do you buy any of that argument that actually when you engage with people like mohammad bin salman yousalman you actually beginning a very slippery shape?— slippery slope? no, you're basically balancin: slippery slope? no, you're basically balancing your _ slippery slope? no, you're basically balancing your interests. when - slippery slope? no, you're basically balancing your interests. when he l balancing your interests. when he comes the prime minister will have the opportunity to talk to him about human rights in saudi arabia. actually, i think mohammad bin salman will feel he has a decent case to make the recent improvements in the conditions of women being able to drive, most of the restrictions that used to be imposed on saudi women have been lifted. so he will probably engage quite positively in a discussion. you can't go around isolating everybody, if you do you're not really trading with anyone. we trade with the chinese, nobody thinks the situation of the uyghurs in china is at all acceptable. so we do deal with people with whom we have serious differences over human rights a

you have met l helmut bin salman. -- mohammed bin helmut bin salman. —— mohammed bin salman.cally. he has in anonymous presence around him. when i met him, it was an audience with his father who was to the king. he is in his 80s and has handed over most of the governing of the country to his, let's be honest, his favourite son. whereas other saudi sons of the king went off to study abroad, mohammed, crown prince mohammed, stayed at his father's sighed and lacked the business of government with his father. i met them in the palace in jeddah and he was taking notes at the back. i asked him what he did and he said, i am just a liar. he is and he said, i amjusta liar. he is and he said, i am just a liar. he is a little more than that now. he has done a lot of things, he became a defence minister —— mackie said i am just a lawyer. he started the war in yemen, which has been disastrous, for saudi arabia as well as yemen. he locked up the rich businessmen in the ritz—carlton, he pushed out the then crown prince and essentially cornered all of the power into his own hands. he is the

saudi arabia's crown prince, mohammed bin salman, has been invited to visit the uk in the autumn. the visit is likely to prompt sharp criticism over the gulf leader's human rights record. it would be the first trip by the crown prince to the uk since the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. us intelligence agencies concluded that the prince must have authorised the killing. let's talk to may darwich, senior lecturer in the international relations of the middle east at the university of birmingham. thank you for coming out of the programme will solicit about first while this invitation has been extended. i while this invitation has been extended-— while this invitation has been extended. ~' . , ., extended. i think there are several reasons as — extended. i think there are several reasons as to _ extended. i think there are several reasons as to why _ extended. i think there are several reasons as to why the _ extended. i think there are several reasons as to why the uk - extended. i think there are several reasons as to why the uk might.

well, mohammed bin salman has been very keen to deepen. t obvious example of that is the purchase of newcastle united by the sovereign wealth fund. but it is also deeper than that, there is also increasing numbers of students from saudi arabia coming to british universities, undergraduate and graduate students, there are group growing levels of cultural exchange and i think that mohammed bin salman will be open to that. but he will want other things as well. rumours are suggesting that he is after better access to military hardware that the uk has been selling to saudi over the years. there will be some serious demands coming from riyadh for london to deal with. let's return to frank's last point about about bringing up those difficult conversations about human rights that we have outlined. and frank basically, not particularly confident that even if those topics are raised anything and actually change. is that you shaking your head, you are of the same opinion? yes, completely. there are serious power dynamics and power imbalances at play

you have met mohammed bin salman during _ doing.in salman during your time _ doing. you have met mohammed bin salman during your time covering - doing. you have met mohammed bin| salman during your time covering the gulf. ourviewers salman during your time covering the gulf. our viewers would be interested to know what he is like as a person. he is clearly very charming on some level, he knows how to schmooze. he charming on some level, he knows how to schmooze— to schmooze. he has charisma. he is a bi man to schmooze. he has charisma. he is a big man physically. _ to schmooze. he has charisma. he is a big man physically. he _ to schmooze. he has charisma. he is a big man physically. he has - to schmooze. he has charisma. he is a big man physically. he has an - a big man physically. he has an enormous presence. i met him with an audience with his father, who was still king, but he is now in his 80s and he is fairly frail and basically handed over most of the governing of the country to his, let's be honest, favourite son. whereas ot

