of it can on the project into saudi arabia inc. but this is not only limited to the economy projects, but also so i get a b, i have purchased and chinese military hardware, including service to service missiles. and there are saudi military officers who am training in china. so the united states now is not the only source for military hardware, it is still the primary source, and it will continue to do to, to be so. but the chinese are also now a provider. so d artists, are there any i we're gonna have to leave that right there. my friend ali ahmed, always good to see you. thank you for sharing your expertise with us this week. so while the saudis lead the opec group, the collective west is also now considering a buyers cartel of their own in response. check that out. not sure how that's all gonna play out, but we'll have to wait and see. that's gonna do it for this weeks episode modus operandi the show that dig deep into foreign policy. i'm your host manila chan. thanks for tuning in. we'll see you again next week to figure out the

let's shift gears a little bit and place them focused on saudi arabia. now the us relies heavily, i would say, even primarily on saudi oil, the u. s. a. saudi arabia, as number one customer. conversely, the saudis are america's number one customer in the way of military arms. they buy up tens and tens of millions of dollars of hardware from the d o d, i would say almost every quarter it seems. how would you characterize the u. s. saudi relationship is it a symbiotic one, or the relationship between saudi arabia in the united states is very on equal, or the united states provide saudi arabia with security, particularly against external post, without american support. saudi arabia would have been toppled by masters egypt in the 1950s by saddam hussein, in the 1990 s. it would have been at the mercy of up to soviets. us support has been crucial for the survival of the kingdom. kingdom provides the united states with some of this oil, but the united states also produces a lot of its own oil and has increasingly gone to find new ways of developing oil. and if

ah, this is saudi arabia, lulu, this is also a saudi arabia. wasn't this the country where music was forbidden, with strict rules about segregating men from women? i her never imagined something like this with hop in me because you know, our america, we were a very conservative country. all entertainment was something though, is the down on the i think i'm a typical saudi woman in the sense that i am strong to her and resilient. and you can tell me who i am and who i'm not as to how dare you tell me with all this is sold skin. so it's going to her d j name and it means sunshine and danish. i fine if i'll hug around her. well, how are you today? good, how are you or your blue blue? yeah, dwell, i'm playing back to back with somebody. i just gotta sit down and listen to their vibe now, and then kind of coordinate a playlist accordingly. will definitely be there as well. yes, thank you. oh, so it's can, has a day job as a magazine editor. during the week she works in re out the capital or saudi arabia, tom, an anxious person. no, i get nervous. so i figure if i can at least get as much

of saudi arabia.also learned and feast together was that two foreign minister writers in saudi arabia have been arrested on the same day and ultimately -- originally sentenced five to seven years. posted critical information about the country. became much more apparent when in september 2022 -- sentenced to over 30 years in prison. through this research and investigation basically, we were able to uncover how static governments had pressured administrators and editors in saudi arabia to post flattering content and not critical content about the country. juan: sarah leah whitson, if these administrators were arrested in september 2020, what kind of publicity did this receive at the time? did it take two years for wikipedia to be able to figure out what was going on? >> that question is more properly directed with the media. all we know about the wikipedia foundation, which oversees wikipedia, is in december 2022, they said they hadaunched an investigation starting in january 2022 and that the result of

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, you know, the old guard and saudi arabia king saw me on and the people around him are dead set against normal relations with israel until there's palestinian state. they put forward is the pallet, the saudis put forward a piece plan in the early zeros, and they still stick to it. the younger generation in saudi arabia, leaders like mom had been saw mon, i think, would be perfectly happy. and his signal this in new york to throw the palestinians under the bus and just make normal relations with israel. but i think until his father dies it little unlikely to see progress on normalization between israel and saudi arabia. and the fact that natania has brought in these flaming extremists on designers side makes it even more difficult for kings online to, to move forward. and remember, there's the, the saudis are 40 percent, well, hobby, and there are a lot of people in saudi arabia who really anti israel. and while the king is an absolute monarch, he does have to shift with the winds a little bit. so the taking this step at this juncture, i think, could really cause domestic troubles and sa

