after the resignation of the saudi bank the lebanese prime minister who made his announcement from riyadh. good evening money you're watching r.t. international and we'll start this hour with breaking news because wiki leaks claims that the cia's created a computer program that impersonates the antivirus software of the russian company kaspersky lab let's get more details on this story now from our correspondent kelli what else is in these revelations. well at this point we have a new batch of documents from wiki leaks vault a now this new batch is known as hive and essentially it reveals the source code and development logs used in cia malware infrastructure very very interesting now at this point it is revealed that the cia had a method for actually impersonating the russian company known as kaspersky labs now just recently it was reported that in two thousand and fifteen this company kaspersky labs had stolen cyber secrets from the u.s. national security agency with with software that they had developed however they've denied any wrongdoing u.s. authorities have actually barred anyone

who is missing in action in riyadh but at the moment i just want to also this is the point that anything we say at the moment is really uncertain given that we have not heard from how do you know face to face and he mentioned in his interview on on sunday november twelfth that there are there are a lot of secrets that he can only tell when he comes to lebanon and speak to president on ok well go back to martin on uncertainty is the worst thing you need in a situation like this here i want to go back to the issue of reform and we had the crown prince and people around him talking about moderate islam that is remarkable coming out of riyadh i mean if he's you know like a bull in a china shop you know with his purging like that he does he could have the political strength base to be able to do something like that because i have to wonder if that's just for western consumption that's my first take away go ahead barton. no i think you're going to nail firmly on the head yes the question that all journalists and analysts want to ask is the same what how long would this guy be around you know w

the who's the rebels in yemen who saudi arabia has been bombing for many years fire a rocket of 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 all

destroyed this is the result of aggression how how is this in the area were affected by the strike riyadh has intensified its bombardment of yemen in a response to a missile fired towards the saudi capital a week ago by who is the fighters saudi arabia quick to blame it on iran saying to iran directly supports the who these later a senior u.s. air force official claimed the ballistic missile that was used had been made in iran. then i read markings on the business. that's been demonstrated and there are pictures that take that to mean that connects that to iran in terms of who supply. missiles and that capability has some i am going to end that war which 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. takes a look now at the escalating tensions between two of the biggest players in the middle east recently barely a day seems to go by without saudi arabia making headlines and it almost always boils down to its enemy iran it is a game of chess that spans an entire region on every. the who's the rebels in yem

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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

who is seen as a politician backed by saudi arabia he was in riyadh when he made this announcement and as the reason for his resignation he cited iranian influence in his country. were never really present discord and destruction of. our countries in lebanon syria very. well i would like to see which iran and its followers that they would be losing their. way come to the scene within the past and they have sons in the region. following his announcement there has been speculation that saudi arabia could be holding a hard against his will riyadh has denied such allegations but the u.s. state department spokesperson caused further confusion at her latest briefing when she seemed to let slip she may know where hariri is. in terms of the conditions of him being held or the conversations between saudi arabia and the prime minister hariri i would have to refer you to the government of saudi arabia and also to mr hariri office for it so that your visions of him being held as soon as you can detention. that i'm not going to put that word behi out i'm not going to associate that word with that b

in some ritzy hotel the middle riyadh. yes max well let's talk about the latest at the time that we're recording this prince albert lead been told is under house arrest under writs arrest you might say he's at the ritz in riyadh sleeping on a mattress and he's a major shareholder of twitter citi group and fox disney all these sort of companies but the interesting thing about this is it comes only days after he had dissed bitcoin as fraud and part of the reason why he said it's fraud is that governments don't control it so he then goes on to provide a use case for why one would want big coing read some of the headlines here saudi crackdown.

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

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 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

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

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 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 losing a

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

ritz hotel in the middle of riyadh. yes max well let's talk about the latest at the time that we're recording this prince albert lead been told is under house arrest under ritz arrest you might say he's at the ritz in riyadh sleeping on a mattress and he's a major shareholder of twitter citi group and fox disney all these sort of companies but the interesting thing about this is it comes only days after he had dissed bitcoin as fraud and part of the reason why he said it's fraud is that governments don't control it so he then goes on to provide a use case for why one would want bitcoin read some of the headlines here saudi crackdown widens as more bank accounts said frozen apparently there's about thirty three billion dollars at the time we're recording this seized and held by m.b.a.'s as the new crown prince some say is going to seize absolute control he has seized thirty three billion dollars worth of assets. will all lead been to allow had about seventeen billion dollars and so i don't know how much of those are froz

