an airport in the u.a.e. they were held against at least four months before being finally at least the u.a.e. has been arresting anyone lawyers activists. human rights and individuals and and jailing them essentially for saying anything that could be can't considered negative so this may not even come down to the security issues so much as they don't appreciate any research that is defaming the country ok i mean mark would would matthew not have been fully aware of this given that he has been in and out of the country since he was nine years old and indeed knowing full well about the current climate well i think the two sides to this i think matthew would have been very aware of any sensitivities to his research but at the same time having grown up there or having spent a lot of his life there with his family he would've also felt familiar and relatively comfortable doing what he was doing because according to you matthew it's clear that he loved the u.a.e. very much and it wasn't in his nature to criticize t

an airport in the u.a.e. they were held against at least four months before being finally at least the u.a.e. has been arresting anyone lawyers activists. human rights and individuals and and jailing them essentially for saying anything that could be can't considered negative so this may not even come down to the security issues so much as they don't appreciate any research that is defaming the country ok i mean mark would would matthew not of being fully aware of this given that he has been in and out of the country since he was nine years old and indeed knowing full well about the current climate well i think the two sides to this i think matthew would have been very aware of any sensitivities to his research but at the same time having grown up that we're having spent a lot of his life there with his family he would also felt familiar and relatively comfortable doing what he was doing because according to you matthew it's clear that he loved the u.a.e. very much and it wasn't in his nature to criticize the

was in the u.a.e. talking about how important the country is to the u.k. post the u.a.e. is the u.k.'s fifth largest export market side of europe that is more important to the u.k. than anything the brics as we can the u.k. and a fire in the u.a.e. i would be thinking that the u.k. isn't as powerful as it once was but so is that when you think it is the u.a.e. sending a message in a way rebalancing the power between them i think that is certainly a message that the u.a.e. feels confident that they can assert themselves without fearing reffer questions from the u.k. and also from america too because donald trump is certainly research and national norms on this front and people in the gulf probably feel.

s relationship with the u.a.e. prime minister terry's amaze as a government has been speaking with the m.r.i. is about the case and will continue to do say. we are of course as he is deeply disappointed and concerned at today's verdict and i realise how difficult and distressing this is both for matthew hedges but for also for his family we all reason it with the authorities at the highest level my rational friend the foreign secretary is urgently seeking a call with the foreign minister abdullah bin so i ate during his visit to the u.a.e. on november the twelfth he raised the issue with both crown prince mohammed bin ziad and the foreign minister and i can assure my honorable friend and other members that the foreign office will remain in close contact with matthew his family and his lawyer more now from our correspondent paul brennan in london. the severity of the sentence handed down by the court in the united arab emirates has shocked not just the family of matthew hedges but also the british government i mean

the least that's being seen as a diplomatic compromise the u.a.e. stands by the courts conviction for espionage based on the postgraduate students research work on the u.a.e. security strategies the british government disagrees but when mr hedges freedom the compromise is something london is prepared to live with we've made it very clear for a number of months now that we see no basis in these allegations they reflect on that they've taken the action that they can which means that matthew hedges is going to be reunited with his family and let's say the outcome enables both sides to save face but lessons must be learnt i hope that behind the scenes and very careful thought is given to how such things can be involved in the future proper safeguards in the legal process to review things an earlier date so it doesn't get down to the issues of pardons and clemency and a diplomatic fallout because nobody really wants to see that there's something all sides in this diplomatic route do want to see and that's matthew had just back home in the u.k. paul brenn

falls foul of the u.a.e. is very strict cyber security and counterterrorism laws so i think the u.a.e. would be looking for a way out of this is quickly as possible particularly given the strong terminology that the foreign office is employing on this one you know jeremy hunt the foreign secretary described as an acceptable what has happened to matthew hedges and i think that will go a long way to making it quite clear to the u.a.e. exactly where britain stands on this thank you very much paul brian still ahead for you on the program anger on the indian ocean island of rain young as france's fuel tanks protests spread overseas. and the family of a missionary murdered while trying to contact an isolated island tribe say they forgive his killers. have a good part of mainland china is gone quiet again the rain has ceased the scouting cloud is cortana don't think it'll be rain bearing and we're left with the day for cross the temperatures in the high teens the low twenty's low humidity yeah there's some fog aroun

