at the critical long refugee camp in cox's bazaar bangladesh the reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia's king solomon has stepped in to prevent the national oil company from issuing shares to the public his son crown prince mohammed bin simon wants to sell five percent of the company which is known as a ram co such divestment would open up the company's finances to independence auditors but the reuters report says the king doesn't want to do that officially they saudi government says the offer has been postponed not counseled roberts' model nikki is a senior analyst at the group it's a consultancy an advocacy organization he says saudi arabia has economic outlook is improving. we have to remember back when this i.p.o. was announced it was early two thousand and sixteen the economic context was very different than it is now saudi arabia was coming off of a year where their budget deficit reached close to one hundred billion dollars the price of oil was still low there were

that's coming from the reuters news agency, according to the united states geological survey. and we know of course that there have been weeks of tremors in lombok, more than 470 people have been killed. but this latest earthquake, we are hearing from reuters in magnitude of 7.2 striking north—east of lombok. a 29—year—old man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after a car hit people outside the houses of parliament on tuesday. salih khater, who was born in sudan and was living in birmingham, will appear before magistrates tomorrow. three people were injured when the car crashed into security barriers in westminster. fire crews are attending a fire at an industrial estate near east midlands airport. the blaze has led to trains on the east midlands railway line around both nottingham and sheffield being cancelled. more than 50 firefighters are on the scene, with plumes of thick black smoke visable. a british paraglider has died after a mid—air collision

speaking to the reuters news agency, mr trump said he would consider it if russia "did something that would be good for us" but he added he wouldn't consider it without that. in the same interview mr trump once again raised doubts about whether russia did actually meddle in the 2016 election. even though all us intelligence agencies say they did. in regard to russian involvement in the mid—term elections, we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by

the reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia's king saul man has stepped in to prevent the national oil company from issuing shares to the public his son crowe principle had been sold man wants to sell five percent of the company known as around officially the saudi government says the i.p.o. has been disposed not cancelled but according to the report the king doesn't want to disclose company details to regulators something that any listing on the western stock exchange would require robert to move nikias a senior analyst at the sea world group a consultancy an advocacy organization he says saudi arabia's economic outlook is improving. we have to remember back when this i.p.o. was announced it was early two thousand and sixteen the economic context was very different than it is now saudi arabia was coming off of a year where their budget deficit reached close to one hundred billion dollars the price of oil was still low there were a lot of reforms that were on the agenda but had yet to be implemented and i think we have to remember that that's the context within which the i

the reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia has called off both the domestic and international stock the listing of best state oil giant. it was expected to be the largest in history. donald trump's national security adviser says the united states is ready to ramp up pressure on iran john bolton said regime change was not washington's goal but the u.s. does want to quote a massive change in the regime's. similar ways topcoat has started hearing the opposition parties challenge to last month's presidential election result opposition leader nelson chamisa says the vote was rigged in favor of the president and his and i go who won with just a fifty percent his inauguration has been postponed until the call to live it's friday night was in court in harare. lawyers representing the m.d.c. alliance say they have documents that show the numbers were inflated to favor the rulings on a pier party they say in some parts of the country village kids were standing outside polling stations making sure who voted and who they voted for it's alleged that people were told if they don't vote for

the reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia has called off both the domestic and international stock listings of their state all giant around co it was expected to be the largest such deal in history which could have put the company's value at more than two trillion dollars the plan was central to crown prince mohammed bin some months economic reform program russian president vladimir putin has called a new set of u.s. sanctions against moscow counterproductive and senseless the sanctions which ban certain exports to russia which include electronic devices are in response to the poisoning of a former spy in the u.k. that's been widely blamed on moscow. donald trump's national security adviser says the u.s. will ramp up pressure on iran the site sanctions but did not elaborate any further john bolton was speaking at the end of a three day visit to israel he said the regime change was not washington's goal but the u.s. does want to quote a massive change in the regime's behavior well those are the headlines stay with us now for a witness that's the program that. at home. watching

now there are doubts over whether around co is to be floated all a report by the reuters news agency suggests that saudi arabia is pulling out of the stock offering amid fears that the sale could prove less lucrative than expected. the saudi government announced plans to sell five percent of the oil company back in twenty sixteen at the time it believed around coal would be valued at two trillion dollars or more. but several experts have since called that estimate into question and the financial advisers working on the proposed listing have reportedly been relieved of their. thirty's energy minister and incidentally also the chairman of saudi aramco tonight reports that the i.p.o. was off saying in a statement the government remains committed to the initial public offering of saudi aramco in accordance with the appropriate circumstances and appropriate time chosen by the government. but just what the appropriate circumstances are remains unclear around because plan to buy a stake in a major petrochemical company thus increasing its market value could be one reason the government for

