fire a missile into saudi arabia's capital riyadh it says it was intercepted. at a shakeup in the house of sand the princes detained on ministers dismissed. also lebanon's prime minister quit citing a rainy the influence in his country that hariri makes a surprise announcement from saudi arabia. also first stop tokyo the u.s. president donald trump begins his twelve day tour of asia with north korea at the top of the agenda. good to have you with us on the news hour a day of three major stories within the kingdom of saudi arabia so we begin with the arab kingdom saying it was taken down a long range ballistic missile fired from yemen over its capital riyadh the rebels say that they had fired the missile across the border the saudi rivals and vowed to keep up the attacks while the saudi led coalition airstrikes continued in yemen marianna homes as well. it's not the first time who the rebels have fired long range missiles across the border at saudi arabia but this missile appears to have travelled the furthest hundreds of kilometers deep into saudi heartland and

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are warning riyadh not to use the country as an arena for proxy conflicts. kuwaiti citizens heading out of lebanon their government is one of several gulf states that has ordered its people to leave the country this comes amid sharpening tensions in the region lebanon is being drawn deeper into a power struggle between arch rivals saudi arabia and iran. lebanese prime minister saad hariri is inside the arabia since he was designed last weekend ickes asians have been flying that the kingdom is holding him hostage. iran backed militant group hezbollah says that amounts to a declaration of war the group is accusing saudi arabia of using lebanon as a proxy in its conflict with rival iran. that you are if your problem is with iran why you are attacking lebanon just to preview have influence we admit that you have influence but if you think that you can defeat the lebanese resistance or its political parties who refuse to comply with you you're mistaken. lebanon's president met with the saudi envoy on friday local media reportage that the president demanded harry

the who the rebels in yemen who saudi arabia has been bombing for many years fire a rocket riyadh that the saudis could only describe as a rainy an aggression. iran's role and its direct command of its hooty proxy in this matter constitutes a clear act of aggression the coalition's command considers this a blatant active military aggression by the iranian regime and could rise to be considered as an act of war against the kingdom of saudi arabia the saudis also ready to throw that allies under the bus to create an excuse to denigrate iran. q the lebanese prime minister holding a successful meeting with the iranians and then going to saudi arabia and out of the blue without warning declaring his resignation while launching into a tirade about evil reigning in influence plunging the region into chaos and destruction. were never iran is present to plant discord and destruction of. interference in our countries in lebanon syria. yemen well i would like to say which iran and its followers that they will be losers in the. wake of the image in the past and they have time from the region becau

the huth the rebels in yemen who saudi arabia has been bombing for many years fire a rocket riyadh that the saudis could only describe as a rainy an aggression the saudis also ready to throw their allies under the bus to create an excuse to denigrate iran. q the lebanese prime minister holding a successful meeting with the iranians and then going to saudi arabia and out of the blue without warning declaring his resignation lou entering into a tirade about evil raney an influence plunging the region into chaos and destruction. were overrun his presence it will discordant destruction and interference in our countries in lebanon syria. yemen what i would like to say would be iran and its followers that they would be losers in there. you lose a poor and gain an opening then there's the blockade of cata. a trade embargo seva ties ultimatums and warnings punishment some say for cata daring to deal with the rain ians and then there's syria the saudi sponsored rebellion is dying the hardest allies losing an aside is winning and while syria may have unexpectedly checkmated riyadh here the saudis

the president believed he was being held under house arrest against his will him and his family in riyadh in fact many in lebanon believed he was forced to resign and his resignation speech was written by the saudi arabian authorities so french the french weighed in now we see how the the and his wife in paris but they did leave their two kids behind they do attend school in riyadh that was the official statement the reason given by the how did the camp but it will not put the speculation about his freedom to rest in lebanon he will be greeted by the french president mccraw who saying that we will receive him as the prime minister of lebanon micron mentioning of course that we know that his resignation has not been accepted by his country and this is why he will be received as a prime minister so it's not clear how micron can try to solve this political crisis but like you mentioned how d.d. confirming for the first time he will be coming to beirut he will be attending independence day celebrations on wednesday but the biggest question is in what capacity is he really going to resign or h

