the murder of the journalist jamal - murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi took place in the saudi, in istanbul, and jamal khashoggi went there to seek a visa to travel to saudi arabia and he had been a long—standing critic of saudi arabia and it is believed that he was murdered by a special squad of saudi agents who dismembered his body and it disposed of it and the us believes that was ordered by the crown prince which has led to a freeze in relations and that is one reason that this would be a pretty controversial visit. amnesty international say a much more principled approach to saudi arabia is needed and the liberal democrats in the uk have said it beggars belief that rishi sunak is rolling out the red carpet for this man who authorised the brutal murder of jamal khashoggi. the crown prince has denied any involvement and there has denied any involvement and there has been a prosecution of some saudis in saudi arabia relating to that killing but the labour party have said that while it is important that the prime minister, if the crown prince comes here, speaks to him about hu

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 six countries , among which arabia is the largest and most important - these are great opportunities for great britain, we already have more than 70 billion dollars in bilateral of trade and we hope to sign a trade agreement, given our exit from the european union,

they say it's notjust jamal khashoggi, it is the treatment of prisoners, the locking up of people inongoing denial of access to lawyers for those who have been charged and so on. i think frankly a lot of countries are just holding their nose and saying, yeah, we know all of that but we are still going to do business with saudi arabia. it is the most important and largest country in the gulf cooperation council, the bloc of six countries in the gulf arab states. britain is looking to do a free trade deal and that's not going to happen unless saudi arabia and specifically mbs gives its agreement. i met mbs some years ago, before he became really powerful. in the intervening years, he has managed to consolidate all the reins of power into his hands. he controls everything. the interior ministry, they army, the national guard, the police. if you remember some years ago, he imprisoned a lot of powerful princes, shut them down, and he really runs the country even though his father is still the king. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories maki

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. extended. i think there are several l reasons as to why the uk might have invited mohammed bin salman to visit. one of which is related to the international situation following the ukraine war,

by the crown prince since the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbulu.s. intelligence agencies concluded the prince must have authorized the killing. we asked our security correspondent frank gardner to explain a little more of why's visit has been so controversial. frank: because really he is such a paradox. on the one hand he is transforming saudi arabia for the better. he is freeing it up socially, he has scrapped the absurd ban on women driving get the religious clerics insisted on for decades, he has allowed public entertainment, he is diversifying the economy away from the dependence on oil, he started these huge mega projects which may or may not work, but he has a vision for the future, which is incorporating something called vision 2030. but on the other hand, he's presiding over a country that has a very poor human rights record, and specifically he suspected by western countries of having ordered or at least been complicit in the very easily murder fight -- gri sly murder five years ago of 70 journalist jamal khashoggi. he denies that. they

it would be the first trip by the crown prince to the uk since the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggiate in istanbul in 2018. us intelligence agencies concluded that the prince must have authorised the killing. earlier, i spoke to our security correspondent, frank gardner. i asked him why the crown prince is regarded as such a controversialfigure. well, because, really, he's such a paradox. 0n the one hand, he is transforming saudi arabia for the better. he's freeing it up socially. he's scrapped the absurd ban on women driving that the religious clerics insisted on for decades. he's allowed public entertainment. he is diversifying the economy away from a dependence on oil. he started these huge megaprojects, which may or may not work, but he's got a vision for the future which is incorporated in something called vision 2030. but on the other hand, he is presiding over a country that has a very poor human rights record, and most specifically, he is suspected by western countries of having ordered or at least been complicit in the very grisly murderfive years ago of a critical saudi jo

it would be the first trip to the uk by the crown prince — since the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi us intelligence agencies concluded that the prince must have authorised the killing. live now to amnesty international chief executive — sacha deshmukh. thank you very much forjoining us. do you think the trip should go ahead? ~ ~ �* , do you think the trip should go ahead? ~ " v ~ , ahead? well, i think it's really important _ ahead? well, i think it's really important for— ahead? well, i think it's really important for people - ahead? well, i think it's really important for people to - ahead? well, i think it's really important for people to knowl ahead? well, i think it's really - important for people to know that while saudi arabia has been exercising a very powerful pr effort, since 2015, since muhammad bin is man has come to power, we have seen increasing repression in saudi arabia. last year, 106 executions, a massive use of the death penalty, dealings and repression of people who are critics of the government, 27 yearjail sentence for a student to tweeted about rates. engageme