now there are doubts over whether iran co is to be floated all a report by the reuters news agency suggests that saudi arabia is pulling out of the stock offering amid fears that the sale could prove less lucrative than expected. the saudi government announced plans to sell five percent of the oil company back in twenty sixteen at the time it believed around coal would be valued at two trillion dollars or more. but several experts have since called that estimate into question and the financial advisers working on the proposed listing have reportedly been relieved of their duties. so these energy minister and incidentally also the chairman of saudi aramco denied reports that the i.p.o. was off thing in a statement the government remains committed to the initial public offering of saudi aramco in accordance with the appropriate circumstances and appropriate time chosen by the government. but just what the appropriate circumstances are remains unclear around because plan to buy a stake in a major petrochemical company thus increasing its market value could be one reason the government for buyi

now there are doubts over whether iran co is to be floated all a report by the reuters news agency suggests that saudi arabia is pulling out of the stock offering amid fears that the sale could prove less lucrative than expected. the saudi government announced plans to sell five percent of the oil company back in twenty sixteen at the time it believed around coal would be valued at two trillion dollars or more. but several experts have since called that estimate into question and the financial advisers working on the proposed listing have reportedly been relieved of their. thirty's energy minister and incidentally also the chairman of saudi aramco denied reports that the i.p.o. was off thing in a statement the government remains committed to the initial public offering of saudi aramco in accordance with the appropriate circumstances and appropriate time chosen by the government. but just what the appropriate circumstances are remains unclear around because plan to buy a stake in a major petrochemical company thus increasing its market value could be one reason the government hard for buying

strengthen trade and investment ties the reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia's king solomon has stepped in to prevent the national oil company from issuing shares to the public his son crown prince mohammed bin solomon wants to sell five percent of the company which is known as i am called one of the requirements of a deal like that says that financial regulators will be able to examine around close finances. the u.s. says it's putting pressure on saudi arabia to reduce the number of civilians being killed in the war in yemen the pentagon says a senior u.s. military general delivered a message of concern to saudi leaders last week the u.s. provides intelligence just tickle support for this idea that coalition which is fighting hutu rebels backed by iran earlier this month a school bus was bombed dozens of children were killed the japanese government says north korea still presents a serious threat and has not taken steps to remove its nuclear weapons and research programs japan's been carried out in the new review its own military capabilities it also says japan needs to boo

now there are doubts over whether iran co is to be floated all a report by the reuters news agency suggests that saudi arabia is pulling out of the stock offering amid fears that the sale could prove less lucrative than expected. the saudi government announced plans to sell five percent of the oil company back in twenty sixteen at the time it believed around coal would be valued at two trillion dollars or more. but several experts have since called that estimate into question and the financial advisers working on the proposed listing have reportedly been relieved of their duties. so these energy minister and incidentally also the chairman of saudi aramco tonight reports that the i.p.o. was off thing in a statement the government remains committed to the initial public offering of saudi aramco in accordance with the appropriate circumstances and appropriate time chosen by the government. but just what the appropriate circumstances are remains unclear around because plan to buy a stake in a major petrochemical company thus increasing its market value could be one reason the government for buy

the accusation, made in an interview with reuters news agency, resembles claims mr trump made during his 2016 campaign but had avoided more recently. it comes as the two countries prepare to meet in washington this week to discuss the ongoing trade fight. just 6% of people in the uk now work 9:00am to 5:00pm, a yougov survey has found. almost half of people work flexibly with arrangements such as job sharing or compressed hours, allowing them to juggle other commitments, the survey found. donald trump has, well, trumpeted the state of the us economy under his leadership. indeed, much of the us economy has boomed during the trump administration. but are average people feeling the benefit? the bbc‘s paul blake has been looking at one number that seems stuck, potentially holding down the american consumer. we have the greatest economy we've ever had. we have the best numbers, where setting records in every respect. —— we're setting records. the us economy is booming, the president is right about that, but our average americans feeling any of the benefit? wages for the first time i

now there are doubts over whether iran co is to be floated all a report by the reuters news agency suggests that saudi arabia is pulling out of the stock offering amid fears that the sale could prove less lucrative than expected. the saudi government announced plans to sell five percent of the oil company back in twenty sixteen at the time it believed around coal would be valued at two trillion dollars or more. but several experts have since called that estimate into question and the financial advisers working on the proposed listing have reportedly been relieved of their. duties energy minister and incidentally also the chairman of saudi aramco tonight reports that the i.p.o. was off thing in a statement the government remains committed to the initial public offering of saudi aramco in accordance with the appropriate circumstances and appropriate time chosen by the government. but just what the appropriate circumstances are remains unclear around because plan to buy a stake in a major petrochemical company thus increasing its market value could be one reason the government for buying time.

