in saudi arabia. about twenty percent to twenty percent of the population did we have talking about something like. two million people who need jobs. so. he needs to see more time. because of the people. who. get angry when to drive didn't have the jobs let's get anastasia's view in london as sejour as jamal mentioned there are a number of countries have tried to build their own silicon valley's to have their own mega projects some have succeeded others have failed to do you think saudi arabia is going to be able to succeed are they going to be able to afford this grand vision for the economy interestingly i think the question is more political than it is financial it's quite a bit of the financial resources are there at least for the short term but in terms of political vision commitment and actually having a strategy it could be that the vision is not quite formulated. and it can be exposed to a variety of. unexpected shocks some insight from outside something that economists will call exogamous so

in saudi arabia. about twenty percent to twenty percent of the population did we have talking about something like. two million people who need jobs disparately so he needs to spend more time there. because those are the people who all or all get angry want to drive didn't have the jobs let's get anastasia's deal in london as sejour as jamal mentioned there are a number of countries have tried to build their own silicon valley's to have their own mega projects some have succeeded others have failed to do you think saudi arabia is going to be able to succeed are they going to be able to afford this grand vision for the economy interestingly i think the question is more political than it is financial it's quite a bit of the financial results as other at least for the short term but in terms of political vision commitment and actually having a strategy it could be that the vision is not quite formulated. and it can be exposed to a variety of. unexpected shocks some insight from outside something that eco

there is a lot of work they are doing in saudi arabia. i would expect maybe we should look at, looking together saudi arabia looks interesting. francine: how much can property in saudi arabia grow? mohamed: it is at it's infant stage. pure infrastructure, retail, , youtrial, hospitality just have to make sure you are in the right category of retail. there is plenty of room. francine: when you look at how you spend your time for each of the units and countries, how do you keep on top of it all? mohamed: i try. i still say it takes a majority of my time. 40%.kes about the rest is split. you know what takes a lot of my time? the food takes the least of my time. the team that sits on top of the business is world-class. well.now the industry a vibrant team, a new organization. i need to give it more time. this was the foundation of it all. do you still see it as your baby? mohamed: i think my name is linked to it while all these other businesses have been with them for about two years. it is a new brand of products associated with me. francine

in saudi arabia. about twenty percent to twenty percent of the population did we have talking about something like. two million people who need jobs. so. he needs to see more time. because the people. who. get angry when did didn't have the jobs let's get anastasia's view in london as asia as jamal mentioned there a number of countries have tried to build their own silicon valley's to have their own mega projects some have succeeded others have failed to do you think saudi arabia is going to be able to succeed are they going to be able to afford this grand vision for the economy interestingly i think the question is more political than it is financial it's quite a bit of the financial resources are there at least for the short term but in terms of political vision commitment and actually having a strategy it could be that the vision is is not quite formulated. and it can be exposed to a variety of. unexpected shocks from inside from outside something that economists will call exogamous so to an extent

there is a lot of work they are doing in saudi arabia. i would expect maybe we should look at, looking together saudi arabia looks interesting. francine: how much can property in saudi arabia grow? mohamed: it is at it's infant stage. if you talk about pure infrastructure, retail, industrial, hospitality, you just have to make sure you are in the right category of retail. there is plenty of room. francine: when you look at how you spend your time for each of the units and countries, how do you keep on top of it all? mohamed: i try. i still say it takes a majority of my time. francine: is that 50%? mohammed: it takes about 40%. the rest is split. you know what takes a lot of my time? the food takes the least of my time. the team that sits on top of the business is world-class. they know the industry well. a vibrant team, a new organization. i need to give it more time. my real estate business, i have an a team. i'm emotional about real estate. francine: this was the foundation of it all. do you still see it as your baby? mohamed: i think m

saudi arabia is said to be targeting $80 oil. but india's energy minister says he is fine with $50 a barrel. yousef: rockets of riyad. saudi says it shut down a missile in the capital in the latest provocation by houthi rebels. manus: as earnings season kicks off in the gulf, we look at what results so far have been on the gulf region's economy. yousef: we start with saudi arabia. this week they were said to be pushing for oil at $80, in

in saudi arabia. about twenty percent to twenty percent of the population did we have talking about something like. two million people who need jobs disparately so he needs to spend more time there. because those are the people who all. get angry when to drive didn't have the jobs and let's get anastasia's view in london as sejour as jamal mentioned there a number of countries have tried to build their own silicon valley's to have their own mega projects some have succeeded others have failed to do you think saudi arabia is going to be able to succeed are they going to be able to afford this grand vision for the economy interestingly i think the question is more political than it is financial it's quite a bit of the financial results as other at least for the short term but in terms of political vision commitment and actually having a strategy it could be that the vision is not quite formulated. and it can be exposed to a variety of. unexpected shocks some insight from outside something that economist

