in southern lebanon. and the reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the man in charge of me on mars military crackdown against muslims has denied is that religious discrimination exists in his country sr gen may not be made the comments in a facebook post after holding a last minute meeting with pope francis who is on his first visit to me and mine the catholic leader is known to be sympathetic to that but has been advised to avoid using the term itself scott haidar has more from young gone in that meeting he got across the idea he said to the pope that there wasn't religious discrimination in the country but that in press office said that they discussed several issues and that the pope got across to the general that there is great responsibility for the authorities here in myanmar during this transition period you know there's no word from either side if the red issue was brought up now obviously that's a very sensitive topic during the pope's visit here. protest leaders in islamabad have called off a

al-jazeera arabs that mean in southern lebanon now the online retailer amazon has its headquarters in the u.s. city of seattle but the company that ships one point six million packages every day is expanding and it's looking to open a second office the promises to bring lots of economic benefits to the lucky city gabriel is under reports now from newark and the state of new jersey. and old abandoned baseball stadium what's become a symbol of a city in decline but in the city of newark there are signs that things are changing what is this going to be. this is going to be a very large for me brother we'll have a. housing unit. in newark a revival with the development boom in recent years we believe that the north has come and we want to be part of it but now the city located just fifteen kilometers from new york is thought to be a top contender for the second headquarters of the retail giant amazon the city is treating it like it was beating to host the olympics we that match we had the infrastructure you know we have the people we have the diversity newark is not alone in wanting to be

the ports now from southern lebanon. it's a tradition almost as ancient as the civilizations that first settled these hills for thousands of years all of those have been hand picked across southern lebanon much like they are today the fruit is a staple in mediterranean kitchens and all of oil is a crucial ingredient. lebanese farmers typically press oil at their own small batch facilities it's a complex process that sees the all the fruit washed pitted ground into a paste and then pressed into a golden oil the family has been in the business for as long as anyone can remember he says he can't imagine doing anything else well but they go in with a going on of all is very nutritious and has so many benefits even god spoke about it in one of the verses in the koran only of all it is medicine it is the greatest of all use. modernization has made pressing all of us into oil less labor intensive and more lucrative but in recent years farmers have been struggling to keep up with demand all of oil production is becoming increasi

s tayyab who is in the southern lebanon with what we know about this impasse. some surprising news here in lebanon with the shock announcement that prime ministers. resign there is very little indication minister to step down from a drug you don't need even for less than a year but in a televised address he pointed the finger at hezbollah which of course the very powerful movements here in lebanon for imposing its will on lebanon and also pointed the finger at iran saying that you've run in medically in affairs but also added that he felt his body was a threat you have to remember that south korea is risky korea a former leader of lebanon itself who was assassinated in two thousand five hundred huge car bomb attacks so those concerns are certainly warranted but again many people here in lebanon squads have used but the prime minister has stepped down n.p.'s tayyip thank you very much you'll be covering this throughout the day thank you. a military assault to push i saw out of a border city in syria is underway russian jets are pounding on the syria iraq border a

who's in southern lebanon so in a surprise announcement this what might be behind it i mean he said that it's this is because of iran's meddling but what more to it is there to that what is he getting at. there is an awful lot going on here rightly pointed out it very much back to the shah received beijing will orchestra korean man only speak for less than a cure but his resignation comes at a time for a change relations will be married next year in london on those would be and both of course you know is very closely aligned to run or very close to be flying syria pull up a very large bowls. of mass out to reread the outline orders which is the thousand computers in saudi arabia that you will be expressing patient as directly to that if you break you ask if it's back then the past five days as they do that for a few thousand capital and they have to rely on the press or education which not only was. pure evil or two thousand two thousand and five but father father of a thirty peter was fascinated by it babe ruth but also went on the point that i was saying facts that you brought up and h

could be a little bit tense i can imagine if there's like a serious outbreak of a war between southern lebanon and and israel it's not that it's going to collapse the company but i will definitely be feeling injured. right now though everything revolves around clinical trials and registering their patient they won't let the conflict in their homelands get in the way because if we were to come by and. all the money exists in that region and put it into science and discoveries and innovation and weapons and if. that was motivation enough for them to appear together by scientists they have faith in human reason. is striking it attracts attention and it's not hard to overlook that's one reason why it's used for warning signals in traffic this week a viewer from argentina wanted to know more about something else that's right. paul lenz from buenos aires wants to know. why is blood red. a lot of things in nature are red but for many different reasons. the red in strawberries is caused by the pigment and those cyanide. and australia's famous geographical feature. it's red because it's quietly rusting

