the, the, this is the, the, the news line from by then 3 us troops killed in a droned attack in the middle east defense secretary lloyd austin promises retaliation depends on blames militants. best buy iran for the strikes on the base in jordan known as our 20 to also on the program you and opens an investigation into its agency helping palestinian refugees. israel alleges summit, but the staff i took part in the how much the tax of the 7th of october also have cut me off of route open that i'm afraid munster tax of the 7th of october also have coming up a route of the name of a new political party in south africa, the president of jacob sula is suspended by the ruling conflict. a national

congress was signed. he'll come paid for a rival, and french promise bluff major routes around paris. i'm certain to escalate that protest. governments expected to announce new concessions to get the tractors off the streets. the . i'm so glad you're welcome to the program united states as promising what it calls a very consequential response to a drone attack that killed 3 of its troops in jordan and wounded dozens more. us officials say the strike on saturday. they said military outpost known as talent, 22. the other border was, syria is the 1st time such an attack has killed american soldiers in the region since the start of the israel hospital. us president joe biden has blamed a run back to minutes. and so iran did nice involvement mess defense secretary

lloyd often used to meet with nato secretary general in arlington, virginia to condemn the attack to good morning everybody. let me start with my range from the depth. it's reprieve us from sin, jordan and for the other troops or president, and i will not tolerate attack on us forces and we will take all necessary actions to defend us. and our troops will, despite the defense of secretaries woods, the by the administration is insisting that it is not looking for a war with iraq. the pressure for action is growing. iran has for decades funded medicine groups targeting the us and its allies that been more than 150 attacks on us forces stations in the region. since the start of the war and gaza missiles fly towards the red sea targeting ships and from lebanon into israel, and from a rack into jordan, all fired by groups backed by a rock their own backs more than

a dozen proxies in lebanon, syria, iraq, yemen, and gaza projecting its influence across the region and aiming to drive out american troops. there over 30000 us forces stationed across the middle east, from several 100 in syria to more than 10000 agent guitar and the united arab emirates. since october 7th, the us also brought warships that have moved closer to israel and guys of so many us soldiers near so many proxy armies and dozens of tit for tat attacks and counter attacks, but no direct confrontation with around so far. iran says it doesn't control the groups, it's funding, well, i'm a lot of my government resistance groups across the region. do not take all to somebody's lovek republic could be wrong, that these lemma group probably could be wrong. while it does not welcome the expansion of conflicts in the region. doesn't interfere in decision making by

resistance groups that are testing the multi good all the more of a math. but since the as law, mac resolute sion, in 1979, iran has built up its support for those proxies, sending them hundreds of millions of dollars per year. it's 1st big success for the proxy force happened in 1983 in lebanon when it has below truck bombing at the us army barracks killed more than 200 soldiers. the us withdrew its forces from the country. meanwhile, has built built a huge arsenal of missiles since from us as terror attack on october 7th, hezbollah has nearly daily fired rockets into his re iran also arms the who fee rebels in yemen. after israel invaded garza who these attacked ships and the red sea, the u. s. has bombed who the positions, but the group continues its attacks. yet another front is in iraq and syria, or iran appears to be encouraging its militias to attack us military bases.

washington has responded with its own strikes. the drone attack on us forces in jordan was the 1st since october 7th to kill american soldiers. 3 people lost their lives. the attack was claimed by the islamic resistance in a rack, or collection of militias, backed by around the us says it will mount a consequential response entail. now the us and iran has been locked in a war of words, careful not to attack each other as military's, but the fatal strike on us troops has created pressure from republicans on president biden, to hit iran itself. bringing the 2 countries even closer to direct confrontation. laura blumenfeld is a senior fellow and johns hopkins school for advanced international studies. i asked her about the us is likely response as well. there's a whole menu of retaliation options here. they could fire back at iranian back

proxies which they've already done 10 times inside of yemen. um because it also choose to go directly to i ran um both inside or outside of iran uh, economical military targets. um and there is the cyber option, which kind of gives you some deniability if you want, but i think that they're more likely to go for a high value target if they take their own advice that they've been given these really, which used to be precise to the to check and pinpoint do they, they've had some successes that 2020 when president trump took our 10 most of them on uh, you know, there was a dramatics. right. and they were able to back channel message. yeah. radians to say, tit for tat were done, do not escalate and, and they got the job done. right. so that would be your anticipation. a strike in iran against a specific target is not necessarily on iranian territory if you'd be outside of iran, but i do think they need to send a strong message with that escalating to the war. so how does the president walk

