But right now tensions are of a new level saudi arabia is accusing iran of a possible war by supplying hurt these in yemen with a missile fired its also what odds with lebanons government backing the resignation of Prime Minister saad hariri coming up were going to try to piece all of this together as divisions in the middle east become even more pronounced also on the donald trump in south korea and the u. S. Still isnt ruling out military action against north korea over its Nuclear Weapons program but trump one that the issue of trade go either were going to wrap up his trip to song as he moves on to beijing and qatar opens its new National Library but its not how you and i remember going to. Air opera form unserious three d. Printers music studio so it wont be a Quiet Library but thats exactly what the people behind it want. Smog so thick you cant breathe were talking to many of you in delhi suffering from the worst air in india were looking at how higher c o two emissions are impacting pollution and Climate Change how is the air quality in your city i mean a hearty modest. Connected. With. Streaming online through you tube Facebook Live and common even for the middle east a region used to war conflict and political instability these are tense times saudi arabias Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is accusing iran of what could be an act of war by supplying the rebels in yemen with a missile fired. In turn in iranian backed who is a warning saudi and the u. A. E. That their airports are within firing range and could be the next targets lebanon is also an issue Prime Minister saad hariri remember he wants to resign but hes been in the u. A. E. For talks after making his initial announcement from saudi arabia saudi is now warning it will deal with lebanon as quote a government that has declared war against riad hariri himself takes the position of the u. A. E. And saudi both iran and hezbollah stabilizing the region its pretty complicated. Beirut with all the details. 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. The number of saudi arabia through its stretch when the lebanese government and people to finish off his blog its an invitation to civil war theres a new front saudi israel and the us against iran. Iran has proxies across the middle east in iraq it controls Paramilitary Forces that are stronger than the state in yemen saudi arabia is in a quagmire unable to defeat the iranian allied hutus in syria it has revolutionary guards and hezbollah troops supporting the government iran has now secured a land corridor or stretching from to her on through iraq and syria all the way to lebanon where saudi arabia hopes it can change the balance of power. Saudi arabia. Law it is even classified as a terrorist organization but now is stronger language and threatening action in the words of the statement of surfer gulf affairs there will be those who will force hezbollah to return to their caves in southern lebanon. Curbing hezbollahs influence and power wont be easy it is not just an armed group it is a Political Party with strong Popular Support but as of late it has extended its influence beyond lebanons borders. Hezbollahs arms its this is to send troops to fight alongside syrian president Bashar Assads forces have long been issues of concern among some lebanese factions but it has long resisted calls to disarm and to withdraw from syria its not clear what action saudi arabia will take. Riyadh has a number of options to restrain his below but those options will just target as below and the shia sect will target all the lebanese economic pressures very possible but i dont believe saudi arabia can pressure has a lot militarily calls for unity are growing louder but lebanon is a deeply divided country in a deeply divided region the political crisis is only worsening and any solution will have to be part of a regional deal said a. Beirut. So this is a trade i was expecting mao and bush are to pop up from london and hes right here in the flesh. To say you know and so theres lots we can talk about lets just start with what looks like saudi arabia taking or trying to take back control of the region can i can i broadly term it that way well it would be a bit of an exaggeration but there are loud exaggeration on the fifteenth. Look all in all it is in a mode of an offensive defense its been on the defense in a so far as its concerned because it considers iran has been on the offense for the last four five years and at least since iran became more and more involved in iraq iran became more and more involved in syria and lebanon and in yemen yemen next door to saudi arabia saudi arabia presumably felt more and more isolated and more and more contained by iranian influence and hence for the last two and a half years since mohammed mr mann became minister of defense he took the offense in order to try and contain iran and he even threatened to take the war to iran to stomach a republic so all in all this is an attempt by saudi arabia to read gather its will meant them and to to really get on with this proxy war if you were in the middle east views of iran the bottom line here and if you if im allowed to bring in a bit of a subjective angle into it on two wrongs dont make a right in the middle east and i think the Iranian Regime in it in the way its expanding its influence and the saudi regime and the way its expanding them for once whether its the one or the mother to slam whether its the shiite or the ayatollahs in iran the two wrongs do not