and saudi a lot of. interests are not as much allied as to source three decades ago a change so drop and have been some men though are going against the trend against the current of how the u.s. saudi relations have evolved in the last decade or more after the arab spring after the iran nuclear deal after the u.s. presence in the region so they are going against gays this so we will see i think of the coming weeks the pushback from the pentagon and the cia on guessing the nuclear deal and its implications and now we saw the saudis are more and those in the trump view so it's going to be a very good we will see a bit of what the quarry i think in the coming weeks of the may twelfth regarding the nuclear deal and reading how is that by been viewed within saudi arabia is he seen and welcomed as a reform or is he seen as a warmonger for his foreign policy well the reports that we keep hearing and many of which are filtered through media that are paid or owned by the saudis the reports are saying that a lot o

and saudi a lot of. interests are not as much allied as to source three decades ago a change so drop and have been some men though are going against the trend against the current of the u.s. saudi relations have evolved in the last decade or more after the arab spring after the iran nuclear deal after the u.s. presence in the region so they are going against gays this so we will see i think of the coming weeks the pushback from the pentagon and the cia on guessing the nuclear deal and its implications and now we saw the saudis are more and those in the trump view so it's going to be a very good we will see a bit of what the quarry i think in the coming weeks of the may twelfth regarding the degree of the ready how is that by been someone viewed within saudi arabia is he seen and welcomed as a reform or is he seen as a warmonger for his foreign policies well the reports that we keep hearing and many of which are filtered through media that are paid or owned by the saudis the reports are saying that a lot

caused by the saudi led coalition in yemen. far too many of the strikes by the coalition had killed or injured civilians and resulted in the destruction of infrastructure needed to provide basic services to the population. thereby exacerbating the humanitarian crisis. it is also clear that more must be done by both the coalition and the houthis to facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid into and throughout yemen. the united nations and humanitarian organizations continue to express concern about their ability to access c and airports, and difficulties in distributing aid to vulnerable populations once it is inside the country. it is. important that shipments into human the subject to inspection by the u.n. verification and inspection mechanism to help prevent the transit of illicit materials in violation of the u.s. arms embargo, but all parties to the conflict, all parties to the conflict in yemen, have responsibility including under international humanitarian law to allow access to aid by those in need. so we are faced with a

used to bolster its ties with the saudi kingdom children from the saudi king crab academy work busking to cheer on the palm prince a continuation of the massive p.r. campaign that included huge adverts across london announcing bin sandman's visits human rights groups however chose to focus on children by highlighting the killing of thousands in yemen by the saudi military an army under the direct command of m.p.'s as he's known but eleven million children in yemen who are dependent on humanitarian aid that's the entire population of belgian this is the world's worst humanitarian disaster so the trade deals for the nice things we have to remember that saudi arabia is a key player in this conflict the crown prince's visit is a very controversial one in parliament the leader of the main opposition party question the prime minister what message she would be can bring to my mackinson man as she makes her arm sales pitch will she also call on the crown prince to hold the shocking abuse of human rights in saudi arabia her response to the link that we have with saudi arabia is historic it is a

three years after launching air strikes in yemen saudi arabia is under attack five . deep into its territory on sunday warning there's more to come so. vulnerable and does anyone know how or when the war will end this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the options between bad and. defends the saudi military intervention in yemen three years the situation could not be any worse ten thousand killed in the fighting thousands more dead from the worst record of cholera and millions facing famine the u.n. calls yemen the world's worst humanitarian crisis while the internationally recognized government of yemen has found itself undermined by competing interests in the coalition the hoa fees have shown no signs of ceding ground and now they've targeted riyadh and three other cities with missiles. more. as the rockets rained down there were moments of panic. this is what's left of a missile fired by hutu rebels in yemen which targeted the saudi capital riyadh on sunday. and the fragment landed on an island on a busy road. a barrel of seven ballistic missiles we

-saudi war. jets,s. refueling saudi u.s. providing arms and bombs, u.s. providing intel the saudi officials, diplomatic cover in international forums. yeamics do'know enough about it because the media does not cover it. and what it does, does not mention the saudi role. it has been a disaster. no end in site. india said in the "60 minutes" interview, it is the fault of the who the -- who these and iran, china prospect of bringing the war to an end. we rightly get agitated about bombing elsewhere, but that is a or whoe are not arming, who we are not supporting an in yemen, there's a war going on whh has horrific humanitarian consuences and that is a do support in arms. i find the whole thing slightly absurdnd morally grotesque. the u.s. is not pointed do anything. to go back to the earlier question, mbs' is it is such a big deal because he is a close ally of the u.s. donald trump and office claiming he was going to a saudi critic. en he was running fo election, he used the saudis of being behind the 9/11 attack. he wentming to office to saudi arabia first.

