Three senior members of the Royal Family in Saudi Arabia arrested

Three senior members of the Royal Family in Saudi Arabia, one of whom is Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of King Salman - have been arrested. No reason has been given. Reports in the US media have linked the arrests to the Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler.

Also in the programme: governments apply different measures to try to stop the coronavirus and a leading geneticist aims to debunk bigoted views about race based on science.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Chitra Nagarajan, a writer and human rights activist specialising in Nigeria and Robbie Barnett, specialist on Tibet and nationalities in China.

(Photo: Saudi Arabia"s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Japan. Credit: Reuters.)