make a right in the movie that doesnt mean that everyone else has to fall in line behind one of them we see. Its not lebanon we see saad hariri doing that if you want to fold in the g. C. C. Crisis we know cut there is on the out with everyone well its in with iran but does it have to do we have to have two very clear sides like this but thats exactly the problem in the gulf crisis the problem of the gulf crisis is that qatar wants to be an independent sovereign nation it doesnt want to take sights what it doesnt believe that on this issue or that issue for example the war in yemen you know when many many thousands people die tens of thousands you know facing an epidemic the country is destroyed at one point you say like the American Congress is working up and say look we cannot continue to support this war the problem yes i mean and this is a very important question i think thats what happened in lebanon i think that the lebanese sort of the the iranians and the saudis demanded of lebanon to take sides basically right i mean they forced harry reid to send. An ambassador to damascus while the war was going on bashar assad who think is a process these and now. One of the more conservative people in iran making his way to lebanon basically making ultimatums this i think for saudi arabia base in forcing how do you to put so all in all this proxy conflict is and is escalating in a way where theyre asking people are you with us or are you against us as if people in the middle east cannot be sovereign cannot be democrats and long want to be you know associated or supporters or loyalists to or fighting on behalf of the republic of iran and the kingdom of saudi arabia how risky or dangerous or otherwise do you see the lebanon situation as being we are used to political instability in lebanon there was a time when they were going through by the president s old Prime Ministers quite regularly how significant how worrying is this in this wider conflict a wider disagreement you describe across the region judging from what just happened the last seventy two hours its terribly worrying but it doesnt have to be that way it doesnt have to continue to be that way but be that as it may have. For the time being the vacuum in lebanon i think will lead to escalation i think the way saudi arabia made that decision the way her really made that speech from that place riyadh with that tone talking about cutting the hands of iran and staying away from lebanon for this time all that means that there is a void thats going to be very difficult to fulfill in the process the hezbollah leader in lebanon tried to poor cold water on the whole affair and say look we will try to manage our affairs with outside. Thats not true lebanon is in a is in trouble now and people need to save it because if its going to fall prey to this proxy conflict between. So yes i mean iran i just hope it will not become another yemen now i mean we all hope anything wouldnt become another yemen moment pleasure talking to you nice to see you with us thank you lebanese politics can take a bit of understanding so this is quite handy lebanons power players explains not only who the politicians and parties are but how they fit together because you know in lebanon certain positions can only be filled by certain religions or sect so if you search for lebanon that aljazeera dot com click the in for graphic filter you will find it there. And you can get in touch with us as well of course if you want to hash tag a. J. News grid is how to do that be that Twitter Facebook or what several airlines are up and running will remind you of those of course throughout the course of the show one more thing i can find it here that i want to talk about and still related to the saudi situation this comes from u. S. President donald trump who is of course on his tour of asia but clearly watching the middle east as well he tweeted this i have great confidence in king solomon and the crown prince of saudi arabia he said they know exactly what theyre doing some of those that are harshly treated have been milking their country for years been harshly treated would be referring to the various princes and ministers who were arrested on sunday over apparent corruption charges. But in asia on his trip donald trump met the south korean president when j. M. In seoul as they worked to rally International Pressure against north korea trying to get in there warn the u. S. And its allies will take military action against pyongyang if needed tony burke he sent us this report from seoul. Donald trump arriving in south korea on the second and perhaps most delicate leg of his asia tour it brought him to within forty eight kilometers of the border with north korea following his war of words with its leader kim jong un there were fears President Trumps presence would provoke some sort of response he described north korea as a worldwide threat that requires worldwide action but his tone was more measured than in the past and he called for pyongyang to come to the negotiating table he said all of a little tools will be used short of military action but he also stressed americas military capability as we Work Together to resolve this problem using all available tools short of military action. The United States stands prepared to defend itself and its allies using the full range of our unmatched military capabilities if need be south korean president moon jay in said the time was too early to talk to the north but promised a Bright Future if it gave up its nuclear