anchor: a warm welcome to you. i am rochelle ferguson behind me. spain supreme court withdraws international arrest warrants for catalonia's ex leader, carles puigdemont, and his cabinet members. yemen plunges deeper into turmoil following the death of former president alley of the lasala. -- ali abdullah saleh.

the turkish president warns he could cut diplomatic ties with israel if the u.s. recognizes jerusalem as its capital. first, we bring you some news that is just coming in. lebanon's prime minister, saad hariri, has revokeked his resignation after a consensus bill witith rival parties. we cross to our correspondent in beirut. chloe, hello to you. talk us through what we know about him deciding to revoke his resignation. prime minister saad hahariri withdrew his resignatin just now. ae anannouncement came out of cabinet meeting earlier this morning.

it was partly expected. to put some e context into this, when he announced his resignation a month ago from saudi arabia, prime minister saad hariri accused hezbollah of interfering heavily in lebanese politics. he was pointing to the fact that the shia militia's involvement in the regional conflict in syria, but also in yemen and iraq, was very detrimental to lebanon's policy of neutrality. and he came back to lebanon two the prime minister was asked by the president of the republic to consider his resignation. for the last two weeks, he has been in a negotiating process to try to find a new consensus. the prime minister says his will is to remain in power. we do not know exactly what this means.

we do not have further details on what this association policy entails. mean a new step toward neutrality. rochelle: the latest on saad hariri negotiating his resignation. spain supreme court has withdrawn international arrest warrants for carles puigdemonont and four of his cabibinet membe. shown say politiciaians had willingness to return to spain. all five fled to belgium after a declaration of independedence in octobeber which was considerered illegal by spanish court. this is ahead of a december 24 regional paul. -- poll. a reporter is live in madrid with more. -- the judgerena

says he is dropping the arrest blo-carrena saysys he is dropping the arrest warrant. he cannot have a situation where potentially a belgian court might decide to exextradite thoe members, changing the charges. one of the things a foreign court can do is say that under belgian legislation not all of the charges exist, particulalary one of the most serious charges against those goverernment membmbers, of rebellionon. it pototentially could have been dropped. he said thatat would be unfair r those other members of t the catalan governmnment that dididt flee to belgium, that are facing justice in the spanish court. he takes note of carles puiuigdemont's s declaras in belgiumum. over thehat have

investigation seemed to have shown their intention to return to spain to take up their electoral responsibilities. by that he means that carles puigdemont has said, should he win a position in that december 21 elelection, he would retuturo spananish s soil, and then he wd face likely arrest and charges by the spanish courts. man --e: a 40 all 40-year-old man and two others injured have been killed in a shooting at an airport in france. police are looking for a vehicle said to have fled the scene. we will bring you the latest on that as it comes in. the u.n. coordinator in yemen has her capital, sanaa, main relatively quiet this morning after 25 airstrikes overnight. the vertical turmoil took an unexpected twist on monday with the killing of former president ali abdullah saleh, whose

funeral is expected later today. analysts say his death is a boost for who the rebels backed by iran, but a serious blow for the saudi-leded coalition. reporter: it took just 48 hours from the moment ali abdullah toeh broke with the houthis the group celebrating the death of the former yemeni president. the rebelss accused t the former ally of consnspiring with saudi arababia. at ththe end, the plot failed, and was foiled. it was foiled in a big and fantastic way, and in a a very small amount of time. in less than three days, it fell apart in a huge an awesome way. reporter: saleh and the iran-backed houthis had ruled the capital together for three years. he publicly switched sides on

saturdrday, sparking a bloody conflict between the former allies as they buy for power. after saleh was killed, he officially recognized the you many president, and called for the people to revolt from his exile post. >> i give my condolences to my great yemen people for all of the martyrs we have lost today and in the past days, in the uprising in sanaa, and at the forefront of them, the former president, ali abdullah saleh. i call on all you manys -- yeme in the face of these cruel militias, and resist them. aporter: sunday's death is huge morale boost for the houthis and bad for the saudi coalition's hopes to break a potential stomach. rochelle: i am joined by a

professor specializing in the middle east. thank you for speaking to "france 24." why does the killing of the president leave things on the ground in yemen? aret: they show the houthis inin control, thatat they e thte moststisciplineded force on thee ground i in nort yemen, and that they have become to yemen what has below is in -- what lebanon, verynin well trained, a highly competent force that is very difficult to defeat. met his fate in the way he lived his life. he was someone who lived by the sword constantly, changing alliances. was responsible for the destruction of yemen by having this ruled the country for 30-plus years, and then systematically destroying every institution in the country. in thehe end, he played one too many tricks and got his

comeuppance with the who these. -- the houthis. rochelle: we saw the current president saying, condolences to president saleh and his family, but calling on y you many ---- yemenis to rise up agsin --- against houthis. how likely is that? guest: the south of the cocounty is already in a civil war against the nortrth. the situatation on the ground in yemen is very opaque.e. we do o not know in fine detaill what the s situation i is, becae it is a wawar. my s sourceses tell me the houts are the most disciplined, organized, highly-trained -- largrgely trainened by iran and force.llah in lebebanon --- as such, because they are willing to fight and die, they are unlike the other forces -- much more capable of dominating the situation. defeating them militarily will be exceedingly difficult.

