yes in terms of the strategic or the minute that it logic of getting the operations in iraq syria and lebanon of course in terms of the israeli military started to doctrine this is and give the necessary action by israel in order to cripple it but our allies weaken the various capacities of iran to project force against israel in the region including myside stalking or missile use or was propositioned of forces position in the forces in syria and lebanon so in the overall this does fit squarely with the israeli doctrine of preemptive strikes even though of this time around we've seen it for the for the 1st time catarrh than iraq and we haven't seen that since $1000.00 what $81.00 against the o.c. iraq a nuclear reactor in iraq so there is an expansion of the operations but israel is of course justify that on the basis that iran is also expanding its projection of influence and the sophistication of the upper of a projection of influence in the region notably in syria and lebanon now there are of course couple of other explanations that do not touch the the heart of the strategic calcu

afzal ashraf, violence than even in syria and iraq. aq. afzal ashraf, thank you very much for coming today. the headlines on bbc news: a "a politically motivated attack" — downing street reacts angrily as borisjohnson is referred to the police watchdog over his links to an american businesswoman when he was mayor of london. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn promises to replace the government's controversial welfare policy, universal credit, should they get into power. renewed pressure on the trump administration over its dealings with ukraine — the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, is ordered by democrats to turn over documents connected to the impeachment investigation. protesters in hong kong are holding a rally to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the so—called ‘umbrella' protests. this is the scene there live now. the original series of pro—democracy demonstrations took place in 2014 — with protestors carrying umbrellas to protect themselves from police pepper spray. the movement has surged again this year with anti—govern

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troops still in syria iraq more times than not agreeing with the rand maximum pressure on to rend failing and america's allies in the middle east at odds over yemen can anyone make heads or tails out of trumps foreign policy in the middle east it seems to be going from bad to worse. cross talking trumps middle east policies i'm joined by my guest sharmeen no one the in beirut journalist as well as a middle east geo political analyst in los angeles we have he is an independent economic and geo political analyst former commodities trader and strategic planning advisor and in buenos aires we crossed through shah he he is a senior lecturer in middle east studies at the university of bradford u.k. or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate a show me let me go to you i mean you heard my introduction let me add some seasoning to that introduction we have this. point person for the trumpet ministration on. this brian hoke writing emails trying to bribe the captain of one of those tankers that we have mike pump aoe saying afghanistan was a

one is in terms of its intelligence coverage over remember on -- lebanon, syria ad iraq.he second is its ability in air power. israel is able to kind of lop off the low hanging fruits, so to speak, of the iranian project whenever they get too close to looking really dangerous. for example, it appears that israel has prevented an iranian attempt to equip their missiles in lebanon with precision-guided devices. it'll turn them into much more dangerous missiles that would have an accuracy radius of around 10 meters. israel, it a appears, has prevented that. but when it comes to the broader iranian project of, in a certain sense, trying to hollow out those systems and societies in iraq, syria and lebanon and replace them with iran-controlled power structures, yeah, it's very hard to see how that could be prevented by air warfare. i think, frankly, it cannot be. which means what we're looking at is the likelihood of continued iranian attempts to consolidate, probably successful in all three countries, and then as you said, periodic israeli actions to stop the danger from growi

troops still in syria iraq more times than not agreeing with iran maximum pressure on trent failing and america's allies in the middle east and odds over yemen can anyone make heads or tails out of trumps foreign policy in the middle east it seems to be going from bad to worse. welcome back today's 46 years since the u.s. u.k. backed coup that killed salvador allende of chile a coup supported by just 5 u.s. official john bolton well here is the arguable favorite to be britain's next prime minister paying tribute to i went to. the most people's. british. coffee and. it wasn't just her. it was a chance you could kill a whole generation that leader unlike u.k. prime minister boris johnson oppose u.s. u.k. policy that arguably led to another anniversary today the 911 attacks on washington and new york were carried out by some. porters of anglo-american backing for the budget had been in afghanistan let alone islam ists in yugoslavia today britain has a prime minister who attacks opponents of al-qaeda across the middle east johnson and al-qaeda let alone new labor blairites were even warned

borders drawn after world war i left the kurdish region straddling four states -- turkey, syria, iraqand iran. this has resulted in uprisings, violence, and wars that still continue today. most rececently, against so-cald islamic state. over the decades, millions of people have been displaced. some fled to isolated mountain areas. kurdistan's wildlife has also been badly affected. many species are now endangered. but there's new hope in the qara dagh region of northern iraq, thanks to dedicated conservationists. reporter: summer temperatures can exceed 40 degrees celsius here in the qara dagh in the kurdistan region of iraq. that's why biologist hana raza and her colleague koresh ararat like to get an early start. they're looking for traces of the biggest predator here, a leopard that's considered the top of the food chain. reporter: the persian leopard is virtually invisible. people who live here in the mountains of qara dagh know of the leopard, but very few have ever seen it. even hana raza, who's been working and doing research here for years now, has never encountered a leopard i