and the u.a.e. does this then bring the matter to an end. to a great extent yes not totally i mean from the foreign office point of view the statement that the foreign secretary hunter has put out this morning says as follows look although we didn't agree with the charges we are grateful to the u.a.e. government for resolving the issue speedily and he says it's fantastic news the family of matthew had his of said six months of nightmare finally over and say we're elated is an understatement although daniela taha who is nothing hedges as wife said in my heart i know that he isn't a spy and that's the lingering possibility of aftereffects of all of this he's been pardoned as opposed to being cleared so i think to the strict letter of the law he will remain a convicted man albeit pardoned by the ruler of the u.a.e. and although he will be home i expect within a matter of twenty four forty eight hours there is the possibility that that the whole this whole episode might create a.

we just learned the u.a.e.oned matthew hedges, the british academic was sentenced last week to life in prison for espionage after a five-minute trial. the u.k. government and hedges' family had been pushing the u.a.e. to grant him clemency. want to bring back our nic robertson who is there at 10 downing street. nick, of course, this a story you're very familiar with. how surprised are you with the outcome here? >> reporter: there had been some indications at the end of last week and over the weekend. the foreign office is right in front of me, you see downing street behind me. the foreign office is right behind the camera here. there had been some indications from the foreign office that perhaps this was possible that the u.a.e. was considering the representations that had come from the foreign office here. the appeals from matthew hedges' wife who had been there for that very, very short final hearing, one of four hearings in that trial, the emirates had insisted they believed he was involved in espionage. the

to recent make criticizes the u.a.e. for sentencing a british academic to life on spying charges and the world's biggest police force has a new president but he's election has been met by some criticism. and unfortunate accident. foreign minister is describing the premeditated killing of jamal khashoggi he gave a defiant interview to a u.s. based network once again back in the country's leadership and his embattled crown prince seen a u.s. politicians have called an investigation into mohammed bin summonsed role in jamal khashoggi is murder on tuesday donald trump in what's been called an outrageous statement refused to hold the saudi regime accountable citing security and economic interests he says the crown prince's role may never be fully known response has provoked strong responses from both sides of the i the senate foreign relations committee has asked for an inquiry that specifically looks into the crown prince's role in the matter turkey meanwhile says it may push for an international inquiry it's one minister sa

handed a life sentence by a court in the u.a.e. for spying says the british government has put its relationship with its allies ahead of his welfare the family of matthew hedges says there are contradictions between the official statement from the u.a.e. prosecutor general and what actually happened they also accuse the gulf state of presenting fabricated evidence britain's foreign secretary has warned of serious diplomatic consequences for the united arab emirates let's go live now to our correspondent paul brennan in london so the family is now really hitting back is that what exactly did they pinpoint as being the contradictions. well what's happened is that daniel to daniela who is the wife of matthew had just has landed back here in the u.k. this morning after attending that court hearing in the united arab emirates on weapons they had which matthew was sentenced to a life sentence allegedly for spying now she's landed back here in the u.k. done a radio interview which she's been very critical of the u.a.e. for the way that th

and the u.a.e. the foreign office here in london sticking very firmly it's believed that matthew had been the result of been arrested as the result of some kind of misunderstanding and the the wife of matthew had his being very forthright in her campaigning as well in recent weeks after a long period months of maintaining a kind of radio silence on suspects at the advice of the foreign office while they tried to for mass it channels before going public but so it's all it's all come in a real flurry of backwards and forwards diplomatic and ramping up the pressure to the point where with the national debt approaching on december second it was an opportune moment i think to draw a line under all of this as you say this case threatened relations between the u.k. any u.a.e. does this bring the matter to an end now is it all over. well he's not back yet so daniela to how they and her the wife of matthew had just in her statement said that it as far as she's concerned it were be over until he's back in her

