patients to leave canada to initially it was unclear how the dispute would affect the annual saudi canadian trade of nearly four billion dollars but on thursday saudi officials were quoted as saying oil sales to canadian customers will not be affected the future of a thirteen billion dollar defense contract agreed by the previous canadian administration still hangs in the balance with saudi arabia is also reportedly selling canadian equities and bonds crystal salumi has more now from toronto. canadian prime minister justin trudeau had no apology for his government's call to release two human rights activists being detained in saudi arabia canadians i have always expected our government to speak strongly firmly clearly and politely about the need to respect human rights at home and around the world we will continue to do this to doe promise to continue to engage with the saudis and their allies with the saudi foreign minister wasn't having any of it he accused canada of intervening in what he described as a national security issue claiming that the activists had attempted to get sensitive go

patients to leave canada to initially it was unclear how the dispute would affect the annual saudi canadian trade of nearly four billion dollars but on thursday saudi officials were quoted as saying oil sales to canadian customers will not be affected the future of a thirteen billion dollar defense contract agreed by the previous canadian administration still hangs in the balance of saudi arabia is also reportedly selling canadian equities and bonds crystal salumi has more now from toronto. canadian prime minister justin trudeau had no apology for his government's call to release two human rights activists being detained in saudi arabia canadians i have always expected our government to speak strongly firmly clearly and politely about the need to respect human rights at home and around the world we will continue to do this trip joe promised to continue to engage with the saudis and their allies but the saudi foreign minister wasn't having any of it he accused canada of intervening in what he described as a national security issue claiming that the activists had attempted to get sensitive go

patients to leave canada to initially it was unclear how the dispute would affect the annual saudi canadian trade of nearly four billion dollars but on thursday saudi officials were quoted as saying oil sales to canadian customers will not be affected the future of a thirteen billion dollar defense contract agreed by the previous canadian administration still hangs in the balance with saudi arabia is also reportedly selling canadian equities and bonds christer salumi has more now from toronto. canadian prime minister justin trudeau had no apology for his government's call to release two human rights activist being detained in saudi arabia canadians i have always expected our government to speak strongly firmly clearly and politely about the need to respect human rights at home and around the world we will continue to do this trip don't promise to continue to engage with the saudis and their allies but the saudi foreign minister wasn't having any of it he accused canada of intervening in what he described as a national security issue claiming that the activists had attempted to get sensitive

patients to leave canada to initially it was unclear how the dispute would affect the annual saudi canadian trade of nearly four billion dollars but on thursday saudi officials were quoted as saying oil sales to canadian customers will not be affected the future of a thirteen billion dollar defense contract agreed by the previous canadian administration still hangs in the balance with saudi arabia is also reportedly selling canadian equities and bonds christer salumi has more now from toronto. canadian prime minister justin trudeau had no apology for his government's call to release two human rights activists being detained in saudi arabia canadians i have always expected our government to speak strongly firmly clearly and politely about the need to respect human rights at home and around the world we will continue to do this to doe promise to continue to engage with the saudis and their allies but the saudi foreign minister wasn't having any of it he accused canada of intervening in what he described as a national security issue claiming that the activists had attempted to get sensitive go

human rights this new diplomatic meltdown comes on the heels of calls for the canadian government to suspend sales to saudi arabia opposition parties and human rights groups insist canadian military vehicles are being used to crush political dissent the east of the kingdom the stakes are high saudi is the largest importer of canadian military hardware after the united states saudi air has now stopped all flights to canada and a planned visit by saudi students has been cancelled the message is clear keep out of what saudi says is its internal business or else brian. stephen chase is a 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 th

saudi arabia, but canada when big and sort of went alone. you could say they went big, but actually all they did, we had a canadian body, global affairs canadad in support of saudi women who have been arrested for trying to get more women's writes. this is particularly about the protests against the need for saudi women to have a male guardian —— rights. saudi women need the permission of a male to leave the permission of a male to leave the country, and there has been a lot of arrests since may in those protests, and this tweet on friday was then re— tweeted from the saudi embassy in riyadh, and the saudis have said enough. and this is i think a foreign policy stance from saudi arabia. they are saying we will not tolerate other countries meddling in our own domestic policy. they are putting a line in the sand and there have been harsh repercussions on canada. very strong. i want to move on quickly, if we can, because i am sure this will fascinate you in some respects. the head of pepsi stepping down. resigning always feels a little harsh, ina resigning always feels a little harsh, in a way. she described it quite nicely, saying that she fee