that line? right, they want to, they want to create insurance with that. and although, or which has been a main goal for the united states from the beginning of this conflict which started back on october 7, primary goal do not escalate into regional battle. and as we're so close now have you seen this week in paris where there's this hostages for a cease fire, at least a 2 month pause and the fighting in gaza. we're getting close. and the last the present by and wants to do is blow up. you know, another front in the middle east as we're reaching potential peace between these rallies and ha, right? so the, the group responsible. all that is claiming responsibility for this is one of these umbrella groups for what, why be regarded as a radiant proxies. if the u. s. and iran and pretty much everyone else in the world is saying the last thing we want is an escalation in this region. what process do you think was behind photography of this us base as well?

i think that these proxy groups actually have a lot to gain. i mean look at the who t's and in them and they, they, they gain and status and kristi's. and so for that, you know, it's all in program. i mean, they're very used to take little bites and nips out of the united states. they like to push them out of iran, sorry, a by rack and syria. so they're happy to kind of diminish the united states prestige and the region without going into all out war. but the small proxy groups have everything to gain, hama, included by attacking the big bad, you know, definitely united states. right. and just, just to go through that and it runs involved with this. iran has said we didn't do this on the actions of, of these various groups, these resistance groups as it cause its that's nothing to do with, with us. so to construe, iran's involvement beyond financing them as well look inspiration, um you know, a lot of there is financial backing. there's the technology i ran to the same kind

of we did it, we didn't do it immediately following october 7th. they kind of want to have the benefit of taking down the united states and israel without paying the price and it's understandable. they have their own domestic politics. that's what makes this moment in time. it's fascinating and treacherous, right? and we've got this military calculation. how do you respond without over responding? you've also got domestic policy to the united states where and campaign season. now, you know, biden is thinking about his re election and that pressure from capitol hills are a republican saying that there's blood on president biden's hands and the uh, president trump also running through the election calling by them away. soon as i connected us topics, domestic i really and politics. and then there's this regional fragility because it's tremendous for july, because israel is about to, is threatening to go to war 11, not to push back on his box. so it's got 3 things happening at once. spitting up,

biden's got a very, very fine line to walk, but i think he can do it. his key goal is to a ser, i am in command, i am the leader, not be you sort of nuisance proxies or frankly, the domestic political i. trip problems. ok, thank you for that. took us through that. so a lot of bloomfield from johns hopkins university. thank you. of united nations has begun investigations into its agency for palestinian refugees known as underwater organizations facing intense scrutiny. since these are hell accused, some of his staff of being involved in the october 7th. i'm a tenant attacks several countries including it leads you, i'm the rest of halted financial contributions. the agency says it will have to suspend the operations in gaza unless the funding is restored. the telephone was a condo, so one of gulls as last lifelines so many here. these blue and white bags of flour,

a roll that stand between them and install evasion. but with more and more of the agencies don't, is cutting off that funding. people here in the southern city of rafa, the other west. that's what i looked with. oh, me in the stopping moonrise. 8 distribution is a catastrophe in the gaza strip. of like is it was a handout uh main supports and if they sold me on that will be a famine like the one the know that color is going to be much as i'm a part of the summer when i can isn't what kind of a phone ross don't helping us then i'll people will face death a minute, 5 minutes, who was helping on people who are hungry and suffering. if they stop him, we'll have no one on our side other than go to the details of these really allegations against monroe stuff. have been slow to a much according to new york times. so i think it does ca provide it to the us government for the is really secret services. 12 workers were involved, some said to have participated in kidnappings and killings, while others provided

a logistical support. the agency has already fired several people and is about to thoroughly investigate the claims. but the un says the funding needs to continue while that happens. palestinian officials and occupied westbank have also urge donors to reconsider. for the companies that have, i know the suspension paid amounts to 70 percent of the time you went budget of the united nation really fund work agency. this measure is extremely dangerous. i mean, it is our hope that this would be provide us with most calls ins, no follows from the homes, but the fighting people here. i'm more dependent on the agencies help whenever the head of unreal has wound that if money doesn't start flowing again soon, it's will will grind to a halt and a matter of weeks. let's pick this up with shaking

a low space for the norwegian refugee council and joins us from jerusalem. welcome to the w. and can we start with your thoughts on this action taken against unable by the us the u. k. it's we and others of suspending the funding it's just unconscionable that international powers would be suspending funding when over to 1000000 pallets, demands in gaza are in desperate need of aid. over a 1000000 palestinians are seeking shelter in and around are what facilities are reliant on or what for all sorts of age, shelter, food, clean water, other materials we are living in the midst of a humanitarian catastrophe. in gaza that is man made he, a man made humanitarian catastrophe. and cutting off fun will only cause the greater suffering for the palestinian population that has already suffered for over