saudi arabia and the united arab emirates buying influence in the white house the saudi crown prince is reported to. that he has donald trump's son in no way to his pocket and leaked documents allege a major fundraiser for the president was offered business deals from the gulf to influence us. policy this is inside story. we're going to get my. and i welcome to the program i'm jane doctrine while mohamed bin solomon continues his two week tour of the united states the saudi crown prince is being accused of using classified intelligence from the u.s. president's daily briefing in his crackdown on dissent back home the intersect online publication says the source was donald trump's son in law and senior advisor jared krishna he's reported to revealed names of saudis disloyal to the crown prince and at least one of them may have been tortured cushion his legal team denies any such discussion his top secret clearance that allowed him to access the president's daily brief was taken away last month also in the spotlight and abroad here leading fundraiser for trump with business interests i

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years to bolster its ties with the saudi kingdom children from the saudi king crab academy work busking to cheer on the palm prince a continuation of the massive p.r. campaign that included huge adverts across london announcing bin sandman's visits human rights groups however chose to focus on children by highlighting the killing of thousands in yemen by the saudi military an army under the direct command of m.p.'s as he's known but eleven million children in yemen who are dependent on humanitarian aid that's the entire population of belgian this is the world's worst humanitarian disaster so the trade deals for the nice things we have to remember that saudi arabia is a key player in this conflict the crown prince's visit is a very controversial one in parliament the leader of the main opposition party question the prime minister and what message she would be can bring to my mackinson man as she makes her arm sales pitch will she also call on the crown prince to hold the shocking abuse of human rights in saudi arabia her response to the link that we have with saudi arabia is historic it

set up bases in saudi arabia. the protagonist family is divided into liberals like a father who makes a fortune supplying us troops and for the just radicals like an uncle who supports the morality police. sirens at school when she first encounters an official from the committee for the prevention of sonny's he comes to speak to her class he tells the girls they will burn in hell and that the bodies will be roasted on spits. explodes. then she is accused of being possessed by the devil. you so it's figures it's out there i was saudi society generally is conservative fanaticism is taught in school because the official wahhabi ideology is a very strict and conservative strain of his luck. but i think they're saying that al qaeda bin ladden and i am all relate to one hub ism then you realize what this ideology is. and that this wants taught in school. just last month in the. one he based his novel on stories he was told when he visited saudi arabia in two thousand and ten he was invited by the german consulate to giv

saudis use these images to say. hey look you know britain's offering lunch is offering a great welcome to to our crown prince this is a coronation to what he really wants from this trip on what britain wants from this trip is cash is defense contracts is desperate for them particular post breaks it here or what he wants from it what the sound is what is legitimacy ok you actually said a lot there and we're going to unpack a lot of that and just a moment i want to go to colonial next there clearly do you think this trip should be happening. this is in the eye of the beholder i mean it's a normative answer and subjective but that at any rate as david said that trip is happening based on the needs of both parties and i agree that. essentially the agenda on both sides tends to be domestic similarity here in the states too to the u.k. and there are some serious concerns concerns the us ministration like it or not is very concerned about different developments in the region some domestic some are regional that basically i

saudi arabia and the u.k. target $90 billion of trade and investment deals as the kingdom visits london. theresa may calls that a vote of confidence ahead of brexit. markets are rattled by president trump's tariffs. gary cohn quits and retaliation is threatened by china. could saudi arabia be the next to join the shale revolution? we have the story. first, the u.k. rolled out the red carpet for saudi arabia prince. he met with theresa may, with the two countries agreeing to a goal of $90 billion of mutual trade and investment in the coming years. may's office called it a vote of confidence in the economy before britain leaves the european union. i got more details from bloomberg's emily horton. >> it is key for both governments as theresa may embarking on the post european union, she sees it as a vote of confidence in the u.k. after brexit. and really for the crown prince, this is his first test on the international scene. can he bring foreign investment into the country as they look towards this 2030 vision t

are saudi arabia and the united arab emirates buying influence in the white house the saudi crown prince is reported to have boasted that he has donald trump's son in no it is pockets and leaked documents allege a major fundraiser for the president was off of business deals from the gulf to influence u.s. policy this is inside story. and welcome to the program i'm jane doc and while mohamed bin solomon continues his two week tour of the united states the saudi crown prince is being accused of using classified intelligence from the u.s. president's daily briefing in his crackdown on dissent back home the into sicked online publication says the source was donald trump's son in law and senior advisor jared christian he's reported to reveal the names of saudis disloyal to the crown prince and at least one of them may have been tortured cushion his legal team denies any such discussion his top secret clearance that allowed him to access the president's daily brief was taken away last month also in the spotlight and it brought here leading fundraiser for trump with business interests in the u.