rochelle: if we look at the wider picture, the houthis are backed by iriran, and you have e saudi-led coalition. how much is thisbout dominance inhehe region? guest: it is about geopolitics. yemen is strategically extremely impoportant t to saudi arababia. have seized an opportunity in yemen, through , who are a an indigenous forcendnd social momovement in ththe cotry, t to capture that moment and support it in order to undermine and threaten saudi arabia with missiles across the yemeni-saudi border. the iranians are there. it is a very cheap way for them to needle and annoy the saudi's. yemen notamental that be turned into a country that can threaten thehem, theheir nationalal security, the w way israel is threatened by overllah in lebanon, with

100,000 missiles aimed at israeli cities. rochelle: a final question -- what are america's interests in all of this? how bothered are they about you ron's seemingly sprpreading inflfluence in the r region? guest:t: rhetotorically, the und stateses is extremely y bothere. president trump is on the same page with the saudi leadership as well as the israeli asdership in depicting iran a force in thenn region, but the americans are long on talk and short on action. iran, themes to o deftltly use able locacal actors, mainlnly militi, to spreaead their influence, and to doo so based on local grievances and local dynamics. iran, you have to

defeat these forces, and that is not an easy thing to do. a professor at princeton university, specializing in the middle east. thank you for coming today. next, a redline for muslims. the words of president erdogan this tuesday as he thought turkey could cut diplomatic ties with israel if the u.s. recognizes jerusalem as its capital. he was expected to give a speech on wednesday. it comes as a growing number of countries urged trump not to take the step, which will break with decades of u.s. policy. more on this, jasper mortimer is in and kara. -- in ankara. is this an indirect swipe at the u.s. from turkey? jaspsper: it certataly is. said, "hasn'togogan the u.s. finished anything, and this is all it has left?"

he was saying,g, is ththis the y trick that president donald trump h has left to play? if it recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel, it will bebe a move by america, but erdogan is threatening to reretaliate againsnst israel, cucutting relations with israel, because it is much easier to break relalations with isrsraelm to break relations with washington. now, there is another side of this dispute. turkey is very upset a at the moment by the ongoing trial of an iranian-turkish businessmanan who has been telling a new york how heor the past week and a turkish bank which is 100% owned by the turkish government broke u.s. sanctions against iran. to the tune of many millions of dollars. breaking u.s.nied

sanctions against i iran, but te evidence emerging in this trial isomompelling.g. by attacking the u.s. on this jerusasalem issssue, e erdogan s virtually sayiying to hihis supporters, we c can get back at them for the embarrassment of the trial. jasper, in the meantime, erdogan has been very clear on this. he says it is a redline for muslims. jasper: yes, erdogan s said that turkey w would c convene a meetg of thehe organization of t the islamist cooooperation, whicich grououps all the mususlim counts in t the world. jordan and the palestinianans he come o out warningng america noo recognize jererusalem as the capital ofof israel. i worked in the arab

world for more than 10 years. jerusalem isis the third holiest cicity in the muslimim world, ar mecca and medinina. the e dome of f the rock mosquqn the olold city of j jerusalem is buililt over the stone from whih the prophet mohammed is b belied to have ascended to heaven. isisrael captured the dome o ofe rorock in 1967, but that is not recognized by the security council or international law, and muslims will never recognize israel's domination over that holy site. jasper with more for us from ankara. delano d'souza joins us in the studio. major starting with a announcement due out of brussels. delanono: e.u. is set to r relea blacklist of tax havens as

europe crackdown on tax avoidance. the list has been compiled by the european council's code of conduct group, i don't of tax experts from each e.u. country. some organizations accuse it of being secretive and far from objective. for more on this story, we can bring in the e.u.'s tax policy advisor for oxfam, who joins us from brussels this afternoon. thank you u for speaking to us n the e program. we know thth e.u. coununtries wl not be included in this list. is that surprising? the european n union never intended to assess its own member states, so that is worrying. we are wondering how the e.u. can ask for countries to reform while the e.u. is not able to put its own house in order. delano: we have reports coming out -- we have received a list of some 18 countries, ranging from bahrain to the uae, they

could be on this list. compiling this blacklist has been secretive, because this naming and shaming is highly political, isn't it? reporter: it is entirely political. initially, when we saw the first criteria being decided by ththe e.u., when you see the whole discussion has been held in secret, in a very secret group, it was already clear frorom the beginningg that a lot of major tax havens, especially countries which have strong economic ties with the e.u., will be off the list. see is thatwhat you a lot of the tiny countries will end up in the last, but not the most [indiscernible] yes? delano: let's go back to you countries. we just had yesterday, with ireland -- they have been forced to take back 13 billion euros in back taxes from apple. countries unable to

