quite obvious for his successor mrs hasp all the director of the cia today how riyadh or who in riyadh is responsible for the murder of journalist in the saudi consulate in istanbul so all of that knowledge all of the information is available to the secretary of state when he meets his counterparts or when he meets the crown prince and the king of saudi arabia just as he did yesterday by the way when he met the crown prince and i would that be the question is whether he would be using that information the american leverage with the saudis and the him or ickes in order to end those misplaced to say the least those reckless policies carried by riyadh he's in riyadh pump as expected to bring up other sensitive issues many online are hoping that human rights will be among them and he will mohammad has more. well iran and the wars in yemen and syria are expected to be discussed so is the backlash against the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi and this opinion piece in the new york times is attracting not so social media attention the sister of a women's rights activist jane who is c

is in the middle east on a tour of the region he traveled to riyadh from castle where he said the rift between gulf countries have gone on for too long and and that dispute. reports now from doha. mike bomb paling qatar where the message to the gulf countries and their dispute the wheres political crisis in decades for the gulf cooperation council president and i both believe the ongoing dispute in the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests the emir of qatar shaped i mean been hammered out than he greeted bomb peo after discussions with qatar's foreign minister said mohammed but i'll get a man out of fannie both countries say they are keen to consolidate trade and military cooperation that includes expanding the largest u.s. military base in the middle east and the date near the capital doha is home to the forward operating base of u.s. central command. and then we have discussed all the issues of interest for our countries regional issues starting with the gulf cooperation council and the peace process in the middle east as w

barbara plett usher in riyadh. severe snow storms continue to wreak havoc across europe and the united states, and forecasters are warning it's not over yet. it's only half way through the skiing season and yet the austrian village of st anton has seen almost five metres of snow — twice the amount it normally sees for the entire season. in the nearby resort of lech, three men were killed in an avalanche and a fourth person is missing. our correspondent bethany bell is in kleinzell in central austria. mountain regions in austria are used to snow, but this is extreme. days of heavy snowfall are taking their toll. last night three skiers from germany were killed in an avalanche in lech. their bodies were found on a ski route that had been closed off because of the danger of avalanches. a fourth person is still missing. translation: yesterday evening we decided to cancel the search because it had become too dangerous. we know how the weather will develop so we can probably initiate the search again on wednesday. the

quite obvious for his successor mrs hasp of the director of the cia today how riyadh or who in riyadh is responsible for the murder of journalist in the saudi consulate in istanbul so all of that knowledge all of the information is available to the secretary of state when he meets his counterparts or when he meets the crown prince and the king of saudi arabia just as he did yesterday by the way when he met the crown prince and i would not be the question is whether he would be using that information the american leverage with the saudis and the him or ickes in order to end those misplaced to say the least reckless policies carried by riyadh and while he's in riyadh is expected to bring up other sensitive issues many online are hoping that human rights will be among them for him how that has no. well iran and the wars in yemen and syria are expected to be discussed so is the backlash against the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi and this opinion piece in the new york times is attracting not so social media attention the sister of a women's rights activist jane who is currently

quite obvious for his successor mrs hasp of the director of the cia today how riyadh or who in riyadh is responsible for the murder of journalist in the saudi consulate in istanbul so all of that knowledge all of the information is available to the secretary of state when he meets his counterparts or when he meets the crown prince and the king of saudi arabia just as he did yesterday by the way when he met the crown prince and i would not be the question is whether he would be using that information the american leverage with the saudis and the him or ickes in order to end those misplaced to say the least reckless policies carried by riyadh and while he's in riyadh upon peo is expected to bring up other sensitive issue as many online are hoping that human rights will be among them regular mohammed has more. well iran and the wars in yemen and syria are expected to be discussed so is a backlash against the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi and this opinion piece in the new york times is attracting not so social media attention the sister of a women's rights activist jane who i

rights insisting that it's impossible to adjudicate on the impartiality of the process underway in riyadh the trial there of the eleven suspects in the murder beginning this week the spokes person had this to say we are not present in saudi arabia to be able to assess these trials and we can't give an assessment of the trials ourselves we as you know have been pressing for justice in the case for months now. and we've been calling for an investigation independent investigation with international involvement and this has not happened yet now while we are aware that a trial has taken place in saudi arabia this is not sufficient first of all and second of all we are against the imposition of the death penalty in all circumstances a number of human rights organizations have also cost outside of the legality or impartiality of that process in riyadh also calling for some kind of international independent investigation into the murder but the situation is that the u.n. is quite capable of michigan such an investigation by itself all it requires is one of the legislative bodies of the united nat

