tell us about your group, the international crisis group. what is your mission and how are you funded? guest: the crisis group is a conflict prevention organization. there are a lot of organizations, ngos and governmental organizations that deal with the aftermath of conflict, from refugees to health issues, reconciliation, reconstruction. like human diseases, wars are often better to prevent than to deal with. that is the mission of this organization, which is based in brussels and it was created 25 years ago. it is funded by philanthropists, foundations and also governments and it covers around 50 conflict around the world, including the iran nuclear issue. host: what role does your organization have in the discussions on the iran nuclear deal during the obama administration? guest: the organization has been involved for almost 18 years now , but during the obama administration, we were one of the outside groups in the u.s. or europe who were helping the negotiators bridge the gap, with coming up with ideas, providing creative solutions for

if you're a senior analyst at the international crisis group, and in washington dc, david sent a former us ambassador to if you're a warm welcome to all of you. let's begin in washington dc. first with david chen, david, is this the threat of sanctions in order to pay like the u. s. is doing something or is an actual real threat? i think this is an actual real track. it is important to underscore that these are not sanctions or say, this is the laying of the legal ground work to permit sanctions at some point in the future against all parties, or either out holding up a negotiated settlement on the one hand or, or somehow interfering with the resolution of the managerial crisis in northern ethiopia. but it's for real. this is, this is not a unless it is fun, but what's driving it, david then why now? well, it's really a continuation of ongoing activity by the united states. under the buys administration, they haven't quite active and trying to just some kind of end point. she's fire if you well and to open up the managerial orders or the different aid roach. this is going on every sunda

and whilst that international crisis group, we are very hopeful that a sensation of hostilities is pursued both by the 2 great leadership, also by the federal leadership. at the moment it does tragically look like continuing warfare is the option. i think the intentions are clear here of the, of the us and the reasons for that action. a clear what is not a tool clear is whether they are going to be successful in getting the part of the part of the conflict. let them in a russo, if you pieces foreign nation. why should the us be involved? well, i think they should be involved in the process because it's a long time. like, okay, he'll give us our commission and no idea when you're putting it. if you have been so you can, you know, i think there is no question about the need for us if you want them. and the question is, how should they like, how should they maintain impact the company? the company didn't know, did not get to touch on part of november, but for many europeans they went taking the company. it started on up no, but i think it didn't happen in the context menu. and they said that

joinini vaez, with the international crisis group. he is a senior advisor and director of the iran project, here with us to talk about the talks ahead on the u.s.-iran nuclear deal. welcome to "washington journal." tell us about your group, the international crisis group. what is your mission and how are you funded? guest: the crisis group is a conflict prevention organization. there are a lot of organizations, ngos and

, but, but in, for the most part, a lot of those news already been made just one of the international crisis group. we appreciate your time as always. thank you very much. indeed. thank the canadian prime minister, justice widow has been re elected to following a snap election on monday production show. the ruling liberals will remain the single largest party in parliament. but it's falling short of to those goal of a majority when jody vance reports for michelle. yeah, the celebration came swiftly for justin trudeau on election day. you are sending us back to work with a clear mandate to get canada through this pandemic. and to the brighter days i had my friends, that's exactly what we are ready to do. the moment before the victory speech, the canadian prime minister's key rival in the election campaign, conservative leader era, no tool through some barb and i told him if he thinks he can threaten canadians with another election in 18 month, the conservative party will be ready. the rumblings of an expensive election only to be almost exactly where the liberals were on august 15th, when it was ca

tell us about your group, the international crisis group. is your mission and how are you funded? guest: the crisis group is a conflict prevention organization. there are a lot of organizations, ngos and governmental organizations that deal with the aftermath of conflict, from refugees to health issues, reconciliation, reconstruction. like human diseases, wars are often better to prevent than to deal with. that is the mission of this organization, which is based in brussels and it was created 25 years ago. it is funded by philanthropists, foundations and also governments and it covers around 50 conflict around the world, including the iran nuclear issue. host: what role does your organization have in the discussions on the iran nuclear deal during the obama administration? guest: the organization has been involved for almost 18 years now , but during the obama administration, we were one of the outside groups in the u.s. or europe who were helping the negotiators bridge the gap, with coming up with ideas, providing creative solutions for bot

according to the international crisis group, many but not all of these gangs are made up of members ofthnic group. traditionally they made their living from cattle rearing but climate change and competition for resources has left many of them without an income. controversial islamic cleric ahmad gumi has made acted as a self—appointed mediator between groups of kidnappers and the government but the sheikh says the marginalisation of the nigeria's fulani population is counterproductive. they are voiceless in nigeria so they express themselves in a violent way. it's dangerous for a nation like nigeria that has a lot of money to allow a big segment of this population, without any formal or informal education, to behave in a certain manner. i understand that they might be unhappy with the way they've been treated by the authorities in the past. do you think that that killing, that action is justified? it doesn't justify crime at all from whatever angle it is. when you put people in the middle of a war, they feel it is right to kill the opposite. that is what is happening in nigeria now. th

