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 also in terms of positions held some form of denial of being the former crown prince being head of the intelligence before he was somebody that had Great Respect and commanded a lot of respect both domestically within the royal family within the religious institutions but also internationally with the United States and other countries and obviously not lazy as being the. The other son of the late king faisal im being a significant figure with respect why now is the question this is where we speculate because saudi is not really the freest of societies there isnt a free press there isnt any transparency there it could be that the current kings head man whos very frail very old has sicknesses is about to die has died that could possibly be the case because these are the only 2 who could threaten at least from a lineage perspective not necessarily from a power base. That therefore having someone is getting rid of them before that announcement is made it could be as some of the reports are claiming that there was an attempt to remove momma been summoned but i would doubt that it would have been led by these 2 question is though if there is a movements nobody in saudi arabia realistically believes that you can do away with the monarchy so what they would need is they would need somebody from the royal family that they can then put in place as a replacement for a man and one of those 2 will always be a possibility so long as they are relatively free but whats peculiar about this situation is both of these figures have by all intents and purposes done been under house arrest anyways for the past couple of years on a big knife has been seen in public and a funeral at a wedding one time and thats about it really does not as if they were free to roam around so this hearing is the question is if theyve been isolated to that extent why now and not is something thats causing people even more more rumors because it means if there were that much sidelined the fact that you felt the need to send commandos to send a royal guard to take them then surely either something is brewing or something has happened and this this this brings into sharp focus doesnt it jamal about the issue of consolidation of power and how thats playing out because talking to you early us saying it looks like the royal family was the one area that m. B. s the Saudi Crown Prince didnt have total control or indeed i mean he managed to take over the defense when he was minister of defense you must take over the economy in terms of all the different pushes they made with. Common all the other ideas that have been some man was seen as the author behind but the royal family is still the Main Foundation because it is a kingdom and even though he rounded up a lot of the senior royals in the writs if we remember end of 2017 shortly after he became crown prince there was never enough true scare off people maybe maybe made some of the senior worlds less vocal about their opposition to a lot of the directions. I have been someone was taken remember he is the architect of the. Crisis the blockade on qatar hes the architect of the war in yemen that has caused the worst humanitarian disaster concern as nations its given saudi a bad name so there was murmurings at least within the world family that were opposed to his policies he was never able to silence them completely with this move hes at least now in physical control of all the senior players within the family just a final thought before we go to a guest we have in the u. S. Whos an expert on this but how will this be seen just just in terms of the Big International picture how this be seen in the capitals of of other saudi allies Like Washington like london how will they be looking at this in terms of its stability well the reality is if it was in any other administration than the trumpet ministration there would be some sort of pushback or caution at least or reaction but when weve seen what we have seen both in terms of leaked messages that have come out between. The White House Administration im home of inside man as well as the reaction to things like the murder assassination dismemberment of. Stumble consulate the arrest of womens activists like. Rule and others and also seeing their reaction to the writ was called this corruption clamp down when actually it was a shake up of businessmen and the rope princes were not likely to see anything from washington what would be more interesting is to look at certain places like paris and london that have been at least a little bit more vocal in their pushback true what has been a very aggressive approach by muhammad been some money on all fronts thank you so much indeed jamal feel thoughts lets bring in Hollywood Josh on hes the executive director of the arab center of washington and he joins us via skype from the audio good to have you back on the program so what do you think then has prompted this move by muhammad been sound man how significant and why now. I think it is very significant and it doesnt bode well for the narrative or do you make sure that their current regime in saudi arabia is trying to portray a particularly to the International Corporate community that it is a stable regime in a stable country ready to be ready to open up and move forward least on the economic. Level so that is going to present a serious i think challenge put as so in the government the rest include 3 of the most prominent members of the royal family certainly couldnt sama who is the most senior up to 3 and. Actually overseas for many years came back couple years ago to kind of try to calm things down. After b. S. Took over and there were some. Kind of turmoil and wind and or your family. And of course the the previous crown prince and his brother were also involved in these 3 arrests the accusation of course. The implication is that there was an attempt at a cool i dont think the possibility of a coup is even. Hes a model at this time in terms of where the military is and its potential point to suppression and that i think this is another 10 by moment and some amount to kind of exert in a paranoid way has full control over the kingdom here and thats an interesting point because i mean how much of a threat then were these members of the royal family to mohamed bin some on the Saudi Crown Prince because they were they were certainly under house arrest anyway pretty much. So so how much of a threat were they because and also 2 of them when line for the throne when they. From my perspective not much of a threat and in a sense as you imply basically they were under house arrest for all practical purposes the saudi royal family is not known for this type of intrigue particularly that not at this level definitely there are some kinds of rumors and innuendoes there is term or within the family in the form of criticism that doesnt justify it 1st of all the accusation itself that day concert you just read in the form of a coup and to justify it to start to step out you know be arrested like criminals with masks to Security Forces coming to their homes and yanking you know out of their private residences so this is this is not the saudi arabia we all knew for 56 or definitely 10 or 20 years ago and how do you know these attentions come at a sensitive time for the kingdom them in the conferences halted all visits to mecca because of the coronavirus and his plans to modernize the saudi cami have shown little progress so far. Of course there are hints that this might have something to do with it but i doubt it usually saudi arabia is a very conservative society ive known it and been in the country many many times over the years they do not react that quickly to crises including dont get caught on of bias i did see some references today to the fact of people who are frustrated particularly in terms of their religious establishment being frustrated with the closure of the holy places yet at the same time their action out toward that of course was large gatherings of people yet at the same Time Entertainment given to continue including large crowds so it didnt make sense to people that it doesnt make sense to me dont thats the case one other possibility is the fact that maybe maybe they have the king king so man is deteriorating or again has rumored in the past he might be considering basically have the k. T. The last thing how much been some man wanted is a challenge from the kings younger brother or his uncle or his cousin. Or a. 100 s. Im happening there thank you very much indeed for sharing your thoughts with us thank you thank you my pleasure now the number of cases of corona virus worldwide is now believed to top 100000 almost 3 and a half 1000 people have lost their lives most of them in china where the virus was 1st detected its only has the 2nd highest number of deaths followed by iran the outbreak has led to travel restrictions diplomatic standoff and the Global Economy is also feeling the pinch general reports. The global infection total since the start of the corona Virus Outbreak has soared past the 100000. 