in islamabad thank you very much for that zain. and syria funerals have been held for some of the people killed in russian and government has strikes over the weekend mourners buried the dead in there is a province on monday at least fifty five people were killed in russian strikes targeting eisel in the countryside another twenty five people were killed in as strikes in the rebel held enclave of eastern go to on the outskirts of damascus the region has been besieged by the government since twenty thirteen as strikes have been intensifying even as more talks in geneva on tuesday this is a u.n. that process is aimed at bringing six years of war in syria to an end it's led by the u.n. special envoy stefan the mistura has managed to bring the syrian government and opposition to the table in the past but us failed to get any agreement syria's main opposition group the height negotiation committee or agency says it will be in geneva and has no preconditions it will have a new person at the helm after former heads riyadh his job quit las

zain your past works at the institute of mass communication and media research in zurich she researches how scientific insights are presented in the media climate change for example to this day certain groups continue to deny manmade climate change they describe it as a lie a hoax a myth in this way self-proclaimed climate experts managed to bring well founded scientific insights into disrepute reports about the so-called myth of climate change are particularly popular in the united states paradoxically one reason for the distorted portrayal of facts is the professional ethos of those in the media. i mean west had such a special on journalists in the united states tries so hard to be objective that when they give air time to an opinion or position they also give a voice to the counter position that means that fringe positions are given a much stronger or disproportionate weight in the debate. and bashed archivist in that the battle for common. view is mightn't realise that an overwhelming ninety seven percent of all climate scientists are agreed global warming is down to human activity.

all right we can get the very latest now from our correspondent in beirut zain the whole does the first of all let's start with the these gulf countries telling their citizens to leave lebanon this must be adding to a real sense of anxiety that. yes undoubtedly such statements just heightened tensions it causes further instability we have to remember of course this is not the first time gulf countries have issued such statements telling their nationals to leave the country immediately not to travel to lebanon so the lebanese people have heard these statements before but they are worried because lebanon really is and tangled in this saudi iranian rivalry which is playing out across the region and the question that many people here ask is what is next the saudi arabia has already brought down the government following the resignation of saddam had a government saudi arabia considered too close to iran so the question is what are they going to do next are they going to put economic pressure on this country financial pressure there are tens of thousands of lebanese who work in the gulf are t

for we can go live now to send a holiday correspondent who's in beirut in zain i can see runners behind you the beirut american taking place but this year taking on an added significance. well definitely a say yes a yearly sporting event that aims to bring people closer together the president of the country hoping that the people will demonstrate solidarity with the prime minister saddle how do the many in lebanon believe that the saddle heidi is detained he's under house arrest in saudi arabia we are getting reports that he may appear live on his local television channel either later tonight or in the coming days we still have not confirmed that but if indeed he does make that appearance it will be the first time we hear from the prime minister since his sudden announcement that he resigned on saturday we've seen the prime minister since that announcement meeting the saudi king twice meeting rulers and abu dhabi but we haven't heard from him now whether or not hearing from him is going to end the speculation or the belief in lebanon on that side of how does freedom of movement is being

seems to say that his resignation is conditional on the behavior of hezbollah but as you well know zain are they they have never disarmed it's unlikely that they would consent to ever going that far what might has barlow do now what concessions might they be willing to make. a very difficult question so far has been a lot has tried to avoid any political escalation in fact even portraying how to be as a victim in this crisis we heard the secretary general of hezbollah say the other day you know he is our political opponent but right now he is our prime minister has been treading the line really very carefully trying to reach out to the lebanese telling them that this that they are lebanese party but i can tell you there has been a rare sense of unity in this country over the past week but the political differences remain they're still there the political divide is very very deep you talk to people and they say yes we want to unite but we don't want to a group or to have arms to be stronger than the state or to have a state within a state has been has been accused of creating a state wit

let's get the view from at tehran now zain basra v is live for us from the iranian capital so zain what are we hearing and well this come as a surprise to iranian leaders. so far we are still waiting to get for official word from anyone in your iranian leadership but a senior adviser to the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has been speaking to local channels and he said that the resignation of the lebanese prime minister is a mistake and it will be a mistake not just for the government but it will have negative repercussions for the people of lebanon and he put a finger at the united states and saudi arabia saying those countries in terms of their policies in the region thrive on creating crises right by creating chaos and this is exactly the kind of thing that they do to try to create division to the middle east as far as it being a surprise it's hard to say at this point in time. all i can do is point she she leading on friday that occurred between the senior advisor mr bush. to his visor to the state leader here he was in beirut for a conference he met with. and the message goin

