it's amy fellow at the middle east institute. thank you. moving on now and out to 0. media network continues to demand a rapid, independent and transparent investigation. is the killing of a journalist in the occupied westbank, sharina. aqua was shot in the head by israeli forces while she was on assignment in g name on the day of if you know the rally forces storms, the procession and started beating more is causing pool barriers to always drop her casket. that didn't stop thousands of palestinians from marching through occupied east jerusalem to take part in her funeral and burial members of the international community have condemned to killing and continue to call for an investigation charade was without jazeera for 25 years, covering the story of the israeli occupation. she was known as the voice of palestine. still head on al jazeera, a russian strike in easton, ukraine sets a chemical plant on fire, where hundreds are reportedly sheltering inside and shall anchors. economic crisis deepens, as the cash strapped government puts caps on.

a research fellow in the middle east program at the quincy institute. t scholar in the gulf and yemen program at the middle east institute. warm welcome to you all and thank you for joining us today. let me start with you today. the u.n. says that the war in yemen has caused the world's worst humanitarian crisis. you are on the ground there. how much is this dire humanitarian situation driving the cease fire? >> well what i can say is it's a pretty dark picture. i think there's around 17 million people right now in yemen that are struggling to find food daily. it could go as much is 19 million by the end of the year. what it means completely is when i go here to the market, there's food on the shelves. the problem is, many people can't afford it. i don't know to which extent this is driving the peace process. definitely we think that this extension of the truce is an excellent use for yemen. i think it shows commitment, serious commitment from all the parties of the conflict to in this senseless war. also reduce the suffering of millions of yemeni. >> fr

she line a research fellow in the middle east program at the quincy institute, and from berlin abraham july. anon, resident scholar in the gulf and yemen program at the middle east institute. a warm welcome to you all, and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story. just my, let me start with you today. the u. n says that the war in yemen has caused the world's worst humanitarian crisis. from your perspective, you're on the ground there in santa how much is this dire humanitarian situation driving the ceasefire? well, what i can say is, it's a pretty darn picture. i think there's around 17000000 people right now in yemen that are struggling to find food at daily. it could go as much as $19000000.00 by the end of this year. and what it means completely is when i go here and so now to the market, there are food and the shelves, but the problem is, many people can not afford it. so i don't know which extend this is driving the peace process, but definitely out we think that this extension of the truce is, is an excellent use for yemen. i think it shows commitment a serious commit

georgia director of the frontier europe initiative for the middle east institute. thank you so much. thank you for having me. coming up on this news out from london. looking for answers, relatives of those killed in the south. african bar was still waiting to learn what happened to bob weighs. interest rates hit to 100 percent. part of the central banks plans to curb run away inflation the colorado avalanche when they're 1st stanley cup in 21 years, beating 2 time defending champions. the tampa bay lightning that's coming up in salt. ah. the tank of toxic gas has fallen from a crane in jordan killing at least 12 people. local media reports at least $260.00 people were injured when the tank hit the ground and burst an acrobat port. jordan's only seaport people living nearby have been told to stay at home and keep their windows closed. or dowd khattab is the journalist and jordan's capital a man and joins me now by sky dowd firstly, what more can you tell? as i gathered, the substance has been identified as chlorine gas. yes, apparently this ship is supposed to be he

round of flame mays my voice is failing me, i apologies. ran to slim is a senior fellow at the middle east institute ino hire. she says this latest move will plunge the country into deeper crisis. it threatened to push the country and took a was and 2 civil unrest into the street violence. it's so it launches the country really into a dark tunnel even after this month of stalemate, which we thought where it period i think where the country is having is in a be even darker period, according to the ruling by the federal supreme court in november 2021, every member who has been resigned and who is the nation has been accepted, which is the case with the 72 members from the southern coalition. can't it will be replaced by the highest ward getter after after that member. and if you look at, at the, at the election outcomes, definitely this means the more seats to be gained by the state of law group, which is headed by mr. mckee, by groups that are affiliated with the popular will be live ation forces. so it's going to rank then the hand of this coalition, which is a pro iran coalition in the bottle, in t

in philip breedlove, former nato supreme allied commander and a distinguished chair at the middle east institutethanks for being here. one of the thing i noticed this morning in the comments, when were forceful about russia and about the ramp up of weaponry and troops that they expect to put along the border, i noticed in that sound bite that the president used the word "offensive" weapons. it's a word that they had been quite careful to avoid for quite some time. here's jen psaki in the briefing room not long ago. >> i would note that the equipment that we provided is defensive as you know, not offensive and we see that as being a difference. >> martha: does this signal a change in strategy to you? >> well, if he truly meant it and that is now the policy of america, that is a change in policy. because as you correctly pointed out, the administration has been very careful to tell mr. putin over and over that we're not going to give offensive weapons to the ukrainians. you've heard the whole conversation about limiting the range of the mlrs or high mars that we gave ukraine. we gave them the shor

