reza: mr.sen fakrizadeh, he was, your colleague, one of iran's leading scientists, he was assassinated. reza: does it make you question iran's security structure, like how could this happen on your soil? mr. salehi: this is not a vy complicated issue. if you want to kill somebody and they can always hire some people to kill somebody. reza: your government accused israel of carrying out the assassination. mr. salehi: certainly it is israel, yes, with the support of the united states. reza: something they they both deny or haven't commented on. do you worry about your own safety? mr. salehi: i don't worry about it because we believe in destiny, destiny is in the hands of god. eventually we have to die, sooner or later. you die as a martyr, so much the better. judy: fascinating interview. that was special correspondent, reza sayah, in tehran. the biden administration is struggling to respond to a new surge of migrant children at the country's southern border. our yamiche alcindor takes a deeper lo

reza: what are you asking?, you are talking to an american audience who have seen some horrific images. tell the american people what hamas plans to do to end the fighting. >> hamas is looking for justice, and they are adapting. reza: what can you do right now? >> i am telling you. we are adopting the right that has been granted for the masses, the nations. reza: the right to fight back? >> the right to fight back. reza: so you're suggesting the conflict is going to continue? be specific. what do you want to happen immediately. >> releasing 7000 plus prisoners. they are heroes, not criminals. finishing the occupation. we can draft it. you are asking something which is not fair because it is always me. reza: no, it is not. i have you now, so i am asking. >> palestinians are living under occupation. we have only two ways. either the international community excess pay the tax of independence of the palestinians, or we will do it all ourselves. reza: what hamas decides to do from here is a daunting open question. w

reza: did russia have any -- >> no.ouple of days ago in moscow and we had reception with them. we chatted over many things. they were very warm, and they are our friends. reza: these days, he gets plenty of warm receptions in government organized events in tehran, where he criticizes the israeli government's bombing campaign of gaza, occupation of public land, and defends the october 7 terror attacks that killed more than 1000 civilians in israeli towns bordering gaza. you say the occupation and the illegal settlements are the root cause of this conflict. you say israel is to blame. but i have to ask you, how did the attacks of october 7 help resolve these issues? >> the attack of the seventh of october is a reaction to the big action of occupation. sometimes you do it with a stone and sometimes you do it with rockets. that has shaken the israeli army. now you have awakened the international community that palestine is not to be wasted. for us, when the so-called peaceful solutions are exhausted and the peace process fa

reza: what iranian women say they want our better lives.e iranian government to deliver. failure to do so will likely fuel the discontent that sparked iran's women led protest and still bruise one year later. i am reza sayah in tehran. ♪ amna: princeton graduate student elizabeth tsurkov has been missing for six months. a dual russian-israeli citizen with family in the u.s., she was conducting research for her doctoral degree in baghdad when she was believed to be kidnapped by an iraqi militia. i spoke recently with her sister, emma tsurkov, who lives in the u.s., and has been trying to get government officials and princeton to do more to bring her sister home. i asked emma how she first learned her sister had been taken. emma: we are very close, we text each other daily. she loves my son so much, truly the apple of her eye. no matter what is going on and even if she is mad at me, she will always respond to pictures of him. so i sent her a picture of him, and then a few hours went by and then at the point at which it was 12 hours and she ha

for the pbs newshour, i'm reza sayah, in tehran.mna: to break down what this means for iran's future and how it impacts foreign policy at this crucial juncture, we turn now to suzanne maloney, vice president and director of foreign policy at the brookings institution, a washington, d.c. think tank. let's begin with this helicopter crash. is there any reason to believe this was anything other than an accident, that this could have been foul play? suzanne: the most realistic explanation is the most obvious. it was very poor weather, based on some of the scenes from the rescue efforts. there was fog, rain, and it was a helicopter that was quite old. it is understandable there are conspiracy theories. iranians have a tendency to interpret events in the light of their own history. in particular the region has been aflame recently. iran recently struck israel in an unprecedented attack, and the israeli response was quite mild. given the past history of iranian assassinations of nuclear scientists, it is not surprising there are conspiracy

