said on twitter that there was no evidence the attacks had come from yemen tehran has dismissed u.s. claims and denied any involvement in the strikes ok for more on this story we're joined by advent of attack by he's a mideast analyst based in a desolate all flocking to do. that so who the rebels and given have claimed responsibility but the u.s. accuses iran of being behind the drone attacks tehran denies it what's your sense of who do you think is telling the truth. in this in this time and in this era we really have to think through different scenarios it is perfectly capable that there with us have been carrying out this strike. there has been this war going on in yemen for years now and these have tried to show that they are able to to strike back and there are no sure in the vulnerability of saudi oil infrastructure iran could be behind this to show that it can resist against the maximum pressure from being launched by the u.s. against iran and the u.s. will obviously try to blame iran not only to find another cause to up the pressure against iran but to also back to their alli

secretary of state mike pompei o said on twitter that there was no evidence the attacks had come from yemen tehran has dismissed u.s. claims and denied any involvement in the strikes and for more we're joined now by adnan by he's an iran analyst based in doesn't off germany thanks for joining us now as we've been hearing there is this claim of responsibility from who is the rebels in yemen but the united states accuses iran of being behind the drone attacks on saudi oil facilities does washington have any evidence to back up its allegations. the issue here is really that we have that we have a situation in the region where all sides are trying to distort the events to their political benefit and the u.s. is obviously not exempt from that so even if. the dynamics are such that iran could be behind this we note far too well about the zeal that is us instruction has to blame iran for it at the same time the with the rebels have the zeal to show how capable they are of striking a sensitive or important saudi infrastructure so it's difficult to really make sense of what's going on has there been a resp

saudi arabia have repeatedly blamed be run for the attacks which were claimed by hutu rebels in yemen tehran to noise involvement with the saudis say they'll take action if evidence shows that iran was behind the bombings. would be and. we are certain that the attacks did not come from yemen but north of saudi arabia because investigations will prove the. truth that we will release the results to the world and take necessary measures and. i mean the escalating rhetoric iran's military says it's ready for combat and for any scenario commanders have threatened a crushing reaction to any aggressor. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a british travel company thomas cook is seeking last minute rescue deals to avoid financial collapse over half a 1000000 holidaymakers are traveling with the company and could be stranded if it fails the company says it is operating as normal. a series of earthquakes has rocked albania leaving at least 108 people injured the strongest quake was registered about 60 kilometers northwest of the capital. officials say the 5.8 magnitude tremor

united states and saudi arabia blame iran for the attacks which have been claimed by the rebels in yemen tehran denies involvement and is warning that any strikes in retaliation will result in all out war. the saudi foreign minister says his country will take action if an investigation shows iran was behind the bombings. and we are certain that the attacks did not come from yemen but from the north of saudi arabia because investigations will prove the. truth that we will release the results to the world and take necessary measures in. a change of pace in this league of football now where by in munich kicked off october fest celebrations with a big win over cologne the defending champions put on a master classes 2 of their new signings got on the scoresheet. side the fastest the happiest time of the year in munich but last season by and took just 4 points from 4 games during the festivities their visit his cologne turned up in qana. that was won by an player ready to spoil their fun. dusty had 7 goals from 4 matches going into the game and it didn't take him long to get his 8 of the bundesliga s

saudi arabia have repeatedly blamed be run for the attacks which were claimed by hutu rebels in yemen tehran denies involvement but the saudis say they'll take action if evidence shows that iran was behind the bombings. you know what i mean and we are certain that the attacks did not come from yemen but north of saudi arabia because investigations will prove that. with that we will release the results to the world to have them and take necessary measures. i mean the escalating rhetoric iran's military says it's ready for combat and for any scenario commanders have threatened a crushing reaction to any aggressive. and take a look now at some of the other news making news around the world. tens of thousands of people have joined a rally calling for a ban on abortions in slovakia abortions are currently allowed up to 24 weeks of pregnancy but parliament is set to begin debating proposals to restrict the procedure later this month. hundreds of towns and cities around the world has been taking part in car for a day in the french capital paris the famous film sunday's that was cleared of motorized