southern lebanon and galilee where one region. the people traveled through trans-jordan as if it were all one country but at the same thing was true of syria and palestine. for. people who never knew anything else but when the british came and severed palestine from its arab neighbors not was over there were a lot of. the british received the mandate to administer the form of the ottoman palestine a mandate which also provided for the creation of a jewish national home in palestine. the move up held a different war time promise one made to the zionist movement its sorta refuge for jews driven out of europe. in november nine hundred seventeen the british foreign secretary of the balfour stated his majesty's government view with favor the establishment in palestine of a national home for the jewish people. the ottoman sultans had rejected any deal with the zionists even though large jewish communities had existed since antiquity in palestine jerusalem hebron and saf and. the british mandate supported the immigration of european jews

minister for gulf affairs there will be those who will force hezbollah to return to their caves in southern lebanon. curbing hezbollah's influence and power would be easy it is not just an armed group it is a political party with strong popular support but as of late it has extended its influence beyond lebanon's borders. hezbollah's arms it's this issue of dissent troops to fight alongside syrian president bashar assad's forces have long been issues of concern among some lebanese factions but it has long resisted calls to disarm and to withdraw from syria it's not clear what action saudi arabia will take . riyadh has a number of options to restrain his below but those options will just target has been low in the shia sect they will target all the lebanese economic pressure is very possible but i don't believe saudi arabia can pressure has a lot militarily calls for unity are growing louder but lebanon is a deeply divided country in a deeply divided region the political crisis is only worsening and any solution will have to be part of a regional deal said a. beirut the u.s. state department says it

saying there are those who will stop hezbollah and make them return to the caves of southern lebanon so very tough rhetoric in fact threatening lebanon but not saying or stopping short of saying what action they are going to take it is clear that saudi arabia is not going to accept hezbollah in the government but what else are they going to ask for this crisis to be resolved are they going to ask for hezbollah's arms to be. this armed that is definitely not going to happen and hezbollah is not going to accept that. the associated press is reporting that saudi arabia has barred yemen's president along with his sons ministers and military officials from returning home yemen says the ban was prompted by hostility between president hadi and the united arab emirates the u.a.e. has been playing a major role in the fight against the rebels hardy and much of his government have been in the saudi capital riyadh since the war in yemen began in twenty fifteen. donald trump says the u.s. and its allies are prepared to use military action against north korea but he's open to the go see asians to e

state minister for gulf affairs there will be those who are forced to return to their caves in southern lebanon. curbing hezbollah's influence of power would be easy it is not just an armed group it is a political party with strong popular support but as of late it has expanded its influence beyond lebanon's borders. hezbollah's arms it's this is a descent troops to fight alongside syrian president bashar assad's forces have long been issues of concern among some lebanese factions but it has long resisted calls to disarm and to withdraw from syria it's not clear what action saudi arabia will take. riyadh has a number of options to restrain but those options will just target has been low in the shia sect they will target all the lebanese economic pressures very possible but i don't believe saudi arabia can pressure has a lot militarily calls for unity are growing louder but lebanon is a deeply divided country in a deeply divided region the political crisis is only worsening and any solution will have to be part of a regional deal said of. beirut. donald trump as north korea to make a deal to end

are even saying there are those who will stop hezbollah and make them return to the caves of southern lebanon so very tough rhetoric in fact threatening levanon but not saying or stopping short of saying what action they are going to take it is clear that saudi arabia is not going to accept hezbollah in the government but what else are they going to ask for this crisis to be resolved are they going to ask for hezbollah's arms to be disarmed for as well as to be this armed that is definitely not going to happen and hezbollah is not going to accept that on the hand that would deem is in the rainy anomalous the middle east and he says there's no evidence the missile that was five from yemen and saudi came from iran. the yemenis they have very substantial stockpiles of ballistic missiles dating back from the one nine hundred eighty s. and it's very easy for them to modify these missiles with a view to hitting targets deep inside saudi arabia and contrary to what saudi military officials have been saying in the past forty eight hours or so this was not a long range ballistic missile this was a mid

