>> there's so much more to us and to saudis in saudi arabia than that. >> reporter: after her workoutn her long abaya and her head scarf, still required dress for saudi women in public. >> mine is actually pretty colorful. >> it is. >> reporter: she tells us those bright colors were unheard of just a decade ago. so many rules, so much forbidden for so long. when we head to lunch, hala talks about the country's strict past. >> before it was scared of the religious police. like if you were sitting with someone who was your cousin -- >> a man. >> a man. and they're not your brother or father or whatever. they would actually -- they could jail you. >> reporter: at the restaurant we meet halea's sister dania. she's a filmmaker. >> i always say i was born with a camera in my hands. >> reporter: dania's just finished a documentary about saudi arabia. >> change is inevitable. >> there is nothing we have gone through that other nations have not gone through. >> we struggle with this idea of what and who is a saudi woman because it's not -- one thing doesn't tell that story. >> reporter: dania

saudi arabia said he have uruguay next.don't care how bad saudi arabia were, let's hear from some of their fans now. amazing, impressive, full of energy. cheers. is very important to win and have a good start at the tournament. the russian team has not won the past eight games so we played did as good as saudi arabia maybe what we wa nt good as saudi arabia maybe what we want so hopefully now we will be out of the group, it's a good part to get some confidence. we will not win world cup but quarterfinal, we can go to quarterfinal i think. let's get a quick update from the england camp now. away from today's action england forward marcus rashford is expected to take a full part in england training tomorrow after missing yesterday's opening session and working separately from the main group today. he suffered a knock to the knee during a practise match at st george's park on monday. the england squad have been carrying on in their relaxed mood. chelsea defender gary cahill taking on charlie sale of the daily mail in a darts m

a close that said they need to create ten million jobs because unemployment among the young in saudi arabia and the saudi population is very young indeed they needed ten million million jobs before twenty twenty i don't think that will be at cheer when even it twenty years short of expelling expecting it's out of saudi arabia then you are talking about reforming the oil in the city the talk has been for the last more than fifty or sixty years and they have not achieved much they are still dependent on oil and they are still excessive in their spending of the oil wealth of saudi arabia ok to talk about. education and you find that their universe it is order more of them are not geared they'll produce people who are employer been in that one give her this century ok sammy handy let's put that point to you occurs to me that raising a voice is an offense but it's not being codify it as being something that we could that we could number that we could label because for example one of the women drivers her lawyer has been detained as well simply for talking about this in public so if you go public

is the drive to modernize saudi arabia taking a wrong turn more women activists top arrested days before the kingdom lifts a travel and female drivers as economic political and cultural reforms implemented saudi leaders sending out mixed messages this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program today with me peter dalby female activist continue to be arrested in saudi arabia too in the past three days rights groups say mia rani was detained for a post on social media expressing support for north abdul aziz. who's also been locked up citing security forces have arrested seventeen activists in the past month most of them women who've long campaigned for the right to drive a car that is about to happen in two weeks' time the first driving licensees administered before the kingdom lifts its controversial men only ban state media has accused the arrested activists of being foreign agents the saudi vision twenty thirty has a plan to reduce dependence on oil but reforms proposed by the crown prince mohammed bin solved are controversial in the religiously conservative kingdom dozens of mem

saudi arabia and bahrain egypt and u.a.e. say their severing diplomatic relations with qatar not a single shot was fired a full blown war of words was engaged. to store the other the most c.e.o. of magic ties or flight accusations and counter-accusations this claim this encounter claims were made by all sides the media served as the main battleground. early on monday the fifth of june two thousand and seventeen bufferin state television read a statement from its government in them look at the. earth a little mercy and the ability to have all the knowledge up only. a short time later saudi arabia followed suit. up our lala cutted the message out well for the model let it. be as so they are we don't let the u.a.e. and egypt announce they tune we're cutting ties with qatar. the code. ordinated move by the four countries has caused the greatest rift in years between some of the most powerful arab states the larger country this particular saudi arabia followed by. the holy see dependent foreign policy as a threat to their narrativ

