saad hariri said he was finally going home. translation: i will return to beirut in the coming days and will take part in our independence day celebrations. i will make my position known on all subjects after talking to our president. president macron wants france to have greater global influence. old colonial ties to lebanon no doubt played a role in his invitation to saad hariri but he is also stepping into a delicate situation between iran and saudi arabia, two regional powers with conflicting ties to lebanon. saad hariri had been in saudi arabia for two weeks since announcing his surprise resignation, accusing iran and its ally hezbollah of threatening stability in lebanon and saying he feared for his life. the invitation from mr macron to saad hariri and his family offered a way out of the impasse but not a solution. this was a important meeting but no solution because the solution is among the lebanese, not in france. france can play a role in the middle east between iran and saudi arabia and also, perhaps, between the le

now been his prime minister saad hariri gives his first interview from saudi arabia since his short resignation and says he will return to his country soon. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up. what he believes is what he believes. conflicting messages from trump on putin and whether russia interfered in the u.s. presidential election. thousands of civilians flee aleppo as rebel fighters face heavy bombardment from syrian government forces. lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has spoken out publicly for the first time since his shock resignation eight days ago he says that he is free in saudi arabia quashing rumors that he was being held there against his will carry also pledged to return to his country very soon. i don't hold her here in the kingdom of saudi arabia are i'm free i have complete freedom but i want to look after my family as well i don't want to see my children have the same fate like what happened to us i'm not talking about months i'm talking about weeks i'm only talking about and i'll go back to lebanon. for more on this i'm joined by

earlier, runners in the beirut marathon showed their support for saad hariri. carine torbey has been speaking to runners in beirut. as one of the most severe political crises in lebanon enters its second week, following the curious resignation of prime minister saad hariri, announced from the saudi capital riyadh, tens of thousands of participants in the single biggest sports event in the country ran and walked today in the streets of the capital as posters of saad hariri lined the streets of beirut. the posters read, "the prime minister". many of the participants we talked to said they are running today for the return of prime minister hariri back home. translation: i take part in the beirut marathon every year. when i heard the president making this call, we were all encouraged to take part, so of course we are running for the comeback of prime minister hariri. translation: we got used to the prime minister running with us. we miss him in this event, and i hope he will be back with us in the next one. we love him, and we hope he will come back. the president

hariri is father refused to riri in a massive car bombing so no stranger to that sort of instability if you will and in some ways also lends to a layer of dark humor here as well since saturday there has been a mock web site that went up with this actually called free saad hariri which has set a countdown clock waiting for him to return so while there are very serious issues going on here as well people here in lebanon still being able to find the humor in this situation but the reality is adrian is that this is a very serious situation as you've been saying and as we've been hearing many people asking the question where saberi is will he return the lebanese prime minister or rather president rather essentially inferring that he won't accept this resignation until he comes back to lebanon now we're hearing back to mr hariri has left saudi arabia that he could possibly be on his way to the u.a.e. no official confirmation about at this stage but one would imagine once he returns to lebanon if he returns to lebanon he'll be faced. an awful lot of question in tears many thanks i was here

the lebanese prime minister saad hariri his resignation came as a shock to the country in a television address from saudi arabia the lebanese leader blamed iran and its lebanese proxy group has been for what he called its meddling in the region well read and leave it on i would like to say three iran and its followers that they will be losers and their intervention ensure that terrorism obeah our nation will wake up as it did in the past and their hands in the region because not all the. time they had elected. to reraise late father referee could also be prime minister of lebanon he was assassinated in an explosion in two thousand and five which several hezbollah members of being tried in their absence in the hague saad hariri said he to now feared for his life the prime minister's resignation has shown a plate divided opinion. he has decided to steer lebanon away from danger it's a hard step taken at a difficult time. but i support the resignation the government and country are frozen the country is collapsing and the government's targets have not been met. every decision to quit leav

that you should look many the return of prime minister saad hariri head of the future movement is necessary in order to restore the internal and external balance of lebanon with full respect to liberties the just a messy in accordance with the constitution and to the thai if accord and with respect to the arab and international legitimacy we confirm our support for prime minister saad hariri and for all the decisions he makes under any circumstances. meanwhile saudi arabia's attorney general says it's now question two hundred people as part of what it's calling an anti corruption crackdown he says the investigation has uncovered around one hundred billion dollars worth of forward we're all family members officials and prominent business men are among those being held in a luxury hotel in the capital riyadh critics say crown prince mohammed bin solomon is leading the crackdown and to consolidate his power. well let's get the very latest from the political situation in lebanon from his in the hall there who is currently in beirut. the promises own party has said that they don't recognize his

