pompei was a rival now mike hale from what we understand has arrived and interestingly when they were pressed for details about the location from which the attack was launched they gave some rather vague answers this is saudi officials responding to questions from reporters. and i said when and when is the breaking point what is the red line where you feel you would be compelled to respond militarily militarily if i thought it had we have more we are working right now to move launch point you know and when we have it we will have evidence that the decision is not my love and i want to do it now the islamic republic of iran has responded and said that this is simply not accurate and they said that saudi arabia does not have real proof that iran is responsible this is a un official working with the rouhani administration the president of iran. the news conference from the saudi arabian defense ministries press secretary is a catastrophe for saudi arabia they've shown they cannot prove or know exactly when the cruise missiles and drawings were made from exactly with that attack was launc

interests also in the inquiry cites mike pompei a state department they want to know if giuliani used pompei as diplomats to make contact with ukrainian officials active american diplomats are supposed not to political parties and on thursday might compile tonight they have done so to the best of my knowledge from what i've seen so far each of the actions that were undertaken by state department officials was entirely appropriate congress is poised to scrutinize that claim the intelligence committee will continue work through its current full break speculation articles of impeachment may be drawn up against the president by the end of the year. now to some of the other stories making news around the world german police have shut down an internet data center that supported illegal activity on the so-called dark net more than $200.00 servers were housed in a former nato bunker in western germany investigators also arrested 7 people on suspicion of trafficking in weapons drugs and child pornography. but british prime minister boris johnson has been referred to a police watchdog over alle

interests also in the inquiry cites mike pompei a state department they want to know if giuliani used pompei as diplomats to make contact with ukrainian officials directed american diplomats are supposed not to political parties and on thursday might compile tonight they have done so to the best of my knowledge from what i've seen so far each of the actions that were undertaken by state department officials was entirely appropriate congress is poised to scrutinize that claim the intelligence committee will continue work through its current fall break the speculation articles of impeachment may be drawn up against the president by the end of the year. now to some of the other stories making news around the world german police have shut down an internet data center that supported illegal activities on the so-called dark net more than $200.00 servers were housed in a former nato bunker in western germany investigators are also arrested 7 people on suspicion of trafficking in weapons drugs and child pornography. british prime minister abortion johnson has been referred to a police watchdo

pompei oh who said you know he suggested that that was also on the table now. when the press journalist pressed him on the issue he said you know that it was a possibility and they even suggested was it easier was that it was not going to be facilitated that john bolton wasn't there who you know was very much against any sort of meeting would that happen he didn't go into details he also reiterated what president. his policies towards for example latin america venezuela in particular was asked and we know that there were differences over whether what approach they should take with that country there. you know it was like i said a long line of differences with regards to u.s. foreign policy and it appears they got to a point where the relationship of broke and it was just not a viable option for them for john bolton to continue as national security advisor this is latest to affect the troubled ministration. well. in the press conference whether you know it was a shambles or whether it was a disaster the foreign policy or the to the administration that they said

you know essentially his role will be 2nd below mike pompei oh that is what is understood is going to take place now let's not forget that this is the 4th national security adviser to serve in the trump administration and he did serve under the last national security advisor john bolton but it seemed to me and earlier when he was speaking on to other commentators and analysts watching that he was going to be taking a more cautious role he would we didn't really want to come out and say anything yet and it's perhaps a little bit too early to comment on exactly what type of national security adviser he will be what we do know is that he was very successful according to president trump in his previous role the chief hostage negotiator and and it appears that he really did impress president early days for the moment. in washington thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world at least 9 people have been wounded in an attack on a government building in eastern afghanistan militants disinvited explosives before the gunman entered the building in the provincial cap

you know essentially his role will be 2nd below mike pompei oh that is what is understood is going to take place now let's not forget that this is the 4th national security adviser to serve in the trump administration and he did serve under the last national security advisor john bolton but it seemed to me and earlier when he was speaking on to other commentators and analysts watching that he was going to be taking a more cautious role he would we didn't really want to come out and say anything yet and it's perhaps a little bit too early to comment on exactly what type of national security adviser he will be what we do know is that he was very successful according to president trump in his previous role the chief hostage and negotiator and and it appears that he really did impress president but early days for the moment. in washington thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world today and at least 9 people have been wounded in an attack on a government building in eastern afghanistan militants detonated explosives before gunman entered the building in the p