homeland is at risk president trips first trip to saudi arabia was historic and i reminded the king how much president trump appreciated that trip while he was here he attended the opening of the global center for combating extremist ideology i asked minister to bear for an update on the work of the center it represents a clear declaration that muslim majority countries must take the lead in comparing terrorism and radicalization around the world america is prepared to stand with saudi arabia in pursuit of the share interest and security but as president trump has said and said at the riyadh summit as well that the nations of the middle east cannot wait for american power to crush terrorism for them muslim nations must be willing to take on that burden if we're going to conquer extremism and defeat the forces of terrorism together i know that saudi arabia will be at the front of it we all must honestly confront the crisis of islamist extremism and the islamist terror groups it inspires and this does indeed mean standing together against the murder of innocent muslims the oppression of w

and outside saudi arabia and the region, and outside. i would expect maybe we should look at real estate as well, looking together saudi arabia looks interesting. francine: how much can property in saudi arabia grow? mohamed: it is at it's infant stage. if you talk about pure infrastructure, retail, industrial, hospitality, you residential. just have to make sure you are in the right category of retail. there is plenty of room. to go that way. francine: when you look at how you spend your time for each of the units and countries, how do you keep on top of it all? mohamed: i try. i still say it takes a majority of my time. francine: is that 50%? mohammed: it takes about 40%. the rest is split. you know what takes a lot of my time? the food takes the least of my time. the team that sits on top of the business is world-class. they know the industry well. a vibrant team, a new organization. i need to give it more time. my real estate business, i have an a team. i'm emotional about real state. francine: this was the foundation of it all. do y

leaders the gulf diplomatic crisis needs to end saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind and egypt imposed an economic embargo on qatar almost a year ago kristen salumi has more from washington. the state department says a strong us saudi partnership is crucial to peace and prosperity in the middle east so perhaps not surprising that mike pompei a would make a visit to saudi arabia part of his first official trip as secretary of state he also has the fast approaching deadline of may twelfth when president trump must decide whether or not to reimpose sanctions on iran a move that many feel will be the end of the iran nuclear deal might pump a zero is much closer to president trump on this issue than his predecessor rex tillerson was tillerson was sympathetic to the european point of view which is the deal should be strengthened and not abandoned he lost his job essentially over that mike pompei a will also no doubt be talking about the situation in syria during this visit president chavez has called on gulf countries to do more to stabilize the situation there in te

there is a lot of work they are doing in saudi arabia. i would expect maybe we should look at, looking together saudi arabia looks interesting. francine: how much can property in saudi arabia grow? mohamed: it is at it's infant stage. if you talk about pure infrastructure, retail, industrial, hospitality, you just have to make sure you are in the right category of retail. there is plenty of room. francine: when you look at how you spend your time for each of the units and countries, how do you keep on top of it all? mohamed: i try. i still say it takes a majority of my time. francine: is that 50%? mohammed: it takes about 40%. the rest is split. you know what takes a lot of my time? the food takes the least of my time. the team that sits on top of the business is world-class. they know the industry well. a vibrant team, a new organization. i need to give it more time. my real estate business, i have an a team. francine: this was the foundation of it all. do you still see it as your baby? mohamed: i think my name is linked to it while all

saudi arabia talking about $80 oil. we have seen the eei recently talking about a pick up in demand -- sorry, demand growth that's another positive for crude oil. with crude oil staying higher, the divergence that developed has to change. we're seeing that with the xle breaking out to the upside it's not just a few stocks it's a broad based number of names. if we can get exxon, which has been lagging, 22% of the xle, if that can move higher, the whole thing should accelerate quickly. >> you know, matt, here's the problem. i wonder if psychologically we can handle it. every mutual fund and hedge fund manager in the world has been buying the same 5 or 10 stocks for five years do you think the collective wisdom of the market and the functionally fixed managers can shift their thinking from f.a.n.g. to f.a.n.g. diamondback energy as such >> i think they'll have to for performance reasons. we have seen the f.a.n.g.s we saw a nice rally yesterday with them. the group overall, it's not underperforming, but it's performing in l

