with saudi arabia. couldn't careless. >> donald trump's daughter now has a huge business with saudi arabia. since matrimony law and via trump at minimum 50% share of all of the wealth created by her husband jerry kushner. the murderous dictator of saudi arabia just paid donald trump's daughter directly at least one billion dollars. by investing a total of two billion dollars in an investment fund created by jared kushner who has never before run an investment fund. and it's 24 hours since this massive saudi investment inject kushner and ivanka trump was discovered and reported by the new york times, we have not heard one word objection from any of the republicans who spend their days and nights obsessed with the possibility that hunter biden might have all earned a few hundred thousand dollars from people who would not have been in business with him. if his father had not been vice president of the united states. no, i wish this wasn't the case, i wish there were rules against this in washington, but th

his first foreign trip was to saudi arabia.i arabia in the middle there, again yellow hook surprised. again, this was trump's very first foreign visit as president. no other macon president made saudi arabia their first foreign trip. but trump did. and that set the tone for a lot of really unusual favors and special treatment for saudi arabia during trump's one beleaguered term in office. trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner was in the home of most of those decisions. most of that personal treatment. mr. kushner made at least pictures to saudi arabia just during trump's first year in office. is we don't know about all of this. and they flew their secretly. we don't know about until after he was, back long after was over. that was the trip that included several nights where generation and the crown prince of saudi arabia, mohammed bin solemn, was by mbs. jaden mbs reportedly stayed up to four in the morning swapping stories and planning strategy. shortly after jared kushner got back from that trip, the saudi crown

and saudi arabia is really telling the united states an open no. d today, even the wall street journal, citing american and saudi officials. it was written that now the us-saudi relations have escalated so much. that is unprecedented, which has never happened, never in the entire history of us relations with the kingdom of saudi arabia, and it has come to the point that allegedly, but the crown prince. uh, mohammed bin salman yelled at us national security adviser sallion a.i. e. saudi arabia refused the visit of the minister of defense to the united states, floyd. austin in reyyan, really such an extraordinary step. and vladimir alekseevich do you think this is something opportunistic connected with personal hostility? between biden and ben salman with a case, hasho, hashog, yes, where, uh, there was a lot of pressure on saudi arabia and ben salman personally, or are we dealing with a structural, but a change in saudi foreign policy diversification and irreversible changes in us-saudi relations. uh, briefly, on the second issue, we are dealing with

his first foreign trip was to saudi arabia, and that's the king of saudi arabia in the middle there, the guy who looks surprised. this was trump's very first foreign visit as president and no american president made saudi arabia their first foreign trip but trump did. and that kind of set the tone for a lot of really unusual favors and special treatment for saudi arabia, during trump's one beleaguered term in office. trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner was at helm of most of those decisions, most of that special treatment and mr. kushner made at least three trips to saudi arabia just during trump's first year in office and i say it was at least three because we don't know about all of his trips. of those three, one of them, kushner flew their secretly. we didn't learn about it until after he was back. long after it was over. that was the trip that reportedly included several nights where jared kushner and the crown prince of saudi arabia, muhammad bin sal lan, mbs, jared and mbs reportedly stayed up until 4:00 in the morning swapping stories and planning strategy, end

hicks saudi arabia for example. you s saudi relations day, back 70 years. their brothers in arms quite literally in yemen with the u. s, supplying the saudi is with hundreds of billions of dollars and weapons. the alliance has led to the king them becoming one of the u. s. armies, most strategic phases. and they've also been strategic allies in the energy sector . but things might be changing. it is the biden administration's determination to resurrect the iran nuclear deal that has most convinced saudis that america is determined to dismantle the regional order that it created. no matter what demons it may on leash. well, saudi arabia has become frustrated by the many contradictions that come with american policy. china is presenting a path that is rather straightforward. beijing is offering riata, simple deal, sol as your oil, and you can have access to whatever military equipment you want from our catalog in return help us to stabilize the global energy market. in other words, china is offering a deal that appears very similar to the one shared by the u.

