saudi arabia represents a revolution of sorts. king salman and his son, crown prince mohammed, have launched a purge of princes and ministers and potential rivals, which is part of a grand plan to entrench their power and transform the country. my guest is saudi journalist, commentator, and current political exile, jamal khashoggi. is the saudi drama about raw power or real reform 7 jamal khashoggi, in washington, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. well, it's a pleasure. you have been calling for a long time now for reform in the kingdom of saudi arabia. we now see a man at the top who appears determined to deliver on reform. are you delighted with what you are seeing in the saudi capital? i might sound throughout with the show with conflicting messages. yes, i am for reform. but i'm also worried for one—man rule. we arabs have suffered a great deal with one—man rule. one—man rule is always problematic, always ends with disaster, whether in germany, or in iraq, or in saudi arabia. saudi arabia wasn't a democracy, but it used to be ruled by consensus, not between us,

been held against his will in the saudi capital he had also called for lebanon's neighbors including saudi arabia to let it decide its own fate tens of thousands of people have throngs of bar ways capital harare demanding the president step down crowds have been streaming towards robert mugabe's official residence urged on by the influential war veterans association the protests were called by the war veterans under guard old rulings are new p.f. party it's a dramatic fall from grace for the embattled leader who's been in power for thirty seven years doctors in syria's eastern ghouta say many residents could die if they're not immediately evacuated four hundred thousand syrians living in the damascus suburb have been besieged by government forces for the past four years the area sided with opposition fighters so that's meant that food aid and medical supplies have not been getting in now to being completely sealed off since august the rafa border crossing from gaza into egypt has reopened but only temporarily rafter is meant to open indefinitely later as part of a palestini

one a million yemenis are at risk every new cholera outbreak because a saudi arabia's blockade of the country the group says the cities of hard data and tires have run out of clean water because of a lack of fuel the country has already seen nine hundred thousand cholera cases in the past six months. those are the headlines but stay with us. up front is coming up next i'll be back in about twenty. from escalating the conflict in yemen to rounding up and detaining his fellow princes saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon has been called both ambitious and reckless in this up from special we'll ask a prominent u.s. congressman why he thinks the american government should stop supporting the saudi led bombing of yemen and in the arena we'll debate whether the crown prince is bent 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-b

all things considered i'm peter lavelle the political crisis inflicted upon lebanon by saudi arabia appears to receded at least for now is this a sign of things to come as the saudi royal family changes so to saudi arabia and the region is it time to buckle up and brace for impact. across talking saudi arabia and the region i'm joined by my guest jamal khashoggi and washington he's a saudi commentator in beirut we have charmaine now one the she is a journalist as well as a middle east geo political analyst and in toronto we cross the mohammad marandi he is an associate professor at the university of toronto are across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much appreciate jamal let me go to you first in washington as we saw this situation play out in lebanon and i don't think it's done yet we'll see what the next move is here but looking at what's going on in saudi arabia critics can make the claim that the the lebanon episode was to deflect from what was going on in saudi arabia and vice versa i mean how are they connected or they're just very

lebanon this must be made clear. the lebanese prime minister is held in saudi arabia banned from returning to lebanon. what else. saudi attempts. to topple the prime minister. but to remove him from the leadership of the movement future movement this movement are in difference with us they are our political opponent however what we are seeing now requires us to stand together saudi arabia as tempting to impose and you leave the ship on the movement even without the knowledge of the members of the future movement. what else. and i tend. to dictate and impose annual prime ministers to be dictated to the president to the parliament and to all the lebanese people. saudi arabia would dictate i want this person to be appointed as prime minister otherwise and threats will follow. the former saudi arabia believes. falsely believe that he can dictate. the new prime minister and his functions i don't know what else. but. provoking. lebanese among themselves their entire rhetoric. and articulated by saudi arabia is aiming at bravo catering the lebanese to start firing. and. saudi arabia is

contact is intensifying with saudi arabia's ambitious young ground p prince, mohammeded bin salalman, 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

