so i think it's unlikely that we're going to see full normalization between saudi 8, saudi arabia and israel before trump leaves office. but it certainly can be seen in, in terms of those wider efforts to try to shore up what 4 years of trump has meant in terms of foreign policy. thank you very force that the news, the reports at least of prime minister netanyahu misting saudi arabia. on to other news in hong kong, pro-democracy activist joshua long has pleaded guilty to unlawful assembly during last year's protests. he was joined in court by 2 other activists. agnes child and ivan lamb. the 3 will be held in custody until sentencing next week and could face 5 years in jail. last year's protest outside hong kong's police headquarters, which triggered by the introduction of the controversial extradition bill and the head of his appearance in court long promised to continue his fight for freedom. perhaps wish me to stay in place. but i'm persuaded that the election is not any other activists. and what we are doing now is freedom to the world through our compassion, the home we love so m

how is saudi arabia thing to deal with such a nita? well, i'm sure that we will be developing a good and strong relationship with mr. biden's ministration in the same manner that's we have developed good as strong relations with tens of administrations before that since the time of president roosevelt and until now. so i'm confident that's all the american relations have. a lot of foundation has and principles in common interests and common values that will govern that relationship in the, in the next and the next few years and doing that by that ministration. not to send about any particular statements that may have been made on the threshold of the campaign in one form or another with trunk, expected to leave the white house in january. do you think that that's a challenge that the iran can appeal can be revived? we've had, you know, foreign minister say that saudi arabia wants to be a part of the future negotiations. what are your expectations from that? i think they are a nuclear deal, as is, or as it was, is dead already. the absc

the coronavirus pandemic dominates the g 20 summit and a virtual meeting hosted by saudi arabia. world leaders focus their efforts on finding covert 19 and its economic consequences. countries are reportedly drawing up plans to fund a fair distribution of coronavirus vaccines around the globe. also coming up 15 years ago today, i love battle accepted, believe role in german politics despite the many crises she's faced. the often a nickname to the mother of germany is down more popular than ever and will take you to the war torn region of nagorno-karabakh work ethnic armenians are being forced to leave behind their homeland. correspondent, emily short one reports on the mixture of grief and defiance. there welcome to the program. leaders of the world's wealthiest countries have been meeting online for a g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. the virtual gathering is dominated by efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic and deal with its economic fallout. a draft declaration shows the biggest economies will pledge to pay for a fair distribution of cope with $19.00, vaccines and testing

alexandra phenomena reports on outspoken critic of saudi arabia's government, murder and saudi consulate. blogger arrived, but dar we publicly flogged and sentenced to 10 years in prison. paul, legit, lee insulting islam activist luge, you know, lotro all detained for seeking the right to drive. those are just 3 examples of human rights violations in saudi arabia. the country hosting this year's to 20 summit since assuming the g 20 presidency, the government of saudi arabia has been hard at work trying to rebrand its image. so there's a large public relations campaign underway in order to encourage investment in the country. and yet behind these initiatives and reform, the reality on the ground is that there is a brutal crackdown being led by the soviet authorities against its own nationals. and that's the reason why european lawmakers are taking a stand you cannot remain silent. last month they passed a resolution calling on the u. officials to downgrade their presence a patient in this summit, even though it's only a virtual event marked or a bell is spearheading, they can pain. we ask

alexandra phenomena reports on outspoken critic of saudi arabia's government murder in a saudi consulate blogger riot. but dar we publicly flogged and sentenced to 10 years in prison. paul, legit, lee, insulting islam activist login allowed to all detained for seeking the right to drive. those are just 3 examples of human rights violations in saudi arabia. the country hosting this year's to 20 summit since assuming the g 20 presidency, the government of saudi arabia has been hard at work trying to rebrand its image. so there's a large global public relations campaign underway in order to encourage investment in the country. and yet behind these initiatives and reform, the reality on the ground is that there is a brutal crackdown being led by the saudi authorities against its own nationals. that's the reason why european lawmakers are taking a stand. you cannot remain silent. last month they passed a resolution calling on the u. officials to downgrade their presence a patient in this summit, even though it's only a virtual event mark to rebel is spearheading, they can pain. we are ask for