the historian teaches the challenging subject of mass violence in the middle east and neon, the institute for war, holocaust and genocide studies 3 years ago. a friend approached him at a conference in paris, telling him there was something he had to see. we sat down in the back of a cafe and then he opened his mobile phone. and he showed me a video clip that me even after 20 years of genocide research found very shocking. this video is definitely a breakthrough for research on mass violence because of the, the intimate situation of killing that we see. the video shows victims whose hands are bound with their eyes and ears taped up with strips of blasting. in this scene, a man had to jump into the pit and was shot while still in the air. for were on gore, the video was the beginning of his arduous and unsettling research. he and the colleague gaskin who are the perpetrators who are the victims cleanser wanted persons claims the hero. we cannot reveal the sociologists, identity with her family live in syria. it could be dangerous for her and for her relatives if anyone recognizes her. so w

he's a research fellow for middle east policy at the think tank, the international institute for strategic studies. miss allison welcome. in the us, foreign ministry has said that these are comments on the prophet mom and what those of fringe elements and that the government respects all religions. i mean, is this explanation going to be enough for gulf states in particular striving the on the show? i think it's fairly difficult to call these elements french elements. i'm. this was ultimately the b j. p national spokesperson. and there have been other high ranking gd officials who've been have had their membership suspended for a similar comments. i think the anti muslim rhetoric has become fairly normalized that has become a mainstream in india today. so i think the mystery of external affairs explanation that these are french elements, i don't think is very credible. but i do think that the gulf states are very much interested in containing this issue. and so the indian government has moved fairly swiftly and distancing itself from these comments. the b, j, p. the ordering party itself h

she is a research fellow in the middle east program at the quincy institute as well as an expert on religious and political authority in the middle east and north africa. she joins us live from washington, d. c. thanks very much for being with us. i wonder how important is it this extension is for in terms of a reprieve for yemen. i think this extension is crucial and i think a very important factor in why we saw the parties reach the extension has to do with the introduction of a war powers resolution by congress. because we know that if the u. s. receives the support that has been providing the saudi air force will not be able to provide assistance to its proxies on the ground. and so even though we have seen at the beginning of the truth, sort of a shift in the power structure among the members of humans, internationally recognized government, the establishment of the presidential leadership council which really consolidates their power. and i have been quite concerned that they would be eager to return to the battlefield. and so instead of that, the fact that we see the truth be extended,

middle east.— to the african countries and the middle east. , joining me now from washington dc is dr anna borshchevskaya. she is a russia expert and a senior fellow at the washington institutening us. what did you read into president putin's am today because when first you need to looking bigger picture at the bottom of peace and understood relief from the very beginning of ukraine that food was going to be a powerful weapon that he could use in this war to pressure the west to try to break western unity and that is why we saw russia deliberately attacking cultural fields, russia deliberately attacking culturalfields, that russia deliberately attacking cultural fields, that is why they are holding a book eight in the black sea and this is another piece of this strategy. putin understands very well that if he starts the middle east and north africa then they will very well be another refugee wave into europe so that his piece one but also if he take space place of supplier that is also a way for him to position himself as a counterweight to the west. the food shortages of veal and already causing huge problems globally. how much worse can it get and what is the political vie

wednesday while the american petroleum institute called on the president to prioritize unlocking u.s. energy resources ahead of his planned troip to the middle east next month. so the other thing to think about is high borrowing rates could essentially stunt economic growth here in the country. it's something that economists say to ultimately result in a hard landing or even a recession. that would lead to high unemployment numbers or essentially reduce all of the wage gains that we have seen, especially as the country has tried to bounce back from the pandemic. >> let's build on that. you mentioned the unemployment numbers and we know that employment and unemployment really affects our economy. what's the outlook on jobs right now? >> right. right now the unemployment numbers are low. job growth is high. job gains, i should say, are high. fed chair powell said for us to expect about a 4.1 or so number increase in terms of the unemployment rate over the next four years, but he also said that it's pretty difficult to try to predict will the economy will go the next year or two, especially given the fact we are not out of this pandemic and there ar

middle east and north africa program at the committee to protect journalists. in the u.s. city of minneapolis, chair of the journalists program at the doha institute.nd in brussels, researcher at amnesty international. a warm welcome to you all and thanks for joining us. let me start with you. how many journalists are jailed and detained in egypt? what kind of message does this 15 your sentence send to journalist -- your sentence center journalists? >> thank you for having me. our most recent account is 20 journalists, one of them was released but we're still waiting today to see him released. we bring the countdown from 25 in december, which is a good sign. it means at least that the oppression machine is slowing down. we are seeing more releases than average since last year. but it does not mean that the oppression machine was dismantled or that there will be any executive action to limit the egyptian governments ability to imprison journalists in the short-term. we think that our improvement in terms of the numbers, but egypt is still the third today, that has been the case for at least eight years. so, we need to see a lot more, if we think tha