00 mark while there are positive signs in the slowing rate of infections in china and south korea elsewhere its speeding up iran recorded a dramatic rise of a 1000 new cases in the 24 hours since thursday with your 30 said to be preparing travel restrictions between cities to add to widespread School Closures and bans on public gatherings among the more than 3300. 00 lives lost around the world so far most have been among the elderly whose less efficient immune systems make it hard to fight off the virus in france where new infections jumped by 200. 00 on friday president emanuel visited a retirement facility. I am asking all fellow citizens to act responsibly to make their sacrifice i know it is sometimes heartbreaking but we must visit as much as possible. The European Union with its open borders is proving a haven for the spread of coronavirus italy remains the worst affected country but germanys catching up across europe a tiny vatican city has reported its 1st case as has serbia and in britain Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has announced a 50000000. 00 investment into Vaccine Research and faster testing methods. Early signs of the virus continue to spring up in africa and the middle east cameroon and senegal join nigeria and south africa in registering their 1st cases this week the head of the u. S. Will program sounded a stop warning if coronavirus continues or create panic around the world it is an economic downturn ive been telling the european leaders and leaders around the world you dont have enough money. To address the needs in Africa East Africa west africa and the middle east right now and if theres a neck an economic downturn on top of the economic downturn that exist now in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation but European Health ministers meeting in brussels have problems of their own there are concerns about a shortage of medicines and protective equipment because of disruptions in the supply chain from china not helped by larger countries like france and germany banning all exports jonah how aljazeera. Prices plunged by more than 8 percent on friday as the worlds biggest producers failed to agree on how to deal with the impact of the Virus Outbreak opec has been pushing for production effort to stabilize prices but russia has refused to support the move the development came as major stock markets in asia europe and north america all recorded losses on friday in the u. S. President trump assigned a bill providing more than 8000000000 dollars in emergency funding for corona virus visited the centers for Disease Control and prevention in atlanta at least 15 people have died from the virus in the u. S. And then more than 250 confirmed cases across 13 states. Yes Vice President mike pence says 21. 00 people on board a cruise ship off San Francisco have tested positive coronavirus the grand princess is being held offshore while its 3 and a half 1000 passengers and crew tested at least 35 people had reported through like symptoms on friday test kits were flown to the ship. To 2 coronavirus cases from a voyage with jordan joins us live now from washington d. C. Rosens so how much concern is there in the us about this lack of testing kits because Health Officials are now saying this is becoming a huge problem. Officials are saying its becoming a huge problem because it is a huge problem there are some 330000000 americans living in this country and there have been just a few 1000 test kits available of course officials at the c. D. C. Where donald trump the u. S. President this is it on friday tried to say that there hasnt been any delay in the testing of suspected corona virus cases of course and almost as soon as these officials said that the pushback on social media was quite vigorous certainly the biggest problem it seems facing the trumpet ministration right now is trying to reassure the public that it has a full understanding and full capability of responding to the crisis this is the u. S. President donald trump when people have the flu you have an average of 36000 people ive never heard those numbers i would i would have been shocked i would have said does anybody die from. You know people died from the flu 36000 people 27277000 that you know and again you had a couple years ago it was over 100000 people die from the flu. So i start to say i wonder whats going on here. Now the sense of how seriously people are taking the spread of the corona virus given that they dont know that it is in fact being controlled now by the Public Health authorities the city of austin texas which is home to the south by southwest music and cultural fest is canceling that event this year and has declared a local emergency thats because hundreds of thousands of people visit the Central Texas city every year to listen to live music to hear from performers and writers and to have basically enjoy each Others Company and to promote the arts but city officials there say they cannot be responsible for any possible transmission of the coronavirus and so they have cancelled this festival just weeks before many many people were supposed to get on planes from all around the world to gather for a week or so of cultural and artistic integration all right i wasnt going there in washington d. C. Ross thank you. Time for a short break here not as iraq when we come back dozens are killed after shots are fired at a Memorial Service not gonna stand capital kabul more on that stay with us. Welcome back we begin this time with northeastern parts of asia that low Pressure Center spawning away in the pacific clearing away so were losing the effect of that system and as a result were getting more of a southerly flow across more northern parts of japan so a thought taking place quite a decent thought that happens as we head on through into sunday but for saturday weve got rain across western parts of japan and that will continue to edge its way further towards the east during the course of the day on sunday so you might see the rain getting close enough to give some patchy read times for tokyo but much the time i think ill just be cloudy but dry you know so temperatures in seoul in south korea up to 17 degrees and thats a big rise there theres some rain across central southern parts of china but further south into hong kong it should remain dry and fine with highs of 27 degrees heading down into southeastern parts of asia plenty of showers for the central and southern parts of the philippine the blues on should be largely fine with highs of 31. 00 degrees and in there are plenty showers around more southern parts of indonesia in borneo and also for java once again its looking pretty wet here as we head across into south asia weve had a westerly disturbance moving through northern parts of pakistan through into india that seems to be fading away so were looking at a brighter day and delhi with highs of 26 but still some showers expected in the southeast. 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