arabia he was previously detained for opposing the ruling family saudi arabia and the crown prince what. has launched a crackdown against activists religious figures and opponents in recent months. in october the crown prince badge to return his country to what he called moderate islam and cracked down on those he accused of extremism he said we only want to go back to what we were moderate islam that is open to the world open to all religions seventy percent of the society people are less than thirty years old and quite frankly we were not waste thirty years of our lives in dealing with extremist ideas we will destroy them today in september sunday authorities arrested dozens of clerics activists have posted a list of people who have been detained on social media including prominent preacher man allowed and hour they'll go to me aloud who has fourteen million followers on twitter was allegedly detained over his tweets supporting mediation in the crisis between saudi arabia and qatar the arrests were made had of demonstrations organized by exiled opposition figures but didn't attract mu

arabia he was previously detained for opposing the ruling family saudi arabia and the crown prince what. has launched a crackdown against activists religious figures and opponents in recent months. in october the crown prince badge to return his country to what he called moderate islam and cracked down on those he accused of extremism he said we only want to go back to what we were moderate islam that is open to the world open to all religions seventy percent of the sunday people are less than thirty years old and quite frankly we were not waste thirty years of our lives in dealing with extremist ideas we will destroy them today in september saudi authorities arrested dozens of clerics activists have posted a list of people who have been detained on social media including a prominent preacher man allowed and our then got in the allowed who has fourteen million followers on twitter was allegedly detained over his tweets supporting mediation in the crisis between star de arabia and qatar the us were made had of demonstrations organized by exult opposition figures but didn't attract much s

arabia he was previously detained for opposing the ruling family saudi arabia and the crown prince what. has launched a crackdown against activists religious figures and opponents in recent months. in october the crown prince badge to return his country to what he called moderate islam and cracked down on those he accused of extremism he said we only want to go back to what we were moderate islam that is open to the world open to all religions seventy percent of the sunday people are less than thirty years old and quite frankly we were not waste thirty years of our lives in dealing with extremist ideas we will destroy them today in september saudi authorities arrested dozens of clerics activists have posted a list of people who have been detained on social media including a prominent preacher man allowed and our then got in the allowed one who has fourteen million followers on twitter was allegedly detained over his tweets supporting mediation in the crisis between saudi arabia and qatar the us were made had of demonstrations organized by exiled opposition figures but didn't attract muc

part of saudi arabia however saudi arabia has a pipeline oil pipeline which can transmit the oil from the east to the port on the red sea and that is that pipeline was built by iraqi money during the iraq iran war so as to let. exports go through and avoid the strait of autumn us the saudis have expanded that in fact doubled its capacity to four million barrels and they're out of care by bill in this case of exporting four million barrels through that pipeline that's bypassing this threat of baptism and the and also by passing in the future and destroying it of homo's so the saudis have managed well with that at least half of their oil exports will good that about how all of our through that pipeline the exports will have to go to europe because remember most of the saudi oil exports go to the age or pacific region so they have to pass the senate of lattimer's but they can bypass this threat of bobby mendip and go through the asia pacific region however for their exports to europe they can easily manage through the red sea so is going on to europe so as for the installations itself as

pressure on a prosecution against saudi arabia or the company if it is based in saudi arabia. it's a really good question i mean people still haven't confirmed exactly. but this is just in that there is a saudi interest. in this project and it would change the landscape all considerably twenty billion dollars or so that is that is really really money and then we are also ways that the relationship that. the president has been building with saudi arabia to. take the open sports minister over there. so these things are all in conflict with the. court acted in saudi arabia on the one hand while courting the saudi government on the other hand apart from the legal ramifications of all of this what is the technical side one assumes that the signals are already scrambled somehow anyway so that they're limited to a number of subscribers and yet somebody has been able to take those signals broad rebroadcast them and in a very professional manner how do you how do the broadcasters try to get the jump the gun as it were and try and get ahead of that. some are having a really difficult ti