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unity calling for lebanon's political factions to stand together this is quite significant isn't it zain. well yes sagal heidi is our political opponent but he is also our prime minister the words of hassan nasrallah the secretary general of hezbollah like you mentioned he's calling for calm calling for unity telling the people stay off the streets he was talking to the lebanese as a whole not just to his constituency saying that saudi arabia wants to incite internal strife and that people should be aware now definitely these are dangerous times lebanon is a deeply divided country you have a pro saudi camp led by how d.d. and you have a pro iran camp led by hezbollah and they have political differences dating back for years but now what we are seeing all these leaders these rival political parties calling for calm uniting and demanding that how do you the returns to lebanon it's not just the president and the speaker of parliament and hezbollah who believes that tardy the resigned prime minister in one way or another is being held against his will in saudi arabia have edis own political

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president hu an accused saudi arabia of holding her hostage following that story for us to beirut zain what are we expecting to come out of this imminent press conference in saudi arabia between the french and the saudis. well we're going to hear from the french foreign minister who also reiterated earlier that sort of how he and his family will be traveling to paris something the president the french president made clear last night he said that how did he accepted the invitation he extended this invitation really france mediating in this diplomatic crisis there has been diplomatic turmoil over the fate of heidi now you mentioned the president of lebanon using very strong language against saudi arabia yesterday accusing it of detaining the prime minister detaining his family saying this is an act of aggression against lebanon today the president softening his position saying he hopes that you know how to be accepting the invitation to go to paris will resolve this crisis so in one way or the other france has mediated in this crisis has weighed in and managed to find some sort of a deal

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with iran so let's go to iran and speak to al-jazeera zain bazarov a who is in the capital tehran sad really pointing the finger at iran accusing iran of destabilizing lebanese politics and the region what's the reaction in tehran. well following we have not heard from the top leadership in iran as yet but we do have some new information for you the level of missiles have been speaking and just in the last few hours the advisor to the speaker of parliament ali larijani has said that the decision did come as a surprise to him are. we he said that the decision by the lebanese prime minister to step down was clearly taken hastily and again reiterated the point from the foreign ministry that it will not be good for the government of the people of lebanon and again renewed calls for any future. political upheaval to be handled through dialogue because for solidarity of the lebanese people that's a message that iran's government has been putting out to all of the flavor spreads enemies to resolve any sort of this bitter conflict of dialogue as a pastry conflict or division and it's really t

a few days ago let's cross to our correspondent zain a holder who's been listening to us and from beirut herself a striking address saying i go in all of the saudi actions what has called and you know an act of war against eleven on and the lebanese people and and very much a message of unity between all political factions at this time. the secretary general of hezbollah adding his voice calling for the immediate return of saddam how do you see the prime minister to lebanon we know that and of unease officials believe that saddam had it in one way or the other does not have any freedom of movement so. adding his voice saying that we know that the prime minister is being held in saudi arabia we have to bear in mind that saddam how did he is a political opponent of hezbollah but not portraying him more as a victim saying that ok if you want to resign we have no problem you want to criticize us you have no problem but come back to lebanon has on us or to the lebanese people not just his own constituency trying to tell them that the situation is dangerous telling them to stay away from the s