we have turkey, another business in saudi arabia. so the reality is you can take all of these businesses public at the right time. i think within the coming three years, we will probably have india going public. we will probably have hospitality as well going, going separately the public root. francine: how much bigger will you be? i hope to speak to you before but if i speak to you in five years, how much will your holdings be worth? mohamed: i think we should be double in value. we should have grown 20% to 25% on an annual basis. and i hope that my management and my boards really put that as a focus. and to be honest, i think we are capable of doing that. we just have to focus and have to make sure we have the right people to do it. and we do this day and night. and that is really how we do business in our region. francine: that is acquisitions or that is organic growth? mohamed: i would say organic growth. if you talk about acquisition, which we haven't done much of, i am expecting we do more acquisition in the coming two years. f

we have turkey, another business in saudi arabia. so the reality is you can take all of these businesses public at the right time. i think within the coming three years, we will probably have india going public. we will probably have hospitality as well going , going separately the public root. francine: how much bigger will you be? i hope to speak to you before but if i speak to you in five years how much will your , holdings be worth? mohamed: i think we should be double in value. we should have grown 20% to 25% on an annual basis. and i hope that my management and my boards really put that as a focus. and to be honest, i think we are capable of doing that. we just have to focus and have to make sure we have the right people to do it. and we do this day and night. and that is really how we do business in our region. francine: that is acquisitions or that is organic growth? mohamed: i would say organic growth. if you talk about acquisition, which we haven't done much of, i am expecting we do more acquisition in the coming two years.

arabia to pursue a film career so what are your feelings tonight when you see saudi arabia and his first movie theater in some thirty five years. well i think so much for having me brant. first of all i did not leave saudi arabia i came here for education i was sent by my government on a scholarship to study filmmaking. eight years ago because in ten when i came here and. they it was on hopes right like we are here on the government they pay us they have part to our tuition and they gave us a monthly salary and health insurance and we choose a subject to study and i said well make me my brother tell us how and we graduated and we've been for nothing here for three years and hearing about cinema as a thing of the saudi arabia is surreal to me and my brothers and a lot of close friends who study the same field here in los angeles well. congratulations on finishing your studies can you imagine then going back to saudi arabia and being a filmmaker there. absolutely silly like after i said this huge event and changes are going on we're very excited to go back and carry our knowledge that we g

arabia to pursue a film career so what are your feelings tonight when you see saudi arabia and his first movie theater in some thirty five years. well i think so much for having me brant. first of all i did not leave saudi arabia i came here for education i was sent by my government on a scholarship to study filmmaking. eight years ago two thousand and ten when i came here and. they it was on hopes right like we are here on the government they pay us a passport to our tuition and they gave us a monthly salary and health insurance and we choose a subject to study and i said well make me my brother's house and we graduated and we've been for nothing here for three years and hearing about cinema something of the sort of it is just surreal to me and my brothers and a lot of close friends who study the same field here in los angeles well. congratulations on finishing your studies can you imagine then going back to saudi arabia and being a filmmaker there. absolutely absolutely like after i said this huge event and changes are going on we're very excited to go back and carry our knowledge that

president was in saudi arabia right after he took office there was a huge arms sale the saudi arabia is this is really friendly stance is that part of the deal. while it can it could be part of the deal but again i mean the peace initiative is somewhat older and i think the details namely the question of jerusalem the right to return for the palestinians. all these little details which could very easily end this kind of opening on the other hand the saudis are looking for regional allies against their main but they conceive to be their main enemy namely iran and here i think the saudis are trying not only to get israeli support but of course also american support which they felt they had lost when president barack obama had the peace deal with iran so when it comes to iran they do you think the saudis stance particularly with the crown prince is the enemy of my enemy is perhaps my new best friend well it's partly that it's also that the saudis are not terribly keen on power such as hamas and obviously they hate hizbullah as an iranian stooges they would see it so i think it's more th

arabia to pursue a film career so what are your feelings tonight when you see saudi arabia and his first movie theater in some thirty five years. well i thank you so much for having me brant. first of all i did not leave saudi arabia i came here for education i was sent by my government on a scholarship to study filmmaking. and eight years ago two thousand and ten when i came here and. they it was on hopes right like we are here on the government they pay us a passport to our tuition and they gave us a monthly salary and health insurance and we choose a subject to study and i studied filmmaking near my brother's house and we graduated and we've been for nothing here for three years and hearing about cinema is a thing of the saudi it's surreal to me and my brothers and a lot of close friends who studied the same field here in los angeles were very excited. congratulations on finishing your studies can you imagine then going back to saudi arabia and being a filmmaker there. absolutely silly like after i said this huge event and changes are going on we are very excited to go back and carry

