this is "inside story." ♪ mohammed: hello and welcome to the program. i am mohammed jamjoom.he first time since russia invaded ukraine nearly a year ago, president blood where zelenskyy has been able to tour europe. he has things leaders for his support but also double down on his request for more assistance. zelenskyy is also seeking an expedited process to join the eu. he says ukrainians are fighting on behalf of all europe. we will get to our guests to the moment. but first, this report from james bays in brussels. james: after trips to london and paris, president zelenskyy flew with the french president, emmanuel macron, to brussels. in the capital of the european union, he was again repeating the same message. thanks for all your help, but ukraine still needs more. >> slava ukrani. james: he told a packed session of the european parliament that ukraine's future is part of europe. >> we are moving closer to the european union. ukraine will be a member of the european union. ukraine when it is winning will be a part of a european union that is winning. james: after standin

mohammed: the u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken, was in jerusalem last month recalled for urgent steps to restore calm between the two sides. >> we continue to believe the best way to achieve it is through preserving and realizing the division of two states. as i said to the prime minister, anything that moves us away from that vision is, in our judgment, ditch mental to israel's long-term security and its long-term identity as a jewish and democratic state. mohammed: let's go ahead and bring in our guests. they are joining us from the u.s. in washington dc, a senior fellow at the washington institute for near east policy, a former senior advisor to the state department. in brooklyn new york, a political director at the jewish voice for peace action. in arlington virginia, a senior fellow at the middle east institute and the author of wind spot, america and the palestinians. a warm welcome to you all. let me start with you, david. during his visit last month, the u.s. secretary of state gus the im

he won off, met mohammed came from lebanon. his father died in the civil war and she himself was hit by fragmentation, grenade high in 1976. his mother fled with him and 9 brothers and sisters to west berlin. after mohammed dropped out of school to devote himself to martial arts, which he'd been practicing since childhood. austin, not near the 1st thing foreigners due to integrate when they're in a foreign country is pursue sports, whether it's soccer or karate or taekwondo. of the cancer side already watched so many bruce lee movies and he'd inspired me. i started with hi quando, split he at lavish mit dick mondanca from an app that mohammed starts his day at 6 am exercising for around 2 hours. and in the evening, he puts in another session in the fitness studio. for hours of sports are part of his daily routine. a body guard has to be in top physical shape. now with a well tone, security man has founded his own sportswear brand. the label is called legends after the many living legends he's protected as body guard. he offers

when aft met, mohammed is on hand. the only piece like german pain to lay on live and trout and star german violinist, david garrett feel safe. here, germany's best known body guard is assigned to provide security for an exhibition opening emitter. it would be a good a bond with an event like this. you have to consider the possibility of something happening because alcohol is present what people want. autographs, people want photos, and then they're not under control and start pushing one another. one, then a glass might draw from somewhere above. we're in a gallery here, your mom or somebody might want to get down fast. something's always happening like glasses involved. not only is augment mohammed a body guard, he's also a faction designer. but before getting to that, let's look back at his illustrious career, asp. net mohammed has made his living as a body guard for some 30 years now, watching over the who's who of hollywood, including stars like bruce willis and angelina shall need his result. money good. i regard

after mohammed shows what can happen when he don't give up on your dreams. for a simple and delicious appetizer, you really don't need much more than some fresh bread and a tasty olive oil. while back in ancient times, it was considered a luxury item, a kind of liquid gold to day. of course, you can buy a bottle of olive oil for just a few years at the grocery store, but like a fine wine, the quality of the olive oil depends on the variety of olives and where it's grown . spain is by far the largest producer of olive oil, so we headed there to find out how to best identify the best kind ah, can i get them for somebody? it has to have personality has to touch, you know, that's what i value most about. a good extra virgin olive oil with emotional bold, what it'll give you in our village here. we live from olives. they ship our attitude towards life and lifestyle. ah, i would say that all well is not just the oil. it's not just a fact, it's juice, it's the fresh use of it all up with . i think i think one that on our farm is in the sabbatical region for the are

