But on has been sick of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up russian and syrian troops launch an attack to retake the last major i still controlled city in syria. And going catalonia tray european arrest warrant is issued for the regions president. President trump heads for a twelve day trip certain to test his diplomatic skills. Lebanons Prime Minister has. Already made the sudden announcement in a televised statement from the saudi capital riyadh he suggested that his life was in danger and blamed iran for meddling in arab affairs. In the team and we asked to whom. I hereby announce my resignation as Prime Minister from the lebanese government knowing that the will of the lebanese are stronger and that determination is that force and will overcome attempts to impose. Over them from powers either inside or outside of our country long live the people of lebanon. Well lebanon politics has been a complex minefield of competing regional and sectarian interests the president must be a maronite christian the Prime Minister a sunni muslim and the speaker of parliament a shia muslim the countrys broadly split between two political camps a u. S. And saudi backed alliance and a pro syrian coalition. To have had differences on how to run the country leading to the collapse of the government at least three times in two thousand and five twenty eleven and twenty thirteen sadly haiti is lebanons most influential sunni politician and a fierce critic of iran and hezbollah but starting in two thousand and eleven he spent three years in selfimposed exile in saudi arabia and france after a hezbollah led the Alliance Left his government and he returned to lebanon in two thousand and fourteen two years later Lebanons Parliament swore in a new cabinet dominated by hezbollah and its allies it was a huge political victory for the iran back group leader turned to the Prime Ministers office after hezbollah backed candidate michele our own became president lets go now to. Who is in beirut for us so indias what has been the reaction there to this sudden decision by lebanons Prime Minister to resign. Has a lot of shock at a lot of disbelief weve course but reaching out to as many people as we can since this announcement was made as speaking to those who are close to the Prime Minister then telling aljazeera theyre just as surprised as anyone else they had no idea that this sort of resignation was coming they had no clue that the Prime Minister was going to step down and certainly had no indication that the Prime Minister had feared for his life that hed feared that he may be assassinated much like his father was in two thousand and five his father of course repeat career a former leader of lebanon a very powerful imposing figure here in lebanon on the who was killed as weve been saying in two thousand and five mr hariri saying that that in part is why he stepped down from the job now as weve been saying we have of course been reaching out to get reaction to this resignation we have heard from the president s Office President michel own michel and saying that he has no statement at this stage that hes waiting for mr hariri to come back to beirut so that they can discuss why he has stepped down from this job but we have to remember a husband that saad hariri is as weve been saying a very powerful figure in lebanese politics a very long time figure in lebanese politics but he was in selfimposed exile mainly in saudi arabia for around three years only returning last year and in december became Prime Minister so some suspect that there is a chance that he may not come back to lebanon but he may not come back to beirut to answer all these questions which are now swirling around him and a den a big question of course is where lebanon goes from here particularly since up to this point it has been able to shield itself largely from the effects of the civil war in neighboring syria. Indeed and thats a very good point and when we look at the political system around the situation here in lebanon lebanon is no stranger to political ups and downs no stranger to political turbulence but the concern here is that the vacuum left by this resignation could lead to much bigger problems much bigger challenges and perhaps more significantly more regional play more regional shifts here at play as well some are suggesting that hezbollah which of course is a very powerful political social and military movement here in lebanon which is very closely allied with iran that is fighting on the ground in syria alongside the syrian president Bashar Al Assad they are considerable gains in the last year or so in syria and the suggestion here is that weve been hearing that other countries that are opposed to iran and indeed hezbollah may also enter the fray theres some suggestion that washington and indeed the administration of donald trump may impose fairly harsh sanctions on hezbollah this is something that has been discussed for many months now at this stage those sanctions havent materialized in a significant way and some are suggesting that we could see that if we see sanctions on hezbollah we now have this vacuum within the Prime Ministership many believe this could be leading lebanon to some very dark times indeed in t. L. C. s life wish there from day we thank you how do these comments about outside meddling in arab affairs are likely to find an eagle audience in the champ ministration mike hanna has more from washington. The trumpet ministration is known for its and to proceed towards iran the country that. Hariri appears to hold responsible for executing it has many as he says so we would be likely to hear from the Trump Administration and indeed from the secretary of state whos also known for his strong n. T. Iran feelings that there is some form of truth to hariri claims that his life is in danger and that iran is bent on to see the stabilizing the region through its surrogates hezbollah however it is known as well hariri is seen by his critics as a stooge of saudi arabia saudi arabia very close ties with the u. S. Under the Trump Administration so once again we heard too from the Iranian ForeignMinistry Adviser that this is all the work of some kind of conspiracy between saudi arabia and the u. S. But as yet no comment from any official u. S. Source President Trump is on an asian trip at the moment so the white house is dark so to speak at this particular point. Lets get the view from at tehran now zain basra v is live for us from the iranian capital so zain what are we hearing and well this come as a surprise to iranian leaders. So far we are still waiting to get for official word from anyone in your iranian leadership but a Senior Adviser to the foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif has been speaking to local channels and he said that the resignation of the lebanese Prime Minister is a mistake and it will be a mistake not just for the government but it will have negative repercussions for the people of lebanon and he put a finger at the United States and saudi arabia saying those countries in terms of their policies in the region thrive on creating crises right by creating chaos and this is exactly the kind of thing that they do to try to create division to the middle east as far as it being a surprise its hard to say at this point in time. All i can do is point she she leading on friday that occurred between the Senior Advisor mr bush. To his visor to the state leader here he was in beirut for a conference he met with. And the message going out from the government to people in iran as well as to the world is that the relationship with lebanon on the positive