Saudi crown prince meets with Trump at White House
The World
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4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman met with US President Donald Trump today, visiting the White House for the first time in seven years. Also, Peru tries to reduce the toxic use of mercury in small-scale gold mining. And, a research project in the UK hopes to fast track the hunt for new antibiotics by using artificial intelligence. Plus, could cross country runners, who don’t race on snow or ice, compete in the Winter Olympics?
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| 0:10.0 | When we think about antibiotic resistance, we're not just talking about an inability to treat |
| 0:15.0 | something like strep throat or a skin infection. We're talking about something that underpins |
| 0:20.0 | pretty much every major medical |
| 0:21.7 | advance of the last century. |
| 0:23.3 | I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 0:24.8 | And I'm Marco Wurman today, why researchers are using AI to find new antibiotics. |
| 0:30.2 | Also, the Saudi Crown Prince used to be persona non-grata in the U.S. That has changed. |
| 0:35.1 | You have a leader who is very keen on his development agenda for his country and business needs peace. |
| 0:41.8 | Plus, Indonesia's new capital will have a palace overlooking the city. |
| 0:46.1 | For three years, only VIPs have gotten in, but our reporter just got a tour. |
| 0:51.7 | Okay, we can go. |
| 0:53.3 | That story in the headlines, today on the world. |
| 0:58.7 | This is the world. |
| 1:00.0 | I'm Marco Werman. |
| 1:01.0 | And I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 1:02.2 | Thank you for being here. |
| 1:03.8 | The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is in Washington today, where he met with President |
| 1:08.3 | Trump. |
| 1:08.8 | It is the first time Mohammed bin Salman has been to the White |
| 1:12.5 | House in seven years. Things happened, but he knew nothing about it, and we can leave it at that. |
| 1:18.8 | Trump there defending his guest today when a reporter asked about a moment that tests of the |
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