is no longer being vocal when it comes to perceived rights abuses in saudi arabia is that emboldening the saudi regime well it's a. unfortunately yes the white house has basically conduct on the issue of protecting democracy and human rights around the world and including in the gulf and saudi arabia is one of those states which washington basically tries always to avoid. to criticize but they have you know i mean last year's state department report on human rights mentioned issues of spouses and things like that and sort of arabia but yes i under that hand say that maybe the current so did leadership is that this is a really waiting for the trumpet a musician to approve or disapprove of what they're trying to do they have a program they have a program of modernization all that and they say they think that all of this is going to affect their modernization efforts which is which is definitely wrong so i doubt that the time but musician whatever of london musician does or because the size or does not get the size i think the saudi leadership will continue to do whatever it wants to do

but as saudi arabia today? -- what is saudi arabia today? is it the saudi arabia of yesterday? for the last few years there has been a change. the socialist changes. people are happy to talk about women driving. more iswhat is needed more transparency and a media that comes out with the signs of progress. concerning other issues. for many of you it would look like something very small. see what happening in the last 30 years where the whole country was in the grip of an extremist ideology. -- it wasat ideology more a social economics -- social economic ideology. people would have to subscribe. i see young people coming in. i see more voices coming in. people aspiring. now i know even as a senior citizen i can breeze. young people have things opening up. it's not easy going. the mother is in pain and the baby is in pain. take time for new ideas to settle down. it's no opposition. it's a segment of the population that opposes or is not happy with happening inside of saudi arabia. it's a do or die situation. reporting in the media and even before that. and this 80 to 140 fluctuati

what is saudi arabia today? is it the saudi arabia of yesterday? i can tell you in the last few years there has been a change. it's not sudden that are opening up and talk about women driving and they are having about it. i don't think so. what is needed more is better governments. i have believe many are positive changes but it would look very small to many of you are very trivial but if you have lived there and see what happens the last 30 years where the whole country was in the grip of an extremist ideology and it was more of a social command-and-control system where people would look at and have to subscribe i come and see young people coming in and more voices and i see people aspiring to be what and it asked me that because 30 years it was just breathing. now i know that as a senior citizen i can breathe and let alone young people. of course it's not easy. it's going to take some time to settle down new ideas and do not expect there is no opposition in that we don't know the people proposing but there is a segment of population that opposes

the two thousand and twelve international women of courage award who is known for challenging saudi arabia's male guardianship system she is the sister of blogger by the way and the former wife of a lawyer would be the board who are both serving lengthy jail terms in saudi prisons the canadian foreign minister says her country will not back down we will always speak up for human rights we will always speak up for women's rights around the world. and i do also want to say when it comes to the big dowie family. and stuff haidar is a canadian citizen and she and her family therefore. merit special attention from the government of canada and a lot of canadian civil society has been speaking up for her it's something that we do we stand up for canadians and their families around the world earlier on monday saudi foreign minister identity bear tweeted saying the kingdom doesn't interfere in the affairs of other countries and we will not accept any interference attempts we will deal with this firmly the surprising canadian stance is based on misleading information the prosecution of those mentioned

as we remember this year and saudi arabia, crown prince, leader, ruler of saudi arabia actually made a statement in visiting the united states saying that they want to institutionalize relations with russia for ten or 15 years. we don't know what's going on between saudi arabia and russia. are they really planning, but anticipation of it has already come has to raise eyebrows in washington, d.c. because russia's overall tactic is often to create interdependencies with europe, with any state that our allies to the united states and then create, use the interdependence to undermine united states positions last positions in the world. therefore, it would be important to create this challenge with saudi arabia and other gulf states to prevent any escalation that could happen in the movies because it could be disruptive for markets. at the same time to try to resolve the crisis between qatar and saudi arabia because russia is clearly using this as their divide and rule tactic to begin to pull these countries out of the orbit of the united states. most importantly, to supply more and more

