can you summarise first what has been happening with bbc persian journalists?l, ourjournalists who broadcast in farsi to iran are all based here in london, and that's primarily because they can't safely return to iran under fear of arrest. that's gone on for many years now, but more worryingly in recent years we've had an escalation of that harassment, which now applies to their wider families back in iran, and in particular to an entirely vexatious national security case, brought by one of the revolutionary courts in iran, which has seen their families‘ assets, of up to 150 persian service staff, effectively frozen, which has been very, very worrisome for them. what are the bbc doing about the situation? we've been running a series of public campaigns to draw attention to the plight of the persian service staff in this regard, and we've engaged significantly, as you mention, with the united nations, at the un human rights council in geneva, and we'll be continuing that kind of engagement with the un and other bodies during the course of the year. but of course

it was still a far inferior force in numbers to the persian horde. however, the greeks arrived at the hot gates ahead of the persians and began fortifying their position. over three days the greeks exacted massive casualties against the persians. it took a greek traitor who showed the persians a hidden mountain pass to the rear of the thermopylae defense to initiate the fateful end for the spartans. but under the spartan cold, there would be -- spartan code, there would be no retreat. as a matter of fact, spartan mothers issued their sons their shields with the command to return bearing your shield or being born upon it. some would say that king leonidas and his spartans gained a victory. that was hardly the case. their brave sacrifice and delaying action bought valuable time for greece. subsequently, persia was defeated a year later. there are many lessons to take from the spartans' brave stand against the persians. chief among them though is the lesson that it only takes a few men to make a stand for freedom to survive. even if you're heavily outnu

yockelson: there is general persian. -- general pershing. >> next on "reel america," we continue our look at silent world war one films. officially titled activities of the graves registration service, the film was shot in northeastern france after the war in 1919 and 1920. this 10 minute

medias to apollo according to an inscription this is where the trophies from the battle against the persians were exhibited. the new the victors saw themselves as gods they had owned their frames with scenes depicting theseus fighting the amazons and the demons of herrings. such unbridled hero worship invited contradiction. the foundation stones of the treasure house of cyrix diagonally opposite. in sicily giving as experienced the greatest disaster in the history the few who survived the battle had to work as slaves in the mines of syra cuse digging perhaps with a go which the enemy is used to make leaning votive gives. one of the our in is a fate and intended scenario thousands of visitors were shown that the gods never let pride and arrogance go unpunished. but the real secret of the power of the oracle was the ambiguity which made its prophecy is well nigh infallible. between the eighth and the fifth century b.c. in greece retribution the thirst for revenge and intolerance were very much the reality in public and private life the cities were overcrowded. poverty and despair widespread. d

over three days, the greeks exacted massive casualties against the persians. it took a greek traitor who showed the persians a hidden mountain pass to the rear over the defense to initiate the fateful end for the spartans. but under the spartan code there would be no retreat. as a matter of fact, spartan mothers issued their sons their shields with the command to return bearing your shield or being born upon it. some would say that the king and his spartans gained a victory. that was hardly the case. their brave sacrifice and delaying action bought valuable time for greece. subsequently persia was defeated a year later there are many lessons to take from the spartans' brave stand against the perks persians. he could meaning them is the less written an takes a few mend to make a stand for freedom to survive. you can fight on a narrow front to buy yourself time. sometimes a tactical defeat serves a larger purpose. sometimes a stalwart stand leads to strategic victory. we should always stand and fight on principle. it is the only way we can win this culture war.

can you summarise first what has been happening with bbc persian journalists?years, we've had an escalation of that harassment which now applies to their wider families back in iran and in particular to an entirely vexatious national security case brought by one of the revolutionary courts in iran which has seen their families' assets of up to 150 persian service staff effectively frozen, which has been very, very worrisome for them. what are the bbc doing about the situation? we've been running a series of public campaigns to draw attention to the plight of the persian service staff in this regard and we've engaged significantly, as you mention, with the united nations, at the un human rights council in geneva and we'll be continuing that kind of engagement with the un and other bodies during the course of the year. but, of course, it's important that everyone remembers that these journalists have done nothing wrong. they are engaged under the same editorial terms as all other bbc staff who produce our trusted international news and the harassment and collecti

