saudi is really normalization is deeply important for washington. that's according to us secretary of state anthony blinkin as he takes off his trip to saudi arabia on tuesday, playing the role of mediator in the middle east. but lincoln was also sure under line washington's efforts to block or ron, from obtaining nuclear weapons which tra, ron has continuously denied. there is no danger that is real faces that is graver then the one paused by the radi and regime the pattern of hospital behavior underscore as a clear impaired to heard from michael. this, ron cannot and will not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. as blinking himself said, one of the missions is to save the middle is to put the basically washington 6 to boys its own relations with its long time partner in the region. it's the 2nd top level american visit to saudi arabia in a month. and i have to say that the relations have been shaken in recent months,

pursuing their room, national interest. the salad is often happened to hurt the stays intentionally or not. the . the question is, is a washington, welcome to the saudi arabia. well, blinking arrives to the kingdom on the day when it ran an embassy reopens in the yard. as if a gentle reminder that a historic deal that we can solve the 2 countries, the solid is and iran up to 7 years of hard tensions, was brokered by china not to as also had a lincoln's visit to saudi arabia, the united air batteries, u. s. as strategic ally in the region announced it withdrew from the us, lead security, mary, time call ition, and now joins saudi arabia and iran. that's together with 5 other states are

planning to establish and you naval college should and to ensure regional stability and security without us in the countries of the region and have to day realize that only corporation with each other bring security to the area. there was another top plans during lincoln's visit to the, the latest, but it wasn't essentially excluded with no reason. it's given israel. it's watching closely. all the meetings in the yard because it's 6 normalization with saudi arabia and news, american assistance invest. we want normalization. and these, with saudi arabia, we view that as perhaps a giant leap towards the end of the air was early conflict. disagreement could have monumental consequences, historic consequences for both israel, for saudi arabia, for the region. and for the world. you asked for a paper, it promised to me th, but so far no breakthrough has been achieved 3 on has been holding back, insisting that palestinian statehood goals should come refers to something that

israel cannot accept. and also choices that they announced that it is going to develop its own nuclear program. and that is also something that is really strongly against. so whatever reasons, whatever goals us secretary of state is expecting to achieve in saudi arabia, it is not going to be an easy admission. meanwhile, that is all in president and nicholas. my doodle also visited saudi arabia, following a visit to to her tier, to congratulate president are the one on his fresh election when the latin american leader is set to visit an international conference on fighting terrorism. to be co chaired by us, secretary of state anthony blinking, saudi arabia has maintained an independent foreign policy. recently focusing on reproach meant with a ron and normalizing ties with syria, professor of caribbean and latin american studies. daniel shaw says the independent dialogue between saudi arabia and van as well should be respected by washington.

sorry, is the sending a clear message that they're going to be independent in the foreign policy, that they are not the back yard. the northern africa in the middle east and on the back yard. oh, by the united states. did the fact that they met with the chinese met with the iranians. and now have overtures towards syria and now been as well. it was extremely significant. this uh goes directly against everything whether it was trump. busy bite in boyish obama. uh, the, the us has done everything to try to isolate blockade and frankly starve the countries that we're talking about. and the fact that the saudi arabia would open up towards them, definitely flies in the face of the us that can citizen. so. busy the neo colonial overboard. ready release we interesting is see how the saw these play this. it seems like they're trying to come across is more neutral than their former foreign policy, which they, they really functioned as

a battling ram of the us in the region. and now the opening up towards our new partners which, which, which, which could have dire consequences for the us. after 7 years of closed stores, a ron is set to reopen its embassy in saudi arabia. the move a result of a chinese brokered agreement between the states. saudi arabia broke off relations with iran in 2000. and 16 after the states embassy into ron was attacked by protest, 1st expelling iranian diplomats from the country. toronto's mission will return to saudi arabia under the leadership of a rod's former ambassador kicks awaits the embassy, is reported to be in function the agreement to restore relations between saudi arabia and iran was reached in march of this year. after unsuccessful attempts by other states, china finally broke the deadlock between the 2 parties. we spoke to collab,

but tar fee, a saudi arabia based university professor, who said that piece between saudi arabia and a rod may facilitate further similar processes in the middle east. as i believe it is important because it means the stand up is between the 2 major countries, major players and and that's when i'm once the outcomes of i've heard of science in their agency including them in tie on some and anybody's ever seen. and they will not use the next 2 years ago, but now i need, uh, i gotta do. and she came at the shy news with their instruments on their relationship, strong relationship with your on that also. so the idea and they managed to tell the gaps and putting this in the 2 countries across so together. and that was