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 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

checkmated riyadh here the saudis are ramping up attacks on iran on other fronts trudi this is an international game of chess with nations and populations at stake ironic given that last year saudi arabia has highest islamic cleric battened chess saying that the game causes and hatred between people and even when played on a giant geo political scale well it looks like he was right. the sudden resignation announcement made by the lebanese prime minister from the saudi capital which might just mentioned has been well it's also significantly adding to the tensions has been speculation that saudi arabia could be holding saddam against his will riyadh denies that allegation however the leader of lebanon's political and military has a ball of movement hassan nasrallah has accused the saudis of unprecedented interference. the lebanese prime minister was forced to resign and he read a statement that was dictated by them he was placed under house arrest and prevented from returning to his country it's obvious that saudi arabia declared war on the entire nation of lebanon not just has been. as we've men

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

prime minister suspended his resignation on wednesday his sudden announcement to step down made in riyadh just two weeks ago had plunged his country into turmoil but many saw it as evidence of a growing regional power struggle between saudi arabia and iran we are now and i gotta look now i announce my resignation from the post of prime minister with my certainty that the will of the lebanese is stronger that they will be able to overcome the tutelage from inside or outside the college i discussed my resignation with the president of the republic he won't speak to wait before submitting it to put it on hold and to allow for more consultations into the reasons behind it ari complied well after resigning in saudi arabia really took a small d. top before returning home on tuesday he visited france egypt and cyprus let's take a quick recap of the events of recent days. somebody prime minister saad hariri was forced the resignation was not his desire nor decision to live. on the whole i am here in the kingdom as a free man. he was met by crowds of supporters on his return to beirut some of them

has absolutely no role to play in the future here and while syria may have unexpectedly checkmated riyadh here. the saudis are ramping up attacks on iran on other fronts trudi this is an international game of chess with nations and populations at stake ironic given that last year saudi arabia has highest islamic cleric battened the chess saying that the game causes and miti and hatred between people and even when played on a giant geopolitical scale well it looks like he was right. particularly opposed is the iran nuclear deal which came after painstaking talks between will power is now in addition to the saudis the french president has effectively called the deal in its current form into question the duplicate reports well emanuel might call has been speaking in dubai on thursday where he's been talking about the future of the rayney a nuclear deal that was agreed back in twenty fifteen describing that deal as being insufficient for the feature this is what he had to say in a situation the situation we're facing now this agreement of twenty fifteen is no longer sufficient they should not

and while syria may have been expected to be checkmated riyadh here the saudis are ramping up attacks on iran on other fronts truly this is an international game of chess with nations and populations at stake ironic given that last year saudi arabia has highest islamic cleric battened the chess saying that the game causes and mitzi and hatred between people and even when played on a giant geo political scale well it looks like he was right. independent political analyst pepe escobar says that saudi arabia has provocations come from a desire to change the narrative in the region. saudi arabia is isolated in the ne ne amergin you'll be the least they've lost in syria because of the feel of the dash project they've lost in iraq i was just back from baghdad and the talk in baghdad is about not vulcanization but that about iraqi national unity they lost again with the blockade against got there they are losing the war only yemen which is horrifying we dance of thousands of civilian casualties and supported by the us congress for that matter and use the american weapons and nuclear weapons

and all riyadh's aviation outstrips terence iran wins out when it comes to tanks and naval assets by a long. it's probably no surprise that the saudi kingdom has a massive defense budget coming in at over fifty. or chance of winning i think it would go away with a war but i think saudi arabia believes it doesn't have a chance of winning a war against iran the rhetoric might be at a boiling point at the moment but there's still no sign either side is ready for open conflict. now a british school teacher has been suspended after praising his students it sounds a bit odd but joshua cliff congratulated his math class by saying well done but that did upset one people who identifies as male teacher insists he apologized immediately and says it was an accident. the student in question. came in did very well and then i said well then girls started really well and i was met with a fierce rebuttal. and i sincerely apologize. i then found out six weeks later that i was going to be under investigation for a missed gendering within the community and also told us that he believes he's being single

and all riyadh's aviation outstrips tehran's iran wins out when it comes to tanks and naval assets by a long run. it's probably no surprise that the saudi kingdom has a massive defense budget coming in at over fifty six billion dorf in the islamic republic's six billion and change. but when it comes to male power iran has significantly more citizens fit for service and the event of war you have a very rash ruler in saudi arabia i'm talking about the prince. you know he's just about ready to do. it so if you look at what happened with the lebanese prime minister it was basically forced to resign. and that gives you just an indicator of how far will have been some man is willing to go but i personally would be very very surprised if saudi arabia lost the war on iraq i would completely rule out iran launching a war on saudi arabia study arabia had. guarantees or chance of winning i think it would go ahead with the war but i think saudi arabia believes it doesn't have a chance of winning a war against iran the rhetoric might be at a boiling point at the moment but there's still no sign ei

