saudi arabians are addicted to foreign labour. saudis will go back to work. there are 4 million saudis who are not in jobs today, not 2 million as the government suggests. the actual number is 4 million. every year, 250,000 young saudis go to the job market. that is his biggest task and he should spend more time on this problem rather than building a new city in saudi arabia. but you said the young people appear to be overwhelmingly with him and one reason is notjust because he talks about this new economic proposition but he also talks the language of fundamental social change, not least for women in saudi arabia. he has decreed that all women will be able to drive legally come the summer of 2018. he is giving them places on the consultative shura council. they are going to be free to attend sports events. this is very important stuff, isn't it? he is signalling that saudi arabia's culture, its social life, it is fundamentally changing. very much, and i campaigned for it and many other writers campaigned for it. it was an issue th

saudi arabians are addicted to foreign labour. s and saudis will go back to work. there are all millions saudis who are not injobs there are all millions saudis who are not in jobs today, there are all millions saudis who are not injobs today, not there are all millions saudis who are not in jobs today, not 2 there are all millions saudis who are not injobs today, not 2 million as the government suggests. the actual number is 4 million. every year, 250,000 young saudis go to the job market. that is his biggest task and he should spend more time on this problem rather than building a new city in saudi arabia. but you said the young people appear to be overwhelmingly with him and one reason is not just overwhelmingly with him and one reason is notjust because he talks about this new economic proposition but he also talks the language of fundamental social change, not least for women in saudi arabia. he has decreed that all women will be able to drive illegally come the summer of 2018. he is giving them places on the consultative coun

the saddle heavy and his family were in one way or another held against their will of course the saudi arabian authorities deny that saddam had easy in a number of tweets saying that this is not true i am a free man but very few people in lebanon believe that is the case and they believe the fact that his children were left behind in one way or another side of how t.v. is still a political hostage of saudi arabia but they have arrived in in paris really putting an end to a diplomatic turmoil over his fate but this in the way really ends the political crisis like you mentioned he announced his resignation two weeks ago from the saudi capital really a shock resignation that is cause a lot of instability in lebanon and in his latest tweet saddle heidi saying and i'm quoting to say that i was held up in saudi arabia that is not true it is a lie but that tweet was directed to the german foreign minister who himself suggested that how did it was being held against his will a suggestion really that damaged relations between saudi arabia and germany saudi arabia are we calling it some basket or from b

i think the saudi arabian people are very much supportive of it. in saudi arabia we're going lieu some sort of euphoria, people don't question, media don't discuss, the decisions, for two reasons, for euphoria and there are some who choose not c criticize the government. they stayed in their homes and they were arrested. the writers are afraid to speak because they don't want to be arrested. in saudi arabia doesn't allow for constructive criticism or debate about lively matters, matters that are for the future. one thing. the other thing, it's also the euphoria. the government is feeding into the people high expectations promises and i would say more of the young people don't want to somebody who would disappoint them. but here in washington, we can discuss the bad news and probably it will find its way through the ears of the saudis. and, for example, corruption. yes, we the people of saudi arabia should point it's not despite what could be the true of mohammed bin salman, whether it's a true power play or corruption. we the people of saudi arabia

they likely came from iran to put pressure on the saudi arabian government, which has been bombarding for several years now. next and unrelated move that several prominent princes, including several prominent princes, including several ministers, had been detained ina several ministers, had been detained in a sweeping anticorruption purge led by the crown prince. the heir to the throne has been moving fast to consolidate his growing power while spearheading a modernising reform programme. this latest move will now give him a nominal control of all the country's security forces but at the country's security forces but at the same time the removal of —— from office is bound to upset more conservative elements. saudi arabia isa conservative elements. saudi arabia is a deeply tribal society, an used to change. it is currently conducting a war against yemen, another against so—called islamic state and a boycott against its neighbour, qatar. what's clear is the regime is struggling very much, he's trying to consolidate power and this attack by the houthis on the capital has been an embarras