the sexiest state those already accused iran for the attacks which have been claimed by yemen's who rebels tehran is denying involvement. u.s. pharmaceutical company purdue which manufactures the controversial painkiller oxycontin has filed for bankruptcy it comes just days after the company reached a tentative settlement with some of the states and local governments that are suing the company over claims that feel the opioid epidemic much of the crisis is being blamed on the overprescribing of addictive painkillers like oxycontin the settlement is worth up to $10000000000.00 workers at u.s. automaker general motors of gone on strike for the 1st time in more than a decade 48000 people are expected to walk off the job at 31 factories across the country they want better wages health benefits and job security guarantees. at least 50 fires continue to burn across queensland and new south wales in eastern australia about 20 homes have been destroyed and another 30 damaged favorable conditions on sunday hope to slow down the pace of the destruction those are the latest headlines from the news continues

attacked riyadh's oil facilities state has already accused iran for the attacks claimed by yemen's hoofy rebels tehran there is denying involvement. ballot papers are being counted in tunisia his presidential election official results aren't expected until tuesday but supporters of the 2 candidates. and their build car we have both claimed to have won in the 1st round and their supporters are already celebrating. algeria is due to hold its presidential election on december the 12th the day it's been announced by interim president abdul qadeer. the country's been rocked by months of protests since former president would have legal was forced to resign in april after almost 20 years in power. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has threatened to annex large parts of occupied palestinian territories if he's reelected the palestinian government and farmers are vowing to protect their land and one of the ways to do that is through agriculture need abraham reports now from cal killer in the occupied west bank where a new project is under way ahead of tuesday's election. this is the 1st time i had plan

of state mike pompei it has already accused iran for the attacks that have been claimed by yemen the rebels tehran has denied involvement. ballots are being counted in tunisia after nearly half of registered voters turned out to elect their country's next president official results aren't expected until tuesday but supporters of both candidates claim to have won the 1st round and are already celebrating sunday's vote was tunisia's 2nd presidential election since the 2011 revolution. dozens of passengers are missing after a river boat sank in the democratic republic of congo police say 76 people on board were rescued but 36 others are fairly drowned. the boat went down in the congo river as it headed for the capital and the taliban says it will revoke at spann and allow the red cross to work in afghanistan is it excluded the group along with the world health organization in april accusing them of carrying out suspicious activities during that nation campaigns the taliban also says it will guarantee the security of red cross staff in areas it controls well those are the headlines and next up its ins

yemen have claimed responsibility the u.s. has blamed iran for the attack raising tensions yet again in washington and tehran . one of the globe's most crucial commodities going up in smoke the result of twin drone strikes at the heart of saudi arabia's oil industry state media say the fires that erupted after saturday's attacks were quickly brought under control but officials say that production at the apple cake oil processing facility the largest in the world and the cories oil field the country's 2nd biggest has been temporarily suspended there are fears of how this might affect world markets with saudi arabia responsible for about a 10th of the world's oil output these strikes have effectively cut 5 percent of global supply overnight for over 4 years now riyadh has been involved in a proxy war with iran in yemen the country's who the rebels who are backed by tehran have claimed responsibility for these attacks and found more. promise the saudi regime that are coming operations will only grow wider and will be more painful than before so long as their aggression and blockade continues oh good washington is

for the 4 years now riyadh has been involved in a proxy war with iran in yemen the country's who the rebels who are backed by tehran have claimed responsibility for these attacks and filed more. well. promise the saudi regime that are coming operations will only grow wider and will be more painful than before so long as their aggression and blockade continues no good washington is pointing the finger at iran u.s. secretary of state. said on twitter that there was no evidence the attacks had come from yemen is a rainy and counterpart tweeted back dismissing u.s. claims that tehran was involved in the strikes details about the weapons used and the damage caused remain sketchy ok for more on this story we're joined by advantage he's a middle east analyst based in desolate off welcome to the devaney add that so who the rebels and yemen have claimed responsibility but the u.s. accuses iran of being behind the drone attacks tehran denies it what's your sense of who do you think is telling the truth. in this in this time and in this era we really have to think through different scenarios it is perfectly capable that there