us democratic house committees issue subpoenas to secretary of state mike pompei it was seeking to compel him to hand over documents concerning the trump administration's contacts with the ukrainian government. is that failing to admit the loss of its dominance in world affairs that is the message russia's foreign minister had for delegates in his address to the un in new york. and rights campaigners accuse the u.k. government of failing in its commitment to protect young girls from female genital mutilation after britain's high court accepted it was powerless to prevent the deportation of a 10 year old at risk of being forced to undergo the procedure. from our studios in moscow this is our team thomas certainly glad to have you with us and the 3 democratic led house committees have subpoenaed the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o seeking to compel him to hand over documents concerning contact with the ukrainian government that is as democratic party leaders claim that the us president has betrayed his country and is no longer fit for office. this occupant occupant of the oval office

secretary of state mike pompei o is accusing iran of direct involvement in saturday's drone attacks on some of saudi arabia's most important oil facilities he tweeted to saying tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on saudi arabia while rouhani and zarif pretend to engage in diplomacy and made all the calls for deescalation iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply there is no evidence the attacks came from yemen but who think rebels say they are behind the attacks on 2 saudi plants including the world's largest petroleum processing facility and add cake and an oil field in a court case and that's forced riyadh to temporarily scale back oil production by around 50 percent earlier u.s. president donald trump spoke to saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound not condemning the strike and saying he would guarantee saudi security trump is calling it an attack on the global economy our correspondent or some a binge of aid begins our coverage. the world's largest oil processing facility went up in flames after a drone attack amateur videos captured the fire and sm

pompei or mike pompey or was very much in favor of peace talks with the taliban which of course donald trump told us yesterday when over john bolton was completely against that idea so it appears that might pompey or if there is a battle between the 2 advisors might compeer or has one but donald trump is always quite liked john bolton here in fact thought about him as making him secretary of state right at the very beginning of his administration but always the t.v. producer he decided he didn't look the part he wasn't from to quote donald trump central casting particularly with his big mistake and therefore he kept him as an informal adviser mike flynn was initially his national security advisor he didn't last very long remember that with problems of communications with the russians he then had general mcmaster who was his national security advisor for a while but it didn't particularly gel with donald trump and then he appointed john bolton darling of the right very hawkish on iran everyone thought this was a good a point. for donald trump particularly given his stance on iran but it

secretary of state mike pompei or who is in saudi arabia for talks called the attacks and acts of war and blame terror on well president donald trump has ordered additional sanctions on iran and he has yet to announce the specifics but called the measure substantial to iran though denies any involvement and says trump is just as collating an economic war against its citizens we'll have more on the sanctions and iran's response shortly but 1st here's our alex good topless with more on what saudi arabia had said about the strikes on its all plants. fragments of drones and cruise missiles this was the evidence the saudis said today ron was behind saturday's attack on the around coast oil facilities there's a 3rd big mouth organ is probably. despite your own views of how to make it a bear for the rocks in the region to create this false narrative is clear secondly the cause of those from the war. was. small sort of by your own bizarre. yeah it was an arsehole. but the defense ministry briefing in riyadh also left many questions for the foreign media where exactly were the attacks launched

secretary of state mike pompei or says the tongue the administration's policy on iran is to avoid war and that u.s. forces are in the region for the defense the u.s. has been pointing the finger at iran after the recent attacks on saudi oil facilities it's also stepping up its military presence saying it's a means of deterrence this year has seen continuing tension between the u.s. and iran following u.s. president donald trump's abandonment of a deal aimed at limiting iran's nuclear activities in return for the easing of sanctions. friday we tighten sanctions on the regime which put the revolutionary regime in a difficult position the iranian people applaud that they understand that their leaders are taking them in the direction that is not good for their country and we then announced that we're going to move some additional forces secretary defense talked about that on friday evening each of those is aimed at deterrence we do want to peaceful resolution of this that's our objective we hope that the attitude turns the work that we've done in the strait of hormuz to keep the straits o

secretary of state mike pompei o is accusing iran of direct involvement in saturday's drone attacks on some of saudi arabia's most important oil facilities he tweeted saying tear on his behinds nearly 100 attacks on saudi arabia while rouhani and zarif pretend to engage in diplomacy amid all the coals for deescalation iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply there is no evidence the attacks came from yemen but the rebels say they are behind the attacks on the world's largest petroleum. processing facility an advocate and an oil field in her race and that's forced riyadh to temporarily cut oil production by around 50 percent u.s. president donald trump is calling it an attack on the global economy he spoke to saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmond saying he would guarantee saudi security a sum of binge of aid begins our coverage. the world's largest oil processing facility went up in flames after a drone attack amateur videos captured the fire and smoke at saudi aramco has uptake unit it was targeted by drones belonging to yemen's routine rebels with t