reza it's good to see you.we know connectivityg able to get any word out has been an issue so fill us in. what is the latest on the ground? the latest is still a challenge because many iranians are just now getting back online, just now getting their internet service back. the big new today here in iran, thursday, ishat cell phone users are back online after being off line for the better part of two weeks. and it was a lack of internet connections for cell phne users that perhaps played the biggest rt in this information blackout we saw last week, an information blackout that made it very difficult, nearly impossibly for many people to conclusively report on the magnitude and the scale and the intensity of the protest. that said, indications are that the protests have died down, and when you drive around tehran today, nowhere near the security prence that we saw last week. >> nawaz: reza, let's talk about why these protests are happening now. we mentioned that hike in gasoline prices. do we have any idea why th

they could succeed. >> warner: so reza azlan, what did you make of ahmadinejad's post? i mean political terms. >> well, understand that this is iran's version of the fourth of july. so the job of the president is to make these kinds of statements to tout the successes of the revolution, the things that iranians can be proud of. but we have to recognize that the statement that iran is going to start enriching uranium at 20%, that it's going to build ten more enrichment plants in the next year are, frankly, laughable. it took iran years to build its one sight and they can barely keep that up and running. so this is not just for domestic consumption but more importantly it's designed to get a response from the west because if there's one thing that all people in iran, despite their politics or piety, in the green movement or pro-government agree on is iran's enalienable right to enrich uranium. >> warner: do you agree that it's laughable, david albright? >> parts of it are. the ten enrichment plants are laughable. you have to interpret that a little differently. unfortunat

every single time that we put anything to do with monica with reza shah with in on one with reza pahlavithey clicks go up high there is a demand it's not as if we are providing them with a sanitized version people are wanted because they look at back at history and they see in those days they were proud a proud nation the source of monitors funding is a mystery and the channel itself won't talk about its large budget the unanswered questions have spoiled numerous theories that the cia the b.b.c. the saudi government the pile of the family all the islamic republic itself are all possible backers of the channel. or to requesting an interview regarding its finances and programming back saying they have a strict policy of not speaking with other media outlets this is one thing that journalists do one word does manage to get its funding for us london a lot of iranians provide us with funds but they don't want their names to be no mandatory as well and certainly if you come and ask me who are my funders i will not tell you it's a very tough market and why should matter to. people who wish iran

reza: i think there is a concern.eresting is the response by the government has evolved over the past 12 days. soon after mahsa died, the government signaled they sympathized with these protesters, or at least that's what they tried to convey to quell the protests. the supreme leader sending an a ide to her home. an official vowing to investigate the matter. when that did not quell things, and when he came back to iran, the crackdown got severe. the past several days, more than 70 people killed, 1200 arrested. we are seeing more activists and journalists arrested, i personally know a fellow journalist who was detained for up to 24 hours. if indeed these protests are dying down, it could be because of the intensityf the crackdown. it also could have to do with the fact that theserotesters, as valiant as they are, they don't have leadership, they don't have a strategy. how long can you sustain the fight with a security apparatus like iran's like that? amna: what did this lead to? are using something fundamentally differ

reza aslan is author of "no god but god: the origins, evolution and future of islam." he's also a contributing editor to the web site, "the daily beast". and nick gillespie is editor in chief of reason.com and previously served as editor of "reason magazine". welcome to all of you. i will start with you reverend vincent. we heard the president refer to the country as being anxious, he said fears can surface, suspicions, divisions. how much of this to you goes back to 9/11? >> i think it all goes back to 9/11. i was interested to hear him say today that we're in a time of anxiety. but i think the anxiety has never left us since 9/11. there are deep, deep wounds, psychic and spiritual as well as the physical wounds. and they haven't gone away. >> brown: bishop jackson, all from 9/11 or responses to specific new events and real concerns. >> yes, some from 9/11. i believe we never fully grieved out in the mainland, if you will. and grieving is a process where we acknowledge our hurt and pain. further it's not politically correct at this particular juncture to talk about th