16 weeks. right. so some of those countries are suspended contributions. they say they will continue to fund other organizations that provide humanitarian assistance in gaza. is that likely to be sufficient? or you know, no other organization operating in gaza has the capacity to do what on or what is doing on our well right now is providing around 80 percent of the region palestinians in garza, i, that's not to say organizations like the norwegian refugee council where i work are doing all that we can, but just to put it in scale. and our see where i work has a 48 staff, local staff on the ground, and 5 international staff there about 50 people under what has 13000 employees, 3000 of who continue to work. there's no way that in the 5 weeks before hon would have to start suspending. it's operations that any of these and any of our peer

organizations or we could manage the burden of, of taking care of all of these people and providing assistance on or what has the expertise, the experience they've been working in gaza for, for over 70 years. and really as much as we we, and many of us organizations are also reliant on, on our way to help us in arguing delivery, whether it's helping to coordinate or aid once it's indigo. # the storing it in their warehouses until we're able to pick it up. uh and, and another coordination. okay. and then just something that, that none of us would be able to handle. i wonder if you could to tons of the nature of the allegations against these workers and i'd be interested to hear from you, given your experience of working for humanitarian organizations in such stressful circumstances. how should n g o's god against the dangers of being infiltrated, or indeed, of staff becoming radicalized by the horrendous things i witnessed as well,

you know, o n r c, i can speak for other organizations, but we have a code of conduct that we expect our staff to adhere to, i'm sure, under what and other you and agencies have something similar. and the reality is that on our what i think did what, what any organization would do it. wednesday, the allegations came to like they immediately fired the employees in question and started an independent investigation, not within on or what but, but back at un headquarters. and i think that's what we can expect of these organizations, but organizations should not be held accountable and an innocent civilians should not be punished for the for the legit criminal acts of individuals acting outside of their capacity. a few minutes, hearing aid workers that's understood and very clear. thank you so much for joining us. straight and low from the norwegian refugee council. take a look at some of the doors making headlines around the world. the danish warships,

on its way to the red sea, to join the us that mission against to see a military. the rebels back by iran had been attacking commercial vessels along the maritime route because of the gospel. who has claimed to be targeting ships linked to israel. it's almost 5 minutes. the georgia bologna is hosting an african summit aimed at boosting economic ties and covering migration. 2 dozen african leaders got it in the road. it's always clutching 5 and a half 1000000000 your own health energy and education project. so we come to the deep in the pakistan on the round of agreed to improve corporation following cross board of strikes between the night was less than 2 weeks ago. iran struck what it called the militant targets in pakistan is longer bad responded with attack and response and retaliation. visit not to south africa where the governing amc potty has suspended former president, jacob sooner for endorsing arrival,

possibly before this year's general election. so human, that'd be african national congress. i'm the country for nearly a decade then to come up from allegations forced him out of the office in 2018. in december he announced that he become painting full speed of the nation, a new prostate named f b. i n c's, oma the wing during the struggle against the pa side games they lead to shifts, launched a legal battle over the name of j today because we are getting role from corresponding to that whole kit in johannesburg. welcome, i'm diane. i'm jacob zuba. i already acknowledge that he would run for a different policy a base years. so a y z i n c suspending him now as well even though he made that announcement earlier on, he was straddling 2 sides of the line. he hadn't missed the amc formerly and hadn't submitted he's official resignation. and as an, as

a card carrying agency member would have had access to attend a c meetings and, and get the internal amc information. so the amc chose to take the stip of suspending him and in all likelihood he will end up being ever evicted or removed from the party in its entirety. i don't think that that's something that jacob's whom i will take issue with since he has already started campaigning for his new party. the quote do i see the party and the name is very closely associated with the a and see if that was the agencies, the name of agencies on we. and it looks like of this part in the amc is likely to go into this coming election with the legal battle over its name. the agency sees the project doesn't have permission to use the name and that it's being very strategic in, in taking the name of a well known amc associated name and using that as part of it's, it's campaign. so it sounds like a beyond

