we took action to just stop. a war. we did not take action just start a war. the united states. military in an early morning or a strike in a rock. and. international terrorism and retaliate tory measures. also ahead in the program in the french capital shoot dead a knife wielding. person to death to others. the turkish parliament decision to deploy troops to libya comes in for a strong criticism israel greece and cyprus fear it will lead to further escalation

in the region. to the world this is our team to national my names you don't need 30 minutes of news and views start. in a tell of speech. offended the killing of a reunion general the money and several others including iraqis in an earth strike on baghdad international airport on friday the us president said the attack was necessary to stop a war in the middle east. solemn 80 has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago we took action last lie to stop

a war. we did not take action to start a war the world is a safer place without these monsters the us an act of international terrorism targeting and assassinating general saloon money the most effective force fighting dies shy says i'll nuestra al qaeda and hope he's extremely dangerous and a foolish escalation the us busy responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism. the early morning euro raid also reportedly killed 9 other people including influential a rocky and lebanese shia militia leaders they are believed to have been leaving the airport in vehicles when the strikes to place. the money lead the powerful crudes force that's an elite branch of the iranian revolutionary guard corps charged with spearheading foreign operations the unit has been heavily involved in the conflicts in iraq and in syria was instrumental in the territorial defeat of

isel artie's kill up in those more in the drone strike and the kind of reaction it's triggered. we've got the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o making his rounds in american media and trying to make the case that somehow this effort by the united states in this recent killing is an effort to deescalate the situation with iran the u.s. remains committed to deescalation that was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt this plot deter further aggression from qassam salami in the iranian regime as well as to attempt to deescalate the situation qassam solomonic is often described as the 2nd most powerful person in the islamic republic of iran furthermore he was very very key in the defeat of the ice still terrorists throughout the region however as we hear from the u.s. department of defense this was a defensive measure that at the direction of the president the u.s. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u.s.

personnel abroad to buy killing costumes still in money this strike was aimed at deterring future iranian attack plans the united states will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world now it certainly has been a dramatic week for the united states in the middle east and the pentagon seems to believe that qassam solomonic was himself responsible for what has taken place in the last few days let's review. we'll. 'd draw some indications that they may be planning additional attacks but that's happened since the new act and by the way we get word of attacks of some type of

indication will take preemptive action as well to protect american forces to protect american lives. now iran's national security council held its meeting and said that at the emergency meeting that was convened they made quote the necessary decisions and that there is going to be some retaliation at the right time in place for what they say was the u.s. his biggest strategic mistake in the west asia region now the iranian side is basically completely unified in saying there will be a retaliatory move from the islamic republic for this killing now how the islamic republic will respond is not yet clear now it is important to note that the u.s. state department and u.s. media seem to be echoing very loudly that qassam solomon is somehow responsible for the death of thousands of americans and that he is somehow

a very bad guy they echo these allegations though there have been strong criticisms of of donald trump from the democratic side the risk of a much longer military engagement in the middle east as acute. and immediately this action may well have brought our nation closer to another endless war exactly the kind of endless war the president promised he would not drag us into now as he is known for donald trump has not been shy on social media defending his decision to take out qassam solomonic however it's important to note that in his responses donald trump has actually said that solo money should have been killed many years ago now what is interesting many critics are now wondering if the timing of the killing of a solid mani is in fact a suspicious people wonder if trump did this for political reasons as an attempt to frame himself in a good light as kind of

a war hero for the upcoming 2020 reelection campaign. gillum up and with the report will former u.s. congressman ron paul join me on the program earlier to explain how the u.s. airstrike reflects problems in american politics. both parties indorse you know interventionism when trouble at times he'll say the right thing i'm coming over i'm serious i'm bringing troops home who yelled and screamed the most not about the constitution but it was palosi and her guy was saying oh no he should do that he should do that. at that time you know removing troops is what we want as a libertarian no nobody should be paying switching parties or at least at this time of year because it's all politicized you have to separate the 2 groups of people who think the united states has an eye has an empire to fan and that they are morally justified to do it versus those of us who believe that we should be noninterventionist and follow the constitution and follow international law and the