news agency that officials are saying that u.s. officials are in contact with chinese counterparts to determine whether the conditions are right to hold negotiations over trade all those conditions right and will china come to the table do you think. i think china will come to the table it is the united states the trump administration that has been pushing for this tariff fight china does not want a trade war and it will do everything that it can to stop it you know shut down. you know giving up then tie country as it were so yes china would want to talk the problem is what is the true and ministration demanded of china and whether china is willing to give that doesn't president tom have a point though that if i understand it correctly the original trade agreements between china and the u.s. were based many years ago on the fact that china's economy at the time was an emerging economy they haven't really changed their developed that much over the brim the following few years and of course china is a major economic global power so t

paul: that's right, we are hearing from the reuters news agency that the president does not have high hopes fo delegation and the negr otthiats that are set to take place in washington in the next few days. the meetings are set to take place in washington between low-level chinese officials and low-level trump administration officials. the u.s. business mmunity has been largely pessimistic about those as well. we know that the u.s. chamber of commerce, typically a stritighont- dleoeans innog,t "a coherent strategy for negotiations with the chinese."s round of negotiations sent tos kick off tek. rajini: paul backdrop in new york, thanks for joining us. pridentith trade, immigration p's freenrget cye s on of i e immigrations and customs enforcement service, also known as ice. he called them patriots and --oes command claimed tr aiopandts and claimed that democrats are weak on border control. i spoke with the former acting annt tayorin t rderref or oice. head up ice. it is a good thing, right? >> it is a good thing in the sense that they are honored for the work that they do and the case

news agency he said i think it's very sad what to accuse doing i think they're making a terrible mistake there will be no concessions trump also said he wasn't concerned that the tower of smart cause further economic damage in europe and he said that up on the list point he had a good relationship with to president ed of the one but went on to say that it can no longer be a one way street. right so let's move on to staying with turkey where two people have been detained after bullets were fired two words the u.s. embassy in the capital ankara six shots were fired from a moving car early on monday morning they hit the gate and a window of a security post one of those detained was wanted for escaping from prison and the other also had a criminal record to accuse presidential aides said it was an attempt to create chaos in the country no one was injured in the attack so a new guy you go has more from istanbul. this incident has taken place at a time when there is unprecedented tension between ankara and washington d.c. not forgetting of course the ongoing dispute that there is over the arre

court in other news, a myanmar has postponed its ruling on whether to journalists from the reuters news agency violated the state secrets law while rohingya on the crisis. the verdict will be delivered th are accused of violating a law while investigating violence against rohingyas. the russian opposition lear has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for breaking public protest losthis year. " accused authorities -- in court he accused authorities of detaining him for taking part in another protest. went -- u.n.um rights investigators say military leaders in myanmar should be investigated for genocide, war crimes, ancrimes against almanity, and referred to the international crimourt. the inquiry found reports of rder, rape, and torture against the rohingya. hundreds have been forced to flee to bangladesh. a warning, there are distressing accounts and flash photography. reporter: for a year in thisnd ineak ape, the rohingya have been sufferg, bereaved, uprooted, lost. giving harrowing accounts of ths brutality ay they suffered maat the hands of the myan military. today we met rashid. he say

court inther news, a myanmar has postponed its ruling on whether to journalists from the reuters news agency violated the state secrets law while reporting on the rohingya crisis. the verdict will be delivered next week. they are accused of violating a law while investigating violence against rohingyas. the russian opposition leader has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for breaking public protest loss this year. " he accused authorities -- in court he accused authorities of detaining him for takheg part in anprotest. went -- u.n. human rights investigators say military leaders in myanmar should be investigated for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, and referred to the international criminal court. the inquiry found reports of murder, rape, and torture against the rohingya. todreds have been forced flee to bangladesh. a warning, there are ditsressing accond flash photography. reporter: for a year in this bleak landscape, the rohingya have been suffering, bereaved, uprooted, lost. giving harrowing accounts of the brutality they say they suffered at the hands of the myan