a bit of pride and bruised ego is the best, not much in the way of political implication of this suspension for assuming it was a way of political implications for him personally. but i think that what we seen over the past few years is that there has been a distance growing between the former president, jacob zoom and the party that one supported. and i writing the he is the very same person who one said that it's cold outside the amc. so it will be interesting to see now that he is seemingly making his way officially out of the amc waiver that applies to him as well. with it could be political implications, or at least entry is in the party that the former president lives in where he's been doing a lot of his campaign. it does look like in the coming election that that's going to be quite a battle ground. that's the problem is of course even

a tall it's one of so that's because most pop to this province's going to end jacobs whom as he started he had quite a big support the. and he will be interesting to see how the amc does in the problem was out to my, to campaign for it for the and how, what do you, how do you write these chances of success? there's chances of being elected to a given the cloud of corruption allegations that swelled around him in 2018 and forced him out of office or what and some coaches jacobs who must still has quite a lot of support. and they are those that believe that the corruption allegations are just a smoke screen to hide a sort of big issues with in the routing a c. and we know that state capture was a very big problem in from africa and actually continues to be a problem to this day. we continued to see the fix of state capture with issues like low shooting. that's the frequent power outages that we have here. and the

collapse of some other tea institutions. but david has in a way, tried to distance himself from that saying that he has, he did well during his term as, as president. i'm not sure how well that kind of sentiment will be received by the voters. we'll have to wait to see, but we do know that in some areas like in the top, he has continued to retain support. we've seen that support when he's cold cases, take place and large numbers appear. but of course, a lot of that has also been associated with him being in the amc, a senior, a wrong member. so taking the amc away from zoom. uh it will be difficult to see, you know, how that will that fold. okay, thank you for that. that the w correspond, the data ok in javascript. so to friends where protesting problem is a blocking major. most advisor on paris says police deployed to prevent veterans is entering the capital. i say green policies, low food prices,

and cheap imports of threatening their livelihoods. i can find so accurate by farmers elsewhere in your friends government is expected to announce more health for its agriculture and sector of to days of regional blockades. front of farm is a headed for the capital in what they calling the siege of paris. stopping traffic along a to me to authorize into the states a, the males that 2 tires is the capital. so going, there is a powerful symbols. and if you go to paris, that's where the head office is, where all the ministries are, where all the politicians are up there and going there is the final act, elective nurse one way it is, you know, these protests slogans have become a common site across the country they read oh and we'll be all hung up, and i love my job, but i'd like to make a living from at the pharmacy they are being strangled by french,

and you regulations the oper, testing it against the removal of subsidies by agricultural diesel, a low tax fuel used to power attractive. i'm calling for a reversal on pesticide funds that make producing goods like these more expensive. in belgium. pharmacy echoed the demands and tactics of the french counts of pops. looking roads near the capital, brussels. where you want boots us, us, the scene that was starting up and other countries we said to ourselves, maybe if we all get together on salt and will be stronger in the eyes of the people and we would like to you to take is the responsibility scope of can 2nd guess pull somebody to farmers in germany also demonstrating they say the us funding against what they called tax and bureaucracy madness. the similar protests of all

subscribed to other countries including insulate under romania and based on good could be expressed at the bottom votes. when the you repeat parliament elections take place in june and mexico is hosted. it's 1st bull fight for nearly 2 years after the supreme court over to the temporary bond crowd of $50000.00 and watch the event and wells biggest bull ring. but outside, the reason they wouldn't noisy protests against the both sides, which many se amounts to annual cruelty pot stadium as tens of thousands of people. watch the return of full fighting in mexico city. convinced that this is part of the country's culture. when the best of the important parts of the bill fighting culture is 1st and foremost, the bill, the bill is at the center. it's an animal that has been bred for this. you also see

the economic benefit. so many jobs are generated by bill citing. it drives a lot, you cannot mclee down side the stadium. hundreds of protest is gathered angry what they say amounts to animal cruelty mode. to is this group shouts, as most foods queued in the arena fights. we are fed up with the mistreatment of animals of any species. we're here to defend the bose. unfortunately, in december, the judge has decided that there were in sufficient arguments to keep the bill ring close to that judgment was made by mexico supreme court. in december, it temporarily overtime the local decision to bind bull fighting with judge is a still debating whether it should be allowed to carry on in the long term.

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