in the court of the matters the sultan received noble gases. the slender deceptively fragile looking pale as reflected in the poor innocent in the cotton bodies the essence of nasty architecture its closeness to. it surrounded by windows behind which one can imagine the sultan's administrator city. from this spot the little brown was ruled taxis were raised the laws were enacted the smooth function of the air geishas systems was insured. in the whole of the ambassadors the south and met with politicians and diplomats from foreign lands. if we could speak these would tell of the once feared scale of arab diplomats or of political finesse and wisdom debased into intrigue and assassination. perhaps they described the entry of the catholic monex into the alhambra the triumph of the recompete by which and alysia was regained for christianity. the ceiling resembles the seven happens of the koran it's a canopy of cedar. and mother of pearl. and . lower wall is tiled in intricate geometrical patterns these musics transport avila into an abstract well a

that is the sultan this is the what the sultan less we call it from khatib a.m.d. we just put it. we're going to put meat on the top that's a huge thing for tookie so the best recipe ground turkey cuisine actually. first we need to buying greediest said istanbul's egyptian bazaar also known as the spice bazaar to locals and tourists flock to this market with its unique atmosphere . poor hunt joking around as a regular visitor. this is the best blizzard find in this room will also you know it is the same aspies those are it's where now right next to the next wall there everybody sells fresh food over here spices this you can find around this town will also probably part of the world you can find the best places around here so we get here by a biased of we're going to go and cook right now. back at the restaurant we meet chef air hahnville the runner. to make our big empty he needs eggplant lamb tomato puree flour onions milk butter oil and spices. and we start with the eggplant the most important and time consuming part of the recipe. is that of the she did that to ensure they cook

sultan: where the market takes us.a commercially motivated investment company and we're looking for opportunities that make strategic sense. gas frommporting qatar, do you imagine continuing this relationship with qatar? sultan: our intent here is to advance our portfolio. we are looking at a vast untapped reserve and we are simply doing it because we can and we should. we have the resources, we have the technology, and we are interested in new developments. we have the market and also toernational -- that want meet with us. >> if i said, what kind of company do you want adnoc to be -- i want to be exxon, i want to be aramco, what do you want this company to be? sultan: the company of the future. we want to operate internationally, while we take advantage and leverage in fact that we are a national oil company. and we want to be nimble and quick in conducting business. and we want to be resilient in market dynamics. we want to be very motivated. so as such, i think we are on the right track to become a company that wil

the sultan in istanbul was the kaleb of islam the leader of the muslim world. whichever side you were on there was a close bond with the calle of respect and loyalty for him across the arab world. and incident later in the war illustrated this clearly. the british captured seven hundred iraqi soldiers in one thousand nine hundred seventeen and sent them to egypt. the british offer to free the person as if they'd support an arab revolt against the ultimate led by sorry for saying of mecca but few iraqis accepted most were uneasy at the idea of challenging the kale of. books such as the one thousand nine hundred thirty eight work by george antonius the arab revolt exaggerated the support of shoddy hussein's one thousand nine hundred sixteen report against the ottomans and exaggerated and painted a very negative image of on him in a rule of four hundred years of ottoman rule and even many european colonialists tended to denigrate the ottoman past and to the point of referring to it as so despotic and backward that it almost welcomed the arrival of european colonia

the sultan's view was not wrong. the european powers so on rest in the arab world after nearly four hundred years of ultimate rule as an opportunity. but there was a stumbling block provincial arab leaders and intellectuals were thinking about gaining independence from the ultimate. but for ordinary arabs the sultan in east. goal was the kaleb of islam the leader of the muslim world. whichever side you were on there was a close bond with the calle of respect and loyalty for him across the arab world. and incident later in the war illustrated this clearly. the british captured seven hundred iraqi soldiers in one thousand nine hundred seventeen and sent them to egypt. the british offer to free the person as if they'd support an arab revolt against the ultimate led by sheriff the saying of mecca but few iraqis accepted most were uneasy at the idea of challenging the kale of. books such as the one thousand nine hundred thirty eight work by george antonius the arab revolt exaggerated the support of hussein's one thousand

