for many years through the career center for the middle east through that middle east security initiativend iran strategy project series strategy project as well as through strategic litigation projects to hold the iranian regime accountable and establish a series victims fund significantly we've also done this there and seven initiative in partnership with the foundations seeks to advance the process of regional integration at lunch by the abraham accords among the unites is, israel, arab partners and muslim partners around the world. thank you to wilt wexler from the remarkable team histories and motion mr. secretary event at the center of your work to advance the interest of the united states, to secure a more prosperous global future as you work recently in foreign affairs regarding u.s. foreign policy more broadly quote the choice of the unites states makes in the second half of this decisive decade will determine whether this moment of testing remains time of renewal returns or time of aggression. one last thing before secretary blinken takes the stage of the stateth department, the

the middle east is not a wrestling ground for major countries, nor can it become a victim of the geopolitical contest. relevant parties should respect the historical and cultural traditions of middle eastern countries and support these countries including syria and achieving peace and reconciliation and finding it up element that suits the national conditions. we must respect the merits of the matter instead -- and support and assist regional countries finding ways to resolve tensions and conflicts instead of picking fights or creating confrontations. we call upon the international community to step up efforts for an early and lasting settlement of the palestinian question. the palestinian question is the heart of the middle east issue and only when the palestinian question is completely resolved and there be true peace and stability in the middle east. they are national committee should with the race against time sense of urgency reader and the clinical process for the two state solution. president, i would like to congratulate the u.s. in completing the presidency of the council, taking thi

there is an underlying problem that has faced every leader in the middle east and every mediator who has attempted to resolve disputes. the difficulty in communication. some weeks ago, about this time, i was standing before an audience on the northern coast of spain, the bay of biscay, and i have been asked to make a speech in spanish. i studied it in the naval academy but the vocabulary i developed in the navy was not suitable to the audience. [laughter] i tried to think of a story that would illustrate the point. i got out of a white house, involuntarily retired -- [laughter] -- i was invited to japan to make a speech. without a fee, they might add. [laughter] i decided to visit a small methodist college in southern japan, kyoto. the audience was nervous to have someone who just left the white house come to their college. the president, the students and their parents were uptight and i thought i will try to put everyone at ease by telling a joke. if you have had a speech translated into japanese, you know it takes longer than in english. i told my joke and an excellent interpreter

we've done so through many years through our center for the middle east, through our scowcroft middle east security initiative and iran strategy project as well as through our strategic project hold the iranian regime accountable and establish a syrian victims fund. significantly we have also done this through our n-7 initiative in partnership with the jeffrey palpans foundation which seeks to sans the integration launched by the abraham accords between the united states, israel and arab and muslim partners around the world. thanks to will wexler and the atlantic council's take. history is in motion and you've been at the center of it. with your work to advance the united states to secure a more prosperous global future. as you wrote recently regarding u.s. forbe policy, quote, the choices the united states makes in the second half of this decisive decade will determine whether this remains a time of renewal returns to a time aggression. one last thing before secretary blinken takes the stage. in a moving exchange between you and president biden yesterday at the state department, the

the middle east.m the raoutset, the biden administration's primary goal in the middle east was not to repeat the blunder of years past trying to transform government but transform relations with between and among u.s. partners in the region. we saw more integrated region is more likely to be stable and secure. a more integrated region is also in a stronger position to prevent anyone of its neighbors from dominating others. we move swiftly to pursue this issue. we deepen .abraham court spearheaded new coalitions like i to you to bringing together indiana israel and the united states. have announced groundbreaking economic order were tracking indiana. we work for the un, in the wake of the trump administration unilaterally exit from the iran nuclear deal we made clear was a patent which will return to compliance of toronto was going to take the steps necessary. same time, we strengthen american. [inaudible] thank you, i respect your views. [inaudible yelling] so to continue. at the same time, we strengt

we saw in the middle east. who would ever imagine how exciting the abraham accords -- to see the association of israel with so many of the arab countries. this should be continued. i have the perspective. i led the delegation of congress members to the opening of the embassy in jerusalem. the coverage of donald trump. on may 14, 2018. in 1994, speaker newt gingrich had congress passed legislation that would move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. jerusalem was the only capital the world we did not have an embassy. every time it would come to the attention of a president that they should locate the embassy, the state department would say it would create a dislocation and destabilization in the middle east. it was donald trump that the guts to say promises made, promises kept. there was no destabilization. it was the exact opposite. that was the abraham accords. i'm looking forward to the future of peace through strength. the emissary to the middle east. mike huckabee. heart be still. the ambassador