that simon does have a point there that sometimes when it comes to specifically saudi arabia and to a lesser. extent the emirates. western countries shy away five openly criticizing also because sometimes the response from saudi can be quite harsh we've seen that lately for example with this bat with canada do you think that's playing into into this whole of situation i think it's certainly a calculation i'm not sure that is just about worry about the saudi response but i think in the case of the u.k. in particular there's a real concern about the economic implications of a of a fracturing in the relationship between between london and riyadh so we've seen the sheer amount of money that has been spent from the saudis coming into the british economy in terms of arms and and the money of factoring of all kinds of military equipment that is being sold to the saudis and of course for for the u.k. and times when where i'm sure about the economic future of the country when we're in show or in the midst of the process the saudi money coming in is actually a real souls of of positive developm

want all this is al jazeera live from london also coming up a diplomatic spat between canada and saudi arabia over human rights deepens the saudi state airline suspends all flights to and from toronto. accused of stealing millions of dollars at stake money that tightens around malaysia's former prime minister najib razak. twenty three people mainly young girls are rescued from an alleged prostitution ring after indian police raid a privately run children's home. iraq is now officially back under u.s. sanctions don't champus warning the world not to defy them by doing business with tehran president trump alle the sanctions as the toughest yet and said the second round june november will only increase that pressure so on meanwhile has dismissed any talks with washington to resolve the crisis from tehran's in. the day after the united states reimposed nuclear sanctions against iran the foreign minister of another sanctioned country sat down with leaders into iran. north korea's foreign minister really young ho met iranian leaders in an effort to improve ties the timing of this visit is likely no

what would be does ways for you does briefly show what we see obviously the sale of weapons to saudi arabia we know that the u.k. officials have been sitting in on the on some of the missions that saudi planes have launched of a weapon or a yemen in terms of sky reports and i.t.v. reports in the u.k. we know that there allegations that the u.k. is complicit in terms of weapons that have been sold as well as the political economic logistical and military support that is given to saudi arabia but also there's the moral and. the ethical dimensions of not doing what that should what they should supposed to be doing at the united nations and i think that reveals the broad and geo political tensions that are a play here with the two states providing a great deal of cover for the actions of saudi arabia and mom have been so many particular peta. at the end of the day investigations come and go but do they really change anything underground and they have a really change how. the well function on a lot of crew is an investigation may provide clearer evidence of what actually happened it may provide

from saudi arabia. they are ready to cooperate with the u.s. to supply more oil to the market. redundanthe deal seem because there was an agreement made on june 22 and a couple days later, the u.s. interferes and saudi arabia agrees to break the deal. of this becoming less and less important but for the last few years and for the first half of 2019, this deal is in place. it's a very vague and abstract mechanism to regulated -- to regulate it. opec, it's basically that entity or institution that is controlled by saudi arabia and russia. in thatl the shots joint mechanism commission they have that regulates the caps. to that point, i think opec is becoming less and less important. as far as saudi arabia's gas imports from russia is concerned, it was just a proposal. it was a political statement by putin.yton -- arabia has this vision statement that claims to decrease the independent -- .ependence on oil powers ,t makes sense for them developing gas take seven or eight years. by the time they launch a pro

bearing that bank in london well saudi arabia does not take kindly to being lectured on human rights by other nations canada recently plunged into a diplomatic spat with riyadh over the release of saudi activists from detention in germany stands to lose out on new critics business contracts in the kingdom following criticism of reacts human rights record saudi crown prince mohammed bin salomon wants to modernize his country but he doesn't appear to take too well to criticism relations with germany of cooled off considerably since former german foreign minister zygmunt gabriele publicly expressed his thoughts on saudi foreign policy in november twenty seventh teen referring to saudi arabia's foreign policy gabrielle said europe has to give a united signal that we are no longer prepared to accept the adventurism which has spread there in recent months without saying anything. many german companies are now afraid that they'll lose business in saudi arabia and the gulf kingdom itself there's a sense of optimism the saudi government is implementing social reforms and there are large scale

investors are starting to wonder if trade and investment will be impacted on monday the kingdom of saudi arabia recalled their ambassador from canada officially expelled canada's a bastard or sending him back to ottawa saudi education officials say they will cancel scholarships and job training for about seven thousand students from saudi arabia who are currently studying in canada the absolute monarchy took the actions after taking offense at a statement from the canadian embassy in riyadh that called for the immediate release of at least eighteen women's rights activists who have been jailed since the apparent crackdown started in may this echoed earlier statements by canadian officials including a personal tweet by the canadian foreign minister chrystia freeland the saudi monarchy denounced canadian states. as quote an overt and blatant interference in saudi internal affairs miss freeland addressed the spat before the media in vancouver are values based foreign policy our support for human rights and for women's rights is an essential part of who we are when we speak for canada in the world.