>>rown: reza aslani will bring you back in here. pick up on all this. where do you see it coming from? >> well, look, i think the important thing to understand here is that it's not so much that islama phobia is on the rise t is that it is becoming increasingly mainstream. there are fringe figures, figures like stop islamization of america, the group that is going to take over ground zero tomorrow for an anti-islam rally. that six months ago would never have received the kind of mainstream media attention that they are receiving these days. six months ago it would have been impossible to think of some of the words that have come out of gop presidential front-runner newt gingrich's mouth in by he has complete aly associated american muslims with al qaeda. so i think what we really need to worry about is the mainstreaming of this kind of religious bigotry. the idea that it could actually become a wedge issue in the midterm elections. but nevertheless, we do need to pull back for just a moment and remember that you know, in the 19th century we had the anti

hundreds of thousands were killed and maimed among them mohammed raises younger brother hammy that reza. aswell as you know our belief in personal sacrifice for the revolution is for our spiritual leaders says we are the victorious ones because our enemies cannot put pressure on us militarily they are doing it economically and culturally. mohammad reza says he's against moderates in government and believes foreign influence is to blame for economic problems. outside in a city festooned with the colors of the islamic republic of iran many people now speak openly about economic hardship. but forty taxi driver a no older reza is as old as the revolution he says he can't pay his bills i mean what a man has no matter how much he cut back on my spending i can make both ends meet i'm distraught i've got two children aged eight and thirteen for decades since the revolution of a population of more than eighty million and there's a big gap than ever between the rich and the poor the economic situation getting worse and made much more critical by the u.s. sanctions has led to high youth unemployme

reza pleaded guilty to seven charges and agreed to testify hoping the judge would give him a reduced sentence in exchange for his cooperation that event says the testimony can't be trusted because anything to get out of jail kristen salumi al-jazeera. a former bosnian croat military leader has died after drinking poison and u.n. war crimes court. just seconds after he was told he lost his appeal against his conviction ernest smith reports. with his twenty year sentence for war crimes upheld on appeal. was not about to go quietly it may received it. shouting i am not a war criminal a former croatian general took a drink from a soul bottles. for a short time the presiding judge continued to deliver verdicts on the other defendants then probably heard again through a translator i have taken poison the seventy two year old lawyer repeats a client's claim. clients as he drank a poison this morning she says. probably act was taken to a hospital in the hague where he later done in two thousand and four. flew from zagreb to the netherlands and surrendered himself to the hague tribunal with h

for the pbs newshour, i'm reza sayah in baghdad. >> woodruff: tomorrow, reza sayah continues our serieseport on the controversial iranian-backed militias in iraq that were instrumental in the fight against isis. >> woodruff: now, as the trump administration is considering whether to put tariffs on solar panels made outside the u.s., the rapidly plummeting price of solar panels has led to a boom in rooftop installations. and jobs. and it is raising questions about how utility companies should respond. william brangham is back with this report from vermont. it is part of our occasional series of reports, "peril and promise: the challenge of climate change," and is also our weekly look at the "leading edge" of science and technology. >> come on! >> brangham: andrea mcmahan and her son caulder run a dog kennel and grooming business just outside waterbury, vermont. >> where's that ball? >> brangham: during the recent windstorm that knocked power out for hundreds of thousands of people in the northeast, the lights and blowdryers stayed on at their business. that's because mcmahan had just ins

joining me by skype from tehran to discuss this is journalist reza sayah. reza, president rouhani won decisively, and this is especially interesting because his biggest challenger was a very conservative candidate. why did he win this way? >> yeah, i think for the voters who came to the polls yesterday, this election presented two very different candidates. on one hand you had hassan rouhani, the moderate reformist. he, of course, is the president who in 2015 signed the historic nuclear deal. his approach, his sales was just let's continue down this path. we're on the right path, and even though the economy hasn't improved, we're on the right course. and then you had his leading challenger, ibrahim raisi, the hard-line conservative. he essentially accused mr. rouhani as failing to dliver on the promise of benefits of the nuclear agreement, of being part of the financial elite, the welwealthy elite, ignoring the poor. and his message was iran needs to look back within its own resources, its natural resources, its human resources, its islamic revolutionary va

