on the job from the a brookings doha center thank you not to grace who have voters will go to the polls on sunday in a snap general election prime minister alexis tsipras is battling to hold on to his job after implementing austerity measures demanded by european credit has many greeks the still suffering the effects of massive tax increases and budget cuts the doctor's next on the reports. but are you going out these people are in no mood to celebrate the greek elections are just around the corner and the leftist syriza party is striving for every vote polls suggest their time could be up late summer is a supporters here in athens still believe in the ruling party's values they buy from an idea that is serious and stands for more democracy equality and secondarily. that i unlike a lot of music there's a previous arizona presents renewal and change in the country the creation of better economic conditions. because of the quota you get my 9 is what i miss for me it is safety calmness and assurance in my life that's fine with mistakes and other things but it is safe to. say almost in this

deal except rick cetera let's bring in the fatah and i said who's a visiting fellow at the brookings doha center he's actually and then right now do you see a way out of this of both sides is there something is there a way of backing down. well and the interest situation is very difficult and so there is not. i mean the only way out would be that both tehran and washington become more flexible so that for example washington announces that to iran beyond you know the signal that they're actually willing to talk without preconditions as president trump recently said to signal to iran that they would be willing to stop some of the sanctions and this would send a positive signal to iran and maybe give them some courage to enter into negotiations because so the iranian perspective for the last few months was that they were in a position of weakness and there is no. there is no reason to engage in talks with the united states although the debate is much more multifaceted entire on surely but for now we don't have the green light from the supreme leader of iran which is an absolute necessity so we see

deal except rick cetera let's bring in the fatah and i said who's a visiting fellow at the brookings doha center he's actually and then right now do you see a way out of this of both sides is there something is there a way of backing down. well and the interest situation is very difficult and so there is not. i mean the only way out would be that both tehran and washington become more flexible so that for example washington announces that to iran beyond you know the signal that they're actually willing to talk without preconditions as president trump recently said to signal to iran that they would be willing to stop some of the sanctions and this would send a positive signal to iran and maybe give them some courage to enter into negotiations because so the iranian perspective for the last few months was that they were in a position of weakness and there is no. there is no reason to engage in talks with the united states although the debate is much more multifaceted entire on surely but for now we don't have the green light from the supreme leader of iran which is an absolute necessity so we see

to a new deal except rick cetera let's bring in the for the who's a visiting fellow at the brookings doha center he's actually and then right now do you see a way out of this of both sides is there something is there a way of backing down. well and the interest situation is very difficult and so there is not. i mean the only way out would be that both tehran and washington become more flexible so that for example washington announces that to iran beyond you know the signal that they're actually willing to talk without preconditions as president trump recently said to signal to iran that they would be willing to stop some of the sanctions and this would send a positive signal to iran and maybe give them some courage to enter into negotiations because so the iranian perspective for the last few months was that they were in a position of weakness and there is no. there is no reason to engage in talks with the united states or the debate has much more multifaceted in toronto surely but for now we don't have the green light from the supreme leader of iran which is an absolute necessity so we see at l

science at the university of tehran in berlin early for the nature a visiting fellow at the brookings doha center and in washington d.c. jeff stacy a former u.s. state department official under president barack obama welcome to you all i like to begin in teheran 1st the brits have made their move the u.s. national security adviser john bolton seems to be positively giddy about the whole thing calling it excellent news what does tehran do next. of course tehran see it in line with the recent you know act trends that have been taken by the brits whether guards to iran and the j.c.b. or a. for instance and for your answer the brits came out of it with out and in. suggesting that iran was behind it while the u.a.e. itself said there is no you know any think that links iran to be incident on other issues that the downing of the u.s. spy jet or a spy drone the brits also endorsed the. u.s. you know rhetoric and narrative a bit and i think basically in recent months london has been you know reflecting whatever the white house had to say this incident i think is in line with that shift in. london's you k

introduce our panel now in toronto by scott we have know her eldar hobb who is a fellow at the brookings doha center specializing in conflict and transitional justice in beirut we have rami curie senior fellow at the is on fire is institute for public policy at the american university of beirut in lancaster in the u.k. also on skype simon mabel and senior lecturer in international studies at lancaster university while come to you all know her i've just i've just read out a litany of bad news affecting children around the world particularly in conflict areas why do you think we're seeing a larger number than ever before of children being killed or maimed in conflicts. well the short answer really is that there's a there's a lack of accountability for these for these violations and actually the bad news that you just mentioned is in reality much much worse than what is captured in in such u.n. reports i mean with regards to yemen for example the the the number of child casualties mentioned in these reports is only really a glimpse into the extent of the atrocities the children suffer these casualties

introduce our panel now in toronto by scott we have know her eldar hobb who is a fellow at the brookings doha center specializing in conflict and transitional justice in beirut we have rami curie senior fellow at the is on fire is institute for public policy at the american university of beirut in lancaster in the u.k. also on skype simon mabel and senior lecturer in international studies at lancaster university while come to you all know her i've just i've just read out a litany of bad news affecting children around the world particularly in conflict areas why do you think we're seeing a larger number than ever before of children being killed or maimed in conflicts. well the short answer really is that there's a there's a lack of accountability for these for these violations and actually the bad news that you just mentioned is in reality much much worse than what is captured in such u.n. reports i mean with regards to yemen for example the the the number of child casualties mentioned in these reports is only really a glimpse into the extent of the atrocities the children suffer these casualties hav

introduce our panel now in toronto by scott we have know her eldar hobb who is a fellow at the brookings doha center specializing in conflict and transitional justice in beirut we have rami curie senior fellow at the is on fire is institute for public policy at the american university of beirut in lancaster in the u.k. also on skype simon mabel and senior lecturer in international studies at lancaster university while come to you all know her i've just i've just read out a litany of bad news affecting children around the world particularly in conflict areas why do you think we're seeing a larger number than ever before of children being killed or maimed in conflicts. well the short answer really is that there's a there's a lack of accountability for these for these violations and actually the bad news that you just mentioned is in reality much much worse than what is captured in in such u.n. reports i mean with regards to yemen for example the the the number of child casualties mentioned in these reports is only really a glimpse into the extent of the atrocities the children suffer these casualties