extra 3 fellows into u.s. troops are actually being deployed to the region growing tension was not on the table from the start do you think what what this washington's strategy for the reason for the region as it stands well i think it's been very clear this is one thing that trump deserves credit for he's been consistent in his campaign and everything is going on he always wants to escalate you know the antagonism toward iran other places it's up and down and back and forth and i sort of i'm always hopeful that he really doesn't want another war and i think pompei when he gets up there and says all these really challenging aggressive things that he says we don't want war oh while war why are we doing those things the people who are pushing it in an aggressive manner in our country they probably don't really want war but they want peace on their terms. well in iran where a solid money was widely revered the assassination was triggered by pouring of

grief and anger 3 days of mourning have been announced and thousands of iranians have turned out in cities across the country to honor the general. and u.s. secretary of state mike pompei will discuss the events with russia's foreign minister in the phone conversation surrogate love rauf accused his counterpart of violating international law urged washington to abandon the use of force to achieve political goals with more reaction from across the globe no paulus leader. the world has been responding with the number one concern being the issue that this will escalate tensions here in the middle east now we have heard from the brand that it was over telly 8 iran's national security council calling this america's biggest security mistake its biggest strategic mistake which is again being echoed by it has said that the american actions will be stabilized in this serious is that the americans are feeling tensions we've heard from going to. iran better group

based in lebanon has done a struggle and he has urged the world's resistance to get together and exact revenge at the same time her mosque which also receives backing from gaza has expressed its condolences not iraq where the killing actually took place condemned what are called an aggression that it said would lead to a devastating war the assassination of an iraqi military commander is an aggression on iraq as a state government and people it's a flagrant violation of iraq's sovereignty and dangerous escalation that triggers a destructive war in iraq the region and the world it violates the conditions authorizing the presence of u.s. troops on iraqi soil syria condemns this act of assassination colored activists nation don't forget that they were killed in a cd an airport coming on board of a civilian aircraft. in friendly country.

now this way the prime minister benjamin netanyahu earlier cut short a trip to greece to return home an emergency meeting was held here in tel aviv between the military and intelligence chiefs to assess the situation while israeli institutions around the world have gone on high alert while on the northern and southern borders here in israel the army too has become more vigilant this is what netanyahu in praising the attack had to say the president. deserves all the credit for acting swiftly forcefully the source of israel starts with the united states in this just struggle with bruce security and so. the american action was a reaction to a series of military provocations for which iran is responsible we also see with great concern to around 60 of it is in the region was done before then dress escalation now the european response has been somewhat moderate although there has

been concern expressed that this will lead to a deescalation it doesn't seem a vase anyone is brave enough to come out and strongly and openly criticize the american president donald trump nato says it is monitoring the situation particularly keeping an eye on its training forces in iraq also monitoring the situation is the egyptian government and they have called for a normalization to prevent a new escalation but at the same time we're hearing from the united kingdom it says wanted to recognize as the phrase that sort of money pose it is urging for escalation earlier there was a phone conversation between the russian president vladimir putin and his french counterpart emmanuel mccrone and both leaders agreed that the american strike would lead to a deterioration and we hearing from france urging iran not to take steps that would lead to their determination we've also heard from the u.n. secretary general he has urged maximum restraint saying that the last thing the world can afford is another war in the gulf. the political analyst we heard from

believes the earth the way it was authorized shows that america is a state on the global stage is a lot of democracy. iraq was not warned congress was not consulted. this was trump news new york people more than likely mr cushman mr netanyahu who run mr trump essentially you know alongside calm peo now the sort of officially you know no longer formally as part of the administration mr bolton. because if you examine what's going on online you see these people posting messages of joy now even if they don't like them so many want to seem to not understand the ramifications of what they have done this move has united the iranian people it is really united the iraqi people the syrians the yemeni lebanon on the palestinian movement it's united everyone against america sound of death to america is getting

louder and louder and louder and there's nothing america can do about it this is by its own hand by its own activity. ok moving on to another headline story french police say one person has been killed 2 others wounded in a knife attack in a suburb several kilometers south of part us officer shot dead the assailant who reportedly attacked passers by random artie's front correspondent charlotte reports . shock and horror in paris is yet another knife attack has taken place in the city this one to the south of paris in an area called view juhi if we understand that one person has been killed as a result of that attack and 2 others have been injured they're currently receiving treatment full those injuries no details on exactly how badly wounded they all now eyewitnesses say that the man who carried out this attack was wearing a traditional arabic and screamed out the woods. as he tried to stop those

