Boiling over this morning a day after the kingdom announced its cutting ties with tehran and bahrain will be cutting ties with iran and saudi Officials Saying iranian diplomates have one more day to leave their country and shia protesters storming the Saudi Embassy on sunday angry over the execution of 47 men accused of terrorism including shia cleric alnimr. Began three days of mourning and he has been buried in an undisclosed cemetery and he was a central figure and protests by saudi arabia shia minority and arrested in 2012. This morning Irans Foreign Ministry accusing the kingdom of covering up the executions. Moves to another and this indicates its intention and it is wonton of diplomacy to create tension after tension and crisis after crisis. Major sunni and shia powers in shia and yemen and fears the standoff could have tensions across the region and Al Jazeera Gerald tan reports. Reporter the Saudi Embassy ablaze in tehran. Iranians lash out after leaving shia cleric was among 47 men executed in saudi arabia on terrorism charges. The saudi government says it made repeated requests for iran to protect its embassy but they were ignored. In response the kingdom has cut diplomatic ties with tehran. We are determined not to allow iran to under mine our security. We are determined not to let iran mobilize or create or establish terrorist cells in our country or in this countries of our allies. Reporter the execution of alnimr prompted protests among shia communities across the middle east. Nimr and other man including alqaeda preacher were charged with plotting and carrying out terrorist attacks targeting civilians and security forces. Nimr sentenced to death for disobedience and carrying arms and said he never carried weapons or called for view lens and riyadh says he got a fair trial based on facts and followed a judicial process, a view supported by the Muslim League says the death penalties are under islamic law and apply to both sunni and shia. Iran media is warning what he calls divine revenge. Translator this blood will trouble them without a doubt. I have no doubt about it policy makers executed them. The saudi governments Decision Makers should not under estimate this blood will trouble them. It will torment them. Reporter iran and saudi arabia have often engaged in the war of words but some view this latest diplomatic conflict as a new more troubling chapter. This is an ex escalation that will create havoc in the region but im not surprised in the sense that this is not the first time when the two countries have broken diplomatic relations. Reporter tehran and riyadh support opposing sides in the conflicts in yemen and syria. The concern now is that the widening rift between these two regional powers will have a wider impact across the middle east. Gerald tan, al jazeera. And the u. S. Is calling for diplomatic resolution to events in saudi arabia and iran and state department releasing a statement on sunday saying diplomatic engagement and district conversations are essential in working out differs and will take affirmative steps to calm tensions and the standoff may be spilling over into iraq. Overnight iraqi Officials Saying two sunni mosques were bombed south of the capitol city of baghdad. Witnesses say they saw groups of men wearing military uniforms setting off explosives in the mosques and coming up, we are talking to the former ambassador to saudi arabia and get his take on iran and saudi arabia. Uncertainty is driving stock futures down this morning here in the country following a dramatic drop in the Chinese Market and plunged 8 in the opening session of 2016 automatically triggering a halt in trading and reacted to news of a slow down and weakening currency in china and worries spread to hong kong and japan, european stocks opened lower and are trading down as much as 3 . Al jazeeras adrian brown has more on the Chinese Governments response. Reporter what happened on monday was the market fell by 5 . That was enough to cause trading to be suspended for 50 minutes and trading resumed and the market had to halt for the rest of the day and when that market was temporarily closed it fell by 5 it actually did the very thing it was supposed to stop, it created panic. So you know we expect the market to open again tomorrow but of course its going to be interesting to see what happens after that dramatic fall today. We have had bigger falls than this but its the symbolism of it all because today was the first day of trading on the stock markets in shanghai and zen and going to be the day that would show whether this mechanism was working. It was certainly working but in many ways i guess for all the wrong reasons, what is wrong with chinas economy right now, manufacturing out put is continuing to slow for the 10th consecutive month and data shows manufacturing is continuing to contract also currency is continuing to weaken and concerns in the middle east right now with deepening tensions between saudi arabia and iran and also let us not forget this economy is burdened by two very big problems right now, local Government Debt and also currency flight. Billions of dollars are leaving this country everyday because people with the money simply have no faith in the stock market as we have seen today and have no faith in the Property Market and in china those are basically the only two places you can stick your money. Wall street is expected to open with the doe sharply lower. A powerful earthquake rocking india killing nine and injuring more than 100 others that 6. 