but the crisis is no way over because lebanon is at the center of the saudi iranian rivalry and saudi arabian officials making it very clear that they intend to push ahead against iran policies against iran and they were hoping that they could start in lebanon by targeting its proxy in lebanon hezbollah now we have to wait to see tomorrow when the arab league foreign ministers meet a meeting that was called for by saudi arabia saudi arabia wants to talk about iranian interference in the arab world there is a split in the arab world it's not clear if you know harsh condemnations will result from this meeting but definitely saudi arabian officials making it very clear they're not going to stop until they are able to curb iranian influence in the region but the biggest question is what tools those that have to achieve this all right for now the center hard to live in beirut thank you. let's go to the zimbabwean capital now because a huge crowd is gathering they marching in opposition to president robert mugabe. now the march was called by the influential war veterans association and the ruling z

policy what we've seen from past presidents what they prize most about their saudi arabian allies is the stability that it brings to the middle east we have seen that up ended in recent times not only with the purge of ministers and the rest of princes but the war in yemen and the blockade of qatar so we've seen a more aggressive saudi arabia now in many ways this would follow what you would but the trump administration would like to see which is iran put on its heels and of course more than happy to let saudi do the work and that now that is the trump administration the president and his closest pfizer's they've sent that message that they fully back the saudi arabian moves now will the establishment in washington secretary see rex tillerson said in the message with the statement no you stablish met will not put up with this now we just have to wait and see if the president agrees let's see at passy thanks very much. the un has called on a stallion papua new guinea to show restraint as a deadline to clear them out a silent refugee detention center approaches happen you get he has sa

get to qatar and to submission this is will never happen so you're saying that the saudi arabians have refused dialogue with you they did actually the saudi arabia and you and the head and egypt the blockading states . they didn't want to engage in dialogue we have been very cooperative with the emir of kuwait and with you know i states when it comes to the dialogue we have issued more we have fifty fifty different assessments by different officers from all levels about calling for dialogue if you will can their. statements about dialogue you would find them if you will find they will find it's very few other of them that cannot do more if they are going to start. what was the victim we were subject to a cyber attack to start and to create this entire. crisis and now they are claiming that they just they are minimizing the issue and they up. it's very minor and small issue this very minor and small issue it is this the gulf countries does destabilizing that region and that means that they're minimization is really that they don't care about the stability of the region and the security

a high ranking saudi arabian prince has been killed in a helicopter crash near the border with yemen eight saudi officials also died prince mansour been moved out saod was the son of former crown prince moving these videos a post on his twitter page just hours before his death showing him carrying out an inspection of defense and environment projects he was appointed as the deputy governor this year of the a c. a region which borders yemen it's not clear what caused the crash and saudi arabian air strikes have targeted the who with the run defense ministry under square used for mass rallies in sana'a the capital of yemen who ballistic missile was fired deep into saudi territory on saturday the group released this footage which they say shows the launch it was aimed at riyadh's international airport was shot down in the air salim coalition controls many of yemen supports saudi arabia has pointed the finger at iran and the who thinks with such missiles a spokesman for the saudi led military coalition in yemen says the missile incident could be considered an act of war by iran. if you wo

these beans are from a saudi arabian company that's interested in buying a machine a giant can cost up to a million euros they don't only produce in germany but also in the us brazil and india coffee consumption in china is on the rise but so is the competition. come on piano whole machine can be copied but expertise can't and the knowledge we've acquired over one hundred fifty years is so deeply embedded that for at least ten to fifteen years i won't be worried about copies. after that we'll say. about was founded one hundred fifty years ago the hidden camera on the dutch buddha right on the river rhine it was an on fantasia cation even then and now ninety percent of private sales are made abroad in the wilds a love affair with coffee is only getting stronger. and if you know i have a hankering for a nice hot cup of coffee go for it but be sure to be back here next hour when my colleagues will have all the latest business news for you or you can also find us on facebook or follow us on twitter by for now. warning highly flammable. what do you know is using as a medium is not sad it's