pompei 0 point the finger directly at iran on this situation there he also said that point the finger also at the leaders of iran saying that tehran is behind nearly $100.00 attacks on saudi arabia while rouhani and zod if pretends to engage in diplomacy of course referring to iranian president hassan rouhani and the foreign minister there so my pompei with very strong statements really putting all of the blame 100 percent squarely on iran so why then does this leave us relations with saudi arabia and that koeman rival iran. yeah this is interesting because this involves all of the components syria now the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia dates back about 75 years and it's based on a lot of things but it really boils down to 2 key things and that's or oil and weapons the u.s. for decades of course i bring this desire and need really for oil from saudi arabia and on the other side saudi arabia for decades now for a need and desire i guess to buy lots of weapons from the united states some of those weapons of course being used in the saudi led war in yemen and all of this

pompei o the u.s. secretary of state also weighed in giving his analysis of what happened with john bolton and what's going on inside of the administration is what we heard from mike pompei oh i'm never surprised. yes i don't mean that i just this issue but i would say this the president's intitled to the staff that he wants that at any moment this a staff person who works directly for the president states and he should have people they trust and values and whose efforts and judgments benefit him and delivering american foreign policy i don't i don't i know everyone's talked about this for an awfully long time there were death with choices that are best and i told him i had different views about how we should proceed now john bolton has a reputation for being an advocate of u.s. military force and interventionism around the world he has vocally supported intervention in places like syria. venezuela north korea and iran and there were some moves by the trumpet ministration that certainly fit in with his

secretary of state mike pompei o has rescinded $160000000.00 of afghan a he said it's because of the unacceptable levels of corruption in the afghan government the american public the american government now understand that there is no hope in the afghan government asked for us advocating or to even corruption is concerned the kabul based afghan anticorruption committee or make investigate fraud and advise on ways it can be prevented its recommendations are mostly ignored by the afghan government and the guilty believe they are untouchable people who come through and through channels are very confident that nobody will remove them if even if they commit corruption and that's the confidence we don't want between people people has to to have this fear that if i committed corruption i could be behind bars and that's not happening 7 government ministers have been investigated for corruption but after 2 years one has been cleared and no charges have been brought against the others this month for rosie is the only high level afghan to have been jailed for corruption in the last 10 years bu

pompei oh but of course once we see how quickly this is moving and this is appears to be one of the issues that the democrats have been focusing on that they want this to move quickly they don't want to stall and there's talk as well that you know we could be seeing these hearings they're hoping hopefully wrapping up in the next couple of months that's what the democrats in fact have been saying today the target is to keep this investigation a. few rigs leaves are targeted in a nutshell do what is the case of the democrats are trying to make. they want to focus of course on these ukraine and that's where their focus their focus on the fact that there's an abuse of power and they're also looking at exactly you know what president trump did they're seeking the fact that they're claiming that he was seeking dirt on his political opponent from a foreign leader of course being a presidential democrat present one of the presidential candidates from that them apart democratic party joe biden and also the president trump was essentially using aid to ukraine as a bargaining tool just going o

pompei o the u.s. secretary of state also weighed in giving his analysis of what happened with john bolton and what's going on inside of the administration is what we heard from mike pompei oh i'm never surprised. me yes i don't mean that i just this issue but i would say this the president's intitled to the staff that he wants that at any moment this a staff person who works directly for the president states and he should have people the trust in values and whose efforts and judgments benefit him in delivering american foreign policy i don't i don't i know everyone's talked about this for an awfully long time there were definite places that invested and i told him i had different views about how we should proceed now john bolton has a reputation for being an advocate of u.s. military force and interventionism around the world he has vocally supported intervention in places like syria. venezuela north korea and iran and there were some moves by the trumpet ministration that certainly fit in with his ov

pompei o is essentially going to be in charge that's what's being said here and that robert o'brian who also worked at the previous. you know under john bolton also said you know the idea is perhaps that my pompei was going to take charge and robert o'brien is going to be the number 2 and so his power perhaps won't be as much as many people believe it could be you know will be interesting to see what role a former hostage negotiator plays in the white house that's for sure are other correspondent published earlier on the story for us tonight in washington public thank you. to israel and benjamin that you know whose future as israel's longest serving prime minister it is he in the balance tonight with almost all the votes counted after tuesday's election his right wing likud party is neck and neck with the blue white alliance of centrist but he guns that yahoo has been unable to form a coalition since the country's last inconclusive election back in april. if he was disappointed on election night binyamin netanyahu certainly wasn't showing it's far from conceding defeat he failed to

pompei o the u.s. secretary of state also weighed in giving his analysis of what happened with john bolton and what's going on inside of the administration is what we heard from mike pompei oh i'm never surprised. and i don't mean that i just this issue but i would say this the president's intitled to the staff that he wants that at any moment this a staff person who works directly for the president states and he should have people they trust and values and whose efforts and judgments benefit him and delivering american foreign policy i don't i don't i know everyone's talked about this for an awfully long time there were death with places that invested and i told him i had different views about how we should proceed now john bolton has a reputation for being an advocate of u.s. military force and interventionism around the world he has vocally supported intervention in places like syria. venezuela north korea and iran and there were some moves by the trumpet ministration that certainly fit in with his

