die before he even entered the consulate meanwhile muslims around the world have been remembering shoji with funeral pres held and absentia in saudi arabia turkey indonesia the u.k. and the u.s. it's now more than six weeks since the washington post called this was it to he maintains the orders came from the highest level of the saudi royal court but that's again been denied. his royal highness the crown prince has nothing to do with this issue. in fact the national security adviser in the us said this. this was of operation we have a better sense of what happened this was individuals exceeding their authority. going beyond their mandate if these individuals made a tremendous mistake for this mistake they will pay a price. i. let's turn now to our panel discussion and joining us here in doha saad job where international lawyer and political commentator in istanbul matthew brize a senior fellow at the atlantic council and former u.s. diplomat and via skype from newark new jersey saw these professor of law at rutgers university and director of the center on security race and civil rights

is the saudi narrative is that there had been an altar cation inside the consulate you know that mr shoji was going to be taken back to saudi arabia he resisted he was given an injection of a sedative he got too much and he passed away and then they dismembered his body the turkish account is totally different but turkish account is that this was a premeditated murder that the team that was formed twelve as you were just saying was talking about killing mr shoji the day before and that the team was equipped with somebody who was a forensics expert who had a bone saw who was ready to to dismember the victim's body and that in the days before the murder members of the team were actually scouting low to locations in the forests around inside istanbul to dispose of the body so from the turkish perspective this is absolutely a premeditated crime no neither neither the turks neither president there to one nor american side have implicated muhammad bin sultan the crown prince but the way president our no one has handled this by dealing with the king king solomon directly and then leaking out all

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very widely anticipated many were wondering what would finally be said as in the aftermath of the shoji killing a lot of rather contradictory words and contradictory messages have come out of the white house let's review what was said prior to today's statement. they are ordering military equipment everybody in the world one of that order we got it and we got all of it every bit of it i don't like stopping massive amounts of money that's being poured into the country spending one hundred ten billion dollars on military is what. this day. like. others for because now the statement that was released echoes some of what we just heard now it's called i say we standing with saudi arabia standing with saudi arabia is the title of the statement it blames the war in yemen on the islamic republic of iran and seems to emphasize saudi arabia's role in aligning with the united states against iran from there the statement goes on to talk about the large amounts of money that saudi arabia has invested in the united states the deals and contracts it has with weapons manufacturers saying that it would

comes to a free press let alone another saudi journalist reportedly tortured and killed since because shoji turkey be enough to lizzie's i'll just what about the usa and time warner c.n.n. suing trump over its white house correspondent i'm going to speak in defense of jim acosta this morning because i don't think there's anybody on this set who hasn't gotten too personal during this presidency and i don't think that's just our fault i think this has been one of the most disturbing moments in history except that none of the same outrage of nato nations accompanied monday night's bombing of a t.v. station in palestine in the latest error in its israeli warplanes target. a t.v. station belonging to the palestinian resistance movement hamas at least three palestinians have so far been killed during the israeli air strikes aerial bombardment of a t.v. channel al aqsa t.v. by an air force by the u.k. is not unprecedented though you're looking at the radio television serbia headquarters in belgrade yugoslavia bombed today by nato forces the attack not the state run station off the air killing ten

say their family is unable to grieve properly without knowing where his body is shoji was killed by what turkish officials say was a hit squad who waited for him at the saudi consulate in istanbul turkey is vice president says take is now seeking those who committed the murder on its soil. a group of thirteen soldiers and police officers has been killed in an attack on a checkpoint it happened in the eastern province of guy's knee a spokesman for the governor says taliban fighters are responsible for of the attackers were also killed in the confrontation now france has welcomed the results of new caledonia is referendum which have rejected independence and remained a friend decided to remain a french territory but the margin of victory was much closer than expected and there's been some unrest on the south pacific territory andrew thomas reports from sydney. but. their victory was clear even if it did fall short of expectations in the end concerned about how an independent new caledonia would survive economically and whether it would become a target for an assertive china tryout ast

