the sultan's enemies in the eyes of the porter i was guilty of high treason. the sultan welcomed the opportunity to deal with me he had long mistrusted my policies now he had a pretext for high treason there could be only one punishment. the thing. long long after my death the people of my life yet i was still singing a ballad klingon am romanesque we people of romania. the ballad imagines the words i would have spoken to the two can because he knows who betrayed me if it was to rule that you desired why did you not tell me. that i would have granted your request. and you would have ruled in this. from small town life to the touring the world. look at chances concerts are sell out events for. ever since that first smash hit them i didn't really plan for any of this our life's just not been the same. things for this. year i maxed out. this right. i am our song there's this week on your imax everything's different incident celebrities are calling the shots. today dutch product designer marcel funders in charge. are going to be there. you robotics in sixty minute

instead their gaze is averted only grow to the sultan claiming i had sealed a secret pact with the sultan's enemies in the eyes of the porter i was guilty of high treason. the sultan welcomed the opportunity to deal with me he had long mistrusted my policies now he had a pretext for high treason that could be only one punishment. the thing. long long after my death the people of my life yet i was still singing a ballad klingon am romanesque we people of romania. the ballad imagines the words i would have spoken to the two can do because he knows who betrayed me if it was to rule that you desired why did you not tell me. i would have granted your request. and you would have ruled in us. entering the conflict zone confronting the powerful. subbie who is pushing ahead with moves to join the european union that brussels is so far unimpressed with its reforms my guest this week visiting violin is the fabulous five minutes that i'm not going that beach. why so little progress oh so many key issues. conflicts are. next on the telly. you're all maxed out. by what is right for you dr ro i am for sau

malaysia has a unique power—sharing system between its state sultans. jonathan head reports from bangkok. malaysia sultans are accorded an officially revered status that prevents open criticism of the sometimes lavish lifestyles. however, rumours and my comment about the alleged habits of the king. these culminated in reports that he had married a 25—year—old russian model in november while on a breakfrom russian model in november while on a break from his official duties, russian model in november while on a breakfrom his official duties, a marriage the palace has neither confirmed nor denied. an extraordinary meeting of the royal council of rulers took place earlier this week, at which the king's situation is believed to have been discussed. the king plays a largely ceremonial role in malaysia, but has the power to confirm the appointment ofa the power to confirm the appointment of a prime minister and to dissolve parliament. the current prime minister, mahathir mohamad, who returned to office in a shock election victory last may, had a tense rela

malaysia has a unique power—sharing system between its state sultans. jonathan head reports from bangkok. malaysia's sultans are accorded an officially revered status, which inhibits any open criticism of their sometimes lavish lifestyles. however, rumours and online comment about the habits of king muhammad v have proliferated, since he took up his turn as the country's constitutional monarch, two years ago. these culminated in reports that he'd married a 25—year—old russian model in november, while on a break from his official duties, a marriage the palace has neither confirmed nor denied. an extraordinary meeting of the royal council of rulers took place, earlier this week, at which the king's situation is believed to have been discussed. the king plays a largely ceremonial role in malaysia, but has the power to confirm the appointment of a prime minister and to dissolve parliament. the current prime minister, mahathir bin mohamad, who returned to office in a shock election victory last may, had a tense relationship with the sultan, during his previous governments, when he attempt

the previous king, sultan muhammad the fifth of kelantan, abdicated in january after just two years on the throne, a first in malaysian history. under the country's constitution, the topjob rotates between nine hereditary state rulers every five years. and the doomsday clock, which suggests how close the world is to catastrophic disaster, has now spent longer at its most perilous position on record than ever before. the atomic scientists who control it say it remains at two minutes to midnight. chinese telecoms giant huawei wants to become the world's largest seller of smartphones this year after record sales in 2018. but despite global concern over links to the chinese government and spying accusations, the company claims it's free from political influence. our china correspondent john sudworth reports from beijing. huawei were showing off that new 56 network technology. but something else was on display. sheer ambition. the company aims to be the world ‘s biggest smartphone vendor by next year at the latest. translation: the consumer sales have taught us the biggest revenue source