pompei of the u.s. secretary of state when they met that it was not actually a decision that was made either by president tom or by the secretary of state mike pompei oh so he asked the question who is responsible for making these decisions now a number of countries were touched on during the press conference and many questions were asked about syria about venezuela about the situation in the middle east he emphasized that russia is working with different arab states to try and resolve the tension and deescalate the situation in the gulf and there was even kind of a humorous note one point a reporter asked a question regarding the rumors that lavrov had been smoking cigarettes inside the u.n. building he said that was not the case that these rumors were false it was kind of a humorous moment there in the press briefing room so it was quite an interesting interaction touching on many different situations but emphasizing that russia is committed to deescalation and dialogue not stirring up and exacerbatin

pompei o. and other administration officials would be traveling to riyadh soon to coordinate a response. al-jazeera washington. a runoff vote is expected in tunis is 2nd presidential election since the arab spring revolution 2 outsiders are in the lead law professor and imprisoned media magnate may be able to cut away most of the votes have been counted at a press conference is expected soon stephanie decker is live for us in tunis most the votes have been counted what does it look like. well at the moment looks like top 2 as you mentioned there. previously unknown before the revolution really a constitutional expert law professor who became known by going on television and talking about the legalities of the constitution that they were drafting and then you have the bill cutaway you with as you mentioned behind bars facing charges of money laundering and tax evasion he's a man who's used his media company to highlight his chargeable work with the poor we were talking to people on the streets t

pompei o the u.s. secretary of state also weighed in giving his analysis of what happened with john bolton and what's going on inside of the administration is what we heard from mike pompei oh i'm never surprised. and i don't mean that on just this issue but i would say this the president's intitled to the staff that he wants that at any moment this a staff person who works directly for the president states and he should have people they trust and values and whose efforts and judgments benefit him in delivering american foreign policy i don't i don't i know everyone's talked about this for an awfully long time there were definite places that invested and i told him i had different views about how we should proceed now john bolton has a reputation for being an advocate of u.s. military force and interventionism around the world he has vocally supported intervention in places like syria. venezuela north korea and iran and there were some moves by the trumpet ministration that certainly fit in with his ov

pompei o the u.s. secretary of state also weighed in giving his analysis of what happened with john bolton and what's going on inside of the administration is what we heard from mike pompei oh i'm never surprised. i don't mean that on just this issue but i would say this the president's intitled to the staff that he once did and at any moment a staff person who works directly for the president of states and he should have people the trusted values and whose efforts and judgments benefit him in delivering american foreign policy i don't i don't know everyone's talked about this for an awfully long time there were death with choices that are best and i told him i had different views about how we should proceed now john bolton has a reputation for being an advocate of u.s. military force and interventionism around the world he has vocally supported intervention in places like syria venezuela north korea and iran and there were some moves by the trumpet ministration that certainly fit in with his overall v

secretary of state mike pompei o has accused iran of direct involvement in fact today's drone strikes on some of saudi arabia's most vital well facilities he's accused terror on a fake diplomacy and of launching an unprecedented attack on the global energy supply. the rebels have claimed responsibility for those attacks on the kingdom's oil facilities saudi arabia has now been forced to slash its oil production by $5700000.00 barrels per day around hough of its usual output. and aid is pouring into the bahamas as the country is still assessing the full extent of the damage caused by hurricane dorian tropical storm who has now moved away from the islands but heavy rainfall is hindering rescue efforts. well it's been 8 years since june as you became the only success story of the 20 levon arab spring but as the country heads for its 2nd democratic presidential election many voters say they are disenchanted correspondent stephanie deca spoke to some of them in the capital tunis. for 20 years feisal has been sitting in this exact same spot in tunis is ancient medina creating souvenirs engr

pompei or the iranian regime has systematically pursued a policy of hostility toward the united states then the apparent moment of real division as he'd done in years past a national security adviser began to press for active regime change in iran. characterizing the shuttle deployment of the u.s.b. to the region as in his words a clear and unmistakable message to the iranian regime but said odds with the white house policy in which the focus was morning exerting economic pressure through sanctions. after weeks of discussion it was confirmed that additional troops would be sent to the region but numbering hundreds rather than the 10s of thousands had bunked and was believed to be pressing for president trump denied there was friction within his cabinet i think a stake is ok now what i do that absolutely but we have got plans for that hopefully we're not going to have to plan for that and if we did that would send a hell of a lot more troops and that the final straw perhaps a sardonic comment by a principal adviser to the iranian president who wrote in a tweet at real donald trump you w