are calling for an inquiry into the saudi crown prince's role in the murder of journalist amal the shoji that's after president donald trump declared on tuesday that there would be no further action against riyadh and save the children says nearly eighty five thousand children under five have died from extreme hunger or disease since the civil war broke out in yemen in two thousand and fifteen. the british foreign secretary has warned that there will be serious diplomatic consequences for the u.a.e. after it sentenced a british man to life in prison thirty one year old matthew hedges has been convicted of spying for the british government the doctoral student was arrested in dubai airport six months ago after a two week research trip paul brennan reports. thirty one year old matthew had his was arrested at dubai airport at the end of a two week research trip as part of his ph d. on the country's security policies last month a court in abu dhabi granted him conditional bail raising hopes he might soon be cleared of all charges but the sentence of life imprisonment is a massive blow to tho

on their assessments of the shoji killing on tuesday we expecting anything particularly new another we haven't heard already. you know i don't really i don't think anyone exactly knows where this tuesday report is coming from if that's going to be the intelligence community coming out and that's the white house or if it's going to be him saying i was briefed on it now i know and i don't think it's anything that we can implicate the current prince and the bigger question is going to be how many senators congressmen rebuke the president because you've just heard there are a lot of very powerful voices and it's bipartisan it's democrats republicans in the house and the senate they want to see some sort of repercussions not just for saudi arabia the for the crown prince the question here is how many of them are there because it's the president signaled pretty clearly that he doesn't want to take any steps that he could potentially veto any sort of legislation that impacts saudi arabia so they'd have to have two thirds majority to override that veto we're not going to know that this week be

did and maybe he didn't that being said we may never know all of the facts surrounding the minute mr shoji in any case our relationship is with the kingdom of saudi arabia they have been a great town in a very important fight against iran well this statement was very long awaited people were anticipating to see what president would say now the statement that was released indicates that the united states will continue to cooperate with the kingdom of saudi arabia the title of the statement is actually standing with saudi arabia now in the lead up to today's statement donald trump has not been willing to admit that saudi arabia may have had a role in the actual killing of jamal khashoggi however donald trump has been emphasizing all throughout this process that he indeed intends to maintain the relationship between the two countries especially trade. they are ordering military equipment everybody in the world one of the border we got it and we got all of it every bit of it i don't like stopping massive amounts of money that's being poured into our country spending one hundred ten billion dol

cite what he calls representatives of saudi arabia not specifying who they are saying that mr coo shoji was a member of the muslim brotherhood and an enemy of the state the state being saudi arabia he says he cannot confirm whether or not that's true from there he goes on to talk about the importance of standing with saudi arabia and maintaining the relationship saying it is consistent with absolute security and safety of america now the opening line of the statement says the world is a very dangerous place the statement goes on to indicate that. somehow aligning with saudi arabia is about keeping the united states safer and the statement does seem to indicate that regardless of saudi arabia being involved in this murder regardless being aligned with saudi arabia is in the assessment of the trumpet ministration the best move they go on to end this stage of the phrase america first in exclamation points so it's quite quite a strong reiteration of the fact that regardless of the fact that this journalist was killed regardless of the murder of the shoji regardless of that united states wil

meanwhile the sons of a murdered saudi journalism have shoji say their family is unable to grieve properly without knowing where his body is he was killed by what turkish officials say was a hit squad who waited for him at the saudi consulate in istanbul turkey is vice president says it is now seeking the person who committed the murder on its soil and speak to andrea simmons who is outside the saudi consulate in istanbul forests added some very interesting comments from the vice president of turkey we've also had new leaks to the take us media what does this all suggest as far as what turkey might do next in this case. well it's not clear what it's going to do next but for what the turkish vice president made it clear that turkey had done all good to try to get this investigation completed and to get to the very top of the tree in terms of who ordered the whole murder to take place he said this who gave the order to commit this murder on our soil we are searching for this he said that we would be full transparency in the investigation he then went on to talk about reports as he described