that is why saudi arabia and the eastern sheiks are becoming almost the main players in this big gamethink that saudi arabia, like many other countries, is now changing its position in light of the new world order, which, frankly , is more dependent on china we met with him in his home in cambridge main back home. usa but in the united states itself, no one is ready to receive body bags from europe and now he is one of the few britons who did not include a culture of abolition for all russian sanctions soothe conscience, but i do not consider them effective. we need your gas. need. your wheat. you need our technology. we have a very small planet. and we all will have to live together, exactly the same position is now with the saudis, who, for example, decided to switch from the chinese to the ioni. this step undermines eyes. western energy stability is our policy. frankly speaking, saudi arabia, which was once one of our main allies in the middle east, did not help much, but how did it happen that the united states is losing its longtime partner before our eyes, if during the first co

january six, why was he in saudi arabia? was he doing official foreign policy up into the last minute to make sure those deals stuck? one of the possible explanation, jared kushner was using the connections he fostered as an american government which you only got because of who he married. it is for his own personal financial connections in the future two weeks later. more, behold it worked. we're now learning that six months after the visit the saudis invested two billion with a b dollars in his new equity firm. man, what an entrepreneur. now, you could say that he is a well connected businessman with a very famous name. you know, one of those legacy cases that martin just dumped on the heads of. that is just how things work. but i mean the other thing enough to say here, jeff kushner who got to name his, that he made a lot of money. it was not a very good businessman. in fact, a panel that streams investments said many concerns for the proposed deal. including the possibility that they will be responsibility for the invest

it's an attempt from both sides to restore diplomatic and economic relations. turkey and saudi arabia have very strong economic and political relations for a long time. but all those relations have been screened in the last decade, mainly after the killing of this sent a saudi journalist demarco shook j in 2018 in saudi arabia. as a general consulate building in istanbul, and at that time a turkish president was a very vocal about the situation. and he said that such a murder couldn't be committed without an order from the very top officials in saudi arabia. he was pointing out the crown prince mohammed been sally man, and that was the end of the game for both countries and a, bilateral relations were straight and there was an unofficial boycott against the turkish goods and the turkish exports. the saudi arabia was around $3200000000.00 in 2019, but when it came to 2002 went to one, it's hit down to $200000000.00. so it was ahead and politically, it was a, had a for saudi arabia as international pressure was all over a crown prince mohammed, ben salman, who is the de facto leader of

i leave me who i enjoy saudi support, the united arab emirates and saudi arabia back to move and budget, 3000000000 dollars of financial aid to support the new leadership. the fact that the both, both the saudis and the iranians welcomed the truce simultaneously as a rare feat when it comes to the conflict. and the fact that, you know, both are all the players. all the stakeholders are happy with this reconfiguration of the government is very important. it's not clear, however, your face will be ready to make concessions or share of power with this and you version of human as you an organized government. commenting via twitter. these folks man dismissed, had this decision as a joke, saying of the future of human decided only from within gibbon. the 2 sides have agreed on a 2 month ceasefire that took effect on saturday. but the who thes still refused to attend the negotiations, had a yard saying its enemy, territory, and talks should be held in myrtle location. mohammed fall artesia. all right, let's take a look back at how it all started for more than 7 years. now, yeoman's been torn b

and saudi arabia for decades. but the kingdom hasn't been to bond or president by that, especially after comments he made when he was campaigning for office. and which is that when he was president, he would force the saudis to pay and make them the pariah that they are. well that doesn't seem to be a bible is actually doing now that he's an office, but his policies have a concern for saudi arabia as he works to bring one of their main rivals back to the table. the washington desperation to hit moscow where her new cut off their oil supply for the rest of the world has pushed the us to look into working with countries. it currently has strict sanctions on such as that as well. i hand of course, iran, and that would mean a resurrection of the iran nuclear geo, leaving saudi arabia, which is still actively at war with the iranian back. goofy is not happy. meanwhile, another one of washington's closes allies in the region who is currently feeling betrayed. is israel at the same time israel was do anything we believe