pompei o. and other administration officials would be traveling to riyadh soon to coordinate a response gabriels on al-jazeera washington a dosage of body has the view now from tehran. the latest reaction to this events that have unfolded is that the iranian foreign ministry spokesperson outpost mousavi has reiterated the country's position and that is that these accusations are baseless and it's not the 1st time that iran has received such accusations from the u.s. government the foreign ministry spokesperson up us mousavi said that the yemeni people have the right to defend themselves and the iranians are not supplying weapons to the who see fighters there but that it is saudi arabia who is the aggressor and iran will continue to push for some kind of a peaceful resolution in yemen they've offered in the past to negotiate dialogue between all the parties involved they've stressed that the situation is yemen is critical to the stability of this region but when it comes to the blame that they a

pompei was already accused iran for the attacks claimed by yemen through the rebels terror on has denied involvement. now ballots are being counted in tunis he often nearly hoffa registered voters turned out to choose their country's next president official results aren't expected until tuesday supporters of the 2 candidates. have both claimed to have won the fast round and already celebrating sunday's vote 2nd presidential election since the 2011 revolution stephanie decker reports from tunis . half an hour before voting was due to start a small queue had already formed tunisians waiting to have their say on who is going to be their next president the question how i came here to vote in order to get someone who can get this country out of the crisis the economic crisis the financial crisis we have lots of debts it's very frustrating for me i'm not fully convinced about any of the candidates because there are so many and i haven't seen them from the beginning it's the 2nd time tunisians are electing their president since the revolution 8 years ago tunisia is often quoted as the only demo

secretary of state mike pompei o said on twitter that there was no evidence the attacks had come from yemen is a rainy and counterpart tweeted back dismissing u.s. claims that tehran was involved in strikes details about the weapons used and the damage caused remain sketchy. for more on the story we're now joined by a family of awesome honey he is an iranian journalist based here in germany welcome to g.w. thank you for being here so who the rebels in yemen have claimed responsibility but the u.s. is now accusing iran of being behind these drone strikes iran is of course denying it's involved why is the u.s. accusing iran of all places what are the different instruct interests that are at stake here. that's the question you should put to the american american statesman if they are saying that the. very good position to come up with the evidence they have the technology. they should prove it i mean. lots of things are said i don't know i haven't seen or heard of any concrete evidence that iran was in more than this. although i would say that he does have interests to do with because it

secretary of state mike pompei o said on twitter that there was no evidence the attacks had come from yemen is a rainy and counterpart tweeted back dismissing u.s. claims that tehran was involved in strengths details about the weapons used and the damage caused remain sketchy. for more on this let's bring in our. middle east analyst based in the soft thank you so much for joining us could the rebels in yemen have claimed responsibility for these attacks that the u.s. is accusing iran of being behind these drone strikes tehran is denying it's involved why is the u.s. accusing iran of this. well in fact. politically i guess it's a it's expedient to believe iran for this with the maximum pressure complain that the u.s. is driving against iran with this with the allegation at its core that iran's destabilizing the region and the u.s. ally has been attacked saudi arabia has been attacked sold this is the rhetoric from washington it's not really surprising. what the rebels have threatened more attacks to come how do you think saudi arabia is going to respond to this. this is great to be int

secretary of state mike pompei was called last weekend strike on a saudi oil installations an act of war by iran adding to the rather the saudi ambassador to germany says that all options for retaliation are on the table including a military strike iran continues to deny any involvement but washington says it will pose what is calling substantial sanctions on tehran. and remnants of drones and a cruise missile the saudi defense ministry claims they were among the weapons used in last weekend's strikes on 2 of its oil facilities max drawn up to show that the attack most likely came from a northerly direction saudi military spokesman colonel turki al maliki said the a so was sponsored by iran and did not originate in yemen in the south the home of the rebels who earlier claimed responsibility. but the colonel didn't explicitly accuse tehran of launching the attack and admitted they didn't know where the weapons were fired from what we are working to know exactly the launch point through through my work over lunch they you even or the cruise missile would take that talent ability for at

secretary of state mike pompei a cold prime minister. on the sunday morning shows stratford has more from baghdad . the iraqi prime minister's office has released a statement regarding details of a phone conversation that was had between the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh and the prime minister here saying that the u.s. secretary of state confirmed information that the iraqi government have that iraqi territory was not used to launch these attacks the statement went on to say that iraq sort itself as having a vital role in trying to diffuse this crisis it's fair to say though that this tension has escalated in recent months between the u.s. and iran a lot of attention has been paid towards certain very powerful armed groups in this country that are backed by iran that support iran here the so-called popular mobilization forces that were set up in 2014 to fight i saw were integrated into the iraqi security forces in 2016 and there's been as i say a lot of questions as to how they would respond to any kind of potential military esc