individuals some details coming through about the individual who is dead as a result of that attack the french media saying that he was a local man in these fifty's he was actually a man of the area and they named him as being fair nic nic people saying that he actually died while trying to protect his wife that attack and now we know that following that attack the man fled the seems chased down by the police shot up 3 times and has been neutralized i.e. he is dead now i know all the camera and say here we suggest that this was. the police are investigating to see if he had any accomplices and to make sure that the area is clear nothing else will happen tonight now the minister for the secretary of state for the interior ministry nor knew this visited the scene not long after that neutralize ation over the attack and this is what he had to say. i would like

to commend the swift reaction of the police who intervened quickly to neutralize the and his murderous rampage it was a very brave act. as news of that attack spread supermarkets batten down the hatches closing down to ensure that the customers remain safe inside some of those customers waiting for several hours to be given the all clear. the police movement that many will see is being a good step to try and protect customers that noise from pages in the past have sort of expanded to going to other areas. and putting their faith in food a british court says ethical veganism as a protected think oh boy if we tell you all about the sun the reaction after the break.

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the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you there. hello again several countries have condemned the turkish parliament decision to send troops to libya israel greece and cyprus voice their concern over a possible escalation of the conflict in the region they have called and chris plans reckless it took his decision to deploy troops in libya presents a dangerous threat to regional stability the repercussions of such reckless moves will be dire for the stability and peace of the entire region. well in a phone call with the turkish leader the u.s.

president also raised concerns that foreign interference could further complicate the situation in libya though the 2 did agree to maintain their diplomatic cooperation multiple forces have been vying for power in libya since the ousting of long time leader moammar gadhafi and 20. a un backed government of national accord they control the capital tripoli also some coastal areas in the west of the country its arrival the self-styled libyan national army headed by general. well it holds east large red swades in the middle of central libya as well warland gas pocket all around here a 3rd region here in green not local tribes and militias who control the well the u.n. back government formally requested military aid from turkey last month in the face of one by half the tars forces meanwhile libya's neighbors have voiced major

reservations over troop deployment plans with egypt calling on the international community to respond urgently we've been hearing analysis from turkey and beyond all on his move it's possible repercussions. we see a very soft announcement by the arab league we could see that they're unified only by need we're seeing turkey become more and more now the major player in not only libya in the north africa and the east and the middle east turkey is showing that it's not going to shy away in present add one is willing to use his military muscle to get the results he wants at the diplomatic table as well turkey made a very important. move. reeks. egyptians. of course are very disappointed but i did decision. turkey's strategic move will. bring some. advantages strategic advantages

for turkey we will see the method the manner of how turkey is dealing with this problem and challenges in the coming days if turkey sent more troops then general have to or will also look at more support from the government sees already there are already back including and especially egypt and the united arab emirates they will send their own proxies or troops or more weapons so in that sense the situation could definitely escalate in a military sense. this story's got people talking ethical veganism is a philosophical belief and not a protected by law in the u.k. after an employment tribunal ruling the landmark case comes after a vegan monk claimed he was sacked for his wealth her beliefs you were the customer . he said he was fired after accusing his former employer that's the league against cruel sports of investing in a little testing with

a pension fund something it denies before challenging his dismissal he took legal action to try and prove that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief which the british court has now ruled in favor of that means similar to religion it's protected from describe. nation of the u.k. is a quality act the man at the center of the case say it's a big step forward for all of you can. it will help the promotion of egotism as a lifestyle because vegans who might be afraid about talking about their belief there might be feeling that they're not welcome they will feel empowered now. let's start unethical the going is the fun by not just excluding animal products from meals but also by choosing a particular lifestyle they avoid all things that lead to other more suffering a lawyer for it mr carson materialis former employer by the way says he was fired for gross misconduct and in principle the company was not against ethical veganism becoming an official belief in view of its own in the world for value believed did not contest the issue of whether. itself should be

a protected belief with the ludeman turning back to the relevant to the core reason for the dismissal or we discussed how far a legal protection should extend with a representative from britain's beacon society and political commentator under walker. i would like to say my pen should be a damaged and undermined by somebody who insists that you call it impacts in war normal to compensate we should not be at the lowest common denominator if something is ridiculous we should be allowed to call it ridiculous if you want to criticize something we should be able to criticize it as an instrumental instance and but aren't and you have a choice to invest in ethical action and he's not saying everybody he's just saying he's. for and i don't rise and our ancient i think the consent and the very real health dangers of if he can die to kill you when you are a child. it will only use a nice date in clinic and backs children and breastfeeding women for their people

