in the saudi led war in yemen that is killing innocent civilians and murdering children and committing arguably war crimes. the united states should have no complicity in the actions that betray our values and national interests. would direct the removal of all united states armed forces from hostility. , senator many to thank sanders and lee, senator menendez, my colleague from connecticut senator murphy, but i want to thank some people who have been unmentioned during this proceeding. and before the khashoggi, that is before the civil war in yemen and the saudi involvement and the brutal, heinous killing of the american journalist among show the there was 9/11. -- american journalist cudjoe -- there was -- cut show the the victims are friends and heroes. they have fought relentlessly to hold the government of saudi arabia accountable for its culpability, not yet proven in court, but they are seeking to hold the monarchy accountable for its possible involvement. they have been largely absent from the discussion on this floor. championshe original of holding responsible the

the saudi and iraqi coalition have been killed in al down in providence coalition forces are trying to push the who feeds from the hills to the south of the town of damped has also been fighting in the central city of. a u.s. sponsored draft resolution that would have condemned the palestinian group hamas has failed to pass in the un general assembly and measure failed to win the required two thirds majority. the last migrant rescue ship operating off the coast of libya is ending its operations aquarius which saved thousands of migrants from drowning lost its registration in september doctors without borders the charity that operates the boat says a smear campaign by european governments has forced it to stop its rescue missions . all right those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera of the inside story that's watching. a critical moment for donald trump and his relationship with the saudi crown prince u.s. senators blaine mohamed bin found money for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi but can they force their president to drop his defense of the saudi royal

to cross talk for all things considered i'm peter le beau the u.s. senate strongly rebuke saudi arabia over the course shogi murder and calls for an end to the american involvement in the war on yemen is this a defining moment for this bilateral relationship will so-called values trump hard political realities. across liking saudi arabia i'm joined by my guest. hussein insaan the he's a yemeni journalist in riyadh we have made it bram he is a us sodhi relations expert and in brighton we crossed to katherine chapter she is a senior analyst with bio on center all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate your command let me go to you first in riyadh how are you reacting to the rebuke from the u.s. senate was quite strong unanimous when it came to close shogi and the majority when it came to america's at least how the senate sees america's role your countries led war against yemen so what's the reaction there your reaction and if you just want to repeat the government's reaction that's all right as well go ahead and riyadh.

the country donald trump says saudi arabia is ready to pay for reconstruction but who will get the money and how will it be spent this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. serious seven year war has transformed ancient cities into ghost towns entire neighborhoods wiped from the map schools and hospitals reduced to rubble along with just about everything else as the war seems to be coming to an end reconstruction is required on a grand scale the u.n. estimates it will cost at least two hundred and fifty billion dollars donald trump's a saudi arabia has agreed to help he tweeted saudi arabia has now agreed to spin the necessary money needed to help rebuild syria instead of the united states see isn't it nice when immensely wealthy countries help rebuild their neighbors rather than a great country the us that is five thousand miles away thanks to saudi a now here's more from rob reynolds. president trump's tweet prompted more questions than answers he didn't specify how much money saudi arabia would offer to rebuild syria when it would be given how it would be spent or m

conference to discuss the killing of "the washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi, and the saudi government's proxy war with iran in yemen. this is 25 minutes. mr. menendez: so, thank you for joining 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,

politics of denial and to see the trump administration's continued support of the saudi led war is morally indefensible and strategically counterproductive blaming iran for the humanitarian crisis in yemen only insurer's more suffering this time to and this senseless complex. talking yemen i'm joined by my guest giorgio he is the c.e.o. of gulf state analytics a washington d.c. based geo political risk consultancy and in norman we cross to joshua landis he is the director of the center of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated joshua let me go to you first and norman can you explain something to me and this is something the president of the united states donald trump said on november twentieth of this year quote the country of iran as an example is responsible for a bloody proxy war against saudi arabia in yemen then he further says on the other hand saudi arabia would gladly withdraw from yemen if the iranians would agree to leave this would immediately provide des

