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tv   World News in Full  PRESSTV  March 19, 2024 2:30pm-3:03pm IRST

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first of you headlines this hour, us israelly genocide in gaza continues for the 165th day with the death doll surpassing 31,800 mostly women and children. france's un envoy says the gaza situation is absolutely catastrophic, urging the international body to overcome its inaction and to declare immediate cease fire. an israely occupation forces carry out night raids on several areas of the west bank, abducting at least two young.
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2:30 pm, this is presentb news, thanks for joining us, the gaza strip is ruling from endless israely bombardment with his people remaining in a state of despair and agony, the regime is... out fresh attacks across the territory, including it, where at least 14 palestinians have lost their lives, there is no safe area, they're saying that this is safe area, but there are no safe areas, they're hitting in every direction, of they don't care. people, they are hitting
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everywhere. number of others were also injured in the air strikes on rafa. in central gaza, israel's artillery shelled the vicinity of bot and the barage refugee camps. several neighborhoods in gaza city were bombed as well. israel unleashed this of genocide in gaza early october. over 31,800 palestinians have been killed so far, most of them women and children. the war rages on while gazins are observing the holy month of ramadan food shortages and other devastating impacts of israel bombardment and siege. is a correspondent joining us from there muti, welcome, we understand that in rafa 14 have been killed uh due to an air strike, what do you have on us for that and of course any other developments? well actually the israeli incubation. forces continued their resistant
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attacks against the palestinian people and the palestinian residental buildings, particularly in gaza city. over the last couple of hours, the israeli incubation forces committed another opponing massacre against the palestinian civilians after destroying a residental building in the central part of gaza city, at least 15 palestinian civilians, mostly women and children were brutally killed and massacred in that house after the israeli. blans destroyed the house over their heads. it's worth mentioning that the israeli accubation forces are still hitting those areas, mean in gaza city. more residental buildings were destroyed particularly in the western parts of gaza city. as the israeli uh as the israeli artillery also continued their artillery shelling against those areas, particularly the western parts and the surrounding areas of the ashifa marthas hospital. douzens of the palestinian casualties were reported as a result of
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continuous and the chronic attacks that reach all residental buildings and all facilities and even the infrastructure in that area. in the meantime, the israel incubation war planes also continued another alarming massacre in jabalia after destroying horizontal building, at least five palestinan civilians were reportedly killed. the the the person that was uh targeted mainly and basically of that attack was raid albanna, he's he was in charge of coordinating the efforts of distributing. humanitarian aid to the people in jabala refugee camp, he is the second person after the palestinian police officer uh al mabh was killed yesterday after the israel incubation forces managed to attack as shifa hospital and killed him in the hospital, so we are talking about deliberate attacks of the israel incubation forces against the palestinian people and particularly against the palestinian personals who are in charge of distributing.
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the humanitarian aid to the people, particularly in the northern part of gaza strip, and this comes in the context according to multiple people here and according to the palestine people, this comes in the context of the uh persistent and the... continuous israeli war against the palestinian, the palestinian civilians and as the israelis are still using salvation as a weapon of war against the palestinian people, in the meantime the israeli incubation forces committed another crime here in the central area of gaza slip after targeting after targeting a group of the palestinan civilians who were attempting to uh return to gaza city, the the israeli snipers actually open their gunfire towards those palestinian civilians palestinian. civilian was reportedly shot dead over that gunfire and uh his his his dead body actually was proved and evacuated to the alaxa marta's hospital so the current situation is still catastrophic and hazardous particularly when it comes to
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gaza city that is uh subjected to heavy bombardments and attacks of the israeli artillery and the israeli relentless air strikes over to you thank you for that talking to us thank you, moving on, the us secretary of state has expressed concern over the acute food shortage in the gaza strip and the dhumanitarian crisis there. again, according to the most respected measure of these things, 100% of the population in gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. that's the first time an entire. population has been so classified, we also see again, according to in this case the united nations, 100%, the totality of the population.