mohamad been so money is on a path to reform saudi arabia but what risks is the crown prince running and kenny meet the many challenges he faces both at home and in the region this is inside story. with. with. their welcome to the program i'm jane dothan the erased in saudi arabia have spurred days of speculation and analysis there was the element of surprise the detentions took place on saturday night and without warning the elements of power most of those arrested men of influence and an element of uncertainty is this about purging corruption or consolidating power the man behind it all drawn prince mohammed bin salma on has been a figure of controversy for months now he's regarded as a progressive leader touting social and economic reforms but critics say m.b.a.'s as he's known is also a power hungry over the course of two years he went from being third in line to the throne to first so what are those arrests all about the detained individual spy on a range of sectors in saudi society eleven princes and several ministers were taken into custody on saturday night beside a government sa

saudi arabia's ambassador young crown prince mohammed bin salim on confronting the other big power in the region that is of course in the two countries are already locked in a proxy conflict that's impacting lebanon and is devastatingly yemen but now the fear is that the two strands of islam they represent sunni and shia could be drawn into a greater conflagration so our question on quadriga this week is middle east tensions a new war and to discuss that question i'm joined here in the studio by. the senior editor with the service he say's military support for saudi arabia is just as wrong as abandoning the nuclear deal also with us is freelance journalist an expert. from saudi arabia pacer. 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 th

motion picture s of world war ii films. thanksgiving day on the c-span networks. >> saudi arabia has a new leader, and the crown prince has arrest and detention of over -- the panel includes a journalist that has been banned by the prince from tweeting and making saudi media appearances. >> good morning ladies and gentlemen, i am the executive director. i would like to welcome all of you to this special briefing. it is focusing on the shakeup in riyadh regional and international applications. sincehe past 12, 13 days, the fourth or fifth of november, some serious and very significant changes and steps have been taken in the kingdom of saudi arabia that attracted the attention of media and political analysts all over the world, as a matter of fact, and as all of you know, there have been hundreds and hundreds if not thousands of articles and interviews conducted, written about the significance of these immediate,erms of midterm, long-term implications, domestic and locations, regional implications, international implications. and for the kingdom united states. countries that have

. and anticorruption crackdown by saudi arabia's crown prince resulted in the arrest of 200 government leaders on charges of misusing or embezzling $100 billion of assets. middle east analysts discuss what this means for the saudi government at an event in washington, d.c.. this is an hour and a half. mr. jahshan: -- evening, i: good would like to welcome all of you to this special briefing focusing on the shakeup in the riyadh regional and international implications. over the past 13 days since the november,ifth of some serious and very significant changes and steps have been taken in the kingdom of saudi arabia that attracted andattention of media political analysts all over the world, as a matter of fact. know, there have been hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands, of articles and interviews conducted, written about the significance of these immediate,erms of midterm, long-term implications, domestic implications, regional implications, international implications, for the kingdom and for those like the united states -- countries that have interests and special relations

trump ministration appears to be on board. across talking saudi arabia i'm joined by my guest martin jay in beirut he is a freelance broadcast journalist also in beirut we have. he is a political analyst and in washington we have joe marker on he is a policy analyst at the arab center washington d.c. all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate martin let me go to you first in beirut there are so many elements of what's going on with this story domestically in saudi arabia and of course across the region particularly in lebanon 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 isr

become an environmental activist uninspired. voice for the plot to. al-jazeera. saudi arabia says its defense system has intercepted a long range ballistic missile fired from yemen. and though i'm watching al jazeera live from london also coming up deepening uncertainty in lebanon after the prime minister resigns during a trip to saudi arabia criticizing iran and saying he fears for his life. sucked collis bootable and i'll be reporting on why he drove his political leadership there in mourning. and more than a thousand people rally against the australian government's treatment of refugees mannus island. we begin with breaking news this hour from saudi arabia with the defense system with the defense ministry saying that it intercepted a missile at the airport which is thirty five kilometers northeast of riyadh hoofy rebels have also claim to a find a long range ballistic missile that traveled five hundred kilometers over the border with saudi arabia a spokesman for the rebels told al jazeera that they launched a missile towards riyadh late on saturday so following that story but also