saudi saudi arabia. ♪ ♪ >>> the saudi crown prince meeting with president trump discussing the future of his rapidly changing country. in just a few months the women of saudi arabia will finally be grabt n grated the right to drive. seen by many as sign of modernization. but as our reporter shows us there's still a long road ahead. >> a women's boxing class. >> go, go, go, go. >> in, of all a places saudi arabia. the country where dominant image of women is this. but here for these women it's about power. physical, mental, personal power. >> the last thing i expected was to see saudi women bofling. >> hitting a pad or punching something makes you feel happy and empowered and strong. >> throw your left. bring it back to your face. >> this is the first and only female boxing and kick boxing trainer in the kingdom of saudi arabia. a true revolutionary. >> what would you say to americans who just have this stereo type about saudi women and saudi arabia and the society, they think terror and oil. >> there's so much more to us, and to saudis and to saudi arabia. >> saudi arabia is changing

in saudi arabia's darkest hours, population centers in saudi arabia. training houthi fighters, and lethal equipment. we risk sending a signal to our partners in the united states does not rely on them. from canada to the united kingdom, donald trump damaged our credibility for stalwart allies. we must push against those concerns and show our allies that the united states upholds its international commitments. consideration of withdrawal must be taken in concert with other ways the united states is working to end this war. the totality of us policy which i fear is lacking. the solution is to bolster our humanitarian and public presence to solve this crisis and end human suffering, to assert practical concerted leadership. so far the administration abdicated leadership on the global stage. we have heard senior officials assure us there is no military solution to this conflict, any political settlement is necessary. this administration is actively dismantling the state department and antagonizing the potential to play the most critical role toward a polit

and that's primarily saudi arabia is carried out the saudi coalition has imposed an air sea and land blockade on yemen a country that depends on imports for ninety percent of its. from most of its medicines resulting in the humanitarian disaster that we're seeing now in the country and i would point massive physical destruction of the country massive cultural destruction of the country as well so how do you respond to that how do you square and b.s. being a reformer home while committing what now. war crimes abroad well there are two sides to a coin a country does not go to war for fun or for impetuousness as members of the of the dormice community like yourself accuse. some do it went to war because it felt that security was acutely threatened which is why countries go to war it's felt that if it allowed what was happening on that southern border to develop where the hutus would become a powerful militia like has a lot its security could be existentially threatened when the police took over the whole of yemen if they had the vision of saudi arabia of yemen big into another lebanon s

are saudi arabia and the united arab emirates buying influence in the white house the saudi crown prince is reported to have boasted that he has donald trump's son in no way his pockets and leaked documents allege a major fundraiser for the president was off of business deals from the gulf to influence u.s. policy this is inside story. and a welcome to the program i'm jane doctrine while muhammad bin so mom continues his two week tour of the united states the saudi crown prince is being accused of using classified intelligence from the u.s. president's daily briefing in his crackdown on dissent back home the into sicked online publication says the source was donald trump's son in law and senior advisor jared krishna he's reported to reveal the names of saudis disloyal to the crown prince and at least one of them may have been tortured cushion his legal team denies any such discussion his top secret clearance that allowed him to access the . president's daily brief was taken away last month also in the spotlight and abroad the leading fundraiser for trump with business interests in the u.

-saudi connection." her latest article for common dreams "don't believe the media , hype about saudi prince mohammed bin salman." her forthcoming book "inside , iran: the real history and politics of the islamic republic of iran." also joining us is mehdi hasan, an award-winning british journalist and broadcaster at al jazeera english. he is host of the al jazeera interview program "upfront" and a columnist for the intercept. hasan's most recent piece is headlined, "the cbs interview with saudi arabia's mohammed bin salman was a crime against journalism." his new podcast for the intercept will go live tomorrow. it's called "deconstructed." medea benjamin and mehdi hasan, welcome to democracy now! mehdi, if you could start off talking about that significance of the crown prince's trip to washington, d.c., president trump's announcement of the latest weapons deal with saudi arabia, and how the media is covering it all. >> thanks, amy. yes, it is a big deal. for a coming to the u.s. two week tour. he is not

