ah ah ah being hailed as a major breakthrough for the middle east after almost 7 very 10th years, arch rivals, iran and saudi arabia have agreed to restore diplomatic ties. the surprise normalization deal was brokered and top secret talks by china. the rapprochement could have wide reaching consequences throughout the region from the war in yemen

to iran's nuclear program. leaders around the world have applauded the announcement, but the differences that drove the 2 states apart in the 1st place are sure to remain. i'm nichol really, him. berlin, and this is the day, ah, then we ultimately agreed to open a new chapter in relations between the islamic republic of iran and saudi arabia. with saudi arabia would be under cut attempts to isolate the country. a also on the day, some tough language on both sides of the us,

mexico border. after 4 american tourists got caught up and drug cartel violence. we're going to unleash the fury and my to the united states against seas cartels, not us nova. we are not going to permit any foreign government did ring to intervene in our territory. looks on here. ah, welcome to the show. saudi arabia and iran cut ties and 2016 when protesters and turn on attacks. all you diplomatic missions in the aftermath of the kingdoms execution of a shia cleric since then, the tensions between the o producing powers have dominated middle east politics with a rivalry playing out and bloody proxy conflicts from yemen to syria. now, in a surprise, diplomatic break through the 2 countries have agreed to revive their relations and reopen embassies within 2 months. the agreement was reached after talks and beijing, which hale did as a victory for dialogue and peace. saudi arabia has blamed iran from missile and

drone attacks on the kingdoms oil facilities in recent years. yelman's, iran align who the movement has also carried out cross border missile and drone attacks into saudi arabia. the united nations has welcomed news of improved relations between the 2 middle east rivals. it is not a secret that we've seen. oh, oh lord of tensions and challenges were those come between those 2 countries that have impacted the region as a whole. and we're talking about 2 very important countries in the region that have been that have had no direct diplomatic ties. the fact that we with the next 2 months, we will see the reopening of those stars is clearly positive. and for more i'm joined now by danny gala middle east analyst and editor in chief of sin needs magazine. here in germany. mr. gallow, how big of a breakthrough is this really? well, it certainly is a breakthrough, but this is not a peace agreement. you know,

like re establish and diplomatic ties can be the 1st step because saudi rick saudi arabia and iran have a lot of problems to deal with. and having direct talks and channels of communication, certainly to address crises and conflicts, is like important. that doesn't come as so much of a surprise to the experts who have been following the political developments in the region. because china might be taking the credit now and saying we have negotiated and broke at this breakthrough. but of course negotiations have been going on by security specialists on a number of tracks to track one occasions and the government of iraq and baghdad. was instrumental in facilitating these because iraq is the country that has most suffered from the competition and was a battle ground of saudi and iranian conflicts. and so it's a good news for the entire region, but it's not a pack for peace or for human rights or for ending wars. it's just re establishment of diplomatic ties. were you surprised at all to see china then take such

a central position in the announcement of the re establishment of time while china has long coveted the role of a constructive piece piece broke up piece power. that is a role that is of course, traditionally one of the united states for obvious reasons in particular, since it's about iran, the united states could not play this role and were not wanted to play this role because in particular, iran wants to deal with his neighbors in the region without the interference of the united states and tries to put the united states out. however, china is, is a new player in the field, and it's the most important trade partner for both saudi arabia and iran. and of course, china tries to amplify its role and its position, its power in the region, in particular, in the gulf region, which is becoming more and more important. geopolitically. so for china, this is a victory of prestige. we know that the chinese have come up recently with a so called peace plan, which is not really a peace plan on the russia you, on the understood end, the russian assault and ukraine. china wants to have this role of an international

piece broker. but so i think the rock is, let the chinese take the credit. what effect is this going to have on the war in yemen? this proxy conflict that has the 2 countries supporting opposite sides. well fortunately the i'm conflict in yemen has decreased a little bit over the last couple of months and they have been negotiations going on. saudi arabia cannot win this war and try to find a solution to have some sort of a face saving exit to safeguard its political interest in the region on the raven peninsula. but at the same time and this war, look, a saudi arabia and iran have been engaged in a 0 sum game for many years where it was just about whatever i want to benefit from needs to have the other side of whatever house the other side i can benefit from and this has been destructive and both countries don't have the resources anymore to continue with this 0 sum game. and it's an important use. it's also important news that the international community europe, the united states,

