British Academic Jailed For Life On UAE Spy Charge

A British PhD student has been sentenced to life in prison in the United Arab Emirates for spying. Matthew Hedges has said he is innocent and that he had been researching the country's security strategy. We hear from a former advisor to the crown prince of Abu Dhabi and from a member of the UK government. Also on the programme: the Saudi foreign minister has put up a robust defence of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against allegations he was behind the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi; and the naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough on a new way of representing environmental concerns at the United Nations.

(Picture Matthew Hedges and his wife Daniela Tejada. Credit: Daniela Tejada/PA Wire)