center immigration minister scott morrison joins us when he read the account of reza berati is death it's very detailed his skull was shattered he was beaten with sticks and kicked in the head by more than ten officers a strain in some locals did you have even a moment of doubt about the morality of offshore detention centers what occurred that night was criminal there was a terrible tragic and distressing incident that took place that night as as you said in your introduction. a chance things. now as well sort of your eyes come. don't move on from within to look at them as. might be on them that you're on a mere hunch it's not that good you. can do magic when you don't have one. but who. do you want to push to have. me this. or them too much feel about us rather part puzzle that only. you know when to quit which is. who. is the go to reach. we're. going to. be. a twenty four year old aronian asylum seeker has died in a brisbane hospital tonight after his family agree to have his life support machines which stop. hammad because they are was pronounced branded earlier this week after

reporter: mohamamd reza azali and hamed jafari are co-founders of techrasa, a news site that reportsran's tech industry. the two say they launched their site because of the interest inn iran's tech that followed the nuclear deal. >> some of them were iranianab who had livead for 30, 40 years. they were just like, we want to come back and contribute and help theommunity. >> reporter: azali and jafari say the impending return of u.s. sanctions rts. nevertheless, iran remains an attractive market. >> it's a gold mine. it's the last untapped market. >> reporter:ot everyone here is feeling resilient and defiant. to many iranians, mr. trump's decision was a huge blow. many here are tired of more bad news; tired of struggling, tired of waiting for things to get better. some statistics say unemployment is at 40%. the cost of living is up. the value of iranian currency is cratering. >> life is day by day more hard. >> reporter: mojtaba keshavarz sells persian caets. new u.s. sanctions will likely hurt exports, he says, but he doesn't blame washington for all of iran's struggles. he says cades

from tehran, special correspondent reza sayah reports.orter: these are iran's hardliners, the rock-ribbed religious conservatives of the islamic revolution.th but is a diverse country. 80 million people, more than half under 40. among them, college-educated modern youth. at tehran's paradiso cÉ, where goth girls and grunge guys meet to eat, the walls are adorned with rock and roll memorabilia and the air with american music ump doesn't have any fans here, either. >> ( translated ): when you see the world's reaction, you seego that he's not person. the whole world is against him. >> reporter: for many, mr. trump's withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal was the final straw. the agreement, signed in 2015 under then-president barack obama, appeared to peacefully resolve a decades-long nuclear crisis between iran and the west. the u.s. and world powers agreed to lift economic sanctions against iran. in return, iran rolled back its nuclear program, deemed a threat by the west. ten times, the u.n.'s nuclear wahdog verified iran's compliance with

for the pbs newshour, i'm reza sayah in tehran. >> woodruff: and we'll be back shortly with a brir but spectacuke on how forests reveal the beauty of the natural world. but first, take a moment to hear from your local pbs st it's a chance to offer your support, which helps keep programs like ours on the air. ores old-growth trees and the natural history of wisconsin's noh woods. author and naturalist john bates takes us there. he's worked in the area for more than 30 years, helping people understand the diversity a beauty of nature, and our place within it. bates's most recent book is called "our living ancestors." >> my took off about 2003. i'd been walking in older forest and found that they were quite rare and wondered why. why did we cut so many down? they're a filter for air. they're a storage of carbon. they provide shade to our streams. i feltumility walkininto these sites in a place where trees are four or 500 years old. thfound myself feeling a deep gratitude at these trees were resilient enough to still be here. my job as a naturalist is to nthelp people gain environ literacy

in that context our reza sayah got a rare interview with iran's nuclear head, and reza joins us now from tehran. the political contact. the u.s. says it is waiting for iran to suggest the next diplomatic steps. what is iran saying? >> tehran is saying, washington, you're the one that pulled out of the nuclear deal. you're the one that undermined the agreement where five other countries were involved, the deal that took two years to hammer out. it is your move. the ball is in your court. tehran is looking for some sanctions relief. it is important to point out that initially, during donald trump's maximum pressure campaign, tehran was saying all sanctions must be lifted. now they're clearly saying they'd be fine with a step by step process, whereby washington would ease some sanctions, and then iran would make a move. even that hasn't resolved things. and that's why we're still in this stalemate. >> schifrin: and the u.s. says it won't make that first step yet. so that is the stalemate. that is the context for your interview. ali akbar salehi, who is he and what does he say? >> he is iran