junk up a.m.d. a turkish specialty not just a dish for sultans. good all right you can always find that recipe on our website and that brings us to the end of this edition of your romance but we will be back tomorrow for the highlights so we look forward. seeing you for that until then for me and the entire crew here as your remarks as always thanks for joining us bye for now. next time on your match the night show with an italian fierce ensemble bringing painting sculpture of a chair to life. stricken your he is a talented guitarist from israeli. and a library upsala joe stalin is from belgium this imo next time on the euro max highlights. from. the. move. on. reliable data general. distance first class system this. ultimate. mode of automotive history the front. this is g w news lawyer from berlin to bring in our correspondent ophelia harms are british and joins us from for your piece now we're here to find out what happened with me think of the correspondent sometimes it's not and we do have some of breaking news that's coming in for us now and

circumstances that led to the death of shoji and in particular whether the crown prince mohammed bin sultan had a direct role in that particular death in the last few minutes there's been an interview published in the washington post in which the president trying to make some comments about that murder and he says in a rather confused way cia not saying affirmatively firm to believe he did do it and then he goes on and says that this is his exact expression i'm not saying that they're saying that he didn't do it but they didn't say it affirmatively obviously when this type of confusion is out there this type of language is being used by the president senators are absolutely adamant that they've got to hear directly from the director of the cia who's been the point person on the investigation into the killing and michael also hearing that president trump's not likely to meet the saudi crown prince at the g twenty summit in buenos aires in argentina so what more do you know about that. well we heard there from the national security adviser indicating that his has completely crowded a series o

a.m.d. a turkey specialty not just a dish for sultans. good all right you can always find that recipe on our website and that brings us to the end of this edition of your own max but we will be back tomorrow for the highlights so we look forward. just seeing you for that until then for me and the entire crew here and you're all much as always thanks for joining us bye for now for. next time on your marks the high night show with an italian fierce ensemble bringing paintings by caravaggio to life. lucas take on your he is a talented guitarist from italy. and a library upsala debts stock is from belgium this and more next time on the euro max highlights. of. the few for. india. how can a country's economy broken harmony its people and the environment when there are do worse than look at the bigger picture india a country that faces many challenges and whose people are striving to create a sustainable future clever projects from europe and india. in thirty minutes spawning a w. . folks the temple of technology. the return of the market. the

a.m.d. a turkish specialty not just a dish for sultans. good all right you can always find that recipe on our website and that brings us to the end of this edition of euro max but we will be back tomorrow for the highlights so we vote for a. to seeing you for that until then for me and the entire crew here as you're all much as always thanks for joining us bye for now for. next time on your style not show with funny telly and fierce ensemble bringing paintings back her to life. look us take on your knee as a talent if you tara strong as you. and a library up so much as start is from belgium this imo next time you're a match highlights. from. the food. and. seems. odd. for your view the story. deliver rousing performances. straightforward intimate. movement and very tense music going to events go is once again a tour in germany to see. bands. not sure of the concert. this is d w two small i go from berlin to bring in our correspondent a period harms our routines and joins us from rio de janeiro that we're going to find out what happened to

max all eyes were on the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan today i mean his first major overseas of appearance since the killing of that salty dissident journalist from all. let's take a closer look. they act like own college these two men often many hit the pariahs of these g. twenty summit president vladimir putin is in hot water over russia see sheriff ukrainian ships after a clash in the black sea. crown prince mohammed bin solomon meanwhile is accused of ordering the murder of dissident saudi journalists in istanbul saudi arabia says the crown prince had no role in it the cia says he did and u.s. president donald trump disagrees with his own intelligence agency from tonight talking with the man known as m.b.'s. and that is what they have that he was was. there at the traditional family photo the crown prince cut something of an isolated figure nobody wanted to shake his hand when it came to the clicking of cameras in sound than was on the edge of the frame france's emanuel macron was later said to have given him some firm words you can probably expect a few more by the end o

