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>> let me take you back to septber when the trump campaign confirmed that they had been spoken to by u.s. intelligence about an alleged plot from iran to kill their candidate, now president-elect donald trump. three men have been charged in relation to the plot. >> let me tell you, the iceman. we call her the iceman. [applause] susie likes to stay in the background. >> there are people in the immediate ring of trump's universe, not just his family, that are really importanto him. elon musk has become extremely important to him over the past many months. >> supporters of trump storm in the capitol well, that case we are hearing to do that special counsel jack smith has essentially put this case on hold. he issued a filing today saying essentially that the president elect is going to beworn into office in early january, so they

are trying to assess what to do now. ♪ >> welcome to the program. developing tonight, the u.s. government brings charges against an iranian man in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate donald trump. we will have the latest live from washington. also of the program, donald trump appoints the iceman in his first official higher of the new administration. campaign cochair susan wiles will be his chief of staff. we will assess how the new white house might take shape. also ahead, the dutch king says the jewish people must feel safe in the netherlands, after violent attacks against israeli football fans in the center of amsterdam. 62 people have been arrested. and the death toll in gaza grows. do you and condemns the high number of civilian deaths. it says 70% of victims have been

women and children, says the u.n. ♪ >> we begin though tonight with news of the u.s. justice department saying three people have been charged in connection with the reunion plans to letter u.s. citizens including president-elect donald trump. we're also looking to try to order a man who has been critical of the government in iran. sumi somaskanda is in washington. what do we know so far about what the doj has said? >> exactly that, that the department of justice has brought charges against three men. one of them is in the reunion national, 51-year-old farhad shakeri. the other two are u.s. citizens. they have been detained. it is believed farhad shakeri is in iran at the moment, so he has not been detained. what i justice department is

saying is that the iranian government essentially directed shakeri to surveil and assassinate donald trump. and this murder-for-hire plot with these two u.s. citizens as well to also surveil and target iranian critics who are u.s. citizens on u.s. soil. pretty dramatic, and this is what attorney general merrick garland said, quote, there are few actors in the world who pose as a threat to the national security of the united states as does iran. and fbi director christopher wray saying, the charges today show iran's continued attention target citizens including u.s. president trump. he goes on to say "this will not stand." this is especially chilling because we know there were two field assassination attempt against donald trump, and as

mentioned in the intro earlier as we heard from will, donald trump and his team were actually alerted to this assassination plot back in september, the fbi alerting him and his team as he was still running the campaign to become president. at the time we did hear from republicans here at the bbc who were demanding that the u.s. government do more, to draw a red to iran and say this simply will not be tolerated that iran would orchestrate and directed these attempts from irani and to u.s. soil. will see what the taets from the fbi, what impact that does have. >> let's round out what else we have learned after the victory of donald trump in the election. first of all, the charges, and explain this for us, prosecutors say they need more time to assess some of this unprecedented circumstances in their description, explain what that means? >> basically we are talking about, remember, donald trump was facing 4 criminal

indictments. one of them was federal election interference. he was charged with trying to subvert the result of the 2020 election. a know many of our viewers will remember the images of january 6, 2021 one trump's supporters stormed the u.s. capitol well, this case alleged donald trump was responsible for those efforts to subvert the results of the election. what special counsel jack smith, who was appointed by the department of justice, he is saying that he is putting the case on hold. he has asked for all the deadlines of this case to be vacated and wiped from the calendar while he and his team reassess. what they are saying is that they need time to assess how these cases could possibly proceed with the fact that donald trump is now the president elect, that he is entering the white house. it is in line with department of justice policy, a long-standing policy that the doj does not pursue prosecution against a sitting president.

all that is to say that with donald trump entering the white house again, the department of justice, and special counsel jack smith are acknowledging they have no case going forward. that is what they are doing, they are saying they will reassess, that they will come up with a resolution by december. looks like these cases, as expected, with donald trump heading back to the white house, are going to be ended soon. >> that was always going to the question, wasn't it, what would happen with these cases. we are also starting to get a sense of what a second trump white house may reflect, the first appointment. but plenty of other rumors too about what the cabinet may look like when trump kes office. >> the rumor mill is running strong here in washington. you mentioned susie wiles, who is credited with running a very successful election campaign for donald trump. in addition to her, we are hearing a number of other names, one being another big supporter of donald trump, elon musk.