hard political realities. cross liking saudi arabia i'm joined by my guest hussein insaan the he's a yemeni journalist in riyadh we have made it bram he is a us sodhi relations expert and in brighton we cross to catherine shocked she is a senior analyst with bio on the center all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate command let me go to you first in riyadh how are you reacting to the rebuke from the u.s. senate was quite strong unanimous when it came to close shogi and the majority when it came to america's at least how the senate sees america's role in your country's led war against yemen so what's the reaction there your reaction and if you just want to repeat the government's reaction that's all right as well go ahead in riyadh. well definitely peter as you know with the saudi arabia. news they actually denounce what the congress have done the congress itself you know too many people does doesn't understand they always have these kinds of symbolic agreement of doing things but that doesn't mean that it's decisive be

happened here is ago because the saudi question became part of the political infighting in washington does suffering only matter when it's politically expedient to discuss that i'm now joined by sara whitson executive director of the middle east and north africa division of human rights watch mr watson it's good to talk to you thank you very much for granting a some time. now i know you've been trying to raise awareness of the conflict in yemen for quite some time but it's long been a bit of an orphan war overshadowed by everything else going on in the region is that finally changing now is the warning to yemen finally getting the attention it deserves it certainly seems like it in the recent congressional review resolutions are an indication that the u.s. congress is finally focusing on the war and yemen and america's role in the war and yemen and with the attention that it deserves so i do think there will be a change come january with the congress now controlled by the democrats how do you explain this sudden interest. has been really a confluence of disasters for quite

effort to hold the saudi coalition accountable for its actions in yemen, or to hold the saudi government and the crown prince accountable for all of their actions. well, we haven't seen that leadership. on the contrary i believe in spite of concrete evidence the trump administration is intent on doing nothing to hold the saudi government or the crown prince responsible for their actions. as we debate about four to address the tragic humanitarian crisis in yemen, and to hold the saudi coalition and the houthi combatants accountable for their actions, children in yemen continue to starve. people continue to die. and more reports about torture of detainees continue to emerge. sadly, we don't actually know the extent of the devastation pick some key managing organizations on current estimate that as many as 50,000 people have died, with more than 14 million on the brink of starvation. save the childrenen recently posited that as many as 130 children are dying each and every day. we may, not know the exact numbers but we know enough to know that the conflict in yemen has produced t

perfect storm starting with the attention on saudi arabia garnered by each of our murder and the international attention that created which caused an increased focus on saudi arabia and its role in its policies not just to best equally but abroad as well that dove tailed with the resolutions that senators and congressmen have been pushing in the congress for actually a couple of years now but that heightened focus. along with the u.n. pronouncements of the imminent famine in the country some of the shocking reporting we saw coming out by western journalists who managed to get in and to document the levels of starvation and civilian destruction all of that happening at the same time created a newfound momentum a newfound backbone really for the u.s. congress to properly focus on these issues now. you mentioned the congressional committee but there are already some practical steps that the united states has taken just recently it announced that it will no longer provide refueling assistance to the saudi aircraft beaches it's been doing for the past i think three years since the bom

in which saudi arabia and turkey can still find themselves on roughly on the same side. at the same time, you just seen turkey into a new military cooperation agreement with kuwait. it raises a fear of a new turkish -- and the emergence of a camp that could stretch out to incorporate countries that most people couldn't imagine being a part of it. and i mentioned jordan and kuwait as possibilities. now, it may be fanciful, but when you see new military cooperation agreements, that tends to exacerbate fears. so what we end up with, then, is a really bipolar relationship. let me say, i want to end by endorsing ambassador's comment about there being no bottom in the middle east. things can get worse. that's for sure. and, you know, as usual it -- as edgar king said it's not the worst as long as we can say this is the worst. and i think that's exactly right. there's always the case. well, i would like to, first, take a few minutes to discuss it but -- about my moment. i think that's the reason saudi arabia -- i'm surprised about what he said in the speech. but he said so far in many area