are representing mohammed, the islamic prophet.haalis leaved in it that taboo and practice that taboo as well but he saw the poster and interpreted this to be a crossing of that line. he believed that hollywood and through its agents like the syrian american director of this film had decided to desecrate honor of his prophet, mohammed. everything in his mind his feud with the nation of islam which he believed was also backed by the same agents of the enemies of islam, the people who had -- who in his mind were running the criminal justice system in america, who had failed to deliver justice to him through these trials, the people who ran the nation of islam, in his mind it was all the same forces that were acting against him. and he decided that this film is what he would take a stand on and he timed the hostage taking and the siege of washington dc for the premier date of this film. that is what he said but i do also believe that he by this time, had decided that he would exploit some of the divisions within the muslim world, abro

mohammed: i know. the less flexibility you have in your currency, the more your equity market rallies when the dollar weakens. in hong kong it has actually been quite a controversial statement i suggested that, the rally in hong kong had nothing to do with the reopening of china, but it was more to do with the weakness in the currency. i cannot draw a straight line between china reopening and the hang seng index, but i can draw a straight line between the level of the dollar and the hang seng index. so, what we're arguing is that the hang seng index could be about to give back all its gains for the year. yesterday we actually broke through the average entry-level for the market since the start of the year. yvonne: wow. david: if we tested the theory that it is more to do with the dollar, let's extrapolate for the next few months then. would you say that even if china recovers more strongly than we expect, if the fed continues shrinking the balance sheet, which one do you think the hang seng listens to?

we're going to talk about this in more with our guest mohammed al muzzy mohammed is a u. k based freelance journalist and contributor to numerous outlets including the dissenter, jacobin the canary and electronic intifada. welcome ahmed. good to have you. thanks so much for joining us. thank you for inviting me, mom and let's start with the need or the lack of a need for changes to espionage laws in the united kingdom that are already among the most draconian and the western world. why is there such interest within the british conservative party to strengthen the official secrets act? what's the basis of this, this movement? and so there are multiple acts that been passed over the years that they want to consolidate into a single one. what they're now calling the national security bill. so just to be clear, it's not just the tory party, although the conservative party, although they're the ones who are, who hold the majority of seats and parliament and therefore control the executive branch of government. and i mean there are some people like a socialist, like jeremy corb

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and mohammed traitor in carmen marsh, thank you both. while the united nations humanitarian chief says, the international community has failed. the people of northwest syria, martin at griffith's, once the un security council to authorize the opening of 2 more border crossings from turkey into rebel held regions of syria. years of civil war have left 8 organisations struggling to reach victims of monday's quake, particularly in parts of the country outside government control. there's currently only one crossing open to un agencies hampering deliveries of life saving food and medical supplies. survivors of the quake have been flocking to make shift camps originally set up to how is those displaced by the war returned to the war in ukraine now, where both russia and ukraine have been using unmanned to drones for attacks and information gathering. russia has made particular use of iranian made so called suicide drones carrying explosives. they can spend significant time in the air before finding a target and crushing into it. t. w correspon

is in us manya mohammed. we heard that a precarious security situation, including reports of looting, is hampering rescue efforts in some areas. what can you tell us? efforts are now shifting towards aid and relief for the the fibers. some security concerns let some aid operations to be suspended due to see reports on duty and plot with gang were active in the devastated zone. friends of ours in hats, i have been attacked on highway near and thought their car was stolen. the government said that dozens of people have been arrested for stealing or trying to defraud victims in the aftermath of the quake. of course, we should mention, some aid groups are telling us that some this looting is going on because people simply aren't getting the aid that they need. what are you hearing on the ground is 8 reaching everyone who needs read well, hundreds of thousands of cars both come home with almost 20000000 people to buy the earthquake of cause of them me urging for shelter to them. medicine, now we've been see it bei

