withdrew from vietnam and only 2 years later did the puppet regime in saigon fall. however, the vietnamese paid a high price for their freedom. more than 1000000 vietnamese people became the victims of american aggressors. ah, israeli defense forces strike gaza after palestine launched rocket attacks at israel's southern territory. the iranian president is set to make his 1st visit to syria since the start of the civil war. i'm inform our adversaries in the middle east seeking de escalation and restoring diplomatic tide. plus the white house refuses to comment on the cia association with notorious sex offender, jeffrey epstein, as new revelations suggest a former us spy chief,

met with the convicted offender back in 2014 ah, reporting live from moscow. russia. this is our to international. i'm your host donald quarter. welcome to the program. is really forces have carried out in put it shows huge explosions, lighting up the night sky of gaza air raid sirens can be heard in southern israeli towns around the border with palestine and israeli defense forces say they're air strikes, hit military sites. israeli media reports that 37 rockets were launched from the coastal enclave. throughout the day, several people were wounded with the israeli prime minister convening an urgent security meeting of his cabinet. but to get more on the story now we're going to cross live to gaza, base journalists, sana, come all. hi there, sana. so what's the latest you can tell us about the situation on the ground there

. ringback lice well, looks like we've lost connection, what's on there, but if we are able to restart, we'll of course, return to this story. here you could see more footage of the rockets that were fired at palestine, resulting in the deaths of hello simeon prisoner and in israeli prison. actually were you guys are based journalists, sana, kamala, looks like we've been able to restore connection with her son. okay. what's the name on the ground? yeah. okay. so

now can you hear me? hello. what's the latest you can tell us about the situation. i mean, there after these, after these strikes. and i well it looks like we've once again the connection with the san a come all but earlier did she did send us a small report. so we're going to watch that right now based on the story we're talking about right here. doesn't say oh, look at the pro garza a launch is it is it is intend, isn't any we're blamed at that many. and it's

a bit of a military one minute when i'm going to the scene and on time can name my name belonging to how much in gaza and exclusion were haired by the local, say here in gaza on the sometime from time to time. and they feel all they think is that the tension will be expended and gather will continue. journalist and political analyst, robert in le cash believes that policies that israel is pursuing are only worsening the situation in the region. there is no peace process and the united states is essentially destroyed a prospect of any peace process the oslo accords find between 1990 free and 1995. the sensually died on the israeli side. there is absolutely no intention of coming to the negotiations table and they don't have an incentive for the israelis

to negotiate 1st and the palestinians to negotiate 1st, they need some sorts of encouragement to do so. so there needs to be a nother mediator, not the united states, there needs to be an impartial mediator. and there are then needs to be something on the table which pressures israel to give concessions, as it is the most powerful actor between the 2 sides here. so as long as the united states is the dominant, our which is claiming the position of mediator in this conflict, there can be no peace process. peace talks, and the 2 state solution at this point. as facts on the ground determinant is essentially dead. in other news, the iranian president is set to pay an official to day visit to syria following an invitation from damascus and will be the 1st such visit since the start of the

syrian civil war and has already been labeled as very important by the iranian state. media, this comes against the backdrop of reproach, meant between former adversaries in the region with rand ambassador to syria, saying that the global power balance shifting away from the west is facilitating this change. has russia, china and india take part in international affairs? america's global dictate, becomes eroded and allows regional powers such as saudi arabia, the persian gulf, countries, and others to take a more positive sounds on the relations with iran, syria and yemen. iran has been a close ally of the syrian government since the beginning of the civil war. back in 2011 to ron has provided military equipment along with military advisors to bolster the syrian arab army. it's also recruited she, i'd volunteers from across the region to fight alongside assad's forces, top iranian revolutionary guard corps commanders, like the famous general costume,

sola mani, who was assassinated by the united states. have been deployed to syria to help fight terrorism. now to get more details on the story when across live now to archie's correspondence use of july, ali and turan either use if. so what's on the agenda for the rainy and president's visit to syria and why is it so important? well, it's the 1st ever visit by an iranian president of syria in over a decade. and since this part of the civil war in the, our country in 2011, brian bracy is in damascus for a 2 day visit. the official invitation of the syrian president, bashar assad, racy is also accompanied by his foreign minister, who said he, on earlier the iranian presidential office announced that charlotte sat on racy. we'll talk about political, economic, and security types while the visit is very much significant. given the fact that it comes against the backdrop of the recent de tonton reconciliation between 2

