apologise to his wife. hello and welcome to world news today. a missile over the capital, riyadh, close to the international airport. where houthi rebels are fighting the saudi—backed government. there are no reports of any damage. evidence to support that claim. to a major population centre. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. claim is correct is why riyadh have reacted. they have reacted quickly? is, it has been intercepted or not, but you know. but you know. there is fire and explosion in part of the airport. of the airport. normally, are happening normally and movement happening normally. movement happening normally. managed to get to riyadh is significant. significant. is often described as the forgotten war. war. it goes through months without making the international news. making the international news. very little humanitarian aid. little humanitarian aid. difficult for journalists to find out what is going on. out what is going on. on the international agenda, how busy is the airport? busy is the airport? airport with the capital and it has two terminals, north and south

had supplied rebels in yemen with a missile that was fired towards riyadh's main airport over the weekend that strike was intercepted the foreign ministry of iran said the remarks who called those remarks quote destructive and faults now what comes after a day of arrests in saudi arabia widely viewed as a move by the crown prince to consolidate his power. the ritz carlton hotel in riyadh is normally a popular meeting place for saudi arabia's wealthy c.e.o.'s ministers members of the royal family. no more well phone footage shows how this luxury hotel has become a gilded prison the rich and famous arrested in yesterday's corruption crackdown sleeping on mattresses. sodhi leader chrome prince mohammed bin salman on the left of this poster with his father king salmon once it known he means business it will be. the detention of people on charges of corruption who are in positions of high authority and possess lots of money and who trades throughout most of the world's continent also proves that the economic side is considered important to our leadership. could be and walk away a littl

riyadh saying it could be considered an act of war. donald trump wraps up his trip to japan and heads to south korea the nuclear threat from north korea likely to take center stage. and germany the host of the u.n. climate change conference comes under fire over its own environmental promises. peace in the u.s. state of texas a sunday's shooting at a church was the result of a domestic dispute the gunman devon patrick kelly had sent threatening text messages to his mother in law in recent days at least twenty six people including children were killed in the attack a man who confronted and chased the gunman told reporters he was driving near the church in southern springs when he saw the shooter i did what i thought i needed to do which is. that there's a shooting. and i just did the right thing. well a vigil has been held for those killed in sunday's shooting dozens of people held candles at a gathering across the street from the first baptist church in southern springs heidi joe castro joins us now from there and what more are we learning about the gunman's motives. larry and they sa

missile fired from neighbouring yemen. a loud explosion was heard in the saudi capital, riyadh. meanwhile an anti—corruption commission headed by a powerful saudi prince, is reported to have detained numerous princes and ministers as part of an apparent purge. lebanon's prime minister resigns — saying his life is in danger. he blames iran. president trump departs hawaii on his way to japan — the first stop in his 12 day tour of asia. and, saying sorry to sue — an english farmer uses a tractor, gps and crop sprayers to apologise to his wife. hello and welcome to bbc news. state media in saudi arabia say the military has shot down a missile over the capital, riyadh, close to the international airport. the weapon appears to have been fired from neighbouring yemen. houthi rebels, who are backed by iran, have claimed responsibility. it's first time the rebels have tried to fire a missile directly on the saudi capital. mohamed taha, from bbc arabic, says it's clear the houthis intended to cause major damage. it could not be denied because, as you said, whether the missile or

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 their government is one of several gulf states that has ordered its people to leave the country this comes amid sharpening tensions in the region lebanon is being drawn deeper into a power struggle between arch rivals saudi arabia and iran. lebanese prime minister saad hariri is inside the arabia since he was designed last weekend accusations have been flying that the kingdom is holding him hostage for. iran backed militant group hezbollah says that amounts to a declaration of war the group is accusing saudi arabia of using lebanon as a proxy in its conflict with rival iran. that you will if your problem is with iran why you are attacking lebanon just to prove you have influence we admit that you have influence but if you think that you can defeat the lebanese resistance or its political parties who refuse to comply with you you're mistaken. lebanon's president met with the saudi envoy on fr

