From moscow whats your to international with me. Thanks for joining us this hour. Our top Level Exchange of accusations that is raising the stakes over the sudden and so far unexplained illness of Prominent Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny kremlin spokesman to be through. All allegations of state involvement in the case as unacceptable and absurd in their very nature or the german spokesman spin asked if they will scrap the north stream to gas pipeline project with russia as arties peeta all of the reports. The German Government press briefing the lunchtime press briefing wrapped up on monday putted with with questions about north stream 2 i think just about every other question made reference to the Multi National Infrastructure Project the message coming out of the German Government is that as it stands at the moment north stream 2 is an economic project and its own connected to the no valley case starts as it stands however that could change depending on how things develop
So lets go back to that breaking news out of riyadh the saudi capital according to media reports Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin sound detained some the most high profile members of the rule family they include former crown Prince Mohammed bin nayef as well as prince ahmed bin abdulaziz outside the younger brother of the saudi king reports suggest theyve both been accused of treason saudi guards have also arrested one of mom had been knifed brothers theyre now likely under the threat of life imprisonment or possible execution both could have rival the crown Prince Mohammed bin sound man to the throne if king solomon were to die it lets bring in jamal and sally johns is live on set jamal so what do you think has prompted this move by the Saudi Crown Prince mom been psalm on how significant is it in terms of significance that we can say with 100 percent confidence its huge because of the positioning of these 2 figures within the royal family their seniority both in terms of lineage but a
Investigating war crimes in afghanistan the i. C. C. Has now clear the way for an inquiry into the allegations and the u. S. Is angry so can justice be done in this war torn country and the politics at play this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dubey the International Criminal court has authorized an investigation into possible war crimes committed in afghanistan an appeal by the i. C. C. As chief prosecutor to bensouda was approved after being rejected last year hes ations of atrocities committed by u. S. Soldiers the taliban and Afghan Forces will now be investigated the torture of prisoners Sexual Violence and the indiscriminate mass killing of civilians are among the claims the i. C. C. Wants to look into but the u. S. Does not recognize the Courts Authority and the white house has even imposed a travel ban on its judges peterhof minsky the judge presiding over the Appeals Chamber defended that ruling saying the case meets all the right criteria that in su
Institutions but also internationally with the United States and other countries and obviously. Being the only other son of the late king faisal and being a significant figure with respect josh and his executive director of arab center of washington he thinks this seems like an attempt by the crown prince to consolidate more power. Gooden sama who is the most senior of thats 3 and has actually overseas for many years came back couple of years ago to kind of try to calm things down. After b. S. Took over and there were some. Kind of turmoil in within the royal family. And of course the the previous crowned prince and his brother were also involved in these 3 arrests the accusation of course. Or the implication is that there was an attempt at a coup i dont think the possibility of a coup is even. Feasible at this time in terms of where the military is and its potential participation and that i think this is another 10 but i meant in some amount to kind of exert in a paranoid way has full
Hours of an easy calm as a ceasefire in syria is a good lives still hold. But so we begin in saudi arabia where crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon has detained some of the most high profile members of the royal family and that includes form a crown Prince Mohammed bin nayef as well as a prince of bin Abdul Aziz Al saud the younger brother of the saudi king report suggests that they have both been accused of treason so many gods have also arrested one of my havent been brothers and now likely to be under the threat of life imprisonment or possible execution both could have rivaled crown Prince Mohammed bin salim to throw in if king solomon dies out 0 Senior Correspondent jim spains what these detentions mean for the kingdom and their impact on saudi politics. In terms of his significance its huge because were talking about true of the most senior members of the saudi royal family and true that up until now have not been seen as supporters of crown prince may have been someone in the dire