still militant groups officially, these are not 2 countries attacking each other. so why this apparent military tit for tat? and why is pakistan recalled? it's in basket from iran. why has is why i'm a bunch of splendid all high level visits from tehran tonight, a region of the world that has long been a powder keg. is this a new spark? i broke off in berlin. this is the day i us, the morning pockets on and the 2 can see these of tiny, coordinated and specifically targeted precision military strikes against terrorist holly high dogs and says donald, for those just on probing all feet on. so these attacks including stuckey scanned in iraq and iran, you have also with this type of lising ethics on the region. our region does not need more problems and conflicts just shows just how dangerous the situation is in

the wider middle east. also coming out to the far right and you have the political party is now germany's 2nd most popular party that is just one of the reasons thousands of people are protesting the rise of the far right. and i think it is the duty of all of us to be here today against the have the against hatred and rabble rousing hits the am unless we know that the f d is already quite popular nationwide in germany and it's important to stand up against fascism against anti democratic ideas, against nazi ideas about reviewers watching of cbs in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome. we begin today with the run in pakistan and they are tit for tat air strikes against each other. on thursday pakistan launched a series of attacks by air and it, what it says are militant hideout inside the ron. the strides were also in

retaliation for a rainy and attacks just a day earlier on what t ron claims is a terrorist group find out inside pakistan the official targets of both attacks or military or terrorist groups. but that is only part of the story here. pakistan has called this in bassett or into ron home, a former pakistani foreign minister said today that pakistan had the choice, but to answer it runs a show of force with a show of force of its own villagers assessing the damage. this footage appears to show the aftermath of the pakistani strike on the rounds border region. your ran in state medias say at least 9 people were killed there on thursday. is lama, but has confirmed, carried out the attacks this morning focused on and it took a series of highly coordinated and specifically targeted precision, military strikes against terrorist,

how high adults and cis donald. but it was just on probing all feet on a number of total risk or killed during the intelligence space to oppression the strikes and the ran in border region offices done in baluchistan. our a response to a runs attacks inside pac is down earlier this week. take run, said he to separate his group, which threatens it, security, us, history, it as, as far none of the nationals as a friendly and brotherly country of packets done with targeted by themselves and drones of the wrong. there is this group beat on the so called gish out of which is an iranian terrorist group ticket and they have taken shelter in some provinces. but that inside pack is done as mental or typically purchased on. the exchange of strikes has sparked a diplomatic crisis, is lama, but we called it some fast. so there are 2 iran and stopped to use a rainy encounter part from returning to pakistan. pakistan scared ticket prime

minister, and the bar will have cut car cut shorts. his visit to the world economic forum and davos is advanced on fold regional powers have ers to come from both sides. both gave me that off as a sort of all region does not need more problems and conflicts. now we see that the war in gaza unfortunately escalates regional tensions. we saw this tension reflected in 11 on yeah, syria, iraq, yemen, the persian gulf and of the red sea. in addition to all this, unfortunately, we have been closely following developments between pakistan and iran over the last 2 days with consent approval. i get it submitted today. and it said that you're not talking videos. well, officials trade accusations protests or as have taken to the streets of islam about to denounce the strikes on pakistan's territory. they're saying it's ok, can nuclear arm to pakistan would be dangerous for the whole world. what do the

strikes between pakistan and iran mean for the region and for the rest of the world? the joining me now is getting steinberg from the german institute for international and security affairs. we've spoken numerous times about the geo politics of the greater middle east region need. it was good to see you again. pakistan and iran. are these 2 countries that are headed for more or no, i don't think so. both sides have made clear that they don't see the attacks as a tax on the neighboring country, but rather as upsides on terrorists or by little g separate has been in the other in the other country. so i don't think there is any danger for an escalation between these 2 countries. now, a former pakistani foreign minister told us earlier today that pakistan had few if any options other than to respond with force. do you agree

to? yes, yes, i think so. i think you know, the focused on the government and especially in the army was. busy surprised by this attack, it's insight. this is the wrong that attacking a nuclear on the may, but nobody could have suspected that this was about to about to happen. so in the, in the logic off the nation states in the world, i think it's, it's possible that such an iranian attack on park has tiny territory warranted. parts are strongly booted feet. yeah, you know, you bring up a very important point here. pakistan is a nuclear power. what does that tell us about a role and considering that a ron was willing to provoke pakistan with a military strike as well. uh, i think uh that that the wrong is like so it has become extremely sense confident in recent weeks and months uh its prophecies uh, in the gaza strip in the,