says riyadh did not tell it the arrests were coming it also says no one expected lebanese prime minister saad how to evade to resign on the same day there's speculation the saudis pressured to quit in order to send a message to the group hezbollah and to its supporter iran riyadh's regional rival the united states strongly supports the legitimate institutions in the lebanese state we expect all members of the international community to respectfully those institutions in the sovereignty and the political and independence of lebanon we do regard as as you all know has fallen to be a terrorist nation the arrests and the political changes in lebanon calm as been solid increases his role in the government he backs the saudi led war against the who these in yemen and the ongoing blockade against got done some wonder whether all this could ruin the crown prince's plans to diversify the oil based economy they also wonder if the trumpet ministration which like saudi arabia doesn't like iran might be too supportive of bin solids actions by was advising the president i would say maybe this is the t

mediately after the resignation of the saudi foreign lebanese prime minister he made his announcement from riyadh. and prosecutors revealed the true extent of a u.s. navy scandal with hundreds of officers and admirals accused of trading military secrets for sex learning and alcohol being charged though not with espionage but with corruption. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international broadcasting to you live from the russian capital with me thank you aaron good to have you with us now the u.s. is trying to slow divisions in russia ahead of marches presidential election now that's according to latimer parroted he added it comes as retaliation for moscow's alleged hacking and right now it's sport in the crosshairs but for them. there are serious concerns that in response to a perceived meddling in the u.s. election they want to cause problems during the presidential election in russia through the liberal games that you to be held in february when these the presidential election in march your concerns that someone wants to so discontent among sports fans and the athletes that. governmen

yes we know that the french president made an unscheduled visit to riyadh to hold talks with the saudi king we also know that lebanon asked france for assistance to find out about the wellbeing and the whereabouts of the prime minister saad and according to the french foreign minister in his words as far as we know how did he is not under house arrest and that there are no constraints on his movements we still do not know for sure whether or not the foreign minister or the french president met a saddle so yes maybe encouraging words but in lebanon and the feeling is that something is wrong sources close to the president believe to say told us that the president believes he is under house arrest his own political party is demanding that how do the immediately returns home they stopped short of saying that how did he is being held against his will but they are suggesting and implying that so the feeling in lebanon is that something is wrong that the president is going to be holding talks with the ambassadors of the five permanent members of the u.n. security council today as well as arab

next targets saudi arabia is also taking aim at lebanon accusing the government of declaring war on riyadh says acts of aggression have been committed by the lebanon based group hezbollah which is backed by iran lebanon's prime minister sadly how do you resigned on saturday he was in the united arab emirates for talks holder has the latest from beirut. and some analysts are even saying that these statements by saudi officials a number of saudi officials are unprecedented and they're analyzing this is a declaration of war against lebanon telling lebanon lebanese leaders need to choose between peace or terror in other words telling them not to cooperate or deal with hezbollah now hezbollah of course is a party that has an armed wing it's a. arms has always been a source of contention in lebanon its forces are fighting alongside the syrian president bashar assad but hezbollah is also a political party it has members in government it has members in parliament it has allies it has supporters here so telling lebanese leaders to choose between a terror and and peace really so people are concerned

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but more than lebanon and the accusations of military aggression from riyadh against iran a saudi run tensions escalate. you know i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera coming trump strikes a different tone on north korea edging it to come to the table. catalonia is ousted me to tell supporters that the only part of the e.u. where a democratically elected government isn't allowed to govern and also. six on just being locked inside this compound behind me where they were becoming up to seventeen days on through each other in moscow russia keep watching to find out what all this has to do with the space travel. saudi arabia has fired another warning shot at iran accusing it of direct military aggression through the hoops the rebels in yemen the saudis say iran supplied the weapon fired at riyadh from yemen on saturday but to her and has described this as contrary to reality the saudis are also facing accusations of orchestrating the resignation of lebanon's prime minister saying hold reports from beirut. it has been three days since lebanese prime minister sato had anno