robert: no, rhyme came from arabic and persian. they had these people who knew -- hebrew, arabic, french, and they experimented. it has distorted our idea of what a poem is. a poem is a work of art that use the sounds of language. a poem that does not use in rhyme. this is from a poet in new jersey. this is a poem from william carlos williams about seeing guys doing roofing from the window of his doctor's office. ande work with pitch

she was asked to either stop working for bbc persian or spy on her colleagues. that her son might be killed in an in an accident in london. they have all our addresses, they've got our e—mails, we keep receiving threatening e—mails, about a few months ago i guess one of our presenters receive an e—mail about, they said we know where your son is going to school and we know this is the address. so be careful. we are quite familiar with this. we've been living with this for quite a while but they made it worse on top of all of that, they're now accusing us of conspiracy against the national security which can carry a maximum sentence of about ten years in jail and this is a collective punishment, 150 former and current staff of bbc persian are involved and also an asset freeze and we thought we should take an action, we took it to the un and we urged community to join us and stand up and ask iran to stop the harassment and persecution of us. just describing some of the threats are journalists are experiencing. elections are set to take place in iraq next week. the

also met with representatives from persian gulf countries and a long-time trump supporter who offeredhat could be illegal foreign contributions to the trump campaign. joining me now to talk about all this kristen welker and carol lee here with me onset. kristen, first of all, have you heard anything at all whether the president will accept this inspector general's report from rod rosenstein as a way out of a real confrontation with the justice department? >> reporter: that's the key question. the white house isn't saying at this point in time. what i can tell you is his attorney, rudy giuliani, defending his calls to have the justice department investigate this informant. over the weekend, giuliani saying all he's asking for is for them to investigate it. he's not telling them what to conclude. so it's perfectly appropriate. but if rod rosenstein doesn't find anything once the justice department looks into this potential informant, what will the president do? how will he respond? what will the fallout be? and a lot of people pointing to the fact that several weeks ago, he said he wasn

now to live in this city is every persian girl's dream, but right now, this persian girl standing in front of you, all i'm asking of you is that i be allowed to participate in the democratic process that i tried to escape iran from, a democratic process that did not allow us to support angela alioto for mayor. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner kopp: let me ask a question of director pelham. >> commissioner kopp? >> commissioner kopp: if your driver's license and these other documents show the place of business, that's it, right? you have qualified. >> committees, in order to qualify somebody when there has been a driver's license submitted shows an address that is consistent with a voter identification or with some other proof of residency, if for san francisco. >> commissioner kopp: yeah, well this driver's license is a business address. >> that is our understanding. >> commissioner kopp: all right. so that doesn't qualify. so then what? >> so it was rejected -- >> commissioner kopp: yeah. >> i apologize. i want to make a clarification -- >> commissioner kopp: no, i'm sorr

the most recent, "47 days: how persians warriors defeated the i."an army in world war >> how did your interest in this start and why? mr. yockelson: it started as a young kid, basically reading and learning about general pershing. for a number of years, i served as the national archives' world war i specialist, and it developed from there. >> we are going to watch some films. mr. moizan: about 50,000 inhabitants in that town located east of paris. the germans launched a big offensive toward chateau-thierry . we had a big difference built around the town. they tried to stop the germans first and then decided to counterattack. he received american soldiers, probably headed to provide therry, to french that were needing more troops to be able to stop that huge german offensive. looks like a: this salvation army worker, female, since there were not female workers in the army directly. they are giving hot coffee and maybe hot chocolate, which was always popular with the troops. chateau-thierry was not impacted by the war until the second march. is that c

the saudis and also the emirate is a realize that the goal of the persian gulf is less important in the long run then the indian ocean bubble manda in the long run the persian gulf particular because we see a withdrawal from the west we see a withdrawal of also of some of the oil and gas interests in the gulf i think if you look purely at the trade routes i would say that the indian ocean more generally not just problem under but the extensive region or of the indian ocean is becoming increasingly important as pakistan is rising and india is rising china is rising so we have this pivot towards asia overall in terms of geopolitics so it's very important for the a mirages to be part of this and they realize this all smaller g.c.c. countries by the way do this the countries as well they're investing very heavily in east asia because that's where the future is saudi arabia somewhat has missed this train the saudis have bought into america and that continue to be to buy into america and they don't realize that actually in front of their doorstep there's a lot more to be done but they are as

