russia and iran working on a plan to end the syria conflict as russia's president putin arrives in teheran we consider the chances of ending the six year civil war. i'm fogel welcome to the program investigators in new york are reported to be at the hospital bedside of the man suspected of killing eight people in yesterday's truck attack in manhattan the suspect twenty nine year old was back nationals i fall outside of was shot by police as he fled the same wealth or it is a said to be trying to extract more information about the attack. take you live to new york in just a moment first this report ok i r you never know is right here rescue was raised to free children trapped in the shredded school bus. that just some of the victims of tuesday's terror attack in lower manhattan luckily no one on the bus was killed others were not as fortunate. just moments earlier this pickup truck tore down a bike path nearby plowing into cyclists and pedestrians alike five friends from argentina celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of their graduation where among the dead witnesses described the carnage

that is why the iranian government had to pool resources from neighbouring provinces and teheran.say they have lost many people but so far they have not seen anyone come to they have not seen anyone come to the help. that is why there is a fear that the number of casualties and those people who have been killed are most likely rising by tomorrow. this is an area that has had earthquakes before like this? iran is not a stranger to earthquakes. they have been hundreds of deadly earthquakes in iran, but in that region, we did not have it ina long in that region, we did not have it in a long time, for decades. we had it not on this magnitude. do you think the authorities are not prepared for this kind of disaster? most definitely. this region is already damaged by eight years of the iraq iran war. it has had political instability and has not developed like other parts of iran. that is why when something like this happened, they have to bring equipment and resources from other provinces and taking that equipment ta kes provinces and taking that equipment takes hours. those hours are a

minister of lebanon has resigned unexpectedly taking shots at iran as he went saad hariri attacks teheran and its lebanese allies as by law for spreading chaos strife and destruction throughout the middle east in a televised address from saudi arabia ari said the evil that iran spreads in the region will backfire on it or every surprise move plunges lebanon into uncertainty amid heightened regional tensions. all right for more i am joined by ben to beirut she is the middle east director with the foundation fink tank there. hariri claimed that his life was in danger and made a rather unusual move or resigning from saudi arabia is this a legitimate threat. we never know about the facts here but we also also have to keep in mind that his father was assassinated in two thousand play here and the plot until today has not completely been worked through legally and yet there were there are threats to politicians here occasionally and i think this is where this comes from and this allegation of course is pretty strong we haven't seen any indication before that his life might be up to that and if

the sudden resignation by the lebanese prime minister was both regretful and came as a surprise to teheran accost me also commented on the optics of the resignation saying the fact that hariri resigned outside of the country in a hasty manner in saudi arabia were all signs that he was surrounded by parties that did not have lebanon's best interests at the tops of their agendas nor the best interests of the region the wider middle east at the tops of their agendas he pointed a finger at iran's usual suspects united states saudi arabia and israel and he said that these countries have come together in designed this situation to create a destabilizing event not only in lebanon but something that was designed to escalate tensions in the region and lawmakers here in iran are already looking forward and encouraging their lebanese counterparts to do the same saying to them that in the future if there are any problems to resolve do so through dialogue and not conflict well on developments from saudi arabia over the past hour i only spoke to him back a visiting senior fellow at the london school of

nothing by threatening the might of iran to saudi arabia lay the blame for the missile attack on teheran joe you know the mites in position of the public people more powerful than you have been unable to do anything against the iranian people you are not strong enough to do that. you know someone now of the ongoing and under reported proxy war between the two regional powers could soon turn into a direct confrontation he is now assessing how saudi arabia continues to add fuel to the fire. recently barely a days seems to go by without saudi arabia making headlines and it almost always boils down to it's and it me iran it is a game of chess that spans an entire region on every front in every country the saudis see iran's evil influence. the who's the rebels in yemen who saudi arabia has been bombing for many years fire a rocket riyadh that the saudis could only describe as a rainy and aggression. iran's role and its direct command of its hooty proxy in this matter constitutes a clear act of aggression the coalition's command considers this a blatant active military aggression by the irania