so the saudis more weapons made that very clear what kind of leverage does that give to riyadh. well you know as you know the american president is a proud of getting the money out of the saudis he paid a visit to the saudis last year and he got a lot of jobs and money is to the american economy and he's proud of that so because of that you know the administration is siding with the saudis in their war and in yemen and also turning a blind eye on the humanitarian crisis caused by. the very american weapons being used by the saudi forces there's a debate coming up in congress a little later today the u.s. saudi deal on civilian nuclear energy cooperation what kind of points what kind of result do you think we'll see from the debate. and you know i told us as audience there was the american the americans are divided when it comes to the relations with the saudi arabia and the one hand the americans are. more interested in getting their money and underscoring the strategic relationship with the saudis but on the other hand there are those people who are really not happy with what t

because saudi arabia has blocked it. we're partnering with a country that is blocking humanitarian aid. does that square with the principles of the united states of america to participate in partnership with a country starving eight million people? and then we have the fact that the saudi bombs have been dropping on the infrastructure of yemen. they've destroyed the water systems. when you destroy the water systems, the sewage contaminates the fresh water and a direct consequence of that is cholera. at this moment the cholera epidemic in yemen has affected one million people. that is the single largest cholera epidemic in the recorded history of mankind. eight million people starving. a million people sick with the worst cole -- cholera epidemic ever. and we're participating in creating this. so to my colleagues who say, well, saudi arabia has partnered with us against isis, fine and good, as they should. however, this issue is different. this is about whether or not we are helping them and participating directly in the

saudi arabia. military tree economic security interests so you often accused of having a system that has bred extremism but equally there in the forefront of the battle against people like al qaida. they keep us safe and according to tory m.p. a member of the committee for arms export control the saudi government isn't even all that repressive anymore. do you not think saudi arabia is a repressive regime it has been i think it's changing because they are now allowing women to drive they are changing the role of women in society they wanting women to get elected into parliament it is moving forward to a democratic society but another member of the british committee labor m.p. lloyd russell moyle has a very different view the argument is not that the sound is a bombing women in saudi arabia the argument is they're bombing the heck out of people in yemen you know kind so what they're doing for people in saudi is neither here nor there when we're talking about the arms now actually the fact that they'r

-saudi war. jets,u.s. refueling saudi roding arms and bombs, u.s. providing intel the saudi officials, diplomatic cover in international forums. yet americans don't know enough about it because the media does not cover it. anatt esdo n mention the saudi role. it has been a disaster. no end in site. india said in the "60 minutes" interview, it is the fault of the who thes -- who these and iran, china prospect of bringing wa end. we rightly get agitated about bombing elsewhere, but that is a dictator whoe are not arming, who we are not supporting an yemen, there's a war going on whh has horrific humanitarian consuences and that is a do support in arms. i find the whole thing slightly absurd and morally grotesque. the u.s. is not pointed do anything. questi, mbs' is it is such a big deal because he is a close ally of the u.s. donald trump and office claiming he was going to a saudi critic. en he was running fo eltion, he used the saudis of being behind the 9/11 attack. he wentming to office to saudi arabia first. the f foreign visit was saudi arabia. h

are saudi arabia and the united arab emirates buying influence in the white house the saudi crown prince is reported to have boasted that he has donald trump's son in no it is pockets and leaked documents allege a major fundraiser for the president was off of business deals from the gulf to influence u.s. policy this is inside story. would . i welcome to the program i'm jane dokken while mohamed bin psalm on continues his two week tour of the united states the saudi crown prince is being accused of using classified intelligence from the u.s. president's daily briefing in his crackdown on dissent back home the into sicked online publication says the source was donald trump's son in law and senior advisor jared krishna he's reported to reveal the names of saudis disloyal to the crown prince and at least one of them may have been tortured cushion his legal team denies any such discussion his top secret clearance that allowed him to access the president's daily brief was taken away last month also in the spotlight and it brought here leading fundraiser for trump with business interests in th

so many missiles from iran to launch to saudi arabia in order to send different messages to saudi arabians and to the arab politicians do to the outside world and to the yemenis inside to their supporters inside to say that we are strong we are we are still strong we are still able to send to launch missiles story out to different cities inside the saudi lands so yes in some aspects they are weekend and so many governors provinces they are so weak the kicked out of this government it bought in their own land high land there are some strong and they have supporters and taken into consideration the missiles given to them from the people in the iranians they are still able to hit some cities in saudi arabia to send different messages as i said strongly to her supporters who gather today in sun to show them that there are some strong and they can after thirty years they still can attack saudi arabia mistiming and as you know aid worker how do you see the latest escalation in the violence what will it mean for the millions of yemenis who are already suffering through what the u.n. has called th

