i have no problem with iranians. i do have robs with individuals -- problems with individuals regardless of their religion or their ethnic background or their beliefs who are extremist and who take their beliefs to extreme measures. one of the absolute, very best students i had at armstrong was a young lady who is a shia muslim. remember, iranians are shia muslim. and everybody, i reckon, is pretty dollar with the sunni/shia split in islam, but it doesn't stop there. there are 33 different sects of shia islam. shows you how divided that religion is. and that part of the religion. and the 33 different sects run from very pacifistic to the extreme iranian interpretation of islam. this young lady has gone on to do absolutely wonderful things in the world of charity and nongovernmental organizations in third world countries. she has paid a price for that in one country where she was in a very terrible car wreck. she was this kenya -- in kenya when the riots were there, she had to walk around dead people the get to her jo

when we see iranian troops in syria, iranian malicious in iraq and other iranian-supported shia, malicious in lebanon and bahrain and even in saudi arabia, they have what is called the hezbollah and the hijaz. - from their perspective, syria, was always considered a trojan horse for the iranians. if they lost iraq to the iranians, we need to take syria back and i think, that probably what made syria a win or lose situation for them. - what they do want is to see the emergence of at sunni led government which would be friendly to saudi arabia and hostile to iran and what you've had since 2012 is essentially this spiraling, escalating regional proxy war which is basically so intense because it's so thoroughly penetrated be regional politics. - [narrator] saudis are the dominant power in the gulf cooperation council. the military alliance has carried out an intense spamming campaign in yemen where the houthis, a shia rebel group backed by iran, overthrew the sunni government. - that look like to them that now, the iranians were actually trying to establish a beach hut on the peninsula itself

iranians, they are trying to undermine stability in all middle east, in yemen in iraq syria, lebanon, and of course the activity against israel. we were sharing the same views and i hope that with your support we will be able toover come all these threats and of course to bring peace and stability to this part of the region. we appreciate your success your operations against terror, in mosul in -- it's a great step forward to overcome the terror all around the world. on behalf of myself and the people of israel, i would like to extend our gratitude and appreciation to the american administration let by the president, donald trump, we're happy to see the first member of cabinet visit israel, and of course we hope to see during this year president donald trump in jerusalem also. thank you. >> thank you, minister liberman, my friend. and good morning, everyone. i'm honored to return to israel again to show my respect for this country and for the israeli people. i am keenly aware that we stand together this morning, just a week before the holocaust remembrance day, and we share a common d

the iranians nationalized the oil companies doing the iranian crisis. and tillerson working for exxon. it doesn't make too much sense to me what tillerson is doing. he's made so many mistakes already. he says that -- host: specifically to iran, when you talk about pushback to iran, what do you mean by that? what are your concerns about iran and this nuclear deal? ller: well, i just hope that they won't enrich uranium. the iranians are like americans, they have been involved with america. nobody really wants a war, nuclear-type war. it's nothing much you can do with iran except watch out because the ottoman empire is trying to bring itself back again. these people don't know much about history. host: ok, let's hear from tori. in new mexico. also on our republican line. hi. caller: hello. host: go ahead. caller: yes, i'm calling this administration doesn't know what t's doing. year' -- we're in this with five other countries, it's not just us by ourselves. they seem to not understand this. if we pull out, the other countries are still in. what are we goin

between iranian fighters and hezbollah and iranian mercenaries they recruited from central asia and pakistan, the iranians are key players. >> rose: coming back to sir. i can't mean time, i.s.i.s., the battle goes on in mosul. they have a plan using kurds as a part of the plan, base fighting force, boots on the ground in syria. >> you know, there is no question the i.s.i.s. problem still remains there, but it's not happening in a vacuum. it's derivative of this other issue. >> rose: it's a recruiting tool. >> exactly. i.s.i.s. is really a by-product of the pro-iranian militias in iraq and the my lackey government trying to crush the sonyys of iraq and then i have islamist trends in the gulf feeding these guys money. it's a bloody mess because these states were basically propped up by the cold war. >> rose: what does it do to the attention on russian meddling in the russian elections? kicks it off the front page for sure. >> yeah. >> rose: the investigation continues by the f.b.i. >> it will continue and i think it will come back. i don't think that story is over, i don't think that story sho