yemen have claimed responsibility but the u.s. accuses iran of being behind the drone attacks tehran denies it. what's your sense of who do you think is telling the truth. i think in this in this time and in this era we really have to think through different scenarios it is perfectly thinkable that there with his help in carrying out this strike. there has been this war going on in yemen for years now and with these have tried to show that they are able to to strike back and they are now showing the vulnerability of saudi oil infrastructure iran could be behind this to show that it can resist against the maximum pressure campaign launched by the u.s. against iran and the u.s. will obviously try to blame iran not only to find another cause to up the pressure against iran but to also back their allies saudi arabia with regards to the war that is going on in yemen how likely or rather how is saudi arabia likely it's a response to these attacks. that is indeed difficult to say because what we really have to keep to bear in mind here with these attacks is that the vulnerability of the crucial saudi

for over 4 years now riyadh has been involved in a proxy war with iran in yemen the countries who the rebels who are backed by tehran have claimed responsibility for these attacks and found more. promise the saudi regime that are coming operations will only grow wider and will be more painful than before so long as their aggression and blockade continues oh good washington is pointing the finger at iran u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o said on twitter that there was no evidence the attacks had come from yemen is a rainy and counterpart tweeted back dismissing u.s. claims that tehran was involved in strengths details about the weapons used and the damage caused remain sketchy. for more on this let's bring in our. middle east analyst based in the soft thank you so much for joining us could the rebels in yemen have claimed responsibility for these attacks that the u.s. is accusing iran of being behind these drone strikes tehran is denying it's involved why is the u.s. accusing iran of this. well in fact. politically i guess it's a it's expedient to believe iran for this with the maximum pressure complain that the

for the 4 years now riyadh has been involved in a proxy war with iran in yemen the countries who the rebels who are backed by tehran have claimed responsibility for these attacks and found more. promise the saudi regime that are coming operations will only grow wider and will be more painful of the for so long as their aggression and blockade continues. but washington is pointing the finger at iran u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o said on twitter that there was no evidence the attacks had come from yemen is a rainy and counterpart tweeted back dismissing u.s. claims that tehran was involved in strikes details about the weapons used and the damage caused remain sketchy. and for more on this story we're joined by adnan tablets of by a middle east analyst based in dusseldorf advent thanks for joining us both the rebels in yemen say they did it but the u.s. accuses iran but it denies any role what's the american motivation here the u.s. the messaging coming from d.c. is the continuation of the maximum pressure campaign which in its essence says that iran is responsible for literally all the ills in the region but

houthis claimed responsibility he said there was no evidence the drones were launched from yemen and accused tehran of an unprecedented attack on the world's energy supplies. now, interestingly, frances, saudi arabia hasn't blamed iran yet, and iran was quick to issue denials and threats, saying the u.s. claims of maximum deceit and after the campaign of maximum pressure failed. a commander in the iranian revolutionary guard reiterated its forces could strike u.s. military bases across the middle east >> ali, thank you. ♪ she's my best, best girl >>> rock sand roll hall of kaymer, ric ocsaek has died. he was unconscious and unresponsive in a manhattan townhouse sunday afternoon no word on a cause of death. ocasek co-founded the cars in boston in 1976 they had 13 top 40 singles before breaking up in the late '80s cars were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame last year. fans and musicians like bette midler, weisser, van halen, all paid tribute to the singer on social media he is dead at 75 >>> house speaker nancy pelosi and chuck schumer spoke with the president by phone and told him any pro

for over 4 years now riyadh has been involved in a proxy war with iran in yemen the country's who the rebels who are backed by tehran have claimed responsibility for these attacks and found more. promise the saudi regime that are coming operations will only grow wider and will be more painful than before so long as their aggression and blockade continues oh good washington is pointing the finger at iran u.s. secretary of state. said on twitter that there was no evidence the attacks had come from yemen is a rainy and counterpart tweeted back dismissing u.s. claims that tehran was involved in strikes details about the weapons used and the damage caused remain sketchy. italy is processing more than 80 migrants who were allowed to disembark on its southern island of lampedusa after they were stuck at sea for 6 days on board the ship called the ocean viking the men women and children will now be sent to various parts of europe under an ad hoc you deal with the migrants to disembark in italy suggest the country's change of heart over migration after its latest election. it was a few days ago they were rescued from the cit