special correspondent reza sayae s us from tehran how the country is handling it, and whom they blame f their travails. >> reporter: at a popular gym on the hearehran, workout music blares, but the weight room is nearly empty pl ( translated ): pare a little scared. attendance has definitely dropped. we've seen at least a 50% drop. >> reporter: on tehran's usually bustling streets, the bumper to bumper traffic has suddenly vanished. everywhere you look, surgical masks, and remalders of person hygiene. and at offices throughout the capital, desk after desk: empty. >> ( translated ): tehran is frozen, it seems. it's le we're stunned. >> reporter: what's stunned this megacity, and much of iran, is e coronavirus. the outbreak hit here two weeks ago. e numbers of people infected and the death toll have climbed ever since. today, iran is one of the global epicenters of the virus. iran's ministry of health confirms more than 1500 cases in all but four of iran's 30 provinces. the death toll remains the highest outside ofhina. everywhere you look, people are trying to figure out how to contain

for the pbs newshour, i'm reza sayah in kirkuk, iraq. >> o'brien: in reza sayah's final report tomorrow, he will look at the tacit partnership between the u.s. and iran to defeat isis in iraq, and where that common goal ends. >> o'brien: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: making sense of a state budget crisis that's been blamed on tax cuts. and, a brief but spectacular take from an award-winning poet. but first, we return to our series of conversations about sexual assault and harassment around the country. yesterday, judy woodruff recorded this discussion about the extraordinary challenges low-wage service workers face when they come forward to share their stories. >> woodruff: every day in the u.s., about 50 people are sexually assaulted or raped in the workplace, according to the department of justice. it's a problem that extends well beyond the entertainment industry and politics to all lines of work. that includes the people who work in hotels, clean offices and serve food. alejandra valles is the secretary-treasurer of seiu united workers west. her union in california repres

for thebs newshour, i'm reza sayah in tehran. >> schifrin: stay with us.ing up on the "nehour," president trump's changingtory on his son's meeting with russians. and from the newshour bookshelf, what could be our biggest threat-- cyber-weapons. s we reported, californi is struggling with two enormous fires simultaneously. they're being driven by high winds, high temperatures and a pervasive drought. but as william brangham reports, these extreme conditions are prehrvalentghout the american west and now, in much of northern and western europe; now are causing many to point the finger squarely at the impact of climate change. >> brangham: firefighters in california were already stretched to the limit by the carr fire near the town of redding, but then this weekend, 150 miles south, the mendocino complex fire exploded in size, burning now over a quarter of a million acres. it's become the second-biggest fire in california history. >> in this particular location, its burning somen our favor, but in other areas, it is not in our favor whatsoever. >> brangham:

special correspondent reza sayah is there, and joins me via skype. hello, reza. first of all, what was the recollection to president trump tweeting that he had indeed called for a strike on iran before he decided to call it of >> judy, like much of the world, iranians and the iranian government were engross bid these tweets that cofirmed mr. trump had okayed a ilitary strike against iran last night and abruptly called it off last minute even after the missionun waerway. even if this is true, that means for iraans, this is as close as they've come to seeing the u.s. attack iran, to see iran and the u.s. go to war since 1988, that's when the u.s. attacked and downed a small iran within warship in the persian gulf. so this acknowledges the gravity of the situation, one that acknowledges that the situation is getting closer to a possible open conflict. the reaction has been firm inat hey've said, look, we've downed the u.s. drone, we claim it, we had tght to down the u.s. drone because iran says it crossed into iranian territory, but they've also beenre mea even thou

