had long sought to free his country from de facto syrian occupation hariri was killed in a car bomb blast in february two thousand and five some have alleged that the syrian government was behind the attack but this has never been proven afterward a number of other lebanese politicians and intellectuals were also assassinated. wished him up one day at a past party meeting we were discussing economic matters. and suddenly assad walked in and shouted. hari is an enemy of syria and. he's a puppet of the us and france for the sea. three days later that was that. explosives equivalent to nearly two tons of t.n.t. were used in the attack twenty two other people were killed in the blast hariri says as a nation sparked international outrage the un security council approved a resolution sponsored by britain france and the us that imposed some new sanctions on syria. are very smart are also led to a popular uprising in lebanon this domestic resistance movement combined with international pressure prompted syria to pull its troops out of lebanon in two thousand and six. assad seemed to take th

trip to riyadh which he used to announce a sudden resignation hariri this time as the king salmon in the capital so hopeful to the crown prince mohammed bin solomon. just a quick reminder if you don't remember what happened on that last trip it was back in november hariri made a televised address from saudi arabia announcing his resignation just a day after he got there lebanese officials accused of forcing him to step down and even putting him under house arrest while the government denied this harry reid's resignation plunge lebanon into a regional political crisis between saudi arabia and iran hariri eventually made it home some weeks later after a french intervention and then withdrew his resignation his government since reaffirmed its policy of staying out of conflicts and arab countries where there is monitoring this visit from beirut. these press office insisting that. he is in riyadh he did not request this meeting he is responding to an invitation ties that really have been strained not just between the saudi leadership but between lebanon and saudi arabia since the shock re

those comments after meeting with the lebanese president michel aoun and the prime minister saad hariri to listeners visit as part of a five country tour of the middle east. russia's foreign ministry says five russian citizens could be among more than one hundred pro syrian government fighters who were killed in a u.s. strike a week ago it happened near the city of heroes or the ministry spokeswoman says the group's nationality is yet to be verified let's get more on this for you live from moscow as our correspondent rory chalons rory it's taken a week to get any kind of reaction out of the relevant ministry so what are they saying about this now. yeah well rumors and reports have been swirling for several days now about a huge death count in this u.s. coalition strike on a group of pro syrian government forces near dairies or on the seventh of february some reports saying that suck up to maybe in excess of two hundred russians died in that well the russian ministry of foreign affairs has basically for the first time admitted that yes it is highly likely that there were russians involve

speak of weapons testing missile and nuclear lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has returned to saudi arabia three months after announcing his sudden resignation during a trip to riyadh i remember with the saudis king solomon in the capital amman also hold talks with crown prince mohammed bin salman. well it's the first time there is visited saudi arabia since november when he made that televised address announcing he was stepping down lebanese officials accuse forcing her to quit and putting him under house arrest. denied this her recent nation plunge lebanon into a regional political crisis between saudi arabia and iran well he returned home weeks later after a french intervention and withdrew his resignation as government and since reaffirmed its policy of staying out of conflicts and arab countries senegal is among the visit from beirut. press office insisting that. he is in riyadh he did not request this meeting he is responding to an invitation really have been strained not just between me and the saudi leadership but between lebanon and saudi arabia since shock resignation from

saudi arabia for the first time since he abruptly quit during a visit to riyadh last year in november haririmade a televised address from saudi arabia announcing his resignation a day after arriving in the country lebanese officials accused riyadh of forcing him to step down and put him under house arrest of the government this reraise resignation plunged lebanon into regional and political crisis between saudi arabia and iran who are very returned home weeks later after french intervention and withdrew his resignation his government has since reaffirmed its policy of staying out of conflicts in arab countries and what is monitoring the visit from beirut. parties press office insisting that. he is in riyadh he did not request this meeting he is responding to an invitation really have been strained not just between the saudi leadership but between lebanon and saudi arabia since the shock resignation from the saudi capital on and of ember for in the bizarre sequence of events that followed many in lebanon including the president accused saudi arabia of holding the prime minister hostage and si

across the border in syria so as unmet lebanese president michel aoun and the prime minister saad hariri on the fourth leg of the tour of the middle east he says hezbollah is involved in developments in syria iraq and yemen it is unacceptable for a militia like yours below to operate outside the authority of the lebanese government the only legitimate defender of the lebanese state is the leverage of armed forces as well as not just a concern for the united states the people of lebanon should also be concerned about how his will is actually used it is growing or she will bring on lorded and unhelpful scrutiny on on level. well tell us and is now in turkey for the fifth and final leg of his high speed toward the middle east is meeting with the takesh president is expected to be one of the most challenging of his trip with u.s. turkey relations at a low at events in syria jordan explains. there's a saying you dance with the ones who brought you in mandate syria the u.s. military is supporting the syrian defense forces local fighters who helped liberate the city for meusel. just one problem