saudi arabia may be affluent but poverty exists here too. some are already see it as a project manager with an aid organization called al not. today she and a social worker of visiting a family that the project supports. chef is in her late forty's and lives with her two daughters and two nieces and not. for the interview they're all wearing veils in general the less privileged women in saudi arabia are the more likely they are to abide by convention is. the. time to. show her is a single mother. without help she would be penniless the father of her children abandoned her she says. if you're mad. my husband said it's enough you're a burden. i already had one daughter and i was pregnant with my second he didn't even know that. i mean that he told me i needed to take responsibility for myself and my daughter. and she missed him to. share her and her family are now supported financially by the on the after foundation it found them an apartment gives them money and clothes and helps pay for the children's schooling single mothers in saudi arabia

the women in saudi arabia veiled invisible oppressed. all other day. with the woman he reach maybe a level that many women into many firsts in the world did not reach. unfortunately the media and we are lacking in this by that we. are searching themselves they're working and they're visible. pyke say i'm sure. a lot of the progress that's underway is taking place out of sight but some changes are more evident. again that's why. i will be taking the license a saudi license and feel like a citizen and feel i am part of this country and part of its development progressive. a citizen. for the time being a grinch still has a driver until saudi arabia's driving ban on women is lifted in june. today she's headed to juba a unesco world heritage site in the north of the country. medea is wearing trances normally an absolute no no for women in public but it's her work where. almost online media is a professional photographer and she's recording the ancient petroglyphs carved onto the rock face. some of the images of people animals and gods are thousands of years

when saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt cut all diplomatic ties with cattle and house the gulf nation of supporting terrorism a claim doha strongly denies and this year demands including cutting ties with iran and shutting down zero cattle is refusing to give in to those simone's the country's foreign minister has spoken to al-jazeera he discussed the recent reported threats of military action against off from riyadh calling them unjustified. do you believe that qatar could face an attack from saudi arabia first for just that let us make it very clear that the purchase of any military equipment is a sovereign decision which no country has. anything to do with so there is no legitimacy believe this behind this letter and threatening its violating the international law by writing all the international norms and. most importantly its violating. g.c.c. charter which is the countries of the g.c.c. should not launch an any attack against each other so we believe that this letter has no any legal basis to justify

this is got nothing to do with the thought that this war has been visited upon this people by saudi arabia and its allies but particularly of course what's missing from the western media coverage is that this war this assault on this country as you point out one of the poorest countries on earth and facing terrible predicament for its people that this assault on this country is enabled totally by britain america and france particular britain and america in supplying the weapons that are being used against the yemeni people and of course study after study from independent organizations from monitoring groups human rights groups as well as the u.n. itself have shown repeatedly that there has been almost no care taken to prevent civilian casualties we're talking about the humanitarian situation that is largely been caused by the blockade that is in place that is preventing medicines and food surviving as we speak even fighting going on of course the assault has been launched on the major held port by the saudis and. again with british and american and french not only material covered by provi

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power taps you documentary tells the story of a courageous woman challenging the patriarchy in saudi arabia. but first up perhaps the most anticipated film of the summer the latest hollywood gender flip movie is out ocean's eye is a heist movie with a difference all the crooks all women the all star cast is a veritable who's who of hollywood a list actresses. want to cast cate blanchett helena bonham carter sounder bullock and. brianna. all you want to get a jewelry store. diamond mine yes that's exactly right for. the match. the plan is to steal the most valuable necklace in the world valued at around one hundred fifty million dollars the plan is ingenious the feeds are stunning and formidable and the story is well maybe not the point a gender flipped sequel in the famous ocean's series sixteen point five million dollars in each of your bank accounts weeks from now that's a lot of the film follows the format of its predecessors very closely but steven soderbergh's trilogy exhibited a lot of testosterone. in the marriage. for george clooney alias danny ocean it was always more about how the

cup is underway in russia the fans in moscow were hoping for a win in the opening match against saudi arabia knowing that this would be their team's best chance to pick up points and get out of the group they were treated to a goal fests. couldn't have hoped for better start than this eurekas in ski backing the first goal of the tournament after just twelve minutes. and on the stroke of hop time was to substitute danny's cherish have putting a beaming grin on coach church's shelves face. russia might be the tournament's lowest ranked team but they certainly didn't look like it. does you've made it three i the best of the bunch came in the ninety first minute kerry chef second and early contender for goal of the tournament saudi arabia might have been something of a soft opponent but the spall tough ali was pure inspiration. for the guests elation for the hosts. even then there was more a free kick in the dying seconds completing the russian rout delight for one certain discerning spectator saudi arabia's hopes meanwhile dashed already. i look at my now and this spectacular win for russia we

saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e.have pledged two and a half billion dollars sent financial aid to jordan comes after an earlier play out of twenty three million by the european union rick i'm over renie the e.u. is foreign policy chief said brussels would continue investing in an ally in what she called the most heated and difficult area of the world jordan a seen a wave of protest against a proposed tax hike. we are here to support a company to share our own experience if needed and if useful. to provide advise if asked for but most of all to go around to you know to try to go out and see that the good steps that are taken are financially and economically supported we are here not as a just of as a gesture of of charity if you allow me the expression but as an investment. protesters in ramallah are demanding the palestinian authority lift sanctions against gaza saying they hurt both israelis and palestinians who want palestinian president mahmoud abbas to end salary cuts for officials demonstrators are also demandin

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the relationship with saudi arabia particularly it's not just saudi arabia involved here is one of course other gulf states as well all of which have very lucrative. commercial contacts with britain and the united states and indeed france and there has been certainly of the last few years a tendency for particularly united kingdom that anything that is saudi arabia supports pretty much britain and america are going to support also we have to remember just really how important this relationship particularly saudi arabia is if we think about trump we think about. other government ministers united states and united kingdom their first port of ports of call when they've been put into office isn't their allies in europe or the states often it's usually going off to see two players both of whom are vitally important to british and particular interests one of those is israel and the other one always saudi arabia and so really i think this war is becoming increasingly and embarrassment not just war but the blockade in everything else that goes with it is becoming embarrassment to western leaders

today that is the main entry point for food and aid to the war torn country but saudi arabia alleges the who see have been using the port to bring in arms from iran. with the militias exploded the port of. the war and increased the suffering of the many people. by using the port for smuggling weapons and iranian ballistic missiles into yemen. tehran has repeatedly denied the charge and civilians in her data now have to bear the brunt of the stone meet. with. people are suffering under these conditions we cannot buy anything for our children and we cannot sustain ourselves financially. i have a household of eleven people our situation is dire and only god knows when this will change and the. u.n. officials see their continuing negotiations to keep civilian supply lines open despite the assault and are adding restraint from all sides in the conflict. the twenty eighteen world cup has kicked off in moscow in the tournament opening match host nation russia's storm to a five nil victory over saudi arabia russia's yuri it in the bag the tournament first goal after twelve minutes to put the

saudi arabia saudi arabia egypt is better than saudi and you know why is better than egypt so calm enjoy the moment relax and feel that that happiness and the pride that definitely challenges him and. i was not convinced that all the way that russia was defending. a team like saudi arabia should have zero chances against you and there was one big chance and then for sure the chances could have ended up in the go and i think that's something that he really needs to work on in the days that before the next thing i get plenty of positives to one of the injuries a chatty chef dennis chit chat to share i understand that you spot it is talent didn't you when you were at real madrid as a manager you can just tell us about how i just play in this is first match in real madrid who was not father myself who was in the in what we call the custodian the second real madrid team and in some in some cup match i brought into the first team i gave him his is that woods was he was a good kid he was he was fast he was confident he comes like peter was saying from half. ballplayer background if he's there e

and saudi arabia announced the launch of a new bilateral organization a saudi u.a.e. organization through which they would deal with all important economic and security issues so not only did they boycott the meeting but they tried to undermine at the same time it would be the shortest g.c.c. summit in history being abandoned after only a few hours. prior to the g.c.c. meeting qatar shake to min bin hamad el fanny went on a charm offensive promoting qatar and its policies to the world. meeting heads of state and reaffirming qatar's commitment to peace and stability in the region he cemented ties with foreign leaders and in an address to the united nations he turned the charges laid against his country back on the blockading part of you have a lot of work up a foreigner or vetted your shabby that are of on you has hard in jail and must come out of fall over toward the world in which one go home so you're on your own marvie it do and let you follow them his saddle jacket i look up a bit to the hunt for sure the duck. the dodo a bit of the animal any ability of what go u