while working in the white house, kushner helped push forward a $110 billion weapons sale to saudi arabia also maintained close relations with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman even after mbs was accused of orchestrating the assassination jamal khashoggi in the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. public citizen described the financial deal between kushner and the saudis as "extremely troubling." the saudi fund also invested $1 billion in a fund run by trump's treasury secretary steven mnuchin. in related news, turkey has suspended the trial of 26 saudi men accused of killing and dismembering jamal khashoggi. the spects were being trd in absentia. turkish officials say they'll now turn over the case to prosecutors in saudi arabia. just what the kingdom asked for. human rights groups say that will lead to a cover-up of the assassination plot, whose alleged masterminds, including crown prince mohammed bin salman, have not faced justice. to talk more about both stories, we are joined by sarah leah whitson, executive director of democracy for the arab world now, or dawn. welcome to d

s. relationship with saudi arabia, and particularly between the, by the administration and saudi arabia. is that a record flow? if they think they're going to force saudi arabia to get back on the american reservation, i think this is actually going to alienate them. further, have political policy in the netherlands has ways questions about how ukraine's president lensky acquired his estimated $850000000.00. 14 zalinski owns a fortune, various estimates put it at around $850000000.00. he didn't get most of this until after he took office, is president. so where does that money come from? and more importantly, where is it going? the outsides of the landscape, along with his inner circle, have already been subject to the broad investigation previous leaked documents from the so called pandora papers revealed their ownership an in network of offshore companies. the findings claims that prior to the election, zalinski handed his jazz in a significant firm to a friend who would like to become his chief aid. however, according to the papers, the president's family continued to receive money f

president's about-face in his relations with regard, and the transfer of the khashoggi case to saudi arabiaay after the saudi critic's murder in october of 2018, crown hit prince mohammad bin salman said should be had left the consulate after a few minutes, or one hour. authorities in the kingdom later issued multiple contradictory statements, including that the generalist had died during a fist fight the saudi consulate in istanbul. president erdogan hain the past accus the saudi government given the green light for khashoggi's murder, scene it was concocted at the highest levels of the saudi state. he also repeatedly brandishing the threat of audio recordings which he said his country had shared with the kindle and other countries. >> all evidence gathered that's that jamal khashoggi was the victim of a salvage murder. we expect saudi arabia to bring to light those responsible, from the highest ranks to the lowest, and bring them to justice. reporter: that was in october of 2018, the month sugar was killed. but on april 7 of this year, a turkish trial was halted of suspects being tried in

has to help saudi arabia defend itself. and saudi arabia experienced a handful of civilian death resulting from from who if you projectiles, which are very unfortunate. but again, just the deal is just astonishingly different. and in all the while you have the everyday citizen, you haven't, you know, living from hand to mouth and possibly facing starvation now. and we appreciate your time in your insights tonight. thank you. thanks for having me. ah. they wanted to incite riots and destroy democracy. that is what german police are saying about 4 members of a 4 white group who were arrested today on suspicion, applauding, violent attacks to so civil unrest. prosecutor say that they were planning to blow up power stations and to kidnapped germany's health minister carl lauterbach, professor lauterbach has received lots of criticism because of his support for measures to stop the spread of coven. 19 the plot to bring down democracy was said to have been hatched on telegram prosecutor c. far right extremists wanted to trigger p

is, is tiny compared to what saudi arabia and the u. e. are doing to yemen in terms of the scale. there are 400000 civilians who have died as a result of the war, both kinetic violence and structural factors. so starvation, lack of clean water, disease, lack of medical care and you know, come and yet you have the state department, for example. continuing to reiterate that the us has to help saudi arabia defend itself. and saudi arabia experienced a handful of civilian death resulting from from who is the projectiles, which are very unfortunate. but again, just the, the deal is just astonishingly different. and in all the while you have the everyday citizen, you haven't, you know, living from hand to mouth and possibly facing starvation now. and that we appreciate your time in your insights tonight. thank you. thanks for having me. ah. they wanted to incite riots and destroy democracy betters what german police are saying about 4 members of a 4 white group who were arrested today on suspicion, applauding, violent attacks to so civil unre

