arabia has been jailed sister of by the way very prominent blogger who's in jail in saudi arabia why would she be targeted now. that's the question that's actually been on many people's minds who actually know summer by the early summer is a prominent women's rights activist not as you say not just awarded but for the very activism that she's campaigned on inside reveals she herself was a victim of the abusive male guardianship system she forwards in the courts to remove the guardianship from her father to her brother she also sued the government in a number of occasions because of just going to policies like for instance the driving ban so she sued the government in trying to ensure that because they didn't give her driver's license back some years ago she also sued the government for not allowing her to stand at the municipal council elections a fight that they later won because in part of these actions now summer has actually gone fairly quiet there was an intimidation campaign by the authorities against women's rights activists and they were clearly concerned by that some of them

arabia has been jailed sister of by the way very prominent blogger who's in jail in saudi arabia why would she be targeted now. that's a question that's actually been on many people's minds who actually know someone by the way summer is a prominent women's rights activist not as you say not just awarded but for the very activism that she's campaigned on inside reveals she herself was a victim of the abusive male guardianship system she forward in the courts to remove the guardianship from her father to her brother she also sued the government in a number of occasions because of just going to policies like for instance the driving ban so she sued the government in trying to ensure because they didn't give her driver's license back some years ago she also sued the government for not allowing her to stand at the miss because elections a fight that they later won because in part of these actions now some are have actually gone through the quiet there was an intimidation campaign by the authorities against women's rights activists and they were clearly concerned by that some of them may s

arabia and the risk is that saudi arabia will react with anger to that and as we can see in the case of how kind of that was also a group grew out of out of so many more and i know it's likely much more lucrative economic activities in the country which would encourage some sort of arms of all restrictions on saudi arabia at least that can happen doesn't have to happen i need to be also saying that germany has made very clear that there is no known are willing to supply arms to saudi arabia and the effects until now in the german. going to mean you in the relations between your minions are you rabia seem to be relatively limited so it doesn't have to happen this kind of enormous clash with saudi arabia if you pull out or criticize so i came from your vantage point i know the bombs are being dropped by the coalition why do you hold all these countries who either provide weapons or logistical support or even survey ends. information do you hold them as responsible. as the saudi led coalition for the suffering of the yemeni people as you mentioned this is not one country it's a coalitio

arabia and the risk is that saudi arabia will react with anger to that and as we can see in the case of how kind of that was also a group grew out of out of so many more and i know it's likely much more lucrative economic activities in the country which would encourage some sort of arms of all restrictions on saudi arabia at least that can happen doesn't have to happen i need to be also saying that germany has made very clear that it is no longer willing to supply arms to saudi arabia and the effects until now in the. your money going to mean you in the relations between your minions are you rabia seem to be relatively limited so it doesn't have to happen this kind of enormous clash with saudi arabia if you pull out or criticize so i came from your vantage point i know the bombs are being dropped by the coalition why do you hold all these countries who either provide weapons or logistical support or even survey ends. information do you hold them as responsible. as the saudi led coalition for the suffering of the yemeni people as you mentioned there's not one country it's a coalition

what is saudi arabia today? is it the saudi arabia of yesterday? i can tell you in the last few years there has been a change. it's not sudden that are opening up and talk about women driving and they are having about it. i don't think so. what is needed more is better governments. i have believe many are positive changes but it would look very small to many of you are very trivial but if you have lived there and see what happens the last 30 years where the whole country was in the grip of an extremist ideology and it was more of a social command-and-control system where people would look at and have to subscribe i come and see young people coming in and more voices and i see people aspiring to be what and it asked me that because 30 years it was just breathing. now i know that as a senior citizen i can breathe and let alone young people. of course it's not easy. it's going to take some time to settle down new ideas and do not expect there is no opposition in that we don't know the people proposing but there is a segment of population that opposes

as we remember this year and saudi arabia, crown prince, leader, ruler of saudi arabia actually made a statement in visiting the united states saying that they want to institutionalize relations with russia for ten or 15 years. we don't know what's going on between saudi arabia and russia. are they really planning, but anticipation of it has already come has to raise eyebrows in washington, d.c. because russia's overall tactic is often to create interdependencies with europe, with any state that our allies to the united states and then create, use the interdependence to undermine united states positions last positions in the world. therefore, it would be important to create this challenge with saudi arabia and other gulf states to prevent any escalation that could happen in the movies because it could be disruptive for markets. at the same time to try to resolve the crisis between qatar and saudi arabia because russia is clearly using this as their divide and rule tactic to begin to pull these countries out of the orbit of the united states. most importantly, to supply more and more