of the governing of the country to his — let's be honest about it — his favourite son, mohammed bin salman king, of king salman, went on to study abroad, mohammed, crown prince mohammed, stayed at his father's side and learnt the business of government with his father. and when i met them, it was in their palace, or his father's palace injeddah, and he was quietly taking notes at the back and i asked him, "what do you do?" and this was ten years ago, and he very humbly said, "i'm just a lawyer." but he's a little more than that now. you know, he's done a lot of things. he isa... he became defence minister in 2015. he started saudi arabia's war against the houthis in yemen, which has ended up being disastrous for saudi arabia as well as for yemen. he locked up all those princes and rich businessmen, if you remember, in the ritz—carlton. he pushed out the then crown prince, mohammed bin nayef, and essentially cornered all the, gathered up all the levers of power into his own hands. there are no challenges to his rule. he is the most powerful man in the middle east, so he's somebody to be rec

saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman is invited to the uk.aged 88. and a new conservation plan is launched — in the lake district to protect the population of water voles. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. the women's world cup final is edging closer — with england and spain contesting the showpiece event. the lionnesses beat the co—hosts australia on wednesday... sarina wiegman's side are the current european champions too — and a first world cup would continue to grow the game back home. it would be a phenomenal achievement if we do manage to win. it would be one of our most successful sporting competitions ever. and the us they have huge strength and depth of athletes. being here, giving ourselves the opportunity to when it's ourselves the opportunity to when its huge. it would be a huge boost to have equal opportunities for girls to play in clubs and schools. until we have the same number of girls playing than boys, we have a job to do. sunday's opponents, spain, meanwhile enjoyed their first training

>> well, mohammad bin salman has been very keen to deepen relations with u.k.s the most obvious example is the purchase of newcastle united by the sovereign wealth fund. but it is deeper than that. there is increasing numbers of students in saudi arabia coming to british universities, undergraduate, graduate students. there is going level of cultural exchange. i think that mohammad bin salman will be open to that, but he will want other things as well. some are suggesting he is after better access to military hardware that the u.k has been selling over the years. there will be serious demands from riyadh for london to deal with. lewis: let's return to frank last point about bringing up those difficult conversations about human rights such as been outlined. frank basically not particularly confident that even if those topics are raised anything likely changed. you shaking your head, you have the same opinion? >> completely. there are serious per dynamics and imbalances in play here. saudi arabia is an incredibly powerful state, becoming more and more powerful by

we know that mohammed bin salman is the power behind the throne.o come off, it is going to leave saudi arabia increasingly powerful, increasingly influential in the world stage. and the uk struggling to have a way of finding its own niche there. and so while rishi sunak may decide to raise these issues, he may well not and may think that it will do more harm than good to raise human rights concerns, and i certainly hope that he does raise them because it is incredibly important, but it may be that he deems them to be sort of sacrifice. sacrifice will in order to get access to this huge amount of money for the government. and for the huge numbers of businesses that can benefit from the transformative processes going on in saudi arabia. let's pick through this with our panel. paul, let's start with you. what do you make of this? well, i think realpolitik _ what do you make of this? well, i think realpolitik certainly - what do you make of this? well, i think realpolitik certainly is - what do you make of this? well, i think realpolitik certainly is i

saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman has been invited to visit the uk.he visit is likely to prompt sharp criticism over the gulf leader's human rights record. it would be the first trip to the uk by the crown prince since the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. us intelligence agencies concluded that the prince must have authorised the killing. our political correspondent, helen catt explained why the government is pusing this controversial trip. well, rishi sunak and mohammed bin salman spoke on the phone this afternoon, and some of the content of their conversation i think offers a bit of an answer to that. so they spoke about developing "a trade and investment relationship," particularly in what they described as "new cutting—edge industries". now saudi arabia is spending very big at the moment, trying to diversify its economy away from oil. it's also been investing very heavily in sport in recent years — the uk wants more trade. it's also one of the government's trade priorities to do a deal with a group of

