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now on bbc news... nick robinson in conversation with people who influence our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. hello and welcome to political thinking. how do we live with a resurgent russia? do we need to confront or cooperate with china? can the uk repair its relations with the eu post—brexit? foreign policy matters again. my guest on political thinking this week hopes to be our next foreign secretary, the first labour foreign secretary for many, many years. its a ...

case, dr. caitlin bernard, the indianapolis-based physician who took care of the young girl, shes been the target of threats and smears including from indianas republican attorney general, who said hell be investigating her. none of this is new to dr. bernard, or to many other abortion providers. theyve been the targets of threats for years, back in 2020, doctor bernard stopped offering her services to a clinic after the fbi alerted her employers that a kidnapping threat had been made ...

generals office. also, the source says, the ig told the committee that the secret service has not been fully cooperative with his probe. it left the impression that they had been foot dragging. the inspector general, according to the source, said his office is not getting full access to personnel and other records. now, the source also said the ig told the committee he brought the issue more than once to the secretary of homeland security whom, he said, told him to continue to try to g...

>> a president who vowed to be different. >> president biden is about to kiss the ring. >> remarkable. >> its going to be awkward. >> is now just another patron of a prince. paying a visit to a country he once called a -- a dictator renown for a very brutal act. >> brought a bone saw into the -- >> chopped up into small pieces. >> why would you bring a bone saw to an interrogation. >> who was at the same time a reformer. >> this man is extremely popular. >> revolution nicing his nation...

on the work of the inspector generals office. also, the source says, the ig told the committee that the secret service had not been fully cooperative with his probe. the source said the inspector generals description left the impression that the secret service had been, quote, foot dragging. the inspector general told the committee, according to the source, that his office is not getting full access to personnel records. the source also said the ig told the committee he brought the iss...

well, its 10:00 a.m. here in jeddah, and u.s. president joe biden will soon begin the second and final day of what is his controversial trip to saudi arabia. on friday the two nations entered into a number of far-reaching agreements on a wide range of issues including on energy and on food security. but its the image of the president fist-bumping saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, or mbs as hes known, that has been grabbing the attention. the saudi government also released this vi...

the president has been meeting this morning with key allies in the east, including the president of egypt and the prime minister of iraq before posing for the traditional family photo at the summit in jeddah. >> one of the most controversial meetings was president bidens sit-down with saudis crown prince, mohammad bin salman. our colleague wolf blitzer is traveling with the president and joins us from saudi arabia. wolf, members of the biden administration have been stressing that thes...

good morning and welcome to your "new day." im kristin fisher. >> good morning, kristen. im boris sanchez. why one committee says their explanation doesnt make any sense. >> president biden is meeting with key leaders in saudi arabia saudi arabia. what hes hoping to achieve. and then the criticism over the meeting with the crown prince yesterday. truckers are struggling with diesel prices. their concerns as costs continue to climb, coming up. this may be my favorite of the day. t...

>> the united states is not going anywhere. its come mmitted to that regio >> the president spoke in the plus three summit, saudi arabia, kuwait,egypt, i iraq, jordan, the plus three there. >> near the top of the agenda for biden, the issue of energy production, also security in the region, the war in yemen countering iran and overall of this, also the murder of a washington post journalist. >> reporter: jamal khashoggi clearly very much high on the agenda for the president of the unit...

as mbs sparking intense criticism due to the conclusion that bin salman personally ordered the 2018 murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. biden said he confronted the ruler about the killing and the crown prince denied any personal responsibility. the president told he sold bin salman, he, quote, thought he was involved. phil mattingly joins us live now from saudi arabia. president biden facing backlash from jamal khashoggis fiancee and some democrats over his face-to-face with mbs. wh...