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

has and syria here is saudi arabia to such a trustworthy enough partner go ahead in beirut. well obviously. not happy about what is taking place. they feel that they lost the battle of this big battle for years they've been supporting the opposition in syria they've been supporting the opposition or whatever the activity that was taking place in in iraq so now you have you have that road that a lot of these country were afraid that goes from top to lebanon can go through with with the with a victory because of the surgical operation that was done was supported by by having iranian by liberating liberating iraq and basically defeating in iraq and now we have a major victory in syria so how much the sooty can do about this not very much they already put a big fight for it and basically they didn't know what did not win the fight so basically all they can do is just. maybe go to lebanon they tried to do meddle inside. of lebanon and they were not successful either i think the point for the cod is to make a compromise and well you know we would be really nice if a war in the air

guest adel darwish in london he is a political commentator and author of the book the edge of war in beirut we have come a was a he is a political analyst and founder of the center of american troops egypt studies in beirut and damascus we have any mackie here is the syria commentator and co-founder of syrian digital media group all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate adel let me go to you the best dressed man in television love the bow tie of course adel you know we over the last few days we've seen a. whole series of diplomatic activity trying to bring some kind of closure to this very long and bloody and destructive conflict in syria it's being spearheaded by the russians and the iranians and the turks they've been in consultation with other players in the region including israel and also a telephone call between putin and trump are the pieces falling into place go ahead adele well let's hope so we have. historic context. with russia ruled these two major developments in the region would have not achieved one is t

in beirut he is a freelance broadcast journalist also in beirut we have. he is a political analyst and in washington we have joe he is a policy analyst at the arab center washington d.c. all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate martin let me go to you first in beirut there are so many elements of. what's going on with this story domestically in saudi arabia and of course across the region particularly in lebanon which of course always includes iran. if you could for our audience because it's not getting a lot of air time because of domestic politics in the u.s. and the u.k. how would you sum up what's actually going on in saudi arabia and in the region go ahead martin. well the both there's a link between both of them i mean saudi arabia is basically getting ready for a new king to take the throne and now this been some of the new crown prince who has been installed in the position by israel and america is very insecure about its position a very insecure about the future so he's created a

let's talk to our correspondent in beirut now saying the harder this is saad hariri has now landed in paris what are the signs that we're looking for. well yes sagal how do you the landed in paris a short while ago he's now at his residence here arrived there with his wife what we understand is that they were not accompanied by their children two of his children stayed behind in riyadh what we understand the reason behind that is that they have school examinations now that is going to raise a lot of questions because some in lebanon will definitely say that one way or another saddle had to do remain some sort of a political hostage really this invitation from the french president for saddle how do you need to visit paris in one way or another and the diplomatic turmoil over saddle how to use fate because many in lebanon including the president accuse saudi arabia of holding him and his family hostage and they were demanding that he leaves the country how did he in a tweet just before boarding the plane to paris said actually addressed the tweet to the german foreign minister saying i

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 many like him and i think 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 like saudi arabia and iran and those two polls have people on the ground iran has done this others economics and in the middle of all this i think and live on a lot of special 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 are in a mainly sunni neighborhood hold many people here feel that the current crisis is going to march and allies th

has and syria here is saudi arabia to such a trustworthy enough partner go ahead in beirut. well obviously. not happy about what is taking place that they feel that they lost the battle of this big battle for years they've been supporting the opposition in syria they've been supporting the opposition or whatever the activity that was taking place in in iraq so now you have you have that road that a lot of these country were afraid that goes from to lebanon can go through with with the but with a victory because of the surgical operation that was done was supported by i have a iranian by liberating by would really liberating iraq and basically defeating in iraq and now we have a major victory in syria so how much the sooty can do about this not very much they already put a big fight for it and basically they didn't know what did not win the fight so basically all they can do is just. maybe go to lebanon they tried to do medal. of lebanon and they were not successful either i think the point for the cod is to make a compromise and well you know we would be really nice it's a w

broadcasting was stopped under the him to field with him you know and beirut's southern suburbs. that interest our interest finally is to have settlement and peace in lebanon. right so we've been listening to saad hariri speaking publicly for the first time following his short resignation as premier a week ago insisting that he will return to lebanon to confirm his resignation though he said it could be in a few days but he doesn't specifically say when he will return to the country let's now speak to al-jazeera senior political analyst marwan bashara he joins us now from doha and we've been listening to saad hariri marwan but also just looking at some of the other comments he's been making he's been talking about the possibility of rescinding his resignation but basically costing some doubt on the finality of his position this is quite remarkable isn't it certainly it's coming from such tremendous pressure he's certainly under stress you can see it from his body language from his emotional outburst in a bit of his language. clearly somewhere between fearing for his life and fear