they don't know what the iranian vessel will do. >> u.s.y there have been dozens of incidents where the iranian webs often on fast armed speed boats -- >> they are unsafe. meaning they put our vessel and crews at risk. >> analysts say iran started to deploy so-called suicide boats. pilotless vessels packed with explosives, operated by remote control, drones on the water. one struck a saudi ship this year. analysts say fighters in yemen probably got it from iran. they could target american ships. >> suicide boats pose a particular potent threat in the persian gulf because of the confined operating space. these boats, they are are small but larger than a cruise missile. they pack a lot of explosives. if they can get through a ship's security, they can cause a lot of damage. >> this week, saudi officials say they disabled and detonated a repote control speed boat full of explosives that was headed for an oil platform. in the persian gulf, many of the provocations don't come from iran's regular navy. experts say they are often commanded by head

not just iranians. there are also iraqi shia militia men who are assigned to the assad army and who work alongside the iranian revolutionary guard corps as combat forces. so you could have a multi-national casualty list out of this. and i think pentagon planners probably took that into consideration. we have very good intelligence about where that fighter aircraft that struck with the chemicals came from. our signals intelligence is second to none. we probably know the pilot's name. but hitting those weapon storage bunkers is most significant because these tomahawks are generally not from a barrack. they don't have the capacity to burn through the cmical weapons. so we may have by morning a chemical weapons dispersal in that area. >> one of the things we've been talking about tonight is the certainty around the chemical weapons use on tuesday. obviously there was something other than just exploding metal and exploding fuel that affected all those kids and all those civilians and those horrific images th

-- the iranians are key players.harlie: in the meantime, isis, the battle goes on in mosul. they have a plan using kurds as part of land-based fighting force, boots on the ground in syria. thomas: there is no question the isis problem remains. isis is not happening in a vacuum. it is derivative of this other issue. charlie: a recruiting tool. thomas: isis was a byproduct of the pro-iranians in iraq and the maliki government and assad trying to crush the sunnis of syria. then you have these islamist trends in the gulf feeding these guys money. the whole region is a mess. it is a bloody mess because these states were propped up by the cold war. charlie: what does it do to all the attention on russian meddling in the american elections? it kicks it off the front page for sure. investigation continues by the f.b.i. thomas: it will continue. i think it will come back. i don't think that stories over, i don't think it should be over. we need to know what russia did and how they did it, to prevent it next time around. charl

he did have ties with iranian power structure. fatherme to swimmer, the of the israeli aircraft industry. the arms dealer who had been stationed in iran under the shaw very well.vp through that connection, they idea, maybe we can iran.ome money with why? because iran is in the throws in its war with iraq. which started in september of 1980. if that war haven't been going on, iran wouldn't have needed weapons. through this coincidence of events, not just the war but appearance of all these figures place, an external spark exists. that's in the form of meeting mcfarland and telling him there maybe some possibilities here. during the course of different conversations, the sum come -- bestct comes up, maybe the approach to showing the iranians you hadl would be if some, we're willing to offer theyof the weapons that need. we all remember that the on americas based and they still had a lot of hawk missiles. had tow missiles. they had all kinds of high level equipment that they managed to get out of different u.s. presidents. this is th

and pro-iranians, and russian personnel.t is not like iraq or afghanistan. it is totally different. we are not going to go bombing in these places, because in iraq we didn't face that. we only had to face saddam hussein's forces, are iraqi, sunni, and shia militia fighters. same in afghanistan. now there are big states like iran and russia with big forces in syria. we will not get into a big conventional war with them in syria. that's not going to happen. assad's won. when the administration was saying 10 days ago that assad's a reality to deal with, they were right. charlie: tillerson was right. robert: he was. it is unhappy. many of us who wanted to see syrians have a chance to create a new kind of system that was more accountable, providing greater respect for human rights, we are provided -- we are disappointed, but it happened. the idea that the u.s. can still go in and try to change assad government or impose, i think we are long past that. charlie: if the civil war is over and assad has when kospi, i don't understand

