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World Service,22 Jun 2017,49 mins

Saudi Arabia's King Ousts Nephew for Son

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In a big shake-up in Saudi Arabia, King Salman has made his son, Mohammed bin Salman first in line to the throne. There have been concerns that a volatile oil price has put the Kingdom in the biggest crisis of its history. We ask Andrew Bowen, a scholar and specialist on the Middle East at the American Enterprise Institute, if Mohammed bin Salman is the man to solve its problems. James Fletcher reports from New York on the people who are jailed without being convicted for a crime, because they can't afford to pay bail. As The International Confederation of Midwives meets in Toronto, Canada, we hear from one midwifery's most prominent advocates. Toyin Ojora-Saraki, founder of the WellBeing Foundation Africa, makes the case for more spending on midwifery training and provisions. For the duration of the programme, Roger Hearing is joined by Peter Morici, economist at the University of Maryland in Washington and in Singapore, Rachel Lau, founder of Malaysian private investment firm, RHL Ventures. (Picture: Mohammed bin Salman. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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