even as prime minister saad hariri has returned to saudi arabia three months after announcing his sudden resignation during a trip to riyadh lebanese officials accuse saudi arabia of forcing harry reid to quit and putting him under house arrest riyadh has denied this hariri returned home weeks later after french intervention then withdrew his resignation. pop star has been sentenced to six months in jail for a joke about the cleanliness of the nile river sure enough apologized after a video appeared of her laughing with fans in lebanon in august she said drinking water from the nile could give people parasites judges accused of spreading fake news she's free on bail pending an appeal. does your fridge know when it's out of milk maybe your home as a meter to monitor heated well one of the main technology talking points of this is mobile world congress is a so-called internet of things charlie angela reports from barcelona. sorry for all that. automated connected pepper is popular he can dance and change color but he isn't solving any real world problems and that's where the focus is at th

freely not only about the rock current situation but in all issues lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has returned to saudi arabia three months after announcing his sudden resignation during a trip to riyadh lebanese officials accuse saudi arabia of forcing her to quit and putting him under house arrest riyadh has denied this i returned home weeks later after a french intervention and withdrew his resignation afghanistan's president has offered to recognize the taliban as a legitimate political group as part of negotiations aimed at ending more than sixteen years of war ashraf ghani was speaking at a meeting of diplomats trying to build a framework for peace talks but he reiterated that the armed group needs to recognize his government to danny's also opposed to releasing prisoners and a review of the constitution. australia's government has ordered the recall of more than two million cars with airbags made by the japanese from takata is not satisfied with the results of voluntary recall is carried out last year faulty talk of the airbags have been linked to at least twenty three deat

thank you as well so much from mr hariri for the warm welcome to beirut i was told by my staff when i arrived to think it's been a little more than four years since the last visit of secretary of state so i couldn't be more pleased to be here to represent the united states this trip is really an important opportunity to reaffirm that there are very strong bonds between our two countries but also to have very important exchanges about what can what we can do together to address the many critical challenges that this region is confronted with it addition to the prime minister also had the privilege to meet with president on foreign minister bustle and speaker barrie in all of these meetings i've repeated the united states message that we stand firmly with the lebanese people and lebanon's with gentleman state institutions as levanon faces formidable challenges as well as threats in the region from foreign conflicts and efforts to drag lebanon into such conflicts to terrorism and violent extremism to economic strains lebanon has been under enormous pressure. we are engaging with the gove

happened saudi arabia tried to contrive the circumstances for an attack on hezbollah by forcing saad hariri the prime minister of lebanon to unwillingly ritter and the security and the army of israel the dog didn't bark in the night they didn't go as a lot of neighborly michael is going on here a lot of them and it's a very toxic mix when it all comes together you talk about. trump and his generals he seems to have just kind of abrogated his responsibility to this and that's the impression i have because we can we see rex tillerson the secretary of state he's overruled even publicly quite as. often when it comes from north korea to syria and maybe even towards iran here i mean it seems like a very much a a military foreign policy because we've had these posture reviews come out security defense but i'm not expecting any diplomacy with you to come out anytime soon you know i mean people have talking talking about caging the president and containing him but in this respect i think i don't think it was so unwilling i think he likes it and you know he keeps talking about my generals and i think

regional conflicts to listen has been meeting lebanese president michel aoun and the prime minister saad hariri on the fourth leg of the middle east tour and members of zimbabwe's opposition movement for democratic change have been mourning the death of their leader morgan tsvangirai. party members gathered outside the m.d.c. headquarters in harare founded the m.d.c. in one thousand nine hundred nine and became a powerful symbol of resistance against former president robert mugabe more on all those stories coming up in the news hour in about twenty five minutes time do join me then after inside story which starts now. the brutal fox a for a boy is rescued a baby gasp for air is she's pulled out of rubble both of them in syria but it's a scene replicated in many parts of the world we are asking why are more children than ever being killed or injured in war what can be done about it this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program on martine dennis from syria to afghanistan and somalia whatever this conflict and instability is often children who suffer the most one out of every six children

