it get any and will this and dependent international inquiry make any difference anyway can saudi arabia be held to account this is inside story. on welcome to the program i'm richelle carey showed he was a critic of the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon the journalist was killed at the saudi consulate in istanbul almost four months ago now but his body or remains have never been recovered and the murder case remains unsolved turkey's not satisfied with the saudis own investigations and wants a full international investigation but it's got an end the pendent investigation led by the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions agnes calm are entertainer in turkey for a week long mission she also wants to visit saudi arabia telmarc said on thursday that the three member legal and forensic panel would seek to establish state and individuals responsibilities for the killing i conceive of this and for it to be a necessary step among a number of others toward crucial truth telling about and formal accountability for the gruesome killing of mr. hell marc who had requested informatio

made a clear distinction between the king of saudi arabia. and his son and although he blamed the son to some extent for being responsible for this for this killing he has he made it clear that he had nothing but told to respect to the king and was very. attempting to reconcile with saudi arabia as a state so the point being even there we are talking about a a brutal murder there are still politics and a lot of things involved that have to be managed and joggled ok that's all right so kora let me ask you let's talk about the particulars of what this process is going to be now what can you kind of walk us through now that there is a u.n. wrapper tour involved asking to see the crime scene etc etc how how will this actually play out. that's a good question as it's going to be dependent on a i'm a number of factors so they un system of protection has a number of what's called thematic mandates for a special ruppel terms so i was revoted discuss the un special rapporteur on actually judicial killing it has commenced this investigation so a number

when it's you know it's blowing kisses in saudi arabia it's protected saudi arabia from the shop she affair to a certain degree by the president saying that it's not clear that the king is involved in ness of course pompei of his message was the people who carried out the murder have to be punished which which. plex a certain amount of pain on the crown prince because it's going to see inside the kingdom it's going to be seen as disloyalty and but on the other hand it is trying to get beyond this relationship there is talk about trying to clean up yemen situation all of these are monsters undertakings unlikely to be resolved anytime soon so the united states has a lot of heavy lifting to do to try to bring unity back to arab ranks because the arab unity is completely fallen apart over the last you know the last seven eight years. majeed tell us about iran's relationship with qatar and how that plays into the into the strategic game play if you like i mean a sense. since maybe the ninety seventy nine there was a clear position by the g.c.c. countries to combat iranian intervention and

because we can no longer talk, for example, about saudi arabia because saudi arabia influences lebanon. lebanon are influenced by the muslim brotherhood's presence in exile in turkey. so i think that states very quickly recovered and adjusted and adapted to the chaos from the arab uprising by looking at how they can use religious soft power to their advantage but looking at it in a regional perspective. i think that the report makes this clear both by talking about the differences and approaches and also the similarities and commonalities. so those are what i think are the most important takeaways from the study broadly speaking. where i think that we have to be careful is that even though as both peter and shadi has told you in great detail how states have recovered from the arab uprisings, they are still vulnerable and we have to under that. that no matter how much you try to use religious soft power, no matter how much you try to monopolize and take ownership of the religious message, there's always going to be an ideological vacuum. it comes with the nature of how political islam h

about lhow w use our leverage with saudi arabia in particular. not to say that we should -- should we fundamentally break the alliance? should we fundamentally reassess our relationship? i would say that saudi arabia is going to be an ally, whether we like them or not and whether we like mbs. there are pressure when it comes to arms sales and the security umbrella we provide for saudi arabia. i think that we're having deb e debates in congress. but it can be applied more broadly about how we use our leverage to try to -- not to punish saudi arabia for the sake of it but to induce better, more constructive behavior. it could apply to qatar, apply to releasing dissidents, the yemen war. >> or jamal khashoggi's case. >> yes. >> the men invited you here bravely to take them on and to be the sort of outside expert giving them some tough love and constructive criticism on what you think of the report. give it to us straight. you read the report in advance. what do you think of their analysis? >> since this is a diplomatic town, i will start with the pr

