Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. President biden has reportedly paused arms sales to saudi arabia as his administration reviews relations with his long time strategic ally. Not long ago, candidate biden described the kingdom as a pariah, but is there any prospect of external or internal pressure challenging the authority of saudi arabias De Facto Leader, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman . Well, my guest is exiled saudi opposition activist, madawi al rasheed. What next 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, its a familiar image and a familiar trick. Saudi arabia ha
in america. his promise to create a national health system helped him come close to winning the democratic nomination for president in 2016. so his decision to investigate the working conditions at one of america s biggest employers sure to capture headlines and set up a robust argument about worker protections. now, for its part, amazon has been criticised for the conditions its warehouse workers face in facilities all over the world. it is already being examined for its safety record by multiple us government agencies. amazon is also notorious for resisting all efforts to unionise its workforce. now, in response to mr sanders s letter, amazon strongly disagrees. it says it has been able to reduce injuries across the us operation and has invested more than $1 billion into safety initiatives over the last four years. meanwhile, indian prime minister narendra modi has arrived in the united states for a state visit. he had earlier chatted with tesla s boss elon musk in new york
investigative reporter. she is live down at dow the southern border with title . forty two , now about to expire . the rush across this borderrh will be unlike anything we have ever seen, which, by the way, is a lot to say after the last two and a half years of joe biden open borders, senator ted cruz and former vice president mike pence will ber te on the show tonight. now, we do begin with major news from capitol hill housean oversight committee chairman james comey. he ll joind in a minute. hill, just detailed a series of explosive allegations against the biden family syndicate, including new details involving, yeah, joey,en the big guy himself. now, comber will be here for an interview in just about a moment, but here s what wed wt are learning from his ongoing investigation. now, this is thelearn from begig of this investigation. this is an interim reporg oft ft based on financial documents reviewed by his committee.basedn reviewed by his committee.basedn the biden f
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