to achieve much shortly when you talk about saudi aramco which is the main source of income for saudi arabia they are talking about the i.p.o. which is the initial public offering aid of selling five per cent of saudi arabi cannot be productive assets of oil but different assets four hundred billion dollars that is not going to happen and i will tell you why because the saudis have valued the i.p.o. at more than hundred billion dollars that cannot be right because based on the proven reserves of oil they have. many organisations including ords three general and the world bank and many other analysts said that the value could be based on smaller proven reserves saudi arabia say's it has proven reserves of two hundred sixty eight billion barrels my research shows that that is between eighty and ninety billion and many other experts also agree with that so if you base the i.p.o. value on that smaller reserves i think the value of the i.p.o. is between fifty to seventy five billion still saudi arabia with their eyes is only prices now it does not have to sell at any percentage in the saudi aramc

russia saudi arabia huge pressure for russia. the world cup at home. the world is watching them and this is the big chance to qualify used to be the first soldier rubeus that in spite of some talent years and i used to use a team from a different reality and russia has to win and. thank. you. you're watching our special coverage of the you know well cup they were knocked say it's one nil to russia the moment against saudi arabia the league sneakiest just down the road from here twenty minutes. vacate the latest looking good for the moment will be but when you see the top of it. i think it's trying to imagine i say things just to be controversial you would not withstand the level of attacks of police harassment oh detention of having my post of social services being called on my children my family being i'm stretch of coming to jihad these plot to behead me in nov twenty seventh i don't believe you would withstand those levels of people trying to trying to silence you if you didn't believe what you said. they put themselves on the line. they did accept

i think saudi arabia has also started this, but very slowly. go we had a princess that was the first saudi woman to head a sports federation. we would like to see more women in leadership positions. women in positions of power. do you think this decision to allow women to drive could be the start? think this decision to allow women to drive could be the sternm think this decision to allow women to drive could be the start? it is. freedom of movement means freedom. it's freedom of choice. after that, you can choose to live anywhere, you can choose to escape abuse, and when you have freedom of movement you can do anything else. there will be conservatives in saudi arabia who are horrified by this reform. there have always been positions towards any reform. i can tell you that the majority of saudi people are supportive of women's rights. —— there have always been oppositions. i was proud of women going on the streets last night to show off their people cars, were waving and cheering and they were so happy. it makes me feel this is a real change, s

and of course there will be conservatives in saudi arabia who will be horrified by this reform. reform. i can tell you that the majority of saudi people are supportive of women's rights. i was so pleased to see last night at midnight when women went to the streets and drove their cars. people were waving at them, cheering, so happy. itjust makes me feel that this is a real change and society is changing and opening up and the future will be great in this country. women campaigning for more rights and young people generally in saudi arabia are campaigning for reform as well. yes, 6096 of the saudi population is under the age of 35. i think this is a post and it will help the government to implement all the changes and the reform that they want to do. —— this isa reform that they want to do. —— this is a push. and the leader is a very young crown prince philippe understands the young population and he is listening to what they say. —— and he understands. thank you very much, senior analyst at the arabia foundation. it is just after 9:15am. the headlines: a blueprint to halve child

i think what we have to understand is that the whole code allowing women to drive in saudi arabia was mainly a p.r. move it was not designed by mohammed bin so meant to be a sweeping revolution revolutionizing the saudi system however the problem in saudi arabia now is that because they've allowed the women to drive for mohammed bin so man suddenly the activists are asking for more they're asking for too much too quick to change something that mohamed disseminate is not prepared to do and something that he perhaps cannot do because the pace of change if it is too quick it and if invites a revolt it invites protests domestically from the ridge authorities and even from the common people from the common population because we have to be aware of one thing in terms of how these reforms are being received and how liberalisation is being received it's being seen as a copy paste version of europe in that those advocates of liberalization are seeking to establish almost another acquires a european state in saudi arabia i say this because the european version of liberalization emerged in the a