the in the game. but the game started layers at least 2 years ago, the up to 3 years in prison. that's what a former minister of justice in slovakia is facing for his pro russian comments on facebook. however, he stands firmly by his principles. i'm proud of the statement i have written and i would repeat it any time. it is indisputable that putin and the russian federation acted in accordance with international law. it cannot be called an aggressor. so his latest thomas comes as he's been reportedly charge, was defamation of a nation and endorsement of a crime by slovakian authorities for a post on facebook in which he cited was vladimir putin saying if he were in the same position, he would have done the same thing her then went onto point out that scores of

ethnic russians had been killed in ukraine since 2014 calling kids actions an act of genocide. stuff inheritance terms as a former slovakia administer of justice and supreme court just as hasn't protected him from being targeted for his pro russian statements on back in february of 2022 if convicted, he faces up to 3 years in prison. we heard from political analyst, alexander of private, who says the slow back authorities are probably trying to make an example out of hair, but to shut out all political potential skeptics that does not fit to do official narrative is being criminalized or is being simply shut down for a sensor. and so this is just an egregious example, the latest example. but you know, this is the thing. they don't have any car arguments. and you're a lot of,

i'd say 20 years ago. somebody else who doesn't agree with them would have just on out into the media and said, why they don't agree with them. but here, you know, their arguments are lead. also, they want to crush any descent. so instead of the coloring with the commer opinion, as don in normal democratic societies, they just try to censor him. they try to criminalize and they tried to intimidate him, and they tried to use them as an example for others who might have similar thoughts . and lots of other people have similar thoughts in europe, just as a lot of them are also afraid to a voice and publicly like he has. and in india, police have opened a criminal taste into last week's deadly trained disaster, which claimed hundreds of lives and left more than a 1000 people injured. india's railway minister says the collision was caused by a faulty signal rescue operations are complete and the structure of track has been

reopened. are 2 corresponded, rude jew sharma visited the scene off to long list. you operations was to restore the release of the deadly dream. do you read them into no rush at ease now or what? well, almost off till around 50. all of the deadly trained class children follow sold in order to show the indian rubies has finally restored the down line movement of some trains. but the stench of that in the air and the belongings on the ground still very much here. what you see is one of the 1st passenger trains boxing bite since the crash, which gives nearly 300, an injured or a 1000. those things are moving forward and it controlled and monitored. we may need wrecked coaches the line, the other tracks. total searches have been conducted in the wreckage for body and body. fox. blood work to the bad tracks. an overhead electric cables which have

snapped seems to be the government's top priority. the rescue relief and restoration work in the bane 40 harsh some wouldn't have been so quick or even possible without the help of local villages which contributed with a man, sabbath homes, temples, food and water. have been able to the buffet of our tri sold lentils, and bolted from my home. when my make sure we need to help these tragedies shouldn't have happened to 3 ration workers. the police walk around the clock to put things back on track. no clues. the video from they hosted homes for people like them. i know it's not much, but just need is the we from the tracks supplies and shades on, nothing less than the blessing continuously. we can say that from the incident happen, we are trying to get food at the sun. those are all engaged and it is

really the settings of both the passenger and tweens of slowly getting back on track. but what passages in india a truly reaching for is north resumption but accountability, bridge, and sharma all the but also the result a 3 year old palestinian boy has died after he was shot in the head by is really forces who claimed the boy was killed accidentally in a gun fight near a jewish settlement, his father, who was also injured, says the tragedy is a reminder that all palestinians in the occupied west bank are being targeted is the only one to blame is the israel occupation army. and it's systematic policy against all of us, whether it's children, the elderly, or anyone, and all of us are targeted. they rudely and arrogantly claim they were fire and

bone. i'm a witness that these claims are false. the victims were me and my son like any other for the stadium that has similar losses, i feel some pride and comfort that my son offered something to this homeland. if there's any justice we will seek it. i don't have faith in this legal system and these courts, the last moments with my son were playing with him on the doorstep before our home . if i had not had mohammed alta mimi and his father were shot on thursday nights year and is released settlement in the west bank. they were in their car preparing to visit family members. when is really soldiers opened fire? according to the boy's uncle, the soldiers even tried to stop them from going to the hospital and asked me to best know what was in my house next to my brother's place. and i heard the sound of gunfire, and his family screams for all they were taken to the military check point. they refused to allow the wounded to enter the hospital, but then were raising the homage in front of the eyes so that they could see him drenched in his own logic. and normally them,

they allowed us to take him to hospital with them, not even inside our homes. we did not feel safe because of these riley criminal gangs. the previous experiences of the petal cd and people, it was proven, you know, that this occupation is above the law. if so, an israel approved that it does not care about the international law. and also carries out as crimes in the name of the loan with international support to have uh, the israeli defense forces officially confirmed the shooting, stating they regret the harm done to civilians. and that the incident is under review. the palestinian hamas group has however described the attack as an example of israel state terrorism. palestinian officials have said that they don't hold much hope for justice to be done. hey, i have outlined these on just 12, which is always measured by 2 different standards. when the boundaries palestinian would you not hear any voice?

