[000:00:00;00] the, the, the, a rainy and military claims is really a tax because the limited damage. well, the idea of that was revenge against further retaliation. if the regime in the wrong were to make the mistake of beginning a new round of escalation, we will be obligated to respond. georgia stands at a cross roads as crucial parliamentary elections take cost, with the countries east versus west trajectory hanging in the balance. washington is a raising concern and us media acute the tech billionaire eli mosque of closing up to put in the following the business bands endorsement of donald trump with the claims emerging just over

a week before the us presidential election. the i'm rachel ruble live in moscow. you are watching our t international work covering the top new stories from around the world. we start with breaking news around says the damage caused by israel's overnight attack was limited and it's air defense system successfully intercepted the missiles, but these are the reported locations targeted by the israeli army. video is posted on social media, have shown missiles being intercepted over to ron by a ran in air defenses. the idea of brand it as operation day of reckoning and has announced that if a ron there's to respond. israel will retaliate if the regime in the wrong were to make the mistake of beginning

a new year round of escalation. we will be obligated to respond to our messages, clear all those has threatened the state of israel and 6 to drag the region into wider escalation will pay a heavy price. earlier my colleague we're on mommy's spoke with our teams, middle east bureau chief, maria from ocean and israel and archie corresponding use of july. and ron about this latest escalation, the idea of has confirmed its precise twice on military targets in the wrong. according to his relay media, dozens of fine to dress participated. the long anticipated attack began at around 2 am israel time on such a day with a 2nd wave. follow me in about an hour, an hour and a half later, the army has released photos showing the idea of chief of self commanding. this strike from these really air force is on the ground command center at the military headquarters in tel aviv known as they carry on the defense minister and air force

chief were also present supervising the operation and the prime minister's office confirmed that's benjamin antonia home was in the operations center, as well as the carry out during the attack. this is the same location that's early in september for the 1st time since the 2nd 11 on war in 2006 was targeted by a surface to surface ballistics mesa launched by his ball. what we're seeing right now is a strike that has been widely anticipated off to iran launch dozens of ballistic may solves, again stays roll tobar, 1st with ero, claiming around $200.00 of them and take a run, doubling the number of officials and tel aviv vowed to retaliate the only questions were the timing of their response and the choice of target and the delay likely stan from disagreements between tell them even washington over a target selection with a you as apparently favoring at limited response to avoid triggering at full scale

war and further escalation added seems the pressure from washington altima to the play, the role as israel's attack remained limited in scope. meanwhile, and reports indicate that stays ro closed as, as pace to civilian air traffic for several hours now. and iran did the same. we heard that from maria that is well, so tom, is it these mid seasons? can you bring us up to speed or stay on air on right now? so we woke up already in the morning with this news of israel launching a massive attack against taiwan and other parts of the country, including the southern city of she rides. we heard that from is really unofficial sources suggesting that the 100 aircraft, including in an f 35 fighter jets, were involved in these where the attack against at once. and also we heard from syrian news outlets that the syrian air defense systems. and of course, the rocky

a radars have been destroyed by as well before launching the attack against the wind. because those 2 countries are yvonne's western neighbors and any projectiles . funny as well. have to go through these kinds of those countries to arrive at the iranian air space. so we heard that the radars and the air, different systems in syria and iraq were targeted by israel before launching the attack against a wrong of course. or the attack has my colleagues said, was able to tell the ation for as long as we send massive missiles strike against as well. of course, opposite here in iran, unofficial sources are suggesting that the scale of the attack is not significant. reviewing the news from these very sources, it looks like everyone has turned into a dis toby up or if we were into one footages have been released by his resources suggesting that every word into one has been targeted. some footages show

that a massive strike was launched in the middle of that one, which later turned out to be a fake image belonging to an explosion in a route. so, um, from the one inside, the iranian state television has dispatched its reporters, local reporters across that run and, and in other parts of the country, including the city of she rides. some footages are released up from uh, yvonne in um, petrochemical side send somebody one and even military sites. uh and the international implementing airport. all those footages released by the iranian state television suggest that the scale and the scope of the is ready strike is not as try to be propagated by these resources. and the scope of the of the strike is limited. israel sanchez to ally on washington reiterated. it's up most of ports of

east jerusalem. secretary austin visa and they are in class commitments of the united states to israel. security invite to self defense in the face of threats from the wrong and the wrong box, terrorist organizations. and the determination to prevent any acts from exploits in time since or expands into conflict in the region. while the pentagon expresses as determination over ending the cycle of escalation, the uranium foreign minister warned on thursday that if israel were to attack an appropriate response from to ron would follow. i always look for the disorder. i'm, you know, that's, they are behind. i mean, i've talked for you as well read, defend the last time. so somebody found this time again. if is the fax us people to respond to the appropriate

