but israel has accused iran and from will be people are from sources on the ground it is in fact iran that has struck is very yesterday in fact filled this was expected we've been hearing this since last month when israel has has struck an iranian air base in syria and killed seventy iranians so it was expected that iran is going to move and it was very much expected that iran is going to pull out what is the expected next move and so. iran hits israeli targets israel hits iranian targets then what. well the fear is of the mind of our broader regional war at our hands and. a lot of us here were thinking that a proxy battleground this time around might be south of syria and that is happening if it is south of syria it would also be levanon because who is in south syria fighting alongside assad's men in fighting who are these men being trained by the i r g c it is the hezbollah this bill has the strongest force they have experience in fighting israel they've done it in two thousand and six so the fear is that you would have these. scum he says insult syria and he can flag aeration me me

accused iran of firing rockets on the golan heights which israel occupies so iran says those claims are baseless israel responded by striking dozens of iranian positions in syria the two sides have exchanged hostile rhetoric for years but now there are signs of an open military conflict putting the region on edge we have a lot to get to with our guests but first harry fawcett reports from the occupied golan heights. cockpit video from israeli warplanes is they carried out the largest and most prolonged air strike in syria since the start of its civil war israel says it hit dozens of iranian military targets as well as five syrian anti-aircraft installations israel says it was a response after iranian forces launched twenty rockets at israeli targets in the occupied golan heights we have made it very clear that we are here to defend ourselves those who started this round of violence were hearing ins who attacked israel we responded accordingly and we are now waiting to see how the iranians will respond israeli forces in the occupied golan heights were on alert for any further

iran has increased its military presence in syria and with that increased tensions with neighboring israel it is still a ship this week when u.s. president donald trump quit the iran nuclear deal referring to israeli intelligence documents that said iran had been pursuing nuclear weapons for years something iran denies. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has traveled to moscow to meet with assad's ally russian president putin. it's up to. i presented israel's obligation and right to defend itself against iranian aggression from iran from within syrian territory against the state of israel the iranians declare their intention to attack us they are trying to transfer forces and deadly weapons there with the explicit goal of attacking israel as part of their strategy to destroy israel earlier this week the israel army warned of an imminent attack the i.d.f. has detected irregular iranian activity in syria as preparing the civilian population on the golan heights accordingly as well as defensive systems any aggression against israel will be mixed with a severe response and now after the golan h

top story this hour world leaders have called for restraint in the middle east iran's foreign ministry condemning israel's attack on iran main targets inside syria israel's government accuses taran of crossing a red line by attacking the gauguin heights. that's where both years from now we'll be back with more of the top of the hour you're watching q. w. news do stay with us if you can. the whole d w one. four in soak is global insights the news outlet for local heroes. a w made for mines.

when you fly from calls for restraint for world leaders as israel and iran square off the hope is to prevent further military reprisals following israel's deadly attacks on the reigning targets in syria israel claims the raids were punishment for iran's attack on the don't want the israeli government described as crossing a red line also on the program. three quarters of a million children in the democratic republic of congo a loss of nearly mt everest unicef says that of that more than half of them could die in a vast jungle region hit by conflicts between the army and government. that's what combined spectacle songs dance music and pure kids. the livestrong concerts take place and listen this weekend will take a look at the fight. and still go welcome to the program iran's foreign ministry has condemned israel's attack on iranian military targets inside syria his first official reaction came from the ministry spokesman who described the raids as a blatant violation of the country's sovereignty that was conducted on what he called fabricated and baseless excuses israel struck dozens

from berlin tonight calls for calm after tensions between israel and iran so israel launched massive air strikes overnight only bringing in targets in syria and after rockets landed on israeli positions also coming up closing ranks in foreign relations germany and russia seeking new ground on the latest mideast crisis and the iranian nuclear deal. and they have said the dame's us president trump will meet north korea's supreme leader kim jong un in singapore on june twelfth the announcement came hours after three u.s. prisoners in north korea arrived home plus a dam bursts in kenya killing dozens under once being called a wall of water the east african country is reeling from weeks of catastrophic flooding we'll speak with survivors who say they've lost everything. it's good to have you with us tonight worries that a new war may be in the making in the middle east europe and the u.s. are calling for restraint after the most serious military confrontation between israel and iran in years last night israeli airstrikes hit a radian targets across syria it was the largest attack by israe