abdulahi discussed with muhammad bin salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia, reviewed and also at the regional level, in addition to some issues, the most important issue was my issue, the issue of syria was the continuation of american labor in syria, and another important issue can be said to be the issue of lebanon and the uncertainty that the lebanese presidency is dealing with . faced with their discussion, in fact, this speculation they emphasized and insisted that by solving the differences between iran and saudi arabia, the problems of the region, especially lebanon and syria, will be solved, and syria will turn more and more towards the welcomed countries, in fact, the arab countries, and also from the important points of this that it was an international issue, that the international issue, which from the point of view of the regional media was actually the war in ukraine and also the presence of extra-regional forces in the karaj region , the best example of this issue was mr. sokhnan's frank and clear words, the editor of roy's newspaper, who emphasized that the presence o

it is documented that many years ago muhammad bin salman said that we will take the war inside iran . today we are witnessing a bilateral meeting between the saudi crown prince and the foreign minister of our country . i am at your service before mr. beh salman's khabar network had raised threats and insults towards iran that the conditions of the saudi country had changed, it was thought that in addition to the reforms it had internally, it could create regional conflicts in the economic and social spheres, but after the fact that it faced failure in various conflicts with qatar, iran, and yemen led to the fact that it was delaying the development plans, and the statistics showed that kazakhstan needs to resolve the regional problems that it had built, until now it has achieved this main goal. and it seems that the war was a profitable development it was very effective in the pain and change of the saudi government's policy in its dealings with the countries of the region, including iran . mr. darwish, it is my year that we can say that the current relations between iran and saudi ar

mohammad bin salman's visit to iran, which will be done at the right time, so we can get it signed by high officials of the two countries. sources , citing the canadian foreign ministry, say that canada has accepted the request of the terrorist group of the hypocrites to stay in this country. rejected not long ago by the police attack germany, the headquarters of the hypocrites in this country and preventing their activities, the members of this group wanted to immigrate to canada. canada is a country known as the paradise of fugitive thieves. as the possibility of his arrest increased, he fled to canada. apart from khavari marjan sheikhul-islami, none of the defendants escaped from canada before the courts, and the efforts of the iranian international police to formally extradite these and other defendants who escaped from canada came to a dead end. the judicial system of the country with don't cooperate, dad faced a problem. it was a few days ago that some news sources reported the possibility of transferring the survivors of the group known as the people's mujahideen to this countr

crown prince mohammed bin salman last came to the uk in march 2018. year, a journalist, jamal khashoggi, was brutally murdered inside a saudi embassy. american intelligence agencies concluded the killing had been authorised by mohammed bin salman, which he denied. some say inviting him back would send all the wrong signals. what we should be doing is thinking about how we influence these countries and, as i said, rolling out the red carpet, treating them as welcome guests is not the way to do it. saudi arabia is currently spending very big money trying to shift its economy away from oil. it's also investing heavily in sport, including buying newcastle united. the uk is keen to encourage more trade and investment between the two countries, particularly in cutting—edge industries, and to get a trade deal with a group of countries in the gulf of which saudi arabia is a member. those six countries, of which saudi arabia is by far the largest and most important, represent a significant opportunity for the uk. we already have £60 billion in two—way trade an

saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman has been invited to visit the uk.ugh no official date has been set yet — and it could prompt sharp criticism. it would be the first visit since the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. us intelligence agencies concluded that the prince must have authorised the killing, despite him denying any involvement. i asked our security correspondent frank gardner to outline the context of the visit. this october, when he's expected to come to uk, will mark the fifth anniversary of that very grisly murder and dismemberment of the journalist jamal khashoggi at the embassy in istanbul. since then, because of the investigation and conclusion by western intelligence agencies, led by the cia, that crown prince mohammed bin salman must have known about the attack or authorised it, something he denies, becuase of that, he has been a pariah for the west. not completely though — injune, president macron of france invited him to visit and in those intervening five years, saudi arabia has become a