saudi arabia maybe affluent but poverty exists here to. some or all rashid is a project manager with an aid organization called al not. today she and a social worker of visiting a family that the project supports. so. she is in her late forty's and lives with her two daughters and two nieces. and. for the interview they're all wearing veils in general the less privileged women in saudi arabia are the more likely they are to abide by conventions. tempi. she her is a single mother. without help she would be penniless the father of her children abandoned her she says. she'll feel a man. my husband said it's enough you're a burden. i already had one daughter and i was pregnant with my second she didn't even know that. i mean that he told me i needed to take responsibility for myself and my daughter. and she was really into. it. share her and her family are now supported financially by the on the after foundation it found them an apartment gives them money and clothes and helps pay for the children's schooling single mothers in saudi arabia oft

again, saudi arabia a prime example. but if you don't accept the rules of the game, then we do everything in our power to weaken, destabilize and overthrow. so is there a policy, is there a strategy? no. and you don't have to take my word for it. beyond regime change, no. career u.s. government officials tell me there is no policy coherence, there is no strategy. they're throwing jell-o at the wall to see what will stick. there are disagreements inside the administration about what the policy should be and how to go about it. so it's dangerous on all the levels that my esteemed colleagues to my right were outlining previously, and it's going to be incredibly difficult, incredibly difficult for any successor to the trump administration to put humpty-dumpty back together. i'm deeply skeptical as to whether or not they can. there will be tremendous damage inside iran and the region that results from this needless and unnecessary abandonment of diplomacy. we're back to this paradigm where instead of talking to eu, we're talk

military contingent in saudi arabia either. said that there's only a few military u.k. military personnel but other reports i've read side the figure of over seven thousand u.k. military personnel in this mission which is effectively directing the war against the hutus and against the civilians in yemen. what this is it this is a over three years of genocide this is affecting the state sanctioned killing of of kids one small in the middle east. and the british government as jeremy called and said back in march is colluding and the u.n. has evidence of war crimes and that makes treason may a war criminal this is no good no question about that in my mind she's one of a long list obviously of u.k. prime ministers there has colluded with the radical islamists of the middle east the muslim brotherhood the there were hardly fanatics in saudi arabia so this doesn't surprise me at all what does surprise me is that the they've been very lax so coy with their figures and they're saying there's just a few military personnel there almost like if it's only a few war crimes it's not

arabia he was previously detained for opposing the ruling family saudi arabia and the crown prince what he. has launched a crackdown against activists religious figures and opponents in recent months. in october the crown prince badge to return his country to what he called moderate islam and crackdown on those he accused of extremism he said we only want to go back to what we were moderate islam that is open to the world open to all religions seventy percent of the society people are less than thirty years old and quite frankly we were not waste thirty years of our lives in dealing with extremist ideas we will destroy them today in september saudi authorities arrested dozens of clerics activists have posted a list of people who have been detained on social media including a prominent preacher man allowed and our then got to me a loud one who has fourteen million followers on twitter was allegedly detained over his tweets supporting mediation in the crisis between star de arabia and qatar the arrests were made had of demonstrations organized by exiled opposition figures but didn't attra

saudi arabia, prime example. but if you do not accept those roles, we do everything we can to weaken, destabilize, overthrow. so is our policy? is our strategy? no. don't take i word for it. career u.s. government officials tell me there is no policy coherence. there is no strategy. they are throwing jell-o at the wall to see what will fit in stick. there is dissension about what the policy will be. it is dangerous on all of the levels mike steamed colleagues were outlining and it is going to be incredibly difficult for any successor to the trump administration to put humpty dumpty back together. i'm deeply skeptical as to whether or not they can. there will be a tremendous andnt of damage inside iran the results of this needless and unnecessary abandonment of diplomacy, all right? we are back to this paradigm where instead of talking to a .an we are talking about iran that produces no positive results whether it is republicans or democrats. that paradigm has no tangible benefits whatsoever. >> to pick up on a co