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in iraq and syria, and the establishment of a physical caliphate. i think the fight against trans regional extremism is far from over, but we have made significant progress against isis in iraq and syria specifically. david: we will drill down on each of those. let me start with the same military strategy you described. during your tenure, the military strategy of the united states , at least the broad objectives, radically changed. we moved from a government that was really focused on counterterrorism to one that said, russia and china were revisionist powers. that was of the phraseology in the national security assessment. and that the direction of the united states had to be to deal but morethe military, broadly, to deal with matt change. yet when you talk to people within the pentagon, it is hard to change mindsets. we still have active conflicts underway in afghanistan and , obviously, iraq is still a very challenging arena. all these other areas. if we are truly going to focus on russia and china, do we have to give something up? can we continu

troops still in syria iraq more times than not agreeing with the rand maximum pressure on to rend failing and america's allies in the middle east at odds over yemen can anyone make heads or tails out of trumps foreign policy in the middle east it seems to be going from bad to worse. cross talking trumps middle east policies i'm joined by my guest sharmeen no one the in beirut journalist as well as a middle east geo political analyst in los angeles we have piii and he is an independent economic and geo political analyst former commodities trader and strategic planning advisor and in boy new series we crossed through shah he he is a senior lecturer in middle east studies at the university of bradford u.k. or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate a show me let me go to you i mean you heard my introduction let me add some seasoning to the introduction we have this. point person for the trumpet ministration on. this brian hoke writing emails trying to bribe the captain of one of those tankers that we have mike pompei all saying afghan

not been scrapped because it's a system where the latest now from syria quark he said home called syria iraq that process however things looking there. although not on the protests started about a half an hour ago and now it's up to $5000.00 people at least i have started this is simply which is behind me and as you mentioned it's in central home this particular protest it was all over concerns that this detention so there were people witnessing abuse and some of the protesters were kept there arrested will being used by. the police now overnight carrie lam hong kong chief executive said that that detention center wouldn't be used any more but this particular rally is one of many demonstrations we have over coming days in the lead up to october 1 which is china's national day and we've got a number of protests here on saturday as well as on sunday the one tomorrow there's a large assembly which will gather outside hong kong's ledged of council which is effectively hong kong's parliament and on sunday we have a march and then of course on tuesday it's a public holiday here it's china's nation

troops still in syria iraq more times than not agreeing with iran maximum pressure on failing and america's allies in the middle east at odds over yemen can anyone make heads or tails out of troubles foreign policy in the middle east it seems to be going from bad to worse. joining me every day on the alex i'm i'm sure and i'll be speaking to get a little the politics. i'm show business i'll see that. this is boom bust broadcasting around the globe and covering our 21st century global economy. in washington christine is on assignment in singapore here's a look at what we've got lined up for you today there's been a small breakthrough in the u.s. trying to trade war as china has agreed to drop some of its tariffs on u.s. goods professor richard wolf is on hand to break down the breakthrough and how much trade war pain is still in the pipeline for the u.s. economy plus we take you back to singapore for our very own christiane who's mansion catch up with mike. an expert in the singapore telecom industry will focus on 5 g. and how asia is leading the way for the world so much important news an i

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the iranian people understand bringing back dead iranians from syria and iraq is not going to sit well with the iranian people. that's who we support. that's our mission. >> secretary pompeo, president trump has had some very strong words, very strong tweets about iran. let's go to one of them. to the president never, ever threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. we are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence. be cautious. that was a year before iran shot down the $130 million drone. the consequences of that were that the u.s. launched a cyber attack and placed sanctions. senator lindsey graham said he believes iran saw this as a sign of weakness by the u.s. why do you think the economic sanctions is sufficient to deter iran in the future? >> president trump and i both want to give diplomacy every opportunity to succeed. i think the whole world knows, when that fails, when it's the case we no longer believe that we convinced the iranian regime to behave in a way

