new topics fish they are raising are not related to the that's why the officials in iran insisting that the deal is not renegotiate will issue americans at the very beginning of mr trump's. government raise the matter of terminations of the nuclear deal. i don't believe that the americans or earth is dale dad when does iran say too much is too much that it in my understanding american took such a position they have not terminated the but they do believe the should keep the form of the d. but damage the substance of the deal this is the strategy of the united states and time to time take the case of sanction to the congress and make some trouble for all the parties what will iran's response be to the new sanctions the united states has imposed on it what will the response be. we do not have any revealing for the economist relation with the united states why they don't want to have such a relation with iran then sanction all of the united states is not important for us what is important the reaction of the other member of. five plus one to these sanctions tin russia and china from th

overview kind of setting the table. how do you see qatar, iran, the muslim brotherhood, how do you see that relationship and that pillar of power playing out? >> first of all, i'd like to thank the hudson institute as well. they do great work and thank you for joining me up here for this conversation. i see the middle east broadly as a place that's dangerous and unfortunately has been growing more dangerous in recent years, there are in my opinion, i would say three coalitions, three alliances, three axises of power. that are fairly stable. and the first, most important, from a danger standpoint, iran, obviously a nation state, with all the abilities and powers of a nation state is primary rebind that, the actors there are primarily nonstate actors, hezbollah and the avant, many of the militia forces in iraq, yemen and many other insurgencies in sunni arab nations. second would be muslim brotherhood and some of its allies throughout the middle east. the brotherhood is a wholly terrorist organization. like hamas, al qaeda and other militant states. and other states who have in lesser or

, confrog iran. the two countries arare l locd n a prproxy conflict impacting lebanon and devastating yemen. now the fear is that the two strands of islam they represent could be drawn into a greater conflagration. our question on "quadriga" this week, middle east tensions, a new war? to discuss that, i'm joined in the studio by jamsheed faroughi, senior editor with dutch avella welle's farsi service. also with us is freelance journalist peter boehm, who believes that won't be a hot war between saudi arabia and iran. a warm welcome also to shani rozanes, a producer and analyst. shani can bring us the israeli perspective on things. she says it is not saudi arabia that israel is looking too, but russia. faroughi, i would like to begin with you. the tensions between iran and saudi arabia go back a long way. why is this cold war now heating up? jamsheed: there is a kind of explanation for that. i should also say, it is not a kind of cold war, what we are seeing at the moment, because cold war is a war of words. it is more than that. it is a proxy war. you can also see in the different par

well welcome to sophie shevardnadze the nuclear agreement between iran and the world powers is being thrown into jeopardy by a us president donald trump. cole is iran preparing itself for a potential throwback to the days of sanctions and confrontation and what will it mean for the already troubled middle east well i asked former foreign minister of the islamic republic of it on my lunch hour mottaki. with a miracle struggling to scuttle the wrong deal slapping sanctions on tehran and saudi arabia going against it you know for every corner at least you don't find yourself in uncertain waters he still aiming for the road regional he can't afford to run the risk of international isolation again and how can he gain the upper hand in the standoff began the state's. punjab attacking a welcome to the show it's a pleasure to have you on our program now president trump has been talking so much about scrapping the iran nuclear deal but now has promised to keep it in place will he want to or negotiated since according to him some of the terms contradict american interests it on foreign m

. who believes there won't be a hot war between saudi arabia and iran and a warm welcome also goes to show the rosanna's from the w two but she's both a producer and an analyst shani can bring us the israeli perspective on things and she says in its ongoing struggle against iran it's not saudi arabia that israel is working to but russia. for the i'd like to begin with you if i might and of course the tensions between iran and saudi arabia go back a very very long way but why is this cold war now heating up why now and there is. a kind of explanation for that i should also say it's not a kind of a cold valar but. at the moment because cold war i think is valar of wards it's more than that is it really valar is a proclivity between both of them because you can also see in different parts of the rich in that country on think themselves against each other via you know i think just two or three. issues help us understanding this for example we have done our trump in america. plays a major role in this confrontation in this levitt because last year the saudis told perhaps hillary clinton wi

