to me it shows that by rejecting this word welcomes, the us, saudi arabia and others are rejecting the the implications for using the words noted, not welcomes? it is difficult to know at this point, obviously this is now the 24th, and after 2a years we are negotiating on these terms. but it shows that while these terms. but it shows that while the us and other countries remain at the us and other countries remain at the negotiating table, they are not committed to a strong plan of action. what has reaction been from the wider group to these four countries taking this decision? i think for smaller countries, like the seychelles, it has devastated them. the developing and small island nations have been very frustrated that after this long week of talks, things have fractured along this relatively small issue. the important thing is that you can't agree on a simple term like welcoming the science, it makes me worried about what we can agree in future years. worried about what we can agree in future yea rs. we worried about what we can agree in future years. we have 190 parties trying to

acknowledging it, accepting the science and to me, it shows that by rejecting this word welcome, the us, saudied, not welcomed? it is difficult to know at this point. obviously this is now after 2a years we are still negotiating on these terms, but what it does show is while the us and these other countries remain at the negotiating table, they are not committed to strong climate action. a number of countries refer to the us we in the paris agreement, but they have two more years so very much welcome at these conferences. what is the reaction from the wider group to these poor countries taking this decision? i think the small countries like the seychelles, it is absolutely devastating and definitely developing an smaller island nations here at the conferences have been very frustrated that after this long week of talks, things have fractured along with relatively small issue, but the important thing is that if we can't agree on a simple term like welcoming science, it makes me worried about what we can agree in the coming week and coming years, but we have hundred 90 parties trying to agree an

the us, russia and saudi arabia have angered other countries at the talks by blocking the adoption ofcalling for radical action. police investigate alleged racist abuse against the manchester city striker raheem sterling. and coming up before 10:30pm and again at 11:30pm, we'll be taking a look at the papers with our reviewers — the broadcaster penny smith and martin bentham from the evening standard. stay with us for that. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government says there will be no cancellation of tuesday's commons vote on theresa may's brexit plans, dismissing speculation it could be dropped or delayed. the brexit secretary stephen barclay says the prime minister is fighting hard to win and would stay on even if the deal is rejected by mps. today the leave—supporting former foreign secretary boris johnson, said a defeat in parliament could strengthen theresa may's hand in getting a better deal from the eu, and he claims there'd be widespread cross—party support for her plans if proposals for the irish backstop were removed. here's our political correspondent iain wats

but that is something the us, saudi arabia and some others are very keen to avoid.nt science being at the heart of this process. they agreed the ipcc report. they're the ones who are seeing the climate changing. there are businesses, investors, citizens pushing for more climate action. it really raises the stakes for next week. talks will resume here tomorrow, with over 120 ministers from around the world due to arrive. most delegates will be hoping they will be able to reassert the key role of science in guiding the talks. matt mcgrath, bbc news, katowice. now, how do you give fossils a future? well, you put them online, and that is exactly what london's natural history museum and washington's smithsonian institution in the us have set out to do. they are digitally recording millions of fossils in their collections, many of which have been hidden away in drawers for decades. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill has the story. so we're in our brachiopod collection. tucked into thousands of drawers, the entire history of life on earth. and there's dozens of things

congressman tom lead and new jersey congressman josh scott heimer and talk about us saudi relation withs former u.s. ambassador with saudi jordan. watch cspan live at 7 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >>> coming up next on cspan3, an oversight hering from earlier today from the head of the exchange commissions and the nomination of william bar to be the next attorney general. that's followed by mitch mcconnell on the legislative agenda before the new year and later supreme court oral argument on the exception of someone to be charged twice for the same crime.