according to the international crisis group, many but not all of these gangs are made up of members ofnic group. traditionally, they made their living from cattle rearing but climate change and competition for resources has left many of them without an income. controversial islamic cleric ahmad gumi has acted as a self—appointed mediator between groups of kidnappers and the government but the sheikh says the marginalisation of nigeria's fulani population is counterproductive. they are voiceless in nigeria so they express themselves in a violent way. it's dangerous for a nation like nigeria that has a lot of money to allow a big segment of this population, without any formal or informal education, to behave in a certain manner. i understand that they might be unhappy with the way they've been treated by the authorities in the past. do you think that that killing, that action is justified? it doesn't justify crime at all from whatever angle it is. when you put people in the middle of a war, they feel it is right to kill the opposite. that is what is happening in nigeria now. the press ha

horner is the deputy director for the horn of africa and senior analyst for sudan with the international crisis group. he says to dons, military is concerned that these recent tensions could lead to chaos in the country . those tensions have been in evidence for some time, but, but this is really a new level of spill over those tensions. the transition in sudan has always existed as a rather uneasy hybrid government that contain both civilians and the military and for the military park. there's a real concern from their side that they will be a sideline that they are currently certainly dominant within the transition and there, and they've been dominant in sudan, more or less since independence in $56.00, the civilians have been really unable to turn the sort of role political power that emerged in students a revolution in 20182019 into real political power that it's usable in this new transitional context. and so the military honestly are not very concerned that this organization among the civilians may see it and be continuing that chaos if they don't indeed, coalesced around rather more shared app

all right, to set the scene, we ask william davidson international crisis group to tell us why he thinks we all with e. c o p. how close? if the okay, is the piece right now. this is what this is what he told us just a few hours ago. since the withdrawal of central forces from most of the great in june and the 2 great regional forces have gone to be offensive into foreign and regions. they say this is necessary to degrade the capacity of opponents and to break a blockade on which is suffering a humanitarian emergency. and to compel the creation of a transitional, federal government in response that has been considerable popular resistance. today's particularly in hara, while the great forces are themselves a relatively popular insurgency amongst the grand people. therefore, we have an intensifying and expanding civil war any to the moment there is no prospect of talk to try and end the war with both sides still set on a military solution to this conflict. that's williams take to help us that the thing for this conversation, let me show you guess a headline. i really want you to react to

horner is the deputy director for the horn of africa and senior analyst was done with the international crisis group. and he says, the capital has been come in the hours following the attempted coup. i'd like to talk to people from military intelligence and the government and civil society in khartoum and local to need them. so there's some, you know, abiding concern across all those groups that this cru attempt was perhaps the test balloon for something larger that comes later down the road. and i think that tested in traps was to look and understand perhaps how the street my response is to earlier, you know, there have been, there has been a lot of people, particularly in the east of sudan where particularly be a traditional leaders, leaders have called for the overthrow of the transitional government. they've been very unhappy with their last coming from the last year to a peace agreement. and so that there was some concern that there's a link with with this. and perhaps there was an idea that perhaps the street might respond differently, but to be honest, i, as, as i, as i see it, and cartoon pe

we're going to tweet out a report right now this is from the international crisis group. it's called miracle, or mirage gains and plunging violence in el salvador. and there's a bite down here that says, statistical studies show that the territorial control plan, which is his plan, is most likely not. this will cause specific local falls and murder rates do not correspond. precisely to those areas where the plans been implemented instead and large part gangs appeared to themselves, had decided to go back to waco violence. paul, i would hope that they have actually chosen to do that, but the truth of the matter is that, but how's that was asking pretty specifically. does a government acknowledge that there's been a church between the gangs as reported by the media or the report? so of, of some sort of agreement that has been reached with the gangs are based on people who are not necessarily known for reporting news, but creating and i think that it's very different. i'm sorry. yeah, i have to say, oh, well respected allies out outlets and salvador indeed in the region. so

he's the around project director for the international crisis group. it's good to help you with us on our 0. why do you think this visit is happening at this particular time? well this was happening because next week there is a board of governors meeting at the a and without the minimum level of cooperation from iran. it was quite possible that the europeans and the us with push for a center resolution to penalize iran. and iranians had threatened that if there is such a resolution, they would not come back to the table to negotiate a way back to the jcp away. which meant that we would have a major nuclear crisis on our hands. and i think this minimum step that iran has taken now deferred as the crisis. but it's definitely not going to resolve it. this deal that allows the un to install new memory cards and service, the cameras and some of the installations. i know also it means that it can get access to the previous memory cards that they're going to be locked up and kept in iran. how much of this has been about taking a step forward to towards transp