so the middle east was in flame. uh, already uh, you know, before this, the events in syria and the year you know, what came to a close and, and the conflagration of the middle east will only continue into the next year. i think that syria is most likely to become both a failed and properly a fractured state. i it's, syria will now be the humpty dumpty, who fell off the wall and all the king's horses are all the heads. your mom's horses and all the hedge minds. man will not be able to put syria back together again. i think it is very likely that the dis, stabilisation from syria will extend at least into lab and on and a rack potentially further abroad. i think we will see increased direct, an open conflict between israel and the us on one side and iran on the other. you know, look for air strikes on on, um uh, e, ron's nuclear facilities which iraq is real, is now salivating about now that they're so happy that all of syria's air defense has disappeared overnight and then yahoo has been openly talking about it. i th

a break in the middle east as israel and hamas a cease-fire with devastating 15-month war in gaza.lo, sandra smith in new york, hi, john here just me when this is a day we have waited for for a long time and john roberts in washington. this is "america reports." painstaking negotiations and releasing dozens of hostages held by hamas for palestinian prisoners currently in israel. president-elect trump weighing in on tweets social, "we have a deal for the hostages in the middle east and they will be released shortly. thank you." >> sandra: you will remember live during mar-a-lago just last week president-elect trump filed there would be, "hell to pay if the hostages were not freed before election day." >> john: live with more tel aviv and talking with the trump team, they believe the deal would go through but the question is, what happens next? >> john, good afternoon. a source briefed on the talks confirmed that a cease-fire and hostage deal has been reached. can we do have more details what happen in the final moments. the prime minister directly involved and go hot and the negotia

in the heart of the middle east on the day 38 years ago. the well did confirmation of these rails may be 200 nuclear weapons. good to see the usa apartheid side of africa. and one of the hollywood store film produces israel has to this day no, come clean. the new k, a whistle blower motor kind of a new new would be honey draft and kid that from london by room for his revelations before decades on torture in his riley prison. the world today tends to the prospect of the use of those nuclear weapons by u. s. u k. u back to israel. this after a run, finally retaliated for the gaza genocide. the test run this as a nation of palestine chief negotiator attacks on their radiant diplomats and the killing of thousands and babies to a res iconic, lebanese resistance lead to how side less route i would circle. genocide, jo, all the cause. tyra's, now presiding over millions, display skilled a wounded, mostly women and children right across this region. i'm joined now from rome by alice to cook. you k, diplomat in full day you foreign policy chief advi

president morsi o'shea did with the middle east than you. you of course brokered the historic 1978 peace accord between israel and egypt. i wonder if you could talk a little about how you view the situation currently. pres. carter: thank you. good to be here again and be in a library of a man who helped shape my life and for whom i have the greatest admiration and appreciation. when i was governor, and after lyndon johnson left office, i wrote him a personal handwritten letter, i don't know if you still have it or not but if you don't you might want to look it up. i don't imagine they threw it away, when i am not sure about that. [laughter] but if you find it, i would like a copy of it because i handwrote it. i think the middle east is still the intention box for the whole world. i say that recognizing that there are other places that are threatening to erupt. and i include the middle east in its totality, all the way in including lebanon of course, but also pakistan. when i think what he referred to primarily is between israel and its neigh

the second phase is still questionable as it is the middle east. it's only like a match light away from blowing up always. and the only thing predictable about the middle east is it being unpredictable. so we need to try as much as possible. push that. the second phase, with the release of the additional hostages happens as soon as possible, and hopefully both sides will see the benefit of the cease fire and understand that we need to move quickly to a more permanent ceasefire and get the hostages out, as well as also starting to try to give the people of gaza that have been a human shield for this terrorist organization, the humanitarian aid that is also required for them to be able to start beginning and piecing their lives together. >> you mentioned that you and your wife were in doha during these negotiations, and in fact, you've traveled the world. you have been a relentless advocate for your son. so i remember about eta. he was a big basketball fan, right? nba fan, that he was an athlete himself. but tell people about your son. >> yeah. so ju