ahead a presidential pardon for a british academic who had been sentenced to life in prison in the u.a.e. . and. tensions in the black sea after russia seizes three ukrainian ships me a crimea kiev calls it an act of aggression and chaos and arrests at the us mexico border as people try to force their way into the united states. right. now but. the. turkish police investigating the murder of jamal house in the saudi consulate in istanbul have begun searching a villa in yeah a town almost one hundred kilometers outside the city the journalist remains have not been located since he was killed almost two months ago let's go straight to mana dreidels outside the saudi consulate in istanbul where jamal khashoggi was killed what are you hearing about this search mohammed what are they looking for. yes for this since day one after the marriage the police have never stopped the search for the remains of. dunn on the today we understand that they have renewed interest in that villa but. outside this onboard actually about ninety kilometers from here on the sea of marmara they have indications tha

and we are incredibly disappointed that the u.a.e. should do this we see no foundation in the charges that have been laid against him we've raised the issue repeatedly i raised it last week with crown prince mohammed himself and yet despite that we have today's news there will be serious diplomatic consequences for a country that says that it is a friend and ally of the united kingdom but right now our thoughts with matthew and his family and we want to do everything we can to get him home as soon as possible arming go to paul brennan our correspondent in london and pull it sounds from what the wife is saying that there are real questions about due process having been gone through in the united arab emirates. yeah i mean this is got the makings of a really serious diplomatic crisis between the u.k. and the united arab emirates and let's just compare the two statements one from the u.a.e. attorney general from weapons day and a statement from the family and just picking out a couple of the inconsistency is first of all the u.a.e. said

and the u.a.e. we are hopeful that an amicable solution can be reached after that as the foreign secretary of the u.k. jeremy hunt came out in a short statement issued virus spokesperson actually saying we hope the u.a.e. now looks favorably on the family's request for clemency so a nudge in the right direction from the u.k.'s point of view and remember this december the second is the u.a.e. as national day and previous years they have released hundreds in fact last year was nearly fifteen hundred prisoners in advance of that national day they give them clemency they give them pardons so as the winds change in relation to the matthew hedges case it looks entirely possible that as national day approaches and the tone that we're getting from both the foreign office and the u.a.e. foreign ministry it could mean that matthew hedges is free within a matter of days not get final word to daniela to harden his matthew's wife who in a statement after the u.s. ambassador to spoken said the following we have a

do matthew is innocent the british government must take a stand now for matthew they say that the u.a.e. is an ally but the overwhelmingly arbitrary handling of math case indicates a scarily different reality matthew she said was shaking when he heard the verdict the u.a.e. authorities should feel ashamed for such an obvious injustice. it's only ten days since the british foreign secretary met the crown prince in abu dhabi and personally discussed matthew had his case it seems to have had no impact on the outcome in an indication of the level of concern here at the u.k. foreign office the foreign secretary jeremy hunt first issued a statement expressing his deep shock at the sentence issued on matthew hedges but he then followed it up with a post on social media which said the following matthew hedges news extremely worrying we have seen no evidence to back up the charges against him the f c o will do all we can to get him home and i will meet his wife daniella tomorrow thursday the u.a.e. claim to be a friend and ally of the u.k. so there will be serious diplomatic consequences and he

student he went to the u.a.e. to research the twenty eleven arab spring uprising i darby says it hopes to find a solution to the case and is denied all claims of unfair treatment but the case has prompted a wave of criticism with calls for a reevaluation of britain's relationship with her or a rich gulf ally when hedges was first incarcerated in abu dhabi the u.k. government was trying to link you trade deals with the u.a.e. with more his and to see a chocolate. accused 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 u.s. 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 ahead just wife says her repeated requests for help have falle

government his family has accused the u.a.e. of presenting fabricated evidence britain's foreign secretary has warned the tension will have serious diplomatic consequences for the gulf states let's go to paul brennan joining us from london and had his wife has been speaking out paul what did you have to say. yeah there's been a flurry of diplomatic tour and froze on thursday afternoon trying to head off what has the on the face of it could become a very serious international diplomatic crisis between the u.k. and the you remember matthew hedges sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in the u.a.e. on wednesday on spying charges his wife daniella to hide arrived back here in london earlier the swarming and gave a quite scathing radio interview scathing about the behavior of the lack of action as she saw it from the british foreign ministry she said that basically i was she was under the impression that the foreign ministry was putting very interests and the interests of the u.a.e. above a british citizens rights of freedom now

