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03/11/2019 GMT

Saudi's Aramco gets green light for share offering

BBC World Service - Weekend, Saudi's Aramco gets green light for share offering

Saudi prince gives the go-ahead for initial share offering; Hong Kong protests continue

The Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has given the go-ahead for the initial share offering of the state oil company Aramco, set to be one of the biggest flotations in history.

Also in the programme:  The latest from Hong Kong where street protests show no signs of abating.

And the work of the Serbian Marina Abramovic who calls herself “the grandmother of performance art”.  Belgrade's Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting a massive, career-spanning retrospective, and our correspondent has been along to see it.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Nervana Mahmoud, medical doctor and commentator on Middle Eastern issues; and Daniel Glaser, neuroscientist and writer.

(Image: Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield. Credit: Reuters)

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