foreign minister of iran as the. pope talk about the future of the. next oh. well welcome to sophie shevardnadze the nuclear agreement between iran and the world powers is being thrown into jeopardy by u.s. president donald trump. preparing itself for a potential throwback to the days of sanctions and confrontation and what will it mean for the already troubled middle east well i asked former foreign minister of the islamic republic all that on. threatening to scuttle the real deal. in saudi arabia. every call. in uncertain waters. sure to run the risk of international isolation to give him a break in the standoff. a welcome to the show it's a pleasure to have you on our program now president trump has been talking so much about scrapping the nuclear deal but now has promised to keep it in place will he want to or negotiated since according to him some of the terms contradict american interests it on foreign ministry says the deal is non-negotiable does iran feel it can push america here so trump will cave in and just leave the deal as a days. a comprehensive negotiation took place

say's military support for saudi arabia is just as wrong as abandoning the iran nuclear deal also with us is freelance journalist an expert on saudi. rapier pacer. who believes there won't be a whole war between saudi arabia and iran and a warm welcome also goes to show the result as from t w two why she's both a producer and an analyst shani can bring us the israeli perspective on things and she says in its ongoing struggle against iran it's not saudi arabia that israel is looking to. russia. for ok i'd like to begin with you if i might and of course the tensions between iran and saudi arabia go back a very very long way but why is this cold war now heating up why now and that is and kind of explanation for that i should also say it's not any kind of accord valar what we are seeing at the moment because cold war i think is valar of wards it's more than that isn't really valar it's a proclivity between both of them because you can also see in different parts of the rich in that country and think themselves against each other via you know i think there's two or three. issues help out un

on a war with iran. congressman cantor thanks for joining me up front on monday night the u.s. congress voted for the first time to condemn u.s. involvement in the saudi led war in yemen by three hundred sixty six to thirty on a resolution you co-sponsored but what actual difference will that non-binding congressional vote. for the people of yemen who are dying right now are both under a blockade imposed by a saudi led coalition and on the u.s. made bombs that the saudis are dropping on the what difference will that make well i was very pleased that chairman royce during the debate said that this resolution will put pressure on the saudis to provide humanitarian access and it's a sense of the house resolution so you're right it's not binding but if the house foreign affairs committee as the chairman said he would use as this same goes to the saudis and says look if you don't make changes and provide more humanitarian access for basic food for basic medicine then you're going to have a congress that's going to exercise even greater oversight that's going to make a difference th

share thoughts on the topics before us today, those topics are iran and qatar, muslim brotherhood and the general regional instability and what we can do to shape policy and that's the important work here of the hudson institute, shaping policy, helping us shape that policy in order to counter the challenges that we have before us. so i would like to turn to my good friend chairman mike mccall, chairman of the homeland security committee. he has to leave soon because he has five bills on the floor of the house. the last time i checked we are going into session at 2:00 and the first bills up were homeland security. so i suspect he probably needs to speak and get down to the floor and make sure he presents them. but mr. chairman, mike mccall. [ applause ] >> thank you, ed. i want to thank stewart for being here. i was proud to co sponsor legislation bearing his son's name. as many of you know he was killed in israel by a palestinian terrorist. our thoughts and prayers are with you, sir. also want to thank the hudson institute. they helped me write my book, failures of imagination an

illegally also on the program. russia and iran working on a plan to end the syria conflict as russia's president putin arrives in teheran we consider the chances of ending the six year civil war. i'm fogel welcome to the program investigators in new york are reported to be at the hospital bedside of the man suspected of killing eight people in yesterday's truck attack in manhattan the suspect twenty nine year old was back nationals i fall outside of was shot by police as he fled the same wealth or it is a said to be trying to extract more information about the attack. take you live to new york in just a moment first this report ok i r you never know is right here rescue was raised to free children trapped in the shredded school bus. that just some of the victims of tuesday's terror attack in lower manhattan luckily no one on the bus was killed others were not as fortunate. just moments earlier this pickup truck tore down a bike path nearby plowing into cyclists and pedestrians alike five friends from argentina celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of their graduation where among the de

