this is exactly the same thing the ussr told its arab allie, egypt to do. but egypt had already taken the first step by closing the straights of tidon on israeli ships. things really got bad when other arabs joined hands with abdul nasir and allied themselves with him in destroy. growing israel, king hussein of jordan was the first to sign a joint defensive alliance with nasir and put his army under his orders. king faisel of saudi arabia also went to meet with naser and pledge him his support. the us wanted to know what secrets about the inevitable war in the middle east, the ussr was whispering in the ears of the egyptians any cost. all these events were happening as the liberty was in the mediterranean and had reached the rota naval station in spain, so it could add three experts in russian and arabic to its crew. in the israeli camp, the situation was in crisis mode, egypt from the west, jordan from the east and syria from the north are on standby awaiting orders from abdul nasir to finish israel off. levi ashkol, the israeli prime minister, thought of a

arab leaders. the prime minister of the ussr was an ally of gama abdul nasir, egypt's second president. with the help. of abdul nasir's influence among arabs in the region, the soviets wanted to change the color of the map of the middle east into the red communist star. the soviets knew that the entrance gate of the arab world was... egypt and abdul nasir, by raising the ideology of pan-arabism to unite the arab race, and of course, his constant quarals with his unwanted neighbor, israel, nasa had become the hero of arabs. when egypt at the forefronts of the arab world showed communism the green light, syria also leaned towards the ussr. syria had recently united with egypt and established the united arab republic. a short while later, in may 1967, anwar sadat, the speaker of the national assembly of egypt went to moscow to meet with soviet prime minister alexe kosijin. that's where he was told that america's friend, meaning israel, had gathered a large number of its forces on the syrian border and the threat of an israeli attack on the united arab republic was serious. the communists we

finding agreement on the need for a ceasefire in gaza — the us secretary of state cites progress with arab alliescountry's top gang leaders, amid the ongoing violence. separately, the un warns about the struggles of getting aid into the country. the us government accuses apple of monopolising the smartphone market. we'll speak with one of the co—plaintiffs on the case. plus, giving the veterans of america's "ghost army" their due — congress honours a unit that tricked the germans during world war ii. hello. i'm carl nasman. us secretary of state antony blinken says that the united states and arab leaders agree — there must be an immediate and sustained ceasefire in gaza. secretary blinken is making his sixth trip to the middle east since the israel—gaza war began. he's in egypt's capital of cairo, to shore up support for a ceasefire. america's top diplomat said israel needs to do more to allow humanitarian aid into gaza, where he said the entire population faces severe levels of food insecurity. the european union also added to calls for a ceasefire on thursday. take a listen to what mr blinken h

the us secretary of state visits the middle east and says the us agrees with its arab allies on the need of getting aid into haiti, as millions face hunger and malnutrition. and 80 years after their time in the service, a secretive us army unit is honoured for saving tens of thousands of lives during world war ii. hello, i'm carl nasman. us secretary of state antony blinken says that the united states and arab leaders agree. there must be an immediate and sustained ceasefire in gaza. secretary blinken is making his sixth trip to the middle east since the israel—gaza war began, he's in egypt's capital of cairo to shore up support for a ceasefire. america's top diplomat said israel needs to do more to allow humanitarian aid into gaza, where he said the entire population faces severe levels of food insecurity. the european union also added to calls for a ceasefire on thursday. take a listen to what mr blinken had to say: there's a clear consensus around a number of shared priorities. first, the need for an immediate and sustained ceasefire with the release of hostages. that would create spa

america's top diplomat says there's consensus between the us and arab allies on the need for an immediatee un warns it can't get enough aid into haiti, saying "many people" are experiencing hunger and malnutrition. details emerge on the biggest scandal to hitjapan�*s baseball sensation shohei ohtani after his interpreter was fired by his team over allegations of theft. and in greece, an endangered pygmy hippo has been born at athens�* zoo. thank you for being with us. european union leaders have called for an immediate humanitarian pause in gaza that would lead to a ceasefire. it comes as the us secretary of state anthony blinken is in egypt to discuss a post—war plan to govern and secure gaza. after meeting senior ministers from six arab states and the palestinian authority in cairo, mr blinken says there's consensus between them on the need for an immediate and sustained ceasefire. in a news conference with the egyptian foreign minister, he set out their shared priorities.