is national day celebrations his arrest while researching the u.a.e. security strategy threatened relations with britain in response to the letter from a family of mr hedges and of course doing clemency and in consideration of the historical relationship and close ties between the united arab emirates and they are that kingdom his highness has decided to include mr matthew wages among the seven hundred eighty five presidents released. britain's foreign secretary welcomed had just released but said his conviction shouldn't have happened in the first place. the truth is that we should never got to hear and we are deeply perplexed as to how it happened but we also want to recognize that the crown prince of united arab emirates crown prince mohammed bin and the foreign minister abdullah bin so you'd have been working very very hard to try and resolve the situation they do recognize the importance of the strategic relationship between the u.k. and the u.a.e. they have reflected on that importance in the decision that they have made today. has the latest fro

defense secretary james mattis says the saudi u.a.e. coalition has paused its offensive around her day they are the u.n. special envoy to yemen is expected to travel to the port city this week on wednesday martin griffiths met her feet rebel leaders in the capital sanaa. my mother though has more from neighboring djibouti. the residents of. go to quibble there's no meaningful cease fire to talk about they're still sport odd because she is between the parties with each side of a full fighting the fos short when they announced that they were going to stop. drone ballistic missile attacks against. the fighters want to go to a call that they feel that arrive to defend their positions with which they have been fortifying in the past days they've also been talking about. the other side cutting out. the defenses and positions in the different frontlines in the city the residents of the city say some fighting has been going on outskirts of the city jim de montes the u.s. defense secretary is saying that there's been a ceasefire announced by the

britain is warning of serious diplomatic consequences for its long standing ally the u.a.e. after an m.r.i. court sentenced a u.k. citizen to life in prison matthew had has been convicted of spying but he can now appeal all brennen reports thirty one year old matthew hedges was arrested at dubai airport at the end of a two week research trip as part of his ph d. on the country's security policies last month a court in abu dhabi granted him conditional bail raising hopes he might soon be cleared of all charges but the sentence of life imprisonment is a massive blow to those expectations this only think that you know it is a very dangerous place in the already known the u.a.e. is dangerous for journalists for for activists for any critics of any sort and so now we also know it is absolutely dangerous for academics want to conduct research in the country as well mathews wife daniella to heart as said in a statement i am in complete shock and i don't know what to do matthew is innocent the british government must take a stand now from matthew they say that the u.a.e. is an ally

government was trying to boost trade with the u.a.e. he. picks up the story. accused 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 u.s. 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 is a friend and ally of the united kingdom for months had just wife says her repeated requests for help have fallen on deaf ears at the foreign office they just disregarded my request they said that it wasn't part of three job the british prime minister says the u.k. is on top of things and doing everything it can we all reason it would be i'm wrong feel for it is of the highest level my model for the foreign secretary is seeking it cool with the foreign minister abdullah. during his visit to the u.a.e. on november the twelfth he raised the issue wit

the u.a.e. is attorney general put out a statement on weapons day saying that matthew had had all due process the family to contradict that and say look he had the first three meetings he didn't have a lawyer present and he was held in solitary confinement without any legal representation for five months and the number of appearances he had in total by my arithmetic was six before this this life sentence was handed down the base of the family are extremely unhappy with the process that has been going through that he was held without being told what the charges were against him and this kind of summary justice which has been handed down by the united arab emirates has also been condemned criticized by the foreign and commonwealth office here in london extremely unhappy at the way that the u.a.e. judicial system is has acted here and we just said jeremy hunt talking about the being deeply disappointed as well he might be given that he was in abu dabi having meetings with the scene yes salon's of t

research the u.a.e. insists that the questions he was asking certainly fall foul of the letter of the law in the united arab emirates and there are researches that i've spoken to today in the arab world who would like to see more clarity and a little bit more compromise if you like so that the research that has taken place academic research can go ahead in this very important part of the world thank you for that update paul brennan in london really here in the studio with us it's important to note that is not just one case here these obviously a very big one an important one but you've got more that's right kemal well human rights watch is in the u.a.e. to not stop the release of matthew hedges and the exec at the executive director kathryn said how about the other political prisoners such as human rights offend oddments or who is currently serving an unjust ten year sentence while mincer is a well known critic in the us government he was arrested in march last year after authorities accused him of using

