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One killed, several hurt in Saudi mosque blast

A report by the worldwide Monetary Fund previous year estimated that Saudi Arabia spends about 10% of GDP - roughly $60 billion - subsidizing gasoline, diesel, electricity and natural gas.

"It should be worrying to all those who do not want to see potentially serious repercussions that could damage the mutually beneficial strategic partnership that our countries have so long enjoyed", he wrote.

The ambassador was particularly critical of opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, who he said had breached the "mutual respect" between the two countries.

Saudi Arabia is looking at raising domestic energy prices, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said on Tuesday, confirming that the kingdom could cut a lavish system of subsidies blamed for waste and surging fuel consumption.

Saudi Arabia also bypassed Russian Federation this year to take over the world's third spot in military spending with a defence budget of $80.8 billion. Nimr had "supporters in the Shia areas of the Islamic world", he said, adding that he hoped King Salman would halt the execution of the cleric as well as six other Shiites who were also sentenced to death.

Sources close to the family now believe that Mohammad al-Nimr was arrested to silence his son's campaign and prevent other under-age prisoners of conscience to come forward in their calls for justice: Abdullah Hasan al-Zaher and Dawood Hussein al-Marhoon.

There has been growing concern in Britain over several Saudi human rights cases in the last few months.

Saudi oil helps us all to wander around our heated homes in cotton T-shirts in February and to leave the lights on in skyscrapers (and homes) at night. Information from Saudi intelligence in 2010 resulted in a major counter-terrorism success by scuttling an al-Qaeda attempt to blow up a cargo airliner over Britain.

The Saudi Arabian ambassador to the UK was yesterday accused by human rights activists of writing a "disingenuous, evasive and intimidatory" article that appeared to hint at a withdrawal of economic and security co-operation unless Britain treated the kingdom "with respect".

BP PLC, which reported quarterly profits yesterday of $46 million, less than half of its profit from the same period past year, said its planning through 2017 is based on prices of $60 per barrel.

By finally responding so publicly, Saudi Arabia clearly wants this relationship to continue.

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