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over the food shortage in gaza and his attempts to secure a peace deal come as washington has time and again b the un security council resolutions on the ceasefire. our france's ambassador and permanent representative to the un has called on the security council to take action on the dire situation in gaza. so far the security council has only been able to adopt two humanitarian resolution which by the way are not implemented. this con need to do more to do it now and take up its responsibility, it cannot wait any longer, so this is why france requested close consultation on the situation in gaza today, we want the members of this council to have a honest conversation on
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which measures can be taken by this council to stop this conflict, well we are supposed to take different steps, now the... emergency is to do what i just said, immediate cice fire during ramadan, release of hostages and full humanitarian access, so this is what the security council should do now, not next week, i'm talking about the next 24 or 48 hours, there is no reason to procrastinate further, no reason. rivia also described the humanitarian situation in the bessieg palestinian territory is absolutely catastrophic. he argued that this is not a natural disaster, but a war that should stop now, and that the security council cannot continue to procrastinate. france has been pushing for a ceasefire in israel's war on gaza. however, the 15 member un body has failed to pass resolutions due to constant us vedos. since israel launched this genocidal
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war in gaza early october, washington has vetoed three draft resolutions, two of them calling for an immediate ceasefire. in our news review program we discussed with our guests about the growing calls including from france for a coordinated international action to establish an immediate ceasefire in gaza. let's take a listen. as the palestinian scientist and author who joins us from bethlehem. we also have barry grossman, international lawyer who joins us from bal indonesia. general. welcome, let's say, i'll first start with you uh, the french ambassador showing to the un, showing his frustration, saying that something needs to be done, but the eu as a whole is partly also responsible for what is happening in the gaza strip, so that claim somewhat falls on uh, deaf ears so to speak, because they are the
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ones also partly responsible, but really uh, it then comes to the us role in this whole genocidal conflict, um, isn't the us the one that also uh should... be held responsible a large scale on this genocidal war that's taking place. yes, indeed, thank you for having this discussion because it's very, very important. "the world has failed gaza, it has failed human rights, the un resolutions that have been made, israel is in violation of over 35 un security council resolutions um, including 242 and 338, which call acquisition of territory by force, illegal, and israel is occupying gaza and the west bank since 1967." and also the gin heights, so israel violates un security council resolutions that are already adopted,
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and that's not counting the dozens and dozens of un security council resolutions that the us vetos, as your report indicated, the usbted at least three resolutions, and they used threat of video on several others just in the past few months since this genocide, latest round of genocide started, so i think france is hypocritical in many ways, you know, they support israel, they support it financially, they supported with military equipment and weapons, they supported it at the un in in numerous occasions, so they cannot claim now suddenly that they saw the light or that they are calling for sess fire, if they are calling for a cease fire they need to stand up to who prevents the cease fire and that is their pattern in the united
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states and they are not willing to stand up to the united states and instead what we see is more of the same and more genocide going on every day uh every minute and the world is silent you agree with what our guest there says especially uh i like to ask you about what the french un ambassador said we said something needs to be done now within the next 24 to 48 hours, who is he addressing that part of a statement too? absolutely, i agree with what our colleague said, and i think it doesn't take much um imagination to appreciate just how hypocritical france has been. mean, we can give credit where credits do, but basically passing the butt back to the security council or... the the icc without the icj, without without taking a
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firm position in opposition to the players that are making all this happening, rings rather hollow, and frankly speaking, the level of political and institutional inertia in the face of this massive crime against humanity, which includes all manner of war crimes. and of course uh um ethnic cleansing and genocide and all the rest is truly astounding, anybody who's still breathing only needs to uh make themselves aware of what's taking place in gaza or the engage basis and in no small part in the west bank too, to appreciate just how outrausly unlawful the occupation is ' conducting itself in in current situation and really everybody should be standing up, every nation
