Alone Barbara Starr youre watching out is there live from london also coming up on the program russian air strikes kill six members of the same family in an offensive to drive i saw from the last trip of land they controls in syria catalans ousted leader urges independence parties to unite for decembers election after spain issues a warrant for his arrest protests in south korea as President Trump repairs to the park for a five nation tour of asia with north korea top of the agenda. Hello welcome to the program in a surprise move lebanons Prime Minister saad hariri has resigned accusing iran of sowing strife in the arab world and saying he fears his life is in danger he compared the current Political Climate to that prior to the assassination of his father former Prime Minister rafik hariri in two thousand and five an open critic of iran and hezbollah how do you remade the statement in the saudi capital riyadh Irans Foreign Ministry has responded by saying how we reason resignation wil
A trip to saudi arabia criticizing iran and saying he fears for his life russian air strikes aimed at driving i saw from its last strip of land in syria killed six members of the same family. Im Andrew Simmons in hundred thirty of sucked columns pushed along ill be reporting on why drone is Political Leadership say theyre in mourning. An american moment appears in court in zimbabwe accused of insulting president mugabe on twitter and charged with subversion. Im joined in doha with your days bought season including Spanish League leaders barcelona return to the pitch box well hear from the coach on how the politics in catalonia is putting pressure on the team. But lets start the program with some breaking news we are getting reports that there has been an explosion at the king Holiday International airport in the saudi capital riyadh who the rebels say they fired a Ballistic Missile while Saudi Air Defense says it intercepted a missile bring you more on this story as and when we get fur
A missile into saudi arabias capital riyadh it says it was intercepted. At a shakeup in the house of sand the princes detained on ministers dismissed. Also lebanons Prime Minister quit citing a rainy the influence in his country that hariri makes a surprise announcement from saudi arabia. Also first stop tokyo the u. S. President donald trump begins his twelve day tour of asia with north korea at the top of the agenda. Good to have you with us on the news hour a day of three major stories within the kingdom of saudi arabia so we begin with the arab kingdom saying it was taken down a long range Ballistic Missile fired from yemen over its capital riyadh the rebels say that they had fired the missile across the border the saudi rivals and vowed to keep up the attacks while the Saudi Led Coalition airstrikes continued in yemen marianna homes as well. Its not the first time who the rebels have fired long range missiles across the border at saudi arabia but this missile appears to have trave
Sweeden where a series of attacks country wide have left these people more vulnerable than ever before. Turning afghan relics into works of art. But first the syrian president Bashar Alassad questioned how any kind of truce can be achieved in his wartorn country as hopes are continuing to fade and they wanted a cessation of hostilities to begin by this week but the situation on the ground is as bad as ever. On monday at least 50 civilians were killed by air strikes which hit five medical facilities and two schools in the northern provinces of aleppo and idlib, france and turkey have described those attacks as war crimes while the u. N. Says they were a blatant violation of International Law and its not clear who carried out the bombings. On the broader question of a pause in fighting Bashar Alassad said it will be difficult. Translator hear about the request of a ceasefire in a week but who is capable of bringing together these conditions in a week, no one. Who will speak to the terror
Controversies and all. We begin in syria where a partial ceasefire, the most significant in five years, conflict appears to be holding. However, although the violence has significantly subsided, it hasnt completely stopped. Syrias opposition is accusing Government Forces of attacking at least 15 rebel held areas. We have more from the syrian border. Day two of the truce got off to a bad start. A war plane believed to be russian hit villages and towns in aleppo province. People here in the town thought they were safe. Many people woke up to this, following the Early Morning raids. People were sleeping. They hit the houses, shops, the markets. Get your militia out, this from iran and hezbollah. The truce was meant to help the people but seemed it different. Alqaeda and size relevant are exclude from the deal. People deny that fighters here. Activists have said that the group is one of the a number of rebel Groups Holding the area. Little terms can be interpreted different by all the warr