obviously and normally the us and its allies and even not only the... western allies, but also the arab alliesw hamas is still insisting on... on the need to have immediate and final sease fire and an exchange of this let's go ahead and go over to notable development uh in the notable development the hebrew media has revealed an israeli trend to arm local elements in gaza and preparation for assuming power after hamas which galant brought with him on his visit to the united states. הערב אנחנו מפרסמים שבמערכת הביטחון הישראלית בוחנים לחלק לאותם אזתים הקדחים לצורך הגנה עצמית. עמדת מערכת הביטחון היא שללא קבוצות חמושות בעזה, קבוצות שאינן חמס, לא ניתן יהיה ליצר חלופה שלטונית לחמס שמשתלט גם על סיוע ההומניטרי וגם מנסה להחזיר לעצמו משילות בצפון ומרכז הרצועה באמצעות פעילים, באמצעות שוטרים של חמס, סוגיית חימוש האזאתים ומנהיגים מקומיים בעזאת תעלה גם בפגישת שר הביטחון גלנט עם. these, you the people they are trying to contact or to establish connections with refused to deal with them, and actually in this regard i want to mention that number of reports were published about after hamas in gaza, one of them,

"obviously and normally the us and its allies and even not only the western allies but also the arab alliesettlements, until now hamas is still insisting on the need to have immediate and finance fire and an exchange, well with this let's go ahead and go over to notable development uh, in the notable development, the hebrew media has revealed an israeli trend to arm local elements in gaza in preparation for assuming power after hamas which galant brought with him on his visit to the united states. בעזה כדי שיחליפו את השלטון של חמאס ומאז הם מקבלים איומים על חייהם. הערב אנחנו מפרסמים שבמערכת הביטחון הישראלית בוחנים לחלק לאותם אזתים אקדחים לצורך הגנה עצמית. עמדת מערכת הביטחון היא שללא קבוצות חמושות באזה, קבוצות שאינן חמאס. לא ניתן יהיה ליצר חלופה שלטונית לחמס שמשתלט גם על סיעו הומניטרי וגם מנסה להחזיר לעצמו משילות בצפון ומרכז הרצועה, באמצעות פעילים, באמצעות שוטרים של חמאס. סוגיית חימוש האזאתים ומנהיגים מקומיים בעזאת תעלה גם בפגישת שר הביטחון גאלנט עם מזכיר ההגנה של ארצות הברית אוסטין יתכן שאמריקנים יסכימו בסופו של דבר להיות אלו שיכניסו את ההקדחים באישור הישראלי לאותם מנהיגים מקומיים כמובן לאחר

and arab allies on the need for an immediate and sustained cease-fire in gaza.ation of british women are owed apologies and thousands of pounds in compensation because of state pension changes. al coming up, the 200 70 million-year-old fossil of an ancient amphibian named after the world's most famous frog, kermit. welcome to the world today, an hour of international news from the bbc. more on the u.s. lawsuit against apple in a moment. the secretary of state is in egypt discussing a plan to govern and secure gaza. antony blinken is in the capital where he's met senior ministers from six arab states and the palestinian authority. he says there's consensus between them for a need for a cease-fire in gaza. in a news conference with the egyptian foreign minister, the secretary of state set out their shared priorities. >> there's a consensus around a number of share priorities. the need for an immediate, sustained cease-fire with release of hostages. that would create space for more humanitarian assistance to relieve the suffering of many people and build something

and its arab allies agree on the need for an immediate sustained cease-fire in gaza. u.s.ns outlined plans to invite israeli prime minister bennett to netanyahu to address congress amid disagreements in washington over some for israel -- over support for israel. and in a landmark loss, the u.s. department of justice accuses apple of illegally monopolizing the smartphone market. ♪ welcome to world news america. start in the middle east. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken says there is consensus between the u.s. and arab leaders on the need for an immediate cease-fire in gaza. mr. blinken's in cairo on his latest middle east tour for talks to shipboard -- to shore up support on a cease-fire. the top diplomat says israel needs to do more to allow humanitarian aid into gaza, where he said the entire population faces significant levels of food insecurity. the ua and also called for a cease-fire on thursday. the u.n. has issued a draft resolution to the security council for the first time calling for an immediate cease-fire tied to the release of hostages. the security counc

the us secretary of state visits the middle east and says the us agrees with its arab allies on the needay they've killed one of the country's top gang leaders, amid the ongoing violence. separately, the un warns about the struggles of getting aid into the country. and the us government accuses apple of monopolising the smartphone market. hello, i'm carl nasman. us secretary of state antony blinken says that the united states and arab leaders agree — there must be an immediate and sustained ceasefire in gaza. secretary blinken is making his sixth trip to the middle east since the israel—gaza war began — he's in egypt's capital of cairo to shore up support for a ceasefire. america's top diplomat said israel needs to do more to allow humanitarian aid into gaza, where he said the entire population faces severe levels of food insecurity. the european union also added to calls for a ceasefire on thursday. take a listen to what mr blinken had to say. there's a clear consensus around a number of shared priorities. first, the need for an immediate and sustained ceasefire with the release of host