but to get the russians and iranians to negotiate syria.hat you don't -- we don't want to collapse the state because then you end up like a rock for the whole system falls apart. you want the russians and iranians to move assad aside. he has killed so many people. no peace arrangement is possible. put in some other general or leader who has not got all this blood on their hands and then say, can you negotiate some kind of power-sharing agreement -- arrangement? it is hard. exactly what is john kerry was trying to do for years. >> he had no leverage. charlie: he said that. diplomats in the state department said that. >> that is what they complained to obama about. obama took the view that it was all were nothing. once you started with something, you would end up with a big part on the ground. i want to be totally humble about it. it is the problem from hell. i sympathize with anyone who has to deal with it. but i do think what we are going to have to think about and what trump will have to think about is, is there a way to build an internati

the iranians, of course, have heavily invested in the assad regime. they've been backing it for decades, many decades. one of the questions about retaliation that has come up is whether the iranians will now help assad's soldiers or use their own forces or hezbollah to start moving against those few americans who are already operating in syria on the ground. we know that that was a huge problem in iraq where the suddenly the iranians started pouring in all kinds of ieds, all kinds of weapons and tactical and logistical support that cost a lot of american lives in iraq. >> chris, quick question before we let you go. you have the world stage obviously watching this and hearing about this as well. but asia, china specifically with the president meeting with president xi jinping in florida when these strikes were ordered -- how do you think this might be taken given that and especially with north korea? >> well, i think probably there was something in the administration that this would be a signal to north korea that nobody is going to stand idly by while

. -- iranian -- they are trying to undermine the stability in yemen and iraq. their efforts to create more concern.it is a big iran is the biggest sponsor in the world of terror. it is crucial to place more pressure and more sanctions on the iranian regime. >> in. >> -- next question. israeld you confirm that estimates the syrians retain between one time and three tons of credit -- chemical weapons. what would be the implications for this large quantity of chemical weapons still being in syria and can you say whether the remaining syrian air force has moved its combat aircraft to a russian base and what that might imply for future u.s. options to act against another example of syrian use of chemical weapons? min. lieberman: i hope you do not expect us to share with you our intelligence information. 100%imes, we have information that the assad regime used chemical weapons. i think it was a very clear position and we strongly support the last u.s. action in syria. it was very strong and a new message to this region. sec. mattis: the bottom line, there can be no d

russian and iranians look at the united states as threat.they're against regime change because they think that if it is successful in damascus or by data it will make moscow they'll share that view and so on. the part is going to be difficult. other difficult thing is that again, this agency point of the regime, i don't actually believe that either iran or russia is capable of getting rid of al-assad he's played, a very, very monstrous syringe. individual but played a clear clever hand to get future. but slightly russians would like to get rid doesn't make it out. i think only way to get rid of assad is in a body bag. >> they don't care. they will take any. >> but iranians don't care as a individual, but he plays a role for them i think. you know, the issue with them -- is it is very interesting i expect a few people by iranian government and russian government on this. they said the same thing at different time which is is they started off in syria, thinking that assad was this nobody, a guy with thought to get rid of him. they borrowed dee

wasr people assumed it iranian intelligence. he clearly did have sometimes with iranians in the power structure. schwimmer and an arms dealer who had been stationed in iran under the shah , he spoke farsi and so on. through that connection may raise this idea of maybe we can make some money with iran. iran is in the throes of its war with iraq which started in september of 1980. if that war had not been going on iran would not have needed weapons. through this coincidence of events, the appearance of these , andes in one place exists. spark telling him there may be possibilities here. during the course of different conversations the subject comes up, maybe the best approach to showing the iranians goodwill would be if you had some -- were willing to offer weapons they need. the shah military was based on america's. they had a lot of hot missiles, of high-levelinds equipment the shah had managed to get out of different u.s. presidents. needs. the spark farland not because he is personally interested in the hostages. i think he di