business daily news live from berlin international calls for car after tensions between israel and iran seoul israel launched massive ass trucks overnight against iranian targets in syria after rockets landed on his right the physicians we take you live to the region also on the program. page set a date u.s. president donald trump will meet north korea's supreme leader kim jong un in singapore the twelfth of june mr trump made the announcement after welcoming home free american captives released by north korean. president a man your own mccrory's honored for promoting a new vision for europe accepting germany's charlemagne prize he said the time to strengthen europe is now. on the same kenya killing dozens on what witnesses have described as a wall of water east african countries reeling from weeks of catastrophic flooding d.w. news has been speaking with survivors who have lost everything. i'm still gail welcome to the program international calls for restraint talk growing as israel and iran face the most serious military confrontation for years israeli airstrikes if you radian targets

>> well because what's different is that iran hit israel and four were intercepted by the iron dome. a lot of the rockets didn't make it that far. so iran is -- has moved it up a notch by going coss border over to israel. so israel now, the veil of denight club, now, i think is over and israel, for the first time, went public. >> and, mark, you say you see this as an ecalation. why now? why is israel doing this now? >> that's a good question.w, you kn think there's a lot of pointing fingers here which doesn't really help. iran iblaming israel and israel is blaming iran. but i think the facts on th ground have remained steadfast for 30 years. iran has been in syria for a long time, and hezbollah is established well in southern lebanon. at's not going to cange. so why the rocket attacks? i think -- and wh t israeli intervention? and i think that israel saw this as an opportunity in the wake of president trump's decision on the iran unrolling the iran nuclear deal. they saw this as an opportunity to me a point. they numeric would come to their defense. they knew president trump would def

not going to be the united states nor apparently europe that has a leverage to mediate between israel and iran or at least try to calm the situation as it were between israel and first because israel is intent on not taken the dialogue path because they want to take on iran because they don't accept iran's press. to syria they've already said many many times that this is sort of line to it's only the russians today that on able to really mediate if you will between iran and israel to trying to calm the situation but certainly doesn't seem like the iranians want to take the russians want to take the role seriously because they talk about regret they talk about bush is that the two parties calm the situation but in fact russia has control over the airspace of syria is not stepping in in order to calm the saul's in that region ok thank you milan. and with al-jazeera still ahead on the program the official apology to the man illegally kidnapped by british spies it is said to be tortured by market down fees in libyan security services. and when the love of a comes arians the medics who met and fell

this is news live from calls for restraint from world leaders as israel and iran square off after israel's deadly raid on iranian targets in syria all eyes are now on any possible new military activity israel says it has drawn a red line and that it will not back down also coming up singapore gets set to host the first ever meeting between a sitting u.s. president and north korean leader with the world's attention now focused on the southeast asian city state we will hear what its citizens think about the historic summit and the dark side of trade between spain and morocco the moroccan women working as so-called mules carrying heavy merchandise across the border businessmen exploit them to take advantage of the important tax loophole it's morocco's most vulnerable women who pay the price. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. iran's foreign ministry is condemning israel's attack on iranian targets inside of syria the first official reaction to the attack came from the ministry spokesman who called them quote a blatant violation of the country's sovereignty that were

i'm still get welcome to the program international calls for restraint a growing as israel and iran face the most serious militia confrontation in years now this force it uploaded on social media is said to show multiple flares over syria's capital damascus after israel struck dozens of targets in the country israel says it was responding to what it says was an iranian rocket attack on israeli outposts in the golan heights launched from syria israel claims to have struck nearly all of iran's infrastructure in syria. let's see if we can pick this with the double correspondent i'm child for who's monitoring developments from neighboring beirut to welcome and show so israel says its strikes were in response to this iranian attack why would iran be targeting vast area. well iran this is a very clever move by iran iran has been under pressure to show resolve and it's to show to its domestic audience that it is not going to be taking down the israeli aggression on its assets in israel lying down opted for golan because golan is occupied territory golan was occupied by israel in one thousand ni