and an investigation by the reuters news agency suggests the iranian campaign is significantly bigger than was first thought. reuters say they have identified a "sprawling network" of unnamed websites and social media accounts in 11 different languages that were posted on facebook, instagram, twitter and youtube. christopher bing is the reporter that broke the story. hejoins me now in the studio. thank you for coming in. describe what this campaign looked like and what iran was trying to do with these posts. thank you for having me. last week facebook, twitter and youtube took down content that they said explained inauthentic behaviour, accou nts explained inauthentic behaviour, accounts and content that was made and design for americans and other foreigners, but came from iranian outlets and media. this network was much larger and better organised and more sophisticated than we originally thought. was there a specific message? was there a consistency in what they were putting out to change opinions? yes, it was largely focused on an tight israel, anti—saudi, anti—american content

a court in myanmar has postponed its ruling on whether two journalists from the reuters news agency violated a state secrets law while reporting on the rohingya crisis. officials said the judge was unwell, and the verdict would be delivered next week. on tuesday, the united nations security council in new york will hold a discussion on the situation in myanmar. 0ur south—east asia correspondent jonathan head has been following this story from bangkok. what more can you tell us about this? 0nce what more can you tell us about this? once again, these two journalists are left, really, hanging. not knowing what the situation is for them. yes, of course they face potentially 1a yea rs course they face potentially 1a years in prison if they are convicted. the case that has been presented by the police to back up the charge of espionage has been widely viewed as very weak, and there has been very strong criticism of the myanmar government for even allowing this case the go—ahead. it is presumed the government is backing the prosecution and a journalist themselves have been languishing in prison

l:pahat's right, we are hearing from the reuters news agency that the president does not have high hopes for th delegation and the negotiaetons that areo take place in washington in the next few days. the meetings are set to take place in washington between low-level chinese officil s and low-leump administration officials. the u.s. business community has been largely pessimistic about those as well. we know that the u.s. chamber of commerce, typically agh leaning, business friendly think tank, says that the trump administration does not "have a coherent strategy for these w negotiatioh the chinese." low expectations going into this round of negotiations sent to kick off this week. rajini: paul blake with a lovely backdrop in new york, thanks for joining us. along with trade, immigration relicy is one of president trump's mostent targets for overhaul. today he hosted an event at the white house to honor members of the immigrations and customs emenforct service, also known as ice. he called them patriots and --oes command claimed patriots and heroes, and claimed that democrats are weak on

news agency boss china's young thai it was one step ahead dissipating rejection its drops its takeover bid. life filled which produces materials used in the auto and aerospace industries now plans to float a majority stake in the company instead of selling to chinese firmian thai a government veto of the deal had been widely expected that was the recommendation of the german economy ministry following a months long review. only last week the german government prevented china's state grid corp from taking a twenty percent holding in electricity grid operator fifty hurts the german state don't care if w. bank bought the stake instead berlin was uneasy about handing a major chinese investor some control over the country's power grid some analysts say that hindering outside acquisitions could backfire on germany whose companies want access to chinese markets. sensitive to delegate to the top big guns so the bulk of our hope and we do our government is there to very responsible but at the same time respect that there is. sure having open markets. for having their good relations to time. the

that is right, the accusation was made in an interview with the reuters news agency, it comes at a time when the two countries are preparing to meet in washington to discuss ongoing trade fight, many doubting that the talks, which this time involve lower—level officials, will be successful at defusing tensions. he had pretty much said as much, saying he did not expect much to come out of this meeting which we know of followers failed negotiations back in spring. no evidence china is actually doing such a thing, according to most economists, they blame it on the strength of the us dollar. this is ata time strength of the us dollar. this is at a time of uncertainty with tariffs, the us dollar is seen as a safe haven, that is why the greenback has risen against a majority of other currencies, including the euro. thank you very much indeed. hopes of some progress in averting further trade tension between china and the us helped push up markets. though comments from president trump accusing china of manipulating its currency to make up for paying tariffs on us exports weighed on the dollar