and washington he's a saudi commentator in beirut we have charmaine now one the she is a journalist as well as a middle east geo political analyst and into round we cross the mohammad marandi he is an associate professor at the university of all right. rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much appreciate jamal let me go to you first in washington as we saw this situation play out in lebanon and i don't think it's come down yet will see what the next move is here but looking at what's going on in saudi arabia critics can make the claim that the the lebanon episode was to deflect from what was going on in saudi arabia and vice versa i mean how are they connected or they're just very different things happening at the same time go ahead in washington. to believe the two different things happening in the. saudi arabia house of the just admit that he's going to make a complaint of. not only in the but in syria and in yemen maybe. issue was introduced was too hasty in and such an impulsive way but it succeeded in getting the issue of his will on the table and

zana how to live in beirut thank you. we have a lot more to come here at al-jazeera including cautious optimism the signals have been detected from a missing argentinian soft mary. with. hello there we've seen a fair amount of snow over parts of japan recently and we could see a little bit more you can see the speckled cloud just making its way down towards the southeast making its way on to the coast of japan and that could bring us a few more outbreaks of snow nothing too heavy i don't expect but still a little bit more in the way of wintery weather and that's likely to stick around as we head through monday and into choose day towards the west fine unsettled forced by choose day we're looking at six in pyongyang and around eight in seoul for beijing will be up at around ten and a bit further south and it's fairly cool here for some of us to shanghai no higher than around thirteen degrees for is in hong kong twenty two degrees will be our maximum and the winds will be feeding in moisture from the south so for some of us

from my headquarters in doha with me and of the parana also ahead lebanese prime minister turns to beirut more than two weeks after announcing his resignation and. at least fifty people were killed in a suicide attack at a mosque in northeastern nigeria. and u.s. president donald trump talks up his phone conversation with his russian counterpart are both agreeing there is no military solution to syria's conflict. we begin with the resignation of zimbabwe's president robert mugabe who stepped down after thirty seven years and power well the new spark scenes of jubilation around the country with thousands of people pouring into the streets. of reports from harare. jubilation on the streets of harare across the country that robert mugabe rule for thirty seven years while. maybe even days. news demagogy was stepping down came as both houses of parliament sat in an extraordinary session to debate the president's impeachment the speaker suspended the session and told m.p.'s that he'd received a letter. was . that he was resigning with the media's effect voluntarily in order to facilitate a smoo

announced his sudden resignation from the saudi capital this neighborhood in the lebanese capital beirut is one of the strongholds. returns to the country. we hope the government functions again because people put off their plans like buying a car out of it no one knows what tomorrow will bring. regardless of whether they support or oppose her decision to step down people here are worried the resignation is linked to the saudi iranian rivalry in the region's past attempts to weaken iran's lebanese ally hezbollah has led to violence. and i have. heard the news of the resignation it was just like when his father was killed there was a political earthquake they fear there could be an attack he wants him to return. already people are complaining that the pace of the economy has slowed down in a country already struggling with financial problems. but the resignation is linked to regional developments but it's affecting us from the first day our business suffered we need a new solution to save the. saudi arabia has made it clear it intends to confront iran and it seems it will start in lebanon

lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has confirmed he'll return to beirut by wednesday he says he'll then clarify his position after his sudden resignation more than two weeks ago he's now in france which is trying to mediate the political fallout. from all the thirty thousand runners have taken part in a half marathon in the indian capital and that's despite health warnings from doctors about severe cold. lucian levels the city has been blanketed in a toxic smoke for weeks now the indian medical association is calling it a public health emergency now the advent of cooler weather has trapped car and factory emissions causing the smoke and smoke from crop residue that's burned in neighboring states that all adds to an already toxic combination of smaug levels in recent weeks levels of carcinogenic particles in the air where seventy times over the safe limit are recommended by the world health organization and in some parts of the city air quality readings recorded a peak of nine hundred ninety nine that's the highest that the machines can actually read and it's not just new delhi six