journalist with the global mail newspaper he says the education industry could be hit hard by saudi arabia's decision to suspend student exchange programs. if you're talking about the relationship the saudi can a relationship you know we're talking about a four billion dollar you know two way trade trading relationship b.g. here i think saudi arabia would rank for instance twenty fourth or twenty fifth among our trading partners so we are not major trading partners. the real the real impact though is you know these you know the saying all politics are local the prospect of the saudis withdrawing fifteen thousand saudi students from canadian universities is i would say having a major impact it's concerning people greatly we're talking about hundreds of millions of not more billion billion dollars of revenue that they stand to lose and i think people are quite concerned about that here in canada i think ordinary canadians tend to see saudi arabia as a repressive. you know authoritarian regime and they're a bit surprised to see the saudis. getting angry at them and not only that they're a bit s

the diplomatic dispute between saudi arabia and canada over human rights is the pinning on monday saudi arabia froze all new business with canada as well as education agreements the media losers will be the more than fifteen thousand saudis who are studying in canada they've been ordered to leave along with their families going home could get more difficult though the for international flights of saudi arabia's national carrier had every week well they're now being canceled to return flights from jeddah to toronto it's unclear how the saudi ban on new trade with canada will affect the existing trade which is worth about four billion dollars mainly oil from saudi arabia with vehicles and defense equipment going the other way there's also a big question mark over a thirteen billion dollar defense contract signed back in two thousand and fourteen under which canada is to supply nine hundred armored vehicles to saudi arabia but saudi arabia is only canada's twentieth biggest trading partner and with a gross domestic product of more than one and a half trillion dollars for canada and almost

saudi arabia's diplomatic dispute with canada has intensified its state airline suspending flights to toronto pros trade and investment deals on monday and also expel the canadian ambassador it's all in retaliation for canada's call for saudi arabia to release human rights activists. on has more on the economic impact of this rift. canada and saudi arabia are not major trading partners but business between the two countries totaled four billion dollars last year at the top of the list as canada's export of military vehicles to saudi arabia the agreement signed in two thousand and fourteen is worth roughly fifteen billion dollars. saudi arabia would rank for instance twenty fourth or twenty fifth among our trading partners but now those economic ties however small are at risk saudi arabia expelled a canadian ambassador after his country raised concerns over the arrest of human rights activists and called for their immediate release among the jailed activists is the sister of this man six years ago blogger right he was sentenced to a thousand lashes for criticizing saudi clerics his sis

if this is got nothing to do with the fact 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 they say 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 p

there are state department is calling on the coalition to investigate but i'm going to add that saudi arabia is a key regional partner for the united states we call on the saudi led coalition to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the incident you also supply the tremendous amount of weaponry then the data for targeting to the saudis so that. sorry no lie wrong is that wrong sorry of these ladies every hear laughing. and that i would refer you to the department of defense that is involved in that but you know as you know saudi arabia is an important strategic partner in the region to the united states. video of the aftermath of the attack shows the extent of the children's injuries please be warned that what we're about to show you is upsetting to watch the strike hit the north of the country which is under the control of who's he rebels saudi arabia launched an intervention against them in two thousand and fifteen the latest un data says that the majority of people killed in the conflict died as a result of coalition air strikes that's around ten and a half thousand casual

genocide for them because saudi arabia is very fair in its approach and has made sure that you know the law of the resistance movement in general and northern yemen globally had been legal and that is you know the title and therefore should be. obliterated we tend to forget this you know this idea not just that you're getting victory what they're trying to do it's an idea to the entire people because that they're really just standing there with just belief and the tradition and you know forget to bits about this shit in casualty and understand that they know collateral damage you know this how do you have to be a war to pick locks and that image on civilians because he was the people to rise up against their resistance movement not understanding that the resistance movement in itself it's made out of the people that led to me think that a lot has given by the people of god like it's not being created at ups and they feel a victory for their fellow by definition impossible their people will not allow it but in the meantime we facing a catastrophe of the pickle proportion because nort