this is deja vu news live from girl led calls for restraint from world leaders as israel and iran where off after israel's deadly raid on a broadly in targets in syria all eyes now on any possible new military activity israel says it has drawn a red line and that it will not back down also coming up singapore gets stuck to host the first ever meeting between a sitting u.s. president and a north korean leader but the world's attention now focused on the southeast asian states we will hear what its citizens think of the historic summit and out of prison and back to politics came the latest former deputy leader is given a boiled pardon it paves the way for him to return to politics after a pledge from the country's new leader. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. iran's foreign ministry is condemning israel's attack on targets inside syria the first official reaction to the attack came from the ministry spokesman who called them a blatant violation of the country's sovereignty that were conducted on fabricated and baseless excuses now israel struck dozens of irania

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jewish state, which iran has sworn to destroy. separating israelnd iran, territorially, there are two countries in between. iranian military forces have for years been entrenching themselves in syrian bases in the south of the country near the border with israel. the israelis have long said they are unhappy about that. they do not want iran to establish a meaningful military base inside the country. nightmare scenario is kind of like the korean peninsula where they were unable to prevent their hostile neighbor from creating a nuclear weapon and threatening them. for israel.big fear let's remember, no casualties on the israeli side. if they were to be any in future things could spiral. mp's announcement he is pulling out of the nuclear iran deal, how does that contribute to making the area more stable? >> there is an irony that trump talked about how dangerous the iran nuclear deal was, but it doesn't deal with iran being a menace in the middle east. hours after, israel has carried deadly attack to date. hootie revels in yemen that are backed by ira

the prime minister of israel saying that the attacks were appropriate accusing iran of crossing a red line. a fireball in the sky over damascus syrian state television showed these images said to be syrian anti-aircraft defenses targeting israeli rockets israel's defense ministry said its forces hit a fifty iranian positions across syria prime minister benjamin netanyahu kate the justification. of iran has crossed a red line our response was appropriate our army has carried out a large scale attack on iranian targets in syria we're engaged in a long term conflict and our policy is clear we will not allow iran to establish a military presence in syria. iran provides political and military backing for the regime of syrian president bashar al assad in the country's civil war israel says it strikes a retaliation for a rocket attack on territory atoki pies in the golan heights according to israel iranian made a tense fire the rockets from syria but none of them reach that target. the iranian leadership has not commented on the events and usually to only said that syrian d

and sly saudi arabia and iran and we've seen from the green light being given to israel to attack a rainy and other facilities within syria i think sooner rather than later iran will will respond and i think the possibility of confrontation between iran and israel potentially with saudi arabia is is there third there is the possibility of confrontation slash tensions between european allies and the united states now that the united states has totally discounted their opinion and has just threatened them in the words of present trump with sanctions if they continue to deal with iran so imagine european construction company oil company and all kinds of other companies now are going to be sanctioned by the united states because they deal with iran according to a deal that the united states signed back in two thousand and fifteen so there are a number of possible confrontations last but not least the one against china and russia is also coming because i think china russia insists that they are going to continue with the deal what would happen then. the u.s. is that will president trum

i think israel really see also right now this opportunity to go against iran. this is the first time in recent history, last week, that the two have traded direct fire. i think israel sees iran as kind of weakened since president trump pulled out of the iran deal and certainly the iranians don't want to show that they're weakened. and so you have all of this kind of toxic mix of tensions going on right now leading up to monday and that controversial embassy. i think israeli officials are very concerned. but at the same point, they have a lot of support from the united states, not just against iran, but with this embassy opening, and they have, you know, warming relations with the arabs who really see iran as the big threat. it's really a new middle east now, fred, in a lot of ways. i think israel's feeling this new confidence. >> how much concern is there for this potential escalation between israel and iran? >> i think the way the u.s. and israel see it is iran does not want to escalate. they do, as you said, fred, want to get that iran deal staying on track. b