kind of the whole interview and this mistake has to be corrected the value of the canadian dollar fell on news the saudis would divest from canadian stocks and bonds experts predict the overall impact on the economy from this and other measures will be small but the message is being heard far beyond canada's borders ultimately this really is not about canada or say candidate here is collateral damage if you will or it's incidental to this issue saudi arabia is is trying to send a very strong and clear message to western countries to europeans in particular do not criticize us on human rights or you will be penalized middle east expert best momo mani believes domestic saudi issues are at play i think this has more to do with a very useful diversion it's an attempt to make canada a case signal to the world that it's not going to accept international criticism particularly western criticism of its domestic policies and i think the chill effect has worked because we have seen pretty much no western european country including the united states as well and terms of supporting canada so it really has had the. t

attend sporting events and cinemas have opened after being banned saudi arabia is a major trading partner supplying ten percent of canadian crude oil imports canada listed saudi arabia as the second largest buyer of canadian arms after the us the two countries signed a twelve billion dollar arms deal four years ago china that was through. or can't stand on their armor and also. is a source of revenue for a number of universities. and in universities for various occasions critics say canada's allies must help in taking a stand to pressure the kingdom to stop its crackdown on activists calling for change poll chunder ji on al-jazeera. rescuers only in the nation island of lombok are using heavy machinery to search for survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings sunday's powerful earthquake killed at least ninety eight people and that number is expected to rise these are live pictures coming to us here at al-jazeera in the aftermath of the earthquake steadfast and has more now from. from under the rubble of a mosque women's voices could still be heard three hours after the earthquake struck the disaster happened during pr

attend sporting events and cinemas have opened after being banned saudi arabia is a major trading partner supplying ten percent of canadian crude oil imports canada listed saudi arabia as the second largest buyer of canadian arms after the us the two countries signed a twelve billion dollar arms deal four years ago china there was. an important part spend all their armor and also. the source of revenue for a number of universities. the rest is just critics say canada. allies must help in taking a stand to pressure the kingdom to stop its crackdown on activists calling for change. on al-jazeera. rescue workers in indonesia have pulled a survivor from a mosque that collapsed in sunday's earthquake and they've been using heavy machinery to clear the rubble the mosque is one of thousands of buildings that collapsed the six point nine quake killed at least ninety eight people emergency crews are yet to reach some of the worst hit areas. and joins us now from. london i understand your in a hospital right now how a medical service is coping with the casualties. yes that's correct i'm here at the field hospital an improvised litt

kind of the whole interview and this mistake has to be corrected the value of the canadian dollar fell on news the saudis would divest from canadian stocks and bonds experts predict the overall impact on the economy from this and other measures will be small but the message is being heard far beyond canada's borders ultimately this really is not about canada or say candidate here is collateral damage if you will or it's incidental to this issue saudi arabia is is trying to send a very strong and clear message to western countries.

human rights this new diplomatic meltdown comes on the heels of calls for the canadian government to suspend sales to saudi arabia opposition parties and human rights groups insist canadian military vehicles are being used to crush political dissent the east of the kingdom. the stakes are high saudi is the largest importer of canadian military hardware after the united states saudi air has now stopped all flights to canada and a planned visit by saudi students has been cancelled the message is clear keep out of what saudi says is its internal business or else alexia brian al jazeera stephen chase is a journalist from the global mail newspaper in canada 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 be 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

human rights this new diplomatic meltdown comes on the heels of calls for the canadian government to suspend sales to saudi arabia opposition parties and human rights groups insist canadian military vehicles are being used to crush political dissent the east of the kingdom the stakes are high saudi is the largest importer of canadian military hardware after the united states. saudi air has now stopped all flights to canada and a planned visit by saudi students has been cancelled the message is clear keep out of what saudi says is its internal business or else alexia brian al jazeera if your peers federal government has taken over the administration of the eastern somali state move it says is to restore law and order the regional president resigned and agree to hand over power after fifty people were killed in the state capital jager on saturday the violence began after the federal government deployed forces that into a standoff with local paramilitary forces has more from neighboring djibouti the federal government say suspect in this rare step to issue a security is brought back to the somali region a sta