in the iraq and syria and in yemen have now attacked a wide range of different targets and also iran is partially responsible because it provides all these proxies with drones, with cruise missiles, with ballistic besides, that has not been any really treatment response. and i think that's part of the reason why the wrong thing, since it come get away with an attack even on how to stop it. what do we know about these millers instead of running pakistan targeted with these air strikes when we no longer have quite a bit about the bottom 2 separate tourists in the, in eastern e wrong. there has been a problem in the country for more than 20 years. now, and they have the change of several of the tags and in recent months is especially on the revolutionary guides and other things. the main reason for what we see here

does not have an awful lot to do with events in the middle east, but more with domestic politics in the wrong e. ron, especially after the attacks in paramount, although they have been famed by hispanic state, the not by but which is separate and just wanted to show it citizens all over the country that is willing and able to fight these jobs as groups on its file trip. ron is extremely worried about separatism, or cetera, just tendencies that have become a bit more obvious in the last year. not only a village from, but also in south west the wrong, where many arabs lived and to get into your audience. so just on, i think that's the deeper reason for, for the rom you that time. its okay due to steinberg with the streaming institute for international and security affairs. you know, as always, we appreciate your time and your analysis. thank you.

now to the us and the race to win the white house, republican, hopeful nikki haley is moving voters in new hampshire this week and she seems to keep her bid for the republican presidential nomination on track. on monday haley finished the 3rd behind florida governor rhonda sanchez in the iowa caucus both finished far behind the runaway front runner, donald trump. well, the next contest, the new hampshire primary next tuesday. and the primary you've seen is maker break for haley who has tried to make the republican raise a choice of 2 between herself and donald trump. the full show her with a double digit deficit behind the former us present. whoever wins the republican nomination will almost certainly face off against the incumbent us president joe biden, at the age of $81.00. he's the oldest president in us history,

and we will have to convince voters of all ages that he has the stem and it for another 4 years in office. so far younger voters remain rather unconvinced. well examined their role in this election and just a moment, but 1st here's vitamin speaking earlier today in the state of north carolina. the folks on here today to talk about something that doesn't get enough attention. and that's the progress for making invest in america. all american, you know, there's a, there's a law written back in the thirty's that says when the congress passes a bill that has money that to be spent, to build something in american mileage in aircraft carrier, or to highway or whatever happens to be that the president should use american workers and american products are the longest, foreigners, time democrats and republican presidents didn't divide by very much. but i do, because i wanna make sure that we're making america bills in america with american products. and that's why we're in created 14000000 new jobs

what we do by the donald trump. back in 2020 young voters played an important role . figures from the pew research center showed that 58 percent of people born between 1996 in 2002 known as generation z are generations that they vote and provide only 38 percent voting for trump. reset numbers from the institute of politics at harvard kennedy school of government show that young voters tend more towards joe biden this year. but for a variety of reasons, less than half of generations, the voters say that they are going to go to the polls at all. well bringing now lindsey williams drowns in washington d. c. she's the ceo of the forward party, which is a centrist political party currently working towards gaining and like total access in all 50 states. lindsey, it's good to have you with this. the primary season is under way at the moment.

it's all about democrats or republicans, as you know. are you feeling well more than a little left out? are hi, how are you bill to be here with you? um, i don't think i'm alone and feeling left out. i think that's why we're seeing those disenfranchised numbers amongst jen z right now. they're not alone. you've got 46 percent of americans right now. so identifying is independence. folks are leaving the 2 legacy parties and drugs, and those numbers are even higher amongst jen z. and, you know, as, as you said i'm, i'm here launching a new political party in united states of america. i am. nothing is not an optimist . i, i have to be in this work, but if, if young motors in america feel that their vote doesn't count. sadly, it is because the reality of our system isn't it doesn't, even in states we're independence, can vote in our primary. you've got gerrymandering. that's i'm sure that the over whelming majority of elections are decided well before the general. so have more