now that you look at any the return of prime minister saad hariri head of the future movement is necessary in order to restore the internal and external balance of lebanon with full respect to liberties the gitting mysie in accordance to the constitution and to the tie if accord and with respect to the arab and international legitimacy we confirm our support for prime minister saad hariri and for all the decisions he makes under any circumstances so be as attorney general says it's no question two hundred eight people as part of what it calls an anti corruption crackdown he says the investigation has uncovered around one hundred billion dollars worth of fraud all family members officials and prominent business men are among those being held in a luxury hotel in the capital riyadh critics say crown prince mohammed bin so the man is leading the crackdown in an effort to consolidate his power the whistleblower group of global leaks has released what appears to be a plan by the united arab emirates to destabilize cat ours economy and eventually jeopardize its hosting of the twenty twenty two f

now that you look at any the return of prime minister saad hariri head of the future movement is necessary in order to restore the internal and external balance of lebanon with full respect to liberties legitimacy in accordance to the constitution and to the thai if accord and with respect to the arab and international legitimacy we confirm our support for prime minister saad hariri and for all the decisions he makes under any circumstances the whistleblower group global leaks has released what appears to be a plan by the united arab emirates to destabilize cattles economy and eventually jeopardize its hosting of the twenty twenty two football world cup the plan was found in hacked e-mails belonging to the m r r t ambassador to the us use of. spain's supreme court or set bail for cattle owners cattle over years a former parliamentary speaker may forget there will be freed what she pays one hundred seventy five thousand dollars earlier five other sacked politicians were released they all face charges of rebellion and sedition over their roles in last month's independence referendum the brit

saad hariri said he will make his position known after he meets the lebanese president this week. is it possible that he could rescind the decision to resign made where you are in saudi arabia? lyse: this is one of the big middle east mysteries right now, why did saad hariri suddenly leave beirut, why did he resign, why is he making this journey from riyadh to france to cairo and then to lebanon on wednesday, national independence day in lebanon? he has said he will make everything clear about his situation once he arrives home, and he has hinted that he will withdraw the resignation he made on november 4, saying that he feared for his life and accusing hezbollah and its ally iran up fostering instability across the region. there is the strange consequence of this that saad hariri has become more popular since this happened, so maybe he feels that, actually, i would like to stick around and compete in those elections in my country. big question marks and not many answers yet. laura: and is the mysterious hariri affair is another example of the saudi crown prince exerting his influ

in calling for stability in lebanon after the resignation of prime minister saad hariri he announced he was stepping down also in riyadh last saturday blaming interference from iran and its lebanese ally hezbollah eleven pacific rim countries have reached a deal for the basis of a free trade pact without the united states they struck a deal to revive the trans-pacific partnership that president trump withdrew support from earlier this year the deal was reached on the sidelines of the apec summit in vietnam. grimmett has been reached in four months but it comes to specific aspects there were cases where intense arguments took place but we all shared this goal of achieving the agreement in denying at this time and through a pragmatic response of the parties we came to this agreement so i want to pay tribute to the ministers chief negotiators and everyone involved in this process for their efforts. the australian government has lost its parliamentary majority after another politician was forced to quit because he may hold dual citizenship conservative m.p. john alexander resigned after

the return of prime minister saad hariri head of the future movement is necessary in order to restore the internal and external balance of lebanon with full respect to liberties that just a mistake in accordance to the constitution and to the thai if accord and with respect to the arab and international legitimacy we confirm our support for prime minister saad hariri and for all the decisions he makes under any circumstances say to her has the latest from beirut. the political party of saddle how do you say that it is necessary that the prime minister immediately returns to lebanon saying that this is of course necessary to restore stability in the country the political party in that statement stopping short of actually saying that they believe that the prime minister is detained that he is being held against his will in fact we called how do these office to ask them whether or not they believed this was the case and the response we got was we have no information so the political party saying he must return immediately there is throughout the day we have what we understand that even t

