but i mean if you put yourself in the shoes of saudi arabia for instance when saudi soil is like. targeted by who see the side and are accusing direct iran of equipping those who see it was this me sorry it's no them and the number one concern. most of that effort are deployed in order to fend off iranian influence and that region that took a great advantage for the last during the obama years and good took advantage of obama's decision to go to uni that early withdrawal from iraq look i'm or hold until they fill the void look i mean who do you who is to blame for this lingering conflict and yemen and the humanitarian crisis and the fact that saudi is hosting the summit do you think there's going to be any real brutal honesty. in the discussions about what's going on there considering their role in bombing yemen. well if you if you could just allow me to respond to what was mentioned by happy i'm in the about the palestinian cause as a lost cause i think it's too in the end of premature to say that the palestinian cause is a lost cause yes that is a palestinian and d

saudi arabia's crown prince declares israel has the right to its own homeland. hammad bin salman break for decades of saudi policy. could this signal a new era of saudi israeli relations? meantime, at saudi arabia's doorstep, with the u.n. describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the civil war in yemen has driven millions to the brink of starvation. is it too late for a conference and pledges of money to ease the suffering? and he is wanted for treason in spain. his fate tonight is in the hands of german judges. today, prosecutors asked the court for a request to extradite former catalan president carles puigdemont to spain. plus, good u.s. troops soon be patrolling -- could u.s. troops soon be patrolling the border with mexico? >> it is a big step. brent: u.s. president donald trump ups the ante in his anger over mexico's failure to stop a group of migrants he says is headed north of the rio grande. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. in a major shift in attitude towards israel, saudi arabia's prince mohammad bin salman said that i

to find many jobs already filled by foreigners at their own country should benefit from them as saudi arabia should benefit from saudis. we are in a neighborhood in the south pacific it's a tough area most of the people here i wonder. want to hear is from bangladesh derives a month ago to work in this shop learning how to assemble picture frames yes everything is getting more expensive and the salary isn't enough for everyone is how traits if they had to survive for the person's. life for manual workers was never easy in saudi arabia just as in many parts of the world affording prices have made it more difficult and if your prices doubled in a year pushing up prices and recently new taxes on basic goods i did an extra boot and it's even which i hear has just finished his shift how many hours did you work today i swear were to sixty. an hours that's a lot. maybe it's a lot but i need to do that for the salary he makes one thousand three hundred saudi ryall a months that's about three hundred fifty u.s. dollars on the way home he tells me he used to have a good life until his father got very s

so now we hear the foreign minister of saudi arabia saying that their regional rival could talk must share the burden of the fighting in syria or else there could be some rather harsh consequences now it's interesting to note yesterday tuesday donald trump was at the white house a speaking with the french president mccraw on and he seemed to indicate that there were other countries that had been approached by the united states about increasing their role in syria financially as well as merit militarily don't trump said the u.s. it will not continue to pay they will pay for it and they will also put soldiers on the ground which they are not doing there is talk of the prospects of an arab coalition in the works for syria now this is certainly not the first point of disagreement between qatar and saudi arabia folks recall over a year ago there was a falling out between the two countries and that resulted in a number of countries cutting off diplomatic relations with qatar saudi arabia and during that spat we heard that donald trump unprecedentedly accusing qatar of funding terrorism. sa

secretary of state might peo is in saudi arabia as part of his first overseas visit is expected to discuss the iran nuclear deal with the saudi foreign minister and the crown prince mohammed bin selma. well in all the stories we're watching closely armenia's ruling parties announced it will not nominate a candidate for prime minister after massive anti-government protests in the city of gomery demanding an end to what they say is the ruling elites running the country weeks of unrest has led to the resignation of serge sarkozy and his prime minister and an interim leader installed. a walker reports from yerevan. the opposition movement have taken their actions on the road and they have been visiting different parts of armenia today they were invalid's or the third largest city in the country and it's difficult really to not get a sense that this country is almost entirely bihari nichol passion and his nomination as the candidate for prime minister and when it was announced by him that the republican party the unpopular governing party said it would not be fielding a candidate the crowds eru