are even saying there are those who will stop hezbollah and make them return to the caves of southern lebanon so very tough rhetoric in fact threatening levanon but not saying or stopping short of saying what action they are going to take it is clear that saudi arabia is not going to accept hezbollah in the government but what else are they going to ask for this crisis to be resolved are they going to ask for hezbollah's arms to be disarmed for as well as to be this armed that is definitely not going to happen and hezbollah is not going to accept that. the associated press is reporting saudi arabia has barred the yemen's president his sons and ministers from returning home yemen says the ban was prompted by hostility between president . and the united arab emirates the u.a.e. has been playing a major role in the fight against the rebels. trump says the u.s. and its allies are prepared to use military action against north korea but is open to negotiations to end pyongyang's nuclear weapons program trump has been discussing the issue with south korea's leader in seoul. all nations must implemen

minister for gulf affairs there will be those who will force hezbollah to return to their caves in southern lebanon. curbing hezbollah's influence and power won't be easy it is not just an armed group it is a political party with strong popular support but as of late it has expanded its influence beyond lebanon's borders. hezbollah's arms it's this isn't to send troops to fight alongside syrian president bashar assad's forces have long been issues of concern among some lebanese factions but it has long resisted calls to disarm and to withdraw from syria it's not clear what action saudi arabia will take. riyadh has a number of options to restrain his below but those options will just target as below and the shia sect will target all the lebanese economic pressures very possible but i don't believe saudi arabia can pressure has a lot militarily calls for unity are growing louder but lebanon is a deeply divided country in a deeply divided region the political crisis is only worsening and any solution will have to be part of a regional deal said a. beirut so is associate professor of studies at the uni

are even saying there are those who will stop hezbollah and make them return to the caves of southern lebanon so very tough rhetoric in fact threatening lebanon but not saying or stopping short of saying what action they are going to take it is clear that saudi arabia is not going to accept hezbollah in the government but what else are they going to ask for this crisis to be resolved are they going to ask for hezbollah's arms to be disarmed president to be disarmed that is definitely not going to happen and hezbollah is not going to accept that. their job is a visiting fellow at the brookings doha center he's also an associate at the harvard kennedy school iran project if you like he joins us here at the studios good to have you with us and so you look at the saudi rhetoric a direct military aggression they say an act of war is iran deliberately escalating the conflict by helping them to target riyadh as the narrative from saudi arabia goes and first of all we don't know if you know how much iran was involved and to do with iraq could miss on a tank on riyadh and secondly i think the main sto

are even saying there are those who will stop hezbollah and make them return to the caves of southern lebanon so very tough rhetoric in fact threatening levanon but not saying or stopping short of saying what action they are going to take it is clear that saudi arabia is not going to accept hezbollah in the government but what else are they going to ask for this crisis to be resolved are they going to ask for hezbollah as arms to be disarmed for as well as to be this armed that is definitely not going to happen and hezbollah is not going to accept that it's not exactly a best time if there ever was one to be leaderless you've got a prime minister has resigned a broad who's running the show right now in lebanon to go through the political process. well the president has been holding meetings over the past two days ever since the shop resignation mainly with the heads of the difference and thirty agencies in the country as well as the army to make sure that the security situation remains stable people are worried as well about the economy what effect this will have on the economy the president

surfer gulf affairs there will be those who will force hezbollah to return to their caves in southern lebanon. curbing hezbollah's influence and power won't be easy it is not just an armed group it is a political party with strong popular support but as of late it has extended its influence beyond lebanon's borders. hezbollah's arms its this is to send troops to fight alongside syrian president bashar assad's forces have long been issues of concern among some lebanese factions but it has long resisted calls to disarm and to withdraw from syria it's not clear what action saudi arabia will take. riyadh has a number of options to restrain his below but those options will just target as below and the shia sect will target all the lebanese economic pressures very possible but i don't believe saudi arabia can pressure has a lot militarily calls for unity are growing louder but lebanon is a deeply divided country in a deeply divided region the political crisis is only worsening and any solution will have to be part of a regional deal said a. beirut. so this is a trade i was expecting mao and bush ar

this air apparent to the saudi or talk as regards the threats being made very clearly to lebanon after the southern exit of president hariri the situation in lebanon is deteriorating and yemen is heading towards you would escalate it could be a war that american talking start talks for the first time about that marrying. nineteen eighty three when a suicide attacks against the base in beirut killed two hundred and forty many's so this start talking about his beloved spearhead of terrorism. in the whole region and the stabilizing the whole planet so it seems now that the saudi joining the camp and we heard prince mohammed bin that crown prince saying clearly visible law is training and smuggling missiles whose is in yemen and there are threatening the stability of saudi arabia and we have to cut them at the head of the sneak in lebanon so i wouldn't be surprised actually that if saudi arabia and israel launch a war against hezbollah in lebanon because how the saudi actually will go and bomb hezbollah they have to go either through syria or through israel and this is the only way i believe. really fo

