this is bbc news. the headlines. tributes are paid to the tv chat show legend sir michael parkinson who has died aged 88. saudi arabia s crown prince mohammed bin salman is invited to the uk but there s sharp criticism of the plan over the gulf leader s human rights record. a new conservation plan is launched in england s lake district to protect the population of water voles. time for a look at the business news now. thank you very much. amercian shoppers are buying a lot
let s go back to some breaking news. saudi arabia s crown prince, mohammed bin salman, has been invited to visit the uk in the autumn. the visit is likely to prompt sharp criticism over the gulf leader s human rights record. 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. 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.
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this is bbc news. the headlines. tributes are paid to the tv chat show legend sir michael parkinson who has died aged 88. saudi arabia s crown prince mohammed bin salman is invited to the uk but there s sharp criticism of the plan over the gulf leader s human rights record. a new conservation plan is launched in england s lake district to protect the population of water voles. time for a look at the business news now. thank you very much. amercian shoppers are buying a lot
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