the, the business people, you news live from berlin, israel and the us are on high alert for a possible attack by a rod. it's not toronto could target american or is really assets in the middle east. in retaliation for in is rarely strikes on the iranian embassy in syria. also coming up, mexico cuts ties with ecuador as police storm. its embassy, where a former ecuadorian leader was sheltering the . hi melissa chan. welcome to the show, the us and israel are on high alert,

expecting retaliation for the is really bonding other runs embassy in damascus. 7 revolutionary guards were killed and the attack on the syrian capital. iran has warranted reserves the right to make a decisive response to ron says is really war. planes were used in a major escalation in israel's war with its enemies in the region then. and ben tell that blue is a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies in washington dc. he gave me his assessment of whether a major regional escalation is likely a hi greetings, elizabeth, to be with you. it depends a great deal on how when and where are these vondik republic choose to respond or indeed if they choose to escalate against these really strike that killed several senior goods force. i already see extraterritorial operations, a military persons in damascus last week. in essence, one of those individuals is really you can say the connective tissue between the i,

r g, c. any ron, the syrian regime in damascus and has bullet 11 on. there's also stories circulating as of yesterday by that that individual may have had a hand in the october 7 come on, a terrorist attack against israel. and none the less than the past when these unexpected like has responded to perceived or real is really threats. it's done so with drones and missiles but often against any sensibility interest and like like iraq, as they did in 2022 and 24, alleging that these are most odd bases with no proof. it's likely you could see some kind of visual configuration like that again, but i don't think we're on the path to a major war unless there's a direct attack on these really territory, which i would for that low probability. but high impact. now use floated some of the possibilities. is there a general consensus among the experts where the, what, what the primary targets might be and where, where exactly, or is this hotly debated if it's something between a consensus and as a base? there's lots of folks yours, really included looking at the hard line and running,

press rank and divine, based on what is being said currently out of st. ron as well as the past presidents for how we run has responded. we try to figure out what these monica public might do. interestingly, in the past 48 hours, despite lots of top headlines coming out to be around. major speech has made it look like the place and the time would come, many runs on choosing. so it's likely that this could be a terror attack. uh at a potential is really target is really diplomatic facilities. really comfortable center in places like europe, even this is literally something that he runs in pass or to a rock will actually himself, as plumber and bass or to rock, i should say who himself is a, a good sports individual floated just a few days ago in the persian press, there is of course, also activating the militias. not just against these rallies, but against the americans. part of the strategic logic behind that might be to push washington to try to constrain israel, the russian theories being so some people right. indeed, they wouldn't mind,

you wouldn't be an escalation. but ironically, despite the logical public, knowing that america is the more capable adversary when compared to israel, there is actually a greater willingness to embrace risk even over new yes, america, when compared to israel, because the government have these mom at the public and it's military elite have a different impression about american resolve and american staying power in the region when compared to is rarely. now do you think there's any side that can do something to de escalate the situation and what would those moves look like? quick? you know, certainly these level kind of like fields pressure, pressure from the acts of resistance, but pressure based on its own ideology to respond publicly. the question of course, is the fact that it can't achieve escalation, dominance against israel means that it's certainly it's going to be doing anything to drive a major conflict. at least you know, so long as they don't practice really territory. even that there was really, there's literally nothing that probably could be done to walk these law maple

public back. in fact, things that are driving it forward or are, you know, the drone program, the missile program. unfortunately, the more capable the long range right. capabilities of the more least, all these capabilities have become the more often using iran actually as the willing to actually embrace risk. and in fact uh, i use these weapons and act on its rhetoric. so unfortunately, i don't think there's any kind of diplomatic walk back. but i do think strong messaging from washington that if this does get out of control, is they will be a swift military response could, can contain the nature of the run the filtrate response. then i'm going to lead blue senior fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies. thank you so much for joining us. thank you. commandos have recovered the body of it is really hostage held at han eunice in the southern gaza strip alive, cuts year of 47 year old kid boots farmer was among $253.00 people dragged into

gaza during the october 7th last tear attacks is really on he says his body was recovered during rates and southern gaza after could see it was killed by his captors staying in israel. the government is coming under increasing pressure over the air strikes that killed 78 workers and gaza. senior us democrats are calling for arms transfers to be halted unless israel does more to protect civilians. israel has announced that it will allow more aid and to gaza. here it is, rails are stored pause, aid shipments, bound for gaza will soon be accepted and for the south the air is crossing will be reopened, says eas, rent. it used to be a pos way for people to cross the border until her mouse militants used it as an entry point for their october 7th terror attacks. now israel will reopen the check

point temporarily. israel is about phase comes after pressure from its closest ally, the u. s. on attempts funding coal president biden told prime minister benjamin netanyahu that the us would review it. suppose if the wall, if changes weren't made a reprimand that appears to have sped israel to action, pardon these rails about face on aid, fuller's international outrage over in a strike. earlier this week, the killed 7, a work is in the gaza strip. after swift investigation, these railey army fired 2 offices and reprimanded and 3 senior commander. i was supposed to know the inquiry found. they had a tax the a trucks up to miss identifying the vehicles as having come off. gunman inside israel has expressed quite deep, sorry for the incident and made a commitment to protect aid work in the u. n. however,