to using the saudis are really going to stop selling oil to the united states? do you think they will walk away from their primary breadwinner just because we do not want to take part in the military? take that chance. if the administration is not going to act like it, been this congress has to act like it. at senator graham said, to go itscongress has own way. sometimes congress has to reorient american foreign-policy when an administration will not. to this bilateral relationship, with respect in this agree just, unconscionable military operation inside yemen, it is time for congress to step up and write something that -- right something that today is very wrong. i appreciate all of the great work that senator sanders and senator lee have done. i appreciate the chair and ranking member for having guided us through this debate. i look forward to coming to the floor again for a package, and i look forward to another bipartisan vote. i yield the floor. sen. cardin: thank you, mr. president. i take this time to support the passage of senate joint resolution 54. i

twenty seventeen the other one a bus brigade reached the peak of their international fame and the us saudi arabia and the u.a.e. put the group on a terror watch list they justified their decision by saying that the brigades were giving support to al qaeda. no variable it is strange for an entity to be classified as a terrorist group while being funded by vose who classified it as such. most of. the other world the bus brigades also claim that being branded terrorists didn't affect their deals with the saudi led coalition. nothing happened. the group was invited to a meeting in saudi arabia with the leaders of ties and things changed. the ones in financial support are still the same as before. that said i what. it seems increasingly clear that weapons bought from one country's armed forces are being passed on to other parties for political reasons most of these weapons come from western countries that are subject to domestic and international legislation the house of lords this practice. saudi arabia and the u.a.e. did not respond to repeated attempts to contact them but a senior yemeni off

but that‘s something the us, saudi arabia and some others are very keen to avoid.ing the climate changing. there are businesses, investors, citizens pushing for more climate action. it really raises the stakes for next week. talks will resume here tomorrow with over 120 ministers from around the world due to arrive. most delegates will be hoping they will be able to reassert the key role of science in guiding the talks. matt mcgrath, bbc news, katowice. and president trump is looking for his third chief of staff, after announcing that john kelly is leaving the post at the end of this month. it‘s not clear why the former marine general is stepping down, but us media reports talk of growing disagreements with mr trump. general kelly has been in the role since the end ofjuly last year and becomes the 28th member of senior staff to have resigned or been fired during the trump administration. john kelly will be leaving... i don‘t know if i can say retiring but he is a great guy. john kelly will be leaving at the end of the year. we will be announcing who will be taking

that‘s something the us, saudi arabia and some others are keen to avoid. at the heart of this report. they are the ones saying... it really raises the sta kes for saying... it really raises the stakes for next week. talks will resume easier tomorrow with over 120 ministers from around the world due to arrive. most delegates will hope they can reassert the key role of signs in guiding the talks. a uk made instrument has captured the sound of the wind on mars. wind rushes despite not being designed to pick up sound — the seismometer, carried on nasa‘s insight lander, detected vibrations from the martian air as it rushed over the probe‘s solar panels. nasa‘s insight spacecraft is the latest robotic resident on the red planet, sent there to study its geology. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. sunday brought us some sharp shadows but also brought a fairly generous amount of sunshine. hopefully you saw at least some of that at some stage because sunshine will be in short supply. for this evening and overnight it‘s a story of large

us brigades in time. in the beginning of the war there was a special committee in saudi arabia responsible for supporting the resistance and ties. money was sent by the committee to brigadier general. us and a list of other faction leaders who should receive the money from him. with. the same happen for weapons. would receive it and give a specific amount to other factions according to a list. in december twenty fourth teen saudi arabia and the u.a.e. had signed the gulf memorandum of understanding with qatar ushering in a brief period of rapprochement. this was reflected in an agreement between the basque brigades and the leader of the muslim brotherhood party shaikh hammoud i make laffey. in february twenty sixth teen m a traffic received members of a popular resistance battalion who were returning from training. members of the battalion were armed with austrian. respotted hundreds of this type of rifle as well as the s s g sixty nine sniper rifle in many locations in yemen including a province controlled by so-called islamic state this weapon was for sale in markets and even got into the hands of child