or a third country of necessary in order to reveal the truth let's bring in our guests here in doha sultan baer a contractor for conflict and humanitarian studies at the doha institute and by skype from manchester in the u.k. coral buckley a barrister at carnegie thirty seven international justice chambers and a specialist in international human rights and transitional justice thank you both for joining us and i will start with you how significant was turkey's role in even getting this investigation this far well my understanding is that this investigation was actually the shia to buy the u.n. up of two or four extra judicial killing and it was their own initiative i'm not sure if it was initiated by. you could have done more in terms of pushing the edge and the security council and trying to get something with greater bite to it in terms of investigation in terms of the results that are likely to come out of this having said that i am of the view that particular president or begun has really. orchestrated the release of evidence in addition to the killing in a very smart way and in a way

now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today malaysia has a new kings sultan of doula has ascended the throne of the southeast asian country nearly a month after his predecessors surprised abdication sultan blood is also a problem it's figure in sports federations including the council of fifty world soccer is governing body. thora to use or turning to drones as their latest weapon in the fight against mold in bangkok. of the miniature aircraft will be spraying treated water in a bid to help clear the air capital has been shrouded in a dense haze for weeks storing widespread fears about public health. and the u.s. federal reserve has warned that america would suffer disruptions from a disorderly brags it. says he is watching britain's divorce from the e.u. very carefully as british prime minister theresa may tries to reopen. with. the. now to the united states where as many as twelve people have died as a result of the deep freeze that's gripping the american midwest weather colder than ant arctic has grounded flights crippled infrastructure and brought life t

and malaysia has a new king sultan of dolla has ascended to the throne of the southeast asian country nearly a month after his predecessor surprised to cation sultan a bell is also a prominent figure in sports federations including the council of fifa world soccer's governing body. in china tens of thousands have begun flooding out of the capital beijing as the lunar new year holiday approaches at its height the pre-holiday travel rush is considered the world's biggest annual human migration encompassing tens of millions of people across china and east asia this year's lunar new year holiday begins and that's the worry for. well as many as twelve people have died as a result of a deep freeze that's gripping the american midwest weather colder than the arctic. has grounded flights crippled infrastructure and brought life to a standstill for tens of millions of people the polar vortex for using air that normally spins around the north pole in winter but has slipped southwards into the united states. chicago the windy city no stranger to wicked winter weather but this week's lows haven't

there any middle ground between these two narratives well to discuss that i'm now joined by mohammed sultan a participant in the january twenty fifth revolution and human rights advocate mohammed it's great to talk to you thank you for coming on the show thank you for having me now you have every reason to hate the current egyptian authorities as they threw into jail where you were tortured to and from what i understand you were only released after the intervention of the obama administration but as horrible as i suppose you are deal was were and he still bill lockyer. is a strong word but. i would say that i definitely opposed the current policies of the regime that we are seeing now. on president levels of oppression. nothing like we've seen even in the mubarak era and has so yes i was opposed from a very principled and value based what's called this is not a difference of narratives or differing narratives this is. a region that has cracked down on ever has it has suffocated the political space in egypt has over sixty thousand political prisoners has killed has killed thousands of people

my name is sultan. i'm eighteen years old and i'm an afghan model. it off of here that if the taliban come we won't be able to hold our fashion shows in kabul or anywhere and i hate the taliban because of their violence and fighting atrocities and that vision of war. joining me for more from kabul is a. researcher with the organization of promise and i miss that must hold so for me from afghan department. i like to come to you first how do young people do not gonna stand feel about a possible deal between the taliban and the united states thank you so much for giving this opportunity as our young afghan. and as grow up and leave. in war i believe every at no matter from we are they are our blogs to which political or economic groups they are the lives that they're. asking for a peaceful afghanistan. even it's a small one that support after its chill achieved its goals is it highly welcomed by afghans including afghan young generation. so far what happened to the taliban and to you as that i saw that going to what's likely still get so i. do i get to

and malaysia has a new king sultan abdullah who was elected following the surprise application of these precepts of assault mohammed the fifth the first came to abdicate in the country's history malaysia has a unique monarchy where the role of rotates between his registry rulers every five years five years with a. couple iran's retrenched in venezuela might overshadow the pope's visit to nearby panama one of the countries that has recognized venezuela's new interim leader pope francis is in panama to celebrate world youth day in front of an expected audience of about two hundred thousand and eleven message of compassion and human rights and speaking to fans of migrants. anything for a glimpse of the first latin american pope. on the boulevards of panama capital as the excitement was palpable. sublimation it's my first time seeing the pope's a place it's such a great experience i feel blessed. and i feel great happiness it's really great that everyone is on the streets and people from abroad are here all the cultural. common space so it's really good food as hacienda but i can see it the