it would be the first trip to the uk by the crown prince — since the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggiigence agencies concluded that the prince must have authorised the killing. we asked our security correspondent, frank gardner, to explain a little more why the visit would be so controversial. well, because, really, he's such a paradox. 0n the one hand, he is transforming saudi arabia for the better. he's freeing it up socially. he's scrapped the absurd ban on women driving that the religious clerics insisted on for decades. he's allowed public entertainment. he is diversifying the economy away from a dependence on oil. he started these huge megaprojects, which may or may not work, but he's got a vision for the future which is incorporated in something called vision 2030. but on the other hand, he is presiding over a country that has a very poor human rights record, and most specifically, he is suspected by western countries of having ordered or at least been complicit in the very grisly murderfive years ago of a critical saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi. now, he denies that. the off

big because we what we discovered working on on huge list was that the fiancee and the wife of jamal khashoggi, khashoggi had been spied on before and after his death and that spying might have led probably to or at least it's a it's the hypothesis that the information the saudis found in the phone of those two women might have led to twist. so this is this, of course, those are very important stories we published with all our partners on july 20 in july 2021. and i want to just just do a little tone setting. i we we have several journalists, several night. wallace fellows in joining us. and i want to share and lauren you'll be very proud of me. i keep these on my desk all the time. so from this, somebody came into my yesterday from a film crew and i and i sent him out with three of these to put on his camera boxes. so these are now making their way around the world with one more person. but killing the journalist won't kill the story. and i think that this is important and is tied to the work of pegasus because when we you know, when you were crafting the idea for what forbidden stories would

big because we what we discovered working on on huge list was that the fiancee and the wife of jamal khashoggi, khashoggi had been spied on before and after his death and that spying might have led probably to or at least it's a it's the hypothesis that the information the saudis found in the phone of those two women might have led to twist. so this is this, of course, those are very important stories we published with all our partners on july 20 in july 2021. and i want to just just do a little tone setting. i we we have several journalists, several night. wallace fellows in joining us. and i want to share and lauren you'll be very proud of me. i keep these on my desk all the time. so from this, somebody came into my yesterday from a film crew and i and i sent him out with three of these to put on his camera boxes. so these are now making their way around the world with one more person. but killing the journalist won't kill the story. and i think that this is important and is tied to the work of pegasus because when we you know, when you were crafting the idea for what forbidden stories would

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it would be the first trip to the uk by the crown prince since the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggit 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 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 m

let's not forget that killed and chopped to pieces jamal khashoggi.hose are the kind of countries interested in joining brics. so there has been some pushback, particularly from brazil. syria has been flip-flopping. that is very challenging. quickly south african president -- >> south africa's president says it is nonaligned but that does not mean it is neutral. what does it mean for pressure to expand its influence in africa and at the same time south africa getting a lot of heat because of that relationship? >> this is the man who decided to host the military drills with russia on the very day that the ukrainians were commemorating the invasion of their country by the russians. he might be saying they are not aligned in this instance, but there has been a lot of misspeaking, particularly from the department of international relations. >> the african union has suspended niger from all activities and has ordered all countries to refrain from giving any legitimacy to its coup leaders. it has been a month since the military deposed the democratically el

but later that same year, a journalist, jamal khashoggi, was brutally murdered inside a saudi embassynce 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 and we're hoping to sign a trade deal with them and, given our departure from the european union, it's i

it would be the first trip by the crown prince to the uk since the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggiconsulate 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. it follows last month's military coup. 0ur correspondent thomas naadi has been monitoring developments. ecowas is ramping up pressure on the militaryjunta in niger to restore constitutional rule, fol

rights record, and accusations that the crown prince had a role in the killing ofjournalist, jamal khashoggi helen catt, has more. 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 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 opportunit

it will be his first uk trip since the murder of the us based journalist jamal khashoggi at the saudinbul in 2018. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt has more. crown prince mohammed bin salman last came to the uk in march 2018. but 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. 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