the iranian foreign minister was outraged that trump attempted to shift the spotlight from because shoji case to a perceived threat posed by iran. if you look at iran just take a look at iran and you look at what they're doing they are a terrorist they hear right now mr trump bizarrely devotes the first paragraph of his shameful statement on saudi atrocities to accusing iran of every sort of malfeasance he can think of because shoji was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul back in october saudi arabia denies sanctioning the murder saying the country's crown prince had no prior knowledge of the assassination saudi prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for five suspects detained in the case political analyst sayed mostafa caution says trump is trying to divert attention away from the scandal. he's trying to kill two birds with one stone he is trying to bring the spotlight back on iran to replace all the. which is been part and parcel of the u.s. foreign policy in this region especially when it comes to iran and when it comes to oil the fact is that when you started talking about t

killing even as edward snowden was reeling that he was claiming israeli spy ware was used because shoji assassination. order the hunt should be in saudi arabia to talk about. whiles apparently there was an ongoing operation in yemen colonel tokyo mulkey of the saudis military said there was ongoing when you make a jeremy hunt being him but i'm surprised jim hunty did not actually. pick any blame to the saudi government he said you know we managed or we succeeded actually to reach some sort of deal with the saudi government the injured people to be treated outside the yemen let me we're going to hootie community people going to will be england well i wish so many were so you know because simply why he was silent this war is going on for at least a year or three years and a half what about those people who were in. more than thirty thousand yemenis were injured most of them children and civilians why british government was silent about this why now there realize that there are injured people who need treatment outside given they cannot be treated even inside yemen because most of the hosp

me my next question if america fails to take any real action against the saudis over the murder of shoji does this set a dangerous precedent. well of course it sets a precedent for the repression of more dissidents and mohammed bin someone has locked up you know feet women's rights at activists he's locked up lots of dissidents he x. executed a nonviolent shia cleric nimer on him or killing that was ironically defended by jamal his shoji so this kind of gives him carte blanche but i think we're going to see this case play out as the democrats take power in the house and we're going to start to see this saudi u.s. relationship scrutinized in a way that we haven't before and in riyadh mohammed bin someone will continue to turn to other sources of power to balance things out and you've touched on this a bit primarily because they're funded by the saudis but judging from the letter from the atlantic council it seems more than willing to help the saudis iron out the p.r. disaster they don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth following this horrible crime is this behavior typical for a wes

in saudi arabia the king and the crown prince were directly involved in altering the murder of his shoji let's take a listen to how trump addressed this issue king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin solomon vigorously denies any knowledge of the planning or execution of the murder of mr. our intelligence agencies continue to assess all information but it could very well be that the crown prince had knowledge of this tragic event maybe he did and maybe he didn't that being said we may never know all of the facts surrounding the murder of mr jamal khashoggi in any case our relationship is with the kingdom of saudi arabia they have been a great ally in our very important fight against iran. now it's important to note the statement was actually called standing with saudi arabia and it seemed to emphasize the importance of the relationship between the united states and the kingdom now it's important to note the statement blamed blamed iran the islamic republic of iran for the war in yemen saying that this was the result of iran's actions it also talked about the amount of money that saudi

and turkish investigators say it's already been established from the original recording that close shoji was strangled to death a not drugged a ruling party official who knew well says the saudi investigation can't be credible. it's an investigation that is headed by the crown prince and that investigation says he isn't related to what happened in each one organization of this investigation is problematic you can expect an independent fair judgment from that court among those here were many who didn't know because shoji he was murdered in the treasury quite unfortunately so that's why i'm here today it's really symbolic for me to this prayer. that is impossible not to react as a muslim and the human being we are here to do all us duty for jamal khashoggi for loved ones who maintain privacy on this day maybe some level of comfort spiritually but closure seems a long distance away. so enter the the revelation the reports that there is possibly be existence another tape what do we know about that could that possibly play and to the reporting from the washington post that the crown prince wa