russia is maybe the second or third best team in this group, and they absolutely throttled saudi arabia. egypt and uruguay are going to be looking to stack up just as many goals against saudi arabiaa as russia did.d. i just don't think saudi arabia are up to it. that second goal they conceded where to defenders tried to slide tackle after one player, both missed, and that player was all a row -- all alone in the box. i want sarah: to talk about the highest level of professional football. we have three games coming up. what is ahead of? matt: three quite interesting games. there are two other teams in group a. they will be squaring off, uruguay and egypt. a draw at the very least would be good. we have kind of an interesting game where it is hard to judge. it's iriran versus morocco, a vy defensive minded team against a team that loves to have the ball, and finally, the big one, portugal versus spain. that is going to be interesting because of what happened with spain. they fired their coach after he took a job at real madrid, and they brought in fernando hiero. he didn't get promoted. h

a year ago four countries saudi arabia u.a.e. behind and egypt sever ties with qatar and impose their forward blockade it's game after qatar state news agency was packed and fake news posted on it. own investigation has found the group behind the hacking work from a saudi government minister and his phones and computers were connected to the saudi communications company in a separate development size eurabia threatening military action against acquires washing weapons those reports in two of the biggest newspapers in france the figo and le monde they say the saudi crown prince has written to the presidents of friends and the united states of america and the u.k.'s prime minister warning his ready to retaliate if other acquires the s four hundred anti-aircraft defense systems but the threat of military action against their house is not you located in countries were reportedly planning it of the beginning of the crisis one year ago. as we mentioned the crisis began to unfold with qatar news agency was hacked on the twentieth of may

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, saudi arabia began issuing licenses to women in early june. according to officials more than 3 million women could receive licenses and drive by 2020. i wonder why they have to wait that long. maybe that's just when they catch up to that number. adam: hundreds of people forced to leave their hopes the new warnings from officials asthmas ever wildfires grow in northern california. jardiance asked: when it comes to managing your type 2 diabetes, what matters to you?

the relationship with saudi arabia particularly it's not just saudi arabia involved here is one of course other gulf states as well all of which have very lucrative. commercial contacts with britain and the united states and indeed france and there has been certainly of the last few years a tendency for particularly united kingdom that anything that is saudi arabia supports pretty much britain and america are going to support also we have to remember just really how important this relationship particularly saudi arabia is if we think about trump we think about. other government ministers united states and united kingdom their first port of ports of call when they've been put into office isn't their allies in europe or the states often it's usually going off to see two players both of whom are vitally important to british and particular interests one of those is israel and the other one always saudi arabia and so really i think this war is becoming increasingly and embarrass meant not just war but the blockade and everything else that goes with it is becoming embarrassment to western leade

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how do you think about the future for women in saudi arabia. it's to increase the future will be good it will be more equal between men and women going to and women will be able to develop more than men. oh i says they've started to do some really good things for women within me in this up. who listen to some music you like. or a strange feel like you don't know yet listening to music in public that's also new in saudi arabia it's only when the camera is off that these women dared to tell me that their level of freedom still depends on their male chaperons. another nation undergoing economic reforms is morocco a country. waged between two continents africa and europe it's not pleasing both but as a key crossing point morocco is crucial in controlling the stream of migrants from other parts of africa trying to reach europe to start a better life some escaping political unrest war economic downturns for moroccans finding a job at home can also be a struggle even with skills which is where occupational training can play a pot. in general it's real

today that is the main entry point for food and aids to the war torn country but saudi arabia an edge is the who have been using the port to bring in arms from iran. it with the militias exploded the port of. the war and increased the suffering of the yemeni people by using the port for smuggling weapons and iranian ballistic missiles into yemen. tehran has repeatedly denied the charge and civilians in now have to bear the brunt of the still meet. people are suffering under these conditions we cannot buy anything for our children and we cannot sustain ourselves financially . i have a household of eleven people our situation is dire and only god knows when this will change and. u.n. officials see their continuing negotiations to keep civilian supply lines open despite the assault and restraint from all sides in the conflict. harrowing situation there we'd like to leave you there now on a lighter note and kenya has for generations written its history and song at a small shop in nairobi is a man who most collectors know as jimi he sells secondhand vinyl records and kenya's history books