to shut down after it was unable to get its franchise renewed by congress the businessman who sued reza has reportedly been a close ally of the president reza says what's happened to rappler is a cautionary tale for the philippine prez. but the government's rejected that saying it back the rights of radio journalist alexander at was who was jailed for libel in 2007 and took his case to the united nations. backing a. working of their own 3 the president support that. when he went to the un human rights committee there is no mercy stronger expression of support for press brigham and that once the president. put the rights groups say rezzes conviction sense a chilling message to local journalists reporting on corruption in abuses committed by those in power and many filipino journalists say libel laws are being weaponized against critics of the administration. on jazeera manila. a senior sudanese militia leader facing more than 50 charges including war crimes relating to the dar for conflict has appeared before the international criminal court for the 1st time. a book called the allegation

i did in the course sat reza we appreciate you and i have to show the photographs many thanks indeed for coming on them until he is about them lorenzo to not only the photojournalist who covers the middle east for the washington post thank you flash floods of hit several provinces in yemen at least 20 people have been killed including children the regions of. east and west of the capital sanaa some of the worst affected 2 weeks of heavy rains have left thousands of people homeless and as it was right mohamed reports. to eventual rains fill up this dam in the yemeni region of moderate forcing it to overflow. since it was rebuilt in the 1980 s. there are growing fears it could collapse nearby refugee camps have been damaged the rains have also downed power lines and destroyed crops. there is a lot of damage many farms and properties were hit by the floods many displaced people were directly affected by. the floods have killed or injured dozens the u.n. estimates more than 10000 people who were displaced have been operated once again i am as an acknowledgement of my family is under sieg

one of nine people charged in this case he's the only one to face trial here in the united states reza zurab was the lead defendant in the case the only other person arrested in the united states but at the last minute he decided to plead guilty and testify against attila in this case which has implicated top levels of the turkish government with this money laundering scheme attilla offered some damning information not only about the defendant i'm sorry offered some damning information not only about attila the defendant in this case but also about this did he never conspired to evade u.s. sanctions at the deputy general manager of hulk bank his attorney suggested his boss and others were to blame but it was a tila who was arrested while traveling to the united states while his boss and others charged in the case remain free in turkey the only other defendant to face trial in the u.s. turkish ronnie and gold trade and reza rob he pleaded guilty and became a key witness for the prosecution making accusations that rose to the top of turkey's government saurabh testified he paid tens of m

it says the level of river water downstream will drop dramatically if the reza war is filled too quickly saddam caught between 2 disagreeing sides once an agreement on the time frame but it is now warning it will begin the process with or without a deal. if original agreement is put as a precondition for the filling of a dam then the dam will never be filled what was being is that of the dam is not filled unless there is an agreement the egypt will always come up with excuses to not reach one. if he began the construction of the $4600000000.00 hydroelectric dam in 2011 it's expected to provide much needed electricity $200000000.00 a.t.o. paeans and also make it a major public exposure. egypt is concerned the project will allow it to control the flow of africa's longest river cairo has historically through colonial treaties received a majority of denied share although 85 percent of it originates in ethiopia all sides have a lot of pride and identity in this project i mean obviously the doubt river is that traill to egypt's existence and its identity and its economy. if yoga has spent $460

public is wat have to have the government failed or is it something that the public quite you know reza to resident to quite happy to accept what's happening well i mean i think you know the pajama pandemic has shown us that perspective really depends on what point of view you have and where you're standing the french government are certainly trying to put a rather positive spin on these new restrictions they say look we've managed to avoid a national lockdown for several weeks since the beginning of the year when other countries in europe went international knocked out we've managed to keep our schools open they continue to be open now what they are saying is these are only regional restrictions and throughout all this time they've managed to keep ours the economy growing they've helped people with their mental health by keeping the country as open as possible so that is their perspective of course there are many medical health experts and doctors many health workers working of course on the so-called front line in hospitals and clinics are saying what they wanted these restrictions to