following the blast bahrain has blamed the explosion on what it describes as terrorism linked to iran teheran denies the claim. yemen state airline says it will resume international flights almost a week after they sounded like coalition shut down all movement in and out of the country the blockade was in response to a who think missile attack that's all for now coming next so it's the listening post don't go away. i took a hard look at that i could have that but. i think. that the. point the. alarm richard gives britain europe the listening post this week we're breaking format to talk about a gaping hole in news coverage on a story that matters according to a global survey taken earlier this year the number one threat in people's minds was the islamic state number two was climate change but when climate change makes it onto the news agenda as it has this week with the cop twenty three conference in germany or alongside coverage of extreme weather events it seldom stays there once the storms or the conferences past the media move on we're focusing on the climate change story this week and the

salma about the saudi led war in yemen and saudi arabia's tensions with iran has previously blamed teheran for a missile attack that shiite rebels in in yemen launched against the saudi airport the conflict between saudi arabia and iran has also spilled over into lebanon accusations over the fate of that country's former prime minister threaten to strain relations to breaking. the saudi state run television and one thing that the country is ordering its citizens out of lebanon neighboring kuwait quickly followed suit. it was a reaction to political turmoil in another nine and comes amid a deepening regional crisis lebanese prime minister saad hariri is currently in saudi arabia from where he announced his shell nation last weekend. members of harry's political party say saudi arabia is holding him hostage and are demanding his return now that you see the return of our national leader prime minister saad hariri is necessary to recover respect for lebanon's internal and external powers in the framework of full respect for lebanese legitimacy and our constitution. kerry took office last year

comments by the foreign secretary borisjohnson has confirmed the british iranian women jailed in teheran of her arrest. —— tehran. last week mrjohnson suggested that nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was training journalists when she was detained last year , before correcting himself. her family have insisted she was merely on holiday. ms nazanin's husband, richard ratcliffe, has told the bbc he wants to meet with the foreign secretary this week and accompany the foreign secretary to iran to see his wife. speaking on bbc breakfast, mr ratcliffe said he has been told by a minister that the government is seriously considering this. it's important he gets on a plane to go and see doesn't mean. that is the request i have put to the foreign 0ffice, request i have put to the foreign office, and at least i could get to see her. so what are you requesting from the foreign secretary? to meet with him this week, and to be on the plane with so i can go and see nazanin. have you had any information that this possible? minister said yesterday this is a serious possibility. —— minister burt. it is a busy day

referring to a missile find it riyadh from yemen on saturday here a very it's pointing the finger at teheran for supplying the weapon has dismissed the accusation as quote contrary to reality as they were senior political analyst has more on the background to the dispute. iran wants to build on what it considers to be victorious expansion over its influence in its neighboring countries like iraq syria lebanon and so on i think so eurabia wants to friend of iran and iran influence especially in its immediate surroundings like in yemen and hence we are seeing both regimes escalating their attentions their conflict and really demanding of the various countries sovereign nations of the region to take sides are you with iran or are you with saudi arabia. the un has condemned saudi arabia's blockade of yemen asked catastrophic and it along with international aid groups are calling on riyadh to lift its fuel prices in yemen have increased more than sixty percent while cooking gas prices have doubled to saudi arabia cut all aid access to the country donald trump has struck a more conciliatory note t

having me russia's president vladimir putin is meeting with his iranian counterpart hassan rouhani in teheran talks i do to focus on the conflict in syria as moscow considers a new initiative to add listen to civil war iran and russia want fresh elections that would include. assad the president of azerbaijan's also meeting mr putin and iranian officials in a three way summit between the neighboring countries. where english from society come on a decade on who's out on the radio in the british journalist for the guardian newspaper in london welcome to d w how significant is this meeting between president putin and his iranian counterpart. i mean a this president put in fair visit to iran since president rouhani was elected to office in two thousand and thirteen so iran and russia have an important ally and in the region as you mentioned syria is very important because both of them are very stanch supporters of bashar al assad's regime in syria but also important for iran is the nuclear deal it's very now just last month president trauma in washington he said defied iran's compliance with the d