we have never, in the history of saudi arabia, had a citizen of saudi arabia murdered. we just don't do this as a government, that's not our policy. i must ask you about loujain alhathloul. today her photograph is being, is on the louvre museum in paris. she's become a symbol of the call to release some of the activists. an interview in 2018, mohammed bin salman said that she was a spy. why hasn't the evidence been presented? in our legal system the evidence is presented after the verdict is rendered so that you don't embarrass somebody who turns out to be innocent. so that's how the system works. loujain alhathloul was detained because of issues relating to national security, dealing with foreign entities, supporting entities hostile to saudi arabia. it has nothing to do with advocating for women's right to drive. if every woman who advocated for the right to drive in saudi arabia was to be jailed, half the women in saudi arabia would be jailed. so this has nothing to do with advocacy or women's rights, this has to do with national security. friday marks a major event

saudi arabia allowed women to drive for the 1st time. the step was part of a series of sweeping reforms. the kingdom carried out. images of such changes were broadcast widely for the world to see. during this weekend's g. 20 summit, the country is making efforts to further flaunt progress regarding women's rights. but human rights groups say saudi women are still oppressed and often subjected to imprisonment and torture. it was this video that got jane. i'll have flu thrown into prison. the 1st time around, back in 2014, she was driving a car, something that was then still illegal for women in saudi arabia. and men who want to stop us from driving are doing us an injustice by our oppressing us. after she was released, i'll have through continued to campaign for women's rights at home and publicly while abroad. that's why in 2018, she was put in prison again. there she's been tortured and raped according to her sister who lives in exile. now lou jane has apparently gone on hunger strike. he wants to say, and the only way to do it is to br

in saudi arabia and in the gulf general, saudi arabia remains the swing producer of energy, even if hydrocarbons are not exactly as essential as they were to the u.s. 10 years ago, but for the foreseeable future, hydrocarbons remain a global trategic factor. and the u.s. cannot walk away from that energy relationship, ike it does not want to walk away from control of the sea lane -the persian gulf or the red sea. saudi arabia is a major oil economy and a major economy, essential to the u.s. dollar protecting its status as, still, despite everything, the go-to global currency. that's been under threat. saudi arabia remains an ally in that economic sense. i think the peace deals that the u.a.e. and bahain and sudan have implemented with israel also are political game changers in that obviously, these peace agreements, particularly bahain, would never have gone a-- bahrain would never have gone ahead without support and encourage from riyadh and saudi arabia. so for an incoming in the administration, to have the heavyweight gulf country effectively normalizing relations with israel is a new reality

have world leaders raise the issue with saudi arabia directly? no, at least not in the official meetings. they are having many leaders indicated that human rights issues are being raised by a literal meetings with saudi arabia. i also asked the commission where there are going to talk about it and was also told by literally yes, but not during the g. 20 summit because they told me to look for all events or with many important issues at stake. so that was there and sort of the topic. this is of course, the last 20 summit for u.s. president donald trump. you already talked briefly about his remarks regarding vaccination efforts. overall, how is ebola about going out of the international arena? well i think that he's statement yesterday was quite awkward. he told the leaders he was looking forward to working with them together for a long time. so still not conceding his defeat. so he missed basically the chance to probably say goodbye will see what he has to say today. he also skipped part of the video conference with the leaders and went gold thing