secretary of state is in riyadh for talks with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin selma micron payors says he wants accountability for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. visited castle and called on gulf countries to end their dispute. today in our conversations i stressed the importance of unity among the gulf cooperation council members president trump and i both believe the ongoing dispute the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests our nations do important work and we have important work to continue to do together in the united states of the parties involved will see once again the benefits of cooperation and taking actions necessary to rebuild unity in their ranks a united g.c.c. is essential to the south of the middle east region alliance which we hope will include the g.c.c. egypt and jordan some breaking news and we're hearing of a plane crash in iran the falls news agency says ten people have been killed near tehran we'll have more here and tell you as we get it police since you don't have fired tear gas to dis

sleep a lot has been packed into the secretary's agenda not only is he going to be putting pressure on riyadh to elevate its credibility about the story that it has been telling about the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi it's also going to be putting pressure on all eight countries that he is visiting to do more to try to withstand the influence of iran in their internal affairs the u.s. considers iran perhaps one of its top two or three foreign policy objectives and it feels that if by drilling this face to face being that they might be able to get a little further along in their ham pain to isolate iran on the global stage the secretary is also going to be holding a couple of strategic dialogues with officials in doha and officials in kuwait sitting and he is going to be looking at a number of other key issues that really have been on the us his foreign policy agenda for the past year especially the ongoing war in syria the ongoing war in afghanistan the ongoing war in yemen a lot to pack and a lot to discuss but whether they're way to come up with anything concrete at the end of th

body making very clear that it cannot vouch for the impartiality off that legal process in riyadh that began this week making very clear as well that another call for an international independent investigation to take place joining other human rights groups who are also costing questions about that legal process in riyadh insisting that it's not possible for an impartial legal process to take place given the circumstances of the murder of jamal khashoggi this is what the spokes person for the high commissioner for human rights had to say we are not present in saudi arabia to be able to assess these trials so i we can't give an assessment of the trials ourselves we as you know have been pressing for justice in the show g case for months now. and we've been calling for an investigation independent investigation with international involvement and this has not happened yet now while we are aware that a trial has taken place in saudi arabia this is not sufficient first of all and second of all we are against the imposition of the death penalty in all circumstances. well the question is thou

quite obvious for his successor mrs hasp of the director of the cia today how riyadh or who in riyadh is responsible for the murder of journalist in the saudi consulate in istanbul so all of that knowledge all of the information is available to the secretary of state when he meets his counterparts or when he meets the crown prince and the king of saudi arabia just as he did yesterday by the way when he met the crown prince and i would not be the question is whether he would be using that information the american leverage with the saudis and the him or ickes in order to end those misplaced to say the least those reckless policies carried by riyadh. in riyadh pompei as expected to bring up other sensitive issues many online are hoping that human rights will be among them or he'll mohammed has more. well iran and the wars in yemen and syria are expected to be discussed so is a backlash against the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi and this opinion piece in the new york times is attracting not so social media attention the sister of a women's rights activist jane who is currently

quite obvious for his successor mrs hasp of the director of the cia today how riyadh or who in riyadh is responsible for the murder of journalist in the saudi consulate in istanbul so all of that knowledge all of the information is available to the secretary of state when he meets his counterparts or when he meets the crown prince and the king of saudi arabia just as he did yesterday by the way when he met the crown prince and i would not be the question is whether he would be using that information the american leverage with the saudis and the him or ickes in order to end those misplaced to say the least those reckless policies carried by riyadh and human rights groups will be hoping that pump a well address cases of abuse while he's in the king then regular mohamed has more . well iran and the wars in yemen and syria are expected to be discussed so is the backlash against the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi and this opinion piece in the new york times is attracting not so social media attention the sister of a women's rights activist jane who is currently in a saudi jail

the bbc‘s barbara plett usher is in riyadh where she sat down with prince turki al faisal. the us actions the us actions from my perspective is that it is further going to placate the issue rather than find solutions and it will further intensified the iranian ‘s and the russians so from that perspective of course, it's a very negative development. general mattis was well—known here. negative development. general mattis was well-known here. yes, he was a man who had experience in the area, the commander of centre command, he served in iraq and afghanistan so pretty well—known. served in iraq and afghanistan so pretty well- known. do you served in iraq and afghanistan so pretty well-known. do you think that his departure is a loss for us — saudi relations? i think it is action that counts rather than personalities. we still have to wait and see what is going to happen with his departure. when it comes to iran, but think israel is a better ally than qatar? as long as they occu py ally than qatar? as long as they occupy arab territory and look at how they are treating