arabia has been jailed sister of by the way very prominent blogger who is in jail in saudi arabia why would she be targeted now. that's the question that's actually been on many people's minds who actually know summer by the way summer is a prominent women's rights activists know as you say not just awarded but for the very activism that she's campaigned on inside reveals she herself was a victim of the abusive male guardianship system she forwards in the courts to remove the guardianship from her father to her brother she also sued the government in a number of occasions because of just going to policies like for instance the driving ban so she sued the government in trying to ensure because they didn't give her driver's license back some years ago she also through the government for not allowing her to stand at the municipal council elections a fight that they later won because in part of these actions now some are have actually gone through the quiet there was an intimidation campaign by the authorities against women's rights activists and they were clearly concerned by that some o

to saudi arabia but saudi arabia is only canada's twentieth biggest trading partner and with a gross domestic product of more than one and a half trillion dollars for canada and almost seven hundred billion for saudi arabia loss of trade wouldn't take too much of a dent in either economy or since louis has more now from toronto. canada is not backing down from this fight foreign minister christian freeland says that the country will continue to stand for human rights including women's rights and freedom of expression the tweet that led to canada's and basket are being sent home had to do with samar but the sister of activists raised the dow we now both of them are in prison in saudi arabia race but his wife is now a canadian citizen so this is a story that canadians are very familiar with in fact prime minister justin trudeau has been under pressure to sever military contracts with saudi arabia because of their human rights record interesting lee not clear how those contracts will be affected going forward because of the demand from saudi arabia that future business ties be cut we kn

arabia and the risk is that saudi arabia will react with anger to that and as we can see in the case of how kind of that was also a group grew out of out of so many more and i know it's likely much more lucrative economic activities in the country which would include some sort of arms embargo or restrictions on saudi arabia at least that can happen doesn't have to happen i need to be also saying that germany has made very clear that it is no longer willing to supply arms to saudi arabia and the effects until now in the. your money going to mean you in the relations between germany and saudi arabia seem to be relatively limited so it doesn't have to happen this kind of enormous clash with saudi arabia if you pull out or criticize so i came from your vantage point i know the bombs have been dropped by the coalition but do you hold all these countries who either provide weapons or logistical support or even survey ends. information do you hold them as responsible. as the saudi led coalition for the suffering of the yemeni people as you mentioned there's not one country it's a coalition

arabia and the risk is that saudi arabia will react with anger to that and as we can see in the case of how kind of that was also a group grew out of out of so many more and not likely much more lucrative economic activities in the country which would encourage some sort of arms of all restrictions on saudi arabia at least that can happen doesn't have to happen i need to be also saying that germany has made very clear that there is no known are willing to supply arms to saudi arabia and the effects until now in the germany. going to mean you in the relations between your minions are you ready are seem to be relatively limited so it doesn't have to happen this kind of enormous clash with saudi arabia if you pull out or criticize so i came from your vantage point i know the bombs are being dropped by the coalition but do you hold all these countries to egypt provide weapons or logistical support or even survey ends. information do you hold them as responsible. as the saudi led coalition for the suffering of the yemeni people as you mentioned this is not one country it's a coalition so

from saudi arabia. they are ready to cooperate with the u.s. to supply more oil to the market. redundanthe deal seem because there was an agreement made on june 22 and a couple days later, the u.s. interferes and saudi arabia agrees to break the deal. of this becoming less and less important but for the last few years and for the first half of 2019, this deal is in place. it's a very vague and abstract mechanism to regulated -- to regulate it. opec, it's basically that entity or institution that is controlled by saudi arabia and russia. in thatl the shots joint mechanism commission they have that regulates the caps. to that point, i think opec is becoming less and less important. as far as saudi arabia's gas imports from russia is concerned, it was just a proposal. it was a political statement by putin.yton -- arabia has this vision statement that claims to decrease the independent -- .ependence on oil powers ,t makes sense for them developing gas take seven or eight years. by the time they launch a pro

but as saudi arabia today? -- what is saudi arabia today? is it the saudi arabia of yesterday? for the last few years there has been a change. the socialist changes. people are happy to talk about women driving. more iswhat is needed more transparency and a media that comes out with the signs of progress. concerning other issues. for many of you it would look like something very small. see what happening in the last 30 years where the whole country was in the grip of an extremist ideology. -- it wasat ideology more a social economics -- social economic ideology. people would have to subscribe. i see young people coming in. i see more voices coming in. people aspiring. now i know even as a senior citizen i can breeze. young people have things opening up. it's not easy going. the mother is in pain and the baby is in pain. take time for new ideas to settle down. it's no opposition. it's a segment of the population that opposes or is not happy with happening inside of saudi arabia. it's a do or die situation. reporting in the media and even before that. and this 80 to 140 fluctuati