it would be the first trip by the crown prince to the uk — since the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi 2018. us intelligence agencies concluded that the prince must have authorised the killing. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, about the call prime minister rishi sunak had with the crown prince. this call happened earlier today between rishi sunak and crown prince mohammed bin salman. what we've got is the readout which you get from downing street, which they hand out, the official sort of press briefing from the calls. it doesn't tell you exactly what happened in it or all of the details, but it gives us an idea. and essentially it says that the two men discussed this sort of deepening of economic ties between the two. we know that rishi sunak said he looked forward to personally deepening those ties, and discussed their commitment to what he called a trade and investment relationship, deepening that. now, essentially, what that amounts to is a few things. so there's a long—standing security partnership with saudi arabia, large amounts of uk arms sol

but later that same year, a journalist, jamal khashoggi, was brutally murdered inside a saudi embassyerican 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 and we're hoping to sign a trade deal with them and, given our departure from the europe

it would be the first visit since the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulatey 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 kilometres from cape verde. those on board are thought to have come from senegal. let's talk to our reporter azeezat 0laoluwa. she's following developments from nigeria. tell me what the authorities are saying? tell me what

jamal khashoggi, do you remember this ? yeah. you remember this? yeah. you remember this? yeah.hat happened here. so 2018, i think was it 2017, 2018? >> he's living in turkey because he's exiled from saudi, right. so he's fallen out with the saudis. he's a saudi journalist who's against the saudi who's written against the saudi the regime regime. and he has to go to the saudi embassy, i think is it for his saudi consulate in istanbul for some paperwork? >> it was. >> it was. >> so it's for paperwork. >> so it's for paperwork. >> it's not meant to be a big deal >> it's not meant to be a big deal. he's going to do something with his visa, something like that. and he murdered and dismembered. i absolutely horrific >> i mean, absolutely horrific crime. nobody's crime. now this nobody's debating crime. now this nobody's detthat's seems to be well, >> that's that seems to be well, the saudis are debating it, but. >> they be, but this >> well, they might be, but this article times says that >> well, they might be, but this artiicrown times says that >> well, they might be, but this art

jamal khashoggi, do you remember this ? yeah. you remember this? yeah. you remember this? yeah.what happened here. so 2018, i think was it 2017, 2018? >> he's living in turkey because he's exiled from saudi, right. so he's fallen out with the saudis. he's a saudi journalist who's against the saudi who's written against the saudi the regime regime. and he has to go to the saudi embassy, i think is it for his saudi consulate in istanbul for some paperwork? >> it was. >> it was. >> so it's for paperwork. >> so it's for paperwork. >> it's not meant to be a big deal >> it's not meant to be a big deal. he's going to do something with his visa, something like that. and he gets and dismembered. >> horrific >> i mean, absolutely horrific crime. this nobody's crime. now this nobody's debating crime. now this nobody's detthat's seems to be well, >> that's that seems to be well, the saudis are debating it, but. >> they but this >> well, they might be, but this article times says that article in the times says that the prince approved the the crown prince approved the assassination . assassi

and to be fair, yes, the murder of jamal khashoggi was absolutely appalling and should never , shouldld never have been allowed to happen at the same time as mbs as he's known , same time as mbs as he's known, is trying to shape or change the sort of social structure of his country and make it more liberal. and i think he should be encouraged . we should be kind be encouraged. we should be kind of going in these countries. >> as a former labour mp, do you think it's better be sort of think it's better to be sort of involved the nasty people think it's better to be sort of invotryd the nasty people think it's better to be sort of invotry and the nasty people think it's better to be sort of invotry and try1e nasty people think it's better to be sort of invotry and try andasty people think it's better to be sort of invotry and try and steereople think it's better to be sort of invotry and try and steer them around? >> i agree with lucy. i think it's better to be inside the tent out rather than outside the tent, peeing in. and so i think blair would argue that it can have more influence b

it would be the first trip to the uk by the crown prince since the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggiom my conversation earlier on. there's a real economic opportunity here for the uk and it's an opportunity that rishi sunak really needs for him for his personal career, and he deems it necessary for the british economy and that necessity for rishi sunak and his colleagues at least, means sacrificing the broader british ideals of human rights and democracy on the altar of realpolitik. and that looks like to be the realjustification for the invitation going out. and how do you think this will be received? well, mohammed bin salman has been very keen to deepen relations with the uk. perhaps the most obvious example of that is the purchase of newcastle united by the the sovereign wealth fund. but it's also deeper than that. there's also increasing numbers of students from saudi arabia coming to british universities, undergraduate graduate students. there's there's growing levels of cultural exchange. and i think that that mohammed bin salman will be open to that, but he will want other th

