A missile that was fired to Riyadh Saudi Arabia is also taking aim at lebanon saying acts of aggression of been committed by hezbollah which is mine by iran its all done with the lebanese government off the backing the resignation of Prime Minister saad hariri saying a whole new reports from beirut. It has been three days since lebanese Prime Minister sato had announced his shock resignation he made his statement in saudi arabia and hasnt returned home since instead he traveled to abu dhabi a saudi ally in the anti iranian camp for talks on an escalating political crisis back home but the crisis extends beyond lebanons borders saudi arabia has made clear it wants to curb iranian influence not just here but across the Region Riyadh is accusing iran of what it called direct military aggression by providing hutu rebels in yemen with rockets used to target the kingdom saudi officials have also said the very presence of hezbollah in the lebanese government amounts to a declaration of war. T
On the agenda when he sits down for formal talks with the chinese leadership adrian brown is in beijing. Exactly a year to the day that he was voted into Office President trump arrived in china the country very savaged throughout the president ial campaign when he called china a currency manipulator and said that china was raping the u. S. Economy all that though was forgotten on wednesday afternoon as president xi jinping and his wife a score to the trumps around the forbidden city one of the most popular Tourist Attractions in china a chance perhaps for president xi to remind donald trump the china was once the center of culture and civilization president xi very much wants china to be center stage in Global Affairs and now top of the agenda of course is going to be north korea and the feeling that the United States believes china could be doing more to rein in its china will be pointing out that actually its done a lot in the past few months to tighten the Financial News around. Ear
A blockade on yemen fuel and food prices have skyrocketed since saudi arabia stopped all imports and flights have been prevented from landing. Those measures and five particular steps that im going to run through taken. There will be a famine in yemen. They will not be like the family in the. Resort in south sudan and earlier in the year when tens of thousands of people were affected. There will not be like the famine which cost two hundred fifty thousand people their lives in somalia in twenty eleven. It will be the largest famine the world to see so many decades with millions of victims kristie bakaly is a human researcher of Human Rights Watch says its up to the u. N. To put pressure on saudi arabia to act well tomorrow and listen the u. N. Security council met today to talk about the humanitarian situation and you know what we said which which i feel very strongly about is that the u. N. Security council already has a mechanism for sanctioning people in yemen who are committing gro
Demand a turn to the country he hasnt. Made any Public Comment on expectedly announcing his resignation from riyadh eight days ago. A vote. On a yearly sporting event that aims to bring people together and it really takes on a whole new meaning this year because of the uncertainty in the country the political vacuum following the sudden resignation of the Prime Minister saad of how do you see over a week ago his fate really is open to question and the people are using this marathon to show solidarity with the with the Prime Minister slogans that we are running for you we are waiting for you there are a lot of pressure here on why the Prime Minister has not returned lebanese authorities and many lebanese believe that in one way or another the Prime Minister is the taint in saudi arabia and he has no freedom of movement yes there are some people who believe that he hasnt returned citing security concerns but even in his stronghold his own supporters. I feel very betrayed by their allies
Across both countries the epicenter was in iran thirty kilometers southwest of the iraqi town of. Rescue teams have been deployed to the region charlotte fellas reports. Quiet sunday night. Disrupted by violence in. The youth quake was centered on the iraq iran border near the iraqi town of halacha and it was severe seven point three in magna choose in only twenty five kilometers deep. Suddenly the glasses dropped off the table that was very strange the fan was shaking we were so afraid that we ran out of the house because our house is old. The u. S. Geological survey immediately issued an orange alert saying deaths and damage should be expected then came the reports of fatalities on the iran side of the border in the town of kassa suring it struck after sunset on sunday night and people use their phones in a makeshift assessment of the cost of this quite early reports suggest villages have been badly damaged and elektra city cut iranian media say risk you teams have been deployed to w