saudi arabia closely. iraq is racing to find a short term deal that can bring economic and energy relief to the southern districts and by doing so it hopes that it can quell the protest movement before it turns into a nationwide movement that could topple the government. leaders of iraq and an enormous go to person. case of war corruption and infrastructure to collect means a long term multibillion effort is needed to find a long term solution imran khan how does it like that who the rebels in yemen say they have attacked an oil refinery in the saudi capital using a drone drone targeted the state refinery in riyadh the oil company said it's contained a small fire which is due to an operational incidence the iranian aligned rebels say the drone attack marks a start of a new stage in deterring aggression. and who these leaders has told a french newspaper he is ready to hand control of had a dust port to the un if saudi backed troops and their offensive the red sea port has been controlled by the who with the

that trump is still increasing the public pressure on saudi arabia u.s. ally to increase its oil production is a sign that he will continue with this straw man strategy as trump feels the pressure from of the american voters to lower gas prices at home. well iran is the world's fourth largest proven oil reserves or export earnings or a major part of the iranian economy iranian leaders say that allow private companies to begin exporting to get around u.s. sanctions iran earned more than fifty billion dollars in oil the exports last year that's half its total export revenue sixty percent of iranians or the sold asian countries with china as the number one buyer despise us threats the chinese say they'll keep on buying iranian oil but india says it won't it's iran's second biggest. oil customer european countries by thirty eight percent of iran's oil e.u. leaders are trying to convince the u.s. to allow their firms to continue trading with iran without penalties botch the trumpet administration insists it will launch a ground wave is what it's bringing our g

citizens of saudi arabia and this is the problem that you know every arab leader has made we wish we should watch jordan now if they start doing serious reforms morocco possibly algeria possibly there are there all you know good prospects for reforms that have to be done in egypt decided to didn't want to reform but so i had been so man i think is is a genuine reform minded person who doesn't know how to form and he didn't say he's not going to show him how to do that ok say tell you the same fear that without going into profound changes of the saudi society itself we're not going to see and hear what his stance in the near future if he continues down this path when i do not believe that and i'm nervous a lot of the foremost anaesthetist in the service because before him we hear that king i'm not one to be homeless but we saw we saw nothing before him during the end of the lot so i think it is a lot of the faith yes it's coming in a sense but he's also giving advice i think he is made to them by. christ as an american by since. i think he has he has succeeded for example in pacifying

basket because saudi arabia is not. doing very well it is not a very stable country mohamed bin salomon has been very erratic in his policies and they are not winning a very expensive war in yemen so those countries who wish to put all their eggs in the saudi basket could face severe problems if there is any form of instability in the arabian peninsula. but on the other hand i think the iranians are also looking for innovative ways to export their oil remember the crippling sanctions that obama imposed on iran a few years ago which like from his attempt was to make ordinary iranians suffer as much as possible that was the objective back then was caught off guard more or less it was the first time that sanctions have had ever been imposed on an oil producing country or in any country and for that matter almost and the iranians initially loss a lot of their exports but gradually over a year their exports were rising and obama himself admitted that if the united states had continued to impose those sanctions. the sanctions

saudi relations where we essentially become a mercenary for saudi arabia. they're telling us what to do rather than the other way around. is the superpower? it doesn't make sense. she can be critical of saudi arabia, and you should for writing reasons but still wanting to have a functional working relationship with them. : : : >> $50billion on investments as investment asa way of saving th. what if we end up in a situation where defeo and do not manage to uphold their end of the bargain when it comes to sanctions relief but instead of chin chind russia do? under those circumstances they would move even deeper into china and russia and what would that do in that region to any effort to put nonproliferation back on the agenda? because they were never as concerned about the nuclear program as the europeans and americans were. why would they need to scale back the program if the russians and chines the chinese don't cat it that much? how do you see the prospect of that scenario? >> that's a good question. the scenario that we could likely see, in part because i

saudi arabia is similar. they are not tied down by existing infrastructure. theater of any kind in saudi arabia was an imax theater at a science center. i think saudi arabia eventually could have 500 screens, maybe 1,000 screens. now because we have exclusive zones and what not, i don't know what the number could be. but i think it could be between 50 and 100. maria: you had a great second quarter. it was the best ever for movie going at the box office? >> it was the highest domestic box office ever. tierks max tide our -- imax tied our record. eyeimax's box office was up. we concentrate and blockbusters and concentrate on global. maria: ways happening the tradition -- what is happening with the traditional movie companies. how do you think things change. disney is on the doorstep of acquiring fox 21st century assets. >> i think you will see more blockbusters. i think that's one of the things that attracted disney to fox. disney realizes you can't advertise the cost of some of these things over a theatrical release. sequels, airplanes, international merchandi