saudi arabia. has a. big project it is called the vision twenty thirty beside. the column of economic development it also incorporates societal changes breaking up the society participation of women in the labor force hopefully more respecting human rights in the whole society and we should support this process and thereby mainly by political discussions always addressing in the right manner in an adequate way also the issue of human rights but what can't help but get the feeling that german business is forced to do at other leaders bidding for example iran donald trump of course demands that everyone follow washington's lead an end to business with iran and indeed a string of european companies including germany storage bandar duty condyle and so forth are pulling out what. don't we have basically our own interests to follow. absolutely and the usa are obviously supporting saudi arabia and we also see that u.s. competitors in the country are now. in the on the upper hand when it comes to public tenders compared to european companies and when it comes to the ira

is a huge provider of arms to saudi arabia but the u.k. is the second largest provider there with about twenty three percent of their weapons coming from the u.k. should washington and london step forward and take some of the blame here. absolutely we've seen over the course of this war on cells from washington and london to saudi arabia go up up and up when i talk to people in yemen they are salute livid yes so angry with our governments for arming. arming saudi arabia and for providing the planes the bombs the missiles military training and diplomatic cover for the bombardment which they are living under the u.k. and the u.s. have to to stop back in this war one along with them wind politicians from britain's labor party have repeatedly called and the weapons deals with the saudis do you think there's any chance that westminster well listen now. well what we're actually seeing in the u.k. is this war is extremely unpopular and you know the british complicity in it is is really really you know not polling well the last poll i think i saw

arabia to release human rights activists his alexy abroad among those detained in saudi arabia is the sister of this man six years ago blogger. to a thousand lashes to be administered over twenty weeks for criticizing saudi arabian clerics. now his sister summer is among a number of women's rights activists who've been imprisoned sparking protests from the canadian government and which in turn was met with a shop and immediate saudi response via state controlled television of. the kingdom used the canadian position as an affront to the kingdom but requires a sharp response to prevent any party in from attempting to meddle with the south and serve until. the canadian foreign minister makes clear they will be no backing down. to canada's commitment to putting human rights at the center of our foreign policy has drawn some attention in recent days. i'm referring of course to the expulsion of canada's ambassador to saudi arabia and let me be very clear with everyone here and with the canadians who may be watching and listening canada will always stand up for human rights in canada and aro

saudi arabia a very much doubt that the north will give up because you know they all are very different people together and for very obvious reason they understand that any occasion about saudi arabia would mean an entire genocide for them because saudi arabia is very safe there and its approach and has made sure that you know the the law of the resistance movement in general and northern yemen globally has been legal and that this you know this title and therefore should be obliterated we tend to forget this you know this idea not just that you get victory what they're trying to do it's a ninety eight an anti you people because if they're really just standing there with just belief and the tradition and you know forget to do it to bits about this to put in casualty and understand that they know collateral damage you know this i would have to be schooled to inflict maximum damage on civilians because he was the people to rise up against the resistance movement not understanding that the resistance movement in itself it's made out of the people that led to me see on satellite has given b

arabia but saudi arabia is only canada's twentieth biggest trading partner and with a gross domestic product of more than one and a half trillion dollars for canada and almost seven hundred billion for saudi arabia the loss of trade will make too much of a dent in easer economy krisna salumi has more now on the story from toronto. canada is not backing down from this by foreign minister chrystia freeland says that the country will continue to stand for human rights including women's rights and freedom of expression the tweet that led to canada as ambassador being sent home had to do with samar but the sister of activists raised modally now both of them are in prison in saudi arabia race but he's wife is now a canadian citizen so this is a story that canadians are very familiar with in fact prime minister justin trudeau has been under pressure to sever military contracts with saudi arabia because of their human rights record interesting lee not clear how those contracts will be affected going forward because of the demand from saudi arabia that future business ties be cut we know ther

it reflects badly on the political economy of saudi arabia and then come advancement and let me also add another factor that is now kind of hindering the momentum which is how mcgoohan solomon was good articulating what they call symbolic politics a lot of symbolism a lot of predictions a lot of expectations however when it comes to the delivery of gives these promises it seems that he cannot achieve much let alone that the next twelve months between now and two thousand and thirty not going to keep the same vibration or the same strength that he hoped for therefore i think it's a matter of bad management and also not being aware that the global markets can have a different assessment in other words the difference between an inside out expectation and an outside in a system of what can deliver or cannot so james do you think that what mohamed describing is mohamed bin sol months later said style being. is it naive is it hubris what how would you describe it. well i think it's not thought through let me just say a couple of things which in response to what was just said by both speake

much the program kind of that in saudi arabia or in the midst of a diplomatic feud and the united states this once of being kind of this closest ally is staying wealthier of it. we have had conversations with them about this as it pertains to canada but we would encourage both governments to work out their issues together reaction should be or what their response should be i respect the rights of individual countries to make their own decisions and speak for themselves . we are here with a man who's become a friend of my prime minister justin trudeau there is no relationship quite like the friendship between canada and states the deep ties. up to the last week when kind of the can condemn the arrest of two human rights activists in saudi arabia riyadh responded by expelling the canadian ambassador and freezing of bilateral trade the us has so far remain neutral if they depart but merely urged both sides to use diplomacy to resolve the dispute over saudi arabia showing no sign of backing down or threatening to take additional measures against the kind of foreign affairs correspondent eric