the sultan's view was not wrong. the european powers so on rest in the arab world after nearly four hundred years of ultimate rule as an opportunity. but there was a stumbling block provincial arab leaders and intellectuals were thinking about gaining independence from the ultimate. but for ordinary arabs the sultan is. well was the kaleb of islam the leader of the muslim world. whichever side you were on there was a close bond with the calle of respect and loyalty for him across the arab world. and incident later in the war illustrated this clearly. the british captured seven hundred iraqi soldiers in one thousand nine hundred seventeen and sent them to egypt. the british offer to free the person as if they would support an arab revolt against the ultimate led by saudi for saying of mecca but few iraqis accepted most were uneasy at the idea of challenging the kale of. books such as the one thousand nine hundred thirty eight work by george antonius the arab revolt exaggerated the support of hussein's one thousand nin

armament expelled the last autumn and sultan messmate the six several new states would emerge from the ruins of his empire. but some monarchs were celebrated as here it was. during the war belgium's king albert of the first had fought alongside his troops his wife elizabeth served at the front as a nurse i. germany's occupation of belgium ended with the armistice that was declared on november the eleventh one thousand nine hundred eighteen. belgians honored canadian troops who had played a major role in the last great effect. the. belgians honored canadian troops who had played a major role in the last great offensive of the war known as the hundred days that operation canadian unit suffered more than forty five thousand casualties. in the flanders region of northern belgium scottish troops seized a german supply train filled with hand grenades thing that lay in their path. after the armistice life in europe slowly began to return to normal. the end of the fighting was announced on the morning of november the eleventh the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. the arm

the sultan in istanbul was the kaleb of islam the leader of the muslim world. whichever side you were on there was a close bond with the calle of respect and loyalty for him across the arab world. and incident later in the war illustrated this clearly. the british captured seven hundred iraqi soldiers in one thousand nine hundred seventeen and sent them to egypt. the british offer to free the person as if they'd support an arab revolt against the ultimate led by sorry for saying of mecca but few iraqis accepted most were uneasy at the idea of challenging the caylus. books such as the one thousand nine hundred thirty eight work by george antonius the arab revolt exaggerated the support of sharif hussein's one thousand nine hundred sixteen revolt against the ottomans and exaggerated and painted a very negative image of on him in a rule of four hundred years of ottoman rule and even many european colonialists tended to denigrate the ottoman past and to the point of referring to it as so despotic and backward that it almost welcomed the arrival of european colonial

the sultan in istanbul was the kaleb of islam the leader of the muslim world. whichever side you were on there was a close bond with the calle of respect and loyalty for him across the arab world. and incident later in the war illustrated this clearly. the british captured seven hundred iraqi soldiers in one thousand nine hundred seventy eight and sent them to egypt. the british offer to free the person as if they'd support an arab revolt against the ultimate led by saudi for saying of mecca but few iraqis accepted most were uneasy at the idea of challenging the caylus. books such as the one thousand nine hundred thirty eight work by george antonius the arab revolt exaggerated the support of shoddy hussein's one thousand nine hundred sixteen revolt against the ottomans and exaggerated and painted a very negative image of on him in a rule of four hundred years of ottoman rule and even many european colonialists tended to denigrate the ottoman past and to the point of referring to it as so despotic and backward that it almost welcomed the arrival of european colo

and this is a sort of headline that one sees during those times iran executes sultan of coins who is convicted of hoarding two tons of gold coins iran has executed the so-called sultan of coins and his accomplice for hoarding gold coins and other hard currency signaling zero tolerance as it tries to shore up its currency in the face of an economic crisis so they were hanging to last week they were accused of manipulating coin in hard currency markets through illegal and off unauthorized deals as well as smuggling their two tons of gold two tons two terms of goes over to johnny cash they know that's obviously a case or crypto currency right there you could just put it on a hard drive and skip town without getting what they do let's get him fry and beat him up dismember him they hung him hung him the old saddam hussein hanging you know it's a tried and true is it again this is from an australian newspaper so again terms of propaganda it's hard to really know what sort of information is coming out of around but this is what they're reporting is that they hung this guy now he had two ton