the huth the rebels in yemen who saudi arabia has been bombing for many years fire a rocket riyadh that the saudis could only describe as a rainy and aggression. iran's role and its direct command of his hooty proxy in this matter constitutes a clear act of aggression the coalition's command considers this a blatant active military aggression by the iranian regime and could rise to be considered as an act of war against the kingdom of saudi arabia the saudis also ready to throw their allies under the bus to create an excuse to denigrate iran. q the lebanese prime minister holding a successful meeting with the rain ians and then going to saudi arabia and out of the blue without warning declaring his resignation while launching into a tirade about evil raney an influence plunging the region into chaos and destruction you lose a poor and gain an opening then there's the blockade of cattle. a trade embargo severed ties ultimatums and warnings punishment some say for cata daring to deal with the rain ians and then there's syria the saudi sponsored rebellion is dying their jihad just allies a

the huth the rebels in yemen who saudi arabia has been bombing for many years fire a rocket attack riyadh that the saudis could only describe as a rainy and aggression. iran's role and its direct command of his hooty proxy in this matter constitutes a clear act of aggression the coalition's command considers this a blatant active military aggression by the iranian regime and could rise to be considered as an act of war against the kingdom of saudi arabia the saudis also ready to throw their allies under the bus to create an excuse to denigrate iran. q the lebanese prime minister holding a successful meeting with the rain ians and then going to saudi arabia and out of the blue without warning declaring his resignation while launching into a tirade about evil raney an influence plunging the region into chaos and destruction you lose a poor and gain an opening then there's the blockade of cattle. a trade embargo seven ties ultimatums and warnings punishment some say for cata daring to deal with the rain ians and then there's syria the saudi sponsored rebellion is dying the hardest allies los

riyadh has intensified its bombardment of yemen in response to a missile five towards the saudi capital a week ago by who the five is saudi arabia was quick to blame it on a broad saying to run it directly supports the who think its latest senior u.s. air force official claims that ballistic missiles have been made in a wrong there have been upgraded markings on the business. that's been demonstrated and there are pictures that depict that to me that connects the dots to iran in terms of who supply. missiles and that capability from i am going to end that war which we do not even have the ability to transfer missiles to yemen if the missiles and they've managed to increase the missiles range. is mark garcia takes a closer look at the current tensions between two of the biggest players in the middle east. recently benny a days seems to go by without saudi arabia making headlines and it almost always boils down to it's enemy iran it is a game of chess that spans an entire region on every front in every country the saudis see iran's evil influence. the huth the rebels in yemen who saudi ar

its citizens to leave lebanon as fears grow that lebanese prime minister saad hariri is being held by riyadh aid agencies warmly saudi led coalition that cutting off yemen could bring millions closer to starvation and death plus i have great respect for you president trump changes his chin praising china talks in beijing despite his campaign rhetoric. scientists say they're close to a breakthrough which could end hunger will explain how. and in sport the first indictments are made in one of the biggest corruption scandals to hit u.s. college sport a series of multi-million dollar cake packs involving coaches agents and sponsors are being investigated. kuwait's has joined saudi arabia in ordering its citizens to leave lebanon immediately comes amid heightened tensions with lebanese group hezbollah and iran this week the saudi foreign minister warned that riyadh would treat lebanon as a hostile state as long as has been in the government at all follows a surprise resignation of lebanese prime minister saad hariri on saturday and an announcement from harry reid's office back in the saudi capita

group a terrorist organization saudi arabia requested the meeting and it heightened tension between riyadh and tehran over lebanon police in kenya have used tear gas to break up a demonstration in nairobi of supporters of the opposition leader. the dinka says at least thirty one of his supporters have been killed by police and militia since he returned to the country on friday. at least fifteen people have been killed five others injured in a stampede and morocco has happened in a village about one hundred fifty kilometers southwest of casa blanca as food aid was being distributed at a market most of the victims are women those are the headlines news continues right here on al-jazeera after the listening post keep it or. on counting a cost venezuela in defocus the oil rich country fails to pay if that will look at what a messy financial unraveling could mean for starving people lebanon's economy is getting squeezed plus why zimbabweans are. counting the cost at this time and. let me i mean mr hariri i know if i got it right he said at eighty. why during that. sorry sorry french printer. he