these beans are from a saudi arabian company that's interested in buying a machine a giant can cost up to a million euros they don't only produce in germany but also in the us brazil and india coffee consumption in china is on the rise but so is the competition. come on. machines can be copied but expertise can't and the knowledge we've acquired over one hundred fifty years is so deeply embedded that for at least ten to fifteen years i won't be worried about copies. after that we'll say. about was founded one hundred fifty years ago hidden camera on the right on the river rhine it was an on fantasia's location even then and now ninety percent of the part about sales i made abroad in the wilds love affair with coffee is only getting stronger. all right i'll go and have a cup of coffee and so can you because you're up to date with the latest from the world of business for more you can find us on facebook or follow us on twitter at w underscore business is our handle more business news coming up in the next hour right now here is a look at the world markets at the moment are from a. dista

you say you don't want to take sides but qatar is part of this conference we haven't seen the saudi arabiansor the united arab emirates invest enough in terms of counterterrorism and in fact we know for example when you're talking about nine eleven as you mentioned from the nineteen hijackers the vast majority were actually saudi arabian or immorality so what what's your message to those countries. i don't agree i was sitting with the top leaders of saudi arabia last friday in brussels you know content so it's not a beauty contest we wander about on both sides to do more and engage more with us and that's what we try to achieve thank you very much for your time well it's not like i say oh even though this conference is centered on the countering terrorism aspect obviously not far from the agenda is what is going on in the g.c.c. and the to and fro in terms of accusations that are being thrown at each side of supporting terrorism we're not doing enough in terms of. countering terrorism there are those like the european union who are trying to steer clear of taking one side as we heard there a

he also scored ten goals for his saudi arabian club al—hilal as they reached this year's asian championssam kerr — who plays her club football in the usa for sky blue was named the nwsl‘s most valuable player. she also helped australia win this year's "tournament of nations". the man in charge of delivering a successful world cup in russia next year has told the bbc, that fans travelling to the country have nothing to be afraid of and don't need to take any special precautions. alexy sorokin says police will treat supporters as they are used to being treated when in any city in europe. he's been speaking to our sports editor dan roan ahead of the draw for russia 2018 that takes place in moscow on friday. it will show a new and democratic russia. it will show how serious we are taking football, how serious we are taking football, how serious we are about our place in world full all and how much effort we can invest into being disputable and welcoming. we think —— into being hospitable and welcoming. can you guarantee that fans will be safe when they come here? we have proven that through

so the only we can do as saudi arabians is hope he will succeed. his successes will be our success -- not necessarily for me, but for my kids and grandkids. can he succeed? can saudi arabia in 10 years -- how do i see it in 10 years? saudi arabia will be how mohammad bin salman succeeded in during the epidemic of employment. the other serious thing is high expectation. he made the young people reach the sky and in five years time, he wants to see this futuristic city in the north, also in the north of my hometown, medina. he has to show them what he had promised. the most important thing he has to for phil is unemployment. we are talking about 4 million people unemployment in saudi arabia, and 250,000 people every year in an economy that is controlled by foreign labor. the british exited europe because of 8.9% foreigners in their workforce. 75% foreigners who control our workforce in saudi arabia. that is not an ordinary economy. every economy needs to be restructured and i wish mohammad bin salman will work from the bottom and fix the economy befor

they are using ballistic missiles, long—range missiles, likely from iran to put pressure on the saudi arabiann unrelated move came the news that several prominent princes including serving ministers had been detained in a sweeping anti—corruption purge led by the crown prince mohammed bin salman. the heir to the throne has been moving fast to consolidate his growing power while spearheading a modern reform programme. this move will now give him nominal control of all the country's security forces but at the same time the removal from office of several well known figures is sure to upset some more conservative elements. saudi arabia is a deeply tribal society and not used to sudden change. it's currently conducting a war in yemen, another against so—called islamic state and a boycott of qatar. what is clear is that the mohammed bin salman regime is struggling very much. he's trying to consolidate power and this attack on the capital is an embarrassment, to say the least. these are risky times in the desert kingdom. frank gardner, bbc news. a british woman who has been detained in egypt for bri