, but also the objectives of the saudi arabia's allies. so in the context of the cold war for example the united states government actually look quite favorably on some of the religious export activity that organizations like the muslim world league engaged in because in the kind of broad strategic viewpoint of the american policymakers during the cold war, the more religion you had in the world, the more effective you will be in combating the rising of communism.? exactly of communism there's less communism if there is religion. in that way it seems a useful tool against an ideological force. so you have given us a good historical picture or not. and the ability to sort of turned the faucet on and off for how much people can use that and as you say there are a number of different groups. justin 2017 the saudi crown prince talked about being committed to returning saudi arabia to moderate islam. what did he mean by that? >> i think this very intriguing pronouncement by the crown prince and 2017 was in my view broadly misunderstood, particu

even in states with a wasn't an error uprising in saudi arabia. the responses we are saying from state are taking the region in context, regional actors. because we can no longer talk, for example, about -- the south is a saudi arabia can influence -- influenced by the muslim brotherhood present in exile in turkey. i think states very quickly recovered and adjusted and adapted to the chaos on arab uprising by looking at how they can use religious soft power to their advantage but don't look at it in a regional perspective. and i think the report makes this clear both a talking about the differences in approaches and also the similarities and the commonalities. and i think that, so those of what i think are the most important takeaways from the study, broadly speaking. where i think that we have to be careful is that even though as both peter and shadi have told you in great detail and the study is very detailed, how states have recouped, recovered from the arab uprising, they are still vulnerable. i think we have to really emphasize, that no matte

as saudi arabia still the largest and. biggest importer of weapons in the world that means the worth of big business and so there is this counting saudi pressure because of the economic stakes play here but i think you know time it took a very brave move it may cost us some financial relations with the saudis but i would say that most meetings are frankly quite willing to pay those costs to be on the right side of history and i can't say that's the case for many countries around the world well it's been a pleasure talking to all of you we've run out of time but to great to get your perspectives on this important story thanks very much indeed thank you to our guests. here in the studio business my money and my job thank you too for watching you can see. the program again any time by visiting our web site al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com ford slash a.j. inside story and of course you can also take the conversation on twitter handle is a.j. inside story from enid cl

trip too say, my first saudi arabia was march of 1991. when we went in immediately after the conclusion of the gulf war. so i have been going there since that time, and it does feel like an entirely different country when you're there and when you see someone like him write the things that he does, say the things that he does, you feel like you are certainly dealing with kind of a different realm. i have a number of messages i felt like i wanted to convey and rather than can a them, -- rather than convey them, i think that's what the u.s. policy on to be. what are the things i would like to see pushing right now? well, i think we need to push transparency in the trials. that are going to be held for those who have been accused in saudi arabia of carrying out the jamal khashoggi murder. i think the more transparent that is, it will be at least saudi'sa story that the can put out that they actually have a legal system. like to thing i would see the administration push, i think the administration ought to be saying to mohammad bin salman, ok

saudi arabia's saudi arabia's position. thank you chris been but i will point out that of course we do not share the view about sales and that's actually one of the strengths i think of why it's important to have the cross party support of this panel and the liberal democrats think that the government has not been strong enough however that's why it's so important for the saudi arabians to engage with us because we have the whole range of the views here and the fact is if they did allow me to go and interview the detainees and seek this evidence it would be well received by britain and other liberal democracies this would not be a seen as any kind of stitch up this is very much a cross party effort and the focus remains on international human rights will regardless of we know what other geopolitical considerations saudi arabia may well be involved in at them and. between from got in as i understand you wrote to the saudi embassy here and you've is it correct you hear nothing in. what we know. we're not for it we're not form

qatar from the united arab emirates after visiting egyptian and behave rain he's flying to santee arabia which have imposed the eighteen month long land and sea blockade on. the accused the title funding extremism allegations strongly dismissed by a qatari leader as america's top diplomat has also visited jordan and is due in oman and kuwait on his middle east tour it's being seen as an attempt to rally support among key players in the region to counterbalance the growing influence of iran and i don't think that the administration plans for dealing with iran by virtue of trying to organize a larger coalition are going to work simply because most states do not agree with us in our policies canceling the joint comprehensive plan of action that would have prevented iran if implemented from ever attending a nuclear weapon the u.s. is due to host a conference in poland next month to discuss ways to curb iran's activities in the region and ensure middle east stability the us is keen of building a bridge an alliance to counter what it considers to be a growing iranian influence in the gulf but

