the, the city full of people are killed as us as strikes raven down on targets across syria and iraq. the you said the situation in the middle east, inside the tipping point to meet the lease is a little while i let the cash flow that i can see the tax. any dogs i'd like to read see, is a domino a domino effect. you can reach ross or plot the us as strikes of syria, 100 rocks. a washington had never looked for solutions and continues on the pop. this so destruction and chaos in the middle east in the grounds are public. the city of research house comes on very trading and fire,

at least 7 civilians at dead age, a wounded and more fear to be dropped on the rumble of $24.00 civilians. a lot of your lives are lost in apparel, idea of stripes on the southern government, 50 of rafa. and that falls a us warning that the area and may be of a new focus. these are all getting very rough eyes, a pressure of cold out of despair. and we feel for what comes next. the trouble catching the coverage of the latest right and shaping the world wide. now welcome to our team to national i a my full portion that syria has lost out. that'd be us for fueling the i field, tara groups activities in the middle east, while also highlighting americans involvement in having, stringing the un from bringing peace to the region. old i couldn't. busy or has

washington strikes multiple targets across iraq and syria overnight? it is not surprising that the american attack targets the eastern region of syria, where our syrian forces are fighting against the remnants of the dashed terrorist organization. while the united states is working to revive isis terrorist activity, the syrian error republic expresses its deep concern over the state of paralysis of un security council. as the us henders its ability to assume its responsibilities in halting, such dangerous violations. united states has made it yet another world wind in the middle east, by unleashing a wave of air strikes against what it called the targets and the positions of the wrong. back to miller shows, india, rog and syria, of course, or the west has justified. it's the air strikes and those countries are by saying that these tribes actually are a retaliation for all the sundays. um air of drones strikes by the rocky as womic resistance. cool. that killed 3 american troops on the jordanian syrian border. but

this as well, different countries under different observers have condemned the attacks by the united states thing. for example, syria said that the attacks are aimed at reinvigorating the price as their group and syria, as the air strikes targeted exactly the areas where the steering army was actively trying to fight and combat isis. terrorist of course fury is also boiling in iraq in baghdad. the iraqi prime minister mohammed us would only also said that this trial strikes are a violation of the rocky sovereignty. now we have heard that the rocky government has uh, is going to summon the us, charged at the fair in baghdad to hand him a note of protest over the american air strikes on the rocky territory. the time develop for him and the bold areas of a rocket being targeted by us as rice at a time when a rock is seeking to ensure stability in the region. they represent

a violation of a rocky sovereignty and disruption of the efforts, the rocky government, and the threats that could endanger a rock and the region with unforeseen catastrophic consequences for security and stability. but of course, washington has a claim back to me that it has, it had issued prior warning a to the or warranty government informing iraq and baghdad of the air strikes overnight. this as well. iraq has rejected all those claim saying for example, b r a y, p prime minister mohammed us, we'd only call those claims a lie this as well there. ron has also reacted to those air strikes on the warranty and syrian territory. the united states claimed that it had targeted the positions of the all your gc, what's for us, which is our, the external operation wing of the iranian is lot of companies and guards core, but the i r g c here in tip ron has dismissed those claims saying that it has not lost a single member of its forces in syria. they are wanting foreign ministry has also

react is saying that the united states airstrikes are a clear violation of international law and a breach of all of those countries, territorial integrity. this is as put by the iranian foreign ministry spokesman, us working on, in addition to america's full support for full months of design is through reading through the emphasis and brazil attacks against the residents of gaza and the west bank, as well as military attacks and gm and a violation of the 70 and to the total integrity of the country. last night's attack on city and the rock is in other adventures and strategic mistake, but it is government which will result in nothing but an escalation of tensions and instability in the region. such attacks with foot are involved the us government in the region and undermine the claims of design, is to see in god's what you have say size. now planning to expand its operations against the iranian back targets embellishes in the region. now the republican