zain thanks very much zain basra rely for us there in tehran. a command was me as a political analyst and founder of the center for american strategic studies he joins us now from beirut thanks for being with us so what do you make of this decision then by the lebanese prime minister to resign. well it was a surprising coup by all measure everything was fine within the country that is an election coming up everybody is talking about the planning for the economic future of the country and a call came from sued yeah maybe and everything to change this come and light of future sanction from the american against against lebannon certain threat coming from israel and escalation by this it would be i think the prime minister probably cave ins of the demand of the sunni and he declared his the resignation from the wood yeah rabia this does not rest very well with stability in lebanon and i'm sure there is something planning for for the coming forty eight hours we have to wait and see but everybody is on alert on lebannon for anything that could be a ma

in the region and saying that he feared for his life so also listening into this our correspondent zain a hoarder who is live for us now from beirut and so we had no saying that basically however he's resignation caught him completely off guard and that it had nothing to do with the situation inside lebanon and everything to do with this sort of regional chess game well yes the hezbollah secretary general is saying that the organization and himself really are in shock what happened what is the reason behind the resignation in fact he said that the it was a decision taken by the saudi government and he even went on to say that the prime minister assad know how did he was forced to resign and he's also questioning the whereabouts of the prime minister saying why did you make the announcement in beirut why does he come back to beirut why did he make this announcement in saudi arabia where is our prime minister so the hezbollah official reaction really to the shock resignation yesterday of questioning the whereabouts of the prime minister and trying really not to escalate the situation and

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achieve something rizvi has been able to accomplish in a few months just ahead of next year's elections zain basra the al-jazeera islam about. indonesia has raised its alert for. volcano to the highest level warning its first major eruption in fifty four years could be imminent one hundred thousand people have been ordered to evacuate and the danger zone and the main international airport has been closed the homage of june. it could lead to a major eruption at any moment that's what indonesian officials are saying about the volcano on the island of bali mount agung has been rumbling and spewing ash into the atmosphere since the weekend on monday a mass evacuation was ordered and the danger zone was expanded. the possibility of a large eruption is very high some indications show they will indeed be an eruption since yesterday the eruption that happened has been accompanied by the sound of explosions and vibrations that can be heard and felt within a distance of twelve kilometers. indonesian officials say they will continue to search all the villages in the area and force residents to evacuate

achieve something rizvi has been able to accomplish in a few months just ahead of next year's elections zain basra the al-jazeera islam about well it is a new president. expected to form his cabinet this week and all eyes on whether he'll break with the past to name a broad based government will select. how to me toss of a ports from hadi. nearly two weeks says the military takeover zimbabwe security forces say the situation is getting back to normal the police who haven't been seen on the streets of iraq for days. for now that means doing joint patrols with soldiers to try and maintain law and order law enforcement are already receiving reports of looting and illegal occupation of other people's properties particularly farms in houses. it is criminal in the spirit of man. and it will be made by the people of the law the announcement comes days after innocence and i got the new president urged citizens not to take matters into their own hands by punishing allies of the former president robert mugabe there are reports that robert mugabe and his wife grace have been given immunity from prosecu

deal with serious humanitarian crisis is likely to become an important benchmark of their success zain bus ravi al-jazeera to her i want her update next year and i was there at the end. mr trump do your job. lives are at stake tough words from centonze map six weeks after hurricane wrists landed of puerto rico and the letter that divided palestine we marked the anniversary of the powerful declaration. from the waves of the south. to the contours of the east. hello that dry low humidity northeast monsoon setting quite nicely of the china and it's still left with temperatures what you might argue quite high twenty four in shanghai and twenty nine in hong kong probably feels beautiful but once more because the circulation is happening in the philippines we're feeding moisture back into the east coast cloudy or rather more humid at least in hong kong come friday to. start to rain i suppose later in the day or maybe on saturday. west of china otherwise it's a dry and the humidity environment and he was talking about the mass of rain over the philippines in the last twenty four hours and thi