princes government officials and businessmen and now their wealth will become state property the saudi arabian monetary authority has announced a freeze on their assets valued at an estimated eight hundred billion dollars in response to their pending legal cases it will fill the kingdom's purse as it becomes state property this palace purge as it's being called is spurred by decrees from crown prince mohammed bin salam solomon since june when he was declared heir to the throne he has acted to clear the country of corruption and of course consolidate power after a prolonged low oil prices the oil dependent economy could benefit from any amount reclaims it turned to borrowing on the international bond market andrew extensively from the country's foreign reserves according to government data reserves dropped from a two thousand and fourteen peak of seven hundred thirty billion dollars to four hundred eighty seven point six billion in all. just much of the arrested individuals assets are held a brought which will complicate those efforts to reclaim it. the u.s. department of justice may allow the

how might that impact geopolitics oil prices and some of the long awaited social reforms in the saudi arabian kingdom let's bring in gerald celente founder of the trends research institute gerald welcome oh thank you you know has the dust really settled on this thing that took place less than two weeks ago in saudi arabia where everybody was rounded up and arrested. no this is as we see it this is just the beginning of the for all of the house of. cards right there it's the saudi house that's collapsing you know it seems to me that there's three really sort of key things that people are looking at whether or not they're still on these there's there's oil there's the saudi aramco sale and then there are these social social reforms let's take them one at a time you know how might this sort of whatever the moving shifts in the sand in the desert over there occur and how might it impact oil and the upcoming opec meeting well they need to bring oil price design up as we're speaking oil prices are going down and they had about a two and a half year high and mainly because of the cuts from opec the

danny i completely agree i mean i mean we can we have to separate the israeli interest from the saudi arabian interests but saudi arabia will continue to have an intransigent style stance towards the crisis in syria as it has done throughout because syria for saudi arabia it's an issue of national security and the huge faces in saudi arabia from policy in syria have actually reflected so negatively on the state that it's now beginning to lash out regionally it's being to lash out in the media even. the complete you know the arab spring peter if you look at it it was stopped in syria if if they are bring managed to get rid of the syrian government this would have continued on until we had a completely new middle east but it was stopped in its tracks in syria and that was a way that the end i mean syria was always such an important country regionally from a geopolitical level it was it was a gateway to iran it will have a huge strategic significance because of its border with israel. influence in lebanon so saudi arabia won't stop until it considers its completely bankrupt and spent in terms of

that we have to approach silk road two point zero and for that matter the mega city that the saudi arabians want to build i think we need to approach these with understanding what the underlying impetus is to build these or what the underlying meaning is behind the vision so we're talking about upwards of two four trillion dollars if you're looking out all the way into fruition of this dream china's but the question is whether or not they will have the wherewithal with the foreign reserves with the cash they have on hand with the debt they have in their markets right now with the next future global recession how that is handled it's great to dream it's wonderful to have a vision the question is will there are three point one trillion dollar reserve be enough to actually see this vision through and if not is this really just something that the chinese are putting out there in order to help solidify themselves on the economic world stage and build partnerships and joint ventures if you will with other sovereign nations to slowly chip away at the u.s. dominance. among other sovereigns in the w

democratic representative wrote qana said quote what our military is not authorized to do is assist the saudi arabian regime in fighting the who teams and many cases the saudis have a line without a fight the hooty is undermining our very counterterrorism operations. qana has been calling on congress to exercise more oversight over u.s. military operations overseas specifically and yemen however that has been met with opposition by republicans as a result of the yemen civil war the united nations estimates at least ten thousand civilians have been killed since two thousand and fifteen on top of that half of a million people have contracted kolarov do to a lack of services of those who contract of the illness two thousand have died although people like qana did not see a stop to the u.s. his role in the yemen civil war during this past revolution about vote is seen as a victory for some and shows signs of growing frustration within both parties which could ultimately bring about change and washington actually banks r.t. . you know it strikes me that it's a really sad state of us affairs when trying to