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should be standing up and demanding seaspire uh without simply talking about you ask you, it's it's not good enough to say that hamas would release its prisons of war, when when the occupation has something in the order of 10,00 prisoners taken unlawfully very often without any... charges or trial or right of appeal, women and children and everything else, and i think somewhere in there there has to be a way to to reach a resolution, but if there's not is high time that nations started calling out the big players, namely the united kingdom, the united states and even france itself, and of course the the court, and for the un, the fact that we still have security council with five permanent members that enjoy an absolute power of bedo is outrageous, certainly that veto power
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should never be allowed to be invoked in order to stop a program to resolve what ultimately is a crime against humanity. very well, thank you so much for that, we do appreciate your comments there uh, that's palestinian scientist and author, and thank you very grossman, international lawyer from balley indonesia, with that we come to an end for this news review. iran has come a long way to gain independence in the defense industry since the 1979 islamic revolution. it's warships, speed
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boats, missiles and drones among many items. arsenal have caught many countries in the world by surprise, but as military experts in top brass say, this is only a tiny fraction of iran's capabilities that have been unveiled thus far. watch for the details in this documentary. welcome back to the news se on press tv, the former israeli prime minister almart has hailed the us sent majority leader for urgently or urging early israely elections to replace the regime's current premier benjamin netanyahu. onbert sent a letter to chuck schumer several days after the democratic senator called
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netanyahu, major obstacle to peace in gaza. the former israeli premier louderumer for his courage to express traditional supporters of israel feel today. olmart added that netanyahu is unable to fulfill the responsibilities assigned to him. for the replacement of netanyahu was also praised by israeli opposition leader year lapid. he said that netanyahu is losing israel's biggest supporters. schumer's remarks have signaled a widening rift between the israeli regime and the us, country that has been complicited in the gaza genocide. call for a snap election has angered netanyahu who responded by saying that israel is not a banana republic. the israely military has carried out fresh raids across the occupied west bank as the regime presses ahead with this offensive against palestinians. in the latest such attacks, israeli forces raided the town of yamon, west the city of janain as well as a palestinian refugee camp east of the city of nabllus. the regime forces abducted several people after
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storming palestinian homes. clash is also erupted between israeli troops and resistance forces, which... targeted soldiers and bulldozers with explosive devices. the israely military has intensified its violent raids across the boest bank since october 7, the day when the regime launched his genocidal war on gaza. hundreds of palestinians have been killed and thousands abducted during israely incursions into the occupied towns and cities ever since. auramala correspondent mondel says israely troops have conducted new raids on several towns, villages. refugee camps across the occupied west bank. this morning the israeli forces raided several areas across the occupied west bank, speaking from the south to the north of the occupied west bank, leading villages, towns and refugee camps, the soldiers stoned a number of palestinian
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homes and decosed destruction inside the homes and the properties and clashes. exchange of fire have taken place between the israeli forces and members of the resistance groups, the israeli forces raided al genezone refugee camp near ramal and arrested a palestinian female journalist, she is mother and a wife and she was arrested by the forces, it's not clear why she had been detained, but today we are speaking about 70 palestinians were detained, 70 palestinian journalists were detained by this israel forces since the 7th of october, at least over 35 of them are still being held by the israeli forces, the israeli troops also stormed kalia and arrested at least three palestinians there, the israeli military had also carried out an operation navlas mainly in the valata refugee camp, and according to
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the palestinian resistance, exchange of fire had taken place for several hours. between the israeli troops and the palestinian fighters. the yemini foren ministry has censured a un security council statement against the country's anti-israely operations in the red sea. the ministry said the unfc move reflects the body submission to america's interest and its support for the israely genocide in gaza. sana also blasted the council for its inaction toward the daily massacre of palestinians. the eminy ministry pledged that the forces would continue their... this despite the yemani armed forces to have repeatedly announced that all ships, except those heading to israeli ports, are free and safe sail through the strategic water. however, recently, they have also