dialogue instead of allowing them to be divided by this kind of event as ravi with the latest from tehran zain thank you. syria's government and its allies have launched a military assault to push i saw out of the last strip of land the controls in syria russian jets have been pounding the city of al book amal on the syria iraq border and the deir ez-zor countryside six members of the same family were killed after residential areas were hit the syrian army's elite forces iran backed shia militia and as paula fighters are leading the operation on the ground on friday i saw was pushed out of there as or city the armed groups last major urban stronghold in the country. is tracking those developments from gaziantep on the turkey syria border. the military campaign to take over a welcome mat is underway the russians are pounding i still position in fiber turn of the syrian army pounding wheel for some of an elite unit which is going to engage with i still love the videos are concerned about their fate of a double of people were killed during those strikes i said and i was left with very few options

and now let's go to iran and speak the same bus driver who joins us now from at the capital i mean zain we had said a retiree using very strong words towards iran saying it's been selling strife in the arab world so what reaction to his resignation in tehran. well we've been hearing from lower level officials throughout the evening but we've been waiting for word from the top leadership in iran in the last hour we got that the spokesman for the foreign ministry is saying that this resignation was indeed a sudden surprise for iran he called the resignation regretful and he said that the optics were unmistakable the way in which the prime minister resigned in saudi arabia outside the country very hastily was an indication that he's playing in a field filled with people that don't have the best interests of loving on or the region at the tops of their agenda the foreign ministry spokesman by her own cross to me also said that it's moving forward the lebanese people should focus on result in any future conflict through dialogue and not to division and so already the government here though t

achieve something rizvi has been able to accomplish in a few months just ahead of next year's elections zain basra the al-jazeera. civilians have died in a suicide bombing in the iraqi capital baghdad at least nine others were wounded in the attack which targeted a locket in the area and khan has. what police sources are telling us that after the explosion took place a small improvised explosive device that a number of gunmen at least four they say fired from the roof tops of buildings adjacent to the market mounts where we saw a lot of those deaths take place now we are hearing that i still have claimed responsibility for this is attack now this will shock a number of people here in baghdad i guess it was go through a relative period of calm the last major suicide attack like this that we saw a bombing that we saw was actually in may you know that happiness few very small incidents outside of baghdad in the south but nothing in the south of baghdad sorry but nothing the scale of this. you know watching out is there still to come a case of the trader accused of trying to evade u.s. sanctions

tried to curb hezbollah's influence and past attempts have failed all right for now say no thank you zain hard to live in beirut the president has warned of unfed global trade policies at the apec summit in vietnam he told leaders he won't let the u.s. be taken advantage of mr trump says he won't tolerate unfair trade and trade deals but insists he still wants strong relationships with apec countries we have been friends partners. in the indo-pacific for a long long time. and we will be friends partners and allies for a long time to come i am here to offer a renewed partnership with america to work together to strengthen the bonds of friendship and commerce between all of the nations of the indo-pacific and together to promote our prosperity and security at the core of this partnership we seek robust trade relationships rooted in the principles of fairness and reciprocity well meanwhile the chinese president xi jinping described globalization as an irreversible historical trend completely in contrast to president trump's america first speech president xi called on asia pacific leaders to

achieve something rizvi has been able to accomplish in a few months just ahead of next year's elections zain basra the al-jazeera islam a bad. early results have given position leader a shock lead in the presidential election supporters of salvador now are celebrating after the announcement from the electoral forth that the current president's that's one hardline the hernandez was expected to comfortably win a second term both men are publicly optimistic right now sanchez is in the capital to speak to her now i suppose publicly optimistic perhaps is the more reason to be then than the other one what happened to the president's campaign. well it seems that the perception that he's a corrupt person has been very important among voters in fact and he accepted that didn't two thousand and thirteen money from the social security was funneled into his presidential campaign and also his brother has been associated with drug cartel and so this is a country with the corruption is rampant and people are fed up with corruption although he security policies have been very important and want to hold beca

won't accept mr hariri as resignation until he returns to beirut or i just talked to our correspondent zain holder who's in the lebanese capital beirut and so sad hariri has arrived in paris accompanied by his wife we understand. yes out of how do you see arriving at his residence in the french capital with his wife but not with his children two of his children who were with him in riyadh they did not accompany him to paris now what we understand is that they stayed behind because they have exams there at school and they attend school in riyadh but this is not going to put to rest really a lot of speculation that the saddle heavy and his family were in one way or another held against their will of course the saudi arabian authorities deny that saddam had easy in a number of tweets saying that this is not true i am a free man but very few people in lebanon believe that is the case and they believe the fact that his children were left behind in one way or another side of how t.v. is still a political hostage of saudi arabia but they have arrived in in paris really putting an end to a diplomat