conference. the topic for today's program, saudi arabia and turkish rivalry in the middle east, is an issue which we feel gained quite a bit of prominence in the aftermath of the october 2 murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. as information about khashoggi's state emerged in the weeks following his death, a dynamic began to play out between saudi arabia and turkey, and this dynamic suggests a kind of a rivalry between the two countries for influence in the middle east. i think it's a dynamic that maybe has been underappreciated events events inow the region. so today we will have an opportunity to delve into that topic. before i turn to the program, i would like to say a few words about the middle east policy council. our organization was established in 1981. we are an ngo. our purpose is to grow dialogue and education concerning the u.s. and countries of the middle east. we have three flagship programs, money is this conference, our quarterly capitol hill conference. we hold these every three months on the capital, specifically because we are looking to engage with people, staffers and ot

determined to find out what heard from officers murder and angry at comments from the main suspect saudi crown prince . that will turkey get international support and the un make any difference this is inside story. come to the program i'm richelle carey turkish president read to type erdogan is not giving up he wants more answers about the murder of journalist at the saudi consulate in istanbul and he will push for an international investigation if necessary or to go on farris and what he calls muhammad been unbelievable explanation of what happened and that the crown prince said saudi arabia could not be blamed unless the crime was proven the cia reportedly believes than solomon is responsible and so did many u.s. politicians but not president on the trot here's what oregon told the g twenty summit in argentina. to get willis into the side a regime first denied it and then tried to distort facts and finally admitted to this murder turkey has adopted a very determined out of jude which is help disclose this issue we have never seen this as a political issue and she'll never do so for us

to saudi arabia for the war in yemen. and in a separate resolution blamed the death of a journalist jamal khashoggi on the saudi crown prince. the vote on that resolution was unanimous. both measures would have to be approved by the house for them to go to the president but the house blocked the measure from getting a vote. here is part of the senate debate on the yemen bill. we begin with vermont senator bernie sanders who sponsored the bill with senator mike lee from utah. this is two and a half hours. >> mr. president, i come to the floor today to talk about one of the great humanitarian crises facing our planet and that is the horrific war in yemen. 2015, under the leadership of mohammad bin salman who was then the saudi andia and defense minister is now the crown prince, saudi arabia and the united arab emirates intervened in yemen's ongoing civil war. the saudi-uae intervention, yemen is now experiencing the worst humanitarian disaster in the world. nations, to the united yemen is at risk of the most severe famine in more than 100 years. peopleme 14 million facing starvation.

story that's a watching by fidel. the wall street journal says the saudi crown prince was in contact with the team that killed him off so she says the latest revelation make any difference is mahomedan so one continues to enjoy donald trump support this is inside story. welcome to the program i'm richelle carey the cia has reportedly concluded the order to kill jamal khashoggi was given by the crown prince mohammed bin salma wall street journal says it's obtained details of the highly classified cia document the newspaper says spend some months since at least eleven messages to his closest advisers tani he supervised the so-called hit team to kill the cia says he wasn't direct communication with the team's leader in istanbul and the hours before and after the journalist was murdered the saudi team was reportedly a symbol from the crown prince's top security man in the royal guard the judgment likely culpability is based on the prince's personal focus on the who criticized him as well as the prince authorizing the same team to target other opponents the saudi leaders reported to have

a candid account of his take on the saudi crown prince c.n.n. gained access to exchanges between the saudi journalist and a montreal based activist they planned an online movements that would hold the saudi state to account called mohammad bin salmond a beast who would devour all in his path it was one of four hundred watts have messages a year before his matter. is talked of plans to form an electronic army to engage young saudis back home and debunk state propaganda the digital offensive was dubbed the cyber b.s. they discussed creating a portal to document human rights abuses in saudi arabia and gallagher has more from washington d.c. . well what these hundreds of messages reveal is that jamal khashoggi was so concerned with what was going on in saudi arabia that he wanted to take more action than just writing in the newspapers here in the u.s. his plan was to arm a so-called electronic army with a sim card sim cards that will be provided to young saudi arabians who would then be allowed to post on social media and that would be untraceable he'd already pledged five thousand d