mohammed bin sandman a turkish president richard tyburn has said he believes the order to kill her shoji came from the highest levels of the saudi government. well andrew symonds joins us live now from istanbul and you just talk us through the new information that's this been released then. well the latest information is from a trusted security source who told al-jazeera about another leak from the recorded tapes from inside the consulate building and it actually is a section of time after the show she had been killed or when his killers were actively trying to find his phone and there was no record of his phone being left at the security door or anything else and they appeared quote unquote agitated at the time they were concerned about finding that phone now as we know how t.j. yankees his fiance was right about some time after her fiance was killed was nearby here actually looking at two phones given to her by her fiance one of which she used to actually raise the alarm with a government official when she realized he hadn't come out and she was worried about his welfare so those two p

massive turnaround reflected in the latest vote a clear indication of how the murder of job market shoji has galvanized the senate to reexamine the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia the legislation would end u.s. involvement in yemen but even if it is passed in the senate there is little chance it will go to a house that's under republican control and it's only likely to clear congress and be sent to the white house after the new house of representatives with a democratic majority convenes at the beginning of next year and the president's office has been quick to make clear in a formal statement that any such legislation would face a veto this in turn could only be overwritten by a two thirds majority in both house and senate. nevertheless in what is now likely to be a protected war between president trump and congress this vote is just the first salvo mike hanna al-jazeera washington. this is pretty unprecedented one after the other u.s. senators came before reporters using pretty harsh language to describe saudi arabia and its crown prince we understand that saudi arabia is an ally.

among those here were many who did know because shoji was murdered in their tragic way unfortunately so that's why i'm here today it's really symbolic for me to see this prayer. that ms mentioned it is impossible not to react as a muslim and the human being we are here to do our duty for jamal khashoggi because she loved ones who maintain privacy on this day maybe some level of comfort spiritually but closure seems a long distance away and to simmons' al-jazeera is tumble. the un's yemen envoy says the country's warring parties are committed to attend peace talks in sweden the saudi emirate he coalition has been battling hooty rebels for yemen's vital port city of her data while our diplomatic editor james bases at the united nations tell us more about what's being said at the u.n. well i think further developments which perhaps following our lead story saudi arabia won't particularly like we hear the u.k. is putting forward a new draft resolution on yemen that will go to security council members on monday looking at the humanitarian situation but in particular looking at her data an

very much our mohamed vaal has more now on the turkish reaction to what trump's been saying about the shoji case he is outside the saudi consulate in istanbul and we don't have any officer reaction here in turkey on the latest that has been discussed and said in washington particularly by president donald trump what we know from the what has been going on and discussed in turkey that your forty's here are feeling that now that this case has been taken to the highest circles in washington there is a sense of relief here in turkey because they have been. trying with the saudi authorities to do things that could lead to a conclusion like for instance handing the suspects to turkey to be tried on the soil where they had committed the crime or or also given information on the whereabouts of the body none of that has been done by the saudis so now they are looking to washington to do more on this case to put more pressure on the saudis and there is as i said a sense of relief that the momentum has been created once again after a sense or a feeling during the last several days or weeks that the si

and turkish investigators say it's already been established from the original recording that close shoji was strangled to death a not drugged a ruling party official who knew well says the saudi investigation can't be credible. it's an investigation that is headed by the crown prince and that investigation says he isn't related to what happened in each one organization of this investigation is problematic you can expect an independent fair judgment from that court among those here were many who didn't know because shoji who was murdered in their tragic way unfortunately so that's why i'm here today it's really symbolic for me to see this prayer. that is impossible not to react as a muslim and the human being we are here to do our duty for jamal khashoggi. loved ones who maintain privacy on this day maybe some level of comfort spiritually but closure seems a long distance away. where do the turkish authorities go with this information ok andrew the united states in effect is now saying we believe the order for this was given at the highest possible level in riyadh so what the consequences