saudi arabia's top diplomat that it's regime faces collapse unless it starts backing u.s. operations in syria. between pleasing europe and donald trump during his address to the u.s. congress this agreement. but we should not abandon it without having some seen substantial and more substantial. extremist it's revealed that an alleged bodyguard of a sama bin laden has been claiming benefits in germany for more than a decade. and russia's defense ministry displays fragments of missiles it says the syrian government intercepted during the recent western strikes claimed that all of its missiles are to. international this is your news from headquarters in moscow first off this hour saudi arabia's foreign ministers want the qatari regime that it could collapse and quickly if it doesn't start lending support to the u.s. military in syria. qatar should finance the u.s. military's presence in syria and send its own military forces there before the u.s. president lifts american protection for qatar if the u.s. is to withdraw its protection represented by its military base in qatar t

meantime, at saudi arabia's doorstep, with the u.n. describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the civil war in yemen has driven millions to the brink of starvation. is it too late for a conference and pledges of money to ease the suffering? and he is wanted for treason in spain. his fate tonight is in the hands of german judges. today, prosecutors asked the court for a request to extradite former catalan president carles puigdemont to spain. plus, good u.s. troops soon be patrolling -- could u.s. troops soon be patrolling the border with mexico? >> it is a big step. brent: u.s. president donald trump ups the ante in his anger over mexico's failure to stop a group of migrants he says is headed north of the rio grande. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. in a major shift in attitude towards israel, saudi arabia's prince mohammad bin salman said that israelis have a right to their own land. that is in stark contrast to the position that saudi arabia has so far taken. the conservative kingdom does not offici

arabia to pursue a film career so what are your feelings tonight when you see saudi arabia and its first movie theater in some thirty five years. well i thank you so much for having me brant. first of all i did not leave saudi arabia i came here for education i was sent by my government on a scholarship to study filmmaking and eight years ago two thousand and ten when i came here and. they it was on hopes right like we are here on the government they pay us a passport to our tuition and they gave us a monthly salary and health insurance and we choose a subject to study and i said well make my brother tell us how and we graduated and we've been for nothing here for three years and hearing about cinema as a thing of the saudi arabia is surreal to me and my brothers and a lot of close friends who study the same field here in los angeles well. congratulations on finishing your studies q can you imagine then going back to saudi arabia and being a filmmaker there. absolutely absolutely like after i said this huge event and changes are going on we are very excited to go back and carry our knowl

struck back at saudi arabia after the attack on or died out. human rights watch has called on the rebel group to immediately stop their indiscriminate missile attacks on populated areas of saudi arabia but the saudi led coalition has received the brunt of the international community's criticism unicef says the strike in holidayed on monday was one of the deadliest attacks on children since the escalation of the conflict three years ago . still to come here on al-jazeera i protest as a killed and injured as members of india's lowest ranking col demonstrate against discrimination. i think china is trying to send a very measured response to. beijing's terrorists on american god send us stop stumbling as far as gravel possible trying to bomb. hello again cloud it's clinging on to the middle east at the moment it's stretching from saudi arabia all the way out towards kazakstan giving some of us some rain but most of us have seen a fair amount of dust instead i think we are most likely to see some wet weather around the northeastern part of our map a

there is a lot of work they're doing in saudi arabia and outside saudi arabia and in the region and outside. saudi arabia looks very interesting in the coming years. grow,ne: how much can a property in saudi arabia over the coming years? mr. alabbar: saudi arabia i think is in the infant stage. if you talk about infrastructure, retail, industrial, hospitality, residential. you just have to make sure you .o into the right category there is plenty of room to grow that way. francine: when you look at how you spend your time for each unit and each country, how do you keep on top of it all? mr. alabbar: well, i try. i would say real estate takes the majority of my time. about 40% of my time. then there is a split. food takes the least of my time because the team that sits on top of that business is really been-class, and they have in the industry. they know the industry well. team, aa vibrant vibrant organization. i have an a-team, but i am emotional about real estate. francine: that is the foundation of it all. do you still see it as your baby? hasalabbar: my connection been to real estate more

foreigners at their own country should benefit from them as saudi arabia should benefit from saudis. we are in a neighborhood in the south pacific it's a tough area most of the people here i wonder. want to hear is from bangladesh derives a month ago to work in this shop learning how to assemble picture frames yes everything is getting more expensive and the salary isn't enough for everyone is how traits if they had to survive for the person's. life for manual workers was never easy in saudi arabia just as in many parts of the world affording prices have made it more difficult and if your prices doubled in a year pushing up prices and recently new taxes on basic goods i did an extra boot and it's even which i hear has just finished his shift how many hours did you work today i swear were to sixty. an hours that's a lot. maybe it's a lot but i need to do that for the salary he makes one thousand three hundred saudi ryall a months that's about three hundred fifty u.s. dollars on the way home he tells me he used to have a good life until his father got very sick. you know we lost almost