long running and conflict medium hond al-jazeera and there's also been a major shake up of the saudi arabian cabinet amongst those gone is the national guard minister prison with the bin of the law he was the last senior royal in government not closely connected with. or his son. and prince parent mohammed bin slow man in a shocking move in lebanon the prime minister has also resigned so are the remade the announcement in a televised address from the saudi capital riyadh he said he was stepping down for fear of assassination hariri also lashed out at iran and its lebanese ally has been like using both of destabilizing the country. a military operation to push i still out of the last drop of land it controls in syria is underway russian jets pounding our own book on the syria iraq border and the countryside outside the city of durham saw six civilians were killed at a residential areas were hit the syrian army's elite forces under any and backed shia militia and hezbollah fighters are leading the operation on the ground. u.s. president all from kicks off his twelve day tour of asia during whi

well shares in several saudi arabian businesses have fallen in the wake of the arrest sun detentions of high profile figures as jonathan just mentioned the growing list of princes and ministers caught up in the purge is widely seen as a move to consolidate the power of the crown prince mohammed bin salon u.s. president donald trump has voiced support for the action by saudi arabia's leaders by tweeting i have great confidence in king solomon and crown prince they know exactly what they're doing he added that some of those they are harshly treating have been milking that country for years. has more. the streets of riyadh may still look the same but this week saudi arabia is significantly different than the one the world knew before the weekend saudi arabia has always been an absolute monarchy but within its political system there was a degree of power sharing between different branches of the royal family businessmen and religious institutions in order to ensure stability and security in the early hours of sunday however all of that was destroyed or royal decree ordered the arrest of

princes government officials and businessmen and now their wealth will become state property the saudi arabian monetary authority has announced a freeze on their assets valued at an estimated eight hundred billion dollars in response to their pending legal cases it will fill the kingdom's purse as it becomes state property this palace purge as it's being called is spurred by decrees from the crown prince mohammed bin salam solomon. since june when he was declared heir to the throne he has acted to clear the country of corrupt thirty billion dollars to four hundred eighty seven point six billion in august much of the arrested individuals assets are held abroad which will complicate those efforts to reclaim it. the u.s. department of justice may allow the eighteenth tee time warner merger but only if one of the company's sells an existing property it is being reported now that in order to gain regulatory approval either time warner own c.n.n. or own to direct t.v. must be sold this demand could potentially set up another battle for the two companies whose merger is at eighty five billion dollars

danny i completely agree i mean i mean we can we have to separate the israeli interest from the saudi arabian interests but saudi arabia will continue to have it in transition stalled stance towards the crowd. yes and syria as it has done throughout because it's syria for saudi arabia is it's an issue of national security and the huge failures in saudi arabia from policy in syria have actually reflected so negatively on the state that it's now beginning to lash out regionally it's being to lash out in the media if it's even if it's turned a complete you know the arab spring peter if you look at it it was stopped in syria if if they are a spring managed to get rid of the syrian government this would have continued on until we had a completely new middle east but it was stopped in its tracks and syria and that was the way the aim i mean syria was always such an important country regionally from a geopolitical level it was it was a gateway to iran it will have a huge strategic significance because of its border with israel and its influence in lebanon so saudi arabia won't stop until we get it c

ahead danny i completely agree i mean i mean we have to separate the israeli interest from the saudi arabian interests but saudi arabia will continue to have an intransigent stalled stance towards the crisis in syria as it has done throughout because syria for saudi arabia it's an issue of national security and the huge faces in saudi arabia from policy in syria have actually reflected so negatively on the state that it's now beginning to lash out to read to me as being to lash out in the media even if the complete you know the arab spring peter if you look at it it was stopped in syria if if they are spring managed to get rid of the syrian government this would have continued on until we had a completely new middle east but it was stopped in its tracks in syria and that was a way that the aim i mean syria was it was such an important country reach indeed from a geopolitical level it was it was a gateway to iran it will have a huge strategic significance because of its border with israel and its influence in lebanon so saudi arabia won't stop until it can. it is it's completely bankrupt and

