to do if you will that the date for saudi arabia it's one saudi arabia to do the work which it's not willing to do or capable of doing at this time while the u.s. will give it a logistic support but not necessarily to become a party to these conflicts so that they desire on the part of the mohamed been some hands of this world to have the u.s. take the broom and the dust and clean up in the gulf is not going to happen at all so the expectation is as i think farfetched action it's go back to these revelations the broiling the nay that what we have had cushion is allegedly up to what sort of impact is that likely to have on the us in. ministration of the white house donald trump when it comes to the geopolitics in this region will he be weakened where does that leave the robert mueller investigation i think we still have to wait for the result or think why but as i mention. this is you know a base that we're for american democracy and it is a scandalous in every sense of the term i think everybody knew that both saudi arabia and united arab emirates using the existing situation in wash

how much responsibility to saudi arabia and m.b.'s bear in your view for what's going on in yemen right now the violence and suffering there. well i would say that they are responsible for the overwhelming amount of human suffering we're seeing in yemen right now the united nations is just least figures on the casualties there with over. six thousand civilians. tripping over sixty percent of the civilian casualties to airstrikes which are in the saudi coalition and that's primarily saudi arabia is carried out the saudi coalition has imposed an air sea and land blockade on yemen a country that depends on imports for ninety percent of its. from most of its medicines resulting in the humanitarian disaster that we're seeing now in the country and i would point massive physical destruction of the country massive cultural destruction of the country as well so how do you respond to that how do you square and b.s. being a reformer home while committing what now. war crimes abroad well there are two sides to a coin a country does not go to wa

arm sales to saudi arabia as he hosts crown prince mohamed bin some. unknown barbara sarah this is al jazeera live from london also coming out of the u.n. calls for urgent taxes to the people of eastern syria drops of white phosphorus and shells children sheltering in a school. to russia with not very much love twenty three diplomats expelled by britain leave from moscow and the world's last the mail northern white rhino dies in kenya leaving only two females open subspecies. the crown prince of saudi arabia has been having a working lunch with u.s. president donald trump at the white house in an unusual photo opportunity trump used the visual aids a to show how much money and how many jobs arms the sales the saudi arabia were bringing in. we've become very good friends over a fairly short period of time i was in saudi arabia in may and we are bringing back hundreds of billions of dollars into the united states and we understand that and they understand that some of the things that have been approved in are currently under construction and will be deli

arabia saudi arabia. saudi saudi arabia. ♪ ♪ >>> the saudi crown prince meeting with president trump discussing the future of his rapidly changing country. in just a few months the women of saudi arabia will finally be grabt n grated the right to drive. seen by many as sign of modernization. but as our reporter shows us there's still a long road ahead. >> a women's boxing class. >> go, go, go, go. >> in, of all a places saudi arabia. the country where dominant image of women is this. but here for these women it's about power. physical, mental, personal power. >> the last thing i expected was to see saudi women bofling. >> hitting a pad or punching something makes you feel happy and empowered and strong. >> throw your left. bring it back to your face. >> this is the first and only female boxing and kick boxing trainer in the kingdom of saudi arabia. a true revolutionary. >> what would you say to americans who just have this stereo type about saudi women and saudi arabia and the society, they think terr

set up bases in saudi arabia. the protagonist family is divided into liberals like a father who makes a fortune supplying us troops and for the just radicals like an uncle who supports the morality police. sirens at school when she first encounters an official from the commission for the prevention of science he comes to speak to her class he tells the girls they will burn in hell and that the bodies will be roasted on spits some explodes. then she is accused of being possessed by the devil. you so it's figures that up i'm sorry society generally is conservative fanaticism is taught in school because the official wahhabi ideology is a very strict and conservative strain of his luck. but i think they're saying that al qaeda bin ladden and i am all relate to one hub ism then you realize what this ideology is. and that this once taught in school. or in the. morning based his novel on stories he was told when he visited saudi arabia in two thousand and ten he was invited by the german consulate to give some readings t