. >> no se sultans d favorecen con 13% de ventaja. >> se mujer latina creada aquí, tengo ojos cafés,o café, el español. >> entre otros candidatos a latinos . >> gracias a los padres de familia. >> paola aguirre activista en el cuidado ambiental. >> vivian moreno obtiene un asiento en el distrito ocho >> en una de las continuos más controversiales, en el distrito 50 de la cámara baja, en latino árabe no pudo contra el republicano conter, pero su participación al igual que la de la participación hispana dice mucho. >> necesitamos diversidad de opiniones, experiencias, e ideas, así trabaja la democracia. >> en la sede méxico falló el suministro de agua, ha provocado el corte por una semana. es un récord histórico este incidente deviene abajo uno de los dos objetivos del tao, la conexión de la vieja línea que llevaba agua la capital con la nueva que se acaba de costel. >> en méxico hay polémica por e electo con los medios de comunicación. una revista hizo un reportaje al presidente y en los llamo amarillistas y sensacionalistas. >> la relación parece sana y normal, bromea consuela y abra

agency reportedly pins the dissident journalist death on powerful saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan that this is washington warns it will hold his killers accountable also coming up recovery teams press on with their search for the remains of those missing in california swan funds we'll get the latest from one of the devastated communities. and thousands of central american migrants who ping to enter the u.s. arrive in the mexican border town of to quanah but the math there warns they might soon wear out their welcome. find a home free you could join me the washington post newspaper is reporting that the cia has concluded saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmond ordered the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi in istanbul last month he was fine president mike pence is vowing repercussions for anyone involved in his killing spree at has repeatedly said the prince was not involved in his day she disappeared off the entering the saudi consulate to obtain marriage documents his body has not been found. none for more we're joined now by istanbul correspondent junia han. i'm chris said al

sparked a nationwide protest by hardliners she was convicted in two thousand and ten on charges of and sultan the prophet muhammad after a dispute with fellow muslim farmworkers several countries have offered her asylum there so the headlines keep it here let's go now to al-jazeera correspondent. so very going to end then which is liam and helen and dalton i like to call it was started by a few of the residents here and now powers three villages around. it also provide some of the only steady jobs in the area and in the winter in alaska it can be so cold that not having heating can be really dangerous having some form of electricity is really important and so sad he couldn't make it up that's when quite a few years just been up here yeah that's the thing just work keeps getting in the way that darn work i call you up making a living hell it really sucks. tell you get the paycheck a lot of people look at a hydroelectric plant and think all that's super cool you're getting free electricity going over the falls how nice they don't see how hard of work it is sometimes to keep it going you know. t

intelligence plane saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan and for the journalists dead. and in france thousands protest against rising fuel costs one demonstrators killed in an accident and dozens of others are injured as crowds turned out to block roads across the country. i'm rebecca rich's welcome to the program in the last few minutes president almost trump has touched down in california to visit areas scorched by the wildfires and talk with the first responders tromps praised the work of firefighters but blamed the disaster and what he said was california's poor forest management fears are growing that far more people have died in the fires the remains of more than seventy people have so far been identified but the list of those still missing has soared beyond one thousand as california also struggles with toxic air pollution. with the fire comes a new danger smoke and it has reached san francisco where air pollution levels now rank among the highest in the world health warnings prompted widespread school closings even the city's main tourist attractions was shut. t