but that's something the us, saudi arabia and some others are very keen to avoid.ons. the us, the saudis and the russians are working together to prevent science being at the heart of this process. they agreed the ipcc report. they are the ones seeing the climate changing. there are businesses, investors, citizens pushing for more climate action. it really raises the stakes for next week. talks will resume here tomorrow with over 120 ministers from around the world due to arrive. most delegates will be hoping they will be able to reassert the key role of science in guiding the talks. matt mcgrath, bbc news, katowice. the french prime minister edouard philippe, has vowed to restore national unity, after the fourth weekend of protests over rising fuel taxes and living costs by so called "yellow vest" demonstrators. there were more than 2,000 arrests in clashes with police yesterday. president macron is expected to make an address to the nation on the protests, tomorrow. an 18—year—old teenager has been stabbed to death at a block of flats in south—east london. parame

have a smoking gun that the crown prince was involved. >> reporter: the trump administration to the us sauditionship is vital confronting iran. mike pompeo says the us does not condone jamal khashoggi's murder, he says the administration will consider further punishment if more facts about the killing surface. mike pompeo called saudi arabia a powerful force in middle eastern stability at senators are questioning the crown prince's judgment. >> if the saudi government is going to be in the hands of this man for a long time to come, i find it difficult to do business because i think he is crazy. i think he is dangerous. he has put the relationship at risk. >> reporter: as senators continue a response, some request another briefing from the cia director. to discuss jamal khashoggi's murder with the full senate. shannon: thank you very much. this is a fox news alert just coming in, reuters news agency reported the chinese oil training company is planning to resume us crude oil shipment by march. the development, reuters says, comes after the trump meeting at the g 20 reduce the risk of tariffs

october twenty seventeen the other one of us brigades reached the peak of their international fame the us saudi arabia and the un he put the group on their terror watch lists they justified their decision by saying that the brigades were giving support to al qaeda. no variable it is strange for an entity to be classified as a terrorist group while being funded by voters who classified it as such. most of. the arab world the bus brigades also claim that being branded terrorists didn't affect their deals with the saudi led coalition. nothing how big. their group was invited to a meeting in saudi arabia with the leaders of ties and things changed. the women's and financial support are still the same as before. it seems increasingly clear that weapons bought from one country's armed forces are being passed on to other parties for political reasons most of these weapons come from western countries that are subject to domestic and international legislation the house laws this practice. saudi arabia and the u.a.e. did not respond to repeated attempts to contact them but a senior yemeni official confir

there's dismay at the un climate talks after the us, russia, saudi arabia, and kuwait objected to a majorentific report on global warming. the report recommends that carbon emissions be halved over the next 12 years to keep the global rise in temperatures under 1.5 degrees celsius. it is 4:30am on bbc news. it is time for click. this week: can tech save the world? we've got plastic soup, solar islands and recycled cars. planet earth is under attack... ..from us.

but now the us, russia and saudi arabia have objected to the conference ‘welcoming' it.more. chanting: wake up! wake up! as delegates met inside the conference centre, thousands marched outside, demanding politicians wake up to the threat of climate change, voicing concerns that time is running out. we need to do something now, we need action right now. not tomorrow, not in 11 years, but now. and yet another spanner in the works — one which threatens to derail progress on tackling global warming. in october, the un's intergovernmental panel on climate change detailed the importance of keeping global temperature rise to under 1.5 celsius. in a major report, it warns we have just 12 years to halve carbon emissions or risk significant and dangerous changes to our world. and despite being commissioned by this very un climate body at its conference in 2015, efforts to recognise the report's significance have run into difficulty. saudi arabia, the united states and russia have refused to welcome the text, merely wanting to take note of it instead and without finding an accepta