iranian turkish trader reza zurab is the prosecution's star witness he's testifying against a turkish banker after pleading guilty to his role in an elaborate scheme to wander billions of dollars in iranian money through turkish banks and avoid u.s. sanctions on thursday zurab testified that president tayyip erdogan then the prime minister of turkey not only knew about the scheme but authorized it it's just one of the explosive allegations made by zurab during the proceedings he's also testified that he paid the former economy minister tens of millions of dollars in what prosecutors described as bribes everyone has denied turkey violated u.s. sanctions saying his government has legitimate business dealings with the law and he and other members of the government have described the trial as an attempt to discredit turkey. when there is a big campaign of slander against turkey what kind of justice can you expect from such a judiciary i don't expect any justice. so rob is expected to continue testifying on friday in a trial that's expected to last three to four weeks and his putting the a

sanctions against iran will not go on trial in new york this week reza dropped out of sight in the two months leading up to a scheduled trial prompting turkey's prime minister to suggest that he's reached a plea deal with the u.s. authorities jabber tansey has moved from washington. president. of turkey has repeatedly trying to get this trial scrapped lobbying then vice president joe biden and twenty sixteen and president trump in september of this year he maintains of this is a politically motivated prosecution intended to discredit and ultimately overthrow his government on behalf of her to and islamic cleric who lives in pennsylvania to learn. these steps are purely political i hope we'll get a chance to discuss this issue the united states needs to revise this decision there are very peculiar smells coming from this issue. but drug prosecutors have dismissed that contention and in court filings say they anticipate that the evidence introduced at trial will show that the turkish government and banking officials were integra to the sanctions evasion scheme raisers are is among severa

to shut down after it was unable to get its franchise renewed by congress the businessman who sued reza has reportedly been a close ally of the president reza says what's happened to rappler is a cautionary tale for the philippine press but the government's rejected that saying it back the rights of radio journalist alexander at was who was jailed for libel in 2007 and took his case to the united nations. and he's barking up the wrong 3. of their own 3 press that support that alex hunter of no use when he went to the un human rights committee there's number stronger expression of support perp respray them and not once did the president sue anyone. but rights groups say rezzes conviction sense a chilling message to local journalists reporting on corruption in abuses committed by those in power and many filipino journalists say libel laws are being weaponized against critics of the administration. manila. persisting in the us city of atlanta against the police shooting of a black american the. straits is demanding criminal justice reform to georgia's state capitol building as politicians

the project mickleson expense it's a dispute over the amount of water that can be pumped into dis reza war on the blue nile that stalled the latest round of talks between egypt and saddam. if he wants it failed within 7 years egypt which relies on the nile for 90 percent of its water proposes a much longer p.d.s. . it fears the level of river water downstream will drop dramatically if the reza war is to quickly saddam caught between 2 disagreeing sides once an agreement on the time frame but it is now warning it will begin the process with or without a deal. if reaching an agreement is put is a precondition for the filling of a dam when the dam will never be filled what this means is that if the dam is not filled at least there is an agreement the egypt will always come up with excuses to not reach one if you began the construction of the $4600000000.00 hydroelectric dam in 2011 it's expected to provide much needed electricity 200000000 a.t.o. paeans and also make it a major public exposure. egypt is concerned the project will allow it to control the flow of africa's longest river chir

when maria reza has lost her appeal against reliable conviction, the court decision was announced by her new side rap le, saying the move weakens the ability of journalists to hold talent to accounts before messina and correspondent is facing a prison sentence of up to 7 years. reza is a vocal critic of the former president ward regurgitating she faces at least 6 other court cases. it's time for the whether he's evidence hello. we have some rather the forecasts for the middle east over the next couple days. we have seen raised some very heavy rain in recent days. lots of cloud showing of course, southern parts of the arabian peninsula. yemen southern air is a saudi arabia could still see some rather wet weather. the southwestern monsoon, driving showers, flooding rains over towards southern parts of pakistan and along the west and get this wetter weather that we have into a mom will creep a little further northwards up towards the straits of commerce as we go on through sunday. and that is likely to cause fair, better flooding easing up towards the u. a, as you can see, might ever se