well, rishi sunak and mohammed bin salman spoke on the phone this afternoon, and some of the contentabout developing "a trade and investment relationship," particularly in what they described as "new cutting—edge industries". now saudi arabia is spending very big at the moment, trying to diversify its economy away from oil. it's also been investing very heavily in sport in recent years — the uk wants more trade. it's also one of the government's trade priorities to do a deal with a group of countries in the gulf, of which saudi arabia is a member — although we're told the department for business and trade didn't have any hand and wasn't involved in this invitation. now a former minister who i spoke to earlier, who does have concerns about saudi human rights records, said the reality was it was a major player in the region, the government had to engage, and that this gave an opportunity to the uk to raise some of those issues. labour too has said there needed to be dialogue, but said rishi sunak would have to raise human rights issues on any visit. this will be controversial, there ar

crown prince mohammed bin salman of saudi arabia has been invited to britain for an official visit lateruld be his first uk visit since the murder of the journalist kamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. the prince denies accusations he ordered the killing. our political correspondent, helen catt, is at westminster. a highly controversial trip, why is the government pushing this? rishi sunak and the government pushing this? i si sunak and mohammed bin salman spoke on the phone this afternoon and some of the content of the conversation offers an answer to that. this book about developing a trade and investment relationship, particularly in what they describe as cutting industries. saudi arabia is spending very big, trying to diversify the economy away from oil and investing heavily in sport in recent years in the uk once more trade. it is also one of the trade priority is to do a deal with a group of countries in the gulf of which saudi arabia is a member although we are told the department for business and trade did not have any hand in this invitation. a minister i

mohammed bin salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia. he is trying to improve his image among the saudi princes and strengthen it he is special among them, but now we are witnessing that some arab security officers are actually separating from the royal guards, as an example was just last night, when one of the officers separated, and another goal that saudi arabia generally pursues at the level of the international region. he is trying to improve his image because we know that saudi arabia is not very good at the international level due to the war in yemen and human rights issues, and mr. mohammed bin salman seeks to present a suitable image for the child, in fact , he is following the age of saudi arabia and in this context of efforts makes himself as an important actor and also the main actor at the level of the arab countries and the most influential countries to the arab countries should represent and present a car for the westerners . the reason for that has not been announced because the meeting was held with the proposal of ukrai

crown prince mohammed bin salman last came to the uk in march 2018. later that same year, a journalist, jamal khashoggi, was brutally murdered inside a saudi embassy. american intelligence agencies concluded the killing had been authorised by mohammed bin salman, which he denied. some say inviting him back would send all the wrong signals. what we should be doing is thinking about how we influence these countries and, as i said, rolling out the red carpet, treating them as welcome guests is not the way to do it. saudi arabia is currently spending very big money trying to shift its economy away from oil. it's also investing heavily in sport, including buying newcastle united. the uk is keen to encourage more trade and investment between the two countries, particularly in cutting—edge industries, and to get a trade deal with a group of countries in the gulf of which saudi arabia is a member. those six countries, of which saudi arabia is by far the largest and most important, represent a significant opportunity for the uk. we already have £60 billion in

well as the date of the trip, but how did the bbc find out about the alleged meeting of mohammed bin salman tarishi sonic will take place in the first half of october. why is this event worth paying attention to? well, first of all, because such a trip may become the first, and in time , the prince will be accused of involvement in the murder. journalist jamal khashoggi, so to begin with, let's recall this event. bbc correspondent highland cat was in great britain in march 2018, but six months after her visit to britain , journalist jamal khashoggi was brutally killed at the saudi arabian embassy. objected some think his invitation now sends the wrong signal because and what are you whitewashing what we have to do is think about how we affect these countries and roll out the red carpet to welcome them as guests not the way now saudi arabia is spending a lot of money to reduce dependence on oil sales, including investing a lot in sports, including the purchase of the newcastle united football club . the group of countries of the persian gulf, the members of which are saudi arabia, these are