s. relationship with saudi arabia and particularly between the biden ministration and saudi arabia. is that a record flow? if they think they're going to force your saudi arabia to get back on the american reservation, i think this is actually going to alienate them. further. nato troops have been seen traveling in huge columns through romania and poland. but both governments have said that there is nothing to worry about as they are pre scheduled trainings that were just not announced to the public. meanwhile, the bell, russian military has also conducted join to training exercises in russia to strengthen the already robust relationship between those 2 neighboring countries. r t c was john of comments. they may look like ordinary drills, but the 1st glance is deceptive. here. this is the 1st detachment of bel russian troops to receive military training from russia. so a unit with the, by the russian up forces has spent whole month here, absorbing the knowledge and expertise of its russian colleagues. and now here they're showing off what they've learned. moskowitz minsk, are key st

by absolutely and saudi arabia ignored it.f western measures is ignoring everything that the united states is trying to promote and will do. so more production. you will continue now. this is a very interesting fix. look, china this is a statement plus weapons plus my attitude towards taiwan. no bites made no impression at all and all the yells we showed were yes american yells. we will force china to abandon russia, we will force china to include sanctions, by the way, that's inside. if you look, here, too, someone tried with us, i don’t remember. well, you didn't enter, in my opinion, trying to speculate about what's going on with chinese supplies and banks. everything is fine. there is a queue and the volume of sales of the yuan, and the queue for opening accounts with its difficulties, by the way, there is even information that the one who does not very correct, understood the policy of the party on the chinese side at the customs so there, just recently the chinese side of the party. i mean, i didn't make it very clear. h

he was killed in saudi consulate building and stumbled by a hit squad that was sent by saudi arabia in 2018. and turkey always defended that the killing was ordered from very high levels in saudi a government, and those people must be prosecuted. present ad on back the never mentioned the crown prince, mom had been sell man's name, but he always a pointed out to him and they a, you, us intelligence the see. i also assess that from the killing was ordered by muhammad, been so on. so, saudi arabia was under heavy international diplomatic pressure. and on the other side, turkey has been going through div economic crisis with the british depreciating national currency, losing valley against the us dollar every day. and that's why to former allies need of each other. and this a visit marks the real launch of mileage relations, and that is hope to be it stronger in the near future. and also there are other dynamics as tied than politics and economy. let's hear it from prison. sorry. tom no longer says yet it is he this union? i believe i trust that cooperation with saudi arabia on health, en

would improve relations with the mbs and make specific pledges to protect saudi arabia in a return for a series of saudi moves for ending the war in yemen, to recognizing israel, to taking more enviroxplicit responsibilir the murder of journalist and "the washington post" columnist khas khashoggi. despite their surface disagreements with washington, all of these countries want more, solid american guarantees regarding their uncertainty in an increasingly stable middle east. the saw saudis were distressed after the attack on their oil facilities backed by yemen, the trump administration did practically nothing to retaliate. the ua faced a similar attack in january and was equally stressed that the biden administration was not more active in responding. there's a wage for washington to forge a new security umbrella in the region that includes israel, egypt and the gulf states. it would stabilize the community environment, foreclose the prospects of a nuclear arms race in the region and provide access to energy for the industrialized world. but that path would have to include making up wi

follow-up question, why do you think saudi arabia buys sand?e has low-quality sand, she has one that doesn’t go there, there are different types of sand that are used for different purposes , including even on the beaches they have low-quality sand, so they buy this sand, which is needed in construction, for example, in cement. yes, and on the beaches, well- correct uh, correct versions and correct ones will also come in handy. well, i'm not a saudi principle. i don't know which today in full drive. and the answer just told you for sure that 95% of the territory of saudi arabia is desert and semi-desert, but at the same time, strangely enough, saudi arabia buys open a black box . sticks save the environment, so they buy them 5:37 kazan say the ending justifies your expectations or a little peppercorn is not enough. what do you think well it's always our problem. you know you don't have to be a chef to feel for the viewers it smelled of fried, but you noticed on the table this and a super blitz blitz, so the final can still turn upside down. and