claimed responsibility he said that there was no evidence the drones were launched from yemen and accused tehran of unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply frances? >> we'll watch where it goes from here. a ali arouzi for us, thank you >>> purdue pharma has filed for bankruptcy as the maker of oxycontin tries to protect itself from mounting lawsuits. the move part of a tentative settlement purdue reached last week with state and local governments suing the company for its role in the opioid epidemic but the fight is far from over for the sackler family, which owns the company about half of the states have not yet signed on to the deal, arguing that the $12 billion payout is too low. several plan to fight the settlement and take the sacklers to court the bankruptcy means purdue will likely be removed from the first federal opioid trial scheduled to start in cleveland october 21st >>> proportionate justice brett kavanaugh facing new scrutiny this morning over allegations of sexual misconduct from his time at yale. nbc news has confirmed there was another alleged incident reported to the

tehran. meanwhile yemen's houthi rebels have offered to stop all attacks on saudi arabia as part of a peace plan. said fighters would stop targeting the kingdom but only if the saudis reciprocated in yemen a healthy is claimed responsibility for the attack on saudi arabia's oil facilities a week ago the leg people be asked we reserve the right to respond if they fail to reciprocate positively to this initiative the continuation of this war will not benefit any side on the contrary it could lead to dangerous developments which we do not wish to take place we say this knowing that the ones who would suffer more are the enemy nation odds state ahead on al-jazeera we examine airline says and divisions in afghanistan in the run up to the presidential election. again i will come back to you in a national weather forecast here across europe it is kind of cool out here towards eastern it's very nice out here towards the west but things are about to change let me show you what is going on right now we have an area of low pressure that's been spinning bring a lot of clouds in cooler all the way down towar

secretary of state has already accused iran for those attacks that have also been claimed by yemen's heathy rebels tehran is denying involvement she has will. these satellite images released by the u.s. government appear to show damage to part of the oil plant at alba kike in saudi arabia they could prove vital in determining who attacked the plant and from where but looked like they were damaged in the north and west or older who shelby's which would mean that they didn't come from yemen with then i would close sort of all the people who are close were those photos and it's not quite clear looks like somebody just from the west could have been calling from yemen we don't yet know who recently launched drones and missiles against saudi arabia were several months now none of them have been able to cause the damage these did but this is not new. to the rebels in yemen say they flew armed drones across the border deep into saudi arabia to attack 2 major oil facilities if confirmed it's their most ambitious and devastating operation following dozens of smaller scale strikes in the kingdom in recent months ba

state's mike pompei o has already accused iran of the attacks that have been claimed by yemen's freaky rebels tehran has denied and fall from and. and ballot papers are being counted in china's year's presidential election official results on to expected until tuesday but supporters of the 2 candidates case sayad an appeal. who have both claim to have won the 1st round already celebrating. now israel is holding its 2nd general election and less than 6 months on shoes day palestinian israelis are being urged to vote in grayson numbers than they did in april and a leading palestinian israeli politician is provoking a strong reaction by making an unprecedented call for coalition forces has the story. big with days left in the election campaign a clash over race voting and hidden cameras came to a head in the israeli parliament. you rely a sheltered knesset member iman or day to confronting israel's prime minister with a camera benjamin netanyahu had been trying unsuccessfully to force through last minute legislation allowing party activists to film inside polling stations palestinian israeli politician