with us now though for sophie and co looking at the future of the iran nuclear deal. they hate it language presidential campaign is affecting american muslims who find themselves increasingly on the receiving end of rising hate crime. presidency how will the president's words under the country's minorities my guest today. former informal adviser to obama administration and a half of the national iranian american council. on physical. consequences for their country speak. against them what can be done to. trita parsi welcome to the show it's great to have you on our program so it's. so was elected during his campaign he made quite a lot of anti islam comments but so far none of this has really been acted on was it all just a ploy to fire up his base or really hold some kind of grudge against muslims. i think is incorrect to say that it's not been acted upon because it only took him roughly ten days to put into place the first muslim ban which ended up of course being deemed unconstitutional in the courts he went all the way up to the supreme court but then donald trump himself pull

which of course always includes iran. if you could for our audience because it's not getting a lot of air time because of domestic politics in the u.s. and the u.k. how would you sum up what's actually going on in saudi arabia and in the region go ahead martin. well the both there's a link with between both of them i mean saudi arabia is basically getting ready for a new king to take the throne and this one had been some of the new crown prince who has been installed in the position by israel and america is very insecure about its position a very insecure about the future so he's created a sort of anti corruption purge which no one really believes and is basically wiping out all the opposition anybody who's rival to anybody who could question him or dealt him and given problems in the future but concurrent of that what we've seen the last few weeks is a. more attacks on the saudi 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 money in lebanon

against iran it's not saudi arabia that israel is looking to. russia. for ok i'd like to begin with you if i might and of course the tensions between iran and saudi arabia go back a very very long way but why is this cold war now heating up why now and there is. a kind of explanation for that i should also say it's not any kind of accord valar what we are seeing at the moment because cold war i think is of wards it's more than that is it really valar is approximately between both of them because you can also see in different parts of the rich in that country on think themselves against each other via you know i think there is two or three. issues help out understanding this for example we have done our trump in america. plays a major role in this confrontation in this live it because last year the saudis told perhaps hillary clinton will be the u.s. president and he will follow the policy of the foreign policy of barack obama which was not as friendly as what we have seen under trump but not trump is there than the other point is a defeat of this because now they have more freedom. home

for survivors after a powerful earthquake in western iran killed more than 400 people and injured more than 5,000. iran's emergency services say they're having trouble getting rescue teams to the affected areas near the border with iraq as roads have been cut off by landslides. for more on this, i'm joined in the studio byjiyar gol from the bbc‘s persian service. you are originally from an area very close to this. tell us how difficult it is for rescue teams to get to some of these villages that have been affected. this region is a mountainous region, close to the iraqi border, and at the same time, a few minutes ago, an official in i run said more than 1900 villages have been affected. but so far, the rescue effort has been focusing on two major cities. most of the casualties from there. the hospitals in this region are almost completely destroyed. the infrastructure in that region is not in a state that could cope with such an earthquake with this magnitude. that is why the iranian government had to pool resources from neighbouring provinces and teheran. they say they have lost man

of. right off the last saturday's strike saudi arabia blamed iran for it saying to iran supports the the fighters in yemen later a senior u.s. air force official said that the ballistic missile did come from iran though tehran says no. then i read more things on the business. that's been demonstrated. there are pictures that take that to mean that connects the dots to iran in terms of who supply. missiles and that capability from what i am going to and that why don't we do not even have the ability to transfer missiles to yemen we don't know but definitely did something against iran and against the mind. so the conflict between the two regional powers is escalating not only in yemen and saudi arabia is accused of storing up war against lebanon and that allegation came from the leader of lebanon's hezbollah political and militant group which is backed by iran. and one of the. saudi arabia has declared war on the entire nation the arabia and that he's being held there against his will putting the question of his whereabouts aside there's also the focus of his resignation speech that's

