i'm sure you are much more aware of me of the degree to which jamal khashoggi himself feared that hison't know if he told you personally, but he described in his newspaper column how he had been informed by saudi al-qahtani himself, a very key lieutenant of crown prince mbs. he'd been told that he was no longer allowed to tweet, not allowed to write, not allowed to talk. qahtani had said to him, "you cannot do anything any more. you are done." now, you're a saudi journalist, you're a friend ofjamal khashoggi, and it sounds to me like you don't want to accept that this goes to the very top of the state which now owns your channel. no, it's not about accepting or not accepting. i'm not going to sling mud without any shred of evidence, and that's what we've been seeing a lot of throughout this time and the coverage ofjamal khashoggi's murder. the reality is jamal khashoggi never told me personally that and any observer that sees the politicisation of jamal�*s case would understand that all sorts of leaks, all sorts of hearsay has been peddled and spread in this case. we saw it with the l

risk and arbitrary detention escalated into horrible suffering and death in a matter of minutes jamal khashoggi fell out of favor with the saudi royal family and in 2018 was killed inside their consulate in istanbul reports suggest he was tortured before meeting his death beheaded and dismembered. as his killers go to way on private jets the u.s. could not stand idle in the face of such an atrocity that's one reason we announced in response to the brutal murder of jamal khashoggi the shoji bam to help deter threatening behavior against the media i beg your pardon all this. is is a visa restriction policy that doesn't even target the saudi crown prince despite the cia itself saying he personally ordered the hit we held accountable all the people in that organization but not the crown prince because we have never that i'm aware of when we have an alliance with a country gone to the acting head of state and punished that person and ostracized him and a cherry on top of this towering pile of hypocrisy is this promise of joe biden to show he was in fact murdered and dismembered and i believe in the

weapon sales and raise human rights issues, including holding him responsible for the murder of jamal khashoggiinancial times reported iran and saudi arabia were holding secret negotiations in iraq, though both nations later denied it. and after mbs's comments, iran this week indicated a new chapter of cooperation, maybe on the horizon. washington should encourage this -- ultimately the united states helps broker better relations between the saudi arabias and the iranians, between the shiias and the sunni is play its historic role. than solely basing foreign policy on the whims of one man. thanks to all you have for being part of my program this week. >> want a daily dose of fareed and his team, get it with fareed's global briefing, the newsletter that gives you the best insight and analysis on global affairs, go to cnn.com/fareed to sign up. >>> covid catastrophe, desperation and fear in india as hospitals and crematoriums reach a breaking point. the dangers this outbreak poses to the rest of the world. >>> plus -- >> thank you. >> republican rift. senator mitt romney faces angry boos at his s

raise human rights issues including holding him responsible for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggind is seeking a more constructive foreign policy. just last month, the financial times reported that iran and saudi arabia were holding secret negotiations in iraq, though both nations later denied it. and after mbs's comments, iran this weekend indicated a new chapter of cooperation may be on the horizon. washington should encourage this. ultimately the united states helps broker better relations between the saudis an the iranians, between the shia and the sunnis, it is playing its proper historic role in the region as an honest broker. it is a big change from basing american foreign policy solely on the passions and whims of one country, even one man. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. ly see you next week. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you need a financial plan that can help grow and protect your money. an annuity can help cover essential expenses in retirement. have the right financial professional show you how... this past year has felt like this is what an annuity can do. a l

and it reminded me and many journalists of that murder of our colleague at the washington post, jamal khashoggi by the saudis. it was completely lawless behavior. president lukashenko and belarus is the last of the old style soviet era dictators. even more than vladimir putin. he is just a ruthless person of governance by secret police. he's been facing a very powerful domestic dissent. the elections last summer essentially he lost and was seen to be unpopular in the country. he imprisoned 30,000 or more citizens after that and it's gone after journalists ruthlessly, this kidnapping of the longer from the latest example. he's increasingly a desperate person and good news to me is that europe responded so forcefully today by imposing quite tough sanctions against belarus preventing air travel which comes through fully to western europe. the u.s. is also taking similar steps and it's a similar statement by the world. this kind of action simply cannot be allowed. people can't be grabbed off airplanes by dictators, so hopefully we will see the pressure mounts on belarus. even vladimir putin said pr

but i was thinking about jamal khashoggi, murdered in foreign capital, not his own country. >> a natoong protesters happening in the open. testing of the sanctions and condemnation is broader global phenomenon than just lukashenko and putin. really says what is going to stop you. >> yeah, if you look at belarus's main trading partners, it's mostly russia, ukraine, a little bit of poland, and way down at bottom is germany, netherlands, et cetera. you can impose some sanctions but they're not trading with you that much anyway. other thing is vladimir putin has been talking about this, said it in munich in 2007, he was working toward a multipolar world, where not -- there wasn't just one country, i.e., the u.s., calling the shots, and he's getting it thanks to china and his own actions. waters down the power of any punitive measures that washington and brussels could take. >> julia, that was illuminating, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> next, why the wuhan lab leak theory isn't the smoking gun conservatives think it is. what we do and do not know about the origins of covid-19, after

university wish to receive raunch promote gender equity and we can africa report not to fire jamal khashoggiwhile you're on what's happening in fact the interesting thing about him on whole group that when he started to become politically aware and when he started to talk about political awareness and remember political awareness in suffolk in those days was about basic human rights. unfortunately and this is a big blot on our community a lot of all of the time a lot of the community elders of the time told him to keep quiet they said he was going and doing things that was going to cause trouble. but rather than avoiding trouble the young a man haroun seemed to attract it. to him and the mass community devoted a lot of time and effort to helping local poor and underprivileged families our own gave special attention to families whose breadwinners had been forced into exile or had died fighting the apartheid regime his focus was on seeking justice and speaking out against a whole range of unfair treatment. i think one when needs to 1st of all look at the him arms political activism. it didn't