senators were hearing that those um centers are the republicans and senators the hard calling for a more serious and more effective from a campaign against the warranty and back them pro it run villages in the region. um and that's what happened last night. they said that it was just the start of a strain, go for attacks that will target and punish those yvonne back to groups what this is while that one has time and again said, and recently i've heard from the warning or do you see that any provocative measure by the united states will not go on as the moscow has demanded an urgent un security council meeting. they have to address the routing situation to the middle east. a comes as it. russian foreign ministry spokeswoman sides of washington is flaming passions in the region, leaving it on the cost of chaos, media, guns, key deal data. it is obvious that the strikes are specifically designed to further inflame the company. it also goes by almost without

a point was that i was recently attacking target to allegedly pro iranian groups and iraq and syria and with the united states is purposefully trying to plunge the largest countries in the region, obviously, right into conflict in liberty, washington believing and it's impunity continues to so destruction of pay off. the struck recent events concerning the united states is known to grow and has never been looking for solutions to problems. the reason to as time says, why is we spoke earlier with archie is tre bose, who took a. busy look at how the west views the latest strikes and highlighted the roots of the matter in this latest escalation in the middle east. and of course this story of middle east and instability. it didn't begin on october 7, but this latest episode certainly did with the headmaster tax and the as well as israel's punitive attack. then on gaza at the who the melisha in the admin. uh there. um, you know, you had a lateral blockade of the red sea,

the attacks on shipping. and most recently this attack on this very interesting shady as a post 22, which is an american base on a, on the border between syria and jordan, which killed 3 american service people. now this a tragedy, of course a, it's always a charge of you, anybody dies and these types of conflicts and was going to lead to an inevitable us response. remember, this is a and election year in the united states. and it was inevitable that the fight and would have to respond and he has responded in this way. but let's actually have a listen to lloyd austin's comments on the american position regarding the attack. we will continue to work to avoid a wider conflict than a region, but we will take all necessary actions to defend the united states, our interest, and our people. and we will respond when we choose where we choose and how we choose pretty predictable stuff. but what about,

what about the here opinions and um, what are they saying about this? uh, tinderbox is just being set on fire. yeah. what of course, predictably, given the geo political and geo strategic alignment between the you of the united states story, which were all very much aware of, now edu is brought to be aligned itself with america is really to intervene essentially the support of this. and on monday to mission into the red sea at to protect freedom of navigation as the americans and the british of porter, as well as it is predictable again that they would follow the lead of the united states. so that somebody shouldn't that to joseph barrell, the top, the diplomat see what he have to say to me, the lease is a big boy and i think kind as broad as sort of the lady there is that batch and bowls and leaving them both on those and solve it, i can see the effect. any doc i back to him to read. see, one thing is related with the other is a domino, a domino effect to region. you'll separate. oh,

the mountie very famous. the proclaimed europe. a garden, a garden has a few troubles of its own at the moment, rory, as we can see with the farming protest. but he, of course, mentioned something interesting to, i think, interesting language. the other this domino effect. i'm suppose we have to ask ourselves to start with the who, who is the 1st person to chip with domino's in the middle east. boy who are the architects of a lot of the difficulty? is there a discussion with the state of israel and policy and territory? i mean, if we were to go back beyond october 7th, this culpability here from lot of europe's member states and united states also take us if you will, across the atlantic states side. often these american bombs have been writing down on a rock and syria. i'm assuming that the republicans are going off, it drove by it and i, i said, getting the hold on so to speak. it's an election year laurie and very uh, a few things will occur on the geo political stage, the world stage, which has been very fractious over the last year. and that won't be manipulative

and weaponized if you like. and of course, the speaker mike johnson has come out now and said it's about time. the, the button has been soft on a ron. you know that davis sat back and allowed these a rainy in a line militias, free rain in the region. let's have a listen to what he actually had to say is only reducing the button administration to admit that the strategy of appeasing a wrong has been disastrous for the international community. and regional stability now is the time to present bought into wake up to the reality that his policy, if like, hey, you think your problem has failed to promote peace, america must project strength. and then i just said, you know, they, they always love to have, like, a wartime president. time the, you know, if the economies in trouble, if they needed destruction, they go to war with some pull on within country in some part of the world. but as you say, with the election coming up just around the corner of the united states, i guess america has to tread very carefully now in the middle east. would you think this is an obvious deflection? but in the meantime, it's a balancing act and inflamed an actual full on war with around around very capable