people together and for very obvious reason they understand about saudi arabia would mean an entire genocide of them because saudi arabia is very fair in its approach and has made sure that you know the law of the resistance movement in general and northern yemen globally has been label and you know the title and therefore should. obliterated we tend to forget this you know this idea not just that seeking victory what they're trying to do is the ninety eight an anti you people because if they're really just standing there with just belief and the tradition and you know forget to bits about this shit in casualty and on to found out they know collateral damage you know this i would have to be swore to pick locks and that image on civilians because he was the people to rise up against their resistance movement not understanding that the resistance movement and self made out of the people that led to me think that a lot has given by the people of god like it's not being created at ups and therefore a victory for this by definition impossible that people will not allow it but in the mean

half of all britain's arms exports go to one country saudi arabia and that's on top of the massive saudi and incidentally also qatari influence that these countries have on the city of london in terms of of ownership. stocks and shares companies and also real estate and let's not forget as well the massive flotation that's coming up of the large part of the saudi sovereign wealth fund the oil fund that is going to come up in the next few months for which london and new york are absolutely falling to to achieve the flotation on their markets and so support saudi arabia for britain or at least the elites running britain and america as well when you look at political donations to the ruling elites running these countries the role of saudi arabia like israel is absolutely vital and the sad thing is that they put on one side the massive lucrative gains that are to be had from continued this relationship is toxic relationship a country like saudi arabia on the other side is the suffering and the deaths of the creation of a humanitarian catastrophe which is largely not being reported in the wes

mean an entire genocide for them because saudi arabia is very thick there in its approach and has made sure that you know the the onset a lot of the resistance movement in general and northern yemen globally has been legal and that this you know this title and therefore should be obliterated we tend to forget this you know this idea not just that you get victory what they're trying to do is to not eat an entire people because that they're really just standing there with just belief and the tradition and you know forget to do two bits about this to put in casualty and understand that they no collateral damage you know this how do you have to be school to pick the maximum damage on civilians because he was the people to rise up against the resistance movement not understanding that the resistance movement in itself is made out of the people that led to me see on satellite has given by the people of yemen it's not being created at ups and they feel a victory for the saudi ease by definition impossible their people will not allow it but in the meantime we facing a catastrophe of people equ

arabia but saudi arabia is only canada's twentieth biggest trading partner with the ghost emetic product of more than one and a half trillion dollars for canada almost seven hundred billion for saudi arabia the loss of trade wouldn't make too much dead in either economy or kristen salumi has more night front to wrong too. canada is not backing down from this fight foreign minister christian freeland says that the country will continue to stand for human rights including women's rights and freedom of expression the tweet that led to canada's and bassett are being sent home had to do with samar but the sister of activists raised but dowie now both of them are in prison in saudi arabia race but tao his wife is now a canadian citizen so this is a story that canadians are very familiar with in fact prime minister justin trudeau has been under pressure to sever military contracts with saudi arabia because of their human rights record interesting lee not clear how those contracts will be affected going forward because of the demand from saudi arabia that future business ties be cut we know ther

saudi arabia's diplomatic dispute with canada has intensified its state airline suspending flights to toronto pros trade and investment deals on monday and also expel the canadian ambassador it's all in retaliation for canada's call for saudi arabia to release human rights activists. on has more on the economic impact of this rift. canada and saudi arabia are not major trading partners but business between the two countries totaled four billion dollars last year at the top of the list as canada's export of military vehicles to saudi arabia the agreement signed in two thousand and fourteen is worth roughly fifteen billion dollars. saudi arabia would rank for instance twenty fourth or twenty fifth among our trading partners but now those economic ties however small are at risk saudi arabia expelled a canadian ambassador after his country raised concerns over the arrest of human rights activists and called for their immediate release among the jailed activists is the sister of this man six years ago blogger right he was sentenced to a thousand lashes for criticizing saudi clerics his sis

and saudi arabia intensifies now the saudi national airline stops all flights to toronto. the desperate search for survivors rescuers. assess the human cost of indonesia's latest deadly. now in just a few hours the first wave of u.s. sanctions on iran will come into force it's now ninety days since president donald trump formally withdrew the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal which was agreed with will powers back in twenty fifteen iran's president is accused washington and waging psychological warfare well the sanctions on life is to weaken iran's currency which has been in freefall since trump's decision and also a block iran from getting access to american dollars the u.s. will stop imports from iran including food cars and carpets and the sanctions will also limit iran's ability to buy rumor tearooms like steel and coal as well as precious metals and then at the start of november more sanctions will kick in and they'll include measures specifically targeting the oil sector and foreign banks the do business with iran can really help get reports from washington. the united