government is expected to give its conclusion on who killed sally journalist amounts of shoji in the next two days that's according to president trump who says he's awaiting a final report earlier a number of media outlets the cia believes saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man ordered the killing still. director terrific very knowledgeable and been studying this very closely and it's a horrible thing that took place the killing of a journalist a very very bad situation. and. somebody who's respected it should never have happened and we'll be having a very full report over the next two days in the meantime we're doing things to some people that we know for a fact were involved and we're being very tough on a lot of people what with this report and we're going to come up with a report as to what we think the overall impact was and who caused it and who did it you talking about a killing we're not talking about anything else we're talking about a killing so who did it meanwhile drawbars been surveying the damage caused by wildfires in northern california seventy six people are now c

the plot to silence jamal has shoji of course wasn't put together overnight according to the turkish president richard tayyip erdogan we've heard two excoriating public statements from him the first of which he delivered to his a.k.p. party faithful here in turkey for him he dated the putting together of the final plan on september twenty eighth he is also publicly of course repeating himself week after week saying he believes the decision to kill jamal khashoggi was taken at the highest level possible our correspondents mariella home and now picks the riyadh connections. soon after jamal khashoggi leaves the saudi consulate this man after.

after reports the spy agency believes saudi arabia's crown prince ordered the murder of jamal has shoji the conclusion contradicts the saudi government's claim sound man was not involved more than found people are missing in northern california after the worst wildfires to hit the region since records began donald trump has made his first visit to the area he's been to the town of paradise where at least seventy one people died krista salumi has more from chico california just whole neighborhoods burned to the ground we saw recovery crews going through cellars looking for remains of people to try to identify bodies that den of five people that may be on that missing persons list just even the downtown area of paradise industrial buildings in some cases were burned to the ground so really a scene of utter devastation and all the people that lived there had to flee and go somewhere many are in shelters some are staying with family some are in hotels. the saudi led military coalition has resumed airstrikes against yemen's hooty rebels in the port city of data the united nations says the wa

al-jazeera the saudi foreign minister has described a premeditated killing of journalist among the shoji as an unfortunate accident speaking to us media also said there's no question of the saudi crown prince being sidelined over the murder save the children says nearly eighty five thousand children under five have died from extreme hunger or disease since the civil war broke out in yemen in two thousand and fifty and britain's foreign secretary has warned there will be serious diplomatic consequences for the u.a.e. after it sentenced a british man to life in prison thirty one year old matthew hedges has been convicted of spying for the british. u.k. prime minister to resign may well hold last minute breaks of talks in brussels on saturday hours before a special summit to sign off on an easy withdrawal agreement may make european commission president earlier for discussions on future relations the other twenty seven e.u. members are expected to vote. leader says he'll vote against it if he doesn't get assurances over the deal also faces significant opposition in the u.k. parliament. well

al-jazeera the saudi foreign minister has described the premeditated killing of journalist jamal the shoji as an unfortunate accident speaking to us media bad reiterated that there's no question of the saudi crown prince being sidelined over the murder the leadership of surgery been presented in the king in the problems is a red line for the saudi man or woman the country is totally supportive of them to condemn the saudi arabia is committed to the vision that our leaders have put in terms of vision twenty thirteen in terms of moving along the path of reform. but senators in the u.s. are keeping up their call for an inquiry into the saudi crown prince's role in the murder that's the spied president from statement that there would be no further action taken against riyadh on wednesday u.s. defense secretary james mattis reiterated that neither the cia or saudi government had established blame for the murder yet. save the children says they estimate that nearly eighty five thousand children under five have died from extreme hunger or disease since the civil war broke out in yemen in two thou

and turkish investigators say it's already been established from the original recording the cause shoji was strangled to death a not drugged a ruling party official who knew well says the saudi investigation can't be credible to the source that mikey it's an investigation that is headed by the crown prince and that investigation says he isn't related to what happened in a church organization of this investigation is problematic you can expect an independent fair judgment from that court among those here were many who didn't know because shoji who was murdered in that tragic way unfortunately so that's why i'm here today it's really symbolic for me to see this prayer. that ms mentioned it is impossible not to react as a muslim and the human being we are here to do our duty for jamal khashoggi. loved ones who maintain privacy on this day maybe some level of comfort spiritually but closure seems a long distance away and drew simmons al-jazeera is stumble. the u.s. president says he has completed written nonces to questions posed by special counsel robert miller's investigation into russia'