unravel the iran nuclear deal. my guest takes us deep inside the highest level of diplomatic deal making. we're glad you've joined us. >>> the president of the national iranian council, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group, advocating dialogue. his latest text i called losing an enemy. it's good to have you back on this program. >> with the president in asia, so much to talk about tonight. we'll get to all of that tonight. after we talk about what the president himself cannot avoid. this is horrific news out of texas. 's fascinating you happen to be our guest tonight, in part because every time we have a conversation, it's about the muslim ban, terrorism, international terrorism. and here again, another conversation we have to have tonight about domestic terrorism. what do you make of what happened in texas? >> i'm heart broken as everyone else here. i grew up in europe, i have to tell you, i have a hard time understanding why it is we believe the right to bare arms is above the right for children to live? >> and yet this conversation about this second amendment is as difficult, impossi

confidence in iran adjourned using mail. they're creating a chaos if you like a crisis which doesn't exists in lebanon and i'm moving ahead with it with a new plan to destabilize lebanon to to hit back at iran what we're witnessing now neal is the making of a new saudi king deputy crown prince some salmon is now preparing himself so they've pulled mystery over back to saudi arabia in a sort of panic last week a couple of times and i'm basically forced him to resign as lebanese premier that's part of a bigger longer term plan to try and destabilize lebanon to shake tire lebanon so as to make a point to hezbollah and to the region. there's a new there's a new guy in town a new leader in saudi arabia who's got a new agenda to play out it was a double whammy i mean there is also some talk about mr hariri his connections with some of these leading businessman that have been arrested so it was a two in one for the saudis if you like were tensions between iran and saudi arabia have been rising for a while and there is growing concern the proxy war between the two regional rivals could turn

this household. a day of national mourning in iran after an earthquake killed at least four hundred fifty people and leaves tens of thousands homeless. this is. from doha also coming up saudi arabia says about deeds its blockade on yemen but the u.n. says the move doesn't go far enough. a possible breakthrough of the long disputed south china sea ahead of the final day of the summit. and italy fails to qualify for next year's world cup its first absence from the football competition in. iran has declared tuesday an official day of mourning after an earthquake killed at least four hundred fifty people sunday's quake also left thousands homeless and engine the u.s. geological survey puts the epicenter on the border between iran and iraq semi autonomous kurdish region most of the deaths reported so far in iran's mountainous come on shah province the worst hit town appears to be. well on the iraqi side there are reports of extensive damage in the nearby town of doubt about the current charlotte police reports. after sunday's earthquake on the iraq iran border a community retreats they d

blamed iran for it saying two wrongs supports who the fighters later a senior u.s. air force official said the ballistic missile was made in iran to run denies the accusations. morphemes our business. that's been done. there are pictures that depict that to me that connects the dots to iran in terms of who supply. missiles and that capability from what i am going to enter although we do not even have the ability to transfer missiles to yemen it's the missiles and they've managed to increase the missiles range and iran analyst and director of the international center for human rights are the shares are resigned a believes yemen proves civilians are paying a high price for the games saudi arabia and iran are playing in the middle east both contraries are trying to be the king of the middle earth iran and saudi arabia and. when someone already declared that. iran is impossible so i can't predict that they will come up with a result but that's the best strategy for civilians in yemen and even in the in the area as mentioned the conflict between the two regional superpower is escalating no

germans are. and then you would write off the last saturday strike saudi arabia blamed iran for it saying to wrong supports the who the fight is in yemen later a senior u.s. air force officials that that the ballistic missile used originated in iran iran denies the accusations. when i read markings on those. that's been demonstrated and there are pictures that take that to mean that connects the dots to iran in terms of who supply. missiles and that capability from what i am going to enter although we do not even have the ability to transfer missiles to yemen it's the missiles and they've managed to increase the missiles range and political commentator and writer at tilbury at one believes that more escalation in the region can be expected we know that the saudi high can a blockade of lebanon of yemen as a cause for a section on yemeni for their airports and also border crossing so why they are doing that they said we do it in order to close the holmes and sanction against yemen so but the problem is you know that it is and it's fucking. everything it starts we're going to be through air