well, resorts, the regional super power, if you like. and if a hot war with boots on the ground wants to begin in an election year, that could also be catastrophic for the bite and administration. with john list and the editor of my grab you dot org martin j says it's risky for the bottom administration to raise tensions in the middle east during an election year. the problem is for the americans, is it the much, much more vulnerable in the reach of not only their own soldiers without allies, the scots had run across the place? i mean, the real key point here which to pick up on what chase that about it around being so strong and having the results. it is also good friends. so it's a good friends in the middle east, united, all these different places. so, you know, i think joe bought it is really playing russian roulette here. now with coming up to the election, we had to actually even attempt to radians to go that little stage further. and also to declare the look we did wonderful. you know, we don't know what we do. i mean, this is sort of, it's for that for,

for people in the middle east is quite comical because you'll, you'll put you on the one hand, you pretend to be a superpower. on the other hand, you'll declaring what your weaknesses and now to some recent news, just in local authorities and the guns for public at that at the report that the ukranian rocket has hit bassetti of lisa chomsky resulting in the multiple casualties of the slide destroyed a local bakery killing, at least 7 civilians, whose bodies were recovered from the columbus building and wounding a more though it transported to hospital emergency services on the scene. say the potentially more people still trapped on the debris the and to gather now we're a pair of overnight. he's ready strikes, killed 24 civilians and they solve and city of rafa. a residential building has been all below to rated local health officials code for the where for women and 3

children among the victims and other slides targeted the refugee camp in the area. we heard from some who survived the good of these rules still gets a clear to the children of old people and women. the children were just sleeping and suddenly the bomb and happens. got sick. one of my children and 3 escaped death . as well as tell people, leave your home, so you go to the zone is considered safe. but at the end, wherever bel, cnn's go, they get bob white, who knows he's just revenge. they just want to bring destruction to people. and that's it. of the deadliest slides follow a warning from the united nations that ralph on may be the new focus of use of ongoing military campaign. in recent days, thousands of palestinians have continued to free to the south, which is already hosting a hosp. the gas us population of some 2300000 people most are living in

make shift structures tense all out in the open, rough eyes, a pressure of despair. we feel for what comes next. amid the humanitarian crisis and the bodies literally piling up. these ready prime minister has demanded the closure of the un relief of work agency football listing, and refugees. many western states of already called funding to the you and agency following claims that some of its staff for the involved in the october 7th and math at the time. how about 800 civil 7? some of the u, as in europe, have now published a letter of protest. they say the west in support for ease will amounts to a gray validation of international law the all unfolding humanitarian cries in god's eyes. the focus of the latest episode of going on the ground of the former dean of harvard's kennedy school of government says that americans support for easily damaging washington so called soft power. you can watch the entire show

on our website. our team does come well, here is a quick pick you can win a battle as moves a war. and now there's in terms of tactical successes of these release of demonstrating that they have a good deal of capability. but in terms of the soft r and the ability to attract others, i think the disproportionate number of casualties and gaza has indeed damaged their soft power and washington's soft power in recent years let alone uh, gaza. well in it, it, it again i, i think the american sauce power has been damaged by the disproportionate, the killing civilians in the cause of war uh, biting his plead floor. the israel east is take a more measured approach,

but if they're still damage to americans, sauce power. while allies may be on guys a ride now videos and the online from the west bank showing an idea of sold to apparently a sold in a child, have a look for yourself based on verified for the laser there right there, that the victim who was beaten up by the idea of soldier, had allegedly being on his way to buy some bread that his brother later gave on the interview and highlighted what he thinks is the goal. all these are the forces right in the house on last week. and then what happens with my brother is as follows. my brother was home, went down to the supermarket, to buy bread, and encountered the soldiers at our house door. they told him to go back home. my brother stopped at the door, they bid him and assaulted him. then she went out again and stood at the entrance