italia saudi arabia. essential to change their strategy they used to fly the bombs out now the ships. we knew that this was the best place from which to take photos of the secret operations with no ban on cameras from here we recorded what actually happened that we don't usually eighteen containers a month were loaded up with one thousand to one thousand five hundred bombs maybe. fundament i meant that they were mainly transported by saudi arabian ships three or four belonging to the battery shipping company that was a dock and load up the saudis evidently decided to run the transport themselves so the decision to fight it but. the military coalition in yemen needs a lot of bombs by the end of twenty seventeen saudi arabia and its allies had flown more than fifteen thousand air raids according to international experts almost a third of those raids that civilian targets. it's a profitable war even for small investors which as in germany's biggest arms manufacturer a company that breaks free of german law t

at the same time, saudi arabia has a right to defend itself. for nearly two years they've fired iranian manufactured ballistic missiles into saudi territory and in recent months have aimed these missiles at riyadh. at least hundreds of saudis have been killed and millions live under the constant threat of attack. resolving conflict in yemen means addressing security concerns to prevent entrenchment from iranian armed groups on the southern border. as the committee considers ways to support effective u.s. policy on yemen, i look forward to hearing our witnesses provide details on what the u.s. is doing to encourage resolution of the conflict. i also hope our witnesses will explain the nature of u.s. support to the saudi-led coalition, including relevant authorities and what can be done to address the humanitarian situation. with that, i ask ranking member, if he wishes, to make any opening comments. i'm sure he does and i look forward to hearing those. >> thank you, mr. chairman, for convening this important hearing and inviting witnesses from th

after a three-week charm offensive in the u.s., saudi arabia's crown prince comes to france. live coverage of this meeting today from our correspondent. for victorn victory ortman. his anti-immigration platform winning him a third straight term, likely causing unease in some other eu states. coming up for you in this hour in business, we will zero in on deutsche bank, germany's largest lender as it fires its ceo in a bid to become profitable again. tourists love notre dame, but the 30,000 people who traipse through every day have left their toll. to save it,moves coming up. but first, our top story, live from paris. the un security council is meeting today over the alleged chemical weapons attack in syria . the suspected poison gas attack left dozens dead in a rebel held town. reports of the attack prompted swift combination from around the world with the u.s. and france promising a strong, joint response. both of those countries denying that they were behind what was a defense strike. alison sargent explains. >> this amateur footage, broadcast on syrian state television, sai

i think that he is confronting the math that's kind of hanging over saudi arabia which is they -- they built their entire economy and the welfare state kind of on the idea that oil would be $100 a barrel, it's about $60 right now. so they are burning through all their savings very quickly and they're going to run out of money soon and they know that and the economy is a kind of one-trick pony. it's just oil. they don't export anything else, they import everything. so he's got to reform the economy like really quickly and try to diversify it and that's a huge job. and i think he's kind of laid out a plan to do that. he's laid out a plan to kind of open the culture up. he's allowing women to drive. he's kind of restraining some of the more conservative clerics. the one thing that he hasn't done -- and there's no discussion of anything like political reform or democratic reforms, that's off the table, i think all of this is being done to preserve the rule of the house of saud. >> in -- just like what he told thomas freedman of the "new york times" and people have latched on to this, that

to do business in saudi arabia to do business in saudi arabia and overseas.p the opportunities that overseas countries to do business in saudi arabia, are there opportunities for british businesses? absolutely. britain is one of the countries that will benefit most out of the foreign policies of saudi arabia from opening up tens of thousands of britons are benefiting from trade with saudi arabia and this will significantly increase and there will be more business between saudi arabia and great britain in the next month of years. thank you very much. so the price of what we buy is still rising, but not by as much as it was. the uk's rate of inflation, which was as high as 3.1% at the end of last year, has eased to 2.5% for march. the bank of england's inflation target is 2%, and many economists were expecting the bank to increase interest rates next month to help bring inflation down, but if it's coming down without their help, will they still raise rates? that's what we asked economist vicky pryce, she thinks the may rise will go ahead but that today's figure