arm sales to saudi arabia as he hosts crown prince mohamed bin some. unknown barbara sarah this is al jazeera live from london also coming out of the u.n. calls for urgent taxes to the people of eastern syria drops of white phosphorus and shells children sheltering in a school. to russia with not very much love twenty three diplomats expelled by britain leave from moscow and the world's last the mail northern white rhino dies in kenya leaving only two females open subspecies. the crown prince of saudi arabia has been having a working lunch with u.s. president donald trump at the white house in an unusual photo opportunity trump used the visual aids a to show how much money and how many jobs arms the sales the saudi arabia were bringing in. we've become very good friends over a fairly short period of time i was in saudi arabia in may and we are bringing back hundreds of billions of dollars into the united states and we understand that and they understand that some of the things that have been approved in are currently under construction and will be deli

weapons sold to saudi arabia are being used in the military intervention in yemen saudi arabia has been bombarding its southern neighbor history is to prop up the government against shared rebel forces and many people in the us are unhappy about their country support for the intervention zante samir khan reports demonstrators have gathered just outside the white house to protest against the saudi princes u.s. tour as well as the saudi assault on yemen and yemen is a cry only crown prince it's here in the u.s. the new inside the white house right now meeting with the president trust he's here to secure and secure more u.s. weapons to be used against me i mean and to him but also the bargain himself as a reformer well being responsible for creating the worst humanitarian disaster on earth and yemen. you know they are you. saying there's been a whole lot of criticism over washington's role in the kingdom's campaign but first some background ten thousand people have been killed since the start of the intervention back in two thousand and fifteen and a saudi imposed blockade has left the cou

like the winds of change blowing in saudi arabia the new documentary film the battle of saudi when. then for more rights from their perspective. the race itself. and their worldly it was this crazy out her body and drive. a silent revolution this film from saudi arabia tells the story of women women who have succeeded in breaking out of their roles as mothers daughters and wives in one of the world's most conservative muslim countries. it took us at least sixty five years to realize that the lardons not for big women not only from voting but also from running and getting appointed in the board of directors. with slightly modified last minute colin no i have medicare towards the end. and berlin we meet the film's creators danny i'll have ronnie and danny and. ten years ago they founded the company dancer productions in saudi arabia without a male guardian that was almost unthinkable now they have high hopes of the reforms in saudi arabia especially the lifting of the ban on cinemas. this is five years of finances that have gone into this film so the idea that we might be able to get

bashar assad whenever pro saudi they despise the saudis because they abandon said ok st sami the saudis are going to have i have to jump in here is that i have to jump in here we have to do you really are you going to hear a problem here many thanks to my guests in london and in los angeles and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t. see you next time and remember cross talk rules. how does it feel to be assured the greatest job in the world it's as close to being a king as any job there is good business model helps to run a prison now we just do it on like this is your video. is the case and i don't know what comes in to them or we don't have to serve them anymore is cost effective that's what they want to do that as long as they don't give a damn if you do the chores or not they're actually paying enough to put it back into the louisiana incarceration rate is twice as high as the u.s.n. breach what she could is behind such success. with the whole make this manufacture concept instant of public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the financial merry go r

tour as well as the saudi assault on yemen bahrain yemen it is a crisis saudi crown prince it's here in the u.s. the news inside the white house right now meeting with the president trusts all parties here to secure the cure more u.s. weapons to be used against me i mean and to mostly bargain himself as a reformer while being responsible for creating the worst humanitarian disaster on earth. yeah. you know. there's been a whole lot of criticism over the saudi princes visit as well as the saudi assault on yemen but first some background a ten thousand people have been killed since the start of the intervention back in twenty fifteen and a saudi imposed a blockade has left the country at the brink of famine which the u.n. has deemed the world's worst humanitarian crisis. well there are like. even though the public has condemned washington's role the u.s. has been actively supporting the campaign by arming the saudis amongst many other things but last year trump signed a record arms deal with saudi arabia worth about a hundred and ten billion dollars one of the biggest in history and th

track of the saudi. a consistent demonstration i want to see a follow-through pledge of assistance to stabilize and rebuild human by the members of the saudi coalition. i want to see diplomacy from the trump administration. this week's visit is an opportunity to press forward on a path for ending the war that certainly was my message. the limited support the united states provides as leverage the trump administration needs to use it. i invite my colleagues to join me in holding demonstration to account pushing them to drive this conflict towards a political track. invite my colleagues to join to have oversight to counter the activities. and finally, i want to be very clear that my vote is not a blank check for u.s. military support nor an endorsement of the current policy and strategy and not a thumbs-up that we should continue businesses usual. i will review future decisions with respect to future arms there's no more time to waste. we must move towards a political settlement in the war the people must

