well to discuss this further we're joined by political analyst saeed mohammad marandi from tehran and also by adelaide him he's a retired commodore from the royal saudi ne gentlemen thank you very much indeed for joining us this morning if i can start with you sighing various countries have been accusing each other of supporting terrible how justified are these accusations . well the problem with the saudi regime is that it has been doing this since the early one nine hundred eighty s. when they were supporting extremist groups in afghanistan with u.s. support and the rise of what is something that came from saudi arabia was originally a very small obscurest set in but because of the oil wealth of the saudi regime it's been spreading across the world through the saudi government and we now see that regardless of what happened in yemen in syria and libya. we seen that ideologies like i says. all of them get their religious beliefs from the saudis there were hardly groups and it's now says that the saudis are supporting extremist groups in germany the deputy chancellor of germany also.

bbc urdu‘s henna saeed there in lahore. you have been watching newsday. stay with us.ind the recent mass lay—offs in just a few moments. that‘s all for now. good morning. a hot and dry and sunny weekend for many of us. it may have been too hot for some of you. the best place to be is on the coast. this is east sussex. it could be many places through the weekend. refreshing sea breezes. the only exception was the final coerced, i3 degrees in shetland. —— far north—west. cloud and drizzly rain. to the south, a warm start to the monday morning. overnight lows only sitting at around 18—20 degrees. hardly a cloud in the sky. temperatures set to rocket once again. the weather front will go south into central scotland and northern ireland, increasing cloud. a hot and dry afternoon in the south. a chance of isolated showers. they will be very isolated. the temperatures will be the talking point, low 30s quite widely. pretty hot close to the coast. a light seabreeze. high uv expected across much of the country. the cloud in northern ireland in central scotland. northern and wes

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political commentators saeed must of course chesham the thinks they dull states are doing their best to strip cancer of influence they have raise some maximum demands in order to empty the hands of. the merits and winning races that it had that maybe. we wait like its ties with the muslim brotherhood like its ties strong ties with hamas gave him a say in the middle east peace in the palestinian these really also use the strong ties with iran that made it a player a good actor in the region that could play both ways also. they care a lot for al-jazeera network and they know how strong and powerful it is in promoting cathars views so they have raised all these demands in order to empty the hands of the hall from the willing ace's that it had and made a powerful actor on the southern rooms of the person goals. the pentagon's name pakistan as the main external reason for instability in afghanistan . the exploitation of ungoverned sanctuaries outside of afghanistan by terrorists and afghan insurgents is the single greatest external factor that could cause failure of the coalition campaign

killed mother in pakistan yes len saeed been a shock son in yemen in fact the study finds the u.s. only names western civilians killed in these strikes though the vast majority are of course from the country that's been hit it proposes three specific actions the government can take knowledge and explain every civilian or unlawful death and naming those killed were leasing all government investigations into specific strikes and explaining why the government believes the strikes are legal it also comes with a personal plea to now president trump and his administration to build on the reforms the obama administration implemented in its final year not repeat its mistakes by operating. secret in washington seaman dollars r e o r t the un is in the process of creating its first new major office in decades and umbrella agency overseeing all counterterrorism efforts and two russian diplomats are in the top running to lead it as reported by the commerce sun newspaper the act be outgoing russian ambassador in washington may soon be appointed to lead the new counterterrorism office the new po

well political commentator saeed moustapha thinks the gulf states are doing their best to strip qatar of influence they have raise some maximum demands in order to empty their hands of. the merits and winning races that it had that maybe. we wait like its ties with the muslim brotherhood like its ties strong ties with hamas gave him a say in the middle east peace in the palestinian these really should also use the strong ties with iran that made it a player a good actor in the region that could play both ways also al-jazeera they care a lot for al-jazeera network and they know how strong and powerful it is in promoting cathars views so they have raised all these demands in order to empty the hands of the hall from the winning aces that he had and made a powerful act there on the southern rims of the persian gulf. and major gas pipeline project between russia and turkey has entered a new phase in the black sea president putin was on board especially a spy plane ship to see the world for himself also on board it was every hour in here for trying. i just came back from a gigantic vessel

bbc urdu's henna saeed has been with celebrating fans in the pakistani city of lahore. team has defeated the indian cricket team. this is lahore, pakistan. the crowd is going crazy. they have a reason to celebrate. the icc‘s champions trophy is coming to pakistan and they could not be more happy! the sentiments are extreme. they cannot control their happiness. the pakistani team were the dark horse at the start of the tournament, and now they are the winners. the celebrations will continue for a long time. get used to this! a reminder of the developing story. there has been an incident in north london, near a mosque there has been an incident in north london, neara mosque in there has been an incident in north london, near a mosque in finsbury park. it looks like a major incident. metropolitan police say a van collided with a number of pedestrians. people have been treated at the scene. one man has been arrested. we spoke to an eyewitness earlier and they said the man was offered up by the crowd, and he was arrested. authorities say a fan has run over worshippers as the

