oh, this is america's pick, mohammed bin salman. trump said, i take credit, as he does that so many things. there still is no evident american policy. despite all the faffing around, one way or the other. we have mixed signals. the president tweets on the question of qatar, on reference was pointed to qatar as funding extremism. perhaps this will be the beginning of the end of horror of terrorism. we are hearing from the us defence department from the pentagon, we are very grateful that qatar is such a stout ally. we sold 12 billion dollars worth of fighter jets just three days later to them. this is complicated, of course. the fundamental thing is that trump does not believe in policy. his mind does not work that way. remember the cruise missles into syria, he said he was going to have make the people in syria safe. he likes to throw something into the middle, get the attention, get the buzz and move on without the complex process that other presidents have had. he has not filled most of the subordinate positions in the state depar

him with his son, mohammed bin salman bin abdulaziz, who is now first in line for the throne. mohammed bin salman currently serves as defense minister and has been presiding over the devastating u.s.-backed saudi-led war in yemen. in response to the news, the huffington post's foreign affairs reporter akbar shahid ahmed tweeted -- "this is huge. man he is replacing was against qatar crusade+yemen war. saudi is doubling down on its most controversial actions." last month, president donald trump signed a series of arms deals with saudi arabia totaling a record $110 billion during a visit to riyadh. the arms deal includes tanks, artillery, ships, helicopters, missile defense systems and cybersecurity technology. united nations monitors have warned previous saudi-led attacks on yemen could constitute crimes against humanity. more than 10,000 people have died amid the ongoing u.s.-backed saudi-led war in yemen, which has also destroyed yemen's h health, watater, sanitation systems, sparking a deadly cholelera outbreak. the united nations warns some 19 million of yemen's 28 million

it is presumed now that prince mohammed bin salman will become king at some point. he is trying to liberalise aspects of saudi life, but critics say he is increasing the repression in the country. last year he approved the execution of a leading shi'ite cleric, which led to demonstrations in shi'ite—dominated iran, and greater tension in saudi arabia between the shi'ites and the majority sunni muslims. prince mohammed is prepared to do things on the spur of the moment. two years ago he launched a war on the saudi rebels in yemen, telling the king it would be over quickly. it is still going on. that has deepened the angry rivalry with iran, which supports the rebels. the fears of open confrontation are growing and prince mohammed has been behind the effort to isolate the gulf state of qatar for being a bit too independent and for getting too close to iran. he is not in a position yet to go to war with iran. what he will do is just have wars by proxy and also try to enlist either israel or the united states in a potential volatile situation with iraq. situation with

bin salman. when he was appointed youngest defense minister in 2013, people did not think he had a long tenure ahead of him. he defied all the skeptics and look what he has done with vision 2030. they may not achieve 50% of it, but he said he would press ahead with the ipo of saudi arabmco. i think he will be leading saudi arabia for the next several decades. >> saudi arabia is trying to engineer a higher price of oil look like it's having trouble doing so, especially lately. what does it mean for global energy markets >> first i would say saudi arabia is committed to piloting this opec cut through. now the question is what is saudi's time horizon the ipo of saudi aramco is a to 2018 event so they can deal with some of these prices sit tight, let the cuts reverse. i think they'll be ready for 2018 >> do you think we could slip below $40 from here on wti >> depends on where sentiment goes i think sentiment is ahead of fundamentals i think this market is much more constructive on supply and demand

prince mohammed is first in line to succeed his father, king salman, he replaces mohammed bin m nayef. prince mohammed also becomes deputy prime minister. he will oversee much of saudi arabia's energy strategy, which includes the highly anticipated saudi aramco ipo the crown prince is hoping his vision 2030, this is huge for the kingdom, will make the kingdom less reliant on oil exports. >>> earlier we spoke to someone who says oil needs to be priced at $90 per barrel for the saudis to blo to balance their books >> they suppressed oil prices, they have a u.s. resilient oil sector the crisis in yemen, also potentially increasingly the threat of growing socioeconomic pressure as saudi arabia starts to cut some of the wealthier spending, some of the expensive subsidies. the bottom line for saudi arabia is at the moment it needs an oil price of around $90 per barrel to balance books at the moment they're very, very far off that >> we are joined by the associate fellow from the middle east north africa program at chatham house. what the kingdom is trying to do and this 31-year-old architec