defense secretary jim mad as saying the saudi u.a.e. equation sees its offensive meanwhile the un special envoy to yemen has met with the rebel leaders in the capital sanaa mon griffith is expected to shovel to her day delay to the port city is crucial for food and aid supplies. the wife of a british citizen handed a life sentence for spying by a court in the u.a.e. says the british government has put its relationship with it ahead of his welfare the family of matthew hedges says they are contradictions between the official statement from the u.a.e. prosecutor general and what actually happened they also accuse the gulf state of presenting fabricated evidence the european council president donald tusk says a future relationship deal with britain after breaks it has been agreed in principle british prime minister theresa may has been in brussels to finalize negotiations then he's expected to make a statement on breaks it to parliament in the coming hours hundreds of protesters have been fighting with police in venezuela's capital caracas

family while the u.a.e. says it wants to find an amicable solution with britain in the case of matthew hedges he's a british citizen who has been handed a life sentence by the u.a.e. for spying hedges as a wife is accusing britain of putting diplomatic relations ahead of his welfare his family says there are contradictions between the u.a.e. prosecutor general statement and what actually happens they also accuse the gulf state of presenting fabricated evidence britain's foreign secretary has warned of serious diplomatic consequences for the u.a.e. the news about matthew hedges is absolutely devastating and our thoughts are with matthew and his wife danielle and his family today. and we are incredibly disappointed that the usa should do this we see no foundation in the charges that have been laid against him we've raised the issue repeatedly i raised it last week with crown prince mohammed himself and yet despite that we have today's news there will be serious diplomatic consequences for a country that says t

do matthew is innocent the british government must take a stand now for matthew they say that the u.a.e. is an ally but the overwhelmingly arbitrary handling of math case indicates a scarily different reality matthew she said was shaking when he heard the verdict the u.a.e. authorities should feel ashamed for such an obvious injustice. it's only ten days since the british foreign secretary met the crown prince in abu dhabi and personally discussed matthew had his case it seems to have had no impact on the outcome in an indication of the level of concern here at the u.k. foreign office the foreign secretary jeremy hunt first issued a statement expressing his deep shock at the sentence issued on matthew hedges but he then followed it up with a post on social media which said the following matthew hedges news extremely worrying we have seen no evidence to back up the charges against him the f c o will do all we can to get him home and i will meet his wife daniella tomorrow thursday the u.a.e. claim to be a friend and ally of the u.k. so there will be serious diplomatic consequences and he

during his visit to the u.a.e. on november the twelfth he raised the issue with both the crown prince mohammed bin saeed and the foreign minister incidentally also in the emirates last week a u.k. trade minister with fifteen british companies promoting economic ties between the two countries u.a.e. is the fifth largest trading partner for the u.k. outside europe coming after us a japan china and hong kong and bilateral trade is now growing in double digits in october the u.a.e. ambassador to the u.k. said there is hope of bilateral trade reaching twenty five billion pounds by twenty twenty it is currently at over seventeen billion so could the price to. this long term cooperation and being worth more than ruffling feathers over the feet of once it is a problem for trees and government is that they're talking at the moment recently briggs's of taking back control reasserting so foreign to you and that puts them in a dilemma they don't want to be seen to be weak on an issue like this abroad but on the other hand they

the british foreign secretary has warned they'll be serious diplomatic consequences for the u.a.e. after that sentenced a british citizen to life in prison thirty one year old matthew hedges has been convicted of spying for the british government. well after a brutal two day sell off u.s. stocks rose on wednesday led by a rebound in internet and technology shares despite the ups and downs in the stock market consumer confidence and unemployment high and for donald trump any to stay that way if he wants to get reelected in two thousand and twenty alan fisher has got more from washington d.c. . it's been a volatile few weeks in america's stock markets dramatic losses partial recoveries millions wiped out of personal retirement funds but all this coming against the backdrop of good economic news consumer confidence of the united states is at its highest level in eighteen years that's good news too for the u.s. economy as retailers are about to start the busiest month of the year add to that unemployment is at its lowest level in almost thirty years corporate profits are up even wages