saudi arabia is hosting the summit, firstborn arab nation. >> saudi arabia had high hopes when it took over the g20 presidency in 2019, offering a potential face-saving exercise as the country's reputation on the world stage to needs to deteriorate. but instead of in person meetings and photo opportunities in the kingdom's opulent palaces, this year summit will mostly be virtual, due to covid-19. as well as rehabilitating riyadh's image, a global summit was expectedo garner support for modernizing reforms launched by crown prince mohammed bin salman. saudi arabia's reputation as an battered since 2018 an international uproar over the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi, the war in yemen, and the arrest of women's rights activists. portraits of the jailed women were projected on the louvre museum, with a call to release those imprisoned. >> [speaking french] >> this is a seduction by saudi arabia to restore its image internationally. in reality this contrasts with the human rights situation and this hypocrisy must stop. emmanuel macron must call in saudi authorities to release activist

saudi arabia is a major oil economy and a major economy, essential to the u.s. dollar protecting its status as, still, despite everything, the go-to global currency. ally inabia remains an that economic sense. deals that thece -- the peace deals at the uae, bahrain, and sudan have implement it with israel are also political game changers in that, obviously, these peace agreements, particularly bahrain, whenever have gone ahead without support and encouragement from salary a beer. -- from saudi arabia. in thean incoming administration, to have the heavyweight gulf country effectively normalizing relations with israel is a new reality for them, hence something they value and would want to build on. so i think that the friction is going to be over human rights, over the crown prince himself and his responsibility or not jamale jamaal should -- khashoggi killing. and that leadership question, certainly we will not have the warrant we have under trump. -- that warmth under trump. some other leaders will have warmth issues, but i do not expect the u.s. to walk away fr

policy on saudi arabia. all right let's bring in our guests in the moroccan city of if fran nisar massai associate professor of international studies at a university in oxford u.k. thomas gift director of university college london center on u.s. politics and joining us in istanbul matthew bryza a nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council's eurasia center and global energy center welcome to each of you thomas let me start with you it's being reported that joe biden is planning on quickly signing a series of executive orders once he's sworn in as the next president and that these orders would see america rejoin the paris climate accords reversed president trump's withdrawal from the world health organization in the muslim ban reinstate daca i'm curious to know from your perspective how much is joe biden going to have to rely on executive orders to try to implement his agenda and is that something that he wants to do. well i think that the executive orders will be the primary mechanism by which biden wi

and so the saudi arabia did not get all it wanted from this summit. and this apparent, this is, is certainly a frustration to sell the leaders, folks. there are so many more questions i want to ask, but unfortunately we are out of time. so thanks to august's to ann pettifor, to newsarama, sorry. and to hillary mann leverett, and to thank you 2 for watching, you can see the problem again. any time by visiting our website, al-jazeera dot com, more debate, go to our facebook page at facebook dot com, ford slash a.j. inside story. you can also join the conversation on twitter. we are a.j. inside story and i am up to 0. from a 3rd, it's me and a whole scene here. i think there is a huge group of people at work behind our screens and the power they have is not that urge to keep swiping through a twitter feed. that's just the way we all click. i agree to the terms and conditions that's just to most of us never even give it a 2nd thought. and actually that's designed as well. ali re-explore is how designers are manipulating, argue a viewer in the final episod

and because of that, any claim by saudi arabia's crown crown prince, or by saudi arabia's ambassador to the us princess rima, that things take time is just nonsense. it's propaganda because all they have to do is say, we're not going to do this anymore. we're going to freely jayna, have little, we're going to stop bombing yemen. and the violence sent us right. until now many countries have been willing to, to set aside reservations about being involved with saudi arabia. are you hopeful that with, with the new administration coming into the u.s. by administration set to come in in january that things could change that we could see more pressure on saudi arabia. unlike the way the administration has dealt with a kingdom. absolutely, president like biden has a unique opportunity to put a lot of distance between himself and the trumpet, ministrations, terrible, legacy here. this is a big opportunity to dramatically change how the united states in gauges with monarchies and other oppressive governments in the middle east. whether you're talking about saudi arabia, u.a.e. egypt, or israel

an online summit of the world's biggest economies is under way in saudi arabia. top of the agenda — the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout. an alternative to a covid vaccine for people without functioning immune systems is entering its final stage of trials. a rocket attack on the afghan capital, kabul — at least eight people have been killed and more than 30 injured. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is facing further criticism for disregarding an independent report which said home secretary priti patel broke the ministerial code by bullying staff. number 10 has rejected claims, made by a whitehall source, that borisjohnson had asked for the inquiry findings to be toned down. it has insisted that the conclusions made by sir alex allan — who has now resigned as independent advisor on ministerial standards — were "entirely his own". our political correspondent helen catt has more. the findings of sir alex allan's report into priti patel were stark. one of the government's most senior ministers had shouted and sworn at s