and i'm wondering whether that is affecting, will affect the us-saudi us military relationship and franklynerally dashes journal i would ask you about the war in yemen. and what it is your own military advice as members of, dashes congress seek your advice and members of the administration that that war is a humanitarian night air. i am just stating what everybody knows. what kind of advice are you offering, first about the relationship with saudi arabia and second what to do in yemen. >> saudi arabia is no different than any other country in a sense that the military and relationship that we have with the given country is completely and formed by our policy. so, there has been no change in our policy with regard to saudi arabia that is informed our military to military relationship and i would and i mean this sincerely, express my condolences go to the post and his family. i have seen his family many times on television and read what they have written in the post and other periodicals. so, if the policy changes our military to military policy changes, we have historically had a strong mil

us brigades in time. to get help. in the beginning of the war there was a special committee in saudi arabia responsible for supporting the resistance and ties. money was sent by the committee to brigadier general. us and a list of other faction leaders who should receive the money from him. with. the same happen for weapons. would receive it and give a specific amount to other factions according to a list. in december twenty fourth teen saudi arabia and the u.a.e. he had signed the gulf memorandum of understanding with qatar ushering in a brief period of rapprochement. this was reflected in an agreement between the us brigades and a leader of the muslim brotherhood party shaikh hammoud afy. in february twenty sixth teen chaffee received members of the popular resistance battalion who were returning from training. members of the battalion were armed with austrian shy out. a respotted hundreds of this type of rifle as well as the s.s.g. sixty nine sniper rifle in many locations in yemen including a province controlled by so-called islamic state this weapon was for sale in markets and even got into the hands of children

the us, the saudis, the russians working together to prevent science being at the heart of this processy are the ones seeing the climate changing. there are businesses, investors, citizens pushing for more climate action. it really raises the stakes for next week. talks will resume here tomorrow with over 120 ministers from around the world due to arrive. most delegates will be hoping they will be able to reassert the key role of science in guiding the talks. matt mcgrath, bbc news, katowice. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come... boca juniors fans in buenos aires celebrate their team's goal in madrid against local rivals river plate. this is the scene at the bernabeu stadium where the score is now 1—1. we'll have te latest on that story and the rest of the sports news shortly. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building in new york. there has been a crowd standing in more 01’ there has been a crowd standing in more or less silent vigil and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended up the 14th ceasefire of this war ended up the walls

arab countries led by saudi arabia the country flag could be seen in riyadh ahead of the summit all my jobs where is the director of the gulf study center at castro university and told us that the saudis may try to focus on a possible and to the war in yemen to deflect attention from the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi no i think it's right to bring the bring that again and saying look we want a piece of losses to move on we need a peaceful negotiation we need the war to be and i think that is a message to washington this is serious i think that this is to reduce the level of pressure on them so that it's appearing on different cards and the same to now china has warned there will be strong consequences if men one joe isn't released from custody canada prosecutors want to extradite her to the u.s. which accuses her breaching sanctions on iran but the arrest now raises questions about whether the current temporary trade truce between america and china is likely to hold christensen explains. among china's business elite among ones who is considered royalty the daughter of the founder of telecom giant way the company's c.f.o. and possible heir to the throne but to th

must take a tougher stance against saudi arabia in the wake of jamal khashoggi isn't that. to me it is a defining moment for us as a nation for the future of saudi arabia and for the middle east in general there are a lot of bad actors in the middle east we just don't need to condone anymore than we have to and this is a situation where you don't have to they need us a lot more than we need them the relationship while valuable in the past has become too much of a burden and as long as in the around. think it will ever be normal again. rosalyn jordan joins us live from capitol hill roz there have been already two procedural votes so follow what's happening now and just how significant is this fires. well it's significant because this is invoking the one nine hundred seventy three war powers act even though it does not appear that this will actually be sent to the president's desk because a similar measure has now failed in the u.s. house of representatives senators from both the republican and democratic parties saying that it is very important to send a message not just to the trumpet ministration but to count