iranian nuclear program. don't think they are on the same page at all. >> bret: let's talk but it is development and this deadline coming up about funding the government. this is about the wall. here is the president and the senate minority leader. take a listen. >> we remain optimistic that we can reach an agreement quickly with our republican colleagues on the hill. we are committed to doing exactly that. the fact that the wall is now off the table, americans should breathe a huge sigh of relief, negotiations can resume and move for pete >> the wall will get built, folks. in case anybody has a question. the wall is going to get bailed. >> we are already preparing, redoing plans, redoing specifications. >> in your first term? >> sure. plenty of time. got a lot of time. >> bret: all indications, kimberly, that the funding bill is going forward without the specific border wall in end. what does that mean for this administration? >> i think there's a lot of discussion behind the scenes, obviously a lot of peopl

has plenty of reasons not to trust the iranians. good evening, james rosen.ou covered the story about the dissident group that had new information, they said, from satellite efforts at a military facility in iran. he saw the political peace. you have seen more anecdotal evidence that the iranians are not living up to the deal. what do think the policy will be. >> not just one particular different reviews underway with different timelines. one is focused on the jcp away, the joint conference of plan of action, that is the actual deal, expected to be wrapped up within 90 days because within 90 days, secretary tillerson is going toe a decision about whether he wants to certify that iran is living up to the terms of the jcp oh eight , a separate view about the facets of iranian behavior that are troubling to the u.s., the ballistic missiles, the support for terrorist groups, so on, so forth. there is no timetable on that review. bottom line is that from both of these reviews, we can expect the trump administration is going to get tougher. what they really want is

so that the iranians are living up to their end of the bargain and now it's the u.s.'deadline for the trump administration to make this decision is may 18th and guess what, on may 19th, there's presidential elections in iran. and if the trump administration decides not to renew the waivers, the u.s. essentially is violating the deal and that could have a significant impact on the iranian elections. the most important vote in that election may be cast by donald trump. >> interesting. and on those iranian elections, i mean, mahmoud ac din jads whose name became familiar with the consternation with iran and the u.s. he has been banned from running for office. can you tell us any more about what does that mean for the leadership of that country? >> well, so the iranian elections are not free nor fair, but they end up being competitive. what they have that makes it undemocratic is that they have a body called the guardian council that vets candidates. more than a thousand people who submitted their names, but only six were allowed to run. and interestingly enough, but not s

look, north korea could not build nuclear weapons and icbm's without iranian money and iranian scientistsping them do it. david: and the chinese banks helping to fund it. >> and russians standing by to influence the outcome of events. all of the things congealed and particularly over the last eight years, starting as far back as the clinton administration. what has to happen, and this is a breath of fresh air. david: quickly. >> is the secretary of state who's going to say we're going to defend america. put america's safety and lives first. i think that's a very positive thing. david: colonel oliver north, thank you very much for sticking with us through the presser. appreciate it. you can catch oliver north on "war stories" every weekend on fox business. great ratings for good reasons for that show. cheryl: there you go. a new warning on terrorist attacks here in america. why the homeland security secretary says the threat keeps him awake at nigh coming up, lieutenant colonel ralph peters is going to respond. >>> plus failing to flip the six. a high-stakes contest forcing a runoff electi

what is the likely reaction going to be from iranian leaders?tions or renegotiating the jcpoa so close to elections on the 19th of may will seriously upset the apple cart and doing a deal with america was never a good idea and bound to back fire. it's also very doubtful that the iran was involved on any type of renegotiation of this deal. none of this bodes well for a second term in office. he's a moderate. he's favored relations with the west and invested almost all of the political tactical and nuclear deal. it's in trouble. he's in trouble. the real question is how will the supreme court leader ret, e bucktops with him. he already warned of sequences if the u.s. violates terms of the deal. part of the deal were reinstated and sanctions for human rights or ballistic missiles imposed on iran. if deals with boeing in the works or iran's banking system was toppled he'll be undoubtedly furious and see the deal as fallen apart and only reluctantly gave approval to the deal and continued to criticize the lack of benefits andny relationship with amer