us secretary of state antony blinken says there's agreement between the us and arab allies on the needhousands of pounds in compass station overstate pension changes. and the ai tool that successfully identifies tiny signs of breast cancer in women — missed by human doctors. let's turn to botswana now, where there's controversy — driven by a bill that will be debated on friday by british mps. the proposed law would ban imports to the uk from the trophy hunting of endangered species. botswana is a sparsely populated country, withjust 2 million people — and is home to some of africa's largest areas of wilderness. safari—based tourism — tightly—controlled and often upmarket — is an important source of income for the landlocked nation. back in 2019, a ban on big game hunting was lifted in botswana because of claims elephant numbers were affecting small—scale farmers' livelihoods. the government argues that the tourism revenue it generates creates jobs for local communities and is crucial to funding conservation efforts. it also says it helps prevent illegal poaching. president of botswana,

america's top diplomat, antony blinken, says there's consensus between the us and arab allies on themartphone market and crushing competition. the world's most prestigious flower show hosts its first "no adults allowed" garden, designed by children, for children. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. we begin with the latest on the israel—gaza conflict. the un security council will vote later on a draft resolution proposed by the us, which ties an immediate ceasefire in gaza to the release of hostages held by hamas. washington has previously vetoed three ceasefire resolutions, but has grown increasingly critical of israel's military campaign. america's top diplomat, antony blinken, is heading to tel aviv today, to continue talks on a plan to govern and secure gaza after the war. our correspondent in jerusalem mark lowen gave us his analysis. the wheels of diplomacy still very much in motion with the us secretary of state antony blinken talking about how he believes an agreement is possible to end this war, even if it will be difficult, in his words, and also talking about

antony blinken says there's consensus between the us and arab allies on the need for an immediate andate pension changes. also coming up on the world today: we look at the 270 million —year—old fossil of an ancient and for being named after the worlds most famous frog. —— amphibian. welcome to the world today — an hour of international news from the bbc. the us secretary of state has flown to the middle east to discuss a post—war plan to govern and secure gaza. antony blinken is in the egyptian capital, cairo, where he's meeting senior ministers from six arab states and the palestinian authority. in a news conference with the egyptian foreign minister, us secretary of state antony blinken set out their shared priorities. there set out their shared priorities. is a clear consensus shared there is a clear consensus on the shared number of priorities. need for immediate sustained cease—fire with the release of hostages. that would

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, the supersonic mig 21 aircraft, which at that time played a key role for egypt and many arab countries allied with the soviet union, and the second , the powerful air defense network, which made it difficult for israeli aircraft to penetrate into egypt. the israeli army, with the help of intelligence services, has a serious plan to infiltrate the army egypt and get information about this iron dam. the israeli air force, under the command of general mordechai hood, sometimes provoked the enemy to fight in order to gain more information in order to undermine the ability of egyptian pilots and fighters. even the united states of america had suffered many losses against these fighters in the vietnam war. the pentagon identified its strengths in vietnam but had never been able to obtain a healthy example. mossad started an operation called 2/07. a secret operation to capture a 21-year-old mig. israeli intelligence agency result he realized that the best chance is to convince a pilot to deliver his mig-21 to israel. with a lot of intelligence work in the iraqi air force, the desired target was sele

first, the mig 21 supersonic aircraft, which at that time played a key role for egypt and many arab countries allied with the soviet union, and the other, the powerful air defense network, which prevented the penetration of israeli aircraft into it made egypt difficult. the israeli army, with the help of intelligence services, has a serious plan to infiltrate the egyptian army and obtain information about this iron dam. he fought to undermine the ability of egyptian pilots and fighters. even the united states is stuck in the vietnam war. he had given a lot against these fighters. the pentagon identified its strengths in vietnam but had never been able to obtain a healthy example . mossad started an operation called 207. a secret operation to capture a mig-21. musa's forces in iraq, a khalwani named munir redfa they identified him as a christian. he was the second in command of a mig 21 squadron and felt mistreated by his superiors . retfa met with a female mossad agent in europe. merir ratfa was offered a safe place for her family for 1 million dollars in exchange for one. 21 to hand over to israel.