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as saudi arabia still the largest and. biggest importer of weapons in the world that means the worth of big business and so there is this county now the pressure because of the economic stakes play here but i think you know time it took a very brave move it may cost us some financial relations with the saudis but i would say that most meetings are frankly quite willing to pay those costs to be on the right side of history and i can't say that's the case for many countries around the world well it's been a pleasure talking to all of you we've run out of time but to great to get your perspectives on this important story thanks very much indeed thank you to our guests. here in the studio business my money and my job thank you too for watching you can see. see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com ford slash a.j. inside story and of course you can also take the conversation on twitter handle is a.j. inside story from enid cla

saudi arabia has the largest budget ever, $1.1 trillion saudi arabia and.hope that will help the economy locally to ignite it and support it. i think we will do well in 2019. francine. : what is the price of oil outside of saudi arabia? >> i prefer to leave it to the experts. anything north of $70 would be fine. francine: when you talk about technology and the sharing economy, are you support of talks between kareem and uber? >>. absolutely. -- >> absolutely. we are not part of the discussions. but if it ever happens, i think we are in support of it -- in support of it, yes. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: the national bank of kuwait reported net income for the fourth quarter that be to the highest of the analyst estimates. the bank cited income from higher interest to financing. groupke with the deputy ceo from kuwait city. >> fourth quarter is basically a continuation of the strong 2018.mance of full during the quarter, we reported net profit of $324 million. that is 17% growth compared to the fourth quarter of 2017. the context of the full year, which i ment

now so the story i was going to tell you about earlier the teenager who fled saudi arabia because she feared being killed by her family for renouncing islam well she's just arrived in her new home canada granted asylum to mohamed el c'mon who gained global attention for barricading herself in a hotel in thailand's to avoid deportation to the kingdom where he was going to have more from her shortly but mike hanna as well be talking to him in toronto but first this report is from john hendren in a desperate plea from a barricaded hotel room run half noon urged the world to come to rescue them still and. you have no choice. they said to have to go to model and. no one can have been right now on friday she got her wish and we have accepted the un's request that we grant her asylum that is something that we are pleased to do because canada is a country that understands how important it is to stand up for human rights stand up for women's rights around the world the canadian prime minister's announcement ended a weeklong drama that drew worldwide attention the eighteen year old fled saudi a

when it's you know it's blowing kisses in saudi arabia it's protected saudi arabia from the pushup shia fair to a certain degree by the president saying that it's not clear that the king is involved in ness of course pompei of his message was the people who carried out the murder have to be punished which would. plex a certain amount of pain on the crown prince because it's going to see inside the kingdom it's going to be seen as disloyalty and but on the other hand it is trying to get beyond this relationship there is talk about trying to clean up yemen situation all of these are monsters undertakings unlikely to be resolved anytime soon so the united states has a lot of heavy lifting to do to try to bring unity back to arab ranks because the arab unity is completely fallen apart over the last you know the last seven eight years. tell us about iran's relationship with qatar and how that plays into the into the strategic game play if you like i mean sense. since maybe the ninety seventy nine there was a clear position by the g.t.c. countries to combat iranian intervention and was what w

he's the crown prince of saudi arabia. yeah ok why would he filed and he didn't find that funny this. he's didn't like it the country's communications watchdog brant they've basically forced network netflix to remove this episode in saudi arabia as you can't see it there were news of that got out people around the world were not happy they saw this as censorship and then here's what some people were saying at least on twitter this is the executive director of human rights watch in the middle east she says netflix is claim to support artistic freedom means nothing if it bows to demands of government officials who believe in no freedom for their citizens not artistic not political not comedic even jamal assured she's former editor at the washington post speaking out here she says when he wrote about the need for free expression in the arab world that freedom is not just about journalists it's about freedom for artists comedians activists anyone who wants to express their views on society a few others are taking a more nuance

me as soon as possible i need to find the key thing is that she should not be sent back to saudi arabia i'm not leaving my job until i see if you and. i once thought that she should not be set back into harm's way we are the land of smiles but we will not send anyone to that dead . also coming up tonight a no deal breaks it is looking more likely by the day and britain is preparing if not expecting the worst so we're being a bit balanced to mail a state cannot expect next be unexpected power cuts frequent may have more rationing of power much like the seventy's without a set times of the day when they wouldn't be power. oh we begin the day with the reality and restrictions under which women in saudi arabia still live today and it took a young saudi woman barricaded in her hotel room to remind us eighteen year old. says that she feared her family would kill her because she has renounced is law and her plan was to fly to australia today via thailand to apply for asylum travelling outside the country without permission from a man is forbidden for saudi women to wear during a layover in ban

