The country and declaring support for Prime Minister saad highly i really was in riyadh twenty announced he was stepping down earlier this month blaming interference from iran and its lebanese are like hezbollah meanwhile has well as leader has accused saudi arabia of detaining huddy and not allowing him to return home reports from beirut. Citizens of saudi arabia and its gulf allies visiting or living in lebanon are leaving its not the first time gulf countries tell their citizens it is not safe to stay lebanon has long been entangled in the saudi iranian power struggle across the region but the latest warning heightened tensions after the resignation of lebanons Prime Minister saad heavy but alongside the tensions there are growing signs of lebanese unity in what many see as saudi interference in their country so that it is resignation was sudden raising concerns about the circumstances behind the decision there is also concern about how to ease freedom of movement he may have been s
On whether russia had meddled with last years president ial election trump said he agreed with the u. S. Intelligence communitys assessment that moscow did interfere with the election but he also added that he believes russian president Vladimir Putin believes himself when he says that russia played no part in influencing the outcome. I believe very much in our intelligence agencies now at the same time. I want to be able because i think its very important to get along with russia to get along with china to get along with vietnam to get along with lots of countries because we have a lot of things we have to solve and frankly russia and china in particular can help us with the north korea problem which is one of our truly great problems i believe that president putin really feels that he feels strongly that he did not meddle in our election what he believes is what he believes what i believe is that we have to get to work and i think everybody understood this that heard the answer we ha
A huge earthquake near the border more than six thousand were injured in the magnitude seven point three quake it caused widespread damage in both countries with tens of thousands forced to flee their homes imran khan reports now from baghdad. First responders quickly deal with the wounded in western iran a seven point three magnitude earthquake bringing schools of the injured through hospital doors. I fell from the balcony it was so far. Pieces of glass fell on me and hurt my hand. You rivals from remote towns swell the hospital to capacity the injured continue in ever increasing number as more people are found in the rubble the death toll rises to the earthquake was centered on the iraq iran border near the iraqi town of halabja striking at nine eighteen p. M. Local time the u. S. Geological survey immediately issued an orange alert saying deaths and damage should be expected then came the first reports of fatalities on the iranian side of the border in the town of conservation in pe
Spending a second day without shelter after a powerful earthquake struck near the iraqi border rescue workers have been digging through the rubble pulling out bodies four hundred thirty people have died and seven thousand are injured about seventy thousand people have been displaced after their homes collapse in the mine a two seven point three quake irans president has on rouhani has traveled to care month shop province touring the worst affected areas months away but gary is the director of International Operations for the Iran Red Crescent Society she says her teams have reached most of the affected areas and the priority is now sheltering people from the cult. The focus now on the actually emergency sheltering and food. But the and the solution of the food but the point is that because the white areas reaching to the people it takes a little bit time so we are actually doing our best to accelerate this procedure and to send the items to all of the people we receive the items from o
Capital harare there is also pictures images of soldiers and military vehicles in the streets reuters is reporting the army may have taken over the state broadcaster but zimbabwes ambassador to south africa says no coup against Robert Mugabe is underway right now he also told Reuters News Agency that the government remains intact as he said there are images that are on social media that show unusual military activity inside the capital little background here the tension has been high and rising since the head of the army criticize a purge by the president of the rulings a new party thats Robert Mugabe of course the party responded by accusing general constantine of treasonable kaunda Mark Schroeder is an africa analysts a Vice President a strath for a geo political Analysis Consultancy he says the situation is remarkable given the relationship between the army and the ruling party. This is quite unprecedented zimbabwe in its independence since one nine hundred eighty has never experien