Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.

The lesson for the region is that the Europeans and Americans can make a lot of noise about

human rights but end of the day they need oil they need the money and they need

stability. The shifting sands in Saudi Arabia and beyond I ask former US State Department official

Valinasa about the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin seeking a reset there

and embarking on a crucial trip to China.

Then, I spent decades trying to nurture all the other areas of my life

that did not, could not be reduced to just beauty.

Dub the most photographed woman in the world, but at what cost,

actress and former child model Brooke Shields tells me how she defended her own self-worth.

Also ahead.

Sometimes I want to give up because I'm tired of fighting with everything.

But now Olympic is the big light in my life.

We dare to dream a new film follows refugee olympians

on their journey from war zones to the pinnacle of world sports.

Harry Srenovasen speaks to director and Oscar-nominated Syrian filmmaker

Wyad Al-Kati, and Joe Jibia, the AirB&B co-founder who helped her produce it. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Montpur in London. Now is the

time for intense diplomacy. That's what the White House says as US Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin prepares to travel

to Beijing this weekend hoping to thaw their very chilly standoff.

It follows his other diplomatic trip last week to the Middle East where reality is beginning to bite

That region sees the United States pulling back from its historical security role shifting its strategic gaze to China and so that's making room

for other players like Saudi Arabia from signing global soccer stars to

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