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it was hosted by saudi arabia this year . virtually there was a call to ensure fair access for all of the vaccines for covert 19 and developing nations. want a plan for extending debt relief. but there was no firm commitment to that in the final communique. or donald trump missed part of the summit to play golf. our diplomatic editor james spades reports saudi arabia's king solomon concluded this 2 day summit, conducted by video conference and handed over to the g. 20 presidency to the italian prime minister content. but then in a previously unannounced appearance, the king's son, crown prince mohammed bin sound man, made his own address to a man who's in day to day charge in saudi arabia and who human rights campaigners blame for the continued repression in the kingdom. said the g 20 is actions and greatly helped the world deal with the pandemic of the fish in light of the outbreak of causes 19 whatever and its health, economic and social repercussions that a tower in a recovery center has been important more than ever or to

saudi arabia has not commented on the claims. the spokesman says foreign companies operating in the area should exercise caution warning. military operations will continue still ahead on this al-jazeera news hour. a little decades after being forced from their homes as aries, head back to rebuild their lives and revive their culture. ross kept in custody hong kong, pro-democracy activist. josh will want peace, guilty to his role in on thai government protests. and in sports, this search 9 year old swedish striker remains unstoppable. finally, how the story has a senior political analyst alluded to earlier. we're starting to get an idea of who will take the top positions in joe biden. sub ministration in the u.s. to president elect is expected to announce anthony blinken as the new u.s. secretary of state. reagan has a long served as long served as a foreign policy adviser to biden and held here. olds under president obama reports also suggest jake sullivan is being lined up to take on the role of national security adviser sulliva

arabia who's been in prison in saudi arabia since 2018. and who, according to the family, has been tortured while she's been in custody. there. that clamp down is exactly what these activists are saying. needs to be looked at more closely in particular in the light of the g. 20 being that what they're essentially saying. if i can sum it up, is that saudi arabia presents to the outside world, a kind of whitewashed presentation of what the situation is like in the kingdom and the image of the kingdom to the outside world, while internally and gauging in repression. and sort of, you know, the lack of proper penal code and judicial process. 3 decades before the current conflict, nagorno-karabakh was mired in another war. it left a dead deadly legacy. as a by john estimates that 14000 square kilometers in and around the region are contaminated with mines and unexploded munitions. they pose a serious danger to civilians and to the crews tasked with clearing the sites. and some of the german reports now from tartar near the border, come about the

, took place in neon saudi arabia and u.s. president elect joe biden is set to make key cabinet appointments. in the coming days, his longtime adviser, anthony blinken, is expected to be named secretary of state, while jake sullivan is lined up as national security advisor. there both obama era of fish now to indonesia, where more than half a 1000000 people have been infected with the coronavirus daily cases are now passing $4000.00 only this month. president joker, we don't know, announced mass vaccinations will be rolled out by the end of the year. indonesia has a region's highest number of cases and deaths. south korea, meanwhile, is introducing new restrictions to try and stem a 3rd wave as winter starts. daily cover 1000 infections have topped 300 for much of the last week and officials here, they could rise further. rob mcbride records himself on south korea's 5 tier scale for social distancing restrictions, are being raised to level 2 for the sole metropolitan area which is home to around half the country's population.