door of the house that they came back and installed the team again. they were bidding him before, according dsl. this is not the usual in our area. check if you want to create a general sense of fear i'm on us. so when we see the soldiers, we go inside the house. it's forbidden to stand in the street. they want to and still feel like this done so in general, everyone in our area, whether a child, adult or young man is generally solved. yes, yes, they, he the child from our neighborhood, but he escaped. they slapped him and he kept trying. my brothers stood still until the bidding phone's feelings and i was beaten 10 days ago was my cousins factory who was sitting there when 5. so just answered, started breaking things in the shop and began beating us with 3 man. and they cornered us in the shop for about an hour. they came to us, i mean the red cross, as well as several associations from jerusalem on. they came to can report. and

after they left, the soldiers came again and saw that us. we have filed a lawsuit and a complaint with the violence has only increased the entire armies at ward and gauze are currently and the result army is made up of the south. let us from the area from throughout our button. they go out and room our area at all times, everywhere and without coordination like a gang or something. so thousands of protesters march through central london this saturday and supportive gas that the demonstration comes as the enclaves total depth, i told passes $27000.00 since the beginning of october demonstrate us how we policy and flags and banners that with that code for a cease fire and 2 of those 2 state solution. it's the 1st large scale protested the u. k. through the international court of justice room. and he's role must prevent acts of genocide in gaza

and to south america where i'm the boys over on the streets of buenos aires a once again, protest as clashed with ryan please after a sleeping reform bill was put forward by the congress new libertarian president. yeah, of yeah, maybe a of the golf, the road, some law enforcement in approached with guns drawn and all those lined up behind why of shoes or the legislation which a spot for the fury passage 1st heard all in congress and contains hundreds of points which would offer been slipping, reforms the new president said it's simply aimed at reversing years of economic decline. we heard from some bathrooms of no interest in the change. this is all part of mine. these ground plan, which goes against the law needs every day. everything is getting worse and worse

for us. with these laws, he shows because this has already happened to knowledge and tina that everything will only get worse. we believe that the omnibus law cannot be appointments of any one on it. just as the introduction of repressive practices by patricia bo rich cannot pass. would activity we are deprived of our rights. gosh. and here on the street we came out to defend what we really have. it's just this, i think that we spoke with john lift said you a lot. do you need for his faith on what's folding in the country since it's new lead it came to pot bottom line. it's all going down hill. have a lesson for yourself is today is truly one of the darkest days for argentina. and at least since the military dictatorship, a number of loss have been adopted, that completely changed the argentine reality. and in many cases we can talk about unconstitutional issues. the core of the problem is that these deputies, the deputies in quotes who voted for heavier, my lease, gave him part of the powers that turned him into

a vis or roy. because even beyond what congress just voted and beyond the restrictions that these law makers think that they have set after voting to grant powers, the president found himself in the hands of a certain number of very influential tools to implement. what comes to his mind too long ago and the uprising is creating a bottleneck in europe, and that the so named farm of defense force has taken its fleet of tractors to block major roads near the netherlands, belgium border, belgium. farmers complain that low market price is on making it difficult for making a living. a buffet, it's old rock top and rising expenses and the limits imposed by the you blocked to come by the so name of the so called finally change. the move comes out of friends, farmers began to lift blockades of their own after concessions from paris.

i recently defeated pro, bathing the presidential candidate from taiwan law, just opposition party has been elected as the parliament as new speaker. and i may be a bit of a problem for the new presidential administration, argues fear eliza bell has the story. a hi, once future has been on the west as radar for quite some time. as the u. s. continues to oppose china via taiwan. and when the islands pro western separate pissed, william, why won the presidency on january 13th, the entirety of western main stream media wasted no time inhaling it as a huge victory against communist china overseas now and a resounding victory for the ruling party candidate in taiwan presidential elections seen as a blow to china, william ly campaigns on the status quote, to appeal to voters who want taiwan to stay the same, not independence and not warmer relations is mainland china,