iran and of course the kurdish troops that the united states has been arming now own about twenty five percent of syria's territory in the north end up somewhere around fifty percent of all the oil and gas in syria so this gives the kurds quite a bit of leverage well that's unless turkey gets its way the same terms that mr trump clearly stated given clear instructions not to provide the wife with arms and that this nonsense should have ended long ago. daniel hawkins here with your choose the morning news round up in half an hours time i'll see you soon where are two programs. and what you're. getting at. is that. you would hurt also just how many u.s. troops are in syria and the living. welcome to sophie shevardnadze the nuclear agreement between iran and the world powers is being thrown into jeopardy by u.s. president donald trump. call as iran preparing itself for a potential throwback to the days of sanctions and confrontation and what will it mean for the already troubled middle east well i ask former foreign minister of the islamic republic. with a miracle struggling to struggle t

this time on al-jazeera . saudi arabia ratchets up its rhetoric against iran accusing it of direct military aggression through yemen. hello i'm certain this is al jazeera live from london also coming up i really believe that it makes sense for north korea to come to the table and to make a deal u.s. president on trying to strike some moderate tone on what is perhaps the most delicate stump of his asia tour. a t.v. station is targeted by gunmen in kabul it's just the latest in a string of attacks across afghanistan. where in harare where zimbabwe's president robert mugabe has fired his deputy clearing the way for his wife to succeed him. saudi arabia has fired another warning shot at iran accusing it of direct military aggression through hoofy rebels in yemen crown prince mohammed bin solomon was referring to the missile fired at me out from yemen on saturday saudi arabia pointing a finger terror around for supplying the weapons to iran for its part has dismissed the accusation as quote contrary to reality meanwhile what appears to be the saudi orchestrated resignation of lebanon's

environment projects iran and its ally the lebanon based group hizbollah have accused saudi arabia the u.s. and israel of trying to fuel tension in the middle east by pushing lebanon's prime minister to resign saad hariri announced that he was leaving his position on saturday while on a visit to saudi arabia there's the headlines more news for you on al-jazeera right after inside story next. germany is hosting this year's climate talks president from the united states out of the paris agreement what now for the global effort to tackle climate change in the finale some live reports from the climate conference in bonn and from the front lines of global warming climate so what does iraq. on the brink of turmoil lebanon's prime minister quits varying he'd be assassinated as a power struggle intensifies between saudi arabia and the wrong so we'll lebanon again become the battleground for other people's was this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program this hour lebanon's prime minister saad hariri his resignation came as a surprise the fact that he did it from riyadh accusing iran and

of the arab league condemns iran and the lebanese group hezbollah accusing them of destabilizing the region. we take a look at some of the challenges facing refugees and aid groups on the greek island of less for us. a much anticipated speech by zimbabwe's president robert mugabe has failed to meet the expectations of those wanting him out with a ended a televised address to the nation without announcing his resignation instead vowing to stay on for several weeks they were tossing reports from harare. zimbabwe's president robert mugabe insists he's not going to resign speaking from state house generals he said he will be at his on a conference in december. in a few weeks from now preside over it. which must not be prepared. by any act. to undermine it or to compromise. in the eyes of the public. the ruling party removed him as leader on sunday but he still as a party member of the party has given macabre until midday on monday to lead. the students through. impeachment proceedings. if. they were expectations he would resign after massive demonstrations are saturday calling for him to

. and that's great on the border between iraq and iran the number of dead rises to more than two hundred with thousands injured. hello and nothing that is here without is there in life and also coming up. trumps not welcome protests in the philippines as the u.s. president meets as the enemy does saudi arabia says it will reopen yemen's apples to allow much needed aid for millions of people on the brink of starvation. a crime against humanity amnesty international details the syrian government's surrender all story of campaign against civilians. well than two hundred people have died in a powerful seven point three magnitude earthquake that struck near iraq's border with iran another two and a half thousand people have been injured the epicenter was actually iraq thirty kilometers southwest of the town of her it cools widespread damage in both countries charlotte ballasts reports a hospital homes with the wounded in western iran i found at a party don't point i fell from the balcony it was so fossilized should be a small piece of glass fell on my hand and it got injured but new a