facilities secretary of state mike pompei or has already accused iran for the attacks claimed by yemen's 33 rebels tehran has denied involvement. ballots are still being counted in tunisia after nearly half of registered voters turned out to elect their country's next president official results aren't expected until tuesday but supporters of both candidates claim to have won the 1st round and are already celebrating sunday's vote was genesee a 2nd presidential election since the 2011 revolution. and algeria is year to hold its presidential election on december 12th that date was announced by interim president ben sala now the country has been rocked by months of protests since former president. was forced to resign in april after nearly 20 years in power. the taliban says it will revoke it span and allow the red cross to work in afghanistan is it excluded the group along with the world health organization back in april accusing them of carrying out suspicious activities during baths and nation campaigns the taliban also says it will guarantee the security of red cross staff in areas that it controls well

state might palm pails of ready accuse iran of the attacks but they've been claimed by yemen's who the rebels and tehran's denied involvement . ballot papers are being counted in tunis is presidential election official results aren't expected until tuesday but supporters of 2 candidates chi saeed in the bill car we are already celebrating both having claimed to have won the 1st round sunday's vote was june easy a 2nd presidential election since the 2011 revolution. and neighboring elder. area is due to hold its presidential election on december the 12th the dates being announced by the interim president up till carbon sali the country's been looks rocked i should say by months of protest since the former president abdelaziz bouteflika was forced to resign in april after almost 20 years in power and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has threatened to unexplored parts of occupied palestinian territory if he's reelected the palestinian government and farmers a valid to protect their land and one of the ways of doing that is through agriculture made abraham reports from cal killer in the occupied

a response was saudi arabia says the attacks were carried out using iranian weapons but tehran denies that yemen's who the rebels say they were behind the attacks and are warning more strikes coming well the full picture of the damage is not yet clear but chinese officials have been told that it's all deliveries will be delayed and there are reports saudi arabia is trying to buy diesel for urgent deliberate. begins our coverage from washington. president donald trump says the u.s. is still collecting and analyzing intelligence related to saturday's attack on saudi oil facility. yes but says all evidence gathered dust far points to one country when asked if that country was iran this was the president's response which looking that way will have some pretty good to. have a some very strong studies done but it's certainly looking that way at this moment and. we'll let you know the spectrum said he does not want war with iran but said his administration would coordinate closely with riyadh and in response the saudis want very much for us to protect them but i say well we have to work there was an atta

secretary of state has already accused iran for the attacks that have been claimed by yemen through the rebels tehran has denied involvement. and ballot papers are being counted in tunis he is presidential election official results on the expected until tuesday but supporters of the 2 candidates on the bill carter we who have both claims to have won the 1st round already celebrating sunday's fighters. well that's now return to our top story the effect of drone attacks on saudi arabia's oil infrastructure that's now caused the biggest sudden disruption yet to global oil markets earlier i spoke to vanda hari who's the founder and c.e.o. of energy market analysis group found the insights and she says the lack of information released by saudi arabia is making the markets even more volatile. clearly this is a big supply shock for the markets we're looking at close to 6 percent of the global supply that has been shut down after the saudis have said that they hope to restore at least a 3rd of close to about 2000000 barrels a day of production today but again you know that's not an official statement and i t

facilities by taking military action against this country yemen's who the rebels claimed responsibility for the strike but washington and riyadh says tehran is to blame. well the saudi ever r.t. led coalition in yemen has launched an operation against what it called legitimate military targets it says it destroyed 4 sites used to assemble remote controlled boats and sea mines canada's prime minister justin trudeau has apologized for a 2nd time after another photograph and video emerged of him wearing blackface makeup he's about to continue with his reelection campaign and the u.s. justice department is being accused of playing a key role in importantly withholding a whistle blower's complaint against president donald trump the head of the u.s. house intelligence committee says intelligence officials were blocked from passing on the complaint to congress u.s. media reporting it's related to a phone call between trump and a foreign leader. the whole point of the whistle blower statute is not only to purge those to report problems abuses violations it was but also to have a legal mechanism to do so and not to disclose classified information