now salah the eldest son of course shoji lives in saudi arabia he was allowed permission to leave the country to be with his family he joined his two sisters and his mother in the united states along with his younger brother who is from the united arab emirates they spoke the two boys two men should i say in really emotional terms but quite a constrained and not in any way lashing out politically but they had one clear plea and that was to the saudis can we please have the remains of our father back this is what seller had to say. we want. to bring him back here with in medina with his would because of his family in saudi arabia in saudi arabia yes i talked to talk about that with. the saudi authorities. and. i just hope that it happens. but you need to find somebody needs to find his body yes. i mean that the sessions are going. to be hopeful about that now the two men did say that they got completely confused by all the conflicting reports about the denial initially from saudi arabia and the eventual admission that there had been a murder but really abdullah was saying that even the

president donald trump says he'll get a full report on the killing of saudi journalist shoji in the next few days he's spoken to the cia chief after reports the spy agency believes saudi arabia's crown prince ordered a murder that contradicts the saudi government's claim that sound man was not involved she had a chance he has more from washington it's basing its conclusion on the evidence that they've seen intercepted communications and so on and the structure of the saudi regime and it seems pretty clear doubt about that conclusion made with high confidence that the crown prince of saudi arabia personally ordered the killing of jamal khashoggi has not been received well at the white house and that's perhaps why the cia leaks that conclusion to the press more than a thousand people are missing in northern california after the worst wildfires to hit the region since records began donald trump has made his first visit to the area he's been to the town of paradise where at least seventy one people died kristen salumi has more from chico california. just whole neighborhoods burned to the gro

government is expected to give its conclusion on who killed mr moussa shoji in the next two days that's according to u.s. president donald trump who says he's awaiting final report media leaks said the cia believes saudi crown prince. ordered the killing. coalition has resumed as strike against yemen's three fighters in the port city of. united nations says the war has pushed a point four million people to the brink of starvation. nearly one thousand three hundred people are missing in northern california following the worst wildfires to hit the region since records began dan trump has made his first visit to the area at least seventy six people died most of them in the town of paradise. in france a protester has been killed or more than two hundred injured during demonstrations against the rising cost of fuel since the start of two thousand and eighteen prices have increased by as much as twenty percent the government's added so-called green taxes to try to lower air pollution as part of its environmental policy the protesters say that they are unfairly punished people need their cars

the government here is the fence secretary james mattis for example he's been speaking out about the shoji case what did he have to say well it seems that all members of the administration are circling the wagons so to speak the secretary of state my composure came out of the statement in support of the president in the past twenty four hours and in the course of today the defense secretary james mattis speaking off the camera to a group of reporters said that sometimes you don't choose who you do business with a president cannot always choose the partner to do business with you then went on to say that it would not be possible to deal with the ongoing war in yemen with saudi arabia implying that the strategic relationship with saudi arabia very important for a number of reasons echoing his president and one level but also adding that other reason about to engage with them means a better way to. organize the conduct of the war in yemen so there is a gathering around of cabinet members around president trump basically no one has yet spoken aren't in any opposition that is within his cabinet

after a force the spy agency believes saudi arabia's crown prince ordered the murder of john murtha shoji that inclusion contradicts the saudi government's claim sound man was not involved. well the founds and people are missing in northern california after the worst wildfires to hit the region since records began donald trump has made his first visit to the area he's been to the town of paradise where at least seventy one people died kristen salumi has more from chico california just whole neighborhoods burned to the ground we saw recovery crews going through cellars looking for remains of people to try to identify bodies a den of five people that may be on that missing persons list just even the downtown area of paradise industrial buildings in some cases were burned to the ground so really.