saudi. is that now the fulcrum of the economic relationship7m saudi. is that now the fulcrum of the economic relationship? it is now. but what i think will be interesting as i understand the crown prince is going to many cities around the united states, to seattle, to california. and they are looking to expand what has been a limited military intelligence and energy sector basis for the relationship and expanded to be tech and other things. of the arms sales, that something going on for years and they far outpaced any other country that we have sold weapons to. thank you so much forjoining us. to. thank you so much forjoining us. great, thank you. currently the us military supports the saudi led coalition rebels backed by iran. today us lawmakers voted whether to end us involvement, a motion that was voted down by the senate. bbc‘s cheap international correspondent has recently travelled to yemen to meet children of the conflict. we travelled into yemen with the saudl we travelled into yemen with the saudi. they wanted us to see the suffering being i

of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. they suggest that they're not willing to compromise they're not willing to to make any concessions and they can live with the status quo there's also something very important and i think they will invest message really to change the donald trump's mind and tell him we're not willing to negotiate in a camp david agreement will only come into place if donald trump has any indication that the three will come to an agreement otherwise there will be no agreement i see or no summit mr somehow there now if the americans are eager to have this meeting happen in a calm day that and then against the backdrop of the articles must have read but to go from the washington post of the new york times about the inner circle of the trump administration some of its members were plotting against qatar some of that was siding with the u.a.e. is it still possible for the american administration to set aside those differences from within the inner circle and move forward. but let me take my journalist up fo

what has been this saudi arabia for the past 40 years? is that the real saudi arabia? >> bin salman ( translated ): absolutely not. this is not the real saudi arabia. i would ask your viewers to use their smartphones to find out. and they can google saudi arabia in the '70s and '60s, and they will see the real saudi arabia easily in the pictures. >> o'donnell: what was saudi arabia like before 1979? >> bin salman ( translated ): we were living a very normal life like the rest of the gulf countries. women were driving cars. there were movie theaters in saudi arabia. women worked everywhere. we were just normal people developing like any other country in the world until the events of 1979. >> o'donnell: saudi women, who've been virtually invisible in public, have been given new rights, making it easier for them to start a business, join the military, and attend concerts and sporting events. in june, they will be able to get behind the wheel and drive. are women equal to men? >> bin salman ( translated ): absolutely. we are all human beings and there is no difference. >>

, does it help with saudi equities? >> i think it does, good for leaders of the countries to be around and pitch their stores and what they are trying to do. in saudi arabia on the social changes front, very encouraging. female unemployment and saudi arabia is quite high and allowing women to drive could mean more female participation in the labor force which offers economic opportunities in the future. ,> you mentioned saudi banks interesting develops in the interbank market, saudi central-bank ending the longer-term it introduced and 2016 and three-month sibor is below three months libor, saudi interbank lending rates are below the u.s. equivalent, something that does not happen very often. does that worry you in terms of sparking capital fight? >> this is probably going to be a short-term thing, was the was interest rates start picking up, we will see things going back to normal. one thing helping saudi liquidity currently is on the external side, saudi is making a surplus and liquidity is more abundant than towards

targeted the saudi like. more than any time obviously we have no way of independently confirming whether the who says have a new system or not but as per the last time this happened november the fourth last year you are using missiles supplied by your friends in iran. i mean i mean we've seen the three years of the saudi blockade in yemen they didn't allow food and medicine to come in d.m. and how can iran if it true what the saudis said how can they smuggle this wagon and if that's true that the iranian has successfully smoke that drives into yemen this mean that the saudi blockade for three years it was only against the stored food and medicine to come into yemen because there's always. the high water with religious thought as well as you know and i know the border between saudi arabia and yemen has always been porous and people want to get round the blockade they always do they always can. i mean you can you can you can get how in the blockade if you go by yourself but you can get out on the blockade will

and that's primarily saudi arabia is carried out the saudi coalition has imposed an air sea and land blockade on yemen. for ninety percent. from the start of its medicines resulting in the humanitarian disaster that we're seeing now in the country and i would point massive physical destruction of the country massive cultural destruction of the country as well so how do you respond to that how do you square and b.s. being a reformer home while committing what. war crimes abroad well there are two sides to according a country does not go to war for fun or for impetuousness as members of the of the dormice community like yourself accuse. such do it went to war because it felt that security was acutely threatened which is why countries go to war it's felt that if it allowed what was happening on that southern border to develop where the hutus would become a powerful militia like has a lot its security could be existentially threatened when the police took over the whole of yemen they had a vision of saudi arabia being. into another lebanon so they went to war now this is a war that has b