saudi arabia's presence at the influential world economic form rum in davos is unmissable. n, oil producer saudi aramco saw profits rides by 90% during last year. we are invited to meet the minister of economy, one of many who have flown in. >> we have nine members including seven ministers. >> seven ministers. >> yes. that's impactful. >> that's a substantial part of the saudi government. >> yes. >> reporter: he insists saudi arabia is in the process of changing completely with women now working, its many young people allowed to go to live music concerts. >> this amounts to you want to change the image of saudi arabia. >> it's not about the image, it's about the work, the results, about the impact. >> you want to change the way people perceive saudi arabia. >> obviously that's a by-product. we want it to be fair, that's all. >> reporter: but in fairness the saudi record of recent years has been mixed to say the least, the crown prince was close to president trump, he is often condemned not just for the killing of khashoggi but also for launching a military operation in pove

the reality was the occupation of saudi arabia had not ceased. the bombing of iraq could not cease. the dictator ship had not ceased. the democrats had failed to bribe off these al qaeda terrorists. all of their motives to attack the united states were still on. and importantly it was not they were just angry about the policy they had a strategy. a strategy which provoked the united states into doing something >>. rules for radical and a symmetric action including terrorism for the action is in the reaction of the opposition. in this case okay does not try to get america to turn around and run away, they did not think that would work. they are trying to provoke a full-scale invasion of afghanistan two they could replicate the war help them fight against the soviets in the 1980s. to bog us down in them than lawton's words to lead us to bankruptcy to force the american empire out to the long laying on the hard way. magazine in 2010 when bin laden was still alive. he said when bush won the election of 2000, my father was so happy. this is the kind of president he needs one that will at

ah, and to in saudi arabia invests the investment is big. with good reason. it's part of the royal family strategy to maintain its grip on power one. now the countries attracting artists who once left because there were no opportunities. i am as one of them. originally from re at she and her family moved to the neighboring country of buck rain when she was a teenager. but i was younger and i picked up the violin as an instrument. i always dreamt of being part of an orchestra. and because it did not exist in this part of the world, my learning process was a bit slow because it was hard to find the type of education that i needed. but now with the presence of the saudi orchestra, and me being the 1st female violinist and the saudi orchestra, i'd goes with the 1st they, i walked into our orchestra practice. ah, ah, and for me to live and witness that and be part of it. this is a dream come true for me. dora was still in school when the country began to change . it was a very fast pace. here and 2016. we were able to drive and then 2017 and i see my classmates dr

but the reality is occupation saudi arabia had not ceased support for israel and the dictatorship hadot ceased so the democrats had failed all motives to attack the united states were sworn and importantlyas not just that they were angry about the policies that they had a strategy to provoke the united states into doing something stupid the action is in the reaction of the opposition and in this case they were not trying to gett america just to turn around and run runaway that to provoke a full-scale invasion of afghanistan to replicate the war we help them fight the soviets and in bin laden's words beat us to bankruptcy forced the american empire out the long way and the hard way and in fact osama bin laden son omar gave an interview to rolling stone magazine when bin laden was still alive and said that when bush won the election of 2000 my father was so happy this is the kind of president he needs, one who will break the country so please send cruise missiles but you been there for ten years and in clinton's time america was smart. and this is an important point because brett steven

1990s throughout the 20th century and continued to bomb iraq from saudi arabia, that was what caused osamaom bin laden and i'm in the al zawahiri and their group to turn against the united states of america. it was first and foremost the bases basis used to bomb iraq in the no-fly zones. support for israel and their occupation of palestine and at that time of lebanon support for dictators around the middle east such as the king in saudi arabia at that time l. presidente mubarak in egypt.au pressure on those nations to keep production high in oil prices artificially low to subsidize our economy at their expense and bin laden criticized america for turning a eye to russia, china india and uzbekistan for their wars and suppression of. actually the bill clinton government supported the al qaeda forces and al qaeda linked forces in bosnia, in kosovo ands in chechnya even though they had been attacking us all through the 1990s and americans have been picking up the tab for four america's working for chechen rebels at the same time the cia and saudi's were backing the rebels against them. a

this is saudi arabia, lulu. this is also a saudi arabia. wasn't this the country where music was forbidden with strict rules about segregating men from women? i her never imagined something like this with hop in me because, you know, are vague. we were a very conservative country on a zoom into something dollars there. down on the i think i'm a typical saudi woman in the sense that i am strong that harm resilient. and you can tell me who i am and who i'm not as to how dare you tell me with oh, this is sold skin. so it's going to her d. j. name it and it means sunshine and danish. i find it. i'll hug around. oh well, oh, are you good? how are you? are your blue, your blue? yeah, dwell, i'm playing back to back with somebody. i just gotta sit down and listen to their vibe now, and then kind of coordinate a playlist accordingly. will definitely be there as well. yes, thank you. oh, so it's can, has a day job as a magazine editor. during the week, she works in re out the capital of saudi arabia, tom, an anxious pers