british academic in the u.a.e. has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of spying matthew hedges has been under detention for six months he was arrested at dubai airport after a two week research visit the british foreign minister jeremy hunt says had his sentencing will hurt the u.k.'s relationship with the u.a.e. let's go live now to our correspondent paul brennan who's in london so a very strong reaction coming collectively from the u.k. government. indeed the news of now here jesus' life imprisonment has come as a somewhat of a shock to be asked not least because the secretary of state jeremy hunt visited the united arab emirates just ten days ago and made representation at the highest level for the release of matthew hedges and yet just ten days after that visit we have this verdict in the courts there is a thirty day appeal period during which he can put together an appeal and launch one but at the moment there's no details as to exactly what form that appeal will take i don't forget a month

s relationship with the u.a.e. south sudan has some of africa's largest oil reserves but years of war have left it struggling to make any money from them and hopes to return to full production though and as courting investors to help morgan reports from the oil fields in rowing back up and running oil is flowing again in these facilities in south sudan every barrel produced is vital to africa's youngest nation all provide nearly all of its g.d.p. but the main operating company says not a wells are working in the south of where the field here has the capacity to produce forty five thousand barrels per day and it's only producing twenty thousand and the station wasn't working for five years so some wells have issues such as i would tricity and their production here is a tough capacity on production halted four years ago when rebels attacked the facility south sudan has the third largest oil reserves in sub-saharan africa but the word which started in twenty thirty two years after south sudan split from sudan with sev

and a fire in the u.a.e. i would be thinking that the u.k. isn't as powerful as it once was but so is that when you think it is the u.a.e. sending a message in a way rebalancing the power between them i think that is certainly a message that the u.a.e. feels confident that they can assert themselves without fearing replications from the u.k. and also from america too because donald trump is certainly reset international norms on this front and people in the gulf probably feel freer to literally i mean just a statement that he issued on tuesday about the case effectively saying that it's going to be fine with saudi because you know that the trade relations and the financial aspect is more important do you think that that changes the balance in countries like the u.a.e. as well right across the middle east you think that that message is part of what happened to matthew had just absolutely i think that the world is so different now from barack obama to donald trump and in the u.a.e. and saudi arabia these countries certainly feel freer and more

statement just a couple of minutes and as you say he started off by defending the integrity of the u.a.e. judiciary and saying that matthew had his trial was not just a five minute hearing as has been reported in some quarters but there was a whole month of three senior judges examining the evidence and finding in the bus of those words that there was compelling evidence to support the case but that said he then went on to say that the family has applied for clemency and that under u.a.e. law a defendant can both appeal or apply for clemency the family has applied for clemency and the government he said is studying that request now that tallies very neatly with words that were coming out during the course of thursday where the u.a.e. foreign office foreign ministry in abu dhabi was saying that they hoped an amicable solution could be found to this diplomatic crisis and the british foreign secretary jeremy hunt who followed up a meeting that he had yesterday with matthew had his wife danielle to hard where he said that the he saw matthew what hedges wife i believe and trust that the u.a.e

the u.a.e. ambassador who's come out and first of all defended the integrity of the united arab emirates judicial system saying that that he had just was not convicted after some five minutes summary justice trial the three senior judges examined his case over the period of a month and found that the evidence against him was in the in the ambassador's words anyway compelling that said he said that on the u.a.e. law there was the possibility of a defendant to appeal against the sentence or be apply for clemency and it's he made it clear that the family of matthew hedges has now made that application and the government of the u.a.e. is looking at that location for clemency he didn't say which way it would go and this follows a whole flurry of diplomatic activity from the british side daniella to hard who was there when matthew hedges was sentenced to life imprisonment on weapons they met with the british foreign secretary jeremy hunt here in london on thursday came out with a far more formal reass

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is national day celebrations his arrest while researching the u.a.e. security strategy threatened relations with britain albright and the latest from london. this outcome has all the hallmarks of a hard negotiated diplomatic compromise over this the news of matthew hedges pardon came in an early morning news conference in the u.a.e. and during that news conference some clips were played the journalists attending were not allowed to record those clips so they're not available to be played out again but in those couple of very short clips the official giving the news conference said that they showed that matthew hedges had admitted to being an m a six operative now had to say there was no context to those clips they were very very short clips on top so there is dispute over whether or not matthew edges did actually properly confess to being my six but the that the clips allow the u.a.e. to stick to the line that as far as they're concerned he was a spy and nevertheless through the clemency of the u.a.e. ruler he is going to be pardoned as part of the dec