the end of october israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was also in amman to meet its rulers sultan qaboos bin saeed the last time an israeli leader did that was more than twenty years ago. around the same time israel's cultural sports minister was in abu dhabi in the united arab emirates and its minister for communications was just on the coast in dubai significantly just a few days before netanyahu is visit palestinian president mahmoud abbas was also in oman for delegates at the transport conference business not politics is the priority. to have the conference in oman shows our strategic location in addition to its unique experience in the field of international trade and transport and our impact on the region. by days rail and some arabic countries seem to be sending a message that parts of the power structure in the region may be open to change matheson al-jazeera. in first emerged this week as a cute viral video but scientists say this footage of a mother bear cub is an example of the misuse of drones the video of the baby bear struggling to climb and ice wall has been viewed

for the main course we're making sultans joy for this over things in main ingredient is eggplant sesame puree we had lamb dawson also from the region and for dessert there's two methods to make angel hair with spanish sheep's milk cheese munch a go back into the sky we bake it and give it our own twist as we. saw our medical circus right even second is front of house tonight. the song was that was a little taster as well not so little today is guess or hungry seem. to curious to know if the concept is a success. makes activations are high definitely very very high we might not be able to live up to them so. there's a risk that everything we've achieved in the last few years will be undone very quickly. we'll soon find out. this was just one side and. get some in the market despite the pressure second still finds time to give celine a few tips on how to hold a hot dish. in certain.

vilhelm the second first visited istanbul in eight hundred eighty nine to befriend sultan. nine years later he landed a fifer on a state visit to the ultimate east. he made a ceremonial entry into jerusalem. and visited the tomb in damascus of salahuddin the famous mediæval muslim oreo who defeated the crusaders. there was mass celebration when he announced the germany would pay for the renovation of his grave. the kaiser also declared his friendship of the world's three hundred million muslims and gained the nickname haji vilhelm so germany was a natural ally. but the young turks were also gambling that the european war might be over quickly. at the time there were theories and. prospect of voice in europe that in fact the civilized european powers would not fight each other for very long that just was a crisis but a cry for that might. come to an end funeral rather than later ultimately that there would be able to favor the alliance with germany which they had signed for seven years not necessarily protection but an alliance with germany that would help the ottoman state

agency reportedly pims the dissident journalist dead on powerful saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan spears says washington warns that will hold his killers accountable also coming out. in front of thousands protest against rising fuel costs one demonstrator is killed in an accident and dozens injured as crowds turned out to be.

the end of october israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was also in amman to meet its ruler sultan qaboos bin saeed the last time an israeli leader did that was more than twenty years ago around the same time israel's cultural sports minister was in abu dhabi in the united arab emirates and its minister for communications was just on the coast in dubai significantly just a few days before netanyahu is visit palestinian president mahmoud abbas was also in amman for delegates at the transport conference business not politics is the priority. of on what they had there in the one lipnica to have the conference in oman shows our strategic location in addition to its unique experience in the field of international trade and transport and our impact on the region. but israel and some arabic countries seem to be sending a message that parts of the power structure in the region may be open to change matheson al-jazeera. mexico has defended its human rights record as united nations review in switzerland mexico's ambassador to the un human rights council says recent laws have improved childre

seen that assessment saying that it does not conclude in any way that the crown prince mohammed bin sultan ordered the killing of. this would certainly contradict the reports in the u.s. media as well in recent days the u.s. president calling this simply false reporting saying instead that the cia assessment suggests that the crown prince might have done it but he also may not have take a listen. they did not come to a conclusion they have feelings certain ways but they didn't have the report and you can you can they have not concluded nobody's going to i don't know if anyone's going to be able to conclude that the crown prince but i will say this i don't know i don't know but whether he did or whether he did he denies it vehemently whose father denies that the king vehemently the cia doesn't say they did it they do point out certain things and pointing out those things you can conclude that maybe he did or maybe he did but there's no there was a part of a false reporting. now the president as he did on social media on twitter early thursday morning is again defending the u.s. saudi relati