saudi backed government delegation is also on its way it's hoped the negotiations will end a four year old war with say u.n. says has led to the wise humanitarian crisis in modern history halted at general points. humanitarian organizations are hoping this who the delegation that arrived in stockholm and a yemeni government delegation arriving from saudi arabia will come to an agreement that will help protect millions of yemenis threatened by fighting famine and disease it would be the first time in more than two years that the parties are meeting now to get the parties to this conflict to to come to one place for presentation has not been easy. but is now a decisive step in our efforts to end the suffering in yemen. u.n. sponsored talks to to start in sweden are expected to bring together the who the supported by iran and yemeni government leaders backed by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates an argument of fact all issues can be negotiated in order to rebuild mutual trust there will be several documents on captives on the economy humanitarian work to build confidence for t

for the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia but also the relationship between capitol hill congress and the executives ability to wage war around the world we want to say in this so it's an incredibly important resolution the war powers resolution but it's unlikely to go any further this year however condemnation of mohamed bin salma may yet end up at the house of representatives next week and then may end up on the desk of president trump shepherd tansey in washington thank you. still ahead if you want to. call suppose parliament approves a plan to raise an army giving rise to fears of tension with the former enemy of the. day we've got yet more rain piling its way into parts of ticky for the challenge for us on saturday we can see some cloud there just nestling its way into the northwestern parts of techie and then pushing further rain as we had three sunday giving some of us some heavy rain particularly i think along the southern coastline plenty of cloud ahead of it as well and a few showers further towards the south too for the east largely fine and dry for many o

of the saudi royal this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm martin dennis six senior u.s. senators from across party lines have introduced a resolution which holds the saudi crown prince personally accountable for the murder of john this jamal khashoggi now this directly contradicts statements from president trump who's insisted repeatedly that there's no definitive evidence connecting the hamad bin sound man with the crime john hendren reports from washington. it's an extraordinary rebuke from the u.s. senate to a long time american ally a diverse group of senate leaders from both parties introduced a resolution that definitively blames the crown prince of saudi arabia for the murder of jamal khashoggi the measure which could be scheduled for a vote as soon as monday condemns kesho g.'s murder demands that the saudi arabian government negotiate an end to the war in yemen and an end to the political dispute with could talk and release saudi blogger rife by dolly and other political prisoners they have now linked old at least that belies ng actions that m b s sa

. relationship with saudi arabia i haven't said it's a right wing conspiracy or anybody's conspiracy of frogs own al-jazeera. had i was about two or three days between bites of right in the levant at the moment also got nothing much happening in iran apart from the showers it looked likely in the caspian sea we have got incoming from the eastern med the next developing system so cloud first of all probably nothing more than that stretching from northern saudis through iraq and towards to run temperatures in the low twenty's if you're lucky and then the rain comes in so it'll probably rain on tuesday from lebanon right up to syrian sun and to the sheraton is fossilised as northern saudi east the sun is still it's quite was limited and he should be quieter the arabian peninsula as well it certainly looks as it will be the full cost yet again brings the grain is in and shot to seems quite likely from medina knows what'll be sunstone and they stretch of into jordan such that there is quite warm actually twenty eight there has pretty good figures same is true of abu dhabi there we have seen signif

. we're going to talks we made concessions and we want the saudi backed government to make concessions as well the un's special envoy for yemen martin griffiths has insisted there wizard a military solution and that negotiation is the only way to find an agreement but it's unclear if it's will be able to succeed where his predecessor failed the talks come at a time when the international community is putting more pressure on the coalition to and its military campaign and seek a peaceful way out but the biggest challenge is to convince yemen's warring factions to set aside their differences agree on a national unity government and a transition that will ultimately and the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. the tunnel north of stockholm in the news ahead more protests in france despite the delay to the divisive plan to raise the diesel fuel tax will find out why brazil's forests are under greater threat than ever before. hello the space between rain bites now that runs in from the eastern med or levant to iran when israel reduced i mean this is clearly a size north movement of cloud