8 magnitude quake before dawn and felt by bangladesh and myanmar and we report. Reporter the earthquake struck about 30 kilometers west of the capitol nepal and happened in the middle of the night. People say they were jolted right out of their betz. People running out of their homes screaming, crying. One person we spoke to this morning said that at a temple nearby started ringing because of the sheer amount of shaking going only. There has not been a lot of reports of damage. However, the rural parts of the state have poor connectivity to begin with even before the earthquake happened so getting information from those areas is still only now trickling in. Now the capitol itself which has about a quarter Million People as residents has reported at least one building collapse. Now there are reports that there may be workers underneath, the local rescue teams are checking that right now and rescue teams from the region are still checking, on the way to the area. Reporter and that is fez reporting, the Indian Government sending specialized troops to treat natural disasters in remote areas of the country. Federal workers not reporting to work this morning at a government building in oregon where armed antigovernment protesters have been held up since saturday and not moving until the government hands over the land and they also object to a prison sentence for two local ranchers who burned property and are in a remote natural refuge in oregon and led by bundy and his father led another government standoff at a nevada cattle ranch in 2014 and prepared to stay there for years in they have to and we are live on the phone from burns, oregon and carol good morning and authorities held back this weekend and workers not showing up today, how long do you think federal authorities will allow this to go on . The f. B. I. Came in yesterday and they all through flew in and staying at the best wes western in burns and its single and 12 degrees for the high. Its impossible to say how long the feds are going to put up with this but they have said that they want this to end peacefully. Meanwhile these 20 or so occupiers out in that wild land refuge which is reference a Bird Sanctuary say they got plenty of food out there and they are going to be there as long as it takes in quotes this all began over the convictions of these two local ranchers who planned to turn themselves in i understand today but say they are not a part of this group. Well, they say that the occupiers dont speak for them. Dwight and his son steve left yesterday to turn themselves in to prison in los angeles and the sheriff of Carson County here also said he believes these occupiers have come here using the ranchers as an excuse to over throw the local and the federal government. All right, Carol Mckinley with the latest in burns, oregon and carol thank you. San bernardino, california this morning employees back to work a month after the deadly shooting there. 14 people were killed, 20 others injured. You may recall they open fire during that holiday party. The building has been closed ever since the december attack and the couple was killed later during a shoot out with police, their neighbor has been indicted on terror charges for his role in that attack. President obama is to meet attorney general Loretta Lynch later today and gun control expected to be on the agenda and the president is preparing to use executive power to beef up gun control laws and gun enthusiasts are fighting back and kimberly reports. Reporter so many gun stores in the United States at the blueridge arsenal gun range in virginia gun and ammunition sales are up as americans rush to buy firearms before strict new gun regulations are put in place. Not having and not being able to get what is making people want to get stuff before their abilities are taken away. Reporter many are concerned about president Barack Obamas announcement he is meeting with his attorney general Loretta Lynch on monday to discuss using president ial power to impose new restrictions on u. S. Gun sales. We know we cant stop every act of violence but what if we tried to stop even one. Reporter obama says executive actions are necessary after efforts to work with Congress Stalled. Following the Sandy Hook School shooting in 2012 which killed 26 people, obama proposed congressional measures to fight engun laws and that effort failed in congress. Licensed gun stores like this one are required to conduct a background check before a customer buys a gun but some firearms sold privately at gun shows do not require the same scrutiny. Its confidential loophole and what some see as a gap in u. S. Gun regulations that the white house now seeks to close. The National Rifle association the countrys largest Gun Rights Group says increased background checks will do little to increase public safety. All they want to do is blame guns. Reporter president ial candidate donald trump says owning the gun or right to bear arms in the u. S. Is a constitutionally protected right. I dont like anything having to do with changing our Second Amendment. We have plenty of rules and regulations, there is plenty of things they can do right now that are already there, they dont do them. Reporter its a view shared by many who see obama potential executive actions as nothing more than a power grab from people that violates u. S. Law. As a veteran myself i raised my right hand to defend the constitution of the United States of american and not dismantle the constitution so yes i do find it a front that some people would choose to circumvent that. A lot of people do feel passionate about it and its not just the fact the firearms but as much the government telling them what they can and cannot do or can and cannot have. Reporter the white house says its too easy for someone who wants to commit a crime to acquire a gun and president ial actions to make it more difficult are expected to come as early as this week. Kimberly with al jazeera, virginia. Thousands of residents along the Mississippi River told to evacuate rising flood waters heading south into tennessee and arkansas and floods leaving two dozen dead and