ever the reuters news agency reported saudi arabia's king sound man has put the brakes on the planned public sale of the national oil company the flotation of five percent saudi aramco was supposed to happen this year but it's now been put off indefinitely it was a key part of crown prince mohammed bin sandman's saudi twenty thirty economic development plan but the reuters report says the king doesn't want to open up the books to regulate this robert maginnis he is a senior analyst at the seaward group a consultancy and advocacy organization he says saudi arabia's economic outlook has changed. we have to remember back when this i.p.o. was announced it was early two thousand and sixteen the economic context was very different than it is now saudi arabia was coming off of a year where their budget deficit reached close to one hundred billion dollars the price of oil was still low there were a lot of reforms that were on the agenda but had yet to be implemented and i think we have to remember that that's the context within which the i.p.o. idea came about now. after the enthusiasm around

he told the reuters news agency he feared that any discrepancies between his account, and others, could be used against him. more than 175 former us intelligence leaders have backed ex—cia chiefjohn brennan since the president revoked his security clearance. cia, state department and navy alumni, as well as us ambassadors and us attorneys have signed the letter. the white house has defended the president's decision. ten people have been killed, and more are missing after flash flooding in the pollino national park in italy. the victims had been hiking through mountainous gorges. a number of survivors were rescued from rocks where they'd taken refuge. the opposition in venezuela is calling for a national strike on tuesday, in protest at president maduro's latest attempts to stop his country's economic freefall. on monday he devalued the currency, issueing a new type of bank note which effectively takes five zeros off the bolivar. meanwhile thousands of venezuelan migrants continue to cross into neighbouring countries, as lebo diseko reports. walking to what they hope will be a better l

news agency is reporting that saudi arabia has called of both the domestic and international stock listing of their state oil giants are aamco it was expected to be the largest such deal in history which could have put the company's value at more than two trillion dollars the plan was central to crown prince mohammed bin sol months economic reforms. well those are the headlines plenty more still ahead but stay with us now for people and power that's up next. he is a self-proclaimed messenger of god claiming millions of devote but his path to enlightenment involves the rape and abuse of his followers when he sed investigates the fall of one of india's most powerful spiritual gurus on al-jazeera. desperate for oppressive laws millions of people assume refuge in europe sometimes their dreams are sanctuary and well realized sometimes disenchantment has to listen dr who. in the first of two throws on these conflicting experiences people in power has been to the gym and switching their generosity and open office have been making noise which to integration with. santa. now i have to turn around.

now the reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia has called off both the domestic and international stock listing of the state oil giant it was expected to be the largest such deal in history which could have put the company's value more than two trillion dollars the plan was central to crown prince mohammed bin solomon's economic reform program aimed at raising funds to reduce saudi arabia's dependence on oil but a few minutes ago we spoke to oil analysts. well this is very important in the sense that the major study which is a strategy for saudi arabia that is x. and c. of on lead and saddam on the crown prince has established the vision twenty thirty which is revolutionizing and modifying and changing saudi arabia both its social and it's come to me as a status up to that time it's really depends on about a few trillion dollars to be gained received by selling about five percent of the shares of our uncle in the stock exchanges of london new york or hong kong and so on and that's to feed the trillion dollars is a major. factor in building these various modifications and changes t

that's coming from the reuters news agency, according to the united states geological survey. and we know of course that there have been weeks of tremors in lombok, more than 470 people have been killed. but this latest earthquake, we are hearing from reuters in magnitude of 7.2 striking north—east of lombok. a 29—year—old man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after a car hit people outside the houses of parliament on tuesday. salih khater, who was born in sudan and was living in birmingham, will appear before magistrates tomorrow. three people were injured when the car crashed into security barriers in westminster. fire crews are attending a fire at an industrial estate near east midlands airport. the blaze has led to trains on the east midlands railway line around both nottingham and sheffield being cancelled. more than 50 firefighters are on the scene, with plumes of thick black smoke visable. a british paraglider has died after a mid—air collision with another pilot in macedonia. 54—year—old innes powell crashed into ukranian igor volov ahead

and the reuters news agency in particular said that some of the right police shouted out, out at some of the waiting journalists. that is as much as we know about that specific element at the moment. we are keeping an eye on it, but of course, the opposition mdc are questioning the outcome in particular of the presidential election. we woke up to news of the election. we woke up to news of the election results which were very close. it just put election results which were very close. itjust put emmerson mnangagwa as the winner. that is being challenged by the opposition. they are saying that the vote was rigged and it would seem as if a news co nfe re nce rigged and it would seem as if a news conference has been broken up by the police. we will keep an eye on that and we will have more later this afternoon from zimbabwe. donald trump's used a speech at a rally in pennsylvania to address what he called false reports about what happened when he met the queen the us president complained about the coverage of his recent meeting and first offical visit to the uk. mr trump said he'd been fa

the reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia's king solomon has stepped in to prevent the national oil company from issuing shares to the public his son crown prince mohammed bin solomon wants to sell five percent of the company which is known as one of the requirements of a deal like that is the financial regulators would be able to examine a run course finances but the reuters report says the king doesn't want to do that officially the saudi government says the offer has been postponed not canceled overt mughal nicky's a senior analyst at the cboe group it's a consultancy and advocacy organization he says saudi arabia is economic outlook is improving. we have to remember back when this i.p.o. was announced it was early two thousand and sixteen the economic context was very different than it is now saudi arabia was coming off of a year where their budget deficit reached close to one hundred billion dollars the price of oil was still low there were a lot of reforms that were on the agenda but had yet to be implemented and i think we have to remember that that's the context within w

the reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia's king solomon has stepped in to prevent the national oil company from issuing shares to the public his son crown prince mohamed bin salomon wants to sell five percent of the company which is known as ram coal one of the requirements of a deal like that is that regulators would be able to examine iran cause finances but the reuters report says the king doesn't want to do that officially the saudi government says the offer has been for spawned not canceled. nicky's a senior analyst at the siebel group it's a consultancy which specializes in the middle east and he says saudi arabia is economic outlook is improving. we have to remember back when this pos announced it was early two thousand and sixteen the economic context was very different than it is now saudi arabia was coming off of a year where their budget deficit reached close to one hundred billion dollars the price of oil was still low there were a lot of reforms that were on the agenda but had yet to be implemented and i think we have to remember that that's the context within whic

news agency is reporting that saudi arabia has called off both the domestic and international stock listing of their state oil giant aramco it was expected to be the largest such deal in history which could put the company's value at more than two trillion dollars the plan was central to crown prince mohammed bin sound months economic reform program it is aimed at raising funds to reduce saudi arabia's dependence on oil minister talking as an oil analyst and he believes the company's close links with the government could be one of several reach the reasons why the flotation has been cancelled one could be just purely technical that being your government the state oil company its books have to be completely open and yet it is very much intertwined so with as it has its oil operations have been its finances intertwined with the saudi government for example it does provide welfare to schools and hospitals and also on various projects of saudi basic industries and sources financial sources do come from saudi aramco and these are difficult to reconcile with the purity the shares to resol

at the critical long refugee camp in cox's bazaar bangladesh the reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia's king solomon has stepped in to prevent the national oil company from issuing shares to the public his son crown prince mohammed bin simon wants to sell five percent of the company which is known as a ram co such divestment would open up the company's finances to independence auditors but the reuters report says the king doesn't want to do that officially they saudi government says the offer has been postponed not counseled roberts' model nikki is a senior analyst at the group it's a consultancy an advocacy organization he says saudi arabia has economic outlook is improving. we have to remember back when this i.p.o. was announced it was early two thousand and sixteen the economic context was very different than it is now saudi arabia was coming off of a year where their budget deficit reached close to one hundred billion dollars the price of oil was still low there were a lot of reforms that were on the agenda but had yet to be implemented and i think we have to remember

york reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia has called off both a domestic at international stock listing of state oil giant to wramc oh it would have been the largest i.p.o. in history and the plan was central it was cool to the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon's raft of reforms it was to raise funds aimed at restructuring the kingdom's economy and reducing its dependence on oil. still ahead our. political turmoil. coming up. first. challenge by the main opposition party to last month's presidential election result opposition leader nelson. rigged in favor of president there are some. one just over fifty percent. has been phone pending this for. what for a commission denies claims of us. covering the legal proceedings so where are we in the process. all the process is today throughout the day we had lawyers and. they have documents that show that numbers were in. favor of the rulings on it they say in some parts of the country the rule areas village heads with telling people in the village to vote. don't they will be given food in other parts of the country that it's

the reuters news agency is reporting that sighting of a.b.s. king solomon has stepped in to prevent the national oil company from issuing shares to the public his son crown prince muhammad bin the solomon wants to sell five percent of the company which is known as i am quote one of the requirements of a deal like that is that regulators would be able to examine around cause finances but the reuters report says the king doesn't want to do that. a new cabinet has been sworn in in a stray that follows the ousting of malcolm turnbull as prime minister last week has been replaced by scott morrison tumbles expected to resign from parliament on friday u.s. president donald trump and kenya's leader have been talking about trade and security hudak and yet has been visiting the white house and yet i once more access to u.s. markets for kenyan businesses been wanting to discuss security and china's significant investment in african countries those are the headlines the news continues here after al-jazeera world. and the colonel by for now. i was at. octob