italian saudi arabia. but the government that they've essentially changed their strategy they used to fly the bombs out now the ships. we knew that this was the best place from which to take photos of the secret operations with the with no ban on cameras. from here we recorded what actually happened because of the usually eighteen containers a month were loaded up with one thousand to one thousand five hundred bombs. but i said to me let me get your question. from them and tell me that they were mainly transported by saudi arabian ships three or four belonging to the battery shipping company that was a dock and load up the saudis evidently decided to run the transport themselves additional funding for. the military coalition in yemen needs a lot of bombs by the end of twenty seventeen saudi arabia and its allies had flown more than fifteen thousand air raids according to international experts almost a third of those raids that civilian targets. it's a profitable war even for small investors with shares in

., saudi arabia's crown prince comes to france. live coverage of this meeting today from our correspondent. for victorn victory ortman. his anti-immigration platform winning him a third straight term, likely causing unease in some other eu states. coming up for you in this hour in business, we will zero in on deutsche bank, germany's largest lender as it fires its ceo in a bid to become profitable again. tourists love notre dame, but the 30,000 people who traipse through every day have left their toll. to save it,moves coming up. but first, our top story, live from paris. the un security council is meeting today over the alleged chemical weapons attack in syria . the suspected poison gas attack left dozens dead in a rebel held town. reports of the attack prompted swift combination from around the world with the u.s. and france promising a strong, joint response. both of those countries denying that they were behind what was a defense strike. alison sargent explains. >> this amateur footage, broadcast on syrian state television, sai

i think that he is confronting the math that's kind of hanging over saudi arabia which is they -- they built their entire economy and the welfare state kind of on the idea that oil would be $100 a barrel, it's about $60 right now. so they are burning through all their savings very quickly and they're going to run out of money soon and they know that and the economy is a kind of one-trick pony. it's just oil. they don't export anything else, they import everything. so he's got to reform the economy like really quickly and try to diversify it and that's a huge job. and i think he's kind of laid out a plan to do that. he's laid out a plan to kind of open the culture up. he's allowing women to drive. he's kind of restraining some of the more conservative clerics. the one thing that he hasn't done -- and there's no discussion of anything like political reform or democratic reforms, that's off the table, i think all of this is being done to preserve the rule of the house of saud. >> in -- just like what he told thomas freedman of the "new york times" and people have latched on to this, that

saudi arabia is a long time u.s. partner but partners must be con dead with each other so i have raised my concerns regarding as many people here have saudi arabia's conduct in yemen with senior saudi officials including the crown prince on multiple occasions in this last year. i know that many of my colleagues have done the same things as i've mentioned and i urge them to continue doing so as i will. at the same time, saudi arabia has a right to defend itself. for nearly two years they've fired iranian manufactured ballistic missiles into saudi territory and in recent months have aimed these missiles at riyadh. at least hundreds of saudis have been killed and millions live under the constant threat of attack. resolving conflict in yemen means addressing security concerns to prevent entrenchment from iranian armed groups on the southern border. as the committee considers ways to support effective u.s. policy on yemen, i look forward to hearing our witnesses provide details on what the u.s. is doing to encourage resol

italian saudi arabia. but the government that they've essentially changed their strategy they used to fly the bombs out now the ships. we knew that this was the best place from which to take photos of the secret operations with no ban on cameras from here we recorded what actually happened that we don't usually eighteen containers a month were loaded up with one thousand to one thousand five hundred bombs. but i said to me let me get your question to all the people. from the internet that they were mainly transported by saudi arabian ships three or four belonging to the battery shipping company that was a dock and load up the saudis evidently decided to run the transport themselves. the military coalition in yemen needs a lot of bombs by the end of twenty seventeen saudi arabia and its allies had flown more than fifteen thousand air rage according to international experts almost a third of those rates it civilian targets. it's a profitable war even for small investors with shares in germany's biggest arms

italian saudi arabia. but the government that they've essentially change their strategy they used to fly the bombs out now the ships. we knew that this was the best place from which to take photos of the secret operations with no ban on cameras from here we recorded what actually happened is that we usually eighteen containers a month were loaded up with one thousand to one thousand five hundred bombs made yeah but i said to me let me get your question to all the. fundamental meant that they were mainly transported by saudi arabian ships three or four belonging to the battery shipping company that was a dock and load up the saudis evidently decided to run the transport themselves additional funding for. the military coalition in yemen needs a lot of bombs by the end of twenty seventeen saudi arabia and its allies had flown more than fifteen thousand air raids according to international experts almost a third of those raids it civilian targets. it's a profitable war even for small investors with shares in g