regional rivals, iran in saudi arabia, which is also played into other developments in that region, has led to syria emerging from years of diplomatic isolation in the middle east. syria is beginning to come closer and engage more with the arab world. so if one is a major ally of sharla side iran, his time, it again said to the west that sharla sat and serial iran is red line. so it was supported by sharla during the 12 year long civil war offering sharla side with a military advisory, military support and even military equipment. during this 12 years, civil war would start to toppled by sharla side. iran also provided sharla side and his army with advisory military support to fight off dies terrorists from the arab country. so when it comes to iran in saudi arabia, in syria to one,

and we are os 10. eustace down of course, on opposing france, re, are supported the opposition and syria, and the isolation in the middle east. and we see that all of these developments are playing into syria. and one of the important things when it comes to syria is that all of these developments that have led to the middle east emerging from years of chaos and the, the, the dust is starting to settle on the syrian conflicts. and again, on the war on yemen, on the saudi coalition war on yemen. and now all of these developments seems to be not sitting well with israel, and there was the united states earlier said that it does not advise its arab partners to normalize with sharla side. and we see just just a day before the re, racine trip to syria, israel launched air strikes against

a post international airport. this is widely seen as a message by israel that it is not favor and it does not tolerate iran increasing influence in the region. well, the visit also comes as cherokee and syria also are starting to open up to each other thanks to russia, russia as host that officials from turkey, syria, iran and russia in moscow to try to settle the long standing disputes between ankara and damascus. so bracy is visit, is seen as another piece in the unfolding, new chapter in the middle east, which has seen a significant decrease in the role played by the western powers in the middle east . when the region is starting to take matters into its own hands. all right, archie correspondent, use of jolly thanks for bringing us those details on the iranian presidents purported visit. now, meanwhile, a bipartisan bill,

which would allow washington to permanently sanction iran has been introduced into the u. s. congress to rock state continues to make threats against democracy in actively sponsors terrorism around the world. through this bipartisan, bicameral legislation, we can prevent iran from possessing nuclear weapons and further jeopardizing global peace. the ran sanctions act is one of the most important tools in you are slow to compel, ran to abandon is dangerous and just to belies and behavior sanctions will only be lifted if around stops is threatening behavior. iran, cont, ronald, the clock on us law legislation comes amid a visit to israel by the us house speaker, where he's, where he addressed the countries parliament accusing to run of aggressive behavior in the middle east at despite iran recently re establishing diplomatic ties with saudi arabia. and iraq, those threats have one primary cause the rogue raynan regime.

most of the turmoil in this region of violence and instability can be traced back to that source which continues to fund terrorism. arms its proxy malicious and pursues nuclear weapons. iran seeks the d, stabilize iraq. it wants to entrench missiles in syria. it empowers the terrorist organization, hezbollah law in lebanon, and it is fueling a brutal civil war in yemen. and among all this aggression, it seeks to encircle israel with hostile forces. ah, we must always remain resolute in our commitment that a ran will never acquire a nuclear weapon. my colleague,

rory, sushi discussed the issue with experts from both israel and the us to get their perspective on how this will our could influence regional politics. well, speaker mccarthy says is the conventional wisdom if this is the usual assessment of year and it has some basis in fact, whether the iran regime of x out of the some defense to believe that the is under attack and it was to preempt unlocked is another matter, however, the measures taken by congress. these sanctions, this is useless. iran isn't one launched war and over 300 years, it is try to save people crying out from the oppression, slavery and murder that the israelis have launched. israelis have been responsible

for attacking the united states from the u. s. s. liberty to 911. it's been attacking syria. it's been attacking russia and killing russians and ukraine and in syria. israel does have nuclear white weapons. i can confirm that as a former member of the united states army, i won't go into the details, but it does have nuclear weapons. iran does not want nuclear weapons, doesn't need nuclear weapons. and frankly, in my experience in iran, it's a, it's amazing to me, the patients they show and their virtues. they have been stopping lots of drugs coming from afghanistan and to europe. they've been adapting their missile program to be defensive in making it so strategically accurate. so they spare, innocent lives, innocent blood, even though you may, it may sound like by sounds like propaganda up to you. israel is basically on the side of the engine. but having said, of course, sanctioning iran, which by the way, congress wants to do in order to put the onus on the executive branch on president

by then they don't care what happens if he veto, see if he doesn't follow. they want to blame him for whatever happens with iran. the question of the really, their program is never really on the table because the be sensitive and the piece defensively. there is such a program, but yes, eventually, israel will had to talk least iran, if iran reprint reciprocate, rollins been on the sanctions for decades and it still managers to go about its business. i mean, is it going to make any difference? any difference to caron? if the sanctions of past permanently know because we're in a new world, the old world is passing away. and this shows also the delusion and the self hypnotic narcissism of western full politicians. they are still acting like they're in charge of the world that that world is fading. the multi polar world is rising.

