current political climate to that prior to the assassination of his father the late prime minister rafiq hariri iran's foreign ministry has responded by saying harry reid's resignation will create tensions in the region and is based on founded accusations from israel saudi arabia and the u.s. . i hereby announce my resignation as prime minister from the lebanese government knowing that the will of the lebanese are stronger and that immigration is and will overcome any attempts to impose any over them from powers either inside or outside of our country. the people of lebanon. an american woman accused of insulting zimbabwe's president robert mugabe on twitter has appeared in court in harare. donovan who works in the gamma t.v. is charged with attempting to overthrow the government shall remain in custody over the weekend she was detained in a dawn raid on her home in the capital is the first arrest since the ministry of cyber security was created last month if found guilty she faces up to twenty years in prison. today with our top stories that set for myself in the team here in london more news

and has been accused of killing her aries father former prime minister rafiq hariri in two thousand and five. saud her eerie abruptly resigned as prime m minister this weeeekend raising concerns that he was being held against his will. one day after president michael met with the saudi crown prince frenchh foreign minister i is on a victory n denied that her review was being held in riyadh. some promoted. you had the mission a decently simply observe t tt he resigned. he went out the door the the day president not crown was passing three. we think he is freed his movements and it's importrtt he makes our choices you are concerned is villebon instabilitity onlnly and foa political solution rapidly to be put in place. the u. s. has said it views hurry as a quote strong partner. and warned regional partners against making lebanon a battleground in a proxy war. earlier in the program i spoke to tony banter in a research fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies in new york city he had this to say. about the huge speculation and rumors surrounding this resignation. i think thou

in the middle east and saying he feared being assassinated like his father, the former leader rafiq hariri. , the move stunned observers and cast the lebanese politics into disarray. hariri made the announcement in a televised speech from saudi arabia that aired on the saudi-funded al arabiya network, prompting speculation that hariri was forced out by the saudi royal family. this is hassan nasrallah, head of the powerful hezbollah militia and political party. this information gives us a clear conclusion that the resignation was a saudi decision, dictated to prime minister hariri. it was in his decision. -- it wasn't his decision. amy: in vietnam, at least 49 people are dead after the most powerful typhoon to strike the country in nearly two decades made landfall saturday, bringing damaging winds and flooding. the storm follows flooding blamed for another 80 deaths last month. the floods came as a comprehensive new study by the u.s. government finds global average temperatures have increased 1.8 degrees fahrenheit since 1900 and will continue to rise along with greenhouse gas emissions, wi