policies and the american petroleum institute, called on the president to, quote, prioritize unlocking u.s. energy resources. ahead of his planned trip to the middle east next month. the main worry is if the fed lowers demand too much, it could stall the economy. and that could lead to higher unemployment or push the economy into a recession. ryan? >> thanks, liz. and those stocks closed higher today after the fed's announcement. the dow was up 303 points. the nasdaq gained 270. and the s&p was up 54. in a separate alarm bell for the u.s. economy, a slowdown in certain retail spending. our government report shows last month spending dropped from april to may. that's the direct result of a high cost of food and gas. consumers spent 43% more on gas than they did last may. grocery store spending was up close to 9% from this time last year. >>> now to a decision a lot of parents have been waiting what feels a very long time for. with the vote of an advisory panel, the fda poised to offer moderna's and pfizer's covid vaccines for young children. kpix 5 wilson walker on the choice facing parents and what comes next. >> the vote is unanimous. we have 21 out o

institution. michael, what does this mean for the power dynamic in the middle east, and in particular, for the safety of u.s. troops? >> hi, shep. i'm not that worried about the u.s. troops because as you know, iran's covert warfare and feels it can essentially hold its own against us, and achieve a lot of the goals it sets out for itself in places like syria and yemen it doesn't tend to attack our major military facilities directly because it wants deniability and it doesn't want retaliation. in our presence in iraq in the heyday of the occupation after the iranians would ship in weaponry and it would go to extremist groups and they would sometimes place roadside bombs and those bombs would kill americans. but we knee what was going on, but there was a multi-step process that made it harder for us to retaliation directly against one location or installation now, donald trump had enough of that after a while and assassinated or killed soleimani, and there was a lot of bipartisan support for that decision of president trump when he did that two years ago. because soleimani was the ring leader and mast

for middle east and north africa program coordinator at the committee to protect journalists in the u. s. city of minneapolis. hammond, mostly chair of the journalism program at the door institute for graduate studies and in brussels, as in by you, me, egypt, and libby a researcher at amnesty international. a warm welcome to you all. and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story. should have, let me start with you today, how many journalists are jailed and detained in egypt, and what kind of message does this 15 years sentence that was given to am a thought send to journalists there? thank you for having me. i think we're going to our most recent countenance to wendy's on the list. one of them was all the release while we're still waiting today to see him released. so it will bring the account down from $25.00 in december, which is a good time. it means that at least the impression machine is slowing down. we're seeing more releases than our list since last year. but it doesn't mean that operation machine was dismantled, or that there will be any legislative or executive action to limit the government's ability to imprison journalists in the short term. we think that

middle east in country and along with western government narratives against the syrian government. the guardian 1st failed to prevent any direct evidence for its claim, simply fighting analysis from some institute backed by the british government. that's cross said she, one of the mentioned in the guardian article now vanessa bailey. i believe. so. thank you for joining us on the program. so as you know, the guardian is accused of spreading this information about the white helm is group . what was your initial reaction to the school? i mean, this is not the 1st time that the guardian has chosen to carry out. as a u. k. government contracted hit piece against journalists who are challenging. they established narratives and syria, which of course criminalized, serene government and finalize, including russia. so to some degree, this was not a big surprise. the timing is strange in the sense that none of the pieces have been very successful. including a very concert to the hate campaign by the b, b, c for a number of months. and so the fact that the garden is chosen to regurgitate much of the smears against specific journalists at this point during the russian special operation. and ukraine strike

democratic institutions and reaching for absolute power and control over the country. eliza holcman al jazeera, she was earlier a boat, she sighed. bernard, be the regional director for the middle east and north africa with the international commission of jurors. he told us more about the crackdown on the judiciary. there is no evidence so far of touch misconduct, and if such evidence exists, it's much of the edge of the k to tool the quote procedures that guarantees the rights with concerns judges to be presumed innocent to defense and to appeal the decision. none of these guarantees were provided for none of these rights respected . and even if such accusations don't exist and are there, they must be educated by this additional itself and why the hires? dish council and judicial accountability mechanisms. the president has no business interfering in this additional re insert freedom in managing the career of judges, dismissing judges or promote or, or other aspects of the management of the career with judges. those are additional matters that should be dealt with by additional institutions. independent judicial institutions that the presence this established and within the respect