she moved on to saudi arabia. she managed to get by with small jobs in yemen, while raising her 3 children alone. now, she's back in judy with me with the dear queen monkey and i want to go home and take my children to school with me. if you give it, i don't want to move to a foreign country any more. i know you, i've had enough and go, you're not luggage. i just want to go home to live among and put my children in school here. at least some sir is safe at the i o m camp. according to research conducted by the organization, tens of thousands of migrants who died or disappeared in recent years on the way to saudi arabia carter or the gulf states. the i o m is kadijah ahmed takes us to the scene of a warble tragedy. last time there was a too much wave in their toilet. there was wind. all of them they did. yeah, avenue, there, there it was 9. 0, $1.00 sick is one. is history? oh, yeah. the shelter there would be no names. just a few. c shells. the tomb for undocumented migrants code there was made so it cannot then n

the republic to the king of saudi arabia, let them make the republic in the bodybuilding and another election to make a democracy that the tunisian revolution could in north africa and succeed in winning and small things about mr. jafar qandabashi, an expert on the international affairs of the prime minister of malaysia, emphasized the development of relations with iran, and ibrahim, while visiting iran's booth at the international exhibition of qur'anic arts in kuala lumpur, praised iranian islamic art by the participants of the festival and international exhibition of qur'anic arts of malaysia at the printing center. and the publication of the holy quran in putrajaya hosted the prime minister of this country, wa ibrahim, after visiting various parts of this exhibition, by attending the booth of the islamic republic of iran , he got up close with the artists and works of art, including the calligraphic frames of noor in the form of iranian kufi lines. and broken nastaliq and exquisite works 3d on the stirrup and ring gem, especially visited and the islamic iranian art of rostov and

who can dissent. >> the legal charity reprieve has logged a rising trend of executions. >> saudi arabia regime of secrecy around the death penalty. you have people who are arrested, tried, sentenced to death, and then executed in secret. >> the saudi embassy gave us a statement which did not address concerns about how the country uses the death penalty, but said, "we understand there are other countries that have different judicial systems and different views about appropriate penalties. as we respect their right to determine their own laws and customs, we hope others will respect our sovereign right to follow our own judicial and legislative choices." these men on death row were all tortured to make a confession. one a child at the time of their arrest. the fear thatny day can be there last. laura: in other news from around the world, pope francis has begun a historic visit to the democratic republic of congo. it is the first papal visit to the country in four decades. drc is home to millions of catholics. they will then travel to south sudan. french police chiefs have issued a nationa

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it is now clear that saudi arabia and the king of saudi arabia do not reflect the republic. find the republic and democracy in insta and another election to make a democracy that your revolution could in north africa and successful small businesses. thank you. mr. jafar qandabashi, an expert, explained the issues the prime minister of malaysia emphasized the development of relations with iran, and when ibrahim visited iran's booth at the international exhibition of quranic arts in kuala lumpur, iranian islamic art benefited the participants of the festival and international exhibition of quranic arts of malaysia at the holy quran publishing center in putrajaya hosted the prime minister of this country, after visiting various parts of this exhibition, he attended the booth of the islamic republic of iran and got up close with the artists and works of art, including noor's calligraphic frames in the form of nastaliq and broken nastaliq iranian kufi lines and exquisite works. 3-d on the stirrup and ring jewels were specially visited and the iranian islamic art of the rotor of i