it reflects badly on the political economy of saudi arabia and then come advancement and let me also add another factor that is now kind of hindering the momentum which is how mcgoohan solomon was good articulating what they call symbolic politics a lot of symbolism a lot of predictions a lot of expectations however when it comes to the delivery of gives these promises it seems that he cannot achieve much let alone that the next twelve months between now and two thousand and thirty not going to keep the same vibration or the same strength that he hoped for therefore i think it's a matter of bad management and also not being aware that the global markets can have a different assessment in other words the difference between an inside out expectation and an outside in a system of what can deliver or cannot so james do you think that what mohamed describing is mohamed bin sol months later said style being. is it naive is it hubris what how would you describe it. well i think it's not thought through let me just say a couple of things which in response to what was just said by both speake

media reports suggest saudi arabia and the u.a.e. used american made bombs in an attack that killed forty children in yemen earlier this month there are growing calls from politicians in washington to track american made weapons that are being used what they call work crimes in the middle east's poorest country. the russian president vladimir putin is in germany for talks with chancellor angela merkel they are expected to discuss tensions in ukraine the war in syria and a planned gas pipeline link between russia and germany well the u.s. president donald trump has criticized berlin for cooperating with moscow on that project dominic cain following the story for us out of berlin and we heard them both speak right before they went into the meeting what did they say. well from the perspective two really important issues there and one as you say the north stream to gas pipeline the other syria the humanitarian situation in syria regarding the pipe. he said look this is an exclusively economic projects one which will link russia with germ

people together and for very obvious reason they understand about saudi arabia would mean an entire genocide of them because saudi arabia is very fair in its approach and has made sure that you know the law of the resistance movement in general and northern yemen globally has been label and you know the title and therefore should. obliterated we tend to forget this you know this idea not just that seeking victory what they're trying to do is the ninety eight an anti you people because if they're really just standing there with just belief and the tradition and you know forget to bits about this shit in casualty and on to found out they know collateral damage you know this i would have to be swore to pick locks and that image on civilians because he was the people to rise up against their resistance movement not understanding that the resistance movement and self made out of the people that led to me think that a lot has given by the people of god like it's not being created at ups and therefore a victory for this by definition impossible that people will not allow it but in the mean

if this is got nothing to do with the fact 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 has largely been caused by the blockade that is in place that is preventing medicines and food to arriving 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 pr

something that is for saudi arabia saudi arabia is not. saudi arabia is not helping legitimate government subsidies and saudi arabia is doing what it wants saudi arabia is giving iran as they say they are killing iran in yemen but it killing and destroying yemen so if that if you would send u.k. and france in because if you will not understand this is so saudi arabia we killing yemen and martin griffith will do nothing to help be any use to come to that table of negotiations at all ok and. thanks very much for taking the time that to join us your views on the situation in yemen just to recap for viewers especially if you're just joining us we are on this rolling breaking story of dozens of people mainly children being killed and a saudi amorality led strike now this hits a school bus in the north of yemen and signs up. the stronghold north of the capital now the red cross says the bus was carrying children and came under attack as it was driving in a crowded markets. ceilings media say the majority of those killed children were also hearin

ordered to leave along with their families were going home could get slightly more difficult though saudi arabia's national carrier says its counseling is for weekly return flights between jet and toronto it's unclear how the saudi ban on new trade with canada will affect existing trade worth about four billion dollars namely oil from saudi arabia with vehicles and defense equipment going the other way well there's also a big question mark over a thirteen billion dollar defense contract signed back in twenty fourteen under which canada is to supply nine hundred armored vehicles to saudi arabia but saudi arabia is only canada's twentieth biggest trading partner with the ghost emetic product of more than one and a half trillion dollars for canada almost seven hundred billion for saudi arabia the loss of trade wouldn't make too much dead in either economy or kristen salumi has more night front to wrong too. canada is not backing down from this fight foreign minister christian freeland says that the country will continue to stand for human rights including women's rights and freedom of expression the

