seeks to project to the wider world let's bring in our guests now and joining me here in the studio mark owen jones assistant professor of middle east studies at howard been in university he was formerly at x. university and is a friend of mine he had just in london done more trying to harvey's an intelligence analyst and writes on security issues and joining us from kuala lumpur via skype rather selling founder and c.e.o. of detained in dubai if i wore welcome to all of you mark we're talking here about a thirty one year old student on a two week research trip what was matthew hedges doing in the u.a.e. not you had just like many ph d. students was taking a short trip away from durham university to conduct interviews and this is a very common practice among the ph d. students during political science or security studies he would have had ethical approval from durham university to carry out the strip and within that process is the determination that what matthew is doing is is is kosher on a. of broad and above all things safe and secure so that's what matthew would have been doing arranging

ok let's get going let's bring in our guests today here on inside story joining me in the studio mark owen jones he's the assistant professor of middle east studies at the hamad bin holly for university here in doha in istanbul ahmed qassim hand he's a lecturer in international relations at the ultimate bosh university also here in doha mohammed el masri an associate professor. in the media and cultural studies program at the doha institute for graduate studies welcome to you all mark jones here in the studio of blood money how do you put a price tag how do you monetize what happened to him you can monetize taking a human life as far as i say this is the way of trying to buy a silence the problem with the blood blood money though is that often this as a solution to a case is in lieu of justice so the worry about the blood money is that that will be done to exonerate those involved in the actual killing and so i think if this man is accepted it's going to be massively problematic for the pursuit of justice within saudi arabia or of the killers of her should be mohamed el masry also here and

ok let's get going let's bring in our guests today here on inside story joining me in the studio mark owen jones he's the assistant professor of middle east studies at the hamad bin holly for university here in doha in istanbul ahmed cassim hand he's a lecturer in international relations at the ultimate bosh university also here in doha mohammed el masri an associate professor. in the media and cultural studies program at the doha institute for graduate studies welcome to you all mark jones here in the studio of blood money how do you put a price tag how do you monetise what happened to him you can monetize taking a human life as far as i say this is a way of trying to buy a silence the problem with the blood blood money though is that often this as a solution to a case is in lieu of justice so the worry about the blood money is that that will be done to exonerate those involved in the actual killing and so i think if this man is accepted it's going to be massively problematic for the pursuit of justice within saudi arabia or of the killers of her she mohamed el masry also here in doha if

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they don't pay for petrol there are other ways to raise money how about trying the rich question mark owen has been in power for over a year and a half now and he has spoken many times about the process that are taking place in particular in the last week he spoke about these protests and this is what he had to say. i hear the anger and it's a fundamental right in our society to be allowed to express it but i'm wary because many different people are trying to piggyback on this movement there is some news coming out from some of those other protests though we understand that one person died in one of those protests you know piece at the interior ministry said that it was a mother and daughter were in a call they were surrounded by the protesters they were on their way to the doctor they got a bit scared and a procession that was killed in an accident the moment it looks like the supporters arrived the anger is rising and these protesters absolutely determined that they voices are going to be heard at least at this time by president. the pentagon has failed its first ever full audit on arms

this is the only way that she feels that they will ever be able to change some of the reforms that mark owen has been implementing rather rapid speed since he became president back in two thousand and seventeen so people here calling for a change they calling for mark want to listen to people in the streets they're saying that yes he had suggested what his reforms would be when he became president when he was elected but what they saying is that the pace of the reforms is chief fast and there is not enough discussion and they are angry about that and as such hundreds of come out to the streets. atika and to protest against those changes by the government here in france and in recent weeks we have seen of the protests protests by pension is unions of being now it's describing the government policy as breaking the social fabric and we also saw struck thick boots you know almost standstill in paris when paramedics went out in strike just a week ago. to . keep. more news after the break. you know world big booty. and conspiracy it's time to wait to dig deeper to get the stories that mainstream m

monday tomorrow here on al-jazeera with us here in studio we've got mark owen jones who is an assistant professor of middle east studies and digital humanities that hamad bin khalifa university here in doha nice to see you and i so we want to talk about what's happening online with the voices of the dissidents i guess the first thing to establish is how vocal were they prior to the case how vocal was the saudi expect community dissident community however you want to term it i think the dissident community was vocal they were critical especially those living outside saudi arabia but let's not forget the face. killing of the show did not necessarily create a new situation in saudi arabia where people were suddenly unable to talk about politics it's always been difficult and since the rise of m.b.a.'s who's been incredibly crackdown on dissent dissident voices and dissent we've seen activists moving away from social media we've seen them being arrested as was mentioned earlier in the show but the case i think is important simply because this crossed another line in terms of the intimidatio