the plot think it's thickens in the recent middle east drama as lebanese prime minister saad hariri says he will not return and says he's skinny will return to hit by mid week today he was in paris for talks with french president emanuel not just two weeks after suddenly announcing his resignation in saudi arabia. i'm biased waiter thank you for joining us. tens of thousands of demonstrators have been rallying in the zimbabwe capital hard out to demand the resignation of president robert mugabe the protest is backed by the veterans of zimbabwe's independence war and influential group who have traditionally supported the president in the past and now even mugabe's own zanu p.f. party has joined the calls for him to step down mugabe is said to be asking for more time to leave the presidency but many zimbabweans have had enough. people power in the center of. mcgarvie must go very these demonstrations chant it's more like a street party but one with a political message the people of zimbabwe have had enough of that ailing neda. finally and out to be excited. independence day it's the first

saad hariri had been in office for less than a year the forty seven year old was appointed in twenty sixteen to lead a coalition government which included iran's powerful shia ally hizbullah. stability what i see is. focusing on. the interests of the lebanese citizens. this was horary second turn as prime minister it previously served between two thousand and nine and eleven horary had followed in his father's political footsteps griffey career he was assassinated in beirut and favoring two thousand and five he'd been seen as the driving force behind lebanon's rehabilitation and reconstruction following civil wars and foreign invasion between one nine hundred seventy five and nine hundred ninety one. saad tried to continue the family legacy but began to lose popularity as lebanon faced multiple political and economic struggles unemployment has been at more than twenty percent its population of six million includes one and a half million refugees the two years it was unable to elect a president as its parliament was crippled and it couldn't provide basic services such as alec tricity

but on now the country has been on the edge since the sudden resignation of prime minister saad hariri while on a visit to saudi arabia hariri claims his life is under threat from his coalition partner the iranian backed group hezbollah a recent political party is demanding he returns to beirut five days after he announced in riyadh that he was stepping down well hariri is office says he's still in the saudi capital and denies reports that he's being held there against his will in now that you should look at any the return of prime minister saad hariri head of the future movement is necessary in order to restore the internal and external balance of lebanon with full respect to liberties legitimacy in accordance to the constitution and to the tire if accord and with respect to the arab and international legitimacy we confirm our support for prime minister saad hariri and for all the decisions he makes under any circumstances. and as owner called all reports now from beirut politicians there are worried about her earrings well being . the political party of saddle how do you say that it

the return of prime minister saad hariri head of the future movement is necessary in order to restore the internal and external balance of lebanon with full respect to lebanon's legitimacy in accordance to the constitution and to the thai if accord and with respect to the arab and international legitimacy we confirm our support for prime minister hariri and for all the decisions he makes under any circumstances. as arizona hold us and this updates from beirut. the political party of saddle how do you say that it is necessary that the the prime minister immediately returns to lebanon saying that this is of course necessary to restore stability in the country the political party in that statement stopping short of actually saying that they believe that the prime minister is detained that he is being held against his will in fact we called how do these office to ask them whether or not they believed this was the case and the response we got was we have no information so the political party saying he must return immediately there is throughout the day we have what we understand even the p

although saad hariri insists he came to riyadh two weeks ago over his own free will. he has repeatedly said he fled for his own safety and accuses lebanon's hezbollah movement of fuelling regional instability. it is widely understood that this is about the rivalry between saudi arabia and iran. mr hariri's resignation led to concern that lebanon could become another playing field in a proxy war which feels tension in many countries gci’oss which feels tension in many countries across this region. truss flesh and mac i believe that iran's -- translation: i flesh and mac i believe that iran's —— translation: i believe that iran's position... i think that regional tensions exist from syria to yemen, including lebanon, it locates ta ke to yemen, including lebanon, it locates take several regional powers and that iran must recognise its role in that. -- implicates. it is hoped that the french president's intervention will help defuse this tension. although the crisis is far from over. mr hariri is expected to spend time in paris and visit other arab capitals before r

saad hariri left the elysee palace with his family today, having tasted french diplomatic power. he is about to test his own. gerry adams, the leader of the irish republican party, sinn fein, says he plans to stand down next year, after 3a years at the forefront of republican politics. gerry adams was seen as the political voice of the ira at the height of the conflict in northern ireland. he made the announcement at his party's conference in dublin. from there, chris buckler sent this report. tonight, sinn fein paid tribute to one of the men who built the party. martin mcguinness was a key figure in its divisive leadership. martin was a proud member of the ira. but that was a generation ago. and sinn fein‘s otherfigure, who has been party president for 3.5 decades, announced this evening he would stand down next year. i have complete confidence in the leaders we elected this weekend and the next generation of leaders, and i want to thank everyone who has welcomed me into their homes and communities and made me part of countless campaigns. gerry adams was the leader of sinn fei