i think that he is confronting the math that's kind of hanging over saudi arabia which is they -- they built their entire economy and theelfare state kind of on the idea that oil would be $100 a barrel, it's about $60 right now. so they are burning through all their savings very quickly and they're going to run out of money soon and they know that and the economy is a kind of one-trick pony. it's just oil. they don't export anything else, they import everything. so he's got to reform the economy like really quickly and try to diversify it and that's a huge job. and i think he's kind of laid out a plan to do that. he's laid out a plan to kind of open the culture up. he's allowing women to drive. he's kind of restraining some of the more conservative clerics. the one thing that he hasn't done -- and there's no discussion of anything like political reform or democratic reforms, that's off the table, i think all of this is being done to preserve the rule of the house of saud. >> in -- just like what he told thomas freedman of the "new york times" and people have latched on to this, that he

saudi arabia took him out in an airstrike. there is video posted online yesterday of that attack will start it is an assassination, essentially. i don't know what comes next. for ais no hope really peace process is leaders like that are going to be executed by saudi arabia. i am really not sure what comes next. amy: shireen al-ahdeemee, thank you for being with us, yemeni doctoral student at harvard university, speaking out about the role of the united states and the saudi led war in yemen. we will link to your piece for in these times is headlined "trump doesn't care about civilian deaths. just look at yemen." when we come back, there is a power transfer in cuba. we will talk about it significance. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: cuban legendary musician silvio rodriguez speaking like in central park summer stage last year. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: we turn now to cuba, where for the first time since its socialist revolution toppled dicta

and partners of saudi arabia to do business in saudi arabia to do business in saudi arabia and overseas. you talk about opening up the opportunities that overseas countries to do business in saudi arabia, are there opportunities for british businesses? absolutely. britain is one of the countries that will benefit most out of the foreign policies of saudi arabia from opening up tens of thousands of britons are benefiting from trade with saudi arabia and this will significantly increase and there will be more business between saudi arabia and great britain in the next month of years. thank you very much. so the price of what we buy is still rising, but not by as much as it was. the uk's rate of inflation, which was as high as 3.1% at the end of last year, has eased to 2.5% for march. the bank of england's inflation target is 2%, and many economists were expecting the bank to increase interest rates next month to help bring inflation down, but if it's coming down without their help, will they still raise rates? that's what we asked economist vicky pryce, she thinks the may rise will go ahe

still saudi arabia has started to change. the idea of the table my name is doctors in a year today i'm signing my novel it's about two generations shaha a mother and her daughter haya. just cry. problem saudi women face and it's about the relationship between men and women that see at the end. that is enough first novel hajar criticise a spoiled mess within our society and between different generations but only between the lines. that if i really like what you face and the way you write it's charming but this has that did you also take the other book it's new. as a catholic in that. i think men and women men go here at the book fair in riyadh a place where conservative and modern world views. how much has saudi arabia changed. i see an absence for books at several steps so. i guess. i did want. mrs a cover that's really hello betty why don't you use your complete from name. i hate it and i will soon it's time to know that they address anything i say no i didn't want to talk on camera about not publishing under her family name

secretary of state arrives in saudi arabia with the iran nuclear deal set to dominate the agenda and as armenians unite behind their protest leader the ruling party says it will not vote for a candidate for prime minister. russia's foreign minister has accused the u.s. of trying to divide syria into parts so a lover of made the comments in moscow while meeting his turkish and iranian counterparts to discuss the war in syria iranian foreign minister mohammad desirea condemned the use of chemical weapons in the war there whilst also stressing the need for impartial investigators at the site of alleged attacks saturday's talks are being held ahead of the next round of the a standard process and its ending the violence which is why we are building options to please some of the other colleagues are trying to destroy the results of our joint constructive efforts not even following the international law like in the recent operation by the u.s. u.k. and france against syria where our challenge is has the latest from moscow. this meeting was a way for russia turkey and iran co-sponsors of the