the bbc‘s barbara plett usher is in riyadh where she sat down with prince turki al faisal. from my perspective it is going to further complicate the issue rather than find any solutions. and it will further entrench not only the iranians but also the russians and bashar al—assad. so from that perspective it is a very negative development. generaljames mattis was well known here, wasn't he? yes. he was a man who had experience in the area. of course, he was commander of central command. he served, i think, in iraq and afghanistan. so, yes, he was pretty well—known. do you think his departure is a loss for saudi—us relations? i think it is action that counts, rather than personalities. we still have to wait and see what is going to happen with his departure. when it comes to iran to you think israel is a better ally than qatar? as long as they occupy arab territory — and look at how they are treating the palestinian people in the west bank and gaza — there is not going to be any way of cooperation between the kingdom and israel. there is cooperation between the king

our correspondent, barbara plett usher is in riyadh with the latest. this issue ofjamal khashoggi, obviously, but also other things, like counterterrorism, iran, syria, all of these things will come up. before mike pompeo arrived, i had a chat with a senior member of the royal family, prince turki al—faisal, and i asked him what he thought about syria and what he thought about president trump's position to withdraw troops, because that is the topic that has really dominated mr pompeo‘s trip so far. from my perspective it is going to further complicate the issue rather than find any solutions. and it will further entrench not only the iranians but also the russians and bashar al—assad. so from that perspective it is a very negative development. generaljames mattis was well known here, wasn't he? yes. he was a man who had experience in the area. of course, he was commander of central command. he served, i think, in iraq and afghanistan. so, yes, he was pretty well—known. do you think his departure is a loss for saudi—us relations? i think it is

secretary of state's microamp ale meets saudi leaders in riyadh. turkey responds with anger to president trump's threat of economic devastation if it attacks kurdish fighters in syria and president emanuel might call sends out a plea to the french over the yellow vest protests. approve my deal all risk no breaks it at all that's a message from the u.k. prime minister as she tries to convince m.p.'s to back her divorce plan from the european union terry samantha is set to give a speech in a last ditch attempt to shore up support before tuesday's vote in parliament may say she has a duty to implement the twenty sixteen referendum result to not carry it out she says would be a catastrophic breach of trust and speak to john hall who's outside westminster in london jonah a big week for the british prime minister this will be our last attempt to convince m.p.'s to back this breck's it deal can she convince him. but it will be among her last ditch efforts to convince those m.p.'s in what is really say she's going to be potentially a defining force to in t

quite obvious for his successor mrs hasp of the director of the cia today how riyadh or who in riyadh is responsible for the murder of journalist in the saudi consulate in istanbul so all of that knowledge all of the information is available to the secretary of state when he meets his counterparts or when he meets the crown prince and the king of saudi arabia just as he did yesterday by the way when he met the crown prince and i would not be the question is whether he would be using that information the american leverage with the saudis and the him or ickes in order to end those misplaced to say the least those reckless policies carried by riyadh. two weeks after a controversial election it's still not clear who will be the next president of the democratic republic of congo the influential southern african regional body or sudden is calling for a recount and has also recommended that a national unity government be formed with these all the people and parties vying for power in one of africa's most mineral rich countries the declared winner felix you katie leads the count for change al

update on saudi arabia's investigation into the murder of jamal khashoggi next week during a trip to riyadh was last seen entering the saudi calls to listen istanbul in october said oh has said there's no direct evidence connecting saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmond to the mudda seven a middle east visit to the united arab emirates egypt and castle jordan has more on the story now from washington. he is going to be holding a couple of strategic dialogues while he is in kuwait and qatar he's going to be talking about security issues namely syria iraq the situation regarding iran and the ongoing efforts to try to broker peace between the israelis and the palestinians and he is going to be looking at more local issues and as well areas where are the u.s. and like able to up provide some help we know for example that he will be raising the question of the ongoing rift within the gulf cooperation council or g.c.c. while he is meeting with officials in qatar during his trip eight days eight countries a lot of work is facing the secretary of state on this his first full fledged trip to the mi