they're also gesture and that he could be being held against his will let's go live to our correspondent zain a holder first and we'll go live to center in a moment but let's hear her report first. posters are springing up across the lebanese capital beirut expressing support to. the resigned prime minister who really is unknown uncertain times in lebanon the country finding itself at a crossroads for the past year this country and toward relative stability in a very turbulent region but things have changed and lebanon finds itself in the middle of the saudi iranian rivalry playing out across the region it's been like emulating for quite some time since two thousand and five i guess it's been here really since really assassination. and we have to like saudi arabia and iran and those. people on the ground iran has. others economics and in the middle of all this i think and live under a lot of special editions what they do best is that they they they lie and they say things. to make people maybe scared and to put this like political pressure on everyone just to get what they want we are in a. n

achieve something rizvi has been able to accomplish in a few months just ahead of next year's elections zain bus ravi al-jazeera islam a bad. one thousand people have been killed by russian airstrikes in the east and go to the syrian capital the latest casualties come as russia denies responsibility for the deaths of dozens of civilians in strikes targeting the weekend meanwhile attempts to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict have stalled because the syrian government delegation has yet to arrive in geneva and diplomatic editor james bays reports. peace talks in geneva were supposed to stop this bloodshed. but as we've seen many times before the timetable of failed diplomacy is actually crossing the agony of the people of syria. parts of aleppo province. and the outskirts of damascus bombarded the assad government has been intensifying its onslaught in the days and hours before talks due to start. assad didn't leave a single corner that hasn't been destroyed if you want to fight it don't target civilians instead take on the armed groups at the front lines god willing they'll teach you

minister a government says agreeing to the protesters demands was the only way to prevent more violence zain bus rafi with the support from the horn. it's been a tough year for pakistan muslim league news the country's ruling party. was removed as prime minister over corruption allegations and now the government is accused of mishandling a sit in in islamabad by religious hardliners that ended only when the government gave into their demands it's the kind of appeasement their opponents say that means people and has lost the moral authority to rule but at a party office in lahore it's business as usual mohamed pervaiz malek has represented his constituency for nearly two decades he's also the minister for commerce and textile when asked about whether his government should step aside he said breaking people down doesn't help build the country up but it is really really unfair willing and creating weiland for these kind of things that were definitely damage them or you can countries an orderly and measured performance so i don't think we should run word this kind of thing and negotiations and t

washington or let's go back to santa holden our correspondent who is in the lebanese capital beirut and zain i'm just wondering the lebanese various political factions have managed to come up with a certain amount of political consensus for now at least i'm wondering whether that combined with an overwhelming support for lebanon's territorial integrity for itself and the peace in that country is a powerful enough rebuttal of whatever it is that saudi arabia or saudi arabia is alleged to be plotting. well yes like you mentioned where political consensus lebanese parties from across the political divide are united in the demand side of the lebanese prime minister who may be set in the situation to resign a week ago return home immediately but the political differences between the two rival camps well there they still remain there is a camp in lebanon which believes hezbollah should disarm that its armed wing just serves the interests of iran its armed wing is stronger than the national army that they should disarm according to un security council resolutions and there are also some political p

salvationist affair in lebanon has denied this insisting hariri hasn't returned because of security concerns zain holder has the latest from beirut. posters are springing up across the lebanese capital beirut expressing support to. the resigned prime minister whose fate really is unknown uncertain times in lebanon the country finding itself at a crossroads for the past year this country enjoyed relative stability in a very turbulent region but things have changed and lebanon finds itself in the middle of the saudi iranian rivalry playing out across the region it's been like him for quite some time since two thousand and five i guess it's when he really thinks things are really assassination. and we have two polls so there may be on the run and those two polls have people on the ground iran has tons of those economics and they're in the middle of all this i think and. a lot of especially especially part of the sions what they do best is that they they they lie and they say things. to make people more and maybe scared and to put this like political pressure on everyone just to get what they want we

