A jetliner. Bloody near putin travels aboard the controversial 1st ever direct rail link between russia and crimea. And im santa have all the days sporting puting pakistan celebrates the end of its a decade long exile from cricket with a victory in karate. 5 people have been sentenced to death in saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist jamal ashaji in turkey but the Human Rights GroupAmnesty International has branded the trial a whitewash and the Washington Post said it was a sham the identities of those convicted werent revealed that the closed door trial in riyadh the criminal court cleared former royal aide saudi. Who is widely suspected of being a ringleader and mohamed be who was the saudi consul general in istanbul which is where he was murdered former deputy intelligence chief Ahmed Alice Sciri was also released due to insufficient evidence evidence 3 other people got jail terms totaling 24 years ashaji is a murderer sparked International Condemnation the kingdom denied links to the hit squad killing but some of the team did work for the Saudi Crown Prince and to schapelle reports 14 months after Jamal Khashoggi was last seen walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul where his fiance ha t. J. Genghis waited for hours before calling for help a saudi court has issued a verdict on. The criminal court has issued a preliminary sentence against 11 of the accused individuals and it is as follows the Death Penalty for 5 and they are those who directly participated in his killing may he rest in peace. But senior saudis with close connections to the royal court have been cleared the court ruled there was no proven involvement of tani in the murder he was advisor to crown Prince Mohammed bin some on before his sacking soon after because hes killing the turkish chief Prosecutors Office in istanbul filed a warrant for khatamis arrest a year ago in june the un special investigator agnes callum ard said intelligence agents had identified qahtani as a hit squad ringleader i have and she stood that the killing of mr ease a state killing it is not a killing by rogue official or so as the country of the government continued to do to pretend i kissed under International Human rights you know and she urged the world to sanction the crown prince and his assets until he could prove his innocence that hasnt happened exoneration to her former consul general mohammed although tavi who showed journalists around the consulate in istanbul also cleared us middle of siri the kingdoms former deputy intelligence chief started developing a plan to both of the journalism watchdog Reporters Without Borders says justice has been trampled why there mom have been psalm on he was in contact with out on call upon me just before and after the murder of her my life roshi this is what the cia based in part its this edition that that mob and film on was very high probability responsible for doing the killing so yeah lots and lots of questions this verdict will do nothing to quell those questions and it raises many many more questions there is no such thing as fair and open justice in saudi arabia. Despite intelligence agencies including the cia saying crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon was probably involved the white house shielded the future king from absolute responsibility maybe. Baby. And following intense criticism and skepticism that little happens in the kingdom without his knowledge the crown prince eventually had his say. Absolutely not this was a heinous crime like this but i take full responsibility as a leader in saudi arabia the identities of those convicted were concealed during the closed door trial in the capital riyadh and it remains unclear what roles they played in crucial g. s death raising suspicions that they are the fall guys for much more powerful saudis and are Chapelle Al Jazeera we can now speak to rami hoary hes a journalism professor at the American University of beirut and joins us from new york mr corey thank you for joining us here on aljazeera so do you think that at least as far as the saudis are concerned thats it just this has been and the whole. You know situation is over. Thats probably what the saudi senior officials think but the record of the saudi senior officials in the last year and several months since this murder has been a sustained and worsening combination of criminality vulgarly and incompetence all together its quite an extraordinary display of how a government can do so many things so badly so consistently and show disdain to the rest of the world to the world of the rule of law to u. N. Investigators to all bodies around the world who have demanded many bodies around the world who have demanded that we need to know exactly where this where and how and why this happened and who did it and the saudis refused to the to come clean and we see this massive. Skepticism around the world following this announcement we may see skepticism and we have obviously heard strong words from analysts the international the Washington Post calling the trial a whitewash and a shadow but if it is going to be International Pressure that pushes forward a credible investigation into the house where do you think specifically that pressure needs to come from are we talking governments are we talking perhaps financial Pressure Companies boycotting saudi what do you think is the most likely realistic place for that the come from. The record of the last year in a bid shows us that some governments and some parts of governments like say the u. S. Senate or parts of the European Union or the germans