opportunity today to state simply and unequivocally for the removal of any doubt, either here or in teheranhan happy to see again what i said to the right honourable lady last week, that yes of course i apologise for the distress, for the suffering, but that has been caused by the impression that i gave that the government believed, that i believe that she was there any professional capacity she was there on holiday and that is the view of... i do apologise, i do apologise and of course i retract any suggestion that she was there in a professional capacity. you must have heard that from me about a dozen times. regrettably more than a faint whiff of opportunism hangs over this urgent question. others will question the wisdom of having this discussion at all. would my right honourable friend not agree with me that it is incumbent on each and every one of us in this house to pay very close attention to what we may may not be about to say because the iranians will be watching the deliberations and we do not want to exacerbate an already extremely difficult situation. at the weekend when asked a

that have been also significant attacks linked to i saw in barcelona istanbul manchester couple in teheran with dream of a caliphate coming to an end the question is what happens no one plays mistah is a director of the national security program of the bipartisan policy center and he says it's a fraught time for the region and a misstep by senior leaders who have major consequences over the next decade or more. i think there's a number of risks that are now being. one is what happens with these territories from morocco on down or. the mall which is where or. what happened to. them i just rats. all of them and. their russian backer are they. well listen or are they sort of well their own and i think this is also on the on think that this. it's not just about being nice is it it's about trying to make sure that whether i says to you or you know or if you're right there are three allies it either so. lot of governments were this action or sunni community either side or the syrian border and so i think there is really a danger if you're not just fighting but that whatever happens next lead to

help stabilize the middle east to me a putin met ayatollah ali harmony during a one day visit to teheran moscow stood by terror and after u.s. president donald trump threatened to abandon the iran nuclear deal same bus travel reports. there was little time for ceremony after vladimir putin landed into her own he went straight into an hour's long meeting with his counterpart iranian president hassan rouhani. on most other occasions talks between the leaders of these countries would almost be considered routine but with the islamic state of iraq in the levant having been beaten back in syria and iraq and iran expanding influence in the middle east moscow into one are likely to play a key role in shaping future events in the region. we have had a great and fruitful cooperation with iran regarding syria through our collaboration with turkey the situation in syria is going the right way when it comes to the fight against terrorism. the russian leader also reaffirmed his support for the multi-party nuclear deal with iran for his part the iranian leader hailed russia as an important partner in

the sudden resignation by the lebanese prime minister was both regretful and came as a surprise to teheran accost me also commented on the optics of the resignation saying the fact that hariri resigned outside of the country in a hasty manner in saudi arabia were all signs that he was surrounded by parties that did not have lebanon's best interests at the tops of their agendas nor the best interests of the region the wider middle east at the tops of their agendas he pointed a finger at iran's usual suspects united states saudi arabia and israel and he said that these countries have come together in designed this situation to create a destabilizing events not only in lebanon but something that was designed to escalate tensions in the region and lawmakers here in iran are already looking forward and encouraging their lebanese counterparts to do the same saying to them that in the future if there are any problems to resolve do so through dialogue and not conflict out of catalan need a card as. political parties in favor of catalonia secession from spain to form a coalition for the region's el

referring to a missile fired at riyadh from yemen on saturday saudi arabia is pointing the finger at teheran for supplying the weapon but don has dismissed this accusation as quote contrary to reality al-jazeera senior political analyst marijuana share has more. iran wants to build on what it considers to be victorious expansion over its influence in its neighboring countries like iraq syria lebanon and so on i think so eurabia wants to fend off iran and iran influence especially in its immediate surroundings like in yemen and hence we are seeing both regimes escalating their tensions that conflict and really demanding of the various countries sovereign nations of the region to take sides are you with iran or are you with saudi arabia officials in yemen say at least twenty three people have been killed in ara it's believed to have been carried out by the saudi led coalition in the northwestern province of highchair they say the raids targeted homes being visited by a key who see lida and that the dead include women and children. present donald trump has struck a different tone towards north