resolution also neglected a key facet of the yemen crisis. and that is iran. which has been providing increasing support, very any fares support, -- nefarious support, to the houthi rebels. we must not forget that in april of 2015 the u.n. security council, acting under chapter seven of the u.n. charter, condemned the violent houthi government overthrow, quote, in the strongest terms. and obligated all u.n. member states to comply with and enforce and embargo on arms and military assistance, quote, of all types, unquote. to the houthi forces. this makes iran's acts to fuel this deadly conflict a gross violation of international law. as our ambassador has pointed out. i am glad that the newhouse resolution, 599, addresses these shortcomings and i rise to support it today. even before this latest conflict , yemen was the poorest country in the region. it was racked by violence and unrest. for years the countries of north and south yemen were in conflict , before they became a single state. that was in 1990. after an uprising in 2011, yemen embarked on a path of attempted natio

us the governments of iraq and iran a promising to do everything possible to help people affected by a powerful seven point three magnitude earthquake the quake killed more than four hundred people in that number is expected to rise further some four thousand people have been injured the epicenter was in iraq so it's economic is southwest all the time causing widespread damage in both iraq and iran iran contra the latest developments from iraq. first responders quickly deal with the wounded in western iran a seven point three magnitude earthquake bringing scores of the injured through hospital doors. i fell from the balcony it was so far. pieces of glass fell on me and hurt my hand. your rivals from remote towns swell the hospital to capacity the injured continue in ever increasing number as more people are found in the rubble the death toll rises to the earthquake was centered on the iraq iran border near the iraqi town of halabja striking at nine eighteen p.m. local time the u.s. geological survey immediately issued an orange alert saying deaths and damage should be expected then c

a proxy war between two of the biggest powers in the middle east iran and saudi arabia has escalated directly affecting other countries in the region. hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets of barcelona outraged at madrid's crackdown on former counselor leaders who were behind the region's independence that collaboration. also this hour a highly anticipated formal meeting between donald trump and vladimir putin fails to materialise did chart on the sidelines of the apec summit agreed to cooperate on syria. and the u.s. justice department demands that r.t. america register as a foreign agent by monday if it fails to comply could be frozen else could be frozen. good morning from moscow you're watching at the international live with me daniel hawkins were everywhere thanks for joining us this hour now the geopolitical rivalry between two of the middle east's main powers saudi arabia and iran has been destabilizing other regional players yemen and lebanon. in the latest developments strikes targeted the defense ministry in the yemeni capital that was back in march twen

parson the lists the obama administration's informal role iran advisor during those historic talks stay with us. it's the cradle of jazz. very good we. took those disjuncts feeling. a city of climatic catastrophes of alligators on the loose of poverty and crime to use by the at least twelve members of my family close most. of street racing in the heat of the night this is new orleans. the best place in the word. kids. does she don't consume don't tell you that in talking to them joking their own posting them on the bus from that equal distance is awesome into what he calls a stance make that connection don't. don't pretend to know him do they deal with that to those wooden ministers solicitous of us at all to the sitting on. the. our back was trade up r.c. had of the national iranian american council who was also an informal adviser to the obama administration during nuclear talks with iran discussing president trump middle policies but first i still want to ask you a few questions about. what happened the tax. heaven tacker said he was radicalized in response to u.s. bombings in iraq l

the proxy war between two of the biggest powers in the middle east to iran and saudi arabia has escalated directly affecting other countries in the region. thanks of thousands took to the streets of barcelona angry at madrid's crackdown on former captain leaders behind the region's independence declaration. a highly anticipated formal meeting between donald trump and vladimir putin failed to transpire with a padded chant on the sidelines of the apec summit and agreed to cooperate on syria . the us justice department demands that r.t. america register as a foreign agent by monday but channels bank accounts could be frozen if it doesn't comply. with. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international broadcasting to you live from the russian capital. but your political rivalry between two of the middle east's main powers saudi arabia and iran has been the subject destabilizing other regional players yemen and lebanon. and the latest development strikes targeted the defense ministry in the yemeni capital it was march twenty fifth that saudi arabia launched its incursion into yemen b