next week but have promised to find passenger seats on other airlines but so far no sign the saudis in the canadians are coming together to resolve this dispute christine salumi al jazeera toronto who the rebels have at least eighteen civilians including children have been killed by a strike from the saudi amarok coalition in yemen they say two separate strikes taught at the bedouin intense an m one province killing twelve people six of those were killed in another strike on a farm in the province of hunches. senators in argentina are debating a bill that would legalize abortions during the first fourteen weeks of pregnancy if passed the deeply catholic nation would become the third country in latin america to make the procedure illegal protests for and against abortion have been taking place since the lower house passed a law last month allows america at its embassy and human desires. and those favor abortion rights. her. side the senate. very important for all this is. dying because they made their status that abortion because you don't want to be bathers it's a right you can't just to be a mother

human rights this new diplomatic meltdown comes on the heels of calls for the canadian government to suspend arms sales to saudi arabia opposition parties and human rights groups insist canadian military vehicles are being used to crush political the saint in the east of the kingdom the stakes are high saudi is the largest importer of canadian military hardware after the united states saudi air has now stopped all flights to canada and a planned visit by saudi students has been cancelled the message is clear keep out of what saudi says is its internal business or else alex o'brien al-jazeera. malaysia's anti corruption agency has summoned the former prime minister najib razak for more questioning a luxury cypriot at the heart of the country's biggest ever corruption scandal has also arrived back in the country after being seized in indonesian waters the two hundred fifty million dollars vessel was allegedly purchased with money stolen from a state fund set up in two thousand and nine florins louis joins us live this hour from kuala lumpur florence how does this cypriots kind of fold into the other questions bei

august thirteenth the saudi government is coming up with a plan to move thousands of saudi scholarship students out of canadian schools and into other countries the prospect of the saudis withdrawing fifteen thousand so the 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 whether the move accounts to an economic hit or merely a dent canada says it will not back down canada will always stand up for human rights in canada and around the world and women's rights are human rights but saudi arabia's decision may hurt its own interests in the long run when we deal with the s. i mean the small and medium size and to prices these companies will think twice before going to saudi arabia. for now saudi arabia is sending a clear message to all foreign governments to stay out of the semester affairs but countries like canada insist will continue to push for human rights no matter the consequences. young al-jazeera malaysia's anti-corruption agency says former

human rights this new diplomatic meltdown comes on the heels of calls for the canadian government to suspend sales to saudi arabia opposition parties and human rights groups insist canadian military vehicles are being used to crush political to st the east of the kingdom the stakes are high saudi is the largest importer of canadian military hardware after the united states saudi air has now stopped all flights to canada and a planned visit by saudi students has been cancelled the message is clear keep out of what saudi says is its internal business or else elixir brian al jazeera has more still to come here on al-jazeera this is their opinion people these are dina. the talk show host who counts president donald trump as a fan is banned from several several social media platforms which. from the clear blue sky of the doha morning. to the fresh autumn breeze in the city . hello there is still incredibly hot for many of us across europe at the moment in the west we've still got wildfires the latest one in portugal is still growing at the moment but things are beginning to change from the northwest with single

allies in the region the foreign minister of saudi arabia said point blank that there is nothing to mediate there's nothing to see here it's all on the canadians to fix this so we've got the saudis continuing to ratchet up the pressure on canada and now it's even more measures today withdrawing medical patients in the country for treatment back to the. one tree stopping the purchase of grain from canada all of this of course a hit for the canadian economy although most experts would say it's relatively minor head first such a big economy here and trade between the two countries. is not a major factor however first certain industries and certain sectors of the economy here it will be an issue and so we heard the prime minister trying to soothe things through tensions than you know say that he's open in the canadians are open to the discussions and want to encourage the good relations but not backing down on this issue of human rights which started the whole dispute christians living there live from rome so chris and. i was trailing as most populous state that's new south wales has been declared entirely in dr farm reservoirs have dried up crops

