Hello, im ray suarez American Relations with modern saudi arabia is complicated. The state has sold advanced weapons equipment. Trained saudis in their youth and watched the royal family fight those who fought hard to destroy israel a close ally. In 1973, saudi arabia and o. P. E. C. Helped to type the u. S. Economy into distress with massive rises in the price of oil. Saudi arabia spread money across the muslim world, building mosques, hiring cleric distributing education materials, encouraging the growth of fundamentalist worship that has been a challenge to american interests around the world. At the same time saudi arabia has been willing, for instance in the gulf war to allied with the United States to expel iraq from kuwait and support the overthrow of the islamic state. Friend foe necessary. How has the u. S. Government looked at saudi arabia. Reporter president obama and Michelle Obama arrived on the tarmac greeted by the new king. Paying respects to the late king and speaking
Chavez. And the evolution of gaming the Way Technology that allows you to take your games on the go no matter where you are in the world. Good evening and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im antonia, stephanie is off tonight, we begin in iraq where Government Forces trying to take tick tikrit and shielded themselves from attack by military headquarters, at the same time the u. N. Says Iraqi Military offensive forced 28,000 people from their homes. In a week after i. S. I. L. Fighters destroyed artifacts at a mosul museum the rebels today used a bulldozer to start destroying the ancient assyrian city including a 3,000yearold palace 10s of thousands of troop are working along malitia to take back tikrit to defend saddam husseins town and hoping it will loosen the grip on the city and we have more from baghdad. Reporter for hussein is a battle cry for fighter, this is the base of operations for the theshythe shiaa malitia and the players are hezbollah and interior minister leader of the mal
Think are trying to create a situation where they increase the cough to the houthis of continually along the current line. I suspect that former president sal los angeles hassalah has his own objectives and remains very much to be seen how those multiple political equations will play out. But i think that ultimately well have to get to negotiations. I wants to pick on your Counter Terrorism expertise now. We also know that the al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operate in southern yep edge. We know that there is an isil threat in the region as well. Are you about to predict that these two forces will take opportunity of the conflict thats happening in yemen and perhaps try to further their agenda in yemen . Well, i think there is little doubt about that. And one of the great ironies in all of this is that its the saudi perception that what we see going on is essentially a sectarian war inside yemen, one which is being taken advantage of the by the iranians and therefore is working again
Alps. Plus. Im in the oilrich niger delta, nigerians are voting in elections. How has the fall in oil prices affected ordinary people. Well tell you what they say. Robin hear what all the crick, india is fighting out against australia for a place in the final. The latest from the sydney showdown coming up later in the programme we begin this newshour in yemen where saudi arabiaLed Coalition launched air strikes targetting rebels who took power in a coup in february. Saudi arabia is forming a coalition of 10 counties, including five gulf mon abbingies, egypt, pakistan japan, jordan and morocco. The military action is to support the president. Saudi arabia says its destroyed houthi air defenses and the houthi controlled air base near the capital sanaa. It hit targets in the city of aden in yemens south. The Yemen Health Ministry says 18 civilians have been killed in a residential area of the capital sanaa. These are the latest pictures coming to us from the yemeni capital showing the aft
Rescue workers in the balkans struggle to help people escape the worst flooding in a century. The worlds highest minimum wage, and what will it mean for the countrys poor . We begin this news hour in libya where gunmen have stormed the General National Congress building in the capital. Witnesses say gunmen from these intown brigades attacked the Parliament Building in the south of the city. There are reports of clashes elsewhere in tripoli. Lets bring in omar who is in the libyan capital for us. A tense evening in tripoli. Tell us about whats been happening outside the Parliament Building and elsewhere in the city. Reporter yes, very tense indeed. The gunmen who attacked or stormed the General National Congress withdrew. There was pluming plumes of smoke and cars set on fire and there was the sound of heavy gunmen, antiaircraft, anti also you have the situation very, very tense. We understand that okay. Omar, were having a few technical difficulties there with the connection in tripoli