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what happens after those meetings in france and come back to have more analysis later for the moment zain thank you. let's move to another major story that we're following here on al-jazeera not such a huge crowd is gathering in zimbabwe's capital in opposition to president robert mugabe. that's been called by the influential move exits association and the ruling zanu p.f. supporters of the party travelled to the rallies from across the country the president is fast losing suppost days after the army seized power colors from her in the capital harare and of course the cool to come to the streets to demonstrate seems to be adhered to what's the mood like the. old you mean we just one block away from the house people come out on their own they come out on their own they made them about me in my fifty one came up to me and you think you know the last time so many people were on the people of brazil in one thousand eight hundred of the idea what was now how things was what it was trying to find out was a day was another ukraine was and it was they don't have it i don't know with what has gone

saying that he is a free man but like i mentioned nobody mean very few people believe that in lebanon zain thank you. plenty more still to come on the news hour for you including the stories supporting cata turkey's president flies in as the long long gulf crisis drags on. too scared to return home victims of the earthquake in iran and iraq struggle to recover. and support a big performance from the man. action from the n.b.a. coming up with farai in about thirty minutes time. ok another developing story for you rex tillerson the u.s. secretary of state has called for a quote credible and impartial investigation into the crisis he's met the de facto leader aung san suu kyi in the meanwhile capital naypyidaw tillerson wants those who have committed crimes to be held accountable he described the scenes of what happened to the right at the hands of the me and security forces as quote just horrific. then mark response to this crisis is a critic with herman in the success of the transition to a more democratic society he says and democracy. through this movie wall and marginalized populations i

achieve something rizvi has been able to accomplish in a few months just ahead of next year's elections zain basra islam about at least eleven civilians have died in a suicide bombing in the iraqi capital baghdad at least nine others were wounded in the attack which targeted a market in the now one area and one khan has no what the sources are telling us is that all after the explosion took place a small improvised explosive device that a number of gunmen at least full they say fired from the rooftops of buildings adjacent to the market that's where we saw a lot of those that's taking place now we are hearing that i still have claimed responsibility for this is attack now this will shock a number of people in baghdad i guess it was going through a relative he read of car in the last major suicide attack like this that we saw a bombing that we saw was actually in may you know that happiness you very small incidents outside of baghdad in the south but nothing in the south of baghdad story but nothing the scale of this. a talk to charged with conspiring to evade u.s. sanctions against iran will

president on trying threatened to abandon the iran nuclear deal zain bus ravi reports. there was little time for ceremony after vladimir putin landed into her on he went straight into an hour's long meeting with his counterpart iranian president hassan rouhani on most other occasions talks between the leaders of these countries would almost be considered routine but with the islamic state of iraq in the levant having been beaten back in syria and iraq and iran's expanding influence in the middle east moscow into one are likely to play a key role in shaping future events in the region. we have had a great and fruitful cooperation with iran regarding syria through our collaboration with turkey the situation in syria is going the right way when it comes to the fight against terrorism. the russian leader also reaffirmed his support for the multi-party nuclear deal with iran for his part the iranian leader hailed russia as an important partner in stabilizing the middle east. they were two leaders speaking in almost perfect harmony iran and russia are developing their strateg

suggestions that he was being detained harry has promised to return to lebanon by wednesday let's bring in zain a hard our correspondent in beirut another trip you might say to cairo before he comes home to beirut how many world leaders does he have to meet before facing the music in lebanon. well like you mentioned the prime minister said that he's going to be attending independence day celebrations here in lebanon on wednesday but now he's heading to egypt but he did say that when he reaches lebanon he's going to clarify his position but what is becoming clear is that his position is not clear it is not final this is. we are understanding because if saddle heidi is insisting on resigning then he would come directly to lebanon and he would not say that he's going to attend the independence day celebrations alongside the president and the speaker of parliament now why egypt egypt and france two countries that have been trying to mediate in this crisis egypt and france has good relations with all the different parties involved in this crisis and the egyptian president himself when saddle had to

