Its true business the Worlds Largest oil conglomerate saudi aramco has raised twelve billion dollars with its First International bond issue high demand is seen as a good sign for a planned initial Public Offering but the company has delayed several times now it is currently planned for next year according to crown Prince Mohammed bin salomon who oversees business at saudi aramco he and his country have come under fire following the murder of saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in october but investors appear to be looking past that and a focusing on profits again. Lets bring in comrade who is in our correspondent in frankfurt whos following this story very closely conradt first of all just clarify for me if investors are suddenly turning a blind eye or have suddenly forgotten all about this murder case of a saudi journalist. Ben i think its fair to say and safe to say that
investors are moving on you know last year when this murder happened a lot of Business Leaders were very eager to cr
a deal and then by law boris johnson has to apply for an extension remember that law that was passed by the u.k. parliament that s responsible for that although he has said there might be a way around that we do expect him then or somebody else by the way to apply for an extension until the 31st of january and at the moment it seems likely that the leaders the e.u. leaders will agree to that so still a lot of ifs there but of all those scenarios at the moment no deal bragg s it on the 31st of october seems the least likely. on capitol hill in washington today another closed door hearing in the impeachment inquiry against president truong the former u.k. s ambassador to ukraine marie evanovich testified before congressional lawmakers and reportedly unloaded some rather damning statements about the president in may
session but there was also the message from the head of the european commission john kruger who said we still have time we can still strike a deal the problem of course is that nobody here knows what this deal could look like because apparently there are no concrete proposals from the u.k. government on that so what we are doing is getting closer and closer to the braggs a deadline on the 31st of october d without a real solution in sight the e.u. and its side is preparing for the scenario probably the only thing i can really do at this moment. brussels vera chief maxell fun and strasbourg scotland s 1st minister is in bergen today to discuss bragg s it nicholas sturgeon is calling for a new referendum on either membership but as did obvious marinus trials found out if that doesn t happen she s willing to put all options on the table including independence 1st minister you re calling for
maybe the same. although authorities claim the situation is slowly normalizing the unrest has already cost $12.00 lives in the city of gold remains on age. thank you been commission president. says a deal to ensure a smooth british exit from the is still possible but warned that the risk of a no deal begs it is very rare at the european parliament in. the said a no deal would never be the choice of the european union they use chief brakes if they go see it emissions said the 2 sides should also not pretend to be nice or say no. and he. has been following the discussion that the european parliament and he sent us this is excellent no deal bragg s it is getting more and more likely some even believe it is the most likely scenario now that is the main message coming out of strasburg where the european parliament was in
first the european commission president joe claudio says a deal to ensure a smooth british exit from the e.u. is still possible but he was the risk of a no deal bret s it is very real mr yoga told european parliament stroudsburg good no deal would never be the choice of the european union e.u. chief presently goes into michel barnier added that the 2 sides should not pretend to be no such negotiating. d.w. brussels bureau chief maps hoffman has been following discussions at the european parliament and said to us this is testaments. no deal bragg s it is getting more and more likely some even believe it is the most likely scenario now that is the main message coming out of strasburg where the european parliament was in session but there was also the message from the head of the european commission john we still have time we can still strike a deal the problem of course is that nobody here knows what this deal could look