relation has a new king sultan abdullah of pa was elected following the surprise abdication of his predecessor so to mohammed the fifth the first came to advocate in the country's history malaysia has a unique mana kate where the role rotates between hereditary rulers every five years why shouldn't people be with them on a turkey is currently holding about seven hundred children in prison according to human rights groups after their mothers were convicted on what activists say are mostly political grounds one of these children is two year old may ross is mother is a kurdish activist he was jailed in the city of gab say on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda there as lives with his mom in a single cell alongside twelve other women they don't lose your good looks at the children living behind bars you only experience freedom at the weekend. saturdays the day the fathers pick up their children at the gates of the gives a prison the little ones can spend a day or two in freedom. as acrobat takes his two year old son mira's home every weekend the total is already gotten used to leaving his mo

saudi crown prince was responsible for jamal khashoggi is murder lindsey graham added that mohamed bin sultan must be dealt with threatened new sanctions lindsey graham a republican who is close to donald trump is on a two day visit to turkey where he's met with president rest of the graham said that he hopes president trump will slow the withdrawal of american troops from syria until i saw it's destroyed now that's in contrast to trump who said american troops are going because i saw has been defeat it. well donald trump will have another summit with kim. tries to get the north korean leader to give up his nuclear program critics say little has really changed since that last meeting which some but dismissed as a photo opportunity particle hain from washington d.c. . this mild for the cameras quickly and then got back to the top u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh and north korean negotiator kim young chill then went off to the white house behind closed doors a ninety minute meeting with president donald trump at the white house claimed progress the united states is going to continue to ke

malaysian king and the first amends stalled after a resignation no reason was given for the abdication of sultan mahmoud the fifth but it came after he reportedly now twenty five year old former russian queen november. two boats carrying migrants and refugees capsized off the coast of djibouti at least fifteen people are confirmed dead and many more are missing the boats are caring about one hundred thirty people thousands of people from east africa often attempt to cross the red sea in the hope of finding work involved states. you and human rights experts are calling for an investigation into friday's dam disaster in southeast brazil that these ninety nine people have been confirmed dead after the dam holding an iron ore waste collapsed it caused a sea of mud to engulf parts of the town of ramadi. over two hundred fifty people still missing. thousands of former soldiers are gathering in india's capital demanding money on most of them through a scheme called one rank one pension it's the second day of nine planned rallies calling for equal benefits for retired officers of the same rank. as more.

director of the turkisresearch program at the washington institute, and author of the new book "the new sultan." eeesident erdogan will not with president trump's national security advisor when he comes to ankara. how mu of the snub is that? soner: it is a serious snub and not just about putting up an appearance. there is substantial difference between the way the united states and turkey look at the kurdishroup in syria called ypg. turkey considers the ypg a terrorist group. for a long time the states relied on the ypg to fight isis, ankara found this tolerable. now that president trump said the u.s. is getting out of syria, turkey feels like there is no longer a need to rely on the yp therefore turkey will not tolerate u.s. cooperation of or protection over ypg anymore. laura: but is turkey alsowh confused oveher the u.s. is going to pull its troops out of syria as quickly sident trump said it would? soner: maybe mr. erdogan got a bite bigger than he enrgained for hey had the phone call a few weeks ago, after which president trump announced that the u. would withdraw from syria. i think what

now on his way to riyadh where he's expected to hold talks with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan the story today from. mike bomb paling qatar with a message to the gulf countries and their dispute the west political crisis in decades for the gulf cooperation council president and i both believe the ongoing dispute in the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests the emir of qatar shaped i mean been hammered out fanny greeted on peo after discussions with qatar's foreign minister said mohamed but i'll get a fanny both countries say they are keen to consolidate trade and military cooperation that includes expanding the largest u.s. military base in the middle east dade near the capital doha is home to the forward operating base of u.s. central command. and then we've discussed all the issues of interest for our countries regional issues starting with the gulf cooperation council and the peace process in the middle east as well as the reconsideration in afghanistan as well as other issues such as syria and counterterrorism. la