over the saudi princes this it as well as the saudi assault on yemen just yesterday there was a rally held in front of congress protesting the latter but first some background more than ten thousand people have been killed since the beginning of the conflict back in two thousand and fifteen and a saudi imposed a blockade has left the country at the brink of famine and the u.n. has deemed it the world's worst humanitarian crisis. there. and now even though there's been a public condemnation over it the u.s. has been supporting the campaign and they've been providing arms just last year donald trump signed a one hundred ten billion dollars arms deal with the saudis one of the biggest in history and reportedly the u.s. is hoping to make more profitable deals with the country now there are some voices in the senate that oppose it and they've put forth a bill that would end the u.s. support to the saudis and that is set to be voted on tuesday and the senate has even grilled the u.s. centcom over the use of american weapons but the pentagon doesn't seem to have that many answers just come t

order of saudi arabia -- in full support of saudi arabia. you have been detained and you are still supporting them? i say, you bet so, i am supporting them wholeheartedly, with complete freedom and liberty. >> you have spoken to other investors who have spoken to other ceo's. what do they say? >> most of them, i did not speak to all of them. some called me, some i called them, and it is all back to normal. >> but you have to wonder how comfortable they will be putting capital in saudi arabia after theng what we might call ritz-carlton method of dealing with disputes. >> they have to decide that. i can assure you, i can tell you, business as usual. we will continue to invest in saudi arabia. i was born in saudi arabia, i will die in saudi arabia, and that is my nation forever. scarlet: that was prince alwaleed bin talal. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: time for the bloomberg business flash, a look at the biggest stories in the news right now. united airlines is suspending reservations for its animal transport service. they plan to review unti

arabia and the leadership of saudi arabia in this part of the world so i think for the saudis it was definitely about silencing a country that could become increasingly in taken istic in terms of in terms of its ideology and foreign and security policy for the emirates it was more about silencing a competitor because you know it's all another small state in the region and the bahrain is the same i mean it was it was as much about interests i think as it was also about ideology it's just a honey of the past sometimes helps us shedding more light on to the present when you look of the events one nine hundred ninety s. and the attempted coup for key player sunday arabia the united arab emirates by the way and egypt ninety two thousand and seventeen same thing same key players what is the thread that binds together the two events that took place doing to different times. well i think it's a continuation of the beginning and i think your guest who knows just sounded for me it didn't on the head i think it was it was a question of qatar really new ideas to the region that's of the saudis a

the saudi prince is taking place -- taking part in the saudi ceo for him. the upcoming ipo of saudi aramco , the ipo may be delayed to 2019 depending on market conditions. the ceo of saudi aramco spoke to reference to in the timing. as a company for listing in the second half of 2018. we are doing a lot of work to prepare the company for listing. the same time our company and the government are looking at what we are doing to make sure the company is listing. vonnie: we are joined by john sfakianakis, bloomberg's new columnists and director of economic research. thanks for joining. price either later this year or next year, how much our hopes riding on it in saudi arabia? think is the whole strategic economic foreign policy outfitted saudi arabia encapsulated in the saudi aramco ipo. the idea is to have the largest orthern wealth fund by 2020 2022, it has to be done. fund is2 trillion basically based on that ipo. has to be considered in terms of market conditions, which means the pricing and demand and supply has to be there. so when the right time is appro

and saudi a lot of. interests are not as much allied as to source three decades ago it chased so drop and had been some men though are going against the trend against the current of how the u.s. saudi relations have evolved in the last decade or more after the arab spring after the iran nuclear deal after the u.s. presence in the region so they are going against gays this so we will see i think of the coming weeks the pushback from the pentagon and the cia gets into the other nuclear deal and its implication and now we saw the saudis are more and those in the trump view so it's going to be a very good we will see a bit of what the quarry i think in the coming weeks of the may twelfth regarding the nuclear deal and ready how does that but i've been summoned viewed within saudi arabia is c c n n welcome does a reform or is he seen as a warmonger for his foreign policy well the reports that we keep hearing and many of which are filtered through media that are paid or owned by the saudis the reports are sayi