our people are at in the middle east right now. host: let's move into europe if we can, the situation in ukraine. some people have described it as a stalemate. how do you see this playing out next? and what, what's your, what's your takeaway at this moment in time about that conflict? gen. milley: well, i think it is a strategic stalemate so tactically, at the tactical level, you're getting puts and takes on either side, you saw this offensive by the ukrainians into kursk. you have seen local offenses by the russians. so tactically, you're getting some advances and retreats on either side. so there's some tactical gains and losses. but at the strategic level, it is, in fact, it's stalemate. it has been for some time. and what do i mean by that? well, warfare is always about political objectives. so the political objectives of the russians was to go ahead and topple the government of ukraine. capture and kill zelenskyy and his government. and then get to the carpaccio mountains. that failed a couple of years ago. the political objec

i'll stop you about more from the former advisor on middle east issues. the foreign policy chief obvious loaner. after this break, the plug it back to going underground. i'm still here with us decrypt for the british diplomat and founder and going director of the baby based conflicts for him. how starting part one, you were talking to me about this yesterday and not having a foreign policy control in iran? i mean arguably, i mean i lived in tyrone. he does have power to resign at any rate, but as regards and i should also add as regards to what he wrote chest, so it goes to the side of the national security of his teachers as a true. so maybe he will have a choice. i don't know, but there's a lot of, i mean it's a very lead scroll to issue, but i just wonder on the line. i mean it, ron is not alone in the style. lemme which i did rush, i give them bad advice, reflected rush, i give them bad advice. me sure. stood by me just to make sure you know the day before as well. you know, russia has had had the same dilemma and during the war and the great, and the

is this the or d'oeuvre on the menu for the middle east for 20? 25. is this the some the beginning of something a developing trend? because there is so many moving pieces, we have a has the law that is still vulnerable, a b. i can't remember the last time living on had a real government. and if the is re lease with american backing and x, the west bank. um uh we're gonna have a huge refugee problem. going into jordan. jordan has already packed full of people that are refugees. and we have no idea what the series, what the, what used to be called syria is going to look like. and then we have a rack is input, apply even it ran. so i've kind of said a lot of pieces on the board move, whichever one you want to go ahead mark. yeah. so in the middle east was inflame already, you know, before this, the events in syria and the year, you know, what came to a close and, and the conflagration of the middle east will only continue into the next year. i think that syria is most likely to become both a failed and properly a fractured state. i syria will now be the

with cold paper tray him as the hero who, over through one of the most oppressive regimes in the middle east, but al giovanni remains a criminal. western outlets have re branded al giovanni as someone who is changed overnight despite his affiliations with isis. and you about on this, right? the a very welcome to from the entire international news here. we're going to live for almost the sake of the top. so is this how we saw this out with africa? god, that has us said many a face returning to the how is john my, how about i saw him as president. once again, he's calling for the compliment to re unite. now, more than ever before, we need to strengthen our ties with our lives, right chart that we're working together to keep our sub region save as it stands is only 19 and west. and i last with all on the best in the south region. so i'm muhammad was born in for a sick, and tim has gotten his president data center many a capital of the country across you to remember that the data, one of the december civic presidential eviction by a wide margin to stage a political come back in the west african

then we sat on a sofa, and i began to explain to him my dreams of peace in the middle east. i began to recognize the attribute attributes of this man that made him great. he was calm, self-assured, had a far-sighted awareness of global interrelationships. it was obvious that he was bold. didn't lack any political courage required. we explored some ideas. there were some things he said would never happen in his lifetime. he said we might see israeli ships going through the suez canal, but there would never be an exchange of ambassadors. but when he left, i made a public statement that one of my aides wrote out for me from the official text. that a bright shining light came into my life with the visit of a singular man. i wanted him to help me break the ice that had frozen over in between wars. there had been four wars between egypt and israel in the last 25 years. and i asked anwar sadat if he would be helpful. he said yes. later, i hadn't made any progress, because a very conservative israeli was elected to prime minister. actually, it happened before. and i didn't see much

you as you on violence here in the middle east. we'll be back for more on washington's wall with a brand new episode on monday, joined by the sea ice warm accounts of territory, dr. michael sure. until end, keeping jace bible as social media. if it's on sent to the new country and i to a channel going on, he wants to be honorable dot com to let you know that besides of going underground see monday, the the more details emerge about the las vegas tiber truck. glass belts reveal the prospecting e mail, the retired officer attempting to expose a legit us army for crime is enough. countless down. the veteran also left behind noticed defending his actions in philadelphia. he said, fellow service members, veterans and all americans time to wake up. we are being led by we can speak with leadership slowly serve to enrich themselves. our drone detector is also constantly beeping. you can hear the sounds of explosions. we report from a residential area in the done yes. republic that's being hit by ukrainian cluster boulders clinic at least 1

