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ph d. student matthew hedges jailed for life in the united arab emirates for spying plus we see the country sleepwalking into instability the e.u. moves to punish room for breaking the rules with the budgets that would push italy deeper into debt. how those sentences in the u.s. according for an inquiry into the saudi crown prince his role in the murder at the journalist jamal hashad. despite president donald trump statements that they would be no further action taken against riyadh's on tuesday trump cost out of the cia off to a contract with the mohammed bin some on order that the killing he says the de facto leaders role may never be fully known and reiterated his backing for saudi arabia that is i'm good politicians on both sides of the aisle. well despite that donald trump kept up his praise and support for saudi arabia on wednesday saying it has helped keep oil prices low by pumping more oil so prices don't spike above one hundred dollars a barrel he tweeted oil prices getting lower great like a big tax cut for america and the world's enjoy fifty four dollars was just eighty two dolla

we're talking here about a thirty one year old student on a two week research trip what was matthew hedges doing in the u.a.e. not you had just like many ph d. students was taking a short trip away from durham university to conduct interviews and this is a very common practice amongst ph d. students during political science or security studies he would have had ethical approval from durham university to carry out the strip and within that process is the determination that what matthew is doing is is is kosher on a. broad and above all things safe and secure so that's what matthew would have been doing arranging interviews with key people who would have been able to answer his approved research question what were his research questions what was the nature of the research specifically well as with many ph d.'s and his ph d. students will know the questions that of fraud so overall he was looking at the impact of the arab spring and u.a.e. and u.s. security policy in particular this would not be an unusual topic given the circumstances and factors many people looking at a security and many people looking at arabian gulf countries and how they

we're talking here about a thirty one year old student on a two week research trip what was matthew hedges doing in the u.a.e. not you had just like many ph d. students was taking a short trip away from durham university to conduct interviews and this is a very common practice among the ph d. students during political science or security studies he would have had ethical approval from durham university to carry out the strip and within that process is the determination that what matthew is doing is is is kosher on a. of broad and above all things safe and secure so that's what matthew would have been doing arranging interviews with key people who would have been able to answer his approved research question what were his research questions what was the nature of the research specifically well as with many ph d.'s and his ph d. students will know the questions the broad so overall he was looking at the impact of the arab spring and u.a.e. and u.s. security policy in particular and this would not be an unusual topic given the circumstances and factors many people looking at security and many people are looking at arabian gulf countries and ho

without a lawyer matthew hedges was sentenced to life in prison on wednesday accused of spying for the u.k. he's already spent five months in solitary confinement he has a ph d. student who went to the u.a.e. to research the twenty year life an arab spring uprising now abu dhabi says it is reviewing a request for clemency from hedgers family for the case has prompted a wave of criticism with calls for a reevaluation of britain's relationship with the oil rich gulf ally when i was first incarcerated in abu dhabi the u.k. government was at the time trying to encourage new lucrative trade deals with the u.a.e. and i see a charge going to fix up the story. of spying and jailed for life that's now the fate of a british academic researcher in the united arab emirates an ally and friend of the u.k. but how much trouble is this case likely to stir up between the two given what's at stake we are incredibly disappointed that the us should do this we see no foundation in the charges that have been laid against him there will be serious diplomatic consequences for a country that says that it is a friend and ally of the united kingdom for months had just wife says her repeated re

ph. d. student thank you, mr speaker. durham university ph.d. student matthew hedgesuter office of the de factor ruler of the uae, has organised many of the excellent visits from this house to the uae. but this is wholly inconsistent, with the behaviour of a nation with whom we have a neutral defence accord. will the prime minister please give this her urgent attention, if he is not released i don't see why we should be committed to their defence. i say to my honourable friend, we are, of course, as he is, deeply disappointed and concerned with the verdict. i realise how difficult and distressing this is for matthew and his family. we are raising it with the authorities at the highest level, my right honourable friend the foreign secretary is seeking accord with the foreign minister, during his visit to the uae on december 12. he visited the issue with the crown prince and the foreign minister —— november the 12th. i can assure my honourable friend that the foreign office will remain in close contact with matthew, his family, and his lawyer, and do all we can to suppo

matthew hedges is a thirty one year old doctoral student in his ph d. he says that he was researching the impact of the arab spring on us foreign policy is a something in that do you think that might have upset the u.s. authorities. honestly to us what what exactly has his research was is not our main point of concern it's the fact that his trial was mined with such due process violations that there's no way it could have been. seen as as a fair trial we know that this is going to be a huge blow to the u.a.e. but ph and we know that it invests considerable time and money into presenting itself as progressive as told him and to have detained this academic for so long without charge we don't know what the what the evidence is besides the confession that he that they have that they have a team from him which we are also in doubt of how it was of how it was obtained this all leads us to think that you know it is a very dangerous place and we are many know the u.a.e. is dangerous for journalists or for activists or any critics of any sort and so now we also

british student accused of spying in the united arab emirates has been granted a presidential pardon and is expected home in the u.k. later on monday matthew hedges he had been researching his ph d. when he was arrested at dubai airport in may and then last week he was sentenced to life imprisonment a surprise verdict which threatened to create a serious diplomatic rift between up with abby and london this from paul brennan. seven months after his arrest matthew hedges is going home his wife daniella surprised and delighted by the news it's overwhelming. of course the laid out about it but also it's the kind of thing that no one ever prepares you for. no one ever prepared me. to face this situation and let alone celebrate so. i can announce it with certainty i can to say i'm happy to have him back on the plan for matthew's return a winter barbecue we had it postponed from the spring so hopefully we'll just get to catch up on some sleep and have our winter barbecue at the announcement of the presidential pardon came as an early morning news conference in the u.a.e. capital abu dhabi. this. is. really. the least that's being seen as a diplomatic compromise the u.a.e. stands by the