arabia her response to the link that we have with saudi arabia is historic it is an important one and it's saved it has saved the lives of potentially hundreds of people. and i will be raising concerns about human rights with the crown prince when i meet him to build on that relationship the prime minister left parliament to meet with m.p.'s at downing street since my mother when will you stop bombing innocent civilians in yemen where will you stop killing innocent civilians in yemen bridge but imo. as you can see this trip. it's not just the high profile one but it's also very controlled trade with the bank the british government and the saudis not wanting to have clear access there is no press conference that took place this is the closest we've had to access through the crown prince and the big reason behind that is the widespread opposition and criticism that has been accompanying this trip. part of the opposition was demonstrated in this protest outside downing street who organizes here say the u.k. government should not be turning a blind eye to saudi human rights abuses no matt

arabia's bombardment of yemen the conflict in saudi arabia southern neighbor has been going on for three is killing sounds of civilians. well the saudi crown prince of the u.s. president are also expected to discuss a possible nuclear energy deal wow we've been soundman earlier said riyadh needed the option of pursuing a nuclear weapons program to counter iran to syria to consider it a saudi arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb but without a doubt if iran developed a nuclear bomb we will follow suit as soon as possible plans for nuclear cooperation with the saudis have caused alarm in the u.s. house of representatives a bill has been introduced which would force any countries in nuclear partnerships to announce technology that could lead to the creation of atomic weapons saudi arabia has previously refused to sign any agreement with washington that would prevent it from enriching uranium members of the house from both sides expressed their own about saudi arabia's intentions the idea of saudi arabia having a nuclear program with the ability to enrich is a major national secur

like the winds of change blowing in saudi arabia the new documentary film the battle of saudi when. then for more rights from their perspective. the race itself. and their worldly it was this crazy out her body and drive. a silent revolution this film from saudi arabia tells the story of women women who have succeeded in breaking out of their roles as mothers daughters and wives in one of the world's most conservative muslim countries. it took us at least sixty five years to realize that the lardons not for big women not only from voting but also from running and getting appointed in the board of directors. with slightly modified last minute colin no i have medicare towards the end. and berlin we meet the film's creators danny i'll have ronnie and danny and. ten years ago they founded the company dancer productions in saudi arabia without a male guardian that was almost unthinkable now they have high hopes of the reforms in saudi arabia especially the lifting of the ban on cinemas. this is five years of finances that have gone into this film so the idea that we might be able to get

and saudi arabia is still a country that is great still a country that has significant influence even if it is on the wane following the vote for briggs it so i think when he sees to resume a rolling get when the peace saudi people see to resume a rolling out the red carpet for mohamed bin some and that gives him a huge boost within saudi arabia itself so i think the u.k. trip was mainly directed at the domestic audience within saudi arabia but the washington trip is mainly directed to the u.s. audience and not just to donald trump i heard the previous speaker talking about trump and questioner being the main pieces of addiction which currently is true but i think part of this trip is to rectify that he's meeting james mattis who was a critic of the blockade on qatar he's meeting security officials he's lobbying buying think tanks buying journalists all of wish to cement himself and restore saudis influence on the institutions in the u.s. and not just relying on trump in other words it seems he's listened to the advice that was given in the guardian that he should distance and so from

is supporting saudi arabia? >> it is a goo question when u say try to explain what saudi arabia is doing in yemen. i think a lot of people are wondering that. who areg saudis wondering, this war was declared in 2015 and it was supposed to beic and this was the case where mbs, mohammed bin salman, at the time was a deputy crown prince and e nist, and he was pushing this war. it was going to be a quick, simple war most of the richest countries against supports country. three years later, still in this horrific war with all oosemanitt bernie sanders mention on the floor of the senate will stop it is a disaster. it is been called an apocalypse, the world's worst humanitarian crisis. it all intensive purposes, is u.s.-saudi war. jets,s. refueling saudi u.s. providing arms and bombs, u.s. providing intel the saudi officials, diplomatic cover in international forums. yeamics do'know enough about it because the media does not cover it. and what it does, does not mention the saudi role. it has been a disaster. no end in