secretary of state mike pompei o said on twitter that there was no evidence the attacks had come from yemen is a rainy and counterpart tweeted back dismissing u.s. claims that tehran was involved in the strikes details about the weapons used and the damage caused remain sketchy for more on that let's bring in atlanta about of our in middle east analyst best and also there are thank you so much for joining us the rebels in yemen have claimed responsibility for these attacks that the u.s. is accusing iran of being behind these drone strikes there ron is denying it involved why is the u.s. accusing iran of this. well that in fact it suits politically i guess it's a it's expedient to believe you run for this with a maximum pressure complain that the u.s. is driving against iran with this with the allegation at its core that iran's destabilizing the region and that you has ally has been attacked saudi arabia has been attacked so all of this the rhetoric from washington is not really surprising . what the rebels have threatened more attacks to come how do you think saudi arabia is going to

pompei oh now what we've seen is the president has said he's open to meeting his iranian counterpart. rouhani we even heard earlier the secretary of state said that it could even take place at the. general assembly which is taking place later this month and i we know this was very much against. john bolton had wanted he had a much more hardline and what's more aggressive sort of policy towards iran and it appeared that this just didn't fit in this different this change of direction we'll call it in a foreign policy direction and it was it was just one of many issues that it appears they disagreed over and also let's not forget it's also been reported here that there was perhaps a little bit of a personality clash even between the 2 that they just simply didn't see eye to eye on a personal level as well which is as many observers say here very important within the trump administration so public that iran of course iran is not the only country that the u.s. sees deliberating over when it comes to foreign policy we can talk about afghanistan syria north korea among all of this so it is

secretary of state mike pompei o said on twitter that there was no evidence the attacks had come from yemen tehran has dismissed u.s. claims and denied any involvement in the strikes and for more we're joined now by adnan by he's an iran analyst based in doesn't off germany thanks for joining us now as we've been hearing there is this claim of responsibility from who is the rebels in yemen but the united states accuses iran of being behind the drone attacks on saudi oil facilities does washington have any evidence to back up its allegations. the issue here is really that we have that we have a situation in the region where all sides are trying to distort the events to their political benefit and the u.s. is obviously not exempt from that so even if. the dynamics are such that iran could be behind this we note far too well about the zeal that is us instruction has to blame iran for it at the same time the with the rebels have the zeal to show how capable they are of striking a sensitive or important saudi infrastructure so it's difficult to really make sense of what's going on has ther

interests also in the inquiry cites mike pompei a state department they want to know if giuliani used pompei as diplomats to make contact with ukrainian officials active american diplomats are supposed not to political parties and on thursday might compile denied they had done so to the best of my knowledge from what i've seen so far each of the actions that were undertaken by state department officials was entirely appropriate congress is poised to scrutinize that claim the intelligence committee will continue work through its current fall break the speculation articles of impeachment may be drawn up against the president by the end of the year. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. nigerian police have rescued more than $300.00 people held in chains in a building in the northern city of kut doona most of the captives were children a police spokesman said the building how it's an islamic school and that several teachers had been arrested. haitian police have used tear gas and live ammunition to disperse looters in the capital port au prince at least 4 people

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pompei oh now what we've seen is the president has said he's open to meeting his iranian counterpart. rouhani now we even heard earlier the secretary of state said that it could even take place at the. general assembly which is taking place later this month and i we know this was very much against. john bolton had wanted he had a much more hardline and much more aggressive sort of policy towards iran and it appeared that this just didn't fit in this different this change of direction we'll call it in terms of foreign policy direction and it was it was just one of many issues that it appears they disagreed over and also let's not forget it's also been reported here that there was perhaps a little bit of a personality even between the 2 that they just simply didn't see eye to eye on on a personal level as well which is as many observers say here very important within the trumpet ministrations so public that iran of course iran is not the only country that the u.s. sees deliberating over when it comes to foreign policy we could talk about afghanistan syria north korea among all of this

pompei o. said the u.s. would make sure quote iran is held accountable for its aggression and his boss president donald trump took to twitter to threaten those responsible he tweeted there is reason to believe that we know the culprit we are locked and loaded depending on verification but are waiting to hear from the kingdom. but iran deflected blame in going to have we reject these types of statements and projections the islamic republic of iran has clearly declared that it supports the people of yemen and their rights but to accuse the islamic republic of iran with these attacks and defensive measures is in line with the united states maximum falshood policy they've adopted after their own failures. oil prices spiked as traders start to take account of saudi arabia's seeming inability to defend its crucial oil infrastructure and governments including germany's have condemned the attack but it's unclear what the long term picture looks like everything depends on what the us and other players d