against riyadh plus. we're trying to see whether we can get our normal access restored and we're hopeful that we will be able to continue our normal operations the u.n. raises other law aid efforts and we haven't suffered due to the blockade by the sound of that coalition. donald trump's hawkish stance towards north korea's nuclear threat in the spotlight as he heads for seoul also. i'm just feeling i'm saving nine lives right now so. yes i think anybody that. think about it it's a dog eat escort service passengers take stray dogs from mexico to new homes four thousand kilometers away. welcome to the news our side eurabia says lebanon will be dealt with as a government that has declared war against it is a major development amid escalating tension in the region between saudi arabia and iran in comments to the state media the saudi minister for gulf affairs referred to the role of iran within lebanon to be. that the lebanon based iran backed group hezbollah has committed acts of aggression saudi's foreign minister is accusing has been are launching a ballistic missile targeting ri

rebels in yemen with a missile that was fired towards the airport in riyadh over the weekend. i'm broke off it's good to have you with us tonight the ousted kettle on leader carlist voyage to ma has made a surprise appearance not in spain but at a rally in brussels it's his first appearance since the spanish government slapped and the rest warrant on mr bridge to ma was cheered by around two hundred mayors from cattle on communities who had brought their call for independence to the do. more of the european union outside those doors in the belgian capital they intensified their calls for the e.u.'s leaders to intervene in their standoff with madrid mr burrage tomorrow fled catalonia you may remember and went to brussels when the spanish government filed sedition charges against him for declaring independence from spain earlier i spoke with correspondent georg martinez who witnessed this unexpected appearance this evening and i asked him what demands message while. he had a simple message for the e.u. member states and that was to recognize our independence referendum and do help us in o

down close to king khalid international airport on the outskirts of the capital riyadh. the official saudi news agency is p.a. said saudi forces fired a surface to air patriot missile to intercept it witnesses reported hearing a loud explosion and seeing fragments falling near the airport the rebels moved quickly to say they were behind the missile attack telling al-jazeera they had launched a burke and two h. missile a scud type missile with a range of more than eight hundred kilometers knocked out of the year it was a man we choose the time and place after collecting information about a target and it was khalid international airport east of riyadh targeted by a long range volcano ballistic missile this is in response to continued aggression committing daily massacres against the yemeni people. the conflict in yemen pits the rebels from the north backed by iran and troops loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh against yemeni government forces back in two thousand and fourteen the who sees and their allies took control of the yemeni capital sana'a. but the conflict widened earl

the saudi capital riyadh before it's intercepted over the city. has them speak of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up lebanon's prime minister quite suddenly in the saudi capital saying he feared for his life plus. the road of the tyrant is a steady march toward poverty suffering and servitude tensions with north korea top the agenda as donald trump lands in japan to begin his asian tool also. the report from get out of the hometown of sac catalina leader call us put him on web politics took a backseat to tradition. at all we begin with two major stories out of saudi arabia at least eleven princes and thousands of foreign ministers have been arrested on corruption charges two ministers and the head of the navy have been fired and the saudi military shot down a long range ballistic missile over riyadh fied from yemen by the rebels many on a hometowns that. it's not the first time who the rebels have fired long range missiles across the border at saudi arabia but this missile appears to have travelled the furthest hundreds of kilometers deep into saudi heartland and only t

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 some other news emerging from the country of the saudi prince. has been released from office now he was the saudi national guard minister in charge of a one hundred thousand strong force so that is another development that's just breaking let's get more on this story now with ian black who's a visiting senior fellow at the middle east center at the london school of economics he's also the former middle east editor at the guardian newspaper joins me now via skype so we're talking here about prince. and has been the national guard minister what does it mean what is the significance of him being released from office why is it happening now. well. they will be in the family relationship we're very focused very much in saudi arabia looking at all the changes to be in that study the young crown prin