saudi arabia says it will launch a probe into the incident but also defended its actions. the targeting today is a legitimate military action conducted in conformity with the international humanitarian law to get the militants responsible for planning and targeting civilians which resulted in killing and injuring them the united states is by far the largest supplier of weapons to the saudis and also provides targeting assistance for air strikes and military drills and last year saudi arabia spent seven hundred fifty million dollars on training by american specialists which it claimed was to reduce civilian casualties the u.k. is also a major supplier of weapons to the coalition an anti arms trade activist hems walton told us that both washington and london should be shouldering more responsibility. what's happened is a massacre and it can never be legitimate to kill children it's that simple questions must be asked we've seen over the course of this war on cells from washington and london to saudi arabia go up and up when i talk to people in yemen they are salute livid so

this is just horrific saudi arabia says it will launch a probe into the incident but also defended its actions. the targeting today is a legitimate military action conducted in conformity with the international humanitarian law to target the militants responsible for planning and targeting civilians which resulted in killing and injuring them the united states is by far the largest supplier of weapons to the saudi's it also provides targeting assistance for riyadh's air strikes and military drills and last year saudi arabia spent seven hundred fifty million dollars on training by american specialists which it claimed was to reduce civilian casualties the u.k. is also a major supplier of weapons to the coalition an anti arms trade activist sam walton told us that both washington and london should be shouldering more responsibility. what's happened is a massacre and it can never be legitimate to kill children it's that simple questions must be asked we've seen over the course of this war on cells from washington and london to saudi arabia go up up and up when i talk to people in yemen th

among those detained in saudi arabia is the sister of this man six years ago blogger. to a thousand lashes to be administered over twenty weeks for criticizing saudi arabian clerics now his sister summer is among a number of women's rights activists who've been imprisoned sparking protests from the canadian government and which in turn was met with a shop and immediate saudi response via state controlled television of. the kingdom used the canadian position as an affront to the kingdom but requires a sharp response to prevent any party from attempting to meddle with the saudis sovereignty. the canadian foreign minister makes clear they will be no backing down . to canada's commitment to putting human rights at the center of our foreign policy has drawn some attention in recent days. i'm referring of course to the expulsion of canada's ambassador to saudi arabia and let me be very clear with everyone here and with the canadians who may be watching and listening canada will always stand up for human rights in canada and around the world and women's rights are human right

arabia the relationship with saudi arabia particularly it's not just saudi arabia involved here it's one of course other gulf states as well all of which have very lucrative . commercial contacts with britain and the united states and indeed france and there has been certainly of the last few years a tendency for particularly united kingdom that anything that is saudi arabia supports pretty much britain and america are going to support also we have to remember just really how important this relationship particularly saudi arabia is if we think about trump we think about. other government ministers united states and united kingdom their first port of ports of call when they've been put into office isn't their allies in europe or the states often it's usually going off to see two players both of whom are vitally important to british and particular interest one of those is israel the other one always saudi arabia and so really i think this war is becoming increasingly and embarrassment not just war but the blockade and everything else that goes with it is becoming embarrassment to weste

saudi arabia nonetheless defended the attack in a statement blaming the insurgents. the targeting today is a legitimate military action conducted in conformity with the international humanitarian law to target the militants responsible for planning and targeting civilians which resulted in killing and injuring them the united states is by far the largest supplier of weaponry to the saudis has also provided targeting assistance from strikes and military drills last year saudi arabia spent seven hundred fifty million dollars on training by american specialists which it claimed was to reduce civilian casualties and the arms trade activist sam walton told us that washington and london should be shouldering more responsibility here. what's happened is a massacre and it can never be legitimate to kill children it's that simple questions must be asked we've seen over the course of this war on cells from washington and london to saudi arabia go up and up and up when i talk to people in yemen they are absolutely livid yes so angry with our governments for arming. arming saudi

and being so public more difficult for saudi arabia. i think the cost of the human war with whether it's financially or politically is becoming a real burn on the shoulders of so these and i think day by day this become problematic to the policy and to the even domestic politics of course we see sort of level of hypocrisy on american foreign policy towards what happened in yemen because they know we know that americans are involved in a way or other on that world whether on selling logistics or the weapons or weapons providing information regardless what is the void the level of involvement we can discuss it with her ten percent twenty percent fifty percent but there is the involvement and they can become you know someone that can ask them what is about this level of involvement in that war if you are honest about the criticism of saudi arabia and the killing for the killing of yemenis civilian. civilians so i think there is a real cost the saudis are paying concern a man and his son because of this war and i think it is increasing rapi