arms sales to saudi arabia for their operation in yemen it once reassurances from saudi arabia that it will do everything to end the yemeni civil war and eliminate civilian deaths but explains there are ways around the policy. now at first glance it actually looks like washington is starting to distance itself from saudi arabia's war in yemen as washington scrambles over amendments to the new defense bill the secretary of state would have to certify to congress that the saudi coalition is undertaking efforts to end the civil war and reduce the risk of harm to civilians. without the set's vacation the united states would be banned from refueling saudi coalition aircraft for missions exclusively focused on the civil war some media outlets are all over it but listen to the language undertaking efforts to end the civil war now that's a clever way of shielding themselves from criticism and allowing any real efforts to measure their progress now the saudis have been saying the same thing for some time now that they are taking measures to cease the conflict and they've also been playing the m

the outcome but then let me go to ahmedabad are you have many people in saudi arabia particularly young people saying basically. this is someone who is committed to the versifying the economy put in an and to the old political institutions that have prevailed for many years and that sandi arabia could generally become a vibrant democracy in the near future under m.b.'s well hashem nobody in the middle east would like would like to diffuse this kind of wishful thinking i would say or pipe dreams the actions on the ground like actions are much louder than words what's he doing to egypt what's he doing by supporting the talk crissy of dictator like sisi in egypt what's he doing with the betrayal as suffered and how allie the recently detained scholar called it betray of to the palestinian cause by i'm communicating with the israelis by approaching the israelis differently what's he doing to the cutter is their brothers in blood and neighbors what's he doing to the young man is and what's he doing to with the west in general with donald trump with the investment he is doing this doesn't giv

arabia in the gulf malaysia announced it was withdrawing its soldiers from saudi arabia these other troops that were participating in the saudi led coalition that's been bombarding yemen for almost three years now why did you take the decision to bring back was a little hope to be friendly with all countries not to be but the speed in any war except for peacekeeping. troops had there last says he believed for training. saudi at war with yemen we don't want to be involved in other people's war are you know worried though about the saudi reaction and the reason why i ask is because saudi arabia according to neutral observers is being led in let's say a nontraditional way. there have been several reports that the saudis who control islam's holiest sites namely mecca on the card use touch the muslim pilgrimage on visa allocation as leverage to blackmail muslim majority countries into doing what they want and obviously here it's a it's a big thing are you not worried that the saudis would use that against you or have they tried true has there been any reaction from riyadh with regard to

arabia trump wrote saudi arabia's king solomon had agreed to produce more oil while also suggesting it was one of the opec countries being protected by the us how do you know castro has more from washington. president donald trump increased his pressure on saudi arabia by appearing on fox news and saying that he was one hundred percent sure that opec is manipulating the oil market he went on to say that quote they better stop it because we're protecting those countries many of those countries and it is no secret that the country he is referring to there is saudi arabia trance appearance on fox news comes on the heels of a tweet he issued yesterday in which he claimed that the king of saudi arabia king solomon had promised him during a call or had agreed rather to increase saudi arabian oil production by as much as two million barrels a day the white house though quickly back pedaled on that assertion following trump's tweet with a clarifying statement saying that saudi arabia had only indicated that it can raise or production if needed further contrast ng trumps claim is saudi arabi

they try to get legal representation in saudi arabia where they. say they represent and the reason they want to do it in saudi arabia of course is the fact that the heat is going through that time arab satellite mission company which is based in riyadh of course they can only take action in saudi arabia quite as you know way. if you can't get a lawyer if you can't take legal action you're not going to get it this is been going on there for the best part of the year this is not something that in their bedroom it seems this is a very sophisticated operation. as well part of their broker they have been able to stream this on the internet and as we're talking about now through a staff like bait this costs millions of dollars. and it is fairly complicated they must. beat the competition and it seems like it's not just in sports channels that it's like there are other other other sports right. and it seems they feel they can do whatever they like because they've been able what are they like. russia has long to respond to the expulsion of two of its diplo

