president trying to set the kingdom face a severe punishment while the u.k. france and germany of call for an investigation. in the german state of bavaria are electing a new regional parliament and the results could impact the future of the coalition government in but then the latest polls are chancellor angela merkel's bavarian allies in the lead but they could lose their majority in the state parliament. a news website politico and reuters reporting have reached a deal on the withdrawal agreement from the european union. will turning to other stories we're covering this hour a taliban attack in western afghanistan has left at least seventeen members of the security forces dead gunmen are reported to have attacked seven security check posts in a province on saturday night at least eleven others have been abducted well that attack comes as the u.s. special envoy to afghanistan met taliban representatives for talks reviving hopes of a potential and decades of violence in the country but in the lead up to saturday's parliamentary elections the attacks have continued.

joe but with those call echoes those from germany the u.k. france and others germany's chancellor says arms exports to saudi arabia can continue under what she calls the current circumstances. an armed group in the democratic republic of congo is killed at least fifteen people an abducted a dozen others most of them children it happened in beni a region on the border with uganda that's been plagued by violence the attack is being seen as a major setback in the effort to contain a deadly ebola outbreak there might be on the hand has more. of the attackers came in the middle of the night as they have so many times before the true cost of the violence in and around the northeastern city of binny only clear the following morning in addition to the deed at least fifteen are missing most of them children aged between five and ten years old the fear is they'll be forced to fight alongside a cat just wanted to get it to people outside and shot them in a neighborhood they can seven people living here. down to the bit enemies now able to operate without it be

u.k. germany and france are all demanding urgent clarification about what happened to him they've released a joint statement condemning his killing and saying that nothing can justify it's it's just the latest ramping up of pressure from world leaders on riyadh's as well saying the us president donald trump has a lot to lose according to some following saudi arabia's actions he's wanted a quick resolution as earlier comments suggested big steps were being taken to solve the investigation as we're saying but now he has changed his tone he's doubtful he's more critical of the kingdom and the world is looking for answers will this saudi investigation tell the whole story of how the body was really disposed off where is it and who's responsible and what about the position of the saudi government right now there is a blanket order to bring back all saudi dissident so how are foreign governments meant to deal with this order if they're hosting political asylum seekers and what about the american government and the turkish government how will they all move forward following such damning reaction

previously warned of severe punishment if saudi arabia was found to be behind the disappearance the u.k. france and germany are jointly calling for a credible investigation into fate our correspondent. joins me now live from ankara and said it seems that saudi certainly is making all the right noises and the arrival of its senior intelligence chief in turkey is proof of that . well there so hell it it's approved because there is a huge diplomatic traffic going going between turkey and saudi arabia. intel chief is expected to meet with the turkish counterparts to morrow and he's expected to cut a raw interview he's expected to be with the delegation but we don't know who are going to be in that delegation to morrow also they are expected to stay forty eight hours to talk with other turkish officers of course this is a correct noise however as turkey is foreign minister stated yesterday turkey doesn't see a satisfactory satisfactory call of ration between saudi arabia and turkey because turkey requested to do a search in the consul general consulate building in a summer where jamal which up to wa

full transparency was needed as a meeting in jakarta is comments echoed those from germany the u.k. france and others so the review is foreign minister meanwhile our village where it is describing her death as a grave mistake the saudi king and crown prince mohammed bin son a man who many suspect of ordering his killing of called her family to offer their condolences on his death votes are being counted in afghanistan after taliban attacks marred the parliamentary election preliminary figures say less than half of eligible voters cast their ballots at least forty five people were killed in taliban attacks in the hours after polling stations opened the saturday technical issues with an electronic voting system caused further problems pushing voting in some places into sunday australia's prime minister has apologized to tens of thousands of child sex abuse survivors forty calls a national tragedy some survivors were in parliament for scott morrison televised address some welcomed his apology others say it's too little too late a five year inquiry detailed how children were abused in decades