lebanon is in. yes undoubtedly every year this is the message from the lebanese army to the troops remain vigilant along the southern border lebanon is in a state of war with israel but in this message the army mentions the extraordinary political situation in the country and undoubtedly it is an extraordinary political situation the prime minister resigned unexpectedly while in saudi arabia and he stayed in saudi arabia for two weeks and there were mysterious circumstances on why he was there even some in lebanon suggesting he was being held hostage and the army telling the troops do not allow anyone to try to exploit this situation to try to stir internal strife because lebanon is not immune to political crises and lebanon is not immune to security incidents so the army telling the troops to remain vigilant even though security agencies say that there is no eminent threat but like you mentioned the prime minister has still not arrived in lebanon well for the moment they will leave it there until of course we get more for the moment thank you. to europe now germany's president is holding talks with party leaders af

lebanon's army general was quoted on twitter calling on soldiers to be ready on the southern border withhe israeli enemy and their intentions against lebanon and its army. also called on them to execute resolution 1701 in coordination with the united nations to maintain stability in lebanon. a senior israeli officicl respononded to the w warning f m lebanon's army to reuters calling it nonsense. a u.n. peacekeeping force is stationed on lebanon's border with israel and the army is responsible for maintaining security. tensions escalated earlier this year between iran backed hezbollah and israel over worrieies of to ron's -- tehrans growing influence in the region. it comes at a time of political confusion in lebanon. the prime minister announced his resignation over two weeks ago while on a visit to saudi arabia. aa -- er >>d hariri -- >> frank has already spoken with angela merkel and will meet with the pro-business ftp. the greens and the social democrats in the coming days in an attempt to avoid being forced to call a snap election. chancellor merkel has said she would prefefer to lea

the of the influence in lebanon and that is a widespread belief in lebanon and how did he was forced to his ignition by prominent southern man at the time when the crown prince also the idea. is trying to increase the tension in. especially in lebanon after they lost that influence in iraq. and syria thanks for staying with us and i know whole kids are watching on t.v. time live from moscow we're back in just over half an hour for more news from around the world states you. here's what people have been saying about redacted in the sixty's full on awesome we only show i go out of my way to find you know what this is really packs a punch. is the john oliver of r t americans do the same. apparently better than food as you see people you never heard of love jack to the next president of the world bank very. seriously he sent us an e-mail. lists and the culture is good all to be featured but it's it's a grocery business which we need to maintain we need to sell it but just know that the fact of the prosperity. so the more we go forward with a drawl salute the automotive g.p.s. team practice of the machines will have less and

in lebanon and it is a widespread believe in lebanon and how do you was forced to nation by a muslim southern man at a time when the crown prince of saudi arabia. is trying to increase the tension in iran especially in lebanon after they lost their influence in iraq. and syria. the international olympic committee has handed lifetime bans to four russians skeleton athletes to the athletes have also been stripped of winter olympic medals say says it disqualified the athletes for violating anti doping rules at the twenty fourteen games and is cashmore professor of sociology at aston university says there's an atmosphere of fear among russian athletes to hoping to compete. i mean it must be dreadful i can't even get myself into the mind of an athlete to imagine that it if i prepared for four years maybe longer still waiting for the outcome of the deliberations to know whether i'd be allowed to compete for what is after all a lifetime's goal i mean it's unimaginably difficult for them you know in a properly run world probably so this should not happen but let's think of an analogy it's as if in mo

showers developing as we head on through into wednesday pushing towards the southern side of the caspian sea beirut in lebanon not too bad twenty four degrees in the sunshine and fine conditions in kuwait city with temperatures no more than thirty degrees celsius temperatures in the arabian gulf region looking generally good thirty three degrees in doha on the other side of the plane is pretty hot there at mecca thirty seven degrees heading on to wednesday temperatures edging back slightly you know chance of one or two showers southern portion of the red sea and through the gulf of aden region may see some cloud effect times but it should stay dry into southern portions of africa you see the cloud across angola has really northwestern parts flowing go to where that cloud is yielding some showers otherwise for much of the region it's looking drawing fine just a chance of a shower for the eastern cape property warm for durban at nineteen degrees but thirty in johannesburg heading on through into wednesday germany fine conditions twenty eight in madagascar and telling reliever. one of the top stories your knowle