interests also in the inquiry cites mike pompei a state department they want to know if giuliani used pompei as diplomats to make contact with ukrainian officials directed american diplomats are supposed not to political parties and on thursday might compiled tonight they have done so to the best of my knowledge from what i've seen so far each of the actions that were undertaken by state department officials was entirely appropriate congress is poised to scrutinize that claim the intelligence committee will continue work through its current fall break the speculation articles of impeachment may be drawn up against the president by the end of the year. that is some of the other stories making news around the world nigerian police have rescued more than 300 people held in chains in a building in the northern city of most of the captives captives were children a police spokesman said the building housing is a logic school and that several teachers had been arrested. haitian police have used tear gas and live ammunition to disperse looters in the capital port au prince at least 4 people h

secretary of state mike pompei o said on twitter that there was no evidence the attacks had come from yemen is a rainy and counterpart tweeted back dismissing u.s. claims that tehran was involved in strikes details about the weapons used and the damage caused remain sketchy. and for more on this story we're joined by adnan tablets of by a middle east analyst based in dusseldorf advent thanks for joining us both the rebels in yemen say they did it but the u.s. accuses iran but it denies any role what's the american motivation here the u.s. the messaging coming from d.c. is the continuation of the maximum pressure campaign which in its essence says that iran is responsible for literally all the ills in the region but obviously also the insecurity in the persian gulf region so that is that think 1st and foremost the motivation behind what secretary of state might be or said when he blamed iraq right away after the attacks you know looking forward who think rebels threaten more attacks can saudi arabia protect itself. well i think this is a delicate situation for the kingdom and it felt i

you know essentially his role will be 2nd below mike pompei oh that is what is understood is going to take place now let's not forget that this is the 4th national security adviser to serve in the trump administration and he did serve under the last a national security advisor john bolton but it seemed to me and earlier when he was speaking on 2 other commentators and analysts watching that he was going to be taking a more cautious role he would we didn't really want to come out and say anything yet and it's perhaps a little bit too early to comment on exactly what type of national security adviser he will be what we do know is that he was very successful according to president trump in his previous role the chief hostage negotiator and and it appears that he really did impress president early days for the moment. in washington thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world today and canadian prime minister justin trudeau has apologized ofter a picture of him wearing brown face makeup to a costume party was published by time magazine the photo was taken in 20

secretary of state mike pompei o said on twitter that there was no evidence the attacks had come from yemen he's a rainy and counterpart tweeted back dismissing u.s. claims that tehran was involved in the strikes details about the weapons used and the damage caused remain sketchy ok for more on this story we're joined by atlanta habit or by he is a middle east analyst based in disorders welcome to day. at night so who the rebels in yemen have claimed responsibility but the u.s. accuses iran of being behind the drone attacks tehran denies it. what's your sense of who do you think is telling the truth. i think in this in this time and in this era we really have to think through different scenarios it is perfectly capable that there with his help in carrying out this strike. there has been this war going on in yemen for years now and with these have tried to show that they are able to to strike back and they are now showing the vulnerability of saudi oil infrastructure iran could be behind this to show that it can resist against the maximum pressure campaign launched by the u.s. against

secretary of state mike pompei o said on twitter that there was no evidence the attacks had come from yemen is a rainy and counterpart tweeted back dismissing u.s. claims that tehran was involved in the strikes details about the weapons used and the damage caused remain sketchy ok for more on this story we're joined by atlanta avatar by he is a middle east analyst based in disorders welcome to date any not so who the rebels in yemen have claimed responsibility but the u.s. accuses iran of being behind the drone attacks tehran denies it. what's your sense of who do you think is telling the truth. i think in this in this time and in this era we really have to think through different scenarios it is perfectly thinkable that there with his help in carrying out this strike. there has been this war going on in yemen for years now and with these have tried to show that they are able to to strike back and they are now showing the vulnerability of saudi oil infrastructure iran could be behind this to show that it can resist against the maximum pressure campaign launched by the u.s. against ira

secretary of state mike pompei was flown to saudi arabia following an early announcement that washington is to impose new and substantial sanctions against attack iran straits to washington that we join t.w. correspondent all of a sudden welcome all of us so how will this new evidence from riyadh affect washington's position or president trump 1st of all will see his position strengthened of course the u.s. administration has been in the opinion for days now that it's iran behind this attack carried out on a saudi arabian oil refinery they provided their evidence now there is evidence provided by saudi arabia in addition to that so they believe it's very clear in the overall assumption has always been that the weapons used a mix of drones and cruise missiles are simply too sophisticated for the who through rebels who claim to be responsible in the 1st place and continue to do so so what's going to happen from now well the position of washington won't change in the overall goal has always been to get iran back to the negotiating table to renegotiate the nuclear deal from which the united