and the crown prince of saudi arabia, muhammad bin salman, were both there. usually if there is a story that the israeli security establishment doesn't want to come out, there are strong national security military censorship laws in israel, which gives you all sorts of strange wording in israeli media reporting about foreign sources, according to foreign reports and the like. there was none of that. this all came from domestic political israeli journalist. so there's obviously a real will to have this leak out and certainly no denial of it as far as the reaction coming from here. the palestinian leadership hasn't said anything on the record because again, there's been no official confirmation. but speaking to some senior officials, one of them said that if it were true, it would be heartbreaking. another said that while they do point to the language used by the saudi foreign minister recently when he said there would be no normalization with israel before a palestinian state. he also said that there were no guarantees when the u.a.e. and israel signed their n

the coronavirus pandemic dominates the g 20 in a virtual summit hosted by saudi arabia. leaders focus their efforts on fighting 19 and economic damage. countries are also drawing up plans for a fair and just be just tribute of vaccines to include poor countries. also coming up will tank key to the war torn region of nagorno-karabakh way ethnic albanians are being forced to fail. will fail at a correspondent may just drives the green, mixed with defiant class of battle royale in frankfurt to buy and sleep part leipzig, look to draw level on points with the league leaders. no easy task against against a fiercely to mrs. plame side. i'm jared. thank you for joining me. the leaders of the world's wealthiest countries have been meeting online for a g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. the virtual gathering is dominated by efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic and deal with its economic fallout. a draft declaration shows that the biggest economies will pledge to pay for fair distribution of covert $900.00, vaccines and testing. so that poorer countries are not left out. debt

in saudi arabia and in the golf in general saudi arabia remains the swing producer of energy, even at hydrocarbons are not exactly as central as they were to the u.s. years ago or the foreseeable future hydrocarbons remain a global strategic factor and the u.s. cannot walk away from that energy relationship like it doesn't want to walk away from control of the [inaudible] in the persian gulf or in the red sea and second, saudi arabia is a major oil economy and its central to the u.s. dollar protecting its status still despite everything we go to global currency and that has been under threat in saudi arabia is and remains allies and that economic sense. i think the piece deals that the uae and bahrain and sudan have implemented with israel also our political game changers and that obviously these peace agreements particularly in bahrain never have gone ahead without support and encouragement from riyadh and saudi arabia so i think for an incoming u.s. administration to have the heavyweight golf countries effectively normalizing relations with israel is, you know, a new reality for the

and saudi arabia, days after civilian deaths were being reported of civilians. so why is it your perspective seems so different? he, you think it's so important the home sales, as opposed to the important aid to britain is giving in the same time. i think the onset of us has set over half a century. i've been caught up in being a witness told or at the fringes of all 19 woes and all respects, same as and haven't seen it. neither has, has his chance. i think i sometimes describe myself as a battle, softened veteran. i'm not actually a pacifist, so i'm some of the way there. but i have seen at 1st hand the misery and the destruction and, and the end it took close damage that will cause you and i find it just fishy trust rating. no, it's very difficult to get the attention of the world for anything else other than discrete pestilence, sweeping it and the pestilence. his wessling, the plight of the yemeni. and we have to call hold. we have to, and somehow we got to draw attention to this. is it not only that they haven't seen? the kind of things you've seen is, is m

throughout his term in the office, he was extremely loyal friend to saudi arabia. whether came to the world in yemen or getting the crowd cover over the murder of the saudi journalists. he had said -- i asked about comments that joe biden had made about saudi arabia being a pariah state. he said that people say things during an election campaign. there is such a long-standing, strategic relatioehip between kingdom and the united states, he does not expected t there will have to be a relationship with saudi arabia,h world's top oil exporter. there is a lot of shared concerns when it comes to counterterrand ending the war in yemen. president elect biden has made it clear he will be tougher human rights. when it comes ts,human rig it is the question of what people say, and what they do? anchor: we willthe watching all . thank you so much from riyadh. back here the u.s., georgia is the latest state to certify that joe biden has won the presidency. donald trump continues to claim that the election was right against him. enthere has been no ev to prove his acquisitions s

