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    Saudi king upends royal succession, names son as first heir

    Yahoo News Video•June 21, 2017

    Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Wednesday appointed his 31-year-old son Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince, placing him first-in-line to the throne and removing the country's counterterrorism czar and a figure well-known to Washington from the line of succession.