administration on what he does from this position on we've already seen a number of other countries u.k. france and germany that have strongly criticized that are reassessing their relationship with the saudis and they should because this is not the only problem that we are facing from the saudis that their record on human rights certainly since merkel had been someone who's been in power is appalling there is again lets them bring in stephen here because of because that's very interesting and then trying to stage an ordinarily nutley new jersey you've heard what toby cadman just had to say he just said that there needs to be a reassessment of the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia by also the question i asked you before again. is the relationship too cozy is the relationship too important when it comes to money for that relationship to be reassessed reset. well i think the relationship will continue i don't see the relationship breaking apart but you said something earlier that i think we need to revisit and it's an interesting point that you were bringing up about the trial for ex

u.k. and france while the u.k. prime minister of tourism a has addressed parliament about plans to leave the european union negotiations have been stalled over the issue of the irish border but may says she doesn't want to extend the brics a transition period i've not committed to extending the implementation period i don't want to extend the implementation period and i do not believe that extending it will be necessary i see any extension any extension being in any form of. desirable by far the best outcome for the u.k. on and and for the e.u. is off you two relationship is agreed and in place by the first of january twenty twenty one the u.s. president is threatening to withhold financial aid to central american countries over their failure to stop a large group of migrants making their way towards the u.s. border trump is accusing them of failing to prevent what he's describing is a u.s. national emergency around three thousand migrants arrived in mexico's southern state of chop us on sunday after leaving hondur

damning reaction from the international community let's get more on the joint statement from the u.k. france and germany cross over to paul brennan he is joining us from london what more can you tell us about this joint statement that was released paul. well i have the statement with me here and i can go through some of the very strong words that have been issued jointly by the french british and german foreign ministers clearly they're not happy with the explanations so far from the saudi authorities as to the circumstances of jamal has showed g.'s disappearance and while now they admit murder nothing they say can justify this killing and we condemn it in the strongest possible terms the threatening attacking or killing of journalists under any circumstances is acceptable there remains an urgent need for clarification of exactly what happened on october the second beyond the hypotheses that have been put forward by the saudi investigation they need to be backed by facts which are considered to be credible and just finally we stress that more efforts are needed in that regard and expected an

i began i mean there's a problem in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera the u.k. france and germany have released a joint statement demanding answers about the disappearance of saudi journalists jamal khashoggi that follows a warning from the u.s. president saying reality would face severe consequences if it's found to be behind the murder but saudi's press agencies of the kingdom rejects what it calls political pressure and a baseless accusations well bush foreign minister jeremy hunt says action will have to be taken if the is behind crucial g.'s disappearance or none of us know what happened but we're all extremely concerned about the stories that emerged the country that can help us get to the bottom of this is saudi arabia so what happens from now on is absolutely up to saudi arabia they must have seen the huge international concern from the united states now from britain france and germany what they need to do is to cooperate fully with the investigation that the turks are asking us to do and to get off of this if as they say this this terrible murder didn't happen

administration on what he does from this position on we've already seen a number of other countries u.k. france and germany that have strongly criticized that are reassessing their relationship with the saudis and they should because this is not the only problem that we are facing from the saudis that their record on human rights certainly since muppet. having been someone who's been in power is appalling there is again let's let's bring in stephen here because because that's a very interesting comment wrong steve rogers there in nutley new jersey you heard what toby cadman just had to say he just said that there needs to be a reassessment of the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia by also the question i asked you before again. is the relationship too cozy is the relationship too important when it comes to money for that relationship to be reassessed reset. well i think the relationship will continue i don't see the relationship breaking apart but you said something earlier that i think we need to revisit and it's an interesting point that you were bringing up about the trial for exa

