facing a vote of on tuesday which would have dissolved the government and he says he has done this for his country and not for himself because, obviously we are still emerging from the pandemic and the economic recovery has onlyjust begun and i think we need stability in austria. so that is his reasoning behind stepping down, he is doing it for his country and for the stability in his country. good to have you with us on bbc news. the headlines. fa ce to fa ce news. the headlines. face to face talks have taken place in doha between senior us and taliban officials as those funerals are held in afghanistan for the victims of friday s blast. lebanon has been plunged into darkness again after the electricity grid shutdown leaving the entire country without power. the outgoing check prime minister has congratulated the opposition for winning the opposition s parliamentary election but said he would
voters, it seems, disagree. but while changes are fought it may not happen very quickly. it is not happen very quickly. it is not quite game over. the ailing president has already said he will only ask the leader of the largest single party, not an electoral alliance, to form a new government. that is still babis, even though his prospect look grim. this is bbc news, the headlines. face to face talks have taken place and aloha between senior us and taliban officials as mass funerals are held in afghanistan for the victims of friday s bomb blast. lebanon has been plunged into darkness again after its electricity grid shutdown, moving the entire country without power. here in the uk, the recent