kingdom of saudi arabia first the military says it shot down a long range ballistic missile over riyadh from yemen who through rebels claimed responsibility to keep up the attacks as long as the lead coalition air strikes continue in the amman mother in the hold. it's not the first time who the rebels have fired long range missiles across the border at saudi arabia but this missile appears to have travelled the furthest hundreds of kilometers deep into saudi heartland and only taken down close to king khalid international airport on the outskirts of the capital riyadh. the official saudi news agency is p.a. said saudi forces fired a surface to air patriot missile to intercept it witnesses reported hearing a loud explosion and seeing fragments falling need the airport the rebels moved quickly to say they were behind the missile attack telling al-jazeera they had launched a burka and two h. missile a scud type missile with a range of more than eight hundred kilometers knocked out of the year. we choose the time and place after collecting information about a target and it was khaled intern

saying he fears his life is in danger perry made the surprise announcement in the saudi capital riyadh. now and other stories we're following a senior u.s. official is called on me on march to ensure a safe and stable environment so that more than six hundred thousand range refugees can return home members of the muslim minority fled over the border into bangladesh after myanmar's military launched a crackdown which the un has described as ethnic cleansing and as foreign slowey now reports many refugees are too scared to even think about returning. this is the second time in his sixty years that has been a refugee he first crossed into bangladesh to escape the myanmar military crackdown in one nine hundred seventy eight but was repatriated two years later he says he managed to build a good life for his family back in myanmar where they had a house and some land in which they grew crops but now as refugees in bangladesh they have nothing he's not sure if his land title will still be recognised he's not sure there's anything to return to. we can go back if we recognise the citizens if we

fact that it happened in riyadh and not beirut kind of contributing to this climate of tension between these different forces and you know all this is sad headed as it is aggression came as a surprise to others but not to the people who really know the politics of lebanon or to the people who are near him i can tell you a little story in july i wanted to go to beirut and i was on the former saturday and i said i'm coming will you be there and he said yes come you should come it's all right it's it's safe it's fine i said you know we worry about your safety so this is only two months ago for him to teach this is must be very critical again i tell you. hezbollah is seen as somebody who trains the horses is seen as somebody who is interfering in iraq is seen as somebody in a senior thing was there areas that there had been a meeting in riyadh in the days prior to his recent visit just at the end of october he went back he was speaking to his colleagues from the future movement he was briefing let the lebanese council of ministers there was no hint that his resignation was coming o

resignation mohsin riyadh plus. on world toilet day i robot bride in cambodia a country dealing with a universal problem. but first it looks like it's crunch time for zimbabwe's president as his ruling zanu p.f. party meets to decide his future the big question will he quit or will he be forced out now robert mugabe has been steadily losing. the portraits when say that's when the military seize power the army chief was angry over the sacking of the vice president. his longtime ally the influential war veterans are also demanding that mugabe be removed as leader and the youth wing of zanu p.f. is also joined those calls they say the president's support of his wife grace destroyed the government now this follows extraordinary scenes in the capital harare where hundreds of thousands of people marched on saturday celebrating the apparent demise of president robert mugabe let's go live to our correspondent who is in harare and her your outside the headquarters of the ruling party in zimbabwe organs of the party seem to be in agreement that it's the end of president robert mugabe. zan

was fired at riyadh it's the latest developments of escalating tension in the region saudi air defense forces intercepted the ballistic missile on saturday although the who the rebels claimed responsibility saudi leaders say the weapon was supplied by iran iran back to it is a warning that saudi and u.a.e. airports are now within firing range and could be the next targets saudi arabia is also taking aim at lebanon its warning that it will be dealt with as a government that has declared war against riyadh lebanon's prime minister saad al holy be blamed iran and hizbollah for destabilizing the region hariri who resigned while in riyadh on saturday has now arrived in abu dhabi for talks from the honda who's in beirut. some analysts are even saying that these statements by saudi officials a number of saudi officials are unprecedented and they're analyzing this as a declaration of war against eleven on telling lebanon lebanese leaders need to choose between peace or terror in other words telling them not to cooperate or deal with hezbollah now hezbollah of course is a party that has