now the reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia's king saul man has stepped in to prevent a national oil company from issuing shares to the public his son crown prince mohammed bin sylmar wants to sell five percent of the company known as around co officially the saudi government says the i.p.o. has been persona and not canceled. in washington d.c. the u.s. flag at the white house has been lowered once again to half mast to honor the late senator john mccain the flag had initially been lowered or news of mccain's death then raised on monday which goes against a long standing tradition this led to criticism against president trump who later ordered the flag to be lowered again. in the u.s. president has paid tribute to john mccain during his speech at the white house today he thanked the late senator for all of his hard work or hearts and prayers are going to the family of senator john mccain will be a lot of activity over the next number of days and we very much appreciate everything that senator mccain has done for our country so thank you. for hundreds of thousands of pe

welcome and now the reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia's king saul man has stepped in to prevent the national oil company from issuing shares to the public his son crown prince mohammed bin sylmar wants to sell five percent of the company known as a ram co officially the saudi government says the i.p.o. has been perceived not cancelled but according to the report the king doesn't want to disclose the company details to regulators something that any listing on the western stock exchange would require robert malkiel nikias a senior analyst at this group or consultancy an advocacy organization joins me now from washington d.c. good to have you with us on the program now the king a stop to the air i'm cosell off it sort of speaks volumes perhaps about who's still in charge of the kingdom and also the relationship really between him and the crown prince. well he is the king of saudi arabia and i think if these reports from reuters are to be believed and confirmed we we have to expect that he is still a very influential member of policy making decisions in saudi arabia i thi

speaking to the reuters news agency, mr trump said he would consider it if russia "did something that would be good for us" but he added he wouldn't consider it without that. in the same interview mr trump once again raised doubts about whether russia did actually meddle in the 2016 election. even though all us intelligence agencies say they did. in regard to russian involvement in the mid—term elections, we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken and divide the united states. free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy and it has become clear that they are the target of our adversaries, who seek to sow discord and undermine our way of life. as i have said consistently, russia attempted to interfere with the last election and continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day. in the series of people who work for donald trump. two senate committees are meeting today to discuss the latest revelations from microsoft on russia. joining me now from capitol hill is maryland senator van hollen. microsoft has taken this action,

now there are doubts over whether iran co is to be floated all a report by the reuters news agency suggests that saudi arabia is pulling out of the stock offering amid fears that the sale could prove less lucrative than expected. the saudi government announced plans to sell five percent of the oil company back in twenty sixteen at the time it believed around co would be valued at two trillion dollars or more. but several experts have since called but asked most into question and the financial advisers working on the proposed listing have reportedly been relieved of their duties. so these energy minister and incidentally also the chairman of saudi aramco tonight reports that the i.p.o. was off saying in a statement the government remains committed to the initial public offering of saudi aramco in accordance with the appropriate circumstances and appropriate time chosen by the government. but just what the appropriate circumstances are remains unclear around because plan to buy a stake in a major petrochemical company thus increasing its market value could be one reason the government hogs fo

took pictures there on the now reuters news. agency investigation has exposed members of me and military for spreading lies about revenge of muslims a book published by the army and made available in bookshops across young gone contains several falsely captioned images for example you've got the same image here in two different settings at the bottom is the version published in the army's book it's described as evidence of murders by the ranger of locals in me and miles rakhine state in fact it shows the aftermath of a completely unrelated incident during bangladesh's war of independence in one hundred seventy one this one as well which is said to show reinjure muslims rushing into the country back in one nine hundred forty eight it's portrayed as evidence that the ranger actually don't have a history of me in ma even though they've been documented there for a hundred years hundreds of years what you are looking at a fact that was an image of rwandan refugees fleeing to tanzania in the one nine hundred ninety s. the government d