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bin salman also invited the president of iran to visit saudi arabia , and said that the meeting between the heads of the two countries will have a major impact on the former president of france called for an independent approach of europe from the united states in the ukraine crisis. the country said that europe should take a diplomatic approach and not seek the realization of washington's interests. sarkozy also emphasized washington's interests in prolonging the ukraine crisis. and the interests of europe in this field are not compatible with the interests of the americans. the current president of france, noel macron , said during his visit to china a few months ago that europe should resist the pressure to follow american methods and reduce its dependence on paris. since the beginning of the war, ukraine has supported nato's policies in support of kiev, and according to the french ministry of defense , this country is one of the five main suppliers of military aid to iran . in the european union in the way of support ukraine has a story, mario draghi , the former prime minister of i

crown prince mohammed bin salman last came to the uk in march 2018.me year, a journalist, jamal khashoggi, was brutally murdered inside a saudi embassy. american intelligence agencies concluded the killing had been authorised by mohammed bin salman, which he denied. some say inviting him back would send all the wrong signals. what we should be doing is thinking about how we influence these countries and, as i said, rolling out the red carpet, treating them as welcome guests, is not the way to do it. saudi arabia is currently spending very big money trying to shift its economy away from oil. now it's also investing heavily in sport, including buying newcastle united. the uk is keen to encourage more trade and investment between the two countries, particularly in cutting—edge industries, and to get a trade deal with a group of countries in the gulf of which saudi arabia is a member. those six countries, of which saudi arabia is by far the largest and most important, represent a significant opportunity for the uk. we already have £60 billion in two—way t

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cartoons that decide to go to trump's house became the president, get up, get up , saudi arabia bin salman my beautiful heart , bring the most beautiful weapons, give me a special talk, give me money, 300 and 400 billion business and bahrain will fix the uae and kuwait when it returns to sell 500 million dollars because the companies said we should look for a business. today, we live in a world where if these companies allow it, i don't know about the sale of slime that they allow these isis, boko haram, elements of al qaeda and isis. gathering does not allow you to look for work at all in the future, it seems that somehow if i want to follow a trend , i will come the same way if the bomb was dropped in hiroshima yesterday, if i don't know, today they will fight in the 40's and 50's, or if today there are different wars than now. let me tell you about just one statistic: from 1945 to 1991, it was decided that there would be no more wars in the world . 1945, world war ii would end by 1991. 2900. the collapse of the soviet union. a question about the united nations takes time, i say only 234

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mohammad bin salman has been invited to visit the u.k.the fall, likely to elicit sharp criticism. it will be the first trip either crown prince to the u.k. since the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi in 2018. before we go, these are the captivating new images emerging from this year's parasite meteor shower -- perseid meteor shower that lit up the globe. the shooting stars seemed to come straight from the constellation of perseus. you can catch this magical display year around the late summer months of july and august. i'm carl nasman. that's all we have time for, for now. thank you so narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ wow, you get to watch all your favorite stuff. it's to die for. now you won't miss a thing. this is the way. the xfinity 10g network. made for streaming. william: good ev

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the saudis of mohammed bin salman it should be planned that the probability of media coverage will be very significant. if i want to answer your questions with sample specifications , i imagine that these few months that we have experienced from the warm atmosphere between iran and saudi arabia were in fact all of this introduction and the first trial period. in order to reach this point today, on the eve of this visit, the minister of foreign affairs will state in his own trip , and in fact, the road map for the relations between the two countries will be prepared and compiled by the partners, and we will proceed from this preliminary stage to the preparation and preparation stage of this program, especially as it was in your program mr. dr. mir abd al-haq industrial company dr. enaiti will accompany the honorable ambassador of the islamic republic of iran in iraq to settle in his mission . a variety of bilateral and multilateral issues will probably be on the agenda in the field of bilateral issues , in fact, economic issues, cultural issues and issues of this nature. issues such as

. >> how imperfect or perfect is mohammad bin salman? >> he's obviously made some major mistakes but he's also reforming saudi arabia and so maybe the way to ask the question is what is in the interest of the united states . and so it is undeniable that there is economic reform, it's undeniable that there's political reform, and there's also massive mistakes and steps back but it's in our interest that the reforms continue. we could not find one imam after 9/11. we have to cut off this financing to terrorists and we have to think about the the culture that we're in so fast forward that was really the beginning of the abraham accords what started to happen is a recognition with the gulf countries that they needed to partner more with israel that iran as a growing threat that really brought them together and -- >> i just want you to know that goalie's not representing iran . he is just going to talk about how she is an expert. i did not want you to feel like you are carrying that. >> it's pretty remarkable to have those six gulf countries