breaching levees and threatening the homes. Reporter the tops of the houses are peeking out from the flood waters in southern illinois, dozens are dead and hundreds of homes destroyed by a wolen Mississippi River. More damage from surging water levels making their way south down the mississippi and river expected to crest on the northern tennessee and arkansas border earlier this week and head further south to the mississippi. Planning for the 48 foot mark to have a levee break or something north of us and have the right people and resources in place to deal with whatever situation comes our way. Reporter at least one left vee has already breached further north in olive branch making some homes only reachable but boat, the Reynolds Family are checking in on their mother. This is where she lives and wants to stay and we will do everything we can to make that happen. Reporter as rising water levels are monitored Authorities Say firefighters are going home to home warning of the flood water coming their way. And flooding could continue for a couple of weeks as the water recedes slowly in some areas. How common is it to see this type of flooding, extent of flooding in the winter months . Not often at all and happens in the spring with the snow melted along with rain but to give you an example out of the 50 historic crests of the mississippi in st. Louis only one of those occurred in the winter months. Southern california is also forecasting to get lots of rain in the days ahead, the rain began overnight and could last for a week. Local Officials Say they are doing everything they can to prepare for what could be a historic storm season. Last elnino the big storm that happened 18 years ago we lost about 14 people and we had billions of dollars of damage. And so we are determined to get out in front of this. Reporter Los Angeles Mayor eric says the city has been preparing for this series of storm systems as much as half a foot is expected which will increase the likelihood of flooding and landslides in southern california. In new york the governor is taking a rather controversial approach to protect the homeless from this harsh winter and signing an executive order that would require local governments to take Homeless People off the streets beginning tomorrow and officials he says would remove them by force if necessary once the temperatures drop below freezing and Mayors Office supports intent of the order but doubts legality of it. Just ahead the growing tension between tehran and riyadh. Talk about the lasting negative effect the severed ties could have on middle east conflicts and u. S. Interest in the region. Book publishers who criticize the government go missing and hong kong says there is no foul play and others not so sure. The diplomatic dispute between iran and saudi arabia nearing the boiling point this morning. Gave diplomates two days to leaf leave the country and they stormed the Saudi Embassy and angry of execution of 47 men accused of terrorism including el nimr and bahrain is severing ties and the united emirates say they are down grading the diplomatic relations with iran and a former u. S. Ambassador to saudi arabia having served from 2001 to 2003 and joins us this morning from dallas. Thank you for joining us this morning ambassador jordan we appreciate your time. Your assessment of the fall out from the fracturing of diplomatic ties between saudi arabia and iran. Well, this has been brewing for a long time. The saudis have been fighting proxy wars with iran certainly in yemen and to a great degree in syria and iraq as well. The saudis have in a way completed the terrorist activities that they have seen over the last 1012 years and which accounted for most of these executions, with the execution of El Nimr A Shia cleric with peaceful resistance and shows how the saudis lost faith in American Leadership and americas handling of relations with iran and they are going their own course. This is not surprising fallout. We have seen the saudis sever diplomatic ties in the past with regional rivals including cutter some years ago frankly over something that al jazeera broadcast on one of its shows so its not the first time. But i think we are seeing an escalation in what has been mostly a cold war but now is heating up between sunni and shia and the middle east. Based on what you said there i should caveat for the viewer that of course al jazeera as a network is owned by the qatar government which is part of what we are talking about here when we talk about the region and how we are seeing fractured ties not just between iran and saudi arabia but have the uae and bahrain weighing in as well. This is interesting ambassador and the rush sun News Agencies are saying this morning that russia is interested in acting as mediator between iran and saudi arabia. What do you make of that especially given what you have said about the lack of u. S. Leadership i believe you called it . Well, certainly russia is now trying to fill that vacuum. I dont believe that its likely to be successful. But certainly anyone, any major power that is interested in mediating and trying to tap down the flames right now that are boiling i think would be useful. It really does remain to be seen whether any kind of mediation attempt will be helpful here. This is something that has probably crossed a red line. Iran is trying to make as much of this as they can among their own people. They have to account to their own people for their reaction to the execution of el nimr and the saudis likewise are trying to show their own people they will not tolerate any kind of decent even if its peaceful decent. What is the worst Case Scenario . Well, i think iran perhaps could escalate their involvement in yemen. They could also escalate further antisunni activities in iraq and syria. We could see its difficult n