i believe that such a visit by the iraqi side to saudi arabia is a very important one because saudi arabia has expressed keenness and readiness to supply iraq and not only with electricity but to help in other several sectors such as housing projects and transport on the level of spreading its political influence on iraq because saudi arabia has implemented a rather new approach the success of saudi arabia on the economic level will definitely ensure saudi arabia's political success and iraq. iran will be watching what is negotiated with saudi arabia closely iraq is racing to find a short term deal that can bring economic and energy relief to the southern district and by doing so it hopes that it can quell the protest movement before it turns into a nationwide movement that could topple the government. government leaders in iraq are under an enormous amount of pressure. decades of war corruption and infrastructure neglect means a long term multibillion effort is needed to find a long term solution imran khan al-jazeera the baghdad. who the rebels in yemen say that attacked and oil refinery

president trump, after visiting saudi arabia, quickly joined in the attack. for its part, qatar denies any support for terrorism. you can spread false news very quickly but, the longer it goes on, and you start wondering, 0k, where is the link between qatar and isis? for the public the question of who is telling the truth is more difficult than ever. translation: the arab audience is becoming increasingly confused. they no longer know which tv channel they should believe. just after midnight, the attack begins. much of the population is asleep but the official qatar newsagency website is streaming round the clock, as usual. then something strange happens, the news ticker, at the bottom of the screen, starts to quote a speech apparently by the emir of qatar. he is reported to have made some astonishing statements. he's seemed to be supporting iran, saying it was... the emir supposed words flatly contradicted america's policy toward iran — a country which the us considers to be a sponsor of terrorism. but that was not all. according to the ticker, the emir ha

definitely ensure saudi arabia's political success in iraq. iran will be watching what is negotiated with saudi arabia closely. iraq is racing to find a short term deal that can bring economic and energy relief to the southern districts and by doing so it hopes that it can quell the protest movement before it turns into a nationwide movement that could topple the government. government leaders in iraq and an enormous amount of pressure. decades of war corruption and infrastructure neglect means a long term multibillion effort is needed to find a long term solution the wrong car which is a fact that. who the rebels in yemen say they've attacked an oil refinery in the saudi capital using a drone they targeted the state run our aamco refinery in riyadh they all companies said it contained a small fire which was due to an operational incident the iranian aligned rebels say the drone attack marks the start of a new stage and a tearing saudi aggression in yemen. meanwhile yemen's who feel leader has told a french newspaper he is ready to hand over c

president donald trump called saudi arabia's king solomon and said they do agree that the saudis would boost production but there's no sign that prices are dropping particularly as the global economy is growing and demand for energy is up india south korea turkey all u.s. allies are major importers of very unoiled they might not be able to switch providers quickly or even want to the trumpet ministration would then have to decide have sanctions on them would follow the other signatories to the nuclear deal say they still support it and are looking at ways to save it alan fischer. all right let's bring in our guests for today joining us now from london is monday to salam are experts in the economics geopolitics of oil and energy and author of over a barrel from tehran how to do some of the who's professor of political science at the university of tehran and also in london some three hundred whom you saw a few moments ago and alan fisher's reports he's a middle east analyst and editor of international interest welcome to you all gentlemen sami is iran's threat to shut the strait of hormu

fact that trump is still increasing the public pressure on saudi arabia u.s. ally to increase its oil production is a sign that he will continue with this strong man strategy as trump feels the pressure from of the american voters to lower gas prices at home the u.s. envoy to the philippines has met north korean officials in the demilitarized zone that's according to south korean media he's laying the groundwork for an upcoming visit to the north by u.s. secretary of state michael last month the united states and north korea agreed to pursue the denuclearization of the korean peninsula president trump says north korea is serious about the plan but his national security advisor appears more cautious. we're very well aware of north korea's patterns of behavior over decades of negotiating with the united states we know exactly what the risks are of them using negotiations to drag out the length of time they have to continue their nuclear chemical biological weapons programs and ballistic missiles the president would like to see these discussions move properly to