mohammed bin salman has been making major changes to the country's economic and energy policies. he's also overseen saudi arabia's ongoing war in yemen. our world affairs editor john simpson takes a look at the significance of this reshuffle. prince muhamed's promotion was announced on saudi tv this morning. it wasn't a huge surprise. he has been groomed for the position for the last couple of years. in saudi arabia, politics is the royal family, and the young, pushy prince mohammed on the left here did the polite thing and showed respect to his much older cousin, prince mohammed bin naye, who he is replacing. it is presumed now that prince mohammed, 31, will become king at some point. he is trying to liberalise aspects of saudi life, but critics say he is increasing the repression in the country. last year he approved the execution of a leading shi'ite cleric, which led to big demonstrations in shi'ite—dominated iran, and even greater tension in saudi arabia between the shi'ites and the majority sunni muslims. prince mohammed is inclined to do things on the spur of the moment.

melissa: shake-up hitting the house of saud, as mohammed bin salman is new prince of saudi arabia kingdom. seen as business savvy leader in the monarchy family. he will replace mohammed bin nayaf as next to the throne. walid phares joins us to weigh in on what impact this could have on saudi kingdom. i was there a number of years ago. i went there to do a series they were transitioning from oil economy. they had all that new industry for their population which is very young. i don't know how much progress they have made. with this move they say it's a step in that direction, how is it going? >> melissa, you're absolutely right. the new crown prince, deputy crown prince, is the author of vision 2030 we know about, which is supposed to shift economy from oil only to every other resource possible and more organizational infrastructure but the most important asset he is bringing i guess is the political development within the kingdom. we always had the criticisms against saudi arabia, wahhabi factor, salafi factor, looks like prince mohammed bin salman, shifting slowly the political landscape

mohammed bin salman is recognised for making major changes to the country's economic and energy policies. uber co—founder travis kalanick is hailing a taxi out of his chief executive office. he's stepping down as ceo, in the wake of a number of scandals at the company. the financial times reports uber is facing a leadership vacuum, with three top executive positions now vacant. with me is amrita sen, chief oil analyst at energy aspects. lovely to see you. likewise. the queen's speech, not quite the normal p°mp queen's speech, not quite the normal pomp and circumstance, but it was boiling hot? all of our correspondence found it very hot. give us your take on this. the telegraph looks at the constitutional crisis that could occui’. constitutional crisis that could occur. it is about the house of lords possibly taking action to rebuff a lot of what was in the speech? they had to water down a lot of what was proposed. i think nine of what was proposed. i think nine of the bills were related to brexit. interestingly, i guess it boils down to the fact that the conservative party does not

king salman of saudi arabia has changed the line of succession to make his son, mohammed bin salman, the crown prince and first in line to the throne. prince salman replaces the previous crown prince, mohammed bin nayef, who has been stripped of his title. aged just 31, mohammed bin salman was already the minister of defence and has been leading efforts to reform the saudi economy. as crown prince, he now stands to inherit the kingdom. the announcement was made on saudi television. translation: the custodian of the two holy mosques, the king, has issued royal decrees, declaring the crown prince is relieved of his position and appointing his royal highness prince mohammed as crown prince and deputy prime minister, while continuing his role as defence minister. failures in care are one of the main causes of still—births and brain injuries in newborn babies in the uk, according to a report out today. the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists found the most common mistakes related to the monitoring of foetal heart rates during labour. it wants to cut the number of neo—nat

prince mohammed bin salman al saud has replaced his cousin as heir to the throne. he already controlled saudi arabia's defense, oil, and economic policies. it is a step back for democratics. republican karen handel has won the special election for a house seat in georgia. she captured on the 53% of the and raised for less money in her opponent in the most expensive house race and u.s. history. belgian of 30's have no idea of the i.d. of the terrorist attack or. attacked 34rrorists people at the brussels airport in a subway station. as you mentioned, in the u.k., theresa may makes their first attempt to engage with the new political landscape of the country and is coming out with a legislative agenda that is next acted to be heavy on brexit and light on anything controversial. queen elizabeth ii will read of the plans to lawmakers later this morning. global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries around the world. i'm taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. tom: thank you. equities, bonds, currencies, commodities. we are foc