and missile programs. Of the United States has strong sanctions on north korea and i think it will have an effective impact and with china joining the United States it will bring force to the sanctions on north korea with all these International Diplomatic policies i think when there are changes being made it will bring north korea back to the negotiating table trump is the first u. S. President in twenty five years to be treated to a state visit with the first since Ronald Reagan not to visit the Demilitarized Zone the border with north korea instead he went by helicopter to count humphreys the largest u. S. Base in south korea he spoke of the close relationship between the two countries but all that weve built in the decades since our soldiers sacrifice side by side in the struggle for freedom our alliances more important than ever to peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and across the in the pacific region. Thousands of pro transporters lined the streets of seoul all those who oppose the u. S. President were kept corralled behind police buses south koreas liberal government is pulling out all the stops to make this visit a success they know they can afford to alienate present. States. Depends on a Good Relationship have a joint News Conference trump announced that south korea wants to buy billions of dollars worth of military equipment from the u. S. Which would help offset the trade deficit between the two countries and a five year old Free Trade Agreement will be renegotiated trampin. First lady milan you were greeted by children and a korean pop star at the blue house and later had whats known as a friendship walk through the gardens with president moon and his wife the day ended with a defiant threat from north korea reaffirming its resolve to strengthen its Nuclear Power rhetoric but no action so far so good the trumps first day in south korea Tony Berkeley al jazeera so. And while trump is away in the u. S. Senate Banking Committee is meeting on capitol hill were looking at the bipartisan north korea sanctions bill which aims to get all nations to Work Together to isolate the regime of kim jong un and make sure that pyongyang is as it were closed for business weve got rosalind jordan to talk us through this one from washington d. C. Can you explain at all in laymans term exam exactly whats going on heroes. Well lets see if i can try to us summarize pages of this draft bill which is being marked up that is congressional language for making the final changes and amendments so that its something that all one hundred members of the u. S. Senate can vote on basically what this bill does is incorporate some of the changes that were put into place when the u. N. Security Council Passed two sanctions bills earlier this year they are now going to incorporate those u. N. Sanctions into existing u. S. Law theyre going to have basically in force the embargo against anyone purchasing material from north korea including iron ore and or oil and other Raw Materials its also while going to basically toughen us penalties for banks and other Financial Services companies that do business with people or institutions inside north korea that have already been sanctioned and basically those come with pretty stiff fines the other part of this law if it passes will help the International Community do more to cut down on Human Trafficking that is something which human rights activists have been particularly worried about regarding north korea and so basically what this u. S. Bill would do is basically give more support from washington to the uns efforts to try to get north korea to abandon its Nuclear Weapons program and to try to abide by International Human rights standards i know its a little bit down the road but would there be any question about it not possible i cant see that they would be much opposition within the senate trying to tighten the screws on north korea. Well put to is notable about this legislation is that it is coming with bipartisan support both democratic and republicans have been working hard on this particular piece of legislation saying that it is important to said a united message to the government of pyongyang that the u. S. Does not tolerate does not condone its Foreign Policy its military strategy or its human rights performance and so this is something that is very likely to be passed by the u. S. Senate if there are similar legislation coming from the house its likely to be passed as well and its very likely that the u. S. President doll tromp would sign it this is a rare moment especially given that the u. S. Congress is usually much more focused on domestic issues than it is on Foreign Policy issues but there is widespread bipartisan agreement here in washington that north korea represents an existential National Security threat to the United States and to its allies and so we could expect this legislation could be wrapped up in the next few weeks and sent to the president for his signature jordans in washington d. C. With the latest on that one. Our first chat with leo tonight i mean you could look at north korea pretty much any day i suspect what in particular view from turning on this to the right well what we want to do is compare north and south koreas response online to trumps visit for example in south korea trump and korea are trending even social media star put cotto he was writing about donald trump areas you may recognize him from viral you tube videos but since north korea is offline off social media we to