mark kimmitt, i want you to - nuclear programme. mark. ill bring in michael singh, the washington institute, joining us here. thanks for joining us here. thanks for joining us. ringing you up to date on what we know, we are hearing an israeli missile has hit iran, coming from cbs news, our partner, and we are trying to bring as many details to our viewers as we can but in terms of what we know right now, what's your reaction to what seeing tonight?— seeing tonight? well, if in fact these _ seeing tonight? well, if in fact these initial _ seeing tonight? well, if in fact these initial details i seeing tonight? well, if in| fact these initial details are true, it looks like it would be a fairly limited israeli retaliatory strike. and that i think is what we largely expected. the notion that israel was not going to respond to a direct attack on its territory from iran was always far—fetched but i think if, in fact, this is the response, so far it looks like a response thatis far it looks like a response that is meant to both deter but also se

brigadier general mark kimmitt, former us assistant secretary of state for political—military affairsrns a possible assault by paramilitary forces in sudan's north darfur state would have "devastating consequences" in a region that is on the brink of famine. the agency says the rapid support forces are reportedly encircling the regional capital al—fashir, suggesting a coordinated move to attack the city may be imminent. at least 43 people, including women and children, have already been killed there in the past two weeks. war between the sudanese army and the rsf erupted last year. more than 8 million people forced from their homes due to conflict since april 2023 in what is the world's largest displacement crisis. on friday, the un's human rights office expressed grave concern about the recent escalation of violence in north darfur. civilians are trapped in the city. those in darfur, afraid of being killed by the srs, attempt to flee. it is compounded by a shortage of supply as imported goods and humanitarian aid have been suppressed by the fighting. they call for an end to the confl

brigadier general mark kimmitt, former us assistant secretary of state for political—military affairsrns a possible assault by paramilitary forces in sudan's north darfur state would have "devastating consequences" in a region that is on the brink of famine. the agency says the rapid support forces are reportedly encircling the regional capital al—fashir, suggesting a coordinated move to attack the city may be imminent. at least 43 people, including women and children, have already been killed there in the past two weeks. war between the sudanese army and the rsf erupted last year. more than 8 million people forced from their homes due to conflict since april 2023 in what is the world's largest displacement crisis. for more on the situation, i spoke to quscondy abdulshafi, senior regional advisor at freedom house, a non profit dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world. i know that you've been closely monitoring the situation on the ground, speaking with people, where possible, in al—fashir. what are they bracing for, basically? thank you helena, and thank you for having m

for a military perspective, i spoke to brigadier general mark kimmitt.al—military affairs, as well as a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for middle east policy. i just want to ask you about the finding of israel's investigation into this deadly strike on aid workers. what did you make of that? what might it tell us about the idf and the way that it is operating this war? from what i saw, it looks like this was a very random incident. if you look at the number of attacks happening throughout the entire war, this one incident was quite tragic it clearly was done by human error. i was glad to see the idf did a quick investigation and they pinpointed the error and fired the people involved. a random event and yet, not an isolated incident. we are hearing up to 200 aid workers have been killed during this conflict. well, i cannot talk about that — that could be collateral damage — but we are talking about the specific issue of this one attack. and this is not unique to gaza. the british army have the same experiences in both iraq and afghanistan,

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joining me now is mark kimmitt, former us deputy assistant secretary of defense for the middle east and what is your reading of this intensive diplomatic activity, first of all? ~ ~ , of all? well, i think there is in rouress of all? well, i think there is in progress being _ of all? well, i think there is in progress being made, - of all? well, i think there is in l progress being made, otherwise antony blinken would not be appearing at these conferences. he is putting his personal reputation on the line, and somehow he has brokered a deal between israel and egypt and qatar. so i think we are just going to have to say, as your previous correspondent said, there does seem to be some enthusiasm, but if it is a0 or less hostages, i think we have got a long way to go before a true, lasting ceasefire will be in place.— before a true, lasting ceasefire will be in place. and can whatever is bein: will be in place. and can whatever is being talked _ will be in place. and can whatever is being talked about _ will be in place. and can whatever is being talked about stop - is being talked about s

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joining me live is mark kimmitt, former us assistant secretary of state for political—military affairst a potential what we believe to be an israeli missile strike on iran. as you are hearing these reports coming in, what details stand out to you?—

earlier, i spoke to brigadier general mark kimmitt, former us assistant secretary of state for political—militarylitary aid. was it that that a didn't go far enough, do you think, potentially? well, the first issue is we need get it on the ground. it is clear the russians realise that they are not making as much ground progress as they would like, so they are starting to attack infrastructure again, using ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. and without the patriot missile systems and other systems which are critically short of ammunition right now, ukraine is taking some pretty significant attacks on their infrastructure, particularly gas and oil and electrical creation facilities. is this an aim to get the upper hand for ukraine, or, the situation therein, looking at the other village near avdiivka being captured, is it that troops are in a trickier position than we might have thought? well, it is clear the case that the ground troops are having a tough time in the defence. they're not losing a significant amount of ground. they are certainly not seeing any breakthrough by russian forces. bu