as it appears there is a major fuel heating up between saudi arabia and canada now canada last week on twitter the canadian foreign minister demanded that the saudi kingdom release jailed human rights activists a move saudi arabia to the fence to an essence responded with a number of measures aiming to put a hurt on the canadian economy r.t. if alex mileage has more on the story from toronto. so the latest from saudi arabia is that they're going to stop buying wheat and barley from canada now that's kind of funny since guess who i was controlling shares of the canada wheat board well it will be a saudi arabian company to the tune of two hundred and fifty million dollars but this is just the latest in a string of punishments against canada they start off by boot not our ambassador and then pulling their ambassador from canada and then they moved on to different things such as say that they're not going to do any new trading with us and that they're going to pull out sixteen thousand students from canada saudi students so these poor kids who are about to start their school year well they

daryn jordan the saudis iran live from doha also coming up the diplomatic route between canada and saudi arabia intensifies now the saudi national airline stops all flights to toronto. the desperate search for survivors rescuers. assess the human cost of indonesia's latest deadly. now in just a few hours the first wave of u.s. sanctions on iran will come into force it's now ninety days since president donald trump formally withdrew the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal which was agreed with will powers back in twenty fifteen iran's president is accused washington and waging psychological warfare well the sanctions on life is to weaken iran's currency which has been in freefall since trump's decision and also a block iran from getting access to american dollars the u.s. will stop imports from iran including food cars and carpets and the sanctions will also limit iran's ability to buy rumor tearooms like steel and coal as well as precious metals and then at the start of november more sanctions will kick in and they'll include measures specifically targeting the oil sector and foreign banks the do b

among those detained in saudi arabia is the sister of this man six years ago blogger. to a thousand lashes to be administered over twenty weeks for criticizing saudi arabian clerics now his sister summer is among a number of women's rights activists who've been imprisoned sparking protests from the canadian government and which in turn was met with a shop and immediate saudi response via state controlled television of. the kingdom used the canadian position as an affront to the kingdom but requires a sharp response to prevent any party from attempting to meddle with the saudis sovereignty. the canadian foreign minister makes clear they will be no backing down . to canada's commitment to putting human rights at the center of our foreign policy has drawn some attention in recent days. i'm referring of course to the expulsion of canada's ambassador to saudi arabia and let me be very clear with everyone here and with the canadians who may be watching and listening canada will always stand up for human rights in canada and around the world and women's rights are human rights

the two thousand and twelve international women of courage award who is known for challenging saudi arabia's male guardianship system she is the sister of blogger by the way and the former wife of a lawyer with who are both serving lengthy jail terms in saudi prisons the canadian foreign minister says her country will not back.

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 the 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 and everything else that goes with it is becoming embarrassment to western lea

and being so public more difficult for saudi arabia. i think the cost of the human war with whether it's financially or politically is becoming a real burn on the shoulders of so these and i think day by day this become problematic to the policy and to the even domestic politics of course we see sort of level of hypocrisy on american foreign policy towards what happened in yemen because they know we know that americans are involved in a way or other on that world whether on selling logistics or the weapons or weapons providing information regardless what is the void the level of involvement we can discuss it with her ten percent twenty percent fifty percent but there is the involvement and they can become you know someone that can ask them what is about this level of involvement in that war if you are honest about the criticism of saudi arabia and the killing for the killing of yemenis civilian. civilians so i think there is a real cost the saudis are paying concern a man and his son because of this war and i think it is increasing rapi

critical long refugee camp in cox's bazaar bangladesh the reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia's king solomon has stepped in to prevent the national oil company from issuing shares to the public his son crown prince mohammed bin simon wants to sell five percent of the company which is known as a ram co such divestment would open up the company's finances to independence auditors but the reuters report says the king doesn't want to do that officially they saudi government says the offer has been postponed not counseled roberts' model nikki is a senior analyst at the group it's a consultancy an advocacy organization he says saudi arabia has economic outlook is improving. we have to remember back when this i.p.o. was announced it was early two thousand and sixteen the economic context was very different than it is now saudi arabia was coming off of a year where their budget deficit reached close to one hundred billion dollars the price of oil was still low there were

you know sort of general statements encouraging saudi arabia to respect due process when it comes to human rights but the line of highlighted canada and saudi arabia are both close partners of the united states i refer you to the canadian and saudi ministries of foreign affairs for further information so matthew godin with us now senior fellow in the europe program at chatham house joining us on skype from london. i described that as time matthew it's almost just completely non-committal saying we don't really have a view on this go and talk to them about it is that what you'd expect from the united states or is that maybe what we expect from the united states under president trump. well thank you for having the on this is certainly a very different response from what we would have see under the previous u.s. administration and president obama i think it's better to say that many people within the canadian diplomatic community have be rather surprised by this response it certainly suggests that president trump does not view the canadian. ally his northern neighbor as the pressing pri