u.k. germany and france. well it's a very strongly worded statement from the foreign secretary of the u.k. and the foreign ministers of france and germany stating very clearly that this is a freedom with the prestige chute and that the turkish saudi arabian joint investigation must be encouraged but it goes even further and it says that there has to be a complete explanation by saudi arabia and this message importantly has been conveyed directly by the foreign ministers to saudi arabia so here you have the foreign ministers of britain france germany joining president trump in threatening some kind of action should the saudi arabians be shown to be complicit in the disappearance of jamal khashoggi so the situation ramping up here becoming even more of an international issue than it has been in recent days and wrapped up also by saudi arabia might because there issued this very strong statement that is denying what's happened and also completely defiant. well indeed yes and significant that that statement issued

previously warned of severe punishment if saudi arabia was started to be behind the disappearance the u.k. france and germany are jointly calling for a credible investigation into fate as more from ankara. a soldier delegation including saudi until chief are expected to talk with turkish officials on monday over his disappearance case and the investigation and the sound of delegation is expected to spend forty eight hours in turkey of course this is an important step by saudi arabia including king solomon's phone conversation with president john saying that they are happy about a joint working group formed with the turkish off issues however theoretically it seems the diplomatic networking is all right and the saudis and turkey's are tracked but the foreign minister stated recently that turkey is not receiving the expected call abrasion from the saudi officials in terms of widening the investigation of a ship to case because turkish officials have requested a search inside the consulate general consulate building in istanbul the saudis had accepted however until now none of the turkish pursued pr

u.k. and france. well despite the differing narratives about what happened on october the second some facts are indisputable he's together using security footage and turkish intelligence turkish sources say the leader of what they call the saudi hit team was the crown prince's bodyguard a man. andrew symonds looks back at. last day. it started here at ataturk international airport in the early hours of october the second the sequence of events that led to the death of jamal khashoggi based on the leaked video surveillance this is the time line at three twenty eight one of two private jets on the runway is picked up by investigators transfer vehicles take the passengers to the private jet terminal at three thirty seven it's the first sighting of one half of the team from saudi arabia it's now four twenty nine they're leaving the airport the processing is taken nearly an hour just over thirty minutes later at five o five part of the team arrives here at the over their hotel. trip is seen in the foregrou

journalist hasn't been seen since entering the saudi consulate in istanbul on october second the u.k. france and germany are jointly calling for a credible investigation into crucial g.'s phase of zero seven concealment reports from ankara saudi arabia is also trying to form an alliance by itself despite its diplomatic. initiatives with turkey we have seen oh i see countries showing solidarity with saudi arabia and saying that saudi arabia has a recent reforms actually which are mainly led by the crown prince mohammed bin so none were being targeted also we have heard mahmoud abbas from palestine and jordan and united arab emirates is saying that they are standing by saudi arabia the disappearance of jamal khashoggi threatens to impact the wider saudi economy its main stock market index in riyadh fell by seven percent on sunday before recovering slightly. a large deal a large rebel group rather in serious in the provinces that it will maintain its positions as the deadline arrives for rebels to withdraw from the buffer zone to hear more h.g.'s didn't say whether it agreed or rejected last mo

kingdom faces severe punishment if it's found to lead it as turkish authorities believe and the u.k. france and germany have jointly called for a credible investigation to establish fate mike hanna reports the saudi stock market suffered its biggest fall in years following president trump's warning it recovered slightly during the day but it was the purse tangible sign of the impact of this crisis on the saudi economy. i don't talk to on the ones cozy relationship between the trumpet ministration and saudi leaders a statement released by the saudi news agency threatening global retaliate against any sanction came just hours after president trump spoke of severe punishment that saudi arabia proved complicit in his disappearance. no dodge among members of congress that this should involve economic sanction despite president trump stated reluctance to pull such measures so i would just say this to you or for confidence if this is proven to be true there is going to be a response from congress it's going to be nearly unanimous it's going to be swift and it's going to go pretty far and that coul

administration on what he does from this position on we've already seen a number of other countries u.k. france and germany that have strongly criticized that are reassessing their relationship with the saudis and they should because this is not the only problem that we are facing from the saudis that their record on human rights certainly since may have been someone who's been in power is appalling there is again let's there's bring in stephen here because of because that's a very interesting comment from the state which is there in nutley new jersey you've heard what had me just had to say he just said.