way response. let's discuss this now with him address that goal. i'm. is that a deputy for international affairs and ron municipality, and secretary general, the asian mayor's form 100? i'm a dresser. going to have you on the program with us dependent on i issued a statement saying that it was not involved in the strikes and that this should be the end of the exchange of fire between a ron and israel. how realistic do you think that statement is 1st of depending on wasn't involved and 2nd, that we won't see a response by iran thank you very much for having me. what i can see is the 0 on us stating that this stays now because we already know that these rotors cannot carry out, such as, like that, or any kind of sock or a fight against the wrong. we found that helpful. and the washington and the, the mother and the events that happened last night. it seems that there has been

some support and not only by the americans, but also by other countries like jordan, who has all pennies ever a space to these riley's for the 5 digits to most the to we do all the aerospace and we know that the oil support and the weapons and the 5 digits. everything is provided by the and every time they are providing information as well. and there has been some, a rumors and some use of social media that apparently an american and the time that's fine to just find a tang and actually to, to something that is there to attract the wrong. and somehow we had to reveal that there were and either or to attending and participating in the attack, the street has been deleted, of course. but anyway, it could be a sign, an audio sign that site. and that'd be, i'm already terms of supporting the, that is right, isn't this an operation? so, by just showing in statement,

americans cannot and actually the step aside from responsibility. and they would be taking accounts of a, from the radio. so how does the idea of claims that it has completed its attack and has achieved its military objectives? now it's also threatened to conduct more severe strikes if ron iran retaliates. how do you think a ron will respond to this? first of all, we know that the un defense system has been a balance to defense. majority of the attacks that happened last night. of course, there have been some intact, but the most of them have mean actually defended by the defense system uh box. the point is that you, one had already promised to respond if there is going to be a new time right from the driver's side. and you don't have no other choice. but to

do that is of course, the scale of the attack mass times that was the very big and it's in to me, it would be, i would interpret it as some media campaign guides or something to save space for these realize you have to say that they hire, you have done something and your response to what you want to be in the 2nd any sort of time. and so the damages doesn't seem to be very a huge. and it doesn't seem to be something to say, it is a huge scale attack. if you want or damage against you, want to prevent every and from responding on the other side, there are some and use that these remedies have send a message we are on have already informed it on and off the attack and they have

sent messages not asking you on not to respond, which i'm not sure it would be an accepted by your side. because the situation in the region and demands a wrong to respond because as they actually and uh, there are uh signs that uh for the past year and when and where there have been some negligence and regarding is ryan b atrocities. it moves, holiday has increased and they advertise more and more. so there need to be a forceful reaction to what is right is do in order to stop this war machine from continuing gym domestic or in genocide into them and, and, and gaza and also against 0. but how much as a israel had been threatening to attack a ron for weeks despite the serious concerns lodge to buy washington? do you think it's

a failure for the us that they were not able to convince israel not to launch this attack? you know, the americans are now selling the idea that we manage to decrease the level of attack from nuclear facilities or different structures into a military science, which i does except actually personally, i believe that the is right and these okay, so we, we've obviously having some connection issues with our guest, but i will think i'm addressing columns either. he's the deputy for international affairs and to wrong municipality and secretary general of asian mayor's forum. all right, we'll be sure to follow or our coverage here on our to international have more updates as they emerge to stay with us or to the south. congress is now where our

crowds are heading to the polling stations as crucial parliamentary elections kicked off in the republic of georgia. more than 3000, the pulling stations have already opened across the country with the state election commission preparing it to accommodate for over its 3000000 voters. the ruling party has been in power for 12 years and is seeking to win a parliamentary majority for the 4th time. but the position parties are looking to create a coalition to push georgia dream aside, is boating already under way the us is expressing concerns over the elections. we've made our concerns very clear about the trajectory of the democratic institutions and election process and georgia and we remain very concerned about it . let's press now to our to say, boast who joins us live from the george and the capital. a say, bring us up to speed with these selections and why is washington so concerns?