it would be the first trip to the uk since the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi, who was killed 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 missing the water vole. through their burrows, they'll dig up through the soil, they'll bring soil nutrients to the surface, which helps with vegetation. they themselves are consumers of vegetation, so they'll nibble bits of plants, leaving r

and to be fair, yes, the murder of jamal khashoggi was absolutely appalling and should never , shouldr, should never have been allowed to happen at the same time as mbs as he's known , same time as mbs as he's known, is trying to shape or change the sort of social structure of his country and make it more liberal. and i think he should be encouraged . we should be kind be encouraged. we should be kind of going in these countries. >> as a former labour mp, do you think it's better be sort of think it's better to be sort of involved the nasty people think it's better to be sort of invotryd the nasty people think it's better to be sort of invotry and the nasty people think it's better to be sort of invotry and try1e nasty people think it's better to be sort of invotry and try andasty people think it's better to be sort of invotry and try and steereople think it's better to be sort of invotry and try and steer them around? >> i agree with lucy. i think it's better to be inside the tent out rather than outside the tent, peeing in. and so i think blair would tent, peeing in. and so i think

saudi crown prince has been accused of ordering the assassination of the washington post writer jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018, a charge he has denied . and tributes have been paid today to the legendary broadcaster sir michael parkinson , who's died after parkinson, who's died after a short illness at the age of 88. sir michael became one of the country's most famous faces through his long running tv talk show, interviewing some of the world's biggest stars, including muhammad ali and billy connolly . comedian stephen fry described him as an authentic genius and that for him, it had been impossibly thrilling to be a guest on the parkinson show. sir david attenborough has also said sir michael went beyond region or class. he was just himself. he died at home, surrounded by his family . you with gb news his family. you with gb news across the uk, on your tv, in your car, on your digital radio and now on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news . saying play gb news. this is britain's news. channel >> good evening . well, gb news >> good evenin

saudi crown prince has been accused of ordering the assassination of the washington post writer jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018, a charge he has denied . and as you've been hearing, tributes have been paid today to the legendary broadcaster sir michael parkinson , who died at michael parkinson, who died at the age of 88. sir michael became one of the country's most famous faces through his long running tv talk show , running tv talk show, interviewing some of the world's biggest stars, including muhammad ali and billy connolly . comedian stephen fry described him as an authentic genius and that it had been impossibly thrilling, as he said, to be a guest on the parkinson show. sir david attenborough also said parky went beyond regional class . he was just himself, sir michael died at home, surrounded by his family after a short illness with gb news across the uk. on your tv, in your car , on uk. on your tv, in your car, on your digital radio, and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news. channel >> it is all action tonight. but i'm starting

saudi crown prince has been accused of ordering the assassination of the washington post writer jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018, a charge he has denied . and tributes have been paid today to the legendary broadcaster sir michael parkinson , who's died after parkinson, who's died after a short illness at the age of 88. sir michael became one of the country's most famous faces through his long running tv talk show, interviewing some of the world's biggest stars, including muhammad ali and billy connolly . comedian stephen fry described him as an authentic genius and that for him, it had been impossibly thrilling to be a guest on the parkinson show. sir david attenborough has also said sir michael went beyond region or class. he was just himself. he died at home, surrounded by his family . you with gb news his family. you with gb news across the uk, on your tv, in your car, on your digital radio and now on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news . saying play gb news. this is britain's news. channel >> good evening . well, gb news >> good evenin

saudi crown prince has been accused of ordering the assassination of the washington post writer jamal khashoggit the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. a charge he's denied the deputy labour leader, angela rayner , says it's leader, angela rayner, says it's important that britain holds the saudis to account . saudis to account. >> it's important as part of that visit that the prime minister speaks about the human rights and the issues. we have really deep concerns about that. but you also have to have dialogue. so it's important that, you know, whilst he's over here, that there dialogue here, that there is dialogue there we do challenge, there and that we do challenge, you know, part of our role in international is to challenge other nations as well and countries and say, look, you know, this is not what we accept and this is not how you do things. and to try and influence in that way. >> gb news can reveal that 80 migrants are currently being housed at a former raf base in essex. that's more than a month after the first group of migrants arrived there. the wethersfield, based near braintree