arabia is on his way home to saudi say dennis for act is no longer welcome and they're accusing the canadian government of interfering in the kingdom's internal affairs as well as spreading misinformation at the lot without the head as he often member the saudi ministry of foreign affairs has expressed disbelief by this negative a founded comment which was not based on any accurate or true information. the diplomatic dispute was triggered by the canadian embassy in riyadh tweeting its concern about the arrest of civil society and women's rights activist including summer but dawa the tweets urges saudi authorities to release them women's suffrage political activists some are but he was honored in two thousand and twelve by then u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and first lady michelle obama but though he was jailed after suing the kingdom for the right to choose her own husband freedom other person gave free her brother rice but we was sentenced to ten years and one thousand lashes in two thousand and fourteen for insulting islam through a blogging website for public debate others arres

human rights this new diplomatic meltdown comes on the heels of calls for the canadian government to suspend sales to saudi arabia opposition parties and human rights groups insist canadian military vehicles are being used to crush political dissent the east of the kingdom the stakes are high saudi is the largest importer of canadian military hardware after the united states saudi air has now stopped all flights to canada and a planned visit by saudi students has been cancelled the message is clear keep out of what saudi says is its internal business or else. rescue workers in indonesia pulled a survivor from a mosque that collapsed in sunday's earthquake and has been using heavy machinery to clear the rubble the mosque is one of thousands of buildings that collapsed the magnitude six point nine quake killed at least nine people most and sue crews are yet to reach some of the worst hit areas still vasa has more from. karl and a lot of heavy equipment is needed here it's a small island with not much equipment available normally but nothing seems to have been sand in that rescue and aid just on the way from

saudi arabia has expelled canada's ambassador and froze an all new trade and investment the saudis accuse the canadian government of interference for complaining about the arrest of human rights activists and the past few minutes bahrain has said that it stands with saudi arabia and rejects canada's interference problem and among those arrested as some are but seen here with former us first ladies michelle obama and hillary clinton the canadian embassy in saudi arabia tweeted that it was concerned about the detentions this is the this week canada is simply concerned about the additional arrests of civil society activists and women rights women's rights activists in saudi arabia including some arbiter we are the saudi authorities to release them immediately and all other peaceful human rights activists is a sister of the tally who has been in jail in saudi since two thousand and twelve for criticizing the government his wife and children of lived in canada since two thousand and thirteen and just became citizens the saudi foreign ministry said the canadian statement on twitter is blatant interference i

patients to leave canada to initially it was unclear how the dispute would affect the annual saudi canadian trade of nearly four billion dollars but on thursday saudi officials were quoted as saying oil sales to canadian customers will not be affected.

saudi arabia has expelled canada's ambassador and frozen all new trade and investment the saudis accuse the canadian government of interference for expressing concern about the arrest of human rights activists bahrain says it backs saudi arabia and rejects canada's enter ferrets. prominent among those arrests is some are seen here with former u.s. first lady michelle obama and hillary clinton. is the sister of right but who has been in a jail in saudi since two thousand and twelve for criticizing the government his wife and children have lived in canada since two thousand and thirteen and just became citizens the canadian embassy in saudi arabia has tweeted its worries about the detentions saying this canada is deeply concerned about the additional arrests of civil society activists and women's rights activists in saudi arabia including some markets we urge the saudi authorities to release them immediately and all other peaceful human rights activists the saudi foreign ministry says the canadian statement on twitter is blatant interference in the kingdoms domestic affairs against basic international

saudi arabia expels canada's ambassador and freezes investment after the canadians complain about the arrest of human rights activists. and punishment for iran the u.s. imposed sanctions in the next twenty four hours. rescue teams are struggling to get to many parts of the indonesian island of lombok after its second earthquake in a week the full extent of the destruction is still emerging but a disaster agency spokesman is now talking of massive damage in the north struck by a magnitude six point nine quake on sunday evening the last death toll was put it ninety one people the damage though is widespread thousands of people are out on the streets after their homes are destroyed or badly damaged and even hospitals are having to treat the many injured people outside residents and tourists are also being evacuated from a smaller nearby island and filed this report. this is very near the powerful earthquake of sunday night and on the way here there's a lot of destruction a lot of houses small restaurants small hotels they're all very severely damaged i'm here at the harbor the small port