beirut in a moment first let's go to natasha who's in paris what do we expect to come from the talks being held between saad hariri and the french president emmanuel macro. well i think everybody will be looking at that meeting between hariri and a bit later very closely because here is arrival in paris is just another twist in this rather extraordinary political crisis because when he arrived at airport just north of the capital earlier today he was only with his wife he wasn't with his children as expected now he has three children one of them studies in london and came to paris on friday evening but the other two have stayed behind in riyadh and that has caused some commentators to say that perhaps hariri is not as free of his actions and movements as it might have been thought if his children were are able to leave now we have no confirmation no information as to why his children stayed behind perhaps we might get the answers to some of those questions a bit later when hariri arrives here at the least say in paris for that meeting with the president it is a lunchtime meeting we d

about has more from beirut. this is going to be crucial. for leaders. to commemorate independence day we have no indication whatsoever about sat. next to me. after an all night party it's quiet again on zimbabwe's streets after president robert mugabe announced he was stepping down people are now awaiting the return of emerson and he's due to fly back to zimbabwe in the coming hours he's expected to be sworn in as the new leader the un's accusing north korea of violating the this agreement that ended the korean war by chasing a defector across the border between the two countries that affect a soldier was shot as he crossed the frontier he was rescued by south korean soldiers who dragged into safety talks are taking place in the russian city of sochi to determine the outcome of the syrian war turkey which backs syrian rebel groups and president bashar assad's allies iran and russia are there groups 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.

thanks to that life in beirut. syria's army and militia from iraq have encircled the eisel controlled city of. it's located on syria's border with iraq that is i sliced urban area in syria this video released by pro syrian government media shows fighting in the surrounding area on saturday let's go live now to turkey syria border of zeros a suburb in java is following developments from there so. what's the latest in who's in control of that city. adrian in the last ten hours we've heard claims and counterclaims isis fighters saying they have repulse the attack from al qaim border crossing that's from the iraqi side have you been hearing the sunni observatory for human rights saying that the city is still contested but outlets and syrian state media is adamant that they have taken complete control of all become which is the last urban stronghold for ice and it means that i see has lost all it's the sentence towns and cities that it controls not just in iraq but in syria as well and this operation is being spearheade

jordan this is our live from doha also coming up the lebanese prime minister saad hariri returns to beirut more than two weeks after his shock resignation while in saudi arabia. a verdict to do with the war crimes trial of bosnian leader. use of genocide against muslim civilians. and dramatic video of the rescue of a north korean soldier who was shot while escaping across the border into the south . zimbabwe's president robert mugabe has stepped down after thirty seven years in power is spock scenes of jubilation across the country at large crowds filling the streets and celebration. sent this report. jubilation on the streets of harare across the country that robert mugabe rule for thirty seven years while to liberation as maybe even days. news demagogy was stepping down came as both houses of parliament sat in an extraordinary session to debase the president's impeachment to speak at the speed of the session and told m.p.'s that he'd received a letter. mugabe wrote that he was resigning with the media's effect voluntarily in order to facilitate a smooth transfer of power. to the crowds o

subset some including saudi arabia right let's introduce our guests now joining us on skype from beirut is joseph katich ian political commentator and senior fellow at the king faisal center for research and islamic studies from tehran we have most of our cautious i'm here is professor of journalism at the applied sciences university and from boston we have rami corey senior public policy fellow and adjunct professor of journalism at the american university of beirut thank you all very much indeed for joining us can i start with you joseph sayyid hariri said that conditions that have prompted him to quit are similar to those in two thousand and five just before his own father rafik hariri was assassinated what with tb referring to well you must been referring to the outside intervention obviously lebanon has always been the battleground for other people's wars in the last two thousand five hundred when everyone assumed the. as a new kind of stability that has been reached. unfortunately the experience of the past decade or two hasn't been particularly positive and he was referring to th

has and syria here is saudi arabia to such a trustworthy enough partner and go ahead in beirut. well obviously. not happy about what is taking place. they feel that they lost the battle of this big battle for years they've been supporting the opposition in syria they've been supporting the opposition or whatever the activity that was taking place in in iraq so now you have you have that road that a lot of these country were afraid that in the fight so basically all. of lebanon and they were not successful either i think the point for the cod is to make a compromise and well you know we would be really nice if they war in the air and yeah thank you thank you for four of them absolutely i'm glad you mentioned yemen delegate were rapidly want to i'm going to ask all three of you what about the future of assad because if you look at some of the communication coming out i guess for from sochi there is going to be political reform what does it mean to you because i'm sure it means something else to the americans go ahead adele. yeah it's an interesting point actually of us that becaus

capital on tuesday how many attended talks in abu dhabi before returning to riyadh let's go live to beirut and zeros in to hold it is there so what is the latest with. where is he. well adrian like you mentioned the last time we saw him was on tuesday when he was in abu dhabi holding talks with rulers there after that meeting his office said he flew back to riyadh so he is believed to be in the saudi capital where he announced the sudden resignation on saturday and since saturday really we haven't heard from the prime minister he hasn't made any statement even though we saw him. in abu dhabi on the day before that sitting with the saudi king now his office here well we've been hearing. over the past few days saying that yes the prime minister is coming back to lebanon but they're not saying when so it's a very very confusing picture now why should he return it's because the constitutional process is on hold the president is refusing to accept his resignation saying that the way in which he resigned announcing his resignation on saudi television and to outside the country cannot be accepted