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 beirut. it has been three days since lebanese prime minister sato had announced his shock resigna

he return to beirut five days after he not stay in riyadh that he was stepping down or aries office says he's still in the saudi capital and denies he's being held there against his will in now that used to . the return of prime minister saad hariri head of the future movement is necessary in order to restore the internal and external balance of lebanon with full respect to lebanon's legitimacy in accordance to the constitution and to the thai if accord and with respect to the arab and international legitimacy we confirm our support for prime minister hariri and for all the decisions he makes under any circumstances. as arizona hold us and this updates from beirut. the political party of saddle how do you say that it is necessary that the the prime minister immediately returns to lebanon saying that this is of course necessary to restore stability in the country the political party in that statement stopping short of actually saying that they believe that the prime minister is detained that he is being held against his will in fact we called how do these office to ask them whether o

riyadh when he made his announcement and the reason for his resignation he cited rain and influence in this country. she had were very wrong as prism to plant discord and destruction of. interference in our countries in lebanon syria iraq yemen what i would like to see which iran and its followers that they would be losers in the. wake of the scene within the past and their homes in the region. and following that announcement there's been speculation that saudi arabia might be holding her against his will riyadh has denied those allegations but the u.s. state department spokesperson calls further confusion that 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 some of the convictions of him being told the truth is you detention well. i'm not going to put that word but high and i'm not going to associate that word with that but where he is right now wher

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 from any any u.s. government officials from using kaspe

arabia has escalated after a missile attack near the riyadh it was carried out by who the rebels in yemen iran's president is now warning saudi arabia he did so want to wednesday that it will not achieve anything by threatening the might of iran after saudi arabia laid the blame for the missile attack on terror on. you know the might and position of the republic people more powerful than you have been able to do anything against the iranian people you are not strong enough to do that some concern that the ongoing and underreported proxy war between the two regional powers could turn into a direct confrontation is r.t. is what i guess the 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 front in every country the saudis see iran's evil influence. 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

a long range missile at the saudi capital riyadh before it's intercepted over the city. we will never yield never waver and never falter in defense of our people donald trump bringing his tough talk to japan as the u.s. president begins his twelve day tour of asia. summit take you to rhoda the hometown of sect cattle and lead a kind of push along with politics took a backseat to tradition. we begin in saudi arabia where there's been a major cabinet shakeup the same night as several princes were detained in a new anti corruption crackdown the billionaire investor i'll lead been tell all is one of eleven princes who were detained. he's a major shareholder in twitter twenty first century fox and citi group he's been previously named in time magazine's list of the one the one hundred most influential people the country's economy minister and the head of the navy were replaced but perhaps the most prominent official removed was the head of the national guard prince might have been a he's the son of the late king abdullah and was once considered a contender to the throne it's a move t

just here but across the region riyadh is accusing iran of what it called direct military aggression by providing hutu rebels in yemen with rockets used to target the kingdom saudi officials have also said the very presence of hezbollah in the lebanese government amounts to a declaration of war. saudi arabia through a stretch when the lebanese government and people to finish off has belong it's an invitation to civil war there's a new front saudi israel and the us against iran. iran has proxies across the middle east in iraq it controls paramilitary forces that are stronger than the state in yemen saudi arabia is in a quagmire unable to defeat the iranian allied hutus in syria it has revolutionary guards and hezbollah troops supporting the government iran has now secured a land core door stretching from to her on through iraq and syria all the way to lebanon where saudi arabia hopes it can change the balance of power. saudi arabia. is even classified as a terrorist organization but now. stronger language and threatening action in the words of the statement affairs there will be those

than i and an explanation for his sudden resignation whilst in riyadh. cautious optimism signals have been detected from a missing submarine in argentina. now it could be crunch time to zimbabwe's president as the military politicians and civil society come together to decide his future the big question now is will robert mugabe quit me full sout he's been steadily losing support since wednesday when the military sees the army chief was angry because of the sacking of vice president m isn't. his longtime ally the president's own policies and in p.f. is meeting to vote on whether to strip him of the presidency and the policy lead. the share this follows extraordinary scenes in the capital harare where hundreds of thousands of people marched on saturday celebrating the apparent turned of his thirty seven year long grip on power live now to her in harare and her you're actually outside where this extraordinary meeting is taking place tell us exactly what the new p.f. is considering. while they're considering firing the question and and firing his wife grace as head of the women's le