the hardest allies losing an aside is winning and while syria may have unexpectedly checkmated riyadh here the saudis are ramping up attacks on iran on other fronts truly this is an international game of chess with nations and populations at stake ironic given that last year saudi arabia's highest islamic cleric banned chess saying that the game causes enmity and hatred between people and even when played on a giant geopolitical scale well it looks like he was right. the unexpected resignation of the lebanese prime minister is only added to tensions there's been speculation saudi arabia could be holding saudi arabia against his will riyadh denied the claims and to reveal himself has given his first interview since quitting very said he is free to leave saudi arabia whenever he wants and a hard look at how look i'm free in thirty arabia if i wanted to leave tomorrow i would leave tomorrow all lebanese people need to know that i did resign i know it's not an all do it with resigning but any prime minister i know that but i did it because i wanted to send them into shock positive shock s

and all riyadh's aviation outstrips terence iran wins out when it comes to tanks and naval assets by a long run. it's probably no surprise that the saudi kingdom has a massive defense budget coming in at over fifty six billion dollars in the islamic republic's six billion and change. but when it comes to manpower iran has significantly more citizens fit for service and the event of war you have a very rush ruler in saudi arabia talking about the just and in the case of the how but at this point according to documents acquired by usa today if you have a history of depression drug and alcohol abuse bipolar disorder or even a self mutilation you can apply for a waiver and join the us military the decision was primarily due to the increased availability. medical records and other data which is now we're ready to very little these records allow army officials to better document applicant medical histories what's more important if you look at the reason that the army is having trouble recruiting new soldiers the number of waivers for marijuana use have increased as well chief of staff mark

saudi arabia three mosques could further complicate not only the ongoing standoff between taran and riyadh they have a shared interest in pushing back iranian influence in the region but over the last year or two it's becoming more and more obvious and these latest comments by the israeli military's chief of staff essentially saying that admitting that israel and saudi arabia are ready to exchange information and share intelligence on iran and its allies in the region and it's thought that this is something which has been. perhaps to beer in the past something which saudi leaders haven't been able to make the case to their own populations but now feel more comfortable to do so and it appears the rule of the middle east is that my enemy's enemy is my friend so those two countries increasing very cooperation. in order to push back what they say is rainy and expansionism in the region now of course the situation here in lebanon has been somewhat more tense over the last couple of weeks we've seen that resignation by the lebanese prime minister saad hariri live on television from riyadh from s

riyadh's ritz carlton became the impromptu site and luxurious prison for some of saudi arabia's most wealthy and powerful over the weekend it was a serious fall from grace for those rounded up including princes ministers and business people who had to make do with sleeping on the floor in the five star hotel. it's all part of an unprecedented anti-corruption purge decreed by the king and put into motion by thirty two year old prince mohammad the sweeping arrests are thought to be the young saudi heirs gamble to stamp out political rivals and clear his way to power and on that way he is ready to shatter decades of royal traditions by breaking saudi arabia's addiction to oil we will not have it to be at the mercy of commodity price volatility or external markets we have developed a case of oil addiction in saudi arabia and his rise to power principal home it has also forged a close relationship with the trump administration. so it perhaps came as no surprise when trump gave his backing to the so-called corruption purge on twitter i have great confidence in king salmon and the crown pri

things the current crisis in lebanon has actually been created auto officially by riyadh. there is an agenda to try and destabilize iran and to and to create some sort of tension in the region and these are the first steps ordering saudis which is a somewhat of a futile gesture given that are hardly any saudis in eleven of the movements but there are a few kuwaitis quite a few who are to tourists what's the link you might be asking yourself to lebanon well saad hariri a lot of people don't know is also a saudi citizen spent most of his life in saudi arabia and is considered to be a sort of a saudi porn to put it bluntly so they pulled mystery over back to saudi arabia in a sort of panic last week a couple of times and basically forced him to resign as lebanese premier as part of a bigger longer term plan to try and destabilize lebanon to shake tiny lebanon so as to make a point to hezbollah and to the region that 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. since the start of the twenty fifteen saudi incursion int

thank you riyadh has intensified its bombardment of yemen in response to a missile fired towards the saudi capital a week ago by the rebels it was quick to blame it on iran so in that iran supports the fighters later a senior u.s. air force official said the ballistic missile had been made in the ran around denies the accusations in iranian markings are business. that's been demonstrated. for the pictures that depict that to me that connects that to our air in terms of who's supplying. missiles and that capability from i am going to we do not even have the ability to transfer the human it's the missiles and we've managed to increase the missiles range. you're an analyst and director of the international center for human rights are the shias are desired they believe that yemen proves civilians are paying a high price for games saudi arabia and iran are playing in the middle east both contraries are trying to be the king of the middle is iran and. saudi are. in someone already declared that. iran is impossible so i can't predict that they will come up with there is a lucian but that's