salomon is looking to make saudi arabia a major tech hub. he is scheduled to be here at the four seasons for six nights. matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thanks, matt. we have details on how crews found a lost yesterday he was playing in an abandoned building when a board abandoned building when a board gave way and he fell underground water system. >> i knew they were going to find me. >> besides a few bumps and bruise, the boy is all right. he was taken to the hospital and released just a few hours later. >> an alert if you eat at bread. >> there was a breach on the company's web site. less than 10,000 customers were ultimately impacted. names, addresses and birthdays were exposed but not credit card information. panera said the breach has been fixed. >> and spotify will go public today. it's not following a traditional ipo staff. it is cutting out investment bankers that normally handle the sale saving millions in fees and it will allow the market to determine stock price. >> and after yesterday's plunge, things are looking a lot better this m

saudi arabia's top diplomat more could target its government faces a collapse unless it starts backing u.s. operations in syria. maneuvers between pleasing europe and donald trump on the iran deal during his address to the u.s. congress. may not. we should not abandon it without having some see substantial and malted from. handouts for extremists an alleged bodyguard of osama bin laden is found to have been collecting benefits in germany for over two decades. and russia's defense ministry displays fragments of missiles says the syrian government interceptor that during the recent western strikes us claim to all of its missiles hit their targets . broadcasting live direct from moscow this is art international thomas certainly glad to have you with us. now saudi arabia's foreign minister has warned the qatari government that it could collapse if it does not start lending support to the u.s. military in syria. should finance the u.s. military presence in syria and send its own military forces before the us president american protection for. if the u.s. is to withdraw its protection repres

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so now we hear the foreign minister of saudi arabia saying that their regional rival could talk must share the burden of the fighting in syria or else there could be some rather harsh consequences now it's interesting to note yesterday tuesday donald trump was at the white house a speaking with the french president mccraw on and he seemed to indicate that there were other countries that had been approached by the united states about increasing their role in syria financially as well as merit militarily don't trump said the u.s. it will not continue to pay they will pay for it and they will also put soldiers on the ground which they are not doing there is talk of the prospects of an arab coalition in the works for syria now this is certainly not the first point of disagreement between qatar and saudi arabia folks recall over a year ago there was a falling out between the two countries and that resulted in a number of countries cutting off diplomatic relations with qatar saudi arabia and during that spat we heard that donald trump unprecedentedly accusing qatar of funding terrorism. sa

plus, life as an immigrant in saudi arabia. reports on how reforms in the kingdom are making things difficult for some foreign workers. i'm brent goff. it is good to have you with us. many across south africa are in mourning tonight, following the death of winnie mandela, the ex-wife of former president nelson mandela. she was a towering figure in the fight against apartheid, but also embroiled in a number of controversies in more recent years. she died peacefully at a hospital in johannesburg, at the age of 81. >> winnie mandela was first known as the wife of nelson mandela, that after just six years of marriage, her husband was given a life sentence on charges of sabotage and plotting to overthrow the government. he spent the 27 years behind bars before being released in 1990. when he supported him and the anti-apartheid cause, eventually also serving time in prison. winnie: i has been fighting for the liberation of the african people, for the working harmoniously of all the groups in this country. reporter: in the 1990's, wh

saudi arabia took him out in an airstrike. there is video posted online yesterday of that attack will start it is an assassination, essentially. i don't know what comes next. for ais no hope really peace process is leaders like that are going to b be executedy saudi arabia. i am really not sure what comes next. amy: shireen al-ahdeemee, thank you for being with us, yemeni doctoral student at harvard university, speaking out about the role of the united states and the saudi led war in yemen. we will link to your piece for in these times is headlined "trump doesn't care about civilian deaths. just look at yemen." when we come back, there is a power transfer in cuba. we will talk about it significance. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: cuban legendary musician silvio rodriguez speaking like in central park summer stage last year. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: we turn now to cuba, where for the first time since its socialist t revolution toppled dic

saudi arabia's top diplomat warns qatar its government faces collapse unless it starts backing u.s. operations in iraq. when headlines french leader. between pleasing europe from iran deal during his address to the u.s. congress. this agreement. may not address all concerns but we should not abandon it without having something substantial and more substantial than. also the. extremists reveal their alleged bodyguard of bin ladin's been claiming benefits in germany for over two decades. and russia's defense ministry displays fragments of missiles it says the syrian government intercepted during the recent western strikes the us claimed all of its missiles hit their targets. thanks for joining us here on earth international live from moscow with me. today welcome to the program. saudi arabia's foreign minister has warned the qatari government it could collapse if it doesn't start lending support to the u.s. military in syria. qatar should finance the u.s. military's presence in syria and send its own military forces there before the u.s. president lifts an american protection for qata