could tensions between iran and israel spark world war iii? live report from on the ground in the region and analysis from gen. jack keane. welcome to fox news at night. new details about the reality of iran's threats against israel days after donald trump scrapped the nuclear deal outraging the mullahs and their allies and the white house announces the location of the june 12th summit with kim jong un. we have team coverage. benjamin hall is live as tensions flare but we begin with chief national correspondent and henry as donald trump allows the us will not be locked into another iran deal. >> confirming the summit will be in singapore on june 12th, inside is telling us the key reason for that location is singapore is hosting a major international security conference with american and asian officials, that could set the table for success building and the victory the pres. had in the middle of the night when he personally welcomed home three americans previously incarcerated by the north korean dictator. democrat chuck schumer objected to the

tonight, calls for calm after tensions interest israel and iran soared. israel launched massive air strikes overnight on iranian targets in syria after rockets landed on israeli positions. coming up, he doesn't want his job back. carlos said he is not a candidate for the spanish region catalonia. we will go to barcelona for answers. and emmanuel macron is hened with the charlemagne prize for a new vision for europe. he says the new time to strengthen europe is it now. and they have set the date. u.s. president donald trump will meet north korea's supreme leader, kim jong-un. and a dam burst in kenya, killing dozens under what has been described as a wall of water. the country is reeling from weeks of catastrophic flooding. we will speak with survivors who say they have lost everything. >> i am brent goff. tonight, worries that a new war may be in the making in the middle east. europe and the u.s. are calling for restraint after the most serious confrontation between israel and iran in years. last night, israeli air strikes hit iranian targets across syria

i'm sarah kelly welcome to the program international calls for restraint are mounting as israel and iran face their most serious military confrontation in years footage uploaded on social media shows multiple flares over syria's capital damascus after israel struck dozens of targets in the country overnight. israel says that it acted in response to what it says was an iranian rocket attack on its outposts in the golan heights launched from syria it claims to have struck nearly all of iran's infrastructure in syria. well let's get more now on these developments we are joined by jonathan accord make us a spokesperson for the israeli defense forces in the golan heights and welcome to you jonathan we thank you so much for joining us and we've heard that you know for israel's part you are saying that the rockets which were fired into the golan heights that they were fired by an iranian brigade what evidence do you have for that. well thank you for having me and good. girly clear we have a very good encouraged him pictures of the reunion deployment in that syria we have been following their mo

and iran in syria has been in one direction israel has been going into iran more times than we even know because most of the incursions r.p.m. justin and his israel doesn't hippa typically take credit for that but some people estimate that israel has made a hundred incursions certainly doesn't scores of them including just yesterday i believe in so for a while frankly i've been waiting for any iranian response and i've been away impressed by iranian restraint in syria in terms of retaliating against israel and now if reports are true that restraint is the starting to add. well the u.s. could really impose sanctions on iran as early as next week it follows president donald trump's withdrawal from the landmark international deal with the islamic republic to limit its nuclear capabilities this move has been widely criticized from london to teheran from where has this report i was the day after the united states tore up the nuclear deal iran set it on fire members of parliament into one burned a printout of the international pact and the

iran nuclear agreement. to talk more about the rising tension between israel and iran and what is happening in syria as well as israel and gaza, we go to london where we are joined by the iranian-american professor laleh khalili. she is a professor at soas university of london. she's the author of a number of books, including "time in the shadows: confinement in counterinsurgencies." welcome to democracy now! can you start off by talking about these latest developments between israel and iran in syria? >> yes. thank you very much for having me. i think it is really important to note two things about this. there's one element that has directly to do the trump announcement about the u.s. pulling out of the nuclear deal. before i get to that, i want to mention that what israel has done over the course of the last few days -- as you mentioned, just in your preceding introductory remarks -- israel's modus operandi is to try to provoking,nflict by by acting group or rockabilly. this is a long-standing activity of israel. what they boasted about, their ability to actually get the syrians to shoot at them between 19