opposed to our side will gather in the saudi capital riyadh it follows a surprise visit to russia on monday for talks with president vladimir putin. the u.n. says more than thirty flights carrying much needed aid into yemen have been cancelled requests for new ones being answered humanitarian staff of been unable to move in or out of yemen's capital sana'a. and its blockade two weeks ago some yemeni boards have reopened to allow in food and fuel but aid groups say that's not enough the un's warning millions of people face starvation if the restrictions and measures. those are your headlines the news continues here now to syria after inside story. facing reality is a piece of machinery goes wrong is there a chain of litigation through which we can bring a legal system to bear getting to the heart of the matter i don't think we needed the ball but some of my producers just did hear their story on talk to how dizzy. this time. as the war in syria really almost over syria's president visits russia to thank his allies for their sacrifices they say victory is close and are talking about a

resigned actually ahead of a major opposition conference and riyadh whereas the head of the syrian regime actually is in moscow thanking his big ally for saving the county they summarize in my opinion that the outcome of the conflict and and syria which is very important thing for me i thought actually. ok we're just pieces say that we've got our first guest joining us from london our wakka he is a member of the british syrian society welcome to the discussion mom was just talking about riyadh her job having just resigned from the h.n.c. we want to bring you a little bit about what he said because it was on monday this head of the main so saudi backed syrian opposition group that's a high negotiations committee resigned along with maine other figures and he didn't explain why exactly he was quitting but he did post this statement online services read that after close to two years of hard work to preserve the glorious principles of the syrian revolution i find myself forced to announce my resignation from the age and see wishing it good luck and wishing peace and security to my belo

reportage that the president demanded harry reid's return riyadh says hariri is free to move as he wishes a claim that front supported on friday but there is no doubts that the complaint is escalating the united nations has sounded the alarm this is a matter of great concern to us and what we want is for peace to be preserved in lebanon. it is essential that no new conflict erupts in the region it's going to have devastating consequences for this saudi iran rivalry is also playing out in war ravaged yemen a missile was launched from that against saudi arabia last week the united states is now i said that the missile was a rainy and. in the proxy war yemen is suffering badly now there are fears levanon could become the next battle cry and. well to talk more about this i'm joined in the studio by another thought us from our arabic service thank you for joining us so neither one of the bigger. questions right now is where is saddam how did he is it possible that he really has been detained by saudi arabia this is the one million torah question there are more and more signs now that he

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 but where he is right now where you see as y

targeting riyadh saying it would be considered an act of war plus. lebanon's former prime minister saad hariri meets the saudi king two days after his surprise resignation. and in the u.s. state of texas a sunday's shooting at a church was the result of a domestic dispute at least twenty six people including children were killed in the attack a man who confronted and chased a gunman told reporters he was driving near the church in southern springs when he saw the shooter. i did what i thought i needed to do which is they said that there's a shooting i pursued and i just did what i thought was the right day. a vigil has been held for those killed in sunday's shooting dozens of people held candles at a gathering across the street from the first baptist church in sutherland springs how did your castro has more. human. needs a sunday gathering of christian worshippers turned horrific when a man dressed in full combat gear walked in and opened fire. he was dressed in all black that suspect crossed the street to the church and exit is being cool and began firing at the church the suspect then

since abruptly resigning in the saudi capital riyadh is now in france which is trying to mediate the fallout natasha butler has more from paris in the latest twist in this political crisis saad hariri arrived in paris is look airport at dawn and headed to his apartment in the french capital it was the first time the lebanese prime minister had been seen in public since his sudden resignation in riyadh two weeks ago later he met the french president emmanuel markov at the elisei palace and said he would return to beirut. politique with regards to the political situation i will be in beirut in the next few days to take part in the celebration of our independence and all express opinions on all subjects once i've made president. hariri was joined by his wife and eldest son but his other two children were left behind in riyadh fueling speculation about why that was released a sources said only that it had been the hariri family's personal choice macro invited to really he said not to offer exile but as an act of friendship the fact that some of the rary was killed at the elise is being s