in singapore what's at stake let's ask dr harlan ullman former advisor to the pentagon vietnam and persian gulf veteran now chairman of two private companies and u.p.i. eyes are no divorce distinguished columnist his latest book is anatomy of failure why america loses every war it starts well come nice to be with you you're a book title was very suggestive that the wars we are drawn into go better for us than the ones we provoke for the benefit of our younger viewers which was the korean war the korean war was one that we were provoked into but we didn't win it and that really began the series of military interventions that have not necessarily proved successful the good news is we won the ones that count it world war one world war two in the cold war and those we didn't start but you take a look at what happened in vietnam what happened in the persian gulf the second time in two thousand and three our interventions in libya and elsewhere these have not succeeded in large part because we didn't know what we're doing and we should never intervene in the first place. sunday morning quarterba

as iran hits the headlines, we find out why bbc persian journalists have been targeted by the authoritiesincident between russia and... and how hoaxes are hijacking bbc branding, to circulate fake news online. first, the local elections in england last week provided an incomplete and complicated picture of electoral support, but the verdict from bbc news seemed pretty clear. a disappointing night for labour in the local elections in england, as the party makes limited gains and doesn't win some of its key councils. jeremy corbyn‘s party took plymouth from the conservatives, but failed to win any of its target councils in london, and lost nuneaton and bedworth. the conservatives celebrated london as the party held onto their flagship boroughs, but lose trafford, their only council in greater manchester. theresa may said overall it was a good night. it's hard to detect trends in local elections, because not all seats are up for grabs, and gains and losses have to be weighed against the last time they were contested, and the state of the parties then. success or failure also relate of course

sakineh afrasiabi, who cooked persian food she shared with neighbours. and was a skilled chef. fatima ahmed was a teacher who died with two of her grown—up children. mohammed al—haj ali fled the war in syria. he was studying to be an engineer. he wanted to reunite his family, marry, and have children. right now, when i think about my future, i don't really see anything. lucy manning, bbc news. now on bbc news, our world. syrians on the move again. under the cover of darkness and carrying their entire belongings, they're hoping to make a new life. but these people aren't entering europe, they're escaping from it. many here smuggling themselves illegally back along the same routes down which they had arrived. everyone here is terrified. because the greek police could come and pick them up at any time. but they're so close. after years of living as refugees in europe, most people here say they were grateful for the shelter, but ultimately, their european dream was a failure. every week, hundreds of refugees are sneaking out of europe. i'm joining them on th

we have a robust presence in the persian gulf. host: cori on our independent line -- cory on our independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. in the weapons are second amendment for countries. only one nation has used it another, united states. for others, it is an insurance policy against aggression. that is it. guest: i have never heard it put like that. for a lot of nations, they believe it is an insurance policy against an invasion by their neighbors or deterrence -- or a deterrence for bad guys in their neighborhood. i guess it is not a crazy way to put it. i would not have done so. [laughter] that is the problem for us. countries look at nuclear weapons programs and say to theselves, because of message the international committee has sent, it is in our interest to have these. it is in our interest to fly with international terms. one man gave him up. where is the? he is dead. the iranians kept it and they have a ton of money. for countries like north korea, who look to the international community and past deals fo

little tiny birds from everywhere across the persian water,owed up to lap the you could not drink it. we literally had no water the end of the war. systems replace people in warfare? no, he will always need people. leader second platoon company. platoon as he did in 1991. 10th tattooedg m1 on his arm. he went to bowling green. this is a united states military academy graduate. her husband keith is now the captain in the police force. these are my guys. bob was supposed to be here tonight but had a crisis with his teenage daughter, so he can't be here. that is greg. that is johnny. i won't say what we used to say about johnny. juan, who is dead, a naval officer in the chilean army, and a bunch of other great americans. a picture of one of the kids i had killed february 1991 along with four others. i hadn't seen robert since june 2 years ago. i almost brought the picture of the tombstone. i thought it would be ok because it had been 25 years, but it wasn't. robert's parents came to our last reunion. he is my screensaver. that is my story and i will stick to it. i would be glad to take a