thank you saudi arabia state airline is suspending flights to and from toronto in an intensifying diplomatic route with canada on monday riyadh froze new trade and investment in expelled the canadian ambassador the move was in retaliation for canada's calls to free saudi civil society activists have been arrested the saudis accuse the canadian government of interfering in their affairs a canadian foreign minister is refusing to 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 staff haidar is a canadian citizen and she and her family and 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. and savvy arabia has suspended student exchange programs with canada journalist stephen chase from the globe and mail newspaper says canada's education industry could be hit hard. if you're talking about the relationship the saudi can a relationship you know we're talking about a four billion dollar you

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 priorities in this dispute and i would suggest that actually what we see in the response from america is really a reflection of the way which

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 i've been a debater 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 is subject to our judicial systems that guarantee their rights saudi authorities have arrested a number of people in recent days more than a dozen women's rights campaigners were detained in may on charges of undermining national security some have since been released dozens of clerics have also been arrested including leading preachers sedimented i woulda i would them cutting me and suffered a. several high profile human rights activists are in jail and some have been referred to a counterterrorism tribunal for trial and saudi arabia is in prison nearly all the founders of the band saudi civil and political rights association. all right let's bring in our panel joining us in london rauf in a b

kind of the whole interview and this mistake has to be corrected the value of the canadian dollar fell on news the saudis would divest from canadian stocks and bonds experts predict the overall impact on the economy from this and other measures will be small but the message is being heard far beyond canada's borders ultimately this really is not about canada or say canada here is collateral damage if you will or it's incidental to this issue saudi arabia is is trying to send a very strong and clear message to western countries to europeans in particular do not criticize a strong human rights or you will be penalized middle east expert best moment mani believes domestic saudi issues are at play i think this has more to do with a very useful diversion it's an attempt to make canada a case signal to the world that it's not going to accept international criticism particularly western criticism of its domestic policies and i think the chill effect has worked because we have seen pretty much no western european country including the united states as well and terms of supporting canada so it really has had the

human rights this new diplomatic meltdown comes on the heels of calls for the canadian government to suspend sales to saudi arabia opposition parties and human rights groups insist canadian military vehicles are being used to crush political dissent the east of the kingdom the stakes are high saudi is the largest importer of canadian military hardware after the united states saudi air has now stopped all flights to canada and a planned visit by saudi students has been cancelled the message is clear keep out of what saudi says is its internal business or else. overall i'm there is with us from qatar university he's a senior policy analyst at the social and economic survey research institute thank you very much for your time and your issue can either of these countries actually have a true economic impact on the other. well. overall the big picture no there won't be much of an impact although these are two large economies are the two of them belong to do group of the twenty largest economies in the world they don't trade so much together the two way much of di's trade is around four billion u.s. dollar which

kind of the whole interview and this mistake has to be corrected the value of the canadian dollar fell on news the saudis would divest from canadian stocks and bonds experts predict the overall impact on the economy from this and other measures will be small but the message is being heard far beyond canada's borders ultimately this really is not about canada for say canada here is collateral damage if you will or it's incidental to this issue saudi arabia is is trying to send a very strong and clear message to western countries to europeans in particular do not criticize us on human rights or you will be penalized middle east expert best moment mani believes domestic saudi issues are at play i think this has more to do with a very useful diversion it's an attempt to make canada a case signal to the world that it's not going to accept international criticism particularly western criticism of its domestic policies and i think the chill effect has worked because we have seen pretty much no western european country including the united states as well and terms of supporting canada so it really. he has had th

it's not just about saudi canadian relationship. ou look at the trade ties, they are not that huge. but some investors will probably look at this and see, now there is canada. a year ago there was qatar, saudi arabia. in march, we broke a story about how ties with german companies have been impacted over another diplomatic row, and they see basically an increasingly aggressive the saudi foreign policy, and that could add to the unpredictability. there's more unpredictability in decision-making, whether on foreign policy or domestic economics. matt: another key story in the region, the u.s. set to reimpose sanctions on iran. what can we expect from that? araa: well, the main thing to watch, tomorrow will be the start of the first day which the most notable move would be a ban on dollar banknote shipments to iran. the main thing to watch is how the central bank will react. the central bank is rolling out measures today to try to conserve its dollars and also, try to arrest the decline in the currency. and that is the key thing. we'll s