and is expected to meet the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan in riyadh in the coming hours. the syrian army is preparing for an offensive by turkish forces on the kurdish rebel stronghold of. syria's government has deployed soldiers artillery and tanks to the suburbs of the city as he was forces get ready to leave her considers the kurdish y.p. which is backed by the u.s. to be a terrorist group. called the growing for a recount of votes in democratic republic of congo's disputed presidential election opposition leader martin for you to victory has been stolen from them is accusing the declared winner and his rival felix she scared of making a deal with the outgoing president joseph kabila also the influential regional body known as sonic is adding to calls by catholic church leaders for an invest. occasion in two elections. we have states are phrases on shake because the people have decided and the wishes of the people will come true i am a man of face. covering events from. what people think of christians here in the catholic and the catholic church is a huge influence yes

sure on abu dhabi and riyadh to end the war in yemen a good point and well made i will go back to my third question and that was about qatar itself you know. it feels like what are we about eighteen months into this crisis here and certainly it just feels like this is the new normal here that the crisis could in tomorrow and yes they would be changes they would be easy to fly out of the region out of the country and around the region but otherwise. what changes well absolutely because originally the idea was is that saudi arabia and united arab emirates were going to basically take over qatar that failed and then as i said qatar broke out of isolation and at this point in time you could tell from every aspect of the relationship with the united states that both washington and doha have moved on they don't care at this point in time what i would be a riyadh or at all let alone menar think about this crisis in a sense everyone knows the facts and i think the by that that all relations between washington and the have strengthened so much that it's clear to me that washington now says we

secretary of state arrived in the saudi capital riyadh where he's due to meet the crown prince mohammed bin salon they're expected to discuss the murder of jon lester shoji at the saudi consulates in istanbul last year compare is on a tour of the middle east he traveled to riyadh from castle where he said the rift between gulf countries is gone on for too long and urged him to end that dispute today in our conversations i stressed the importance of unity among the gulf cooperation council members president trump and i both believe the ongoing dispute the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests our nations do important work and we have important work continue to do together and the united states hopes the parties involved will see once again the benefits of cooperation to take actions necessary to rebuild unity in their ranks a united jews is essential to the sense of the middle eastern alliance which we hope will include the g.c.c. egypt and jordan and all the headlines and bob why has more than doubled the price of fuel of the

that it was hurting the countries more more than it was aiding them will here reiterate that call in riyadh and if he does how will it be received by the saudis. according to sources i've been speaking to in the region finally there is a belief that at least privately he will be reiterating that there is a keen interest from the trumpet ministration to find some sort of breakthrough with regards to the blockade on qatar which has gone on now for over a year and a half however there is a big question which is the ambiguity that stems from or rather a big question that stems from the ambiguity of u.s. foreign policy with regards to the g.c.c. if we remember right after saudi arabia the united arab emirates behind together with egypt imposed that land air and sea blockade on putting centrally inflicting collective punishment on the residents of the peninsula donald trump himself came out and essentially took credit for that saying that this was his idea that he had given the green light following that huge u.s. islamic world summits that took place in the yard a couple of weeks before that so

secretary of state mike on pale meets a saudi leadership in riyadh on the latest leg of his middle east oil. and venezuela's opposition leader remains defiant out to being arrested briefly for pressuring the legitimacy of the presidency of nicolas maduro. thank you for joining us turkey's presidential spokesman says the u.s. must honor its strategic relationship after president donald trump threatened to devastate turkey's economy if its forces attacked kurdish fighters in syria is the latest political fallout from the u.s. leaders announcement that he plans to withdraw american forces from syria trying tweeted starting a long overdue pullout from syria while hitting the little remaining isis territorial caliphate hard and from many directions will attack again from existing nearby base if it reforms will devastate turkey economically if they hit kurds creates twenty miles save so i'm well trump's tweet follows the mob ization of the syrian army iran mom bage at the request of kurdish y.p. g. forces and preparing for a long planned offensive against the y p g it views the group as a thr

secretary of state is in riyadh on the latest leg of his middle east war my companion who is scheduled to hold talks with saudi arabia's crown prince monitored solomon is expected to discuss the matter of jamal khashoggi and the blockade of qatar by neighboring gulf countries. and zimbabwe has more than doubled the price of fuel overnight but the move has failed to ease a nationwide petrol and diesel shortage. a court in the democratic republic of congo is expected to hear the case of presidential runner martin for you know who's challenging the election result he's arguing for a manual recount the electoral commission declared for weeks she said katie the winner but opposition leader for you know says his victory was stolen from him how much asa has more from kinshasa. catholic priest the congregation to pray for peace in d.c. as uncertainty grows over the disputed election result the catholic church deployed forty thousand election observers on voting day last month they tell us his opposition leader modify you lose one sixty one percent of the vote almost twice as many as the offici