of course, the billionaire, he runs tesla, owner of x and has become a huge supporter of donald trump. he was out on the campaign trail holding rallies and also donated $119 million to eight pac supporting donald trump. we have now learned, the "financial times" confirmed this with ukraine, that elon musk joined a phone call with donald trump speaking with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. we don't know much about the phone call, why elon musk was in on it and what they discussed, that it gives you a sense that elon musk is expected to play some sort of role in this new trump administration. they talked about the possibility of him leading a department of government inefficiency, as they called it, cutting down on government waste. is how they have described it. what exactly that role will be is not yet clear. there are other names like robert lighthizer. he was the u.s. trade representative in the first trump administration and pursue the very aggressive policy

towards china. we are now hearing from "the financial times," at he is being asked whether he will return to the role. trump administration postureat a would be towards china. there is also robert f. kennedy jr. he was running for president himself and then dropped out and endorsed donald trump. there has been some speculation that he could lead the department of health and human services. remember, he is a vaccine skeptic. he is someone that has talked about taking fluoride out of water. so it would be very controversial if he was to run this department. all of these people would have to be confirmed by the senate and even with a majority republican senate, it is not clear that they would be approved. >> we will look at the potential impact elon musk may have, the influence he may have later in the white house. but for now, thank you. let's talk now about what the top team at the white house might look like. our guest is a former deputy communications director for

donald trump's 2016 campaign. good to have you with us in the program. let's talk first about susie wiles, donald trump describing her as the ice maiden in that victory speech yesterday. who is she? what does she stand for? guest: thank you for helping me. susie wiles is mike harley. we are said she is leaving but we are honored she is serving the country. she has earned a tremendous amount of trust and respect from her colleagues in the last 30 years inolitics and in government. she is known for executing effective and successful plans and brings continuit from the first term. president trump trusts her implicitly. he has demonstrated that by giving her the rule of campaign manager and ultimately chief of staff. there are people in this organization who will walk through fire for susie wiles. she earned the trust and respect of all of us.

we are honored and excited for her. we are sad to lose her, but we lost her for a goodause. >> what is it going for her to do? >> execute for you to the president has laid out his vision for what he wants the nation to do for the next few years, and she will execute. she will organize the team and policies and she would execute most importantly. you will not have the same problems in the first administration's witseveral people shifting in the opposite direction. you will have a team that is cohesive and moving forward and executing everyday and that is what we can expect from this administration and from the leadership of susie wiles. >> you talk about the first administration and i wonder what lessons will be learned, what will be done differently in this white house? >> we learned that disrupting washington, d.c. is challenging and difficult and you need people from the outside who want to be a disruptive force. because washington is stagnant. it doesn't want to change. but america wants change.

we will bring people here to washington, d.c. that the and execute change and disruptive change. some of the disruptive change that helps the arican people because that is what they voted for. they are tired of washington, d.c.. failing them that is what we can anticipate the first? >> is susie wiles from the outside? she joined the ronald reagan campaign in the 1990's. she is not a breath of fresh air, is in shape? >> that was over 30 years ago. she has been in florida since. it depends what your definition of fresh air is. he has spent the last few years in florida executing for governors and clients there. she is not a creature of washington, she is a creature of florida. she is a creature of success. she will execute here in washington, d.c. yes, she has relationships with the donor community and with corporations, and yes, she has a tremendous amount of relationships with elected officials here in washington,

d.c. but they know her as somebody who has never forgotten where she came from, and that is florida. thats why we need her to break the malaise and shift the dynamics here and serve the american people again rather, than just a few selective people. >> who does donald trump need around him in the white house for the second term? >> people who can execute. people who will offer disruptive vision for washington, d.c. to break the malaise. the most important thing you will have different from the first administration is a team that is ready to execute. they will put together a plan. they have already stated the policy they want to push forward during the campaign and the american people validated those policies by giving them a. resounding mandate secure our borders. sounds simple enough. but the opposing party here decided to open our borders and create chaos by flooding the country with a ton of illegal migrants. we are going to shut down the border. next thing is to restore americans' pocketbooks.

they suffered tremendously during the biden administration. they have had their credit cards maxed out because biden couldn't handle a very simple thing of handling inflation. his policies are there, he is laying them out, it is immigration. it is the economy. he will bring a team of disruptive people who can execute and achieve those goals? >> what do you make of the other names in the fray? they are just rumors, but robert f. kennedy jr., elon musk, mike pompeo what did they say about what we should expect? >> they say success. whether it is elon musk or mike pompeo, these are people who have been tremendously successful in the private sector and in everything they have done. they donstrate what trump is looking for, people who can execute a policy and make it better for the american people. fillon is a disruptor. more importantly, he is a billionaire who can make things better and more efficient. pompeo was a disruptor at the

cia. he straightened it out. he was at the state department and straightened those things out. you look at the depth of people, to washington, d.c., the ones trump wants, he wants disruptive forces that can make this government more efficient. disruptive forces who will start to deliver for the american people because so far too long, washington has forgotten who they serve. they don't serve corporations or themselves they serve the american people, and trump is going to remind them of that. >> we will see what that shapes up to be. bryan lanza, deputy communications director for mister trump's 2016 campaign. around the world and across the u.k., you're watching bbc news. ♪