which is why his victory is a set fact. for b, j 9 has been labeled a troublemaker like china. beijing warns people against voting for him, but that's the only painting part of the picture. for one, the beijing friendly k m t candidate secured the speaker's chair, this past thursday, a position that will give the chair substantial power to check all of life policies regarding china. thanks for the support of the k m. c. legislative focus and 2 of our independent colleagues, i was able to, when the speakership was 54 votes, i shoulder the responsibility of initiating reforms in parliament. and i will devote myself just driving for the interest of the public. the people are expecting a fresh start and a reform at the legislative one, which will solidly bring happiness to taiwanese. that's my responsibility. and now while the speaker is required by law to remain neutral in parliament, she decides which bills are put up for a boat in the legislature,

which controlled spending. so he could block the ly administrations, legislation regarding defense budgets and domestic spending. everyone should be loyal to the republic of china and taiwan. if it is an opposition party, it should be the republic of china, taiwan z low, we allow position. we must find ways to protect the sovereignty and security of the republicans of china and taiwan. some people in this country still don't 100 percent agree that taiwan is their country. the idea of the loyal opposition party comes from the u. k. and as a norm among the democratic countries inside, ty, one's 2024 presidential results were weak for a lie with the pro west candidate grabbing only 40 percent of the vote, a 17 percent dip, and the 2nd lowest winning chair for an elected president. since 1996 this past presidential election was actually opposition to lose because the deep uh,

that's 2 terms as the president and they were deeply on fox the outside one day because they're cobit policies and 2. because the guy when the economy is not doing well because of the us sanction mainland china, which makes a lot of upside one for april to sell to their mainland customers. current president of the last one, the presidency beat size. the opposition is divided, however, iep party lost the parliamentary elections. so now we have a situation where the main opposition party, they just align with 2 independent party members. they weren't able to lock in for the speaker of the part of me and which means the new deep president of who is telling me into the office. he will face a hostile legislature and he basically, you'll be elaine dot president for the next 4 years. the election also didn't see the democratic progress party d p, p, or the coolant tank k m t. when

a majority in the legislature with the t p. p losing its majority from 63 to 51 out of a 113, resulting in a hong parliaments in a clearly divided region. now this happened in the 2 thousands. so as the saying goes, history could be repeating itself in the election results have fully showing that the d p. p. did not represent the island, nor did it represent the mainstream public opinion of taiwan. the p. p remains in power, but it will not change the basic pattern and direction of cross straight relations . it cannot prevent the historical trend of the reunification of the 2 sides. what's more, a survey by ty ones, mainland affairs council in october 2023. found that over 60 percent of voters support the current status quote of the islands on determine political status and remain neutral. i'm reunification and independence. so contrary to the lesser of western headlines, taiwan is current. political administration is in such

a blow to beijing. if anything, the current divided climate in the region signals uncertainty, which china still holding an upper hand. right back to the all day this our most stories coming your way at the top of the i see you again the the the

i'm action or time seeing welcome back to going underground, broadcasting all around the world from the u. a. e. so has circled genocide, joe launched explicit war and energy supervisory. run this up, the guys are resistance. forces killed ok. buying american troops accused amazing. isis in the middle east and one of the usa is reputation. it's so called soft power . now that the usa backs plausible genocide the to him, the world quote uses for the u. k. u. s. and you nation on back mass killing of tens of thousands of palestinians, mostly women and children and gaza. cauthrin clinton official professor joseph

knife when the dean of the hobbit kennedy school is credited within venting the time. soft power is a just look at life in the american century is like a who's who of level of security powers who charts his rise to become charity usa is national security council. the assistant secretary at the pentagon. he joins me now from cambridge, massachusetts, to thank you so much for visiting i, for coming on before we get to the book. i suppose i better off give a briefly about who you think would win a war with a wrong given that so the debates are right around the world. and obviously especially here in the middle east. well, it depends what one means by winning a war. and i think you'd find broad losses on both sides, but american power versus a rating and power. and the simple term, it's not a question, but who will pay? what cost is a more difficult puzzle to figure out. and people are suddenly looking to the by the administration to understand.