an online summit of the world's biggest economies is under way in saudi arabia. top of the agenda — the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout. the nhs starts setting up coronavirus vaccination centres, and the first doses could be delivered next month. a rocket attack on the afghan capital, kabul — at least eight people have been killed and more than 30 injured. the firebreak is over, but the visitors remain locked down. how tourism businesses in wales are struggling to stay afloat. and coming up, barack obama discusses his long—awaited memoir a promised land with historian david olusoga. the prime minister is facing further criticism for disregarding an independent report which said home secretary priti patel broke the ministerial code by bullying staff. number 10 has rejected claims, made by a whitehall source, that borisjohnson had asked for the inquiry findings to be toned down. it has insisted that the conclusions made by sir alex allan — who has now resigned as independent advisor on ministerial standards — were "entirely his own". our pol

the world for campaigning, for women's rights to drive in saudi arabia who's been in prison in saudi arabia since 2018. and who, according to the family, has been tortured while she's been in custody. that that clampdown is exactly what these activists are saying. needs to be looked at more closely in particular in the light of the g. 20 being that what they're essentially saying, if i can sum it up, is that saudi arabia presents to the outside world. a kind of whitewashed presentation of what the situation is like in the kingdom and the image of the kingdom to the outside world, while internally and gauging in repression. and sort of, you know, the lack of proper penal code and judicial process. at least 88 migrants have been killed and dozens injured. when the engine of a boat exploded in the north atlantic see it happened off the western coast of africa. well, up about 150 thought to be on board, mainly from senegal and gambia. a boat, apparently making its way from to spain has nicholas is following the story from the car in senegal. what more details do you have nicholas? well,

she began by asking if saudi arabia had been disappointed by calls to boycott the summit. we are not disappointed, not many countries called for it. all the g20 countries are going to show up, we have a great statement that will come out. we have achieved great things during the year of our presidency as head of the g20.

nobody in saudi arabia wants a citizen to be murder. we investigated, we held people accountable, and people will bet punished fs. we will try to ensure that something like this never happens again. we have never in the history of murdered.udi arabia had someone we don't do this as a government, this is not our policy.s it tragic and i think people have used it in order to cast sions on saudi arabi i don't blame them, but i don't think it is being fair or equitable. the phograph in paris.ou about she has become a symbol of the call to release some of the activists. in an in 20 mammed bin salman said she is a spy. why isn't that being presented? >> inur legal system, the evidence is presented after the decision is made. it has nothing to do with advocating for women's right drive. if every woman who advocated for the right to drive in udi arabia was to be jailed, half the women would be jailed. is has nothing to do with advocacy or women's rights. it is national secury. >> why don't you present the evidence? the crown prince said in 2018

and this happening as we hear netanyahu going to saudi arabia denied by the saudis, and antony blinken. this old obama era official being selected by joe biden to be the next secretary of state. is what i think her principal, the main aim and this at the moment and the main aim that netanyahu had, i think, with these visit to saudi arabia, kmiec m.b.'s, the crown prince. the 1st priority for relief for israel is to get iran put at the top of the agenda for the administration. the same coming administration will have many other domestic issues to deal with. it's not clear whether they will control the senate or not. it's not clear they'll get their agenda through and he wants to put iran really sort of front and center. so this is a way of calling attention to it. calling attention to iran, if you like, what he would term adverse regional role. and i think the other

saudi arabia will, sooner or later, i guess. and europe just doesn't have, i think the will to play the set too excited by points election and dreaming that it's all going to be a return to the good old atlantis's of the past. i think they're mistaken as a current. thank you. thank you very much. in the after the break, as a fire kills 10 with coronavirus of an intensive care unit in nature, a member rumania. what is the level of neo liberal corruption in the former moscow aligned states, the director of all scripted film collective about remaining years previous west, tells us about profit driven corruption that echoes testimony heard this week about britain's worst tower inferno, austerity emblem, grenfell going underground. seem wrong. just don't get to shape out, educate and engagement because the trail went on, find themselves worlds apart. we choose to look for common ground. welcome back. an inquiry has been launched in nato member rumania, to determine how 10 patients suffering from co in 1000 were killed by a fire in a