unintended consequences some of them very destabilizing for the region when we're talking about the us saudi alliance from trump's perspective let's keep in mind that his administration has really three key goals in the middle east number one is to confront iran in to counter iranian ascendancy in the region second to secure lucrative contracts for american entities public and private sector in third to protect the state of israel as much as possible trump sees saudi arabia playing an incredibly important role in terms of all three of these objectives from this white house's perspective it is the conduct of iran that poses the biggest threats to u.s. interests in the interests of u.s. allies in the region and i think the administration believes that it's not realistic to it envision washington successfully countering iran without unifying sunni arab states together and clearly they see saudi arabia as being so central to this agenda well it's interesting because then it looks like the united states is the junior partner in this alliance because it doesn't have enough leverage to be able to c

twenty seventeen the other one a bus brigades reached the peak of their international fame and the us saudi arabia and the un he put the group on their terror watch lists they justified their decision by saying that the brigades were giving support to al qaeda. no variable it is strange for an entity to be classified as a terrorist group while being funded by vose who classified it as such. most of. the. brigades often claim that being branded terrorist didn't affect their deals with the saudi led coalition. nothing happened. the group was invited to a meeting in saudi arabia with the leaders of ties. things changed. the women's and financial support are still the same as before. it seems increasingly clear that weapons bought for one country's armed forces are being passed on to other parties for political reasons most of these weapons come from western countries that are subject to domestic and international legislation the house of lords this practice. saudi arabia of the u.a.e. did not respond to repeated attempts to contact them but a senior yemeni official confirmed that the arab coal

david hale poke at the middle east institute regarding the trump administration's policies for iran, us saudi relations and the consulate in syria and yemen. he was introduced by the president of the middle east institute. >> my name is paul salem, president of the middle east institute and it's my pleasure to welcome you to nei's second annual conference entitled the middle east in 2019, challenges and opportunities for us policy. i thank you for joining us today and want to thank in advance all our panelists, moderators and keynote speakers. our annual conference is our opportunity to bring together some of the leading policymaker on expert and leaders in us middle east relations to examine together the challenges and opportunities lie ahead. this event is being covered by a number of tv networks as well as being live streamed so please silence your phones , but you are encouraged to to he would like to do so at hashtag nei. for conference. >> with today's conference we are nearing the end of a very exciting year. we are engaged in rebuilding our headquarters, and street. we will move into

us alliance and the saudi military by any objective measure is guilty of war crimes is long past time for us to say enough international outrage over this issue is good building steadily as the number of civilian carriage to the. one the world's poorest countries swoon into the thousands as a result of saudi arabia is integrated to an ongoing aerial bombardment we've all seen the photographs of the dead and the dying. children are really walking skeletons the nothing but skin and bones. close a look at the united states' involvement in the war in yemen now it's been supporting the saudi and iraqi coalition in yemen since twenty fifteen until recently much of it was in-flight refueling for saudi jets they both agreed to end that last month the u.s. still cooperates with the coalition on intelligence and is the top arms supplier to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. it says its offices advise on potential targets to minimize civilian casualties but saudi strikes have killed thousands of civilians including dozens of children on a school bus in south the province in orchestra. john fr

away billions of dollars that you are what we have it is exactly the same with yemen most of the saudi. us were been sold to saudi arabia united arab emirates is now used in yemen so is exactly the same case but what has made this situation yemen now different after the killing of jamal khashoggi that international media like the washington post new york times and others but especially british media because they that they have found that they cannot like you know. as they say downfall muhammad bin salon because of the killing of so they found yemen as a case that they can bring to the international media to attack mohammad bin solomon and to bring all his crimes in yemen because i think that they knighted state and u.k. if they really wanted any peace in yemen they should have huge pressure of against saudi they should at least ask the saudi to ease the blockade which is actually is the main killing of yemeni civilians because it's ok two hundred forty five yemeni civilians have died of the blue many of them children from some of the event of diseases like malaria cholera. that the saudi d