interests also in the inquiry cites mike pompei of the state department they want to know if giuliani used pompei as diplomats to make contact with ukrainian officials directed american diplomats are supposed not to political parties and on thursday might compile tonight they have done so to the best of my knowledge from what i've seen so far the actions that were undertaken by state department officials was entirely appropriate congress is poised to scrutinize that claim the intelligence committee will continue work through its current fall break the speculation articles of impeachment may be drawn up against the president by the end of the year. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. teenage swedish activists joined thousands of people in montreal on friday to kick off a new wave of climate protests among the marchers prime minister justin trudeau earlier he met privately with john burke urged him to do more about climate change. in the u.k. party leader has warned parliament not to delay the country's departure from the european union speaking to supporters

pompei oh now what we've seen is the president has said he's open to meeting his iranian counterpart on rouhani we even heard earlier the secretary of state said that it couldn't take place at the. general assembly which is taking place later this month and i we know this was very much against. john bolton had wanted he had a much more hardline and what's more aggressive sort of policy towards iran and it appeared that this just didn't fit in this different this change of direction we'll call it in a foreign policy direction and it was it was just one of many issues that it appears they disagreed over and also let's not forget it's also been reported here that there was perhaps a little bit of a personality even between the 2 that they just simply didn't see eye to eye on on a personal level as well which is as many observers say here very important within the trumpet ministrations so public that iran of course iran is not the only country that the u.s. sees deliberating over when it comes to foreign policy we can talk about afghanistan syria north korea among all of this so it is th

secretary of state mike pompei o has rescinded $160000000.00 of afghan a he said it's because of the unacceptable levels of corruption in the afghan government the american public the american government now understand. that there is no hope in the afghan government asked for us to get in or to even corruption is concerned the kabul based afghan anticorruption committee olmec investigate fraud and advise on ways it can be prevented its recommendations are mostly ignored by the afghan government and the guilty believe they are untouchable people who come through and through channels are very confident that nobody will remove them if even if they commit corruption and that's the confidence we don't want between people people has to to have this fear that if i committed corruption i could be behind bars and that's not happening 7 government ministers have been investigated for corruption but after 2 years one has been cleared and no charges being brought against the others this month for rosie is the only high level afghan to have been jailed for corruption in the last 10 years but he w

secretary of state mike pompei o said on twitter that there was no evidence the attacks had come from yemen is a rainy and counterpart tweeted back dismissing u.s. claims that tehran was involved in strikes details about the weapons used and the damage caused remain sketchy for more on this let's bring in atlanta about have i am middle east analyst best of our. thank you so much for joining us quote the rebels in yemen have claimed responsibility for these attacks that the u.s. is accusing iran of being behind these drone strikes tehran is denying it's involved why is the u.s. accusing iran of this. well that in fact it suits politically i guess it's a it's expedient to believe iran for this with the maximum pressure complain that the u.s. is driving against iran with this with the allegation at its core that iran's destabilizing the region and that you has ally has been attacked so it really has been attacked so all this rhetoric from washington is not really surprising. what the rebels have threatened more attacks to come how do you think saudi arabia is going to respond to this. th

interests also in the inquiry cites mike pompei a state department they want to know if giuliani used pompei as diplomats to make contact with ukrainian officials directed american diplomats are supposed not to political parties and on thursday my compiled tonight they have done so to the best of my knowledge from what i've seen so far each of the actions that were undertaken by state department officials was entirely appropriate congress is poised to scrutinize that claim the intelligence committee will continue work through its current fall break the speculation articles of impeachment may be drawn up against the president by the end of the year. zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe will be buried in his rural home today if follows weeks of wrangling between the government and his family over his final resting place the funeral will be held in birthplace the village tama where his body was taken last week now he died in a singapore hospital earlier this month the age of 95 is a controversial figure many revered him as a freedom fighter who helped bring about zimbabwe's independ

secretary of state mike pompei is jew in saudi arabia to share intelligence about the attacks and the u.s. government has amended travel advisories warning americans against nonessential visits to saudi sharp ballasts has more. the men in charge of saudi arabia's energy sector briefed embrace to give a rear public statement be here to reassure global markets after saudi oil infrastructure was attacked on saturday. half of its oil production was wiped out it's 5 percent of the world's daily output they reassured investors output would return to normal by the end of the month you'll be in my view over the last 2 days the damage has been contained and more than half of the production capabilities that were damaged have been restored therefore the company will fulfill all of its commitments to clients during this month. the comments comes crude oil prices which had seen the biggest one day jump in history on monday but can they fulfill their promises i'm pessimistic in terms of full production we're talking over 5.7 to 5 point $85000000.00 barrels a day this is a tremendous amount this wa