there is cooperation with arab allies.r sense of his optimism when it comes to getting something done here? >> i think when it comes to this, the president is always optimistic. i asked him the question about the ongoing search for a cease fire deal. even though hamas left cairo, left the negotiating table. and tomorrow is the start of the holy month of ramadan and he was hoping to get a deal, everyone was hoping to get a deal in place by tomorrow, he held out hope that even with no one at the table, folks are still talking. he made a point of saying my cia director is in the region now trying to hammer out a deal. i asked him if he wanted a permanent cease nire, he said yes, but he said how about a six weeks cease fire and then we can get the hostages are released. they are hoping a six weeks will lead to 10, to 15, become a permanent thing to bring resolution to this. the president is always optimistic. he feels he has to be optimistic about this because there are so many lives at stake. and there is a region that is on

you have heard the administration say repeatedly that they believe that the gulf arab allies believelestinian authority is the only entity that can administer gaza after this war. it's the only authority with the capacity to do so with some shred of credibility to do so. yet, that is not something prime minister netanyahu nor his far right government will agree to. you are hearing the prime minister sketching out a vision in gaza that looks a lot like the occupied west bank, where you have israeli forces moving into the cities at will, where they can go anywhere, where they can arrest anyone. that is really the opposite of division of a two-state solution that you have heard from president biden, from secretary of state blinken as being the only long-term way out of this. the secretary is heading back to the middle east tomorrow. he is going to be talking a lot about this effort to get more aid into gaza. you mentioned that really devastating report that came out yesterday by thisu.n.-backed group saying half of civilians are facing famine. >> richard, could you comment on donald tru

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you needed america to access arab allies to confront that network threat.ry cement for such a regional alliance was that israel have a vision long term. not for tomorrow but long term for additional relationship with palestinians. given the unique nature of the war, israel needed to go into it with the vision. israel has a prime minister now he was on capable, unwilling and politically unable to articulate such a vision because he is a captive of the far right coalition which he has built. >> as the credits -- president of the united states has upped his criticism of benjamin netanyahu, netanyahu has pushed back further. saying we appreciate the alliance with the united states and the support but effectively, i'm going to do what i'm going to do regardless. so what is the president to do with an ally like that? with a prime minister like that he wasn't listening to what he is saying or listening to the fact that you have written about many times that he has walked right into the trap set by hamas with its unprecedented savagery on october 7th that it now wa

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marks the ninth anniversary of the saudi that aggression against yemen, then some of its arab and western alliesmeni nation for their resilience and unity. in the face of the war in a televised address on monday, abdul malik al-huthi denounced the aggression against his country saying the goal of unjust and treacherous war was to destroy yemen. he emphasized that saudi arabia's plan was to occupy yemen and undermine the rights of its people said the war resulted in the death or in of over 50,000 civilians, mostly women and children, saudi arabia along with some of its regional allies and backed by the west, launched a war on yemen in march 2015 with the aim to reinstate a friendly regime there, years of bombing campaign blockade wors in the condition of the yemani people, according to the un refugee agency, yemen remains one of the world's worst humanitarian crises despite a ceasefire. that's rap for now, but stick around, there's plenty more to come here on press tv. bye everybody. يعني ايران بالنسبه لنا كشيعه عايشين برا بالخارج يعني تحس اكو فرد اتصال روحي بينك وبين هالبلد هذا يعني لانه شيعه وب

ninth anniversary of the saudi led aggression against yemen where riyadh and some of its arab and western allies failed to achieve any of their objectives. the leader of movement has praised the yemini nation for their resilience and unity in the face of the war, and it televised address on monday. denounce the aggression against his country saying, the goal of unjust and treacherous war was to destroy yemen. he emphasized that saudi arabia's plan was to occupy yemen and undermine the rights of its people. houti said the war resulted in the death or injury of over 50,00 civilians, mostly women and children, saudi arabia along with some of its regional allies and back by the west launched a war on yemen in march 2015. with the aim to reinstate a friendly regime there, ears the bombing campaign and blockade worsened the condition of the yemini people, according to the un refugee agency, yemen remains one of the world's worst humanitarian crises despite a ceasefire. joining us on this edition of the news review, we have press tvs abdul latif who's joining us from the capital sana and also we have.

