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promo video: this is neom. neom — saudi arabia's grand plan to transform the country and its image. a project almost the size of belgium, built by companies from all over the world, including more than a dozen from the uk. at its heart — the line. a city carved from the desert, envisaged to be 100 mile straight line, but only 1.5 miles will reportedly be built by 2030. neom's driving force is the country's leader, mohammed bin salman. so since we have empty place and we want to have a place for 10 million people, then let's think from scratch. but it wasn't empty. near the line, thousands of people lived in these three villages. for years, they objected to being moved, but still the project went on. these satellite images show one of the villages where they lived. homes, schools, hospitals, have been wiped off the map. this former saudi intelligence officer has been living in fear since he went into exile in the uk last year. he told us he was ordered to clear one of the villages near neom in 2020 and that security forces were permitted to kill those who refused eviction. translat
promo video: this is neom. neom — saudi arabia's grand plan to transform the country and its image. a project almost the size of belgium, built by companies from all over the world, including more than a dozen from the uk. at its heart — the line. a city carved from the desert, envisaged to be 100 mile straight line, but only 1.5 miles will reportedly be built by 2030. neom's driving force is the country's leader, mohammed bin salman. so since we have empty place and we want to have a place...
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mohammad bin salman wants neom to be his legacy. but critics say the project has cost some saudis their freedom, and their lives. sophie. merlin thomas, thank you. football, and aston villa face their biggest game fax of the season tonight as they take on 0lympiakos in the europa conference league semifinal. excited villa fans have travelled to athens hoping their side can overturn a 11—2 defeat after the first leg. their manager says his side will need to be much improved if they're going to reach the final. an 18—month—old girl who was born deaf has had her hearing restored after becoming the first person in the world to take part in a new medical trial. 0pal sandy, from 0xfordshire, was treated shortly before herfirst birthday, and, six months on, is starting to talk. michelle roberts met her. recorder plays note. yay! 18—month—old 0pal is learning how fun making noise can be. yeah! she's the first person to get a new type of gene therapy treatment for an inherited deafness she was born with. her parents, jo and james,
mohammad bin salman wants neom to be his legacy. but critics say the project has cost some saudis their freedom, and their lives. sophie. merlin thomas, thank you. football, and aston villa face their biggest game fax of the season tonight as they take on 0lympiakos in the europa conference league semifinal. excited villa fans have travelled to athens hoping their side can overturn a 11—2 defeat after the first leg. their manager says his side will need to be much improved if they're going to...
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this is neom. the new futuristsic saudi city, where the bbc uncovers evidence lethal force has been used to clear villages. and prince harry and meghan are set to begin their three—day visit to nigeria — as part of publicity around the invictus games. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri. prince harry and meghan, the duke and duchess of sussex, are beginning a three—day visit to nigeria — as part of publicity around the invictus games. last year, nigeria became the first african country to take part in the invictus games. the games were founded by prince harry ten years ago. that follows also an announcement by meghan that she is �*a3% nigerian�* after she did a genealogy test. prince harry returned to the uk this week to mark the 10th anniversary of the invictus games. during a charity event in central london, the bbc�*s royal correspondent, daniela relph, was given exclusive access to the duke of sussex as hejoined a children's party. go! it's a side of prince harry we've not seen so much of l
this is neom. the new futuristsic saudi city, where the bbc uncovers evidence lethal force has been used to clear villages. and prince harry and meghan are set to begin their three—day visit to nigeria — as part of publicity around the invictus games. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri. prince harry and meghan, the duke and duchess of sussex, are beginning a three—day visit to nigeria — as part of publicity around the invictus games. last year, nigeria became the first african country to take...
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promo video: this is neom. neom — saudi arabia's grand plan to transform the country and its image. a project almost the size of belgium, built by companies from all over the world, including more than a dozen from the uk. at its heart — the line. a city carved from the desert, envisaged to be 100 mile straight line, but only 1.5 miles will reportedly be built by 2030. neom's driving force is the country's leader, mohammed bin salman. so since we have empty place and we want to have a place for 10 million people, then let's think from scratch. but it wasn't empty. near the line, thousands of people lived in these three villages. for years, they objected to being moved, but still the project went on. these satellite images show one of the villages where they lived. homes, schools, hospitals, have been wiped off the map. this former saudi intelligence officer has been living in fear since he went into exile in the uk last year. he told us he was ordered to clear one of the villages near neom in 2020 and that security forces were permitted to kill those who refused eviction. translat
promo video: this is neom. neom — saudi arabia's grand plan to transform the country and its image. a project almost the size of belgium, built by companies from all over the world, including more than a dozen from the uk. at its heart — the line. a city carved from the desert, envisaged to be 100 mile straight line, but only 1.5 miles will reportedly be built by 2030. neom's driving force is the country's leader, mohammed bin salman. so since we have empty place and we want to have a place...