he said, we've seen iranian-supplied missiles. our secretary of defense said, we have seen iranian-supplied missiles being fired into saudi arabia by the rebels in yemen. secretary of state rex tillerson was even more clear. he said last week that iran is the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism. he said that iran is responsible for intensifying multiple conflicconflicts -- intensifyine conflicts -- and undermining u.s. interests in countries such as syria, yemen, iraq, and lebanon. now, this is a direct result of president obama's spending eight years being strategically patient. it is the result of sending the signal that iran would be rewarded for its bad behavior. so let's look at what happened last year when the obama administration was bragging about the nuclear deal -- and they were. high-fiving, bragging about the deal. just when the deal went into effect, president obama arranged to send to iran $1.7 billion in cash. $1.7 billion, an astonishingly large amount of money. it is a mall and a mall, and a -- it is a mill

not just a message for me iranians and north koreans. when the administration says something you better pay attention. now, is there a risk of escalation. yes. bashar al-assad may choose to say, you know, we're not going to cowed by this. he may choose to test the administration. however, when he thinks about whether or not he's going to test the administration, he has to consider whether or not he runs the risk of actually losing his air force, in which case whatever advantages he has those disappear. the iranians could choose to do something more against our presence in syria, our presence in iraq. if they do that they're also playing the fire. they also have to ask themselves the question do they really want to put themselves in a position where they weaken what we might be doing against isis, which also threatens them. the russians might say let's test the americans, but do they really want to do that right now, particularly when this is an accord that they, the agreement in 2013 was something that they worked out with us they were o

the iranian ship came within the iranian ship came within 1,000 yards of the "uss here. the iranian ship turned and left the area. this is not a huge incident. the u.s. military and iran routinely does have intense encounters in those waters. back to you. >>> attorneys representing victims of a deadly fire in oakland plan to announce the fir first. the building burned last month. four people were killed and about 100 survived. the building was being used as a traditional housing facility. one resident said she complained about the condition of the building many times to the owner. investigators say a burning candle started the fire. candle started the fire. >>> and demanding answers pg pg&e. they want to know the status of plans to make repairs and upgrades precipitation outage was caused by a fire at a substation and that fire affected more than 300 traffic lights. >>> a new study finds the 5-year-old drought had a huge impact on electricity bills and made pollution worst. electricity costs soared by $2.5 billion between 2012 and 2016. there were severe shortages becaus

and no doubt, if the russians bear any complicity for this chemical weapons attack, the iranians even more so. and i think it is time, given iran's wider behavior in the region, that the united states have a much greater focus in terms of economic sanctions and even in terms of hard power efforts against the iranians and began to push them back on their heels. guest: this is an area where the administration clearly has work to do before they will be able to win international support. ago, it seems like he was totally against military intervention for chemical weapons. and now, we have suddenly flip-flopped to a new strategy that hasn't been clearly explained. there are trust problems with the administration. they are understaffed in the state department. and to suddenly expect other countries to salute and say, we are on board with the strategy, even though we don't know what it is and where it will go -- that shows that it will take more than just a set of airstrikes or one announcement. therefore to do. host: we have 15 minutes left with our panel to take your calls and questions. i

. >> and what about the russians saying that they and the iranians will meet force with force? >> that's where tillerson will have to say you are really going to threaten us with force when we're trying to stop the use of chemical weapons which you yourselves agreed in 2013 was beyond the pale. >> and which is an international form that it's beyond the pale. >> exactly. the russians suffered from chemical weapons attacks in world war one just like our soldiers did in world war one. >> derek, same question essentially, how do you put this in the context of the future? >> well, first, i agree with robert that this is a discreet use of force t was justifiable it seemed to be well planned and well executed. i think the question to my mind and charlie your opening where you talked about the different comments coming from secretary tillerson and ambassador haley sort of points this out, which is is this a chess move or checkers move t seems to be the latter, a check erred move, it is something akin to what president bill clin done did to saddam hughes hughes when he conducted a tomah