israel saying that israel daily commits violations of lebanon's sovereignty and so the country must be ready to face any aggression from the southern neighbor and of course it all comes in the background of these increasing tensions in the region we've seen the head of the israeli defense force the chief of staff gul eyes in court saying very openly actually that he's ready to have complete cooperation with saudi arabia and to share intelligence with them on what they both see as their common foe iran and by extension iran's allies in the region groups like hezbollah course we've seen all of this coming in the wake of the arab league meeting over the weekend convened by saudi arabia to condemn iran and of course again there are allies like hezbollah like the who sees and other groups which are fighting in resisting against saudi arabia in yemen as well so all of that coming together in that sense that meeting didn't go exactly to plan there were several arab countries which didn't vote for saudis motion against iran and that date we're expected to see the return of the lebanese prime minister saad hariri it follows his resignation

lebanon comes first. a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside a camp used by security forces in southern yemen at least six people were killed several others injured in the attack which happened in the port city of aden i sill has claimed responsibility for the attack meanwhile yemeni officials say the saudi led coalition has bombed the airport in the capital sana'a which is controlled by the hoofy rebels say the runway and ground navigation tower damaged but the u.n. says most of the airport is intact and can receive aid shipments when saudi arabia loosens the blockade imposed on the country eight days ago well the conflict in yemen has cost thousands of people to flee the country seeking safety in djibouti but poor conditions at some refugee camps means basic needs are not being met for most people going to do is one camp in the port town of. motive because it comes in the town of. his home to one thousand two hundred yemeni refugees just last year six thousand refugees lived here most of them have moved out of the come due to what they call harsh conditions here and have rented accommodation in the

showers developing as we head on through into wednesday pushing towards the southern side of the caspian sea beirut in lebanon they're not too bad twenty four degrees in the sunshine and fine conditions in kuwait city with temperatures no more than thirty degrees celsius temperatures in the arabian gulf region looking generally good thirty three degrees in doha on the other side the potential is pretty hot there at mecca thirty seven degrees heading on to wednesday temperatures edging back slightly you know says chance and wanted to share a southern portion of the red sea in through the gulf of aden region may see some clouds affecting salala times but it should stay dry into southern portions of africa you see the cloud across angola has really northwestern parts lying go to well i cloud is yielding some showers otherwise for much of the region it's looking dry and fine just a chance of a shower for the eastern cape property warm for durban at nineteen degrees but thirty in johannesburg heading on through into wednesday germany fine conditions twenty eight in madagascar and telling. everything you do is bein

in the assad regime, not going anywhere anytime soon, hezbollah and lebanon -- but most important, the growing influence on the southernin yemen. whoever is in power in riyadh today needs to do something. certainly the crown prince salman seems up to the task. yvonne: in terms of the purge he has undergone, and we know how long this crackdown could extend to? firas: i think where things are right now is that there are a number of negotiated settlements that are being attempted. not too different from what happened in the u.s. those that have accumulated wealth in a illegal manners through the use of influence and corruption are asked to give some of that wealth back to the state. those who agree to be let go and those who don't will be put to trial. yvonne: and what point does the start to hurt the economy? there are some reports saying there are companies in question that are being held up when it comes to refinancing. will it slowdown business activity in the region at a time when private investment is also slowing down? firas: there is no doubt that the short-term impact on investor confidence is perhaps going to be

allegation of biting, the claim made by the lebanon captain robbie farah against england wingerjermaine mcelderry. allston beat the pro 1a worst team the southernmuch import elizabeth. at the score 36— 36 and three minutes remaining, a powered over. the result means that ulster remained second place in the latter. but as all of your sport for now. now on bbc news, it's time for our world. street by street, so—called islamic state is losing its last footholds in iraq and syria. the caliphate is almost finished on the battlefield but what of the children whose minds it moulded? the families who became part of islamic state? i have come to northern iraq to find those now trying to rebuild their lives after isis, to meet its child soldiers... if you didn't say the right thing, how did they punish you? ..its former slaves. ..and to search for some of the families of foreigners who chose to join isis. many of them have now disappeared without trace. children singing. in a classroom in northern iraq, they are singing to overcome their memories. these 9— and 10—year—olds were all captives of so—called islamic state, where music was forbidden. chldren s