arabia, i am wondering because saudi arabia and israel are aligned in their views towards iran, as you articulat articulated, is there a chance for saudi arabia's real deal? >> weird he said we would be per tail underprepared once israel except the establishment of the palestinian state in the palestinian territory and give the rights to those palestinian people, once that happens not only saudi arabia the all the islamic countries will be prepared and normalize relations with israel and to strike a peace deal with israel. we think this is a nice way to go and we are committed to that. leland: what you make of the fact that bahrain and the united emirates in the council and key allies of saudi arabia had made this deal with israel without those conditions being met? >> their independent countries, their sovereign countries, there the right to decide for themselves what they think is right and what they think is good for them for the palestinian people and we will respect their decisions, their independent decisions and they had made those decisions by themselves. leland: we appreciate

it's the final day of the virtual g. 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. and the quote of us pandemic has been dominating the event. leaders of the walls. 20 biggest economies are expected to pledge support for poor countries to help pay for the distribution of vaccines medicines and tests. the event has also seen calls for saudi arabia to also international criticism over its human rights record. but climate change was also on the agenda. u.s. president, donald trump addressed g 20 leaders, defending his decision to pull out of the paris accords to protect american workers . i withdrew the united states from the unfair and one sided, paris climate accord. a very unfair act for the united states. the paris accord was not designed to save the environment. it was designed to kill the american economy. i refuse to surrender millions of american jobs and send trillions of american dollars to the world's worst polluters and environmental offenders. and that's what would have happened. senior political analyst has more on the back class. saudi arabia is facing t

arabia saudi arabia is the most powerful country in the region it prides itself on being the protector of sunni islam but the taken into account that biden was part of the same ministration that abandoned there were barak in 2011 the when there was a wind of change in this part of the world king abdullah of saudi arabia because of the 1st book with obama and said we want you to support our friend obama said i'm sorry that i want to be able to do that in 2015 the americans struck a deal with the iranians that was seen as an ultimate act of betrayal i was in saudi arabia in 2016 when obama was there it was a somber atmosphere the saudis felt like they were betrayed a year later when trump was in saudi arabia i was there covering his visit for english the feeling suddenly change they saw in him a someone who could suddenly position saudi arabia as. a key player in the region what happened after that was phenomenal by all proportions. sidelined his cousin who was a crown prince he became the crown prince of saudi arabia now there is a new guy in the white house and they are pretty much con

and outspoken critic of saudi arabia's government murder in a saudi consulate. blogger arrived by darwin publicly flogged and sentenced to 10 years in prison. paul legit, lee, insulting islam activist lucchino lotro all detained for seeking the right to drive . those are just 3 examples of human rights violations in saudi arabia. the country hosting this year's t 20 summit since assuming the g 20 presidency, the government of saudi arabia has been hard at work trying to rebrand its image. so there's a large public relations campaign underway in order to encourage investment in the country. and yet behind these initiatives and reform, the reality on the ground is that there is a brutal crackdown being led by the a society authorities against its own nationals. that's the reason why you appeal lawmakers are taking a stand. you cannot remain silent. last month they passed a resolution calling on the u. officials to downgrade their presence of patients in the summit, even though it's only a virtual event, mokhtar a bell is spearheading, they can pain. we are asked f

arabia who's been in prison in saudi arabia since 2018, and who according to the family as been tortured while she's been in custody there . and we've also testimony from sorry, forgive me, due to of who is the son of a prominent cleric who has been in prison since 2017, essentially for tweeting for greater reform within the saudi political structure. and that's the clamp down is exactly what these activists are saying needs to be looked at more closely in particular in the light of the g. 20 being that what they're essentially saying, if i can sum it up, is that saudi arabia presents to the outside world a kind of whitewashed presentation of what the situation is like in the kingdom and the image of the kingdom to the outside world, while internally and gauging in repression. and sort of, you know, the lack of proper penal code and judicial process. a lot of focus on saudi arabia isn't there with the g 20. thank you. paul brennan, in london. now police in thailand have used water cannon to disperse anti-government demonstrators in bangkok, protests calling for the resignation of the pri