as well as with the saudis and five days after that riyadh charged eleven suspects with the killing. let's go live to sin and cos our correspondent is in the turkish capital ankara and said i'm the news then that eleven these eleven suspects in saudi arabia have now face their first court hearing and the prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five of them what kind of impact is that going to have on turkish authorities. martin first let me remind everyone that we don't know the names of those fifty eleven suspects who have been detained after. his murder and we don't know the names all those who are actually who are actually the asked for that's a penalty and this is listen this is this is the same way since the beginning of the investigation that was launched in riyadh and turkish officials have always complained about that also on the other side when it comes to is solid you prosecutor's office the officer has an uncle think twice and also i have to remind that the prosecutor asked for the death penalty but the court hasn't ruled anything like that so these are very important

notice it's just numbers but it finally somebody they can identify with their world focuses on what riyadh is actually doing so you know be that as it may it's an opportunity to put pressure on the saudi government to change and we obviously want to see changes in the way it treats its own people and changes in the way it is proceeding yemen now you know at home what we noticed this year is getting the saudi crown prince portrays himself as a reformer and you know probably the headline reform that everybody refers to is the fact that he allowed saudi women to try being a part of that the gradual cultural liberalization or social liberalization that he's permitted but what's interesting there is that he wants to make this a matter of will and grace and his discretion at all and the women who pressed for the right to drive you know let alone those who have the audacity to talk about ending guardianship rules the system that basically treats women like children throughout their adulthood and makes any major life decision dependent on the consent of a male relative a father a husband sometimes

in her data is expected to meet members of the many government in riyadh. finally a c.e.o. and chairman of french carmaker renault has resigned qantas cohen has been detained in japan since his arrest from suspicion of financial misconduct in november a sixty four year old was removed from nissan's board almost immediately but they have been question since over the future of the twenty year old renault and nissan mrs alliance those on the headlines people in power is next. in afghanistan billions of dollars in international aid have been donated to girls' education but where has the money gone when east meets girls desperate to learn and asks why is the system failing them on al-jazeera. hundreds of thousands of migrants have arrived in italy over the past four years gaining sanctuary from violence and poverty but prompting an interesting new tough response from the state others have been more welcoming those seeking to profit from the migrants misfortune we've been to investigate i would say the system of privately run reception centers as full and wide open to exploitatio

riyadh may the twenty first two thousand and seventeen donald trump on his first foreign visitors u.s. president it presents an opportunity to define the new middle east policy for the united states together with these outlines a major strategic turnaround. trump wanted to win back the middle east particularly our set of allies. sunni arab states led by saudi arabia turkey and israel and what he heard from all of those leaders and all of us are heard from them is are rare is the big threat it's not isis convinced of the dividends from this new approach trump now refused any idea of possible dialogue with iran. saudi arabia has welcomed mr trump's realistic approach to meeting the challenge of iran's extraterritorial ambitions in the area and we think it was about time that the us walk up to the fact that the problem with iran is not just nuclear development but it is this ambition to expand its control over the arab countries around it and mr trump was very much responsive to this idea the visit to saudi arabia was a clear signal that the u.s. is going to now completely side with iran

our top stories: as us secretary of state mike pompeo arrives in riyadh, a saudi prince tells the bbc america's decision to pull troops out of syria is very negative. and an avalanche kills three people in the austrian alps, as the region struggles with perilous conditions. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post reports on chinese president xi jinping's possible trip to north korea. the paper says it will be the first time president xi has accepted the invitation in his six years as leader and is likely to mark the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties between china and north korea. in the straits times, a win for singapore's badminton champion, loh kean yew is the main picture story. the 21—year—old beat 2—time chinese olympic champion lin dan to claim his first world federation title in thailand. and finally, a new year ritual features in the japan times. men in loin cloths and women in robes pray in ice—cold water in a ceremony in tokyo to purify their souls and wish for good health. monday is the first day of the australian