israel and iran there's therapy all of them are well armed and so on and so forth but there's also saudi arabia and the united arab emirates as well as cover all three countries have surplus income and are capable of buying expensive weapons the saudi crown prince just agreed that so the king agreed two hundred plus billion dollars worth of arms purchased from the united states alone they u.a.e. the united arab emirates is the second largest importers of sophisticated arms in the middle east and both of them are blockade in qatar she would expect qatar that is also well to do dubai you know to catch up. at least defensive weapons in order to be able to defend itself no i think it makes sense for the qataris although i think an arms race in general does not make sense in the middle east not at this point not when wars plunging of entire region but for a tiny country that is basically defenseless otherwise it makes sense to buy expensive defense systems simply because it doesn't want to be blackmailed by blockading countries that are far more powerful with far more strategic depth than the tiny c

change is under way in saudi arabia.emas have been allowed to open, along with the same music concerts and the first fashion week. it's all part of a modernisation drive led by the crown prince, mahmoud bin salman. but while some restrictions are easing, saudi women are still not free to travel, marry, divorce, or even leave prison without the permission of a male relative. and those who demand too much change are still being punished. only last month, more than a dozen prominent activists were arrested for demanding greater rights. bill hayton, bbc news. the bbc‘s hanan razek is injeddah. she's been telling me how people have been reacting there. yeah, there is a great deal of excitement. just moments ago, there was a convoy of women driving, celebrating this moment. they are being escorted by saudi traffic police, celebrating driving finally after a ban in place for over 60 years now. earlier on, at the very beginning of it in the first few moments, we took a ride with one of the saudi women driving her car here for th

so where does the team go from here well i don't think we're going to have to talk about saudi arabia for long because i think where they are going from here is out of this tournament at the earliest possible juncture russia is probably maybe the second or maybe third best team in this group and they absolutely throttled so now every other team that means egypt and i are going to be looking to stack up just as many goals against saudi arabia as russia did to get those goal difference is working in their favor and i just don't think saudi arabia are up to it i mean that second goal that they conceded where two defenders tried to slide tackle after one player both missed and the player was suddenly all alone in the box i mean that this is something you just don't see at the highest level of professional football very often i want to talk about this highest level of professional football now because we have three games coming up tomorrow today there was only one we're really getting down to business so what's ahead three actually quite interesting games and as i mentioned there are two o

and alters their investigation has found that saudi arabia played a bigger role in causing the gulf crisis than previously thought the report shows the sound of the cats on news agencies website in may last year what from a saudi government ministry in riyadh the phones and computers were connected to a saudi communications company and hackers had posted fake quotes attributed to catus emir they fled to saudi arabia the u.a.e. the train at egypt's cutting ties with qatar and imposing a blockade. and that's the one year anniversary of the blockade of cancer approaches there are efforts in the us to win support president donald trump initially backed the countries behind the blockade this year he's been calling on all sides to resolve the dispute particle in looks at the role lobbying has played in all of this. the nation of qatar unfortunately has historically been a funder of terrorism it was a shock in washington and across the globe a u.s. president publicly going after cutter a close ally that houses the biggest u.s. base in the middle east sided with the blockading countries. at the ti

football is a big deal in saudi arabia. e last two additions, which were a great disappointment. the team has lost all its games. saudi fans are very tough and they are looking for achievements. they are looking for results. they want to see a performance at least that resembles the team in 1994, which produced a golden generation of saudi arabian players. thank you for talking to us and enjoy the world cup. saudi arabia feature in the first match against russia and with uruguay and egypt also in their group, they will be fighting not to be completely overwhelmed but perhaps most importantly, their football team is proving a vehicle for progress off the pitch. there are calls this evening for an urgent review into football's concussion protocols — after liverpool goalkeeper lorius karius was diagnosed with concussion, 5 days after the champions league final. he made two crucial mistakes during the match — conceding two goals after a collision with real madrid captain sergio ramos. doctors in the us assessed him while he was

these other top stories catalyze insisting it won't back down a year into a blockade imposed by saudi arabia the u.a.e. back when and egypt the foreign minister says his country won't be intimidated by reports of saudi threats of military action if cattle buys a defense system from russia there is no legitimate grievance behind the letter threatening and violating the international law to all the international norms and. the most importantly it's violating the. g.c.c. charter which is the countries of the g.c.c. should not launch an attack against each other so we believe that this letter has nor any legal basis to justify. any action we have been subject to a unilateral measure which was taken by by the saudis iran is increasing the pressure over the twenty fifteen new kid deal that says it will notify the u.n. of its plans to accelerate the early stages of uranium enrichment iran's atomic energy organization says it has the capacity to speed up the production of centrifuges which are essential to the enrichment process. israel's prime minister is in france as part of his european tour to w