albon living in saudi arabia but is there any soul behind not flawless. this is your business update on helen on free in ballin good to have you with us more openness from the walls second largest economy that is the promise from chinese president xi jinping he's been making it on a global stage and it's a message he's reiterated at the ball forum a summit known as the davos of asia but the question remains will china and up putting its money where its mouth is. cars are a major sticking point in the trade conflict between the world's two biggest economies the u.s. pays a twenty five percent tariff on cars it brings to china while china only pays two point five percent in judy's on cars it exports to the u.s. that's not the complete picture the u.s. sells six times more cars in china than the other way around but a piece in washington was the thrust of chinese president xi jinping speech to an audience of international business leaders at the bowl our forum of young. she charged we will lower the import tariffs for cars. john b. at the same time we will l

arabia to pursue a film career so what are your feelings tonight when you see saudi arabia and its first movie theater in some thirty five years. well i think so much for having me brant. first of all i did not leave saudi arabia i came here for education i was sent by my government on a scholarship to study filmmaking. eight years ago two thousand and ten when i came here and. they it was on hope's right like we are here on the government they pay us a passport to our tuition and they gave us a monthly salary and health insurance and we choose a subject to study and i said well make me my brother's house and we graduated and we've been for nothing here for three years and hearing about cinema is a thing of the saudi arabia it's just surreal to me and my brothers and a lot of close friends who study the same field here in los angeles very excited. congratulations on finishing your studies q can you imagine then going back to saudi arabia and being a filmmaker there. absolutely silly like after i said this huge event and changes are going on we are very excited to go back and carry our kn

arabia should benefit from saudis. we are in a neighborhood in the south pacific it's a tough area most of the people here for a number of. want to hear is from bangladesh here i have a month to go to work in this shop learning how to assemble picture frames yes everything is getting more expensive and the salary isn't enough for everyone is how traits if they had to survive for the person's. life or mangled work course was never easy in saudi arabia just as in many parts of the world but for me one prices have made it more difficult and if your prices doubled in a year pushing up prices and recently new taxes and basic goods added an extra boot it's even which i hear has just finished his shift how many hours did you work today i swear words sixteen. hours that's a lot. maybe it's a lot about an inch or two that for the salary he makes one thousand three hundred saudi ryall a month that's about three hundred fifty u.s. dollars on the way home he tells me he used to have a good life until his father got very sick. you

arabia should benefit from saudis. we are in a neighborhood in the south pacific it's a tough area most of the people here are four and are. going to hear this from bangladesh derives a month ago to work in this shop learning how to assemble picture frames yes everything is getting more expensive and the salary isn't enough for everyone is her tits if her to survive for the person's. life or mangled her course was never an easy sell eurabia just as in many parts of the world affording prices help maybe more difficult and if your prices doubled in a year pushing up prices and recently new taxes and basic goods added an extra it's even more to humans just finished his shift how many hours did you work today i swear were to sixty. no hours that's a lot. maybe it's a lot about an inch or two that for the salary he makes one thousand three hundred saudi ryall a months that's about three hundred fifty u.s. dollars on the way home he tells me he used to have a good life until his father got very sick. you know we lost our alm

tell us about this move into saudi arabia. nothing, 20 years ago. tell us about this move into saudi arabialj nothing, 20 years ago. tell us about this move into saudi arabia. i have been opening markets around the world for almost 30 years now and have never seen opportunity like this. there has not been a cinema in saudi arabia since 1982. there has not been a legally shown movie in saudi arabia since 1982, so this is an opportunity to go in with a clean slate and build something really special, one of those unique opportunities. we signed up with a very well—known and highly respected group in saudi arabia and we are planning on opening up at least 30 cinemas in the next three years in the kingdom. underline how significant this is, because many people will think, it is a cinema in a city. but this is a fundamental change for saudi arabia. when i was there, it is surprising how little integration there is, not only with the general public anyway in terms of public entertainment, but gender mixing is pretty unheard of. of

saudi arabia's foreign minister has warned the qatari regime that it could collapse if it doesn't start lending support to the u.s. military in syria. could star should finance the u.s. military's presence in syria and send its own military forces there before the u.s. president lifts american protection for qatar if the u.s. is to withdraw its protection represented by its military base in qatar then the regime there will fall within less than a week. this comes as we've heard different words from trump basically giving the impression he's still making up his mind about whether or not to withdraw u.s. forces from syria he's been talking about it from in terms of very soon relatively soon it's not exactly clear now we did hear trump say that if saudi arabia wants the usa to maintain a military presence in syria they should help pay for it they will be making a decision very quickly in coup warden issue with others in the area as to what we'll do saudi arabia. is very interested no decision and i said well do you want us to say maybe you can have to pay so now we hear the foreign ministe