and mohammed traitor in carmen marsh, thank you. both the years of civil war have left 8 organizations struggling to reach victims in some parts of syria. the us has suspended some sanctions against syria to make it easier to get supplies to where they're needed. on saturday to address, gabrielle says im head of the w h o visited government house, a laptop carrying vital medical equipment. survivors of the quake have flocked to make shift camps originally sat up to how was those displaced by war? anger is growing at the slow pace of international aid deliveries, particularly in parts of the country, not controlled by bashar al assad, government destruction and devastation in a part of the world which can hardly take any more. it live province has been a central theater of the syrian civil war and it's home to one of the last remaining rebel controlled enclaves. the earthquake church has killed more than 2100 people here. among them this man's 4 year old son. he's angry that a lack of support meant it took 4 days to recover his child

mohammed: yes, i'm tired, my legs hurt, it's hot, and we're thirsty.orter: is the t-shirt all you have? mohammed: yes, just the t-shirt. reporter: and is this your only pair of shoes? this is the base for the international organization for migration, or iom. aid workers are currently helping some 250 people. they've had to turn away many others. young people, women, and children. some have experienced horrific things on their journey. social worker hawa musa works with the children, who struggle to come to terms with what they've experienced. hawa: they speak through their drawings. sometimes, they paint a realistic portrait, like the smuggler lifting the wooden stick. they come to us for therapy. there are two paths -- when they come from ethiopia, they still have goals. but when they return, they don't smile anymore, they're depressed and exhausted. reporter: samsa is one of people who couldn't take it anymore. she came from northern ethiopia, got married, and went to yemen with her husband to look for work. he moved on to saudi arabia. she managed t

a mohammed, we have heard reports of looting and social unrest. how has that been affecting the response as for allow shifting to will for the aid and relief, one of the virus, some security concerns lead some a donation to be the standard will be for the losing and classes with luke and who are active in the devastated don't some rescue workers are adjusting that some of the that losing are going on because that people aren't getting the a that they need. but that seem to be some other are taking advantage of the situation. friends of our ethics in has i have been on the highway near and pop. yeah. and their car was stolen. the government said that the dozens of people have been arrested for feeling or trying to be brought in the way. and you earlier has not been your impression to have your sources told you whether or not government aid is reaching those who need it. well, the turkish government has admitted a problems with the initial response to the crisis. but now they are trying to give the impression that the situation is under control. the

if you listen sadly, mohammed the you, when is expecting the casualty numbers to double? why is that was the 1st time michael nearly a week after the deadly earthquake the best all across the country because that much often increased in one be the number 24000 yesterday morning and before the fun, this number reached already 28th. how do you and the fact that double as the for the are still a buried in ruins, a 1050. it is a very noticeable how are you mission? one from searching for survivors to begin and removing global, using heavy machinery just for the family who were hoping to find the loved ones alive, are now open to find their body so that they can read many thanks to our mohammed chateau in was manya. years of civil war has left the aid organization struggling to reach victims. in some parts of syria, the u. s. has suspended some sanctions against syria to make it easier to get supplies to where they are most needed. on saturday, tedra escape ratios in head of the w. h ho visited aleppo where calls for medical supplies are growing increasingly desperate survivor

i do not turkey mohammed, we are still seeing these miracle moments of people being pulled alive from their trouble. but how much longer until he's rescue efforts, now shift to relief for the survivors. why some miraculous tales of survival nearly 10 days after that, that way, all bodies are being pulled out from the rubble and less survivors are being found . now, the social phoenician for people under that when will, may still be alive, hasn't been officially suspended, but rescue missions on the coming to and then after are shifting to getting released to the survivors and shelter for the home. the now the turkish government is encouraging people whose homes are still standing to go back home if possible. how likely do you think people are to actually do that? devastating earthquake left hundreds of thousands homeless now a few buildings in the impact of areas are still standing in quite decent shape. but residents are so traumatized and afraid to return to their homes, especially that after trucks are still re occuring and can be felt every now and then. people are at other stayin