update on saudi arabia's investigation into the murder of jamal khashoggi next week during a trip to riyadh was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul in october . said there was no direct evidence connecting saudi the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmon to the murder of seven day middle east will also include visits to the u.a.e. egypt and cattle the announcement of his trip came a saudi arabia held its first hearing on casualties case with the death penalty being sought for five of the eleven suspects but the trial has already been criticized by the u.n. human rights office describing it as not sufficient mike hanna has more now from the united nations in new york. well the un making very clear that a once and independent international investigation into the murder of jamal khashoggi a spokesperson for the high commissioner for human rights insisting that it's impossible to adjudicate on the partiality of the process underway in riyadh the trial there of the leaven the suspects in the murder beginning this week the spokes person had this to say we are not present in saudi a

quite obvious for his successor mrs hasp of the director of the cia today how riyadh or who in riyadh is responsible for the murder of journalist in the saudi consulate in istanbul so all of that knowledge all of the information is available to the secretary of state when he meets his counterparts or when he meets the crown prince and the king of saudi arabia just as he did yesterday by the way when he met the crown prince and i would not be the question is whether he would be using that information the american leverage with the saudis and the him or ickes in order to end those misplaced to say the least reckless policies carried by riyadh while he's in riyadh pompei as expected to bring up other sensitive issues any on line or hoping that human rights will be among them or he'll mohammed has more. well iran and the wars in yemen and syria are expected to be discussed so is the backlash against the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi and this opinion piece in the new york times is attracting not so social media attention the sister of a women's rights activist jane who is curr

secretary of state mike pompei are with saudi leaders in riyadh a crucial stopover in his middle east toward. they have agreed on the need for a continued deescalation in yemen and the implementation of the recent agreements signed sweden saudi arabia faces bounty and international pressure to and the nearly four year old war in yemen. another important issue hanging over the visit is the murder of saudi journalist. before landing in riyadh pompei or had said he would discuss the investigation with saudi leaders hustles who was killed in a toll inside the kingdom's consulate in istanbul the findings of the saudi prosecutor were dismissed by the turkish government and world leaders as insufficient on sunday pompei or was in qatar where he called on gulf countries to and their dispute the worst political crisis in decades for the gulf cooperation council president and i both believe the ongoing dispute in the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests. pump ale held talks with the emir of qatar set i mean been hammered attorney and

rights insisting that it's impossible to adjudicate on the impartiality of the process underway in riyadh the trial there of the eleven suspects in the murder beginning this week the spokes person had this to say we are not present in saudi arabia to be able to assess these trials and we can't give an assessment of the trials ourselves we as you know have been pressing for justice in the case for months now. and we've been calling for an investigation independent investigation with international involvement and this has not happened yet now while we are aware that a trial has taken place in saudi arabia this is not sufficient first of all and second of all we are against the imposition of the death penalty in all circumstances a number of human rights organizations have also cost outside of the legality or impartiality of that process in riyadh also calling for some kind of international independent investigation into the murder but the situation is that the un is quite capable of initiating such an investigation by itself all it requires is one of the legislative bodies of the united nat

barbara plett usher, bbc news, riyadh. south africa's governing party, the anc, has putjobs at the centre of its election camapaign as it launched its manifesto in durban. thousands of supporters turned out to hear party leader and president cyril ramaphosa outline his promises to transform the economy. mr ramaphosa also appealed for men to unite against what he called a major crisis of rape and sexual assault in the country. from durban, nomsa maseko reports: a show of force by tens of thousands of anc supporters as president cyril ramaphosa launched the party's election manifesto. it has been a while since south africa's governing party pulled such a massive crowd. especially in kwazulu—natal, which is former president jacob zuma's home province, who was ousted in 2017 after nine years at the helm. this is an annual event, which sets the tone for the anc‘s plans for the year, but this time, it is even more significant. south africa marks 25 years since the first democratic elections and millions will be going back to

time of year but there you go that can change and there's the change twenty two more like normal for riyadh and twenty seven in the crowd with a hint of maybe a shower to as i suggested in qatar but of course the more usual rain is to move madagascar drifting a bit sasso wednesday through if you're lucky the eastern side of south africa including jo'burg. oh.