is what he said in riyadh because it wasn't just a question of resignation to speak of out of riyadh about hezbollah's threat his own partners in government and cutting the arms of iran in the region that's exactly what the saudis are saying that's what the deputy foreign minister of saudi arabia just tweeted right meaning it's really coordinated in terms of putting lebannon in the context of regional competition one of our viewers here early on on facebook says it's all part of the plot to attack iran to agree that that would that will they go as far as that well look i mean i because i've heard the arguments this afternoon about the proxy wars with. iran you and i have discussed it over the last few months and years the proxy between saudi arabia and iran iran and riyadh fighting it out in lebanon and yemen and syria and iraq and so on and so forth. i think the important thing is the timing right and why the timing meaning is on the one hand so you're a bit feeling so defensive because of the iranian expansion of the influence that it is taking on the offensive as best defense. act

so how did how did his announcement came as a shock from the saudi capital riyadh he cited concerns for his life and blamed iran and its lebanese ally hezbollah for meddling in arab affairs many interpreted the move as a declaration by saudi arabia of all out war against hezbollah but the group accused the saudi government of declaring war against lebanon and then listed the resignation was saudi this isn't dictated on saddle hariri and it was not willing to resign it is not his decision period and i think all the lebanese politicians and media people press people followers are accepting this conclusion even in the fall. of nationalists from there is why the man was allowed to come back to lebanon and the from lebanon the kind that his resignation. hezbollah said it would avoid political escalation and deal with the situation calmly but the resignation is not isolated from the iranian saudi rivalry playing out across the region. the resignation is related to what's going on in the region there are two main powers vying for influence and lebanon one is in the eye of the struggle this is

capital from yemen which is linked to the whole hariri thing and basically a massive fuse blowing in riyadh where this this entourage of people around have been someone who basically said our money in lebanon mr hariri is not doing enough for us he really hasn't done anything for us in the last year in terms of rebalancing this power balance that we have in the middle east between on one side saudi arabia and all the western and gulf arab countries on the other side iran and its affiliates basically saudi arabia has lost so much in the last five years that for this new the saudi prince to come into power he needs to feel as though he's making a statement needs to send a message to iran but he also is sort of holding out a hand to has a pool of hariri to say country just give us a little bit back to show a little bit humility we lost so much in syria we lost so much in yellow and we've made fools of ourselves and that. let me go to joe does that help of politics works in the in the middle east i mean give me something no i don't think it works that way i mean saudi foreign policy is now been

becky anderson live in riyadh. thank you so much. >>> a sunday worship service shattered. 26 people killed. ages 5 to 72. remembering the victims just outside of san antonio. >> we ask you to please observe a moment of silence to honor our neighbors who have been affected by this act of violence. >> and now big questions, big new questions about the attacker. why could he buy a gun despite being court martialed for assaulting his wife and child? we're live in sutherland springs. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> troubling new questions about the man who opened fire on a church full of worshipers, killing 26. why was he allowed to buy a weapon after being court martialed and discharged from the air force for assaulting his wife and child? >> mental health is the problem here. this was a very based on preliminary reports, a very deranged individual. a lot of problems over a listening period of time. >> brand-new reaction from the president just an hour ago. the president on his trip to asia says the shooting is not a

traders at the riyadh stock exchange were initially nervous following the move with investors worried that since those arrested control such vast assets there could be a negative impact on the economy or even the oil price but the mood soon lightened . and i thought first impression is that there is a wide welcome from investors and there are important signs from these decisions that no one is above the law even a prince or minister kind of war or that yet questions remain is this really about fighting corruption or is it. a way of eliminating political and commercial opponents. german industrial giant siemens reported an impressive eleven percent rise in a neural net profits to six billion euros but it could have been even better if its power division hadn't weight so heavily on the bottom line this year. fourth quarter profits of the ailing power and gas unit the company second biggest after health care plunged forty percent. later this month siemens decides on up to six thousand job cuts in the division. germany's economy is on a long term role that's the conclusion of the governme

