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In his annual address to the Shoura Council on Wednesday, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman delivered a speech that was both a strategic compass and a declaration of intent. It was a moment of clarity and reassurance in a region often clouded by uncertainty.

As Saudis mourn the tragic loss of 20-year-old Mohammed Yousef Al-Qasim, a language student stabbed to death in Cambridge on the night of Aug. 1, the UK must confront a sobering reality: Its global image is bleeding alongside its streets.

Israel’s blocking of an Arab delegation, preventing it from entering the West Bank at the weekend, is yet another reminder of the ugly, immoral nature of its ongoing occupation of Palestinian lands.