The crisis in lebanon has intensified with the leader of the militant shia group, hezbollah, now accusing saudi arabia of declaring war on his country. It comes just days after the lebanese Prime Minister saad hariri announced his resignation while in the saudi capital. The un and others in the International Community have warned other countries against using lebanon as a pawn. In a wider regional confrontation between the major sunni power saudi arabia, and shia dominated iran. From the lebanese capital beirut, martin patience sent this report. For a region in turmoil, beirut served as a sanctuary from the violence. But now it finds itself at the centre of the growing struggle between saudi arabia and iran. Speaks arabic. In a move that has stunned lebanon, the Prime Minister resigned suddenly last weekend. Not at home, but in saudi arabia. He lashed out at iran, accusing it of destabilising the entire region. Today, irans proxy in lebanon shot back. The leader of hezbollah claimed ri
Irans media are reporting that 120 people have been killed and more than 300 injured in an earthquake with a magnitude of 7. 3. The quake hit the border area between iran and iraq, around 30km south of the iraqi town of halabja. It has caused extensive damage with 16 deaths in the kurdistan region. The quake was so powerful, it was felt as far away as lebanon and turkey. Andrew plant has more. The aftermath of an earthquake here, that struck after dark. For rural villages in the affected areas, the searches beginning in torchlight for any survivors that might be buried in the fallen buildings. The shocks were felt in towns, too. People out for the evening running to safety, finding a way outside, away from the danger, scared there could be more to come. The first reports are that the centre of the earthquake was near the border between iran and iraq, somewhere close to the village of halabja. The Us Geological survey said the epicentre was 20 kilometres south west of the border. The mo
Saudi arabias largest mass execution in decades. Now Iran Supreme Leader threatens divine intervention. Saudi politicians, rulers and policymakers, have no doubt that divine intervention for this blood. God almighty will not part those who spilled the blood of innocent. Amy we will speak with ali alahmed, who was detained at the age of 14. We will speak to toby jones and bill hartung about u. S. Saudi relationship. 20 ors ago this month, Lori Berenson was sentenced and convicted to 20 years in jail for helping revolutionary movement in peru. Today she is back home in the United States and free. I cannot deny my life. My life is what it was or what it is yes, there are things when i reflect upon what happened and say, you know, that is part of the reason why i take responsibility for my actions and i apologize because it is like i do acknowledge whether or not i am directly responsible for certain action, there was horrific bloodshed in peru and im very sorry it happened. Amy we speak w
Saudi arabias largest mass execution in decades. Now Iran Supreme Leader threatens divine intervention. Saudi politicians, rulers and policymakers, have no doubt that divine intervention for this blood. God almighty will not part those who spilled the blood of innocent. Amy we will speak with ali alahmed, who was detained at the age of 14. We will speak to toby jones and bill hartung about u. S. Saudi relationship. 20 ors ago this month, Lori Berenson was sentenced and convicted to 20 years in jail for helping revolutionary movement in peru. Today she is back home in the United States and free. I cannot deny my life. My life is what it was or what it is yes, there are things when i reflect upon what happened and say, you know, that is part of the reason why i take responsibility for my actions and i apologize because it is like i do acknowledge whether or not i am directly responsible for certain action, there was horrific bloodshed in peru and im very sorry it happened. Amy we speak w
Flooding. Some gusts in the 40 mph range in places like maine and wind chills in some cases are below zero. Well have a full update on this storm and more in the complete news coming up in an hour. A highlevel of delegates includes the president of the United States paid tribute to president abdullah. President salman is the inside story. Be hello im ray suarez. The american relationship with the modern saudi arabia has always been, to put it politely, complicated. The u. S. Has sold some of its most advance weapon systems and trained saudis in their use and at other times support saudis military as it went against israel u. S. closest ally. Saudi arabia has spread vast sums of money across the muslim world building mosques hiring clerics, and distributing educational materials all in the growth of a strain of fundamentalist arabs. And at the same time saudi arabia has been willing in the gulf war to apply with the United States. To expel iraq from kuwait, and to support the overthrow