i mean by us is the iran project director of our international crisis group. he says a political solution is the only way forward. this was this happening because next week there is a board of governors meeting at the a and without the minimum level of cooperation from iran. it was quite possible that the europeans and the us with push for a center resolution to penalize iran. and iranians had threatened that if there is such a resolution, they would not come back to the table to negotiate a way back to the jcp away. which meant that we would have a major nuclear crisis on our hands. and i think this minimum step that iran has taken now defer to the crisis, but it's definitely not going to resolve it. look, the reality is that iranian limited access because of the fact that the us withdrew from the date, the p. o, a and reimpose sanctions and the europeans were unable to really help iran weather to storm of us sanctions. and then there were, is really sabotage of iran nuclear fits. and it has been a fascination of the top nuclear scientists. so these are all c

in rape, his deputy director for the horn of africa and senior analyst for su down with international crisis group. janice horner, 1st of all, the frictions between the military and civilian elements of become ever more apparent as time is going on. what's your assessment of where we're at? how serious is this? yes. as you say that those tensions have been in evidence for some time, but this is really a new level of spill over those tensions. the transition student has always existed as a rather uneasy hybrid government that contain both civilians and military. and for the military part, there's a real concern from their side that they will be a sidelines. they are currently certainly dominant within the transition. and there can, and they've been dominant in sudan, more or less since independence in $56.00 for the civilians. as your package well represented, the civilians have been really unable to turn the sort of rule political power, the immersed incidents a revolution in 20182019 into real political power that it is usable in this new transitional context. and so the military honestly are not

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international travel due by 1 october. aruna iyengar, bbc news. let's stay in the uk, where a leading business group is warning a supply chai crisis threatens to derailconomic recovery. the british chambers of commerce is forecasting a sharp slowdown in growth in the coming months. and it's concerned that tax rises announced by the government this week could do further damage. the pandemic and brexit have, without question, disrupted supply chains. its also left the uk economy short of staff everywhere — from transport and manufacturing to hospitality and construction. and it's affecting the availability of everyday goods, as one shopkeeper told the bbc. i'v e i've spoken with a manager and said there are a few gaps, there is no stop. and he said we can't get the stock in ourselves. obviously if they can't get the deliveries in a cash and carry, we can't get in stock, we are all in trouble. last week i went down and had about 20 things on my list and could not get hold of ten. everyone feels he is paying. it is a story we're seeing right across the country. suren thiru is head of economics at the british chambers of commerce. thank you very much forj

facing a crisis of its own over a 100 party. officials announced today resignation on saturday, accusing its leadership of failing to counter sides actions local and international human rights groups had condemned size power grad wanting a slide towards authoritarianism. but they were also being demonstrations in support of the president. i said has promised to uphold people thrive, but there is still fees here of a return to absolute one man room. alex here brian al jazeera. well let's bring in sharif al caddy. he's a political commentator. he joins us now from tunis. sharif, we've seen plenty of protests before. do you get the sense that this one is different in some way? don't feel like there's really broad frustration and unity with the entire political establishment. if actually today is, is, let's say it's a bit different because the members are more important than the numbers the week before. but today's protest, downtown june, seems mean to gathering thousands of sides opponent between 3 and 4000 people to be exact, according to some calculations by done by, by our list. so it was nearly the supporters of the previous reading parliamentary coalition of doing as much protes

crisis and the starvation is profound. there's been a drought. is there a way to use the ngos, all the aid groups, international and american groups there, to get money people? >> look. i'm sympathetic to the people of afghanistan but we can't trust the taliban government yet coming to these types of funds and this type of money and it could only really have a big blowback. there are ngos on the ground that will i think be directly -- afghan families or in general and who we should work through and we need to hold some leverage in afghanistan and aid is one of them. and we still have to make sure that there's probably close 10,000 to 20,000 civ applicants and recipients. the interpreters to get out of the country and they need to let them go so that we can start seeing if there's a measure of goodwill to work together but right now it is too early and should help but through ngos we trust and the food and aid won't go into the hands of the taliban or the black market in general which usually happens in these situations. >> i want to point out that the vice president weighed in on the horseback issue saying she wants an investigation and this is not t

crisis, the reconstitution of terrorist groups, and the rolling back of women's rights dominate the headlines. sharing insights from first-hand experiences and on the ground reporting is a distinguished panel. an international affairs analyst with nbc news. she spent nearly five years in afghanistan as a foreign correspondent for cnn and and busy news. she also set up nbc's kabul news bureau and covered military operations, secured nbc's first exclusive interview with the president in a decade. thank you so much for being here. our next panelist, tom, has worked as pentagon correspondent for national public radio since 2006 and previously covered the defense department for the bulk -- baltimore sun. with npr, he has traveled to syria and iraq and made dozens of trips to afghanistan with u.s. marines and soldiers. in 2010, edward r. murrow award for his coverage of taliban roadside bomb that killed two u.s. soldiers. kathy bannon, news director for afghanistan and pakistan the associated press and has covered the region for ap and correspondent its 1988. -- since 1988. she was the only western journalists allowed in kabul by the taliban in the wake of the british attack on afghanistan. she was wounded when a