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shows new pictures of lebanese prime minister in riyadh a support group for saad hariri on the streets of lebanon. close welcome to al jazeera live from doha i'm answering dennis also coming up. i believe very much in our intelligence agencies now at the same time. i want to be able because i think it's very important to get along with russia. donald trump contradicts his earlier view on russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election. thousands of civilians flee their homes in aleppo province as government jets hit rebel targets. and what it flared kenya sails on with plans to build a boat made entirely of recycled plastic. the saudis say t.v. has shown pictures of king solomon meeting lebanon's. prime minister saad hariri as lebanese leaders continue to demand that he returns home now this is just the third time that mr hariri has been seen since he unexpectedly announced his resignation in the saudi capital that was eight days ago he hasn't spoken publicly either since then and now there are suggestions that he could be being held against his will now places a started to spring u

they can says lebanese prime minister saad hariri holds talks with french president among all micron in paris just two weeks after announcing his shock resignation in saudi arabia will go to the french capital for more and the fate of german chancellor angela merkel hangs in the balance as a new deadline for coalition talks edges closer with parties fail to agree by then germany could face a fresh election. welcome to the program i mary in evanston it's good to have you with us. tens of thousands of demonstrators rather are rallying in the zimbabwe in capital harare to demand the resignation of president robert mugabe the protest and back. by the veterans of them bob weighs independence war who've traditionally supported him in the past even mugabe's own senate p.f. party has joined calls for him to step down as said to be asking for more time to leave the presidency many zimbabweans have had enough. people power in the center of. mcgarvie must guard these demonstrations chant it's more like a street party but one with a political message the people of zimbabwe have had enough of the

and france have declared their support for the lebanese prime minister saad hariri he announced his resignation whilst on a visit to riyadh and the speculation he's being held in saudi arabia against his will a deadline to clear them out of sight and refugee detention center has just passed up by new guinea has said it will force a believe a move an arrest anyone who's still there six hundred refugees remain in the camp and the u.n. has told al-jazeera there's no sign of any way going into yemen after reports that saudi arabia had reopened a border crossing on your own friday. well in other stories we're following the head of the united nations says the violence against myanmar as range of muslims missed and antonio terrace is calling for the ranjit to be allowed to return to their homes and to be given legal status. we insists on the need to make sure not only that all violence against these population stops but also we need to insist on and hindered humanitarian access to all areas of north dakota state including the northern part of this region. and we insist in the need to reassert the righ

genie: adam, in the interview, saad hariri said he w would retn to lebanon in days. do people really believe that could happen? convinced be enenough to the lebanese that their former prime minister is acting freely and not under the pressure of saudi arabia? well, you heard some of his response in the clip you played earlier on, but amongst the things he said, yes, absolutely, he is free, he could leave tomorrow if you wanted to, he is staying in his own residence. he stressed the security concern, the threat on his lab, and do not forget that his father was assassinated in 2005. these are real concerns.. he also emphasized t the strengh of his relationsnship with the saudi i leadershipip, saying hes considerered as a son by the e g of saudi arabia and the young crown prince r respects him. but this is in stark contrast to what a lot of people have e been sayingng, not leasast of all hezbollah, and those in their political bloc,c, who, if you like, have accused t the saudi's of holdiding haririi agagainst s willll. even peoplee in n his own accout have been question