that is reform of the voice of america persian service, that is a reform of radio free europe, this is now happening, and it is the silver lining in the conversation. this is happening organically within the administration and it needs to be fed and continued and nurtured as a way of improving our outreach. ultimately, all of these things will not be effective if we do not know what we want to say to the iranian people. this gets us to the zone of danger we are in right now. we know that a fateful decision is coming. we do not know whether will be on may 12 or weeks hence, but we know there is a moment of inflection underway. we do not know what our comprehensive strategy toward , even though the president announced the formation of a comprehensive strategy in october of last year. there has not been much meat put on the bones, at least publicly. there is an urgency to do so, because for the first time we have seen direct military confrontation between the state of israel and iran in syrian airspace, even in israeli airspace and this, we hope, should not be a portent of things to, but

up is very rare in the market in fact one of the few times it happened 27 years ago was during the persianulf war, so should this be a warning sign for your portfolio? here to help me break it down our floor show trader, phil flynn let me begin with you. when you see this pattern, sometimes they call it like there are all kinds of names in the market for different patterns but when you see this pattern what should the investor whose watching right now think and do they need to move their portfolio at all? >> i think they need to move into energy. every time in history, liz, we've seen this phenomenon happen its been very bullish for oil prices you look to the persian gulf war for example, we shot up to $40 a barrel back during the asian financial crisis of 98 and 99 it signaled a generational bottom in oil that eventually took oil from $ 10 to $149, so it's a very bull ish sign investors cannot ignore this, and it happens for two reasons, when there's geo political risk there's concern about supply, safe haven buying and the dollar, and of course oil goes up, but also, it happens when we h

former battlefield commander in the persian gulf. vast experience in the middle east. former u.s.czar for good measure. he is thankfully an msnbc military analyst. general, i don't pretend to know the details or contours of this deal, and i'm guessing most people watching tonight don't either. give us what we should know about the iran deal in your view. >> well, i think you'd start with you can't withdraw from the deal without encountering huge problems. you got to go with secretary jim mattis, who has a good grasp of all the issues. he says we'll never get the economic sanctions re-imposed by the europeans. the russians and chinese will block any potential movement in the larger community. the iranians would probably not suffer economic consequences of any significance, and they would likely to be race to a breakout and have a nuclear device, which might impel the saudis and the sunni muslim community to get their bomb to counter the persian bomb. having said that, i personally believe it wasn't a good accord. the israelis opposed it. the saudis opposed it. when you look out 15

robert: rhyme came from arabic and persian. the fertile crescent had these people who knew hebrew, arabic, persian and their own friends from old french. they experimented. it has distorted our idea of what a poem is. a poem is a work of art that use the sounds of language. i will quote a column that is not in rhyme because it does not use end rhyme. this is from a poet in new jersey. this is a poem from william carlos williams about seeing some guys doing roofing from the window of his doctor's office. it begins in the key of eh and modulates to ooh. fine work with pitch. now they are resting in the light, separately and in unison, like the stone step regularly about the flat roof ready afterwards to be opened and strong. -- strewn. the copper and eight foot strips has been beaten length wise at right angles. one still chewing picks up a , copper strip and runs his eye along it. the only thing you could call rhyme is coping. he picks up a copper strip and runs his along it. that is like sounds and unlike sounds. it has nothing

hit him on the russian national anthem bad mocking the official swearing in of lot of my persian for his fun at the helm of the russian federation what a beautiful day and amazing camera angles coming in here showing the six thousand in attendance in the hollow holes of the russian kremlin and right there in the heart of moscow as the russian federation flag is raised up over the capital city. russian president i he swore on the oath he's three of those was the sacred oath i position himself now for a full. as the president of the russian. that aeration you and your life pictures here on r.t. international right there from the heart of the kremlin. we are joined here in the studio by peter close. international analyst and certainly in an impressive and impressive scene we're watching here as we show this at live inauguration for the fourth of the russian president the some might say it's a bit too beautiful inside the kremlin with what looks like gold adorned all over the place but certainly impressive pitches yeah very very impressive. and putin is in many ways a very impressive man