as well but doesn't want to do it because somebody this is the future i'm going to sit on was a comment of horror help something not all of us can do to help combat climate change and to be kinder into the animals that we should spend it this is good this is the very socratic problem is that because obviously there is no financial motive and this is what's been going except on the support for the climate change are in my view effectively taken religions they have their it i'm jealous of people who want to demonize you for being evil if i go and get a job and they for example require me to wear leather shoes that i have a choice to wear not what if i go into work and say that is my folly but i shouldn't look search i'm praying every day but by the way i'm extremely cape town still a state lobster in shanghai and every day i have a moral and philosophical belief that my lifestyle will be back such as i eat and that this boils down to is that i have a certain amount of respect your for your life sounds you have no respect for my fil it state lobster and champagne lifestyle and you all you were shopping malls to

protect you didn't know anything and you wish to observe you don't wish to examine iraq which i think is really the problem here is about trying to do your best to tell them what animates 3 days and you can compare it is that ridiculous vein that this is an egg. money is that the utility and for many people that dictates how they need lives i genuinely do not see why just because you refuse to eat the sense you being you should have the right. to your own eyes you are still killing a carrot just as you're killing a rabbit and that's all it would have to invite you say that if you have no right to kill i don't think i know then why would you have the right to tell a plant something i don't know. what and tell them all the elements. everybody knows that don't have a stench and there was not something you want to do. a lot of lost your life we got no right to take away their lives on a razor. let's keep attention on the u.k.

now because a senior police chief there sees years of a stir it is a major factor in putting child exploitation by to levels not seen in more than 100 years devon and cornwall chief sean sawyer say's drug gangs are the driving force behind the rise in abuse for these children they almost back to victorian times and to being criminally exploited these kids are looking for family and security for understandable reasons of austerity stay youth services have been vacated this gap of youth provision between the school and family is the void of the exploited feeling. opening figures to authorities say there's been almost 9000 photos and suspected child victims in the past 2 years 29000 source died during 74 percent increase in comparison with the previous year that equates to 7 $126.00 more victims also highlighted how government cuts were partly responsible for the situation i spoke to cheryl phoenix from one to discrimination group the block child agenda who sees it's almost impossible for children to escape the vicious

circle of exploitation once they get in. these children a lot of people fail to see them as the victims of what's going on and then they become criminalized and once you become criminalized at such a young age it's almost impossible to get yourself back on track a lot of these young people that we find as part of these drug gangs as they called have been permanently excluded have been rejected from society so i think we need to go back a few steps and even jill deal with our young people from a primary age level because as they get into secondary school which i can guarantee when they go back next week my phone will be ringing in constantly with children being kicked out of school for have a natural hair not having the right tie on or maybe their shoes so if we start stop doing this you know sledgehammer approach to what we are talking about as children then they wouldn't find themselves in these gangs in the 1st place but no one's actually listening or doing any think about the exclusion matter and the high rates and the issues that we have with young people in the care system as well who if

there was another study done you'd actually find that majority of these children have come through the care system are actually being exploited also in the sexual airiness in areas as well as just being on gangs and you know getting involved in county lines which a lot of them don't actually know what they're doing so it is a much bigger picture it's not as simple as what's been said. a lot is or a lot for this are teen use or but our t.v. programs are just starting so do stick around for those they begin in moments.

as you point out the anecdotally cheney fired all the cia agents in the field because they were too sympathetic to the locals and he felt that was a liability in the major media spheres of washington d.c. they don't want those reporters those stars to rub elbows in the great unwashed on the fly over states because they may become sympathetic to the working class they may become sympathetic to the to the disenfranchised. my guess. is it's under a tank being daily. what's behind his claims on this edition of politic.

welcome to politicking on larry king a thought provoking new documentary no safe spaces claims the 1st amendment is being eroded on american college campuses closing minds and putting free speech at risk dennis prager radio host best selling author is a key figure in the film he joins us here in los angeles what led. to this this whole document well hit show yeah and so the reason it's important is safe space is what colleges have created i don't even know if you know this larry because it amiss i know you will i will see because liberals and conservatives both treasure free speech that's one thing we have and one thing that separates us from the world exactly you know and that no no that's exactly why we got the statue of live.