tillerson made the comments after meeting the lebanese president michel i went on the prime minister saad hariri to listeners the lebanese leaders to uphold the country's commitment to ensure calm on its southern border his visit is part of a five country tour in the middle east comes amid heightened tensions across the region. but it's impossible to talk about stability sharman to security in lebannon without addressing has below. the united states has considered hezbollah a terrorist organization for more than two decades now we neither see nor do we accept any distinction between its political and its military arms. it is unacceptable for a militia like his below to operate outside the authority of the lebanese government the only legitimate defender of the lebanese state is the lebanese forces. with more from beirut. the united states has been trying to mediate between israel and lebanon over a maritime border dispute tillerson the us secretary of state came here to have further discussions with lebanese officials but it is clear that no agreement has been reached the u.s. proposal ha

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

active 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

vietnamese but still they greatly resenting western interest interference lebanon's prime minister saadhariri has returned to saudi arabia for the first time since he abruptly quit during a visit to riyadh last year in november hariri made 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 sequen

on a welcome israel's ministry says the country isn't seeking escalation with syria this after proa saad forces shot down an israeli fighter jet the had been taking part in raids on targets within syria israel's military says its planes had been carrying at the attacks in response to an iranian drone entering israeli air space a pilot is that to be in a serious condition after the end sixteen went down over northern israel it's the most significant incident between israel. since the start of the syrian civil war seven months ago rather. well for more on this now we're going to cross over to our middle east correspondent tanya cramer joining us now from jerusalem tanya israel may say it doesn't want an escalation but how likely is one based on what's happened today well i mean israel has always laitos as red lines and that is another stern warning because they are concerned that iran in trenches itself in syria especially in the area that is close to the occupied israeli golan heights the armistice line of the border so they have said that before that they don't want to see iran or throug

write news 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 thr

now lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has returned to saudi arabia just three months since his last 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 s

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what 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

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 c

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

secretary of 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 t

what 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

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

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

crew accompanied all saad and his wife as they drove to a concert in damascus it would have a go to the. but of. only dogs myself but it's very un security no no no it is very secure because you. wanted to proof and open the window fifty three when you include food. otherwise you would be living in a living in a cage nobody wants to live in a cage. bashar was never supposed to become president he graduated from medical school in one nine hundred eighty eight and later did post-graduate work in ophthalmology at a hospital in london. his wife graduated from king's college london and worked for several years as an investment banker. brother basile the heir apparent was killed in a car accident in one thousand nine hundred four syrian president hafez assad started preparing bashar to succeed him. the elder assad died in june two thousand bashar took center stage at the funeral ceremony he was elected president the next month at the age of just thirty four but shar was reputed to be much less ambitious and charismatic than his older brother. on. purpose assad was an air force officer who cam

abilities all saad has announced a reshuffle of the army's chief of staff and the heads of ground and air defense forces. the war in yemen there is a serious failure when it comes to the so the idea that is growing because says i'm from international community and there is a serious pressure that saudi arabia so to stop should stop what they are doing now and change course if it's needed i think so that it is trying now to open up to the international community by trying to open up airports and ports for the support of food or medical support so they can reduce the pressure on the so you have a government and the alliance the most notable dismissal was the military chief of staff general abdul rahman bin salah binion is being sidelined to become a royal court consultant is replacement is the former commander of the royal saudi air force general fayyad been honeyed brady while the changes were approved by king some months analysts say it's crown prince mohammed bin some known who's likely to have been the driving force. the shake up followed russia's vetoing of a un resolution which wo

well you know i think lebanese prime minister saad hariri there picking up the baton from direct sales and handed it over talking there about the relationship between the united states and turkey mr tillotson would not be drawn. because of the a reaction to that school shooting in florida seventeen young people have lost their lives in the past twenty four hours a broad ranging news conference there apparently of a genuinely warm relationship between the two men there mr tillotson opening up his part of that news conference saying that he was very happy because it's four years since the last visit of a u.s. secretary of state he said that lebanon has been under incredible pressure lebanese forces fighting and al-qaeda hosting one million refugees who found themselves on lebanese soil as a result of the conflict in syria against the takeaway headline would be that the us settled official policy is we will strengthen the existing security force set up we will not set up a new unique security force.

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

active 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

fifteen kilometers of the rebels' largest stronghold in the province the soldiers are heading toward saad a cab and also aiming to take a key highway to the east of the city that stretches from aleppo south of us towards hama homes and ultimately damascus the united nations says the syrian government is being more uncooperative than ever before when it comes to delivering aid to besieged areas the humanitarian advisor to syria yan egeland also criticize rebel groups for putting up obstacles these have created the worst conditions in areas like italy and just twenty fifteen. humanitarian diplomacy seems to be totally impotent we're getting nowhere and i'm on the last convoy beseeched area was at the end of november twenty eighth of november to a place called national beer and it was only for seven thousand two hundred people so through december and through general ri hasn't been a single convoy of lifesaving relief medical supplies food to any besieged area a man who drove his van into a crowd outside a london mosque last year has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder one person

lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has returned to saudi arabia three months after announcing his sudden resignation during a trip to riyadh riri met with saudi king salmon in the capital and also hold talks with crown prince mohammed bin solomon was the first time areas visited saudi arabia since november when he made that televised address announcing he was stepping down lebanese officials accuse saudi arabia of forcing harry to quit and putting him under house arrest while riyadh denied this is resignation plans lebannon into a regional and political crisis between saudi arabia and iran returned home weeks later after french intervention and withdrew his resignation his government to since reaffirmed its policy of staying out of conflicts in arab countries it's a hard as monitoring the visit from beirut. 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 a shock resignation from the saudi capital on and of embe

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

president on 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 ven