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troops still in syria iraq more times than not agreeing with iran maximum pressure on trent failing america's allies in the middle east at odds over yemen can anyone make. heads or tails out of trumps foreign policy in the middle east it seems to be going from bad to worse. today there are good dentists and bad at it it's the bad news in yemen the united states deems to be a threat the looked at it is so those who work in syria the cia and the us military were engaged in covert actions really throughout the world. where they were assassinating populist leaders they were backing up the right way military funding an army just was there's no posts anymore because there's always a small people really could this. prophet. of god. in your. town says he thinks a deal with iran is possible and i softly find one of the most focused members of his white house team john bolton who previously bought us quitting the nuclear deal with rahm. morial to held across the us for the victims of the 911 terror attacks will survive us continue to question the way the investigation has been handled. the wanted to pu

and had been to syria and iraq often we immediately had a good report but at that 1st meeting in 2015 we had little idea of how often we would speak and meet over the next years and every time we met one big question loomed why. can suffer the consequences shut us out she left us without any opportunity to be part of her life. she was a girl who went voluntarily to syria go back in the aisle and welcome to the talk show 2 and a half years after the u.s. withdrawal iraq is at risk of being plunged into chaos also here are a mass safe distance we might pinch ourselves as to the pace at which a few 1000 jihadists a terrorizing an entire country designing their militias are over running around one 3rd of iraq and syria and setting up a ruthless regime of terror. and somewhere in the south declared caliphates was leonora gushing with pride over her husband who went by the name of me heard. me heard it was born martine lemke and was a welder you know mine in germany before joining us where he reportedly came to hold a senior position and i asked intelligence a fellow german i asked for a cr

iraq, somalia, syria, afghanistan. all containing terror groups or stopping ideologies from spreading. how long do you expect the u.s. military will be able to continue to do this, while taking -- keeping the central focus. first of all, where we are in terms of numbers is not the complete story. we are deployed much closer to what i would describe as a sustained great today that we were two or three years ago. we are at or about one or two deployments as well. this is not true in all cases. for those of you who have sons and daughters, and special operations, who say that's not large, that -- it is a one-to employee ratio. we are personally focused on renewing our special operations abilities to make sure we meet the imperatives of the national defense strategy. 18 months ago, our special operations community has begun to reorient. about,sions you talked we are trying -- read -- reorienting special operations nothere we are focused on being complacent and looking back to make sure we get the balance right. ien i came

and in denmark and not a day goes by without bearing witness to its terrorist methods in yemen syria iraq lebanon and other countries in the region. mr president ladies and gentlemen. the latest attacks and aggression have exposed the iranian regime to the entire world. we are dealing with a rogue and terrorist regime that continues to threaten international peace and security. it is also jeopardizing in our energy supplies and the world economy hence the recent attacks are a real test of the international community's will this organization as well as the entire world is faced with a moral and historic responsibility to take a firm and unified position. utmost pressure should be applied using every tool available to end the terrorist and aggressive behavior of the iranian regime. it is a position that should not to make do with half measures and partial or interim agreements it should rather seek to change the character and behavior of the stroke regime. otherwise the region and international peace and security as well as the stability of the world economy and energy will face an unknown

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syria to go. and welcome to the talk shop 2 and a half years after the u.s. withdrawal iraq is at risk of being plunged into chaos also here are a mass safe distance we might pinch ourselves as to the pace at which a few 1000 jihadists a terrorizing an entire country designing their militias are over running around one 3rd of iraq and syria and setting up a ruthless regime of terror. and somewhere in this self declared caliphate was later nora gushing with pride over her husband who went by the name of me heard. me heard it was born martin limca and was a welder in a mine in germany before joining i.a.s. where he reported. came to hold a senior position in i as intelligence a fellow german i asked recruit would later testify that instead of torturing people himself had others do it for him leonora was getting acquainted with her new home rocca the capital of the i asked color for it she texted her dad about what she'd seen. us. the roundabout was right outside leonora's home. by s. used such violent images as propaganda on the internet in order to recruit new people and inti

and had been to syria and iraq often we immediately had a good reporter but at that 1st meeting in 2015 we had little idea of how often we would speak and meet over the next years and every time we met one big question loomed why is our concern for the massacre and she shut us out she left us without any opportunity to be part of her life. she was a girl who went voluntarily to syria go and talk with the and welcome to the talk show 2 and a half years after the u.s. withdrawal iraq is at risk of being plunged into chaos also here are a mass safe distance we might pinch also says to the pace at which a few 1000 jihadists a terrorizing an entire country designing their militias are over running around one 3rd of iraq and syria and setting up a ruthless regime of terror. and somewhere in the south declared caliphates was leonora gushing with pride over her husband. he went by the name of me hurt. me hard yes it was born martin lemon curd and was a welder you know mine in germany before joining us where he reportedly came to hold a senior position and i asked intelligence a fellow german i