something that is for saudi arabia saudi arabia is not. saudi arabia is not helping legitimate government subsidies and saudi arabia is doing what it wants saudi arabia is giving iran as they say they are killing iran in yemen but it killing and destroying yemen so if that if you would send u.k. and france in because if you will not understand this is so saudi arabia we killing yemen and martin griffith will do nothing to help be any use to come to that table of negotiations at all ok and. thanks very much for taking the time that to join us your views on the situation in yemen just to recap for viewers especially if you're just joining us we are on this rolling breaking story of dozens of people mainly children being killed and a saudi amorality led strike now this hits a school bus in the north of yemen and signs up. the stronghold north of the capital now the red cross says the bus was carrying children and came under attack as it was driving in a crowded markets. ceilings media say the majority of those killed children were also hearin

people together and for very obvious reason they understand about saudi arabia would mean an entire genocide for them because saudi arabia is very thick there and its approach and has made sure that you know the the law of the resistance movement in general and all of that and yet none globally has been legal and that is you know the title and therefore should be obliterated we tend to forget this you know this idea not just that seeking victory what they're trying to do is to not eat an entire people because that they're really just standing there with just belief and the tradition and you know. get a little bit about this a bit in casualty and understand that they no collateral damage you know this how do you have to be a war to pick locks and that image on civilians because he was the people to rise up against the resistance movement not understanding that the resistance movement in the self made out of the people they lead to me think that a lot has given by the people of god like it's not being created at ups and they feel a victory for this eve by definition impossible their p

so you are a human rights activist a monitor of human rights in your country of saudi arabia. so back to current times the saudi government began cracking down on women's rights activists just over two months ago the official reasons for the latest on restaurant known but previous detainees have been accused of having suspicious contacts with foreign entities money other things back then saudi officials had warned that further arrests could be carried out as the investigation proceeded even so the head of all this saudi crown prince selma is eager publicly to show a different side promising reforms even lifting the ban on women driving vehicles but all that said staff at the u.n. human rights commissions office have grave concerns over these two. we are concerned about the continuing arrests and our parents apparently arbitrary detentions of human rights defenders and activists in saudi arabia including women's rights activists since the fifteenth of may at least fifteen government critics were detained we understand that eight of them were later temporarily released until the

media reports suggest saudi arabia and the u.a.e. used american made bombs in an attack that killed forty children in yemen earlier this month there are growing calls from politicians in washington to track american made weapons that are being used what they call work crimes in the middle east's poorest country. the russian president vladimir putin is in germany for talks with chancellor angela merkel they are expected to discuss tensions in ukraine the war in syria and a planned gas pipeline link between russia and germany well the u.s. president donald trump has criticized berlin for cooperating with moscow on that project dominic cain following the story for us out of berlin and we heard them both speak right before they went into the meeting what did they say. well from the perspective two really important issues there and one as you say the north stream to gas pipeline the other syria the humanitarian situation in syria regarding the pipe. he said look this is an exclusively economic projects one which will link russia with germ

has subsided we see a very different economic context in saudi arabia the i.m.f. issued relatively positive consultation that they concluded in july we saw growth not oil growth reaching about two point three percent a decrease in the but year on year budget deficit from about nine to four point five percent expected in two thousand and eighteen and also the introduction of various other economic measures like the value added tax and reducing fuel subsidies so of course there's going to be some disappointment from global investors that we're very hungry for to be part of this i.p.o. there will certainly be disappointment from some policy makers within saudi arabia that hope that they could generate approximately one hundred billion dollars from this that would then feed into the public investment fund. uganda's high court has granted bail to an opposition leader bobby wine the thirty six year old musician turned politician was detained two weeks ago and charged with treason he is accused of inciting supporters to attack a convoy carrying president seventy. has mor

state department called on the coalition to investigate but unaligned at the same time that saudi arabia is a key regional partner. we call on the saudi led coalition to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the incident you also supply the tremendous amount of weaponry then the data for targeting to the saudis so that. sorry no lie wrong is that wrong sorry of these ladies over here laughing. and that i would refer you to the department of defense that is involved in that but you know as you know saudi arabia is an important strategic partner in the region to the united states video of the aftermath of the attack shows the extent of the children's injuries please be borne that what we're about to show you is upsetting to watch the strike hit the north of the country which is under the control of the rebels saudi arabia launching an intervention against them in two thousand and fifteen the latest un data says that the majority of people killed in the conflict died as a result of corelation air strikes that's around ten and a half thousand casualties red cross told r.t. th