caused by saudi attacks in yemen they see their missiles are acts of revenge. least ten thousand people have been killed in yemen and millions more suffer in what the u.n. calls the risk humanitarian crisis in recent years and through all this the war continues some of the job aid out there well the saudi led coalition's campaign of airstrikes may have destroyed several hoofy positions ammunition depots and bases but has largely failed to make significant military gains on the ground the iran backed rebels hold the capital some or most of north yemen and the largest part of her data processor the lead coalition forces are in control of mainly central yemen and areas to the south including aden but after a recent rough between the have the government and the u.a.e. separatists loyal to the emirates all around the city taking over several government buildings and institutions and al qaeda affiliated groups were quick to take advantage of the split expanding their control of territory in the south. well let's bring in our panel now from london mohamad columnist an

the saudi prince says the saudi friend tothe oldest the u.s. from the middle east. we will bring you taped playback of that as soon as we get it. just weeks after his release, another prince is back to work, reshaping his investment empire. in an exclusive interview with erik schatzker, the other saudi towardsays he is working as much as $3 billion in investments. >> the thing right now is raising between $2 billion of debt because we do have some cash, but you are now looking for a second bill for us. year, in 2018, although the are notright now overvalued, but they are not what we wish them to be.we would like to get firepower ready for us. getting financing facilities. erik: what size deal? >> we are willing to do any deal between $1 billion and $3 billion. erik: in what industry? >> we are a holding company and we are open. erik: i have heard that you are working with goldman sachs. >> yes, goldman sachs -- and i think mr. blankfein personally for his support in the deal up one product billion dollars -- this deal of $1.6 billion. right now, we are working why -

should not be selling arms to saudi arabia. i think that our relationship saudi arabia is an important one and we want to be friends with them but i think the french should speak truth to each other and there are a number of truths which i am concerned we won't be saying and there are a number of things that we should be doing that we're not doing i don't think that we should be selling arms to saudi arabia at the moment in these current circumstances particularly given the bombing campaign in yemen it seems to me that there are too many three billion targets that have been that have been used too many people have been killed as a result of saudi arabian bombing and i think that the the way in which they have been besieging the ports in the airport is in breach of international law on the face of it and we should be very cautious about giving support to the campaign of the saudis in yemen. ok let's talk to my colleague bashar hears al-jazeera senior political analyst joining us now from our bureau in the shot moment good see yo

saudi arabia's darkest hours, ballistic missiles are of in saudi arabia and lebanese hezbollah on the border training fighters while iran continues to transfer vehicle equipment. we risk sending -- and is not reliable. acrossro the world from canada o the united kingdom, president trump has damaged our credibility as a reliable partner, even for some of our most stalwart allies. we must push against those concerns and show her allies that the united states upholds its international commitments. consideration of withdraw support for the saudi coalition must c be taken in concert with other ways in which the united states is working to end this war. the totality of u.s. policy, which i fear is to bolster our diplomatic humanitarian and political presence to help solve the crisis and the human suffering, to assert practical concerted leadership. the administration effectively abdicated leadership on the united states. there is no military solution to this conflict and a political settlement is necessary. this administration is actively dismantling the state department and antagonizing th

attack on saudi soil is the. saudi arabia found it difficult to try to either find. eliminate these yemeni soil. because there yemeni is a huge space because there is always there is of damages and death toll among. and there because i mean at one point we see get control of all countries and. their state and their state of yemeni military was in shambles big b. before saudis tried to intervene in order to protect their small blasts i mean there is more and more pressure to stop this war and to find political settlement but the fact is it's very hard to get of such a use of. only by military means it has been. elsewhere in syria and lebanon it's not. an easy target specially that. military. type of militias are widespread among good a civilian population well that's the mood to leave it in and see what the outcome of this scenario is the moment something out of the in beirut thank you so. fire is killed at least sixty four people in a shopping area and dozens more people are said to be missing it happened in the city of three thousand kilometers east of the russian c

from everyday life. >> what has been this saudi arabia for the past 40 years, is that the real saudi arabia? absolutely not. this is not the real saudi arabia. i would ask your viewers to use their smart phones to find out. and they can google saudi arabia in the 70s and 60s and they will see the real saudi arabia easily in the pictures. >> what was saudi arabia like, before 1979? >> we were living a very normal life. like the rest of the gulf countries. women were driving cars. there were movie theaters in saudi arabia. women worked everywhere. we were just normal people, develop like any other country in the world, until the events of 1979. >> saudi women who have been virtually invisible in public have been given new rights. making it easier for them to start a business, join the military, and to attend concerts and sporting events. >> i'll go around. >> in june they will be able to get behind the wheel and drive. >> are women equal to men? >> absolutely. we are all human beings. and there is no difference. >> you have said, you are taking saudi arabia back to -- what we were. a m