>> we are with the context from bbc news. today more than 60 people have been arrested, after is football fans were attacked by groups of young men in s&m last night --

young man in amsterdam last. young men at the city attacking the supporters. she described it as an explosion of anti-semitism. it happened after the israeli football club played in a soccer league. dutch police said sum is really fans had attacked a taxi and pulled down a policy and flag the night before. with the details, here is our correspondent in amsterdam. reporter: international tensions reverberating on the streets of amsterdam. [shouting] tel aviv supporters were hunted down by men on scooters. according to the mayor of amsterdam -- >> individuals on scooters crisscrossed the city, searching for supporters of the israeli team. it was hit-and-run. reporter: she said it brought to mind historical persecution against jewish people in dutch

and european history. this clip we shared on social media but the day before the match. as police dallas police chief said supporters of the team attacked a taxi and set fire to a policy and flag. extra police were deployed in anticipation of trouble. but the violence happened away from the stadium as fans headed to their hotels. >> right there to the hotel. they came really late. one already we were injured. reporter: the dutch capital is no stranger to the football related violence, but this doesn't seem to have been hooliganism between rival supporters but rather, targeted attacks. not supporting revelry, but rather, nationality. the dutch prime minister said he was ashamed and will return to amsterdam early. he hopes, he said, israeli

people will still feel safe in the netherlands. >> our correspondent in amsterdam. let's turn to the middle east. we said in that introduction, amsterdam's mayor is condemning the attacks. that is there a feeling tonight that more should have been done to prepare for violence like this? >> thank you for having me here. i started to watch videos that came out on israeli social media, and i saw them taking down the palestinian flag and the ruining of other flags. i also heard commentators i hebrew and other fans shooting the video saying, the police is not doing anything. and then i started to follow it a little more, i saw very quickly -- towards the stadium,

i saw quite a big group of fans chanting songs that i know from hebrew, songs that settlers sink near the gaza border where they are bragging about what is happening in gaza. we all know that many civilians are being targeted as well. and this went on. later on i saw another video. so i was treating yesterday evening, i don't know why the dutch police let this happen. if i was an arab in amsterdam, i would feel very offended. >> thawas the point, wasn't it? there was a feeling that the police didn't understand what was being said because it was in hebrew. >> i think so and i tweeted that also, the dutch police probably did not know hebrew. i would think -- because in the first place, israeli activists have been warning them, saying that the maccabi tel aviv

fans shouldn't come to amsterdam because they also have a record of singing the songs and it's not a wise idea with all the tension we have around the world , about events happening in israel, it's not a good idea to invite these fans, which already have sang the songs elsewhere. having said that, if you prepare it so well -- i was myself a member of the local council in amsterdam, i know this was prepared very well, many meetings. i think they should at least have one hebrew speaker with you who can understand what is going on. because i thought they could chant this for some minutes, but not for hours and hours. so i want to condemn very much

what happened after the match. but it is also not a big surprise. these chants are really provocative. >> and there is concern about whether israeli fans will be safe elsewhere in europe, concerned that there will be copycat actions that other events around europe. that is a real worry. >> yeah, that is a real worry. on the other hand, also so the israeli army, as revenge for at happened in amsterdam, israeli soldiers started bombing extra places in gaza. it is an escalation on both sides. so that is why i think it should very much de-escalate and maybe prevent such encounters, possibilities to happen. it is very sad that it has to be like this. i am afraid they will escalate on both sides. >> it is good to talk to you, thank you for being with us, joining us with the latest on the attacks in amsterdam.

at the same time, the humanitarian situation in gaza continues to worsen, israel continues its operation against hamas. the u.n. says its analysis shows 70 percent of the victims over the last six months were women and children. the number of palestinians killed by the israeli military in gaza now stands at 43,500, according to the guys in health ministry u.n. reports also claim that the military in israel is no establishing between civilians and fighters. joining us is that communication manager of humanitarian agency that unit of force. -- at u.n.i.c.e.f.. glad to help you with us. people look at these awful numbers but in some respects they are no surprise given the images we have seen emerging out of gaza. >> indeed. thanks for having me here. [indiscernible] 440 months -- they have endured

horrors --[indiscernible] [distorted] >> with bombs on the ground. again, the stories we get from our colleagues on the ground are absolute terrifying, apocalyptic scenarios with children severely injured, getting burned, getting shrapnel or amputations as a last resort. and not even then are they able to get evacuated and get the proper medical care they need because the infrastructure, especially in the north, has been very, very damaged. here we are, 14 months after and actually lacking a word to describe the horror again, that children have been enduring across the gaza strip. >> what is most needed right now? we often talk on this program about the lack of aid that is able to get through, and more

details about how little is able to get through to the people who needed right now. >> we are at rock bottom right now. we have never been in a worse place in terms of our ability to deliver aid, especially in the north. the famine review committee put out an alert today saying that the situation in the north is absolutely tragic. . there is an imminence of famine again. a shadow of hunger spreading across the population, especially children who have been trapped in that region for many months in what is now an effective besieged war zone. including hospitals. one hospital was attacked very recently. babies will need to be in incubators, and neonatal care, are not able to, access that and they are dying. >> it is a damning report. 80% of the victims they say were killed in presidential -- 's buildings.

that's a crucial point here. >> absolutely. it is a clear breach of humanitarian law. civilians, civilian infrastructure and the services that they rely on to survive need to be protected at all times and that's what we are asking for, including most and above all, a cease-fire, so that the violence can stop. >> ricardo, so nice to talk to you, new communications director at unicef. there is much more on that damning report on the bbc news website right now, bbc.com/news is where you will find it. in the next half hour we will talk more about the shape of trump white house as he assemb announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james.

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