get to qatar and to submission this is will never happen so you're saying that the saudi arabians have refused dialogue with you they did actually the saudi arabia and us and the head and egypt the blockading states. they didn't want to engage in dialogue we have been very cooperative with the emir of kuwait and with you know i said it's when it comes to the dialogue we have issued more we have fifty fifty different assessments by different officers from all levels about calling for dialogue if you will can their. statements about dialogue you would find them if you will find you will find this very few other of them that cannot do more if they are going to sort that out but was the victim we were subject to a cyber attack to start and to create this entire. crisis and now they are claiming that they just they are minimizing the issue and they are calling it it's very minor and small issue if it's very minor and small issue it is disturbing that they gulf countries does destabilizing the region and it means that they're minimization is really that they don't care about the stability of

responsibility nine eleven but there is a saudi arabian responsibility involved crime in bosnia and this kind of responsibility is established by judgment of i.c.t. why in case of who were in case of. mr delegates and others. good to speak with you dark one of its shares joining us there a farm belgrade thank you i just it is david chaytor report with more on this now from on the divisions of the past that still haunts ethnic groups as also the home of the man the man on trial. the old bridge of must start built by the ottomans in the sixteenth century one of the priceless architectural casualties of the war in bosnia its wanton destruction is included in the list of indictments against the bosnian croat defendants in the last major case being heard in the international criminal tribunals for the former yugoslavia in the hague now painstakingly restored to its former glory it's become a new nest go world heritage site and is visited by tens of thousands of tourists every year but then a very reverse still marks a front line twenty two years after the war ended close by the city's ma

considered him a hostage the president using that word and actually very strong language against the saudi arabian leadership telling them this is an act of aggression against lebanon and we will not accept it and lebanon of course launching a diplomatic campaign to try to secure in their words saddle had it is released so the speculation will not be put to rest especially since his children are still in saudi arabia but the official line we're hearing from the head of the camp is that they they stayed behind because they have school of course prime minister hariri is saying that he will return to lebanon for independence day on wednesday so the president himself michel owen has got his way we think for the moment but the sort of larger diplomatic row continues with germany weighing in now criticizing saudi arabia for the way they've behaved at this moment. yes we are hearing for the first confirmation that have you will be coming to vegas he reportedly told the president of the republic that he will be here to attend independence day celebrations in beirut on november the twenty second that is on

a rare his resignation puts the issue of saudi arabian regional rivalry back in the spotlight shallop ballasts al-jazeera . well lebanon's politics is a complex minefield of rival regional and sectarian interests a reason as nation threatens to inflame tensions between sunni and shia muslims the country's government has a balance structure the president must be a maronite christian the prime minister a sunni muslim the speaker of parliament a shia muslim lebanon is broadly split between two political camps the u.s. and saudi backed alliance and a pro syrian coalition the differences between the two on how to run the country led to the collapse of the government in two thousand and five two thousand and eleven and two thousand and thirteen last year lebanon's parliament swore in a new cabinet dominated by hezbollah and its allies in the major victory for the shia iran backed group. is lebanon's most influential sunni politician he is a saudi ally and a fierce critic of iran and hezbollah are the killing of his father a few carried by a massive car bomb in two thousand and five was blam

any concerns about human rights or the deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure by the saudi arabians in yemen that it hospitals schools universities media institutions like yourselves the ports the roads a sanitation water all of the civilian infrastructure is being targeted by saudi arabia and britain is determined to sell them arms no matter what the emmel for licenses in particular which are bombs and missiles have increased from about thirty three million to one point knowing billion and that's actually almost five thousand percent increase the british government cares more about selling weapons to saudi arabia than yemeni human life earlier this year the campaign against the arms trade tried to stop the u.k. government from selling arms to saudi arabia by launching a judicial review of the process over this july the u.k.'s high court ruled that london's arms sales to riyadh violated no laws and the list of weapons include euro fighter jets along with laser guided bombs the u.k. also sells different sorts of a smaller equipment of vehicles rifles ammunition and the war in yemen h