we still do not have an ambassador to saudi arabia, and occasional visit by whiteci houe officials are not a replacement for the sustained diplomatic efforts by experts in the foreign service. i encouraged though by the appointment of the new united nations special envoy to yemen, martin griffith, in hopes the united states kaposi to support his efforts wherever possible. while the primary conflict in yemen is between an arranged back houthi insurgency and a saudi led coalition, the united states is involved. as stated inen a letter sent by secretary mattis to congressional leadership this week, his words come since 2015 the united states has provided limited support to saudi led coalition military operations to restore the u.n. recognize government in yemen and preserve saudi territorial integrity from houthi allied forces in yemen. moreover,, , according to the secretary, u.s. forces are not authorized to use force against the houthis to support the saudi led coalition with intelligence sharing, military advice and logistical support, including and to air refueling. last week the com

and they can google saudi arabia in the 70s and 60s and they will see the real saudi arabia easily in the pictures. >> what was saudi arabia like, before 1979? >> we were living a very normal life. like the rest of the gulf countries. women were driving cars. there were movie theaters in saudi arabia. women worked everywhere. we were just normal people, develop like any other country in the world, until the events of 1979. >> saudi women who have been virtually invisible in public have been given new rights. making it easier for them to start a business, join the military, and to attend concerts and sporting events. >> i'll go around. >> in june they will be able to get behind the wheel and drive. >> are women equal to men? >> absolutely. we are all human beings. and there is no difference. >> you have said, you are taking saudi arabia back to -- what we were. a moderate islam. what does that mean? >> we have extremists who forbid mixing between the two sexes and are unable to differentiate between a man and woman alone together and their being together in the work place. many of the

whether it is saudi arabia or other countries, there will be no funding. we have zero tolerance for the funding of terrorism and we're working very hard. i will say saudi arabia has been working very hard on that, as are certain other countries in the middle east. when i was there in may i think was one of the most incredible today meetings that i have ever seen. that anybody has ever seen. it was amazing. 56 countries. everybody was there. the head of every country. in every case, there was ahead of the country and we talked about terrorism and the funding of terrorism and it will be a lot. all not be a lot. that would be the one thing that would end the relationship with any country, so i think there is a very big focus on that. the funding of terrorism. meeting it is ever. -- meaning it is over. they talked about 400 bay dollars worth of investments, of seen 200have already billion dollars invested to our companies, to area southern places and people that make things. so a lot of places throughout the united states are benefiting from this massive inves

arabia her response the link that we have with saudi arabia is historic it is an important one and it's saved it has saved the lives of potentially hundreds of people. and i will be raising concerns about human rights with the cry. friends when i meet seem to be able not relationship prime minister left parliament to meet with m.p.'s at downing street prince mohammad when will you stop bombing innocent civilians in yemen when will you stop killing innocent civilians in your members but i met. as you can see this trip is not just a high profile one but it's also a very controlled trip with the both the british governments and the saudis not wanting to have clear access there is no press conference that took place this is the closest we've had to access to the crown prince and the big reason behind that is the widespread opposition and criticism that has been accompanying this trip. parts of the opposition was demonstrated in this protest outside downing street organizers here say the u.k. government should not be turning a blind eye to saudi human rights abuses no matter how much the cro