start their own policies, so to -- so tosian mark speak? some countries are still repeat -- competing for each other witithin the e.u some are refusing to collect the money that is due by some of the multinationals. delano: some countries like france wants sanctions on countries that finally make it onto the blacklist. is that likely to happen, or is that wishful thinking? reporter: two things about sanctions. to be careful aboutut the type of sanctions. we at oxfam said you need sanctions to prevent tax havens, but it does not mean you need to sanction the whole country, bebecause only if you are benefiting.. need unity.s, you

one country can veto sanctions. we know that luxembourg was saying they were not in favor of sanctions. that is very worrying. analyst: what should the e.u. due to countries that wind up on this list? we believe the e.u. should have strong defensive measures, preventing the money to go out of the e.u. to the tax havens. that meansns they can rereform r own tax system instead of sectioning tax havens. that is what they should do. delano: thank you for joining us from brussels. let's get a check on the markets. in europe, where sing a mixed picture. the footsie is marginally in the green. the dax and the frankfurt are this hour.t next, the philippines has ordered sendoff he to stop the sale of its dengue vaccine.

incould worsen the disease some cases. the first approved dengue glub was to rake in billions of dollars. synopsis says the risk of severe denghue was around two in a thousand, and these individuals recovered with treatment. for the: thank you business roundup, delano. it is time for our press review. this is a look at the main stories around the world. good to have you. let's start with the death of the former yemeni president, ali abdullah saleh, by houthi rebels. analyst: we are looking at reactions from the press. it is the end of saleh, is what one paper says on the front

page, calling it his last dance with snakes, in reference to the fact that the former yemeni president was killed in an ambush by his former allies, the who's the rebels. of the who these has called his death a historic day. that is what another pan arab paper says. rochelle: the new york times is also looking at salah's death and what it means for peace in yemen. analyst: the editors explain countryeh had run the like a dictator. that changed during the arab spring uprising that forced him to cede power and show the emergence of this resistance movement, the who the rebels. the best hope for yemen now is a cease-fire, the end to the blockade, a negotiated withdrawal of those rebels, and an attempt at national dialogue. this could be a chance for all sides to pause and reflect. the u.s. supreme court

begins hearing arguments in what some have called the gay wedding cake case. complex, ofis more course. it is a serious case. in 20 12, a gay couple in colorado approached a baker, asking him to make them a wedding cake. the baker refused on grounds of his religious beliefs regarding gay marriage. the gay couple argues it is discrimination based on sexuality, while the baker says it is freedom of speech. here we are at the supreme court five years later in what some have said is a landmark battle for lgbt rights. baker jack phillips pandan op-ed in "usa today" saying what i design is not just a tower of flour and sugar, but a message tailored to a specific couple and event, in this case the union of two men, which contradicted my deepest religious convictions. rochelle: obviously, there are a lot of counterpoints of you.

-- of view. analyst: this is dominating editorials in the u.s. press. "the denver post" says phillips may be on artist, that he is primarily a businessman. he was not being commissioned to use artistic skills to create a 20 foot high merrill celebrating gay pride.elebrating it was just a cake. his refusal to bake the cake proves discrimination israel. that is what the editors at "the denver post" has said. the writer for "the washington post" thinks it is much of do about nothing. he says by going to the supreme court, no one is going to win. religious beliefs and lgbt rights will be impacted. the baker could have just refused to make the cake and not say why. the gay couple could have just found another baker.r. the fact that they did not means whatever the decision, both sides will inevitably lose. it to artlet's keep

and politics. an exhibition about murders and berlin has caused criticism in both germany and france. analyst: it is about the content. "le monde" explain say danish art group set up an exhibition , featuringo martyrs figures like socrates and martin luther king. alongside them is one of the in theataclan gunmen paris attacks, and one of the 9/11 pilots. the french embassy in berlin has reacted furiously, saying it is a shocking exhibition, and they have condemned what they say is a confusion between martyrdom and terrorism. rochelle: there is also german press. ild"yst: the tabloid "b wonders if this is art gone too far. there is one thing between risking your life for good convictions, and executing visitors at a concert hall. the organizers of the exhibition

say ththe point of their work is to show how convoluted the concept of martyrdom has become. "20elle: the french paper minutes" is talking about an american man. analyst: he says he was a little bit drunk at the time of the so-called munchies. alex got hungry in the middle of the night. instead of making himself a hisight snack, he went to local waffle house, open all night. after waiting what must have seen on a terminal 10 minutes -- an eternal 10med minutes, he realized the only employee was asleep. he made himself a melt, did the dishes, and walked home, but not before posting his culinary exploits online. he came back the next day to pay waffle house. they asked alex to get in touch about a job because of his culinary talents. rochelle: what about the employee who slept through it all? analyst: he has his job for the

moment. rochelle: here is a picture out of china. professors hope to get into the guinness book of records for what they found recently. they say it is the longest ever rainbow. that was in taiwan. it lasted nearly nine hours. the current record is held in yorkshire, where they clocked a six-hour rainbow that was 22 years ago. rochelle: beautiful. thank you very much for the round up of all the papers. if you do want to see more, you can log onto our website. stay with us. we will have more international headlines coming up.

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