gradually spread to towns and cities right across the country let's go live now to our correspondent zain verjee in the capital islamabad so tell us more about this movement that managed to bring many parts of pakistan to a halt and ultimately when they got there the scope of the minister. the group is called. to the law it is a relatively new political group definitely on the fringes of mainstream politics for for many years and it is new to the scene the man at the center of all this their leader is a man named saddam hussein receive you know use a one time cleric from a mosque in lahore the provincial capital of the punjab province and he was removed by the religious party that governs in the mosques in lahore for his very hard line conservative views and he. the thing to understand is it's not so much about him or his political party it isn't just a few thousand people that have managed to bring cities of millions to a stance on the reason they've been able to do that is because they've all gotten behind and because being very staunch supporters. of the very contentious and. very cont

achieve something rizvi has been able to accomplish in a few months just ahead of next year's elections zain basra the al-jazeera. germany now where chancellor angela merkel will hold talks with the social democrats in an effort to form a government despite her party running the most sometimes election has not been able to form a coalition government dominic came to ports from berlin. for the past two months martin short his position had been unequivocal defeat as badly as his party suffered in september meant opposition was the only thing they could enter into in this parliament but with changing times so his opinion has changed the failure of the jamaica coalition talks thrust his party back into the limelight could they consider talking during the americans government government party could they consider four more years in government until now apparently not but after a statement to reporters just a short his opinion has changed so it should discussions lead to us helping to form a government in whatever form our party members will be able to vote on that the coming days and weeks will de

achieve something rizvi has been able to accomplish in a few months just ahead of next year's elections zain bus ravi al-jazeera islam about russia is the nine responsibility for the deaths of civilians after it conducted a series of air strikes targeting i saw in syria over the weekend and this comes as the latest round of un backed talks in geneva are delayed because the syrian government delegation still hasn't arrived james bays reports. peace talks in geneva was supposed to stop this bloodshed. but as we've seen many times before the timetable of failed diplomacy is actually create the agony of the people of syria. parts of aleppo province. and the outskirts of damascus. the assad government has been intensifying its own slaughter in the days and hours before talks due to start. assad didn't leave a single corner that hasn't been destroyed if you want to fight don't target civilians instead take on the armed groups at the front lines god willing they will teach you a lesson. briefing the u.n. security council in new york the man who's supposed to lead the talks on tuesday stefan de mist

well straight to the lebanese capital now our correspondent zain a holder is joining us live from and the lebanese president nor her release party ashore his whereabouts as the french foreign minister what are you hearing. there still concerned i mean lebanon's president he's been holding talks with the western diplomats as well as arab diplomats he even met the saudi arabia in charge of the fed in lebanon and told him that he is worried and he wants to see a return to lebanon sources close to the president have told us that the michel aoun is convinced that the saddle is under house arrest in the saudi capital speaker of parliament feels the same way his own political party had party so just that an implied yesterday that the prime minister is being held against his will and that to he doesn't have a freedom of movement and it's not just that his political party said he must return not just for stability but to balance for the internal balance in the country lebanon has a sectarian power balance system of government and the prime minister of course being a sunday many in the sunni co

the streets saying that we once our prime minister back and you saw some of the pictures as well in zain as report now this picture shows hariri running in the twenty sixteen marathon with other billboards saying waiting for you with a picture of harry and many also will hats say that they were running for the prime minister there also posting saying that as well now this journalist says that you can run against cancer you can run against sexual health you can run against harassment but in levanon you run for your prime minister there's also another video that's been making the rounds on twitter as well of people allegedly burning a poster of the saudi crown prince and this is. ports of the happened in the lebanese city of tripoli on saturday that was surprising really because tripoli is known for being largely supportive of the saudi government and on friday with this tweet people were posting on a photo of mohamed bin psalm on a poster really on the tripoli beirut highway. and also joseph route from the carnegie endowment of international peace says a rift has opened up among saudi lea

