歡迎收聽格林威治時間10月18日13點鐘的最新全球資訊。我是奧利弗·康韋，我將為您播報BBC世界新聞的最新頭條。
準備好收聽今天的全球資訊了！沙烏地阿拉伯拒絕成為聯合國安全理事會的一員。我們會好奇這是為什麼。一位著名的巴基斯坦人權主義者將告訴我們其國家的司法系統，以及他作為一名關押在南非的囚犯是如何被前南非總統納爾遜·曼德拉打動並開始改變自己的人生。
“他告訴我：‘你必須回去接受教育，並且幫助其他人。’於是，上帝保佑，我出獄後一直謹記他的話生活著。”
在今天的新聞中我們還看到了被稱為世界第一的仿生人，並且問了他是否希望科學家們創造女性仿生人。
“我希望如此。有一名伴侶的話那真是太棒了。但不幸的是，我缺少了一些很重要的東西，”看來我們需要數學模型的説明來瞭解未來的世界了。
“他們預示著我們實際應該做什麼，為了創造更美好未來我們應該做的重要的事情。”
但是，就在沙烏地阿拉伯獲得安理會非常任理事國席位的一天后，沙特政府宣佈將放棄這一席位。
沙特責備安理會對待和平問題上的雙重標準使其政策難以落實。沙特政府表示政府將進行改革，但沒有透露更多的資訊。沙特早前對一次針對敘利亞反政府武裝打擊總統阿薩德的國際行動發出警告。喬納森·馬庫斯是一名外交新聞記者。我對他進行了採訪。
“這很奇怪，從表面上看，沙烏地阿拉伯對其行為的解釋是他們指責聯合國的雙重標準使得世界衝突與戰爭難以得到解決。這無疑是影射敘利亞問題，沙特政府堅定地支持敘利亞反政府武裝。我想沙特和其他安理會成員國家一樣對俄羅斯和西方國家的分歧沒有達成任何外交進展感到失望。但某正程度上說，人們對沙特放棄成為安理會一員並放棄在安理會內部發表看法和觀點還是感到很好奇。”
Welcome to the latest global news recorded at 13 hours GMT on Friday, the 18th of October. I am Oliver Conway with a selection of highlights from across BBC World Service News today.
Coming up. Saudi Arabia has refused to take up his seat on the UN Security Council. We will look at the reasons why. A celebrated Pakistani human rights activist tells us about her country's legal system and how an imprisoned gangster in South Africa was persuaded by Nelson Mandela to turn his life around.
“He said to me: ‘You have to go back and educate yourself and help the people.' And I came out and through the grace of God I am living the words that he told me.”
Also in our podcasts we meet the robot who is described as the world's first bionic man and ask him whether he expects there will be a bionic woman as well,
“I hope so. A companion would be great. But unfortunately I am missing a few important parts”, and how mathematical modals can help us understand the future of our world.
“They can suggest where we should actually intervene, what the critical thing that we should be doing right in order to create a better future for us.”
But first, a day after Saudi Arabia secure for the first time on normal permanent seat on the UN Security Council, the Saudi government has announced it will not take it up.
Its blame what it called double standards at the Security Council which it claims made it difficult to work towards peace. The Saudi government said it wanted reforms but gave no details. The country is previously raised alarm at what it sees as an international failure to act on Syria where it backs the rebels fighting President Assad. Jonathan Markus is our diplomatic correspondent. I ask him to explain what's going on.
“Well it's very strange on the face of things Saudi Arabia is explaining its behavior by saying that they are criticizing the double standards that they say have made it hard for the world body — the UN Security Council to end conflicts and wars. Now clearly I am sure that is the reference to the Syrian crisis where clearly Saudis back the rebels very strongly. They are as frustrated I suppose as many countries are at the UN Security Council because of the divisions between Russia and the Western has not been able to make any diplomatic progress. But it's a kind of curious in a sense that they want to give up the possibility of having a seat rather than perhaps, you know, sitting inside the body and making their concerns known there.”