discuss alleged violations committed by iran in the region and it heightens tensions between riyadh and teheran over lebanon and smith has the details. the egyptian secretary general of the twenty two nation arab league suggested they all shared concerns about iran is attempting to influence life across the arab world from yemen to lebanon to iraq and to syria. the whole region has suffered for the past few years the results and consequences of this dangerous iranian policy sedition violence fueling secretary in divisions attacks on embassies actively supporting outlawed militias attacking legitimacy the list in reality is much longer. saudi arabia's foreign minister told the meeting that his country's frustrations with iran go back decades all the way to the iranian revolution in one nine hundred seventy nine. if you will any leniency towards iran's hostile policies will encourage iran to continue with their hostile enterprise that's why today we are required to stand up genuinely and honestly with our people and governments to a dare to the charter of the arab league and international laws an

newspaper that it's ready to share intelligence with saudi counterparts it comes as tension between teheran and riyadh continues to rise well in school as a former u.s. assistant secretary of defense he says the two countries have mutual concerns on several fronts well i think it's surprising that it became public but the fact of the matter is that they've been working together for quite a while particularly since president obama did the you ran nuclear deal then they both realize they had to work together to make sure that iran did not become the dominant power in the region but i think it will be concerning to some of the other arab countries that have very tense relationships with israel to think that saudi arabia the premier if you will sunni country in the world whopper rating with israel who many countries in the region don't think should exist who want them to really make a green light with the palestinians and saying well if you do this is going to be very hard for us to pressure israel to make a deal with the palestinians but i do think there are other countries in the in the regio

counterpart this morning to clarify his comments about a british—iranian woman being held in prison in teheran nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe had been training journalists — something her family have always denied, insisting she was visiting relatives. earlier, richard ratcliffe, the husband of ms zaghari—ratcliffe spoke to my colleague victoria derbyshire. imean, i mean, that is exactly, he said three things. he said he condemned iranfor three things. he said he condemned iran for its arbitrary decision, which i am pleased with this. he said he she was training journalists, and that is not right. then that he would visit, which we are happy about. she was brought in front of the most severe of the revolutionary guard judges and she was found guilty of promoting propaganda against the regime. it carries a double sentence because she is now being classed as a repeat offender. we will see where it goes. what do you want from borisjohnson? he made a statement in parliament and the say sometimes things that we don't go right. i think the important thing, rather than a private phone call to the foreign

following the blast behind has blamed the explosion on what it describes as terrorism linked to iran teheran denies the claim. yemen state airline says it will resume international flights almost a week after they sounded like coalition shut down all movement in and out of the country the blockade was in response to a who think missile attack that's all for now coming next so it's the listening post don't go away. with. with. taka father get the shuttle that devastate the polar icecaps that's the shuttle to the ship that's going to get i suggest i thank you.

the pomegranates festival in teheran where iranian entrepreneurs want the world to know they are open for business. u.s. president donald trump has arrived in beijing with a message for china's president xi jinping get tough on north korea earlier trump gave a speech in seoul where he called out china and russia by name to put pressure on. the president also called on north korea not to underestimate the u.s. . today i hope i speak not only for our countries but for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try us we will not allow american cities to be threatened with destruction we will not be intimidated lived out of beijing and houses there as adrian brown so adrian one of the chinese going to make of what president trump was saying in south korea regarding north korea. well i think by trump standards the chinese will feel that his language was actually quite measured there were warnings but no warnings of imminent war and i think they'll be hoping that the language remains restrained here in china now in the last few minutes president trump

ally accuses teheran of supplying the weapon used on saturday it was intercepted before reaching its target well the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley says she has encouraged the united nations and international partners to take all the necessary action to hold the iranian regime accountable for these violations. well with the region in turmoil the saudi crown prince mohammed bin soundman is trying to deal with major internal issues as well he's detained senior princes businessmen and government ministers as part of what he says is a crackdown on corruption with some in the u.s. say the administration should try to rein in the young prince who is now embroiled in numerous confrontations his roles in jordan. the saudi government has been very busy lately and it has foreign leaders and financial chiefs trying to figure out why a november fourth king solomon put his heir apparent in charge of a nationwide corruption crackdown crown prince mohammed bin saleh then ordered the arrests of numerous prominent saudis including relatives such as the billionaire investor prince waleed bin