a stumble it's a year since mohamed been summoned became crown prince and the fact a ruler of saudi arabia to admire is he's a reformer and much needed modernize a bit critics warn he's stifling dissent consider dating power and moving hastily without considering the consequences of his actions. as a story this was one of the most defining moments in saudi arabia in recent times the king sacks his nephew and crown prince mohammed bin nayef and appoints his son mohammed bin sandman to the throne what happened nursed included a series of dramatic decisions by the young prince who wasted no time consolidating his grip on power mohamed a man jailed senior members of the royal family businessman and government officials on corruption charges. but the sweeping campaign over the last spread to outspoken reformers clerics and human rights activists. and holds many portfolios as defense minister he is the man in charge of the military campaign in yemen the war has claimed the lives of thousands of civilians and caused one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. when it happened originally i

you make about his comments the his response to the threats in inverted commas that been made by saudi arabia and also the plans to potentially buy into this missile system i think for the time being the catheter for mrs careful choosing his words because there is no official confirmation from the french government that the saudi king did write that letter for what we know this far these are press reports not available on that reported about that so i think first and foremost the others would probably need official confirmation that the soldier in the saudi arabia threatened to attack them if they buy defensive missile system and the operating word here is defensive the missile system so i think in so many ways it is a bit shocking for a country that want to buy a sophisticated missile system but that this country is with then a defense collective called the g.c.c. the gulf cooperation council and that normally each and every one of those countries will probably be reinforced in terms of its security when another country gets stronger not weaker so there is a bit of that now. difficile would

saudi arabia had a chance to equalise in extra time but couldn't find the finish.in germany the convincing two one victory. and finally britain's queen elizabeth has officially celebrated her ninety second birthday by watching the annual trooping the color ceremony in london large crowds of people turned out to enjoy the spectacle more than a thousand folders took part in the event at horse guards parade near buckingham palace senior royals including newlyweds prince harry and meghan duchess of sussex joined in the celebrations but the queen's husband prince philip was out and elizabeth is the world's oldest and longest reigning monarch. and a reminder of the top stories we're following here for you u.s. president donald trump has clashed with his allies over trade at least at the g seven meeting in come back she insists that the u.s. needs better access to markets and under a fair crack of trade practices trump is leaving early for singapore to prepare for next week's meeting with north korean leader kim jong il on. you watching the news more coming up at the top

of course there will be conservatives in saudi arabia who are horrified by this reform. n tell you that the majority of saudi people are supportive of women's rights. i was so pleased to see last night at midnight when women went to the streets and drove their cars. people we re streets and drove their cars. people were waving at them, cheering, so happy. it just makes were waving at them, cheering, so happy. itjust makes me feel that this is a real change and society is changing and it is opening up. and the future will be great. women campaigning for more rights and young people in general in saudi arabia campaigning for reform as well. yes, 6096 of the saudi population is under the age of 35. this is a push and it will help the government to implement all the changes and all the reform that they wa nt to changes and all the reform that they want to do. and also we are led now bya want to do. and also we are led now by a very young and ambitious cramp in some who understands the young population and he isjust listening to the population at what they say. —— ambitious cr

crisis it helps if you can see how the region's laid out the four blockading nations that egypt saudi arabia bahrain and the united arab emirates they accuse qatar on this peninsula here of spreading instability and supporting terrorism claims doha strongly denies on june fifth saudi arabia causes causes only land border causing a run on the supermarkets and forcing alternative suppliers to be found excess to the say is restricted as well to bypass the blockade has had to ship directly through ports and i mom and air routes will also close to pushing to make major detours kasuri families with relatives in other countries and vice versa are torn apart at this point calls for dialogue and that's taken up by the emir of kuwait weeks later the four countries released a list of demands they include wanting to scale back its diplomatic ties with iran and close a turkish military base here they pressured to cut all ties with what they call terrorist organizations including the muslim brotherhood and they called for the shutting down of the al-jazeera news channel as well as other media outlets fund