arabian activists who've recently been arrested the saudis accuse the canadian government of interfering in their affairs. well if he is anti corruption agency has some of the former prime minister najib razak for further questioning a few hours ago a luxury superyacht at the heart of the country's biggest ever corruption scandal arrived back in the country after being seized in indonesia the two hundred fifty million dollars croft was allegedly bought with money stolen from the state fund more news on the website. next it's my cuba. during a moment in time. snapshots of. other stories. providing a glimpse into someone else's work. on al-jazeera. you know there's no doubt that you know in the lead in. the ending i'm awake. at. night. and why and then he asked i have also. asked them to place here tonight in a way that one other day to day and the. novel by a young. man . and leaving long and never downloaded the bedouin basically now i must i don't understand that after the act and play a lead on the end as a dog a settlement on the level of a game. passing temple some her

saudi arabia. as a major trading partner supplying ten percent of canadian crude oil imports canada listed saudi arabia as the second largest buyer of canadian on's after the us the two countries signed a twelve billion dollar arms deal four years ago and other was. important that all their armor and also be out of your is a source of revenue for a number of universities. and in universities are various occasions critics say canada's allies must help in taking a stand to pressure the kingdom to stop its crackdown on activists calling for change poll children gian al-jazeera at least twenty three people most of the new young girls have been rescued from an alleged prostitution ring in northern india they were found in a privately run shelter and to punish state after one of the girls escaped and complained to police officers say twenty of the alleged victims are female between the ages of five and twenty years old three of the rescued are young boys police say a couple and their daughter who around the home have been arrested. bangladesh's government says it's considering using the death penalty on thos

over human rights it's also frozen all new trade investment in educational agreements the saudis accuse the canadian government of interference for the release of jail rights activists in ited arab emirates and bahrain are backing the saudi position. reports. canada's a bastard saudi arabia is on his way home the saudis say dennis is no longer welcome and they're accusing the canadian government of interfering in the kingdom's internal affairs as well as spreading misinformation at. the so diminished studio foreign affairs has expressed disbelief like this negative a phone dot com which was not based on any accurate or true information. the diplomatic dispute was triggered by the canadian embassy in riyadh tweeting its concern about the arrest of civil society and women's rights activist including summer but dolly the tweets urges saudi authorities to release them women's suffrage political activists some are but dolly was honored in two thousand and twelve by then u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and first lady michelle obama but dolly was jailed after suing the kingdom for the right to choo

look, there is some trade with canada, first of all, they buy some saudi oil -- oil and saudi's by canadian -- armoredmolded vehicles, and there is some business going on. it is not massive. investment.e saudi i believe in the last decade or so, about $6 million of investment into canada. it is a significant number. some canadian companies could be heard. but it is not a huge deal for either canadians or saudi's if this declines. mark: when it comes to women's rights, because this focuses on femalect, we know that drivers are coming to the fore in saudi arabia. progress have we seen in women's rights? in saudi arabia? from -- they're coming saudi arabia was the only country in the world where women were not allowed to drive your you have guardianship rules which are still in place. any attempt by anyone saying at awomen's rights are now level equal to the u.s. or europe or other places, you know, it is not. . that in theo say last few years and even before that there has been steady progress, that progress seems to have accelerated and the has been taught -- positive changes. the most visib

week when kind of a condemned the arrest of two human rights activists in saudi arabia riyadh responded by expelling the canadian ambassador and freezing bilateral trade the u.s. remains neutral the state department simply both sides to quote use diplomacy to resolve the dispute however saudi arabia is showing no sign of backing down and it's not worth threatening to withdraw fifteen thousand saudis from canadian schools as well as suspending flights to and from toronto we discussed how it came to this point with our foreign affairs correspondent eric margolis. the u.s. is has no interest or seasonal interest in getting involved in this field and you know it's very there's very little sympathy for canada in washington. and sympathy dislike between was trying to know. the. man the american left as well everyone's so it's there is no american support but it's still unfortunate because the two countries are very limited neighbors and. the u.s. should stick up for them. after announcing plans to change the constitution in order to strip white farmers of their land some south african politicians are looking for more