there is also iranians and maybes of the rogc. we think operating possibly out of that air base. how important in durmz of limiting this if you are going to limit it as this is this tactical decision made to make sure that you do not end up with casualties that are either iranian or russian? >> you know, i'm always astonished when we use military power and we articulate we are trying to avoid casualties. most of these military actions are designed to break things up and kill people. they are designed to stun your adversaries so he changes his behavior. again, there is a little lack of clarity in what we are doing here. i would hope that what doesn't happen is there is a counter strike now and a bunch of options the syrians have, the iranians have, the hezbollah militia have, the russians have. so we end up with a tirks oor--t for tat escalation. i would hope we go after and destroy the syrian air frs. that will change the strategic balance on the groupd. >> that would be a marked escalation and would require, one would imagine, possibly congressional authorization. some argue thi

next do you see the iranians trying to use nonstate proxies as a force of influence? >> certainly, in each of those places. >> what do we do to push back or to deal with that? making sure we understand we have to have our partners be enormous assets in assisting us in doing that whether it's the work they can do in certain places that israel can help us, the places the other gulf states can provide assistance. assistance think of they think of if they can put a battalion or two in the real. greatare nations with capacity to reach into places that america cannot always reach. we have other allies, the europeans for whom the threat from iran is great and i'm confident they can assist us as well. i would argue that something like the activities taken last week in syria would have to have been noticed by the iranians. >> very good. partytalk about another that map paid attention to that, north korea. >> i want to clean that up a little bit. but not much. i may double down into trouble. what i mean by that is, this was the decision-making process that thoughtful, and truly

. >> a us destroyer has another close destroyer encounter with an iranian ship saying the iranian vesselwithin 1000 yards of the uss man in the persian gulf with its weapons manned. the destroyer firing a flare as a warning but the iranian ship charged forward causing it to change course. in january the same ship fired warning shots at a different iranian warship. more than 30 us backed syrian and iraqi kurdish fighters killed in turkish airstrikes, the bombings causing, quote, deep concern for us officials as the fight against isis rages on in a war-torn country. we consider kurdish fighters our allies, turkey sees them as terrorists. us and russian forces were warned about the strikes in advance. donald trump gets tough on trade on justiso-called war on lumber derek of the president vowing to stop unfair trade practices that hurt us dairy farmers while imposing a 20% tariff on canadian lumber. the conversation between the leaders did go welcome increased tariffs could second our northern border. the conversation hours after donald trump signed an executive order creating an agriculture

stomach iranians there?aid to president putin that is not in the interests of anyone to have an iranian naval base in the mediterranean, i didn't hear a forceful argument. >> sean: at damascus, tehran, moscow, they get along. he props them up. >> i have to say that we have a good relationship with russia, have a good relationship with president putin, it's an understatement. >> sean: there is a new sheriff in town, he spent time with president trump, he said the iranians are violating the spirit of the nuclear deal. i think most of the money was transferred. how important is it that they act on that? >> here's my position but it's my position. vis-a-vis the deal with iran, if i had to compress it into two words, repeal or replace. >> sean: those are words americans know well. >> this would be mild position. i think washington has to decide its own position. clearly one thing that has to be changed is to not let iran have the best of all worlds which is the worst of all worlds for israel and the arab countrie

we tear it up and recognize the iranians can never be trusted. or in the 38 years since they captured and kidna and jailed and killed americans, not once have they kept a promise. not one time. for us to believe they are going to begin behaving. you have got to be pretty foolish to believe that. liz: it looked like president trump would do anything to burnish his legacy. that's what his critics in congress say. mike: if there was ever a time i would like to play poker, i would like to play with barack obama. as a poker player he gives away his hand and trusts everybody else at the table. that was one of the reasons why i felt we were making a huge error with the iranians, and you never announce you are going to do something like the red line in syria and then when they use them, you simply don't do it which is signal to all the world. don'tor which about america, they are not going to back up their threats, the threats are empty. what donald trump did with the launch of the tomahawk missiles last week. he sent a message to syria and the whole wor