this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes the saudi crown prince consolidate his hold on power after eleven princes and four ministers are arrested in a corruption crackdown. hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah accuse a saudi arabia of forcing the lebanese prime minister to resign oust the catheter leader talismans them on and for other ministers turn themselves into belgian police and donald trump's commerce secretary is among the names revealed in a massive document that details how the world's elite hide their wealth. i'm tatiana sanchez in doha with all the sports news including shalane flanagan becomes the fast american woman in forty years to win the new york marathon i'll have more on that story later. hello thank you for joining us there's been a major shake up in the top ranks of saudi arabia's government and ruling family a new saudi anti corruption committee has overseen the arrest of eleven saudi princes for sitting cabinet ministers and dozens of former ministers the bank accounts of those arrested will be frozen any assets related to th

berlin they struggle for middle east dominance heats up conflicts across the region saudi arabia seeks to reinforce its prominence in the region and the world by rolling back iran's influence in yemen unleavened on our much more dangerous could this rivalry become also on the program president trump arrives at the asia pacific forum in vietnam in feisty mood in a scolding speech the u.s. leader tells the region's business elites of the united states would not tolerate the unfair trade practices his previously accused china. and out american city cleans up its act to climate negotiations can now look to pittsburgh as a model for green jobs and renewable energy. all. i'm phil dale welcome to the program. with tensions higher between a son a saudi arabia and shiite iran france's president paid a surprise visit to the saudi capital riyadh on friday emmanuel macro said he wanted to talk with crown prince mohammed bin sultan about the saudi led war in yemen and saudi arabia's tensions with iran president macro as previously blamed for a recent missile attack launched by yemen shiite rebels a

berlin tonight levanon at the center of a deepening crisis in the middle east saudi arabia and kuwait are telling their citizens to leave lebanon immediately will ask are we seeing a preview of a military conflict also coming up. it will be even launched time in the well to see for many decades with millions of victims a stark warning from the united nations about yemen after a saudi led alliance tightens its blockade on the war ravaged country plus the nurse who may be germany's most prolific serial killer kneels h. is already serving a life sentence he's now suspected of killing more than one hundred patients. i bring it's good to have you with us tonight kuwait and saudi arabia have told their citizens in lebanon to leave the country immediately and they're urging others not to travel there now this comes amid a deepening crisis in the region with lebanon caught up in a conflict between saudi arabia and iran. state run television and one thing that the country is ordering its citizens out of lebanon neighboring kuwait quickly followed suit. it was a reaction to political turmoil in

- [narrator] saudi arabia is a nation in transition. with increasing signs that the status quo it has enjoyed for decades is beginning to fray. as aging rulers give way to a new generation, the political, social, and economic status quo is beginning to shift. with an ambitious young prince, will saudi arabia be able to weather the push for reform? once known for having a special relationship with the us, many question whether the alliance between an ultra-conservative islamic monarchy and the secular democratic republic is coming under new strains. saudi arabia, next on great decisions. (enthusiastic music) - [announcer] great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association in association with thomson reuters. funding for great decisions is provided by pricewaterhousecoopers, llp. (soft arabian music) - [narrator] saudi arabia and the us are at odds culturally and ideologically yet for decades, they have been said to enjoy a special relationship based on shared interests. - on 1945, when the late king abdulaziz, the founder of modern saudi arabia met with the late presiden

supplies were cut off. the u.s. has joined the un and more than twenty aid groups in urging saudi arabia to end its blockade on yemen humanitarian groups warn that more than twenty million people are in urgent need of food as fuel prices rise drastically they say mass starvation could be just weeks away. now the whistleblower group global leaks says release a plan by the united arab emirates to destroy katter's economy and eventually steal the twenty two of the two world cup it was found in the email account of the u.s. ambassador to the united states use of a tiber global leaks handed over the files to the online news outlet the intercept roger up to date those are the headlines inside stories next. starvation and day the u.n. has issued one of its grimmest warnings yet it says yemen could face a famine never before seen but what can world leaders do to stop such a catastrophe this is inside story. i don't welcome to the program i'm jane doc and millions will die that is the stock warning from the united nations humanitarian chief over the crisis in yemen out of sight and out of