accept dogs and cats. 25 breeds will be banned from cargo including pit bulls, bulldogs, pugs and persian cats. pets in the cabin will not be affected. united will also no longer transport pets through the summer through airports in las vegas, palm springs, tucson and phoenix because of the heat. >>> facebook's developer conference, mark zuckerberg talked about privacy and security. that's not all. >> a new set of features coming soon around dating. >> facebook is letting users be more than friends. the response is both serious and snarky. >>> plus, he's back. highlights and reaction from steph's return to the court. >> and a ship is returning from the space station with some cargo that will help humans go to mars and beyond. >>> fog will start your morning commute. find out if it will burn off later in the day coming up. >>> all that's ahead. what's coming up tonight on "jimmy kimmel live" right after abc 7 news at 11:00. jimmy? >> thanks, dan and amma. look at what we did tonight. >> honestly, it seems like a dream, i can't believe i'm sitting here with you with clothes on. i haven't wo

driving his latest piece is the rhythm of poetry in particular thirteenth century persian spiritual verse. those poems is a very minimal very simple in their idea but the more you revisit them and the more you watch them and think about them all the spaces open up with potential other meanings so what first seems very simple becomes and leslie complex. gregor is a perfectionist who builds on an endlessly conflicts foundation recently he even had his own genome sequenced in order to transpose the patterns into dance he's long been inspired by science and technology now the inspiration is spiritual verse . one of things i've really learned from science and experience is through. science is understanding either my cognitive pathways better or i've recently done a very big genetics project which is about my genetic code and how these relate to how you are as an individual how you choose to live your life so. when mcgregor compliments the poetry with the music of finnish composer sorry a whole. kirk s'posed richly organic orchestral textures and paint compelling sonic images. it's not easy mus

you can see many other persian sites from here including the louvre. and the dome of elysium valley. of the view changes all the time it's never the same what's really impressive is how the sky in the tower influence each other you're out in the elements the wind the rain and sun with it but you're never just in paris but above it between the earth and the sky. that's made the eiffel tower one of the world's best loved landmarks it sees up to thirty thousand visitors every day you have to pay to get in tickets cost as much as twenty five euros. it's amazing we get a little out of this and it's unbelievable a once in a lifetime experience i'm from mexico and i'm really impressed and it's wonderful that i'm also if i wanted to know about the history and that it's more modern addition to paris is cityscape it's kind of interesting to think about how that fits in with a lot of older buildings everybody come here and you can feel that if you. realize the dream very. good. decision here snapshot is here. here max viewers have sent in their favorite eiffel to

what we may have done is further destabilized the situation in the persian gulf setting in motion events that might be hard to predict, let alone control. >> general, setting in motion also what looks to be a confrontation with its closest allies, the europeans, this threat of secondary sanctions on european businesses who may continue to try to do business. europe trying to go around the sort of existing methods and loopholes they can use to refuse to comply with u.s. sanctions. it just looks like president trump is picking a fight with his closest allies when he needs them the most if he is to put the sanctions regime back again. >> i think that's absolutely correct. plan a, we got political agreement on the sanctions from our european allies. i think it was very clear what secretary pompeo said this morning in washington is that we are going to coerce our european allies simply by denying companies access to the american economy. that may be transactionally successful in the short-term. but relationally, i think it will be very, very harmful for the transatlantic relationships. >> can

is ball in lebannon assad in syria that these so we've got a classic wrangle over control of the persian gulf america wants to dominate the oil routes iran is trying to push america back and this is left a big open space of course for russia which has been able to side with iran and the shiites against the american backs and the powers and it's opened the door for russia to make a very important comeback in the middle east and we see the middle east very divided today in the north or russia and iran are supreme syria lebanon iran even turkey has turned towards russia because it cannot ignore the realities in the south though the united states is still so green saudi arabia the gulf egypt north africa so that's the that's the new power disposition of course president trump who has many pro israeli backers who've given him millions of dollars for his campaign he is playing to the money and he's playing to a world which is black and white that's his preferred way of seeing things and i think that's what's happening here so what's what's the next development then if everybody's fine for posi