nevertheless the u.k. france and the us carried out a massive missile strike on the military and civil infrastructure of syria they did it could just our surprise. to the arrival of. to the side can you say that this means caring about their safety safety of the obviously the only personell if you could of the could with just a limited bit of a mistake or me sheriff and their smart me would have. had one of that mission to go with them so again. don't blame others don't bow mound and ground that trees ations i've told you. today who really cares about the hassle and all the procedures of the op see their value in the work of the mission and who just imposing its will on everyone but one more thing to which the u.k. you know is not obviously known because of their care about the white hellman's they the white helmet has been supplying. the world with voters and boteach we. will show you that the dumas fake stage act was truly a fake we brought the syrians from that place and that's little boy you hoe you testified

today the foreign ministers from the u.k., france and germany released a jint statement calling for adible investigation. and if relevant, to identify those bearing spobilityd and ensure that they are health to account. turkish officials say there is evidence khashoggi was killed by a saudi hit quad scwa thns dedeny it every way you can imagine. >> president trump told "60 minutes" in will be severe punishment if saudi arabia is implicated. but he's arguing to preserve a 110 billion dollar arms sale to the conditioning dom. >> well, i tell you what i don't want to do. boeing, lockheed, raytheon, all these-- i don't want to hurt jobs. i don't want to lose an order like that and you know there are other ways of punishing to use a word that is a pretty harsh word. but it's true. >> the saudi stock market plunged after the president promised tough action. saudi officials have called the allegations baseless and in a new statement said the kingdom also affirms that if it receives any action it will respond with greater action. a growing number of companies and individuals are pulling out o

u.k. france germany and others. overall the u.n. claims the situation in yemen is catastrophic warning but up to thirteen million people are facing starvation if the war doesn't end soon that figure represents almost half of the entire yemeni population but u.n. has warned that we could see the worst famine in one hundred years with other aid agencies also raising the alarm we are seeing huge amount of duplicity from powerful countries countries like the u.k. in the u.s. are consistently throwing money at the problem of this around the syrian crisis in yemen helping us reach people with food and water but meanwhile they're profiting from the sale of weapons that are perpetuating the war it seems to me that there are political interests at play here are overriding the entire interests. yemeni people so our question today as far as jobs in the u.s. and u.k. more about going to the actual. germany you know where a kindergarten is under fire for promoting itself as a nursery school with quote hardly any migrants the daycare center claim

previously warned of severe punishment if saudi arabia was found to be behind the disappearance the u.k. france and germany are calling for a credible investigation into the journalist's fate and ford and j.p. morgan have become the latest companies to pull out of a major investor conference in the arab kingdom simcoe sulu reports from ankara. a soldier delegation including saudi until chief are expected to talk with turkish officials on monday over his disappearance case and the investigation and the sound of delegation is expected to spend forty eight hours in turkey of course this is an important step by saudi arabia including king solomon's phone conversation with president john saying that they are happy about a joint working group formed with the turkish officials however theoretically it seems the diplomatic networking is all right and the saudis and turkey's are tracked but the foreign minister stated recently that turkey is not receiving the expected call abrasion from the saudi officials in terms of widening the investigation of case because turkish officials have requested a search i

journalist hasn't been seen since he had to these saudi consulate in istanbul on october the second the u.k. france and germany are jointly calling for a credible investigation into the show g.'s state sinisterly has more from ankara. saudi arabia is also trying to form an alliance by itself despite its diplomatic. initiatives with turkey we have seen oh i see countries showing solidarity with saudi arabia and saying that saudi arabia has a recent reforms actually which are mainly led by the crown prince mohammed bin so man were being targeted also we have heard mahmoud abbas from palestine and jordan and united arab emirates is saying that they are standing by saudi arabia shares in saudi arabian companies have plunged as the fallout over cheez disappearance deepens the main stock market index in riyadh fell by as much as seven percent on sunday with billions of dollars wiped off the market value a large rebel group in syria's it led province says it will continue to fight hours after a deadline for rebels to withdraw from a buffer zone the hero's sharm or hitch two years did not say whether they