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 met 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 the sources said only that it had been the hariri family's personal choice. macro invited to really he said not to offer exile but a listen act of friendship the fact that some of her riri was here at the elise is being seen by those in france as something of a diplomatic success for emanuel might call it is the french president's mediation attempts over the past two weeks that have seen hariri finally leave riyadh. this was certainly a diplomatic success for a manual macro at the start of the lebanese crisis no one was very convinced that he'd be able to get results but he succeeded in getting hariri out of saudi arabia and hopefully back to lebanon soon for that it's a personal achievement for macro he's managed to re-insert france into the m

after the surprise resignation of lebanon's prime minister and cools are growing for his return to beirut. hello and welcome to our jazeera live from doha i'm dennis also coming up there without the united states and they almost lost canada but eleven pacific rim countries agree the basis of a free trade pact. a new deadline separate refusing to leave mannus island out by monday or police will move in. and then he did what you wanted to do to me and i lived with a lot of anger and pain when i and i was crying. fighting back our rape victims in eastern democratic republic of congo a reclaiming the confidence. the u.s. has joined the un in calling for stability in lebanon's political crisis after the resignation of its prime minister saad hariri mr hariri announced he was stepping down whilst in riyadh last saturday blaming interference from iran and its lebanese ally hezbollah but the u.s. secretary said rex tillerson says mr hariri must return to his country to make his resignation official zana holder reports from beirut citizens of saudi arabia and its gulf allies visiting or living in

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 i'll express opinions on the wall subjects once i've made president. well this was harry's first public appearance since that resignation many in lebanon are questioning why today's children were left behind in riyadh jury best trip to paris they know how to has more from beirut saddle had a rival to the french capital may be a way of showing that he's a free man and that he is able to leave saudi arabia but speculations about his ability to move freely have not been put to rest the very fact that he left his children behind he arrived with his wife his children stayed behind according to his aides it is because they're attending school in lebanon many in lebanon including the president believe that the prime minister in one way or another was a hostage in saudi arabia he was forced to resign his resignation speech was written by the saudi authorities and now we are in and the neighborhood which is considered really a hariri stronghold mixed reactio

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

now lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has confirmed to would tend to beirut by wednesday and says he will hold talks with the president michel aoun howry made the statement in paris wayne at the french president emanuel micron reports. in the latest twist in this political crisis saad hariri arrived at paris's 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 emanuel markoff at the elisei palace and said he would return to beirut. 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 our 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 at least a source is said only that it had been the hariri family's personal choice. macro invited to really he said not to offer exile but as

has and syria here is saudi arabia to such a trustworthy enough partner and go ahead in beirut. well obviously. not happy about what is taking place. they feel that they lost the battle of this big battle for years they've been supporting the opposition in syria they've been supporting the opposition or whatever the activity that was taking place in in iraq so now you have you have that road that a lot of these country were afraid that goes from top to lebanon can go through with with the with a victory because of the surgical operation that was done was supported by by having iranian by liberating really liberating iraq and basically defeating dosh in iraq and now we have a major victory in syria so how much they can do about this not very much they already put a big fight for it and basically they didn't what did not win the fight so basically all they can do is just. maybe go to lebanon they tried to do medal. of lebanon and they were not successful either i think the point for the cod is to make a compromise and well you know we would be really nice if a war in the air and y

just the right live from london also coming up lebanon's prime minister saad hariri and arrives in beirut more than two weeks after announcing his resignation whilst the. teenage suicide bomber kills at least fifty people in a mosque in northeast nigeria. in march accused of subjecting its ranger to what is described as a vicious system of apartheid. welcome to the program after thirty seven years in power well but mugabe has resigned as president of zimbabwe and you sparked scenes of jubilation around the country with thousands of zimbabweans pouring into the streets with and minutes of the announcement we got he sent a letter to his and bob ways parliament as it launched proceedings to impeach him which have now been suspended. well it is here is her metasearch is in the capital harare and joins us live now hi there hiero it's been an extraordinary day it has and people are still celebrating this day they're going to try and savor this moment for as long as you can we are seeing zanu p.f. supporters opposition supporters all on the streets celebrating together they said today is not a b