when mohammed removed her from the debris, i took a ha, ha ha, ha b. one of them. they tried to save her life, but the 9 year old didn't make it to a hospital. in russia, but given i still remember how scared she was and how she cried. i tried to keep her calm, but she kept holding my hand asked me not to let the roof crush her husband. mohammed had to give her lifeless body wrapped in a blanket to her father. since that day he says he can still feel the touch of unwise hand than a hood. her ashes, eda, auto ebony is now north korea has fired to project towels what it calls up multiple rocket launcher, state media report. the weapon system is capable of hitting an air base. that's home to south korea's f 35 stealth fighter jets south korea and japan. say the projectiles were short range, ballistic missiles, young young, tested and intercontinental ballistic missile on saturday. could really you has more now from beijing. they drink says it's washing the situation very closely. it considers the korean peninsula, its own backyard. and it's one of the few countries th

listen sadly, mohammed the un is expecting the casualty numbers to double. why is that? for the 1st time, michael? nearly a week after the deadly earthquake, the best all across country record that much often increased in one day. the number half off 24000. yesterday morning and before the sunsets this number reached ordered the 28 house you and that home to at least double us housing are still buried in ruins of towns and cities. it is very noticeable how rescue missions went from searching for survivors through digging and removing rubber, using heavy machinery just for the family who were hoping to find the loved ones alive, are now open to find their bodies so that they can read many thanks to our mohammed shatara in less money in syria efforts to provide aid to the hardest areas have been complicated by the countries decade long civil war. the head of the world health organization tedra gibberish was visited. aleppo on saturday. were calls from medical supplies are growing increasingly desperate survivors of the quaker flock to make shift camps originally set up to

when mohammed traitor in a carmine marsh and julia han reporting from our dinner, we've been moving around here in the area a lot. we've been 2 different cities today. i'm speaking to you from the city of her. are donna a we were here at this very spot just for dear days ago, there was a giant pile of rubble rescue workers digging through the debris. and now as you can see, all the rubble here has been removed. you can see the damage that's been done to the neighboring buildings. nobody is staying there right now because these buildings are at risk of collapsing as well up to 100. her people have died in what used to be a 14 story building here, and that is really an emotion. here people are overwhelmed with grief. there is only no one who hasn't lost a family member or a friend in this earthquake. there is also a lot of despair, hundreds of thousands of people here in the region are now homeless. they have to sleep in makeshift shelters, or even outside in the open or in their cars. and these 2 emotions, despair and grief, have quickly turned into anger because people say rescue teams hav

we're going to talk about this in more with our guest mohammed. mossey mohammed is a u. k based free.

as if viewed, mohammed was up on the v as a close ally, and at the best sense of the word, a puppet. this is an enchanted land, in which maternity, thanks to an enlightened young ruler in the presence of an enormous supply of petroleum harmonizes with one of the earliest civilizations known to recorded history. but the will of the iranian nation seem to outweigh the will of western powers. iran will be an independent country, non lines, not under the influence of any superpower. and it will only have friendly relations with those super powers that demonstrate that they are ready to respect our national interest and our independence. what we want from the united states is to respect our revolution except its reality, understand our movements and submit to it. unwilling to accept this, the feat the wes resorted so many ways to deal of road with a method is monica mama, i casing point is this will just, i can financial support for iraq. the 1980s you only walk for today's hostility toward the wrong continues of the formal fashion economic measures. precisely these ones are probably on t

those crews include russian emergency personnel, r t correspondent mohammed kiss up. is on the ground in one bodily affected province. although also known as a whole lot of people on the russian emergency workers continued to provide assistance to the victims. many survivors are engraved condition. we walk through the affected area and so the state of these people little 4 months, such a tragic situation of destroyed infrastructure and houses are ready to collapse at any moment. the russian medical so is providing its services around the cock random a causes could to fill men's it. when the earthquake started, i was at home lying in bed and the window fell in on me. i was quickly rescued and my mother and relatives were also under the rebel, but they were saved too because my leg is broken. i came here and russian doctors help me. i'm thankful for russia. uncle maria saudi bucklin, missouri, the other. everyone is trying to help in any way they can give me some of the food or the shelter, a lot of people joining forces to overcome the catastrophe. the support and nece