from a political side of things zain appear from is called for its province is to meet its so there is what we call the p.c.c. the provincial committee committees they are meeting throughout the country tomorrow making a decision or coming just so to some conclusion of some sort or where do they stand as a party will do is tense in beasts perceived impasse between the party of the military and the president and first is quite a sort of. positive way of putting it i mean you've got you've had have the tanks are you suggesting that he's just going to work as normal you have had the military out of the streets and i think most people have it's not a call the coup it would be called a military takeover what who does zanu p.f. want to replace robert mugabe when he goes presuming he will go firstly if it's of what the situation is a hybrid the sort of coup it's now the military is there to try to keep some order or some sort of they say whether they're going to do but they said it's not a takeover is an opiate of we have to make a decision on whether. we support the position of the military

release of its journalist mahmoud hussein he's been in an egyptian prison for almost eleven months zain is accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al jazeera strongly deny he's repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail he was arrested last december while visiting family so with us on this news ah because still ahead we're going to report from inside a temporary refugee screening center in bangladesh as the european union pledges help to resolve the crisis. it is a world toilet day we meet the cambodians whose lives have been transformed by access to clean. action from the second stage of the grueling among american that's coming up. hello there is plenty of cloud over the middle east at the moment the satellite picture shows the latest bunch of clowns as we working its way study eastwards that's mostly just not a great deal of rain with it at all but still it's gradually edging its way eastwards and it's going to be here working its way across the around there as we head through monday behind it as more unsettled weather following it so another system that di

now check in with zain a hoarder in beirut zaina saad hariri has said he would return to beirut in the coming days for independence day celebrations on wednesday and he said he would clarify his position what are the expectations and what do people make of what the lebanese prime minister said in paris. well really lebanese from across the political divide have been sending one message to saudi arabia that they want their prime minister back so now he is confirming that he is coming back and he's saying that he's going to clarify his position now there are a lot of scenarios what could happen when he meets the president he could insist on his resignation if that happens of course there will be a political vacuum in the country it will be very difficult to replace him because if you replace him with a sunni figure who is not accepted by all parties and especially a sunni figure who seemed to be close to iran then lebanon could be isolated internationally because they would see this as an iranian backed government now it's sad oh how d.d. insists on holding discussions on some sort of a

in lebanon and by extension of course sidle how do the sharing power with hezbollah and its allies zain i would only have this conversation obviously shootist a week we talk about saudi we talk about iran we we talk about israel what are the broader implications of what is happening. well this is not an internal lebanese issue saddam how do you see as an ally of saudi arabia and what is happening in the region this cannot be isolated that there is a saudi arabian iranian rivalry playing out across the region and lebanon is the new battlefield in fact it has always been a battlefield but over recent years it really has in one way or the other shielded itself it was left out but this is the fear now that lebanon has been brought back into into this power game with the do know that the rivalry is in syria it's in iraq the saudi arabians americans the israelis they've made it very very clear they want to curb iranian influence in the region iranian influence in iraq in syria and here in lebanon but it is easier said than done iran really has gained a lot of power over the years it's helped

she went into acting and shot to fame when she landed the role of rachel zain in 2011. subsequenter equality and the empowerment of young women. >> i am proud to be a woman and a feminist. >> and shares harry's dedication to charitable causes. a former army offer harry founded the invictus games for the wounded veterans. this year is the first time the prince and the star appeared at the event. just before meeting markel in 2016. harry sat down with norah o'donnell at the invictus games in florida. >> do you want to have kids some day? >> what kind of question is that? of course. who doesn't. time will tell. i'm looking forward to the opportunity. pretty busy at the moment, so my focus is making sure that this week carries on without any issues and making sure that we, the ukers win as many medals as possible. kids can wait. >> reporter: famous last words. harry met meghan in london and managed to keep it see quiet for six months. when the news leaked, the media swarmed. harry wasn't amused. he claimed markel had been the subject of abuse and safety. but markel herself