or the norwegians will put serious pressure on the Saudi Arabian government the private sector businesses by and large have not they just want to make money and they dont really Pay Attention to human rights on the rule of law and things of that nature this might change now because the the interesting and important thing about this is that the pressure a regime reduced the pressure on the saudis was reduced a little bit in the last year but has never gone away and theres a consistent demand especially with the evidence from the cia investigation kelli mars investigation for the u. N. And others theres a consistent demand where is the body of everybody who sees the Saudi Crown Prince should ask him where is a mans body your Royal Highness where is a mans body and this pressure hasnt stopped and this is whats really interesting and its going to continue now with this latest move by the saudi government which really offends a lot of people its not just they dont think the trial was really well fair or follow International Standards its an its an insult to a lot of people to be treated like this so well have to see where the pressure might come from but the Business Community is going to be crucial in this and they havent really spoken out yet. This is special in that many whole biz that in a place like saudi arabia very little happens without the crown prince knowing and that somehow he would have known what had happened and what happened to Jamal Khashoggi what would you like to see in a properly transparent investigation and trial mean you mentioned that we still dont know where the body is but what other points do you think you need to come out for investigation and trial to really be considered i guess trustworthy ultimately. 1st we have to have it in the open 2nd we have to have all the required witnesses appear and be allowed to speak truthfully and then there are some specific questions why did they take a bone saw with them this is not Standard Equipment on the official so the trips i gather maybe it is but i dont think so and theres questions about the why did they cover it up why did they lie there are so many specific questions that will come out of any kind of really fair and honest investigation and we have to follow the dictates of the rule of law and presume that the crown prince is innocent until hes Proven Guilty but the weight of the evidence shows just that he was directly involved in planning and possibly ordering and this is where we have to get more information did he order the killing did they just say go and round bring this guy which is probably what happened but then that is say if you cant bring him get rid of him we dont know and to be fair to him and all of the accused there needs to be open fair and Serious Investigation and then trial of people against whom the evidence suggests that they may be involved in this and this hasnt happened at all and almost never happens in almost any arab country up to now in the real problem is that this is not just a saudi problem this is all over the arab world people are killed or detained they disappear and theres no accountability and the hoary journalism professor at the American University of beirut sir thank you for joining us. Well still to come on the aljazeera news hour a woman and child are among the dead in a car bombing in Northern Syria indias Opposition Congress party stages National Protests against a controversial new citizenship law and coming up in sports one of rugbys best known players condemns china over persecution of weaker muslims. But 1st the chief executive of the u. S. Airline manufacturer boeing has resigned less than a week after the company suspended production of its best selling aircraft boeing says the leadership change is necessary to restore confidence 9 months after the 737 max jet crisis shares in the company have risen on the news also in jordan has more on the story from washington d. C. Its the biggest crisis and boeings 103 year history on monday after 2 fatal crashes involving its 737. 00 max jetliner boeing fired its c. E. O. Dennis mullen burge for breaching the publics trust. The board of directors decided that a change in leadership was necessary to restore confidence in the Company Moving forward as it works to repair relationships with regulators customers and all other stakeholders 189 people died when a lion air 737 max crashed in indonesia in october 2018 less than 6 months later another 157 people were killed when an Ethiopian Airlines jet also a 737 max crashed in the north of that country the u. S. Government forced boeing to ground the jet until problems with both the operating software and with Pilot Training could be fixed weve made mistakes weve learned and we are still learning but despite repeated promises from mulund berg to get the planes back in the air by the end of this year the problems continue regulators in the u. S. And europe have refused to clear the 737. 00 max is returned to the skies and lawsuits are pending a lawsuit alleges that the why america crash was in part a result of recently dangerous conditions of boeing 737 max aero aircraft boeing has lost more than 8000000000 dollars and another 8000. 