mohamad taha of bbc arabic. in a further development in the region, iran has rejected accusations by the lebanese prime minister that it's spreading violence across the middle east. saad hariri resigned from his post unexpectedly, saying he feared for his life. iranian officials say his resignation is a saudi plot to create tension in lebanon and the region. martin patience reports from beirut. for the prime minister of a small nation, saad al—hariri has had some very powerful friends. that is because lebanon matters in the middle east. it's a country outsiders fight to control. and today, an extraordinary sign of that. the prime minister resigned, saying he feared assassination. speaking from saudi arabia, saad al—hariri fired this warning to iran. translation: i want to say to iran and its followers, that they are losing in their interference in the affairs of the arab world. our nation will rise up, as it has done in the past, and cut off the hands that wickedly extend into it. iran and saudi arabia are fight

i was joined a short time ago by bbc arabic hollywood reporter, sam asi.says the star's fall from grace has been swift and brutal. this show put netflix‘s original programming on the map. it was the first show they started original programming. his publicist left him, his agent left him. now, even his 0scar campaign has been cancelled by sony for all the money in the world, where he plast paul getty and everybody thought he would be a very strong candidate to win another 0scar this year. so the damage is immense, it's almost like the end of his career, if it's not the end already. many people say it should be the end of his career, but netflix have made these decisions about him and his future and other studios without a proper police investigation, without even being charged. that was the case with harvey weinstein, that was the case with all of them. this is a question i posed to some of hollywood stars, including matt damon and ben affleck this morning. you've just interviewed ben affleck. yes, he said that the public has the right to judge these people

with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. claim is correct is why riyadh have reacted.hey 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. two terminals, north and south. saudi arabia, riyadh‘s capital is a big capital, is a business hub. big capital, is a business hub. and companies are in saudi arabia at the moment. the moment. lots of thinking from the crown prince. prince. women and even people visiting the co

mohamed taha from bbc arabic says it's clear the houthis intended to cause major damage.likely came from iran to put pressure on the saudi arabian government, which has been bombarding yemen for several years now. next and unrelated move that several prominent princes, including several prominent princes, including several ministers, had been detained ina several ministers, had been detained in a sweeping anticorruption purge led by the crown prince. the heir to the throne has been moving fast to consolidate his growing power while spearheading a modernising reform programme. this latest move will now give him a nominal control of all the country's security forces but at the country's security forces but at the same time the removal of —— from office is bound to upset more conservative elements. saudi arabia isa conservative elements. saudi arabia is a deeply tribal society, an used to change. it is currently conducting a war against yemen, another against so—called islamic state and a boycott against its neighbour, qatar. what's clear is the regime is struggling very muc

mohamed yehia from bbc arabic is here. the latest death toll is 235.egypt in living memory of any attack by islamist groups, whether on muslims or christians or the army so it is unprecedented. what information are getting about how this was carried out? it happened during friday prayers as people were finishing and going out, bombs were detonated and people were sprayed with automatic gunfire from cars positioned to block all except routes around the mosque, they set cars on fire to block people. basically, we have hundreds of people trapped by gunmen who are just killing them en masse. and amongst the casualties, children. there would be dozens of children. there would be dozens of children. civilians and also conscripts from the military who we re conscripts from the military who were stationed in the north sinai area. it has been condemned around the world. obviously, the question is, who is behind it? who might have carried this out? this carries all the hallmarks of so—called islamic state, islamists and jihadists, the insurgency has been going o

we have this report from bbc arabic.the damage that was caused to the dam. they are hoping this is only superficial damage and not the deep structural damage that would cause a collapse. to be on the safe side they aim to keep the water in the reservoir well below capacity and they have not yet told residents it is safer them to return home. theresa may has made her strongest attack yet on russia, accusing it of using technology to undermine the international order. speaking at the lord mayor's banquet in london last night, the prime minister said state—run russian organisations were planting stories, meddling in elections and using fake news to undermine societies. it is seeking to weaponised information. deploying its state—run media organisations to plant baked stories and photos shot images in an attempt to sow discord in the west and undermine institutions. i have a very simple message for russia. we know what you are doing and you will not succeed. our correspondent, steve rosenberg, told us what the reaction had b

bbc news, hardtalk. hello and welcome to hardtalk. i'm shaun ley. is it safe to do business in the united arab emirates? thought oh —— david haigh thought so until he suffered imprisonment. his former employer says he is a convicted fraudster. he says he is the victim of legal and political malfeasance. is there something rotten in the state? david haigh, welcome to hardtalk. lets pick up your story in may 2014. you were working for gf page, a company based in dubai and you help to purchase leeds united. why were you flying to dubai? i had been the managing director of leads and i've put together a consortium to put —— purchase the club. the consortium fell apart and it was sold to a new owner. i then resigned from leeds united and had various legal disputes with my former employer. legal actions had been studied by my side in england. things were ugly and we had fallen out. they then started a long track of trying to get me to come, first to bahrain and then to dubai. text messages, e—mail, telling me to come there and they would sort it out. so i believed them. as you do because you have no reason not