lebanon based iran but group hezbollah has committed acts of aggression and shares in several saudi arabian companies fall in the wake of a major crackdown on corruption arrest the widely seen as an attempt by the crown prince to consolidate power u.s. president donald trump has voiced support the saudis leaders tweeting i have great confidence in king solomon and the humming. u.s. air force investigating how it handled the criminal records of the gunman behind sunday's church shooting in texas twenty six people including children were killed and former m. and devin kelly into the church and opened fire the air force says it failed to hand over information about kelly's previous domestic assault charges to a national database. european union finance ministers trucking talks on tax haven blacklists following revelations in the so-called papers the documents leaked to a german newspaper efforts to avoid paying tax by thousands of the world's richest people. donald trump secretary of commerce and the u.k.'s queen the supreme court has rejected to restore electricity food and water to the. desp

looks at why many fear the country could turn into a saudi arabian proxy war. beirut the lebanese capital nicknamed the riviera of the middle east it's an oasis of calm in an often troubled region but that wasn't always the case the city was the center of a bloody civil war that raged from night. here outside the holiday. thousands of men fought for control of a number of luxury hotels in this area the holes in the wall a testament to the. stability for the past but the resignation of lebanon's prime minister saad hariri announced live while he was in saudi arabia there are fears that some regional countries are trying to push lebanon back into civil strife to pressure the shia political party has but one another i think the saudi decided to escalate if they want to take a very strong position. against hezbollah and they knowing or forces against against hezbollah so it was like a coup by this who would use the word of the lebanese people think about the prospect of a return to the dark days of the civil war and that's one of the boats it did work because he sa

discussion about the arrest of 200 saudi government officials on corruption charges and the future saudi arabian leadership. next on c-span, as speech from attorney general jeff sessions. today, he was one of the featured speakers at the federalist society's natural -- national lawyers convection -- convention in washington dc. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. it is a great pleasure to be with you and look at this overflow audience. foricularly it is an honor me to be able to introduce a gentleman i have known for a long time. he is a good friend and certainly a person i have great admiration for. appreciate we all the many responsibilities of the attorney general. course, the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government. legal advise -- advisor to the executive branch. he has a special responsibility to the people of the country to be sure that the constitution is preserved and protected. , past career, of jeff sessions could not have been better to make him such an ideally qualified person for this responsibility. restarted hisnow, career after private law practice, his public

i completely agree i mean it i mean we could we have to separate the israeli interest from the saudi arabian interests but saudi arabia will continue to have an intransigent star stance towards the crisis in syria as it has done throughout because it's syria for saudi arabia it's an issue of national security and the huge failures in saudi arabia and from policy in syria have actually reflected so negatively on the state that it's now beginning to lash out regionally it's being to lash out in the media if it's even if it's turned a complete you know the arab spring peter if you look at it it will stop in syria if if they are spring managed to get rid of the syrian government this would have continued on until we had a completely new middle east but it was stopped in its tracks in syria and that was the way the aim i mean syria was always such an important country regionally from a geopolitical level it was it was a gateway to iran it will have a huge strategic significance because of its border with israel and its influence in lebanon so saudi arabia won't stop until we get it considers it's

mentioned it's not the first time this is not the first time living on finds itself entangled in the saudi arabian rivalry which is playing out across the region but yes people are worried they're worried what is saudi arabia going to do next is going to exert economic or financial pressure on this country is it going to force the tens of thousands of lebanese who work in the gulf of back home is that going to allow not allow them to send back much needed money to their families here are going to stop investments i mean people are worried about that there's also the possibility of military action though most people are ruling that out but also they tell you that maybe saudi arabia is working with israel to launch some sort of an attack so people are worried because saudi arabia is not only threatening hezbollah saudi arabia is threatening lebanon as a country threatening those who work with hezbollah who cooperate with hezbollah and threatening those who will not work with it to curb has well as influence zain an important question from one of our viewers on the news grades on facebook who asks th

back into into this power game with the do know that the rivalry is in syria it's in iraq the saudi arabians americans the israelis they've made it very very clear they want to curb iranian influence in the region iranian influence in iraq in syria and here in lebanon but it is easier said than done iran really has gained a lot of power over the years it's helped keep the syrian president bashar al assad in power in neighboring syria its forces are fighting on the ground in iraq so this is going to be very difficult and this is what the lebanese people will tell you we are worried that we are costs in this struggle and lebanon in the words of many here is in the eye of the storm in her thank you santa. al-jazeera is demanding the release of its journalist who's been in and egyptian prison for nearly a year broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al jazeera strongly deny has repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail he was arrested in december while visiting his family catalonia karla's pushed him on is calling for a united front ahead of next month's regional election comes