the sultan of swat. the great bambino. the one and only babe ruth.uly is, when you think -- i mean, let's face it. babe ruth is babe ruth. george herman "babe" ruth jr. he was a junior. i can imagine what his father was like, he must have been tough. lived from 1895 to 1948. learning the game of baseball from catholic brothers at his orphanage. at the age of 19, he was signed by the boston red sox as a pitcher. and soon became one of the best pitchers in baseball. people don't know that. babe ruth was one of the best pitchers. he still has records today. in 1920, he started with the new york yankees. and i have heard for many years what's the worst trade in the history of sports, babe ruth for $100,000 and a 35-year-old third baseman. that was not a good trade. who was out of baseball the following season. of course $100,000 is probably like $25 million today, but it was still a lousy deal. they drafted him, took him as a pitcher but knew they wanted to make him a hitter. we have george steinbrenner iv, george steinbrenner was one of my best friends,

the sultan's view was not wrong. the european powers so on rest in the arab world after nearly four hundred years of ultimate rule as an opportunity. but there was a stumbling block provincial arab leaders and intellectuals were thinking about gaining independence from the ultimate. but for ordinary arabs the sultan in istanbul. was the kaleb of islam the leader of the muslim world. whichever side you were on there was a close bond with the cale of respect and loyalty for him across the arab world. and incident later in the war illustrated this clearly. the british captured seven hundred iraqi soldiers in one thousand nine hundred seventeen and sent them to egypt. the british offer to free the prisoners if they'd support an arab revolt against the ultimate led by sorry for saying of mecca but few iraqis accepted most were uneasy at the idea of challenging the kale of. books such as the one thousand nine hundred thirty eight work by george antonius the arab revolt exaggerated the support of shoddy hussein's one thousa

the austrian investment from sultan hands christiane has been working in new york's financial district for more than twenty years even here donald trump was not the favorite candidate for president but after the election wall street went from strength to strength. we don't the pump is going to trump actually one i slept rather badly but then the market went up because the stock market is not stupid they immediately started what mr trump said. made three promises. to tax cuts a trillion dollar investment in infrastructure. and deregulation. would be and that's want drove the markets out that was exactly winning back the following day even. with trump's trade disputes causing concerns wall street has been aware of your place in recent weeks. it seems investors haven't quite gotten used to surprises. from the white house after all. this. on top with trump you don't know what will happen know what he will say from one day to the next if you can't sleep for fear of his slip ups then you have invested badly in my opinion you have not diversified your portfolio enough but the slip ups will al

there and but i don't think that there is any way that america can say permanent the mohamed bin sultan bomb i think that the best that america can do is to persuade the saudis that he has to step aside for a while they can appoint somebody else the king think soundman can appoint somebody else and in one or two years when things have died down he can come back into his position because in the muslim world but any muslim once this stuff but if it mentions of mr known for muslims suddenly maybe it will most total thanks and i think that mr editor going to have to be very careful he has to build on this road you know whether to preserve his own image in the most but well and he cannot borrow now to saudi arabia or the united states. let me get a final thought from you i mean we're hearing as you say lots of chatter about how the u.s. might use the killing as some kind of leverage of a saudi arabia to perhaps end the war in yemen and lift the embargo on cats but just what leverage does washington actually have over riyadh and how is that like to play out then i think if washington had want

an open mike for the main course we're making sultans joy for this over the indian main ingredient is eggplant sesame puree we had lamb also from the region and for dessert there's two methods to make angel hair with spanish sheep's milk cheese munch a go back and just make it and give it our own twist in this. sort. and i think also success not even second is front of house tonight. the song that was a little taster as well not so little today is guess or hungry. and they're curious to know if the concept is a success. yeah bottom exact ations are high definitely very very high we might not be able to live up to them so. there's a risk that everything we've achieved in the last few years will be undone very quickly. we'll soon find out. this was just on time. good for me. despite the pressure said can still finds time to give celine a few tips on how to hold a hot dish. and sometimes. consult of the hellenist hands on learning like this reveals where the problems lie but also the strength to respond is thrilled. if you're here it's really fantastic like. i'm always learning something