still saudi arabia has started to change. the idea of the table my name is doctors in a year today i'm signing my novel it's about two generations shaha a mother and her daughter haya. just cry. problem 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 spoiled mess within our society and between different generations but only between the lines. that if i really like what you face and the way you write it's charming but this has that did you also take the other book it's new. as a catholic in that. i think men and women men go here at the book fair in riyadh a place where conservative and modern world views. how much has saudi arabia changed. i see an absence for books at several steps so. i guess. i did want. mrs a cover that's really hello betty why don't you use your complete from name. i hate it and i will soon it's time to know that they address anything i say no i didn't want to talk on camera about not publishing under her family name

saudi arabia's warns that its government faces collapse unless it starts backing u.s. operations in syria. french leader a manual mccraw that maneuvers between pleasing europe and donald trump on the iran deal during his address to the us congress. this agreement. may know that. we should not abandon it without having some see substantial and more substantial new set. for extremists and alleged a bodyguard of osama bin laden is found to have been collecting benefits in germany for over two decades. and russia's defense ministry displays fragments of missiles it says the syrian government intercepted during the recent western strikes the us claimed all of its missiles hit their targets. are broadcasting on their record studios in moscow this is our two international sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. now saudi arabia's foreign minister has warned the qatari government that it could collapse if it does not start lending support to the u.s. military in syria could start should finance the u.s. military presence in syria and send its own military forces there

the rebel group to immediately stop their indiscriminate missile attacks on populated areas of saudi arabia but the saudi led coalition has received the brunt of the international community's criticism unicef says the strike in holidayed on monday was one of the deadliest attacks on children since the escalation of the conflict three years ago . still to come here on al-jazeera i protest as a killed and injured as members of india's lowest ranking col demonstrate against discrimination. i think china is trying to send a very measured response to. beijing's terrorists on american god send us stop stumbling as far as gravel possible trying to bomb. hello again cloud it's clinging on to the middle east at the moment it's stretching from saudi arabia all the way out towards kazakstan giving some of us some rain but most of us have seen a fair amount of dust instead i think we are most likely to see some wet weather around the northeastern part of our map as we head through chews day and across some of the mountains again some of that will be turning wintery behind it though it's warming up safe

saudi arabia's top diplomat warns qatar its government faces collapse unless it starts backing u.s. operations in iraq. when headlines french leader. between pleasing europe from iran deal during his address to the u.s. congress. this agreement. may not address all concerns but we should not abandon it without having something substantial and more substantial than. also the. extremists reveal their alleged bodyguard of bin ladin's been claiming benefits in germany for over two decades. and russia's defense ministry displays fragments of missiles it says the syrian government intercepted during the recent western strikes the us claimed all of its missiles hit their targets. thanks for joining us here on earth international live from moscow with me. today welcome to the program. saudi arabia's foreign minister has warned the qatari government it could collapse if it doesn't start lending support to the u.s. military in syria. qatar should finance the u.s. military's presence in syria and send its own military forces there before the u.s. president lifts an american protection for qata

he is just one of millions of foreign workers in saudi arabia. they are realizing that a future here belongs to the saudis. brent: the bavarian city of possible -- passa in the southeastern corner of germany is experiencing the world's first museum to the docks and -- dachhund, better known as the sausage dog. >> excitement has been growing ahead of the museum's opening. mess best friend has already been having a sniff around the premises, which is filled with objects inspired by the sausage dog. museum founder and director, a prod bavarian, can hardly believe no one came up with the idea before him. >> the world needs a sausage dog museum. dachshunds capture the essence of bavaria. no other dog in the world enjoys the same recognition or popularity here as the sausage dog. reporter: some of the pieces on display might be considered kitsch by most people, but probably not for dachshund lovers. one of the more serious exhibits pays tributes to famous sausage dog lovers, among them nobel physicist albert einstein and actor leonard nimoy, better know

saudi arabia's top diplomat that it's regime faces collapse unless it starts backing u.s. operations in syria. between pleasing europe and donald trump during his address to the u.s. congress this agreement. but we should not abandon it without having some seen substantial and more substantial. extremist it's revealed that an alleged bodyguard of a sama bin laden has been claiming benefits in germany for more than a decade. and russia's defense ministry displays fragments of missiles it says the syrian government intercepted during the recent western strikes claimed that all of its missiles are to. international this is your news from headquarters in moscow first off this hour saudi arabia's foreign ministers want the qatari regime that it could collapse and quickly if it doesn't start lending support to the u.s. military in syria. qatar should finance the u.s. military's presence in syria and send its own military forces there before the u.s. president lifts american protection for qatar if the u.s. is to withdraw its protection represented by its military base in qatar t