there are people in saudi arabia fighting for true reform but m.p.' is not one of them and to those who continue to work with them just know that with every deal you close you were simply hoping entrenched and absolute monarch under the guise of progress because ultimately m.p.'s is not modernizing saudi arabia the only thing is modernizing is saudi dictatorship or the saudi government certainly wasn't laughing because netflix received a complaint alleging the episode violated the kingdom's cyber crime law in the episode has some and has criticized as crown prince mohammed bin son man over the killing of journalists. and the saudi concert that happens in istanbul in the kingdom's cozy relationship with the us was criticized as well as the imprisonment of political activists including female drivers and saudis involvement in the war in yemen now the streaming service depend defended its decisions saying we strongly support artistic freedom worldwide and only remove this episode in saudi arabia after he receives a valid legal request and to comply with

very good to have you with us on al-jazeera how damaging is it for saudi arabia that the e.u. commission is even considering putting them on this. you know it's of course important to keep in mind that this is merely a draft it's subject to change but of course the fact that we're even talking about this in the first place bodes poorly for riyadh let's keep in mind that in september the f.a.a. t.f. decided not to give saudi arabia full membership for many of the reasons which are obviously in play here is saudi arabia is going to need to make some changes in order to convince its allies in the west that its leadership is very sincere with all of this talk about countering extremism returning to so-called moderate is a lot there is definitely a war of narratives in which saudi arabia is facing some major problems and you know not just talk of countering extremism but leveling allegations of supporting extremism at all the countries have been leading a blockade against other of a cup they're accusing it of financing terrorism which though has always denied how much more does tha

an inquiry and if there were to be negative consequences for saudi arabia. well first of all social media in the country is shut down so she was able to tweet the brought. in thailand that is an international punishment then saudi arabia will have one day to losing its stari strict rules you know at the guardian the may guardianship for women and all these terrible things that's going on there but in some accounts the director of the german office of human rights watch as always we appreciate you coming on the service sharing your insights thank you. or coming up later on the show at the golden globes talk about the unexpected bohemian rhapsody almost snuffed out a star is born. thank you to freddie mercury. was. my this. was. well this is the first full work week of twenty nineteen as people get back to work in business we are looking ahead this week at the issues events that could make or break or shake up the world this year in january the focus will be on europe britain and the fate of direction of the british parliament is set to vote next week on prime

saudi arabia are not noted for tolerating criticism.arl: if they do not like it in saudi arabia they will do whatever they want. overall the state of media freedom there is not very strong. we can show you statistics from reporters without borders. they do not have nice things to say about saudi arabia, ranked 169th out of 180 nations in terms of press freedom. it does not allow an independent media. it uses a broadly written cybercrime law used to crack down on anything from blasphemy to insulting religion, inciting chaos, endangering national unity. that could basically mean anything. even defaming the king. that seems to be perhaps what flag this episode from netflix. phil: and of course netflix, as i look around the media landscape, netflix not the only media company looking like it will have a tough time this year. carl: the state of media freedom for tech companies is only getting worse, not better. as these companies expand into other countries, netflix now is in about 200 countries. you have to start deciding if you prioritize p

on most things to do with saudi arabia doesn't really make a lot of difference. yeah and you know i think that you're seeing is to sort of you know push and full fact factors in many ways and you know yes there will be i think increasing number of saudis who are just not willing to sort of take the grand bargain that's being offered to them by the regime which is you know enjoy life as a consumer you will have more freedom social freedom yes more theater more music concerts but the same time there can't speak your mind remember this is a society that is hyper connected there are more people of per capita on twitter in saudi arabia than any other country in the world so you know clearly the idea of you know it's in gauging and political issues are something that many saudis have been increasingly doing and that's just not welcome in the new saudi arabia so it's a tension for for many saudis to choose which one to sort of accept and i think that you know there is probably more recognition i think particularly post but also one hopes case that many countries do see

there are people in saudi arabia fighting for true reform but m.v.s. is not one of them and to those who continue to work with him just know that with every deal you close you were simply hoping entrenched and absolute monarch under the guise of progress because ultimately m.p.'s is not modernizing saudi arabia the only thing is modernizing saudi dictatorship well the audience may have found it funny but the saudi government certainly wasn't laughing because netflix received a complaint alleging the episode violated the kingdom cyber crime law now and the episode has one man has criticized his crown prince muhammad bin solomon over the killing of journalists in the saudi consulate that was back in october in istanbul and the kingdom's cozy relationship with the us was also criticized as well as the imprisonment of political activists including female drivers and saudis involvement in the war in yemen now the streaming service defended its decision saying we strongly support artistic freedom worldwide and only remove this episode in saudi arabia after w