president morsi o'shea did with the middle east than you. you of course brokered the historic 1978 peace accord between israel and egypt. i wonder if you could talk a little about how you view the situation currently. pres. carter: thank you. good to be here again and be in a library of a man who helped shape my life and for whom i have the greatest admiration and appreciation. when i was governor, and after lyndon johnson left office, i wrote him a personal handwritten letter, i don't know if you still have it or not but if you don't you might want to look it up. i don't imagine they threw it away, when i am not sure about that. [laughter] but if you find it, i would like a copy of it because i handwrote it. i think the middle east is still the intention box for the whole world. i say that recognizing that there are other places that are threatening to erupt. and i include the middle east in its totality, all the way in including lebanon of course, but also pakistan. when i think what he referred to primarily is between israel and its neigh

he's been a middle east negotiator in republican and democratic administrations. dennis, we are told that qatar is going to announce this deal. it is as we was described, and it's based in large part on what president biden proposed last may and what was almost agreed to in july when the hamas negotiator was assassinated and it, you know, fell apart since then and we've lost a lot of hostages in the intervening time as well. one just last week. so 33, not 34 are going to be released and it will be triggered once there is an announcement and the israeli cabinet approves it and the security cabinet first, and then there is going to be a 48 day, a 48 hour period before the hostages actually start coming out. but your your takeaway from all of this and how it potentially it's the middle east. we all know the setbacks but potentially it could reshape the region. >> well i think we need to put it in a context. and i would say there's two elements to it. one is israeli military achievements, obviously within gaza, which have come at a very high price. but israeli militar

to the middle east now.ed 17,000 children have been left alone or separated from the adults who should care for them. some are too young to even say their names. in a chaotic situation amid bombings and mass displacement, the un's children's agency unicef, has managed to reunite 63 children with their parents or guardians. with more, here's our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. smiles now, but the children of the al—masri family have survived horrors. an israeli bombing killed jamal�*s parents and his cousin's mum and sisters. after they were rescued, like thousands of children in war—torn gaza, they were alone. we followed their difficult journey to be reunited with their grandma. translation: it's indescribable howjoyful i am, but my joy - is mixed with sadness. they came back without their parents. three months into what israel says is a new offensive to target hamas, the very north of gaza is now in ruins. the bereaved cousins fled with distant relatives who were filmed for us, saying a painful f

hello side, steve with coffee, his invoice to the middle east. my spokesman said trump should make more disappearing. the diplomatic statements, not the groups, conditions, remain the same. an end as well as one goes to those houses are back, i don't want to virginia go. she ation and then i'd back by the time i get into office all hell will break out in the middle east and it will not be good for a mouse. and it will not be good frankly, for anyone all hell will break up. i don't have to say it anymore, but that's what it is. and they should have given them back a long that they should have never taken well with costs trumps new invoice. in the middle east says he's on the beat off to a turning from the latest round the negotiations on the potential see spot deal. i think that we've had some, uh some, some really great progress and i'm really hopeful that by the inaugural will have some good things to announce on behalf of the president. i actually believe that we're working in tandem in a really good way, but it's the president, his reputation,

u um the middle east genocide. oh, wild domestically 40000000 americans could not eat without federal a's. one of the greatest us presidents that has never been is veteran ohio congress when dentist consented to also run in this 2024 election. the full, the mayor of cleveland and lifelong fighting for global justice and peace joins me again from cleveland in ohio. dennis, thanks so much for coming back on. i suppose i've got to stop before we get to the wider country and be global. and like asians commiseration, so we are lost in the ohio in the house. a jerry man. did you? you talk to in your book, the vision of life and the power, how corporate conspiracies tried to destroy you. why did you know when the seats, you know, how well you know, region independent and ran into a trend is political head with, in terms of the polarization of going on in american politics. and i challenge both partners. but in particular, the democratic party that i came from, i challenged them and the endless wars and on board are non ri

