kid on christmas morning. it s all come at the same kid on christmas morning. it s all come at the same time. - kid on christmas morning. it s all come at the same time. critics i kid on christmas morning. it s all. come at the same time. critics say this is another example of saudi arabia using sports to try to deflect the scrutiny of its record on human rights. as gas prices continue to soar, warnings of a double whammy for consumers rising energy bills and higher prices in the shops. the nhs in england and wales is to fund the first ever study of patients living with secondary breast cancer. and passing the baton at the eric weems relay starts its journey ahead of next year as commonwealth games in birmingham. good evening. welcome to bbc news. the uk government has slashed the number of countries on excluded 19 tribal red list. the list will be cut from 5a countries to adjust the setting. it means people arriving in the uk from almost all destinations will no longer hav
Government. isn t that ust relinquishing i government. isn t that ust relinquishing with i government. isn t that ust relinquishing with bash h relinquishing with bash responsibility and looking in the other direction? i responsibility and looking in the other direction? other direction? i don t think it is. we other direction? i don t think it is- we had other direction? i don t think it is- we had a other direction? i don t think it is. we had ajob other direction? i don t think it is. we had a job to other direction? i don t think it is. we had a job to do - other direction? i don t think it is. we had a job to do in - other direction? i don t think it is. we had a job to do in terms other direction? i don t think it i is. we had a job to do in terms of our role and in terms of using our influence. it is there to educate and to work with the club going forward on this. but fundamentally, football supporters are not the people that this argument should be targeted at. it
At the helm it may prove even more controversial than the man they bought it from. greg is chair of the newcastle support is and thank you forjoining us. are you concerned about the new owners? i forjoining us. are you concerned about the new owners? forjoining us. are you concerned about the new owners? i think i - our suaporters about the new owners? i think i - our supporters are about the new owners? i think i - our supporters are overjoyed - about the new owners? i think i - our supporters are overjoyed this| our supporters are overjoyed this evening that mike ashley left our football club and that can be seen by the scenes outside the stadium right now where there are thousands of newcastle finds there but i am not going to come on here and effectively defend the human rights record of saudi arabia but what i will say is that football fans do not have a say or who buys their football club, premier league clubs are bought and sold by billionaires and sovereign states with no
Special place and it s been a long tough road and it s definitely some really exciting times for the fans. look forward to. but critics say this is another example of saudi arabia using sports to deflect the scrutiny of its poor human rights record. especially given the alleged involvement of the crown prince in the murder of visiting journalist jamaal to in 2018 which he denies. is there is a tense by saudi authorities to clean up their international human rights record by this route of the football club. saudi ownership has always been much more about image management by the crown prince and his government than it ever was about football. i m aware it is a lot of concern and lobby but at the end of the day we ve got to trust football to look after itself and do its job which does include a plan, proper test. championship contenders in the 90s, newcastle united fans have yearned for a return to the glory days for years. the concern is that those now