"wall street journal" reporting that saudi arabia told the white house, no, we're not going to pump morewhat happened. president biden's national security advisor jake sullivan reportedly anger and outraged saudi prince mohammed bin salman i brought up the 2008 killing of kashoggi the journalist in a meeting. we're hearing this, the white house, you know how the white house tapped the strategic oil reserves. now they're sending that oil overseas? phil flynn has the story in chicago. good to see you, phil. >> good being here, liz. this is crazy. you couldn't write a script worse than this. you talk about saudi arabia. traditionally a u.s. ally. many times has risen to the occasion to pump more oil to help us out of a jam. now the relationships are at an all-time low. the biden administration's foreign policy with saudi arabia has been like a bull in a china cabinet. they came in not wanting the to engage the defacto leader, who is crown prince bin salman. and because of that, the relations have deteriorated to the point where we have to depend on our strategic petroleum reserves to make u

you to saudi arabia. the saudi critic was killed inside the kingdoms it stumble. consulate in 2018 turkey, put 26 people on trial in absentia all saudi nationals, prosecutor said the case couldn't be conducted property since the suspects could not be arrested rights group, say the decision ends, any hope of justice for cash oxy students, the latest to join protests and for a lanka, calling for the president to resign because of a worsening economic crisis. but president scott, the biology poster has refused to step down to 5 weeks to protest against high prices of food. a few and lengthy power cuts. the governing coalition has lost its majority of what he politicians quit. not fernandez has more from colombo. some of these protests where a lot of these young people have come together. literally have been sort of marshal together on social media on those kind of platforms. people just fed up with miss exams having 1030 in our pockets, just when they have done the, when they're supposed to be doing the bigge

s. relationship with saudi arabia and good between the buy demonstration and saudi arabia as a record flow, if they think they're going to force and so to radio, to get back on the american reservation, i think this is actually going to alienate them further. the german government is refusing to pack a motion that would make the 8th of may the official day to commemorate the country's liberation from the nazis. as a commonly celebrates in europe, as the victory in europe day, which marks the moment in 1945 when germany signed an active unconditional surrender to german states already commemorate may 8th as the day of freedom. but on thursday, a majority of the gen and parliament failed to support a proposition from the countries left party. russia commemorates defeated the nazis on may 9th company known as victory day 11000000. sylvia. it's so just to let the fight to liberate europe from fascism died during the 2nd world war. formalist party and p. d to dame believes that the german government should be ashamed at this decision. very startled day when our former president of germany

it until, you know, until whatever date excuse is, is satisfied as us strategic relations with saudi arabia reach, new life, american news, tv channel, c, b, s, releases for teach at to 911 hijackers with a saudi national, who allegedly has connections with we had intelligence like come to, we come to a bombshell, i will post stating that the man might have had advanced knowledge of the attack. my team, telecom open looks the details, sizes in the united states and saudi arabia seemed to be going a bit sour. and that gives the united states chance to play a car that particularly hurts 9. 11. cbs is now dropped a video of one of the hijackers partying with a saudi national back in 2000 early release video turned over to family members of 911 victims last month, along with more than 14000 pages of documents the evidence to obtain from british authorities raises new questions, actually renews an old one. did the saudi government assist the hijackers on 911? the saudis have always deny that explosive question. saudi arabia is now repairing its relationship with iran. embassies should soon be re

and good between the buy demonstration and saudi arabia as a record flow, if they think they're going to force so the radio to get back on the american reservation. i think this is actually going to alienate them further. hey, political party in the netherlands has ways questions about how ukraine's president lensky acquired his estimated 850000000 dollar fortune. zalinski owns a fortune. various estimates put it at around $850000000.00. he didn't get most of this until after he took office, is president. so where does that money come from? and more importantly, where is it going? the assets of the landscape, along with his, in a circle, have already been the subjects have a broad investigation. previous that leads documents from the so called pandora papers revealed that ownership and a network of offshore companies. the findings claims that prior to his election, zalinski 100, a says in a significant fund to a friend, he would like to become his chief aid. however, according to the papers the president's family continued to receive money from the off shall we should buy now from bus