from north korea likely to take center stage saudi arabia blames iran for a missile targeting riyadh saying it could be considered an act of war. one hundred years ago the winter palace here it's a petersburg was echoing to the sound of revolutionaries as the bolsheviks overthrew the governments of the day i'm reach islands and keep watching to find out why russia's modern rulers find this a difficult subject. police in the u.s. state of texas say sunday's shooting at a church was the result of a domestic dispute the gunman devon patrick kelly had sent threatening text messages to his mother and or in recent days at least twenty six people including children were killed in the attack i do jocasta reports now from southern springs texas. inside the white steepled sanctuary of the first baptist church of sutherland springs a scene of horror unfolded on sunday morning survivors described a young man wearing a skull mask and dressed for combat walked in and opened fire on men women and children the youngest victim killed was just a year and a half old why this trip why would you do this

french president emanuel mccraw meanwhile has made a surprise visit to riyadh to have talks with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man now president macro confirmed that he's actually had contact with lebanon's prime minister saad hariri who is also in the saudi capital the president said he'd emphasize the importance of stability in lebanon. this is a comment on the decision of lebanon's prime minister saad hariri resigning but it was in our common interests to guarantee the stability and security of lebanon and therefore i hope lebanon remains a strong state with strong institutions and i hope it will have a new government as soon as possible and engage in a new election process. well saad hariri is political party the freedom movement is demanding that he go back to beirut immediately the lebanese president michel olmert said they haven't heard from him since saturday that of course is when he resigned in a broadcast from riyadh saying that he feared for his life well it's been six days now since that resignation and fears are growing that mr hariri is actually being h

wednesday he resigned in riyadh on november the fourth saying you feared for his life and blamed iran for stoking tension in the region now his two week stay in the saudi kingdom prompted suggestions that he was under house arrest as in a call to his our correspondent in beirut following events for us and of course all eyes really on the french capital to see perhaps what the french president or the former colonial ruler of lebanon can offer in terms of solace to the prime minister and whether he can actually do anything to improve his situation and the crisis that seems to be engulfing lebanon at the moment. well french mediation solved the first part of the crisis and that is the diplomatic turmoil surrounding the fate of the prime minister many in lebanon including the president believed he was being held under house arrest against his will him and his family in riyadh in fact many in lebanon believed he was forced to resign and his resignation speech was written by the saudi arabian authorities so french the french weighed in now we see how the the and his wife in paris but t

saudi arabia hariri has been meeting king solomon in riyadh after not seeing his resignation that two days earlier he quit citing fears of an assassination attempt against him but analysts say regional politics may be the real reason as in how to reports from beirut. this wasn't just an opportunity to talk the meeting between the saudi king so man and saddle had e.d. was as much an attempt to deny reports the lebanese prime minister had been detained by authorities in the saudi capital after he announced his resignation on saturday how did his political opponents have been suggesting he was forced to step down and is under house arrest in riyadh how did his decision to quit as prime minister brought down lebanon's coalition government a government that included hezbollah did blame hezbollah and its patron iran for meddling in arab affairs this plunged lebanon into a new political crisis and there are fears it may be at the forefront of the regional saudi iranian rivalry. and lebanon are divided into similar parties similar as hawks one is. and the other is proof that race which means

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 prime minister has thrown that country into political turmoil they know the reports from beirut it has been three days since lebanese prime minister sato had announced his shock resignation he made his statement in saudi arabia and hasn't returned home since instead he traveled to abu dhabi a saudi ally in the iranian camp for talks on an escalating political crisis back home but the crisis extends beyond lebanon's borders saudi arabia has made clear it wants to curb iranian influence not just here but across the region riyadh is accusing iran of what it called direct military aggression by providing hutu rebels in yemen with rockets used to target the kingdom saudi officials have also said the very presence of hezbollah in the lebanese government amounts to a declaration of war. saudi ara

ritz carlton hotel in riyadh is normally a popular meeting place for saudi arabia's rich and powerful but mobile phone footage has emerged showing how the luxury hotel has become a prison the rich and famous arrested this week in a corruption crackdown now sleeping on mattresses saudi leader crown prince mohammed bin sound man on the left of this poster with his father king so man means business. but the have said you know retention of people on charges of corruption was we were in positions of high or thorazine and possess lots of money and to trade throughout most of the world's continent also proves that the economic side is considered important to our leadership and walker will cry that among those arrested printout will lead been to lull one of the world's richest men. from riyadh to tallest skyscraper he controls luxury hotel chains broadcasters and a real estate empire the sites the arrests more than twelve hundred private bank accounts were also frozen. traders at the riyadh stock exchange were initially nervous following the move with investors worried that since those arrest