the yes, well, you join us here from to police. each of from freedom square actually voided the center of the city. the a bit of background, the georgia is a relatively small country. it's a less than $4000000.00 people, an ex soviet for public. but this is a very important day for georgia. as you mentioned, the georgia dream, the party that's been in power since 2012 looking to continue their mandates here, facing a at a coalition united national movement which is lose coalition of a lot of much smaller parties if you like, determined to try and de rail their time and power. now what's interesting about the election here is the amount of interest that it seems to be very far away. titles and thousands of kilometers away these georgia electrons. he'd be very important in the hotels on the street to your la of our voices, australian,

british american. and i suppose that there's been allegations that it's russia and china, even from the american. so i worked hard to interfere in the elections here that some of this ago that say the states with their colleagues in europe have a long, strong instead, fast friends, to the people of georgia. unfortunately, this powerful bond has recently come under the wizard attack by the ruling georgia dream party. the georgia dream government has openly renounced the longstanding democratic and euro atlantic choice of the georgian people ran a put and ask style, find agent law to permit this law is openly intended to stigmatize and undermine the nation's independence. civil society. georgia dream is also expanding as ties with the chinese communist party rapidly and handing over key infrastructure to the

people's liberation army military link companies. as another aspect of it stake, tutorial turn, the united states must not allow so of course, when you hear america in britain of the you talking to the freedom on sovereignty and democratic elections, the debit card to collect a debt goal. here, george and dream passed. these was interesting, zillow is essentially based on an american load. the foreign agents registration act that which is built in force in the united states for an awful long time. and again, it seems that the american, the european powers are very determined to, uh, use a carrot on a stick, but there's a lot more sticks in colorado at the moment that someone isn't today's action i'm, the schools are concerned about the consequences of empty democratic actions in georgia and the efforts by key individuals to use 5,

it's an intimidation to achieve the aims. the united states remains committed to holding accountable those who seek to undermine the rights of the georgian people. so when a law is passed, a very similar to an american woman, there's a aggressive reaction almost from the west. but something else is quite interesting about the elections here. the poll, which is taking place today is the fact that the both sides of the georgia dream on the united, the coalition, if you like, which is looking to take them out of power. have both said that they both see a pathway towards european integration. they both admitted that, so for the georgia is interested in doing what it's a georgia dream who said that they want to do it on george in terms of out of the being railroaded into any particular of, of a. so if you culture of various issues on l, g, b, t writes, etc, etc, it's quite a conservative society here in georgia. let's have

a listen to what they have to say. we can, together with a georgian people logically complete the european path. we started and become a member of the european union while preserving our dignity in response to the agents of external forces still want war chaos, and poverty. leading to the destruction of the country, internal and external enemies should not be allowed to destroy georgia. georgia is a country whose population wants to become a member of the european family with peace, dignity, and prosperity preserving its own values. so a very important day here in georgia, georgia, we need to get about 60 percent just over this much of 60 percent number of the poll add to retain power. and everybody's watching this space to see if that occurs on the polls here. suggest that most of the people we've spoken to suggest

the georgia dream are in fact to retain power. here is how this broad opposition, the very much back by uh the you and the united states will react to the results when they start to, for me later on to see right, our team, se bose live in simply say thank you george's ruling party and the opposition are also at odds over you frame some. george and officials claimed the west has been pushing them to open a 2nd front against russia. the georgia dream party is now campaigning under a message that says, choose a piece. not more implying that the opposition would pull georgia into ukraine, that style conflict billboards, featuring images of bombs out ukrainian churches contracting with these pictures in georgia, have sprung up across the capital city. police see george's president who opposes the ruling party, has accused the georgia dream of the train. the countries passed to the you and we discussed these developments with alexander tasha ahead of the center for

globalization problems. he says, george, i came under pressure for refusing to serve western interest. the over the past 2 years, there have been demands that the georgia storage is getting involved in the military conflict with russia. it was overly talked about and warned about if americans invest money somewhere, they will definitely demand the results favorable for them. these was clear when you'd be, instructor stopped finance and the georgia army. according to the agreement, they advocated several tens of millions of dollars for the retirement and training of the georgia military. and when they received their refusal from the georgian authorities to get involved in a war, the simplest stopped these financing there by demonstrating that they needed the georgian army, not for the defense of georgia, but to turn it into an instrument to achieve their goals. in the region, the claims that the reason for the cooling was anti democratic laws are a screen behind which lies the fact that georgia simply does not want to get

involved in a war. because such a war would be suicidal for the country. this was the reason for the cooling of relations and now the reason for the impending crude attack, i think that after the elections, all these hundreds of non governmental organizations that have existed on american and european grants for a number of years. and actually contained a significant part of george and youth who rise up. they will take to the streets and claim the elections were reeked. and i'm afraid that there will be such a very unpleasant mass. and it overthrown the count government. which being in power declared besides with these values, joining the european union joining they took the tide to moscow. narrative is quickly becoming a staple of us presidential elections. this time the smear campaign is targeting none other than donald trump's key ally ilan mosque. accusations of the tech billionaires close the ties of putting in are pulling focus from the candidates themselves. i t's were in the coast, reva takes