even were in favor of a reproach. more in general, at least of the establishment of diplomatic ties. but of course they didn't play a role in this. though the security of the golf is also paramount. interest for europe in the west. saudi arabia has expressed interest repeatedly in getting a seat at the table, a future nuclear talks with iran. and could this diplomatic advance paved the way towards a new nuclear deal? well, it is possible, it is possible because iran has reiterated that it wants to talk regional security with its neighbors. but it doesn't necessarily see international guarantor powers in renegotiating such deals, in particular because the united states have left the deal at iran in the united states. and europeans haven't managed to renegotiate a new deal. it is possible the saudi foreign minister, and i'm not mistaken, said a couple of days ago that their demands with regard to the rainy nuclear program.

don't go beyond the demands of the united states and europe, and therefore they don't have anything extra to negotiate. but of course, saudi arabia in the gulf states would be interested in diplomatic talks for regional security and cooperation. and then that there is a model in the world. what ended the cold war contributor to the cold war was a system of security and dialogue that was established. and maybe we will see the coming forth of such and such an initiative in the gulf. timing is crucial in these issues, isn't that, and this is happening, as many other countries are distancing themselves from iran after its brutal crack down on the protest movement. why do you think we're seeing this from saudi arabia at this precise moment? look, i don't think that as opposed to the europeans to western audiences, the gulf states look at their ties at the relationship with iran, through the eyes of the protest movement. first of all, human rights are not the major priority, especially in saudi arabia,

and they don't want to have uprisings turmoil protests in their own countries. so for them, this is not a major factor to define their relationship with iran. i think the negotiations have been going on for many years, and saudi arabia is becoming more self confident and converts the role of a regional power that establishes order. and therefore, it wants to define its own terms how to deal with its neighbors and no longer be dependent on the united states. and of course, china is an interesting counterbalance for the saudis, in this context. saudi arabia has traditionally been allied to the united states. can this be seen as m b s jumping ship and aligning himself with china, russia, and iran instead? i think of the saudis, these relationships are not mutually exclusive. and i'd say that saudi arabia has rather been a protege of the united states than a real ally, because saudi arabia itself did not contribute much to the american security in the region. however, it presented certain american interest. there is no love between joe biden and mom

had been so mom, but i think the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia go beyond the personal relationship. i think there is another, another factor, the united states, one of the saudi arabia, to normalize with israel and saudi arabia has, according to american sources, presented its conditions, how they would do it. and they are asking for american security guarantees. so it doesn't look like the saudis field, they are moving away from the united states. they are looking for a more balanced position in the gulf between east and west, as they are geographically located between east and west. remains to be seen how that is perceived in washington. daniel, galen middle east analysts. thank you so much for your time. thank you. ah, germany isn't shock after a mast shooting at a jehovah witnesses center and the city of hamburg. regional authorities have called at the worst crime in the recent history of the northern german hit city.

the gunman who killed himself 6 people and an unborn baby has been identified as a 35 year old former member of the congregation. his motive remains unclear, but police officers say they recently received an anonymous tip off about his mental state. as the investigation continues, the community where the shooting unfolded mourns its victims. undertake has removed the bodies of the victims. as people in humbug pay their respects and begin to process and reflect on me a talk them on your hon. one when you leave here and you are 200 meters away. it affects you. it's very bad about them, no matter where it happens. but of course it affects us even more here. ah, mother, and we are afraid i say these because we often pass by here and we don't know if it could happen again most how to. so yes, we are afraid. one of the onsite investigations

into the motives of the 35 year old shooter who took his own life at the scene around going he was a known good owner and a former member of the religious group. way to live if 100 as a humorless wife is a former member of the jehovah witnesses, he voluntarily left the congregation, but evidently not on good terms. for lawson of the german chancellor, a former mayor of humbug, offered his condolences, is an fossil sloss. because if we are stone, that this act of violence, my thoughts are with the victims and their relatives in these difficult hours, and with those whose lives have been so brutally taken. his oval time assumed even goodson, german, his interior minister, nancy phaser visited the scene. she told reporters,