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are the major buyers of saudi arabia 's oil and the number one oil producer.ry large economy. basically the us number one manufacturer not in the world. well, i would really like to ask andrey vasilyevich, as a person who is deeply familiar with the problems of the ukrainian gas transportation system. now let's talk about the largest turkish gas hub. well, what are its prospects. and it would seem that the answer is clear, just to remain a pile of scrap metal. but it seems to me that this is not always the case. it's simple, and the russian federation also has its own specific plans and specific possible decisions regarding its future. it's very interesting and uh, we we understand that today the russian federation and today supplies gas to europe, and somewhere 50 to 50 through the system of electricity, the turkish stream and the system of a single and gas transport system of ukraine that is, today the transport system of ukraine will remain. well, in general, but the main e-supplier of the russian daza to the european market, while this is an e-system. natu

and if it's starting with china, and it's also happening with saudi arabia, people are saying that saudi arabia has the governing, voice of opec, plus washington has acute saudi arabia, of a lining is energy policy with russia. but here we have something enormous happening. is it true? in the next couple of years, we are seeing the biggest energy play of the world and of bricks. turning away from the petro dollar and saying yes to the petro, you one i am a positive on me because events, saudi arabia going and many months ago. we declare that opec members will have their own road map on a marketing. so this is coming up and we saw that last few months of the area and this year make new strategies and they are very positive and i'm not the member of bait. this is one important issue or america and the opec members having their own road map and i left and my energy. now question is a, are you on? this is not right time to see a site that it will be one that is c r c or some other name. but i can see there be a big change in dollar had the money and i for dollar a new that is the system new

his signing as quote history in the, making it a significant boost for football in saudi arabia and the middle east. woodland with another, a hit that he was having rinaldo. we'll boost the value of the saudi league. if you look at the tweets in the views they're getting lots of people abroad talking about this deal. it's a deal that will never happen again into the catalog. rinaldo will reportedly i'm around $200000000.00 a year from the dale making him the highest paid footballer in history. he previously rejected a move to the country, but was seemingly left with few options after his acrimonious departure from manchester united that had followed scathing comments in a television interview. people should listen to true. yes, i feel betrayed than i felt that some people didn't want me here not only this year, but last year to rinaldo also endured a disappointing recent world cup with portugal benched in the knockout rounds. he left the field in tears after portugal caught a final exit to morocco. but there is no doubting the player star quality. he's won the pal on to 5 times for the

since moving to saudi arabia. ah, we begin in ukraine where russian forces have stepped up their assault on a small salt mining town in the east of the country. with the help of wagner mercenaries, the groups founder described the battles as heavy and bloody while ukraine's president said the area has been flattened by fighting. the british defense ministries as it appears russia has taken control of much solider. and in doing so, blocked key ukrainian supply and communication lines to back moot, capture back. moot is now one of moscow's main military objectives in the war. both sides have suffered heavy losses there during months of trench warfare. also tuesday, russia's defense minister pledge to boost weapons, da ation, technology and drone production. russian navy also conducted drills in the norwegian, c with a hypersonic missile. it says is capable of evading western ad offenses for now, all efforts are focused on the city of philadelphia and where the russia can cement it's control of the strategic city. ch

imagine where messi and ronaldo could meet again on the pitch, if only leo moves from paris to saudi arabiasses the eternal rival in the amount of the contract. this is all that my colleagues and i wanted to tell you about. good night and take care of yourself. maybe i'll throw some wood into this fire first. and then you will kindle it when you communicate with people. you must understand who you are talking to. and to speak with them in a language that is understandable and accessible to them, these movements are similar to the work of a jeweler to jewelers do beauty. and we save lives all in the interests of their state patients. why do patients travel? well, this is the brand brand of belarus - this is the quality of knowledge, understanding and arguments, as well as questions that lie on the surface in the author's project markov nothing personal. do not miss the new releases on the belarus 24 channel . yes, as they say, the soul of the company. i hosted evenings, i hosted corporate parties, i gathered such caring people near me and now the offer of my life itself, but i am from them r

the 2nd part of, of rinaldo is appearance in saudi arabia. i think is a, if we called about geopolitical role, there are stories potentially, of their being a 2030 saudi arabian world cup bit. and there's already speculation that rinaldo will serve as an ambassador for this perspective. bit. do you think is saudi pro lee could be can the place to be an asian supple now that rinaldo is there? you the way you frame that question is really important because i think come saudi arabian football, becoming the best in asia is, is exactly what this is all about. and saudi arabian football, it's strong. if you look at the performance over a decade. so if you look at a tendencies, for example, at the react darby, we're talking about a football culture that is deeply and grand. there are lots of people go to watch games. funds are passionate, not just about their own domestic teams, but about international teams to who saudi arabia is never really stepped up in, in, in the same way as, for example, south korean or japanese before nation terms. and so rin