thank you and with the world watching nervously as tensions soar between iran and israel germany's chancellor angela merkel has addressed the iran nuclear deal speaking earlier on friday chancellor merkel suggested that the united states is unilateral withdrawal from the deal undermined confidence in the global order but she added that america's withdrawal was not a reason to call into question the entire transatlantic partnership have a listen. to the. field i agree that there are a lot of other worrying issues to talk about when it comes to iran to fight with israel the ballistic missile program iran's role in syria well correct talks in clover however i think it is not correct to pull out of a deal that has been agreed on that has been voted for unanimously in the un security council. violates the trust in the international order. for oh. the german chancellor speaking a short while ago in other news it will be the first ever meeting of a sitting u.s. president and a north korean leader president donald trump announced in a tweet that he will meet north korea's kim jong un in singapore on

this is day that leaders live from violence calls for restraint from world leaders as israel and iran square off ok's to prevent further military reprisals following israel's deadly raid sunday raining targets in syria israel claims the rights were punishment for iran's attack on the heights of seats right government described as crossing a red line also on the program three quarters of a million children in the democratic republic of congo us a very malnourished unicef says more than half of them are likely to die stuck in a fast jungle region hit by conflict between the army and anti-government rebels. plus their rat that delicious is that over here the so-called. just a plague of louisiana swamp crayfish is affecting the streams and lakes of the chapman county. i feel gail welcome to the program. iran's foreign ministry has condemned israel's attack on iranian military targets inside syria this first official reaction came from a ministry spokesman who described the raids as a blatant violation of the country's sovereignty and was conducted on what he called fabricated and baseless

iran to entrench itself inin syria. correspondndent: the center for human rights confirms rockets were fired from syria saying they followed a first-rate from israelanwhile, iran has not confirmed his forces were involved. in a phone call to chancellor angela merkel, president rouhani said iran does not want new tensions in the middle east. world powers have been urging de-escalation. >> it is the message i passed on to president rouhani and i will do the same thing with prime minister netanyahu and president putin, who in his statements seems to share the goal of stability in the short-term and to avoid escalation. correspondent: israel and run seem to be hoping to avoid further escalation which could lead to open confrontation on the syrian border. molly: this party will mark the seventh straight friday of protests along the gaza/israel border. since the end of march, at least 52 palestinians have been killed by israeli fire. the palestinians are calling for refugees to be a will to return to their former homes in what is now israel. let's cross to chris who joins us from gaza. where are you and what is the situation? this is thet: border betwee

this is live from berlin and calls for restraint from world leaders as israel and iran square all after israel's deadly raid on a rein in targets inside syria all eyes are now on any possible military activity israel says it has drawn a red line and will not back down also coming up. a rare show of unity between moscow and berlin germany's foreign ministry calling for a frank and constructive dialogue. as heiko moss and his russian counterpart agree on the need to preserve the nuclear deal with iran. brian thomas thanks so much for being with us arounds of foreign ministry condemning israel's attack on iranian targets inside syria now this first first official reaction to the attack came from the ministry spokesman who called them a blatant violation of the country's sovereignty that were conducted on fabricated and baseless excuses now israel struck dozens of targets inside syria that in retaliation for a rocket barrage on israeli positions in the israeli occupied golan heights just across the border from syria now israel's government is blaming iranian forces in syria and has accused

are calling for restraint after the most serious military confrontation between israel and the iran in years last night israeli airstrikes hit iranian targets across syria it was the largest attack by israel on syrian territory since one nine hundred seventy four israel's prime minister says the attacks more appropriate saying that iran had crossed a red law. a fireball in the sky over damascus syrian state television showed these images said to be syrian anti-aircraft defenses targeting israeli rockets israel's defense ministry said its forces hit over fifty iranian positions across syria prime minister benjamin netanyahu gates the justification. has crossed a red line our response was appropriate our army has carried out a large scale attack on iranian targets in syria. we're engaged in a long term conflict and our policy is clear we will not allow iran to establish a military presence in syria iran provides political and military backing for the regime of syrian president bashar al assad in the country's civil war israel says it strikes a retaliation for a rocket attack on territory

iran. turkey used it to leverage their position. i absolutely believe that israel exodus that we saw in 2015, should be able to defend itself in southern syria, especially when iran is increasing its capabilities there. they are not there to fight isis or anybody else. they are there to target israel. they are not using rockets and missiles to hit isis. they are being his vision to hit israel. israel has every right to do it -- they are being positioned to hit israel. israel has every right to do it. you get one because your enemies are already there. iran already believes they are at war with israel. israel believes it is already at war with iran. there are definitely iranian positions in syria. russia sat on its hands because what israel hit was not there to fight isis. they were there to threaten israel. russia sat on its hands and israel's set back three years of work in the rgc yesterday in taking out those missile factories, those missile positions, and those leaders. we support that. if you designate the rgc as a terrorist organization, you should be able to

