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Bangkok together with officials from the un refugee agency the u.n. h.c.r. will assess whether she can be granted refugee status protecting her from deputation this marks a pause in a tense standoff that began on saturday. arrived from saudi arabia but had her passport seized by a saudi diplomat initially thailand said it would deport her because she didnt meet visa requirements. the eighteen year old then barricaded herself in an airport hotel room she drew attention to her plight on social med...

A sign of hope for a half mohammed. these pictures show the young saudi woman leaving the airport in bangkok together with officials from the un refugee agency the u.n.h.c.r. will assess whether she can be granted refugee status protecting her from deputation this marks a pause in a tense standoff that began on saturday. noon arrive from kuwait where she was staying with her family she was stopped at immigration she says her passport was taken from her and officials tried to send her back to kuw...

It further now im joined by mona eltahawy she has written extensively on feminism in the arab world she joins us tonight from one tree all in canada good evening its a you only glad to have you on the show talked to be able to bit about the the situation for women in saudi arabia i know people are probably wondering is rojas alco nds is her case is her plight similar to that of many other saudi women. yes right the only difference about robs plight is that weve seen a payout so publicly which i ...

Hotel room she drew attention to her plight on social media quickly gathering tens of thousands of followers she said she feared for her life after her family threatened her for announcing islam and cutting her hair. im not leaving my old until i see you and age. i wont aside from. the title thirty seem to perform a dramatic about face then promising not to deport. love i doubt we have how time come we will talk to her and do whatever she requests yes kate trouble to seek help and we are the lan...

Elements on the table for a compromise. the democrats and the republicans arent far away at all, and the president himself has stopped using the word "wall" and he is saying essentially call it what you may. with the irs funding, i think were going to begin to see the president do what he is doing tonight, and that is to try to shore up even his own base and certainly the american people who have long left him on the question of the wall. >> congresswoman, the president said that he can understa...

The feeling of uncertainty is hard. >> why is it hard? >> because you have to be strong for your kids. >> there are real people out there, vaughn. for this inside scoop with nbcs vaughn hillyard, let me introduce jeff mason for reuters who was talking to the president on the south grounds and bill crystal defending democracy together. vaughn, first to you. what jeff heard the president say yesterday is that he can relate to the plight of these workers. how is he relating to jeremiah martinezs pl...

I think a lot of the policies that shes put forward understands that and demonstrates that via her policy. i think its important that she says it. that is why shes saying i am not a person of color, pause its an acknowledgement a number of people across this country need to hear. i am not a person of color but i understand the plight and im willing to be an ally. >> but she is a woman and that seems to be causing a little bit of a kerfuffle. this iowa trip comes amid the headlines of ones like t...

Butina pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the united states and is being held there and will be sentenced very soon. so there will be someone for them to swap with. but youre right. the russian deputy foreign minister made a statement over the course of today saying that its far too early at this stage to talk about the possibility of a prisoner swap. of course, any deal thats done is probably going to be done behind closed doors. you mentioned president trumps first statement on this issue. he was...

Of the russian church whatever the religious implications the new move could help bolster poroshenko political position with elections coming up in march this statement of independence could play to his advantage. but. pope francis has entered the debate over migrants stranded in the mediterranean sea calling for them to be given a safe in which to dock the pontiff spoke of bracing mass at the vatican he called on european leaders to show solidarity and stop arguing over the fate of the migrants...

Hope he can end the years of gang violence. pope francis has waded into the deadlock over migrant stranded in the mediterranean sea calling for them to be given a safe port in which to dock the pontiff spoke out while celebrating mass at. vatican he called on european leaders to show solidarity and stop arguing over the fate of the migrants rescued last month by two humanitarian ships that they are currently set off the coast of multiple e.u. members decide which country should take them. while ...