the syrian government may still be banking on a military solution a border harassing between syria and iraq has reopened for travelers and trades had been closed since 2012 to all traffic except government and military vehicles the trade route has been seized and controlled by various armed groups over the past 7 years including syrian rebels and i saw. fighters have carried out 2 attacks against foreign forces in somalia the armed group stormed a military base operated by u.s. forces in the lower belly region the attack was quickly put down by u.s. and somali troops stationed there in the 2nd attack fighters attempted to target italian forces in the capital. it was president donald trump is again waded into the impeachment inquiry tweeting on monday the fake whistleblower complaint is not holding up it's mostly about the call to the ukrainian president which in the name of transparency immediately release to congress and the public he goes on to say the whistleblower knew almost nothing he says it's secondhand information and fraudulent in a 2nd tweet he says senior democrat adam schiff il

troops still in syria iraq more times than not agreeing with iran maximum pressure on trent failing and america's allies in the middle east at odds over yemen can anyone make heads or tails out of trumps foreign policy in the middle east it seems to be going from bad to worse. well you know they were kind of adopted because we were called tyrants for so long . been there in the small ball and snipped it hard pulling shit and it's still. the little self to big fish already 90 percent of the dot and it won't because they're. going to 15 scoops 75 tons they do it several times a day with a big fleet so now you get an idea of why. we have to understand we can still use to just. be within this for the deal more years or. i'm doing this because i want the future world to future generations to have and enjoy the ocean we have. just a mostly the 1920 s. you know there were no laws really on wall street and the abuses were huge and marketed one way and people began to look at the stock market as the proxy for the economy people are getting wealthy because their stocks are going up and they didn'

theater of war in the persian gulf and elsewhere they use of drones the way they've been used both in syria iraq by israel also by hezbollah of wrong lebanon on from the golan heights as well by iran and its allies and now allegedly by the who thiis against the u.a.e. against saudi arabia and so on so forth that kind of use of drones that will exhaust the defense systems of any you know mid mid size country or mid-sized defenses around the world is actually in the process of transforming transforming at the theater of war and in the gulf is particularly important because iran and its allies can reach any enemy or oil and that should target in the whole persian gulf and so whenever the united states would consider that and their response. if it's going to be limited i think the iranians are and then to spawn their limited way as well i mean if anything what we have learned the last 48 hours is that the iranian threats regardless of the facts i'm talking about the analysis and the electrically speaking and it's up for the various people to find the facts and the letting of the speaking the iranian

living in syria, turkey, iraq and iran. they share a language, but have never had their own state. 2 million kurds face brutal oppression under the assad regime. even their language was banned, and their leaders imprisoned. i'm trying to learn as much as i can, find out what life is like for the locals, just get a sense of this whole place, the dynamics going on here. in 2012, a civil war swept through syria. the kurds in the north—east of the country took control of their territories for the first time in 100 years. reporter: the kurds say they will not be silenced again. they're calling for autonomy in a democratic syria. they established a region called rojava. men and women would be seen as equals, and they set up military rings: the ypg for men, and the ypj for women. over the past 4 years, hundreds of international volunteers have made their way to rojava, mostly to help in the fight against is. we are on our way to the internationalists academy of the ypj, which is where the young women from foreign countries receive their initial training. anna spent a lot of time there. in

fact who find it but iran might out in support of it and similar attacks in retaliation be it in syria in iraq in the iranian as it's our it's these things will probably continue to happen and that makes it dangerous because the entire region will be affected ok middle east analyst adnan targeted by thanks for that. pleasure and now to some of the other stories making news around the world turkish president recha tie affair to what is preparing to host the leaders of russia and iran for talks on syria ankara wants to prevent any escalation of fighting in neighboring syria which could lead to more refugees entering turkey the e.u. is concerned that a new wave of refugees could prompt turkey to scrap a fragile migration to. nearly $50000.00 workers for the u.s. auto giant general motors are set to go on strike monday union leaders say the industrial action will go ahead even as more wage talks are planned it's expected to be the 1st nationwide strike in the auto industry in more than a decade. is widely viewed as a test of one of the world's youngest democracies accounting is under way in the 1s

syria advantage he thought that. as part of his overall. strategy of burden sharing that as the united states did the heavy lifting with at times 15000 ground combat forces in iraq and syria i'm not talking about the air power talking about helicopters helicopters we had a major force in they were involved in considerable combat that the follow on our. stage 4 we call it the. stabilization phase could be done by perfectly competent forces from other coalition countries many of whom are nato countries we know the qualities a true i i that's what he wanted he told us to go out and find our country why couldn't they come up with say 500 or 600 or few more numbers of troops not a bad question however the answer we had to tell him was they would not commit to forces unless there were some american 4 cases the statement in december we have won against isis we've beaten them and beaten them badly and hasn't been borne out by defense and it was left last month to the lead inspector general of your anti isis in the haven't result of operation to inform congress of an altogether different reality you know in the history of 50 years roughly that i've been involved in wars.