watching the game meal it's been very good in ten fifteen minutes and i have to say both are young saeed's germany are the favorites to go through because they're already on four points as opposed to come are in the wrong one but cameroon have been really going for it they've been playing in a very traditional african way of lots of pace lots of aggression or we'll leave so the mark very just might be an upset on the cards looks like it's an incentive game so far and i don't know i'm not exaggerating i don't think about the sound that we're getting because normally stadiums will be in cities lots of traffic lots of people very urban and it smothers the sound and also so you're hearing everything so clearly it's so quiet and also as you mention the stadium open and it lends into what i've said when we did our package here two or three weeks ago that of course you visited some petersburg we visited the spartak arena which hosts the other game chile australia and of course as well as an arena that we visit in a couple of days' time but vis stadium is my favorite and you. because it's got the

political commentators saeed moustapha horse chesham things such tough demands have been made by gulf states to strip qatar of its most powerful geopolitical assets they have raise some demands in order to empty the hands of qatar from the merits and winning races that it had that maybe. we wait like its ties with the muslim brotherhood like its ties strong ties with hamas gave him a say in the middle east peace in the palestinian views really should also use the strong ties with iran that made it a player a good actor in the region.

political commentator saeed moustapha horse chesham things such tough demands have been made by gulf states to strip qatar of its most powerful geopolitical assets they have raise some maximum demands in order to empty their hands of qatar from the merits and winning races that it had that maybe. we wait like its ties with the muslim brotherhood like its ties strong ties with hamas gave him a say in the middle east peace in the palestinian he's really should also use the strong ties with iran that made it a player a good actor in the region that could play both ways also it's al-jazeera they care a lot for al-jazeera network and they know how strong and powerful it is in promoting cathars views so they have raised all these demands in order to empty the hands of the hall from the winning aces that he had and made a powerful act there on the southern rims of the person goals. next on r.t. international watching the hawks delves into how russia case is starting to bite the hand that feeds it. with the islamic state perceived to be on the defensive in syria many of the parties in this p

is saeeding ground when it comes to being a global leader.essage they're receiving from the u.s. is we're moving towards isolationism and that's something that has been shocking to them, wolf. >> i want to bring bianna to this conversation. the the president argues that pulling out saves american jobs. but as you know many of america's largest companies including exxonmobil they supported the paris agreement and urged the president to not have the u.s. drop out. tell us why they think it's good for american jobs to be part of the international agreement. >> yeah, including rex tillerson his secretary of state who was noticeably absent from the rose garden statement today. he was a supporter when he was the ceo of exxon mobil. interestingly shareholders et voted for the tires that the the 60% should be for more open about the dangers and risks opened opened seesed to the company. bp, congo, they basically feel, wolf that they have a better opportunity with them sitting at the table we global table and participating in the conversation of lower

killed mother in pakistan yes len saeed been a shock son in yemen in fact the study finds the u.s. only names western civilians killed in these strikes but the vast majority are of course from the country that's been hit it proposes three specific actions the government can take knowledge and explain every civilian or unlawful death and naming those killed releasing all government investigations into specific strikes and explaining why the government believes the strikes are legal it also comes with a personal plea to now president trump and his administration to build on the reforms the obama administration implemented in its final year not repeat its mistakes by operating in. secret in washington cmon dollars r e o r t. with war is raging in the middle east the region is a gold mine for weapons export in countries and our neighbors to the north are cashing in according to james defense weekly canada is now the second largest arms dealing nation after of course the united states when it comes to arms in the middle east are to have alex the high leverage is internal and has a littl

joining me now is the bbc reporter abdirahim saeed. you work for the bbc world service.id you hear? i arrived after the incident has happened. i was driving from central london to north london. by pure coincidence i saw a huge amount of police cars and i'm... trying to get through. i made my way towards them. on my left hand side, i realised something was not right. there were too many people shouting, disorganised. i immediately chose to park my car at the next level. i came back, perhaps 30 steps, and i saw one of the most horrific scenes. a couple of bodies, motionless, not moving. two men, their clothes were bloodied. and i spoke to people. i said, what thejuicy? —— what did you see to one person said, i saw everything. he said, do you see that white van behind us? there was a white van behind us? there was a white van behind us? there was a white van across the bodies. i was told there were eight bodies on the ground. he said, do you see that van? aid which took an immediate swerve left and mowed into people. this was a side road. a dead end. a local cafe. it is not

abdirahim saeed works for our colleagues at the bbc world service and arrived on the scene shortly afteras driving from central london into north london, the area where the incident happened. if a few stops away from where i live. i assumed i arrived with the second wave of police vans and ambulances arriving. as i was coming down the seven sisters road, i saw coming down the seven sisters road, isawa coming down the seven sisters road, i saw a huge number of police vans with sirens. i arrived a few seconds later, looked to my left into what was another street and i saw a huge number of people that had arrived and it was a second wave of ambulance services arriving. we saw ambulance services arriving. we saw a few police officers. there was no blocking off yet so i could get close. two bodies i saw on the ground lying still. i couldn't tell whether they were still alive or dead. people i spoke to who were there, they told me there was at least six other bodies i couldn't see. was there a van bear? there may have been a group of people outside the mosque. —— was there a van there? the van