holding an emergency meeting in cairo at the request of saudi arabia to discuss confronting iran who they say is interfering in their internal affairs will explore what actions if any they're likely to take and no one talks about it but everyone does it going to the toilet four point five billion people say live without proper sanitation facilities on world toilet day we'll look at how they're especially important for women who in many parts of the world are forced to go to the toilet in the open often facing five. time for him home as we have all the online reaction to the late subelements coming out of zimbabwe next last season hash tag a.j. news great to. get you in the news great live on air and streaming online for you to facebook live and that's al-jazeera dot com thank you for joining us for millions of zimbabwe and his the only leader they've ever known and robert mugabe has been president since the end of white minority rule in one thousand nine hundred eighty he has been a controversial and dominant figure over the decades but he's to mulch a time in office effectively came to a

trip to saudi arabia criticizing iran and saying he fears for his life. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program russian airstrikes killed six members of the same family in an offensive to drive i saw for the last strip of land that it controls in syria what now for catalans ousted leader after spain issues a european arrest warrant for him and the four allies currently in hiding in belgium protests in south korea as president trump repairs to the park for a five nation tour of asia with north korea top of the agenda and we'll tell you how chile is using the desert and volcanoes to turn itself into a world leader in clean energy. thank you for joining us in a surprise move that lebanon's prime minister assad has resigned accusing iran of sowing strife in the arab world and saying he fears his lie. he is in danger he compared the current political climate to that prior to the assassination of his father another from a former prime minister in two thousand and five an open critic of iran and hezbollah hariri made the stateme

intensifies between saudi arabia and iran so will leaven and again become the battleground for other people's was this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program this hour lebanon's prime minister saad hariri his resignation came as a surprise the fact that he did it from riyadh accusing iran and its lebanese ally has boller of sowing strife in the arab world sent shock waves through the region. i hereby announce my resignation as prime minister from the lebanese government now is the will of the lebanese is strong and that determination is steadfast and will overcome any attempts to impose any custodianship over them from powers either inside or outside our country i would like to say to iran and its followers that they will be losers in their intervention in the arab affairs our nation will wake up as it did in the past and bad hands in the region will be cut off from. now a former lebanese president earlier throwaway once said lebanon has always been the battlefield of others' wars and many fear that that could be happening again now hariri is resignation shatters a delicat

killed. us calls for international action to hold iran to account over a yemeni rebel missile attack mia riyadh. hello i'm maryanne demasi in london you're watching al-jazeera told the u.n. . be attacked and that what it calls the catastrophic blockade of yemen. catalonia is ousted leadership puts the emphasis back on all tonally rather than independence from spain. six ounces of just being looked inside this to a heartbeat but they were becoming stepped on which albums did more scary russia keep watching to find out what to do with the space trouble. oh i'll top story this hour the u.s. is urging international action to hold iran accountable after saudi arabia accused iran of direct military aggression over who see rebel missile strike is on the crown prince says iran supplied the weapon fired from yemen towards riyadh on saturday meanwhile to iran has told the u.n. security council that the threat of force made against it contravenes the u.n. charter the saudis are also facing accusations of orchestrating the resignation of the lebanese prime minister saying holder reports from bei

we look. at this time on just. saudi arabia accuses iran of military aggression by supplying who faced with a missile fired from yemen on saturday. and i'm so touched on this is al jazeera live from london also coming up i really believe that it makes sense for north korea to come to the table and to make a deal and maybe time to talk after all u.s. president donald trump strikes a softer child on the korean like. a t.v. station is targeted by gunmen in kabul it's just the latest in a string of attacks across afghanistan. and catalonia is ousted leader calls on pro independence politics to unite in next month's election supporters and opponents rally in brussels. saudi arabia has fired another warning shot at iran accusing it of direct military aggression through who's the rebels in yemen crown prince mohammed bin salma was referring to the. riyadh from yemen on saturday saudi arabia pointing the finger for supplying the weapon tara for its parts has dismissed the accusation as quote contrary to reality meanwhile what appears to be the saudi orchestrated resignation of lebanon's