news agency has said they have no response of art for comment. the da's office said in april, it was reviewing a case involving spacey from 1982 involving an adult male. more than 30 men said they were victims of unwanted sexual event is from the actor. in october, spacey apologised for any inappropriate conduct but he's made no comment since. to clarify, the los angeles prosecutors say the sex assault case is under review as a result of information presented to them yesterday by the lh county sheriffs office. here, the home office has apologised tonight after more than a thousand children of some eu nationals born in the uk between 2008 and 2014 and who've lived here all their lives are being told they could not renew their passports. their parents were informed they didn't have the right paperwork to prove they're children were allowed to live here, leaving them temporarily stateless. the home office has confirmed that if people have settled in the uk legally, then any children born here are british. here's our home affairs correspondent daniel

the reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia's king saul man has stepped in to prevent the national oil company from issuing shares to the public his son crown prince mohammed bin soloman wants to sell five percent of the company known as around officially the saudi government says the i.p.o. has been perspire and not canceled but according to the report the king doesn't want to disclose company details to regulators something that any listing on a western stock exchange would require. robert mogul nicky is a senior analyst at the sea wall group a consultancy an advocacy organization he says saudi arabia's economic outlook is improving. we have to remember back when this i.p.o. was announced it was early two thousand and sixteen the economic context was very different than it is now saudi arabia was coming off of a year where their budget deficit reached close to one hundred billion dollars the price of oil was still low there were a lot of reforms that were on the agenda but had yet to be implemented and i think we have to remember that that's the context within which the

news agency senior sources saying the flights had been canceled his energy minister. said it would happen when the time's right. israel has approved plans to build more than a thousand new illegal settlements in the occupied west bank they're the latest in a raft of approvals and us president donald trump took office israeli settlements and occupied palestinian areas illegal armed international law. and the israeli army has launched a criminal investigation into the killing of two palestinian teenagers during protests near the gaza israel border fence the army says the investigation is needed because this especially the military. child stratford report. sits with his grieving family. whose eighteen year old son was shot dead by an israeli soldier during a protest at the gaza border fence on march thirtieth. these radio me has launched an internal investigation into the incident and the shooting dead of another fifteen year old palestinian during a similar protest in july but. my son loved life and he loved the others loved life too when he heard about the protests he

a reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia has called both the domestic and international stock listing of the state oil giant aramco this. would have been the largest i.p.o. deal and history the plan essential to the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon's raft of reforms to raise funds aimed at restructuring the kingdom's economy and reducing its own dependence on oil. first introduced this plan to sell five percent of aramco back in two thousand and sixteen at through both domestic and international listings as to maybe the sale to be worth at least two trillion dollars but again we're reporting that that is not going to happen we'll get you more on that the u.n. has called the conflict in yemen one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern times over eight million humanities are on the verge of starvation i was there as alan fischer reports from neighboring djibouti. to fight to survive comes in many ways the conflict to stoneage this country for almost two years abdul karim ali faces a daily battle just to feed his family he goes to the market in the city even when he

there is a un report seen by the news agency reuters that makes clear there are concerns both about north korea getting some petroleum, getting some access to things and potentially trying to sell arms to other countries, libya and sudan. potentially trying to sell arms to other countries, libya and sudanm it just the united other countries, libya and sudanm itjust the united states who have reacted to this? regionally any of the actors speaking out about the un report. it is always the case that there are countries concerned about activities with north korea. there have been strides taken with north korea, there is no doubt about that. we weren't in a position 12 months ago whenever we were talking about fire and fury with donald trump particularly, but we weren't seeing north korea prepared to come to the negotiation table. but, at the same time, they have to try to show something that is demonstrating they are committed to denuclearisation, which is still this incredibly vague term. from the americans' point of view it means giving up nuclear weapons. that's what they want north korea

news agency reuters is reporting that plans to list part of saudi arabia's national oil company on the stock market were suspended by king solomon the kingdom's crown prince had championed plans to go public with five percent of arm co a saudi oil giant it was the centerpiece of saudi arabia's economic overhaul the move is a blow to crown prince mohammed bin sound man who has positioned himself as heir apparent and a modernizing force in the country the u.a.e. has denied claims by yemen's hoofy rebels that they hit dubai's international airport with a drone flights there running as usual it's not the first time goofy's have claimed such an attack in july they said that they attacked the abu dhabi airport something the u.s. denies. straining government says the first asylum seeker boat has reached its shores in more than four years but he said detained fifteen people of the finding the abandoned boat in the northeastern state of queensland they believe the vietnamese vessel was being used by people smugglers that are searching for more passengers who say they could be hiding in nearby m

trump made the comment in an exclusive interview with the news agency. trp