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targeted american and british ships retaliation for the two countries aggression against yemen. iran is marking the 73rd anniversary of the nationalization of its oil industry. that was a turning point in the political and economic history. the iranian nation to save the national treasure from foreigners has the details. on march 20th, 1951, members of the iranian parliament passed bill introduced by the country's democratically elected prime minister mohammed musaddiq to nationalize iran's oil industry. the groundbreaking initiative put an end to britain's four-decade dominion over iran's oil industry. the britain-owned anglo. iranian oil company enjoyed a monopolistic control over the industry and paid only meger portion of the revenues to the iranian government. nationalization was call for
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independence. if you go back then, the iranians, the entire public realized that this move was not about economy, it was about independence. and go the the musaddiq movement was very popular within, and the entire world realized that it was about uh gaining. independence from a colonial power that control the economy and from, mean based on the economy control the political spectrum within iran. when the then government of musaddiq put the nationalizing of iran's oil its agenda in april 1951, acts of sabotage and conspiracy against the country were enhanced. the american british coup in august 1953 against musaddiq's government was part the plot. basically the british. were plundering iranian natural resources and oil was at the top of the list, iranians began to protest and there was a growing social
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movement in the country to nationalize iranian oil. when that ultimately happened, the british impos sanctions on the country, similar to what happened after the revolution in iran. after the victory of the islamic revolution, iran achieved significant milestones in the petroleum industry, these... include the discovery of numerous oil and gas fields, an expansion and extractable oil and condensate reserves, a rise in oil production and extractable gas and the discovery of new oil and gas fields. iran was the first country in the west asia to reclaim its oil industry. the iranian nation's move proved to be of great importance in giving rise to the anti-colonialist tendencies all over the region and set a trend for other countries. fatih massumi, press tv, tehran. in south korea, the third summit for democracy has begun. the us secretary of state and the south korean president spoke of efforts to ensure democracy for future generations.
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however, nearby pro-palestine protesters slammed the us and israel for the ongoing genocide in gaza. frank smith, reports from the south korean capital sol. south korea this week hosts the third us initiative of the summit for. democracy, us secretary of state anthony blincon suggested america could lead the world toward democratic ideals, lacking elsewhere. vitilizing democracy will also requires to shape a technological future that's inclusive, that's right respecting, directed at driving progress in people's lives. as authoritarian and repressive regimes deploy technologies to undermine democracy and human rights, we need to ensure that technology sustains and supports democratic values and norms. coralled away from the venue, activists were joined by a south korean law maker to question washington's and soul's credibility, particularly in light of us support of
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israel's ongoing genocide of palestinians in gaza. since yun souk yule came into power, our democracy index has fallen by 19 points and we're turning into a very backward country in terms of democracy. the united states, the enabler of the massacre, israel. the perpetrator of the massacre and south korea are causing the endless decline of democracy. activists say the us and south korea have the blood of tens of thousands of innocents on their hands through the provision of weapons to israel and failure to pressure tel aviv to end its genocide. it's not the time for the south korean government or the us government who are complicit in israel's genocide to discuss democracy. instead, the korean government should urge the us and israel to immediately stop the... side lift the blocade of the gaza strip and end israel's colonial military occupation of palestine, whilea rift has appeared in us support of israel, concern is mounting that
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the israeli military will... increase attacks on the already besaged rapha where palestinians await humanitarian aid amid reports of starvation. like here, around the world can be found supporters of a free palestine protesting against israel's genocide in gaza week after week, and here at this summit titled democracy for future generations, a glaring question cloud's proceedings, what will happen to the next generation of? palestinians frank smith press tv soul that does for this additional world news, thanks for being with us, it's bye-bye for now.
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التجريبه التي في قادثيه صدام المجده وام المعالي الفارده. kuwait was the main financier of saddam's war against iran, but saddam miscalculated. kuwait was not like iran for the united states and the west to remain silent in the face of attack.