police in croydon are treating a brutal attack on a 17—year—old kurdish—iranian boy as a hate crime.ple have been arrested. the young person was asked where they were from and when they said they were an asylum seeker, that is when the frenzied attack took place. theresa may reassures gibraltar of britain's "steadfast" commitment and says she will work to secure the "best possible outcome" from brexit talks. also in the next hour: today's boat race will go ahead. a suspected world war two bomb has now been removed from the banks of the thames, meaning the university boat race gets the green light. celtic have won the scottish premier league with eight games to spare, after beating hearts 5—0 at tynecastle. and at 12.30, the click team explores the technology of sound with brian eno. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. rescue teams in colombia are searching through mud and debris for survivors of huge mudslides which have killed more than 250 people. hundreds more are injured or missing. the mud engulfed the town of mocoa, where rescue efforts are being hampered by bad weather. ke

the iranians are obviously not going to like this strike. the iranians support the assad regime. this may be part of a longer and more complicated problem with the iranians. we'rejust getting into a fight with the assad regime here, but the trump administration also said that we're going to take a different approach to destabilising iranian regional behaviour. and i think we may see something come to the fore on that front in the coming weeks ahead. yeah, it puts us troops in harm's way, no doubt. thank you. thank you very much indeed. thank you very much indeed. thank you very much indeed. thank you very much to you for being with us. there is much more on this and all the other international news. of course, no apologies for concentrating on this development in the past few hours. much more on any of that any time for you on the bbc website. you can reach me and most of the team on twitter any time. thank you for watching. hello there, good morning. lots of pleasant weather on offer over the next few days for large swathes of the united kingdom. and in fact, on thursday, it was

that is exactly where the iranian leverages, iranians retaliation would come in iraq, not necessarilyme. they were playing against monaco, there has been an explosion near a bus and one player has been taken to hospital. police now think the game is postponed. so the game will not take place this evening. vaccines save millions of lives around the world every year. but there is concern among american doctors that president trump is about to open up a deeply contentious issue. he‘s pledged to commission a new vaccine safety committee which will investigate — among other things — the link between vaccines and autism. at the moment the us vaccination rates remain high overall, but there are an increasing number of families deciding not to immunise their children. some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country are on vashon island in washington state. the bbc‘s global health correspondent tulip mazumdar has gone there for this report. your attention please... welcome to vashon island, a few miles off the seattle coast. it‘s a small, affluent community that embraces natural, clean liv

we could see a response and i rock from the iranians.uld see shiite militias fighting in a relative proximity to our forces. and right on the outskirts of morocco there is close troops to our traders and with the kurds and with kurds and other arab forces. we could even see things escalate some action in the street of -- there are a number of places where the iranians and russians could dilute the temperature if they need to. and let's not forget as well, that we have american fighters syrian fighters and russian fighters flying over syria at syria is a speak as well. as a number of places that we could put but i think what president trump has sent along with scheck and terry matus and h.r. mcmaster is that there will be consequences. >> we only have a moment here but could you foresee a future where bashar future as a stamina. q. week regime change -- could this keep it limited in scope? >> i think it could be. i think the russian's interests are in their own present in western syria where they have their expanding base in with nokia. t

we should expand sanctions of iran's army of terror, the iranian revolutionary guard corps. [ applause think we need to consider designated them as a foreign terrorist organization. [ applause ] if you ask me. and we should take steps to stop iranian airlines from delivering arms and fighters to terrorists across the middle east. [ applause ] next, we must fulfill our security commitment to israel. [ applause ] it wasn't too long ago that suicide bombings were like a near daily occurrence in the streets of jerusalem and tel aviv. and rockets from gaza and southern lebanon rained down on city centers and schools. despite all the turmoil and violence in the middle east, israel has largely been able to calm its borders and prevent major terrorist attacks. hats off to israel. i tell you, there's lot we can learn. [ applause ] but the threats still remain. at this very moment, tens of thousands of rockets are pointed directly at israel from gaza, lebanon, and iran. and that is why the united states, with support from congress, has worked with israel to deploy iron dome, david sling and arro