how the killing of the journalist has strained relations between turkey and saudi arabia. this capitol hill event was hosted by the middle east policy council.>> well good morning, let me introduce myself i'm richard shamir, i'm the president and chairman of the board of the middle east policy council. i'm very pleased to welcome you on b half of the council to this, our 94th quarterly capitol hill conference. the topics for today's program, saudi arabian turkish rivalry in the middle east. is an issue which we feel has gained quite a bit of providence -- prominence of the october 2 murder of journalist jamaal -- in the weeks following his death a dynamic began to play out between saudi arabia and turkey and this suggest a kind of a rivalry between the two countries for influence in the middle east and i think it's a dynamic that has been underappreciated by those who follow events in the region and so today we will have an opportunity to delve into that topic. i would like to first say a few words about the middle east policy council. our organization was established in 1981. we are a

al-jazeera it's been seventeen days since the t.j. jen just last saw her fiance the saudi journalist alive outside his country's consulate in istanbul in an exclusive interview with al-jazeera his fiancee says she'll fight to ensure everyone who's responsible for his death is brought to justice. the french presidency to address the nation after meeting unions and protest groups to try to ease the sacred yellow vests movement the demonstrations were initially of the taxes on fuel but they've now broadened to include many aspects of life in france today and many are calling for president to resign. the army is leader is promising an economic revolution after an election that has consolidated his power nicole and led mass protests in april wishful sout the party that had ruled for almost twenty years his my step movement is leading the vote with a huge margin and as robin foote s.c.a. walker reports from the capital. even in a suit and tie. acted like the ordinary guy just checking in at his local polling station the person young are you looking for your name on the list a fa

saudi arabia's crown prince his closest aides for their role in the murder of jamal. morell in the u.k. parliament is the prime minister to resign may is grilled by m.p.'s about her deal to leave the european union plus. to get the parties to this conflict to come to one place for consultation has not been easy new efforts to end the war in the long awaited talks are set to begin in sweet. and i mean we are hard in south america's biggest football final it officially on its way to your. argentinian rivals boca juniors and river plate are heading to spain for sunday's. final. top storey istanbul's chief prosecutor's office has filed an application for arrest warrants for two senior saudi officials over the killing of jamal khashoggi prosecutors strongly suspect the former deputy intelligence chief made a cd and the royal court advisor of tiny were involved in the planning of the murder in october meanwhile turkey's foreign minister has backed calls for an international investigation and those that it was going to shoot as we are in communication with our peers in different countries

fear of the saudis government influence. former f.b.i. director james comey agrees to testify behind closed doors on the russia probe and hillary clinton's e-mails. warnings that drastic measures are needed on climate change as nearly two hundred countries gather in poland to discuss action. following it is the biggest crisis in manual mccraw has faced in his eighteen month presidency a rebellion that began three weeks ago has exploded into the worst on rest for decades in france thousands of so-called yellow vests demonstrators have been taking to the streets to protest a proposed a rise in the fuel tax the government is now reviewing all security options to try to prevent similar protests from happening again president mcroy held an emergency meeting with government leaders just hours after returning from the g. twenty summit in one of sirees he also wants to meet with the protest leaders and opposition party. he went to the center of paris to assess the damage from saturday's protests and to thank firefighters and security forces or some protesters torched car vandalized sh

say there's no doubt saudi crown prince mohammed bin soundman ordered the murder of journalist jamal. the senators demand that saudi arabia be held to account. lauren taylor this is our zero live from london also coming up. lester rushes into the sax is why the u.s. gives russia sixty days to comply with a nine hundred eighty seven nuclear arms treaty. the french government responds to protesters by suspending planned fuel tax increases. hello senior senators in the us say the time has come for the trumpet ministration to condemn saudi arabia for the murder of journalist. or congress will act cia chief gina has briefed senators on capitol hill she is one of the few western officials to have heard audio recordings from inside the saudi consulate in istanbul where she was killed senators who emerged from the meeting seemed unified in their assessment of what she had to say saudi crown prince mohammed bin soundman ordered hushovd his murder and must be held to account of nikken senator bob corker chaired that session he says there must be a price to pay for the killing mike hanna report