bigger agenda and i don't know how to get home because starting next week flights out of canada to saudi arabia won't be happening anymore the saudis are banning of that as well you know when you break this all down the educational exchange they expect to be suspended flights the the wack. of investment or pulling of investments out of canada as well you just see just how bitter saudis get when somebody criticizes them whole that's horrible but what's canada going to do all about the do about all of this while canada is playing the boyscout that it usually is the canadian government has gone to the british and it's gone to the u.a.e. and say hey please help us can you help us out with this issue we're having with our friends the saudis they also want the us jumping on this but guess what the us is saying because you're both close allies of the us we're both close allies of the us can you believe that the saudis remember them of the plane nine eleven thing and remember canada with all those planes in the air during nine eleven we let people into our homes well we're both close allies according t

and this is al jazeera live from dell also coming up the diplomatic route between canada and saudi arabia intensifies now the saudi national airline stops all flights to toronto. survivor is pulled out of the rubble as search and rescue continues in indonesia's lombok province after sunday's earthquake plus. below in the mountains of southwestern colombia were illicit crop cultivations like this marijuana plantation is just one of many problems needing to be addressed by incoming colombian president. the first wave of u.s. sanctions on iran will come into force in the next hour it's now ninety days since president donald trump formally withdrew the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal which was agreed with world powers in two thousand and fifteen iran's president has accused washington of waging psychological warfare the sanctions are likely to weaken iran's currency which has been in freefall since trump's decision also blocking iran from getting access to american dollars and the u.s. will stop imports from iran including food cars and carpets the sanctions will also limits iran's ability to

saudi arabia has expelled canada's and vassar and frozen trade agreements the saudis accuse canada of interference for urging the release of jailed rights activists. ethiopia's federal government has taken over the administration of the eastern somali region on saturday fifty people were killed in violence in the regional capital. clashes broke out after the government the ploy that's troops there leading to fighting with paramilitary soldiers loyal to the regional government mohammed addo is in djibouti. european federal government say suspect in this rare step to issue a security is brought back to the somali region the statement from the prime minister's office hinted at the local administration. being on the verge of announcing the suppression of the region from the rest of the country the government communication minister spoke television saying the federal government was now in charge of security administration of the somali region of youth europea and but for a group of troops and policemen have been deployed you also say but the commission of inquiry has been appointed to look

they've been ordered to leave along with their families going home could get more difficult though saudi arabia's national carrier says it's canceling its four weekly return flights between jeddah. and it's unclear how the saudi ban on new trade with canada will affect existing trade worth about four billion dollars mainly oil from saudi arabia with vehicles and defense equipment going the other way but it's also a big question mark over thirteen billion dollar defense contracts signed in twenty fourteen under which canada is to supply nine hundred armored vehicles to saudi arabia but saudi arabia is only canada's twentieth biggest trading partner and was a gross domestic product of more than one and a half trillion dollars for canada almost seven hundred billion for saudi arabia the loss of trade wouldn't make too much of a dent in either of their economies kristen slimmy has more now from toronto. canada is not backing down from this by foreign minister chrystia freeland says that the country will continue to stand for human rights including women's rights and freedom of expression the tweet th

who is an activist also in prison and saudi arabia whose wife is now a canadian citizen so canadians feel personally connected to this issue and in fact in the past have been very critical of the canadian government's dealings with the saudis selling their military equipment there been calls from the left here for the government to get rid of those contracts because of concerns about human rights so for the most part the government is not backing down but we are starting to hear from some critics who say that perhaps the timing of the statement and the method of the statement wasn't true and of course as any financial implications were that criticism could increase yeah and also there's been surprise at the saudi reaction people still trying to figure out if it was calculated or a bit of a knee jerk reaction to the statements made by canada but ultimately a lot of other countries are now hoping that the two with the escalate these tensions what is what are the potential way. ways out for the two nations. while absolutely and human rights activists here in canada are saying that this i