us. we're joined in a bipartisan group of members who have introduced the saudi arabia accountability in yemen act. we believe, at least many of us believe that what is going on on the floor today is incredibly important. in terms of what the u.s.'s role should be as it relates to any conflict in yemen. and extracting the united states from that role. senator murphy's been an integral part of this on the committee for some time. today's part of the fruition of his advocacy. but at the end of the day, we also believe that that won't end, number one, the war in yemen. that there are additional steps that have to be taken. that are meaningful. such as those called for under the legislation that would provide sanctions to anyone who stops humanitarian relief into yemen, that would have sanctions on those providing assistance to the houthis, that would suspend armed sales to saudi arabia, and that would global, tions, mandatory sanctions for human rights abuses, most particularly the death of jamal khashoggi, for whoever that might be. and i think we collectively, that is the crown prince of s

use this many times. but it is not to our surprise at all because we know that. saudi arabia is year using the most interest from us not only from sadat so tell us a little bit more than about what you know about the sudanese mercenaries many of them teenagers young children that came from the jonjo they were militias when back in the darfur conflict. you know what do we know what we know. is did he get it about that next year within the hour children or adults but what do we know exactly is that. day there are many and many many that his fighters who are always in that in the in the front lines in in the front lines of the south of saudi arabia it in be to kill him in a hit on gays and i see it in bikila only video if you who are now fighting in in n.m. . and her data and which didn't cost or who are working with the united arab emirates a process but that many forces the main sudanese forces are not in that in they get out and get sad and i see it and these out of it may frontlines in the south of saudi arabia. of course then they are they are being used as. flora in

washington thank you so much for being on board we're glad to have you coming up the day we look at us saudi relations with conservative commentator steve malzberg arm of the c.e.o. of the stock look at stocks going into next year twenty nineteen that's coming up but first we get some headlines with daniel britto let's go. to a major market moving address from chinese president xi jinping leads our global report today the chinese leader defended his policies even as he avoided direct references to increasingly urgent questions about the future direction of chinese economic policy in the face of u.s. president donald trump's china trade crusade threats to china's major tech companies and multiple signs of a slowing domestic economy mr xi dressing communist leaders said the chinese economic success happened quote precisely because we've been here to the central.

that mohammed bin salman was responsible for the killing of the saudi journalist. mr khashoggi, a usington post died inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in october. senator lindsey graham, a leading critic of mbs, as he is knownm said the briefing confirmed his view that mohammed bin salman was culpable. there is not a smoking gun, there is a smoking saw. you have to be wilfully blind not to come to the conclusion that this was orchestrated and organised by people under the command of mohammed bin salman and that he was intricately involved in the demise of mr khashoggi. the saudis have charged 11 people but denied the crown prince was involved. the us secretary of state insists there is no direct evidence to connect mohammed bin salman to the death of mr khashoggi. donald trump says the cia's findings are not conclusive and he has refused to condemn the saudi crown prince. the administration is looking increasingly isolated in its view. i have zero question in my mind that the crown prince, mohammed bin salman, ordered the killing, monitored the killing, knew exactly what was hap

that opec is no longer the powerful player it used to be rather than the cartel it is mainly the us saudi arabia and russia deciding on prices now u.s. can't be part of the negotiations due to anti-trust laws but russia is now they're depending on russia to cut its production much more than its current leave ready to do. i mean while we also understand the dax is deep spillover the symbolic eleven thousand mark today what's got it down briefly if you wouldn't mind. let me just record final look we have now touched below ten thousand eight hundred points actually that's more than three and a half percent initially the white arrest brought shares down worries about trade tensions of course there's a lot of export shares in the dax. but it's for us thank you very much. new strong but am plenty more coming up at the top of the hour on how to help frame balance you seem. to. be in good shape. germs. thank god for disinfectant means good time can prevent serious to be. excessive hygiene can cause problems. hygiene is important in everyday life but don't overdo it. jim free down ice cream. good