and bring iran back into the international fold thank you very much for that as far as saying tehran. yemen's who the rebels say a saudi led coalition air strike has killed 5 members of the same family hoofy owned syria t.v. says the airstrikes hit a mosque in the province of on 2 children from the same family are missing it comes just days after hoofy rebels place just stop launching attacks on songe arabia. in other world news the world's oldest raval company thomas cook has collapsed leaving huge numbers of people stranded 600000 are on holiday worldwide with the company there mainly from germany the u.k. france and scandinavian countries all thomas cook fried's have been grounded and 20000 jobs are at risk the u.k. civil aviation authority says it's beginning the mammoth task of getting 150000 travelers home and delays are inevitable. the cia is launching a report. this is the largest report since the 2nd world war and we will be bringing home everybody. back to the u.k. as close as possible to their return dates this is a huge operation 150000 people currently abroad we've chartered over

coordinate the response saudi arabia says the attacks were carried out using iranian weapons but tehran denies it yemen's who the rebels say they were behind the attacks and that warning more strikes are coming well the full picture of the damage is not yet clear but chinese officials have been told that its oil deliveries will be delayed and there are reports saudi arabia is trying to buy diesel for urgent delivery capitalism begins our coverage now from washington d.c. . president donald trump says the u.s. is still collecting and analyzing intelligence related to saturday's attack on saudi oil facilities but says all evidence gathered.

tehran backed who the rebels in yemen have in fact claimed responsibility but the u.s. claims there is no evidence that the attack was launched from yemen and instead blames iran without providing evidence of that let's take a listen to what iran's president has signed rouhani had to say earlier for your vision for the issue of roma americans instead of confessing that they have presence in the region or. in syria in yemen and other areas he has been problematic they accuse the countries of the region. and for more on this story we're joined by adnan tablets have middle east analyst based in dusseldorf adnan thanks for joining us who's the rebels in yemen say they did it but the u.s. accuses iran but it denies any role what's the american motivation here and just the messaging coming from d.c. is the continuation of the maximum pressure to compete with essence says that iran is responsible for literally all the ills in the region but obviously also security in the region so that is i think 1st and foremost the motivation behind well secretary of state might feel sad whe

countries and iran is willing to do that thank you thank you very much for that asad big life or same tehran yemen's houthi fighters say is sound led coalition air strike has killed 5 members of one family who he owned and the syria t.v. says yes strikes hit a mosque in the province of 2 children from the same family on messing it comes just days after the who thinks best to stop launching attacks on saberi. in other world news 7 schoolchildren have been killed in kenya after their school building collapsed almost 660 other students are in hospital family members have been gathering outside the school as rescue workers search for several children who were trapped under the rubble. the world's oldest travel company thomas cook has collapsed leaving huge numbers of people stranded 600000 are holiday worldwide with the company there mainly from germany the u.k. france and scandinavian countries all thomas cook flies have been grounded and 20000 jobs are risk the u.k. civil aviation authority says it's beginning the mammoth task of getting 150000 travelers home and delays are inevitable it's not going t

for over 4 years now riyadh has been involved in a proxy war with iran in yemen the country's hooty rebels who are backed by tehran have claimed responsibility for the attacks and vowed more. or less promised the saudi regime that are coming operations will only grow wider and will be more painful of the for so long as their aggression and blockade continues oh. but washington is pointing the finger at iran u.s. secretary of state might pompei of said on twitter that there was no evidence the attacks had come from yemen. well for more on the story i'm joined here in the studio by bonnie he's a freelance saudi journalist based in berlin thank you so much for coming in today now we've been hearing about the who theory rebels are claiming responsibility for the attacks on the saudi oil installations why did they choose to attack now well well that's what we hear from one side the hooty of the whole thing is are claiming that they they made it while the u.s. they have confirmation from mike by you that the iranian made it and there is like clash between these 3 i mean the whole thing is on the iran one side and the un

yemen. in a tweet, he said that "tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on saudi arabia, while iran's president diplomacy." iran immediately hit back, scathing of the trump administration's methods. foreign media reports say the attacks could have a significant impact on world oil prices. the strikes hit the abqaiq and khurais oil processing plants, run by state owned aramco — one of the world's biggest oil companies. the smoke visible from space, caught by a nasa satellite. khurais produces around i% of the world's oil, and abqaiq is capable of processing 7% of global supply. even a brief or partial disruption could affect the company and the oil supply given their size. nina nanji, bbc news. let's get more reaction from bernadettejohnson, the vice president of strategic analytic. she runs runs a team of analysts that look at refineries and predict markets. bernadette, thank you very much for joining us here on bbc news. what is the likely fallout that the various actors who are affected by this are going to have to deal with?” actors who are affected by this are going to have to deal with? i