evidence prime minister saad hariri has returned to saudi arabia three months after announcing his sudden resignation during a trip to riyadh officials accuse saudi arabia of forcing him to quit putting him under house arrest we had has denied this returned home weeks later of the french intervention and withdrew his resignation afghanistan's president has ordered offered to recognize the taliban as a legitimate political group as part of negotiations aimed at ending more than sixteen years of war and he was speaking at a meeting of diplomats trying to build a framework for peace talks but he reiterated that the group needs to recognize his government australia's government has ordered the recall of more than two million cars with airbags made from the japanese firm to carter is not satisfied with the results of voluntary recalls carried out last year faulty carter airbags have been linked to at least twenty three deaths worldwide those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera but first it is inside story. the taxi in question in israel for the holiest in christianity of the chu

secretary of state made the comments after meeting lebanese president michel aoun and prime minister saad hariri. them to uphold lebanon's commitment to insure calm on the southern border with israel. to colombia where the president says his country needs international help to cope with and humanitarian crisis after the arrival of hundreds of thousands of venezuelans the influx has been caused by a deepening economic crisis in venezuela alice on the ramp visited the colombian government's first temporary shelter. near the border with venezuela. and his wife mark to talk their luck had turned for the better with the economic situation at home deteriorating a friend offered him a well paying job. in venezuela i had a good job at a business making five times the minimum wage but the value of my salary kept falling i couldn't meet our needs anymore and those of our children i stopped eating i lost forty kilos or used to be over one hundred then i saw that my children were also losing weight so they sold almost all their own to pay for the trip to star a new life but in any swelling bordertown case w

state made the comments after meeting lebanese prime minister michel aoun and prime minister saad hariri me he also i urge them to uphold lebanon's commitment to ensure calm on the southern border with israel still ahead on al-jazeera ethiopia scrambles to replace a prime minister after his surprise resignation and celebrations begin across china and southeast asia for the lunar new year. hello and welcome back we'll look at the americas and across north america we've got cold air pushing influence west cold fronts across more southeastern areas some snow on its leading edge nurses warmer than stuff across parts of the south atlanta twenty one miami to twenty seven washington still about through much of friday some snow also across the pacific northwest there and there's a move the forecast some of the twenty four hours that cold front will go through washington so a must have dropping temperatures york and washington struggling temperature wise dallas will see some cold air moving in with a threat of some rain that across north western areas seattle is like you see some rain at times hi

happened saudi arabia tried to contrive the circumstances for an attack on hezbollah by forcing saad hariri the prime minister of lebanon to and with. only ritter and the security and the army of israel the dog didn't bark in the night they didn't go over a lot of neighborly michael aris going on here a lot of them and it's a very toxic mix when it all comes together you talk about. trump and his generals he seems to have just kind of abrogated his responsibility to this and that's the impression i have because we can we see rex tillerson the secretary of state he's overruled even publicly quite often when it comes from north korea to syria maybe even towards iran here i mean it seems like a very much a a military foreign policy because we've had these posture reviews come out security defense but i'm not expecting any diplomacy review to come out anytime soon you know i mean people have talking talking about caging the president and containing him but in this stress specter i think i don't think it was so unwilling i think he likes it and you know he keeps talking about my generals and i t

opposers promised to speed up the transfer of land to black south africans lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has returned to saudi arabia three months after announcing his resignation from riyadh there were these officials accuse saudi arabia of forcing her to quit and putting him under house arrest riyadh has denied this really returned home few weeks later after french intervention and withdrew his resignation some parts of britain are said to be colder than the arctic circle this week it's because of a freak winter storm which is also hitting much of europe scientists say global warming is a likely cause of park reports this is what many people across the u.k. woke up to roads blocked public transport come sold from schools closed farm for som misery of those. in croatia the army were drafted in to rescue people trapped in their houses but as fast as the snow was cleared more quickly fell. and then the italian capital romans experienced the first snow in six years to the phatic and into a battleground. cold weather in winter is hardly surprising but what's unsettling scientists is that eu

now lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has returned to saudi arabia for the first time since he abruptlyquit you're going to visit to riyadh last year in the van but really made a televised address from saudi arabia announcing his resignation a day after arriving in the country where lebanese officials accused riyadh of forcing a reread to quit and putting him under house arrest well while the government denied this series resignation plans lebanon into a regional and political crisis between saudi arabia and iran i returned home weeks later after a french intervention and withdrew his resignation his government has since reaffirmed its policy of staying out of conflicts in arab countries let's talk to zain she's been covering the story for us and joins us live from the lebanese capital beirut cena many people must be asking why solder really is going back to riyadh so soon after his abrupt resignation there what's what's behind this move. well his press office is saying that the prime minister did not request this visit he is responding to an invitation given by the saudi authorities cl

lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has returned to saudi arabia three months after he announced his sudden resignation during a trip to riyadh kerry met the cane selman in the capital and is due to hold talks with crown prince mohammed bin salmond in november lebanese officials accused saudi arabia of forcing hari to quit and putting him under house arrest saudi arabia tonight this. one of christianity's holiest sites in jerusalem has reopened its doors three days after its leaders closed it in protest against israeli tax measures the church of the holy several is believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and resurrection of jesus christ and leo penned after the local mayor suspended a plan to make churches pay substantial act taxes on their assets how a force it has this update for us from occupied east jerusalem. well here in the square outside the church of the holy sepulcher things seem to be back to normal tourists and pilgrims they've been flocking over the last three days not able to get in through those giant wooden doors now they are able to get in to this most imp

across the border in syria to listen met lebanese president shell aoun and the prime minister saad hariri on the fourth leg of a tour of the middle east he says hezbollah is involved in the wars in syria iraq and yemen. a kenyan judge has ruled the deportation of a prominent member of the opposition was illegal but who is a geo citizen was deported to canada last month after he took part in the mock swearing in of opposition leader rhino danger a judge says the order to deport him was illegal and that his kenyan passport was be returned to him a kenyan government says it will appeal the court's decision. now a study by a group of french scientists has found that people who we more highly processed foods are more likely to develop cancer a look at that they looked at the diet of more than one hundred thousand people and those who eat more things like cakes crisps and ready meals are at a higher risk of developing the disease are explains from london. what have you eaten today because what we innocently consume could be harming us. we've known for several years that certain food such as pro

that news conference out of beirut zina for you what was that the takeaway point there from both mr hariri and also mr tell us. well there are a few points first and foremost that it's clear that lebanon and israel law are not any closer to an agreement on the maritime border dispute that this really which has heightened tensions. the prime minister and the secretary of state saying that there will be further discussions we know that tillerson came here with a proposal a proposal which has been put on the table in the past and we do know that lebanon is not accepting this proposal because it involves giving up three hundred square kilometers of lebanon's territorial waters so it still heighten tensions between these two countries and further work needs to be done we also heard tellers and say and making it very clear that the u.s. position has not changed concerning a law saying i'm going to stop you there we'll come back to you when we can so ramaphosa the new south african president just about to talk to. the south african parliament in cape town. we've had him being. sworn in we've had

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there's political instability after the resignation of prime minister saad hariri he said that that is also something that iran was able to help facilitate and help stabilize and of course he addressed the twenty fifteen nuclear deal that iran signed with western powers and he said that despite america's best efforts to try to scuttle that you have to try to break it down iran has had a great deal of diplomatic success with its european partners and other allied countries to preserve that you know all things that he says were great successes for iran this year and could inspiration for the country moving forward into its fortieth year as an islamic group so many thanks. live in. the family of a university professor of disputing police reports that he committed suicide in jail in iran sixty three year old environmental activist. mommy was arrested last month his family say that his death is impossible to fathom to other protests as the reports of killed themselves in prison recently human rights groups said that detainees are routinely tortured and killed. north korea's limpid delegatio

secretary of state made the comments after meeting lebanese president michel aoun and prime minister saad hariri and also them to uphold lebanon's commitment to ensure calm on the southern border with israel. to africa now where several rum opposer has become south africa's new president pushing a message of clean government and inclusiveness the former trade union leader ten melty millionaire replaces jacob zuma whose ears empowered tainted by scandals division allegations of corruption rob matheson has more from johannesburg. christian. it's taken more than nine years but several ram opposing finally has what he wants the leadership of south africa and his nomination members of his party the ruling a.n.c. have been dancing and cheering i do believe that when one is elected in this type of position you basically become a servant of the people of south africa and i will seek to execute that task with humility. with faithfulness and with dignity as well but within minutes hence one big hurdle the new president must face we don't have and jacob zuma problem we have in n c problem. is that i'm of c

wednesday both nations say they are keen to strengthen cooperation lebanon's prime minister saad hariri is back in saudi arabia three months after he suddenly resigned joining a trip to riyadh how he met king solomon and is expected to hold talks with crown prince mohammed bin someone it's the first time he'd he's visited saudi arabia since november when he made a tell if i did drop it televised address announcing he was stepping down lebanon accused saudi arabia of forcing how do you need to quit and putting him under house arrest while riyadh denied this id's resignation plunged lebanon into a regional and political crisis between saudi arabia and iran how they returned home weeks later after france intervened and withdrew his resignation cinna holder is monitoring the visit from beirut. these press office insisting that the heavy d. is in riyadh he did not request this meeting he is responding to an invitation ties that really have been strained not just between the saudi leadership but between lebanon and saudi arabia since shock resignation from the saudi capital and the vendor for