donald trump suggest saudi arabia may have to pick up the bill for u.s. forces in syria. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up russia's president launches a nuclear project and promises arms deliveries as his country moves closer to turkey. south africa mourners sweep aside many winnie mandela checkered past celebrating a woman they call the mother of the nation. and music streaming company spotify strikes a chord with investors during its opening act on wall street. well u.s. president donald trump has spoken again of his desire to pull american forces out of syria suggesting that victory over isolate is imminent the u.s. is launching almost daily asterix in the war torn country and has about two thousand troops on the ground a trump says if saudi arabia once americans to stay the kingdom may have to pay for it helen fisher reports from washington. the president insists he's never been keen on america's foreign military adventures seeing the cost too much money thank you at a news conference at the white house with leaders of three baltic countries donald trum

from day one, march 20 6, 2015 one saudi arabia begin bombing, the u.s. was right alongside helping them with targeting, logistics. they help maintain and update their vehicles. most important, the u.s. reveals saudi jet midair, jets that we sold to them, just that -- bombs we have sold of them. but we also help operate them. as they are bombing civilian targets in yemen, u.s. army helps refuel those jets midair. u.s. support of the saudis is extensive. u.s. claims that we are there to help them with precision targeting, but the fact of the matter is, civilians bear the brunt of this war. you mention 15,000 people have been killed. that is just the number killed by airstrikes. we also help maintain the blockade that has killed 113,000 children in 2016 and 2017 alone due to mount attrition and disease. water is very limited in the country. foodi imports 90% of their in it has become difficult for people to afford or to find. many people are on the brink, but many people have already been killed and lost their lives because they can't find food and forr and

secretary of state might pump a zero has been talking tough on iran during his visit to saudi arabia the kingdom is the first stop of his three day trip to the region he's held talks with king sandman and crown prince mohamed bin sandman pompei o is looking for concerted international action to punish iran for its missile program that nuclear deal has failed to moderate the regime's conduct in many other areas i highlighted a few in fact read as only behaved worse since the deal was approved in yemen iran continues to support the violent cutely who the rebels by providing military equipment funding and training this is in violation of the un security council resolutions the who these continue to fire missiles into saudi arabia on a regular basis targeting red sea shipping in threading threatening the saudi people while we will continue to assist saudi arabia with this defense the us and support its right to defend its own borders a political solution is the only way to advance long term stability in yemen and end the suffering and i know we agree on that. the us secretary of state to

saudi arabia's top diplomat warns could target that its government faces collapse unless it starts in the back to u.s. operations in syria. french leader among maneuvers between pleasing europe and donald trump on the iran deal during his address to the u.s. congress. this agreement. may know the address all concerns but we should not that's abounded needs without having some see substantial and more substantial instead. handouts for extremists an alleged bodyguard of osama bin laden is that found to have been collecting benefits in germany for over two decades. and russia is the. ministry displays fragments of missiles it says the syrian government intercepted during the recent western strikes us claimed all of its missiles hit their targets. are broadcasting live. this is. thomas certainly glad to have you with us now saudi arabia's foreign minister has warned the qatari government that it could collapse if it does not start lending support to the u.s. military in syria. should finance the u.s. military presence in syria and send its own military forces before the us president ameri

saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed wins over the french president in his whirlwind tour of europe with president across now asking critics of the saudi air to chart. out international life for moscow with me kevin i just had midnight you know thanks for joining us from sporting starting with this then the u.s. defense secretary james mattis said america has the right to preemptively strike the syrian government in order to defend its troops it comes after he admitted there's no clear evidence that chemical weapons were used in the city of tomorrow saturday an alleged attack that triggered calls for intervention against assad's forces. i believe there was a chemical attack and we're looking for the actual evidence the o.p.c. w this your going to station for the chemical weapons convention and we're trying to get those inspectors in if we get them and if the regime will let them in we will not know who did it they can only say that they found evidence or did not secretary of defense james mattis is saying essentially that the usa does not have any evidence about the chemical attack in du