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 nothing less than a catastrophe over the last few years i mean and then going back in meddling in in lebanon trying to rebalance and whatever that means it's up to the lebanese people to do that what is in your mind what is going on in saudi arabia go ahead joe and. washington. i mean obviously it's not them to grab power of the system became very complicated a lot of princes a lot of branches in southern would a family that want

middle east main powers saudi arabia and iran has been destabilization other regional players yemen and lebanon. and the latest development saudi led airstrikes targeted the defense ministry in the yemeni capital it was back in march of two thousand and fifteen saudi arabia first began its incursion into yemen by launching an air campaign against rebels who are backed by iran many civilians have also been affected by the latest saudi led bombing here's what they told our sister channel r.t. arabic. and then a second rocket hit my house was destroyed i'm just an ordinary person i'm a bus driver i'm not a military commander not an agent of the state why did they do that to me my house didn't hold a single bullet did they fear that i had weapons so i want them to watch this i have nothing this is just a house and i'm a poor person that i would feel if you knew i had an leg were injured our houses were destroyed this is the result of aggression how how is this in the area are affected by the strike. we have has intensified this bombardment of yemen in response to a missile fired towards the

a discussion with senator tom cotton on u.s. policy toward iran. he spoke at an event hosted by hudson institute that focused on countering violent extremism. after senator cotton's remarks we'll hear from white house strategist steve bannon talking about administration's middle east strategy and efforts to combat isis. >>> so next up we have catherine herridge interviewing senator tom cotton. katherine is the award winning correspondent for fox news channel. she covers intelligence, justice department and department of homeland security for fox news in her career she report freddie afghanistan, iraq, qatar, guantanamo bay and other places. i would like her to take over the stage. here we are. >> good afternoon. >> i'd like to thank the hudson institute for hosting such a timely discussion and graciously including me and fox news channel and for senator tom cotton kindly giving up some of his afternoon to be here with us. i'd like to start by an overview kind of setting the table. how do you see qatar, iran, the muslim brotherhood, how do you see that relationship and that pilla

of survivors of the iran iraq of quite face a desperate future as the government scrambles to provide aid. you know i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up tense times in zimbabwe zanu p.f. accuses the army chief of treason after he threatens to intervene over the president's party pudge. frankly i had no recollection of this meeting. the u.s. attorney general changes his story but insists he did not lie to congress about contacts between the russians and trump's campaign. and this information and manipulation of social media caused global internet freedom to decline for its seventh year in a row. our top story thousands of iranians are enduring a second night sleeping outside in freezing temperatures after their homes were destroyed in sunday's powerful earthquake on the iran iraq border an earlier report that five hundred thirty people have been killed is now been revised down to more than four hundred thirty almost all of them in iran but many victims have been buried without the knowledge of the authorities so the real figure could be much hi

can beat him of the regional leader without emulating the revolution that occurred in iran in ninety seven to you know are going to hang on us was making this is dying sense i mean it is that this is this is this is absolutely absurd that a thirty two year old billionaire has the right to destroy lives in this part of the world ok this is the first thought this is absurd on its face second of all it is absent. lewdly our responsibility right now to sound the alarm ok we are all i'm an american citizen here in lebanon and my lebanese friends who some of them hate on it some of them hate saudi arabia they are deathly scared for their children's safety and for their safety so no it is absolutely the right time to raise the alarm and say the forces that are being unleashed are tremendous they are dangerous and they could lead to further death and destruction in a part of the world that cannot bear it anymore so no i think it is absolutely our responsibility right now is to raise the alarm maybe not world war three but this is going to asterisk all of us sorry i just agreed. i just want y

arabia criticizing iran and saying who fears for his life. alone barbara starr you're watching out is there live from london also coming up on the program russian air strikes kill six members of the same family in an offensive to drive i saw from the last trip of land they controls in syria catalans ousted leader urges independence parties to unite for december's election after spain issues a warrant for his arrest protests in south korea as president trump repairs to the park for a five nation tour of asia with north korea top of the agenda. hello welcome to the program in a surprise move lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has resigned accusing iran of sowing strife in the arab world and saying he fears his life is in danger he compared the current political climate to that prior to the assassination of his father former prime minister rafik hariri in two thousand and five an open critic of iran and hezbollah how do you remade the statement in the saudi capital riyadh iran's foreign ministry has responded by saying how we reason resignation will create tensions in the region and is