the russians and iranians to in this and the iranian militia from lebanon and iraq and russin afghanistan and so on, and then the russian air force hugepu amounts of money. so pumping it to the regime to keep it afloat. that makes these players key. the problem is, is our first point. the internal dynamics of the regime from what i understand still have agents. this is not a proxy war or question of iran or russia sane jump and they said how high? in fact being two powers there he's able to bounce them off of one another. ge you saw when fights break down often it's something the russians arrange with the americans, and then the regime doesn't want to cease-fire and doesn't believe in compromise. basically get the iranians on board said that will break the cease-fire, and they do. you get a dynamic effect of what is going on, on the ground. that means the relationship is key in determining really how this war and that.ir the problem is, firstly the radiance and russians are enemiefriendenemies. the iranians, took the lead in the syria state and are trying to create a hezbollah the russian

thirdly, get the iranian influence out. and finally move to a political solution because at the end of the day this is a complicated situation. there are no easy answers and a political solution will have to happen but we know that it is not going to be -- there's not any sort of option where a little solution will happen with assad at the head of the regime. if you look at his actions, if you look at the situation it will be hard to see a government that's peaceful and stable with assad. >> well, of course it's hard to but is it the position of the trump administration that he cannot be ruler of seyria anymore, regime change is the policy? >> regime change is something that we think is going to happen because at all of the parties are going to see that assad is not the lead er for syria. >> bob, i want to come to you first. candidate trump said assad was not his number one priority even suggested the u.s. fight isis with assad. so how confident are you that president trump will stick with this apparently new position on sy

russian jets operating out of iranian bases. and certainly their cooperation together to prop up the regime give them new life here has an implication of that relationship. so i'm concerned about that. i think we should be concerned about it. i don't know that we have great insight into what the russian long-term perspective is on that relationship. >> i, too, am concerned. the rise of the russian-iranian access has been the biggest development in the region the last couple of years related to the iran deal. bit of continuity in the region has been a return in ofpt to some form authoritarianism. can you comment? debateused a great within foreign policy circles, both the left and the right. can you comment on whether the cooperation you need from a military the cecive from egypt?ent in >> i think egypt is an extraordinarily important partner to us. we consider them the gateway into the region. they're an extraordinarily important country to them. they have been very helpful in sinai, helping to address threats to the multinationa

police in croydon are treating a brutal attack on a 17—year—old kurdish iranian boy as a hate crime.eople have been arrested. the young person was asked where they were from and when they said they were from and when they said they were from and when they said they were an asylum seeker, that is when the frenzied attack took place. also in the next hour, an obstacle puts today's boat race in doubt. a suspected world war two bomb was removed from the banks of the thames, meaning the university boat race will now go ahead as planned. theresa may reassures gibraltar of britain's steadfast commitment and says she will work to secure the "best possible outcome" from brexit talks. and at 2.30, a closer look at the triggering of article 50 — that's in the week in parliament in thirty minutes. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. rescue teams in colombia are searching through mud and debris for survivors of huge mudslides which have killed more than 250 people. hundreds more are injured or missing. the mud engulfed the town of mocoa, where rescue efforts are being hampered by bad weather.

hezbollah is in there and the iranians support hezbollah.e united states forces on the ground. however quietly. they are there fighting against isis. the russians are on the ground supporting al-assad. you have this toxic mix of all of those people and to remove this man from power, regime change, something against which president trump has railed for years. could really upset the equilibrium in that region and around the world. when you talk about i ran here, hezbollah, russia, the united states and syria, that is almost a world war defined or at least you risk that possibility. >> right. that's the thing. if he wants to do some air strikes on the weapons arsenals, that's one thing. obviously regime change is a huge occupation of syria and a massive ground war in which you mentioned there's so many sides and proxy fights going on. again, are we going to do it with the russians or not? that's the question. we'll learn more in weeks to come. >> shepard: we need to discuss this further. there's a number of options that have already been discus