genocide for them because saudi arabia is very fair in its approach and has made sure that you know the law of the resistance movement in general and northern yemen globally had been legal and that is you know the title and therefore should be. obliterated we tend to forget this you know this idea not just that you're getting victory what they're trying to do it's an idea to the entire people because that they're really just standing there with just belief and the tradition and you know forget to bits about this shit in casualty and understand that they know collateral damage you know this how do you have to be a war to pick locks and that image on civilians because he was the people to rise up against their resistance movement not understanding that the resistance movement in itself it's made out of the people that led to me think that a lot has given by the people of god like it's not being created at ups and they feel a victory for their fellow by definition impossible their people will not allow it but in the meantime we facing a catastrophe of the pickle proportion because nort

arabia the relationship with saudi arabia particularly it's not just saudi arabia involved here is one of course other gulf states as well all of which have very lucrative. commercial contacts with britain and the united states and indeed france and there has been certainly of the last few years a tendency for particularly united kingdom that anything that is saudi arabia supports pretty much britain and america are going to support also we have to remember just really how important this relationship particularly saudi arabia is if we think about trump we think about. other government ministers united states and united kingdom their first port of ports of call when they've been put into office isn't their allies in europe or the states often it's usually going off to see two players both of whom are vitally important to british and particular interests one of those is israel the other one always saudi arabia and so really i think this war is becoming increasingly and embarrassment not just war but the blockade and everything else that goes with it is becoming embarrassment to western l

arabia on human rights record as a diplomatic route between the two countries gather steve saudi arabia's falls and ties him ban new trade deals with canada after it arced the release of jailed civil rights activists. the government in the democratic republic of congo has announced joseph to be a warm stand for reelection instead could be a while back his former interior minister manuel rumson a should diary this sunday european union sanctions for alleged human rights abuses . those sire top stories stay with us though next up its people and power as always thanks for your company see you very soon by. mian mars commercial capital yangon is a symbol of its rapid economic growth but in its slums families struggle to survive borrowing money from merciless loan sharks is their whole inside this cycle of debt but when east on al-jazeera. it's well known to the united states exports billions of dollars worth of arms to its allies which isn't as widely understood is that many of the guns it sends interviews in the middle east so the review mission manufactured in eastern europe so how to the s

state department calling on the coalition to investigate but underline too that saudi arabia is a key regional partner for the united states we can the saudi led coalition to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the incident you also supply a tremendous amount of weaponry in the dead of targeting to the well then. sorry you know why wrong is that wrong sorry these ladies every here are laughing. and that i would refer you to the department of defense that is involved in that but you as you know saudi arabia is an important strategic partner in the region to the united states well here of the aftermath of the attack shows the extent of the children's injuries please be warned next we're going to show you is upsetting to watch. the strike in the north of the country which is under the control of hoofy rebels saudi arabia launched its intervention against them back in twenty fifteen it's been going on ever since the latest u.n. data says that the majority of people killed in the conflict died as a result of coalition air strikes that's around ten and a half thousand casu

support to saudi arabia but unfortunately there was voting in the came through to saudi arabia. bernie sanders for example is working a lot to speak about what's happening in yemen and a lot of organizations are starting to speak more about yemen. one of the things i'm really happy about is the yemen peace project and the founder of this organization used to live in yemen. he's an american and he tried to tell congressmen and women how do you not stop the war if the united states is supporting saudi arabia. >> host: also on immigration which is such an important debate right now in our country think your book has a lot to say about you came here on a tourist visa not expecting to stay and eventually ended up seeking asylum and staying here is a refugee. you have family in yemen here. that is relevant to our debate right now but what some people are calling chain migration where families tell each other. do you have an immigration message? >> guest: that's one of the reasons i wrote this book. we need to understand when a refugee comes to the united states is the only chance we h

state department is calling on the coalition to investigate but underline too about saudi arabia as a key regional partner for the united states we call on the saudi led coalition to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the incident you also supply the tremendous amount of weaponry in the data for targeting to the saudis so that. sorry no lie wrong is that we're sorry these ladies every hear laughing. on that i would refer you to the department of defense that is involved in that but you know as you know saudi arabia is an important strategic partner in the region to the united states video of the aftermath of the attack shows the extent of the children's injuries please be warned that what we're about to show you is upsetting to watch the strike hit the north of the country which is under the control of whiskey rubbles saudi arabia launched an intervention against them in two thousand and fifteen the latest u.n. data says that the majority of people killed in the conflict died as a result of coalition air strikes at around ten and a half thousand casualties in an off

arabia but saudi arabia is only canada's twentieth biggest trading partner and with a gross domestic product of more than one and a half trillion dollars for canada and almost seven hundred billion for saudi arabia well the loss of trade would make too much of a dent in either economy well it's to get more detail on this let's cross live now to kristen salumi she is in toronto for a so christine good to see you first of all what's the fallout in canada there where you are right now what are you hearing. from the canadian government is not backing down from the statements that caused this controversy a tweet from foreign minister minister chrystia freeland essentially calling for the release of two female activists who were arrested without charge without explanation they are continue to call for their release and say that canada will always stand up for human rights women's rights and free expression to put this in perspective one of those women samara is the sister of ray for down. who is an activist also in prison and saudi arabia whose wife is now a canadian citizen so canadians f