ones that are uninsured hold so i think through all of the support he has from governments over the picture being painted a very positive working relationship so this may well come as a surprise but we should look for. Thanks for that. Now am military assault to push i saw out of the last trip of land under its control in syria is underway russian jets are pounding the city on the syria iraq border and the day it is or countryside six civilians were killed after residential areas were hit the syrian armys elite forces and the iranian backed shia militia and hezbollah fighters and leading the operation on the ground on friday i saw was pushed out of barriers or city the last major urban stronghold in the country. Is tracking those developments for us from gaziantep on the turkey syria border. The russians are multiplying their strikes against isis positions in the hope is to be able to break the defense lines of i. C. L. To pave the way for the syrian army to move into the heart of the town of. Finds itself in a very delicate situation its sandwiched between two armies vastly superior in number and in the iraqi army in the south and the syrian army which is moving from the west and trying to lay a siege on the town of book i say is left with very few options to continue the fight but then this will come with a huge price there is a civilian population which is trapped into the city and theres absolutely no way they can defeat two armies coming from two areas or theres often a. Fleeing or escaping book about into a vast desert area to the east the problem with this option is that the desert area is totally exposed the moment they move in convoys they would be intercepted and there would be. They might come under attack from the russian warplanes which fly over the areas nonstop so this is a delicate situation for i still its a crucial moment they want to continue the fire they want to hold the world theyre still there but they know that if they lose the book this is going to be the beginning of the end for their presence in syria. European arrest warrants been issued for the deposed catalan president karlas put him on spanish prosecutors want to investigate him for rebellion and sedition over last months declaration of independence but the sacked leader has missed two days of Court Hearings in madrid hes in brussels where he intends to challenge the attempt to extradite him to spain but hes also said he will cooperate with the belgian authorities they have twenty four hours to respond to the european arrest warrant several months aides as well are being sought by Andrew Symonds has travelled to karlas pretty moms home town of hirano where he says the mood surrounding the catalonia crisis is mixed. Them or maybe a wanted man in belgium but here hes being followed all the way and supported not surprisingly perhaps this is his home city there is a mixed feeling here right now because this is first of all week a time for celebration but also as you can see from this building behind me the city hall theres a black drape across the building thats to represent sadness at the jailing of eight ministers ministers from the cabinet and the flags the Spanish National flag has been taken down a far as the festival goes people are continuing with the events they wanted to go ahead with but the final fanaa lee is being canceled thats a firework display and lots more the general feeling here is that people intend to protest peacefully they dont want to stop and that applies to both sides of the equation were going to take a quick break now but when we come back we take a look at a new report documenting the millions of children across the world war affected by nutritional problems. 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Where he joins me now is a professor of contemporary history of the middle east in qatar so the big question is now for for lebanon for what sort of shape the government takes now and what the future holds for the country. I think has and this is a nation more uncertainty to the political sphere and lebanon the more. Questions and theres more question about the future political process in lebanon there are two two major things i think. Sort of ramification of this as a nation the first one is who will be the new Prime Minister. After this because we know that as you mentioned. Before that he should be a sunni. So the only figures are very you know a few of the names are on the road thats one the second one is the future of lebanon and this confrontation between so there will be on the iran what what is the role of lebanon and this ongoing confrontation and i think those two. Will shape will shape the future of the new government in lebanon and a lot of people might be surprised to hear sandra harry talking about his life being in danger if he could be a target of assassination but for people who are familiar with the politics in lebanon this has a personal residence for him doesnt it because his father was was murdered in broad daylight more than a decade ago i think i think this statement is very strong statement to say that his his personal life is in danger and reminding the lebanese of the situation pretty. You know july two thousand and five. Of his father and i think this also tells that there is no communication between him and the president the president says in his statement reacting to this resignation that he will talk about the reason why this initially it seems that the Prime Minister is not going back to lebanon in the light of the statement that his there is life in danger which basically raising more questions about the political the political process and the relationship between the. President of lebanon and his Prime Minister as well in the past and where does lebanon sit right now in terms of the Shifting Sands in the broader middle that is very important to us and we are witnessing serious change on the alliance in the region for example there is a new chapter of the relationship between hamas and hezbollah. There was a there was a meeting between has on the line and. The number two in. Just a few days ago. We witness also communication between hamas and lebanon it seems there is a changing of the alliances this means but basically the division based on civilian dimension is not really as is being seen there is a shift we witness also lebanese government sending its own ambassador to syria it seems there is a serious changes on the Political Alliance and i think this Shifting Sands will produce more change in the light of this is a nation as well all right now to the way thanks very much. Now u. S. President donald trump has visited pearl harbor during a stopover in hawaii as he begins his first a visual visit to asia or was the scene of a surprise attack by japan in one nine hundred forty one the plunge the u. S. Into World War Two on of the thousands of americans who were killed in that attack from the tour de trip will take him to japan south korea China Vietnam and the philippines eleven resnick is a u. S. Foreign policy and security analyst he says the visit comes at a crucial time for the two allies. What a president of bitch will skepticism about the value of American Allies for a Prime Minister of a really wants to make sure that when President Trump is in the region when hes injured that he continues to be able to rely on the United States and its security umbrella at a time when most korea is becoming more and more of a of a threat to japan so in light of trump sort of longtime skepticism of the value of American Allies. Really wants to solidify the Alliance Given his lack of interest in policy given his