but of course, he gave his country and other western friends, a free pass, and the middle east, multi faceted crises, and that's what do you want in foreign ministry spokesman, also highlighted, he uh reminded background that the problem has its roots in the west support for as well, when they give the idea of a carp launch to act flawlessly, i guess the people of the region with full support from the united states in certain european countries including france. israel continues its occupation and genocide, unoccupied palestine, while persistently expanding its military aggression and territorial ambitions across the region. but the most interesting part is that mac kron tried to pin the blame for frances failures in africa and go on as a, as a problem. this will somehow erase frances colonial legacy and the growing discontent among african nations. as more and more of these nations are seek to this distance themselves from their former colonial overlord, due to all the atrocities and economic burdens. france has inflicted mccall and i want it to be cleaned. that's if one is it switch

still rumours, but apart from that, we don't have a clear idea on how trump sees his policy on the middle east wait and _ east. all right. we will have to wait and see. _ east. all right. we will have to wait and see. thank- east. all right. we will have i to wait and see. thank you for talking to us today. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. around the world and across the uk, tfrom bbc news. his refrained from expressing his own views. the only big priority that seems very clear right now in the middle east or trump and his team is around. we have a lot of indications that this is at the top of the agenda to deal with iran and in particular to deal with the nuclear programme of the run with potential rumours that the us and possibly israel launch strikes on iran. but these us and possibly israel launch strikes on iran. e rumours, at this stage still rumours, but apart from that, we don't have a clear idea on how trump sees his policy on the middle east. �* ~ ., east. all right. we will have to wait and _ east. all right. we will have to wait and see. _ east. all right. we w

a cease fire deal now reached in the middle east. we're breaking down what the agreement includes, what it does not. and reaction from american families whose loved ones are being held hostage. good morning. thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. i'm marcus washington, and i'm laura garcia. senior officials from both sides say the deal ends 15 months of fighting in gaza, which started back in october of 2023. the war started after an attack where 1200 people were killed, 250 takenen hostage. moe than 100 were released in late november 2023 during a pause in the fighting in exchange for 240 palestinian prisoners. the agreement will also eventually free dozens of hostages, as well as palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. israel and hamas have not officially announced a deal, although a senior hamas official confirms the agreement. if all is approved, the first group of hostages couldld come t on sunday, with more being released over time. cal state east bay professor lonnie evy brooks says while this deal provides hope, many

buller or you know, in other parts of the middle east, or perhaps even in the broader region. those restraints would probably end. and it would feel that it has nothing to lose. so i think it is partly to of course energy traders are looking at this very closely on a day by day basis. but i think the broader implications is that if a ryan is attacked heavily and decides that there's no point in the like the continuing its restraints, then we could have a much broader conflict across the whole region. so i think it is that that's for me, it's almost the most significant and most dangerous factor to look at as we come in to $25.00. let me just listening to chris is analysis. then we go to ask the question, then the central, i guess one of the central questions is donald trump does 2025 lead to a greater or less a chance of peace than with a donald trump in the white house? you know, he's these, he's random or he's talked about ending forever, was ending the ukraine war. but you just listen to the analysis from, from many, not just chris who say of the when it comes to around in

and we saw that the miss roha, the jews had come from north africa in the middle east. we're taking key positions . these were the people at the beginning, a broad festival into a born, and then tuesday, they cooled. and this is great. they feel, i mean, you know, that program said it will. it was obvious some time ago. what was the program to establish and the israel on? yeah, i mean, is the program or a life? how is it indian state is the program of entity blinking, blinking. so it's broken up by the kinds of people we haven't got that much time left. they are no sign is we agree that both sides it's i don't think there's no difference on that. and i'm saying that actually, i mean what that is, the question is they've collectively lead into this. oh, did they just facilitate this as it has allowed me a who and they haven't had, i mean to be no restraints put on this the tool. so is it a question of passive permission given the passes because they're actively all they've signed another 9 busy and the other day 2 days before the h to the yeah, there's nothing passive ab

all weapons that went into the middle east were for israel. now days, 75% were for israel before. now 60% go to the arab countries and this does not include iran. if you include iran, our present shipment of weapons to the middle east only 20% goes to israel. this is a deviation from idealism, it's a deviation from a commitment to our major ally in the middle east, which is israel, it's a yielding to economic pressure on the part of the arabs, on the oil issue, and it's also a tremendous indication that under the ford administration, we have not addressed the energy policy adequately. we still have no comprehensive energy policy in this country and it's an overall sign of weakness. when we're weak at home economically, high unemployment, high inflation, a confused government, a wasteful defense establishment, this encourages the kind of pressure put on his successfully. it would have been inconceivable 10, 15 years ago for us to be brought to our knees with an arab oil embargo, but it was done three years ago and they're still putting pressure