the holy team of luster muhammad qaim al-mohammed and al-mohammed lagin ashi ghangha jim, although the land of persian persia, according to the representatives of the european government, had been neutral in the war, and wanted to attack the security of the borders from two sides , due to the weakness of the government forces, it was occupied by the russian forces. became the british and russian government to the ottoman and german government the declaration of war on the northwestern lands of iran to the scene of war, due to this effort of ghasemi, including javan and jerry , and as a result, iranian statesmen who had the influence of the british and british empires, took refuge in the german government , but because the food force was the hand of the russian government , between the information and the military. gendarmerie due to the side of the german government, iran's severe conflict in the first world war, many injuries , more than 5 million people of iran, their students were killed by bullets and cannons, blood was torn and left in the stack, the telephone was not used, famine

vitkevich arrives in kabul mohammed receives a russian officer in his residence, the balakhisat is rathert moment, the shah already trusts the british envoy more . it turns out that alexander, already known to vitkevich from bukhara, he became he became. very interesting meeting december 24 alexander burns invited jan witkevich to a christmas dinner. still, a christian is not one. it was the only meeting of two intelligence officers and diplomats. after her, burns wrote in his diary that vitkevich was quite a gentleman, intelligent and well informed, loyalty told vitkevich that he had repeatedly been to kabul before that for more than 5 years, he was well acquainted with shah muhammad toast that once his sign of special respect was brought to step residence on the back of the shatsk elephant told. he also what happened before in a pinjab and once visited bukhara, vitkevich modestly remarked that he had also been to bukhara three times, apparently, he was surprised and disappointed. the fact that the russian embassy is in a kobol is incredibly disturbing for governors-general. lord okumba'

the mohammed are praying at the grave of their 3 month old son. b, b, i'm ruler, fell ill during a severe cold snap. he died at home the late more that it may god not give any mother the pain of losing our own children. it is very difficult for humans to bear it. it is too painful that these are dark times for afghanistan. the coldest winter in more than a decade, worsened by high fuel costs and economic color. all the honey, the international community must pay attention to our conditions. most of afghanistan's economy is weak. yes, we see that many people collect plastic to heat themselves. so that is the, with the international community says the taliban government is standing in the way of help for one by not allowing female aid workers to operate in afghanistan. hi, ranking delegation of eat organizations visited cabo last month. and pressed officials to drop their band are gently, i lose sleep about this, i really do. after their trip, a boss is stepped up there please for the taliban to relent. let there be no ambiguity. tying the hands of

he is in turkey's had time province. mohammed, i'm curious what you're hearing on the ground there with temperature is dropping below freezing is there still really hope for victims trapped far beneath the rubble. michael, the das toll across both countries hit by the deadly quakes has now passed 24000. unfortunately, this number is increased, found the clock at 10 says many more would be found alive, are getting slimmer that some family is gathering by the ruins of what used to be their homes. we're hoping to find more survivors, but they are now desperate. after they stopped hearing mon from under the urban, now they are waiting to retrieve the bodies of their loved $140.00 proper you took your stories, as you surely know are being criticize for failing to enforce building codes, but also for sluggish response to the quake. what are you hearing? what have you witness? well, most of the people we spoke to audit, pressing anger and frustration over what they called the slow, the delivery of fade and relief. this was recognized by turkish president at the guy who said that the initial re