israel says yove got to nip it in the bud early before iran entrenches itf further. >> yang: but, david, israel has been carrying out acions against iranian targets in syria p little bits andieces, but last night they were out in front on this. they came out and said, yes, this is us, we did this, this what we hit. why the different response orat expln this time? >> well because what's different is that iranit israel and four were intercepted by the iron a lot of the rockets didn't make it that far. so iran is -- has moved it up a notch by going cross border over to israel. so israel now, the veil ofgh declub, now, i think is over and israel, for the first time, went public. >> and, mark, you say you seen this as escalation. why now? why is israel doing this now?a >> that'od question. you know, i think there's a lot of pointing fingers here which doesn't really help. iran is blaming israel and israel is blaming iran. but i think the facts on the ground havee remained stfast for 30 years. iran has been in syria for a long time, and hezbollah is established well in southern lebanon. that'

he called conclusive proof that the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal was based on lies tatiana's rubbish the allegations center seven supports. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu may have unveiled secret files and computer disks describing them as conclusive proof that iran's nuclear program did exist this was an innocent looking compound it looks like a dilapidated warehouse he may have shown a building in iran where he says israeli intelligence agencies had found their evidence but in vienna a former director of analysis for the international atomic energy agency isn't impressed or who speech is the dates are all missing everything he presented it appears to be related to developing nuclear weapons longer growers where there is nothing he presented about the war weapons program are there is news but netanyahu says the iranian program didn't end in two thousand and three it continued in secret the iran deal the nuclear issue is based on laws it's based on the randian law as any rain in deception one hundred thousand files right here. prove their log at the white house donald trump like what he saw and heard i think of anythin

we had proxies from russia, from iran, from iraq. israel is hitting military advisers on the ground. netanyahu was there. that sent a strong message to iran. iran is more isolated now. they are becoming very broke. if you look at what the protesters are saying, iran has five dollars. when they see ballistic missiles and ventures him everywhere and the u.s. pulling out of the iran deal, it is hurting -- and them everywhere u.s. pulling out of the iran deal, it is hurting the a ringing people. the two friends they have are russia and china. they are both saying, hey, you have to slow this israel stuff down. you cannot do this. and we are not likely to see russia support. and by not taking sides, israel will have the advantage in syria. what does hezbollah do with all those rockets? host: us take a call. . thank you for taking my call. are proudt to say we to be americans, but we have to look at what is right and what is wrong. we cannot tell me that all the allies that support this deal that we have the more right to just go on and get out of

this is deja vu news live from berlin ken israel and iran pulled back from the brink calls for restraint from world leaders after israel's deadly raid on a rainy and targets inside syria all eyes now on any possible new military activity after israel drawls our redline and says it will not back down. also coming up a rare show of unity between moscow and berlin germany's foreign minister calling for frank and constructive dialogue as he and his russian counterpart agree on the need to preserve the iran nuclear deal. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us all fears are growing that a new escalation is now taking place in the middle east europe and the u.s. are calling for restraint after what could be the most serious military confrontation between israel and iran in years the german chancellor angela merkel condemned rainy and attacks on israeli positions in a phone conversation with iran's president hassan rouhani and rouhani told the chancellor that he does not want quote new tensions in the middle east those tensions were triggered when israel carried out widespread deadly

israel retaliated, striking iranian positions in syria. iran to build up a military infrastructure there, for itself and its ally, hezbollah. in doing so, it's put more hardware near israel. with the nuclear deal fragile, this is arguably a conflict ready to erupt. here's our diplomatic editor, mark urban. damascus last night echoed to the sound of anti—aircraft fire. syrian air defences tried to shoot down israeli missiles. they've had plenty of practice recently but they still didn't have much effect. it is clear that israel wanted to send a very clear message to iran. there was a mistake that israel committed after 2000, when israel withdrew from lebanon and iran used this in order to build a state within a state to increase and strengthen hezbollah and israel isn't going to repeat the same mistake in syria. israel's argument is that an attempted iranian drone strike in february using a stealthy unmanned aircraft showed that new red lines needed to be drawn. it was shot down. but as this footage demonstrated, packed with explosives. but why