how is this playing out in the persian gulf states? let's bring in hadley, she is live in bahrain. >> reporter: hey there, michelle it's absolutely no coincidence at all that president trump's speech came just one day after what we saw in knows lebanese elections with hezbollah taking over 50% of those seats and president trump mentioning again and again about iran being the greatest sponsor of terror certainly in the region and of course he referenced hezbollah several times there and i think it's really interesting to note that he also tied all of this back to the potential for some kind of a nuclear fight between the saudis and the iranians because, of course, just a month ago, we heard from the crown prince of saudi arabia, basically saying that if iran were to get a bomb, saudi arabia would follow suit as well and we know they're moving forward with their nuclear ambitions as well, as a result of this, and i think it's also very interesting to note that while this is a, you know, a good thing when it comes to saudi arabia, the uae

with persian people, persian gulf soldiers who said don't celebrate without us. don't celebrate without the vietnam that. -- vietnam vet. i was welcomed home in 2010. host: thank you. hello, roger. hello. i -- the vietnam war documentary was excellent, by the way. i turned 18 in 1972. my lottery number was 217. i remember it differently. i went to college with a lot of that's and i had a business partner that was a medic and i have to disagree, i think they were all -- everyone went to hear the stories. i don't ever remember anybody talking down to them. everyone seemed to hold them in high esteem. we did a lot of hard work in and hear his stories. platoon sergeant in world war ii, never talked about the war, went through hell, kept his mouth shut. worked until the day he died at 83 and never ask the government for anything. he never got the g.i. bill paramedics her. -- bill or medicare. vetsnk that the vietnam should shut up, do their job and go to work, just like my father did, the greatest generation. guest: i think what we can see is that there are many versi

two naval vessels were almost sunk in the persian gulf, and no one remembers that. >> could you spend a little time on what was happening within first division at riley mid 1970's from the first edition in -- division of the vietnam era to the new, improved version? >> first infantry division when i joined in may 1971, i had six tanks in my platoon. i had seven soldiers counting , me. one of those soldiers was signed to craig jim, where he literally handed out basketballs and towels. i could not start all six tanks. when i left 7 or eight months in, i achieved a maintenance achievement. i got all six to start. my tank, the first time i got in it, i processed the coincidence range finder, which is like a rangefinder on the old-time cameras, where you bring the two images together. then it lets you focus and you achieve range. inwas so full of impurities a to be purchased with nitrogen gas. they took it out. when i left 18 months later, it had not been returned. we had cardboard cutouts in my tank to prevent the rain where the rangefinder had been. we didn't have any money, parts, peopl

capitals and that is just a fabrication and i assume that your guess and beirut doesn't understand persian otherwise he would know better i would refrain from listening to our arab year so the propaganda and look at the facts themselves before making or passing judgment iraq does have a great deal of influence but. germany has influence and france britain has influence in germany iran's with a ship with iraq is with a government that has been democratically elected and ironically the americans themselves overthrew saddam hussein and their been onto the iranian allies in that country they have seats in parliament and they are members of the cabinet in yemen ironically saudi arabia did more than anyone else to push the people of yemen and iran closer to each other before the saudis initiated this ridiculous and disgusting and disturbing war against the people of yemen there was no strong relationship between iran and yemen but now that's changed dramatically in just a couple of days ago when hundreds of thousands of people in yemen were participating in the funeral of their leader and the sa

again i don't think that saudi arabia and iran with escalated direct military confrontation over the persian gulf at the moment everybody is fine with with fighting proxy wars in syria and this is there's a field where they claim it is right the status quo of proxy wars you know there you go like it's always. we appreciate you coming in and sharing your insights thank you thank you. well it has been a rough week for the transatlantic world on monday a new survey released by the american council on germany showed an alarming erosion of the common values which americans and germans say they share and then after the u.s. president on tuesday withdrew from the iran nuclear deal many in europe reported feeling betrayed and humiliated by their most important ally german chancellor angela merkel yesterday said that the move means that europe will have to rely on itself for security in the future today a german poll is adding to this transatlantic a strange bit when asked which countries that they regard as trustworthy partners for germany ninety percent of those surveyed say that they trust germany