seriously you need to go back in history i feel in order to to understand this just to name an example the sultan part of macedonia region became part of modern greece only after the bulk of the early twentieth century conduct time there have been there have been fights there have been across cities on both sides of the border many greeks still remember these so in this part of the world it's almost impossible to make political decisions by by leaving history aside super arsons i have have done exactly this this is an achievement and we we all hope it will work. as he said this deal is done of course is unpopular i'm curious is there any risk that this deal might unravel in the future or is this set in stone we don't know i think the devil lies in the in the details there are still some unanswered questions for example commercial issues who has the right to produce macedonian wine from not one such things we still need to fix but i think the crucial question is whether this this story agreement will be fully implemented. and after all prime minister will face hard time see he has lost majority in

a new king will be appointed by the end of this month after sultan muhammad v of kelantan stepped down on sunday, just two years into his five—year reign. and a self—driving train is making headlines in the japan times. the japan times reports on the successful test run of a self—driving train in central tokyo. the system was developed to cope with the labor shortage injapan. the company hopes it will be in use. mali has become the epicentre of the global war on terror as both al qaeda and the so—called islamic state exert their influence. this increases the challenges facing a multinational un peacekeeping mission, which was established to oversee a peace deal between the government and rebel groups. the bbc has gained exclusive access with the dutch army on a reconnaissance mission in northern mali. our africa security correspondent tomi oladipo has this report. resupply run into the hearts of the desert. the dutch army are on the move on a reconnaissance patrol to be troubled border of mali and burkina faso. dangerous and ungoverned territory. this is the first time the un h

the national palace said that sultan muhammad v had resigned amid intense speculation about his private life. that brings you up with some of the papers. many thanks. thousands of cambodian survivors of the khmer rouge are marking a0 years since the fall of the brutal regime that killed an estimated 1.7 million people. let's speak to our correspondent nga pham in siem reap in northwestern cambodia. events a re events are taking place across the whole of the country. yes. today it isa whole of the country. yes. today it is a national public holiday in cambodia. and people here mark the day as the anniversary of the end of the genocide, the fall of the khmer rouge, that killed almost 1.7 million people during the short four year period that the khmer rouge was ruling. so today i am in siem reap, where a landmine museum is going to reopen. what a fitting event for the commemoration. and also in phnom penn there will be important events to commemorate the khmer rouge. the event starting with a blessing ceremony and there will be a speech by the prime minister, where he will talk about the i

the core of poor test sultan face he says it's been difficult to get accurate information on the bombing. there have been some conflicting reports about the casualty figure because early in the morning local officials announced that the casualty figure was twelve and around thirty others have been wounded but later the government office shows actually were not providing access to journalists to know more about the figure because it was quite a huge blast as we spoke to the locals there the building that was directly attacked by a humvee type of military vehicle packed of explosives partly part of that was collapsed and many of the intelligence officers and personnel who are joining for breakfast actually left on the. remnants of the building and lost lives it was two vehicles and five attackers involved into the attack and the second vehicle was diffused by the security forces but also it took four and a half hours to encounter all the insurgents there then later prevent shell council member claim that more than fifty people have been killed that all of them were the member of the afghan

malaysia has a new king the sultan abdullah of perhaps was elected following the surprise abdication of his predecessor soul to mohamed the fifth the first came to abdicate in the country's history malaysia has a unique monarchy where the role rotates between his reddit you do list every five minute people yes with them. now the democratic republic of congo has a new president to cater for a sport into office a short time ago in front of thousands of supporters as he used his inaugural speech to call for reconciliation promised to police all political prisoners present cicada succeeds joseph kabila who was in power for eighteen years of the election was marred by allegations of fraud it is the first peaceful transition of power in congo since the country gained independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty. let's get more on this from journalist live your acland who joins us on the line from kinshasa a welcome to the w the president followed up his call for reconciliation with action in announcing this release of political prisoners. yes indeed if you can sense you can release all