now back in beirut definitely. like i mentioned those mysterious circumstances there was a diplomatic turmoil over his fate but the. crisis is still there. really is not immune to political crises or political instability and. people were worried because you found it really at the center of. the wire very between saudi arabia and iran. is very nation was in saudi arabia move against hezbollah hezbollah being an ally of iran the law being a member of. government they wanted to curb. backfired because the lebanese came together from across the political divide. the fact that the prime minister. was practically a hostage that is the feeling here of course saudi arabia denied this. the country came together but how long will this unity last because the differences are still there and the question remains. just on his resignation or is he going to withdraw it we understand is that the president is going to try to dissuade him from resigning. to try to find a way. out of a compromise. he will withdraw his resignation. no

lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has arrived in beirut two weeks after announcing his resignation one in saudi arabia lebanon's president previously said harry was being detained by saudi authorities has denied the accusations. north korea is accused of violating the korean war disagreement by chasing a defector over the border between the two countries this video shows him being chased as he crossed the demarcation line the man was rescued by south korean soldiers and dragged him to safety on the southern side of the front in the defector also a soldier remains in hospital following surgery. the key findings of the special investigation team are that the k.p.a. violated the armistice agreement by one firing weapons across the m.t.l. and two by actually crossing the m.d.o. temporarily you can see personnel at the j s a notified k.p.a. of these violations today who are normal communication channels in panmunjom and requested a meeting to discuss our investigation and measures to prevent future such violations president trump and vladimir putin had a lengthy phone conversation on tu

compromise but how to be expected back home ok for now thank you very much on the hot air live in beirut then it will keep us across developments eleven. now syria's president bashar al assad has held talks with russia's leader vladimir putin in sochi the allies in syria's six year war met in the black sea city on monday according to the kremlin. the fight against armed groups in syria is close to ending he said once that's over finding a peaceful political settlement will be the key. of the khalifa coming we just had a meeting with president vladimir putin and i passed greetings and gratitude to him and to the people of russia for the efforts which russia put in saving our country i particularly emphasized the role of the russian armed forces and the sacrifices you have made to reach this goal thanks to your efforts and the efforts of our allies many syrians could return to their homes and i would like to express gratitude to you for what you have done on behalf of all the syrian people. breaking news coming from nigeria from the northeast of the country a suicide bombers killed at leas

will help demonstrate unity and solidarity with saad hariri then a hoarder has more now from beirut. the beirut marathon a yearly sporting event that aims to bring people together and it really takes on a whole new meaning this year because of the uncertainty in the country the political vacuum following the sudden resignation of the prime minister saad of how do you see over a week ago his faith really is open to question and the people are using this marathon to show solidarity with the with the prime minister slogans that we are running for you we are waiting for you there are a lot of questions here on why the prime minister has not returned lebanese authorities and many lebanese believe that in one way or another the prime minister is detained in saudi arabia and he has no freedom of movement yes there are some people who believe that he hasn't returned citing security concerns but even in his stronghold his own supporters feel very betrayed by their ally saudi arabia they feel humiliated we've been speaking to people and they're saying whether you support heavy d. or you don't

beirut. citizens of saudi arabia and its gulf allies visiting or living in lebanon are leaving it's not the first time gulf countries tell their citizens it is not safe to stay lebanon has long been entangled in the saudi iranian power struggle across the region but the latest warning heightened tensions after the resignation of lebanon's prime minister saad howdy but alongside the tensions there are growing signs of lebanese unity in what many see as saudi interference in their country the resignation was sudden raising concerns about the circumstances behind the decision there is also concern about how to ease freedom of movement he may have been seen since he made the announcement in riyadh but the prime minister hasn't made any more statements lebanon's president michel aoun believes how he is under house arrest he told a saudi arabia the fear in beirut. that the circumstances of the resignation are an acceptable and how d.d. should return immediately. how did his own political party made