well that's all perhaps only a shelly voice, but even there is and is really child who is terrified. the whole world will move and there will be many organizations didn't talk about the issue and the now so cold terrorism, what i can have, we will know back anyone, but we say to these institutions, you how you have to measure with the same standards and the palestinian child women and now there's like any other abused ones in this world. the heavy and the east african country of tonya is currently losing $2000000.00 a week. as a result of a crisis in the industry, in the t crisis comes as global insecurity has caused key investors to suspend their activities in several parts of the country after a legit raids on their commercial properties. at the same time, the recently adopted e re deals also puts a heavy burden on african farmers with our, our cultural exports now hindered by the expanding regulations coming with the deal

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so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation, let it be an arms race and it is on all sides. very dramatic. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very political time. time to sit down and talk the the

hello and welcome to was a part. there's an old cliche that's more is a continuation of politics by other means. but apparently, sol, east piece, with serious recently admission into the era plague, some of its former adversaries. now looking into potentially rebuilding the country, they helped to destroy something profound, must have shift to in the middle east. what is it? well, to discuss it, i'm now joined by a model because the founder and director of know says a think tank focusing on the middle is mr. broadcast, it's great to talk to you again. thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me. thank you. very much. now,

the last time i interviewed you was in 2013 when this year in the world was still in its varying times to stages. the country had already been kicked out of the arab league, and anyone recognizing the rise of the syrian state to defend itself or defend its citizens. was considered a butcher, at least in the western narrative. i just wonder how does it feel at to, to see it come full circle now? i think we, we'll predict well, some of us at least predicted that this was going to be the case. eventually, i don't think anyone in their wildest dreams of the different take a so long it's elizabeth who knew from the very beginning that there were enough syrians who did not want to do an evolution or soul some risk and endangerment, and therefore stood by the government and because they were enough of them,

you know, they couldn't be defeated. the types couldn't be turn, so eventually renew. this was going to happen. i lost it, came to a huge cost and a lot of stories for syrians. um, i don't know, in a sense uh, could if this could this have come a little bit earlier perhaps, but again, you know, the syrian issue isn't really tied on, but with syria or even the regional, the, you know, c a term but, but it's actually a more, you know, worldwide sort of problem. i do want to ask you about the psychological effects of these contain on the syrians, besides reducing the relationship between people and power, or people and change their relationship to change and the means to attain it has changed in any way. okay, so, so let me tell you, it is a story to the very 1st few days off. again, thank you for the so called revolution. i could argue you to revolution by some

parts of the syrian people. this is very important to understand. this is not evolution of the syrian people against a dictatorship or no thought of teddy innovation. this is far more that a group of syrian people, the revolutionary method, soft off. whether you view that as positive or negative, wanted to change things. and the other part of the syrian people, so a problem with that and, and, you know, they, they felt that they need to stop that and counter that. an example the 1st, the 1st few days, one of the 1st list of demands that we heard was from a shake in the coastal area of bonnie ah, so coastal city of by the us. the 1st line of demand of the demand list was to separate boys and girls and schools. there are so many reasons why so many syrians wouldn't approve to such agenda. and the problem was at the very beginning is that

we knew that that this kind of rhetoric would attract a lot of problems from the jihad. these even from certain countries in the region who are in themselves very democratic. so we, i think the sooner people split from the very beginning on this, i was just a little bit strong by your phrase of revolutionary means. because i, i mean, it sounds, it may sound very romantic to western audience. it doesn't sound romantic to me because i'm, you know, as somebody who was born in the country that had several revolutions and they usually turn out to be very blundering. and it's not just the, you know, about the, to give our a songs. it's about the understanding of social dynamics and the complexity, all 5 core existence of the, you know, diverse interest, diverse mentality. so, you know, it's a, it's a very complicated subject. and uh, what angers me a lot is how sort of um, popularized, it has become people who watched television for some reason, believe that they,