arabia's government murder in a saudi consulate. blogger arrived by dar, we publicly flogged and sentenced to 10 years in prison. paul, legit, lee insulting islam activist troll, detained for seeking the right to drive. those are just 3 examples of human rights violations in saudi arabia. the country hosting this year's to 20 summit since assuming the g 20 presidency. the government of saudi arabia has been hard at work trying to rebrand its image. so there's a large public relations campaign underway in order to encourage investment in the country. and yet behind these initiatives and reform, the reality on the ground is that there is a brutal crackdown being led by the saudi authorities against its own nationals. and that's the reason why european lawmakers are taking a stand. you cannot remain silent. last month they passed a resolution calling on the u. officials to downgrade their presence a patient in the summit, even though it's only a virtual event mark to rebel is spearheading, they can paint. we ask for the don't gridding

saudi arabia will, sooner or later, i guess. and europe just doesn't have, i think the will to play the set too excited with biden selection and dreaming that it's all going to be a return to the good old atlantis's of the past. i think they're mistaken security . thank you. thank you very much. in the after the break, as a fire kills 10 with coronavirus of an intensive care unit in nature, a member rumania, what is the level of neo liberal corruption in the former moscow in one state, the director of all scripted film collective about remaining years previous worst tells us about profit driven corruption. that echoes testimony heard this week about britain's worst tower inferno, austerity emblem graham fell to, i'm going underground in a way that it would, if he does not get enough of me because it is giving me a higher he come with us from the humble that the alternate as i need to make him talk about. i don't like about what's going on back. i'm no one and all that bad books are a lot about annoying. all part of our if you ar

have world leaders raise the issue with saudi arabia directly? no, at least not in the official meetings. they are having many leaders indicated that human rights issues are being raised by a literal meetings with saudi arabia. i also asked the commission where there are going to talk about it and was also told by literally yes, but not during the g 20 summit because they told me to look for all events a, with many important issues at stake. so that was their answer to the topic. this is of course, the last 20 summit for us president obama trying you already talked briefly about his remarks regarding back the nation efforts overall. how is he going out of the international arena? well i think that he, his statement yesterday was quite awkward. he told the leaders, he was looking forward to working with them together for a long time. so still not conceding defeat. so he missed basically the chance to properly say goodbye, will see what he has to say today. he also skipped part of the video conference with the leaders and went gold thing so that so

saudi arabia, even poland, are hungry. speaking about the e.u. members. i mean that, that's a community look like a good idea of south tractor not invest some of your allies while conspicuously ostracizing. the advice is that really such a wise character had no idea. no, i don't, i'm not, i'm not going to defend. and so employers are not a spokesperson for by us in atlanta, i'm saying what he has intended to do, and his policy or his idea probably behind it is that he wants to create great here. and in the west on pro-democratic camp. and as i said, of the beginning of a conversation as being betty freight relations and the drums as nato members and busy e.u. members. if you really deteriorate a lot so i can see by them wanting to give it a new push to make that coherence bring it about again of greater stability in transatlantic relations in these sort of friendly relationships. whether that's will be successful, whether the even bill be a substantive summit or whether it will be just small, a symbolic summit and i have no idea. i assume they want to mak

saudi arabia is hosting a virtual summit of the g. 20 group of beating nations. top of the agenda is ending the pandemic and chuckling at the global recession and concerns over human rights of cast a shadow over the online gathering. but the european union has defended its decision to reject its use update us this hour, coming up next, a d.-w. documentary on the nuremberg trials of the nazis, m. k. richardson in for them, for me and the whole team here. thanks so much for joining us. in london home many poor soon old love shall certainly in the world climb a tree, a different whole story. this is my plan for when film goes one week before it can really just we still have time to work on doing this.