this murder but first the denials are strong on october third the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan denied all knowledge of the killings saying mr casady disappeared after he left the consulate building a lock told with the eight his brother khaled bin salman the saudi ambassador to the u.s. repeated the claim over the twelfth according to cia sources who reported that saudi crown prince asked jerrod krishna president tom son in law why the outrage is because saudi was a dangerous islamist this anger the turkish authorities and that is when the audio recordings started to be leaked. on october thirteenth eleven days after mr casady was killed the turkish newspaper subba published details of the killing it said they came from a recording from his i watch that was sync to his i phone held by his turkish fiance outside the consulate the i watched part is perhaps not correct but the newspaper said the recording was of the journalist being tortured and then murdered this is when the picture and the response started to change with such a grim and irrefutable evidence it was difficult for

stories he says when it comes to the murder of jamal khashoggi maybe the crown prince mohammed bin sultan of saudi arabia maybe he knew maybe he didn't who knows or one point to blame the world for being a violent place i can tell you throughout capitol hill from democrats republicans congressmen senators that was not good enough so the timing here is probably going to be instrumental because the republicans as you just mentioned bob corker are very influential in foreign policy he's actually decided to quit rather than try to face reelection and possibly the ire of trump space so he is still the head of the foreign relations committee in the senate he's got a limited amount of time before he's out of office so you could see him try and press this issue try to get that to the forefront because it is a bipartisan concern and if he doesn't doesn't have the numbers if you can't get it through well then democrats take over the house in the january third and they've already said that there's going to be a full investigation and what will it mean precisely for the president when the democrats t

saudi arabia's public prosecutor denied the crown prince mohammed bin sultan was involved in the plot turkey has attacked the findings of the saudi investigation because she was killed last month after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul. the death toll in california's wildfires now stands at fifty six with the authorities warning that about one hundred thirty people are still missing thousands of firefighters are still battling blazes in the north and south of the state there with others who say they are slowly gaining the upper hand. africa's fastest train line has just been opened in morocco by kingdom mohammed and french president emmanuel mccrum the two hundred kilometer stretch connects the country's two main commercial hubs tangier and casablanca as part of front funded by the french government it will slash journey times from five hours to just over two. lawmakers in sri lanka's parliament have exchanged blows leaving one m.p. hospitalized it's the latest escalation of the political turmoil that's left the country without a prime minister or cabinet the fighting started w

arrival comes after last month's visit by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is meeting with sultan qaboos bin side was the phrase between leaders of the two countries since one thousand nine hundred ninety six rob matheson has more from muscat. within the next forty eight hours israel's transport and coincidentally intelligence minister israel katz is going to be speaking at this conference center just outside muscat in oman is going to be giving details of a rail link that he's proposing to link up israel's ports in haifa all the way through jordan and done through arabian countries to the west of the gulf and out towards oman supports in the strait of hormuz what makes this different from simply somebody speaking at a conference is the fact that mr katz was officially invited here by his counterpart in oman at the omani transport minister he was invited to speak at this conference in an official capacity and that's what's different because this is the first time in a very long time that any senior israeli minister has been invited to a man to take part in an event like this in a

this belief in working together was embedded by our founding father, sheikh zayed bin sultan al nahyanuing our traditions, established by his highness sheikh zayed, and as part of our national day of celebration, the president of the uae, his highness sheikh khalifa bin zayed al nahyan, may god bless him, yesterday has granted precious clemency to 785 prisoners across the uae to mark the 47th anniversary of this great nation. in response to a letter from the family of mr hedges requesting clemency, and in consideration of the historical relationship and close ties between the united arab emirates and the united kingdom, his highness has decided to include mr matthew hedges among the 785 prisoners released. mr hedges will be permitted to leave the country once all the formalities are complete. well, matthew hedges‘ wife, daniela tejada, said she couldn‘t wait for him to return home. here‘s what she had to say, when she spoke to radio 4‘s today programme this morning. to be honest, i wasn‘t expecting it. it took me by surprise. i am just so happy and so relieved and really incredulous th