. >> so an act of war being considered here by the saudi arabian government.i arabian kingdom, what are they trying to do right now in terms of all of these open confrontations, if you will, that they are opening against iran, whether in syria, with lebanon or with iran in yemen? >> i think saudi arabia has very legitimate reason to be complaining of iran and hezbollah link in syria and in yemen. the missile i think was a game-changer. maybe it expedite the decision to intensify a confrontation with hezbollah. it was a very close call. it almost hit riyadh's airport and it was reported that at least six missiles were needed to bring it down. as the foreign minister said, they are the fingerprints of the iranians and hezbollah. it was a new technology that was introduced to iran. so saudi arabia has reasons to tamp down hezbollah in lebanon but i think we are doing it the wrong way with policies that could fire back on us. the best thing for saudi arabia is to let hariri fly back to lebanon like tomorrow to do two things. to salvage the dynasty. >> let me ask y

the first ship for more than three weeks was allowed to dock on sunday, after the saudi arabian—led coalitionigned to stop weapons reaching rebel fighters inside the country. unicef says almost every child in the country has now been affected by the fighting. andrew plant reports. arriving at port in yemen. after two weeks waiting at sea, a un aid ship carrying food supplies, the blockade here finally lifted. these are the conditions in parts of the and right now. the world food programme says millions are at risk of starvation. on saturday, aeroplanes arrived carrying medicine to help sick children. vaccinations taken to hospitals where thousands are waiting. this, though, the first supply ship to get through for almost a month. more than 11 million yemeni children are today in acute need of humanitarian assistance. that's almost every single yemeni boy and girl. the ship has arrived at the port of saleef, north from the main port of hodeidah, which is still under a blockade, imposed by a coalition led by saudi arabia after the rebels they're fighting in yemen fired a missile at the saudi ca

doesn't mean that saudi arabian actions are always wrong i mean there are definitely actions that are definitely right saudi arabia wants to preserve its interests want to preserve its peace from print to protect itself from the chaos in yemen and yet the same time in doing that it is violating human rights by. the conditions there it's also violating the security the sanctity of human life in yemen by blockading the dems and preventing humanitarian supplies from arriving there. it's important to understand the story but does have national interest in yemen and elsewhere but yet at the same time are plenty of ways to assure those interests we don't necessarily. every to do and that's the most what humanitarian laws or are working for national security and i just coming back to the reaction and specifically the u.s. reaction to the events in lebanon to the political crisis that's unfolding in lebanon as you've said we've heard sort of mixed messages from the trumpet ministration the president endorsed the saudi crackdown on twitter the crackdown on corruption but we heard a much more m

this case, that saad hariri is still the prime minister of lebanon, not a political exile fleeing saudi arabianoth political and personal. after the meeting, sources said france would continue direct contacts with the middle east key players. saad hariri said he was finally going home. translation: i will return to beirut in the coming days and will take part in our independence day celebrations. i will make my position known on all subjects after talking to our president. president macron wants france to have greater global influence. old colonial ties to lebanon no doubt played a role in his invitation to saad hariri but he is also stepping into a delicate situation between iran and saudi arabia, two regional powers with conflicting ties to lebanon. saad hariri had been in saudi arabia for two weeks since announcing his surprise resignation, accusing iran and its ally hezbollah of threatening stability in lebanon and saying he feared for his life. the invitation from mr macron to saad hariri and his family offered a way out of the impasse but not a solution. this was a important meeting but n