a closer look. the mosque has become a big thorn in washington's side, especially since he announced to support for former us president donald from now this is a man who everyone in his field knows and respects. not only is he not afraid to speak his minds, but he also has a lot of influence. and maybe that's why we're seeing so many recent attempts to smear him. space x is now under intense scrutiny for environmental violations out in south texas star based facility. the department of justice has filed a lawsuit against face executing the company of hiring discrimination. a new twist in the u on must have put our shock. that's right. the company's largest stakeholder is facing a new lawsuit of choosing the billionaire of market manipulation. and just in case that didn't do the trick they brought out their trump card quite literally just blink 8 on most of lot of our boots and,

and you'll have americans warming that he's leaking washington's top secret to russia. i think we don't know what the details are right in the us. officials don't really know, but isn't certainly not something that our national security officials are going to think that as a good faith. it's hard to imagine that someone who is a government contractor and a defense contractor, it that isn't constant conversations with one of our chief adversaries in the world . it shouldn't be hard to believe it, but it's not, but it's not. vladimir putin is a former k g b official. there's just no question. the vladimir putin would have been trying to utilize eli mosque as an asset for the russian station. there apparently best friends who regularly discussed personal topics, business and geo political time since the whole street journal claims that have received this information from several cards. and former us through a pin and russel officials, who also revealed the boots and asked the billionaire to avoid activating his

starling satellite internet service over its firewall as a favor to the chinese leader or dislike of boots. and supposedly got a lot of favors from, from after he helped him when during the 1st election. so it's still unclear how exactly are also benefited from trump's presidency. it's also on the clear where the proof is and once again, just and normally sources anonymously making claims. providing 0 evidence just relying on something had lies to work their magic. well, most go is as always a set in the record straight on that. as you remember, put in was accused of goals really having conversation with jump. now who's allegedly talking with musk. these claims are all completely false. the wall street journal published a completely false statement, but it had only one and culture with most before 2022. that sold had more of introductory style. they talked about the future and the vision salvage. lots of

himself has said that these claims are absurd, but who's listening? they're basically trying to expose and punish him and the lead up to the election. and the latest scandal is over his $1000000.00. we've stakes. so one of the things we're, we're doing is we want to try to get over a 1000000, maybe 2000000 of the of voters in the battleground states to sign the petition and support of the 1st and 2nd amendment. we're going to be awarding a $1000000.00 to randomly to people who have signed to sign the petition every day from now until the election. this is a way of getting people to both and swing states. and of course, it must, can definitely afford that, which is making a lot of people angry like the democrats and the justice department,

which jumped on this right away. saying that this could be legal though. they can the sor, yet still all wonder of the departments as also looking into those staffers from the british labor party, who are a campaign and for hi mila harris right now in the west and questions were made over. who sponsoring that, cheerleading squad, and how legal that is. but of course, the law mosque is arguably far more powerful than the u. k labeled party. and also a key figure in the type and space industry, which puts them in a very pretty position. one person aware of the conversations. so the government faces a dilemma because it is so dependent on the billionaires technologies space x launch is vital national security satellites into orbit. and is the company now so relies on to transport astronauts to and from the international space station. they don't love it, the person said, referring to the must put in contacts. the person, however,

said no alerts have been raised by the administration over possible security breaches by musk muskets set to have top level clear incentives, no doubt the monitored so safe to assume that if there was communication between him and vladimir putin, the bets would know about it and could probably provide evidence. so what is this all about? just another spirit campaign for american voters to lead up since the roster trump helps worked wonders for them last time. even if it was proven false. the question is, will they buy the narrative this time as us selections that are, is hangover? washington missouri attorney general has initiated a proven to alleged censorship by google. the tech guy announced plans in march that it was building a $1000000000.00 data center in the republic and run us state launching an investigation into google. the biggest search engine in america for censoring conservative speech during the most consequential election and one nation's history

. google is waging war on the democratic process. it's time to fight back a bally clarified that he suspects google of manipulating information about the presidential race. and donald trump in particular. and the republican nominee has promised to prosecute google if he wins. next month's vote, the corporation i sit back calling the allegations totally false. we spoke with former new york university professor, an officer of google archipelago, michael rectinwald's. he says there are numerous examples of google censorship. the stacks results and complete the controls information. they cure the information such a way that is extremely tilted away from and against what they would call right way more conservative values and conservative sources and tilted strongly towards less leaning sources. and you know, for example,

i did a google search in 2020 asking whether the, whether the democrats would steal the election. and the answers came back. uh, there were 10 articles that were put up the 1st 10 articles were about donald trump, stanley re election. now since the 1st 3 results in google searches determined 70 percent of the clips that people undertake, it is very determinative on the information that people received. you could have an enormous impact on the election and whether uh trump wins or not. i think the case should go forward because there is evidence from 2020 them. in fact, google has said that even their executive said that after 2016, they could not let this happen again. you stay with us here on our to international . i'll be back with much more in about half an hour in the meantime,