s link to this very bloody conflict germany has suspended arms sales to saudi arabia but british arms sales of sharply increased and british military advisors are directing the war it cannot be right that her government this is cannot be right that her government is colluding in one of the united nations is evidence of war crimes but the u.k. government has been adamant all along that its involvement in the yemeni conflict alongside saudi arabia is both proportionate necessary and legal in order to protect saudi civilians from ballistic missile attacks by the who thiis the self-defense law and of course also taken by the saudi arabian government britain supports saudi arabia its right to defend its security against missile attacks from yemen many of which have targeted the kingdom cities including riyadh. any solution to the conflict must ensure that saudi arabia no longer faces this cross border security threat now or after the first direct admission it may see more of u.k. military personnel being present in those saudi military control rooms questions will remain one what exactly t

president trump, after visiting saudi arabia, quickly joined president trump, after visiting saudi arabia, quicklyjoined in the attack. for its part, qatar denies any support for terrorism. you can spread false news very quickly but the longer it goes on, where is the link between qatar and isis. telling the truth is for difficult than ever. translation: the arab audience is becoming more confused. they no longer know which tv news to believe. just after midnight, the attack begins. much of the population is asleep but the official qatar newsagency website is streaming around the clock, as usual. then something strange happens, at the bottom of the screen, the speech is quoted a p pa re ntly screen, the speech is quoted apparently by the india of qatar —— lobbyist emir. he appears to be supporting iran, saying... the emir supposedly that flatly contradicted the us, it considers iran to be a sponsor the us, it considers iran to be a sponsor of terrorism. that was not all. according to the ticker, emir the also said... it was an extraordinary statement. qatari support for hamas would be

heavy weapons used by terrorists in syria traced back to saudi arabia which brought them from the us an independent investigation track the serial numbers of those missiles will tell you more coming up. to your story a subpoena secretly allowing sort of following american travelers even those not under investigation with official saying it's common practice that for most of the law and for many. that debate issues well. this is yes it's hysteria in sweden every weekend of wiles' of privilege if you don't want to get every car you don't want to go over a list of why why europe's migrant crisis takes new emergency measures to control the flow of refugees and in italy charity organizations they have revealed that migrant children are being sexually abused. the man offered to help and said he would child human in exchange for sexual services been alone with my father's friend who before continue the journey subjected. and abuse me and also coming up this hour a special report on how the rise in the far right in japan is affecting the north korean community. by the morning it's eighteen i

arabia in the gulf malaysia announced it was withdrawing its soldiers from saudi arabia these are the troops that were participating in the saudi led coalition that's been bombarding yemen for almost three years now why did you take the decision to bring back was a little hope to be friendly with all countries not to be but the speed in any war except for peacekeeping. troops had there. believe for training. saudi at war with yemen we don't want to be involved in other people's war are you know worried though about the saudi reaction and the reason why i ask is because saudi arabia according to neutral observers is being led in let's say a nontraditional way. there have been several reports that the saudis who control islam's holiest sites namely mecca on the card use touch the muslim pilgrims. which one visa allocation as leverage to blackmail muslim majority countries into doing what they want and obviously here it's a it's a big thing are you not worried that the saudis would use that against you or have they tried true has there been any reaction from riyadh with regards to your d

and in agreement with saudi arabia that if the u.a.e. got involved in yemen they do so to advance their own national interests which are not necessarily the same as the saudi interest because yemen never really posed a direct threat to the united arab emirates neither did the who these for the for the emer artie's yemen is an axis point to the indian ocean it is an access point to the horn of africa and if you see the different string is there's a string of pearl emerging and yemen is in many ways the the crown jewel in this string of pearl of of pills that the u.a.e. have lined up across the horn of africa as they have bases in somalia in eritrea and in yemen so it's really about consolidating control over this strait of the bubble mendip. some of iran's biggest oil customers appear to be succumbing to u.s. pressure after withdrawing from the twenty fifteen nuclear deal president trump urged impulses of iranian oil to find alternatives and now there are signs many a cussing bag mariana honda reports. iran exported little more than a mil