i'm sure that kushner's trip to the middle east where he visited riyadh but also jerusalem helped that. peter c.: jamsheed, you are nodding. jamsheed: jared kushner, for example, for the third time in the last month, he was in saudi arabia. they are playing these cards. whyink that is the reason we have another level of this tension. peter b.: i agree. i think the trump administration didn't play a helpful role. it seemed that the visit from jared kushner to riyadh seemed to egg on the saudi's, rather than -- peter c.: encourage, embolden. peter b.: exactly, rather than dampen. administrationmp wasn't very helpful. peter c.: give us an estimation to what extent all that we are talking about is being played out as a reflection of the great historic divide between the two strands of islam, shia and sunni. peter b.: it is clear that iran thes it is kind of protector for the shiites in the ision, and saudi arabia starting to feel the same way. the king is called the custodian of the holy sites. the conflict between the two nations is certainly fueled by religious undertow. we've talked abo

well riyadh has long been a supporter of former prime minister hariri whereas the lebanese president is a known all of hezbollah a political party with a military wing back by iran political science professor cullen cavill sees the israeli military chief statement is a move to form a new coalition against tehran this is the first open cooperation public collaboration and acknowledgement that there is a strong relationship between israel and saudi arabia and you can assure you that so that the united states or. this is the president what this confirms is a alliance between israel saudi arabia. and have they remain among so that they could stay in iran ok let's stay in the region because humanitarian groups are calling for lifesaving supplies to be allowed urgently into yemen saudi arabia has been involved in the country's civil war since twenty fifteen and has placed that blockade that's exacerbated a serious crisis with millions of people in dire need of basic supplies. well this has left those images and pictures saudi arabia's me an ally questioning its role in the yemen conflict t

and place after collecting information about a target and it was khaled international airport east of riyadh targeted by a long range volcano ballistic missile this is in response to the continued aggression committing daily massacres against the yemeni people. the conflict in yemen pits the rebels from the north backed by iran and troops loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh against yemeni government forces back in two thousand and fourteen the who thiis and their allies took control of the yemeni capital sana'a. but the conflict widened early the following year when a saudi led coalition of arab countries state done with airstrikes to back up humans government in two and a half years the saudi led coalition has launched thousands of a strikes the same a strikes that have been repeatedly criticized by the united nations for disregarding the number of civilians killed and return who sees and their allies have fired dozens of missiles into saudi territory last week who's the spokesman told al-jazeera that who's the fighters would target any country that attacks them. what . i would of

saudi arabia and the tweet came soon after hariri met with the head of lebanon's maronite church in riyadh he. is the first lebanese official to visit the kingdom since harry we resigned after the meeting he said he supported harry reid's reasons for resigning let's bring in dana holder from beirut dana let's start with this tweet from mary in which he says he will return soon to beirut any more details about when this will be. well really the picture is not any clearer saying that he will return to lebanon in the coming days without giving a specific date and also saying that my family is here in saudi arabia it's their second home and this is the real fear especially the foreign ministers brought under seal himself said that if he does not return with his family then we will consider his family in one way or another hostage is that the saudi arabian authorities will be using them as some sort of pressure card on assad on how to do so so i don't how do you say he's coming in the next few days not giving a specific date there has been a lot of concern really on the prime minister's wellbei

well riyadh has long been a supporter of former prime minister hariri whereas the lebanese president is a known ally of hezbollah a political party with a military wing backed by iran for the goal science professor calling cavill ses the israeli military chief statement is a move to form a new coalition against iran. this is the first open. public. and acknowledgement that there is a strong relationship between israel and saudi arabia and you can assure you that so you know that. this is a president what this confirms is a alliance between israel saudi arabia. and they remain among. iran while staying in the region humanitarian groups are urgently calling for lifesaving supplies to be allowed into yemen saudi arabia has been fighting rebels since twenty fifteen with yemen placed under blockade and it has triggered a serious crisis with millions of people starving and in dire need of medicine. well such scenes of devastation how this left saudi arabia's main ally questioning its role in the yemen conflict the u.s. heiser representatives agreed on monday to block its of supporting the

been solomon summoned lebanon's prime minister saad hariri to the saudi capital upon his arrival in riyadh hariri was reportedly handed a speech a resignation speech that he. later read out on a saudi owned t.v. station channel own by one of the media barons just taken into custody the surprise announcement and the manner in which it was delivered fueled speculation that the saudis were holding her against his will hariri later appeared in a live interview this time on a lebanon based network that he owns future t.v. he tried unconvincingly to argue he was a free man what to make of it all this is what a saudi confrontation with iran via a third party proxy looks like played out in lebanon and across the regional airwaves our starting point this week is riyadh. as unprecedented assad hariri first televised appearance from riyadh was the prime minister of one country announcing his resignation from the capital of another on a saudi news channel his second was somehow more compelling a ninety minute interview on lebanon's future t.v. channel hariri happens to the interviewer was the only one