a week after the sudden resignation of lebanon's prime minister group for his return to beirut. or without their life and also coming up a red joint statement from the u.s. and russian president on how to end the fighting in syria. there without the united states and they always love canada but eleven pacific rim countries agree on the basis of a free trade pact. tension flares at a protest in sydney of the australian government's treatment of refugees amanda silent. now the us has joined the un in calling for stability and eleven and warning regional powers against using the country for proxy conflicts prime minister saad hariri resigned suddenly while. in riyadh last saturday claiming interference from iran and its lebanese ally hezbollah or u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says there's no legitimate role for what he calls foreign forces militias or armed elements in lebanon send a halt to reports now from beirut. citizens of saudi arabia and its gulf allies visiting or living in lebanon are leaving it's not the first time gulf countries tell their citizens it is not safe

i was his resignation in saudi arabia's capital riyadh the decision was televised and was met in beirut with disbelief with many suspecting he'd been pressured by the saudis then france's president micron invited her area and his family to paris where the french leader assured him of his political support after paris hariri flew back to lebanon for independence day though not without paying lightning visits to the president of egypt and then the leader of cyprus on his way and now he's back in beirut having made his surprise announcement artie's maria for national brings us the latest from the lebanese capital. was a surprise but a relief space time prime minister hariri has been speaking from beirut for the first time on the lebanese soil in the last twenty days that has been a very turbulent time for lebanon more than two weeks ago mr hariri left the country and he announced his resignation in his televised speech while speaking from the capital of saudi arabia and i draw the kind of crisis here to lebanon and today is speaking after the official part of the independence day celebrati

a week after the surprise resignation of lebanon's prime minister calls grow for his return to beirut. hello welcome to our live from. that is also coming up a read joint statement from the u.s. and russian presidents on how to end the fighting in syria. a new deadline set for refugees refusing to leave mannus island leave by monday or the police will move in . then he did what you wanted to do to me i lived with a lot of anger and pain and i was crying. fighting back our rape victims in recent democratic republic of congo rediscovering their confidence. but first the u.s. has joined the u.n. in calling for stability in lebanon warning regional powers against using the country's a proxy conflicts prime minister saad hariri resigned suddenly waltz in riyadh last saturday blaming interference from iran and its lebanese ally hezbollah or us actually it's a direct tellus and says there's no legitimate role for what he calls foreign forces militias or armed elements in lebanon they are the harder reports now from beirut. citizens of saudi arabia and its gulf allies visiting or living in le

all right we'll leave it there for now from beirut. the sound of cheering and dancing in the street the resignation of president robert mugabe was a moment to celebrate across much of zimbabwe thousands of people filled city squares as news spread mugabe was stepping down after thirty seven years in power and in the coming hours the man likely to replace him and the cinema will be returning home he's expected to be swiftly sworn in. zimbabwe's new president also reports from holiday. jubilation on the streets of harare across the country that robert mugabe rule for thirty seven years while to liberation as maybe even days. news demagogy was stepping down came as both houses of parliament sat in an extraordinary session to debase the president's impeachment the speaker suspended the session and told m.p.'s that he received a letter. mugabe wrote that he was resigning with the media's effect voluntarily in order to facilitate a smooth transfer of power. to the crowds outside those who was many thought they'd never have ever since i was b

jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up lebanese prime minister saad hariri returns to beirut more than two weeks after announcing his shock resignation in riyadh. dramatic video of the rescue of a dog korean soldier who was shot while escaping across the border into the south. and a verdict due at the war crimes trial of bosnian serb leader right come luggage used of genocide against muslims and. we begin with the resignation of zimbabwe's president robert mugabe who stepped down after thirty seven years in power it sparked scenes of jubilation around the country with large crowds filling the streets in celebration reports in the capital harare. jubilation on the streets of had already across the country that robert mugabe rule for thirty seven years while. maybe even days. news demagogy was stepping down came as both houses of parliament sat in an extraordinary session to debase the president's impeachment to speak at the speed of the session and told m.p.'s that he'd received a letter. if. mugabe wrote that he was resigning with the media's effect voluntarily in order to fa

to see around beirut. developing story the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is calling the running a crisis quote ethnic cleansing to listen visited me in my last week to address the unfolding refugee crisis more than six hundred thousand people have fled across the border into bangladesh they're mainly at the cox's bazar area now the statement says those responsible for the atrocities in rakhine state should be held accountable can really help it joins us now live from washington kimberly why now. well not only because of that visit that you mentioned by the u.s. secretary of state of course he met with the matter and chief of the armed forces in me and maher as well as the state councilor on song suchi but it is also the belief that this is necessary and this is significant because peter this declaration of ethnic cleansing as a result of those atrocities that have occurred that are forced you know hundreds of thousands to flee comes with legal ramifications of also too many believe here in the united states particularly put