the u.k. france and germany apply more pressure on saudi arabia to explain the disappearance of journalists jamal khashoggi as the political stakes for the kingdom brought is the saudis stock market drop sharply and more potential investors pull out of a major conference and. ambassadors a summoned to an emergency bricks at me saying at headquarters in brussels non-porous with all your sports its first blood to the houston astros against the boston red sox as the defending champions win game in the race to reach baseball's world series. france the u.k. and germany have issued a joint statement demanding transparency over the disappearance of sol the journalist jamal khashoggi they say a credible investigation is needed to establish what happened and identify responsible. or none of us know what happened but we're all extremely concerned about the stories that are merged in the country that can help us get to the bottom of this is saudi arabia so what happens from now on is absolutely up to saudi arab

u.k. france germany and others on sunday saudi air raid had many bosses in the key yemeni port of killing seventeen civilians and injuring twenty or data has recently become the most violent frontline in a three year long war in the country the saudi government said it would investigate the reports of civilian deaths and advocacy adviser on yemen is through his van meegeren again told us that citing weapons to the warring parties is only wasin in the crisis we're seeing huge amount of duplicity from powerful countries countries like the u.k. in the us are consistently throwing money at the problem of this humanitarian crisis in yemen helping us reach people with food and water but meanwhile they're profiting from the sale of weapons that are perpetuating the war it seems to me that there are political interests at play. overriding the entire interests. yemeni people so our question today is far less is jobs in the u.s. and u.k. more valuable thing actually. in germany a kindergarten is under fire

the u.k. france germany and others. over all the u.n. claims the situation in yemen is catastrophic warming up to thirteen million people are facing starvation if the war doesn't then soon figure represents almost half the entire human population the u.n. said we could see the worst famine for one hundred years with the rating agencies also raising the alarm. we are seeing a huge amount of duplicity from powerful countries countries like the u.k. in the us are consistently throwing money at the problem of the humanitarian crisis in yemen helping us reach people with food and water but meanwhile they're profiting from the sale of weapons that are perpetuating the war it seems to me that there are political interests at play there. are overriding the in trysts. yemeni people so our question to those powers is are jobs in the us in the u.k. more valuable than lives in yemen. finally this hour a recap of the tragedy in crimea a gun a bomb attack at a college which left nineteen people dead and more than seventy injured all the victims are lo

this month left unsatisfied as it contradicts previous statements and claims the u.k. france and germany have released a joint statement to condemning the killing and urging for a thorough investigation traces back over. disappearance and killing. for two weeks we were told to malkuth had left the saudi consulate unharmed only accusations and reports in turkey said otherwise but increased international pressure and around the clock media coverage and riyadh change its narrative on friday saudi officials confirmed in part what the world already knew the journalist died on october the second and the consulate but the kingdom and namely the crown prince are innocent in all of this riyadh says the death was accidental the result of a quarrel between and quote suspects that escalated to a fist fight now those suspects then apparently work to cover up the murder and dispose of the body eight hundred saudi nationals have been arrested including two high ranking members in the gulf states and of course the investigation continues now this version of events fits rather nicely with a p

the u.k. france germany and others on sunday an air raid hit many buses in the key yemeni port of a day killing at least fifteen civilians and injuring twenty that's according to the u.n. the fighters accuse the saudi led coalition of carrying out the attack. has recently become the most violent frontline in the three year long war in the country the saudi government says it will investigate reports of civilian deaths and advocacy adviser on yemen as to say if i make it again told us that selling weapons to the warring parties is only one assuming the crisis we are seeing huge amount of duplicity from powerful countries countries like the u.k. in the us are consistently throwing money at the problem of this humanitarian crisis in yemen helping us reach people with food and water but meanwhile they're profiting from the sale of weapons that are perpetuating the war it seems to me that there are political interests at play. are overriding the entire trysts. yemeni people so. our question today is paris