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 mr hariri his connections with some of these leading businessman that have been arrested so it was

aggression how how's this and there were affected by the strike riyadh has intensified its bombardment of yemen in response to a missile fired towards the saudi capital a week ago by who the fight is saudi arabia quick to blame it on iran saying to iran directly supports the who things later a senior u.s. air force official claimed the ballistic missile used had been made in iraq. 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's supplying. missiles and that capability of some i am going to end that war that 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. now takes a look at the escalating tensions between two of the biggest power 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 front in every country the saudis see iran's evil influence

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

seven target in riyadh and to the oil pipeline explosion in bahrain. syria's southern news agency is reporting government forces have again taken control of al become open the border with iraq control of the city has changed hands between the syrian government forces and their allies and i saw in recent weeks now the city was the last significant area the armed group controlled in the country. argentina's defense ministry says it's detected seven failed satellite calls from a missing submarine raising hopes that the forty four crew are still alive contact was lost with the sound one on wednesday as it was returning to its base in platter from a routine mission in the south atlantic more than thirty thousand mothers have taken part in the half marathon in the indian capital that's despite health warnings from doctors about severe pollution levels the city has been blanketed in a toxic smog for weeks the indian medical association is calling it a public health emergency. bangladesh's former followed the saudi foreign minister mahmoud ali has visited rohingya camps in cox's bazaar jo

riyadh's international airport from territory held by iranian backed rebels in yemen saudi led military alliance has been fighting the who the since march twenty fifteen saudi arabia which is a u.s. ally accuses terror on of supplying the weapon used on saturday it was intercepted before reaching its target well the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley's says she has encouraged the united nations and international partners to take necessary action to hold the iranian regime accountable for these violations. what with the regime in turmoil the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon is trying to deal with major internal issues to he's detain senior princes businessmen and government ministers as part of what he says is that crackdown on corruption some in the usa the administration should try to rein in the young prince who's now i'm brolga numerous confrontations in jordan reports. the saudi government has been very busy lately and it has foreign leaders and financial chiefs trying to figure out why a november fourth king solomon put his heir apparent in charge of a nationwide corrup

missile fired from yemen close to the capital riyadh saudi state television is reporting the missile was brought down north of king khalid international airport on the outskirts of the capital this matches claims by hoofy rebels in yemen that they fired a long range ballistic missile that traveled five hundred kilometers over the border with saudi arabia a spokesman for the rebels told our jazeera that they don't wish to work on two h. missile towards riyadh on saturday in a separate development the new anti corruption committee headed by the crown prince mohammed bin solomon has reportedly detained several princes as well as some former and current ministers but we've also been watching a major shake up of saudi arabia's cabinet with the replacement of the economy minister the national guard minister prince met bin abdullah has also been released from office he was the last seen in a royal in government not closely connected with king solomon or his son. of more and more all this we're joined by in black who's a visiting senior fellow at the middle east center at the london school o

claims that lebanon's prime minister saad hariri is being held in riyadh against his will. human rights watch accuses me in march leaps of using rape as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign against revenge of muslims. and a red eventually painting one sold for just sixty dollars which is a record breaking four hundred fifty million dollars at auction. i robot god is reported to be refusing to stand down as. didn't despite being confined to his home by the military he met a delegation from south africa which has been drafted in to help find a solution to the political crisis a catholic priest is mediating between members of his zanu p.f. party and army generals the military seized power on tuesday night surrounding the girl his home and government buildings. in harare and has more on those talks. this african delegation is at state house meeting president robert mugabe and then coming out on the records telling people what exactly is going on seoul information that's out there is from an unnamed sources that maybe in telling media and analysts that are the talks have been the and sometim

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

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