, the journalist, jamal khashoggi, the journalist, the journalist.horrific , wasn't it was quite horrific, wasn't he? this is a man who was a very vocal critic of the regime in saudi arabia . he had put himself saudi arabia. he had put himself into exile . he'd gone to the into exile. he'd gone to the saudi consulate in istanbul to pick up documents for him to marry his fiance . he never marry his fiance. he never emerged . he there was a 15 man emerged. he there was a 15 man hit squad at later transpired and sent by saudi arabia to bnng and sent by saudi arabia to bring him back. he resisted arrest. he was suffocated. did dismembered, taken out in suitcases, bits of his body. his body has never been recovered. and us intelligence says that they have determined give evidence that this hit, this assassination was ordered by the crown prince of saudi arabia. but mohammed salman denies this i >> -- >> he says m >> he says this was rogue elements within the embassy and not at all his direct orders. >> well, yes, he does say that, but the us have plenty o

saudi crown prince had been accused of ordering the assassination of the washington post writer jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018, a charge that he's denied . and as you've been denied. and as you've been heanng denied. and as you've been hearing , tributes have been hearing, tributes have been pounng hearing, tributes have been pouring for in the legendary broadcaster sir michael parkinson, who's died at the age of 88. sir michael became one of the country's most famous faces through his long running tv talk show, interviewing some of the world's biggest stars, including muhammad ali and billy connolly. comedian stephen fry described him as an authentic genius and he said it had been impossibly thrilling to be a guest on the park show. sir david attenborough called sir michael beyond reach or class. he was just himself . he died at home, just himself. he died at home, surrounded by his family after a short illness . sir michael short illness. sir michael parkinson, who died today on tv onune parkinson, who died today on tv online dab+ radio and on the tunein app. this

my reaction is that , >> well, my reaction is that, you know, however appalling the murder of jamal khashoggis an appalling murder. he's not the only journalist to be murdered . and we have be murdered. and we have relationships with lots of countries who who who's who have a dubious track record. turkey for one. 66 journalists were killed last year. we didn't break off relations with malta when daphne gracia was killed in 2017, when she was exposing the corruption and the maltese government. so, i mean , i don't government. so, i mean, i don't know why saudi arabia should be singled out. i mean, when you came as defence secretary, saudi arabia, you were you would have been criticised for helping to sell british arms to saudi arabia despite its appalling human rights record. the reality is we balance these things . is we balance these things. saudi arabia is an important partner in the gulf. it's an important regional country. they can't be ignored and we and we have a complex and multifaceted relationship with them, of which our dialogue over human rights is. but one part of that. >> both my

saudi crown prince had been accused of ordering the assassination of the washington post writer jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018, a charge that he's denied . and as you've been denied. and as you've been heanng denied. and as you've been hearing , tributes have been hearing, tributes have been pounng hearing, tributes have been pouring for in the legendary broadcaster sir michael parkinson, who's died at the age of 88. sir michael became one of the country's most famous faces through his long running tv talk show, interviewing some of the world's biggest stars, including muhammad ali and billy connolly. comedian stephen fry described him as an authentic genius and he said it had been impossibly thrilling to be a guest on the park show. sir david attenborough called sir michael beyond reach or class. he was just himself . he died at home, just himself. he died at home, surrounded by his family after a short illness . sir michael short illness. sir michael parkinson, who died today on tv onune parkinson, who died today on tv online dab+ radio and on the tunein app. this

he has alleged to have been involved in the death of jamal alleged to have been involved in the death ofjamal khashoggiar in yemen, so to be rolling out the red carpet sends all the wrong messages. there are some who believe that is the way, allowing him to come here, to bring up some of these issues. we have had the labour party saying that the government should have a dialogue with saudi arabia if that visit in october does take place, and bring up human rights that way. is that not the way to do it, rather than banning the trip altogether, having him here to discuss those concerns? we having him here to discuss those concerns? ~ , ., having him here to discuss those concerns?— having him here to discuss those concerns? ~ , ., ., , , concerns? we should always be trying to imress concerns? we should always be trying to impress routines _ concerns? we should always be trying to impress routines with _ concerns? we should always be trying to impress routines with a _ concerns? we should always be trying to impress routines with a dismal - to impress routines with a dismal records like the one in saudi