. >> on thursday tensions between iran and israel escalated as israeli war planes attacked dozens of iranian war targets inside of syria. what role would you say the u.s. pulling out of the iran nuclear deal played in that? >> i think it's what part of the same dance, a complicated dance that i think was coordinated between israel and the united states. it began with benjamin netanyahu's conference or show where he talked about all the new intelligence that they had found in iran indicating that iran had lied about its military component, the nuclear program in the past, something that mr. trump quoted in his decision talk and i think behind the scenes mr. trump has given israel the green light to go at iran in syria. >> but didn't iran, you know, fire first? you know, fire some missiles into golan heights? it wasn't like -- and that happened before the u.s. announced its decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal. >> right. iran certainly has taken aggressive actions in syria, and it has taken aggressive actions against israel in lebanon. iran has now placed about 200,000 missiles ri

it is also volatile time of unprecedented fashion between israel and iran. a stellar lineup. the u.s. ambassador to israel, senator lindsey graham, pastor john hagy and others to discuss the new embassy in the complex on the ground. first, my opening statement. we do join you tonight during a truly historic moment in israel's history. one that calls for great celebration. this week, not only has president donald trump chosen to withdraw from the disastrous obama iran nuclear deal, we are here on the eve of the momentous opening of the american embassy in jerusalem. a move that recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel. i move greatly appreciated by the people of israel as evidenced on street corners everywhere we went. president trumps a pullout from the iran deal, although suspected became a virtual certainty when the prime minister proof through israel's intelligence agency that iran have been lying to the world when it was continuing uranium enrichment. documents are proof positive that iran lied. what a shock. on the day of the withdrawal from the ira

straight from world leaders say israel and iran square all of the hope is to prevent further military reprisals following israel's deadly attacks on the rein your targets in syria and israel at claims rice was punishment for iran's attack on the golan heights which the israeli government describes as crossing a red line also on the program to drop the charges to the demands of supporters of nora hussain hamas the nineteen year old sudanese woman sentenced to death by stabbing her husband after she says he raped her i missed the international press criticized the conviction and called for it to be quashed. because of a million children in the democratic republic of congo last severely malnourished unicef says more than half of them could die in a fast and jungle region hit by conflict between the army and the government. i'm still going to welcome to the program. iran's foreign ministry has condemned israel's attack on iranian military targets inside syria this first official reaction came from a ministry spokesman who described the raids as a blatant violation of the country's soverei

i think itth raises likelihood of much more seriousro coation between iran and israel and syria. i think it raises the likelihood of more serious confrontation between iran and saudi arabia and yemen or other places where they are engaged in a proxy war. what i think mitigates against the possibility of a war isth tt k that iranian regime doesn't really want a war right now. i think there are very few economic conditions. i think israel knows this, i hink the trump administration knows this, i think everybody else in the region knows this and when you haves much of the economy as iran has and you as much of a disgruntled population as the regime in iran faces, the idea of picking a major battle with israel or the united states is not happy news. >> what do you make then of israel's -- iran's position, rather, its assertion that it is ready to restart its nuclear program if this deal falls apart following the u.s. pulling out of the death is just a scare tactic at this point? >> i think it was a scare wctic. trying to tell trump administration not to rock the boat. they said we wil

israel has saying but it has been saying very clearly that it won't allow iran to build up its military capabilities in syria so because then it would be edging closer to its own borders now with every as strike in syria that is claimed or attribute it to israel and the military you never was never confirmed and he of its activities in syria and the two countries seems to edge some time as a country to a confrontation so i know we're going to have to read about there were but we've been out of time talking to kramer in jerusalem thank you and you were up to date with the w. news more news at the top of the hour. how the germans came together in one nation from shall the minute to chancellor all too often dismissed. the history of the germans has been shaped by great rulers. nice well formed ways to bring my wild card to massey's tech christendom spread.