and being so public more difficult for saudi arabia. i think the cost of the human war with whether it's financially or politically is becoming a real burn on the shoulders of so these and i think day by day this become problematic to the policy and to the even domestic politics of course we see sort of level of hypocrisy on american foreign policy towards what happened in yemen because they know we know that americans are involved in a way or other on that world whether on selling logistics or the weapons or weapons providing information regardless what is the void the level of involvement we can discuss it with her ten percent twenty percent of the percent but there is the involvement and they can become you know someone that can ask them what is about this level of involvement in that war if you are honest about the criticism of saudi arabia and the killing for the can in the families civilian. civilians so i think there is a real cost the saudis are paying concern a man and his son because of this war i think it is increasing rapidl

in saudi arabia? from -- they're coming saudi arabia was the only country in the world where women were not allowed to drive your you have guardianship rules which are still in place. any attempt by anyone saying at awomen's rights are now level equal to the u.s. or europe or other places, you know, it is not. . that in theo say last few years and even before that there has been steady progress, that progress seems to have accelerated and the has been taught -- positive changes. the most visible of which has been the right to drive. finally giving the women the right to drive. but there is no more to -- there is more to be done for sure. there is the intention to do more. the arrest of women activists, yes. is, again, a big question of why that is happening at the time they are making the changes. mark: all right futures in focus is up next. this is bloomberg markets on bloomberg television. ♪ live from london, i am mark barton. vonnie: this is bloomberg markets p or time now for futures in focus. c

saudi arabia nonetheless defended the attack in a statement blaming the insurgents instead the targeting today is a legitimate military action conducted in conformity with the international humanitarian law to get the militants responsible for planning and targeting civilians which resulted in killing and injuring them the united states is by far the largest supplier of weapons to the saudis it also provides targeting assistance for riyadh air strikes and military drills last year saudi arabia spent seven hundred fifty million dollars on training by american specialists which it claimed was to reduce civilian casualties the u.k. is also a major supplier of weapons to the coalition and to arms trade activist sam walton told us that both washington and london should be shouldering more responsibility. what's happened is a massacre and it can never be legitimate to kill children it's that simple questions must be asked we've seen over the course of this war on cells from washington and london to saudi arabia go up and up when i talk to people in yemen they are absolutely livid so angry with

candid is a bastard saudi arabia is on his way home the saudis say dennis is no longer welcome and they're accusing the canadian government of interfering in the kingdom's internal affairs as well as spreading misinformation at the lot was that the head of the so diminished studio for enough first has expressed disbelief like this negative a phone dot com which was not based on any accurate or true information. the diplomatic dispute was triggered by the canadian embassy in riyadh tweeting its concern about the arrest of civil society and women's rights activists including some are but dawa the tweets urges saudi authorities to release them women's suffrage political activists some are but he was honored in two thousand and twelve by then u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and first lady michelle obama but though he was jailed after suing the kingdom for the right to choose her own husband very devoted person. free her brother writes but we was sentenced to ten years and one thousand lashes in two thousand and fourteen for insulting islam through a blogging website for public debate o

a diplomatic dispute between saudi arabia and camels over human rights is escalating with the kingdom's national carrier counseling its flights between toronto malaysia's a former prime minister najib razak is to be charged with money laundering on wednesday a luxury yacht allegedly bought with money stolen from a state fund as arrived at the country after being impounded in egypt. as we've heard the us sanctions are expected to hit iran hard it's struggling economy has already resulted in a crackdown on refugees and migrant workers in the country three million afghans live in iran but many are losing jobs and facing deportation as the trial weakens a shot of bella's reports from hair outs in western afghanistan more than two hundred thousand have already been sent back. this is the human cost of u.s. sanctions on iran these people are not iranian or american but afghan and sixteen and her family have lived in iran for twenty five years all her children were born there they were deported this week ending up in a un transit camp and we soon afghanistan. why was it that you know i was the

a move saudi arabia to deep offense to an essence responded with a number of measures aiming to put a hurt on the canadian economy r.t. if alex mileage has more on the story from toronto. so the latest from saudi arabia is that they're going to stop buying wheat and barley from canada now that's kind of funny since guess who i was controlling shares of the canada wheat board well it will be a saudi arabian company to the to the tune of two hundred and fifty million dollars but this is just the latest in a string of punishments against canada they started off by boot not our ambassador and then pulling their ambassador from canada and then they moved on to different things such as say that they're not to do any new trading with us and that they're going to pull out sixteen thousand students from canada saudi students so these poor kids who are about to start their school year well they're going to be yanked out of this country and sent someplace else i don't know if that's really fair but that's what's happening or if you just think students also patients out of hospitals if you're a