how is that going to happen in saudi arabia?a: well, the crux of the sexual revolution i'm calling for is the declaration, "i own my body." from that declaration, wanting to live freely and with dignity as rahaf wants is part of the sexual revolution. wanting to define for yourself what you do and do not believe is part of that. obviously -- i wrote a book about this in which i go into greater length, but for saudi arabia or any other country in the middle east and north africa, it is essentially recognizing consent and agency as two principlethat every woman must be able to enjoy. and this is why, again, the guardianship system is the antithesis of this because the guardianship system subjects every woman and girl in saudi arabia to the guardianship of a man for their entire life from birth to death. her male guardian has to give her permission to travel abroad, to marry, to be released from prison, and she often has to ask hipermission to work and to get health care. so this is something that controls saudi women's lives and b

formally of congratulations to the new foreign minister in saudi arabia and also again in that. front door drawing attention to the the outstanding requests that there was to the saudi government to engage with us and oversee giving the reasons why we believe it would be a wise thing to do for saudi arabia to officially engage with us and enable us as a panel to be able to consider. that side of the. side of the story alongside the evidence that has come from human rights watch imus international and other. organizations including one might say the united states state department. and i speak to chinese in london with more on what came out of that news conference charlie first of all this is not an official government committee but those assembled there were all members of parliament what they have to say has some weight doesn't it. yes so this is a member three members of parliament one from the conservative labor and liberal democrat party and they came together at the request of i.t.n. solicitors to hold the evidence of the alleged treatment of these dates he detainees in saud

italian saudi arabia. but the government that they've essentially change their strategy they used to fly the bombs out now the ships with the but we knew that this was the best place from which to take photos of the secret operations with no ban on cameras from here we recorded what actually happened that we don't usually eighteen containers a month were loaded up with one thousand to one thousand five hundred bombs maybe. but i said let me get your question. from them and tell me that they were mainly transported by saudi arabian ships three or four belonging to the battery shipping company that was a dock and load up the saudis evidently decided to run the transport themselves so the decision for. the military coalition in yemen needs a lot of bombs by the end of twenty seventeen saudi arabia and its allies have flown more than fifteen thousand air rage according to international experts almost a third of those raids that civilian targets. it's a profitable war even for small investors with shares in ger

the long and arduous journey from saudi arabia over the eighteen year old states through the arrival doors accompanied by the canadian foreign minister the size of the media contingent a reflection of the massive public interest generated a few everyone. now. and hearing green media accounts really want needing to leave this season right at home but she's very moment and they are interviewing and so she would prefer not to question today so you can see the syrian crazy thing. and see if you know when to go. home then run. back through the doors to begin the first phase of the new life the wish to go to college and study architecture the canadian decision to grant sanctuary is likely to worsen already fractured relations with saudi arabia back in august saudi arabia severed diplomatic ties following canadian criticism of the kingdom's human rights policy then in october the murder of jamal khashoggi saw an upsurge in demands for canada to counsel a multibillion arms deal with saudi arabia this deal is now being reviewed. the foreign minister though insists that the protection of human

banks saudi arabia and a number of other countries will be added to the e.u.'s list of nations found to be leaving the doors to the international finance system open to criminals and terrorists in order to implement a revision of standards carried out by the financial action task force or f.b.i. a.t.f. in twenty seventeen before the brutal killing of dick and dismemberment of saudi dissident jamal just shogi in a saudi embassy in turkey last october saudi arabia was bold enough to apply for membership in f a t f missing their chance last september the new additions to the list will bring the total number of questionable countries from sixteen to twenty three in a continuing effort to diversify the struggling oil based economy the government of saudi arabia announced today they are launching a massive infrastructure project and will be seeking almost four hundred thirty billion dollars in private sector investment over the next ten years it's all part of crown prince mohammed bin solomon m.b.'s is a vision twenty thirty program we've talked about on the broadcas