century the vast majority of countries want this science to inform the rule book but for don't the us saudi arabia russia and kuwait refused to even welcome the report they say the only take note of it and that has overshadowed the summit and distracted from working out other major sticking points these include. whether developing nations should have to follow the same rules as rich countries how they should be monitored and of course the question of funding. well in light of this deadlock at the summit our reporter maximilian asked in germany is environment minister savannah short whether conferences like this can really make a difference when it comes to combating climate change. there are a lot of members of states i think we have twelve thousand members of the states and the does really important that we have space to negotiate that we have space to have an exchange between the states and that is what the series of focused on the in this conference and we need this time there's nothing you could do on the world to way you need these direct contact and these direct negotiations to bring

joining us now from the cattle saudi border thanks very much. let's turn to some other news now and the outgoing u.s. ambassador to the u.n. has made her first public comments on the murder of sana janice jamal khashoggi the halley's hold the atlantic magazine that a saudi government doesn't get a pass we can't condone it we can't ever say it's ok we can't ever support thuggish behavior and we have to say that shepard chancy has more from washington d.c. . it's been widely speculated that nikki haley will run for political office again one day and this interview suggests she's in no mood to come down emphatically and offend anyone who may be useful to her in the future yes she says the saudis need to be held accountable but she also says they are the key ally for the u.s. in fighting iran her accountability her idea of accountability repeatedly in this interview is what she calls the dozen or so saudis who have been sanctioned by the u.s. she's pushed by the interview with a what if it's shown that moment is directly accountable then she says we

there's dismay at the un climate talks after the us, russia, saudi arabia and kuwait, objected to a majortific report on global warming. the report recommends halving carbon emissions over the next 12 years. police in london are studying video footage thought to show racial abuse aimed at the england and manchester city footballer, raheem sterling. mr sterling has said some newspapers fuel racism by the way they portray young black players. at ten o'clock — martine croxall will be here with a round up of all the day's news. but first it's time for our world — which this week uses the latest investigative techniques to examine allegations that the government of the african state of burundi is torturing and killing people to stop dissent. a warning — this programme contains images and descriptions from the start which you may find disturbing. december 2016. a video is widely shared by burundians on social media. it shows red liquid flowing from the drains of a private house. those who posted it speculated that the liquid might be blood being washed away. speculation grew that this house was

song all this whining and crying in pitch in a fit get over it get over it let's get over opec the us saudi and russia are the top oil producers together accounting for roughly forty percent of the global production total the us however has greatly increased its influence according to the energy information administration late last month the us became a net exporter of crude and crude related products for the first time since at least ninety ninety one or oil supply is exceeded stagnant demand for roughly four years as oil containers around the planet are teeming to the tops including tankers of liquid storage on the high seas the oversupply has naturally reduced prices just over two months ago west texas intermediate at w d i oil was trading at seventy five dollars per barrel in early october but has continued to drop trading around fifty dollars these days as for average gasoline prices in the united states it's around two dollars and forty cents per gallon that's a nickel less than a year ago all of this is a result of opec's decreased influence and the greater influence of the united st

washington thank you so much for being on board we're glad to have you coming up to day we look at us saudi relations with conservative commentator steve malzberg m.l.s. so our mo the c.e.o. of the stock look at stocks going into next year twenty nineteen that's coming up but first we get some headlines with daniel britto let's go. to a major market moving address from chinese president xi jinping leads are global reports today the chinese leader defended his policies even as he avoided direct references to increasingly urgent questions about the future direction of chinese economic policy in the face of u.s. president donald trump's china trade crusade threats to china's major tech companies and multiple signs of a slowing domestic economy mr xi dressing communist leaders said the chinese economic success happened quote precisely because we've been here to the centralize and united leadership of the party the speech came on the fortieth anniversary of china's official reorientation towards state directed capitalism under the late chinese leader done shopping markets around the world reacte