and russia and china and iran form the hub of it for the cent form, the central part of it. and they're, they're bleeding out, bleaching out to india and saudi arabia and elsewhere south america. so the piece that a general fella money want to do, which he between saudi arabia and iran before he was murdered by mike palm pail, giving president trump bad information. and then trump allowed to dab wrong. saudi arabia have solidified a p spiel. yemen is closing down and it's war. syria is being welcome. welcome back into the arab lee. you're seeing peace break out. despite the forces of the united states desperately trying to keep k awesome fires. the white house has refused to comment on the ca, association with notorious sex offender, jeffrey epstein. that's as new revelations emerge about an additional list of prominent figures who met epstein, even after he'd been out as a sex abuser sparking fury and the u. s. libertarian party,

which accused the political elite, of having no morals. it is long, been hypothesized that epstein was an intelligence asset. but we've moved far past the point where it requires more faith to assume he wasn't supported by our government. the f b i is halting investigations on child sexual abuse cases and the ca has a long history of using children is bargaining chips. the picture paints itself, there is no limit on the leaf immorality in their pursuit of political dominance. this new round of revelations about who jeffrey epstein associated with and had meetings with as many asking questions. it's long been speculated that there was some kind of intelligence connection on the part of jeffrey epstein. and now we have confirmation that after his conviction, 2008, he had met with prominent individuals such as future cia director william burns

prominent banker. ronnie, to rothschild, as well as white house council, catherine rambler. and at this point we have a very not so convincing response from the cia spokeswoman. here's what she had to say. mister bens met with mr. epstein about a decade ago as he was preparing to leave government service. the director didn't know anything about him. other than that he was introduced as an expert in the financial services sector and of a general advice and transition to the private sector. they had no relationship. it's understood that this response is not the most convincing one. and many have heard this response and said they have many more questions, especially with the new revelations of mr. epstein and who he met with who he was associated with. now for those who may not recall, jeffrey epstein was a wealthy financier, was known for running a child sex prostitution ring. now he was 1st convicted in 2008,

doing these kinds of activities, but he received a very mild sentence of only house arrest. however, he was charged arrested in charge once again in 2019 and then he died under very questionable circumstances in a u. s. federal facility revelations about that case and the connections the jeffrey epstein add to the american lead have caused many to ask serious questions about what's going on behind closed doors in washington dc. it was evil for the united states government to carry on a relationship with the most prolific child sex trafficker in history. and on top of that, according to the calendar cover up and trade secrets based on his abuse . i'd say that it's very likely to be sweat on the rug one to this is become the norm for the united states government. not only do we know nothing about jeffrey

epstein, black book, his calendar. i mean, we've been given snippets. i mean, look, there were meetings, our long meetings between hundreds of people that are now the most prominent officials in our society, from you on must to steve abandon. ok. we don't know anything of these meetings and none of that should be excused by the fact that he was willing to work as an operative. so united states government, i'd say this, if that's the caliber of agent, that the government is employing the american public. what? nothing to do with this government. the u. s. builds up its influence in the asia pacific region, amid soaring tensions with china, singapore has strongly back to the office defense pack, claiming it could contribute to regional security. so even on august, in so far as it contributes constructively to regional security, we are in support of it. we are comfortable with all the free partners with an all case because with each of them we've had long term relationships, and that's why i think we're able to work together. singapore is foreign minister,

also emphasized that se, asia must not become an arena for proxy wars. and that the return of china, the china, us relations rather to a more even keel would help bring stability to the region. that statement was made during the singapore australia joined the ministerial committee meeting that took place in camber yesterday. meanwhile, the u. s. and the philippines reiterated their own solid defense commitments, amid talks between the 2 countries leaders in washington. the filipino president's visit to washington comes after the states completed their largest ever military drills last week. the latest exercises follow china is 3 day military drills around taiwan. moreover, the philippines agreed this year to give the us access to for more bases on the islands. up in new guinea is another country in the pacific region seeking closer defense cooperation with the u. s. the country's foreign minister through his

support behind the plan to embed pacific island troops in the australian defense force as this country prepared to host anthony albany. is joe biden. and remote this month for a meeting with pacific island leaders, a new defense cooperation agreement is expected to be on the agenda. but to get more on the story now we're going to cross live to i in our tongue, going to say a senior fellow at the top. he institute, thanks a lot for joining us. so my 1st question for you is about seeing the singapore singapore is foreign minister, rather saying that he doesn't want se, asia to become an arena for proxy wars. so the question i want to ask is, do you think that the region has already become an arena for proxy wars? well, quite frankly, the u. s. is doing its best to find some sort of spring board for your trouble. you know, there's, it's no secret about taiwan. the u. s. has broken the agreement that was memorialized by the 3 communicate back in the seventy's and eighty's. and basically,