all right, reza, thanks very much. indeed. there is a marathon of supporters lined up waiting that chance to see the legend both come up later this hour. we'll get more on the global response to marathoners death, including in the indian city of calcutta, which had a strong connection with the player. we'll hear more about that from peter in support. to other news now, and hong kong has ordered bars and nightclubs to close for at least 7 days as the city tackles a new spike. in cases of covert 19, many have been linked to a cluster of infections in guns for news. the government's ordered mandates retesting for people who recently visited those clubs and daily cases in the city of hit to a 3 month high over the past week. meanwhile, germany is imposing strict to lock down measures as it struggles to suppress a 2nd wave of corona. virus infections from december, private gatherings will be restricted to 5 people, increasing to 10 during the christmas period. but chancellor angela merkel has warned that wider measures are likely t

the strings at the bank and took massive bribes in order to cover up what was going on and as far as reza zahra is concerned they describe him as a master dealmaker they say that he's going to say absolutely anything that the government wants them to wants him to in order to stay out of jail and so he can't be trusted that's their argument because since the me there live from new york chris and thank you. kenya's president of her kenya has urged his divided nation to move on from months of political upheaval after being sworn in for a second term his inauguration ceremony follows a violent drawn out election process which included two disputed polls and nasa is calling on all latest to serve the nation regardless of political affiliation he says he will dedicate all of his energy to building unity and nation. today. is the one hundred twenty third day. since we began on august eighth. today's inauguration they have four months weekend and i repeat the end of our electoral process the elections. are now family behind us it's been a trying time. but once again kenyans of showing their resil

special correspondent reza sayah reports. >> repter: at abrishami synagogue, worshippers recite early morning ovayers. they rthe torah from its ark to read passages from judaism's most sacred book. jews practice this ritual the world over, every day. but this ceremony is taking place in the islic republic of iran, a untry that's a sworn enemy of the state of israel. but home to what some estimates say is the secd largest jewish population in the middle east, outside of israel. so life for you as a jew is good in iran? >> yes. >> reporter: you're happy here? >> if i was not hay i can immigrate. >> reporter: siamak morsadegh is a jewish rident of the capital tehran. inside his office, moses is on one wall, iran's supreme leader on the other. you don't want to leave? >> everyone who wants to leave can leave. >> reporter: you don't want to leave? i don't want. i am living here. >> reporter: 20 years ago, morsadegh's wifeanted the couple to move to america. she left. he stayed, choosing iran's more conservative culture. ave up your wife to stay in iran? >> yes, it's very important for me.

for the pbs newshour, i'm reza sayah in tean. >> woodruff: as congress weighs relief packages meant ton the u.s. economy, lawmakers are also dealinwith new problems the virus is creating in their home states. senator bill cassidy, a republican from louisiana, is e of them. his state has at least 240 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, and so far, seven people have died. he is also one of three medical ctors currently serving in the senate, and he joins us now from capitol hill. senator cassidy, thank you so much for being with us. so the legislation the senate passed today providi free testing, paid sick leave, help for some of the poorest americans, how mh do you think is is going to alleviate the hit many americans are going to be taking now? >> i'm not sure. the goal is to alleviate it as much as possible, but this is only the second of at least three packages. do that has not been done in the first two packages, we shall do it. i mean, the american people need to know that congress is there with them and, as much as we can, we're going to get our nation through this rough patch. >>

in a moment, nick schifrin will join us, but first, special correspondent reza sayah reports on the summitm tehran. >> reporter: the summit brought together the thr presidents who'll help decide syria's fate. russia's vladimir putin and iran's hassan rouhani both support an assault on idlib province, the last rebel stronghold in syria. russia is the new regional power broker, and today, its war planes bombed idlib on behalf of bashar al assad, the syrian president whose government russia and iran helped save. russia says it wants to finish the job. >> ( translated ): the main task this stage is to banish militants from the province of idlib.op wethat the members of the terrorist organizations have enough common sense to resistance and to lay down their arms. >> reporter: iranian-backed hezbollah troops are fighting for syrian government. iran hopes to extend their presence in syria, ander israel. but, turkish president recep e tayyogan warned against an offensive into idlib.ew he fears alood of refugees on top of the 3.5in million alreadis country. >> ( translated ): turkey does not have t