is demanding an independent investigation makes some remark. these are the only government does acknowledge mistakes and then also some disciplinary measures. but the central problem is not only made the mistakes, it is the military strategy and procedures in place that the allow for those mistakes to multiply by. and by again, nearly $200.00 humanitarian aid workers have died in gaza strip attacks since october 7th, according to the un. and as the war news is 6 months mock several, 8 agencies, one that more than half of causes population is on the brink of famine. renewed russian air strikes on ukraine have killed at least 8 people. you cranes, military says it's air defense has destroyed 28 out of 32 drones heading for the city of har. teeth and 3 out of 6 missiles. russia is stepping up. it's

a tax on ukraine's energy infrastructure. dw john phillip shelves has been speaking to the ukrainian energy minister. her mom has shank go minutes. other think we have seen mess if it takes on ukrainian energy infrastructure in the past weeks. and what the consequences to those that takes that for the ukrainian people, everyone should, should understand that. today's situation that is, that's not about the battlefield. so that's like it's, i mean, the poor that are the people. they do not even hide these. so if you can see this, you can find it. so russian media, they say say that the ones who crane has to suffer. and that's what they are really trying to do it. so that goes to. so when you have the restriction, then in, let's say, what tricity supply, so you, that's a suffering and it's also then it's an onset of the electricity. you have the problems with the water and so on. so i think that's a, that's very important to understand the that this now these for more of suffering

for the people that smelt about. but they'll feel like, you know, they're also in the past week. so that's been talk about the safety and separate issue. then you cannot pull up and separate as yet one more time and occupied territory. are you worried that this could still eventually leads to some really nuclear incidents that i'm up? so literally i, i'm said unfortunately i had to say that so would be the way to go through this. i will increase it, which was supply for security systems and they had thank you. got one let's just system to deprive us. so for like 3 sit, i mean guys, but how we codes and supplies electricity to the nuclear station. i mean, and that this will, everything is so ridiculous. so i'm gonna say what they're doing. and uh, i think that that this, that there's a how much but call us of the station. should we wait? i mean 91050. and i know to answer when these sites are going to happen at the tone

of the question of time, which would understand this. we've also seen a tax on energy infrastructure in russia and many west the lead us, including the us presidents have harshly criticized these attacks. and do you think this is super critical? it's, it's very denture of discussion because i, i have a lot of conversation with the ministers all over the world and i'm very afraid when some time so i've heard like, ok guys, you have to worry about that. well, well, we're, and we will come back to russia. that's, that's a madness. i mean, so if you wants to come back again in, is this trip? so that's, that's, that's so you wouldn't, you should do not ever think not to repeat this story at a minister. how the sound? good, thank you very much for the interview. let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world. authorities in denmark are trying to shut down copenhagen's famous christiane. yeah, hippy enclave. police have tolerated the illegal sale of cannabis and the area since the 19 seventy's. but

a recent spate of shootings linked to games has led residents to call for the popular tourist district to be cleared. at 10 beck has been arrested at a protest in the netherlands. authorities detained the swedish climate activist along with others from the extinction rebellion group. when they tried to block a highway into the hague, the demonstrators are demanding and, and to fossil fuels, subsidies. heavy rainfall has caused a dive to collapse in the russian city of orest. 3000 people have been evacuated in thousands of homes, are flooded near the border with cars expand. mexico is breaking off diplomatic ties with ecuador over a raid on the mexican embassy in kito. security forces detained, a former ecuador, and vice president. jorge glass had been given political asylum in the compound. mexican diplomatic staff will leave ecuador immediately. police in quito,

guard the office of the prosecutor general, after they arrested ecuador, his former vice president. earlier on friday, mexico offered jorge eyeglass, political asylum. he is facing a string of corruption charges from his time and office. a staff member from the mexican embassy made their opposition to the raid known global. how easy the criminals rated the mexican embassy in a quote. all right, but that's not possible because it can't be to know if it's mountainous nor part of it said the board off the move to enter a diplomatic compound, as against the convention, leading mexico to cut ties with its latin american neighbour. it makes the car with known since the immediate suspension of diplomatic relations with ecuador, mexico will appeal to the international court of justice to hold a quick door accountable for violations of international law. in the

jorge eyeglass seeing here in 2017, took refuge in the embassy last december after an arrest warrant for a legit. corruption was issued against him. he had previously been sentenced to 6 years in jail for graft and was released just weeks before he entered the mexican embassy. the ecuadorian government said in a post that it is a sovereign country and will not allow any criminal to go on punished, adding they reiterate their respect for the mexican people who shared their feelings for the fight against corruption. in mexico city, a large police presence was also visible at the ecuadorian embassy after the regional spat escalated into a full blown diplomatic crisis. and you're up to date coming up next sports life needs a boxer from costs of oak whose career is stalled. because many countries do not

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