talk about the implications of that. >> they just put an official stamp on de facto, mohammed bin salman is in charge of saudi arabia. the father is old. this is a very young man. he's riding the war in yemen. he's orchestrating the embargo on qatar. he's basically throwing in with united states. all that happened today is that he is now the official air. there won't be succession price prices. he is in charge and the fact that the other guy, who supposed to be the crown prince, he pledged allegiances away from his family. something we have done here while for 200 years. they are learning how to do it. >> bret: panel, thank you. when we come back, some great news for a tough little boy. the. the. the homeowner was outraged. luckily the geico insurance agency had helped her with homeowners insurance. she got all her shingles replaced. hansel and gretel were last seen eating their way through the candy cane forest. call geico and see how easy it is to switch and save on homeowners insurance. elusive. shrewd. cancer. is. smart. it pushes us. we push back. we even push each other. to challen

mohammed bin salman has been driving major reforms of the country's economic and energy policies and has overseen saudi arabia's war in yemen. our world editor, john simpson, has this assessment of the significance of today's appointment. prince mohammed's promotion was anows continue r nounsed on saudi television this morning. it wasn't a huge surprise. he has been groomed for the number two position for at least the last couple of years. in saudi arabia, politics is the royal family and the young, pushy prince mohammed, on the left here, did the polite thing and showed respect to his much owner cousin, prince mohammed bin nayef on the right who he is replacing. he will become king at some point. he is trying to liberalise some aspects of saudi life but critics of the government say he's increasing the repression in the country. last year, he approved the execution of a leading hoeite cleric, which led to big demonstrations in shi'ite dominated iran and even greater tension in saudi arabia between the hoeites and the majority sunni muslims. prince mohammed is inclined to do things o

son, mohammed bin salman bin abdulaziz, who is now first in line for the thrown. mohammed bin salman currently serves as defense minister and has been presiding over the devastating us-backed saudi-led war in yemen. in response to the news, the huffington post's foreign affairs reporter akbar shahid ahmed tweeted -- "this is huge. man he is replacing was against qatar crusade + yemen war. saudi is doubling down on its most controversial actions." meanwhile, in yemen, health officials say multiple u.s.-backed saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed at least 25 civilians at a market in northern saada province sunday. graphic images that circulated on social media over the weekend show corpses lying amid rubble, and survivors surveying the damage to the market. more than 10,000 people have died amid the ongoing u.s.-backed saudi-led war in yemen, which has also destroyed yemen's health, water, and sanitation systems, sparking a deadly cholera outbreak. the u.s. state department expressed confusion tuesday about saudi arabia's move to cut diplomatic ties with qatar, say

and the country's king has turned it over the throne to his 31 year old son -- prince mohammed bin salman. the prince has ruled out dialogue with shiite rival neighboring qatar for its support of islamist groups, and who leads a devastating war in yemen that has killed thousands of civilians. prince abdulaziz bin saud, 33, was named the new interior minister tasked with counterterrorism efforts and domestic security. new developments in a case that shocked the nation. a black man - shot to death in his car by a police officer. the aftermath, streamed live on facebook. last week - officer jeronimo yanez was acquitted of all charges... prompting marches in the streets. now we are seeing new dash cam video showing what happened, after the officer pulled castile over, saying he looked like a burglary suspect. we want to warn you that this video is graphic and may be disturbing to some viewers. yanez was found not guilty of second-degree the police department fired him after the trial. a settlement this morning in the wrongful death lawsuit... by the family of michael brown. a ferguson, missou