the government would seek to introduce a psychological suitability test for potential gun owners. must shootings a rare in germany. it's hoped a tightening of already strict firearms ownership can prevent tragedies like this happening again. ah, so do nova, we are not going to permit any foreign government that having to intervene in our territory on hand in mutual means especially not a foreign governments armed forces. kenley bash. what's wrong with them? ishall glove. of course we don't accept that. i'm will not have done all this. i mean, we don't accept threats. she noise, but it's not president biden's government. it's the republicans. so laura bullock

enough, i was mexico's president and that is manuel lopez over a lower. he was reacting to caused by some u. s. republicans to send the u. s. military to shut down drug labs in mexico. senator lindsey graham said he would introduce a new bill to designate mexican cartels as or in terrorist organizations and authorize the use of military force against them. we're going to unleash the fury and merge the united states against these cartels not to invade mexico, not to shoot mexican aeroplanes down, but to destroy drug labs that are posing americans and abduction for americans and northeastern mexico has renewed the focus on narco trafficking. as the u. s. heads into a presidential election next year, the case triggered a massive search and while the mexican security forces and 2 of the americans are found dead, one wounded and one unharmed earlier this week,

mexican authorities say it was a case of mistaken identity by a drug cartel research says, mexican gangs produced much of the fentanyl consumed in the u. s. e. o. floyd is blamed for more than $70000.00 overdose deaths in the us every year. and then lucy acknowledge is a mexican journalist joining us tonight from the state of morales and mexico and the lady at the cartel responsible for the killing and kidnapping of these americans allegedly published a letter of apology today. what do you make of that reaction? yes, that is correct. it's very good to use the word allegedly because there's no way to prove that he really is the car tell that published it. they said that is what it's circulating in the media social network and that the handed over 5 people saying that they were the ones responsible and that they themselves had not, cannot be american. but that's not to say that they are not responsible for many

other similar can, i think, but largely connecting that are mexicans or over a 110000 mexicans that have been kidnapped and, or disappeared in the past decade. and no one knows where about this case. we see that the authority did act very quickly defined for missing americans. i found that 2 of them were killed, one was injured and was in good health. so it unknown whether or not they really were the people involved, the ones that were turned over there are at least 5 people that have been detained for their connection to this case. the mexican public you into that there has been somewhat upset about the fact that the authorities were very quick to find these missing americans, but that thousands of mexicans have been seeking their missing loved ones in vain for years. how widespread is the sense that mexican authorities treat cases of foreign nationals with more urgency than those of mexican nationals?

yes, well, this is the case with, depending on what country they are from here in the case of the, or from the united states, they acted very quickly. how much is a place where there are tens of thousands of migrants, largely from central america, some from the caribbean, asia and africa, and often they are and go missing and nothing is done about them. so it does, it is important to note that it's for some bar national like united states, that the authorities do act, but they definitely do not act when they are a national admin migrate. coming from other countries are passing through mexico on their way to the united states and many words to day in the city of that world where they were kidnapped. because of the, remain in mexico policy that was implemented during the administration where they had to wait in the very unsafe territory. while they were waiting a getting back to senator gram suggestion to send the american military after

mexican cartels huge backlash, they're from low. we heard it before, and the can us even deployed armed forces in the war on drugs without the host nation's consent? know, it would be a violation of the sovereignty in mexico and could not happen. that doesn't mean that the us does not deploy its group in other ways. they're planned out with a militarized plan many years ago in the us, does fund the mexican security authorities, army cetera, and get them black helicopters and weapons to act in the war and quote, unquote, warning drugs. because often the people that are targeted are not actually part health, but ordinary citizens. so no, the us could not do it. but we have had a very military response to the increase in crime control, the organized crime which had not been affected since the army was put out on the

