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Weeks before the US President's visit to Saudi Arabia, the State Department excludes the families of US detainees in Saudi Arabia from a call with Blinken.

Werent in the 1990s in quite the way that im describing. look, my own view is that we are in a very sorry place if ourforeign policy is purely transactional. if our prime minister is rushing to saudi arabia the day after they have executed 81 people... it is tricky, though, you tweeted a couple of years you tweeted a couple of years ago before you became shadow foreign secretary, "it is time for the international community to wake "up and defend the liberal and social values we have "fought so h...

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If our prime minister is rushing to saudi arabia the day after they have executed 81 people... it is tricky, though, you tweeted a couple of years ago before you became shadow foreign secretary, it is time for the international community to wake up and defend the liberal and social values we have fought so hard for. mbs, the crown prince, should be under investigation. but you might have to deal with him. look, i dont say it is not complex, but i do say reducing uk foreign policy to transactiona...

>> people would have a sense of belonging to the state because they are saudis, not because they are wahhabis or because they have a particular way of understanding islam. >> before mbs, saudi foreign policy had been quiet, even docile. the crown prince put it in overdrive, directed against an arch enemy, iran. >> you called the ayatollah khomenei the new hitler of the northeast. middle east. >> translator: absolutely. >> mbs launched proxy battles against his shiite. the conflict spiraled into ...

But five years ago, king salman shook up this established ritual. after an interim choice, he installed as crown prince his then 31-year-old son. >> saudi arabia has a new heir to the throne. >> a royal shakeup in the house of saud. >> mohammad bin salman, mbs, was an obscure young royal known to almost no one outside saudi arabia. now he is poised to succeed his ailing father and rule the kingdom for half a century if his health and the monarchy hold out. >> this is somebody with a great deal o...

To diversify their economy. one of the natural ones, of course, is tourism. >> just endless potential. >> the plans crown jewel is a $500 billion entertainment city in the desert, neom. it all seemed to be moving forward -- but then came the murder of jamal khashoggi. mbs lost some of his key foreign investors. >> richard branson said he would freeze ties with the saudi kingdom -- >> now, a few years later, the majority of foreign businesses seem to have moved on. theyre running to saudi arabia ...

>> u.s. presidents have to varying degrees been willing to pander to saudi arabia. >> to the arms of an old friend, the kingdom of saudi arabia. >> the pariah that they are. >> we must act and we will act. >> the president who vowed to be different. >> president biden is about to kiss the ring of mbs. >> remarkable reversal. >> its going to be awkward. >> is now just another patron of a prince. >> the crown prince is a wrecking ball. >> a dictator renowned for a very brutal end. >> his body was ...

Corners of glittering cities. american pop stars perform to sold-out crowds. some of the worlds best golfers are leaving the pga to join the saudi tour. all of this even as the world cannot forget the gruesome murder of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi. the 2018 killing was ordered, says the cia, by the crown prince of saudi arabia himself, mohammed bil salman. mbs has also sparked a saudi renaissance. an economic boom. hes taken on extremists, has given rights to women. joe biden on...

Replacing princes with people loyal to him and amassing power personally. weve talked about his dramatic social reforms. >> a royal decree has been issued giving women the right to drive. >> and weve talked about his harsh treatment of some of those who advocated for those reforms. >> rights groups say women activists have been subjected to torture and assault in saudi jails. >> but even as saudi human rights abuses continue, mbs is making vital changes to a once backward kingdom. >> if mohammad...