22 Nov 2025

Latest from the Middle East

From Saturday Morning, 7:25 am on 22 November 2025

This week the United Nations Security Council voted to adopt a plan by US President Donald Trump that includes an international stabilization force for Gaza.

But the rubber stamp came as Israel launched a strike on Gaza, killing 25 people.

And while that was unfolding President Trump rolled out the red carpet for the Saudi Crown Prince.

BBC's Middle East Correspondent Sebastian Usher joins Guyon live from London.

Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman and member of the Saudi Arabia reacts as US President Donald Trump speaks during the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on November 19, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman listens to US President Donald Trump's speech at the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, DC. Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP