madawi al-rasheed, _ like an animal. madawi al-rasheed, we - like an animal. l-rasheed, we have to end al—rasheed, we have to end there. i thank you very much indeed forjoining me on hardtalk. indeed for “oining me on hardtalk._ hello. it may be a new month but the weather pattern, for now, is staying the same. so, in the week ahead, there will be low pressure systems coming our way. there will be more rain to flood—affected areas, some snow as the wet weather pushes north causing some disruption, and although milder for some of us, that's not going to last. a damp start for some to the south close to this area of low pressure for monday morning. this is a much more vigorous weather system coming our way with that rain and snow monday night and into tuesday. monday not starting as cold as sunday morning. still the coldest parts of scotland close to minus double figures. quite sharp frost in scotland and northern england under clear skies but with some sunshine for monday morning, icy where we're still seeing some wintry showers towards the north and east of sco

well, my guest is exiled saudi opposition activist, madawi al—rasheed. ext for saudi arabia — reform, repression or maybe both? madawi al—rasheed, welcome to hardtalk. hello. you have become one of the highest profile saudi critics of crown prince mohammed bin salman. i just wonder how you felt a couple of weeks ago when we saw the crown prince so warmly welcomed at the world economic forum, the online davos event, where he was selling saudi arabia as an investment opportunity for the entire world. what did you make of that? well, it's a familiar image and a familiar trick. saudi arabia has actually got away with murder on several occasions, the last of which was on the 2nd of october, 2018, whenjamal khashoggi was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul. so, i'm not surprised, buti think the pressure is mounting. many activists who are saudi but they are now in exile have put up several platforms and they have mobilised, and i think they have been successful in changing public opinion about the repression that goes on in saudi arabia. however, i'm ye