this is indeed a new news live from berlin. iran's president blames israel for the assassination of a top nuclear scientists. and rouhani said his country's peaceful nuclear ambitions would not be slowed down by the killing of mosques and factories that it in an ambush. western intelligence officials called in the mastermind behind a cloud based on bomb making program, something tehran is 9 is also on the program outrage in france after police beat up a black music producer. as he tries to enter his own studio,

president michel contends the attack as an unacceptable attack. it's the sound of switzerland, the people there are wondering when they can yodel, again, after a performance cars, one of europe's worst, coronavirus outbreaks. unexposed are welcome to the program. iran's president has reacted defiantly to the killing of a leading nuclear scientist. i said rouhani blamed israel for the assassination of mooks and frack. is that a man suspected of masterminding, a secret nuclear weapons program? rouhani said his death showed that what he called the depth of the enemy's despair and said, it would not slow down iran's nuclear ambitions. moxon, fact that day was kill in an ambush as he traveled along this road to the east of

tehran. several gunmen are reported to have opened fire on his car. shortly afterwards, a nearby truck exploded. he initially survived his injuries, but later died in hospital. the car carrying him was shot at and about 15 seconds later, a nissan pickup truck loaded with explosives blew up about 15 to 20 meters away from his car. but the inflicted wounds on him that led to his martyrdom. state media describes him as an eminent scientist. he was also a member of the powerful revolutionary guard whose job is to guard the country's clerical dominated system. this is a rare photograph of him with other senior officials. they were meeting the country's supreme leader indicating just how powerful a role he played in tehran was the problem because he was running this program, which as you know,

is part of an international dispute. if this role that made factory set a enemy in 2018, israel's prime minister accused iran of covering up an on going nuclear program despite promising willpower as it was not pursuing the bomb. that's a pond led by the same person. a key part of the plan was to form new organizations to continue the work. this is how dr. wilson father had a project obama put it. remember that name for his of the iran now says it believes israel is responsible for the killing of the nuclear scientist. it's not known aging, his death has damaged its defenses and is vowing revenge. and for insight on this, i'm joined by get a steinberg, an expert on the middle east, and the german institute of international and security affairs. welcome to the program. you know, iran is blaming israel here and as we saw factors that it has clearly been on israel's radar for some time. but what do you think prompted the killing now?

well, i think it's, it's no surprise that the israelis would want the head of the iranian nuclear program to have already assassinated nuclear scientists between 201-2012 in their last phase of escalation between iran and israel. but i think the major reason right now is that they still have the support of the trump administration politically, but perhaps also operationally and they want to make it the israelis want to make it as hard as possible for president elect biden. to start negotiations with the iranians text you in, iran has a valid to retaliate. what kind of form could that take? well, the iranians have retaliated in the past in 2012. i believe that the israeli attacks

stopped when iranians. 'd and their allies, mainly lebanese hezbollah attacked civilian israeli targets, so that the israeli government decided that the price was too high for israeli civilians to pay for these isis innovations. and i believe something similar might follow. the revolutionary guards might also want to attack american american or israeli targets, but in most cases, at least western countries, they are too weak to target hardened. well protected targets. you were saying just earlier that one of the targets was the scientists of course, but also the policy of president elect joe biden, as i think the united states plans to, to reenter the iran's nuclear. how does this make things more complicated? well, the iranian side will have to prove internally,

especially to the powerful revolutionary guards that they are not giving in to the pressure campaign by the tribe ministration. it will make it extremely hard, took this pressure campaign, and this event will make it extremely hard to convince the iranian leadership that it's worthwhile to negotiate with the united states. especially because major parts of the iranian elite believe anyhow, that the united states israel and the west in general, do not want them to have a peaceful nuclear program. ok, good. oh, steinberg from the german institute of international and security affairs. thanks so much. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines this hour. united states is sending its u.s.s. nimitz aircraft back into the persian gulf just weeks after it had left. some

military analysts describe this as an unusual move. defense officials say the ship is returning to the region to provide support for u.s. troops as they withdraw from afghanistan and iraq. a suicide bombing at an ice cream shop in somalia's capital has killed at least 7 people. officials say the extremist group, al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack that came just hours after acting u.s. defense secretary christopher miller visited the city french president emmanuel mccall has described the beating of a black man by police officers as an on except a bull attack that shamed his country, music producer was trying to enter his paris studio when 4 police agents started punching him. the incident was caught on camera and it took place during a nationwide debate about a new bill which restricts the filming of police while on duty. it is a disturbing video 3 french police officers beating up