i am rooting for the people of saudi arabia.re are people in saudi arabia fighting for true reform but mbs is not one of them. and to those who continue to work with him, just know with every deal you close, you are simply helping entrench an absolute monarch under the guise of progress because ultimately mbs is not modernizing saudi arabia. the only thing he's modernizing is saudi dictatorship. >> well, now netflix has blocked that episode from streaming in saudi arabia. it's a decision that has prompted widespread outrage and his colleague at the "washington post" calls the move outrage out. i want to bring in our cnn business reporter from london. what reason did saudi arabia give as to why netflix had to take this down? >> reporter: this episode originally aired in october. it was only in the last few weeks that netflix said it received a legal request from saudi arabia to remove this episode. and netflix wanted to emphasize it was a legal request, it wasn't just a general request for them to remove it. n netflix said they c

glad to have you on the show talked to me a little bit about the the situation for women in saudi arabia i know people are probably wondering is rojas alco nds is is her case is her plight similar to that of many other saudi women. yes right the only difference about rob's plight is that we've seen it play out so publicly which i believe is the main reason that it has saved up in the entire world was watching and advocating for too many cases go anonymously and we have no idea about it just to give you an idea of the magnitude of what's at stake there are at least fifteen feminists in saudi prison since may since the de facto ruler crown prince mohammed bin salmen instigated an unprecedented crackdown on women's rights activists and feminists and they have not been charged with anything they have not been put on trial one of them has been water boarded we usually associate the word waterboarding with terrorism and that's just to give you an idea that the saudi regime thinks that feminism is terrorism and other activists have been tortured using electric shocks and flogging and several of

is set to visit count on the united arab emirates and saudi arabia from tuesday the u.s. state department says riyadh for an update on the investigation into the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi in october he said there was no direct evidence connecting the saudi crown prince mohammed bin so none to. roselyn jordan is following these developments and joins us live from the state joins us live now and so what we'll be trying to accomplish on this trip. well he has a very full agenda mario me his schooling to be holding a couple of strategic dialogues while he is in kuwait and in qatar he's going to be talking about security issues namely syria iraq the situation regarding iran and the ongoing efforts to try to broker peace between the israelis and the palestinians and he is going to be looking at more local issues and as well areas where of the u.s. and might be able to provide some help we know for example that he will be raising the question of the ongoing rift within the gulf cooperation council or g.c.c. while he is meeting with officials in qatar during his trip e

to try to narrow differences among qatar on one hand saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egyptian on the other hand by the americans remain quite concerned they are trying to build a new regional allies against what they consider to be a growing iranian influence in the region and they know their chances to tackle that issue in particular along with other issues like instability in syria iraq the war against isis war in yemen they cannot do that unless they have all the countries on board or might want to share is a senior political analyst he joins me now to talk more about this so a lot of what we've heard from the from from my pompei on this middle east force a lot of talk of iran and the need to to present a strong front against them how is that going to play out in qatar which generally has better relations with iran. well clearly the for the united states understood that with the blockade being what it is of qatar by surrounding neighbors that the only pathway out of qatar is through the area in airspace so i think it does clear for the for the throne been in a

we cannot do that when saudi arabia and the leader of saudi arabia kind of implicated to be part of the forces of tyranny evil. >> well, it's not what the secretary of state said. he hoped and this is a big part of his trip and the alignment to push back on obama's engagement with iran. they pulled out of the nuclear deal. this is what he said about getting saudi arabia and others on board to continue pushing back against iran and containing iran. this is what he said. >> we fostered a common understanding with our allies of the need to counteact the regime of the revolutionary agenda. countries increasingly understand we must confront the ayatollah, not coddle them. egy egypt, kuwait and others are thwarting sanctions. >> what do you make of that? do you see delaying and setting the table for potentially another military adventure this time against iran? >> it could easily be. the flaw in this logic that the secretary is laying out is that there is only one country in that region that is the violator of human rights. it's a problem across the region. always has been. we have to have a

he's the crown prince of saudi arabia. ok well apparently the saudis didn't think that was very funny and surprise surprise and the country's communications watchdog they basically forced netflix to take that episode down in saudi arabia when news of that got out people were not very happy about it in fact here's some of what people were saying this is the executive director of human rights watch in the middle east and she says that netflix is claim just a court artistic freedom means nothing if it bows to demands of government officials who believe in no freedom for their citizens not artistic not political and not comedic even jamal khashoggi former editor of the washington post speaking out here and she says when jamal khashoggi wrote about the need for free expression in the arab world that freedom is not just about journalists it's about freedom for artists comedians cartoonists musicians anyone who wants to express their views on . others though taking kind of a more nuanced view here one person writes look if they w