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Obama points to how Saudis must change

23/04/2016 GMT

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Saudi Arabia is rapidly becoming less popular in the US. Less important too?

President Obama visited Saudi Arabia at a time when its reputation has rarely been lower.  The Saudis have their gripes with the US too. And with oil prices at rock-bottom - is Saudi Arabia still crucial? Also in this programme/podcast: Indonesia confronts its grisly past - 50 years on; dementia figures suggest some unexpected hope; and Pope Francis shows the way for Europe by taking refugees into the Vatican.  Will Europeans follow his example?
Photo: President Obama and King Salman in Saudi Arabia
Credit: Reuters

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