this is d w news live from berlin and calls for deescalation after tensions between israel and iran israel launches extensive air strikes on iranian targets in syria with reports many killed the attacks come on the heels of the u.s. decision to abandon the iran nuclear deal we'll go live to the region plus pushing for greater european unity in troubled times france's president emanuel mccauley is honored with the prestigious charlemagne prize for promoting a new vision for europe he again pleaded for a more ambitious european budget to be saying that the time for strengthening europe is now. and u.s. president donald trump welcomes home three american captives were released from pyongyang the president said that he was optimistic about north korea ahead of a planned stomach's. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program a day after president trump pulled the u.s. out of the iran nuclear accord tensions are rising on the front line that separates israel from syria pictures coming in from syrian state television purportedly show is really rockets over damascus the israeli military says that it ca

news live from berlin tonight calls for calm after tensions between israel and iran so war israel launched massive air strikes overnight on iranian targets in syria after rockets landed on is really. also coming a french president is on heard with the charlemagne prize for promoting a new vision for europe he says the time to strengthen europe is now. plus a dam burst in kenya killing dozens under what is being described as a wall of water the east african country is reeling from weeks of catastrophic flooding we'll speak with survivors who say they've lost everything. it's good to have you with us tonight worries that a new war may be in the making in the middle east europe and the u.s. are calling for restraint after the most serious military confrontation between israel and iran in years a last night israeli air strikes hit iranian targets across syria in the biggest israeli attack on syrian territory in over forty years and that's after israeli troops in this region here the disputed territory of the golan heights allegedly came under iranian rocket fire the prime minister of israel sa

the confrontation between iran and israel now threatening to expand. israel's defense minister warned iran any aggression will be met with overwhelming force. if we get rain, they will get a flood, he said. and adding fuel to the fire, a political challenge from the united states. today, the sign came down from the u.s. consulate in jerusalem. it will officially become the american embassy on monday. palestinians who clashed with israeli security forces today said the symbolic u.s. embassy moved kills any hope of israeli palestinian peace. the trump administration says it reflects reality and is a sign of president trump's close ties to israel. but will it also push the increasingly tense middle east over the edge? richard engel, nbc news. >>> back here at home tonight, the fcc has just levelled the largest fine ever, $120 million against a guy whose been called a robocall kingpin. it's a label he denies but the feds are fighting back as the number of robocalls surge. chances are you or someone you know has been flooded with the kinds of calls. nbc's g

iran. israel's prime minister says he has secret files which prove iran covertly pursued nuclear weapons. down in jordan this is al jazeera lawyer from doha also coming up a court in australia told us one of the facts comes most senior officials to stand trial on sex abuse charges. a decisive day in armenia the parliament so expected to approve the opposition leader as the new prime minister. and one of taiwan's last remaining allies cuts diplomatic ties to extend its relations with china. a propaganda show and a pack of lies that's the reaction from iran to allegations by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu regarding its nuclear program at a press conference in tel aviv netanyahu despite what he called conclusive proof that iran has weapons program one suggested u.s. officials say they believe israeli accusations meanwhile the e.u. and germany say then investigate the claims but to call him as more from washington . it was an inauspicious start a technical glitch with the audio meant a brief delay describing a highly sophisticated intelligence operation this was an innocent looking

things are actually very disconnected i think the clashes that we're seeing right now between israel and iran in the middle east and the internal conflict within syria are really two separate. conflicts that are taking place i don't think israel the united states or for that matter of course the islamic republic of iran really care very much about the syrian people and i think these days two things are happening in parallel and they don't necessarily overlap the other overwhelming reality is that much of the you know rebel opposition in syria has been crushed as a result of the brutality of the assad regime that by russia and iran so the chance of a flare up in any part of syria i think you know is significantly reduced now particularly after the conquest of east ghouta given the situation that we're covering at the moment what is the risk that we're going to see an escalation in this and it's going to spill out. i think that risk is quite you know significant and i think the big turning point was donald trump's speech yesterday which could have been written by benjamin netanyahu i think ther