one because of the impact it has on saudi arabia on the relationship between crown prince bandar bin sultan and donald trump of the u.s. president on turkey standing within the region and that regional rivalry between ankara and riyadh so there's no sane person or would say that international politics doesn't implement or impact rather on this the fact that you have seen some sort of warming or relationship the fact that felt it needed to share of the evidence i had with gina housefull the head of the cia proves that actually the relationship between. washington does impact on the way in which this will go forward how that's transpired obviously analysts will kind of track different kind of theories from the different developments that have taken place but definitely there is a close coordination that say at least in terms of sharing information and trying to find a way forward between ankara and washington to see what happens in the coming hours for the thank you. know last month the u.s. senate has passed a resolution claiming crown prince mohammed bin salon for the murder of jamal khasho

there any middle ground between these two narratives well to discuss that i'm now joined by mohamed sultan a participant in the january twenty fifth revolution and the human rights advocate mohammed it's great to talk to you thank you for coming on the show thank you for having me now you have every reason to hate the current egyptian authorities they threw into jail where you were tortured from what i understand you were only released after the intervention of the obama administration but as whole.

the throne of the southeast asian country nearly a month after his predecessors surprise to cation sultan is also a prominent figure in sports federations including the council of fifa world soccer's governing body. zimbabwe an activist and pastor evan has been freed from prison the day after the supreme court granted him bail he was arrested earlier this month on charges of subverting the government and inciting violence he'd been voicing his support on social media for a national strike. and the u.s. federal reserve has warned that america would suffer disruptions from an disorderly brags that fed chairman jerome powell says he's watching britain's divorce from the very carefully says british prime minister theresa may tries to reopen regs and talks with the new we have more for you on the regs it drama coming up in business surprise move to find. you're watching news still to come the players of the future football's transfer window is about to shut so clubs around europe are wheeling and dealing to land those athletes they think will get them to the top. this week we're bringing you s

happened near a rest and recovery center for foreign workers in the east of the city his local reporter sultan feisty with the latest from kabul for that have been killed three are military personnel and one civilian so the neighborhood was quite early affected of the blast wave as the kabul police confirmed it was a truck bomb the afghan presidential palace issued a statement for. condemning the attack and ordering for a comprehensive investigation about it because the. majority of the victims have been civilians in the neighborhood that have been affected seriously is coming back to devolve or ability of this compound i was standing on my praying mat and it was around six fifty five pm when i stood for praying while i was praying all of a sudden a huge explosion occurred at first i didn't realize it was only after that i saw the whole roof had fallen on top of us back in twenty fourteen taliban launched a complex attack and no casualty was reported but back in two thousand and twelve when obama made his visit to afghanistan there was another attack that left eight dead so you know this compo

monarch and the first to be installed after a resignation no reason was given to be on the case no sultan mom of the fifth but it came after he reportedly married at twenty five year old former russian beauty queen last november. u.n. human rights experts are calling for an investigation into friday's collapse of a dam in southeastern brazil that leaves ninety nine people are confirmed dead after the dam holding an iron ore waste collapsed caused a sea of mud to and gold parts of the town of. over two hundred fifty people still missing. representatives of brazil's indigenous peoples have gathered in sao paolo to protest against president jabil tomorrow's policies they say the far right leader is taking over control of their ancestral lands. visited one community in the northern amazonas states. in the past it was their remote this that protected them once modern society reaches these isolated communities it often becomes their curs rapacious farmers taking land deforesting miners polluting. they collude with or ignore the transgressions. this is indigenous people now say the president. an

to a sultan then to an opera singer and then a german banker from berlin it was from here that our tour fund winner removed the decorative dome in one thousand nine hundred one. it was replaced by a poor copy. here of the soon to be food it's really a great feeling to be able to get a sense of the dom's original setting it was only because this. movie the aromas the views through the windows all make for an entirely different experience than if you're standing in a museum and looking up in a dimly lit room and look at know. every detail of the chamber is carefully documented with a high performance scanner. watching the links being gone to here one can't help but ask why berlin doesn't just return the dome to its original home the archaeologists call such considerations a historical. people previously go on a billion get on the dole was brought to berlin legally there's no question about it because it now has its own story and that story includes that of its previous owner the german banker who acquired it and brought it to germany. if you don't know which he incorporated it into his ow