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you needed america to be able to leverage our arab allies, our european allies to confront the iraniant for such a regional alliance was that israel had a vision long term, not for tomorrow but long term for a different relationship with the palestinians based on two states or two people so for all three of those reasons given the unique nature of this war, israel needed to go into it with a vision and we have -- israel has a prime minister now who is incapable, unwilling and in many ways politically unable to articulate a vision because he's a captive of the far right coalition which he has built. >> as the president of the united states has upped his criticism publicly of benjamin netanyahu, netanyahu has pushed back even harder saying, we appreciate the alliance with the united states, we appreciate all the support we get but effectively i'm going to do what i'm going to do regard also of what joe biden says, so what is the president of the united states to do with an ally like that? with a prime minister like that who isn't listening to what he's saying and isn't listening to the f

we have to say from both arab states and israel's allies, including the us and the u. k. to secure such a long term lasting piece that would indeed include a 2 state solution. you know, you, you've seen over many decades the, all of the previous efforts that have failed is something different this time yes. the college of getting humanity is something they haven't seen for tactics. was always a horrible incident in our insight, israel or a month brought us to new territories utility such a nation of meters by the way, not by the other side, but private room people. so we've seen that, but to see 5 months, 30000 people killed, at least because there's always under the wrong that we don't account for 70 percent of home women and children start. we have not seen that in a very long, long time. so that's something which, frankly, i come from egypt, we were the 1st to have a piece of people with these ways. and that's almost 50 years ago. 50 years after the 1st place agreement with this it to say, not only the lack of control, you know, a comprehensive piece completely, but to

we have to say from both arab states and israel's allies, including the us and the u. k. to secure such a long term lasting piece that would indeed include a 2 state solution. you know, you, you've seen over many decades the, all of the previous efforts that have failed is something different this time yes. the college of getting humanity is something they haven't seen for tactics. so it was always a horrible incident in our insight, israel or a month by the new territories, into such a nation of meters. by the way, not by the other side, but private, wrong people. so we've seen that, but to see 5 months, 30000 people killed, at least because there are those under the wrong that we don't account for 70 percent of home women and children start. we have not seen that in a very long, long time. so that's something which, frankly, i come for egypt, we were the 1st to have a piece of paper with these ladies. and that's almost 50 years ago. 50 years after the 1st base agreement with isn't to say, not only a lack of control, you know, a comprehensive piece completely but to see

israel's arab allies who want to come in and rebuild gaza.d states, and the united nations is a part of it, and start moving forward a two-state solution. this student said, i can't say that. i would be canceled. you can't even say two-state solution now on my campus. gene, it's just, the extremism is horrifying. it really is. you see the horrors in gaza. you see the horrors of what happened on october 7th. we've got to find a way forward. right now, for some reason, there's not space on college campuses to find that way forward together. >> yeah, and there has to be such space. i am ashamed to hear such sentiments expressed at my alma mater. i really am. that's just not -- it's obviously not right. that's dangerous. it's unacceptable, as far as i'm concerned. it's hard for me to imagine, remembering what the campus was like when i was there. it is, i think, not only acceptable but imperative to see what's happening in gaza, to see the suffering, the hunger, turning into famine that's occurring there, to see the devastation. it's appropriate

you look at our allies in europe, and i will say right now most importantly, you look at the arab nationso invade israel, and now want to become israel's allies. i stay in touch with leaders from those countries, from diplomats from those countries, and they're all saying the same thing, and they, you know, they have been saying it over the past month. you have to help israel get past this because we want to come in and help the palestinians. >> yes. >> and let's just say, for the first time in a long time because the palestinians are despised by arab nations. they just are. they just are, and they have been abandoned by arab nations for years now, but these arab nations, our allies, israel's allies, want to come in, rebuild gaza, help the palestinian people, but they tell me we're running out of time. this has to stop or they can't come in. >> yeah. i'm hearing exactly the same thing from very senior people across the region, and the tragedy of this -- when we were talking earlier with mike barnicle about the center of holding here, this is where the united states could really accept up

community, which is believed to be the largest palestinian community outside of the arab world, gathered with allies to call on president gabriel boric to break off all diplomatic relations with israel. >> we stand with the oppressed and against the oppressors to say no more crimes against humanity. so we protest. no more relations with the criminal state of israel. amy: here in new york, hundreds of activists gathered outside the metropolitan museum of art to demand the prestigious museum and its board members cut ties with companies that benefit from israel's assault on gaza and commit to helping "preserve palestinian cultural heritage sites being destroyed by israel." activists displayed a massive 30-by-50-foot quilt on the steps of the met. modeled after the aids memorial quilt, the palestine quilt pieced together works by 64 global artists on the theme of "from oppression to liberation, free palestine." in senegal, early results from sunday's presidential election put the candidate bassirou diomaye faye in the lead. at least five of the 18 other candidates already conceded to faye, who is backe