bin salman. he's 31 years old. this is the man he replaced — mohammed bin nayef, who's 57. he's already sworn allegiance to the man who will now become king of saudi arabia instead of him. earlier i spoke to bbc arabic‘5 hanan razek and asked her whether this signifies a change in saudi politics. it is very different. he is the younge5t crown it is very different. he is the youngest crown prince it is very different. he is the younge5t crown prince that saudi arabia has seen, only 31, very young. he has an economic transformation plan. he is the mastermind behind the vision 2030 plan which he hopes will transform saudi arabia from relying heavily on oil into other adventures of investment. in terms of his view on i55ues investment. in terms of his view on issues of society, is saudi arabia about to get more liberal? last year, when we were covering the vi5ion year, when we were covering the vision 2030 plan, the launch of that, he was asked if women would be allowed to drive in saudi arabia a

son, 31-year-old mohammed bin salman, crown prince, next in line to the throne. he also became interior minister, in charge of security. the king's nephew, mohammed bin nayef, lost both titles. but, he appeared with the new crown prince, and pledged loyalty. >> ( translated ): i am content. i am going to rest now, and may god be with you because you are now under the responsibility. >> sreenivasan: the announcement capped prince mohammed's meteoric rise to power since his father assumed the throne in 2015. peter waldman, a writer for "bloomberg businessweek," profiled the young prince last year. >> he wants to bring entrepreneurship and initiative, and kind of a high-tech sensibility to saudi arabia. on social issues, he is relatively progressive, meaning that he clearly can see a point in time when women will be driving and can essentially travel and take jobs without their husband's or male guardian's permission. >> sreenivasan: he was already defense minister, and firmly opposes dialogue with shiite iran, fierce rival to the saudis and their sunni allies. prin

bin naye, who he is replacing and it is presumed now that prince mohammed bin salman will become king at some point. he is trained to liberalise aspects of saudi life but critics say he is increasing the repression in the country. last year he approved the execution of a leading shi'ite cleric, which led to demonstrations in shi'ite dominated inrun and great attention in saudi arabia between the shi'ites and the majority sunni muslims. macro to is prepared to do things on the spur of the moment —— prince mohammed is prepared to do things on the star of the moment. two years ago he launched a walk on the saudi rebels in yemen, telling the king it would be over quickly. it is still going on. that has deepened the angry rivalry with iran which supports the rebels. the fears of open confrontation are growing and prince mohammed has been behind the effort to isolate the gulf state of qatar for being a bit too independent and for being a bit too independent and for getting too close to iran. he is not ina for getting too close to iran. he is not in a position yet to go to war with iran.

prince mohammed bin salman has told the kurds in no uncertain terms that if he doesn't get what he wants which is for the turkish troops to be removed completely that he hinted he said he might look at options on arming the kurds themselves so you have an incendiary situation with the kurds in northern syria which has got so much more complicated in just in just the last few weeks with the cutter christ is emerging in america once again double it deliberate saying i'm not sure which foot to put its confident with to place itself in so it straddled both camps there is a lot of confusion just a week ago from the white house between trump and the pentagon over the qatar question so the kurds and arming of the kurds it keeps coming up time and time again and very worrying martin j. award winning journalist thanks for your insights today here on the syria question on our international. we've been hearing from eighty three year old woman who want to gender discrimination case against an airline all the details are coming up to you just after this short break. the future we go. every the world

mohammed bin salman has been making major changes to the country's economic and energy policies. he's also overseen saudi arabia's ongoing war in yemen. now on bbc news, click. ok, let's play. this week we are punching above our weight. driving around the bend and dropping gunk in a bucket. right. let's see. dragons? right. let's see. dragons? check. singing pirates? check. orcs... yes. all of which can only mean it is time for e3, the world's maddest video games expo, in the heart of downtown los angeles. this is where new games are launched and new hardware is lauded. it is always big, loud and bright but this year, for the first time, it is notjust open to those who work in the games industry. 15,000 members of the public have also been allowed in, each paying up to $250 for a ticket. you do the maths. all of which means things have got a lot bigger. personally hasn't affected my enjoyment of the show at all. but the question is, are this year's crop of announcements worth the wait? how exciting it is, depends on whether the big console manufacturers have any big announcements