changes have been taken in the kingdom of saudi arabia and some political analysts. hundreds if not thousands of articles and interviews conducted about the significance of these defense -- even some with long-term implications thereof regional implications for the kingdom countries that have extensive interest in this special relationship all the lead has been a couple of weeks with that level analysis and reporting were questions raised the and answered during this period of the need to read these here that would keep this year until next friday but just for the purpose in the sake of the of a discussion so some of those questions raised starting in early november included the following letter about the of roundup that we witnessed is a really the anti-corruption campaign? is he be paid recklessly or a genuine a genuine revolution was a the domestic implications with this crackdown we have witnessed over the 12 for 13 days in the back specifically of the government's process in general with several of the of rabil family and particularly of the religious establishments are they ma

the kingdom of saudi arabia that attracted the attention of media and political analysts all over the world, as a matter of fact, and as all of you know, there has been hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands of articles and interviews conducted, written, about the significance of these events in terms of immediate mid term, long-term implications, domestic implications, regional implications and national implications for the kingdom and for those, of course, like the united states, countries that have extensive interests and special relationship with the kingdom. although it's been a couple of weeks of hyperactivity at that level and analysis and reporting frankly more questions have been raised than answered during this period. i don't need to read you the titles of some of all of these questions because that will keep us here until next friday, but i will raise a couple of these questions just for the purpose and for the sake of the discussion today to kind of tend to frame, if you will, the conversation today. some of the questions raised, starting early november when these steps

on counting the cost black gold big dreams and a mega city in the desert why saudi arabia is pinning its hopes on a ram coach a future proof its economy to raise or not to raise the big decision for the bank of england and talking turkey the challenge is behind its strong recovery counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. zero. hello i'm marianna mozzie this is the news hour live from london coming up hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah accuses saudi arabia of forcing the lebanese prime minister to resign. the saudi crown prince consolidate his hold on power of the eleven princes and four ministers are arrested in a corruption crackdown. syrians displaced by the fighting in a hit by a car bomb reported to have killed at least a hundred. and. pushed a month and four other ministers turn themselves into belgian police. in doha with all the sports news including shalane flanagan becomes the fast american woman in forty years to win the new york marathon i'll have more on that story later. on now we begin in lebanon where the leader of the iran backed hezbollah movement says the surpri

money in tax havens. hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah accuses saudi arabia how forcing the lebanese prime minister to resign. and ousted catalan leader and four x. ministers freed under strict conditions and belgium spain seeks that extradition. welcome to the program we begin with a mass shooting at a church in the texan town of sutherland springs at least twenty six people have now been confirmed dead police say the shooter walked into the church during a service and opened fire at least seventeen others were injured in the attack including children the gunman is dead now the governor of texas greg abbott has issued a statement about the shooting. as a state we are dealing with. the largest mass shooting in our state's history. there are so many families who lost family members. fathers mothers sons and daughters. the tragedy of course is worsened by the fact that it occurred in a church a place of worship for these people were innocently gunned down. and we mourn their loss. well john hendren is all correspondent following events for us from washington d.c. at. that press confere

in the country the us state department says it wants the saudi led coalition to lift the blockade in yemen and follows a warning by the u.n. that the measures will lead to one of the worst famines the world has seen and decades those are the headlines news continues in al-jazeera after inside story keep it here. with. starvation and day the u.n. has issued one of its grimmest warnings yet it says yemen could face a famine never before seen but what can world leaders do to stop such a catastrophe this is inside story. of welcome to the program i'm jane died and millions will die that is the stock warning from the united nations humanitarian chief over the crisis in yemen out of sight and out of mind for most of the world millions of children mothers and fathers are struggling to find food now the u.n. warns yemen could face the largest famine the world has seen for many decades it's urging the saudi led coalition to end its devastating blockade and allow aid into the country will get so i guess the moment but first this report from i have a job june. at sanaa international airport an