was found to be behind the disappearance meanwhile the u.k. france and germany adroitly calling for a credible investigation into fate and ford and j.p. morgan are the latest companies to pull out of a major investor conference in the saudi kingdom. reports from ankara. assaulted delegation including saudi until chief are expected to talk with turkish officials on monday over his disappearance case and the investigation and the sound of delegation is expected to spend forty eight hours in turkey of course this is an important step by saudi arabia including king solomon's phone conversation with president john saying that they are happy about a joint working group formed with the turkish officials however theoretically it seems the diplomatic networking is all right and the saudis and turkey's are tracked but the foreign minister stated recently that turkey is not receiving the expected call abrasion from the saudi officials in terms of widening the investigation of a ship to case because turkish officials have requested a search inside the consulate

russia benefited from this treaty in the modern strategic contents because countries like china the u.k. france are not excluded from having intermediate range nuclear weapons during the cold war this was a treaty that protected europe that kept the u.s. and russian missiles pointed long range at each other rather than short range it would mean the devastation of europe so that one of the big losers out of this is actually europe i think it could actually be to russia's position if the u.s. pulls out of this to renegotiate it and to get china and the e.u. countries the u.k. included whether they are not in a read negotiated i.n.f. treaty that might even be able to return to the as you will of ballistic missile defense entitlement on the table and that's and i think that's where that's a that's a reasonable rational way to go but it's not who has said the i.n.f. treaty is since the u.s. pulled out of the anti-ballistic missile treaty those treaties not so much in our interest but it's not in europe's interest at least at the moment but that's because you know the didn't have the same restriction

the u.k. france germany have issued a joint statement condemning the killing calling for a probe and also the german chancellor is among those urging further action to be taken against riyadh's. firstly we are outraged by this case we made it clear yesterday secondly there is you know a need for details and those responsible are still not being held accountable thirdly i agree with all those who say that experts which are already limited must not take place in the consequence times and forcefully for their reactions should be internationally coordinated i feel certain that the crown prince was involved and that he directed this and that's why i think we cannot continue to have relations with. wood cut off arms sales that's the only thing the saudis will listen to find it very surprising that somebody six thousand miles away can be certain about an event that happened six thousand miles away no access to information or intelligence so this is a judgment call on the part of senator. this is not based i

s disappearance the u.k. france and germany are jointly calling for a credible investigation into fate and ford and j.p. morgan are the latest companies to pull out of a major investor conference in the saudi kingdom let's go live now to istanbul once who is charles stratford is outside the saudi consulate there so charles what more do we know about this investigative team gaining access which we're expecting to happen sometime later today. but right sometime later today i mean let's let's. let's make the point that the culture of this self has been open for business over the last few days today is no exception it doesn't close until three o'clock local time which is an analysis from now it seems fairly conceivable that that team will be allowed in during business hours we are very unsure we don't have solid information as to exactly what this team or the amount of people that are going to be in this team and the level of forensic investigating for example that they have agreed upon and the saudis are going to allow

journalist hasn't been seen since he and to the saudi consulate in istanbul on the second of october u.k. france and germany and jointly calling for a credible investigation into question of g.'s fate some reports from. saudi arabia is also trying to form an alliance by itself the spite its diplomatic. initiatives with turkey we have seen oh i see countries showing solidarity with saudi arabia and saying that cell giri reza recent reforms actually which are mainly led by the crown prince mohammed bin selman were being targeted also we have heard mahmoud abbas from palestine and jordan and united arab emirates is saying that's they are standing by saudi arabia. a large rebel group in syria says it will continue to fight after a deadline for rebels to withdraw from the buffer zone. did not say whether they agreed or directed last month's deal between russia and turkey to set up a demilitarized area. around the northwestern region of syria's last major rebel stronghold it's also where president bashar al assad's government has halted a planned offensive for now according to agreement the buffer was