country become a peacemaker in the russian-ukrainian war, and this is the reason why prince mohammed bin salmanof saudi arabia has been invited to great britain, this fact, which has not been confirmed, is already being called historic, on the one hand, it gives understand that saudi arabia remains an important player, and on the other hand, can ukraine take advantage of this? prince of saudi arabia , muhammad, salman, will probably come to great britain

in other news: saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman has been invited to visit the uk in theit is likely to prompt sharp criticism over the gulf leader's human rights record. it would be the first trip by the crown prince to the uk since the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. in malaysia, at least 10 people are dead after a privatejet crashed into a road in the capital of kuala lumpur. the small business jet gave no mayday signal before it crashed, minutes after being cleared to land. it landed on a motorbike and a car and exploded, killing two motorists, six passengers and two crew members. and israel's ministry of environmental protection says the red sea is warming at more than double the rate of other parts of the ocean. a report published by the ministry says the temperature rise is damaging the world's northernmost reef. you're live with bbc news. west african regional bloc, ecowas, says it's still prepared to use force to restore democracy in niger. the group has met in ghana to co—ordinate a possible military intervention.

this is - interesting because saudi arabia, the saudi arabian crown prince mohammed bin salman, he hasationship based on pragmatism. and he is also trying to show the world that saudi arabia matters. earlierthis show the world that saudi arabia matters. earlier this year we saw saudi arabia working with beijing, with china to complete a opening vis—a—vis tehran, iran. they are trying to show that we are a strong middle power in the great game right now. ministers in britain have announced a £2.5 million pound fund to encourage tree planting in urban areas of england. local authorities can apply for the money from today. the scheme has been set up to mark the coronation of the king —— who has a longstanding interest in nature. it includes money for community orchards, and tree nurseries. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. it feels more like autumn than august out there for many of us, thanks to storm antoni, this shield of cloud here you can see on the satellite picture. this storm has been named by the met office because of the potential for disruption, particularly on the western e

saudi arabia confirms its leader, crown prince mohammed bin salman, has been invited to the uk.ost—of—living crisis bites. welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. we start in russia, where a drone has been shot down over central moscow, three miles from the kremlin. witnesses say a loud explosion was heard across the area. russia has blamed ukraine. there's been no comment from kyiv. moscow has come under repeated attack from drones in recent weeks. our correspondent in moscow, will vernon, sent this update a little earlier. the russian capital under attack once again, the defence ministry said a drone had been shot down by anti—aircraft systems at around 4am local time last night. and as you say, they blamed ukraine for that attack. video on social media shows an explosion in the area of the moscow city business district, that is where the skyscrapers are in moscow. you will remember that is an area that has come under attack twice at the beginning of this month. no casualties reported.

saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman is invited to the uk, according to a government sourceorthern ireland. tributes have been paid to the tv talk show host and journalist — sir michael parkinson. in a statement — his family said he died peacefully at home. he was 88. sir michael interviewed hundreds of the world's top stars of entertainment and sport — including muhamed ali, orson wells and meg ryan. let's talk to the tv critic and bbc podcaster — scott bryan. scott, it was viewing time in new zealand when i was growing up, to watch michael parkinson. was he part of your childhood as well? definitely, because his chat show was still on. the fact is, he has been on our screens now for more than five decades. of course, the peak of his career, in terms of his chat show, was in the 1970s. he then came back on the bbc before moving to

government sources report that saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman has been invited to visit the ukgements in the usual way, with nothing in the diary yet. it would be the first visit since the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. the family of a pregnant woman killed by a speeding driver have welcomed a decision to have his 12—year prison sentence reviewed by the court of appeal. frankiejules—hough died, along with her unborn daughter, when adil iqbal crashed into her car shortly after he'd filmed himself driving at 123 miles per hour, an mp has told a public meeting he will pursue a law granting better protection for heritage venues in the name of a pub which was demolished after a fire. you're live with bbc news. let's get more on our top story. more than 60 people are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants was found off cape verde in west africa. 38 people, including children have been rescued. it's thought they were aiming to travel to europe via the spanish canary islands. the boat was found drifting about three hundred kilom