00 companies are also suffering from lost Business Airlines are scrambling to revise their Business Plans and juggle flight schedules since they dont want to use or buy jets with a dodgy Safety Record and on friday boeing had a setback in its Space Business its starglider transport shuttle suffered technical problems forcing nasa to ditch a planned docking with the International Space station. The new c. E. O. David calhoun takes charge in january its now up to him to reassure everyone that boeing is taking their faith in flying seriously rosalynn jordan aljazeera Washington Well for more we can speak to Airline Expert seth kaplan who joins us live now from washington d. C. Sir welcome to aljazeera so they got rid of the c. E. O. But considering the boeings problems may well be culture a part of the organization do you think that really is the right direction to go in if theyre going to address the issues that have been lighting them well by time they made the move not sure theres really much of a decision left to make had you asked me a couple of weeks ago i probably would have guessed that he would hang on somewhat longer but the past week as rosalind mentioned has just been awful i mean even aside from commercial aircraft the failed space launch but once boeing announced that the production of the maxxis was going to cease and the risk kind of no end in sight to all of this i think the idea that he would just kind of hang on a little while longer and say ok my job here is done and then pass the torch was no longer tenable now theyve chosen somebody who of course is not just the sort of independent voice from the outside its their chairman of the board whos stepping into the c. E. O. Role i mean a respected person in industry but they sort of had to choose between perhaps somebody more independent who might have had more credibility with regulators in terms of saying hey i wasnt a part of the mess im here to clean it up and somebody with the Institutional Knowledge that David Calhoun has clearly they wanted to go with continuity and at least somewhat of a fresh voice but not an entirely new and independent one i guess the whole point is you know both with passengers a gas and the markets as well as to restore confidence so do you think that this move does it and what else needs to happen there as well as this change at the top. Well barbara guess in the most sort of cold objective terms of all the share price it rose today predictably enough i mean i think in the end thats kind of part of what caused the board to move right there their 1st responsibility all those theres so much more here in this case is to grease the value of the company and it was pretty predictable that if they moved on that they would do that but yeah this is this is a mess that took a long time to make and its not one thats going to be fixed quickly here. You know different sets of problems the internal ones the design of course of the aircraft the fix to the m. Caste system that the whole world now knows all too much about but also the way the company has been represented externally and i think in the end what caused this move today was that loss of credibility with lawmakers with regulators even with the f. A. A. In the u. S. The very the regulator that was a co accused of being too cozy with boeing you know once the f. A. A. Is faith in boeing clearly had been shaken and there wasnt much left to to explain why why would stay but yet in terms of restoring that credibility its going to be a long term project hopefully for boeings perspective the one that you need to think it is actually possible for them to restore their credibility because as we mentioned its not just the 737 jet issues that theyve had and of course where many people lost their lives but also the Space Business the starglider shuttle suffering technical problems as we heard in that report i mean it just seems to be a mounting of issues that seems almost i guess right now almost impossible to resolve. It does i mean barbara look there is precedent for companies writing themselves theyve theyve done it all over the years so it wouldnt be a 1st but no absolutely quite a litany of issues here and the boeing is the kind of company that its not generally a Consumer Brand rights its a bit different from what we think about other corporate crises where you know people the think of k. F. C. The chicken maker would something goes wrong in china people stop buying chicken but but on a good day hopefully people are thinking about that company right different here boeing if the public is even thinking about boeing at all thats a problem for boeing right and so just the fact that its on the minds of consumers because most people dont really care what kind of airplane theyre flying a sudden but right now they are thinking about that to some degree at least in the public so so its different sets of challenges restoring confidence with the regulators with the Airline Customers i mean theyre really boeings customers right but also here with the public in an airlines are going to guess how long its going to be that people are going to say you dont really want to get on that max i think people will move on just because they tend to you know theyve moved on from other crises but it will take time it will be interesting to see what 2020 brings for boeing for the moment says kaplan Airline Expert thanks so much for having joined us. Now Turkeys Defense Ministry says that at least 8 civilians have been killed in a car bombing in Northern Syria it happened near the border between the 2 countries in the turkish how the town of su look a woman and child are among the dead several others have been wounded no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. And Syrian Government forces are pushing deeper into the last of rebel stronghold of labor as part of the latest military offensive to retake the area turkeys president says 80000. 00 syrians are moving towards the Turkish Border to escape the constant bombardment mohammed