thank you so much for your appropriate thoughts to wrap up our discussion today thanks to our guests mark owen jones. and mohamed el masry and thank you to you too for your company you can see the show again any time to the website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion to check out our facebook page facebook dot com forward slash age inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter at a.g. inside story or tweet me i'm at pizza dot be one for me peter told me and everyone on the team here in the hot thanks for watching we'll see you soon bye bye for an. eye. i think this is fun for me to think i'm having fun if. it. isn't her hunters. just as it is to. thank. the racing to someone. just making. a journey of personal discovery about how the soviet rule has shaped the present day georgia and should be abolished your past you will never have a future in government buildings and then one you meant they seemed to inspire in or is always there mean to show your own people that they are small algis there is time an aversion to me it's a examines the cultural influences of the soviet

this is the only way that she feels that they will ever be able to change some of the reforms that mark owen has been implementing roll the rapid speed since he became president back in two thousand and seventeen so people hit calling for a change the cooling from going to listen to people in the streets they saying that yes he had suggested what his reforms would be when he became president when he was elected but what they saying is that the pace of the reforms is chief fast and there is not enough discussion and they are angry about that and as such hundreds of come out to the streets yet again to protest against the changes by the government here in france and in recent weeks we have seen of the protests protests by pension is unions have been out describing the government policy as breaking the social fabric and we also source traffic poor to normal standstill in paris when paramedics went out in strike just a week ago. such can cut. deep deep deep deep. deep deep deep. ever porting from paris spends most of the common clothing phase growing in the democratic republic of congo over the

two hundred you have are supporters all saying that they won't see the resignation of president mark owen and they want there to be a complete change in the first break here in fronts just how to look at them some of them while do the excitement as they feel that the momentum of this movement is still building official figures suggest only between five and six thousand people were out in protest on friday but people say that's because many people are at work and they can't be out to the protests every day but saturday is expected to be another big pinch point in terms of the protests will between thirty and forty thousand people are expected to attend a big protest emit paris for the moment it looks like things are heating up paying the last few notes that have been barely a huge number of schools she's between the police and the protest is and yet again it seems like the heat is on as this protest goes into the several flights in the eight day charlotte do you. see. a string of deadly violence has rocks pakistan some twenty five people were killed in a suicide bombing at a crowded festiv

in one way mark owen says he's ready to talk to the crown prince about what happened should usually take a sure i have always been very clear in the case of saudi arabia and i will inevitably have the opportunity to discuss it with the saudi crown prince on the margins of this g. twenty meeting we will have the opportunity to discuss it among european leaders as i requested before the g. seven donald trump arrived in when a site is on thursday evening ready to discuss the trade war between the united states and china he's cancelled he's meeting with russian president vladimir putin after the seizure of crane and ships by russia at the crimean peninsula. these protesters came all the way from the united states carrying a baby trump. he's been an activist opposing the u.s. foreign policy since the vietnam war we would like the president of the united states that are a little bit more mature that's if i was going to boil it down to just one statement it would be that we think it's asinine that he's on twitter we think it's asinine that he's casual and that he. picks fights seems to want to

ok let's get going let's bring in our guests today here on inside story joining me in the studio mark owen jones he's the assistant professor of middle east studies at the hamad bin holly for university here in doha in istanbul. he's a lecturer in international relations at the ultimate bosh university also here in doha mohammed el masri an associate professor. in the media and cultural studies program at the doha institute for graduate studies welcome to you all mark jones here in the studio of blood money how do you put a price tag how do you monetize what happened to him you can monetize taking a human life as far as i say this is the way of trying to buy a silence the problem with the blood blood money though is that often this as a solution to a case is in lieu of justice so the worry about the blood money is that that will be done to exonerate those involved in the actual killing and so i think if this man is accepted it's going to be massively problematic for the pursuit of justice within saudi arabia or of the killers of her should be mohamed el masry also here and if the blood mon

owen died seven days before the war ended, his family told as the bells marking the armistice rang outems, an epitaph for the horror of war. my friend, you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent for some desperate glory. the old lie: dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. the words of wilfred owen from a century ago. newsnight is on bbc two and here on bbc one at121i0 there's a special programme with results of those mid term elections in the us. here on bbc one time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm sarah mulkerrins. coming up: tottenham score twice in the last 15 minutes against psv eindhoven to keep their champions league dream alive. red hot red star as they beat liverpool 2—0 in belgrade. and debutant ben foakes helps england rally after a dodgy start in sri lanka. hello and welcome to sportsday. hello and thanks forjoining us. we've had a night of twists and turns in the fortunes of english teams in the champions league. tottenham needed a win to keep their hopes of progressing alive, and it was their star man, harry kane, who pulled th