the year book there you go that can change then there's the change twenty two more like normal for riyadh and twenty seven in the cloud with a hint of maybe a shower or two as i suggested in qatar but of course the more usual rain is to move of madagascar drifting a bit sasso wednesday's through if you're lucky the eastern side of south africa including jo'burg. there with sponsored by. ivory poachers decimated populations of elephants and. shipped the ivory out of a different country from where it was because that's where you start seriously looking in the wrong place this radiocarbon dating method. trade ivory is legal then we have a place we can focus law enforcement on take those out and perhaps the source of the. take no one else is. going to have you with the knowledge they are. the top stories the british prime minister has been overwhelmingly rejected by parliament she's off across party talks and must present a new plan on monday. called for a no confidence motion which could trigger a general election that's likely to be defeated. more gunfire and explosions have been heard at a

prince turki al—faisal made the comments as the us secretary of state mike pompeo arrived in riyadh to discuss the pullout as part of a tour of middle east allies. exceptionally heavy snowy in central europe is expected to continue causing severe disruption. in austria, an avalanche killed three german tourists, and a fourth person is missing. and this story is trending on bbc.com. the singer robbie williams has reportedly been accused of blasting his next door neighbour — led zeppelin‘sjimmy page — with heavy metal music, including black sabbath and deep purple. the two fell out over williams‘ plans to build a basement swimming pool at his home. and the top story in the uk: 48 hours before the parliamentary vote that could define brexit — the prime minister has told mps not to play games. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. billion may‘s exit plead. the uk prime minister makes a last—minute call for mps to support her plan to leave the european union are prior toa leave the european union are prior to a crucial vote on tuesday. driving change. the

time the end but there you go that can change and there's the change twenty two more like normal for riyadh and twenty seven in the crowd with a hint of maybe a shower or two as i suggested in qatar but of course the more usual rain is to move of madagascar drifting a bit sasso wednesday so if you're lucky the eastern side of south africa including jo'burg. alpha this is the opportunity to understand a very vivid way way down before it happens and you don't even. mr speaker the house has spoken and the government will listen to these trees may faces a no confidence vote after her break that deal suffers huge defeat. this is alex there are live from doha also coming up. more gunfire and explosions at a hotel complex in the canyon capital at least fifteen people. are soon to walk free on the international criminal court acquits the former ivory coast president of war crimes. the french president begins a round of nationwide debates aimed at calming the best movement. the u.k. prime minister's government is facing a vote of no confidence off to an overwhelming defeat of her breaks it deal paul

counselors, wer are here for you, that kind of thing to riyadh rather than trying to do something about that th. over the course of 15 months of treatment, we saw our son coming back. it takes that long for the brain to recover, from the physiological, physical changes that have taken place inside your brain. into that long for the brain to recover. we saw his ambition come back, his zest for life. we were it would have a conversation with him. it was neat to see. . >> you know, i got to know you have it in the weeks after jonathan passed last november. i was going through. our initial correspondence a couple of days ago in preparation for this, and i was struck that right from the beginning, you had this strength and sense of purpose and mission that i was frankly inspired. i know some of that is drawn from your lifetime worth of somership experience, but of that also drawn from jonathan and who he was. >> jonathan, as part of his emergence from treatment decided to go to the university of denver. he'd taken a gap year and denver requires that you write an essay as an incoming freshman

secretary of state mike pompei i meet saudi leaders in riyadh. at least fifteen people are dead after an iranian army plane crashes near the capital tehran. british prime minister to resign may will make a final push before m.p.'s in an attempt to save her breaks a deal. and on fire as well have all the day's sporting cleaving rafa nadal wins his first round match at the australian open as he looks to win the tournament for the second time in his career. although more threats traded between the u.s. and turkey over the conflict in syria turkey is vowing to continue its fight against kurdish militia in the battle against eisel as after president trump issued a warning to turkey on twitter he said that starting the long overdue pullout from syria while hitting the little remaining isis territorial caliphate hard from many directions will attack again from existing nearby base if it reforms will devastate turkey economically if they hit kurds create twenty mile safe zone or the syrian army has been mobilizing around manager at the request of kurdish

has been following riyadh's reaction to what. it was almost two months ago that the saudi prosecutor general's office held this press conference where they finally admitted that it was saudi nationals officials who were behind the murder of saudi journalists. back then they named eleven suspects they believed to be behind the murder of the journalist now those suspects they said that they were going to question them that they were being detained and in fact they were seeking the death penalty for five of those suspects remember was turkey that initially released photos of the people they believed to have formed that hit squad that flew into istanbul just before that fateful auto by the second and killed the journalist in the consulate now what is significant with regards to these latest developments on thursday is that the saudis are claiming that the first trial in the case of these eleven suspects has taken place or at least the first hearing obviously that wasn't open to the media it wasn't open to international human rights o