what coalitions will break up, and what alliances will appear, we really need this ally of saudi arabiat, unfortunately, we have spoiled relations with him in vain. they could be corrected. but now, when we are all on the brink of a world war, the saudis are only concerned about their own fate, not for the sake of a red word mark spoke to saudi arabia, the texas media these days are calling on the white house to do everything possible to destroy the new stabbing culture of cancellation for all russian sanctions soothe conscience but i don't count them efficient to us. your gas needs your wheat, you need our technology. we have a very small planet. and we all will have to live together, exactly the same position is now with the saudis, who, for example, decided to switch from the chinese to the yuan. this step is undermining in the eyes. western energy stability is our policy. frankly, it didn’t help saudi arabia very much, which was once one of our main allies in the middle east, but how did it happen that the united states was right before our eyes lose their longtime partner, if durin

i entered a motion to transfer the trial to saudi arabia. is probably a request that the saudis made in order to have this visit. and the turks agreed to do it. so i think the turks, in effect, in practical terms, have abandoned any hope of getting redress for the barbarous murder in their turkeys. i influenced i genes peca as the next leader of hong kong has unveiled his plans. donnelly is the only candidate in the race to take over from carrie lamb as chief executive. it was head of security during the 2019 mass protest against the government and beijing. well, that's in gong. my policy platform has full components the 1st to strengthen the government's administrative ability. the 2nd is to improve the speed effectiveness and supply of land and emphasize the development of the youth thing from brit clena is in hong kong with more on lee's agenda. hong kong government, solving hong kong housing problem, improving competitiveness and social care. he also talked a lot about uniting hong kong and said that under him as society the session sedit

the trial and move it to saudi arabia.d they have agreed to do so right now, essentially ending any sort of real judicial process that has been taking place to try to hold anyone accountable. one human rights watch observer who was in the court who i spoke to just a few minutes ago saying that this was essentially rubber stamping a political decision that was already made by the government here. the turkish fiancee she was in court. she absolutely in shock. she is absolutely disappointed, she says. shock at the change in position from the turkish government that for years, lynda, was adamant that they are going to pursue justice, that they are not going to allow this case to become a political bargaining chip. after two, three years, really, they have completely changed course right now, handing over this case, essentially saudi arabia where it is going to be buried. remember, saudi arabia had its own trial back in 2020, one that was described as a total sham by human rights activists where a number of people were sentence

see all the way down into saudi arabia and beyond. yemen could see a few showers as well as suddenly, just as some showers here in dough her over the next couple of days, temperatures into the mid thirty's enough to make your car dirty. should we say, when you're showers to just around western side of or iran, as we go on into the weekend and we've got some showers, some of them lives across north western parts of africa. what a brisk wind coming in here as well. you see lifted dust and sand it and northern parts of algeria said to the case through libya, easing over towards egypt and cairo on the hot side southerly winds. picking those temperatures up to around $38.00 degrees celsius shall continue across. so central africa, big downpours coming through here, we have seen some flooding just around the rift valley or one. there has seen some heavy downpours recently. southern parts of africa generally set fare over the next couple of days. but always chance of one or 2 showers. still had on al jazeera, i'm tony chang on the tie coast where coven 19 shut down. so lead to a rejuvenation

when i think of countries like india and saudi arabia, saudi arabia has its own regime type is unfortunate as it is, but it is a sovereign country. and so you have glank and telling everybody what to do that violates their sovereignty and their interests. okay. i mean, had gemini just knows no bounds. ok, i mean in this that i think the global south, this is a pivot point. it's time to turn away, get away from the dollar, get away from those rules based order, whatever that means, cuz no one's ever explained it to me. i think this is a, is an inflection point. go ahead, michael. yeah, well, did. this is what you're seeing is that leaders that so called leadership, they the, it's, it's, it's blank and, and others with them this administration, the still thinks the west can, can, it can call all the shots and that's, that's going away. the, the, the dollar itself is going to go away as a, as a world currency it's, it's a, it's fee at currency. it's not backed by anything. it's paper, it's green paper, unlike the ruble now, which is going to be backed by commodities and gold. what we're going