mohammed bin salman has been making major changes to the country's and economic and energy policies. he's also overseen saudi arabia's ongoing war in yemen. now on bbc news, it's time for wednesday in parliament. hello, and welcome to the programme on the day the queen came to westminster for the state opening of parliament. her majesty set out the bills the government wants to pass, in a speech dominated by brexit. my government will seek to maintain a deep and special partnership with the european allies. and to forge new trading relationships across the globe. labour dismissed the programme as "thin gruel". but theresa may said her government would build a stronger and safer country that "worked for everyone." the lords too give their first verdict on the speech, while back in the commons a conservative mp uses his big moment to speak up for the over—40s. may i wish to reassure members, may i reassure the prime minister, lam still young... laughter still thrusting. but let's begin at the start of the day. this was a rather unusual state opening. because no one was expecting a ge

mohammed bin salman has been making major changes to the country's economic and energy policies. he's also overseen saudi arabia's ongoing war in yemen. and now on bbc news, it is time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. jacob zuma's grip on power in south africa is listening. he will relinquish leadership of the anc at the end of year. and whether he will complete this as south africa's president is uncertain, as allegations of corruption pile up around this government. my guess to day it is thuli madonsela, south africa's public protector until late last year. she exposed a web of wiring connections between the state and big business interests. but are her concerns about to be buried? —— worrying. —— public protector. thuli madonsela, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for being here stephen. it is such a non—. hardtalk. thank you for being here stephen. it is such a non—i hardtalk. thank you for being here stephen. it is such a non-. i think we have to begin with that explicit report that you wrote and published before leaving the office of public protector last year. â

and i think getting the prior crown prince to step aside and bin laden and mohammed bin salman to step into that role does mean that when this king passes, all other things being equal, the new king is going to be in his 30's. he will be younger than the new leader of france by half a decade. which is pretty noteworthy. julia: can i ask you a quick question about what the impact perhaps attention will be? what we've already seen from him is a more aggressive foreign policy front within the region. we are talking about the tensions we can already see with the qatarese in particular, how strong do you think the opec agreement is at this stage? and do you think it can continue to be so despite the political tensions that go on around it? tom: well, the big surprise starting last september was that the saudis very adroitly co--- co-opped the iranians. they accommodated the iranians on their desire to be able to go up to 3.9 million barrels a because they didn't think they could do it. and so far they haven't been able to do it. they went from 3.7 to 3.8. but it's a pretty fragile agreement

saudi arabia's king ousting his nephew, the sitting crown prince and pitting his son, mohammed bin salman next in line for the throne the new crown prince is 31 he maintains his position as defense minister and will oversee a vast economic portfolio. he was named deputy prime minister the form every crown prince was in charge of saudi arabia's security services. he's been relieved of all positions. saudi television showed footage suggesting an amicable change in succession with the former crown prince pledging allegiance to his younger cousin it may not be a coincidence all of this happened as crude oil prices slipped back into bear market territory saudis have been leading the cartel to make sure thain reiey reining in production. the prince has been in charge of a lot of things including vision 2030, the saudi plan for economic renewal and diversification to get them off the need for crude oil prices to support their economy. maybe not a huge coincidence this timing is coming now. it's fast. he's very young. 31 wti down another 12 cents today. 43.39. lead story in the "wall street journ

mohammed bin salman has been driving major reforms of the country's economic and energy policies and has overseen saudi arabia's war in yemen. our world editor, john simpson, has this assessment of the significance of today's appointment.

mohamed bin salman kiss ds the the hand of his predecessor in the show of respect and humanity. >> travis kalanick who helped found ride sharing giant uber has stepped down as ceo after a shareholder revolt. he will reportedly stay on the board of directors. kalanick took an indefinite leave of absence last week of a after oversees a disaster rouse series of pr nightmareses, including skaul harassment allegations within the company, viral video of kalanick berating a drier. >> the u.s. state of georgia has a woman in congress. but that's not what has most people talking about karen handel. the republicans rode to victory next on cnn newsroom. plus president trump sends his top man to the middle east on a mission of peace. more from jerusalem. next. do stay with us. back in a moment. (soft gasp) (record scratching) ( ♪ ) (excited chatter) ( ♪ ) various: whoa! (mixed exclamations) ( ♪ ) (cheering) ( ♪ ) (cheering) for her compassion and care. he spent decades fighting to give families a second chance. but to help others, they first had to protect themselves. i have afib. even for a