so shouldn't both. like saudi arabia claim it's making reforms considering its talk recy religious to talk or see and it's reaching out to the west saying it's reforming and it wants to reorder the middle east i mean. that's destabilizing in itself because we don't know what the outcomes are at home and we certainly know what the outcomes are abroad ok go ahead in beirut. the saudis are in a very precarious situation i mean you know if you're going to take an aggressive stance in your neighborhood or at home one of the things you have to do is make sure you have cover so if you're going to move forward with an aggressive foreign policy you have to make sure you have stability and cohesion and at home. mohamed bin some on the crown prince or we often call him m.b.'s is in a dangerous position for himself because at home he's he's taken on the purging of the religious establishment and the royal family and even the business of stablish meant at the same time as he has rockets and mortars coming in from yemen a war that he initiated. and neighboring states and many conflicts around hi

the world has seen for many decades it's urging the saudi led coalition to end its devastating blockade and allow aid into the country will get so i guess in a moment but first this report from a have a job june. at sanaa international airport an ominous silence terminals are as empty of people as runways are devoid of planes clear signs that the crisis in yemen is only growing more dire not only sunnah international airport was completely brought to a halt by the warring coalition stateside that included preventing the un end of planes humanitarian aid the red cross and doctors without borders is a bit of luck but airport officials aren't just angry with the parties to the conflict a compass thought and m m m a to head to the united nations could have taken a brave and clear decisions to condemn the aggression the un could have compelled the belligerent states to allow at least humanitarian aid to arrive and to allow access to the injured casualties and humanitarian cases for its part the u.n. has warned that in yemen which is in the grips of a cholera epidemic that has seen m

in saudi arabia. hello i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up in saudi arabia a missile attack shows that much of the kingdom is now within the range of yemen's the rebels. iran accuses saudi arabia the u.s. and israel of stoking tension in the region after the sudden resignation of the lebanese prime minister saad hariri. and we'll take you to just run of the hometown of the sect cattle and leader push to mount where politics took a backseat for tradition. there's been a major shake up in the top ranks of saudi arabia's government and ruling family between saturday night and sunday morning eleven saudi princes for sitting cabinet ministers and dozens of foreign ministers were detained the government describes all this is the work of a new anti corruption committee which itself was only formed on saturday night among those being held prince. he's best known as a billionaire investor controlling major stakes in twitter twenty first century fox and citi group but most significant internal move involves prince met had been adalah who was removed from

biggest powers in the middle east iran and saudi arabia has escalated directly affecting other countries in the region. hundreds of thousands of taken to the streets of boston logan outraged at madrid's crackdown on for months on leaders who were behind the region's independence declaration. a highly anticipated full meeting between donald trump and saddam and putin fails to materialize at the padded chalk on the sidelines of the apec summit and agreed to cooperate on syria. the u.s. justice department demands that all see america registered as a foreign agents by monday if elster can fly the channel's bank accounts could be frozen. a warm welcome you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international the latest headlines and a roundup of the stories that shape the week i'm mccarran. the geo political rivalry between two of the middle east's main powers saudi arabia and iran has been destabilizing other regional players yemen and lebanon. with the latest development of saudi led airstrikes targeting the defense ministry in the yemeni capital it was back in march twenty fifteen that saudi

london delivers. in brussels, squaring off the struggle for dominance heats up. saudi arabia's newly powerful crown prince on a mission to boost the little kingdom's dominance. good upsetting the balance of power bush the entire region. an american city cleleans up its act. climate negotiators now looking to pittsburgh as a model for green jobs and renewable energy. >> great to have you along. the european union is stepping up pressure on great britain over brexit and has given london a two-week ultimatum. to make clear how much it will pay and when it attends to leave the block. the eu's chief brexit negotiator insisted that real progress must be made in the next two weeks if britain wants crucial talks on trade to take place next month. there are also differences on issue with thy reporter. the u.k.'s brexit negotiator confirmed the u.k. will not create a border between northern ireland and republic to the south as part of a deal with the eu. let's listen to what david davis said about the progress made at these talks. >> there's no doubt that we have made and continue to make sign

at eleven on at the center of a deepening crisis in the middle east saudi arabia and kuwait are telling their citizens to leave lebanon immediately we'll ask a former u.s. ambassador to lebanon if he thinks these are the signs of a coming war also coming up tonight it will be the launch of famine the well to see in many decades millions of victims a stark warning from the you when about yemen after a saudi led alliance tightens its blockade on the war ravaged country and pomp and pageantry and a newfound partnership president wrong and president xi jinping their new chemistry but does this show of friendship as it masks a lack of progress on trade talks and north korea. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us tonight kuwait and saudi arabia have told their citizens in lebanon to leave the country immediately and they are urging others not to travel there just announced the call on television followed by kuwait it comes amid a deepening crisis with lebanon caught up in a conflict between saudi arabia and iran lebanon's saudi backed prime minister saad hariri resigned on satur