house to investigate anyone and come to a conclusion on who was responsible for the killing of the shoji and then they have to come back to congress and sanctions have to be worked out as to have a against whoever is found to have been responsible that already happened in october yesterday on tuesday another letter was sent specifically asking that the white house investigate whether mohamed bin solomon was personally culpable for the killing of the show so again and both of these the white house is one hundred twenty days to come up with their investigation the results of their investigation so that first investigation they have until february now they have until march to find out whether moment when someone is personally culpable for the killing of the show in which case sanctions against him personally may be in the offing thirdly we're hearing more and more suggestions that they'll be pressure in congress for the intelligence agencies to release everything they know to the public about the question of gee killing she have returned see with the latest there from washington d.c. she ha

united arab emirates to begin his first trip abroad since the murder of journalist john mark karr shoji the saudi news agency says the crown prince is on the tool of a number of brotherly countries he's also expected to participate in the g. twenty meeting in the saudis next week with other world leaders meanwhile the u.s. president continues to deflect blame for kushal just kidding away from bid some on . i hate the crime i hate words than i hate the cover up. and i will tell you the the crown prince hates it more than i do and they have vehemently deny that the cia points of both ways. as i said maybe did maybe didn't but i will say very strongly that it's a very important ally the u.n. is welcoming a reduction in fighting and yemen's port city of her day they're saying that it's providing much needed relief to thousands of civilians there a special envoy to yemen is in the capital sala continuing his push to get the warring parties around the negotiating table the talks are expected in sweden next month the mayor of the mexican city of tijuana is warning of a humanitarian crisis over

leverage over to two parties into this conflict precisely because of the fallout over that because shoji if there so this is the recklessly attributed to trying to reverse a negative trend in the us saudi relationship over yemen so even before the leverage yes there have periodically been times that the u.s. says it has drawn some sort of attention to the conflict and yemen but just asking for it isn't the same is really having any force behind it or having any will to make it done or even. withdrawing from the role that they actually played in it do you think the u.s. has ever had the will to do something about this sigurd. the united states has always had the will the problem that we have seen and the u.s. saudi relationship over the past eighteen to twenty months unless president trump makes a deliberate statement. statements by his subordinates namely to move cabinet secretaries of defense and state have been ignored altogether and we have also seen that on the bureaucratic level the u.s. government has repeatedly call or and of hostility and resumption of peace talks. what what is d

and turkish investigators say it's already been established from the original recording that close shoji was strangled to death a not drugged a ruling party official who knew well says the saudi investigation can't be credible. it's an investigation that is headed by the crown prince and that investigation says he isn't related to what happened in each one organization of this investigation is problematic you can expect an independent fair judgment from that court among those here were many who didn't know because shoji who was murdered in that tragic way unfortunately so that's why i'm here today it's really symbolic for me to see this prayer. that ms mentioned it is impossible not to react as a muslim and the human being we are here to do our duty for jamal khashoggi because she loved ones who maintain privacy on this day maybe some level of comfort spiritually but closure seems a long distance away and drew simmons al-jazeera is tumble. to tell anybody our correspondent who is live for us in istanbul in turkey what do you make of this this latest news that presidents have agreed to ex

all goes away so a lot depends on whether the international pressure whether the attention on the shoji murder does indeed go away in which case the administration is quietly walk away from the whole issue so in our other headlines u.s. president is trying to drive out turnout among his republican base head of cheese days midterm elections it's been crisscrossing the country holding rallies in key states over the last few days early numbers point to the highest turnout from mid tempo in decades over thirty million people have already cost their ballots in the election chipping which is being seen as a referendum on trump's policies democrats hoping to win back the majority in the house of representatives. bahrain has sentenced the head of the country's main opposition movement to life in prison on charges of spying for cattle two other senior figures from the same party were also jailed for life alongside. protests against a sunni government in two thousand and eleven it comes months after the high court acquitted the three men of colluding with the rival gulf state rain along with saud