saudi arabia this weekend, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has met with the crowned prince bin salmanthe past. and countries not including russia, trying to reach an understanding about the conflict. there's little understanding on the battlefield. long time fox friend now at 27, the youngest member of parliament and active with armed forces on the front line tells us, it is slow going on the ground. take a listen. >> what are they using land mines? >> land mines first aplenty and they're mining everything that they can find because this is the only guarantee for them obstacle for the offensive and definitely the first. >> and for that-- >> very much so, the land mines are the number, not seen since the first world war. >> not seen and since world war i, the devastation being wreaked by the mines. back to the black sea, a new reuters report say that russia scrambled a fighter plane, su-30 to the black sea area to try to intercept or at least fend off or nudge away a u.s. reconnaissance plane in that same area. a lot of people coming head to head. back to you. neil: yeah, that's just c

the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, has been invited to visit the uk, the country's embassyf the journalist jamal khashoggi, who was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. authorities in pakistan have prohibited public gatherings for seven days in the city of jaranwala in the province of punjab. crowds of people set fire to five churches after two men were accused of desecrating a copy of the koran. they were once commonplace in the uk but were wiped out by predators. now 200 water voles have been released by conservationists into a restored nature reserve in the lake district, as part of efforts to reintroduce the species to the area. experts say the small creatures have an important role to play in the ecosystem. our correspondent victoria gill was there to see them being released into the wild. making a swift comeback. even when they're thriving in the landscape, water voles are not easy to spot. they were almost wiped out here over the last century, but conservationists have now brought the threatened mammals back to the lake district. the river here was miss

mohammed bin salman the crowned prince retaliating trying to buy and sell oil. and also brazil. new president of brazil trying to dedollar rise the world. he would never be elected if biden didn't help him over his predecessor. we have opened the door to dedollarization. biden did. >> laura: people hearing the phrase de-dollarization. i don't think most people understand what that would mean to them to their families and their budgets. how would this play out in terms of dollars and cents? >> well, what it means is that the world doesn't use the dollar. which means that we got to borrow in somebody else's currency, which always is a risk. >> laura: more expensive? >> much more expensive. puts the u.s. really at risk of default. and also interest rates go up well beyond where they are right now. the u.s. loses a lot of diplomatic leverage because we do use the dollar, not only for sanctions but also for other means as well. so the u.s. in a world where the dollar is not dominant is a world of hurt for the average american. >> laura: well, and gordon, finally, when we see biden se

crown prince mohammed bin salman has met one on one with ukrainian president zelensky in the past.atives from 40 countries, including china, india and the united states. russia was not invited to that summit meeting a member of the ukraine parliament says there were many open and constructive conversations as we anticipated , that this conference will show the progress, the progress of work with the countries of the global south. and i think the progress is there now. saudi arabia maintains close ties with russia through opec and the saudi crown prince wants to position himself as an international negotiator. a similar meeting was held in denmark back in june. it has now been six months since a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit turkey and syria. more than 50,000 people died in the aftermath of the quake. several other aftershocks, hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses and entire communities were destroyed, according to international aid groups. the cleanup and rebuilding process is just beginning. the cleanup work is continuing, i don't think, or we don't feel it's g

especially saudi arabia and iran, doing a deal with china earlier, the fear probably that mohammed bin salman$650 billion of russian central bank and oligarch assets can be frozen, taken away, made his money if he is going to be the pariah that joe biden promised he's going to be, then you have iran in this amazing protest from women -- let's say the tyrannies of carbon addicted states could be joining, those would be the two prizes. if that is the case, i would worry about a new bloc of strongly pro-emissions countries, including five of the brics, they would go to the uae and be quite formidable. i think you remember from 2011, the last time you saw this kind of bloc is when barack obama walked into the brics group and there came the copenhagen accord. in imperial climate power in southern imperial powers that i think the brics do represent here. amy: if you could talk further about this taking place in the context of the ukraine war, putin not being there, and the attitude of south africa when it comes to the ukraine war, when it comes to nato and the china-russia bloc, if you will. >> it