situation worsens in yemen due to the blockade by the saudi led coalition. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. charles out the red carpet for donald trump as the u.s. president seeks to push beijing to do more to rein in north korea embattled british prime minister theresa may loses her second cadmus cabinet minister in a week is pretty patel quits over secret meetings and israel and spreading it there europe's biggest butter consumers but french shoppers are now facing a nationwide shortage. the un's aid chief is warning that at the seidler coalition doesn't allow aid access to yemen the world will see the largest famine and decades he's been discussing the dire humanitarian situation that's being worsened by the saudi blockade imposed by the by the military alliance with saudi full fuel. and food short prices are skyrocketing the crisis is being described as catastrophic but more let's get our diplomatic editor same space at the united nations chains. but there is no ambiguity here the words are very very stark now coming out of the u.n. what are you

saudi arabia and kuwait started warning their citizens to leave lebanon. ok looks like we may have lost the connection with martin and we was able to hear me just a few moments ago just try again following saudis lead him in kuwait is very subservient to saudi arabia and what we're seeing now what we're actually witnessing since the weekend. yeah i apologize martin it seems like we've got some problems or horrific time to let you go ahead. ok we will be goodbye. to the that we have a new saudi king emerging mohammed bin solomon the crown prince is now really preparing the ground to take the leadership. ok and we will we will wrap things up there is pretty clear to me that we had an extremely lengthy time delay for if you did know that in advance of drug it mountainbike or at least have a chat with him off air bring his thoughts to you a little later short break now in a moment. to . think you're new to the game this is how it works and the economy is built around corporate corporations from washington to washington to meet. the media. voters elected to business to run this country busin

is next. saudi arabia is accused of forcibly detaining lebanese leaders saad hariri calls. to unify different political groups but is becoming an open battleground for regional proxy. this is inside story. with. hello and welcome to the program i'm laura. it's been a week since lebanon's prime minister saad hariri suddenly resigned during a visit to saudi arabia his actions have set off a chain of events that continue to play out across the region the iranian backed hezbollah movement part of heroes governing coalition says saudi arabia is holding him against his will hezbollah believes by forcing her very to resign saudi arabia has declared war on lebanon the u.s. has joined the u.n. in calling for stability and lebanon warning regional powers against using the country for proxy conflicts we have a lot to get to with our guests but first this report from in beirut. citizens of saudi arabia and its gulf allies visiting or living in lebanon are leaving it's not the first time gulf countries tell their citizens it is not safe to stay lebanon has long been entangled in the saudi irania

minister signals will soon had to beirut after a mysterious two weeks in saudi arabia. the saudis are like my headquarters here in doha also coming up. pressure grows on zimbabwe's and battled president to step down as thousands of former supporters against him. also their food medical supplies and no help from outside emergency call to evacuate sick syrians who've been under siege for years plus. a cozy manhattan apartment that's four people in a great location the only cats you have to take it with you wherever you go and kristen slimmy coming up i'll tell you why some artists are choosing to live here. french capital on saturday with his wife but his children remain in saudi arabia to have. he resigned in riyadh on november the fourth saying he feared for his life and blamed iran for stoking tension in the region his two week stay in the saudi kingdom prompted suggestions that he was at the house arrest which he denies just moments ago he spoke to reporters for sixty dollars us your politique with regards to the political situation i will be in beirut in the next few days to take part i

a proxy war between two of the biggest powers in the middle east around and saudi arabia has escalated directly affecting other countries in the region. i hundreds of thousands of take to the streets of barcelona they're outraged that madrid crackdown on former catalan leaders who were behind the region's independence declaration. highly anticipated formal meeting between donald trump and putin failed to materialize per did chatter on the sidelines of the apec summit and agreed to cooperate on syria. and the u.s. justice department demands r.t. america register as a foreign agent by monday failed to comply with the channel's bank accounts could be frozen. thanks for joining us this hour you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international. the geo political rivalry between two of the 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 incur