arabia which your us can do put pressure on saudi arabia to eason. its attacks i meant to come to a peace deal and the sea diameter and the war even possible but that was needed for the us now there are. just a vote that will get the us are in the picture and keep the result in yemen as it is because saudi can either find other partners so where the mass that the us was involved in has to be cleaned up whether today or tomorrow so the us you us can do it but it's their will not do they have the will to do it or does their interests financial gains are are they greater than the lives of the innocent civilians then i'd be killed i would be more valuable than the millions who are suffering. in poverty and hunger this is where the value of the us. would be clear . fatima we have seen now that the u.s. is very definitely supporting there certainly the white house is very different supporting saudi arabia the senate and the white house seem to be putting sanctions on iran iran clearly a key player in the yemeni conflict where is iran in all of this is the

her data stopped adding to the crisis following in stash an outcry over the murder of saudi journalist shoji the us increased pressure on their saudi allies to end the war. ok well let's introduce our panel now and joining us here in the studio is non resident fellow at gulf international forum and author by via skype from nasa get many journalists a nonresident fellow at the atlantic council and in lancaster simon made them senior lecturer in international studies at lancaster university if i wore welcome to all of you after a very few people expect this ceasefire to even be a does anyone expect it to hold. the following the peace talks in sweden that many carefully described concern teachers and beginning before talks began just. not to make too much of expectations out of them so it's absolutely. honest saying that two warring parties have agreed on this fight even if just for few hours. i'm very optimistic that both were a pirate you have willingness to hold this ceasefire to as long as it can that. unlike their previous peace talks the outcomes of. talks and sweden have been quite an achieveme

that company mystical saudi real realized at some stage at the messages with mr abdul aziz were being intercepted and one of the messages to his friend was they know this may god help us two months later mystic a saudi was murdered qatar is quitting the oil exporting group opec saying it wants to expand its position as the world's top exporter of liquefied natural gas the government says the move will allow it to concentrate on increasing gas exports from seven to seven million tons a year two hundred ten million some of them give aid has the details. the world's largest supplier of liquefied natural gas is leaving the biggest oil cartel after being an opec member for more than fifty years arthur says the strategic change is needed for its long term ambitions to produce more natural gas or announced a decision as the oil producing nations is due to meet on thursday in vienna. or pics expected to cut oil output amid falling oil prices but there is one of opec smallest oil producers its main commodity is natural gas but the world's third largest reserves tensions between qatar and opec's largest producer saudi arabia suddenly increased and the saudis imposed a land sea

us. it doesn't say that it's the end of the relationship saudi arabia. but we are saying the saudi arabia has to change. >> you can't jus just fill-in te blank about the weapons sales. i have been one of the leading advocates of this relationship when it comes to suing them for 9/11 and other things. it matters a bit to join forces where they are coming down hard on saudi arabia and in terms of weapons we have to think long and hard under the current construct do you really want to transfer most of your technologies to somebody that thinks that it's okay to lure to the conflict in turkey if you're saudi and is it okay to transfer the most sophisticated weapons to somebody that seems to be irrational on multiple fronts, so those that want a normal military to military relationship with saudi arabia, count me in. it will be risky given the current regime's behavior for us to transfer the most sophisticated weapons. maybe one day he brush gives it to russia and china. i've been working on this issue since march of 2017. this much is clear americans don't ap

us a lot more than we need them. since two thousand and fifteen the u.s. has provided logistic support to the saudi led military coalition fighting against who the rebels in yemen in august a bomb believed to have been made in the us well on a school bus full of children killing many starvation has killed eighty five thousand children since the war start and a cholera epidemic has swept the country if united states with very little media attention has been saudi arabia's part in this horrific war we have been providing the bombs the saudi led coalition is using refueling their planes before they drop those bombs and assisting with intelligence but it was the october killing of the american based journalist jamal khashoggi that's pushed the u.s. to tell saudi arabia enough is enough the cia says saudi arabia directed killing and dismemberment inside its consulate in istanbul something the kingdom first denied maybe if the saudis were willing to lie to us about what happened to jamal khashoggi they haven't been straight with us as to what's happening inside yemen because if the united states is being