whether it is saudi arabia or any other country, there will be no funding. we have a zero tolerance for the funding of terrorism. saudi arabia and we have been working very hard, as our certain countries in the middle east. when i was there in may, i think it was one of the most incredible today meetings that anybody has ever seen. it was an amazing two days. we had 56 countries, we had everybody was there, the head of every country in virtually every category. we talked about terrorism and the funding of terrorism, and it will not be allowed. it will not be allowed. that would be the one thing that would end the relationship with any country. i think there is a very big focus on that, the funding of terrorism. it is over. the other thing i really am very happy about is that we talked about $400 billion with of investment of which we have already invested and seen invested $200 billion to our countries to various other things and places and people that make things. so a lot of places throughout the united states are benefiting by this massive investment made

news even in the saudi arabia. capital. two one and. you would see plenty of billboards like this one portraying a young and dynamic face prince mohammed bin psalm on no he wants to read brand the image of the country as an open and modern kingdom but the question is will the population accept changes and raisins from top down. the majority of the population is young most of them are nothing more than religious extremists began to enforce restrictions on the country tame and soccer is itself and these teenagers want me to join them but they are not yet willing to accept everything women can play soccer they tell me. if i have to wear a headscarf and his friends tells us. so because you know the culture in saudi arabia driving is only for men. not here in the desert it's not that women have come here not far from riyadh to learn to drive but that change can not happen fast enough they are hungry to get behind the wheel in every respect. you want freedom for women and normal life it begins with driving but a lot to have to follow up with.

as saudi arabia's crown prince begins a three day visit to the uk there are questions for theresa may about the uk's links to the country. as she makes her arms sales pitch, will she also call on the crown prince to halt the shocking abuse of human rights in saudi arabia? the link we have with saudi arabia is historic, it is an important one, and it has saved the lives of potentially hundreds of people in this country. also on this programme: a call to make misogynistic abuse a hate crime. misogyny is everywhere in our society, absolutely everywhere. to the point where we often miss it because it has been so normalised. and mps investigate why your fake fur bobble hat may not be fake fur at all. but first. theresa may has defended the uk's relationship with saudi arabia at the start of a three day visit by crown prince mohammed bin salman. his schedule includes talks with theresa may and lunch with the queen. the crown prince is credited with kick—starting economic and social reforms in the kingdom, such as the lifting of the ban on women driving. but protestors have objected to the

this is the only way for saudi arabia. i do believe both corporates and citizens are quite aware that this is the only way for saudi arabia to push ahead through , reform. it has to be a readjustment and i think that is a key element for 2018. reprioritize. we are seeing that, especially on the fiscal front. --t was a very positive saudi arabia is doing everything it can. they are doing everything it can. i believe in the emerging-market, saudi arabia is unique with what it is doing on the reform wave. it is rather the only country that has the commitment and the strength to apply this fantastic reform wave to change the country over the medium term. yousef: up next, the bright spot for brightly. how the united arab emirates is bucking the global trend with soaring sales of luxury watches. we hear from the company's new ceo next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ yousef: multum back to the best of bloomberg markets middle east. the ceo of luxury watchmaker breitling was in dubai this week and told me the uae is bucking the global

should not be selling arms to saudi arabia. i think that our relationship saudi arabia is an important one and we want to be friends with them but i think the french should speak truth to each other and there are a number of truths which i am concerned we won't be saying and there are a number of things that we should be doing that we're not doing i don't think that we should be selling arms to saudi arabia at the moment in these current circumstances particularly given the bombing campaign in yemen it seems to me that there are too many three billion targets that have been that have been used too many people have been killed as a result of saudi arabian bombing and i think that the the way in which they have been besieging the ports in the airport is in breach of international law on the face of it and we should be very cautious about giving support to the campaign of the saudis in yemen. ok let's talk to my colleague bashar hears al-jazeera senior political analyst joining us now from our bureau in the shot moment good see yo