middle east are spiking the governments of saudi arabia kuwait and bahrain it's all their citizens to leave lebanon immediately and last week in lebanese prime minister saad hariri resigned while visiting saudi arabia and said that his life is in danger at home shortly thereafter saudi arabia says the iranian backed militants trying to to retaliate by launching a missile from yemen targeting riyadh observers say you saudi arabia and iran are about to expand their proxy war from yemen to lebanon. well i'm joined now by jerry fire stein from washington he is director for gulf of fairs and government relations at the middle east institute he served as ambassador for the u.s. in several countries including lebanon and yemen and masters good to have you on the show i want to ask you about the tensions that we're seeing tonight that are focused on lebanon do you think that we are headed towards a military conflict in lebanon between iran and saudi arabia no i don't think so i think that you're absolutely correct that tensions have been raised clearly the saudis are looking at that and on

-jazeera and five story is coming up next. there are reports saudi arabia is demanding money from senior officials recently arrested crown prince mohammed bin solomon says it's an anti corruption operation but many say it's a way for him to increase his power so how far will he go this is inside story. we're . we're. i know that and welcome to the program i'm laura cairo he's stoking huge tension in an already volatile region saudi arabia's thirty two year old crown prince mohammed bin solomon has made a number of controversial decisions that many believe could forever change the kingdom and the entire region the developments in saudi arabia and what they mean for the rest of the world has been the focus of a conference in london on saturday that's where former diplomats and middle east analysts have been meeting to discuss the crisis and saudi arabia's future may have been solomon or n.b.s. as he's known was appointed saudi arabia's as a throne just six months ago but in that short period he's amassed a lot of power earlier this month he ordered the arrest of around two hundred princes

the united nations have condemned saudi arabia's blockade of yemen ass catastrophic and it along with international aid groups is calling on ria to lift its feel prices in yemen have increased more than sixty percent while cooking gas prices have doubled after saudi arabia cut all aid access to the country the u.n. humanitarian affairs spokesman says it's essential that access for aid be restored immediately donald trump has struck a more conciliatory note towards north korea during a visit to seoul u.s. president is on the second stop of his tour of asia and has met with south korea's president in trump said he's still open to negotiations with pyongyang i says it carried out an attack on a t.v. station in kabul which killed two people and injured at least twenty others gunmen stormed the station after an explosion in the capital kabul. outfit catalan president carlos reached him on pro independence parties to unite ahead of a midnight deadline to register for next month's election which the moment speaking to catalonia radio from brussels weighs in f.l. facts post exile there's

in the region go ahead martin. well the both there's a linkage between both of them i mean saudi arabia is basically getting ready for a new king to take the throne and now this 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 basically wiping out all the opposition anybody who's rival to anybody who could question him or dealt him and give him problems in the future but concurrence of that what we've seen the last few weeks is. 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 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 ara

saudi arabia ordered its citizens to do the same this follows the resignation of the saudi backed a lebanese prime minister who was in riyadh when he made his announcement this martin j. think that this is a manufactured crisis designed to destabilize tehran saudis have the they have gained some 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

brewing conflict in the mideast saudi arabia's new crown prince is on a mission to boost the oil kingdom's prominence but could upsetting the delicate balance of follow pushed the entire region into conflict also coming out. standing shoulder to shoulder on the conflict in syria u.s. president donald trump and russian president vladimir putin reaffirmed their common commitment to ending the war and defeating the islamic state. no place to call home we need a family of kurdish refugees who have spent the past two years stranded in serbia failing in all their attempts so far to reach western europe. welcome to the program in the middle east tensions between saudi arabia and iran are on the rise the palestra go between the two rivals has now spilled over into lebanon whose prime minister saad how do you see unexpectedly resigned while on a visit to saudi arabia now lebanon's powerful has been the chief is accusing saudi arabia of detaining hariri and now the un and us are warning riyadh not to use the country as an arena for proxy conflict. kuwaiti citizens heading out of lebanon th