yemen. in a tweet, he said that "tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on saudi arabia, while iran's presidente in diplomacy." iran immediately hit back, scathing of trump administration's methods. foreign media reports say the attacks could have a significant impact on world oil prices. the strikes hit the abqaiq and khurais oil processing plants, run by state owned aramco — one of the world's biggest oil companies. the smoke visible from space, caught by a nasa satellite. khurais produces around 1% of the world's oil, and abqaiq is capable of processing 7% of global supply. even a brief or partial disruption could affect the company and the oil supply given their size. nina nanji, bbc news. earlier, the independent oil analyst gaurav sharma told the bbc the market is concerned about the saudi response. let's be perfectly clear, we will have a bit of carnage in short positions, those who are betting that the oil price will fall when the market picks up the volume in asia on monday. there will be a jump of at least three or $5 but it depends on where the saudis go with this and if they build t

of deceit up to washington to blame tehran for drone attacks on 2 oil facilities in saudi arabia yemen 2 of the rebels say they were responsible for saturday's explosions which knocked out more than half of the kingdom's entire oil slicks there's been a low turnout at the polls in tunisia with over a half an hour left for voters to choose their 2nd president since the $27.00 revolution $24.00 candidates are in the running and police in hong kong have used tear gas and water cannon to break up the latest on thai government protests in the crowd threw petrol bombs and riot at riot officers tens of thousands of people have been marching in defiance of the police but. now the united nations secretary general hopes hurricane survivors in the bahamas will get the help they need from the international community antonio terris was visibly shaken as he saw the destruction to the article islands from hurricane dorian a category 5 super song 2 weeks ago is known to have killed at least 50 people around 1300 others remain missing. there is that international community the idea that middle income c

saturday's attacks that crippled more than half of saudi arabia's oil production but tehran maintains it is not responsible yemen's hooty rebels say they were behind the attacks. polls will open in the next hour in israel 2nd general election in just over 5 months but mr benjamin netanyahu is trying to rally right wing voters after failing to win a majority and he says he'll annex all settlements in the occupied west bank. hong kong's leader says the government will start community talks next week in a bid to end the protests that have hit the territory chief executive kerry lamb says the public will be able to sign up to attend the sessions. i want on our top story the fallout from the attack on saudi arabia's oil installations the reuters news agency is reporting it could take months for saudi oil production to return. to norman already it's been forced to shut down one pipeline to behind the uncertainty triggered a spike in oil prices up 19 percent the biggest single day increase on record it's still trading at more than 12 percent higher than its price before the attacks happen and this could all hurt investor

>> reporter: this week, saudi arabia showed us what they said is the evidence tehran was behind the attack-- despite yemen's houthis rebels still claiming responsibility. the blast marks on the refineries point north-- toward iran. you can see five of these towers were hit and when you look at the damage that was done, you can see that it is pointing in a north westerly direction. that is likely where the projectiles came from. >> saudi saudi officials also claim the pieces of drones and cruise missiles recovered were made in iran. but a team of u.n. investigators is in the country independently inspecting saudi arabia's claims. tonight, the tensions are still high. the united states says the additional troops are taking a defensive posture, but iran has continued to warn that any strike on the country will see swift and broad retaliation. adriana? >> diaz: ian lee in riyadh, thank you. now on the road to 2020. a new poll of likely democratic voters in next year's iowa caucus at the top for now. the des moines register cnn shows warren leading biden by two point, sanders a dispant third. cbs news ed o'keefe