many the return of prime minister saad hariri head of the future movement is necessary in order to restore the internal and external balance of lebanon with full respect to lebanese legitimacy in accordance to the constitution and to the thai if accord and with respect to the arab and international legitimacy we confirm our support for prime minister saad hariri and for all the decisions he makes under any circumstances. well as in a photo reports from beirut politicians they're all worried about how the reason well being. there is something kind of murky happening there i don't know exactly the details and i think no one knows them but two things are starting to be sure and they are intertwined first of all the resignation has a profound structural geopolitical reason which is the decision of the gulf states of saudi arabia and the emirates to embark in a confrontation with iran over lebanon but the second thing which is more tied to the saudi internal domestic turmoil that that that's occurring i mean the fire stations and accept the resignation happened the same day it could have happen

saad hariri says he stood down because his life is in danger. a us historian says he's been told by both former president bushes that neither of them voted for donald trump in last year's election. the older bush is said to have voted for democrat hillary clinton, while his son apparently abstained. now on bbc news it's time for britain's best new building.

a week after lebanese prime minister saad hariri surprise resignation in riyadh the us joined school for him to return home. hello welcome to out of their life and that is also coming out russia in the united states have stressed the support of u.n. efforts to end the fighting in syria and maintain the country's sovereignty. they almost lost canada but eleven pacific rim countries agree on the basis of a free trade deal. breaking records china's online shopping spree shows no sign of slowing down. though it's been exactly a week since the surprise resignation of the lebanese prime minister saad hariri which triggered a political crisis in lebanon ever since then there's been much speculation about the so. consensus of his announcement in riyadh the french president emmanuel mccrone has spoken to lebanon's president michel aoun about the prime minister's resignation the us has joined calls for him to go back home and the un too is calling for stability and eleven and warning that regional powers against using the country for their proxy conflicts now the lebanese president has reitera

returning to this story that is breaking now lebanese prime minister saad hariri has resigned saying a few key things in his statement that he senses a plot to target his life also planning has we do now have on the phone our correspondent. who is live for us in southern lebanon making phone calls gathering more information on this and what do we know. don't tell you you're in lebanon with the allies. but not going to. bed with only being in the job since december of last year still hasn't even begun the cold war for a year yet and here he is responding. quite clearly that he was blaming hezbollah for his words creating a different reality in the middle east he also pointed the finger at iran for its own will we can be iraq. and also as you rightly pointed out he has credible the years that life was that bridge the risk of a just escalation but since you have to remember that saddam is a procedure very particular area for a well known leader here and that the money was fascinated in two thousand and five the babe ruths. turns surgery has words own life certainly very well be connecte

of saad hariri not incidents happening inside the government of saudi arabia so we believe that this is coordinated now he also said that iran's government has information to suggest that hardline political groups are taking over saudi affairs but he took the opportunity to reach out to the saudi government a lot and we believe if there is cooperation between saudi arabia and iran it is beneficial for the rage and it could bring calm to the region but they rely on america they rely on israel they think that with american weapons they can be a power in the region this is a wrong theory the government before the revolution in iran the shah's regime with totally saving america but americans abandoned him during the islamic revolution so instead of relying on american powers and foreign powers pay attention to the countries of the bridge and finally hussein he said that attacks by yemen's hooty fighters on targets inside saudi arabia are in evitable he said that hundreds of yemenis are dying every day in saudi bombardment and that the people that they're fighting can't be expected to do

arabia's envoy that prime minister saad hariri must return to the country. tosser revive a free trade deal between pacific rim nations have been stalled after canada's prime minister failed to turn up to the meeting traders at the top of the agenda for leaders gathered at the summit in vietnam with donald trump issuing what appeared to be a sharp criticism of china's policy is. true the more you can so you. we should build an open asia pacific economy and promote trade and investment liberalization facilitation we should make economic globalization more open inclusive and balanced so that it can benefit different countries and people of different social groups we should support the multilateral trading regime and practice open regionalism to allow developing members to benefit more from international trade and investment australia's immigration minister has blamed refugees refusing to leave the close mannus island prison camp for the deteriorating conditions they're living in the australian run camp in papua new guinea was closed last month in power water an

i think this is the best interview saad hariri has given, ever. these two days, have turned saad hariri into maybe the most popular lebanese politician in many yea rs, popular lebanese politician in many years, andi popular lebanese politician in many years, and i can see the lebanese rallying around him, even those who did not belong to his movement, even on the other side of the aisle in lebanese politics. i think you did very well, and he sent the right messages. many people, though, have picked up on perhaps a slightly relaxed demeanour during that hour—long interview. did you notice anything? —— unrelaxed. hour—long interview. did you notice anything? -- unrelaxed. yes, i did. there are videos that leaks that showed saudi officials running around and basically yelling at even the host, and in the interview itself, we can see a man in the shadows there, you know, gesturing and writing something on a piece of paper. so hariri was... acted like he was in detention, but at the same timei he was in detention, but at the same time i think h

lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has confirmed he'll return to beirut by wednesday he says he'll then clarify his position after his sudden resignation more than two weeks ago he's now in france which is trying to mediate the political fallout. from all the thirty thousand runners have taken part in a half marathon in the indian capital and that's despite health warnings from doctors about severe cold. lucian levels the city has been blanketed in a toxic smoke for weeks now the indian medical association is calling it a public health emergency now the advent of cooler weather has trapped car and factory emissions causing the smoke and smoke from crop residue that's burned in neighboring states that all adds to an already toxic combination of smaug levels in recent weeks levels of carcinogenic particles in the air where seventy times over the safe limit are recommended by the world health organization and in some parts of the city air quality readings recorded a peak of nine hundred ninety nine that's the highest that the machines can actually read and it's not just new delhi six

meanwhile lebanon's far minister said saad hariri is freedom will only be proven once he returned to beirut and if saudi arabia has an issue with iran it shouldn't punish lebanon if. they. if they have problems with iran let them have these problems solved with iran iran is not lebanon lebanon is not syria lebanon is not iran we have an independent foreign policy where the rest of lebanon comes first. a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside a camp used by security forces in southern yemen at least six people were killed and several others were injured in the attack. the u.s. attorney general has been defending himself against allegations he misled congress over contacts between the russians and members of donald trump's campaign team. jeff sessions says he now recalls a meeting in two thousand and sixteen with a former campaign adviser in which they discussed a possible meeting with the russian president vladimir putin on that story and everything else in about twenty five minutes time i'll see them but that's after the stream which starts now. hi i'm femi had a i'm like of you

alone down in jordan this is our live from doha also coming up the lebanese prime minister saad hariri returns to beirut more than two weeks after his shock resignation while in saudi arabia. a verdict to do with the war crimes trial of bosnian leader. use of genocide against muslim civilians. and dramatic video of the rescue of a north korean soldier who was shot while escaping across the border into the south . zimbabwe's president robert mugabe has stepped down after thirty seven years in power is spock scenes of jubilation across the country at large crowds filling the streets and celebration. sent this report. jubilation on the streets of harare across the country that robert mugabe rule for thirty seven years while to liberation as maybe even days. news demagogy was stepping down came as both houses of parliament sat in an extraordinary session to debase the president's impeachment to speak at the speed of the session and told m.p.'s that he'd received a letter. mugabe wrote that he was resigning with the media's effect voluntarily in order to facilitate a smooth transfer of powe

and that action was not as if there was a new saad hariri. maybe my reading this is the people. sometimes i'm the worst stages of my life. and when i see people that i'm in the happiest stages of my life and i thank everybody every person. all the political parties. who wants you to go back. son he's not going to leave the country. will go back to this country. and i wish. that this collective thinking. not because saddam had it is the day after the tone and. what but somehow you says one thing lebanon comes first lebanon comes first we must always keep lebanon in our hearts. i see these people here have jealousy. for lebanon they love lebanon more sometimes more than lebanese why us lebanese we have to torture ourselves. we're going to take a break now so you can rest a bit and we'll come back and talk about your trip to the emirates. and of course in following the situation in lebanon lebanon going through now very difficult times just to break and we'll come back from riyadh. if you are just joining us here on al-jazeera we have been watching sad hariri in lebanon gave his fi

the french foreign minister says lebanese prime minister saad hariri will head to paris soon after meeting him in riyadh. human rights watch accuses me and mock troops of using rape as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign against the ranger. and a random vinci painting one sold for just sixty dollars which is a record breaking four hundred fifty million at auction. and ironically god is reported to be refusing to stand down as zimbabwe's president despite being confined to his home by the military a delegation from south africa is in the capital for talks aimed at reaching a deal on the country's future a catholic priest is mediating between mugabe and the generals the mood in harare is calm but tense with troops still stationed around the city the military seize power and choose. night surrounding the girl his home and government buildings when they see it as the beginning of the end of his thirty seven year rule. in harare has worn the talks going on to resolve the crisis. there's an african delegation is at state house meeting president robert mugabe and then all officials coming out on