bases in the persian gulf and perhaps in saudi arabia is going to get it from the iran has a regional alliance called the resistance axis it also has international allies like russia and china so this won't be any picnic we're going to go to john in los angeles here i mean shortly i think we should all expected to trump will walk away from the the j c p u a the nuclear deal is this setting up a a cascade of events here because this is going to send a very strong signal to iran also to american allies that probably won't going to be very happy about it for sure here you know bolton is a man that does not respect international law he's made it very clear he said he was representing the united united states the in the u.n. so very very much believes in unilateral action here and we don't know how powerful he will be around trumpet that what remains to be seen but we know his views and the president of the united states should know. his views as well go ahead john in los angeles well you have to be can. very concerned about how close to the president the national security adviser is and t

arabia going to shift its position again well i don't think so i think saudi arabia's position is very much concerned about domestic consolidation of power in challenging iran's position if put said. you have a hillary clinton figure coming to power in washington then obviously that a key element of the alliance is no longer there but i think that doesn't really affect saudi arabia's view of the region particularly its view of the palestinians the saudi royal family and other you know corrupt authoritarian monarchies in the middle east always viewed the palestinians as a disruptive element in the politics of the middle east because they stare up domestic sort of passions within the authoritarian regimes they challenge the very compliant and corrupt policies of the authoritarian regimes and so there was never any very serious interest in really doing anything about palestinian suffering and now we're sort of seeing this you know formally coming into being with the policies of the crown prince and his alliance with benjamin netanyahu and jared cushion back in washington yossi beilin ther

so because you know the culture in saudi arabia driving is only for men. not here in the desert it's not women have come here not far from riyadh to learn to drive but that change can not happen fast enough they are hungry to get behind the wheel in every respect. you want freedom for women and normal life it begins with driving but a lot will have to follow. saudi arabia is divided over how much to change and how soon the country is at a crossroads i mean. she became known as the woman who resisted the driving ban in the ninety's is more change in the way she sighs. but however it isn't about the soccer or isn't really about just women driving it is the impact it has in our core value and the change that comes with it and then those social structure change with with the structure of the power only. psychologist her patients tell her about all the sudden changes impact family. within this transition phase we're seeing the young adults are actually negotiating with their parents have a male or female if it was a female she's negotiating whether she wants to

what has been this saudi arabia for the past 40 years? is that the real saudi arabia? >> bin salman ( translated ): absolutely not. this is not the real saudi arabia. i would ask your viewers to use their smartphones to find out. and they can google saudi arabia in the '70s and '60s, and they will see the real saudi arabia easily in the pictures. >> o'donnell: what was saudi arabia like before 1979? >> bin salman ( translated ): we were living a very normal life like the rest of the gulf countries. women were driving cars. there were movie theaters in saudi arabia. women worked everywhere. we were just normal people developing like any other country in the world until the events of 1979. >> o'donnell: saudi women, who've been virtually invisible in public, have been given new rights, making it easier for them to start a business, join the military, and attend concerts and sporting events. in june, they will be able to get behind the wheel and drive. are women equal to men? >> bin salman ( translated ): absolutely. we are all human beings and there is no difference. >>

arabia and this is taking it to a rhetorical level that we have not seen from saudi arabia before but there's a lot of repair work still that saudi arabia has to do here in the united states with the american people the american people generally associated saudi arabia with nine one one and that has been the consistent failure of saudi arabia to really speak to the american people about this and so that combined with yemen the war there last week there was a vote in the senate to end american support for the military action by saudi arabia it didn't pass but it was an unprecedented vote so that there's not a strong reservoir of political support for saudi arabia and so it's intriguing that he's pushing so aggressively into our politics of foreign policy yet trump and mohamed been so mine seem to see eye to eye when it comes to a reservoir of political support for saudi arabia and so it's intriguing that he's pushing so aggressively into our politics of foreign policy yet trump and mohamed been mine seem to see eye to eye when it comes to iran and now you have a secretary of state that