yemen. in a tweet, he said that "tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on saudi arabia, while iran‘s presidenthit back, scathing of trump administration‘s methods. foreign media reports say the attacks could have a significant impact on world oil prices. the strikes hit the abqaiq and khurais oil processing plants, run by state owned aramco — one of the world‘s biggest oil companies. the smoke visible from space, caught by a nasa satellite. khurais produces around i% of the world‘s oil, and abqaiq is capable of processing 7% of global supply. even a brief or partial disruption could affect the company and the oil supply given their size. nina nanji, bbc news. police have fired tear gas and water cannon, to disperse pro—democracy protesters, who‘ve gathered in central hong kong — as three months of demonstrations show no sign of ending. activists threw petrol bombs, built barricades and damaged a subway station. tens of thousands of people joined the protest, even though it had been banned. 0ur reporter, nick beake, sent this update from the very noisy protests. well, once again the pro—democra

yemen. in a tweet, he said that "tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on saudi arabia, while iran's presidenthani and foreign minister zarif pretend to engage in diplomacy." iran immediately hit back, scathing of trump administration's methods. foreign media reports say the attacks could have a significant impact on world oil prices. the strikes hit the abqaiq and khurais oil processing plants, run by state owned aramco — one of the world's biggest oil companies. the smoke visible from space, caught by a nasa satellite. khurais produces around 1% of the world's oil, and abqaiq is capable of processing 7% of global supply. even a brief or partial disruption could affect the company and the oil supply given their size. nina nanji, bbc news. amy jaffe is a senior fellow for energy and the environment, at the council on foreign relations and told us more about the significance of the oil facilities which were attacked. we are talking about complexes that have several types of facilities and something called a stabilisation plan that takes poisonous gases out of the oil, and then you have the gas

knowledge of the region knows iran has proxies operating for example in yemen and in iraq these proxies give iran plausible deniability has tehran he used these in the past to carry out attacks can we say that with any certainty well when we come to again talk about some resisting groups like hezbollah hamas and others. we need to take caution to refer to them on their some precise labels and names they are not you rons proxy they are iranian allies and they work in their best interests in their own countries beside and andras courts they are not lawyers in they ought to respect yes short tale ron has never been shy stressing it's all out support for his will law for hamas in also for resistant groups in that part of the world in the middle east when it comes to yemen it has always a stress that the country has been on the siege and its support has been only limited to spiritual political and diplomatic support they'll run at the highest levels the writing is supremely there said once very recently that if the country was not on their siege if they requested any kind of help we would provide them with what they need it but the c

accusation, and yemen's houthi rebels backed by tehran have claimed responsibility for those attacks. >> while his secretary of state and u.n. ambassador state iran was behind the attack, president trump was not as emphatic. >> have you seen proof iran was behind the attacks? >> it is looking that way. we will have strong studies done but it is looking that way at this moment and we'll let you know. as soon as we find out definitively, we'll let you know but it does look that way. >> the president was asked how this latest attack compares to when iran shot down an unmanned american drone back in june. take a listen. >> after the drone was shot down -- >> would this be proportionate? is that what you're asking? i would say yes. >> amid the developing crisis, president trump is being asked to clarify his contradictory messaging about meeting with iran and he said it was fake news that he would meet with iran without pre-conditions despite his own words an his own administration. but here's what he had to say yesterday. >> are you planning to meet with iran without preconditions. >> ther

of deceit up to washington blame tehran for drone attacks on 2 oil facilities in saudi arabia yemen toothy rebel said they were responsible for saturday's explosions which knocked out more than half of the kingdom's entire oil up but there has been a low turnout at the polls in tunisia where voters have been deciding who should be the next president a runoff election will be held if none of the $24.00 candidates receive 50 percent of the vote and police in hong kong have used tear gas and water cannon to break up the latest anti-government protest some in the crowd threw a petrol bombs at riot officers tens of thousands of people have been marching in defiance of a police ban more now on our top story end those attacks on oil facilities in saudi arabia white house advisor kelly kahn kellyanne conway has suggested the u.s. may use some of its to teach it to reserves to manage global oil demand. secretary powell has made clear that the iranian regime is responsible for this attack on the civilian areas and infrastructure right are vital to our global energy supply and we're not going to stan