street over 15 years ago. we have seen in the increase in violence in the d a and b f. b. i are already on the ground and are according to use attorney general mary garland doing everything possible to dismantle the cartels. but they're alive and kicking. why is that? yes, that is true. the da has operated in mexico for decades and there was a d h years ago in mexico to the great kate. but largely the reason is that there is impunity in over 90 percent 95 percent of cases. so it's not a matter of that. there are not enough security forces on the 3. it's that one of these cases are never tried. as we saw here, when people are, there are cameras and they should be caught. they should be able to surveil and understand what is happening. but normally that happened in broad daylight. and i'm

sure if they were not americans, that it's possible they would have never been found, even though it could have been on the cameras, but then with corruption all with that in the video or race, no one is rented, there are no arrest warrants. or if they are arrested, then it turns out that something illegal with done in their arrest and then they are let free. so it's really that the judicial system does not work in mexico, and there are complete impunity and also corruption between the police, the army. the army was just responsible for the murder of a group of young people on the border 2 weeks ago and they opened fire on a group of 5 young people. one person survived and they told him that he must say that he's guilty or you will be killed, placing the blame always on the victim. so the army does not ensure that they will not be crying. and the judicial system is very weak and corrupt. and then the

economics can freelance journalist joining us from mexico to night. thank you so much. thank you for having me on. ah, and sunday, the oscars will be handed out in los angeles award in great achievements and on screen story telling. but some of the movies even have an oscar worthy back story. that's certainly the case of the anti war movie all quiet on the western front. it ended up being made in great part thanks to the persistence of a world class athlete. turn screen writer. her name is leslie patterson and she, the world champion triathlete, will be sitting among the big names of hollywood, hoping her film gardeners a few oscars of benign for which it is nominated. she spoke to the wi ka mckinney. so yeah, i've always kind of had these balancing points in my life the ours in the stores and one has always helped the other art in the sports for

years. scotlands leslie patterson was known for her place among the worlds top triathletes, especially on the off road xterra tour. were the biking segment, is on grueling terrain. and so is the running segment. brutal pathways where patterson suffers and excels and there's a process. and that is, it is kind of a wonderful thing where you're focusing on every small little detail of that performance. and then when it culmination it, an event that you feel good at and it works. it's like the spake swell of a wave and it feels like you're cresting and it's just the most wonderful, beautiful thing i am. and it's, you know, again it's, it's kind of the same with felon with writing. ah, leslie patterson draws a straight line from her will to win to her will to get all quiet on the western

front made it is the 1st time the 1929 classic has been adapted for film in its original german language following a teenaged soldier, stunned by the horrors of world war one. he and his comrades used as expendable cannon fodder by generals far removed from the battlefield as long as the south end up came fish on jayden, maita. patterson and her writing partner bought the rights to the novel after one of those life changing moments in l. a. we had read it school, love the novel, and then there was a summer sale on at the store in los angeles. they adapted the book originally to an english language screen play and shopped at a film studio after film studio. after film studio for 16 years, they heard rejections. patterson used up to $100000.00 of her triumph, one winnings to hold. the book writes. as soon as you realize that adversity and each is stronger for the next time, then you kind of embrace those obstacles. ah,

finally, it all came together with netflix and germany's amusement park studios which had asked, can we do it in german answer? yes. oh my gosh. one day it's terrible. the next day it's wonderful. the next day it's terrible. and then you kind of build all of these layers to get this final piece of art that you're just like, wow, you knew that that was worth it about a dozen years back after winning one of her 5 off road triathlon world championships? was we patterson told an interviewer, no, i want an oscar. she maintains she was dead serious. sunday evening comes her 1st chose finally the u. s. city of new york, new jersey has unveiled a new monument, which has taken the place of a statue of christopher columbus. i was removed following racial justice protests.

the new monument is dedicated to anti slavery activist, harriet tubman and also features recordings telling the story of her life. tubman was born into slavery in 1822 and later escaped. she then held delete dozens of other slaves to freedom along trails of hiding places that became known as the underground railroad. at the unveiling one of tubman's descendants, a tribute to her determination. i'm sorry it said i reason this out in my mind. there was one of 2 things i had a right to liberty or death. if i could not have one, i would have the other and no man should take me a lie. what an inspiration, that's our time, and make sure to stay informed, to stay engaged and stay in touch. you can follow our team on twitter at the w news

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