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saudi arabia. >> it began when the canadian government called for the release of two prominent human rights activisthich created ire in riyadh. how is the saudi arabian press treating this? of this paper,ge they go through the list of countries and organizations that have praised the crown prince. in the canadian press, much surprise and indignation. argues it is mail not about canadian and saudi arabia relations but about reflecting regional and domestic criticism about saudi foreign policy, mainly about their invoking the possibility of backing jared kushner and the white house proposal for a israeli-palestinian peace process. >> very controversial issue. how is this being viewed in the american media? >> new york times has a scathing editorial and call the saudi moves backward desperate and say it is unnecessarily aggressive and intended to intimidate critics into silence. say, hardly whimper of protest from the donald trump administration. >> a deadly couple of days in chicago. over 70 people shot. worthy of a war zone the newspaper say. >> the summer season is killing season is what the "chicag

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 is subject to our judicial systems that guarantee their rights saudi authorities have arrested a number of people in recent days more than a dozen women's rights campaigners were detained in may on charges of undermining national security some have since been released dozens of clerics have also been arrested including leading preachers said amount i woulda out with them cutting me and suffered a how of. several high profile human rights activists are in jail and some have been referred to a counterterrorism tribunal for trial and saudi arabia has in prison nearly all the founders of the band saudi civil and political rights association. all right let's bring in our panel joining us in london ruffin

unfortunately the saudi canadian diplomat it will not go away easily or quickly i believe that the saudis want a very formal and public visit the prime minister justin trudeau to visit riyadh and to seek forgiveness from king so man or head the crown prince mohammed bin cement and that is just untenable politically for any sovereign canadian government and certainly would mean the political death for the liberal party currently in power and some of my assessment is that this is going to last for quite some time perhaps until the next election of october twenty nine hundred in canada and the prospect of this ending quickly is probably not going to happen well we want to hay from name a b. or a canadian or a thousand students in quotes up in this diplomatic around say get in touch with us well elizabeth on facebook is telling us that this dispute shouldn't even exist there was no reason for saudi arabia to start this in the first place just like the blockade on qatar that is one point of view well moving on to another story we're covering here on the newsgroup and it's now been six hundred

world it's hard to gauge how saudi nationals here in canada feel about being forced to leave the country because many are reluctant to speak but we do know that hundreds of canadian muslims who are leaving this week to attend the hodgins saudi arabia are worried about how they're going to get home saudia airlines are suspending flights in and out of the country next week but have promised to find passenger seats on other airlines but so far no sign the saudis in the canadians are coming together to resolve this dispute christine salumi al jazeera toronto now the u.s. says it will impose sanctions against russia following the time called the former spy in britain earlier this year the state department says russia used. to poison surrogates crippled and his daughter in the city of souls free russia says u.s. accusations about moscow's involvement a far fetched. still ahead here on al-jazeera. support for the iron lady of ivory coast and. the new terrorists causing frustration and fear of famine in yemen. hello and welcome to international weather forecast the heat across central parts of europe is still in evidence on our chart for thursday temperatures well into t

saudi arabia has frozen all new trade and investment transactions with canada accusing us of interference in the arrests of human rights activists the canadian ambassador to riyadh has been given twenty four hours to leave the saudi foreign ministry said the canadian statement is a blatant interference in the kingdom's domestic affairs is against basic international norms and all international protocols it's a major unacceptable affront to the kingdom's laws and judicial process as well as a violation of the kingdom sovereignty well on saturday the canadian embassy tweeted that it was concerned about more arrests of human rights activists including some out of she's a sister of rice but who's been in a saudi jail since twenty twelve for criticizing the government his wife and children have lived in canada since twenty thirteen and just became canadian citizens let's talk to her son yari is a professor of international relations at sultan qaboos university he joins us now on skype from kingston in canada this diplomatic spat between canada and saudi arabia appeared very suddenly how significant is it. he's extremely significant can you sense

as it appears there is a major feud 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.s. 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 would be a saudi arabian company to the 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're going to b