place could be very symbolic, here is the comment of the former us assistant secretary of state mark kimmitt. if it is true that israel tried to strike in the area of ​​the nuclear facility in sfahan, there are three reactors there, and concrete is being poured for the fourth one. in fact, isfahan is largely the center of iran's nuclear program, both in terms of training and scientific research. as well as the development of nuclear capabilities, which is why it is a very valuable object for an israeli attack, because the israelis are most afraid of the rocket early today, but of its nuclear potential tomorrow. and after reports of explosions in in isfahan, the iranian media released the following video, shot in that area near one of the nuclear facilities, published by a semi-official news agency linked to the islamic revolution guards corps. the camera approaches and says, shows the battery counter. defense, soldiers can be seen standing nearby, and a reporter behind the scenes says that everything is safe there. the international atomic energy agency confirmed that iran's nuclear faciliti

let's speak to retired brigadier general mark kimmitt in washington. thank you forjoining us.e the response that has come from iran, and infact the judge the response that has come from iran, and in fact the operation by israel, in terms of where we are now? i by israel, in terms of where we are now? ~ ., , ., ., . ., ~ now? i think that diplomatic talk often tries to _ now? i think that diplomatic talk often tries to obscure _ now? i think that diplomatic talk often tries to obscure the - now? i think that diplomatic talk often tries to obscure the facts. | often tries to obscure the facts. the facts are that israel, no matter the size, the quantity, or the capability of the drones that attacked isfahan, in fact they got through what was meant to be a formidable iranian defence system. in many ways this was a message from israel, that even these, as the foreign minister would say, small toys, would get through the air defence systems, which is no mean feat. so i think that the situation is dampening down. it would appear to me that the war is going back into the shadows where

let me bring you an interview earlier with mark kimmitt, a former us assistant secretary of state forhere that form the concrete for the fourth reactor, isfahan really is to a great extent the centre of the iranian nuclear programme both in terms of training, research and in fact what some would say the development of the nuclear capability. it is a likely site that israel would hit because again the greatest fear of israelis have is not continued missiles today but a nuclear capability tomorrow. irate missiles today but a nuclear capability tomorrow. we have had of course _ capability tomorrow. we have had of course several - capability tomorrow. we have had of course several times, | had of course several times, not only from us presidentjoe biden, several world leaders telling israel to make sure to mediate any response if there is a retaliation do not take it too far. would an attack on an area of iran that has nuclear facilities fall into that category, or would that be a massive escalation in this tit—for—tat conflict? in massive escalation in this tit-for-tat conflict? in the e

adam posen of the peterson institute, and retired general mark kimmitt as israel reportedly retaliatesons and a hawkish fed driving stocks to five days of losses. nadia level -- nadia lovell writing "we expect companies to beat estimates and look for profit growth to broaden out beyond the mag 7." let's get into that. lisa wants to talk about png. where is there pricing power right now? nadia: we still think there is pricing power in the market. we are starting to see that dissipate. we saw that in the survey, whether beige book or ism, we are seeing some of that start to come out of the market. a view on consumer staples, it is neutral and pricing power is starting to dissipate among those companies. this is why we have been neutral on consumer staples and we look towards areas like tech and industrials where we think industrials will benefit from manufacturing activity. lisa: i am looking at tide pods and how much they cost. you can spend eight dollars on 25 tide pods in new york city. this is why procter & gamble does not seem to have any problems exceeding estimates in the price ta

mark kimmitt is a former us assistant secretary of state for political—military affairs. tries to obscure the facts. the facts are that israel, no matter the size, the quantity or the capability of the drones that attacked isfahan, in fact, they got in through what was supposed to be a formidable iranian air defence system. so, in many ways, this was a message from israel that even these, as the foreign minister would say, "small toys" can get through their air defence systems, which is no mean feat. so i think that the situation is tamping down. it would appear to me that the war is going back into the shadows, where it's been for the last 45 years, until it came out after the israelis started boasting about the targeted assassinations inside of damascus, which led in many ways to what we've seen over the last few weeks. so we're now still in a situation, though, where things have changed in a way, in that each country has struck directly at the other. if it does go back into the shadows, as you say, to the old playbook, does it raise the risk calculus now that they have

mark kimmitt is a former us assistant secretary of state for political—military affairs.s a likely site that israel would hit because, again, the greatest fear that the israelis have is not continued missiles today, but a nuclear capability tomorrow. well, we have heard, of course, several times, not only from us presidentjoe biden, several world leaders telling israel to make sure to mediate any response if there is a retaliation to not take it too far. would an attack on a area of iran that has nuclear facilities fall into that category? would that be a major escalation in this tit for tat conflict? well, in the eyes of the israelis, in the minds of the israelis, yes, that would be an escalation. but how are they going to respond? it's clear that last week iran shot enough of its long range missiles that they do not effectively have a second strike capability any more. so if there is a response that comes out of iran with the capabilities that we are aware of, it would have to be done by proxies. they don't have the drones, nor do they have the missiles to make a signif