order of saudi arabia -- in full support of saudi arabia. you have been detained and you are still supporting them? i say, you bet so, i am supporting them wholeheartedly, with complete freedom and liberty. >> you have spoken to other investors who have spoken to other ceo's. what do they say? >> most of them, i did not speak to all of them. some called me, some i called them, and it is all back to normal. >> but you have to wonder how comfortable they will be putting capital in saudi arabia after theng what we might call ritz-carlton method of dealing with disputes. >> they have to decide that. i can assure you, i can tell you, business as usual. we will continue to invest in saudi arabia. i was born in saudi arabia, i will die in saudi arabia, and that is my nation forever. scarlet: that was prince alwaleed bin talal. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: time for the bloomberg business flash, a look at the biggest stories in the news right now. united airlines is suspending reservations for its animal transport service. they plan to review unti

and claims to saudi arabia, so he mentioned that off the bat. that they are a good purchaser in good friend. the saudi prince says the saudi friend tothe oldest the u.s. from the middle east. we will bring you taped playback of that as soon as we get it. just weeks after his release, another prince is back to work, reshaping his investment empire. in an exclusive interview with erik schatzker, the other saudi towardsays he is working as much as $3 billion in investments. >> the thing right now is raising between $2 billion of debt because we do have some cash, but you are now looking for a second bill for us. year, in 2018, although the are notright now overvalued, but they are not what we wish them to be.we would like to get firepower ready for us. getting financing facilities. erik: what size deal? >> we are willing to do any deal between $1 billion and $3 billion. erik: in what industry? >> we are a holding company and we are open. erik: i have heard that you are working with goldman sachs. >> yes, goldman sachs -- and i think mr. blankfein p

and foreign direct investment in saudi arabia is heading. for a boost as the country joins a key london based even urging market index. also coming up a haven if it weren't for all the tourists now authorities in thailand say they have had enough shutting down the country's most famous big. this is the w. business live from berlin i am going to head off as welcome for twelve months time today britain will formally leave the european union there will be a transition period sure bus day will be out while many welcome it more of worried about the economic consequences because the numbers are not in favor of britain leaving the e.u. as a closer look last year the euro zone's economy expanded more than two percent but in the u.k. g.d.p. rose just one and a half percent this year british economic growth is expected to slow even further that we can economic outlook is also weighing on the currency the pound it's velo value has dropped fifteen percent since the briggs's referendum of june twenty sixth seen week a currency makes exports more competit

saudi arabia and the u.k. target $90 billion of trade and investment deals as the kingdom visits london. theresa may calls that a vote of confidence ahead of brexit. markets are rattled by president trump's tariffs. gary cohn quits and retaliation is threatened by china. could saudi arabia be the next to join the shale revolution? we have the story. first, the u.k. rolled out the red carpet for saudi arabia prince. he met with theresa may, with the two countries agreeing to a goal of $90 billion of mutual trade and investment in the coming years. may's office called it a vote of confidence in the economy before britain leaves the european union. i got more details from bloomberg's emily horton. >> it is key for both governments as theresa may embarking on the post european union, she sees it as a vote of confidence in the u.k. after brexit. and really for the crown prince, this is his first test on the international scene. can he bring foreign investment into the country as they look towards this 2030 vision t

he wentming to office to saudi arabia first. the f foreign visit was saudi arabia. he praises in bs and his father. he welcomes him to the white house on tuesday and said, they have got lots of money, we want that money, we're going to have a great relationship. for trump, it iall about money. expect no change. at ait of good news come vote, 55 to 405i think it was, that is much narrower than previous " empty saudi votes had been. on capitol hill, there's much more criticism of saudi arabia that anytime i can think of in recent memories. amy: we just interviewed chris murphy of connecticut who joined was sanders and pushing for this. ask you, medea benjamin, last year the trump administration approved the resumption of sales of precision guided munitions to saudi arabia. president obama had frozen some seeapo sales last year due to concerns about civilian casualties in saudi arabia's expanding more in yemen. obama did not cut off the support, but he did restricted. trump took those restrictions off. you have been deeply concerned about this vote. can you explain wha