they are now saying that as biden has said that 4 times that he would come to the military aid of taiwan, they walk it back, but they continue to arm taiwan to encourage talk of independence to have high level meetings. all, as i said, derogation of the regional terms last week, the u. s. president joe biden introduced a new step to deter what it called the north korean threat. and obviously the u. s . has a history of empty promises when it comes to the dpr k. so do you think that this deal between washington and sol might end up provoking north korea and ending and leading to some sort of escalation in the region? well, escalation is, is probable. i don't think that it will be a nuclear attack. i mean, north korea is aware that it could impose a lot of damage, but it could not win a nuclear war with united states. so, you know, it is, it's the same. it's just kind of needless provocation. but it's

a lot of it is being pushed by domestic politics. south koreans feel that they want to have their own nuclear umbrella. they don't really feel competent. the us will do the right thing by them plus with north korea, having it. and the empty promises that are been made by past presidents that there will never be a nuclear north korea on my watch. well, somehow that watches broken and north korea, it is a de facto nuclear power. so at this juncture, the korean people actually want a nuclear program, but that would be very problematic for sol and for the economy. they would have a sanctions for violating the non nonproliferation act. so this is kind of happy medium, although i don't think the pentagon will be happy to know that it's subs can be tracked to korean bases where it will be very easy for the north koreans to kind of follow around with drones underwater drones. well, generally speaking, do you think that asian countries consider consider the u. s. a reliable partner

given its long history of intervening in the affairs of sovereign countries? well, i don't think there's any place in the world that really considers the u. s. a reliable partner. it's very clear in europe, but, you know, i'm sorry, the reason, i mean not even neighbors, both mexico and canada, they pay lead service to the, to the u. s. alliance and the de facto economic union. but even mexico is kind of rebelling against it in terms of canada doesn't seem they have a very, very end. they do not seem to have an independent foreign policy. at this juncture, the u. s. is in a race against time to get rid of what he believes are challenges to its enemy. and they believe their, her jeremy is justified because there's should be only one solution for the whole world. and it should basically be imposed and run by the united states. this is not

falling on a warm ears around the world. you can see rejection of this in africa. south african foreign minister has not been reticent about condemning united states to a trace, schooling blinking on the fact that he says he doesn't want her to poor south africa to make the choices between china and the us. but you know, 2 days beforehand. linda grunfeld the u. s. representative to you and had done exactly that. so these things, these cracks are appearing and the u. s. this is actually making us more frantic because they believe that they have to do something dramatic in order to slow. not only china, but also in all other perceived areas. bennett way like cuba, russia. you name it. the list goes on. alright. i and our time getting senior fellow at the top a institute, thanks a lot for joining us on the program. thank you. ah. after the 1st time in

french polynesia history, a pro independence party is now in control of the government and follows the landslide election. victory. independence is the only way if we want to red, decayed to poverty. that is eaten away a tall country. however, any referendum needs the approval of paris and even the most ardent of secessionist, acknowledge it could take 10 to 15 years to achieve their goal. the french president emanuel micron recently criticized the polynesian authorities over their plans to increase cooperation with another major player in the region. china, france took over the control of the archipelago in the 19th century, monopolizing its natural resources and giving it a strategic military presence there. during the cold war, france detonated a total of $41.00 nuclear weapons in the islands as part of its testing program, causing huge damage to the local environment and exposing the indigenous population

to massive doses of radiation. un security council has put the territory on a di colonization list, and called for compensation from paris. i lighting the right of its people to self determination over france has repeatedly refused to abide by that ruling author and political analyst. nicholas markovich believes the recent election could potentially mean trouble for friends. definitely, there is an idea behind this selection to maybe bring the french polynesia to independence. i think also we should not overstate or underestimate the impact this had on the manual. macro was quite prison. present in french polynesia. he went there in 2021. i he's allies lost a i. so this is a new i would say bad news for a manual macro who made french polynesia. one of his priority is probably 2nd zone priority. but one of his priorities, so there's a new defeat for a manual micro and there is this possibility that the independence,

the separatists may try to build a platform to gain a independence in the years to come. they feel in these regions that paris can no longer google search in some of these movements, which will say what paris can help us out any more. we will take our destinies in our own hands, and we will build independence. so this, there could be some sort of domino effect, even though we must, a must recognize that a french polynesia as new caledonia, do seem quite far for many people who are in continental france in europe. in other news, a huge fire has broken out at an oil depot and the port of time on in the south of russia, a fuel tank is reportedly on fire at the depot, and social media users claim explosions could also be heard. there's no official information yet on what's called the blaze. the towns governor says there have been no reports of casualties. meanwhile, emergency services are working at the scene. flu from both cities and rushes,

pronounced region and explosive device has derailed a freight train at around 20 of its cars with all the details on what happened. here's.