ah, i'm a here mohammed. welcome to the program. the number of people killed in the earthquakes and turkey and syria has passed. 23000 rescue teams are still trying to bring those traffic under the rubble hopes of finding most drivers. all fading bought in motion to cruise have saved several more victims. turkeys had tie province, dw, witnessed a german team rescue women in an operation that loss of more than 2 days. deep under the rubble trapped beneath layers of concrete. here in the town of carrie con, is 40 year old say nap. she's been trapped under this debris for days now, but there is hope she will make it out alive. a complex mission to free her is underway, involving a team of german rescuers and using drills and specials equipment. they've been able to cut a path to her. oh it's all right. a on the surface, sitting amongst the rubble is debated. zane ups younger sister. she's been here since monday, waiting and worrying and in a desperate attempt to give her sister the strength she needs to keep going. zabeda gravely heads

more than a week trapped under rubble. 17 year old mohammed is pulled out alive and cut him on mirage in turkey near the epi center of the devastating earthquake. he's carry to an ambulance. mohammed's brother, becky, is rescued soon after that hopes of finding more survivors are fading fast. rescue teams are scaling back operations to focus in both turkey in syria, shifting instead to helping survivors. first, with immediate relief, like food watering shelter, and then assisting them long term. the rescue phase is dragging live people out from the rubble and finding those who died in the rubble. that's coming to a close and now the humanitarian phase. the urgency of providing shelter psycho social care food schooling and a sense of the future for these people. that's our obligation ago. syria's infrastructure was already battered from over a decade of civil war. in some areas, the earthquake brought total devastation liking government controlled aleppo. people are waiting for shelter, tense and blankets, but mistrust of the regime runs deep. many fear the 8 coming into the country wi

and many of them need urgent help to get them through a tough winter mohammed fun. jessia. a group of prominent pro democracy figures has gone to court in hong kong in the largest ever trial under the territory as controversial national security law. the defendants are legislators, politicians, activists, and community workers who were arrested 2 years ago and charged with conspiracy to commit subversion. charges are linked to their participation in an unofficial primary election held in 2020. richard timber has more from hong kong. well, this is certainly a big deal for hong kong. there's really not being a, probably a try like this for the last 2 years under so many cobit 19 restrictions. but here we have some of the most high profile democracy activists in hong kong standing truck across the cross section of society from young activists is a very well known internationally like joshua wong, through to form a law makers and well known legal scott as you can see behind me this school is a police outside the building, marshalling the tendency from what is actually quite a l

okay. flourish. mohammed bar is on the way out to the main contingency buying to replace him i. well, the asked me, major contained and so we have 3 parties, 3 main parts is actually the, i is 17 parties on the by laws. we have 3 main parts. is the apc, the ruling, apc which is the president harvest foxy on behalf of be well, i'm a senior blue. we have a p d p b, the largest up position poxy on fielding, attic walker, who was a former vice president and has run for office up to 5 times what i lost those bright times. and we have the, the 3rd mid candidates. peter will be from the labor party. now what's interesting about this election is that we've never actually had a 3rd 4th, you know, galvanized so much support from people. it's typically a 2 man race, but this time around we have seen a change. and these thought was people will be top mean being asked this them on making a statement in the major asked what it will i ran out that was flowers took laura in the number in nigeria. they're reporting on these key election happening today. flourish. thank you. so much or german cha

a local journalist mohammed, oddly, an official military story and a statement that what happened was that about $22.00 a m local time. there has, there were the new radio, radio hundreds up here out the right targeting areas in and around the syrian capital la, damascus. soc happened from the direction of the occupied, the golan, and as a result of the attack, as these 5 people were killed, one of them is that military personnel and 15 others injured. now, of course, most of those are civilians. you can see just behind me, there was a run, so building in an area called jefferson in the heart of the capital, damascus. and this is a very big hole that was caused by the israeli mc file. that's landed right over here at the instance of this residential building. now, despite the fact that this quarter, yes, includes a government establishment like the ministry of interior, the prime minister's office. yes, this area in particular is only area that i'm from one where i am standing at the people woke up hearing the course. they didn't know 1st. is it an earthquake? it's a terrorist attack.