invited and his family to visit paris his foreign minister who held talks in riyadh confirmed that the invitation was accepted the crisis began how d.d. announced his sudden resignation earlier this month it was seen as a saudi move against iran's ally in lebanon hezbollah. collective efforts must be made to restore things as they were before the resignation of prime minister saad hariri last year there was a rare deal between saudi arabia and iran to keep lebanon stable and shielded from crises across the region they agreed to appoint hezbollah's ally michel aoun as president and riyadh's choice of saddle had eighty as prime minister that is no longer the case saudi arabia has taken a more aggressive stance against what it is growing iranian influence. the crisis in lebanon is caused by hizbullah that hijacked the state and imposed it's also pretty on the country if hezbollah continues its current policy it would make lebanon vulnerable lebanon has been caught up in proxy wars in the past it is easy to exploit the deep divisions between its political camps. we cannot afford more press

missile towards riyadh on saturday in a separate development the new anti corruption committee headed by the crown prince mohammed bin solomon has reportedly detained several princes as well as some former and current ministers but we've also been watching a major shake up of saudi arabia's cabinet with the replacement of the economy minister the national guard minister prince met bin abdullah has also been released from office he was the last seen in a royal in government not closely connected with king solomon or his son. of more and more all this we're joined by in black who's a visiting senior fellow at the middle east center at the london school of economics in good to have you back with us and so in the past year we've seen a great deal of change a lot of disruption perhaps to the traditional model or system of governance in saudi arabia how do these latest developments fit in with that. well the scale of what's being reported this evening looks pretty unprecedented we've had we've had two things that are separate perhaps related we talked about the replacement of the minister o

crisis in lebanon the french president meanwhile emmanuel that mccrone has made a surprise visit to riyadh he held talks with the crown prince mohammed bin sound man president confirmed that he has had informal contact with mr hariri who is also in the saudi capital. now mr harris political party the future movement is demanding the prime minister return to beirut immediately and it says it actually hasn't heard from him since saturday that you'll remember is when he resigned in a broadcast from riyadh saying that he feared for his life well it's been six days since that resignation and there are now growing fears that mr hariri is actually being held in riyadh against his will but the french foreign minister. says he doesn't believe mr hariri is movement is being restricted you know the soon to do your job would have you should ask arrear e about whether his life's in danger we simply observe that he's resigned he went of adultery the day president micron was passing through we think he's free in his movements and it's important he makes his own choices our only worry is the stability of

the who's the rebels in yemen who saudi arabia has been bombing for many years fire a rocket riyadh that the saudis could only describe as a rainy and aggression. iran's role and its direct command of his hooty proxy in this matter constitutes a clear act of aggression the coalition's command considers this a blatant acts of military aggression by the iranian regime and could rise to be considered as an act of war against the kingdom of saudi arabia the saudis also ready to throw that allies under the bus to create an excuse to denigrate iran. q the lebanese prime minister holding a successful meeting with the iranians and then going to saudi arabia and out of the blue without warning declaring his resignation while launching into a tirade about evil raney an influence plunging the region into chaos and destruction you lose a poor and gain an opening then there's the blockade of cattle. a trade embargo severed ties ultimatums and warnings punishment some say for cata daring to deal with the rain ians and then there's syria the saudi sponsored rebellion is dying the hardest allies losing

days off of the surprise resignation of lebanese prime minister saad hariri and an announcement from riyadh qarase office says he's back in the saudi capital after a quick trip to the united arab emirates and deny suggestions he's been held against his will his future movement party says his resignation from riyadh raises many questions it's demanding that he returns to beirut. that you should look many the return of prime minister saad hariri head of the future movement is necessary in order to restore the internal and external balance of lebanon with full respect to liberties the just a messy in accordance with the constitution and to the thai if accord and with respect to the arab and international legitimacy we confirm our support for prime minister saad hariri and for all the decisions he makes under any circumstances. meanwhile saudi arabia's attorney general says it's now question two hundred people as part of what it's calling an anti corruption crackdown he says the investigation has uncovered around one hundred billion dollars worth of forward we're all family members officials an