saudi journalist jamal khashoggi there's growing pressure on the white house to hold saudi crown prince mohammed bin sol man responsible for the killing a second day of peace talks aimed at ending the war in yemen is you to begin in sweden within the next hour day one so a promising start with the rival sides agreeing to exchange prisoners a u.s. sponsored resolution to condemn the palestinian group hamas has failed to win enough votes in the u.n. general assembly it fell short of the required two thirds majority angering the u.s. ambassador nikki haley who said it would have been a chance to quote right and historic wrong. the senior aide to the saudi crown prince is alleged to have been the mastermind of the khashoggi murder is now being accused of overseeing the torture of detained women activists the reuters news agency is reporting allegations that under sowed alcatel and his supervision at least four women were subjected to sexual harassment electrocution and flogging at an unofficial holding facility in jeddah president romney is expected to pick heather nauert to be ameri

ways to punish saudi arabia for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. doctors without borders is forced to stop its my could rescue operation find out what that could mean for the number of deaths in the mediterranean. al-jazeera is exclusive interview with the family of a ukrainian officer detained by russia last month. second day of talks is underway in sweden they are aimed at ending the war in yemen there was a promising start on thursday when warring sides agreed a prisoner exchange deal the saudi backed government and who's the gelug ations a meeting in the village of rimbaud north of the capital stockholm our correspondent hashem is there he joins us live now so dave confidence building measures leading to an air of optimism i would imagine given that they've agreed on this prisoner exchange program what next now for days what are the. the most important issues they wish to achieve today. day two is a continuation of the talks about the need to move for when it comes to confidence building measures there's been a meeting earlier today just finished between the united natio

saudi arabia condemns the us senate for accusing the crown prince of jamal khashoggi. hello welcome to our jazeera live from doha i'm martine that is also coming out. to dance president bashir becomes the first arab leader to go to syria since the conflict began in twenty in the. thousands of on hunger ariens protests against prime minister all bans labor reforms the slave class. and were in the air refugee camp by the million border find out next time this temporary shelter has become the fourth largest town in mauritania. saudi arabia has denounced a u.s. senate resolution which blames the crown prince for ordering the murder of john this jamal khashoggi in a statement released by the state news agency the kingdom's foreign ministry calls a resolution a blatant interference in its internal affairs and it warns that the senate's move could affect its relationship with. on thursday the republican controlled senate voted to hold mohammed bin sound man personally responsible for the saudi journalists murder and another a resolution also calls for an end to washington's military suppor

coming up in the next sixty minutes saudi arabia's foreign minister is sacked from the post by king solomon as the kingdom's international standing remains damaged over the murder of jamal khashoggi. hundreds of people seeking asylum in the u.s. are forced by officials to spend part of christmas in a parking lot and bus shelters in texas. clashes between the police and opposition supporters in the democratic republic of congo demonstrating over a delay in the presidential election. and stock markets on both sides of the atlantic have another volatile day with investors nervous over global political uncertainty. also where the sports news including italian football team are punished after a rival player is targeted with racial abuse. ok let's get going saudi arabia has a new foreign minister with long serving. dropped in a cabinet reshuffle by king solomon his demotion comes as the international backlash continues over the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi by agents of the kingdom charlotte bellus has the story. delonte beer a former advisor to the late king of dollar a

they're being met by the saudi king sound well the host and two other g.c.c. countries a continuing their economic blockade of fellow member cata and that disappears as well as a diplomatic fallout surrounding the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi are among the issues overshadowing this annual event let's go live now to our correspondent who is covering the summit from kuwait city and jamal we see that there's been a tweet by the bahraini foreign minister criticizing cass after sending a minister of state describing that as a low level representative tell us about the other levels of representation being sent by the other members of the g.c.c. . indeed i mean it should be taken into context obviously as you mentioned there martin this is the second summit to take place since the blockade of qatar began a blockade that's was launched by saudi arabia the united arab emirates behind and considering that the last summit was held here in kuwait which was mediating disputes in the emir of qatar did attend that sort representing his country whereas the heads of states of the three