than half of the population. united states doesn't really have a say and who represents them. yeah, i mean, i would definitely go on back and saying you're probably one of the most overworked and under appreciated. um, people in the united states right now. um so, you know, here's to you for trying to put a, another party on the ballot. but let's talk about where we are right now. at the end of this primary season, we're going to end up probably with the general election pending to man who were both around 80 years of age against each other. that is, that the reason jen z voters say they will not be flocking to the poles this year. and i think that right now when we're talking about the november and the presidential election, we're talking about one day and we're talking about 2 white men who are not they, they do not feel relevant to young people across the country. what we're not talking about is the 520000 seats for elected office that are all across the

country where individuals are representing folks in their own community and, and, and really working on issues that impact americans lives on a daily basis. just last week it was really exciting. we are seeing the 1st ever all women city council sworn in in saint paul, minnesota. and they are broadly representative of, of communities of color. these are the sorts of stories that i think give us hope as americans and what i hope will drive people to the polls. not just in november, but during their primaries to we've got super tuesday coming up on march 5th. we've got huge, hugely important states like north carolina on march 5th, you've got pennsylvania on april 23rd and your folks that are representing people in their, in their own communities on this, on those primary balance. and i hope folks will come out and support them. let me ask you those. who do you think jen z is concerned so much that these are 2 white men or more concerned with the fact that these are 2 people who can easily be gen,

sees grandfathers or great grandfather's isn't an age here. that is really the issue for young voters. i think it's relevancy, i think you could see someone who was of an older generation who is relevant to the issues that are impacting americans in their own backyards. who are solutions oriented or committed to getting things done. i think that generationally, an older candidate could still resonate with the younger voter. the problem is, is the rhetoric and the political dog whistles that the 2 parties continue to a spouse are not resonating with a generation who's, who's looking for hope and change. maybe to, if we look beyond the age issue with younger voters, maybe a bigger question is here's how do you get moderate americans motivated over politics and the how do you get them to shift away from this. this in a polarizing performative politics that has become such a hallmark of the more extremely public and we in recent years mean how do you do that? yeah,

i think again it goes back to our communities. it goes back to running people in folks back yard, where you're able to address the things that really matter to american voters, jobs, education, health care, cost of living, affordable housing. these are all things right now, but at the top of the ticket, americans aren't seeing candidates taking these issues. seriously. they're not seeing what's resident in their own communities. and the more we're able to see fantastic candidates who are running for city council may, are state legislature who are addressing these real issues and taking them on in ways that are innovative. i do think you're going to see excitement. i do think you're going to have an independent minded voters, turn out to support those candidates and turn out is important. we want folks to turn out. we want folks to vote. but obviously, as you said, the top of the ticket is not going to motivate them. if, if you've got all of these, you know, great you, you've got all of these qualified, motivated local politicians across the united states. if that's the case, then why in a country of 300000000 people,

do we not have anything new to choose from when it comes to the, the president? would you say here that the biggest threat to american democracy as we know it right now, is maybe not donald trump or, or to abide or their age, but maybe the actual political party apparatus that we half as a 100 percent, a grades of 520000 seats that i reference actually that's not representative of candidates. it's actually it's the seats themselves. and of those 520000 positions of elected office, 70 percent of them go uncontested. which means you have people who are sitting in in positions of elected office, who again don't represent the interest of the people. and in large part because you have one party control in those communities. so no one even thinks that there's an opportunity to go and compete. there's a lack of competition up and down the ballot, and that is by design that is by design of a 2 party system. they have done an excellent job, kind of pulling up the ladder behind them once they get into positions of power,

whether it's close party primary primaries. uh, you know, jerry mander districts, these are all things that have been designed by the 2 party system to lock out competition. and none of this is and dated in the constitution. we as americans have a great tradition of innovation and the ability to change these things, it's a matter of folks showing up and getting engaged in their own communities and, and we can, we can, we can really see that change that everybody's looking for. but you've, you've had a big job ahead of you and if they're pulling the letters up behind them, i'm sure that you were going to find a way to put a new letter up to bring a 3rd party and lindsey williams draft to see the forward party and we appreciate your time tonight. thank you. thanks for having me. here in germany, thousands have it turned out for a 4th night of protests against the far right alternative for germany political party. the demonstrations were triggered by a news report of a secret meeting in which party members as well as others,