mark has the highlights... plus a special night for former 49er great terrell owens... later in sports ((ken)) here's what we are tracking new tonight at nine... shocking, gruesome new details tonight revealing what happened to notorious boston gangster... james 'whitey' bulger. we now know he was targeted in prison... hear why many say "whitey" went out the same way he lived-- viciously... that's coming up new tonight at nine.... california's public schools rank 44th in the nation. 44th. i'm marshall tuck, i'm a public-school parent, and i know we can do better. in the public schools i led, we got more funding into our classrooms, supported our teachers, and we raised graduation rates by 60%. that's why president obama's education secretary endorses me. we've done it before. now, let's do it for every public-school student in california. i'm marshall tuck. i'm running for state superintendent. (pam) new at 8. was college worth the money? some in congress think the government should provide students with information about the value of their degrees.. the cost of tuition

and terrell owens returns to get his hall of fame ring ... mark has t-o's reaction...coming up (pam) lots to talk about in the sports world tonight... (ken) mark carpenter joins us in the studio. we'll open up the show with an early update from levi's. 49ers-raiders... the story of the game so far, nick mullens. the 2nd-year undrafted qb making his 1st nfl start in place of cj beathard because of a wrist injury. mullens came out firing... his 1st half line- 2-touchdowns, no interceptions, 167-yards, 12- of17 passing. derek carr, already sacked 4 times. right now, score is 17-3 49ers at the break. we'll have full highlights later tonight. something else happening at the game tonight-- the return of terrell owens. t.o., recent inductee into the pro football hall of fame... already rocking the gold jacket... will receive his hall of fame ring in special halftime ceremony. owens spent 8 seasons with the niners... and is 2nd all time in receiving yards, 3rd in receiving touchdowns. we caught up with owens pregame...talking about what it's like to be back with the team where

owen farrell. it means he can play against new zealand this weekend. comentator: the replay‘s on the screen now... this sunday marksn lit in the moat of the tower of london. beefeaters lit them one—by—one — in a ceremony which will be repeated every night until remembrance sunday this weekend. well, as part of the commemorations, robert hall has been to amiens in france to find out about one former british soldier's vision of how to remember the horrors of war. robert. over the next few days we will be looking at different aspects of remembrance and commemoration, head of the centenary of the armistice next weekend. —— ahead of the centenary. today's story concerns an ambitious project to create a series of footpath stretching from switzerland to the belgian coast along the old 1914 front lines, an idea which originated in lines penned a letters home by a young british officer. —— pennedin home by a young british officer. —— penned in letters home. "there are graves scattered up and down. the ground is so pitted and scarred and torn with shells, entangled with wire." alexander gillespie was 26 when he wrote his las

. >> willem marks live in brussels for us we'll see you soon thank you very much. >>> let's dmig a little bit deeper to david owen chief european economist david, here state side at cnbc we have a new show coming on primetime called "deal or no deal." very popular in the united states we're bringing it back the reason i mentioned that is not a tease for the network, it's that we in the media like to have the binary outcomes. deal or no deal, yes or no heads or tails it's nowhere near that clear or simple with the e.u. and this vote, is it? >> no, it's not. i mean, she's going to lose so i think the first round of votes which will be scheduled for wednesday the 12th of december do note that week will be a week of heightened uncertainty more generally about europe because we have the ecb press conference the following day. then we have other e.u. heads of states which i'm sure theresa may will be very keen to go back to to see if she can get anymore concessions out of brussels which seems very unlikely. this is only the first point she'll then try and push the vote through again in parliament even if she wins i wil

mark zuckerberg refuses to appear before an international grand committee proving facebook. he could be subpoenaed, could face contempt charges. jeremy owenst zuckerberg testify? what's wrong? >> they have a conference call it seems like every week now for the most recent horrible thing that happened on facebook. we need mark zuckerberg they're running facebook to make sure we don't have more of these. he spent last year traveling the united states to see what the real america is. we obviously need him a facebook trying to fix the issues that are affecting every american. stuart: wait a second, these problems keep on popping up your disk a public relations problem if he refuses to address them on an international forum. i understand this is a made-up panel of politicians who want to take money out of america. i got it. but it is a pr problem if you don't show. >> it is grandstanding. if they want somebody, facebook was, facebook will send somebody who probably knows the issues more than mark zuckerberg. they just want zuckerberg to score political points. facebook is fine to send a counsel or somebody else to go talk to them, demanding zuc