to reassess its relationship with riyadh. has defended his decision to take down the episode saying it complied with a valid legal request from saudi authorities. now a second party has withdrawn from saddam's ruling coalition putting more pressure on president omar al bashir of a nationwide protests over living conditions twenty two opposition parties want bashir to step down but he's rejecting that demand on monday she ordered an inquiry into the police response to demonstrations at least nineteen people have been killed and the u.s. secretary of state has sought to ease concerns over the drawdown of u.s. forces from syria the troubled ministrations come under pressure from allies and senior republicans since the president suddenly announced the pullout last month but might prompt says washington remains committed to its goals in the region. the decisions president made on syria in no way changes anything that this administration is working i'm alongside israel the counter isis campaign continues our efforts to countering a

barbara plett usher, bbc news, riyadh. parts of germany, austria and sweden are suffering exceptional amounts of snow which have already killed seven people in the past week. bethany bell reports now from annaberg in the austrian alps. the little town of annaberg is blanketed in white. like many mountain regions in germany and austria, it's experiencing unusually heavy falls of snow. these sensors are there to protect houses from avalanches. the authorities are struggling to remove the snow. these volunteer firefighters are working to clear the roof of annaberg's primary school. stefan obermeister from the lower austrian fire brigade says they need to ensure the building is safe enough for children to enter. the big problem is that the snow is very heavy so we have about 3.5 metres on the roofs, and that's the big problem. because if the weather is changing and the snow gets heavier, the big problem is that the roofs crash down and so it's very dangerous for the people that are living here. cars have been buried under seve

you know sort of a better atmosphere in the house and perhaps a little more diplomatic pressure in riyadh it shows if anything that the united states aside from the confusion on the contradiction of the statements and of the various positions within washington it has lost influence it has lost leverage and it has lost to a large degree so i think credibility in the middle east that started with obama and it's continuing with trump and i think visit although if you look at his twitter feed it's all wonderful pictures almost like a family album of his visits in eighty nine countries but in fact. the leverage and influence is nothing like what it used to be twenty thirty years ago one of the main things he wanted to do as well was to present a united front against iran but it's obviously difficult for him to do that with this ongoing blockade by a number of arab countries against qatar which again he talked about when when he was here in doha yesterday absolutely and you know here it's a bit missed but i was in for me i mean either as i just said there's really no credibility no leverage no

there have already met and had a discussion and we do expect mike compare to travel later today to riyadh the capital of saudi arabia let's have a listen to what they have to say. very first visit to do that we hope this. visit will be repeated and repeated we appreciate his role in the second round of the u.s. qatari strike t.v. dialogue that expresses the historic relations between our both countries and the alliance that has been built during the last few decades and today we're here to build upon the outcome of the for strategic dialogue and discussions a day which means that seven sessions will be held in different sectors economic and trade and cultural grounded occasional and political security and defense sectors partnership with the united states marines that it is solid based on our solid ground based on understanding the mutual interest between our both country as we have signed agreements in education. and understanding to support activities in the light of day that basis we look forward to seeing more results and outcomes and there is a sort of a jump in this sort diedrich re

had discussed the plan one hour before her show she was killed first they'd offered to take him to riyadh and if he doesn't accept they'd kill him they knew he wouldn't except they planned to wrap his body parts in plastic bags then carried out in luggage this new video was released by the team behind the book on monday it shows senior saudi agents named does a tiger team sent to kill has to come so late unloading luggage and bags from when and taking them inside the consul general is residence just a few hundred meters from the crime scene the others have concluded remains are like this still there inside a well saudi arabia had allowed turkish officials to take a sample from the well but consistent at night requests to empty it and conduct the search the book reveals more interesting details for instance on saudi foreign sick experts salad how to bake a who is set to have dismembered touchup his body after his killing and how often our using an autopsy saw to breach a douche or credible sources are claiming that begun his family enjoyed a villa and pool in jeddah now far from riyadh i d

rights insisting that it's impossible to adjudicate on the impartiality of the process underway in riyadh the trial there of the eleven suspects in the murder beginning this week the spokes person had this to say we are not present in saudi arabia to be able to assess these trials and we can't give an assessment of the trials ourselves we as you know have been pressing for justice in the case for months now. and we've been calling for an investigation independent investigation with international involvement and this has not happened yet now while we are aware that a trial has taken place in saudi arabia this is not sufficient first of all and second of all we are against the imposition of the death penalty in all circumstances a number of human rights organizations have also cost out some of the legality or impartiality of that process in riyadh also calling for some kind of international independent investigation into the murder but the situation is that the u.n. is quite capable of michelle such an investigation by itself all it requires is one of the legislative bodies of the united na