discussed what's being called a master plan to be important. millions of foreigners, as well as the 2nd generation germans who have failed to assimilate into german society. the party has growing popularity. it is now number 2 in the national polls. berlin hates the f d. that was the chun says thousands meet their voices haired under the lights of the city hall. the latest show of force against the rise of the far right in germany. we hit today because there is a shift to the, to a more i, we approach and politics in germany and that's a horrifying goal. i think it is the duty of all of us to be hit today against the if the against hatred and rabble rousing hits the most of us. we know that the f d is already quite popular nationwide in germany. and it's important to stand up against fascism against anti democratic ideas,

against nazi ideas or protests to rob did. after which a marriage that alternative for jam, many members and neo nazis, met to discuss plans to deport millions of people with migration routes, including german citizens. the distance themselves from a so called re migration plan one and for germans has on migration background, invalid. the story has brought to mind the doctor's chapter in german history. when not sees deported and murdered millions of people. it's not right to do it. it's not right for the nations. yes, it reads associates with me. it sucks me that people have not learned from history . me. clear on how this works is they? me cause that's really why do we migration is the worst you can hear, especially in a country that one's slipped through that history?

let's. i most it gives us the community good, which we got to explain to people who were born here with the migration background . should also leave is thereby too hard because you see germany overland is your home and it's all very difficult. i don't usually let racism get to me like that, but it did. it didn't make me aggressive. do you think? what solve this crap most? the focus no times to the parties position in the german parliament where the debate is whether they should be funded entirely a nuclear option fraught with legal hurdles. and that may only help, rather than hinder the far right. what do you don't use political correspondence? i mean, youngest following this for so i asked him why the party is so successful. and that's despite the resistance we've seen on the streets this one. but of course, there are many different reasons why people might be drawn to a policy like the alternative for germany, a f

d. one key thing certainly is the issue of migration. that's the issue that they've put to at the center of many of the campaigns. and they've got this a tough line that you, you heard about in the piece there. and that's something that's a clearly is, is wondering a lot of people, it's got a lot of people interested in focused on them. but it's not the only thing. there's a lot of uncertainty and disgruntlement in the population at large, for instance, with environmental legislation. and just generally they realize in the cost of living and so on. so you've got a lot of people looking at the current government a 3 way coalition on the life shelves and scaling that you know, those main stream parties don't have the answers to the questions that to concern people. that's why they're looking to at what tony seems, in this case, the a f d mm. yeah, the if the is apparently an alternative and yet we're seeing calls to ban the party . why did people want to see this party being?

well a lot of people are very alarmed. they say that this policy is hostile to democracy and that it essentially is sort of the fascist front organization. and indeed parts of the a, if the have been declared a threat to democracy by intelligent services in various places around the country . so there's a lot of concern. i think that concerned has been wrapped up in recent days by these reports of a meeting with the different far right groups. that sort of coming together in a network, including a, if the representatives and talking about this a circle plan for re migration deporting people that are essentially at these far right. members don't want to see living in gym and they will, it's got a lot of people worried, but this isn't just about street protests at their phone. so being debates here at

the gym and paul a meant to for instance, today we sold the debate on the far right and what to do about it. let's listen to some of the voices from that debate. today, we've been trying to wipe your wolf in sheep's clothing, but i'll say this, you'll facade is beginning to correct this, the, the true phase of the f d is coming out of old to see. and we'll make it clear what kind of ideology they office you and i'll be by, by now the problem by plan to, to put people who watch them and citizens is clear and obvious to everyone in class and options. this please. no democrats can remain silent about this time demo, caught me a slide. my new dining room town is duty and is that the war in syria is over. 600000 syrians have to go back. even denmark ruled by central democrats ascending syrians home. this is the re migration we're calling for and this the migration is

done against the law and the constitution. it is the implementation of below and the constitution. we have to defend as a rule of law. and you are its opponents, the video game. so you, you hear the, the, a, f, d a defending themselves and even taking ownership of that to re migration of the policy is site that they're trying to bypass democracy. whereas they say they're speaking of for what only people care about, that certainly the mainstream parties are worried, so i'm just always thank of the day continues online. we'll see you next time everybody, the,

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