a black man for 5 minutes in his own music studio. but the police officers don't know. michelle sickly has a security camera in the lobby. the entire scene is caught on film. it is sad to say it's what my client was lucky to have a video to report these acts which may be isolated, but still happy to exist. otherwise, my client would have been detained once, even when it's his words against the officers. we know very well that it's the words of the officers that carry more weight a pattern that initially played out in the case of michelle. he was arrested and detained for 48 hours until the security footage showed up. the 3. police officers only left the building after musicians from sickly studio in the basement, heard the noise and rushed to help. but even then, it wasn't over. another officer through tear gas into the lobby,

forcing sickly to go outside to see clay needed to hospital treatment for his wounds. but the physical violence was only part of the assault. they used the n. word repeatedly, he looked me in the eyes and punch me. this comes as demonstrators in front protest, a proposed law to limit the filming of police on the legislation is designed to protect police officers from being harassed or attacked. when critics of the bill argue that it will make it harder to hold officers accountable if they use excessive force, especially if they deny it. it's clear the officers in this case lied about the incident in their reports. they claim the music producer attempted to grab their weapons and that he resisted. the interior minister addressed the issue on french television. i've asked for the police officers to be suspended at the moment. the

judiciary is investigating. as soon as we have all the facts ordered their dismissal, they put a stain on the uniform of the republic. michelle sickly file charges against the police officers. now the district attorney is investigating the officers for use of force on duty and false testimony. and for more on this, let's bring in. lisa lewis from paris, lisa, french president because we heard describe the incident as an unacceptable attack and ask the french government to come up with a poses to fight against discrimination. what could that mean? well, he's talking about, you know, devilish ing the link between the population and the government. he talks in his facebook post of, you know, the yes that he would protect the police against attacks, but also that the population needed to be protected. probably the government is now working on a possible improvements of that security law that was mentioned in the report which

would limit the broadcasting of images of police. we don't know yet what it exactly means, how the government wants to protect people against discrimination against racism. but what's clear is that the latest laws that are being put on the table, not only the security law, but also another one, called the law and republican values. that is supposed to crack down on radical islam isn't have a lot of parts that will, you know, have a crackdown part, but yeah, actually not doing nothing to protect people against discrimination. many people are, you know, there are criticizing that at the moment. as you know, full well, there's been other cases of police violence against blacks in france, which have been decried and sparked demonstrations. but this one really seems special. it seems to be coming at a particular time where debate can be influenced as i write absolutely, because, well, 1st of all,

because millions of people about 13000000 people have looked at that video, have seen that video. and that really there is a lot of outrage about that, especially also because the police lied in their power point about what happened. and it seems quite evident that there is no, well, at least there is no apparent reason for them. beating him for minutes and minutes on end, not only inside the studio, but also outside out in the street when there were many police surrounding him. and you just can't really figure out why would they keep on beating him. so this really shocks a lot as this shocking lot of people and they are asking for more protection for people. and as you said, it comes in a certain context. while the government is discussing about that new law, that would protect the police, but not the population. ok to be reporting from paris, where there will be a demonstration in this afternoon on this very subject through. so it's really it is home to a long tradition of yodeling. yodelers there have gone quiet after

a performance in september, turned into a super spreader of events that led to one of europe's worst. coronavirus outbreaks, with yodeling now considered a dangerous activity. fans of the tradition hope life will soon return to normal. so they can once again enjoy their hobby without fear or in the secluded mountain village of conduct in the swiss can't not be on the deceased in the phone. so house assigned to me, you know, doing feels like home it's tradition. it's about feeling at ease and say, this is jordan, but now i'm in the pandemic. the popular pastime is deemed dangerous. meat runs a local hotel with a restaurant. and you little it means the world to her new seem to feel you're

a strong social group. i think we put a lot of dedication and passion into our singing. but now the pandemic has caught up with the canton of sheets, as you can tell from the headlines free with all them. the cantar located some 150 kilometers from condor. recently made international news after a major covert 1000 outbreak for a yodel concert authorities say the event is partly to blame for the region's infection. spike news quickly spread around the country, including to the village of condor stick. things have not been the same sense among us on how when you go to let a special occasion, people are shocked. how can they get together and saying it's a mix of respect and fear. i think i'm gonna friends have cancelled all yodel

concerts for now. all they can do is reminisce about the good old days. this is a debate do give you news coming up next. physically challenge athletes take on an obstacle race designed to challenge able bodied competitors in our show sports life . that's next on the spicer. thanks for watching. what's the secret behind this classic.