lebanon's prime minister saad hariri house confirmed who returned to beirut by wednesday and says he'll hold talks with president michel harare made the statement in paris where he's meeting the french president. it's been two weeks since harare announced his resignation while on a trip to saudi arabia. with regards to the political situation i will be in beirut in the next few days to take part in the celebration of our independence and i'll express opinions on the wall subjects once i've made president. well this was harry's first public appearance since that resignation many in lebanon are questioning why today's children were left behind in riyadh jury best trip to paris they know how to has more from beirut saddle had a rival to the french capital may be a way of showing that he's a free man and that he is able to leave saudi arabia but speculations about his ability to move freely have not been put to rest the very fact that he left his children behind he arrived with his wife his children stayed behind according to his aides it is because they're attending school in lebanon many

and our intake of this is on his ear a live from london also coming up lebanese prime minister saad hariri is invited to france is expected to arrive in the coming days with his family. warnings among attrition was killing an average of one hundred thirty yemeni children a day before saudi arabia blockaded the country's course. and scientists say glass years in the french alps and heating up so fast they threaten to wipe out popular tourist resorts. and those involved was military is confined president robert mugabe to his home after taking control of the country soldiers are patrolling the capital harare and heavy gunfire and explosions were heard earlier but the military denies it's a coup the takeover follows a bit a better battle over who will succeed the ninety three year old president which split the ruling as o.p.'s party into two main factions the look cost group supports sacked vice president emerson in and out while the younger g forty group backs mugabe's unpopular wife grace a long time go beyond it ally magog has strong support among the armed forces it was his second last wee

hariri accuse tehran and its allies in lebanon of spreading chaos strife and destruction throughout the middle east every re also suggested political enemies were targeting him for assassination iran has rejected his accusations calling them unfounded the lebanese prime minister saad hariri his resignation came as a shock to the country in the television address from saudi arabia the lebanese leader plame dhahran and its lebanese proxy group hezbollah for what he called its meddling in the region. leave iran i would like to say trayvon and its followers that they will be losers in their intervention in terrible terrorist our nation will wake up as it did in the past and their hands in the region will be cut off. every reason i thought the referee could also be dry minister of lebanon he was assassinated in an explosion in two thousand and five which several members of being tried in the absence in the hague saad hariri said he to do now feared for his life the prime minister's resignation has sharply divided opinion. everybody has decided to steer lebanon away from danger it's a har

well the controversy surrounding saad hariri has led to a diplomatic spat between saudi arabia and germany riyadh says it's recalling its ambassador in berlin over comments by german foreign minister. he had described saudi foreign policy in lebannon as a quote political adventurism and implied that hariri was being forcibly held in saudi arabia riyadh called gabriele's remarks outrageous and unjustified. well here in berlin a last ditch coalition talks to forge a government have ended after another day that failed to reach an agreement time is running out for chancellor angela merkel to produce a breakthrough party negotiators are now hoping to reach a deal by sunday night miracles conservatives are seeking a coalition with the pro-business free democrats along with the greens that's unprecedented at a federal level in germany. with the talks faltering german president frank weighed in with an urgent warning about the risks of calling fresh elections and he called on the parties to respect the decision of the voters. expect that all sides are aware of their responsibility and facing up to

this is a comment on the decision of lebanon's prime minister saad hariri resigning but it was in our common interests to guarantee the stability and security of lebanon and therefore i hope lebanon remains a strong state with strong institutions and i hope it will have a new government as soon as possible and engage in a new election process. well saad hariri is political party the freedom movement is demanding that he go back to beirut immediately the lebanese president michel olmert said they haven't heard from him since saturday that of course is when he resigned in a broadcast from riyadh saying that he feared for his life well it's been six days now since that resignation and fears are growing that mr hariri is actually being held in riyadh against his will. then the holder is our correspondent live in the lebanese capital beirut and then the first of all some words of encouragement if you like coming from the french foreign minister in that he's heard something more about the situation regarding mr hariri in riyadh. yes we know that the french president made an unscheduled visi