shoji who is thirty three said that quote i really hope whatever happened wasn't painful or that it was quick the sons of jamal khashoggi appealing for the return of their father's body and also eulogizing him saying that they believe he was courageous man and an amazing father in the words of one of the sons and they also expressed some concerns that his life and his work and his legacy were being manipulated after his demise in the pursuit of the varying political agendas the u.s. to reimpose economic sanctions on iran in less than four hours they'll target terror on the oil shipping and banking sector is all measures lifted out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal are coming back despite iran's compliance with the deal sri lanka's political crisis is heading towards a showdown with parliament set to reconvene residence or a senate has ordered parliament to return to session on the van before team last week suicide abruptly fahd prime minister run away from a single placing him with my hand to rajapaksa former president promising that insists his sacking was constitutional. voters in new

cooperation it is receiving from saudi arabia and may seek a former united nations inquiry into the shoji killing their foreign minister is in washington and spoke about the journalist's murder you know if you see them and in addition you lose time i think you can then we believe that nobody came to turkey without preplanning first eleven have been invested all this have been set free why have they been freed and why is someone to the death sentence the question needs to be answered any investigation should be conducted according to turkish law they have to be handed over to turkey we should have cooperation it's not just up to saudi arabia to bequest information from us we also have to be given information by them. attorney bert's attorney but he has the latest now from istanbul. mr chairman all of the turkish foreign minister was speaking after the president trump statement and after meeting with mike pompei over the under secretary of state he did refer directly to those meetings and that statement but he did reiterate a call to the saudis to hear better cooperation in this inquiry int

secretary of state mike pompeo went to riyadh to discuss the shoji's killing 's killing and when he leftaid the saudis promised an investigation. if they have not even revealed where the body is, they are clearly not delivering on their promise. >> turkey is releasing details about the killing, little by little it appears. why this drip, drip of information? jasper: nobody and the turkish government has said why they are pursuing this policy. we have got to guess. i can think of three reasons. firstly, i think the turks believe that if they were to reveal everything in one go, the saudis would take a hit but eventualal they woululd recovovr and then turkey would have nothing left to throw at them. secondlyly, the turks know thee is a big gap in their information. they do not have khashshoggi's dy, so they cacannot say witith certainty hohow he was kililled. ononly the s saudis can ananswet question because they have the killers in their custody. i think the turks believe that a steady and gradual increase of as theure on the saudis best way to squeeze the information out of them. lastly,

in the derive nine days after because shoji was killed included a chemical expert and a toxicologist. and people the same story the u.n. human rights council has been reviewing the actions of saudi arabia and its wreck ordered all rights violations addressing the council it restated the kingdom's position that is investigating its killing i will prosecute those responsible paul brennan has more from geneva. the conflicting perspectives about saudi arabia's human rights record were highlighted before the session even began and documents submitted in advance firstly the national report from saudi arabia itself detailing what it says are the reforms that have been enacted the royal decree which have been passed improving the role of women and improving the human rights record but in contrast to the two reports were put before delegates firstly one from un committees and another from n.g.o.s which complained about the operative detentions about the use of the death sentence about the stonings amputations against children on the issue of jamal khashoggi could not be a scaped. the king of s

testimony was interesting but not persuasive there are many of us who believe that this execution of the shoji in istanbul could never have taken place without the knowledge and direction of the crown prince of saudi arabia that is a fact which this administration has never been willing to acknowledge and we are asked to accept at face value that this sort of murder took place without his knowledge i don't accept that or that's all you are explicitly told the white house watching from coming to this why gina has police there and the two who were there said that was a decision for the folks in the top thirty but. they did they talked about their impressions having read the intelligence i can't go beyond that even more specific about their heart you did about the greater commitment to tell you the killing. here be able to accomplish like greater police like everything how did you feel about there are you know it was interesting but not persuasive as far as i'm concerned even allies of the united states need to be held to standards of failures and principles that we in the united states embrace t