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administration on what he does from this position on we've already seen a number of other countries u.k. france and germany that have strongly criticized that are reassessing their relationship with the saudis and they should because this is not the only problem that we are facing from the saudis that their record on human rights certainly since marked. i've been someone who's been in power is appalling there is again let's let's bring in stephen here because of because that's very interesting i mean strong steve rogers there in nutley new jersey you heard what toby cadman just had to say he just said that there needs to be a reassessment of the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia by also the question i asked you before again. is the relationship too cozy is the relationship too important when it comes to money for that relationship to be reassessed reset. well i think the relationship will continue i don't see the relationship breaking apart but you said something earlier that i think we need to revisit and it's an interesting point that you were bringing up about the trial for exam

the u.k. france germany and others. overall the u.n. claims the situation in yemen is catastrophic warning up to thirty million people could be facing starvation if the waters in turn soon figure represents almost half the entire yemeni population the u.n. said that we could see the worst famine in our hundred years with other aid agencies raising the alarm. we are seeing a huge amount of duplicity from powerful countries countries like the u.k. in the us are consistently throwing money at the problem of the humanitarian crisis in yemen helping us reach people with food and water but meanwhile they're profiting from the sale of weapons that are perpetuating the war it seems to me that there are political interests at play that are overriding the end trysts. yemeni people so our question to those powers is are jobs in the us in the u.k. more valuable than lives in yemen. so to germany now where a kindergarten her school to control the sea by promoting itself as a nursery with hardly any migrants the daycare center clothes the message has

hearing during the last two or twenty days of the saga international pressure continues to mount the u.k. france and germany are jointly calling for an urgent clarification of what happened they say the investigation needs to be backed by credible facts the german chancellor angela merkel has suspended arms sales to saudi. first we condemn this act in the strongest terms as we might today second there is an urgent need to clarify what happened from having this cleared out and those responsible held to account thirdly i agree with those who are saying that it will be it already limited six bullets can take place in the current circumstances. matthew why the germans happy to up the pressure in this way up the end well i mean the germans or the europeans have nothing to lose in this and frankly the main pressure is on the united states and on washington and really that's what this entire affair gets down to is what washington is about to do about the situation in which case there might be the type of sanctions according to the magnitsky act which is something that was to punish for humanitarian vio

u.k. france germany and others on sunday an air raid hit many buses in the key yemeni port of killing seventeen civilians and injuring twenty that's according to the united nations who was the fighters accuse the saudi led coalition of carrying out the attack data has recently become the most violent frontline in the three year long war in the country the saudi government said it would investigate the reports of civilian deaths well let's take this a bit further here on the program joining me live now middle east affairs commentator risk to offer some insight and analysis on this story good to see you today ali do you think the concerns over too much media attention to the case not yemen justified. one of sort of they're not justified but you know this comes as no surprise the selectiveness if you would call of the american media outlets for example when it comes to the american media the way they cover the israeli palestinian. issue where the you know shed light on what they call israeli casualt

u.k. and france have also demanded riyadh allow a full investigation but the strongest european criticism came from germany chancellor angle of merkel saying european countries just suspend arms sales to saudi arabia is there some of the first we condemn this act in the strongest terms as we made clear yesterday second there is an urgent need to clarify what happened we're far from having this cleared out and those responsible held to account thirdly i agree with all those who are saying that there will be it already limited and six ports can't take place in the current circumstances. or hushovd is murder is increasingly becoming a bipartisan issue in washington with members of the u.s. congress strongly condemning saudis latest admission and pressing for strong action here's mike hanna from washington. in his element on the campaign trail but president trump cannot get away from persistent questions about jamal khashoggi initially described the saudi report concerning the killing as credible but less than twenty four hours later retreated from this position in our washington post telepho