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it was pitched as a car—free city as part of the neom project. it's 170 kilometres long, though now only 2.54 kilometers is reportedly expected to be completed by 2030, and it's planned to be 200 metres wide and 500 metres tall. so to put that into perspective, that's taller than the empire state building, the eiffel tower and big ben. mohammed bin salman, crown prince of saudi arabia, wants neom to be his legacy, a shining jewel in the desert. but critics say the project has cost some saudis their freedom and their lives. president xijinping of china has been greeted with a military parade in budapest during a visit to hungary. it's the latest location of his european tour after visiting france and serbia. later he'll meet the hungarian prime minister viktor orban. beijing sees hungary as one of its closest allies in the eu, and there have been high levels of chinese investment there. earlier i spoke to charles parton, who is a former chinese diplomat and associate fellow at the council on geostrategy. hungary is the biggest destination of chine
it was pitched as a car—free city as part of the neom project. it's 170 kilometres long, though now only 2.54 kilometers is reportedly expected to be completed by 2030, and it's planned to be 200 metres wide and 500 metres tall. so to put that into perspective, that's taller than the empire state building, the eiffel tower and big ben. mohammed bin salman, crown prince of saudi arabia, wants neom to be his legacy, a shining jewel in the desert. but critics say the project has cost some saudis...
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this is the city of neom, a futuristic development planned for the saudi desert. it'll cost £400 billion or over $500 billion, and is being built by dozens of western companies. but the uk foreign secretary, lord cameron, says he'll be looking into allegations the saudi government is using lethal force to clear ground to build the new city. it comes after bbc verify and a bbc eye investigation, found the authorities encouraged the use of violence, to evict villagers.
this is the city of neom, a futuristic development planned for the saudi desert. it'll cost £400 billion or over $500 billion, and is being built by dozens of western companies. but the uk foreign secretary, lord cameron, says he'll be looking into allegations the saudi government is using lethal force to clear ground to build the new city. it comes after bbc verify and a bbc eye investigation, found the authorities encouraged the use of violence, to evict villagers.
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this is neom. the new futuristsic saudi city, where the bbc uncovers evidence lethal force has been used to clear villages. and prince harry and meghan are set to begin their three—day visit to nigeria — as part of publicity around the invictus games.
this is neom. the new futuristsic saudi city, where the bbc uncovers evidence lethal force has been used to clear villages. and prince harry and meghan are set to begin their three—day visit to nigeria — as part of publicity around the invictus games.
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former intelligence officer says he was ordered to evict villagers to make way for the line, part of the neom eco—project. you are very welcome to the programme. the people living in rafah say the last two days have been punctuated by the almost constant sound of shelling. there are reports tonight that israeli tanks are close to built—up areas. one humanitarian group operating in the city says it is impossible to get staff in or out in the face of daily bombardment and gunfire. the ceasefire talks are ongoing in cairo, but there is a sense that things are escalating quickly. the fear of a much bigger assault has caused president biden and the white house to make clear repeatedly the us opposition to any such campaign. this evening, the us national security advisor, john kirby, said "smashing into rafah wil not advance the objective of defeating hamas". the president has tasked his team to continue to work with israel to refine their strategy to inflict an enduring defeat on hamas. and i want to repeat that — an enduring defeat on hamas certainly remains the israeli goal, and we share t
former intelligence officer says he was ordered to evict villagers to make way for the line, part of the neom eco—project. you are very welcome to the programme. the people living in rafah say the last two days have been punctuated by the almost constant sound of shelling. there are reports tonight that israeli tanks are close to built—up areas. one humanitarian group operating in the city says it is impossible to get staff in or out in the face of daily bombardment and gunfire. the...