leadership reacting to this pressure that's coming primarily from riyadh and. well we have to remember levanon has a sectarian a power sharing agreement the prime minister is a son nate you go to a sunni neighborhood now and you talk to people there and they say that he's our leader saddam is our leader he should return home whether or not they support hezbollah whether or not they believe that more action should be taken against hezbollah there's another issue for them and that is their leader has been pushed aside they feel very marginalized in lebanese politics for the past many years and they feel that iran has a straw. anger grip in this country and that by resigning it only hurts their community now we heard from sato how to future movement like you mentioned earlier they're calling on how to immediately to return to eleven on they stopped short of saying he was detained but they are suggesting he is the thing but more importantly in that statement what they said was he needs to return to restore the internal balance internal balance of course meaning the

well those are gathering in riyadh. of course not those who are part of that part of the opposition that's more with us close to moscow but it's right this is the russian delegation and the special representative for the him or put in there is going there and will be speaking there it demonstrates the new kind defector who will bring him in the middle east where russia is trying very hard to broaden its alliances and not to be just kind of. appendix to. iran in part but have good connections with sunni major powers with saudi arabia with turkey with egypt and russia would want to be the kind of the. country that's kind of balancing the situation in the do east which talks to everyone has good relations with everyone including israel and that will make russia indispensable power in finding a kind of new status quo in the middle east and of course russia has very specific military targets in the syrian conflict and that's the establishment and further keeping the military bases the tartarus naval bases being expanded and

iran over the firing of rockets from yemen into saudi arabia on saturday missiles launched towards riyadh from territory held by iranian backed rebels and the u.s. state department is calling on saudi arabia to carry out its anti-corruption drive in a fair and transparent way dozens of prominent saudis including leading businessmen and princes were detained in recent days as part of investigation led by the crown prince. now the democrats have won the governorships of two key u.s. states and what's being seen as a rejection of donald trump's policies the results may determine whether the republicans will hold on to their senate and house majorities in next year's midterms mike allen reports from virginia where. the new governor of virginia is democrat northam it's a major victory in a state where republicans hold a two to one majority in the legislature a blow to republican candidate. who received strong support from president trump and a warning to republicans that the democrat threat could intensify in the crucial midterm elections next year. the republican campaign has been running at

missiles launched towards riyadh's international airport from territory held by iran backed with the rebels in yemen a saudi led military alliance has been fighting since march two thousand and fifteen saudi arabia which is a u.s. ally accuses tehran of supplying the weapon used on saturday it was intercepted before reaching its target u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley says she has encouraged the united nations and international partners to take necessary action to hold the iranian regime accountable for these violations saudi arabia is also taking aim at iran over its influence in lebanon riyadh is at odds with the lebanese government after backing the resignation of prime minister saad hariri so you know holder has more from beirut. it has been three days since lebanese prime minister sato had announced his resignation he made his statement in saudi arabia and hasn't returned home since instead he traveled to a saudi ally in the iranian camp for talks on an escalating political crisis back home but the crisis extends beyond lebanon's borders saudi arabia has made clear it wan

as unprecedented assad hariri first televised appearance from riyadh was the prime minister of one country announcing his resignation from the capital of another on a saudi news channel his second was somehow more compelling a ninety minute interview on lebanon's future t.v. channel hariri happens to the interviewer was the only one of the channels employees allowed into saudi arabia the crew and the equipment were generously provided by the host country. and hariri was clear. of a man lingering in the background. this is kind of like the peak of this media spectacle within this entire drama the only evidence that we have of our prime minister not being held captive is an interview with a journalist who him on a t.v. station that he money how to. look how so is there a conflict of interest there we don't know what's said before the interview and we didn't really hear a lot of questions about the confiscation of how. that we heard and some of the mainstream media reports we didn't really hear a lot of questions about saudi policy. he didn't want to talk about that and kind of tried to move