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bin salman at the center of the aggressive saudi policy in the region and in that regard, this is going to be a very rocky time. >> and in fact he is largely responsible for those two very controversial steps, yemen has been going on for quite some time, but this new fact of qatar and the saudis lining up against them, the president of the united states siding with the saudis, and the secretary of state and secretary mattis trying to pull it back, doing the best they can to re-establish -- which just got a $12 billion arms deal from us in the pipeline last week. let me ask you about a new report today from the associated press, that we are standing back in yemen, but allowing interrogation which is basically torture of dissidents or opponents in yemen and watching what is going on with the saudis against these prisoners. >> the specifics of the report are deeply disturbing. real horrific torture in a number of prisons by the am rautys who are tied with the saudis in trying to overthrow -- or defeat the iranian houthis. if these are true, the u.s. has to be extremely careful, not only is

the saudi king has named his son, mohammed bin salman, as the new crown prince, up and did what was the traditional movement there, and the royal succession, mbs, as he was known, was the person who came here and met with president trump. he is also the forward leaning younger version of the royals. he is now in the position, if youd will, to be the next king f saudi arabia, and that is a big event for the saudis that i'm sure we will hear a lot about tomorrow. next up,t we focus on capitol hill. the way forward for the trump agenda and how tonight possibly affects that. ♪ it's our little differences, that can make a world of difference. expedia, everything in one place, so you can travel the world better. surfing is a sport that takes a lot out of you ♪ physically. from the moment i wake up on my tempur-pedic mattress i feel like i'm ready to take on the day. i don't have aches and pains from the previous day's training. and i feel like myself. i wake up feeling stronger, a better surfer a better me. ♪ find your exclusive retailer at tempur-pedic.com tech: when you schedule with

that means the next king has been named and he is 31-year-old mohamed bin salman, the son of the current king. he is is 31 years old. when he becomes the king he will reign probably for decades. we're told he is reformer. what do you make of this development which i'm told shakes up saudi arabia? >> well it does. i think the thing we're not reading into it what we should read into it, this low oil price doesn't just hurt us in the states, our energy sector, it hurts other people. this is hurting is a you had -- saudi arabia. they have their own internal turmoil they have to rectify by bringing in somebody young who can rule a long time to make changes so they're in better spot down the road. they have their own internal problems with this low oil price. this is grasp of some straws to change the direction their aircraft carrier is going in but it will take a lot to turn around. stuart: i have a feeling american frackers who will keep the price of oil down because they're going to drill, drill, drill, no matter what, am i right? >> yes, you're right. they have got their happy socks on whe

king salman has promoted his son 31-year-old mohammed bin salman to be the next in line to the throne. he replaces salman's nephew as crown prince. no reason for that change was immediately announced. >>> now to the options being waived by the trump administration in the wake of a former detainee and college student otto warmbier. this as we see the final images of otto taken shortly before he was taken into custody. nbc's foreign correspondent andrea mitchell has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, is vanna. the u.s. and china are meeting in washington to discuss options against north korea's missile and nuclear tests. all of this complicated as outrage is growing across america over the death of american students otto warmbier, the result of his treatment being held captive in the rogue nation. overnight a vigil at the university of virginia where otto warmbier would have graduated this spring t. white house and lawmakers consider options. >> the most powerful nation on earth. we have lots of options. >> reporter: most likely a travel ban for u.s. citizens. 1,000 am

bin syed. when the king of saudi died in 2015, and king salman took over the throne and named his son as deputy crown prince, the uae was basically one of the first people to reach out to them. they have formed a pretty close relationship, and they have economic and political interests that really align around combating extremism, mainly shiite extremism, as they see iran is the chief sponsor of, so that has been the tie that binds. let us also remember that these are two entirely oil-dependent economies. they also have economic interests aligned with each other, and that is particularly important, as we have seen oil prices limited over the past four years. carol: staying in politics, the u.s. treasury department has a lot on its plate. oliver: but the agency right now is running on a skeleton staff. carol: let's set the stage here, because treasury secretary steven mnuchin has an awful lot of things on his plate. remind us of all the things he has been tasked with doing. reporter: the white h