that must be clear iran's president has called syria's leader bashar al assad to reassure him that teheran will support his fight against armed groups iranian media reporting that hassan rouhani pledged to help rebuild the country it will leaders from iran russia and turkey in sochi and russia earlier this week in a diplomatic push to find an end to the six year syria conflict and zimbabwe's former finance minister ignatius jumbo is in custody accused of corruption he appeared in court just a day after the country's new president was sworn in court will rule on his application for bail on monday. that's a run through of your headlines here on al-jazeera ephemera how pray trial of a dictator is next. this is the first time an african head of state is to be tried by a special african tribe you know. it's an ab the president of chad from one nine hundred eighty two to ninety ninety is on trial for crimes against humanity war crimes and acts of torture. methods he said obviously. become a to do she says. and last week but i'll say this most had ninety five up what i say pope will just keep it

chamber to offer an apology for the loose language which may have added to the prison sentence in teherandown to the british—iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. i'm sorry if any words of mine have been so taken out of context and misconstrued as to cause any kind of anxiety for the family of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, of course i am. of course i am. shortly before the foreign secretary's appearance, one of prydie patel‘s deputies had to explain why she held a series of official meetings in israel during her summer holiday without first notifying the foreign office or downing street. the secretary of state has been very clear and absolutely contrite in her statement yesterday. she recognises that of course she sure to have informed the foreign office before the visit, but she didn't. downing street is doing little to disguise its frustration with the two wayward cabinet ministers. in the eyes of many ministers, borisjohnson and priti patel have both lived down expectations. the foreign secretary has caused heartache for the family of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe with his careless languag

russian president vladimir putin arrived in teheran today to take part in a trilateral summit betweenjan, iran and russia. this comes as the iranian nuclear deal is threatened by president trump to not recertify the agreement. it is inspected a focus on terrorism and security issues. security -- is considering security measures. or country could use ferries military ships to provide housing space of local alternatives become overwhelmed. the migration minister says daily arrivals from turkey have increased four fold since august to more than 200 per day. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. julie: thank you. get is a busy week for president embarks he is about to on his longest trip to asia of any president in modern history. they comes at a tense moment in the region as the threat of the north korean nuclear program is looming and no strategy for initiating trade talks to reject the -- to replace the rejected transpacific partnership. joining us now is scott mulhauser. he is fo

for further legal action against nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, he is of course being held prisoner in teheranual tours of 29 sites, from tintagel castle in cornwall to a cold war bunker in york. matt thompson is head collections director of english heritage. this isa director of english heritage. this is a fantastic opportunity to see some of those smaller, quirkier stories we have about our sites. every single one of our sites is a charity and has fantastic stories to tell, but sometimes it is difficult and let you have a career to read beside you to get the stories out there. working with google we managed to get hold of some of the technology so we can get the stories out there. tell us about some of the quirkier stories. well, we have everything from our scoundrel who was involved in building this castle. it is a great opportunity to see some of the works of art, the wonderful ceiling in the library and kenwood house, which is fantastic. you can see it in the most remarkable detail. even if you were lying on your back on the carpet in the house you wouldn't see the detail like you can her

russia and iran working on a plan to end the syria conflict as russia's president putin arrives in teheran we consider that chances of ending a six year civil war. because of the news dismissed that lead to refuses to return to spain for questioning over his region's declaration of independence. and for the first time the german museum is presenting a collection of odd stolen by the nazis from the jews. the truth was concealed for decades in the apartment of a reclusive dealer in munich. i'm still go welcome to the program donald trump has responded to the new york truck attack by calling for a crackdown on immigration he specifically called for an end to the green card lottery scheme and said immigration should be based on merits in the future this man that came man or whatever you want to call him. brought in with him other people and he was a point he was the point of contact the primary point of contact for and this is preliminary only twenty three people that came in or potentially came in with him. and that's not acceptable so we want to get rid of chain migration and we wanted to do

referring to the missile fired riyadh from yemen on saturday saudi arabia pointing the finger at teheran for supplying the weapon to iran for its part has dismissed the accusation as quote contrary to reality meanwhile what appears to be the saudi orchestrated resignation of lebanon's prime minister has thrown the country into political turmoil as a whole day begins our coverage from beirut. it has been three days since lebanese prime minister sato had announced his shock resignation he made his statement in saudi arabia and hasn't returned home since instead he traveled to abu dhabi a saudi ally in the anti iranian camp for talks on an escalating political crisis back home but the crisis extends beyond lebanon's borders saudi arabia has made clear it wants to curb iranian influence not just here but across the region riyadh is accusing iran of what it called direct military aggression by providing hutu rebels in yemen with rockets used to target the kingdom saudi officials have also said the very presence of hezbollah in the lebanese government amounts to a declaration of war. saudi ara

the sudden resignation by the lebanese prime minister was both regretful and came as a surprise to teheran accost me also commented on the optics of the resignation saying the fact that hariri resigned outside of the country in a hasty manner in saudi arabia were all signs that he was surrounded by parties that did not have lebanon's best interests at the tops of their agendas nor in the best interests of the region the wider middle east at the tops of their agendas he pointed a finger at iran's usual suspects united states saudi arabia and israel and he said that these countries have come together in designed this situation to create a destabilizing event not only in lebanon but something that was designed to escalate tensions in the region and lawmakers here in iran are already looking forward and encouraging their lebanese counterparts to do the same saying to them that in the future if there are any problems to resolve do so through dialogue and not constant. well plenty more ahead here on the news hour including more than a thousand people rally against the australian government's tre

that interference has come from teheran and also riyadh. take the sunni out of this triumvirate, the pm, you have a very difficult process ahead of you and that could put a piece at risk? absolutely. well, the equilibrium at risk. in lebanon, as i said, it is under enormous stress and not been helped by a massive influx of syrian refugees, over1 million refugees in lebanon. presumably this is down to the crown prince exercising his muscles with the tacit approval of president trump, the president wants him to get tough with iranian proxies in the region? i would remove president trump, with respect, from this occasion. —— equation. no matter what he says on twitter, that is his view and that is for america to deal with. it is the approval of other states, particularly the uae, bahrain and kuwait but it is definitely being saudi led. you have to remember that america has tried to provide a balance between qatar and riyadh in the last month or so following sanctions so i would suggest that at the moment, it is being led by saudi in particular

a pomegranate festival in teheran where iranian entrepreneurs want the world to know they are open for business. and it's the hunger and football are determined not to go off the rails. by the skyline of an asian harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. hello india is normally in the weather news because of monsoon rain of course this time of year the monsoon rain is a long way south you can see still clearly on the cloud and it's been picking up in town now recently hundred of millimeters we're missing flooding in chennai but most of the rest of india as you see is completely free of cloud in fact this is the start of the northeast monsoon so it's the start of dropping temperatures were actually a large area of india's and these high pressure and you can think of that as sitting on whatever's on the ground and you may have heard in the news pollutions was sitting on the ground delhi's streets are not a good place to be at the moment and this is not so much morning mist or fog this is all day low visibility is a mixture of course the smoke from the stubble fires in the last few

discuss alleged violations committed by iran in the region amid heightened tensions between riyadh and teheran over lebanon. the egyptian secretary general of the twenty two nation arab league suggested they all shared concerns about iran is attempting to influence life across the arab world from yemen to lebanon to iraq and to syria. the whole region has suffered for the past few years the results and consequences of this dangerous iranian policy sedition violence fueling secretary and divisions attacks on embassies actively supporting outlawed militias attacking legitimacy the list in reality is much longer. saudi arabia's foreign minister told the meeting but his country's frustrations with iran go back decades all the way to the iranian revolution in one nine hundred seventy nine. if you will not any leniency towards iran's hostile policies will encourage iran to continue with their hostile enterprise that's why today we are required to stand up genuinely and honestly with our people and governments to a dare to the charter of the arab league and international laws and to stand up to these