they can be an expert on freedom revolution and social change. and i think the ones who paid the price for the several months us, for the so magic attitude to revolution. obviously when people live in people in to some extent the to nation people and the yeah, many people and the egyptian people on the lease goes on and on. but that, unfortunately, those who push should never, you know, come face to face with the, with the consequences of that the rebels it's, it's actually rebellion. it's not a revolution because, you know, it's not all the syrian people, but they thought of it as a revolution. they believed, etc, but even they still use that report. they believe that this was a revolution. and when they encounter a different point of view, they don't believe that it exists. if they think this is either a government collaborate or, or a traitor, it's either this or that they sold by, by believing that they are more numerous to you. they could bring more support for

more countries. i mean, in 2012, they were like 130 countries to and gather or met in more uncle to support the cause. they feel that they could overwhelm the other side, but this was not, you know, it was more of a civil war from the very beginning, not down the lines of like she, i this send me that or catholic this post and that it was more objective more people on the side that was reluctant or pretty much against this sort of action. i did so because of some sort of objective reasons rather than subjective reasons, we didn't approve of the program. we didn't approve of how it was going to be implemented, who were supporting it and so on and so forth. so far. so it was all that now going back you original question with the syrian people want to change model is their appetite more appetite actually not the case,

because now syrians are more reluctant to do anything. you know, if, if anybody speaks of any sort of change, then he's going to be shut down by lots of people because we ordered, you know, what the, that would might mean and what no intentions either from regional or international powers. it could, it could hide. so yeah, no, that happened, but the, you know, it's, you know, you, we also need to have a broader, conversational on what change or democracy really is. because, i mean, there's a tendency, especially in the western discourse to, you know, assign larger than life significance to any political leader in this case. but charlotte sought, but there are numerous anonymous syrians in millions of them who, you know, cab disclose running and hospitals running for big. brad, who clean the streets, who you know, stood by that country in very humble, but also very, very profound ways. and it takes courage, it takes time and i takes result. and to me,

at least that's what genuine involve democracy and patriotism is all about. isn't it the same for you? yes it is. and again, going back to the very 1st few days, those who are perceived for it from the actions that when, you know, taken. yeah. and, and the streets from the problems that was the starting and all that stuff. that only line of defense was to keep the government going to keep the state on its feet . they gave their children to the army, they did very stubborn, and he tried to stay in the country and not flee. you know, duck were talking doctors, nurses were talking teacher talk, an engineer who told everybody that line of defense to keep the serious as they want was to keep the government and the state on their feet. because that's their best chance of survival. had those people capitulated from the very beginning from the very beginning. i the so come to us, right?

or probably sold, you know what, we're not going to go through this. let's just accept whatever changes being made on. we are going to deal with it and find a way through the acceptance and, and, and gone through that route down. that's rude. that probably we've, we would have seen a different scene in syria now. yes, but they have cost. i don't think that becoming a 2nd degree citizen was an option for many of the and i think they perhaps also had the, well some inkling of knowledge at that time because this syrian uprising was happening on the hills of the destruction of state structures in, in libya and the very public murder of watermark adolphe and i think there was a why the expectation on the part of this year and the address there is that a similar kind of scenario could be repeated in, in, in syria. what do you think preventive that from happening? some of the main factors apart from the public results to support the state,

not the leader, but actually the state structures. and that actually you, you touched on a very important point. first of all, what happened in libya and, and human specifically, and told at least a segment of syrian people that this is not going to lead to any, any we're good because we could see that there was going to be an a key in both places. so this contains the police, some syrians to stand by their state and keep it the field. now this result isn't unfounded and isn't out of food. and we knew 1st of all that there was going to be internal resources that we could draw upon. but 2nd, but we have allies who wouldn't be interested in allowing syria to fall into let's just say the other camp. so basically the russians and there are also others who saw in syria

a front kline and where they could fight to prevent that. the battle from moving into the air and which was in wrong cuz we knew the deer in use would perceive the problem in syria as a tribute to a problem indeed on. so they didn't on to and you know, allow that easily to happen. and so we've had sort of natural allies, if you think of the russian intervention in, in syria, in 2015 in the autumn of 2015. and there's always a lot of talking to syria, one to this that the russian friends came out. oh, that is true because syria definitely needed some support cuz everybody else was, was trying to bring the government down on the state down. but also russian had a strategic interest because it, so the united states move into the region after the fall of muso, under the guys i would argue, of fighting die, which would probably be russia soul was.