peter ford. ambassador ford, my initial question to you, your thoughts on the numerous braizen assassinations and other acts of terrorism we've seen from the us and israel in the past, and we continue to throughout the region, especially of west asia, which is our focus of this spotlight. i think what we're seeing is a sign of israeli frustration and disappointment that their campaign in gaza is going so badly, their leaders have almost nothing to show for 10 weeks of intensive warfare on the people of gaza, and as a result ' "they are resorting to these assassinations and atrocities, um, this is designed, i think, to deceive israeli public opinion, the israeli public are demanding to see results, but they cannot see any results from gaza, apart from the killing of women and children, but they can see assassination in beyrut, assassination in damascus or atrocity in iran, this is kind of displacement activity, a compensation, an alternative for not being able to make any progress on the strategic

peter ford. ally of west asia, which is our focus of this uh spotlight. i think what we're seeing is a sign of israeli frustration and disappointment that the campaign in gaza is going so badly, their leaders have almost nothing to show for... 10 weeks of intensive warfare on the people of gaza, and as a result, they are resorting to these assassinations and atrocities. um, this is designed, i think, to deceive israeli public opinion, the israeli public are demanding to see results, but they cannot see any results from gaza, apart from the killing of women. and children, but they can see assassination in beirut, assassination in damascus or atrocity in iran, this is kind of displacement activity, a compensation, an alternative for not being able to make any progress on the strategic level, much depends now on the wisdom of iran and its allies, based on past experience, i doubt that iran and its allies will allow themselves to be provoked, because that would only satisfy. the israelis and hopeful t

peter ford, former british ambassador to syria joining us from manchester, and viewers, this brings usof your spotlight program. thank you for tuning in and bye-bye for now. he devoted his life to the freedom of alcords, his critical role is undeniable in uniting palestinian groups. against the israeli regime, he is behind pivotal moments in a history of resistance movement in the region. to know more about lieutenant general qassim sulaymani, the martyr of al quots, do not miss this documentary. top stories here on press tv. israel consent continues pressing ahead with his aggression against the gazo strip is deaththoll exceeds 22,400, most of them, women and children. the un security council strongly condem a terror attack in the iranian city of kermon, the daesh terrorist group has reportedly claimed responsibility for the deadly attack. iraqi officials expressed anger at us drone attack against the pmu office in baghdad, some iraqi lawers have called for the expulsion of the american ambassador.

all right, now let's uh bring in peter ford, is a former british ambassador to syria, good to have you with us sir, so let's hear your uh comment and evaluation of what's going on in the red sea and the arabian sea, given the us and the uk uh kind of militarizing the area, trying to stop the yeminies who are saying that they are targeting israely related uh ships uh so and given what's been going on uh "are the western powers not actually uh kind of uh shooting themselves in the foot doing this? well, this follows in a longer tradition of the western powers, particularly britain boming, arab and muslim countries, and in this century alone, britain has bombed afghanistan, iraq, libya, syria and now yemen, so we shouldn't be very surprised at this imperial behavior, why is it happening now? um, well, it is, it's not a sign of strength, it's a sign of weakness, it's a sign of weakness, because here you have two major powers, america and and britain fighting kind of war with a non actor, the the ansar allah are a what they call a non-state actor, they're not even a full country, and yet th

they've all got engineering backgrounds, such as peter, who worked for the ford motor company for 36gs, inventing things, and making things. that's the stimulus and obviously helping people out is another side. most of remap's work comes from referrals from health and social care visits. but peter says that since the pandemic the number of these referrals to the charity's essex branch has halved. the engineers are willing to do the work, if only people knew that they were there. with fewer tasks coming from occupational therapists, getting our engineers — and i've got 20 engineers covering the middle bit of essex — you start losing volunteers. for more stories across the uk head to the bbc website. you're live with bbc news. here in the uk, the government has said that the japanese company fujitsu will be "held accountable" as the fallout from the post office scandal continues. over 700 post office branch managers were prosecuted after faulty software made it look like money was missing. so far, the spotlight has been on the post office and politicians' actions. but attention is now

they have all got engineering backgrounds, such as peter, who worked for the ford motor company for 36hings, making things. that is the stimulus, and obviously helping people out is another side. most of remap's work comes from referrals from health and social care visits. but peter says since the pandemic, the number of these referrals to the charity's essex branch has halved. the engineers are willing to do the work, if only people knew that they were there. we have fewer tasks coming from occupational therapists getting to our engineers, and i have got 20 engineers covering the middle bit of essex. you start losing volunteers. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. you are watching the context. it is time for our our new weekly segment — ai decoded. each week on al decoded we look in depth at some of the most eye—catching stories in the world of artificial intelligence. we start in the uk. a counter—extremist think tank says we need new laws that reflect the danger of ai being used to recruit terrorists, says the bbc. in a recen

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