now iran's president has reassured his syrian counterpart bashar al assad that teheran will support him in the fight against groups and will also help with efforts to rebuild the country iranian media is reporting us on ronnie call the syrian leader to tell him recent talks aimed at ending the war at the right time leaders from iran russia and turkey all met in sochi earlier this week in a major diplomatic push to find an end to the six year syrian war turkey says it expects u.s. president donald trump to stick to his promise not to supply weapons to syrian kurdish fighters including the y.p. g on friday turkish president rejects. a phone call with which the us president reportedly said weapons would no longer be supplied to the y.p. senior white house official as told of zero they will not be an abrupt term a nation but rather a winding down of support remember turkey considers the y.p. g a terrorist group. i mean. the one subject that negatively impacts our relationship with the us is the weapon that it's given to the white lately we've seen that some armored vehicles have been suppli

iran's president has reassured his syrian counterpart bashar al assad that teheran will stand by him the syrian people in the fight against terrorism and efforts to rebuild the country and ronnie and me there is the reporting has on rouhani called the syrian leader to tell him that talks to summit in sochi was the right step at the right time for the future of syria it comes as iran russia and turkey held a trilateral meeting a summit this week where a major diplomatic push was made to end the six year war. turkey says it expects u.s. president donald trump to stick to his promise not to supply weapons to syria and kurdish fighters also known as the wife of gene on friday turkish president trichet type one held a phone call from in which the u.s. president reportedly gave an order that weapons should no longer be supplied to the wife e.g. the white house later issued a statement only saying it would quote make adjustments to its policy of arming allies in syria the time prime minister ation began supplying weapons to r.p.g. early this year before the battle to retake isis stronghold

the most severely hurt have been airlifted out, some taken to hospital in the iranian capital of teheran to donate blood. this is the moment this 7.3 magnitude quake hit in neighbouring iraq. a man runs for his life from the control room of this dam, boulders were tossed around like pebbles. a picture of widespread devastation is emerging, hundreds dead, thousands injured and many missing. turkey has sent a convoy of aid trucks, medication tents and blankets. many have spent a second night outdoors, terrified by after—shocks. so far there have been more than 190 of them. we came here now from our correspondent who is in the town use the epicentre in iraq. it is a very different picture in iraq, the scale of death and destruction is must smaller. iraq has received some turkish assistance but we're talking mostly about assistance to those who we re mostly about assistance to those who were asked by the authorities to vacate their homes. the authorities believe a large number of homes have structural damage which makes them u nsafe structural damage which makes them unsafe but the number of

boris johnson over comments concerning a british iranian woman held in teheran and damian green who isvestigation over his conduct. this isa investigation over his conduct. this is a very tricky political territory for theresa may and i think reshuffles a re for theresa may and i think reshuffles are difficult at the best of times, let alone when this government is so fragile. of times, let alone when this government is so fragilem of times, let alone when this government is so fragile. if you are a conservative voter what is your advice to theresa may? if you vote for other parties you are welcome to give your advice as well. annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. police forces in england and wales are struggling to meet demand, due to a surge in the number of calls from members of the public. a survey by the policing watchdog says the service is under "significa nt stress" because of budget cuts, although it says forces could help by making further efficiencies. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. if you report a crime this

opportunity today to state simply and unequivocally, for the removal of any doubt, either here or in teheranhonourable members opposite must have heard that from me about a dozen times. the right honourable lady astor unimportant question about diplomatic protection. —— asked an important question. that's asked an important question. that's a question richard ratcliffe himself has raised with me. all i can say is that i will be answering mr ratcliffe. i can't give her an a nswer ratcliffe. i can't give her an answer today, i would rather answer mr ratcliffe in person. i'm delighted to say i am seeing him tomorrow and i will explain the position on diplomatic protection. he has requested, as i said last week, he has requested to come to tehran. i don't know if that will be possible, but we will see what we can do. mr speaker, regrettably more thana faint can do. mr speaker, regrettably more than a faint whiff of opportunism hangs over this urgent question. others might question the wisdom of having this discussion at all. will my right honourable friend not agree with me that it is incumbent